do seem like they can get together and talk if there is some of this cheating both asked for ok josh many thanks for that josh smith reuters correspondent in so talking to us from seoul. we're going to catch up with some of the other stories making news around the world now cycle earn has battered the arabian peninsula bringing devastation to parts of amman and killing at least two people worst hit the country's third largest city. has also been flooding in nearby rural areas cyclon miku know has also torn through a month's neighbor yemen. and held the crown prince of saudi arabia mohammed bin some on has reportedly imposed a ban on government agencies awarding contracts to german companies that's according to spiegel online website it says the kingdom's de facto ruler isn't happy with berlin stance on riyadh's foreign policy is decision could put at risk exports totaling nearly seven billion euros. in brazil striking truckers have brought latin americans biggest nation to a standstill thousands of drivers have been blocking roads their protest going on now for the past five days the braz

at ways that they can talk to each other and possibly find a way forward out of this standoff ok josh many thanks joe smith reuters correspondent in seoul talking to us that. to our other top story now what appears to be a sea change in ireland early results from yesterday's referendum indicate that irish voters want to overturn the country's strict abortion laws counting has been taking place since late last night exit polls showing nearly seventy percent voting in favor of repealing the constitutional amendment that currently outlaws abortion in all cases except for when the mother's life is in danger now a short time ago irish prime minister live radical welcomed the results here's what he had to say i think what we've seen today really is called the nation of a quiet revolution that's been taking place in ireland for the past ten or twenty years that this is been a great exercise of democracy and people have spoken to people and said that we want a lot in constitution for a modern country that we trust women and we respect them to make the right decisions in the right choices buy their

josh kraushaar. i think that will come as a surprise to many republicans, josh.r the past two weeks they have been feeling better about their prospects. are you saying based on what you are seeing out there, you think republicans will lose the house in november? >> i'm not saying they will but it's more likely. i don't think a lot has changed in terms of the battle for the house. the reality is most of the battlegrounds in the house are affluent suburban districts and trump's job approval in these districts are poor. i don't think there are a lot of split ticket voters. i don't think there are people who don't like trump and past a republican vote for the congressional ballot. in the house there is so much exposure in the anti-trumps parts of the country. on the senate on the other hand you have a battleground map that is much more favorable to president trump. i think president trump will get a lot of people who used to split the tickets for democratic senators actually cast their ballot for republicans this time around. >> dana: the senate might look better. te

assistant director and senior law enforcement analyst and former fbi supervisory special agent josh campbell. too many times we have been talking that we get together and have to talk about this, this is all playing out. when they say it is no longer an active shooter situation, what all is happening now? >> that means they don't think there is another shooter on the loose that poses a risk to anybody at that school or in the general community. they feel having this person in the shooter in custody and possibly one other person also being detained, that that is the extent of it, they don't think they have anybody else that may pose a threat. also, they would be withholding the name and hopefully they have the name, but they would withhold it anyway until they get a chance to find out where that person resides and execute search warrants at the residence. and that would be for the purpose of obtaining information from computers, laptops, desktops, other media devices, papers, documents, posters, any other information that would lead to identifying this person as being involved in this and possibly a mo

but the crypto currency market is volatile that makes many people hesitant to use virtual currencies so josh. has created an online exchange where people can trade bitcoins for gold. as a more stable asset this helps held as avoid wild price fluctuations. so you can accept. and then when you want to spend against so. people can also use these gold banks bitcoins as an investment allowing them to be less reliant on banks. from people in greece. where they work for. the money in the bank and the bank goes bust. because as a parent you hold. no one can take that away from. crypto currencies are being used as an alternative means of raising capital to instead of selling shares companies or even artists create their own digital tokens civilian d.j. on music producer magic launched his own cryptocurrency to secure independent financing people who buy his tokens receive a share of his earnings and exclusive access to his latest projects. a startup kenosis also raised funds with a token or action acquiring some two hundred fifty million euros in a matter of minutes the tokens also serve two function

i can't tell you how many times in the obama administration josh earnest said that to us. howie: i see a lot of commentators attacking sarah huckabee sanders as a liar, that she knew she was providing false information. >> she said in that briefing she was giving the best information she had at the time. and she admitted she had been 100% out of the loop. and the white house tried very hard to keep the president's personal matters away from what they see as white house matters. she is the white house spokeswoman and she is there to talk about the white house. that's how they are delineating it. she was not involved in that conversation with the president's personal attorney and was clearly left out of the strategy about what he was going to say on the television. howie: you see all this piling on. cnn says she should resign. it's probably unfair to call her a liar, but does it make her less effective because there are things she has not been told? >> i think it will be difficult for anyone who is behind that podium. he's strategizing with his personal attorney and she is n

