and when the news with ed schultz began here at r.t. america i was pleased to join him on occasion and last year i had the good fortune to meet lindsey frantz the former host of this show boom bust and enjoyed being her guests so thanks to lindsey france and especially thanks to ed schultz and to the experience an expert management here in america really pleased to host the program and now i get to question more and i can't think of a more important time in my life to be doing so there's more social economic and political turbulence and tumble even a little trouble than i've ever seen in my life my pledges to keep boom bust fun entertaining and lively but to ensure that we do what i've tried to do throughout my career and to let folks in on what's going on not just in washington and other capitals around the world but on wall street and in global financial centers the intersection between the washington's and wall street to the world have never impacted main street an average folks so heavily i've always had strong opinions on many matt

and when the news with ed schultz began here at r.t. america i was pleased to join him on occasion and last year i had the good fortune to meet lindsay france the former host of this show boom bust and enjoyed being her guest so thanks to lindsey france and especially thanks to ed schultz and to the experience an expert management here in america really pleased to host the program and now i get to question more and i can't think of a more important time in my life to be doing so there's more social economic and political turbulence and tumble even a little trouble than i've ever seen in my life my pledges to keep boom bust fun entertaining and lively but to ensure that we do what i've tried to do throughout my career and to let folks in on what's going on not just in washington and other capitals around the world but on wall street and in global financial centers the intersection between the washington's and wall street to the world have never impacted main street an average folks so heavily i've always had strong opinions on many matte

and when the news with ed schultz began here at r.t. america i was pleased to join him on occasion and last year i had the good fortune to meet lindsay france the former host of this show boom bust and enjoyed being her guest so thanks to lindsey france and especially thanks to ed schultz and to the experience an expert management here at r.t. america really pleased to host the program and now i get to question more and i can't think of a more important time in my life to be doing so there's more social economic and political turbulence and tumble even a little trouble than i've ever seen in my life my pledges to keep boom bust fun entertaining and lively but to ensure that we do what i've tried to do throughout my career and to let folks in on what's going on not just in washington and other capitals around the world but on wall street and in global financial centers the intersection between the washington's and wall street to the world have never impacted main street an average folks so heavily i've always had strong opinions on many

good evening i'm ed schultz reporting tonight from washington d.c. this is an r.t. america special report on president donald trump's first state of the union address president donald trump is preparing to give his first state of the union address to the nation after what has been a really divided political year the conservatives and supporters of the president's it has been a very good year a year of victories in fact mitch mcconnell said today it's been the best year for the conservatives in some thirty years a conservative has been placed on the united states supreme court along with a record setting number of judges appointed at the federal level the most significant tax reform has been put in place in some thirty years it has passed and the stock market who can argue with it it has reached record highs just today the dow stayed above twenty six thousand despite losses this week it's a big number no matter how you look at it now however for the democrats an investigation into alleged russian collusion remains thousands of immigrants face an uncertain future and

week ahead president from state of the union speech on tuesday and by the way a programming note ed schultz will a special coverage starting at eight thirty pm tomorrow night plus a subprogram reserve open markets committee meets mid week and friday is jobs day with the new employment numbers a jam packed week but for today here's what we have on tap first actually bad banks helps us take a look at net worth and the wealth gap and extreme poverty in the united states and why ask david henderson of the hoover institution about wealth inequality around the world the tosh of sweet looks at border security and those doco dreamers that still are out there needs to be a problem needs to be salt and alex mahela big trip or funny global trade amid some recent statements by president trump and others and before we get going heard by dr pepper creating the biggest beverage to home with on the. manage that and more plus we'll get to the boom busting headlines right now amazon the world's largest retailer has reaped tons of free publicity in its search for a second headquarters or h q two amazon says t