rubenstein paid for was the refurbishment of this equipment. >> reporter: for rubenstein, preservinghis monument was essential for all of us. your involvement in this project also says something about what's possible. >> well, i came from very modest circumstance, and i got very lucky in this country. so i don't really regard this as a great gift by myself, but it really is a thank you to america. >> reporter: restoring an american wonder and confidence that washington can again reach its heights. >> you'll need tickets to get a time. so plan ahead. the "cbs overnight news" will be right back. ♪ did you know you can save money by using dish soap to clean grease on more than dishes? try dawn ultra. dawn is for more than just dishes. with 3x more grease cleaning power per drop, it tackles tough grease on a variety of surfaces. try dawn ultra. 3 after trying it for a week, dovlike crystal.ials underarms are so smooth to the touch and i love that fresh smell i feel amazingly protected i'm definitely feeling more confident would you switch? with licensed agents availablep when 24-7,d it.

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bridgewater associates cochairmen and co-cio ray dalio spoke with david rubenstein about how centralnd. know, recession, you there are two negative quarters of gdp and we will be covering, i think, fairly close to that level. there a certain variation around it, but the bigger things are a combination of the absence of effectiveness of central-bank policy, so a hope we can talk about those, together with the wealth gap. a large wealth gap. so when the next downturn comes, what that will look like socially and politically and so on. the elections, which is an issue between capitalists and socialists or the rich and poor. in ahe emergence of china relationship to the united states. factorsur factors are that have not existed since the 30's. i think they are unique. when we get into the question of the recession, it's about how that will affect the other things. david: in the investment world, your firm was quite well-known sometime before the last recession. but in the last recession, your ,irm performed extremely well maybe better than any other major hedge fund. up 28% or something l

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it looks great. >> if you see david rubenstein, give him a hug. thank you, mr. rubenstein!hi cooper! did you eat all of your treats? ♪ help! i need somebody ♪ help! not just anybody ♪ help! you know i need someone did you eat all of your treats? ♪ help! i need somebody ♪ help! not just anybody ♪ help! you know i need someone >>> before we go, a group of indiana bikers made an unexpected stop at an 8-year-old's lemonade stand. they wanted to reunite with the woman who helped save their lives. the bikers lined up to get a cup of lemonade from bryanne sturch. one year ago her mom, daryn, helped them after one got into a serious crash. she kept in touch on social media. when daryn posted about the stand, the bikers decided to stand >>> we are tracking scattered light showers on the doppler. let's start to the day, let show you the locations getting the light rain from the richmond bridge. across the golden gate, across the a bridge into the east bay from alameda and oakland. also for san francisco. we have light showers this morning. it's because of a cold front pushing across

yvonne: that was bridgewater associates cochairman ray dalio speaking with david rubenstein.ook, don't miss bloomberg coverage of the u.s. payroll job number coming out later today, we have type white house economic aid larry kudlow -- white house economic aide larry kudlow speaking with us over the next the hours. david: we will see if they support risk appetites. three days of gains in asia, 4/10 of 1%, not created equal and it tells you why investors are moving out of defenses. you have your cyclicals on their way up, at least today. down to india, less than an hour from now. the question is, are you guys going to play along today? as the futures, indications of concern, and we are going to open in the green. we must remember that after the sharp drop, the sharp direction we saw last tuesday, we are seeing a little bit of consolidation. that said, there is weakness in the private sector space, specifically banks, and we continue to see foreign totfolio investors continue sell, and that remains a challenge for the following markets. for now, we are expecting a little market

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we were listening to ray dalio speaking to david rubenstein.rime minister boris johnson is about to speak in the north of england. let's go live. everythingn: for you're going to do. this is part of a big effort by the government to deliver on the priorities of the british people. as you may have seen yesterday, i hope you saw it, there was a big announcement about more spending for the mhs, 20 new hospital upgrades above the $34 billion we are putting into the nhs. we are leveling up education funding around the country so all schools get an uplift, both primary and secondary schools. in my view, policing safe streets is the absolute bedrock of society. it is what drives a successful and productive economy. it gives people the confidence to invest, to improve their neighborhoods. safe streets are absolutely vital for our country. it is you and the police were delivering safe streets. i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you do. i used to be the mayor of london. police commissioner for london. i know the incredible work the

