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we are back with dan henninger, james freeman, james all kinds of explanations offered for why the fed fell, what's yours? >> well, i think -- i'm all for criticizing the fed as a general matter, i think they make a lot of mistakes but in this case i think they are making the right move and ironically it's because they are comfortable now raising rates because the economy is doing so well thanks in large part to the man we just saw criticizing the fed. paul: trump tax plan. >> yeah, it's kind of a commentary on how strong the economy is and comfortable raising. paul: some of it, dan, is the result of change basically the fed withdrawing quantitative easing bond buying and zero-rate policy they had for 8 years, that was deliberately intended to get people to sit on the long bond rate so that people would put money into riskier assets like stocks, so prices went up even though the real economy was kind of lousy, mediocre and rates are going up like james said and people are putting money elsewhere and you think, maybe you get correction? >> well, i think that's right, paul, you cannot ov

david: james freeman, let's be honest about here, there are deficits and there are deficits. when you look what the democrats want to do just with one program, just with socialized medicine alone, you have, what is it $33 trillion? it has been estimated over a 10-year period. that is the entire budget. you would have to get rid of defense. you would have to get rid of social security. you would have to get rid of everything else to pay for that one program at least half of the party, would say right now is in favor of. so you got to take your medicine. which is worse, essentially? >> was not an argument that the president's opponents have a better answer right now. sadly this is a bipartisan failing on the spending side. and fastest growing as you know, latest congressional budget office report, fastest growing of the entitlement monsters was obamacare. in terms of taxpayer costs rising. so it has been a problem in both parties and i think the president has put a lot of wins on the board. if he is looking reaction to today, one action is rein in spending. another answer, make

"wall street journal's" james freeman. we have, excuse me, swan street strategies partner, erin pike, "daily caller" editorial director vince coglianese. vince, what do you make first on saudi thing, if you will indulge me, not being privy or seeing this alleged tape the turks insist shows video and has audio of khashoggi getting interrogated and then killed? >> i think the president throughout this process has been both reserving judgment and showing a clear interest in getting to the bottom of what actually happened. the clear signal, sending secretary of state overseas to begin having conversations to figure out what indeed happened. if i'm reading through the president's response throughout this, which i am, the theory he is trying to think clearly what is in america's best interests? if at the end of this we find out this columnist was indeed killed bit saudis in istanbul, the president has to make a decision. what is the response to it? how does he sanction saudi arabia, if at all, how does that serve american intere

joining me to break it down, dagen mcdowell, james freeman and morgan ortagus.see everybody this morning. >> crazy week in news. maria: sure is. we have earnings to continue to flow as we speak. dagen: a very good earnings but growth is on the ballot is the wall street journal editorial today. it was a decisive action by president trump and the white house that put us where we are right now, at a higher growth plateau in the words of james freeman with deregulation and tax reform, unleashing animal spirits and the journal in the editorial points out that we were near a recession at the end of 2015 and this economy grew by less than 2% over the eight consecutive quarters through march 2017. and lo and behold, look where we are now, at 4% growth. maria: that's what the atlanta fed is expecting for fourth quarter as well, 4% after 4.2% for the third quarter. >> we remember not so long ago how many people, many who worked in the obama administration, said this couldn't happen. buthat the united states was doomed to a slow growth, maybe 2% annual increase in gdp and

we are back with dan henninger and james freeman.kinds of expirations offers for why the fed or why stocks fell. what is yours? >> i am all for criticizing the fed as a general matter. i think they make a lot of mistakes but in this case i think they're making the right move and ironically, it is because i think, they are comfortable now raising rates because the economy is doing so well, thanks in large part to the man we just saw criticizing the feds. it is kind of a commentary on how strong the economy is. >> some of this i think, is the result of the change that basically the fed withdrawing the quantity of using bond buying and the zero rate policy that they had for eight years, that was deliberately intended to get people to sit on the long bond rate. that people would put money into riskier assets. like stocks! so prices went up even though the real economy was lousy, mediocre. so now rates are going up like james says, people are kind of putting money elsewhere and you think maybe you have a correction. >> i think that is rig

