it the hardest and there are some numbers that really mean something related to unemployment steve malzberg fills us in on how fourteen states are pretty pleased and with an unprecedented meeting between the leaders of north and south korea alex behind all of which takes us up on the economics of the two nations getting along plus the meteor birger mania continues collin clark host of the big picture here on r t america helps us sort out the latest developments all of that coming up but first some headlines german chancellor angela merkel was here in washington d.c. today to meet with u.s. president donald trump on the heels of french president emanuel mccrone visit to the u.s. but the photo ops with party hugs and weirdly long handshakes that marked the mccrone visit were absent from today's diplomatic scenery in contrast to microphones lengthy itinerary ms merkel and mr trump only held a three hour meeting that the german delegation called a quote unquote working session agenda items included trade most pacifically the recent round of u.s. tariffs imposed upon imported metals and tariffs

and radio host steve malzberg thank you for joining us steve we appreciate it let's let's take a look at these fourteen states where are they around the country and one thing that we see is that the economic recovery is occurring in states that voted for president trump and those that did not we go from conservative texas to the more liberal california for example and what else do you see in these numbers what there are some commonality. well you know i've looked and examined and spoken to people there is no real commonality that you could you could point to as you alluded to you know texas and california have very little in common in any respect it's very idiosyncratic care what you have is various factors that affect the availability of jobs and they include natural resources of course of the state if we're talking states government policy of the state's business investment in those particular states so there isn't a common thread it's just kind of an individual basis but what there is in common here and i hate to sound like a talking point and i hate to be accused that that you wou

and radio host steve malzberg thank you for joining us steve we appreciate it let's take a look at these fourteen states where are they around the country and one thing that we see is that the economic recovery is occurring in states that voted for president trump and those that did not we go from conservative texas to the more liberal california for example and what else do you see in these numbers what there are some commonality. well you know i've looked and examined and spoken to people there is no real commonality that you could you could point to as you alluded to you know texas and california have very little in common in any respect it's very idiosyncratic care what you have is various factors that affect the availability of jobs and they include natural resources of course of the state if we're talking states government policy of the state's business investment in those particular states so there isn't a common thread it's just kind of an individual basis but what there is in common here and i hate to sound like a talking point and i hate to be accused that that you would part o

it the hardest and there are some numbers that really mean something related to unemployment steve malzberg fills us in on how fourteen states are pretty pleased and with an unprecedented meeting between the leaders of north and south korea alex behind all of which takes us off on the economics of the two nations getting along plus the media prefer germania continues hollande cook host of the big picture here on r t of america helps us sort out the latest developments all of that coming up but first some headlines german chancellor angela merkel was here in washington d.c. today to meet with u.s. president donald trump on the heels of french president emanuel mccrone visit to the u.s. but the photo ops with party hugs and weirdly long handshakes that marked the mccrone visit were absent from today's diplomatic scenery in contrast to more crones lengthy itinerary ms merkel and mr trump only held a three hour meeting that the german delegation called a quote unquote working session agenda items included trade most pacifically the recent round of u.s. tariffs imposed upon imported metals and t

chooses a strike or no strike trump may have just tweeted himself into something of a corner steve malzberg a radio host and political commentator says trump typically does not publicly announce his military plans in advance reportedly on thursday morning the president is going to meet with his national security team and there are several options on the table several plans on the table the president has not picked one yet but without much doubt i would imagine that after the meeting tomorrow he will decide on a strategy now earlier on today back on on wednesday the president caught a lot of criticism from some for tweeting out the warning to russia that you know watch out the missiles are coming a lot of people said that he should have done that for various reasons including he's always said he would not telegraph in advance what he was going to do so i think there will be some response and i think that response will be decided on thursday morning after the national security meeting and i think it's going to be probably more than some would want and probably less than some would would would

host and political commentator steve malzberg believes this shows the alleged russian is not an issue of real concern the fact that this isn't a huge news story here in the united states is is a is mind boggling the media is obsessed with donald trump with russia with stormy daniels the porn star with sean hannity and here we have a real security threat to the congress of the united states and yes they're being hypocritical and they're being derelict of their duties to make sure that what they do what they discuss what they undertake is protected why don't the background check for all of the people in i working in the congress that is a that is this and we're just opening ourselves up and asking for trouble and then when trouble happens they're going to find somebody to blame and they're not going to blame themselves and it's going to be their fault the program continues in just a moment. what politicians do so. they put themselves on the line and they get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president when she. want to be pressed. to go right to the press it's like before thr

it the hardest and there are some numbers that really mean something related to unemployment steve malzberg fills us in on how fourteen states are pretty pleased and with an unprecedented meeting between the leaders of north and south korea alex behind all of which makes us soft on the economics of the two nations getting along plus the media and merger mania continues falling clucked host of the big picture here on r t america helps us sort out the latest developments all of that coming up but first some headlines german chancellor angela merkel was here in washington d.c. today to meet with u.s. president donald trump on the heels of french president emanuel mccrone visit to the u.s. but the photo ops with party hugs and weirdly long handshakes that marked the mccrone visit were absent from today's diplomatic scenery in contrast to more crones lengthy itinerary ms merkel and mr trump only held a three hour meeting that the german delegation called a quote unquote working session agenda items included trade most pacifically the recent round of u.s. tariffs imposed upon imported metals and

them and i love the fact that we ended the week on agreement on politics policy and the economy steve malzberg conservative t.v. and radio host thanks as always for your time thank you for. time to squeeze in a quick break but stick around because when we return alex behind will bitch gives us a look at the economics of getting along as the leaders of north and south korea have a historic meeting plus the media merger mania continues college cork's host of the big picture here on r.g.p. america helps us sort out the latest developments as we go to break here the numbers of the closing bell the dow still slightly below yesterday's close in the final minutes of the trading day we back in if. you're buying gold is a gold mine gold a successor to the ladies but to tell you number one listen if the current status is blown away by the huffing and puffing at the. bad feel wolf and then taking number two you got countries like india that are like one step it was that bad we had our second household second as all the gold there the government asked exactly and then the big benefit will often fall to th

already well into our week with news on trade and here to discuss it and break it down further is steve malzberg conservative t.v. radio commentator and artie's own correspondent caleb let me go back to you first you look at china diligently all the time we're always pleased to get your thoughts what do you think of his remarks are they actually mean something or is this smoke and mirrors i think this is going to be remembered as a pivotal moment. in president she's rule in china his leadership essentially the whole world was holding its breath they were worried that the two largest economies in the world were at each other's throats and he got up and he gave a speech and said that china is committed to opening up its committed to doing business on the world market and the world's the stock market went up five hundred points people were relieved and happy about it if you listen to that speech he was making clear that they are committed to the vision of deng xiaoping that they are going to open up they're going to be part of the world economy but they're going to do it on their terms you know bef

and radio host steve malzberg thank you for joining us steve we appreciate it let's take a look at these fourteen states where are they around the country and one thing that we see is that the economic recovery is occurring in states that voted for president trump and those that did not we go from conservative texas to the more liberal california for example and what else do you see in these numbers what there are some commonality. well you know i've looked and examined and spoken to people there is no real commonality that you could you could point to as you alluded to you know texas and california have very little in common in any respect it's very idiosyncratic care what you have is various factors that affect the availability of jobs and they include natural resources of course of the state if we're talking states government policy of the state's business investment in those particular states so there isn't a common thread it's just kind of an individual basis but what there is in common here and i hate to sound like a talking point and i hate to be accused that that you would part o