democratic national committee to mr. tom perez. congratulations. welcome back to hardball. that was outgoing chair donna brazile announcing the new leader of the democratic national committee over the weekend. former labor secretary tom perez, first latino leader of the democratic national committee. the contest for party chair turned into a proxy war you might see between the obama/clinton ring represented by mr. perez and the bernie sanders wing which backed keith ellison. politico reported ed meeks was reportedly threatened by supporters of ellison and sanders with a primary challenge if he backed anyone else. perez, however, had a big hand to play. former president barack obama along with joe biden, quote, called the members, himself, to push for the labor secretary. in a sign of union, he named
and i love ed s perspective on this. imagine if obama had said the chairman of the joint chiefs will come when i ask him to come in the room, but i m putting the editor of buzz feed on the principles committee. would republicans be have a blind blowing experience or what? i have no problem putting steve bannon on whatever the president wants him to. ed meeks was a counselor to the president. he served this in a similar role. i think the key thing is the points you made earlier. the joint chiefs chairman is the advisor to the president and to the secretary of defense by statute. the whole patriot act to set up the dci, that is a important by statue again, what difference does it make if there are two more seats at the table? those are very valuable people. that s my objection. bannon is totally relevant, the president is entitled to have whoever he wants. those two people being put out was foolish. nicole, remember what puts us here, the immigration ban from
central european authorities overseeing future budgets and automatic penalties if they overspend. as for countries struggling the european central bank has taken steps and may take more to ease their burden. even france sits precariously. friday moody s investors downgraded france s three largest banks. england was seen as the biggest summit loser. england used its veto power to prevent a european union agreement so led by france the deal was arranged intergovernmentally to circumvent english. england stands isolated with much less current influence. even with a deal most analysts feel europe is heading into recession. which has u.s. companies worried. on friday dupont and semiconductor cut outlook for the quarters. reuters announced quarters are outpacing positive ones by biggest ratio in ten years. spending online for holidays is up 10% compared to last year. the fed meeks this week but is