A day. Yesterday that was a big head wind as the market did get up the s p just to the cusp of those old highs. We did it without the help of technology, of the big Growth Stocks everyone is talking about this rotation the nasdaq has had yet another of its fairly routine pullbacks so far it has bounced to maintain this up trend today yes, tesla helping it, but really it is the old favorites as well, just picking up the slack and the s p is right back to yesterdays afternoon highs before we had that shake out going into the close. Julia, david faber mentioning last hour the passing of Sumner Redstone, a legend in the content world. Coin that phrase content is king. Has a bit of feeling the end of an era, of course, he lived well into his 90s but what are your thoughts on what a figure like Sumner Redstone meant in his prime and who is defining this era right now. Well, certainly, jon. He was the ultimate media mobile of that raera. He was responsible for the consolidation of so much con
Marxism was a concept. People wanted to die for a higher cause. That changed in 1988 and people started to respect life. They started to respect their existence and because of that, violence against the government, they knew this government is ready to use violence but they started to enjoy life more than before but now as we have seen in different cities people are just desperate. There are reports that people, the video unit showing people saying we are hungry, dont have anything to eat. We are just waiting to die and this is happening in many cities and towns across iraq so people are resorting to violence as well, people are responding to violence perpetrated by the regime through violence but they tried to resist peacefully and nonviolently. After the november protests we have entered a new phase. People still dont know what this phase will be like but it is a new phase. The government has become more militant and more violent. How would you set the stage in terms of describing wh
Washington post columnist David Ignatius hosted a conversation with two experts on iran. They discussed irans political future and impact on the greater middle east. This is an hour and a half. Ladies and gentlemen, while my fellow panelists are getting wired up, let me begin our discussion of iran upheaval and repression. Im David Ignatius. Im a columnist for the washington post. Have visited iran several times as a journalist and have a longstanding interest as a commentator and analyst in iran. Im delighted to be joined by two of the people i think understand iran the best in this country. Ill move from my left. Maziar bahari was my colleague as a newsweek reporter in iran. He worked for newsweek from 1998 until june 21st, 2009, when he was arrested and imprisoned in tehran. Youll know if youve read his wonderful memoir, then they came for me, what that imprisonment was like, and if you havent read the book, you can go see the movie because it was made into a movie by jon stewart ca
Longstanding interest as a commentator and analyst in iran. Im delighted to be joined by two of the people i think understand iran best in this country, and i will just move from my left, Maziar Bahari was my colleague as a newsweek reporter in iran. He worked for newsweek from 1998 until june 21, 2009, thousand nine, when he was arrested and imprisoned in tehran. You will know if youve read his wonderful memoir, then they came for me, what that imprisonment was like. If you havent read the book, you can go see the movie because it was made into a movie by jon stewart called rosewater if memory serves, was the name and the unmistakable calling card of his interrogator. In 2014 he started something that im sure its know youre too many people in this audience, certainly is a must read for anyone who wants to follow iran, and thats his website called iran wire which gathers information from iran, reporting, commentary, immensely valuable resource for all of us. And Suzanne Maloney who is
Begin our discussion of iran, a people in repression. Im david ignatius, a columnist for the washington post. Ive visited iran several times as a journalist and have a longstanding interest as a commentator and analysts in iran. Im delighted to be joined by two of the people i think understand iran the best in this country. Ill move from my left. Maziar bahari was my colleague as a newsweek reporter in iran. He worked for newsweek from 1998 until june 21, 2009, when he was arrested and imprisoned in tehran. Youll know if youve read his wonderful memoir, then they came for me, what that imprisonment was like, and if you havent read the book, you can go see the movie because it was made into a movie by jon stewart called rosewater, if memory serves, was the name and the unmistakable calling card of maziars interrogator. In 2014, he started something that im sure is familiar to many people in this audience, certainly as a mustread for anyone who wants to follow iran, and thats his website