And welcome to power lunch. Im melissa lee. Heres what else is happening at this hour. Stocks pushing higher with the dow and the s p 500 erasing all of septembers losses while the nasdaq on pace for a record close here. Existing home sales falling 0. 9 last month. Economists were looking for a gain. And North Carolina under a state of emergency following days of Chaotic Street protests after the Fatal Shooting of a black man by police. Weve got a live report straight ahead. But first, we got to get to Tyler Mathisen live at the iconic conference in boston. High, ty. Melissa, thank you very much. And its great to be here in boston at the iconic conference where we bring together some of the biggest business icons like todd wagner whom you just heard from on scotts show just a few moments ago. And some budding entrepreneurs, people whove either made successes out of businesses or want to. And in just a few minutes im going to talk to one very inspiring guy, Daniel Lubetzky, founder and
Giving you a front row seat to democracy. President biden says his administration will be targeting companies and Financial Institutions that charge consumers junk fees. It is a effort to reduce cost for americans as inflation continues. The present was joined by the head of the Consumer National protection bureau. This is about 15 minutes. Good morning. I am the Consumer Financial protection bureau. Across the country, americans are back at work and working hard with the hope of saving up for a better future, themselves and their kids. Many of them worry whether they will have enough money to pay their monthly bills. Reducing costs for families in their daytoday lives can ease the strain. There is so many ways that we are working to give them more peace of mind. One of them is combating junk fees. Junk fees are those unavoidable, unnecessary and surprised charges that insulate cost for families while providing little to no value or service. These fees have been creeping across the eco
League of women voters. Welcome to the show. I know the name is familiar, especially in the election process. Talk about your organization and the work it involves itself in. Guest we were actually founded out of the Separation Movement so the newly franchise women can learn how to vote and engage in the electoral process. Years later, we are still empowering voters and really focusing on a few areas. The first is educating voters. That comes in the form of candidate issues, that includes our debate. We also have a Voter Education website where people can go to find out the information they need. We engage in policy work, advocacy and litigation at times when we need to. Beyond that, we also engage in a series of active at times. We are trying to push through issues. We engage in a lot. We have over 700 leagues in the country. We are visible in the local, state, National Level really to make sure the government is functioning and the voters know how to engage in government. Host we sta
Mechanic. I can tell you the hazard to the environment as far as a spill and hydrocarbon emissions from rails and trucks is much more significant to the environment. When we bring them by pipeline, they use electric motors which are much more efficient and have little to no emissions at all. With regard to permanent jobs, one of the pipelines i worked on has been there since 1928. When you have jobs, jobs will continue in the future. The number you quoted earlier is very, very low. The amount of people it takes to build the pipeline. We are going to live now to the Cato Institute for marks by the czech president of klaus vaclav klause. If the European Crisis continues with no solution in sight, it is becoming clear that the problems are far more than economic. Their deep, structural, constitutional stagnant growth, unemployment, and publics distrust that are threatening the premise of the european project. Begun as a modest move toward economic liberalization among the nations of weste
Be on this stage with these remarkable, indeed, extraordinary women, and i want to recognize, if i may, very quickly, another woman of courage, the first lady was kind enough to introduce her but she marched against apartheid as a student in south africa. She worked hard in the decades since to improve the lives of women with respect to the environment and health, and i am delighted to call her my wife. [applause] as you know, i returned less than 48 hours ago from europe and the middle east where i visited the countries that represent a very Broad Spectrum of progress on gender equality, and i met with dozens of leaders, but i also listened to a lot of every day citizens. People who, like todays honorees, know that you dont have to be elected or appointed in order to make a difference. I spoke with one woman in berlin. She is muslim. She told me she is part of an organization of teenagers who have created a dialogue about equality and tolerance, so my friends, steps from the markings,