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improving, and production is not going hog wild that's actually a good thing >> and josh, chevron and hess are both higher today. many of the other names are not down as much as oil. when we see oil off a few percent and oil stocks not off or up, maybe it says, and correct me if this is the wrong thesis, which is that the oil stockholders maybe don't believe the move we're seeing on sknae given day is the future. >> okay, that's a really good point. and so two things. chevron and hess aren't one to one correlated in terms of earnings and revenue with whether or not oil is up or down these are very sophisticated organizations with hedges in place, and all different sorts of production issues that don't directly have a benefit or a negative when you see oil volatility in one direction or another. it's important to separate those from the higher beta segments of the oil patch. the direct emp producers, for example, the names in the xop. but bigger picture, what the market is doing is what it should be doing. the market is very smart, and it's saying you guys, let's skip to the end where after the punch in the face, afte

so, many years ago, richard russell founded this place. his grandson, josho, you're not richard, are you? >> no. i'm not. >> no, you don't look anything like richard russell, in fact. >> well, thank you. >> that was a compliment. so, would you introduce this man? >> this is elias. this is our general manager. he's been with us for 30 years. >> and how long have you been with us? >> 27 on this planet. >> that's how long. >> knew this kid all my life. >> did you guys carry...? >> yeah, basically. >> basically. >> so he's part of the family. >> right. so he's gonna carry us through this whole thing. >> yeah. pretty much. >> bic

acting as the president's arm, at the same time that the senate republicans in many cases have been sticking up for mueller. >> joshnd jay, thank you both so much. >> thank you. >> thanks, alex. >>> one of america's leading voices pushing for the impea impeachment of president trump. listen to one politician who says theish sue divisive. tom steyer joining me next. it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay three-quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? drive three-quarters of a car? now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement™, you'd get your whole car back. i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart. with liberty mutual new car replacement™, we'll replace the full value of your car. liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. with expedia, you can book a flight, hotel, car, and activity... ...all in one place. everything you need to go. expedia oh hi sweetie, i just want to show you something. xfinity mobile: find my phone. [ phone rings ] look at you. this tech stuff is easy. [ whirring sound ] you want a cookie? it's a drone! i kn

josh campbell as well. shimon, starting with you, the president has said repeatedly to many of his aides skpal liand a collusion is dead, it's a dead issue. there you have a trump campaign aide saying they seem to have something on it, at least they're intent on going down that path. >> the focus, according to michael caputo, was on russian collusion, and he commented on just how well prepared the fbi agents were and the u.s. attorney and just a mound of information they had. and here's what he said about that to anderson cooper last night. >> i think they're very focused on russian collusion. i think they believe that they'll get to something. they didn't tell me not to talk about this, they asked me not to interfere in the investigation as i exited the room, and i really don't want to give too much details because i feel that interferes with the investigation. however, they're talking about wikileaks, they're talking about d. d.c., all the stuff you would suspect they're looking into, and i'm concerned for some of my friends that are in jail. >> and some of those friends he's talking about in peril is roger s

incomplete many other observers however say that this is a disastrous me a miscalculation and one that will only. make youngling realize its worst fears about washington going into these talks josh smith in seoul thank you you thank. well now let's get a quick check of some other stories that have been making news around the world several large explosions have hit the afghan capital kabul the country's interior ministry says that at least two police were killed and several people injured when suicide bombers targeted a police station and a security checkpoint the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for the lead in the polls have closed in what is likely to be one of malaysia's closest ever election and scandal hit prime minister. is facing a resurgent opposition led by his one time mentor former prime minister mahathir mohamad definitive results aren't expected until late in the evening due to the tightness of the race. and in moscow victory day celebrations have taken place to commemorate the defeat of nazi germany in world war two russian president vladimir putin was on hand for the highlight a huge parade in red square that displayed the country's latest milita

