joining me kate snow along with my panel frank bruni and bill cohen.they've hired paul weiss all along. what is different here, the media attention or advertisers pulling? >> it's interesting. i just got a statement from farc fabiani who representing o'reilly as a crisis communications guy and he made that point that paul weiss has been retained for a while, ever since everything happened with roger ailes and the fact that they're now looking at more complaints, well they've had this hotline for a while and so yes, they're investigating wendy walsh's complaint because wendy walsh called the hotline last week because lisa bloom, her attorney, realized she had never actually called the hotline. remember bill o'reilly last week was saying or fox saying for him that we haven't had any internal complaint, any complaints to hr. so the sequins of events she calls the hotline laee on friday they confirm we will investigate, give us a statement, 21st century fox investigates all complaints and we have asked the law firm paul weiss to continue assisting the comp

bill cohen and policy expert dennis kelahern from the organization better markets. dennis, on this issue, what grade do you give the president, and what do you think of what we just ran through there? >> in draining the swamp, if he could get a letter grade lower than "f," he would. he's become the king of the swamp. he said he was going to drive the lawyers, lobbyists and influence peddlers out of the washington, d.c., pol-makiicy m process. he's appointed them to the white house. essentially the number two person from goldman sachs is now his most senior economic adviser. former wall streeters are running the treasury and soon will run the s.e.c. so the swamp is alive and well, and he is king of the swamp. and as to other matters, including, for example, jobs, not only has he not done anything on jobs, everything he has talked about so far will be detrimental to jobs, including, by the way, talking about de-regulating wall street once again. >> let me start with the swamp because we have ellie here. if trump is the king of the swamp that makes you maybe bishop or

the banks, bill cohen will be joining us. he will give his take on jpmorgan.asing his annual letter, which is now almost as widely read as warren buffett's annual letter. we will speak what he thinks is key for jamie dimon. one thing he wishes the jpmorgan ceo would be more outspoken on behalf of wall street, one of the few voices that is really listened to. haidi: that is right. we will be touching more when it comes to japan with the regulators, with japan data from the finance ministry. this not to be just more positive but also more widespread recovery, smaller sized business and also across the services sector as well. we will get more analysis. that is it for daybreak australia. we will get all of the action with yvonne and ♪ yvonne: no rush on rates, the new york fed president says the economy is not overheating comes to further hikes can be gradual. the pboc tightens rates, the worst ever quarter for corporate bond defaults. mind your language, white and corrected messaging apps are becoming a headache for wall street. -- why encrypted messaging apps a

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i'm joined by bill clinton's secretary of defense, bill cohen, the chairman and ceo of the cohen groupback with me jenna jnson and katelyn huey burns. thank you for joining me on this busy friday. we appreciate it. >> i'm glad to be with you. >> i want you to take us inside what may have happened last night in mar-a-lago. we know that secretary of defense james mattis advised pump president trump on his decision. offered him a range of options. you were in a similar situation years ago when you advised former president bill clinton on his range of options in kosovo and syria. what is that moment like? what do you think took place behind the scenes? >> well, the pentagon is always in the process of refining military operations. they have been given an assignment to plan for contingencies and identify those places in the world that we're required to act on a relatively short basis. this is not a one-shot propositi proposition. before setting forth those options secretary of defense mattis would have to say, mr. president, here are some of the options. we've also taken into account if we

they make it easier for people to become lifelong users. >> the bill is personal for cohen. of emphysema. an fda study found advertising for menthol cigarettes is ten times higher in black communities. mayor ed lee says he'll sign the bill if it reaches his desk. >>> a new study by u.c. san francisco says researchers says young adults get more pleasure from significant raets than using alcohol and marijuana. the first study to document such results, previous studies have shown the combined pharmacological effects of cigarettes and alcohol can lead to a heightened sense of reward for users. >> two of the world's most famous people are teaming up. prince william and lady gaga are joining forces to persuade people to be more open with their mental health issues. jessica castro from abc 7 mornings has more. >> reporter: a face time chat between the mother monster and the british prince. >> hello, prince william. >> hello, lady gaga. >> reporter: prince william and lady gaga chatting health on facebook live. >> for me the little bits i've learned so far about mental health is very

