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we also have to protect competitive furnace. and also on the programme: on the road to a republic. we report from jamaica, the latest commonwealth country to lose the queen as head of state. hello. thanks for joining hello. thanks forjoining us. from left wing guerrilla to colombia s first ever left wing president. the former rebel, gustavo petro, once jailed for his role with the m i9 rebel movement, has won 51% of the vote, compared to 47% for his right wing anti establishment opponent, rodolfo hernandez. this was his third presidential campaign. with more, here s the bbc s south america correspondent, katy watson, in the capital, bogota. the atmosphere here in gustavo petro s h0 is electric. people here almost didn t believe it. it was a nailbiter until the very end. this is a historic vote in so many ways that s often used as a real cliche but it s really true he is the first leftist president that colombia has ever had. and francia marquez will be the first b ....
competitive furnace. on the road to a republic. we report from jamaica, the latest commonwealth country to lose the queen as head of state. from left wing guerilla to colombia s first ever left wing president. the former rebel, gustavo petro, once jailed for his role with the m 19 rebel movement, has won 51% of the vote, compared to 47% for his right wing anti establishment opponent, rodolfo hernandez. this was his third presidential campaign. with more, here s the bbc s south america correspondent katy watson in the capital bogota. the atmosphere here in gustavo petro s h0 is electric. people here almost didn t believe it. it was a nail biter until the very end. this is a historic vote in so many ways that s often used as a real cliche but it s really true he is the first leftist president that colombia has ever had. and francia marquez will be the first black vice president colombia has ever had, and it s testament to the changes colombians wanted. rodolfo hernan ....
Best interviewers i know who has his own show on bloomberg. Our National Book festival cochair in a very generous supporter mr. David rubenstein. Please welcome both of them. [applause] thank you and enjoy. Thank you veryer much for coming. Thank you for having me here. Thank you for being here. Back. Hard to believe that you have now been out of government for nine years so before we get into your new book on democracy which i highly recommend it will talk about it in a few moments, tell us what you have been doing the left government other than writing three best level selling books. You teach at stanford and what else . Ive gone back toar what i consider my real profession. I hadan that digression into washington but i have been at stanford since i was 25 years old and i started there as an assistant professor and i have returned to stanford. My appointment is in the Business ....
From our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. I have the great honor to introduce the man who had a lot to do with cgi and is very proud of it on the 10th anniversary. Please welcome William Jefferson clinton. [applause] lets begin with this. After october 1st or sometime close thereafter, a little boy or little girl is going to say, grandpa, a lot of people seem to know you, what is it that you did . What will you tell him or her . I will explain what i did it with my life. I will say i grew up and went to school, and talked for awhile, and went into public service, and i will explain what it was. I will explain after i left being president , i got a chance to try something entirely new and different. I was not termlimited, so i got to do it a little longer, thanks to my health being saved by a lot of people. And i will tell my grandson or granddaughter what i did and it was worthwhile. Where do you put cgi . It is ....
I asked dr cynthia arnson, a distinguished fellow and former director of the wilson center s latin american program, about reaction from the white house to gustavo preto s win. the us government has said all along it was prepared to work with whoever one the colombian election. this was clearly a democratic election and very impressive when you think about it, the results were known within an hour or two of the polls closing. they announced the victor, the opposing candidate conceded, and then the series of congratulations not only from the outgoing president, but for the former president, who said colombia democracy has worked and let s pull and for ....