i know that david rubenstein has a fantastic program with you. enjoy.applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please ,elcome mark upthegrove ,resident and ceo of the president and ceo of the lbj foundation. [applause] >> thank you. good evening. welcome to our lineage and legacy, the stories of the presidential descendants panel. in january 2017, before their father left the white house, sasha and malia obama received a letter from barbara and jenna bush, the first daughters who preceded them in the white house. "take all that you have seen," they advised the obama girls, "the people you have met, the lessons you have learned, and lessons you have learned, and let that help guide you in making positive change. being the descendent, while a great honor, comes with inherent challenges and responsibilities." the participants in our panel this evening has gracefully embraced the legacies of their presidential descendants and used them to make their own positive contributions to the world. matthew mckinley is descended from two presidents. he is the great-grand ne

tozon ceo, jeff bezos spoke david rubenstein for the latest episode of the david rubenstein show, peer-to-peerns. >> you don't like meetings before 10 a.m.? >> no. i like to putter in the morning. i like to read the newspaper, have coffee, breakfast with my kids before they go to school. i have my puttering time that is very important to me. that is why i set my first meeting for 10:00 i like to do my high iq 10:00.s at by 5:00 p.m., i can't think about that today. let's try this again tomorrow at 10 a.m. all of you can watch that interview tonight on the david rubenstein show on bloomberg tv. that is your bloomberg business flash. much.ne: thank you so eu leaders are meeting today in salzburg ahead of a potential brexit summit in november. the meeting could be announced during the gathering. the u.k. international trade secretary says exit naysayers have been proven wrong. we have added 600,000 jobs to our economy. foreignr, we have more direct investment projects land in the u.k. than any year in our history. i understand the nervousness around it, i just think we need to be rationally balan

you can watch a conversation with david rubenstein tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern.is bloomberg. ♪ mark: i'm mark crumpton with first word news. the president says he wants to hear from the woman who has accused brett kavanaugh of sexual assault . has made it clear he stands behind the judge, but still he says if dr. ford shows up and makes a credible appearance, "that would be very interesting." her lawyers say they want an fbi investigation before she will appear before the senate judiciary committee. is a member of that panel, and he spoke with kevin cirilli today about the possibility of dr. ford testifying. >> i really hope dr. ford changes her mind, we need to have the hearing. and i think you make of people deserve to have that hearing. mark: senator kennedy added, "we are doing all we can to be fair, but we have to be met halfway." the leaders of north and south korea wrapped up their summit by announcing the next steps toward getting rid of the nuclear weapons in the north. kim jong-un has agreed to shut down a missile testing facility and will also close a

bezos spoke to david rubenstein and the latest episode of the david rubenstein show. >> your stock isr. is there one thing you think is responsible for that? 70% is pretty good. lecturing, allen hands meetings at amazon for 20 years -- 21 years now, 1997. at almost every all hands meeting i say, when the stock is up 30% in a month, do not feel 30% smarter because when the stock is down 30% in a month, it is not going to feel so good if we feel 30% dumber. that is what happens. never spend any time thinking about the daily stock price. i don't. upid: as a result of going 70% this year you have become the wealthiest man in the world. is that a title you wanted? is it a burden? jeff: i have never thought that title. it was fine being the second wealthiest person in the world. that worked fine. [laughter] david: it is something -- jeff: it is something people naturally are curious about. i would much rather if they said, inventor jeff bezos or entrepreneur jeff bezos or father jeff bezos, those kinds of things are much more meaningful to me. that if output measure you look at the financia

chair, jeffn's bezos, with david rubenstein at the economic love in washington. you can see more of the interest due -- interview on bloomberg television. we will have more later on in our show. later on, how elon musk him or tois leveraging technology keep his company relevant. if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio. listen on the bloomberg app, u.s.,erg.com, and in the sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ emily: as more retail shifts online, one of the fastest-growing segments is home where. the market is growing 15% annually meaning some have to adapt. in the first interview of a new series on retail disruption, we spoke with crate & barrel's ceo and asked how social media is changing the way customers engage with the brand. >> i think i'll retailers at the moment, especially ones like ours that has a 56 or old heritage has to transform for the digital era. our customers increasingly interact across different channels and crossed social media, so one of the things i have really driven as an agenda is ensuring our brand is delivered consistently wheth

