according to this data compiled by the american enterprise institute last year.t school year, almost a third of students in san francisco unified were chronically absent in hayward, it's up to 37% of students and in oakland, more than half of students, 53% are chronically absent. joining us live now is nat malkus with the american enterprise institute and the creator of the return to learn tracker that we just showed you. nat, thanks for joining us. >> glad to be here. >> all right. so we define chronic absenteeism as 10% right. missing 10% of school. but there are different layers. and there are a lot of kids also missing. not quite chronic but a whole lot of school. >> yeah. post-covid we saw attendance slip. and look, chronic absenteeism is the percentage of kids that miss 10% of the year. that's not really a magical number. attendance has gone up sort of across the board . and we've also seen that the really severe chronic absenteeism that students that are missing 15 or even 20% of the year have gone up tremendously uh- across the nation and in california. >

an essay for the american enterprise institute. so there's not a lot left of the unfettered marketplace, something people talk about. but there's the themes that i think seeing here across the across the panel and throughout this book really are something that that conservatives have been working on for decades. i had the good fortune to work with steve forbes when he was running for president in 1996, and also. 2002. social security. he said that if if a person who started out at a minimum wage job and worked the equivalent of a minimum wage job through their whole career of is that there would have been increases from a 75%. he said that person if that money had been invested in the in just a regular cd over the course of his life would have held million dollars in the bank when he retired and this was in 1996. so much more today. so the dignity of giving access to the money that politicians are using to buy votes. frankly, i think really, really. so. and that unfortunately, that's what happens in health care is that you find tha

kori schake director of policy studies at the american enterprise institute.tic primary in the state of utah, as for donald trump cbs news is projecting the former president will win the republican primary in the state of massachusetts. there are some ongoing races we will bring those to you as we get them. very close race in the republican primary in vermont and we will bring you more on that shortly. there are growing concerns about the way artificial intelligence could be used to mislead voters ahead of this year's general election. 0ur disinformation and social media correspondent marianna spring reports. i spend a lot of time investigating harmful content on social media stop people are worried about the impact of these images, what is going on right now? on social media i found ai generated images showing trump with black voters. look at the fingers some facial features and sky any shin show it is al. this image showing him posing with black voters on the front porch it had been posted by satirical account generating mergers of the former president but o

we have shane tews, a senior fellow at the american enterprise institute. i asked the witnesses to stand and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear on the penalty of perjury that the testimony you are about to provide is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. thank you and let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. you are now recognized for five minutes, mr. worthington. >> good afternoon chair rosen dale, ranking member cherfilus- mccormick and distinguish members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to testify about inpatient data, privacy, and artificial intelligence. i name is charles worthington and i am the chief technology officer and the chief artificial intelligence officer in the office of information technology. i am accompanied by john oswalt, deputy chief information officer, freedom of information act office. doctor alterovitz and miss stephania griffin from vha. it va is committed to protect thing veteran's privacy while harnessing ai to better serve veterans. while ai can be a

the american enterprise institute hosted a discussion on how health care law has survived and chged over time, and by republicans efforts to repeal and replace it has failed. this is about 90 minutes. miller: good morning, everyone, welcome to the american enterprise institute, and today's event, chasing the ghost of the affordable care act. decided not to go with abraham lincoln vampire killer, but we work oth first, i am tom miller, senior fellow at the american enterprise institute and periodically -- i always talk with a couple of thank yous and you do with the affordable care act. i think the obama administration for making my best work necessary. i think the trump administration for makingt latory. and i think the biden administration for being more nostalgic and reflective. so that's where we are at the moment. but this is kind of an annual newsy in terms of getting with the affordable care act. they comes up with the anniversary of the person you say is not another one of these niversary events. i mean come on. what are we up to now? 14 or whatever since the enactment of the daca

