Policies. At 9 00, a discussion on the 75th anniversary of the battle with edward and i and owen connor. National museum of the marine corps senior curator. Host good morning. A three hour washington journal is ahead and we will talk about the state of u. S. Manufacturing and take you to the National Museum of the marine corps for the second stop of our museum tour. We begin the question about who should get credit for the state of the u. S. Economy. The current and previous occupants of the oval office claimed credit for the robust u. S. Economy. This morning, we put the question to you. Republicans, the phone number is 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. On can also catch up with us text message. That number, 2027488003. If you send a text, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise on twitter it is cspanwj and on facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good tuesday morning. You can start calling in now. We take you to the headline in usa t
Million manufacturing jobs in the u. S. The trend since the end of the great recession, dating back to the early days of the Obama Administration, has been incredibly positive. Slow but steady. The trend over the last year has been a little less rosy. We have added only about 26,000 manufacturing jobs over the last 12 months. This is in a private sector economy that added about 2 million jobs in the same period. Manufacturing has lagged far behind the rest of the economy. Duringas a 1. 5 year boom the Trump Administration, but that has dissipated. We have been losing manufacturing jobs. Host what do you. 2 for that for that lag . To guest there has been some uncertainty. It has come around as a result of the trade policy. I think it has had some benefits but it is also adding uncertainty to some businesses. They are reluctant to invest and other things are not getting purchased. That has a spiral effect in manufacturing. Gas,ave seen in oil and ironically when the prices go down a litt
Peter andy purdy is chief Security Officer for huawei. He is based in washington, d. C. , and he is our guest on the communicators. What do you do for huawei . Andy my primary role is internal, although i have been doing external things for the past few months, but my responsibilities include chairing a committee of key parts of the company in the United States that tries to control riske, and and help support our overall ethics and Compliance Program so that we make sure we protect huawei, protect our companies, and continue to do business and managers Cyber Security risk. Peter what is huaweis legal and commercial status in the u. S. Right now . Andy it is a moving target. We have a pending rule to an rule pursuant to an executive order. Right now, we cant sell to the u. S. Government, cant sell to u. S. Contractors, and there is pressure for our smallcarrier customers, wireless and wireline customers, to rip out huawei gear. So, there is legislation pending that would provide funds,
I hope that you send him a dozen roses today because he will not be there to receive them. And you have the armani story. Everyone on global wall street must be focused this weekend on the soap opera going on. Banking is think left, right, and center. And i have a chart looking at the swiss franc. What it means for the further negative. But first, lets get straight to the bloomberg first word news with viviana hurtado. Begin with the coronavirus outbreak. It is getting tougher to gauge the true scope of it because china has provided the data that the death toll was lowered to less than 1400. Now there are more than 53,000 reported. U. S. Officials are stepping up criticism of chinas response. A stunning rebuke of President Trump from one of his most trusted cabinet numbers. William barr saying that tweets and remarks about going ongoing cases make his job impossible. Already vowed to veto a resolution to restrict his ability to wage war against iran. To be passed by the u. S. House, it
, protect our companies and continue to do business and managers Cyber Security risk. Legal what is huaweis and business status in the u. S. Right now . Andy it is a moving target. We have a pending rule to an executive order. Right now we cant sell to the u. S. Government, cant sell to u. S. Contractors, and there is pressure for our smallcarrier customers, wireless and wireline customers, to rip out huawei gear. So there is legislation pending not would provide funds, adequate or providing sufficient time, that would give them money to rip out huawei equipment. So it is a difficult situation and although not official, the u. S. Government has blocked american carriers at t and verizon from selling their mobile devices. Peter why do you think that is . Andy it is a complicated matter. We have the geopolitical context of the u. S. And china, and the trade talks having exasperated things. At we also have a situation i think affects many of us in our everyday lives, were people dont want