Speaks to microsofts president brad smith on hardtalk. Welcome to hardtalk. Im stephen sackur. Remember the time when the internet was trumpeted as the tech tool that would deliver us a golden age of knowledge, freedom and democracy . Well, now we are in a darker, more cynical place. The digital revolution has generated fears about lost privacy, mass surveillance and systemic misinformation. Have the corporate titans of tech failed us . Well, my guest today is brad smith, president of microsoft. How do we ensure our astonishing technological advances are harnessed for good . Not harm . There brad smith, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Nice to be here. You have served an extraordinary amount of time at microsoft, the best part of three decades. You have seen the evolution of our attitudes towards Information Technology and the internet in particular. I have referred to the sort of great positivity, the optimism, in the early years. Would you agree that these days, we are much more anxio
Honestly, its the har decision of my life. And Wounded Warriors getting off the sidelines, fighting for a new life. This is the cbs overnight news. Welcome to the overnight news. Im mark strassmann. President trump heads back to washington today after wrapping up the g7 summit in france. The president was at odds with the worlds other economic powerhouses over global warming, russia and his trade war with china. The president told reporters he had second thoughts abouts 4 tariffs on chinese goods and that left his aides scrambling to say the president really meant his tariffs should have been higher. Ben tracy was with the president in france. We have horrible trade deals, and im straightening them out. The biggest one by far is china. Reporter President Trump seemed to admit hes not entirely sure about his trade war with china. Mr. President , are you having second thoughts on escalating the trade war with china . For sure, why not. Might as well. Might as well. You have second though
Future of Representative Democracy. This was part of a recent forum hosted by the college of william and mary in williamsburg, virginia. It is 90 minutes. My great honor to ,elcome our distinguished guest and to our love it caps on arena it caps on arena and i am enormously proud to introduce our keynote speaker for today, william and marys 24th chancellor, the honorable robert m gates. Chancellor gates is the model for states statesmanship that we look to now and for the future. His dedicated he has dedicated his career to public u. S. Ce serving a two president s and leads with a restless and compassionate intelligence. His unwavering dedication to those who serve our nation with their lives earned him the trust and devotion of our armed services. His career of Service Began early at william and mary. Not many know but he drove the City School Bus when he was a student and was a chit assistant troop leader for local boy scouts and senator norman was one of his boy scouts as we discov
The virginia plan for example, the compromise presented at the Constitutional Convention thought the balance of large and small states and bicameral legislature. Another critical compromise is the agreement to tolerate slavery even though it would be prohibited in 1808. Without the compromise the Southern States would never have agreed to ratify the constitution and there would have been you know no United States of america. A great wrong was embedded in our find a shuttle document and the seeds of civil war were stone. The founders, even many of the slaveholders among them acknowledged slavery was an abomination antithetical to the declaration of independence many of them signed. Most hoped it would disappear for economic reasons, but for 80 years americans would live with the start contradictions between the existence of slavery within its borders and the first principle of the declaration that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights. Th
Leaving the u ess inor tariffs. The stock market plunged per our guests white house economic adviser larry kudlow and trump ally South Carolina senator Lindsey Graham. I still have a lot ofatile. Brennan and in a new cbs news poll, americans shared their thoughts on the economy, their finances, and whether President Trump gets the credit. Plus the race for president shrinks as more democrats call it quits. Lets get this done and win. Thank you. Brennan well hear from one Still Holding strong, minnesota senator amy klobuchar. All that and political analysis of the week up next on face the nation. Brennan good morning. And welcome to face the nation. Today, we are focusing on the economy, its impact on policy and politics. Throughout our show, you will hear from voters about what it means for them. And we begin this morning with White House National Economic Council director larry kudlow. He joins us from france. Good morning, larry. Good morning, margaret. Thank you. Brennan the preside