linda mcmahon, we are listening to small business owners. that has not been happening for a while in washington dc. we're been listening like -- join me in thanking all the great small business owners who are gathered here today here in people that make west virginia such a great place to live to work and to raise a family. thank you all. we just had a great conversation. we talked with the job creators in west virginia about the president pro-business agenda. better infrastructure and a renewed focus on american energy. i have heard again from these west virginia small business owners about the need to repeal and replace obamacare. [applause] they tell me how obamacare stands in the way and stifles growth. not just a job creators, but to the american people. i was not surprised to hear it, because every promise of obamacare has been broken. you remember what they were. seven years ago, after it was signed into law, they said you could keep your doctor. not true. they said if you like your health plan you can keep it. not true. we were all t

[applause] linda mcmahon knows an awful lot about small business. they started their company as a small business back in the 1970's as titan sports. then they built it into an international entertainment enterprise -- the wwe. [applause] vp pence: any fans in the house? i am one. [laughter] vp pence: she is bringing that great business experience to help small businesses across america grow and thrive. linda, we are grateful for your leadership. maybe we could have used a few of your wwe superstars on capitol hill yesterday. [applause] vp pence: give her another round of applause for leading a small business with such great quality. [applause] vp pence: with linda mcmahon, we are listening to small business owners. that has not been happening for a while in washington, d.c. we're been listening like -- join me in thanking all the great small business owners who are gathered here today here in people that make west virginia such a great place to live to work and to raise a family. [applause] vp pence: thank you all. we just had a great conversation.

[applause] with linda mcmahon at the s.b.a., we're listening to small business owners. that has not been happening for a while in washington, d.c. we're been listening like -- join me in thanking all the great small business owners who are gathered here today here in people that make west virginia such a great place to live to work and to raise a family. [applause] vp pence: thank you all. we just had a great conversation. we talked with the job creators in west virginia about the president's pro-business agenda. less regulations, lower taxes, fair trade, better infrastructure and a renewed focus on american energy. i have heard again from these west virginia small business owners about the need to repeal and replace obamacare. [applause] vp pence: they told me how obamacare stands in the way and stifles growth. it is a burden not just a job creators, but to the american people. i was not surprised to hear it, because every promise of obamacare has been broken. you remember what they were. seven years ago, after it was signed into law, they said you could keep your doct

linda mcmahon knows an awful lot about small business. they started company as a small business back in the 1970s. as titan sports and then built into international entertainment enterprise, the wwe. any fans in the house? i'm one. now she's bringing that great business experience to building a business to help small businesses across america grow and thrive. you know, linda, we're grateful for your leadership, but maybe we could have used a few of your wwe super stars on capitol hill yesterday. another round of applause for leading the small business administration. [ applause ] such great, great quality. with linda mcmahon, we're leading to small business owners and that hadn't been happening for a while in washington, dc. been listening to people just like many who had been with us today. would you join me in thanking the great small business owners who are gathered here today? people that make west virginia such a great place to live, to work, and to raise a family? we had a great conversation. we talked with these job creators here i

[applause] linda mcmahon knows an awful lot about small business. linda and her husband started their company as a small business back in the 1970s as titan sports. then they built it into an international entertainment enterprise, the wwe. [cheers and applause] any fans in the house? [applause] i'm one. [laughter] now she's bringing that great business experience to building a business to help small businesses across america grow and thrive. you know, linda, we're grateful for your leadership, but maybe we could have used a few of your wwe superstars on capitol hill yesterday. [laughter] [applause] give her another round of applause for leading the small business administration. [applause] with such great great, great qualities. with linda mcmahon at the sba, we're listening to small business owners, and that hasn't been happening for a while in washington d.c. been listening to people just like many who are here with us today. would you join me in thanking all the great small business owners who are gathered here today, people that make west virgin

with them was the head of the small business administration, linda mcmahon. this is about 25 minutes.

administrator linda mcmahon who has been a friend of mine for a long time, long time. [ applause ] donecredible job in business, by the way. administrator seema verma, secretary betsy devos and, of course, my good friend from south carolina who is a very tough competitor, i want to tell you, nick kay haley, ambassador. she's doing fantastically well. [ applause ] and we're also joined by florida attorney general, highly respected, pam bondi so i want to thank you, pam. thank you. [ applause ] elaine chow, our secretary of transportation who is a real expert. show was secretary of labor, but she said i really wanted to be secretary of transportation. that's her real expertise and she's doing incredibly. she would have been here, but she's celebrating the 50th anniversary of the department of transportation right now as we speak, and she's going to work on infrastructure, and we are going to put up one of the big and great infrastructure bills of all time. [ applause ] we're going to get our infrastructure fixed in our country. and we're going to rebuild our country, and that's what we ne

