News June 17, 2019

News Stories

• Spicer says chemistry with Trump is key to replacing Sanders

  SPEAKER: Sean Spicer

  (Fox News) – Sarah Sanders did a phenomenal job as White House press secretary, says former White House press secretary Sean Spicer.

• What the people of Hong Kong are resisting (and what they see coming)

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – Over the last several days, more than a million Hong Kong residents have flooded the streets and demonstrated against a proposed law that would let the semi-independent government there turn residents accused of crimes in mainland China over to communist authorities in Beijing.

• Gottlieb’s legacy could be felt for years

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (Modern Healthcare) – Dr. Scott Gottlieb accomplished a rare feat during his two-year tenure as head of the Food and Drug Administration—he earned praise from Republicans and Democrats alike.

• Former soldier, quadruple amputee, has new lease on life

  SPEAKER: John Peck

  (Mid Hudson News) – Two-time Purple Heart recipient Sgt. John Peck, who has been traveling across the country telling his story of inspiration in his book “Rebuilding Sergeant Peck: How I Put Body and Soul Back Together After Afghanistan,” visited the Hudson Valley, Wednesday evening, to talk with locals about his experiences overseas that left him a quadruple-amputee and his journey to receiving a cutting-edge organ transplant.

• Carly Fiorina’s advice to 2020 candidates

  SPEAKER: Carly Fiorina

  (Newsy) – Carly Fiorina knows what it takes to stand out on a debate stage. Now she’s giving advice to 2020 candidates, particularly the women.

• Trump’s Astonishing Confession

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – The president says he’d do it all again.

• Chasing Health With Sanjay Gupta, MD | Rich Roll Podcast

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (The Rich Roll Podcast) – Dr. Sanjay Gupta discusses his remarkable career, the importance of storytelling in journalism, what it was like covering conflict zones overseas, the current state of healthcare in America, and insights he learned doing his CNN original series, “Chasing Life.”

• Free speech is in free fall in Silicon Valley

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Times) – Big tech companies are openly engaged in political censorship

• A pope and a US president broke the back of communism

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Newt Gingrich) – In June 1979, Pope John Paul II embarked on a nine-day pilgrimage to Poland that transformed Eastern Europe – and the world. In a momentous homily delivered from Victory Square in Warsaw, he declared “it is not possible to understand the history of the Polish nation without Christ,” reminding the millions suffering under communist rule of their country’s rich history, the dignity of human life, and their natural, God-given rights.

• What You Need to Know About Juuling

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (Dr. Oz) – Dr. Sanjay Gupta discuss the e-cigarette epidemic. Dr. Gupta speaks about the dangerous ingredients and potential consequences of using this device Find out Juul’s response to the outcry.

• D-Day and three other dates that make this week one of historic liberation

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – This is a week of historic liberation dates. The most famous is the 75th anniversary of the landing at Normandy on D-Day — June 6, 1944.

• Here’s how the FDA might go about regulating CBD

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CNBC) – FDA officials are hearing from executives at CBD companies, advocacy groups and researchers during an all-day meeting. Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb discusses the current landscape of CBD.

• Tiananmen Square shows China is a dictatorship we must not ignore

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – The 30th anniversary of the massacre at Tiananmen Square is a good time to face the truth about the Chinese communist totalitarian dictatorship. The real lesson is one almost no one wants to think about.

• Allen West: America needs to look after veterans

  SPEAKER: Allen West

  (Fox Business) – Lt. Col. Allen West on getting veterans access to quality health care and the border crisis.

• The Ghosts of D-Day

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – The battle is long over, but the fight against extremist illiberal politics is not.

• Gingrich: Trump wouldn’t need to ‘muscle’ Mexico if Congress did its job

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News)  – Newt Gingrich on the Federal Reserve, the potential tariffs against Mexico and border security.

• Don’t give our mutual friend Trump a hard time

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Times) – Britons sneer at the president, but America is in better shape than we are

• Chinese economy weakening due to trade tension

  SPEAKER: Gary Locke

  (Fox News) – Former U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke on the economic impact of tariffs.

