and ali baba as the group with more money. not to belabor this analogy, but they have been playing moneyball against alibaba and they have been using their position on the mobile device and through messaging and communications to start to win market share in the commerce sector from ali baba. wouldonder how jack ma feel about your comparison. you wrote in your story today that he will be celebrating his 50th birthday on the road during his roadshow. >> absolutely, what a way to celebrate his birthday, right? i hope -- i think he's looking for a gift of a pledge from investors as opposed to a tangible gift. celebrated will be his birthday most likely here in new york. that is the date they will most likely have individual meetings with investors. a big lunch in new york that monday, and then back to boston and his birthday. >> a quick break and then i want situationout this striking a new deal. later, one of the world's most technologically advanced cars, but to buy one would break the bank for most. we sit down with the ceo of

i'm ali velshi in for antonio mora. those and more stories straight ahead. >> the mother of a kidnapped american journalist making a direct plea. >> i ask for justice to be merciful. >> another american journalist spoke out. >> i had no doubt that so much effort was being expended on my behalf. >> in gaza it is quiet after two months of fighting. >> the key to success is stringent honoring of the ceasefire. >> the way do that is to end occupation. >> we want to make ferguson scot-free. >> pull eming ukrainian forces. >> a counteroffensive is likely underway. >> a nine-year-old girl learning to fire an uzi accidentally shot and killed her instruct. >> waiting to take a shower as to not make his teammates uncomfortable. >> things we know about pandas, adorable, love eating bam a into and seek attention. >> we begin with american reports to craft a strategy and an international coalition capable of taking the fight to the islamic state to iraq, against i.s. in iraq to protect a threatened turkmen community. president is al

piper jaffray and bernstein believe aly baba's valuation will be north of $200 billion.euters reports money managers will make room for that 800-pound e-commerce gorel i willa by shares of its compensate to, amazon. meanwhile, yahoo! a major shareholder, could see a boost. aly baba is eyeing a debut here at the new york stock exchange in mid september, following two weeks crisscrossing the globe to meet investors. it will be a milestone for the market, the largest ipo ever in the u.s. both in the technology sector and beyond. for "nightly business report," i'm kayla tausche in new york. >>> our guest tonight says aly baba will be the stock to own in every investor portfolio. she is kathleen smith, ipo fund manager at renaissance capital. cathy, nice to have you here on the set. and you're really not giving to exaggeration in the years i've interviewed you. this is such a bold statement. why do you say alibaba is going to be such a hit? >> it's such a fast growing company and a way to own the digital economy in china. and i think that every portfolio manager is going to t

i am ali she willshi. friday marpingz nine years since the most expensive natural disastner american history, when the largest hurricane ever to make landfall in the united states, hurricane katrina touched down in new orleans. the storm displaced more than a million americans, caused more than $100,000,000,000 in property damage, 1 within 800 lives were lost, including nearly 1600 in louisiana. this just wasn't a natural disaster. it was a tragic failure of leadership at every level of government including femaleas widely crit sided response before and immediately following the storm. >> mess turned into order when our next guest, you see him here, was called in to action to oversee the u.s. military's response. army lieutenant general russell honore is nicknamed the category 5 general for bringing order to the region as the head of the joint task force katrina. retired army lieutenant russell honore joins us from new orleans. general, good to see you. >> hello, ali. >> general, how did you specifically g

jim, good to see you. >> why would they have to sell in order to make room for ali baba? >> ali baba is a big cap name in the technology space and a retail and consumer space so growth managers with a global pan date, many hedge funds managers will want to free up some cash to participate in this deal. it's just a phenomenal company that's really got an entrenched position and, you know, a really mature tier 1 holding for a lot of growth managers. >> right. >> so my belief is that you are going to see other names kind of being arifiesed that create room in a portfolio. >> amazon would be the most likely candidate. you sold eight month ago. it didn't have anything to do with ali baba? have you sold anything based on this thesis? >> of course, you only have to sell a couple days before to free up the cash. because of what they call a t-plus 3 settlement. you know, amazon's situation was one where the street had given jeff besos a pass for a number of quarters. and he missed a football of quarters. that works until it doesn't. so i think the people are kind of concerned abou

