economy. there are things in this administration that it has done and continues to do to address hydration. like the translation production act that fights the fight against climate change and cause caught a chips bill that for the u.s. semiconductor industry. these investments and other policy measures from democrats are looking like net positive for the economy but don t take it for me, take it from a real economist. running us now is betsy stevenson, professor of economics at the university of michigan she was the chief economist for the united states of department of labor under president barack obama from 2010 to 2011. but, good to see you, again thank you for being with. does that start with the thing that you are an expert at and that s librarian on. mix that for all of the things that are out there that are problematic that we can or cannot solve, labor, jobs, good wages, have been the intractable problem of our time. and right now i think that there is 1.7 open positions f
will for now, conflict in your stern europe is contained from two nations russia and ukraine but will happen if it blows over and becomes a global war? running us now, we ll think about this a lot. senior fellow and rights great stuff about conflict like this, cut spiral out of control. is this a legitimate worry? i think vladimir putin want us to think it is because it s part of his strategy of intimidating the west, threatening nuclear weapons or chemical weapons. most recently today saying they will attack transport of weapons from poland to ukraine. the response of the west is saying no, we don t want any to fight russia.
claim attorney/client privilege is you could say i was representing my client, right. and one of the excuses you could use for not providing any information on that. but if you re now if the president is saying, look, i don t know what he was doing. he wasn t just representing me. then i think that opens certainly a little bit of cracks open the door for prosecutors or someone to want to know so who were you doing this for? this doesn t wash any more. and we also have multiple officials from the state department who were running u.s./ukraine policy who told lawmakers on the record they had meetings with president trump where he told them to work with rudy giuliani so that doesn t match up. all of a sudden, the president is a spectator in this. let s listen to what rudy giuliani was saying because it sounds as though he was getting prepared for some of this. i hear things like he s going to throw me under the bus and i say he isn t but i have insurance. where do you buy that
this is a president who has somehow managed to make news repeatedly about the way he shakes hands on the world stage into that s a very awkward position to be in. i give him credit for pulling it off at all. sara murray in manila, thank you very much. in some ways these meetings with asian leaders have been overshadowed by statements the president has made about vladimir putin and russian meddling in the u.s. election. joining me to discuss that national security analyst nada. the president sort of half walked back his statement that he thinks that president putin believes it when he says the russians did not meddle and compared to that to what the president calls the political hacks who were running u.s. intelligence director comey, james clapper, director of national intelligence and john brennan, former director of the cia. both brennan and clapper had a chance to respond to the president right here on cnn. let s listen. putin is committed to undermining our system, our
president trump: i m here tonight to deliver a message of unity and strength and it is a message deeply delivered from my heart. a new chapter [applause] of american greatness is now beginning. jon: what did you think of the speech? president trump receiving high marks from both supporters and critics for his speech to a joint session of congress last night. the president laying out an ambitious who are the winners and losers as a president starts to implement his plan? running us now, author of political campaigns, concepts, content and consequences. let s get your take on it. i thought it was a good speech. it s important to keep in mind that these types of speech is very shipped approval numbers.