At philof cream cheese. W what makes the perfect schmear you need only the freshest milk and cream. That one and the worlds best, and possibly only, schmelier. Philadelphia. Schmear perfection. For the first time in its history, the nations highest court heard oral arguments by phone this morning. As justices are working remotely in light of the coronavirus pandemic. The Supreme Court considered a federal trademark case today, marking the very first time that an argument before them was also streamed for the public on news outlets and cspan. Also happening in washington, the senate returned to capitol hill today, but with significant social distancing measures put in place. Senators are encouraged to wear masks and have as many staffers work from home as possible. Joining us now with the latest is nbcs garrett haake, live from capitol hill. Garrett, i saw that you sort of said goodbye to your home state of texas, which you covered during the first seven weeks or six weeks of the pandem
A cnn special report, the pandemic and the president. The human toll so far more than one million u. S. Citizens infected. And we just passed another grim milestone. More american lives lost in three months than during the entire vietnam war in more than ten years. The economic toll is also staggering, with tens of millions unemployed, and the federal government handing out billions of dollars in stimulus checks and business loans. The president s top adviser and soninlaw Jared Kushner recently said that the Trump Administration, quote, rose to the challenge, and this is a Great Success story, unquote. Did it . Is it . As President Trump tries to steer the u. S. Back to some semblance of normal, its worth taking a look at how we got here, what the president did, what he did not do, and how the United States ended up with at least, according to official records, the most cases and the most death of any country. Revellers shoulder to shoulder, celebrating a new year that would bring a ne
to you already paid the trump tariff to the united states treasury for your washing machine. and then increased the price of your washing machine to you so that you then paid the importing company for the trump tariff that they already paid to the treasury. the trump tariffs are collecting american money from americans. not one penny of trump tariff money that has gone into the united states treasury was paid by china and never will be. one of wall street s favorite stocks of all-time, apple, shocked investors this week and created more downward momentum for the stock market by announcing that for the first time in 16 years the company is reducing its estimate of how much money it will make this quarter because of the trump tariffs. and kevin hasett, the chairman of the president s council of economic advisers said today, quote, it s not going to be just
announcing that for the first time in 16 years the company is reducing its estimate of how much money it will make this quarter because of the trump tariffs. and kevin hasett, the chairman of the president s council of economic advisers said today, quote, it s not going to be just apple, i think there are a heck of a lot of u.s. companies that have a lot of sales in china that are basically going to be watching their earnings be downgraded next year. and so after the huge increase in the deficit and the national debt created by the trump tax cuts and after the increased costs imposed on americans by the trump tariffs and the business losses imposed on american farmers by the trump tariffs and the worst year in the stock market in ten years after the very worst december in the stock market since the great depression of the 1930s, will the economic news for donald trump be even worse this year in
around quarter to quarter. it s good to see but will it last. exactly. president trump will take a lot of credit for the numbers. don t believe him. he s a lot of people who bought things because they re worried about his tariffs and a lot of false growth from the tax cuts juicing the economy. laura: i heard people saying it was all obama s economy. all of them were really excited about his chance for more american success. here to react is the chairman of the white house council of economic advisers, kevin hasett. thanks for being here. thanks. laura: i know you re not surprised. this number comes out and we re going to play the great predictions from last year. and these media types do everything in their power to down play it or give the credit to president obama. it s stunning. yeah. after president trump, it s laura ingraham s economy, right? because he pursued the policies