linda mcmahon, my first association was world wrestling federation. again, it's good for them to be there and be engaged but this plays out much more at the ground level. >> scott pruitt, who mark failed to acknowledge, head of the epa. he is there really to deconstruct the epa in a sense. over all of it, with the exception of the president, who is over all of it, but we have a new chief of staff in the white house, general kelly. and he has done great work, i think, from everyone's reporting and anecdotal evidence in pulling tightness and cohesion together in the staff. >> when i find general kelly being in his position very reassuring. he was the head of socom, the southern command. and i am sure dealt with several hurricane disaster weather scenarios in that time period. he is experienced in how the whole of government is supposed to operate in these worst-case scenarios. what does scare me is that we're only six months into this presidency. they have been notoriously slow to staff up. when hurricane katrina happened, in 2005? >> 12 years ago yeste

liz: and here's ivanka trump speaking with linda mcmahon, who is head of the sba.'s just listen in for a moment. >> it is very powering. it is very inspiring, and really, this administration day in, day out is steadfast in its commitment to jobs and job creation. and you as business owners are really fueling that and really driving that. and we're looking to unleash you, so you can bring your full potential, so you can create more jobs. i believe 60 million jobs in this country are direct result of small business entrepreneurs such as yourself. so it is tremendously impactful on the ecosystem of job creation. and we're doing everything we can, and we look forward to your input today as we take some questions on how we can do even more. but through comprehensive tax reform that will enable us to have more money to reinvest in the growth of your businesses. to regulatory reform. there is some 800 regulations that were put on the books by the previous administration that really many of which, not all of which, but many of which really stifle your ability to grow and t

we can see the small business administrator linda mcmahon and ben carson. we understand each of these cabinet members at the president is bringing down our bringing a key member of their staff and the idea is that this is not just a photo op, this is not just a chance for the president to come and show that he's paying attention. >> harris: peter, let's listen and see if there's any wild audio here. sometimes there might be. all right, we thought we like the megaphone come up and peter, you are saying about each person bringing along a staff member. speak out right, just so they can make sure that the money, the enormous federal recovery effort that's going to be spent over the next couple years that it's going to the right places. that is something that's going to recover before many departments. of course, the authorization of the president. he's here with numbers of his cabinet. >> sandra: we're going to keep listening in case we can pick up audio of the president, but i want to go back to some and we just heard. prior to the president landing here, this

i want to thank my people, ben carson is here from hud, and linda mcmahon from small business. , thiss not small business is big business. when you added up, you will be given many millions of dollars to help people. tom price, as you know, dr. tom price, you have your people in the field. you may say a couple words, then i will ask linda and ben then we get onto nim and brock. sec. price: thank you. as you said, this is historic. we had to give resources to individuals stranded, make sure evacuees have places to go. our responsibilities are medical and veterinary and mortuary. there will be all of the above. the challenge in the long-term is that most individuals who suffer from not being able to get the medical care that they when the sun comes out, so trying to make sure we have pharmacies set up, staff, dialysis units, make sure people are getting electricity to their homes so that their oxygen machines can work, and chronic disease. make certain people can get to their doctor when they are back in their hometown to get treatment. we are ready to go. we have four federal medical st

tom price, linda mcmahon, small business is now big business. when you added up you are helping a lot of people in texas and doing a fantastic job. thank you very much. we have had a tremendous group, our acting director, thank you very much for the job you have done. and a man that will become very famous. we appreciate it very much. i can tell you my folks are telling me how great the representatives have been, it is a real team. we want to do it better than er before. we want to be looked at in five years and 10 years as, this is the way to do it. this is epic proportions. no one has ever seen anything like this. governor, thank you very much. won't say congratulations, we do not want to do that. we want to congratulate each other when it is all finished. friend. been my thank you, mr. president. the whole community is coming together. right here where the brunt of the category 4 winds -- came and we are affecting recovery. it is a slow process. but we are trying to unify efforts down to the most responders, first responders. yesterday we put

after the president we hear from a vaca trump and linda mcmahon. [applause] president trump: thank you very much. a great honor to be here. we are pleased to welcome members of congress and so many incredible entrepreneurs to the white house to celebrate the work of the small business administration as it enters its 65th year. i would like to just say that senator jim -- is here. marco rubio, a strong competitor, i will tell you that. [laughter] president trump: senator joni ernst, who has been my friend for a long time, and we appreciate you being here, joni, and they love you in iowa, don't they, huh? steve shabbat. and mike kelly. thank you for being here. we appreciate it. i want to thank administrator linda mcmahon for doing a tremendous job helping small businesses across our country. she has been incredible. i have known her for a long time, and her husband and herself built an incredible business. she is determined to transform america and american dreams into reality. we also want to thank my daughter, ivanka, for her credible work on beha