a long time ago but -- a year or so ago but thererereading it because was a session with david rubenstein and walter isakson who wrote the book about leonardo davinci. they gave me a chance to ask a question. so i told them the story. in the book, leonardo is very much -- he considers himself an engineer. in fact he wrote a letter to the leader of milan asking for a job and described his engineering skills and how he could do all these things that would be use to feel a leader especially in terms of better. at the end he said i also paint. but that's not the story. so -- in the story, because of his engineering interests, he talks, leonardo, about impetus. impetus. and how that affects how you invent and all the rest of the talk, impetus. so when i had my turn to have a question, i said i want to call to your attention something i called to the attention of my colleagues. leonardo talks about impetus. and then you might get friction which is a waste of energy. so you've got to deal with that so you continue impetus. of course they said to me, why would you be telling that to your members?

david rubenstein show is sponsored by wells fargo health care banking. wells fargo health care banking, making a difference where it matters. david: you early in your career decided that you wanted to be involved in golf course design. you have personally designed about 310 courses. your company has designed over 400 or so. about 1000 tournaments have been held on these courses. they are in 46 different countries and states. it's pretty impressive. jack: pete dye was the premier golf course designer over the last 30 years or so. he one day called me. this was mid 60's. jack, i would like to have you come out and review a course. i want you to see what it is. he says, i want you to critique it for me. i don't know anything about design. he says you know more than you think you know. he asked me a couple things. i said i don't anything about that. he says, yeah you do. tell me what you would like to see. he did it. it keeps my interest. i got a call from the pines plantation from arbor town. they said, i would like to have you do our golf course design. i

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the david rubenstein show is sponsored by wells fargo technology banking ♪ david: how did you get to nba commissioner? did you grow up saying i want to be nba commissioner? mr. silver: i did not grow up wanting to be the commissioner, i don't think i had a sense of what it was. david: you did not go to duke on a basketball scholarship? mr. silver: i did not. even when i went to law school, if somebody had asked me what the nba commissioner did i would have said he hands out rings and sets the schedule. thed: you graduated from university of chicago law school and clerks for a federal judge then you went to a well-known wall street firm. how did you go from there to the nba? a lot of young lawyers who are not happy practicing law would love to work for the nba. mr. silver: i got incredibly lucky. at the firm for two years. at the time i was working on one of their big clients, time warner. i was working on a lot of media cases for hbo in particular. i became fascinated with the media business. while i was working on a particular litigation i was following what was happening in sports

year or so ago, but i was rereading it because as a member of congress they had a session with rubenstein, or isaacs who wrote about leonardo did vin da vinci. and i told him this story. leonardo considered himself an engineer, in fact, he wrote a letter to the leader of milan asking for a job and described his engineering skills and he could do all of these things that would be useful actually in terms of any conflict, et cetera. and at the end he said, i also paint. i also paint. but that's not the story. so, but in the story, because it was engineering interest, he talks to leonardo will impetus. impetus and how that affects how you intent and all the rest and talks about impetus. and when i had my turn to have a question i said i'm going to talk-- call to your attention something i called to the attention of my colleague, leonardo talks about impetus. and then you might get friction, which is a waste of energy. so he deal with impetus. >> and they said why would you be telling that to your members, impetus. friction, we deal with it, but we don't waste energy. the resources including

. ♪ >> the david rubenstein show, "peer-to-peer conversations," is sponsored by wells fargo. ♪ david:r referees are -- they seem to be in pretty good shape. sometimes -- they are not 20 years old. you require them to exercise a lot? they don't seem to have pot bellies. they seem to be in good shape. adam: i hope that's not the best you can say about them. [laughter] adam: "they don't have pot bellies." [laughter] david: for guys their age, they seem to be in good shape, but are there women referees as well? adam: absolutely. we have three female referees right now. and i think it is an area, frankly, where i have acknowledged i'm not sure how it remained so male-dominated for so long, because it is an area of the game where physically, certainly there is no benefit to being a man as opposed to a woman when it comes to refereeing. in fact, we are now -- in terms of the last group of referees we that we hired into the league, and they came from our development league, our g. league, two of the last five officials were women. the goal going forward is it should be roughly 50-50. of new o

