Aljazeera. Going on. In less than a year United States has seen 2 of the deadliest white supremacist attacks in its recent history. In october of 2018 a gunman murdered 11 jewish worshipers at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh pennsylvania. Then in august 22 people were shot dead in an attempt to kill as many latinos as possible in El Paso Texas. Just 9 months apart these attacks were connected through the ideology of White Supremacy and only read gradually. I think we all come to realize how extensive this underground network is of people who have bought into this hateful belief system. Those things are being nurtured by our president and his language and actually stoked it gives license to people like the shooter to do violence against communities. The pittsburgh suspect was critical of donald trump and theyll pass so shooter distance himself from the president in his manifesto. But both men frame their actions as responses to crises real or imagined that the president has amp
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Im john allen, the president of brookings and on behalf of the institution and our partners at Service Year Alliance, i want to welcome you all to this important event today. I want to welcome those coming in over the webcast and of course we always welcome the media. This morning youll be hearing from a distinguished group of leaders and volunteers on the matter of National Service. Let me make a few brief comments to begin with. In such divided and turbulent times, we must look for ways to bridge society, to bridge the divides and to restore a sense of community. In recent years, much has been done, sadly, to burn rather than to build the bridges in our civic nation leading to a growing culture of fear and distrust, incivility, and a reflex to retreat into the safety of tribalism. Our trusted institutions and our trust in each other has taken a beating and has in fact declined and that decline makes it harder for us to solve some of the key problem
Next, currents and former public official officials on the importance of military and civilian Service Programs. The event hosted by the Brookings Institution lasts just over an hour. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Im john allen, im the president of brookings and on behalf of the institution and our partners at service here alliance, i want to welcome you all to this event today. I want to welcome those coming in over the especially with web cast and of course we always welcome the media. This morning, you will be hearing from a distinguished group of leaders and volunteers on the matter of National Service. Let me make a few brief comments to begin with. In such divided and turbulent times, we must look for ways to bridge society. To bridge the divides, and to restore a sense of community. In recent years, much has been done, sadly, to burn, rather than to build the bridges in our civic nation. Leading to a growing culture of fear, and distrust, incivility and a reflex to retreat
Hearing from a distinguished group of leaders and volunteers on the matter of National Service. Let me make a few brief comments to begin with. In such divided and turbulent times, we must look for ways to bridge society, to bridge the divides and to restore a sense of community. In recent years, much has been done, sadly, to burn rather than to build the bridges in our civic nation leading to a growing culture of fear and distrust, incivility, and a reflex to retreat into the safety of tribalism. Our trusted institutions and our trust in each other has taken a beating and has in fact declined and that decline makes it harder for us to solve some of the key problems we face as a country and as a people. From my personal experience i know that when individuals from different walks of life have an opportunity to serve together and to serve their country and to do something bigger than themselves, they almost always live up to the challenge. In fact, they almost always perform magnificent
Some relatively bullish guidance. People still buying into the treasury market. Going up again, Third Straight day. I want to look at the skew index. This is the tail risk on the s p 500. It is holding at the 128 level. This is above the level we were at in early summer. This gives you some sense of why this market remains rangebound. A little bit of nervousness still out there. 600 trading at 392. They are still talking about breakout. His swansong. Arrivederci, draghi. Weak, particularly out of germany. Well. Ra getting hit as it is cutting way more than anticipated today. We have 250 basis points. A reasonably sizable move in the lira. Arkets watching for what comes next. Draghipresident mario tenure afteris releasing another round of stimulus to counter the slow down. Data confirmsg our previous assessment of wea kness in euro area growth dynamics, the practice of Downside Risk and muted inflation pressures. Lets bring in matt miller from frankfurt. What was the main takeaway here