[cheers] what you think about the slate of candidates . [applause] we have a good group coming ahead. Are you ready to hear them . [applause] ok, were going to do a little bit of tightening if you can. If you have an empty seat next to you, filled up. If you folks are looking for a chair in the aisle, come and sit in the seat right now. Just come in and still fill the seat. Tighten up your seats. Give a good old north iowa hug and get close and cuddly. That is what i was all about. [laughter] here we go folks. Now we going to give a coveted beacon award. The beacon award would not be possible if it were not for gary sinton and dean gand putting this award together 12 years ago. [applause] every year we have given the beacon award to amazing people from a federal level, statelevel, and national level. Barack obama got a got it Hillary Clinton got it, ted kennedy got it. Then sharon seckman got it last year. A big handout for sharon seckman. Our very own Amanda Raymond got it. We have gi
And that is the american spirit i met so many islands approached me about gun safety and doing something about background checks and assault weapons ban and magazines. It has been unbelievable. And i told them all the story of when i sat across him the president after parkland, advocated for gun safety. Nine times he said he wanted universal background text. The next day he goes and meets with the nra, and he folds. As your president i will not fold. [cheering] an economic agenda for this company should unite rural and urban. That is why i have been out there talking about yes, the farm bill. Also childcare. We know the issues. Also housing and education. And hospitals and making sure that we have enough mental only 64eds when theyre in the state of bio. That is not acceptable. And i will end this practice of privatizing medicaid. This is wrong in the state of bio. State of iowa. It all starts here with this change. Because you iowa gave us the granger movements that took on those big
Money from these companies and then give it to some government sponsored news organizations i dont want the government to control my news or back news organizations any more than i want big tech to have control over it john lets get your overview of the Bernie Sanders up at and then well get into some of the points you just say so i think for anyone who hasnt seen it hasnt read it yet he does identify big tech that he talks about facebook he talks about google and im not comfortable at all with companies having that much influence economic influence over creators the ability to determine whether or not they can pay their rent but also just access to the news in the 1st place at this point whether youre on the left or the right or wherever you pretty much have to use these platforms and thats not necessarily best for american journalism but he also identifies large corporations and wealthy individuals who are buying up Media Outlets around the country owning more and more. You know they
Dow fell about 150 points as President Trump says this morning theres no trade deal with china just yet. Shares of p g, Procter Gamble, up 4 after its Earnings Report. This is a record high for this stock. Well have much hoar on that later on thank you very much with the dow just above 27,000, the president this morning saying we would be 10,000 points higher at 37,000 on the dow if not for the feds actions. So with 24 hours to go until the fed decision, we know the president would give jay powell an f for his performance as fed chair, but how did chair powell do in the cnbc fed survey . Mr. Liesman knows. Steve. Yeah, im not doing the grading. Our panelists. About 40 or so economists and fund mangers in the survey, giving powell a bminus. You can see how this compares with the final grade of yellen, a bplus, and bernanke at a straight b and you know what, powell had to navigate hikingerates and then going to hold and then going to what looks like a cutting modality here, mode for the
Former Vice President , joe biden, aiming to regain his momentum. I dont believe there is anyone in this race more prepared for me. Senator Kamala Harris, not backing down after clashing with biden on race. , right by harris and senator cory booker, who says President Trump is ripping apart the fabric of the nation. Donald trump wants us to hisgherms. That is not how we win. Juliast will make sure it is available to everyone. And andrew yang. The opposite of donald trump is an asian man who likes math. Senator michael, breaking gridlock. They have immobilized our federal government. Theor governor jay inslee, Climate Crisis. Four congresswomen tulsi gabbard, ending war. The most important the response building the present has is serving as commanderinchief. And kiersten gillibrand. Set for stage is candidates to take on hot button issues. We need to stop playing games with people who are seeking asylum. I will ban assault weapons. And americanforms history. Now, it is our term. We are