mr. walsh, you write that american presidents have always been famous, but it was only after they had end of the mass media and the vast increase in power and reach of all the presidency under fdr that the leader of the u.s. became a true superstar. what did fdr do to create the aquatics >> guest: a number of things. i've written seven books now. fdr is the first modern president. he not only gained a lot of power and took a lot of power is the president in the modern sense because we are fighting for depression and world war ii but also he understood the importance of the mass media as few other presidents ever has. palladio and newspapers for the media and franklin roosevelt understood particularly the power of radio. millions of americans have radios in their homes. i understood he could enter their homes as their leader in him in him and i got there i met him think we could fashion a 19 media superstar and that is part of the celebrity in chief notion to post code that americans care what h

mr. walsh's notepad.better in terms of the lost it narrow but the productivity that they are seeing at iag, the productivity gains, are not coming through at air france. they are struggling with getting these different transformation plans and projects to stick. they went from the transform 2015 plan, to now the perform 2020 program. the management will be meeting with unions and staff members today to discuss improving productivity, but we will just have to wait and see whether any of that starts coming through and whether they can take on the challenges and start shaping up in the way that iag is seeing things come through. guy: thank you very much indeed, kari lundgren. francine: m&a values are up in europe by over 30% compared to last year. for more, we are joined by gareth mccartney. thank you for sticking around. we were talking before about these megamergers that are happening. it seems that there is a trend to consolidate. you were saying this is because assets are now cheaper. it is also cost-cut

mr. walsh, you're now recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, and i'm going to venture out on a limb. i bet you get a call from the secretary now. miss flanz might back me on that, i would bet. it goes to something bigger for me. i would argue and go back to the issues with secretary shinseki and others, i think many times they're let down by others around them. it takes us back to the core issue of delegation and authority. and in an organization that big, this has to happen. so how are we going to change it? how are we going to make it better? i want to talk about osc 23 oc. i would bet everybody in this room at one time another has gone gone through some form of professional training. whether it's on a friday afternoon or a retreat or something like that. i bet in our professional careers, you can count and tell the ones that were highly effective and those that were forgettable. this is an important issue. i am going to go to this. have any of the three of you dr. head, dr. hooker and dr

mr. walshnow recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, and i'm going to venture out on a limb. i bet you get a call from the secretary now. miss flanz might back me on that, i would bet. it goes to something bigger for me. i would argue and go back to the issues with secretary shinseki and others i this many times they're let down by others around them. it takes us back to the core issue of delegation and authority. and in an organization that big, this has to happen. so how are we going to change it? how are we going to make it better? i would bet everybody in this room at one time another has gone gone through some form of professional training. whether it's on a friday afternoon or a retreat or something like that. i bet in our professional careers, you can count and tell the ones that were highly effective and those that were forgettable. this is an important issue. ft have any of the three of you, dr. head, dr. hooker and dr. tremaine, have any of you received osc whistleblower certificat

mr. vice president governor baker leaders senators mccain, warring, markey, maher walsh doctor jean mccormickn's choir stokes mitchell friends on behalf of ted's sister, jean, teddy junior and kiki, patrick and amy, karen, caroline and the entire kennedy family standing beside me literally and in spirit we are honored and grateful you all can be here. thirty-six years ago my husband came here to dedicate the presidential library next-door. speaking about the speaking about the older brother he loved and admired so deeply teddy called the moment a combination a happy rendezvous with history that makes his memory come alive. today the same is true for all of us who loved edward m kennedy. it seems like only yesterday i was standing with teddy at a window on the 7th floor of the jfk library looking down on the plot of land where this institute now stands. it was an empty low-lying field but he had a vision that something extraordinary could rise from. ascould rise from. as we looked out the window teddy pointed to a little pine tree and said to me that is where the institute is going to be. and