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But were holding down the fort. Japans nikkei reopening after yesterdays Public Holiday and it plunged. 4. 8 . It closed at its lowest level since october 2014. The index is down in seven of the last eight sessions. That is coming as the yen has been rising against the dollar and it comes after yesterdays big selloff in the u. S. This years lowses have erased nearly 1. 8 trillion in value for investors just on that index. The s p is down 10. 5 since the first trading day of 2016. But u. S. Equit...

Much wisdom we would have missed out on. The one and only president for sure trevor of the Carnegie Corporation. Ishmael the director of the library in alexandria, and they are joining us to celebrate your service. We are also lucky to be joined by the latvian ambassadors to the United States committee acting librarian of Congress David howell and Jane Mcauliffe the director of outreach and delegates to the board. Grace mckenna and come i havent seen her come there she is, whose family has done ...

It would strike sector after sector. We never knew which industry would feel the evil wrath next. Ever since the recent bottom on february 10, my birthday, we have seen a rolling bull market. One after another group is lifted and we get a revaluation of all stocks including today where the dow gained 187 points wiping out the losses of 2015. Nasdaq vaulted 1. 55 . Consider todays action. This morning we came in expect ing the worst from the biggest bank in the world, jpmorgan. We know Bank Earni...

Every stillness every day will make movement more tolerable. For more information on bob tvs recent visit to Santa Barbara and the many other destinations on tower cities tour go to cspan. Org citiestour. Now a panel on the life and career of recent lid retired librarian of congress, james billington. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Please take your seats. Humbled to be next to any understanding is were live on cspan, so behave yourselves. Welcome to valentines day a bit early. Im jane...

European union are raising eyebrows on the continent. The new he you Commission President said that core writes such as freedom of movement within the eu are not to be questioned. The German Government has made it clear that right to movement is a principle enshrined in the European Union and nonnegotiable. We will be speaking to correspondents in london and berlin and this latest flareup in britisheu relations. First, this report. Last week in the house of commons, Prime Minister cameron defend...

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7488000. Independents 2027488002. You can also make your comments via social media cspanwj. Go to facebook to you want to participate that way. Finally, you can send an email to journal cspan. Org. From Time Magazine american sniper screenwriter jason hall says i bled for this thing. American sniper may be quickly stealing the title of the most politically controversial film this oscar season, but screenwriter jason hall maintains he just penned a portrait of a beleaguered soldier, not a politic...

Ignorant, i think. And i want to add to that. My colleague had said change is no the a valid Foreign Policy doctrine. Hope and policy is not going to guide us to anywhere positive or successful. Thank you. First of all, i think the panel is excellent. Thank you very much. Its a reflection, i think, certainly of my views and i think the assessment of many here the policy and why its misguided and illadvised. My question is a practical one. Considering it is the policy now and i think the ambassad...

Pride in being both barbadian and being of african descent. Let me throw out another question. In the 1970s professor Laurel Thatcher ulrich coined the phrase well behaved women seldom make history. [laughter] tell me if you agree. What rules did your women break and what rules did they follow and why . [laughter] well, for angela davis i think despite the fact that her upbringing was really one of the ways in which she was influenced and became amenable to the ideals of communism and the left, ...

Rule. All the Public Comment except one was against that. But i think what im hearing is you move forward with a little bit more of a heavy hand than what you would represent to us. And you say you want to be engaging the industry and you want to be collaborative, but what i the feedback im getting, those are your words but your actions are much more heavyhanded. That youve determined what you want as the outcome. Thereby, youre going to let people think theyre participating, but in the end your...