tom ricks. >> thank you for coming out. [applause] >> books and signings will be available any auditorium. thank you again. >> that was author thomas ricks from the lit fest. the next author presentation will be a conversation about president kennedy, robert kennedy, and their relationship with martin luther king. that begins in just a few minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> you're the highlight of lit fest for us. i agree with your hemingway feelings. i've done some rae -- research in the past. tell them what dad just said. >> he said i can't -- [inaudible] >> thank you. >> definitely can't. >> thank you so much. my son loves winston churchill and i love george orwell. >> you can read the chapters to each other. they alternate. >> brilliant book. >> thank you, sir. >> great thoughts. share your disdain for -- i live in -- [inaudible] >> [inaudible] >> thanks again. >> that was a good idea. >> i'll get it. i know where it is. >> [inaudible] everything you have to say abou

i was watching you with tom ricks. i love tom ricks.ited when he said he was on the missic. he made good point about checks and balances but the most important check or balance is congress. as long as you have people like paul ryan in charge who are willing to say he's just new at this, give him a chance when we are learning about obstruction of justice at minimum the system isn't working lawrence, it's just not. >> i guess it's a question of how patient are we, with the workings of the checks and balances. >> how slow is that duck going to be to quote are the last segment i was on. i want to actually say something about what joan said, and you pointed out, which is that they are more willing to attack comey than they are to defend trump. other people pointed this out over the past week, which is the treatment of comey -- he's being treated like the way a target of a sexual predator would be treated both in the way that trump approached him and in the way he was questioned and the way he is being attacked of one of those ways the underl

. >>> this week's book of the week is tom rick's "church ill and/orwell, the fight for freedom."d need to read both about them but it turns out this is a wonderful book. the brief biographies are very well done, the pairing is well inspired and throughout the author's intelligent insights shine through. and now for the last look. the u.s. constitution mandates that the country count its population every ten years. it's not an easy task, according to the u.s. census bureau there is a birth every eight seconds and a death every 12. including international migrants there is a net gain of one person every 13 seconds. imagine having to keep track not only of an evolving population but an evolving terrain. indonesia is estimated to have at least 17500 islands of which thousands of unhabit but no one knows the true tally, so the country is counting its islands. a team will travel through the roughly 740,000 square miles documenting all the land that it finds. by counting and registering its islands with the united nations, indonesia hopes to firmly establish its borders and protect its

chairman tom rick kits who donated to donald trump's campaign says he thinks it would be fun to havevisit with the team. the cubs visited chicago native president obama in january. there are multiple reports that knicks owner could announce that phil jackson is out as president of the knicks. cnn has been unable to confirm the report. we'll keep an eye on it. >> thank you, coy. why would republicans attack one of their own for opposing the health care bill. one pro trump senator was set to go. we'll discuss that next. it's not a question, it's a thing. take on summer right with ford, america's best-selling brand. now with summer's hottest offer. get zero percent for seventy-two months plus an additional thousand on top of your trade-in. during the ford summer sales event get zero percent for seventy-two months plus an additional thousand on top of your trade-in. offer ends july 5th. there's nothing more important so when i need to book a hotel, i want someone who makes it easy. booking.com gets it. and with their price match, i know i'm getting the best price every time. get up to 40

. >> tom ricks has said before that the president is surrounded by some very talented people in the whiteis hijacked their credibility. well, the white house remains silent, help us understand, what's the ethos behind that? why would they continue to do that? >> we were talking about this before the show. it's hard for me to comprehend that this would be actually allowed, right, in any kind of company with a ceo. there would be somebody saying you can't do this. so it's for me as a psychotherapist, this kind of poor behavior, this outrageous poor behavior, how is this not being stopped? how is somebody in the white house not shutting it down? the thing that really concerns me when we start talking -- >> this isn't a monarchy. there are people in there who are presidents, ceos of major, major companies, why would they allow their credibility to be taken at a time like this? this isn't about behaving in a presidential manner. it's about humanity. >> and also for me, in terms of looking at his mental health, which i can't totally commentate on, i've obviously never treated him in my office,

