further, mr. stern has almost never participated or assisted veritas and rent board matters, and when he does, i would always recuse myself and never participate. third, i am almost done, veritas is not, and never has been a client of mine. i have never participated in any of their business operations, i have never provided them legal advice, i do know them from my involvement in industry trade groups such as a san francisco apartment association where i serve on the board of directors, and the coalition for better housing where i serve as the vice president. outside of those forums, i have no interaction with veritas or its employees. indeed, a some of you may recall , i specifically called out the controversial practices of veritas during public comment before the supervisors, the board of supervisors last year when you are considering changes to the rent ordinance provision, and the local media widely quoted my concern in the coverage of that event. fourth, in late 2014, before being sworn as a commi

cheers and applause ) >> stephen: hey, everybody, we are here with the author of "howard stern comes again," mr know, there's a certain thing that happened for me. i went into psychotherapy which i used to kind of laugh at and think i have it all together. i know what's going on. and i equated my success with i'm fine. everything's good. but i had gone through a divorce. i had three young daughters at the time, and i pushed myself into psychotherapy, and i havety now-- especially you, circ you need it-- i am the poster boy for psychotherapy. i think it's terrific. and i got in touch with a lot of things about myself i didn't like, and it was-- you know, it was quite a journey. but what happened for me was that when i sat in this psychiatrist's office for the first time in my life, here was another adult, a man, listening to me and actually treating me seriously. the first time i went in to see this guy, i just-- from what i saw on tv, you go in and you talk about your parents. so i start doing elaborate routines for the psychiatrist -- >> stephen: like you're entertaining him. >> like i'm doing

>>> tonight legendary radio host howard stern tells cnn he has inside information on president trump and he is convinced mrublicity trump. listened to howard stern with cnn's anderson cooper. >> when you see him now in the white house as president what do you see. >> i go into great. >> you have a history with him and how you know him. >> first of all it's unbelievable to me. i documented my thoughts about how this whole candidacy came about. this is a publicity stunt. i happen to have. >> you have no doubt about that. >> i have no doubt because i have inside information. and the thing is that it started out with the art of the deal, the book. and it was a pr guy's idea. says, donald, what you need to do is -- we'll make a sort of a rumor that you're running for president. and donald is like, oh, so all of a sudden he was interviewed. the book goes to number one. when the second book came out that's when he decided to start the rumor he was running for president. and then this time around in the last election the apprentice ratings were not what they were. and nbc was not going to give him a raise. and wha

there's a lot of time to go before the parliamentary elections and obviously mr selenski hopes to have a positive outcome david stern care thank you. kenya next where hippopotamuses a facing a new threat not only are being targeted by hunters for they're also having to compete with other animals for twin doing food sources as a result van numbers are also doing a new study has revealed that any further reduction in hippo numbers could also spell disaster for the health of the region's riffs 100 grazes on the shores of kenya's lake 91 of a the 1500 hippos that make this lake its high but the grass here is increasingly in short supply. locals often bring back cattle down to the grasslands fringing the lake to feed the competition for food between wildlife and domestic animals is driven to the extreme by drought and climate change. it means that people are bringing the livestock into protected areas is national parks and reserves and they're competing with the animals like peoples and these poor animals don't have any other source of food they literally. if they hippos die the rivers and lakes could die with them hippo

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. >>> howard stern has known donald trump for decades. he calls mr.f the top five guests to ever appear on his radio show. he also believes donald trump was traumatized as a child and that he would benefit greatly from therapy. here is more of anderson kee cooper's interview with howard stern. >> you talk about therapy. a lot of people do not talk about therapy. you have been very up front -- you didn't just do therapy, you did psychoanalysis. >> yes. >> did therapy, did it save your life? >> it did. it really did. it wasn't as if i was suicidal or something along those lines, but when i say it saved my life, it made me recognize all the good things that i have, and it also taught me how to be a man, how to relate to my children, how to be more involved in a conversation with you, how to be appreciative of you forgiving me that interview. >> you said you were a selfish jerk, i think. >> selfish jerk, but i was also naive. it wasn't like i was intentionally going out to be a jerk. i don't think people would say i was a jerky guy, but what it was, i had

names the majority of the of the ministers so mr zalewski obviously is hoping for a positive outcome and so that he can push forward with his programs david stern in kiev thank you let's get a check now some other stories making news around the world u.s. president don't trump has cut off talks with congressional democrats on infrastructure spending saying that he would not work with the opposition while they continue to investigate the democratic house speaker nancy pelosi earlier accuse the president of being engaged in a cover up over his obstruction of congressional probe here the united states has said that it suspects that the syrian government is using chemical weapons again this time in a weekend attack in the northwest of the country where the army was targeting the few remaining rebel held positions washington has threatened for the prize also if it is proved that chemical weapons were used the observers have disputed the claims . indonesia's president djoko be dodo has warned that strong action will be taken against rioters in the capital jakarta he was speaking after demonstrators took to the streets to protest the results of last m

