for example, at lcr imbedded systems in norristown, there's a man named michael rosenberg. he's here today, right? where are you? michael, there you are. okay. stand up. michael's here. thank you for being here. he works on the manufacturing line, he services a major contract. eight years ago, i don't want to get personal here, but eight years ago he would never have expected to be in that high level advanced manufacturing position. he did not have a college degree. he was working in the plant as a janitor, right? but michael was a great employee, smart guy, who took the work he did to heart no matter what it was, and he wanted to do more than just collect a paycheck. he wanted to build a career making things right here in pennsylvania. so thanks to a work force training program through the department of community and economic development, he was able to get additional training at montgomery county community college and with his new skills, he was able to move up to the assembly floor. then he got promoted again to the machine shop. here's a guy who had no formal experience

at lcr systems in norristown there is a man named michael rosenberg. he is here today. stand up. [applause] gov. wolf: thank you for being here. linerks on a manufacturing and services a major contractor. eight years ago he would never have expected to be in that high-level position. he did not have a college degree and he was working in the plant as a janitor. michael was a great employee, a smart guy who took the work he did to heart no matter what it was. he wanted to do more than just collect a paycheck. he wanted to build a career making things in pennsylvania. a workforce training program through the department of community and economic able to get he was additional training in montgomery county community college. with his skills, he was able to move up the assembly floor and then he got promoted again to the machine shop. there is a guy who ran no formal experience in machine shop work until he got this additional training. now he is head of the entire machine shop. he is a role model to his fellow employees. money, makingore an even greater contribution, not just to his f

tonight matthew sheer and michael rosenberg had reporting about what don mcgahn knew about allegations made against mr. porter. we quote, mr. porter told mr. mcgahn in january 2017 that there could be what he described as false allegations against him. according to two people briefed on the situation. in june, the fbi told mr. mcgahn that allegations of domestic abuse had surfaced. but mr. mcgahn encouraged the fbi to keep investigating. in november the bureau informed mr. mcgahn that mr. porter was not likely to succeed in getting a clearance, according to one person briefed on the case. but mr. mcgahn requested that the fbi complete its investigation and come back to the white house with a final determination about the allegations. here to talk with us jeremy bash, former chief of staff at cia and the pentagon, also happens to be an msnbc national security analyst. jeremy, in your experience, in the annals of red flags in the pursuit of security clearance, how bad is this issue as a red flag? and talk a little bit -- we've tried to get into this -- about the clearance required normal

put together by our team with michael rosenberg. it is a gorgeous chart.eyond elegant, how the index rises stronger dollar, up to the moving average, we are now at support. no other way to do it. this morning we are at a critical point for the mnuchin weak dollar policy. i say that with respect to the secretary of treasury. this is television. chart.e: a good-looking tom: elegant chart. francine: mine is a very tom keene chart. profound disruption of long-standing correlation. this is a simple chart. i charted the yen against the dollar versus the 10 year treasury yield. it breaks away, a couple of weeks ago, it goes the other way. saying a media, profound disruption, you can see the moves as you look at dollar-yen and the 10 year yields. so much for higher inflation spooking the market. kse rally in global stoc despite cpi hotter than expected. higher than the 1.9% expected, , thank younow, viraj for joining us. why the correlation not correlated anymore? viraj: the dollar has been trading on new rules. rising yields does not have to mean a stronger dolla

united states with what was obviously nefarious activity coming from a hostile power. >> michael schmidt, chuck rosenberg and harry litman, we're so grateful for all of you starting us off. thank you so much. phil rucker is still staying with us. he's not done yet. when we come back one of our next guests describes the president's inaction on russian meddling as a dereliction of duty. we'll speak to her about what a nation can do without a president willing to protect it. >>> also ahead, pinning the president down on his position on guns. it almost makes you feel sorry for the white house staffer. okay, not really. just making sure you're all paying attention. we'll take you inside the debate, inside the president's own mind about how to proceed after parkland. stay with us. don't we need that cable box to watch tv? nope. don't we need to run? nope. it just explodes in a high pitched 'yeahhh.' yeahhh! try directv now for $10 a month for 3 months. no satellite needed. it's ok that everyone ignores it's fine. drive. because i get a safe driving bonus check every six months i'm accident free. and i don't sh

michael schmidt. also chuck rosenberg, a former u.s. terp, former senior nib official now and msnbc contributor and hairly litman and former deputy assistant attorney zben e general during the clinton administration. let me start are with you, michael schmidt, and ask you, you've written i think the stories today and yesterday about the significance of rick gates, of his guilty plea and what that might mean. break it down for us. >> look, this is the latest movement and indication that mueller is building a case in a traditional federal investigation. he has put pressure on manafort, put pressure on gates to get gates to flip. question now is what does gates have to offer. what did he give mueller in exchange for this? is it simply just information to put for pressure on manafort to get montha for the anafort to fe more snftion baits was around for longer than manafort was. is there anything he knows about the campaign? remember the central question we sometimes forget as we look at all these documents about the ukraine is about russian

joining me now to talk about all of this, cnbc senior markets commentator, michael santoli along with jim khan and david rosenbergme one and all. leading the do yw was 3m coca-cola was laggard. on the s&p, hp inc. still up, and albemarle was the decliner michael, what do you make of it? the significance is mostly in the context of crazy selloff we started the month with and now the crazy rebound we've had. >> the market acted as if it didn't want to go sideways and build a base and be patient recovering those losses. we gained about back three-quarters of the losses if you count back the intraday lows that's more than you would expect you'd get by this point i think it's important to dial back and say, where have wecom one month to the day since the market peaked? you're down -- >> a month today - >> the melt-up peak appened. >> the final friday of january was when it peaked you're still about 3% or so below those levels but up more than 4% year to date it's really only in relation to how good january is we've had such a hard time lately. that being said, you cannot pencil in, we're going up to the highs and up a

michael giorgione. [applause]. >> thank you. wonderful treat to be here at the smithsonian. first bank marion rosenberg. please think laura rosenberg. [applause]. i have family and guests here tonight i went to introduce so you understand who's coming here to be with me. first, my parents mom and dad, mary lou and tony. my wonderful sister, luanne. my cousin's cousin, john and his friend. eventually, my nephew matt and amanda are coming. heather smith. bridger-- if you read the book you know about heather because she is in there twice. she was a junior officer at camp david with me and women friends and colleagues ever since, so thank you for being here with her daughter claire. one of my old classmates and david frank is here in the crowd tonight. one of my business colleagues, robert, president of absorbed national gas products in the back. michael, thank you for being here. an organization of varying involved with we have our president steve hamer, captain retired. we have barb whitton and lisa. we have captain retired treece mustard and her husband lloyd. thank you for being here, folks. before we g