ali, as you say, the numbers are very deceptive.hink the justice department wants to put up a big number so it looks like it's being tough on the banks. but as you say $10 billion according to reports is going to be cash. the rest is going to be credit, which the banks get--we discussed this on your show a few weeks ago, and an increasingly i'm hearing from analysts that these credits are kind of a joke. this is stuff the banks have done already. and if they haven't done already its stuff in their interest to do. one of the things that i've reported on at the street, which i think no one is paying attention to, is that the hardest hit states, florida, nevada, arizona, they're getting no cash. zero. new york, on the other hand, and these are states that are still trying to recover from the mortgage crisis. you know, they've still got 30% plus declines in housing prices from the peak. on the other hand, new york, where, you know, home prices have fully recovered from their peaks is getting over $1 billion in cash from not only the jp

ali velshi, "real money," appreciate it, ali. >>> iraq's major political problems, we'll deeg into that next. evidence of war crimes in afghanistan have been ignored by the u.s. military justice system. >> iraq's parliament has elected a new prime minister but outgoing prime minister nouri al-maliki has seemed determined to stay on. fighters are threatening kurdish territory. europeans are slow to get involved. simon mcgregor wood has the story. >> in the face of the islamic state's advance causing outrage across europe. but europe's politician he have haves -- politicians have been slow to respond. in a letter to the european union's commission he says, i would be grateful if you could urgently mobilize the member states and the european institutions. fabius wants eu ministers to meet and start supplying the kurdish the heavy weapons they need. trying to alleviate the humanitarian crisis, prime minister david cameron is still on vacation and has resisted calls to consult parliament. >> we are not consulting parliament until british forces are committed. we're not talking about that her

ali baba is about 80% of online shopping in china.uch of a threat do you think amazon will be? >> almost not at all in the beginning for sure. it's sort of like ali baba coming to the united states, except it's china, it's unclear how they will operate with the free trade zone with a lot of hype around it. doing business in china is a little different than anywhere in the world. so right now ali baba is the dominant player there. they're the amazon of chosen, essentially. they have jd.com, which is another company and a million more behind it. so amazon is not amazon there it's kind of pygmy if you think about it 12k3w4r how much will help amazon? china is the big market. it's where the burdening middle class is happening this is a company coming into its own in terms of digital commerce, everything from car sharing, every single thing that's happening here is happening there. smartphones, apple is doing incredibly well there. you kind of have to be in the chinese market. so the question is, can am sob, will that brand name translate

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aljazeeraljazeera ali velshi, as is "real money." this is "real money." and you are the most important part of the show. so tell me what's on your mind at ali velshi. >>> israel's military obvious in gaza took a pause today with a temporary three day ceasefire taking ahold. israeli troops pulled out for now, and hamas infaxes held off their rocket fire against israel. this laws to begin in cairo. talks brokered by the united states and it's regional allies, and many are cautiously hopeful for an end to the hostilities. 900 palestinians have died in the conflict, most of them civilians, and 67 israelis are dead mostly from the military. meantime, the damage inside of gaza is substantial. with reconstruction for the palestinians running as high as $6 billion. and the united nations puts the number of people displaced by the fighting at 520,000. that's 29% of the population of gaza. palestinians say 100,000 new howing units will need to be built to replace the homes destroyed by the shelling. electricity is being rationed because israel's bombing campaign hi

i'm ali velshi and this is "real money." this is "real money." you are the most important part of the show so i want to know what's on your mind. tweet me@ali velshi. to extend a three day ceasefire in gaza are down to the wire in cairo. israel is sticking to its guns that hamas disarm in gaza. hamas flatly refuses. meanwhile, the hamas maintains, a palestinian proposal to reopen gaza's air and sea ports is being met with absolute silence from the israelis. now, germany france and britain have presented israel with an initiative to rehabilitate gaza under international supervision. reports in the israeli press say that it includes allowing civilian shipping travel into gaza's port but routed through an inspection facility in nearby cypress. that way construction materials can get into gaza but weapons can be blocked. european negotiators insist that isolation of gaza needs to end. mohamed statea is an official with the palestinian council for development and reconstruction. >> there has to be a flow of goods and people between the palestinian ter

