well i think. as far as the iranians are concern of course they have shown in inclination to be able to return to a situation where they can develop their country the country's in a very bad state it's not able to. provide for its own people so i think that is primarily what they want they want of course the preservation of the theocratic regime so those 2 things which are mutually supportive is i think where ron is coming from what i think the the americans want is very much more difficult to evaluate because during the bush administration in my opinion and it's only an opinion based on observation. u.s. foreign policy was hijacked by a small cabal of extremists who were influenced by external. interests now what we're seeing i believe is external interests countries outside america who have learnt to predict the unpredictability of president trump and i think they are now manipulating things so that they're getting what they want and that is maximum pressure on iran they want the arraignment regi

gene: i think it was more subtle. nk that there was a page turn from this connected device, like john talked about. i absolutely agree with that. i think there was this progression in previous years, but more this year about the intelligence layer. a.i., machine learning, but i think there were some pointed examples of how not just a connected device, but a smart device like an oral-b toothbrush that senses if you're pushing too hard, and based on your age, could impact the health of your gums and your enamel on your teeth, things like that. so it's this next step forward. i think that was one piece. also caught my attention, i think we're getting closer to foldable tech, foldable computers, foldable phones. lastly, wearables. even though that's been around a long time, i feel like that's continuing to move from a small percentage of people to eventually it's going to be on everyone's wrist. taylor: john, i'm reading through your note. amazon big and google talks integration. it made me think we're talking about being

>> yeah, i think so. i mean, part of the iranian strategy since may 2019 has been to obviously raise the cost of the maximum pressure campaign for the united states. but part of it has also been to drag other parties into this tension, because what had happened since essentially the beginning of this administration was that the united states was imposing costs on iran and iran was the only one that was suffering, essentially, right? and the europeans of course were upset but, you know, it wasn't really affecting them that much. the gulf arabs were not unhappy, some of them. oman, qatar, being outliers, but the saudis, the emirates were not unhappy. they had pushed for this sort of policy for a while. i think where the iranians have been quite sufficiently ovccess past few of months is to show that this this going to have implications for the region. that's what we're saying, that's what jake was describing earlier on, now we're seeing them actually try to take action and try to return to the table. the ira

i don't think i could get onboard in terms of valuation. understand for trade that may be and the momentum might be there to do it. >> kudos to steve who dan nathan as well process. i say stay with snap user base like the take. photographs which is why snap does well. bernstein initiated $20 price target jeff jeffers a couple week ago i like it. >> you took the themes of the night made it relevant to the fast pitch everything coming together cost mick the desk has spoken. folks, now it's your turn. are you buying grasso's pitch on snap vote in our poll at cnbc "fast money. the results revealed later in the show up next. it's just snap chinese internet stocks are on fire why? later we hit them all. you might be able to find -- might be able to find deep discounts and rough details today. stick with us "fast money" in two. can spend a bit today, knowing we're prepared for tomorrow. wow dad, do you think you overdid it maybe? i don't think so... what do you think, peanut? nope! honey, do you think we overdid it? overdid what? see? we don't thi

so you know but i think i think i think the sides are going to let that play out and see where it goes and then maybe china will take a more active approach but i think clearly from the chinese perspective this type of activity this assassination is is really a clear reminder of the type of foreign policy that china pours we just saw the joint naval drills with china looking inside russia and france just today you know an improvement in relations closer relations seen those countries does the assassination of the iranian general effect in any way with china may be. further strengthening relations with iran or maybe pull back because of it. to be honest with you i think that you know all 3 capitals will probably think a little more carefully about the optics of it and how much publicity they push. but i think there are 2 major things to consider and i don't think they're directly related is on the money at all the 1st is the extent to which these exercises correlate with the mob are the us and all of our exercises of japan and india as well as the simple fact that these types of exercis

a better candidate i think joe biden is actually a nice guy i've met him i think from a candid sand point he's just sort of like the guy they think has the best chance of winning but why not just tell the truth and just say you know what we've got some questions about the president's phone call we really hate him we really want to get him out of there so i want to get him on something but what's to fund the fact $100.00 biden has a certain degree the guy with got paid $3000000.00. for no work so the question becomes why was he given that opportunity let's think about that for a 2nd because they want something so that is called a conflict of interest why not just say you know what that is a stone cold conflict of interest and joe biden's not being honest let's talk about it and let's talk about everything else in their own context but the democrats they're back is against the wall they're get rocked and they don't really know what to do going into 2020 so you know i think that they're just they're out of cards i mean they're trying to overturn our whole our whole country system it's n