charles: john, liz, james freeman. every time we go shopping with the family, i'm morey, everybody getting something but me. >> poor charles. charles: strong earnings from proctor & gamble and american express might take on the week at market, what you haven't heard, next. this place isn't for me. that last place was pretty nice. i don't like this whole thing. i think we can do better. change is hard. try to keep an open mind. come on, dad. this is for me, son? principal. we can help you plan for that. neil: so periodically the -- charles: periodically the market will go through a period of self-discovery with market rallies, these periods are actually cathartic. they are because it takes all the facts into the market from macro influences to micro realities. it is also a great time to shake out weak hand that might bog down future rally attempts. it is fine to take all the issues into the account, but at the end of the day, long-term investors have to focus on the fundamentals. even with speculation as primary mover o

one that is to, quote, great james freeman we're at a higher growth plateau. we have unemployment at a 50-year low consumer confidence at 18-year high you name it. this economy is firing on all cylinders and president has enough guts to take on china. in the short run maybe that hurts the market. but again, this is a fight that we need to have, and i love that president obama he -- [laughter] he's out there campaigning. trying to take credit for what is going on in the economy talking about all you hear people youing about economic miracle no we don't think it is a miracle from on high we think it is policies that have been put in place in less than two years to promote growth in this country so we don't think this is some define intervention we think it is smart government policy. [laughter] >> i would just add -- it is simple as that. james -- >> yeah, an i would add you played that clip with the president -- talking about how he's been killing job killing regulations he's actually under promised on this front. he, white house was looking at cutting ten bill

the nba takes on kanye, reportedly banning the yeezy sneakers, fox business network susan li, james freeman and bench mark managing partner kevin kelly. great to see everybody this morning. kevin: the interesting part we were talking about italy is that one of the ways that they will help on budget side is their 5g spectrum, brought in twice the amount they thought, when they are offering the 5g peck strum, brought in double than what they anticipated. [laughter] kevin: silver lining, the italians will be able to stream mornings with maria faster. maria: i like that. >> great way. maria: a lot happening in sports. of course, then there's the news of the day on the kavanaugh hearing, we will see if we actually get the fbi investigation sooner rather than later, the result offense that. >> that's right, the latest fbi investigation, he's had many of them. this was reopened and a number of witnesses being interviewed after they gave statements to senate committee and one of them at least leland keyser has no memory of alleged events. maria: she was christine blasey ford's best friend and dr. f

maria: james freeman, i don't know that it was directly china but there are worries about what the tariffs will mean for growth in terms of earn negotiation the fourth quarter and we will get announcements in the next couple of weeks? >> he's right in part that if you like at the size of tariffs relative to tax cut, relative to overall economy they are not that big, it's the concern about how far does this china fight go, how long does it go, how deep does it go and we are worried about prices and this is why he probably shouldn't be raising the fed on raising rates, we have the index yesterday and we will hear more on earnings. maria: i thought steve forbes made a good point, dagen, he was basically saying why is the federal reserve, the institution that needs to smash down an economy that is doing well, why -- why have this consistent raising interest rates, why not take a break? dagen: well, they're focused on inflation. maria: well, that's my point. there's no inflation. dagen: inflation, wage inflation in some pockets of the market is a concern and they want to get ahead of it and a c

james freeman and thank you for being with us tonight. is this a tough horrible story? what the president said in his tweet about what happened. all of america is in mourning over the mass murder, we pray for those who perished and our hearts go out to the brave police officers who sustained serious injuries. this anti-semitic attack is an attack on humanity. it will take all of us to attack the poison of anti-semitism from the world. what more do you need to hear from the president beyond that? >> this is an attack on all of us, people of all faiths, any group that has been discriminated against and anti-semitism is older than america. this issue is bigger than donald trump. we cannot talk about it and covered through the lens of donald trump but no question this president has parroted the playbook of white supremacists and neo-nazis and provided comfort to people like david duke and richard spencer and their followers and that has real world consequences and this stereotyping has real world consequences. shannon: what would you point to him saying? he has emphatically

