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News that an activist investor wants Kohl's to consider either a sale or a separation of its e-commerce business might not put a smile on the faces of company executives, but Wall Street sure seems to...

For discussion on capitol hill. bottom line, the president responded to an trosity committed by the syrian government. it was a limited response. and i think as long as it is narrowly focused, that he goes on, if he comes in with a policy, i think we all will want to see that. >> and finally, on china, the summit with chinese president xi and the north korean threat. were told the "uss carl vinson" is moving closer to region, that there is real concern about north korea. what do you think was ac...

>> so, on the first one, i know secretary mnuchin talked about august as the target date. it depends. these are big things. theres a lot of groups that are gonna want a ton of input because of the very nature. its been 30 years. but i think part of this will be dependent upon whether -- the degree to which we can come to consensus on a lot of big issues. but i know we have a goal. and it will depend on a lot of these issues both on the corporate side and the individual side how that process evol...

Who will devise the plan the president wants to put his name on? >> i know the first one has a target date, and i think it depends. as you point out, these are big things. there are a lot of groups who will want some input and its been 30 years. i think some of this will depend on the consensus you can come to on a lot of big issues. but we have a goal, and it will depend on issues on the corporate side and the individual side how that process evolves. i know the secretary would like to have it ...

Of people were going through foreclosures. you can expect that to come up in his senate confirmation hearing. now on the commerce side we have wilbur ross, a billionaire investor. that is donald trumps pick the transition team announces, and theyre also rolling out a deputy commerce secretary, this is going to be todd rickettes as we expected. this is also someone who was critical, whose family at a minimum was critical of donald trump at certain points but eventually came around. on television ...

Also had a political consequence in the middle east with the arab spring. absolutely, theres no way america ---overthrowing governments causing mass movements of social awareness, thanks to the advents of such platforms as facebook, twitter and such app as whatsapp and isiss propaganda. the isis media has been thoroughly disruptive across the world, in terms of transforming movements and governments and even commerce. >> on the commerce side, we have seen our own vulnerabilities with hacking of ...

Complicated to pinpoint exactly what is going on. the cloud cover, minimal, we have a front entering the picture. it is going to skirt by the southern reaches of the search area across this portion. so kpfting clouds to move in. scattered showers to move in. winds looking generally on the commerce side. the vast majority of the strong winds, well to the so the where we really feared. this activity picking up. this point, looking at visibility issues over the next couple of days and at the sea su...

Life sort of going his own way that when he goes to the right, it does seem pretty darn stark. >> meanwhile, youve got jan brewer, the governor there, trying to rebrand herself. theyve already lost, would you believe, the republican national convention. any chance of having the republican convention in 2012? >> right, theyve got to be afrl out there of this law impacting the economy. this is a state that i think draws a lot of folks down there. you know, golfing in scottsdale, a big tourist comp...