liu's freedom. as we stand here today, we don't know if xi is going to allow dro live out his last days in peace, and to receive the nobel peace prize that he was so justly rewarded. if xi does the right thing, we can all commend that action, but if not, i am announcing my intention to continue to press this bill, to seek its passage again in this congress, just as the senate passed it in the prior congress, i intend to press forward and seek passage of this bill, and if dr. liu is not released, if he dies in china still under their oppression, i intend to continue to fight until the day when the street is named in front of the embassy and the chinese communists can bow their heads in shame at their injustice. if they don't want to be publicly shamed, there is an easy path. don't commit shameful acts. truth has power. sunshine and light has power. and so i urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, republican and democrat, if there is an issue that should unite us all, it is that a nobel peace l

he is the lawyer who provided legal counsel both to liu xiaobo and his wife, liu xia. heard by the world since he was sentenced to prison. i began working on his behalf in may of 2010, and a few months later i spoke to him about what might happen if he won the nobel peace prize. his wife decided to stay in china with her husband. from the moment he won the prize the security cord and came down around her, and she has spent the last seven years under house arrest without charge or trial, cut off from the outside world. —— security cordon. the last few weeks have been no different. neither of them were able to see family friends who wanted to save their farewells. there was even a chinese security guard in their hospital room, 21w. they couldn't even have privacy as husband and wife before he died. it was absolutely terrible and tragic. there have been calls to lifts at —— lift restrictions on his wife. she has been subject to surveillance which is said to be so suffocating that she has mental and physical ill—health. is this where your focus will turn, to her? absolutel

here's a look back now at liu xiaobo's life and legacy. reporter: for 3 decades, this mild-mannered man of words let the struggle for human rights in the face of the mighty chinese state. it was amid the brutal crackdown on tiananmen square in 1989 that liu xiaobo turn from academic to activist he was one of the thousands of young people demanding democracy. he was imprisoned and stripped of his teaching position but undeterred. in the mid-1990's, liu was sentenced to time in a reeducation camp, for he met his second wife and soulmate. if anything, his insect -- if his incarceration served only to embolden him. a prolific writer, liu xiaobo spent time between prison terms producing a series of books that extol the virtues of democracy, human rights, and free speech. but it was a manifesto for democracy called "charter 08" to lead to his longest and harshest punishment. outside china, his work was honored on the international stage. >> the committee has decided to award the nobel peace prize to liu xiaobo. reporter: liu was not allowed out

liu xiaobo in happier times. and liu xiaobo last week.d with his wife only at the end and still under the watchful eye of the state. two foreign dog as were allowed to visit his bedside. the pictures released abroad to support the government ‘s claim that it had done what it could. —— doctors. along with videos. he was denied his dying wish to leave china. we have been through these kind of cases, one after another, but they still come as a big shock not only because i know him but also because he has been such a symbol for china's human rights or democratic movement. liu xiaobo's cause was set in 1989 at the tiananmen square protest. he tried to secure students safe passage out. before the army moved in to kill unknown numbers. many gave up but he stood firm. in an out ofjail gave up but he stood firm. in an out of jail for gave up but he stood firm. in an out ofjailfor demanding gave up but he stood firm. in an out ofjail for demanding political freedoms. translation: is a survivor of the tiananmen square democracy movement, ifeel i hav

more on liu xiaobo in a moment.the iraqi prime minister, haider al—abadi, has formally declared victory in the battle to liberate the northern city of mosul from the islamic state group. mr abadi said he was consigning is to the dustbin of history though coalition forces warn there's still a way to go. hopefully we will hear from their top american general in iraq a little later on who confirmed that there was still some way to go and challenges lie ahead. they do feel they make significant gains in the city. also making news this hour — president trump's eldest son has admitted meeting a russian lawyer, who said she had damaging material about hillary clinton. it's being seen as the first concrete evidence of the president's inner circle talking directly to people linked to the kremlin. but donald trump junior tweeted it was normal to receive information about a political opponent. an investigation into allegations of money laundering by the pakistani prime minister, nawaz sharif, has found a significant disparity

