ashley: do not adjust tv set, i am ashley webster. stu is not here today. hopefully stu will be back tomorrow. not making money, here is the big story, the market back from three-day weekend and we are looking at lower open, triple-digit losses, down 175 on the futures for the dow, but to put all of this in perspective, the market coming off the best weeks of the years and the losses we are looking at less than 1%. wal-mart will be definitely dragging the dow down about 50 points. the stock as you can see off 7% in the premarket. they are seeing stiffer competition online from amazon and the sales that well, didn't match up during holiday quarter with amazon and as a result the stock getting hit a bit in premarket. speaking of amazon, they are back from three-day weekend with vengeance, no less than three stories relate today them. five companies in all making news because of amazon. the tenticals go out as they say. two political rivals that blasted each other during presidential campaign now friends, apparently. you have to love it. we have three hours to

"that ashley was a kind of lie," said the defense. >> ashley fallis was a beautiful woman, but she hadrible pain inside. she was mentally ill. >> reporter: the defense put one of ashley's close friends on the stand. >> what did you know of ashley having a mental illness? >> i knew that she was on medications. we spoke pretty in depth about that. >> reporter: but even with medications, the friend testifed, ashley had trouble controlling her emotions. >> what kind of mental health issues, uhm, did you observe ashley fallis to be going through? >> depression, mood swings, impulsive behaviors. >> reporter: in fact, the defense argued ashley was so depressed the summer before she died, she wrote this letter to tom. >> "i have so much pain on the inside i can no longer take it. i'm sorry to do this to you and the kids, but i find myself not even liking my children." >> reporter: "every day is a chore with them and you. i have to pretend to be happy. i have to pretend to be someone i am not. please make sure you raise the kids to coinue to go t school we have chosen. i do love them. i just ca

ashley: interesting.governor, former republican presidential candidate john kasich making a bold prediction, the end of the two-party political system here in america. he says, young people are just fed up with the lack of agenda on both sides, making the prospect of a multi-party system a real possibility. hmmm. interesting. for some reaction, bring in democratic strategist, robin biro and republican strategist, boyd matheson. let me begin with you. we could end up looking like italy, could end up with six different parties to get a coalition government together. what do you think? >> it is entirely. it is possible and don't think it will happen real fast. it points to the fact that neither political party is not giving either one to be a member. there used to be a cachet or pride in being a card-carrying democrat or card-carrying republican. especially young people. no one is getting that. the big benefit of smaller coalition government it force you to focus on what you agree on. we have some of the par

ashley: well, i am ashley webster. stuart is out today. packed show ahead. in 30 minutes president trump will be meeting with state and local officials on school safety just one day after holding a very emotional meeting with students and teachers affected by that shooting in florida. we're also keeping a close eye on the market, of course, stocks holding on to gains this morning, but is the volatility just part of normal trading these days? the dow up 220 points at this hour. >>> meantime, senator bernie sanders turning on hillary clinton. why he's blaming her for allowing russian interference in our election. we'll get into that. and house minority leader nancy pelosi never backing down from her attacks on tax cuts, but her colleague ares on capitol hill say, well, maybe that's enough. the republican lawmaker behind the crumbs act will be joining us in about 15 minutes from now. the third hour of "varney & company" begins right now. ♪ ♪ ashley: it's that time of the week, weekly oil inventories breaking right now. e. mac, what have we go

ashley: low-carb 1:00 p.m. could have ashley webster in for lauren simonetti. i had a shirt and jeans on when i came in this morning. it is like early spring, early summer. beautiful. crazy. cheryl: we had the open of the markets yesterday and of course we went down. and down. a nice little selloff yesterday afternoon. another day of volatile trading. the dow jones more than 260 points and snapped a six session winning streak for the dow and s&p 500. it is just the appetizer or main course of falling stocks. cofounder flynn's capital management is here. jason garcia met, cofounder of hail investing. good morning. >> good morning. train to another rough day for the markets. the name of the game right now is inflation and what the federal reserve will do. we look at the market of clarity do you think? >> i think elegant clarity as he talked about on this program at the beginning of the year. inflation and interest rates would be the theme of 2018 as well as volatility disappointed. obviously we seem inflation with producer price index and wages and that bleeds in

