i mean, you identified me as a member of the american enterprise institute, but i also -- i run and have run networks of public charter schools in the heart of the south bronx for the last ten years, and so i'm someone who is deeply committed to ensure all of our kids have a complete understanding of american history, the history of slavery, racism, jim crow, as well as the incredible story of resilience and progress in the face of those atrocities. and i think sometimes we get caught up in being distracted which is from what the core issue is. similar to dr. wilson, i also wanted to come into the conversation with what is a clear definition of critical race theory because it often seems in these discussions, people are talking past each other. so i like to go back to, you know, two of the intellectual architects of critical race theory, richard delgado and another author, who wrote in their book critical race theory an there is some pretty heavy concepts that i agree with doctor wilson, that by itself is not being in k-12. should be more in dialogue-is also claimed traditional law. we c

central bank to develop a digital currency from the american enterprise institute. s just under an hour. >> i'm michael strain director of economic policy studies at the american enterprise institute. the majority of the world central bank's are exploring digital currency. most were puns for central-bank digital currency could function like u.s. dollars. they could be widely accepted as an alternative to cash in an increasingly cashless society. a digital currency could give

central bank to develop a digital currency from the american enterprise institute. this is just under an hour. >> i'm michael strain director of economic policy studies at the american enterprise institute. the majority of the world central bank's are exploring digital currency. most were puns for central-bank digital currency could function like u.s. dollars. they could be widely accepted as an alternative to cash in an increasingly cashless society. a digital currency could give access to the financial system to the un-banked and may increase the efficiency of financial transactions. at the same time the adoption of digital currency could be truly disruptive to existing financial situations. should the fed launch a digital currency, governor waller will give a speech discussing his views on this important issue. a quick note on the run of show governor waller will give his speech for around 20-25 minutes, then he and i will have a discussion about this topic. then we will take questions from you. you can submit your questions using twitter #askaeiecon. or you can e

i mean, you identified me as a member of the american enterprise institute, but i also -- i run and have run networks of public charter schools in the heart of the south bronx for the last ten years, and so i'm someone who is deeply committed to ensure all of our kids have a complete understanding of american history, the history of slavery, racism, jim crow, as well as the incredible story of resilience and progress in the face of those atrocities. and i think sometimes we get caught up in being distracted which is from what the core issue is. similar to dr. wilson, i also wanted to come into the conversation with what is a clear definition of critical race theory because it often seems in these discussions, people are talking past each other. so i like to go back to, you know, two of the intellectual architects of critical race theory, richard delgado and another author, who wrote in their book critical race theory an there is some pretty heavy concepts that i agree with doctor wilson, that by itself is not being in k-12. should be more in dialogue-is also claimed traditional law. we c

i'm michael strain director of economic policy studies at the american enterprise institute.

>> schools safely, we can>> i'mn director of economic policy studies at the american enterprise institute. the majority of the world central bank's are exploring digital currency. most were puns for central-bank digital currency could function like u.s. dollars. they could be widely accepted as an alternative to cash in an increasingly cashless society. a digital currency could give access to the financial system to the un-banked and may increase the efficiency of financial transactions. at the same time the adoption of digital currency could be truly disruptive to existing financial situations. should the fed launch a digital

you identified as a member of the american enterprise institute but i have run networks of public charter schools in the heart of the south bronx. i am someone who is deeply committed to ensure all our kids have a complete understanding of american history, warts and all, history of slavery, racism, jim crow, as well as the incredible story of resilience and progress in the face of those atrocities. sometimes we get caught up in being distracted from the core issue. i also wanted to come into the conversation with the clear definition of critical race theory because it seems people are talking past each other. i might go back to two intellectual architects of critical race theory, richard delgadillo, wrote in critical race theory:an introduction, quote, unlike traditional civil rights which embraces incrementalism and step-by-step progress, critical race theory questions the very foundations of the liberal order including equality theory, legal reasoning, enlightenment, rationalism and neutral principles of constitutional law. those are pretty heavy concept but i agree with doctor wilson,

he is the director of social and cultural constitutional studies at the american enterprise institute prettye also holds the chair in public policy there. he is founding current editor of national affairs and senior editor of the new atlantis distributing editor to nationall review. please join me in welcoming and congratulating our seamtr gas,. [applause] [applause] >> thank you very much john i appreciate that. i remember very well the list of questions was very daunting to look at when you walked in the room a check by them one by one parent quite sure i offered no useful answers. i was very impressed. it is really a great pleasure to be here. enormously humbling to see so many friends gathered here. to be able to appreciate isi, what it's done for me since i was an undergraduate coming to isi program. and what he does denver sell many people like me who would look for substantive look for community and trying to make a their way through it often hostile culture. be connected to the ideas that are essential to us as americans. we're just talking c at dinner about energetic isi is n

