american investment in africa is up 70%. u.s. exports to africa have surged.ic companies, fedex, kellogg's, google are growing their presence on the continent. in lagos or an uber kampala. microsoft is partnering to provide low-cost broadband to rural kenyans. procter & gamble is expanding a plant in south africa. mastercard will work with you d.o.b. in banks so more homepians can send money best -- mastercard will work ethiopian banks. we are making progress, but we are just scratching the surface. we have so much more work that can be done and will be done. that despite significant growth in much of the continent, africa's entire gdp is still only about the gdp of france. only a fraction of american exports, about 2% go to africa. there is still so much untapped potential. i may only be in this office for a few more months, but let me suggest a few areas where we need to focus in the years ahead. we have to keep increasing the trade that creates rod-based growth. -- broad-based growth. our new trade hubs have supported jobs and increased exports to the u.s.

thinking why africa? you know why in terms of minerals and the natural after the especially decolonization movement. the u.s. and soviet union us.ending saying align with we will send you cool stuff. and you can be our friend. that is a simple way of thinking about it. we know why africa conceptually. world werethe third some of the most hotly contested cold war spaces. you have all of the conflicts throughout the world from 1945 onward. this includes a lot of civil wars in africa in the 90's and 2000s. you have a lot of conflicts emerging even in the cold war. this bottom one may be more telling about what the u.s. was doing. as ais all cia involvement percentage of years. these countries are places where the cia was operating from 95 to 100% of those years. big presence for the cia trying to work against the soviet influence. of course there are these other countries where the cia was operating. no only did they want to win the war of influence in africa, the u.s. was worried about losing because of thi

-africa business for him. we will be speaking with leaders countries in africa. wonderful spotlight on partnership and it is being run in conjunction with the u.s. commerce department. we will hopefully be speaking with the president of rwanda. decision day for the federal reserve, the hike chance -- we talked to an economist who is going against consensus and says today is in play. fromank of japan refrains another interest rate cut and instead pledges to bolster the market yield cuts. how investors are coping in a less than zero rate environment. football and potential fraud. how a chinese investor group is seeking funds to buy ac milan, false big report during the initial bank negotiations. a lot of market action today, we have already seen some movement after the bank of japan's decision. let's get straight to julie hyman in new york. potentially, a lot more to come this afternoon with the federal reserve. all three major averages are rising. we saw an increase in stocks in japan and an increase in the yen, even after the bank of it is not that necessarily li

why africa, always? >> the thing why we all picked a fight with aids was because it sort of focused you on this inequality, you know, that you could get these two pills if you had h.i.v. in new york or dublin but it's a death sentence, an accident on latitude and longitude. >> rose: geography. where you live should not decide whether you live, that was our tattoo. so it's justty. if you're asking what motivates, it's justice, not charity. as it happens, that whole mode is shifting now to a self-interest narrative, and europeans are realizing that the continent of africa is eight miles away and that if people are running from burning homes and burning villages, they will strap themselves to bits of wood, teachers, nurses, educated people will put their children in little dinghies and risk everything to find liberty. they would swim to europe, and we can't stop them, nor should we. these were refugees, and we've all been refugees. so now europe is realizing we have to now understand what's going on in the

thornton: no one really even knows how many elephants are left in africa. some people think it m may be as few as 300,000 animals, so we might be lososing 1/6 of the cocontinentatal population o of africa's s elephahants every ye. peters: in many countries in africa, ththe elephant is alalry ecolologically extinct. [gunots, eleant trumts] narrator: every 20 minutes, an elephant is killed foror its tusks. the reason: greed. the price of ivory has skyrocketed. raw ivory sells for as much as $3,000 per pound on the black market, but the cost for humanity is unfathomable. elephants may be gone in 10 years. ruggiero: the problem begins very simply wiwith dememand. narrator: and china drives the demand for ivory. knights: china now is estimated to be 70% of the world's ivory market. there is a tradition of ivory carving, but also, of course, the massive growth of the chinese economy. narrator: around 300 million people make up china's middle class today. that's more than the population of the united states, and they are looking to spend their money on luxury good

