kaplan: no, i would not know it anyway. tom: hundreds? mr. kaplan: no. probably 1, 2, 3 at the most actually patrolling. the chinese have a submarine base where they have their latest, quiet diesel electric submarines. we don't have a base in the south china sea like they do. tom: maybe that will change, particularly with the new relationship with vietnam. we are here, a real special moment for bloomberg surveillance. ian bremmer and robert kaplan in celebration of their two books, but also because we are in need of a good discussion on eurasia. bremmer and kaplan of eurasia group. we will continue next. please stay with us. ♪ tom: this special edition of "bloomberg surveillance," we are thrilled you're with us as we look through the summer of international relations, we do that with ian bremmer and robert kaplan of the eurasia group as well. we are doing with -- this with the book of the summer, for me. i have a book on the fbi with mr. mueller, there it is, and i also have got this lovely book, "the return of marco polo's world," robert kaplan, and ian

ben kaplan is headed to college close to home this familiar aftt another surgery. still a lot of emotional and physical healing ahea for this family. back to you now in the studio. >> all right. thank you, julie. >>> right now president trump is making his first visit to the united kingdom since his election, and late this afternoon british prime minister theresa may and her husband welcomed the president and his wife to a massive historic estate near oxford. the late pre minister winston churchill was born here. the trumps return to london for the night. a massive protest rally isec expd tomorrow with the trumps going to the windsor castle to meet the queen and will end the day at the president's resort in > scotlan ow to the russia investigation where theartisan bickering at a congressional hearing was beyond even the level that we'veome to expect in 2018. the fbi agent at the center of it all usedk st terms to explain what's at stake. >> i understand we're living in a tslitical era in which ins and insinuation often drown out honesty and integrity, but the hones

anna edwards and i was big with robert kaplan -- will speak with robert kaplan.the pacific rim. he has my book of the summer. stay with us. ♪ tom: markets are risk on, curve flattening. we consider the doom and gloom. earnings season is upon us. if it is tuesday, it must be belgium. mr. putin prepares. will the president? good morning. this is "bloomberg surveillance." i am tom keene in new york. francine lacqua off for the day. governor carney speaking in newcastle right now. the back drop is a sluggish u.k. economy, isn't it? >> it is, apart from the services and gdp data of late. they were revised down. he is making these points. governor carney making a speech at a business summit, saying tighter policy will be needed. tom: it will be interesting to say the least. lots to talk about. right now, first word news. british police say to people in critical condition were exposed to the same nerve agent used to poison a former russians five. it took place in southern england. if theties are not sure couple was targeted or the poisoning was accidental. less than a d

for the kaplan family tonight.hey wan to express their gratitude to the community in loudoun county for it outpouring of support through its ordeal. back to you in the stewed yes. >> that's a strong family. thank you, jues. >> about 15 minutes parents begin weighing in on fairfax county public's new school to keep schools safe. they will expla proposals created by school staff, families and police. the plan includes new classroom locks and hiring more mental health workers. e public hearing begins at 5:30 at jackson middle school in falls church. >> it's a rare -- >> a recent news 4 i-team report shows several other school districts are beefing up their security this summer.uq er county is adding a dozen new student security staffers and will help resource officers and help more students. they have added new photo i.d. screeners in all buildings to check licenses and backgrounds over the visitors and montgomer couhe school system is hanging more surveillance cameras at elementary schools to better monitor the threa

tony des faces more than 11 years in prison for the death of andrew kaplan. danes ran a stop a signnd slammed into kaplan's car killing her and seriously injuring her son. danes had done brake work days before the crash. they say he consciously did not maintain the vehicle. >>> right now an adult is in the hospital after this crash in poolsville. police were called to fisher avenue and wooten avenue. this is walking distance from an elementary school. you can see the patient being medevaced to get treatment. we don't know how badly injured the patient is. >>> security could look a lot different on your next trip to the nationalzoo. today officials are reviewing a plan that could make significant changes how you get inside. it includes more perimeter fencing and reduces the number of pedestrian entrances from 13 to 3. now,y eventua a fourth entrance would be added and a parking garage, but that hasn' been builtyet. the changes were proposed after the national zootl rec had several security-related incidents. weather.to the not quite as hot this morning, but it

