it was ted sorensen asking me to come in immediately. i said i was babysitting my three month old nephew. ted said bring the baby and. and i said ok, send the car. by the time i got the baby ready, the driver was there and i placed a note on this door saying if you want your child, come down to the white house. the white house man did help me and we placed him in fred dutton's office and after a while, the white house guard ushered in my sister and husband and then i learned they had arrived at the northwest gate in -- that wasid another one. the baby is fine. i was checking on him and he was sleeping. you, drive up to the west gate and someone will take care of you. that point, sorensen came out and i remember he was impressed the babies middle name was emmett. out the parte about what ted sargent said to you. he did say i bet your friends were impressed. though they are all republicans, they think i am nuts. [laughter] so, we got right to work. draft of theg on a state of the union address. he wrote, i typed, and the baby slept. [appla

the writing process so for example john kennedy went through a number of speechwriters before ted sorensen does legislative aide from nebraska became a speechwriter. then it clicked. what happened with me was my first speech that i was assigned was to write the president's speech for the southern baptist convention in virginia in 1976. here you have a catholic writing for an episcopalian to speak in front of southern baptist and it looked like a very difficult assignment. we were running against jimmy carter who was born again and loved by the southern baptist and yet spoken there so was a very tough assignment raid we went down to norfolk. the president got up with my speech which had gone through 10 graphs -- drafts. he was one minute and 30 seconds into his speech and he was underpinned by applause. he kind of lost displays and got back on script and he was interrupted 15 more times by applause. the "washington times" wrote up this speech is one of the best afford it forgiven. suddenly president ford and i were together as speechwriter and client and it went on successfully from that po

we got a notice from starwood we were out. >> arne sorensen speaking on "squawk box."ice yoon have from beijing. why did the anbang offer collapse in this way? >> it was really a surprise. we heard that anbang had pulled out. anbang had really caught everybody off guard because it really looked as though anbang was getting closer to clinching this deal and then pulled out. late yesterday the company said it made a decision because of various market considerations. and during the day in china we got a little bit more insight. one of the funding partners, a private equity company called primavera said the reason why anbang pulled out is because it didn't want to get caught in a long drawn out battle. it said anbang is strong financially and has enough funding in order to fund an acquisition of this size. at the same time it has got to be at the right terms and at the right price. now, there have been longstanding concerns among share holders and investors about anbang's ability to fund this deal. the chairman of anbang spoke to the chinese press in a rare interview this

for example, john kennedy went to renumber speechwriters before ted sorensen, the legislative aide from nebraska became a speechwriter. what happened with me was i was kind of hazing. my first speech that i was assigned was to write the president beach for the southern baptist convention and virginia in 1976. so here you have a conflict writing for an episcopalian to speak in front of the other baptist and about take a very difficult assignment. we're running against jimmy carter who was loved by the southern baptist and he has spoken and brought the house down. so is a very tough assignment. we went down to nor folk. the president got up with my speech, which had gone through 10 drafts. the art of writing is read write. he was about a minute and 30 seconds into the speech and he was interrupted by applause. it kind of threw them off because it didn't happen very often. he lost his place, got back on script beauty was interrupted 15 more times by applause. the "washington times" wrote at the speech is one of the best he'd ever given. suddenly president ford and i were together a speechw

so for example, john kennedy went through a number of the traitors before ted sorensen, the legislative day from nebraska became his speechwriter. and then it clicked. what happened with me with the hazing. my first speech that i was assigned was to write the president beach for the southern baptist convention meeting in norfolk, virginia in 1976. you had a conflict to speak in front of the other baptist and it looks like a very difficult time in. we were running against jimmy carter's who was loved by the southern baptist and hit up in there and brought the house down. so it's a very tough time in. we went down. the president got up with my speech which had gone through 10 drafts. the art of writing and he was about a minute and 30 seconds in the speech and he was interrupted by applause and a kind of threw him off because it didn't happen to him very often. he lost his place, got back on script. the "washington times" brought up the speech is one of the best ever given in suddenly president ford and i were together a speechwriter in the client. and it went on successfully from that po