put partisanship aside and keep the american economic miracle going strong it is a miracle we're doing so well. right that was president trump speaking in that conciliatory tone or urging the democrats and republicans to work to get there what did you make of that well i mean it's possible in certain areas and he was talking about health care or he was talking about the interest and actually we know that he in the past actually favored the democratic plan for infrastructure reforms however i also have to say that this is not the first time that we hear presidents try talking about the need to get to go over to unify the country to put partisanship aside to work with democrats and they were as i remember a number of occasions in the last two years were the democrats when the democrats and the republicans were quite close to work together for example on the issue of dhaka on immigration and it was the president he who seems not to be very interesting in sort of closing the deal so it will be very interesting and i am a bit skeptical whatever we are really going to see action. saying that

the time for members of both parties to join to give put partisanship aside and keep the american economic miracle going strong but that offer of bipartisanship was quickly undercut the tone turned competent as the president tussle with reporters and he threatened government gridlock if democrats pursue investigations into his administration. almost from the time i announced i was going to run they've been giving us this investigation fatigue it's been a long time. they've got nothing zero you know why because there is nothing but they can play their game but we can play a better bracing for that contest is the democrats jubilant ties leader nancy pelosi she said voters wanted her party to hold the trump of ministration to account and back to deliver. american people have put want to put into unchecked g.o.p. control of washington and restoring again the checks and balances ilias democrats are here to strengthen the institution in which we serve and not to have it be a rubber stamp for the president trying to do this but palosi also promised efforts to work with republicans who will strive for bip

time for members of both parties to join together, put partisanship aside, and keep the american economic miracle going strong. >> and that was investors needed to hear. the dow jones industrial average soared 545 points to 26180. the nasdaq was up 194. and the s&p 500 added 58. so what should investors focus on next? mike santoli takes a>> look. with a midterm elections past and the result largely as expected wall street has turned the focus to the chances for the stock market to continue the rebound from a nasty oxycodone with a year end rally. following the popular script as many stregists noted midterm election years have a tendency to finish strong. and the prevailing wmadom holds rkets do fine with d.c. gridlo and a power split between the two parties. it's important to note gnthat t major index rose more than 7 peppers from the october 29th low and investors have not been freed from the election by the ncerns weighing o the mechanic. trade frictions with china, qution base how aggressive the federal reserve will be in raising rates, and uncertainty he over how much growth in the economy an

time for members of both parties to join together to put partisanship aside and keep the american economic miracle going strong it is a miracle we're doing so well and i've said it a lot of rallies some of you have probably heard it so much you don't want to hear it again but when people come to my office presidents prime ministers they all congratulate me almost the first thing on what we've done economically because it is really amazing and our steel industry is back our aluminum industry is starting to do really well these are industries that were dead our miners are working again . we must all work together to protect our military have to do that to support our law enforcement secure our borders and advance really great policy including environmental policy we want crystal clean water we want beautiful perfect air air and water has to be perfect at the same time we don't want to put ourselves at a disadvantage to other countries who are very competitive with us and who don't abide by the rules at all we don't want to hurt our jobs we don't want to hurt our factories we don't want companies lea

the time for members of both parties to join together, put partisanship aside and keep the american economic miracle going strong. lou: and, of course, many of the radical dimms already rejecting the president's olive branch. instead, they're talking about obstruction, endless investigations, even impeachment. and the national left-wing media continues its shameless efforts to smear, to undermine, to undercut this president while disgracing themselves, at today's white house press conference. >> that's enough, that's enough. that's enough. reporter: one of the other folks -- pardon me, ma'am. >> excuse me, that's enough. lou: we'll take it up, you won't believe it. we're going to show you all of that in full -- we take up the midterm election aftermath tonight, republican strategist ed rollins with the social media stars diamond and silk conservative commentator ann coulter among our guest. also our top story, the blue wave ran into the trump wall, though the radical dimms gain control of the house, the president's tireless efforts campaigning for republicans minimize the dimms overall gains. democr

time for members of both parties to join together and put partisan ship aside and keep the american economic miracle going strong. it's a miracle. we're doing so well and i've said it at a lot of rallies. some of you have probably heard it so much. when people come to my office, presidents, prime ministers, they have congratulated me on what we have done economically. our steel industry is back. our alum numb industry is doing really well. these were industries that were dead. we must work together to protect our military. to support our law enforcement and secure our borders and advance really great policy including environmental policy. we want crystal clean water. we want beautiful perfect air. air and water, has to be private. at the same time we don't want to put our disadvantages to countries competitive with us and who don't want to abide by the rules. we don't want companies leaving. we want to be totally competitive and we are and right now we have just about the cleanest air, the cleanest water we have ever had and it's always going to be on that way. so environmental is very important to

