joe. -joe t.: yep? lemonis: come here, bud.n't have a conversation with somebody without erupting, he's never gonna grow professionally. i told you when i came back for the opening that i was super proud of what you did... joe t.: thank you. lemonis: ...and that i felt like you did all the work. i don't think you ever felt like i didn't give you that credit. joe t.: no, of course. yeah. -lemonis: okay. -joe t.: okay. lemonis: the only thing that's missing is your ability to absorb information from other people. because i think it'll -- honestly, i think it'll help. it'll make people feel like they can approach you. joe t.: but i've never done business with anyone who feels that i'm unapproachable. i do well with relationships. lemonis: but let's assume that we can work on it. joe t.: but, yeah, as long as you don't stick your foot out to trip me, we'll keep moving, but don't try to trip me up. lemonis: but he may even do that. joe t.: then we're gonna go to war. lemonis: no, you don't have to go to war. what you have to do is j

joe: i'm joe weisenthal.re tuning and live on twitter, and we want to welcome you to our closing bell coverage. scarlet we begin with our market minute. while all indications were before the u.s. trading day began that we would have a selloff but as it turns out, not much of a selloff. joe: i say almost comical. everyone has been waiting for volatility to pick up. we have this great storyline about dysfunction in d.c., no tax cuts. it didn't happen. scarlet: the dow has declined four and eight straight day, the longest losing streak since august 2011. a six-year-long losing streak. levelso at the lowest since every 14. within the s&p 500, if you look see health, you can care and materials the best performers. health care higher on relief, some of the names like hospitals, the status quo remains. telecom one of the big losers. a lot of those bond proxies like telecom, like utilities, like financials which move in verse two that, doing not so well. in terms of individual movers, i want to highlight dupont here,

signed "joe." i knew that joe wasn't going to campaign for me, but i also knew that he wasn't going to badmouth me either. i am proud to say that in the eight years that joe has been vice president of the united states, i have never uttered an unkind word about him or president obama. i figured, who cared what i had to say anyway? and second they were elected and entitled to our respect. joe certainly demonstrated how much he deserves this award tonight. he has had his ups and downs, tragedies in the family, he has suffered through it all. he is our friend. i don't know anybody who was mad at joe biden. were you, george? >> no. [laughter] >> we might have been a little tense now and then, but nothing serious. joe, i am proud to be a part of this team to present to you with the patriot award for all you have done for america. we could be democrats and republicans and independents, and protesters. but most americans are patriots. we have had a patriot serving as vice president for 8 years. he has mad

joe: i'm joe weisenthal. we are 30 minutes from the close of trading in the u.s. scarlet: holding on to gains. the question is "what'd you miss?" willet: judge neil gorsuch deliver his opening address. he spoke at the judiciary committee. this is the first am a weeklong confirmation hearing that will be highly watched. a political blow for president trump, the fbi director theirming a probe between trump campaign and russia. and the salesforce ceo opens up about his visit to the white house and why he is focused on workforce development. joe: let's look at where the major averages stand as we head toward the close. abigail: we are looking at not a lot of action heading into the close. mixed action, but the dow and nasdaq are higher. this reflects the trading action we have seen all day, basically flat, unchanged but focusing between small gains -- fluctuating between small gains and losses. the niece the column surface, here are some of the movers for the s&p 500. we're looking at two chip stocks , both highe

joe: and i'm joe weisenthal. scarlet: u.s.tocks heading to one of their steepest declines of the year. joe: but the question is, "what'd you miss?" scarlet: thanks ox seen relentless selling, falling as much as 3.7%, the biggest decline since the monday after the brexit vote. washington, top republicans warning that a failure to repeal obamacare could endanger the goal of a massive tax cut that the white house has promised. reports third quarter earnings after the bell today, taking a look at why they are tracking more short-sellers than ever before. joe: let's look at where the major averages stand as we enter the close. abigail doolittle is standing by. abigail: as for the just mentioned, we're looking at selloffs heading into the close. the dow, the s&p 500, the nasdaq, all's -- all sharply lower. it will be interesting to see if new lows will be factored into the closed. we have the russell 2000 down more than 2%, the worst days in september 9 last year. for the other averages it is the worst selloff since october 11. reac