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finally, we have a nonresident senior fellow on the american enterprise institute. i asked the witnesses to please stand and raise their right hands. do you solemnly swear under penalty of perjury that the testimony you are about to provide is the whole truth, nothing but the truth? thank you and let the record reflect that all witnesses have answered in the affirmative. mr. worthington you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. mccormick and members of the subcommittee. thank you for the opportunity to testify today about the department of veterans affairs efforts in artificial intelligence. i am the chief technology officer in va's office of technology. i am accompanied by john oswald. the officer of the freedom of information act and compliance office. the director of the ai institute and the chief ai officer and ms. stephanie griffin, within the va. while ai can be a powerful tool we must adopt it with proper controls, oversight and control. the department is taking a measured approach as we scale ai solutions to make sure we are adopting these powerf

shocky is the director of foreign and defense policy studies at the american enterprise institute. and glenn gusto is the former general counsel at the national security agency. >> cory. >> let me ask you, there's sort of two basic arguments that are made when by proponents of this band or this legislation, as i understand you are one of them which is one is the access to data and the second is the potential for misinformation or disinformation. so why do we explain both your concerns on those fronts? >> sure >> i i really appreciate the way that you structured the introduction though by making clear that this isn't a ban on tiktok, it's a ban on having a major media platform in the united states and it's 170 million users subject to chinese national security law, which requires companies owned in an operating in china to make their data available to the chinese government? and bytedance has used the access to the data to surveil journalists and a former bytedance executive has testified that they use it to surveil protesters in hong kong so there's not only the possibility we have

enterprise institute. and glenn gusto, who is the former general counsel at the national security agency. so corey, how do you explain trump's flip-flop? he tried to ban tiktok. courts basically said he couldn't do it at least not by executive three and now he's recently said, i'm not sure that's a good idea because in his view, that will make facebook bigger and to him, facebook is the real enemy. >> yeah, i think it's one more example of the chaos premium that americans and the world are going to pay if we reelect donald trump as president of the united states because he doesn't appear to have any principles that guide his judgment, except either financial influence or personal event data, and that he thinks facebook is no different and know better than companies that have relationships with the chinese government is just a demonstration of how chaotic that trump administration was in office and will be in office if reelected. >> glenn tell us about the court issue you were general counsels trump tried t

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first, i am tom miller, senior fellow at the american enterprise institute and periodically -- i alwaysalke d you do with the affordable care act. i think the obama administration for necessary. i think the trump administration for making it more litigious and regulatory. and i think the biden tion for being more nostalgic and reflective. so that's where we are at the moment. but this is kind an annual newsy in terms of getting with the affordable care act. they comes up with the anniversary of the person you say is not another one of these anniversary events. i mean come on. we up to now? 14 or would ever since the ena in march 2010. there's been a lot of changes since then and will talk about today but it's not quite like another ghostbusters sequel. are up to five of the net as a matter of fact. that one coming out later this year after life, after earlier i that one of ice. now the son of the late original director is a one directing it. they had a female cast for number three. this one is perhaps going to be trying cryogenics. not suspended animation. that's just for the actors wer

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brendan carr who is fcc commissioner and ajit pai former fcc chairman and fellow at american enterprisenk that my friend, i think that world of rand paul, but i don't think he is right. i was reading your notes, this stuff the. >> control is iran -- even then it has to -- a threat to national security, china qualifies. i think that some of these senators don't understand how this legislation has been written. >> thank you, senator paul has been good on so many matters of individual liberty this bill, as you noted is different, it only applies if you are controlled by a foreign adversary country, which is defined as russia, china, north korea and an iran, only then, a national security threat in addition to being controlled, it has nothing to do with surveillance or free speech, this is a clear and present danger that tiktok recents it is -- presents it is b beholden to the ccp . tiktok tries to do it, they failed. not because they are necessarily bad people but because they are beholden to the ccp any other reforms we want will only work once you break that link back to the ccp, it goes

development institute, the american enterprise institute, this is another such republican neoconservativehis future administration, and of course. this notorious institute for the study of war , which we, of course, all remember well over the past 2 years, has been writing these victorious reports there for 2 years about how they destroyed billions of russian tanks, everything else, well, that is, there is absolutely fake propaganda there , but many in the west perceive it as a real analysis of the situation on the battlefield, great, yes i would like to do a small emphasis on the institute for the study of war and comment from its bell tower, the institute for the study. wars are not a think tank, they are a private intelligence company that migrate under the think tank, they need this analysis, this analytics in order to legalize those political decisions that are actually made in the military-industrial complex, what happened in ukraine , light revolution, maidan, why, in fact, she distributed cookies there, she simply supervised and coordinated this whole process in order to then esta