ashley: thank you does.o stop president trump are bringing the nuclear football into the great hall of beijing. it even got physical ending with a secret service agent tackling a chinese official, taking into the ground. we've got full details coming out. 13 russians indicted for meddling with the election. how to respond to that? colonel ralph peters, the man with the answers, is next. ♪ at holiday inn express, we can't guarantee that you'll be able to contain yourself at our breakfast bar. morning, egg white omelet. sup lady bacon! fruit, there it is! but we can guarantee that you'll get the best price when you book with us. holiday inn express. be the readiest. train to a report says the u.s. and china tingled over the nuclear football during the president's visit to beijing. actually coming you've got details. charles: the same in the u.s. military carried the nuclear football, a briefcase with the nuclear code always travels with the president. so if they are going into the great hall in china, chinese

ashley: we are.art: when the dow drops 10%, when you drop 10% you can officially call a correction, we now have a correction on our hands. let's go to s&p 500. where is that? dow is down 2%, s&p is down nearly 50 points, that's 1.8, 1.9% and falling. how about the nasdaq composite, exactly the same story, we are down 2% on the nasdaq, 6,800. that's a drop of 138 points. when the nasdaq goes down like that, that's a composite of 100 biggest tech companies, indication that technology is down again this morning. i've got to bring in interest rates real fast, where are we, 2.75%. by the way, that's significantly lower than it was this time yesterday. >> irony is interest rates going up is spoking the markets, bring interest rates down. stuart: there you go. liz: s&p is 9 points away from correction territory. the s&p. stuart: big tech names, now they are trading, i want to see how they have opened up. they are opened down, facebook 178, amazon 1370, microsoft 86, alphabet at 1,048, significant drop, appl

ashley: yeah. i was a young, a boy, frankly less than 10 years old but i remember it distinctly, because his crusade as he called it, dominated british life for some time, because he brought 100,000 people to his crusade at wembley stadium. now britain is, and was very much a secular society. ashley: yes. stuart: it is not overtly religious society at all. you do not win prizes being overtly religious in britain. ashley: not at all. very private. liz: how was billy graham received at that time in that environment? stuart: with astonishing enthusiasm. the fact he could fill wembley stadium with 100,000 people and speak for jesus that way was as ton maybement to the brits. ashley: unheard of. stuart: absolutely unhid of. whether he could, if he come again today done a similar crusade i don't believe he would have same response or same reaction to it. but at that time that stopped britain. ashley: yes. stuart: a personal note. i watched the crown. ashley: yes. stuart: during "the crouch," we- the crow

ashley: yes.you look at the future's market as ashley just said, the answer is question. right-bottom-hand corner. after ten consecutive months of jobs. [laughter] ashley: thank you very much. charles: it's been my experience that the futures were the lowest point of the morning. we may test that. whatever the worst -- we were down 300, we test that. if we hold it and come back, that's when you start to sit up. i want to put one thing in perspective. 3% yield to push the market down, the last time we corrected yield 4 and a half percent, the before time 6 percent and 9% and 12%. stuart: 15 seconds to go and we will open the market. you can see them applauding and we will hear it any second now. there you go. when the bell starts ringing, the trading session will begin. we will find out whether or not we will get a continuation of very heavy selling we saw last week. here we go. first reading in the dow we are down 250 points right from the get-go, 260, 263, 277 we are down. 25,248, down 268. that'

