u.s. military africa command they discuss libya's civil war and u.s. strategy in the region. committee members also question the national guard bureau chief nominee, senator john mccain chairs the armed service committee, this is one hour, 15 minutes. >> good morning senate the armed service committee meets this money to consider the nominations of lieutenant general waldhauser to be commander of u.s. africa command and lieutenant general joseph ling gal to be chief of the national guard bureau. i welcome both of our nominees and thank them for their continued willingness to serve our nation. general waldhauser, africa has reemerged as an active front in the global war on terror with isil, al qaeda, boko haram, and al shabab. to commanding territory and launching successful attacks are at the and threatening her interest in those of our allies. particularly concern is the rise of iceland libya where the terrorist group commands an army of over 5000 fighters. the recent advances by militia forces against isil stronghold in certain are encouraging, the country remains mirrored

i am truly honored to be nominated as the commander u.s. africa command.ant to thank them for their confidence in me and would like to recognize the current general and his wife for their service to the country and men and women in uniform. joining me is my wife gale, and our son, mark. gale has been a great mother and superb advocate for military families over the years. she taught middle school for many years where a large number of students were military families in the communities we were stationed. since the stand up of africa, they have made interests on the continent. there are challenges in the area of responsibility. terrorist activities conducted by groups as such al-shabaab are present across the continent. mass atrocities and elicit trafficking threaten stability and economic growth, particularly in nations with weak governments. consequently, africom must work to disrupt these transnational threats and in the region and ultimately to our homeland. additional, it must continue to work with african partners to create an environment where these p

i am truly honored to be nominated as the commander u.s. africa command. i want to thank the president and secretary of defense for their confidence in me and i want to recognize the current africa commander dan rodriguez and his wife for their dedicated service to our country and men and women in uniform. joining me today is my wife gale and my son mark. gale has been a great mother and superb advocate for military families over the years. she taught middle school for many years where a large number of students were military families in the communities we were stationed. since the stand up of africa, nearly a decade ago the command has made many contributions to our national security interests on the continent. today there are numerous come plegs challenges in the african area responsibility. terrorist organizations and terrorist activities conducted by groups such as the islamic state in libya, al shabaab in somalia are active across continent. ethnic strife, poverty, mass atrocities and trafficking threatens stability and economic growth particularly in

the u.s. africa command said one of the commanders was killed by a u.s. airstrike in late may, while the other, mohamad dulyadayn died in a somali ground operation. he was accused of masterminding the attacks on a kenyan university last year that killed 148 people. a former cia officer convicted of a role in the kidnapping of an egyptian cleric under the cia's extraordinary rendition program says she is facing extradition to italy. sabrina de sousa faces four years in prison after an italian court convicted her in absentia for the kidnapping of abu omar. omar was snatched off the street in milan and sent to egypt, where he said he was tortured. if de sousa is imprisoned in italy, it would mark the first time any cia officer involved in the rendition program has gone to jail. here in new york, the powerful leader of one of the largest corrections officers unions in the country has been arrested on corruption charges. norman seabrook, who has led the correction officers benevolent association for 21 years, was -- for 21 years. u.s. attorney preet bharara sa

i'm truly honored to be nominated as the commander u.s. africa command. want to think the president and the secretary of defense for the confidence in me. i want to recognize the current u.s. african commander, general day rodriguez and his wife jennifer their dedicated service to our country and the men and women in uniform. joining me today is my wife gail and her son mark. our two daughters, amy and catherine were not able to be here this morning. gal has been a great mother and superb advocate for military families over the years. moreover, she taught middle school for many years where large numbers of students were from military families in the communities where we were stationed. since the stan the command has made better contributions to national security interest on a continent. today, there are numerous complex challenges in the african area of responsibility, terrorist organizations and terrorist activities conducted by groups such as the islamic state in libya and al shabab in somalia are present and active across the continent. additionally, i