"real money with ali velshi," ali velshi is next. [♪ music ] >> the jobs market is on a winning streaksixth straight months of 200,000 plus jobs being created, the unemployment rate actually picked up in july, but i'll tell you why that's good news. plus no more salary secrets. imagine working for a cop where you know how much money all of your colleagues make. and standing up for the boss. a group of workers walk off the job after the ceo is fired. talk about bizarro world, i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money." >> this is real money and you are the most important part of the show. tell me what is on your mind by tweeting me at ali velshi. americans and employers extended the hiring spree in july adding 209,000 net new jobs to the economy. that is according to the newest jobs report that came out earlier today. although july's gains actually dipped compared to the gang buster gains we've seen in previous months we've seen an average of 244,000 new jobs every month for the next past six months. that's good news but we want to see higher average monthly job gains because we're greedy

tell me what's on your mind by tweeting me@ali velshi or are aljazeera.com@ali velshi. recep tayyip erdogan won 52% of the vote in turkey's first presidential election, first one. it's the kind of mandate a leader needs to use outsized ambitions for his country. a key member of nato with military installations facing russia and ukraine on the black sea, turkey has given support to syrian rebels who are fighting to unseat syrian president bashar al-assad and in iraq erdogan reversed years of turkish opposition to kurdish automatic in the northern regions and boosted connection with appliance. turkey's military alliance with israel, calling to block israel's blockade of palestinians in gaza. as turkey's new president, erdogan will no doubt seek to expand his role in the world. but turkey's presidents have only played a symbolic role, but now with the popular vote sealing his legitimacy, erdogan wants to change all of that. he has already changed so much in turkey during his three terms as prime minister he managed to sideline turkey's generals who plodded the overthrow of

"real money"'s ali velshi joins us. take a moment and tell us about the social and economic fabric of ferguson. >> it's an interesting place, blue collar, 21,000, one in five living below the poverty line, higher than the missouri state average of the ferguson was hard hit by the recession in terms of employment and real estate. the market is struggling to recover. half of the city's home openers own more on the houses -- owners own more on the houses than they are worth, we call it under water. it's doubt for the metropolitan area. there has been a shift in the racial make up. it was late to the white flight situation. over half of ferguson's population was black. 10 years later it was up to two-thirds. it's a city about 67% african-american. ferguson is that type much story, the story of a town that was more racially balanced, now mostly african american. >> what has the city down, if anything. i am sure it has attempted to address this, to deal with the issues. >> it was a former industrial - it was a formerly an ind

ali, the o. that the corporate tax rate is too high simply doesn't stand up to the evidence because belgium's tax rate is 34%, almost the exact same as the united states, we've got companies incidentally, companies owned by the same shareholders a 3 g. theit's not the tax rate but how we tax corporate business in this country. >> what a good discussion and thank you for clarifying that. professor at the university of illinois at urbna champaign. the. >>> in ferguson, missouri, the majority of residents are black. the majority of voters are white. why are african-american voters staying away from the polls? >>> and in gaza and israel, a tenuous cease-fire takes hold. this is the last time u.n. plans to foot the bill. >> even before gaza's latest violence the palestinian enclave suffered from unemployment in excess of 40%. 70% of its citizens already relied on some form of humanitarian aid and that was before the damage rocked by a 50 day military offensive that left scores dead and it's infrastruc