of politicalically, it's a setback and they're trying to move beyond that, talking about jobs, linda mcmahon and the vice-president of course on the way to charge st-- charleston, west virginia to talk about regulatory reform and something the white house has done very, very well. continuing to they'll talk about building more american jobs in terms of infrastructure and unions. they want to get those sort of things done. you'll hear the president talk about that as he makes his way over to the mountain near state. . we're talking about that, very confident that neil gorsuch may be confirmed and it may take the nuclear options and the pretty good will conduct the meetings. and we'll pass it along to you, my friend. as always, i want to go right now to tom delay and you should remember him well. the hammer they used to call him. the former house majority leader. and in keeping with that theme, tom, i'd be curious what and how would you advise republicans right now. what would you tell them? >> well, first of all, i'd look at the debacle that happened yesterday, it's an opportunity. let's revi

education secretary betsy devos, small business administrator linda mcmahon, u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley, see ma verm ma who will speak about the challenges women and young girls face today. vice president pence and the first lady will also be in attendance. the president is proud his administration is full of so many female leaders from whom will be on stage this afternoon to those in -- so that their work doesn't always make headlines but it's felt across the federal government and across our nation. women's history month is coming to an end. the trump administration is committed to empowering women in the workplace. the work we started this month will not end at the end of this month. it will continue. the president made women's em paurpt a priority throughout the campaign speaking out on affordable child care and paid family leave, investing in women's health and the barriers faced by female entrepreneurs and business owners. in february, he and prime minister trudeau from canada launched the united states/canada council for advancement of

linda mcmahon, she joins me now. the head of the small business administration. linda, good to see you. you must have been encouraged by an addition of 235,000 jobs this month. >> absolutely. that is a fantastic news. it's a great jobs report. as we pointed out in the last segment, it is the participation rate so encouraging because we do want to see you know, those people back in the workforce. we do want to create even more jobs. that's what our job is at sba. trish: talk to me about small business and their role in all of this. a lot of people see the economy as being filled with big, big bad, i say bad, because that is the perception, big bad corporations, right? they want to always blame business for things. what they forget, linda, is that small business is what really makes our economy tick. and isn't it small business we look to first for job creation? >> absolutely. small business is the engine of our economy. and you know every job created, i mean every business that is started creates a job. more people are the in workforce by start-ups not by maintenan

my cabinet is full of incredible women leaders, administrator linda mcmahon who has been a friend of mine a long time. [applause] a long time. she's done an incredible job in business, by the way. secretary betsy devos and of course, my good friend from south carolina who is a very tough competitor, i want to tell you, nikki haley. she's doing a spectacular job. [applause] we're also joined by florida attorney general, highly respected pam bondi. thank you, pam. elaine chow, our secretary of transportation who is a real expert. she was secretary of labor. she said i really wanted to be secretary of transportation. that's here real expertise. she's celebrating the 50th anniversary of the department of transportation right now as we speak. we're going to work on infrastructure and we're going to put up one of the big and great infrastructure bills of all-time. we're going to get our infrastructure fixed in our country. we're going to rebuild our country. that's what we need. lots of jobs also. i want to thank ford. you saw their big announcement yesterday and so many others are announc

wwe could be the classic trump stock, given that former ceo linda mcmahon is now a member of the cabinet. she runs the sba, the small business administration. wwe had a 3% tax bracket last year. any kind of tax break would give their bottom line a huge boost, at the same time it wouldn't shock me if wwe even ends up as a fakeover candidate. the smoother subscription based revenue model, the company's adopted, makes it much more attractive to potential acquirers. one problem, stock's not cheap, raiding at 33 times next year's earnings estimates. er personally, of course i would rather wait for a pull back. wwe is firing on all cylinders here the rollout of it's online network has been a huge success, but take it from the boo-yah, brooklyn brawler, the stock has grown so much, here's a strategy, buy some now, and then buy some lower later. and i think you'll be very happy. i'm going to charles in maryland, charles? >> yes, good afternoon, how are you today? >> i am good, i'm a winner, how about you. >> good. good. >> i wanted to ask you this question about comcast, and it's ability to sust

ivan an ca held a roundtable with women business owners with linda mcmahon as well as others with latina business owners. the first lady joined the undersecretary for political affairs tom shannonton present the secretary of state's international women of courage award at the state department. the president believes as the first lady said this morning "wherever women are diminished, the entire world is diminished with them. however, wherever women are empowered, towns, villages, schools and economies are empowers and together we're all made stronger." the trump administration will continue to work to ensure that the american economy is a place where women can work and thrive. later this evening, the vice president will participate in the swearing in of david friedman as the next ambassador to israel. president is glad that ambassador friedman will be officially on board as we strive for a lasting peace in the middle east. mr. friedman's strong relationships in israel will be a tremendous asset to the president in furthering that mission. finally i want to speak about judge gorsuch and th

betsy devos, linda mcmahon, nikki haley, pam bondi. a lot of women getting together for the women's empowerment panel. as he suggested melania wanted to be there. her numbers going up according to the president as well. we'll hear about that in a second. another very powerful woman, melissa. melissa: herman cain, former presidential candidate, fox news contributor. before we move on to something else, let me ask you your reaction to scenes like this. i can already hear democrats sniping in the background, can't you? >> yes, i can. [laughter]. the president's remarks, melissa underscores the fact that he is dedicated to all of the people, women, blacks, whites, all americans. that is what is so great about him. the only way that the democrats know to try and bring him down or slow him down, is to attack him on every little molehill they can find. melissa: yeah. >> i think his remarks were absolutely right on. he could have given that same speech in front of a different audience, maybe changed some of the names. he mentioned harriet tubm