the president himself is stepping into roles of many senior aides leaving them scrambling to make his vision a reality. joshu worked on that article for the "washington post." one part of your reporting says at least two people in his inner circle, devote, liken the dynamic in the west wing to "game of thrones." they chose the show they said not because of the conflicts and deadly family feuds, but because of the general sense of confuse and see sawing fortunes. tell us more about what you're hearing. >> first year was dominated by in-fighting. reince priebus, steve ban non, jared kushner clashing. and this year it is not the same. rudy giuliani the president's laurie, larry kudlow, john bolton. they are all contemporaries of a certain age of the president. he sees many as peers. and it is not the in-fighting. but what is different is that far less people have been replaced and they are not necessarily always coordinated with one another. so a different place where president is serving as his own political strategist, his own communications director and he has a few advisors around him who are giving him so

so he's a key player central to many of the as pecks of mueller inquiry. i think to what josh just raised, he could well be now considered by mueller a witness because it is hard for me -- josh is right, the two sides may not be talking to each other but it may be harder for me to cone collude that if mueller believed this fellow was likely to be a target or indicted in his investigation, that message would somehow have been communicated with those giving a security clearance. so it may be good news for kushner at this point. but we could be clear that mueller is moving forward with his investigation, step by step, wolf and he will ultimately take us to his conclusion with respect to the issues and the individuals that those issues touch upon. >> michael, stand by. because the veteran criminal defense attorney abby lowell is joining us. he represents president trump's senior adviser and son-in-law jared kushner. thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks for letting me explain. >> so your client jared kushner, he sat down with the special counsel for a second time last mont

to josh's point, the environment that you're in right now, you could find so many different type of equity names -- i go back tobill ackman for a second he's done a fantastic job in re-creating the names he's going into the nikes, and i mentioned adp before adp has been a win for him adp is $129. maybe he lost the fight in the boardroom, but he's won on the pnl. >> you didn't mention c & g. >> it's a different environment. you don't need to look at these falling knives and do the guesswork. oh, has the knife hit the floor or not >> it's not about falling knives it's about companies sold for the wrong reasons. this has been sold for the right reason so that's the difference i mean, that's why nike was an opportunity because everybody said, oh, god, look what they're doing in north america the sales are here but they're fine international, but north america is great everybody sells the stock. great opportunity to buy it. we talk about those all the time ge is not in that category >> to your point, it's visibility on the debt nike doesn't have any near the debt or the liability. >> but if you

josh was never sure he'd get this far. >> you didn't really know what recovery looked like, did you? >> i didn't know what future was going to look like. >> this is the image that struck so many of us. army corporal hargas in 2013. just awarded a purple heart in afghanistan after being injured by a suicide bomber, no one dreamed he was conscious, until that salute. >> i knew what to do, and presented my salute as best i could. >> we first met josh and his wife taylor shortly after that photo went viral. >> i'm fortunate that he's still alive. and we get to have our life together. >> josh taking on his daunting new challenge with the same force he had in four tours in afghanistan. josh proudly taking part in a 222 mile warrior walk four years ago. >> it's kind of mind blowing to look back and see everything we've been through in honestly a very short amount of time. >> the couple now blessed with two boys. >> how have the kids changed your life? >> they push me to stay active. i want to be a great father, i'm not going to let being an amputee prevent me from doing that. >> josh crediting charities like ranger lead the way and the semper fi fund which have helped him with his n

josh keer. while the academy members includes these wildly successful creators, many of our members, in fact most of america's music makers, just like me -- middle-class americans and songwriters who are not household names except in my case, maybe with certain 3-6 -year-olds. they bring their talent to the world. the least recognized among us are the music producers. is an importantg component of comprehensive music legislation. of us rely onmost the structure and steady hand and technical talent of a producer. as a child growing up in des moines, iowa, i'm told in preschool that i love music so much i sat in front of the record player all day. my teacher tried to direct my love of music and do something more productive. clarinet inno and public schools, my love of music continue. i played in bands and eyes going college and pursued a career in music upon graduating. while working at a preschool in my early 20's, i writing songs for children and recording simple demos of the songs. i never thought of making a living as a children position until a producer, liam davis, convinced me to make a prof

