david rubenstein is on your set. to keep george washington's there and the library. i'm on the board of the national archives foundation, a duplicate original of the magna carta hanhang s there because of him. and the washington monument is being rebuilt because of him. thank goodness for david rubenstein. >> thank you very much. you're very kind to say that but your own contributions to our country are quite considerable as well. thank you for what you've done. >> let me thank you, david. brian, let me answer your question this way. remember, this is the first time the fed put an extreme stress test on 30 institutions, regional banks as well as the largest banks. 29 of the 30 made the grade in their view. the reality is, they were extreme. it's like if you set your treadmill at 70%, incline of 70%. this was an extreme, half of the stock market gone. and 29 of the 30 did well. one has some work to do. but zions is an excellent bank. it's very well run. i'm sure they'll address whatever it is they need to address. it'

special envoy for syria daniel rubenstein says his government cannot allow president bashar al assad's regime to conduct diplomatic operations in the u.s. he says in the three years since the conflict started in syria, assad has refused calls to step aside. rubenstein says the syrian leader has directed a war against his own people and created a humanitarian catastrophe. but he stressed the u.s. will maintain diplomatic relations with syria. he said u.s. ties with the syrian people would endure long after assad leaves power. >>> the special envoy's statement came after syrian embassy officials suddenly announced it has suspended consular services. they offered no explanation for the move. the crisis in syria continues to deepen. the u.n. has appealed to the international community to support refugees caught in the middle of the violence. they say more than 2.5 million people have fled to other countries. >>> residents of northeastern japan are debating how best to remember the past. they have different opinions about structures that survived the earthquake and tsunami three years ago.

oh well they call mr rubenstein the u.s. envoy for the syrian people actually and they say what they can say that is the syrian people. the people in a room or seem to be a reprint sent to it by the national coalition we know that the united states has not officially at least talked to me. to rule syrian officials apart from one occasion as i remember correctly on pluto and there was a meeting so at least the. exchange of words between mr kerry and the foreign minister of syria while i'm about officially they are just talking with a national coalition and they say they are the representatives of the syrian people so this is an insult actually of the syrian people. only three percent and if you are represented by the national coalition maybe there. you know deals behind the scenes and behind closed doors washington should be interested to have direct talks with the syrian government and they are interested that chemical weapons were in case will be soft and that they even say there should be a political solution on the crisis

but the work has gone by quickly thanks so washington businessman david rubenstein. who paid half the cost. it was the tallest building in the world surpassed by the eiffel tower. >>> he is an icon of the civil rights movement, long-time member of congress from georgia. and in a new video on the web, democratic congressman john lewis appears to be happy while dancing to the song with the same name. a call to his office in washington reveals he was celebrating national happiness day because, they say, he is an optimistic hopeful person he also does not stop dancing. and it is a video you can see on our website tonight. >>> when we come back here this evening what is drawing folks from all across the country to witness a spectacular force of nature this time of year. >>> as we leave you tonight, and in consideration of the news we have been covering here at quite a pace night after night we thought it might be a nice time to visit a peaceful place and show you a story about a stunning rite of spring on this first day of spring. our report tonight from nbc's harry smith

consulates as well as at consulates in the states of michigan and texas special envoy for serie a debut rubenstein says his government cannot allow president bashir al assets for jean to conduct diplomatic operations in the us he says in the three years since the conflict started in syria. assad has refused calls to step aside rubinstein says the syrian leader as directed toward gays his own people and created a humanitarian catastrophe. but he stressed the us will maintain diplomatic relations with syria he said us ties with the syrian people will endure long after the side leaves power. the special envoys statements. the masters syrian embassy officials suddenly announced he had suspended consular services they offered no explanation for the move. the crisis in syria continues to deepen the un has appealed to the international community to support refugees out of the middle of the violence they say more than two and a half million people have fled to other countries. some japanese business leaders worry that rising tensions over the situation in ukraine could hurt economic ties between japan and

consular services for syrians living in the us in a statement that us special envoy to syria daniel rubenstein said that's how i feel that we have eternity to find acceptable for individuals appointed by the dot regime are free to it as the sa government to conduct diplomatic or consular operations in the united states. i'm closing out while on the out washington's ties with damascus continued infuriated by the us says it will continue assisting the syrian opposition seeking to overthrow the assad government to look all that complicated endeavor considering that extremists tied to organizations are fighting alongside the opposition in syria. a series of bloody civil war as we've gone for three years in that time. a reported one hundred and forty thousand people have been killed and six million displaced washington's lead a small compact the syrian government has been accelerating in stock chemical weapons disarmament which is expected to be fully completed leader died this year that deals were struck by in cooperation with russia a note telling now how this you're either a is going to react. i