joe: i'm joe weisenthal. we are 30 minutes from the close of trading in the u.s.carlet: stocks and oil sliding ahead of a looming rate increase. joe: the question is, what you miss? scarlet: done deal. the fed all but certain to raise rates by 25 basis points, what it is the pace of hikes the next three years that is up for grabs. the price of crude continues to slide after saudi arabia said it reversed some production cuts it had made. is the opec deal on the verge of falling apart? european political drama. the netherlands votes tomorrow while the u.k. is triggering departure from the european union. joe: bill ackman has thrown in his valeant investment. julie hyman has more on that. howe: we cannot estimate much he lost on diet but we know it is considerable. by one estimate he invested 4 billion into the stock before it tumbled to it is a heavily shorted stock. wasysts say that if ackman not going to hang on after all this time, there's not much reason to own it. if you look at the longer-term chart of the valeant, you see the trajectory. he partnered with the

joe biden is a negotiator. he is a dealmaker. he is in the highest meaning of the word a legislator. with the legislative record that is surpassed by very few if any of the nearly 2000 men and women who sit -- serve in the united states senate since our nations founding. this is the joe biden i've had the great privilege of knowing, working with and calling it clears -- a close and dear friend. i'm proud to join bob dole in presenting this congressional patriot award to vice president joe biden. and i would like now to say just a word about senator dole who will join me, will say a few words before joe receives the award in response. i want to tell two stories about senator dole, one serious and one not so serious. on the day that i was elected senate majority leader the first person i called was bob dole who was then the republican leader. i asked if i could come to see him. he agreed. i walked a few steps down the senate corridor to bob's office. i said to him that he had been in the congress for more than a quarter-century. i

joe: and i am joe weisenthal.e tuning in live on twitter we want to welcome you to our closing bell coverage. we begin with our market minutes. we should make clear when you talk about the blockbuster jobs data it was a private payroll. joe: has a sort of shaky connection. nonetheless, if you are excited about friday's report and the good data come exciting number. scarlet: we will get to the data on friday in just a minute. here is how today is about to close. we were up, down, a bit of everything. you are looking at the dow off by almost 70 points. straight dayhird of decline for both the dow and s&p. when you look at the industry groups and how they perform i'm going to pull it up on the bloomberg. at the end of the day we're talking about four sectors higher versus seven lower. but a lot moving by not much. only three sectors moved by more than 1%. utilities, real estate where the common trust. -- you see energy getting clobbered. xle following the most in what the six months. those are some of the big decline

oliver: -- joe: and i'm joe weisenthal. scarlet: pacing gains in the s&p 500.oe: the question is, "what'd you miss?" hear from awill hedge fund manager who sees opportunity in clean energy. an unexpected boost. mexico's mind -- finance ministry got a windfall. we will share with the government plans to do with that surplus. a likely trade deal according to -- to thes ambassador u.k.'s ambassador to the u.s. now let's look at where the major averages stand as we head toward the close. bloombergs abigail doolittle is standing by. -- bloomberg's abigail doolittle is standing by. the nasdaq, s&p 500, and the s&p -- and the dow are all up. by the financial sector, along with energy. one mover on the day, first solar. down about 2% on the day. -- this as ubs cut its estimates, citing pricing pressure out of china. drop, we sawthis something similar out of jp morgan with the analysts there cutting -- analyst there cutting his estimate, saying there are pricing issues at play. some bearishness there. one could wonder whether or not president trump cutting back environm

joe: i am joe weisenthal. scarlet: u.s.tocks are adding to record highs despite a lack of details from president trump's speech last night. joe: the question is what did you miss? scarlet: the dow more than 300 20 $1000ross milestone. the s&p 500 reaching 400. light on details. president trump's's time speech to congress failing -- the of a treasure investment. a policy prescription. a nobel prize-winning economist sits down with us exclusively for a half-hour. joe: let's look at where the .ajor averages stands >> this is the best rally for major averages. well more than 1% as you can see, a string of new record highs here. 21,000, 19,000, 20,000 today. pretty impressive. 5096, and we have the dow in purple, the s&p 500, in white, we have the nasdaq. is ae 1990's, this frequent occurrence. we have simultaneous record high after simultaneous record high. averages really associated with the trump trade, the dow transports, these are all putting in record highs. it is a broad-based rally. the chief head of technical analysis -

