Good morning. Welcome to squawk alley. Sarah eisen, mike santelli. Joining us this morning, farhat manju. And also jason calicanis, ins e inside. Com founder. Shares hitting alltime highs this morning. Third record in a row. Jeff bazos speaking at the companys shareholder meeting. Now is not the time for complacency. There is no rest. We can not rest on our laurels. The competition is as fierce and challenging as ever. Speaking of not resting, amazon plans to open the door of a brand new bookstore in midtown manhattan on the site of what was once a borders book star. Farhat, one of the questions is, are they trying to make money . Are they trying to rub it in to these book sellers that they helped put them out of business . Whats the goal here . I dont think they are trying to rub it in. They are trying to make money. Thats what they do, sometimes. Stores are good for discovery, looking at electronics. They can try out lots of experimental things with the check outli list store they ar
Now a discussion on the 2016 general election and Vice President ial debates and possible changes to the rules. We also hear some suggestions concerning debates by both parties in the primary season. This is about 40 minutes. , bill commissioner for president ial debates. You have been getting a lot of attention lately. Guest we want to talk about criteria for thirdparty candidates but lets talk about the commission first. Why it was formed in 1987 and what your mission is. Guest you know, most people do not remember when there were not debates. We go back to 1960 where you had kennedy against nixon and then we went 16 years host and is responsive other network. Guest they were sponsored by the network, but there was no way very goldwater would be getting up with lyndon johnson. Then it makes him in the next two campaigns, he took such bad memories of the 1960 debates of kennedy that he said no, i am not going to debate. It wasnt really until he got to 1976 after the pardoning Governor
Now a discussion on the 2016 general election and Vice President ial debates and possible changes to the rules. We also hear some suggestions concerning debates by both parties in the primary season. This is about 40 minutes. , bill commissioner for president ial debates. You have been getting a lot of attention lately. Guest we want to talk about criteria for thirdparty candidates but lets talk about the commission first. Why it was formed in 1987 and what your mission is. Guest you know, most people do not remember when there were not debates. We go back to 1960 where you had kennedy against nixon and then we went 16 years host and is responsive other network. Guest they were sponsored by the network, but there was no way very goldwater would be getting up with lyndon johnson. Then it makes him in the next two campaigns, he took such bad memories of the 1960 debates of kennedy that he said no, i am not going to debate. It wasnt really until he got to 1976 after the pardoning Governor
Coming up, a look back at the president s debates followed by president obama giving his final National Security speech. Donald trump holds victory rally in north carolina. Pence outlines the priorities of the incoming administration. The cochairs of the commission on president ial debates set down with two of the debate moderators. They discussed the election and the possible changes to how future debates are structured. This is one hour and 15 minutes. From the National Press club in washington, d. C. , this is the kalb report with marvin kalb. [applause] marvin hello and welcome to the National Press club and to another edition of the kalb report. Im marvin kalb and our topic tonight, democracy in action, the president ial debates of 2016. With a few exceptions during the height of the vietnam war, we have had these televised president ial debates since 1960 and they have always added to our understanding of the candidates and their policies. Perhaps not as much as we would have lik
White house. We expect that service to end just before 10 00 this morning. Then its off to the white house for coffee and tea with president and mrs. Obama and the joint Congressional Committee on inaugural ceremonies. Guys, back home it truly is a hallmark of our democracy and it will be on full display this morning. Very much so. Just kind of the peaceful transition that we all expect even though its been such an unexpected election year. Doesnt look like theres anything different, carl, from what ive seen from all the other inaugurations which is a new president comes in, old president s there and it just transitions. Do you feel that are people saying, no, this ones going to be different this time . I think the general take down here this morning is that as different and nontraditional as the campaign was, trump is demonstrating real respect for the traditions of the inauguration. Going through the traditions of, for instance, this Service Today at st. Johns. That goes back to fdr.