i'm ali velshi and this is "real money." this is "real money," and you are the most important part of the show. tweet me at ali velshi or hit me up on facebook.com. >>> violence between israelis and palestinians is stunning in cairo. reports of rocket fire out of gaza hitting central and southern israel broke a week along truce of fighting. it targeted tel aviv's international airport and israel has been hitting back with airstrikes throughout the gaza strip. palestinians said two were killed and more than 20 wounded in separate attacks. today's violence broke out hours before the latest ceasefire on the ground was due to ex fire. a blow to the egyptian efforts to mediate a longer truce between both sides. what's there, with the renewed violence flaring up today, a long-term truce, fears that it will break down completely in cairo. and for now, they're suspended. israel has left cairo and they're not continuing the negotiations, but israel has insisted on dismantling hamas, and palestinians are demanding that israel lifts it

ali velshi, "real money" at 7 and at 10. al jazeera america - great to see you, thank you. >>> it is official, burger king has reached a deal to buy canadian doughnut coffee chain tim horton's. we found out all we wanted to know about tim horton's from ali yesterday. the nearly $11 billion deal with create the third-largest company. burger king will move its headquarters to canada. that's a bone of cop tension - it will lower taxes. >>> the middle east looks different than it did a few short years ago. next, how everything from the islamic state to the fall of muammar gaddafi is reshaping the region, and how the u.s. has responded. >>> the islamic state group self-declared caliphate poses a set of problems for the u.s. and its allies. the group has been able to take advantage of the embattled government, syria, iraq, ignoring borders. u.s. policy makesers are forced to reevalues positions in order to help allies, and protect american interests. a lot there, right. joining me is a digital international editor greg myery, and

i'm ali velshi. this is "real money." >> this is "real money," you are the most important part of the show. tweet me are @ali velshi or. >> an unarmed black teenager named michael brown was shot by a white police officer last saturday night. in a community whose population is two-thirds black. the police have not released the name of the officer that shot the 18-year-old. but have used tear gas and rubber bullets against protesters, know the last four nights. some protesters have thrown molotov coc cocktails and rockst them. bringing the attention of a blue collar town fear st. louis, mrpz. emerson electric applies workers worldwide. express scripts, the manager of pharmacy benefits. today ferguson's form err rail depot is hoame home of a redevet effort. local officials have reacted, oveoverreacted to the protest. diane eastabrook is there. diane, we hear the mayor has pulled the local police out and replaced them with highway patrol. what is going on in the streets around you? >> he is calling in th

so ben ali, mubarak and all of these guys played this game be.nd so the young women activists who became involved in these revolutions, of course, didn't buy that line. and they had nothing but contempt for the first ladies' fashionses and their lack of interest in ordinary people. in fact, when the younger son of hosni mubarak who was being groomed to take over after him was a notorious playboy and very she-she, and he, you know, in order to have a political career, he had to get married. but the woman that he married, you know, the pictures that came out made her look like a socialite and, of course, they were always have have these events at the sheraton and so forth. the run-up to their marriage, the youth bloggers mounted this campaign. their campaign slogan was hadiga, yes; egypt, no. what kamal can have. [laughter] and they even announced that they wanted to have wedding party, blogging wedding parties for this because it was their way of saying so long, gamal. but the young women pioneered in a number of ways. they were protesting politic

look who ali baba is modeling themselves after, softbank.hen soft bank made all the investments in the united states in the late 1990's,, yahoo!, e*trade, they were the gateway to japan and asia. so that is how yahoo! japan got so big. so i do think, i am not sure that it alibaba were to make investment in a media company, which i doubt they would do, that those companies would have a chance to be successful. there are things that china will not allow to happen. but i am sure the part of all aba'saw --aalibala argument is that we have the connections and we can get you into asia. >> is a crazy to think that alibaba could be in a position after the ipo to just buy yahoo!? position toa buy it now. i would think it is more likely to be softbank, because softbank has more of a vested interest to get a bigger ownership in yahoo! buyinghan alibaba has in what is left of its shares. that ship has sailed, but it is a possibility. after ali baba goes public, the story will be more interesting. >> as a ceo at chegg, you did an acquisition of an online

