Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It is an honor to welcome everyone to the 71st National Book awards. I am Jason Reynolds coming to you live from washington dc go this is overnight but there is so much going on in the world this is our night and it is a big deal. It is so much of a big deal i woke up this morning anxious and nervous as usual. I always, mother and i am anxious. It is 7 00 oclock in the morning and she says oh no i said i am feeling anxious about tonight have to hope the National Book awards am calling you to see if you have advice for your child go she said that she always has been to make the call. Let me ask you something, son. What did i make you say every single night before you got into bed when you were little boy . I said i dont want to do this right now she said no dont know what did i. C. E. Make you say every night when you got into bed . I said you made me say i can do anything. Exactly you can do anything. You tell me this all the time on. But i never asked
Now, i cant get over it. Welcome, everybody. Hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving. Im neil cavuto. This is coast to coast. Were concentrating on the last day of trading for the month of november. Ion with the shellacking the Dow Jones Industrials is getting right now it is still looking at one of the better months weve seen in quite a few years. As a matter of fact, at the rate were going unless we really tumble out much bed here the strongest month since january 1987. Ignore what happened hater in that particular year. But for now were putting a capper on what is incredible comeback month included a surprising, legally infighting president ial election, pandemic spiking cases all over the the world. Yet with a comeback to put agrees on grease on the skids. Were getting growing indications this will be impressive run. Usually when you have a strong november you have a strong december. You put a capper on the year as a whole. A lot notwithstanding on optimism were competing for vaccine
With a new show on cnbc, highlighting Small Businesses and the people behind them across the country power lunch starts right now welcome to power lunch. Im john fortt take a look at whats driving the Market Health care stocks the biggest laggards while industrials and financials lead the way. Check out the bank names all higher tesla, the big winner. At the highs of the session, helping to turn the nasdaq almost positive, close to break even midday. Morgan stanley final upgrading the stock to a buy after a 500 gain this year lets get to bob pisani for more on these markets bob, you got me . Maybe not. Kelly, do you see what is happening with these markets i mean, were showing the sector snapshot here. Weve got s p retail is higher ahead of a Holiday Season we expect to be really strong for ecommerce and weve seen strong results this week from walmart and target yes, we do. By the way, i want to point out well, i want to point out that the dow turned negative only in the past hour or s
And working on social welfare issues close to 30 years and those of you who have read my writings know that if you most traditional Welfare Programs have been selfdefeating and have done a great deal of harm that is intended to help i found it fascinating pp on people are happy to criticize but to do welfare for the wealthy and then to have less criticism and less disapproval than those that try to help those that most need the help. Then the freeways people that are millionaires or billionaires. One is wellintentioned although not very effective so with that said we have an interesting form today talking about a new book that is available on amazon called welfare for the rich. And that is on sale right now and amazon. And then beyond that i will turn it over to our guest and show harvey is the founder former ceo and a Charitable Group with familyplanning issues around the world and the head of d kt Liberty Project which is a prominent defender of free speech as an entrepreneur and phi