>> secretary of state rex tillerson is in asia today. he is in thailand for a gathering on north korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs. president trump tweeted about north korea saying after many years of failure, countries are coming together to finally address the dangers posed by north korea. we must be tough and decisive. >> tonight on c-span, former intelligence officer and others talk about the situation in the middle east and the policies of the bush, obama and trump administrations. this is part of the annual conference in pasadena california. here is a preview. >> the one thing that has been missing for decades, i've written three books about it, going after the ideology of al qaeda.

they are an apocalyptic cult. they have 1.6 billion people corrupted and believed that they are the executor of god to bring about the end of time. their greatest ally are those people in this country and in the west who say it's the 1 billion muslims that are the problem. no, they are not. i know what the 1.6 billion muslims want. what they don't need is to have a small fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a percent of the cult that's existed and have them equated to people who don't follow the cron and pretend their muslim and come and tell you straight.

[inaudible] that we have been fighting for the defense of islam, not just our own defense. >> you can watch the entire program tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> saturday night on book tv, beginning at 9:00 p.m. eastern , former marine corps officer tracy crow and jerry bell, former naval officer, talked about the history of women in the military in their book, it's my country too. women's military stories from the american revolution through afghanistan. >> for so long women's stories, women's military stories have just been discounted or appropriated by others. she just felt like the timing was right. it is time to give these women a voice.

>> we are not a social experienc experiment. we were sailors and we ended up in iraq and afghanistan doing the same jobs, in many cases, as the men, and coming home to a country that did not recognize many of us as veterans, but with the same physical and moral injuries as the men. >> at 10:00 p.m., "after words". arizona senator jeff lake calls for return of court conservative principles in his book conscience of a conservative. he is interviewed by a daily news columnist. >> how do you make the case, rightly, i think, that health of conservativ conservativism has real implication. >> you can win elections. if we as conservatives want to

enact conservative policy, then you have to treat an election like how do we set this up for governing in ways that we can move forward with our agenda. >> at 11:00 p.m. the military career and participation of the killing of osama bin laden and his book the operator, firing the shot that killed osama bin laden and my years as a seal team warrior.

>> c-span has been on the road meeting with winners of this year's student cam documentary competition. i lame high school in laramie, wyoming, the mayor gathered with family and school officials to give the first place prize of $3000 to wyoming's dependence on fossil fuel. in golden, colorado, a second place prize of $1500 for documentary on cyber security. also in denver, their place a word of $750 to tenth graders

and macs at them high school. there documentary about digital theft and hacking. st. thomas moore high school in south dakota is were audrey, grace, and carolyn won the third place prize of $750 for their documentary on racial inequality in america. in sioux falls south dakota, a seventh grader at patrick henry middle school received a third-place price of $750 for his documentary on the national debt. a classmate, 81 honorable mention on his documentary on marijuana. at near by thomas edison middle school, students one honorable mention, sarah one for her documentary on the national debt. joe, braided, and sean was there documentary on terrorism.

others also received honorable mention for the documentary on global warming. thank you to the students who took part in the 2017 student cam competition. to watch videos go to student cam.org. and student can 2018 starts with the theme the constitution and you. you can choose any provision of the u.s. constitution and creative video illustrating my the provision is important. >> the georgetown center for business and public policy hosted a discussion on the future of u.s. trade policy that particularly tray protection measures proposed by president trump. this panel discussion is 90 minutes.