we will never forget tiananmen. ever. so long and especially so long as the chinese people cannot discuss it and openly without harassment or arrest or torture. mr. speaker, one of the most enduring symbols of the tiananmen demonstration was the unveiling of a facsimile of the statue of liberty in 1989. it was a moment that thrilled freedom advocates around the globe. there was this enduring symbol of freedom facing the portrait of one hanging in tiananmen square. this moment was an extraordinary -- was extraordinary because it showed when the chinese are able to speak publicly and freely, they ask for greater freedoms, democracy and justice. these are universal liberties that can be found in demonstrations for liberty worldwide. we see it in cairo and caracas, turkey and tunisia, kabul and kiev. there was a moment when we all believed that tiananmen square demonstrations would be a triumph of freedom and democracy. later in 1989, the warsaw nations crumbled and so did the soviet union as well. but those in china sought t

and he said that nobody died at tiananmen square. days later i put together an emergency hearing of my human rights subcommittee. dr. yang was there and bore witness, and i'll never forget, i have his very words and without objection up at his full statement into this record, but he talked about how i so many people killed at 60 and. was already late. i was on a bike and walking with me were some students have retreated from the square and returning to their schools. as we arrived we saw four tanks coming from the square, going west at high speed. the two tanks in front were chasing students. they ran over bodies. everyone was screaming. we counted 11 bodies. he talked about a third take that shot tear gas. ahead for the fight people with with machine guns, all of that he bore witness, right here. we invited him and the chinese embassy said anybody that would like to explain his egregious lie that he made while here in washington. we had an empty chair sitting right there. so dr. yang, thank you for that and i will put your full stat

they depict what happened 15 years ago in tiananmen square. a chinese student is curious about the photos. because back at home he does not know what happened. he knows some students were killed. >> they're taking the radical way and they try to make the government hear it and understand them but it didn't work out. >> reporter: this man knows all about tiananmen square. he is yo. he was one of the leaders of the student rebellions that began in joy and hope and ended in a bloody massacre. in april 1,989,000s of young people gathered in the great public square to stage a hunger strike and call for democracy in china. most actually hoped that the government would hear their plea and grant some reforms. fugsu then a student at chingha university intended to join them for just one day. >> i couldn't leave. i had to be there to be part of the group. that's struggling. that's striving for a freer more democratic china. >> you must have known you were risking a great deal by doing this. >> yes. >> your career probably would be ruined. you might even

some, as they would report this, it is another hearing on tiananmen. it is another hearing on china. here, iry brief tenure have probably been in at least six or seven different hearings that talk about human rights violations in china, specifically three or four on this particular anniversary that we are about to recognize here in a couple of days. smithould say, chairman continues to have hearings over and over again and what does -- what good does that have? what effect does that have? and yet, i would like to remind those of you who are here to testify today to not give up hope because there was a young woman by the name of william that,force many years ago day in and day out, fought to abolish slavery. some 17 or 18 years, he would come and petition his government on behalf of a blight on our history that we know today is slavery. we also note the rest of the story. william wilberforce eventually prevailed because, day in and day out, it was a calling. it is the same with our chairman. it is the same with many of us here in congress that we will c

you remember the events of tiananmen square in june, 1989. my own experience remains vivid in my memory. on the evening of june 3 in 1989, i was in a beijing university listening to the border cast that describes the event taking place and it offered higher on the citizens and the students. immediately a friend and i rode our bicycles towards the square. after three and i else whe miled by the people's universities, we saw thousands of people in the students holding hands to form the war and people were passing them. they shouted at people to break through. don't go. they will kill you. so eventually, my friend and i forced ourselves past the barrier and continued towards the square and we went. we found that more people had formed the human war and tried to persuade anyone to go towards the danger. however, i felt i had to go. i was one of the student leaders that initiated the democratic moment. so, to force our way through the people, we had to abandon our bicycle and make our way. as we approached, they had a tank, vehicle from th, troop,

