A major announcement in the entertainment industry. The future of friends and netflix and why seeing your favorite shows may soon get harder and more expensive. And plastic shaming. A creative and embarrassing way to get people to stop using plastic bag, but does it go too far . Good wednesday morning. Thanks for joining us. We begin with a growing political fallout from the arrest of financial mogul Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges. Labor secretary Alexander Acosta is facing new calls to resign over his role in a 2008 plea deal that allowed him to avoid federal prosecution for allegedly molesting teen girls. President trump is expressing sympathy for acosta but now is distancing himself from epstein, a man he once called a terrific guy. Trevor ault has the new details from washington. Reporter yeah, so the source goes back 11 years when Jeffrey Epstein struck a deal to serve less than two years in prison and avoid a possible life sentence in an investigation involving 40 tee
Worries, smashing records after records in its domestic debut, the biggest july opening in history. Those are just some of our top stories on this monday, july 22nd. A lot of people were indoors, in theaters. Hakuna matata. I aint going out into those temperatures is that what they were singing . It means no worries there it is. A Big Box Office weekend for the lion king. A lot of people saw it. It was a good weekend for it. Like you said, the air conditioning. Nobody wanted to be outside. Good for the Parent Company. It was a hot one. Very good for the Parent Company. Hot. Hello. Go ahead. It was so hot how hot was it, lana . The cows were giving evaporated milk. Oh, okay, thats a good one. It was so no, go ahead, one more. It was so hot this weekend. How hot was it, lana . The pens were giving okay. Thats a good job. All right. More on the heat in just a moment. We do begin this half hour with the growing unrest and frustration in puerto rico. Today the island is bracing for what man
The white house celebrated the national day of prayer, today, with a christian band performing worship songs in the rose garden and its nice to know that every once in a while hes suffering, too. [ laughter ] according to a new survey, 89 of americans are able to recite the first three words of the constitution said one american, i believe its me, the person. [ light laughter ] [ applause ] President Trump announced in a tweet today that his Federal Reserve nominee, stephen moore, has withdrawn himself from consideration following criticism from some republican senators oh, why is that, republican senators are you afraid he was unqualified . Did you think, maybe, he didnt understand the job [ light laughter ] maybe you thought he would do permanent damage to the institution . [ light laughter ] or maybe you thought that just because someone was on tv for a while didnt mean he could responsibly handle a complex and difficult job with repercussions for the world economy. [ laughter ] [ c
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Democrats capitalism versus socialism. Now, none of democratic president ial candidates have embraced true socialism as a platform. They support capitalism, but say that system is not working as it should. In 2016, that was thencandidate Donald Trumps message. He appealed to voters by saying they were left out of Economic Growth in america. So what economic message will resonate with voters . Bruce mehlman produces a Quarterly Report on the Political Climate of the country. Its so nice to see you again. Bruce thanks for having me back. Soledad 2020 in a word. Whats it going to be about, do you think . Bruce more than anything else, i think its the economy. If the economy stays strong, the president s prou gback and lookn american history, no president who has avoided a recession in the two years prior to and then theres an asterisk, right, which is if you actually they dont feel like the economys good. Even people who you would say are solidly middle class dont feel like its all going