weinberger.> she's the hostess and she's the mostest. >> turning each unreliable fragment in her mind as if seeing scenes from her life for the first time. >> i have marky all to myself. >> none of it made sense to michelle. hadn't they had it all? money, youth, happiness. what on earth caused him to chuck it all without as much as a note of explanation. >> november 1st was our three-year anniversary and a bit of a turning point for me. but prior to that i still believed wholeheartedly that he was going to send for me. and if he sent for me, i would have went with him. >> really? >> i would have, yes. and that day came and went with no phone call, no letter, nothing. and that made me realize that i needed to take care of myself and try to get back on my own two feet. >> mark was still alive. she knew that because, even though she hadn't heard from him since that brief phone call in greece, credit card statements were still coming in to their home in chicago. >> he's going to the biggest fashion h

weinberg and juergen kennedy in california. as a result, fdr appointed a business council on which he put the head, sidney weinberg. so he redeemed goldman and wall street in the eyes of fdr and the country in a way. by getting his friend, that he invested with and that invested with him to basically support the incoming president and his other writing on the t lease. that kind of thing has continued throughout time since. there's a tremendous of interlocking board memberships between institutions. and also a vast percentage of people in congress on stocks in companies. it doesn't take a lot of scientist to figure out how they related to policy. that those very, as people might be promoting. so that still happens. >> phil, portland, oregon. please go ahead with your question or comment for nomi prins. >> thank you c-span for taking my call. where to begin after all you said been . can the president get the 10 percent to pay the fare share tax? to reconstruct america's infrastructure? the mercer's, produce, waltons, they all lau

alvin weinberg, who ran the country's first nuclear power plant in oak ridge, tennessee, offers this solution. >> the nuclear future that i envision, the people around the plant have to be educated to a degree they haven't been so far. one suggestion i find somewhat attractive is this, utility installs a watt hour meter and goes around each month to see how much electricity there is. among the houses close by, why not install a radiation meter? i think we should train the people close by, say within the first five miles, first 10 miles. that is part of the price i think we will eventually have to pay for nuclear energy if it is going to grow. narrator: the price of nuclear energy was being debated on another level across the country. like other plants now under construction, the south texas nuclear project had a problem of dollars and cents. construction started four years ago. it's at least two years from completion and the original cost has doubled. a $1 billion cost overrun. graham payter works on the project. >> the original estimate was about $1 billion. $1.1 billion. this incre

productive they're expected to have further discussions tomorrow but the talks have a good hard weinberg since years in may's conservative party they fear any new plan that she presents will include much closer economic ties with the european union after that something they do not want. or joining me now is our very own july to pods she's on the story for us tonight in london good evening to you. how is the first of all how is the miracle visit to ireland how is that being received there in london. well it wasn't perceived at all really i think everybody is busy here with their own political infighting and finding a compromise between jeremy colvin and theresa may at the moment but of course it's priority for the u.k. to avoid hot blood between northern ireland and the republic of ireland at all costs and this visit from dublin was also about symbolism the symbolism that the european leaders standing together while may has to fine fight her own battles here at home alone and what about these cross party talks are we seeing any tangible progress there and what about this piece of legislat

alvin weinberg. >> sometime around the early 50s , that realization hit us like a tremendous thing. all of a sudden, you have in front of you the possibility of energy and man's future would -- ever since then, i personally and many others in the enterprise of had this idea that what they were doing was something that everyone should be immensely pleased with. here it is 25 years later and we turn out to be a bunch of heavies. >> are you an advocate of nuclear energy? >> yes, but i am an advocate of -- the way i put it, is that i believe nuclear energy is acceptable if we fix it in certain ways and i believe it needs fixing or there is a good chance that it will not survive. >> fix it? in the months ahead, scientists and engineers will be trying to make nuclear power safe. that means safer design, or scope of management of the plants, and even the sting of plants in remote areas. the fallout from three mile island will continue. nuclear opponents who would shut down every reactor in the country tonight simply are not in touch with our needs for tomorrow. nuclear advocates who would

thank you so much, mark weinberger, ey chairman and ceo.sides of the il-1 and infrastructure overhaul but no plans have been made. we are talking about that with former transportation secretary ray lahood. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television. i'm david westin. infrastructure was high on the list for president trump and the democrats as they came into office. not much has come from it so far but now nancy pelosi is set to sit down with the president next week to see if they can agree on a major joint infrastructure push. >> infrastructure and will be meeting with the president next week to talk about what the prospect is for the size, in terms of resources and scope of what that might be. two where i'm optimistically could accomplish. is someone whood knows infrastructure like few others. he served as chair of the transportation and infrastructure committee. during the obama administration, he was secretary of the department of transportation. he comes to us today from chicago.