liu xiabao isa international community. liu xiabao is a symbol of the democracy movement in china.t recognition from the international community. so the chinese communists tried to do everything to minimise his influence. you and other people are trying to lobby various western governments to put more pressure on china. what is the current status of this? according to the doctors' joint statement, liu xiabao expressed his options for medical treatment in germany or us. it is possible for him to have a medical evacuation. this is important. the us government engaged at the highest level with china to try to get him to come out of china as soon as possible. i still have hope. you are hoping that beijing will allow liu xiabao to travel. if you take a closer look at it, for beijing to allow liu xiabao to travel it could put china and its leadership in a more favourable standing with the international community.” more favourable standing with the international community. i think allowing liu xiabao to leave china will improve the image of china, not harm it. i hope the leader of china w

and she would hope for a sign of humanity for liu xiaobo and his family.ong on monday, pro—democracy campaigners held a sit—in demonstration outside the chinese liaison office to demand the release of liu xiaobo. they say there is still time to for treatment abroad. we feel very sad and very angry and when we see such a respected intellectual like liu xiaobo is being... subjected to such degrading, inhuman treatment. that's not how they see things in china. beijing says simply it's no—one else‘s business. translation: we have answered several times. china is a country under the rule of law and everyone is equal under the rule of law. we hope other countries and respect our judicial sovereignty and not use individual cases to interfere with china's internal affairs. friends of liu xiaobo have been able to visit him in his final days but it seems there's little chance his wish to spend his final days abroad will be granted. julia mcpharlin, bbc news. more of that later in the programme. our other top story and the iraqi prime minister haider al—abadi has for

juliana liu joins us from hong kong.on china, is this likely to have any effect on them? well, rico, there have been sporadic protests in hong kong in support of liu xiaobo for weeks now, including during the visit of chinese president xi jingping, including during the visit of chinese president xijingping, fact as soon as he got off his plane and touched down in hong kong, a local reporter shouted a question at him that he ignored and at the moment there are that he ignored and at the moment there a re protests that he ignored and at the moment there are protests in front of the beijing the asia on office in hong kong. these protests are in addition to the over matic efforts by the us and germany for china to allow liu xiaobo to leave the country to seek treatment —— per matic efforts. but china has rebuffed this chinese pressure so far. all of this is reported very much in the hong kong press. let me show you some newspapers, this is the main pro—democracy broadsheet newspaper, the apple daily, there's the iconic photo

mr liu's wife, liu xia, has been under house arrest since her husband won the nobel prize in 2010.th has deteriorated, and officials suggested she was now a free woman. but that claim has yet to be tested. liu xiaobo was given a nobel award after being jailed for calling for political change in china. in prison, little was heard of him. then suddenly, a few weeks ago, the authorities announced he was receiving treatment for liver cancer. china's leaders despised liu xiaobo and what he stood for in life. they tried to control the manner of his death. but a nobel peace prize brings worldwide recognition, and so even china had no choice but to honour his passing. elon musk has warned that the development of artificial intelligence has become the greatest risk to humans and —— civilisation. he has warned that we must start taking the threat seriously. he's hardly a man you could accuse of being afraid of technology. in future, elon musk wants to develop rockets to send people to mars. in the present, he is pioneering d riverless the present, he is pioneering driverless cars. but at a g

mr liu's wife, liu xia, has been under house arrest since her husband won the nobel prize in 2010. deteriorated, and officials suggested she was now a free woman. but that claim has yet to be tested. liu xiaobo was given a nobel award after being jailed for calling for political change in china. in prison, little was heard of him. then suddenly, a few weeks ago, the authorities announced he was receiving treatment for liver cancer. china's leaders despised liu xiaobo and what he stood for in life. they tried to control the manner of his death. but a nobel peace prize brings worldwide recognition, and so even china had no choice but to honour his passing. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: getting down and dirty — 4,000 people take part in the annual shanghai mud—run. the flamboyant italian fashion designer gianni versace has been shot dead in florida. the multi—millionaire was gunned down outside his home in the exclusive south beach district of miami. emergency services across central europe are stepping up their efforts to contain the worse floods this century. nearly 100 p

