pub pub senator kevin cramer. steve hilton. connell: the dow finishing the green, getting a boost certainly from goldman sachs. gerri willis on floor of new york stock exchange. pretty nice recap, gerri. >> an analyst writes a note hey, beginning of the banking rally. give you a clue. only wall street bank showing trading revenue growth this quarter. also strong though was their investment banking revenue. they had the highest earnings in a quarter ever. and this is the first outing. fabulous earnings, coming in at 604, estimates at 445, imagine that. bank of america, more after consumer bank, beating on both the top and bottom lines. best intraday gain for that stock since 2012. rising interest rates, more on the loans as they make loans to consumers that business is up 4%. ii want to mention here, that gt other news just to note quickly. this comes from "the wall street journal." u.s. federal prosecutors pursuing criminal charges against huawei alleged theft of trade secrets for u.s. business partners. that story getting a bi

senator kevin cramer of north dakota. a lot of people wondering why did and how did the president get to this point. many are pointing to the nation's skies. the delays that were building up at the airports with tsa workers calling out, a shortage of air traffic controllers. david lee miller is in la guardia with more. david lee? >> hi, neil. we're in terminal b. even though the partial ground halt ended four hours ago, there's still very significant delays. the arrivals her at la guardia delayed 1 1/2 hours. the departures about an hour. this is bigger than la guardia airport. there are other airports also affected by the events today, including newark, philadelphia and boston. the impact essentially rippling through the air transport system. we're told according to flight aware, the number of delays today reaching 14,000. the number of cancellations, 861 nationwide. the faa blaming an increase in sick leave at two facilities for what took place today, those facilities in st. petersburg, florida and washington d.c. the f

i spent a lot of time talking to the congressman before kevin cramer. we talked for an hour and 45 minutes, not one thing about politics. his son was around my kid's age when he ran for the first time. i loved the people of north dakota, but i had to make sure my family was ready to take this jump together. >> what did he tell you? >> he said it is great if you make sure your kids and family are high-priority. it is an amazing experience to g et them to watch the things in washington dc and get a taste of public service at a young age. you just bring them out. m sure this, i a summer she will be busy stuffing envelopes. i bet she can give the best tour in the capital. my wife is originally from oslo, norway. our kids have had the luxury of traveling all over the world. she makes it a point to get back home and take her kids with them. she is used to being on airplanes. isdaughter is 11 and my sion eight. >> what do they say about you running? >> we ran a positive campaign. we never ran a single negative ad. obviously you are in the spotlight more. they

i spent a lot of time talking to rick berg, the congressman before kevin cramer. we talked for an hour and 45 minutes. his son was right between my kids age when he ran the first time. ifore we made any decision, had to make sure my family was on board. we were ready to take this down together. >> what did he tell you? >> you can do it. it's great if you embrace it. make sure that your family and kids are a priority. it's a wonderful experience for a taste of public service at a young age. >> had you make them a priority? >> you bring them out. there are things they can do out here. my daughter will spend a lot of time in the office helping us stuff envelopes. she will probably give the best tour in the capital. my wife is originally from norway. our kids had the luxury of traveling all over the world. she makes it a point to get home once in a while and take her kids with her. they are used to being on airplanes. it's going to be an exciting experience for them. >> how old are your kids? >> 11 and eight. >> what do they say about you running? >> it's been great.

i spent a lot of time speaking to rick berg, the congressman before kevin cramer and we talked for an hour and 45 ethics, not about how but his son was between my kids age when he ran the first time. before we made any decision, i love the people of north dakota and i am excited to serve but i had to make sure my family was on board and we were ready to take this jump together. he said you can do it, it is great if you embrace it and make sure that your family and your kids are a priority, it is a wonderful experience for them to watch how you can watch not only the things that they get access to while you are in washington, d.c. but to get a really good taste a public service at a young age. >> how do you make them a priority, what did he tell you? >> he said you bring them out, there are things they can enjoy. my daughter will help us stuff envelopes and in a month they will -- she will give the best two or in the capital. my wife is from oslo, norway. our kids have had the luxury of travel all over the world, she makes it a point to get back home once in a while and take her kids,

and now, you know, his ally in congress, congressman kevin cramer, is said to be favored to win in this race against democrat heidi heitkamp. so will be interesting to see in the next month how much influence trump has there. are there any questions? does anyone want to jump in? >> what made you decide to write the book? >> the north dakota underbrush was the biggest oil russian modern use history. it drew people from all over the nation and the world. it was clearly something that was very historic so i wanted, felt like it needed really called for a book because it needed a journalist who would be on the ground for a long time, covering not just five points but also the crash and the stabilization, the whole evolution of this oilfield. north dakota is the biggest second-biggest overproducing state and country and it's a remote area. it's hard for journalists to get to and a lot of times we seem to list parachute in an parachute out. i just want to stay longer and get a feel for the area. >> did you find any women truck drivers? >> i, i met a couple of female truck drivers. they exist.