across africa and give them the exposure and experience they need to operate as team members with top tech companies around the world, facebook, microsoft, google, and dozens of tech startups around the u.sory: tell us about what kind of education these people need to get on board. jeremy: 75% of andela fellows actually come with a background in cx or electrical engineering. but we are focused on really is, how do you help them get the context and the ability to engage is a full team member? that requires the combination of technical as well as soft skills. cory: one countries are we talking about? started off in nigeria and have been there for two years, and now we have been in kenya about a year. we will be announcing a third country in about three months. cory: we have a quote from mike -- from mark zuckerberg, we live where i believe we support innovative models for learning, wherever they are around the world. what andela is doing is pretty amazing. kind words. how does this help to accelerate this? jeremy: those are kind words. it has been amazing getting to know the folks, and mark as well. what it does for us is help us do more of what we are already doing, friday next or near a

u.s. and africa that doesn't exist between any other regions. you see the east asian, i mean, or the asian sovereign investors. they're going to fund infrastructure. the u.s. isn't. i mean, opec will a bit but the big dollars and the long patient capital will come from other places probably. but you see that people -- we love african and they love us for -- a reason that's different than a mercantile reason that comes -- that is inspired, you know, when you think of the european/african relationship. we want to help just because we want to help. the french are going to abejan to do business, absolutely, that's not hidden as their main motivation. to the extent we can form links with these young students that come here and probably already have business models and they're starting businesses, we could really influence policy that way because they're going to go back to their home countries, start up these companies. they'll know how to raise money from the valley, but they might not know what to ask for from their home governments in terms of what

u.s. and africa that doesn't exist between any other regions. you see the asian sovereign investors, they're going to fund infrastructure. the u.s. isn't -- opec will a bit, but the big dollars and the long patient capital will come from other places, probably. but you see that we love africa, and they love us for a reason that is different than a mercantile reason that is inspired when you think of the european-african relationship. we want to help because we want to help. the french are going to do business. absolutely. that is not even hidden as their main motivation. so to the extent we can form links with these young students that come here and who probably already have business models and they're starting businesses, we could really influence policy that way because they're going to go back to their home country, start up these companies, they're know how to raise money from the valley, but they may not know what to ask for from their home governments in terms of what do they need as a backdrop to their business. there's rights for a cable

u.s. we have sent six analysts to harvard business school that have worked with us. when you go to the africa club of any business school across the u.s. those are your next generation entrepreneurs. if there's something something to do with them to i don't know explain to them how the backdrop works here, i think there is a natural affinity between the u.s. and africa that doesn't exist between any other regions. as in the east asian or the asian sovereign investors, they're going to fund infrastructure, the big dollars and the long patient capital will come from other places probably. but you see that we love africa they love us for reasons that are different, mercantile reasons that are inspired when i think of the european african relationship. we we want to help just because we want to help. the french are going out to do business, absolutely that is not even hidden as their main motivation. to the extent we can form links with these young students who come here and probably already have business models and starting businesses we could really influence policy that way because they are go

u.s. we have sent six analysts to harvard business school that have worked with us when you go to africa, any other business schools across the u.s., those are your next generation entrepreneurs. if there was something to do with them to, i don't know, explain to them a how the backdp works, i think there is a natural affinity between the us in africa that doesn't exist between any of the regions. you see the east asian or the asian sovereign investors, they will find infrastructure. the u.s. isn't. but they dollars and the long capital will come from other places probably. but you see, we love africa and they love us. the reason it's different than a mercantile region that is inspired when you think of the european african relationship. we want to just because we want to the french are going to do business. that is not even hidden is the main motivation. she extent we can form links with these young students that come your and you're probably already have business models and starting businesses, we could really influence policy that way because they are going to go back to their home coun

u.s. military africa command they discuss libya's civil war and u.s. strategy in the region. committee members also question the national guard bureau chief nominee, senator john mccain chairs the armed service committee, this is one hour, 15 minutes.