could show us a rate cut. .oming up, and all-star lineup in less than an hour, bill gross, mohamed el-erian, and gary cohens bloomberg. ♪ jonathan: from new york city, we are about 40 minutes away from the payroll report. and we goe stable nowhere on the s&p 500. treasuries, they are off by about two basis points. 180,000 is the report -- is the prediction for the jobs report. worldwide, in a letter to shareholders, jpmorgan ceo jamie dimon asserted that government imposed capital requirements a big banks are holding back lending and relaxing men will spur economic growth. neel kashkari responded saying both assertions are false. he joins us now. great to have you with us. with a simple question -- what is the objective of taking on a wall street chief executive so publicly? is to call out risk where we see them and propose solutions. when a wall street leader, i know jamie dimon like him, when he says things i believe are incorrect, it's my responsibility to speak out. too big to fail has not been solved in the biggest thanks are still too big to fail. the american people and congress offeredknow that and

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gary cohen is a pragmatist. he wants a bill that can pass.ugh the house much less the senate. >> how about carbon change? >> it dl a. [laughter] it is going to be difficult. if they can coax down are coming, to do that they will have to earmark a big chunk of the revenue from tax reform to getting rid of loopholes and getting things back overseas to infrastructure spending. that is only way you can get democrats aboard. any may not get them then. >> paul: you may not get the top personal rate from 39 - 28. it might stick at 35 because they don't want to give tax cuts for the wealthy. >> i wish we're going to get down to 35. i see 37 in the future. >> paul: when we >> and christian churches inegyk celebrations this week following the deadly bombing, to churches on palm sunday prompted a state of emergency. this has pope francis plans his first visit to egypt at the end of the month. we are joined by a senior fellow at the hudson institute. >> thank you for having me. >> paul: what is the condition of the christians in the middle east? combat i

gary cohen is a pragmatist. he wants a bill that can pass. can't get the bill through the house much less the senate. >> how about carbon change? >> it dl a. [laughter] it is going to be difficult. if they can coax down are coming, to do that they will have to earmark a big chunk of the revenue from tax reform to getting rid of loopholes and getting things back overseas to infrastructure spending. that is only way you can get democrats aboard. any may not get them then. >> paul: you may not get the top personal rate from 39 - 28. it might stick at 35 because they don't want to give tax cuts for the wealthy. >> i wish we're going to get down to 35. i see 37 in the future. >> paul: when we c'mon in, pop pop! happy birthday! i survived a heart attack. i'm doing all i can to keep from having another one. and i'm taking brilinta. for people who've been hospitalized for a heart attack. i take brilinta with a baby aspirin. no more than one hundred milligrams as it affects how well it works. brilinta helps keep my platelets from sticking together and

gary cohen is a pragmatist. he wants a bill that can pass.ill through the house much less the senate. >> how about carbon change? >> it dl a. [laughter] it is going to be difficult. if they can coax down are coming, to do that they will have to earmark a big chunk of the revenue from tax reform to getting rid of loopholes and getting things back overseas to infrastructure spending. that is only way you can get democrats aboard. any may not get them then. >> paul: you may not get the top personal rate from 39 - 28. it might stick at 35 because they don't want to give tax cuts for the wealthy. >> i wish we're going to get down to 35. i see 37 in the future. >> paul: when we come back somber holy week following debbie attacks on churches.ea we'll find out how to keep people safe from terrorist in the world danger spots. i have heartburn. alka seltzer heartburn relief chews. enjoy the relief. a 401(k) is the most sound way to go. let's talk asset allocation. -sure. you seem knowledgeable, professional. would you trust me as your financial advisor

william cohen was secretary of defence under president bill clinton, and is now a bbc world affairs analystchina. when the white house and president trump talk about all options available to north korea, what are the ones that have not been available so far? they could certainly decide on shutting off the korean banking system as such, and try to wring about a collapse of the regime. that is one of the options, saying that if the regime is not going to change its course, then we intend to engage in regime change. they could try to bring that about several ways, one would be to go at the heart of the financial heart, what remains of it, in north korea, to try to bring about a collapse. second, the ultimate thing would be using a military strike or a cyber strike against north korea. that entails a lot of risk. we have 800,000 north koreans not very far from downtown seoul. they have lots of artillery pieces that could destroy seoul, and the consequences ofa destroy seoul, and the consequences of a military strike could be quite severe, both china and for the south koreans. so it would be the