home draw in the first leg it promises to be an especially emotional evening for one day indeed rubenstein eight years playing for chelsea. after winning the champions league with the club in twenty twelve. korean superstar move to downtown for an istanbul now he's coming back to stamford bridge again. i can to cease from earn some real issues you could. his former chelsea team mates will make it easy for him on this trip back to the marine years team of the favorites to win the game. note that draw in the first break means anything is possible. losing one of the. he's going to the results were people of all time goals already. with twenty two nd. there's no lack of motivation. last season chelsea became the first title holders ever to exit the competition after the group stage. they're determined to do much better this time around. i guess all for now the journal of physical website dw dusty for all the latest news and information they are locked in the next time the issue. i have. he is. i know. what's more it's a good story each day exclusive amy g networks to top story line is today's

how non-rubenstein joins me from new york.e been all over the world. >> what really doing in japan? i was playing with another musician. start off being a musician, did you? >> i was born in israel. what i do now seems quite far-fetched. >> what was your original path in life? you were going to be an engineer. >> the rest of my family is all computer engineers and program -- remembers. -- programmers. >> you are the outlier. >> i am the black sheep. >> tell us about some of the artists you play with. >> it was not glamorous at first. i was cleaning bathrooms at the beginning. slowly but surely, one thing led to another and now i am here. >> did you get the feeling that guitar was for you? i find that i have to wear a lot of hats. i do a lot of engineering and production. i play quite a few instruments. ultimately these things will lead to the next thing. i tried to look at both sides of the glass in the studio. >> what do you prefer? being in the studio or being in front of a live audience? >> i like to see people. i like the

daniel rubenstein will support the opposition and negotiate an end to the conflict. meanwhile things are getting worse on the ground in syria. the lebanese military has been deployed to the border as rebels flee yabroud, the last opposition stronghold to fall. >> reporter: a missiles is fire, many say the fight is over. but for the government the r retapture of the city is just another sign that rebels are losing the war. here syria's defense minister with top military commanders what was for months the rebels biggest stronghold. but there is no time for celebration. he has shown a map of rebel positions and he gives orders to launch an attack. with the west secured and rebels losing ground in the center this is where the next big battle may take place. the rest of the suburbs of damascus. these are major rebel strongholds, but this time groups may not get enough weapons and fight tours hold down as rebel fighters band and attack a military base a town northeast of the capitol of damascus. this commander asking his men to shell the area and pave the way for an unit t

if you notice mike cavanaugh, the top guy at jpmorgan, david rubenstein getting a lot of wall streetcause all these private equity firms, blackstone, essentials, they are becoming wall street firms and they are becoming wall street firms without the massive amounts of dodd-frank regulation wall street firms face. they are not under dodd-frank considered systemically important institutions. they can lend, they can do proprietary trading. they can do lot of stuff the mainline banks and wall street firms cannot do but here is what they are worried about that over the next year or 18 months that these firms and we should put up some trading of the private equity firms because they are all publicly traded companies, black rock, blackstone, larry fink on the brain, blackstone, kkr, all publicly traded institutions. what they are worried about essentially is in the next year, they become like banks, that somehow -- they knew. the roach motel of dodd-frank starts his taking it home. we understand with these sources telling fox business that they are going out and the essentially lobbying con

special envoy to syria daniel rubenstein said. that we have determined it is unacceptable for individuals appointed by the regime referring to the assad government to conduct diplomatic or consular operations in the united states unquote now while the washington's ties with damascus continue deteriorating the u.s. says it will continue assisting the syrian opposition seeking to overthrow the assad government some would call that quite a complicated endeavor considering that extremists tied to terrorist organizations are fighting alongside the opposition in syria and syria's bloody civil war has waged on for three years in that time a reported one hundred forty thousand people have been killed and six million displaced washington's latest move comes as the syrian government has been accelerating its chemical weapons disarmament which is expected to be fully completed leader this year that deal of course struck in cooperation with russia no telling now how the syrian government is going to react to washington to washington's latest

