david for hours. it wasn't a problem for judy, she loves talking about her boy, even now, to us. >> david was my first child. he was just -- loved everything and everyone. ♪ happy birthday to you >> david jackson was the eldest of judy's three children. and mark jackson idolized his older brother. >> he looked out for me. he was that way with his friends, with everybody. >> bill brown was one of those friends. in 1982 after high school, brown and david jackson worked together at a burger king, where david became a manager. brown also had a front row seat to the budding romance between jackson and a pretty 16-year-old coworker named barbara britton. >> they were together, and that's awesome. i mean, if you can find love, that's what we all want. >> and so all of these years later, detective velasquez paid a visit to the woman who had been the girl that had fallen in love with david jackson. happy to help, she told the detective. same thing when we called on her to talk about the david she knew. >> he w

david shannon, just 40, was dead. all it took was a look, in fact, for lead detective mike murphy to see what happened in david's bedroom was highly intentional. >> it was an execution. the intruder came in while he was sleeping, placed a gun to his head, and shot him in the chest. >> and joan? the shock of it didn't help, of course, nor the fact that she was sound asleep when it happened. by the time she calmed down enough to talk to police, she wasn't very helpful. >> i did not clearly see the person who shot david. i'm not sure if i saw or just had a feeling of somebody just leaving the room. but -- i thought it was a shadow. >> did you actually see a shadow or did you tell the police you thought it was a shadow? >> it was a movement, like a shadow that left. >> she was worried about the safety of the children. she returned back to her bedroom. that's where she made the 911 call. >> the children. joan and david's eldest daughter daisy was out of town. but their two young boys, just 7 and 10, slept through it all, u

david: you took up piano when you were 15? condoleezza: when i was three. david: three.ondoleezza: the great advantage to learning to play that early. i could read music before i could read. it was like a native language. i have always been a good reader because it is natural to read the notes. david: you played with yo-yo ma. what was that like? condoleezza: i was national security adviser. my secretary said yo-yo ma is on the phone for you. i said, you mean the greatest living cellist? and she said, yes. he was getting a national medal of the arts and wanted me to play with him. we played at constitution hall before 2500 people. it was wonderful, one of the highlights of my life. i wasn't confused, i didn't play with him because i was a pianist, it was because i was national security adviser who played the piano. [laughter] he held up his end of the bargain. david: you into the -- madeleine albright's father was your teacher. condoleezza: he got me into international politics. i went there as a piano major, but graduated with just enough units to be a political science

david for hours. it wasn't a problem for judy, she loves talking about her boy, even now, to us. >> david was my first child. he was just -- loved everything and everyone. ♪ happy birthday to you >> david jackson was the eldest of judy's three children. and mark jackson idolized his older brother. >> he looked out for me. he was that way with his friends, with everybody. >> bill brown was one of those friends. in 1982 after high school, brown and david jackson worked together at a burger king, where david became a manager. brown also had a front row seat to the budding romance between jackson and a pretty 16-year-old coworker named barbara britton. >> they were together, and that's awesome. i mean, if you can find love, that's what we all want. >> and so all of these years later, detective velasquez paid a visit to the woman who had been the girl that had fallen in love with david jackson. happy to help, she told the detective. same thing when we called on her to talk about the david she knew. >> he w

david: it is. dr.have to say people willing to put risk capital in developing countries, that is the key. there is not enough of it now. making economies work for everybody, this is what i say now. our job is to make the global market system work for everybody on the planet. whether you like it or not, we have to do that. there will be no way to buffer yourself from 2 billion people living in africa by 2050 who will have aspirations as high as europeans, as americans, so we have no choice but to make this system work for everybody. david: thank you very very much for what you have done for the world bank. dr. kim: thank you, david. [applause] ♪ xfinity mobile is a new wireless network designed to save you money. even when you've got serious binging to do. wherever your phone takes you, your wireless bill is about to cost a whole lot less. use less data with a network that has the most wifi hotspots where you need them and the best 4g lte everywhere else. saving you hundreds of dollars a year. and ask h

