lerner has since vocally backed mr. trump's america first agenda.u were ever a never trump guy, that meant you were the never trump guy. never trump meant the never trump pollster. last night, the incoming national security adviser with no experience in national security, the one vice president pence spent months searching for, the one he meant to share in a job share with the u.s. ambassador, today that would-be double job holder instead took himself out of contention. mr. lerner will not be taking on that gig. the vice president expressed his deep gratitude for mr. lerner's willingness to consider joining the vice president's team. but he won't be joining it after all. "the new york times" says jon lerner will continue working for ambassador nikki haley and will just informally advise the pence team. which of course will still make the next white house briefing he attends just this side of awkward. just saying. excuse me a minute... hi dad. no. don't try to get up. hi, i'm julie, a right at home caregiver. and if i'd been caring for tom's dad, i w

john lerner ended up getting a job in the trump administration.ently, you can see him here at a white house briefing on thursday. he is seated indus n. ambassador nikki haley over there at the trump end of the table. john lerner as a pollster helps nikki haley get elected governor in south carolina back in 2010. now that nikki haley has moved to the u.n. where she's u.n. ambassador he has gone to the u.n. with her. he's her deputy in that job. the same day as that picture was taken in the situation room we learned that john lerner was also up for a new job. he was up for a second job that he was going to add on to his old one. "john lerner, deputy to nikki haley, will lead vice president mike pence's foreign policy team and advise him on all national security issues. significantly, mr. lerner will also keep his job working for nikki haley, dividing his time between the two principals and coordinating between the two teams. the two officials will have the same key adviser on national security." the vice president reportedly picked jon lerner for th

lerner now plans to continue in his current role as deputy to the u.n.mbassador nikki haley. >>> we're learning more about a massive egg recall this morning. over 200 million eggs are being recalled by rose acre farms because of possible salmonella contamination. about two dozen people have gotten sick so far. the eggs were sold under the brand names colburn farms, country daybreak, crystal farms and food lion among others. the plant number on the carton is p-1065. they were sold in nine states from colorado to new york, and you can find more details on our website. >>> returning now to sports and a stunner in the nba playoffs, lebron james' long winning streak in the opening round now over. he and the cavs dropped game one against the pacers from indiana, 98-80. it's lebron's first loss in the opening round of the playoffs since 2012. >>> and the rangers pitcher bartolo colon is the talk of baseball this morning. the 44-year-old known as big sexy took a perfect game into the eighth inning against the astros. but then he gave up a walk and a hit on conse

the right to look into they used the 6103 to go into lerner's not her tax went into 50 other accounts to show that, yeah, the show the trying to i.r.s. was targeting conservative groups, which of ourse nothing ever came out of it. so it is good for goose, got for gander, we will get the tax returns. if we don't get it, the congress the united states in using checks and balance system, which the fore fathers were smart to put in there, maybe mr. mueller will get them. host: first call from illinois, line, bob, you are on with our guest, bill pascrell, of new jersey. ahead. guest: morning, bob. caller: hi. pros and cons about making the tax cut permanent for the people. guest: yes. what they are doing now, they got tremendous pushback because permanent for corporations, as you know, bob, but it wasn't made permanent for the middle class and anybody else. is playing to me catch-up politics. towarned them what was going happen. should be across the board, why are corporations more important than individuals? enough people with decisions to show that maybe corporations should be treated al

joining us is keith lerner from suntrust.bank underperforming all european peers as they underperform u.s. banks. what is the explanation? keith: the reason for the big underperformance is u.s. banks led into the recession and out of the recession. we are still riding on a lot of debt in european banks. while u.s. banks are at cycle highs, european banks are only back to where they were in 2015. since the bull market started, u.s. banks were up 500%. european banks up less than 100%. david: you are a chief market strategist. does that mean there is upside overall in europe? banking is very important to overall growth, particularly in europe, given the role of banks. in europe, financials are around 20% of indices. in the u.s., there -- the ban in the u.s. there is less technology in europe. we are more bullish, because we think rates will move higher. from our perspective, it provides opportunity. alix: that brings us to earnings season. jpmorgan reporting friday. keith: what is unusual about this earnings period is during th

if you are clinton, comey, lynch or lorett or lois lerner, you ga special deal.esse: listen to comey write being his decision to reopen the hillary clinton investigation. he said it's entirely possible because i was making decisions in an environment where hillary clinton was sure to be the next president, my concern about making her an illegitimate president by concealing that we restarted the investigation bore greater weight that if the election appeared to be closer or donald trump was ahead in the polls. with you i don't know. what this tells me is he's a political animal here. he's already assuming hillary is going to win and he's conduct an investigation in a public way to -- i believe affect the close presidency or post-election of hillary clinton. but the polls were wrong. >> it's obvious the reason he released that was to the do harm to the clinton campaign. he thought she was going to win. except the americanhead people had other ideas for what would be best for this great nation. i was one of the few republicans who criticized james comey in october.