david rubenstein offered a similar job to greg fleming at morgan stanley not too long ago and now hehat shows you there is the session planning going on at carlisle, a huge private equity firm. a lot of it is in the private equity stuff. melissa: a lot of exhaustion over jpmorgan. >> i am a shareholder of jpmorgan. i like jamie dimon, i like what he has done. it has been a tough couple of years and they have gone aroun h it so i'm okay with him stick around a couple more years. charlie: he is a very good ceo. what made jamie dimon so good over the years, you take what we have had recently, which a lot of it is politically motivated. what made him avoid a financial crisis, jimmy cap with him a core group of people. melissa: and they are gone. charlie: they left from citigroup, they came here, and now they are all gone. when you lose guys like that, you lost steve black a while ago. a bunch of others. frank is gone. >> those guys move up in a system. they can do their own thing. charlie: of course. what made him really good was that team. what made citigroup really bad was losing that

david rubenstein, changing fortunes and changing the world. >>> it is time.is time for the "lightning round." we're playing this out and then are you ready? it's time for the "lightning round." sandra in pennsylvania, sandra. >> caller: celgene. >> it's recommended in my book and here's what you need to know. it doesn't matter. right now that group is soft. it's not the group to buy if you think the economy's better it will be under pressure and i think you should just own it and as it gets to 140 you buy more. richard in california. >> caller: hey, jimmy. cyclic tcyc, do you still like this stock? >> i still like it but it's a similar situation to celgene, people do not want to own these big cap biotech pharmas right now, they're out of sync with the financial and tech rally. i think you hold on to it though. phil in maine. >> caller: hey, jim, jim from the snowy state of maine. what do you think about bluebird bio? >> that comes under a different group of biotech. that is the speculative portion. and stocks are going still higher. it's the same problem with

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are 64.f them >> david rubenstein is one of america's great philanthropists.is part of institutionalizing. one thing that they have done that is interesting is they have a committee called the management committee. it was historically the place where reporters would go to figure out who was in power. when they hire a new guy they put him on the management committee. it is now 16 people. jamie dimon going to retire anytime soon? >> it has been a rough time. they probably want some time to sit back. >> that was part of it. that job is done. >> it is tough to gauge when he will step down. i don't think he is being hurried out. if he is going to do it on his own time. we had to look at the markets. >> is time for us to go on the markets. we start with the major equity indexes. rebounded.s&p the dow has gained 100 point. nasdaq is gaining the most. bio techs are among the big decliners. is speaking int the 11:00 hour. the russian ruble is doing better today. lower means stronger. that is what prudent gets today. nevertheless, some real economic impact this morning.

naming career diplomat daniel rubenstein to the post.heucceeds robert ford in job who retired earlier this year amid a breakdown and talks between the syrian government and opposition forces. secretary kerry says ambassador rubenstein will travel to the region in the coming week. turning to the situation in ukraine, nato secretary-general tweets this hour that the "so-called referendum in crimea is illegal and illegitimate and that it violated the ukrainian constitution and international law." adding that nato allies do not recognize the result. nbc news reports that ukraine's parliament and/or state residential decreed today to deploy 40,000 reservists to the army and national guard. just hours after crimea voted to join russia. minutes ago, the associated press reported that european union foreign ministers imposed travel bans and asset freezes on running when people they linked to a push for the succession and possible annexation of ukraine's crimean peninsula. the ministers meeting in brussels but not immediately release the names an

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. >> david rubenstein was one of the people who funded the repairs. >> fantastic.own following an earthquake in 2011 which caused major structural damage. the repairs cost an estimated $15 million. thank you, david. >> tough change. >> the washington monument has 70,000 visitors a year and is extremely beautiful. >>> in this weekend's "parade" magazine excerpt from new book jeff bauman he describes his courageous journey learning to walk again. >> there is a young lady who lost a leg and is in "dancing with the stars" i will watch that show now. >>> new developments over night on the crisis in ukraine. moments ago, the country signed a deal to establish closer ties with the nation and the same deal that ukraine's president refused to sign and sparked widespread protests last november. the united states and russia going back and forth swapping sanctions as tension rise between the two countries over the crisis in ukraine. the crisis with russia. president obama yesterday issued new sanctions aimed at the inner circle of russian president vat miles an hour putin. the

the carlyle group's co-founder david rubenstein knows it first hand.t how he missed out on a big opportunity. >> i had never heard of it. everybody else told me they had heard of it and it was air b & b and his company may go public at some point at a higher market value than mine. in three years his company might be worth more than in three years than mine in 27 years. >> how do investors pick winning start-ups? here on set is ben lerer, ceo of thrillist media group and he's invested in buzzfeed, in the very early stages, obviously those have been home runs and these people know them very well. and you here on this big ipo day, not necessarily the goal of a lot of your start-ups. >> theoretically it's the goal but we've found there's a really robust market for acquisition right now and a bunch our businesses as they've sort of grown and been on the trajectory have gotten picked off early. it's not necessarily the end goal. >> how many start-ups are you in right now? >> we're in over 200 start-ups which -- good news behind us. i think -- >> just ignore

