so chris blackwell came back and he's booming the town., see, now i'm happy. that is just beautiful. nice place to grow up? >> it is. >> what's it like being a kid? >> my childhood days i used to spend on the beach. >> that's good. who gets to do that? >> i guess only me and my friends. >> do you ever take it for granted, do you ever get -- >> we do. >> do you? >> we do. the thing about it, when we really need it, that's the time we can't have it, you know? a lot of our waterfronts have been gone. we have very little right now. you know, it's okay. we have james bond beach like ten minutes walk from here, so at least we're one of the lucky ones. ahh... summer is coming. and it's time to get outside. pack in even more adventure with audible. with the largest selection of audiobooks. audible lets you follow plot twists off the beaten track. or discover magic when you hit the open road. with the free audible app, your stories go wherever you do. and for just $14.95 a month you get a credit, good for any audiobook. if you don't like it exchang

next speaker, please. >> claire blackwell, charles defarge, jeff snocks. >> i'm claire blackwell, lifelong resident of san francisco. i'm here to hold the sfmta to its promise for protected bike lanes on townsend street. growing up, my parents never considered allowing me to bike to school or to friends houses across the city. i'm so grateful that sfmta's push to construct the bike lines, which has allowed me to feel safe riding in the city. this is why i'm bringing you my concerns about the decision to drop protected bike lanes on townsend street. it's one of the most dangerous streets for cyclists and i fear for my friends and co-workers. as a new rider, i feel consistently unsafe navigating townsend with high volumes of traffic and vehicles cutting into the lanes i'm reading in. my safety as well as my friends depends on the projects. my concern about the sfmta dropping a project is greater than my concern about townsend in particular. now that i've seen a plan be dropped, how can i trust you will followthrough on your vision zero goals or protecting other bike lane projects. if you car

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. good saturday to you. president trump plans to keep his date with vladimir putin in helsinki, and he says he will ask the russian president about russian meddling. but despite the fact that the mueller investigation, the indictment brought 112 new charges against 12 russian operatives yesterday, president trump is still not categorically saying that russia meddled in the 2016 presidential elections. let's take a look at what he has said over time. >> well, we'd be talking about meddling, and i will absolutely bring that up. there won't be a perry mason here, i don't think, but you never know what happens, right? but i will absolutely, firmly ask the question. >> that was president trump in the uk on friday talking about his meeting monday with vladimir putin and russia's meddling in the 2016 election. they've talked about this before, during both the g-20 meeting in germany last july and again in november at the apec summit in vietnam. after each meeting, president trump said putin sincerely denied the cla

we got victor paul -- victor blackwell to go and he enjoyed it.t and antiques and i was watching the game but he had a good time. tame day two of the greatest players ever what could be their last world cup ever. end of an er, perhaps? ronaldo will be 38 when the next world cup happens in 2022 in qatar and messi will be 39. arthritis ran into a buzz saw and perhaps we witnessed the passing of the torch. look at france's 19-year-old, the fastest man on the planet. became the second teenager ever to score multiple goals in a world cup knockout stage game. the other being the legend pele who did it in 1958. france advances and it was a party in paris. safe to say the city of lights was lit. now uruguay played lights out for ronaldo. they scored two goals and the second in the 62nd minute that solidified his nation's 2-1 victor and advancing them to the quarterfinals in second time in half a century. but he suffered an injury late in the game and look at this display of sportsmanship. that is day two of the knockout stage begins as david versus goliat

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell.orning to you. >> so listen, this morning we know all 17 victims of the missouri duck boat crash have been identified. a team from the ntsb says it could take up to a year for details to be released. >> this happened in table rock lake, branson, missouri, a memorial was held for the 17 victims. the ship sank in hurricane-like winds of almost 70 miles per hour. this morning a mother who lost nine family members including her three children. she says the decision to try and beat an approaching storm may have cost her relatives their lives. >> there's big, huge waves, choppy. everybody start getting like, hey, this is a little bit too much. then it got really choppy and big swells of water started coming into the boat. then a huge wave swept over. when the wave swept over, the last thing i heard my sister-in-law yell was "grab the baby." >> reporter: that's when the boat started sinking. >> my head pushed up to the top of the water, and i lost control. i couldn't see anybody. i know it wa

