is that a bad idea grover, how would you respond to that latest repost from bernie >> sure.hat bernie sanders should look at, we've seen wages increase because of the tax cut and economic growth. not, you know, laws telling people they have to do this, but because we create more wealth and more jobs. we have both strong job creation and income growth, wage growth, at the same time that's extremely helpful policy. one of the things that's annoying, i know your viewers get this, what a buyback is, and apple brings $1 billion back from overseas, where it was parked because of stupid american laws that trump and the republicans changed to make it possible to bring money back without punishing americans, the money comes back, apple says, i have $1 billion. and they say, the most effective way -- the best way to invest it is in apple. i want to be invested in a company that believes the best way to spend $1 billion isn't to stick it in a cd or buy another company, but to invest in themselves and when they buy back their own stock, that money doesn't disappear. bernie sanders think

so it's a misfocus let's welcome in grover norquist and jared bernstein.policy priorities also a cnbc contributor. gentlemen, welcome to both of you. grover, taxes are a constant debate in this country but it seems the rhetoric and the proposals from the politicians have ratcheted up. what do you think the odds are that any of these proposals that have been put forth to this point actually pick up >> well, zero in the next two years we have a republican senate that isn't going to raise the corporate income tax which is one of the things the democrats are talking about. they made it clear that 21% is not going to go up and there's a lot more tax reform tax reduction we could do but the democrats would have to seize control of the house, the senate, and the presidency to raise taxes. the only time taxes have been raised in this country going back to clinton were the two years when clinton had a completely democratic congress and then 16 years later, the two years when obama had complete control. they raised taxes and almost got thrown out it's odd the democr

president grover cleveland sent a controversial proposal dealing with the tariffs. revenue paid it was one of the things that divided parties and treated great passions. hisrtunately for cleveland party was not united on this issue. blamed his state of the union message. in most cases most state of the union messages are really long laundry lists of things the president wants to see done. there are wish lists the president is putting forward. when anything is done in congress, the galleries are open. as there are galleries and galaxies -- and galleries in the senate, the public can come in. of course there aren't that many seats. there's great demand, each member usually gets a single ticket for a spouse or a member of their staff for their favorite constituent or somebody -- thegallery, the breat press gallery. of space ona lot those occasions. newspapers covered in general and you would have read the entire speech for those newspapers. beginning in 1923, calvin coolidge sent a message broadcast on the radio. roosevelt suggested moving the state of the moon -- stat

and mckinley comes into the presidency and takes over from grover cleveland.rover cleveland had essentially favored the spanish over the cubans, not because he liked the spanish particularly but because he was a status quo guy and wanted stability. his view was as soon as spain can put down the insuration we can go back to the status quo and everything will be stable and we'll be fine. not very realistic. mckinley rejected that out of hand almost from day one. from day one he concluded, i think the record is very clear if you study it correctly, he wanted spain out of the caribbean and wanted spain out of cuba but he didn't want to go to war to do it if he could avoid that war. so what did he do? e opened up a negotiation with sort of a program of diplomacy with spain. and spain realizes america is becoming a pretty powerful country and this is our neighborhood and it would be very difficult if they went to war with us. they didn't want a war with us so they entered into the diplomacy as well but pretty soon they could see that mckinley, his diplomacy was behi

good to see you, grover.tocks rising add president trump signals flexibility point march trade deadline. president trump: i think the talks are going very well with china you are referring. our group just came back. now they are coming here. i can't tell you exactly about timing. but the date is not a magical date. a lot of things can happen. liz: all three major averages in the green. it's less than a thousand points from its all-time high. city could be in its 9 in the state week of gains. our exclusive interview with an exiled venezuelan general. he says he has seen the documentation and he believes there are extremist terror groups operating in venezuela and central america. and he believes they could be in the migrant flows coming north. supporters of juan guaido are trying to get food aid into venezuela. six states suing over trump's emergency declaration to build a border wall. hey, who are you? oh, hey jeff, i'm a car thief... what?! i'm here to steal your car because, well, that's my job. what? what?