. >> reporter: counsel member rebecca kaplan wants to set up new rules for the companies like bird and lime. >> one of the requirements would require the company, if a scooter is left in the wrong place, to deplay a crew to come move it and get it out of there. >> reporter: kaplan has used the scooters to get to meetings. she agrees they're convenient, but ride share companies need to handle them correctly. >> by creating these rules, we can make sure they behave more responsibly and educate their riders. >> a representative from bird tells us they've been having productive conversations with city leaders and they are looking forward to working with the oakland city council to create this framework for new rules for these dockless scooters. now, there is another twist to this ordinance, a part of the ordinance would require that companies like lime and bird make these dockless scooters more accessible for people all through o throughout the area, including underserved hoods. >>> a fire broke out around 1:30 near the delta fair shopping center, quickly spreading to eight townhomes. fire

rule those protests started in twenty sixteen with collin kaplan a we took a need you in in the. what he said was a stand against racial injustice. a quick reminder the top story for you turkey has lifted its state of emergency which was introduced to years ago after a five year old's crude turkish president richard tell you another one using that measure to rule by decree and crackdown on the opposition the government is proposing a stringent antiterrorism bill to replace emergency rule. my colleague edith come on and taking over at this desk at the top of the hour in the meantime don't forget you can get all the latest updates from our website that's dot com up next here a documentary on secret animal transport stay with us if you have. we may come over but we watch as. the undead like to fight we all the civil service and. then want to show you the continents future it's part of it and join dumpsters as they share their stories their dreams and their challenges this is seven percent platform for africa.

with me now head of the division of medical ethics at nyu school of medicine, art kaplan. it sounds like there are several versions of the explanation as to why this cancer study has been withheld thus far. how do you see this? >> they need to know and they need to know now both what the dangers are and, you know, you can control for some of it with more ventilation and wearing masks and this sort of thing. kwun last thing why it's inexcusable is the american people paid for the study, and you commissioned research, you get to know the results. many. >> if you respect the sngs, if you respect public health, you try to warn people as soon as you can. you might still debate is later, but you don't wait. scientific journaled will move this thing up as quickly as they can because they want to err on the side much safety. the administration in general and the e.p.a. in particular seem to want to err on the side of covering up. >> art kaplan, thank you. >> my pleasure. >>> these situations are getting increasingly dire and urgent as a diver trying to rescue these trapped boys in

and , the driver saw the food truck after itit aaron kaplan's car. the mother of three was killed. >> that's him. >> the vehicle tt was i the accident, almost hit two of my kids. >> theruck driver told police the crash that he knew the truck had bad brakes. but this video from s theool bus just before the crash, was a key piece of evidence, that convicted him of involuntary manslaughter. he will be going to prison for ten years. >>> what began as a typical trib to tch ended in panic. two kids were bitten by sharks in separate attacks oong island yesterday. a 13-year-old boy at summer camp was attacked bill boogie boarding. this is video of him limping ana bandageder it there. a few miles away, a shark bit a 12-year-old girl when she was in waise deep water. scribes what she felt. >> when the lifeguards were touching my leg andlike, what happened? it hurt more. >> once we realized what it was, it wasretty surreal. >> doctors expect both kids to recover. >>> it turns out tortilla chips can explode.fi fighters had to respond not once, but twice to a tor

robert kaplan from the dallas federal reserve, growth at end of '19, 1 3/4%.people possibly looking for recession in 2020? >> i don't want to comment specifically on mr. kaplan or anybody else for that matter, all i've been saying that all along, okay? we could never get to 3% growth. my friends, good friends on the democratic side, he has come on my show, they are personal friends of mine, it couldn't be done they say. maria: right. >> it's being done. probably coming on faster. and it is throwing off enormous amount of new tax revenues. as the economy gears up, more people working, better jobs and careers, those revenues come rolling in, and the deficit, which is one of the other criticisms, is coming down. and it is coming down rapidly. growth solves a lot of problems. you heard me say it. maria: of course. what's your expectation what comes next? are you working on a phase two, where you make the personal cuts permanent and expensing in terms of corporates? >> i don't want to get into inises just yet. we're talking a lot about it. the president would like