the senate welcomed marcia black burning, mike braun of indiana, kevin cramer of north dakota, josh hawley of missouri, mccaly, jackie rosen of nevada, and kyrsten sinema of arizona. in the coming days, rick scott of florida will join our ranks. i'd like to welcome each of our incoming colleagues as well as their families to the senate. today you're forming the newest links in a historic chain and continuing the rich traditions of this body in which we are so fortunate to serve. on a related note, i'm pleased that our new colleagues and entire senate will continue learning from the example of one of little most loyal stewards of our traditions, senator chuck grassley who's been elected today as our new president pro tempore. so congratulations to the senior senator from iowa on this tremendous accomplishment. so, mr. president, as we begin this new congress together, one fact is abundantly clear. the american people need democrats and republicans to work together. today illustrates that very point. last november voters expanded our republican majority here in the senate but ensure that 60

let's bring in republican senator kevin cramer. i want to get back to what nancy pelosi was talking about today. she was talking about being open to new fencing and other barriers. there was a suggestion infrastructure will be part of the negotiations. she is talking about low-lying vehicle barriers and levee walls. >> i think we should celebrate every little bit of movement in the right direction. i think we ought to give people room to negotiate while three weeks isn't a long time and we almost chewed up one of them, it's still time. i'm encouraged by that language. the president has been generous in his rhetoric. he moved from a wall to barriers to fencing and back to that when things got icy for a while. this is how goish yaitions work. everyone starts in their corners. they retreat to them occasionally. but at least we are talking some of the same language. liz: we see this. when two sides are so solar opposite that they start to float trial balloons like that. like nancy pelosi did today. she is ceding the ground, laying the

republican senator kevin cramer. this sounds like common sense. grab the headlines away from the pelosi spat and the petty stuff going on. what do you think of that idea, senator? >> it's been very difficult. thank you, elizabeth, by raising the opportunity it's been difficult to be somewhat on the sidelines in the senate, it's not in the fight, but we have been talking to each other in constructive and informal ways. my sense is there is a softening. however, that said, unless nancy pelosi, the speaker the house is willing to gore wait with donald trump the president of the united states, everybody we do is sort of window dressing. those two have to come to some resolution or we are not in a position moving forward now. i'm encouraged to hear that some house democrats are wavering. liz: that's a great point you made. maybe the president tomorrow declares a national emergency or take funds out of the disaster relief funds we already have. >> i didn't know anything about it until i just heard tonight my ear as you guys were talking about it. he has

i talked to senator kevin cramer who's a republican senator. he voted no yesterday on the democratic bill which was essentially the same thing just a different date and today said he would support this and basically his reasoning was that the president was going to support it today, but i asked how he could defend it to the base and he said there's no question the base is going to be upset. i'm not sure howl the sean han -- i'm not sure how the sean hannity's of the world will explain it. >> you still have these 800,000 federal workers or a lot of these contractors who won't get back pay, when are we getting paid? that's a big question mark. gloria, 35 days this thing has gone on. he is not getting a penny for his wall and i can't imagine that these federal workers are like, what was all this for? >> right. and they're also thinking what's going to happen in three weeks? >> totally. >> we could be back at square one here in three weeks and despite the president's homage to the strength of federal workers which we have not heard a lot over the p

kevin cramer. welcome to you. congratulations. >> thank you, neil. >> neil: your defeat of high tech was a big pickup of republicans, a lot of people saw this as a sign that at least that was the wall that republicans would have to block whatever democrats are doing in the house. does that include this measure they have to end the government shutdown? as it stands now, it's dead on arrival in the senate? >> i suspect there's a -- it's highly unlikely that it will have much of a hearing over here in the senate. we all know that mitch mcconnell is appropriately committed to not bringing something up that the president won't sign into law. he's wise to to that. the president and chuck schumer and nancy pelosi have to come to some agreement that is not only passable in the two chambers but that he will sign into law. until that happens, there's no point bringing something to it. >> neil: what is the middle ground on this, senator? you're just getting baptized here. the fact of the matter is, the two sides and democrat

kevin cramer on what led to it. democratic congressman eric swalvo on if he plans to vote for it.cial fallout from it.

kevin cramer from north dakota has an icbm base in his state. and others -- on the democratic side, we lose donnelly which is huge. mccaskill and nelson on the armed services and we get duckworth and mansion from westward journey a who is public virginia because he comes from a state that needs to be reflective of the support for the defense department. and jones from alabama. together,folks were how they interact -- on the house side it is more unclear because we don't know who is coming in. smith is there. i do not know if thornberry will stay. they have not worked together as well as the house armed services committee that we will have to see. rally -- the anti-new pep rally-- anti-nuke will have to be moderated by the fact that he is going to be constrained by the folks both within his committee and those on armed services who want to sustain this effort. the third thing i think should happen is mr. trump needs to put together a couple of pieces that demonstrably advance the arms-control agenda and that would mean, i don't think he necessari

