would do that and even james underestimated ben. james did not want to see how brilliant his brother was, so he did not. anybody else? >> would you talk about elisha cook? stephen: he is a fascinating figure. he is our founding grandfather. he started the boston caucus, the original boston caucus, the first political machine in america in 1719 through 1721 is when it came to full power. elisha cook was a wealthy person. his father had always resented, when england canceled the first charter that gave them so much power, fix their own governor and make their own laws, hands off approach towards massachusetts, when that went away and was replaced by the new charter, which gave them a royal governor imposed by england and took away a lot of the autonomy, elisha cook senior was outraged. really he was estranged from england and passed it down to his son. although elisha cook would have told you he was a subject of the crown, did not feel like it and did not talk like it. elisha cook junior took up the cause and dedicated the rest of his

ben vereen. hello, ben.ank: and the variety club orchestra, so lovingly conducted for many years by our dear friend, nelson riddle, tonight, under the direction of mr. nick perito. [applause] ♪ host: welcome to our "all-star party for dutch reagan." ♪ [inaudible] [laughter] frank: the music says it all, ladies and gentlemen. this is a lovely way to spend an evening. tonight marks a very special celebration for variety clubs. we started out by honoring the big duke, john wayne, and here we are honoring duke's pal, dutch. tonight we honor the only man from our community who ever wound up living in public housing. [laughter] frank: and for tonight's guests, i am happy to say, the rules of protocol have been relaxed. tonight, he is dutch. and if anyone can't handle that, you can call him mr. dutch. and that's ok. [laughter] frank: as for nancy, do as i do. call her "beautiful." [applause] frank: by the way, dutch, you've got a lot of friends here tonight. some of the white house press corps, who will be served t

ben stiller is on the show.ove ben stiller i've known him for a while you know, that was my big "snl," that was my big breakout show, was "the ben stiller show. >> right >> jimmy: because of ben >> he's done that for a lot of people >> jimmy: he said -- yeah. he said -- he goes, "have you heard this new kid, sandler? and everyone was like, "yeah, we know we auditioned and then we hired him for the show we know who he is. he's like, "you should do sandler. i'm like, "we'll see this is brand new. it's only like my third show or something like that. and it's like, so that night i did "sandler and celebrity jeopardy" and i also did "weekend update. i did impressions with colin quinn, and that was -- and then i got all sorts of phone calls and fun stuff. it was super fun i'll never forget that that was awesome thank you, ben stiller we're going to talk about his show "escape room." that's airing this thursday on nbc for red nose day with him and jack black and lisa kudrow and courteney cox. it's like a mini "friends"

trump: thank you, ben. mr. ross: it is because of jeff plotner's guiding hand, the passion of the entire brackish team, and the leadership of this country that we are being recognized here today. i am humbled to be in this garden today with such an amazing group of individuals making such a difference during these unprecedented times. congratulations to you all, and thanks so much for all y'all are doing. i have no doubt that the united states of america will soar above this, and come out stronger and more grateful for family, friends, community, and this nation. because we all know we're all in this together, and only together will we be able to curb coronavirus. thank you. pres. trump: thank you. great job. thank you very much. mr. ross: thank you, sir. pres. trump: fantastic. and i like that tie very much, by the way. today we also honor sergeant spencer garrett, an officer with the new york pd that's new york's finest, that's for sure right? who contracted the coronavirus. after four weeks of fighting a pai

even ben inker might be able to love. ben, karlton, al, great ideas. barron's.com and don't forget to follow us on twitter @barron's online. that's all for us. wear your masks, see you knecht ♪ ♪ >> from the fox studios in new york city, this is maria bartiromo's "wall street." maria: and happy weekend to all. welcome to the program that analyzes the week that was and helps position you for the week ahead. i'm maria bartiromo. thanks so much for joining us this weekend. coming up, rwr adviser groups ceo roger robinson is here to talk about china and the u.s. capital markets. then later, my exclusive interview with the ceo of delta airlines on how long he expects the recovery to take as now this weekend all 50 states are reopening in some phases. all that coming up. but first, playing hardball with

