Peace. In this day of great concern with weapons and our search for security and peace, this Program Documents a power some of us often overlook. It is the forceful good that lies in the basic brotherhood of man. In my travels around the world, i have often observed how a hand outstretched in friendship, a heart full of good will can do more to win the affection and suit of people than all of the guns in our arsenal. The program youre about to see demonstrates this. It is the story of american doctors fighting to disease in distant remote regions of the world, helping fellow human beings to a better life. Through their human work theyre making a positive contribution to the structure of peace. Of course there are other ways to strengthen the bonds of friendship throughout the world. By helping other nations to improve their agriculture, their commerce and their industry. For example, our people can create a beneficial climate for a greater international understanding. And this is so es
Harvey struck and the dramatic rescues continue. Were live with the heroes volunteering to save flood victims as waters in some areas of texas continue to rise. Vice president mike pence touring the texas damage firsthand today. He will give us an update on relief efforts. Well take you there live when he begins to speak, ash. Ashley back to the markets. The dow climbing into the close. Lori rothman at new york stock exchange. Lori, doesnt matter what is happening, north korea, hurricane hair very, these markets are resilient. You said it ashley. Dow and record highs. Five consecutive months of gains for the dow and s p. Nasdaq chalking up two consecutive months of gains. We had good economic news. Obviously the data print taken before the devastation of Hurricane Harvey and gulf coast. Gdp print of 3 was awesome of course. Then today we had a couple of data points on initial jobless claims. That helped keep markets in the green today. Lets look back at the month though. Here are binne
Lauren president of catalonia backed off of bid from independence, stock soaring. Cheryl kospi up another 1 . Fbn am starts right now. Lauren it is 5 01 a. M. Wednesday, halfway through the week. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl good morning, im cheryl casone, the markets again records across the board. Lauren Morgan Stanley is calling the rally epic. Enjoy it, check the 401 k . We have new allegations to tell you about against harvey weinstein, actress paltrow accusing that he harassed them and women of rape, reportedly in sting operation, weinstein was aggressively trying to persuade and i tat alian model to come into his hotel. I dont feel comfortable. Im not going to do anything, i swear on my husband. Im feeling very uncomfortable. Come in now and you if you want to leave why you touched my breasts . Im sorry. After about 30 minutes he asked to excuse himself and go to the bathroom. He returned in nothing but a robe with a front open and he was butt naked. Cheryl weinstein spokeswoman
That the ecb is continuing crude getting a nice bid on the iran conversation. Looking at the banks, bank of america up 6 10 of 1 . Wells fargo unchanged. It feels like a really solid quarter for bank of america on earnings. It was the Consumer Banking unit that felt really good. Loans and deposits were up. They werely only at 834 million. David it looks very solid but we looked back to yesterday and thought citi and jpmorgan were doing well and they turned over. Alix fic was down 22 . Is the focus for banks turning to consumer loaning, which will make wells fargo allimportant . We want to turn to Michael Mckee with a very special guest. Michael good morning. Washington federal and Eric Rosengren joins us on the boston fed annual Monetary Policy conference. A special welcome to the Bloomberg Television and radio listeners, particularly those on one of 6. 1 fm in boston. Thank you for joining us 106. 1 fm in boston. Thank your for joining us. Nice to have you in boston. Michael we know h
Train to a lot of earnings are today. Macys chemicals, nordstroms peer futures pointing to a lower opening. Train through europe stocks opening the session to the upside. The cac in paris at two points in the best performer. Cheryl japans nikkei edge and lower. Shanghai composite up slightly. And then there is this. I wanted to write this book to tell my story and the American People to see what happened. Lauren the former dnc chair Donna Brazile talking about disarray in the Democratic Party. All of those highlights for you. Fbn am starts right now. Train to a 5 01 a. M. Here in new york. Thursday, november 9th. And cheryl casone. Lauren im lauren simonetti. That is a good interview. Drink you will be playing some bias. Tucker carlson, Donna Brazile. We will be playing this invites. Hes making a joint statement with Vice President xi jinping. Theyve announced agreements on north korea and then trade. American and chinese firms signed commercial deals on 9 billion for the companies inc