Matt, and your most recent book, insane, president , youre right about President Trump quote, he is no ordinary conman, he is way above average in the american political system is his easiest mark ever. That was early in the campaign. I think that was it in march of 2016. It was just around the time that he was filling up the republican mom nomination. The the purpose of this article was to try to explain the trump phenomenon to people who were for the first time having to take it seriously and having to come to grips with the fact that this was happening. I took a different approach to trump and try to listen what his supporters were saying. My take on him was that he was a Brilliant Media manipulator and he was perfectly suited to play on all the weaknesses of the american political media. That turned out to be true. I wish i had stuck to my guns on that because i thought he was going to be president. And then later on in the book i do not believe that. The day after the election you
Exactly. I am excited. This is whatat we always wanted. There is not one kid, not one moment, when we grew up, nobody said gave three or gave five, this is what we want. N want to finish earlier, but, this is a dream come true. He said, two years ago he had a dream that he was a member of the indians, and the world series, and winning the world series. Depends on how efficient his innings, we brought him in game earlier this year that we would maybe have them go one on the third but after eight and is kind of silly to take them out, plus, its not like he has to pitch tomorrow. This is a twopart question, not talked about the outcome of the game, but during the game, do you enjoy the gameal . Me yes. In chicago, i had some anxiety because there was so much going on it was a National Game and we were running out of players, i would say, i went to the dugout about 45 minutesto before th game, from that point. On,fo i felt liking, i love it. Desert inn kind of take their cue from you . . I
Theyre merging the china operations with its biggest local competitor. We look at how this move could bring over closer to an pio. An ipo. Lets it over to the market desk. We are holding it is record going the earnings driven on a little bit it just like. It is slowing down. A memosto this is analysts, Goldman Sachs today downgrading u. S. Stocks to an underweight, it is a tactical call here. Not necessarily a longterm but a tactical shorterterm call looking at what we have seen in earnings and valuations. Detach a record before pulling back. We are seeing a lot of movement here. Were this long streak of the s p 500 not moving more than 1 up or down by the close most of the nasdaq is gaining more ground today. If you look at the groups on the move, on the bloomberg you can look at the imap, it is a tug of war. Energy shares are down, on the upside it is tech and health care both are gaining. That is one of the recent the nasdaq is outperforming today. Some of those involved are on the
Morning. First, before we get to that, lets talk about the forecast and how its looking for the weekend. The good news is the weather not nearly as busy. We are looking at a great forecast for this friday. If you are getting ready to head out the door, it is 69 degrees right now. Yeah, we are seeing a little more cloud cover, maybe a little drizzle out there this morning but nothing that should slow you down. There hasnt been any fog detected this morning like the past few days that weve been our satellite radar to show you that no rain anywhere near us, as a matter of fact, completely dry to start off your friday morning. So its time to check in with some temperatures, and here is the slightly down fall. Temperatures pretty warm this time of year. 72 in fayetteville. 71 in lillington. 71 in clinton. 70 in clayton. Nice to not have to worry about the a jacket. 65 in henderson, south hill at roxboro. Little bit of drizzle out the door at 70 at 8 a. M. 80 at lufrmg time. 84 our afternoon
Whatever happened to abraham lincolns pronouncement in the gettysburg address at hours that the government of the people, by the people and for the people. We make the decisions for ourselves. It is rapidly being replaced now by a government of the courts, by the courts and for the courts. Let me get to the bottom line. If the u. S. Supreme Court Redefines Marriage to an good samesex marriage, we all know you and i all know that this will not be the end of the matter. An avalanche of court cases will be filed unrelated issues that we can even imagine today. We believe or should i say i believe that religious liberty will be insolvent from every side. Indeed, that authority happened. Pastors may have to officiate samesex marriages and they could he prohibited from passages of scripture. Those who refuse to comply will likely be threatened legally and as the years go by, some will be subjected to prison sentences. Christians who operate as mrs. Will be required to dance to the government