u.s. forces in africa says he's not aware of any overall strategy to fight isis in libya. comments came at the general's nomination hearing during an exchange with republican senator john mccain of arizona. >> the two strategic objectives we do have for libya -- >> i heard the objectives. do we have a strategy? >> to continue to support that right at this point in time. i am not aware of any overall grand strategy at this point. >> the general also said it makes no sense that the u.s. is not bombing isis in libya and he there are an imminent threat to the u.s. meantime, there's word more than 60 people died in violence across libya yesterday alone. a state news agency reports 29 people died in an explosion at a storage depot outside the capital tripoli and east of there. 36 pro-government troops died while fighting the islamic state in its stronghold. jack keen is a retired four-star general who served as vice chief of staff of the army. he is also, as you well know, a fox news military analyst. general, it's great to see you. it seems to me like general waldhauser and the

u.s. ambassador with extensive experience in africa joins us with a big disruption taking place there. >> some of the biggest names in last year's summit was held in kenya. failed joinedreen emily chang last week along with david kirkpatrick. -- linda thomas greenfield joined emily chang last week with david kirkpatrick. >> they skipped a lot of steps to get to where they are today. >> i would describe technology as thriving. an interest in improving access to technology. one of the areas africans skip over technology is in the telephone technology. they never had land lines in an expansive way. the use of cell phones became popular. bankingook the lead in via telephone and communications the a cell phones, and a way that did not happen in the united dates for a number of reasons. one being we had other technology. go into the deepest village in the middle of nowhere on aid to her road and you will see a market woman or village woman, a chief with a working cell phone. forhat makes africa right tech disruption? 10africa had six of the fastest growing economies. companies not recognized in

u.s. military's africa command. >>> cable tv executives testified about their industry's customer service and billing practices at a senate hearing today. senators question the panel about their constituents' difficulties with their cable providers. this homeland security and governmental affairs subcommittee hearing is two hours. >> we're here today to discuss a topic that affects just about every american family. and often frustrates us as american families and that is cable or satellite tv service. we have taken an investigation of the cable and television satellite television industry as many of you know, senator mccaskill has been there in this. issue for many years. she'll talk about that. we have a keen interest in making sure cable and satellite companies do the right thing by their subscribers. the subcommittee reviewed literally thousands of documents and interviewed countless witnesses to learn more about the consumer practices of the five largest paid tv providers. this includes comcast, charter, time warner cable, dish network and directv. director -- together the companies s

u.s. ambassador with extensive experience in africa joins us with a big disruption taking place there.eenfield is next. ♪ cory: some of the biggest names in tech will descend on silicon valley for the global entrepreneurship summit. president obama is hosting it at stanford. last year's summit was held in kenya. linda thomas greenfield joined emily chang last week with david kirkpatrick. >> it is fascinating. i had nerd -- not heard the term silicon savanna -- savanna until today. describe the tech scene in africa? they skip a lot of steps to get where they are today. >> i would describe technology in africa as thriving. there is a huge interest in improving access to technology. one of the areas africans skip over technology is in the telephone technology. they never had land lines in an expansive way. the use of cell phones became immediately popular. africa really took the lead in banking via telephone and communications via cell phones, in a way that did not happen in the united dates for a number of reasons. >> you are saying some of the poorest people have a cell phone and are co

u.s. ambassador with extensive experience in africa joins us to discuss the biggest areas of potential techption. ambassador linda thomas greenfield is next. ♪ okay, ready? whoa! [ explosion ] nothing should get in the way of the things you love. ♪ get america's fastest internet. only from xfinity. top stories this hour, adding to evident as gradual economic destabilization. factory pmi was 50.1, a welcome sign of resilience for policymakers. tysons measure fell to 39.2 below estimates, official nonmanufacturing pmi was 53.1 down slightly from april. the aussie dollar spiked after data showed further economic expansion in the first quarter full to gdp increased 1.1%. that according to government data. our policymakers meet next tuesday after their surprise division. traders are split 50-50. softbank has gained on news that it is selling its stake in alibaba. largestremain the shareholder a 28% even after offloading that with shares. selling some of that back to the company, and the rest of the members in the partnership. the headlines from bloomberg news powered by over 2400 journalists in

