in the drastic national weather service it's changed. it's not going back and the western governors and we talk about this. there's an expression i say to all the firefighters here that god made man and then a few firefighters. then i did back in arizona. the only thing that really matters is there was enough firefighters. i want you to know we have the full support of my government, my administration i should say, and all those that have major roles in the government from the department of agriculture. they cannot be here and senator wyden and barclay were going to come from oregon for the incredible work that they do as well. here at the national interagency national it is designed to coordinate the resources to fight wildfires. i'm here to hear what's on your mind and what more i should be doing and my administration should be doing to try to help. this year as you pointed out 44 wildfires, 5.4 million acres burned. that's larger than the entire state of new jersey. they can't understand how big the west is. the more acreage is burned

, the recognition of the staff of national archives chicago is much appreciated. anthony comstock devoted his career to opposing what he deemed immoral. the comstock act outlawed sending obscenity and contraceptives through the u.s. mail and its effect lasted for 100 years. after the passage, eight remarkable women engaged in a decades long fight against comstock's law in court and the press. amy sung brings to light their stories and how activism laid the groundwork for expansion of human rights in the future. the new york times best-selling author of 12 books which have been published in 11 languages, on five continents. also a screenwriter for television. she's written weekly columns for the downtown weekly, new york press, and the new york post and was a contributing editor at new york magazine for six years. as a freelance journalist, she's written for the new york times, slate, harper's bazaar, elle, men's journal and many others. the moderator [inaudible] is the author of four nonfiction books and formerly served as the executive director of george magazine.

the eyes of the nation, this is not hyperbole, the eyes of the nation are in california. on that you are about to make is going to have a huge impact on california, it is also going to reverberate around the nation. and quite frankly, not a joke, around the world. and here is why. all of you know that last year i got to run against the real donald trump. well, this year, the lady republican running for governor is the closest thing to a trump clone that i have ever seen in the state. no i really mean it. and he's leading the other team. he's a clone of donald trump. can you imagine him being governor of the state? sdg you can't let that happen. tsdb there is too much at stake. and here is why it's so important for y'all to revert no on recall. first voting no. we will be protecting republicans from trying to block us from beating us in this pandemic. covid-19, gavin newsom has encouraged the lead, stand up for science, for the very thing he's been one of the leading governor in the nation protecting people and vaccinating his state. meanwhile, we see something else in part

the president's executive order on improving is paramount to securing the nation. this is a top priority for myselflf and ranking member portman and i look forward to today's discussion and working productively with the federal agencies to ensure that we are addressing this threat. ranking member portman, you are now recognized. >> thanks for convening this incredibly important hearing. it's good to have people in place that are in charge of the cybersecurity system at the federal government level. for the critical infrastructure it is something that we've been struggling with frankly and to have the leadership in place is important to get that strategy right. one important part is accountability. and i hope to have a conversation about the appropriate role and responsibilities for the many different cybersecurity positions in the federal government and who r is. we can get a bipartisan product on that and in recent years the hospital cyber adversaries foreign and domestic executed someth of the most damaging cybr attacks over and we all know about these. the federa

can you talk about the national archive itself? what kind of space it defines their that was useful? >> i got the tip from a woman named amy were whole published book having to do with comstock's delusional world and she said you want to look into the postal records. i don't remember what she said i want international archives in washington dc postal records are pretty wonderful and exhaustive their. using battle of an archivist, independent archivist there named john. i was listening to, i was able to figure out where to get these files that were individual postal records related to people prosecuted for doing things connected to the mail and they're basically like fbi files. there was a predecessor call material investigations and it may have had adifferent time , different name of there are these size of a mailing envelope. they have that person's name and you open it up and these files contain the actual material. sitting there in the national archive which is a story although place and you're reading about sexual scenarios. unl

captioning sponsored by cbs >> brennan: i'm margaret brennan in washington, and this week on "face the nation," the biden administration's booster shot plans hit a roadblock, and congress gets set for a fall budget showdown. there is relief this morning in the nation's capital as the strong show of security at saturday's rally in support of those arrested following the january 6 insurrection kept the crowds away. nothing like the scene nine months ago. now the focus turns to lawmakers, as both houses of congress return to washington for the first time since the end of july. first up, consideration of a massive $3.5 trillion spending plan that threatens to shatter the fragile fault lines within the democratic party. we'll talk with vermont senator bernie sanders. plus an f.d.a. advisory panel overwhelming votes against widespread booster shots for adults, saying that the data is inconclusive. we'll talk with dr. francis collins about what happened. plus, we'll have a special conversation with former f.d.a. commissioner dr. scott gottlieb. his new book, "uncontrolled spread" takes a hard look a

