does the u.s.illingness to show military action if he doesn't change his behavior on the ground? is this the first of many attacks? is it about message sending? a lot of that we will know after the fact after today. that's the test going forward. >> and that '98 example is another example of dubious legal authority for military action taken unilaterally. david gregory, we will see how that plays out. the idea the president needs to go to congress. how does that play politically? >> i think the political calculus right now from president trump is several-fold. he wants the contrast with president obama. obama had a red line. didn't back it up. there were those in the obama white house, national security team, who supported then what donald trump has done now. president trump wants to look strong on the world stage. he wants to look different on the world stage. he wants a relationship with russia that is based on strength and not perceived weakness. he wants the chinese president with whom he is mee

spripe for what purpose does the gentleman -- the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? without objection the gentleman s recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, as communities across my district and across the nation continue to deal with the crisis of opioid abuse and addiction, it's hard to imagine that a synthetic drug exist that's 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine. fentanyl is a manufactured opioid which especially in its ill list versions has contributed to tens of thousands of deaths. especially concerning is the fact that this synthetic poison can be ordered online and delivered via mail or ex-bless consignment couriers from places like china. because of its high po tency in small amounts, fentanyl is extremely difficult for law enforcement officials and authorities to detect. mr. fitzpatrick: that's why i joined congresswoman tsongas in introducing the interdict act to provide customs and border protection agents with the latest screening devices to intercept and detect synthetic opioids bef

does she have standing? does the law cover her situation? even assuming everything you alleged is true, would it be illegal if you actually were able to prove those things? related to both your questions, is important to recognize simply because somebody has the ability to bring a claim and get into court does not in any way mean that we don't have the burden of proving that in fact is why they were denied an opportunity to be promoted or succeed in the workplace. obviously litigation is a challenging thing that involves a lot of output in time and money. i'm not going to say there is in a single person out there in the universe who may have brought a claim that is shaky or flimsy. in most circumstances we are talking about now, this is about whether or not the person has the ability to come into court and try to prove their case. in the past lesbians and gay folks were told sorry. even if everything you say is true, you don't have a claim under the law. host: will she argued to say she was denied 202 being a lesbians? what case was you make

do something and it does a very important action. it respects and recognizes the value of the congress' insight on putting forth nominees or names that will be selected from to become the copyright registrar, not to have limited input but to actually produce the names. ultimately, i hope that an amendment going forward, after this bill, working with the senate, can be there is a limit to the names being put forward and that those names are the names that are put forward to the president of the united states. i think that is an element that should be included. but in the amendment it has that the speaker of the house of representatives, the president pro tempore of the senate -- may i have additional time? mr. conyers: i yield the gentlelady 30 additional seconds. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized. ms. jackson lee: the president pro tempore of the senate, the majority leader of the house of representatives, the majority leader of the senate, minority leader of the house of representatives, minority leader of the senate and the l

it is in a bind, does not want the regime to implied, but it does not like the regime, it does not like it is coming under immense political pressure from the united states to do something about north korea. worst of all now, the sense of timing, because we have the congress of the party coming up this autumn, which has to go well for the president, he does not want to rock any boats. how great is the chance of further, or an escalation of conflict, compared with 2a or 36 hours ago? the risk of escalation has dropped quite considerably. yesterday was quite rocky, and a lot of things might have gone badly wrong. fortunately, most of them did not happen. the uss boat stationed off the coast of career is still there, it has not done anything, nor haveit there, it has not done anything, nor have it accompanying destroyers, carrying cruise missiles, so for the time being the united states has not decided to lodge any military strike on north korea as a response to the missile launch. there has been no other on rest elsewhere in the peninsular. i am starting to indulge the hope that we can ge

president macri: what we are doing does not depend on what cristina does or what any politician does. i need to continue working and serving the people and prove that this is the way to the future. believe argentina has a great if we find a role in a globalist scenario and keep creating clear rules, stable, reliable, that will create a future for our people, and with jobs, we will reduce poverty. erik: let's talk about that bigger picture. there's a growing sense that democracy in let in america is fragile. look at what is happening in paraguay, venezuela, even brazil . is there a bigger role for you and argentina to play as a stabilizing role in this region? the world hasi: always been waiting for argentina, and this is the time to show what we can do, what we are capable of creating, and a way to the future based on the values we have been discussing -- respecting the laws, the institutions, democracy, and real democracy, not what we have in venezuela. that is not a democracy. erik: what is it? a dictatorship? president macri: it is a dictatorship that does not respect the rights of

