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hosted by the brookings institution, the american enterprise institute, and tulane university's murphy institute, this is an hour and a half. >> good morning, everyone. thank you. somebody's awake. good morning. i'm the president of brookings institution. we're a nonpartisan think tank dedicated to finding bold, pragmatic solutions to society's pressing challenges. thank you for joining us today and especially thank you to our co-host, the american enterprise institute, and the murphy institute. i'd also like to recognize brookings scholars. in was an effort that many doubted would come to fruition, given our country's deep divisions. and yet here we are. the state of the nation report released today is a result of scholars from across the political spectrum coming together, debating, challenging each other and remarkably finding common ground. they agreed on 15 topics and 37 measures, they captured critical aspects of our nation's well-being. and this wasn't just half-hearted agreement. each topic and measure had to secure super majority support. the state of the nation report undersc

institute. thank you for joining me. thank you to our cohost, the american enterprise institute. i would also like to thank brookings scholars carol graham and doug harris, who spearheaded the entire effort. this was an effort that many doubted would come to fruition given our country's deep divisions. yet here we are. the state of the nation report released today as a result of scholars from across the political spectrum coming together, debating and challenging each other and remarkably finding common ground. they agreed on 15 topics and 37 measures that captured critical aspects of our nation's well-being, and this was not just halfhearted agreement. each topic had to secure super majority support. the state of the nation report underscores the value of gathering and giving voice to diverse perspectives which is at the heart of our work in brookings. without i will turn things over to robert door, president of the american enterprise institute, a great leader and friend and neighbor. robert: thank you very much. i am the president of ai and i want to thank everyone for being h

. >>> and protesters took to the streets in cities across the country rallying against the american institutions and decimate the civil service. cbs' jarred hill joins us now with details. jarred, good morning. now, we've heard trump advisers talk about this strategy called flood the zone, where president trump takes so many drastic actions at once that his opponents and the public can't keep up. >> yeah, the idea here is folks only have so much time and energy to focus on one particular thing, michael. as the courts tackle the legal challenges to trump's orders, congressional democrats, as we saw, are stalling cabinet confirmations and looking to leverage the slim gop majority to impact legislation. all while the white house is pushing ahead with its plan to shrink the federal workforce. at the white house president donald trump continued to make good on his promise to change the federal government, signing a new executive order banning transgender athletes from women's sports. >> from now on women's sports will be only for women. >> reporter: it's the latest in his sweeping set of overhauls by

john adams of the award winning book, the cabinet, george washington and the creation of an american institution. she was also the coeditor from morning of the president's loss and legacy in american culture. she's been published in the washington post and time magazine and the wall street journal. she's a regular guest on a variety of podcasts, including listening to america. she'll be in conversation tonight with dr. catherine al gore, who is herself a noted historian, nonprofit leader and public history innovator. she's the professor emerita of the massachusetts historical society. she is currently a visiting scholar of history at tufts university. she was formerly the nadine and robert scott heim, director of education at the huntington library. before that, she was a professor of history at the university of california riverside. she has written extensively on dolley madison. we were trying to count how many books and we agreed it was for that. she's written on dolley madison, one of which a perfect union. dolley madison and the creation of the american nation was a finalist for the george

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posted by the brookings institute and tulane university murphy institute and the american enterprise institute, this is an hour and a half. cecelia: good morning, everyone. thank you, somebody is awake. i am cecelia rouse, president of the brookings institution, in nonpartisan think tank dedicated to finding solutions to humanities pressing challenges. thank you for joining me. thank you to our cohost, the american enterprise institute and the murphy institute. i would also like to recognize brookings scholars carol graham , who contributed to the state of the nation report, and of course doug harris, who spearheaded the entire effort. this was an effort that many doubted would come to fruition, given our country trophy has divisions. and yet, here we are. the state of the nation report released today is a result of scholars across the political spectrum coming together, debating, challenging each other, and remarkably finding common ground. they agreed on 15 topics and 37 measures that captured critical aspects of our nation's well-being, and this was not just halfhearted agreement.

