i want to thank governor haslam and mrs.lam -- wonderful people -- for joining us, along with members of the tennessee congressional delegation. and i, sort of, have this beautiful list that i wrote. some of us came in on air force one. and they're great people, and they're fighting for you. in addition to the governor and your great secretary, senator bob corker. and they're out here someplace. bob? [applause] pres. trump: senator lamar alexander is here. senator pat roberts. [applause] pres. trump: thank you, pat. oh, does he love the farmers. pat, does he love those farmers. right, pat? stand up, pat. do you love the farmers, pat? yes. [cheers] pres. trump: he'll come in -- we're talking about a different subject, he'll say, what about the farmers? that's good. that's why they love you. representative diane black -- terrific woman. [applause] pres. trump: representative marsha blackburn. marsha. [applause] representative scott desjarlais. i love that name. [applause] pres. trump: hi, scott. thank you, scott. right from th

i want to thank governor haslam and mrs. hasham along with the tennessee congressional delegation. i sort of have this beautiful list that i wrote. some of us came in on air force one and there are great people and they are fighting for you. in addition to the governor and your great secretary, senator bob corker. they're out here someplace. bob. [applause] senator lamar alexander is here. senator pat roberts. [applause] thank you, pat. does he love the farmers. right, pat? stand up, pat. do you love the farmers, pat? yes. [applause] he will come in. we're talking about a different subject. what about the farmers! that's good. that's why they love you. representative diane black. terrific woman. representative marsha blackburn. marsha? [applause] representative scott desjarlais. i love that name. right from the beginning. representative chuck fleischman. [applause] representative david cussoff. representative phil rowe. [applause] i talk about zippy. i don't have to mention zippy duval. i'll talk about him. tom nassif. where is tom? thank you. and mark morris, state senate majority

very solid session, but haslam ex-dividends today. british land is ex-dividend as well.e a few ex-dividend in in the to be aware of market is wanting. don't read too much into it. nevertheless, the story this morning is definitely one being driven by the energy upside. minors continue to trade reasonably stronger as well. there is a few interesting sidebar stories as well. keep an eye on what is happening with this aviation story. the car sector as well will be one to pay attention to us the market gets going. let's move on and get back to some of the macro themes overarching these markets at the moment. the december meeting, the officials abated the risk of the u.s. economic outlook. while some were concerned about low inflation, others pointed to robust growth. it was about to get a boost in tax cuts. speaking to bloomberg tv yesterday, the vice chair of blackstone private wealth. >> we had 3% growth in the third byrter, which was besieged two hurricanes. i think the underlying strength of the u.s. economy is very real. guy: joining us now, peter rik.f it could have be

haslam,o thank governor theg with members of tennessee congressional delegation. us came in and air force one. corker.bob bob? alexander is here. senator pat roberts. thank you, pat. oh does he love the farmers. does he love those farmers. stand up, pat. [applause] pres. trump: he will come in. we're talking about a different subject and he is like, what about the farmers. that is good. that is why they love you. diane black. terrific woman. marsha blackburn. desjarlais. i love that name. thank you, scott. right from the beginning. chuck fleischmann. representative david gstaad, thank you david. phil roe. cities -- zippy's so i do not to mention 15 to bow. duvalle. and state senate majority leader. i have done my job now, all right? i have done my job. did i do a good job? did i leave out anybody? i hope not.you're a struggle when you do that. you left out one person. for the rest of your life, they never speak to you. it is always very dangerous. thank you very much. i'm also thrilled to see one of my good friends and early supporters, and that is tom. i just sai