so i think the sentiment is really down and i think a lot of the bat news is in it. >> i disagree with this call stephanie brings up catch. you think about boeing and the potential for a cash crunch. they had to access the debt market they were able to do an offering 90 basis points higher look at where treasuries are now. on easily at a single-a-minus credit status. i think the debt community would clamor, so i'm not necessarily sure why we're having such a cash conversation when they have the ability to solve whatever short-term funding needs they would have $300 does not make sense to me. >> i don't own boeing yet. how do you not think about in the base that is basically a deoply joe is right they have great access to cash i think you're a -- >> what if i told you -- i mean, i don't think it's unreasonable to suggest when the max comes back people are not going to wants to fly it. >> so you'll have that -- you'll have some hesitation out of the gates, but i'm on airplanes way too frequently, probably -- >> i don't know how often you look at the equipment that the airline is using, b

>> i think they can do if you want to keep increasing deficit which i think they will end up doing. l talk about that a little bit but would talk about the box. they had the best record this year. what's the secret for that success? i know you have an extraordinary guy, the greek free you call him, what is the secret? >> i think part of the secrets, and we have the best record so far, is before me game i sorta give a pep talk and that seems to be working. [laughter] always have to do guises score. i think what it is is everybody the team knows their roles. there are exceptional players. we have a team that knows exactly what they're supposed to do. everybody knows their roles. the coach is phenomenal. there are moments in time when everything comes together. i think we have that this year. last year we were in the eastern conference finals. this sure what we really want to do is get to the nba finals. gerry: canyon when this whole season? >> i think were good to do it. gerry: we heard it here first. thank you very much for joining us. just ahead why president tromp with that iran is

you know i think i think here you know. like like the guessing that so you risk you mention these what kind of role the u.s. is willing to play and the mixed signals that we the region has received from the u.s. not only since the tramp and the station but i think it started much earlier in which he for whom. their commitment to their allies the office of the beaches their approach to iraq would use mixed signals i think has created these very unstable and violent and if it were to get into any fighting configuration between the power so i mean do you mean mainstay to how the u.s. and whether the u.s. would be really to play a more central role or we've as i think the best way to get out but you know i would sit in that you know was it a productive way of the region but trying to get out when things are not be lies and the regional powers are not yet on their feet i think is extremely don't so i think what we're saving saying there and can join greenberg is that the u.s. has to become a stabilizing and an enabling force doe

we have the wrong name for the problem well i don't think i think yeah i think it's actually the right goal to find regulatory i think it is to write me because that's what people are saying ok as a juxtaposition to socialism so i think that's important here in a pie let me go back to you i mean one of the most important thing here we had to get to keep moving here apply you know the consumption is the most important part to be economic growth right now but if that is under strain it is under strain i mean the number of people that have low paying jobs now is extraordinary and the savings level is negligible a shock can really hurt tens of millions if not hundreds of millions of people and it seems to me that if you're not concerned about people's consumption because that is the golden goose that lays the egg here that drives the. kami shouldn't we be looking more at families and keeping families together and speaking as a conservative it seems to me that makes much more sense because this whole financial ization of the economy just makes the rich super super rich which is just fine wi

i think it's a great stock i want to point out what jim said i think jpmorgan has done a great job on management business and goldman sachs with the recent purchase of united captain being able to expand the reach of their wealth management business, i actually think that could afford greater upside despite the fact jpmorgan is sophisticated silver going to be the highest quality stock in that particular basket. >> i just don't think you can really at this point, other than public persona distinguish between brian monahan and jamie dimon in terms of excellence of running a back they are both excellent. to me bank of america is dark horse without that high visibility jpmorgan has. >> you go back ten years ago banks routinely traded 1.4, 1.6 times book i'm not talking about jpmorgan going into deluge just straight money center banks i look at stock value and say this is 40% under value. >> particularly you point out non-u.s. markets. >> i think that's why you can make the argument about regionals versus large banks so much greater tied to the yield curve. i think that's why you're seein

