[laughter] >> david asman with business. david: just about everybody was glued to this to week former fbi chief james comey was saying, but some say we should be more glued to what establishment g.o.p. leaders are saying about tax cuts and might have our economy coming unglued. hi, i'm david asman, this is forbes on fox. let's go to find out what it is with steve forbes, elizabeth mcdonald, john tamny and you say that g.o.p. leaders need to stop talking about how to get tax cuts passed and get it done. >> the economy needs the boost. if not, the economy will stay in a rut. the first thing they need to worry about is not revenue neutrality and stuff like that, but what helps the economy immediately. we know what does it, it's radical cuts on tax rates, on the corporate side and the personal side, you just do it and the idea that you can forecast ten years out, hey, weather people can't forecast five years out, it gets dicey. get the job done. david: the idea, bruce, you have to pay for it with certain things. bill clinton didn

david asman with the place to be on fox. g two central elections, ten r centrist democrats, tweeted out they should work with the republicans not only to save the economy, but to get themselves elected. is it right or wrong? i'm david asman, welcome to forbes on fox. let's find out with steve forbes, elizabeth macdonald, and mike, you say that democrats are going to help themselves on us taxpayers as they help the g.o.p. pass tax cuts? >> the tax cuts w

[laughter] >> david asman with business. vid: just about everybody was glued to this to week former fbi chief james comey was saying, but some say we should be more glued to what establishment g.o.p. leaders are saying about tax cuts and might have our economy coming unglued. hi, i'm david asman, this is forbes on fox. let's go to find out what it is with steve forbes, elizabeth mcdonald, john tamny and you say that g.o.p. leaders need to stop talking about how to get tax cuts passed and get it done. >> the economy needs the boost. if not, the economy will stay in

david asman with the place to be on fox. david: after losing two central elections, ten r centrist democrats, tweeted out they should work with the republicans not only to save the economy, but to get themselves elected. is it right or wrong? i'm david asman, welcome to forbes on fox. let's find out with steve forbes, elizabeth macdonald, and mike, you say that democrats are going to help themselves on us taxpayers as they help the g.o.p. pass tax cuts? >> the tax cuts would help the economy and get it growing again. the democrats if they worked with republicans could take some credit with that. look, smart people in government know that if you have a good idea, it's better to attach yourself with it than detach yourself. they worked together in the '80s, democrats and republicans on tax reform, in the '90's on welfare reform. this he can work on this. david: john, would it help if the democrats and republicans got together? >> no, this is not the 80's. this would be a bad idea. the simple truth is, democrats do not believe i

david: i'm david asman. this is "after the bell." thanks for joining us.e a very busy hour for you. the next big step toward repealing and replacing obamacare. senate republicans unveiling their plan today. what's in. what's out. why four republican senators are no-goes as of now. mine while house minority leader nancy pelosi is under a lot of pressure right now.

david: good evening, i'm david asman in for lou dobbs. he's on vacation. president trump is apparently losing faith that the senate republicans will ever pass their healthcare deal. the president today suggested a brand-new approach. repeal obamacare and replace it later. mike emanuel has the report on the search for compromise. nebraska senator bee ben sasse t a letter to president trump. he expressed his concern republicans will fail to pass any meaningful bill or will pass up something that props up obamacare. he wrote, we can and must do better than either of these. >> what i'm recommending is we give comfort to the american people by repealing the maximum amount of obamacare that we can but add a one-year delay before that would be effective so we get to work. reporter: the gop leadership. >> there will be various proposals, pieces submitted to the cbo to get their feedback and what the impacts will be with respect to coverages and costs. they are suggesting it cannot be fixed. >> the idea is so backward and out of step with what america want and what

intel agencies social media companies to destroy threats are they right or wrong hi i am david asmanelcome to "forbes on fox" let's go in focus with steve forbes ritz, elizabeth bill, john bruce steve facebook nouning it has plans to

david asman joins me now, the co-host of fbn's "after the bell". david?know, you used the word fiery political rhetoric. i would say murderous political rhetoric. what has happened, the accepted level of this rhetoric has come down to the level of these nut jobs like the guy who committed the shooting today. that's what's happened there. has been this unity between a sickening, and i would call it murderous rhetorical level, and the mind-set of people like this. you can see it from the tweets, adam you mentioned the tweet or the facebook message that he put out, this guy put out, trump is a traitor, trump destroyed our democracy, it's time to destroy trump. there was a time when that would have seen absolutely incendiary. i did a factiva search on a data website, and i put together trump, traitor and destroyed and came up with 1900 articles since the president was elected. it has become normal discourse, and discourse like we've seen from a guy named john griffin, a professor out west in the state of washington talking about republicans saying they should

we now have david asman, melissa francis for "after the bell." david: thank you, connell. market moving day for global politics and dow closes new record high. strong reactions pouring in on both sides from the testimony of fired fbi director james comey where he accused of president trump lying. admitted he intentionally leaked a memo to trigger a special prosecutor. we now know why he went public with the clinton email investigation. it was a bombshell. more on that. how the white house and both sides of the aisle are responding right now. melissa: plus polls in the uk will be closing in less than an hour. voters picking britain's next primm. the results could shape future of u.s.-british relations for decades to come. major averages climbing into the close. nasdaq ending at another new record. apparently this is not that much worry out there. i'm melissa francis. david: i'm david asman. so glad you can join us. this is "after the bell." we have a show for you. from wall street to washington to london we have you covered on all the big stories this hour. the dow ending o

