there's no doubthere is no douby fired him from the cabinet. he sends cameron in a letter in january of 1861 that says i'm accepting the letter and i'm going to gratify you by leaving the cabinet and pursuing a diplomatic post. the problem is he hadn't resigned. even the letter was obnoxious and rude. he very infrequently so i two i ainsert you have to write anothr letter this is going to kill his political career so he sent a letter back allowing him to submit a letter of resignation. it is another instancthere's ane house of representatives in 1862. it's mostly covering the administration and coming to the defense. they would take an insult to the face and turn it around to a joke with malice toward none. this becomes thso this becomes t during the early part of the w war. the arm army had only about 16,0 men and most of them are out west. blink anlincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers. it's going to require explosive growth overnight. you have a country that is designed to equip, clothes and train the troops. it's being asked to do all of that

the revolution is and dismissal from the cabinet. the story is repeated the lie that he was dismissed from the cabinet due to issues of corruption and they point to the story in the fall of 61 where ar bunch of new zork bond traders come to the white house and say we are not going to sell any more federal bonds unless you dismiss them from the cabinet because of corruption and he's alleged to have said give me one instance and he's out of thehe n cabinet and the bond salesmen are never able to do that so lincoln doesn't fire cameron. historians point to this story as widespread proof of the corruption but also what a great guy and lincoln was. the reality is far less rosy. he turned to his secretary and says if i gave into them the ine next thing would be people coming for seward. he defends cameron in thei and y of ensuring the integrity of his cabinet and ultimately he does fire cameron but again it had nothing to do with corruption but everything to do with the issue of slavery. here we need to take a look bact on the issue of sla

i thank the cabinet members with us here today. i have to tell you, the people i thank the most are fellow texans. the way that we see texans helping texans rescue each other, pull each other out of flooding waters and save their lives is the average every day texan who are the true heroes. but we know that this is going to take more than a few days for us to overcome. it is going to take months as we go into the transition period and then years for us to fully recover. i could not be prouder to have as partners in this process president trump, our tremendous vice president and the men and women who serve on the president's cabinet. i'm honored to have with me here today a man who is more than the vice president of the united states, a man who is a friend. a man who knows how to govern. a man who knows how to face challenges and overcome those challenges. a man who will help texas lead to build an even better texas. i'm proud to introduce mike pence, the vice president of the united states. >> thank you for the extraordinary leader

was not even in the war cabinet. if you follow the career of the of the knee even though he himself was determined and he continued to be a leader of the party and those that said churchill was too old but he did would not have anything to do with that. saw that was only after churchill agreed to step down in 1955 and then was 21 months and tell suez. so the decision not to fight really hurt him. because most of the men early on considered him their leader in there really wasn't before the war began and a little later they realized he did could not pick up the baton that they all wanted. >> i have the microphone. but the mechanics of british politics how was pressure herb brought to bear? it is like taking it, in campaign contributions was that period a legislative caucus? >> for the of party stooge aside the leader generally they become the prime minister. >> so though whole party selects the leader they had very little power or influence at the time but none of them were really regarded terribly high the. but had t

members of the president's cabinet and the cabinet himself were in contact with me and my office, pre-preparing for this catastrophe coming our way. every step of the way as the hurricane was coming to shore. the flooding began in houston, texas. the president and his cabinet remained in the constant contact with me and my staff and they had one thing to say -- texas, what do you need? how can we help? you can count on us. what i have learned is, we can count on the president of the united states and his staff for helping texas. texas has been tested. but our response to the challenge is been made much more effective because of the very effective way the president and his staff have helped respond to this challenge. mr. president, thank you and welcome. president trump: i appreciate it. , a specialy my honor place and a special state. z, thank you very much for being here. we appreciate it. you were trapped in various locations, we appreciate you both being here. i want to thank my staff and cabinet. we have quite a few here. tom price, linda mcmahon, small business is now big business. when yo

in a sense he's one of the experts your cabinet colleague...mer cabinet colleague michael gove said the british had heard enough from. there was a whole point behind that, it was shortened to we're not listening to experts now. i think mark carney as the bank of england governor was right to warn of the potential consequences. of course at the moment brexit hasn't happened and we are some way from that split, expected in march, 2019. i think we're beginning to see that working its way through the economy. but even the questions you're posing are kind of loaded, aren't they? you talk about the cliff edge facing businesses when we leave. so it's going to be in your view a cliff edge we're going to be dropping off. it's a cause for concern. you say the risks of the eu not agreeing a divorce agreement with britain views on the desirability of a traditional arrangement to provide more timely to negotiate and prepare. this is nicky morgan, who wanted to remain in the eu, revelling in being the awkward squad, to quote your words. i think you are able,