i think it trades somewhere around a 30 pe again, i mentioned to me that is one that is interesting. amd, it was up 150% i believe last year on a valuation basis and i don't pay much attention tole have a agts, bvaluation, b >> apple is maybe where the conversation should begin and maybe end. stock crosses 310, all-time high it has been an unstoppable freight train the last year. and here we have price targets now at 350 it just is representative of how a narrative has changed about the entire market where stocks that have already done incredibly well that are widely held and even have -- i don't want to say questionable fundamentals, but declining earnings fundamentals. okay and are still perceived to have that much runway in front of them >> look at this one, judge you saw no doubt this morning that they said between christmas and new year's, apple did $1.4 billion in the app store thousand, offer xwrbviously it e costs some money to run that app store, but they take a nice slice of everything bought just in one single day, new year's day, people took down $388 million worth of stu

i don't think so i mean k. street is full of people who make their living off of sort of influence and connections and so that's sort of what the problem is and the problem with democracy is the whole of the concept that we want to hold out that we have is one person one vote and when you only get to vote for the person who is put before you by a corporation who has no vote then your vote really doesn't matter that much right because you're sort of limited to this pool of people who are sort of protecting the interest of that specific cohort so that's really the problem with it all and it sort of say all of a sudden when you look at the senate and everybody's a millionaire in the door and you go to the house and everybody's on their way there so that sort of a floor that says you're not going to have that big of a change i think the president has been president has been set so i agree with alan that it's almost too late and the case tree is full of just people trying to lobby these politicians one way or anothe

i don't think iran actually really wants to strike back i think they're worried about the same sions i think that this is all really about the economy and i think president trump has learned that's really where the real war is being able to take their economy and they're feeling that so i don't think iran actually wants to strike back i think they want to do 2 things save face and avoid sanctions ok ali let's go to you and in sydney here what has been accomplished here i mean professor marandi did bring up a good point is that actually iran was able to show its strategic flexibility and strengths within the region here that is a very strong message and they launch the missiles from iran it wasn't from a proxy so they were actually sending a very clear signal and it is the signal is it's time for foreign military to leave the middle east go ahead ali and sit me. yeah sure answer the question just so i don't need to respond to what your previous guests iran wants to avoid sections of was leagues priority for iran i think that iraq would have wanted to and it made a deal with a dr

i think you would understand now the constitutional committee i look at it as a milestone. very long process and bring about a peaceful peaceful and political settlement in syria. it is something that we've been working for as you know for some time i've said it before no suit again i think we could have had it earlier it will help syrians you know go to the opposition but also independents to put their minds together and work out. a new constitutional framework you know i think you know. i'm sure you know that there have been a number of internationally mediated efforts to resolve this conflict since 2011 and some of them failed because of the breakout citron of the syrian actors many a well at least some of them because of the positions of foreign powers what has changed on the ground to give you this faint hope that you just articulated though you know it may lead to something beyond talks well 1st of all i mean you refer to the situation around the world the war is certainly warranted and i think people are tired in syria and beyond and i think this is. a mechanism that

if we're i think i think we'll have a deal before. i think so they have to do the i don't want to look i'm not saying it from strength or from weakness i'm just saying they have to do it they wanted to make a deal this our nation our country wanted to make a deal under president obama the e.u. refused to talk to him and then they said no no you like it the way it is of course they like it the way it is they're making $150000000000.00 plus right. and as you know president bush was desperate to make a deal that would even talk to me the talk into and we'll have a deal if we don't have a deal will do even better president is it true that you're considering extending the travel day and if the u.s. countries so have a travel ban it's a very powerful ban. and a lot of hurt or.