mr liu 's nowhere to go to remember him?e has been under house arrest since her husband won the nobel prize in 2010. her mental health has deteriorated, and officials suggested she was now every woman. but that claim has yet to be tested. liu xiaobo was given a nobel award after being jailed for calling for political change in china. in prison, little was heard of him. then suddenly, a few weeks ago, the authorities announced he was receiving treatment for liver cancer. china's leaders despised liu xiaobo and what he stood for in life. they tried to control the manner of his death. 0ther nobel peace prize brings worldwide recognition, and so even china had no choice but to honour his passing. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news: israel says it will reopen the sensitive holy site in jerusalem on sunday. the compound known tojews as the temple mount and to muslims as haram al—sharif mosque was closed after two israeli police officers were shot dead on friday by three israeli—arab gunmen, who were cha

mr liu's wife, liu xia, has been under house arrest since her husband won the nobel prize in 2010.l health has deteriorated, and officials suggested she was now a free woman. but that claim has yet to be tested. liu xiaobo was given a nobel award after being jailed for calling for political change in china. in prison, little was heard of him. then suddenly, a few weeks ago, the authorities announced he was receiving treatment for liver cancer. china's leaders despised liu xiaobo and what he stood for in life. they tried to control the manner of his death. but a nobel peace prize brings worldwide recognition, and so even china had no choice but to honour his passing. tributes have been made to the world—renowned iranian mathematician, maryam mirzakhani, who has died of cancer in the united states. the ao—year—old was the first woman to win the prestigious fields medal, regarded as the equivalent of the nobel prize for mathematics. while there's been much praise for her work, there's been some anger on social media at the way official media outlets have avoided showing images of her

liu xiaobo in happier times. and liu xiaobo last week. reunited with his wife only at the end.ll under the watchful eye of the state. two foreign doctors were allowed to visit his bedside. the pictures released abroad to support the government's claim that it had done what it could. along with videos to deflect the charge that his cancer was neglected until too late. but he was denied his dying wish to leave china. we have been through these kind of cases one after another, but it has still come as a big shock. because, not only because i know him, but also because he has been such a symbol for china's human rights or democratic movement. liu xiaobo's course was set in 1989. the tiananmen square democracy protests. he tried to secure students safe passage out. before the army moved into kill unknown numbers. many gave up, but he stood firm. in and out ofjail for demanding political freedoms. translation: as a survivor of the tiananmen square democracy movement, ifeel i have a duty to uphold justice for those who died in that event. in 2010, he won the nobel peace prize, but he

liu xiaobo in happier times. and liu xiaobo last week. reunited with his wife only at the end.wo foreign doctors were allowed to visit his bedside. the pictures released abroad to support the government's claim that it had done what it could. along with videos to deflect the charge that his cancer was neglected until too late. but he was denied his dying wish — to leave china. we have been through these kind of cases one after another, but it has still come as a big shock. because, not only because i know him, but also because he has been such a symbol for china's human rights, or democratic movement. liu xiaobo's course was set in 1989. the tiananmen square democracy protests. he tried to secure students safe passage out. before the army moved in to kill unknown numbers. many gave up, but he stood firm. in and out ofjail, for demanding political freedoms. translation: as a survivor of the tiananmen square democracy movement, ifeel i have a duty to uphold justice for those who died in that event. in 2010 he won the nobel peace prize, but he was back in prison for subversion. "e