american institutions, businesses. everyone understands why elections are at this important moment, but i think the aperture is just much wider. in terms of what we can do, you are asking about these foundational -- broad approach. we need to look at this as an asymmetric competition. we need to shore up the sources of our strength. local journalism, the strength of our information environment, our responsiveness to civil liberties, etc. also our technological competitiveness. this is a brat competition. then we need to organize ourselves against the problem. we have seen government begin to do this with the creation of a handful of institutions to address the problem but there is more that can be done. and then go on offense in places that are most conducive to our success. miles: let me add a sort of pessimistic note to those comments. at the end of the special report, i mentioned many of these forms of foreign influence would be lessened or eliminated if we could fix underlying problems in our democracy, which is wh

we have incited american universities and american institutes to open their offshore campuses in india: president trump, i am grateful to you for your friendship and. the people of india. visit in 2020, and hope that president trump visit them again. on behalf of 1.4 billion indians, i invite you to visit india. thank you. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you. great job. >> thank you. >> okay. thank you very much. that w was excellent. we'll do a few questions, please; please, go ahead. blue shirt. >> thank you, mr. president. people naturally welcome you this isn't to extradite [inaudible] back home. in that context i would like to ask you a question in the last few years several groups in the u.s. raising their voice calling about separation activities in india. do you think that should continue here in the u.s. as well? >> you will have to go louder? >> mr. president, people that would be welcoming extradite. >> i don't understand a word he is saying. >> may i? how about you, please? go ahead back there. >> mr. president, thank you. >> thank you very much. >> you and the pre

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speaker, what we cannot give up in this institution is our obligation to keep the american people safe. safe from terrorism, safe from gang violence, safe from fentanyl. and what concerns me as ranking member of the intelligence committee more than much of what i'm seeing out there is the attack, the purge of the federal bureau of investigation, the f.b.i. which americans know is the premier law enforcement agency on this planet. that thousands of agent goes to work every single day, going after fentanyl dealers, going after violent crime, uncovering terrorist plots. i tell you this as a person who represents a district that was badly hurt on 9/11. but it is now part of the catechism of the republican party in the house and the senate that the f.b.i. is a corrupt and evil organization that must be turned on its head. and that people who have dedicated their lives to the service of keeping americans safe must be fired. the list sun believable, -- list is unbelievable, mr. speaker. executive assistant director, tim dunham, 22 years of service, e.a.d. bobby wells, 21 years of service, e.a

, since the secret agenda by the administration named ed this credit thing in the weakening american institute today, we are trump motzkin protected build it as is a pro happening in the us, the hello and welcome to to the point that may introduce today's pad on a cub locksmith, a ride, and us exports the best seller. america's religious laurie is, deals with a powerful political force of the religious vice brandon valona expert on us policy and foreign policy for the baptist months. there still less a think tank here and balance. and eric, trish found a, a writer and gentle as to also reports for the los angeles times. very well and welcome to all of you and brandon, i'm going to stop with you. very simple question. what's happening as well. i mean trumps in a, in a relatively unique position for any president solely happened. one time and us history that a prisoners had paused between 2 administrations and centrally. what he's doing is he took that time to reflect on what went wrong. and his 1st administration, we wasn't able to get over the finish line. you can see within the last 3 and hal

we have invited the american institute to open their offshore campuses in india. president trump, i am grateful to you for your friendship. and strong commitment towards india. the people of india still fondly remember your visit in 2020 and hope that president trump will come and visit them again. on behalf of 1.4 billion indians, i invite you to visit india. thank you. thank you very much. [applause] president trump: thank you very much. ok. thank you very much. excellent. we'll do a few questions. please, go ahead. yeah. blue shirt. reporter: thank you, mr. speaker. the people welcome you and the extradition back home, we'd like to ask you a question, the last several years we've seen several groups in u.s. raising their voice and talking about terrorism activities in india. do you think that would come true in the u.s. as well? we'll be welcoming you to extradite -- president trump: i can't understand. go ahead back there. reporter: you both spoke about combating isis and are both excited about this partnership upcoming, and i was curious, how much more confid

israel without a bother is a middle aged down list and full with deputy director of the our, the american institute institute teachers and stuff in washington dc. missed a by the always good to have you on the product of your analysis. so we just begin with the press conference and sort of the us opinion that the welfare of palestinians is now so important to america that they have us move from gaza. so it can be rebuilt and made safe and that the us can take ownership. yeah, it really is difficult to find the words that'd be fit. how grotesque trump's comments have been. i mean, this is a man who is known for saying everything. trump says is extreme and over the top of this one really takes the cake. he's essentially saying that official u. s. policy now is the destruction of probably in society, the scattering of palestinians today very countries. and on top of that for the us to come and own palestinian territory. and definitely, i mean it's just, i don't know what kind of reliving on where these, the statements coming out of the president of the united states and the frame at all as concern for