with respect to my successor, danny rubenstein, a terrific fellow and a brilliant fellow and served with distinction in places like damascus and amman, jordan, i think he just left the united states and is headed to turkey and to jordan and to paris and i think will be meeting with syrians, mainly from the opposition in all of those places. i don't know what his schedule is. i didn't set it up, so, but i think you will, you should expect that danny will be in close contact with both the formal opposition but then a lot of independent syrians and that he will also be in close contact with other countries in the region who have big interests there, starting with turkey, the gulf states, jordan, and our european friend. >> let's see. how about in the middle? >> jared firries with heritage foundation. what do you make proves specs for southern offensive we hear about in the news, if that will make any difference? >> let's take one more. yes over here on the end. >> my name is steven short. what outcome to the israelis wish happens in syria? >> on the southern offensive first, i've seen the p

. >> we just had david rubenstein here. >> in terms of how much money you can make?tially more. >> i don't have cavanaugh's pay but zames was paid about $17 million back in 2012. >> carlyle, that's one deal. show up and you make that, don't you? if you punch a time clock. >> you show up on january 1st you make that. >>> other breaking news in the ongoing fight between carl icahn and ebay. ebay issuing a letter that will go out publicly in ten minutes. shareholders emphasizing the benefits to customers and share hoe e holders and on keeping ebay and paypal together. he said he only wants 20% of paypal to be spun off to shareholders. ebay says the following, they're citing the following benefits for keeping the business together. paypal grows faster because of e bay. data sharing leads to more profitable growth. ebay provides efficient capital for paypal and commerce and payments are converging. there's a lot of questions carl icahn said about mark andreasen. they're asking shareholders to discard a proxy card sent out by carl icahn. >>> let's get a check on some of th

really have to fine tune, make sure you stick with your strategy and that's where i talked to david rubensteinsle about. finally, world domination. which i know is a heavy word but we all want to be the best -- >> that's your last one? >> and by the way, the last thing, destroy everybody. >> exactly. >> use the other six. >> exactly. be the best that you can be. and if you are achieving the success and create something, why would you want to pass the baton off to somebody else so they become more successful based on what you created. >> you made atonight opportunity pyramid, not a rectangle, indicating things at one point will be more difficult than others. >> exactly. >> do you see leaders, no matter how great he or she may be fall off with every step? it gets harder and harder and harder. >> the basis of it, there are two key things. honesty. you can't kid yourself. you have to have that culture. all good leaders have corporate culture where it fosters the innovation, they support people, give folks the ownership they need in order to be successful. a lot of times when we see the failures, t

services including issuing visas to foreigners know they appointed special envoy to syria daniel rubenstein says that if this consulates are not performing their diplomatic duties then there is no point in keeping them open however the state department says that this is not the end of relations between the two nations instead at the agency issued a statement reading in part quote despite the differences between our governments the united states continues to maintain diplomatic relations with the state of syria as an expression of our longstanding ties with the syrian people and interest that will endure long after bashar al assad leaves power now for some background the syrian embassy in washington has not had an official ambassador since december of two thousand and eleven also in the american embassy in damascus that one closed its mission in february two thousand and twelve when the security situation began to deteriorate now if you remember many consulates in the middle east closed around that time after u.s. ambassador to libya chris stevens and several other americans died in an attac

special envoy for syria daniel rubenstein has issued the following statement he says we have to terminate it is on access on acceptable for individuals appointed by that regime to conduct diplomatic or consular operations in the united states subsequent consequently the united states notified the syrian government today that it must immediately suspend operations of its embassy in washington d.c. and it's on our consulates in toy michigan and houston texas daniel will be standing with it we just took office yesterday nonetheless that the u.s. wants to continue diplomatic relations with the muskets and said that the country's ties with the syrian people will endure long after bashar assad leaves power tuesday's order should not affect serious mission at the united nations seoul though the state department earlier this month already imposed restrictions limiting its ambassador to new york more than one hundred forty thousand people have been killed in the syrian civil war that began three years ago and it appears efforts by the u.s. and russia to broker a peace settlement are now up in the