thank you for joining us from princeton university. you have the u.s. ambassador to britain, woody johnson, pressuring britain to pull out of the u.s. nuclear deal following the united states, which trump did, and the imposition of sanctions by the united states last week on iran. know, the iranian nuclear deal was the result of 13 years of negotiation between iran and the world powers. the u.s. engaged in negotiation in 2013 and also had bilateral frequent intrusive, bilateral meetings, from 2013-2015. ultimately, iran and the u.s., iran, the world powers, agreed on the nuclear deal. united nations accused the council passed a resolution after approving the deal. in two years later, iran has fully complied with all of its commitments. the iaea, international atomic energy agency, which is the sole agency responsible for supervising the nuclear program 11 times states, has since 2016 confirmed iran's full compliance with the nuclear deal. now, the u.s. is the only security -- un security council member, withdrew from the deal, violated the deal. this is

the pollsters and what they're tweeting coast bush was a professor of political science at princeton university has a doctorate from harvard university and was an advisor to the world bank an intermediate can develop and bank he's been a member of the american academy of arts and sciences since october twenty ten and was awarded the twenty twelfth o'barr to find ation price. professor explaining catalonia the feelings of people in catalonia you know as the independence supporters go and have the cattle and feelings of identity as a nation increased you're right that the sentiment for independence has grown ten years ago it was only about let's say fifteen percent of the population that would be favor of voting for a separate country or a nation and now it's close to fifty percent i don't think that national identity has changed that much it has become stronger and especially the support for these more radical solution has grown catalans always felt a nation or at least seemed to modern politics but they always thought that it would be possible to leave as a set of nations within a spain and tha

historians talk about his time at princeton university, his family, intellectual influences and his political values in domestic and foreign policy. societyyork historical hosted this program. >> we are honored to welcome three acclaimed historians to new york historical. patricia o'toole is a fellow of the society of american historians and the author of five books, including "when trumpets call." and "tiv

a professor of american history at princeton university. his many books "include the rise of american democracy", which was awarded the bancroft prize and was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. and his latest, slavery and anti-slavery at the nation's founding. our moderator this evening is douglas brinkley, a professor of history, a grammy award-winning producer, and best-selling author. he also serves as presidential historian at new york historical and for cnn. before we welcome our speakers to the stage, i ask that you make sure anything that makes noise like a cell phone is switched off. please join me in welcoming our speakers. [applause] >> good evening. we are going to have a conversation about our 28th president, woodrow wilson. he was president 1913 to 1921. we have two of america's truly great historians with us. patricia o'toole has a brand-new book out that is getting rave reviews. the moralist, a biography of woodrow wilson. so she is full of anecdotes and fresh information. and sean wilentz is one of the great all-time histori

. >> up next, princeton university professor keith whittington on his books up to where he makes the case for defending free speech on college campuses.

he is the founding director of the princeton university survey research center.addition, he previously served as chairman of president barack obama's council of economic advisers. assistant secretary for economic policy and chief economist of the u.s. department of the treasury, chief economist of the u.s. department of labor, and vice president of the american economic association just last year. please welcome doctor krueger. [applause] >> thank you very much. glad you invited me à [inaudible] we are meeting at a time when the unemployment rate is down four percent, economic growth for the second quarter looks like it could be around four percent. there are many reasons to be concerned about the state of the job market. wage growth remains too low. wage growth is barely keeping up with inflation. laborforce participation is too low. the u.s. has the second lowest laborforce participation rate in the la cd second only to italy. and third and most important, the economy is not generating enough opportunities for middle-class workers and for workers for more disad

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david -- charles a young professor of astronomy and astrophysical sciences at princeton university, my alma mater. worked decades, he has on interpretation and analysis of microwave background data to better understand the basic properties of the universe. he is the cochair of the science team for the wide field infrared survey telescope, more commonly known as w-fiorst. been involved in many aspects of the mission and contributed countless hours of telescope that will ultimately lead humanity see further into the universe then ever before. he received his phd in astronomy from harvard. , professor ofeger physics and planetary science at the massachusetts and stick to the technology. a native of toronto, her research has made unprecedented discoveries, gone leaps and bounds to expand humanity's knowledge in the field of astronomy. dr. seger's research has introduced new ideas on the study of xo planets -- of exoplanets. part of the team to detect the first emission of light from an exoplanet. she has committed swabs of research on all kinds of exoplanets. she received her phd in astron