lerner and zoo ridge are aligned on europe, but think of all the things that sue barrack has voted forning to councils. there is no meeting of the lines between labour and tory accepts the group about europe. let's leave it there. in a chat about macron and centrist parties. lasers might seem the stuff of star wars, both the eu is asking for bids to build a new high laser weapon. the plan is to build a prototype similar to this one developed by the us navy, which could take out things like drones and missiles. the uk is also developing a weapon in brussels is said to be worried they would have to rely on non—eu technology after brexit. the plans have led to some in the tabloid press claiming that could be a laser arms race between the uk and europe. here to bring some light on the subject isjustin brock, a military technology expert with the think take risky. how likely is it? there is definitely going to be some form of laser arms race but it will be between united states and china. it is also worth remembering that lasers sound terribly sexy and everybody has seen star wars, they are

to drop a case against to doit's his journalistic use of obtaining secret government papers while lerner and charles so who were arrested in december investigating the killing of ten men during a military crackdown on the hinge of muslims in rakhine states the gulf the crisis and security issues have dominated the meeting between castles a mistake. pani and the us president at the white house donald trump says he's working extremely well with cattle it is of colombia's form of rubbles have accused the u.s. of sabotaging the peace process after a key negotiator from the group was arrested his son tritch was taken into custody by colombian authorities based on drug smuggling charges filed in a us court those are the headlines more news accounts they're off the listing. tracing the fall from prosperity to financial ruin. first will be entering the devastating impact to save the banks to save the day. every citizen and the failure to prevent disaster banks. the people who. are gore.

the president caught wind of this, and he also read that john lerner helped to write some anti-trumpdds. that angered him and he spiked the appointment. that, again, pushed all of this internal drama to the surface. host: from oregon. independent line for our guest. this is jason. you are on with jordan fabian. caller: thank you, pedro, for taking my call. i have been an admired viewer of this program for a long time. thank you for taking my call. thank you, guest. i forget your name, but thank you forming of the possibility of a vice president pence and nikki haley connection. it is an interesting idea -- giving president trump's legal situation, it is good to have some foresight into a potentiality. pence andesident ambassador haley are a good combination to at least transition for the next two years, i think that would be ideal. how do they feel about the tpp -- all the different crises we have around the world? hear anyeing stood to further reports the guest has on that. thank you for taking my call again. i think the caller brings up an interesting point. i want to say in the co

the things comey did, lack of investigation in politics and i bring up the irs investigation, lois lerner, a lawyer -- many of the victims were never interviewed, never interviewed by the fbi. how is that an investigation? thank you, loretta lynch, 2013, would have been loretta lynch and only time mitchell was contacted by the fbi to interview a victim was on the hill testifying the investigation was a sham and they said -- bringing somebody who had been harassing the victim from the irs and to call it off. we are talking as i look at his investigation i don't see honesty there except where it is convenient for james comey. you don't know what was said. you weren't there. >> would you concede it is an accurate import, improper of the pres. to demand personal loyalty from the fbi director? >> that is how donald trump talks. >> this is how he talks constantly. there is now a growing division in the republican party, there are those people like mccabe and comey who believe in rule of law, official neutrality and the donald trump wing which comey describes as a mafia family, show absolute loy

reportedly evicted the family of an officer who testified that he helped entrap to reuters reporters while lerner and choice to are facing fourteen years in prison for violating state secrets law by acquiring official documents but a police captain testified they gave them documents gave them the documents to entrap them the captain's wife now says they've been ordered to move out of police headquarters those were the headlines are back with more news in thirty minutes next is digital dissidents here on alt. at the moment we are in a state of the universe like deception i took an oath to support on the constitution i take an oath sport and. started selling that was important was asked to call these people super heroes it is not so good because it search the work. for some people their superheroes for others simply traitors whistleblowers like daniel ellsberg thomas drake william binney and would snowden. hackers and activists like the wiki leaks founder julian assange and the former british secret service agent an emotional they want to subvert the complete surveillance of our society they oppose

