Balloons increasing 26 to just a little less than 1 trillion. Joining us for the hour is chris verona, Strategas Research partners here we are, we can see it, we can taste it, a new record high and everyone is really calm around hiere. The lack of euphoria is telling. Theres this great divide between perception and reality what are the headlines impeachment, recession, china, pmi under 50 but the reality is, signs of cylicality are starting to show up in every corner of the globe. You see it with semis and with trucking stocks, german dax is at a 52week high, the banks are acting better. I think the tone of the market is so different than what the tone of the front page of the paper says every day and i think thats bullish great to have chris with us for the whole first hour of the show, particularly given that we might have that record alltime closing high for the s p 500 the key level to keep an eye on, by the way, 3025. 9. We are at 3022 at the moment lets focus in on the big storie
Movements he said it was in violation of chinese law but the removal happened one day after the communist Party Published an article titled is apple guiding hong kong thugs . To say that they discussed apples impending investment with Consumer Rights protection and fill fulfilling social responsibility. Is that all they talked about . Lets bring in from the wall street journal given what has been happening the last two weeks this smells fishy. It does. Beijing sends the message you better get in line for i think the ceo should be embarrassed for go basically to say we dont call the shots. I know i could not do that from beijing but companies around the world even American Companies operate in have restrictions on speech so to saudi arabia, so does the Thai Government does not allow any criticism of the emperor. Hate speech laws in germany. Incredible restrictions in russia. When American Companies do business in other countries we respect them even if we absolutely disagree with their
Movements he said it was in violation of chinese law but the removal happened one day after the communist Party Published an article titled is apple guiding hong kong thugs . To say that they discussed apples impending investment with Consumer Rights protection and fill fulfilling social responsibility. Is that all they talked about . Lets bring in from the wall street journal given what has been happening the last two weeks this smells fishy. It does. Beijing sends the message you better get in line for i think the ceo should be embarrassed for go basically to say we dont call the shots. I know i could not do that from beijing but companies around the world even American Companies operate in have restrictions on speech so to saudi arabia, so does the Thai Government does not allow any criticism of the emperor. Hate speech laws in germany. Incredible restrictions in russia. When American Companies do business in other countries we respect them even if we absolutely disagree with their
International hotel lease at the Old Post Office building in washington, d. C. We will hear from two officials from the General Services administration that oversees government building leases. This is about three hours. [indiscernible] without objection, so ordered. We are now going to proceed with Opening Statements. I wish you all the good morning and welcome to the fourth hearing of the public buildings. One of the purposes of this is to protect taxpayer dollars by ensuring that theyre spending it with transparency and that brings up with todays hearing which is entitled the tenant in the Trump Administrations oversight and the International Hotel and you can tell from the title, we are going to be in investigating an unprecedented tuition and the houses President Trumps d. C. Hotel. Since President Trump has declined to confess from his businesses, hes essentially acting as both landlord and tenant. Before i was elected to congress i spent over three decades , Teaching College stu
We will now proceed with Opening Statements. I wish you all a good morning and welcome to the fourth hearing in the economic Emergency Management subcommittee. One of the purposes of this committee is to protect taxpayer dollars by ensuring they are spent effectively, efficiently and with transparency. That brings us to todays hearing which is entitled landlord and tenant. You can tell from the title that today we will be investigating fairly unprecedented situation. The federal government owns the building that houses President Trumps d. C. Hotel hotel. Since President Trump has declined, he is essentially acting as both the landlord and the tenant. Before i was elected to congress , over three decades Teaching College students about American Government and politics. Serious discussions about the legislature holding the executive Branch Accountable to the highest legal and ethical standards and that is exactly what we hope to do today. First lets start with some facts. All federal wor