Of the man who turned the country around. He was the first elected Prime Minister and served for 31 years. He is grieved beyond words. We wont see another man like him. He was singapore. Olivia this could be another make or break week for the greek Prime Minister. He is meeting with Angela Merkel. Without those measures, european lenders are unlikely to give greece the cash it needs to stay a float. Brendan the price of oil is falling again. Futures fell 1 . West texas intermediate is trading below 46 a gallon. The oil glut will get bigger. In the Health Care Industry Tenet Healthcare is close to buy United Surgical partners. They operate 200 short state surgical facilities. We started with 68 teams and now we are down to sweep the team. A pair of number two seeds lost yesterday. Wichita state beat kansas. Lets all admit it. Michigan state be virginia. Next up for the spartans oklahoma. Those are your top headlines. Tom i love how cbs doesnt it. Its endless basketball. Brendan what els
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. Charlie do you care that they say lee kuan yew has created a miracle in singapore, that he is authoritarian, he doesnt care about democracy. He does carry little about free press. That he knows what is right for singapore, what is right for the people, and that he is going to see in the way he believes it ought to be come hell or high water. Lee kuan yew lets put it in a more objective way. I have to govern down now, 4 million people. 3 million are singaporeans, one million are foreigners. To get jobs in singapore. And of that 1,100,000 are professionals. Why do they come . Because it is a thriving economy that gives them jobs and their families are happy and safe. No drugs no muggings, no ratings. Rapings. You can walk the streets 3 00 in the morning and you are ok. You wont see any policeman. You wont see soldiers lining the streets. Every four years to five years, i have to renew my mandate. A free election. There are about fi
We bring you the results. Welcome to countdown. I am mark orton. Mark barton. We bring you the conversation you will not want to miss. Caroline it is a decisive week for greece and the greek minister begins with a visit to merkel. It is the second meeting in five days between the leaders. They failed to reach a deal last week at the european leader summit. 4 mark we will go to berlin shortly. The big story is taking place and there is a week of National Mourning. Five decades guiding the city. Tell us a bit about the the reaction to the mood. The news of his death is difficult to process for many. He was in Critical Condition for several days. The government kept the nation updated and was preparing for the eventuality. Until last night, young and old showed affection for the founding father. Many gathered at the hospital. Social media had an outpouring of condolences and tributes came from around the world. They knowledge the huge loss. The minister called him one of the greatest lead
Universities joseph nye argues that while theres a lot of talk about china replacing the United States as the supreme global power in the near future americas military economic and soft power will continue for decades to come. [applause] thank you john. Its nice to be back at sis. Its an organization that i deeply admire and only exceeded by my admiration for john hammer hammer john hamrick who i have worked for is one of his trustees but also the defense policy board so i appreciate your being our host, john. Let me say a few things about the argument in the book but i dont want to go on for too long partly because professors go on too long anyway but the most fundamental reason to have questions back and forth so if im too verbose john stop me. I think the question of what the American Century is over is one that has intrigued a lot of people both here and in china. There is a conventional wisdom that china is going to surpass the United States and the American Century. In fact if yo
Do you care that they say, boy, lee kuan yew has created a miracle in singapore, but he is an authoritarian, he doesnt care about democracy, he cares little about a free press, doesnt care. Yes. Rose believes almost that he knows what is right for singapore, he knows what is right for the people and that he is going to see it the way he believes it ought to be, come hell or high water . Lets put it in a kinder more objective way. No, no not kinder, just more objective. I have to govern now 4 million people. 3 million singaporeans, 1 million are foreigners who get job in singapore and i have 1,100,000 are professionals. Why do they come there . Because it is a thriving economy that gives them jobs and their families are happy and safe. No drugs, no muggings, no rapings, you can walk the streets 3 00 oclock in the morning, you are okay. How is that achieved . By the manifest . You wont see any policemen there. You wont see soldiers lining the streets. Every four years to five years i hav