gao was jailed twice after supporting the student-led protests in tiananmen square. she was the deputy chief editor of a local newspaper at the time. in her writings, gao advocates demock ratization and freedom of speech. in 1997 she was awarded unesco's world press freedom prize. on tuesday, chinese authorities detained a human rights lawyer and other activists. they were attending a gathering calling for an investigation into what happened in tiananmen square in 1989. >>> south korean investigators are holding the head of the operator of the ferry that sank last month. they're questioning him about allegations that the vessel had been overloaded. a joint team of prosecutors and maritime police detained kim han-sik, the chief executive. t( sewol sank on april 16th off south korea's southern coast. 269 people, many of them high school students, have been confirmed dead. 35 remain missing. the investigators say the ferry was carrying around 3,600 tons of cargo. more than three times the legal limit. the overloading is believed to have hampered the vessel's ability to

for staying true to the memory and message of tiananmen square. i speak for many members who cannot be here today when i say what an honor it is to stand in front of sees heroes. >> but to but those that gave their lives or were imprisoned after tiananmen square as well. my colleagues? twenty-five years? but to have the message of hope that in time will bring progress, 25 years ago people grows up in tiananmen square to demand their rights and dignity and respect. they want an end to corruption and to talk about spiritual reform of expression and assembly and demonstrating peacefully when tanks came rolling down the street to use the square precarious today we talked about the of man of but in china today most people say don't have the foggiest i tea and the what does it? >> that is the color they had. today's bad image is the challenge to the conscience of the world. 25 years later this spirit endorses but the challenge remains. into remainder of world all their present nobel peace prize laureates and present and exercising their rights and i ack

they will honor, applaud, and celebrate these heroes of tiananmen square and those who sacrifice so much over the years. and these true heroes will be on honored mightily and forever. >> thank you, chairman smith. thank you for allowing me to participate in this hearing today. i want to personally thank you for your 30 years of dedication that i have known you for those in the pursuit of reagan's of conscience throughout the world. thank theke to witnesses who are here to testify before us today. the 25th will mark anniversary of the massacre. it was june 4, 1989, when the chinese army rolled into the tiananmen square and began to fire indiscriminately on the protesters. they were there peacefully, seeking a more democratic china. china has not allowed for a sick human right to freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, and to and government construction -- corruption. hundreds of thousands were massacred for seeking rights that should be afforded to every person around the world. is common toit citizens,he rights of and i will continue to work with chairman smith and

but, i will tell you, it will be 25 years since tiananmen square. we have had some disturbance and here already in insufficient -- in anticipation. it is remarkable how resilient the u.s. is for any kind of economic sanction or action. it would be important, but i don't think it will happen. >> you will be for you don't think the administration would be? >> i hope they would be. experience is told us over 25 years that we still haven't got a counting of the prisoners that were arrested in tiananmen square 25 years ago. moms are still working with us to try to get those names revealed. they have not responded to any leverage that we think we may have. what you suggest is a good idea. i don't know what the administration has thought of that, but it is certainly something that they have put forth in terms of first step in russian sanctions. not to be considered a first step in china sanctions, but a step that has its own value. >> thank you very much for being with us. we will talk to the chief republican deputy in the house peter roskam. ♪ >> welcome

every year before the tiananmen anniversary, the parliament is on high alert. they say scores have been arrested in a nationwide crackdown. >> this is a public space, i'm allowed to report. >> reporter: it is part of a trend, they say, of shutting out all critical voices. like when another prominent lawyer pushing for government transparency was jailed for four years in january. and we felt the sharpened of party power. >> and i think in times where they're nervous they come down to the default strategy, which is stability above all else. >> well, i put the disturbing facts of the story to the chinese government. they said that quote, china should not be based on the criteria of the united states. and that freedoms here are at historic highs. erin? >> i mean, historic highs, but we see that video of you trying to cover a story getting beaten up and pushed into van. i mean, you experienced this. it seems like the communist party affects just the day to day life that we in this country cannot even imagine. >> reporter: well, it affects every aspect of daily life

