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that s why i think the opportunities are enormous and i look forward to working with anyone else with whom i might disagree on other fronts. we ll just park those issues, peter, arthur, and others, and we ll work together where we can and get some things done. but thank you very much. [applause] jeffrey: this has been a superb constitutional conversation. my expectations were high and you have surpassed them. i have heard, i would not say rancor, but engaged debate and i have also heard some important agreement on fundamental issues , like the moral foundation of american liberty, the importance of opportunity, and the dangers of massive operation. as for the national constitution center, we will be the central national hosting platform for precisely this kind of constitutional conversations, on the web here in philadelphia and around the country and we will educate the citizens of the united states about the u.s. constitution, hearing the best arguments on both sides a ....
consumers aren t spending as much as expected. retail sales for june fell a seasonally adjusted 0.3%, well below expectations of a rise. because it makes up a good chunk of economic activity if that piece of the economic puzzle is missing, some say it throws into question the potential rate hike by the federal reserve. and the batch of bad news comes just one day before fed chair janet yellen is set to appear before congress. courtney reagan reports. according to the latest government data, consumers aren t spending enough to prop up economic growth. june retail sales posted the weakest reading in four months. and that s not all the bad news. may retail sales were revised lower than previously reported. with consumer spending fuelling 70% of the country s economic growth monthly retail sales are a key data point for those trying to forecast the federal reserve s decisions on interest rates. and fed chair janet yellen addresses congress in the two-day testimony beginni ....
philippines and spoils. we took their land and minerals. here are these primitive people and they were put on display at human zoos but i always wanted to draw a distinction between human zoos and what happened to ota benga because ota benga was not part of the human zoo. more so in st. louis he was but in the bronx only he was a human being in a cage with monkeys. because the director could get more people to the zoo and get an idea about making money. less to the spectator to figure out whether he was human or in between but at that time in 1904 i forgot which encyclopedia but one of the big ones maybe britannic8 said africans were midway between and a rang theorangutan and a human being. i heard of ota benga when i was in college but never heard that he was in a zoo especially in 1906. the dawn of the 20th century. when you had few black men cornell university, the naacp around that time two years before, and in 1904, i am trying to wonder what did the prog ....
what is the appropriations process with the september 30 process. the other is the debt ceiling. you also spoke with him about planned parenthood which is another fulcrum and the process of these negotiations. what do you see happening with that? victoria: the best case scenario is nailbiting. we have had a nice long period without having these brinkmanship moments. i have been studies that show a really does have an economic impact. it is really not good for the economy for there to be this uncertainty and for congress to keep going to the 11th hour on these things. best case scenario, it seems like the congress has set itself up to have something like that. worst case is if you do have another crisis where the government shuts down, they don t raise the debt ceiling really uncertain. susan: they are in control for the most part. the signals both sides are sending our that we are not going to get near that shutdown moment. they have a stopgap spending measure to get th ....
first, to the lead. tesla is raising money, they have expanded their offering to raise $140 million more than they already have. what will they spend it on? why are investors excited? i am joined by our panelists. i want to start with why are people so excited? the reason they are spending this money, they are spending it for the growth on the model 3, they are seeing this and see this pent-up demand for their products. that sends a strong signal to the market level of growth is coming down the road. that is why people are excited about this. emily: the same time, eric, they made it clear that they will not be able to make as many cars as they thought they were going to make this year, isn t that cause for concern? eric: the development of a vehicle can cost a billion dollars and takes many years. it is not just for the current environment that they are worried about this. it is the development of the model three and other future projects. you need capital well ahead ....