to travel light and finally, senator cruz have twin the picture of him in and chicago cubs owner tom ricksng people out on the internet. tack look at that. the two look so similar. ricketts says that he has possible walk up to hip thinking he was ted cruz and i really say they kind of look like twins separated at birth there. real >> they say everybody has a dop pep banger. >> he found his. >> he sure did. owe wonder what it would be like for them to switch rolls for the day. >> or bank accounts. >> that too. >> that too. happy. the other not so much. >> the other will be a senator. >> exactly. >> thank you erin. >> thank you talk about good call. coming up next how major league baseball umpire helped save woman's life. >>> plus holiday get away is almost here. some aerugo it's here already. it will be hot and humid one. tucker back with an early look at the holiday weekend want else is on the seven day. >> coming up fresh at 10a, marking ten years of the iphone. more than 1 billion sold just like the old mcdonald's marquises used to say. take aloof at life before the smart phone and how i

that was tom mackenzie's exclusive interview with rick perry.s with our guest host, stephen kroll. also have asked him about the harris climate accord -- paris climate accord. he said the same as the president, right decision. as an investor, how do you look at that? steven: that does not bother me, rick perry. when he was running for president or governor, he was very smart. he will figure everything out. waterne was watching the will see you have gone up six or seven inches. i don't know the ins or else of co2and outs -- and outs of warming, but there is a problem. i think trump and his people and rick will take care of it eventually. yvonne: are you an investor in clean energy? steven: not really because i think the price of oil will continue to be challenged. as i mentioned before, supply, and it would move over the next 10 years to cars that will not use gasoline, i think the fuel price will be challenged. i would love it if it was attractive. everyone should use the energy, but it is not for a specific company. yvonne: great to see you, th

energy secretary rick perry with tom mckenzie in beijing.g up, the conservative majority loses its majority. details on the next. this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "bloomberg markets." i'm david gura. let's start with the headlines at the bloomberg first word news. russian lawmakers are dismissing former fbi director james comey's congressional testimony as insignificant. accusations of russian interference in last year's presidential election are an atmpt to make the tionship between washington and moscow worse. russian political scientist also dismissed the allegations and said they have no effect in russia. actually, the hearing, which as i understand was a big thing in the united states, was of no interest to russia because all the allegations about russian hackers interfering into -- david: rex tillerson speaking at the state department. let's listen in. the united states wishes to reaffirm our commitment to the spirit of the summit. as we combine efforts to defeat the military, financial, and ideological support of terrorists, we exp

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tom: did you get any closer to china finding a contract? rickwe were able to do with share with the vice our ability to deliver lng was very substantial. our desire to be a participant in this party is very strong. the will is there, and i think both governments will come together. we are working with the private sector to find great opportunities for american energy companies into china. tom: on paris climate change, you were right to stay away, because it has reduced american jobs. we are seeing that avoid. you whory: those of were, you must stay in positions , don't have a bit of reality to your view, which i could argue around the square where i said, you could stay in, but at the end of the day, the administration made the decision, and i agree. when you look at cost versus benefit from the paris agreement, it wasn't working. fordjerry -- j.p. morgan, -- they are wrong? rick perry: i think so because they are coming at it from the imaginative side. i say we will be leaders in clean energy. that will happen. betty: in agreement with the pres

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rick grenell. this is the mayor of london actually referring to moderate muslims as uncle tom's. really?> you can't pick and choose who you speak to. you can't speak to uncle tom's, who will say what you want to hear. i can assure you, it's a hard time speaking to ordinary british citizens and nearly all of them are critical friends. >> sean: doesn't that reveal how he really thinks rather than whatever apology you gave out later? >> yes, usually they say whatever comes out of the mouth first -- that's what's really going on in the mind. his true colors are shining. this latest attack, it shined a light on his real character and his true colors and how he is doing as a mayor. in people's trust in him. this is a good wake-up call for the londoners that voted for him in the first place. >> sean: oh, this is our new way of life. after the attacks where people are killed and stabbed and injured, well, london is safe. just ridiculous. rick, you have this piers morgan. it just made him look so stupid. they don't know where they are. those would be the first people i would look at. along with t

tom: let me go to you and maybe rick can jump in here as well. ,he question i had for sir keir does laboury of tony blair or is that agent -- ancient history? rick: i think that is ancient history and falls into the category of wishful thinking in some people in financial markets. needs tohat keir maybe set out is how does he feel about issues like sovereignty and immigration. i think labour party may be more relaxed about sovereignty, but are prettyvoters wound up about immigration. i think they are wrong, but i think they are pretty wound up about it. the younger vote is maybe not so much and i think that is a fluid area maybe even in the labour party, but i think that is a critical area to form a viewpoint on as you think about these four freedoms. francine: thank you so much. if you are a bloomberg customer, you can watch us using tv and you can ask precise and typical questions to rick using -- it will be his pleasure to answer them. we are back in a couple of minutes. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ taylor: this is "bloomberg surveillance." let's get the bloomberg business flash. airbnb

