And i am grateful he is doing well, andjill and i keep him and his family in our prayers. We also send our deepest condolences to the family of the victim who was killed. Corey was a husband, a father, a Volunteer Firefighter and a hero sheltering his family from the bullets. We should hold his family and all those injured in our prayers. Earlier today i spoke about an ongoing investigation. We do not know the motive of the shooter yet, we do not know his opinions or affiliations. We do not know whether he had Help Or Support or if he communicated with anyone else. Law enforcement professionals as i speak are investigating those questions. Tonight i want to speak to what we do know. A former president was shot, an American Citizen killed while simply exercising his freedom to support the candidate of his choosing. We cannot and must not walk down this road in america we have travelled before in history. Violence has never been the answer, whether it is with members of congress of both
name of richard benedetto who is one of the original founders of usa today is going to talk about a the several decades of experience in the white house press corps. [laughter] not exact via spiritual place. [laughter] but an important one nonetheless so this is the final brooklyn voices event of this fall season so we will keep you posted about what is coming up next season. right now i want to bring up the co-owner and the person who directs the series on behalf of greenlight bookstore jessica stockton. [applause] thanks, ted. i m the events and marketing director at greenlight bookstore and we are honored to be hosting anne lamott present her book almost everything. she will be speaking. we are so grateful with this partnership that allows us to bring you these offense at this beautiful space not long not far from our bookstore. if you miss any of those events you can listen to past brooklyn voices events on our podcasting greenlight bookstore.com/podcasts. this is
be forced to divest its state of the company. if not it will be banned. currently, this is what we re looking at in terms of the breakdown. bytedance holds about 20% stake in the country. 60% is owned by institutional investors. that us investment firms like cecil carter and the rest of the 20% is owned by employees around the world. china however says they are not going to sell their stake in this company and they are certainly are not going to hand over the technology behind it. monica, we know there technology behind it. monica, we know there are technology behind it. monica, we know there are a - technology behind it. monica, l we know there are a significant number of users in the us. there is plenty of state for tiktok. ~ ., there is plenty of state for tiktok. ~ . ., , there is plenty of state for tiktok. . ., ., , tiktok. what have they said? tiktok. what have they said? tiktok has tiktok. what have they said? tiktok has come tiktok. what have they said? tikto
divest its part in its company or it will be banned. so what we re looking at now, this is the breakdown. we have the owners, bytedance with a 20% stake in the company. 60% is owned by institutional investors including us investment firms such as susquehanna and sequoia capital and 20% is owned by employees around the world. however, china s, secretary has said they will oppose the sale of bytedance and seek to block a transfer of its technology. we heard from bytedance, from tiktok, rather, who said the media app ban would trample freedom of speech. media app ban would trample freedom of speech. thank you for getting freedom of speech. thank you for getting us freedom of speech. thank you for getting us across - freedom of speech. thank you for getting us across that, - for getting us across that, monica. we will be watching developments in the middle east very closely after last friday s strike on a raft iran. us officials have claimed israel was behind the missile
information. at this bill means is that they will have come if it passes, they will have up to a year to sell its shares or it will be banned in the us. find will be banned in the us. and e es will be banned in the us. and eyes tiktok will be banned in the us. and eyes tiktok responded? as . will be banned in the us. and | eyes tiktok responded? as his conversation eyes tiktok responded? as his conversation has eyes tiktok responded? as his conversation has been - eyes tiktok responded? as his| conversation has been bubbling along, they say it will stifle free speech for its users and it also heard of users who use the platform to promote their products. the company argues that tiktok creates $24 billion of the us economy and also, china s commerce secretary is spoken out saying that they will not sell their shares and they will not be handing over they will not be handing over the technology behind it. we ve been watching the developments in the middle east very close