First. I am pleased to welcome him to this table. Bono. L a nice quote from charlie he send me a gmail saying, i was in for a treat. You loved music from the start. Bono, what an incredible man he is. He facetimed me while he was heading into the bbc. He said that charlie rose is like a smooth jazz musician, you will have a great conversation. In between promotions and building the record he took that time. Charlie what about the music . Michael live music i got lucky , when i was young. Small town, canadian boy. I dont know why, but i have always felt a great love for live music. There was a character in kennett canada, a promoter. I would read about him. Stole the Rolling Stones from bill graham presents, which was a legendary steel. He became the first global promoter. Sitting in thunder bay and reading back, i just wanted to be michael cole. This idea of the man behind the concert with a real job and pursuit, i was taken. Charlie it was more than just a business, it was a business
Also online at cspan. Org, and listen with the free cspan radio app. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation under douglas and Sarah Allison auditorium. We will begin momentarily. For those that are watching online we would like everyone youre welcome to send questions or comments at any time simply emailing speaker heritage. Org, and for those inhouse we really appreciate your checking that your mobile devices have been silenced silence or turned off as we prepare to begin as a special courtesy. Our program will begin momentarily. Ed feulner will introduce our special guest and then he will have his work and you have their q a session. We will begin shortly. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] live at the Heritage Foundation the this morning of waiting remark some House Speaker paul ryan on tax reform. To finish up and let you know more about whats happening here on the cspan networks, the u. S. House is in today. They will work at noon eastern on 36
Everything will day, especially the more serious policy focused questions that we tend to ask in here, i thought it would be nice since we are at the white house and we have the option of calling in the marines, that today we would call in one of our favorites, general kelly. With that i will turn it over to the chief of staff to make opening comments and answer questions today. Then our team will be around this afternoon to answer any further questions. Thank you, guys. Mr. Kelly good afternoon. Great to be here. A couple of comments and then we will open it up. Coming into the job as chief of staff i decided to not do very much with the press until i get my feet on the ground and figure it out. Figure out what base i was on on any given day. Prior to this, as a marine general officer, interacting with the press a great deal, but coming into this job i really needed to get to know the lay of the land. I have think think i have done three of the records. And i thank you for all of you
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, im ed fullner, president of the Heritage Foundation. Im my pleasure to welcome you to our allison auditorium today where we have the great pleasure of welcoming a dear friend back to heritage. We at the Heritage Foundation have known paul ryan since he was a very young staffer working for heritages distinguished fellow, jack kemp. Jack kemp, as in tax cut kemp. We had the opportunity to work with paul when he was at empower america. When he was a back bench republican member. When he was chairman of the house budget committee, and then chairman of the ways and Means Committee. Now we are honored to continue working closely with him as he serves as speaker of the house of representatives. We value his commitment to the principles that hold the conservative movement together. And we look forward to continuing our close engagement with him, particularly as we work to transform americas tax system in a true kempian american. Its my great honor and privil
The cac is up by three quarters of a percentage point. Italian stocks up by 1 . The dax and ftse both up by a third of a percentage point. If you look at crude oil prices, there was some additional pressure that came into this on some libyan output recovering from a technical issue at an oil field that has concerns about whether opec and all of the production halts that the production cuts they continued will really be that effective. Things are picking thank you morning. Starting at the base of 48. 61. Breaking news for you. U. S. Paints maker Ppg Industries will not make a bid for akzo nobel after several informal offers have been rejected. Under dutch law ppg cannot approach akzo nobel for another six months. A check on shares of both of those companies. Akzo nobel down by a point and a half. Ppg unchanged at the moment. Thats the one to watch later today. On todays agenda, Dollar General reporting before the open. Broadcom and lululemon are out after the close. A ton of data throug