is time for members of both parties to join together, put partisanship aside and keep the american economic miracle going strong. it is a miracle. we are doing so well. i have set it at rallies, some of you have probably heard it so much that you do not want to hear it again but when people come to my office, presidents, prime minister's, they all congratulate me, almost the first thing on what we have done economically. it is really amazing. our steel industry is back, our aluminum industry is starting to do really well. these are industries that were dead. miners are working again. we must all work together to protect our military. have to do that. to support our law enforcement, secure our borders and advanced really great policy including environmental policy. we want crystal clean water. we want beautiful perfect air. air and water, has to be perfect. at the same time, we do not want to put ourselves at disadvantage to other countries who are very competitive with us and who do not abide by the rules at all. we do not want to hurt our jobs, we do not want to hurt our factories, we do not want

is time for members of both parties to join together, put partisanship aside and keep the american economic miracle going strong it is a miracle. we're doing so well. i've said it at a lot of rallies. when people come to my office, presidents, prime ministers, they all congratulate me, almost the first thing on what we've done economically. our steel industry is back, aluminum is start to go do really well. these are industries that were dead our miners are working again we must work together to protect our military to support our law enforcement, secure our borders, and we want crystal clean water. we want beautiful, perfect air air and water has to be perfect. at the same time we don't want to put ourselves at a disadvantage to other countries who are very competitive with us and who don't abide by the rules at all we don't want to hurt our jobs, our factories. right now we have just about the cleanest air and water environmental is very important to me. and with that i'll take a few questions if you'd like. whoa, i didn't know what happened that was a lot of hands shooting up so quickly. >> ther

time for members of both parties to join together, put partisanship aside, and keep the american economic miracleok it out on cnn and other members of the media, familiar targets. that's enough, put down the microphone. are you worried about indictments coming round? cnn should be ashamed of itself having you working for them, you are a rude, terrible person, you should not be working for cnn. injim's defence, i have travelled with him and worked with him and he is a diligent reporter. i am not a big fan of yours, either. maybe it was exhaustion but the president was not happy with the new political circumstances. let's bring this all together and speak to the bbc‘s barbara plett usher, who's at the white house. i want to start by asking you by the fire ring ofjeff sessions which has just been announced within the last ten minutes or so, what can you tell us ten minutes or so, what can you tell us about that? -- the firing of jeff sessions. it sounds quite dramatic although not really unexpected. we know that mr trump has been unhappy with jeff sessions for a know that mr trump has been unhappy w

the time for members of both parties to join together, put partisanship aside and keep the american economic miracle going strong. it is a miracle. we're doing so well and i've said it at a lot of rally, some of you have probably heard it so much you don't want to hear it again but when people come to my office, presidents, prime minister, they all congratulate me, almost the first thing on what we've done economically because it is really amazing. and our steel industry is back. our aluminum industry is starting to do really well. these are industries that were dead. our miners are working again. we must all work together to protect our military. we have to do that. to support our law enforcement, secure our borders and advance really great position including environmental policy. we want crystal clean water, we want beautiful perfect air. air and water has to be perfect. at the same time we don't want to put ourselves at a disadvantage to other countries who are very competitive with us and who don't abide by the rules at all. we don't want to hurt other jobs. we don't want to hurt our factories.

time for members of both parties to join together, put partisanship aside, and keep the american economic miracle was irascible, and took it out on cnn and other members of the media, familiar targets. that's enough, put down the microphone. are you worried about indictments coming round? cnn should be ashamed of itself having you working for them, you are a rude, terrible person, you should not be working for cnn. injim's defence, i have travelled with him and worked with him and he is a diligent reporter. i am not a big fan of yours, either. maybe it was exhaustion, but the president was not happy with the new political circumstances. we told you there was energy in the campaign. so it proved. americans turned out in huge numbers yesterday. 113 million voted — almost one third more than in the last mid term. it was also watched intensely around the world. and the impact will be felt globally. for a start, the president said today he's looking at key personnel changes and that could mean a shake up in the national security team. there are also global policies that will be affected by this electi

time for members of both parties to join together, put partisanship a side, and keep the american economic miracle going strong. it is a miracle. we are doing so well, and i have set it at a lot of rallies. some of you have heard it so much, you do not want to hear it again. but when people come to my office, presidents, prime ministers, they all congratulate me. almost the first thing on what we have done economically. because it is really amazing. and our steel industry is back. our aluminum industry is starting to do really well. these are industries that were dead. the miners are working again. we must all work together to protect our military. we have to do that. we have to support our law enforcement, secure our borders, and advance really great to policy, including environmental policy. we went crystal clean water. we want to beautiful perfect ai air. air and water has to be perfect. at the same time, we do not want to put ourselves at a disadvantage to other countries who are very competitive with us. and who do not abide by the rules at all. we do not want to hurt our jobs. we do not want

