from world war ii until now -- amerco from world war ii until now, talking about productivity? guest: productivity, we had a very good growth in the 1960's and early 1970's. it turned out the 1973 was at the peak year for productivity growth, economic growth, and the entire world. host: back to the calls. another dave. is in lake charles, louisiana. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. this is for marc levinson. listen in the listening to you, , i noticed you do not bring up the three recessions we had in period.years time eisenhower gave us the freeway system and that put a lot of people to work, but other than that, it was not that much work. i was a carpenter. i had just finished high school in 1952. i was a carpenter. in the union, and the scale was not that great in louisiana. i did eventually moved to california, but anyhow, the recessions i am talking about were during eisenhower's reign at the end of his term at the beginning of his term, i am not sure. guest host: mr. levinson can probably tell us for sure. guest: we did have a recession. there were a couple

amerco topresident and says he wants to work with the incoming white house administration.e talked about domestic issues facing russia. this was his annual state address to russia. it came from st. george hall in the kremlin. translator: vladimir putin. ♪ [speaking russian] translator: colleagues, members of the federation council, we will talkussia, about our objectives in the economy, social programs, our internal policies. we will talk more about the economy and social issues, as well as our internal policies. we have to address the matters in a difficult situation, but we have been there before. russia has demonstrated how to deal with such challenges and defend our national interest. say is what i would like to . i said this earlier publicly. people -- we see that and we should be grateful to our people. our people rallied around a drought about use and not just because they like everything, not just because they're happy. there are difficulties. there are problems. we understand where they come from. that we willdent be able to to overcome them. we are ready to work f

amerco's for decade one china policy could be at risk with president donald trump.e also says his attitude will depend on securing a better trade deal with beijing. tom mackenzie joins us now. this could be a major shift for washington and beijing. that's right. trump taking aim at a key tenant under pending sino-u.s. ties around the topic of taiwan. in thes a policy crafted 1970's when washington switched its diplomatic relations from taipei to beijing, and the understanding between the three parties what that there was one government that ruled mainland china and taiwan. what they agree to disagree on was which government that was. it was a bit of diplomatic dancing to ensure a fragile peace that has lasted for four decades. u.s. sales of military hardware to taiwan, and china saying if taiwan was to move from de facto independence to real independence, they may well invade him a but it left trade ties to increased and for taiwan to have unofficial sovereignty. donald trump saying he does not see why the u.s. needs to be bound by this policy when he is looking to

trump will break amerco. from --y common to us coming to us from st. louis, missouri. go ahead. i may have pushed the wrong button. roy, go ahead. caller: good morning. can you hear me? host: you are on. caller: thank you. i am very concerned about this russian connection with the incoming administration. thei really think of electors should have been given, should be given. the thing is, most of them were not accepted in a way because it like a lot of the callers, nobody is concerned about possibly having what you call manchurian candidate. a person who is supposed to be one thing but maybe something else. i am very upset about that. and the republicans horse subtly helen tro -- subtly helling t -- hailing trump like he is a god, they should look at the history and see what is going on. if you heard what mr. podesta -- he ismade supporting facts that were supported does reported in the media for -- reported in the media. affect our topic about the electoral college, our changes needed? caller: it would work is it would come function as it is conceived. parties thatto the they w

host: amerco be, arizona. good morning. caller: first of all, i love you and him a huge fan.stions, will this go toward medical marijuana at all? and will this bill still be here when souchong takes office? will: i am not sure if it go toward medical marijuana research. host: is the funding locked in? could it change under a new administration? guest: so, the nih funding which is mostly research funding, that part is not locked in. that is subject to appropriations which means every year when the new budget is approved, the appropriations bill, this has to get reauthorized so all of the subsequent years of the 10 years, the $4.8 billion over 10 years, every year that has to get reapproved which means it might not be. it is not guaranteed. host: democrats line, good morning what is your question. weekr: bernie sanders last had a hearing in the senate to bargain with medicare, the drug companies, you know. and other things with this bill and mr. trump said he was just doing what mr. trump said he was going to do. he got up anti-stop this. he stop this. during the election we fo