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josh. we have been working with in great detail of a gloss four or five years on these technical issues and many times do not rise to levels of this commission. i'm here to speak today about issues that have been caught already. we're working with staff to rectify those. there's a handful of other items that are outstanding and so i want to keep the conversation moving forward, understanding that we are still heading towards the board of supervisors and to have opportunities to make these corrections. i will leave this letter that was sent to the commission secretary earlier today. i just want to make two points, they are actually reflective of the ground floor you since. there is a required ground floor noncommercial ground floor height of 17 feet, which from our perspective, was somewhat surprising when we saw the legislative amendment. [please standby] >> president hillis: next speaker, please. >> good owning -- evening, commissioners. i just want to make a few quick comments, and the main one is let's not forget what this plan is seeking to do. it's seeking to manage growth in jobs that is g

josh, put this into some broader context for us. we've learned a lot about the business dealings of essential consultants. there were manygs or attempts than we thought there were. how does this fit in to what michael cohen was trying to do? >> i think we don't know exactly yet what he was doing. the thing i would note about this payment, at&t, payments of $100,000 a month? you see a lot of people closely associated with political figures who end up doing work like this. this is is really an extraordinary sum. much more than novartis was paying any of its much regular lobbyis lobbyists. they looked at firms lobbying the u.s. government and there were no payments larger than that. he was not lobbying but given he was able to get payments this large from companies like at&t and novartis he must have promised something of greater value than what they get out of a regular lobbying firm. that's likely something prosecutors are looking into, what was the understanding around these payments and what was done with the money. we know a lot about the money that came in to essential consultants. we only know about the money going o

. >> it one thing, josh, for a shooter unfortunately to go into a school here in the united states and we've seen it way too many times. it's another thing for the shooter also to have these explosive devices, right? >> that's right. this takes it to a whole different level. you think about having access to firearms, we've been debating that for a long time in this country, this is the next step. this is someone who is taking his own initiative to actually put together a device, gather the ingredients necessary to build device that's going to kill people. again, that's a whole new level of criminality, a whole new level of depravity, at least in the minds of law enforcement officers, to determine what was going through his mind as he set out today to take lives. >> stand by, josh, and shimon. the texas governor will give us an update of what's going on outside of houston. much more on our breaking news coverage right after this. high protein to help get us moving. and help you feel more strength & energy in just 2 weeks. i'll take that. ensure high protein, with 16 grams of protein and 4 grams of sugar. ensure®

josh's point, anything she wears people want. it's not inexpensive, they don't produce that many of them.hey go on line, click and buy it right away. >> there is an industry of bloggers that as soon as she goes out they price it immediately and you can click to buy it >> who has more power at this point, kate or meghan markle. >> megan. >> because she is new. >> she is not going to be queen. >> she is new. she is an actress, she knows how to wear the clothes. they are different labels. and the instagram effect >> she had had to put her instagram away, right. >> the bloggers following her, et cetera. when william is kate were married instagram was barely six months old. >> i think she is a plot twist for the royal family. >> that's what i want to get to, is a question of broadly speaking how welcome is she within the royal family? she is obviously not british she is of mixed heritage her family has at least over the past couple of her -- her extended family has been a bit of a reality show. >> right >> mixed religion, right >> mixed religion. she converted, i believe. >> but the checklist

josh. this is proceeding on two parallel tracks here, one legal, one political. you've got the question here of does the story politically actually surprise many americans given all of the scandals about donald trump not just in the campaign but his entire public career? does this do anything politically to change opinions of donald trump? then you've got the legal question here too of does this turn into something more than just a potential campaign finance violation? >> yeah. i don't think it does probably change many minds on the political front in terms of what people think of the president. but i think folks should also keep in mind there are other shoes to drop here on the legal front, especially with this issue of michael cohen's records, his e-mails, his electronic files from his office being gone through by prosecutors. that's part of this whole dynamic the white house legal team has been trying to get ahead of here. those records are being turned over now to cohen's legal team. they're going through them, and they're learning what prosecutors know or are about to learn about this stormy daniels payment, and it's very important that w