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david rubenstein. david: thank you.or all of you wondering, this will be the best panel of the day. so make sure you pay attention to this because no panel will be better than this one. let me introduce those on the panel. .n my immediate left is a net annette gordon reed is a graduate of dartmouth and harvard law school and she is the charles warren professor of legal history at harvard law school and also professor of the history department of harvard. of as also the winner genius award from the macarthur foundation and she wrote a book on thomas jefferson and sally the pulitzerh won prize. she is also a distinguished author of many other books as well. but one of the most highly regarded scholars in the area of thomas jefferson and slavery and other things relating to the beginning of our country's history and the legal history as well. annette gordon reed, thank you for coming. on her left is congressman bobby stop that bobby scott. he has been a member of the congress for 25 years. he is now the chair of the educat

. ♪ announcer: the david rubenstein show, "peer-to-peer conversations," is sponsored by wells fargo bankinglls fargo health care banking -- making a difference where it matters. ♪ david: ok, so now, in the philanthropic area, you are obviously a philanthropic leader in chicago. what are the areas of interest you have in philanthropy? john: well, we have been working hard on sort of the idea how to solve the wealth gap in our country between the minority communities and the majority communities. and you know, there is all of this data that shows how the wealth gap has gotten larger, particularly between african americans and white americans. so we started a small public school over 22 years ago to teach financial literacy in a public school, to get young people prepared to be able to pick their own stocks and be able to navigate their 401k plan and all the things they need to do. most recently, we created a program at the university of chicago for minority students to work during the summer in the investment offices of major endowments. david: now, your parents were prominent leaders in the

david rubenstein. [applause] ♪ >> thank you.and for all of you who are wondering, this will be the best panel. day. make sure to pay attention to this, no panel will be better than this one. let me introduce the people we have on the panel before we begin. on my immediate left is annette gordon reed, a graduate of dartmouth and harvard law school. she is now the charles warren professor of legal history at harvard law school, also professor at the history department at harvard. she's also the winner of a genius award from mccarthur foundation and she wrote a book on thomas jefferson and sally hemmings which won the pulitzer prize and she's a distinguished author of many other books as well, but one of the most highly regarded scholars in the area of thomas jefferson and slavery and other things relating to the beginning of our country's history and relating to legal history as well. annette gordon reed, thank you very much for coming. >> glad to be here. >> on her left is congressman bobby scott. congressman bobby scott has been

i'm david rubenstein. i have the honor as serving as chairman on council.i'd like to welcome our members and our guests today. we're very pleaseday

matthew and i am the director of the rubenstein center for white house history.o be hereivilege with you to see these pieces come together and it is truly a privilege to introduce our first speaker who is a fellow wisconsinite like myself. my first speaker this morning will be eight noted landscape historian and author of the award-winning white house historic and -- publication a garden for the president, history of the white house grounds. jonathan will be signing copies of this book later today during the reception in the gift shop. you will have the opportunity to meet with him and talk about how great his presentation was no pressure. [laughter] welcomingn me in jonathan plus got -- [applause] >> yes hello. honored to bey speaking at this wonderful garden symposium. i would like to thank the white house historical association, open spring and all the other sponsors for having me here today and for hosting the event as well as that splendid reception last evening at the u.s. botanic garden and of course thank you all for attending. totask here this morning is

i am david rubenstein. i have had the honor of serving in the council of foreign relations. i would like to welcome our members and guests. we are pleased to have the president of columbia here as our special guest. not unfamiliars with washington, d.c.. he has lived here for 14 years off and on. he got some of his graduate degrees from american university and george washington university. he has trained as a lawyer. he has worked here at the american development bank where he served as a senior officer in the cultural affairs and special advisor to the president of the bank on columbia. he was elected in june of 2018 and assumed his office in august of 2018. he will make some opening remarks. following that, i will preside over some questions. and then, have anybody here who wants to ask a question to be able to do so. we will go until exactly 9:30. everything is on the record. a question,have stand up, identify yourself, your filiation, and ask a question and not a long statement. that would be appreciated. one question per person would be appreciated. it is my honor to in

and here's how he managed to change helena rubenstein from a portly lady into somebody quite beautiful. but then again, russell beaten was friendly with the british british aristocracy and when it came time for the abdication of edward viii to marry wallis simpson, it was beaten so took the pictures of her trousseau. and of course the trussell was made by the designer vaulter who happened to be a condc nast employee. the only ugly pictures to ever appear in vogue for these taken by lee miller and that's on the left as a picture of lee. in hitler's bath on the right , is what happened when she walked into one of the huts at dock how. i mention that he hired lots of people, lots of writers, lots of everything . glass diverse as scott fitzgerald, pg woodhouse and jack dempsey, all the people wrote for him. so what mattered was the diverse city. the fact that people have something special to give to the reader . the artists were incredible. this is benito, edward open ito. one of his famous covers. here we have carl erickson with one of his more beautiful just very light touches for one of