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james freeman of "the wall street journal" told us, that is a bad idea.is is a money grab in the sense what is on the table are digital-only taxes this is not a general sales tax. this is not a general corporate profits tax. those taxes already exist in many of these countries that are considering it. they're very heavy, very heavy taxes on corporate income. most of these proposal eu discussed them next month at a finance ministers meeting. you mentioned asia, latin america, they're taxes on revenue, taking a piece of digital traffics as it moves around the world, it is very destructive to growth. ♪ an old friend. a new beginning. some welcome relief... or a cause for celebration. ♪ what's inside? ♪ [laughter] possibilities. what we deliver by delivering. stuart: ten minutes to go we were up 320. now we're up 250. we'll take it. it is a 1% gain at 24,009 who ibm buying red hat. that is cloud computing company in case you didn't know. i didn't. ibm is down two bucks, 3 1/2%. red hat rallying nicely up 47% because ibm is paying a big premium price. >>> tesl

with our own dagen mcdowell, along with the wall street journal assistant editorial page editor james freemans lindsey bell. good to see you. >> good morning. maria: tough day, suggesting that we would see further selloff today and that's what we are seeing, james. >> yeah, when interest rates come up it's normal that case for stocks getting harder but i would also say looking on the positive side very good economic news, st. louis fed and atlanta fed both predicting 4.2% growth on the third quarter which is outstanding. maria: absolutely right, the backdrop is pretty strong, lindsey, the valuations particularly in technology had been getting stretched. that was the word getting into the selloff yesterday, there's that as well. >> i think the market is adjust to go higher rates and when you have higher rates valuations have to come down, a combination of things, you also have announcement that is were pretty negative, inflationary

the "wall street journal"'s james freeman is joining us tomorrow.be talking about the market. just for those of you who western shocked to see that the dow fell 832 points. from the time he was elected, president trump has watched thet now, thank you, ladies, here is lou. lou: good evening, our top stories, hurricane michael has slammed into florida's gulf coast, storm packing winds in excess of 1 50 miles an hour, and massive storm surge, nearly 8 feet in some places on coast, residents respect widespread flooding, the eye of the storm is moving inland. >> it is a tough situation, we're with them, we're with georgia, florida, alabama, everyone that going to be hit we have

james freeman wrote a great piece in the "wall street journal" about this. for americans to have sort of random parts of dna from way back in our history of things other than what we think we are. she clearly put on her applications that she was native american to get jobs at prestigious law schools. liz: it sounds like if you were advising her, you would say drop it and move on. >> yes. if you can't apologize, ignore it and hope it goes away. but she made it an even more important consideration. 1.56% and she gets to call herself a native american. i don't think native american tribes will agree with that. particularly because she did it for reasons of expediency. liz: a potentially ex pleasive move. former trump campaign advisor suing the democrat national committee. (roger) being a good father is important to me so being diagnosed with advanced non-small cell lung cancer made me think of all the things that i wanted to teach my kids. (avo) another tru story with keytruda. (roger) my doctor said i could start on keytruda so i did. with each scan things jus

the "wall street journal"'s james freeman is joining us tomorrow.g about the market. just for those of you who western shocked to see that the dow fell 832 points. from the time he was elected, president trump has watched the markets go up 7,000 points. so a few dollars to account for. ken there are hurricane my knowledge is the strongest hurricane to make landfall in the united states. earlier this afternoon hurricane michael hit just east of panama i, florida packing winds of 155-mile-per-hour. there is still heavy damage in some of the surrounding areas. the storm surge in some places said to be up to 14 feet.

here to react to all the records, james freeman from "the wall street journal" and gary kaltbaum from kaltbaum asset management. they're both fox news contributors. james, let me start with you. what do you think about the equities market? marty feldstein is worried about inflation because the economy is on fire. the fed raising at the same rate. what is your guess will happen? >> hard to say. any market in the world better than the u.s.? expectations are very high still for earnings in this quarter. 19% growth expected. you have seen companies reporting so far are once again beating high expectations. so, very hard to see a shore-term problem with the u.s. economy. you worry about the debt long term. i think italy is kind of a cautionary tale for us on that. but right now, this is a great economy. factories are booming. people are getting jobs. melissa: gary all anybody is talking about is tariffs. now we have a win on trade. does that make you feel even better about equities? >> not necessarily. i actually, even with the dow hitting new highs today i do not like what is going on und