kevin cramer from north dakota has an icbm base in his area, his state. and others -- on the democratic side, we lose donnelly, which is huge. mccaskill and nelson on the armed services and we get in from westanch virginia, who is probably pretty solid because he comes from a state that needs to be reflective of support for the defense department. andy jones from alabama will be the incoming folks, as i understand it. and how those folks work together, how they interact on the house side is more unclear because we don't know quite who is coming in. smith is there. i do not know if thornberry will stay. generally they have not worked as well together as the senate armed services committee in bipartisanship, but we will see. adam smith's remarks at the nuke cap rally are going to have to be moderated by the fact that he is going to be constrained by the folks both within his committee, the coopers and others, and the folks on armed services who want to sustain this effort. the third thing i think should puten is mr. trump needs to together a couple of piece

north dakota senator kevin cramer joins us now. >> it's good to be at work. >> sandra: give us something i think what happens is we'll have our dueling amendments today, the two bills, the one that's brought by the republicans and one that's brought by the democrats. that in and of itself is worthy of notice because for a long time there hasn't been this type of discussion, debate, negotiation if you will, even if it's two sides in the united states senate at least people are talking about. i agree with senator graham said. >> bill: what we hear from the folks we're interviewing it is like a level of frustration you don't normally come across. we hear it if everybody. now we get word from some of our producers that joe manchin may vote yes on both measures today. what does that tell you? did you know about that? >> well, i didn't but i'm not surprised. there could be others that will vote yes on both measures. both measures do something a lot of us want to do is reopen the government. that said, what i hope happens is i doubt either one of them will get the 60 votes to pass but we have c

there really is a different sense of this senate or you have incoming people like kevin cramer and marshalackburn who are replacing those folks who are very much on the pro-trump side of the republican party. into that midst, we cast this massive overwhelming presence known as mitt romney, former governor of massachusetts and now senator of utah to a couple days ago, using the washington post platform, blasted trump. it looks as if you were going to see a different dynamic, a more pro-trump dynamic in the senate but this one voice who has a bigger megaphone than almost anybody else. host: is he a coalition of one or might we see some republicans who are up in 2020 joining him in opposing the president? ofst: he is not a coalition one, just a coalition of mitt. he is his own entity right now. he might create some room and some space for other folks like cory gardner, like thom tillis , who has beenllis critical of trump, especially in his threatening tone toward the mueller investigation. right now there just isn't this big force of people beyond mitt romney. susan collins has gone back an

right now it's all about nitro >> that was starbucks ceo kevin johnson speaking with jim cramer aboutrending of cannabis-infused consumer products piper jaf ray seeing more upside raising their price target to 60 from 40. but the rally has been flowering all year -- >> flowering, i caught that. >> kronos up 55% aurora and afria are higher than last year, up 20%. so let's be blunt. >> oh, i see what you did there. >> can investors buy these stocks or will they go up in smoke? tim seymour, you're the pot expert. >> yes there's a lot of puns. despite the puns, canopy has the pole position for a lot of different positions. the upgrade by piper today before today's move was up about 83%. interesting also that they're moving their multiple from 11 times sales to 18 times. frankly valuations for the entire industry are coming down. if you look at the public low traded markets year over year while the industry has gone through amazing, amazing growth, valuations are coming down so i think canopy is a great company. i think it's a name you can own because of their balance sheet, because of the

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there really is a different sense of this senate or you have incoming people like kevin cramer and marsha blackburn who are replacing those folks who are very much on the pro-trump side of the republican party. into that midst, we cast this massive overwhelming presence known as mitt romney, former governor of massachusetts and now senator of utah to a couple days ago, using the washington post platform, blasted trump. it looks as if you were going to see a different dynamic, a more pro-trump dynamic in the senate but this one voice who has a bigger megaphone than almost anybody else. host: is he a coalition of one or might we see some republicans who are up in 2020 joining him in opposing the president? ofst: he is not a coalition one, just a coalition of mitt. he is his own entity right now. he might create some room and some space for other folks like cory gardner, like thom tillis , who has beenllis critical of trump, especially in his threatening tone toward the mueller investigation. right now there just isn't this big force of people beyond mitt romney. susan collins has gone back

the senate welcomed marcia black burning, mike braun of indiana, kevin cramer of north dakota, josh hawley of missouri, mccaly, jackie rosen of nevada, and kyrsten sinema of arizona. in the coming days, rick scott of florida will join our ranks. i'd like to welcome each of our incoming colleagues as well as their families to the senate. today you're forming the newest links in a historic chain and continuing the rich traditions of this body in which we are so fortunate to serve. on a related note, i'm pleased that our new colleagues and entire senate will continue learning from the example of one of little most loyal stewards of our traditions, senator chuck grassley who's been elected today as our new president pro tempore. so congratulations to the senior senator from iowa on this tremendous accomplishment. so, mr. president, as we begin this new congress together, one fact is abundantly clear. the american people need democrats and republicans to work together. today illustrates that very point. last november voters expanded our republican majority here in the senate but ensure that 60