too hard to find, perhaps not on the coast where the well-to-do were able to flourish under the obama economy but in middle america in states like kentucky pain was real. hardworking families across the country deserved better. they continued to deserve an economy that reaches for its true potential, one in which more americans can find a good job to support their families and achieve the american dream. so now this is our chance to set a new course. this is our opportunity to jump start the economy and to boost job growth. passing tax reform is the single most important thing we can do right now to support those left behind by the obama economy. though obvious, it's worth repeating, our nation's tax code is broken. first the rates are too high and americans are sending too much of their hard-earned money to uncle sam. second, the structure is too complicated for most americans to understand, and it's too easy for the wealthy and well connected to exploit. third, the incentives are often outdated or simply make no sense at all. like those that actually encourage american jobs and companies to

it's clear that families and small businesses had a rough go of it during the obama economy. they deserve relief. they deserve the chance for something better. tax reform is an important way to help get the economy, jobs, and opportunity moving again in a serious way. listen to this small business owner and franchisee from lexington, kentucky. she wrote to my office expressing the need for tax reform. with the rising cost of doing business, she wrote, and the government regulations that have been imposed on small businesses over the past several years, we desperately need tax relief and competitive rates. the current high tax rate that i pay, she continued, reduces the amount of earnings i can invest into my businesses, into my employees, and into my community. for small business owners in kentucky and throughout the country, we want to make it easier to grow, invest, and hire. for families everywhere, we want to make taxes lower, simpler, and fairer. in short, we want to take more money out of washington's pockets and put more money in the pockets of the middle class. that's

you just said the problem in the obama economy was that people didn't make more money. let's try something different. that's why the american people voted for republicans and voted for president trump. we can have higher wages if we bring more capital that's currently overseas back into this country and inject it into the american economy. >> this economy is awash in capital. there are people who run around silicon valley getting hundreds of millions of investments for juicing companies that go bust. there is capital coming out of the ears of everyone. there is capital sloshing around global financial markets. what people don't have is money in their pocket to take home from wages and what your tax plan is doing is cutting money on capital, hoping it trickles down to those people. can you understand why they're skeptical? >> i understand your constituency is largely in silicon valley but in main street america we don't see we're aflush in capital and one of the reasons was the obama economy had dodd-frank and the challenges of the obamacare and those are economic -- it'

goes, as the economy president obama's economy, the dodger hasn't pass good bills regarding the economy consecutive more quarters of growth than common obama had that a couple times, too, the only reason that is 3%, the global economy, everybody is doing great now. they weren't doing great under and they are deciding to around. the stock market, obama gallon down as greatest stock market took it of all time, from what it was when he came in 600 and quadrupled it of people ade a lot rich. as far as the post office is them, they do ove have some flaws, but where else $.48?u mail a card for hen they have temporary people come in, it isn't good, but all in all, it's a great organization. thank you very much. host: thank you. still a lot of work ahead for remaining weeks in december, but washington imes wrapping up with view toward retirement as the first comes n of the 115th term to a close here at the end of the year. .o.p. retirement democrats, they write, sally parson saying house republicans are seeing early wave in retirement, from the party's longest-serving members and others who app

rise, people will be able to build careers and count on their investment, they done happen in obama economy will happen in trump economy, they are already happening, even before we get tax cut passed, imagine how we'll be able to grow gdp and take the economy off. charles: you are right, we've been imagining that, enthusiasm is through the roof, but bill clinton was also right, keep it simple, stupid. this is what we're trying to say to republican party, if you can't be grandiose, how about tax cuts immediately, then build on it not unlike what president reagan had to do with a pretty good 8 year run. >> i have been argue for retro activity so people get money right away. i think that is juice that will get the economy moving, this is fundamentally different from health care, because in health care we did have a top down process, where we were told to vote for or against a bill without changes, we're seeing something different now, where we're going to continue to sand off rough edges. and we'll tutt corporate tax rate, we pay the rate capital -- repatriot capital, and simplicity is organiz

