The book is called job creation how it really works and why government doesnt understand it, the coauthor is andy puzder. Mister puzder, you talk about a certain factor here. Its at the time we wrote it back in 2009 it had been 2010. There was a lot of uncertainty in the economy because of actions the president obama was taking so long progressive lines as opposed to conservative economic lines which the Business Community would have preferred so with respect to tax, energy and regulation there was great uncertainty in the Business Community about where the government was going and what kind of obstacle it would become. We tried to convey the message that if the government would provide positive certainty, that we get we could rise out of the recession, that we were still in the recession until june 2009 so we were out of it technically but i dont think people for years that we were out of it really. If youwant the kind of dynamic Economic Growth youre expecting rising out of a recessi
To mark up its bill this afternoon, we are now hearing a repeal of of the Obamacare Mandate will be included. More on this Development Just breaking in the past hour. Attorney general Jeff Sessions grilled on capitol hill, what he is saying about a special prosecutor to investigate the clintons. Judge Andrew Napolitano is here with his take. David senators murkowski and collins are apparently going it vote for the bill. The dow recovering not quite enough to stay out of the red today. Down about 30. Go straight to Nicole Petallides on floor of nyse. Ge used to be a megastock. It has shrunk so much the past years, only counts for seven points of the dow but hovering near a sixyear low, right . The dow is weighted average, price goes down, value goes down, it will weigh less here on Dow Jones Industrial average. It is number one biggest loser in percentage terms. Down 12 in just two trading days as company cut its dividend unexpectedly. Everybody expect ad dividend cut but they didnt exp
Storm this holiday weekend, the center of the country slammed overnight. At least four reported tornadoes tearing through the south, and dangerous flooding in colorado forcing this family to be airlifted. Now that system moving east this morning. And surrounded by sharks. The shocking image captured from the sky. The Sheriffs Department warning swimmers below. Youre paddleboarding next to approximately 15 great white sharks. New concerns about california beaches with sharks swarming the coastline. Good morning, america. Happy friday to everybody. Great to have david muir here with us. Great to be here. Kicking off a friday. Cant imagine being on a paddle board and being told 15 sharks are there. Scary enough sight. To know the i would have tried my best not the take a plunge. Who knows. A busy day in washington. All eyes on President Trump today after the firing of james comey. Hes meeting with top staff. H. R. Mcmaster, the National Security adviser. And then john kelly. As the fire s
Cloudy skies around the area, 58 in the city, and we are going to stay chilly all week long. Very little rain in the metro area. He rain is south of washington fredericksburg, charlottesville, harrisburg, plenty of rain as the march goes from west to east. As we get into the latenight hours, larger areas of steadier, heavier rain will develop and we think the chance will really increase after 7 30 p. M. 8 00. After midnight, the heaviest rain possibilities are overnight until tomorrow. Overnight and in the morning when you wake up, rain, chilly temperatures, and plenty of it. Your 10 day outlook coming up to a developing story. Trumps latest tweets are raising even more questions. Questions about james comeys obstruction of justice. Todays poll does the president spend too much time tweeting . Let us know. Meantime, here is lana zak with the latest. Alana the president is taking the comey firing to another level today, appearing to threaten the former fbi director, writing saidously, t
The beginning of the end of this pattern. Finally moving out. The rain will not be a feature, we dont think, in the afternoon, and that will open the door to much better conditions here on sunday. Be happy to share this weekend and the next 10 days with you coming up in a few minutes, alison. Alison thanks. Take storm watch 7 wherever you go. You can download it from google play and i be tunes. Abc 7 has been following the story ever since it broke tuesday evening. The firing of f. B. I. Director james comey. That sent shock waves through the bureau and washington. The white house said President Trump made the decision based on recommendations from his attorney general and deputy a. G. Then we find yesterday President Trump himself said he made up his mind before his Top Department of justice officials even weighed in which was a contradiction. That brings us today, a flur of tweets. Heres the question for you do you think the president is tweeting too much . You can weigh in by going