I am peter carmichael. I am a professor of history here. I am also the director of the Civil War Institute. Its my pleasure this evening to welcome harold holzer. He is the director of Hunter Colleges roosevelt house Public Policy institute. You dont have an acronym for that, do you . Before coming to the roosevelt house he previously served an Senior Vice President for Public Affairs at the metropolitan museum of art. For the previous ten years he coedited or, excuse me, cochaired the u. S. Abraham lincoln bicentennial and appointed by president clinton and i should add president bush awarded harold the National Humanities medal in 2008. Harold has authored or coauthored or edited 52 books. Thats what youre up to now. I know you think ive read 52 books in my life. His latest major book is lincoln and the power of the press were the war for Public Opinion. It has won the lincoln prize as we know sponsored by Gettysburg College. Just this week i saw it was announced that harold has been
I am peter carmichael. I am a professor of history here. I am also the director of the Civil War Institute. Its my pleasure this evening to welcome harold holzer. He is the director of Hunter Colleges roosevelt house Public Policy institute. You dont have an acronym for that, do you . Before coming to the roosevelt house he previously served an Senior Vice President for Public Affairs at the metropolitan museum of art. For the previous ten years he coedited or, excuse me, cochaired the u. S. Abraham lincoln bicentennial and appointed by president clinton and i should add president bush awarded harold the National Humanities medal in 2008. Harold has authored or coauthored or edited 52 books. Thats what youre up to now. I know you think ive read 52 books in my life. His latest major book is lincoln and the power of the press were the war for Public Opinion. It has won the lincoln prize as we know sponsored by Gettysburg College. Just this week i saw it was announced that harold has been
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About brexitrelated stuff, but one interesting thing, because less solar city, investors giving that a thumbs down. Solar city only ending 3 . Looking at tesla, down 10 . Pretty negative reactions so far. Alix pretty ugly for tesla. In terms of what i want to focus etf herea look at the in the u. S. That tracks u. K. Stocks three this is a five day chart three we have actually seen a rally up 6 , despite the fact we are heading into this vote. With the volatility, the five year high, shows a swing. Vix index in a lot of crises we have had over the last eight years, the chinese devaluation of the one they are passing the volatility we see now. Volatility heading into this u. K. Boat. Joe is it complacently about the results . Alix i do not know, it is fascinating, though. And lets take a look at u. K. Yield, they have been rising a little bit, the same story as equities. This is a oneyear chart, a bit of an increase in yields is a sign of optimism, because it means people are coming out
People killed. Catching fire and washing off its foundation. California more than 50 homes destroyed by a wildfire what is becoming the states worst wildfire ever. And legendary steven tyler live on our plaza today june 24th, 2016. From nbc news this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Arri live from studio one a. Good morning. Steven tyler will rock our plaza but i think it is safe to say the world has been rocked by news coming out of britain. David cameron the Prime Minister has said he will resign and spoke to the queen about it. The pope weighed in on it and says it is the responsibility for us to guarantee the good of the people in the United Kingdom as well as the good and coexistence of the european continent. This is obviously our top stories. It is a monumental decision. As savannah just mentioned the Prime Minister says he will step down. We have chief global correspond bill neilly. Bill, what can you tell us . Good morning, matt. Make no mistake, this is the bigg