u.s. citizens in africa. could i just add one thing. mr. mccain: it was at the hearing when general milley, the chief of staff of the united states army test identified the army risks not having ready forces available to provide flexible options to our national leadership and most importantly, risks incurring significantly increased u.s. casualties. i say to my colleagues that are going to vote against this, you are taking on a heavy burden of responsibility of incurring significantly increased u.s. casualties in case of an emergency. the military is not ready. we are a hundred billion dollars less than we were in t 2011 when sequestration began and the world has changed dramatically. i can't tell you my disappointment to hear that the chairman of the appropriations committee, i don't know if my colleague knows, said that he's going to vote against it using some rationale that they're increasing by some $7 billion. that's insane. that is not only insane, it's irresponsible and most importantly, it's out of touch. i say to my colleagues, to

u.s. military's africa command. >>> cable tv executives testified about their industry's customer service and billing practices at a senate hearing today. senators question the panel about their constituents' difficulties with their cable providers. this homeland security and governmental affairs subcommittee hearing is two hours. >> we're here today to discuss a topic that affects just about every american family. and often frustrates us as american families and that is cable or satellite tv service. we have taken an investigation of the cable and television satellite television industry as many of you know, senator mccaskill has been there in this. issue for many years. she'll talk about that. we have a keen interest in making sure cable and satellite companies do the right thing by their subscribers. the subcommittee reviewed literally thousands of documents and interviewed countless witnesses to learn more about the consumer practices of the five largest paid tv providers. this includes comcast, charter, time warner cable, dish network and directv. director -- together the companies s

u.s. financiers was to loan south africa a total of $80 million. disgusted, walter white urged the world bank to reconsider. not one penny should flow into that troubled nation until they abandon their vicious, racist policy. black countered that it was not possible to reconsider such a loan. and there were no grounds to contemplate such a move the world bank meet its loan decisions without regard to political or not economic influences or considerations. black tried to assure white that it was their view that the project will benefit all of the south african people, regardless of color. the loan will raise the standard of living of their peoples as a whole. this is in the land of you cannot make this stuff up. [laughter] >> white could only scoff at that assertion. certainly the president of the world bank could not be that uninformed. the groom in bloody truth of history is that the native population enjoys nearly none of the benefits of government. the dangerous apartheid doctrine will snatch away the few crumbs which have been given to the nati

u.s. military commander to take over africa command had a warning for lawmakers. in response to a question from senator john mccain, lieutenant general waldhowser. >> do we have a strategy? >> i'm not aware of any overall grand strategy at this point. >> the c.i.a. estimates that the terror group has upwards of 8,000 fighters inside libya and waldhowser believes those fighters could conduct attacks in europe. >>> the fight for gun control failed the senate floor on wednesday and since then the war of words has groin. correspondent doug mckelway reports on why the senate blocked all four of those proposals offered and whether there's a path forward. >> emotion is not agreed to. >> the after four gun control amendments went down in flames last night, a new bill sponsored by moderate republican susan collins of maine rose from the ashes. she and a group of bipartisan supporters promised this one is different. preserving two components that satisfy both sides. >> this is a common-sense, bipartisan proposal to insure that terrorists cannot purchase firearms. no fly, no

mark: he said it is unlikely that south africa will fall into a recession. u.s.eptical that a big insurance deal will go through. the justice department told anthem that it's $40 billion takeover threatens competition. according to a person familiar with the matter, regulators probably say it cannot be fixed by some part of the businesses. that is your latest bloomberg business flash. so italy's biggest bank is bring back his former banking boss to run its company. he has been named the next chief executive to spearhead the bank's overhaul. for more on what it means for the bank, let's go to dan the screen -- let's go to dan. what is on his to do list? dan: the top of the list is to address a pseudo-that is been address -- to address a question that has analysts have asked. get rid of bad loans. clearly the capital rights, the capital increase, the potential rights issue is an issue. -- the outgoing ceo argued that they did not need a capital increase. his banking experience, i would think there is a good chance that we will see a capital increase anywhere from f