brendan carr who is fcc commissioner and ajit pai former fcc chairman and fellow at american enterprisehink that world of rand paul, but i don't think he is right. i was reading your notes, this stuff the. >> control is iran -- even then it has to -- a threat to national security, china qualifies. i think that some of these senators don't understand how this legislation has been written. >> thank you, senator paul has been good on so many matters of individual liberty this bill, as you noted is different, it only applies if you are controlled by a foreign adversary country, which is defined as russia, china, north korea a a iran, only then, a national security threat in addition to being controlled, it has nothing to do with surveillance or free speech, this is a clear and present danger that tiktok recents it is -- presents it is beholden to the ccp . tiktok tries to do it, they failed. not because they are necessarily bad people but because they are beholden to the ccp any other reforms we want will only work once you break that link back to the ccp, it goes back to what you did in wh

he walks the walk and teaches at notre dame as a visiting fellow at the american enterprise institute. and jamie dimon, who is the chairman and ceo of j.p. morgan with assets exceeding $3 trillion. he also serves on many nonprofit and charitable boards. he is on the business roundtable board and also chaired that board. a great partner organization with us. and the partnership for new york city and harvard business school. we still claim that affiliation. jamie: it is harvard business school. margaret: i am here with two very distinguished individuals. let's make it right to it. -- let's get right to it. why is this issue so important to you to talk about building better economic security? mr. ryan: this is a bipartisan issue. the eitc, i think it was a freeman idea, it has bipartisan roots but proven to be very effective. when i was chairman of the ways and means committee, i worked to expand the eitc. a couple of reforms have yet to materialize. if you are pushing for a society that is known by upward mobility and were striving for equality of opportunity, the best tool we have had

we have nonresident senior fellow and american enterprise institute. please stand and raise your right hand. he solemnly swear that the testimony you are about to provide will be the truth, whole truth and nothing but the truth? >> thank you and let the record reflect witnesses answered in the affirmative. the recognizer five minutes. good afternoon, ranking member and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today about the department of veterans affairs and privacy and artificial intelligence. i'm the chief technology officer and chief artificial intelligence officer. freedom of information act and record and oit. director of the a.i. national institute. the va is committed to protecting data privacy responsibly harnessing artificial intelligence. proper controls, oversight and the department is taking a measured approach to begin to scale wishes to ensure we are adopting powerful tools. it's one of the largest health records. it's effectiveness of a.i. a key role in how the va approaches a.i. development in th

enterprise institute. my research focus on helping vulnerable families to find pathways out of poverty and opportunity. like to make three points about vulnerable mothers experiencing normally an unplanned pregnancy. first, many women considering abortion faced significant challenges. but abortion is not the answer. we've a duty to focus on real solutions. we should hesitate to make policy based on research that says abortion results and better outcomes for women including the turn away study scientific difficult to isolate the effect of an abortion on women's long-term outcomes at best the studies only point toot correlation. we should not draw conclusions from them. instead we should focus on the fact we need women to consider abortion. nearly nine in 10 women choose abortion or unmarried. over half of them to choose abortion or in their 20s another 8% are in their teens. many women who seek abortion do so because they fear economic hardship. a majority of post- abortive women say they chose that option

geoff: a senior fellow at the conservative american enterprise institute has a different view.rt of programs from food aid to housing to health care that shows the complexity of the safety net. he says it can be difficult to track the success of specific programs but -- >> if you look at nuanced poverty measures that count the assistance that families have from work, relatives, owning their own homes, the level of poverty and the u.s. has dropped to a low level. geoff: as a congressional staffer he helped draft the landmark welfare reform law in the 1990's. the legislation followed years of anti-welfare sentiment driven by perceptions of rampant abuse. in his presidential campaigns, ronald reagan popularized the stereotype. by 1994, the number of americans receiving cash assistance reached its peak at 14 million. in 1996 after a pledge to end welfare as we know it, president clinton struck a deal with republicans in congress. it replace the cash assistance program with temporary assistance for needy families. it imposed time limits and work requirements and made states responsi

