david rubenstein. david rubenstein has been a cofounder and coexecutive chairman of the carlyle group since 1987, where the largest -- one of the world's largest and most successful private investment groups. before he founded the carlyle group in 1987, he served as deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy during the carter administration from 1977 to 1981. mr. rubenstein was also chief council to the u.s. senate judiciary subcommittee on constitutional amendments. he is chairman of the board of trustees of the john f. kennedy center for performing arts, the smithsonian institution, and the council on foreign relations. mr. rubenstein is also the host of "the david rubenstein show: peer-to-peer conversations." that is featured on bloomberg tv and pbs. secretary baker's career in public service and politics stands unparalleled, having served as the secretary of state, secretary of treasury, and twice as white house chief of staff for presidents ronald reagan and george h. w. bush. long acti

a note-- david rubenstein's philanthropy includes public television, and the pbs newshour.egan by asking him if this work with lawmakers and historians has achieved its goals. we have republicans, democrats and people from both houses coming. we get about 250 to 300 people participating in each interview. they have a reception. we ask them to sit with people from the opposite party in the opposite house so they get to know people they don't otherwise know or get to talk to. there's no press there so there's not pressure to do anything, and they have an interview that they can watch and participate in the interview by asking questions and they're like any other audience, they bring dog eared copies of the books and want them autographed like anybody else. so the reason is not the era of good feels, but the thinking is people who make the laws should know our country's history and it should be known by everybody in the country, particularly the lawmakers. right now we don't teach history or civics in the united states much anymore, and you get surveys that three-quarters of a

president trump running for reelection, tom stier, maybe michael bloomberg, what about david rubensteinat do you think about running for office? >> right now, i'm doing the best i can in what i do. i think the country haves enough people who are billionaires running for president. i know many of them. they are very qualified in some ways to be president, but i think my best use for the country is doing what i'm doing now and what i would rather do more than anything else is talk to you about this book. >> woodruff: david rubenstein, the book is the american story, conversations with master historians. thank you very much. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> woodruff: nearly siion americans are living with alzheimer's disease, and the number continues to soar. for many, this diagnosis is the start of a life wi limitations. but, as an art program in minneapolis shs, a life that can still hold great joy and meaning. the story comes to us from kate mcdonald of twin cities pbin minneapolis as part of our ongoing arts and culture series, "canvas." >> welcome to the walker art center. we have a beau

for 15 years -- and david rubenstein is back. david as we all know is cofounder and co-executive chairman of the karloff group and chairman of the board. and the performing arts, a strong institution at the council on foreign relations. and engaged in many many other philanthropic activities. the patriotic philanthropy, generous financing, great historical landmarks, including the washington monument, the lincoln memorial. the us marine corps. and monticello, and the arlington house. and purchased rare copies of historic documents like the declaration of independence, the emancipation proclamation, and magna carta to ensure they are publicly displayed at the smithsonian and national archives. at the economic club, the insightful revealing and entertaining interview were, at signature events and since 2016 and bloomberg television, the david rubenstein show, and quite the television star. a lifelong enthusiast following the first with master historian, and to the nation, donate book royalties to the library of congress literacy awa

will call it the david rubenstein show. i don't think along jewish name will work. [laughter] they said it's not a problem. [laughter] okay. that's what we do. so i began doing these interviews i enjoy it. i do read a lot and i do like to work on the questions that i don't use notes there's it but wheng with i do it is better to do it without it for me. so it works out pretty well so that's how i came to be the interviewer and then other places and now i find when i go to other places children are college kids or business kids see me they think that's all i do. so that's all i've known for now so let me talk about m philanthropy. i started carlisle with a couple of people in 1987 it turned out we got lucky. we were qualified. we didn't have aun background i was compelled because the secretary of treasury and the ford administration left when carter became president he did something called leveraged buyout he put in a million dollars in two and a half years later he had $8 million. i said that's better than practicing law. [laughter] but i figured it was more profita