i think that we have some very talented cabinet ministers. but not all of them are competent?i was handed my p45. so i think everybody has a — has a shelf life. and i think you do want to make sure that the team you've got is a — is a real team, and they're all hanging together, and working together, and supporting each other. but i have to say, i think, just if you change the faces around the table so that's going to appeal to younger voters, is a — is a mistake. the prime minister was terribly keen to do that, wasn't she? i mean, shejust moved a few people in different jobs, but she didn't — didn't bring in new blood, she didn't get rid of... well, there wasn't a — there wasn't a big reshuffle. there was talk about having one. and, you know, reshuffles are like... that shows how weak the prime minister is. that's why a prime minister can't stay in office after what happened, forever, can she? well, i think it could be difficult, for the reason they to lead us into the next general election, but i think, just into the younger voters, i think think about it, we have got to thi

i want to thank my staff and cabinet. mcmahonprice and linda focuses on small business -- you are add them up, doing a very fantastic job. we have had a tremendous group of folks. our acting director, thank you for the job you have done. you have become very famous on television. we appreciated this. your representatives have been working together. we want to do it better than ever before. this is the way to do it. this is of epic proportion. nobody has ever seen anything like this. teamovernor and his entire , thank you ve much. we won't say congratulations. everyoneongratulate when it's all finished. you have been terrific. >> thank you, mr. president. the whole community is coming together. wind came in just north of recovery is a slow process but rest assured we are doing everything we can to support local responders. we have points of distribution fema is supplying water and the national guard is helping to run this distribution point. all eyes are on houston and so are mine. we have a long way to go and we have to c

as a cabinet member, i have got as much experience doing with anybody on the cabinet. so as far as i know, today is as good a day as any for me to go down. i live there. i will be in texas on saturday. where i am is yet to be decided. but i am there. i have got confidence that -- houston is the most diversified city in america. you have got people from all over the world. you have got folks impacted. search and rescue mode first, then recovery mode second. the idea that this is just about texans is a bit of a misnomer. this is an international city. the world is watching. i have got every confidence in statesld that the united congress recognizes that. i know there is all this about well, your senator did not vote and i would not be distracted for a moment with that kind of banter. this is about now. it is about a diverse population that deserves the american government support and i have got great confidence it is a just in an expeditious way. the katrina cost has even pitched out there. i think it is premature to say here is how much money it will take. it will be a

to know how many members of the cabinet? they wenner said four or five depending on how you count john adams. we know the names. hamilton. jefferson. but donald trump but he struggled when he was announcing keefe struggle to remember which job he was appointing devoss. [laughter] there is more government and he knows what to do with and to become so imperial the president has the ability to put people in charge of huge aspects of for future and transportation "war and peace" and donald trump had no idea. maybe i'll make you secretary of state and maybe i want, and is struggling to comment present himself to lobby people for positions. that is not how things are supposed to work you should have a few ideas of what you want to do he did not have that. so when it case after case with the al loudest dealer. so kennedy was us senior a friend of woody guthrie is that i want to be the loudest yowler. with the loudest yowlers caving in to be with donald trump could you put in charge of education? teeeighteen the loudest yelling agai

at you -- cabinet. acutely aware that one misstep could think his presidential ambitions, and the off year election campaign of 1926, hoover conspicuously assisted republican candidates and publicly hailed president coolidge's great work for national rehabilitation. by being such a good political's full jerk, hoover probably hoped to -- by being such a good political soldier, who were -- ably hoped early in 1927. 1927, hoover had another opportunity to help his president with a farm bill. relying in part on ammunition supplied by commerce secretary, coolidge vetoed the legislation. however,e scenes, evidence was accumulating that the friendship of the president and his secretary of commerce had passed its peak. source of friction appears to have been the issue inlandand moderately -- waterway development, in which coolidge was trying to pass a scheme -- in which hoover was trying to pass a scheme to coolidge is this may. coolidge's this may. coolidge warned to not make any speeches that fell under the d

this meant the new president would keep his predecessor's cabinet intact. among those he retained was secretary of commerce herbert hoover. since entering the cabinet in 1921, hoover had rapidly established himself as one of the most able and energetic of harding's advisors.

