Of the session we have one microphone stand there and if you have a question step up to it, cspan booktv is here and we are reporting and would like to pick up your question on the tape and at the end of the session normally we ask people to pull up their chairs but dont do that. Form a line to the right of the table, out to the street. Being very hopeful. We end up in a doonesbury cartoon on january morning several years ago, woke to find the store mentioned in passing as location by a book signing by one of the characters. Naturally we were thrilled and relatives and friends congratulated us on having reached this pinnacle of fame because one hasnt really arrived until one store makes a reference in doonesbury. Donald trump hasnt just arrived, he has virtually taken up residence in doonesbury dating back to fall of 1987 when Garry Trudeau started marking what turned out to be the first president ial trial balloon. Not long before, wasnt long before the unflattering portrait got under
It is a very powerful place and also the other cabinet secretaries when they want to do something it puts you in a stronger position to have that relationship with the president , to be so candid and say that is wrong, you cannot do that. I totally reject that. Having that relationship made me a more effective attorney general. My critics, as an excuse to be critical of my service. Host i am curious, it is clear from the book you had a close relationship with the president. What is your relationship like with him today . Do you still talk to him . At the end of the book, the president kept up with your career move than things you have done since government service, what is your relationship like . When it comes to nashville we see each other, i tried to see him. We dont see each other like we used to when he was in dc. I have great affection and respect for george w. Bush the man. He gave me several onceinalifetime opportunities, changed the trajectory of my life. I really feel privile
Also what is happening now is economic numbers. Consumer confidence coming in for the month of april. Julie hyman a rundown of that. From falling in april march to 96. 1. Economists were estimating. Durable goods orders earlier also coming in below estimates. So for those folks watching the fed, most people in the markets, this might give more fodder to the doves. In their statement tomorrow. Markets have increased, up by about one third of 1 . Earningse watching very closely. About 10 of all members of the they00 will report, if have not already. Very busy for earnings. Apple is the big capper after the bell. We see a concentrated in industrial, for example. For whirlpool. Sales increase in north america but saw declines in all other regions. Dupont raising its earnings outlook for 2016. Merge with dow chemical by the end of the year. 3m, not much change. That company also beating estimates in terms of earnings. Sales in the electronics and energy unit down by 14 . Us more aboutk to w
What is interesting is they have formed a super group and they are looking into building Virtual Reality for star wars. That is right. They have people all over the company. They have brought in people across various lines. Put them all under an executive, and she is sort of the leader to bring in all this expertise and create entertainment you are sort of familiar with, but in a different way, using new technology. Carol when you see the millennium falcon, it sounds like the falcon, it looks like it is really, as real as can be. Ellen and it feels like you are in it. They are doing extensions of star wars. They are doing the trials of tatooine. Some of this is experimenting with this so far. They showed us some clips and it really did you could imagine what it would feel like to be looking around as they the center of the action and see some of these characters you have seen before. Carol also the design issue, you highlight the underground event planners. Theyre called sextant works.
We are also here to talk about other youth sport injury. This newsmaker panel will offer an examination of data, trends, and concussion research, state policies, and whether the u. S. Department of education should adopt mandates. Every state in the union has a concussion related law on the books. A Sports Injury Program regulation on the books, enforcement enforcement of the issue and compliance is the issue. That is what the doctors here this morning and the sports data person is going to be talking to us about. My name is mike smith, i serve on the National Press club makers committee. Our staff facilitator here is joann, who helped us get it started today. Im a columnist for campaign and elections magazine, blog writer for huffington post. I also own mild Public Affair shot, call greene smith Public Affairs in virginia. I have been a member of the National Press club for about 25 years. I tweet as both the smitty pa, our is d. C. Concussions. This newsmaker is being broadcast live