transform our economy. it did a lot for people at the top but not for the entire economy, so i think that the white house is obviously getting concerned, especially because there s nothing that can harm somebody running for re-election more than the economy going into a recession. charlie, he s saying that the economy is great, at the same time, he s mulling moves you don t do when everything is fine and dandy. yeah, i think it s i think there s a bit of incoherence going on here, don. as kirsten said, i think most economists are expecting some kind of a slowdown in 2020. i m not saying a recession, but they ve been anticipating a slower 2020 for some time. but to take a stimulus measure like cutting the payroll tax or demanding that the fed lower interest rates, the economy is still reasonably good, although slower, what do you do when we actually do hit a recession and if we take those steps now? what arrows will be left in the quiver? the fed doesn t have other options besides
make no mistake about it. china is targeting those farmers to buckle our knees. and the president? he says this. we ll see what happens, but they definitely want to make a deal. so for everybody who is keeping score at home, the economy is great, the democrats and the news media want it to be bad, and also it s the fed s fault. i think i could be helped out by the fed, but the fed doesn t like helping me too much. pretty revealing statement. because as i think we all know, it s not the fed s job to help the president, to help him win reelection. it s the fed s job to keep the economy healthy, to set policies to encourage high employment and low inflation. that s what the fed is supposed to do, not help the president. and speaking of the economy, there is this about the man on the $20 bill, president andrew jackson. do you remember his history of harsh anti-native american policies that led to the deaths
words and twitters and tweets, that doesn t pay the farmers bills, that doesn t solve the problem we re dealing with. you know, like i said earlier, this one is self-inflicted by our president and we definitely agreed with it at the beginning, but it doesn t appear that there is a plan b. people on front lines are saying the trade war is directly hurting them and china is not bearing all the burden of this, they are bearing the burden of this. so there s a couple things to say here. first of all, this president has the backs of farmers. all the money we re taking in tariffs, a lot of that is going right to the farmers to keep us whole. make no mistake about it. china is tagging those farmers to buckle our needs. and the president? he says this. we ll see what happens, but they definitely want to make a deal. so for everybody who is keeping score at home, the economy is great, the democrats and the news media want it to be bad, and also it s the feds fault. i think i cou
here. after 11 consecutive weekends and increasing violence that you referred to earlier in the week at the airport, it seems that protesters in hong kong are showing no signs of stopping, so the question really becomes and you haand i have talked abo this, do they have a list of demands that could be possibly responded to and actually try o alleviate these consistent protests. reporter: that seemed to be what was telegraphed at the news conference, the organizers of yesterday s protest, the civil human rights front. it s one organization that organized those protests early on that drew one and 2 million people to the streets, so there is this sense of legitimacy that there is a voice on the protesters side with whom the hong kong authorities can communicate. to this point, it doesn t appear in all of the options that beijing has been telegraphing to this point that compromise is one of them. we have to remember how it is
play? i think it s up to her and her team and also some of her competitors to redirect the conversation to what it s really about, the economy, how americans are doing, school shootings, the environment and climate change, real issues that will really substantively affect their lives and letting elizabeth warren deal with her personal identity in a way that sort of makes sense in conjunction with the native community and that doesn t need to be the number one story on the news cycle. professor greer, thank you carol lee, good to have you as well. we will keep a close eye and ear on that forum in iowa right now. who will it be? as more republicans are speaking out for a need for a primary challenger to donald trump, one prominent republican, former congressman joe walsh joining me on the other side of this break. thousands of union workers, were they pressured to attend president trump s speech last week? nbc news is learning that