yes, peace has broken out in the cabinet over brexit!iam fox, the international trade secretary who is a devout brexiteer and philip hammond, a die—hard remainder, have written a joint article for the sunday telegraph saying we are singing from the same hymn sheet, singing with one voice, the view is there will be an interim concessional period, they don't say how long it is, crucially, but after that it will be a full brexit which will involve leaving the single market, leaving the customs union and removing britain from thejurisdiction of customs union and removing britain from the jurisdiction of the european court of justice. from the jurisdiction of the european court ofjustice. they have agreed on that and this has removed that element of what philip hammond was dry to do... does that mean he has lost the debate? it seems to me like it's a bit of a compromise. liam fox clearly did not want a transitional period of any sort, he thought it will be what will be dubbed a cliff edge in march 2019. philip hammond once this transitional p

should should have majority of the members of the cabinet decide enough the only thing that any of the twenty four the only thing that would keep that from happening is republicans concerned about social unrest massive social unrest yeah and that's a very real possibility and in fact in that context after saturday's white supremacists some white supremacist terrorist attack in charlottesville virginia mayors all across our nation have announced plans to remove their city's confederate monuments but in durham north carolina protesters took things into their own hands last night and tore down a statue dedicated to the confederate war dead that was located outside a courthouse what do you think about protesters tearing down confederate statues can anyone who is not a neo nazi really defend keeping these up i mean we literally banned nazi memorials in germany after world war two you know declaration thirty i think it was called that in may of forty five i think forty six what makes up the years there but it may have been made they said by january every monument every statue every every str

but if this is offered by civil servants without cabinet ministers aware of it, that isa cabinet ministers is a bit of an issue, isn't it? of course, it would be unusual, but there are not many situations where by civil servants go off the reservation and make these offers. one wonders whether the tory anger with respect —— is with respect to the officials or if it is eurosceptic tories telling the government, we don't want to pay any money so we government, we don't want to pay any money so we will continue to put pressure 011 money so we will continue to put pressure on you to pay as little as possible. obviously it will be a matter of negotiation both sides agreeing that money will be paid, but it seems that we have people who are unhappy about that and would like it as small as possible so it they will keep the pressure on. the government will then be locking themselves into a corner of potentially coming out with a very large amount it has to pay, and thereby undermining the appearance of competence of the government stop the idea of having to pay something has come about because the

you saw the governor say that he had heard from the president cabinet secretaries ten days ago, before the storm hit. so they've clearly been on top of it trying to do something but they are missing a lot of people in their agencies. they're not fully staffed up still. like mark said, it's a long haul to see whether they can follow through. many of those are not political appointees, they are just people, staff in the government. can they get this done. since it's unprecedented it will be very, very tough to see what they do. >> elise -- >> if i could jump in too. sorry, mike -- >> you're not sorry but go ahead and jump in. >> i just want to point -- no. i just want to point out, ben carson is the head of hud. my first reaction was to suppress a snicker. he is a brain surgeon but he is the head of hud. linda mcmahon, my first association was world wrestling federation. again, it's good for them to be there and be engaged but this plays out much more at the ground level. >> scott pruitt, who mark failed to acknowledge, head of the epa. he is there really to deconstruct the epa in a sens

after weeks of public divisions between members of the cabinet over brexit, the chancellor philip hammondde secretary liam fox have made a joint pledge, saying that a transition period will not be a back door to remaining in the eu. the two have previously put forward opposing views on brexit. here's our political correspondent, ben wright. not always heading in the same direction. while the chancellor philip hammond wanted britain to stay in the eu, trade secretary liam fox has long believed in brexit, and in headlines over the summer, their disagreements over what should happen after britain leaves the eu in march 2019 have been clear. today, though, a united front. writing a joint peace in the sunday telegraph, they say there must not be a cliff edge break when britain leaves the eu in march 2019. they will seek a time—limited transition period with the eu, a victory for philip hammond. but, during this period, britain will leave the eu single market and the customs union, a win for mr fox. i think it is actually very encouraging because over the last three or four weeks we have seen c

