eccentric asi was a human being but i feel better after watching tim and eric.tely has the uniform visual aesthetic. it's birgright and the editing s jumpy. they looks like it was made on equipment that is falling apart. maybe the adults have left the station. the cameras are falling apart. the tape looks like it is disintegrating. although i have to say they are beginning to move away from that. something like tim and eric's bedtime stories. reporter, what is interesting is that they are starting to make some shows that are kind of remarkable. for example, comedy central, ifc, these are sort of the big networks that they are making tv for. carol: i think what is fascinating is you talk about the seismic shift in how television is made that maybe go back a decade. this might not have been so easily done. you've got everybody making content and it's being diced in many different ways. >> 30 years ago these guys would be in a basement in rural pennsylvania making where it shows for 36 people. now it is not as if they are 6 millionows for 3 people. but there is som

david: you talk about weird ended centric. -- eccentric. it has a particular aesthetic. if you can. carol: can you call it an aesthetic? >> you can definitely call it aesthetic. i thought i was eccentric as a human being, but i feel better after watching tim and eric. that there are people further out than me. it definitely has a uniform visual aesthetic. it's bright and the editing was jumpy. it looks like it was made on equipment that is falling apart. i think in the piece, i say, maybe the adults have left the station. the cameras are falling apart. and the tape that it is films on like it is disintegrating. although i have to say they are beginning to move away from that. something like tim and eric's bedtime stories or horror anthology. but to me as a business reporter, what is interesting is that they are starting to make some shows that are kind of remarkable. for example, comedy central, ifc, these are sort of the big networks that they are making tv for. carol: i think what is fascinating that you point out in your story, you talk about this seismic shift in how

this is what's left of the window in the lobby outside the eccentric's at six in santa clara. the bullet fired between 1 am and 2 am. spokesman for city hall says the incident is concerning, there's no apparent motive, no threats have been made. so far, no connection with recent accident graffiti vandalism.>>> police received a call about a 14-year-old goal being kidnapped around 9 am while walking near herzog and 50 5th street. police responded and returned her safely to her family. an adult male suspect has been arrested in connection. investigators say the incident may be linked to sex trafficking of young girls.>> kidnappings like this often lead into the sex trade. >>> pearl pinson was last seen on may 25th. her family gathered at the overpass where she was last seen to hold another prayer vigil. they want people to keep looking for perl. the sheriff's office tells us there are no plans for any more searches. they do plan to follow up on any new leads. perl sister tells me they will never give up hope. probe will come home alive.>>> here in san resell the manhunt continue

person have not talked about that but as eccentric as they come back yet that word conservatism persbecomes the word to bring in all of the schools anti-communist liberal arts people like mortimer st. john's university but it does bring together a lot of people than one person who is taken with this book is a pilot from arizona of barry goldwater and it is a catalyst for him. >> and the book begins with about some o talk about his importance and some of the other people in the book the other litany of conservative since. >> death is a great way to put it because the book looks at roughly 29 people looking at their lives what they contribute and they all agree in the book some we know well like edmund burke which is well known to most academics but others this obscure british figure whose deals with, a lot but those that we don't remember very andd well harvard historian and the historian of the classics nobody picks up davit. >> other names that we know very well. e >> he ends the book with t.s. eliot and they become very good friend starting 1953 and shape each other's thoughts prof

quite eccentric. in a way he symbolizes the conservative elite.e was educated in eden, one of the most privileged schools in the country. privileged background for sure. he was running most likely against theresa may. neither of them have confirmed as of yet but they are seen as the ones most likely. theresa may, the home secretary who has so far kept a low profile when it came to the brexit, but she was the remaining contender. the question is, is a go to be somebody who is advocating brexit, which in a way seems natural that someone who wanted to leave european union now goes to brussels, the very difficult negotiations. or does someone was more unifier, that would be theresa may's role because she could maybe bring the two sides together. pbut conservative politicians have said it has to be somebody from the leave aside because they were the ones who wanted this and they had the legitimacy to go to brussels and negotiate. brent: birgit, thank you very much. you're watching dw news. still do come, conversations about the brexit among london's ar

