i'm pleased to announce the reserve of $2 30i6 million for the arts impact endowment. voter aproved proposition e last november with 75% approval, which restores the hotel tax nexus to arts and culture funding in san francisco. thank you so much for all of your support. in the measure, it included $9 million approximately new funding for arts and culture, including a new arts impact endowment to be jointly administered between grants for the arts. and i have my colleagues here, matthew guedeau and jason blackwell. the arts impact endowment required a five-year allocation plan which is a needs assessment based similar to the children's needs assessment. in the winter and spring of 2019 we engaged over 3500 residents of san francisco as well as visitors and had various input into what the new arts impact endowment should support. here you see some of the statistics in terms of who we engaged across the city through focus groups, city-wide survey and a city-wide town hall at the veterans building. we had very clear outcomes of prioritis that actually mirrored the polling

i'm pleased to announce the reserve of $2 30i6 million for the arts impact endowment. voter aproved proposition e last november with 75% approval, which restores the hotel tax nexus to arts and culture funding in san francisco. thank you so much for all of your support. in the measure, it included $9 million approximately new funding for arts and culture, including a new arts impact endowment to be jointly administered between grants for the arts. and i have my colleagues here, matthew guedeau and jason blackwell. the arts impact endowment required a five-year allocation plan which is a needs assessment based similar to the children's needs assessment. in the winter and spring of 2019 we engaged over 3500 residents of san francisco as well as visitors and had various input into what the new arts impact endowment should support. here you see some of the statistics in terms of who we engaged across the city through focus groups, city-wide survey and a city-wide town hall at the veterans building. we had very clear outcomes of prioritis that actually mirrored the polling

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madeleine albright who is been a fierce champion of ours for years and many thanks to the national endowment for democracy that makes today's event possible with your generous support and our good friends and partners in the george w. bush institute. it's wonderful to have them cohost the event with us today. thirty-five years ago funded by congress nonpartisan national institute dedicated to the notion that peace is practical and possible. we firmly believe today's challenges require partnership across the aisle. last year congress asked to host a bipartisan congressionally mandated with the request to a comprehensive plan in the world's most fragile state. the principle of recommendation is the us should adopt a policy of prevention with a strong focus on government so passing the global fragility act to take those task force recommendations to create a binding commitment to a long-term prevention strategy. it's good to know action is possible and then to talk more about the opportunity to seize that momentum we have before us. we have a great program plan for you. i am delighted to introd

that we're witnessing today michele dunne is director of the middle east program at the carnegie endowment for international peace and a former u.s. diplomat in cairo in jerusalem and matthew broderick he is a senior fellow at the gold institute for international strategy here in washington d.c. thank you all so much for being with us on this important topic matthew let me start with you i am interested in whether or not the course we're on today in the middle east is one that makes sense are we on the verge of war with iran well 1st of all everything fits under the umbrella of preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon which is a deal that we had in place actually kind of fast track that and left them really close to being able to have a nuclear weapon at a certain date legalised it everything that you've seen from iran in recent times is because of our maximum pressure campaign of economics strangling their economy basically we want iran to come to the table and have a negotiation over their nuclear program and over human rights abuses and over their road behavior. throughout the regi

the endowment at university of florida for crying outloud is $1 billion.hese colleges are a wash in money. david: uh-huh. >> they are sucking on the government if you will to get more and more money. they're passing along i guess per john's point to the student, they need to be cut and the government needs to get out of the funding of students going to college. >> and the thing that kills a lot of people, elizabeth warren was getting paid $300,000 a year for teaching one course. she's the worst person to be talking about how we got to cut other things. she's not talking about cutting salaries of these professors. >> she got that money because she could. david: liz? >> well but there has been no financial constraints on colleges and universities across the country. they have been free to up the cost of tuition payments for professors and all of the rest, because one, people are very very willing to en do you these colleges because they are so hopeful their kid will get in as a result of that and two, because the federal government keeps pushing more money i

we are endowed by our creator. we believe that for all human beings. sanctions will not be lifted if iran continues to engage in hostile behavior all around the regime, all around the region, if they continue to attack americans. , if they continue to attack american assets, or kill americans. more freedom, more prosperity for your country, you must take control of your own destiny. joining us now, arizona senator. i watched this and i watched a few people that did step on the american flag and i watched the majority who didn't. i'm i'm thinking, "wow, just evr since the president's sanctions have been put in place -- now, if they're rainy and people could figure out they are the ones causing all of this, they are the ones that make us live in this oppressed society do you think they can over turn this government? >> think about the courage they are having to show to risk their lives to stand for freedom. when i saw those images of them walking around the american flag, the israeli flag, you know what is in their hearts. this is in strong contrast to t