>> what do you say, ashley?'t like any oil sector stocks i think oil will have a very rough year. formation of oil suggests that oil will go lower. they are already down significantly. exxon 52-week low right now. i think it foes -- goes lower. ashley: you don't like ge? >> ge is easy one. you asked for a dog of the dow. i would be a buyer of ge somewhere in here. ashley: what about intel? they have straightened out their act. all their troubles are behind them. they will reinvent themselves and become a better business organization. they have seen the pressure. i see them moving higher from here. i think that will be one of good bright spots for the dow this year. ashley: 30 seconds, todd. are we still in recalculation mode? , we have the drop and the pause. is there more volatility? >> i think more volatility. market action suggest as near-term top is in. we should see selling and test the lows we put in last week. overall i think long term you're a buyer of the market. short term here over next six months we

ashley: yes. stuart: taxes did not go down.t to talk apple, they have 51% of the global smartphone market ashley: wow. stuart: i think that's a big deal. >> that's a huge deal. when i get to teach fourth and fifth graders about economic, stuart, we talk about what's the biggest thing in the business, how much margin you're making, they are winning the margin war so much. they didn't ship nearly the most phones, they just made the most money and that is a big distinction, samsung sold a lot more funs, apple made three times as much money. liz: gross margin is more than 35%. ashley: about 800 bucks. that helps the margin. >> three times the average price of samsung. stuart: are you buying apple? >> no, we are not. i tip my hat but won't eat it. i do think it's remarkable that they got 51% because there's cheaper alternatives. stuart: back to amazon. we talk about it all of the time. i believe it's down a fraction today but i want to know, they've had a huge run-up, of course, what has it done to jeff bezos, liz? >> 118 billion is

ashley: i do. in the old days in quotation marks, when good news is reported the stock market would go out. today was good news as reported the stock market goes down. big mistake says the president and we have so much good, great news about the economy. the reason the market goes down when we get good news is the fear that it will continue to raise interest rates in the fear of inflation. so yes, he is right. good news is bad news. that is the scenario we are in. it is a compliment if you like to the economy, but the market doesn't like high interest rates. liz: it's a big mistake and that's what he means by big mistake. stuart: the selloff is a big mistake. transfer the market shouldn't go down when we get good news for the economy. stuart: john, back to you in just a moment. back to my editorial top of the hour talking about media coverage of the selloff. the media tried to pin it on the president. they virtually called it the trump selloff. this from the white house news conference yesterday. r

ashley: yeah, sure. he told me yesterday, illegals can not register to vote after getting a driver's license but we heard a chorus of people saying the exact opposite. one of them, a california republican gubernatorial candidate, will join us in the next hour. >>> first though, nancy pelosi, eight-hour marathon on the floor of the house, trying to get daca legislation into the budget deal but did anything actually come of it? we're asking the question. we'll answer it too. back in a second. ♪ you can't predict the market, but through good times and bad at t. rowe price we've helped our investors stay confident for over 80 years. call us or your advisor. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. each day our planet awakens but with opportunity comes risk. and to manage this risk, the world turns to cme group. we help farmers lock in future prices, banks manage interest rate changes and airlines hedge fuel costs. all so they can manage their risks and move forward. it's simply a matter of following the signs.

ashley: amazing. stuart: that is incredible. ashley: oh, my god.rt: coming up the situation in venezuela, even more dire if that is possible. there are reports that parents are leaving children at orphanages just to get them fed. we keep saying the collapse is coming but how can it get much worse? we'll have the latest for you. >>> susan rice looking to cover her tracks in the last moments of power and protect president obama. senators are starting to ask questions about that and we're on it. >>> the immigration debate, six senators coming together on a deal. one of then says this is the only deal that can become law. it is senator thom tillis. he joins us. you're watching the second hour of "varney & company." ♪ you too. your parents have been talking about you for years. sorry about that. they're all about me saving for a house, or starting a college fund for my son. actually, i want to know what you're thinking. have a seat. yeah. knowing that the most important goals are yours. with 15,000 financial advisors, it's a big deal. and it's how edwar