. >> reporter: london's controversial former mayor known for his eccentric personality. stunts like these -- yes, his hair. facing the wrath of the remain his home. >> shame on you, boris. >> reporter: this is uncharted territory, no nation has left the eu in modern times. the netherlands, france and italy are now considering having their own votes. cecilia. >> okay, lama, thank you. >>> that vote making its way into the race for the white house. far off the campaign trail, but not so far that he didn't have a new attack for hillary clinton. what trump now says she's afraid of. abc's tom llamas was right there. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump is accusing of hillary clinton of hiding from the media because she opposed brexit. >> do you think it's a mistake not to go on camera? >> yes, she should go on camera. she called brexit 100% wrong. a statement, calling brexit an example of why we need experienced leadership in the white house and now is a time to support our friends and allies. trump's comments come as he toured another one of his golf courses in scotland. the p

famous for his great food and famous for being eccentric and for his temper. and, therefore, people will go and will say, "i'm mr. so-and-so, can i have a table?" and he would say, "who sent you?" "the minister of the economy." "get out of my economy." and a friend would come and welcome them and treat them like kings. the tawbl had only 20 seats. and jacques allowed me not only to eat in his restaurant but to observe him every afternoon after school. >> rose: as he was cook, you would come after school and watch him prepare? >> yes, i would. and we would talk about food and about-- he was previously a legionnaire. and he would explain to me -- >> being a foreign legionnaire. >> yes, the stories of being in vietnam and so on. but for me it was all about the dance in the kitchen and him cooking and the smell, and feeding me, too, because i was really-- i loved the chocolate mousse, and apple tart. >> rose: i think you suggest his mousse as somehow being analogous to proust biting into-- >> the mother land. >> rose: what did you walk away from that experience wi

going forward, as the internet and tv blur, what will be valuable as eccentric voices, even if they turnome people, and not everybody like bonnie knows them even if they are cool people. vonnie: it should not be an excuse. >> it could bring audience that is sticky and obsessed with the work and dazzled. those are the kind of voices that will be valuable. vonnie: always telling us the hit ways. you can tell the story in the latest bloomberg businessweek. ♪ e betty: this is "bloomberg markets." vonnie: let's start with the headlines. mark crumpton has more from the newsroom. isk: tropical storm colin gaining speed and strength as it takes aim at florida later today. it has maximum sustained winds at 50 miles per hour with some slow and the strength possible. the center will approach the coast of the florida big bend. this afternoon or tonight. governor rick scott has declared a state of emergency. residents in on oregon town have been given the all clear to return home. they were repairing damage from the train that crashed and sparked a fire. 10,000 gallons of oil have been removed on the

he was very forgiven but also -- this guy was interesting, so kirk liked him and kirk was that eccentric too. >> who better to ask than somebody who has put together this biography. what would he think about today's political environment? >> he would be horrified in every way. i think two things would have bothered him immensely and he spent the last three years of his life combating this. he was right or wrong he thought that george bush's foreign policy, first george bush was against everything that america really stood for. he was worried about the first gulf war. he saw this as our first into american empire. he was -- he spent the first three years, i don't think-really successful and run out of the conservative movement, but he was very much against this. he thought bush betray it had entire reagan legacy. he did not believe in any form of overseas expansion, the idea that we have troops stationed in 150 countries, out of 100, roughly 96. something very different than 1991, he would have been very upset about that. he would not in any way recognize the people that we call, neocons,

jack was a celebrated chef of the country, famous for being eccentric and his temper.e will go and say so-and-so, can i have a table? you and youwho sent say the minister of the economy, he would say get out of my restaurant. other people, he would treat them like kings. there were only 20 seats and he loved me not only to eat in his restaurant but to observe him every afternoon at school. charlie: you would go after school and watch him prepare. eric: i would. we would talk about food. he would explain to me the andies of being in vietnam so on. for me, it was all about the dance in the kitchen and the cooking, the smell. i love to his chocolate mousse and his apple tart. charlie: i think you suggested his chocolate mousse as being to biting into the motherland. what did you walk away from that experience with? eric: he showed me what a professional kitchen was. learned for myself the craftsmanship, the artistry. i knew at a young age that i would become a chef and i didn't want to become a chef in a bistro, not like it's a bad, but i wanted to do fine dining because