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell.py saturday to you. >>> jury selection begins next week in the first trial for the special counsel's russia investigation. prosecutors will present the case against president trump's former campaign chairman, paul manafort. >> manafort faces numerous counts of money laundering and tax fraud related to his prior lobbying work for ukraine's pro-russian government. cnn's jessica schneider has more on what the highly anticipated trial will look like. >> reporter: paul manafort will soon emerge from his jail cell to face a judge and jury inside a virginia courtroom. >> just won the primary process with a record number of votes. >> reporter: the man who served for five months as donald trump's campaign chairman now faces 25 criminal charges in two separate cases in virginia and washington, d.c., amounting to a maximum of 305 years in prison if convicted on all counts. manafort lost his fight to move this week's trial away from alexandria, virginia, which is just across the potomac from washi

i'm diane gallagher. >> i'm victor blackwell. the trump administration is facing several court orders to reunite migrant children with their families. they were supposed to make sure every parent should have a way to contact that child. they say their clients have not spoken to the krield at all. >> the government has until tuesday to make sure every child is reunited with their family. every family must be reunited. so as the deadlines get closer, u.s. officials are asking the court for more time to comply. >> all of this confusion and uncertainty is adding to the anxiety. miguel, this is where a guatemalan mother is expected to arrive to demand her child back? >> reporter: we are starting to see this happening, parents are trying to get out under a normalized process. she got out of a detention center in texas about 48 hours ago. she says she knows her son is here and she wants him back. she had no indication of what the process was when she got out. dhs was holding her. she gets out. they say you have family in florida. go the

we have a lot in to report for you. >>> welcome back, i'm victor blackwell. cnn is learning the president's legal team is becoming increasingly concerned the helsinki sum could strengthen bob mueller's investigation. they have shaping a narrative, which has yet to be confirmed by the white house. here with me to discuss, democratic senator are couple, richard blumenthal, go remember to you. >> thank you for having me. >> let's start with your assessment. does the president or has the president's performance in helsinki and since helsinki you believe strengthened bob mueller's investigation and weakened the president as a sympathetic character as he characterizes the investigation as a witch hundredt. >> special counsel's investigation very importantly will be based on the facts in the law. so his hand and his position in court is going to be dependent on his continuing meth oughtic cal and meticulous fakd typeding a -- fact finding and investigation. but it certainly 81 cuts the court of public penalties has has been mentioned. the reason is, quite simply, pu

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. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. more than 40,000 people are out of their homes this morning as a massive wildfire rips through california. >> we are learning the search for that woman and search for her two great children, we have found they have been found dead. medicallily bledsoe and her two great grandchildren died thursday after her home was engulfed by flames there. the car fire -- this thing is massive, folks. it has doubled in size in just hours. now at 80,000 acres and it is still growing. thousands of homes and businesses are threatened. officials say residents shouldn't wait for an evacuation order. if they don't feel safe, leave. >> if you feel like you need to leave and nobody has told you, leave. is there a reason the hair on the back of your neck stands up sometimes. >> cnn's paul verkammen is joining us. >> it's a sad day. you pointed out the young children passed away along with their great grandmother in the fire. you might wonder, well, how in the world could they not get out? if you look at this

i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. good saturday morning to you.rowing pressure now to confront vladimir putin or then just cancel their summit on monday if he's not going to do that. this is coming after 12 russian agents were charged with trying to influence the 2016 election. >> yeah, the indictment says there's no evidence their actions actually changed votes in the election, but it explicitly details how these agents hacked into the clinton campaign system, quote, on or about july 27th, 2016. the conspirators attempted after hours to spearfish for the first time e-mail accounts at a domain hosted by a third-party provider and used by clinton's personal office at or around the same time they also targeted 76 e-mail addresses at that domain for the clinton campaign. and no americans, we have to point out, were charged or even named in this indictment, and there's no proof in the documents that the trump campaign itself was involved. but it's interesting to note what else happened on july 27th, 2016. take a look. >> i will tell you this, russia,

