their pensions are presumably benefiting something we stress quiteit a bt on how much people's pensions were increasing during the trump administration. these are workers throughout tho economy. might not be the poorest of the economy but they are workers in the economy. it's also a big debate i want to hear your take on the buyback that occurred with these tax cuts. can you talk a little bit about that? >> i don't think i get into that in the book. he buyback debate i don't get into that,we no. >> think that was also misguided a little bit. if you have a t buyback that's just a root reallocation of capitol you take it from not reinvesting any paid out to shareholders and those shareholders can invest it somewhere else as opposed to a less productive way for the company to invest it. if you have buyback that does not mean necessarily that it does not go into investment just goes to a differentm investmentl from that particular company pretty thought that debate was misguided as well. now, coming in now basically talks about the obama years. coming in now to the election past election trump one before he was inaugurated

bt even the people who don't like me don't call me a phony, they've gotten to know me. [laughter] but i think you can't back away from authenticity and i think one reason trump got elected was people said is not the way i would like to say it, i think that's who he is and as a result people were willing to take a chance. the single most important thing, you can tell when they are not. you look at certain candidates and they are trying to think of what the answer should be, figure it out what you want to hear and the american people have proven themselves so the only way to overcome any, there is no doubt that exists. i think certain candidates overcomeir that. i know i said only three but -- i am not telling her to sit down. [laughter] no chance. if i've got to get in trouble with this woman -- i'm okay with that. >> thank you for indulging me. i am a moderate, i did vote for biden, i will say that but i think people need to understand biden was a viable candidate, that was really at. it's not that people were in love with biden partly why he's struggling now, he's going way left and it's like what are you doing? >> i'm so glad c-span is here to get r this. >> i'm glad

expected to announce his presidential run some top trump viadvisors are urging him to delay t but it, bt trump said we had tremendous success. why would we detlay it one trump-endorsed candidate, j.d. vance, says mr. trump remains the most popular figure in the republican party. republicans are still favored to take over the house, touting some big wins, including inroads with latinos monica de la cruz becoming the first republican to win her heavily latino texas border district and victories in deep blue new york, including republican mike lawler who beat top democrat sean patrick maloney, lawler saying rps should move on from former president trump. >> i think moving in a different direction as we move forward is a good thing >> our thanks to kristin for that report. >>> some breaking new this is morning. a federal judge in texas has further halted president biden's student debt relief program, declaring it unlawful. the plan had already been temporarily put on hold by a court in missouri. but now a trump-appointed judge in ft. worth has thrown another legal hurdle at the policy back in augu