being eccentric might work with a small universe of a primary, not in the general election. >> what is the likelihood of that happening? why would anybody think that donald trump, a, could change and b, would change. we have seen the same donald trump since before he announced. they love donald trump. he's been encouraged by paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, other washington republicans. he's been begged by conservatives to speak about their issues. he simply refuses to do it because he's donald trump. it has some appeal. obviously, it got him as far as itd got him. there's no reason to think donald trump is going to change right now. >> he has had to clarify a number of issues, the bathroom bill and gun control. there many times he speaks. then others speak up and he's modifying, backtracking or explaining. >> there's no doubt he's had a series of missteps. watch the news to figure that out. the one thing donald trump hates is losing. look at the general election polls right now. he's more competitive if you look at the battleground states, he's where mitt romney was. sanders fans haven't g

a former mayor known for his eccentric personalities, stunts like these, and, yes, his hair.g the rath of the voters friday as he was leaving his home. >> shame on you! >> this is uncharted territory. no nation has left the e.u. in modern times. the netherlands, france and italy are considering now having their own votes. abc7 news, london. >> a new survey shows hillary clinton has a bigger advantage in the presidential race against donald trump. in a new abc news washington post poll just released in the past 30 minutes clinton has a 12-point lead over trump. 51% to 39. the poll also found two-thirds of americans see him as biased against women and minorities. 64% of voters also call trump unqualified to serve as president. that's up six points from last month in an exclusive interview, george stephanopoulos goes one-on-one with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. mcconnell will explain his reasons for donald trump to become a serious candidate in his words. can you catch it here on abc7. still ahead on the abc7 sunday morning news, a little boy in the east bay with big

. >> for decades gadhafi was one of the world's most eccentric leaders, known for his flamboyant outfits and his all-female bodyguards. but he was also an open supporter of international terrorism, with links to the lockerbie bombers, the i.r.a., and other militant groups. >> he kept libya under very, very tight wraps. he would disappear people. there was no freedom of any kind. massacres in prison. so he was a horrendous, horrible, brutal dictator. >> anyone who spoke out against him at all would be arrested immediately, sometimes tortured, sometimes killed. >> tracy shelton is a 34-year-old freelance journalist from australia who heads to libya to cover the conflict. >> it began with protests, as in many of the arab countries, inspired by egypt and tunisia. people started protesting for more freedom. but the reaction from the gadhafi regime was to shoot protesters, to try and stop these protests with violence. >> the violence that gadhafi unleashed on them was a violence of another order altogether. we're not talking now mubarak's security forces. we're talking about mercenaries. we're

being eccentric might work with a small universe of a primary, not in the general election. >> what isening? why would anybody think that donald trump, a, could change and b, would change. we have seen the same donald trump since before he announced. they love donald trump. he's been encouraged by paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, other washington republicans. he's been begged by conservatives to speak about their issues. he simply refuses to do it because he's donald trump. it has some appeal. obviously, it got him as far as itd got him. there's no reason to think donald trump is going to change right now. >> he has had to clarify a number of issues, the bathroom bill and gun control. there many times he speaks. then others speak up and he's modifying, backtracking or explaining. >> there's no doubt he's had a series of missteps. watch the news to figure that out. the one thing donald trump hates is losing. look at the general election polls right now. he's more competitive if you look at the battleground states, he's where mitt romney was. sanders fans haven't gone to hillary clinton. that

