That went on a little longer for him. I was about to say how special this night is that you all beat me to it. My name is steve i am executive director Jfk Library Foundation and on behalf of all colleagues in the foundation and from the library we are thrilled you can be here all forums are great but tonight is a treat because of the speakers in the beginning of the jfk centennial weekend we planned this months ago literally rethought who would be the best speaker and moderator we could get for this historic time we are thrilled they are both here. So before introduce them i have a few brief announcements but first our underwriters and sponsors bank of America Institute including bill and andrew lowell. Media sponsors and kicking off the centennial with information when you be over the next few days there are opportunities seeing a new exhibit with 100 items including 40 never seen publicly before opening tomorrow on a saturday doing a special peace corps day and on sunday and asked h
A row they are out on the streets fighting with police went on into the night antigovernment protesters most of them students facing up to Riot Police Outside terror on university but what began as a protest about rising food prices and welfare benefit cuts turned political on saturday i. Earlier in the day they chanted not gaza not lebanon my life through iran. Dont be afraid were staying strong together. An expression of anger about claims the government is focusing more on regional issues than economic problems at home. Iranian t. V. Showed a display of strength by crowds of progovernment supporters in cities nationwide tens of thousands of people on the streets chanting death to america down with israel in support irans Supreme Leader ali khamenei letter that the people have protested against inflation other problems but that does not show that our people have turned on each other or are against the ruling system and their leadership. The progovernment rallies were preplanned to ma
About twenty five minutes one on one east is next. In India Falling in love with the wrong person can be deadly. Young people who follow their heart and reject their Parents Choice of partners may be beaten or even murdered. But now a group of middle aged men calling themselves the love commandos are risking their own lives to stop vicious honor killings and forced marriages. On steve chad on this episode one on one east meets the men saving young lovers from being killed in the name of honor. The founder of the. Yes. My son and i have. Never. Hidden war is being waged in homes across india. Growing numbers of young people are refusing to accept the marriages arranged for them by their parents. The results can be deadly. But some unlikely saviors are now coming to the rescue but as you said it did happen hes. Good afternoon this is. Commandos calling from the league. Because they were going to let the last of the president the. Speaker. But then again you could instruct some office of.
Didnt stop protesters from gathering on irans streets for a fourth day and posting these videos by the iranian government says people have the right to express their discontent but violence is unacceptable the Iranian State media says some social media sites and messaging apps such as telegram have been blocked to keep the peace. On saturday there were also progovernment rallies our own we cannot predict a time when the protests will come to an end but the protests will shake the people in power who must give priority to peoples demands and needs. To find the state of the economy and rising prices sparked the initial protests austerity measures after years of sanctions have led to a twelve percent Unemployment Rate but anger has also shifted to Foreign Policy protesters are critical of the Government Support for the Syrian Regime of Bashar Al Assad has bought a lot in lebanon and hamas in the occupied palestinian territory. The iranian government says foreign entities are fomenting vio
Lost more than 1 trillion in market value. And an 8. 5 drop in shanghai last night. Wiping out chinese gains for the year. Jim, what is the story today . I think it is china. What id like to do because its a terrible market. It reads something that is in keeping with that. I sent tim cook an email trying to understand covering apple because that is a crucial part of it. And tim sent me this this morning right before the show. Ill read it. As you know, we dont give mid quarter updates, and he rarely comment on losing apple stock but i know your question is on the minds of many investors. I get updates on china today including thing and we have continued to experience strong growth for our business in china through july and august. Growth in iphone has dproen and weve had the best performance in the app store over the last few weeks. I cant predict the future but our prediction is reassuring. China presents an opportunity over the long term and the growth of the middle class over the nex