so why if not why do we seem so political commentator and my brother in the talk radio family steve malzberg is with us from new york and from massachusetts michael harrison publisher of talkers magazine the trade publication of talk media and if you know what michael calls a media freak you will love his podcast up close and far out which you can find on i tunes guys thanks for joining us by pleasure pleasure to be with you michael because the open your industry has come are full inventory to fill attention is currency and nobody can command attention instantly like the president is donald trump the best thing that's ever happened cable news and talk radio. from a purely business standpoint getting ratings giving us material to use creating interest keeping people tuned to their radios and t.v.'s he's the best thing that's happened in years i don't remember anything like it. steve i'd like to think that most people are nicer than they seem on facebook and twitter and their venting on social media over the years you've hosted on the two biggest talk stations in new york do listeners seem ang

host and commentator steve malzberg hi there steve thanks for joining me this afternoon my pleasure i can't believe this story right well first can you summarize this so called exclusive reporting for us and and what you made of it well you know c.n.n. went on with this like it was blockbuster breaking news and did serious serious faces serious questions like a real story and basically what it is is they're saying that russia using an account called don't shoot us poses black lives matter and targeted black men go users in cities like baltimore maryland and also in ferguson missouri and said hey what to enter this contest and if you win the competition you could win a gift card but you got to go to these sites and these sites were like black lives matter sites which showed suppose that police brutality against african-americans and supposedly the purpose of all this was to would rage blacks so that they'd go protest and riot i guess and the rest of america would see it and they'd say oh my gosh what am i looking at i'm going to vote for donald trump if you could figure that out you're

and radio host steve malzberg steve a pleasure to have you on the facts about a little reaction within the g.o.p. as you worried a bit annoyed at the republican party why well it's it's a little scary because every vote counts as we saw with health care and as i've mentioned over and over unlike the democrats the republicans do not march in lockstep they will block the party to stick to their principles or their own interests go with the interests of their constituents we saw it with with health care failing time after time and we already have rand paul saying he may not vote for this he's unhappy because according to a study by two thousand and twenty seven those making between fifty and one hundred fifty thousand dollars the middle class will see a tax increase then you have bob corker who was says i want to see this be revenue neutral and i'm sure there are others like him you also have a whole bunch of provisions in there when it comes to deductions where other republicans from some states are unhappy when it comes to eliminating deductions that affect their constituents so here we

and radio host steve malzberg steve what is your opinion on this budget plenty of the g.o.p. is not happy about it. well first of all republican unity when is the last time we were able to see that i know eighteen or nineteen voted against it but still it all we got it passed and that's good and of course the real reason for passing this budget this blueprint as you correctly labeled it and that's what it is was to an avon the tax plan and the tax reform to go forward to go forward in the senate most importantly under reconciliation which means that the senate can pass tax reform with fifty one votes instead of getting to the sixty vote threshold so so that was the main purpose of passing this they had to pass it to get that technicality out of the way now there's differences in this senate and house budget and what the senate is considering in committee today and will vote in two weeks they're going to have to come together and reconcile and get one budget passed before they could proceed to tax reform so these cuts and by the way these cuts told father made i don't think th

and radio host steve malzberg steve i know you feel pretty passionate about this the world is watching this international bodies were already waiting with their press releases to press the send button there but the audience is you you were his base you're the ones he is aim to please since day one we know that let's listen in on a snippet of the speech. that is why i am directing my administration to work closely with congress and our allies to address the deals many serious flaws so that the iranian regime can never threaten the world with nuclear weapons. all right your take on that part well i was prepared to be a little disappointed and what i would love for him to do today was say i'm not certifying it which he did not and i'm out of the deal were. out of the deal and by the way the iranian. guard the the i argee corps is their terrorist he stopped short on both those fronts but he did good he started out with a litany of fences that iran has committed against the united states since taking over our embassy four hundred forty four days he went through the barracks in lebanon and e

