You and i have been doing this for a bunch of years and i had the firm 20 years ago. We have never seen a geopolitical environment this unstable as the one we are entering into in 2017. You have economic recessions every seven or eight years and geopolitical recessions do not happen as often. But now, the end of this old order and the United States justg we dont want, not to be the cop for the world, which has been coming for a long time, but we are not going to be the architect on trade. We are not going to promote our values globally. No one else is prepared to do that. And the election of trump, the United States is the driver of Geopolitical Uncertainty on the world stage. That is a new thing. Charlie lets talk about the breakdown of geopolitical recession. It means what . Youve outlined some suggestions the u. S. Is not playing the role it has played before or at least if you believe the president elect, he does not plan to play that role because voters dont seem to want to play t
You and i have been doing this for a bunch of years and i had the firm 20 years ago. We have never seen a geopolitical environment this unstable as the one we are entering into in 2017. You have economic recessions every seven or eight years and geopolitical recessions do not happen as often. But now, the end of this old order and the United States justg we dont want, not to be the cop for the world, which has been coming for a long time, but we are not going to be the architect on trade. We are not going to promote our values globally. No one else is prepared to do that. And the election of trump, the United States is the driver of Geopolitical Uncertainty on the world stage. That is a new thing. Charlie lets talk about the breakdown of geopolitical recession. It means what . Youve outlined some suggestions the u. S. Is not playing the role it has played before or at least if you believe the president elect, he does not plan to play that role because voters dont seem to want to play t
Have built up pretty steadily. There was a gain for wti. Its down a dollar. And heres whats on the agenda economically. Tomorrow, look for july new home sales, followed by existing home sales and thursday, thats why its called weekly jobless cams and on friday, its the second estimate on the Second Quarter gdp. Two for two. Second estimate on the second. First on the first. Third on the third. Symposium in kansas city. Oh, no, its jackson hole. And i guess luhoyia was taken. Hp, tole brothers. And now to the latest on the battle over control of viacom. It looks like this battle is over. And i believe dauman will be sticking around unsill september 16th. And redstone removed dauman from his trust and planned to sell paramount pictures. His daughter largely behind much of this. Hes going to receive about 72 million under the settlement agreement. This was probably the way you had to imagine it went with the redstones owning 80 of the vote. Check out shares of viacom. Theyre up. And final
It just disappeared. Crazy. A new train station is opening. A transit of with a big dinosaur on the roof. Did we really need to spend all of that one need on all of that space . Penn station is too much of a pit. It is too nice. Over time, over budget. Like you said, compared to other places that are a problem. Lets celebrate this for the moment. Scott kelly. Your longlost cousin is back. Reunited with his family. Good for him. Scott kelly spent a year. 2 inches taller. That is a little side effect. All of that time and space. You stretch a little bit. It comes back to gravity. Again. Mark kelly, his twin, is happy to have him back. He has been with us for a long, long, long time. A makeup magician. Visit us. This is the last day. [laughter] you have to spruce things up a little bit. The last days today. Thank you. We love you. I cannot believe she said that about you. Pointing the other way. 1 30 a. M. In the morning. It is amazing. It is hard on the body, two. How did i get this . Sn
Lives. Thats one of the reasons why the president knew that this country needed to hear something about the war on terror. That takes us to our top story on a monday morning. President obamas address from the oval office to a nation yes, on edge in the wake of the shootings in San Bernardino and the other terror attacks around the world. The president saying that they highlight a new phase in the Terror Threat facing the United States. We have complete coverage, including swift reaction from the republican president ial field, but first nbc National Correspondent peter alexander. Hes at the ite house. Peter, good morning to you. Reporter matt, good morning. A majority of americans are dissatisfied with this president s handling of terrorism, but there he was, president obama, trying to reassure anxious shusamericans and, in fact, saying stay the course against isis, promising to destroy the terrorist group, guing the u. S. Will prevail by being in his words strong and smart, resilient