Terrorism, north korea and iran and spoke last night at George Washington university. Good evening. Im not here very often but a super treat to be here this evening to have a chance to introduce a true hero from our National Security community and you have all seen his background and the title to discuss his intelligence career. And hard to imagine anyone more suited to the topic of a career in intelligence than mr. James clapper and great treat to have him here this evening. As you can see from his background, hes had over five years of experience in the Intelligence Community, in the military side, on the civilian side, inside and outside government and overseas as well and maybe its not listed but someone can ask him a question to tell him about his 2014 visit to north korea to rescue a couple of americans who got caught up there. I first met mr. Clapper in the 1990s when i was a baby bureaucrat in the pentagon. And i was a little bit scared of him when i first encountered him but m
Will hold a joint news conference. Their remarks will be a prelude to the president who will talk taxes next hour in a speech in indianapolis. Just last hour at the white house, the president responded to criticism that the plan only benefits the wealthy. My plan is for the working people, and my plan is for jobs. No, i dont benefit. I dont benefit. In fact in fact, very, very strongly as you see, i think theres very little benefit for people of wealth. We got an advance look at the gops nine page plan. It slashes Corporate Taxes, stream lines tax brackets and axes the estate tax. Republicans hope it will deliver their party a badly needed victory. How imperative is it to get something done now . Its the difference between succeeding as a party and failing. Its the difference between having a majority in 2018 or losing it. Its the difference between one term and two. Were going all in on tax reform right now. There is a sense of urgency. We recognize it. We have not gotten enough on th