where does that fit in?dy knows under the nith fi fifth you can refuse to answer questions. but this immunity statement, if congress, a committee or department of justice gives you immunity, you no longer have your fifth amendment right. you have to answer questions, but the answers to those questions cannot be used against you. as a practical matter, if you are given immunity, it is impossible to be prosecuted. >> on the basis of those things of what you say -- that can get dicey. ollie north. you were in that case. just to be clear, i'm in congress, fine. toobin, you want immunitimmunit. or doesn't the doj have to weigh in and say whether or not they like the idea? >> they can weigh in, but they don't have control. there are two separate jurisdiction to give immunity. congress can give immunity and department of justice can give immunity. the problem can arise. in the north case, when congress gives immunity, but the department of justice doesn't. >> then what happened? >> the department of justice or the

in america, donald trump does.senal and it is certainly capable of hitting american allies, particularly seoul and japan. soi so i think it is cause for concern. this maverick quality of donald trump, his unpredictable nature, is reaping good results, because it keeps the world on its toes. i'm not saying i subscribe to that, but there is this line of thought. the problem is you have two mavericks now, kim jong—un and donald trump. when you have two in this explosive environment, i'm afraid of what can go wrong. you don't know who will blink. and you've got putin, and remember, pakistan now has a nuclear weapon. india does too. we will be dead. israel has nuclear weapons, please say it! one of the things that really frightens me is because of this posturing and this maverick dropping bombs, because of russia in syria, and iran's role as well, we will get into a third world war without even knowing it. —— naming it. and it will be the end! nuclear weapons prevent a war. you still believe they provide the stability?

what does happen next in terms of what syria does, what the u.s. does, what russia does?ght now the ball is actually in president assad's court. we'll see what he does. but i think that we are at a cross roads right now because as the admiral said, this is the first time we have gone against the syrian regime. everything we have done up until now has been towards the defeat of isis. are we going to go back to the policy of demanding the reprooufl of assad and the defeat of isis? that goes back to the obama policy. is that what we're going to do? if so, that represents a real shift in what this president said during the campaign and in his first few days in office. and that will really dilute our military effort. i think it is very important that we continue to do that. these one off attacks, if that's what they're going to call it, i think are important, but i think we should focus on the real mission, and that's going after isis. >> i think we also need to be mindful that -- i'm sorry to interrupt, but i want to follow up on rick because he's exactly right. i think we ne

it does have an unwavering commitment to unsettling the audience. college about a teenage girl who discovers her taste for flesh, her taste for cannibalism, and it is genuinely creepy and weird. the lighting, the music, the performances, it has this sort of industrial brutalist backdrop and surreal moments, and it is not often with horror films you can say ijust haven't seen anything like it before, and it genuinely disturbed me. but raw did that and did it in a beautiful way. it is an elegant film. she starts as a vegetarian! she starts as a vegetarian but things happen at college which make her realise she is perhaps not quite as vegetarian as she thought. on the squeamish scale, it sounds like something, where would you pitch it in taste? that is the wrong phrase! it is squeamish because it is beautifully done. because of the elegance that makes it more horrific. sometimes if it is straight out blood and guts slasher movie it is so in your face and there is nothing to it. when it is more subtle, that is actually creepier. let's move on, please! t

he does not care, he does not really care. start listening to little words. when russia says something, listen to them. i am hearing a lot from china but nothing about russia. .let's reset for a moment this is the state of play, according to the washington post about the situation in north korea. newh korea shows up missiles and huge military parade but does not test nukes. reads, the united states has sent an aircraft carrier strike group to the korean peninsula, the president has repeatedly said that if china will not use its leverage to rein in north korea, the united states will act. vice president pence arrives in seoul to underscore washington's strong alliances with south korea and japan and their determination to stop new -- north korea's nuclear program. they urge the united states and north korea not to push their recommendation to a point of no overturn and to allow war to break out on the peninsula. the foreign minister said storm clouds were gathering an apparent reference to north korean preparations to conduct a nuclear test and the united stat

