our third witness is rabbi abraham cooper, associate dean and director of the global soels social action agenda. our third witness is michael r. and deborah k. reuben, presidential chair at wake forest university. our fifth witness is a partner at kirkland and ellis llp and sandra haguey partner, chairwoman of the christians for israel united fund. and national director of the antidefamation league, our eighth witness is the executive director penn america and rosenberg foundation. your written statements will be iftered in their entirety and we ask that you sums are your testimony within five minutes. there's a timing light on your table. when 2 t switches from green to yellow -- and rabbi baker, welcome. you can begin. >> thank you, for had chairman. in my work at a.j.c. and at the osce i have focussed on europe and the problem of anti-semitism there. while the number of incidents and their severity are much greater than here in amaircu, there are important parallels on addressing anti-semitism in this country. this has much to do with the essential first step of fdsing the nature of a

our third witness is rabbi abraham cooper, the associate dean and director of the role in social action agenda of the simon wiesenthal center. our fourth witness is the mikal r and debra k ruben presidential chair of jewish history at lake forest. the fifth witness its paul clement. our sixth witness is sandra haug, chairwoman of the christians united for israel action fund. our seventh witness is jonathan greengla of the antidefamation league. the eight witness is suzanne nassel the executive director of penn america and our ninth witness is ken stern, the executive director of the justice and karen rosenberg foundation. your rein statements will be entered into the record in your entirety and we ask you summarize your testimony in five minutes. there's a timing light on your table when the slight switches from green to yellow you have one minute to clock, and when it turns red, that's it. your time is up. rabbi baker, you can begin. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member conyer, in my work at ajc and the osce, i have focused on europe and the problem of. she anti-semitism there wh

david roush, chief of police for the city of knoxville, tennessee, rabbi abraham cooper, associate dean and director of the global social action agenda at the simon wiesenthal center, and mr. richard cohen, president of the southern poverty law center. thank all of you for being here today. the chair recognizes police chief roush for his testimony. >> good afternoon, chairman mccaul, ranking member thompson and members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to speak about with worldwide threats, specifically domestic terrorism and the threat posed by extremist groups. i'm the chief of police in knoxville, tennessee, also a member of the executive board of directors for the international association of chiefs of police and currently the general chair for the midsized agencies division, which represents agencies with 50 to 999 sworn officers. the ic spshgs the world's largest association of law enforcement members. i've been fortunate to have been trained by the fbi and domestic and international terrorism as well as participated in training at the u.s. army war college in additi

our militaries could cooperate better together for potential north korean threats. host: we are talking to abraham denmark of the wilson center. of defense fort the obama administration. we are talking about the president's trip to asia where he is on route right now. a very big trip, first major trip to the region. 8000.rats 202-748-200 we remind you while you are waiting on the line to listen to your phones and to mute your televisions. both take a look at national security adviser h.r. mcmaster. have been reporting what to expect from the strip and touching on whether the presidents fire and fury rhetoric still stands. >> what about using that i that -- by rhetoric that close to the border and will he bring up human rights. the president will use whatever language he wants to use. the president has clarified in all of his discussions, statements on north korea, our determination to ensure that north korea is unable to threaten our allies and our partners and certainly the united states. we feel clarity and a pass and i'm sure he will do that during the trip as well. that has been a great reassu

our third witness is rabbi abraham cooper, associate dean and director of the global social action. our fourth witness is barry tractenberg, the michael r. of chair of jew wish history at wake forest. our fifth witness is paul clement, a. sandra hagee parker. our seventh witness is jonathan greenblatt, national director of the anti-defamation league. our eighth witness is suzanne nossell, executive director of pen america. and our ninth witness is ken stern, the executive director of the justice and karen rosenberg foundation. welcome to all of you. your written statements will be entered into the record. and we ask that you summarize your testimony in five minutes to help you stay within that time, there's a timing light on your table. when the light turns red, time is up. and it signals your five minutes have expired. rabbi baker, you can begin. >> thank you, mr. chairman, ranking member conyers. in my work at ajc and the osce, i have focused on europe and the problem of anti-semitism there. while the number of incidents and their severity are much greater than here in america, th