market. when the stock market goes up it s to benefit of retired people relying on investments they made while they were working on live a descent, retired life. all of these numbers, and the success the president brought to us economically, affected all of us at every level. and banks i don t mind regulation. big corporations need to be watched and the government needs to be watched. to see the banks and the capital system as the economy, it condemns nations. it doesn t work. it s a dumb idea. and the american people can prove they reject it next year. sean: charlie hurt, we are looking at this and saying: oh, that s right.
opposed to just stories. bill: thank you. ahead on america s newsroom we ll bring in as democrats gear up for 2020 we ll talk to former trump campaign advisor michael caputo. he has a lot to say about everything that s going on especially in light of we re waiting on the mueller report. maybe it comes today. maybe another week or month. caputo is our guest coming up in 15 minutes. sandra: the crisis in venezuela deepening at this hour. the country entering now its fourth day of a nationwide blackout. food, water, fuel, all running low as the country faces economic and political collapse. the message the u.s. is sending to the people there. bill: we mention this. congresswoman ocasio-cortez saying our capital system is irredeemable. charles payne will take that up. we live in a society where if you don t have a job you are left to die. they re our parents.
and on half of americans say they re in that. it s better than 18. this is something as philosophical as democracy, we re build on a capital system. you have 96 approve of small business. capital of has ceased to mean that i have a shot and i can build business. it s become a pay scheme in people s heads. it s interesting that some of the billionaires you spoke to have very interesting ideas, much better ideas, seemingly they re problem solvers. yeah. we have the forbes billionaire last co billionaire list coming out tomorrow. two-thirds are american citizen and 11% are immigrants so democracy works. if you re a woman trying to start a business, if you re an
african-american, if you re sitting there in ohio or in iowa, it s harder. so the idea the capital system, warn buffett says in my piece it s never been stronger, but there are people who don t there s a huge, huge slice of america that doesn t feel this exactly. john harwood, thank you so much. you also interviewed maryland governor for your speak easy series. we ll be looking for that. and randall lane, we ll be reading your new piece this morning entitled reimagining capitalism . thank you all for joining us. and still ahead, the testimony we did not see from michael cohen last night.
and by a tighter margin i think than a lot of folks were expected. 2020, should we still think of ohio as a swing state? there is no doubt about it. if we come with a worker centered platform, if we focus like a laser beam on pensions, wages, bringing private investment into places like youngstown, ohio. 80% of venture capital goes to california, new york and massachusetts. we need a new and better government and a new and better capital system driving private investment into areas like ours. if the democrats wrap their arms around bold initiatives that will help communities that have been left behind by globalization and left behind by automati automation, we can win again. we have to reconnect and this is part of the leadership battle. we got banged by general motors. they got a tax cut and cut 14,000 jobs and their stock