It has been another type of cabinet meeting, mr. President. We appreciate you allowing us to do that and the blessings you give us to participate in that cabinet bible study. If you would, lets bow our heads. Father, we thank you for the stable. Everyone is here because you have ordained it to be so. The importance of what we are about, the issues of which we get the responsibility and privilege to deal with it is your call. Today, we are lifting up a special group of men and women who have really been at the core of why this country has been that is our veterans; people who have sacrificed greatly, who held their hand up me,said, here am i, send when it would have maybe been easier for them, certainly less stressful for them to have not answered that call. We lift them up. You give us the opportunity. Secretary wilkie has the agency that directly deals with that. So many of us have the opportunity to assist and be a part of that. We thank you for that great privilege to serve them aft
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Renewed china trade optimism set to fuel further gains of the open retails big week and the tariff impact into the holidays. Best buy, dicks, dollar tree, abercrombie among the retailers reporting today. And ford challenging tesla to a apples to apples tug of war between pickups and elon musk says bring it on three major indices saw record closes, top trade negotiators from the u. S. And China Holding a phone call earlier this morning the two sides continue to work toward a phase one trade agreement. Trade rep lighthizer, mnuchin, both participated in that call and both sides agree to remain in contact over remaining issues on twitter, you said the phone call last night was very important in terms of furthering a deal yeah. It is real ive been skeptical. This was a real call phase one probably happens Financial Services get opened up president may believe that intellectual property is for real that instead of just a soybean buy, a promise to they would respect intellectual property. Do
Of the tusk gee institute and was a prominent figure in the africanamerican community. Up next, we learn about his connection to West Virginia and how his life there shaped him s a future leader. Booker t. Washington was for 20 years the spokesman and leader of africanamericans in america. And at the time, we had horrible jim crow race codes in the south. That didnt happen here in West Virginia. It was a different sort of race relations. And what he observed with his boyhood heroes was the building of a black middle class, and that really became his path, his career path as he went from tuskegee to being a National Celebrity. Booker was born in a place called hales ford, south of roanoke, virginia, about 225 miles from here, and in those first nine years, he was a slave boy. He didnt have pants. He wore a slave boy shirt. Shoes were two wooden slats with a piece of leather across each toe, across the top. He wanted very much to go to school. He saw white children going to school. He wa
Intelligence Committee Concludes its second week of public hearings. You can join the conversation by phone or send us a comment on facebook and twitter. Is next. Host good morning. Two weeks of hearings in the books. Congress is in recess for the thanksgiving holiday. We heard yesterday from david holmes who is political counsel to the embassy in ukraine and dr. Fiona hill and now the question before washington and the nation, what happens next . It is friday morning. Ahead, highlights from cspans live coverage of the House Intelligence Committee. How the hearings are playing out in the morning papers, social media, political circles and your calls, tweets, and comments. You can begin dialing at 2027488000. That is our phone line if the hearings changed your mind. If they did not, 2027488001. If you remain unsure, 2027488002. Also, you can send us a text message at 2027488003 or tweets at cspanwj. We will read your tweets during the course of the morning and facebook at facebook. Com