Arguably the biggest story of twenty seventeen was russia it was on the lips of World Leaders and politicians but this wasnt always the case this was obamas analysis of the country back in twenty fourteen russia is a Regional Power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors. Not out of strength but out of weakness Regional Power weakness well that was the past in the last year weve seen russia propelled to be the greatest threat on the planet in the words of the former f. B. I. Chief what kind of threat do you believe russia presents to our democratic process given what you know about russias behavior. Well certainly that in my view the greatest threat of any nation on earth well heres how it all began on january sixth of last year u. S. Intelligence agencies issued a report saying that russia had tried to influence our elections with this russian president Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in twenty sixteen aimed at the us president ial election russias goals were
Arguably the biggest story of twenty seventeen was russia it was on the lips of World Leaders and politicians but this wasnt always the case this was obamas analysis of the country back in twenty fourteen russia is a Regional Power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors. Not out of strength but out of weakness Regional Power weakness well that was the past in the last year weve seen russia propelled to be the greatest threat on the planet in the words of the former f. B. I. Chief what kind of threat do you believe russia presents to our democratic process given what you know about russias behavior. Well certainly that in my view the greatest threat of any nation on earth well heres how it all began on january sixth of last year u. S. Intelligence agencies issued a report saying that russia had tried to influence our elections with this russian president Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in twenty sixteen aimed at the us president ial election russias goals were
Influence u. S. Public opinion yeah yeah why not make up the budget actually all of those allegations were leveled against russia do you believe that do you think that theyre actually doing these kind of things from what the seventeen u. S. Intelligence Agencies Syndicate and the strong possibility that they did i feel its just i knew that to sell newspapers people just wrote of one story then put it on Everything Else that listeners showed new yorkers is dwarfed from an actual file of things that russia has been accused of it turns out that if you point the finger at the kremlin you can find a convenient scapegoat for almost any trouble that youre dealing with it will mop and artsy new york in europe now a rise in Violent Crime in germanys lowest sanction the region may be leading to an increase in migrants according to a government backed study but is it really that simple will pull this leah takes a closer look. Why have reports of Violent Crime in one german state increased by more
Grown to include 40 . That is unsustainable regardless of your politics, that math is not sustainable and that is the reality crunching these senators who dont want to dial it back even though there is no cutting going on is trying to slow this incredible growth rate that you cant stop. Stuart it is not sustainable, not sustainable. Neil i am worried about your grandkids who wont be able to get access to see you when they are visiting from abroad. Stuart that is the judge. Neil i love the judges laugh. Tell me you are not a little worried about this or maybe welcome it, i have no idea. Those are some screwed up rules, i heard part of what the judge is an, i dont understand why they cut it off with grandparents. I hope the kids can still find a way to sneak in. Stuart s they will. Neil thank you, my friend was a lot going on, the dismantling of medicaid, we will throw it out, lock stock and barrel with the republican plan, nothing is being done of the sort. The fact of the matter is med
Lebenthahl, and steve weiss is here lets begin with the week ahead. I want to show you an earnings calendar facebook, dmon, and boeing and cocacola, our parent company, comcast, as well steve, this really shapes up to be a hot and heavy week. This is the heart of it youve got a little bit of everything in terms of sectors and industries its going to be very interesting. And of course, its all not going to matter when you get the fed meeting and hear what they have to say, potentially but i think it will be same, follow the course the way it is. I wonder if the dollar, though, does come into their thinking at all. Because weve seen the dollar take a hit it will be interesting to see if they address it. My guess is that they dont. But it clearly is an important part for the markets, as is the politics of the landscape right now. My question is, whens will ceos hit the pause button and say, you know what, things are a it be unstable in washington. Im not comfortable allocating capital. Yo