In the late 70s, Roman Polanski admitted to having unlawful sex with a 13 year old girl. He spent 42 days in prison, and then fled the us because he feared being given a longer sentence. In the nearly a0 years since, much has been said and written about what happened. But we have hardly heard anything from the girl herself, samantha geimer. I have come to new york to hear her account of what happened, and how it shaped her life. Samantha geimer, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. You have struggled to protect your privacy for nearly a0 years, so why are you choosing to speak up now . I just wanted to tell the story, the true story, my story, on my own terms rather than as a reaction to whatever might be bringing it up in my life, which happens from time to time. So i thought it was time to, on my own terms, at my own time, tell the truth and say the things i wanted to say. Those who say, this is about making some money out of a story that has gone quiet, what would you say to them . It ne
Other countries in the region are not spending massive amounts on defense. Although, australia and japan have committed to increase spending, particularly on maritime capability. Generally, were seeing a reduction in the resources of the u. S. And its potential Coalition Partners and an increase overall. So the task of managing this challenge and monitoring it is becoming greater. Then as i said, were seeing gaps in capability. Notwithstanding the u. S. Rebalance, there are limits to resources in terms of humanitarian assistance, in terms of amphibious capability, in terms of assets, undersea assets. The u. S. Attack submarine fleet actually around the mid 2020s will start to get smaller, not larger, for example. And gaps in cyber, Missile Defense and Maritime Security more broadly. For that reason, i really chose to focus my paper on Maritime Security and how we can take the framework of federated defense and start to actualize it in terms of real capability. In the region. Then i nar
Sentiment . Guest i did not get the entire just gist referencewas making to her critics saying she is a liar, asking where she was lying. Let me turn this into a question for tomorrow. What do you expect the results to mean for her or sen. Sanders wisconsin . Look at it. Ays to one is the math and the other is the momentum and psychology. It willelegate math, not have a profound impact on the democratic race. If you look at 2008, the way the delegates were divvied up, barack obama beat Hillary Clinton by 17 points, so it was kind of a wipeout in terms of the popular vote. Delegates that year, hillary won 32 and obama got 42. So only a 10point difference in the delegate haul. I do not think Bernie Sanders is likely to win by 17 points if he does winen and the margin is smaller than that, you may only see a gain in the single digits. On top of that, Hillary Clinton has more support with the superdelegates, unbound delegates. It will not have a big impact on the delicate math, but it coul
Selfdefense force are taking part in joint exercise with their u. S. And indian counterparts. And one community in japan is stopping the killing of unwanted pets. We have the latest data on chinas gdp in the Third Quarter. Gene otani has the latest details. Chinese Officials Say their countrys Gross Domestic Product in the Third Quarter grew by 6. 9 yearonyear. They suggest the economy has lost momentum. The gdp during the july to september period was down 0. 1 percentage point. Thats the lowest since the First Quarter of 2009. Officials in beijing have set their annual growth target at around 7 . They want to shift their focus to the quality of economic expansion rather than speed and want to move the economy away from reliance on exports to one based on domestic consumption. They pledge to double gdp and per capita 2010 levels by the year 2020. My colleague spoke earlier with peter morgan about the latest gdp. Hes a Senior Consultant for research at the Asian Development Bank Institu
Africa. So, i think we are seeing a perhaps unplanned, but none the less, an expansion of the chinese ability to deploy ships far beyond regional wars. But not necessarily to the indian ocean or persian gulf. No, they are doing some of that. Since december 2008 of course, theyve had to Counter Piracy formations in the gulf of aden. They are slowly beginning to deploy more and more ships into the indian ocean. The fact that earlier i guess last year, they sent a conventionally powered submarine, certainly has gotten the indian navys attention. The indian navy tends to take an exaggerated view but none the less we are seeing increased distance deployment by the chinese navy. On mikes question, if i remember my World History correctly, there actually arent too many cases of a continental power becoming maritime power. Soviet yoon ontried, failed. Were the only one. So, what china is setting for itself is not a small goal. On allens question, i agree that once you have the capabilities, th