i want to thank administrator linda mcmahon for doing a tremendous job helping small businesses across our country. she has been incredible. i have known her for a long time, and her husband and herself built an incredible business. she is determined to transform america and american dreams into reality. we also want to thank my daughter, ivanka, for her incredible work on behalf of small businesses and women entrepreneurs. your stories dem and -- and this and i have fact -- read some of these stories, but they demonstrate what it takes to succeed. you are right because you found something that you love to do, pursued it with all of your heart, and never, ever gave up. so important. you do not give up. america is on the verge of a golden age in small business. we are ending job-killing regulation. these folks know that very well. and we are and again at a record rate, right? i tell you. right? [applause] trump we are : eliminating the tremendous, the massive regulations on american energy, and numbers are going to be released next week that are going to be earth shattering as to what w

we have ben carson from hud and linda mcmahon from small business.nt earlier visited in corpus christie. a lot of disaster relief efforts all being done out of austin, the state capital. that is why he is there. the message is we're behind you and we'll do everything we can to get houston back on its feet. cheryl: again, the president is in austin at that command center and obviously as we're watching the live pictures we're getting from our own jeff flock out of houston as these rescues are continuing live on your screen. you're watching it with us. we're here with you, folks. we can't to bring in christie considered dock, because the oil industry took out more oil productions cuts and christie, thank thank you for standing by, obviously the president is in austin where you are. talk about the refinery shutdown in port arthur. >> thank you for having me. obviously we're still prioritizing people and rescues as we look across the state. that is priority one. we appreciate the president being here in austin and corpus. prioritizing the state. we had g

includes melania trump and linda mcmahon. carson.ove on later in the day to austin and he will return on saturday to a different part of texas. geopolitical tensionshe will moy to austin back in focus after north korea launched a ballistic missile that flew over japan and landed in the pacific ocean. the prime minister shinzo abe says he has agreed to increase pressure on north korea. trump issued a statement this morning thing threatening and destabilizing actions only increase the north korean regime's isolation in the region and among all nations of the world all options are on the table. in bloomberg's national security editor. this action on the part of north korea. does it mean the president's rhetoric hasn't worked? it is definitely a new test president is saying. you might remember just a couple weeks ago the president warned about fire and fury coming from the sky if north korea was provocative. president is saying. in the wake of that when it looks like north korea was holding off on some of its test the president made comm

i want to thank administrator linda mcmahon for doing a tremendous job helping small businesses all across our country. she has been incredible. known her a long time. her husband and herself built an incredible business. she's determined to transform america and american dreams into reality. we also want to thank my daughter, ivanka, for her incredible work on behalf of small businesses and woman entrepreneurs. your story -- this is really a fact. i've read some of these stories. they demonstrate what it takes to succeed. you thrive because you found something that you love to do, pursued it with all of your heart and never ever gave up. so important. you just don't give up. america is on the verge of a golden age for small business. we're ending job-killing regulation. these folks know that very well. we're really ending it at a record pace. we're eliminating the tremendous, the massive restrictions on american energy. numbers will be released next week that will be earth-shattering as to what we're doing with energy and the amounts of energy we're producing. far greater than ever before

he is going to be speaking with small business administrator linda mcmahon. let's listen. >> great honor to be here at this magnificent house nobody as the white house. we're pleased to welcome members of congress and so many incredible entrepreneurs to the white house to celebrate the work of the small business administration as it enters its, believe it or not, 65th year. i'd like to just say that senator jim rich is here. jim, thank you very much. marco rubio, strong competitor, i will tell you that. senator joni ernst. they love you in iowa, don't they, huh? steve shabak. where's steve? steve and mike kelley. good, mike. thank you very much for being here. all of you, we really appreciate it. i want to thank administrator linda mcmahon for doing a tremendous job helping small businesses all across our country. she has been incredible. known her for a long time, and her husband and herself built an incredible business. she's determined to transform america and american dreams into reality. we also want to thank my daughter, ivanka, for her incredible work

