it was after enron and worldcom fell. congress stepped in and said they had to up their game. david: both of us are from baltimore. we did not know each other growing up. i am 10 years older than you. were you in a very wealthy family? or was it a blue-collar family? gary: neither of my parents went to college. my dad started a small business after world war ii. it was a vending business. it sent all of us to college. they help pay down the mortgage over the years. we lived the good life around his small business. david: you have a twin brother. gary: i have an identical twin brother. watch out if he goes on tv. david: who is smarter, you are your twin brother? gary: my brother. david: you went to a well-known high school in that area. and you went to the university of pennsylvania undergrad. gary: we both went there. he had gotten in earlier than me . we were both kind of mass kids. i was excepted in mighty -- accepted to mit. it has worked out for me. david: so you graduated and went right to goldman sachs? gary: yes. i joined the merger and acquisition area. it was about a

it was after enron and worldcom failed. congress stepped in and said they had to change this and up the game, up the rigor with regard to auditing in the united states. david: as you pointed out, both of us are from baltimore. we did not know each other growing up. i am 10 years plus older than you. you grew up in baltimore. were you in a very wealthy family? or was it a blue-collar family? what kind of family was it? gary: neither of my parents went to college. in fact, my grand folks didn't even go to high school. my dad started a small business with his mustering out pay after world war ii. while he never had more than three dozen employees, it sent all of us kids to college. it helped pay down the mortgage over the years. we lived a good life around this small business, and through the community of pikesville that i grew up in. david: you had four other siblings. one of whom is your twin brother. gary: i have an identical twin brother. watch out if he goes on tv. david: who is smarter? you or your twin brother? gary: ro

. -- enron and worldcom failed. congress stepped in and said they had to change this and up the game, up the rigor with regard to auditing in the united states. david: as you pointed out, both of us are from baltimore. we did not know each other growing up. i am 10 years plus older than you. you grew up in baltimore. were you in a very wealthy family? or was it a blue-collar family? what kind of family was it? gary: neither of my parents went to college. in fact, my grand folks didn't even go to high school. my dad started a small business with his mustering out pay after world war ii. while he never had more than three dozen employees, it sent all of us kids to college. it helped pay down the mortgage over the years. we lived a good life around this small business, and through the community of pikesville that i grew up in. david: you had four other siblings. one of whom is your twin brother. gary: i have an identical twin brother. watch out if he goes on tv. david: who is smarter? you or your twin brother? gary: ro

more than a 100 people who tended loose worldcom tournament and the national sliding fence for all fans has tempt his check to wear moss and was told to avoid shouting, cheering, and even singing is likely to be limited capacity for the main games in february. and he's living in mainland china will be able to buy tickets. rory mcelroy has re taken the lead goals, walter championship in dubai, as he looks to become the 1st player to win the tournament. 3 times. the norman irishman made 7 birdies and 2 bogey's on day 3 to finish on 14 on de potterpin to his last event of the season. that leaves him one short clear going into the final rounds. but even if he does win on sunday, mockery winds and the year 0, number one is too far behind in the race of the right sand. and let's we a school. i'll be back later. thank you. sorry. next news outcomes at 2100. i was greenwich meantime, and that'll be from our news center in london. we can see ameria mossey getting ready for the next bulletin, which is coming up in about 2 and a half minutes on i'm from all santa maria. thanks. we company sagan, s

all our good players will be here and i think this is going to be a very great, extremely important worldcom. moving a 1000000 supporters are expected to make the trip to cat. so what will be the most compact world cup in history? all 8 stadiums within a metro ride or short drive of each other. meaning fans could go and watch more than one match. today. what i looking forward to is that you feel that the world's going on, everybody's basic, the indo. so the mexicans with the dots and the germans are with teenagers and or whatever with the swedish for example, that is that connection that will make it so special. some finishing touches and a few more qualified teams. and now all that's needed before the middle east's biggest sporting events can begin. andy richardson al jazeera, though ha, plenty more video like that. along with the latest news and analysis of the website . take a look at al jazeera dot com. ah, it is good to have you with a fellow adrian, so they can hear it though, how the headlines and al jazeera incident of the agreement is reportedly been reached to reinstate abdullah. h

a glimpse of what's to come catera kicks off a major football tournament a year out from the fif of worldcom. ah, hello, the caribbean island agent barbados has just become a republic after ending its ties with the british monarchy. sandra mason was sworn in as president, replacing queen elizabeth as head of states. barbados gained independence from britain in 1966, but kept its system of monarchy in place. the country will still be a member of the commonwealth group of nations. our latin america editor lucio norman was at the festivities in bridgetown. it is quite an extraordinary occasion to become a republic. doesn't ever really most public since so long ago. but in the case of islands, many of them considered 16 of them to be exact. wellness of great britain, between the queen is the head of state. barbados has had a long and complete history trying to become what it says is a dependent nation. back in the 1600s, when great britain turned into really the capital, crushed major calling to become a slave slave colony on the porch. since then, it's many people such that i was on to become a

suggests beijing is building nuclear capable silos, testing more ballistic missiles than the rest of the worldcom bi-- world combined. the chinese navy the largest in the world with a catch. most of their warships are small, but they are getting bigger. a new aircraft carrier in shanghai could launch earlier next year with technology rivaling the larger, more advanced u.s. carrier fleet. how long is it going to take for china's navy to pose a credible threat to americans? >> i assume they still need to -- a lot of time. >> reporter: are we talking years or days? >> 20 to 30. >> reporter: 20 to 30 years? >> years. >> reporter: warships dot the desert in shin zon, possibly for target practice, analysts say. china also flexing its flight muscles. flying war planes near taiwan in record numbers. the island's leaders warn cross strait tensions are at 40-year highs. taiwan racing to modernize its military. new ships, more missiles, billions of dollars in american-made weapons, all to guard against an invasion taiwan's defense minister says could be possible by 2025. a war that could involve the u.s. an

not a single shot americans have ever sent to the rest worldcome at the expense of any american. i will always make sure that our people are protected first but vaccinating the world is just one more tool in how we need to meet our moral obligation as americans and how to best protect america's as well. the delta variant and now the omicron variant all emerged elsewhere in the world, and i can't let up until the world is vaccinated. we're protecting americans by doing that as well, and as we continue this effort let's remember where we stand. we're in a very different place as we enter the month of december this month compared to where we were last -- last september -- last christmas. last christmas fewer than 1% of american adults were vaccinated this. christmas the number will be over 71%, including more than 86% of seniors. last christmas our children were at risk without a vaccine. this christmas we have safe and effective vaccines for children ages 5 and older with more than 19 million children and counting now vaccinated. last year the majority of schools were closed. this

it said that to show greater trust in the markets after the enron on worldcom fiascos about accounting fraud in that space, the company auditor tors needed to open up their books and records to a new entity, the public company accounting oversight board. and we at the s.e.c. oversee the pcaob. jurisdiction attention have allowed that to happen from europe, africa, asia, south america, north america. two jurisdictions aren't. china and hong kong. congress came back last december and said let's set a clock. and if the board can't see of knows records, in essence three or four key things. they have to select which companies they are respecting with .pcob. number two see the work papers and see the work papers of the auditors, not redacted, not selected but actually we need to be able to talk to the auditors and basically instill greater trust in the financial, in this case, of the china-related issuers. >> as a follow-up, you did mention a specific number, 270 companies by 2024. who are some of those companies? >> well, these are the companies that i call them china-related companies. bec