i'm ali velshi and this is "real money." >> this is real money. you're the most important part of the show. hit me up at facebook.com/ali velshi. we'll have more on the huge bank of america settlement. who gets that money? will average homeowners see any of it? that's later. but first the crisis in ukraine is heating up to a boiling point again. today n.a.t.o. sounded the alarm. 20,000 russian troops who deployed along eastern border. troops who say troops could cross over ukraine to shore up russian rebels any time. with artillery and airstrikes that's the conflict going on there. but there are things heating up. did moscow authorize ban imports. this is a low cost way for russia to hit the united states and european union countries over sanctions. russia isn't ready for the big thing, to cut off natural gas supply to europe in retaliation. in a minute we'll discuss why. this means russia's new sanctions on the west likely won't have a the same bite. russian economy teetering on the brink of recession. it had zero percent economic growth since ru

i'm ali velshi. thank you for joining us. br why ♪ >> announcer: this is al jazeera. ♪ hello, welcome to the news hour, live from headquarters in doha and at least one palestinian child killed by new air strikes on gaza. cairo talks about the long-term truth in gaza has also failed. the world health organization declares west africa ebola outbreak an international health emergency. >> today america is coming to help. >> reporter:

it could protect workers in the hot zone and ali gorman is at the big board to explain. >> reporter: this comes as the ebola outbreak continues to escalate. there are 3,000 cases reported in four african countries, the world health organization says that number could hit 20,000, and the death rate is at 52%. the nih will test an experimental vaccine on a small group of healthy people in maryland, a phase one trial, to see if the vaccine is safe and affective, it was made by scientists at glaxo smith klein. and that is not a live vaccine, there is no way that someone could get ebola from the vaccine, it did work well in primates but it's too soon to tell if it will work in humans. >> in other news, an ohio boy that underwent a button battery has undergone another operation to rebuild his throat. emet took the battery out of a remote control of his parent's home and it was not discovered until two days later until he was very sick. >> the x-ray was taken and they could see the button battery in his esophagus. surgeons rebuilt his esophagus with parts of his colon and his parents are ou

ali? >> unlike many in washington, i am not concerned that you have someone here who lies and is deceptive and makes promises that the person is not ready to keep. i think there are three different approaches in iran but -- when it comes to the nuclear issue. all of them strategically agreed that a nuclear bomb rouhani is desirable. all of them strategically agree that a nuclear bomb is desirable. mr. rouhani believes that, so does the supreme leader. they believe god is on their side. each group has used different tactics. mr. rouhani's goal is longer-term, they believe right now iran is on the verge of bankruptcy and sanction relief is needed to keep the system afloat. on the other hand, you have the revolutionary guard. the revolutionary guard wants to get the bomb as fast as possible. they believe fundamentally it would end like pakistan's nuclear bomb, iran would be forgiven and sanctions would be beoved because i run would -- i ran would be a a nuclear armed state. no one would like

did he start ali baba?uch has he made over the course of the history? this has been a short period of time. >> incredible, 1999. the size and scope of ali baba today is incredible. they are just over sort of 15 years. >> how does he compare with some of his peers? richestina, the three people are all tech billionaires. jack ma is number one. in china, it is all competitive at the top among the tech fortunes. at $21 billion, he is ahead of people like steve ballmer. >> some fairly aggressive numbers. how does this kind of wealth work in china? weird question, but in the united states, this is a sort of economic hierarchy. how do these guys fit into china? parthey perceived as being of the system or are they now above? do they give back money, is there a philanthropic element? this is a huge amount of cash. i like to think they are all pretty widely celebrated in that country. it all ties into the growth of china as the world's second-biggest economy. is a sector they are very proud of. >> we will leave it th