u.s. military commander to take over africa command had a warning for lawmakers. in response to a question from senator john mccain, lieutenant general waldhowser. >> do we have a strategy? >> i'm not aware of any overall grand strategy at this point. >> the c.i.a. estimates that the terror group has upwards of 8,000 fighters inside libya and waldhowser believes those fighters could conduct attacks in europe. >>> the fight for gun control failed the senate floor on wednesday and since then the war of words has groin. correspondent doug mckelway reports on why the senate blocked all four of those proposals offered and whether there's a path forward. >> emotion is not agreed to. >> the after four gun control amendments went down in flames last night, a new bill sponsored by moderate republican susan collins of maine rose from the ashes. she and a group of bipartisan supporters promised this one is different. preserving two components that satisfy both sides. >> this is a common-sense, bipartisan proposal to insure that terrorists cannot purchase firearms. no fly, no

u.s. expects it to clear the deal soon. south africa has yet to give the blessing.haad: some other stories we are watching for you today, let's get a roundup. like: yes, shares trading this after it announced a string of management changes and a cuts at suzuki. the company admitted to using faulty mileage testing methods. be losing their bonuses from last year. some senior managers will see their bonuses cut in half. to prevent a recurrence, suzuki will promote a whistleblowing system and consolidate facilities. on the new ceo will be made after the annual shareholders meeting. that candidate will be one of the company's four existing directors. sony has been putting money into an internal startups. it has been seeing big profits from its holding in a little-known health care company. in m3 moreas risen than 50% according to data compiled by bloomberg. increased byng has $1 billion over the past 12 months alone. it was a web portal used by doctors in japan, china, and the u.s.. sign medical studies, drug information, network with each other. the company based in tok

u.s. service members around the world into africa, into afghanistan, into iraq, into syria now and other placest we don't even know about to kill radical islamic terrorists. there's no question about that. there are some serious criticisms being made right now about how the war against isis is being fought and whether or not there is an actual strategy and what the end game looks like or whether president obama is just buying time with various missions so it's a tactical war with no overall strategy but that said, it cannot be debated that president obama is responsible for the deaths of thousands of rad cical islamic terrorists. >> we knew he was going to deliver remarks on the orlando terror attack and didn't know he was going to directly respond to the criticism from donald trump and others. you have to take a look at where the u.s., if this orlando terror attack is a turning point in the overall struggle, the effort to destroy isis. >> let me make another point by the point donald trump and others including rudy giuliani and whether or not the president uses the term radical islamic terrori

cathy lanier said that drug criminals from africa and india were using commercial mail providers to ship the drugs to the u.s., and then officer say it was sold along the benning road corridor. there has been an increasing crime in that area and officers are hoping that this bust will cut that down. brian: outside tonight, we are looking at temperatures in the 60's. more refreshing air building in tonight. day three of save trek underway tomorrow, looks like it will be comfortable, 60 in the morning. could be an isolated sprinkle early, but then we dry out with gusty breezes and much cooler temperatures. highest tomorrow only in the 70's. will it last? alison: pilot error caused a pilot -- private plane to crash into a gaithersburg neighborhood onot failed to turn deicing equipment. ice accumulated on the wings and the airplane stalled. the ntsb recommends regulators develop a system to automatically alert pilots to turn on the deicing equipment. it also recommends enhanced winter weather training for business jet pilots. developing now, there is growing anger over the sentence in a california sexual assault

u.s. troops in africa, we have no strategy for fighting isis libya liz: he said this under questioning inhe senate arms services committee. he was asked by senator john mccain about this, he said essentially we don't have any strategy. the head of the cia said that the number of isis troops in libya has surged to maximum 8,000en potentially more. the low was thought to be 2000 in february. the other issue, whether this general will have commands to call on strikes on isis and libya. he may not have the authority to do so. that's the issue yesterday. >> thanks a lot. we've got a hacker, in fact, guccifer 2.0. try this, $225,000 speaking fee, private round trip private jet. got to be a specific jet. special first class pickups for up to three aides. come in rich lawrie, this is hillary clinton, the presidential candidate of the people. she's one of you, she's got hot sauce in her purse. >> i know about you, charles. i don't go anywhere without a gulf stream. >> what's going on i never bump into hillary. i'm in at the wrong airport, not teterboro. >> this goes to two points. she has lived th