now that the noble piece prize winner, liu xiaobo, has passed away, we have moved on to liu xia.n called on to give liu xia herfreedom. this has been called on to give liu xia her freedom. this poses has been called on to give liu xia herfreedom. this poses a problem for china. why is that? that is because the chinese government has a lwa ys because the chinese government has always said to the west regarding liu xiaobo, stay out of our internal affairs, because he was guilty of a crime, trying to essentially overthrow the government. you might not like that law, but he was guilty of it. when it comes to liu xia, she has not been found guilty of anything, yet she has been held for yea rs anything, yet she has been held for years under house arrest. the government will have to come up with some answers too quickly. that is as the pressure builds for her to be released. people have called for her to have her freedom, released. people have called for her to have herfreedom, but now released. people have called for her to have her freedom, but now that her husband, the winner of the

wife, liu xia. remains under house arrest and calls for her release-- including from the secretary of state-- have so far gone unheeded. for the pbs newshour, i'm william brangham. >> woodruff: stay with us. coming up on the newshour: we travel to one of the world's largest jazz festivals in denmark. and a view on how school choice has evolved from the pressures of parenting. but first, to the analysis of shields and brooks. that's syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. welcome, gentlemen. so, mark, welcome back. >> thank you, judy. >> woodruff: we missed you last week. the drum junior story now learned that he had a meeting, a year ago, trump tower with a lawyer who had some connection to the russian government. how does this change our understanding of the russia collusion allegation? >> i think it's fair to say that white house lost any benefit of the doubt that it could claim on this story. the shoes continue to drop, like a zappos warehouse, amelda marcos

and liu xiaobo and others negotiated safe passage.to withdraw from tiananmen square. how do you think he was treated in his time in china? obviously famous around the world, but actually in china, maybe for very obvious reasons, not as well—known. how did the chinese authorities deal with him, post—tiananmen square? after tiananmen, for a period, he was allowed to write, and although his job was taken away, he lost his lectureship at beijing university, he kept on writing. and his books, unfortunately, were banned in china. and most chinese do not know who he was. in a way, his impact in china was minimum. but his writing, in some ways, i think it should be one of his legacy is that they have been published. in the west, they are published. in the chinese language in taiwan. and they summarise his views of nonviolence, of reflection. liu xiaobo was a soft speaking intellectual. his work was very much on reflection. and his slogans, titles of books, include, we have no enemies and we do not have hatred will stop and he has very much ca

nobel prize winner and chinese dissident liu xiaobo has died.e took part in the tiananmen square protests — but had spent most of the last seven years in prison. the uk government has published a bill that aims to convert all eu law into british law after brexit. it's as complicated as it sounds — we'll try to explain it. and if you've got any questions on that or anything else we're covering #bbc 05 is the place to go. president trump has begun a two—day trip to france. here are pictures earlier showing president trump and his wife being greeted by emmanuel macron and his wife. from there they went to the elysee palace, that i were getting ready for dinner in the eiffel tower. the president was taken with what happened. but before he set off, he wanted to make clear to all off, he wanted to make clear to all of us this is not going distract me from what is going on at home. he saidi he said i have very little time for watching tv. he is very keen on watching tv. he is very keen on watching tv, particularly network new, they have held this press

liu xiaobo was given the nobel prize after calling for political change in china.little was heard of him, then suddenly a few weeks ago, the authorities announced he was receiving treatment for liver cancer. china's leaders despised him and what he stood for in life, they try to control the manner of his death but the nobel peace prize brings worldwide recognition so even china had no choice but to honour his passing. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. china has warned india will face embarrassment if it doesn't pull its troops from a region in the himalayas claimed by beijing. chinese negotiators said there was no room for negotiations until india withdraws. india said it wanted to stop the chinese from building a new road. leading democrats have voiced their control —— leading democrats have voiced their concern over the fact concern over the fact that a former soviet intelligence officer was present when president trump's eldest son met a russian lawyer during last year's election campaign. it happened at a meeting donald trump junio