i'm christi paul. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell.>> coming up, national outrage over the treatment of immigrants to the u.s. >>> also ahead this hour after satellite images reveal upgrades for a nuclear facility, "the washington post" is reporting new evidence of north korea's efforts to conceal its warheads. we will take a closer look at president trump's relationship with evangelical voters and the politics of religion. >>> mexico chooses a new president today who stands to inherit a bitter trade value with the u.s. and widespread corruption at home. >>> how tariffs could force the largest nail manufacturer in the united states to go out of bounds or move south. your "new day" starts right now. >>> so grateful you with us here this morning. >>> they are promising to keep up the fight you saw the last 24 hours from san francisco to chicago, atlanta, new york. hundreds of other cities in between. there were thousands of marchers who ignored the summer heat and who hit the streets and marched for miles. their message to the white hous

. >> announcer: this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> good morning to you. we start this morning with a hostage standoff in los angeles. police say a three-hour standoff ended with one woman dead and a suspect in custody. >> more than 40 people were inside that trader joe's when the suspect crashed his car outside and then ran into the store. several of those hostages were able to escape while the suspect was on the phone with police. we want to go to cnn correspondent paul vercammen who is live in los angeles. what are you learning there, paul? >> reporter: you can see behind me in the predawn blackness a very active crime scene. police combing through the suspect's car which crashed into that utility pole. he then ran inside and took around four dozen people hostage. tense moments in los angeles at a trader joe's grocery store in a silver lake neighborhood. the suspect surrendered to authorities after a three-hour standoff that left one woman dead. >> inside the store, a young woman was shot and killed. our officers rescued that woman from inside and

. >> announcer: this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> good morning to you. always glad to have you with us. we want to tell you about this woman who is dead and a suspect who is in custody after a hostage standoff in los angeles. >> police say the standoff lasted for three hours with more than 40 people inside the store. now some of the hostages were able to get out while the suspect was on the phone with police. let's go now to cnn correspondent paul who is live in los angeles. what more do we know, paul? >> reporter: high anxiety. i was here in silver lake during the standoff. you can look behind me and see where the suspect's vehicle crashed into a utility pole in front of trader joe's and imagine the pins and needles as he took 400 people hostage inside. tense moments in los angeles at a trader joe's grocery store in a silver lake neighborhood. the suspect surrendered to authorities after a three-hour standoff that left one woman dead. >> inside the store one woman was shot and killed and our officers tried to render aid but, unfortunately, we were

. >> i am victor blackwell. after a week of strong criticism over the trump, putin summit in helsinki, the white house is worrying that meeting may have played into the hands of special counsel robert mueller. >> before the helsinki summit, the president's team was riding a wave of declining support for the mueller probe. now that performance may emboulder mueller. >> they're defending plans for another putin summit, this time in washington. >> cnn white house reporter is live in new jersey near the president's golf club. sarah, what are you using? >> president trump's lawyers are afraid trump's highly criticized performance alongside vladimir putin could erase any advantage they gained in the past several months when it comes to public perception of the russian investigation. trump and his allies waged a relentless campaign of attacks against special counsel robert mueller, allegations of collusion and the fbi itself. public polling was showing an erosion of support for mueller, just at department of justice re

