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Troops, the president flat out lied to the troops today. i think you have these happen so often. its like water off a ducks back. we want to draw attention to this because he said he gave the military a raise for the first time in more than ten years. and that he gave them a raise greater than 150%. neither of those is true. the militarys received a pay increase every year except 1983 which was apparently a technical glitch. by the way, the raise in the most recent year 2018 was 2.8%. the presid...

And even if a combat zone, this president, well, he cant tell the truth to our troops, lying right to their faces, telling them they got them a 10% pay raise this year and that it was the first they have had in ten years. thats a lie. troops get an annual raise. that means they get one every year. some years its more than others. this year, it was 2.8%, not 10%. and even on his first visit to troops in a war zone, usually its a morale booster. its supposed to boost morale, right? you say positiv...

He did it, but i mean should we really be commending him because presidents have done this before. its just been a while. it took him a little bit longer to get there than we expected. >> yeah. patrick, speaking to the troops, i mentioned this in the open of the show. the president overstated the pay raise the soldiers got every year. he said, because of me, you got a pay raise. you got a 10% pay raise. you know, you havent got one in ten years. its not the truth. they get one every year. some a...

Protecting americas coast, theyre working without pay because the commander in chief shut down the government before he left. and even if a combat zone, this president, well, he cant tell the truth to our troops, lying right to their faces, telling them they got them a 10% pay raise this year and that it was the first they have had in ten years. thats a lie. troops get an annual raise. that means they get one every year. some years its more than others. this year, it was 2.8%, not 10%. and even ...

Unfortunately its taken two years. what i was disappointed in is some of the language he used visiting troops when he lied twice, first to give them a raise, their first raising ten years. and the amount of money they received. he took credit for giving them a 10% raise when i think its actually 2.8 or something. >> shannon: we will do a fact-check on that. >> politifact is already done the work for it. >> shannon: and they are never wrong. [laughs] we have our own research department. >> the th...

Commander in chief, visiting our troops in a war zone. it is great but it has taken two years. what i was disappointed in is the language he used in visiting troops, when he lied twice, first about he gave them a raise, first raising ten years and the amount of money they received, took credit for giving them a 10% raise when the number was 2.8 or something like that. the third thing -- >> they are never wrong. we do have our own research department. >> third thing im disappointed in his we set ...

His approval rating with the military, at 44%. jim mattis is at 84%. why is that? if he is the most beloved and of the most supportive of the military, why is his approval rating under 50%? i think we can agree that when he is standing up there, this is your first pay raise youve gotten in ten years, which is a categorical life. if i raise it 10%, it goes up 2.8%, they on the paychecks, they know what they are earning. why is that productive to go out there and do that? does that contribute to h...

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Winds of up to 50 miles per hour. more than 10,000 people are without power. well keep an eye on that. lets take a quick check of whats going on in markets today. right now you are looking at the dow. what an interesting day. up and down and up and down all day. the dow getting ready to close about 0.1% lower but its actually been a relatively strong week on the dow. four of the last five days theres been a 2.8% gain on the dow. if you like the s&p 500, which i do, because its probably more re...

And a half points. florida 2.8 percent swing toward republicans in early voting. in a state they won by 1.2 percent. nevada 1.85 percent in a state they lost by 2.45. >> i am so glad we did not get to the weeds. its interesting. one last question. our people voting, would have voted on election day anyway just transferring or is this new voters? >> we dont know but in some places there is evidence that it is, there are episodic midterm voters.if you see this in early midterm we will see a lot th...