ashley: so old. gone up for ten straight months first time we've done that i thinking in 60 years. that's a pretty good indicator. and now we're only town 90 only down 95 points we're holding above 26,000. why are we down today? >> investors are getting used to the fact with four rate hike that's not a big deal. inflation is up and hale get over this very quickly. >> this is big tech week and focus on that right now. first of all, facebook, mark zuckerberg is encouraging people to spend less time on his site. i can't ever remember a media company saying use me less. but he did. however, the stock is in record territory and getting close to it. because they have very good earnings u they did that right -- j they've got a lot of pricing power on their ads he's saying use me less and advertisers pay me more. >> saying 58% of their ad revenue comes from the news feed. how about o this? when is facebook going to start paying for newspapers and news feeds? they could get a lot of con tengt free local newsp

ashley johnson has the story. ashley? ashley. bill, raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour and requiring em he years to offer paid sick leave have been two of the biggest issues in the phil murphy has been strong going since taking office. murphy spoke on the issues monday at a round table at the pay sake city hall. he took a backseat to me and women who shared emotional store brs being able to make end's meet on $8.60. i went from $14 an hour now in the same job. again i have to choose there is sometimes that i have to go to countries. and you know, to get my kids what they need. i should no be put in that predicament that i have to choose again. for my children. >> the of go nor continues to did debunk what he says. murphy continues to trillion the point if you are wondering whats the magic of raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. he says well what is the magic of $8.60. >> it is just pro, ately a women's issue. disproportionate and folks impacted and potentially benefited. reality and the state would be women. no i, the no

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>> dad sends ashley to check the papers sitting on the table, maybe it's there. might want to put your fingers in your ears right about now. [ screaming ] >> thank you so much, thank you so much! oh, thank you. >> what happened? [ screaming ] >> if you listen carefully, this is where we get the why. she's managed to get herself tickets for a meet and greet to meet the one and only britney spears. this say giis a gift from her p. i can't tell she's excited though. we aren't done yet, because there's more. [ screaming ] enjoy yourself, ashley, and good luck, britney. for our next video it's not often i get to say i'm jealous of a 14-year-old. >> oh, wow. >> but in this case i am. payton is about to start getting clues for her 14th birthday present. okay, all right. not much of a clue there. next one. >> you've been willing to -- >> she's gotten half way through and can't finish it. she's like, i have' got an idea. she goes to the next clue. >> oh my god! >> at this point she's figured it out. everyone else in the room is like what's going on? what does it say? >> i

>> ashley says -- oh!e didn't get it from the other side. >> multiple angles. >> so now we switch? >> right. >> let's see her face. >> right? >> and let me get out of the way. >> okay scene. >> so then i say it? >> yes. >> it is never over. >> what? >> oh, i love it. >> yes. >> okay, we have time for one more mike. >> i'm familiar. >> so you get in front, then it goes. >> oh, man! >> can i help? >> yes. >> ♪ >> just let it -- >> so you pretend like you're doing some pottery action there. >> yes, look little higher so the camera can see it. >> i don't even know what they say. >> people usually tell me i look like patrick swayze, too? >> ya, i'm camille yan. >> you're doubles. >> i don't know. >> ya? >> you guys are a great story, seriously. >> didn't think that one through. >> mike. >> good to see you, man. >> good idea. >> see you. >> i'm telling you the best story ever how they met. i can't say it in the screen, sore. >> i hey you can get married at federal and broad. >> ya, jason can a phillie ate. >> co

ashley johnson has the full story. ashley? >> new jersey governor murphy plans the gun laws to the next level at a roundtable. just weeks ago, murphy and the attorney general announced how they are going to rescind the change under the christied a hip thracian, making it easier to get a mer permit. the governor is king a package of bills of the gun laws. i look forward progress ofly working with the majority leader and his colleagues on things such as critical magazine, capacity law, protect our handgun carry regulations as i mentioned prohibiting possession of armored psa ammunition, making a leader in the adoption of smart gun technology and sales. >> meanwhile, murphy is k work on puerto rico commission and how new jersey can do more to help the island still devastated from hurricane maria. five months ago, we showed you the outpouring of support where many people had family members they were trying to get a hold of. volunteers worked around the clock collecting basic necessities. pastor joshua rodriguez from jersey cities