my kind of out is era at the united nations. we have from dr. christian out with come out a little bit earlier. he is from the duke global health innovation center and says biden's announcement is very much welcome. but the president has options to do even more the u. s. has consistently stepped up as when it comes to dos donations. we are already significantly beyond every other country and now getting to 1100000000 is a very good start to what needs to happen. we know that for the world to be vaccinated, we need 10 to 14000000000 doses. so $1.00 is about 10 percent of what the world needs overall. and of course we're already at 6000000000 doses administered. so we're getting closer and closer. the point that we really didn't hear about was the urgency of the need and exactly like presidents are at ram, opposed to said the need is now. so it's great to donate those who the year from now. but it's actually much more meaningful to use the stock piles that the u. s. and other high income countries have, and we just saw reporting th

and so far this year, there have been only 14 the united nations is calling for action from the nearly 60 governments who are believed to have nationals in the camps. but with differences on policy, possible security threats. and the lack of political will many are reluctant. each of those countries have their own local situation with their own complexities in terms of political environments. so this is something that each government is having to work through as they consider the restoration of their nationals. the 2nd level i would say the legal one. so in many countries as well, there are complexity in terms of the actual nationality of these children and mothers. 80 percent of the camps residents are women and children. 65 percent of them are under the age of 18. they are vulnerable not just the dire conditions, but also to the threat of radicalization in camps described as the most dangerous in the world. and with the slow pace of repatriation. it will take decades before they can leave them there as ita supplies of tens of thousands of haitian national seeking refuge in the us mad

and then the government of national unity will take you. i mean, last year on sunday, when president kennedy was driven away from the presidential palace in custody, crowd chanted freedom. it was on the streets that outcome. they had ordered security for. it's a fire for testers with live round scores were killed in almost 400 people were arrested when it did on monday it was, you have a blue the we were really in a savage state. there was no more security, no more just to confuse financial state. everyone was doing whatever they wanted. so i think we're, the rival is bethany because some of those were the streets like animals. children could. you have no idea. i am believed getting vast mineral wealth includes the world's largest reserve of bach site and or refined into aluminum. the takeover triggered world condemnation and sent global aluminum prices soaring half of china's imports of the element come from guinea. despite this mineral abundance, the west african country remains one of the world's poorest states. do, says the corrupt econo

i found that i can see inaccurate to the national security law. in 2020 dozens of democracy activists have been arrested and nearly all of hong kong, prominent opposition, politicians have been jails. hong kong leaders carry lam insist the law was necessary following months of sometimes violent anti government protest implementation of the national security law as effectively restore stability in the whole society. government imposed make up work in the, in the lead up to 2 major anniversaries. one on one follows the home, congress refused to be silent. while the older young old, young dom i have a how are you? oh i every year for more than 3 decades, hong kong victoria park would transform into a sea of lights on the anniversary of the gentleman crackdown off the hand over in 1997. the city became the only place in china where it could be openly commemorated . pay my place of the coming stock or from the juvenile, visually told me, apart from a very young age. but that's my 1st experience of participating in the muscular label in the whole. you la

and "face the nation" will be back in one minute. stay with us. ast upbeat music begins] [music stops] and release. [deep exhale] [fast upbeat music resumes] [music stops] (upbeat pop music in background throughout) the live better u program basically just provides the answer to the question: what if? with live better u, my 'what ifs' were erased. ♪ ♪ >> brennan: tomorrow lawmakers will get their chance for the first time to question the biden administration on that chaotic military withdrawal from afghanistan. meanwhile, the taliban is solidifying control in kabul, raising their flag over the afghan presidential palace. our charlie d'agata is in neighboring pakistan. charlie, u.s. intelligence is already acknowledging that the victory is inspiring jihadist propaganda. what are you hearing about how the chaos of this withdrawal will impact the u.s.? >> reporter: we have to make clear that the taliban are claiming victory, and, of course, that is going to embolden jihadists in this region. the priority is al-qaeda in afghanistan and here in pakistan