if nigeria fails, africa fails. if africa fails, europe fails.ryone involved in red, over $60 million. tell me how you see this in terms of this great rock star. what skills he has, what is it? what is it that motivates him? and what does he use to rally these points of power to make a difference? bono: better ask him. [laughter] bono: i want to say back to you, it is the same thing that has this table become the stuff of legend. it is an old-fashioned, ancient idea. pretentious to mention. that greek idea of the whole society, is it not? it should not be unusual to have scientists, artists, mathematicians, poets. drunks, comedians, philosophers. all contributing. that is how ireland was formed. everyone was welcome. everyone was in the congregation. -- conversation. the world of ideas. you are interested in it, i am interested in it. that is what motivates me. how could you, for instance, the development agenda used to be a thing of the left. a creature of the left. if they are hammering on about poverty, wrong. that was underestimating people o

africa.ou came here, selling the idea of that forgiveness. how long ago was that? bono: a long time ago. 16 years ago. charlie: we've got countries that cannot get on with their development because they have an overwhelming debt. the only way to deal with it is to find a way to forgive them so they can use those resources. later, and 46lion million africans going to school. that is where the money saved was spent. charlie: what is electrified africa? the: what is going on now, narrative of development has changed. the world is getting excited about the continent. by 2050, twice the population of china. charlie: i think it will be a third of the-year-old -- a third will beorld's youth african. people are saying, how can we be part of this rising africa narrative? president obama has been keen on know,ring with, you bringing power to africa. mark zuckerberg is trying to bring connectivity -- charlie: the internet. lot of people. a i think, actually, there is about to emerge a new security and d

teams. -- africa's elite engineering teams.mily: i find it in and hear interesting. explain that to. how many engineers are looking for work and looking for better training and hoping to get into the broader technology industry? guest: the way to look into it and the founding belief of andela is brilliance is pretty evenly distributed around the world. part of the reason we started and inchange the ratio the, connect great engineers with tough companies. it turns out there are a bunch of really talented at, technologists and oaks in the across the continent which is 1.1 billion evil and the youngest continent on the planet. there are quite a few folks interested in this space. mark zuckerberg visited on his trip to nigeria and i'm curious what you learn from him? how has it helped you? mark and i spoke early on about andela and the education space. mark and priscilla were interested because of the ability to unlock human capacity and expand human capacity around the world. he knows little bit about software development and we d

i've seen how agoa is improving economies in africa. agoa is making a difference and could have even more impact on the continent if the measures included in this act are implemented. i think this bill improve house we offer assistance through the millennium challenge corporation to increase the ability of people in africa to trade and help cut the bureaucratic barriers and the needless red tape that thwarts trade and this bill helps unlock the potential of agoa so people in africa an strengthen their markets so americans can improve trade relationships with countries in africa. and yes, it has been slow, slow going. slow progress. we've gotten a few more staffed positions from the u.s. department of agriculture a few more ag inspectors positioned there and jim mcdermott is right, we need to do. and we've had slow going but we have more foreign commercial service officers now in these positions in agoa. and in two week's time we will have the agoa forum and we will again be bringing these issues up and in the following session we will,

we should mention we are talking about africa because of huge africa u.s.orm taking place in new york desk for him taking place in new york. we will be bringing several interviews, including some african leaders. talk about the brands that are being imported into africa, charles. what are the ones that have taken on the country, if you like? mostly european, china? retailer,t bought a but not brought its name into it yet. i think there's a little of cobranding. european brand appearing as a couple of joint ventures, one with a gulf-based company which is in egypt and three east africa marissa lee just opened -- and through east africa and reselling just open. and a second one with a .ong-established french trader that is going to open stores in nigeria and ivory coast and several other countries in west africa. vonnie: what are the countries most amenable to investment from abroad? we talk about africa, a massive continent. >> i think there is a degree of suspicion across the continent is that it isn't always easy and people are looking for local , even pic