this meant the new president would keep his predecessor's cabinet intact. among those he retained was secretary of commerce herbert hoover. since entering the cabinet in 1921, hoover had rapidly established himself as one of the most able and energetic of harding's advisors. hoover is the smartest gink i know, harding had remarked once. only charles evans hughes had wielded comparable influence. if the hard-driving hoover and genial harding have been unlikely twosome, hoover and coolidge would be stranger still. in 1895, each man had graduated from college. coolidge from amherst in massachusetts. hoover from stanford university in california. from that point on, their careers could hardly have been more divergent. hoover had become a highly successful, globetrotting mining engineer and financier, with a business interest on six continents. coolidge had become a politician in a small city lesson 12 miles from his alma mater. during the world war i and its tumultuous aftermath, hoover became a close associate of woodrow wilson, a participant in the paris peac

he kept them in his cabinet and they got voted in.cy: who is the one minister that didn't get back in? guest: the power minister. the reason why he didn't get in was he actually had been an energy minister before, in the late 1990's, early 2000's. he spoke before the parliament. he made the case for why he would be suited. some of the mp's that opposed him said he didn't come up with an efficient program regarding managing iran's water scarcity and environmental problems. tracy: up next on the "best of bloomberg markets: middle east," why investors are banking on saudi arabia's potential despite worrying about the wider economy. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ tracy: welcome back to the "best of bloomberg markets: middle east." saudi arabia's largest lender has become a favorite among analysts and investors. several big brokerages have upgraded the stock to buy. more on what is driving the interest. reporter: it is quite meaningful for that market because we are talking about the stock with the biggest weight within the index. in the chart we

it is because of the arguments within the cabinet, apparently had within the cabinet, apparently hadeu two out of the eu, which is commonly known asi of the eu, which is commonly known as i understand is brexit? indeed, you are not wrong. you're watching business live, our top story... toyota has seen a sharp fall in profits. partly thanks to big spending on self driving cars and also technology which it hopes will make it the world's bestselling car brand, which is what it used to be. a quick look at how markets are faring... that is what the pound will get you against the dollar. and now let's get the inside track: this week german carmakers have agreed with top politicians to cut harmful emissions by updating software in five million diesel vehicles. and sterling has fallen sharply against the dollar and the euro after the bank of england downgraded the uk growth forecast for this year and next, warning that the economy will remain sluggish. let's get more with our business correspondentjonty bloom. let's start with the bank of england. a huge amount of information yesterday. some

may's cabinet. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake is here. of disunity on brexit in the cabinet, but this is an attempt to show some unity. brexit in the cabinet, but this is an attempt to show some unitym got ugly before the summer break with briefings from one side and the other, those who want brexit as quickly as possible, such as liam fox, and those pushing for a more cautious approach, led by the chancellor, philip hammond. you have those two senior ministers writing thisjoint peace in those two senior ministers writing this joint peace in the sunday telegraph this morning, attempting this show of unity, putting differences aside, and saying, we agree on these things at least for now. they happened a couple of issues to bed, chiefly this idea of a transitional period, so that when brexit happens there won't be chaos, we won't have too adjust to a new set of systems which may or may not be in place, on immigration, travel, trade, immediately. there will be a transitional period, they confirm in this piece. also key, they stressed that it

has the president said to the cabinet, has he said to them, look, we have potentially and when i hear the national hurricane center use the word catastrophic my ears perk up and i pay attention. has the president of the united states said to his cabinet when brock long says i need x, whatever x might be, let's just use for the sake of argument five black hawk helicopters, when he asks for those, you give them five black hawk helicopters. you don't ask questions. you don't debate it back at d.c. you don't argue about who is going to pay for what. you just do it. and so my op-ed -- because this was pay problem i had in katrina. you would ask for something. that would go up the chain back to d.c. and then a bunch of cabinet secretaries or deputy secretaries would argue about, well, does he really need it? well, let me tell you, brock long is the guy that knows what he needs. so the president needs to make certain that he uses that bully pulpit to tell the cabinet when fema asks for something, give it to them. >> you know, look, it sounds like you're having flashbacks of some sort both be

there really was no cabinet in germany. the german government was hitler and whoever he wanted to help him. so you know, in a cabinet you could count heads and say, these were for and against it and undecided. in this case you just look at one man's mind. and i think the indications are that in the end he would have come down and done it. -- audience member: did he have enough paratroopers to make a serious landing? norman: yes. we tend to underestimate the difficulties. we think of it as d-day four days in advance. it wasn't. there was no such thing as amphibious warfare then. there were simply no landing craft for example. he would have had to seize a port in order to get tanks and artillery ashore. certainly the british thinking was in june, july, august, he could have done it. but each side was tending to overrate the strength of the other side. which is just as well. audience member: as a follow-up on the last question wasn't , there in existence in britain a fifth column supposedly that could have come into action on

