corporate profitability, from a generally strong economy, but here s the other side of that equation. we ve got a trade war going on. we ve got global uncertainty, and we have interest rates rising. the trade war may be the most important part because we re in what s called earnings season. it s the report card season. caterpillar said today it s increasing its prices because of the increase in the price of steel because of the tariffs. we re hearing that from more and more companies, that prices are going up because of the tariffs. you re seeing that play out in the stock markets. we ll continue to cover that because i ll be back here at 3:00 to do so. today, retired supreme court justice sandra day o connor announced he s been diagnosed with the beginning stages of dementia. she writes, i ll continue living in phoenix, arizona, surrounded by dear friends and family. while the final chapter of my life with dementia may be
dear friends and family of aretha, michelle and i extend our heartfelt sympathies to all of those who gathered in detroit, and we join you in remembering and celebrating the life of the queen of soul. from a young age, aretha franklin rocked the world of anyone who had the pleasure of hearing her voice, whether bringing people together through thrilling intersections of genres or advancing important causes through the power of song, aretha s work reflected the very best of the american story. in all of its hope and heart, its boldness and its unmistakable beauty. in the example she set both as an artist and a citizen, aretha embodied those most revered virtues of forgiveness and
dear friends and family of aretha, michelle and i extend our heartfelt sympathies to all of those who gathered in detroit. and we join you in remembering and celebrating the life of the queen of soul. from a young age, aretha franklin rocked the world of anyone who had the pleasure of hearing her voice. weather bringing people together through thrilling intersexsecti of genres or advancing important causes through the power of song, aretha s work reflected the very best of the american story, in all of its hope and heart, its boldness and its unmistakable beauty. in the example she set both as an artist and a citizen, aretha embodied those most revered virtues of forgiveness and reconciliation. while the music she made
i think as the president gets his daily briefings, he s going to become a lot smarter. some would say you re being optimistic. well, the thing is he s already getting a lot of these briefings, right? some. some. take the general mattis. he was all in for waterboarding and he said, that doesn t work. i can get more out of them with torture. and donald trump said, oh, okay. i think you tell him something a couple times, i think it s going to seep through. call me the eternal optimist, but i don t think i don t know if things are going to be as bad as a lot of my dear, dear, dear friends and family members believe it s going to
monday, december 1st, 2008. dear friends and family, it was my birthday. i was in the hospital. as feared, the last few months have been challenging. i passed into the belly of the chemo colosys, and experienced most of its ferocious side effects. at one point i wrote linda, it s so much worse than anyone will ever know. oh, hanukkah, hanukkah reporter: hidden behind the smiles, a man struggling to survive. i had no hair. i had no eyebrows. it fried my insides. i never even told anybody about how bad i felt on the inside. reporter: it was a brutal regimen designed to fight bruce s rare and aggressive cancer. osteo sarcoma strike just 900 americans a year. more than two-thirds of those patients are diagnosed before