christine summers is a senior fellow emeritus at the american enterprise institute, where she studieshe polity of gender and feminism as well as free expression due■i process and the preservation of liberty in the academy. before joining aei, dr. summers is best known for her defense, classical liberal feminism and her books include freedom, feminism. its surprising history and why it matters today. one nation under therapy coauthored with sally satel who stole feminism and the war against boys which was named a new yorkthe year in 2001. and i will add that is an incredibly prescient, educational over 20 years/f we a senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center, where he studies and provides commentary on american politics. mr. olson is an opinion columnist for. the washington post and his politics, foreign affairs and american conservative thought mr. olson's work has been featured in many probably prominent publications, including the new york times, the washington journal, the wall journal, national reewguardian d and. he is the author of the working class ronald rgaconserv

syndicated radio host hugh houthi and matthew continetti fellow at the american enterprise institute. watched some of this. it was long today. what was your take away. >> shannon: listen, every time we tell people when they want to argue about cameras in the court it's super boring at the supreme court you are not going to love it. then they see this and they say no, no, this is the stuff we think happens in courtrooms all the time. a lot of back and forth. a lot of people changing their stories. some people sticking to their stories. this judge has a couple really big decisions he has got to make before he even gets to the application of facts though case. first of all, is it just a conflict of interest or just an appearance of the conflict of interest? that's a very different decision for him to make. and, also, remember all those cell phone records that one of these defendants tried to submit saying it shows there was ton of texting and shows that nathan wade was staying with fani willis on occasion. will he admit those cell phone records? those are big questions he has got to answ

from the american enterprise institute, this is an hour and 20 minutes. p÷>> thank you, everybody, forjoining us thiaf conversation about a wonderful new book entitled "the pursuit of happiness, how classical■■mr ers on virtue inspired the lives of the founders and defined america." before we begin, i just want to say today's event is the latest in the series here at aei. this event and others provide a platform to host prominent authors to discuss their forthcoming or recently released books on issues of international significance. we are very proud and grateful for their tremendous support and commitment to our mission. our guest today is my friend jeffrey rosen. jeff is one of the nations leading writers on the supreme court and constitution and the author of several books on the justices and their work, and for the last several years he's been constitution center. >> the only institution in america chartered by congress to increase awareness and understanding of the constitution among the american people on a nonpartisan basis. >> in addition to being the ceo of the constitution ce

guy benson, francesca chamber and matthew continetti, fellow at the american enterprise institute.ion story that's different. this one, as you look more into that video, it is pretty dramatic as they rush through the border past those guards. >> it is. and you just cited that statistic about the 200,000 cases tossed because of what appears to be negligence from the biden administration. that is a bad headline for them. and this video, i think, is more impactful even than some of those drone shots that we have gotten from bill melugin and his team and griff jenkins, and they have done great work down there with huge numbers of people just walking and wading across the river. this one, i think, will probably anger people more because you have roughly 100, let's say dozens of people who clearly do not have a right to be in this country, bull rushing actual american officials. texas officials as it turns out being sued by the biden administration, a separate question. but u.s. officials or americans saying you can't come in here right against the border. and those people having no rega

my name is lesley ford, i'm an adjunct fellow for the american enterprise institute. my research helps vulnerable families to find pathways of opportunity. i'd like to make a point about mothers having an unwanted preg tphapbcy. many women facing abortion face challenges. but that's not the answer. we have a duty to focus on real solutions. we should hesitate to make policy that says abortion results in better outcomes for women. it is difficult to isolate the effects of an abortion on women's long-term outcomes. at best the studies only point to correlations. we should not draw conclusions from them. instead, we should focus on the factors that lead women to consider abortion. nearly nine in 10 women who choose abortion are unmarried. over half of women who choose abortion are in their 20's. another 8% are in their teens. many women who seek abortion do so because they fear economic hardship. and a majority of post aborive women say they chose that option because they experienced pressure to abort from the important people in their lives. we must address the socioeco

