Doctor preston for sponsoring mr. Greensburg appearance here today which is perfect and the timing as it we are in the midst of a contentious and sometimes entertaining, and always mesmerizing president ial season. David greenberg is an expert in such matters as a professor of history in journalism and media studies at wreckers and university. He speaks often on media and content politics which is a subject of his latest book, republic of spin. And inside history of the american presidency. In it, he recounts the rise of the white house machine from Teddy Roosevelt to barack obama. From the bullet pit to the well calibrated construction today publicist, poor stirrers, speechwriters sisters, speechwriters and salesmen who excel on social media. Please welcome David Greenberg [applause]. Thank you and i think you to all of you it is very encouraging to see such a good crowd this early on on a saturday morning. I want to thank in particular ted and linda moore, my host this weekend who ar
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It just came out of minute ago. This is a quote from the West Virginia association. Donald trump has been firm and clear throughout his campaign and his commitment to rebuild americas basic industries, the industries that made this country greats such as coal, steel and manufacturing. Thats the statement from bill rainey, president of the West Virginia Coal Association good this is now official West Virginia coal behind donald trump. Neil thank you very, very much. A very big message for Hillary Clinton. Do not assume that all working men and women for those behind unions are for you. Sabrina schaeffer on the significance of this endorsement. It doesnt strike me as a huge shocker. This is an industry thats been slighted obviously by the Obama Administration and all but killed off in his ideas are pretty much echoed in many state and get from Hillary Clinton. But it is significant in so far as a major union saying yes to donald trump a note to her. Absolutely. I think they identify with
Into the final hour of trade here. Thats the case with the Dow Jones Industrial average and seems like a distant memory. That was just december 5th and almost touched that level and now back towards the 17,000 mark. S p today giving up 8 points and nasdaq off about 37. Oil itself touched new fiveyear low. Were wreaking havoc with the producer. Theres oil. Not much of a bounce there. Now 55. 51 and set the new lows again. Settling down about 3 and since as you can see down 4 continuing to trading and as you know to defy expectations of everybody who wants so december pra desperately to do the bottom picking. A fed meeting starting wednesday. And a lot to get to. Janelle nelson with us. Sam stoval. Daryl kronk. Peter anderson. And our own Rick Santelli joins us from chicago per tradition, as well. Sam, whens the target you guys at s p capital iq have for the s p for the following 12 months . Well, bill, our target is 2250 on the s p 500. Are you changing that as a result of whats going o
If you thought that yesterday was a big day, today will be equally as exciting. Iger, bobave bob jane, and we will be dealing with the head of private Wealth Management at goldman. Lets the forget about sean penn. Who could forget . The exclusiveet interview we had with sean penn on the Recovery Efforts in haiti. Let me tell you, it was hard for him to focus. It is a lot happening. Also, will i am, a massive disruptor in the world of technology, also member of the black eyed peas. Gives you an idea of the range of people it can attract. Energy holdings became officially filed for bankruptcy protection, with many months in the coming, it leaves goldman sachs, ppg, kkr holding the bag. Thats jacobs covers leverage buyouts for bloomberg news, with us now from new york city. Kkr,tioned goldman, ppg, and how long this has been in the making. Txt you had enormous problems almost from the very beginning. How bad is the situation for those firms . This will be an almost right off of their 3 bi