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for herman cain.we have that with stephen moore? michael: not yet. stephen moore has its own problems. you had cnn publishes a story of him disparaging women in the workplace. does that disqualify him, or does the fact that herman cain withdraws make republicans more determined to nominate at least one of the president's choices? the problem with both is the president said he wanted to appoint them before they went through the vetting process. there are always problems in the vetting process. david: somebody has to talk about trial balloons. there are trial balloons to float without the person. caines --ermann herman cain's balloon got popped very quickly. michael mckee -- david: michael mckee. live from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is balance of power on bloomberg television. i'm david westin. for first word news, we go to rig a group that. lankan yuansri ambassador is cautioning sri lankans overseas to use social media responsibly. in the wake of the easter bombings in the country. the

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you for herman cain. president trump dropping his plan to nominate cain for the federal reserve board. naming mcgill patrizio as ceo. ?ill the shakeup pay off blood sport on wall street. we explore how hedge funds may be pressuring companies to default. all that in the next 30 minutes. taylor riggs is with us halfway into a quiet trading day. taylor: it's been quiet, light volume, a little bit of a reversal. we were looking at losses but now we are looking at gains. the tech sector was the upper former. nasdaq 100. some of the faang stocks. course, it is all about oil today, up almost 3%. now we are looking at sanctions on countries that want to buy oil from iran. we have a full v-shaped recovery here. rebounding about 3% for the year. lower prices at the pump, but want to be top on iran, so today we are getting higher prices. see what that is doing to the energy stocks we've been following from a oil companies do offshore drillers, refiners. we were looking at some of the offshore drilling companies like

he wants to name herman cain to the board despite his controversial history. >> 9-9-9 means jobs, jobs jobs. that's what i'm talking about. >> becky, becky, becky. >> i believe these words came from the pokemon movie. >> all shucky ducky. >>> we have breaking news. we have a battle between president trump and joe biden that is escalating by the minute. the president going after biden this morning after he was leaving the white house and the former vice president appearing in public for the first time since the controversy over his behavior erupted a week ago. >> i want you to know i had permission to hug lonny. i don't know. [ applause ] any way. >> joining me now nbc white house correspondent kristen welker. you were out on the south lawn when you were asking the president today about this twitter war that erupted yesterday between him and joe biden. the president launching this by taking a parody that had been done by a prolific alt-right youtuber mocking biden by taking his own video he put out and twisting it. we'll show is that in a moment. the president tweeting it out. biden twe

fact or ignoring the fact that many republican senators have said they were unwilling to vote for herman cainhe was nominated and many of those same republicans have raised a similar concerns about steve moore. i think now that cain is off the table, the attention will turn to moore, and it makes it less likely not more likely that more will be confirmed because with two bad choices, they were likely to let one go through and ditch the weaker one, by think the scrutiny on moore will now increase. >> and, again, what does tell you about the white house vetting process and the president says -- a lot of this wants people loyal to him? >> i don't think it says anything about the white house investigate process. i think many people in the white house were -- would have -- either did or would have told the president you shouldn't nominate these people. i think the president doesn't care very much, and had the president looked at those quotes i think he would have found them to be recommendations for nominating these people. >> thank you for fixing what i was trying to say. i'm not blaming the vett

herman cain might have his back against the wall.ur republicans are saying they would be no votes if he wanted to make it to the federal reserve. the president is saying he's keen on appointing him there. the problem is, four no republicans. can't assume to lose more. that could mean he's toast. blake burman with more. >> the math is laid out pretty simple. he can't lose anymore votes to join the federal reserve. the president says he intends to nominate cain. no status in the nomination process for herman cain. he was a presidential candidate and has faced accusations of sexual misconduct. senator cramer said he can't vote for him at this point. >> here he is with stuart varney. >> i had to vote today, i wouldn't vote for him. the allegations of sexual harassment are too serious and i think frankly the time and energy and political capitol spent to pull him across would be squandered. >> neil, i asked if president if he cain was safe. he said herman will make that determination. seems as if they're putting the ball in his court at t