even ben inker might be able to love. ben, karlton, al, great ideas.arron's.com and don't forget to follow us on twitter @barron's online. that's all for us. wear your masks, see you knecht >> i'm maria bartiromo from fox business and fox news channel. tonight america's versus china a deep dive into china's communist threat to america and our democratic nations. coronavirus has been a wake-up call to china's deceptive behavior but i have been tracking china's rapid economic growth and its goals for years on my programs and the information i have obtained through exclusive conversations with top business and world leaders will shock you. the novel coronavirus ripped through the world in earl 2020. first wuhan in december 2019, a city of 11 million people, out of the 1.3 billion in china.

even ben inker might be able to love. ben, karlton, al, great ideas.m and don't forget to follow us on twitter @barron's online. that's all for us. wear your masks, see you knecht lou: good evening, everybody. this just in: fbi director christopher wray today announced that the fbi conduct an internal revenue -- review, rather, of how the bureau conducted the michael flynn investigation. that review will begin with the interview of general flynn which was carried out on january 24th of 2017 in the white house by disgraced fbi agent peter strzok, agent joe pientka. an interview from which the fbi's original 302 report summarizing what was said in the interview has, well, it's gone missing in the fbi of

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jack: that's a good point, ben.dicators will you be looking for to suggest maybe the rest of the economy can catch up? >> well, the first thing we have to watch is jobs, and i don't mean the payroll report that's going to come out next week. we want to watch jobless claims. they've been getting less bad ever week. we'd like to see that trend continue. the other thing i want to watch is consumer confidence. it's bad right now, but if you look inside the numbers, the outlook isn't too bad at all. so i think you need to see that outlook hold up. if that starts to suffer, maybe the consumer doesn't start spending again, and that can really prolong this down turn. jon on the other hand, ben, i like hearing you say something positive, that the numbers don't look that bad, because viewers will remember that back in january before we'd ever heard of covid-19, you were warning a little bit about the economy. carlton, i want you to talk about this week's "barron's" cover story which is the outlook for that all-important consu

and later, a special virtual sunday sitdown with ben stiller. ben and i got together over zoom for a touching, funny conversation about his late father, the great jerry stiller, who many of you know from "seinfeld" and who fapassed awa just two weeks ago. >> i have to say it's been really heart warming to see how much he touched people, how beloved by people he was. i knew that but, you know, really when something like this happens, you really feel it. >> a sunday sitdown with ben stiller. >>> plus, a life well lived a bit later in the show. >>> let's begin this morning with scenes of packed beaches and pools across the country now that the unofficial start to summer is here. nbc's kathy park is in new york's coney island. kathy, good morning. >> reporter: willie, good morning to you. for the first time in months more americans are leaving their homes heading outside, and a lot of them are making their way to the nearest beach, but as the nation tries to bounce back safely, not everyone is playing by the rules. this memorial day weekend alarming

ben, you got a much more well known brand to talk about. >> that's right.ocks that had underperformed the s&p 500 but not by so much that you had to worry about whether they were going to be around in the future. and one that stood out was coca-cola. it's down around 20% this year, so twice as much as the s&p 500, but that's partially because of the exposure to restaurants. now that restaurants are going to slowly start reopening, we should see that business start to come back a bit, and it's still a great staple company. it still sells stuff that people want. i think it's an interesting one to rook at right now. jack: great ideas. thanks very much. to read more, check out this week's edition at barron's.com, and don't forget to follow us on twitter @barron's online. that's all for us, tonight" sta. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody, and breaking news on capitol hill where the house of representatives is debating a $3 trillion economic stimulus bill, a massive, pork-laden travesty only thinly disguised as a wuhan virus relief bill shamelessly put forward by