i thank the cabinet members with us here today.andidly, i've got to tell you, the people i thank the most are fellow texans. the way that we see texans helping texans rescue each other, pull each other out of flooding waters and save their lives is the average, everyday texan who are the true heroes. but we know, mr. vice president, that this is going to take more than a few days for us to overcome. it's going to take months as we go into the transition period. and then years for us to fully recover. and i could not be prouder to have as partners in this process president trump, our tremendous vice president and the men and women who serve on the president's cabinet. i'm honored to have with me here today a man who is more than the vice president of the united states. a man who is a friend, a man who knows how to govern, a man who knows on you to face challenges and overcome those challenges. a man who will help texas to lead to build an even better texas. i'm proud to introduce mike pence, the vice president of the united states.

this morning, south korea's national security cabinet met. it was set to be a normal or regular meeting, but, frankly, there is nothing normal or regular about anything here at the moment. and the president told his military to strengthen defenses. he also appealed to north korea once again, to stop provoking, at the same time, and there is always this added message saying that our door for dialogue is always opened. but the situation here, is being taken very seriously, indeed, and there was yet another warning from south korea's military to the north, saying that if you continue your provocation, you face a strong response from the u.s. south korea alliance. now, okay, for north korea, that is a red rag to a bull. as you said, they have been issuing their own fiery statements. they said that donald trump's initial threat of fire and fury was a load of nonsense. some dialogue they said isn't possible with such a person bereft of reason who is sniem. they said, of course, only absolute force can work on him. then, of course, came that extraor

but this president and vice president and cabinet stand ready to assist those in need. housing will be an issue for many people, who are displaced. their houses are either uninhabitable or destroyed. we know that we've been trying to get food and water to people, over 2.5 million meals. over 2 million liters of water, as of yesterday, and perhaps more today. clothing, we know that non-governmental organizations are also helping a great deal. the media are helping to connect people with information. we're grateful for that. but in terms of the funding, we hope that congress will focus on the president's priority, which is to connect with people in need with the money and the resources that they require to get immediate help, but also to help rebuild their lives. >> that's why i ask about the plan. i get the intentions and it's the right intention, especially in this type of emergency situation. but, you know, the cabinet itself is filled with lawmakers who voted against that sandy money. what will the president do if people play politics with harvey the way they did with

walk us through how different this cabinet actually is from the one we saw during the first term.orter: what is interesting is by and large, the cabinet, about half of it will be the same ministers as the first term. the reason for that, rouhani said this was not the time for trial and error. some of the key sanctions had been coming off of the back of the nuclear deal, and he said this is the time for iran to take the lead to go forward and make good use of this opportunity we've been given. for this, we need individuals who have shown what they could do. one of the key points in his cabinet is some of his allies, oil minister, the foreign who were key individuals in trying to attract investment into the country. the foreign minister was the person who met the crafting of a new model for an energy contract that would have more favorable terms for international companies in order to attract more foreign investment. some of these individuals, also the transportation minister who managed to rip -- managed to figure dividend deals with boeing. tracy: who is the one figure that didn't

in his cabinet that he believes will serve his agenda. >> did you deserve that publicly like that? >> -- and talking about the issues that face us right now, and i appreciate the opportunity to serve in his administration. >> has he ever apologized for doing so publicly? >> he has not apologized. he's quite frank about his concerns and he expressed them openly. >> let's end on that note. sir, attorney general, thank you very much for being with us this

>> the house appropriations committee, the members was very polite with these cabinet officials but has seen that as hearing after hearing he told the cabinet officers remember congress has the power of the purse. >> remember congress has the power of the purse. and we set the spending priorities. that message was hammered home, time and time again. and we heard the same thing at senate appropriations with the republican subcommittee chairman there, also. they're not going to follow the president's budget. they're going to set the spending evels like they always do, and i think one of the problems this year has been that they haven't really found the president's budget submissions that credible. the first one was what they called a skinny budget, that only dealt with discretionary spending and not with mandatory programs, tax revenues, economic forecasts, and then when the full budget haven't really found the president's budget submissions that credible. the first one came out in may, that document had a $2 trillion error in it and these things weren't credible and the members of congre

