Prime minister tsipras of greec greece. greece is a cradle of western civilization, of democracy, literature, philosophy, science and so much else. america looks on that glorious heritage with wonder and with awe. we do indeed have a tremendous heritage, mr. prime minister. perhaps for this reason, america s friendship with the greek people has been long and enduring. thomas jefferson wrote no people sympathize more with greek patriots and nonoffer more sincere and ardent prayers to heaven for their success than the american people. jefferson s words are true to this day. i m proud to report this past march we celebrated greek
Of there indebtedness and geing out from under the supervision. worth reminding people that the international financial support had been critical. greece has been really crippled by a debt crisis for years now. yeah and president trump has been skeptical. we know of multilateral institution. he s been skeptical of the imf in particular and i think there s some question about whether he will continue to support in the budget the imf. okay. here s the president and prime minister tsipras. let s listen to their comments. i want to make a comment that the stock market hit an all time record high. it broke for the first time ever 23,000. we re very happy about that. i hope that greece is going to be doing the same thing very soon. i think they will. i m honored to welcome prime minister tsipras of greece.
World. again, greeks have done so even as they faced their own great economic hardships, and that s a testament, i think, to their solidarity and commitment to treating people with kindness and fairness. prime minister tsipras has made commitments to increase housing for unaccompanied children and to include access to education for children who are migrants and refugees. in these goals it s an obligation of the united states to help because this cannot be viewed just as a greek problem, it s an international problem and i reaffirmed my support to help in any ways that we can, including reaffirming america s support for the deal between the e.u. and turkey that can manage rivals in europe in a way that is orderly and humane. finally, as alexis mentioned, we discussed cypress where the prospects for a just, comprehensive and lasting settlement are the best that
And does it have to do with leaders struggling to read the mood of their country? do you have the feeling that while in power you underestimated anger or resentment or fear in america? and do you, prime minister tsipras, president obama has repeatedly said including today greece should get substantial debt relief. are you hopeful he might convince chancellor merkel to make a move in that regard later this week? no two countries are identical, and obviously there s a difference between a referendum on a very complex relationship between great britain and the rest of europe, and a presidential election in the united states. you know, presidential elections always turn on personalities.
Sciutto, watching the president speaking, you know, in greece, right, and then having a reporter in the audience ask the greek prime minister, who said donald trump was evil at one point, how he feels about the american president-elect now. well, i ll tell you, it s interesting, because tsipras, you could argue, is one of the first populists elected in this wave of populist also leaders in european countries. he was the protest candidate for european plans for the greece economy. i don t think the message from him about the election was really that delicate. it was delivered in delicate terms. he said the following, talking about the die vicive rhetoric that helped lead to the election of trump. he said, we know what happens when europeans start dividing themselves up. the 20th sent rcentury was a bloodbath. he says we in america have had experiences like this too.
thank you, prime minister tsipras, for your kind words and for welcoming me to athens today. i have always wanted to come to greece, and i m delighted to be able to make this part of my last trip overseas as president of the united states. i think we all know that the world owes an enormous debt to greece and the greek people. so many of our ideas of democracy, so much of our literature and philosophy and science can be traced back to roots right here in athens. i m told there s a saying from . when someone or something is good and beautiful on the outside, but it also is good and noble on the inside in terms of character and in terms of purpose, and i think that s a
Europe. greeks have shown extraordinary compassion and they have earned the love of the world. greeks have done so even as they faced their own economic hardships and that s a testament to their solidarity and commitment to treating people with kindness and fairness. prime minister tsipras has made commitments to increase housing for unaccompanied children and to improve access to education for children who are migrants and refugees, and in these goals, it s an obligation of the united states to help because this cannot be viewed just as a greek problem. this is an international problem. i reaffirmed my support to help in any ways that we can, including reaffirming america s support for the deal between the e.u. and turkey that can manage arrivals in europe in a way that is orderly and humane. finally, as alexis mentioned, we discussed cyprus, where the prospects for a just,
Tough austerity measures. he wasn t able to do that. have people lost faith in him? it seems like a large number of the people have lost large defense to certainly a drop for tsipras and the party. what we have seen is a referendum, that effectively got more than 60%. he s likely to get about half of that in the election. so it seems it really need mesh e. measures. the impacts on the real economy of what happened. what s happened at banks, closed. having the capital controls and not an indication of where greece is heading. greece more than anything else wants stability and maybe not so many of them are really sure that he s the man who can deliver that. they want stability but nor
Hands. carter revealed that melanoma first discovered in his liver has spread to his brain. you know, i had a wonderful life. i had thousands of friends and i ve had an exciting and adventurous existence. i was surprisingly at ease. much more so than my wife was. now i feel it s in the hands of god whom i worship. i ll be prepared for him when he comes. carter began receiving radiation and other treatment on thursday. time for an early start on your money. stocks tanking in asia right now. weak manufacturing data from china adding to worries about the economy. stocks are much lower in europe. greek prime minister tsipras is calling down. he says he will run again.
Thursday. brutal day far stocks. stocks fall in europe. the greek prime minister tsipras is stepping down. he says he will run again. stock futures suggest a lower open here after the dow plunged more than 350 points. oil is a six-year low. global slowdown fears grow. the looming interest rate hike add to the uncertainty. yesterday, media shares tanked. disney and viacom down 6%. time warner down 5%. part of a selloff on worries of the future of the business model. twitter shares fell below the ipo price tumbling to a new record low on growth worries. when you look at the leaders of the decline, it is the darling of recent months that are crumbling here. new accusations against bill cosby. more women claiming the comedian sexually assaulted them. they are speaking out next.