Steve told the story of going from a glass blower in st. Louis teaming of the founder of twitter to build a multibillion payment company. In the book you talk about a lot about perfect problems. When did you realize that Small Business payments were a you are going to have to do something new and you cannot copy. I hired jack when he was 15, he was a High School Student came into work at a company that i actually still have. I dont run any of my companies but it also dont sell them. This ones been around for 30 years. He goes off to college, we kept in touch. And then he had kicked out of twitter, the first time,. [laughter] they showed him the door and he came back to st. Louis and he came back we were hanging out and talking and decided to start a company together. We are then kicking around ideas he didnt have an idea and i didnt have an idea suisse are looking for problems we could solve. And came up with the problem. When did you come to that conclusion you talk in the book about
Good Afternoon National press club, im Angela Greiling keane, managing editor at politico and a Technology Team editor, past president of the National Press club and journalism institute. For todays headliners event we are pleased to welcome andy parker and hopefully joining us by phone, anderson francoise whose the director of Georgetown Universitys civil rights clinic and the Voting Rights institute. Theyre here to discuss andys campaign to get google take video of his daughter allisons murder off of its platform and to take your questions. During the q a, i will take as many questions as time permits. Wait for the handheld microphone will be brought to you and when i call on you, your name and affiliation prior to asking a question. Andys daughter Allison Parker was an awardwinning Virginia Television journalist who was tragically murdered along with her colleague photojournalist adam ward while reporting the morning news on a live location in roanoke virginia on august 26, 2015. He
In that it had been a colony of japans sense 1910. During the second world war, there was fighting in korea, the u. S. And the soviet union jointly occupied korea and they agreed to divide korea. Now, northern korea, that is what we call today north korea, was very much communist influenced. Southern korea, which we now call south korea, was a very different situation. With the assistance of the u. N. , they sponsored elections in south korea and South Koreans elected a democratic government. North korea, however, wanted to unite under its terms and so it sent insurgents into south korea to try and overthrow that government and they failed to do so. Then, in january of 1950, the u. S. Secretary of state dean achison made a significant error. In a speech talking about the areas of influence and positions that were vital to the United Statess interest, he mentioned japan and the philippines and omitted south korea. The North Koreans interpreted that as a statement that the u. S. Wouldnt
This plane as the boeing737 goes up in flames then skids off the runway during a forced landing. The investigation this morning. And swimming with the sharks . Is Michael Phelps gearing up for the toughest race of his life . Pitting the fastest swimmer of all time against a great white, the possible summer showdown that has everyone talking. Good morning, america. Great to have david here with us again. So, whats this about Michael Phelps and sharks . Somebody saying he may race a shark. Im still trying to figure it out. How do you race in a cage . Thats a good question. Why do you get in the water in the first place . A lot of news to get to including President Trumps big announcement today and well hear from new Jersey Governor Chris Christie as we ask him should the republican congressman leading that russian meddling investigation step aside . How the governor answers that. A lot of questions to answer there, but before we get to that, were going to get to those dangerous storm acr
141 passengers racing to get off this plane as the boeing 737 goes up in flames then skids off the runway during a forced landing. The investigation this morning. And swimming with the sharks . Is Michael Phelps gearing up for the toughest race of his life. Pitting the fastest swimmer of all time against a great white, the possible summer showdown that has everyone talking. Good morning, america. Great to have david here with us again. So, whats this about Michael Phelps and sharks . Somebody saying he may race a shark. Im still trying to figure it out. How do you race in a cage . Thats a good question. Why do you get in the water in the first place. A lot of news to get to including President Trumps big announcement today and well hear from new Jersey Governor Chris Christie as we ask him should the republican congressman leading that russian meddling investigation step aside . How the governor answers that. A lot of questions to answer that but before we get to that well begin with d