We are fortunate to draw on a network. Who has taughton at jackson for a number of years , retired army officer who served for 38 years, including as commander of the field army. He is a renowned expert on planning, andisis counterinsurgency. He served in iraq and afghanistan alongside the u. S. Further cementing that special bond that connects the United States and united kingdom. I am a dear friend and grateful he has taken the time, along with your friends over your right shoulder to join us. We are delighted today to be joined by general jim mattis. General mattis over four decades was commander of u. S. Central while all of that is well known, what might not be well known is that when he was teaching at yale, he ask our students to lay out their strategy for afghanistan, and he told the students he would send the best essays to general mattis to grade, which he did. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you for your service to our country, and thank you for grading those papers.
Coverage. Blake burman with the latest from the white house, Lauren Simonetti is watching the markets and Edward Lawrence is in washington. Lets kick it off with edward. Reporter exactly. Chairman Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve keeping Interest Rates where they are foreseeable future. Federal reserve chairman Jerome Powell said the coronavirus had Significant Impact on Economic Activity, employment and inflation, further lowering expectations. The Federal Reserve chairman believes well see doubledigit unemployment when the next Unemployment Rate comes out. He backed off saying there would be a robust Third Quarter going farther, saying some uncertainty around when the crone cron treatment will be available is when in fact the economy will start to pick up again. But he would not say if the announcement after treatment or a vaccine changes anything that the fed is doing. Also Federal Reserve open Market Committee statement saying that the fed will keep rates where they are until they ar
Record high in history. The dow, nasdaq and s p having worst week since october of 2008 at the height of the financial crisis. Checking on Global Market action, pmi out earlier, below 50, but that was up from 47. 9 in last month and we have losses across the board. The biggest loser there is the ftse 100 in england, down 2. 6 . Checking asian markets overnight, chinas manufacturing getting slammed by the coronavirus. Private measuring of Manufacturing Activity released monday record low for february. 40. 3 reading in february. The lowers since the survey started in april 2004. Nevertheless asian markets are close but agreeing across the board. Hong kong retail sales fell 21. 4 year over year, 12month of declines. Could led to worse number for february. Market rebound in asia. All eyes on the coronavirus. Two deaths now reported in the United States due to that virus. Cheryl casone has the details, cheryl. Cheryl thats right, dagen, Washington State has confirmed the second coronavirus
Cspan. Org or listen live on the free cspan radio app. Joining us is kim chapman. The executive joining us is kate ackley who covers congress for roll call and daddy or, the house report of politico which is where we will begin. Thanks for joining us today. Bit of a news on this thursday, roger stone a former trump associate was sentenced to three years in prison for lying to federal prosecutors as part of the russia probe, i just wanted to get your take on whether or not thats a fair sentence and whether you agree with some of the statements President Trump is made. Its lower than initially thought. I know the president has some issues with it. Obviously infractions were made, its a felony. I think its a problem and i think the sentence make sense but i will leave it up to the people and Legal Community to figure that out. Do think he received a fair trial . From my vantage point, yes. He is the latest in a series of Trump Campaign officials now facing prison time or in prison, this i
Security council taking to the lectern now is we thought was it his white pompei or the u. S. Secretary of state lets listen in to what he has to say. I want to. Move out. Of. This city for you and for your support of both sides in this moment. That is in the power of your. Hostility and. We all. Know that our leaders should be in. A ship with. Another foreign terrorist groups they also recognize that military victory was impossible. I then asked him bastard to serve as our lead negotiator to gauge the talibans sincerity the agreement that we will sign today is the true test of this effort we will closely watch the talibans compliance with their commitments and calibrate the pace of our withdrawal to their actions this is how we will ensure that afghanistan never again serves as a base for International Terrorists the negotiation process and doha with all of its twists and turns as shown it is possible for us to take this step together over the past 7 days by lims levels have reached t