and others on the doorstep of weinberger's trial.t like it and he said he didn't like it. he didn't advance any -- >> that's not controlling precedent. it just happens to be an analog that we can look to. you're right to point at that. but i think the point of fact is -- >> you mean the only analog, chris. let's not minimize the only precedent -- >> what about a supreme court decision? >> let me make another point about it and mueller didn't mention it. why didn't mueller put in the most on point example? >> you're ignoring what he did mention. on page 1 of the report he said -- he basically -- we can put it up, find the graphic, we'll put it back up for people, on page 1, look for it yourself, he says, look -- >> i've read page 1. >> i know you have. i depend on your intelligence, why i have better minds like you and sara on. i'm talking for people like me. he starts the report off by saying, look, we start this, taking the guidance of the doj. we went into it knowing he wasn't going to charge. that's what sara is getting at. but no

even before that sidney weinberg around the time of the crash in nb1929 was at goldman sachs as t wasasticipating in other things that basically conglomerations of stocks and other securities that might not be doing that while to get people to buy into them, but ultimately they lost all of their value when the market crashed in 1929 as the way that he thought he could get through yois was to become friends with the governor of new york and man named franklin and eleanor roosevelt who ultimately became the president and the country. why did he become president roosevelt? one of thero things he had witha bunch of people in the business community that he aggregated contradicted to his campaign so even though he's considered a traitor to his class every apathy if he followed the money back to thee original campaign coming into office is that sidney weinberg and another fellow for helping him to create money. as a result, they appointed a new council which they put at the head sidney weinberg so they have regained in the eyes of fdr in the country in any way by getting his friends that he an

are firing the fbi director -- >> the best analogy is presiden georgia hw bush pardoned caspar weinbergern the eve of his trial to stop the iran contra investigation. the special prosecutor that he did it for that reason. it can't be obstruction of justice if the president is acting within his authority. nixon obstructed justice becaus he was paying hush moneyel and telling them to like the fbi.ay he to hold people to go and deliver messages. it's not obstruction of justice. it was a holding a lack. atr to life of the grand jury, that would be obstruction of justice. this a new poll out. 60% of americans say they shoul not begin impeachment proceedings% and 37% say they should. your advice to your democratic fellas? >> they know you can't impeach unless you can find -- clinton was impeached for a crime that wasn't high. trump i have done something tha was high but it wasn't a crime. >> maxine waters still want -- >> and telling her all the time and she better start listening because it's going to come back and hurt the democratic party.i i'm a democrat. i'm a liberal. i want the constitut

contributed to his campaign so the reality into the initial coming to office is sidney weinberg and his father were hoping to create money, kennedy in california and as a result of pr appointed a new council at the time so he has redeemed in a way by getting his friends that he invested with to basically support the incoming president. that kind of thing has continued throughout times in. there's a tremendous amount between institutions and a vast percentage one stocks and companies that it doesn't take a rocket scientist to find out how they are related to policy and that the congress might be promoting so but still happens. >> host: please go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. i will put this out as a football question. 2020 can a president get a person to pay a fair share tax to reconstruct america's infrastructure. they laugh in america's face and try to keep as much money as they can. can a president get 10% without creating a civil war. >> guest: that is an>> interesting question because under this administration was we kind of gone t

coming up on balance of power, mark weinberger, ui chairman and steel inlix conversation with the huxleyceo, next. ♪ ♪ david: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york, i'm david westin. welcome to "balance of power," where the world of politics meets the world of business. on the briefs today, shaun donovan on u.s. china trade tuesdayt to resume next and the growing confrontation over white house officials participating in investigations. mnuchin andsteven robert lighthizer will be going to beijing next tuesday. is this all over but the shouting? shawn: we have been in this end game for a while. we know they are getting close to something. we do not know when the end of the end game will come, but this is a great time when they are getting closer. we are also hearing a move to try to wrap this up, to get a draft deal done by the end of may. the hope is robert lighthizer and steven mnuchin in beijing next week will now down a few things. that will cause a return visit the week after i the chinese vice premier

down the iran-contra investigation by pressing for pardons for six reagan people, including casper weinberger, the independent counsel, lawrence walsh said, you just killed my investigation. he said this was like a saturday night massacre. you remember the old "new york times" late columnist william sapphire whom we both knew. he called barr in those days the coverup general. >> that's true. you just invoked ronald reagan, which reminds me that after a major chapter in the reagan presidency that resulted in a commission and a report, he came out and said in effect, we're going to make changes as a result of this. >> that's the way it is supposed to happen. anyone who remembers ronald reagan -- after the tower report. >> john tower of texas. >> for the younger people who don't remember this. very critical of reagan and his management methods. reagan went on tv from the oval office, looked into the camera and said, you know, i made mistakes, i'm going to try to learn from this. i'm going to change the way i do business. and he did. there was modesty there. compare that to donald trump in the la

pardon six former members of the reagan administration, including former defense secretary casper weinbergerwas set to go to trial for allegedly lying to congress. the pardons, at barr's urging, essentially shut down the independent counsel's investigation, leading some to call it a miscarriage of justice. in 2001, barr was asked about the pardons. his response, the iran-contra ones, i certainly did not oppose any of them. also telling in barr's history is this 19-page unsolicited memo barr wrote to the justice department in june last year before trump nominated him. in it barr criticizes the mueller investigation, calling mueller's obstruction of justice theory "fatally misconceived." >> this is what he was hired to do, which was to protect the president, but it is deeply concerning. >> reporter: back in 2017, barr also raised eyebrows, telling "the new york times" there was more basis for investigating the sale of uranium between the u.s. and russia while hillary clinton was secretary of state than the trump campaign's alleged collusion with russia, but when barr said it, the fbi had alrea