lerner. but just as "camelot," all was not well in the kennedy administration. in october 1962, the united states and the soviet union stood on the brink of nuclear war when it was discovered that the ussr had installed ballistic missiles in cuba to prevent another invasion like the bay of pigs. the u.s. set up a blockade to prevent the delivery of any more missiles and after 12 days of tense negotiations, the soviet union agreed to withdraw its missiles if the u.s. would withdraw its missiles in turkey. so disaster was averted. but not for long. so trouble flares again in vietnam, in august of 1964. unsubstantiated reports of an attack on a u.s. vessel in the gulf of tonkin spurred the passage of the resolution which authorizes the president to take all necessary measures including the use of armed forces against any aggressor in the conflict. this is the carte blanche. this is what authorizes the president to gear up this war without formal declaration by congress. so, i'm a little off. a little off. yes. so that's that. what happens is -- i had a little -- th

including stories about cpac, including stories about mitt romney, the stories about the lois lerner scandal, and glen beck. facebook has shut down the chick-fil-a appreciation day page, has blocked a post of fox news reporter, has blocked over two dozen catholic pages, and most recently blocked trump supporters diamond and silks page with 1.2 million facebook followers after determining content and brand were, quote, unsafe to the community. to a great many americans that appears to be a pervasive pattern of political bias. do you agree with that assessment? >> senator, let me say a few things about this. first, i understand where that concern is coming from because facebook and the tech industry are located in silicon valley which is an extremely left-leaning place. and this is actually a concern that i have and i try to root out in the company is making sure that we don't have any bias in the work that we do, and i think it is a fair concern that people would -- >> let me ask this -- >> now -- >> are you aware of any ad or page taken down from planned parenthood? >> senator, i'm n

that comey did, a lack of investigation in politics, and they bring up the irs investigation, lois lerner. that investigation i can tell you the lawyer for most of, many, many of the victims, they were never interviewed. never interviewed by the fbi. how is that an investigation? thank you very much loretta lynch, maybe was eric holder, 2013 so would've been loretta lynch. the only time mitchell was contacted by the fbi to interview a victim was after should that on the hill testifying investigation was a sham and they called her and said we will do it but insisted on bring somebody who'd been harassing the victim from the irs and so they had to call it off. we are talking as a at his investigations, i don't see this honesty except when it's convenient for james comey. you talk about the conversation at the white house. you don't know what was said, you weren't there. >> would you can see this as an act report that was an improper, the president demand personal loyalty from the fbi director? >> that's how donald trump talks. >> do we agree this is could howett talks constantly. what i'm s

conservative stories from trending news, included stores about cpac and mitt romney and the lois lerner irs scandal. in addition to that, facebook has addition -- shut down the chick-fil-a appreciation day it blocked a post of a fox news reporter, it has blocked over two dozen catholic pages and most recently blocked trump supporters dimon and soaks page with 1.2 million facebook followers after determining their content and brand were unsafe to the community. to a great many americans, that appears to be a pervasive pattern of political bias. do you agree with that assessment? >> let me say a few things about this. first, i understand where the concern is coming from because facebook in the tech industry are located in silicon valley which is an externally left-leaning place. this is actually a concern that i have and that i try to route out of the company, making sure that we don't have any bias in the work that we do and i think it is a fair concern that people would wonder about that. are you aware of any advocates that has been taken down from planned parenthood? mark: i am not. >>

decisions and we have to make hard decisions so, i would be happy to respond to you in writing once i lerner more about the coastal resiliency center. i'd be happy to respond in writing. what about we found. >> good. i'll appreciate that and also more specifics about the national service input. >> sure. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. >> you're, welcome, mr. price. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. brock, thank you for being here today. trz thank you for your honest and clear answers. real quick. i'm from gulfport, mississippi. fourth district. one thing you can relate to that is hurricane katrina. we were ground zero. and we took it right on the chin. it took almost a decade for us to you know, be comfortable in our recovery. the one thing the gulf coast not just in mississippi, but in coastal areas, any place that lives on the water, the majority of the population in america, that relies on insurance. the nfip program. in mississippi alone, there's 64 policies. in 2013, congress tried to improve the nfip program only to basically you know, cause a lot of unforseen problems. with that w

trending news, including stories about cpac and including stories about mitt romney and the lois lerner irs scandal and stories will glenn beck. in addition to that, facebook has initially shut down the chick-fil-a appreciation day page, has blocked a post of a fox news report. has blocked over two dozen catholic pages and most recently blocked trump supporters diamond and silk's page with 1.2 million facebook followers after terming their content and brand were, quote, unsafe to the community. to a great many americans that appears to be a pervasive pattern of political bias. do you agree with that assessment? >> senator, let me say a few things about this. first, i understand where that concern is coming from because facebook and the tech industry are located in silicon valley which is an extremely left-leaning place. this is actually a concern that i have and that i try to root out the company is making sure that we don't have any bias in the work that we do, and i think it is a fair concern that people would at least wonder about. >> are you aware of any ad or page that has been tak