thanks governor for your i knowous leadership and that president trump and his entire cabinet have been very aggressive ing and in their response but the only way we are going to get through is to make sure we're latched together at the local state level and the federal level and i can assure you that we are. you.k >> thank you good day folks. been saying emergency manage comment about partnership these se guys around me judges and mayor's and first responders. disasters begin and wednesday these guys and when they're capacity has been steps in he governor with his support and providing tremendous leadership and support is my designed to back fill the overnor's needs and make sure we're here to support you guys and we'll be here helping you guys to recover. have guys on the ground already here in corpus christi the area. while all eyes are on houston, fully aware that port rock and thers took a brunt there's a lot of damage. you know to this point we're ontinuing to support the life safety efforts. in 8500 ally rolled members and people from around the federal government to be in texas

our president has gone right to work putting men and women into a cabinet into this administration whoe been advancing that agenda with consistency and with courage. and i've got to to you, i think president donald trump has assembled the strongest conservative cabinet in my lifetime, bar none. [applause] vice president pence: i mean, think about it. how about ambassador nikki haley the united nations? [applause] vice president pence: how about dr. ben carson in housing and urban development? [applause] vice president pence: in fact, i know you are going to hear from dr. carson tonight and he is just an incredible member of this cabinet, right along with others like secretary of defense mattis. dog" [applause] vice president pence: you go around the cabinet table, people like betsy devos and others and truly, it speaks volumes about this president's commitment to surrounding himself with extraordinary men and women as a part of this administration's team. and i couldn't be more proud to be a small part of it. so as i stand before you today, i stand before you today, i am deeply humbled

he convened a cabinet member this weekend, in which he instructed the cabinet, lean in aggressively and swiftly. we have seen in the midst of this devastation remarkable coordination and cooperation between the federal government, the state come and county and local governments. i want to commend governor abbott, it was done and asked ordinary job marshaling resources, whether it is texas troopers or calling up their national guard and getting them on the ground in houston, saving lives. we have seen thousands upon thousands of high water rescues. i want to commend the bravery that we are seeing over and over again. daily acts of heroism. first responders, whether it is firefighters or police officers or ems, national guardsmen or coast guardsmen, risking their lives to save people. i want to commend the individual citizens, mean and women, who when call to action, saved their neighbors and friends. it is extraordinary courage under tremendous challenges. yesterdai spent much of the morning at the convention nter, which has been set up as a shelter for many of those who lost their homes

[applause] vice president pence: you go around the cabinet table, eople like betsy devos and others and truly, it speaks volumes about this president's ommitment to surrounding himself with extraordinary men and women as a part of this administration's team. and i couldn't be more proud to be a small part of it. so as i stand before you today, i stand before you today, i am deeply humbled to be able to report to you that not just in assembling this team, but since day one of this administration, this president has been putting her but if principles into practice to strengthen america at home and abroad so that your generation can live in a country that is prosperous, safe and free and is built on the highest ideals of the american experience. [applause] vice president pence: i mean, just look at what our president has done to get the american economy moving already. president trump kobani pleased to report, has signed more laws cutting to federal red tape than any president in american history. [applause] vice president pence: he has been releasing american energy after years of frustra

he wants stability, something that will carry him over, consistency, a trustworthy cabinet that willare him over polls ae next big year away. rishaad: what other objectives could the prime minister have? there has been a whispering campaign against him and the hint of scandal. >> he needs to ride out this domestic noise over the ga is ffs's cabinet has made. that's what he wants a reliable. those coming in have not have a problem in the past, so he is aiming to hold steady. the removal from the cap net, that was his choice. he has his own faction and wants to be free to challenge for the leadership job of the ldp and elections held a year from september. one of the date stories we will be watching is how mr. abe does over the next several months. much forthank you so that, brian. we continue the conversation with jeff kingston on the phone from tokyo. what are you making of all this? what is your take away? imploded in the polls, going from 60% to 26% in one of the polls, so clearly he was eager to get a bounce out of this cabinet reshuffle, but it is a ho-hum, yesterday's sotovers,