radio host and commentator extraordinary steve malzberg thank you for coming on again today to talk about these rather interesting issues we've seen this week it is my pleasure thanks for having me back so steve i want to start let's talk about the rehabilitation if you will of george w. bush you know he spoke out against the trump this week so did obama but i think bush is kind of the bigger story in that because obama kind of expect that it started i think his rehabilitation started last year you know what the whole appearances on ellen in the mainstream news media kind of fawning over his paintings of war veterans many of whom let's not forget he created with the invasion and occupation of iraq i want to ask you is the left's hatred of trump kind of a boon for those looking to whitewash george w.'s legacy of let's be honest torture unconstitutional surveillance and empire building. well i think george w. bush was a great president who reacted to the worst attack on this country since pearl harbor in the only way that you can and at the time he certainly had overwhelming support of the

and radio host steve malzberg thank you. the american for a one k. system has kept many in the middle class afloat in retirement that's why its placement in the tax reform proposal has people so very very concerned but it would not have helped so many people through those years had it not been for that automatic enrollment at play all you've got to do is opt out but people don't tend to do that so let's take a look at how that happened and what it's meant for americans who face retirement joining me to discuss is professor david henderson author of the joy of freedom and economist odyssey and research fellow at stanford university's hoover institution look we've got to talk about this it's tax reform time the four a one k. opt out pretty much took away choice and saved people i mean it didn't stop them from choosing but it made it simpler so no one had to act they were just unrolled and they saved and you give credit to the recipient of the two thousand and seventeen nobel. prize in economics richard failer you wrote in a recent wall street journal o

and radio host steve malzberg thank you thank you. it's been a tricky week for gold it had a two week low following the senate passage i think budget framework it's resting now in one thousand two hundred eighty and fifty cents the lowest since october sixth where do we go from here question the man to tell us peter schiff c.e.o. of euro pacific capital joins us now. look at a bit wobbly not looking too good going into the weekend it was suggested that donald trump may be favoring economist john taylor for the federal reserve chair i bring that up because some people say that might have a you know indicate some bad things for the price of gold moving forward. well first of all i doubt that but taylor's a long shot i think there was some rumors because trump had a favorable meeting supposedly with taylor but i don't think donald trump would take a chance on someone like taylor i think he wants somebody who's going to be more of a team player who's going to be more actively involved in helping to prop up the stock market especially now

this mean for the future of established democratic and to two shans conservative commentator steve malzberg joins me to discuss who is twenty. well as was stated he is the brother of john podesta now you can't get much more of a democrat who's connected than john podesta john podesta was the chairman of hillary clinton's presidential campaign john podesta is one of the biggest democrat operatives in the country so when tony put the name in the pedestrian group which by the way they say john podesta is not currently affiliated with when the pedestrian name and john podesta his brother get implicated like this and that we find out that they were allegedly he allegedly is under a a criminal type investigation by muller here is have to perk up what is special prosecutor rob or what if you're looking at exactly well let me first just say this is how insane the whole thing is and this is an investigation really that they they came to protest as group by looking at fort the former campaign chair for trump and their aftermath a fourth day they came into his home they they took all his computers the

host and commentator steve malzberg earlier for his thoughts on all of this basically what it is is they'resaying that russia using an account called don't shoot us poses black lives matter and targeted black pokémon go users in cities like baltimore maryland and also in ferguson missouri and said hey to this contest and if you win the competition you could win a gift card but you got to go to these sites and these sites were like black lives matter sites which showed suppose that police brutality against african-americans and supposedly the purpose of all this was would rage blacks so that they'd go protest and riot i guess and the rest of america would see it and they'd say oh my gosh what am i looking at i'm going to vote for donald trump if you could figure that out you better than me well ok i think it's safe to say that over the last couple of years it's been pretty self-evident that racial tensions across america really have risen the c.n.n. report alleges it pretty much implies that this was somehow the fault of the russian state that it's the fault of the russians what do you say t

future of the stablish democratic institutions earlier i was joined by conservative commentator steve malzberg and i asked him who is tony. and this is an investigation really that they they came to protest as group by looking at metaphor at the former campaign chair for trump and they're after a man a fourth they they came into his home they they took all his computers they're really after him but this is about a business stealing that took place in between oh twelve and over fourteen this has absolutely nothing to do with donald trump it has absolutely nothing to do with trump and collusion i want to make that clear having said that technicality as was so aptly described by the report that came on before me where the protests are group should have filed some papers registering as a foreign agent for the work they were doing on behalf of a group that was affiliated with a russian backed political party in ukraine the goal being to give them good public relations so ukraine could be become a member of the union eventually so did the protests are groups register as they were supposed to or did

