News April 19, 2019

News Stories

• The king is dead, long live the king: Sharpless vows to continue Gottlieb era at FDA

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (FierceBiotech) – Scott Gottlieb’s relatively short two-year tenure as the FDA’s head has ended, and we have a new man at the helm: Ned Sharpless. However, he used his first official talk to ensure we all know he’s not looking to tear up Gottlieb’s legacy.

• The Cathedral of Notre Dame must be restored – Here’s how you can help

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – Notre Dame is one of the greatest examples of gothic architecture. When you stand inside, you feel lifted to the heavens by the very shape of the building.

• US election 2020: Who will challenge Trump?

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (BBC Newsnight) – How might the Democrats take on Donald Trump in the next election?

• A message to all professional thinkers — we either hang together or we hang separately

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Boston Globe) – Seventy years ago this month, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established to protect Western Europe and the freedoms of its inhabitants from the threat of Soviet communism. It has become clear to me that we now need a similar organization to protect Western intellectuals from a growing threat to academic freedom.

• How much is health care really worth? Patients, not bureaucrats, should decide

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – When I met with several Republican senators this week, it was clear that they recognize Americans’ desire to have practical solutions for the cost of health care. The combination of pressure from constituents and a direct challenge from President Trump is focusing their attention on immediate reforms which could be enacted – even with a Democratic House.

• Catching up with Dr. Sanjay Gupta: what we can learn about everyday health from around the globe

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (Thrive Global) – In his new CNN original series, Chasing Life, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a neurosurgeon, and a global correspondent, explores the distinct practices around the world to bring us the secrets to longevity and help us better understand overall wellbeing in the long term

• Democrats Are Falling Into the Ilhan Omar Trap

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – By rushing to stand with the controversial congresswoman, the 2020 contenders are allowing Trump to transform her into the face of their party.

• Sen. Alexander Pays Tribute to FDA Commissioner Gottlieb

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (RELSCI) – Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on April 9, paying tribute to Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration:

• We all pay hidden taxes – Let me tell you about them

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – Monday is Tax Day. Unless you’ve gotten an extension, that’s the deadline to either cut a check to Uncle Sam or file to be repaid some of what you loaned him last year.

• What the Indian state known as ‘God’s own country’ can teach us about eating to our health

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (CNN) – As an Indian kid growing up in the States, my parents did everything they could to create a little feeling of their ancestral land in our small Midwestern town.

• I trust parents to make the right choice for their children

  SPEAKER: Scott Walker

  (The Washington Times) – Dina’s son was struggling with his grades. He was being bullied by the other students. Not surprisingly, he didn’t care much for school.

• The New Aging Secrets Dr. Sanjay Gupta Uncovered

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (Dr. Oz) – CNN chief medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, traveled the globe to uncover the secrets of people with the least pain, healthiest hearts, and sharpest brains, even into old age. What diet tips did he take away from the Bolivian Amazon?

• The collusion lie came at a tremendous cost

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – The collusion lie will go down in history as one of the strangest distortions of reality to dominate the American political scene. For more than two years, the national establishment and news media were fixated on a “truth” that turned out to be false.

• Time to fix America’s lack of female leaders problem

  SPEAKER: Carly Fiorina

  (Fox Business) – There is a lack of women in leadership roles – we get it. The problem is clear. The reasons to fix it are obvious Yet, we continue to fall short – despite spending $8 billion a year on diversity and inclusion training that is in part designed to help women success

• Dr. Sanjay Gupta Has Pretty Much Figured Out How to Live Forever

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (bon appetit) – A quick chat with the star of “Chasing Life” , who travels the world to find out how to live to a very ripe old age.

• Donald Trump is the one check on China’s European march

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Times) – It is hard to believe, with the world (and especially The New York Times) laughing at us, that for roughly 2½ centuries Britain maintained the balance of power in Europe.

• Justin Trudeau Falls From Grace

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – The depressing squalor of the Trump era has created in liberal Americans a gnawing hunger for leaders to admire.

• Carly Fiorina on tech regulation

  SPEAKER: Carly Fiorina

  (CNBC) – Carly Fiorina, former Hewlitt Packard CEO and one time presidential candidate, joins ‘Squawk on the Street’ to discuss the future of tech regulation and Silicon Valley culture.