capitol hill producer greg kaplan tweets speaker ryan says the house plans to vote today on a resolution expressing support for the countries of eastern europe and nato on the opening day toda

robert kaplan from the dallas federal reserve, growth at end of '19, 1 3/4%. say of people possibly looking for recession in 2020? >> i don't want to comment specifically on mr. kaplan or anybody else for that matter, all i've been saying that all along, okay? we could never get to 3% growth. my friends, good friends on the democratic side, he has come on my show, they are personal friends of mine, it couldn't be done they say. maria: right. >> it's being done. probably coming on faster. and it is throwing off enormous amount of new tax revenues. as the economy gears up, more people working, better jobs and careers, those revenues come rolling in, and the deficit, which is one of the other criticisms, is coming down. and it is coming down rapidly. growth solves a lot of problems. you heard me say it. maria: of course. what's your expectation what comes next? are you working on a phase two, where you make the personal cuts permanent and expensing in terms of corporates? >> i don't want to get into inises just yet. we're talking a lot about it. the president wou

and we're thrilled to bring you robert kaplan from the new center for -- from the center for new americanoup. is this the first time you two have been on tv together?

robin kaplan is a scholar at the data and society research institute she focuses on policy to deal with this information and propaganda on social media platforms do you think baseball twitter and google can address the problems of this information over their platforms without fundamentally changing their economic model no i don't these are private companies that creates huge challenges because firstly they are driven by their own goals and incentives that need to align with their business model things like clicks likes and shares are the metrics that are used to prioritize or d. prioritize content because that's how ad revenue is based but those signals don't actually tell us much about whether or not that content is truthful or important or more valuable do you think the companies can really solve a lot of the problems by tweaking their algorithms i don't think algorithms are actually going to fix this problem is companies need to start hiring on editorial staff and journalists people who have been located within the traditions of news media to start informing some of the decisions tha

robin kaplan is a scholar at the data and society research institute she focuses on policy to deal with this information and propaganda on social media platforms do you think baseball twitter and google can address the problems of dissent from ation over their platforms without fundamentally changing their economic model no i don't these are private companies that creates new challenges because firstly they are driven by their own goals and incentives that need to align with their business model things like clicks likes and shares are the metrics that are used to prioritize or d. prioritize content because that's how ad revenue is based but those signals don't actually tell us much about whether or not that content is truthful or important or more valuable do you think the companies can really solve a lot of the problems by tweaking their algorithms i don't think algorithms are actually going to fix this problem is companies need to start hiring on editorial staff and journalists people who have been located within the traditions of the news media to start informing some of the decision

robin kaplan is a scholar at the data and society research institute she focuses on policy to deal with this information and propaganda on social media platforms do you think baseball twitter and google can address the problems of this information over their platforms without fundamentally changing their economic model no i don't these are private companies that creates new challenges because firstly they are driven by their own goals and incentives that need to align with their business model things like clicks likes and shares are the metrics that are used to prioritize or d. prioritize content because that's how ad revenue is based but those signals don't actually tell us much about whether or not that content is truthful or important or more valuable do you think the companies can really solve a lot of the problems by tweaking their algorithms i don't think algorithms are actually going to fix this problem is companies need to start hiring on editorial staff and journalists people who have been located within the traditions of the news media to start informing some of the decisions

robin kaplan is a scholar at the data and society research institute she focuses on policy to deal with this information and propaganda on social media platforms do you think baseball twitter and google can address the problems of this information over their platforms without fundamentally changing their economic model no i don't these are private companies that creates huge challenges because firstly they are driven by their own goals and incentives that need to align with their business model things like clicks likes and shares are the metrics that are used to prioritize or d. prioritize content because that's how ad revenue is based but those signals don't actually tell us much about whether or not that content is truthful or important or more valuable do you think the companies can really solve a lot of the problems by tweaking their algorithms i don't think algorithms are actually going to fix this problem is companies need to start hiring on editorial staff and journalists people who have been located within the traditions of news media to start informing some of the decisions tha

