Lets have a look at what is going on with these markets. We would normally be looking at the nikkei, but tokyo is looking at the public holiday. There we go. Taiwan moving to the upside. Hang seng adding to some of the gains. Overall, we are seeing a mixed bag. Shanghai is lower. The asx 200 not having a good time. Lets have a look at the other Asset Classes which are perhaps on your radar here. Kicking things off with a look at gold, just down a fraction. Investors are sticking to their guns. We have seen it shifted to gold ever since the middle east tensions did come to the fore with the downing of that jet and the killing of general soleimani as well. 1556. S just at the moment 98. X crude, oil holding onto the biggest weekly drop we have seen since july. Easing tensions regarding whats going on in the middle east. On top of that, the pound is a little bit lower. There is the possibility of a rate cut. The bank of england policy maker showing that there are no signs of the economy i
Crimes and an insurrection and where we go from here as a nation. In fact, these two stories that i just mentioned to you tonight, theyre linked. How does President Biden work with a party that has some of its prominent leaders lying about his lawful victory and some, and to be precise and fair not all, but some elected republicans minimizing the violence that left five dead at the capitol. How do you do negotiations over the basics when you dont have any understanding on the fundamentals . There are a lot of Smart Thinkers whove studied these types of issues in different societies and a lot of progressives right now around the Biden Administration who say there can be no unity, no true democracy under the rule of law, unless there are facts and accountability first. Keep that in mind as you see this news tonight. Former President Trump wants to exploit the upcoming trial as a chance to double down on the election lie that partly fed the insurrection. He wants to take on the truth that
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Kristen the iop is honored to welcome speechwriters behind the words that have inspired us. Terry edmonds served as assistant to the president and director of speechwriting for president bill clinton, overseeing production of domestic policy speeches. Over a career spanning 40 years he has written for nasa administrator Charles Bowden as well as top executives at ibm, columbia university, time warner, the list goes on. He is a graduate from Morgan State University and is adjunct professor at hofstra university. Our next panelist, sarah , sarah hurwitz, served in the white house from 20092017, first as a speechwriter for president obama before becoming had speechwriter for first Lady Michelle obama. Previously she served as chief speechwriter for Hillary Clinton during her 2008 president ial campaign. She is a graduate of Harvard College and harvard law school, and has an upcoming book about judaism coming out in september. And John Mcconnell served more than 10 years in the white house
With me. Here in moscow in france which is braced for a tense weekend this saturday marks the one Year Anniversary of the Yellow Vest Movement thousands are expected to rally in paris later whether repin calls online for an illegal gathering on the day and also to block the capitals ring road more than 20 metro train stations are going to stay closed this saturday rallies are also planned in dozens of other cities across france despite the large numbers predicted for this weekend has been a dip in support for the movement recently the number of activists that show up for the regular demonstrations has dropped significantly compared with a year ago organizers hope the anniversary will bring renewed interest in the corps and inject life back into the movement according to a poll out this week more than half of those surveyed still support the yellow vests while 63 percent say they dont want the protests to begin in earnest again. Looks back at the 12 months of protests that have rocked t