jonathan: it is tough in westminster. , nick burns and mark chandler.pril, if i put to you french politics would be more stable and u.k. politics, what would you have said? >> i would have said you are wrong. i think this is an extraordinary revolution for emmanuel macron. there has been a large majority in the lower house. what he would like to do is take a big run at labor, pension, and tax reforms to get the french economy going, then link up with angela merkel and france and germany forming this center to get the european economy going. this is an auspicious moment now. last two french presidents have also tried to reform the french economy and then defeated by unions, students. he will face that pressure, but has a lot of momentum. jonathan: there is significant optimism behind him from investors. talk to me about the nature of the conversation and negotiations and how this has changed? >> the conservatives got the elections wrong. they have been significantly weakened. theresa may can survive politically, it is not clear she can survive for the ne

mark chandler was looking at the 10 year note yield. report saying, you look at the technicals, they are breaking down. the yield is falling further. 2%. who would think if they keep hiking you would have bonds falling? betty: that is not even in the rearview member -- rearview mirror. kathleen: he said at least three rate hikes. in thatstill help happened that things will pick up. betty: makes you wonder how they can say that an sound like they are disconnected from the data. speaking of data, i want to ask you about the world bank and its outlook, which is unchanged. they seem to say there will be some regions that are growing, but there is rising rejectionism to watch out for. they did not factor in trumps tax reforms or infrastructure spending. kathleen: it seems interesting a lot of strategists, the fed governor is not a strategists, but that is why she is on the economy. she gave two speeches saying the outfit -- outlook is bright. if you want to put it at the most basic level, people say contrast from 10 years ago, with the great

edward murray, richard chandler are, deputy assistant secretary, mark yao, james manniker, acting principal deputy undersecretary for benefits and matthew sullivan, finance and planning. mr. shulkin, secretary shulkin, the floor is yours. >> well, thank you, chairman isaac soften, ranking member tester and other members of the committee. as you can see, i brought a big team with me because i kno you're going to have -- i know you're going to have lots of questions, and in particular with the opening statement, i really do look forward to having a meaningful discussion and getting to some solutions and some closure on some of these issues. i also did want to echo the ranking member's concern that this is a sad day for the nation where public or servants who work as hard as i know all of you do have to worry about their personal safety. and our thought ands prayers are with the congressman if the stay and the capitol police as well. thank you again for allowing us to be here today. what we want to talk about today is the 2018 president's budget and the 2019 advanced appropriations. and all of

richard chandler, deputy assist ant secretary, resource management. mark yow, chief financial officer, veterans health administration. james manker, acting principal deputy under secretary for benefits. and mr. matthew sullivan, deputy under secretary for finance and planning. secretary shulkin, floort is yours. secretary shulkin: thank you, chairman isakson, ranking member tester, and other members of the committee. as you can see i brought a big team with me because i know you are going to have lots of questions and in particular with the opening statements i really do look forward to having a meaningful discussion and getting to some solutions and some closure on some of these issues. i also did want to echo the ranking member's concern that the is a sad day for nation where public servants who work as hard as i know all of you do have to worry about their personal safety and our thoughts and prayers are with t nation where the congressman and the staff and the capitol police as well. thank you again for allowing us to be here today. what we want to tal

chandler. ♪ >> major vincent. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the 1942 film "battle of midway" from director john ford. joining me from new york, markis service. he was the oldest of the five directors i write about. in fact, he became a grandfather during the war. he had been old enough to serve in the first world war, although he didn't, so for ford, i think the war was a proving ground. he really wanted to test his courage, and although he was, you know, at least once directly in the line of fire, i'm not sure that ford ever believed that he was courageous. in fact, at one point he said all i know is that i'm not a brave man, that i'm a coward. that was after he had been at d-day. so, ford was really proud that he had served, and, in fact, when he completed his sort of decommissioning papers, he said he would do it again if called upon. one of the things ford did right after the war was start a place called the farm, which was sort of a combination rest home, clubhouse, barroom, get away for the men in his field photo unit. and it was a place that he decorated with, you know, every medal and recognition he had ever won during the