Four mr. Galston let me try to call this full house to order, if i may. Welcome to brookings. My name is bill galston, senior fellow in governance studies. Thanks so much for coming and welcome also to the people who are watching this event live on cspan. Todays topic is the past, the present, and possible future of the u. S. Senate. The occasion of this discussion is the publication of ira shapiros second book on the senate, this one is titled, broken can the senate save itself and the country . Those of you that read his first book on the senate will know how passionately he reveres the senate as an institution and will not be surprised to learn how distressed he is by what he describes as its precipitous decline. This topic could not be more timely. We are just days from the expiration of another short term continuing budget resolution, and perhaps even more pertinently from a promised open Senate Debate on u. S. Immigration policy. Will the promise be kept . And if it is, will toda
North korea to iran to venezuela. We thank spain for its recent decision to expel its north Korean Ambassador and for standing with us in our effo rts and for standing with us in our efforts to isolate the brutal north korean regime. It is time for all responsible nations to join forces to isolate the north korean menace. North Korea Nuclear weapons and Missile Development threatened the entire world with unthinkable loss of life. All nations must act now to ensure the regimes complete denuclearisation. I appreciate United Nations Security Council voted twice unanimously, 15 0 twice to adopt hard hitting resolutions against north korea. I have issued tough new sanctions against those who do business with this outlaw regime andi who do business with this outlaw regime and i applaud chinas latest action to restrict its trade with north korea. And in particular, i applaud china for breaking off all banking relationships with north korea, something that people would have thought unthinkabl
Our billion dollar buyer, tillman furtita, notching his first win as the owner of the rockets on Opening Night for the nba. He did it in thrilling style the former commissioner, david stern, will join us. The anthem protest Team Valuations and much more this slamdunk addition of power lunch begins right now there is nothing wrong with the slamdunk addition if i could do it, i would do it all the time i am brian sullivan. Nobody is feeling blue about these markets. Your money is now just 3. 5 away from dows 24,000. You can thank ibm, big blue adding about 80 points to the dow on one of its best days in decades. We will dig into ibms big quarter. The ipo of the day is a chinabased micro lending company. Nothing micro about its gains. It is soaring in its debut allergan all on the move anthem rallied to help ensure creating a new pharmacy benefits unit michelle im michelle carusocabrera. Here is what else is happening rising sea levels are threatening nearly 1 trill worth of u. S. Homes,
The right person to lead the turnaround well be talking to former ge vice chair bob wright. The father of nbc universal. Hell join us live here at post 9. Get his take on the outlook for General Electric and conflicting reports in the last hour about whether the Senate Tax Bill will include repeal of the obamacare individual mandate we have Senate Finance Committee Member pat toomey here to tell us whats going on, and what other changes have been made in that bill. Weve been getting conflicting reports on exactly whats in that bill. Well get it directly from senator toomey. Is the rok uru run over stock pulling back after the 125 gain in just the past 3 days a debate on whether this streaming stock has run its course or just taking a breather right now. But we start today with big moves in retail. As Companies Like Dicks Sporting Goods and tjx fall after reporting their results this morning Courtney Reagan joins us with a roundup of whats driving those stocks lower courtn courtney hi t
Adam shapiro broke the news about the whip count, hes got even more news. Were getting him in front of the camera right now. California congressman turned contrarian, republican darrell issa, now the lone republican from his state who says hes a no vote on the house bill. Why . Because he could face a revolt by his constituents if he says yes to any plan that repeals that deduction for state and local taxes. A deduction his voters depend on. Hes with us in a fox business exclusive on the big pickle hes in and how to get out of it. And the democratic senator who agrees whole heartedly with President Trump at least on one crucial aspect thats missing from the senates tax plan. In her first broadcast interview, senator Tammy Baldwin of wisconsin is here on her plan to convince republicans that carried interest has got to go. On wall street markets falling just a bit here along with oil as General Electric gets punished for a second straight day, and shareholders, yeah, theyre getting puni