[applause] david: so, you went to usc.he university of southern california, and, obviously, did well. you worked your way up, and you ultimately find yourself at csx. the railroad company, and you were working your way up. so you were president and coo, is that correct? you are probably about to be made ceo, and at the same time, you are on the board of a company called united airlines. so one day there is a need to have a new ceo, and they ask you to be the ceo. why did you want to leave florida for chicago, and why did you want to give up running a railroad, which is maybe not as complicated as running an airline? why did you want to do that? oscar: one of the more complicated questions in my life. right? to add to that, by the way, my first daughter was getting married right around that time, and we had the wedding planned. my wife's entire interest over the course of that momentous decision was you better get your father of the bride speech done. [laughter] oscar: listen, there are some friends from csx here today. it

ken: david. david, let's go back to the beginning of this discussion.i were trump, i would have squared my issues quietly with mexico and germany and said, ok, now let's go get them, ok? guess what? i am prepared to say that his way may be right. we are going to see. but i would not have done it. i said you earlier, i said his method leaves something to be desired on my part. god, he won the election. i'm sure a lot of people in america are saying i should have run. he won. why -- i could have won. david: so he ran as a great ceo. given what you said about great ceos, would you put him in charge of a major corporation as a ceo? would you hire him? ken: i don't think he was a ceo. i think he was a real estate speculator and developer. big difference. look, look, i don't think he was bragging about his business career. he had more bankruptcies, christ, than god had children. i think he was saying the right things, make america great again. who is caring about you in youngstown, ohio and akron, ohio, and pittsburgh, pennsylvania? like it or not, look at th

[laughter] david: what percentage of luggage is lost? [laughter] david: by the industry generally.m sure yours is better. oscar: by complaint, per 1000, i think it is 3 per 1000. david: the best way to avoid having your luggage lost is do what? just carry it on? or -- oscar: your predicate -- we -- i am not in agreement with. we don't lose that much luggage. if we do, we get it right to you. in fact, we instituted a policy last year. it used to be kind of onerous, where, if, indeed something got lost and we could not find it, we needed receipts for everything that was in your bag, including things -- who keeps receipts for underwear and your toothbrush? we instituted a thing, look, you entrusted us with your bag we , lost it. here is $1200. it is important for us to build trust. we do not lose them that often we need you to trust us. , and when we do, we have to act on it very quickly. david: now, in the old days, in the old, old days, people were worried about the safety of flying. today, do people care about the safety very much? you do not have a lot of accidents in the industry

david: right. jeff: seriously, david. david: all right. jeff: that is amazing.: the answer is? [laughter] jeff: the answer is simple. we will announce a decision before the end of this year. we have made tremendous progress. the teams are working on it, and we will get there. no, no, be nice. jeff: it is dangerous to demonize the media, call them lowlifes, say they are the enemy of the people. every time you attack that, you are eroding it a little bit around the edges. ♪ ♪ david: why did you buy the washington post? you had no background. jeff: first of all, i was not looking for a newspaper. i had never thought about the idea, had never occurred to me. it was not like a childhood dream, nothing. my friend, don graham, who i had known 15 years. i know him 20 years now. he approached me through an intermediary and wanted to know if i would be interested in buying the washington post. i said i would not because i did not know anything about newspapers. her newspapers. and don over a series of conversations convinced me that was unimportant, because we had inside

david: right. jeff: seriously, david. david: all right. jeff: that is amazing.avid: the answer is? [laughter] jeff: the answer is simple. we will announce a decision before the end of this year. we have made tremendous progress. the teams are working on it, and we will get there. no, no, be nice. jeff: it is dangerous to demonize the media, call them lowlifes, say they are the enemy of the people. every time you attack that, you are eroding it a little bit around the edges. ♪ ♪ david: why did you buy the washington post? you had no background. jeff: first of all, i was not looking for a newspaper. i had never thought about the idea, had never occurred to me. it was not like a childhood dream, nothing. my friend, don graham, who i had known 15 years. i know him 20 years now. he approached me through an intermediary and wanted to know if i would be interested in buying the washington post. i said i would not because i did not know anything about newspapers. and don, over a series of conversations, convinced me that was unimportant, because we had inside the washin