here is the president's top economic advisor, gary cohen come on whether he thinks the bill can pass. >> this is quite historically for us. this isn't going to be easy. doing big things for us never is. we will be attacked for the left and we will be attacked for the right. one thing is certain. i would never, ever bet against this president. he will get this done for the american people. >> martha: with one step forward there and also one step back today, another judicial decision that seeks to derail the president's move on sanctuary cities, as a federal judge slaps down president trump's order to withhold federal funding from the sanctuary cities. president trump making some stunning remarks about the courts. we will tell you what he said in just a moment. we'll be joined by constitutional law expert jonathan turley who says he thinks the judge in california in this case has jumped the gun. first, we start with trace gallagher in the west coast newsroom with the latest on the story tonight. >> president trump, who is clearly annoyed of being dealt another setback in the ninth circu

sort of court of the bourgas situation, bannon and kushner and gary cohen in quotes, it's not to go. look a what's happened. >> billpartmentalized his scandals. he did as much as trump sees. granted, there's no twitter then. but when -- it seems like president trump can't compartmentalize russia. >> it's like he's taken everything and shaken us and put us in a cage and rattled us whether it's health care, russia, flynn and we're trying to sort it out. he's shaking us. >> he has a bona fide legislative agenda and the problem is he diverts us from all of that by talking about the fake news. by talking about, you know, how people are conducting a witch-hunt. we'll get later to the merits of whether or not this is a witch-hunt. but the point is that when even people on the hill arecu on his me -- he undercuts that. >> can you imagine if he says, i'll let the process play out, i don't think this is right or fair, but the process is going to play out and here's what i'm going to focus on -- the economy, jobs what i ran on. pushing a legislative agenda. that would be amazing. >> what you said is fake news. it's not iffing

cohen is joining us. he was the secretary of defense during the bill clinton administration.onfidence, secretary, in the direction of this trump administration strategy in dealing with the syrian regime? >> well, we don't know the strategy. we know that there was a strike and the question will become is there a comprehensive strategy looking at both syria, russia to be sure, but also iran. there has to be a comprehensive strategy dealing with the entire region. otherwise, we're going towndown alley where we're not sure the end will be. i applaud what trump has done and i believe secretary tillerson and secretary mattis have really made a case to president trump to take this action and i'm glad he has done so. but i think taking it a step further, we have to see what the plan is and i agree that congress has to be brought in. they have to be briefed. they have to be brought on board because this is going to be much bigger than one strike. if others are to follow, there has to be a much greater participation by congress. >> as you know, this changes the overall u.s. strategy. f

aides standing around the president, including gary cohen, reince priebus, the vice president mike pence and he's doing an interview, talking about billese people. >> again, it's very difficult for even the vice president to say, you know, mr. president, don't say that. again, one thing i'll point out -- >> i wish they had thought bubbles. >> mike pence probably had more useful ways to spend his time than sort of being the wingman for donald trump in an interview. but this is how he does things. and except the fact he started at 1% in the polls, was given no chance to do the opposite of what political convention wisdom would do at every turn. >> guys, don't go too far away. we have more breaking news. president trump expresses horror at the chemical attack in syria, saying the gassing of children crossed a lot of lines. he says syria is now his responsibility. what will he do about it? ♪ on a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. your insurance company raises your rates. maybe you should've done more research on them. for drivers with accident forgiveness, liberty mutual won't raise your rates due to your first accident. and if you

cohen inside who knows dodd/frank inside and out. you need to have sound regulation. getting a tax billhrough and infrastructure, republicans put themselves into a corner. they don't want to go for 60 votes in the senate. they haven't really got the democrats there. therefore, they can't increase the deficit. that's part of an issue of theirs. would i like to see something rex tillerson advocated, a carbon tax. the border adjustment tax is a very foolish idea. >> any say that is off, no bat, border adjustment tax, and carbon tax. >> i was saying vat with a "v." >> i think they need something to raise money to pay for some of the corporate tax reductions that are desperately needed. repatriation is key but reinvest it. >> heidi, we don't talk a lot about gorsuch on our air. the mood in the senate appears so contentious this week, how much of that is an obstacle to getting to a bipartisan path on some of these more market-centered policies? >> i think that would be an unfortunate op stockle. what everyone needs to keep in mind is our common interest is the growth of the country and the co