reports a prominent chinese activists confessed to leaking documents before the anniversary of the tiananmen square. >> sports most valuable player earning his crown. details later in the program. >> part of a truce brokered between government and rebels, in syria. we're joined from lebanon. there was a huge explosion at this aleppo hotel. how was this blast detonated? >> the islamic front claiming responsibility said they had bombs planted underneath the hotel in tunnels, and they showed pictures as the explosion takes place. you can tell it's a huge explosion that leveled the hotel and many buildings around it. it's at the edge of a neighborhood that is in the old city and some of the people in aleppo, residents have been complaining that the explosion has also damaged some of the historical buildings in that part of town. according to the islamic front, front, they say at least 50 oh pro government soldiers had been killed in this attack and that's why they targeted the hotel, because the government was using it as a base. 14 pro government fighters were killed in the attack. >> another d

they've expressed their support for people who got arrested for trying to shed light on the tiananmen square incident. now, five chinese activists got detained earlier this month. they include the prominent lawyer pu singh congress, and xu youyu. they want to investigate what happened in 1989. a group of japanese scholars wrote an open letter expressing grave concern. they include a university professor who brought xu to japan in february to give a lecture. they say the people arrested were trying to heal scars the tiananmen square incident inflicted on chinese society. they say the group was attempting to ensure people in china can be proud of their country. more than 100 lawyers and others in china have protested the arrests online. >>> japanese prime minister shinzo abe and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu have agreed to build a new partnership between their countries. netanyahu is on a four-day visit to japan. this was the first summit meeting between the two leaders. they discussed the breakdown in the peace talks between israelis and the palestinians. they also agreed o

>> reporter: every year before the tiananmen anniversary, the party is on high alert.ut this year is different, says amnesty, saying scores have been arrested in a nationwide crackdown. it's part of a trend, they say, of shutting out all critical voices. >> hey, hey, hey! >> reporter: like when another prominent lawyer pushing for government transparency was jailed for four years in january, and we felt the sharpened of party power. >> i think in times where they're nervous, they come down to the default strategy which is stability above all else. >> reporter: we put the facts of the story to the chinese government. they told us that china shouldn't be judged on, quote, the criteria of the united states and that freedoms here are at historic highs. some say that the freedoms, though, are, in fact, at a low point. david mckenzie, cnn, beijing. >>> calm has finally settled over an eastern ukranian city where there was deadly violence earlier this month. >> the strife in maripol has appeared to have ended at least for now between pro russia separatists and the government

in 1989, the 25th anniversary will be this spring, tiananmen square was an indication that it was notng to satisfy people. they said, we will rely on two things. after the failure to mobilize, the failure to inspire people, that is how he explained tiananmen square. those things are prosperity and nationalism, the ability to wrap people around the flag. patriotism. this young man and many people in his generation have grown up being told about the ways in which western countries have sought to keep china down. they are not wrong. in the 19th century, china was carved up like a melon. that is the term they use to describe the way that foreign powers took control of chinese land. they talk about a century of humiliation. this is taught explicitly in chinese schools. china has weathered this century. that is the dominant fact of what it means to think about chinese history if you are a young person today. they spend a lot of energy focusing on preventing china from being humiliated again. >> let's watch some more from that video. ♪ >> let's start with the last part, the dalai lama. tibet

last october, a car burst into flames on the edge of tiananmen square. 30 people were stabbed to death in another attack in march. here in france the president francois hollande'tis two years in office with an hour-long interview -- here in france the friends of the francois hollande marked his two years in office with an hour-long interview. there will not be a lot of celebrations, he has the lowest approval rating of any president in modern times. a look back at his two years. >> may 2012 and newly elected francois hollande was at the height of popularity. the honeymoon was not to last long, two months in, his approval rating slipped when he decided to close one of the oldest pillars of friends industry, a car plant in northern france. as unemployment passed the 3 million mark, he was seen on holiday with his girlfriend in ireland. >> they were just a band of novices during a time of crisis. having underestimated the crisis and having made promises they could not keep. they were amateurs. >> a brief respite came when he ordered a successful military intervention in mali. while people