that is why he picked linda mcmahon to lead the small business administration. isn't she amazing? she started at titan sports and they biuilt it into an international enterprise, the wwe. any fan in the house? i'm one. now she's bringing that great business experience to help small businesses across america grow and thrive. you know, linda, we're grateful for your leadership. but maybe we could have used a few of your wwe superstars on capitol hill yesterday. with linda at the sb we're listening listening to small business owners. like many with us today. would you join me in thanking all the great small business owners who are gathered here today, people that make quest virginia such a great place to live to work and to raise a family. thank you all. he with ju we just had great conversation. we talked with these job dreecrr about less regulation, lower taxes, fair trade, better infrastructure and renewed focus on american energy. and i heard again from these west virginia small business owners about the need to repeal and replace obamacare. they told me how obamacare stands in t

administrator linda mcmahon who's been a friend of mine for a long time. long time. done an incredible job in business, by the way. administrator verma. secretary betsy devos and of course my good friend from south carolina, a very tough competitor, i want to tell you, nikki haley, ambassador. she's doing fantastically well. and we're also joined, of course, by florida attorney general, highly respected, pam bondy. so i want to thank you, pam. thank you. elaine chao, our secretary of transportation who's a real expert. you know, she was secretary of labor, but she said, i really wanted to be secretary of transportation. that's her real expertise and she's doing incredibly. she would have been here but she's celebrating the 50th anniversary of the department of transportation right now as we speak. and we're going to work on infrastructure and going to put up one of the big and great infrastructure bills of all-time. we're going to get our infrastructure fixed in our country. and we're going to rebuild our country and that's what we need. lots of jobs also. i want to

florida attorney general pam bondi, education secretary betsy devos, small business administrator linda mcmahon, u.s. ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley. senators for medicare & medicaid services will speak about unique challenges young women and girls face. vice president second lady mrs. pence will be in attendance. to their incredible work doesn't always make headlines but certainly felt across the federal government and across our nation. women's history month is coming to an end but the trump administration is committed to empowering women in the work place. the work we started this month will not end. the end of the month will continue. president made women's empowerment a priority throughout the campaign. speaking out on affordable child care and paid family leave, investing in women's health and barriers faced by female entrepreneurs and business owners. in february he and prime minister trudeau prime minister of canada launched council for advancement of women entrepreneurs this month. they hosted an event for international women's day in the east wing. cms administrator bur

its top donors were not american workers but billionaire friends of donald trump, like linda mcmahon,ow heading the federal small business administration. another big donor was the geo group, a private prison company that runs dozens of prisons and immigrant detention centers and whose stock has nearly doubled since election day. but i digress. trump and his backers have promised again and again a return of american manufacturing and especially steel. >> we have cleared the way for the construction of the keystone and dakota access pipelines, there by creating tens of thousands of jobs, and i've issued a new directive that new american pipelines be made with american steel. >> but it's not that simple. in fact remember the keystone pipeline? well, it's going to be built, thanks to donald trump reversing an obama executive order, but it will not be finished with american -- but it will not be finished with american steel, but rather with steel from someplace else. i'll give you two minutes to guess which country that is. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ lease a 2017 lincoln mkx for $369 a month. only at your

several members of the trump administration reside here, including steve gary cohen and linda mcmahonthe notable exception of 1600 pennsylvania avenue, is the most coveted piece of real estate. >> reporter: but here in d.c., they say that competitor is taking business away from their wine bar, cork. >> president trump can be the president of the united states or choose to be a business owner in washington, d.c. he can't do both. >> reporter: cork's owners, who are active in liberal causes, are suing the president, accusing him of unfair competition. saying the hotel's restaurant is luring away customers. lobbyist and diplomats want to curry favor with the president by spending money at his hotel. a lawyer for the trump organization, is dismissing the suit as a publicity stunt, completely lacking in legal merit. still, the hotel doesn't lack for free publicity. it has trump written all over it. last fall's ribbon cutting. a plug from the presidential podium. >> i encourage you to go there if you haven't been by. >> reporter: the president's first official night out. dining at the steak

the vice president was introduced by linda mcmahon. this is just under 30 minutes. [applause] >> what a great crowd. on thisu for coming out saturday afternoon. i can't thank you enough for having us and giving us an opportunity to first have listened to some of the concerns that many of the small businesses in the community have. and then to let you know little about what we would like to do about those.

he was joined in west virginia by linda mcmahon, head of the small business administration. >> wow, what a great crowd. thank you so much for coming out on this saturday afternoon. ron and nancy, i can't thank you enough for having us and giving vice president pence, myself, an opportunity first to have listened to some of the concerns that many of the small businesses in the community have. and then to let you know a little bit what we'd like to do about them. i was incredibly flattered and honored when at the time president-elect donald trump asked me to take on this position