Okay, very good morning. It is Wednesday the 1st of July. I'm Anthony Chung the head of market analysis here at Amplify trading Thought I would kick off today's briefing in a slightly different fashion because I had a few questions off a couple of new traders Yesterday about my morning routine. And so rather than me go through this in in kind of great detail I thought I'd give you a quick summary about just generally how I prepare ahead of the market open each day Certainly from from my perspective So I'm here to try and support our traders by helping them make sense of kind of structuring their day From the point of view of the things that they know that are taking place that economic data central bank speakers earnings Explorations these types of things to other things as well that could materialize and then helping them build scenarios about potential risks To the trading strategies that they're thinking about so hopefully I can give you just a very quick overview That could be useful for you going forward or at least to give you an insight the sort of things that I do in the morning So first things first my morning routine. I guess I call them Preflight checks, which is before I'd recommend that anyone really puts on a trade each morning It's just going through a process of due diligence of you know What was the close on Wall Street and for what reason so last night for example? We saw quite a Aggressive spike in US equities into the close because of particularly large Bicyde imbalance now with that impact the way I feel about the market open this morning Well, perhaps to a certain degree because actually that Bicyde imbalance is more of a function of the fact that it was quarter Month quarter and half year end and so a little bit of that kind of window dressing type price movement is not uncommon on those types of days Meaning then that there's no actual underlying Fundamental reason for that push higher and if we have then gone up Then it wouldn't be too much of a surprise to see a bit of that move fatigued and us to come back a little bit Compensating more for the fact that it was almost artificially lifted into the close last night Then I kind of look at the overnight Asia session What's happened is do any new news and obviously in context of now I'll be looking at things like any updates on Retaliation from China and what's been going on with this national security law in Hong Kong for example Is there any data? There's some more PMI numbers from China overnight So what's happened in Asia and then how does that then influence the open as we go into the European session? So before any trades go on it's very important to Think about and catch up and make sure kind of all of the boxes are checked And so that you are making the most informed decision possible by the time that you place those those trades and all those orders in the market One of the main things that I look at that I find particularly useful. I mean I use a squawk service. I mean being Kind of macro discretionary traders. We really can't operate without a squawk and new squawks the best in the business So we have an audio Announcer who basically is covering everything looking at Bloomberg and Reuters and all these different types of things But they basically put together a snapshot of all of the major News wise information of the main headlines they aggregate them that have come out overnight and they put it out in a short summary So yeah, check those guys out if that's that's of interest But that saves a hell of a lot of time rather than manually going through You know lots of different websites and things like that they basically have a 24-hour desk So by the time I'm kind of up looking at screens They normally publish something shortly after 6 a.m. London time I can have a read of that and I'm pretty much ready to go from a fundamental side of things I do though myself like to have a look at Basically for main resources to financial times Bloomberg and Reuters. I just have a quick scan through What I'm kind of looking for is I'm broadly aware of some of the key major themes in markets but I like to just isolate a couple of key facts out of some of the main stories that are going on and These publications serve as quite a good place where they give me some statistics and basically some context behind some of the initial Headlines that I find quite useful then of a base knowledge that I know where I can be more Reactful than to information as it breaks throughout the day because I've got a predefined idea of what the current status quo is And Twitter obviously is is an awesome tool if you've used correctly I mean if you jump on our amplify YouTube channel There's you scroll down a few few sections on the categories on the playlists You'll find I did a specific video about how to use Twitter For trading and it is such an immense tool if you know how to curate your own feed effectively Following the right people you get good insights. You get good timely information And so definitely just while I'm going about my business in the morning Particularly in a normal situation when I'm going to work It's it's a really great thing I just skimmed through and I've got a pretty good idea as well of what the general narrative in the morning is Fresh technical analysis they even for someone like me where I guess my my specialism is in market fundamentals I still go through the charts pretty much a fresh each morning starting on a higher time frame working my way down I like to know the kind of bigger picture of things Where are we at the moment or some longer standing technical levels? So for example looking at gold this morning. See we broke up 1800 yesterday on the monthly candlesticks now We're looking at several multi-year highs here. So Quite interested to see now technical on the upside it could open up the door really for a bigger push And so, you know, if equities do start flagging a little bit after the push we had yesterday could be quite interesting day So technical analysis again, I'd be going through from fresh and then checking the daily economic calendar now I get our traders to you know in a pretty distinct routine of at the end of every day So typically they're trading really the European sessions. So really my cash closed half 4 to 5 p.m I like to get them to get tomorrow's calendar and start pre-planning then or at least building Or visualizing what the following day might entail so that they already Know then what the kind of game plan is and so when they do those overnight Pre-flight checks in the morning. They already kind of just topping up a Plan that's already in development at that point So again, it helps accelerate that morning process and then when you check the calendar on the day It's like has there been any additions any new speaker events things of that nature now practical tips that I could say Absolutely pivotal that you assign a hierarchy to the news Otherwise, there is no way you'd be able to efficient efficiently really Disseminate everything that's going on and so the way I'll show you in a second how I go about doing that But it's the main thing which people would come back to me saying, you know, there's just too much information out there How do I order this kind of stuff? How do I know what to focus on and I'll give you some more detail in that The second bounce ideas with others one thing I do for sure Amplify as I'll speak to some of the other traders Namely Sam North who's the chap that you see who would normally be on the briefing with me but he He's one of our main traders and mentors and he trades with a much more technical orientation Then then I would look at markets And so I do like to get a more rounded opinion and certainly given the fact that you know His skill is in technical analysis Then there's certainly things that he may see that I don't and I like to then kind of use that Expertise to my advantage in that sake so bouncing ideas off of people. I think it's a healthy thing Frontload your prep work. This is one of those things They said about getting in that routine the day before so it's not so arduous a process then on the morning of And