what is it that you are learning from that? just goes to show you, trish, the market these days shoots first and asks questions later. yes, last week felt terrible. if you look at the s&p earnings, you look at the fundamentals of the market and the fact that the economy has not fallen off a cliff yet, yes, it s slow but still growing, shows you the s&p can rebound. when cooler heads prevail like today, they won t stay this way obviously, the market does go up again. that s why you re seeing prices rise. do you think things are fundamentally good, all things are better despite the concerns abroad? they re okay. luke warm, you know. 75 degrees outside in chicago today. that s about where i d put the economy. not really that hot. trish, president trump needs help. he needs help from congress to govern and get these policies through that are pro business, pro your 401(k) sitting on the sidelines and getting delayed by the senate and getting delayed by the house and senate with regard
overseas the vice president made his first major foreign policy address earlier today, promising an unwavering commitment to nato and a strong position against russia s actions in ukraine. lucy joins us from germany. reporter: i think the atmosphere is the room is a fairly good indication to reaction to vice president s speech. we heard muted, luke warm, applause, no standing ovations. the vice president, his comments reflecting the nervousness that america s allies feel about the state of relations going forward. look, donald trump has said a lot of things that have rattled europe. he has questioned the merits of nato, calling the alliance obsolete. he has expressed his admiration for vladimir putin at a time when russia is quite literally redrawing borders. what we heard from the vice president was his declaration of the unwavering commitment to
the russian president ordered a multipronged campaign to hurt hillary clinton. it says putin was motivated by an old grudge against clinton and a clear preference for donald trump. both the cia and fbi said they have high confidence in these conclusions. the report also warns, quote, moscow will apply lessons learned from its putin ordered campaign aimed at the u.s. presidential election to future influence efforts worldwide including against u.s. allies and their election processes. donald trump s reaction to the revelations in the intelligence report was luke warm at best. here is jim sciutto with that part of the story. reporter: tonight a declassified version of the intelligence community s report on russian hacking concluded that, quote, putin and the russian government developed a clear preference for president-elect donald trump. russian president vladimir putin ordered an influence campaign in
we know that this budget agreement doesn t come close to achieving what we want to achieve on our ultimate fiscal goals. but, again, if we can get a step in the right direction, we re going to take that step. we would have preferred something quite different. but we do recognize the value of coming to a decision so that we can go forward with some clarity. okay. everyone s luke warm at best. but for a congress that is this divided, it s a luke warm cup of holiday egg nog that is at least half full. remember, this time last year, house republicans were hitching up their wagons, ready to take us all over that famous fiscal cliff. as for the ringing in of this year, speaker boehner has a brand-new plan. obama care continues to wreak havoc on american families, small businesses and our economy. i think when we get to january 1st, it will be clear more americans will have lost their health insurance than will sign up under the new obama care policies. you can t make it up.
welcome back to the ed show. the republicans rining for president say barack obama has filed the country as a leader. but when true leadership is leaded instead of rising to the occasion, the gop is running away from the issue, literally. governor romney do you have a comment on rush limbaugh s comments on contraception, sir? later, mitt romney came up with his luke warm response to limbaugh s remarks. i ll just say this, which is it s not the language i would have used, i m focusing on the issues that i think are significant in the country today. not the language he would have used. rick santorum attempted to diminish limbaugh s enormous influence on the republican party. he s being absurd, that is an entertainer can be absurd. entertainment, that is what it is? after calling the president s