but much as i have a tough act to follow succeeding david rubenstein as chair in january, lonnie has tough act to follow as well, succeeding david skorton. david put the strategic plan in place, leading a 1.9 billion dollar capital campaign, and strengthening leadership of the smithsonian, in part by insisting on more inclusive recruiting. david was a very strong advocate for lonnie to succeed him as secretary. the smithsonian board conducted a very wide search, talking to hundreds of people, but ultimately we landed were david predicted we would, selecting lonnie bunch as the next secretary. we were sorry to see david lead us but also grateful for his service to this event sony and in the country, and also thankful that he only moved across the mall. so we still get to see him from time to time, including this afternoon. so please join me in welcoming back the 13th secretary of the smithsonian, david j. skorton. [applause] david: speaking of a fool's air -- errand, they told me i was supposed to talk about what it takes to make a secretary of the smithsonian. i feel silly, but i wil

entertaining interviewer that the signature event and since 2016 as the host of bloomberg television david rubenstein show peer-to-peer conversation, he's become quite a television star. david a long life enthusiast is releasing the book the american story conversations with mass historians consistent with david's ongoing gift to the nation he will donate the book royalties to the library of congress literacy a award. [applause] and now in its 12th year as economic club president, david has completed 133 interviews for club today that has over 900 members. we can truly say without exaggeration that the economic club wouldn't be what it is without david at the helm. with a hearty round of well deserved recognition and applause, let's all please welcome david to the stage as our extraordinary leader. [applause] thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you for that undeserve ond standing ovation. i want to set the stage by giving a little background that leads up to the buck. i want to thank everybody for coming this evening. i realized i'm not as famous as many of the people we bring in for int

rubenstein's david panel at the bloomberg new economy forum.eminder, the new economy forum is run by bloomberg lp. vonnie: elon musk unveiled the new tesla cybertruck with stainless steel and armored glass that apparently would not shatter, but have a look at the demo. well, maybe that was a little too hard. the glass did not fully shatter. how are shareholders reacting? we welcome our automotive reporter from detroit. chester, is it fair to say that the windows are one thing, but most people are having problems with other parts of this truck, chester: yes,lass it surprised him in more than one way, as you noted. the windows being just the start of the dismay on the part of many investors. it pushed the stock down about 6% on the day. there are a lot of questions about exactly what part of the market musk is aiming for with this vehicle. nichey, it is a more product than many were anticipating, even for an electric powered vehicle. right now, there are no electric pickups, although there are several automakers working on them. the whole premise

that was carlyle group cofounder david rubenstein at the panel at the bloomberg new economy forum. new economy forum is organized by bloomberg media group, a division of bloomberg lp, the parent company of bloomberg news. coming up, our look back at the week in tech from apple to president trump and they continue the struggles of we work. that is next. this is bloomberg. ♪ beyond the routine checkups. beyond the not-so-routine cases. comcast business is helping doctors provide care in whole new ways. all working with a new generation of technologies powered by our gig-speed network. because beyond technology... there is human ingenuity. every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected. to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. >> this is bloomberg. weekly storyur starting with apple and its effort to get president trump to cut it a break. ceo tim cook gave president trump a tour of their austin, texas plans. it was not just to show off the back pros being built in the states and may have been to stay in the president's good graces. trump took a mom

carlyle group cofounder david rubenstein spoke with a number of tech executives about china's entrepreneurialtrength at the bloomberg new economy forum. david: so, if i wanted to invest in artificial intelligence companies, should i go to china, united states, israel? yes. david: all those places? >> yes. we released a study a couple weeks ago about where ai was on the global scene and there are a number of countries leading. there is no question that the u.s. is the farthest advanced. china has a national priority to make leading -- co-leading in ai a huge priority. they are producing many more articles, patents and so forth. david: do you think women have as good a chance to rise up in technology companies as men in china? >> sure. absolutely. david: and therefore you go out of your way to hire woman -- women or you don't? because they are equally talented, and you're going to get the same cross-section anyway? >> we need to get rid of the glass ceiling concept. as a corporation, we should create a working environment for women. a lot of them when they give birth, we create a work from home

