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Com is his website you can tweet him at call Stanger c o l ece s t a and g l e r call Welcome back to the program thanks so much for having me so. Weve been talking this morning we talked with Kate Rae worth the author of Dont an economics which just lays out the origin history and kind of takeover of the world of neoliberal economics including free trade and austerity and and you know open borders and stuff like that which is was just aggressively embraced by the European Union and it looks to...

2020. now, the one issue that was probably the biggest political hang-up in the house, john, was the issue of pre-existing conditions. and after a lot of debating and a lot of fighting in the house, what house republicans decided on is that they would let states ask for a waiver from the exemption -- getting an exemption, rather, from the obamacare requirement that insurance companies cannot charge people more who have pre-existing conditions, and this became such a big flashpoint because pre-ex...

Republican side, no deal. >> i dont think youll see that, as you said before, the new president and the republicans are sort of coming to terms with the fact a lot of the things they talked about for six and seven years, that that, if done wrong, could cause a lot of damage to millions of people. so right now, you know, they are going -- were bystanders in this today, were going through the process of figuring out how can they achieve what they been promising without doing the kind of damage tha...

Rise to concerns about how he will -- if he continues to be motivated by those things that that will shade the way he conducts the investigation into trump. is that a fair reading as part of your story? >> i think its absolutely a fair reading that jim comey, and the fbi in general, was very acutely aware of what ill call politics with a lower case "p." i want to help donald trump and hurt hillary clinton because hes a democrat, but acutely aware of what the politics of the city was, especially ...

I want to help donald trump and hurt hillary clinton because hes a democrat, but acutely aware of what the politics of the city was, especially in october when hes considering sthaengd letter to congress announcing essentially the clinton investigation is open again. there was a deep awareness that hillary clinton was likely to win, that the very day their debating whether to send this letter or not. i think there was a real sentiment at the fbi if they told the public that the clinton investiga...

Federal reserve. so investors do expect this to get done. dont forget, steve muchin, the treasury secretary, he first promised in august that is really not going to happen. now he is talking about the end of the year. it is important that it happens. >> bret: trish, as always, thank you. have a great weekend. tonight, the president and his advisors are debating what the official u.s. position will be on climate change. at issue, should america withdraw from a controversial global warming deal ...

Federal reserve. so investors do expect this to get done. dont forget, steve muchin, the treasury secretary, he first promised in august that is really not going to happen. now he is talking about the end of the year. it is important that it happens. >> bret: trish, as always, thank you. have a great weekend. >> reporter: you too. tonight, the president and his advisors are debating what the official u.s. position will be on climate change. at issue, should america withdraw from a controversia...

College. because, instead of debating, and talking through things and communicating with words, theyre absolutely -- they are using and condoning violence. >> sonia, is there a bigger issue here? what does this mean for our children? >> yes. i think, you know, we need more free speech, not less. we are concerned for our children that they arent able to speak what they want. and you know, all these college campuses, they encourage free speech. and diversity intolerance but they are so intolerant ...

Trump is doing well among republicans. 33% give him an a. 39% give him a b. if youre a college student, you dig those numbers. on health care, only 20% give him an a. not horrible, not great. you think the white house is still feeling pressure to act on this one? >> actually, i think the 100-day plan has been, obviously, a plan that was in place, but theyve had to deal with a lot of things happening outside of their plab th -- plan that caused them to lose focus. theyve accomplished quite a bit,...

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