mcconnell: for too long many of america's middle-class families felt left behind by the obama economy. paychecks seemed to stagnate. good-paying jobs seemed harder to find, and opportunities seemed difficult to come by. our country can do better for hardworking families, and that's exactly what we're working to deliver as we continue our efforts to pass tax reform. it's a once-in-a-generation opportunity and it's the most important thing we can do today to get our economy really growing again and going again. last week the house ways and means committee passed its proposal to lower taxes and to boost economic growth. i'd like to commend chairman brady for his efforts to get the bill approved by the committee and to the floor of the house. here in the senate, we also remain focused on tax reform this week. today the finance committee began its markup of the tax reform proposal released last week. under the leadership of chairman hatch, the committee will consider this plan that has really been many years and dozens of hearings in the making. the finance committee's tax plan will help h

tax reform is the single most important thing we could do to support those left behind by the obama economy most republican sources believe that senator johnson and the others can get to yes but there is very little wiggle room or margin for error in a 52-48 senate. >> shannon: mike emanuel on capitol hill. the future of the united states senate has been hanging in the balance over the last several weeks. in a federal court room in new jersey today, the federal corruption trial of robert mendez ended a hung jury, here's david lee miller reporting from newark. >> reporters cheered as new jersey senator robert menendez exited new york. minutes later a judge declared a mistrial in a case that has dragged on for 11 weeks and could have sent to the senator to prison for decades. convicted of 12 criminal charges including bribery, conspiracy, and making false statements on his senate financial disclosure form. >> today is resurrection day. >> judge william waltz declared a mistrial after members of the jury sent him a note that said they could not reach unanimous decision on any of the charges. >

they switch camps baas the obama economy wasn't working for them.haven't seen trump able to repeal and replace or turn it around. what would make them not only apathetic, but turn back to democrats. >> the republicans are doubly screwed on this tax bill. first of all, they have to pass it for their donors and to say they did something in the first year, but then they have to go back and defend this. you and i spend a bunch of time talking about the voters, this tax bill is a nightmare. it goes to the people they most think shouldn't get more, which is the rich, and corporations, and, you know, you're looking at these rpgs have to go back to the swing districts where you and i spent time, and defend that. it's a nightmare. >> unless, unless it works. i was reading your stud,. the one question i had is what if the economy gets better for these voters? >> there's no evidence on either side to believe this tax bill will make their lives better, especially in the short temple before 2018. even the republicans are saying the benefits are four to five year

cuts, things are going to get our economy going, jobs, wages, we've seen wages stagnate under the obama economy. we haven't seen growth in our country. that's something republicans across the border are looking at. that's why gillespie's message is resonating in virginia. he is talking about jobs and growing the commonwealth of virginia's economy. that is something republicans across the board support. they support the president, they want to see him get his agenda passed and they want to see republicans work with him and democrats work with him to pass things that are going to help the american people. >> harris: i see the smile and you, this is a big day and you got the money to do what you think you need to do. i want to bring up one thing, new jersey has been kind of problematic with chris christie's approval rating. in the bottom of the bucket right now, you have his lieutenant governor going against bill murphy in new jersey, where do you put that race? that is a typical place, typically it has been democrat in the past and a return to republican again, what do you think your chances are

i would say the obama economy still working. same exact month a year earlier , not 232,000, 237,000 jobs were created under barack obama. march, 2017, 50,000 under trump. march, 2016, 225,000 jobs created under barack obama. april, 2017, 207,000. barack obama was a little down that month, 153,000 jobs. 145,000 under trump. 43,000. en june, 2017, 210,000 under donald trump. 297,000 jobs under barack obama. july, 2017. we're getting more recent. under trump, now he's been in office a little longer, 138,000. what was it under barack obama? jobs. double. august of this year, just a few months ago, 169,000. under donald trump. 176,000. and last month, we had hurricanes. i'll give the majority leader that. we lost 33,000 jobs. under barack obama, same month a year ago, 249,000 jobs created. as a matter of fact, under rack obama, we created 11,773,000 jobs. under george w. bush, two million -- excuse me -- loss under george bush, private sector jobs, a loss after the 01 and 2003 tax cuts, lost 1,159,000 jobs. the last 12 months of the

