National association of manufacturers was at the event and will join us later this hour. New details surfacing about the las vegas gunman. Officials say he may not have acted alone. Authorities seeking the identity of a woman seen with him days before the mass shooting. Puerto rican bonds tumbling, when the president said the islands massive debt should be wiped out. The white house budget director says the president would not be literal. There will be no bailout. Coming up we have the governor of port reeks coable to respond. David we need to hear from him. New record highs for all major averages. Lets go straight to Nicole Petallides on floor of new york stock exchange. I set it up, nicole. Investors were happy about progress toward tax reform. Is that what is buoying the market . Were closer to having tax reform and americans and businesses benefit in a way easier, bern official to them in tax reform that boosts the market ultimately. You call it the trump trade, whatever you want.
Graduate of the cobart school of business there and subsequently went to work briefly at u. S. Steel and then the u. S. America mercantile exchange. He joined Goldman Sachs in 1990, became a partner in 1994 and rose up to be the head of the Commodities Division and then ultimately the currency commodities fixed income division. And cohead of the Global Securities division. And then ultimately in 2006 became the president and chief operating officer and director. And he is on a tight schedule, so im going to start right now. Thank you for doing this. Im just wondering how much of my bio you memorized. Well, i memorized it a little bit. Pretty good. So are the eagles bigger in washington or wall street . What egos . No egos. None . Neither place. Okay. And have you found since youve become one of the two point men on the tax bill that youve become very popular . All of a sudden people call you and tell you how important their issue is for National Security or National Defense or whatever
Down, yes. Could everybody please sit down . Thank you. So as you know, i normally open with some scintillating announcements and all those who came to hear those scintillating announcements, youll have to wait a little bit. Because gary is on a tight schedule. So were going to start the interview right now and go for about 50 minutes, and gary will have to leave, go back for an announcement at the white house, and then i will make my scintillating announcements about everything and the main course will be served then. Gary, let me first introduce you, gary is the assistant to the president for the American Economic council. Hes had that position since the beginning of this administration. Hes by background a native of Shaker Heights in the cleveland area. And then subsequently went to work briefly in u. S. Steel then the new york mercantile exchange, he joined goldmansachs in 1994 and rose up to be the head of the Commodities Division and ultimately the currency commodities fixed Inco
Schedule so were going to start the interview right now and go for about 50 minutes and then gary will have to leave, go for an announcement at the white house and i will then make my scintillating announcements about everything and then the main course will be served then. Okay . So, gary, let me first introduce you. Gary is the assistant to the president for Economic Policy and head of the National Economic council. Had that position from the beginning of this administration. He is by background a native of Shaker Heights in the cleveland area. He went to American University in the city, graduate of the school of business there and then subsequently went to work for u. S. Steel and new York Merchantile Exchange and Goldman Sachs and joined goldman in 1990 and became a partner in 1994 and rose to be the head of the Commodities Division and ultimately commodities fixed Income Division and cohead of the Equities Division and cohead of the Global Securities division and then openly in 20