Get congressional approval for any strike . Guest it shows great restraint on the part of the president. He should be applauded for that. It would have been easy to have a kneejerk reaction and think, we are going to bomb them, but the president showed restraint. We dont understand all the details of what happened, why it was called and then called off, if indeed that was the case. Nevertheless, the president is to be applauded for how he is handling the situation thus far. At this point, i dont think its necessary for the president to have congressional consent on what he is doing. If we go further and get more into this, i am sure he will consult with congress, but the president needs to have the thisty to deter and defend area in the interest of the united states. s thus far, he has performed well. Host lets start our conversation about the Clean Power Plan. Remind our viewers what the Obama Administration put in place and why you want it reversed. Guest not only do i want it revers
Candidate Bernie Sanders posts a town hall at Clinton College in rock hill, south carolina. Watch it on cspan, cspan. Org, or listen on the free cspan radio app. Welcome back to the table congressman buddy carter, republican of georgia. I want to get your reaction to President Trump deciding and then reversing himself to strike iran. What is your reaction to that decision by the president , and to do you think he needs get congressional approval for any strike . Guest it shows great restraint on the part of the president. He should be applauded for that. It would have been easy to have a kneejerk reaction and think, we are going to bomb them, but the president showed restraint. We dont understand all the details of what happened, why it was called and then called off, if indeed that was the case. Nevertheless, the president is to be applauded for how he is handling the situation thus far. At this point, i dont think its necessary for the president to have congressional consent on what
Changed his mind. From there reporting, a little more this morning. Officials said the president initially approved attacks on a handful of iranian targets. The operation was underway in the early stages when it was called off according to a Senior Administration official. Planes were in the air and ships in position, but no missiles had been fired when word came to stand down. Reuters is reporting overnight this is what happened according to the headline. Tehran received a message from President Trump warning attacks were imminent. Also from reuters, iran told the United States via the swift ambassador that washington will washington for former had no here is how the president sounded yesterday midday in the oval office before a meeting he had with the canadian Prime Minister on irans bringing down that u. S. Spy drone. Here is how he sounded at this point yesterday. [video clip] when i came here, iran was in 14, 18 different sites of confliction, extremely hostile. They were screamin
A school in world gonna where the power of play is helping to keep the lights on. Welcome to business im Stephen Beard sambolin thanks for watching. The Federal Reserve has left the key lending rate unchanged in the 2. 25 to 2. 5 percent range but some fed officials apparently expect a rate cut by the end of the year announcing the decision fed chairman Jerome Powell pointed to concerns over weakening Global Growth and volatile International Trade relationships just a day ago similar preoccupations prompted the European Central bank to signal that its ready to introduce fresh stimulus measures to boost the eurozone economy. And lets go now to our financial correspondent in new york. Younes whats behind this is. Well i mean we clearly saw that the Federal Reserve at least cleared the way verbal e. For a possible rate cut by end of july even if the Monetary Policy is not put on autopilot yet a lot will actually really depend on how trade talks will go on specially next week when ping and
A rate cut by the end of the year announcing the decision fed chairman Jerome Powell pointed to concerns over weakening Global Growth and volatile International Trade relationships just a day ago similar preoccupations prompted the European Central bank to signal that its ready to introduce fresh stimulus measures to boost the eurozone economy. And lets go now to our financial correspondent in new york yes korda yens whats behind this decision. Well i mean we clearly saw that the Federal Reserve at least cleared the way verbal e. For a possible rate cut by july even if the Monetary Policy is not put on autopilot yet a lot will actually really depend on how trade talks will go on specially next week were seeing ping and donald trump will meet at the g. 20 summit in japan overall the economy is in pretty good shape but weaker Global Growth and those trade tensions that to some uncertainty and thats why the market does expect a rate cut. By the end of the year now we know that u. S. Presi