>> up next, princeton university professor keith whittington on his books up to where he makes the case for defending free speech on college campuses. >> that afternoon. welcome to the cato institute. my name is john samples here and vice president here at cato. i'd like to begin with an overview of our event today. we shall first hear from our author, keith whittington, about his new book "speak freely." then we shall have some comments from ilya somin and then finally some time for questions and answers for a panelist. we will be taking questions via twitter and direct your queries to #cato one day. you should've received a a piece of paper on it in any case we look forward to your questions either here at the auditorium or online. if you do not wish to use twitter, a we will collect those later. a few more words by way of introduction. the cato institute is a public policy research organization. free-market in peace. those who work here see themselves as working within a long tradition of individualism and limited government. that is a political philosophy sometimes called classical

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and an economist professor at princeton university. his book is "the political spectrum" the tumultuous liberation of wireless technology, from herbert hoover to the smartphone. this >> book tvs afterwards program at 9:00 p.m., economist offers her thoughts on why democracies around the world are failing to produce economic growth. at ten, fox news host greg gutfeld offers his take on stories he's taken over the years. we wrap up at 11:10 p.m. eastern with observations on the politicals last resistance to the trump presidency. that happens tonight i'm booked to be on c-span2. television for serious readers. this weekend's schedule is available on our website, booktv.org. here is john on the american revolution. [inaudible conversation] [inaudible conversation] >> thank you for joining us. it is nice to see a full house particularly on a beautiful spring

the oldest son was harry augustus.s -- harry , he taught politics at princeton university, where he made the friendship of princeton president woodrow wilson. wilson, as president of the united states called on him to lead the field administration during world war i. while that does not seem like all of that, it was a very powerful position of command and control. managing distribution of coal .upplies in the country he held the position and resigned in december of 1919. james, agarfield son, lawyer and also a politician served in several republican administrations. first, on the initial services commission during william mckinley's presidency. then on theodore roosevelt, nurse and laser -- commerce and labor. james decided to leave at the end of roosevelt's term, rather taft.erve under ca -- abram, the youngest surviving helped to resurrect washington's development directly. quietly behind the scenes. cleveland, heg quietly had a connection to roosevelt. he was appointed to the national council of fine arts. stardent roosevelt still predecessor to the national commission of fine arts. t

. >> host: thomas hazlett is the chief economist formerly and an economist professor at princeton university. his book is "the political spectrum" the tumultuous liberation of wireless technology, from herbert hoover to the smartphone. this is "the communicators". >> host: dambisa moyo it's good to have you here today and have a conversation about your really interesting and provocative book. >> guest: thank you. >> host: i want to start out with why you wrote the book. you are an economist. your book which is quite a lot about

five years later, if that wasn't enough, biddle transfers to princeton university at age 15 and he is a genius. a financial wizard. he knows what he's talking about. but that's also biddle's downfall. he's elitist, he's arrogant, he's a bit -- well, a bit -- pretentious and because of that pretentiousness, well, he looks at someone like jackson, he's like, is this really going on? jackson, he doesn't know anything he's talking about. he sees jackson as an unsophisticated dim wit. and i just need to ride over this guy. he doesn't have any idea what he's talking about. but the country in an age of jacksonian democracy, who are they going to side with, right? nicholas biddle earns the nickname czar nicholas. czar nicholas. here is a cartoon, pro jackson cartoon, old hickory and bully nick going at it. bully nick. well, not only do we have nicholas biddle, we also have an election coming up. jackson versus clay, the presidential election of 1832. what an election. the drama. look at this. unbelievable. the future of the country financially speaking hanging in the balance. you cannot find