• Two simple rules to start investing

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (CNBC) – Financial historian and Stanford professor Niall Ferguson admits he lost fifty percent on an investment he made in 2018. But he believes that kind of risk isn’t such a big a deal, so long as you don’t bet the house. Here’s his best advice on how to begin investing your money.

• No, the Gun Culture Won’t Always Win

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – After another mass shooting, this time in Virginia Beach, the world looks bleak. But hope is on the horizon.

• Remembering the heroes of D-Day

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – Seventy-five years ago this week, on June 6, 1944, 156,000 Allied Forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France.

• Growing confidence in the economy and the labor market

  SPEAKER: Scott Walker

  (The Washington Times) – During the past year, more people were employed in Wisconsin than ever before in the history of the state. Throughout the same time period, the unemployment rate was at or below the previous record low of 3 percent for 12 months in a row.

• The HELP Committee’s Fix For 180-Day Generic Marketing Exclusivity: Does It Solve The Problem?

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (Health Affairs) – The U.S. system for pricing drug innovation is forged on a careful balance between innovation and access. On the whole, American consumers consent to market-based pricing for novel drugs as a way to drive investment and reward scientific success. But no system is optimal. Too many patients struggle to obtain access to the resulting breakthroughs. Healthcare costs are straining public and private budgets.

• The Wisest Remedy Is Not Impeachment

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – If the Democrats move ahead, it will backfire.

• Poll results show Trump critics wrong to say he is an unacceptable outsider

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – Gallup has analyzed the mood of the American people and come up with warnings for both President Trump and his Democratic rivals.

• What the Mueller Report Actually Said

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – The special counsel pointed back to the words of his report. Here are its key findings.

• Are We Truly Earning the Sacrifice of Those Who Have Gone Before Us?

  SPEAKER: Allen West

  (CNS News) – It is the day after Memorial Day and pools are open, sales are over, and those hot dogs at the baseball parks are still awfully expensive. And yes, those who we honored yesterday still lie in their final duty stations. But the question is, what shall we do for the next 364 days until the next Memorial Day?

• The story of my new arms: An organ donor’s gift helped me recover from war injuries

  SPEAKER: John Peck

  (Salon) – An IED injury in Afghanistan left Marine Sgt. John Peck a quadruple amputee with prosthetics until this surgery

• Good-bye to My Pal, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (The Cut) – Since his appointment in May of 2017, Gottlieb has earned wide bipartisan support as a public-health advocate (also unexpected, given his previous ties to the pharmaceutical industry), due in large part to his efforts to curb the opioid epidemic, which he told CNN last year was the “biggest crisis” facing the FDA.

• Silicon Valley just lost a friend with the exit of Gottlieb from the FDA

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CNBC) – The departure of Scott Gottlieb from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday is a potential blow to Silicon Valley.

• Gottlieb sets a new standard for FDA commissioner

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (Modern Healthcare) – Dr. Scott Gottlieb has taken industry skeptics by surprise.

• Outgoing FDA chief Scott Gottlieb gets personal about leaving ‘the best job’ he’s ever had

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CNBC) – In his nearly two years at the helm of the FDA, Gottlieb advanced sweeping initiatives like making cigarettes minimally or non-addictive and approving generic drugs faster. He published roughly 175 commissioner statements and gave countless media interviews, helping raise the FDA’s stature and influence.

• Scott Gottlieb’s departure leaves the health of millions at stake

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (Washington Post) – ONE OF the Trump administration’s most competent, careful and effective senior officers will soon leave government. At stake is the health of millions of Americans.

• ‘Something very rare’: FDA’s Gottlieb aggressively tackled difficult issues

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (Politico) – FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who shocked Washington with news of his resignation on Tuesday, will leave the agency at the end of this month with a track record of activism and regulatory actions.

• Woman Thought Leader: Carly Fiorina

  SPEAKER: Carly Fiorina

  (PBS’s To The Contrary) – Carly Fiorina discusses Leadership and and her new book Find Your Way.