to say about all of this, i'm joined right now on set by "the wall street journal"'s very own james freeman you here, james. i guess one could interpret based on what susan collins has said thus far which in which she's indicated that shelf it is that gi investigation was very comprehensive, that maybe she's preparing people for a yes. >> they certainly feel that way. i would say at the white house seem like they're confident this is going to work out opinion she, obviously, voted to let the debate go forward which would be good sign although it shall >> done that before, right? >> you never know with obamacare she is voted for closure but then -- she changed her vote so maybe you can't read too much into that? >> you can't read too much. it is, obviously, razor thin and this -- nomination goes down, if she decides to vote against the judge here. but i really don't know what the argument would be given that there was none of the corroboration democrats were seeking to any of the allegations. >> that's what's tough i think heather, with the danger here is i've been saying throughout the show

assistant editor of "the wall street journal" editorial page, james freeman, and fox news contributor "washington times" opinion editor, charlie hurt. welcome to all of you. james, "the boston globe" did a story on this and issued two corrections and now it turns out the percentage potentially that senator warren has in her dna makeup could be less than the average european american, the average white person. what is this mean now? >> we should say we are calling it a dna test but this is an analysis that's basically a guest and it's saying that the range for her is, as you suggest, somewhere between a maximum of less than 2% native american and a minimum of less than one-tenth of 1%. if this result is true, i don't know why she's claiming into some some kind of vindication. she could conceivably be less native american than the average resident of the united states. in which case, her claims of minority status would basically be available to everything a person in the country. >> shannon: she is doing a victory lap. i hear charlie laughing and i'm going to get you but i'm going to go

with our power panel, charlie hurt, assistant editor of "the wall street journal" editorial page, james freemank you all for being with us tonight. is this a just horrible story. this is what the president said in his tweets about what happened. all of america is in mourning over the mass murder of jewish americans at the tree of life synagogue in pittsburgh. we pray for those who perished and their loved ones and our hearts go out to the brave police officers who sustained serious injuries. this evil anti-semitic attack is an assault on humanity. it will take all of us working together to extract the poison of anti-semitism of our world. we must unite to conquer hate. what more do you need to hear from the president beyond that? >> let me start by saying that this is an attack on all of us. this is an attack of on peoplef all faiths. in any group that has been discriminated against and certainly anti-semitism is older than america. this is an issue that is much bigger than donald trump and we cannot just talk about it uncovered through the lens of donald trump. but there's no question that thi

gary kaltbaum is here today, kaltbaum capital management president and james freeman, "wall street journal" assistant editorial editor and both are fox news contributors. let's take this apart. i was reading gary k.'s note this morning. >> of course. related after the journal, right? connell: no way to talk about gary, melissa. gary has title on the notes. this is true. kaltbaum on 200-day moving averages and weed. we'll not talk about the marijuana stocks right now, gary, assuming is what you meant by weed but you said it was so important, you couldn't tell us how important it was at some of these levels. we'll get into that today. >> very simply we watched in the last year how three times the market came down to a certain level, almost to the penny and held, came down again on this little mini crash on the last week, if we broke it i thought all heck would break loose. instead institutions came in and bought the living heck out of the market. big help was united health was 80 dow points. nicole petallides, brilliant nicole said it best. it was about earnings today. the hope earnings will

james freeman of "wall street journal" and former advisor to bill clinton, dug shown, good to -- dougood to see you both. >> good to see you trish. trish: people feeling good about the economic data and points to very, very strong fundamentals. people open up the 401(k)s and they see maybe it wasn't as good as it was last month, what kind of effect does that have on psychology for voters? >> trish, at this point, not to duck the question, it is hard to tell because usually these things take a little bit longer to play out than what you're describing which is, you know the beginning of november, they get their 401(k)s, they're down, so they get less inclinedded to vote republican. usually takes three to six months for the impact of a brief downturn, it has been brief and swift. as we sit here today can't really say anything. the polling shows anything the republicans up in the last week or so, certainly in the senate races. trish: james, i personally, i said this earlier in the show i think is a blip. i think there are very, very good fundamentals. the china thing, it's a little bit of