ben, you got a much more well known brand to talk about. >> that's right.t had underperformed the s&p 500 but not by so much that you had to worry about whether they were going to be around in the future. and one that stood out was coca-cola. it's down around 20% this year, so twice as much as the s&p 500, but that's partially because of the exposure to restaurants. now that restaurants are going to slowly start reopening, we should see that business start to come back a bit, and it's still a great staple company. it still sells stuff that people want. i think it's an interesting one to rook at right now. jack: great ideas. thanks very much. to read more, check out this week's edition at barron's.com, and don't forget to follow us on twitter @barron's online. that's all for us, (announcer) the following is a sponsored program for prostagenix, furnished by prostatereport.com. (upbeat music) ♪ hi, this is larry king. over 30 million men in america have prostrate problems. i know, i was one of them. and all these natural prostate supplements like the ones i ha

the oil price that that seems like a kindergarten play to consider considering what's going on now ben let me go to you the same question a you or an l because that will really dictate what kind of policy is necessary to get out of this lump go ahead ben. well i think policy has a lot to do with what type of shape it is so right now we're in a flat line and that's because we have a shutdown orders that are essentially telling people not to produce so the question is when shutdown orders are lifted what is normal economic activity and recovery look like and i don't think it looks like a b. because that wouldn't buy that we're going back to the economic role we all lived in at the start of the year but the virus is still going to be with us so opening back up means taking account of that and weighing that in our economic transactions so restaurants working at half capacity or 3rd capacity whatever customers and entrepreneurs do you say airlines that much less than capacity all of these things going to abide by bouncing back to where we were now i think what's important is that we don't h

i will not stand here while you tear poor ben down the way that jay tore me down, and, ben, were your gold? -i need to know. -i was blue. i wanted to feel like an avatar. ben, i'm sorry. phil and alex are right. you don't deserve to be treated this way. thank you, claire. you know, i -- -not finished. i am doing to you... -ben: oh. ...exactly what my father did to me and phil. no one was good enough for his little girl, and... and i suppose nobody's good enough for mine. but, honey, i've been where you are right now, and i'm the last person who should be making it harder for you. i'm...i'm so sorry. and i'm sorry i left the sex painting for you to find. if it makes you feel any better, we faked it. ben was so freaked out, he couldn't perform. -doesn't make me feel any better. -that helps a lot. ♪ i do believe i have been changed for the better ♪ i still don't understand why she's green. elphaba: ♪ because i knew you glinda: ♪ because i knew you both: ♪ because i knew you ♪ i have been cha-a-a-a-a-nged ♪ (voice breaking) they used to be so close. -you okay? -♪ for good -what happened

ben axler joins us now. take us through where you got the idea for this short position, and how it worked out. ben: thank you for having me on. we wanted to look at deals that were struck pre-pandemic that potentially aggressive or high valuations. company in to this the cybersecurity space. they had agreed to be acquired by advent $433 a share. transaction,the proxy statements that were disclosed, background to the transaction, it became evident that some forward-looking guidance may not have ventured with prospective buyers, and management did not disclose q1 2020 guidance that looked worse than what the street projected. subsequently, last week, when the company put out their guidance, it was even worse than anyone expected. that gave us some real concern that the transaction could be delayed. we felt the market was ascribing too low a probability that a deal could break. we thought it was a good risk reward to be short the stock. subsequently we have seen the transaction be put on hold by some litigation

ben's point there the u.s. economy is at a weak state now because of coronavirus how do you predict coronavirus shaping these talks george. well i think ben is absolutely correct both countries need this trade deal more than they did even a few months ago when this he said everyone was quite excited about it we've left the european union we've eliminated china we've eliminated russia we badly need a good trade deal with the united states ditto the united states and economies no unemployment for example a higher percentage of unemployment than the how during the great depression of the 1930 s. saw i don't think anyone will let anything fundamental stand in the way of concluding this trade deal me i'm waiting for my ford mustang which i have. lovingly wished for all of my life and i'm hoping to get one when we get the trade deal on really is that's no joke. no joke at all for my life wanted a ford mustang hoping it will be much more affordable once the trade deal is come close to it and now george as we were work