joe: we look at the polls.ound, le pen and next round and doesn't seem like she has a chance. you have taken another approach in which you have layered on top of each other very potential voters that she can draw from, some from the left wing candidate and some other candidates. and it is plausible she could get to 50%. explain the work. >> the definition of a stress test. and when you look at small candidates on the far left, 19% chance that voters are going to te for le pen and you go for people who say they are not going to vote and it maybe shameful for le pen and take these people who are not going to vote and assume they are going to vote for le pen. and people on the left. center left and center right and extremely low probability. there is very much the far left and people on the far right as far as the party where there is a probability of them voting for le pen and presume they will go. and she would basically have won the election. scarlett: does it matter that the candidates from the far left or far

joe: i'm joe weisenthal.e tuning in on twitter, welcome to the closing bell coverage. ♪ scarlet: we begin with the market minutes, it is t minus one day for the jobs report. in the meantime, not a lot of action. joe: but it is misleading, because there is not much action here, but we have interesting stuff to talk about. scarlet: the eighth year anniversary of the bull market. 9, the s&p 500ch climbing 250%, a 97 month old bull market. and on a percentage gain basis, the third biggest rally trailing the rally from 1990-2000 and 1949-1956. an incredible run since 2000 and fed in terms of the interesting movers, i want to look at retailers. staples with the biggest drop in months. they will shut 70 stores across north america. and -- rallying, posting a smaller loss than expected. and the best performer in the s&p 500, signet jewelers. you know as the owner of kay's. up as much as 9.6%. it gained on an announcement that it will relocate stores away from malls. the problem is, the benefits will not be felt immed

jonathan: joe. joe: that is a possibility. will pace,he whether it is june, or later, against what they see as financial market conditions, as evidenced partly by where equities are lending and the like. the last thing the fed wants to do is cut off this apparently strong recovery. jonathan: gershon? gershon: i must be the only one rooting for higher rates. i think about the end investor -- they are getting choked might not have enough income. in the mud market, we feel bad when rates go up, but to the extent it will help generate more income -- that is what people need. . jonathan: is that more than for the economy -- is that good for the economy more broadly, joe? joe: i think there is an output gap. for people might come into the market. the under-employment rate is declining, but there is more to do. that was chair yellen's goal. they will air on the side of caution and pace accordingly. jonathan: krishna, as we look --ad you look at the dots those people will not exist at the fomc. how much attention will you pay to 2018,

joe: if you are tuning in --scarlet: i am scarlet fu. joe: i am joe weisenthal.et: we begin with market minutes. a meandering day for the man -- major indexes, the nasdaq closing down. we don't get a record high for the final day of the first quarter, and the trading day and month. fromt a bit of a come down what has been a blistering first quarter. joe: we will go right to the end. scarlet: i will pull up on the bloomberg, give me a second, how the major indexes performed or the industry groups in the s&p 500 for the quarter. ,his has been since december 30 2016, tech, discretionary health care, the best gainers renewed energy jumped 7.3%. down 5% for the time. so you had nine winners in terms of industry groups, to decliners, and -- two decliners, and financials up 2%. surprising to people that expected bigger gains given the reflation trade at the start of the year. as for the daily movers, smp had its biggest year. it was the biggest in the s&p 500. this company is going to entry trust -- antitrust clearances. they went with a pesticide maker. 2015.erry, best

joe: i'm joe weisenthal.you are tuning in on twitter, we want to welcome you to our closing bell coverage, every weekday from 4:00-5:00 eastern. >> we begin with our markets update and what was an to end what was not a very strong week here. the s&p 500 looking like it's first down week and seven. the reaction today did not look too bad for that jobs report. i also want to look at the group that was held up as the out performer in the wake of the election. that outperformance has struck -- truck here. russella look at their 2000 relative to the s&p 500. some big gains in the russell in the week following the election -- in the week following the election. it peaked in early december. since then, it has been stabilized, even going down. this week, it pulled back more than 2%. it's decline this week was really outside, relative to its large peers. joe: let's take a look at the government bond markets, lots -- lots of action there. yields coming in a little bit today. we got that strong jobs report at 8:30. we w

