it has attracted widespread interest from philanthropists, with david harding with the largest donation. nancy is there with mr. harding. >> it may not sound exciting to you, but standing here this room is full of excitement. it's a gift coming from david harding, who i'm pleased to say joins me now. david harding, ceo and founder of winton. thank you for joining us. you have given the biggest donation to this science museum ever. why is this project so important to you? >> well, at winton capital we use mathematics very much, and what we do relies heavily on the use of mathematics. when the opportunity came up to associate ourselves with this new gallery and science museum, i seized it. we're pleased to be associated with it. >> you talked about the importance of mathematics to the uk economy. in the aftermath of brexit, are you concerned about the uk to draw on stem talent? >> i think mathematics is integral to all modern life and modern economy. it's more important than ever to make sure we have a strong stem base in this country and inspire and teach young people to pursue these dif

david: hard to get him on the phone? kenneth: he is so easy to get on the phone.racter and the type of person he is expires me to want to do better for the company. david: do you believe that leaders are born, made, how do people become great leaders? kenneth: i think it is a combination of both. with the analogy, there are great athletes. there are some great athletes that are born but unless you practice your craft those skills will dissipate. there are certainly people with any leadership capabilities, but i'm a strong believer that you have to look at leadership as a craft. david: today as an african-american leader of this company, you are a symbol of african-american leadership in the business world, but when you ultimately decide to do something different, are there other diverse leaders in this company you have enabled to recruit, other leaders of ethnic backgrounds, women/ ? kenneth: what we have been very focused on is diverse city and worlde people around the that i think can move up in this company and i think that is important. david: outside of ameri

david: hard to get him on the phone? kenneth: he also calls me.e is so easy to get on the phone. his character, and the type of person that he is, inspires me to want to do better for the company. david: so do you believe that leaders are born, there may, how do people become great leaders? kenneth: i think it is a combination of both. i draw the analogy to great athletes. there are some great athletes who are born, but unless you practice your craft, those skills will dissipate. so there are certainly people who have innate leadership capabilities. but i am a strong believer that you have to look at leadership as a craft. david: today, as an african-american leader of this company, you are a symbol of african-american leadership in the business world, but when you ultimately decide to do something different, are there other diverse leaders in the company you have been able to recruit? do you have a lot of african-american leaders, women, other people of different ethnic backgrounds? how have you been able to do that? kenneth: yeah, what we have b

david letterman is still hard at work. he went to build a home and volunteered with habitat for humanity. letterman likes to quietly help out. we are taking a look at something used often in school one you are taking a test. >> back and asking what you're one thing is. we take you inside this pencil company, making all sorts of pencils for students and architects. >> i love the christmas tree. >> the charcoal can be smelled. >> you do this. >> it is a secret recipe. >> all different colors. >> we are looking at the way we have been doing it for 100 years. >> they >> you were just a baby when you started. >> he says the secret to the success is making the product here. >> you are getting orders right now. >> we can turn on a dime. first met time? >> exactly. >> we can bring this to life in a couple of minutes? >> a couple of minutes. >> the trees, the skies, the grass. then, she tells me to just add water. we add three things this christmas. >> grade me later. >> a charcoal recipe. did not know. bill murray lends his hands

. >> all right, the most important story of the night is die hard a christmas movie? davidd die hard is not a christmas movie, and a 2015 ppp poll thou poll shows that 15% of people agree with you, this is why it's stupid, die hard is a christmas movie. >> it's clearly a christmas movie, as you draw a hard line. >> what is a ppp -- >> public policy polling. >> all right, i'll take your word for it. and lastly, tom you said a christmas movie should be about jesus, so then later, frosty the snowman, rudolph the red nose rein deer, they're not christmas movies? >> no, but the greatest -- >> it has to be about -- near m-- they're metaphors. >> i do soften my line, because i brought up frosty. just because somebody wears a christmas hat? really? the family gets together back at the end. sorry, a spoiler. >> i don't like it. i mean, i like it, it's a good movie, hilarious. >> stay tuned. as i was researching my family tree, i discovered a woman named marianne gaspard... it was her french name. then she came to louisiana as a slave. i became curious where in africa she was from. s

