goldman has been interested in charles schwab for many years. they were charles schwab's banker.hy that name always comes up. other names if they look to go the asset management route, then you're talking about some other interesting firms. frankly templeton -- franklin templeton and invesco. legg mason out of baltimore i very good firm i know people on the board. liz: raymond james. >> that would be wealth management. always talked about but they remain staunchly independent. they don't want to merge with anybody and they do pretty good. that is essentially names we're hearing. those are out there. i will say this, these are speculative banker names but often this stuff comes out true. these bankers, this is what they get paid to do, put deals together, right? >> have you ever had a story so right on purpose the company didn't make a move they wanted to make you wrong? >> no. but what was funny, if you read bloomberg a couple weeks ago, couple weeks ago bloomberg mentioned when we were in sun valley i mentioned how google was out there looking at potential content like time warn

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i started schwab with those people. people who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. >> supported by the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: secretary of state john kerry returned to afghanistan today, in an urgent bid to end the deadlock over the presidential election. in kabul, he pressed the two candidates, abdullah abdullah and ashraf ghani, to accept results from an ongoing audit of votes from the june runoff. the u.s. wants a national unity government formed by next month. all u.s. combat forces are due to leave afghanistan by year's end. >> woodruff: meanwhile, the body of u.s. army major general harold greene arrived back in the u

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i started schwab with those people.ple who want to take ownership of their investments, like they do in every other aspect of their lives. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: the violence in ferguson, missouri abated overnight, and today, the focus returned to michael brown, the unarmed black teenager killed by police, seven days ago. >> sreenivasan: the ferguson police chief made the announcement that many in the town had demanded, after 18- year-old michael brown was shot dead last saturday. >> the officer that was involved in the shooting of michael brown was darren wilson. he's been a police officer for six years, has had no disciplinary action taken against him. he was treated for injuries which occurred on saturday. >> sreenivasan: wilson has been on administrative leave since the shooting. police said he initially confront

. >> charles schwab, proud supporter of the pbs "newshour." >> supported by the john d. catherine t. macarthur foundation. committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. more information at macfound.org >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> ifill: u.s. warplanes and drones have launched new attacks on the islamic state group in northern iraq. the strikes hit targets near the mosul dam. kurdish forces recaptured the dam this week, and are trying to establish a buffer zone. yesterday, islamic state militants who beheaded journalist james foley, threatened to kill another american, if the air strikes don't stop. we'll have more on the killing of james foley after the news summary. >> woodruff: israel and hamas attacked each other today with fierce new rounds of rockets and air strikes. one strike targeted the head of hamas' military wing. gazan officials said he escaped, but his wif

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