inform a plan for the day, you know One of the the main things that you hear traders who do this professionally always say Is that you know, you have a game plan and then you remain disciplined to then in action and execute that game plan So you become less reactive less impulsive Which is kind of more reminiscent then of what a lot of retail traders approach would be You already know what your opportunities are You kind of have overlaid the calendar and you know the general market structure and timings of when those opportunities might occur And then it's just about taking action at the right time This is then that idea about eliminating the kind of quote noise And having more focused research on what really when you're looking through the news what to focus on And the main thing is I've tried to take right now for example And covet 19 is probably the one thing that the market has been in the last week or two The most sensitive to so my triangle here is trying to be representative of the fact that that is The singular most important thing that could move markets in the short term and intraday in the markets that you're trading So any developments pertaining to covet Are particularly important and your attention then when you're checking the news in the morning needs to be centered around that particular subject and or When those timings of the updates come in an intraday basis, which is typically in the afternoon in london Then it's the trade war You've obviously got this recent escalation in the war of words between the u.s. and china So what is the latest have a search around what is currently being said very important again that you know what the current Let's say conflict where we're at and so that when you see a breaking comment or a trump tweet You know what to benchmark it against and whether or not that's a positive or negative outcome And then there's things like economic data, which you can see here I've put kind of in third place because we've got some data out later today like adp the private payrolls Number head of non farms that's coming out adp this afternoon But even with adp it's it's likely to show an improvement But is it important? Well, I don't really think so Not so much. I mean an improvement in all of the u.s. Data pretty much is what we've been seeing like consumer confidence yesterday So it takes a lower Kind of priority in that order of things and so by default then if I'm just selecting these three major themes that really are the driving Fundamentals of markets right now Well, then everything else I kind of not ignore But I give a lesser attention to because it's not going to be so impactful on the Prices of the products that I'm looking at so hopefully that makes a little bit more sense again It's a very top level overview. This is a disorder thing. I'd work with our traders on quite lentily Because this really is my my specialism in preparing for these sorts of things, but hopefully you found that You found that useful But look, let's let's have a look at the charts and let's get back to the briefing This shouldn't really take me too long It's been a relatively quiet open or a commencement of the second half of 2020 I'd say Follows of course the best quarterly performance in more than two decades A lot of those headlines flying around yesterday But look, I would take them with a little bit of pinch of salt as I always say context is is kind of key and you know, obviously we had that massive Correction in markets in March and then this phenomenal stimulus effort to to create this almost v-shaped recovery Certainly not in the economy, but at least in the equity market that we have seen So I think that's a little out of context to really be amplifying that type of commentary Uh, but you know yesterday again We had the consumer confidence posting its biggest rise since 2011 people making a bit of a A mountain out of a molehill I feel on the back of that because actually if you think about it cut off date for that survey was actually 18th of june So it was shortly before states like texas and arizona reimposed New restrictions after their fresh outbreak of covet 19 cases So I think it's a little bit rich to be jumping all over that thinking. Yeah, this is great consumers. Confidence is it's rocketing higher Perhaps getting a little heavy yourself Japan generally quite light overnight Sentiment caps on confidence among large manufacturers So they have something called the tan cancer which came out overnight and that actually fell to the lowest level since basically The global financial crisis in 09 Asia slightly positive in terms of china Sydney and soul and south korea. Hong Kong was actually closed And obviously that's quite an interesting localized area to to keep an eye on just given the the ongoing security law that's just been implemented from china Equity markets as I said we paired a little bit. You can see here the dax It's currently down 50 points the the nasdaq and s&p also slightly negative So you can see that extremity of the pop that we had with that that right into the close Big by-side imbalance that we had and so now that that's faded. We consolidated overnight a little bit of push back down to pivot I don't think it's untoward Or surprising and we did have The federal communications commission designate Wildway technologies and zte corp as national security threats another slight Although it was more repetitive commentary again a slight evolution of the the ongoing conflict between the us and china at the moment Which does keep markets Kind of a little bit fragile to developments on that front so Yeah equities a little bit negative As that has meant that t-notes have just been rising a little bit as europe has come in gold remains fairly elevated As I said before technically gold becomes quite interesting now Topside and downside levels of this range are going to be quite key And we're trading just about one and a half dollars off that initial high that was seen yesterday afternoon So this is the kind of trading range of the near term It's going to be quite important. But if I put this on a monthly, of course, we're now Now that we've vaulted 1800 that was the cap here Of price activity in 2011 And 2012-13 and so it's going to be super interesting now to see how the rest of this week unfolds Um, and do we start to see a kind of push up into ward You know levels where we start approaching up to around, you know, this is open now the door to higher push to 1850 1900 so on so forth. So It had been a pretty stern obstacle as you can see That we had in april mays price activity But june then closing that month and managing above there. I think is quite important Going forward. So yeah, certainly today and the session's address this week I'm going to be interested to see whether or not gold can really push on from here Because again, it just acts as a nice reassurance reinsurance policy almost Although there seems to be some positive developments on us data and things of that nature, you know, with the risks on just global geopolitics Then the trade war and in the covet developments, of course You know, it seems like a a logical place to to park at least some exposure at this time being for the medium-term trade Um, so yeah, that's the overall kind of charts this morning. Um oil You can see we had a little pop here in oil I'll just circle this one here at around 9 30 last night Of course, we had the regular api crude oil infantry So quick glance at those it was a drawdown of 8.156 Million expectations were for a draw of just 2.7. So that's a very bullish headline Gasoline was draw two and a half cushing a slight build But overall price movement in reaction to that was higher However, there wasn't been too much in a way of a sustained kind of reaction to that And now we're kind of just forming. Uh, there was some price movement. I'm just keeping an eye on here. You've got the pivot um kind of relatively loose trend line coming in from The bottom of some of the price activity prior to the Infantry release last night where we're training at the moment which kind of coincides that around the daily pivot for Today and then