the middle class had their wages stagnated over the obama economy.re of their hard-earned dollars coming home. they'll be better stewards of their money than washington and we need to deliver this for the middle class. >> sandra: the big reveal is coming. chairwoman, thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> bill: 9:30. remarks from jeff sessions. he'll speak in new york in a moment as the city copes with the worcesterer worse terror attacks since 9/11 and from california, the houston astros and dodgers went nine innings and it sends in this stunning series. stand by. down to each piece of equipment, so they can protect their teammates and the surrounding wetlands, too. because safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better. >> bill: we're on standby, jeff sessions set to make remarks and he will speak in new york two days after the city's worse terror attack since 9/11 and if there are remarks or headlines regarding what we have all been watching and covering over the past 48 hours we'll bring them to you. >> sandra:

matt: justin trudeau inherited -- donald trump has inherited the obama yellen economy continu. trudeau economy is a big surprise, in that it's positive all the way through. everywhere you look, canada is outperforming what was expected to do when he was elected. ,e was perceived to be young untested, and in fact was happened is there's enormous confidence in corporate canada, outperforming in the corporate u.s. right now in the equity and debt markets. and you see that also in the economy, which is right in the top of gdp growth. bek: is always better to lucky than smart, your words, matt. how lucky has he been? he's been lucky, i don't think there will ever be a politician who will take being smart over lucky. however, he proved to be smart in the sense that when he ran, he completely changed the equation when he said this economy could afford a bigger deficit, if that's what it takes. and by signaling to canadians how committed he was investment, that was a departure. that wasn't about luck, that was about being thoughtful, and he turned out to be right. vonnie: is a wonderfu

economy doing well. i'm all for consistency. obamaringing us out of that ma rasz of 2008 and if the economy does well on president trump's watch, i'll say the same thing about hill. hit me with another one. glenn thrush should have his s suspension reversed. stop dating people you work with. >> mary ann, i think you probably find that most marriages today predicated premised on someone you met in the workplace or that you were going to school with. give me another one if you would. smerconish, where was due process when these women were sexually assaulted? i didn't talk about harvey weinstein, did i? that was not the focus of my remarks. i wasn't saying oh, poor harvey. i'm just trying to ensure that the pendulum doesn't swing so far because of the worst conduct of men. that some that was in poor taste doesn't become a professional death sentence. that was my point about glenn thrush and all i know about that story is what i read at vox, but the headline itself told me the story was a little bit thin. one more if we've got time. in th

obama's. growing the economy is key to working back and helping us balance the budget. >> dickerson: mitch mcconnell, the senate majority leader, said nobody in the middle class will get a tax increase. is that the case with the house legislation that's proposed, everybody in the middle class will see no tax increase? >> look, we are cutting rates. we're in the raising rates some this is a tax cut. as i said --. >> dickerson: will everybody get one in the middle class? >> yes. it is a fact that if you are the first $55,000 you earn for family of four will not pay any tax. it is a tax cut. >> dickerson: there is some discrepancy because there is some sun setting of some provision, including the child tax credit, so that some of the analysis done here finds that, in fact, middle-class families will pay more in years 2023 and 2024. so is that math wrong, or why is there that discrepancy? >> john, as you understand, we've made most everything permanent. because 206 rules of the senate, we could not make those permanent as we go forward. but i will promise you this: as the growth comes in, those will be

liz: you do want to pay workers more but this is obama economy, minimum wage retail job the way to raiselies, no, a steppingstone on the career path to better-paying job. >> it's going to happen organically in this company. stuart: dr, make your point. >> yeah, there is a wage issue here. that might accelerate things. you have to remember, technology is going to be a free market driver, what's happening here is they are taking driverless cars technology and putting them on a floor scrubber, that's expanding that research that's been put into that technology of cameras and lasers and everything to measure and using it to keep floors screen. this will not slow down but accelerate. stuart: i find it fascinating. [laughter] stuart: they call it emma. [laughter] stuart: all right, holiday shopping season is here, ladies and gentlemen, has arrived. of course, yes, there is amazon and, yes, there is wal-mart. but who else is making the running in the retailing business? liz? >> tjmaxx and discounters for sure. the tensions are going to continue the amount of online shopping, continues to go up,