the 1989 song "going home" is played at closing time across the country, even at tiananmen square.mple of the song in question. ♪ >> i'm relaxed after hearing that. aren't you? right? go home and take a nap. >>> child star macaulay caulk en tweeted a photo of himself wearing a t-shirt of ryan gosling wearing a macaulay culkin t-shirt. it could go on and on and on, right? >> macaulay culkin isn't in the news a lot anymore. he stopped acting and he's a musician. he's in a band, yeah. like pizza underground. >> yeah. maybe go back to acting. i don't know. i'm betty nguyen. this is "early today." we hope it is your first stop of the day on nbc. let me get this straight... [ female voice ] yes? lactaid® is 100% real milk? right. real milk. but it won't cause me discomfort. exactly, because it's milk without the lactose. and it tastes? it's real milk! come on, would i lie about this? [ female announcer ] lactaid. 100% real milk. no discomfort. come on, would i lie about this? so i use lactaid® members are cottage cheese. ry. it's 100% real dairy without the lactose. so i can make these c

. >> the 20th answdversar of tiananmen square massacre and there are signs that beijing is threateningtical voices. shinwa reported a prominent reporter had been jailed for leaking state secrets. the 70-year-old seed from her home in the capitol last month accused of supplying a confidential document to a foreign website. >> document reportedly details beijing's plans for continued economic reform while preventing the spread of democracy. following the arrest, confession of a wok said to be yua spokeswoman said it was carried out because the journalist had broken chinese law on may 11th, they demanded her release. a publisher in hong kong due to release a book critical of the chinese president was centsed to 10 years in jail on smuggling charges. his son, edmond yao told the "new york times" there is no question that there are treeing to punish him for his public activities through normal criminal charges. >>> after more than 260 days in a cairo prison and reportedly more than 100 days into a hunger strike, video appefootage as and alshamy? >> if anything happens to me, my health fails

and it comes just days before the 25th anniversary of the tiananmen square protests. >>> also breakinght now, there are new tensions in ukraine, with heavy artillery fire overnight in the country's eastern region. the shelling appeared to come from government positions and badly damaged homes and a restaurant. and we are learning about multiple people being killed during an attack at a military checkpoint. this new tension comes as president vladimir putin promised to withdraw troops from the region. >>> an update on those young iranians arrested for posting their version of pharrell's hit song, "happy." the six men and women who bo9 appeared in the youtube video have now been released. ñ that she's back. in justifying the arrest, police called the video showing the unveiled women, vulgar. the iranian president and pharrell himself have expressed support for this group. >>> also overnight, a small earthquake rattled central virginia, leaving behind some frayed nerves. the magnitude 3.2 quake was centered west of richmond. more than 1,100 reports of shaking were called in last night. no

attended a weekend making the call of propriety and the suppression of pro democracy protests in tiananmen square in nineteen eighty nine. among those held was perry cgi a prominent free speech delay is represented many dissidents including optus our wheelie and an activist on the new citizens mavens and agreed that the edges. chinese leaders to disguise their sats is attained on a charge of causing the stand ins to know is that i photograph released by one of the activists has paid and others attending the meeting on sunday just a month ahead of the sensitive twenty fifth anniversary of the crackdown on june the fourth nineteen ninety nine. rose has its own to transporting syrian rebel find discount of almost one in the last rebel strongholds in the country. the operation was part of the undead brokered deal between the rebels and president acts as ami which is surrounded revels in home city for more than a year. the deal and any rebel presence in the hall to the sixty one is called the capital of the revolution against the sides. meanwhile the syrian president and his wife ros men have m

