Washington journal, what is next after the release of the House Intelligence Committee memo. First, were from university of texas law and also a Judicial Watch. Host the House Intelligence Committee meets at 5 00 to consider if they will release the democratic response released by republicans last week. If they do, the white house would he given five days to object. It will gojects it, to the house for a vote. Trump said the release of the memo vindicates him in the investigation being conducted by Robert Mueller. Several republicans disagree. For our next hour, we want to get your thoughts on if you agree with the president possible assessment on the release of the memo. Heres how you can let us know. Republicans, 202 7488001. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002. You can post thoughts on twitter, cspanwj. On our twitter page twitter. Com cspanwj. The memo, from the president , it totally vindicates the president in the probe, but the witchhunt goes on and on. Collusion a
Four mr. Galston let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill galston, senior fellow in governance studies. Thanks so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present, and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this one is titled, broken can the senate save itself and the country . Those of you that read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an institution and will not be surprised to learn how distressed he is by what he describes as its precipitous decline. This topic could not be more timely. We are just days from the expiration of another short term continuing budget resolution, and perhaps even more pertinently from a promised open Senate Debate on u. S. Immigration policy. Will the promise be kept . And if it is, will toda
Adequately supportive of that traditional ally. People look at the arab spring which has developed into something unsparing like. The question is how much did an american president have to do with that . What can an american president do in response to that . Those are legitimate questions and they are questions you can be sure historians will be debating for a very long time to come. But that in a curious way goes back to my point, like him or dislike him, whatever, the fact that barack obama, and whatever his legacy is will engage the interest and attention the support and hostility of historians and others for a long time to come only testifies to the significance of his presidency and the magnitude of what he has attempted. Richard norton smith is our guest talking about the reporting after the president s win on the trade bills and also the relation ship with the Supreme Court on samesex marriage and their reporting that this was his best week ever. We are discussing his legacy. Y
Again. Bob iger joins us in a few moments. Apple looks set to continue. But Merrill Lynch adding insult to injury. And tonight tesla and fitbit coming out. But first up disney reported better than expected earnings. But they were hurt by slowed growth at the International Theme parks but still up more than 20 so far this year. And well have an exclusive interview with bob iger in just a few moments from now. Jim, you were up very early reading through the quarter, reading transcripts, i assume. You said today is the bears day. Well, i think a lot of it is selfinflicted pi disney. They gave a prediction which was a high single digit projection for cable. Its about 42 of their business and they missed the projection. When you set a benchmark and you underperform, even if its not as important as other things, you have to take the pain. And theyre getting punished for that. But lets find out. I mean, he certainly knows more. And for joining us is bob iger, lets go to it. You gave us three
Field tonight. A treasure trove for lawyers and hint, hes mad as hell and hes not going to take it anymore. Varney company is about to begin. Lets get to it. The markets, that is. Were going to be down at the opening bell, 70 or 80 points, were all over the selloff, how bad is it going to be and we will be asking that question for three hours. The price of oil bouncing no, not bouncing down, back at 40. 87 per barrel, again, were looking to see if it drops below 40. Were showing 39 on the screen at some point today. Well see. Gas, good news, the pace of the decline in prices is picking up steam, down about two cents overnight. And big names, we talk about it every day and boy did they get beaten up yesterday. Do you buy now . Here is the closing prices from yesterday. Netflix, 112. Apple, 112. Facebook 90, amazon down to 515. Jo john, taking a vacation from his mansion in bermuda. Are you going to reassure our viewers that maybe this is the time to buy a few bargains . Not necessarily