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about never going to probably don't want to do it in a line we don't want you with use of i use the grovers remember the special i'm sure the school year zero saw a movie you know everyone calls the front of the printable home. the. united states has these ten tunes to use and it's a tax on other countries. economic sanctions or are often just the beginning another thing you like to do is place some military pressure on the countries that you're talking about. and there has to be an effort to demonize that country and the leader of that country. has a responsibility for the head. and we need to make rules for the rest of. those without us there would be. disposed to go to the wild following. germany a few other gun groups decide to move ahead. with. begin to gather you've got a focus on will and they. would be for level they kind of integration that's does fall civil so it does follow you know proving she would love the father to change. and not only have i think is a leader she still must execute. and i mean as you know functioning or not. can. if there. wasn't another match the man a girl

. >> what percentage of legislators have signed the pledge to grover norquist, is it true nearly all republicans have ? do you think that running the payroll tax and is trickle-down economics work? >> i've seen as a result of tax cuts that one in effect in 2017, we've seen the lowest unemployment rate since the 60s. there are more jobs available now than there are people seeking job so i do think it works. but, the biggest problem with the tax cuts is that it wasn't accompanied by spending cuts. spending continues to take off and when you are cutting revenues even in the short term and increasing spending, as any family budget knows that's a recipe for failure . >> good morning . >> good morning, i don't understand i'm 76 years old. i'm not sure i understand how when less than 50% of our people pay any taxes whatsoever into taxes, how we can sustain the tax base. i know that is old time thinking but . >> i'm not a tax expert by any means, but i think all of us working are taxed and are trying to pay our fair share, some people more that's all i have to say about that . >> ask plain w

stuart: grover norquist, think you're right. dead right. now this. president, we'd have a booming economy here. small business i'm told is doing real well. why sit down at the lowest level. >> thank you for having me. it has been representing the cost of small business for 75 years near the optimism index coming out every month for 45 years could retract this very closely. the optimism index has been in the stratospheric highs &-ampersand the election of 2016. this is the first month with capture sentiment about the government shut down and predictably the index dropped. stuart: i guess you could say it's not down not much. still an optimistic territory. you could still say that. >> yes it is. operating under very high band. this is one of the lowest ratings in the last two years, but it's still historically high. the government shut down really does not the confidence of the small business owners. one of the things we also track is the uncertainty index. were able to see that when respondents to our questionnaire say i don't know. normally they will

or grover cleveland, the last constitutional democratic president. or anyone else prior to fdr, who began, by the way, another fireside chat, tell me your troubles. he did not say i feel your pain but he could have. see how far we have come. in 1992, one of the presidential debates, at that point there were three. george herbert walker bush, bill clinton, the democratic challenger, and ross perot. doing very well and getting 19% of the popular vote. they had one of those grotesque debate formats where the public asked questions and one member of the public, all too representative of the public, asked the following question of the three candidates. how can we, as symbolically the children of the future president, expect you to meet our needs, the need in housing and in crime and, you name it? how do we get to a point where a self-respecting american citizen describes himself and his peers as children of the next president? how did we get to this watering caesarism. it was in place long before that. a very distinguished political scientist at the time

elmer and grover. get the kids in front of tv. they will love it.magic. brand new show taking cities all across the u.s. they join us on "fox & friends" for a very special performance every year. here with elmo. good to see you nicholas. >> so good to be back. ainsley: this year the theme is make your magic. what is it about. >> that's right. elmo and abby can a dhabi discover magic in every day life. along the way elmo learns the power of yet. with practice and perseverance nothing will stand in the way of your dreams. we are very excited to be back in new york city. what's yet to come exactly. ainsley: welcome back to new york. >> yeah. ainsley: we are here now through the 24th. and things are going wonderful at the theater in madison square garden. >> so much fun. i took my daughter last year. who loves elmo? do you all love elmo? they're all raising their hand. elmo is over there. we have grover and the performers and perform for us right now, right? >> that's right. >> sneak spea peek of our production of power of yes. ainsley: go to sesame str

