President of the united states, and mrs. Trump, accompanied by the honorable jared kushner, the honorable ivanka trump, Oscar Stewart and jonathan morales. [inaudible conversations] thank you. Thank you. Well, thank you very much. Thank you, everybody. And a friend of mine, tim scott, some south carolina, a senator. Where are you . Areas. I said you have big book coming up. I think you want to go back to the senate. So i will tell you without tim this wouldnt have happened. Tim scott, thank thank you ver. We love you. Go back to the senate and vote. Thanks, tim. Milani and are delighted to welcome so many friends and families to this incredible house, the white house, to celebrate this really sacred season and a very special time. To anyone here today, happy hanukkah. [applause] we are delighted to be joined by Vice President mike pence and his incredible wife, karen. A cherished part of our family. Very proud. I would like to recognize secretary steve mnuchin, secretary betsy devos, j
New york stock exchange, and Hillary Vaughn on capitol hill. Lets start with edward, investors seem to like what chair powell had to say. Reporter yeah, just somewhat, right . 29 or so points, somewhat like it lauren. The Federal Reserve chairmans touted this very Strong Economy that were in right now. Even at one point, signaled taking credit for keeping the expansion going through the rate cuts they made, powell said it was a difficult year where the fed reversed course. Weve cut rates three times since july. Thats 75 basis points worth of cuts and we do believe that Monetary Policy operates with long and variable lags and that itll take some time before the full effects of those actions are seen in the economy. So thatll take some time, so thats one reason to hold back and wait. Reporter and powell is watching inflation very closely, core pce inflation at 1. 3 over the past 12 months below their 2 target, powell does signal as you heard no more rate cuts or hikes, for next year. He
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the honorable dr. Ben carson. [applause] secretary carson thank you very much. Courage to beyour here, because in a society we live in today, it takes a lot of courage to say that you are supporting President Trump. It is really quite interesting, how people have tried to manipulate people and how to intimidate people and change their minds. This has been going on since we have been in america. You go back to the days of slavery, and a lot of the states , there were more slaves than there were owners, so what did they do . They had to divide the slaves, so they told the ones in the house, you are better than the ones in the yard and the ones in the yard, you are better than the ones in the field. After slavery was over, the light skin ones, you are better than the dark skinned ones. On and on it went, trying to divide people. Today, they say if you are a anservative, you are somehow uncle tom, a horrible person, a demon. What a bunch of crap. It has
Special night, special guy. When we decided to honor andrew with our cost of discipleship award, we had some conversations with the administration. We wanted the Trump Administration to be part of this special night, because at every level, they are committed to promoting and protecting religious freedom, both domestically and internationally. [cheers and applause] mr. Perkins we have an ambassador at large for personal for International Religious brownback, who is here tonight. We have secretary of state mike pompeo, who also cares deeply about religious freedom. [applause] mr. Perkins by the way, he sends his regards tonight. The nation is blessed to have a Vice President that cares about religious freedom, and america is blessed to have a president that i know personally in my interaction, and is devoted to defending religious freedom. [cheers and applause] mr. Perkins i think you would be hardpressed to identify a president that has done more to promote and protect our First Amendm
Gathered here tonight to honor dr. Andrew brunson, and i want to go ahead and bring him out to help me now begin this very special evening. Please welcome dr. Andrew brunson. [applause] special night, special guy. When we decided to honor andrew with our cost of discipleship award, we had some conversations with the administration. We wanted the Trump Administration to be part of this special night, because at every level, they are committed to promoting and protecting religious freedom, both domestically and internationally. [cheers and applause] mr. Perkins we have an ambassador at large for personal for International Religious brownback, who is here tonight. We have secretary of state mike pompeo, who also cares deeply about religious freedom. [applause] mr. Perkins by the way, he sends his regards tonight. The nation is blessed to have a Vice President that cares about religious freedom, and america is blessed to have a president that i know personally in my interaction, and is dev