That was President Trump taking a victory lap on the news that the u. S. Economy grew at a robust rate at 4. 1 percent in the Second Quarter. The fastest pace in almost 4 years. Here with a look at whats behind that acceleration is chair of the White House Council of economic advisory. Nice to see you. 4. 1 percent. Economists predicted 4. 4, as you look at the details of the report. What do you like in it . It goes back to a piece i wrote a while back that Corporate Tax cuts would cause a Capital Spending boom. If you look at the average of the first half of the year, we got a Capital Spending boom in the average growth is 3. 1 percent. Its not often that economists can nail it that tightly and it showed its working exactly as we thought. Paul Capital Spending in the First Quarter was more robust than in the Second Quarter. Do you have an explanation for that . One of the things that happened is for Equipment Spending you were allowed to expense it retroactive to october. In the Fourt
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story. in fact, lbj was far more complicit in the investigation events kingdom we knew. he was not just informed weekly, personally, directly from hoover, he was encouraging the investigation, the surveillance, the wiretaps, the hotel room surveillance. and the news media, to, very some responsibility. they knew what hoover was doing and didn t report it. wow. major incentives to get through this book. king, a life, written by, my guess, jonathan eig. tank you very much, jonathan eig, for coming to the saturday show. thank you, jonathan. that will do it for me, thank you for watching the saturday show. don t forget to tune in tomorrow to the sunday show, we re homeland security secretary, alejandro mayorkas, joins me live to talk about the humanitarian crisis on the southern border. that s tomorrow at 9 am eastern right here on msnbc. remember to follow us on
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expected for republicans and now these leaders that expected to be, you know, in the majority and having all this influence, they re facing a struggle to just lead their small advantage in the party. kevin mccarthy is a great example. how do you see that playing out? yeah. there s nothing like election loss or a poor performance to shake up the stability of the leadership, and i think if republicans gain control of the house, which is still very likely, he s now facing a very small majority and the new generation of republicans. congresswoman greene, for example, are going to have a lot more leverage and, i don t know, my guess is mccarthy will make all the concessions that he they ask for that s what he s done thus far but it will show their command republican caucus that will move rightward. i imagine you weren t