hipsters are known to gravitate to the eccentric, so i thought i'd be able to find some at this placewhere animals go to die after they're dead. what kind of person shops here? >> all kinds of people. we've got skulls and bones. things preserved. freeze dried bats. does this feel like a portland type of business? >> yeah, most definitely. this is very portland. >> so i look at you, like there's an asymmetrical haircut, which is beautiful. it's well done, a color that is worked in you through some products, piercings, two lip rings. >> one was not enough. >> would you describe yourself as a hipster? >> ooh, ooh, no. >> is there anybody here in portland that is a hipster? >> no. i'm not saying that. >> she sure wasn't excited about the word hipster. how am i going to talk to one if i can't even find one. time to hit up a fancy coffee shop. fancy coffee shops are to hipsters. there's got to be a hipster here. this coffee serves two functions. one, it's delicious, and two, it will be another annoying food pic for my instagram page. and i bump into alex who writes a blog about, you guessed

a former mayor known for his eccentric personalities, stunts like this, and, yes, his hair.ing the rath of the voters friday as he was leaving his home. >> shame on you! >> this is uncharted territory. no nation has left the e.u. in modern times. the netherlands, be france and italy are considering now having their own votes. abc7 news, london. >>> new this morning donald trump is back in new york after sharing his opinions but i think land's brixit vote while visiting two golf courses he owns in scotland. he has praised british voters for decide to go leave the e.u. yesterday trump spoke about british prime minister's david cameron's decision to resign following the vote. >> it it was a sad way to have o resign t shouldn't have taken place. the whole thing shouldn't have taken place. i guess he was misled. i felt what happened was going to happen. it was sad for david cameron. it was very pathetic for president obama, and was certainly pathetic for hillary clinton, who called it wrong. >> democrat hillary clinton did not campaign yesterday, but released this ad. it criticiz

. >> reporter: london's controversial former mayor known for his eccentric personality.like these. and yes, his hair. facing the wrath of the remain voters friday. as he was leaving his home. >> shame on you, boris! >> reporter: this is uncharted territory. no nation has left the eu in modern times. the netherlands, france, and italy are considering having their own votes. >>> donald trump is headed home to the u.s. after sharing more of his opinions about england's brexit vote while visiting two golf courses he owns in scott land. the presumptive republican presidential nominee praised british voters for voting to leave the european union. today trump spoke about uk prime minister david cameron's decision to resign following thursday's vote. >> it was a sad way to have to resign. it shouldn't have taken place. the whole thing shouldn't have taken place. and i guess he was misled. i felt what happened was going to happen. it was sad for david cameron. it was very pathetic for president obama. it was certainly pathetic for hillary clinton. they called it wrong. >> democra

every kind of utopian dreamer, eccentric, new ager, they all came here in search of, whatever.erver: and this is level three. >> dan: that's level three? >> server: yes, sir. >> dan: all right, okay. >> server: be careful with that. >> dan: all right, we will be careful indeed. >> anthony: new mexican chilies come in two varieties -- red or green. >> dan: that's the -- by the way, the state question in new mexico. >> anthony: red or green? >> dan: red or green. >> anthony: ordinarily, i like green. it's like yankees or mets. you gotta pick one. this green, however, is not ordinary green. my face is burning off. [ laughter ] this -- this ain't normal. oh god, this hurts. >> dan: i'm going to join you. fate lies right here. >> anthony: def con one, two, three. it's a slow roll, too. first, you think it's going to be okay. then, it's not. there's nothing to do but wait it out. [ laughter ] i believe they're using the same peppers in, uh, pepper spray. >> dan: for repelling grizzly bears, if that tells you anything. >> anthony: yeah. a shot glass of that will put you in the hospita

if you ever fell in love with harbin or know someone who did, you know this is more than just an eccentric give away spot. this is a fountain head for generations of people who came from around the world. while the destruction here was heartbreaking, that love and sense of community will be vital. >> we have had guests come and visit the gate, park and sit a half hour and turn around and leave. they know they can't come on property, but their connection is so strong they just want to be near it. >> reporter: when the guests can finally return, they will find a bittersweet collision of past and future. from the deer to the trees around the pool, life is slowly returning here and eventually so will the place we know. >> in some ways, it's a blank canvas. i look out there and i see hope. >> reporter: in lake county, wilson walker, kpix5. >>> well that's it for us. thank you very much for watching. we will see you back here at 11:00 with a lot of updates on the sports team. >> the latest is always on cbssf.com. as we look toward ... cooler weather on the way. see you at 10:00. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

