Have the votes to do it, thats great, but the house does not have that repeal in their tax plan which means it will be more difficult to reconcile the two. Second, the price of oil down again, thats because we are using less of it and that may mean our economy is not as robust as we thought. Remember, please, this is where the political sausagemaking gets intense and a little nasty. Look at this. New york congressman peter king, here is the tweet. From sandy aid to tax reform, Mick Mulvaney tries to screws new york. Probably feels inferior because he subsidizes his state of south carolina. Roy moore still a complicating factor even sean hannity told him, you have 24 hours to refute charges against you or get out of the race. Political pace is picking up. Watch those markets. Varney company about to begin. Stuart President Trump back home from asia claiming victory, classic trump. Here is the tweet, quote, our great country is respected again in asia, you will see the fruits of our long
Anthony weiner, somehow her emails are forwarded to Anthony Weiner included by her assistant huma abedin. Information. Hich classified charles that statement, as we know was incorrect. And meanwhile, the white house as of russias top diplomate meets with trump. All of this in a possible distraction to health care, and were going to have rand paul join us in a moment. Varney company is about to begin. I simply said to him, mr. President , all due respect, youre making a very big mistake. And he didnt really answer. And i have said from the getgo that i think a special prosecutor is the way to go, but now, with whats happened, its the only way to go. Well, that was senator Chuck Schumer calling for a special prosecutor to investigate ties between Trumps Campaign and russia. This happening after the president fired fbi director james comey and President Trump then tweeted this. Crying Chuck Schumer stated recently i didnt have confidence in them aring referring to james comey, any longer,
Get in conference to find a replacement. It is not a replacement in and of itself, and i am not going to vote for the skinny bill, if im not assured by the house that there will be a conference where my idea and other ideas can be taken up so we can actually replace obamacare. Im not going to vote for a bill that is terrible policy and horrible politics just because we have to get something done. Gerri and the beat goes on, right . So now, Mitch Mcconnell needs senators graham, johnson, mccain, purdue and lee to get on board or kill the health care bill. Joining me congressman Paul Mitchell who coauthored an oped with the freshman class in the house calling on the senate to get their act together on health care. Congressman, welcome to the show, great to have you here. Thank you for doing something all of america has been wanting to do for days now, and thats calling out the senate. Theyre about as popular as a glass of milk on prom night, if you know what i mean this latest news, Lind
Theyre all smiling, thats good. Okay. Silence from the right. [laughter] in fact, in the middle of this blizzard, i want to bring you something positive and ive got it for you, here it is. Another indication an optimism is absolutely soaring. Its the wells fargo gallop index and shows the biggest jump in yes. Small business has not been this bullish in a decade. All right. Contrast that with this, with the overwhelmingly negative political headlines that you think the world is about to end. Look at that, please. Stocks will open lower, not that much, down 50odd points, not just of the political turmoil. And were about what, 200 points from the alltime high. So, welcome, everyone. Hope you are warm and comfortable, wherever you are. We have a show for you and youve got to love it. Varney company is about to begin. Riding the storm out riding the storm out the storm out . Thats a good song. Stuart thats Reo Speedwagon im informed. You didnt know. Liz no. Stuart youre looking at new york
Brian jo ann jenkins, ceo of aarp, why did you take that job . Jo ann it was unexpected. I have spent over 25 years in Public Service in a number of Government Agencies and i had the opportunity to come over and be the head of the Aarp Foundation. And i spent two years there really trying to institute and constitute the foundation to have it solely focused on serving the needs of the low income of 50 plus across the organization and as a result of the success that we had and the foundation, the ceo asked me if i would come over to their side and help develop a strategy for 2020 to make sure aarp was relevant to its members in the 21st century. As part of that transition and building strategy, the opportunity and opening came to be the ceo of aarp. While not planned, it was a wonderful transition for me to be able to move from being an initially a board member for the forprofit and are running the company. Im the only leader who has worked at all three organizations. Brian some of the d