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ashley, david, thank you very much.have breaking news we have to get to right now. >>> music streaming service spotify is filing for a one billion dollar ipo. spotify will list shares on the new york stock exchange under the symbol, spot. spotify reportedly has 140 million users, one of which is me. another wish i ashley. >> that's right. love it. trish: most don't pay for the service. do you get commercials? >> no, i pay for it. trish: i pay for it too. i can't stand the commercials. i love the music. sure beats the days when i i had all the cds. >> oh, god, yes. trish: we'll be right back. quick break. i will see you here. thanks. today, a focus on innovation in the southern tier is helping build the new new york. starting with advanced manufacturing that brings big ideas to life. and cutting-edge transportation development to connect those ideas to the world. along with urban redevelopment projects worthy of the world's top talent. all across new york state, we're building the new new york. to grow your business with

>> and ashley, a word about mr. porter. as we've stressed this week, the title of staff secretary is one of those misleading titles. it's more accurately the deputy chief of staff, oddly the title he was up for in promotion had he stayed. documents, phone calls, communications with the entire web of the rest of the government. having put it that way and knowing what we know about these allegations in mr. porter's past, you've done some reporting tonight and how and why he was able to last as long as he did. >> so the reason he was able to last as long as he did was that in this white house, we all know it's incredibly chaotic, incredibly turbulent, and professionally at least he was viewed as sort of an adult in the room. he was by all accounts smart and professional and competent and a stabilizing force. and so even when these allegations first came to light, there was a sense in the white house that they wanted him there, they thought he was doing a good job. they didn't want to have to worry about finding a replacement.

ashley johnson has the full story. ashley? what do you got? >> it has been another long and heart-wrenching week for the country as we see the families laid to rest the victims of the mass shooting. the big question is what can done to prevent yet another similar tragedy. new jersey's largest teacher's union has take and stamp against president donald trump anticipate notion to arm teachers. >> we are adamantly opposed to the idea that tapers should be armed in the public schools. is a bad idea. wilt not make the schools safer and make our schools more danger and distract from the learning envirn. >> is issue is put heavily on the mind of hur if i. murphy had news conference about nj transit and signing for women's health tows can on the tragedy from a father standpoint and pushed for more gun reforms. >> to those who say there is nothing we could do. we are committed. the majority leader the speaker of the den are assembly they will look to new jersey and say you know what insomething could be done. they did it. [cheering and applauding] >> t

ashley johnson has the full story. ashley? >> bill, it is a hot topic. he laid out the plan to help people with property taxes to protect homeowners are the new gop tax plan. friday at a news conference in marlborough, murphy joined by several mayors from monmouth county to decide a bill that would allow taxpayers to make contributions to charitable funds dedicated to schools and law enforcement which would set off a credit on property tax. 33 other states, ok. that is 6% basically two-thirds of the country already have in place systems less by the internal revenue service to allow taxpayers to make charitable contributioions for things deemed important by those states in exchange for up to $1 per $1 reduction in their tax. >> murphy used monmouth county as example where he said the people pay an am of $8,800 in property taxes. yeah. can you explain more how it is approached by the irs to the taxpayers understand, you know, how the other states are doing it. it is less by the irsf. so the irs has to affirmatively. i am not a tax lawyer but the irs has to