let's start with liu xiaobo.uch coverage in some of the chinese state papers but in the south china morning post, hong kong post— paper, they take this up and the criticism that has been from other countries and china responding pretty angrily to other countries weighing in about the way it treats him in his final days. the official response in china has been no rest once and interesting we've got this on the front page of the south china morning post which as you say is a hong kong—based newspaper. the chinese censors don't think be able to stop every kind of comments so on the media platform there, we have heard some platforms for some, the got through because the chinese are coming with creative ways to express their sorrow for liu xiaobo's death. what interest me about this is the fact that we increasingly talk about china in business in economic terms and we recognise the huge economic potential of china but we forget, what interests me about the timing of his death is we forget that it's less than 30 years

our own correspondents say there's been a virtual media blackout in china regarding mr liu's death.es, too. the paper also looks at the uk going on the offensive against new york to try and win the world's largest initial public offering. it's trying to woo saudi arabia's oil giant aramco. london's proposing a loosening of governance restrictions. a parisian dinnerup the eiffel tower for the us and french presidents, and their wives. they're shown here on le figaro. in france for bastille day celebrations, donald trump has hinted that the united states' position on climate change could be reviewed. show me the money — but no notes and coins! the daily telegraph reports that visa wants to put cash out of business by paying shops to not accept tangible money.

juliana liu is in hong kong. about what has happened to be the diverse who were detained? according to the veteran beijing —based activist, four activists have been detained in the southern chinese province. i have been unsuccessful in contacting the detention centre so far. but i will continue to try to do that through the course of today. the four were members of a group, an ngo that developed to update the world about what was happening to the nobel prize winner liu xiaobo who died two weeks ago. seven days after his death, this group organised a global social media campaign to remember him and encourage people around the world to post to facebook, twitter and instagram with the hash tag, with liu xiaobo. these activists gathered in the province on wednesday night by the beach, because liu xiaobo was cremated and his ashes were scattered into the sea. they threw flowers and other items into the sea. photos were widely shared on twitter and other social media, and in fact a hong kong tv station did a facebook p

china's leaders despised liu xiaobo and what he stood for in life.ldwide recognition and china had no choice but to honour his passing. identifying inherited heart conditions can save lives but many of us don't know that we're carrying the gene that causes a disease known as "hcm". sir david frost had the condition and while it didn't cause his death, he did pass it on to one of his sons miles who died at the age of 31. now, his family is trying to help other people to find out if they could be affected too. my my house, come here. in every child, you can find something of their pa rents, you can find something of their parents, and often inherited alongside looks and characteristics of things that can't be seen. miles shared with his father sir david 0h jean responsible for a heart condition that led to his sudden death. for your 31-year-old mother to die suddenly and unexpectedly, nothing can prepare you for it, and i will never get over the pain of loving —— learning that for the first time. miles loved sport anti—extreme —— he seemed extremely he

thousands march through hong kong to mark the death of chinese dissident and nobel peace prize winner, liu xiaobo. turkey's president, recep tayyip erdogan, has addressed a mass rally to mark a year since the failed military coup. tens of thousands watched him speak at a bridge in istanbul, where 3a people died in a battle with renegade troops. president erdogan said the defeat of the plot was a victory for democracy. he told the crowds that the suspects on trial should wear orange jump suits, like those worn by guantanamo bay detainees. mark lowen reports. they returned to where the nightmare began. seized by the tanks a year ago, it is now renamed 15 july martyrs bridge, tens of thousands celebrating victory today. they call it turkey's second independence, joy and relief clear, and they remembered the 260 killed as the people stood up to the plotters, known as feto. last year, a lion, that lion is turkish nation, was tried to strangle, by cats. who are those cats? they are militants with tanks, f—16s, bullets, rifles. but they couldn't strangle the lion. it was the greatest ever attack

betty: i am betty liu in new york.s the world with to hear what fed chair janet yellen has to say about u.s. inflation, president trump has stolen the spotlight in just the last few moments, announcing a key appointment to the federal reserve board of governors. randy quarles is the top supervisor at the fed. hays, herekathleen with more. tell us more about randy quarles in this appointment. kathleen: it is very important. it came out of the whole dog think the regulation -- dodd-frank deregulation. , janet the vice chair yellen, and stan fischer. they said we need a vice chair of bank supervision, not so much monetary policy. someone has to be watching that because that is where the systemic risk can come in and we saw the financial crisis. this is a very important post to fill. you can call it the top bank called what are some of randy quarles's publications? the treasury department under bush. he was an undersecretary for domestic finance. it has to do with bonds and issuing bonds. it is something that is the heart

