And it starts with copper, the mineral copper. Theres copper in brass. Theres copper in bronze. The Statue Of Liberty is sheathed in a layer of copper. Thats about the thickness of two pennies. Pennies themselves used to be copper, but now theyre just coppercovered zinc, which sort of seems sad. It makes financial sense, because copper over time became too valuable to use in something as cheap as a penny, because most of what we use copper for now is conducting electricity. We use copper for wiring. There is a massive global appetite for copper. And the Worlds Largest producer of copper is an american company. Its a company that used to be based in new orleans but now the Mining Company freeport is based in phoenix, arizona. And the freeport Mining Company of phoenix, arizona, they do still mine copper in arizona and
they mine copper in new mexico and in colorado. But they are a gigantic firm. And theyre a global operation. In south america, they mine copper in chile, peru. In indonesi
Taxadvantaged Retirement Plan used by millions of americans. Does Congress Even have a tax cut plan . And so prepared. As tensions grow with kim jongun, President Trump now says the u. S. Is prepared for anything. Could the administrations tough talk be leading towards a Military Conflict with north korea . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. Breaking news. Under growing pressure from congress, the pentagon goes public with an attempt to explain how four u. S. Troops were killed in a secretive deployment in niger. Joint chiefs chairman general Joseph Dunford says the families of the fallen and the American People are owed more information, but hes offering few details on the deadly ambush, saying the u. S. Troops did not expect resistance, were attacked by a larger force and requested support an hour after coming under fire. Still unanswered, why it took 48
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Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Former GOP representative Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski interview newsmakers, politicians and pundits about the issues of the day. Disapprove. The numbers are shifting for the president . Talked about it for a long time. A bit of narrow casting. But this is about as narrow casting as it gets. Willie, all i can say for donald trump and republicans who are hoping, like a special election in ohio tonight, the republicans hoping that hes somehow going to get them over the finish line, even in strongly republican districts lie this ohio 12. They better hope that their small slice of the electorate comes out, because, i mean, donald trump is sacrificing just about every other group in america for this one group of white, noncollege educated voters that, again, just there just arent enough to get him over the top or to get his candidates over the top in
Means unlike public companies, the books arent out there for the public to see. When federal prosecutors get someone to talk about them and grant them immunity, they can see all of it. Jeff toobin, thank you. We are staying all over this Breaking News. Allen weisselberg granted immunity to talk and testify in front of a federal grand jury. We continue our coverage with at this hour right now. This is cnn Breaking News. Hello. Im ryan nobles in today for kate bolduan. We begin with Breaking News. What could be a disastrous development for President Trump. Sources telling cnn that federal prosecutors have granted immunity to Allen Weisselberg, the longtime cfo for the Trump Organization and someone who has been with the company for decades. Kara is here to explain. This information just coming in. Explain to us what you are reporting. The Wall Street Journal is
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A look at the days top news and headlines. Mean . I will boil it down to immunity is cooperation like. This is how immunity comes around. Feds want to talk to a witness. That witness then takes the fifth amendment, which means they have some potential criminal exposure of some nature or other. Then it is back in the feds court. What the fed can do is apply to get a program through immunity, and that is a lengthy process, prosecutors are not very generous with immunity, you have to ask, is this a person who i want to give a pass to and be, need to get the testimony . If the answer is yes you have to send an application to had to doj headquarters, immunity is a significant thing to give out. And what it tells me is that the Southern District really wants the testimony of the two people. Ed lets talk about weisselberg, somebody very close to the president. And he told the new york times, if the separate probe, ever gets into my Business Dealings, that is a redline, and that might be
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