'Not the answer': Joe rebukes GOP governors for sending National Guard troops to D.C.
MSNBC· 2025-08-18 13:37
A number of DC residents are pushing back against the federal government's takeover of the city's police department, protesting the city's increased police presence as it enters its second week. It comes as the White House has reported more than 300 arrests have been made since the start of the expanded police operations. On Friday, the DC Attorney General sued the White House, saying the government has overstepped its authority.The Trump administration has since relented a bit. Attorney General Pam Bondi r ...
LIVE: Trump meets with Zelenskyy in Oval Office to discuss ending war in Ukraine
MSNBC· 2025-08-18 13:32
Watch live coverage as President Trump meets with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, just days after Trump and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin left an Alaska summit without a ceasefire deal. Zelenskyy is traveling to Washington, D.C., alongside several European leaders, including European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and Italian Prim ...
Reshaping industrial policy: Should the U.S. government be investing in sectors?
CNBC Television· 2025-08-18 13:30
A group of Senate Democrats are asking President Trump to reconsider his decision to let Nvidia and AMD sell AI chips to China in exchange for a 15% cut of revenue. The letter signed by Senators Chuck Schumer, Mark Warner, Jack Reed, Elizabeth Warren, and others. They're requesting details on that arrangement with Nvidia and AMD by this Friday.We should mention that in those letters, the lawmakers said that President Trump's deal amounted to America negotiating away its competitive edge critical to national ...
Ukraine doesn't have to be handed on a silver platter in a deal with Putin, says Victoria Coates
CNBC Television· 2025-08-18 13:29
European leaders will join Ukrainian President Zalinski for a meeting uh with President Trump at the White House today in a push to resolve uh the Russia Ukraine war. For a look at what is at stake, let's bring in Victoria Coats, who served as deputy national security adviser in the first uh Trump administration. She is now vice president of the Heritage Foundation's Davis Institute for National Security uh in uh foreign policy.Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Good morning, Joe.Do you do you know bet ...
Tariff impact on auto prices: Here's what to know
CNBC Television· 2025-08-18 13:25
All right, three months after the auto tariffs kicked in, transaction prices are edging higher with a couple of trends dictating which brands are charging more. Philippo joins us right now. He's got a look at where prices are headed and which companies are upcharging.Bill, good morning. What's the answer. >> Well, it's not that they're upcharging, Becky.It's that because of a variety of factors, they are asking the customer to pay more. And the customer is paying more, though sales are slowing down. Let me ...
LIVE: Trump meets with Zelenskyy and European leaders | NBC News
NBC News· 2025-08-18 13:20
Watch live coverage as President Trump holds meetings with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and other European leaders at the White House. This comes just days after Trump's meeting with Russian President Putin in Alaska on a potential ceasefire deal for the war in Ukraine. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day, click here: https://www.nbcnews.com » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News Digital is ...
Will the U.S. stand behind Ukraine's sovereignty against Putin?
MSNBC· 2025-08-18 13:18
And we're following what the papers are writing about this big summit at the White House later today. The Wall Street Journal editorial has a new piece asking what kind of peace in Ukraine. It reads in part, "President Trump conducts foreign policy on personal instinct and tactical impulse. " And his abrupt Friday turn on Russia and Ukraine is a classic illustration. Whether it's the start of a road to peace or to appeasement is impossible to know. We're not sure if Mr.. Trumpet knows himself. No wonder Rus ...
Be Generous and Expect Generosity from Others
Principles by Ray Dalio· 2025-08-18 13:14
be generous and be around people who are generous because it's a system that works. Okay. When you're generous with others, they're going to be generous with you if you have the right side of people. If they're not going to be generous with you, then move on.But that generosity means that you'll get more as well as that you'll give more. Not only is it functional because of that, but it's spiritually enriching. The relationships that you have are the most important things in your life.So having great relati ...
Why The Current US Stock Market Is NOT Like Thee Dot Com Bubble
From The Desk Of Anthony Pompliano· 2025-08-18 13:00
The US stock market has now grown to be twice the size of the US economy. Absolutely mind-blowing. The US stock market cap to GDP ratio hit a record 211%.A big reason for this growth is the tech sector. The S&P 500 tech sector price to sales ratio that just hit 10x. It's the highest ever.Even the 2000. com bubble peak, the ratio is only 7.8%x. So the question becomes, should you be worried about your investment portfolio.The bears will tell you everything's overvalued and a big crash is right around the cor ...
Ukrainian civilians killed in Russian attacks hours before Trump meets with Zelenskyy
NBC News· 2025-08-18 13:00
This is what Ukrainians are facing every single day. Deliberate Russian attacks against civilian targets. This is an apartment building. The apartments are full of furniture. They were filled with people. Uh it can be nothing else but a civilian target. Yet, it was hit deliberately, consistently. It was targeted. Uh survivors tell us that it was hit by six different Russian Shahed drones, one after another, all within a short period of time. the drones hitting about 30 seconds apart. So that's no accident. ...