joe: "what'd you miss?"rian ministers were in new york attending -- among those in attendance were the minister of finance and minister of energy commerce and industry and tourism. both join me for a conversation on investment. >> it is quite good, actually. the lasten difficult two years with this type of economy has achieved a remarkable recovery. a growth rate of 3% gdp. we operate with a balanced budget for the last two years. things have improved significantly. the banking sector also has healed to a significant extent. we are good. joe: what would you characterize as a key drivers? there are other eurozone countries that continue to perform quite poorly economically after their bailout. what has made it work for cyprus? >> first of all we have some strong promising sectors like , businessd shipping services which have performed strongly. also were very determined and focused on establishing and maintaining a pro-business economic environment. we have not been raising taxes. we have been lowering taxes

joe: thanks, abigail. let's talk more about the federal reserve because janet yellen gave a big speech in chicago. here are some highlights from the meeting. is a key 1 --is "at our meeting later this month, the committee will evaluate if employment and inflation are continuing to evolve in line with our expectations, in which case, a further adjustment of the federal funds rate will likely e appropriate." she's pretty much saying it's pretty much a go unless something happens in next week's jobs report. toshe saying they're going hike, but it's not going to be particularly fast. and one more key quote where she says the committee currently assesses the risks to the outlook to be roughly balanced, so she says they are probably going to hike. is still theual plan, and this puts more of a focus on the jobs report friday. the consensus right now among afterss that was surveyed 227,000 jobs in january. janet yellen lowered the bar when it comes to expectations. she says the long-term labor force growth rate is

joe: big picture. u.s.n and inventories are climbing back out and that is keeping a lid on prices. , all oft out, if they these producers and drillers are at the mercy of banks does it stand to reason banks can determine the global price? >> banks have a big say in this. no doubt about it. these credit lines are the lifeblood of what runs through their companies now. it's not the only source. there's not a lot of equity issues. this is going to be a big determinant to how fast the sector can grow. scarlet: you have the empty companies, you have drillers. financially which are any better physicians? -- physicians? >> the drillers are doing the best. we see an enormous amount of growth. they are bullish on their prospects. oil service companies are still struggling. they cut their fees back last year to keep business. they had hoped to see increases this year as production ramped up. the drillers are still resisting. we will see. joe: what does the cost side of the business look like? how long -- how will hav

joe weisenthal appeared.rlet: we brought him in early because we knew to get intelligence -- final thoughts on the last hour of the fed coverage from janet yellen's news conference. what was your take away? joe: let's look at the work function on the bloomberg. we talk about it all the time. tom: there you go. joe: to try to figure out what is next -- as you can see, the markets not assigning much volatility of a may hike. june is a coin flip, 47%. we are several months out from all of these, and we know what we were a few weeks ago go into this meeting, in the last two weeks the fed job owned it into a lock. at the moment, the markets assessing another hike as soon as june. scarlet: so, coin for, as you mentioned. and, tom, we have the updated dots everyone has been looking at, and you have been adding circles to the dots as well. we look at rate increases, but there is more coalescing their. tom: we go up on the median line, then go flat, flat, flat. kathleen hays is in washington or she has some final thou

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joe: and i'm joe weisenthal. we are 30 minutes from the close of trading in the u.s.he question is -- "what'd you miss?" i vote in george moments. house republican leaders are not confident they have enough votes to pass a health care bill -- a do or die vote in moments. will the white house be able to deliver on its policies? economics of people could be measured by a much more morbid gauge. mortality rates used as a measure of prosperity. joe: let's look at where major averages stand as we head toward the close. abigail doolittle is standing by. abigail: it's not surprising in the face of the drama in d.c. over the health care bill, if it will be passed or not, we have serious intraday volatility. we looked at the best gains for the week for the dow, s&p 500, and nasdaq earlier today, and now we are looking at declines. the nasdaq really helped by butngth in chip stocks, that uncertainty certainly weigh in on the minds of investors. as you and scarlet pointed out, it goes well beyond health care, but the idea that if this bill does not get past, it could put some of