i think for me what i look back on where the intelligence community has been on this topic, i think it is important to note that we have worked counterintelligence threats, cyber threats, and have provided regional expertise and have studied our adversaries obviously well before 2016. yet, i think as many of you have heard me say before, 2016 was a watershed moment in that the intelligence community had very specific information that was relevant and very important to this other domestic enterprise that was burgeoning and sort of growing in real time. so at that point, we certainly look back, which resulted in the 2017 intelligence community assessment that many of you are familiar with, as we declassified our findings. at that moment, i think there was introspection certainly under the leadership of dni coats to say what is next, and how do we recognize that not only election security with foreign imports operations as an integrated domain, not just work within the various different interdisciplinary areas that i just mentioned. but as you know, the dni was created out of the push of

be any american politics well i think we shouldn't really odd when i don't you think we all should strive for and i mean you know it's you know we there is a big deal will make news ok all right let me go to let me go to ron earth let me go to ron in los angeles here i mean. i think all of this to watch politics what we all know who bernie sanders is you know he's a pretty consistent guy i'm a good. i don't agree with him on most things obviously but it seems to me that he's being treated unfairly in a procedural way and the democratic party is treating him in a bad way like they did in 2016 and he is a consistently been a socialist ok for lack of a better term all right can you say the same thing about elizabeth warren is this an authentic position she has because if we look at her lineage and her life story obama way the new york times says she's a great storyteller i couldn't believe that almost fell out of my chair actually tell stories go ahead ron. yeah well 1st of all i want to just respond to something else from a little prior i don't usually like to speak in support. but here's a

i think that -- i think earlier in the week, i think they felt that -- this is me inferring from what we saw. i think they thought that their backs were against the wall once bolton came out and actually said that what's been alleged in article i is actually true. so they had to figure out, okay, well, what can we do now? and they basically convinced someone like lamar alexander that even if it's true, it's not impeachable. and that is deeply distressing. as adam schiff mentioned today, you know, last time when bob mueller came in and testified before our intelligence committee, the very next day the president began this particular scheme with regard to ukraine. what's going to happen next? we don't know, but what we do know is that there is an election coming up, and if there was nothing before that convinced voters that it's important to come to the polls with regard to the next president and in the case of many of these senators, the next store of these states where the senators denied evidence from coming to the consideration of the senate, i think this episode should illustrate w

and i don't think anything good will come of it. which i can tell you for a pessimistic or optimistic there are so many conferences in russia for instance but that one needed no results. so some pretty guarded answers there speaking of expectation management mikko what are you hearing from people in libya you report regularly from there what are they saying. libya is in the same conflict as it was in 2011 when people went on the streets in the east and tripoli not only be against gaddafi but also for the let's say just distribution of wealth of money africa's richest country and nothing much changed since then and europe looked away for a long time that at the end you have now let's say one group in tripoli controlling the n.o.c. the nation or a corporation the central bank deciding about the distribution of wealth that goes as well to the east but let's not forget most of the oil facilities in the east and that's what you see now that you have a closing of the oil parts and the east because. people really demand after the bill in co

so and i think you are. hit the nail on the head that the problem with democrats has been that pretty much since the clinton administration when he declared that the error of big government is over democrats have been unable to articulate what they're for for the most part republicans have been laser focused on their message get rid of government even if it comes to the detriment of some of their constituents in the heartland but you're starting to see candidates like bernie sanders like elizabeth warren that are out there reminding voters what positive rules for the public and positive rules for government can be and so i do think that young people are aware young people are also very aware of what's been going on in the tech space much more so than than people like me where they understand that that we sort of signed off rights but they had access to all these platforms but it is come at a normal cost there's almost a loss of innocence with young people because the tech companies control so much of their l

andy: i think that's spot on when it comes to inflation. ink they will let it ride and i think people's expectations have become so benign in recent years that inflation is not really the problem, they are focusing on growth or any challenge to the growth outlook, their focus on the others, hiking rates to defend against inflation. the kind of know they can control it. jonathan: does that keep a lid on 10 year treasuries at 2% or lower? andy: not necessarily lower than 2%, but in the 2% area. we could get toward 2.25%. this time of year, you look at the alix for 2020 and lots of people are predicting rates much higher. i think they are looking for volatility where it doesn't exist. i think the rate environment will be denying -- the benign and credit is where the problems are. jonathan: looking at the bloomberg terminal, year in, 119 three. 120,ook for numbers around 125. where you come down? think it's range bound at some 2%. but the way i think about it and the way we think about it, the world can handle higher rates. 2018, what we learned