for his part, yes nominated herman cain to the fed board and stephen moore. he will have two voices should they ultimately received confirmation. that is still unknown if they get that confirmation in the senate. should they get those confirmation, he will have two allies on the central bank floor. david: he has other work to be done with the chinese central bank situation. -- the chinese trade talk situation. still in town, still wrapping trade talks with robert lighthizer and steven mnuchin. they had made progress yesterday, but speaking earlier today president trump said he would not predict an ultimate deal between the u.s. and china. he also signaled that when he does meet with president xi jinping, wherever that might be, it could be as soon as a few weeks, that it would be to finalize the deal. we know the u.s. and china are talking about china purchasing the commodities, enforcement mechanisms, including lifting some tariffs but keeping some on to ensure china continues on that front and to allow the u.s. to make purchases of chinese firms. to ourthan

also tonight, herman cain, herman cain's nominationing to join the federal reserve may be hanging bya thread tonight. and that might be because of george will's column in the "washington post"ing this morning that blasted the herman cain nomination and president trump's other selection for the federal reserve. george will join us because his column could be what turns out to be the decisive blow in possibly ending both of these nomination in the trump administration. but first, tonight, deputy attorney general rod rosenstein is trying to repair the damage from attorney general william barr's performance in the two days of hearings in the house and senate. in an exclusive interview with the "wall street journal" justice department reporter, rod rosenstein defended attorney general barr saying he's basically as forthcoming as he can so this notion he's trying to mislead people i think is bizarre. rod rosenstein would not comment about the remark that the attorney general made yesterday in which he used the word spying to describe what the attorney general believes the fbi did to the tr

herman cain had said earlier it was cumbersome and i will correct myself -- it is to replace the hermand stephen moore. thanks for a much. this is bloomberg -- thanks very much. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television. we want to come back to a story that was crossing the bloomberg as we went to break. there are reports the white house is interviewing candidates to replace herman cain and stephen morris potential nominees for the federal reserve . we know the president had stuck by them and we know esther kane said it was come -- we know herman cain said it was cumbersome to get confirmed. it turns out the white house is actively interviewing possible candidates to replace both of those potential nominees for the fed. republicansime, the promise their tax reform package would make it possible for most of us to file our taxes on a postcard. putting aside how many of us realize that dream yesterday, one way of simplifying things may be headed for extinction before gets born. we welcome laura davison coming from washington. welcome, good to have you.

to serve on the fed board, as the ministration is standing by, is the demonstration standing by herman cain? >> we are at the moment. >> at the moment? >> he is in the vetting process. >> the paperwork has not yet gone? >> his paperwork is income he's being looked at by the fbi. >> -- >> that is correct.

recommended herman cain is a very all right for more let's cross over to our frankfurt stock exchange correspondent john l. don't allow a gentle what more do we know about herman cain how to refrig would he be on the fed board. well there is definitely some concern here that is terrific qualities may have been oversold the sexual harassment allegations are only part of it but his a past policy record has been somewhat confusing he's advocated for example for a return to the gold standard of all things and his past tenure as kansas had a very he was known as a hawk meaning that he favored low inflation and higher interest rates since then and he seemed to have moved over to president trump's way of thinking president trump of course known for attacking the fed for raising interest rates and that is going to be the biggest issue here people worry that his appointment is a sign that this is a further way of donald trump trying to walk under undermine fado policy in order to just provide himself with some short term economic gains i would have people in frankfurt and in europe as a whole

