mary: my name is mary elliott and i am a museum specialist and co-curator of the slavery exhibition,hich is one of three exhibitions in the history galler

mary: my name is mary elliott and i am a museum specialist and co-curator of the slavery exhibition, which is one of three exhibitions in the history gallery. we have three exhibitions in this gallery and those 15th-centuryover africa and europe all the way to today. some of the themes we cover include holding onto humanity under some of the most inhumane conditions. we look at the harsh realities of slavery and freedom, the resistance and survival of a people. we look at africans and african americans shaped the world as well as a nation. we look at how they shaped the landscape. that means socially, politically, economically, geographically, as well as culturally and intellectually. what is important for people to thesetand is we look at stories as human stories. they are told through the african-american lens. this is a shared history and you will see yourself throughout this exhibition. at one oft looking the opening labels for the slavery and freedom exhibition. behind me is a label that is to the making of the atlantic world. we feature a story of someone who was the leader of

mary school of law. the last person is elliott burke. as they does he serve managing partner of his firm, he serves as our current president of the rnla. elliott previously served as a cochairand the practice and in our woods. he's been in as the national oft lawyer in one washington's best lawyers. he is a criminal law graduate of weight force university and emory university school of law. i will turn it over to claudia who will do with the first subject come the loving disclosure act -- subject, the lobbying disclosure act. >> hello? want to make this too much in the weeds, but there are a lot of complex issues with regard to lobbying, registration, and disclosure that everyone should be aware of if one is intending upon engaging with federal officials, officeholders, and other d.c. and here in otherwise. we should have a powerpoint. we do. ok. the first slide. ok. it is working. mentioned, the overarching law here is the lobbying disclosure act of 1995. it replaced the law from 19 46, which was largely ineffectual and in 2007 -- thank

mary school of law. the last person you hear from is elliot burke of -- not only does elliott serve as partner of the firm but he also serves with the current president of the rnla. prior to starting his law firm he served as partner and as -- he has been named as the national best lawyer. he is a graduate away first university and emory university school of law. with that i will turn this over to 40th full day with the first subject which is lobbying disclosure act. >> hello? all right. this is, i do not want to make this too much in the weeds but certainly there are a lot of complex issues with regard to lobbying registration and disclosure. everyone should be aware of, if one is intending on engaging with federal officials, officeholders and other employees here in d.c. and otherwise. we should have a powerpoint. the first slide. okay.it is working. as ron mentioned, the overarching belong here the lobbying disclosure act of 1995, every place a law from 1946 which is largely ineffectual. then in 2007 due to largely the scandals surrounding -- congress in its wisdom and after the honest leadership and o

mary school of law. the last person is elliott burke.not only does elliott serve a aa managing partner of this firm he also serves as our current president of the rnla. prior to starting as current law firm, he served as a partner and as a practice group cochair at mcguire woods. he's been named as a national best lawyer and by the washingtonian as one of washington's best lawyers. he is a criminal -- grad of weight force and emory university school of law. with that introduction i'm going to turn it over to claudia will do with the first subject, which is the lobbying disclosure act. >> thank you, ron. [inaudible] >> you think so? hello? definitely. all right. i don't want to make is too much in the weeks but there are a lot of very complex issues with regard to law being registration and disclosure that everyone should be aware of if one is intending upon engaging with federal officials, officeholders, and other employees here in d.c. and otherwise. and we should have a powerpoint. we do, okay. first slide. okay. it's working. as ron m

mary pass by management to stay more entren entrenched? because is this a sign that maybe they were going to lose, that the votes are going the other way? going toward elliottrconic current management? >> i think so, jim. you know, listen -- >> you do? >> i don't believe we have heard from the proxy advisory firms yet, whose influence is more significant than in the past. but given how large passive investors are on -- how important a role they play in the proxy contests, but given everything that arconic is doing they saw themselves in the vulnerable position. at least we know when it will end. may 25th. it will end. i will end right there. and send it over to the bond pits and rick santelli from chicago. >> hey, david, how are you doing today? i love to be the sherlock holmes of the markets. it's what i have been doing for almost 40 years. why do markets move? well, sometimes the why is two fold. first you have to look at the logistics and see how traders positions are packed in. then you have to look at fundamentals. and try to marry the two together. let's consider this. we had what i considered a headline number that wasn't too spectacular for the firs