we have steve forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of forbes media, a global media company that has over 5 million readers worldwide. patrick byrne, the coo of overstock.com which in 2014 became the first major online retailer to accept bitcoin, he is also the ceo of desoto, inc., i was delighted to hear him speak recently at a roundtable about a new project he is in partnership with about dealing with property rights and titling on the blockchain. really exciting stuff. he is the ceo of t zero as well.

we have steve forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of forbes media, a global media company that has over five million readers worldwide. pat risrick byrne, the seceo of overstock.com and the ceo of desoto, inc., i was delighted to hear him speak with hernando desoto about a new project in partnership with hernando about dealing with property rights and titling on blockchain exciting stuff. >> we have chris roofer, founder and president of the morning star company which is the largest producer of tomato pace in north america and we have moderator david clement, director of external relations for students for liberty. could you give these amazing people a giant welcome to the stage? [ applause ] >> so we'll get started. thank you everybody for being here and thank you to our panelists. we are short one person, peter schiff got stuck in philadelphia and his travel options were not the greatest, amtrak had shut down but he could have taken an uber here but he wouldn't have gotten here until 10:00 so once again the private sector and uber could have saved the day as opposed to government serv

here is steve forbes, forbes media chairman. all, steve, to hear a democrat talk about the debt, particularly nancy pelosi, because during the obama-pelosi years that the debt doubled from 10 to 20 trillion. there is question whether republicans are doing enough to tout the benefits of the tax cuts, right? >> sadly, the answer is no. both touting them and pushing as the president indicated more cuts to come. they say great december tax cuts, this is down payment of more to come. it is already starting to affect the economy. everyone is downplaying the first quarter. i think the first quarter will come in better than expected. you're starting to see this thing start to work. david: already we're going from a 2% average growth rate to a 3% average. that is enormous because of the corporate tax cuts, right? >> deregulation and the like. tax cuts work. david: not only are the tax cuts causing increase in jobs, increase in the overall economy, but the notion, the myth that is perpetuated by the media by the way, not just the democrat

we have steve forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of forbes media, a global media company that has over 5 million readers worldwide. patrick byrne, the coo of overstock.com which in 2014 became the first major online retailer to accept bitcoin, he is also the ceo of desoto, inc., i was delighted to hear him speak recently at a roundtable about a new project he is in partnership with about dealing with property rights and titling on the blockchain. really exciting stuff. he is the ceo of t zero as well. we have chris rufer founder and president of the morningstar company which is by far the largest producer of tomato paste and diced tomatoes in north america, he is a business champion and we have our moderator david clement. could you please give these amazing people a giant welcome to the stage. [ applause ] >> is this working? okay. so we will get started. thank you, everybody, for being here and thank you to our panelists. we are unfortunately short one person, peter schiff got stuck in philadelphia and his travel options were not the greatest, amtrak had shut down, but he could have

we have steve forbes, forbes media chairman. first of all steve, do you think the president will extend the exemptions? >> i think he will. good things with macron, even though with merkel they have had a frosty relationship he would want a eu deal, bilateral deal, he likes that kind of thing. you might see an extension with words that progress is being made that we hope to close within 30 or 60 days. david: i have to ask one question about the macron meeting. it was true, they were holding hands with the french president and donald trump. they were talking exuberantly how much they liked each other. then macron comes out with this statement before the joint congress, essentially saying well the president's wrong on paris accord. the president's wrong on iran. the president's wrong on tariffs. what was that all about? >> i think what you're seeing is a good business negotiator like our president, and that is, you try to get a good personal relationship the therefore you can have a good back and forth with negotiations without fee

see fra investment strategist lindsay bell, former republican presidential candidate steve forbes and fox news contributor founder and former economic adviser to president obama, robert wolf. i said there's nothing better than having incredibly gracious smart people who disagree with each other, who can disagree with each other and be as courteous and gracious and fear cintas says former first lady barbara bush. >> she -- she was remarkable and i think karl rove had a wonderful piece in "the wall street journal" today about having get ready because she's coming. but she combined determination. she worked with her partner, george h.w. bush never would have become president and it shows what a partnership can do. refinance duration. it reminds us of paired together can do wonderful things. dagen: absolutely. one of my favorite lines yesterday was yes, mother was warm and wonderful until you got out of line. and watch out if you attach her brood. >> i have to say one thing we will all agree with is how much respect we have for them as a family. she was certainly the major yard and the mo

joining us steve forbes. >> good to see you, trish.rish: in terms of this iran deal you say we ought to be out of it. how come? >> because it's a rotten deal. puts iran on the path to nuclear weapons and doing it legally. hardly any good inspection program in place. they were given a green light on missile defense, ballistic missile systems. so iran got everything they wanted. that is not negotiating. we just said what do you want, you have it, just sign a deal. trish: macron and europeans are saying hey, it is better than the alternative. at least they're holding back on nuclearization. they worry if we didn't have this in place they would become a far bigger threat in that region. what do you say to that? >> they're already a huge threat in the region. just ask saudis and israelis. they may come head-to-head in syria. in terms of a nuclear program, this legalizing them on a path to nuclearization. europe loves iran because they have nice key trading deals going on. what the president has to do, maybe not decide to formally leave the

stuart: steve forbes?tuart: we'll get first quarter numbers. they will be misleading and that is not great. my time is up. but neil, it is yours, sir. >> thank you, stuart, very, very much the gap used to be excess of two percentage points. but we're going to explore that with my extreme panelists. today "wall street journal" editorial board mary o'grady, making money star, charles payne and my buddy

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steve, pete, rob is with us as well. of ubs private wealth management, one of barron's and forbes top 100 financial advisers let's begin with cnbc's exclusive interview today with lloyd blankfein, sitting down with our own wilfred frost who joins us from shack. great interview. i love the way you phrase the question to him about his tenure and when he may step away. and i thought he gave you a really thoughtful answer about it >> scott, thanks very much thanks for having me i quite agree. listen, we talked about lots of topics, but chief among them was the succession question at goldman sachs. he did say he expects david solomon to succeed him in response to the question, david is, quote, the guy that's left but what about that question in terms of what's holding them back from making the switch sooner rather than later >> i think there's a kind of not a question of seeing more, but i think that there's a period where you get used to, look, to talk about david, who i like very much and i have worked with for a couple decades, his experience and background, his job up to the point where he was coo for a year never really sur

steve, pete, rob is with us as well. of ubs private wealth management, one of barron's and forbes top 100 financial advisers let's begin with lloyd blankfein, sitting

steve: but as a celebrity worth close to a billion dollars, according to forbes, is he the right persondirector of unhyphenated america christopher harris. hi, christopher, thanks for being with us. >> good morning. thanks for having me. ainsley: you are welcome. what's your reaction about what jay-z just said? >> i think he is precisely the wrong person to have this conversation. it would be one thing if he had just given up his past, but he continues to promote a message, a divisive message. the left is actually promoting him because he is a shiny object to distract people. i mean, that's it in a nutshell. you always have to look at hot left is trying to promote. and why. they are focused is nothing. focus acronym follow one course until successful. their ultimate goal is to push identity politi cs they know by using a familiar face, someone like mr. carter to distract people, kind of like a hip know tis using a spinning wheel or something like that to get your attention off of other things. that's all think are simply doing with him. steve: christopher, i thought over the last couple