he was an eccentric thinker and he talked about the idea of an intergalactical network. and everyone said work on the command and control problem. but that materializes later and it becomes what is now the internet. >> computer scientist have gone back and looked at the wry writings and he predicts the cloud and this is similar to adam turing talking about artificial intelligence that is nowhere near created today back during that time. you know, it is hard not to talk about him not only for the internet but a commuter modeling pioneer and how data systems are used to create models for everything from war games to weather patterns and everything else. can you talk about that? >> yes, and many people don't know that. he did have, and i wonder and write it in the book what his intentions, he was very liberal in this thinking and transparent and obviously he had this idea of sharing everything. but at the same time, he was involved in one of the more controversial programs of the vietnam which has to deal with behavioral modeling with computers. so the new computer systems

may look at the choices, if you look at hillary, she's like the evil stepmother and trump is her eccentric uncle and. >> and gary johnson is the like the -- >> bernie sanders said he doesn't think trump is going to get his voters. he said trump is a bigot and anti-worker. he wind through issue likes minimum wage, taxes, global warming, immigration. a huge difference and when you look at '08, the last time we had a serious contest on the democratic side guess what, even after the primary was over, a huge number of clinton's backers say i'll never vote for obama. and what happened? by the time we got to november, it was like 0% of them ended up voting for obama. they didn't stay home. >> but hillary clinton did something that bernie sanders is not doing, and it should probably do very soon. she was very gracious, she took the loss like a pro and said, as hard as it is for me to have this loss. if you want me feel better, we have to get behind obama. >> mccain was viewed unfavorably by about 23% of democrats, so as an option are you going to with obama or mccabe. mccain wasn't viewed that bad

because ppp is sort of eccentric is not the right word. out of the box, that's the right phrase. they're not afraid to think outside the box. that's the way we'll put it. ppp is the polling company that is most likely to ask burning, if weird, questions that real people actually talk about and actually worry about, even if no other pollster wants to go there. for example, i know quite a few republicans who have patiently explained to me, in recent weeks and months, that, yes, it is insane that their party nominated donald trump to be their presidential candidate this year. a lot of republicans have said to me, what do you expect? the american electorate has been driven mad. insane by eight years of barack obama. what did you expect us to do? anecdotally in my own life, i've had conversations with republicans along those lines, not just in recent months and weeks, even in recent days. ppp, in this new national poll, they called the question on that, literally. so leave hillary clinton out of it. is it true that this whole donald trump mess that the republican party's gotten themse

people, and jacques was the celebrity chef of the country, famous for his good food, famous for being eccentric and for his temp and, therefore, people would go and say, mr. so and so, can i have a table, and he will say, who sent you? you say, the minister of the economy. get out of my restaurant! then friends would come and he would welcome them and treat them like kings. the table had only 20 seats and jacques allowed me not only to eat in his restaurant but to observe him every afternoon after school. >> rose: as he was cooking, you would come after school and watch him prepare? >> yes, i would. and we would talk about food and he was previously a legionnaires and he would explain the stories about vietnam. for me it was about the dance in the kitchen, eating, cooking, the smell, and him feeding me, too, because i loved his chocolate mousse and desserts. >> rose: i think you suggested his mousse as being analogous to prust biting into the mother land. >> yes, of course. >> rose: and what did you walk away from that experience with? >> well, he showed me what a professional kitchen was, and