• Thanks to grit and determination, Benjamin Franklin became immortal

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – Of all our Founding Fathers – with the exception of George Washington – the one who had the most impact on our society and its history was, without a doubt, Benjamin Franklin.

• 7 Things That Make Bob Woodward The Most Influential Journalist Of Our Age

  SPEAKER: Bob Woodward

  (Forbes) – Recently, we had a unique opportunity to hear Bob Woodward, one of the most celebrated journalists of our time, talk about current affairs and the research behind his bestselling books, including his most recent book, Fear: Trump In The White House.

• Mike Pence’s 5 rules for effective government

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – It is extraordinarily difficult to change bureaucracies and the bureaucrats who work in them. Again and again, we have seen presidents and members of Congress start out boldly, using big words to dramatically describe big ideas, only to have the ideas disappear in the impenetrable resistance of career bureaucrats

• Allen West: US shouldn’t be a ‘job fair’ for migrants

  SPEAKER: Allen West

  (Fox Business) – Lt. Col. Allen West (Ret.) discusses the crisis at the southern border and why the U.S. needs to protect its asylum laws.

• Carly Fiorina: “I believe we are created on purpose for a purpose”

  SPEAKER: Carly Fiorina

  (EWTN) – Former CEO and Presidential candidate Carly Fiorina is helping students at Catholic University’s Busch School of Business. She tells me about the job — and her take on the current political climate

• The Land of Immortals: How and what Japan’s oldest population eats

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (CNN) – You have probably heard that Japan consistently has among the highest life expectancy in the world and that the island of Okinawa has the greatest concentration of centenarians (people who live to at least 100).

• FDA’s Gottlieb heads back to AEI to tackle drug prices

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (The Washington Post) – Scott Gottlieb, who will step down as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on Friday, plans to return to the American Enterprise Institute to focus on drug prices — a hotly debated area that has been peripheral to his current job, he said in an interview.

• Rx Drug Policy At The FDA: Looking Back At Gottlieb And Ahead To Sharpless

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (Health Affairs) – This week is expected to be Dr. Scott Gottlieb’s last as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). During his nearly two years in the position, Commissioner Gottlieb has confronted a range of public health challenges, including the opioid epidemic, an increase in teen nicotine abuse, and natural disasters.

• Spicer: Economic pain of a border shutdown would be astronomical

  SPEAKER: Sean Spicer

  (Fox Business) – Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer on the potential economic impact if President Trump follows through on his threat to shut down the U.S. border with Mexico.

• We must stop China from gaining control of the Internet

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – What will it be like if the Internet that America invented and designed is replaced in the next technological cycle by one that is controlled, developed, implemented, and managed by the Chinese?

• The student debt crisis has some asking if college is worth the cost

  SPEAKER: Sheila Bair

  (CNBC) – Sheila Bair, former chair of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and currently a member of CNBC’s Financial Wellness Advisory Council, joins “Squawk Box” to discuss the student loan crisis and whether college is actually worth the debt it’s putting students into.

• How Japan must pity the land of the setting sun

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Boston Globe) – Despite the bitter war they fought in the 1940s, Japan and Britain (my native country) have much in common.

• Making the Trump-Pence Space Challenge a Reality

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Newsweek) – On Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence announced what may prove to be the boldest space challenge since President John F. Kennedy said in 1961 that America would go to the Moon.

• Witness to a Vanishing Arctic

  SPEAKER: Paul Nicklen

  (Rolling Stones) – Paul Nicklen is different from the rest of us. He likes to swim in 29-degree water beneath the Arctic ice, alone, in search of potentially predatory animals. Which can sometimes get him into trouble, like when he was nearly body-slammed by a 7,000-pound elephant seal.

• Carly Fiorina Talks Leadership In Dealing With Privilege, Slavery And Other Difficult Topics

  SPEAKER: Carly Fiorina

  (Forbes) – Carly Fiorina is an American businesswoman known for being the CEO of HP and running for President of the United States in 2016. But what people may not know is that she’s a passionate leader that’s always searching for answers and encourages a plurality of voices to reach them.