separatists demonstrations the first time in its museum dedicated to the breed to crack down on china's tiananmen square pro democracy protests twenty five years ago it has opened in hong kong. in early june nineteen ninety nine to china's leaders or to treat with assault rifles and tanks to open fire on a student demonstration which was protesting the death of the plight of the communist continental and the economic and democratic reform hundreds of photos diets. in the simple opening ceremony he seems down to schoolwork on to compete in the nineteen eighteen an editorial from the government announced the sneeze take the people's daily revealed the identity of the museum. jonathan chan hong kong residents was the university student back in nineteen eighteen the line he recalls the scene at the local hospital that night most of them all the words of the more one looks beautiful with the people and again more info. is unbearable. much too which was to accommodate the students get ready to go in beijing and hong kong the bbc's media they just weren't into adults. he's a person to get this itch to s

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no, right after tiananmen square. 1989. wanted to read it now, where would they go?there is a website. .e got two different awards one for excellence in investigative journalism will --. there is a lot that is online now, that i was not able to read . you put an emphasis on tennie , let's get back into the story and listen to this. he borrowed money, brought back his own stock at reduced prices. market, in the stock got control of a major railroad, and all he had to do was not cause a major financial panic. in and stopto go the panic and show up on wall street. it.broker said, i knew >> cornelius vanderbilt. how did the ladies meet him, and why did they find him? they had a golden mind. they knew he was into spiritualism. tennie was known as having magic healing hands. many people, by then had moved up town. he was 74 years old, and he had bounder.e a he was not faithful to his wife, and tennie was a track death. in 1868, and they did not start their bank until 1870. i think, probably very strongly that he did have an affair with tennie. was a. in between his wife an

. >> right, and that's been the bargain, certainly since tiananmen. it sometimes works, right. >> charlie: how do you define what it means to be chinese today? what is the operative philosophy? the american ideal. >> there's a shared american idea. in the end, if you had to put an end to it, it would be something like liberty. >> charlie: exactly. in china today, there is no single shared idea and i think that makes people uncomfortable. what the government is trying to do is to say the shared idea should be renewal, rejuvenation, it should be the flag. >> charlie: yeah. i think people are not convinced of that. if you talk to people about what they call the chinese dream, this is now an official slogan as you've seen it -- >> charlie: so in the person of ping. >> right, ping got to power and said we need better marketing. we're now in pursuit of the chinese dream, an el gent solution for propaganda problems. everyone interpreted it differently. the conclusion i reached after thinking about it a long time is the thing people are looking for now and ho

they have tried to remove tiananmen square by censoring social media and arresting those who would raisetions, pick qurls and provoke trouble. we will always remember. we will remember the art students who sculpt thed the goddess of democracy, inspired by the statue of liberty. we will remember the tank man who single handedly stopped tanks -- chinese tanks in their tracks. we will remember the hundreds, perhaps thousands, there's never been an official counting, of those who died that day. the spirit of the protestors live on in these stories of heroism. it lives on for all those who love freedom and human rights. to the chinese people who yearn for freedom, do not give up hope. one day, you, too, will be free. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from washington is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to honor the life of

human rights and the rule of law for all its sit certains and stop censoring discussion of the 1989 tiananmen square demonstrations and their violent suppression. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and agree to the resolution? members will record their votes by electronic device. this is a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the speaker pro tempore: on this vote the yeas are 379, the nays are one. 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are not suspend -- are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and, without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. the house will come to order. he house will come to order. the house will come to order. please take your discussion off the floor, please take your seats. please cease your conversation