much meaning towards a constitutional committee i think that has changed i think they have come around to and that has influenced the syrian parties now a messenger i know that when it comes to syria you like quoting his own men they french political economist who used to say that to solve an intractable problem you need to change the context now apparently the context has been changed as you said but. there was also a big believer in coordinating diplomatic and military policy is among european nations particularly britain france and the united states he's even credited for shortening the 2nd world war through his coordination efforts do you think the syrian war would have been shortened a more specifically do you think the coordination among western powers on the syrian front did it ultimately how to prolong or to shorten the syrian conflict as you pointed out when there was basically talking about europe and we're talking you later oh he was advising them merican president as well but in the middle east it's it's not just the region it's beyond the region and beyond the region there

well i think that's right and i think the only thing that i think we haven't ever says enough is bernie's program is very popular with the people we mention health care well but he's also today's got a speech out about inane our endless wars in the subtitle is you know list stuff given the terrorist what they want and i think that is very popular in the climate issue i mean i'd like to see trump calls it a hoax with the democrats actors if it's a hoax except for bernie sanders is green new deal program is serious and i'm somebody who's been campaigning for this i 1st campaign in 2010 running for governor in new york or a green deal 1st candidate in this country to do so and you know bernie serious i think is a little slow we got some liberals on what to do well that and the climate movement knows that bernie sanders is the serious candidate among the democrats so i think dex is appeal and i don't worry since the early 1970 s. when he actually was a 3rd party candidate and i watched him uber mine and he's popular even with conservatives yes because they feel like he's for the people he sho

i think thank you i think that we need to sort of break this down a little bit i think on the technical side with the medical people this was a very fast response we found out about the market on the 31st of december in line with the chinese authorities shut down the market on the 1st on the 7th the genome was sequenced on the 8th it was confirmed as a coronavirus that's fairly quickly however i think that when we look at maybe at the local level measures could have been implemented a lot faster. but at the central level at least there's been significant concern and pressure from the chinese leadership that the policies to address these issues lessons that china has learnt sent sars be taken forward natalie right now in china there is an unprecedented lockdown of cities going on do you believe that this will actually minimize the risk of the virus spreading. so i think that's a difficult question because essentially we've never locks down an entire city before to see how well we can contain an outbreak it depends on the population that you are dealing with often because the primary unde

i don't think their work will be as heavy as what we had here, and it can be done quickly and if the articles of impeachment don't come over, i believe this can be up, but you better check it out with the leader, but that would be my impression. we don't have a lot of other legislative agenda to go to. the only other thing would be nominations. >> how soon could those other three committees, in your view, get through that work? >> i don't know but i think the intent is for the leader to get them to move quickly. >> when it comes to usmca, one of the concenrs i've heard from, especially from people in the manufacturing sector, is jobs leaving this country is going to mexico. to what extent will this new usmca answer those concerns? >> i think the best thing i can tell you is that what the itc said. 176,000 -- job creation as a result of the usmca. next question? >> i just wanted to ask you on the canadian side there's the aluminum sector and dairy sectory that are suggesting they were sold down the river. what's your message to those industries? >> you're talking about usmca? >> yeah.

no i think my legacy. i want to. when i eventually disappear and turn it into like a pile of glitter i want to be remembered as somebody who. really tried to leave things better than when what i have found you know even if the smallest change i'll be completely grateful i want to be remembered as somebody who love the art of you know southern square and trans people who was always trying to create spaces when they when there weren't any and so as long as like that attached to my legacy that's totally you know i think. there is a great quote from dorian corey in paris is burning and i think it's actually the quote thing and. she's like a bee shooting arrow and goes are a high rate for you and i think that's really you know i i don't really get caught up and wondering who's going to remember me when i when i die i think i focus more is like what am i who am i actively being right now being the person the people in the you know my being the person that i knew myself to be and as long as i'm very present right now i thin