>> rebecca kaplan told sal they want to make -- they are home to lime, bird, and spin. >>> time is 5: and sal is over there to tell us whether we can scoot through the morning commute. >> unfortunately, people who drive in from tracy and modesto don't have an option. they do have the ace train if you don't want to drive. but a lot of people to drive this stretch. and let's look at 205 and 580. eastbound has eased. but heading to tracy, you'll see slow traffic because of construction work in the area which is not always typical as you can see. let's talk about 580, livermore, pleasanton. the bay bridge is backed up. this is a 10 minute delay as you drive through. there have been no major issues once make it to the span. >>> today's weather and here's mr. steve paulson. >> thank you, mr. sal castaneda. >>> from florida to the carolinas they are looking for 5 to 10 inches of rain without a tropical connection. there's no tropical storm. there's no hurricane. but there's projections of really heavy rain. from mainly tampa, st. pete, northward. if you're traveling that way, be advised. the

we are joined now by councilmember rebecca kaplan. >> good to see you. >> will you help me explain whybe paying more?>> the homeless crisis has been skyrocketing in recent years and we have thousands of living in on tolerable conditions in our streets and underpasses. i am proposing that we ask the voters to create a dedicated funding stream that would be committed to solving this important crisis so we can get people off the streets, pay for things like navigation centers and rehousing services. i am proposing a tax of just 1%, on the revenue only of the larger landlords and it would apply only to revenue above 200,000 a year. that's 5% of the landlords in the city, so that's only the largest of the landlords. as rent has been going up that is where the new revenue is going and the rent is going up which is also part of why so many people are homeless. it's an opportunity to take just 1% of this growing area of revenue and is dedicated in a committing way to help it solve our homeless crisis. >> you believe that this revenue stream is directly related to the homeless crisis, why do yo

and we're thrilled to bring you robert kaplan from the center for a new american security and also senior eurasia group. is this the first time you two have been on tv together? are you doing this weekly?

. >> next, gwen kaplan followed by baird fong. >> thank you, commissioners. ace mailing was founded in 1978 by my mother and i, and we were in the first group in 1984 to be certified a woman owned business. i just want to say to commissioner ortiz, i agree with every sipping will thing you said. you did encapsulate everything i wanted to say. it's very hard to imagine as a past president for eight years of the small business commission here that this has not been brought before us until now, so i agree with everyone who is very upset and concerned about that, and i want to say that being an l.b.e. was very important to our business. we were a w.b.e., and a couple of years after we had won a small contract from the city, dianne feinstein about present -- did present us with the woman entrepreneur of the year award. so it makes sense for a small business to be able to do business for the sense, so i would like to thank you, commissioner ortiz, and thank you, commissioner dwight, for saying how could this happen to be at this point without having had the small b

chuck todd's goatee, rand paul's wet, soggy mop and all of gabe kaplan's welcome back kotter.ecome undeniable, justin trudeau's left eyebrow had hit rock bottom. he began renting himself out as a moustache for fake ids until one fateful day when an old friend reached out. that friend none other than john bolton's moustache. [laughter] today the eyebrow runs a bed and breakfast with john bolton's moustache and says he's finally living his best life. this has been where are they now. [cheers and applause] greg: still to come, should we rethink where we choose to drink? millennials prefer not to leave their couch. i say more room for me to throw up in public. [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] without the letters a, b and o, there's no mom. no dad. there's no brittany. because as, bs and os determine your blood type. and we're missing all of them. that's why the american red cross needs people like you to help fill the gaps. schedule your donation at redcrossblood.org ♪ ♪ing. greg: hi, we're back. well, you're back. i'm currently at a l are uau -- luau. i'm tall in hawai

