Back. Buoyed, they still think they can cobble together a stimulus deal and theyre getting a little closer. Theyre about i think latest indication about 600 billion apart. Democrats coming down to 2. 2 trillion. Such a steal. Such a buy. Republicans have been whispering about 1 1 2 to 1. 6 trillion, who knows. That that is a development few saw coming. Were 24 hours away from the big debate tomorrow. So that could obviously test these markets. So far not too flummoxed about president s taxes. Well see as we get on here. But that tax report we want to lead off front and center ahead of the big coverage planned from tomorrow night. How much the New York Times report, 5000 word plus investigation that goes into the president s taxes over the last couple of decades. The signature of both days developments is that, for a lot of those years he didnt pay any taxes and for at least the latest two years, these do not include the 2018 and 2019 years, he paid 750dollars each for each year. Consid
Of course we all know we are preparing to vote in a huge election collecting all sorts of folks and not just the president of the United States by congress and state legislators. Fascinating new book written by our guest today takes a look at the unelected , unaccountable elite and it is amazing and along to talk about it. Senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute also leader of legal policy you have read his book all over National Media and by the way he was a jd and mba from yale where he was a fellow in law and economics mba from unc chapel hill. So glad to have you with us. Thank you for joining us at the john locke society. So is an honor i said it before as a National Think tank so much policy happens on the state level and the John Locke Foundation gives the Gold Standard to help to shape North Carolina in such a positive direction and then to be in the midst of a pandemic. Thanks for having me spin thank you for those comments i appreciate that. Your book writes about federal po
Book as director of legal policy and he holds a jd and mba from yale and a ba in economics and other firm chapel hill as a morehead scholar glad to have you with us. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. Its always a pleasure to speak to those at the foundation i have said it before add a National Think tank so much policy happens on the state level and it is a Gold Standard think tank that has helped me to shape North Carolina and a lot of the resilience right now to have found a cisco flooding in the middle of a pandemic is due to the great work the John Locke Foundation has done thank you. Thank you for those comments you actually live in North Carolina so your book writes about federal policy but you follow state Public Policy as well and hopefully after we talk about your book you will get your take what is happening with Governor Cooper and Emergency Powers use here in North Carolina but i have to tell you the book is unelected you can buy the book now i think my col
Looks cooler. It could be significant cooler and cooler across the board. A pretty good fog bank. Nothing new there. It burns off nine or 10 and heads to the coast. Cool coast and hot inland. Temperatures upper 90s to near 100 for some and we go from cold to mild to warm to hot and you dont want to see that right there. Thats the fog and low clouds and that gives way and thunderstorms are in the mountains but this is a stable pattern and temperatures inland are quite hot in a heat advisory to the valley but on the coast field fog bank is hanging out there. Highs below average for some and above for most and away from the coast and bay. Over to sal now. Good morning, sir. s still pretty quiet, steve. Good morning to you. Traffic is quiet at the bay bridge. At the san mateo bridge. And even on the 580 approach to the altamont pass. We are our tonight start and this is what we would expect for this time of the morning. As you see here on interstate 880, the traffic in both directions look
But, i will not be able to get that chance soon, it sounds like, because Yosemite National park is reversing course and extending one of its campground closures, and this is because of the recent spike of coronavirus cases in california. Park officials have started to reopen some campgrounds earlier this month. They were closed for 2 1 2 months during the pandemic. Reservations between now and july have been canceled and the park has already cut back the number of visitors by about half welcome to the 9, along with gasia, i am sal, and mike is currently off with some computer issues. But gasia, have you been to yosemite . And are you itching to go . Oh, i have been several times in the summer and winter. I was not thinking about going before the pandemic hit, but now i am so hungry for the Great Outdoors that absolutely we would take a trip to yosemite. We are also working to find and appreciate the beauty and nature all around us, even within a couple miles of our home. I am happy to