-africa trade. and so with these measures, we can help african countries and businesses fully utilize the enefits by agoa. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. . bass: this critical bill compliments the african growth and opportunity act that was passed into law last june. i want to thank ranking member engel, chairman royce for your leadership on this and speaker ryan, but i also believe in the last piece of legislation, i eard the chairman say that nomani ruben is leaving us. i am disappointed but i want to compliment her not only on agoa but on the piece of legislation that we just passed. and you will be sorely missed. i also want to compliment margo sullivan who worked many, many hours on agoa that we re-authorized as well as the agoa enhancement act. by way of background, agoa is part of the u.s.-africa economic plat fort. agoa, a trade preference program, can help and stabilize jobs in eligible partin

and africa. progress is also important to security and prosperity around the world. >> on so many key challenges we face, our security and prosperity, climate change, the struggle for human rights and human dignity. and the reduction of conflict. africa is essential to our progress. the rise is not just important to africa, it is important to the entire world. -- they manage the charitable work of michael bloomberg. the founder and majority owner, the parent company of lumberton is. mark zuckerberg and his wife are pledging more than $2 billion over the next decade to work on curing diseases. they plan to work with scientists, doctors, engineers, and universities to achieve their goal. he said after speaking with experts they believe it is possible to cure, prevent, or manage disease. you can find more stories on the bloomberg. anna: thank you. let's check out the latest market action. way therested in the markets have responded. they seem to be taking the increased expectation very much in their

inspect jaits in south africa, in west africa, in brazil. people within the united states park service. an array of people who want to realize that maritime archaeology traditionally didn't look for the ships of the enslaved, and so we felt that we needed to work with partners that would help us map the ocean floors, help us to begin to identify where other ships could be, because our goal is pretty simple. on the one hand, we wanted to find a ship for the museum. on the other hand, what we wanted to do was stimulate a national, international conversation and interest in finding the hundreds of ships that are on the ocean floor. we wanted to make sure that people in senegal had the training and the interest and the resources to look in their wards. people in brazil. people in south africa. on the one hand, the goal was very confined. find us a ship. on the other hand, the goal was if this is the last frontier of knowledge, if this is something that will help us understand the slave trade more than anything else that we have now, then how do

, two or three employees will be found in south africa.i have never been to south africa and we will get this information. gregory malveaux has provided to us for south africa, and what we are also going to do, based on this information i have received we are tearing that contract apart. plugging any holes we might have to do as much as we can to reduce our liability. what does that come back to? we will hold onto that. again, when we started in september of last year we need more out of these things. as i was leaving for what i said it is frightening for me to say we are really fortunate. that is what we are doing and let's bring people here, didn't even stop to think you get your reward, what do you do? you have it on board and are going to execute. sometimes you don't take that moment to take a step back and look at those risks and liabilities. i hope it has been helpful for folks, if you are considering stepping out, this is what we want to bring to you so hopefully you will get them. thank you. [applause] >> any other questions? >> i

how that's going to affect south africa. i don't know if you have any -- >> yeah, yeah. i don't, you know, i guess in zimbabwe and south africa we had been talking about the water that they receive, but botswana's a little further north. that is such an important point about the land grabs because that's going on all over world and hugely in south america and in africa. and many of these, these purchases of, you know, huge tracts of land, they're land grabs, but they're really water grabs. and and, yeah, the implications are really, really huge because you might -- a project that's being worked on like a development project may take, may stop the water that would normally flow into another area. yeah, no, that's really, really of huge concern. so thank you for mentioning that. >> but that's what happens here in the united states out west, and that's been a long problem where we have, you know, three or four major rivers, and there are dams and electric plants x they're using up the water that then can't get down river, you k