he sat down with david rubenstein. >> i will say this. for any elected official in my opinion -- i do not think this is a very out there opinion -- to attack media and journalists. [applause] it is an essential component of our democracy. there has never been -- i was going to say never been an elected official. no public figure who has ever liked their headlines. it is ok. it is part of the process. if you are the president of the united states were governor of a state, you do not take that job thinking you are not going to get scrutinized. you are going to get scrutinized. it is healthy. somebody -- what the president should say is, this is right, this is good, i am glad i am being scrutinized. but it is really dangerous to demonize the media. it is dangerous to call the media lowlifes. it is dangerous to say they are the enemy of the people. we live in a society where it's not just the laws of the land that protect us. we have freedom of press. but what -- it is also the social norms that protect us. it works because we believe those w

rubenstein and i work in the child adolescent and family branch. at the substance abuse and mental health administration. in our branch is the importance of youth voice. you heard joseph this morning with is really great messages

>> we are so pleased we have generous donors, david rubenstein is the major donor for several years, wells fargo, it helps to have that kind of support from private individuals and corporations. we are working with publishers to find out who has a book coming out. when we invite to purchase the books, it really is tied to the publishing environment of having the books there. >> host: booktv will be there at the book festival. you can find the full schedule. how much of your year is taken up with this? >> i start thinking of the next festival as soon as this one is completed at 7:30. it is exciting to think about who the authors will be in the next year. it is in the back of our minds. when it is going to be. it is a joy to think about books, readers, over 100,000 people just immersed in reading. >> there is a large young adult and children's author area. a new study out by psychology today that only one in three high school seniors read a book for pleasure last year and electronic screens are taking away from reading time. >> guest: that is why the book festival is so important and t

so here is a clip from the david rubenstein show.avid starts by asking jeff about some legendary quirks. >> i get up early, i like to putter in the morning, have breakfast with my kids before school . my puttering time is important for me. i like to do my high iq meetings before lunch. anything that is mentally challenging, that is a 10:00 meeting. because by 5:00, it's like, i can't think about this today. on sleep, i get eight hours of sleep, unless i am traveling in different time zones, sometimes it is impossible. but i am very focused on it. for me, i need eight hours of sleep. i think better, have more energy, my mood is better. executive, what do you really get paid to do? as a senior executive, you get paid to make a small number of high quality decisions. your job is not to make thousands of decisions everyday. if the really worth it quality of those decisions might be lower because you are tired, grouchy, or any number of things? it is different if it is a startup company. if amazon was 100 people, it would be a different s

rate -- to david rubenstein.itor the conversation and bring you some of the highlights. if you want to tune in you can watch the full event at our terminal at life go -- life go -- at live go. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> when the stock is down 30% a month, will not haidi: on the next episode in our belton road special is at 7:00 hong kong time. projects look at how kit -- ang the look delicate balance in politics and economic development. >> what will the countries that stand to gain most in the alton ton road initiative is kazakhstan. betweencountry lost ashlock to between china and russia in the center of a thousand acts between geopolitics and economic advancements. they are an ultramodern city dominantcentral asia's economy. [indiscernible] >> we are naturally the first country that lies to the west of china as we go toward europe. we have built our own infrastructure even before the initiative we launched. we have built 2500 kilometers of railroads. >> one of the key things for us is that we are trying -- a tran

caroline: you can watch that interview with jeff bezos next week on the david rubenstein show. of you see that story of carney adopting amazonian techniques? romaine: this has been the rumor about the way he has been running the bank for a while. if it works for him, it works for him. joe: i missed it. i will look at it in the break. caroline: "what'd you miss?" you missed that. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: i am mark crumpton with your first word news. the new york times reports for people have been killed by hurricane florence. two deaths happened in north carolina where a mother and infant died when a tree fell on their home. the national hurricane center says more than 16 inches of rain has fallen at locations in northeast and southeast carolina and another 25 inches on the way. the white house says trump will visit the hurricane impacted areas sometime next week. paul manafort agreed to cooperate with the special counsel's russia investigation as he pleaded guilty to federal charges. ais allows metaphor to avoid second trial that could have exposed him to greater punishment.

