I am pleased to have him back at this table. Welcome. Mike always great to be here. Charlie let me just talk about january 2017. From what we know now, and this will relate to the Campaign Underway in terms of the debate going on in the country, or the debate that should be going on, what does the new president face . I think, charlie, that on day one the president faces two very significant but very different challenges. The first is, what do you do about the middle east, and the second is, what do you do about china . Two secondtier challenges. One of them is, what do you do about russia and Vladimir Putin, and the other is, what do you do about north korea . Lets take the middle east first. Isis, syria,cus on iraq, libya. I think its important, and i think its important for the president ial candidates and for the new president to step back and look at the bigger dynamics going on in the region that are actually creating the problems that we see every day on the ground. Those dynami
And a gas explosion in taiwan kills at least 25 people. We begin this news hour in gaza and the failure of a joint u. S. Un backed ceasefire. The fighting broke out on friday. Both hamas and israel blaming each other for starting it. Israeli tanks are continuing to bombard the area. Dozens of palestinians have been killed now bringing the number of dead to more than 1600. Two Israeli Soldiers were killed on friday, and one has been taken prisoner. These latest pictures out of northwestern gaza set to show a hamas attack on an israelis tank, and troops could still be on track. The leader of the Palestinian Authority said that the delegation is due to meet in cairo on saturday. And hamas has put out a statement blaming israel for the breaking of the truce. They said at 030 hours, they advanced into eastern gaz. And then a firefight began with palestinian fighters and the israeli army. An hour later, israeli tanks advancedthrough the east of the strip, killing dozens of people in rafah an
To cspan2 on november 19. Next, roz chast, cant we talk about something more pleasant of down with booktv at Pepperdine University to discuss her book on saudi arabia. In the book she provides an inside look at the history and culture and politics of saudi arabia, which he has covered as a reporter for 30 years. This interview is a part of booktv college series. Now joining us is Karen Elliott house. She has written a book about saudi arabia, she has reported on our country for years and years. And before we get into this on your book on saudi arabia. , how did you become publisher of the wall street journal . I went from matador, texas, population 900 to the university of texas in austin from their to the Dallas Morning News for one year covering education for their Washington Bureau and i got hired there by the wall street journal. And i was a reporter and ultimately a Foreign Editor and president of the International Operations and then publisher of the wall street journal. Host how
Stuart well, look at this, stocks up, despite what is happening overseas. Will this hold . As a tense, weekend begins. Look at the s p 500, that is a Broader Market average. It too slightly higher this morning. Look at gold. Where are we in times of crisis with the price of gold . Right now, were above 1300 an ounce, basically flat on the day so far. Here is the key indicator today. It is the yield or the interest rafted on the 10year treasury. When you get money moving into government bonds. That is called a flight to safety. Thats what wee got. Were at 2. 37 . What is it three weeks ago . We were 2. 6 . That is a flight to safety. By the way at one stage investors had to pay the German Government to take their money. Called a negative interest rate. It happened. Briefly. I want to give you details what is going on overseas. The pentagon confirming, airstrikes in iraq. Two f11s launched from Aircraft Carrier in the persian gulf. The uss george h. W. Bush. That was the name of carrier.