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carlyle group co-founder david rubenstein moderated a session that featured global tech leaders examiningchnology and innovation. i wanted to invest in young artificial intelligence companies, should i go to china, the united states, israel? >> yes, all those places. we released a study a couple of weeks ago about where ai was in the global scene. there are number of companies leading -- number of countries leading. there is no question that the u.s. is the farthest advanced. china has made a national priority leading or collating ai is a huge priority. they are perusing many more articles, patents and computer scientists, so there is every reason to believe china will be a leader as well. >> do women have as much chance to rise into technology companies -- as much chance to rise into technology companies in china? or arego out of your way they going to get because they are equally talented, a cross-section anyway? >> we should create and work on the environment for women. a lot of them when they give birth, we create a work from home environment for them. one technology i would look ar o

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carlyle group co-founder david rubenstein moderated a session . red global tech leaders examining china's significant strides in technology and innovation. david: if i wanted to invest in young artificial intelligence companies, should i go to china to find them the united states, , israel? where would i find the best one? >> yes, all those places. in fact, we released a study a couple weeks ago about where ai was in the global scene. there are number of countries that are leading. there is no question that the u.s. is the farthest advanced. however, china has, as a national priority, made leadership, or at least collating in ai, a huge priority for their stem related fields. they are perusing many, many more articles, patents, and computer scientists, so there is every reason to believe china will be a leader as well. david: and do you think women have as good a chance to rise into technology companies in china? >> sure. david: do you go out of your way to hire women or are they going to get hired anyway because they are equally talented, a cross-

. >> actually, david rubenstein actually had a copy of it -- >> stephen: the president of the senate.ere, like, he had purchased. >> stephen: you can't help but be moved by the entire thing. ip but, remember, freedom should be for all of us, right. and we have to, you know, all be free, right. and i think that's very important. and it's not about bitterness. it's not about trying to find something to be angry about. it's not about sticking your chest out just to be stick your chest out. but it's about finding that common ground, that common connection, and acting on that and injecting a little bit of love into that. and i think that we can kind of move forward. i'm not trying to be overly idealistic. i think it's something we need. >> stephen: i think yellism is good. you have to have a standard, you know. you hope to behave that way. >> absolutely. >> stephen: you started off when you were so young. here are you-- this is even when you first started. this is you at 17. and you've already-- you'd already been going for a couple years at this point. >> i can tell by the jewelry. yeah.

david rubenstein provides a history of the u.s. through conversations he's had with prominent american historians. newt gingrich talks about the threats the u.s. faces from china. new york university journalism professor pamela newkirk examines whether diversity programs are working. and - - reports on the investors who profited in the collapsed housing market following the 2008 financial crisis. that's all tonight beginning at 6:50 p.m. eastern. check your program guide for more information. >> next, doctor david shulkin recounts his time at the secretary of the veterans affairs department for the trump administration. he's interviewed by jeremy butler. "after words" is a weekly interview program. they are also available to listen to as podcasts. >> doctor shell can, honor to have you here. >> there was allegations that veterans were dying waiting for care. i remember sitting there as a citizen singing, i feel terrible about this. if anybody deserves the best care possible, it's our veterans. wish there was something i could do to

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civic engagement with congressman bobby scott of virginia, a local scientist larry sabitow, and david rubenstein. ♪ >> good afternoon. it is not often that i get a musical introduction so i appreciate that very much. i think we will have some fun with our panel when they come up but as i think you know, i believe this is the program, we are going to have a special guest first and a little intimate conversation between this special guest and me and i feel very privileged to be able to chat with them. an old and dear friend, senator john warner. senator warner is approaching old age but you would never know it. we have been sitting in the back and talking about old times in this race and that race and all kinds of things. i was thinking about his career and that is absolutely incredible because you can go back as far as world war ii and korea. he was in both of those wars, and he did not have to, he did not have to do the second one if he did the first one, but he was always willing to jump in and participate. he did lots of things in between, but let's start with secretary of the navy and early 1

alix: steve schwarzman spoke to david rubenstein. that will be airing on later today.what he talked about in terms of taking the firm public. >> in 2007, you decide, maybe you should take the firm public. it is a private company. why take the firm public? >> i took it public for a lot of different reasons. i had a sixth sense that something terrible was going to happen in the environment. money was so available, money was cheap. everybody was doing things. prices were crazy. i just had a sense this was going to come to a bad ending, and we should have a lot of capital to make sure we were bombproof. alix: some serious spidey sense. [laughter] sonali: what's funny about this, when you look back at the stock price of blackstone, it was pretty laggard at the beginning, really 320 14, 2015. then it started to take off, and plateaued again. the most instant -- the most billions todded his net worth. a lot of private equity firms are cashing out not just for going public, but selling major stakes which are funding their growth, but also adding some liquidity provisions for t