vonnie: you can watch all of that next week on the david rubenstein show, that's at 9 p.m.esday. still ahead, the u.s. is warning russia over a new pipeline to germany, we spoke to the energy secretary on this next. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from new york, i'm vonnie quinn. i and julie hyman, this is bloomberg markets, rick perry says the u.s. is considering sanctions against the pipeline connecting russia to germany. the deputy of energy secretary chu deputy energy secretary said europe has a better start -- source of lng them united states. we spoke to matt miller in berlin. move awayontinue to from coal and nuclear, a widens the gap and it has to be filled, we think, by natural gas. what's important about this is that when you bring in lng, it gives you diversity and leverage in a conversation. what it does is it sets the upper market price, and that is what we are seeing across the world, not just in europe. competition matters, it matters to give you options and optionality in the marketplace which is good for policymakers and consumers. >> so the lion share of

[laughter] i could have said because david was my immediate deputy before he was the david rubenstein and i could have said that all the successes were due to recommendations and the failures to mine but i decided not to do that as well. i mean, it is a book which is honest about my mistakes. i did not, for example, catch in placement early enough. i did not give him the right device when bert lance was declining. there was a number of things i made mistakes on as well and again, that gives it credibili credibility. >> of the back 21st met jimmy carter. when did you first meet him? >> this is a story about how in politics and in life one should follow one part and not mind. after a year in the johnson white house and half a year as hubert humphrey's recent instructor in the 60 campaign against nixon when he lost it went back to atlanta, my hometown, clerked for a federal judge and made a beeline for the sumptuously well appointed office of former governor carl sanders would run again. he was the odds one favor and i said i'm a hometown boy and worked in the white house with jonathan i

he started laughing when rubenstein tried to pin him down on that.zos because he owns "the washington post," that gives him another anchor in the area, makes him a target in particular from president trump who routinely goes after him. >> john, how seriously are criticisms like bernie sanders, vis-a-vis amazon taken in d.c. now at least >> well, i think there are criticisms as jeff bezos was saying of every major business institution. you get criticism of wall street, criticism of walmart, criticism of amazon, in part, because of the on-going stratification they're delivering low cost products to american consumers, but when you have somebody like jeff bezos worth more than $100 billion, that's a symbol of the flk inequality that defines our modern economy one of the reasons in this election year republicans have strong overall economic conditions, but that's not necessarily being felt by the majority of voters, and that's one of the reasons why republicans have trouble going into the midterm elections >> who is going to be the biggest target, amazon

[applause] >> it's worth noting that our cochair of the festival, david rubenstein was supposed to conduct this interview today. due to scheduling changes, become of senator mccain's funeral, he was unable to do so. but i have david's questions here today and i just happened to be a big admirer of ulysses s grant and ron's books so i think we will have a fantastic time at the book festival. before we talk about grant, we need to ask a question about alexander hamilton. how could we not? lin manuel miranda first approached you and said he wanted to create a hip-hop musical based on your book, what was your reaction and did you think it would become a cultural phenomenon? >> people say when you are writing the alexander hamilton biography, did you have any idea it would be turned into a hip-hop musical. i always think the question answers itself. when i first met lin manuel miranda in the fall of 2008, he was co-storing incostarring in musical, the height. it asked me to be this historical advisor to this yet nonexistent show. i said you mean you want me to tell you when something is wrong.

