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thank you, craig. i appreciate the kind words. thank you all for the warm reception. it is rate to be here. i am not a rookie here. this is the sixth faith in freedom meeting and i have been to all six. i don t know if anybody else has spoken at all six but i have spoken and all six of these meetings. i wanted to maybe start with that to say that, you know me. i have been here. i have been on the front lines of the issues of faith and freeman, well, for the better part of 20 years. standing up and fighting for the basic values that made our country great. i am best known for that and in some cases, only known for that because there are not many people that do that. there are many people that come and talk to at the podium here or come to your conference, but will they go out and actually fight for these issues? when the rubber meets the road? we had one vote in the united states senate on the issue of marriage, the constitutional amendment, to institute marriages betwee ....
i begin with john heilemann. did hillary clinton advance her cause? how will it benefit her? john: the big answer is yes. interested in the conventions, that is what the conventions are. they are a big television production. this was a well-staged, well-crafted convention. we often talk about how one big speech is the thing that people remember. usually the nominee speech out of the convention. this convention i think will be received more holistically. they put together for nights obviously, very strong speakers biden,chelle obama, joe barack obama, of course, and hillary clinton. but the convention enhanced an argument and the argument was an argument that was an argument about the democratic party and hillary clinton are the optimistic, patriotic party. in the republican party is the pessimistic party. i think that the sum total of this argument is the way that people saw it at home. i think that would do a lot of good for hillary clinton. translates to a large bum ....
did hillary clinton advance her cause? how will it benefit her? john: the big answer is yes. people who are interested in the conventions, that is what the conventions are. they are a big television production. this was a well-staged, well-crafted convention. we often talk about how one big speech is the thing that people remember. usually the nominee speech out of the convention. this convention i think will be received more holistically. they put together four nights obviously, very strong speakers with michelle obama, joe biden, barack obama, of course, and hillary clinton. but the convention enhanced an argument and the argument was an argument that was an argument about the democratic party and hillary clinton are the optimistic, patriotic party. in the republican party is the pessimistic party. i think that the sum total of this argument is the way that people saw it at home. i think that would do a lot of good for hillary clinton. whether that translates to a l ....
80 years we thought our way back, we have seen deficits come down, 401(k)s recovery, the auto industry set new records, unemployment reached eight year lows and our businesses create 50 million new jobs. trish: you can make statistics say anything you want. the reality, mister president is our economy is at a standstill, laborforce participation ranks the lowest we have seen since the 1970s. we haven t touched national debt which is soaring $19.4 trillion, how do we pay for that? is this economy really a record she wants to run on? the mainstream media in a frenzy over trump s offhand remarks about russia finding hillary s deleted emails, some calling it treason. i want to know where the outrage was over her email server that put state secrets at risk. bernie sanders support is still protesting while disrupting speeches on the convention floor. can trump win some over or is a third party rotarian candidate like gary johnson in contention as he sees his poll numbers on t ....
special special forces to back democrat forces on the ground fighting i.s.i.l. defense secretary ash carter says it s to take raqqa. if you ask what can 50 force he do to turn an already messy conflict, the answer is nothing. but the real reason for u.s. announcement, the answer is debatable. a lot has changed in just one month and the violence is growing. russia is now bombing the rebels. the u.s. is still bombing i.s.i.l. and turkey is bombing the kurds. the kurds have gained ground against i.s.i.l. i.s.i.l. has gan gauged ground against syrian government forces. into this mess the u.s. is sending special forces to assist a select group of rebels. u.s. insists these forces will help the rebels against i.s.i.l, if you need proof that syria s civil war has already turned into a proxy war you need only look at the list of countries participating in last week s syrian peace talks in vienna. representatives from the united states, russia, turkey, saudi arabia and the big n ....