joe: i am joe weisenthal.u are tuning in live on twitter, we want to welcome you every weekday from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. eastern. scarlet: we begin with our market minutes. after closing little changed on friday, stocks retreating but off the lows of the session. the dow losing 50 points. the s&p losing .3%. joe: it had been lower earlier. not a huge loss. 22% not nothing. scarlet: it is still a broad decline. i'm looking at the group rate of returns for the first level of the s&p 500. it is split into 11 industry groups. ienergy the only group to gain. materials, financials, health care the biggest laggards. although none falling by more than .6%. doesrs declining, airlines not figure into the 11 industry groups. we saw delta cutting its forecast for passenger revenue. felt us that it will be flat is quarter versus an earlier outlook that it would rise as much as 2%. you are seeing declines in at least 2.4% for other major carriers. snapted to highlight falling for the first time since its ipo last week. five ou

joe: and i'm josie wiesenthal. -- and i'm joe weisenthal.carlet: stocks are trading 1% below all-time highs. joe: but the question is what you miss? bill to the republican his obamacare is being savaged with one senator saying "it is dead on arrival." house speaker ryan and a committee chairman on the affordable care act will be holding a news conference on the capitol. plus, analysts on snap say to sell the company. the company has been tumbling from its highs. we will look at what is behind pessimism on snap. joe: now let's look at where the major averages stand as we head towards the close. abigail doolittle is standing by. abigail: not a lot of action for the major averages heading into the close. downs&p 500, nasdaq, all ever so slightly. both the dow and the nasdaq traded slightly higher earlier but basically, we're looking at the fines for a second day in a row, but not a lot of conviction . the s&p 500 with one of the smallest trading ranges of the does but if the s&p 500 close down the second day in a row, first time we have seen th

joe: i am joe weisenthal.are tuning in life on twitter, we want to welcome you to our closing bell coverage. scarlet: in moments, we will take you live to the department of justice where attorney general jeff sessions is preparing to make a statement any moment now. we will bring you those comments live on bloomberg television and radio. sessions, under fire for conversations he says he never had with russia. first, market minutes. u.s. stocks giving back a lot of advances from yesterday. yesterday, the biggest advance of the year. today, steep decline. we are still accustomed to minute moves.e -- near session lows. joe: pretty remarkable. we had those huge gains yesterday, now, give back. we will talk about, in the market minutes, that everything felt off -- selloff. scarlet: one thing that did not selloff was not. it made a trading debut today. it opened at 24. closing around 24 and change. it got as high as 26.05. a pretty good day. in terms of the other movers, count the early -- caterpillar. the biggest d

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joe? >> i think, sam stein, when you have the aarp against the bill and the american medical association against a bill, and freedom works against the bill, and heritage against the bill, and club for growth against the bill, that bill is not going to pass the house of representatives. and, more importantly, i think donald trump may believe that, because he won the election, all of these people are going to cave. i just know in my case, every time i voted against a bill, even my own party's bill and i went back to my district and said it wasn't conservative enough, my numbers went way up, not way down. and, i mean, di that in the middle of a republican tidal wave. all of these guys that the white house thinks they can run over are guys that get elected in 2010 and have had their entire political lives framed by health care like my entire political life was framed by balance budgets and lower deficits. >> sure. i'm curious. i want to get your take on this too, because i do -- knowing all of

joe: thanks.epublicans may be making another run at passing the health care bill that they abruptly pulled from the floor last week in an embarrassing setback. two public and lawmakers say leaders are discussing holding a vote even if it means staying into the weekend, but it's unclear what changes will be made to the gop health bill that did not get enough votes. our with the latest is white house editor and our reporter who has been covering health care and taxes. sahil, it looked like it was over and everyone was moving on, going to taxes. how realistic could it be that next week, they pick it up again and vote on a health care bill? is far from certain. we do not know what will happen, but there is a goal among house republican leaders of giving this another stab, taking another shot and potentially voting as early as next week. the main thing that has changed is the political dynamic for some house republicans. they are hearing from there can and activists and donors who are very upset, some

joe: let's talk about that.ght be talking about equities or going to the long end of the curve. you are into alternative risk tacticalthe serpent strategies that historically outperformed, that are not necessarily correlated to risk. one that you cite in your work is a trend following strategy. how does it offer diversification? why should to be categorized as a form of risk premium? >> with the value growth, etc.. when you play the alternative you play only the outer parts. the trend is very basic. stocks thereon the is a trend. it continues to win. this has been academically shown to be consistent through time. they have been in the market for a long time. value is one. trend is one. carry strategies is another one. about howk multi-asset managers can implement new asset classes. >> you see a lot of lines being worried about equity moderation. they say i want to have some equity but i want have risk management inside of it. they will ask is to have dynamic pieces inside of this. the corridor or of -- a quarter

