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Year. economist art laffer says the threat of a double dip recession is real. he joins me now from nashville. good to have you back on the program. >> thank you, pall, its a pleasu pleasure. >> kelly: . >> paul: youre typically an optimist. >> yes, i am. >> paul: why the doom and gloom now? >> well, president obama has, you know, when he took office, did not repeal bushs tax cuts, but let them expire which means on january 1st, 2011 tax increases estate taxes, person income, off shore investing,...

Say they could get worse next year. economist art laffer says the threat of a double dip recession is real. he joins me now from nashville. good to have you back on the program. >> thank you, pall, its a pleasu pleasure. >> kelly: . >> paul: youre typically an optimist. >> yes, i am. >> paul: why the doom and gloom now? >> well, president obama has, you know, when he took office, did not repeal bushs tax cuts, but let them expire which means on january 1st, 2011 tax increases estate taxes, perso...

A record low 28% say that most members ever congress deserve re-election. could this be a real nightmare scenario for the democrats? >> i dont think we yet know. the big story of 2010 fall elections is they are going to be as unpredictable as the 2008 cycle was because voters are -- they are very upset, very frustrated particularly at institutions, corporations, government. if you look at whats happening with the catholic church f-youre a person of faith thats very disturbing to see if you look ...

On that, but clearly the president is disturbed by this event in russia. it casts a bit of a pall over what was a celebratory atmosphere friday at the white house because the white house was celebrating the announcement of the arms control reduction agreement made with the russians and preparing for an event april 8th in prague, in the czech republic, to sign that treaty with the russians. all this violence in moscow, clearly casting a pall not only over whats happening in moscow but the general...

The whole thing, what a pall to cast over the stadiums. overall, was there a sense of a job well done, did people get out of there, were going to the olympics, its over, under way, that is the olympic spirit after all. >> reporter: absolutely. vancouver has been preparing for this since 2003, canadians came from around and excitement building all week and everyone is just excited now today and for the next 17 days cometion will be under way. you could definitely feel the excitement in the air. p...

Will try again tomorrow. like the rest of the skiers. finally, one more note. we want to update you on the tragedy today at the olympic games. a 21-year-old luge competitor from the republic of georgia nodar kumaritashvili, he was killed today in a horrific accident, a very fast track. the 21-year-old lost control. his sled went over. he essentially collided with a pole that was not padded. they tried to revive him on the scene but those efforts were unsuccessful. olympic officials sad to repo...

Said. they the i dont know why the president is focusing on these text messages saying it may actually tunt the regss pro and he said the report shows a destructive amount of animus displayed by top officials by the fbi, it costs a pall on this investigation, it cass into question any other investigation he was a part of, including the role in the investigation of what russia did in 2016. so youre hearing a number of republicans that i have spoken to aing this johnson, a homemade

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That drew not only into question the presidents fitness for office, but his relationship with his former chief strategist steve bannon. today steve bannon putting out a statement for the first time directly in response to those quotations, specifically taking exception to a meeting where he describes campaign officials and russian nationals at trump tower as treasonous and unpatriotic. saying those were not directed toward donald trump jr. quote, my comments were aimed at pall pall, a seasoned c...