why does this matter so much? >> because trump follows media narrative more than any president we've seen. he watches more cable television. he consumes more news about himself than any modern president. because of technology, has the capacity to do so. he understands the race is being painted as a referendum on him. whether it is or not, he understands that it is. therefore, he is going to go out and do everything he can to try to prespin it. you have to think of donald trump in a way -- i know he's president of the united states, but in a way he's sort of a political hand. he's a guy -- he likes to watch politics, comment about politics. that's what got him into this in the first place. he follows this stuff really closely. that's why you've seen four tweets, five tweets in the last 36 hours on georgia six. >> gentlemen, thank you very much for the analysis. so are special elections like the one today in georgia going to be a referendum on the president. what are voters looking for as they head to the polls? we

does it show a reengagement by the united states? >> i think it does. and the fact that lieutenant general h.r. mcmaster the national security adviser is going to afghanistan as president trump's personal representative to take a look at km exactly what's going on there and help device a strategy that works both militarily and politically is significant. i think president trump my read is that he is im patient to get results and in this case a 16-year long war is a really long war and that is something that needs to in essence come to an end and to get out of a quagmire like this but on our terms is something that is certainly a desirable end state. >> what signal does this send to the north koreans who some expect a sixth nuclear test on saturday? >> well, i think it sends this signal and again whether it is intended or not it shows that the united states is willing to use massive amounts of force even newer weapon systems to go after regimes or groups that it considers to be dangerous to it or to its soldiers, so this becomes a key element in this and

>> it does. there are limited exception for government entities who are not deemed to be sellers. >> suppose some kids have a lemonade stand or they are washing cars and they said glass of lemonade, one dollar and instantly comes up to them and says i'd like to buy that with a credit card. it might happen today. i have never seen anybody younger than me by anything with cash. but that would be a violation if they put the one dollar they are on the assumption that everybody's going to pay cash for the eliminated. these are tech savvy kids so they could process a credit cad purchase if they wanted to. >> the statute has no exception for kids selling lemonade. [laughing] i think prosecutorial discretion would almost certainly be exercised in that situation. >> you can think of examples which i can't. in areas like energy, people who make their own energy who use time of day metering, there could be lots of regulatory rules that affect how an energy company presents the pricing of this element or tha

when he does have a call and when he does meet with advisers, we generally put it out. but when he's meeting internally, in the same way that when he's eating with her staff meeting. so when he's down traveling and he's having meetings, whether it's on air force i or whatever. and give them the opportunity to make key decision of an inside issue. i would successfully suggest that we have done a really good job making sure that the pool in particular is provided, and we've provided background briefings on issues coming up. where we're going, why we're going and what we intend to do. i anticipate there will always be a widespread. sto >> sean spicer ending his fourth big briefing. we've got reporters and analysts standing by to break it down, but i think we should start with taxes. there were a number of protests over the weekend to get donald trump to finally release his tax taxes. after all, tax day is tomorrow. sean spicer was asked if he would do that, and he said, once again, the president was under audit. he was also asked to call the irs to confirm that he is hones

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>> it does.nd i think that the base agrees with him, but in the fight that we just had over the health care reform bill, the base was really not able to rally support. any of the members of congress going over to his side, so i think the base is dispersed. not as effective during the camp -- as during the campaign. and politics is now going on in washington. and that's where donald trump needs support. the base camp helped him with that. and i think the way that he is doing things about the russia story, as sarah huckabee was saying, the press will not write about the good things that the administration is doing. that may be true, but every time that the president tweets out something about russia, calling it a fake news, the media instinctively decides that that is what he has elevated. that is the story of the day. so long as he keeps doing that, he will keep that story at the top of the news budget for everybody in this business. >> jon: but he says he does not regret anything regarding the tw

it does get pushed forward. some of the industries have a little lull because of the leather -- weather. it is difficult to set the cranes when you have 18 inches of snow on the ground. that did affected a bit, but as far as the actual job numbers are concerned, one month does not make a trend, and i have learned that, through many years of business, if you look at the average of the last two months, we were in the 150,000 range, are on track for what i would consider is a gradual recovering -- recovery in the economy. wrote a i know you letter to the president explain how to structure program would impact your business and help you create jobs. you have not gotten a response yet, is that correct act oh gary: that is correct. but some of the other organizations we deal with have been in contact with the president. they know about the letter and our situation, and i am very confident that in the very near future, we will get to tell our story. oliver: what do you want to see from the president? do you feel confid

