chinese declined by 680 million people in the last three decades. that s about 95% of the total global decline. by registering double-digit growth for three decades, beijing has transformed within a generation. that s amazing, but it tells you that in the rest of the world, progress has been much, much slower, if there has been progress at all. there is a lesson here for other developing countries. take india, for example, new delhi made strides against poverty. the problem is those strides have only been a few steps ahead of population growth. look at the numbers. in 1941, 229 million lived in poverty. by 2010, the percentage of impositive rshed people dropped to 23% and the total number of you see india s population
total number of impoverished chinese declined by 680 million people in the last three decades. that s about 95% of the total global decline. by registering double-digit growth for three decades, beijing has transformed the fortunes of a poor nation within a generation. that s amazing but it tells you in the rest of the world progress has been much, much slower, if there s been progress at all. there s a lesson here for other developing countries. take india for example, new delhi has made strides against poverty. the problem is the strides have been only a few steps ahead of population growth. look at the numbers. in 1981, 429 million indians lived in poverty, 60% of the population. by 2010, the percentage of impoverished people dropped to 33% and yet the total number of indians living in poverty was still around 400 million.
so it s that $680 million every ten years. no. that s a one-year cost. so $680 million over ten years. as opposed to or to angle tax breaks for oil and gas are $3 billion to $4 billion a year. david brooks, that bastion of liberal thought, he says this is rude to say. he writes, this is rude to say, but here s what this is about. e-mail yonz of parents don t have the means or the skill or in some cases the interest in building their children s future. early childhood education is about building structures so both parents and children learn practical life skills. it s about getting kids from disorganized homes into rooms with kids from organized homes so good habits will rub off. it s about instilling achievement values where they are at. this is where why you are on the panel. the idea is that, you know, to chris s point, this is something that conservatives can support for a variety of reasons, and would see education traditionally is what other proposal that obama
plus, a young woman who pulls a car off of her father saving his life. like a scene out of superman. you have to see this. pretty incredible. up first, the golden girls. of course, everyone still talking about the magical night for the u.s. women s gymnastics team. they routed the russians and everyone else on their way to the gold medal in the team competition. take a look, folks. michael phelps cementing his legacy. he is now the most decorated olympian of all time. winning his record breaking 19th medal and adding another gold just for fun to his all-time mark. amanda davies is live in london. amanda, the debate is raging this morning. also here, mr. john berman and i have been debating this. is michael phelps the best olympian ever? reporter: morning. i ll tell you, there s no debate about the fact it was stars and stripes all the way here at the olympics last night. but it s a really difficult question to answer that. it is the topic of conversation across breakfast
customer money. now we go to lauren simonetti for more. it is a high stakes game of lost and found. 1.6 billion lost and now it s found. they are reporting that 700 million at a u.k. subsidiary 220 million transfers from customer accounts into commodity customer accounts and remaining 680 million at some other banks like jc morgan. they found it now they have to get it back to the customers. 70-80 percent has been returned so far. that s the tricky part is getting it into the right hats. apple stock has fallen big recently. the stocks did drop 13 percent over the past two weeks. everybody was kind of concerned about this earnings report last night. once again got into it very conservative and apple blew expectations away. revenues 39 billion. the record for apple they sold every single device even the i