from mozambique into south africa. we wanted to meet the people involved. we spent time with the people in the interior where most of the people on the sal jose were macua people. we had this idea that we wanted to get soil from mozambique and spread it over the ship. that was our idea. we got to mozambique and the chiefs had this amazing ceremony for us and took us to a spot where the enslaved were sold, kind of auction spot. they then began to dig dirt and they put dirt in this amazingly beautiful vessel, this shell vessel. then they said to us in no uncertain terms, basically they said, you thought this was your idea. this is your ancestors telling you what you need to do because once you sprinkle this dirt over the ship, for the first time since 1794, our people will sleep in their own land. you're sitting there crying. oh, my goodness. and you realize this sort of -- that it's more than a research endeavor. it's more than a museum exhibition. it's really as paul said, it's really about recognizing that the slave trade is not about yesterday. it's as mu

championships across africa. the academy has centers across uganda today including five in different slums and seven in villages and one in a different community. up next, telling the untold karen: welcome back, following the success of his graphic novel, a collection of untold stories and african-american history, joe continues to lift up on celebrated african-americans. americans often overlooked in history books. he embraces his first female heroine. how are you? i just love reading these comic books. there is nothing like picking a new medium to tell about history. why do you decide to choose this medium? >> in a very real way for a number of different people. it's also a sneaky way to get people to read stuff. halfway through it, they realize they just read a book and learn something so it's a good way to get people to engage in interesting topics without having to say they have to read a book. >> it's based on the w.e.b. dubois lecture. he said we needed a talented class. when thinking about strange fruit w

when the troops are moving veryas slowly and africa was meant to be a springboard, not a sofa. who but churchill could think of those wonderful systems you can find on the internet. that is not military leadership in the global war. at a time -- how are we doing? challenge me as much as you wish. i want to say in a year when we have to decide who will be our next commander-in-chief, should it be a politician is supposed politician who is popular, who is a master of twitter?so or should it be someone who has some experience of how to live said, how to build a coalition, how to follow a moral basis byme which americans are willing if they have to to fight and to die because that is what fdr did in 1943. that debt we owe had is incalculable. i am only sorry that it hass tos taken seven decade to set this out as clearly as i can. i hope you'll enjoy the book as much as i have enjoyed researching and writing it.an thank you very much for listening to me today. [applause] i think i have the microphone of people that to ask questions. is that right? >> , should churchill's involvement

they have provided us for south africa. what they're also going to do is again, based on the information that i have received we are tearing that contract apart. we're really going to start up and plug any holes that we have to make sure -- [inaudible] >> sometimes it only takes one mistake. so we started off on september of last year. we did know a lot of these things at all. it only took me one glance at his book and i was leading to it. it was actually a little frightening for me to say, okay we are really fortunate thus far. now let's take some of these practices and implement them. that is what were doing now and that is why we must bring the people here and didn't even stop to think what you want to do? you have award in a contract that you have to execute and sometimes you have to take a step and look at those risks from liability. so i hope that helps even if you haven't stepped out there but if you're considering stepping up there, this is what we want to bring to. thank you [applause]. >> any other questions? >> y

-africa is this form.than 200 global ceos are there and so is francine lacqua with another local got -- special guest. diamond, he is bob thank you so much for joining us. you have been going through a tough time. this is because the african story is taking a little bit of back step. what grade would you give atlas? bob: the team has executed unbelievably. when we began this venture i think we raised equity in december 2013. by the time we closed our first deal in august 2014 the headwinds had started and currencies were weakening against the dollar. chinese investment was slowing, maybe retracing. i think one of the most important things was the impact on european banks. european banks have provided over 50% of trade finance for sub-saharan africa and today it is almost zero. banks,a withdrawal of weaker currencies, headwinds from the commodities cycle and yet this team has acquired eight banks in seven countries, all operating and profitable for the year. francine: your share price reflects that and when