it is because of contributors like wells fargo, david rubenstein and many others that this is now officially the best

emma: you can catch the full interview tonight on the david rubenstein show. david w.: it is that time of year when students head back to the classroom and this week we do ourting the books to own homework on different aspects of education and what can be done to improve it. yesterday, our focus was on charter schools. friday, we talk about education technology with the ceo of pearson and. alix: today we look at u.s. student debt and college tuition. 1.5 trillion dollars. the second largest category of household debt in north america. here to walk us through this johnr is john engler -- anglim. what has caused it to get where it is right now? origination's on the federal side actually gone down over the last five years. typically, loan origination growth dies -- drives the portfolio in this case, it has fallen five straight years to 20%. whichtstanding dan things leads to the idea that things are not being paid down as quickly. how much is because tuition is going up that fast and how much is because people can get access to money at that rate? john: tuition i

rachel tucker and the office of the attorney general, and rachel and read rubenstein in the office of attorney general. tara in the civil rights division. becky rhodes and her team from office of justice program and glenn and his team from justice management division. with that, i now have the pleasure of welcoming to the podium acting assistant attorney general john gore who will introduce the attorney general. john has been with us since day one of the administration and before that, a partner in the jones day law firm here in washington d.c. here at the department, john's office handles some of our most challenging cases and issues. under his leadership, the civil rights division has launched several major and important initiatives, including the filing of the statements of interest in campus free speech cases. john, it's a pleasure to be your colleague. thank you for joining us this morning, the podium is yours. [applause] john: thank you, jesse, for that kind introduction and your strong leadership at the department and let me say back to you, it's a pleasure to be your colleague

yvonne: that was world bank president jim yong kim speaking on the david rubenstein show. bloomberg. ♪ yvonne: we're counting down to the market open in japan, south korea and australia. we do see this a.m. selloff, no relief in sight. this tech pullback is weighing on the asian session. javalespeaking to augment about the space. he says emerging-market currencies could turn worse. coming up. this is bloomberg. ♪ 8:00 in hong kong, we are live from asia headquarters. i am yvonne man. welcome to daybreak asia. the top stories this thursday, the heat is on in the market. asia-pacific stocks faced a six straight day of decline after dragged wall street down. this is the longest since the financial crisis. none of the selloffs since 2008 has inflicted so much pain. kathleen: i am kathleen hays in new york where it is past 8:00 a.m. on wednesday. president trump has completed a deal with mexico, but can is still talking. and a bump in the road, sales slowing in the u.s. and the world's biggest market, china. kathleen: -- yvonne: asia is bracing for another challenging to a give

and she says he's talking to david rubenstein right now. stewart came around and said, you know, i'm the president's top adviser, what you are doing talking to him? i didn't get fired from that. but there were other embarrassing moments. but the other embarrassing moment was this during the campaign. we were the last campaign -- last campaign in 1980. we were called back in the middle of the night to go back to the white house because of the hostage negotiations were going on and some breaks had come through. so they apparently knocked on everybody's door in the hotel and said we're leaving at 3:00 a.m. get dressed. get out of here. they claim that they knocked on my door. i said okay. but i didn't remember it. so i got up at 7:00 a.m. i get dressed, i walk out and every door is open. there is not one single person left. i won i wondered what happened? is this a movie. i called the white house and said what happened? they said david you didn't show up on the plane and we left without you. too bad. you come back. so when you're traveling wit

we would like to extend a word of thanks to the festival co-chairman david rubenstein and the other generous sponsors that made this event possible. [applause] and if you would like to contribute your financial support there is information about that in the program. before we begin i've been asked to remind you that these events are being recorded by the library of congress which may broadcast them at some future date. after the author's presentation there will be time for questions and if you don't want to become part of the library's permanent collection it may be best to let someone else asked the question. many people have the look of brilliance. there many people who sound brilliant but few people have both of those qualities and the third most important one, approved their romance. steve coll is that rare person whose work speaks for itself. he's a two-time winner of the pulitzer prize once as a reporter for the "washington post" for his coverage of the fcc and another time for his gulf coast towards an the accounts of the cia's role in afghanistan. he's a staff writer at "the new york