enterprise institute senior fellow fox news contributor and former speechwriter for president georgebush, marc thiessen. wewe with former president trump setting the record straight, slamming democrats and the media from manufacturing outrage over these remarks at a rally this weekend. >> let me tell you something, to china. if you are listening, president xi, and you and i are friends, but he understands the way i deal, those big monster car manufacturing plants you are building in mexico right now, you think you are going to get that, you're going to not hire americans, and you're going to sell the cars to us. no, we will put it 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line. and you're not going to be able to sell those cars. if i get elected. if i don't get elected, it's going to be a bloodbath. that's going to be the least of it. it's going to be a bloodbath for the country. that will be the least of it. but they're not going to sell those cars. >> emily: president biden was quick to react, accusing trump of wanting another january 6th on social media. it didn't take

christine summers is a senior fellow emeritus at the american enterprise institute, where she studies the polity of gender and feminism as well as free expression due process and the preservation of liberty in the academy. before joining aei, dr. summers was a philosophy professor at clark university. is best knn for her defense classical liberal feminism and critique of gender feminism. her booksom feminism. its surprising history and why it matters today. one nation under therapy coauthored with sally satel who stole feminism and the war against boys which was named a new york times notable book of the year in 2001. and i will add that is an incredibly prescient educational over 20 years later. last olsen henry is a senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center, where he studies and provides comment american politics. mr. olson is an opinion columnist for. the washington post and his daily pieces focus on politics, foreign affairs and american conservative thought mr. olson's work has been featured in many nent publications, including the new york times the washington journal

matthew continetti fellow at the american enterprise institute.horn on this. matthew, first to you. >> well, first, bret, i think we should add coach saban to the panel next time. he had a lot to say. >> bret: kind of did. >> second of all senator schumer's ridiculous remarks speak panic about the situation in michigan but also speaks of the fantasy world that the biden administration is living in. israeli policies unified behind destruction of hamas. no change in leadership will alter that. and moreover. it won't effect the politics in michigan which they are concerned about losing the arab american vote there because there are more pro-israel voters in michigan and across the country than there are pro-hamas people. >> bret: politico want for schumer typically pro-israel voice in history to make such comment seems like a green light for any israel critic to say their peace. >> it is a change. >> juan: i think this is really an extraordinary moment not only obviously in terms of israel and our relationship with them at the moment, but in terms of

joining me to talk about, matthew continetti american enterprise institute, byron york.ew, you're writing a new coalition of working folks, working folks of color, not just whites browns, latinos, so forth. i think you're right, matthew. what do you think somebody working hard, playing by the rules, typical middle class, salt of the earth, i don't care what color or race, they see trump being man handled by these crazy people here in new york. what do you think their reaction to them is about this? >> i think the reaction, larry, they feel trump is being treated unfairly. the lawfare has backfired in two-ways. first it rallied republicans around trump and helped him springboard the front-runner status to get him to the nomination, newcomers to the republican coalition like voters you're talking about, many independent voters are seeing law fair, they see example of two tear system of justice. they think the whole system is rigged. they will focus on issues like prices, a broken board border, world spinning out of control, whatever the democrats are accusing trump of doin

enterprise institute.n, let me begin with you, thank you both of you by the way, it is good to see you. i don't think my friend, i think the world of senator rand paul but i don't think he is right and i was reading your notes, brendan, this stuff, restrictions and controls would only apply to china, iran, north korea and russia. that's all. even then it has got to present a demonstrated and significant threat to national security. now china sure qualifies. this whole thing qualifies if you is me. it is basically a spy operation but brendan, i think some of these senators don't understand how this legislation has been written. what can you tell us? >> thanks so much. senator paul has been so good on so many matters of individual liberty but this particular bill as you noted is decisively different. it one, only applies if you are controlled by a foreign adversary country which is specifically defined as russia, china, north korea iran and only then if that is not enough you have to be a national security t

i had a speech from a fellow who works at the american enterprise institute who has done some demographic work and absolutely is fascinating. to see how this country is falling apart. the life expectancy of a 15-year-old in russia is now less than the life expectancy of a 15-year-old in red -- yemen. it is staggering some of the statistics of things they have discovered. it is the long-term they are doing and nobody can even factor in the soldiers, they have produced 515,000 as the number of casualties that russia has suffered inside the ukraine alone. these are all, some are criminals from present but the other able-bodied men who they need for the future, a demographic problem before. i guess my sense is that putin will do everything he can to not just keep the war going because he is investing his whole future and legacy in this, but he will be as ruthless as he has to be to try to stifle any opposition and to try to show the world that the people of russia still support him. if you want to look into that i think the best guy writing is an individual, he is analyzing what is going on i