they stayed back in the states went with the group overseas to south africa. the first week of the program it has entered without knocking an invitation. while the female student was in her room sleeping. the number of male students with the gender specific name. when they ask to be called by name they became more disrespectful of the slurs worth sinned. they did nothing to correct the situation. students solicited south african women for mac we have women students who are part of the program who were being offered for sale to south africans. we have the groups to her best stopping in front of the liquor store for a liquor run. so when they approached him to a mend the situation nothing was done. so clearly a suit could occur and it did. and they claimed it hostile environment ensued and it affected their ability to take a minute of this program. they felt that the institution of title ix and supported the program was always under the control of the university in every respect and every moment of inaction who represented the university to stop that sexual hara

africa business form.he asked him about the role of the standard bank in maintaining political stability. >> as a universal bank, we are is ourpurpose is africa home for growth. the cost of capital is determined by what happens in a country. the minister of finance -- the labor movement and the government in africa working together. a tremendous amount of work is happening and that work is consistent with the nine point plan announced by the president of south africa. it's all about the structural reforms that are needed to shed -- share growth in the country. is a constitutional democracy with a rule of law applied. one would hope that the country continues to execute its fiscal policies without hindrance. one also hopes that the laws of innovate in all the organs of african society. that jacobct quote zuma has to go. >> south africa is a modern democracy. it has separation of powers. the ruling party is a strong ruling party. it gets to determine who is leadership are. our role in business and my role is

for instance, take south africa, my home. right?ad a bit of an aid problem in south africa, you know, in that people were getting aids. ( laughter ) so then, so then the government started distributing free condoms to help combat it. can this was huge in the country because not only was it politicians coming together to fight an epidemic. it also meant we didn't have to hide our condom purchases between two issues of "zeebra weekly" anymore. very important for us. anyway, the free condom thing came with its own issues. and, again, the south african government said there are new issues so we need to take action to fix this problem which brings us to last week. this is cyril ramaphosa, south africa's vice president. think of him as a p.g.-rated jooeb. now, last thursday, he went in front of parliament in south africa to say when it comes to protecting our people, there's nothing we're not willing to do. >> the minister of health was able a few months ago it to launch a new condom, the max condom is in response to what a number of peop

-africa summit and spoke with the ceo of andela earlier.berg is an investor, and you are an investor. what do you think makes this company so special? guest: andela is a wonderful place for delivering national as well as social results. i'm sure jeremy talked about it but they essentially look, starting in nigeria, they look anda nigerian with aptitude connect them with u.s. or international involvement and teams that work. it a wonderful way to create income and employment for nigerians and africans in general, and also being able to transfer skills they can use to create other companies within nigeria. to give a sense of size, nigeria has a population of 180 million. the unemployment rate among graduates is 50%, about half a million graduates go out each year, around 250,000 of them do not have jobs. it's a huge problem. and the government policies have failed. andela i think, under jeremy johnson leadership has shown -- jeremy johnson's leadership, has shown there is a way to deliver value and create social change as well. it is a wonder

women there in africa. auger chen, who's the head of who, brilliant woman -- did some amazing work in her time in hong kong -- has admitted a major policy failure over the last 40 years in addressing this mosquito. be also she broadened it to talk about major policy failure as we think about protecting women in contraceptive rights because there's a big issue in brazil and other places where they don't have the same sort of contraceptive rights as you take for granted here in the united states and other parts of the western world. so why did it take all this time, people dying of dengue, dying of yellow fever which has a vaccine to say, oh, you know what? we need to pay attention because now we may get some cases in europe and north america of women who may have this disease. we will see zika in the united states. so i'll preempt that question. hopefully, we will not see a whole lot of cases, but we will likely see it. let me -- the i had -- oh, thank you. you gave me a lovely comment the other day. the eth

