what it is, is a proposal of a frenchman who had come to north america to explore the flora and fauna that inhabited the eastern seaboard. by 1793, he had done all the research he thought he could do and now he wanted to explore the interior of north america. he was in philadelphia. he approached jefferson with this idea. he said, i want to travel all the way to the pacific ocean to be the first person to cross the continent and to observe all of that things that we don't know about in the interior of north america. jefferson said, this is a great idea and i know just how to raise funds. let me go to the american philosophical society and get the members to donate money. this is in jefferson's hand, and he went to all the members of the aps, this is when the capital was in philadelphia, everybody who was anybody was in philadelphia. you can see who some of the donors for this expedition were. on the top left, george washington giving a hundred dollars. john adams gave $20. you have thomas jefferson in the middle. jefferson is sandwiched by henry knox, a member, and alexander hamilton,

welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe.y name is mike embley. our top stories: 50 days after he was first detained, former nissan chairman carlos ghosn is making his first appearance in a tokyo court. while in the us, the actor kevin spacey appears in court — charged with sexually assaulting an 18—year—old man. the thai government says an 18—year—old saudi woman — who's seeking asylum — will not be deported against her will. our correspondent is there. the un is involved and her request for asylum, they say, will be properly assessed. a fourth visit to china by north korea's leader — and there's speculation about another meeting with president trump. the former chairman of the nissan motor company is appearing in court in tokyo. this is carlos ghosn‘s first public appearance since he was arrested in november on allegations of financial misconduct. he requested the hearing and his lawyers want to press the court on why he has been held for so long. the case has rattled nissan's alliance with the french car—maker renault, he

america. what we've got here is the document that's in jefferson's and from 1793 while he was in philadelphia. what it is, is a proposal of a to north who had come america to explore the fauna eastern bited the seaboard. by 1793 he had done all the research he thought he could do wanted to explore the interior of north america. he was in philadelphia. approached jefferson with this idea. he said i want to travel all the way to the pacific ocean to be cross the erson to continent and to observe all of that things that we don't know north n the interior of america. jefferson said this is a great to and i know just how raise funds. let me go to the american philosophical society and get donate money. this was in jefferson's hand and he went to all the members of aps, this is when the capital was in philadelphia, everybody who was anybody was in philadelphia, you can see who some of the donors for this expedition were. n the top left, george a hundred giving dollars. john adams gave $20. you have thomas jefferson in the middle. jefferson is sand with which by enry knox, a member, and alexander hamilton, another member, and james madison

a very warm welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to our viewers in north america and around the globe. name's mike embley. our top stories: a fourth visit to china by north korea's leader, and there's speculation about another meeting with president trump. 50 days after he was first detained, former nissan chairman carlos ghosn makes his first appearance in a tokyo court. he says he's been wrongly accused. the actor kevin spacey appears in an american courtroom, charged with sexually assaulting an 18—year—old man. vancouver has a drugs problem, but is treating it with medicine rather than punishment. hello. the north korean leader kimjong—un has arrived in beijing for a summit with the chinese leader, xijinping. it will be the fourth summit between the two leaders. president trump has also said negotiations are underway to decide where his next summit with kimjong—un should be held. let live down to beijing in our correspondent, john sod worth. how is it all looking from there? well, visit is to be very rare things indeed, click in secrecy that you have the official confirmation not ju

origin will ensure much of the production and the high-paying jobs they support will be centered in north america and in particular in the united states. in short, once enforced usmca will result in more balanced reciprocal trade with mexico and canada, support high-paying jobs for americans, grow the north american economy and ensure our region remains the world's economic powerhouse. all congress has to do is pass it and that is where i hope you all can help us. you all have influence on your members of congress. they listen to you, understand your problems. they know you're looking out for what's good for your communities and are concerned first and foremost with jobs and economic development. we need your help. if members of congress put politics aside and focus on the substance i have no doubt this will pass overwhelmingly in both houses. this is not only the best trade agreement in my view that the u.s. is negotiated. it is also the most bipartisan. throughout the negotiations, well before the results of the midterm elections were known, we worked very closely with democrats to ensure the f

welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe.y name is mike embley. our top stories: 50 days after he was first detained, former nissan chairman carlos ghosn makes his first appearance in a tokyo court — he says he's been wrongly accused. a fourth visit to china by north korea's leader — and there's speculation about another meeting with president trump. while the actor kevin spacey appears in a us courtroom — charged with sexually assaulting an 18—year—old man. vancouver has a drugs problem — but is treating it with medicine rather than punishment. the former chairman of the nissan motor company is appearing in court in tokyo. according to reuters newsagency he told the court in a preparted statement: "i have been wrongly accused and unfairly detained based on meritless and unsubstantiated accusations. this is carlos ghosn‘s first public appearance since he was arrested in november on allegations of financial misconduct. he requested the hearing and his lawyers want to press the court on why he has been held for so long. the cas