>> i think it's a combination. and, again, i don't want to downplay how difficult it is to fight drugs. we have a problem here in the united states. >> huge problem. >> you could look at mexico. you look at columbia. you look at developed countries are having a problem with it. you put it into a country like afghanistan, it -- it dwarves a lot of the other problems. the sad side -- thing is over the last 18 years, drug usage in afghanistan has skyrocketed. and i can't remember, and i can get back to you on the data on the u.n., i think afghanistan may have the highest addiction rate of any developing country now. but i can double check that. i may be wrong. >> if you can get back to me, that'd be great. no big deal. but thank you so much for being here. i yield back the remainder of my time, mr. chairman. thank you. >> thank you, representative. i call in myself now. i'm next in the lineup. i want to ask you, mr. sopko, and thank you for your testimony. i want to ask you about our diplomatic corps and the state depa

>> i think we will see that. i truly believe that. if you look at hong kong it's a province of pushing 8 million people and 25% of those people are coming out and the removal of freedom and liberty. i have a set of pictures i did not bring what i can describe them to you. i have a blade of grass and an asphalt road with fiber to ask you which one was stronger you could look at it. asphalt is hard and can crush the grass but when you see grass growing and pushing through asphalt which is more powerful? what that represents is freedom and liberty that you can't suppress that. that's an innate ability or trait that all humans have that they want to be free and china does not have enough people or money to suppress freedom and so i thank you will see countries and companies further expand, is my prediction in the future, the taiwan and china smart they would accept and respect the offer of president tsai, she's not looking for independence but she wants to be left alone as her people do. they would be well served if they did that. china h

right not think of i mean you are right that he sort of. his strong suit is getting in opponents head and sort of driving them crazy and not giving them a chance to sort of think clearly but you know i have to say this idea about we're trying to change the rules by getting rid of the electoral college is sort of ridiculous because we've been talking about trying to get rid of before trump it's not just about trump it's about the fact that vote for someone in a state with a smaller population means more than someone's vote. in a state with with with more people i mean it should be one person one vote why are we the country. and how it all numbers and races is already ruling in the senate it's go ahead chris jump in no it's just i understand what kevin saying but remember in the house it's it's majority rule so you have more electoral votes and more votes in the house so a state like new york has more power but in the small states it's the power equalizer the connecticut compromise which is saying look at the same power it's beautiful the reas

i think you should be equally upset. i understand being upset with some of the stuff but how can you not be upset that the man in charge of anticorruption efforts on the part of the united states government's son is making the ukraine an atm machine from the most corrupt entities in the country. as a foreign-policy person that should upset you too. the person to do this, i don't want it to be lindsey graham because it will be hard for me but if i have to i will do it because i don't think i am being mean to joe to ask questions about what happened in the ukraine and i would expect me to be asked if it was me. >> i want to say a couple points. adam schiff just said the idea of foreign interference is deplorable. i wonder if he thought that about the fact the clinton campaign, it is completely uncontested, the steel dossier, utilizing supposedly assets that are former british spy had in russia to get information on the president, then candidate. was that not foreign interference? saturn attempt to foreign interference? you

i don't think markets get i don't think markets substitute for the role of government and i don't think government should substitute for the role of -- >> what does capitalism have to answer for? >> well, i think, frankly, we've had this very short-term focus. i noticed this a lot incu before running fornor, where, you know, it's, "let's get next quarter's relts," sometimes without due regard to the long-term impact on the enterprise or on the community. and, frankly, that same bad we govern, right?nto the way we govern for the next election cycle, next news cycle, and not the next generation. >> what do democrats not understandt abe trump economy? >> well, what don't they i'll tell you some things i think we do understand. the dow jones is not an economic indicator. and if you scratch below cheery numbers, they just, don't tell the whole story. you know, unemployment is low as long as you count both or all three of the minimum-wage jobs ople have to survive. >> wages at the bottom end of the economic ale have been going up. >> yeah, go talk to people. go talk toeople, and you'll see th

i think they are ready to march forward together. ust have candidates that are willing to do that and lead, and i thinkdy to bernie sanders joe biden or elizabeth warren? obviously you would support yourself. >> yes. obviously. >> are you ready to support any of those folks? >> i'm ready to support the winner, but i make a strong case here if you look at how we won in louisiana and kentucky and wisconsin where we beat scott walker or in michigan, this is about candidates that reflected their states. i think senator sanders' idea of kicking 149 million americans off their current health insurance in four years is wrong. that's why i don't think he should be leading the ticket. i think i could be leading the ticket because my ideas are much more in sync with bold ways of getting things done, taking on the pharmaceutical companies, nonprofit public option, having annedcation plan that matches our economy, and the experience the getting things done. i'm the only one in the senate running left on that stage that has passed over 100 bills a