that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it and to institute new government laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness. well, that is in my view without question the most famous and the single most important sentence ever written in american history and maybe even the single most important sentence written in world history. that one sentence, that one very long sentence, establishes the philosophic moral standard by which the colonists are going to judge the actions of king george iii and parliament. and in fact, what they're really doing at a deeper level is laying out the principles, the moral standard by whic

the big apple, and and also attended a gala dinner where she received a major gift from national endowment of democracy and the freedom house for her outstanding leadership in defending taiwan's sovereignty, democracy, political freedom, civil liberties, and human rights. and just to remind you, because of all this great american organization,, ngos, what they've been doing, , the right things in been doing, national endowment,on freedom house and there's a couple of others being blacklisted by china, and just yesterday the human rights watch was denied entry in hong kong again because of what this organization has been doing, something right. so this is a very important issue here and we always believe that any proud country, united states, taiwan, big or small, like any proud individual, man and woman in this room, if you don't stand for something, you are far from anything. and this is what the general 11th election in taiwan were all about. this is what the robust u.s.-taiwan relations are about. it's about celebration of the victory of democracy in action, a triumph of a vibrant civil

we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they're endowed by theiralienable rights. >> that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. >> now we notice in the very beginning that at the center of this dream is an amazing universalism. >> it does not say some men but it says all men. it does not say all white men, but it says all men, which includes black men. >> blacks and whites together. >> it does not say all gentiles, but it says all men, which includes jews. it does not say all protestants, but it says all men, which includes catholics. >> that is something else that we notice in this american dream, which is one of the things that distinguishes our form of government with some of the other tote at talitarian sy. >> each individual has inherent rights that are neither derived from or conferred by the state. >> there are gifts from the hands of the all mighty god. ♪ keep your eyes on the prize >> for the american dream reminds us that every man is the heir of a legacy of worthfulness. ♪ we are not afraid >> but ever since the fou

those who attended the gala where tsai ing-wen would receive a gift from the endowment for democracy and the endowment for democracy and freedom house for her outstanding leadership in sovereignty,wan's democracy, political freedom, civil liberties, and human rights. this greatall of american organization, the right things they have been doing, national endowment, freedom house, and a couple of others have been blacklisted by china yesterday -- by china. yesterday, the human rights watch was denied entry in hong kong because of what the organization has been doing. this is an important issue here. we always believe any proud country, the united states, taiwan, big or small, is like any proud individual in this room. if you do not stand for something, you will fall for anything. the election and taiwan was all about. this is what the robust u.s.-taiwan relations are about. it is about a celebration of victory of democracy in action, a triumph of eight vibrant civil vibrant civil society, embracing freedom of expression, freedom of religion, freedom of the press, fair and free trade, t

kaddish, we of the affirm our faith in a higher power which endows us with the ability to learn fromur past and to choose good over evil. >> from the holocaust museum in washington, d.c., a ceremony to honor holocaust victims, saturday at 5:00 p.m. eastern time on american history tv on c-span 3. ♪ >> victory is not winning for our party. victory is winning for our country. [applause] president trump delivers instead of the union address from the house chamber at live tuesday at 8:00 p.m. eastern my followed by the democratic response with michigan governor gretchen witmer and representative veric

and a 20 year endowment? oh my gosh. to anybody that is the stupidest thing to ever do. so i said putting your money in gold is faster than the insurance product which sucks the returns out through the insurance company. anyway. >> another early in current passion was golf you played for the high school team in santa barbara. >> other than enjoying it why is it such a big deal? >> i love basketball. i really love it. it turns out i wasn't tall enough and there's nothing i could do about that but i played junior basketball in college or in high school now there is a sophomore or as a junior case or 6-foot 2 inches and i am looking up to them. so i decided maybe golf was an area tos focus on because even then 5-foot 6 inches or 5-foot seven, my men that's my way to copy them. >> he is one - - you are dyslexic and want to push you want something but for three years youou wrote you thought you were stupid or slow. >> i could not read as fast as my friends in school. it really upset me a lot. and my comprehension