you've got the on the upside just keeping an eye as well It's been tested three times on that descending trend line Which we're coming at around 39 75 here if we were to bounce back up um So let's have a quick look at a few other things that are going on. What's the latest on covid? The latest on that is Anthony Fauci It's probably a name that you've heard before He's the u.s. government's top infections disease specialist He's basically worn lawmakers that coronavirus cases could rise to a hundred thousand a day if behaviors Don't change but he has always been on the Kind of more pessimistic view But I guess that's his job given his job title and role But just worth bearing that in mind that comes after the european union extended a travel ban on americans yesterday and i'm sure Trump's not going to be particularly happy about that. So Again, it kind of fuels that protectionist reaction if you like for united states, which in itself becomes quite a A spot of contention for potential renewed risk in regards to what he says on the eurozone as well as other potential trading partners going forward other than that of china Some other headlines on the the virus front to be aware of bloomberg We're reporting that a strain of flu virus spreading in chinese pigs Has shown it can also affect humans. So this isn't covid 19. This is a separate pathogen So yeah, if that were to happen that is bad news But I'd say it's way too early for us to start jumping to those kind of conclusions But I thought it was just worth pointing out on the flip side, you know, I can't just talk negatives weekly deaths involving coronavirus in england and wales Felt to their lowest in 12 weeks. So that's certainly a positive as far as the uk government is concerned Which on us independence days so this saturday on the fourth they're looking to go to the next phase of Loosening the lockdown But as I've said before and as we have seen what's happened in the lights of the united states of america It's going to be particularly interesting in the uk to see how things perform Over the period of the next two to three weeks given that incubation kind of period of the of the virus But as we've seen in the lights of lester in the east midlands against the east midlands in the uk How we the government's taking approach of localized lockdowns, which I think is a much more prudent way of managing then Trying to minimize the economic impact of what delaying Reopening of the economy could be On the china front.  I become more and more angry at china People can see it and I can feel it So that was one and that was quickly followed by this one Which was this is a battle to save the heritage history and greatness of our country And then obviously his kind of slogan maga 2020 So to me this is this is kind of the 101 marketing or framing that donald trump uses when when when he's Utilizing a system like twitter where he can directly communicate without the kind of Influence then of other media sources so one is china and that is framing the fact that you know the the Renewed pickup in virus cases has nothing to do with the management of the reopening of the economy It's just it's this is this enemy that is china and it's their virus and it's their fault and then secondly as well it's that kind of Reminiscent of that brexit take back control our borders, which obviously does resonate and it gives people that kind of That thought of you know that things used to be better in the past and it really taps into that core human psyche and belief and This type of Wording that he's using is definitely looking to counteract things like a lot of these social And civil movements that are happening at the moment like black lives matter for example Talking about heritage History how great the country used to be it's preserving and saving that from foreign interference. You know these are all very much Trump utilising this type of language to frame a certain narrative that certainly he's going to be pumping into the election So he was he did these two tweets back to back and I think that that's quite it was just quite a Good representation. I think of his kind of tactical approach at this point in time Other than that though from trump As I said the federal communications commission designated two of the big tech companies Which have been something that china hasn't taken kindly to The u.s. Of deem them as national security threats China Apparently will announce reciprocal curbs or branches of u.s. media in the country and strongly urge the u.s Not to escalate suppression of chinese media further. This was called into the global times Which is kind of the mouthpiece of the chinese government overnight And then the u.s. Treasury secretary munichin was speaking alongside juro pal yesterday to the house Reiterated he's working with the house and said it's a pass additional covet financial relief by the end of july Believes china will live up to its trade agreements, but there is concern about the lack of covet transparency So a couple of key things there from munichin as well One there's a couple of these kind of more consumer oriented packages for relief That's going to expire towards the end of this month And it's important that they get something else or at least the belief that something else is coming So that's part one two China are fulfilling their obligations despite the pop shops and that the president is giving them on the trade front And then three is kind of well There still is the fact that china are being quite a lack of transparency on that front so it's kind of Given them taking on that relationship side with china from the treasury secretary So that kind of summarizes that situation definitely something to monitor going forward for sure Canada wise then for today as we go further forward into the morning You do have the german unemployment rate and change To keep an eye on that will just be ahead of 9 a.m London time and then you've got the uk Manufacturing pmi coming out at 9 30. Let's be a final reading alongside the same for the eurozone This afternoon as I mentioned you've got adp national employment. It's actually actually expected It was previously a negative 2.76 million. It's expected at 3 million We've got a range of 1.25 to plus 9 million up high So as you can see here, we are expecting a spring back To basically if we go on a 25 year chart here, it's going to be one of the best numbers we've ever had It's what we're about to print so a continuation of this strong v I mean expectations are we're going to adp is going to print up at around here Could be if the top end of Analyst ranges up at 9 million which would be up here, which would be a phenomenal It would be a kind of a v-shape but with a little extra source on the top just to just to Really show how strong the recovery has been The other data point that we've got that is ism manufacturing and again that's expected to go from 43.1 to 49.5 Which basically eradicates any of the downward movement that we've had on the back of the The national lockdown on the commencement of kovid which impacted the april may figures So we're kind of back on track almost liking that data and nothing ever happened That I get the risk here, of course, is that we know u.s data has been particularly strong That city surprise index has been a record high territory So these things I don't think are going to surprise markets and perhaps not cause a massive move in the market If anything if we continue to get such awesome data I mean we heard already from drone powell's speech from yesterday how Things are improving perhaps a little bit better than expected And if that in itself could that in time start to become a little bit of a negative Because then it kind of reduces the emphasis of the fed to continue to do more I don't think we're near that point yet because all of the Tools and facilities the fed have put in place back in march We've only used an absolute fraction of the capacity of which those could go up to So I think he's always got the flexibility where he can sound a little bit more optimistic and actually help confidence generally But I think to think that the the