many of my republican colleagues now find they must sign a grover norquist pledge when they run for congress, saying that they will carry out his goal to shrink government down to a size where we can drown it in the bathtub. these are his words, not my words. with this norquist pledge and similar litmus tests, these quandaries are only made worse. by richer sticking -- fivby event thatng, in an allows these legislators to be owned by special interests. state legislatures draw congressional lines with little interest in fair representation. with small concern about protecting regional boundaries or without any blink of consideration for any part of the voting rights act, which is again under attack. they operate simply in the interest in the making of majorities for one political set of views. we see members focused only on winning primaries, not about the public interest, and not about real discussion of the concerns that members have or that citizens have. the pledges are signed. they attempt to become the ideological image of what their primary electorate sees her political party is or sho

he was a grover cleveland nominee. served for a couple of years and got ill and died in the 1890's. from this standpoint, there is a good precedent for johnson. a sickly any president who is -- basically any president who is nominated gets confirmed. why this precedent, johnson may have some problems here. he is not popular, the senate did not have much of a precedent in terms of confirming late nominees. johnson is looking at one other vote. he fails to anticipate where the key opposition will come from in 1968. this is the chart johnson is looking at as he is making his selection. this is the roll call vote for thurgood marshall's confirmation in 1967. you will notice this is not a unanimous vote like many of the others in the 1930's, 1940's, and 1950's. there are 11 senators who voted against thurgood marshall's confirmation. the 11 are up top on the chart. if you squint closely you can pretty much identify where these people are coming from. they are all from the south. 10 of them are democrats. this is a period, and the 11th is a former democrat who is at this point a republica

know, this is something that the cato institute, all the conservative think tanks, they've been -- grovernew york and these states for years to get them to cut the size of the deficits. liz: i wish we had been a fly on the wall for that meeting between andrew cuomo and donald trump. dow is jumping still, 362 points. >>> nato defense spending may be an opportunity to build your portfolio? this according to our countdown closer. he will share his favorite, as he calls them, chokepoint stocks, when "countdown" comes right back. ♪ ♪ ut this when we meet next week. edward jones came to manage a trillion dollars in assets under care by focusing our mind on whatever's on yours. make us better people.istening has the power to change us, with audible, you get more. two audible originals- exclusive titles you can't find anywhere else. plus a credit good for any audiobook and exclusive fitness and wellness programs. all with our commitment free guarantee and always ad free. the most inspiring minds. the most compelling stories. the best place to listen. download audible and start your free trial tod

. >> find the grover cleveland statue. >> yeah. >>> how about poptart? >> moving on to pop start. oscars, of course,talking a. ight of glitz, slamglnd swag. the swag bags inclu a luxe eury getaway and skin care for all acting a directing nominees. this year's items are creating a buzz, shall we say. the bags will be filled with cannabis-infused items from beauty products to chocolate edibles, ars memp to a pot-friendly social club. whileal weed is ln california as of last year, the celebrities are advised not to take it across stateli s. >>> a "quite place" actor and director john krasinski made an announcement on friday, saying it is time to go back. the film starring krasinski and wife emily blunt grossed $340 million worldde last year. it's up for an academy award toourrow night for s editing. krasinski is slated to direct the sequel. it'll be in theaters inay of 2020. >>> finally, here's something the whole family can get behind. "space jam 2." finally has a release date. the movie starring lebron james will be released in the summer of 2021. it's a follow up to the hit 1996 m

it was supported by grover norquist because it would've brought that debt down by $158 billion. >> bretthere's a family, their visa expires. they have three kids. should they be deported? >> i would like to see comprehensive immigration reform. when you look at these -- this is what i've seen in my state. people that have happened to touch the system are the ones that seem to be then getting deported. maybe, and i mean this not in a criminal sense. i was prosecutor. of course i believe people that have committed crimes should be deported. >> bret: i am talking about a family and what happens to them today. there is not comprehensive immigration reform and it doesn't look like there's a process. >> we don't want to deport 12 million people. the answer is how do you pick the ones that get deported? i would say look at people that have committed crimes, that have committed crimes to matter where they lived. serious crimes. that should be of course your number one enforcement priority. my problem is that they've been going after a professor in minnesota or someone has been a doctor in roche

