[applause] please welcome our county chair. Hello, iowa. Fellow democrats from across america. All 50 states of america, welcome to polk county. Celebration for our Democratic Party. Together, we will get to meet 17 candidates who are leading a conversation about the future of our party and our country. One of these 17 people will be our next president. They say bad weather brings good luck, and it rained like heck at last years steak fry, and then we won back the congress. I hope the weather we have today is going to win us back the white house next year. Before we get started, please join me in welcoming the elected officials and candidates who are here today. Usually, we read all their names at our events, but obviously this is a little bit eager, so we are not going to go through all hundred of them. Please join me in welcoming them here today. Welcoming join me in five of our newer steak fry leaders. Lindsay paulson and peter crane are our steak fry chairs. Our executive director
County democratic steak fry. We are going to show you some of the comments now beginning with Michael Bennet and former hud secretary, julian cstrastro. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Family here today, iowa democrats, if we do our job, 400 days from today, we can send donald trump back to maralago long,d, and end, the National Nightmare we are facing and save our democracy. I am Michael Bennet and it is great to be here. Thank you. [cheers and applause] i am not a career politician. I was in business saving jobs and then was the superintendent of the Denver Public schools, a large, urban School District where most of the kids live in poverty but have the exact same dreams as my kids. I have been in the Senate Facing tough elections in a purple state. 10 years ago, when i got back to washington, i thought what i would find is the bedrock of our democracy. The government of the people, by the people, and for the people. And instead, what i found was steve king. And mitch mcconnell. Characters
Keep in mind the indices are still where they were about a year ago. Some of the smaller indices, transports where where they were 20 months ago. Were coming back to the upper ranges here. I think this is somewhat normal. Keep in mind, the big guy is going to happen real soon. Interest rates are coming down. The fed will lower rates. We have ten years of history when we get easier money, the market likes it, and i think thats a part of whats going on. As far as chinchina, i think th easy money is a catalyst to make it good news. Even though theres no new news because we have been hearing the same for 15 months. Yes, were going to have china trade talks, boy, the market loves that, but behind that, we are look agent a acte acquiescent fed. The consumer continues to do very well. The jobs report out of adp this morning was very promising. I think we all need to sort of take stock here. Our companies that have struggled very difficult job market to hire people, are they really going to st
Administration my guest this week here in the capital q c now is a bloody india chair but tiring Vice President of the Outgoing Democratic Party and a former Justice Minister with moldova now a by word for corruption you see ashamed of these parties record in government. Which i will tell you welcome to conflict zone. And place to be here to help thats discussion your party lost the battle to hold on to power but you deserve to lose in the way didnt you because democracy was increasingly undermined under your watch and there was massive corruption which you did very little about so you deserved to go didnt you really it depends how to look at that and i would disagree with something related to decryption spot yes indeed i can say that we have lots of critics related to democracy. It insincere republic of moldova the new democratic parties and while undertaking the mandate in the governance in 2016 at youth a lot in social and economical performances being for example the seller is incr
He wants pelosi to cancel the august recess of the he will explain why. All that, so much more on making money. So the economy grew at 2. 1 in the Second Quarter. That was well above official estimates at one point. The question is the driver . The answer is allmighty american consumers, flush with better jobs, higher wages, robust confidence, in fact the president tweeting, q2 up 2. 1 , not bad because we have the heavyweight of the Federal Reserve anchor wrapped around our neck. Almost no inflation. Usa is set to zoom. Lets bring in moodys managing director, chief economist, john lonski, Fox News Contributor liz peek, manpower group, becky frankowitz. What do you make of it . The highlight was gain by real Consumer Spending up 4 1 2 . It probably wont continue. As you stated earlier, not only the u. S. Economy, the World Economy owes a deep sense of gratitude to the american consumer. I dont think well see Consumer Spending contract in a man theyre might bring about the nearness of a