wrote articles that i wasn t exactly pleased with. but the reality of it is what s the alternative? i mean, you have a state run paper like in china or like in russia? you know, that s not good at the end of the day. so even though there s that criticism that sometimes people on my side of the camera don t always like it s essential to our democracy. and it s foundational. it was foundational to the creation of this country and it s embedded in the constitution. that s how important the founding fathers thought it was, so we need to defend it even though we don t like what s coming out. all right. you know, speaking of that, i wonder how you felt about the nbc debate. did you like how it was handled? you didn t get as much speaking time as the other candidates and there was the weird technical glitch on night one where you were. how do you think nbc fared? you know, it was tough. i mean, i got a few suggestions i d probably make. but i was pleased we got time.
investigation will poison the overall u.s./china relationship. trade tensions between china and beijing are ramping up. corporate america seems happy with china at the moment. u.s. companies have reported stronger second-quarter earnings and revenue from their chinese operations in recent weeks. 82% of u.s. companies in china expect revenue to increase this year, up from 76% a year ago. that s according to the american chamber of commerce in shanghai. they re benefitting from a chinese economy growing at almost 7%. a chinese housing boom, as well as a slide in the dollar that makes american exports more competitive. interesting that that article in the chinese state-run paper. we re also trying to the united states government trying to work with china on north korea. yes. you ve got a lot of different levels here where they re trying to work together. yeah. and on that, james mattis and rex tillerson writing in the wall street journal that china specifically needs to do more
communities were hit by tropical storm and declared a state of national calamity. entire villages were washed away. at least 900 were killed and hundreds more missing. the iraqi government issued an arrest warrant for the vice president there. some of his bodyguards confessed to carrying out bombing attacks under his orders. those other top stories on cnn. world business today starts right now. hello. welcome to world business today. i m charles hodson in london. and i m pauline chu in hong kong. the top stories. a time of transition as people pay respects in north korea. the world waits to see what shape succession will take. the struggle to save europe s single currency continues as an emergency cash drive falls short. if you ve still got last minute presents to buy, we ve got the gift guide for you. in north korea, it s a time of deep mourning. in the rest of the world, it s a time of deep unease. one of the world s most cyclic nations, one with nuclear c
party sometimes characterized as neo nazi, the deputy leader of france s right wing national front party historically seen as ultra nationalist and anti-semitic was ex al tant as well. their world is crumbling, ours is being built he said. now, you cannot be judged by those who approve of your actions but it s worth trying to understand what it is that trump s admire remembers are celebrating. in some cases trump s appeal is that he s anti-political correctness and anti-establishment, for others it is a sense of kinship or supposed kinship among strong men who are unconcerned with human rights. serious dictator bashar al assad called trump a natural ally. robert mugabwe has been similarly hopeful. a full page editorial in a state run paper there hailed the election of the mighty trump and the 92-year-old dictator has reportedly described trump as a
france s right wing national front party historically seen as ultranationalist and anti-semitic was exultant as well. their world is crumbling, ours is being built he said. now, you cannot be judged by those who approve of your actions but it s worth trying to understand what it is that trump s admirers are celebrating. in some cases trump s appeal is that he s anti-political correctness and anti-establishment, for others it is a sense of kinship or supposed kinship among strong men who are unconcerned with human rights. serious dictator bashar al assad called trump a natural ally. robert mugabe has been similarly hopeful. a full page editorial in a state run paper there hailed the election of the mighty trump and the 92-year-old dictator has reportedly described trump as a friend. no doubt he hopes that a trump administration will end western sanctions against zimbabwe.