bill is expected later today. and the current spending authority expiring friday at midnight. meanwhile, the trump administration is expected to unveil their tax reform proposal later today. treasury secretaries steve mnuchin and gary cohen will brief reporters at the white house. that's scheduled for 1:30 eastern. you can stream it on the c-span radio app. we heard about the tax reform from steny hoyer. we'll hear about the president's tax plan, we'll look at it but if it gives a huge tax break to the very wealthy democrats, that won't pass muster with democrats. the treasury secretary talked about the tax policy this morning in an event hosted by the hill" newspaper. [applause] >> thanks. well, we timed this event quite well, i think. well, mr. secretary, thanks for doing this. you met with republican leaders on capitol hill about tax reform yesterday. is the administration and republican leaders, are you on the same page and how confident are you this can get done this year? secretary mnuchin: well, first of all, thank you for having me here this morning. it's a pleasure. we've been meeting weekly with chairman brady and people at the senate on tax reform. so since the president has been in office, this is something w

amendments i want to see with that bill and will calm my concerns secondly, amendments worked a graduated fee based on income i like that idea and following up on commissioner cohen's questions about sb 493 perhaps there could be a similar amendment to this bill so the economic hit on each individual feels the same based on one hundred dollars to one person is nothing but might make a difference to another whether there is food on table i'm harden and excited to hear those are considered by the assembly member i'll be supporting and i see assembly member staffer in the audience smiling i'll be supporting this item before the ta and the board and such want to thank everyone for being thoughtful implementing and pushing this legislation to make sure that we are doing everything we can to prevent further pedestrian deaths on the second street. >> thank you commissioner ronen and commissioner fewer. >> yes. i want to thank commissioner yee and commissioner ronen so for bringing this forward and i will be supporting it today, i wanted to caution the board there is no deterrent for vehicle speeds like actually getting a ticket from a police i'll say my husband is a traff

of the bill fear it would allow doctors to withhold information about defects they find in a fetus and allow to have an abortion. this would stop so-called wrongful birth lawsuits. elizabeth cohenor medical correspondent. you've spent time exclusively with this mother who made headlines four decades ago. what's the story now? >> they set a precedent 40 years ago. her case showed that if a doctor missed a devastating birth defect while the woman was pregnant, the parents could later sue to try to get money to help raise that child. the bill that you mentioned that's going through the legislature right now, that would get rid of that precedent. >> let me hold your hand. >> leslie jacobs can't see or hear her mother. >> this is your only entry into your daughter's world? >> it really is. >> to held her hand? >> to hold her hand. >> when you were pregnant with leslie, you got sick? >> i just really didn't feel too well. and then i had this sort of rash. >> reporter: it was 1968. the rubella virus was widespread. >> you had the symptoms of rubella? >> yes, i did. my doctor did not run the test. >> leslie lost her sight, needing 13 surgeries her first six years of life. she said she

bill is expected later today. and the current spending authority expiring friday at midnight. meanwhile, the trump administration is expected to unveil their tax reform proposal later today. treasury secretaries steve mnuchin and gary cohen will brief reporters at the white house. that's scheduled for 1:30 eastern. you can stream it on the c-span radio

cohen, thank you for joining us today as well. appreciate coinit. >>> news alert on treasure secretary. ylan, what's going on? >> bill, drtreasury secretary acknowledged for the first time tax reform would not get done by august. this came with app b interview with the "financial times" and said as recently a month ago he was committed to the august timeline. now he's telling us the financial times that that time line is,ha quote, highly aggressive to not realistic at this appointment andea acknowledged that the health care debate may have delayed the tax reform potential as well, but insisted on legislation in 2017. bring you more as we have it. >> thankyou. if the market doesn't listen -- >> factored in you think? let's ask art. >> good idea. with us, michael black, steve grasso at post nine, both of them, and rick santelli from chicago at the cme there. steve, what do you think? >> the w way the market does ha in there to kelly's point that the market is factored into that already. we heard the timeline was pushed back. president trump said, you know, let'su do health care first before tax poly resorms and corpora