i am ashley johnson reporting for "chasing news." >> thank you, ashley. all right. bring back the a plus panel to break this down. all right. let me start with you. it seems, i have two issues. the idea of free community college for moment. what is the cost and two is the fact there are no details. then, the numbers changed. it was 400 during the campaign. note it is 200. what is it? >> well, the cost is a big issue here. bill. i mean,'s we cannot balance our own budget obligations we have already let alone add on $00 to $400 million without taxing new jersey taxpayers in the highest the nation. it shows eight in ten taxpayers are concern about the affordability in the state. are going to ask taxpayers to pay more for free come in the college. he macks no sense. well, rutgers also did a stud day this red a few weeks ago. need to make at least 5,000 a year to put your head above water in new jersey. how do you pay for it? what would this mean to factors given that rutgers they are subsidized boy more than $1 ball year. >> well, agree. you do still need more details o

ashley johnson has the full story. ashley?new jersey governor murphy kicked up the third week on the job. the newest senator bob menendez anchorry booker to support the re-election of of bergen county executive. the senators took the opportunity to speak about all federal corrupts charges and being dropped against mendenez last week. >> give testimony and in the path and within you. >> it was my first time in the last week sore. i am so grateful for bob menendez and serve with him and stand by him. the tow cusses with on making sure the dems with being relecked in move. >> who else has worked in public works? has worked in the private sect whore has been elected in council, mayor, firemen, fire chief, freeholder, now italian executives for over three years? he plans to work the governor on one of thing best initiatives improving transportation. he speck on the heed for bergen county light rain. >> so thousands of commuters have accessed the safe reliable public transportation. ealso advocated for the promise to raise minimum w

ashley, what do you got for us?il murphy was back in new jersey tuesday after spending a few days in washington, d.c. talking about guns. hr if i and other governors met with president donald trump at the white house, murphy tooted the coalition he formed last week with the governors of new york and connecticut. who agreed to share information on the illegal gun trade if the federal government ain't going to do it. if congress isn't going to do it. we are going to start dict murphy said. president trump told the governors he supports back ground checks people resisted that but now people, i think, are really into it. he insisted he would get the national rifle association onboard and don't worry about the nra trump said, they are on our side. the president turned has attention tuesday to staying in the white house and acing no his candidacy for re-election and even naming a 2020 campaign manager. in new jersey, tuesday, murphy signed the executive order creating the jobs and economic council and also said is strongl

ashley parker of the "washington post". jake shoe man. nile, i want to begin with you.ivisions in the democratic party over guns saying on the one hand you have people like conor lamb in pennsylvania who is all over the place on the issue in the special election. you have an activist for the center for american progress using the #banallsemiautomaticrifles. what is the democratic position going into 2018 on what, if anything, needs to happen with gun laws? >> well, i don't think we can say there is one national democratic position. you mentioned the special election in pennsylvania. that is one of the addressing areas. it's a conserve is active district. it's been republican since 2002. a democrat running there is having to balance a different kind of set of priorities to someone running in a more liberal district. i do think there are memories for democrats going back 20 years or more thinking that this is not a politically good issue for them. but is that changing? that's the key question, hugh. we have seen a number of polls even in the last week talking about public

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from the washington post white house reporter ashley parker. and joyce advance, law professor at the university of alabama. peter baker, your piece landed like a thud this weekend in the west wing, i'm told. talk about how they are processing what is to many of them i'm sure the grim reality that the mueller probe is contrary to the pledges made by ty cobb and john dowd, far from over? >> yeah, no, it doesn't look like it's over any time soon. and i think in the white house they take some solace from the fact that so far none of these indictments and none of these guilty pleas have specifically pointed a finger at the president or the campaign in and of itself. but they have to wonder where it's leading to. what is bob mueller building a case toward? and it looks like he's moving up the chain. well, the chain only goes so far, where it ultimately ends up nobody knows. in the process of course many who have been around the president now are facing enormous trouble. legal trouble, lawyer bills and so on. that doesn't sit well obviously with the p

