Fronts. But give us a grade for the president and tell us why. Ou can call us at 2027488001 for republicans. 2027488000 for democrats and independents. 2027488002. If you want to post on twitter, its twitter. Com cspanwj. About seven of you this morning so far, and on our facebook, at facebook. Com cspan. Ari fleischer who served in the george w. Bush administration has an oped talking about the president s first year. Too many flags in trumps first quarter, he says. To grade his performance in football termsen he deserves credit for moving the ball down the field over several different drives but he also committed so many unnecessary roughness penalties along with giving up one huge fumble that he may have to give up 200 yards to score one touchdown. Ari fleischer goes on to say but often mr. Trump runs himself too hot to handle. Host again, thats some of the comments from Ari Fleischer this morning when it comes to the president s year in office. Were asking you to give us the same.
Looks back on his 20 years in congress. Served in thet house of representatives as a republican representative from florida, and he is the author of the book life in the marble palace. This is Cliff Stearns. Good morning. Guest thank you for having me. Good morning. Host what was the goal of the book . Guest the goal of the book was to show some of the flaws of democracy, the positive things in democracy, and during the Tumultuous Times i served there was so much that occurred that showed the weakness of what we were doing. My book was talking about how can we improve democracy and also remind people of the great history of western civilization and what we have in this country, and try to move forward to a rebirth of democracy. Host im interested in your thoughts on the title. Follybtitle in praise of , what are you trying to accomplish their . Guest a restless wrote a book in in pursuit of folly, highly political, but it was moving toward the protestant reformation, and talking about
To show some of the flaws of democracy, the positive things in democracy, and during the Tumultuous Times i served there was so much that occurred that showed the weakness of what we are doing. My book was talking about how can we improve democracy and also remind people of the great history of western civilization and what we have in this country, and try to move forward to a rebirth of democracy. Host im interested in your thoughts on the title what are you trying to a couple should . Guest a restless wrote a book folly,n pursuit of highly political, but it was moving toward the protestant reformation, and talking about how much reform was needed. I use that title as a backdrop to really show how important it is to reform and change the way we do things in d. C. Onef there were 1 major step congress could take to reform, what could it be . Guest we should have a balanced budget every year. He saw recently we had a continuing resolution that moved us from september 2 december, and now
Breaking the bank. Other lenders prove more resilient. Investors give their verdict in 13 minutes. Fascinating moves coming from the futures market. All lot of optimism. Risk on sentiment. On the of more than 1 open. Giving positive exertion, numbers coming from china. We are up 1. 25 . Money is looking towards what is happening in the manufacturing in the u. K. We are seeing across the board a movement into some of the riskier assets. Dollar a story of weakness. A currencies have been rising higher. The dollar down versus the south korean won. Dollar weakness. We are banking on less chance of a rate hike. Keep an eye on oil across the board as well. Brent crude up week 2 . Money still moving out of the japanese bond market at the moment on the back of less thought that bond buying will go forward interview. They did not start to buy more government debt. Let us get to your bloomberg first news. Investors are underestimating how many times the u. S. Central bank will raise Interest Rat
Conditions. Low clouds that were looking at which cuts off the top of the tall buildings. And then we have fog just blanketing over our area this morning for another very gray, damp, kind of dreary day to start out with on your sunday. Can you spot showers honging along to the west part of pennsylvania. Not yet in our zone. And what were looking alt later today is a possibility of isolated storms. More so, it will be about the fog. Its going to linger through your morning. Look at the visibility here. These are mild thats youre looking at. Quarter after a mile, mt. Poke yoe. Very limited visibility for coatsville 3 quarters of a mile for blue bell. Well talk more about the conditions and sunshine returning for your forecast coming up. Thank you. For months republican president ial candidate donald trump refused to release his tax returns. But now the New York Times has released part of his 1995 tax records which appear to suggest he may not have paid taxes for many years. The news surf