We do one on tuesday, wednesday and thursday, all three of them are pretty well attended. So if youre selling and thats what im doing every week, im selling, trying to sell something, knockdown problems, tryingto figure out how to move forward. I have an opportunity to deal with all of them. Ill push all of them three days in a week whichhelps sell. In the house, theres so many people they end up forming little caucuses. Theres this caucus and that caucus and this caucusand you sign up with somebody of like mind. We have very little of that in the senate, its almost nonexistent because theres just not that many people deal with so i find those three lunches really helpful. I believe the democrats have 2 tuesday and thursday. We have three and our row every week and i find it absolutely essential to selling what im trying to sell. And every week im trying to sell something so thats what thats for when you make a presentation to your membership about the advisability of a certain course
Cspan2. Pakistans ambassador to the United States sat down for a conversation with at the carnegie do you mean to for International Peace regarding u. S. Pakistan relations. This is about 90 minutes. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Carnegie Endowment. Im a Vice President for studies here at the endowment. Its my pleasure to welcome you this morning for a discussion with pakistans relatively new ambassador to the United States dr. Majet khan. While i arrives in ambassadorial position here in january has long and deep experience, both in washington and working on u. S. Issues back in the minorsy in islamabad. And then most recently was serving as ambassador to japan before coming here. So has an outstanding sense not only of dynamics with the u. S. But globally and in particular Asian Security affairs. So we are honored to have you with us, ambassador. What were going to do is im going to ask a few questions to get the discussion started. And then were going to turn it
Adams spoke yesterday about federal efforts to combat the Opioid Epidemic. From the pew chartable trusitab this is an hour. Okay. Good afternoon. Im the executive Vice President and chief Program Officer here at the Pew Charitable trust. I am delighted to join you in welcoming our very special guest, vice admiral jerome m. Adams. No other Public Health Leader Speaks with the knowledge and expertise and moral authority that comes with being Surgeon General. And thats why when dr. Adams speaks, americans listen. Behavior changes and lives are saved. And in the very best tradition of previous Surgeon Generals who educated the american people, rallied the health care community, and changed the culture surrounding tobacco, hiv, nutrition, and other Public Health challenges, dr. Adams is now leading the fight against the epidemic of opioid misuse. Opioid overdoses were responsible for nearly 48,000 deaths in 2017 and 2 Million People in the United States suffer from opioid use disorder, whic
Hey, there hey there, everybody. You can all grab your seats real quick. Like weve talked about earlier. Its nice to be in washington, d. C. When the floor of the house and the senate are actually working. Right . So go ahead and grab your seat, everybody. So our next visitor frankly needs no introduction. But ill take a brief privilege and say im an original texas boy and im a threetime baylor bear. Baylor graduate. So its always fun for know welcome a fellow baylor bear to the stage of the faith and Freedom Coalition. But senator rand paul is one of the leading voices and has been for years on Civil Liberties and what the constitution actually does for us. Its not just a historic document. The constitution actually works for us. The genius, the brilliance of that document and of its design is that through generations it was crafted in a way that it actually protects each generation as we go through the years. I can think of no one in the United States senate or on capitol hill period
Session. Its been a flight to safety defensive sectors including real estate and utilities are leading the market, and gold is higher and rates moving lower rates falling below 2 once again. Thanks. We begin with optimism on trade talks with china President Trumps trade adviser Peter Navarro on cnbc earlier said were headed in the right direction as the u. S. Plans more tariffs on europe in the meanwhile. Peter navarro is the white houses fire brand on china, so it was notable this morning after attending that u. S. china meeting that produced the weekends truce, he said its all good were reengaged. Were talking on the phone already. Probably be visits its all good. I think it was a pause that was necessary at the time, but this is very bullish for the markets. Lower uncertainty in terms of the whole thing. Were headed in a very good direction. Next up is figuring out how to slice up huawei along National Security lines. The white house and the Commerce Department are today hosting a m