There, thanks for joining me. I m alex marquardt in this weekend for fredricka whitfield, and we begin with breaking news. We are learning that seven us troops were injured in a raid that killed 15 members of the islamic extremist group, i. S. I. S. That raid happening on thursday in iraq two of the seven were evacuated from the area for further medical treatment u. S. Central command says that the operation was targeting i. S. I. S. Leaders in order to disrupt the group s ability to plan for their attacks. Cnn s chief international security correspondent, nick paton walsh is joining me now. Live from london. So nick, what do we know about this operation? yeah alex, quite extraordinary development here. Essentially, because of the number of u. S troops injured in this instance, seven 75 of whom apparently during the operation to it seems from a fall separately related to that one of whom requiring followon care outside of theatre. Now we re getting a statement to iraqi military high co
All that and so much on making money. Charles obviously it was a tough week last week for the stock market but by the time the dust settled the year had become even more screwed as it was. Only 193 stocks in the s p were higher for the year. There were actually more losers on the nasdaq than there were more winners. I have no problem with the hit megagrowth stocks hit. Theyre still under pressure. I expect the trillion dollar stocks to be okay in the long run. But for the rest of the market, there were signs late friday that foreshadowed todays rebound. S p 500 held at a key support level. There was huge buying volume into the close on friday. The 10year yield marching higher. All the issues bothering the market are still unresolved and major indices must close higher to reverse the downtrend. In fact i think the s p 500 has to get above 3400 before you see buying go big time . Where does the market go from here, more importantly where should you be positioned . I want to ask Money Map
The second hour will focus on Bernie Sanders and former first Lady Michelle obama. Watch all of the Democratic National convention on cspan, cspan. Org, or listen live with the freeseas been radio app. Free cspan radio app. Holly otterbein joining us from philadelphia today. Good morning. Host what would be the goal of the d c . Nc. Ahead and iiden is think his main goal is to do no harm. It is the democrats opportunity to present a vision they are unified. This is something the party has worked hard at. They did not want a repeat of , there6 convention where was a lot of commotion protests, Bernie Sanders supporters were upset. They wanted something very different this time around so it was an opportunity to showcase that. You will see that with bernie and making his case for joe biden. Host as well as michelle obama, we expect to hear from governor john kasich. Guest absolutely. Right there that shows you the unity they are trying to present. You have john kasich on one side of the s
Groups role in campaign 2020. Nextgen americas benjamin insel talks about his role getting the youth to support joe biden. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is the washington journal. You are looking at the Wisconsin Center in milwaukee, one ofseveral sites for this years Democratic National committee convention, which starts this night. Program would take place from there, but it can be held from other areas. Cspan willf that, be covering at 5 00 this evening. We want to hear from you about political conventions and if you think they matter in this day in age, especially in the new environment we are in. You can let us know your thoughts by calling us. For republicans, 202 7488000 free democrats four democrats, and independents 202 7488002. Us, tweet ustext cspanwj, and a post on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. The New York Times has a highlight of who you will see tonight, including minnesota senator amy klobuchar, the nevada senator and the first latina to lead a Se
Joining us, joining us, our first guest of the morning. Is joining us from joining us is Holly Otterbein, with politico, a Campaign Reporter, joining us from philadelphia. Good morning. Guest good morning. Host what would be the overall goal for the dnc . At the end of it, what do they hope to accomplish . Guest of course, joe biden right now is ahead in the polls. His main goal is to do no harm and present a message to the American People which the democrats have not really been able to do that well so far. Joe biden has often been overshadowed, sometimes part of his campaign strategy. The democrats have been glad to allow donald trump to sort of stay in the spotlight in his handling of the coronavirus to be just what is talked about most of the time on the news. But now, it is the democrats opportunity to present a vision and present that they are unified. This is something the party has worked hard at over the last few months. They did not want a repeat of the 2016 convention, where