david: wow. >> we control both houses of congress. the onus is on us, i am the first to say that. as many i'm very happy we won and i worked hard for the campaign and we should celebrate we won the onus is on us with the white house and both houses of congress to deliver regulatory and tax reform immediately. david: liz, it will not being without resistance. we had warning signs of republicans of all people. mcconnell suggesting we have to worry about the deficit before tes perhaps? there is going to be pushback, right? >> absolutely the devil is in the details but i think what's exciting, let's not forget, for months and months, actually years, everyone thought that a rate hike was going to kill the bull market. that was sort of the assumption, that you wanted to be in equities until rates started to go up. this market will blow through not only a rate hike but also advisory from the fed there will be more aggressive than expected. by the way, yes, policy will take a little while to wind out, there is no question about it. i agree on day one they're ready to go from everything i hear but already you have the rig count up. you

david goffin soon ensured that andy murray was putting in the hard yards. em in the first set until david gough nosed ahead in the tie—break, the first time he had ever taken the set of the new world number one. andy murray justified number one. andy murrayjustified that status later, cruising into a 4—2 lead but then, david goffin hit rare heights of brilliance. this was a true exhibition and he reeled off four games in a row. andy murray had no answer but he would put this down to experience, especially if it means lifting the australian open trophy at the end of january. goffin will play rafael nadal in the final. he won his first match since returning from injury yesterday and carried on that form in the first set against milos raonic. but raonic, a finallist at wimbledon this year, fought back in the second and set up a decider. nadal won that though, and is through to the final as he tries to put an injury—ravaged few months behind him. bayern munich assistant manager paul clement is the leading candidate to become swansea city's new manager. the forme

david friedman, a hard liner who also made pretty controversial statements, hugh, when he was advising trump on the campaign trail. here he is in an interview accusing clinton aide, huma abedin, of having ties to the muslim brotherhood. here he is. >> i think the evidence is such that she does have ties to the muslim brotherhood. she grew up in saudi arabia. her parents are known intellectuals with regard to sharia law and they have connections to the muslim brotherhood. i don't think that's terribly controversial. >> hugh, he sounds like a whacky conspiracy theorist. as you know, the claim found to be baseless according to "the washington post" and the other major fact checkers. is this guy fit to be u.s. ambassador to israel? >> yes, he is. i don't know him, but i know he has someone with a good relationship with the president-elect. i don't think he's a whacky conspiracy theorist, although that's not my favorite line of attack on huma abedin. >> how is that not a whacky conspiracy theory? >> if you read andrew mccarthy's rather detailed essay on huma's parents, there are these alleg

david: it's hard to do that fast and legally. it takes a long time to go through that. e other stories making headlines at this moment. amrita: toshiba could have a right down. taylor: the japanese company says it will disclose the impact on earnings as soon as possible. the write-down has to do with the westinghouse unit. they may reconsider the future of its nuclear business. the latest star wars movie is adding to a record year for disney. rogue one took in $96 million over the long christmas weekend. topped $7 already billion in global ticket sales, the first time that has ever happened. that is your bloomberg business class -- flash. that's because star wars was awesome and everyone should see it. is donald trump considered a small cap guy? we will talk about that with battle of the charts. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is bloomberg. i am david weston. coming today, some economic data. it is at 9:00 eastern time. the0:00, we will have manufacturing makes. right now, it's time for battle of the charts. taylor, you get to start. taylor: we've been talking about the

mathematician it was too hard to pronounce so he decided it should be called google. davidnow the company is called also that, so wanted to pick google as the original name and why did you change it to alphabet in terms of the parent? >> after>> 15 years of being google, there were all these other companies that were proto-companies, not really businesses with real ceos and we talked internally at great length about how you get great companies founded and the answer ceos, strong incentive programs, boards and directors. there are not other models. how do we re-create that within the context of google? that is what awful that is. it is a holding company of which google is the best known. many technology companies like microsoft, apple, facebook are run, the ceo's for initially the founders. you had two people that were initially the founders, but they wanted a ceo with more experience. was it awkward to come and and become the ceo when you are dealing with founders without the ceo title? >> they had been searching for someone they could work with for 16 months. they would ha

