. [ speaking foreign language ] good evening, ladies and gentlemen. that deserves a round of applause. [ applause ] i am tony calfoster, president and ceo of the foreign affairs council. i welcome you to tonight s ambassador series. we are delighted we have six, seven, eight of our board members here tonight and we thank them for their surs. without you, these programs would not be takes place, so thank you, all of you, very much. many thanks to our strategic partners at the ronald reagan building in the international trade center for their hospitality and for providing us with this ven tou hold our public programs. if the early bird gets the first worm, then those who got here early tonight got the first 120 seats. we have another 80 people downstairs in a spillover room who are watching tonight s broadcast on large screen. we are also very fortunate tonight that our events are being filmed for nationwide distribution on our own television show world affairs today which
hand shake between earth and space. we begin with breaking news. the government agency that handles security clearances and employee records says cyber security breech has compromised the data of 4 million people. now the data breach and the office of personnel management could potentially effort every federal agency, we hope to bring you more on that in the perhap. to iraq, where the government has suffered another significant set back, several muslim tribes and their leaders pledge allegiance to the armed group some tribal sheikhs said earlier criticized the involvement in the fight against isil, in anbar. well isil fighters are in control of a major area in the sunni dominated province, which is iraq s largest. capturing the provincial capitol more now from baghdad. we have been expecting such a move for about two years because the sunnies have complained to the government constantly that they have been ignored ignored and they have been sidelined. now they said they wer
the origins of the undersea link between britain and continental europe. jenny jump up and cabin she got ill and as she would start to inject aware of the fatah ftc has given his first tv interview since announcing he s running for president the former army chief is the frontrunner in the boat that is set for the end of the month speaking last night the aussie seeking details about what effect would be like with him in charge. a correspondent writes on the county was listening in to an interview he joins us now from cairo and saw different about what to think of it tell us about how cc style and a politician and perhaps a new president while the defect is that he be given as the meanings of the engine until you what you will really stiff. he was almost giving all those to whom truth and then. with the time he came up more often. one edition of the season. i have to be a useful tool sets of fellow human. but anyhow it s clear that its demands that it is though was called findi
also, the trump boom. why have american stock markets gone up, up and further up while the country is mired in political turmoil and paralysis? ruchir charma will offer his plains. finally, america s census recounts its people every ten years. this country is embarking on a census to count its islands, and there are thousands of them. but first here s my take. this week s shooting at a congressional baseball practice was a ghastly example of the political polarization that is ripping this country apart. political scientists have shown that congress is more divided than at any time since the end of reconstruction. i for one am struck not simply by the depth of partisanship these days but increasingly its nature. the feeling seems to me that people on the other side of the divide are not just wrong and to be argued with, they are immoral and must be muzzled or punished. this is not about policy. the chasm between left and right during much of the cold war was far wider than i