the nation, the biggest state in the nation and has one of the largest economies in the world.ne sees any inconsistency there. it's because we're diverse you have the largest economy in the world. senator, thank you for your leadership in the united states senate. you're doing an incredible job! and i know she was here last week, but i've got to give a shout-out to my favorite daughter of california, who is always talking about you all. talks about you all the time like i talk about delaware. she loves you. as a matter of fact, she thinks you are the only state in the nation, vice president kamala harris. [ applause ] >> of course the reason i'm here and you're all here is to thank and support our friend, governor gavin newsom, the best governor in the country. california, i'm not sure you know it, but if you didn't know it, you k should. the eyes of the nation, this is not hyperbole, the eyes of the nation are on california because the decision you are about to make isn't just going to have a huge impact on california, it's going to reverberate around the nation andro quite fr

the united nations. the cities are shattered and vaccines still agree the peoples of the world came together as never before and left messages of support on their windows and they flipped in the evening of the front-line workers and prayed in unison asking to bring back the normalcy granted. a sense of shared humanity that allows them to do this. thank you. [applause] >> before giving the floor to the first speaker, i wish to remind members of the following. physically present in the assembly hall for the general debate. setting a precedent for the general debate. each member's of the state and the european union in this statement that should be replayed in the assembly hall after interruption who is physically present in the assembly hall. in accordance with united nations and records and the assembly in the document of the statement delivered by the statements for the present no later than the date on which the statement was placed on the assembly hall. the records of the meetings. the speaker for the t

he was elected secretary general within the african national congress. by the time he handed overpowered in 1949 like a day. and he was in such good standing that they could then kick off the defiance campaign of the 1950s. on our way to credit to go and update my mother. some activities that are beginning to show progress. i know you want me to be progress in so long, but it's just something that i can look out and get peace with can be until today. i know might have been 20 and then i would maybe see myself again in step leaving in my life in a month. then i have another meeting and then we'll get an update from from the hawks again to see how far they've gone with the investigation. then and then we'll see in the morning the family visit for the grave. the news of taylor's death affected them deeply. if we could have eric taylor ending day, telling the whole truth about what happened, that even that alone could have made me another person would have changed my life. would it take me out of the grief in the morning? that doesn't stop with me. when he ca

kristen salumi has more from the united nations. we've been seeing intense diplomacy at the united nations on the situation in afghanistan, many meetings taking place, including one between foreign ministers of the permanent 5 members of the security council and the secretary general of the un, antonio gutierrez, the united kingdom chair, that meeting the new foreign minister liz trust said, going into it, that her goal was to get china and russia to take an international approach to the situation there. and what the council is weighing is whether or not to recognise the taliban of the united nations. and on the one hand, there's concern about legitimizing group and a government which has members still on the international sanctions. less to a group that wasn't recognized when they controlled the country from 1996 to 2001 their treatment of women. and girls and ethnic minorities very much concern for countries in the united nations here. but on the other hand, the united nations is warning that there could be an economic collapse in

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i'm the scene to national. she says, syrian refugees and real risk of suffering persecution when they return home. the main concern is that the authorities have subjected syrian people returning to syria to horrific human rights abuses based on the fact that they will receive based on the fact that they fled abroad. this led to conflict, they found with huge abroad and because of this, so you know, for kids perceive refugees as opponents or as terrorists, which is the same for the, for it, he's the subject them to human rights validation because there are opponents according to them. so this is all concerned because these perception could affect potentially and you make your use and that's what leads us to conclude that refugees are really risk of being persecuted if they return to julia. and that's why it country hosting richard. you should maintain their protection to some countries, especially in europe like then marcos. we didn't consider that part of julia now are safe as they say, we wanted to look at what

ben swiney, the national operations manager for the faa was in his first day on the job was the national operations manager at the faa and in his first 90 minutes gives to orders that no american has ever given before or since. shortly after the second crash at 9:03, he institutes a nationwide gross stop. no plane that is not in the air will be allowed to take off across the country. and that at 9:42, the order to land all planes at the closest available airport, regardless of destination. and regardless of whether the airport is in any way prepared for all of the airplanes that are about to land. and it becomes this incredible story of an industry sort of behind the scenes operating without any protocols, without any procedures that responds instantaneously to an unfolding national tragedy, that on the folds by the way as they believe that there are still hijacked planes in the air. it's sort of one of the things that we forget when we talk about the sort of neat and clean version of the 9/11 history is how much confusion and how long the confusion rippled over the course of that mornin

