resources in what might be proof that nothing is safe these days, even a memorial to allison was not spared from cold hearted crooks. john: ali s father is going to join us to discuss his heartbreaking loss. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m john roberts in washington. sandra: that s a place i know well, and new orleans also dealing with out of control record high crime in that city, too. i m sandra smith in new york. ali s father, he ll be joining us this hour, but begin with 49 days until the voters decide the balance of power in d.c. and those brand-new fox news power rankings are out showing the headline few could have predicted. first time control of the house of representatives is now in place for democrats. john: possibility democrats keep control of both houses of congress, something no party in the white house has managed to do in decades, going all the way back to 2002. it s a fox news alert. when we talked about the midterms a
this provides for their family. we re told by the coal association that the industry is making efforts on its own to cut down on carbon. he says he s hoping to buy more time to continue to work on that for a number of years and also remain a viable source of energy for people all around the country. martha? martha: right now there s a demand for what they make right there. thanks very much, connell. good to see you. let s bring in art laugher, former economic adviser to trump and reagan. thanks for being here. it can t be underestimated how much pressure there is on joe biden. we looked at the live shot. they re behind close doors right now. if he can t pull this off, get all the ducks in a row, enough to get something passed here, this is going to be devastating
i will continue to read responses throughout the course of the program. smerconish, don t give roger any air time on your show. he s a master manipulator and he s play thing media to make himself look innocent. i think i would be dare lect to not have him on the program because as soon as wednesday comes, weir going to start talking about 2020 and it will be game on for the conclusion of the mueller probe and if accounts are accurate whether there has been any claim of conspiracy largely focuses on raunler. roger. so i want to hear what he has to say. the job report exceeded expectations. but are the tax cuts paying for themselves? i ll ask art laugher if his famous supply side economic theory still works. on the campaign trail the
least in part designed by larry and the likes of art laugher and steven more who wanted a large tax cut for the economic recovery. on the trade issue, he said he might soften his stance to an extent that where larry has often said he is a complete free market ear, he does become more pragmatic and when it come to comes to the issue of china which the white house is targeting, he preferred targeted sanctions or some time of protectionist measures rather than the blanket tariffs that the president proposed in the last week or so. ron, i m worried for the country that president trump, when he was running for president on the basis of that economic plan that those people you talked about helped him put together. he said we re going to have four and five and 6% economic growth and then they said the tax breaks will get us there. larry is a strong believer in that, i got into it with him on msnbc last year because he says it. he says that these tax cuts will
of a dead-end issue to pursue a goal of a higher sur tax on millionaires or the richest in the garden state. now is not the time, especially when you can t deduct state local taxes and a high tax state like new jersey. that will chase people away. art laugher is a former adviser to ronald reagan. i envision fireworks there. what do you think? there will be fireworks. it s crazy what they re doing, neil. when you think of eliminating state and local tax deductions will do, it will raise the taxes by 45% just by itself and adding on top of that additional tax increases, it s crazy. new jersey will be empty in about a week. neil: the argument i ve heard for this, art, given under new jersey s proximity to manhattan, they won t leave that. where else are they going to go? i think of that. that s what people are saying in california when this agreement