arnie sorenson, the ceo of marriott.is lodging conference on the other side of times square, to you, melissa. >> stay dry, simon. it's like a monsoon through. good to see you. simon hobbs. all right. so let's trade this thing karen, where do you stand on the hotel space? >> i like hertz, actually, the best of all. i think i love that dollar thrifty acquisition for them. marriott is not bad. >> what do you normally order when you order room service? >> french onion soup, and a bottle of dom. it depends on who i'm with. maybe you want to find out. >> oh! >> let's move on here. time now for our top three trades for tuesday. traders around the world are watching japan as the hottest trade on the planet continues to cool off in recent weeks. let's send it over to get the look at how the session in asia is shaping up so far this morning. sri? >> hello, melissa. i think we're in for another rough day. expect morselling on the nikkei. that's what the futures market is certainly telling us. so at the market close, the official ma

and later, marriott international ceo arnie sorenson speaks at the chief financial officers conference. >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in 1979, brought to you as a public service by your television provider. >> this week "the communicators" is at the cable show in washington d.c. where we interview leaders of two large communications companies, cox communications and espn. >> host: well, now we want to introduce you here on "the communicators" to pat esser. mr. esser is president of cox communications. if you would, start by giving us a snapshot of cox communications. >> guest: cox communications, we just celebrated our 50th anniversary of a company. we're a private company, part of cox enterprises, our larger parent entity. we serve about six million commercial and residential customers across the country, about ten million households. we're a telecommunications, broadband, video, voice -- as i said earlier -- business and residential services. and i think we're known, our commitment to our people, our commitment to our customers and investments we've made in our comm

and later, marriott international ceo arnie sorenson speaks at the chief financial officers conference >> c-span, created by america's cable companies in