mexico. trump is also claiming credit for a $50 billion u.s. investment by japanese tech giant softbank tweeting yesterday, softbank of japan has agreed to invest $50 billion in the u.s. toward businesses and 50,000 new jobs. he went on to say that masa had never done this had we not won the election. i m joined by a columnist from the daily beast, sally cohen, and ben ferguson. already, guys, something tells me you are not on the same page on this one. good morning, ben. let me begin with you. i mean, come on, you re a republican, you re a conservative, you don t like the idea of the government picking winnerers and losers. you don t like it at all. and what is interesting is that keith hennessey is quoted saying, when a politician rewards his friends and business friends and punishes business
was an exchange yesterday between congressman jim jordan and gregory x, one of the three men testifying. gregory hicks. you can also make a comment that our facebook page. you can send in any tweet. and finally, you can send an e- mail. your reaction to the benghazi consulate attacked hearings yesterday. the new york times this morning the story continues it s your turn, we want to get your reaction to yesterday s hearing. we ll start with a democrat in new york, stephen, good morning. caller: good morning and thank you for taking my call. i think the benghazi hearings provided no new information. i watched them. it is bizarre to have a hearing about nothing. i am positive it is just to keep the story hot to try to derail hillary clinton s candidacy. we pray inic schools all the time. people keep calling me who don t know anything about schools and bringing back school prayer. that never went anywhere. we still pray in schools. your reaction to the benghazi consulat
the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. hoyer: i ask unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute for the purposes of inquiring of the majority leader the schedule for the book to come for the week to come. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hoyer: i m pleased to yield to my friend, mr. cantor, the majority leader. mr. cantor: i thank the gentleman from maryland, the democratic whip, for yielding. mr. speaker, on monday the house is not in session. on tuesday the house will meet at noon for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. on wednesday and thursday, the house will meet at 10:00 arc m. for morning hour and noon for legislative business. on friday, the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. last votes of the week expected no later than 3:00 p.m. mr. speaker, the house will consider a few suspensions on tues
courage but they were brian: i know. dana: je to follow it. right before we came out, keith hennessey of the hoover institute put out a piece and said he says the president is bluffing. president saying through the spokes people he would veto anything that did not have the tax rate increase. but the economic consequences of that is dire and keith is right, president is bluffing. we ll see. warren buffett thinks it s good business for government to tax the rich. eric disagrees with the oracle of omaha. that discussion is next on the five. announcer: meet jill. she thought she d feel better after seeing her doctor. and she might have, if not for kari, the identity thief who stole jill s social security number to open credit cards, destroying jill s credit
healthcare spending. nothing comes close. social security we could probably fix the same way tip o neil and ronald reagan sat down together and we could figure something out. that is manageable. medicare and medicaid, massive problems down the road. that s where, that is what our children have to worry about. dana: here we are, two years later and still no plan. on the left in congress refusing to deal with that simple reality. vermont senator bernie sanders caucuses with the democrats. take a listen. i get nervous when i hear the president and others continue to talk about quote/unquote, entitlement reform. which is just another cut for medicaid and medicare and social security. eric: brian, start with you, today. dana: you look surprised. brian: i am. yet honored. dana: do you think they are closer to a deal? after thanksgiving people get back to work. brian: i was encouraged when i pick up the papered president is working with people. but then i pick up the