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. >> that's exactly what council member rebecca kaplan is asking ride share scooter companies like birdnd lime to do. >> we don't want them to be regulations and permits for ride-share bikes and scooters. >> we're requiring a low-income discount rate and also requiring that thee equitably distributed throughout the city. >> reporter: they want ride share bikes and scooters in the city of oakland to be in underserved area like west oakland and the fruitvale area. >> we want equity in how the scooters are provided. >> i think people are going to use them, you don't need to get on the bus. you need to just get in the wind. >> reporter: a spokesperson says they have had productive conversations with open city leaders and look forward to working with the oakland city council in order to build a framework on how to properly use these dka dockable shared programs. we'll have more coming up later. >> it's a sign of the times. goo old-fashioned bigs. san jose is pedaling forward gearing up for more bikes on the streets. san jose is calling its plan better bike ways s.j. it's a two-yearov haul of

. >> rebecca kaplan agrees and says that the mayor needs to order the police department to change how it conducts police stops. >> people are allowed to spend their time pulling people over without specific cause. >> in 2016 66.6%, basically two thirds of the police stops resulted in no recoveries. the stanford professor who analyze the data says that oakland police stopped blacks mostly for minor offenses. >> what we are asking officers to do is actually use more intelligence, to use the information that has come in through daily briefings that provides specific information on individuals that were involved in crime. >> the council will get the final vote on the contract extension on tuesday. the stanford professor, mayor, and police chief are holding a town hall right now to break down the latest numbers and talk about how to stop racial profiling. in oakland, i am da lin, kpix 5. >>> new at 6, what could be a sign of trouble for tesla. the number of people bailing out are outpacing deposits. today, the electric car maker's stock price closed down on wall street. kpix 5's lynn ramir

last september erin kaplan was killed when a food truck driver ran a stop sign at watson road and wan into her station wag. tony dade is now serving 12 riyears inson for her death. >>> on the west coast from south t l.a. california's wine ountry, more than a dozen wildfires are now raging out of control. at least eight people are dead. hundreds more are now homeless, andor thousands have beend to evacuate. the most destructive is the car fire near reading which has already scorched an area neay ree times the size of d.c. the crews are hitting these fires from abov and they are digging up underbrush on the ground to try to contain this blaze. >> vegetation here hasn't been burned in a while so it's lik bacon grease. once it gets going, it will take off pretty >>good. nd those efforts are not expected to get any easier because the forecast is showing dry weather through next week. >>> a prince george's county community is coming together to help after this fire displaced nearly a dozen families. bureau chief tracee wilkins gk a lt the donations collected so far, and the response has bee

the driven erin kaplan was killed.andma gravely injured. >> that's him. >> to base, please. there is an accident on evergreen mills and onatson road. the vehicle that is in the accident is at vehicle t ran my red lights and almost hit two of my kids. >> reporter: last week, dane was sentenced to1 1/2ears in prison. for the school bus driver, it's a memory that haunts her every time she passes the intersecti. >> it's a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. i will tell you, both tho times during the day, i just pray for the peoplvo ed. >> reporter: in loudoun county, julie kerry, >> on news 4 at 6:00, you'll hear some of the first words om the food truck driver after the crash. >> >>> one of the largest hotel companies in the world is making a small change that will have a impact on our environment. marriott international says it's going to rove all plast straws and stirrers from hotels around the world. this comes just a week after starbucks said it's ditching plastic straws. consumer reporter susan hogt heads up on ma

died early on the morning of june the 6th, one of my roommates was volunteering in his office, tommy kaplann robert kennedy said tis not too late to seek another world. he loved tennison's ulysses and it was perfect. it was like i'm a 42-year-old cool guy and young people can relate to me and we're going to do great things. we can make america again. again. but for all of you who were there then, you get to join the young people today because go back and read ulysses, it is a poem of an old man saying, you can't quit. and there is still something good you can do. your age is a state of mind, your commitment must never waiver. and we have got to stop hating each other. it's bad for us. and that includes -- and, by the way, that includes the members of our clans and our tribes. the outstretched hand beats the clenched fist. so i ask you as he would if he were 92 standing here, thank you very much for standing up and saying all the nice things and reciting my words, but it all amounted to me saying we can do better. and because we can, we must. so let us resolve to do better. in ulysses when h