see an increase in take-home pay and we had terrible economic growth lose the eight years of the obama economyssives are making. the donald trump approach to the economy is to allow investors, families, individuals, people who want to try something in the marketplace including us corporations to be able to compete, invest, for all of us to increase economic prospects. stuart: listen to this, this is breaking news, in an interview with mother jones, hillary clinton questioning the legitimacy of the election, citing russian interference and widespread voter suppression. respond to that. >> let me get this straight. i'm having a flashback that i would like you to and you were lecture to during the campaign that we were risking our democracy when we questions legitimacy of our elections, risking our democracy and donald trump wouldn't accept the results of the election. on election night who didn't accept the result of the election on election night? hillary clinton didn't accept a result of the election. now she is doing what the clinton plan to do, charging us with what she is guilty of. if anyo

got one or two quarters -- >> i'm not upset, i'm simply saying they inherited theoretically the obama economyit's been good for them and he's already doing victory laps even before -- >> if i were him, i'd do the same thing. >>> while many families and businesses would see tax cuts, a large percentage of college undergrads and graduate students would see tax bills increase under the house plan at research universities like stanford and harvard, the new tax bills cut in half some graduate students' stipends. the senate version so far leaves out higher education provisions in the house bill and retains education education-related tax credits like nontaxable annual grant that employers can offer their employees. for more on what this means, we're joined we diane swan from ds economics thank you for being here. >> good to be here >> it seems like the one that really could hit for a lot of graduate students, in particular, in the house bill, it means that they are going to waive the ability to not get taxed on the tuition grant that your cloej colleollege gives you if that's $40,000 a year, that w

i think that's a result of the obama economy. of sub-3% gdp, a labor participation rate the lowest of 40 years, that's very tough. how do you buy a home without a job? dagen: you can't lay the 2008 financial collapse solely on president obama. >> no, i think the recovery. dagen: it was definitely lacking. >> well, and looking at growth and also how young people view the economy, a lot of them feel the economy is rigged against them, and i would agree in many respects when you're look at our tax code. i'm very excited about the prospect of tax reform. we're going to see a lot of younger people able to take on entrepreneurialism because right now it's rigged to help the big boys. and smaller people like millennials, it's harder to start a business when the tax code is rigged against you. dagen: also rigged to encourage people to buy a home and also encourage people to have kids and have a bunch of kids with the increase in the while tax credit. [laughter] again, picking favorites which is a topic for another hour -- >> sure. a lot

obama guy. i was not a supporter of president trump. it is hard for me to separate what i want and what actually will be. the economy continues to plug along in a decent pace very much like what it was under obama. historically strong economies help the incumbent. at the same time, there has never been an incumbent president at this point in the presidency to have a lower approval rating and low approval rating is usually not a good sign for the incoming -- for the incumbentresident -- president and their fate in the next election. ,onald trump won very narrowly winning by just one or 2% in several big states. though his base may still be enthusiastically for him, he really cannot afford to lose 3% to 5% of the electorate in michigan, pennsylvania, wisconsin. if the fall in his approval rating, which in my opinion is mostly deserved, but if the fall in the ratings applies at the state level he has got to be feeling the heat because that will make it tough to get reelected. julia: how hopeful this tax reform in your mind for the midterms? austan: it is hard to say because it depends what ends up being in tax reform.

but i go back to this, since 1946 to the beginning of the obama years, the economy grew on average more than 3% per year and that is including 10 1/2 recessions. one-half of the great recession and president obama took on, but aside from that one, ten full recessions as well as natural disasters in between. the dwlad we can't grow beyond 2.0 defies history. and if we grow a 2.3 or 2.4 then we have more than made up for the lost revenue and think that will happen i refer back to the presidency of ronald reagan. we saw incredible annual gdp gains, one single month with a million people employed with a smaller population. the odd thing is that you and fellow colleagues are having to convince republicans that this is what could happen. >> of course you want to be conservative. we're conservatives. on the other hand, this is not happening by itself. regulations being cut. we're changing from a territorial to worldwide tax system there could be 2. $5 trillion more invested in the united states. we think there are macrofactors working in addition to the tax cut that will elevate us from the 2.

