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Prize winner. That all happens tonight on cspan2s booktv. First up, here is mit professor and author, noam chomsky. [inaudible conversations] [applause] [applause] [cheering] good evening, everyone. Thank you for coming. Thanks for joining us those here and online via the form network. I am name is ashley and on behalf of Harvard Bookstore i am honored to announce tonights event with noam chomsky presenting requiem for the American Dream joined in conversation by democracy now amy goodman. [applause] before we begin i want to take a moment to thank you all for being here. Your ticket and book purchase support Harvard Bookstore. We are an independent bookstore and you make this acclaimed author series possible. Visit used a harvard. Com to sign up for our newsletter. Tonights event is being filmed by booktv, democra ....
A quarter mile from the airport. Global news 24 hours a day powered by journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. And this is bloomberg. Emily this is bloomberg technology. The cyber strike felt around the world. We are live in london where one place ransomware struck. D an alliance with a big competitor. And as retailers struggle to stay above water, one industry struggles to stay afloat. And we will talk to katrina lake. Over the weekend a global cyberattack snowballed to infect 200,000 computers in 150 countries from the u. K. S National Health Service to russias ministry of interior. While government and Companies Work to contain the attack, Homeland Security adviser denied the u. S. Is responsible. This was a vullnerkt of a much ladger tool that was put together by the culpable parties and no ....
The u. S. Has carried out its first air strikes in syria and represents a major escalation against the Islamic State mill militants. We have more. A big move but not necessarily a surprising one. President obama a couple of weeks ago said that the u. S. Wouldnt hesitate to strike Islamic State militants inside of syria and to that extent he has been good to his word. Because of the early hours this morning, the pentagon confirmed that the u. S. Had carried out strikes inside of syria using a mix of bomber and toma hawk land missiles joined as well by regional allies. Others took part to the extent that they allowed the us air bases on their soils to use as launch pads for those strikes. Couple of important things. First of all, the u. S. Has got support from its regional allies and would lend legitimacy to strikes being carried out inside of syria and the fact that they have no ....
[ laughter ] yes, from all around the world Foreign Ministers came to geneva by jet, by boat and train. John kerry himself turned around his trusty sailboard and said, entre you obviously it took kerry the longest time to get there because he was on the water. [laughter] it was worth the wait because bear in mind the Historical Context of these talks wench take it for granted that the secretary of state should talk to iran foreign minister but that hadnt happened in 34 years until last september and they spent more time in the last 24 hours than they have in 34 years. Jon 36 years. Im 34 years. Im guessing america was like, man, what were we even fighting about . And iran was all like, well in 1953 you organized a coupe and overthrew our government and ensured prooil contracts which led to the 1979 revolution at which point we took your people hostage and america like ....
Foreign diplomacy. There are signals that the u. S. Could be close to iran about an agreement over nuclear capability. Just in the knick of time nick in of time that is wonderful news because iran is just a week away from developing a nuclear weapon. They have been for the past 20 years. [laughter] says people who would like to bomb iran. [ laughter ] but if iran is willing to make a deal, dude Foreign Ministers of big western powers led by the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry diverted planes and canceled meetings to fly to geneva. Jon let the call go out to the league of unknown gentlemen. Diplomats assemble [laughter] they were all there, all the big diplomats. There was hans the germman jean claude from france, lord barrington j. Powder of the uk and the man from tehran, jimmy death to america zarif. [ laughter ] yes, from all around the world Foreign Ministers ca ....