fufunding of our operations i in africa continues to be very lowow. it is importat that the same attention that this puts in trying to address politically other crises is exercised also in africa. because in the end, like everywhere else, you need to make peace to find a way forward for these millions of refugees in this place. karen: i'm not sure how many years it will take to eliminate conflict. that will be a long time. i'm hopeful that we'll make some difference. it may not be a huge difference right away. we won't see a lot of difference coming quickly, but we can at t least set the grounds forr people ththinking about refugees and migrants in a different way, accepting them more easily and readily. narrator: on the greek island of samos, volunteers like gabi are helping refugees who arrive onon shore near their home a afr fleeing conflilicts abroad. man: slow! slowow! [indistinct] man: mark! karen: we talk about their neediding safety and dignitity, and they need to have a journey that's safe, they need to arrive somewhere and be welcomed, rathe

front-line nations and black africa. the united states is trusted by the other elements in southern africa. the united states foreign policy under this administration has been one of progress and success. and i believe that instead of talking about soviet progress, we can talk about american successes. and may i make an observation, part of the question you asked, mr. trewhitt? i don't believe that it's in the best interest of the united states and the nato nations to have a communist government in nato. mr. carter has indicated he would look with sympathy to a communist government in nato. i think that would destroy the integrity and the strength of nato, and i am totally opposed to it. mr. carter: well, mr. ford, unfortunately, has just made a statement that's not true. i have never advocated a communist government for italy. that would obviously be a ridiculous thing for anyone to do who wanted to be president of this country. i think that this is an instance of deliberate distortion, and this has occurred also in the

as drc goes, so goes much of africa, central africa. and am bass tour balumuene has served for roughly a quarter century. he's a native of the cassai region of drc. he went to college and served overseas in much of south and southeast asia and new york city and south africa. and he's been the president's representative or ambassador to the united states since last summer. i think given the distinctive resumes here, just as a way to stop myself and make a clean break, let me please ask you to join me in welcoming them all to brookings. [ applause ] >> so, now, we'll go down the line starting with anthony gambino. >> thank you, mike. it's a pleasure to be here again and to share a podium with special enjoy perriello and ambassador balance humanny. all of us are tremendously grateful for what he's doing. we had a similar meeting in brooklyn last november. and i stated then that congo was already in electoral crisis last november. sadly, the situation has only deteriorated. congo today is roughly one month away from a full-fledged constitut

these are all frightening signs of climate change and africa. chad.which measured 25 thousand square kilometers in 1960 now than 2500 square kilometers. proof of the degradation of the our continent. this disaster, which is danger in coke assistance among communities will certainly have consequences for the security region.ility of the the partnership with africa must also be seen for the preservation of the continent, which is seriously compromised. this has established a new and framework for the against climate change. there is still a great deal left to carry out achievements and the commitmentson of taken on by all parties according to differentiated responsibility. this agreement will only be credible if it is accompanied by action aimed at the alarmist cap and the noble objectives. this has been established in copenhagen, mobilizing 20 million -- $28 million for the countries. ladies and gentlemen, , thenguished guests security council remains a major africa, which because of an injustice of history remains. that thisrtunate reform that the afr

but he always traveled the world once he served in nonmilitary he was enamored north africa, south africa africa, asia, europe and with live off of p. better so in 63 he and a hunt irian scholar decided to pick this summer to walk all across north africa and everywhere kirk goes he carries with him a portable typewriter. i of 48 i have never seen a body of letters like what he left. he never stopped writing 120 words a minute with a photographic memory. hist kellogg's across the desert with a hungarian scholar and wears a three piece tweed suit across the moroccan desert and carries with him at typewriter but a huge came with this word that gsa would not allow this now and carried a revolver he was sent eccentric and bedouin children would follow him everywhere. he was a bizarre character he ends up in europe and the key is in florence italygets ton they show up at the opera in addition to his three piece suit he had a count dracula cape. he love to wear the high collard cape city shows up and as late the security guard will not let him in. no way. saw his friend says dean not understand

