aretha franklin reached out to him. he was in his early 20s. she took him and invited him over to dinner. everyone talks about how she loved to cook and how she really invited him into her world. they became wonderful, great friends. he would actually escort her to the kennedy honors in washington years ago. he would travel abroad with her. when i talked with him in florida, he was about to embark on a european trip with aretha franklin and clyde davis. that s how tight they became. then you heard from former president, bill clinton, who said, as you put it, i was a groupie. so much so that by the time he became elected as president, he reached out to her. she was part of his inauguration. over 30 years, aretha was part of three presidential inaugurations and invited back again, many times over to the white house. it was beautiful how mr. clinton
old, the youngest kid to play in the masters shooting 4-over-par, and currntly projected to just make the cut for the weekend, but after ridiculous slope play penalty, let the endorsement awards begin. up real. when they say it s not, it s always about money. melissa: today, two of the biggest banks kicked off the bank earning season, jpmorgan chase reported first quarter profits better than expected, but shrinks revenues spoke volumes about the state of the recovery and what the rest of earning season brings. here to break it down, a fox business exclusive, top analyst of comal markets. dick, thanks for coming on the show. get to it. i don t want to waste in the time. the biggest surprise to me was that the slow down in the economy hit both. i think you could see that. did you see evidence of that, and was it surprising to you? it was surprising, and it was very clear. in other words, the economy did pause in the first quarter this year, and that pause was showing up i
old, the youngest kid to play in the masters shooting 4-over-par, and currently projected to just make the cut for the weekend, but after ridiculous slope play penalty, let the endorsement awards begin. up real. when they say it s not, it s always about money. melissa: today, two of the biggest banks kicked off the bank earning season, jpmorgan chase reported first quarter profits better than expected, but shrinks revenues spoke volumes about the state of the recovery and what the rest of earning season brings. here to break it down, a fox business exclusive, top analyst of comal markets. dick, thanks for coming on the show. get to it. i don t want to waste in the time. the biggest surprise to me was that the slow down in the economy hit both. i think you could see that. did you see evidence of that, and was it surprising to you? it was surprising, and it was very clear. in other words, the economy did pause in the first quarter this year, and that pause was showing up
wanted to reflect from a foundation the ideas that has been expressed there and how they are interacting with new ideas. you know charlie for probably almost 20 years my publisher jonathan used to say to me you should update the book. we did it once after oslo and i said i will update but it will be new forward beirut to uses level, one page one line. nothing has changed. but in the wake of the arab spring somebody very big has changed. there s been a tendency i think in analyzing the arab spring to say it s over it s finished a disaster, i told you so but i told you so. i told you so. and my attitude is i don t need to be the first on my block to announce that, you know, this is a finished, over, etcetera. it s if i would say a disastrous is space right now. there s no about it. it s been a bad inning and we can talk about that but i think this is the beginning of a long process. what i tried to do in the addition of the book is really frame what are the forces at work rig