Welcome you all to the Battlefields Foundation roundtable, guide you are all able to make it. Its going to be a very interesting, top were going to hear this evening. Remember, we do not have dues, but we do ask that everyone who comes to the roundtable become a member of the Shadow Valley Battlefields Foundation. Just to know a little bit about the foundation, we have close to 5000 acres, of civil battlefield that weve been able to preserve, please go to our website, and if you could, we would surely appreciate you becoming a member of the foundation. Im going to introduce our speaker tonight, steve and i both move to the area about the same time. Steve came from a career in music, he is a graduate of Berkeley College of music. For many many years he toured worldwide, he came back to his roots in pennsylvania. He decided to study this battle, he didnt just study it, he was engrossed in it. He has done remarkable, thorough research as, thorough as anyone could do, to put together a boo
Proof of investor fear gold soared. Our experts have you covered. The best advice for you and your money. From the New York Stock Exchange to our money managers, Ashley Webster up first from the floor. So, ashley, what were traders telling you about this wild session . Well you know what . Almost become normal, hasnt it . There is nothing normal about this. We have traders staring at the screens. Two things going on today, sell equities buy gold. Other people saying you know we saw a little bit after comeback this afternoon on news that opec may be open to cutting production. They said how sad opec is one thing out there that can make our markets move higher. There is a sense of anxiousness that is not only for the Global Economy but for the economy here in the u. S. You mentioned the financials, deirdre, certainly concerns about european banks. That added to the rough feelings if you like of how secure is the system right now . How secure. The banks here. Had janet yellen talking abou
Smokes. We head to davos as liz claman looks at healthcare. Gov. Tackling the obamacare website. The man who says his company is fixing healthcare. Gov. We have the story from davos, switzerland. Gerri all that and more on the willis report where consumers are our business. Gerri we begin tonight with growing concerns president obamas plan to eliminate tax breaks for 529 plans will penalize middleclass americans and force them to send their kids to twoyear community colleges. Only the wealthy say the president s opponents will be able to afford the fouryear degree for their children. With more on this, Brad Blakeman former Deputy Assistant to president george w. Bush and a republican strategist. Lets start at the top here. This policy, to eliminate this tax break for middleclass americans, how does this help the middle class . It doesnt. It hurts the middle class. Americans now there are 12 million accounts, seven million americans are paying in what they can scrimping and saving to be
Ask, positive at this do it, do not take money out of retirement accounts. Gerri get a bigger home without moving an inch. How do you do that . Home improvement expert tom cite letter is here. Airlines try sneaky way to charge more money. Some say it is downright dishonest. Well expose it. All that coming up on the willis report, where consumers are our business. Tonight is the president turning his back on the middle class . Mounting evidence like rising jobless claims and stagnant wages flying in the face of obamas rosy comments on the economy. In fact majority of americans say Government Policies are not helping their bottom lines. So will obamas middle class economics push morerpeople out of the middle class . Were asking peter morici, economist and professor at university of Maryland Smith School of business and republican strategist Brad Blakeman who served as Deputy Assistant to president george w. Bush. Welcome to you both. I will start with you, peter. Big jobs report out tomo
It fit your life . All that and more combing up on the willis report where consumers are our business. Tonight were asking the question is Big Government the answer, and if so which republican can actually deliver a Smaller Government . With us now former senator scott brown. Also a fox news contributor. And Patrick Brennan with national review. Patrick, start with you. Youre here on set with me. So jamie dimon, biggest bank ceo in the world really talking a today about Big Government and how it is harming his institution. How did you react to his words . Well the point he was making specifically was, if we have, if we have new regulations on banks, require them to hold more capital than they have in the past than the market might demand it will create unintended consequences in a financial crisis. May make a crisis less likely. But when a crisis happens it will restrict their ability to react that has to be true in some sense. Gerri there are a lot of unintended consequences to doddfr