. >>> donald trump's pick for ambassador to israel, david friedman, is known for his hard line viewsnd his controversial stance could really change u.s. relationships in the mideast going forward. cnn's global affairs correspondent has more. >> boris, donald trump has tapped his hard line campaign adviser as ambassador to israel. david friedman voiced opposition to decades of u.s. policy in the region on settlements, the two-state solution and the embassy in jerusalem. and the reaction is swinging from a potential true partner with israel to totally unqualified and risking u.s. credibility around the world. >> reporter: in tapping his long-time friend and bankruptcy lawyer, david friedman, as his ambassador to israel, donald trump moved to make good on a campaign promise. >> we will send a clear signal that there is no daylight between america and our most reliable ally, the state of israel. >> reporter: israel's right-wing education minister praised friedman, calling him a, quote, great friend of israel. by appointing the hard line friedman as am basbassadoambass could be signaling

we will be fighting hard against david friedman's nomination. i think all of us -- all of our movements, which are going to have to come together around these broad principles, are going to have to work together to fight this in every single way weekend. amy: i want to thank you for being with us, rebecca vilkomerson, head of jewish voice fofor peace, and mustafa barghouti, joining us from france, head of the palestinian national initiative. when we come back, we go south and look at what happened in north carolina. a legislative coup, close to 40 people were arrested, protesting the stripping of the incoming democratic governor in north carolina, of much of its powers. they would us. -- stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. as we turn now to north carolina where as many as 39 protesters , were arrested friday at tthe state legislative building. activists are accusing republican lawmakers of waging a legislative coup by attempting to strip power from the state's in

trump's controversial new pick for ambassador to israel also we want to talk about hard-liner david friedmancould up-end dedecades of agree. joining me for more on the pick, former u.s. ambassador to israel james cunningham. thank you for being with us. here is what friedman said in his first statement after trump nominated hill. he said, he looks forward to working with israel and "doing this from the u.s. embassy in israel's eternal capital, jerusalem." why is moving the embassy to jerusalem, has been talked about in the past, but not done. why is it a big deal and what intended consequences would it? >> well, it would be, it's an emotional symbolic issue that's been around for a long time, and as you noted, presidents, republican and democratic, have for many years had it as a goal to move the embassy to jerusalem but haven't actually taken the step deciding repeatedly it wasn't in our interests or israel's interesting to do that at a given time. if one considers doing that it should be done as part of a bigger picture where you're actually looking at what your strategy is for the reason

david goffin soon ensured murray was putting in the hard yards.goffin nosed ahead in the tiebreak, the first time he had ever taken a set off the new world number one. in the second, murray produced tennis that seemed to justify that new status, cruising into a li—2 lead. but, with the pressure off, goffin suddenly hit rare heights of brilliance. this was a true exhibition, and he reeled off four games in a row. murray simply had no answer, but he will happily put this down to experience, especially if it means lifting the australian open trophy at the end of january. goffin will play rafael nadal in the final. he won his first match since returning from injury yesterday, and carried on that form in the first set against milos raonic. but raonic, a finallist at wimbledon this year, fought back in the second and set up a decider. nadal won that, though, and is through to the final as he tries to put an injury—ravaged few months behind him. wasps are top of rugby union's premiership after a topsy—turvy bonus point victory at newcastle tonight. wasps

one of the most controversial choices the president-elect has made for his cabinet is hard-liner davidriedman, as his choice for ambassador to israel. many are questioning what his strong opinions and opposition to the two-state solution will do to u.s. policy in the middle east. joining us now to discuss is former ambassador, u.s. ambassador to israel and former u.s. special envoy for israeli-palestinian negotiations martin indyk. good to see you, sir. >> good morning. >> so there are three basic points of pushback. the first is the experience of friedman. not known to have any diplomatic experience. he is a bankruptcy attorney who helped trump with his bankruptcies in atlantic city. his legal acumen aside what do you see in his background that gives you question? >> well, that's the first one. it's an important one, because the post of ambassador to israel is an extremely sensitive one. it's normally held by the foreign service offices who have diplomatic experience or people like me with political experience but knowledge of the issues. it's not clear that david friedman has any of