. >> well, for more on the iranian perspective, i spoke earlier with a member of the endowment for internationalce. >> how much of a blow is general leimani's death to iran's leadership? >> it is really an enormou blow, because general soleimani has bn the architect of iran' regional policies over the last two decades. he played an incredibly important role in shaping iran's regional policies. he essentially created this foreign legion to project anian power throughout the middle east, in places like iraq, lebanon, syria and yeman. there was such a call to percent -- cult personality arernd him tha are no clear successors to him. so i think for that reason, he's not someone who is really easily replaceable for tehran. >> soleimani did warn the u.s. when he was alive we're near you in ways you can't evenag e. what could the revenge for his death look like? >> there's that old expression that revenge is a dish best served cold. i think that iran isot likely to react by launching attacks directly on the united states. it's more likely to be more of what iran has been doing over the last decades, wh

in this age see the hand of the cia in this and the national endowment for democracy this is an overwhelming amount of social media activity in support of the coup and this was being done by a u.s. military veteran society really was a clue ordinated effort to overthrow the democratically elected government of a well morales we have to look at social media as you know just another public platform and in this case it has been it will be used as support today to us in countries like libya and they're going to continue to use both the mainstream press and social media to carry out these types of regime change efforts. but twitter has strict policies against this kind of manipulation when we detect suspicious levels of activity accounts may be locked and prone to provide additional information but somehow one guy could have just spammed evo morales out of office so with all this talk of russian bots and kremlin conspiracies perhaps people should look for these cyber manipulators who operate a little closer to washington d.c. they look mop and r.t. new york. and california city is banning propert

he's now at the carnegie endowment in washington.itor was saying, they play the long game and it has proxies, allied militias who can attack on its behalf with deniability. do you think mr trump is right when he says tehran is standing down? no, i am quite certain he is wrong. this might be the end of iran's response to soleimani, it is only the beginning of what i expect to be a long tail of what i expect to be a long tail of covert responses. what do you think of the tone he took? also he is about to impose more sanctions, which is hardly conciliatory. well, it is hardly —— hard to evaluate president trump's tone. i think all things considered he could have been worse. i am things considered he could have been worse. iam more things considered he could have been worse. i am more worried about the sanctions threat, not because i think there is anything left to sanction in iran, because going back to the status quo of a week ago, it is simply not sustainable, and the iranians have made clear i think that the price of beginning a dipl

he's now a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace and joins me on the phone in terms of where we are now and how things de—escalated at this point, what needs to happen? it is very difficult to see. one of both sides need to stop making esca literary decisions. at every moment over the last couple of years, both sides have chosen high risk strategy, that is certainly the case against qasem soleimani. so i did the iranians pin needs to step back or the us needs to absorb the retaliation without taking the next step. and when you we re taking the next step. and when you were within the state department, how much of a concern was qasem soleimani? i think that a mistake is being made here in the personalisation of him. obviously he was an important, influential operator within iran's regional policy and so to the extent there was concern about him. but the revolutionary guard said these are institutions that can survive. so the real concern within the obama administration and everybody should be about the country's policy are not about a single individual who is

the big apple and also attended on gala dinner where she received a major gift from the national endowment of democracy and freedom house for her outstanding leadership in defending taiwan's sovereignty and democracy. political freedom, civil liberties and human rights. just to remind you because of all this great american organization, and ngos, what they have been doing in the writings of them and doing national endowment, freedom house and couple of others being blacklisted by china and just yesterday mr. -- of the human rights watch was denied entry in hong kong again because of what this organization has been doing something right. so, this is a very important issue here and we always believe that any proud country of the united states, taiwan, big or small is like any proud individual, men and woman in this room. if you don't stand for something you will fall for anything and this is what the january 11 election in taiwan was all about, and equal -- this is what the robust u.s. taiwan relations are about. it is about celebration of victory of democracy in action and a triumph of a vi

