Its the first time anyone ever said that to me. I said who is this guy hes the governor of iowa. He just said dont say bad about china. So i had to rip up about half of my speech. Right . I said why he said we do a lot of business. Ive been dealing with china for 35 years with corn and Different Things he told me a story that was amazing. 35 years ago when i started, i met a man named xi he wasnt president it then. He was a young man and the governor came back he told his wife, he said this is 35 years ago and its documented. He said, i just met the future president of china and nobody thought much about it you know what . 28 years later, you turned out to be right. And you have been an incredible ambassador and they like each other so much so when it came time to pick the important position of ambassador, i said havent you had enough after 24 years being governor of iowa he said if you want me to do that, and its been a great youve been a great help thank you very much, ambassador. I
Premiers of the peoples republic of china. Pres. Trump thank you very much. We greatly appreciate your joining us at this white house event. This is a very important and remarkable occasion. Today, we take a momentous step. One that has never been taken before with china, toward a future affair and reciprocal trade, as we sign phase one of the historic trade deal between the United States and china. Together, we are righting the wrongs of the past and delivering a future of Economic Justice and security. For American Workers, farmers and families. I want to think the chinese president , who is watching as we speak. I will be going over to china in the not to double or distant future to reciprocate. , a very goodnk him friend of mine. We are representing if and countries. He is representing china. I am representing the u. S. We developed an incredible relationship. I want to thank him for his cooperation drought this complex process. Our negotiations were tough on us. Open and respect a
He is the governor of iowa. He said dont say bad about china. So i had to rip up about half of my speech, right . I said why . We do a lot of business. Etf been dealing with china for 35 years with corn and all the Different Things and he told me a story that is amazing. 35 years ago when i started, i met a man named xi. He wasnt president then. He was a young man. The governor came back and he told his wife and it is documented, i just met the future president of china and nobody thought much about it. And you know what . 28 years later, you turned out to be right, you have been an incredible ambassador and they like each other so much. When it came time to pick the important position of ambassador, i said havent you had enough of 24 years being governor of iowa . He said if you want me to do that. Thank you very much, ambassador. I appreciate it. Another great job. [applause] nobody could have done that job better. Man i could go on the opposite side of the spectrum from the governor
This morning, National Securities corporation chief market strategist, art hogan is hill, liz peek is here and James Freeman. Great to he see everybody. Thank you to all of our veterans this morning and their families. Liz peek, you have people in your family. Our son is a veteran. Maria thank you so much. And thank you everybody. We want to give a big shoutout all day today to our great heroes of this country. Our top story this hour is violence erupting in hong kong over the weekend, the protests now in the sixth month. Police fired gunshots at protesters early this morning sending one man to the hospital and the emergency room for emergency surgery, another man in Critical Condition this morning after being set oven fire for confronting protesters who had been vandalizing a subway station. This story is not going away. I think this is also creating pressure for xijinping in china but when you see things turn this kind of violent you wonder what kind of impact it really will have. It
David i began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. [david reading onscreen text] [inaudible dialogue] lets talk about your background a moment. Youve started out your father was a stockbroker, and you started out with some background in this area, but did you ever consider going into banking . Was that always what you wanted to do when you went to harvard . No. I i knew more what i didnt wanna do. I didnt wanna be a lawyer, didnt wanna be a doctor, i didnt want i wanted to be part of building something. And, you know, obviously i grew up around, you know, stockbrokers and wall street and stuff like that. My dad, who passed away recently, gave me you should all try this one day. Get an annual report, rip out the part that has the price in it, analyze it, and say we pay for the stock. And youd be immediately humbled. Immediately. Do it a couple of times and, uh. So i was always into the financial world, but, you know,