our north america correspondent nick bryant was in the courtroom and has this report. this was a journey kevin spacey did not wanto make. touching down on this jet set island before completing a televised drive to his first appearance in court. >>ar clehe sidewalk, please. nick:al his leg team argued he should not have to appear in person because of the negativebl puicity that has already spent in this case. but the actor who's spent sof muchhis life in front of the cameras found it impossible tod avoithem. there was even a live stream from the courtroom to record the charge leveled against him. >> in the town of nantucket jult 8, 2016, com indecent assault and battery on person. nick: the oscar-winning actor shared a joke with his lawyer but did not address the court. he has pleaded not guilt he has agreed not to approaches accuser. -- approaches his accuser. nantucket is the playground of america's elite,nd in the summer of 2016, kevin spacey's alleged to have sexually assaulted an 18-year-old waiter. during a late-night ininking sessiohis bar, he is accused of unzip

samsung president north america jim baxter in a fox business exclusive. we are very thankful because you don't do interviews at ces so we appreciate it. >> thanks. liz: kind of a bifurcated story here. china trade war, slowdown in chips and smartphones but also, the tariffs slapped on washing machines. we have got this washing machine business, samsung, that continues to grow. tell me what you're seeing as it pertains to the tariffs that the trump administration slapped earlier this year on foreign imports. >> i think we have always said that we think tariffs are a form of tax on consumers. in this case, the industry actually ended up after the imposition of the section 201 about $100 price increase on literally all appliances, all laundry products. so a category that was growing with the gdp is actually contracted in 2018. that said, we have ramped up our facility in south carolina which we announced with you one year ago. we have 600 employees. half of them, women. we are excited about introducing a new line designed for that facility which will continu

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: the big freeze hits parts of the us. arctic conditions are sending temperatures down below —30 celsius. the european union insists it won't renegotiate britain's brexit deal, despite the vote in parliament seeking changes to the so—called irish border backstop. more street protests in venezuela, as president maduro refuses new elections but says he will talk to the opposition. and millions of migrants are making their way in record numbers from north america to mexico. millions in the american midwest are experiencing a blast of arctic air so ferocious they are being warned they risk frostbite if they stay outside for more than ten minutes. at least seven people have died in several states as a result of the so—called polar vortex. research suggests a warming arctic is driving very cold air south from the north pole. neda tawfik reports. a steam fog settles over lake michigan, as the polar vortex grips chicago with the most extreme cold in a ge

in the united states and around the world welcome we begin the day with the deep freeze over north america now we don't often start our program with a story about the weather but we don't often witness what mother nature is about to unleash over the midwest of the u.s. and canada and we want to talk about that tonight it is being called the coldest cold snap in a generation the deep freeze of the century that is swallowing up ten u.s. states with more than two hundred million people now that's seventy two percent of the u.s. population that's being warned not to go outside exposed skin we're being told is in danger of immediate frostbite now it is already causing all kinds of travel headaches more than twenty seven hundred flights involving u.s. airports are canceled today if you're planning to fly to the u.s. or leave the us from chicago that will not happen for the next few days amtrak's fifty five daily trains in and out of chicago we understand the been canceled and even the u.s. postal service has canceled services from north dakota to nebraska to pennsylvania now the epicenter of the

here's our north america business correspondent dave lee. was halted pending some news, we were told, and that news came quite quickly. the letter came out, and tim cook went into several reasons why his company is going to come in around — at least $5 billion under estimates for revenue than they'd originally predicted. the reasons were, one, that sales in china have pretty much dropped off a cliff recently, he revune from those sales, and they blamed increased tension between the us and china on trade potentially for some of that problem. but they also talked about issues with supply chain as well. tim cook said that although apple had released what he said were very popular new products, sales of those products, particularly its watches, laptops and so forth have been held back because they simply haven't been able to make enough, and supply chain constraints have hit sales there. and, overall, the iphone has been a bit of a handicap for apple in this quarter, because people aren't upgrading them as often as they usually do. so, while the