. >> herman cain's whole campaign was 9-9-9, the most crazed economic policy. you're going to put him on the fed? >> i like the shucky ducky. that's good. >> that's on chuck todd now. my thanks to the panel. that does it for us. thank you very much. mtp daily starts now. >> just remember, donald trump has lived his whole life in search of cheap credit. >> shucky ducky. >> why should he change now? thank you, nicole. >>> if it's friday, the frontrunner speaks. >>> good evening, i'm chuck todd in washington. welcome to "meet the press daily." we have a big one tonight. looking at live pictures of the president at the border about to tour a section of renovated wall. we are going to get to the border visit and his latest threats in a minute. you won't believe how many threats he's made just about the border just in the last few months. we'll begin with the democratic front runner, joe biden, speaking tofo the first time thr year. he had a lot to say about everything from the allegations of inappropriate physical contact to his view of the democratic party, donald

herman cain was not a president?in may abbeysman and what does he have to do with military issues ? what can he do with the border? he can advise. 999, it's not a joke. this is a real issue affecting americans and affecting people in mexico and affecting people who are even coming from other countries going through the mexican bothered trying to get here. this is a real issue and it's not a joke. >> kate bent, there's a read. it's real interesting in "the atlantic," ivanka trump, first quarter and special adviser and this is what it says the founding myth of ivanka trump is that she is a moderating force, so react to that. this is the idea. they are saying actually this is a myth. describe her role at the white house and also maybe how it's changed. >> well, i think what she first got to the white house she thought she would do big things and people put that label on her that she would be a moderating force and what we've learned and what the story points out is there's no real evidence of that. the paris climate acc

the president had been enamored of herman cain for months. having a meeting in the situation room with generals and other military officials about the mexican border and heard herman cain was in the white house, he said "send him down." herman cain comes into the situation room and the president says to the military leaders, you need a 9,99 plan for the bored are a border and we heard the joke fell flat. >> you, too, can read the newsletter. that does it for me on this friday morning. "morning joe" starts right now, everybody. >>> i don't know anything about david duke. i don't know what you're talking about with the white supremacy or white supremacist. i know nothing about these people. i know nothing about wikileaks, it's not my thing. >> he knows nothing about david duke, who praises him online, he knows nothing about far right em

before we talk about it, here is what kevin hassett had to say about herman cain. is. >> i think i've known herman for a long time. i first met him during the presidential campaign. the president likes herman a lot. herman has ample experience in the federal reserve space being on the board of the kansas city fed but we're in the process now with every nominee that hasn't been officially sent to the senate of having them gather their paperwork and do it and send it up. i think that senators should wait until the nomination is sent and they get to see all the evidence before they make their judgment. connell: pointed out to kevin, blake, they're not waiting. four senators against him. is this over? >> the senate math would say it is over. do the math, 53 republicans no democrats support him that would bring it to 49. one thing keep in mind kevin hassett alluded to he hasn't been nominated. herman cain has not been officially nominated. steve moore has not been officially nominated. the nomination is not official. getting ducks in a row. let's wait. if you look at the

supported by president, but not by enough republican senators, there are growing questions about herman cain'sotential combination for federal reserve board of governors. president intended to the nominate cain with stephen moore, by president's top economic add vas adviser sayingt white house is still speaking with others. >> herman is going through vetting process, for now that is where we or, that i think at end was day it will be up to herman cain if he wants to stay in the process. >> stephen moore is in the process, we support him, support herherman cain. >> we're talking to a number of candidates. >> a number of candidates. join me, freedom works director. john tam. >> does not sound good for herman cain. >> not much of an endorsement. i think it was a plan throw out a few names, main thing is larry's goal to get u.s. idea logical soul mate, steve moore on the fed board, larry views fed as -- an entity gov earned bearned-- governed by group thi. blake: you don't think they want the cain all along. >> i think that a little bit of both. they had herman cain's name without nominating him,