james freeman with us with "the wall street journal" editorial page. ic the mid-materials have become a referendum on trump what say you? >> very much so. you normally have the president and his party on the ballot admit materials typically it is a rough time for a president and his first midterm but i think this year especially it is all about trump just because of the unique nature of this presidency. >> i don't know which way it is going to go whether republicans keep control of the house or not. obviously i don't know. but approval rating at 47% and i have to believe that's largely because of the economy and a the economy's performance. >> yeah. you go into all of those polls deeper and that is the big edge for republicans and for the president. even though he's now a little bit underwater or overall approval he's across just about every poll a strong advantage on the economy. and it is the same thing for republicans generally. so i think it does matter and i think what is new is the enthusiasm on republican side post kavanaugh confirmation that is

james freeman, assistant editor of the "wall street journal" and leslie marshall syndicated radio host good day to all of you. 13 days away, what happens, brad? >> i think it's going to defy history. i think it will be very close in the house. i think that there is a chance better than 50/50 that democrats take it but i hold out hope for republicans and we will keep the senate. >> bill: across the table. >> republican senate. i am looking at a coin flip in the house. history would say they get enough democrats the take over. i think the issues favor the republicans this year. >> bill: leslie. >> i want to be an optimist here. democrats are going to take the house. if nothing just the seats in my state of california alone if california will be completely blue. but i think it's a narrow path and a challenging path to the senate. i'm not sure democrats will take it. i think republicans might hold onto it. >> bill: you are on the record and you have the right to change your mind 13 times. >> sandra: a lot can change between now and then. meanwhile we have to ask you about president trump s

mark hamrick and james freeman from "the wall street journal" all here in the studio.ne of those days where you have a lot swirling around. we've been covering the breaking areas of the suspicious packages. texas instruments may be on the concerning type woody make about the cross currents? >> equity traders are people like the rest of us are they see this stuff on the news it doesn't make you happy and optimistic and certain lame some precursor is obviously going to do in the market. i think as we look what it is today, most of that is earnings concern. texas instruments kind of somewhat negative outlook on the other companies. basically these corporate earnings which have been so amazing i still really great, but maybe just not quite as great in the earnings outlook is not quite as great as expect it. connell: on a come talk about rates in a moment, but on the texas instruments report, went back and looked at the conference call comment. they didn't specifically say that territory problem for them. demand is slowing down. it would be fair to say why would demand is s

little bit with "wall street journal's" top, top editor, also best-selling author of borrowed time, james freemanexplain that. explain that i always thought it would be a problematic time. >> thank you, neil this is the greatest show ever created. you are the most brilliant host. neil: there you go. >> not just in the history of broadcasting but history of civilization itself. neil: i always say that. >> look at history, october, normally had disasters, but the midterm election years tend to be pretty good. when people think of october for stocks, they think of, 1929, 1987, a lot of bad times. but this, this actually is often in midterm years. look at achievements of last couple years, you know, the tax cut, deregulation, i think, barring a roll back, of those things, it should be -- neil: that is what i loved looked only through prism of money and markets. >> right. neil: kept a lot of other nonsense out. but one of the things that interested me until in the whole market the market run-up is already reflected and could be undone by what happens in a month. >> the market sees very good earnings.

brian: this is a review of your book in "the weekly standard" by a man named james banner. "freeman'srch is prodigious and her scholarship unimpeachable, by shifting her gaze from the conventionally cited causes of the civil war, she has deepened our understanding of its coming. she draws attention to the realities of government, the rules, process and ethos and how their degradation can spill beyond institutions to affect, in this case fatally, wider public life. does it hurt to hear things like that? [laughter] joanne: it was very nice to see that review. after working on this book for 17 years, getting positive reviews is a wonderful thing. brian: does it have any impact on sales? joanne: i could not tell you that yet. [laughter] i mean, you would assume it would, right? i don't know that yet. the book came out a week and a half ago. brian: your early comments in here, january of this year. are you on to your next book? if you are, what is it about? joanne: i am pondering how to jump into my next book. my next book has a working title, "hunting for hamilton." i don't want to write