in retail, you've got a 66—67% turnover rate — at least in north america. keep people on the job long enough. and so, that means their workforce is in constant flux to the extent that we can — or simbi can — create some value by taking over some of the repetitive tasks — for example, inventory counting — that maybe staff were forced to do before but they struggled with because they literally could not get enough bodies into the store. now, the workforce they have can focus on interacting with you, because most people will say they'll buy for sure and buy more if you get to interact with them — you the person. even if, you know, as you say, they might not have enjoyed it, it's still a job that paid someone's wages, so we are still talking about, you know, robots replacing that element of a human‘s job, and therefore reducing the number of humans that are needed. well, but your premise i disagree with. you're not actually reducing the number, you'rejust allowing the number that's already there to do a betterjob. yeah, but i mean if you have 100 members of sta

and their crew spend up to one hundred days a year on the road in may twenty eighth they toured north america with their album blossom we caught up with the band and the fans in charleston. commit. to any. to. be chance live in charleston south carolina in the fall of twenty eighteen the election of pope duo went on their second north america tour but it can still get overwhelming at times. were ever way play on the walls backstage there are posters or signatures of bands who played there before. all this to jimi hendrix. to the foo fighters lady gaga they all had small beginnings too that he also played in places like this. it's really cool to tread in their footsteps. to some listen funding from the sun here was a muscle and. despite their busy schedules they managed to find the time for some sightseeing they've been on the road all year starting out in europe then canada and now in the u.s. . yes. it's good to be able to see the wont to come in contact with different people and talk to them to mention came through the streets and feeling how people live. out of bed leave us leave. they eve

a lot of their biggest markets in north america, europe, china are slowing down from the growth theyears, a big change in consumer taste, they are having to restructure their production networks for, so they have a lot going on at the moment and a lot of trade uncertainty. we need talk about consumer taste changing, it is radically changing. we all think electric. if we are not driving something along those lines now, we are thinking of doing that in the next few years. yeah, and that is pa rt next few years. yeah, and that is part of the problem carmakers are facing. something like the auto show isa facing. something like the auto show is a great example because you see them showing off big suv is we saw, people are buying them at the moment but they had to showcase their future technology as that report showed, the autonomous vehicles, the electric vehicles, the hat to show they are thinking of these in. and significant change in people in leadership, the huge global player, there have been in turmoil, general motors announcing significant radical restructuring. the issue with trad

the opioid crisis has swept north america, but the unique response here is to treat all of this as aoid has taken 1500 lives on these streets in the past year. take it easy, 0k? stay safe. my name is melissa. i've overdosed three times and i didn't even know i overdosed. that's terrifying. yeah. yeah, it is. what saved you? what saved me ? probablyjust my own willing to live. are you going to be ok? i hope so. i hope so, too. i really do. it's all centred on these few city blocks, so many people here are living with their addictions and are openly injecting and smoking drugs out on the streets. but that very visibility is taken here to be a good thing. it's argued that if these people can be seen, they can also be saved. the cops mostly back off and there are few arrests here for drug use. instead vancouver has these. safe injection sites. what are you using? this one was started illegally by the community. it was highly controversial but has become the prototype for the official public health programme. users bring their own street drugs. they take a seat and they take their hit. ja

>> reporter: here in north america in 2021 in north america. >> all right. thank you. >>> the government shutdown. today day 30. with no end in sight. the president took to twitter to defend his proposal to protect daca recipients in exchange for funding for his border wall. fox news tells us democrats want the government reopened before negotiations take place. >> reporter: in the senate, there will be hard liners who don't like the plan and view the president's plan as a form of amnesty. even if republicans support the an they will need 7 democrats for it to pass. the white house is trying to ease the concerns with the president tweeting no, amnesty is not a part of my offer. it is a three year extension of daca. amnesty will be used ina much bigger deal. immigration or something else. on fox news sunday, vice president mike pence suggested this proposal isn't a final offer. and the administration is open to both sides offering amendments in order for it to pass. >> on tuesday congress will gin its work but really, what the president did over the last mont

howe was a senior, and is now the commander in north america. makes no sense, but that's the way it was peered that is rage militaire. we have another man in this rage militaire, and this is in the invasion of canada. we talked a little bit about canada. canada is new to the british empire, the treaty of paris. 70,000 french-canadians there. we said, parliament has just passed the quebec act to appease the french-canadians. it extended the province of quebec to the ohio river. it allowed catholicism. it allowed for an appointed assembly for the use of french law in the province of quebec. what is interesting is the americans think the french-canadians might want to join them. and maybe the americans would be welcomed in canada. why do you suppose they might think that? any ideas? student: they are still sour because of the french indian war? prof. gabriel: maybe they have not been assimilated into the empire and would join the rebellion. any downsides to the thinking? student: they might be more interested in france taking back the area. prof. g