he is a scholar at the american enterprise institute. kevin has worked in congress for the congressional research service. kevin and i have been working together on a project on article 1 spending powers and directed spending of congress. and of course, kevin is the co-editor of a volume entitled "congress overwhelmed" which is a collection of essays by political scientists that are evaluating the different ways in which congress is overwhelmed in terms of capacity and suggestions about how they can improve and reform. we are fortunate also to be joined by representative tom graves, who was vice chair of the select committee on modernization. he spent a year working through testimony, discussing with colleagues and coming through with a final report discussing various aspects of ways in which congress has helped to define problems and also helped to define solutions and a way forward. and this committee on modernization has been reauthorized for another year. and so we're hopeful too that our conversation might help to set the stage for

topic of critical race theory, we're joined once again this morning by a fellow with the american enterprise institute and an

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presidency, he worked as an adviser to secretary of defense, he is now a senior fellow the american enterprise institutenk tanks left that not firmly on the left. lara: in week of 9/11 it was clear the whole world thought that taliban was sheltering al qaeda and closely aligned but then obama administration comes into office and narrative changes. >> yes. >> what happened. >> president obama wanted to do, how he turned afghanistan from good war to bad war. he fought that u.s. was making a basic problem by protecting our military force. he wanted not only to end the american projection of military force but create a situation where no presidential came after him could project military force. lara: he did it by discrediting the afghans. >> absolutely. lara: then by -- narratives were that al qaeda is decimated, was that true? >> absolutely not. lara: he does his research on the ground. and his office is testament to learn first hand. >> everything my wife will not let me keep at home. lara: helped shape his understanding, when president trump secretary of state pompeo made this announcement. >> i am proud

conservative economist, michael, director of economic policy at the market institute of american enterprise institute also a conservative scholar has said that our bipartisan info structure package will slow down inflation. they said that including roads, bridges and ports, but to make it less for businesses for businesses to operate and putting downward pressure on consumer prices. so i know some of my colleagues want to inflate these to the $3.5 trillion extravaganza with huge tax increases in his long-term spending we talked about, with very little money out the door even the next year. or two. they are not the same. and i think that the art written irresponsible to say they are the same in the bottom line is that the infrastructure investment and jobs act will provide an historic investment in hard infrastructure with inputs from a bipartisan group of senators while affording thee tax hike it would destroy jobs and undermine our competitiveness around the world. and importantly, for the sake of future bipartisanship here in congress, the plan that allows us to avoid a repeat of the covid-19 spinn

cdc guidance and it's time for our sunday group to talk about this mark deason at the american enterprise instituteand georgetown university institute of politics and public service. i have to ask the cdc made a lot of news they have been criticized the white house got upset when reporters covered and they said they were confused it's a tweet in all caps from the white house vaccinated people do not transmit the virus at the same rate as unvaccinated people and if you fail to include that context you're doing it wrong i have been pulling my hair out as to why the white house didn't hold a briefing into basically clear up any confusion, answer any questions rather than having one up interviews or e-mailed the distribution of guidance coming from the cdc, your thoughts. >> your 100% correct the message from the white house and the federal government, if your vaccinated for you the pandemic is over there have been 164 million americans have been fully vaccinated and less than a thousand have died of covid you're more likely to die from a lightning strike, dog attack, drowning, a bee sting or seasonal

i'm robert doar of the american enterprise institute. it is my pleasure to welcome you to this afternoon's conversation with john mackey. john mackey is co-founder and ceo of full synapse market and cofounder of the nonprofit conscious capitalism. he's here to talk about his new book "conscious leadership: elevating humanity through business". i can't think of a better guest to have on thanksgiving week. a pleasure to have you. welcome to our discussion this afternoon. >> thanks for having me on the show. >> i loved your book and i recommend the book. almost 18 months into my term and while i have been a ceo of previous businesses it is good to be reminded of what makes leadership work in any institution of any size. you have a lot of great lessons about how to be a good leader and having a purpose having to do with innovation and integrity. i want to ask these lessons, which do you think is the most important? which do you rely on has ago to attribute that has made you so successful? >> the first chapter is put purpose first so i better