weove that photograph, and should say happy to david rubenstein.mberg this year, and his true support to the nation, the library of congress settled behind the capital is noted. we say good morning on a friday, a very different friday to say on.least, with much going right now, let's get to our first word news. viviana: president donald trump making a surprise visit to troops fighting the u.s.'s longest running water, having dinner with troops in war,nistan -- running having dinner with troops in afghanistan and meeting with the president, trying to get the taliban to agree to a cease-fire. fired twon's regime short range holistic missiles and may plan bigger moves unless the u.s. offers concessions. north korea has threatened to walk away from nuclear talks. in hong kong, police ended their nearly two weeks each of a college campus, turning up bombs and0 gasoline other explosive devices. saudi arabia signaling it has had enough of opec and its allies cheating on quotas. the saudis cutting their own output more than agreed to make up for overproduc

this is like the bible at david rubenstein's library of congress.. i do not see any black marks. somewhere in formations, the granularity of what ed hyman does in his highly coveted research notes. ed: first chart is interesting. it is human. with september existing house price, $273,000, which people can relate to. one decade ago it was $160,000. terrific run over a decade. i have seen that in city after city. wasehold formation 1.3 million people are now moving out of their parents houses. tom: every friday, the gloom crew comes out of the woodwork writing on the blogs, fearing the walls of worry. push against that as the arch market optimist. ed: i am not always optimistic. tom: agreed. ed: i am now. is to be basic tenants a contrarian. francine was asking earlier about that. people are generally cautious about what is going to happen. country,y, in this inflation is low, central banks pushing back. there are many negatives, which is the reason banks are pushing back. mini recession. we might be in a bottoming process. u.s. in general has weather

when the deal was first reported i was speaking with carlisle group co-founder david rubenstein aboutuld disclose i'm a personal investor in viagogo so i'm familiar with the transaction and i suspect it will go forward. they have been under some challenge. there have been activists in the stock. they suggested that stub hub be sold. i suspect that's probablies what's going to happen. it hasn't been formally announced yet. i suspect that's what's going to happen. i think an a auction has been run and i suspect some deal will get done. maria: it was announced. and joining us is the founder and ceo of viagogo, eric baker. a thanks for joining us. why was stub hub so important and valuable to you. >> we're in the live events business. the vision we have is consumers will want to buy any ticket for any event anywhere in the world in their language and currency. viagogo has great distribution. stub hub is an iconic brand in the united states, it made a lot of sense to us. maria: right now whether it's media, like television, it's all about live. you can watch streaming, that's one area of e

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lately i read a long time ago but i was rereading it because congress they had a session with david rubenstein and walter isaacson who wrote the book about leonardo da vinci. they gave a chance to ask question. i told him the story in the book leonardo is very much considers himself like an engineer and that he wrote a letter to the leader of milan asking for a job and described his engineering skills and how he could do all these things that would be useful. especially in terms of any conflict etc. at the end he said i also paint. but that's not the story. in the story, because it's engineering interest, he taught leonardo about in purchase. impetus. and how that affects how you invent and all the rest. talks about impetus. when i had my turn to have a question i said i want to talk to you. to call to your attention something i call to attention my colleagues leonardo talked about impetus. then you might get friction, which is a waste of energy. so you've got to deal with that so you continue or impetus. they said to me, why would you be telling that to your members end impetus. we don't wast

philanthropist and businessman david rubenstein provides a history of the u.s. through conversations he's had with prominent american historians. newt gingrich talks about the threats the u.s. faces from china. new york university journalism professor pamela newkirk examines whether diversity programs are working. and - - reports on the investors who profited in the collapsed housing market following the 2008 financial crisis. that's all tonight beginning at 6:50 p.m. eastern. check your program guide for more information. >> next, doctor david shulkin recounts his time at the secretary of the veterans affairs department for the trump administration. he's interviewed by jeremy butler. "after words" is a weekly interview program.