It is great to have you with us happy friday our Investment Committee today, steve weiss, jim lebenthal, brin talkingten rob seechen, and one of forbes top 100 financial adviser. Also here with us on set, tom lee, the head of research at global advisers. Stocks sinking this hour were at session lows right now. Take a check on the dow. Were witnessing a 473point drop or 1. 8 decline here s p 500, this is close to session lows right now, down by 57 points, or almost two full percentage points. The nasdaq getting hit the hardest, down 2. 3 semiconductors taking it on the chin right now President Trumps tweet sparking this drop, firing back at chinas new tariffs. Trump saying u. S. Companies are hereby orders to immediately start looking for an alternative to china including bringing your Companies Home and making your products in the united states. The president also says he will be responding to china tariffs later on today theres a lot we still dont know what we do know is this is an es
By george will. Let me also welcome our cspan audience as well as those watching through catos live streaming. Released just two days ago by harper column broad side this book is sure to receive wide attention and deservely so. I just learned that its available at costco so people who are watching us on cspan after this forum can run right out and pick up a copy of the book. Its likely to receive wide attention as i said, because it speaks in a fundamental way to the politically divisions we see in america today, divisions about health care, gun control, affirmative action, immigration and so much more. But about the far more fundamental division we see in our understanding of our basic law, the constitution and what it authorizes. If we want a better understand and appreciate those surface divisions, thats where we have to turn because thats where theyre grounded. Just to be clear in speaking about the republican constitution and the democratic constitution, professor bar net is not m
Good afternoon, welcome to the cato institute. Im the director of cato center for constitutional studies and your host for todays forum on professor Randy Barnetts new book, republican constitution securing the liberty and sovereignty of we the people with forward by george will. Let me also welcome our cspan audience as well as those watching through cato live streaming. Released just two days ago by harper column broad side this book is sure to receive wide attention and deservedly so, i just learned that its available at costco to people who are watching this on cspan can after this forum run right out and pick up a copy of the book. Its likely to receive wide attention, as i said because it speaks in a fundamental way to the political divisions we see in america today, divisions about health care, gun control, affirmative action, immigration and so much more. But the far more fundamental division we see in our understanding of our basic law, the constitution and what it authorizes.
Publicly acknowledged only last week. Their meeting will happen on the sidelines of the g20 summit, another major test for the president on both Foreign Policy and his negotiating skills. Meantime back at home, the fight over health care rages on. Lawmakers are headed home for a week long recess, meaning many republicans will have to defend a hugely unpopular bill directly before their own constituents. Forget phone calls and emails, facetoface showdowns at town halls across the country. So whats President Trump doing to prepare for this momentous week . Cnns ryan nobles is live outside the white house right now. Ryan, i imagine it involves some tweeting. Reporter boris, you laid it out there very well. All of the challenges confronting the president of the United States and this government in general. And yet this morning the president was up and tweeting. And his focus was this feud that he continues to perpetuate with mika not bad people but their low rated show is dominated by thei
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