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it does not just change the subject.or most over the news, it changes the conventional wisdom of the dynamic between vladimir putin and donald trump, president trump has finally dared to do something that vladimir putin does not like. it shachanges everything. as long as you never, never question whether vladimir putin wanted all of this happens. when you question that and you look at what has happened, it is always worth remember. if vladimir putin really does have ways known or unknown to drup donald trump to influence donald trump, everyday is a good day for president trump and president putin. not one word that i have just said could possibly set of any president prior to donald trump. don't you miss those days when if it is a chemical attack in syria, you can be absolutely sure that president assad and putin did not do that in order to help the image of the president of the united states. that, that is the world that donald trump has given. that's the range of possibility that donald trump have given us. you will he

>> reporter: i think it does. i think it puts russia on notice, i also think, jim, if the president is looking to bring, you know, the wrath of the u.s. government to isis, as we saw this week with the detonation of that mother of all bombs in afghanistan, he is going to need nato support. and so going after nato, calling it obsolete, the way he used to criticize nato during the campaign, that kind of rhetoric was not going to serve him well as president. and as president, donald trump is finding that the world is a little more interconnected than the policy he advocated during the campaign. at the same time, senior administration officials, i don't want to describe them as giddy, but they're feeling very good these last couple of weeks, they feel like the president projected strength, not only in the military operation in afghanistan, but those missile strikes that were intended to punish al assad in syria. and i was just talking to administration officials just moments ago, who said watch out, we're going to hav

what does he do about it? does he act soon or does he lose momentum and go on to other things and move on? which sadly is the blueprint of the practice that we have seen over the past few years. >> gordon, let's talk about another crisis. north korea. the president has said recently north korea is china's baby. that's the language he used. in other words, it's their problem. today it is front and center as the president of china comes. what do you expect to see from the first meeting? >> we don't expect to see too much, i think, in terms of substance. the white house on tuesday said there was going to be a framework we establish with china. that means they are kicking the can down the road. the real problem is north korea is our problem. within four years, they will make a nuclear warhead to a missile that will hit the lower 48. that will drive the assistance to north korea. things like the ballistic missile program. nuclear weapons program where north korea is getting help from china. >> chinese said they are

>> i don't think it does. everson also said that we have to be careful in not establishing a church not to deprive religious people or organizations of general government benefits. and so i think that's the key here. i think there's a difference between funding of religious activities and funding secular activities of religious organization. >> so how is the building separate from the religious exercise therein? i believe that this playground is part of the ministry of this church. and, in fact, i look at its bylaws, i look at its advertisements, and it includes play and conducted in a religiously valuable way. i think that's the materials that you're -- that the church is advertising. how do you separate out its secular function from its >> i think the way the how do you separate out its court always has. and the answer to that is, for example, even though the motivation behind operating this preschool is a religious motivation, doesn't mean that every single activity that religious. >> well, how about if the

he does, and james wilson does. he does see that only in america are people who are low born but have talent able to -- ben franklin sees this, too. when ben franklin goes to england, he is disrespected because he is low born. in the english system, if you are born in a certain strata, it is assumed that is your lot in life. you are not allowed to show your talent. much of the actual, the real main springs that drive many of the great men of the american, including washington, jefferson, adams, hamilton and franklin, all of those definitely, is the sense that in this british system, they are limited in what they could accomplish. they would be a low level functionary. and washington wants to be more than that. and adams and hamilton, too. nowhere are there more opportunities than in the great city of new york. it is cosmopolitan in a way that even boston is not. philadelphia is kind of quaker. this is where people from all the world come together. there is the exchange of goods and ideas and you can make it here. a