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. >> it's hard to believe that none of david beckham's boys are playing soccer and there's still hopeily. little harper besides ballet is still playing the game that made her dad famous. >> michelle joins us from new york because kanye was an unexpected detour today. >> let's just call kanye an unexpected bonus. you know, kev, i came re "collateral beauty" and you know there aren't many stars that can light up the red carpet the way mr. smith can. >> normally it's the paparazzi shouting. last night it was will. >> what is going on? you are on one tonight. >> no, i was just having fun. it's ctmhrisimas te in new york, and it's just a beautiful energy. >> everyg thinis fun and it's incredible. >> we'll never rap. >> he's such a natural leader and such an extraordinary person. >> one world where will will not rule is with daughter willow. nearly 16. >> can we talk for a minute about the picture of jada and willow together in paris? >> i know, she got her license and me and jada watched her drive away from the house saying my baby is 16 now. it's a new day, you know? on the door yet? >> y

hard work. our colleague david durant asked him about it. david: you were like me. a small amount of followers. what did you set out to do here? how did you set out to become intsa-famous? --my goal was to determine just how hard this is. is it someone -- something anyone can do? there are people called influencers, is the term of art. they basically take money from marketers to try to sell stuff. and i found an agency that sort of advised me on photography and grooming and clothing and various other matters, and i just started posting these pictures on instagram in a totally different character. juico used box to try to eme my following. it was difficult. it gave me an appreciation for my stuff and also showed me how contrived to some of it is. i cannot imagine why that was not leading to more followers. i want to make no offense here. the stylist, the groomers, they had their work cut out with you. they did a lot of work to do. >> that hurts, but i take your point. david: how do these services work? a couple hundred followers asking to become an influencer, willing

. >>> president-elect donald trump wants hard-line lawyer david friedman as ambassador to israel.edman has a number of controversial ideas that deviate from u.s. policy over the past few decades. let's discuss it. joining us now is former independent senator and former democratic vice presidential candidate joe lieberman. senator, great to have you here in studio. >> good to be here. good morning. >> what do you think of this pick? >> well, full disclosure at the outside, david friedman is a personal friend of mine. when i left the senate i became senior counsel in a law firm in which he's one of the founding partners. >> you're the perfect person -- >> exactly. so, i like him a lot. i think he's extremely capable. i don't agree with him on everything he's ever said. but i think the most important thing is that president-elect donald trump wants david friedman to be the ambassador to israel. in other words, he has the confidence of the president-elect. >> well, look, mr. friedman has said a lot of controversial things. but let's -- his positions on things. >> yeah. >> so let's div

david: this is a hard one. i am not sure. use china is so important. --athan: david, thank you up thank you. coming up, we will look at the bond market. michael collins will join us. also bob michaels. in the market, stocks are at it up -- an all-time high. ♪ ♪ jonathan: good morning. welcome to "bloomberg daybreak." i am here with alix steel and david weston. we are just a short time away from work it open. -- from the markets open. at -- a week yen in the fx market. crude is trending higher for much of the morning. david: here is what you need to know at this hour. donald trump's global pick is rex tillerson -- probable pick for secretary of state is rex to listen. -- tillerson. donald trump calls him a world-class player, while many senators are concerned about his close relations with vladimir putin. opec has agreed to a production cut with non-opec oil producers. it is the first agreement of its kind in the teen years. -- 15 years. monte dei paschi moves ahead planits recapitalization after the ecb rejected its request fo

david: born and raised in this town. my dad wanted to make sure i never would work in restaurants. anything but what i'm doing right now. he knows how hard. and i had a few false starts in college. in a realted to work job, a desk job, i realized that -- host: what was your desk job? david: i did private wealth asset management in connecticut. host: really? david: you just shuffled papers around. life wasalized that something i was headed towards the middle. it, ihough i was good at would be terrible at it. it wasn't something i wanted to do. industry -- iod thought the food industry was going to my calling, but as someone who is allergic to work, i thought maybe this is something i should be doing. host: how did you go from one restaurant to what you are doing right now? david: i felt we had everything on the line. if we had invested in the first restaurant, don't the guy would be here today. failure wasn't an option. host: you did this off alone from your father. first one, the magic of bank loan out. we put our money and time and time again. situation,e in that you can learn so many different things you never thought. you can delegate