. >> joining us now our congressional historian nor -- american enterprise institute and an opinion columnisti'm struck by the polling on this bill. it helps explain why it's moving so smoothly in the senate, but they also polled the partisan democrats only reconciliation version, of infrastructure, which is a much bigger, bill and that has the support of 62%, virtually the same. so the support does seem to be helping drive these bills through congress. >> right, what joe biden wants to do is big and it's bold, but it's not radical in the sense that he's proposing a bunch of ideas that come out of nowhere. they are all very popular, obviously the physical infrastructure bill is just good old-fashioned government. the elected governor of michigan -- fix the dam roads. the idea of fixing the roads was so popular, that when they focused a away the, dam they discovered the dam made it more popular. that's how much the people should invest in these matters. and that's also the case and things like childcare and health care. so yes, he is not a very good track right now, the president. >> norm, don

he is a scholar at the american enterprise institute and jonathan waters with this, columnist from thehe political analyst. norm, you have studied these legislative past many form -- in many forms over the past. is nancy pelosi facing a speed bump or roadblock in the house? and when you read her statement and the statement by the nine democrats, how do you solve the puzzle in putting those words together? >> it is a speed bump, a big one. we've had some of those where you really have to slow down to get over them. i trust pelosi to be able to find the way past this. now one way she may have to deal with it is to take out first that infrastructure bill. remember there is controversy over at least one element of that bill, which is the bitcoin another such currencies for regulation. one thing she can do is, pass, or bring up this infrastructure bill not exactly the same as the one that passed in the senate, so that it doesn't move that quickly to the president's desk and then bring up immediately the budget resolution. or, she could simply find a pass -- path forward by placate-ing in so

tonight's party panel washington examiner senior political columnist and a resident at the american enterprise institutem carty denning crop strategist former biden campaign surrogate kevin walling and fox news headlines 24/7 entertainment reporter, mike guns. hey everybody. guns, i've got to ask you. even brian stelter is saying you've got to go. you've got a problem, you've got to fix this. is it really bad to not heed advice from your burros? what you think guns? >> there is a lot of words to describe the cuomo's i'm a ghost chris opposite the governor when he did makes me sick. what he did was sexual harassment. but then he pathetic latched onto his brother for day in and day out there chuckling with each other and everything. but when it hits the fan he all the same goes silent does not address it on his show. i feel like he kind of owes it to the small amount of years that he has two at least acknowledge it pretty could have lied to them and said legally i can't talk about this. but this is what you're dealing with it with the power-hungry people at the cuomo's. you also look at the video the gove

mcfarland from the trump administration and marc thiessen, american enterprise institute scholar and speechwriter for george w. bush. a couple quick questions here. 4,500 americans have been evacuated according to the secretary of state. he thinks the number is somewhere between 500 and 1,000 of those that are still remaining that want to get out. do those numbers sound correct to you? do you have any idea if they sound right? >> no. i'm afraid to say the state department was 10 to 15,000. number 1, he's not addressing the people scattered around the country, in the hinderlands. we have pockets of american citizens in all of those provinces. two girls that are teaching english to afghan girls. we have aid workers that are helping build water treatment plants in other parts of the country. he didn't address how those people are supposed to make their way all the way from where they are, traveling on a dirt road, passing taliban checkpoints to kabul airport. so i don't think he's answered any of the questions. >> martha: he said the taliban has promised and we're supposed to count on th

joining us for two different perspectives she is the senior fh the american enterprise institute.nd also frederick kempe from the atlantic council. your take on the president's withdrawal from afghanistan? guest: it was a debacle, unfortunately. something not of us wanted to see. whatever your perspective, nobody is happy about how this happened. also the loss of life and the unbelievable botched execution are all not just bad for us in afghanistan, on counterterrorism, but bad for us globally because of the message it sends about how we conduct our business. others are watching us and laughing. host: you wrote in a pc yesterday, president biden has a chance to salvage his legacy and credibility, but it won't be easy what do you mean? guest: let me put that in context from the piece i wrote the week before. i said president biden's entire narrative was that america is back and part of that perspective was that allies could trust us. allies who were upset about the rhetoric of the trump administration were ready to embrace president biden and his rhetoric that he is going to work w