>> good morning, joe. and whatever you want. scott is just fine. >> you know what, don't say i can call you anything i want. a lot of people are calling you some things you probably don't like, as you know. you're going to be speaking to cera soon. can you give us some highlights of what you're going to be saying to that industry group? >> you know, for the last several years -- and it's great to be in houston, joe, and good to be with you this morning as well. for the last several years, we've adopted this mentality you can't be pro growth and pro jobs and pro environment. that's never the way we've done business as a country. one of the things i think we need to do is have an attitude that says we can be pro growth, pro jobs, and pro environment. we've had a 63% reduction in air pollutants since our program. we have opportunities to improve that across the country. this idea if you're pro environment, anti-energy, is something that has to change. we're working on that very much. >> two weeks and two days you've been there. so

we're here with joe scarborough.king before the break about your bestie, donald trump. >> yup. >> stephen: now, do you think this is a sustainable atmosphere we're in right now? because i feel like-- i was walking around this weekend thinking, like, "i don't know whether it's the emotion or the divisiveness or just some sort of general vibe in the country. this doesn't feel like it can go on at this fever pitch for a long time." >> it just can't. and i'll tell you, there are so many people-- republicans and democrats alike-- people that have voted for him, people who didn't vote for him, that all agree, this-- this pace just can't be sustained. >> stephen: will donald trump make it all four years of his term? >> that's up to donald trump. i mean-- >> stephen: what do you-- what do you think, joe? >> well, i think if he continues the way he continued the first month, i just don't think it's sustainable. and i don't think it will last four years. >> stephen: or will we just get used to it? will we just build a callous

joe? >> mark halpern, there was some legal writers over this weekend that were actually digging into this. and september commelegal writer fans necessarily of donald trump. i'll post some of those later on this morning on twitter, their articles. but they kept commenting about highly legalistic the obama administration's denials were, especially josh earnest. do you believe -- have you heard the suggests that perhaps there were some conversations that were intercepted when the fbi, the fisa court agreed to let them conduct surveillance on, let's say, russian agents that they believed were acting against the united states' best interest? >> there were speculation about that even before the weekend. then as you pointed to, josh earnest's legalistic responses on a sunday show who raised the suspicion that people have that that is what is going on here. and you could imagine, if somehow the president trump knew about that, that he was responding to not what he said on twitter but just the noti

>> joe?itting around and saying this every morning since the president got sworn in and was lying about crowd ses and lying about several other thin things, but what i'm hearing and what other reporters are hearing and certainly what david ignatius said earlier on our show this week, the business community doesn't care. they say that is donald trump. as long as we get our tax cuts and regulatory relief, we are fine. and david ignatius said foreign leaders have now sort of just balanced it in. they figured it in. china went from being very nervous about donald trump to starting to figure out, well, that is just kind of what he do does. we are going to look at his actions rather than any words rather than his tweets. >> sounds like they don't take him seriously saying that is the way he is, he lies. >> i think what they are thinking is what republican leaders are thinking on the hill. we are going to get what we want out of this guy. he is going to be distracted by all of these other things and

joe was first elected to the senate in the 1972.ter and beau survived the crash. >> the only way you deal with those things, a lot of people very dealt with things like what happened to me i think is you just got to, you got to the focus on what's left, what you have. >> reporter: the consummate family man, joe was sworn into office a few weeks later in the hospital at the bedside of 4-year-old beau. the beginning of an inseparable bond with his boys >> my friend, my father, my hero, the next vice president of the united states, joe biden. >> reporter: the vice president was devastated by beau's death. >> when anyone's in trouble, everyone sort of closes ranks around each other. >> reporter: reporter michael minimum moley has covered the biden family for years. >> while the vice president was obviously stricken with his grief, his focus was on his family. >> reporter: biden considered selling his house to help beau's family but he says president obama talked him out of it. >> this is no big deal, mr. president. he said we'll give yo