• The outbreak of the second Cold War

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Boston Globe) – Regular readers of this column will not have been surprised by the outbreak of the Second Cold War. Ever since President Trump imposed the first tariffs on Chinese imports last year, I have argued that the trade war between the United States and China would last longer than most people expected and that it would escalate into other forms of warfare.

• Newt Gingrich | The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (The Daily Wire) – Newt Gingrich, former U.S. Speaker of the House and best selling author of “Collusion: A Novel,” joins The Ben Shapiro Show to discuss China, Russia, the Mueller Report, Trump impeachment, Biden’s chances, welfare, the future of the country, and much more.

• Here’s what could be next for the UK after Theresa May leaves

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (CNBC) – Niall Ferguson, Hoover Institution,  joins CNBC to discuss the future of Brexit following Theresa May’s announcement that she will resign as U.K. prime minister on June 7th.

• Parents, the best graduation gift you can give your child is this

  SPEAKER: Stedman Graham

  (Fox News) – It’s that time of year when all across the country high school seniors will “move the tassel” and become high school graduates. For millions of these young men and women, the next stop will be college and preparing for their lives as adults.

• The Medal of Honor is a proud American tradition

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – For Memorial Day, I wanted to honor those who have served, fought and died for our country.

• Bank bailouts propped up the financial system. But we should never repeat them.

  SPEAKER: Sheila Bair

  (The Washington Times) – A decade after the massive government bailouts for Wall Street, some of the financial intelligentsia in New York and Washington no longer seem to view them as a bad thing.

• Trump’s Cover-Up Accelerates

  SPEAKER: David Frum

  (The Atlantic) – The president directed his attorney general to declassify information—raising the prospect of selective disclosures.

• Remembering those who never made it home

  SPEAKER: Scott Walker

  (The Washington Times) – Thank God for heroes like my friend Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Gary Wetzel. We are thankful that there are men and women like him who are willing to sacrifice everything to protect our great country.

• Carly Fiorina | The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special

  SPEAKER: Carly Fiorina

  (The Daily Wire) – Carly Fiorina, former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, 2016 presidential candidate, and best selling author of  “Find Your Way: Unleash Your Power And Highest Potential,” joins Ben to discuss women in the workplace, gender issues, the 2016 election, Trump, Biden, the Democrats, the future of the GOP, and much more.

• HUD Chief Ben Carson protects poor Americans and enforces the law – Why is that a problem?

  SPEAKER: Newt Gingrich

  (Fox News) – In a bold move, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson is both helping poor Americans and enforcing the law.

• China finds Trump does have a principle

  SPEAKER: Niall Ferguson

  (The Boston Globe) – Protectionism hurts Beijing more than the US, and plays well politically

• We need to make sure new drug cures don’t widen income gap for the poor

  SPEAKER: Scott Gottlieb

  (CNBC) – Science offers the chance to cure debilitating and once-intractable disorders like hemophilia and sickle cell disease. But we need to make sure the ability to access these therapies, or the risk that someone can be locked out of them, doesn’t widen gaps between the rich and poor.

• The World’s Most Adventurous Women 2019

  SPEAKER: Cristina Mittermeier

  (Men’s Journal) – LAST FALL, Mittermeier, a Mexican-born marine biologist turned photographer, was shooting some 50 orcas hunting a school of herring in a fjord in Norway when a pod of 50-foot humpback whales passed just feet away. “There is a part of me that wants to push through fear to get images nobody else has,” she says. “So I know that if I am a little terrified, I am probably in the right spot. That is what swimming with wild orcas is all about—a mix of terror and glee.”

• Meet the woman who elevated conservation photography to a whole new level

  SPEAKER: Cristina Mittermeier

  (Mother Nature Network) – It is no small task to take the good that can come of photography and turn it into a movement. But that’s just what Cristina Mittermeier has done with conservation photography.

• If you see someone struggling with mental illness, don’t turn away

  SPEAKER: Sanjay Gupta

  (CNN) – As soon as Kevin’s hands left the 4-foot-high railing of the Golden Gate Bridge, he felt “instantaneous regret.” He tried to maneuver his body so that he could land feet-first, knowing that would be his only chance of survival. Somehow, miraculously even, it worked.