he's an eccentric rehab entrepreneur with some unconventional hobbies, like knife throwing and blow darts. >> there we go. i don't shoot anyone except maybe once. >> reporter: he gave us a tour of his flagship facility. >> this is kind of the middle of the community where people eat, where they hang out. >> reporter: 25 acres in the malibu hills. >> it's a nice place. >> reporter: inside, there's a fire pit. outside, some unique features. a lagoon, an enormous yurt. even a sweat lodge, for meditation sessions. >> it gets pretty hot inside. >> reporter: he introduced us to clients who credit him and his program with a stunning transformations. >> it saved my life, and it's saved a lot of people's lives. >> i think that he genuinely cares. >> i mean it's just amazing. it's amazing what this place has done for me. >> reporter: and helping clients hasn't exactly hurt bathum's bottom line. community recovery's cashed in big in the booming, billion-dollar addiction business. billing insurance companies for services and treatments, allowing amanda and others on scholarship to attend at virtually

a wonderful and eccentric english professor. he was in the mall shopping for a bedspread and he says his wife absolutely thought they needed a $500 bedspread and he said i thought this was the stupidest financial decision we were ever going to make. of course what happens? they start getting into a conflict in the mall arguing more and more and he said we started screaming at one another and all of a sudden, just a moment, my eyes averted those of my wife. there were onlookers watching us and i had not noticed. he said i looked down at my watch, 20 minutes had passed. i thought it was 5. this is vertigo. it is a warped state of consciousness where time and space don't disappear but they become convoluted, very different and all of a sudden the fact that more years ago on tuesday you forgot to put down the toilet seat. that becomes fodder for the current conversation. is one of my colleagues calls it there is a time collapse. the evil past becomes present. the feared future becomes the inevitable future. it is at 100%, cannot tru

he's here to perform off his new album, domestic eccentric live in studio.un to the hills ♪ run for your life >> shad: he's a licenced pilot, a near olympic-level fencer. he's a broadcaster. he brews his own beer. oh yeah, and he's the lead singer of iron maiden. bruce dickinson, a true renaissance man. he dropped by studio q to talk about iron maiden's latest album, book of souls, and also about his recent battle with cancer. bruce dickinson in studio q. own as a renaissance man. a pilot, a writer, a broadcaster, a close-to-olympic-level fencer. you grew your own- >> bruce: glad you said, "close to." [shad chuckles] >> bruce: and it was a long time ago. [bruce chuckles] >> shad: journalistic accuracy here. >> bruce: yeah. >> shad: uh, you brew your own premium ale. um, i've asked this of, of guests that similarly have a broad range of interests. in your own assessment, is there something that you feel you are first and foremost among those things? >> bruce: uh, yeah. ma- mm- entertainer. you know? >> shad: entertainer first and foremost. >> bruce: yeah. um,

that's one form of eccentricity. one question was asked of gary johnson would you have voted for the civil rights act of 1964. he said he would have. barry goldwater had voted against it. when gary johnson had said he would vote for it, there was pretty audible booing from the crowd. does that concern you at all? >> that's kind of an outlier and i think we both said we wouldn't get out of the united nations and that got some boos. i said i believed in engagement abroad, i'm kind of an internationalist, that got some boos. but those are general principles. i think, for example, i agree with gary about nonintervention, no blood on the ground, no boots on the ground but that doesn't mean you can't be engaged around the world and do a lot through soft and cultural diplomacy and you can be and have the mightiest air power in the world and mightiest sea power in the world and see to our defenses and do what we need to do to maintain america's primacy in the world. >> all right, good luck. >> thank you, steve. >>> the effor

the fact that some think it is expedient to exploit the worst fears to eccentric -- accentuate the negativeose who say that america is on the decline, i invite them to join me on one of my many house calls. i make a ton of house calls because i learned. i invite the naysayers to turn off the cable news and take a look around to see america at its best. i see america at its best when i see someone like my friend corey mccrae. corey is here and lives in the city of baltimore, maryland. delicate -- delegate and has already made some big moves. bill toponsored a restore voting rights to those coming out of prison in maryland , and acted over the president's veto. history could have gone a different way. he grew up in a tough neighborhood, made some bad choices, and got involved in the juvenile justice system. he spent his 18th birthday in a jail cell. and when he got out, his mother presented him with a list of apprenticeship opportunities that she found through the state labor department, actually the place where i used to work in maryland, and she made him pick one. and he asked mother, why d