fed are going to start unwinding things is is is a fallacy Because they haven't even begun using these facilities. And so all they would need to do is just switch the button on start using them more If the market started to turn so yeah at the moment You know, it's hard to see A trigger point that would cause a big You know a meltdown in markets at this point. So you know at least for now It's kind of the show goes on for the time being so Other than that we've got the FMC minutes this evening obviously could be quite interesting Given the fact that the last meeting of course is when we had The update we had the summary of economic projections. They said rates were going to remain low through that of 2022 I must admit though, you know, whenever minutes are released. They are somewhat dated Perhaps even now the world's moved on a little bit further We've had some more coveted developments. We've also had some more economic data since then which generally is surprised to the upside so perhaps the minutes Worth monitoring but again, I'm not sure how market moving they're going to be in all honesty speaker wise ECB's panetta speaking Shortly another hours time or so Bank of England's Haskell midday at a conference in Bryson And that's that's pretty much it. So look, that's it from me. I wish you guys a good day. You're going to let you get on I hope the The start of the session about the morning routine overview was was useful Just drop me a comment if you have any questions or if you want to see more stuff like that in future briefings from me I'll be happy to to do so. But guys have a good day. I'll see you same time tomorrow. Thanks very much


Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, and Morris Harrell, president of the United States, Ronald Reagan. Thank you very much. Thank you. He did that. Well, thank you very much, Morris Harrell, members and officers of the ABA. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm delighted to be back in beautiful Atlanta. And it's with a happy heart that I share with you the honor of this special occasion, the 105th annual meeting of the Great American Bar Association. It isn't true that I attended the first meeting. You know, a speaker always hopes that he can identify some way and that there's some relationship between himself and his audience. I was just reading something the other day that maybe made it that I can do that. It said that to be a great trial lawyer, you had to have some histrionic ability and a little bit of ham. So now you had to remember back a ways there for that. Well, we respect the gentleman who has led your organization with vision and skill, Morris Harrell. As you all know, there are a lot of jokes, as I just tried one, with lawyers as the target. Thomas Jefferson reportedly blamed his problems with the Congress on a hundred lawyers whose trade it is, as he said, quote, to question everything, yield nothing and talk by the hour. Well, I'd like to say something else and say it for the record today. Under Morris Harrell's leadership, the ABA has not sought to control America. You have sought to serve America. And now I didn't remember enough whether the figures are going to be correct that I'm giving, but I understand that you have some 30,000 lawyers and 300 law firms contributing toward the $10.5 million raised for your second century fund. These contributions are the centerpiece of the ABA's public service work for America. Hundreds of programs addressing public concerns, ranging from trial abuse to the problems of the elderly, from government waste to the high cost of justice, from juvenile crime to the energy challenge. 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They are committed activists for genuine civil and human rights, wise and courageous citizens, and I think they deserve your strong support. If excellence is one pillar of the agenda for opportunity, equality is another, and it's just as important. Equality of rights, treatment and protection under the law. We want every American to participate fully in society on the basis of individual merit, regardless of race, sex or national origin. I reaffirm today our unshakable commitment to eliminate discrimination against blacks, women, the handicapped and other minorities. And let me add, this is not just our legal commitment, it is also our moral commitment. Racial violence and other criminal violations of civil rights laws are among the most heinous intrusions upon individual liberty. We do not shy from prosecution or punishment. The Department of Justice has filed more than 100 new cases charging criminal violations of civil rights laws. We have tried 80 cases. That's not just a respectable number, it's substantially more than any prior administration during a comparable period. In the area of fair housing, we are keeping our pledge to strengthen enforcement of the Fair Housing Act. We introduced legislation to significantly amend the law for the first time since its enactment so we can put real teeth into the principle of equal protection from discrimination. In a democracy, there is no greater expression of equal opportunity than the right to vote. And I am proud to have supported and signed into law the longest extension ever of the Voting Rights Act. Under this administration, the Department of Justice has reviewed approximately 25,000 proposed electoral changes under the Voting Rights Act. They have objected to 165 in the grounds of racial discrimination. The Department has been active in litigation participating in a total of 52 cases, 25 of which were initiated under this administration. We are also committed to eliminating all traces of discrimination in the law against women. At the same time, we are doing our best to restore respect for the family and the homemakers who do so much to hold our society together. Take a look at America 1983. Things are changing and for the better. The income tax marriage penalty has been greatly reduced. The maximum child care tax credit for working mothers has been increased almost doubled. We have eliminated the estate tax for surviving spouses. We have authorized larger IRA contributions for working women. We are strengthening child support enforcement to make absent fathers meet their obligations. And we have moved in the courts to remedy inequities in pensions. As I have mentioned, we have appointed more women to top policy posts than any administration before us. And we have increased the purchasing power of all Americans by knocking down inflation. Those who specialize in partisan rhetoric and the politics of accusation may close their eyes to progress, but Americans are fair-minded. They don't look at the world with blinders. If given the facts, I'm confident they'll agree that much has and is being done to assure that every woman has an equal opportunity to achieve the American dream. All these reforms are important. We're committed to them and to doing more. But we need another reform. Assurance that the American people can walk the streets and sleep in their homes without being afraid. The rule of law represents the civil discourse of a free people. Crime is the uncivilized shout that threatens to drown out and ultimately silence the language of liberty. I believe the scales of criminal justice have tilted too far toward protecting criminals, and more must be done to protect the rights of law-abiding citizens. Crime is an issue of social justice. Its elimination is essential to full freedom and opportunity for all Americans. To cite just one example, in 1980 blacks were victimized by crimes against persons at a 25 percent higher rate than whites. So we've introduced the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1983 to deny bail to a defendant posing a threat to the community, to make prison sentencing more certain, to end abuses of parole, and to modify the exclusionary rule so that evidence obtained in good faith can be used in a criminal trial. Over 50 percent of violent crime goes unreported. I have appointed a presidential task force on victims of crime, and it has made 68 recommendations. Many of them are being acted upon. We're also carrying