in the policy shift in syria. spoke at the atlantic council for about an hour. [applause] i feel like i m talking to these he rose here. i will try to maintain eye contact with everybody. thanks for the invitation. facilitating my presence. i m very glad to be back at the atlantic council to discuss the topic of great interest to me. i must admit i spent quite a bit of time thinking and writing down my thoughts. will reach down to me in middle of the summer to ask me to do this. i ve been thinking about it a lot and i actually was struggling with this topic. i think i got it figured out, what i wanted to say, on sunday afternoon while watching the vikings dominate the giants. i got it down in writing. we will see how it goes. numberlso good to see a of colleagues with whom i served while i was in uniform. i m happy to report to retirement is going well. the other day i overheard my wife telling one of her friends for 39 years he never expressed a view around the house, now
here, so i feel like i am talking to these he rows here. these rows here. three i will try to maintain eye contact with everybody. thanks for the invitation. thank you for facilitating my presence. i m very glad to be back at the atlantic council, and especially to discuss a topic of great interest to me. i must admit i spent quite a bit of time thinking and writing down my thoughts. thoughts over the last couple of weeks. now, will reach down to me in middle of the summer to ask me to do this. i ve been thinking about it a lot and i actually was struggling quite mightily with this topic. i think i actually got it all figured out, what i wanted to say, on sunday afternoon while watching the vikings dominate the giants. i got it all down in writing. i m sorry to tell you i have rewritten my remarks twice in the last 24 hours. we will see how it goes. it is also good to see a number of colleagues with whom i served while i was in uniform. mr. votel: i m happy to report to r
to president george herbert walker bush. thousands pay their respects and leaders around the world honoring president bush s career, the lifetime of service at the state funeral at national cathedral. i believe it will be said that no on pant of the oval occupant of the oval office was more courageous, more principled, more honorable than president george herbert walker bush. to succeed he had to prevail. politics is not a pure undertaking not if you want to win it s not. an imperfect man, he left us a more perfect union. you would have wanted him on your side. he never lost his sense of humor. he never hated anyone. his ephithet? perhaps just a single letter, l, for loyalty. it coursed through his blood. loyalty to his country, loyalty to his family, loyalty to his friends, loyal to the institutions of government and always, always, always, a friend to his friends. connell: some memories there from those who knew him best. former president george w. bush really keepi
campaign rally tonight. president trump spoke to reporters on the south lawn of the white house moments ago. he may still wrap that up right now. we re going to play back those comments to you as soon as we get them. so we could be breaking in at any point with those remarks. plus a stunning resignation. ambassador nikki haley abruptly extenting down as american ambassador to the u.n., vowing not to run in 2020 ends against the president. the big decision who will take her place at the u.n. president could talk about that coming up. new era in the nation s high court. judge brett kavanaugh takes the bench for the first time. wait until you hear the latest plan for democrats to diminish his role as well as every trump nominee on the high court. among our guests, fox news senior judicial analyst, judge andrew napolitano, republican national committee spokesperson kayleigh mcenany and former shell president john hofmeister. susan: busy, busy hour and the dow s busy, busy s
we are inches away from the record. futures steady as we wait for the fed at 2:00. tech titans will meet with donald trump today at trump tower. we re going live to midtown manhattan, watch them as they walk in. two new names officially announced to take a spot in goldman. more on the changes. first, 89 points, that s how much it will take for the dow to hit 20k. the blue chips coming off their 16th record closing high. s&p and nasdaq hitting record territory. all aed head of the fed s rate announcement at 2:00. live coverage will begin right here on cnbc at that time. we will get the forecast. we ll get the dot plots and the q & a. i have to tell you that interest rates are down today. you can see how this market is changed. oil is not up. interest rates are down. the futures are not higher. the banks have a lot of people feel like that the banks are the ones for this rate hike. even the rate hike is now baked in or maybe feel that some people feel the economy has