through is to stop the president from lifting the sanctions. you ve taken legislation action against the president lifting sanctions and just told me jeff sessions should stay as attorney general. you re just not capable of criticizing donald trump for anything. what are you scared of? i m not scared of anything. i believe in the president s mission and goals and we support that because we have to. we have a rare opportunity to fix some of the problems that ail this country. we re working on that in the house, remarkable record of achievement no one wants to talk about that sir, hold on sir if you would like to speak about the economy, we can. one of the main drivers in pushing the economy forward, president trump was handed a strong economy. he then promised a pro business agenda involving infrastructure spend and deregulation, none of which we ve seen in a significant way. i remind you, one of the main drivers oh in the stock market surge beyond business sentiment
them were in construction. i think the point that you re making, abby is a strong one, these are areas specifically where harry clinton didn t go t to. she missed out, and these are the very blue-collar workers who were saying, we don t just want jobs to come back, we want those jobs to come back. abby: i mention scranton because that is where he will he dad is barry. that is where joe biden is from. scranton ended up going to hillery clinton in the end, but by very small margin. harris: these places release jobs are, more construction than a decade, that s huge. sandra: cover the loss regional today has net worth in the u.s. $93 trillion in the fourth quarter. that stock market surge leads to net worth going out, people buy houses. geraldo: remember, as the
year and the key issues like health care and tax reform. but one of the biggest questions loom asking how the democratic opposition and the audience react to his speech, joining us now gabi, white house correspondent for the washington examiner. gabi, first of all, the speech will be optimistic since inaugural address, what type of proposals do we expect that he will lay out? this is an opportunity for donald trump to issue, of course, correction and to speak to, you know, every single member of congress and the millions of americans who will be tuned in about the truths of his administration so far. we are only 40 days in his presidency, look, i ve already begun to bring back manufacturing jobs back, stock market surge, ensure that they are investing in united states and bringing jobs back to america and this is an opportunity for him to speak about those, positive things and
right now, up 41, betting close to 19,900. this amid reports that conservative commentator larry kudlow could become the chair of trump s council of economic advisors. washington post reacting to the stock market surge entitled, investors proving bullish on trump. let s bring in glen hall, u.s. news editor for wall street journal always good to see you. we bottom close to 20,000. now we re flirting with it. is that something that is normal or does it matter? it is normal. psychological more than anything. you see a little bit of volatility. there a profit-taking and a bit of encouragement. what we re seeing is the general enthusiasm in the market that has taken over since donald trump was elected continues. whether we hit 20-k or not we ll see do you in double digits by end of the year.
call about the best and brightest to leverage their tremendous talent for the benefit of all. it s going to happen. so how is donald trump going to become the greatest jobs president god has created, as he has said? joining tphous former chief economists and adviser to joe biden, and my first question is this, how do you explain the stock market surge only after plunging after it looked like he was going to defeat hillary clinton? you need a psychologist to figure out that manic behavior. and when the polls were tightening before the election, this is when a hillary clinton win was pencilled in by those folks, they got nervous and equity prices began to fall.