and we're joined now from chicago by james warren he's the executive editor of news got a u.s. service that writes the credibility of thousands of english language and he's also the former managing editor of the chicago tribune james thanks for being with us over three hundred fifty news outlets across the u.s. all running editorials in defense of press freedom what's your take. my take is that it's a worthy effort it's impressive good for the boston globe for trying to rouse an interest in the subject but then unfortunately it's probably a one day story that won't have much impact trump has already come out and is typical early morning counterattack tweets. branding us as involved in collusion and even getting rather personal with the boss to glow and nobody gets difficult financial straits. unfortunately have you and i want to have much impact already now just like with your newscast people are probably more taken with the tragic death of a real franklin and indeed nevertheless i just want to ask you you know several of the papers taking part in the second ordinated action say

ahold of it, they very well will move to impeach him and he will go down in history on the bottom rung of presidents like james buchanan or warren harding and maybe the worst president of all-time. so, i don't really feel he has oxygen in his tank when he's running at 40% approval rating, when the economy is doing this well, but it stuns me, don, that so many republicans are timid. where is george w. bush to denounce the racism? where are other republicans, last friday, who should have been defending john mccain, the great war hero, when donald trumputter his name in a military service like that? the cowardness of republicans right now is what shocks me. because donald trump's always been a charlatan who created trump university and other

ahold of it, they very well will move to impeach him and he will go down in history on the bottom rung of presidents like james buchanan or warren harding and maybe the worst president of all-time. so, i don't really feel he has oxygen in his tank when he's running at 40% approval rating, when the economy is doing this well, but it stuns me, don, that so many republicans are timid. where is george w. bush to denounce the racism? where are other republicans, last friday, who should have been defending john mccain, the great war hero, when donald trumputter his name in a military service like that? the cowardness of republicans right now is what shocks me. because donald trump's always been a charlatan who created trump university and other scams, puts his name on buildings that he didn't build. but it's the deficit in the republican party, the silence, that's really hurting the country right now. >> laura, i just think this bears repeating. the press secretary for the president of the united states cannot deny that there is -- that there's possibly a tape of him saying the n-word. that is, to me, is unprecedented. and i just -- b

james and christian stick with us. warren buffett says he on the lookout for good value stocks. that is one interview you won't want to miss. catch that next. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it's not good enough. they do a lot more auto business than we will ever do. in other words, first of all, it is not just tariffs. they also have barriers to our cars. they will take the barriers off and charge us no tax, but it is not good enough because they will always sell us more cars. their consumer habits are to buying their cars, not our cars. trump that was president speaking exclusively to bloomberg about auto tariffs. if we take a look at how that is feeding through to the european equity session, carmakers some of the worst performers on the stoxx 600. taking aee daimler little bit of a hit their. volkswagen leading out of those three big german carmakers. legendary investor warren buffett has told bloomberg that the u.s. banking system is in great shape and he is still on the lookout for stocks. that comes as the oracle of omaha celebrate his 80th b

he ended up not being court-martialed. >> did his wife know about the affair and when did she pass on? warren's wife. jamesharding i believe found out about the affair. she and carrie were good friends actually for a while and traveled together but eventually she becomes very cold towards carrie and i think that is because she finds out. additionally there is a letter in her files where four people come to see the lawyer about an issue carrie has raised and it seems to be all four of them seeing a lawyer in 1914 so if -- in 1918. if you read the letter and i kind of describe it in there, i think she found out and she died a year after warren and is buried next to him in the memorial. charlie? >> -- james: the question is who poisoned him? i knew you would ask that question. nan is a woman that wrote the the other book, the president's daughter. i believe that her story is fake and i can tell you why. but there was a book, a scandalous book written after harding died by a guy named who -- gaston who was a horrible person and said florence harding poisoned him because she found out about these relationships

warren? >> so she endorsed six candidates and only two won and they picked up a third of the vote at the time and the two that did win you had james thomas in kansas. heclose to winning to replace mike pompeo and he's not your typical progressive candidate. his opponent in the primary was for a ban on assault weapons and he was not. he's not quite the typical candidate and the one that did win the other talib is very much on the model and also a member of the democratic socialists of america but she's in detroit and that stuff plays better in detroit. last night proved especially in the swing districts that are going to matter in the midterms and often decide presidential elections progressivism doesn't sell. >> do you think this is about the people understanding clearly what's happening in terms of economic policies? the president has his economic policies and smaller government and the other government has higher taxes as well as a lot of free things like free education and health care. are people understanding that socialism has been a failure in the past, is that what this is about? >> for some people, yes. blue-collar workers know if the policy i

james i have been in cash since may. thursday, an important conversation with mr. buffett of berkshire hathaway. important questions for warren buffett as he019. stay with us. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ tom: -- taylor: this is "bloomberg surveillance." private equity firm apollo global management has agreed to buy aspen insurance. the price represents a 7% premium to ask is closing -- aspen's closing price yesterday. china's restaurant review and delivery giant is now gauging investor demand for an ipo in hong kong. bloomberg has learned a stock offering could raise more than $4 billion, evaluation of up to $55 billion. toyota is betting that a partnership with uber will help you catch up in the race to develop self driving cars. the japanese automaker is investing $500 million more in the ride hailing service. as part of the deal, toyota will build minivans loaded with self driving technology. tom: thank you so much. it is time to pause at the end of august and look at an article that will stop you dead in your tracks. whoever you are, economist, someone on global wall street, thank you for watching surveillance, we need to do is read this on