Are slowing down, the Manufacturing Sector in this Country Contracting a little bit. To the wall street journals Jillian Melchior who follows this very closely. Our own susan li as well. Susan, one thing surprised folks with the china data, this was not something to be expected and were seeing more and more data like that, less ominous than thought. Now stronger than thought. Reflation as well in the month of august. I love to remind people that china is no longer just a manufacturing hub. Services like here in the u. S. Account for more than 50 of the economy now. So it is not cheap factory floors. If you go to shanghai, beautiful skyscrapers, really fast train this is very positive, especially for an economy that saw the weakest growth in 2years. Neil one of the reasons why the futures was up. Hang seng was up 4 . It owed itself as well to the talk that they will meet some of the protesters demands. Well get into that in a second. Couldnt you flip it around, say Better Things look fo
Between President Trump and American Service members is walking away. Defense secretary jim mattis is leaving the administration in what the New York Times calls an extraordinary rebuke of the president. From the washington post, the president has single handedly propelled the u. S. Government into crisis. The wall street journal editorialal board is sounding the alarm and former defense secretary and cia chief leon panetta says the constant state of chaos immediate may satisfy the president s need for attention, but it is raising hell with the country. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, december 21st. With us, we have National Affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc and cohost and executive producer of showtimes the circus john highlyman, republican strategist Susan Delpercio, author of the book a world in disarray richard haass, editor of commentary magazine and columnist New York Post john pedoritz, now chief international and security diplomacyist james stevritis and former u. S.
Thing. When you say you have to go rest your voice, it could leave people with the impression that you want this moment to end. But when i see you in the hallways, you always say, if i dont banter, why didnt you banter . I did not say that. Theres thousands of people on twitter telling us how awkward and horrible our banter is. How horrible i am. I didnt know you felt it was awkward. I love it. Its an awkward turtle of a handoff. You can hear it in my voice. I barely have a voice. I barely got through that last read. I will say this, all jokes aside. I did want to get in the point about the baby because he doesnt like that. I will say this, your voice tonight is a testament to how hard you work here. Thats right. Which is appreciated by your colleagues. Thats right. I appreciate you, ari melber, every night. Katy tur, this is 90 seconds no one will get back. I begin tonight were donald trump under fire for taking putins side of the story, yes, again. If you watch the news, this is a re
Chris that lead to a stunning resignation. I am shaken by the resignation of general mattis what it means for our country, for the message it sends to our troops. Chris well discuss the current state of the Trump Presidency with Incoming White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney. Well get perspective from a washington veteran, former secretary of defense leon panetta. And is President Trump opening himself up to a possible 2020 challenge . Well talk with ohios republican Governor John Kasich, a frequent trump critic. Plus well ask our sunday panel about new splits between the president and the gop on capitol hill. All right now on fox news sunday. Hello again from fox news in washington. We are in to day two of a partial Government Shutdown with no end in sight but that is just part of a turbulent week in washington even by trump standards. The shutdowns main sticking point, funding for President Trumps border wall. The Financial Markets rattled by uncertainty over the shutdown, trade t
Chris that lead to a stunning resignation. I am shaken by the resignation of general mattis what it means for our country, for the message it sends to our troops. Chris well discuss the current state of the Trump Presidency with Incoming White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney. Well get perspective from a washington veteran, former secretary of defense leon panetta. And is President Trump opening himself up to a possible 2020 challenge . Well talk with ohios republican Governor John Kasich, a frequent trump critic. Plus well ask our sunday panel about new splits between the president and the gop on capitol hill. All right now on fox news sunday. Hello again from fox news in washington. We are in to day two of a partial Government Shutdown with no end in sight but that is just part of a turbulent week in washington even by trump standards. The shutdowns main sticking point, funding for President Trumps border wall. The Financial Markets rattled by uncertainty over the shutdown, trade t