Through southern california. Dozens of homes, even a Ski Resort destroyed as the flames forced thousands to evacuate. And francines fury, the storm swamping the gulf coast, flooding roads, forcing rescues, and the threat is not over for 14 Million people in its path. Our Nbc News reporters are following the latest developments. We begin with nbcs Mike Memoli in charlotte, north carolina, where the Vice President will kick off this new phase of her campaign. What are we expecting there, mike . Reporter well, chris, charlotte is a nascar town. And the way the campaign describes it she has been Revving Up for the past weeks, now she has to shift into gear. She had to choose a running mate, introduce themselves before the convention, and we know how much she prepared for the debate on tuesday. Now, because they view the debate as a huge success, they want to double down on the message she brought to the debate stage, talking about the need to change the pace, not look back to the trump adm
My friend chuck for their remarks. I will have more to say to them later. On march 9th, 1967, senator howard baker junior, the newly elected senator from tennessee made his maiden address, his first speech on the floor of the senate. He spoke for too long. The republican leader of the senate who was also bakers father in law, walked to congratulate him and said howard, occasionally you might enjoy the luxury of unexpressed thought. Which is good advice for farewell address as well. Senator bakers legislative assistant, i was also a speechwriter that made an address, or at least i thought i was. He developed a bad habit of not saying what i wrote for his speech. I asked to see him, do i have a problem with our relationship . Write what you want to write and say what i want to say. I learned a couple other things about saying what i want to say. One came from alex haley, the author of roots, you heard him speak once and said may i make a suggestion . If when you begin a speech you would
Going forward what lesson should policymakers learn from this recent rise of populism on both the left and the right . Today i were discussing these issues with two great guests, first Casey Mulligan is professor of economics at university of chicago and he served as chief economist for the council of economic advisers in the Trump Administration from september 2015 august 20 because most recent book released last month is your hired, untold successes and failures. Michael strain is a john scholar and director of Economic Policy studies here aei, the author of the American Dream is not dead but populism could kill it, released in february of this year. Heres how the event is going to go. To start up k she will speak for about ten minutes and then mike will offer a ten minute response and after that we will have a Panel Discussion for a while, and towards the end of the discussion about 10 45 we will do a q a so please submit your questions on twitter with the hashtag ask aei econ. With
Next, President Trumps populism and its potential lasting impact. The America Enterprise Institute talks with the university of chicago mulligan about the policies on trade, immigration, debt and deficit spendi spending. Hi, im jim of the american Enterprise Institute and welcome to our event. Ras trumpism pollism succeeded. The president has combined republican tax cuts and deregulation with more restrictions policies on trade and immigration. While the president s rhetoric has often been antielite, norm violating and sometimes inflammatory, hes won the support of the Mainstream Republican Party and lawmakers alike. What are we to make of his presidency . Have President Trumps economics been successful. Going forward what lessons should policy makers learn from the recent rise of populism on the left and right . Today ill discuss these issues with two great guests. Casey mulligan, professor of economics at university of chicago and chief of economists, of the counsel of economic advis
Sometimes inflammatory, he has won the support of mainstream republican policymakers and voters alike, so what are we to make of this presidency . Have President Trumps policies been successful . If so, to what degree does populism deserve the credit . What should politicians learn of this recent rise of populism on the left and right . We will be discussing the issue with our guests, a professor of economics at university of chicago who served as chief economist for the council of economic advisors in the Trump Administration from september 2018 to august 2019. His most recent book released just last month is youre hired untold successes and failures of a populist president. And the director of Economic Policy studies here at aei, the author of the American Dream is not dead but populism could kill it, released in february of this year. To start off, casey will speak for about 10 minutes, and then mike will offer a 10minute response. After that, we will have a Panel Discussion for a w