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. >>> joining our discussion now, scholar at the american enterprise institute. also msnbc fashional affairs analyst and host of the "hell and high water" podcast. and, john, we have convened this group before to judge just how on track the infrastructure bill is. and i remember a question last week was are the democrats in the house, the ten democrats it turned out to be a speed bump or a roadblock. i think we picked speed bump. nancy pelosi got over that speed bump pretty easily, john. >> yeah, really easily, right, lawrence? there is a little reporting. what struck me is hyperbolic reporting at the beginning of the week where it was like, oh, man, this is going to be a tough week. and nancy pelosi is not even speaking to these moderates. man, this is getting ugly on capitol hill. and i just -- you know, i thought, this is a real thing, you know, some work is going to have to happen here. but by the standards of tough acts that nancy pelosi has had to deal with in her career, this was not the highest degree of difficulty. i think in aggregate, and you and i hav

joining our decision now, congressional historian and emeritus scholar at the american enterprise institutehn holland, msnbc national affairs analyst and host of the "hell and high water" podcast. john, let me start with you. the infrastructure bill in the form of the be about vugs one of the things that's supposed to be cued up for the house's return next week, but that's pending how many pickup trucks of trump supporters might be negotiating with cops about exactly when they're going to get out of their trucks or blow up the capitol. >> yeah, lawrence, that's a very optimistic, rosy picture you paint there. but unfortunately, seems to be right on. you don't get cases that are clear than this one. we all understand what the threat is that the post-january 6th threat and we've now seen multiple attacks on the capitol and multiple people who want to do damage to the capitol. the capitol has become a prime target for the maga right and the white grievance crowd that are out there. and, you know, i think there's no reason to think that it's going to stop anytime soon. i think -- as you know, i

joining me from washington post columnist eugene robinson, matthew continue nettie of the american enterprise institute pentagon correspondent, courtney kube. welcome to sunday. it's "meet the press." >> announcer: from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the pre todd. >>> good sunday morning. we are tracking this very dangerous hurricane ida which is heading towards the louisiana coast. forecasters say the storm has rapidly intensified and turned quickly into a monster-size category 4 hurricane. we'll begin with the suicide bombing attack in kabul that took the lives of some 170 afghans plus 13 american service members. it's the very nightmare scenario the biden administration feared. americans are being warned to stay away from the airport and president biden added yesterday that another attack is highly likely in the next 24 to 36 hours. on friday, the u.s. made its first reprisal strike on isis-k with the military saying it killed two high-profile targets. evacuation flights are continuing just two days short of the august 31st deadline, even under

and here is jimmy economic policy analyst at the american enterprise institute and a cnbc contributor000 page bill. eye tried to read through if some of the stuff stuck out there is money being thrown at everything to what you know about it, what are some of the things that stick out most to you? >> i'll be honest, the thing that sticks out most to me is that we have this sort of yawning infrastructure shortfall year after year and now we're actually going to do something about it listen, it is like all of the above. like, yeah, we need to -- we need to better maintain roads and bridges. and create better connectivity we've had this kind of shortfall, particularly in maintenance, for so long that is really the story though it is absolutely nutsy that this is how we do it. that we don't do anything, that we do this crazy make a bill and then don't do anything for a while again. we need to have a consistent approach and funding toward infrastructure year after year and not just wait for these kind of one-offs. >> yeah, and you you look at the numbers. let's talk about something you and

. >> norman ornstein resident scholar at the american enterprise institute where he studies politics, elections and the u.s. congress. his books include "one nation after trump: a guide for the perplexed, the disillusioned, depressed and not yet departed." i love norman's book titles the next one we did at the constitution center and it guessed us even before we began the program "it's even worse than it looks: how the american constitutional system collided with the new politics of extremism" and we relevant for tonight as well "the broken branch: how congress is failing america and how could get it back on track." he is a friend of the center and appears frequently on our programs. norm, wonderful to have you back. >> always a pleasure, jeff. >> let us jump right into the history of the violence that consumed the nation in general and congress in particular in the years leading up to the civil war. joanne, we'll begin with you because your book "field of blood" describes it so vividly, the statistics that you talk about are so striking between 1830 and 1860 you write there were more

an american enterprise institute poll in january showed 39% of republicans say that they believe and they support violence. they support violence if political leaders fail to act, meaning they don't do what they want. 45% of trump voters are unvaccinated and so are holding the rest of us hostage to the pandemic. your thoughts. >> you know, four years ago when charlottesville happened, i recall saying on air that what we were looking at is the cotillion, the coming out party of all the disparate various factions of the conservative right and the youth movement that steve bannon created through the gamer community, all coming together and forming their own wing of what would be arguably a paramilitary support organization for the trump team. that was the neo-nazis, the ku klux klan, the boogaloo boys, the militias, all of them came together at charlottesville and marched like the nazis at nuremberg and that was purposeful. we thought that that broke up after charlottesville. we thought we had put them down. as i monitored them for those years, you could see that they had gone undergrou