>> joe, thank you. craig melvin in

vote tonight joe. we heard moments ago, i heard from a senior republican sources informed there will be no vote tonight. this is a huge set back for speaker paul ryan and president trump. their first big initiative. they've been barreling to this a few monthsst for years. several they simply do not have the votes. >> we do though that the trump presented their final offer to the freedom caucus this morning. was it in that final offer that didn't pass muster? would not sure i characterize it as a final word. the official word from them and including from the freedom caucus negotiations are ongoing. a lengthyaving meeting on capitol hill. was in the offer was to repeal the regulations in the affordable care act that conservatives dislike and want to see gone. lowerelieve it will costs. insurance companies to cover 11 benefits in every sell.nce policy that they conservatives want this gone. they have all sorts of problems thise senate getting through. there was an appetite on the right flank to do that. s

that is craig's hero, joe johnston. now, craig pointed out that jefferson davis had fired johnston just before the fall of atlanta, and he also pointed out that now davis had to swallow his pride and bring johnston back. why would he do that? well, he had no choice. after george h. thomas destroyed john bell hood and his army of tennessee at nashville in december, 1864, there is no confederate general left to attle sherman except for joseph e. johnson. so johnston takes over what is left of the confederate army in the carolinas, and he gives sherman, as we heard, a momentary scare at bentonville. hen he had to fall back before the surging yankees. well, sherman felt that he had done the right thing. he believed that his destructive war was a more direct way to get to the desired end of ending this civil war, defeating the confederacy, restoring the union. he certainly did not want to get back into the meat grinder of war. but what's going to happen now? he's in carolina. joe johnston is back again. well, craig's already

what do you think, joe?ood point that we are raising a generation of pasty faced hunchbacked. the problem is the real world gets terrible yelp reviews, it's very harsh out there. maybe i think i'm going to go off the grid, but i'm barely keeping myself alive using group on. all of those silicon valley people send their kids to these schools where the writing on chalkboards and stuff like that. maybe they know something. they're sending their kids there. >> tom: they do it too much, i'm the one on my phone because i won't give my kids phones. they don't get them. >> if you change the age from 13 to 16, there go a half of my facebook followers. >> tom: we depend on these things and we know it's a problem, but what did you do when you rode the subway before you had a phone? >> you used your walkman. >> the failing "new york times" in all these places are freaking out because corporate media is losing its luster. it would be a shame if someone tweeted awful things right now now -- >> tom: you're setting your arm

joe madison as well. president trump tweeted a video today with the words "make america great again." let's watch part of this video. ♪ >> a new chapter of american greatness is now beginning. a new national pride is sweeping across our nation. and a new surge of optimism is placing impossible dreams firmly within our grasp. what we are witnessing today is the renewal of the american spirit. >> so now private citizen trump has always been about branding. what did you make of that video, john? >> it's like i said at the beginning of the show. it's about renewing a revival of jobs in america. as i've said over and over and over, jobs, a growing economy, economic prosperity makes everybody happy, and if is the great equalizer that's really what he needs to be focusing on is bringing jobs back to the united states, getting people back to work, keeping them working, raising wages, creating opportunity, expanding the economy for everybody. if he can do that, he's going to get reelected in 2020 by a bigger margi

>> that's not right, joe. >>> i hope they have sean spicer's room ready. >> oh, i don't know about that. all right. >> come on. i think that may be next. >> you think that's coming? >> yeah. i think that could be. >>> look at the questions surrounding jeff sessions because they all center on russian ambassador sergey kislyak. you are taking a closer look at this guy. who is this man? >> well known amongst the community being a fixture in washington, d.c. 66 years old. he has an elder daughter. he joined the foreign ministry in 1995. since 2008 the ambassador in washington. take a look at jeff sessions chronology. the big question here is why not on january 10th, just say i met with the russian ambassador because that is who you talked to when you're worried there is meddling in the election and that there is hacking. the best anecdote of the day. the ambassador host parties for fellow dimplomats and at a recet event bartenders served vodka, the brand sold by costco. i want that diplomatic cable that is saying