because ben white really needs a haircut. his hair barely fits in the shop at this point. that's the number one reason i want things to reopen. but, number two, fed chair powell is obviously -- he wants things to reopen. he wants to regain strength. but what's really important to remember, he can't control that. the fed may have more ammo. but the fed can't print jobs. the fed can't create earnings. so ben made the point earlier, things are reopening in an abbreviated way but it doesn't necessarily mean there is this massive pent-up demand and people are going to race out and be shopping and buying. we're a consumer-based economy, right? you got to be spending. for me, the biggest thing that stood out today, though, i realize these are politicians. and they ask political questions. we didn't get the questions asked or answered that we need about oversight. and that's why you call these guys to come testify, right? we know that the small business program, ppp, has already put out over $600 billion, and we do not know who got t

nbc correspondent and ben white, "politico" correspondent and host of the podcast. exactly the two people i want to talk this all over with. ben, let me start with you. two sort of main characters today. i want to start with you. mnuchin. we just heard a little of what he had to say there. but his message, it seemed the message he wanted to deliver here had to do with reopening the economy. obviously, that's the president's preferred message on this. mnuchin talking about the risk

i will come back to you, ben.gway writing about a meeting barack obama two weeks before he left office with joe biden, also with let's see here, jim comey, susan rice, the national security advisor and the acting ag. and e-mail says president obama said he wants to be sure that as we engage with the incoming team, the trump people, that we are mindful to ascertain is there any reason we cannot share information fully as relates to slusrussia. molly says it's part of an effort to target flynn and push the idea of russian collusion. what does the e-mail actually prove? >> it proves we need to ask question of former president obama and joe biden about what that meeting entailed, about what they were thinking in this time. this opens up a lot of questions and that was the meeting where they found out james comey was circumventing normal practices when it came to going through the white house counsel before interviewing michael flynn. this creates i think a question that really needs to be asked of the democratic presu

ben smith will be here to explain what he found. and then later dan abrams will be here. he'll share why he decided to publish a new column by matt lauer. lauer went ahead and reinvestigated some of the accusations against him. let's begin by looking into the future. what will historians say about this moment? how will history books record this time? well nobody knows for sure, but i think we've already seen heroes emerge and also some villains in the midst of this pandemic. this weekend the "new york times," which likes to think of itself as the first rough draft of history, is trying to fight coronavirus fatigue and pay proper tribute to those we lost. today's front page is a list of american covid-19 victims. it goes on and on for three more pages. names and brief descriptions of 1,000 lives lost. the total here, the thousand, is just 1% of the nearly 100,000 confirmed dead in america. i think the history books decades from now will grapple with a lot. they'll grapple with the differing death rates from country to country. the deadly differences between early safety me

i'm looking for ben. where is ben young ben. ben, by the way, from guilford, connecticut.r you bought them because of a guy you want to be just like, al roker. ben, do you mind if i bring al roker in to say hey? >> yes >> there he is. >> hi, ben how are you, buddy >> hi, mr. roker hi. >> i love your glasses they are fantastic i understand you just turned 11, bud. >> yes, i just did. >> well, happy birthday. you keep being a weather person. >> al, just so you know, he's got a whole weather setup at his house. i mean, this is -- he's no joke, man. he's got all the gear. we got a picture up. >> look at this. >> he's got it all set up. roker, do you think there's room for him here >> absolutely. if i go down, ben, you are the first one we're calling. >> all right, ben. well, we're happy you're with us, ben. did you enjoy meeting al >> take care, buddy. >> yes thank you. >> happy birthday. >> by the way, how sweet is ben. >> what a nice guy >> ben, you rock thank you, ben can we have one more look at our big board? >> i see the bryson-day family wearing the curly w. >> yvonne,

ben, i'm going to start with you.ording to the textbook, the value of stocks is based on future cash flows. and with interest rates so low, of course, those future cash flows are a little more valuable. add that to the fact that this coronavirus crisis presumably will pass over a couple quarters, and that he's eye academically at least the stock market should be rallying. to you buy that? >> -- do you buy that? >> i think the market in some ways have lost its mind, but there's so much money out there right now. the fed's dumped money and the government's put money, and now we're seeing this good news in terms of reopening. and, you know, it's as if we can just look past, the market is looking past all the bad stuff right now to a time when everything is back to normal. and if we can get back to normal, if earnings can get back to the trajectory they were on before, if the economy can get back to the trajectory it was on before, then the market make makes complete sense. i'm just not that optimistic. jack: because you

