Welcome, everyone. Thank you so much for being here today and joining us for this important event celebrating professor jennifers new book how dirty money the shocking injustice and unseen cost of whitecollar crime. I am the director of the center for social justice at western new England University school of law which works to advance justice through research, education, advocacy and public engagement. Please check out our website if you would like to learn more about our social justice initiatives and the ways we are strengthening collaborative efforts between the school of law and the region, the work towards a more just, equitable and Inclusive Society for all. I want to thank everyone who has worked hard to put together this incredible event for you including our wonderful speakers, louise and random house, wneu Marketing Team and all of you for your support. I also want to let you know that todays program will be aired on cspan booktv following this event. At the end of todays pr
Loathe last nights debate, you know who loved it . The stock market which is why the dow surged 329 points today and nasdaq advanced 4. 7 what did the candidates say that got wall street so excited honestly, its more about what they didnt say, a lot of investors were worried trump and biden would try to score points. These companies if you dont plan to do anything about them not this time. When the candidates lay off the health care sector, the stocks roar one of my favs runs government sponsored health plan and does it better than anybody guess what happened . Stocks zoomed 4 . Anthem, cigna, united health, even cvs managed to rally. My trust owns it follow along by joining the actionalertsplus. Com club. Its been awful. Own your mistakes. We just bought more. 3. 4 yield i have parsed every word of that debate that was hard if you read the transcripts, it was bad. Chris wallace often picked on who told the president quote you in the course of these four years have never come up with a
The goal here is to win elections in november. 2012, we010 and nominated several candidates. Christine odonnell, cheryl murdoch, theyd are not in the senate. The reason for that is they were not able to appeal to a broader electorate in the general election. Michael as the leader of the Republican Party in the senate is to keep us in the majority. What you do that is not complicated. To nominate people actually went because winners make policy and losers go home. We changed the Business Model in 2014. We nominated people who could win everywhere and took the majority and took the majority in the senate. We had one skirmish in 2016. We kept of the majority. Our approach will be to support our incumbents and in open seats, to seek to help nominate people who can actually win in november. That is the way you keep a governing majority. Earlier today, you talked about drug and Insurance Companies. What specifically would you like to see from both of those companies . Pres. Trump the Insuran
Ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome the National Direct their of the freedom are youill stop encouraged . Are you feeling it . You understand now why we pulled and invited people to participate, at least for me, incredibly encouraging to hear and see and feel and reach out and touched the actual people who carry the very burdens that we ourselves carry and our own hearts and minds. So thank you for those remarks. Making it happen. As the senator just told us. It is a different animal. It is a different skill set. We want quick results. We want fast, urgent, immediate results. He know what . Sometimes the longterm results take a longer game. A longer perspective they had just one congressional cycle. One is election cycle. Next presentation is going to come from a gentleman that understands that intrinsically. The United States senate is a complicated body. The personalities involved are sometimes elaborate personalities. The rules themselves are nuanced and intricate. The poli
From our nbc news headquarters in new york, day 603 of the trump administration. And while it has not diminished the damage, it is delivering florence is now thankfully a Tropical Storm. Still pounding the carolinas and well have a late live update ahead. We begin with a huge announcement that Paul Manafort, the man who offered to work for donald trump for free, is tonight working for the feds. The man who has enjoyed the good life after a lifetime of orbiting at or near the top of the republican political solar system has been living in jail of late. Today Donald Trumps Campaign Chairman pleaded guilty toe two federal counts and made a deal to cooperate in all ways with special counsel Robert Mueller. By doing so, Paul Manafort has admitted to conspiring against the United States and conspireing to obstruct justice. He avoids a second trial in federal court. The deal he signed with prosecutors orders him to cooperate fully, truthfully, completely with the government in any and all mat