[applause] president trump: small business administrator, linda mcmahon.applause] president trump: and from the purely political world, a friend who did such an incredible job with his beautiful wife at the inauguration, senator roy blunt. thank you. thank you, roy. [applause] president trump: the governor is here, who is doing some job. thank you, governor. special. lieutenant governor parson, thank you, lieutenant governor. and our great members of commerce, i want to thank you all for coming. there are so many. i asked the governor, should i announce them all? there are so many. i am glad they are here. my friend for a long time, and somebody who liked me from the beginning and i like him. billy long. right? right from the beginning. where is blaine? good. thank you. representative jason smith. thank you for everything, jason. representative ann wagner. good job. and we have so many more. anybody i forgot? everything ok? good. i got it. thank you. i appreciate it. to the congressmen and congresswomen, we very much appreciate you being here. thank you ve

president trump: small business administrator, a very large business, will tell you that, linda mcmahon, a friend of mine. president trump: and from the purely political world, a friend who did such an incredible job with his pitiful life at the inauguration, senator. thank you. thank you, roy. president trump: the governor is here, who is doing some job. thank you, governor. special. lieutenant governor parson, thank you, lieutenant governor. and our great members of commerce, i want to thank you all for coming. are so many and i asked if i can announce them all but i'm honored there here paired they are here -- i am honored they are here. my friend for a long time, and somebody who liked me from eginning and i like him. really long. right? ight from the beginning. good. thank you. representative jason smith. representative and wagner. good job. nd we have so many more. everything ok? good. i got it. thank you. i appreciate it. thank you very much. president trump: before we begin, i would like to take a few moments to discuss the deeply tragic situation in texas and louisiana. as we k

[applause] >> in about an hour, the president will join small business administrator linda mcmahon and his daughter for a special event highlighting the role small businesses play as major drivers of our economy. around 58 million people are employed by small businesses around the country, accounting for nearly half of the united states employment. that is 58 million individuals whose families count on small businesses to keep food on the table, central china college, or save for the future. that's why we have an entire agency led by an incredibly successful businesswoman dedicated to promoting small businesses. during the last administration, small businesses saw themselves under assault from a federal government that seemed determined to pile on regulations and compliance requirements until it became impossible to keep their doors open. obamacare's mandates saddled many with health care costs they cannot afford, and these business owners have seen new additions to the tax code that have forced them to spend additional time and money. the president is committed to ending these policie

you very much for being here all of you, we really appreciate it i want to thank administrator linda mcmahon for doing a tremendous job helping small businesses all across our country. she has been incredible. known her for a long time and her husband and herself built an incredible business. she's determined to transform america and american dreams into reality. we also want to thank my daughter ivanka for her incredible work on behalf of small businesses and women entrepreneurs. and this is really a fact, and i've read some of these stories, but they demonstrate what it takes to succeed you thrive because you found something that you love to do, pursued it with all of your heart and never ever gave up so important you just don't give up america is on the verge of a golden age for small business. we're ending job-killing regulation those folks know that very well, and we're really ending it at a record pace, i'll tell you, right? [ applause ] >> we're eliminating the tremendous, the massive restrictions on american energy and numbers are going to be released next week that are going to be e

washington times highlights president trump at the white house yesterday with the fda administrator linda mcmahon and his daughter, iraq a trump. he put the spotlight on the economy and promised a bright future beyond the white house turmoil. the russiaeyond investigation, president trump has the economy on his side for now. 22,000 onmarket near tuesday. corporate earnings for the second quarter are beating forecasts for the highest rate in at least nine years. unemployment is four point 4%, wages rising, second-quarter growth a solid 2.6%. mr. trump predicts it will soon reach the stated goal of 3% growth annually. that is in the washington times. choosing to highlight what he is cnbc's, and here website. the dow is 22,000 for the first time ever and apple surges on earnings. all the other markets are up-to-date, that 22,000 milestone hit for the first time ever at the dow. we have jack on the line from montana. jack, say the name of your town? valier, montana. i want to respond with all due respect to a very recent caller that described donald trump as only being interested in money and i belie

small business administrator, which is a very large business, linda mcmahon.m the purely political world, a really great friend that did such an incredible job with his beautiful wife at the inauguration, senator roy blunt, thank you. thank you. where is he at? thank you, roy. the governor is here, who is doing some job, thank you, special. lieutenant governor parson. thank you. and our great members of commerce. i want to thank you all for coming. so many, i was ask iing who els representative sam graves. representative vicky hartsler who has been terrific. my friend for a long time who liked me from the beginning and i liked him, billy long. right billie? right from the beginning. . representative jason smith. thank you for everything, jason. representative ann wagner. hi, ann. good job. and i don't know, we have so many more. anyone i forgot? right? everything okay. good i got it. you remember more than anybody. thank you, i appreciate it. and to the congressmen and women, we appreciate you being here, very much. before we begin, i would like to take a few

