Just released. Hes a former staff director for the Senate Armed Services committee and prior to that he was advisor for john mccain and previously held other positions in the government. Right now he is the chief Strategy Officer that builds capabilities for the military as well as the department of Homeland Security and we can talk about that as we go through the interview thank you very much for being with us today. Its great to be here. So just to start off with what led you to do this book . Youve been thinking about these issues for a while and obviously this is something youve encountered a lot during your several years on the Armed Services committee and with senator mccain as a policy advisor what was the genesis that led to you sitting down and writing an entire book . Its a great question and i asked myself that constantly, why did i get into this every day i was working on it . I guess it was basically two things. One was and both of these were a product of the many years i
Stocks really at their highest level since march. Kevin p, its maizing that this market sometimes you wonder whether the market has a pulse that it has this abilities to overlook all of these pulling at us and what were witnessing in our cities. Were in a very troubled time i get it however, every day the world votes, every day individuals make multimillion dollar and one dollar decisions one cent at a time and where do they vote for optimism in the future america. Thats why the markets are doing what they are doing. Its seeing through this the market knows we will solve this problem as we always have and move forward is that what this is about . An abilities to make a big bet on america and our future regardless of what is right in front of us at this very moment . That is pulling at us emotionally. Were able to look past all of that and thats why money continues to come into the stock market you can have any number of reasons to say this market should not be where it is yet we find o
Indices as you can see up 2 and a half percent on the dow, 6 higher on the nasdaq and 3 higher on s p 500 for the week. The dow, nasdaq and s p 500 up better than 30 from the lows hit in late march. Well, a judge could officially toss the case against Michael Flynn out today according to his lawyer. Meanwhile attorney planning me that flynn go all the way to the top, meaning then president obama. The very latest fallout this morning. Elon musk going on after another twitter rant. Hes suing over restrictions that kept tesla from restarting production in california and remove the automaker from golden state. Disneyland opening to sellout crowd. Enters a whole new world and laying out a blueprint of what parks can be here. My sitdown with President Trump, the very latest on getting america back to work. Thursday morning right here beginning at 6 00 a. M. On mornings with maria, mornings with maria is live right now. Global markets this morning look like this. Ftse 100 down 21 points, cac
You uphold the universe by the words of your power. Today, walk with our senators as they work. Help them to remember that there is no purity without vigilance, no learning without study, and no mastery without discipline. Give them the wisdom to be willing to pay the price to honor you. Provide them with joy in service and devotion in discipleship. Infuse them with a spirit of power, love, and selfcontrol. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley one minute in morning business. An oped i penned recently mentioned countries that still has laws on the books and it touched the nerve in bangladesh. I certainly didnt mean to imply that it was the worst off
I would say theres nothing that focuses the mind on the issue of Health Care Like the prospect of a pandemic, and that is what were facing now with the coronavirus. Americans should not panic and they shouldnt be pessimistic but we need to be realistic as the numbers start to increase over the world. And we take note of our vulnerabilities here in the United States of america. Were also, i hope, reflecting on what were counting on toest go us through this pandemic in a posse comitatussive fashion in america. The first thing is we look to two Major Health Care organizations of the federal government the National Institutes of health, which is the premier Health Research agency in the world, and the center for disease control, which again leads the world when this comes to preventing the spread of disease and threats to the Public Health of america. The question we should ask ourselves is how have we treated these agencies to date. The answers are mixed. The answer when it comes to Natio