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Trouble tonight at eight eastern on cspan q a. You can listen to q a and all of our podcasts on our free cspan. Now app. Daniel ellsberg has passed away at the age of 92. He is best known for leaking sensitive documents on the vietnam war, known as the pentagon papers, which many believe helped to end the longest u. S. Conflict of the 20th century. The disclosures would also lead to a Landmark Supreme Court decision on freedom of the press. In 2019, the university of massachusetts amherst acquired the papers of Daniel Ellsberg and next from the school he talks about his career and his fight against the proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. This is just over 2 hours. All right. Good evening. Good afternoon. Good evening. Were going to get started. So greetings and welcome to the 21st annual friends of the umass libr ....
Seismic action . And get this, two anchors under the same roof, sue. I know, who knew, who knew. Its great to be with you up here at headquarters. Lets focus on the dow. We had a very strong morning. The dow up triple digits earlier today. Right now, up 82 points, 16,330. The s p also had a firmer opening. Right now, the s p up almost 11 point, better of that. 5 . The nasdaq is the winner on a percentage basis. It is up almost a full percent on the trading session. As for Interest Rates, weve begun of course the twoday fed meeting. Right now, the tenyear yield is at 1. 674 . One of my favorite things to watch, the transports, up at 50 points to the upside. And comex gold with the market rallying, well, some steam coming out of gold, down about 11 bucks on the day. Big question for inest hafst ve and traders alike today is a plan to change the rules on highspeed trading. Would it make the markets more fair or would it make it worse ....
Unexpectedly weak reading on Consumer Confidence. Melissa the new push to turn a tiny island off detroit into a free market utopia. I love this story. Lori lets go to pack your bags, folks. Lou dobbs here with us. An agreement that lays down a path to citizenship for 11 million Illegal Immigrants in this country. Lets head to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The dow pushing session highs right now. Nicole it certainly is. We are back touching them once again. The nasdaq composite has been one of the three industries that we have followed so closely and it has been in the red. It is down, not even two points. The s p 500 also setting new highs here. Going back to these levels that we have not seen since 2007. Lets begin with ford motors. It is down about 5. 5 . He talked about europe. That is so ....