He had Health Issues in the past that he has managed well during his tenure as Prime Minister. He resigned abruptly the last time he was Prime Minister in 2007 because of his health condition. David he is the longestserving Prime Minister, but he was quite influential. One of the things bloomberg is concerned about is abenomics. He came in with three arrows. Was that a success . Sheila i think it is a mixed bag. I will leave it to the economist to delve into the details. There two details are two pieces of what he did manage to accomplish. One is structural reforms. He and his government were impressive in agricultural reform, one of the structural impediments to participate in the ttp, the regional trade pact. He tried to increase womens participation in the economy. Some people would have liked to see more women, but he managed to make some strides there. Progress in slight the labor market reforms he tackled, but he did not accomplish what the japanese wanted, which is to see their
Because we have a historic moment with the introduction and the nomination of Kamala Harris to the Vice President ial nominee, and we have a lot of big democratic stars who will be speaking, including nancy pelosi, hillary clinton, elizabeth warren, and barack obama. This will be an important night for the party to get an audience and introduce, harris. Introduce Kamala Harris. I am hoping we hear less attacks on the president and more about their governance strategy. David one thing we have not heard about is the issue of law and order. President trump will hit it hard. What is going on in some of our cities. We see it in new york, in chicago, in seattle. Kamala harris is in a particular position to address that, how we can police our streets and still not abuse some of the less fortunate. Jeanne this is what i have heard from moderates and more conservative friends who say this is a glaring absence so far in these last couple days. We know this is going on in the country around us, a
Level with the stock down on euro strength adding into the downside for the European Equity markets. We are also seeing weakness when it comes to the cable rates. Not surprising after the war of words that broke out between the european commissioner and the u. K. Government earlier on today. Now, 120 862. 128 point 62. Today we are giving back a little bit of ground. Alix breaking news out of the european commission, the u. K. Has seriously damaged trust and has until the end of the month to amend the violation of International Law and joining us now with more from london, david, walk us through what we know and how this time might be different from the other extensions, deadlines, and harsh words we have seen. It really is extraordinary, an ultimatum for them to backtrack on the bill in london yesterday, overwriting key sections of the agreement signed by Boris Johnson less than a year ago, which she is now saying he regrets and doesnt think really serves the people of Great Britain a
Times. Nikki haley, some of her experiences, Donald Trumps muscular Foreign Policy at how she managed that as the u. N. Rep. Those were two biggies. Bigother aspect was a presence of africanamericans on the agenda. Walker, tim scott, all spoke yesterday and gave their pitch as to why the Republican Party should receive more support in the black communities. And one of things, thing that was not there, you referred to it at the end of our coverage late last night. There was writing going on after and unarmed black man had been shot by police. He was shot like seven times by a police officer. Was not much mention and he called out the National Guard. Situation and a lot of destruction of property. These are things that were ignored as you point out at the much discussion actsbout restraining these of violence and donald trump being the law and order candidate. Virtually nothing was said by any africanamerican speakers about social justice issues. Different from the democratic convention,
In fact, he said and i quote, that many of the ideas he fought for that just a few years ago were considered radical are now mainstream in the democratic already democratic party. At the root of their agenda is the belief that america is driven by envy, not aspiration. That millions of americans harbor ill will towards our neighbors instead of loving our neighbors as ourselves. The radical left leaves that the part left believes the federal government must be involved in every aspect of our lives to correct the american runs. They believe the federal government needs to dictate how americans live, how we should work, how we should raise our children. And in the process, deprive our people of freedom, prosperity and security. Their agenda is based on government control. I agenda is based on our agenda is based on freedom. [applause] where President Trump cut taxes, joe biden wants to raise taxes. Where this president achieved Energy Independence for the United States, joe biden would ab