u.s. >> you think it's absolutely time to do something? >> they've achieved success and achieved what they wanted, world attention, and an economic impact on airports y. that's their goal. >> most of the attacks in europe, africa and asia. not one in north america. but some security experts do worry about u.s. airports. >> we feel check points and procedures and screening technology, but the front of the airport is vulnerable. >> the back of the airport, but should we push security out to the front door and maybe use a molds from world trouble spot pushing security to the entrance roads? some suggest at least we should harden the front of the airport. >> highly visible armed officers acts as a deterrent. >> airports are secured by local sheriffs or police. a national standard for securing the front of the airport would require new federal regulations or law. abc news, reagan national airport. >> the terror attack in istanbul is prompting tough talk on the campaign trail. coming up at 9:30, a call for stronger u.s. action. tonight dozens of rape victims join the calls to remove -- brock turner is serving six months for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman on campus. many feel the sentence was too lenient. v

u.s. before crossing the atlantic ocean to europe or northern africa. >>> a new statue will soon are going up just outside philadelphia's city hall to honor a civil rights activist killed for exercising his right to vote. >> today the city unveiled the design for the memorial statue in honor of octavius killed by a wipe mob in philadelphia on election day of 1871 for voting and trying to get others to do the same. called him the martin luther king jr. of his day, but little known in history books. the mayor says this statue will make him the known hero that he deserves to be. >> this is important for philadelphia. it's important for the country. it's important for african-american history, which isn't african-american history, it's american history denied and delays. >> this will be the first new statue, by the way, at city hall, in the last 90 years. it's expected to be completed in the spring of next year. [ scream ] [ laughter ] >> quite a welcome for this police officer in andorra. members of philadelphia's fifth police district hosted a pizza party for the first grade class here. nati

flexibility, the capability of working with some of the ngos that came out of central africa where were you have doctors in the u.s., business people here, they want to put their money back. they want to help teaching and college years were setting up schools for young women and so is. with a little partnering with force inis can be a terms of offsetting what is coming out of the deal been the mantra sides. you need to build that flexibility in. the americans that are originally from those areas that are now investing their dollars, their contributions, with the help and partnering with usaid in that kind of an f for you are much more if factor than going through the -- you are much more effective than going through the government. i don't think we of have a secretary of defense test to find in recent years who has not emphasize the importance of having a state department becoming more effective. the sections that specifically modernizingpdating, the aids programs, the state department and its diplomacy. we talk about the millennium and howe account providing incentives for countries to with our direction can be a

u.s. before crossing the atlantic ocean to europe or northern africa. >>> we have new information in the deadlybbing of a young philadelphia mom. today, a judge sentenced her killer, keyarra frisby to 8 to 16 years in prison. she pleaded guilty earlier this year in the death of 17-year-old anita cotton. the young mom was stabbed to death last july in the parking lot of a walgreens in hunting park. >>> from our trenton bureau, two police officers have been cleared of any wrongdoing after they shot and killed a stabbing suspect. today mercer county officials say the two hamilton township officers were justified for their actions back on april 1st. sean clyde who suffers from schizophrenia was shot by police who responded to this home on knotting hill lane. they witnessed clyde stabbing his father. each officer fired a shot after clyde refused to stop. he later died in the hospital. >>> a quick thinking thief was able to get away with a philadelphia municipal truck in broad daylight. take a look at this video. the truck was parked at the bridge maintenance park last week. he took off while the cit

u.s. presidential contest. >>> in the global fight against hiv/aids perhaps the most high-profile epidemic is in south africa. millions of people there are living with hiv and a generation of children who lost their parents to the disease. an ngo is trying a unique approach to carrying awareness for the care-takers of these orphans. nhk world has more. ♪ >> reporter: at the olympics here, all the participants are grandmothers, held in a township, the name comes from the word for "grandma" in the local language. this is the sixth time, what they call the gran ny's olympic haven been held. 600 of them are participating. the grandmothers are divided into teams that compete against each other in various events. with all the singing and dancing, it actually feels more like a party. >> translator: chant, be happy. let's play like children, be very happy, be very excited. >> reporter: the event is organized by a local ngo that supports grandmothers who are bringing up their grandchildren. this tradition is not unusual in south africa where many of the women have lost sons or daughters to aids. >> young people, it's