[laughter] david: ok. dr. kim: 56 defeats in a row. david: oh. dr.im: i proudly kept that streak going. [laughter] david: you weren't recruited to play at the university of iowa? dr. kim: no. david: did you feel discrimination? dr. kim: there was one town where i went to play basketball in where there were two african-american teammates and me, and the people would literally screaming at us, racial epithets. i can't repeat them on television, but they were screaming at us, and they threw things at us and spit at us as we were coming out to play. so i have had that experience. as a quarterback, you're looking across and they are looking in your eyes, and every racial slur you can imagine was thrown at me. so i grew up with it, and i think it taught me a lot. it made me understand what that part of the world can be like, at least years ago. david: ok, so you are in iowa. you do very well in high school. and you go to brown. you apply and get in the hardest medical school to get in, the harvard medical school. were you surprised you got in, and was that

david: three.ondoleezza: the great advantage to learning to play the early is i could read music before i could read. it was like a native language. so i have always been a good site reader because it is natural to read the notes. david: you played with yo-yo ma. what was that like? condoleezza: i was national security adviser. and my secretary came in and said yo-yo ma is on the phone for you. i said, you mean the greatest living cellist? and she said, yes. and he was getting the national medal of the arts and wanted me to play with him. and so we played for 2500 people at constitution hall. and it was wonderful, one of the highlights of my life. i wasn't confused. i didn't play with him because i was the world's greatest pianist. i played with yo-yo ma because i was national security adviser who played the piano. [laughter] he held up his end of the bargain. david: he went to the university of denver. madeleine albright's father was your teacher. condoleezza: he was the one who got me into intern

i am david westin good welcome to that david westin. welcome to "bloomberg markets: balance of power." kevin cirilli on what a democratic house could mean. and the ross thomas from london on brexit hopes. let's start with kevin cirilli. maybe the democrats taking over the house. what would that mean for president trump? president trump is aggressively hitting the campaign trail as he tries to reactivate his conservative base. this is as polls tighten with the democratic base fired up for the midterm elections. consultants and lobbyists are busy gaming what it means should the democrats take control of the house. congresswoman maxine waters, a progressive from california, a frequent critic of this administration, would be next to take over the house finance committee. pushing thatre narrative, saying that should be democrats take control of the house, it would mean impeachment proceedings that could stand in the way of getting president trumps agenda back on track. david: let's go to trade negotiations. what is going on? michael: it is a

david: right.doleezza: arrogance and hubris are recipes for disaster. ♪ david: let's talk for a moment about non-foreign-policy matters. talk about athletics. you were one of the first two women to be admitted to augusta national. condoleezza: i was, indeed. david: was that a surprise to you? condoleezza: a total surprise that came totally out of the blue when someone offered me membership. i was so stunned i didn't say anything. he said you are going to say yes, aren't you? i said, oh yeah. david: were you a golfer? are you a good golfer? condoleezza: i am an ok golfer. i started late. i was a competitive figure skater as a kid. and then a very serious tennis player. i took up golf the summer i was secretary of state and didn't play very much, but i love it. and yeah, i am a decent golfer now, a good putter. you once said you would not mind being the nfl commissioner. is that still your ambition? condoleezza: i told a good friend of mine, roger goodell. i said when you are worrying about the russi

. [♪] david: good evening, i'm david asman in for lou dobbs. our top stories of the night.ore corruption surrounding bruce ohr telling lawmakers earlier this week that he kept his doj colleague andrew weissmann in the loop with regards to the anti-trump dossier. this is the same andrew weissmann who is part of the witch hunt itself. gregg jarrett, and sidney powell join us. also the trade discussions between the u.s. and canada ending without a deal this week. but both sides will be back at the table next week wednesday. the president says either way it's all about america first. >> if we don't make a deal with canada, that's just fine. i say affectionately, we'll just have to tariff those cars. that's a lot of money coming into the coffers of the united states. david: political savant, ed rollins, and a major hollywood movie on the life of neil a strong omits the first man on the moon planting an american flag on the lunar surface. we'll discuss this and a lot more with vince co coliging nie. catherine herridge has the details. catherine: justice department bruce ohr kept