almost, officials say the group struck with us now, catherine zimmerman, fellow at the american enterprise institute focussed on terror groups. catherine, clearly isis-k is capable. how did they come to be? the >> the islamic state isis-k is a splinter from the pakistan taliban, and it has been able to recruit from members of the taliban inside of afghanistan and some of the other smaller groups that cooperate with the taliban in order to expand and it's been able to draw those recruits because of it offers this more radical version of global jihad, calling the taliban moderate and accusing them of compromising with the west. >> adam kinzinger said they're not the mortal enemies they're being portrayed as, the taliban and isis-k is he right? >> it gets complicated, and they certainly have a lot of amnesty between them i think that gets missed in this discussion the taliban have developed a relationship with al-qaeda they are providing sanctuary to al qaeda, that relationship remains unbroken with the taliban and the islamic state, they have fought each other. they have actively engaged in clashes, a

. >> i'm michael strain director of economic policy studies at the american enterprise institute.he majority of the world central bank's are exploring digital currency. most were puns for central-bank digital currency could function like u.s. dollars. they could be widely accepted as an alternative to cash in an increasingly cashless society. a digital currency could give access to the financial system to the un-banked and may increase the efficiency of financial transactions. at the same time the adoption of digital currency could be truly disruptive to existing financial situations. should the fed launch a digital

." >> ♪ charles: classic, classic so speaking of classics during the speech to the american enterprise instituten 1996, federal reserve chairman alan greenspan mortalized these words , "but how do we know when the rational exuberance has unduly escalated asset prices" and the phrase is used whenever asset prices, particularly the stock market right now on the terror seems to be unmoored from underlying fundamentals or economic conditions. now for many on wall street it's also associated with the notion that when too many are in the game, maybe it's time for it to shake them out. now, with this market already hitting 47 new highs this year, the correction core, well they are getting a whole lot louder and a whole lot more crowded, but i want you to take a look at whose most exuberant right now. the bank of america merril lynch survey, the monthly survey of global money managers the equity asset allocation 65% folks is an all-time record. active investment managers have a 97% exposure to equities and what about the individual investors? well, you know the ones who always wreck the party only 37% b

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and joining our discussion now norm ornstein congressional historian, scholar at the american enterprise institute and john heilemann, we host of the hell and high-water podcast. john heilemann, we have convene this group of four to judge just how on track the infrastructure bill is, and i remember a question last week was, are the democrats in the house are, the ten democrats who turned out to be the speed bump or roadblocks, i think we pick speed bump, nancy pelosi got out of that speed bump pretty easily, john? >> really easily, lawrence, there was little reporting -- what struck me as a little hyperbolic reporting was oh man, we're really heading, this is going to be a tough week, and nancy pelosi is not even speaking to these moderates, man, this is ugly, it's getting ugly on capitol hill, and i just thought, this is a real thing, you know, some work is gonna have to happen, but by the standards of tough acts that nancy pelosi has had to deal with in her career, this was not set the highest rate of difficulty. in aggregate, and i know norman, you and i have talked about this before, in aggreg

marc thiessen, resident fellow at the american enterprise institute. and mo elleithee of georgetown university's institute of politics and public service. marc, i have to ask you, the cdc made a lot of news this week. they've been roundly criticized. if the white house got upset when reporters covered on that confusion and said they were confused. this is a tweet in all caps from the white house. "vaccinated people do not transmit the virus at the same rate as unvaccinated people" and if you fail to include that context, you're doing it wrong. marc, i've been a little bit pulling my hair out as to why the white house instead didn't just hold a briefing to basically clear up any confusion, answer all the questions rather than having one off interviews or email distribution of guidance come from the cdc. your thoughts? >> your 100% correct and look, the message from the white house and for the federal government ought to be if you are vaccinated, for you the pandemic is over. there have been 164 million americans who have been fully vaccinated and less t

she is the senior fellow with the american enterprise institute.o frederick kempe from the atlantic council. your take on the president's withdrawal from afghanistan? guest: it was a debacle, unfortunately. something not of us wanted to see. whatever your perspective, nobody is happy about how this happened. also the loss of life and the unbelievable botched execution are all not just bad for us in afghanistan, on counterterrorism, but bad for us globally because of the message it sends about how we conduct our business. others are watching us and laughing. host: you wrote in a pc yesterday, president biden has a chance to salvage his legacy and credibility, but it won't be easy what do you mean? guest: let me put that in context from the piece i wrote the week before. i said president biden's entire narrative was that america is back and part of that perspective was that allies could trust us. allies who were upset about the rhetoric of the trump administration were ready to embrace president biden and his rhetoric that he is going to work with al