we arejoined by we are joined byjuliana we arejoined byjuliana liu we are joined byjuliana liu from hongolism behind the presence of this carrier? absolutely, kasia. good morning to you. according to local media the liaoning and it's free accompanying warships have already entered hong kong waters. —— three. it's expected to dock a column at or so from cindy island, the carrier is too large and wide to enter hong kong island, the strip of water connecting hong kong island to the kowloon peninsula so it will be near cindy island, close to the international airport. the three warships will be nearby near stonecutters island, the location where the people's liberation army base is. according to hong kong media this will be the first time the general public will be able to get a close—up look at the carrier. it's been in service since 2012. thousands of people queued overnight forjust 2000 tickets. those tour is expected to start tomorrow as well as sunday. today, though, there will be to vip receptions for local vips —— those tours. local media will be allowed access but foreign media won't

i am betty liu. trade numbers showing smaller than estimated surplus, ¥439 billion, the expectation was ¥488 billion. exports quite healthy of 9.7%. what was interesting was imports, that is why the surplus. came in lower. up 15.5%. ,s we heard from yasser cold that is another sign that domestic demand is increasing in japan and investors are missing the story. yvonne: seems like we have seen a similar case with domestic demand in china as well. moremport figures could be of a bright spot and we are seeing in the export side. to break down how this plays in, the u.s. in particular, a point of contention we see between u.s. and china, kind of broke down. they cancel their press conferences. where does it go from here where comes to trade tensions with the u.s.? maybe germany and japan as well. let's get the chart here. that ifof goes to show there is some type of point of contention, it could be in the yen. you see the dollar rising against the yen since mid-april. even when you see the greenback fall

with us is shaojiang, a long—standing friend of liu xiaobo who now lives in london.you get to know him? i got to know him when he criticised chinese tradition, the chinese long history, the civilisation is actually barbaric history, especially the rooney rule, and how we can change this tyranny rule. the people must stand up and fight for their own democracy and human rights. so the first time i heard his speech in the university. after that, in 1989, during the student protest, he went back from america and joined our protest. before the tiananmen square massacre, he and other three scholars made a hunger strike for 72 hours, and after 48 hours, the military crashed the peaceful protest, and killed a lot of people. ijust ran protest, and killed a lot of people. i just ran into protest, and killed a lot of people. ijust ran into the street, and i found actually it was a military crackdown, even though it was a non—violent protest, still they would kill you. i held liu xiaobo, and ran back to help him and the three other chinese intellectuals, what happened. we must k

i'm betty liu in new york.the boj begins its policy meeting which has week inflation , still a key focus. get to the global economics and policy editor in tokyo for the meeting this week. no change in policy expected that it will be about the inflation forecast and they are still twice as optimistic as some of the estimates out there right now. when will they see the targets be brought down? >> that is the $64 million question, yvonne. some people say they won't change it even though they're far from target. if they do, i don't think it would be a huge surprise. would it be significant and signal conviction? that will be the challenge. kuroda could make it clear even if they alter it slightly. it is an equally important question and will raise the gdp forecast. it signals growth in japan and 11 years. that is another thing that we closely watch. roger investment advisors and a must-read decades doing business in tokyo. it was late april or early may and you were saying that see signs in the business climate in

