i'm brent goff, it is good to have you with us. we begin in brazil. suspended prison -- resident dilma rousseff testified today on her own behalf of her trial. she is charged with manipulating the government budget to hide a growing deficit. the accusations are an attempt to undermine democracy. she tells the easement -- impeachments attempt is a coup. >> i did not commit any crime, the charges against me are unfair and unreasonable. putting an end to my mandate is to me political death. i'm making a final appeal to all senators. do not accept this, it will only aggravate the crisis. i beg you to bring justice to an honest president. i ask you to vote against the impeachment afford to democracy. thank you. >> i'm joined on the line now. good evening to you kerley in a. what was her main message today? >> it was clearly that she was not guilty for any charges. she says it was a clear coup attack. they have done everything to write charges against her and the laws of been shifting around. in alliance of politicians acted clearly against her. brett: do y

. ♪ >> i'm brent goff, it is good to have you with us. 13 billion euros and don't forget the interestsstatus is much the european commission demands apple payback in back taxes. apple says it will appeal that decision and ireland says it does not want money back. >> ireland posh tax rate has attracted scores of multinationals to the country. it has now been told to pay ireland back up to 13 billion euros, a record some. the irish government says it does not want the money. it will appeal the decision. what is going on? the european commission says ireland has been given apple a selective advantage. in other words, it has been allowing the company a taxable profit. it is illegal under eu law. >> this decision sends a clear message. member states cannot give unfair tax benefits to selective companies. >> tax authorities in the u.s. have reacted with anger. this decision could undermine foreign investment. it says american tax payers can -- apple says it has been acting within the law. they are confident the decision will be overturned. the company employs more than 5000 people in ireland

i'm brent goff. it's good to have you with us. one day to go until the biggest event in the world of sports, the olympic games in rio de janeiro. the excitement is mounting but the russian doping scandal just won't go away. now the president of the ioc says a final ruling will be announced soon on how many russian athletes will be allowed to compete. meanwhile some sporting fans have already been enjoying olympic competition. >> the olympic party has started early. the first competition kicked off on wednesday, two days before the opening ceremony. a good start after so much uncertainty about the venues being ready in time. >> it's great to see all the changes and the organization that's gone into this. it's wonderful to see brazilians wellpoint -- welcoming people from around the world. >> this chinese fan has spent a long time getting here, by tricycle. he has attended all the olympic games since 2004 and has traveled 170,000 kilometers. i hope it will be a brilliant, pleasant, and successful one. i sincerely wish all the best t

. ♪ >> i am brent goff, it is good to have you with us.onight, inside or trouble on the trump train. debate surrounding republican presidential nominee donald trump is growing after a series of campaign gas. following the criticism of -- campaign gaffs. following the criticism of last week, barack obama said donald trump was unfit for the white house. he has called on republican leaders to revoke their support. somehow spoke out -- some have spoke out, including meg whitman, theshe says that she io vote for clinton. whman as authoritarian and a reat to democracy. so is this bad news or good news for trump? his campaign manager as you see right here, paul manafort, he is not showing any signs of panic. he says things are moving forward in a positive direction. we want to bring you richard walker in washington for us this evening on this story. good evening. you have to admit the fact that your campaign manager has to say publicly, things are running smoothly now, that is not an indication that things really are smooth. richard: no, it is no

i'm brent goff. good to have you with us. a political earthquake in brazil that most protected would come. senators in the country have voted to remove the president from office. they voted 61-20 in favor of sacking dilma rousseff who has been suspended since may. they found she had illegally manipulated government budgets during her 2014 reelection campaign. rousseff denounced the charges, saying the impeachmeme trial amounted to a coup. the vice president has been sworn in to serve out the rest of the term. i'm joined now by the brazilian author regarded around the world as one of brazil's most insightful voices. good to have you with us on the show tonight. how did you feel when you saw what happened today in the senate chambers when the results were announced? guest: it is a bitter disappointment to everyone in my generation. we waited so long for democracy to come back in 1985 and we fought hard for that. i think most of us expected we would live out the rest of our lives in a real democracy and i'm not sure we can say b

brent in white, wti in blue. we were almost touching a 50 so we kind of peter goff.of some kind of stabilization. i had a nightmare last night. had to get up at 1:00 a.m. have my handheld. i try to imagine joe stiglitz on the fed board. can you imagine the minutes? can you tell who is saying what in the fed minutes? >> you can't. which is one of the issues. a couple of clues. you can separate out those who are voting from those were not because participants is the .ntire group and when they say it was noted, that usually refers to the chair. it's hard to know. we do not let a whole lot. the fed is trying to figure things out. not much has changed in the economy. inflation remains low and unemployment is falling. neil irwin of the new york times writing about this this morning. what it shows is the fed is trying to figure out what its models are doing now and we have seen this with john williams and his paper this past week. 4.7% unemployment you should be seeing an inflation and you should be seeing the phillips curve come to pass and it's not happening. they're tryi