And part of which was a reality. We also dealt very closely on the issues of detentions. This goes again to this issue of president karzai seeking to establish and to reinforce the sense that afghanistan was a sovereign country and to wrest from the United States and other countries the kinds of respect due to that country and due to its people, and as we negotiated a contentious mou for my turning over of several thousand afghan detainees to afghanistan, that process and that sense of sovereignty came home in a very real way for me. And then, unfortunately, when president karzai abrogated parts of the mou, i had to cease the turnover of detainees until such time i was sure that they werent going to be released ultimately to target us or afghan citizens of the afghans again. We also had a period of time where we worked very closely on night operations and special operations, and that resulted in a memorandum of understanding as well where we sought to move from being unilaterally engag
There are concerns about earnings in general, tech stocks. The one that is most concerning to me is a fear that Interest Rates are going up. The kind of Interest Rates that my viewers would be concerned with because it affects their mortgages. It does, and thats a big point. As Interest Rates start to rise, borrowing costs go along with them. The more it costs to borrow money, the less likely you are to spend on things, perhaps a house, or things like a car or big ticket items. As Interest Rates rise, you will see some of that fear play out. That has been part of the story today and its a big part of it. One of the other things i want to bring up is what traders are telling me today, this idea that the future may not be as bright as the markets make them out to be. The reason why i bring this up, you brought up the caterpillar earnings. One of the moves we saw intraday in the market happened right between 11 00 and 12 00 p. M. This morning, and what happened was caterpillars cfo, chief
Phoenix . This is mtp daily and it starts right now. Good evening. Im katy tur in new york. Welcome to another cabinet controversy for President Trump. The prognosis for dr. Ronny jackson right now is not good. Senate leaders postponed a hearing today to consider jacksons nomination to lead the department of Veterans Affairs. The republican chairman of the committee and his democratic counterpart cited, quote, serious allegations against jackson whos currently the white house physician. According to multiple reports, the committee is looking at allegations that jackson allowed the overprescribing of drugs and drank on the job. And the ep is now reporting that a 2012 Inspector General report cited unprofessional behavior and considered removing him. This afternoon President Trump left the door open for jackson to withdraw while speaking with reporters with emanuel macron. I told admiral jax an while ago admiral jackson a while ago, what do you need this for . I dont want to put a man th
Congress passed bipartisan amendment to end VA's prohibition on helping veterans access medical marijuana, citing its effectiveness in treating pain and mental health issues. It was a 290-116 vote in favor.