colleague and cosponsors supervisor ronen, fewer, peskin, yee, and cohen for their cosponsorship of our resolution to support senate bill562. known as the californian for a healthy california act signed by laura and senator tony. it's under consideration by the state legislature and would establish a comprehensive universal single payer -- for the benefit of all residents of the state. for those that are unfamiliar with universal health care, this is what it is. it is a system which a single public or public agency organizes health care finances, but the delivery of the health care remains in private hands. under a single payer system, all residents of the u.s. will be covered for services including doctors, hospitals, mental health, reproductive health care, dental, vision, prescription drugs and medical supply cost. this program would be funded by the savings obtained from a replacing today insurance payer with a single system, which a single stream line nonprofit -- modest new taxes based on ability to pay. we are already pay enough for heath -- health care for all. americans have the highest spending in the world, b

cohen, aye. farrell, aye. fewer, aye. kim, aye. peskin, aye. ronen, aye. safai, aye. sheehy, aye. 11 ayes. >> the items are adopted unanimously. call item 26. >> resolution to support california state senate bill 562 authored by senator laura and atkins cal for healthy cal act that establish a comprehensive universal single payer healthcare program and cost control for the benefit of all state residents. >> thaupg and see that supervisor kim you are the sponsor for the particular item and i had a opportunity to review the item. what came to my attention for example kaiser and know that many of our employees use kaiser including myself that this potential bill may have impacts on that and impacts on who were able to choose as pride provider so not certain where it fits in but don't feel i have enough time to analyze and have discussion about it to make informed decision today but maybe you want to address that or make comments in regards to that now? >> well, our office did reach out to everysial office on the hall prior to the coming before the board because we require unanimous vote without adoption . i did speak at rom roll call on the itm when i introduced two weeks ago, but as the federal

cohen, aye. farrell, aye. fewer, aye. kim, aye. peskin, aye. ronen, aye. safai, aye. sheehy, aye. 11 ayes. >> the items are adopted unanimously. call item 26. >> resolution to support california state senate bill 562 authored by senator laura and atkins cal for healthy cal act that establish a comprehensive universal single payer healthcare program and cost control for the benefit of all state residents. >> thaupg and see that supervisor kim you are the sponsor for the particular item and i had a opportunity to review the item. what came to my attention for example kaiser and know that many of our employees use kaiser including myself that this potential bill may have impacts on that and impacts on who were able to choose as pride provider so not certain where it fits in but don't feel i have enough time to analyze and have discussion about it to make informed decision today but maybe you want to address that or make comments in regards to that now? >> well, our office did reach out to everysial office on the hall prior to the coming before the board because we require unanimous vote without adoption . i did speak at rom roll call on the itm when i introduced two weeks ago, but as the federal

bill, big questions about the president's tax plan here on capitol hill. ahead of the meeting this afternoon between republican leadership and treasury secretary steven mnuchin and gary cohento ensure tax reform is permanent. meanwhile mitch mcconnell says he has priority is ensuring all businesses, big and small, get equal treatment under the tax code. mcconnell conceded republicans may have to do this by themselves. >> regretfully, we don't expect to have any democratic involvement in that, so we'll have to reach an agreement among ourselves, requiring a reconciliation vehicle. >> reporter: cutting the corporate tax rate to 15% as the president suggested could violate congressional rules. we got a copy of the government report found lowering corporate rate to just 20% for three years would still add to the deficit in the long term. that would complicate republicans' plans to do this alone without democratic support. for his part, democratic senator schumerments to see a full plan before making any judgment whether or not to help out republicans on this issue. guys, that means we're all waiting for the white house to weigh in tomorrow. back to you. >> oh, yes, we are. yla

cohen, aye. farrell, aye. fewer, aye. kim, aye. peskin, aye. ronen, aye. safai, aye. sheehy, aye. 11 ayes. >> the items are adopted unanimously. call item 26. >> resolution to support california state senate bill 562 authored by senator laura and atkins cal for healthy cal act that establish a comprehensive universal single payer healthcare program and cost control for the benefit of all state residents. >> thaupg and see that supervisor kim you are the sponsor for the particular item and i had a opportunity to review the item. what came to my attention for example kaiser and know that many of our employees use kaiser including myself that this potential bill may have impacts on that and impacts on who were able to choose as pride provider so not certain where it fits in but don't feel i have enough time to analyze and have discussion about it to make informed decision today but maybe you want to address that or make comments in regards to that now? >> well, our office did reach out to everysial office on the hall prior to the coming before the board because we require unanimous vote without adoption . i did speak at rom roll call on the itm when i introduced two weeks ago, but as the federal