there is a blinking code red out there for the nation. we can't wait to act. treme weather just last year cost the american public 99 -- $99 billion in damage. 90 $9 billion in damage last year. and unfortunately -- $99 billion in damage last year, and unfortunately we are likely to break that record this year. evidence is overwhelming for every dollar we invest in resilience saves six dollars down the road when the next fire does not spread as widely or the power station up against a storm. we need to rebuild with resilience. so roads are built higher, levies are built stronger, transmission lines are better protected and so much more. i hope -- we have to act and we have to act fast, and my plan does that. let me end with this. this pandemic has been god-awful for so many reasons. we lost lives, just over 660,000. the jobs, the business is lost, the lost time and a school for our kids. but it does present us with an opportunity. we can build an economy that gives working people a fair shot at time. we can restore some sanity and fairness to our tax code. we c

the afghan nationals look at the soldier as their protector. it is the american soldier who has brought them to safety in america. every single day, our military personnel perform heroic work in the service of so many. operation allies welcome is the ongoing effort to bring americans home and to bring out vulnerable africans to -- afghans to resettlement. the president of the united states has the authority to designate a federal agency to lead a federal response. last friday he designated the department of homeland security as the lead federal agency to coordinate operation allies welcome. to ensure unity of effort, clear roles and responsibilities, synchronized priorities and effective coordination across the federal government. this initiative requires us to call on the resources, expertise and authorities of every part of the federal government. dhs possesses vast operational expect -- expertise and a long letter of relationships bring agency together to execute a single mission. we have stood up the unified coordination group to coordinate

we look forward to inaugurating the united nations house in doha, speaking of the united nations and global issues facing humanity at large lighting the need for its role. i would like to refer to the participation of the state of car in international effort, come back terrorism and address its root causes who is supporting education, addressing poverty and unemployment among you. as well as settling conflicts which all constitute a breeding ground for terrorism. i would also like to refer to the was increasing dependence on information technology and modern communication in all aspects of life, education, security, and economy. all the other hand of the world has filled the effects of the misuse of cyberspace, including the breaching private domains of individuals and international piracy and the furious threat. it poses to the security and stability of the international community loss. we reiterate our goal to the interest to the united nations, to lead the pulses of unifying effort to prevent the scientific progress in cybersecurity and regular rise. these vital aspects in line wit

in the face of the hardship felt by so many families in florida and across the great nation, president biden and the democratic chair and congress had zero interest in reducing the national debt and cutting the spending. democrats have shown a hard heartless disregard that they are dealing with right now. it's time we bring accountability to the federal spending. unlike the democratic colleagues, republicans have a solution focused approach to fixingpp america's debt crisis. we know that the federal government can and must pursue practical measures that make it easy and relatively painless to cut spending. we can start that right now. earlier this year i introduced the federal debt emergency control act which prevents washington from mindlessly spending by requiring the two thirds ofmi the vote to increase the debt before approving any bill with deficit spending terminating any funding for the stimulus bills back to the fund for the general reduction and tracking any bill reducing the debt by 5% over ten years. and today i'm joining my friend to reintroduce the full faith and credit ac

he came to the national press club. he was asked how he hoped to harness the power and energy of all these overlapping agencies and city started the meetings the same way by looking at everyone and reminding them that one team, one goal, one fight. two decades after the september 11 attacks, we have seen new potential terrorist attacks -- threats emerging from isis-k, al qaeda, and afghanistan. tens of thousands of afghans are fleeing their country. with the dhs, serving as. while afghanistan is our lead today, there is much more to discuss with our guest. from record second -- setting migrants entering our southern border to cybersecurity to human trafficking to election security we have a lot of ground to cover. we are very fortunate to have secretary mae arcus at any time, any day. but especially at this time. there's so much news to discuss. please join me in welcoming al hunter mayorkas -- a la hans rao mae arcus. sec. mayorkas: thank you so much. thank you all. for giving me the opportunity to share some remarks. i

oh, by the national television show support. i was thinking too because i'm so used and now dancing, welcoming day brought us the message about the defense minister just now it's very, very confusing because the team off do we are not all of the center. this is true to the city. i've been divided one party support in the proton up parties. classes between both 5. it's very, very difficult on that's exactly what he's talking about as far as what i did going to for the baby to call to say now. but i know that when i most of went on the computer because he says that sound is why you buy one of the men, but it's too bad. i call a com summary. com summary. while he was the contact was the come where he was living dot com. yeah, i was very close to the yeah. what's the president shut down? this is also a drop down to center phone. so we don't know exactly what's happening because the presidential god is mix god. because you have the special said that the presidential god so called what me the presidential god, we don't have to support