moving along donald trump, linda mcmahon today after disbanding two business advisory councils, the news came after several ceos resigned over the president's response to the deadly rally in charlottesville, rather than putting pressure on the is this people, the manufacturing counsel and strategy and policy forum i am ending both. the white house has a new interim communications director, senior communications advisor who will temporarily fill the gap left by anthony scaramucci as the white house finds a permanent replacement saying hope is a terrific person and will do a great job, wishing her the best. >> better benefits for our heroes returning home to the battlefield, donald trump signing the forever g.i. bill bringing big changes to education benefits for service members, veterans and their families. the secretary praising the move. >> this is expanding our ability to get our veterans education, bipartisan support brought us this g.i. bill so in effect members of congress i want to thank our veterans service organizations, i think the president. >> among the changes veterans no lon

you know ben carson, obviously, from hud and tom price and linda mcmahon, small business.ich is now big business, because when you add 'em all up, you're going to be helping a lot of people in texas and doing a fantastic job. thank you very much, linda. we have had a tremendous group of folks, our acting director, elaine, thank you very much for the job you've done. and a man who's really become very famous on television -- [laughter] the last couple of days, mr. long. we appreciate it very much. you have been just outstanding. and i could tell you that -- [inaudible] is telling me how great your representatives have been in working together. it's a real team, and we want to do it better than ever before. we want to be looked at in five years and ten years from now as this is the way to do it. this was of epic proportion. nobody's ever seen anything like this. and i just want to say that working with the governor and his entire team has been an honor for us. so, governor, again thank you very much, and we won't say congratulations. we don't want to do that. we don't want t

tom price and linda mcmahon. small business which is now the business.hen you add them all up there's a lot of people in texas. they have done a fantastic job. thank you very much. groupe had a tremendous of hosts. we appreciate it very much. my folks are telling me just how great your representatives have been in working together. it's a real team. we want to do it better than ever before. to be looked at in five years and 10 years from now, this is the way to do it. this was of epic proportions. not has ever seen anything like this. just want to say that working with the governor and his entire team has been an honor for us. thank you very much. we want say congratulations. we don't want to hear that. >> thank you, mr. president. the whole community is coming together. the brunt ofere the category four hurricane went. we are already starting to affect recovery. recovery is a slow process. canre doing everything we to get support of local responders. we are working in conjunction with the national guard where where the national guard is helping to run a

he was joined by his daughter of vodka trump and linda mcmahon. here's a look. [applause]

. >> you think ben carson, linda mcmahon, several others, i did not hear him speak about the victims of this flood. >> the human element was absent outside the self-con grad la torre effort of the press conference. seems to me it's concerned about optics. >> we should be talking about response. how many people have been rescued, how many need to be rescued. how many resources to get people and save their lives? everything is not about money. it is for trump, but not for the rest of america. >> jillian? so the feelings aside, the politics, it was important for the president to go to texas when he did because it's important the nation sees him there. it's important that they feel that he is on top of this and he's supporting texans. but beyond that, there's really important practical reason why he went down there. that is because he needs to see firsthand the level of the devastation, the rescue relief efforts. the next coming days and weeks, he's going to make some important decisions that will shape how people recover from this. and that will have implications for months and years ah

it ben carson obviously, tom price and linda mcmahon, when you add them all up you will be helping a lot of the people in texas. fantastic job, thank you very much. we have had a tremendous group of folks, our acting director, thank you very much for the job you have done. a man who will surely become very famous on television and a couple of days, we appreciate it very much. i can tell you, my folks telling me how great your representatives have been in working together, it's a real team. we want to do it better than ever before, we want to be looked at in five years, ten years from now as this is the way to do it. this is of epic proportion, nobody's ever seen anything like this and i just want to say, working with the governor and his entire team has been an honor for us. governor, again, thank you very much. we won't say congratulations, we don't want to do that. we will congratulate each other when it's all finished. you have been terrific. and you've been my friend, too. with that -- >> the whole community is coming together, right here at the brunt of the category 4 hurricane