out many enforcement initiatives. We now have law enforcement coordinating committees in over 90 judicial districts. Last Thursday, I had the honor of appointing a commission to conduct a region-by-region analysis of organized crime infiltration, a commission headed by one of the most distinguished members of your profession, Judge Irving R. Kaufman. And we've set up 12 regional drug enforcement task forces. They're modeled on the successful South Florida task force, which stemmed the heavy flow of drugs into Florida. They are working on 260 cases. We think it's time also to crack down on the peddlers of filth and smut. The Justice Department has a program to do this, and we've notified U.S. attorneys that enforcement of pornography laws is a prime concern. Finally, I submit to you it's not good enough to have equal access to our law. We must also have equal access to the higher law, the law of God. George Washington warned that morality could not prevail in exclusion of religious principles. And Jefferson asked, can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we've removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of people that these liberties are the gifts of God? The First Amendment was not written to protect the people from religious freedom. The First Amendment was written to protect people's religious beliefs from government tyranny. The American people support a constitutional amendment, permitting their children to begin their days as the members of Congress do, with prayer. Prayer would be voluntary. It could not be state-composed, and I hope the ABA will support it. And I'm not going to add that if the children start out the same way as the congressmen, I hope they'll turn out more effective. Our last great pillar of our agenda is opportunity, our four opportunity is for economic growth. Franklin Roosevelt told us that freedom is no half-and-half affair. If the average citizen is guaranteed equal opportunity in the polling place, he must have equal opportunity in the marketplace. A sparkling economy is the best hope for all who strive to pull themselves up, and we have a program to do that. It's called Economic Recovery. One of the best signs that that program is working is that they don't call it Reaganomics anymore. Not more government. But I think Justice Brandeis was right. When he said, experience teaches us to be most on our guard in protecting liberty when government's purposes are beneficent. As attorneys, you understand the importance of evidence and experience. Oliver Wendell Holmes said a page of history is worth a volume of logic. If we look at recent history, I believe one conclusion is inescapable. No overall improvement occurred in reducing poverty in America during the very period when government spending in the name of the poor was exploding. The decline in the percentage of people in poverty began leveling off in the late 60s, reversing almost two decades of dramatic improvement. Then, and even worse, between 1971 and 1980, the percentage of American households depended on welfare rose by 20%. This tragedy was accompanied by the increasing breakdown of families. Nearly half of all poor families in 1980 were headed by women, and the number of single teenage mothers is estimated to have grown by 50% in the decade of the 70s. The dramatic increase in dependence was clearly associated with a change in the nature of public assistance. The emphasis shifted from FDR's model of direct payments to the needy. We began supporting a growing army of professionals. I don't question their good intentions, but their economic self-interest lay an extending dependency not in ending it, and that's exactly what happened. Eligibility standards were also relaxed, and the tradition that public assistance should be shunned was replaced with an income transfer ethic. Encouraging dependency had a clear impact on reducing economic growth. Irresponsible spending added to the ranks of poverty by generating higher inflation. This triggered a sharp increase in the tax burden, destroying incentives for savings and investment, crippling real earnings. The Joint Economic Committee estimated the drop in productivity growth in the 1970s cost the average household nearly $3,000 in income. America wasn't going forward. We were going backward. Let us have the courage to speak the truth. Policies that increase dependency and break up families are not progressive, they're reactionary, even though they are invariably promoted past and carried out in the name of fairness, generosity, and compassion. The good news is we're beginning to turn incentive structures and the economic situation around. Poverty is far from solved. Problems which had been neglected for more than a decade were made worse by the recent recession. But the conditions for meaningful and lasting improvement are clearly being established. Spending growth has been cut. Public assistance is being retargeted to the truly needy. And over 85% of those who have left the welfare roles have not returned. They're out there independent. Just as important, we've reduced tax rates and restored incentives for growth. The United States is leading the world into economic recovery with strong growth and low on inflation. The experts said it couldn't be done. Who will benefit most from an inflation rate below 3%? It's been 2.6% for the last 12 months, the lowest rate in more than 15 years. And a growth rate which approached 9% of the second quarter. Well, the answer is those with the lowest incomes. Inflation hurts them most and our success against inflation will help them most. And let's remember when the economy was strong and healthy during the 50s and 60s, poverty rapidly declined. I think we need a new dialogue in America. It might begin with an intellectual house cleaning in Washington, D.C. It's time to bury the myth that bigger government brings more opportunity and compassion. In the words of Morris Abram, our nominee to the Civil Rights Commission, it's time for some people, he said, to stop shouting slogans of the past and begin dealing with facts, figures and conditions of the present. In the name of fairness, let's stop trying to plunder family budgets with higher taxes and start controlling the real problem federal spending. In the name of growth, let's stop talking about billions for more dependency and start creating enterprise zones and new incentives for opportunity so we can keep the dream alive for millions of aspiring whites, blacks and Hispanics. In the name of America, let's stop spreading bondage and start spreading freedom. Let's remember what we're all about. All of us as Americans are joined in a common enterprise to write the story of freedom, the greatest adventure mankind has ever known, and one we must pass on to our children and our children's children, remembering that freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. The warning more than a century ago attributed to Daniel Webster remains as timeless as the document he revered. When he asked, who shall reconstruct the fabric of demolished government? Who shall raise again the well proportioned columns of constitutional liberty? Who shall frame together the skillful architecture which unites national sovereignty with states' rights, individual security and public prosperity? Then he said, hold on to the Constitution of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster. What has happened once in 6,000 years may never happen again. Hold on to your Constitution, for if the American Constitution shall fall, there will be anarchy throughout the world. Trusting in God and helping each other, we can and will preserve the dream of America, the last best hope of man on earth. Thank you very much. God bless you all. Mr. President, it has been said by the audience with this great applause and the very warm reception that has been received as your remarks tells you, as it does all of us, how much we appreciate your presence and how delighted we are that you would take the time and visit with the American Bar Association. Thank you so much. Seats until the President and his party have left the auditorium. Thank you.


