Favorite collaborator in one of the nations great independent bookstores, we pride ourselves of the library among other things on the timeliness and relevance of her signature programming. Whether forms on those issues or addressing emerging or hot button national topics. We certainly did not intend on the particular timeline of todays presentation. Christopher leonard was a busy man at the end of last week. Taking reporter calls, wrote a couple pieces for the New York Times and cnn business. They spent eight years and cook koshland and the extraordinary empire in the poem Political Network has put together by david coke and his older brother charles based hundred hours on the road in wichita. Anybody had a chance to read the book . So you will not understand, youll know immediately when you get into it as you get into it it is daunting when you pick it up. Its encyclopedic, 574 pages and thats before you get to the notes and the appendix and then acknowledgments. But they have written
New york times and Chris Rugaber with associated press. Chris, go ahead with the first question. Chris lets talk about trade. 40 of the fortune 500 has complained on earning calls and so forth about the impact of President Trumps tariffs on chinese imports and other items. How big and impact is this hurting companies and compare it to the benefits of the tax cut in 2017, which reduced rates on business. Have these tariffs gotten to the point where they are almost offsetting the benefits of the tax cut . Neil there are two impacts, the first is the tariffs in place and already a cost obviously for business, and the second is uncertainty of additional tariffs. That is playing out over the next several months with respect to china and even automobiles, with the threat of tariffs on automobiles. And if you are running a company, by the way, not just Large Companies, if you run a company you have difficult planning because you dont know the cost of goods to sell to consumers in the United S
[wendy davis] you know what i do have. i have a memorabilia book of the filibuster. and i think it might be one of those up there. i just treasure it, and of course i ll be able to pass it down to my granddaughters so they can understand what their bubbe did, and how their bubbe was fighting for them. we put together all of the legal background; the griswold decision, roe v wade, supreme court decisions that of course reinforced the fact that women do have the right to choose until a pregnancy is viable. and we prepared to begin that day with all of that data. but here we are still without access to safe abortion care in this country. [tense music] [audience cheering] [audience cheering] [tense, suspenseful music] [audience cheering] - hello, everyone! [audience cheering] i m so happy to be here in community with you today. boy, did i need you, and i know we needed each other, right? - yes. [audience cheering] - on september 1st, when senate bill 8 went into effect, this figh
[wendy davis] you know what i do have. i have a memorabilia book of the filibuster. and i think it might be one of those up there. i just treasure it, and of course i ll be able to pass it down to my granddaughters so they can understand what their bubbe did, and how their bubbe was fighting for them. we put together all of the legal background; the griswold decision, roe v wade, supreme court decisions that of course reinforced the fact that women do have the right to choose until a pregnancy is viable. and we prepared to begin that day with all of that data. but here we are still without access to safe abortion care in this country. [tense music] [audience cheering] [audience cheering] [tense, suspenseful music] [audience cheering] - hello, everyone! [audience cheering] i m so happy to be here in community with you today. boy, did i need you, and i know we needed each other, right? - yes. [audience cheering] - on september 1st, when senate bill 8 went into effect, this fig
[wendy davis] you know what i do have. I have a Memorabilia Book of the filibuster. And i think it might be one of those up there. I just treasure it, and of course ill be able to pass it down to my granddaughters so they can understand what their bubbe did, and how their bubbe was fighting for them. We put together all of the legal background; the griswold decision, roe v wade, Supreme Court decisions that of course reinforced the fact that women do have the right to choose until a pregnancy is viable. And we prepared to begin that day with all of that data. But here we are still without access to safe Abortion Care in this country. [tense music] [audience cheering] [audience cheering] [tense, suspenseful music] [audience cheering] hello, everyone [audience cheering] im so happy to be here in community with you today. Boy, did i need you, and i know we needed each other, right . Yes. [audience cheering] on september 1st, when senate bill 8 went into effect, this fighter who is standin