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people know who herman cain is.hat's completely different from trump's judiciary transformation. >> they have spoken out against the president but it's on issues that their voters would not be irked on like jamal khashoggi. that story is not resonating with their voters, it's not hitting their pocketbooks. i want to read something from "the washington post." trump recently gathered with generals and others, military leaders for a meeting about the mexican border. at the meeting, which was held in the white house, an aide passed trump a note informing him that cain was in the building. he summoned cain to the meeting and told military brass they needed to come up with a 9-9-9 plan for the border. referring to cain's tax plan. and the joke fell flat. so is this kind of a tendency within the white house and president as well that it's hard for them to read when the president is actually joking or when he has serious policy suggestions? >> that's a really good question. but i think the fact this anecdote leaked speaks f

herman cain? i just want to leave it there. herman cain? for federal reserve.nse for me. >> i worked for a candidate that ran in a primary against herman cain. the question is not in my mind herman cain's qualifications. he actually has been at a federal reserve bank. he understands the issues. the question is around the independence of the federal reserve. do we want the president to say, hey, fed, you gotta juice the economy a little bit. that's the challenge. >> and presidents have been frustrated with the fed forever. it's hardly new for a president to be frustrated. they don't generally respond in this fashion. >> well, the combination of the potential nomination of stephen moore and herman cain. lanhee would have freshman students in an economics class more qualified to be in those positions. >>> up next, the unlikely 2020 candidate who is earning his way to the debate stage with one big idea. andrew yang is here live. idea. andrew yang is here live. you know what's better than mopping? anything! at the end of a long day, it's the last thing i want to do.

interview. >> we're very early in the nomination process, and the president said today he likes herman cainherman has a background in business and was a governor in the federal reserve and has that background he and steven moore both are people that really understand what the president's fiphilosopy is in this economy, but we'll see how it plays out >> we'll show you the full interview with vice president pence at 6:30 a.m., including his comments on the u.s. economy and the trade talks with china i'm just enjoying my twitter feed since all you got to do is just say you're interviewing mike pence, and there are some wackos out there >> you're hearing full force >> i like reading it they say why would you want to interview a guy who works for mango mussolini. have you heard that one? an orange blob they send me pictures of things in a toilet. they send -- it's really -- andrew, what is with the political discourse nowadays >> no comment. >> i had one guy tell me that i have always been just a horrible right-wing maniac. he sent me -- >> the e-mail from 2007. >> from 2007 >> i saw that. >> a

krishna: if you want the fed to say 9-9-9, you nominate herman cain. to some extent it is basically demeaning the fed. it doesn't mean that you should not take input from the business community. the fed has very detailed processes to incorporate those points. but nominating herman cain to the fed, or for that matter, nominating stephen moore, where he has said so many bad things, i don't think is the right move. jonathan: i don't want to judge the intent of the administration. ultimately, the perception of this matters. if these guys get confirmed to the federal reserve, in your mind, has this federal reserve lost some form of independence? >> i don't know if i would go there from a policy perspective. saying they lost independence. you are seeing an analysis that the fed is doing. typically you have people studying economic cycles. you look at 2004, 2006, gauge the reaction function from the monetary policy side. 17 consecutive 25 basis point tightening's. i think this administration is putting people in play that have a business cycle viewpoint. that

herman cain. here's the president's take on herman cain. >> herman is a wonderful man.s been a supporter of mine for a long time. herman is already sat on one of the fed boards. and he's just somebody i like a lot. >> but that's not the view from even his own party on capitol hill right now. four republican senators are now coming out to say they will vote no on cain's nomination if it came before him, effectively sinking his chances. the reservations surround past allegations of sexual harassment and that he's too partisan for the post. that's not all. example after example of republicans saying no. the top republican mitch mcconnell telling trump he made it clear to the president despite what the president wanted, republicans were not going to take up that debate. chuck grassley coming out against the staffing purge at the dhs, saying the president was pulling the rug out from the people trying to help him. and a dozen republicans voted against president trump's national emergency declaration over the border. what is going on here? a blip or have republicans been push