. >> and i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. president trump has again denied knowing anything about his son's 2016 meeting in trump tower with campaign officials and several russians. >> yeah, sources telling cnn his former lawyer, michael cohen, now says trump not only knew about the meeting, he approved it. after tweeting cohen was only changing his story to get out of his own legal trouble, the president moved on to the economy, jobs, and so-called incompetent democrats, quote. but the cohen news continues as one of the president's lawyers responds. here's cnn political correspondent sara murray. >> reporter: martin and christi, president trump has denied again and again he had no knowledge of the infamous 2016 meeting in trump tower, but michael cohen now has a different story to tell and is apparently willing to tell it to the special counsel. michael cohen now claiming that donald trump knew in advance about the june 2016 meeting at trump tower, where russians were expected to offer dirt on hillary clinton, sources tell c

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i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm diane gallagher. you are in the "cnn newsroom."big breaking stories for you this hour. first, mixed messages, north korea calling the u.s. attitude regrettable, warning that nuclear talks could falter as u.s. secretary mike pompeo wraps up two tadays of talks there. >>> starting with breaking news out of tie land where a navy official says rescue efforts to trap the team trapped inside a thve could start soon.

. >> i am martin savidge in for victor blackwell.e in the cnn "newsroom." >>> president trump calls it a dumb question, but he's answering it again anyway. he says no, he didn't know about his son's 2016 meeting in trump tower with campaign officials and several russians. >> sources tell cnn his former lawyer says then candidate trump not only knew about the meeting and attempts to get dirt on hillary clinton but that he

. >> i am victor blackwell. the white house confirms there will be press availability at the summit, but it is not clear what that means. what is clear is that president trump is golfing in scotland and not speaking out against the 12 russian agents indicted for meddling in the 2016 election. president trump's response so far is it is president obama's fault. i'm still the victim of a rigged witch hunt and hoping for a good relationship with vladimir putin. >> it is also clear that a lot of people in scotland don't want the president there. or will be. here is what's happening in the last few minutes in scotland. cnn's nic robertson is live in helsinki. >> start in scotland with abby. what's the president saying this morning? >> reporter: good morning. the president is not far away from here at his golf course. he has been talking about his summit with putin. as you mention, the white house did confirm there would be some press availability in helsinki with vladimir putin. as you pointed out, we don't know what

. >>> this is "new day weekend" with victor blackwell and christi paul. >> good morning, and welcome-- that was spent trying to control the conversation on what happened in helsinki, the white house is starting the weekend, it seems, in damage control mode yet again. this time over a tape recording by president trump's longtime fixer and former lawyer, michael cohen. >> on the tape, trump and cohen are heard discussing a payment to a former "playboy" model. this was

. >> i am victor blackwell.g criticism over the trump, putin summit in helsinki, the white house is worrying that meeting may have played into the hands of special counsel robert mueller. >> before the helsinki summit, the president's team was riding a wave of declining support for the mueller probe. now that performance may emboulder mueller. >> they're defending plans for another putin summit, this time in washington. >> cnn white house reporter is live in new jersey near the president's golf club. sarah, what are you using? >> president trump's lawyers are afraid trump's highly

. >> i'm victor blackwell.eaking news happening right now in thailand where a thai 2345inaval officia rescue efforts to save a young soccer team may start soon. the team has been trapped in this flooded cave for two weeks. >> incoming monsoon rains are forcing teams to race the weather at this point. we'll continue to bring you updates as soon as they happen from our live cameras there. meanwhile, parents waiting outside the cave told the coach that it is not your fault in a letter to him and the trapped boys. we want to read to you some of that letter and some of the other messages that have just been sent to the boys. this one to the soccer coach. they say we as your soccer team members' parents believe in you and your spirit, that you've been taking a good care of our keds. we just want you to know that this is not your fault. we all here don't blame you and just want you to know to not blame yourself. we all understand all the situations that have happened, and we are here supporting you. the next laetter r

. >> i am victor blackwell.ty at the summit, but it is not clear what that means. what is clear is that president trump is golfing in scotland and not speaking out against the 12 russian agents indicted for meddling in the 2016 election. president trump's response so far is it is president obama's fault. i'm still the