rick perry on the right. flynn agreed to turn over documents to the committee and cohen agreed to testify. let's get you to tom fitzgerald. hey, fitz. >> reporter: hey, good evening, jim and shawn. you know, at this point right now, folks, we have got four, count them, four investigations going on into the russia case. you've got the senate intelligence committee, you have got the senate judiciary committee, you have the house intelligence committee and then you have the house oversight committee on top of all of that now, we've got this special council robert muller. now, what this means is you need to circle your calendar for next thursday. because next thursday is going to be a very big deal. we learn today that jim comey fired by president trump is going to testify in two sessions, one is going to be public, one is going to be behind closed doors because of some of the classified nature of the intelligence they are going to talk about but he is going to be the first to hear directly from jim comey since he was fired by the white house and since all of these questions have come up. in the wake of all of thi

tom foreman. the former missouri secretary of state and founder of let america vote. and rickmentator. also a presidential candidate. senator, i want to start with you because what's notable about these 27 states who were refusing this white house request is that many of them are, in fact, republican-led states. mississippi is republican. secretary of state released a statement saying in strong terms that he's not going to comply. he is going to tell the president's commission, quote, go jump in the gulf of mexico. is this request from the commission a fair request in your view? >> i think a lot of people are concerned about this social security number that even the last four digits. that's certainly privacy information and certainly raises concerns i think from a lot of privacy advocates. a lot of those are republicans. >> how about voting history, too? >> voting history is available. i mean, you can usually check voting history. campaigns use voting history all the time. we use it for super voters. so that doesn't concern me so much. but the one thing that jumped out to me w

tom price. it's the most expensive congressional race in history. we are live in atlanta tonight with more. >> reporter: hi there rick, republicans have held districtince 1979 but today's race is a toss-up. each hoping to earn a decisive victory in atlanta. >> a local race with national intrigue. republican karen handel and democrat john ossoff. spending 50 milli$50 million on election. >> this is the kind of district that democrats need to win to take back the house next year. >> democrats hope that a historic upset will deal a blow to president trump's agenda. there are folks across the country that have lost faith and in this room this team has the power to help restore some of that faith. >> republicans looking to solidify their district strong hold and send a message for the 2018 congressional mid tem. >> a squirrel will get a decent percentage of the vote if he has $30 million behind him. >> galvanize people sitting at home before. >> a coveted victory resting in the hands of the party that can get out the vote. >> so far both candidates down playing the national impact of this race but we know that president trump is watching this closely tw

energy secretary rick perry says they are wrong and are acting for political reasons. he spoke exclusively to tome paris decision and cooperation between the u.s. and china. >> it is not just an interview story. it is an economic development story, energy being at the heart of it. american lng into china has an extraordinary opportunity for both sides. changede revolution has the entire landscape of energy. lng will play a very important role. closer to get any china signing a long-term contract for u.s. energy? able tonk what we were do was share with the vice that our ability to deliver lng was very substantial. our desire to be a participant in this market is very strong, so the will is there, and i think both governments will come together working with the and find some great opportunities for american energy coming into china. changehe paris climate accord, you were right to want to stay in because it has reduced america's role and we are seeing china and europe step into that void now. it is interesting that those of you who were of the come over, you must stay in position, don't have a lit

rick and donal jeremy hubbard. now at the helm of the trump brand. planning a major expansion of this their hotels into what they see as trump territory. they spoke with abc's tomlamas about their father's latest troubles in washington. >> reporter: arriving in style. a page right out of his father's playbook. >> i'd say this entrance looks familiar. >> good to see you. >> reporter: eric trump taking me for a spin around trump national golf club just outside of d.c. >> it's a different world now. >> what's it like doing all this without your dad? >> reporter: brother don giving me a tour of what's next for the family empire. >> he was such a great sounding board. not having that is definitely something you miss. >> reporter: now as the president navigates a busy week in washington, the first sons sitting down with abc news, talking family, controversy, and the trump brand without the top trump. >> this week is going to be a very big week for your father. former fbi director james comey's going to testify on capitol hill. are you going to watch? >> sure, absolutely. it's the greatest hoax of all-time. i was there throughout the campaign. we have no dealings in r