. >> we're talking about eccentric workout guru richard simmons who has checked out of a hospital inizarre conduct that he attributed to dehydration. >> temperatures have been sroc t rocketing and the 67-year-old simmons was rushed to cedars-sinai medical center after a midnight scare at as a los angeles home after he reportedly became incoherent. >> he said through his publicist, he's now feeling great and reminds fans summer is here. drink plenty of liquids and big hugs and kisses for caring. >> whatever you do, do not take off those tights. look at those. >> please don't. >> those were amazing. >> those muscles in there. >>> next, what do you do when you're a superstar and you happen to have a free saturday now adays in june? >> if you're taylor swift, apparently you put on a dress and you crash a wedding, of course. t. swift filled the blank space of one very happy groom in new jersey who also happens to be one of her biggest fans. ♪ >> is that the song you sing at a wedding though? not really sure in the long list of ex-lovers. swift coordinated the surprise with the groom's sis

these stocks eccentric banks finishing up.story and if you switch at the board, the cable rate pushed higher. up by .8%. a softer dollars story against the euro as well. creeping higher on treasuries, up by two basis points. the dollar story is absolutely critical. had aoomberg dollar index two day pop and you can see the ramifications from what has happened with the brexit vote. how it goes into places like china, the biggest devaluation since august. on, riskyst for risk off very much here in the u.k.. shery: we see the shanghai composite and nikkei gaining and the hang seng going in the opposite direction. we are seeing a big reaction in the markets out there. the dollar have going up which is one of those areas they it they have been looking at. this is a potential fulcrum for markets as we look at earnings coming up this season. shery: it is quite interesting that we are seeing the ftse 100 index of mega-caps gaining and a week or pound helps. john: many financials have said the same thing. saidme on the program and the m

he was very forgiven but also -- this guy was interesting, so kirk liked him and kirk was that eccentrictoo. >> who better to ask than somebody who has put together this biography. what would he think about today's political environment? >> he would be horrified in every way. i think two things would have bothered him immensely and he spent the last three years of his life combating this. he was right or wrong he thought that george bush's foreign policy, first george bush was against everything that america really stood for. he was worried about the first gulf war. he saw this as our first into american empire. he was -- he spent the first three years, i don't think-really successful and run out of the conservative movement, but he was very much against this. he thought bush betray it had entire reagan legacy. he did not believe in any form of overseas expansion, the idea that we have troops stationed in 150 countries, out of 100, roughly 96. something very different than 1991, he would have been very upset about that. he would not in any way recognize the people that we call, neocons,

the result can be eccentric.reported gross domestic product of 2015 at $10.4 trillion, but the sum reported that china's 31 provinces was nearly 7% more. its jobless rate is nearly impossible to really know. the government ignores more than 270 million migrant workers who frequently change jobs or get fired. china's premier once said he prefers not to rely on them that judge economic performance through other means like electricity consumption, rail cargo volume, and loan growth. here's the background -- this problem is not just politically motivated. distortion of the source was routine. china has not been able to keep up with the data of the country's modern, consumer-driven economy. here is the argument -- when it comes to economic data, interested in servers have to pick and choose results. resort to often anecdotal logic or their own measures. bank of america judges chinese industrial performance through an index composed of derivatives production, export and import's, and car sales. win -- therises data may

have a bit of a story we have been telling over the years about senator byrd come up out of the eccentric home he was introduced in his home state of west virginia as speaker of the mane of big white hair and was concerned the senate was being left in the dust. can you verify the story? mr. ritchie: i have heard that, too but i do not know what the what invading factor was. >> he still needed votes. mentioned, there were a number of old-line senators basically saying to them, stay out of the way as we move forward. how did he get to "yes?" mr. frumin: he was good at changing minds and once his mind was changed he could be very persuasive. again, i think he realized and convinced his caucus that this was inevitable. and that in order for the senate to function, that this body conceived in the late 18th century needed to adapt to the 20th century, that it cannot simply remain hidden from the public. you asked about the vote necessary. all the solutions in the senate require a simple majority for adoption. those that amend the standing rules of the senate require a higher number of foreclosu