Then he started a hotel chain in alaska. Ultimately he opened a Shopping Center in alaska that included the very first escalator in the entire state. What . Stairs that move . Except at that point alaska wasnt even a state yet. Wally hickel was a key part of alaska lobbying to become a state. He started lobbying for that years before it finally happened in 1959. And then wally hickel became the governor of the new state of alaska seven years later in 1966. So wally hickel was one of those sort of only in america, incredible man of action success stories. Culminating with him becoming both very rich and very influential and becoming governor of his adopted state. After serving as governor, he 1966, 1967, 1968, he ascended still higher. He left alaska, came to washington, d. C. , because president Richard Nixon named wally hickel to become part of his cabinet. To become the new secretary of the interior. It seems pretty clear nixon at the time expected wally hickel to be a down the line,
The white house claims hicks has immunity. Democrats say no way. While republicans say the whole thing is a political stunt. There is no such thing as absolute immunity. This is an on going effort for the president of the United States to obstruct facts. I think this is a waste of our time and taxpayer time. There are so many more important issues we ought to be focused on. John dean was white House Counsel for president nixon, mr. Dean, a pleasure sir. Lets begin with full transparency here, we wont know the full details of this hearing until a transcript is released. But just for now what sort of information do you think democrats are trying to get from her testimony today . Well, she was obviously an important witness to the special counsel. I think theyd like to get some of that material and understand have an actual voice behind the things she gave mueller. So thats one of the things, obviously, he shes been close to the president from the outset, they probably like to know some o
President about trade and the two will meet later this month. The china trade tensions have investors worried about a possible 2020 recession. I think the market is saying better that they are talking than not talking. No results are guaranteed. I think people know that. I think a lot of Market Investors think its a good thing that talk is better than no talk. China trade is a key topic, so its alive. And i guess folks want to keep hope alive. We begin the hour with President Trumps big ask. He wants you to give him four more years. The official trump 2020 launch is tonight at a rally in orlando. Thats no accident. Florida and its 29 electoral votes very important in 2016, a must in the trump reelection map. Orlando chosen for the rally not just because it has an arena that can fit 20,000 trump supporters. Look, Hillary Clinton carried Orange County but orlando right here in the center of what in florida they call the i4 corridor. You look through here. Lets go back through a little hi
Quick message with a sorry we lied about you would be nice. Chief intelligence correspondent Catherine Herridge has been reading through this report and bring us details of the day on this morning. What more relenting, catherine . Thanks, molly, good afternoon. An internal watchdog found the director, who as directors held to the highest standard because he sets the example, violated fbi rules. His effort to implement agreement, and more specific in that he took matters into his own hands to achieve a personal outcome. The Inspector General said that the primitive special counsel, when you have other options that did not violate policy. Its inconsistent with the parent policy. What was not permitted was the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive investigative information obtained during the course of fbi employment in order to achieve a personallydesired outcome. Inspector general said comey was wrong to claim the memos were like his personal journal or diary. Finding that the memos docu
This two years of the rate of return a little bit higher than the tenure. Thats usually not a good sign. Youre seeing a massive market selloff. Dow down 759 points. People are taking their money from the markets and putting it into bonds. Thats increasing the price, lowering the yield. Little bit complicated there. Its not just about a big precursor of the sregs. You have weakness coming out of china for their july numbers. The economy in germany contracting which is contributing to this big talk about a global slowdown. So thats having an effect. Dana i want to ask you if there were other details. Im interested in that. Cant figure out a way to get back on track. Thats a great point. You had macy earnings come out today. That stock is getting hammered. Right now down by 14 . It was down 16 . Macys is special in the sense that they complained they werent doing well with their athletic brand, they have too much inventory so they have to write off things and put them on sale. The issue i