joining us now is glen kaplan. a former senior spokesman for the hillary campaign.t of his job on the campaign was studying the russian hacking operation in real-time and trying to explain what was happening. glen, thank you for being here. >> nice to be back. >> let me ask, where the very detailed indictment, more than 300 people in the democratic party in the hillary campaign being targeted, then being able to follow people's key strokes and screen shots, getting field operations data, going after the analytic that's were on the democratic party's servers. does that comport with what happened? >> it is both not surprising and mind-blowing at the same time. it completely comports with what we've known back to july of 2016. and the last time i was here, we talked about the switch in tactics from goose i 2.0 and wikileaks being a change in strategy. what you saw is where it says, wikileaks said to russian intelligence, we will have a much higher impact than what you are doing. he talked about the timing. so it weighs out exactly what we've been saying. >> and that wa

chuck todd's goatee, rand paul's wet, soggy mop and all of gabe kaplan's welcome back kotter. undeniable, justin trudeau's left eyebrow had hit rock bottom. he began renting himself out as a moustache for fake ids until one fateful day when an old friend reached out. that friend none other than john bolton's moustache. [laughter] today the eyebrow runs a bed and breakfast with john bolton's moustache and says he's finally living his best life. this has been where are they now. [cheers and applause] greg: still to come, should we rethink where we choose to drink? millennials prefer not to leave their couch. i say more room for me to throw up in public. [cheers and applause] i am all about living joyfully. the new united explorer card hooks me up. getting more for getting away. traveling lighter. getting settled. rewarded! learn more at theexplorercard.com armando: i am a veteran, i lost both legs in vietnam. announcer: as america's veterans face challenges, dav is there. armando: my victory was getting my benefits and a good education. announcer: dav helps veterans of every gen

chuck todd's goatee, rand paul's wet, soggy mop and all of gabe kaplan's welcome back kotter.ome undeniable, justin trudeau's left eyebrow had hit rock bottom. he began renting himself out as a moustache for fake ids until one fateful day when an old friend reached out. that friend none other than john bolton's moustache. [laughter] today the eyebrow runs a bed and breakfast with john bolton's moustache and says he's finally living his best life. this has been where are they now. [cheers and applause] greg: still to come, should we rethink where we choose to drink? millennials prefer not to leave their couch. i say more room for me to throw up in public. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ no matter who rides point, there are over 10,000 allstate agents riding sweep. call one today. are you in good hands? jardiance asked: when it comes to managing your type 2 diabetes, what matters to you? you got a1c, heart, diet, and exercise. slide 'em up or slide 'em down. so let's see. for most of you, it's lower a1c. but only a few of you are thinking about your heart. fact is, even though it help

robin kaplan is a scholar at the data and society research institute she focuses on policy to deal with this information and propaganda on social media platforms do you think baseball twitter and google can address the problems of this information over their platforms without fundamentally changing their economic model no i don't these are private companies that creates new challenges because firstly they are driven by their own goals and incentives that need to align with their business model things like clicks likes and shares are the metrics that are used to prioritize or d. prioritize content because that's how ad revenue is based but those signals don't actually tell us much about whether or not that content is truthful or important or more valuable do you think the companies can really solve a lot of the problems by tweaking their algorithms i don't think algorithms are actually going to fix this problem is companies need to start hiring on editorial staff and journalists people who have been located within the traditions of news media to start informing some of the decisions that

advertise the fact that ed has graciously agreed to step into the debating ring with the formidable brian kaplan to debate the subject of education that is may 14 monday evening. he graciously wrote back, sounds like fun. so if you want to join in the fun, come to the forum, come see me afterward to buy tickets, we are selling out fast, my question is mainly targeted at ed. it is great tradition that the formidable thinkers on this subject like charles murray are pretty hopeless, and you have hope, but then of course they both taught us that the government is part of the problem, not the solution. you want governments to be part of the solution, your solution is to grant wage subsidies. would it be perhaps at war with your hope that people move, since it induces them not to move? then again, i want to ask you another wrinkle that fascinates me. to what extent has capital actually gone with the cheap labor? i know a few anecdotes about that, foreigners do it as well, so is there anything impeding that that might be helpful for that? let me throw another one your way. [ laughter ] >> a great set o

