Tonight Donald Trumps lawyers wrap up the case and his criminal trial as the former president declined to take the witness stand. Then my interview with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, as a war crimes prosecutor now seeks a warrant for his arrest. And what is going on with the economy . Inflation may be slowing, but prices remain high in this country. I will ask the head of the Federal Reserve bank of chicago as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. It evening once again, im Stephanie Ruhle in chicago and we are now 168 is away from the election. In about one week from now, a jury of 12 new yorkers will start deliberating the fate of the first former president charged with a crime. Donald trumps defense team rested its new york criminal case today after calling just two witnesses. Donald trump did not take the stand. The Closing Arguments are now set for one week from today. Then the case goes to the jury. My colleague Laura Jarrett has all the details. Reporter
Address to congress on tuesday. Joining me from massachusetts is Larry Summers, a professor at harvard and its former president. He also served as treasury secretary under president clinton, and director of president obamas National Economic council. I am pleased to have him on this program. Good to be with you. Ian you heard the headlines as i have. We have a big increase in defense spending. Everything else that can be pulled back is going to be pulled back. Budget numbers, at least for 3 4 . For 2017, not how does this strike all of you from harvard . Larry i wont speak for harvard. Thenumbers on the budget, Economic Forecast is optimistic, but not as ludicrous as some feared. Raising the Defense Budget is probably a prudent investment in a dangerous world. Seeking to combine that with massive tax cuts i think means untenable cuts in other parts of the budget. Weve got more people in the United States who are in military bands than we do in the entire foreign service. In a world whe
Address to congress on tuesday. Joining me from massachusetts is Larry Summers, a professor at harvard and its former president. He also served as treasury secretary under president clinton, and director of president obamas National Economic council. I am pleased to have him on this program. Good to be with you. Ian you heard the headlines as i have. We have a big increase in defense spending. Everything else that can be pulled back is going to be pulled back. Budget numbers, at least for 3 4 . For 2017, not how does this strike all of you from harvard . Larry i wont speak for harvard. Thenumbers on the budget, Economic Forecast is optimistic, but not as ludicrous as some feared. Raising the Defense Budget is probably a prudent investment in a dangerous world. Seeking to combine that with massive tax cuts i think means untenable cuts in other parts of the budget. Weve got more people in the United States who are in military bands than we do in the entire foreign service. In a world whe
Professor and columnist tyler cowen. I agree with a lot of the policy Solutions Proposed by other economists including larry. But i also think theyre asking the wrong question. The right question is why is there so little interest in listening to economists. People are in a kind of denial. They want america to go back to an earlier time, make America Great again. Theyre not willing to suffer losses to their own budgets or situations in life. So its ultimately a psychological and social logical problem. Not just one of the economists lecturing people more and more. Wnds conclude tontd with Foreign Policy and an assessment of the Trump Administrations platform in relationship with russia. We talk to julia loffe of the atlantic an evan oses no of the new yorker what he involved was really an outgrowth of a longstanding tradition in soviet intelligence was the idea of active measures, that is where the title of this piece comes from. Is that espionage is traditionally about the collection
Professor and columnist tyler cowen. I agree with a lot of the policy Solutions Proposed by other economists including larry. But i also think theyre asking the wrong question. The right question is why is there so little interest in listening to economists. People are in a kind of denial. They want america to go back to an earlier time, make America Great again. Theyre not willing to suffer losses to their own budgets or situations in life. So its ultimately a psychological and social logical problem. Not just one of the economists lecturing people more and more. Wnds conclude tontd with Foreign Policy and an assessment of the Trump Administrations platform in relationship with russia. We talk to julia loffe of the atlantic an evan oses no of the new yorker what he involved was really an outgrowth of a longstanding tradition in soviet intelligence was the idea of active measures, that is where the title of this piece comes from. Is that espionage is traditionally about the collection