i am david rubenstein. i would like to welcome our members and guests. we are pleased to have the ombia as our col guest. he has lived here 14 years, off and on. graduateme of his degrees here. he worked at the development bank. he served as a special advisor. he was elected in june of 2018 and assumed his office in august 2018. he will make some opening remarks and then following that i will come up and preside over some questions and then have anybody here who wants to ask a question be able to do so. we will go until exactly 9:30. everything is on the record, and so please when you do have a question standup, identify yourself, your affiliation and then ask a question, not a long statement. that would be appreciated, and one question per person would be appreciated. >> okay, it's my honor to do you introduce the president of colombia, president duque. >> thank you so much. good morning. it's a great pleasure for me to be here with you. i want to thank you, david, for your introduction. i want to welcome friends from different think tanks, former publi

after hearing this about your book why should somebody go by this book and read this book, david rubenstein? >> we haven't even scratched the surface what if you understand what 5 billion people think and what they are doing right now and how, to put it bluntly, they don't care what we think about them, there's a lot of learning we all have to do as americans about this vast majority of the world population. >> how long did it take you to write this book? >> a couple years. >> how long did it take you to write this book? >> it had a false start but once i got working on it by myself and not with the previous co-author, the writing isn't hard for me but -- >> i read both of them, enjoyed them and i hope people get a chance to read these books, thanks very much. >> thank you. thank you. [applause] >> every year booktv covers book fairs and festivals around the country and here's a look at the events on the calendar. this weekend we are live at the brooklyn book festival, the largest free literary event in new york city and then from october 11th to the 13th it is the southern festival of book

tonight, david rubenstein sits down with 18-time major champion jack nicholas.a brief preview as he discusses some of his favorite golf partners. >> you have played with many prominent individuals over the years. if you could pick any golfer to be your partner in a tucson, who would you want to have as your partner? >> i would have to take tiger today. through the years, i never got to play with bobby jones, even though i knew him, really loved the man. i would have loved to play with the jones. i played quite a bit with hogan. hogan was fantastic. >> you have also played with presidents of the united states. >> of you. >> which ones are the best? >> trump is probably the best player. he plays a little bit like i do. he doesn't finish many holes, but he can hit the ball, just goes out and enjoys it. but he has won several club championships. gerald ford, i must have played 50 rounds with him. i used to play with him at the at&t every year. handicap, and he played to it. clinton, i never knew what he might do. 0, butht play to a 10 or 3 he had a nice golf swing.

i'm david rubenstein. i have the honor as serving as chairman on council. i'd like to welcome our members and our guests today. we're very pleased today to the president of colombia here as our special guest, president uk. he's not pensively with washington, d.c. he's been here for 14 years off and on and he got some of his graduate degrees here from american university and george washington university. he's trained as a lawyer and is working as well at the inter-american development bank where he served as a senior officer in the cultural area and also special advisor to the president of the bank on colombia. he was elected in june of 2018 and assumed his office in augus. he will make some opening remarks and then following that i will come up and preside over some questions and then have anybody here who wants to ask a question be able to do so. we will go and tell exactly 9:30. everything is on the record, and so please when you do have a question standup, identify yourself, your affiliation and then asked the question, not a long statement. that would b

vonnie: and on "the david rubenstein show," nba commissioner adam silver discusses his role and how theld benefit from changing sports betting regulations. that is at 9:00 p.m. new york time. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> would you like to own a piece of the betting profits in the league? >> not the prophets. i think our -- not the profits. i think our proposal, it is a bit controversial, but we have received something i've called an integrity fee. some people have said that is just a euphemism for getting a royalty. i say ok, call it a royalty. ♪ ♪ ♪ guy: the saudi defense ministry is holding a briefing in riyadh on the attacks that place on the world's largest crude processing facility over the weekend. saudi-ledg led by the coalition in yemen's spokesman. he is basely saying the attacks unquestionably were sponsored by iran, displaying a number of pieces of equipment damaged that have been labeled as iranian. the saudis also indicating they have the ability to defend their facilities, and they are making that absolutely clear. this is some of the equipment that has been recovered as a resu