christine summers is a senior fellow emeritus at the american enterprise institute, where she studies the polity of gender and feminism as well as free expression due process and the preservation of liberty in the academy. before joining aei, dr. summers was a philosophy professor at clark university. is best known for her defense, classical liberal feminism and critique of gender feminism. her books include freedom, feminism. its surprising history and why it matters today. one nation under therapy coauthored with sally satel who stole feminism and the war against boys which was named a new york times notable book of the year in 2001. and i will add that is an incredibly prescient, educational over 20 years later. last we henry olsen henry is a senior fellow at the ethics and public policy center, where he studies and provides commentary on american politics. mr. olson is an opinion columnist for. the washington post and his daily pieces focus on politics, foreign affairs and american conservative thought mr. olson's work has been featured in many probably prominent publications, inc

amna: matt weidinger is a senior fellow at the conservative american enterprise institute.says even when child poverty rebounded in 2022, it was still below pre-pandemic levels. >> it's always good to have lower child poverty. we have continued to make strides. we obviously didn't make as many strides as when the government was literally forcing cash, you know, into families' pockets in the name of pandemic relief. but, the progress against poverty has continued over time. amna: weidinger argues the key problem was making the ctc available to those with no taxable income. >> democrats in 2021 said, let's just eliminate any connection of this benefit with work except at the very highest levels of income and say everybody gets the same benefit no matter what. that eliminates a work requirement and, in effect, revives a welfare system that was eliminated a generation ago. i think it's appropriate that benefits like the ctc that have always been connected to work remain connected to work. amna: but some experts and advocates say the 2021 ctc didn't discourage work at all. >> so

geoff: matt weidinger, a senior fellow at the conservative american enterprise institute, has a differented create this chart of 80-plus programs from food aid to housing to health care that shows the complexity of the safety net. he says it can be difficult to track the success of specific but -- >> if you look at nuanced poverty measures that count all the assistance that taxpayers provide, that count the resources that families themselves have from work, from relatives, owning their own homes and all that, the level of poverty in the united states has actually dropped to a relatively low level. geoff: as a congressional staffer, weidinger helped draft the landmark welfare reform law in the 1990s. the legislation followed years of anti-welfare sentiment driven by perceptions of rampant abuse. in his presidential campaigns, ronald reagan popularized the welfare queen stereotype of people cheating the system to collect benefits. by 1994, the number of americans receiving cash assistance did reach its peak at 14 million. so, in 1996, after a pledge to end welfare as we know it, president c

another problem is housing supply, says kevin corinth with the conservative american enterprise institutebuild, build, build, and build some more. that's the only way we have a potential chance of getting families access to these high opportunity areas that have been demonstrated to have major successful outcomes for themselves and for their kids. stephanie: a lack of affordable housing has led to a surge in homelessness in cities like san francisco, los angeles, and new york. but here in seattle, one of the nation's least affordable cities, there's a renewed focus on housing vouchers and how to make the system work better for applicants and landlords. >> this is one of our studio apartments. it is about 250 square feet. stephanie: ben maritz is a landlord who owns about 900 affordable apartment units in the city. >> we've built a lot of housing, especially the kind of kind of basic low frills housing like what you're seeing here, that is a very good fit for the voucher program. stephanie: unlike in dallas, landlords here cannot deny applicants on the basis of their income source, and mar

there's poll done sponsored by the american enterprise institute. i think it was about years ago that found. that 56% of republicans agreed with the statement that the american way of life is disappearing so fast that we may have to use force to. stop it. that's a reaction. that's a radicalization, the face of a perceived existential threat. and again, there are lots of causes about what's going on. it's not just the this country's transition to multiracial democracy, but the the really important. ultimately, i think, successful transition to multiracial democracy, i think is fundamentally at root with what's going on. it's not it's not often that democracies that are this old and this rich get into this kind of trouble. no democracy over the age of 50 has ever died, ever. no country with a per capita gdp. more than $70,000 has ever broken down. ours is four times that. this is a really, really unusual situation that we're in today. we're in totally new terrain and. again, my my view our view in the book is that it's this transition in which a previ

