Out was roosevelt . [laughter] i realize with this crowd you probably were her neighbor. [laughter] so nonetheless i will try to set the context for the reading that my coauthor coauthor, marc peyser will do. I may be going over the familiar territory but for the sake of the crowd of one to take a minute to make sure i cover up the details. You will see behind me a family tree that appears in the book that is the expanded version and it is actually simplified. The actual line because we start with the american founder of the family neck and was quite literally has tens of thousands of descendants at this point so really we just highlight the story and provide you with the two branches of hyde park and Oyster Bay Branch and those to become symbolically very important in the story. This year roosevelt senior, the father of fear roosevelt was really the person who pioneered that civic minded his of the family and he was a remarkable man who founded hospitals in museums in charitable cause
Markets. It is all about the fed, currency, and dollar. Dollar strengthening versus most of its peers. U. S. Treasuries repeating retreating. Stanley fisher will be speaking to us about two hours from now. That may provide clues on the timing of Interest Rate increases. Gainingsee the european. The volatility index at 12. 88. Lets get straight to bloomberg first word news with sebastian selleck. Sebastian the brazilian president has testified. She spoke about her torture and imprisonment during israels military dictatorship during brazils military dictatorship. If twol be removed thirds of Congress Finds her guilty. Apple is said to be facing a tax bill running into the billions of euros with an eu ruling as early as today. The European Commission is expected to say ireland provide them with illegal aid. Apple said it has nothing to add to previous statements rejecting previous statements. European Competition Commission is scheduled to hold a News Conference at 11 00 u. K. Time. Will
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Clippers in the family. And grand reopening. The Washington Monument welcoming back visitors for the First Time Since the iconic symbol was damaged by an earthquake. Al is there live today, monday, may 12th, 2014. From nbc news, this is today, with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And, good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Good day to be a tourist in the Nations Capital. Thats right. Al roker is there. Oh wait, theres an even more exciting thing. The Washington Monument is reopening, as you see. Al is there to cover it live and take us inside. Lets start, though, with this mornings top story. Weve got breaking news tied to the kidnappings of hundreds of schoolgirls in nigeria. The terror group behind those kidnappings making new demands in a new video. Nbcs Stephanie Gosk has the latest on this. Steph, good morning to you. Reporter good morning, matt. Well, this is essentially a hostage video with prove of life for the hostage tak
Everybody, welcome back. Lets get a check on the day ahead before we toss it over morning joe. President obama will increase access and affordability of high Speed Internet and the Boston School board will vote on a measure to add 40 minutes to elementary and middle school kids. It will earn teachers and additional 4,000 bucks a year. That will do it. Morning joe starts right now. Good morning, everyone it is wednesday, january 14th welcome to morning joe. With us on set we have msnbc analyst former democratic congressman harold ford wallace
white house correspondent for the wall street journal and on capitol hill times reporter Jeremy Peters as well. So we begin this morning with few developments in the paris terrorist attacks. In the new video released overnight the head of al qaeda in yemen claimed responsibility for the Charlie Hebdo attack which took place one week ago today. The new issue of the satirical features the Prophet Muhammad on the cover, it is sparking additional terro