• How it happened – Two Koreas

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  ( Fox News) – The Korean Peninsula is one of the most fascinating places on our planet. Callista and I recently visited South Korea – including the capital of Seoul and the Demilitarized Zone.

• Trump Should Campaign on ‘Robust Economy,’ Sean Spicer Says

  SPEAKER: Sean Spicer

  (Bloomberg) – Former White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer discusses President Donald Trump’s policies and previews his 2020 campaign.

• Trump campaign manager on how Mueller’s report plays into 2020

  SPEAKER: Brad Parscale

  (Fox News) – Trump’s 2020 campaign manager Brad Parscale weighs in on the impact of the Mueller investigation, Democrats piling on subsequent investigations into the president

• ‘Our kids are counting on us’: Why a balanced budget amendment must be enacted to curb the growing national debt

  SPEAKER: Scott Walker

  (The Washington Times) – $67,000. That’s the share of the federal debt inherited by every child born today in America.

• With a starring role on Fox Nation, Tomi Lahren wants to save California from itself

  SPEAKER: Tomi Lahren

  (Los Angeles Times) – Tomi Lahren has some thoughts and she’s not holding back.

• Ex-Yankees manager Joe Girardi has a new job for 2019

  SPEAKER: Joe Girardi

  (NJ.com) – Former New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi will be back on television for the 2019 season. Newsday’s Neil Watch reports Girardi will be an analyst for Fox.

• On Trump-Russia Collusion – Let’s investigate why we’ve been lied to for two years

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – The political and media elite in America have some explaining to do. As the reality sinks in that the Trump campaign didn’t collude with Russia during the 2016 election – and that no obstruction of justice charges levied against President Trump are forthcoming – Americans are going to start asking why we have been lied to for two years.

• The Bosnian War rages still in Christchurch

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Boston Globe) – It is more than a quarter of a century since Bosnia descended into a bloody conflict that claimed tens of thousands of lives. Since the massacre of 50 Muslim men, women and children in Christchurch, New Zealand, nine days ago, I have found myself wondering: is the world turning into a giant Bosnia?

• The Question the Mueller Report Has Not Answered: Why?

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – Good news, America. Russia helped install your president. But although he owes his job in large part to that help, the president did not conspire or collude with his helpers.

• The race for 5G and the risks if America doesn’t get it right

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – America is currently in a global competition with China to see which country will lead in the global deployment of 5G. Currently, China is winning. This may be the most important challenge we currently face for protecting our national security, economy, and quality of life.

• Why Is the US Death Rate Rising?

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (WebMD) – In the 1960s, Americans had among the highest life expectancy on the planet. The United States was the country pushing the boundaries of longevity and setting an example for the rest of the world.

• Theresa May’s Government Failed to Deliver Brexit, Says Stanford University’s Ferguson

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (Bloomberg) – Niall Ferguson, senior fellow at Hoover Institution at Stanford University, discusses Brexit negotiations, British politics and where he thinks the U.K. is heading.

• An ‘America First’ immigration policy looks like this

  SPEAKER: David Bossie

  (Fox News) – It is imperative that Republicans and Democrats in Congress find ways to work together on areas of common interest to keep America safe and strong.

• Even Without Mueller’s Report, Congress Had All the Facts It Needed

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (the Atlantic) – No matter what Attorney General William Barr reveals—or doesn’t—about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report, everything Congress needed to know about Donald Trump and Russia was already clear.

• Make the Mueller report public — Here’s why

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – President Trump is right: Every American should be able to see what Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team have been doing for the last two years. The Mueller report should be made public.

• What Hickenlooper has to do to win

  SPEAKER: Jen Psaki

  (CNN) – On Wednesday night, former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper had an opportunity to introduce himself to the American people. And for many viewers — putting aside his hard-core Colorado fans — some of his answers were too long, hard to follow and lacking the pizzazz we have seen from some of the other Democratic contenders.

• Dr. Sanjay Gupta investigates America’s declining life expectancy in “One Nation Under Stress”

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (Salon) – Neurosurgeon and Emmy Award-winning journalist Dr. Sanjay Gupta explains why Americans are dying sooner, increasingly self-medicating with drugs and alcohol, and committing suicide at alarming rates.