he has been criticizing jay .owell who is herman cain? herman cain is an interesting guy.ed mathematics in college, went into computer science, became a systems analyst, went to work for godfather pizza, worked his way up and became ceo. --ran for president in sick ran for president in 2012. dropped out over sexual misconduct allegations. bottom line, he has a strong background in business. -- big supporter of president trump. set up a fund to protect him from impeachment, in fact. he has an understanding potentially of the federal reserve system and how it works. here is what donald trump said in a press conference earlier today about herman cain. >> i have recommended him highly for the fed. i told my folks that's the man and he is doing some pre-checking now, and i would imagine he would be in great shape. i find hermon to be an outstanding person, a truly outstanding individual. i would think he would do very well there. kathleen: we would assume he inld stay with donald trump keeping rates low. he has gotten a lot of criticism from even a republican economists, so whe

it is herman cain. he was the ceo the pizza company and ran for president and served on the board of the kansas city fed. herman cain reported to be the nominee by president trump to the federal reserve. live from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television. we turn to for bloomberg first word news. isk: the justice department defending his handling of robert mueller's russia report after media reports that mueller's team wrote summaries they intended to be made public. the statement today's as every page of mueller's report was marked with a notice saying it may contain grand jury material that by law has to be kept secret. says thement also department is working with the special counsel to clear the report released to congress and the public. the 2020 democratic presidential race is getting more crowded. ohio democratic congressman tim ryan said he will seek is party's nomination to challenge president trump great he is a nine term congressman and has been

right now it was use and herman cain. >> i think herman cain is a great choice. >> they publicly saidare not voting for herman cain. >> look, both my choice and herman cain's choice was unconventional. we will be thinking outside of the box. >> you're a little bit more in -- >> 999 is a cool plan. >> you have to have all of the ph.d economists over at the federal reserve. >> you know breath of fresh air the chairman and the fed -- >> you're not being nominated to be the chairman. many of this. the gold standard, in the past you have talked about being -- >> this is about monetary policy, yeah, i like the idea he will oppose nafta. >> have you changed your views or modified them? >> so by the way some of those tapes are -- i still had dark hair. my position is i want to have a valid currency. my good friend steve forbes is on your show, big advocate, i don't think i would go for gold standard right now. i do want the dollar to be as good as gold. >> you understand why that causes concern? in terms of the independence from president trump. >> i don't think donald trump is for gold is. i

making headlines — it looks like former republican presidential hopeful herman cain won't be joiningthe federal reserve. us president donald trump was keen for him tojoin the fed, but he president donald trump was keen for him to join the fed, but he tweeted that herman cain had asked for his nomination to be withdrawn. shifting to south korea tech giant samsung, and the korean electronics giant has delayed the release of its new foldable smartphone. the move comes new foldable smartphone. the move co m es after new foldable smartphone. the move comes after a number of tech reviewers complained that this new expensive device kept on breaking. however, the bbc‘s technology reporter, chris fox, had no problems when he reviewed it. this is the samsung galaxy fold, the folding smartphone that samsung hopes people will pay £1800 for. not all analysts share his opinion, some complained about faulty screens after using the phone for as little as one day. earlier i spoke to jake saunders from abi research, and i asked him if samsung will regret rushing the phone out. foldable phones of the f

that i'm joined by janelle to my loan was standing by adam from foot four what do we know about herman cain how terrific would he be on the fed's board. well i'll put it this way there seems to be a lack of nonpartisan voices saying that he would indeed be terrific and those sexual harassment allegations only form part of it in fact his past policy record would leave many shaking their heads he's once advocated a return to the gold standard for example and as in his past career at the council he was known as a hawk advocating against inflation and higher interest rates but surprise his views seem to have evolved to match those of donald trump you know that he's repeatedly attacked the fed for raising interest rates and this would be the biggest issue his appointment would be viewed as a further attempt by trump to influence fed voting and therefore monetary policy. ok so now it's the last trading day or week there's been lots of u.s. china there's been lots of breaks it has to be rounding out for investors. in the do there have been some market swings here trending more towards optimism tha