andt next to bill gates david rubenstein.avid was talking about civics and how they have done a test. immigrants have to pass an exam. i think you have to get a 70% to become a citizen. much more are educated now on what our country is about than if you asked a young student in high school. they can't name the three arms of the government. to get back to educating people so that they understand what is involved with managing our own country. we have lost a lot of that. i would also say we should never lose sight in democracy. there are 7 billion people on earth. there are 350 million or so in america. we have become a small part of the overall population. there are now 4 billion people on the internet. the internet has become the mocratizer, for good or for bad. that was the idea. moreoal was to make democratic the access to information, the ability to communicate, the ability to bring lots of people together so that you could do polling, you could understand what a community was thinking. to be able to share knowledge -- bec

i sat next to bill gates and david rubenstein. david was talking about civics and how they have done a test. immigrants have to pass an exam. i think you have to get a 70% to become a citizen. immigrants are much more educated now on what our country is about than if you asked a young student in high school. they can't name the three arms of the government. we have to get back to educating people so that they understand what is involved with managing our own country. we have lost a lot of that. i would also say we should never lose sight in democracy. there are 7 billion people on earth. there are 350 million or so in america. we have become a small part of the overall population. there are now 4 billion people on the internet. the internet has become the great democratizer, for good or for bad. that was the idea. our goal was to make more democratic the access to information, the ability to communicate, the ability to bring lots of people together so that you could do polling, you could understand what a community was thinking. t

westin will be having a special ceo,rsation with starbucks and they also have ray dalio and david rubensteintion. a lot in the next 60 minutes on bloomberg tv. you do not want to miss it. here's a look at equity markets in the u.s. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: from downtown chicago, i am david westin. welcome to "balance of power," where the world of politics meets the world of business. we are waiting to hear boris johnson addresses country. he will talk about the fact that he has had three defeats in parliament. in the meantime, i'm in chicago to stop -- to talk to starbucks ceo kevin johnson. you can hear the festivities in the background. 2:00.nterview comes up at we will also be talking with linda mcmahon, autonation ceo, and ray dalio. in the meantime, let's get a check on the markets with kailey markets with kailey leinz in new york. kailey: up and up in a big way. the risk rally continuing for the second day. all of the major averages up 1.5%. the dow up 400 points. the s&p and the nasdaq higher. it is the semi stocks

he spoke on the david rubenstein show on bloomberg. in 2007, it was easy to calculate debts that would come do. and thatcome due, there was not an adequate amount of funding. those debt prices are something we were positioned well for. those go through calculations, it is not the same. the amount of maturing debt and that problem does not look the same. it looks like a gradual squeeze having to do with a lot of debt of a certain type. with that also pension liabilities and health care particularly, as that produces a greater squeeze. we have large deficit. we havent of promises our large, but they will come at us at a more gradual pace. that will produce a squeeze. when you do not have monetary policy being able to be effective, what kind of monetary policy we will have, we will have more than likely a lot of debt monetization. nejra: that was ray dalio, founder of bridgewater associates. joining us for the hour is peter schaffrik, global macro strategist/analyst, rbc europe. great to have you on the show. let's start with a move in bo

this afternoon i sat next to bill gates and david rubenstein, and david was talking about civics and how they've done i cast, and immigrants have to pass an exam, and that 70%, i think you have to get seven to become a citizen. immigrants are much more, much more educated now on what our country is about. and that if you asked a young person, a young student in high school, they can't name the three arms of the government. and so we have to get back to educating people so that they can understand what's involved with managing our own country here we've lost a lot of that. i would also say that we should never lose sight in democracy. the 7 billion people on earth, there's 350 million or so in america. we have become a very, very small part of the overall population. there is now 4 billion people on the internet, and so the internet has become the great democratizing for good and for bad. >> we started -- >> but that was the idea, and our goal was to make more democratic access to information, the ability to communicate, the ability to be able to bring lots of people together so that