Bah, what's up everybody once again it's Bram and Shana. Today we're going over a little success nugget from none other than Diplo. Subscribe if you haven't already but other than that let's get to it. Like I said I never chased to be a big producer, never chased what was happening. I think that as a producer I've always been the one to try to set trends. Like I've always been one to say let's do this because everybody else is doing that. So last unpack what this manager said. Biggest point is that Diplo continuously evolves very quickly and that's how he remains a trendsetter after success after success after success. Why? Because most people ride the wave and not that Diplo doesn't ride the wave because they tell you to do that for success and it can lead you to the top but what Diplo does a lot differently than others is I'll have to put like a picture up here. Is Diplo will ride the wave to a certain point and even though he might be the one leading the wave he will hop off and find the next trend. Diplo is very clear and adamant about the fact of not really getting lost in the sauce and in his own success and when people go right he goes left, when people go left he goes right so he can catch that new wave and then create that next sound and always stand out. He wants to surprise people with a new sound because that's more so his brand than having a distinct sound. So what does that mean for a newer artist or somebody who just hasn't popped yet? Well I already hear man we're oversaturated with this sound or these type of lyrics or these type of songs but there's market moves and cycles so if you go left when everybody else is going right understand that yes you're not on Diplo stage so you're not gonna probably be able to hop to the next wave and ride it up as fast as possible but go left and wait that time out because when you do get to the top when that wave does get to the top you'll be there riding that wave unless you get to that certain point in the wave then you can make whatever kind of decisions you want you can be one of those artists that keep going with the wave and love it and that's just your sound you want to stick with it forever or you can involve really quickly like Diplo take the nugget and do as you please because that's it you know what to do hit that subscribe but when we think about big records of a lot of producers are thinking how to make it as standard as possible I think those days are gone I think it's you have to surprise the audience in 2015 or 2016 you have to give something that you haven't heard before if there's a signature Diplo sound it's just something that's hopefully you know eclectic and just strange to your ears at first if I had a signature sound I think that'd be like my that'd be like the end of me


Welcome back here still watching the breakfast on plus TV Africa. Last week, the Nigerian Communications Minister Issa Pantami revealed that some security agencies had gotten approval from the president, Mohamed Abu-Hari, to assess or access the database of the National Identity Management Commission in the cause of current on their duties. This week we're hearing that the president is being urged to rescind his decision. From society organization, socio-economic rights and accountability project, his urging President Buhari to use, quote, his good offices and leadership position to urgently review and rescind the reported approval of four security agencies to access people's personal details via the NIN same linkage without due process of the law. In the letter dated February 5, 2022 and signed by its deputy director, Kola Wole Olua Dari, the organization is also urging the president to, quote, send executive bills to the National Assembly to repeal and reform all laws which are inconsistent and incompatible with Nigerians right to privacy, dignity and liberty. I'm glad to say Kola Wole Olua Dari joins us this morning to throw more light on this right here on the breakfast on plus TV Africa. Mr. Lord, I have a good morning to you. Nice to be here. Nice to have you. And how has the president replied to your letter? Not yet. So I wouldn't be able to confirm whether he has gotten it or whether he hasn't received it. Okay. You're saying that you're not sure you're not aware of the president has received the letter? No, I said whether he has received the person, I would not be able to say, but traditionally let those go to correspondents or not go to direct people. I'm sure there are people that receive it or they stay out before he gets to it. So I think we have to go all week to wait and listen and watch the pen and order. Okay. I'm sure the president, if he gets his morning papers, would see your letter and report to your letter. And of course, he might begin to ask for it if he hasn't yet gotten it. But have you had any response from the president in the past? Is this a tactic that has worked when you write to him on policy issues or does he respond to you? It's not a tactic. It's what everyone should do and it's what I would like to encourage everyone to do is we are in a democracy. So I would say the president is about to get feed back from the people if citizens don't communicate with them. And that is what we have been doing over the years, that is what we did. And so in the past, sometimes we get responsive by way of correspondents or ministries who are copied in the letter. Sometimes we read about the responses on the pages of newspapers, just like you. But what is important is that we get action, not necessarily correspondents and response to our advocacy. But as long as there are actions that are beneficial to the experience, I think that that will suffice and that is what is most important anyway. Let's look at the issues on the table. You have an issue. What is the president's decision? Why? Because that decision in itself, we are not here to hear from the president directly. It's not legible in this instance. And the context is very simple to understand. The right to privacy is constitutionally guaranteed in chapter four of the Nigerian constitution. And what the law of section 45 of the competition says is that all those rights that are granted in chapter four of the constitution, of course, they are not absolutes. Any kind of action or anything that would derogate from those rights must ask to do some fundamental principle.  And that means that provided in the constitution there must be a law that would derogate from those rights. And what that means is that that law itself must stipulate rights, duties, and obligations, both on the part of duty bribes, that is governments and agencies, and on the part of right holders which are the citizens. Presently we have no such comprehensive framework. What we have in the constitution in chapter seven is the right to privacy along with the right to freedom of expression in section 49 and all of the laws that are interrelated. We are yet to have the law that will concretely stipulate what are the rights and obligations. And we can ask this very simple question. These data that is being shared with security agencies, which security agencies are we talking about? Is it the police? Is it the ESTC? Is it the immigration services? The law needs to set up clearly who are those agencies. Secondly, what are the limits that they have to the use of this data? Don't forget these are things that pertain to you and me, including who you spoke to possibly last night, and how much it sends to a friend over the weekend, as little as that. So we are yet to have such laws in place. And then the president's question to us is that if there is a breach of data between, from where our data that is where I was, the ESTC, the security agencies, if there is a breach of data, who are we going to over this? Those are some of the provisions that must be in this framework that would clearly generate both rights, limits and obligations. If the rights and the power cannot be at large, and I need to mention this, that national security, which is what we've seen over time, be used by government and government agencies to curtail the federal restoration of the agency. It's not enough. National security is too big a word to be thrown around. And you may not understand the essence of these rights until as individuals these rights are breached and breached. And that is the essence of these rights. Particularly within the