many of them speak highly of you. as you know for almost two years utahen josh holt has been detained in a venezuelan prison without trial on superfluous charges. it's my understanding that senator hatch has worked hard with you and other members of the delegation, congresswoman mia love to bring him home with his wife tammy with a heightened political turmoil in venezuela i have received letters and phone calls, continue to from constituents, just last week we saw reports of a video of josh who -- on facebook who feared for his life with the riots in the prison. like so many utahens i'm concerned about his safety and hoping that the u.s. state department is doing all they can to bring him home. mr. secretary, can you give me any update on his condition or any efforts under way to bring him home? >> unfortunately i can't give you an update on his condition. we were following closely the riots that surrounded the place that he is being unlawfully detained. i have spoken to many in your delegation and yourself, senator hatch, i have communicated with representative love as well. our team is very focused on getting his retu

many chief investment officers, strategists types of people who come on. they say the valuations in europe are cheaper maybe they're cheaper for a reason, josh what do you think? >> well, i don't know. like a lot of people will say, we have all the technology giants, and technology companies have higher margins and better secular growth prospects, and bigger cash balances so as a result of that, the u.s. stock market should be more valued highly. that's fine, but when everyone has come around to that wi of thinking and agrees with it, probably that's already reflected in prices. i thing what's going on with europe this week is just, you know, the same thing that's been going on for eight or nine years. every once in a while, some issue crops up with a given country, so we did turkey and italy this week. i hope everyone enjoyed themselves what's different between now and 2011 is that i think the banks that matter have done some stuff. germany and france, and it's not like their banks are in amazing shape, but way better shape than they were back then. >> so the ability to absorb shock is better if there is a shock. >> if they didn't cut greece loose at the ape

josh brown. stocks are jumping the dow crossing 25,000 for the first time since march 16th. a treasury secretary suggesting right here on cnbc that the trade battle with china could be easing manyelated are higher all of it, though, happening while the dollar has been ripping lately what, steve, is an

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i know josh has talked about it and this is the moment >> tell me what upsets this, right? is it rates all of a sudden getting out of hand. >> no. there's already too many people looking at that. >> i was going to go geopolitics. >> we got the summit on the calendar in early june >> well, listen, defense stocks are telling us -- >> that was one of the biggest risks to the market, five, six months ago north korea, north korea, missiles here, missiles there. >> the retail stocks have to come out with earnings that could be -- >> people won't care >> see, i think people still will >> i don't agree >> it's a segment that has been a failure for so long i think people will overlook that. i absolutely disagree with josh on the interest rate side of it, though if the velocity of that movement rates, if it jumps -- if rates go up and the velocity of that move is extremely -- >> i don't think he necessarily believes that it's going to go up >> well -- >> i believe -- i believe that 3% ten-year brings out buying power like you've never seen in your life, young man that is not something that's going to change anytime soon you have oceans of cash that are thrilled w

josh. good luck and remember, you may not care but i have a lot of money riding on this. speaking of a lot of money, did you see the new avengers movie? how manyis "avengers: infinity war." [ applause ] set the record for the biggest movie opening ever. $258 million. which is more than "star wars," more than "titanic." it's more than the last three tyler perry movies combined. [ laughter ] it just goes to show you if you market them correctly people will go to see independent film. [ laughter ] but even the avengers have their haters. and so from time to time we shine a light on the trolls who write so many terrible things about people on the internet. and with that said, it's time for an all avengers edition of mean tweets. [ cheers and applause ] >> tom hiddleston is so [ bleep ] ugly why is no one acknowledging this? >> i don't really understand how anthony mackie got this far looking like a bug with buck teeth. but here we are. >> scarlett johansson has the emotional range of a [ bleep ] celery. i hate white people. all of us? >> why do so many people have a crush on sebastian stan? he looks like a potato. >> winston duke broad as hell up