first off, we wanted to thank our cochairman of the festival, david rubenstein and other sponsors of this event and wanted to point out that if you are also interested in supporting the festival, you can look in your program for information about doing that. also, we are very fortunate that today professor jackson has agreed to take some questions. so after his presentation you would like to ask him about this very interesting work of his, please come to the microphones and smile pretty because i'm told that it may be appearing later on videos or on television. it's my pleasure to introduce you to lawrence p. jackson, prolific author and professor. he has produced an interesting biography of an author should all know about named chester himes. professor jackson knows a bit about well-known authors in the united states. he also is the author of a biography of ralph tillerson. and myself as a person born in spain i was interested to learn that he spent a good deal of time in spain and the city of alicante, just one of the many surprises you will find in this very interesting work. so w

david rubenstein who is -- [applause] the person who brings this festival to us, who is the major sponsor who believes in literacy and learning and power of words. thank you both. we appreciate you so much. [applause] and -- i feel like we should just keep clapping and standing. [laughter] i want to thank all of you for your patience today i know there were long lines or for the signings and everything, but we can't thank you enough for making this one of the premier events, and i have just news in -- that the next date for next year will be labor day weekend again we just got the confirmation so thank you all and keep read aring. and now back to history and biography stage to join event in progress. this is policer prize winning author lauren talking about his book on texas history and politics. from cotton timber and cattle top changes all of that. the real wealth poured into the state. houston is there by the way? it is the the very beginning of this houston adopted motto houston gateway to beaumont. there was already a little bit too much to endure. so to capture the oil business and

you can see more of that interview with jeff bezos on the david rubenstein show airing wednesday at 9.m. eastern and 6 p.m. pacific. spacex had its first passenger for a flight around the moon, but to it will be remains a mystery. the company says it will reveal the identity on monday. elon musk was asked on twitter whether he was a passenger. his response was a single emoji of the japanese flag. many companies are attempting to commercialized space travel. still ahead, we are back at the global climate action summit to hear from california's governor, jerry brown, on his push back against the trump administration rollback plan. if you like bloomberg news, check us out on the radio. you can listen on bloomberg.com, the bloomberg app, and, in the u.s., on sirius xm. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ >> the state of california has sought to lead climate change for a generation and pushes back on the trump administration's plans to roll back environmental protection. it is also planning to get to 100% renewable energy by 2045. one of the names at the forefront of this is governor jerry brown who sp

it is because of contributors like wells fargo, david rubenstein and many others that this is now officially the best free event in washington. [cheering and applause] i wil i'm going to turn it over to the program in a second. i want to remind you to silence your electronic gadgets. we're on tv so it won't be appropriate. i will say one thing about carlos, then turn it over to him as probably most of you know, at an event like this, carlos is a non-fiction book editor at "washington post." he was also at one time economics editor there and national security editor and the outlook section editor. he was, just this year, a finalist for the pulitzer prize for criticism and in 2015, was the winner of the national book critics circle citation for excellence in reviewing. welcome. >> good morning. welcome to the national book festival. it's my favorite event in washington, bar none. so we're here to talk about spies and intelligence and maybe hacking, who knows. but it is quite an honor to introduce this morning's panel. our moderator is kai bird, author of "the good spy, the life and death of ro

interview with one of the most successful and wealthiest entrepreneurs in the world thanks to david rubenstein>> it features a rare conversation with amazon founder and ceo jeff bezos at the economic club of washington. in a weekst watch filled with stories by amazon planning to open new cashierless stores, amazon alexa apps, and more. >> there is a lot to talk about his company and bezos's leadership practices. david starts asking jeff about some of his legendary quirks. >> i get up early. i like to read the newspaper and have coffee, breakfast with my kids before they go to school. time that istering important to me. that is what i set my first meeting for 10:00. i like to do my high iq meetings before lunch. anything that will be mentally challenging is a 10:00 meeting. by 5:00 i can't think about that stuff. let's try this tomorrow at 10:00. on sleep. i get eight hours of sleep. unless i'm traveling in different time zones, sometimes it is impossible. i am very focused on it. i need eight hours of sleep. i think better and have more energy. my mood is better. executive, what do you get pai