david: i'm david asman sitting in for lou. the trump economy continues to move. the president in atlanta last night touting its success. >> we have the best economy in history. the stock market is at record highs. unemployment is at historic lows, and more americans are working today than ever before. david: more great economic news today with job growth and wages on the rise. we take that up and more with the white house national trade council, peter navarro. the obama shadow presidency stepping into the spotlight. the former president slamming the trump administration for what he calls stunted progress. >> it did not start with donald trump. he's a symptom, not the cause. he's capitalizing on resentments politicians have been fanning for years. president trump: i'm sorry i watched it, but i fell asleep. i found he's very good for sleeping. david: political savant. ed rollins will join us to discuss the obama coordinated attack against his successor. president trump will ask for the fisa documents to be declassified. but a 2006 obama executive order could compli

david: it is. dr.o say people willing to put risk capital in developing countries, that is the key. unfortunately, there is not enough of it now. if making economies work for everybody, this is what i say now to everybody. our job is to make the global market system work for everybody and the planet. whether you like it or not, we have to do that. there will be no way to buffer yourself from 2 billion people living in africa by 2050 who will have aspirations as high as europeans, as americans, so we have no choice but to make this system work for everybody. david: thank you very very much for what you have done for the world bank. dr. kim: thank you, david. [applause] ♪ xfinity mobile is a new wireless network designed to save you money. even when you've got serious binging to do. wherever your phone takes you, your wireless bill is about to cost a whole lot less. use less data with a network that has the most wifi hotspots where you need them and the best 4g lte everywhere else. saving you hundreds of

david: it is. dr.i have to tell you that people who are willing to put risk capital in developing countries, that is the key. that is going to be the key. unfortunately, there is not enough of it right now. if making economies work for everybody, this is essentially what i say now to everybody. our job is to make the global market system work for everybody and the planet. and whether you like it or not, whether you like it or not, we have to do that. there is going to be no way to buffer yourself from 2 billion people living in africa by 2050 who are going to have ever -- have aspirations that are every bit as high as europeans, as americans, so we have no choice but to make this system work for everybody. david: dr. kim thank you very , very much for what you have done for the world bank. dr. kim: thank you, david. [applause] ♪ julie: coming up on "bloomberg best," the stories that shaped the week in business around the world. e.m. mayhem. currencies sink and economies stagger in nations around the wo

. >> david: yeah.out of the city, for sure. >> anthony: fred morin and david mcmillan. restaurateurs, chefs at the legendary joe beef, bon vivants, raconteurs, historians of their beloved great white north. princes of hospitality. and what do men like this do for fun when the rivers turn to ice three-feet thick? when testicles shrink and most of us scurry for warmth and shelter? if they were like so many other canadians, they would go ice fishing on the st. lawrence river. >> david: the cabin fever induces in the québécois family. because we are confined, perhaps, to spend so much time indoors, a lot of the families love to do, you know, activities together like this. go to the cottage. go ice fishing. you know, it, like, gets you out of the house. and it's very much a family thing. >> anthony: like many of their ilk, they'd seek one of the temporary small towns of sled-borne cabins, drill a hole in the ice, and wait. but these are not normal men. so is quebec better than the rest of canada? >> fred: o

david, i am not the first phd in my family. david: your father had a phd.doleezza: my father and my aunt, teresa, my father's sister. if you think what i do is weird for a black person, she wrote books on dickens. david: you were an only child. condoleezza: i was an only child. david: so you're parents focused a lot on you. condoleezza: definitely. david: you were a ballerina. condoleezza: every lesson known to humankind. some of which i was good at, and some of which i wasn't. but they kept me going. i had french lessons. my mother decided every well-bred young girl should speak french. so at nine years old, i was dragged off to french lessons on saturdays. i had ballet lessons. we had etiquette lessons. i was a pianist. so, yeah, my parents kept me very busy. david: your mother was a schoolteacher? condoleezza: my mother was a teacher and also a musician. david: one of his students was -- her students was willie mays, i understand. condoleezza: my mom taught willie mays. david: was he a good student? condoleezza: i asked him once. he said, oh, i remember