one, it he had indicates and trains people to think and it's a cliche, ali to think outside the box. the individual gets a big benefit. unemployment rate is lower. salaries are higher, tut opportunities are broader. but society gets an advantage as well because of innovation and citizenry. >> is there a point at which this is it worth it equation starts to change? can education be too expensive? >> i am very worried about that. i am extremely worried about that. a couple of recent studies have come out. i know you are aware of them, that have shown this very, very substantial change in life-long, not only employability but the amount of money made. so, it's definitely worth going through the trip. >> doesn't mean that the trip has not become too expensive. it has become too expensive. now, for schools that have substantial resources like cornell and many other schools that have endowments, it's possible for us to help a lot of the families in america because of very substantial financial aid. >> that's the so-called hi high-price, high-aid model, high-tuition model. for those familie

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and from new york, a correspondent for al jazeera america real money with ali velshi. let me start with you. since is you have seen fit the inside. tell the people who are watch withing why it is that tuitions have risen so fast. what is driving those costs. >> well, as in your set up piece, the biggest single factor increasing student tuition rates at public university is the decline in state support for those universities. in fact. a major way the university has to make up for that, is to increase the tuition, now, at the same time they are most universities are getting more and more sensitive to the impact this has on students and so they will often have a skull min nation of an increase in tuition, and a some form of cuts within the university to try to decrease overall expenses. >> were there no other choices as add inning stray tors like jouster look t a what can be done to economize what can go first. was tuition really the only fall back position for closing what could be a budget deficit? is. >> there are -- >> it depends on the magnitude of the deficit there

our staff members on the team eric who is our program manager and working closely with the command aly and tyler is our new policy director joining us from washington, d.c. doing a great job and they are here and they will be the ones bugging you next year and on and on and on and i want to promise you we will stay engaged and thank you very much. >> safe travels. >> good evening commissioners my name is nicole schneider i definitely want to echo lea's comments i think we've made a ton of progress and we're all headed in the right direction and i want to thank the commissioner's office for her leadership on this. when someone says accident in his presence it's actually one of the things that i reflect on or think you know when we've made progress this is one symbol that we've really made progress and of course commander aly and captain for your commitment and ongoing dedication to this right now we can get caught up in the data but when we take a step back, these are real people, innocent people that are losing their lives and we know these are preventible deaths. while we can stand he

good to he into you, ali.u were growing up i bet you didn't think canada was a tax haven, but sure enough. burger king things it can make more, pay less, and i understand that they have a respond to their share shoulders maximize their earnings, but at the same time, this exposes a really serious issue and that his thats the inability for congress to get together on tax reform. and we'll probably see more things like. >> president obama has asked dong make it hard ore these companies. the possibly, more logical, but much harder solution would be as you say comprehensive tax reform. that's something that both democrats and republicans will tell you is necessary but i have a, did you know, a burger in one hand and a coffee in the other hands and i am not even sure we can get democrats and be republican to his agree that's the case. >> these for sure. some will move in september in the senate to try to pass something to curb these deals, it will never move in the house it's dead in the house, so the real focus fo

i'm ali velshi, and this is "real money." ♪ >>> this is "real money." are the most important part of the show, tell me what is on your mind by tweeting me or hitting me up on facebook. tensions in ferguson missouri appear to be calming tonight. that after two nights of cr-- kr few. two people were rounded from gunshots as the police used tear gas to disperse crowds. a grand jury has convened to consider criminal charges relating to the shooting death of 18-year-old michael brown. he is the young african american who was fatally shot by a white police officer one week ago. his death is what set off a week of sometimes violent protests in the town. it -- the issue is race and economic activetive in the area. according to the census bureau numbers, the city's unemployment rate rose from less than 5% in 2000 to 13% in 2012. now for those who were employed, average earnings adjusted for inflation fell by a third and neighborhoods there now have poverty rates at or above 20%. now this is important. 20% is the threshold at which the negative effects of concent