>> tariq: grover cleveland. the emancipation proclamation? j my: abraham lincoln. bull moose party?riq: roosevelt. >> jimmy: which one? >> tariq: teddy. stuck in a bathtub? >> jimmy: that was taft. weirdest name? >> tariq: millard fillmore. coolest name? >> jimmy: calvin clidge. [ laughter ] same name as a cartoon cat? >> tariq: garfield. cleans your carpet? >> jimmy: hoover. [ laughter ] ♪ happy birthday mr. president ♪ >> tariq: come on, kennedy. kennedy.n' mon up? >> jimmy: jefferson. [ laughter ] oom vroom. >> tariq: ford. dollar bill? >> jimmy: washington. $20 bill? >> tariq: jackson. $100 bill? >> jimmy: benjamin franklin. but that's a trick question, he wasn't a president. [ light laughter ]iq >> twell, i bet you can't name the last 10 presidents in order. >> jimmy: i bet you can't. >> both: johnson, nixon, ford, carter, reagan, bush, clinton, bush, obama, trump. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's impressive. that is impressive. how did you know all that?go >> tariq: i ha teachers growing up. how about you? us jimmy: cue cards. [ laughter and app] ♪ let's g

this charming looking man here was a grover cleveland nominee. served for a couple of years. got ill and died in the mid-1890's. so from this standpoint there's a good precedent for johnson. a sickly any president who is nominated gets confirmed. johnson mayedent have some problems. he's not a popular president. the senate didn't have much of a precedent in terms of confirming late nominees by the president. and johnson is looking at one other vote. she fails to anticipate where the key opposition is going to come from in 1968. this is the chart that johnson is looking at as he is making his selection in 1968. is the rollcall vote for thurgood marshall's confirmation in 1967. you will notice this is not a unanimous vote like many of the other nominees had in. who voted 11 senators against thurgood marshall's confirmation. the 11 are of top on the chart youif you squint closely can pretty much identify where these people are coming from. they are all from the south. 10 of them are democrats. this is a period where segregationist democrats remain in place in the south and 11 of

alone, comprehensive immigration reform, the bill we had back in 2013 supported by none other than grover norquist. why? because it brought the debt down $158 billion. okay? that is how much it would save. so there are many things we could do that would get us on the right path with regard to our debt. but we shouldn't be doing it on the backs of the people that can least afford it in america including the middle class. [ applause ] >> so senator, olivia is already the president of college democrats and she has a question. >> thank you very much. >> thank you so much for being here, senator. my question is with school shootings on the rise and last week being the anniversary of the shooting in parkland what is your plan to keep college students like myself safe on campuses across the country and how is that plan different from the other democratic candidates? >> thank you so much. and i think we all just were horrified by what just happened in aurora. that shooting. five innocent people at their workplace. officers getting shot, putting themselves in the line of fire. and once again, when

tax toss pay for education for infrastructure or transportation because, you know, they signed that grover norquist pledge how many years ago and they will never raise taxes in any circumstances even if there is a major calamity. you don't have to raise taxes by realizing recreational marijuana, you can get a revenue stream that would make sense because people are buying it underground any way. i saw in massachusetts when they opened the first recreational spot everybody in line was my age or older. all these vietnam veterans with their hats on they were all lining up. it's crazy to have a system where you sell alcohol and you turn your nose up at the cannabis part of it. safe injection sites are difficult because the first thing napping our own u.s. attorney who i happen to like and respect very much is threatening to lock everybody up for saving people's lives and we are also having a complicated debate with our law department about, you know, whether we can sponsor it, whether it's a nonprofit can run it, former governor rendell has been on the forefront of being the front guy who has o

of a bipartisan consensus at the time that presidents don't get involved in every disaster because grover cleveland, the democratic predecessor and successor, was faced with an issue of a drought in texas and congress appropriated funds for drought relief and he vetoed it saying it's not the job of the federal government to get involved in local disasters. important to recognize presidents don't always get involved in don't always need to get involved but the checklist i create talks about whether this is something whether we know it's gonna happen and we know there's serious loss of life and consequences and ripple effect beyond the local area and the president has the authority to deal with it and this can be helpful and beneficial to the process. these are some of the items i have in the checklist in the book . >> i think a lot of the discussion has been on the specter of loaded guns and they are sitting out and can be used in ways that are problematic. it's not my entire experience a government and many times these powers are invoke to do things that are effective. sanctions are impor

