At the American Enterprise politics where he was one of the leading thinkers. , he was a senior economist at the Federal Reserve board. Any of you who know kevin or have seen him speak know that he is a clear thinker, a straight talker, and says what he thinks. He is, i think, serving the administration and the country extraordinarily well. The format we are going to use today is questionandanswer. Im going to lead off with a question or two for kevin and ben hes kind enough to willing to accept questions from the audience. At 1 30 p. M. Stop so lets keep that in mind. Please join me in a round of applause for our panelist this morning. [applause] whether its charlie rose or david rubenstein, dont want to talk about that. Let me start, kevin, with a very broad question. The recent tax reform bill what in your view are the three most important changes that that bill accomplished . Mr. Hassett thanks so much and let me begin by thanking john for his leadership for all these years. I thin
Lets welcome our guest. For the life of me i dont know why she doesnt have a pod cast called the rothman prophesies. He got his hair from his mother and his eyes from a costumes shop. Morning show on sirius xm, sam roberts. He speaks at 66 words a minute. Christopher hahn. And he is what happened iffy your went on a bender. Kevin ben fan. The thanks just keep on coming. It is sponsored by trump steaks in fayetteville, North Carolina. He hopes to thank every person who voted for him. Take a look. It looks like he hired a guy to do it for him. Lets get to the rally. The president started off thanking the vets. I would like to thank the veterans of North Carolina and they were great. You saw what happened. I have such numbers. Oh the numbers are good. We dont talk about numbers. We bring people together, but boy were those numbers good. He introduced his pick for secretary of defense. In order to succeed with our defense policy we must find the right person to lead our defense department,
Im frank mallicoat. And im michelle griego. Time now is 6 00. Developing right now, at 6 00, more than half of all americans are feeling a blast of bitter cold air this morning. The polar vortex of arctic air is spreading to the east. And the deep south. Cbs reporter marlie hall has an update on the freeze. Reporter its so cold in embarrass, minnesota frost is forming on peoples faces. This is the natural way of life for you. So you just live with it and you just put on another bundle of clothes and come on out. Reporter what may be a natural way of life in embarrass is unnatural for the rest of us. Its very cold. Very cold. Unbearably cold actually. Reporter a polar vortex is bringing cold air and biting winds from the north pole. Forecasters say about 187 million americans are in a deep freeze. The big story about all this has been the breadth of the cold. Seeing unusually cold air and windchill warnings and advisories, not often you see that map with that much coverage. Reporter its
Oz thirteen years after they were stolen but the thieves are still on the loose. Plus germany steamrolls its way into the football world cup the Womens National soccer team earning their spot and phatic eight mil grand over the faroe islands. Im sorry kelly great to have you with us we begin with what may be the final showdown in the seven year war in syria the United Nations warning of a bloodbath if syrian and Russian Forces move in to take the last rebel held province of idlib the leaders of iran russia and turkey all set to gather on friday in tehran for a summit that could determine the scope and the timing of an offensive and the u. S. Security council is also set to meet a big fears that the assaults could put major world powers on a collision course. Demonstration in it live against the assad regime in defiance of the looming government offensive whether these people turned out voluntarily or were forced to by rebel fighters is unknown. Propaganda is dominating the calm before
A Nigerian Court we look at why drivers are having to wait for weeks to unload their goods. German foreign minister heikal moss is traveling to turkey today high on the agenda is the release of seven german citizens being held in jail they were arrested after the failed coup two years ago. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us it may be the final showdown in the seven year war in syria the United Nations is warning of a bloodbath if syrian and Russian Forces move in to take the last rebel held province of which is home to around three Million People many of them fled to from elsewhere in syria the first big influx came in december two thousand and sixteen after Government Forces took control of aleppo then in two thousand and seventeen the last rebel fighters left the city of homes. And in march two thousand and eighteen after fighting ended in eastern huta convoys also headed to. The un has called for diplomacy between the Major Players to avoid a bloodbath the leaders of