we get back to the value of education so that when people leave as we heard yesterday from david rubenstein when people leave some people who graduate from college and never read another book again. how can we get back to some of those values or do you think that's gone? >> truly i believe that the people doing most important work in our country clearly the most important word are our teachers. [applause] they are -- they are shaping our future. they are the ones that mold all of us and i doubt there's any here today who can't right away remember this so so-so who changed your life because of the way they taught some is subject or something that they once said to you that you've never forgotten. i've had teachers all the way through grade school, high school, and college that i know change my life. because one thing they're attitude they're enthusiasm for their subject, their understanding that you have to work to achieve learning. and that information isn't learning. information is not learning. information were learning, about if you memorize world almanac you would be educated if you mel

i am david rubenstein. i have had the honor of serving in the council of foreign relations. i would like to welcome our members and guests. we are pleased to have the president of columbia here as our special guest. not unfamiliars with washington, d.c.. he has lived here for 14 years off and on. he got some of his graduate degrees from american university and george washington university. he has trained as a lawyer. he has worked here at the american development bank where he served as a senior officer in the cultural affairs and special advisor to the president of the bank on columbia. he

coexecutive chairman of the global private equity firm the carlyle group, please welcome david rubensteinwe will bring out the panel and introduce them. [applause] >> thank you. for all of you who are wondering, this will be the best panel today so make sure you pay attention to this because now panel will be better than this one. let me introduce the people we have on the panel before we begin. on my immediate life is annette gordon-reed, a graduate of harvard law school, she is charles moore and professor of legal extreme at harvard law school in professor at the history department of harvard and winner of a genius award for the macarthur foundation. thomas jefferson and sally hemmings, which won the pulitzer prize and she is this thing was the author of many books but one of the most highly regarded scholars in the area of thomas jefferson-related to the country's history. >> glad to be here. >> on her left is congressman bobby scott, a member of the congress of the united states, the chair of the education and labor committee, he previously served in the house of delegates, virginia s

here is how he managed to change leyna rubenstein into somebody who is quite dutiful.. was also friendly with the british aristocracy and when it came time for the apt occasion of edward the eighth to marry wallace simpson it was be convicted at pictures of her trousseau. of course the trousseau was made i do designer who also happen to be a condÉ nast employee. the only ugly pictures to ever appear in vogue were these taken by lee miller and on the left is a picture of and hitler's bath and what happened when she walked into one of the huts at daca. i mentioned that he hired lots of writers, loss of everything. f. scott fitzgerald, p.g. wodehouse and believe it or not jack dempsey. all these people work for him. what mattered was the diversity in fact people had so many special gifts to give to the reader. the artists were incredible. this is eduardo paneto one of his famous covers. here we have carl ericson with one of his more beautiful light touches for one of the models that he drew. miguel kovar vests and i always get it wrong but you know who i mean. he did some

engagement with congressman bobby scott of virginia, a local scientist larry sabitow, and david rubenstein. this is about one hour and 10 minutes. ♪ >> good afternoon. it is not often that i get a musical introduction so i appreciate that very much. i think we will have some fun with our panel when they come up but as i think you know, i believe this is the program, we are going to have a special guest first and a little intimate conversation between this special guest and me and i feel very privileged to be able to chat with them. an old and dear friend, senator john warner. senator warner is approaching but you would never know it. we have been sitting in the back and talking about old times in this race and that race and all kinds of things. i was thinking about his career and that is absolutely incredible because you can go back as far as world war ii and korea. he was in both of those wars, and he did not have to, he did not have to do the second one if he did the first one, but he was always willing to jump in and participate. he did lots of things in between, but let's start with se

engagement with congressman bobby scott of virginia, a local scientist larry sabitow, and david rubensteinthis is about one hour and 10 minutes. ♪ >> good afternoon.

that is our moderator of the global private equity firm the carlyle group, please welcome david rubensteinho will also bring out the panel and will introduce them. -- and we'll also bring out the panel and introduce them. >> thank you. this will be the best panel today, if you are wondering. make sure you pay attention to this because no panel will be better than this one. let me introduce the people we have on the panel before we begin. on my immediately left, a graduate of dartmouth and harvard and she is now the professor at the history department at harvard. and she is also the winner of a genius award from macarthur foundation. she wrote a book on thomas jefferson which won the pulitzer prize and she is an author of many others as well, but one of the most regarded scholars in the area of thomas jefferson and slavery and other things relating to the beginning of our history and relating to legal history as well. annette, thank you very much for coming. on her left is congressman bobby scott. he has been a member of the congress for 25 years there he is not the chair of the education a