performance would be outperforming just about everybody was incredibly if you took one percent of all the endowments and foundations 5 years ago and 6700000000 out of 670000000000 to that one percent half percent from stocks absent from bonds instead of making 7.2 percent which is what they made they were made $9220.00 basis points better too on $7.00 is a lot of alpha right but here's the thing had it gone to 0 which was a non-zero probability not non-zero had it going to 0 you would be 7 that's a 10 to one upside down side capture where the most asymmetric assets i've ever seen in my career so the idea that 10 years from now we won't look back and say as a fiduciary of a pension funds are well family office you had to have exposure to this asset is crazy so you have to get there generate alpha that's the name of the game and that people looking at you know would say this guy looks like a guy that i would see a group. bankers are money managers hotel at the plaza are some upscale joint talking about. stuff is involved. but inside is this cypherpunk they even braced yes now i read that a lot of othe

the state department, i came up here to see a little center, the colin powell center, that had been endowed by the rudin family, and i wanted tohat they were doing. they'd been, you know-- and the answer was that they hadn't been doing much. it was more of a mini think tank. and i sat in theonference room here at ccny, and about a dozen students came in, yed i saw passion in their i saw them hungry for a better life. i knew that most of them came from families where nobody had yet graduated from college, and this was the first generation of that family. en it got back to me, i said, "my god, this is me. this is me, 50 years ago. i got to be a part of this." david: i know you're very proud of the school, as you should be. you look back on your extraordinary life in public service, did your parents live to see your success? very proud of that, but my father was failing, i could see that, and then he died about a year and a hal mlater, so he didn't smake general, but mother was there when i was promoted to general, and she stood there in this line of people, very proud. she was only about this

. >> wve endowed a president, especially in the foreign-affairs area -- he's most unchecked there.hat's where he has most free rein. >> he led the office of legal counsel under president george w. bush. jack goldsmith talks to me about executive overreachnd then and nowbout living in the shadow of jimmy hoffa. plus... >> my motive was to stop a wares and save l >> in the u.k., whistleblower katharine gun's story is the subject o the new film "official secrets." she joins to talk about the price she paid for raising the alarm about the iraq war. and...>> ♪ take a load off, fanny ♪ take a loor

>> epstein reached out to various scientists and specialist and endowing the various universities andusing some of the same techniques that are advocating are planning on using the same techniques the nazis used in terms of racial purity. weeding out the defectives, getting have anyone with any kind of medical malformation, just breathing epstein's own sperm. he figured he was a special person who should populate his species around the world. a disgusting person. >> when you were tasked by one of these attorneys to look into epstein, you interviewed some of his private pilot. what did you find? >> when i started to contact the pilots, his first pilot whose his most dedicated pilot, wouldn't talk to us. we knew he wouldn't because he's basically in cahoots with jeffrey. we were able to find his copilots. he said listen, i flew the plane. i flew all over the world but i was never allowed to really leave the cockpit. i knew there were bedrooms back there, i knew there were girls who shouldn't happen on the planes that were there and i couldn't leave the cockpit to go back and look, i wou

that we're witnessing today michele dunne is director of the middle east program at the carnegie endowment for international peace and a former u.s. diplomat in cairo in jerusalem.

country is the declaration of independence which speaks of the fact that all men are created equal and endowedir creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. i do not think these things can alln equal and real until of the citizens of our country are guaranteed their basic civil and constitutional rights. and i think this bill is in line with the declaration of independence and the constitution and i think it will carry our whole nation back to those great insights and those great principles, if it is enacted and implement it. is onrican history tv c-span3 every weekend. all of our programs are archived on our website at c-span.org/history. you can watch lectures and college classrooms, tours of historic sites, archival films, and see our schedule of upcoming programs. that is c-span.org/history. >> the c-span cities tour is exploring american story in chapel hill, north carolina. coming up, we visit the morehead planetarium and learned about a program that helps put more than a decade of nasa astronauts into space. at morehead we sti

a gift from the mason foundation created an endowed lecture series here at the museum which we have been hosting 2008 and with which we will be bringing in here for multiple events many distinguished speakers such as the gentleman who will be joining us in a moment. for the final session of the morning, we're bringing one of our oldest friends from the museum best selling author, alex kershaw. who i joke one or two may know him, i think all of you know him, anybody who has any interest in world war ii or military history generally has great respect for alex and his many books which include "the bedford boys." "longest winter" "escape from the deep." in our final mission submarine experience. but today alex is here to discuss his latest book, "the first wave: the d-day warriors who led the way to victory in world war ii." please join me in welcoming alex kershaw. [applause] >> good morning, can you hear me? good. i'm going to leave the podium and join my men. how are you this morning? let's get this thing started. you'll see my bald spot here, which is growing very quickly. do we have --