africa?d anally traditional foreign aid debate whether africa is freestanding and we move on to some new discussion of assistance? acha: i think we are way beyond that. if you look at the last 50 years, foreign relations investment has reached a fast-paced significantly. us mobilizing our own resources. this is relying on foreign aid. livingl of us are still in our memories, those who of us who were on the street. one day china showed up and bought all of the cobalt. you've got one off huge amount of money and agreements coming in. are those agreements wrapped around corruption? are they becoming more arm's-length agreements? acha: they are becoming more arm's-length agreements. i think it is a good thing for the continent to have a lot of partners who are interested in doing business. the reality is we need to be of a two negotiate a much better agreement. to negotiate a much better agreement. tom: where will that be in 10 years? acha: the 40% to 50% range. you are seeing a lot more of these

africa -- 30 oil to selling dirty oil to africa. congo, ghana, the ivory coast. zambia. and they found toxic levels that are illegal in europe. as well as the multinational energy group among the key culprits. saysompany's spokeswoman the report -- adding, -- unable tore they are determine the quality of fuel sold at the pump area >> there is still nothing illegal about thepractices proposed by report. africa has one of the weakest fuel quality standards, which allows on average 200 times the sulfur content of europe's fuels. >> let's get a reminder of our top stories. a fragile cease-fire under threat. there are reports of breaches to the truce in syria. that is a truce set to expire later on today. europe is in a critical situation, so says the german chancellor on: merkel as eu leaders meet for a post brexit summit. and a setback for julian assange, a court in sweden upholds its arrest warrant for the wikileaks founder. assault,used of sexual a charge he is denying. time for a check of the top business news stories. good evening to you. let's start with some news from

and i go with an american to south africa, and they go this is bad. no, this is bad. it's bad for you, and that's all it really needs to be. when people go, "my right are being taken away." "yeah." and i say, "why do you say that?" "because i can't order more food." it's different, it's different, it's different, but it's still valid. we all have our challenge s. >> stephen: you also have a show at the beacon theater here in the new york to the new york comedy festival. what night is that i'm going to be doing stand-up comedy on the fifth of november. that will be fun. >> stephen: you have a full-time job, my friend. and you're a great do you ever think to yourself, on the weekends i'm going to take it easy. >> that's me taking a break. i go i'm so tired i'm going to do some stand-up. >> stephen: thank you for doing that. >> that's my love. >> stephen: thank you for being here. enjoy election. >> you enjoy it. >> stephen: we'll enjoy it together. >> stephen: "new york comedy festival presents trevor noah" is at the beacon theater on november 5. trevor noah, everybody!

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the exhibition goes from 15th-century africa to reconstruction. >> follow my lead. we will keep walking. again, this is a construction site. watch watch you walk -- where you wqalk -- walk. >> watchers that. your step. we will not spend a lot of time in here, but this gallery will look at the slave trade. one of the things you may know about is the fact we have been working for years to find a slave chip -- ship. we found the pieces of a ship that sunk off cape town. we have brought this piece is back. words,ill be art pieces, and we will create spaces like this that will allow you to go in and we will simply have a few artifacts from the ship. in essence, this is where you can go and really emotionally feel the slave trade. you will hear the words of the people describing it. you will be able to understand -- in a way, this space is a way to think about those that were lost and those that survived the middle passage. there are moments throughout the building that would be surprises. they would give you a respite in allow you to reflect on what you have seen. that,

and africa's rhinos hunted to the edge of extinction for their horns. their fate is expected to dominate international talks starting in johannesburg this weekend. we look at the latest efforts to protect these powerful animals. ♪ >> thank you very much for your company. talks in new york aimed at getting the collapsed syrian cease-fire back on track. it has stalled according to reports from reuters. the opposition continue to blame each other for violating terms. it comes as russian warplanes and their syrian counterparts stepped up airstrikes on aleppo in a new offensive to retake the city. france accused syria and its allies to petition the country. reports of casualties flooded. and the white helmets are not safe. reporter: they are usually the ones pulling people from the rebel out of aleppo, but this time the white helmets' rescuers themselves are the targets. bombs hit several of their aid centers. >> we lost all of our equipment and supplies. my belongings are gone. my money, there is nothing left. people are still trapped in the rubble -- there