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jcpenny and nordstrom reporting. expected in just a few minutes, we ll be bringing to you. and pixar s new films. first up. let s talk about the markets with david rosen berg, the chief economist at gulskenshef. good morning. put the weekend into perspective. we have macro numbers today but still the discussion remains even though there was a quiet overnight in china. what they re trying to do and if it s what we ve been asking them to do for decades. you know what s interesting? everybody talks about how it comes as a surprise and practically every economist says i ve been calling for this all yearlong. i think this is not a repeat of 1994 when china devalued 30% and ultimately touched off the asian crisis a few years later. this is more strategic in the sense that really the bigger story is not really the devaluation but the move to allow market forces to play a greater role in determining where it s going to be. that s part of the imf report that basically stat ....
history is happening in cuba as we speak. we plan to go there in just a moment. for now our top story, politics when you thought this presidential race could not get more interesting speculation is growing that al gore might be thinking about jumping in as many confirmed candidates head to iowa for a time-honored campaign tradition this weekend. the buzz about al gore considering a run is still just simmering this morning and still under scores a broader point that some democrats are worried their party s front runner is vulnerable. with ongoing questions about hillary clinton s private e-mail new reports that former vice president al gore could be considering getting back into the game. buzz feed reporting that gore who lost to george w. bush in 2000 is having conversations with supporters to see if there is a path financially and politically but a high level source tells nbc news there is nothing substantive happening. the current vice president seems to be giving i ....
i just give you guys tips under the table to say all these nice things. we learned her favorite word. bangkok. [ laughter ] she loves to say bangkok. she just came back from bangkok and she s been saying it for nonstop. okay, one question because you are so not pretentious and you have on sun glasses in studio. well, you know why? should i take them off? time for the big reveal. can you get a closeup? did somebody just go eww? that is so insensitive. we need a closeup. okay, do you see the what happened? you walked in today yes, i walked in today. and i looked over at your eye and i heard you had a black eye. if you re going to laugh i won t tell you. i i i went to the bathroom, i had to go to the bathroom and i didn t put the light on. to get to the bathroom you go from a dressing room and i came back from los angeles where i had a lovely time and spokane to celebrate 24, which was the longest second and the suitcase is black and the room is bla ....
that s what my doctor said. he said i should watch out for myself. how do you feel? well, if it had been lower something bad could have happened. something really bad. so my head hurts nd this is you got it checked out all the way? you re okay? i had a c.a.t. scan and the doctor said amazing, we found a brain. [ laughter ] because i had been there the last time i went to the bathroom in the dark i fell into the toilet right before sochi. and i hurt my back. i remember. so i have a habit of when you fell that other time in sochi, was the toilet seat up? what was that about? i don t remember? it was richard s fault that time. the seat was up and he keeps saying i didn t do it, there s only two people in the house. who did it. so i fell in and wrenched my back. ow, ow, ow. this was in some ways scarier because what could have happened. no kidding. but you re okay. we want to make sure that we take good care of you so we brought a man servant ....
lisa: i think they did. the people that i talked to had broadened their the citizens, the individual citizens that took part in the olympic games benefited. i can t say that putin changed. i don t think that s the case. but i think the citizens benefited. first, in terms of russia with a country of racism and lgbt issues, we all agree it is not the only one. look at the lgbt writes in qatar. we also need to be careful. a lot of countries getting big sport events are not the ones we consider the best in terms of social or gender issues. i understand the political point, but i think if we fail for russia and ukraine, it is a political failure of the west. trying to solve the issue [indiscernible] i think it is very important also not to forget that it is not only giving soft power to putin, it is also giving us soft power. we have to engage with the international community. they will have to change. they will have to allow foreigners to come. it is also a way for us ....