Yes i can understand wire you writing about it now hasnt happened jet. Im learning about the things we can write about now. I deliberately took a step back. Im not writing as things unfold. Im not about this or that misstep by this so that government. Im not talking that level at all. What i am doing is standing back and saying okay, why pandemic why now. That is something i could do. Youve been reading my work, you know, i like many other people been writing about this for years. Weve been saying this is going to happen. These are the viruses we need to worry about. This is what we need to do. It is already so obvious those predictions were back on. And we havent done a lot of things we need to do. This was kind of the moment to repeat all of that stuff. At a time when people can really understand it. Therefore the message might really come home to the right people. I think that point out emphasizes how strongly am how political leaders have been represented to them previously for pre
Wildfires ravaging the west hurricanes pounding the east election that is distracting all of us everywhere pandemic pelting the Middle America and all of that stuff is just here theres a whole world of woe out there things we should be paying attention to lets talk about it with john siddle leidys geo political strategist truly trilogy advisers john is a diplomacy consultant to the apartment of state glad to have you back john china is always looming large. And our relationship is fraught while every nation is staggering to recover from the cove ahead chinese g. D. P. Is actually growing and thats conspicuous that they attribute that to their early aggressive response to cove it is the usa disadvantaged accordingly. Holland 1st of all its good to be back with you and your audience im so glad were starting with this very important question because this is in many ways about what the future of the global order will look like and a lot of this is predicated on how china and frankly the Ch
Shall observe. You will see the memorial event unfold throughout our program today. The stock market trading begins at 9 30 a. M. And were at a modest gain after yesterdays late and very big selloff, the dow is probably going to be up 90 in the modest gain for the s p of 37 on the nasdaq. That is at the open. We have no idea how the market closes today. Look at this, peloton, the stock of the day if not the week terrific Earnings Report, huge increase in sales and a rosy projection for the future. Watch that stock go. Peloton is up 9 at 97. I have three quick headlines for politics and money. Microsoft says russian chinese and iranian hackers are targeting the 2020 election. No impact on the stock of course but this is a clear warning. Joe biden is embroiled in a teleprompter dispute. Does he use one to help them answer questions. Surely that is out of balance but articulate president ial candidate. In the nfl is back completely protest into and thumbs you will see it all. September 11
To register. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Is next. On thisod morning monday, january 13, the beginning of the legislative week in washington. Senators are preparing for votes on curbing the president s use of force against iran and starting an impeachment trial. Iran. St, your thoughts on what steps do you want lawmakers to take to limit the military did lasts the house week or support the administrations strategy. . Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. Active and retired military, we want to hear from you, 2027488003 is your number. You can text us on that line with your first, city, and state. We will get to your thoughts in a minute. Lets begin with the hill newspaper. Democrats scramble to reign in trumps iran war powers. Democrats are racing against the clock to shore up as the fight shifts to the senate. A lawmakers looking to limit trump possibility t
Joining us from new york this morning, antoine hope, hes a Senior Research scholar at columbia universitys center on Global Energy policy. Here to talk about oil prices. While were experiencing these tensions with iran. So, mr. Hope, lets begin with the history of the United States getting its oil from the middle east. Tell us about that. Right. Well, the volumes that are imported from the middle east have decreased dramatically in the last few years with the increase in election. But, in fact, the middle east has never accounted for very dramatic share of u. S. Imports. There was a time when there were significant imports from saudi arabia, from kuwait. The reason why the u. S. Has been playing the key role in keeping the shipping lanes safe in the gulf is not all about imports into its own country, its about the stability of the market as a whole. What is how is the market handling u. S. And iran tensions . Its been quite remarkable. There hasnt been much of a reaction. There was a k