if he comes out and does speak to reporters and does take questions, what does he need to do to reestablish >> well, tillerson is going to be pressed on this question of whether assad should stay in syria, which a couple days ago, we were abandoning regime change as an option in syria. so now nikki haley has been going publicly against that and has been emerging as more of a voice of administration and policy. rex tillerson does need to come in, have some semblance of policy on a white house that seems to be shooting from the hip. >> they're shooting from the hip. is there any clear indication, though, that they might take a more forceful approach to syria after this chemical attack? yesterday we heard the president speak in a different way than we've heard inhe pt about assad, about what was going on in syria. he said it crossed a number of lines for him, that it was very disturbing and distressing to see those images of children suffering from what we believe to be right now sarin gas was dropped on them. in the past, though, president trump, before he was the president, before he was run

presumably he does not wa nt to to become mp. presumably he does not want to lose again.sition. i do not think that is a long—term career move for him. there will be some names we saw defeated in 2015, vince cable, for example, is trying to make a comeback. simon hughes. will the lib dems benefit from the remain constituency they seemed to discover in the richmond by—election? they could re—establish their presence in parliament. i do sometimes wonder if the new lib dem bounce is a bit of a media bubble. their national poll rating is not more than 12, 13%. only about a third of the voters know who tim farron is. he has not been able to give a concrete impression of who he is. if there is not going to be a debate, that would be his chance to shine. he may enter the election a bit anonymously. hasn't he already begun establishing himself and the liberal democrats as the heart of the centrist alliance, who would really work very hard to soften the kind of brexit we could get? that is where he has pitched himself. there are a hard—core of remain voters in the uk who do not ac

does diversity deliver sales? good evening.estern governments seem to be in no doubt that president bashir al assad is responsible for what appears to be a deadly chemical weapons attack in idlib province which has killed dozens of people including at least eleven children and injured hundreds more. the foreign secretary boris johnson said if proved then it is a war crime. the un security council is holding an emergency meeting tomorrow to discuss the attack. if assad is the culprit, something the syrian regime denies, then it is surely evidence that he believes he can act with impunity not least because russia is his ally, and the white house has recently stated its priority is not removing assad but defeating is. but today the white house pointed the finger of blame at barak obama saying that "these heinous actions are a consequence of the last administration's weakness and irresolution. president obama said in 2012 he would establish a red line against the use of chemical weapons and then he did nothing." before we discuss t

does he fess up? >> he does fess up. and she's not happy about it.hat's when she goes to the shower and throws her pants at him. >>> it's one of the world's most unoriginal jokes. what people do when they see a dirty car. >> car wash. >> wash me. >> but there are some original people out there. and this is one of the best. he goes by the name on instagram of proboy nick. he is a bit of a pro. as he starts walking his way down the side of this beamer. >> wow. >> how does he do that? >> i know. it's a black beamer with a white shark on the side of it. and this is just the start of what he does. you go through his instagram for example on the side of this truck. >> holy cow. i love this. this is graffiti without the destruction. >> yes. >> it's really good. how long does it take him to do that? >> i don't know. he does it sometimes with paint brushes, does it with his fingers. he does it for all kinds of things. you can see here. just incredibly detailed pictures. that octopus is astounding. >> i would drive around this dude's neighborhood with a dirty

it does feature prominently.here are larger issues structurally around the framework of the relationship between the e.u. and u.k. i do not think they will address specifics of the financial relationship right away. i think it is clear at this point we are looking, you talked earlier this year about a soft to hard brexit spectrum. i think the u.k. has admitted they will end up outside the single market. i think the financial sector has braced itself for a hard brexit. joe: how much of the u.k. financial sector is really at risk? we have seen reports about major with staff in other countries. from your perspective looking at the total size of the sector, how much could get hit in a hard brexit? >> it is a hard question to answer. see the threell major pillars of the financial sector, insurance, asset-management, and banks, all moving operations to remaining e.u. countries. i think it will be significant. the other thing to remember is there's going to be movement in the jobs we do not see. i mean typically people