trending news, including stories about cpac and including stories about myth romney and the lows lerner irs scandal and stories will glenn beck. in addition to that, facebook has initially shut down the chick-fil-a appreciation day page, has blocked a post of a fox news report. has blocked over two dozen catholic pages and most recently blocked trump supporters diamond and silk's page with 1.2 million facebook followers after terming their content and brand were, quote, unsafe to the community. to a great many americans that appears to be a pervasive pattern of political bias. do you agree with that assessment? >> senator, let me say a few things about this. first, i understand where that concern is coming from because facebook and the tech industry are located in silicon valley which is an extremely left-leaning place. this is actually a concern that i have and that i try to root out the company is making sure that we don't have any bias in the work that we do, and i think it is a fair concern that people would at least wonder about. >> are you aware of any ad or page that has been tak

and routinely suppressed stories from trending news, including stories about cpac, mitt romney, the lerner irs scandal and glenn beck in addition to that, facebook initially shut down the chick-fil-a appreciation day page, blocked a post of a fox news reporter, blocked over two dozen catholic pages and blocked trump supporters diamond and silks page with 1.2 million facebook followers determining their content and brand were, quote, unsafe to the community to many americans, that appears to be a pervasive pattern of political bias do you agree with that >> senator, let me say a few things about this. first, i understand where that concern is coming from because facebook in the tech industry are located in silicon valley, an extremely left leaning place, and this is actually a concern that i have and that i try to root out in the company is making sure that we don't have any bias in the work that we do, and i think it is a fair concern that people would -- >> so let me ask this. >> now - >> are you aware of any ad or page that has been taken down from planned parenthood? >> senator, i'm not

right as the legislation -- legislative branch of government not to go into the tax returns lois lerner who was being investigated. but we argued the p on 6103 and he said very specifically, this is our duty to oversee the executive branch of government. well, what's good for the good goose is good for the gander. and that's what he said. so, saudi arabia, on january 23, 2017 -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. has expired. mr. polis: additional 30 seconds. the gentleman is recognized. mr. pascrell: february 28, trump golf course roll back eliminating a rule on pollution on golf courses. april 4, state department ran an mar-a-lago.e ad for september 19, reports reveal that the pentagon spent more than $130,000 a month to rent at the trump tower, more than twice as much as the other tenants. i got a whole list of these, mr. speaker. i bont bore, but we will enter them into the record. this is not the america i know and it is not the america you know. we have a right to put sunlight. that's our job. this is a checks and balance system, mr. speaker. and we need no

we've seen plenty of examples from the political hatchet job they did on the tea party to lois lerner's shouldn't hold them in high esteem. stuart: i'm with you on that one, dan, believe me, absolutely with you on that one. now more importantly there is this new report about unfunded pension liabilities for retired government workers. it now exceed the $6 trillion. that's $6 trillion worth of liability. you have to pay it out but you don't have the money. alaska, connecticut, ohio, illinois, new mexico, they have the biggest liability. look, dan, that seems to me to be a time bomb waiting to go off because we haven't got the money to pay. when does it explode? >> first thing it understand is, this is issue for state government because under reagan we actually reformed the retirement system for federal bureaucrats but at the state level, especially in places like illinois and new jersey, these things are ticking time bombs because basically the politicians sit down across the table from the union bosses that represent the bureaucrats and of course those union bosses are the same ones who

>> i have some of that, but you know >> were you on lois lerner's list were you on a conservative --see. >> probably sent money back to you for all you do >> we can only hope. melissa, save me >> robert, thank you >>> let's get back to the broader markets now. joining with ining us, john rid of portfolio management. guys, good to have you this morning. john, i'm curious your take on what jerome powell said last week that seemed to help spark that selloff we saw on friday in terms of -- it sounded to me and to other market participants that perhaps what he's saying is that the bar is going to be higher for the fed to curtail its rate hike path because of the market volatility. >> let me -- i'll leave the market to phil since he's here but i will say i didn't see anything different in powell than we have seen in his humphrey hawkins testimony he's very clear. there's no greenspan speak or yellen speak he's very clear. he uses english and he said, look we're pretty close to full employment inflation is going to rise in the next few months and it's probably going to be appropriate that w