ed has agreed to step into the debating ring that the formidable brian kaplan to debate the subject of education on may 14, monday evening. i invited ed and he graciously wrote back, "sounds like fun." if you want to join in, come see me after to buy tickets. we are selling out fast. my question is mainly targeted at ed. it is great tradition that the formidable thinkers on the subject are pretty hopeless and you have hope, but then they both taught us that government has been part of the problem, not the solution. now you want government to be part of the solution. your solution about wage subsidies, would it be at war with your hope with people move since it induces them not to move? then again i want to ask you another thing that fascinates me. to what extent has capital actually gone where the cheap labor is? i know if anecdotes, foreigners do it too. is there anything impeding that that might be hopeful for that? let me throw another one your way. [laughter] >> a great set of questions. first of all, technically on wage subsidies at war with the idea you want people to move out of

interestingly enough, walter kaplan, who is here, tells me that harvey attended passover satyrs at walters house, and his very last year of the high holidays that year, yom kippur and rosh hashanah were an october, and he did attend the jewish synagogue that last year, and what was in his heart when he attended the synagogue i don't know. terrible things had happened to him and to all of san francisco, and the country that last year. in fact, just a month or two before his lover, jack lira had committed suicide. harvey was under investigation by the fbi, an investigation that was actually called by the people who had been instrumental in 330 grove. i think they're all sorts of traumas that bothered him the last couple of months of his life. i don't know if that's what brought him to attend the jewish day synagogue, but any case he was there for both rosh hashanah and yom kippur. i think that the reason his jewish background was so important to him has to do with the time that he grew up. he was born in 1930. he was certainly cognizant of what was going on in europe at that time. on long is

bob kaplan is right when he said from north korea all the way through the south of asia all the way through the middle east is one great big overlapping missile range because missiles -- they are launching 500 rockets into saudi arabia and another group like has a lot throwing rockets -- like rockets, throwing think what would happen if no .issile-defense was available we are talking about hamas, so you are right, there was a pause and that was politically. we are behind the eight ball on nuclear deterrence but thank god we happily have because i think what would've happened if aspen's decision in 1993 was carried out today with everything on the back burner. >> we will have one final question here then we will wrap up. don't feel like you need to stand up. >> a quick description. the best communicator we have had of any president was ronald reagan. i was the deputy director of extreme he gave us instructions. had a usiaaries, we office in moscow. then he asked me after two years , he was a communicator, to go over to the state department as ambassador and special advisor and then, he asked

and bob kaplan is right when he said from north korea all the way through the south of asia all the way through the middle east is one great big overlapping missile range from one country after another. missiles now -- you've got the houthis launching 500 rockets and you've got hezbollahhezboll. think of what would happen if no missile defense was available in 2018 when hamas launched more rockets on israel than hitler launched in all of world war ii. we're not talking about the army. we're talking about hamas, a terrorist organization. you're right there was a pause. that was politically. we're behind the 8 ball on nuclear deterrents as well. but thank god we have what we have. i think of what would have happened if aspen's position was carried out today. >> we're going to have one final question here. then we'll wrap up. >> not a question. a quick description. the best communicator we've had of any president has been ronald reagan. i was a deputy director of the usia and he gave us extreme instructions. we had libraries. even in moscow we had a usia office. >> can we sign you up again

landmark reform bill will be our highest priorities including that t [inaudible] tht more and more kaplan who at the age of 101 we believe it's the duty of our service to apply the laws passed by congress and perform this work in a fair and impartial manner with neither a government or taxpayer point of view and i'm grateful for the opportunity to testify look forward to yourit questions. >> thank you so much. we are grateful you're willing to take on this assignment. it is not an easy one and it is one that plenty of controversy. i do have obligatory questions that i will have to ask. first, is there anything you are aware of in her background that might present a conflict of interest with the duties of the office to which you have been nominated? >> no. >> do know of any reason personal or otherwise that would in any way prevent you from performing and honorably discharging the duties of the office to which been nominated? >> no. >> do agree without reservation to respond to any reasonable summons and to appear and testify before any constituted committee of the congress if you are conf