. >> i am martin savidge in for victor blackwell. you're in the cnn "newsroom." >>> president trump calls it a dumb question, but he's answering it again anyway. he says no, he didn't know about his son's 2016 meeting in trump tower with campaign officials and several russians. >> sources tell cnn his former lawyer says then candidate trump not only knew about the meeting and attempts to get dirt on hillary clinton but that he approved of it as well. >> after tweeting cohen was only trying to get out of his own legal trouble, the president moved onto the surging economy and jobs. >> the president has no sub event scheduled this -- public event scheduled this weekend. sarah westwood is with us, and lynn suiweet from chicago sun times is with us as well. sarah, i want to ask, what is going on with the president? is he saying anything this morning? >> reporter: as is so often the case, trump is not allowing his own message to break through, getting in his own way, engaging on twitter on the michael cohen situation. by any measure, this

. >> i'm victor blackwell. good to be with you this morning. there are signs of a shifting strategy for the president's legal team as they set new conditions for sit-down with special counsel robert mueller. >> "the new york times" reportsing president trump's lawyers want two thechk before agreeing to an interview, one, the special counsel's team must prove it has evidence the president committed a crime. two, the mueller team has to show they need testimony from the president to finish the russia probe. these new conditions may be less of a sign that they're willing to cooperate and more of a signal that they plan to fight the investigators and focus more on the public battle of public opinion. we want to go live to sarah westwood in berkeley heights, nrks n, near where the president is spending the weekend. sarah. >> reporter: dianne, president trump sending another signal he will not cooperate with special counsel robert mueller. "the new york times" reporting the president's legal team made those statements yesterday rudy giuliani told the

. ♪ >>> this is "new day weekend" victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> good morning to you.nk you for spending time bus here. >>> president trump is getting in another round of golf at his resort in scotland before he heads to finland and before his historic meeting with russian president vladimir putin. >> the third stop on his tour the one he is vocal about saying frankly putin might be the easy easiest of them all. >> president trump has been very free with his advice to nato countries in the uk. this morning, british prime minister theresa may told the bbc that president trump told her to sue the eu. >> abby phillips is in scotland where the president is wrapping up his weekend and nick robertson is where the president is heading next to helsinki. we first was abby in scotland, first. help us you understand what is on the president's agenda today. >> reporter: the day is spent with a combination of golf and preparations for this highly anticipated meeting with the president of russia. on the domestic front, 12 indictments of russian military officers on friday have promp

. >> cathy deluca, kristin lucky, claire blackwell. >> good afternoon. i'm cathy deluca, policy and program director at walk san francisco. when projects are delayed, people die. we've seen that on mission street, the project has been delayed for three years. and we just saw the same thing with kevin

i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm diane gallagher in for christi paul this sunday. breaking news. the operation to save the 12 boys and their coach, they have been stuck in a cave in thailand for more than two weeks. that rescue mission now under way. a local governor calling this d-day. the high-risk mission starting just hours ago around 11:00 p.m. eastern time so about eight hours at this point. officials say that it should take about six hours for the skilled divers to reach the boys and then another five hours to exit. this entire operation, though, could take two to three days as the boys are being rescued one-by-one. >> the monsoon rains will intensify over the next week. >> translator: yesterday, the water level was the lowest. and, today? the water level in chambers number one, two, and three, inside the cave is low enough to walk through them. the water of some parts recedes as much as 30 centimeters and considered the lowest level the past ten days. regarding the current weather situation another storm is coming and if we keep waiting, then we have to start all over aga

speaker, with the sincere gratitude and appreciation, i have the opportunity to recognize matt blackwell, former senior legislative assistant for south carolina's second congressional district. i will always appreciate matt for his years of service on behalf of the people of south carolina. at a native of akin, south carolina, he worked on a wide variety of issues including energy, tax, financial services, transportation and infrastructure, and budget and appropriations. beginning as an intern in the office in 2013, it has been an such a work with dedicated public servant. it is with mixed feelings but great happiness that the office bids matt farewell. he will be doing amazing work as his new role as legislative trector for congressman neal dunn of florida. a distinguished graduate of washington lee university in lexington, virginia. i know his parents, state representative bart and paula blackwell and family members join me in recognizing his achievements. in conclusion, got bless our troops and we will never forget september 11 and the global war n terrorism. the speaker pro tempore:

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> "the washington post" reports new evidence of north warheads. >>> mexico chooses a new president today who stands to inherit a bitter trade battle with the u.s. and widespread corruption at home. >>> the world cup. a shock exit for

. ♪ >>> this is "new day weekend" victor blackwell and christi paul. >>> good sunday morning to you.n a few hours, president trump will be off to helsinki for this face-to-face meeting with russian president putin tomorrow. >> before he gets down to business, he did get another round of golf in scotland this morning and talked about his expectations from the summit. >> nothing bad is going come out of it and may somebody good will come out but i go in with low expectations. i'm not going in with high expectations. i don't really -- i can't tell you what is going to happen. but i can tell you what i'll be asking for and we will see if something comes of it. >> this is the third leg of the president's official business tour here in europe. you see here the talks in brussels with the nato leads and this in the uk where the president met with prime minister theresa may. >> and according to reports, the president told may to sue the eu. >> we start in scotland with abby phillips. >> it's been a very consequential trip to europe and it's going to become even more consequential. over the la

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. >>> we begin with a path of destruction cut across northernalifornia. firefighters struggling to contain that car fire which is now doubled in size covering more than 80,000 acres. >> we know a state of emergency is in place here. a disaster declaration in effect. federal help is on the way for thousands of people who are out of their homes right now and we have learned a woman and her two great grandchildren are the most recent victims of this fire. we told you yesterday they were missing. relative now say melody bledsoe and her two great grandchildren were inside their home when it was engulfed by flames. >> my sympathy goes out to the family. this is an ongoing investigation. >> the death toll is up to five. cnn's paul vercammen joins us for what is an extremely dangerous fire still. good morning. >> good morning. you can see behind me, one of those houses that parished and 536 houses in all. you move over here. this fire just absolutely roared through here. it's now burning to the west about 30 miles to the west of redding in the hills. an

i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm diane gallagher. you are in the "cnn newsroom." we are following two big breaking stories for you this hour. first, mixed messages, north korea calling the u.s. attitude regrettable, warning that nuclear talks could falter as u.s. secretary mike pompeo wraps up two tadays of talks there. >>> starting with breaking news out of tie land where a navy official says rescue efforts to trap the team trapped inside a cave could start soon. these images show thai navy seal divers inside the cave this morning. they're racing the weather right now and here is why. monsoon rains are headed toward the town and threaten the flood the cave even more. >> cnn's david mckenzie is live in thailand right now. david, explain to us why these new images coming out today are so significant to the rescue. >> reporter: diane and victor, these are significant because those men in that chamber, that's the staging ground deep inside the cave system, kind of halfway between the entrance of the cave and those boys trapped inside. it was much more flooded with wa

around 2011, i was asked by someone who worked for the publisher robby blackwell to edit a series of essays on the ford and carter administrations. i have been working on jimmy carter for many years. i knew the historiography very well. i knew far less about gerald ford. i did a lot of reading. i realized there was room for a biography. another one. the had been only two biographies written since his passing. one came out in 2007, another in 2014 by james cannon, who worked with gerald ford. but i felt that both of them left stones unturned. fred woodward, who has been chief editor at the university press of kansas. i said i would like to write a biography of gerald ford. what do you think? he said, "great idea." the rest is history. hence, the book came out late last year. the book itself, the title reflects what i see as three themes. that, in my view addresses , ford's political life. ambition. ford was an ambitious individual. in boy scouts, he became an eagle scout. he played football in high school and college and sought to become a starting center. in the u.s. navy, he sought