stern is in the ukrainian capital. he joins us now. tell us more about these political novices who are now set to be in high office. >> we knew that mr.inski -- mr. zielinski would bring new faces. these are people who work with him in his production company and his hit comedy. the most prominent being the first assistant to the president. he is mr. zielinski's partner in his production company. some people see this as an insecure -- indication that he is in fact bringing new blood into the administration, new faces, not the same old faces we have seen before, the other people are questioning what exactly these people bring to the job. sarah: there's also been controversy about the appointment about a lawyer who used to work for one of ukraine's richest men. why is that? reporter: he was a close advisor to mr. zielinski during the campaign and now he has been named head of the presidential initiation, but he is also a lawyer to one of ukraine's richest men and very, the restroom -- very controversial figure indeed. he was accused by the ukrainian authorities of embezzling over $5 billion from the bank. he denies these charges and he w

stern warning to iran not to threaten american interests. in a tweet, he said that if iran wanted to fight, that would be the end of the country. mr came as tensions have been rising over the deployment of a us carrier group and long—range bombers to the gulf. rescuers have helped hundreds of hikers who were stuck overnight on a mountain onjapan‘s yakushima island because of heavy rainfall. around 12 centimetres of rain hit the area on saturday, with flooding and mudslides blocking roads. officials say 314 people were stranded. some were forced to sleep out on the mountainside, but most took shelter in their vehicles. in russia, these fans of game of thrones have been dressing up as their favourite characters to while away the wait for the show‘s finale. as you can see some of them posing for photos at a cosplay event in moscow. some of them look pretty realistic, pretty good, don't they? after thrilling viewers for eight series, the show‘s final episode will be broadcast in just under one hour's time. let's go back now to the australian elections: earlier i wasjoined by former australian labor prime minister kevin rudd and i aske

mr. chairman. it's important to look at history and listen to your predecessors who warned very stern language to treasury secretaries, two fed chairs, including george bush fed chair, appointed fed chair, and what they say about this. thank you. >> thank you. senator moran. >> mr. chairman, thank you very much. thank you for our panel for being here. i was involved when the committee passed legislation to reform, to alter dodd/frank. it occurred on a straight party line vote, every republican voting yes, every democrat voting no. it became clear to me that the opportunity to actually make some substantive changes in the regulatory environment for lenders would not occur. there weren't 60 votes on the floor of the united states senate to accomplish that. we then spent two years trying to figure out among republicans and democrats on this committee what we could accomplish. the end result was 2155. i was pleased for what i thought would be the outcome of 2155. its consequences upon those who lend money to more importantly, the lenders, those who are the recipients of the credit. unfortunately, when i talke

mr. secretary, last week, the federal reserve released the financial stability report and found out lending has grown and protections that shield lenders from default on those loans has eroded. in light of stern warnings like these, why if you only convened on one occasion this year? >> specifically, the private working group for the president is also associated on this issue. we have addressed this, we have calls between formal meetings, primary regulators are studying this issue, it is something that we are not particularly concerned about in the moment. but we are monitoring at very carefully to make sure it does not become an issue. >> you are not very concerned about a change in the economy, and potential looming recession? >> no, in the near future, the chance of a recession is quite low, i think credit quality is very good in terms of leverage lending, most of it has moved outside of the banking business into non-bank areas, and areas that do not have insured deposits, we take great comfort in that. >> thank you, secretary, i yield back my time, mr. chairman. >> mr. hill is recognized. >> thank you, chair, and secretary. come back to the committee. we never get tired of our secretary.

mr. eiseman in asia. valued and left are not -- lyft are not valued on traditional fundamentals so shorting them is like shorting a ghost. it is difficult to do. segram is with the sternreads red herrings. what is the distinction about uber? haran: i think this is a liquidity event for early investors. tom: what on god's name is that? haran: cashing out early. they are taking advantage of, this is a pricing game rather than a valuation game for uber. you tell a compelling story and fetch the highest price possible. that is what is happening here. tom: do they play by a different rulebook than a specialty chemical company in iowa? haran: 100%. because this is a technology company, people find it difficult to value and it will be difficult to nail down a value, so they can price whatever they want to with this company. francine: how different is this from amazon 10 years ago? could amazon have made money at the time if they wanted to? steve: amazon goes through something known as investing cycle and harvesting cycle. when they go through and investing cycle, they do not make money, a harvesting cycle they make money. i do not think it is prudent to compare this to amazo

mr. secretary, last week the federal reserve released its financial stability report and found that leverage lending has grown and protection that shield lenders from default and those loans have eroded. in light of the stern warnings like these, why has fsoc only convened on one occasion this year? >> actually, fsoc, and specifically the private working group, the president's private working group which is also associated on this issue, we've addressed this, we have calls in between formal meetings, so the primary regulators are studying this issue, and it's something we are not particularly concerned about at the moment. we are monitoring it very, very carefully to make sure this doesn't become an issue. >> economy, and a potential recession looming? >> no, i think in the near future, the chance of a recession is quite low. i think the credit quality is extremely good, in the case of leveraged lending, most of it has moved outside of the banking business into nonbank areas, and areas that don't have insured deposits and we take great comfort in that. >> thank you. mr. secretary, i yield back my time, mr. chair. >> the gentleman from arkansas, mr. hill is, recognized for five minutes. >> thank the chair,