The Christian Science monitor, he was asked about tuesdays elections in kentucky, virginia, mississippi and new jersey as well as the impeachment inquiry. Good morning. Im linda feldman. Washington bureau chief of the Christian Science monitor. Our guest is tom perez, chairman of the Democratic National committee. This is his third appearance on a monitor breakfast. Welcome, chairman perez, and congratulations on last night. For his background, chairman perez grew up in buffalo, new york, the son of immigrants from the dominican republic. He earned his bachelors degree from Brown University and a large degree from harvard. After graduating, he served in a number of government positions, wasked for a federal judge a federal prosecutor, advised senator kennedy, was in hhs under president clinton, became the first hispanic member of the perez was elected chairman of the Democratic National committee, which brings us to today. Now for the ground rules. We are on the record here. Please, no
Senator kennedy, was in hhs under president clinton, became the first hispanic member of the perez was elected chairman of the Democratic National committee, which brings us to today. Now for the ground rules. We are on the record here. Please, no live blogging or tweeting. In short, no filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway. There is no embargo when the session ends at 10 00. To we will email pictures all reporters here as soon as the breakfast ends. If you would like to ask a question, please send me a signal and i will call on as many of you as time permits. Mr. Perez. The floor is yours. Perez thank you for the additional invite to come back. It is an honor to be here with all of you. Two and a half years ago, february 2017, i ran for chair of the dnc, and iran under the promise that we were going to Work Together with our partners in the democratic ecosystem to build a 50state party so that we are competing everywhere, every year, in every zip code. And we are doing ex
For donald trump. Well he has got a message on his own plus the Breaking News out of taiwan. Have you seen the images already . A massive earthquake rattles the island. The strongest quake and italy, quarter of a century, a live update and just moments tonight alarm codes lie all right, by now, weve all heard about the undecided right. But President Biden his face and what we maybe his mode worrying opponents so far in the battleground state of wisconsin, the uncommitted, theyre coming, theyre counting switching those primary votes as we speak. And now weve got another vocab term to consider. The uninstructed so far there are more than 37,000 votes for uninstructed and even though biden won easily, 37,000 votes is nothing and erase as tight as this he said another warning to the president on his handling of israels war in gaza. And the risk it poses for his chances at reelection. President biden even running a statement that this evening that is real as quote, not done enough to protec
I swear people are bored with what is going on with the stocks including today where the dow gained 105 points. Nasdaq falling 1. 5 . You know what i feel like doing when i see these numbers they are all napping. They are napping. Either they dont want to say anything good about the market because of politics as the president has done a good job of linking himself with the performances of the averages or they are prone to sleep. No matter how good stocks get it doesnt seem to hit their radar screen. I was on the case last week. San diego not bad. All i heard was bit coin, bit coin and bit coin. Cramer, how about bit coin. Cramer, bit coin, is it too late is it too early . Never stop. The market is an abstraction for most people. The truth is if you are bored by this incredible rally may i suggest that you get your head examined all aboard. 53 of the people in this country have exposure to stocks. While i wish more americans could afford to participate in Wealth Creation that is the sto
He worked in some of the administrations in this time. Have but was asked to run. He seemed to have a political interest and every time at the end, right before, he said no. What happened in 2004 he runs for governor. Hed been living in dc and his daughters finally want to go home so leave washington and run for office. He does have a golden name in the state and he was aware jon huntsman senior if you think about what it takes to create a Business Empire you have to be a pretty passionate person. That is the influence there that makes him a little bit more capable of handling some of this stuff that happens in politics. Theyve both been exposed to politics and both have a commitment to Public Service so why dont they get along . What is the story . Lets talk about the Winter Olympics in 2002. It wasnt a risk at all before that. The olympics are coming from 1999, they can do some trouble and bribery scandal and they need the White Knights to sit so they reach out to mitt romney. He can