. >>> more about the study and the possible solution with michael weinberg. thank you so much for being here. a very sobering report out today. were you surprised by the numbers? >> yeah and the point in time concept, the 28,000 is low. that is just the people we can find on one night. over the course of the year, we estimated two or three times that many people experience homelessness in the bay area . >> it is so big. we have this information now, how can the bay area effectively everett addressed this crisis? >> we have got to remember, the solution to homelessness in california is homes. this is a part of the housing affordability crisis but there are other things as well. in terms of delivering services to people who need them and one of the things we are really excited about is that governor gavin newsom has made this a big priority and is looking to provide more state funding and more coordination on this issue. >> it really is about coordination. at least that is what the study points to. it seems to be a regional approach. what does that mean? >> we

pardon six former members of the reagan administration, including former defense secretary casper weinbergergedly lying to congress. the pardons at barr's urging essentially shut down the independent counsel's investigation, leading some to call it a miscarriage of justice. in 2001, barr was asked about the pardons. his response? the iran/contra ones i certainly did not oppose any of them. also telling in barr's history is this 19-page unsolicited memo barr wrote to the justice department in june last year before trump nominated him. in it, barr criticizes the mueller investigation calling mueller's obstruction of justice fate lally misconceived. >> it's what he was hired to do which is to protect the president. but it is deeply concerning. >> reporter: back in 2017, barr also raised eyebrows telling "the new york times" there was more basis for investigating the sale of uranium between the u.s. and russia while hillary clinton was secretary of state than the trump campaign's alleged collusion with russia. but when barr said it, the fbi had already investigated the uranium one deal and no ev

pardon six former members of the reagan administration, including former defense secretary caspar weinberger, who was set to go to trial for allegedly lying to congress. the pardons at barr's urging essentially shut down the independent counsel's investigation, leading some to call it a miscarriage of justice. in 2001, barr was asked about the pardons. his response? the iran/contra ones i certainly did not oppose any of them. also telling in barr's history is this 19-page unsolicited memo barr wrote to the justice department in june last year before trump nominated him. in it, barr criticizes the mueller investigation, calling mueller's obstruction of justice theory fatally misconceived. >> this is what he was hired to do, which was to protect the president. but it is deeply concerning. >> reporter: back in 2017, barr also raised eyebrows, telling the "new york times" there is more basis for investigating the sale of uranium between the u.s. and russia while hillary clinton was secretary of state than the trump campaign's alleged collusion with russia. but when barr said it, the fbi had alre

bush to pardon caspar weinberger. he did that to stop the investigation. the special prosecutor said he did it to stop the investigation and yet nobody suggested obstruction of justice because the president has the power to pardon and the president has the power to fire. so you can't both have the power to do it under the constitution and that be the act that gives rise to an obstruction of justice. >> look, just to be clear, alan's position is a minority position in the legal community. >> but it's right. >> it may be right but it's a minority position in the legal community but let me ask you this, allan. >> sure. >> what about the fact that he according to the report is telling mcgahn to lie. is that a little bit different? that's not about firing, right? >> yeah, no, you're right. if he told mcgahn to lie to a federal official, that's what nixon did, and nixon was guilty of obstruction. if there were evidence that the president told some subordinate to lie to a government official -- >> what if he just said to lie. >> no. that's not obstruction of just

bush granted a christmas eve pardon to former defense chief caspar weinberger and five other reagan officialsush called it an act of healing. the iran/contra prosecutor called it the completion of a cover-up. >> "the new york times" reported at the time, it was accused as a cover-up, and the president was consulting on those very christmas eve pardons with attorney general bill barr. i want to bring in u.s. solicitor general neal katyal. thanks for joining me tonight. >> thank you. >> i want to get to several things, but starting with this big news, your view of both the announcement of thursday as a time to get the redacted report, whether that raises any questions, and how you view that more broadly with mr. barr's approach thus far. >> color me skeptical. i think there is reasons to doubt barr's up and upness on this. so it's not just that he wrote a 19-page memo last summer saying that trump basically couldn't obstruct justice on a really flimsy legal theory, it's not just that he cleared the president of obstruction of justice in 48 hours when it took mueller two years and he didn't make

pardoned weinberger on the eve of the iran-contra trial.ou cannot obstruct justice if you engage in a constitutionally authorized act. as far as obstruction is concerned, when the framers of our constitution debated the impeachment criteria, they rejected ideas of corruption and demanded for a president to be preached, he had to be guilty of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. steyer can point to specific high crimes and misdemeanors, they are going to fall into the clinton trap. clinton was wrongly in peace. clinton may have committed a crime, but it was not a high crime. what president trump may have done was maybe high, but it was not a crime. it should be difficult to prosecute somebody for a crime. unfortunately, we have laws like obstruction of justice that are loose and open ended. every civil libertarian should be concerned about open-ended laws that are capable of being used in a discretionary way against people you don't like. i asked the viewers to ask yourself, if hillary clinton were president, and it came