u.s. partnership can anchor peace, prosperity and stability from asia to africa and from the indian cean toit can also help ensure security of the sea leans of commerce and freedom of avigation on seas. -- sea lanes of commerce and freedom of navigation on seas. but the effectiveness of our cooperation would increase if international institutions framed with the mindset of the 20th century were to reflect he realities of today. mr. speaker, before arriving in washington, d.c., i had visited erat in western afghanistan to inaugurate afghan-india friendship dam built with indian assistance. i was also there on the christmas day last year to dedicate to that proud nation its parliament, a testimony to our democratic ties. afghans naturally recognize at the sacrifices of america have helped create a better ife. but your contribution in keeping the region safe and secure is deeply appreciated by even beyond. and india, too, has made an enormous contribution and sacrifices to support our friendship with afghan people. a commitment to rebuild a peaceful and stable and prosperous afghanistan is our

the last few, you know, the last two years that i've been traveling to the cis africa and many of these countries, while the u.s. is a natural partner, china has done a lot of work to get in there. but now they're talking to india with. india has a seat at the table. so it comes because we're engaging. >> yeah. ray, you've seen a couple of these times i think that u.s./india relations really began to take off and show new peaks, you know, preceding my time, but the establishment of the u.s./india business council back in 1975. your work to get ucica off the ground in the '90s, the nuclear agreement, the in and out of 2005 and carry it forward. how do you put the current state right now versus those other peaks? does this feel demonstrably different, or is this kind of reminiscent of times that we've hit? do you think things are less easily reversed at this point? how do you put this into context from the other times we've seen a period of positive momentum similar to? >> i'd say it's at an all-time high, rick, not because of the statements that are being made on each side, but because there's a growing substanc

africa, and asia. not one in north america. but some security experts do worry about u.s. airports. >> we've built up checkpoints and screening procedures and screening technologies, but the front of the airport is vulnerable. >> reporter: secured areas of airports are from tsa checkpoints on, called the back of the airport. but should we push security out to the front door? and maybe use a model from world trouble spots, pushing security to the entrance roads. some suggest at least we should harden the front of the airport, physically and with person in the front of the airport does act as a deterrent. >> david kerley joins us now. and david, how feasible are these ideas? >> reporter: well, george, it's really a question of balancing the risks against the cost. airports are run by the local entities. they're secured by the local sheriff or police, including the front of the airport. so, if you wanted a national standard that all airports had to change the way they secure front of the airport, you have to pass federal rules or regulations. >> and come up with the money, to

having said that, we have growth in africa, and we have growth in europe, and we have growth in the u.somers arer living in an environment where you have to perform on a day to day basis. manus: it's interesting how your business is inextricably linked to tourism. let's talk about your numbers last year. margins of 2.7%. given the challenges you outlined, are you going to be able to stick to that margin? give us some forward guidance in terms of what we can expect from the numbers in terms of revenue. jerome: we have completely reinvented the company in the past four years, and the company was not doing very well. it has iconic brands, iconic positions, by far the world leader in flexible packaging for protein, by far the world leader on protective packaging. by far. the number one outside of the u.s. in hygiene. , but thisg positions company did not shape its future. it has gone down 12%. manus: what the market is going to know when they look at this interview is, where are we on margin? jerome: we said that we were align the year with that percentage. so far, so good. the --, we had 1