i think this is a big question. you've heard the white house and the president's supporters sort of promote the idea that that's not a real thing. that's never going to happen. i just don't think we know that yet. and that could be important to the way the rest of the trial proceeds. i still don't know it's going to change the outcome in acquittal versus nonacquittal. but in terms of shaping the public view of this, it could make a real difference. and another question even as we watch these opening arguments is whether this will all -- how much of this will happen in public, how much of this would happen in deposition format. there's a lot going on behind the scenes that these test votes kind of illuminate. but it's not totally a transparent process. there are a lot of conversations going on right now about what the votes exist to do and how mcconnell should proceed in each of those different scenarios. >> of course this is a dynamic process. but mitch mcconnell tried to jam this through yesterday and it didn't work

you could sell that idea the i think a lot of iraqis would go for it i think the majority of iraqis would like to see all foreign troops all foreign opera operatives leave but the way the trumpet ministration is playing it works to iran's advantage again. and all of it in 2003 and $4.00 after the invasion and we saw that to. that. with a sudden same gone a future shia dominated iraq would increasingly align itself closely with iran and of course overcome their troubled history now i think. there's been a one of the unintended consequence of killing some of money as well now the iraqis are asking americans to leave iraq because of course they don't want to be battlefield for the in the middle of or so so. yes the there they play this and then a very very bad way and of course this will be a big strategic victory for the iranians because they would like the americans to leave the middle east iraq would of course be. highest priority in terms of where they should leave syria next yes of all obviously so i think well i do sympathize with the goal though to get like you mentioned get the

more i think it's down 11%. and i don't believe the value of in business has been hit by 11% from this. so there is other -- i do think probably the -- some of the gaming names as well i think are overdone so i mean it's a little scary and doesn't feel great to buy into a virus. >> of course. >> but i do think the market has overreacted. i agree with steve, the market has been straight up for i don't know how many weeks now. and so this is a tiny blip of a pullback and i agree the market was sort of looking for an excuse really weren't even down much considering the run we have had been extraordinary. >> guy what do you make of casino stocks, wynn down 12% in a week a big move. >> from 105 up to 150 was a huge move over a short period in that vacuum it's a big move but i think it has further room to the downside. i don't think there is a reason to get in front of erwin in earnings at this point in the market it doesn't make sense i'll say this. i don't know maybe it blows over. you hope it does but i'll say, cons

i think the democrats noticed that. don't think it necessarily has come up with a plan for combating it yet. trump is in pretty good shape right now. if the economy stays where it is and his approval rating on the economy states that high, he's going to be tough to beat. >> laura: when you think about this witnesses question, not to toot "the ingraham angle"'s horn, but as of a week ago, we are talking about this, the idea you were going to get this big number of republicans going against a president who has presided over this level of peace and prosperity, because what, they think they are going to win -- curry favor back home at a town hall meeting? or not it made any sense. the big question would be, i guess, how trump would react if g.o.p. senators decided to vote oragainst him in trial. chris christie had a theory. t watch. >> you could very well see the president encouraging or creating primaries against senators that are up this year,, if they went and voted the other way. i could definitely see him attempting --

the way i would think about this and i really didn't do think of the combined question is i do think that we as educators and professionals i think over the last couple of years they have taken a beating in a lot of ways and the reality is i believe deeply in teachers and educators. i think it is our job to create and design experiences for all kids that are based in the science. i think we need to be given the respect to do that. i think when we do that design we have to thoughtfully include the parents in that design in whatever form they are able to engage with us. for some parents this will be very active engagement and for others it will be minimal engagement and i think it can't disadvantage the students either way. >> i know it sounds really hard to do. i think that is our challenge. >> back to the college question i support the idea that every child should find the best college for them. there is a real difference in opportunities how do you reconcile this and think about it when you when it comes to opening up pathways. i think that that one of the reasons that people will p

