my discussion with the former treasury secretary larry summers and conservative thinking niall fergusonplus, president trump's foreign policy and the rise and rise of china. my conversation with kevin osnos of "the new yorker." ♪ ♪ >>> "amanpour" on pbs was made possible by the generous support of roslyn p. walter. ♪ >>> good evening, everyone. welcome to the program. i'm christiane amanpour in london with the global perspective. the american president takes every opportunity to tout america's booming economy as the success story of his first year in office, whether on twitter, last week at the capitalist mecca in davos, switzerland, or tomorrow during his state of the union address. >> there has never been a better time to hire, to build, to invest and to grow in the united states. america is open for business and we are competitive once again. >> so is president trump's tax reform responsible for reversing the american carnage that he deride it at his inaugural last year? and is the boom sustainable? joining me now from new york is the economist and former u.s. treasury secretary larr

here's niall ferguson from earlier in the hour.berg. ♪ mark: i'm mark crumpton with first word news. a fairly short on the votes they need, senate republicans are saying a stopgap bill to fund the government for just a few days is now under discussion. it would allow talks on immigration and a long-term budget to continue without partially shuttering federal operations. arizona senator jeff flake says a five day build lasting until january 23 has been suggested, although john cornyn of texas says most gop lawmakers will not agree to that. earlier senate majority -- senate minority leader chuck schumer said the possibility of avoiding a shutdown, quote, doesn't look good. schumer echoed majority leader mitch mcconnell's remarks from thursday, saying president trump has not been clear on what he hopes to accomplish with the stopgap spending bill. >> he has given only vague indications about what he wants, even at this late hour. mitch mcconnell was right. he doesn't know what the president stands for. mitch mcconnell should have the

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niall ferguson is with us next back in a minute. dear freshpet, zooka had digestive problems and wouldn't eat. then i fed him freshpet. maria: welcome back thanks to rapidly changing technology the world may seem like it's moving faster than ever but even when it comes to social networks like facebook and twitter my next guest says it has all been done before. prolific historian niall ferguson is the author of a new book the square and the tower network and power. he joins me now it's great to see you again. great to be back. maria: thank you so much for joining us congratulations for joining us. tell us why you wrote this book and why you say what's old is new again. two reasons, i was right next door to silicon valley and i was finding people in silicon valley think that history began with the google ipo and everything before that is the stone age, so as far as they were concerned my knowledge was kind of useless. i wanted to write a book that would teach silicon valley a history lesson but also wanted to help people who are inter

networks and power from the free nice enter to facebook, niall ferguson.eanwhile a show down in the senate over a new spending bill but there is an end in sight for the shutdown house freedom caucus member david schweickert is up with us next on sunday morning futures, back in a moment. maria: welcome back. a standoff in the senate when lawmakers are trying to reach an agreement on a spending bill and reopen the government. the house already passed a stopgap bill thursday night after gaining support from members of the freedom caucus. joining me is republican congressman david schweikert. he's a member of the house freedom caucus. congressman good to see you thanks so much for joining us. >> good morning maria. maria: of course you voted yes on the house spending bill on thursday. what is your take on what's going to break this and get the government open again? >> it's a brilliant question because this isn't the log jam over policy. in many ways, when you look at the senate, it's almost a policy to be named in the future from a number of democrat members

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networks and power from the free nice enter to facebook, niall ferguson.hile a show down in the senate over a new spending bill but there is an end in sight for the shutdown house freedom caucus member david schweickert is up with us next on sunday morning futures, back in a moment. i'm on the move all day long... and sometimes, i don't eat the way i should. so, i drink boost. boost high protein nutritional drink has 15 grams of protein to help maintain muscle and 26 essential vitamins and minerals, including calcium and vitamin d. boost high protein be up for it a trip back to the dthe doctor's office, mean just for a shot. but why go back there, when you can stay home with neulasta onpro? strong chemo can put you at risk of serious infection. neulasta helps reduce infection risk by boosting your white blood cell count, which strengthens your immune system. in a key study, neulasta reduced the risk of infection from 17% to 1%, a 94% decrease. applied the day of chemo, neulasta onpro is designed to deliver neulasta the next day. neulasta is for certain can

niall ferguson, thank you forjoining me.m. if you wanted to look at this programme, you would have the producers and the director, and the producers and the director, and the presenters. if you looked really closely, you would see at the help of the network the real power, is that right? the power structure at the centre of the network? the person who controls it all? is that what he was saying? absolutely! he didn't actually say my name but he was about to say it. the person he is the main hierarchy on this programme. can i just is the main hierarchy on this programme. can ijust say, if you ever wa nt to programme. can ijust say, if you ever want to say that i am facile, as professor ferguson did, i let him get away with it! i found as professor ferguson did, i let him get away with it! ifound it as professor ferguson did, i let him get away with it! i found it quite amusing. but i would put my fist through the screen and punch you on the nose! i will go back and watch the nose! i will go back and watch the unedited version

here now, niall ferguson, author of the new book "the square and the tower: networks and power from thecebook." it is a fascinating book. niall, thank you for being here. i want to start with a quote from the piece you wrote. it says "trump exemplifies the ugly american. davos will accept him and he repeated goes on to say, "what are my favorite lines from davos comes from jamie dimon, who says davos is where billionaires tell millionaires how the middle class feels. the events of 2016 revealed that trump knew a lot more than most members of his class about how the american working and middle-class felt. he can expect more than a cold shoulder." which donald trump do you think we will see? >> we will see donald trump as he always is, unfiltered and probably making no concessions at all to the globalists. i think a lot of people expect him to be given a very cold shoulder. a lot of his views on immigration and free-trade run counter to the conventional wisdom of the kind of people you meet at davos, especially the europeans, who certainly don't like him. on the other hand, it is the worl

was first released in 1971 >> coming up, senior fellowed a sanford university uber institute niall fergusonnger and arectss talia are here "squawk box" returns with all of them in just a minute. good morning, every. welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc we are live from the nasdaq markets set in time's square among the stories front and center, hotel operator wyndham worldwide is expanding to buy la quinta holdings. it will expand in the mid-scale hotel market you can see la quinta up by 8.5% this morning morgan stanley the investment bank reported a quarterly profit of 8% per share. morgan stanley's results helped in large part by continued solid performance from its retail broke raj. that stock is up by 2% despite some blockbusters, 2017 was not the best year for the movie industry in north america. numbers from the national association of theater owners show the numbers sold fell by 6% early year stocks declined 2.5% thanks to higher ticket prices. >>> opec, jackie deangelis joins us with the details. >> reporter: the headline, opec production went up in the last month of the year, 3

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