tell me what's on your mind by tweet me or hit me up at facebook.com look lash ali,/ali.r the weekends he won 52% of the vote in turkey's first popular presidential election. the first one. it's just the kind of mandate a leader needs to proceed would outsidessed ambitions for husband country. turkey is already a major player in the world's current hotspots. a key member of nato, with military installations facing russia and ukraine on the black sea, turkey has given support some syrian rebels who are fighting to uneat syrian president bashar al-assad. and in iraq, he reversed years of turkish opposition to kurdish autonomy to the northern regions and boosted oil trade using turkey's pipe lines, further, he solidified turkey's a lines with israel. calling on other country to his blake the black indicate on gaza. as the new president, he will seek to expand his country's role in the world. traditionally, turkish presidents have only played a a symbolic role with real power in the prime minister, which was his role. now with a popular vote sealing his legitimacy, he wants t

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in--hmm, do we have ali? is it a merit of cueing it up? should we? okay. ali's "real money" top of the hour. that's 4:00 pacific right here on al jazeera america. coming up on the program, a bill to help sexual assault by defining when yes means yes instead of when no means no. and president obama said he could use executive orders it in immigration reform and how republicans are trying to shut down that option. >> aedal judge h thrown out new abortion restrictions at issue a sweeping anti-abortion bill signed by the state's governor that required clinics to have hospital-operating level standards by monday, september 1st. that would have left seven places in texas for women to get an abortion down from 19. >>> in power politics there are 67 days left before the midterm election and it's clear that airstrikes in iraq and possibly syria are not going to be an issue. >> mitch mcconnell said that congress will support the obama administration should the president choose to attack the islamic state group in syria

ali, let me start with you -- what is your sense of what is going on in iran right now? people think it's wonderful we have rohani who is president and he is making things much better. he is a reformer and people think the 2009 uprising is over and are satisfied with the dish with what is going on. are they supportive of iran's nuclear weapons program? what do we know and what don't we know? >> first of all, when it comes to the source of our information, we need to remember that iran is not like north korea. iran is a country where the censorship is at play with the press. however, if you are an iranian specialist, you have the opportunity to get information through different media in spite of the fact that all the media is censored by the government. particularly if we look at the smaller circulation magazines and journals and a special economic newspapers, iran is just like america in that sense. most people do not read economic newspapers. what do you do? as an iran expert, the first thing is to read economic newspapers in order to get the information. what you also

ali, the o. that the corporate tax rate is too high simply doesn't stand up to the evidence because belgium's tax rate is 34%, almost the exact same as the united states, we've got companies incidentally, companies owned by the same shareholders as 3 g. the it's not the tax rate but how we tax corporate business in this country. >> what a good discussion and thank you for clarifying that. professor at the university of illinois at urb na champaign. the. >>> in ferguson, missouri, the majority of residents are black. the majority of voters are white. why are african-american voters staying away from the polls? >>> and in gaza and israel, a tenuous cease-fire takes hold. this is the last time u.n. plans to foot the bill. >> an eye opening america tonight special report. >> have you ever seen anybody get shot? >> one year later, correspondent christof putzel returns to the streets of chicago. >> i don't like walk out no more... >> why is that? >> a lot of shooting and stuff... >> a community still s

look who ali baba is modeling themselves after, softbank. when they made all of those investments in the u.s. many years ago in the late 1990's, yahoo!, e*trade, they were the gateway to japan and asia. that is how yahoo! japan got so big. , if alibaba were to make an investment in a media company, which i doubt they would do, that those companies could be successful in china. there are some things that china will not allow to happen. i ensure sure part of their argument with people is we have the connections and distribution, we can ring you into asia. i'm certain that is a large part of the dialogue going on. >> is it crazy to think that alibaba could be in a position, after its ipo, to buy yahoo!? >> it is in that position now. i believe it's -- if it is going to be a transaction, it is more likely to be softbank because they have more of an interest in owning yahoo! to get back a greater percentage of ownership babahoo! japan, van ali does in buying the rest of the shares. i think that ship has sailed. public, theba goes story will be mo