so i think about that and i think about the long traditions that we have in this country with the presidency. >> here's the book it's called "101 presidential insults", what they really thought about each other and what it means to us. the author is mike purdy. : >> and so this bill would require that we develop one, that we implement it, and that we work with our partners and allies to ensure that they do something similar. >> who is the we, that has to do develop this? >> the executive branch, so determining -- the focus of this bill is that we are requesting that the executive branch, that the administration develop a broad band strategy, a national strategy, a comprehensive strategy, and a public strategy so that recognizing the challenges, the threats as we might term them that come from development of 5g technologies in other countries that we from a government perspective, from a private sector perspective and from a public perspective understand these challenges and potential threats and that we are moving towards a place of being able to ensure greater development of 5g technology h

i think that's difficult to say i think clearly. the p.r.c. the mainland has an interest in the outcome of the selection and certainly i think would have preferred to have seen a different outcome but i don't think it's correct to say that this was a referendum on reunification or not so clearly there are there is a meaningful number of percentage of people in taiwan that are not currently for reunification with taiwan and i think they have their reasons but again this is one election it clearly was a big win for type one and for the d.p.p. but whether or not this affects the ultimate trajectory of a reunification of the mainland i would suggest remains to be seen all right let's go to drew now in singapore and drew interesting the u.s. reaction to the election has come in the form of pompei or the secretary of state talking about the strong partnership that the u.s. and taiwan enjoy and applauds the president's commitment to maintaining cross street stability in the face of relenting pressure so that's the initial response coming from the u.s

laws but i think that is a good thing. there are certain cases were governments abroad have become much more adept at forcing these tech companies hand. turkey is a good example of this and how a few years ago now -- even in 2010 i think it was blocked youtube for refusing to take down certain videos that they claimed insulted the memory of a revered figure in turkey. because youtube refused turkey then blocked all of you too. we are starting to see that dynamic play out in a lot of countries. twitter, for example, is active in turkey and as part of their deal to stay online in turkey they actually have to remove certain content from being viewed within turkey. that is i think an important distinction that when the government asks protect company can you censor essentially these types of posts we started to see companies implement that but only on the local country level so it remains available for people all around the world but also people in those countries who are using bp ends circumvent the government restriction. >>

q is it something that we ought to have some trepidation about i think there's 2 big issues there one is sort of the last erosion of the idea that the internet is anonymous when larry and i started looking at the internet you really could be anonymous and that's really gone away is the notion anyway but i think what facial recognition opens up is you know targeted surveillance so not the idea that what you say will be used against you because i think you know for a lot of people in the public eye you sort of are used to that but the idea that the government can easily track you so one of the things you saw in hong kong was people wearing masks so they wouldn't be identified for going to the protest and then the government passed a law against masks so you know i do think there is this erosion of privacy that is really important and this you know when you combine facial recognition it's one thing to use it in a public place but it's being used increasingly in private spaces or as a condition of entry into spaces and i think that when you know we have information that is leaked out of c

with it but i do those points i mentioned earlier i think that's a fair question about whether i think the offender should be required to admit guilt and i think there also needs to be some kind of system where the victim very much is involved in the process where the the perpetrator hears the pain the victim and suffered understands the consequences of his or her actions and also where appropriate does some kind of restorative compensation to the victim or to a particular community or charity i think paying back to society is something we ought to ask of those who commit criminal offenses ok gentlemen really appreciate your time andre walker political commentator human rights activist peter attach some great points there thank you and i wraps it up more for you in half an.

so i think. if i'm a bad man so here's what i bet on that eventually palosi is goddess in these 2 articles of impeachment over to the senate they're then going to take up the case and they're going to do something a very good very interesting went back and looked at the clinton case closely in that case robert byrd who was with the democrats of course from west virginia moved to dismiss the case as they started their initial arguments now because the republicans held the majority that motion was do not in this case. down to a dollar that the republicans moved to dismiss the case they put it out for a vote it's granted and this case is out the door. john bolton's writing a book and we'll learn more as he thinks and then themselves. make a couple $1000000.00 then and we'll get to know eventually it's interesting we're both larry because really i look at that kind of scratch my head if he had something you know if he had something weird probably already know if it was something that was. told to use