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my name is mike embley. our top stories: the duke of edinburgh, the queen's 97 year—old husband, is involved in a car crash. his car overturned but the royal family says he's not injured. a top north korean diplomat arrives in washington, fuelling speculation of a second summit between kim jong—un and donald trump. thousands take to the streets of the sudanese capital khartoum, demanding the resignation of president omar al—bashir. and we report from gaza on the hospitals that face possible closure because of shortages of fuel and medicine. prince philip, the duke of edinburgh, has been involved in a road accident close to sandringham, queen elizabeth's estate in eastern england. the queen's husband, who is 97, was driving a land rover, which collided with another car and overturned. a statement from the royal family says he is unhurt. two women in the other vehicle suffered minor injuries. caroline rigby reports. smashed glass and a broken wing mirror, discarded on the road. evidence

facebook gained users in north america and europe after several flat and declining quarters. can the company keep it up? joining us from new york, david could hat trick, author of the facebook effect and michael, leading chief local strategist. these numbers are above better than people thought they would be. what is your take? david: i think there are two parallel stories. the numbers will continue to be great, because advertisers don't have another place to go. it doesn't mean there is not a separate story that is still quite unattractive about their inability to govern their systems properly. i think it is telling that just today, there was another story of a privacy problem in the way they are handling their apps. ng is a weird yin and ya thing. facebook as a spectacular business. in many ways, the best business that anyone could imagine. emily: to give more detail, what happened is that facebook had a research app that it was paying users to use, including teenagers, in exchange for their data. apple has said this violated the terms of service for this particular app. th

>> if we look at uri, that's 90 plus percent north america focused. that was a different story i don't think cat north america -- i'm not sure. i think those are a tale of -- potentially a tale of two cities different end markets. >> i think when you look at the industrials, they've had an incredible bounceback. specifically when you look at boeing boeing got it on the chin today as a peripheral from cat but there's still more when you look at the bounces that these charts have more down side that is possible depending on what guidance they're going to give as well. >> i'll say this about earnings. the s&p for this quarter is you've had earnings come in at 3% industrials have been the steadiest in terms of the eps if you look at where they were six months ago i would just say that industrials priced in where they are now a lot earlier and i think there's still a lot of pain for the economy we have right now. that's an economy where the u.s. is growing 2.5% and we know the rest of the world is slowdown substantially. journal probably flat to 1% and we

almost seeing the whole spectrum net to some degree the question is what the next iteration in north america is because north american ascend has given aviation to the world in terms of. a deregulated business models all be getting there first in the sheer size of that market so you are starting to see a tailoring offer growth of around four to five percent rather than the six to eight percent you're seeing generally around the world and none the less sure seeing half the profitability of the entire aviation business is coming out of north america with less than twenty percent of the traffic so it sort of brings home that that consolidating business model has been good for shareholders and i think we have to debate just how good it's been for consumers at the same time here in the middle east of course the blockade on cash continues that's not just cats are always put but all of the that the middle east carries what's the outlook and in twenty nineteen for middle east carriers were there needs to be a resolution of the. political problems and obviously that isn't something the aviation busin

almost seeing the whole spectrum net to some degree the question is what the next iteration in north america is because north american ascend has given aviation to the world in terms of. a deregulated business models all be getting there first in the sheer size of that market so you are starting to see a tailoring offer growth of around four to five percent rather than the six to eight percent you're seeing generally around the world and none the less sure seeing half the profitability of the entire aviation business is coming out of north america with less than twenty percent of the traffic so it sort of brings home that that consolidating business model has been good for shareholders and i think we have to debate just how good it's been for consumers at the same time here in the middle east of course the blockade on castle continues that's not just cats or always but but all of the that the middle east carries what's the outlook and in twenty nineteen for middle east carriers were there needs to be a resolution of the. political problems and obviously that isn't something the aviation busi

almost seeing the whole spectrum net to some degree the question is what the next iteration in north america is because north american ascend has given aviation to the world in terms of. a deregulated business models all be getting there first in the sheer size of that market so you are starting to see a tailoring offer growth of around four to five percent rather than the six to eight percent you're seeing generally around the world and none the less sure seeing half the profitability of the entire aviation business is coming out of north america with less than twenty percent of the traffic so it sort of brings home that that consolidating business model has been good for shareholders and i think we have to debate just how good it's been for consumers at the same time here in the middle east of course the blockade on caster continues that not just cats are always put but all of the that the middle east carries what's the outlook and in twenty nineteen for middle east carriers were there needs to be a resolution of those. political problems and obviously that isn't something the aviation bus

welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. our top stories: president trump and north korea's leader kim jong—un are to meet for a second summit. the white house is hoping to make progress on denuclearisation. meanwhile, the president is fighting new claims about russia, rejecting reports he ordered his former lawyer to lie to congress about a business deal in moscow. the white house has announced a second summit between president trump and the north korean leader kim jong—un will take place at the end of february. it follows talks in washington between the president and one of mr kim's most trusted envoys, kim yong—chol. the new summit follows last year's historic meeting in singapore. the new location is yet to be announced, but one option could be vietnam. here's barbara plett—usher from washington. the white house said the summit would take place near the end of february, but it didn't say where, although vietnam seems to be at the top of the list of possible locations, according to multiple reports. the announcement was ma

in north america, people eat 6.5 times more meat than recommended.tching to a n diet won't be easy. how practical is this for a single parent with a busy life and kids? >> impossible, i would say. very often,on it dependery good home cooking and planning. if you aredr feeding your chil on institute, impossible -- instant food impossible. david: the i report says that these are the guardians of an ideal diet with much less meat and much more veg. here are some of the key suggestions -- no more than 14 grams of red meat a day. this little tiny piece here. no more than 13 grams of egg -- not a whole egg, just a quarter of one. for all grades, 232 -- whole grains, 232 grams. day, but itrams a has got to be colorful --, red green, and orange. sthe auth recommend that if we stick to this diet, will not only be good for the health, it will be good for the planet. >> it correspondsha to one urger per week, one juicy it is not eliminating red meat by any means. dad: beef particular has an impact because cattle give off methan which adds to global warming. get

meanwhile in north america,he t company made $2 billion in the fourth quarter. for ceo jim hackett, when he talks with analysts, the key thing everyone will be focused on, what wil happen in 2019. the company says that it is moving forward with its restructuring, but wall street would like to hear more specifics, unclear when that will be happening. phil lebeau, "nightly business report," ft. worth, tebs. >>> broadband growth drives comcast's quarter and that's where we begin tonight's market focus. the company say its nbc universal media unit and its high-speed internet businows fueled . it did, however, lose cable customers but that didn't stop comcast from raising its quarterly dividend 10%. shares were up 5. to $36.89. comcast is the parent company of nbc, which produces this broadcast. >>> verizon's media group is reportedly laying off 7% of jobs in the division previously called oath. the group is madep of inrizon's media properties like yahoo! and the huon post as well as advertising and technology. in division was created november to bring oath under the

almost seeing the whole spectrum net to some degree the question is what the next iteration in north america is because north american a sentence given aviation to the world in terms of. a deregulated business models all be getting there first in the sheer size of that market so you are starting to see a tailoring offer growth of around four to five percent rather than the six to eight percent you're seeing generally around the world and none the less sure seeing half the profitability of the entire aviation business is coming out of north america with less than twenty percent of the traffic so it sort of brings home that that consolidating business model has been good for shareholders and i think we have to debate just how good it's been for consumers at the same time here in the middle east of course the blockade on cattle continues that not just cats are always put but all of the that the middle east carries what's the outlook and in twenty nineteen for middle east carriers were there needs to be a resolution of the. political problems and obviously that isn't something the aviation busin

they have increased in north america.y are still flat when it comes to monthly active users but europe monthly and daily active users have gone back up. if anything, this shows us that the threat of regulation is not going to have a huge impact on facebook's business. they have managed to increase ad all of these controversies. it's still a lot of important questions to be asking to facebook executive, i will be sitting down with sheryl sandberg, lots of important questions to ask her. the business still looks healthy. joe: has facebook made progress on changing its internal culture? ofgot greeted to another set scandals. obviously not affecting the business too much right now. couldtting that aside, it be a regulatory threat up some point and has to be of concern to investors. has there been changed? -- change? up to facebook woke another controversy. techcrunch reported facebook had a research app that it was paying users to collect their data for, including many teenagers. apple was not happy about this. actually revok

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and millions of migrants are making their way in record numbers, from north america to mexico.