reverse perspective, from 1946 to the beginning of obama years, the economy on average grew over 3%. all we have to do is return to the growth before obama, and we're in great shape. trish: what about the obamacare mandate being repealed? you're a doctor by background, i believe, senator. what do you think about that and what are the chances that will happen? >> i think the obamacare mandate will be repealed t doesn't work. the obamacare architect, jonathan gruber says it does not increase enrollment. could not find statis can evidence for it. but people that pay it tend to be lower income. 80% of the people who pay the penalty have adjusted gross income of less than $50,000. 25%, or 30% have less than $25,000. it is lower income americans paying a penalty that doesn't increase enrollment because some kraut in washington tells them to. it is why people voted for trump. it is time to get rid of it. trish: is senator collins going to be on board with that? >> you know the president committed yesterday, and it has been reported that the president would support alexander-murray. that is a

to the family dinners the agenda that was being propagated by bye bye bye bye obama happy and his wife with zimbabwe's economy collapsing for some in harare the focus remains on getting by. drug this situation all we hope for is peace we don't want to be disturbed in our daily work we want to survive as a one of the government's. frustration has been growing in zimbabwe it used to be wealthy but thirty seven years of mugabe have left the economy in tatters and the question of who will take over to try to repair it has now been blown wide open. let's go live to harare and we're joined by tendai biti he's a constitutional lawyer and a former finance minister in a government of national unity and he's long been very active in this the bomb be an opposition or welcome to you what's going on in zimbabwe is what we're seeing a military coup if. it's like it died when it was like a dark and fluffs like a duck it's a duck so this is a cool but i think the lead boat is not important something you have to give you know political discourse the the the extent of demountable crises facing our country we have many men we h

obama. guess what. the economy is booming.ow it doesn't work. this is an opportunity for conservatives and free marketers and everybody to cares about entrepreneurship and capitalism know works. david: do the democrats lose the mid-terms and lose the 2020 election. are the democrats snuck this left-wing rut for decades? >> i don't know about decades. but i agree bernie is the face of the party, maybe elizabeth warren. what a duo that is. i believe in america. america will reject that time after time after time. david: you combine this with the scandals. you combine it with uranium one and what she may have gone the dnc finances. they don't have much to roll with now. >> what they have to count on is the media. you started this segment talking about how the media isn't talking about it. the mainstream media is not going to report any of this. david: that's it for us tonight. please join me tomorrow morning, 10:00 a.m. eastern time to noon. the cost of freedom live on fox news channel. we hope >> after years of scouring the ocea

i think the economy is on-- it's really on a roll. trump didn't inherit butkus from obama. obama didn't have 3% growth in one of the eight years of his presidency. if we've got anything left over of the turkey soup of a tax plan and an honest to god across the board tax cut, i think we'd get to 4% growth in 2018. david: steve, even with a watered down tax cut, and everybody has to admit it's watered down from what it originally came out as. is that enough to get us moving even more as goldman sachs says? >> yes, it will help, certainly better than what we have today, overall. and what the republicans should make clear, this is the first of many tax cuts to come, after next year's elections. great issue, saying we'll do more, you like these? we've got more coming for you. david: david, if democrats don't join and there's no sign that any democrat would join in cutting tax rates, they think that if that leads to disaster for them, in the mid term elections, will they change their attitude and be more tax cutters like bill clinton was? >> what's going to lead to disaster is wh

