live onnton is speaking bloomberg earlier today from the clinton global initiative in denver offered defense of his foundation and its activities. he was asked about the foundation's future and hillary clinton, and whether he would continue to make paid speeches. bill clinton: i don't think so. once you get to be president than you are making a daily story. speeches on give the subjects i'm interested in. i have enjoyed those things. alix: he defended his foundation saying its disclosures are more extensive than those by most private institutions. president obama is sending 450 troops to iraq to train. the white house says the troops will not be in a combat role and the u.s. is sending more military equipment to iraq. there are 3000 troops there. the russian president met privately with pope francis at the vatican. he used the talks to call for a sincere attempt to bring peace to troubled eastern ukraine. the vatican spokesman says the talks were focused on the middle east where the holy see is worried about the fate of the christian minority. those are your top headlines. who isk wit

earlier, former president bill clinton, speaking live on bloomberg at the clinton global initiative in denver, said that his foundation's disclosures are more extensive than those by private institutions. betty liu asked him why his recent letter on cgi disclosure hasn't put the issue to rest. mr. clinton: it is not in the interest of my critics for anything to put it to rest. but do i have the most comprehensive disclosure of any presidential foundation? yes. is our disclosure more extensive than most private foundations? yes, they are. has nothing to do with politics. that we didproved anything objectionable? no. have we done a lot of good things with this money? yes. alix: mr. clinton said he would probably stop giving paid speeches if his wife, hillary, becomes president. moreover what the president said, coming up. scarlet: those are your top stories. alix: stocks may be rallying today but otherwise we had boring sessions lately. s&p 500 trading at the smallest range in 20 years. scarlet: what exactly do you do with the market like this? olivia sterns and pimm fox sat down with daniel mc

betty liu will sit down with him at the clinton global initiative americas meeting in denver. market day continues in just a moment. ♪ mark: it is 11:00 a.m. in san francisco, 2:00 p.m. in new york. the clinton global initiative conference, where former president bill clinton is holding court. he joins us for a live interview. scarlet: an exclusive interview with chevron ceo john watson. mark: and it is what the auto industry doesn't want you to know. how high are the margins on rucks? mark: good afternoon, and welcome to bloomberg market day. i am mark crumpton, here with scarlet fu. scarlet: let's look at the markets. stocks opened higher and it never looked back. optimism that greece will reach a deal with creditors and germany's

more now from our discussion this week in denver at the clinton global initiative.ng a successful career becoming an entrepreneur is sometimes a path not taken because, frankly, there are so many risks. but what if leaping into the unknown came with a little bit of help. where's the safety net for that? our society gives out student loans, as it should but where is the safety net for people who take a different risk? >> let's be honest right? today there isn't a safety net. and what students and kids and the youth need to see are examples of success. and they need encouragement from society around them to tell them that there is a new definition around success, and it doesn't mean that the first thing you do with your career is the right thing. and it doesn't mean that starting a company that fails is a failure. >> i really worry less about the safety net than i would about the lack of opportunity. andrew, how many applicants do you have for how many slots? >> 1,600 for 125. >> kids are looking for these kinds of opportunities. there are wildly more applicants than

clinton. alix: this is the "bloomberg market day." i am alix steel, with pimm fox. pimm: the hottest deal if you are in denver this week is the hunting globalnitiative america -- the clinton global initiative america conference. the roster for this year's gathering looks a little bit different. betty liu is there and joins us now. you have made lots of trips to cgi events over the years. what is different? betty: there is definitely quite a bit that is different this year, alix. i have been to cgi in new york, their annual event in september. it has been a way for world leaders and ceos and politicians and heads of ngo's together together. -- toa unique event that gather together. it is a unique event that only the clintons could organize. what is missing are prominent republican voices here. right now the organizers of cgi have been very careful to say that this -- that the clinton global initiative has nothing to do with the political side of the clintons. even so, it is difficult for republicans to come here and speak on a platform that is so obviously closely related to the clintons. guys has also been -- you know about the funding cont

at the clinton global initiative in denver, betty liu asked him if he would feel good -- if you would get paid for speeches if the -- if hillary is in the white house. >> i don't think so because once you get to be president, you are making a daily story. i will still give speeches on subjects i am interested in. i really enjoyed those thanks. stephanie: he really enjoyed those things. he also suspended his foundation and a donation that received for foreign government. he said allegations like countries like algeria got influenced by donating our "incredibly misleading." erik: the stanley cup finals are tied up. chicago scored in the third period, 2-1. game five is saturday night in tampa bay. stephanie: did you happen to see that? erik: always. stephanie: a true hockey enthusiast. we will take you to vonnie quinn who has breaking news. vonnie: yes, in fact, we have a deal in the energy space today. hes is excelling 50% on midstream assets. they could create a midstream joint venture and it will be valued at $5.35 billion. hess sees the cash proceeds at $3 billion including debt issu

we met him in denver at the clinton global initiative and part of the deal with the interview is thatut the issues that cgi is working on and other things i would have asked about in all likelihood anyway. but, of course some of the things i really wanted to talk about had to do with the clinton foundation donations to the foundation and how that might be in some ways undermining his wife's presidential campaign. take a listen. >> there are polls that show that fewer and fewer americans think that your wife is honest and trustworthy. this has happened at the same time of these questions about the foundation questions about her e-mail. and that must really bother you. >> yeah. but, i mean we're used to it. and the only thing i would say about this is number one, i'm glad it's happening now because i trust the american people and i trust her with my life and have on more than one occasion. she was always -- whenever i had trouble, she was the rock in our family. i was the youngest former governor in american history in 1980 on election night. i got killed in the reagan landslide. and pe