context of what we've seen, the historical existence of security agencies in Nigeria, how can we be sure that these rights cannot be abused? But that is the side of the factor. There is no law presently that creating obligations on the part of how we use this data. The extent, the limit, and even if there is an abuse, who will be copied? And that is why it is putting the cuts before the ops in this instance, which is what we've told we asked the president to ensure that there are bills put before the national assembly that will create these laws. The national data professional regulation is a subsidiary legislation at best. It's not a law at that. It's much less a part of constitutional provisions to prevent privacy. So that is what means to be done first before this kind of directive from the president. Okay. Interesting. We don't know yet what the agencies, like you said, involved are. We don't know the extent to which they might go. But you're talking about monitoring of phone calls and all that. Are we really sure and can we afford to speculate at this time if you're not totally sure, or if you don't have that information, as to what the extent of the past the president has approved are or is? Because we hear that, you know, you talk about monitoring of phone calls. Wouldn't that be bringing some panic, especially bearing in mind the fact that the Nigerian Identity Management Commission doesn't deal with the phone calls and the network connection. They just have data, you know, data, the bio-data and all that of the people who own these phone lines. What do you say to that? That is exactly a part of the challenges that this kind of directive is going to bring. We do not know the extent. And when I talk about the extent of those powers, it is not just for the president to tell us. There must be laws. It must be a law that I want to relate and create obligations like this is what you can do with this data. This is who you can share this data with. And these are the right and obligations that follow the trail of data as it goes from agency to agency. We do not have that. And don't forget your NIN, NIN to your phone. So even if it is not captain, we do not know whether it is captain within this directive of president, even if it is not, are we sure that eventually giving the chain of custody of this data, it will not eventually get to that. And don't forget, this administration as we stated its commitment, time and time again and we are caught on this as well to monitor the water conversations of Nigerians. It wasn't the news when the 20th and the 21st population BU was being considered. So the world has been stated as a corporation for the particular gains of government to monitor the water conversations of Nigerians. So again that is exactly to the issue we are talking about. We do not know the extent of the use of this data. So if your NIN data is linked to your bank details it is linked to your phone and it is linked to whatever I am sure that what is being accessed or released only pertains to your account and does not pertain to your phone call, which is why we must have these clear directives in custody of the data, the rights and obligations of those public institutions involved including liability for any kind of breach of practice. And this again will protect, constitution actually protects individuals from abuse, either by public institutions or even property that might inadvertently come across such data. Okay. Thank you very much. We are aware of the reason given by the federal government for this NIN same linkage policy which despite the prevalence of COVID-19 and several government directives and even actions curtailing the freedoms of Nigerians in the name of lockdown restriction of movement restrictions placed or limits placed on how many people can gather at a time even with all these they made Nigerians gather in numbers exposing themselves to COVID-19 just to register and to link their SIM cards with the NIMC database. One of the reasons given for that exercise was that it needed to be done for the sake of national security. So why the reaction from Syrup if they had already said they needed to protect Nigerians and they had already given a reason as far back as last year why this was being done as being that of national security amongst others. Thank you. I think Kofi the point is that the NIMC started to allow us to obtain data from Nigerians to be aware of such a state. It is not in doubt but even that power to obtain data and to keep it must be within the framework of laws. Don't forget that they are consistently guaranteed rights to freedom of the right to privacy. Really for me keeping that data is my right to privacy. Now we are going to another level now sharing of data. What limits of data that can be shared by NIMC particularly when there is more and more connections between your NIMC first it was now back out and then you can just understand how it's going to go on and on in the least your passport program as much as possible. And so in the absence it is not enough to state national security. The NIMC has the right to collect something and they don't need to give us a reason to collect the data. But it is the use of such data that is very important. And I think we do not have enough laws that protect that presently. And as I mentioned earlier national security as a phrase we cannot afford to abuse this catch-out phrase that we bring on the right of freedom of the right. Not particularly those who may have the power to do so today will ultimately be on the other side tomorrow. And that is why national security is not important. It is that it is a catch-out phrase that without limits it is of course subject to abuse. I would like to go back to what Mr. President said in May 2021 and I would like to go back to what Mr. President said in May 2021 and I would like to go back to what Mr. President said in May 2021 and I would like to go back to what Mr. President said in May 2021 and use his words. He said the NIN will help us fight insecurity identity, identify crooks is what he said when he launched the national policy for the promotion of indigenous content in the Nigerian telecom sector. So he said that the national identity number linking it to mobile numbers will help fight insecurity country. He said proper identification of all Nigerians and legal residents and ability to conveniently access rather a database. Please listen to this, I hope you can hear me clearly. He said proper identification of all Nigerians, that's number one and the number two ability to conveniently access a database to enhance effective planning and security oversight. The statement said and I quote the NIN will cover one of the weaknesses in our security structure. We will be able to easily identify and know the personality of Nigerians will also identify people easily including crooks, he said. Now if you go back to that if you move back or forward rather from that, there were reports on the news that Nigerians had one story three days ago one year after NIN NIN's same policy insecurity comes faster. This probably was because they had not started using or had not authorized the security agencies to access the database. So I'll go back to the question this had been said by the president long before now that the security agencies were going to access this database and of course the media and the general country were complaining about insecurity and we said okay this thing has been done we went through a lot to get this done why we still have any security fester and now the government is saying okay well we have not finally approved that the security agencies can access or can access rather this database so shouldn't we be moving forward on this especially with regards to the fact that national security is of overriding importance to every Nigerian. I think we have moved forward the government is the one that is yet to move forward with all the nice needs for national security and we are all witnesses to the prevailing level of security tension there must be laws before we cannot have this media reaction to every and in the long run so again the issue is not about the power of the NIMC to get data there is no legal framework that prescribes the limit of with public institutions those data can be shared with and then as we go both along the chain of cost study the extent of such data