david: thank you.terday, the dow became the last of the major stock indexes to hit a record high as the stock market shakes off worries about trade. we welcome steve chiavarone, federated investment portfolio manager. we have a lot of concerns kicking around. steve: we have talked about this all year. there has been this rotating group of concerts that is able to capture the market attention until fundamentals remind us things are quite good. you have continued strong economic growth. interest rates are higher, but they are still in benign territory, as is inflation. badtariff story was not as with a 10% instead of 25% story. been the question has rising yield versus the dollar. this says it all. it is the 10-year yield versus the dollar spot index. that is not playing on the equity market. >> this is a conundrum on the yield markets. the explanation i am hearing from foreign-exchange markets is this is risk off. get out of the dollar because em is stabilizing, and look forward to what is happening nex

david: it is. dr.o say people willing to put risk capital in developing countries, that is the key. there is not enough of it now. making economies work for everybody, this is what i say now. our job is to make the global market system work for everybody on the planet. whether you like it or not, we have to do that. there will be no way to buffer yourself from 2 billion people living in africa by 2050 who will have aspirations as high as europeans, as americans, so we have no choice but to make this system work for everybody. david: thank you very very much for what you have done for the world bank. dr. kim: thank you, david. [applause] ♪ comcast business built the nation's largest gig-speed network. then went beyond. beyond chasing down network problems. to knowing when and where there's an issue. beyond network complexity. to a zero-touch, one-box world. optimizing performance and budget. beyond having questions. to getting answers. "activecore, how's my network?" "all sites are green." all of which

david: i see. have you ever heard this story president reagan after he was elected he went up to see tip , o'neill. he said, this desk is grover cleveland's. president reagan said, well, i played him in a movie. he said, no, you played grover cleveland alexander, the picture, not the president. [laughter] david: i don't know if that is true or not, but it sounds like a good story. let's talk about president mckinley. he was a governor and senator from ohio. and tragically killed in a world's fair. >> that is correct, in buffalo. david that led to teddy : roosevelt becoming president. what kind of memorabilia, if any, you have from president mckinley? >> i have a letter written on my birthday, december 21st, 1896, it was not on white house stationery, it was written on executive mansion stationery. it is very special to me. completely preserved, and i treasure that. david: you look great for a guy born in 1896. [laughter] david: how many times do you introduce yourself and say i'm matt mckinley, wha

david asman, melissa francis take it. david: thank you very much. optimism for a new round of tax cuts with concerns about escalating trade tensions between the u.s. and china. the dow ending the day down about 57 points t looked like it was swinging to the negative at the end of the day. she is are session lows but the s&p 500 and nasdaq are bouncing back after last week's drop, snapping a four-day losing streak. happy monday, everybody, i'm david asman. melissa: i'm melissa francis. this is "after the bell." we have more on the big market movers. here is what else we're covering in the very busy hour ahead. les moonves is out effective immediately. the cbs chief resigning hours after publication of a bombshell report filled with new allegations of sexual misconduct. our own charlie gasparino is here to break it down, what it means for the future of the network as well. >>> investigating anonymous. the trump administration upping its attacks against the unnamed author of a "new york times" editorial, claiming to be part of the resistance. sarah san

david: david kostin goldman sachs will be staying with us.get to tune in to bloomberg television tomorrow for special coverage of the fed decide. coming up, an exclusive interview with the ceo of one of the world's biggest oil companies. bob dudley, ceo of bp. that is coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> -- ♪ david: this week is climate week in new york as world leaders gather to discuss the climate changes we think. we will be taking a closer look at climate change each day of the week. we will have an installment of our climate risk series. alix: one company leading the charge here is bp. bob dudley, the ceo is one of the founders of the -- of the oil and gas climate initiative. new members coming into the forum like exxon mobil and chevron. joining us now is bob dudley. so great to talk to you. walk me through the reducing of methane you are committing to. what is the conversation? is it about diversifying your product mix? and oil and gas and energy agriculture has such a huge role to play in this. ago, we cames together and said we need to