so he's throwing his support behind herman cain but also signaling that it's a choice for herman cain going here on forward as to his nomination and his status. liz: blake, thank you very much. blake burman. once again, we are looking at the s&p and the nasdaq, pretty much at session highs. we are keeping an eye on it for you, as the closing bell is 48 minutes away. speaking of the federal reserve, you had a whole line of bankers on capitol hill getting grilled, i know that's an overused word, but guess what? you're looking at live pictures at the moment, where every single one of them when challenged supported the federal reserve, some even saying jay powell was doing a fantastic job. by the way, these ceos taking very tough questions mostly from democrats on everything from america's capitalist system to high ballooning executive salaries and the wage gap. listen. >> discriminatory mortgage lending practices. in the time since, what tangible changes have you made to your bank's -- >> if you were an employee and you saw your boss making $486 for every $1 you made, how would you feel

you are not a fan of herman cain and you don't think he should have gotten this job? support him. >> i do not. >> tucker: what to think on what just happened to him? >> he says that it was about his pay cut or something, the reason he withdrew his name. if you take what gloria just did and i believe gloria eldred has done some positive things in her career in terms of giving voice to people who are voiceless by doing things like that actually undermines the movement, undermines when people like to run a burke are doing to give voice to women. >> tucker: to me looks like blackmail. we will show, we will depict your genitals if you don't do what we want you to do which is pull your name and he clearly caved understandably. do you want to live in a society where people want to be blackmailed like that? >> i agree with that. there were credible allegations against him so we have to state that. >> tucker: allegations of lot? >> a woman said that herman cain had done some things that weren't really sexual misconduct. >> tucker: you when i write about side it was consensual?

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we'll see what happens. [ inaudible question ] >> i recommended herman cain. he's a very terrific man, a terrific person. he's a friend of mine. i have recommended him highly for the fed. i told my folks that that's the man and he's doing [ inaudible ] now. i find herman to be an outstanding person, a truly outstanding individual. i would think he would do very well there. yes. reporter: is there still an imminent threat of you potentially closing the border? >> well, you know, mexico has been doing a very good job the last three or four days since we talked about closing the border which is very real, but what's more real initially is tariffs on the cars coming in, 25% tariff on the cars being made in mexico coming in. you know, mexico prior to my becoming president took close to 30% of our car business. that's a lot. it's a big, big chunk. they did that under nafta. i for years have been talking about it. i think nafta's one of the worst deals ever made, one of the worst trade deals ever made, maybe the worst, and mexico took a big chunk of our car business

but herman cain is out. stephen moore is having troubles of his own. they're up for president trump's two board seats. president trump tweeting last our, my friend herman cain, a truly wonderful man has asked me not to nominee him for a seat on the federal reserve board. i will respect his wishing. her man is a great american who truly loves his country. >> execand then there's stephen moore. cnn reporting that steven moore made sexest comments between 2001 and 2003. he has written -- it's more than a sexist comment. this guy has written that women should be banned from refereeing, announcing, or beer vending as men's college basketball games asking if there was any area in life, quote, where men can take vacation from women. i challenge you to a one on one game of basketball any day of the week and i'll let you know, i suck at basketball. >> in a 2000 column, he complained about his wife voting for democrats writing women are so malleable, no wonder there's a gender gap. >> wow. joining us now, editor at large, john harwood. how about a push-up contes

herman cain ran a pizza business which is a serious business. i don't want all pizza business leaders in there, i really don't. i think the two views here by steve moore and herman cain are great contributions to this board. it in no way detracts from the rest of the board members. their academics, i'm a yale graduate, they're fine, fine people and deserve to be on the board, and so do herman cain and steve moore, they just provide diversity of views and they get along with people as well. they're not going to sit there and have a revolution going on and doing all that, they're going to work it out with them and have the arguments and discussions, and come up with a lot better policy for the country. >> good debate guys, thank you boeing still plagued by the safety issues over the 737 max 8 claims we will discuss coming up. >>> disney investors gathering this afternoon for a special preview of the dneisy plus service. a live report straight ahead my ideal cloud? it has to work like air traffic control. it's gotta let new data integrate with data