on lectures in history, princeton university professor teaches a class on conservative influence over foreign policy in the 1970s. following the vietnam war, more than presidents favored an easing of relations. the rising conservative movement pushed for more hawkish approach to communiscommunism. ultimately found a champion in ronald reagan. president reagan challenged the policies of gerald ford in the 1976 presidential campaign and he

to my left is imani perry who is the hughes rogers professor of african-american studies at princeton university. she is the author of three books including a story of the black national anthem. she has two books coming out next month a biography of lorraine hansberry looking for the rain and gender and liberation. and to her left is sheryll chashin who is the carmack waterhouse professor of law, civil rights and social justice at georgetown university. she writes about civil rights and race relations in america. her most recent book loving come inter-racial intimacy in america and the threat to white supremacy. at the end is jabari asim an associate professor at emerson college where he directs the graduate writing program. for 10 years he served as the executive director of crisis the naacp and germany. he's the author of five books and his books are for children, correct? nine books for children. he is also the author of the n word and his next book, we can't breathe on lack lives, white lies in the art of survival published by kika door in october. how we are going to proceed this morning is

princeton university professor julian zelizer teaches a class on the growth of conservative influence over u.s. foreign policy in the 1970s. following the vietnam war, american presidents richard nixon to jimmy carter favorite and easing of relations called ditente with the soviet union and communist china. the rising conservative movement, professor zelizer explains, pushed for a more hawkish approach to communism. and ultimately found a champion in ronald reagan. president reagan challenged the centrist policies of republican incumbent gerald ford in the 19pr

on lectures in history, princeton university professor teaches a class on conservative influence over foreign policy in the 1970s. following the vietnam war, more than presidents favored an easing of relations. the rising conservative movement pushed for more hawkish approach to communiscommunism. ultimately found a champion in ronald reagan. president reagan challenged the policies of gerald ford in the 1976 presidential campaign and he won the presidency in 1980 on a pro-defense anti-communist platform. this is about 50 minutes. >>> that was david bowie's classic song heroes featured in 1977 which features two young lovers who meet at the berlin wall. a wall that separated east and west germany and it come to symbolize the di vvisions in th cold war. we look at the declining trust in government that had been a central part of post-world war ii america that resulted in vietnam and the shocking scandal of watergate. we have also looked at the erosion in the growing economy which had brought so many americans into the middle class during the 1950s and '60s. we learned about the rise vo

. >>> on lectures in history, princeton university professor julian zelizer teaches a class on u.s. influence over foreign policy in the 1970s. following the vietnam war, american presidents from richard nixon to jimmy carter favored an easing of relations called detente with the soviet union and communist china. t ultimately found a champion in ronald reagan. president reagan challenged the centrist policies of gerald ford in the 1976 presidential campaign and he won the presidency in 1980 on a pro-defense anti-communist platform. this is about 50 minutes. ♪ >> that was david bowie's classic song "heroes" released in 1977, which features two young lovers who meet at the berlin wall, a wall that

princeton university professor julian zelizer teaches a class on the growth of conservative influence over u.s. foreign policy in the 1970s. following the vietnam war, american presidents richard nixon to jimmy carter favorite and easing of relations called ditente with the soviet union and communist china. the rising conservative movement, professor zelizer explains, pushed for a more hawkish approach to communism. and ultimately found a champion in ronald reagan. president reagan challenged the centrist policies of republican incumbent gerald ford in the 1970s presidential campaign, and he won the presidency in 1980 on a pro defense, anti- communist platform. this is about 50 minutes. to >>> that was david always classic song, heroes, released in 1977. with features two young lovers who meet at the berlin wall. a wall that separated east and west germany, and it came to symbolize the division of the cold war. we have now looked at -- and government that has been a central part of post-world war ii america, that resulted in the war in vietnam, and from the shocking scandal of waterga

