She went after the leadership very publicly. Well, very shortly, they came around and put her on to the Committee Assignments that she wanted. One of the artifacts that we have that im particularly fond of is this one. Its a letter from j. Ed guard hoover to congresswoman khan and the important part of this isnt actually what hes writing. Whats important is dear mother khan. And its an odd phrasing for j. Ed card hoover. But she was known very much as the mother of the fbi. So that was often how he referred to her. So this is a fascinating piece of lobbying and playing up that affiliation and that close tie that they had. By the time we get to the late 1930s, early 1940s, were beginning to see a Different Group from that Pioneer Group of women coming to congress. World war ii reshapes the rolled of women in society generally, women hold a lot of jobs that men previously held as men go off to fight in the service. And women who come into congress during that era begin to advocate more o
Worldwide exchange here on a monday on cnbc im sara eisen. Im wilfred frost lets go to the markets and show you how the markets are shaping up especially the nasdaq. That was a standout. Up a full percent after the dow and the s p also closed higher futures are under a slight bit of pressure. S p down 3, nasdaq down 3 as well as for the 10year treasury note yield we come off a week with a pretty solid jobs report though wages werent moving higher enough and an announcement of a new fed chairman and the tenyear yield still low. The tenyear yield went down. It ended from 2. 43 to 2. 33. Better data on the u. S. Economy. Thats why financials were the worst performing sector. Tech was the best. Lets have a look at markets around the world asian markets this morning are a little bit mixed performance as you can see hong kong slightly lower. Shanghai and japan doing well. European trade for you, another great week for the dax both france and germany ended at record closes on friday. Germany
What a deal could mean for the other chip stocks. Power lunch starts right now im Brian Sullivan the markets moving just enough today to give your investment dollars yet another new high, thanks to the saudi news oil is moving up again data is pushing Energy Stocks higher chevron and exxon among the dow leaders. We talked about Semiconductor Companies as well. It is fair to say that lately, it rocks sox at new alltime highs. Michael kors soaring, the fashion retailer beating earnings estimates and raising its outlook. More on that ahead and reports the Pharmaceutical Company may becoming a takeover target thank you very much im tyler mathieson. Welcome to power lunch. Target gearing up for the holiday season, announcing deeper black friday discounts and plans to open 6 00 p. M. To midnight on thanksgiving day i will be asleep staying with retail, amazon cutting prices of Third Party Products in the face of stiffer competition. And the new york fed present William Dudley plans to retire
Good evening, everyone. Welcome, a landmark deal in the tech industry. We told you friday it was likely to happen. Today it did. Get to that story in a moment. We begin tonight with deal buzz in another sector the media sector as first reported by cnbc, 21st century fox has been in talks to sell most of the assets to disney. Even though the talks have ended, it sent stocks, disney was up 2 viacom, discovery and cbs also rose. David faber broke reporter 21st century fox has been holding talks with disney. Now, the talks have taken place over the last few weeks. Given the complexity, its its seen as a tough deal. The two sides are not currently talking, but given the o again off again nature of the talks, they could be revisited. For fox, the willingness to engage in talks, is a growing belief that scale in media is of immediate importance and theres not a path to gain that scale in at the same time through its believed that they could compete more effectively in the marketplace and also
Of female candidates on your ballot this election day morning. Early today starts right now. Good morning. Im gigi stone woods. And im phillip mena. This morning distraught family members, friends and now lawmakers are demanding answers following sundays Texas Church Massacre as we learn more about the 26yearold emotionally disturbed gunman, his violent past and contentious relationships. Devin patrick kelley, a nearby native was Court Martialed out of the air force on two charges of assault. Convicted of fracturing the skull of his infant stepson and of assaulting his wife. He spent a year in military prison, was bumped down a rank and discharged on bad conduct. His wife divorced him and two former girlfriends said he stalked them. He still managed to purchase guns the last several years something strictly prohibited for those who have been convicted. And now the air force is getting the brunt of the blame for not entering kelleys criminal record into the national database. A move tha