over the country, to ask questions not only of ivanka trump an entrepreneur of her own right but linda mcmahon, of the small business administration celebrating 65 years in business. there are a lot of questions about regulations keeping small businesses from growing. burdensome taxes keeping businesses from expanding. listen what the president said where we stand as they get ready to roll back the regulations and reform the tax code. >> america is on the verge of a golden age for small business. we're ending job-killing regulation. we're eliminating the tremendous the massive restrictions on american energy. numbers will be released next week that will be earth shattering what we're doing with energy and amounts of energy we're producing far greater than ever before and pursuing bold tax cuts so our companies can thrive, compete and grow? >> as you heard the president say, golden age of small business but on capitol hill not so golden. steve mnuchin, secretary of treasury, he was meeting with the leader of majority mitch mcconnell, along with chuck schumer minority leader of democrats, trying

small business administrator which, by the way, is a very large business, i will tell you that, linda mcmahon of mine. and from the purely political world, a really great friend who did such an incredible job with his beautiful wife at the inauguration, senator roy blunt. thank you. thank you. thank you, roy. the governor is here, who's doing some job. thank you, governor. special. lieutenant governor parson. thank you, lieutenant governor. and our great members of commerce, i want to thank you all for coming. there's so many. i was asking the governor and roy, i said, do you think i should announce them all? i have so many. but i'm honored that they're here. representative sam graves, representative vicki hartsler has been terrific. my friend for a long time and just somebody that, he liked me from the beginning and i liked him, billy long. where's billy? billy. right, billy? right from the beginning. blaine lootkimeyer. where's blaine? thank you, blaine. representative jason smith. jason, thank you for everything, jason. representative anne wagner. hi, anne. good job, anne. and -- i don't k

i want to thank my staff, my cabinet, ben carson obviously from hud and tom price and linda mcmahon, small business, our acting director, thank you very much for the job you've done and a man hon has become very famous on television over the last couple of days, mr. long, we appreciate it very much. working with the governor and his entire team has been an honor for us. so governor, again, thank you very much. and we won't say congratulations. we don't want to do that. we don't want to congratulate -- we'll great each other when it's all finished. >> we won't say congratulations after that briefing .spresident went outside and spoke to supporters lined up outside a firehouse noting that it was a good sized crowd. >> we're going to get you back and operating immediately. thank you, everybody. what a crowd. what a turnout. >> what a turnout. tonight, "the washington post" puts it this way in the headline. even in visiting hurricane ravaged texas, trump keeps the focus on himself. and politico wrote, it was a presidential trip to a day lunled state where the president didn't meet a sing

will be here and since commerce is so disrupted already, the small business of administration or linda mcmahonn houston, the rain still has not stopped, but so far, greg abbott says the federal response to harvey has been an a+ and texas is going to get two presidential visits this week paired the one that's set to start a few minutes from right now and another on saturday to a different part of this state. president trump says he expects to have a request on his dice dk from governor abbott and the next few days and he says of federal money will come back after he gets that request. we expect governor abbott to greet president trump here and corpus christi international airport because we just saw him in the terminal. we also saw the fema administrator brock long. >> leland: we also know the president certain navy teams to help him, peter doocy in the ground, back to you as air force one pulls up, think you. the president promised yesterday, it's all hands on deck. >> we will get through this, we will come out stronger and believe me, we will be bigger, better, stronger than ever before. the

ben carson, obviously, from hud and tom price and linda mcmahon. small business. which is now big business, because when you add them all up, you are going to help a lot of people in texas, and doing a fantastic job. thank you very much. we have had a tremendous group of folks, our acting director, elaine, thank you very much for the job you've done, and a man who really has become very famous on television in the last couple of days, mr. long. we appreciate it very much. you have been just outstanding, and i can tell you that my folks are telling me how great your representatives have been in working together. it's a real team, and we want to do it better than ever before. we want to be looked at in five years, in ten years from now as, this is the way to do it. this was of epic proportion. nobody's ever seen anything like this and i just want to say that working with the governor and his entire team has been an honor for us. so, governor, again, thank very much. we won't say congratulations. we don't want to do that. we don't want to congratulate. we'll congratu

small business administrator, which, by the way, is a very large business, i will tell you that, linda mcmahonof mine. and from the purely political world, a really great friend who did such an incredible job with his beautiful wife at the inauguration, senator roy blunt. thank you. thank you. where is he? thank you, roy. the governor is here, who's doing some job. that you know, governor. thank you. special. for lieutenant governor is here. thank you, lieutenant governor, and our great members of commerce, i want to thank you all for coming. there's so many. i was asking the governor and roy, i said, do you think i should announce them all? i have so many. but i'm honored that they're here. representative sam graves. representative vicky hartzler, has been terrific. my friend for a long time and just somebody that he liked me from the beginning, and i liked him, billy long. where's billy? billy. right, billy? right from the beginning. blayne, where's blayne? good. thank you, blayne. representative jason smith. jason, thank you for everything, jason. representative ann wagner. hi, ann. good jo

