Jobs left our country. Large corporations changed their Business Models by exporting jobs to other countries and then shipping their goods back to the United States where theyd make massive profits and wouldnt be paying tax to us either. So we lost the jobs, lost the taxes, they closed the buildings, they closed the plants and factories. We got nothing but unemployment. We got nothing. Other businesses, even classic american brands, switched their headquarters to foreign countries. Because of this and other reasons like weak borders, america remains stuck in the past. Although i have to tell you, we have general kelly here today, and we stopped 78 going up to 80 on the border traffic coming through in just a short period of time. [cheers and applause] hes done some job. Whole different world out there right now. Today, we are still taxing our businesses at 35 , and its way more than that, and think of it, in some cases, way above 40 when you include state and local taxes in various sta
We are live in springfield, missouri, with all the details. Meanwhile Tropical Storm harvey making landfall again. This time slamming parts of louisiana. Well speak with a states lieutenant governor, Billy Nungesser about the situations there. Talking about harvey, the town of port arthur, texas, now underwater after being hit hard by heavy rains overnight. Were live on the ground there where rescue efforts are now underway. Cheryl well get back to texas of course in a moment but these markets, taking a look at the dow climbing for a second straight day, driven higher by shares of cisco. Goldman sachs and caterpillar helping all of this. Nicole petallides watch being action from the floor of the new york stock exchange. Nicole, we got good news on the economy. Is that part of the reason were seeing these numbers . Overall looking pretty good. We die guessed a lot of harvey and north korea. We got a little blip late in the day talks between lavrov and tillerson, not do anything with nor