: david running abc news -- david: running abc news. all next week, we will speak to the biggest voices from that time spanning across all of the sectors affected by the financial crisis. on monday, housing, tuesday, we speak with james rollo, and wednesday, regional banks with kelly king of bb&t, and ray dalio. just some of the guests as we look back 10 years to the financial crisis. waiting response from washington. euro-dollar firmer this by the fact softer economic data like german exports with the dollar playing defense today. 210 spread is flat. crude goes nowhere. david: let's talk about the numbers. at 8:30 eastern time, nonfarm payroll additions for august. we may hear from president trump on imposing tariffs on another $200 billion on chinese imports. willnday, swedish voters go to the polls in a tight race where a populist anti-immigration candidate are challenging to take over the government. alix: we are joined by carl riccadonna and sarah ponzi. welcome to your super bowl, carl. [laughter] alix: a good laugh, thank you. wh

david: thanks so much.e for the house will be fought in suburban districts where republicans hold seats despite being in a state that is not solidly republican. that is true of new jersey's seventh district, where hillary clinton narrowly won in 2016. it has switched back-and-forth between democrats and republicans. the democratic challenger is tom miller announced the, who has spent much of his career as a champion of human rights and then as assistant secretary of state in the obama administration. welcome. it is good to have you here. let's start with one of the issues we hear is important and that is taxes. for a state like new jersey or new york or connecticut there is this state and local tax limitation which is really biting into some people's pocketbooks. how big is that in your district . >> new jersey voters feel like we are getting the short end of the stick. we get $.70 back for every dollar we send. the loss of our property tax deductions makes the issue worse. it is probably the number one iss

ken: david. david, let's go back to the beginning of this discussion.rump, i would have squared my issues quietly with mexico and germany and said, ok, now let's go get them, ok? guess what? i am prepared to say that his way may be right. we are going to see. but i would not have done it. i said you earlier, i said his method leaves something to be desired on my part. god, he won the election. i'm sure a lot of people in america are saying i should have run. he won. why -- i could have won. david: so he ran as a great ceo. given what you said about great ceos, would you put him in charge of a major corporation as a ceo? would you hire him? ken: i don't think he was a ceo. i think he was a real estate speculator and developer. big difference. look, look, i don't think he was bragging about his business career. he had more bankruptcies, christ, than god had children. i think he was saying the right things, make america great again. who is caring about you in youngstown, ohio and akron, ohio, and pittsburgh, pennsylvania? like it or not, look at those rall

[laughter] david: ok. dr. kim: 56 defeats in a row. david: oh. dr.: i proudly kept that streak going. [laughter] david: you weren't recruited to play at the university of iowa? dr. kim: no. david: did you feel discrimination? dr. kim: there was one town where i went to play basketball in where there were two african-american teammates and me, and the people would -- the people were literally screaming at us, racial epithets. i can't repeat them on television, but they were screaming at us, and they threw things at us and spit at us as we were coming out to play. so i have had that experience. as a quarterback, you're looking across and they are looking in your eyes, and every racial slur you can imagine was thrown at me. so i grew up with it, and i think it taught me a lot. it made me understand what that part of the world can be like, at least years ago. david: ok, so you are in iowa. you do very well in high school. and you go to brown. you apply and get in the hardest medical school to get in, the harvard medical school. were you surprised you got

david: that is david. edward lawrence, thanks.mer strategist for justice neil gorsuch for his nomination hearings. we heard the letter judge kavanaugh put out, i want to read a part of it, gets to the heart of question of his own reputation. i continue to want a hearing as soon as possible so i can clear my name. since the first moment i heard the allegation i categorically, unequivocally denied it. i remain committed to defend my integrity. this guy has a spotless reputation. can he ever get that back? >> i certainly think he can. he does still carry a tremendous amount of respect. when he is confirmed on the supreme court he will start doing great work. and you will start seeing it in his legal opinions. one of the biggest things that he can use to his advantage is time. fortunately it won't happen overnight but it will happen over time. we saw that with clarence thomas. he is widely respected -- david: let me focus on justice thomas for a second because a lot of people say since, anita hill had an fbi investigation look into he