so hard to believe, david bowie, prince and now george michael.y clean image to provocative, controversial, certainly had his problems. we will break down his amazing life, this morning. >> certainly had an impact one more try was my favorite. >> then holiday song you hear this time of the year, last christmas, i gave you my heart yeah, it is so sad. >> sing it, sue. >> the very next day you gave it away. >> more on george michael coming up. we have learned about the hot holiday items that bee got. >> my family, we have the white elephant thing where you can steel a gift or everybody picks from the pile, and, it it was a squaty potty. i didn't know what you talked about until you went into detail. >> it helps ease the trans situation. >> you do need to google because because we have rainbow uni corns. >> it is true, it is like soft servized cream. it is early. >> hopefully you are not having a soft serve cone. >> then they have pooparie. >> potty talk at 4:30. >> sue's tons of fun. hopefully you had great weekend. whatever you are planning for to

what donald trump was saying, promising to move the embassy to jerusalem, appointing a hard-line ambassador, david friedman, who supported settlements and also has policies that echo benjamin netanyahu's policies. and they felt they couldn't in good conscience, secretary said, leave, walk out the door without putting their thumb on the scale and putting forward a vision for peace the way they saw it and the policies that were threatening and particularly this settlement policy. i don't think secretary kerry thinks those ideas will have a home right now but they do hope it could be the basis for peace when the parties do get back to the table and that's the only way they'll really end the conflict, jim. >> secretary kerry and the obama administration not alone in feeling that the two-state solution is fading away. elise labott at the state department. thanks very much. >>> cnn has learned that the obama administration is preparing to announce retaliatory measures against russia for its meddling in the u.s. presidential election. cnn justice correspondent evan pÉrez has been working his sources. eva

since our having coping with the hard time with the situation. and that david klein is among the confirmed perished in that tragic fire. let's take a look at the pictures. we now know that the to berkeley students that remain missing and family friends or posting. and that list of those confirmed dead continues to grow the hope is to it getting leaked out here on the campus. there is one other element on this list and gryphon madden who they're still looking for in the meantime and david klein who is among that growing list avoided talk dark stains that are out here they told me how difficult it is tough to make ends meet in the bay area housing is so expensive >> j.r.: it's important to note of this has been the deadliest fire on record >> reporter: the close ties are services co and slightly above average most spots and low 60's outside. and a cool 52 degrees in san jose and livermore and we bundle up chilly out there. not much of a windy see a couple clots to abide in a mild o'clock if the best ideas to work with all that starts and in our direction taught s

he chose a bankruptcy laura signed with the israel hard right as his ambassador to israel. david friedman has been formally nominated for the post. even the announcement of the position came with more controversy with friedman saying he would, quote, work tirelessly to strengthen the unbreakable bond between our two countries and advance the cause of peace within the region and look forward to doing this from jerusalem. >> friedman has been involved in pushing conspiracy theories over the years, accusing huma abedin to be part of the muslim brotherhood. after the transition said it would pick keith kellogg as chief of stat and executive security of the national security council. trump chose dr. monica crowley as senior director of communication for the national security council. trump supporter vocal anti-immigrant proponent sheriff joe arpaio is doubling down on his birther claim that says parts of president obama's birth certificate were copied from another birth certificate. he says he will turn this new evidence over to the fed. >>> sad news this morning for sports fans. long

david b.: it is hard to fight this trend. we are talking about the fed beginning to do a more proper hiking cycle particularly in 2017 and 2018, and there are troubles in the other part of the world. parity on the euro has got to become a base case. lisa: when we were talking about a flatter yield curve, how long can the dollar continued to strengthen if you have that kind of dynamic? david b.: i think the dollar is largely going to give it around short -- pivot around short-term rates. it is likely you get the stronger dollar from here and that should contain inflation expectations which will help to keep the 10 year treasury yields under 3%. jonathan: the market is getting away with itself, the euphoria on wall street. i heard a quote from santander, the dollar just saw a win-win, it cannot lose. or atb.: in the past least in recent years the equity market would take caution on a stronger dollar. right now it is not hurting the equity market at all and i think the reason is tax cuts, fiscal stimulus, this reaction in the ra