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this was hosted by the american enterprise institute. it's just over an hour. hour. [indiscernible chatter] good afternoon, everyone. i'm robert, the president of the american enterprise institute and i'm very happy to welcome you all to this discussion this afternoon on higher education reform and higher education gemmily with michael elliot the president of emmers college. there you go. [applause] >> that's what i like to hear. i spent some time in the hudson valley of new york not far from western and central massachusetts and i know how beautiful emerest is. i'm particularly hope that you're here michael. ai is also very involved in the discussion of what needs to change in higher education so i begin by saying what we love about colleges and universities of the country but i want you all to know and i certainly want michael to neglect that we think there needs to be some change. confidence in higher education in colleges and universities is way down, polls show that, only 36% of americans have quite a lot of confidence in higher education, down from 57% in 2015.

check check check coming up saturday morning, the american enterprise institute's frederick hess, and the education law center's robert kim, discussed the trump administration education policy. in august -- -- looks -- an argus looks at current efforts to reduce federal workers. c-span's "washington journal," join in the conversation and lives at 7:00 eastern saturday morning, on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile app, or online at c-span.org. ♪ >> here's what's ahead, next hour author interview program "after words," featuring author robert moses. he talks about being black in america through the voices of three generations of his family. then, president trump welcoming the japanese prime minister to the white house and hosting a joint press conference. and later, remark by rhode island democratic senator sheldon whitehouse on democracy, the rule of law, and global affairs from a symposium hosted by georgetown university. ♪ announcer: c-span, democracy unfiltered. we are funded by these television companies and more, including midco. ♪ >> where are you going. or maybe a better quest

i p accused american institutions including usa id of trying to destabilize the country by financing opposition activities. how deep is usa id involvement in domestic public politics of india and, and what have been the results of that involvement? all right, if you look at the last, uh, you know, more than danielle is that the more the government has been in by the opposition has indeed that split it to come back to bob. because, you know, just put it because i'd be back on board india for the most part. i'll put them both independence, pc, i guess, put it all position meet with our us aid, which is very, very, very much interested. and you know, they're very excited about doing that. i think the total population in the does with in for the good. okay. not the same. yeah. but if you look at the political support, i think every single country, especially, people can look at me. but i'm butler, they have on the long something that we can do the i have always warned. in fact, a lot of people have been saying these things even before ellen must and don't, they're comfortable. but, and t

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hosted by the brookings institution, the american enterprise institute, and tulane universities murphy institute, this is an hour and a half. [inaudible conversations] >> well good morning, everyone. thank you. good morning. so i'm cecilia rouse come the president of the brookings institution. we're a nonpartisan think tank dedicated to finding both pragmatic solutions. thank you for joining us today and especially thank you to our cohost the american enterprise institute and the murphy institute. i would like to recognize brookings scholars carol graham who contribute to the state nation report and, of course, doug harris who spearheaded the entire effort. this was an effort that many doubted would come to fruition given our country's deep divisions. and yet here we are. the state of the nation report released today is a result of scholars from across the political spectrum coming together, debating, challenging each other and remarkably finding common ground. thanks for inviting me. thank doug and the teams up with his report together organizing it and doing the hard work. this is th

then, we will have nat malkus, senior fellow at the american institute -- excuse me, american enterprisenstitute. nat has been doing yeoman's work in collecting data on student absences and analyzing that data. i think we will see some of that data in a few minutes. a couple of quick housekeeping notes before handed off to jenny. first, after we hear from the panelists, we will have a good 15 to 20 minutes of audience q&a. if you are here, we will have microphones. if you are watching us live, feel free to either email your questions to events @brookings .edu. we will be checking that email account. or on x using #disengagementgap. i guess if you are here, you could also tweet us using the hashtag, if we have introverts in the room. second, for those of you here in person, right after the panel, we will have a reception and there will be copies of jenny and rebecca's book available, and i am sure they will be happy to sign that for you. i will hand it off to jenny. [applause] jenny: why don't you all join me? we are ready. thank you also much for being here. i'm really looking forward to

