admiral william mcraven here with us for analysis tonight. >>> and the president takes on nasa for going to the moon, reversing his own goal of going back to the moon. he then claimed the moon is part of mars as good people everywhere were left to wonder what on earth he was talking about, and as "the 11th hour" gets under way on a friday night. well, good evening, once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 869 of the trump administration. the president returns to the white house and his political battles after a five-day trip to the uk, ireland and france. while onboard air force one on the way home, couldn't help himself, trump sounded like a man who couldn't wait to get back to work. he wrote, "heading back to d.c. many great things are happening for our country." tonight trump announced a deal has been reached with mexico on illegal immigration and, "the tariffs scheduled to be implemented by the u.s. on monday against mexico are hereby and definitely suspended." more on that just ahead. politico points out what it calls the harsh reality of what's ahead for trum

navy admiral william mcraven to discuss his book "sea stories." and, creative flourishes behind prison walls. 30 yea ago today, hard-liners political leaders in the chinese government ordered the military n crush protests centered tiananmen square. those protests had been the t and largest in modern chinese history. the uprising, and the bloody crackdown, has had a profound impact on china and its relations with the rest of the world. but, as nick schifrin begins our coverage, there was little sign that today in beijing. >> schifrin: tonight, on the site of one of modern history's bloodiest political crackdowns-- (♪ chinese anthem ♪) >> schifrin: --the flag raised, the anthem played, and the tourists filmed. ere was nothing out of the ordinary today on beijing's tiananmen square. and that'sow the chinese wanted it. but while chinese police ensured a quiet day... ♪ ♪ ...in hong kong tonight, activists held a somber candlelight vigil. in taipei, taiwanese president tsai ing-wen led a prayer for the dead, and in a nearby cafe, wu'er kaixi re-lived th

admiral william mcraven oversaw the mission.details his 37 years in the navy in a new book, "sea stories: my life in special operations." admiral, thank you very much for joining us. this book is about much more than the raid to kill bin laden it's about your growing up as a son of a career armyir corps officer, choosing to go into the seals, the training you went through, getting into all kinds of scrapes as a boy guarding saddam hussein. but i guess my first question is where did this physical courage come from, this lack of fear? >> i'm not sure it was a lack of fear as it was this sense of adventure. i grew up, as you point out, in a military family. my father was a fighter pilot during world war ii. hanging around that greatest generation, these men and womenw the children of world war of children of the depression. all the men wen and fought in world war ii. and i would listen to their stories. and, you know, their stories were-- they were pineiant. they were funny. they were inspiring. sometimes they were a little believa

william mcraven joining us from austin today. he is the author of a new book.eally great book. live from new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television. i'm david westin. bloomberg businessweek has polled 10,000 students graduating from the nation's business schools, and here with what they found is caleb solomon. thanks for joining us. what did you learn that sort of surprised you coming from this poll of over 10,000 students? let me explain, the survey is one piece of how we put together the business week mba rankings. we survey students, alumni, recruiters on campus, and we also pull together employment data. studentfound was the results are often different from how the rankings come out. one of the questions we asked was how inspiring and support are your teachers? we got an interesting mix of schools. some top-tier schools like darden, virginia, cornell, usc marshall in los angeles, but we also got some lower down the list like brigham young. david: they must be doing something right out there. what about the compe

. >> i want to go to admiral william mcraven. he oversaw the raid that killed osama bin laden including the capture of saddam hussein. admiral, i appreciate your time tonight, the latest reporting, of course, the trump administration getting ready to send more troops to the middle east. are you concerned about what seems to be a quick escalation in this currently war of words with iran? >> thanks. good to be with you. i'm not as concerned as a lot of others seem to be. the fact of the matter is we have been dealing with iran for decades and these sort of proxy attacks or attacks we have seen them before. you go back to the late '80s where we have tanker wars, mining of the straits and the military certainly u.s. navy knows how to deal with these kind of attacks by the iranians. so we'll make sure that if something like this happens that we have a measured response. i know secretary pompeo and secretary shanahan have been looking at those sorts of responses. >> so given that, i think it is interesting you point out about the minin

admiral william mcraven here with us for analysis tonight. >>> and the president takes on nasa for goinge moon, reversing his own goal of going back to the moon. he then claimed the moon is part of mars as good people everywhere were lef