what is key is that we see that translate into hard data. davidequity markets? big storyi think the is earnings. what are the drivers of earnings and what could suppress earnings? the dollar is right near 14 year high. 2015 psi stronger dollar, way on the revenues of multinational corporations. we are talking more about inflation. we need to be cognizant of what wet means for the fed or do get the goldilocks scenario, which is what the market is pricing in? it's a little bit better growth and more inflation, but not too much inflation to scare the fed. that translates into stronger revenues and margins state could and earnings growth comes back in the mid-single-digit range. alix: what is your strongest conviction trade for 2017? david l.: we like cyclical sectors more than defenses. i think the financial trade will keep working. interest rates are headed higher and banks may go back to baking money -- making money by being banks. industrials, materials. energy, we need to be clear with what happens with prices, but stay away from the higher-yield

i find that hard to believe. >> david, let's follow through on kirsten's thinking, let's say he keepsome kind of minor oversight on the show. most of it is pretty shot. not like he would have to follow it around in realtime. but the definition of president is changed. defined by who is in the office and this time it's donald trump. >> yeah, i mean, they're pretaped. but you can still imagine a live tweeting party led by the president of the united states. yeah. i'm with kirsten on this. i don't mind the money but whether it's unseemly. this is the presidency. this is an institution that is bigger than donald trump. i was saying when we talked about this earlier this morning remember when everybody freaked out because people in the obama administration didn't wear their coat jacket or their blazer in the oval office like ronald reagan insisted upon doing. i think this is a new area where you have a president who tweets the way he does and who is going to associate himself as president with an ongoing reality show. >> a lot of this is going to be about how it's perceived by the people i

hard. thank you so much, david rossi. a little breaking news right now two teenagers have been taken into custody in connection with that wildfire in tennessee that left 14 people dead. the two teenage suspects were not identified because they are minors. no word has been given on their exact role in the fire, starting the fire or how it was done or why. gatlinburg fires injured nearly 150 people and damaged or destroyed more than 1700 homes and businesses in addition to the 14 people killed. a horrible tragedy. be sure to vote in our poll tonight. the question is do you believe the spiteful left has become so petty, so vicious that it will soon consign itself to historic irrelevance. cast her but on twitter @lou dobbs. an existential question as they say in washington and follow me on twitter @lou dobbs like me on facebook follow me at instagram @lou dobbs tonight. on wall street today the trump rally rolls onto the dow soaring almost three and a point, up 290 points hitting a new lifetime high. the s&p up 29 points the

we have his un pick to israel, david friedman who is a right wing hard liner when it comes to moving not only the embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem and allowing settlements to continue. the family foundation funded it. it's clear where donald trump stands on this issue and this makes it clear that the embassy will move probably for the first time to jerusalem. what sort of ramifications does that have in the mideast? we will have to wait and see. one of the reasons why it never has been moved, we don't want to provoke any middle eastern reaction against our embassy and think we are not on the side of negotiating for peace. we are hearing the state department say that. they don't necessarily agree with every aspect of this resolution, but the united nations makes it clear that both must act now to preserve the possibility of peace and say this action preserves the ability for the pears to negotiate the end of the conflict. they don't want to get in the way of a two-state solution. what the trump administration does going forward will be very interesting to see. listen, we know what s

yesterday he tapped new york lawyer david freedman as his nominee for ambassador to israel. reedman supports hardine israeli positions including settling the west bank moving the us em bass fry tell avenue ear to the contested city of jerusalem. brook silva bragga, cbs-3 "eyewitness news". >> new jersey governor chris christie proposed tell-all book may include details about his role in the trump transition. on thursday, both houses of the legislature considered controversial bills to change state law. it would allow governors to profit book deals while still in office. also in the bills are a list of proposed salary raises for judges, prosecutors, and other public workers. >> i personally have no issue with the governor writing a book, whether this governor, next governor. >> it is being rushed through, it is a little smoke and dagger, waiving on the agenda late tuesday, had a here both houses, in the middle of the holiday season when the public really doesn't have a chance to be weighing in. >> we are told the bills have bipartisan support. lawmakers could vote on them as early as monday. >> we