this is what ben writes.she brought a divide self but if she herself was one with her age, her greatest themes stood apart from im. our struggle written that metaphor consistent give thing thing a name that belongs to something else. and sontag showed how metaphor formed and then deformed the self. how language could console and could destroy. how representations could comfort while also being on scene. why even a great interpreter ought to be against interpretation. and she warned against the mystifyication of portraits pord those of biographers which is a nice sort of wonderful pen to the kind of extent and limits of biography and the opens the door. so, with that lovely last paragraph, let me just open -- there may be in other people besides me who want to ask questions of ben. [applause] >> the question was if susan sontag could read my book what would she have to say. i can just tell you i don't now but definitely something i thought about 24 hours a day. i wanted her t feel fairly treat to feel a certai

we talked to ben watson former nfl player and he weighed in on just that. take a listen. >> the reason why these things started happened because george floyd was killed by a police officer. i think you'll see an end to this type of unrest and that's uncomfortable for everybody. police officers do great work. look, we want our police officer s to be safe, but people are tired of seeing things happen over and over again and you're seeing enough. look some people aren't there for that. let's be clear. some people are there simply to cause problems. they are not part of the solution. those people need to get out of there before the rest of us that care about this country for the rest of us that want things to be better, for the rest of us that really want to see truth and seek justice that's what we need to do. pete: yeah, so people are left on their own guys we have the footage of the gentleman in dallas who had a machete trying to defend his business' neighborhood and a mob descended on him stomping on him sending him to critical condition in a hospital and y

today, flowers are strewn along sand dollar beach to remember ben. some placed a piece of the surf board near the growing memorial. all beaches in the area one mile north and one mile south of where the attack happened are now closed. they will remain closed until may 14th. ben was attacked within 100 yards of show near sand dollar beach. paramedics tried to resuscitate him. but he died on the peach. >> people should always have respect and a small amount of fear for the ocean. i would say if people are going to be in the ocean, it's good to check with a lifeguard prior to entering the water for information about the area. >> rangers say shark attacks are extremely rare. in fact the last time there was a fatal shark attack here in california was back in 2012. we still don't know yet what type of shark i was that attacked ben but i just talked to a gentleman who said just 20 minutes ago here off the coast of sea cliff they spotted a shark breach. reporting live, marianne favro. >> this is the sechbts shark attack in santa cruz county. 97% of sharks an

good morning, ben. >> good morning. griff: what do you make as we wake up after a fifth night of violence and destruction? >> well, i think my message is more for america, actually, and when we watch what's going on and when we see everything that's happening, we all have a reaction. but a full look in the mirror -- a fool looks in the mirror and walks away unchanged. this is a time in america that is very, very important. we would be foolish to walk away from this time unchanged. it's uncouple bent upon all of us to address why these things happen. we need to seek truth, all of us need to seek truth, not what our pride tells us, not our opinion about ourselves or someone else, we need to see truth and justice. justice comes in many forms. we're seeing an outcry from america that is lacking truth, lacking justice. how are we going to move forward? what are we going to do now to prevent these things from happening again? pete: what are we going to do to prevent these things from happening again, ben? because i like what

pete: what are we going to do to prevent these things from happening again, ben? because i like what you had to say, but there's not a whole lot of protesters looking in the mirror right now and the police are looking in the mirror saying i want to go home at night and i'm having bricks and molotov cocktails thrown at me. what is next? >> well, i think they are looking in the mirror. i think they are america's mirrors. the reason why these things started happened because george floyd was killed by a police officer. when those things stop happening i think you will see an end to this type of unrest. and that's uncomfortable for everybody. police officers do great work. look, we want our police officers to be safe. but people are tired of seeing these things happen over and over again. and you're seeing an outcry. some people are there for that. let's be clear. some people are there simply to cause problems. they're not part of the solution. those people need to get out of this. but for the rest of us that care about this country, for the rest of us that want things