but of course, this is the 1st time national. the united government is calling for a unified respond with all the means that the citizen has to fight against us. and this is to increase, particularly to my understanding the, the time has come to do everything within our capacity to put on this military. because it seems 1st of february, as of today it has been almost a month now, and people have been paying extra already. i'm one of cost from life to likelihood . and, and this is the time where people need to increase the efflorescence of momentum to put down the different from, from, from converse to getting the power that being sources from the people of law. so to be clear, then this response to your side is calling for involves a military element. it involves using force yes it does. people have already the different, including people to defend for some and many other than the composition go, has been fighting since 1st of february, collectively, that's allies and even normal citizens we are fighting. so this is again i think

that have been essential to the development of nations around the world. bedrock commitments like freedom of navigation, international laws and treaties, support for arms control measures to reduce the risk and enhance transparency. our approach is firmly grounded and fully consistent with the united nations' mission and the values we have agreed to when we drafted this charter. these are commitments we all made and that we are all bound to uphold. as we strive to deal with these urgent challenges, whether they are long-standing or newly emerging, we must also deal with one another. all the major powers of the world have a duty to carefully manage their relationships. so we do not tip from responsible competition to conflict. the united states will compete and will compete vigorously. and lead with our values and our strength. we'll stand up for our allies and our friends and oppose attempts by stronger countries that dominate weaker ones whether through changes to territory by force, economic coercion, technical exploitation, or disinformation. but we are

give me your excellency, president of the general assembly of the united nations. if your exigency secretary general ladies and gentlemen, may god's blessings be upon you. allow me at the outset to congratulate his excellence. he hit on his election as president of this 76 session of the general assembly of the united nations. i wish him success in his mandate. i should also like to express. thank said his accident. see mister vulcan boesky, or for his efforts during his presidency of the previous session, allow me to praise his exit and see the secretary general and congratulate him on his reappointment to a 2nd mandate. let me praise the excellent efforts he is making to improve the effectiveness of united nations institutions in order to achieve the objectives of our charter. mister president of the kingdom of saudi arabia is a found a member of the united nations organization since signing the san francisco shots with its purposes and objectives. which is aimed at maintaining international peace and security. the peaceful settlement of dispute in respect of sove

the national union. he government was set up in april and his lead by a group of the post civilians, politicians, including jail, form a leader and found to g. in may, they announce the formation of an armed people, defend force. they said it would defend on tyco protest from the military violence that killed hundreds. the group has carried out a tax on june. the forces, the shadow government has also allied with several of me on mars, armed ethnic groups which controls some boarder regence of the country. many broke si, fi joined resistance to the call. i'll just hear con hyler is in bangkok in neighboring thailand. he says it will be difficult for the countries on gloves to form a united front. while the national unity government called this d day, this announcement of his call to arms, if he will call the armed literally with the armed groups out there and the body of the army that they say they've been forming the national unity government. but it's also a political call to arms and that is, they are

the police. i spoke with a ball on national commission on maga. even s w, declare act on behalf of the police, the frame law on the side of the government. they were ira anything officially, among other becky, vice president, president, adf general. they engaged in starting tomorrow. there was a great interest off the government to avoid trials. this requires quite differently. they put together a team of people that called the amnesty tossed him secret body. well, they talked him to classified secret, and this amnesty toss team was given the following direction. come up with recommendations to somehow guarantee impunity for people on all sides. the secret amnesty arrangement might well have succeeded in vonny and other human rights lawyers hadn't intervened me. we opposed most of those applications on the basis that it was held secretly until we kicked the profess. we didn't even know who was applying victims themselves, couldn't make any representations, but in the face of mounting legal pressure applied of a decades, the n p a might now finally

executive director of the seneca national housing authority and a member of the seneca nation. the senior vice president for community development, and the center for indian country development at the minneapolis federal reserve bank. the chief executive officer of the american indian community development corporation in minneapolis, minnesota and also the chair of the board of the commissioners -- excuse me, the chair of the board of the commissioners of the housing and community development agency. greetings to my fellow minnesotans. also, eric sheppard, the executive director of the housing authority and south dakota. eric is also a member of the community. welcome and thank you all of you for your willingness to speak with us today and i look forward to hearing from each of you. before you begin your opening statements, just a few reminders. once you start speaking, there will be a slight delay before you are displayed on the screen. to minimize background noise, please click the mute button until it is your turn to speak or ask questions. you should have all on your screens