from the "washington post," white house reporter ashley parker. with us from harvard where he's a visiting law lecturer, juan z zerate. former deputy national security adviser to george w. bush. at the table, jonathan lamiere, associated press white house reporter. philip bump, "washington post" political reporter. z zerlina maxwell, now director of progressive programming for sirius xm. let me tell all the reporters at the table, feel free to look at your phones, take your calls and bring us any news you're hearing on this rather remarkable headline, ashley parker. jared kushner, the president's son-in-law, has been under scrutiny since minutes after the election was won for i think his very earliest contacts with foreign governments, as he sought to fill out all the background forms that anyone going to work in the white house fills out. the sf-86. the more extensive form, it's been amend ed countless times. his clearance attorney, jamie gerelik, who was a very senior democrat at the doj, has departed him. he's now represented by abbe lowell in

ashley: i do.ically, what's happening is at&t and time warner say that, look, the justice department is trying to stop this merger. it's all because of politics, they say. so they went to a judge and said we want to see some of the internal communications within the government who are suing to have what the government calls anticompetitive merger. so that's why it went to a judge. the judge said you have to reach a very high hurdle for me to turn over nonpublic government communications, and he said you are falling well short of that. so at&t, time warner basically they claim it's all about president trump's not liking the deal and his absolute hatred for cnn. of course, cnn belongs to time warner, so they claim that's a big part of why the government is trying to stop this merger. a judge says sorry. you can't have access to any of the government communications. so we'll see what happens. but it was a loss, you could say, for the two companies. charles: sure. sure. and now this. billionaire doing

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processes would significantly accelerate building we'll have more on infrastructure from artie's ashley banks and just a little bit. and with the trump administration again they have also unveiled their official budget proposal today investors and analysts are looking past specific spending request to the assumptions about growth inflation and borrowing costs contained in the report the budget assumes a three percent annual growth for ten years with well above estimates by investors and outside analysts in december the federal reserve predicted an overall rate of one point eight percent growth over the same period j.p. morgan on friday predicted two point five percent for twenty eight teen and one point nine per. for the next year closely tracking the fed's projections from december the administration also is up to more optimistic about the impact of the recent tax cuts and what they will do then outside analysts the pace of growth in this scenario also would likely push interest rates above the levels predicted by the white house. google and facebook may lose a significant. significant

ashley parker, white house reporter for "the washington post". much obliged to all three of you. thank you for joining us. jennifer, let's go back up to the top of our reporting which is "the new york times" reporting tonight and hope hicks, the white house communications director. she again is denying those comments through an attorney. but what if it turns out she said something like, no one will ever see those e-mails, as a matter of law? >> well, it depends, right? it depends what she meant. if she said it in a way that's kind of speculative, like i don't think they'll ever get out because so few people know about them, then that's not necessarily signaling that she plans to actually engage in obstruction of justice. but what's key to me and we'll of course see what the mueller team makes of it. but corallo, his take was that she may be talking about obstructing justice, and that's so important to him and troubling to him he ends up quitting. so clearly that's kind of going to be his take on it to the mueller team. and he was there. something that's really important, of cours

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it was really comforting and they were so brave. >> dan ashley, abc 7 news. >>> that was dan ashley. if you have the abc 7 news app, you were immediately notified of this breaking story yesterday afternoon. the app is free to download for apple and android devices. >>> a man kicked off a southwest flight for speaking arabic is suing the airline. it happened on a flight from l.a. to oakland in 2016. he was speaking on the phone when another arabic speaking passenger told a flight attendant he heard him mention a terrorist group. he was removed from the plane and questioned by fbi agents. he claims it caused him to suffer mental and emotional distre distress. >>> danvill police are trying to identify a bank robber. investigators releasing these photos of the man. it happened before 2:30 yesterday afternoon at the wells yesterday afternoon at the wells fargo on ka he was last seen running at the safe way parking lot on tas hara crossing. >>> just how much cooler is it? anywhere from 3 to double digits in fairfield, napa. look at half moon bay, 13 degrees cooler. let's start off with the