obama years. [laughter] >> and that's the economy, and i don't think that there's anything, but a lump of coal underhristmas tree for most tapes. although he promised a cut by christmas, it ain't coming, folks. >> gerri. >> uber is in front of a congressional panel and they managed to move personal data and they covered it up. watch for that. >> and it's up 20% and over the next years, china is it a big strong part of their business and earnings in revenue are now accelerated. trish: i've got a little one. i'm going on a limb and agreeing with juan here. i don't think that republicans are going to pull it together. i don't think that the tax cut is going to happen by christmas. could happen in the first quarter of next year, but that means they've got to get their ducks in a row and fast. thanks to the cashin' in crew. thanks for joining us. that's going to do it for the business block, i'll see you weekdays on fbn weekdays. tha. >> here is lou. lou: good evening, breaking tonight, growing calls for democratic congressman john conyers to step down over sexual harassment allegation. >> taxpayer deman

after eight years of obama economy that trapped people.or middle class and small business i think will unite all republicans on capitol hill. time we do that. stuart: here is problem i see, includes the 1%. top income earners, especially living in high-taxed states will be paying more tax. that will not be stimulative. that is a problem. you need those people, all the money they got to get out there and spend it an invest it. you probably can't if the taxpayer, if the federal government is taking more off of them. does that concern you at all? also, congressman, this is broken promise. we were all supposed to get a tax cut and it is not happening. >>, no, we all will, stuart. remember on the first, first elements of income, there is still a tax reduction. as people go up the tax elevator, of income, they will be receiving same tax cuts that all americans are receiving. every american will see reduction in their taxes of this bill. i'm confident of it. remember also a lot of high earners pay the death tax. we're repealing death tax. that wi

to the family dinners the agenda that was being propagated by bye bye bye bye obama got me and his wife with zimbabwe's economy collapsing for some in harare the focus remained on getting by. throughout this situation all we hope for is peace we don't want to be disturbed in our daily work we want to survive in the culture of the. frustration has been growing in zimbabwe it used to be wealthy but thirty seven years of mugabe have left the economy in tatters and the question of who will take over to try to repair it has now been blown wide open. let's cross over to harare now where we're joined by a sound farai monreal of zambezi news a satirical news program sam thanks for being with us you're a comedian you're not a reporter but you are resident in zimbabwe tell us what's going on in your opinion . well we we went to bed last night with a lot of uncertainty around us knowing that the tanks that moved into harare a lot of rumors swirling around the internet and woke up this morning to a state broadcast where we had taken over the state broadcaster. and and dispose our our we woke up basically to the fact that

to the family dinners the agenda that was being propagated by bye bye bye bye obama got me and his wife with zimbabwe's economy collapsing for some in harare the focus remained on getting by. throughout this situation all we hope for is peace we don't want to be disturbed in our daily work we want to survive the and all of it of these. frustration has been growing in zimbabwe it used to be wealthy but thirty seven years of mugabe have left the economy in tatters and the question of who will take over to try to repair it has now been blown wide open. for earlier we spoke to the good man the president and chairman of the african union alpha condé about jim bob military takeover this is what he had to say. and if indeed we in the african union are against any violent seizure of power. and have issued a statement saying the army should return to barracks and return to constitutional order when it's clear we should support the legitimate zimbabwean government and in no case will we accept the forceful seizure of power. that was the president of guinea they are alpha condé here are some of the other stories now that

in fact, if we just get away from this obama 1.8% economy.conomists think will last for a decade forward. we get away from that and move into trump's strong economy you can recoup a trillion dollars or more from just good solid tax reform. so this growth helps. >> bill: i wonder where that debate has disappeared on all this. for some americans, between the federal, the state, the local, the obamacare tax at 3.8%, fewer deductions, for some americans they'll pay 60%. i never thought i would see the day where republican majority would think that's okay for any american to pay that amount of taxes. >> can i tell you that is absolutely not the case at all. >> bill: tell me why. why is that not the case when people who live in high-tax states like california and new york and new jersey, when you lump it all together it's pretty close to that figure. >> actually i will just tell you. don't take my word for it. joint committee on taxation confirmed yesterday the outset of tax reform there is tax relief at every income level and here is why, bill. be

