Time magazines charlotte alter says yes, who is waiting in the wings . She will tell us. And is your cell phone ringing up too high a bill. Are plane ticket prices sky high . If youre american your answer is yes, and youre paying more than europeans. The french economist Thomas Phillippon explains why. But first heres my take. President trumps most consistent case for his own reelection is simple, its the economy, stupid. He points to an American Economy that is in reasonably good shape. Nowhere near the best ever that he claims. Growth has averaged about 2. 5 , a bit higher than under president s obama and bush and a good bit lower than under president s clinton and reagan. Trump promised 4 growth, which never materialized, but that hasnt stopped the great salesman from repeating the refrain promises made, promises kept. Actually, the one area where trump has most clearly failed to keep his promise is central to his ideology and appeal, the trade deficit. Trump campaigned on the notio
The money, the assets to be a major player, at least at t hopes they are. Consumers argue their cable bill is already pretty hefty right now about on the street we got mixed reaction on the news that at t wants to gobble up directv. Absolutely. When you have a monopoly and maybe one or or two large carriers supplying to the little guys, the little guys always lose. Its not fair. Help, help. Definitely good for shareholders. See if its good for consumers. I think prices will go down. Its just another competitor cable. Its going to be alternative way to get programs. There was some mixed reacts there. Good, bad, middle. In the short term the at t direct disteal with not impact customers. On the upside. Customers of both companies will likely see more offers bundling directvs 285 tv Channel Service with at t wireless and internet services. So maybe some better deals there. Within a few years at t says the consumers can expect to get more directv content on their mobile devices even stream
Catherine, what does this video tell us . Does it tell us anything about when it was made . First of all, really at in point, it is a foregone conclusion that it is authentic. Jordanian forces have confirmed that the pilot is dead and they have vowed to exact revenge. And sky news is reporting that the al qaeda prisoners held by jordan could be executed as early as this evening in retaliation, and just too kind of give you a scene setter of how things are here in washington right know, we had two events scheduled with the jordanian king this afternoon on capitol hill and at this point theyre not indicating whether he will in fact attend, lending credence that he will in fact cut his trip short here in the United States. The video is extremely high production value it almost plays like a theater release. It would have taken several days to compile it and put it together. And it may have been possible to insert or edit in at the final moment es the burning alive of the pilots. I have see