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time for members of both parties to join together, put partisanship aside, and keep the american economic miracle going strong. it is a miracle. we are doing so well. i have set it at so many rallies , i have said it so much you probably don't want to hear it again. when people come to my office, they all congratulate me, almost the same thing, on what we have done economically, because it is really amazing. our steel industry is back. our aluminum industry is starting to do really well. these are industries that were dead. our miners are working again. we must all work together to protect our military. we have to do that. to support our law enforcement, and advanceorders, really great policy, including environmental policy. we want crystal clean water, we want beautiful, perfect air. the air and water has to be perfect. wante same time, we don't to put ourselves at a disadvantage to other countries who are very competitive with us and you don't abide by the rules at all. we don't want to hurt our jobs, we don't want to hurt our factories, we don't want companies leaving. we want to be totally co

now is the time for both parties to join together, put partisanship aside and keep the american economic miracle going strong. it is a miracle. we're doing so well. i said it at a lot of rallies. some of you heard it so much you don't want to hear about it. when people come to my office, presidents, prime ministers, they all congratulate me almost the first thing what we've done economically because it is really amazing. our steel industry is back. our aluminum industry is starting to do really well. these are industries that were dead. our miners are working again. we most all work together to protect our military. have to do that. to support our law enforcement, secure our borders and advance really great policy including environmental policy. we want crystal clean water. we want beautiful, perfect air. air and water has to be perfect. at the same time we don't want to put ourselves at a disadvantage to other countries who are very competitive with us and who don't abide by the rules at all. we don't want to hurt our jobs. we don't want to hurt our factories. we don't want companies leaving. w

time for members of both parties to join together, put partisanship aside, and keep the american economic miracleong. it is a miracle. we're doing so well and i've said it at a lot of rallies, some of you have probably heard it so much, you don't want to hear it again, but when people come to my office, presidents, prime ministers, they all congratulate me, almost the first thing on what we've done economically because it is really amazing. maria: joining us right now is oppenheimer funds chief investment officer, krishna mammi. you see a slowdown on the horizon. >> i think the economy today is doing reasonably well. we're probably going to end up somewhere north of 3% for the year. i think the slowdown is already unfolding. so by the middle of next year, we are talking about getting back to close to 2% rather than 3% that we have seen in 2018. maria: do you think the slowdown is based on higher interest rates? the fed left interest rates unchanged yesterday but it looks like we're going to see a rate hike in the month of december. is that what's slowing things down or something else? >> that cer

american success story, because we're becoming the world's number one producer. this boost began after regulations were added to the fracking miracle, the ultimate one-two punch. you created amazing jobs, amazing economicity. we're not sending money to countries that quite frankly don't like america. the concern is are we too successful. >> we have john lonski, chief economist at moody's, and lipow associates, andy lipow. great to see you in the flesh. >> thanks for having me here in new york. charles: about a month 1/2 ago, maybe less, the overarching conventional wisdom, $100 west texas here we come. >> you can see the conventional wisdom was wrong once again. what has happened since then is a couple of things. first of all u.s. oil production at a record. at the same time, russian oil production post the soviet-era moved up to a record. at the same time, the market was anticipating that the sanctions on iran was going to really bring oil sales out of that country to next to zero. but what we had is eight wafers, that are allowing -- waivers allowing oil to be on market. at same time the supplies in nigeria and libya have subsided. they have higher oil production. as a result oil prices are down 20%

economic miracles right now, remember who started it. remember who started it. >> sean: let's remind you the voters who the actual records are. it's humiliating and embarrassing. eight years of obama, 8 million more americansre on food stamps. 8 million war on poverty. the lowest participation rate since the 70s, lowest recovery since -- he was the only president in u.s. history never to experience 3% gdp growth in a single year of his presidency. and like guy that claimed $9 trillion in debt, that's irresponsible, and unpatriotic. in eight years of obama, he took on more debt than every other president before him combined. that was two years ago. today, president trump has been making a final pitch to voters and an op ed on fox news and the message is clear. if you want more safety and security and prosperity for the american people want, from all walks of life, this is about continuing the progress. and we know they have no plan to make your life better, safer and more prosperous. so instead, what have we been witnessing? democrats have some pretty extreme ulterior motives. i've been sounding the alarm about this for months right here on this show. when democrats tell you what their plans are, believe th