it is because of contributors like wells fargo, david rubenstein and many others that this is now officially the best free event in washington. [cheering and applause] i will turn it over to the program and the second but i want to remind you to turn off electronics and find it under in silence your electronic get us. we are on tv and it won't be appropriate. i will say one thing about carlos and then turn it over to him. as most of you probably know an event like this, carlos is a nonfiction book editor at "the washington post" and also at one time the economic editors there and national security editor in the outlook section editor. he was just this year a finalist for the pulitzer prize for criticism and in 2015 was the winner of the national book critics circle citation for excellence in reviewing. carlos, welcome. [applause] >> good morning. welcome to the national book festival. it's my favorite event in washington bar none. we are here to talk about spice and intelligence and maybe hacking. it is quite an honor to introduce this morning's panel and our moderator is the author of the g

clearly criticize president trump, without naming him, and a chat with david rubenstein in washington for any opinion,fficial, in my to attack media and journalists. i believe it is an essential component of our democracy. you can watch all of that interview with jeff bezos next week on the david rubenstein show at 9:00 p.m. on bloomberg tv. global news 24 hours a day and at tic toc on twitter, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm taylor riggs. this is "bloomberg." francine: thank you. goldman sachs investment bankers are completing a takeover of their own firm. three of the most important roles will be held by executives. last night, the incoming chief executive john solomon named john waldron to be the next president and chief operating officer. another rising executive, stephen sure was tapped to be chief officer. we will see whether those changes mean anything for the bank. this is an extraordinary moment for finance and banking. bloomberg finance is with us off of london desk. my essay of the year was by david brooks of the new york t

[applause] >> it's worth noting that our cochair of the festival, david rubenstein was supposed to conduct this interview today. due to scheduling changes, become of senator mccain's funeral, he was unable to do so. but i have david's questions here today and i just happened to be a big admirer of ulysses s grant and ron's books so i think we will have a fantastic time at the book festival. before we talk about grant, we need to ask a question about alexander hamilton. how could we not? lin manuel miranda first approached you and said he wanted to create a hip-hop musical based on your book, what was your reaction and did you think it would become a cultural phenomenon? >> people say when you are writing the alexander hamilton biography, did you have any idea it would be turned into a hip-hop musical. i always think the question answers itself. when i first met lin manuel miranda in the fall of 2008, he was co-storing incostarring in musical, the height. it asked me to be this historical advisor to this yet nonexistent show. i said you mean you want me to tell you when something is wrong.

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names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] >> my nephew, and alexander rubenstein peace, secure and i protect a month. shelter us beneath my wing and keep us safe throughout the night. on the morrow, raise us up to face with this strain restored and renewed. >> emmer carvey and my husband, lieutenant brian david sweeney, united states navy and victim of united airline 175. in your honor we move forward the best way we can. we do good, we love fiercely, we raise children in a very different world. we live life because we still have one to live. i'll see you when i get there. god bless america. [applause] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] [reading names] >> my late wife, jennifer lynn howley, and the woman who meant the world not only to me but everyone around her. and expect tenet mother, wife, sister, daughter, aunt, cousin, friend. on the outside it was evidence, but it's unequivocally matched by your beauty on the inside. everyone you met was a better person for knowing who you were. 17 years you've be

library's educational initiative and to introduce the cochairman of the national book festival david rubenstein. [applause] >> we are very honored to have on the company mantra is the country's foremost historians thank you doris for coming. [applause] how many people here have read team of rivals? bully pulpit? lyndon johnson? the kennedys and fitzgerald? how many people here are to see the author? [applause] very briefly growing up in new york in brooklyn. got her phd at harvard as a white house fellow in the johnson administration and then alternately went back and for the last number of years writing extraordinarily well received by august he h is and histories and a pulitzer prize for one of your books as well. writing a book coming out september 18 on leadership. the ship spilled averaged out, lincoln, teddy roosevelt and lyndon johnson. so i decide to write about for different people like topic heading? he's time writing and i have to take all the books out of my study for the guy felt i would be for a person like having an old boyfriend. so what if i could keep my guys together? but i k

