Thursday, October 18, 2007

Thursday Night Lineup

***PLEASE NOTE THAT CNBC'S KUDLOW & COMPANY HAS MOVED TO ITS NEW 7PM TIME SLOT***

On tonight's program:

CNBC's Bob Pisani will get us started with a report from the NYSE.

THE MARKETS & ECONOMY...On to debate what lies ahead are Fritz Meyer, senior investment officer with A I M Advisors; Michael Ozanian, Forbes Magazine Senior Editor; and Jerry Bowyer, chief economist at Benchmark Financial Network/NRO contributor.

CHARLIE RANGEL ON TAXES...CNBC chief Washington correspondent John Harwood will discuss what the House Ways & Means Committee Chairman is cooking up on Capitol Hill.

Also joining us...Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) will discuss what's going on with spending and taxes.

WASHINGTON TO WALL STREET DEBATE...On to duke it out over all the latest from Washington are Leonard Burman, Senior Fellow at the Urban Institute and Chris Edwards, tax director at the Cato Institute and author of Downsizing the Federal Government.

IRAN & RUSSIA...Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, will weigh in with his perspective.

TACKLING GLOBAL TERRORISM & A NUCLEAR AL QAEDA...On to discuss the unthinkable are Dan Yergin, chairman of Cambridge Energy Research Associates; Frank Gaffney, president of the Center for Security Policy; and Steve Emerson, NBC terrorism analyst and author of Jihad Incorporated: A Guide to Militant Islam in the US.

Please join us at 7pm ET on CNBC for another free market edition of Kudlow & Company.