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Senate in unanimous fashion. the ajgenda the president has ahead wont pass unanimously and has major roadblocks. fresh off a face-off with the highest of stakes, president biden now staring down an even more complex figure. the united states congress. >> i know my chief of staff thinks there is room and may be a means to get this done and i know that schumer and nancy have moved forward on a reconciliation provision as well. so im still hoping we can put together the two book ends here. >> repor...

Usa gymnastics. the tsa says a traveller carrying a firearm was allowed to board a delta flight from atlanta to tokyo on january 3. the agency says standard procedures were not followed and that it will hold those responsible appropriately accountab accountable. the security breach came two weeks in for the government shutd, but the tsment a says any suggestion that the shutdown contributed to the lapse is false. it says a normal number of staffers were working that day. cnn business, global...

That is merry christmas lost $323 billion, that is the way the president views trade deficit. it could erode further with new tariffs on hold. well wait and see. on wall street, futures are lower. you see a 200 point decline or so from the dow. the dow barely moved friday, but rose nearly 2% for the week last week. the s&p zch cloclosed up 2.5. a strong week for tech. all three snapped a five day winning streak on friday with that kind of lousy performance. general motors led the way higher on t...

The chinese government showed its trade surplus with the united states jumped 17% to more than $323 billion in 2018. china says its exports to the united states -- look at this -- rose more than 11%. at the same time, its imports from the united states inched up just 7/10 of a percent, all of this amid president trumps trade war. >> among those most impacted by the trade war, a lot of people who voted for president trump. americas farmers. and now the government shutdown is only making things wo...

Welcome back, my favorite part of the show, money, power, politics. president trump departed the white house moments ago. hes on his way to speak to farmers in new orleans. this as new data shows the united states tense trade battle with china is escalating. with the surplus growing 17 purse last were to a record breaking 323 billion bucks. remember, president trump p said hed be getting rid of it. as we talked about it before, some of the biggest americans impacted by the trade war are farmers....

>> well, look, i mean, i have a huge amount of respect for nancy pelosi and i think she was a great speaker but thats all -- this is all inside baseball. the american people arent going to care if there is a cbo score or not. what matters about the cbo score, people who know what theyre talking about know that the cbo corps is the accurate way to judge it. what is really going to kill the republicans is if it passes, it do some really bad things one the w things it does, despite the fact that it...

Middle class americans. thats what all politicians do. from the beginning i have opined that president obama is not a bad person. i think he genuinely wants to do good for americans. there is no malevolence in president obamas belief system. policy, policy, thats another matter. lets take a cold hard look at the facts. when president obama took office in 2009, the national debt was 10 point $62 trillion. today it is 15.23 trillion. an increase of 43% in three years. what do we have to show for t...

for being a mormon. shortly after producing perry to the crowd of social conservatives texas pastor said they shouldnt select mitt romney because hes mormon, a religion the pastor described as a cult. later cnn political correspondent jim acosta asked the pastor how he responds to voters who insist that romneys religion shouldnt be an issue. here is what he said. >> the southern baptist convention, which is the largest protestant denomination in the world has officially labeled mormoni...

for mitt romney, theyre giving some credibility to a cult. you stand by that comment? >> absolutely. thats not a fanatical comment. thats been a historic position of southern christian ee advantage gelky. i think mitt romney is a good, moral man, but i think those r of us who are born again followers of christ should always prefer a competent christian to a competent non-christian like mitt romney. >> what do you say to those voters out there who say that religion as mormonism shouldnt...

you see him here with governor perry. in his introduction he did not use the word cult or specifically attack romney by name but there was no doubt he had the former massachusetts governor in mind when he drew there is contrast. >> do we want a candidate who is skilled in rhetoric or one skilled in leadership? do we want a candidate who is a conservative out of convenience or one who is a conservative out of deep conviction? do we want a candidate who is a good, moral person or do we w...