Its at the 27,000 level, up from 18,000 in march. Check your 401 k and smile. Whats going on here . Well, first theres a lot of talk about congress adding to the president s virus aid. The democrats made a big mistake walking away from mr. Trump from any deal, allowing the president to jump right in. Wall street would love another trillion or two of stimulus. Here we go. Can you believe this. Putin says russia has a vaccine. They have not finished Clinical Trials but his daughter has taken it. Im a skeptic. When the news broke, it did lift stock prices. We will tell you all we know. I do know this. Tim cook is a billionaire. He owns a chunk of the most valuable company in the world. Bernie sanders might not approve but i think its good to see a brilliant executive join the billionaires club. He and apple are wildly successful. All right. Look whats coming up. Maybe joe bidens choice for Vice President , maybe today. Hes boxed himself into an identity politics corner. A prediction that
Welcome. I have written fiction about president ial politics and the media and i wish i knew these four giant when i was doing research for the novel. We could not have a better panel for the topic today. What do you feel is the role in this era of journalism and specific to the times. The la times, are using a Division Within your staff . I think there are several components to that. August, 19 episode. One of which was with the word, racism. Whether that was a fair label for the president or whether as i think an older generation of editors that went to question intent. Given the president s we were never sure if it was racism or sexism or gender issues. And so, that was one part of it. The second i think is the question of how. Weve been dealing with the economic model for journalism that has basically going away. To your point about the president which i call that this information is in chief. There was always a compact between people and government and journalists. They try to tel
Welcome emma green and writer and author of the forthcoming book how to fight antisemitism, bari weiss. This is my fight song take back my life song prove them all right song hi, everyone. Im happy to be sitting on the stage today with bari weiss, who is an opinion writer and editor for the New York Times. Since joining the times in 2017, bari has, shall we say, made some waves in the world of letters and the internet with her writing and speaking. Vanity fair recently called her the times star opinion writer and the provatuer. She would say she fits neither on the left or right. She began writing columns long ago as a student at Columbia University where she did activism around professors. She wrote and edited for the wall street journal and then joined the New York Times. Her work has focused on groups relevant to this group today. She calls out antisemitism in all of its forms. She has a book coming out in september to be published by crown called how to fight antisemiti antisemitis
Host good morning, it is tuesday, august 1, 2023. We will chat about the state of the economy. As we take you through the latest on the expanding congressional inquiry into the joe biden family the biting biden Family Business practice if you say yes, 202 7488000 is the number to call, if you say no 202 7488001. You can also call in if you are unsure. That number is 202 7488002. You can send us a text 202 7488003. If you do, include your name and where you are from. Catch us up with us on social media. A good Tuesday Morning to you. Here are the two lead paragraphs of the wall street journal story on that hearing yesterday on capitol hill. A former business associate of hunter biden testified monday to correctional leaders that President Biden and his son were in elite communications and the younger biden would put his father on speakerphone on business dinners. The associate said joe biden and his son never discussed business on his calls and only discussed casual conversation but the
by voting yes on prop e. a common sense solution that ensures we use community safety cameras to catch repeat offenders and hold them accountable. vote yes on e. hello again, and welcome. it s time to get together with some smart people to break down the big stories. today we re asking, following the special counsel s scathing report questioning president biden s mental fitness, can he dig himself out of the growing age issue? then, the rift on the right in congress, leading some to question the future of the top two republicans on capitol hill. and the face-to-face flop. i ll break down tucker carlson s so-called interview with vladimir putin, and you don t want to miss it. the panel is here and ready to go. so sit back, relax, and let s talk about it. up first, in the category of things you don t see every day, the president of the united states called a snap news conference the other night to show he still has his marbles. here is how that went. this matter is now