. >> i challenge americans to find the grover cleveland statue right now. >> yes. >>> all right.a night filled with glitz, glam and swag. those swag bags. and every year includes a luxurious getaway and serious skin care this year's items are creating a bit of a buzz shall we say. the bags will also be filled with cannabis infused items from beauty products to chocolate edibles and a membership to a pot friendly social club. and while weed is legal in california celebrities are being advised not to take the swag across state lines. >>> and john krasinski made a big announcement friday saying it is time to go back. the film starring krasinski and his wife was a huge success grossing a whopping $340 million worldwide last year. and is up for an academy award tomorrow night for sound editing. krasinski is slated to direct the sequel that will be in theaters in may of 2020. andfinally, space jam two finally has a release date. the movie which will star lebron james will be released in the summer of 2021. it is a followup to the 1996 movie which featured michael jordan and of course b

elmo, grover, cookie monste and chefgonger.ame street live: make your magic." >> now, these characters are joined by nick manna, performance director for the show. good morning, everyone. morning. >> thanks so much for having us. we're so excited t wbe here. >> about to say, tell us about the show. when i was a kid, this was the highlight of my year every tye, goin "sesame street live." >> it is a tradition. >> yes. >> celebrating its 50th year. >> wow. >> what's new? >> this year, abby and elmo take audiences down the streets, and they discover the power of yet. the lesson learned that with pracce and perseverance, nothing can stand in the way of your dreams. it is yet to happen. >> i love fthat. >> there is something we've learned from the years of watching "sesame street," there'slways a messag what do you hope the kids -- we brought some here to enjoy with us. what do they take away from th experience? >> they've developed a show that coincides with the sesame workshop missionment of developing stronger, smarter, wndness ki

we've got elmo, grover, cook koo monster and the chef not to be missed. >> we're so happy they stoppedw, "sesame street" live. >> these characters are joined by the performance director for the show. good morning, everyone. >> thanks so much for having us. we're so excited. >> i was just about to say, tell us about the show this year. when i was a kid, this was the highlight of my year every year, going to "sesame street" live. >> it's such a tradition. >> what's new this year? >> celebrating its 50th year. this year, abby and elmo take our audiences down the streets and they discover the power of yet. which is the lesson learned that with practice and perseverance, nothing will stand in the way of your dreams. so it's yet to happen. >> i love that. >> if there's anything we've learned from the years of watching "sesame street," there's always a message. what do you hope the kids -- we brought some here to enjoy with us. what do you hope they take away from this experience? >> feld entertainment and the sesame workshop have worked hand in hand for over a year developing a show that coi

. >> grover cleveland was the previous other bachelor. >> he rose to the occasion. >> oh, oh!ent before. his biggest problem? >> it's potentially wall street. the, how democrats deal on economic issues is probably going to be what defines them. if you have elizabeth warren talking about the structural problems in the financial industries. wealth taxes. gillibrand sort of with her record when she defended philip morris and ocasio-cortez making statements a lot of democrats are having to respond to in terms of income taxes on the wealthy. you'll have a conversation about financial matters, and cory booker, for whatever he did or didn't do in newark, he has been very friendly with wall street and some people will take issues with that. >> and my fear, democrats will out-democrat themselves. you look at that panel that you just had up, that reminds me of what we saw in 2015 with the republican candidates. i mean it was so many and they ended up splitting -- >> look at that. it is dizzying. a year from now -- a year from now, looking at this field. >> that's a problem. >> who's the

host: roy, on twitter, asking what percentage of legislators have signed the pledge, grover norquistledge to never raise taxes. do you really think running the country on people's payroll taxes is a good idea? does trickle-down economics work? guest: i think we seen as the result of the tax cuts that went into effect, we have seen the lowest unemployment rate since the 1960's, there are now more jobs available than people seeking jobs. so i think that works. but the biggest problem with the tax cuts and jobs act is that it was not accompanied by spending cuts. spending is continuing to take up, and when you are cutting revenues in the short term, and increasing spending, as every family budget knows, that's a recipe for failure. host: fred, in texas, a republican. good morning. caller: i don't understand, i'm a retired man, 76 years old. i'm not sure i understand how when less than 50% of our people pay any taxes whatsoever into taxes, how we can't sustain the tax base. i know that is old-time thinking, but it astounds me. a tax policyt expert by any means, i think we all have -- all