aaron hassell hirst tells the story of this million—dollar idea. it is plastic!ven in this. but who first made it? well, go back to the early 20th century. companies we re to the early 20th century. companies were using this. it is a resin to insulated electric wires. but he was the problem. because it came from far—flung forests, it was very expensive. to enter this work, the opaque lend, he was looking for something cheaper. in 1907 he extra did a chemicalfrom coal, it was mouldable at tough. he called it back light and used it to make early telephones, radios and cameras. in the 1930s, all types of plastic followed. polystyrene, polyester, pvc. nowadays, the world churns out re-35,000,000 pvc. nowadays, the world churns out re—35,000,000 tons of plastic every yea rs. re—35,000,000 tons of plastic every years. earning the makers half $1 trillion. but tragically, every year, 30 million tons of the stuff ends up in our seas. but don't worry, all this plastic, it would be composed in about 1000 years. here isa composed in about 1000 years. here is a quick look at

christel aranda—hassel, chief european economist at mizuho international, joins me now. i mentioned at the beginning of the programme her statement, looking for the uk to overta ke statement, looking for the uk to overtake the us as the biggest g7 invest in africa by 2022, how is she going to make it happen?m invest in africa by 2022, how is she going to make it happen? it is hard to say because the uk is engaged in negotiating the exit deal with the eu. it is clear that she is trying to open other fronts just in case you know you need to start finding ventures. this is the whole point of the brexiteers' argument that when we leave the eu the uk is free to negotiate directly with countries like south africa. she is also going to kenya and nigeria. to what extent will she have that freedom? we don't really know that yet because we don't know what the deal is with the eu. to what extent is the market waiting for the likes of the uk? absolutely. we don't know what type of deal you have with the eu. one of the things i want to point out is that while it sounds very good to o

you have decided because of an egodriven mass, make the company go through the hassel and you may succeed, maybe not. why not make individual products the way other industries do it. netflix makes amazingly innovative programming and they do it on a budget, with a discipline. >> a studio relationship. isn't that what all turtles is? >> that's our hypothesis. we are saying you don't have to make a company to make a product. >> you have to pick the right company, if you pick ge and they are telling you what to do, you want somebody that is going to say hands off, i'll handle the debt, the hr, you make the product. >> we are trying to style ourselves after pixar and netflix and these modern hollywood studios that do production and distribution that managed to have innovative process and do it in a rigorous way. >> we have a minute left. you were on a couple years ago. we have a picture of you on a couple years ago. you are a handsome man, you know? no, we all age, right? you look -- my point is, you look great. the answer, apparently is that you don't eat at all. you fast. >> i age in revers

new revelations have emerged on cia director gina hassels past and volman in the torture of terror suspects the files were released by the national security archive and date back to two thousand and two when housefull ran a secret cia detention center in thailand they described torture ascensions run by a psychologist working as contractors for the cia techniques range from physical abuse and psychological harassment to isolation and boxes. vetoes included but it confinement of machinery in the large ball forced nudity adjusting his shackles and slamming him against the. interrogators covered the subject's head with a good. many shaky and. repeated. interrogators we're going to get the truth out of the subject eventually. these are the details on the interrogation of an al qaeda terrorist captured in two thousand and two he spent four years in cia black sites including the one in thailand under gina housefull as watch he was subsequently transferred to guantanamo bay where he is till now his case was highlighted back in two thousand and fourteen by the senate intelligence committee they rel

new revelations have emerged on syria director gina hassels past involvement in the torture of terror suspects the files were released by the national security archive and date back to two thousand and two when haskell ran a secret cia detention center in thailand they described torture sessions run by psychologist working as contractors for the cia techniques range from physical abuse and psychological harassment to isolation and boxes. the joes included hooded confinement of machinery in the large box forced nudity adjusting his shackles and slamming him against the wall and kind of interrogators covered the subjects head with the hoods and left him on the wall to. shaking and asking god to help him repeatedly. interrogators were going to get the truth out of the subject eventually . these are the details on the interrogation of an al qaeda terrorists captured in two thousand and two he spent four years in cia black sites including the one in thailand under gina house watch he was subsequently transferred to guantanamo bay where he is now his case was highlighted back in two thousan

it was hassel free and allowed us to do it in half the time. >> one thing that helped me is the work.e's interviewed different founders and sass businesses. it's about metrics and could be about business planning. it's different than other companies in a consumer base. that helped. >> i love to use sero for bookkeeping needs. they are cheap, 30 bucks a month. they spent two hours helping me set up my account. so much easier than quick books. >> start up has been great. it allows us to put our plan online, reach out to investors and allow them to see us and tell us how they are doing. if they are interested in investing in the company, reach out. it's great to have everything consolidated. it helps when they say, can i see your pitch deck and all they have is a mobile phone. sometimes you don't have a computer with you and everybody has their iphone with them. it helps a lot with that. >>> i'm here with this week's elevator pitcher, trevor, who is here to tell our panelist about a great service called -- >> free your arm. >> free your arm. you have props with you. i'm going to let dwro

thousand and two he spent four years and cia black sites including the one in thailand under gina hassels watch he was subsequently transferred to guantanamo bay where he is now his case was highlighted back in two thousand and fourteen by the senate intelligence committee the committee released a report saying interrogators had obtained no useful information from him however when questioned by the senate before taking office housefull insisted that intelligence gained from al qaeda suspects had proved vital the president has asserted that torture works do you agree with that statement. senator i i don't believe that torture works i believe as many people directors who have sat in this chair before me that valuable information was obtained from senior al qaeda operatives that allowed us to defend this country and prevent another attack former cia officer ray mcgovern says war crimes were perpetrated at that black site in thailand. gina has phil was not was playing fast and loose with the truth at her hearing and she was allowed to do that if she was allowed to classify the derogatory info

center for helping us organize not just this talk but the entire series and our colleague doctor hassellnot sure. and some other people at the library of congress for these wonderful surroundings, but last weekend this week but a reminder, next week and the subsequent ones we are going to be around the corner . i want to thank c-span and voice of america for predicting what happens here a wider audience including in asia, i very much appreciate that. we couldn't do any of this without my colleague lauren bouchard who takescare of all of us . and i want to thank you for joining us and for meeting us around the corner next week, thank you again. >> both house and senate return for legislative work on tuesday. and house members returned from their summer district work., they're expected to consider bills on loan debt counseling, exporting liquid natural gas and their swear in a new member, troy balderson who won the special election or ohio's wealth district. in the senate lawmakers continue work on nominations with quotes for securities and exchange commission members and several us distri

who wrote, including the important historians, william dunning of columbia university, william he hassel ting who wrote about grant were horrified by reconstruction and it must be said, the larger gilded age. those are two periods which are very unpopular in just our -- american historical memory. and tainted by failure. most of these historians were driven by the idea that grant was a puppet of the radical republicans. his goal throughout his two administrations, 1868 to 1876, was to punish the south and impose military rule, setting back reconciliation and reunion by several decades, at least. recently, this interpretation is changing and especially today, it's in regard to grant's record as a champion of civil rights. and that has -- that has deep roots in the late 20th century. it's coming strongly now, the latest presidential poll, i studied all of them where grant was at the very beginning in 1948. he was 48 out of 49 presidents and now he's shot up to the middle. not as far as eisenhower, however. but i think a bigger evaluation is looming and my current project looks at grant as