Now Strong Enough for a december rate hike . A lot of things happening today, but first of all, a very Big Development in the president ial race. Eamon javers joins us in d. C. With more details. Eamon . Mandy, thats right. A blockbuster report here in politico. Com this morning. Politico reporting that ben carsons campaign is admitting that a central piece of his biography was not, in fact, correct as reported by him in his own books. Theyre saying ultimately ben carson was not ever an applicant to west point. In his books ben carson wrote he applied to west point and was offered a full scholarship after meeting with general william westmoreland. Politico reporting that the Carson Campaign is now saying that, no, in fact, he was never offered a full scholarship to west point. In fact, west point is tuitionfree for those offered admission. Theres no such thing as a full scholarship in any case to west point. This follows on a number of controversies for ben carson and his campaign whic
And raise the federal minimum wage to 9 an hour. Chuck, political director, guru of all things related to washington and the presidency, this is being positioned as a pivot to the economy. But really, i saw it as the third installment of the sort of broad, moral vision the president has for the country. This just had more policy specifics than, say, the Election Night speech pour the inaugural. Frankly, it would have been seen as a runofthemill state of the union. It would not have been getting that much opinion or lead attention had it not been for the last ten minutes of the speech. The last ten minutes of the speech sort of change frank list, stepped on the original message. What the president is going to sell today, in georgia and what hes going to for the next six months. Because what the state of the union is is essentially the playbook of what hes outlining of what he wants to try to sell, but lets you know, i think you cant talk about the state of the union other than the last