not doing any better anything that is happening in terms of positive effect on the economy is based on what president obama left and as a result of that reflection of his policies we're having growth and we're having some improvement in the economy on the other hand. as far as president trump is concerned he has not taken over as president of united states he continues to run for the election he continues to rile up his base he continues to go out and do the things that that every candidate does but once they take over they become president of united states they get everybody together and the they do things that benefit the whole nation i think though but in prior bush vs including. rock obama the country accepted him and they let him do his job all right they're not letting president trump do it you're attacking attacking the that you stop attacking the president and every man and i really doubt it where are you i am i was one of the most of all of five presidents that we've had in our generation and beyond so to say that we are stopping him not one single legislation has passed through the house not one

back to the 50 years before0f 1% increase in the gdp and if you go back to the 50 years before obama, the economyw at 3% to 3.5% and the worst decade was 2.6% between the '70s and the '80s and only grew 1.4% for eight years under obama. it seems to me it's a no brainer that that cannot possibly happen in a country based on the free market system. >> do you think that's the kind of explanation that will bring susan collins onboard? >> i think she legitimately has concerns just because like iowa, where i come from, we have a high percentage of our people are elderly. she has the same thing in maine. and that does concern me, but i have not lost faith in the free market system we have and the entrepreneurship of american people that this economy is going to grow more than 4/10 of 1% >> senator, so just to go back to this point, the white house has made their intentions at least in the past very clear, they want a 20% corporate tax rate is it okay if that rate is 22% or 23% as far as you're concerned >> yes, it is, because right now, england's going to 17%, ireland's at 12%, and the rest of the indus

murphy a golden sacks former employ has been campaigning on given the economy a boost. president obamaapped him as a.m. ambassador to germany in 2009 he's never held office. kim guadagno has been speaking to voters about her goals to cut property taxes in new jersey. she's also recently called for a ban on sanctuary cities. guadagno has served as the state's lieutenant governor since 2009. she's a former monmouth county sheriff and has served as federal from prosecutor in new york. five independent and third party candidates are also running. again the polls open at 6 o'clock so we're getting close. they close at 8 o'clock this morning. live in cherry hill, katherine scott, channel6 "action news. matt. >> thank you katherine. >>> 5:37. the biggest race in philadelphia is for district attorney. democrat larry krasner and republican beth grossman are vying for the office once run by seth williams who is now in prison for corruption. go to my facebook page and you can meet the candidates who participated in a forum here at 6abc. >>> "action news" and 6abc.com will have complete coverage o

obama. and includes major economies including japan, canada and australia. >>> let's take a look at live picturesthis hour from hanoi, vietnam, these are not those, but there you have it. the u.s. president, the air force one there, has arrived in vietnam, the country's capital. mr. trump is set to meet with the vietnamese president and other presidents. of course, we'll monitor the trip throughout asia with meetings with leaders throughout the world. >>> of course, the apec summit that happened in vietnam russian ped vladimir putin also attended. in a news conference, our matthew chance got a chance to ask him a question. and matthew chance joins us live from da nang to tell us about what happened there, matthew. >> reporter: well, it's been a couple of busy days, natalie. and it's ended with these closed-door news conference that was held by vladimir putin, the russian president, before we set off away from vietnam, to the apec summit in da nang in central vietnam. the russian president sort of opened that news conference by saying, look, you know, we want to reset the relationship between russ

like when obama came in he came in in zero nine and you know things were really really bad and they stayed bad they are still bad and the republicans jumped on him or look at what their economy is like and they're obama obama had nothing to do with the collapse you know a zero nine zero zero three and that was a result of monetary policy and spending in the federal reserve under under the republicans under under bush so no i think trump's making a serious mistake by taking any credit because next month or so you're going to see a calamity drop in a stock market then where is he going to say you know i'm responsible for that can't take credit for something you don't deserve and then try to blame if you're going to say well i'm responsible for the good times what do you make of the roy moore story in the a bubble. i wish it would go away you know that's what i wished and i think it i think is to me demagogues on both sides and of course i don't think anybody knows the real results on this but i think the republicans are hysterical you know. you know to deal with this subject but do you think is this is just sexual harassment is a serious subject to the in congress i don't thin