Microsofts earnings and revenue topping expectations. Results were helped by shares of its offices and server sales. Were going to talk to an analyst who covers the company at k67 40 eastern time. Amazon reported results, as well. Sales grew by a better than expected 24 which investors say bodes well for results this season. We will talk to an amazon analyst in just a few minutes, as well. Lets take a look at todays calendar. The Commerce Department will release two reports. Durable goods for september. Coming up at 10 00, we can wholesale trade inventories and Consumer Sentiment is worth talking about. Andrew, good morning. Thank you, becky. We have corporate buzz this morning, including wa joe was talking about, including twitters ipo is now pegging the valuation of that company at a modest 11 billion. They want to he avoid a repeat of facebooks troubled debut. Maybe theyre pricing it on the low end. Twitter plans to sell 70 million between 17 and 20 apiece. The stock could begin tra
And incredibly volatile security environment with a proliferation of threats. In asia, we see more aggressive chinese behavior that has been undermining the rulesbased order. You have what is going on in ukraine, particularly russias continuing meddling. You have a middle east that seems to be on fire, whether it is the Syrian Civil War or the insurgency in iraq or what is happening between israel and the palestinians in gaza. It is an extremely challenging time. The two major times you spent in the government, what years . I was in the Clinton Administration from 1993 to 1998 and again for president obama from 2009 to 2012. You were either Deputy Assistant secretary or undersecretary of defense. What is the difference . Now you are the ceo of the organization you founded, center for no American Security. What is the difference if you are in the government or in a think tank . In government, you are dealing with attorneys, you are focused on the day. Part of my responsibilities was rep
Defense on a socalled deputies committee, the senior level group that is working on developing options for the president. A lot of Crisis Management focus. When you are in a think tank, your utility is not trying to secondguess the policymaker, but help to do some work to raise their gaze, look over the horizon and say, how do i think more strategically about america . When did you first get interested in Foreign Affairs or Defense Affairs . I had the wonderful opportunity to be an Exchange Student in high school. I think that experience of going abroad, living in a foreign country, really opened up my aperture and got me interested in international relations. That is when i pursued it in my undergraduate education. Where did you do your exchange . I was in belgium. What got you interested in doing that . I was just interested in the world abroad. I grew up in Southern California and i wanted to have a different experience. You lost your dad at age 14 to a heart attack. What impact did
To you agree . I do. An incredibly volatile security environment with a proliferation of threats. In asia, we see more aggressive chinese behavior that has been undermining the rulesbased order. You have what is going on in ukraine, particularly russias continuing meddling. You have a middle east that seems to be on fire, whether it is the Syrian Civil War or the insurgency in iraq or what is happening between israel and the palestinians in gaza. It is an extremely challenging time. The two major times you spent in the government, what years . I was in the Clinton Administration from 1993 to 1998 and again for president obama from 2009 to 2012. You were either Deputy Assistant secretary or undersecretary of defense. What is the difference . Now you are the ceo of the organization you founded, center for new American Security. What is the difference if you are in the government or in a think tank . In government, you are dealing with attorneys, you are focused on the day. Part of my res
After much stalling and intense pressure from the United States, syrias main rebel group has agreed to attend next weeks peace conference in switzerland. 75 coalition managers voted inestanbul. The majority favored attending the talks. It will be the first face to face meeting between the assad regime and the Coalition Since the civil war began in 2011. The talks are scheduled to begin on wednesday. Nina mcnaught has the latest reporter it was supposed to be conducted by a show of hands. In the end, they opted for secret battles, so devisive, so con tentious has this become. When the votes were counted, we have an overwhelming vote yes in support of the coalition d delegation to participate in discussions with the assad. Regime 58 saying yes, 14 saying no. One white paper and two refusal, but this wasnt an easy process. There was a withdrawal block of 44 members who refused to participate in discussions in the leadup to the vote because they simply felt the preconditions have not been