History and biography is sponsored by wells fargo. God day i am a Andrea Mitchell from nsnbc and welcome is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 20th anniversary of a National Book festival present by library of congress. And we are thrilled to have today our office David Rubenstein who has produced author a new book and new book is how to lead. And it is an extraordinary combination of conversations on leadership and the qualities that make people believers especially these very special people. These unique individuals that david has assembled in his book. David rubenstein, welcome youre a lawyer. Youre former white house founder of the World Largest private equity firm youre a history buff restored Washington Monument you saved of the National Zoo Pandas brought magna carta and having saying nothing of a Television Show in bloomberg, and on pbs how do you do it all tell us about your leadership. Well, i didnt feel i was as good a leader as people i interviewed so in the book i tal
Caroline still with us, anna barton. You were saying that really at the moment, the risk on nature is there in the market. Was it right to be . I wanted to talk about technology but it seems to fail me and i needed it. An investor who is sick exposure in a passive way should be aware of. Five isosure to top over 20 . How stocks have already outperformed and are trading at a premium. I think ultimately what you were alluding to is growth is the ultimate structural winner. I dont mean it as a style call. The names that have seen higher levels today, they can continue to do well irrespective of that cyclical recovery we are looking for because they are enabling that next leg of growth. We can talk more about the industries that we like. I think that is the ultimate decision that investors have to make, assess the and growth opportunities. Basise on an individual individual basis, we are looking at a huge percentage of stocks above the key shortterm and mediumterm averages. Here is one exa
Phones were all theho rage. [laughter] facebook was founded the world war ii memorial was dedicated, george w. Bush was reelected president. Major League Baseball retur to washington as the Washington Nationals. [applause] fast forward 15 years the Washington Nationals are in the world series. [applause] and David Rubenstein is back as we all know cofounder as well as chairman of the board or the boards of trustees of the jfk center for performing arts. The Smithsonian Institution and the council on Foreign Relations and we all know he is a engaged in many many many other philanthropic activities too numerous to mention. David coined the phrase patriotic philanthropy with generous financing of the restoration of the historical landmark including the Washington Monument the Lincoln Memorial the Us Marine Corps war memorial Washington Library and monticello in montpelier and the arlington house also purchasing copies like the declaration of independence, the emancipation proclamation and
Senator George Mitchell was president of the club and we had 288 members. They were all the rage. And the world war ii memorial dedicated, and Major League Baseball returned to washington as though washington nationals. For 15 years and David Rubenstein is back. David as we all know is cofounder and coexecutive chairman of the karloff group and chairman of the board. And the performing arts, a Strong Institution at the council on foreign relations. And engaged in many many other philanthropic activities. The patriotic philanthropy, generous financing, great historical landmarks, including the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial. The us marine corps. And monticello, and the arlington house. And purchased rare copies of historic documents like the declaration of independence, the emancipation proclamation, and magna carta to ensure they are publicly displayed at the smithsonian and national archives. At the Economic Club, the insightful revealing and entertaining interview were, at
So, did congress not see the movie Groundhog Day . They are about to live it. Thats tonight on the special two hour edition of laura coates live. All right, congress, pull the parkas out of the closet. Shop on the snowshoes. There is a Blizzard Heading straight for washington d. C. If you are one of the 535 lawmakers who served with the people, you are in store for a very long winter. Why . Well, congress has a lot and i do mean a lot to do. The headlines they are in kansas. Lawmakers fear january met beautiful urgent to todo list. Now, it would be one thing if Congress Just had to take the groceries or put the Christmas Tree out on the curb for trash pickup, but, lawmakers are staring down some of the most politically polarizing issues confronting this entire nation. Things like Border Security and aid for ukraine, funding the government, twice, and the first Shutdown Deadline is when . Is january 19. The second one is february 2nd. By the way, the actual Groundhog Day. So, back to th