tom: she goes to the word outrageous a lot. during the video, she said who are you talking about? i was thinking, i don't know what she's talking about. which colleagues are being shameful question rickidn't see it. she is a first when i saw come out and start swinging. >> harris: we see the door to air force one has swung open. would on to us that moment when president trump begins to descend the stairs. the former president obama, one of his legacy points was normalizing relations with cuba. he did the wave of the baseball game and he went there. the president now getting ready to roll back some of the policies put into place by obama travel and trade. as he defends the stairs, we are watching together. >> melissa: if you see someone go off book, we are going to go for unity and then all of a sudden, we are taking shots of the other side, then what's the response? you then criticize the person who is criticizing the other side, your contributing to the back and forth, so what do you do? >> mercedes: republicans in congress need to be think about their colleague who is in the hospital fighting for his life. the mere fact that nancy pelosi started attacking republicans in this moment

rick. >> all right, on the rate side, a, do you believe the fed will extend the range tom snow. >> yes, sir>> all right now in some of your writing you've alluded they're way behind the curve where do you think overnight rates or range should be at this point in time? >> well, the fed funds rate really should be at 3, 3.5%. we have 2% inflation and a little bit for, you know, real interest rate and you had 3, 3.5, so the fed is way behind the curve. they should be raising the rates. they should have raised the rates beforehand i'm glad they're doing it now. >> all right, now you bring up a great point. it goes to the notion of normalcy i agree that is probably the range we should be at, and the fed is trying to return markets and the overnight rate to normal places the problem is that the rest of the trading market that isn't necessarily directly under the fed's thumb has orphed, changed, not the same market normalization at 3.5%, i just don't see the rest of the curve going along with that. i would see an inverted curve if that occurred. your thoughts? >> well, the curve may invert a bit b

tom: thank you so much. part of the jobs day coverage today, it's retail. in fayetteville arkansas, emma chandra is looking at a rigged ricks emma: it's good to see. it's dark and rainy in they at bill this morning. about 14,000 shareholders and employees will be arriving here later this morning and the big focus for walmart is e-commerce. it's different than last year. when you look at the operation, they had a big shakeup as they try to go after amazon, their biggest competitor. makinge focusing on delivery cheap and orders convenient. they are going to start using store employees to help deliver that extra mile. that's the latest news out of walmart. tom: they've got 2.3 million employees. the point of tension for management at this annual meeting? one of the things i've been hearing from investors as they are happy with management. this is the most customer focused they've then in a long time. it's not about amazon and keeping online. one of the investors i spoke to said amazon doesn't need to fail for walmart to succeed during -- succeed. macy's and sears are struggling. as the european discount retailers are coming to

tom will be staying with us. now looking forward to tomorrow, a great lineup of guest's reacting to the u.s. payrolls report including bill gross, ricks is bloomberg. ♪ david: the u.s. labor market has delivered another positive surprise, to judge 50,000 workers added to payroll. this comes after tomorrow passes jobs report. joining us is michael fredericks, welcome to the program, good to have you. let me draw a distinction from just a couple days ago. on the one hand, jobs seem relentless, adding job after job in the relative lack of which pressure on the other. trying to puzzle through what that tells us, what do you make of the contrast? >> maybe it is where the jobs are coming from. marketainly tight labor in certain sectors of the economy and looser in others. not really translated into a lot of inflationary pressure and that is why when you look at what is priced into the treasury market, particularly the front, a topic next year, the two-year today, the bond market -- the at a basis point market is pretty skeptical that we will see sustained and steady rate hikes. >> what does it tell you in terms of your plan? we talk about

tom's point we want to let our viewers be aware of this website with important information before it's too late.org, and this hot line number, 800422-0009. to maybe help stop the story like yours, ricko come out and share that, because i can imagine as a parent this is the most difficult experience of your life. >> yes. >> we thank you so much for sharing your story with us. there are a lot of resources out there, folks, it's at your finger prints, go out and look for it. we appreciate it. thanks. >>> next up, tom and i will take a look ahead at the next week in washington. >> first we're checking in with chris wallace and a look at what's ahead on fox news sunday coming up. >>> this week on fox news sunday, president trump pulls the u.s. out of the paris climate accord. we'll discuss the impact on the environment and the u.s. economy with scott pruitt. head of the environmental protection agency. then we'll talk with former vice president al gore who calls the president's withdrawal reckless and indefensible. we'll ask our sunday panel whack to expect when former fbi director james comey testifies before congress this week. all on fox news sunday. twenty more years of this job? yik