small business administrator, which by the way is a very large business, i will tell you that, linda mcmahonnd of mine. abu hamzalinda mcmahon. political world a great friend who did such incredible job with his beautiful wife at the inauguration, senator roy blunt, thank you. thank you, roy. governor is here, doing some job, thank you, governor. special. [applause] lieutenant governor parson. lieutenant governor, thank you. thank you, lieutenant governor. and our great members of commerce, thank you all for coming, i was asking the governor and roy, you think i should announce them, i have so many? i'm honored that they're here. representative sam graves. [applause] representative vick hartzler has been terrific. my friend for a long time, just somebody that he liked me from the beginning and i liked him, billy long. where is billy? [applause] right, billy. right from the beginning. blaine lukemeyer. where is blaine? thank you, representative jason smith. thank you for everything, jason. representative ann wagner. hi, ann. good job, ann. [applause] and i don't know, we have some more. anybo

. >> in about an hour, the president will join small business administrator linda mcmahon and his daughtera special event highlighting the role of small businesses play as major drivers of our economy. around 58 million people are employed by small businesses around the country accounting for nearly half of the united states employment. that's 58 million individuals whose families count on small businesses to keep food on the table, send their children to college, or spend for the future. that's why we have an entire agency led by an incredibly successful businesswoman dedicated specifically promoting small businesses. during the last administration, small business found themselves under assault from federal government that seemed determined to keep piling on regulations and compliance requirements until it became impossible to keep their doors open. obamacare is mandates settled many with health care costs they simply couldn't afford and every year, these business owners see new additions to the tax code that forced them to spend additional time and money to file. the president is committ

at his new jersey golf club today and will have lunch with republican governor rick scott and linda mcmahonesolution will ask for permission to move statues before any action can be taken. >> and jim mattis will meet with japan today. >> that does it for us on this thursday morning. i'm yasmin vossoughian alongside louis burgdorf and ayman mohyeldin. "morning joe" starts right now. >> i think the reason that what happened to heather has struck a cord is because we know that what she did is achievable. we don't all have to die. we don't all have to sacrifice our lives. they tried to kill my child to shut her up. well, guess what, you just magnified her. [ applause ] >> i don't want this to die. this is just the beginning of heather's legacy. that's how you're going to make my child's death worthwhile. i'd rather have my child but, by golly, if i got to give her up, we're going to make it count. >> and with that the mother of heather heyer, the 3 32-year-ol woman killed in charlottesville. good morning and welcome to "morning joe." with us, mike barnicle, associate editor of "the washington p

. >> in about an hour, the president will join small business administrator linda mcmahon and his daughter ivanka highlighting the role small businesses play as major companies in our country. accounting for nearly half of the united states employment. that's 58 million individuals whose families count on small businesses to keep food on the table, send their children to college or save for the future, that's why we have an entire agency led by an incredibly successful businesswoman. during the last administration, small businesses found themselves under assault, from the government, who seemed to pile on regulations, until it became impossible to keep their doors open. obama saddled many with health care costs they couldn't afford. every year, they see new editions to the tax code that see them spending additional time and money to file. the president is committed to ending these anti-growth policies. we will continue to work with congress to repeal obama care's oppressive mandates, we will deliver bold tax reform that provides relief for middle income individuals. a more competitive mode

in about an hour the president will join small business administrator linda mcmahon and his daughter ivanka for a special event highlighting the role of small businesses play as major drivers of our economy. around 58 million people are employed by small businesses around the country, accounting for nearly half of the united states employment. that is 58 million individuals whose families count on small businesses to keep food on the table, send their children to college, or save for the future. that is why we have entire agency led by an incredibly successful businesswoman, dedicated specifically to promoting small businesses. during the last administration small business found themselves under assault from a federal government that seemed determined to keep piling on regulations and compliance requirements until it became i'm possible to keep their doors open. obamacare's mandate saddled many with health care costs they assembly couldn't afford and every year these business owners seeing new additions to the tax code that forced them to spend additional time and money to file. the

