." ♪ carol: we're here with the editor in chief of "bloomberg businessweek," megan murray. u spoke with tom barrick. megan: tom barrick is a legendary financier, head of colony capital. he has also become very well-known for being one of president trump's fiercest economic advisers. he is one of the first people to come forward from the financial community to become one of his most prominent backers, did fundraising for him very early, and was consistently during the campaign one of his most public surrogates in making the economic case for donald trump. he said this man is my friend, he is a dealmaker, he is going to be a different kind of president. he is going to get things done. it was a great opportunity last night, during the opening we are seeing in the first six months, to take his temperature on how he thinks the president has done. oliver: he said he would not give him a grade yet, that is like asking before the semester is over. megan: he asked to take a sabbatical, specifically, on giving a grade. oliver: one thing i thought was interesting is that he views the t

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." ♪ oliver: we're back with "bloomberg businessweek" editor-in-chief megan murray. art in the global economics section. really interesting story about this resurgence of russia, china, some of these powers dabbling in the caribbean. .tell us about those. megan: this is something that is one of those geopolitical shifts which tells a much broader story of the climate we are in. as the u.s. refocuses its foreign policy, and more being directed inwards toward the u.s. and u.s. interests, countries like russia, china, are really looking at places like nicaragua, cuba, in that caribbean area, as a place where they can solidify their economic power and political power. let's take those interns. with china, this is a lot about their economic interests. it is not dissimilar to what they have done in africa and other parts of the world, flexing their muscles to countries that need their access to resources to really build an economic power to them. on russia's side, it is a little bit more poking and trying to establish a little bit of a power base that is really close to our

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people were encouraged to wear megan's favourite colour, orange, in her memory. tennis, and andy murraygainst an unseeded player when the championships open on monday. he pulled out of his last warm—up game today because of a hip problem, but was practising on the grass at the all—england club. murray is drawn in the same half as french open champion rafael nadal and stan wavrinka. the british cyclist chris froome will attempt to defend his title when the tour de france begins tomorrow. he's hoping to complete his third straight win and a fourth victory in five years. but he faces stiff competition from some the world's leading cyclists. the race begins in the german city of dusseldorf, and our sports correspondent richard conway is there. richard, an unusual place to start the tour de france? well, it is, yes, the tour tries to take in as many countries as possible, fira. we are here in dusseldorf for the start tomorrow. there is an individual time trial. yes, chris froome and team sky will be hoping to add to what has been a golden era for british cycling. they want a fourth yellow je