>> david: the art of dining is kind of disappearing, much to our chagrin. i work super hardon. >> anthony: when seeking excellence in a dining companion, what qualities does one look for? >> david: i turn my phone off. i -- you know, i never put my elbows on the table. i don't -- >> anthony: really? >> david: of course. come prepared with stories. don't drink too much. don't become sloppy. >> anthony: come prepared with anecdotes? >> david: absolutely. >> anthony: no elbows on the table? >> david: no. it's not -- it's not -- it's not proper. >> anthony: i'm a total failure as a dining companion. what -- what is that? what's that, you ask? an iconic escoffier-era classic of gastronomy? ho, look at that sauce. holy crap. the devilishly difficult lievre a la royale, a boneless wild hare in a sauce of its own blood, a generous aping of fresh black truffle, garnished with thick slabs of foie gras, seared directly on the top of the cabin's wood stove. oh, damn. look at that. >> david: we're -- we're in a wooden shack, over 3 feet of ice and 100 feet of water. >> anthony: you are h

david: you're right, a tax break is not government's money. it is the person who made the money, keeping more of their money. very important. melissa: i was giving bruce a hardme. we believe different things. david: he is great marketer. life expectancy taking a dip. what is behind a shocking drop. will it bounce back? >>> could donald trump save lift by his negotiation tactics. dr. man any thinks so. he is here to explain next. value of yourtotaled n. the guy says, "you picked the wrong insurance plan." no, i picked the wrong insurance company. with new car replacement™, we'll replace the full value of your car plus depreciation. liberty mutual insurance. david: this is concerning. life expectancy in the united states, taking a deadly turn, dropping for the first time in decades. for 2015 life expectancy is 78.8 years old. this is down .1 of a percent from 2014. dr. manny alvarez, foxnewshealth.com, senior managing editor joins me now. .1% doesn't sound like a lot. >> going down. david: demographers seem to know about their stuff say this is big deal. the fact it is leveling off, is a striking finding. do you think yourself too? >> absolutely. for the last

it's hard to accept it. >> 50-year-old david washington is now charged this in the clerk's death. police say he beat the clerk with a piece of wood before stealing money from a cash register. >>> arlington county's new bishop will be installed at 2:00 this afternoon. he's promising to promote peace and this year's presidential election. bishop burbridge says it's his job to tell parishioners we're all brothers and sisters and despite our politics we need to treat each other with respect. >> even when we disagree, even when we have different perspectives that we do not label, we do not dismiss one another, but truly listen and respectfully engage each other. >> he will be the fourth bishop to submit a letter of resignation at 75. the home is home to 6,000 catholics. >>> maryland's newest casino opens in just days now, and it's the fairly safe bet you'll see large crowds there. the news 4 i-team found maryland has a list of players who are prohibited from entering some local casinos, but you can't see that list. as scott used to keep players from winning too much. >> reporter: joe i

it's hard to accept it. >> 50-year-old david washington is now charged in the clerk's death. he beat the clerk with wood before stealing money from the a woman's family who was killed. she was hit at mount vernon and west leeb road. cruz was walking home from the delray neighborhood where she was a beloved employee at three restaurants. customers say she gave the best hugs and was the light in the community. she leaves behind four children and a husband and they are heartbroken. >> what you see is what you get. she's natural, she's generous, and e' she loves all of her children. >> the driver was charged for failure to yield to a pedestrian. next week you can help the family by eating at three delray restaurants. you can find out more information about that in the nbc washington app. >>> we are learning more about the sheen. it started to appear. now the environmental protection agency says it came from nrg maryland. they provide about 70% of the drinking water. we're told that the oil has not negatively affected the drinking water. >>> 4:34, our time right now. bill cosby's