professor at princeton university and columnist author author .caskasie d.c., kasi hunt. ♪ >> listen to that. >> it is getting longer every day. >> i like that it gets longer every time. >> there's a lot to talk about today. so, john heilman, first of all, a couple of quick things. first of all, i don't know how stupid rudy thinks we are or perhaps maybe the fault lies with rudy, that he said, oh, mueller gave us the guarantee that this would be done by september 1st. >> right. >> and all rudy has been doing and all donald trump has been doing, they're dragging their feet, saying what they're going to do, what they're not going to do, making it impossible to come to terms. so actually they're the ones that are -- again, they've gone to the four corners and are stalling, and yet they're trying to blame mueller for not making a deadline. >> yeah, except here is the thing, joe, and i know we're going to talk about it probably at some length today. but as guilliani says the various things that he says about the mueller investigation, and he contradict

we want to bring in julian zeleny, a cnn analyst and historian at princeton university.n you look back, help us understand what this man had on u.s. history. >> above all, he was a representative of believing in public service, both through his military record and his devotion to congress. he was part of the reagan revolution. he was a member of the house and senate who really stood by many of the principles that ronald reagan has espoused and he remained pretty conservative through much of his career, although there were important moments when he was a maverick, on campaign fns refoinance refo gang eight of immigration he was willing to sand by the side of democrats in favorite of some legislation that his own party opposed. so all of of that is who senator mccain was and what his legacy will be. >> he was not afraid to speak out. i remember the time running against barack obama when a woman grabbed the microphone, i think we had that, where she gansz begins to criticize and you'll see john mccain step in. listen. >> i can't trust obama. i have read about him and he's n

director of the office of government ethics and julienne zelz -- julian zelizer, professor at princeton university. welcome back. julian, i want to start with you where sarah left off. in the reporting of the "washington post," the president prepared to sign most if not all to revoke the clearances of others. and the "post" said they're discussing the opt men and women time to release them as a distraction during unfavorable news cycles. using this as a distraction play, the security clearances. your take? >> i'm sure there's an element where this is the distraction from the president's alleged comments on race. it's a pretty dangerous distraction. and it's more than a drakz, it's trying to create a climate of fear among president trump's opponents by revoking clearances and insinuating things about the people whose clearances are being revoked. it's kind of freezing discussion. it could freeze discussion among very important experts in this country. about events, simply because they know the president might go after them. it is a distraction, but its implications are much more than that. >> walte

university. doctor david's verbal is the charles a young professor of astrology and professor of astrophysical sciences at princeton university.my all moderate. for over two decades, doctor sparkle has worked on the interpretation and analysis of microwave background data to better understand the basic properties of the universe. doctor sparkle is the cochair of the science team for the wide-field infrared survey telescope. more commonly known as w first. he's been involved in many aspects of the mission and has contributed countless hours of work to creating a telescope that will ultimately let humanity see further into the universe than ever before. doctor sparkle received his phd from harvard university in astronomy. finally, doctor sarah seeger was a professor of physics and planetary science at the massachusetts institute of technology. a native of toronto, doctor seger has made unprecedented discoveries and has gone leaps and bounds to expand humanity's knowledge in the field of astronomy. doctor seger's research has introduced many new ideas for the study of xo planets. in fact, she was part of a team that h

i am a professor of astronomy at princeton university and managing director of the institute of new york. my spoken remarks will focus on nasa astrophysics but my remarks discuss the broader space science program and with the chairman's permission i request my written remarks be made part of the record. a multigenerational program of exploring and studying space is the modern version of the construction of the great cathedrals of europe. many of nasa's most important activities from sending humans to mars to study of extrasolar planets to understanding the cosmos are fundamentally small projects. and cosmology, we have learned our universe is remarkably simple and remarkably strange. nearly a century ago doctor edwin hubble working at mount wilson observatory began a program of measuring the size and shape of the universe. today bubble space telescope takes measurements of the microwave background to continue this program. of the past two decades we have learned a simple model with only 5 parameters, the age of the universe, the density of atoms, the density of matter, the properties of

