Thoughts on the u. S. Military. We have special lines for this question. If you are an active member of the military, call 202 7488000. If you are a retired military service member, call 202 7488001. All others can call 202 7488002. You can also reach us on social media. On twitter at cspanwj. And on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Good morning. Lets start by taking a look at what the president said earlier this month about the state of the u. S. Military during his comments about his National Security strategy. [video clip] dealt isis one devastating defeat after another. The coalition to defeat isis has now recaptured almost 100 of the land once held by these terrorists in iraq and syria. Great job. [applause] really good. Really good. Thank you. Thank you. We have a great military. We are now chasing them wherever they fully. And we will not let them into the United States. In afghanistan, our troops are no longer undermined by artificial timelines. And we no longer tell our enemie
Elections. Thank you for joining us. There is a lot of weight on this with the spending bill is there a difference in where the house and the senate stand on that . Guest oh, absolutely. Theres always differences in something to squabble over. I think we will see a lot of the started in 2017 in 2018. He forefront for republicans, the priority in 2018 will be making certain they do not do anything that is going to diminish from their legislative achievements in the previous year. They got a big win when they assigned neil gorsuch to these up in court and when they get the tax bill across the finish line. Whether it is if a structure, immigration, or the spending bill, which will be the first fight they walk into when they return from the holidays, their goal will be not to screw up so much one of their base voters will have any reason to stay home in november. As crazy as this is, we will be in an election cycle and three days. So, with the spending bill, i would think the last thing re
The big loser yesterday has come roaring back today. We are looking at gains after a bit of a pullback yesterday. The nasdaq up nearly half a percent. Putting in a new alltime high. It does follow the more than 1 drop yesterday. The russell 2000 still about 1 below its record high. There are some strategists who think the russell 2000 shopping is could be a precursor for a nearterm pullback for the major averages including Katie Stockton of btig. We could see a nearterm pullback for the major averages. Would refreshs it a potential year and rally. Lets take a look at the small cap underperformance. Its a one year chart of the russell 2000 to the s p 500. Overall not doing much over the last six months. That going into september. Big smallcap outperformance. Lots of these companies are very u. S. Based. Very sensitive to the tax policy. Over the month of october really underperforming. This could be a tell on whats ahead for the s p 500 and the dow. Take a look at some tech stocks perfo
Many democrats say the trade bill will kill jobs and hurt raises. Republicans are in the unusual and on situation of supporting the president s position. Sounds like the time or diplomacy has ended in the greek standoff. In a meeting with eu members greek was given up with 24 hours to end the proposal over bailout money. He officials told bloomberg that policymakers are examining all scenarios if greece refuses to compromise. That includes the possibility of greece leaving the euro. Olivia that attack of federal personnel records was a lot worse than ours bought. Bloomberg news is reporting that hackers in may of stolen data on as many as 14 million people. That is more than triple the number reported last week. The u. S. Has claimed blamed chinese hackers. One might be to target the data in a hackers. Mexico took a hit when oil prices collapse, but it couldve been a lot worse. The Mexican Government made trades with seven banks to lock in higher prices last year. Still, mexico relies
Many democrats say the trade bill will kill jobs and hurt raises. Republicans are in the unusual and on situation of supporting the president s position. Sounds like the time or diplomacy has ended in the greek standoff. In a meeting with eu members greek was given up with 24 hours to end the proposal over bailout money. He officials told bloomberg that policymakers are examining all scenarios if greece refuses to compromise. That includes the possibility of greece leaving the euro. Olivia that attack of federal personnel records was a lot worse than ours bought. Bloomberg news is reporting that hackers in may of stolen data on as many as 14 million people. That is more than triple the number reported last week. The u. S. Has claimed blamed chinese hackers. One might be to target the data in a hackers. Mexico took a hit when oil prices collapse, but it couldve been a lot worse. The Mexican Government made trades with seven banks to lock in higher prices last year. Still, mexico relies