he would do 1322 performances -- 122 performances across the u.s., australia, new zealand, india and south africa. it's an exhausting trip even for a young man. he would spend 98 nights at sea and almost 50 days ill from coughs and other illnesses. he would travel by rail, rickshaw, mule-drawn carriage and by elephant, and his sightseeing boat would wander close to the floating corpses in the begangies. g ganges. first stop, cleave cleveland, ohio, a disaster. no one had told him a pair of newlyweds or were going to perform 40 minutes of violin and flute music. yeah. [laughter] and then no one told him 500 news boys would be sitting behind him in bleachers, and there'd be no chaperone. [laughter] twain would later complain bitterly to hell hound about all the, quote, horseplay and sky larking which i have to admit i find a little ironic from the creator of huckleberry finn, but anyhow, twain judged this night a dead failure and described the perspiring audience as paying a dollar apiece to go to hell in this fashion. [laughter] so the cross-country trip started improving quickly, and he started f

u.s. and also in the tumultuous times in independent africa, for black man to stand up and say i am the greateste took it so well, didn't he. >> yeah. can you imagine how inspirational that would be at time when there was no role models like that, so incredibly powerful. he did it with such style and such class and such confidence. he believed it and he didn't care what anybody else thought about it, and that's why people will be mourning him today even though his greatest era was so lock ago now. >> at a time when so many people in this country were looking for someone that would be so strong in his stature. don, thank you. >> thank you. >> i'm robyn curnow. you're watching cnn's continuing coverage of the death of muhammad ali. ♪ headache? motrin helps you be an unstoppable "let's rock this" kind of mom. back pain? motrin helps you be a... "side planking, even though you'll feel it later" kind of woman. body pain? motrin helps you be an... "i can totally do this in one trip" kind of woman. when pain tries to stop you, motrin works fast to stop pain. make it happen with motrin® liquid gels. als

he was for tenahe anti-colonial movements in sub-saharan africa, he was against the u.s. vietnam and was against the state of israel creating thousands and thousands of refugees. he visited a refugee camp in southern lebanon and the descriptions of this camp are horrifying. disease, poverty, desperation, children with flies landing on their bodies, and he saw this and made a commitment at that point that he would fight for a palestinian homeland. that was his truth. people can oppose that truth. what i can't stand is the hypocrisy of cuomo praising muhammad ali the very week he stands at the harvard club and you couldn't have a greater contrast than the man of the people and cuomo, in the harvard club, making this statement saying if you are against what it is is the state of israel, we will put you on a list. it is a frightening step. i absolutely stand with the new york aclu. people should read their position on this. they go through an autopsy of the bill. it is frightening stuff and profoundly to my view unconstitutional. >> i want to read a little bit of an editorial

u.s. state department put out a warning for high scale -- upscale malls in africa, in south africa in particular, that they said could be the target of terror attacks because there was a sense that there was intelligence warnings that there could be copycat attacks to the famous highgate mall attack in kenya. so malls have long been a target for these kind of terror attacks, shepard. >> jennifer, thanks very much. so the death toll -- stay with us if you would. the death toll has now risen. israeli defense forces report three people are dead. we don't know if one of those is the suspect, but it's certainly a possibility because as is custom in israel in the early going of breaking news those injured, they're not separated by whether they're victim or perpetrator. >>> it's noon-thirty on the west coast, 3:30 in the new york and 10:30 p.m. in tel aviv where a terror attack has happened flt according to israeli defense forces it happened just about 40 minutes ago smack dab in the heart of downtown tel aviv. at least nine people initially reported wounded. seven of those said to have gone to hospita

u.s. businessman. economiesf investment looked at the number of products that come out of africa and other countries. transaction in the advisors, right, too trite to help? it seems to me there needs to be some education on the u.s. side as to what the u.s. private sector investors looks like. what incentivize them. that sort of thing. it in the united states, there are certain incentives up the government would provide to investors. right? would consider cross border. others are typical, etc.. i think there is a lot because education is what investors are looking for. it affects investors in the united states. panelists to the make their responses and concluding remarks. so go ahead. that wey be the case have in interesting moment to reflect on setting up multilateral institutions. because we have these different funds. the initial concern was not enough focus on safeguards. the preemployment fund seems to take the view that they have their own safeguards but they only works through implementing agencies. and the other banks are not good enough. which will lead to inefficiencies. again, that is a u.n