bob kaplan is right when he wrote the curse of geography when he said from north korea all the way to the south of asia all the way through the middle east is one great big overlapping missile range from one country after another. when you get the hooties launching rockets, and you have iranian terror groups and hezbollah throwing rockets north into israel, think what would have happened if no missile defense was available in 2015 when hamas launched more rockets on israel than adolf hitler launched on great britain in all of world war ii. we're not talking about the german army, we're talking about hamas, a terror organization. so i think you're right, there was a pause, and that was politically, and we're behind the 8-ball, just as mark pointed out. we're behind the 8-ball on deterrence as well, but thank god we have what we have. i hate to think what would have happened if aspen's mission in 1983 was carried out today which is we put everything on the back burner. >> we'll have one final question here and then we'll wrap up. >> it's not a question, a quick description. the best com

tom: particular thanks to robert kaplan of eurasia group yesterday for his appearance on "bloomberg surveillancenk her appearance on "bloomberg surveillance." asia news bloomberg editor watching the minutia of china's response to the men that trade war. kevin cirilli is in washington tried to figure out how to get to helsinki. et me go first to you as begin a presidential trip to europe. in china, is this a trade war? emma: that's an interesting question. the state media has been using those words, which suggests it is being sanctions. they are in a defensive position when it comes to reddit. they are trying to paint china as an unwilling participant in this war and that this is all about what donald trump wants. it's all being instigated by the u.s. they will come to the party if they are attacked, but they will not be furthering this. tariffs,e retaliatory the exact same amount that has been slapped by the u.s., but focused on different things like farm products that are so key to some of those states that voted in donald trump. francine: emma, what's the next step in the story? for thehinese

he did know that hardiman and judge kaplan's could fair k edge could fare well in the senate becausef their reputations and record run as politically charged." the president says whoever that person is they look at the full support of senate republicans in key democrats. >> i have two words, supreme court and confidence. we have a technical problem. republicans are holding four lottery tickets and all of them are winners. if you are a conservative republican, the four people named, especially thomas hardiman, are all winners that every republican should in place -- embrace. donald trump could nominate george washington or john marshall and they couldn't get through, maybe a handful of democrats will vote for a trump back because they act him politically. i've never seen it this dysfunctional. there is nobody president trump could nominate that would get many democratic votes. this is a nightmare for red state democrats to pose a highly qualified nominee. all four of these people are highly qualified. the have been on the court and know what they are doing. red state democrats are goi

in kaplan versus central bank of iran, the defendant financial institution argued that rocket attacks carried out by hezbollah, a designated foreign terrorist organization were acts of war and thus outside the scope of the a.t.a.'s civil liability provision. the act of war exception should not be a liability shield for those who aid and abet attacks carried out by designated terrorist organizations. this legislation amends the definition of act of war in the a.t.a. to clarify that the exception does not apply to u.s.-government-designated foreign terrorist organizes or specially designated global terrorists. second at the urging of representative posey, we included language in the bill to strengthen the civil enforcement regime by permitting victims of narco terrorism with the assets of foreign narcotics drug kingpins. assets blocked are not currently available to victims, leaving victims of the farc and other narco terrorists without a method of getting compensation for their injuries. finally, this legislation addresses recent federal court decisions that combe the ability of victim

capitol hill producer greg kaplan tweets speaker ryan says the house plans to vote today on a resolution expressing support for the countries of eastern europe and nato on the opening day today of the nato summit in brussels. president trump is there. welcomed this morning by nato secretary-general jan stoltenberg. president trump: good morning, everybody. we have a very good relationship. because of me they have raised about $40 billion over the last year. i think the secretary-general likes trump. he may be the only one, but that's ok with me. >> we will discuss how we can make this summit success. showing that europe and north american stand together. and will continue to focus on his understanding. that will be the main topic to -- president can trump: over the last year, about $40 billion more has been given by other countries to help nato, but that's not nearly enough. the united states is paying far too much. and other countries are not paying enough. especially some. so we're going to have a meeting on that. and the secretary-general has worked very hard on that. he understands t