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. >> hey, josh, we've been led to believe it is fairly late in the game where this investigation is concerned, and yet just now we're hearing more and more about a figure familiar for so many years to so many of us, and that's roger stone. a second aide to roger stone has been subpoenaed now. what does this all mean to you? >> well, it suggests to me that there's still an element of wishful thinking in the white house's talking point that we saw even the vice president of the united states roll out in the last few days, that this investigation either is wrapping up or should be wrapping up. i haven't seen any diminution of effort by mueller's team. it is right that since they're negotiating with the president, it suggests they're coming close to a final phase of the investigation. but in terms of seeing witnesses come and go from mueller's headquarters or come in and out of the federal courthouse in washington, i have yet to see any indication that this is an investigation that's ramping down. >> brian, we saw donald trump kind of sarcastically congratulate america yesterday. we saw him go there even further today on twitter. one of our producers went ahead and checked the

many twists and turns. bob reporting from the region. those comments from president trump overnight about the negotiations about the north korean summit. he was sitting next to someone. that man right there is josh holt, me was at the white house under dramatic circumstances. >> holt had been released from a prison in venezuela where he was held for two years overnight. he was reunited with his family and abc's tara palmery. good morning to you. >> reporter: it was a joyous reunion at the white house. the president admitted it was a tough situation, but a white house official tells us that nothing was offered to venezuela in exchange for holt's release. overnight a warm home coming for american detainee josh holt celebrated at the white house. holt recalling the agony after spending two years in a venezuelan prison known as the dungeon. >> i am overwhelmed with gratitude. they were very, very difficult two years, and not -- not really the great vacation that i was looking for. >> reporter: the 26-year-old mormon imprisoned shortly after marrying a venezuelan woman he met online. venezuelan police arresting him on charges of terrorism, u.s.-linked espionage andel legal possession of weapons inclu

josh kier. while the academy's members include people like these wildly successful creators sitting beside me, many of our members, in fact most of america's music makers, are just like me. middle-class americans and songwriters who are not household names. except in my case, maybe with certain 3 to 6-year-olds. these middle-class artists use their training an talent to bring music to the world. perhaps least recognized among us are the music producers, us this -- thus the amp act. it's an important component of comprehensive music legislation. as an artist, i can tell you that most of us rely on the structure, steady hand, and technical talent of a producer. as a child growing up in des moines, iowa, i'm told that in preschool i loved music so much, i just sat in front of the record player all day. my teacher tried to direct my love of music into something a little bit more productive. might have been my first producer. learning piano and clarinet in iowa's public schools, my love of music continued. i play in bands in high school and college and began pursuing a career in music upon graduating. w

josh brown. stocks are jumping the dow crossing 25,000 for the first time since march 16th. a treasury secretary suggesting right here on cnbc that the trade battle with china could be easing many stocks directly related are higher all of it, though, happening while the dollar has been ripping lately what, steve, is an investor to do >> an investor is to look out into the future a little bit and say this is great news it's going to move the economy even faster in terms of the china news nafta, you have to believe, is going to follow a similar path, and the optimistic pressure reports lead you to believe that conclusion is at hand, but ultimately, that's all inflationary what you're going to see, in my view, you still have positive runway going forward, but you have to be more cautious as you go out six months because the fed is going to get more aggressive in their tightening so i think that that's going to cause an end to the market rally as we have seen it, and in fact, the gains to be gotten are no greater than the risks >> does it reset the way that investors now need to play, jim, the market in terms of not focusing so much on the russell, which has been ripping, but now i

josh, oftentimes with mid-term elections, presidents know that their party could lose seats. but in this case, is president trump actually the key to try to win some of these? >> in the senate races, many of them are fought in the states that president trump won by overwhelming margins. trump is a huge asset for republicans including in indiana. president trump called joe donnelly "sleepily joe donnelly" reviving nicknames from the campaign trail. in polarized times we are in, those type of attacks work. joe manchin, one of the most popular senators in west virginia last year, well, president trump started to go after joe manchin and the fact he didn't vote for his tax bill and he is not as bipartisan as he makes himself out to be and joe manchin's job approval went from one of the best in the senate to one of the worst in the home state. >> dana: you have another example of that, if i'm right, in montana. >> the montana race will be fascinating to watch. attester was doing well. the republican field against him isn't as good as some other states but president trump called on him to resign and used the twitter feed to attack the democratic senator, there are a lot of democrats worried