here's our north america editor, jon sopel.in caracas, and, much like a lot of recent nights in the venezuelan capital, gunfire, violence, protests against the government. a cycle seemingly without end as the economy of this oil—rich country collapses. but there was one crucial difference. it came after mass rallies as the leader of the national assembly, 35—year—old juan guaido, declared himself the interim president as thousands took to the streets — a move that brought immediate backing from the americans and demands that nicolas maduro, who has presided over venezuela's economic collapse, steps aside. the regime of former president nicolas maduro is illegitimate. his regime is morally bankrupt. it is economically incompetent and it is profoundly corrupt. in light of these facts, we call on venezuela's security forces to ensure the protection of interim president guaido‘s physical integrity and his safety. a number of other latin american countries have followed suit, so too canada. and britain as well, with the foreign secr

our north america correspondent nick bryant reports.n is stuck in what seems like an unending loop of gridlock and dsyfunction, just three sleeps away from breaking the record for the longest government shutdown in us history. my fellow americans, tonight i am speaking to you because there is a growing humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border. summoning all the authority the oval office conveys, donald trump restated the case for his long—promised wall, claiming it would protect americans from murderers entering illegally from mexico. why do wealthy politicians build fences, walls and gates around their homes? america's polarisation was on prime—time display with this double act rebuttal from the democratic leadership. nowhere was this presidential address more closely watched than in the living rooms of the 800,000 government employees who aren't being paid. this is so offensive to me as a researcher, i'm sorry. but what ashaki robinson heard from this billionaire president actually escalated what for her is a personal f

welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe.y name is reged ahmad — our top stories: when the united nations made the request of us that we grant ms alqunun asylum, we accepted. the prime minister of canada confirms his country has offered asylum to the saudi woman who'd fled to thailand in fear for her life. the partial government shutdown is about to become the longest in us history — but president trump says he won't declare a national emergency. it's the easy way out. but congress should do this. this is too simple, it's too basic, and congress should do this. a teenager from wisconsin, held captive since her parents were murdered in october, has managed to escape. a man has been charged. and heavy snow causes more widespread disruption across europe with some mountain villages evacuated. canada's granted asylum to a saudi teenager who was stranded at an airport in thailand, after running away from her family. rahaf mohammed alqunun publicly renounced islam and feared her relatives would kill her. she's now on a plane headin

but it still lags behind the north america and western europe in the economist intelligence unit's democracye east and north africa region is last in the index. earlier i spoke to anwita basu, the lead south—east asia analyst for the economist intelligence unit. so it has been a couple of volatile years for the asia—pacific region, as it has been for the world as far as democracy is concerned. obviously, since 2016, actually, that democracy measured within our index has been on the decline for asia, and that is partly because of the year changes in myanmar and cambodia, which sort of went through a process of democracy and then kind of retreated back to authoritarian... but how do you measure democracy in the asia—pacific region jumping on a yearly basis compared to the likes of western europe or north america? sure, so we have five categories that we look at. there are about 60 indicators that are quantified on a binary basis. the five categories that we look at the defined democracy, they basically involve looking at the election process, the functioning of the government, political partic

his grandmother was an american citizen whose ancestors first came to north america in 1637. that means you beat us. you beat all of us. [laughter] as part of plymouth colony. now the hemsley family history of the united states is renewed, and the next chapter of their american story begins. matthew, it's an honor. great luck. [applause] [inaudible] is from south korea and came to the united states in 1992 to pursue a masters degree. she earned a ph.d. from the university of maryland and is now a professor at azusa pacific university. her husband teaches statistics at george mason, and -- that's a great school too, by the way -- and they are proud parents of two sons. i want to congratulate you, and you're going to have a great time, great time. thank you very much. we really appreciate it. [applause] robert castle is from jamaica, and he immigrated to the united states in 2009 as the husband of a then-active duty service member of the united states army. robert is a warehouse supervisor, a strong guy, a smart guy, and they have a beautiful 4-year-old son who was born here in

roger: we have a production network that goes across north america including mexico and canada.sourcing globally. david: many thanks. we appreciate you spending time with us. president and ceo of daimler trust north america roger nielsen coming to us from las vegas for it general motors -- las vegas or general motors created problems when it announced it would limit auto creation lines. including in ohio. when i spoke with the outgoing ohio governor john kasich i asked him about the future of the ohio general motors plant. >> general motors has to look at whether they can put another car or vehicle in that plant. if that does not happen can they create a partnership with somebody else to fill that plant and keep jobs there? can you repurpose the plant? can general motors get rid of the plant and can we bring somebody else in? that is what happened at dayton where we have a chinese company that makes windshields, highly advanced robotics, more workers and higher paid and was there before. that is what the focus has to be. i think the next administration has to keep their eyes on