face wire fraud charges and the votes are in and we have a budget now it's time for tax reform steve malzbergjoins me from new york for that and we'll bring you the latest on the clashes in spain's catalonia region all right sounds good thanks so much one day well that does it for now for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r.t. america also check out our website r.t. dot com forward slash america you can also follow me on twitter and actually banks underscore are here and don't forget to question why are. people who got to know whether or not fair presenter said there are two people deserve to know your difference at this point does it make you must guard against the military industrial. we shall never go. to war and. or should know that there is no yes we do but we. are. not a bad. thing. well the mainstream media is very clearly biased against president trump it also loves him why because he's saving their jobs that's why and politico just came out with a new report to back that up they found that in the trump era among lenny else are subscribing to old school news o

and radio host steve malzberg so good to have you in the studio great to be here as a new yorker you know not always but i try to export here and what's the hurry here are they rushing at you have to think they're rushing well the are rushing if they want to get an accomplishment in the books before the end of the year now david stockman who was the budget director under ronald reagan in eighty six the last night tax reform was done said it's very. the amateur to believe that this could get done by the end of the year none the less we hear reports from congressman after congressman chris collins of new york who is a big supporter said i don't know what the brackets are i don't know what's in this i don't know what this give you for one k. reduction i don't know anything so i don't know how that's going to translate to unification or unity within the party and a package does that seem absurd to you that these people aren't going out the door of the morning with basic talking points what can a typical american now about their deductions for a four hundred one k. for entire minute how c

and radio show host steve malzberg pleasure to have you on the big thank you. as we go to break card watchers don't forget to let us know what you think of the topics we've covered on facebook and twitter see our poll shows that are t. dot com coming up sean stone talks with dr jane orient m.d. about the real causes behind the opioid epidemic and they only care a body and natalie mcgill join us to preview this week's latest redacted to light up the so stay tuned to watching the it's. called the feel we go through. every the world should experience. and you'll get it on the old the old. the old according to jess. come along for the ride. mark twain said it's easier to fool people than to convince them they've been fooled that could be why america is so divided because people have been fed the fake news paid for by corporate interests they beat you down until you believe their fairy tales well here's a story for you it's called big and it's full of facts. all right hauke watchers here are some numbers that may make your skin crawl of the world's entire pharmaceut

joining me now to continue to kill continue this further or steve malzberg conservative radio talk showhost steve thank you so much for joining us now and your opinion why did this happen. well you know the new york times put it best this is the new normal this isn't just some lurch to the right that is a one off this is something that has become a pattern you look at poll and you look at hungary the problem as you heard in those sound bites the main problem is immigration the european union is all about open borders whether it's for trade or for immigration and kurt's ran a campaign against this kind of immigration against the islamization of his country and also by the way economically and lower taxes but this is something that the e.u. has to come to grips with you know austria views itself as some kind of middle of the road kind of conduit between eastern europe and western europe and if you look at what's going on in the west with germany and france it's all about takeover of their country losing their country and in two thousand and fifteen austria took in almost one hundred thous

the world's problems certainly fascinating interview and thanks for coming on to talk about it steve malzberg pleasure take care. coming up on r t wildfires are roaring in northern california and while these fires are being tamed by fire fires wind fire historian looks for a possible long term solution. for you guys i made a professional is powerpoint to show you how artsy america gets into the greater media landscape is not all laughter all right but we are a solid alternative to the. liberal or conservative and as you can see from this bar graph we don't skew the facts either the talking head left these talking head righties oh there you go above it all to look at world artsy americans in the spotlight now every really i have no idea how to classify as and it actually took me way more time than i care to admit people have got to know whether or not fair present or support american people deserve to know your difference at this point does it maybe has to guard against the military industrial war we shall never know goal. or should know that. we do what we. think. the mission of newsworthy is

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