[closing bell rings] we say hello to david asman and melissa francis. they pick it up from here. "after the bell" starts right now. david: stocks sliding in final moments of trading. the dow is down 44 points. looks like it might settle a little lower. nasdaq is also down following suit as concerns begin to take hold in the marketplace. i'm david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." more on the big market movers. first here is what else we're covering this very busy hour right now. getting back to business and the clock is ticking. president trump meeting at house and senate leaders at the white house trying to put distractions behind them and push his economic growth agenda forward before the summer recess. as news breaks of another major health insurer pulling out of the obamacare exchanges, potentially leaving thousands without insurance in one key state. the president just responded moments ago, calling this is a democrat-inflicted catastrophe. >>> overseas there is a terror investigation underway right now in paris. details of an attack outside of fa

david asman and melissa francis pick it up for here, for "after the bell." david: connell put his finger on it. very strange day. record on one side and real down day for the other. major pullback tore tech stocks. dow closing at new record high. nasdaq having awful luck. terrible triple-digit plunge. will it spread is on everybody's minds. i'm david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." president trump's first face-to-face with the press since james comey testimony. the president firing back not just at fired fbi director but the media as well. commander-in-chief's case to the nation. political shocker in the united kingdom. theresa may's high-stakes gamble not paying off to say the least as prime minister is now scrambling to stay in power. is this election signaling an end to elitism across -- david: elitism, elitism. let's get rid of it. back to the markets. this is an incredible day. the dow hitting all-time high second day in a row ending 18th record for the year. look at nasdaq! one down off 2%. managed to close down 1.8%, just

[closing bell rings] we say hello to david asman and melissa francis. they pick it up from here. stocks sliding in final moments of trading. the dow is down 44 points. looks like it might settle a little lower. nasdaq is also down following suit as concerns begin to take hold in the marketplace. i'm david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." more on the big market movers. first here is what else we're covering this very busy hour right now. getting back to business and the clock is ticking. president trump meeting at house and senate leaders at the white house trying to put distractions behind them and push his economic growth agenda forward before the summer recess. as news breaks of another major health insurer pulling out of the obamacare exchanges, potentially leaving thousands without insurance

david: dan, david asman.been other times in our history, in recent history, relative recent history, one person who was mistreated by one of our enemies, i think of somebody like gary powers, for example, the u-2 spy-plane pilot shot down over the soviet union, one person really focuses the nation. warmbier did to a certain extent. do you think he will, his death will actually influence the way that we handle north korea and the way that americans come together to support whatever the president decides? >> yeah, david, i think to a great extent it will. people are very disturbed about the nuclear threat. i mean people i talk to mention it all the time. it is on their minds in a way such things normally don't penetrate to the surface. during the cold war that was the main issue, is the nuclear standoff between the sovietnion and the united states. now we have a nuclear standoff between this crazy regime in north korea and the rest of the world. i think most americans probably will be willing to support what th

intel agencies social media companies to destroy threats are they right or wrong hi i am david asman welcome to "forbes on fox" let's go in focus with steve forbes ritz, elizabeth bill, john bruce steve facebook nouning it has plans to use are all intelligence to spot unifiers inciting violence. >> they can improve never get everyone you try trip wires do better job of finding these terrorist sites how they communicate no silver bullet sadly to spaeg on this kind of thing foolproof way but they can do in other the other thing they should do is cooperate more with authorities, when you do get an incident like san bernardino, and open up those cell phones if they need to, a case-by-case basis, common sense will go a long ways. >> john is there anything wrong with -- with the private sector government kooblt trying to spot terrorists and killers? >> any time, they gang together to reduce our individual freedoms for something that is wholly symbolic a lot wrong we have a drug war with feds catch a lot of drug dealers but that doesn't dampen drug use in u.s. the idea that they can spot th

i'm david asman, catch me on weekdays on "after the bell" on the fox business network. paul is back next week to the bring some order to this crowd. [laughter] >> lou: good evening, everybody. senate republican leadership unveiling the health care after weeks of negotiation behind closed door. the billy repeals most of obamacare including medicare expansion and the measure doesn't go as far as the house version and that cost conservative support. four will not support it at all and four bad hombres are not ready to vote. rand paul and ted cruz and mike lee and ron johnson. his son was saved in the election by one president trump. it is bad news for mitch mcconnell. and fox news mike emanual on capitol hill. >> obamacare is totally dead and we'll bring in a plan that is negotiated. y we would love to have democrat support. and they are obstructionist and we'll not get one and hopefully we'll get something done with heart. >> the plan to scrap obamacare was was released today. tax credits to help buy credits. in house they are based on auj and in the senate based on age a

hi, everybody, i'm david asman. liz: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell."e big market movers, first here is what we are covering during this very busy hour. president trump heading to the hard lant. he will take air force one to cedar rapids, iowa, where die-hard supporters were camped out overnight. we'll take you there live. meanwhile in the south, we're tracking a major storm that is barreling down on the gulf coast. it is already claimed one life.

i'm david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." more on today's records.e we're covering during this very busy hour. biggest name in tech including tim cook, jeff bezos, eric schmidt all meeting at white house now. soon the president will join them for first of its kind tech summit. why they're there, what they're

david asman. lauren simonetti for "after the bell." >> i see fist pumping ashley. at brand new record high for second day in a row. it is up. we like it, thumbs up, hovering around the 21,200 level. new records for dow, nasdaq and s&p 500. i'm lauren simonetti in for melissa francis. david: who would have thought, lauren, horrendous jobs report and worry about the climate change stuff from ceos, heck with it, markets are going ahead. this is "after the bell." happy you could join us on friday. markets are driving higher but here is what else we have in

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