i also want to think my people, ben carson as you know is here and linda, linda mcmahon from small business. what is not small business, this is big business when you add it all up. millions and millions of dollars to help people out and tom price as you know, tom price you have good people in the field. he may say a couple of words that have brenda and then we get onto them and to brock. >> thank you, mr. president. this is an historic proportion storm and flood. the challenge that we have obviously is to get resources to the individuals that are stranded right now, make certain that the evacuees have a place to go from an hhs standpoint, our responsibilities are medical and veterinary and mortuary. we'll be all all of the above. the challenges that most visuals who suffer. try to make certain that we've got pharmacies staff, try to make sure the dialysis units are up, making sure people get electricity to their homes, oxygen concentrators will be able to be utilized. and then just chronic disease, making sure folks can get to their doctor when they're in their hometown and get treatment t

you saw his daughter and senior adviser ivanka trump standing behind him along with linda mcmahon, the administrator of the small business administration and so as we don't often see ivanka trump and she will speak as part of this panel momentarily, emily to, you. some people, she tweeted yesterday in the news, day one, the chief of staff, general kelly, nice to serve alongside him and critics are saying, is it alongside? is it under? everyone's reading in everything. what's she been up to? >> well, i think as one white house official told me yesterday, she and her husband, jared kushner, are very happy that general kelly is there because they think he can restore some professionalism to the west wing. i think that she says she wants to do these kinds of things, to talk to small business owners, to focus on working women, small business owners, entrepreneurs and having a more professionalized west wing. the logic would follow, would let them do that, do the things that they wanted to do when they move to washington, whether or not that will happen, i think we should all stay tuned to s

hhs secretary tom price, ben carson, hud secretary, elaine duke, the acting dhs secretary, even linda mcmahon, small business administrator, all there on the ground. they're going to be meeting with their counterparts, chris, throughout the day. so this is a robust response, the optics are important as you were talking about, the president there, but also the first lady and i think what they are going to try to do is not only get briefed on this situation on the ground, not only get briefed on the ways in which the federal government can help the response to this, but also try to provide that very human comfort for the people there who are suffering on the ground, chris. >> it does strike me as we listen to what kristen has to say that this is, as many people talked about, a test for the president, because we're watching to see what his interaction is here, what he has to say, we have seen in other circumstances how previous presidents have found themselves in a little bit of hot water when they maybe said not exactly the right thing. having said that, this is a test, is it not, for the whole

applause] small business administrator, which by the way is a very large business, i what i you that, linda mcmahonf mine. [applause] , from the purely political world, a really great friend who did such an incredible job with his beautiful wife, at the inauguration, senator roy blunt. thank you. thank you. [applause] thank you, roy. greitens, is here. thank you, governor. lieutenant governor parson. lieutenant governor, thank you, lieutenant governor. and our great members of congress, thank you all for coming. there are so many, i was asking the governor and roy, do you think i should announce them all? but i'm honored that they are here. representative sam graves. representative the key parts to, who has been terrific -- representative vicky hartzler, who has been terrific. my friend, billy long. where is billy? right billy? right from the beginning. luetkemeyer. thank you, blaine. representative jason smith. jason, thank you for everything, jason. representative and wagner. high, and. good job, and. hi, ann. ann.job, thank you very much, we appreciated. and to the congressmen and congresswomen,

linda mcmahon from small business. i say this is not small business. this is big business.be giving away many millions of dollars to help people out. tom price, as you know, you have your people in the field. in fact, you may say a couple of words. i will ask linda and ben. >> sure. thanks mr. president. this is a historic proportions storm and flood. the challenge we have obviously is getting the resources to the individuals that are stranded right now. make certain evacuees have a place to go. our an hhs standpoint, responsible is our medical and mortuary. the challenge we have is long-term the people that suffer from not being able to get the medical care they need after ou. whes pharmacies staffed, make sure folks get electricity to their homes, oxygen concentrator and the like, and just chronic disease. making sure they can get to their doctor when they are in their hometown and get the treatment they need. we are staffed up, ready to go. four medical stations. two are up and running. two on the way. another four or five that are stationed after that. president trump:

we have quite a few of our cabinet here, ben carson, obviously, from hud and tom price and linda mcmahon, small business, which is now big business because when you add them all up you'll be helping a lot of the people in texas and doing a fantastic job. thank you very much. we have had a tremendous group of folks, our acting director, thank you very much, for the job you've done. and a minute who's really become very famous on television in the last couple days, mr. long, we appreciate it very much. you have been just outstanding. i can tell you my folks are telling me how great your representatives have been in working together. it's real team. and we want to d it better than ever before. we want to be looked at in five years and ten years from now as this is the way to d it. this was of epic proportions. nobody's ever seen anything like this. and i just want to say that working with the governor and his entire team has been an honor for us, so governor, again, thank you very much. and we won't say congratulations. we don't want to d that. we'll congratulate each other whenitis all fin

