commodity coal which has seen some substantial price increase as of late joining us discuss is jim thompson the executive director of call it market who joins us from beautiful knoxville tennessee jim welcome and thanks for being with us. thank you for having me much pretty so let's start with prices which have seen a rise and and some of this is due i guess to hurricane florence but what's been going on with prices and why jim. the prices have been high for some time a couple of years in large part because supply. band conditions are tied in the global economy has been strong but certainly florence complicates the issue particularly near term because of disruptions in u.s. east coast kollek sports and jim it seems like a lot of global mining companies are not only enjoying the high prices but almost seems strange in many places around the planet there they're moving away from high carbon fuels to more renewables i meet how can this these two universes seem to be colliding but it seems to be making economic sense for the mining companies are right. well absolutely right now you know one thi

come back sometime able to talk about that plan as it gets a little closer to any implementation jim thompson the executive director of call and i just market thanks jim take care. thank you enjoyed it. with hundreds of millions of people on the planet in need of clothing so my big brands have been doing something seemingly unthinkable with excess garments burning them for more we go to our to correspond to trinity travelers who joins us from fifth avenue in manhattan here's trinity that's happening home to some of the world's most iconic and luxury fashion brands from luxury shoot. down to get him back you name it they've probably got it but what all the merchandise that doesn't get sold in stores well we're here to answer that for you it's very important to stay on track and because everything changes drastically as the season goes back from kashmir coats to handmade bags when the seasons change and luxury brands can't sell the items in store they oftentimes send those products to get burned. given the state of most economists at the moment and on the p.c.c. parole for even just a bit chary

over the past few decades, wasn't true when jim egger was the governor here in illinois, or jim thompson was governor, got a lot of good republican friends here in illinois. over the past few decades the politics of division and resentment and paranoia has unfortunately found a home in the republican party. this congress has championed the unwinding of campaign finance laws to give billionaires outside influence over our politics. systematically attacked voting rights to make it harder for young people and minorities and the poor to vote. [applause] handed out tax cuts without regard to deficits. slash the safety net wherever it could, cast dozens of votes to take away health insurance from order americans, embraced wild conspiracy theories like those surrounding benghazi. or my birth certificate. [laughing] rejected science, rejected facts on things like climate change, embraced a rising absolutism from a willingness to default on america's debt by not paying our bills to a refusal to even meet much less consider a qualified nominee for the supreme court because he happened to be nomina

over the past few decades -- it wasn't true when jim egger was a governor here in illinois, or jim thompson was governor. got a lot of good republican friends here in illinois, but over the past few decades, the politics of division, resentment and paranoia has unfortunately found a home in the republican party. this congress has championed the unwinding of campaign finance laws to give billionaires outside influence over or politics, systematically attack voting rights to make it harder for young people and minorities and the poor to vote. handed out tax cuts without war to deficits. slashed the safety net wherever it could, cast dozens of votes to take away health insurance from ordinary americans, embraced wild conspiracy theories like those surrounding benghazi. or my birth certificate. rejected science, rejected facts on things like climate change. embraced a rising absolutism from a willingness to default on america's debt by not paying our bills, to a refusal to even meet, much less consider, a qualified nominee for the supreme court because he happened to be nominated by a democrati

over the past few decades, it wasn't true when jim edgar was the governor here in illinois, or jim thompson was governor. got a lot of good republican friends here in illinois, but over the past decades, the politics of resentment and paranoia has unfortunately found a home in the republican party. this congress has championed the unwinding of campaign finance laws to give billionaires outside influence over our politics. systemically attacked voting rights to make it harder for young people and minorities and the poor to vote. handed out tax cuts without regard to deficits, slashed the safety net wherever it could, cast dozens of votes to take away health insurance from ordinary americans, embraced wild conspiracy theories like those surrounding benghazi, or my birth certificate. [laughter] pres. obama: rejected science, rejected facts on things like climate change. embraced a rising absolutism from a willingness to default on america's debt by not paying our bills, to a refusal to even meet, much less consider, a qualified nominee for the supreme court because he happened to be nominated

houses. , r the past few decades wasn't true when jim edgar was the governor here in illinois, or jim thompson was governor. had a lot of good republican friends here in illinois, but over the past decades, the resentment and paa knowa has unfortunately found a home in the republican party. this congress has championed the unwinding of campaign finance laws to give billionaires influence over our politics, systemically attacked voting rights for minorities and the poor to vote, handed out tax cuts with regard -- without regard to deficits, slashed the safety net wherever it could, cast dozen of votes to take away health insurance, embraced wild conspiracy theories like those surrounding benghazi, or my birth certificate. [laughter] president obama: rejected science, rejected facts on things like climate change. embraced a rising absolutism from a willingness to default on america's debt by not paying our bills, to a refusal to even meet much less consider a qualified nominee for the supreme court because he happened to be nominated by a democratic esident, none of this is conservative. i don't

tom kane, richard, bob carey, fred fielding, john lehman, jamie, tim, slade gordon, jim thompson, they were just superb to work with, each one contributing significantly to the work and success of the commission. the members of the commission join me in recognizing the families of 9/11. they turn their grief into constructive and positive action. they used it to push us for answers, they were supportive, they were critical at times, but always valuable associates as we pursued our mandate of finding the facts and suggesting solutions. tonight, we remember their loss, as heartbreaking as it was. we honor their particular courage in the marvelous reaction to tragedy. they have turned it into a singular service to the united states of america and to the welfare of its citizens. in the ten years that tom and i have worked on projects as a bipartisan policy center, we have accomplished a great deal. he and i have come to appreciate greatly the bipartisan policy center. we live at a time when people are worried about the polarized politics of the country. we see a lot of centripetal forces o

scottish captain jim it is england versus scotland. scottish captainjim thompsonknee amputee. it isa below the knee amputee. it is a competition. it's good. it's not easy but it's enjoyable, you get the outside as you meet some great quys the outside as you meet some great guys for some great banter. the scots were comfortable winners in the end, but these guys have got more than a trophy. it has given me a new lease of life and it's been brilliant, i've lived it. and that, surely, is what sport is all about. michelle gormley—mclaughlin made her ulster debut recently. at the tender age of a7. the prop, who plays her club rugby for city of derry only played her first rugby game on her 40th birthday. quite a tale. shejoins us now. michelle. hello. what's going on? why this late passion for rugby? i don't know. it'sjust late passion for rugby? i don't know. it's just something that happened. i played gaelic football for years beforehand. my boss kept asking me. he was a coach down in city of derry. he asked me down in city of derry. he asked me down so i went down. t