jonathan: larry kudlow, herman cain are still being considered for the federal reserve board.of candidates. kevin: conservatives here in washington, d.c. such as the heritage thought foundation are very much still backing stephen moore, who has deep ties to the conservative ideology. people like art laffer are still backing stephen moore, in particular. they are saying he is someone who is more of a policy wonk and crafted in the vein that would add a sense of seriousness that is differentiated from someone like herman cain. if you look at herman cain, his chances of being senate confirmed are increasingly not there. the math is not working for him. let's take a look at the senators opposed to that. senator lisa murkowski, mitt cramer coryn , gardner. for herman cain, a difficult path forward, but first even more, the chance is still there. ♪ david we have the u.s./japanese : trade negotiations starting. do we know what we want out of japan? >> we want to get this done and dusted soon because president trump has had a problem with part of his base, and that is the farmers who

herman cain is a tremendous man. thank you very much. >> c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, a discussion about the economic impact of closing the u.s.-mexico border with daniel griswold. then we'll talk about trump administration security clearances with mark say. we will discuss new york city's congestion fee on vehicles entering its most congested streets. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> coming up live friday on c-span, former vice president joe biden will speak at a conference for electrical union workers at 11:00 a.m. eastern. the head of the international atomic energy agency on nuclear safeguards. and then a discussion about having -- combating isis in syria and iraq. the republican national lawyers association in washington, d.c., with senator lindsey graham and doug collins among the speakers. c-span3, the brookings institution takes look at how the mystic po

e >> a woman said that herman cain had done some things that were really sexual misconduct.at of bute -- >> tucker: the one i read about said it was consensual? >> that is the problem. when you conflate something that is consensual with abuse, you .inflate that and that is the bg problem here. what they did to herman cain in that regard saying that we will expose what your genitals look like, either way, that they would that is totally wrong. i would agree with you that gloria allred is actually undermining this and i can tell you that i actually believe that this could be used against women in the future. >> tucker: you think? >> this could be very problematic. this is actually going to hurt women. men don't get body shamed like women do. some dude who had an affair with kamala harris or liz warren is going to say, kind of threaten her in the same way and this is really problematic. again, the other thing -- >> tucker: it hurts men which is every bit as bad as hurting women because human beings are equal. >> i will say one other thing. it seems unfortunately for the right price you

and we've seen what has happened to herman cain.re has told "the wall street journal," if his nomination becomes a liability, if it's going to affect a senator going through the confirmation process, a senator that's going up for re-election, he said he would drop out, if it came to that. now, right now, the white house says they're reviewing this, but of course, brooke, you know that when the president picks someone for a position and they come under backlash, he typically doublings down on it when he sees them being attacked. right now, effectively, this is all going to be up to president trump. >> let me turn the page for that, we're waiting, standing by for this big speech of joe biden's in pittsburgh. and there have been all these reports of what president trump's advisers have been telling him to really not do when it comes to this man newly entered the race here as of just thursday, joe biden. what are you learning? >> yeah, we've heard that the president's advisers, especially the ones related to the campaign have urged the