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tireless advocate for reading and literacy and cochairman of the national book festival, david rubenstein. [cheers and applause] >> thank you. so, i will call you matalin. we were together in the white house for many years. you just came from the funeral service for senator mccain. could you talk about that in your relationship with him? >> first of all, and delighted to be here and to let it be with you. we have known each other for 30 years. before you were who you are. but it was really a very moving service because it had so many of the themes that senator mccain has really been identified with in terms of service to country both in a military way and also civilian and his time and attributes really spoke to that. it was incredibly well-planned but what was so fascinating was that obviously senator mccain planned all this, that he had asked president w. bush and president obama to be the speakers to people who defeated him and they made comments about the fact, isn't it interesting that they were asked and they talk about what that meant. it just is a very, very moving service in so m

introduce the cochairman of the national book festival, a champion of reading and literacy, david rubenstein. >> thank you. we're very honored to have one of our country's for most historians and write erred, biology gaffers here, doris kearns goodwin. thank you for coming. how many people here have read "team of rivals"? "bull in pulpit?" book on lyndon johnson, what about the kennedys and fitzgeralds? okay. and how many people here agree that she's one of for most writers and historians. [cheers and applause] >> for those who don't know her brown, just very briefly, grew up in, new york, black lynn, and win to colby college, got her ph.d in harvard, white house fellow in the johnson administration, helped president johnson with his memoirs and then ultimately went back to teach at harvard and for the last number of years has been writing extraordinarily well received and terrific biographers and histories, and win ore the pulitzer prize for a become. so, you're going to be writing a new book coming out september 18th. it's on leadership. and it's about a book on the leadership skills of fo

my name is lisa rubenstein, and i work in the child adolescent and family branch at the substance abuse and mental ealth services administration. a key principle in our b

david rubenstein sat down with jeff bezos.is a part of the conversation, what he said about his company and stock. >> your stock is up 70% this year. is there one thing that you think is responsible for that? 70% is pretty good. [laughter] been lecturing -- we have all hands meetings at amazon. now, 1997rs, 21 years , at almost every all hands meeting i say, look, when the stock is up 30% in a month, don't feel 30% smarter. because when the stock is down 30% in a month, in one of feels so good to be 30% dumber. that is what happens. never spend any time thinking about the stock price. i don't. can watch that interview tonight at 9:00 new york time on bloomberg. when youittle easier have that much of a cushion to say i don't care about the stock price. jason: billionaire on billionaire questions. alix: inside billionaire baseball. david: you can tune into jason kelly on bloomberg businessweek on the radio this week. coming up, brexit's ticking clock. if you have a bloomberg terminal, you can check out tv and watch as onlin

can watch all of the interview with jeff bezos next week on the david reubens nine show -- david rubenstein business flash update. scarlet: and speaking of jeff bezos and what amazon is doing alexa, the etf industry has something for everyone. we talked about snsr, a company that invests in the internet of things. it is not a tech specific etf, but it goes across sectors, because so many sectors are dabbling in technology and using tech to enhance what they offer. caroline: what is it called? scarlet:snsr, or censor. caroline: and i was looking at the u.k. story of amazon. the church of england has weighed in on this. can you believe it yet though the -- believe it? the leader of the church of england says that overall, amazon does not add anything in terms of leeching off the taxpayers. it is one of the top 20 holdings of the church of england in terms of equity. they have been making money out of amazon's stock. amazon inflaming passions on both sides of the atlantic. this is bloomberg. ♪ this is bloomberg. ♪ xfinity mobile is a new wireless network designed to save you money. even when y