let ashley -- ashley: i want to get back to the pelosi thing.s. i find it hard to jump in i understand the constitutional protection, the second amendment, i get all that. if you talk about the issue you should make kids as safe as possible, if it means arming children, turning schools into fortresses that is not reality. charles: did you children or teachers? ashley: did i say children? that is not what we want. it will not turn it into the o.k. corral. if we can save one life, we should do that. charles: you can see activity on the stage right now. liz: matt schlapp. charles: matt schlapp, cpac is his baby. having incredible year cap off today, just moments from now president trump giving a speech there. are we going to listen to matt? i'm sorry, larry, you wanted -- >> i wanted to say i certainly don't want to walk down the same path president obama did trying to do as much as he can by executive order that will get overturned in the courts or should get overturned into the courts. issues should be in the legislative process. however one thin

it is the concept of operations as general ashley said. i have the same concerns you do about getting the cooperation we need from these companies. i'm rather optimistic about it because i think at the end of the day, we can advance the american economy, we can advance the american entrepreneurialship and our understanding of the world in a way that gets back to that first step, which is decision advantage. >> rest assured processing of data will come up in our closed session with you. i've got you targeted. vice chair. >> thank you mr. chairman, i take with some note the fact that the odni director started his discussion with cyber. it is very telling in terms of how we view worldwide threats. one question out on the record, we all know it has been over a year since the russian intervention in our 2016 elections. we also have seen russia intervene in a number of other western democracies. i'd like each of you to briefly reconfirm to the american public that our intelligence community understands this threat. last year, those of you on the

in hamilton, ashley johnson, reporting for "chasing news." >> thank you, ashley. all right. bring in a couple of guys that know how government works. i am joined by new jersey assemblyman, jamal. welcome back to "chasing news." >> how are you doing, bill sno you are the staff in essex county. always god tow sue on the show. >> thanks. bill: i want to ask you, first in the executive branch. you har the government come out to say this is about testing. this is about sleep apnea i dop understand from a public safety stand point. a woman is dead. you got drowsy drivers all over this garden state. some who may be tired and get behind the wheel of a train. >> it is a strange statement, right. the primary cause was sleep apnea. not there that was driver who fell asleep or was drowsy. the driver mid a decision to do his job, not 100%. >> now there may have been ways he could have fixed that but the cause could not be the lack of testing. remember, you got take up issues like this. nj transit complete and utter mess. >> new jersey transit is a mess. a lot of pressure put in a lot of

ashley? >> well, it's a tricky situation because sarah sanders did lay out some actions this administration has taken against russia, but they are basically all operating within in a war seemingly, a different sort of war but a war against russia without the support of their commander in chief. that is an incredibly difficult role for the intelligence community to be in, for any of his aides and advisers to be in, and it's a topic they know that he is uncomfortable with. so it impacts the information they bring him. we did a story here about how his national security team and other advisers are less likely to broach the topic of russia with him for fear of angering him and that's obviously not a good situation if this is one of our largest geopolitical threats. >> gene, i want to get some analysis here and this is it. as this advice tightens on the president and people are coming pleas and going after manafort and manafort is squeezed to go after trump, they're going after him, feels that he

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ashley: yeah.art: this raises a question, which we've had on this program earlier this morning, i will ask this question to both of you. >> sure. stuart: you go watch some of these video games, they are violent indeed. we have young men and women of that kind of age, you know, should we do something about that? >> stuart, going back into the '80s, it was al gore and tipper gore who first started sounding the alert about this. yes, i think we need to do something about it. i absolutely support it. and believe that so many young people get isolated. they play games. and their mental health and well-being is affected, leading them potentially to do heinous acts. stuart: should we do something about it? >> i'm saying yes. stuart: i don't know what? >> i can't sit here today i have the -- >> we live in violent society. goes back to parenting. whether you're talking about videogames or what kid see on the street or talking with their friend in the classroom or outside of the classroom, there is a lot of