that just does not add up. where are we displacing people? i can speak to my experience with the process. in cases where we do hire people and we do sponsor them, at the end of the day, why we are hiring in tech is because we need talent. the competition to pay somebody $10,000 more or less does not even figure in. because we know what good talent can do. especially in our part of the country, and our part of the economy, it is the knowledge and skills a worker has, so it is, again, very simplest it to make these broad, generalized statement. it is a question of skill, experience. are we going to nickel and dime on $5,000, 10 thousand dollars, 20,000 ollars, $30,000? of course not. they are painting this terrible scenario, and i think it does a terrible disservice to folks who are listening throughout this part of the country and are again unfortunately with duck into this hysteria -- they are again unfortunately with up -- they are again unfortunately whipped p into this hysteria. mr. fix: the story today is the story 20 ears ago -- who lose

what areas does that cover on the debt forgiveness? guest: if you are talking about if you have a disability is actually another route you can -- it is called a total and permanent disability discharge. that is another form you can find on student aid.gov. you submit that form. if you qualify you have loans forgiven right away and you don't have to go through this 10 year process of paying them back. host: there are some critics of this program. preston cuckoo wrote a column in this for forbes. he said in part, this is over welfare for the rich. people with graduate degrees are not the one to need help paying back the loans. why taxpayers should stay billions of dollars while leaving distressed borrowers on in the cold is a mystery to me. is that a fair criticism? guest: that is a criticism that has been leveled by conservative scholars. even the obama administration proposed cap on the program and $57,500. basically that would mean that is the mexico have forgiven. the reason for that cap, thinking is the program is utilized mostly by

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it does matter.n you talk about voters and the calculations a few senators have in their decision, does the nuclear option, if you change the rules of the senate, does it matter to voters later on? i would venture to guess the answer is no. >> so, i'll say this, not at all with a small caveat, which is the bases of both parties, particularly the republican base, cares deeply about it. but no, the average person is not like, i can't believe they invoked the nuclear option on neil gorsuch! they have no idea what the nuclear option is. >> i haven't heard that from anybody. >> to your point, though, that does not mean it's not important. >> it doesn't matter, yeah. >> because the senate was created in a different way than the house, and this makes the senate a lot more like the house than i think our founders imagined it to be. but average person, you are 100% right, is not going to stop their day and say, oh, my gosh, i can't believe this happened! >> i want to meet those people. >> those are not averag

how does this work?> i think in terms of the value call among the three players, it is the value call, we hear from the -- we hear that and that -- that new financial targets will be unveiled as they have done the big acquisition which makes sense. it did not look cheap. the value play is clearly [indiscernible] intle is the quality call the food space. i tend to think there is a rebooting of that portfolio focusing on costs and topline growth. if you want to sleep better at night, nestle is the core. in terms of unilever, the stock has done well on the back of that kraft heinz bid. you saw topline growth at 3% underlying, that is much better than expected by the street. they have their feet held closely to the fire given the investor attitude. we think it is fairly valued. matt: absolutely. thank you, john cox. untilt have seven minutes the market open. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: where minutes away from the open. we're talking with john cox about a stock, unilever. they came out with sales that beat the

when does it matter? trump is smiling while he eats chocolate cake. >> it mattered when he shook those guys hands. if you're president you want to meet with people officially signaling the power of the office. you can have an off the record and back channel communication. who set this meeting? did the white house set this meeting? or did these colombian former presidents who are against the peace deal there, by the way, also against what existing american policy is to fund the peace deal, who is setting the president's agenda? and that's the huge question. who knows if trump will change his mind or even has an opinion about the colombia peace deal. but if this nudged him a little bit, that's terrible. that's terrible process. and it's a terrible message. >> well, eric trump said that look at mar-a-lago like the bush family's ranch in texas and i don't know, maybe there's a lot of -- >> who was invited to the ranch. >> there's not that club fee. >> chopping trees down. >>> all right, next giant marches pla