cohosted by the brookings institution, american enterprise institute and tulane university. watch it tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now or online at c-span.org. democracy isn't just an idea. it's a process, shaped by leaders elected to the highest offices and entrusted sue -- entrusted to a select few. it is where debates unfold, decisions are made and the nation's course is charted. democracy in real-time. this is your government at work. this is c-span, giving you your democracy unfiltered. >> democratic lawmakers held a press conference to protest the trump and administration decision to close the headquarters of the u.s. agency for international development to staff. this is about 45 minutes. >> thank you all for being with us today. we very much appreciate your responding so quickly. we are here today to shine a light on a crime that is unfolding before our eyes and support our tremendous u.s. civil service and usaid. president trump directed his corrupt billionaire friend elon musk to ransack a critical agency of the u.s. government. musk and his band

like many other american colleges, tuskegee institute in alabama has been graduating qualified players for some time. the united states army forces stationed at tuskegee field hold classes on the campus to teach the fundamentals of ground school. tuskegee shops, prepare students for jobs, aviation plants. the work of dr. carver is well known pilot tuskegee. he has contributed much to the science of nutrition and is now using his talents and his knowledge in the war effort. other tuskegee scientists are also working to improve diets at home with the need of greater quantities of alcohol for war uses. scientists are working methods to get alcohol out of agricultural products using an improved process. these scientists get more alcohol from the plentiful sweet potato than ever before. many courses like this automotive class are given to women who learn to fill jobs vacated by men gone to war. prairie view, one of the state colleges of texas, is courses to supply trained and women to the increasingly technical fields of industrial military service in the agriculture department, students st

for almost a decade learning officer on how design for learning permit in your fellow of the american institutecollecting data analyzing, i think we will see the data in a few minutes. housekeeping notes first, after we hear from the panel and audience today, will have microphones around if you're not here, feel free e-mail questions that and you can also use # here. if we have introverts in te room. [laughter] right after the panel we will have a reception and there will be copies of jenny and rebecca's book available and i'm sure they will be happy to sign that copy. thank you for coming and i will handed off to jenny. [applause] >> why don't you all join me? thank you also much for being here. i'm really looking forward to this conversation. we will get into four issues, we will frame the problem, the issue, the challenge, the scope, what are we rebounding from and we will look at what is causing it -- spoiler alert, not just covid. we will look at strategies working and not working. what can we leave in the heap pile of history? and then we want blue sky thinking and really dream about if w

i how equal the north was in this ugly institution of american slavery. yes good evening. like everyone else here, i just wanted to i couldn't just sit without and just saying how thankful are for you to not down and to honor our ancestor is and i wanted to introduce and say that what saw on the campus that you were and that your name of course, caught my attention. my name is traci lanier. thompson. yes. so whether related or not, this story, one that just touched me, my daughter and i, when i saw it in the campus register and we went on a deep dive, we the documentary, we're waiting anxiously for the book. i cannot to read it and i can't wait to a picture with you. but thank you so much for everything. it and i just want to speak to that and i referred to it as you know when we're doing the genealogical it's like an adoptive trying to piece their family back together. but i always i see people with the name lanier or thompson. the first thing i think is, are you family? and why we do that is because our families were so violently and displaced from family that. we could

this was hosted by the american enterprise institute. it's just over an hour . >>. [inaudible] >> okay, good afternoon everyone. i'm robert doar, president of the american enterprise institute and i am happy to welcome you all to the discussion this afternoon on higher education reform, higher education generally with michael elliott president of amherst college. there you go. that's what i like to hear. i spent some time in the hudson valley of new york not too far from western central massachusetts and i know how beautiful amherst is and i have friends who went there and visit the campus often and i were admired greatly so i'm particularly happy you are here. aei is very involved in the discussion of what needs to change in higher education so i begin by saying a great love but i want you all to know i certainly want michael to know that we think there needs to be a change . the confidence in higher education colleges and universities are way down . polls show that . only 36% of americans have a great deal of quite a lot of confidence in highereducation, down from

and same goes for his attempt to dismantle american institutions. again. take usaid, for example. us employees, yes, they are recipients of foreign aid. they're still at risk, no doubt. but courts have intervened. our guardrails for now seem to be working. now, musk is threatening to take over the department of education, and that was a direct order from trump. but he also added another department to elon's list, one that could create a rift in between musk and maga. >> i've instructed him to go check out education to check out the pentagon, which is the military. and, you know, sadly, you'll find some things that are pretty bad. but i don't think proportionately you're going to see anything like we just saw now. >> so far, musk has gone after the easiest targets, the smallest agencies. you know, the low hanging fruit of the federal budget, usaid, and perhaps the department of education, the department of labor, and so on, agencies that if you actually add them all up, barely, barely make 1% of total federal spending. now, if doge was really about trimming costs, the pentagon woul

