i am very disappointed, however, that for some reason, they forgot provide the band. [ applause ] which i think we would have enjoyed very much. the previous speaker said three things with which i think we can all agree and growth is very important and that jobs are very important. and trade needs to be free. and perceived, and i agree with this, to be fair. i think those three points, growth, jobs and nature of the trade willing system are pretty important for our discussions now. willing system are pretty important for our discussions now.willing system are pretty important for our discussions now.illing system are pretty important for our discussions now.lling system are pretty important for our discussions now.ing system are pretty important for our discussions now.ing system are pretty important for our discussions now. we are meeting for i think pretty much the first time since january 2008, it tends to be behind the times, so i didn t realize how bad it would be, but s
i m nora o donnell with my colleagues gayle king and john dickerson. we ll check in with jeff in just a moment. we re awaiting the house sergeant of arms to announce the president s entrance into the chamber, one of the important symbols on this symbolic night, one of the most traditional roles. white house aides have promised president trump s speech will seek to unify, but what does that mean? they seem to be in a great mood, lots of handshakes and smiles on both sides of the aisle. this is a very important moment for president trump. he can celebrate a big win on his tax overhaul. the president s first guests are sitting in the first section including a welder from ohio who says he benefits from the tax cuts, the parents of the victims of the ms-13 street gangs and some victims from the hurricanes and the wildfires. ambassador haley, nicky mcgahn following her into the chamber. the president said his speech will be about bringing people together. he s trying to kic
the dow. it accounted for about 74 points of the declines of the dow that came after we heard from jeff bezos, warren buffett and jamie dimon that they will try to take on healthcare on their own. the reaction from healthcare was swift and serious. this morning, though, green arrows across the board. the more you talked to people yesterday who tried to understand what they were doing, i think the selloff may have been too far i spoke with ana gupte who was on with us, she had time to digest it. she said this is a buying opportunity. anything that happens will take years. if will tait will take a lone what i did hear a lot of yesterday is other ceos looking at what they re doing and saying we should do this, not necessarily to gang up on this. but looking to cut their own costs. the question the bigger the pool you get, the more complicated it gets. you could see the whole business roundtable deciding we re going in together as a collective. you have younger workers
planned on leaving soon, but it s a bit sooner than we originally thought. what do you think? yes, it is, wolf. we were not expecting this today. we ve been reporting and we were told he at least planned to stay until march. what we re learning is that at some point this morning, the fbi director, christopher wray, brought in his executive team, told them that the now former deputy director andrew mccabe was leaving and that he would be leaving effective noon today, so that s about an hour ago, and that they have appointed a new acting deputy director. his name is dave boudage. we are told he left the building around noon or so when his retirement sort of took effect. he is no longer the acting deputy he s no longer the deputy director of the fbi, wolf. we know that andrew mccabe had been under a lot of fire in the white house directly from the president, a lot of republicans. they pointed to him with bias in the overall russia probe. fill us in on that. he has certai
chief white house correspondent john roberts to set the stage for us from the north lawn. good evening, john. bret, good evening to you and to you as well, martha. i think it s safe to say that the president s first year in office was tough partisan issues like obamacare and tax reform that he needed to get his own party on board to pass as you saw didn t get very far with obamacare repeal and replace. year two of the trump s presidency we re told by the white to issues that he thinks he can get bipartisan support on. throw down the gauntlet to democrats to work together with him for the good of the country. first and foremost among those issues will be infrastructure, the president thinks there is a good opportunity to have democrats work with him on that. he also wants to get a deal on daca, his sort of a starting point for broader immigration reform. no question that s going to be a tougher lift than infrastructure. as for the democrats, no sign at this point that the le