David we are with the editor in chief of business week, alan pollock. Carol this has to do with rocket internet, the wellknown incubator in early and that helped create that texting in berlin. It has ups and downs, more downs than ups. Allen ellen it is known for being the copycat incubator, so it looks like sap bastad, and they did in ipo couple years ago its like zappos. Com and they didnt ipo couple years ago. They have a site called nestpick, sort of an airbnb site for College Students and it has not taken off we behoved. Investors are not as happy with them as they have been at the time of the ipo. David a section of that old british communication company, they have installed fast connections in parts of the u. K. , but uses a handicapped by the fact that phone lines [indiscernible] ellen copper is old. It is what they call a last mile problem and the question is whether they are going to lay much more fiber, which is incredibly expensive, so they are trying to find a more efficie
And when you leave here tonight, our hope is that you will leave with a much, much clearer understanding of the challenges that are facing foster children, but also quite frankly, mad as hell and truly committed to being a part of the solution. Now, to be sure, i know there are Extraordinary People in this room who either have had, myself included, or are currently working tirelessly on this issue. And are indeed making extraordinary progress and truly commendable impacts. But despite these heroic efforts, i think we can all agree that the foster care system is fundamentally broken. And what we need [applause] gabriel thank you. Well, what we really need is a dramatic pivot how we think about, see, serve, treat some of the most vulnerable and voiceless among us. The 400,000 americans that currently make up our foster care system. These are children and young men and women that were simply dealt a very bad hand, when it came to the challenges that their families faced. And they are enti
Michael jordan. Actors tom hanks, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford. Singers, Bruce Springsteen and diana ross. This is about an hour and 10 minutes. Ladies and gentlemen, the recipients of the medal of freedom. Kareem adbuljabar. [applause] Ellen Degeneres. [applause] tom hanks. [applause] Michael Jordan. [applause] [applause] Robert Redford. [applause] Bruce Springsteen. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President of the United States. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and mrs. Michelle obama. [applause] president obama this is not all fun and games. Welcome to the white house, everybody. Today we celebrate extraordinary americans who have lifted our spirits, strengthened our union, pushed us toward progress. I always love doing this event. But this is a particularly impressive class. [laughter] we have got innovators and artists, publicer is and haves, rabblerousers, athletes, renowned character actors like the guy from space jam. [laughter] we
Up our first guest. Please welcome david marcus from Facebook Messenger and our moderator. Thank you for joining us today. Thanks for having me. Messenger is always strived to be different from sms. First Group Texting and embraced stickers, animated gifts, what you see as the next big differentiator . We really, really like a realtime communications. As you have seen recently, we Just Announced and opened up to everyone this new thing we call instant video that enables you to have video. It is like you unmute your video for the other press to see while you type in you can start streaming while the other person had the honor a bus or a meeting and type and see you or see what you want to show them. Were going to continue investing in realtime communications. One of the things we have not talked about is we have over 300 million active users of video. That makes message or one of the biggest realtime apps in the world. Jason your not had video calling for very long, about a year ago. Te
Loyalties. Meanwhile, its black friday, one of the biggest shopping days of the year. Shoppers are expected to spend a 27 billion today alone. Some groups are calling for boycotts based on political reasons. Both supporters and opponents of president elect donald trump are urging consumers to continue to vote with their dollars and sean retailers who spoke out in favor or against them during the campaign. Which leads us to todays question for our viewers. Would you boycott a company for political reasons . If you support politicalbased boycotts, you can call call 202 7488000. If you oppose them, you can call 202 7488001. You can also reach us on social anda, on twitter, cspanwj, on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. At a little bit more about some as weveboycotts already started the black friday shopping day, according to business insiders. The antitrust movement is calling to boycott 32 retailers. Its hard to separate Donald Trumps businesses from his politics. As a result, some are cal