>> of course it does. the reagan tax cut -- >> it is estate taxes, llcs, it doesn't mean -- . >> good. >> it may be good for me but i'm not sure there's a lot of like coal workers. >> anderson, i want you and every american to prosper. i'm glad kirsten is here because it was the reagan/clinton combination in truth that brought down the deficit, that balanced the budget eventually, that caused about 20 years of economic growth. >> do you really believe these tax cuts will pay for themselves? >> you have to have the cuts in spending to go with them, and therein was ronald reagan's political problem. the democrats controlled both -- well, particularly the house. they controlled the house, they didn't control the senate for the first six years but they controlled the house which controls the purse strings and they weren't going there. that was tip o'neill and they weren't going down that path. that was the problem. when the house finally came under the control of republicans with newt gingrich and bill clinton

where does it stand right now?> reporter: i think it's in the hospital, not necessarily on life support, but not doing very well, either. and certainly not getting discharged any time soon. this is a thing that, frankly, the administration wants way more than the congress, and, yes, you heard paul ryan say, okay, we're having productive conversations but the reality is leadership up here on the hill has been saying all the way along this is not something that is dramatically changed, this is not something that they're going to try to push through before they go on this easter break recess. this is thing that the vice president has been working very hard on behind the scenes and they are talking, of course, to freedom caucus members, those conservatives and they're talking to moderate members as well, but the fact that leadership has not necessarily been driving these conversations should tell you a lot about where things actually stand. so i have to say, i feel like i keep pouring cold water on these things that ar

this week, does he call lawmakers and does he invite them to the white house, does he have meetingsthem. he did this with lawmakers during the obamacare repeal vote and it didn't work. eric: well, obviously he will start that process and he would like i will say that the process, you know, has really begun even if there isn't a specific legislative win. >> he will say that, of course, they have the conversations started, that they're looking into this, that the wall is going to be built, but it's hard to see how the government, all the money that this is going to take because not only are democrats against this, but conservatives are weary about spending a lot of money on the wall. eric: representatives on the border wall districts where the wall would be placed, some of them also expressed opposition to it too. >> you're exactly right. there's a lot of opposition there that he has to overcome and hopefully it won't be too insurmountable for him. we are getting mixed signals on the administration. they say they want the wall funded but they say they don't want to government to shutd

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globalization does not have as bad a rap in germany as it does in the united states. so i ask why does globalization get such a bad rap here compared to other countries and i think one reason is we do not, as a nation, do enough for the losers in globalization. let me ask catherine, steven. why do you think -- what about the united states does enough to prevent us? >> to go back a little bit to first principals and his theory of competitive advantage. this is the 200th year anniversary of that publication and this shows if you have countries even with vastly different resources and levels of wealth that they're both benefits by trade but it doesn't say anything about whether different groups within the countries are benefitted by trade and so all the benefits can go to the top and the theory is ag nostic on that. each nation is a black box. so the question of who benefits from trade is really a question whether there are distribution method in a nation. the question in the united states is we've made it harder to form unions. s the there's been a new massive work laws

i said, ok, i have to figure out what government does. how much money does it taken? was it working? i eventually came to the idea that we needed to create something like a 10k or investor presentation, if you will. we are hoping to publish early 2017. emily: what are the most troubling things you found so far about the numbers? steve: government is actually making good progress in good improvements in many ways. i was surprised how good i felt. not perfect, but much better about government and the taxes. and i came away with two big things. number one, what i call the savings programs. not the transfers and entitlements, the savings programs. social security and medicare. we have to put aside enough revenue and enough expense to match. those things have lost money every year since 1980. we have to do- consequently that will help us get the debt under control. but the third thing, which really tries with what my wife -- which really jives with what my wife said, is there are communities of people -- let's say you are born in the bottom 20%. if life was perfect, there'

does the democrat have a chance to win, and what does it mean for the gop and for 2020?erican, hire american. president trump heads, as hallie said, to wisconsin to sign a new executive order. part of his

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it does not work that way. he was very struck this week when he, i mentioned before about the jaw dropping quote. it was something that was seemingless now but striking for a president and especially a president in the first hundred days where he talked about how hard this is. it's really striking, much more work than his old job. a because he never actually does anything close to admitting vulnerability or frailty so that was striking. and there was an aspect of it that was sort of you know what, he's at least acknowledging that this is tougher than he had believed. the question is then what he does with that. but i can also understand why people would find it disquieting for a president to say. >> rose: they all say there's no particular skill, there's nothing that really prepares you for this job and when you get there what they'll say what's amazing in the white house is the rise to the oval office. the other stuff is before it gets to president. >> he doesn't turn off the at's part of the problem. he's als