All right. Im going to take the opportunity of this lull to begin the session. So im not going to spend a lot of time on introductions. I do just want very briefly, with us from brookings and law affair, this is a real opportunity, because matt, my copanelists interviewee, im not sure what to call him when theres only two of us, has a real remarkable diversity of experience with 702. And so i actually met matt way back when he was working on gaugh guantanamo issues once upon a time. He became general counsel at nsa and went from there to run National Security. As i think youll hear a lot of 702 material. And so let me start by just asking you, on a scale of 1 to 10, how important is 702 to u. S. Counterterrorism mission and to other national skuecurity progrs and what other interests . If i can channel the movies, ill say 11, for those of you who have seen the movie. The amplifier goes to 11. Ive had a lot of conversations about and it is you know, it is important i think to understand
Hits already fired a warning shot. They are calling the senate plan even meaner. In the in wheelchairs take to the halls. Mcconnell is now not so secret plan could already be on life support. As of right now it leads the gop shy of the 50 votes. Will it force bipartisanship on the hill. They disapprove of the house plan. We to congressmans from both sides of the aisle. About the true healthcare need. Trump is talking telecom tech. Asking the top ceos for advice. Imagine this. It can promote emerging technologies. One of those ceos was inside the room. Getting in front of the cameras right now. The drone giants. He is here on the foxbusiness occlusive. Lets the countdown. They are calling a code green. They are getting a shot in the arm to the major market averages. They would be calling a code red right now if it werent for ensuring united healthcare. You can see them all here. Up about 1 or one plus right now. Checking how the drugmakers have actually done since the election. You can
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Live from bloombergs u. S. And asian headquarters. I am live in new york, where it is just after 7 00 p. M. Yvonne it is 7 00 a. M. Here in hong kong. I am yvonne man. There is something about the month of august where crazy things just happen. Two years ago it was china, the devaluation. The jury is still out to see whether geopolitics will be the trigger this year in triggering the volatility. Betty who knew a year ago we would be talking about north korea and the possibility of military conflict between the u. S. And north korea . But here we are in august. Volume is still relatively thin. Any movement will be exaggerated by the thin volume. That is exactly what we saw. Despite all these headlines, the markets remains relatively resilient. Which is confusing to some investors who say, we should be moving more on these headlines. Right now it looks like the markets are focused on earnings and the fed. Yvonne those are still some likely catalysts. From a comments Little Movement from
Mccain continues. And historic flooding leading to dramatic new rescues. All that plus what was she thinking . Why the wife of treasury secretary is now apologizing. Espn under fire for pulling this announcer from the game. You wouldnt believe the reason. And are you feeling lucky . Powerball hits a staggering 700 million with the drawing just hours away. Today wednesday, august 23rd, 2017. This is today with matt lau lauer. As he was speak, protests were raging in the streets outside of that arena. We have both sides of this story covered starting with Kristen Welker. Get us started. Good morning. Matt, good morning to you. President trump waking up here in arizona after delivering a 77 fiery, divisive speech overnight. He took aim after many of his detractors, a complete reversal after he called for the country to come together just one day earlier. As protesters lined the streets outside the Phoenix Convention center, inside a very fired up President Trump waging his own battle, aba