david clines. 30-year-old sarah hoda. friends call her a teacher, gardner and hard working person who loved children. >>> we are also hearing some of the harrowing stories of survival. >> two women who lived inside tell us of the frantic moments when the fire broke out. >> the power went out and i jumped off of the loft which is 10, 11 feet, grabbed a head lamp and used it to grab my cat and phone and my keys. and then tried to get out of my gate and out the door. people at that point were trying to push their way through. >> this is our home. one of the other residents was standing in the doorway with all this smoke pouring out trying to light the way for people still trapped inside. >> he was trying to get people out of there. at some point i think whether you got out or you didn't. i think that timeline was under 10 minutes of when the fire started to when there was no chance for you getting out. that had to have been under 10 minutes. >> harrowing moments for people. when something like this so tragic happens, people want to help. across the bay area and the country really many are offering their support. >> we've been

david and i going to war together. and i definitely won upon battle. >> i'm trying very hard not to be too excited, but i feel like i'm going to the final five. >> oh, yeah. i think i can win this game. and i'm just as happy i could win this game as i am that david

david friedman. guest: he has a history of business dealings with donald trump. he is very hard lined, very right wing. many suggests he leans to the right of israelis. really his natural ideological home -- we may be on the rise of that. he doesn't support the two state solution. he refers to the bank by the jewish name. arabesn't believe that israelis -- he questions their citizenship and is ensure they should vote. views, soextreme extreme that one israeli newspaper was suggesting it is just as well he had diplomatic immunity so the police won't be able to inch -- vehicle to charge him. >> what has been the other reaction? >> right-wing parties are publicly welcoming the nomination. the suggestion he has made openly that the american embassy would move from its present location to jerusalem has been welcomed by the prime minister. he said let's do it. there is one thing on the center of a israeli policy. it is much more quiet and subdued and worried. they are suggesting this nomination shouldn't go ahead. there is one hesitation here, which is this. the ambassador doesn't set

i don't believe to tax and growth side he will have a hard time getting peep on the same page. davide thing about reagan, he had this vision, he had been writing about the vision of the supply side. which by the way is what happened. you lower rates you get more revenue coming in because there more economic activity. i'm not sure that trump has that same vision. that system else focus -- single focus vision that ronald reagan did, which united these people. >> i don't think he does, but i see a lot of similarity with his picks and the first 100 days, a lot of things quickly, that we saw with team that i served with in 1984. a difference, i think that donald trump will be more of a pragmatist. i see more negotiations going on. have blue eye with shade people who say the numbers don't add up, if you look at it from numbers it does not. but if you look at it from human stand point, you increase incentive you have a lot more economy activity and more revenue coming in. >> i believe trump has surrounded himself who say that and bringing people to the table with a diversity of opinions. a

david: chicago for example is really no surprise they have mall brawls. >> newark. >> i am not sure that mall brawls will hit retail that hardt the you know idea of a terrort attack. a soft target, that is concerning. david: let's lot bury the lead, it is a grade lead, it has been a wonderful seen for retailers -- season for retailers does it continue through the years? >> it does, everything said about trump election consumer confidence is now highest it has been in over 15 years, with consumer confidence people are more willing to spend both or planned purchases and unplanned. retail off to a good start and continue to ac accelerate. david: we just need lower taxes to spend more, that leads me to a tease, coming up steve forbes will join to us talk about taxes, trump and how much your taxes are going to go down. you don't want to miss that, that is coming up next. david: 2017 just around the corner with a businessman in white house and republican-controlled congress, some export forecasting a sweeping overhaul of tax code but could one obscure congressional committee stand in the way? so could they knock out any meaningful

. >> if you want to talk about qualifications, a guy like david petraeus -- >> he's someone they would have a hard time getting confirmation. you know you got guys like paul, like lee who will see him as interventionist in a way they won't want him. you can turn republicans against him and lose the number. how do they do it? >> you can go down this road of why you like certain people, their stature in the world, their profile. clearly trump at least appears to have soured a bit on giuliani. he has kind of an inside track initially. he's widening out the search. a guy like rex tillerson is very interesting. not only a strong businessman, energy sector, very good relationship with putin. he's a tough guy. he's a tough guy who could be a tough negotiator who could channel trump in a way that might be better than some of the other people on the list. that's why that's an interesting conversation to be had. if you look at this taiwan business and china, john bolton has said publicly, we have to shake up our relationship with china. trump clearly likes that. i'm just not clear that trump is set in his o