being exposed and most importantly how that data can be used by even the top party agencies and I call them top party of power because I am the first person the NIMC is the custodian of my data and then the top parties that knows NIMC is giving access to those data and there are rights that follow the data as it goes forward to those public institutions to protect me and to curtail the extent of what they can use that data so for instance and this is just hypothetical if my NIN data is shared with the central motor registry database with the Nigerian police for instance what are they and what how much data do they need to be able to effectively do their work do they need to have my bank details do they need to have access to my financial transactions or do they just need to have my address those things must be clearly identified if not we may think that in the name of national security those things do not matter then most importantly who will be liable in bench burning if in the chain of custodias that are progressive from the NIMC to other public institutions there is a data search and my data falls into the wrong hands who will be responsible there must be laws that prescribe that and the third reason people feel like that mention earlier is that the constitution recognizes that right and the same constitution provides that if any law for any instance for any reason in Nigeria conflicts with constitutional provisions naturally the constitution will prevail and if sections are the central grants may be right to privacy and if the right is going to be taken away for any reason of course not that law and that law must clearly spell out my duties the duties of the NIMC the use that they took the contingent is not the use of data to fight insecurity the contingent is the absence of the legal framework so what we are creating is more of a ninja reaction put in the cast before they all start so we are not against the use of this data to curtail insecurity in Nigeria but we cannot that those platforms that blow the security against the citizens have to share it and that's where it goes okay let's look at it you've talked about legal framework and it's very important to talk about this because at the end of the day of course you've said it affects all Nigerians and the privacy of Nigerians is very important as far as this is concerned we must ensure national security but must also ensure that it's done within the ambits of the law I agree with you, I understand all that but the government there's something that has been up since 2017 and I'm just going to bring it up on our part here so I can read it for you and this is the National Identity Management Commission Act 2017 or rather of 2007 this is mandatory use of the national identification number regulations 2017 and it talks about in part one additional transactions requiring the use of national identification number but part two is very important the process and procedure for exercising monitoring and enforcement powers I think this is what Sarah may have missed the process and procedure for exercising monitoring and enforcement powers and it talks about in section two of the whole regulations to enforce compliance section three, principles for monitoring and enforcement powers and this may be what Sarah wants to see, it's already existing I would like to read that paragraph two or section two for you so that you can give me your thoughts on these lawyer so your best position to do that and that section two, it talks about the power of the commission the side note principles for monitoring and enforcement powers so it says this is under part two the process of procedures for the exercise of the commission monitoring and enforcement powers shall be in accordance with the provisions of the act, the mandatory of the NI regulations 2015 and these regulations section three, subsection one says the commission this is the NIMC shall in exercising its monitoring and enforcement powers be guided by the following principles and considerations A transparency and fairness transparency, fairness and non-discrimination transparency, fairness and non-discrimination don't you think this does this or does this cover it as far as you can see, does this cut it? I didn't want to interrupt we are aware of this law the regulations from the NIMC firstly, this is the regulation and the regulation is lawfully made but the constitution prescribes that for any act of law that would take away my right granted by the public it should be a law at least it should be an act of the national assembly not the sub-signal legislation of another public institution that may be subject to abuse that's it secondly, what you read in the regulation of transparency and policy it's vague, it does not even prescribe actions and steps it does not say if NIMC is giving these are the people that the NIMC can share that they are with for time this is the extent of what can we share these are the steps you must take before you get level to access A of data level 2 of access broad policy statements it does not prescribe steps and that is why it falls short of the three-part test is it legal? is it necessary? and is it proportionate in this instance to fight the security what we need to add which part of the algorithm is to add an act of the national assembly that recognizes the right granted by the constitution and also prescribes a curtailment that prescribes specific duties to specific institution of government and Kofi, what you read now are best at those near policy statements without concrete steps and so in what you read now what does this say about who my data can be shared with what does this say about it because don't forget Kofi, every against of government is done entirely to every part of my data that this NIMC so it means it's called need to no crisis at that time so who regulates that what are the specific provisions of that and I mentioned something Kofi that I think is very important if my data falls in the wrong guns between NIMC and public institutions who is going to be responsible is there any legal framework creating that obligation or I have to go to court and walk through the high court office spent 12 years before the court can declare any kind of restriction what will Sarah what will Sarah's next line of action be if the president doesn't reply or respond to your letter or you don't see any moves from the federal government to create a legal framework for the operation of this this new idea this is the ultimate pessimistic but we are very optimistic that this time we may not have to short to litigation you do know that Sarah we do but legal advocacy so well not because we like the culture much so like you love the new school it is because after our right our advocacy as it were fails then we are recourse to the court and we go to court because we are lower by incident because the same constitution in section 6 says that the judiciary will be the minor ad paper between the right obligations and duties between individuals between public institutions and between individuals and public institutions so if the release is not entered as requested from the president because it is a statutory duty on the part of the president don't forget we did not write it to the president because we failed to shoot to it it is because as the president he owes Nigerians a duty particularly those 73 million Nigerians to protect them and that in finding the security does not expose them to further damage and they won't act on security so we will of course necessarily have to go to court in the public interest if we do end up in court it is not in Seraph's interest it is in the public interest of those 73 million Nigerians including yours Kofi and I wouldn't want your data for instance to fall into drama interesting of course I'm talking to a lawyer so it's understandable I'd like to thank you very much for your time Kola Ole Oluwadare ASD deputy director of Seraph Pacemina guest and movie monitoring to see if the president does make any changes to the policy thank you very much Oluwadare for your time up next we have discussions there's an interesting conversation around education and the use of the spelling B format as a way of enhancing the intelligence of our children and students we'll talk about that when we come back stay with us


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