the president of microsoft spoke about artificial intelligence at princeton university and cowrote the foreword to the future compute a book published by microsoft about how artificial intelligence will change society. this is one hour. good afternoon from everybody and welcome to the lecture. i am the professor of computer science and public affairs and the rector of the technology policy here at princeton and i have the honor of introducing today's speaker, brad smith. first i want to thank everyone who helped make this possible, thanks to emily carter, professor jennifer and everyone else who has helped. you are in for a treat. brad is one of my favorite speakers in the community. an adviser he is one of the people whose the trusty able to provide counsel to the university. right now the tech industry is at a crossroads because the public attitudes and the attitude of the political system towards technology has shifted. in a couple of ways. first, they realize it isn't just a one time small change, that the technology is having a long-term effect in many aspects of people's lives. a

she teaches anthropology at princeton university, and has a brilliant research agenda of writing abouthropology and law and comparative spirituality. one of her specialties is ghana, and we are about to go to ghana next week. i will follow her on her fieldwork. i will read the dedication. brian: "more than i ever hoped, the happiness i have been granted. love led me wisely through tome, passing its palaces by." brian: we were reading goethe as we fell in love together. i am a very lucky man. jeffrey: you talk about your children reading. brian: hugo and sebastian, they just turned 12. they are fraternal twins. it is so exciting for me to see their love of books, their hunger for cultivating their own faculties. brian: how are they different? jeffrey: completely different. fraternal twins, i think of them as two people who happened to be born at the same time. but i think i will respect their privacy by not talking about them in detail, but they are two beautiful individuals who love books and music. i'm very proud of both of them. brian: given what we have been listening to in our coun

albany, new york, to speak to rob nixon professor in the , humanities and the environment at princeton universityauthor of "slow violence and the environmentalism of the poor," for which he received several awards, including the american book award. welcome to democracy now! slow violence." what do mean by it and relate it to what is happening to the enviroronment anand the dedevelg world? >> by slow violence, i mean violence of effects. a valid to but we is not recognizable as violence because it is not spectacular. it may be seen in media terms as trauma deficient. just to take one example, something like agent orange or you have a 12 year war in vietnam and the casualties are framed by the public perception, but the impact comes the ongoing casualties and publilic health effects lastst for d decades and generatis.s. so i thihink there''s someththig analogous s going on with clclie chanan that we have the postponementntf the consequences. so what we're looking at in effect is a kind of intergenerational fix of the conditions of life itself. nermeen: what do you mean in the second part of the ti

spoke with cornel west last year, the harvard, princeton university theological professor who was in charlottesville that weekend for the counter demonstrations with members of clergy, students, black lives matter activists, protesters with the anti-fascist movement known as antifa. i asked about the reports that counterprotesters were attacked with torches, pepper spray, and lighter fluid. >> absolutely. yet a number of the courageous students of all colors of the university of virginia who were protesting against the neofascist themselves. the neofascist had their own ammunition. this is important keep in mind because the police for the most part pulled back. the next day, for example, the 20 of us that were standing, many of them clergy, we would have an crushed like cockroaches if it were not for the anti-fascists who approached to 5000, three anti-fascists. we just had 20. and we're singing "this little light of mine." amy: antifa meaning anti-fascists. they saved our lives, actually. we would have been complpletely crushed. i will never forget that. amy: talking about the event

to my left is imani perry, the hughes rogers professor of african-american studies at princeton university. she is the author of three books including "may we forever stand: a story of the black national anthem." she has two books coming out next month, a biography of lorraine hansbury, and another on gender and liberation. and to imani's left is sheryll cashin, professor of law, civil rights and social justice at georgetown university. she writes about civil rights and race relations in america. her most recent book is "loving: interracial intimacy in america and the threat to white supremacy." and at the end is jabari asim, associate professor at emerson college where he directs the graduate writing program. for ten years he served as the executive director of the crisis, the naacp's flagship journal. he's the author of five books for adults and six books for children, correct? >> nine.i >> nine books for children. [laughter] he's also the author of "the n-word: who can say it, who cannot."n- and his next book, "we can't breathe on black lies" will be published in october. so how we're g

