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smart people are gathered we are having conversations about things that are not necessarily being discussed so broadly everywhere else. the issue here is the threat that progress poses to employment, to work, and to labor, and how we should think about those things. we ve got divide a panel with us quite a panel with us today. on your right is andrew mcafee, he is a principal research scientist at mit and he studies how digital technologies are changing business, the economy and society. he is the co-founder on the digital economy at mit and co-author of a great book, the second machine age work progress and prosperity in a time of brilliant technologies. arty sorenson is the president and chief executive officer of h marriott international. lauren is a professor and director at the university of business. she is on the global agenda council on gender parity. another is the chief executive officer and managing director and a director general of the international labor ....
primaries. a million people in zimbabwe rely on food aid as a severe drought kills crops and live stock. we have big sports stories for you. including the center of another controversy we have details coming up. turkey s president has accused of supporting the kurdish relevance saying the u.s. has turned the situation into a sea of blood. the syrian opposition says there is weakness in washington, and they call on on president obama. we have this report from the worsening humanitarian crisis. not far from the board with turkey fear amongst civilians is growing. the intensity of the military campaign is continuing. and now the bombs are falling in villages not far from a border townhome to tens of thousands of people including those recently displaced by the government across aleppo. many families have fled. the international silence is unacceptable considering what is happening in the city. already people have started to leave but turkey has closed it s bord ....
governing body, is busy setting the agenda for her two-year term. accountability, behavior, and communication. as the youngest person to hold the post, adams wants to use tennis to transform lives. it s about providing kids an opportunity to be better individuals, not just better tennis players, but better citizens. she is also hard at work trying to expand the game. part of my goals, are making sure that we grow our hispanic base here in the u.s. the fastest-growing population. katrina, who grew up on the west side of chicago, reflects on her introduction to tennis, and first playing in the nationals. i was such a cocky little kid, not saying that much is changed, but it was fun. and of course, we played the name game. johnny mac. wild, a.talented, witty.. i spoke to katrina adams recently at the usta, where she showed me she s the boss on the court. so let me just say this to you: you re not supposed to be the president of the united states ten ....
angry about. plus we have detected gravitational waves. we did the the landmark discovery that could change the way scientists observe the universe. the nuchlt task force on syria will meet in the next few hours after world powers agreed to end the fighting in late night talks in munich. russia is continuing with its air strikes however. leaders want the hostilities halted within a week. i.s.i.l. and al-nusra are not included in the deal. it is agreed to push for the humanitarian aid for those in need. supplies will be dropped by air to some besieged towns and villages as early as next week. these steps will be monitored by the task force funded by russia and the u.s. reporter: 19 delegations. the sponsors of international peace efforts in syria gathering in an effort to get things back on track. but the most important meeting happened several hours earlier on 15th floor of the same munich hotel. this is where russian foreign minister and u.s. secretary of state j ....
workers. we meet orphans caught up in the fighting in eastern ukraine even though there is supposed to be a ceasefire. sports story this friday six months ahead of the rio olympics one of the most successful countries kenya could find itself ban from the games. right now it s only an agreement on paper and won t result in a complete ceasefire or an end to russian bombing, following a marathon meeting in germany world powers have settled on what they are calling a cessation of hostilities in syria beginning in a week s time. one priority is delivering food, medicine and shelter to besieged towns and cities and james base reports from munich. reporter: 19 delegations the sponsors of international peace efforts in syria gathering in an effort to get things back on track. but the most important meeting happens several hours early on the 15th floor of the same munich hotel, this is where russian foreign minister sergei fedorov and u.s. secretary of state john kerry cam ....