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you know what joe is? joe biden is the anti-hillary clinton. he is real. she was completely fake. done a much better job running for president. there is proof right there. i love that comment. he's a great guy. >> juan: you guys would've gone after him as uncle joe. >> kimberly: that is not true. do you not remember what we have set on the show? >> dana: i think he's a gentleman, a public servant, and a patriot. president obama is trying to do what he has seen president bush do which is to be quiet and to give his successor a chance to settle in and will be there on the other end of the phone. maybe not by wiretap. in case there is any advice needed. i also think joe biden is one of the party elders who is concerned about the left fringe that's growing that they are not going to be able to win elections if they continue down that road. >> juan: i think that is the key point on the tea party stuff. >> greg: the thing is, he was a relic of the past, and that's why he probably didn't run. hillary was all about identity politics, cheering on victimization. i never really saw them do t

joe: yes. that is the primary reason.ike nichols said the thing about directing is, it is like sex, you never get to see anyone else do it so you don't know how good you are. charlie: mike nichols would say that. [laughter] joe: yes. i wanted to be in a room with sam. i said, your metabolism as a director is so radically different than mine and i want to know what you know. it has been an extraordinary experience from that alone. charlie: what is the relationship between laura and tom? joe: my playing tom is an older man looking back on his time with his sister and his mother, and it really is, the thing about this production is sam has embraced the memory play aspect of it, obviously. charlie: why do you call this a memory play? joe: i think it means different things in different productions. at 54-years-old, looking back at the story that happened when i was 21 or 22 has different stakes. at 54 to be rehashing this story, being haunted by the story is different than a 31-year-old looking back. it is about how memory is

that is joe walsh's tweet. you all decided to give joe walsh a platform today. not giving him the time of day. i'm interested in having conversations, brooke, that will move racial people of all races forward in this country. i'm interested in having a conversation that will help us to admit the wrongs that were done in this country and how we move forward. i am not interested in trying to convince and change the mind of a bigot. someone who will openly troll me and say things that are offensive, that he knows are not true. >> okay, okay. >> here we are -- >> let me just ask you, can you explain to me what you meant by your initial comments and about the so-called presidential bar. let's just back up for a second. >> hey, brooke, that's me? >> that's for angela. you were -- angela was on "a.c. 360," and she had had this conversation about lower the bar for president trump. here's the clip, and then angela, i want you to explain what you meant. >> sure. >> i think that the bigger issue that i have, speaking of having no chill, is that if this would have been unde

why is joe on the floor?or when -- >> by the way, i -- >> a good thing. >> last night was nothing new. i had been on the floor for obama speeches. >> but -- >> 9/11 bush speeches. >> this is the point. >> but, you know, elijah is a very interesting study. he comes on the show. he is critical of the president where he need to be critical right where he should be critical of the president. but he is always saying, but i want to deal with you. >> yep. >> he was saying it last night. you know? he told me last night, i'm going over to the white house and i'm going to talk about drug prices. the president wants to work with me with drug prices. then you know what? i'm going to work with him. elijah i think is doing what you said, mika, democrats should do. critical when he needs to be critical but you want to talk about bringing down drug prices, i'll talk with you about that. you want to talk about family leave, i'll do it. you want to talk about infrastructure? i'll do it. >> the worst thing i think for our polit

secretary, joe scarborough has a question for you. >> sure. joe? >> mr.e prime minister talked about the great resolve that needs to be shown by the british people. i loved reading the churchill factor. at the beginning, you talked about how so many people were disconnected from britain's greatest prime minister. didn't really know who he was, younger people in great britain. what is the lesson that you can apply from winston churchill's life, what you wrote to the british people this morning? >> the lesson that winston churchill wanted the british people to take from his life and what he stood for, germans never, never, never surrender, never give in. we will go on fighting this with our american friends. yesterday, i was in washington at the counter isis and it was very impressive to see the whole, including the muslim world, getting together to tackle this. if we are going to defeat these guys, we are going to have to engage not just military and syria and iraq as we are. crush the dark star that they have created, that absurd, pompous statement they h