White House Legislative Affairs director marc short spoke with journalists about the Trump Administrations legislative agenda, which includes tax reform and immigration. This hourlong event was hosted by the Christian Science monitor. My friend, good morning, and dave cook from the Christian Science monitor. Thanks for coming. I guess todays mark shortterm assistance to the president in office of legislative affairs feared this is his first visit with our breakfast club, home to what tbn and calls the mainstream media. Thanks for making time for us in your busy schedule, sir. The virginia native graduated from washington and lee university. He got his start in politics serving as finance their poor Oliver North Senate campaign and went on to become executive director of Young America foundation what his role including stewardship of Ronald Reagans ranch after running the ranch he earned in an ea at the university of virginia, worked in the Homeland Security department and security depa
My friend mr. Gizzi, im dave cook from the Christian Science monitor. Our guest today is marc short an activitient to the president and director of the office of legislative affair. This is his first with our locale Breakfast Club home to what steve bannon calls account pearl clutching mainstream media. Thanks for making time for us in your busy schedule, sir. Marc short graduated from washington and lee university. He got his start in politics serving as finance director for oliver norths Senate Campaign and went on to become executive director of Young Americans foundation where his role including stewardship of reagans ranch. He earned an mba from the university of virginia. He worked in the Homeland Security department during the bush administration. Served as senator kay bailey hutchinsons chief of staff and later chief of staff under mike pence. He was later hired by freedom partners becoming the organizations president. And thus ended the biographical portion of the program. Now
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Lutheran church. This particular one encompasses central and Northern California and northern nevada. Almost 200 congregations including a seminary and a bible camp. We connect with all of these agencies as well as congregations. It is big. A lot of territory. I drive about 3000 miles a month to connect with congregations and leaders and the two offices we have. That is a lot of out and about. Yes. I imagine there is joy and frustration with being a bishop. Tell us what it is that makes you particular particularly gratified to be a bishop. What would those tasks to be . One of the things i get to do is travel around and be with congregations. Sometimes sunday morning. It is a great opportunity for me to connect with the congregation, the leaders and the pastor and find out what they are doing in the place where they were planted maybe 60, 75 or 100 years ago, to bring christ into a way of understanding hoping to make a difference in the life of that community. And how they connect with
Ahead of this take a look at the futures. You did see an update for the markets but now things are relatively flat based on the big swings we have seen this week around greece. It does look like were looking at green arrows with the dow futures up 24 points. S p futures up by 5 and nasdaq up by 10. Greece negotiations between athens and creditors, thats off. At least for now. Everything is in a Holding Pattern ahead of this referendum off the countrys future that comes on sunday. It would back pension cuts and other measures and a no vote could trigger greeces exit from the euro despite the attempted reframing by the greeks. We have a lot more from michelle in athens and shell be with us in a couple of minutes. I agree with the greeks. I dont think either one would result in an exit. Theyre saying a no vote means that we should go back for tougher negotiations and the other europeans are saying thats not what that means. I think both sides are do you remember suicide isnt painless . Yo