dear friend, we came to camp david with all the goodwill and faith we possess and we left camp david a few minutes ago with a renewed sense of hope and inspiration. we are looking forward to the days ahead with an added determination to pursue the noble goal of peace. your able assistance spared no effort to bring about this happy conclusion. we appreciate the spirit and dedication our hosts at camp david and the state of maryland were most generous and hospitable. to each one of them and to all those who are watching this great event, i say, thank you. let us join in a prayer to god almighty to guide our path. let us pledge to make the spirit of camp david a new chapter in the history of our nations. thank you mr. president. [applause] prime minister >> ladies and gentlemen, the camp david should be renamed the jimmy carter conference. [applause] prime minister: and our colleagues and friends and advisers were brought together under one roof. in itself, it was a great achievement but the president took a great risk for himself and did it with great civil courage. and it was a famous

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g. ♪ david: you are watching balance of power, i'm david westin.9/11 and we remember those who lost their lives 17 years ago, and today is a good day to reflect on the war, this marks 17 years since we began out war and just last week a survivor of the 9/11 attack at the pentagon, general john nicholson jr., said it is time for this war in afghanistan to end. we welcome two experts to give us their views. michael o'hanlon is a senior fellow and foreign potash in foreign policy at the brookings institution. he joins us from washington. welcome. , thee have karen greenberg director of national security at fordham school a lot. michael, let's start with you. we have a tendency to overlook this war, give us an update on how much money we have spent and how many people have been lost over the last 17 years? >> as you say, it's a good day to commemorate, and always a somber day. i cannot cheer things up too much by talking about the state of afghanistan. if you are hopeful you can think of it as the government being in control of the major cities most of

i am david westin.e turn to mark crumpton with the first word news. >> president trump defending brett kavanaugh against allegations of sexual assault. the president tweeted that his supreme court nominee is "a fine man with an impeccable record -- reputation who is under saw by radical left-wing politicians." the president has questioned why like user christine blasey ford -- accuser christine blasey ford did not file charges when he allegedly assaulted took place. has said -- the justice department internal watch job best watchdog has been asked to look at documents from the russian mitigation company president had earlier ordered the documents declassified and he said then that that that would explain -- expose really bad things at the fbi. theresa may is sticking to her guns when it comes to brexit. she says divorce negotiations with the european union are at an impasse. the two sides divided over the irish border and the future economic relationship. theresa may said -- >> no one wants a good deal

david: i'll say. i hate to give any veracity at all to the piece, but it made the point that the president had accomplished a lot, both in economics and in foreign policy but the author, whoever that is, took credit for it, said it was in spite of president of the president's leadership. isn't the argument pretty solid now, as much as you might hate his style, that style has a lot to do with what he has accomplished, no? >> absolutely. look, he is a agent of chaos in a town that is used to establishment principles and policies and going along with the boys. that's, that's not this president. if you told him, mr. president this is the way things have been done in the town for 10 years he would throw you out of the room. say this is watt way you we'll do it. you can't argue with success. he had success despite people in the administration who are disgruntled they don't have the kind of power, access or prestige they don't think they deserve. david: howard, they're giving me the wrap. i love how "the new

david solomon is new ceo. >> buddy john has been working with david solomon. we reported he would be rising. he goes back to the bear days with david solomon. it has been a long time coming. when you are ceo, you want new people at the helm. the current cfo will be taking charge of the trading desk. led the consumer bank and he is rising as well. : what does this tell us about the future direction of the bank? you have now a couple of investment bankers. does that mean they will double down on investment? >> it is a good place. that is the question. it is competitive. morgan stanley and goldman sachs -- goldman sachs have been the connect. there is m&a to think about. it is come tentative among the top three, morgan stanley, goldman sachs, and jpmorgan. at the same time, for goldman, they have to work on a lot of the consumer initiatives. david: and get trading back on track. >> i would say that to investment bankers at the top that goldman would be one of the biggest trading houses in the world. david: thank you for that report. now today's brief. let's start