dr. dr. the va spent $20 million on high-end art portfolio. $21,000. it was sculptures like five bedroom homes. two sculptures for $700,000. it was a huge rock sculpture all in with landscaping for $1.2 million. this is a type of the type of waste that is in our government. the former vice chair of goldman sachs robert kaplan is down the president of the federal reserve bank of dallas. he discusses monetary policy in the future of the global economy. good evening. excited to be here with you all tonight. thank you for coming. and thank you for hosting this here in your facility. we have a set of questions that we have set up for rob and we will open up the floor and we will ask some questions. from a timing standpoint. economically we just head jackson hole and second quarter second-quarter gdp numbers working a little bit better. from a human and social perspective it's an unfortunate time our sympathies and prayers go with the folks in houston. i'm sure your comment about some of that later on. looks get straight get straight into it. we will talk ab

dr. melgen, mostly highlighting the private jet rides, luxurious va kay igses in the puerto rico, that dominicany will turn to what he did for drexchange for these political favors as part of the alleged bribery scheme. the defense team doesn't dispute a lot of factual evidence. instead they focus on a legal argument and say these weren't bribes, the two men were friends for over 25 years and there was no so-called corrupt agreement, which is a required legal element in this case. as for the political implications of this case, poppy, nor menendsenator menend showed up to court every day but said he will return to washington if he is needed to casts a vote in a repeal of the affordable care act. poppy? >> all right. laura, jarrett, thank you so much. as the trial continues we'll stay on it. the governor of puerto rico says conditions after hurricane maria are apocalyptic. the island is embracing for another disaster. the national weather service calls the dam break imminent the burst expected to trigger life threatening flash flooding on puerto rico but virtually no means of communication. authorities had to physically visit th

dr. dr. the va spent $20 million on high-end art portfolio. $21,000. it was sculptures like five bedroom homes. two sculptures for $700,000. it was a huge rock sculpture all in with landscaping for $1.2 million. this is a type of the type of waste that is in our government. the former vice chair of goldman sachs robert kaplan is down the president of the federal reserve bank