Blake burman at the white house. We have Lauren Simonetti watching the market action. Edward lawrence reporting from washington at the but on this up and down day, lauren, we start with you. Lauren lauren its with up and down day. I had to look over to see if stocks finished the green. It is changing constantly. This is the new normal. Investors are totally unsure how to price in politics. Not just the expected turbulence around the election, but the future of stimulus. Stocks got a major stimulus from comments on treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin he and House Speaker nancy pelosi theyre going to keep talking about a new relief bill as House Democrats reportedly are ready to scale down a package of their own. Doesnt mean it is going to happen up investors like they are talking. We call it the mnuchin maybe, maybe. The s p 500 avoiding falling into correction territory, up, after the closing bell by just nine points. Yes, it is positive on the year by a whole 16 points, guys. Take a look
Granted, as i said, tonight the democrats are trying to prevent that. Theyve got Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg dropping out of the race to endorse joe biden. Now, if bloomberg were smart, he would actually get out of the whole thing as well. But you cant buy senators, right . If smarts, right . Ill tell you. If you think investors are spooked about the coronavirus, i bet you aint seen nothing yet, folks. If Bernie Sanders wins and i dont think he can, but its not impossible so dont wouldnt it out. If he wins after nearly 250 years as an established country, as an established capitalist economy, as a beacon of hope, america as we know it will no longer exist. The values we have always upheld, they will no longer be american. Of course, thats the goal, right . I mean, if Bernie Sanders were to win the presidency, i dont know, what happens to us . What happens to our economy . What happens to all our wonderful innovation . Our entrepreneur, our ceos . If they are not properly incentivi
Granted, as i said, tonight the democrats are trying to prevent that. Theyve got Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg dropping out of the race to endorse joe biden. Now, if bloomberg were smart, he would actually get out of the whole thing as well. But you cant buy senators, right . If smarts, right . Ill tell you. If you think investors are spooked about the coronavirus, i bet you aint seen nothing yet, folks. If Bernie Sanders wins and i dont think he can, but its not impossible so dont wouldnt it out. If he wins after nearly 250 years as an established country, as an established capitalist economy, as a beacon of hope, america as we know it will no longer exist. The values we have always upheld, they will no longer be american. Of course, thats the goal, right . I mean, if Bernie Sanders were to win the presidency, i dont know, what happens to us . What happens to our economy . What happens to all our wonderful innovation . Our entrepreneur, our ceos . If they are not properly incentivi
Thank you all so much for coming out tonight. I know the rain and the traffic have gotten in the way a bit but its lovely to have all of you here. I Melissa Muscatine one of the coowners of politics and prose. Along with my husband brad grant was out of town and not here but wishes he were. I just want to say welcome to our union market store. I think some of you know this is our third politics and prose outpost, second outpost, third store. Its our newest store. We really love being here. We are glad to share this space with all of you. I also just want to say that because it is september 11 i thought we might take a few moments just to pause silently to remember that tragedy of almost 2 decades ago. [silence] thank you. It is such a pleasure for me to host Stanley Greenberg tonight. We all know hes rudeness book with times of phenomenal title, depending on your opinion, r. I. P. G. O. P. In case you start flipping to the actual text make sure you stop on the dedication page because h
That is followed by radio talkshow host bill press discussing the nature of the past year in politics and stone. What to expect in 2018. And later, a discussion on the future of conservative is him conservativism. Joining us from new york is roger stone, a longtime republican strategist and the author of the making of the president 2016, how donald trump orchestrated a resolution. To be here. My thanks to cspan for the opportunity. Joining us is chief Investigative Reporter and tom beyond. Let me begin with the issue of Robert Mueller. You suspect he is preparing charges against the president . I believe his inquiry is politically motivated. I think we have seen extraordinary evidence in the last couple of weeks, the tweets, email records, contributions to democrats that partisan hitis a squad. I think this is a clinical proceeding rather than a legal proceeding. And i have said that i believe the president s lawyers are naive about mr. Muellers intentions. I think they misunderstand t