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washington, d.c., and marthas vineyard. >> instead of working with us on solutions, republicans are playing politics with human beings using them as props. what theyre doing is simply wrong. its unamerican. its reckless. >> the white house says the migrants were misled about where they were being taken and what would be provided once they arrived. we get more from cnns priscilla alvarez. >> reporter: dozens of migrants are set to spend the night on marthas vineyard, sent there by flori...

Coverage begins with jim acosta at the white house. Reporter key u. S. Allies are telling President Trump theyre not willing to renegotiate the paris climate agreement. Leaders from france, germany and italy telling the white house there will be no renegotiations in response to the president s comment that he would like to strike a Better Climate deal. The president made it clear during a speech at the white house that hes thinking more about key voters in states like pennsylvania than the u. S....

Being crushed by inflation. feels like for the first time in a long time they have the upper hand and theyre asking for things, its not just pay, right? >> yeah. yeah. no, for sure, christine. you know, its so interesting that youre seeing teachers and nurses in particular at the forefront of these new demands because, you know, these are folks that as we saw in the pandemic, essential workers but are we treating them as essential. we are seeing really for the first time in 50 years, i would say...

And corpus christi. give you a hint. the president says congress will take "rapid action" on disaster relief funding. lets bring back our political economist, chief strategist for horizon investments, greg vallier. good morning. lets talk about how well you think the president has done on this important relationship role. and youve mentioned to us that hes got to be careful about not taking a victory lap because theres still a lot that could go wrong here. >> i think so far hes done a pretty g...

Political economist greg vallier, chiefistrate -- chief strategist for horizon investments. lets start with hurricane, now tropical storm harvey on the minds of everyone as the president heads to texas. thus far, do you think hes passed the test pretty well, and what does he need to do today? >> i give him good grades for being on top of this, monitoring it closely. he absolutely, positively cannot do a victory lap and say things are getting much better, its been well coordinated. i think clearl...

Greg vallier, we appreciate your time. >> you bet. >> the big x factor out there now is, frankly, north korea. >> no question about that. the catastrophic flooding in south texas sparks an outpouring of love and support across the sports world. >> coy wire with more on the "bleacher report." good morning. usually a city rallies around its teams. in this time of need, the teams are reaching out helping hands to help their fans and the people of houston. in the nba, rockets owner leslie alexan...

Resolution, that will keep the government operating through mid-december. well go through as we always do around the holidays, a big -- >> ridiculous, right? so ridiculous. greg, you know, why cant we run -- cant we run this government in the same way when were not doing continuing resolutions and having the showdowns every time? >> right. it will be a mess. it will get done on december 22nd. i dont see a shutdown. and i also dont see money appropriated for a while. at some point -- appropriated...

Cut and not middle-class tax relief? is it something slimmed down in the end do you think? >> it will be slimmed down -- they cant afford that. there will be interesting provisions. i still think we get a bill. i think the tax bill comes later rather than sooner. >> all right. greg vallier from horizon investments. thank you. have a great weekend. >> you, too. apple is bringing a billion-dollar investment to iowa. its getting some big tax breaks to do it, too. cnn "money stream" next. loreals ...

Im often asked what is being the majority leader of the senate like. its a little bit like being a groundskeeper at a cemetery. everybodys under you, but nobodys listening. >> oh, that zany mitch mcconnell. >> cracks me up every time. >> trying a lighthearted approach as he addresses the leadership. odd hearing humor from mitch mcconnell. >> it is a tough time as mcconnell tries to bridge divides in his party and rift with the president. they havent spoken in weeks. they have a lot to tackle whe...

Much more confusing. and i do think he needed to do better. i do believe that he messed up in his comments on tuesday when it sounded like a moral equivocation or, at the very least, moral ambition. when we need extreme moral clarity. >> hark house speaker says the president -- house speaker paul ryan says the president messed up in his response to charlottesville. one headline from a cnn town hall last night. lets bring back political economist and chief strategist at horizon investments, greg ...