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Its good for economic groit. the president, as i noted, when you look at the regulatory side of what hes done, it has really helped a lot of industries start to see light and thats why you see the confidence levels in so many surveys so strong under this president because hes achieved real results already. ill see you guys tomorrow. well talk about the tax plan. thanks. >> all right. so thats a wrap there. lets begin with the former national security adviser mike flynn. a lot of questions at sea...

Country, our businesses, our manufacturers more competitive, thats good for american workers. its good for our economy. good for economic growth. i think the president, as i noted, when you look at the regulatory side of what he has done, it is really helped a lot of industries start to see light. an thats why i think you see the confidence levels so strong because hes achieved real results already. i will see you guys tomorrow. well talk about the tax plan. thanks. >> melissa: and that was sean...

Businesses and manufacturers in particular more competitive. its good for the economy and economic growth. the president as i noted, when you look at the regulatory side of what he has done, he helped a lot of industries start to see light. you see the confidence levels in so many purr -- surveys. we will talk about the tax plans. >> sean spicer talking about the briefing. getting a lot of questions about the former nsa mike flynn asked why he was not vetted more thoroughly before he took the po...

Recently as friday. and to look at what general flynn has been doing with the president of the united states and the vice president since. hes been fully involved in all of these meetings. he spent the whole weekend working down in florida, obviously, involved with the level of the president meeting with the prime minister abe and the wives meeting and of course the national security and meeting. and then again hes been present for these calls, they dont get a lot of coverage, south africa, colo...

Eastern ukraine, some of which i think was driven by observing u.s. leadership in the world. we had china redrawing a map that had been around for thousands of years in the south china sea and claiming islands and properties and building runways and doing things that again, until that time, had not occurred. weve had the whole destabilization of europe where i think confidence levels in europe are probably the lowest theyve been in our life times. driven by concerns about in many cases what our ...

Eastern ukraine some of which i think was observing u.s. leadership in the world. we had china redrawing a map that had been a map that had been around for thousands of years and claiming islands and building runways and until that time those things had not occurred. weve had the whole destabilization of europe where, i think, confidence levels in europe are probably the lowest theyve been in our lifetimes. driven by concerns about in many cases what our role is but also the role of russia and w...

"b" -- you know what im going to say but i wont say it -- that youre being out of your place, are you too demanding. it is interesting to see how times have changed a little bit when someone like an elizabeth warren can be confident and confidence and not face the same kinds of attacks that i saw hillary face. >> to be fair, elizabeth warren is in the senate partly because she couldnt get the job she wanted in the obama administration. some of the men there werent too supportive of her. thats fa...

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So i agree with what steve and ezra said, that you cant just look at the numbers. but when i look at confidence levels of ceos and their mindset, their mindset is not as expansionary as, say, it was a year ago in that regard. >> so whats hampering that? whats making their mindset less expansionary? >> well, first of all, you have tremendous lack of confidence in government. you have the uncertainty of whats the -- you know, you have a negative 5% gdp growth impact with, you know, the taxes comin...

How confident are we about the strength of the recovery in the united states? >> it seems to be moving a lon. business leaders are confident that it will continue to move along. employment is up. theyre anticipating future growth and the backlogs with starting to get better. >> lets look at the brick nations. theyve done well, kept up blistering paces of growth. although were seeing those reduce a bit in 2011 towards the end of 201. are we going to see more moderate growth from china? >> confide...