Now, is that right . David over the past 15 years, one of the most successful ceos in the world has been bob iger. He led disney to its greatest heights, increasing the market value by 400 . He did that through acquisitions of 21st century fox, lucasfilm, pixar, and Marvel Entertainment. What is he going to do next . During the time that you were the ceo, the stock market value of the company went up about 450 and the market my big regret is that i didnt back you and buy stock, but you must be very pleased with what you accomplished. Proud would probably be the right word to use. I inherited a company that was renowned and had been quite successful, but had also gone through a period of difficulty. There was a lot of work to do. To not only improve the company, but to ultimately leave the company in great hands for my successor. David you werent as successful in leaving the company. You wanted to leave a few years earlier and the board said you had to stay longer. Why were you so good
Hopefully the 1st people who would be immunized across the United States across all states. In all the areas where this, the state department of health will have told us where to deliver the vaccine. Millions of americans will be heading to the airports in coming days to travel for the thanksgiving holiday. This Health Officials pleased to stay home cases across the u. S. Of past 12000000. The centers for Disease Control say numbers could surge even higher. The u. K. Finance minister says there wont be a normal christmas this year reduced in access as the government is doing what it can to help get families together. A Prime Minister is expected to outline his winter virus strategy on monday. Its the final day of the virtual g. 20 summit hosted by saudi arabia and the krona virus. And there it is dominated, but there are also been calls for saudi arabia to answer criticism over its human rights record. If you know his military says it plans to encircled the capital city of the region w
Ive ever made Donald Trumps 46 minute outburst the u. S. President repeats unsubstantiated claims of forward in an election he lost after nearly 2 decades of war a breakthrough in peace talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government. And one step short of famine the u. N. Ones of a looming food crisis for thousands of people in bikini. Starting in the United States the country hardest hit by the corona virus and in the past 24 hours more than 2700 americans have died from cove it 19 the highest daily death toll since april for the 1st time hospital admissions also topped 100000 in the u. S. And 200000 new cases reported another record and leads to the head of the u. S. A centers for Disease Control warning that by february another 200000 people could be dead from the virus. So were in that range potentially now. To see if 100 to 2000 to 2500. From this farm so you know the mortality concerns are real. And i do think unfortunately before we see february we could be close to form 50
Forces, their size in afghanistan, will be 2,500 troops. Our force size in iraq will also be 2,500 by that same date. The announcement was made by acting u. S. Defense secretary chris miller. He replaced mark esper, who was fired by President Trump after joe biden won the electioner in this month. Troops have been gradually reduced as part of a peace deal struck earlier this year. U. S. Media reports say 4,500 soldiers are now believed to be deployed in afghanistan, and 3,000 in iraq. Republican Senate Leader Mitch Mcconnell is raising concerns about the timing of the latest move, and warned against any earth shaking changes to defense or Foreign Policy in the coming months. The planned reduction comes amid a recent resurgence of violence in afghanistan. The government and the taliban are engaged in ongoing peace talks, but they have yet to achieve a breakthrough. Turning to the latest on the coronavirus here in japan. Infections continue to spike across many parts of the country. Its
A moment use of welcome to the show we begin in australia where a record heat wave is fueling fears of another scorching brush fire season. The Southeastern State of New South Wales, seeing temperatures topping 40 degrees. Wildfires are already burning and officials have put residents on high alert for more. The big fear is of a repeat of last years black summer in which dozens perished in blazes. This fires in the sydney suburb of north me to its just one of dozens of wildfires that have been burning across the state of New South Wales. Its also reminiscent of the scenes the played out during the devastating bushfires in australia last summer. Huge swathes of londra destroyed then on the authorities are warning australians not to complacent this time around. We cannot fall into a false sense of security. The community at there unfortunately thinks that after the last season, we are not at risk. The reality is 90 percent of the state is still untouched by heat. Waves are not unusual in