steve was the only alpha male in trump's cabinet verse. he liked bannon. he respected the fact that he had gotten rich on business. bannon as a former investment banker had real experience managing ambitious egotistical aggressive guys like donald trump. he was not wowed. they had a certain rapport. when trump began to travel to certain the little conferences, trying to lay the groundwork for a presidential bid, he would look for bannon at these conferences and say where is my steve and then he would go find him. host: another quote from the book, the surprise elevation of bannon to head trump's cabinet hit political washington like a thunderclap and to most insiders, like a bad punchline. to washington republicans, bannon was the worst choice trump could make because it signaled that trump was going to in route to awn loss so ugly it might destroy the party. host: there was no warning -- guest: there was no warning, no trial balloons. the state of the trump campaign was your chaos. -- was your --. -- was pure chaos. they came off of a dark republican nati

he conved a cabinet member this weekend, in which he instructed the cabinet, lean in aggressively and swiftly. we have seen in the midst of this devastation remarkable coordination and cooperation between the federal government, the state come and county and local governments. i want to commend governor abbott, it was done d asked ordinary job marshaling resources, whether it is texas troopers or calling up their national guard and getting them on the ground in houston, saving lives. we have seen thousands upon thousands of high water rescues. i want to commend the bravery that we are seeing over and over again. daily acts of heroism. first responders, whether it is himfirst responders, whether it is firefighters or police officers or ems, national guardsmen or coast guardsmen, risking their lives to save people. i want to commend the individual citizens, mean and women, who when call to action, saved their neighbors and friends. it is extraordinary courage under tremendous challenges. yesterday i spent much of the morning at the convention center, which has been set up as a shelter f

i thank the president, i thank the cabinet members with us here today, but candidly i've got to tellthe people i think thank the most are fellow texans . the way we see texans helping texans rescue each other, pull each other out of flooding waters and save their lives is the average every day texan who are the true heros, but we know mr. vice president that this is going to take more than a few days for us to overcome. it's going to take months as we go into the transition period and then years for us to fully recover, and i could not be prouder to have as partners and this process president trump, our tremendous vice president and the men and women who serve in the president's cabinet. i'm honored to have with me here today a man whose more than the vice president of the united states. a man whose a friend, a man who knows how to govern, a man who knows how to face challenges and overcome those challenges, a man who will help texas lead to build an even better texas. i'm proud to introduce mike pence the vice president of the united states. >> [applause] >> thank you very much. >>

so, a show of unity to a point by these two cabinet ministers here, but there is still a lot of detaill the arrangement work and how long will it last? we don't have that detail, so it last? we don't have that detail, so there is still room for disagreement. although there will be some more detail in position papers that will be published? that's right. this week, the department for exiting the european union will set out a position paper which will go through in some detail about firstly how the border with northern ireland and the republic of ireland will work. this is one of the first issues that has to be negotiated by david davis, the brexit secretary, and his team and the eu officials in brussels, and it has proved a bit of a sticking point so far. there has been frustration from the eu side that the british government hasn't been clear enough on what it wants to happen, so this will see at position paper that sets out the government plan, and there is talk perhaps a schengen— style zone within the republic of ireland and great britain, where people are able to move between those

price's cabinet. >> could you add to the emergency status question? mrs. conway: i believe that to the health professionals, but i will tell you the president and the first lady are taking very seriously what is an absolute epidemic. we are at it at a very peak level. one thing i should have mentioned earlier which is very important is stigmatizing the misuse. we find time and again that people are too fearful to come forward and admit they have a problem, admit it to their people closest. something we discussed at length is the different accounts we have heard in states. you can see the stories themselves. we are so sorry, mr. and mrs. jones, we tried to save your son. this time, he was too far gone. who, what, when? that don't even know that their loved one had a substance misuse disorder, substance abuse disorder. sometimes the privacy laws do not allow parents to be notified. this is something of which we are very aware of also. >> the president commission on the opioid crisis recommended that the president immediately call this a national emergency. t

i do not think the cabinet will do the trick itself.d and has successfully doing the things he wants to do like raising wages, he might be able to build his support further, but otherwise we will see a fight in the election in a years time. yvonne: we will have to look forward to that. reynolds, joining us from tokyo, thank you for that. murderers and markets with aberdeen asset management, the cofounder and ceo martin gilbert joining us. up next, white one of china's top hedge funds are poised for a rally. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ on betty liu in new york. yvonne: i'm the man in hong kong. the most violent phase of china's television campaign is over, eating domestic stocks and bonds market is for a rally. new crackdown on companies making overseas acquisitions has been blunt but effective. >> within the chinese markets have entered a new normal. more and more investors are starting to pay attention to bolster economic and corporate fundamentals. do you see more upside for asia? current the -- >> currently, yes. we are more positive for