i am the director of domestic policy studies at the american enterprise institute. it is my pleasure to welcome you to our discussion tonight of the new liberalism, the american medium in the future of mocker c. one of the major problems we face in american life is the decline of trust and institutions. this trend is evident in american views of established media outlets. most of the cause is fairly clear. major media institutions have learned distinction between news and opinion subsidy the ideas and attitudes of a small percentage of population for objective reporting and fair-minded analysis. the rise of the internet and social media has made the problem worse. journalism is given by tribal affiliation and insatiable demand for clicks. in such a polarized climate, journalist have come to see themselves not as information gatherers but advocates for the latest induration of social justice. last december james bennett, the economist lexington columnist published a groundbreaking essay casting these trends in new light. bennett had been the editorial page editor of

next, a conversation on democracy and truth in journalism hosted by the american enterprise institutejournalists examined bias in the media, and declining public trust in institutions. this program is just over an hour. [indiscernible chatter] the major problems we face in american life is the decline of trust and institutions. this trend is evident in american views of established media outlets. most of the cause is fairly clear. major media institutions have learned distinction between news and opinion subsidy the ideas and attitudes of a small percentage of population for objective reporting and fair-minded analysis. the rise of the internet and social media has made the problem worse. journalism is given by tribal affiliation and insatiable demand for clicks. in such a polarized climate, journalist have come to see themselves not as information gatherers but advocates for the latest induration of social justice. last december james bennett, the economist lexington columnist published a groundbreaking essay casting these trends in new light. bennett had been the editorial page edit

according to the american enterprise institute, china global investment tracker they've invested nearly $77 billion in foreign agricultural products between 2013 and 2023. currently, 783 million people across the globe are facing reason toic hunger and growing more and more dependent on the agricultural structures developed by china. during your time with united nations agencies, you saw firsthand the importance of global food security. why is it important for the united states, rather that than china, to leads the world in solving global food security? mr. tom: when i look at participation -- first of all, i served the state department, the united states -- the president of the united states. i didn't work for thersight over them. to answer your question i understand why the chinese are doing what they want to do. to improve their food security. i mean, i think they've been through the last century a couple of famines that have affected and we've seen where famines can turn governments around. french revolution and there's one happening in russia, obviously. and many others. but the re

enterprise institute, china global investment tracker, $77 billion in foreign agricultural productsetween 2013 and 2023. currently,83ple across the globe are facing reason toic hunger and growing more and more dependent on the agricultural structures developed by china. during your time with united nations agencies, you saw firsthand the importance of global food security. why is it united states, rather than china, to leads the world in solving global food security? lt participation -- first of all, i served the state department, the united states -- the president of the united states. i didn't work for the world food m but i had oversight over them. to answer your question, i understand why the chinese are doing whathe improve their food. i mean, i think they've been through the last century a couple of famines that havehere famines can turn governments around. french revolution and there's one happening in russia, obviously. and many others. but the reality is they are going to continue to invest and they want to make sure that they capture as much u.s. to accomplish their goals

i'm robert doar the president of the american enterprise institute and i welcome you here to this important conversation about the state of america of, black progress in america, with some distinguished guests. so i'm very honored to welcome to aei. i do want to make a couple observations in the beginning

according to the american enterprise institute, china global investment tracker they've invested nearly $77 billion in foreign agricultural products between 2013 and 2023. currently, 783 million people across the globe are facing reason toic hunger and growing more and more dependent on the agricultural structures developed by china. during your time with united nations agencies, you saw firsthand the importance of global food security. why is it important for the united states, rather that than china, to leads the world in solving global food security? mr. tom: when i look at participation -- first of all, i served the state department, the united states -- the president of the united states. i didn't work for the world food program but i had oversight over them. to answer your question i understand why the chinese are doing what they want to do. to improve their food security. i mean, i think they've been through the last century a couple of famines that have affected and we've seen where famines can turn governments around. french revolution and there's one happening in others. but t