Bastion of cnbc asia for 20 years and ive brother at the wall street journal. So my question is, we used a kind of joke at cnbc that someday we would all be working for murdoch and media and im going to end on the larger question which is do you think that is the case and the future of objective journalism as we know it collects what is your view on it . I sort of have a negative view and im hoping you have a more positive view so we can be positive going forward. The charge we came in here with was answer the question can brew per murdoch save journalism and you can work that in as well. Its interesting, is he a savior for journalism now . No. Has he sustained excellent reporting done a number of his raw jax . Absolutely. Did he do it with an idea philanthropist in so doing more public minded lex i think less so as he wanted to be part of helping shape the conversation with the elites and the public into the determine outcomes with top officials. Very Good Journalism happened as a con
Sanctions case. Lcome to Market Makers the set, erikd on schatzker is joining me from colorado. I am very jealous. What do you have in store . First of all, thank you very much for holding down the fort in new york city. I do wish that you could be here with me. As you can see, aspen, colorado is a golden gorges place. They are holding their 10th anniversary attract for very big names today. Today we will be talking with walter isaacson. The president of the Aspen Institute, also the former editor of time, a biographer whose biography includes henry Albert Einstein for example, benjamin franklin, and most recently and what people know him best for, steve jobs. He is uniquely positioned to evaluate the state of leadership in america. What that are topic to raise with him given the luminaries attending the aspen ideas gore,al, including al Hillary Clinton, a number of ceos he like david rubenstein, with whom we will be speaking tomorrow. Following walter the president of Harvard Universi
Here is Speaker Boehner earlier today imploring his Senate Colleagues to go to work. While we had a victory today for the American People. And also a victory for common sense. And so our message to the United States senate is simple. The American People do not want government shut down, and they dont want obamacare. [applause] the house has listened to the American People. Now what is time for the United States senate to listen to them as well. Lou and we will be reporting fully on todays developments from washington d. C. Also another terrific driveby shooting in the murder capital of america. Shooters sitting 13 people, including a 3yearold just when it began to look as the chicago violence was declining at least moderately. And more volatile ill weather. The earths strata storm of the year is bearing down now on one of the planets most densely populated areas. Taiwan is bracing tonight for a typhoon land fall, a typhoon that meteorologist say is the equivalent in destructive power o
[applause] welcome. Thank you all for coming. I want to also acknowledge my friends in the audience here, claire, steve and my daughter jean who actually encouraged me reprieved it we to arrange this event, which im so glad i did. I was visiting that jesus had been here in the area, so im so glad i perceived that i listen to my daughter. That was great. I will come back to my main prepared remarks any moment. Today of course is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of resident kennedy. Those of us have a certain issue that it very well. We are looking at the audience, most of you are the same category as value that remember where we were, what we were doing. There are lessons that kennedy so can teach. Ill show you all the books and documentaries and tv shows, terry python. One thing that has a direct relevance to my talk is that he listened and learned. Having covered the white house, i can tell you many president s do not listen and learn. They are frozen in their own little bubb
Sequestration. Over 650,000 furloughs begin today for civilian workers. This morning, we want to hear your reaction and your thoughts on sequestrations impact on the military. We have a special phone line open for Defense Department employees. Otherwise, the rest of the numbers arent your screen. Are on your screen. You can also catch up with us and all your favorite social media pages. Or you can email us. A very good monday morning to you. Congress is back in session this week but also today, 650,000 civilian defense workers are set to begin their furloughs. Want to hear from you. We have a line open for dod employees. We want to hear how sequestration is impacting you. Our other phone lines are open but lets start with this story from the Washington Post. We will be covering that story in our first 45 minutes. The phone lines are open to get your thoughts on the matter. Let me read you a bit of the letter that secretary hagel sent to the department of defense staffers at of these fu