we demand the implementation of its national rules. all parties must stay true to the nuclear deal and the un resolution and practice. 15 reports released by the i a have a trusted to the adherence of iran to its commitments. however, the united states has not yet discharged its obligations, which is lifting sanctions by her on come rover is a professor of government at georgetown university and caught our he says iran is taking a more strident approach because despite us sanctions, its economy has improved racy, inherited a country in dire economic straits. one that has structural issues in terms of its economy. but i think it's also fair to keep in mind that iran's economy has probably seen the world worse behind it. the world bank is indicating that the economy is on the, on the brink of some marginal and incremental growth. the corporate situation appears to be the worst of it seems to be behind iran. and iran claims to have acquired 100000000 doses of the vaccine. and of course he was, iran just was admitted into the shankar cooper

and we came here to support the national resistance from one to z i. e is a senior director of the canadian women for women in afghanistan. she says the color bonds promised respect women's rights is a lie. i am not surprised at all by their act, but i'm afraid and i am afraid of the future of women in the hands of a cabinet for no tourist. this includes the cabinet. i've taught one hop on a group and perhaps some of them either in the national community has a more responsibility because they promised to act on women for the past 2 years. if you will process you are right. and we see 2 prices as, as really, again phone promises that promises are broken and women on this alone in the country. you are seeing that they are coming on the street for assisting for their rights without any support romans and national community for the past 20 years. with that community claim that they have been supporting or directing women's rights. and i want to assume this is the time, this is the time that they should protect that, but they are not doing it. everyone can d

we have to look at the national critical functions. and i think that's a very important lens, because everything is interdependent, everything is connected, everything is vulnerable. and at the end of the day, that's why i think cisa's statutory role as national coordinator is so important, because we have to look across the whole critical infrastructure ecosystem and make sure that it is protected as it is connected in cyberspace. >> thank you. mr. chairman, i'm over time. i've got a couple of more questions, if there's time for it later, but i yield. >> very good, thank you, senator ossoff. senator lankford, you're recognized for your questions. >> mr. chairman, thank you. thank you all for the work you're doing, it's exceptionally important for the country and i'm grateful that you're engaging in this. let me walk you back to something senator portman was talking about on budget issues. you have a fairly unique situation, all of a sudden, that your office requested about $15 million to be able to stand up the office. the infrastructu

the sacrifices were great but so were their accomplishments. with 48 partner nations america smashed the taliban and said al qaeda running for their caves in pakistan. we killed osama bin laden and crushed terrorism networks around the world. over the past 20 years, the death toll from the terrorists inside of the united states was 107 because of our brave military that took the bite to the enemy overseas. 107 souls is still far too many this country, but the nation n has been spared anothernation n catastrophic attack while our all volunteer force stood the watch in afghanistan. but here on the 20th anniversary of 9/11, what should be a resounding victory and success of american values is instead a defeat and it is especially a better defeat to americans all across this country. it's better because americans have surrendered 20 years of blood, sweat and tears to the enemy. the taliban now control more of afghanistan than they did in 2001. and they are better armed with american guns, vehicles and aircraft. it's better because it was entirely preventable. it's bitter

good afternoon, and welcome to the national press club. the world's leading professional organization for journalists and a place where news happens. i'm lisa nicole matthews. 114th president of the national press club, and u.s. video assignment manager at the associated press. thank you for joining us for the first in-person headliners luncheon since march 3rd, 2020. [ applause ] we are so thrilled to welcome you all back. i know i am. so before we begin, i would ask that you please silence all cell phones, if you are on twitter, we do encourage you to tweet the program and please use the #npclive. for our c-span and public radio audiences, please beware that in the audience today are members of the general public so any applause or reaction that you just heard is not necessarily from the working press. and now i'd like to introduce our head table. i please ask that everyone hold your applause until everyone has been introduced. beginning at my right at the far end, paula gwynn grant is secretary communications for the archdiocese of washi

the new white nationalism did well. i think that the publisher title the book i wanted to have a different title, but what was knew about white nationalism, i thought, was that it was not the old style white supremacy neo-nazis and all of these things that people were focusing on like whenever they talked about you know whites and white extremism, they would try-- trot out the clansmen with the missing teeth and the beer gut and person that could not string together three words for sentence. here today with trot that out and say all these ignorant stupid people, they are not capable of doing anything and i was interested in people that were putting forth a different kind of argument that was more intellectual. what got me really concerned and was the impetus for the book was that there were some high-profile hate crimes in the late 1990s an early 2000's where people went out and actually shot and killed people by their racist. i mean, that's not happening today at the level it was happening backbend. i became especially