our discussion now is eddie broad, chairman of the department of african-american studies at princeton university and an zmbs contributor. also join ugh's is zerlina maxwell, senior director of progressive programming at sirius xm radio and an msnbc political analyst. and john heilman is with us, national affairs analyst for nbc news and msnbc. he is co-host and executive producer of showtime's "the circus." professor glod, please start us off with your reaction to what we've seen today. >> it's profoundly disturbing. it suggests that we are standing at the precipice of a crisis. it obviously reveals that the president of the united states confirms actually that he is a racist, that his reaction to omarosa and the tapes this morning suggests at least to me that he is deeply concerned about more information being reveal revealed. it's interesting in your introduction, lawrence, that you talked about his mental health. in omarosa's book "unhinged" she actually reflects on his mental health. she actually gives the president, puts it in his file, his stack, a study linking diet cokes to dementia. bec

whittington is willie nelson cornell professor of politics and the department of politics at princeton university. he is the author of the current hook "speak freely" as well as constitutional construction and constitutional interpretation meaning original intent to judicial review and the third book, foundations of supremacy, the presidency of the supreme court and constitutional leadership in u.s. history. this work has made professor whittington along with the late justice antonin scalia and major exponent of the leading school of const duchenne interpretation public meaning original is on. that sounds pretty esoteric, but trust me it's a very big deal. he's written several other scholarly works federalism politics and the presidency, my completing two new books is a very ambitious fellow. one of which is repugnant laws judicial review and act of congress from the founding to the president and the second one is the idea of democracy in america from the american revolution to the gilded age. i've known key for many years and i'm delighted to have you here. >> thanks for having me and thanks for

i am a professor of astronomy at princeton university and managing director of the institute in new york. why am i spoken remarks will focus on the astrophysics, my written remarks discussed the broad space science program andt with the chairman's permission i would request that my remarks be made a part of b the record. ahe multigenerational program of exploring and studying space is the modern version of the construction of. many of the most important activities from sending humans to marsed to study the planet'so understanding the cosmos are fundamentally a centuries long projects and in cosmology we've learned our universe is both remarkably simple and remarkably strange. nearly a century ago, working at the observatory begin our program of measuring the size and shape of the universe. today the hubble space telescope and measurement continue in this program. over the past two decades, we've learned a simple model with only five parameters under the age of the universe, the density of matter and of the additional relations apply all of the properties of the universe. while successful

i am not a fast writer, but at a great publisher princeton university press and they said we have a copy editor and they said you want the person to track changes. i said they don't have to. i know right away when someone has changed a word or whatever they change it to i promise i've tried it three times that way. my first book was really long and you wouldn't want her b-day. i do feel like i catch on and go after every aspect of the education system in america. it's not that long of a book. a little over 200 pages. >> you also said you had like a thousand meetings. out of those thousand meetings, you only included stories they really put you away. i think i was evident because i was going through this door is trying to choose one or two as examples. it's really difficult. but i did choose one. >> okay. >> a better be pittsburgh. it's not. but it's a neighbor of ours. the intruder mary school and the principal, jimmy spencer took over in 2014, quote, itching to take on the challenges at a school with mostly blue-collar low income families. jimmy spencer wants kids to love what they are

jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated press and msnbc analyst, and eddy, princeton university professor and msnbc contributor. let me start with you, frank figliuzzi. one former very senior intelligence official said to me, this is the closest we've come to being straight-up unamerican this this presidency. >> so, for those americans who think, hey, this is some inside the beltway politics that doesn't affect anyone without a clearance, let me tell you why you're wrong. this strikes at the heart of free speech in our society. now, there are those who are going to say john brennan is free to speak however he wants, just to do so without a clearance. but what we're experiencing here, nicolle, is the attempt to silence through punishment a man who knows something. he has the score. he was briefed on this case. he knows the russian collusion angle, and that's what trump is trying to silence. number two, this is a complete skating and skirting of all processes known on how to suspend and revoke someone's clearance. there is a process for this. you first suspend. you then show cause