Democrats was a lot of them looked at the prospect of nominating Bernie Sanders, said you know what, thats a risk we dont want to take and they looked around and said, you know what, joe biden is the best alternative. We are going with him. Do you agree or not . I do. He had assist with that. It did help imthat you that folks like Pete Buttigieg and amy klobuchar. This is our guy, he has the best shot. The field is clear and he is the alternative to bernie. Paul so is that plausible to you, dan, do you think that that is my theory or Something Else . I guess he got an assist from Mike Bloomberg and that moved him out in the view of democrats as alternative. Yes, the Democrat Party is a big interconnected institution. There were significant endorsements, jim clyburn, congressman from south carolina. Susan rice, formerly Barack Obamas chief of staff. Harry reid, harry reid called chief of staff and told him im sorry its nothing personal, its like the godfather. Paul its strictly business
Information the government run health plan you will not believe what we found sallie mae the Student Loan Company flew 100 workers on a junket to hawaii to celebrated 106 trillion of student loan debt. How will Elizabeth Warren explained that one . But they the president does face problems of the big voting block. The impeachment just got real the senate is preparing by september but reports are coming in the motor show new light on why Speaker Pelosi is not holding a full vote on the impeachment hearing. The state Department Official in the Obama Administration said he got the Cold Shoulder when he tried to raise the alarm in 2015 about Hunter Bidens work in ukraine he reportedly earned 3 million with Ukrainian National gas company. He never worked on business in ukraine now there is a Record Number of arrest at the border so where or are the democrats . As the present orders more security im Elizabeth Mcdonald and the evening starts right now. Thank you for joining us youre watching
Aoc and Rashida Tlaib will be questioning the fed chair, Jerome Powell. Income inequality, Climate Change, oh, the evils of capitalism. Stay tuned. All right. Now look at the markets. We have seen a copy of mr. Powells opening remarks. He will say the economy performed reasonably well in the first half of the year. He did also say uncertainties in outlook have increased in recent months. To me, thats the money statement. That seems to be whats moving the market and look at this. The market is moving up. We opened this morning we didnt open yet, but first thing this morning we were down a few points. Now were going to be up about 100 at the opening bell. Look at that nasdaq, up probably three quarters of one percent. Markets going up this morning. Big show for you. Britains ambassador to america, out. And the womens soccer team takes its ticker tape parade. Varney company is about to begin. Stuart im going to call this disturbing video an engine on fire in a delta jet. Now, that was sho
The evening edit starts right now. [ ] we begin with President Trump on the road. Hes pitching his signature trade deal, the usmca. But before he boarded air force one he had to deal with the resignation of his labor secretary. We begin with jeff flock in wisconsin. Reporter much better news from wisconsin for the president. This is one of his Signature Campaign promises to get rid of nafta that he called the stupid years and he says usmca is the really, really smart years. President trump i dont want people leaving this country, meaning companies. I dont want to incentivize companies to leave, fire their people, build products, sell the product in our country with no tax whatsoever. So we end up with no jobs, no taxes, no nothing. Its not going to happen anymore. The president build this as a bipartisan bill if its to pass because hell need help from democrats in the house, members of his administration have said yes they are getting cooperation from nancy pelosi. He had some nice thi
The dow is going up another, what, 140 points plus when trading begins today. Its another big gain for the dow. Also for the s p. Look at it go, up another 17. The nasdaq, that looks like its going to be up another 1 . The win with mexico and the feds likely rate cuts, thats whats driving this thing. So, too, is the news early this morning that Small Business confidence has come roaring back to historic highs. That survey was taken in may, when everyone had the jitters about trade wars. Small business ignored the noise. They are investing, theyre selling and theyre hiring. All good stuff. Theres also this. Gas prices are tumbling. The National Average is down to 2. 73 and falling fast. That is another shot in the arm for the economy. I think its helping the market as well. Watch out, iowa. Here comes the president and his current leading challenger, joe biden. Looks like a setup for the 2020 election. Iowa farmers will be listening to mr. Trump after his win with mexico. Joe biden will