but i do know herman cain was quite a character back in the day.old one interviewer that he was ready for whatever the media threw at him. >> i'm ready for the "gotcha" questions, and they're already starting to come. and when they ask me who is the president of ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan, i'm going to say, you know, i don't know. do you know? >> stephen: yes, i do. i believe it's premier kazmir oleg hamina-hamina-hamina-hamina- a-oooga! boioioioioioioioioing! ( applause ) and who can forget the end of cain's commercial, in which he spent almost ten seconds slowly smiling. ( laughter ) that's either a kind of creepy ad for a political campaign, or a very creepy ad for invisalign. ( laughter ) cain is an unusual choice, but it's no surprise that trump wants to shake up the fed. after all, he has been complaining for months about their monetary policy, and he even tweeted, "the only problem our economy has is the fed." but let me remind you, most of experience comes from running a pizza chain. evidently, trump thinks "fed" is short for "fettuccin

in the meantime, herman cain said it was an honor but he had to take a pay cut.ounds like spin but you can spin it if you want. that might be a problem for the president. he has to find somebody who does not want to be associated with the way the president has set this up. trumps problem is he made this about attacking the fed independence instead of monetary policy and fresh thinking. it is a difficult issue to see who might take it. there are names popping up. we do not know what donald trump will do, but names include kevin hazzard. he is now the chairman of the council of economic advisors. no idea if he would be interested in moving over. a bloomberg columnist and senior editor for national review magazine, visiting fellow at the american enterprise. he is a journalist. i do not know who would put him in charge of anything but he is well respected among conservatives. he has written a bought -- written a lot about monetary policy and has a good piece on what bloomberg should do next. the most intriguing name is judy shelton. she is a respected if somewhat fr

and the uproar myself and herman cain, people don't want people who checked off the boxes we do.the fed has made a lot of bad decisions in recent years and maybe it's time for different viewpoints. neil: steve, nancy pelosi said that you and herman cain you're ill-suited, in fact, dangerous for the job. what did you make of that? >> look, i think that nancy pelosi is worried about me because she doesn't agree with my economic ideas, but i'm happy to defend my economic ideas in front of nancy pelosi or any of the senate members. i'm looking forward to meeting with them. you've known me for a long time, neil. i'm a supplysider. and trump shares those views and that's one of the reasons i went to work for him. and the fed, i believe they can have 4% real economic growth with no inflation and high employment. and the fed every time we get economic growth, they think oh, my god, we can't have economic growth, we've got to pull back on the money supply. that's a flawed concept. we have rates of 6 and 7% growth under ronald reagan, and john f kid. kennedy. the and this is one of my cent

andy, watching what herman cain is going through and maybe steve moore to a lesser degree, is it becauseyalties or what? >> look, clearly the crime that herman and steve committed is they support the president of the united states. this is the problem that we have. it would be wonderful to have a couple of businessmen on the federal reserve. the federal reserve botched the interest rate increase last year, hurt gdp growth, drove our exports down. it would be good to have common spence experience on the board. it's all because they support president trump. >> in herman cain's case, it's about allegations of a woman that claims he harassed her. some of the issues with steve moore, he's been inconsistent on policy. but they are both seen as like very anti-fed-type people. i'm wondering if part of what you're saying is right that this bull in a china shop approach that the president likes these people at institutions. while it may be a good idea, they're strongly resisted as were you. >> the problem with the federal reserve board is different than what i faced. the unions didn't want me anyw

herman cain dropped out of the 2012 race because of numerous sexual harassment allegations.denies them all. i want you to take a listen to one of the accuser. >> he put his hand on my leg, under my skirt and reached for my genitals. he also grabbed my head and pulled it towards his crotch. i said, what are you doing? you know i have a boyfriend. mr. cain said, you want a job, right? >> at least four women with claims like this. cain denies they're true. doesn't this trouble you? >> we are going through a vetting process in the white house. i'm sure the senate banking committee will do likewise. there's big disputes here. mr. cain disagrees with this point of view. i'm not going to litigate that here. >> it's four women, not just one. >> lord knows, in this town, i come here to work in the white house every 35 years. it's very toxic here. more than i've ever seen. >> larry, nobody has made allegations like this about you or me. >> that's true. we're on the road to heaven. no question about it. >> you know what i'm saying. >> we've seen -- whether it's supreme court justices o