talk more about this and the day's top headlines, i'm joined by retired general wesley clark, kevin barronand military analyst and executive editor of "defense one" and marcel, former undersecretary of defense for intelligence under president obama. in a few minutes we'll get our own hans nichols, who is at that event. general clark, i would like to start with you. the president is on the "uss gerald ford." he's addressing sailors. he is trying to enjoy the optics of that. he's increasing defense spending. is that all being overshadowed by this drama that is only ratcheting up about his attorney general? >> that's certainly a concern. i happened to be in washington today. i'm hearing a lot about the drama. i'm happy to see him down there with the sailors. we love our men and women in uniform and the families. it's a great technology that we have. nobody else has got what we have there. i'm glad to see that recognized and, you know, presidents will play politics. this is a move that's got good timing for him. he's out of washington at a critical time. >> but, marcel, is this enough to get h

. >> kevin kelly the cover of "barrons" said kill border tax before it kills us.ough he seems like a big boondoggle main argument in this article was that you can cut corporate welfare. >> one question how do you cut move to territorial tax system bord you been juifiable corporate northbounds tax allows to you permanently get to a tax system like rest of the world we tax activity in the united states, but don't try and tax individuals businesses outside united states, it made it very difficult for american companies the way we do it now, while we need to get rate down we also need to get to territorial system we need a structure that will make that easier adjustable does that it could play into -- the issues of protectionism, right now, i think it is the likely half house, senate president go on, but there will be a robust debate on how to get the rates down, and how to simplify the code. dagen: in terms of of the as you described them rerecalictrant republicans on health care bill are there more are they more vocal than you expected again, a lot of them don't sou

coming up on "the halftime report," "barron's" top adviser thinks the trump rally is just getting started. he's with us live on how highs he thinks stocks can go. plus, kevins selling financials and putting his money in another sector he believes is about to jump. >>> and as snap soars, another wall street analyst gives the stock a thumbs down. we'll find out why when "the halftime report" joins you in about 15 minutes or so. carl, we'll see you then. >> sounds good, scott, thanks. >>> to the cme group in the meantime, rick santelli and "the santelli exchange." rick? >> hi, carl. you know, today's common denominator is, you know, thinking outside the box. i would like to add one word in front of this, that's leadership. leadership and thinking outside of the box. when it comes to politics and getting things done, my memory was shaken this morning. there's plenty of hope for tax reform in today's "wall street journal" op ed. david schmidt, john mueller, made me think back to 1986, when reagan and the administration finally did some tax reform. it's been a long time. i remember trading those days. i remember how much like today, there was a lot of tug-of-war