I might have met one yesterday, patrick harker. The new philly fed president. Has a business background, academic background. Went to the university of delaware. Interesting guy. Has a Civil Engineering degree and a master in economics. He was trying to be a homer. I know. I got it. I was ignoring it. Thats your first meeting with this guy . Yeah, it was. Hes not as hawkish as charlie plosser. Much more down the middle. Love charlie. Hes on board with a few rate hikes, but not in a hurry to do more. Three more or three total . Three total. Two more. We had kashkari on yesterday. I know. I saw that. You did . I read the transcripts later. You did . Yeah. Some people with that viewpoint like the interview, my viewpoint. You heard, if you read you know what i was saying to him, i think hes crazy. Right. Because youre close enough to the statistical Inflation Numbers to where if youre at all forward thinking at all, now is the time. He just kept trying to defend that position. I thought wh
9 00 in the east, 6 00 a. M. Out west. Heres whats happening. Taxing situation. The battles that lie ahead, the gop gets ready to rewrite the u. S. Tax code. Were going to tell you about one idea that could keep high earners from getting a big break. Gone but not forgotten, the lives of four american soldier were remembered this weekend while the search for answers intensifies. New insight into why so many troops are in africa and what their mission is. You knighted front. For the first time in years, five former president s gather on stage at the same time. What prompted the gathering and how it helped so many in need. But we begin with politics and President Trumps ongoing feud with democratic congresswoman Frederica Wilson, entering the sixth day with the president ramping up his attacks in a tweet again this morning saying wacky Congresswoman Wilson is the gift that keeps on giving for the republican party, a disaster for dems. You watch her in action and vote r. In a series of twe
injuries. back to politics, and the white house remaining optimistic about its timeline for tax reform. here s what omb director mick mulvaney said in an interview moments ago. we re hearing now that the house may go ahead and either take the senate amendments or move very quickly to accept the senate amendments and we may save as many as 10 or 12 legislative days, a big deal, sounds like not much when you re here the end of october, but in the congressional calendar, that s a long time and it really does buy us more time and more opportunity to get this done before the end of the year. okay. and let s go to the controversy that started with president trump s condolence call to a gold star widow earlier this week. and joining me now, republican strategist robert trainer and marjorie clifton, welcome to you both. robb robert, you first here, would you say the president got off on the wrong foot with this call to start la david johnson s family? these are tough calls. clearly the