. >> i'm martin savidge in for victor blackwell. president trump has again denied knowing anything about his son's 2016 meeting in trump tower with campaign officials and several russians. >> sources tell cnn his former lawyer, michael cohen, now says trump not only knew about the meeting, an attempt to get dirt on hillary clinton, but that the president or candidate at the time approved it. that is the opposite of what the president and his team have said very clearly all along. >> when did the president learn that that meeting had taken place? >> i believe in the last couple of days, is my understanding. >> did you tell your father anything about this? >> no. it was such a nothing, there was nothing to tell. >> let's focus on what the president was aware of -- nothing. the president was not aware and did not attend this meeting. >> he said he had no meetings, was aware of no meetings with russians, was not aware of this one until really right before it all broke, and that's what the president has said. >> did you know at the time

let me start with you, ken blackwell. what do you think about what the president is doing?s you answer that, that i talked to a source who is familiar with the president's thinking, who said, you know what, he's crazy like a fox. what he's trying to do is very strategic. he's trying to somehow take the wind out of the sails of the #metoo movement, because that is, among other things -- but that is a major energizer for the left right now. >> yeah, look. i think the president understands that if you play identity politics, that's a -- less of a winning proposition for him. so essentially what he's going to do is attack those movements that perpetuate the vision and perpetuate this notion of identity politics. you know, i think what he understands is that there is a large block of women that are, in fact, increasingly more pro trump because of the success of his policies. and that economic growth, job creation, people coming back into the work force, income uplift, those things really do matter. not the politics of subtraction and division. so i think that's what he's -- that

on taxes , tax cuts, more to the point the tax foundation president scott hodge, and member ken blackwellt do you make of the idea the republicans were a little concerned about the president's performance in finland but not at all about his performance with the economy on tax cuts, zero in on that, focus on that, let that be the winning message what do you think? >> absolutely. that's smart politics and it's sound policy. you and i have talked about it on a number of occasions getting that capital back into our economy, looking at a quarter where we're going to probably hit 4% economic growth, job creation, you have corporations talking about investing more in their workers, and now we're talking about making the tax reform, tax cut that the middle income taxpayers realize on the first go-around permanent and that's a good news proposition and the democrats can run against that if they want but i think it would be very unproductive politically speaking for them. not just good for the american people. neil: scott, apparently whatever enthusiasm might exist for re visiting the tax cuts, not

i'm francine blackwell in london. were ae volatile market boon for ubs's investment bank.hey beat expectations but he contrasted with the key wealth management unit that slightly missed profit estimates. manus cranny spoke to the group's chief executive. look, we haveyou a rating we believe we can match. we are not going into a victory lap. quarter, tax outflows in the u.s., we had one off outflows for a corporate transfer their. an employee stock option plan. effect onost no leverage or lending. clients are very cautious. we had a very good signal of a good momentum. making money was up threefold compared to last year. overall, i'm still positive about our developments. we don't look at new money on a quarter to orchard basis. i'm confident the year will be ok. he said, if we go to a full trade war between the in china markets could be down by 10% to 15%. what do you think. we should look at the market a 10% correction is in the cards. can a trade war trigger the kind of correction? >> it doesn't need to be a war, just needs to be a constant escalation. a needs also poten

. >> and just so you know, you may have read scott blackwell's testimony, in which he disclaims authority on the part of the u.s. olympic committee to be effective many oversee inging and disciplining the ngbs of those groups like usa gymnastics. in fact, he says all they can do is desert them. and -- decertify them. and that's the limit of the kind of action that can be taken in remedied against exactly this kind of failure. within the national governing board. so i'm not going press you further because in fact, it's our, on us, as lawmakers to try to , propose those reforms, and i hope we'll have cooperation from you and others with knowledge about how that radical restructureing can be accomplished if members of the committee agree with me. i just want to say for the record that the notification of larry nassar was by a memo from larry nassar, dated july 22. i made reference to it. you may not have been aware of it at the time and you were not copyied on it. finally, i'd like to ask you, you know, in references to what came to your attention in 2004, 2014 2014. you'll have to you'll ha