josh barrow. halle, i want to go to you first since you have been patiently waiting throughout this hour. >> anything for you. >> thank you for that i appreciate it. what's the thinking here? there are so manynections behind these pardons, whether it's the prosecutors that have gone after these people. >> jamts comey, bethat rara. depend how you want to split it up. let's talk d'souza first, and then blagojevich and stewart. it's all connected. you talk connection one connection has apparently been somebody you cover on capitol hill, texas senator ted cruz who is with d'souza today. cruz is one of the people who got this on the radar of donald trump. they did not have a relationship, d'souza and the president. the president himself told reporters first time i talked to him bass last night for three minutes when he practically had a heart attack when i told him i was pardoning him. this is not somebody that the president has known for a while. when we hear the president talk about pardons i think we have a graphic of all the people he has pardon. five people in total. one of the consistent threads has been the fairness factor for donald trump. he thinks that the sentences these people are se

just last week we saw reports of video of josh who feared for his life with the riots in the prison. like so many utahans, i'm concerned about his safety and hoping they're doing all they can to bring him home. mr. secretary, can you give us any information on his condition or any efforts to bring him home? >> unfortunately i can't give you an update on his condition. we were following the riots that surround the place that he's being unlawfully detained. i have spoke with many new delegation and senator hatch. i've communicated with representative love as well. our team is very focused on getting his return. unfortunately we're going to have two of our seniors kicked out. so our capacity to reach them on the ground will actually be diminished. i'm very worried about that. know the plight of mr. holt is on our mind and we're doing the things we can with the tools we have to encourage the regime at least in this one instance to do something right and send this fella back. >> thank you on behalf of utah and his family. i thank you for keeping him at the top of mind and doing all in your power. on m

trump administration has thus far thrown many questions more than it has it has thought about and conspired to throw punches it has not thrown. in part, i think josh is right that this is in part a product of incompetence and also weakness. it is harder to do as much damage at 40% support as it is with 70% or 80% support. also, the fact that american democracy, although we should not take it for granted, is hard to kill. our democratic institutions are pretty robust. that said, i think it is way too soon to declare that we have test --past the stress passed the stress test. the real test will come when a president is not committed to democratic and constitutional encounter ae security crisis. that is what keeps me awake at night. and particularly countries with strong democratic institutions and strong oppositions, like grow to takes longer to corrode democracy. i do not think we can draw any definitive conclusions after 16 months. that said, our democratic institutions remain intact. i do worry, though, about long-term corrosion. -- andle as happened little has happened over the past 16 months that makes me less concerned about this corrosion. th

for instance, josh uses the organic program to help cover the cost of certification which helps him get more for his product. the funding for this and many other programs sen dangered in this farm bill. over the next five years consumers will continue to change their buying acts and our food system. the question is whether the federal government would make good policy to help farmers like josh. ask anyone in this chamber if they support rural america. they'll say yes, absolutely. i ask we put our money where our mouths are. we should send a message to those keeping our farming communities alive that we believe in their potential. we value their service, and we will help them succeed by voting down this terribly partisan legislation and start over making a good bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. mr. woodall: reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia reserved. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: mr. speaker, the gentlewoman from wisconsin, ms. moore, talked about how we're

many retailers during the first quarter. that stock is off by 2%. >>> apple stock price and market cap both touching new highs. joshat could drive apple to the $1 trillion market cap and beyond and also maybe what holds it back and that is every time you buy back $100 billion worth of stock, that comes up on the cap. >> that is right, joe. let's talk about this march toward a trillion dollars. apple needs to hit $203.45 to reach that milestone that's a jump of about 7% from these levels since apple reported on may 1st, the stock is up 12%. warren buffett told you guys just a few weeks back that berkshire added more apple shares his confidence in the company providing support. so what is going to push apple to that milestone? in the near term, investors are focused on what ceo tim cook is going to unveil in the fall. gene munster is also counting on an iphone business becoming more stable albeit at a lower growth rate flat to up 5%, he says, giving investors greater visibility into the franchise off that base, we know apple can keep selling a lot of services remember, services revenue did jump a surprising 31% in q2