ok we're going to leave that discussion lavasoft apra professor of political science at the university of toronto for us coming to the program. in the past two years the war in yemen has claimed five times more lives than previously thought that's according to new research results fifty six thousand people have been killed and there are some british m.p.'s and losing patience with that country's role in arm in a saudi coalition which had the military incursion into a parliamentary committee this week grilled britain's top middle east a diplomat overly actions with riyadh. do you have a problem with condemning murder and international violations of into international law in complete mistakes and made the only thing that we don't do is actually press the button to drop the bomb i'm surprised that for those who need to defend themselves the amount of rage trouble between civilians is going up north to if these are all there is they seem to be able to float it i do not agree that if the united kingdom was simply to. deny its support for a party which is under threat and so gauged in support of the le

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university. the retired four-star general in the air force and he served as 15th chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. doctor margaret mcgill and is it the best selling author at the university of toronto and the best selling author of were studies from the department of national security strategy. that is the u.s. army war of college park we are going to start out and go to q&a. we will have brief opening comments from the doctor. >> good morning. thank you for having me here. after world war i was over there was a flurry activity in the united states where memorials or built in small towns in the country. perhaps as many as 10,000. kansas city and missouri there was a response which has shaped much of our work where in 1919 in a 10 day period, the city responded to this outpouring of expression by raising $2.5 million in 10 days. that is the equivalent of $40 million. if it was that easy today, we would be pleased. that led to the building of the memorial opened by president calvin coolidge in 1926. it became the de facto national world war i memorial. and scale it was second only to the washington monument on the washington mall and the footprint exceeding that of the lincoln memori

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run out of time i have to leave it there was side mohammad marandi politics professor at the university of toronto. in the past two years the war in yemen has claimed five times more lives than previously thought that's according to new research which does say that fifty six thousand people have actually been killed and now some british m.p.'s are losing patience today with their country's role in arming the saudi coalition which heads the military incursion there a parliamentary committee this week grilled britain's top middle east diplomat over relations with riyadh do you have a problem with condemning murder and international violations of into international law or incomplete mistakes are made the only thing that we don't do is actually press the button to drop the bomb arm supplies are there for those who need to defend themselves the amount of roads troll between civilians is going to look north to if these are all there or is there seem to be able floated that i do not agree that the united kingdom was simply to. deny its support for a party which is under threat and so engaged in support o

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he received masters and ph.d in political science from the university of toronto and his bachelor's withighest honors in political science in the university of north carolina in chapel hill, edited more than a dozen volumes and author of six monograms studying urban issues, russia, related topics including washington's street, biography and in that connection i just have to relate that very recently when i had the opportunity on guidance, advice and with his introduction to take a rather high-level russian delegation for a tour of the other washington, of youth street, washington as city and not a symbol, of course, we took them to bohemian caverns and african-american museums which blew their mind, by the way, i realize that this distinguished group of russians who really thought that they understood washington from that moment understood you always have something now learn and in that spirit, i give blare the floor to talk about jim. >> thank you, matt. it's a pleasure to be up here sharing the podium with the director of the kennan institute, very nice. >> plural. >> i've been asked t

of the university of washington marching band rolling over and landed on its side while traveling on an icy stretch of road. at least 25 students were treated for minor injuries. >>> in torontoployees used swords to stop a robbery. the suspects were using what appears to be a hammer to break in. once confronted, they fled the scene. police are searching for them still. wow. little did they know they'd meet like a samurai. >> samurai. >> what in the world, toronto? those are our top stories on this friday, november 23rd. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> yeah, they went in there. they're thinking they're just going to rob the store. >> and then it was mortal kombat! >> finish him! that was weird. >> surprise. >> surprise, indeed. they got what they were looking for. >>> let's start this half hour with how and when to find the best black friday bargains. >> after turkey and stuffing, shoppers swarmed macy's here in new york, hoping that getting a head start would equal deeper discounts. >> but in the heart of silicon valley it seems more people stayed at home with their families and did their shopping online. here is dave louie from our station in san francisco.

of schools in the u.s. we are live from the university next. this is bloomberg. ♪ kailey: this is bloomberg markets. amanda: i am amanda lang in toronto.loomberg businessweek surveyed more than 26,000 mba students and alumni in 2018 about their goals and experiences in finding the best schools in the u.s. stanford took the top spot, beating out wharton and harvard. carol massar and jason kelly are with us from stanford. carol: thank you so much. good afternoon. we are here with rob siegel at the stanford school of business. he has a lecture in management. i think about management in today's environment. you take a bunch of courses. what you teaching the student body? rob: i am doing a variety of courses on strategy and innovation and how companies that are blending is little in physical products are having to combine the best of both worlds. that means all companies, right? rob: it is not only startups but a lot of large companies are impacted by the changes in data and software other products, and how they have a relationship with their customers. our students want to understand what to do from a financing, development, marketing stra