brian: this is a review of your book in the weekly standard by a man named james banner. "freeman'srch prodigious, her scholarship unimpeachable, by shifting her gaze from the conventionally causes of the civil war, she is deepened our understanding of its coming. she does not discount other sources of the union, but instead draws attention to the realities of governance, its rules, processes, and ethos, and the way their degradations can spill beyond institutions to affect wider public life." i can go on. does that hurt to hear things like that? joanne: it was very nice to see that review. after working on this book for 17 years, getting positive reviews is a wonderful thing. brian: that have an impact on sales? joanne: i couldn't tell you that yet. [laughter] you assume it would, right? i don't know that yet. the book came out a week and a half ago. brian: your early comments in here were january the you write in this book, of this year. are you on to your next book? if you are, what is it about? joanne: i am pondering how to jump into my next book. it has a working title, "huntin

thank you, james freeman, "wall street journal." nice to see you. >> sandra: a new op-ed says we should count on hillary clinton running for president in 2020. our a-team will be here to take that one up. plus more than 30 years ago ronald reagan and mikael gorbachev signed a historic arms treaty and why president trump is threatening to walk away. >> president trump: we won't let them violate a nuclear agreement and go out and do weapons and we aren't allowed to. we're the ones who have stayed in the agreement and we've honored the agreement. russia has not, unfortunately, honored the agreement. we'll terminate the agreement and we'll pull out. he typical vm head has its limitations, so shark invented duo clean. while deep cleaning carpets, the added soft brush roll picks up large particles, gives floors a polished look, and fearlessly devours piles. duo clean technology, corded and cord-free. >> bill: $2 and a dream. no winners, no winners, no super you, sandra. last week's mega millions jacking up the mega prize to a record $1.6

james freeman is with us this monday, the wall street journal kind of guy.'s talk you say that elizabeth warren is essentially killed identity politics. >> i would say she gets away with this, is the democratic if they embrace her she is a reelection in massachusetts and is likely to see presidential nomination in 2020. she can get away with saying i am a minority, i am a native american, it means almost the entire country, maybe the entire country can claim minority status and at that point, what is left of identity politics? >> white people on average have more native american blood than senator elizabeth warren, according to the spirit. >> it is in the range. and we should say, the president called a bogus but we do need to emphasize this is an analysis, not a test. so the test is done and then what happened is, she got a stanford professor to guess what her native american heritage might be. his guest falls in the range that includes, the average white person in the united states. in terms of their amount of native american heritage. it is a range from a

say hello to america's a-team richard fowler, james freeman, "wall street journal," and liz harringtonce to see you as well. it's that america, who is that america? >> why is she doing this? this is the question since the 2016 election. she is acting like she wants to run again. usually after losing an election you think of jimmy carter, george h.w. bush. they wanted to refurbish their reputation and national figure, she is throwing partisan punches. i've been told it is not because she wants to run again. someone as close to the clintons tells me that they still have not come to grips with that loss. >> bill: that's ptsd in a political form. >> a lot of this stuff that russia that most people look at did that swing the election. i think they may be buying into it. it's odd. >> sandra: richard fowler is sitting next to you. does your party like to see her put herself out there? >> clinton's views on trumps aren't anything new and surprising. she referred how he handled charlottesville. he didn't handle it the best and references his attack against lg -- they -- this is nothing knew. i

back to you james freeman. >> yes, sir.[laughter] >> you look at mark zuckerberg and elon musk -- these guys are indeed geniuses but should they be running major corporations? >> look, i think there's a lot to criticize on these guys. and mr. zuckerberg in particular questions about bias against conserve withtives on his network is it a -- but i think in this case they are the victims here. because this is an xeak i think it is a qarng you look at the reaction in europe this is kind of a warning to the united states before we enact a regulation. and they're criticized for not providing more detail because they were encouraged to report it right away. now, the big fine up to -- roughly a billion and a half dollars it's based on a judgment it will be a judgment on what is appropriate defense of your network from malicious attacks this is a sort of regulated discretion issue -- test of liability on the part of facebook when they're at who is liable and for how much that's the the question -- that's what they're going to decide