. >> especially as we get close to the tiananmen square massacre.ay on that. this is "bloomberg surveillance." guest host for the hour, barbara corcoran and david rose. news now fromsome the files of "bloomberg west." profit rose 25% last quarter at lenovo in china. they said that their desktop models and mobile devices except market share. the chinese company plans to triple the number of companies where it sells its smart phones. microsoft is looking to resolve issues with china after losing out on the government contract. windows eight was excluded from a purchasing order due to computer security issues that may be linked to the decision to end support for windows xp, which by the way has a 70% market share in china. upgle says they need to keep to $30 billion overseas for acquisitions according to a letter they sent to regulators. google generates half of its revenue outside the u.s., avoiding taxes by keeping foreign earnings overseas. that is this morning's company news. >> very good. futures are up five. dow futures are up 52. primaries are a

and it comes days before the anniversary of the tiananmen protests. >>> breaking right now.wan's military has declared a coup. the army announcing it is seizing power to restore calm after six months of political chaos. >>> and the u.s. military is stepping up the search for the 300 schoolgirls in nigeria. 80 troops have been sent to chad. most of the troops will fly surveillance missions. >>> an incredible story out of california. a young woman kidnapped when she was just 15, has been reunited with her family after ten years in captivity. this morning, she is telling her story, as her alleged abductor prepares to face a judge. here's abc's john muller. >> reporter: now 25 years old, the victim who did not want to be identified on camera, says she is just grateful to be home with family. >> i'm so happy. and privileged to be with my family. that's i want all the time. all the time i cry for her, for my mom, and my sisters. >> reporter: while clutching her daughter, she describes the nightmare she suffered at the hands of ysidro garcia. her mother's exboyfriend who she said a

minority has been blamed in the past for other recent attacks, including one here in beijing at tiananmenare. many members of that community have been forcing their frustration with what they have called repressive policies of beijing. the public security bureau chief is on his way to the region and the president, xi jinping, has vowed to step up patrols as well as security controls and has pledged to crack down hard on those responsible for this incident. ross? >> thanks for that, eunice. more to come. we'll keep you updated with events out of beijing. >>> also still to come on the show, after two years of losses, growth is on the horizon. we'll get more on the company's restructuring plan. [ female announcer ] there's a gap out there. that's keeping you from the healthcare you deserve. at humana, we believe if healthcare changes, if it becomes simpler... if frustration and paperwork decrease... if grandparents get to live at home instead of in a home... the gap begins to close. so let's simplify things. let's close the gap between people and care. ♪ >>> you're watching "worldwide exchan

faxes made possible tiananmen square. but facebook and twitter are now what is making possible world revolution. and it's led by women. so some of these sites, i could not recommend more. f you don't know about them, feminist.com is a go-to basic place which will send you on to different categories, different subject matter. because we say all -- all issues are women's issues. if you're talking about the majority of the species, how can they not be? when i hear the phrase, women's issues, it makes me crazy. feminist.com is a real base toucher. also feministing which i'm sure you've heard of. the f bomb, started when she as i think 15 by julie zeilinger who is coming to the women's media center and bringing the f bomb with her. the f bomb is a teen site for young women and women new in college. so that they're their own voice. i mentioned dr. goddess and olivia jadae, the wise latina taking off from the sotomayor statement where she was being vetted supposedly by congress is a wonderful website. which is a go-to place for

blamed in the past by the government for other recent incidents, including one here in beijing at tiananmen square. many members of that community have voiced their frustration with what they see as repressive policies of beijing. the public security chief has now gone to the region and the president of this country, xi jinping has vowed to step up security controls as well as patrols. he's also vowed to crack down very hard on those responsible for this incident. becky? >> all right. eunice, thank you very much. eunice yoon. >>> stock market posting solid gains on wednesday after word that the fed won't be hiking rates anytime soon after all. and despite the many calls for a correction, some analysts say the market may already have correct. it's sort of a sideways rotational correction. our next guest says he does not see this big correction happening just yet. here with us now to make the case, james paulsen, chief investment strategist at wells capital management. thanks for coming in. the other day i looked at my iphone, if i hit up stock prices, the market was up 150. at the bottom it