let's bring in jack borough foundation chair chuck brewer and american institute policy chairman andnfl wide receiver fred murphy. great to have you with us tonight as we look forward to the big game obviously. travis kelce he was asked about what he thought about the president attending the big game. here is what travel said -- travis said. your reaction on the other side. >> no matter who the president is i am excited because it is the biggest game of my life. having the president their best country in the world. very cool. >> kevin: best country in the world good to have the leader of the free world there. >> i love it it is about time travis is coming on board of. i hope he scores a couple touchdowns and does the trump dance. i think everybody knows it but it is exciting to think that we have president trump addressing the nation before the super bowl and they obviously are going to attend the game. travis in the past he has not been so willing to support president trump and it sounds like patrick my homes is whispering in his ear. >> kevin: i'm sure a lot of people out there are

from washington and across the country, coming up saturday morning, the american enterprise institute's frederick hess and the education law center's robert kim discuss the trump administration and education policy. then attorney who focuses on national security and federal employment looks at current efforts to reduce the number of government workers. c-span's "washington journal," join in the conversation live at 7:00 eastern saturday morning on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> and now, british prime minister starmer address the weekly prime minister's question time before the house of common sense. this is about 40 minutes. about. >> they'll be appalled in sheffield on monday. making it easier for businesses to do business and ensuring a better relationship with our european partners delivers for the british people. i shall have further such meetings later today. >> thank you, mr. speaker. sadly, suicide is the biggest killer of young people under 35. they each lost their precious daughters, sophie, emily and beth to suicide. and they have campaigned tirelessly for sui

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it's not just our government, another treasured american institution is having to take drastic measurese due to shortages, waffle house is adding a 50-cent per egg surcharge. well, if there's one thing i know about waffle house customers, it's that they'll handle the news with grace and aplomb. i'm told we have live footage of a customer learning about the egg surcharge. >> they still -- [shouting] >> stephen: this cost of eggs could hit the company right in the ol' napkin caddy, because waffle house serves 272 million eggs per year, making it the most-ordered item, surpassing hash browns and waffles. wait a second. are you telling me waffles aren't the top product at waffle house? next you're gonna tell me the best selling item at cracker barrel isn't crack! i just feel bad. i love waffle house. i feel bad for all the egg-loving waffle house customers, one in particular. >> i like omelettes better than sex. >> stephen: we got a great show for you tonight! my guests are miles teller and w. kamau bell. but when we come back, we get to the bottom of the usaid crisis with the most recent a

president trump is taking over the board of an iconic american cultural institution, the kennedy centerl media post late this evening, the president said he was terminating multiple members of the board of trustees and installing himself as chairman. presidents appoint members for 6 year terms to the board. the current chairman is financier and philanthropist david rubenstein, also a donor to pbs. still to come on the “newshour” -- jonathan capehart and matthew continetti weigh in on the week's political headlines. ahead of the super bowl, the boom in legal sports betting. and long-time chef lawrence chu gives his brief but spectacular take on treating every day like a grand opening. ♪ >> this is the pbs news hour from the david rubenstein studio at weta in washington, d.c. and from the west at the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. geoff: president trump said today that he's in no rush to do anything in gaza. earlier this week he talked about the need for palestinians to leave gaza, calling it a demolition zone, and for the us to take over the area and de

. (♪) >>> we're back now on gma looking at an american institution. >> that's right.s are turning 115, and i have scouts with me here from the greatest new york and northern new jersey councils. they're here to celebrate. this segment is sponsored by scouting america, the new name for a group with generations of tradition and impact. when she joined the scouts, it was the start of an epic adventure full of life lessons. >> scouting is about service and about how we can give back to the community. >> even traveling to switzerland to work with displaced scouts. >> i was able to adapt on the fly. it was interesting to see how these cultures collided and blossomed into something brand-new. >> john shell got hooked on scouting in middle school, but found the fish in his hometown of mobile, alabama weren't biting. >> we weren't catching any fish. i wanted to make it so that people, wherever they went, could catch fish and enjoy themselves at the beach. >> for his award-winning eagle scott project, john installed more than 100 artificial reefs like this to boost the underwat