ross small business administrator which by the way is a very large business i will tell you that, linda mcmahon, friend of mine. and from the purely political world a really great friend who did such an incredible job with his beautiful wife at the inauguration, senator roy blunt. thank you. thank you. thank you, roy governor greitens is here. thank you. special. lieutenant governor parson lieutenant governor, thank you, lieutenant governor. and our great members of commerce, i want to thank you all for coming there's so many i was asking the governor and roy, i said do you think i'll announce them all, i have so many, but i'm honored they're here representative sam graves. representative vicki hart her. my friend for a long time and just somebody that he liked me from the beginning and i liked him, billy long. where's billy? right, billy right from the beginning blaine lute ken meyer. thank you. representative jason smith jason, thank you for everything. representative ann wagner. hi, ann. good job, ann. and we have so many more anybody i forgot right? everything okay? good, i got it you i rem

. >> linda mcmahon runs the sba. we're a big fan of hers.>> she is not as powerful as gary cohn. gerri: let him finish it. >> she is not powerful as gary cohn. gerri: i need to get to breaking news and headlines. "new york times" saying president trump decided to push bannon out of the white house. they're citing two administration officials. but the president could decide to keep ban on none for some time, we just don't know at this point. hector, i want to broaden our lens for a second beyond bannon to the entire white house, talk about this. small businesses have been standing behind trump in a way big companies, big-named companies that resigned from these manufacturing councils, these strategy forums, this week did not. why? >> well, small businesses feel that they finally have a voice, you know? for years we've been saying problem government is in the way. when you have somebody talking about lowering their taxes, not on big business, but on small business, lowering regulatory burden, creating more opportunities, that is very, very pos

president trump to meet with a small business administrator today linda mcmahon is the president dissolved to economic advisory councils yesterday after corporate executives designed in the wake of his response to the violence in charlottesville, virginia. the president to did this yesterday appeared rather than putting pressure at the manufacturing council, i am indeed both. coming moments after two more ceos announced investigations for the manufacturing council. boot policy forum decided to disband during a 45 minute conference call yesterday. the group said the state around charlottesville have become distraction to their purpose. the president's comment president's comments come up with this but the congressional agenda at risk once again? >> this falls on congress to push the agenda ahead and it's not just tax reform we talked about. this is raising the debt ceiling which could indeed roiled markets if it looks like they can't do it and do it with speed once they come back from the break. it's also about keeping the government open, getting a budget in place. let's not forget what th

. >> awesome with the sba programs that linda mcmahon brought out, everything like that. great. we have a saying in st. albans of the we used to have a train every 11 minutes come through. over last few years under obama administration, that is 20, 25 minutes. you're seeing coal starting to move again which is great for west virginia, jobs and everything. >> quickly you were at rally last night. describe the experience. >> amazing. reality in there, energy, everybody going for trump, amazing. god back in the white house and so is trump. >> bill, interesting license plate. >> thank you. had it made a year and month ago. actually before the president was president. i just felt that it was time for a change. and president trump is is not a typical politician. and america is sick an tired of the political hacks. that promise everything, produce nothing and that includes republicans as well as democrats. and he is doing an a-plus job. >> thank you very much, bill. that is it from st. albans. thank you, everybody. back to new york. abby: thank you, todd. brian: trace adkins tak

le,lso want to thank my peop ben carson and linda mcmahon. this is not small business, linda, this is big business. you will be giving away many millions of dollars to help people out. and tom price, you have your people in the field. in fact, you may say a couple words and then i will ask linda and ben. and then we get on to brock and everybody. >> mr. president, this is a historic proportion storm and flood. we are getting resources to the individuals that are stranded right now. our a hhs standpoint, responsibilities are medical and rescue. the challenge we have in the long-term is most individuals who suffer from ts suffer from not being able to get the medical care they need after the -- when the sun comes out. we are trying to make rtain we have pharmacies staffed, make certain folks are getting electricity to their homes. disease, just chronic making sure folks can get to their doctor in their home towns and making sure they get the treatment they need. we have four federal medical stations, two are up and running with two on the way. w