Tell us volatility is back, but were not seeing it. This morning the vix is trading at 10. It marked the second time this year that the vix traded below 10. Overnight in asia, take a look and youll see the nikkei was up by 0. 7 . Hang seng was up by a third of a percent. The shanghai was down by a third of a percentage point. In europe, some of the early trading, things are relatively calm. Ftse up by a half percentage point. Modest gains for the cac and dax. Among the top stories, big news out of hollywood. The Writers Guild of america reaching a tentative agreement with the alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers avoiding a Writers Strike. They reached an agreement just after midnight. The Writers Guild had threatened to strike today if an agreement was not in place. Infosys making a big bet on america. The Company Announcing it will create 10,000 jobs here in the United States of the next two years. Those jobs will focus on the cloud, Artificial Intelligence and big data
Today are jerry fogel, who is chairman of the Jackson County Republican Party, the boy wonder chair of the Jackson County Republican Party of 1976 and part of the Host Committee for the convention. Besides being chair of the Republican Party in 76 he has worked in the danforth and bond campaigns over the years in senior roles. Part of the america Boy Scout Council and chairman of the Aviation Committee of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of commerce. Steve winn, steve winn has held several writing positions as a he has writtenr, about local education in the kansas city republican library. Kansas city public library. He covered the National Convention. Today he is the Communications Director of the concorde coalition, a Nonpartisan Organization based in washington that promotes responsible federal budget. Calledt be [indiscernible] last but not least is laura luckert. On thisbeen working National Convention exhibit. She was a sophomore at the university of kansas in 1976. She has degrees
Four letter word you can say in public. [laughter] so our panelists now as we get the chairs arranged our jerry fogel, who is chairman of the Jackson County Republican Party, the boy wonder chair of the Jackson County Republican Party of 1976, and part of the Host Committee for the convention. He is a graduate of southwest high in the university of missouri. Besides being chair of the Republican Party in 1976, he has worked in the danforth and bond campaigns over the years in senior roles. Been president of part of the , america Boy Scout Council and chairman of the Aviation Committee of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of commerce. He may have some interesting things to say about our airport. [laughter] steve winn, steve has held several writing positions as a at the kansas city star. He has written about local education in the kansas city public library. As a young reporter, he helped cover the 1976 Republican National convention for the star. Today he is the Communications Director o
To choose their partys president ial nominee. A contest on the Convention Floor between gerald ford, a president who had never been elected or former governor Ronald Reagan, challenger and star of the conservative wing of the Republican Party. The temporary chairman presiding over the conventions opening days was senator bob dole and he would take his place on the republican ticket as president fords vicepresident ial running mate. , i re i turn the floor over have a host of things i want to be sure to give before i lose my spot here. Lets see, first of all to the kansas city public library, carey r cosby kemp and cooking on a. We have had pleasure of working emw them over the past few months. My own director bill lacy and the staff of the institute for their unfailing support. Enator dole. And to our panel guests and theenid and crosby Kuemper Foundation for making this event possible. And all of you for being here today. We have a video greeting from senator bob dole. He is getting r
Front the have some connection to politics. So i think it has a pretty big impact. Of all the programs you produced over the years, which had the most impact on politics, on the popculture scene . I will answer with a movie we distributed. We distributed a movie several years ago called in the loop. It was done by a guy named armando and it was a british take on politics. Armando went on to do a beautiful show on hbo called veep. It was the lighter side of politics. I dont know if youve seen it. Im not sure it is the most profound effect but it has caught some attention. Not our show. A wonderful show done by hbo. What impact do you think television has on the political system and political culture. For those that dont watch everything that you do, what do you do . I work at amc networks. You run it. Yes. I will name some of our shows. I dont want to bore you or anyone watching this. We have mad men was quote and breaking bad and walking dead. We have a show call hell on wheels, wetv,