and we're back again and this time we are fortunate in actually honored to have philip metzger who is the director general of the federal communications office here in switzerland but more important than that he's also a global leader on technology and communication issues director general thank you for being with us thanks very much for having me and in davos of course the conversations about what we do in the world and how does communications and digitization play into creating a less fractured world serve well of course that is that is the one million dollar question because on the one hand the communication per se we know that's that will be used to interact as human beings but on the other hand digitization is changing our entire lives how we work our we live how we play and so i think we have on the one hand the challenge of having a communication that reaches anyone and that we can have open channels of communication that we have certainly the freedom to express ourselves and on the other hand with the new digital potential that we have we have to make sure that we move forward

and we're back again and this time we are fortunate in actually honored to have philip metzger who is the director general of the federal communications office here in switzerland but more important than that he's also a global leader on technology and communication issues director general thank you for being with us thanks very much for having me and in davos of course the conversations about what we do in the world and how does communications and digitization play into creating a less fractured world serve well of course that is that is the one million dollar question because on the one hand the communication per se we know that's that will be used to interact as human beings but on the other hand digitization is changing our entire lives how we work our we live how we play and so i think we have on the one hand the challenge of having a communication that reaches anyone and that we can have open channels of communication that we have a certain freedom to express ourselves and on the other hand with the new digital potential that we have we have to make sure that we move forward int

this is boom bust at the world economic forum in davos switzerland i'm parked children coming up philip metzger the director general of the swiss communications office and a global leader on communication and other issues will join us plus we speak with all the film who is the c.e.o. of smart valor a cutting edge global digital company based here in switzerland and we have a special report about how this tiny town of davos shape shifts every year for this event all of that and u.s. president donald trump makes his davos debut we'll have it all but first let's head back to washington with manila chan for some business and financial headlines topping today's news. good afternoon i'm a military man sitting in for bart who as you just saw is on assignment in davos let's get to some of the day's top stories u.s. president donald trump struck a noticeably different tone today during his speech in davos but one message remained the same america first trump said america first does not mean america alone and his words to the world elite as president of the united states i will always put america first j