Family institutions have a special affection for david nasaw. s biography of Andrew Carnegie was a lifechanging event for us. Through davids work, we came to know Andrew Carnegie, one lesson from the book stayed with me and animated my work, and that is the cockeyed optimism was not entirely misplaced. For all the madness you see in the world progress based on reason and can do spirit is indeed possible. The idea keeps me going and this occasion gives me the opportunity to say thank you. In addition to the carnegie biography davids previous books include biographies of Joseph Kennedy and William Randolph hearst. Today we turn to david nasaws supportive not one person but 1 million persons who emerged brutalized yet alive on the day, april 1945. The last million europes displaced persons from world war to cold war is an epic story the texas to the heart of europe during and after world war ii. It describes the movement of millions of people amid shifting borders and general chaos. About
Themselves as a platform investors seem to be buying it with that stock up 13 this week it just keeps going up nearly 4 today and it laid out the case for longer term growth and ironically, it will come from the good old phone, right a lot of that conference was focused on the zoom phonewhich basically enables you to take it wherever you go. And there is s ais an axios rept saying that uber may be looking to celebrate its elevate unit, the moon shot flying taxi unit it reflects obsession with profit ability, but i might argue that it reflects his obsession to please sharehold s shareholders backing away from some of the longer term ambitions such as freight, elevate now and as well as selfdriving cars, it does raise a few questions. Yes, it may give the share price a bump in the short term, about where does it position uber lon term yeah, when these companies dont have a clear business Start Talking about that were a Media Company or a Helicopter Company or were a freight company, real
Points, bucking an otherwise weak trend. The dow and s p 500 finishing near session lows yesterday. We are counting down to novembe. We are six days away from the big vote before americans he hed to the polls. President trump and joe biden in the final stretch of their respective campaigns this morning. The president is headed to arizona today. The bidens in the hot speat as a former business associate of hunter biden speaks out. Hear from congressman guy reschenthaler this morning, tom fiten and ron johnson about the bombshell report and its impact. Earnings season rolling on this morning. Heavy hitters reporting include boeing, general lek particular, mastercard and General Electric and anthem. Well bring you the numbers. Mark zuckerberg and jack dorsey are set to testify on liability over their sites content. Roger wicker is here, he will lead the hearing today. The cost is out, my new book with James Freeman, we will take an exclusive peak into a chapter on taxes and regulation. We
Rising tensions between the u. S. Eastern. At 2 00 p. M. Forre congress adjourned summer recess, the House Oversight Committee Held a theing on the future of Affordable Care act as certain provisions were being challenged in courts. Witnesses included advocates and a. C. A. Ast of the well as patients who have benefited from the law. Hours. Der four rep. Cummings committee will come to order. Objection, the chair is recesszed to declare a of the committee at any time. Full Committee Hearing is convened regarding the administrations attack on the a. C. A. I now recognize myself for five openingto give an statement. Because on today the trump2019, administration filed a letter with the United States court of appeals for the fifth circuit reversing its own previous position in the texas vs. United states in asserting for the first time would not defend any the Affordable Care act in court. The Trump Administrations the entireevails and a. C. A. Is struck down, there electric catastrophic
Committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a vereces of the committee at any time. This full Committee Hearing is convened regarding the administration ee administrations attack on the aca. I recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. We are hear today because of on march 25th, 2019, the Trump Administration filed a two sentence letter with the United States court of appeals with the fifth circuit reversing its own previous position in the case of texas versus United States and asserting for the first time that it would not defend any portion of the Affordable Care act in the court. If the Trump Administrations position prevails and the entire aca is struck down, there will be catastrophic implications for millions of americans in the entire United States Health Care System. Ive often said that voting for the Affordable Care act was the most important vote of my career. And let me tell you why. When Congress Passed the aca in