silent crowd walked to china's representative office in the territory to show their support for mr liu, who died on thursday. let's take a brief look now at some of the morning papers. the independent reports garbine muguruza's wimbledon victory. there's also a poll suggesting a majority of voters would be happy with a tax rise to see the salaries of emergency services staff go up. brexit takes the front page of the observer, with a warning from civil servants of the challenges that lie ahead for the prime minister. the sunday telegraph leads with the soon—to—be published salaries of the bbc‘s highest earners, suggesting there are discrepancies in pay between genders. and the mail on sunday says the french government and banking chiefs are engaged in a plot against the british banking sector. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show. this week on the travel show, we're in bermuda. i'll be diving into hundreds of years of nautical history, and finding out how a new project will let you explore these shipwrecks from your smartphone. that was, quite literally, breathtaking! we head

mr liu died in hospital while serving a prison sentence for his activism. former british prime minister tony blair has suggested the european union could be willing to make concessions on the free movement of people to allow the uk to remain in the eu. spain's garbine muguruza has beaten venus williams in the wimbledon women's final. now on bbc news: with the women's us 0pen golf taking place this weekend, as part of the bbc women's season of sport, sarah mulkerrins travels to the us to examine the history of women's involvement in golf. driving change: golf's battle for equality. i got a threat letters in my life. i couple of times they tried to run me off the highway as i was driving. i really did feel like my life was in danger. growing up, golf was not for us. you look like you don't play golf. what is the local golf? as far as they were concerned, we are trash, so that's all we deserve. golf — for many a hobby, for some a career, but not so long ago, if you were black or a woman, it wasn't even an option. in the usa, until 1961, the professional golfer

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betty: i am betty liu in new york. your the car rental company said late friday it could not meet all the conditions to read team its 2019 -- it owns -- there is speculation that next week's earning report will be worse than expected. barclays analyst's predict stock will fall to nine dollars. yvonne: heineken outshone rivals in the first half with emerging africa-driving growth. the brewer to the crown of best performer from another. there is demand for tiger in vietnam. adjusted operating profit grew 6% to $2.1 billion. analysts had expected to billion dollars. to $2 billion. added more than $12 billion to his fortune this year. has $33.5 billion. $1.7 billion behind on bonnie -- ambani. i hope people realize that was irony. [laughter] betty: speaking about someone who is not for it at all either is jeff bezos of amazon. really interesting story on the bloomberg i want to point our viewers to, which is donald trump talks about how much he ?entions -- right on amazon.ing the word amazon has been mentioned more often t

nobel prize winner and chinese dissident liu xiaobo has died.square protests — but had spent most

i am betty liu here in new york.d get new headlines a few moments ago on this north korean icbm that was fired yesterday in asia. the stakes have risen dramatically, the u.s. confirming this missile test was missile,ontinental which escalates the long-running crisis. we want to discuss this with an expert on conflict management. let's cut right to it. want?oes kim jong-un jasper: kim jong-un sees all of this as just a negotiation game. he wants to sit in a room, face-to-face, alpha male to alpha male, with donald trump. all this flamboyance, military technology displaying to the world during the holiday is just a negotiation game. he sees it as just a bargaining chip. heard by the way, we have president trump entertainment possibility of a face-to-face meeting with the leader. once he gets that, if he gets that, what does he want after that? he wants a meeting, but ultimately, what does he want? jasper: trump and kim jong-un want the same thing -- they want to display power and create a legacy. they want to be distin

liu xiaobo was 61. he was first imprisoned in 1989 for involvement in the pro-democracy protests in tiananmen square. liu was behind bars in 2010 when he was awarded the nobel peace prize. his absence at the ceremony was marked by an empty chair. in essays he rejected hatred and fear, writing, "i have no enemies," but few in china know his story. the beijing government scrubbed all references to liu from the internet there. still ahead on the "cbs evening news," a new report says it's time to put the brakes on most high-speed police chases. and we'll remember a broadcasting pioneer. . ugh. nothing spoils a moment like heartburn. try new alka-seltzer ultra strength heartburn relief chews. [ sings high note ] ultra strength, new from alka-seltzer. enjoy the relief. depression is a tangle of multiple symptoms. ♪ that's why there's trintellix, a prescription medication for depression. trintellix may help you take a step forward<