she spoke at the center for american progress in washington about her committee's legislative priorities and the effect of the month-long government shutdown. this is just under an hour. >> good morning, everyone. my name is neera tanden, i'm president for the center of american action sunday. on behalf of everyone at american progress, i want to welcome all of you to this incredibly important event. while donald trump and hz allies have continued to hold our country hostage during day 26 of this government shutdown, i am so glad to report that at least some of our nation's leaders are still upholding their duties and responsibilities on behalf of the american people. democrats have now taken over leadership of the house financial services committee for the first time in eight years. and they're certainly -- [ applause ] oh, yes. and they certainly have a long list of pressing issues to address. that is because republicans in congress have relentlessly pursued an agenda to rig our economy in favor of big corporations and sadly the ultra rich and their efforts have only intensified under

winnie: welcome to the center for american progress. today, the fundamental right to vote is being attacked from all directions. whether it's strict voter i.d. laws that discriminate against native americans and other communities, systematic voter purges from gerrymandering districts. to make matters even worse, donald trump continues to spew baseless lies about voter fraud while failing to prioritize securing our elections against foreign interference. at the same time, the department of justice has made clear that it can no longer be relied upon to protect the right of eligible americans to participate in our democratic process. you have to look no further than today's headlines about north carolina's ninth congressional district. those headlines are mindnumbing and a reminder for all of us about the work that needs to be done on election. fortunately in the absence of leadership at the national level, progressive champions at the state and local levels are now standing on the front lines of efforts to preserve and expand voting rights

watt vigeland is the associate director of gun violence prevention policy at the center for american progress he joins us live now from washington d.c. sir thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera so it's been a year and it has been a year where the issue has been highlighted and some steps forward have been taken but do you think they've been significant enough. so as you mentioned there has been significant steps at a state level you mentioned the sixty seven laws that have passed at a state level that are common sense measures that will reduce gun violence in contrast only nine that we can see that we consider dangerous regulations such as arming teacher were passed out of state level so there's a huge difference there you can also see as you mention on the on the midterm election in the last year gun violence was one of the main issues was actually the fourth main issue for borders according to exit polls and they voted for four for politicians that were willing to act to reduce gun violence in this country and you can you see that the house immediately took steps by introducin

joining me again, back with me, juanita tolliver from the center for american progress.egist shermichael singleton. and radio host, dean obeidallah. juanita, klobuchar is in the race, a strong candidate. liz warren officially came in yesterday. and the list is growing. and klobuchar has the honor that president trump just tweeted that she was talking about global warming while it was snowing all overleagues for pret to say something outrageous on twitter about you. how do you see in terms of where many of us are concerned as you are about social justice and the racial inequality, how do you see these candidates in terms of laying out a real policy agenda that is not in any way short and not limited as opposed to the president who has really driven a lot of this divide? >> yeah, i think a lot of it's going to come down to a couple of factors here. one, each candidate's individual connection to race through their identity or acts of service and directly relating to those communities. but also, the fact that this nation is on a daily basis seemingly grappling with a number

skype lawrence korb a former assistant secretary of defense and senior fellow at the center for american progress welcome to you all if i could start with patrick it's a fairly detailed report some would say quite shocking how did you reach these sorts of conclusions. we examined open source material visual material looking at the arsenals of particular militia groups including the security belt and the elite forces and the giants that have been recently engaged in the a date if offensive and we matched the types of weapons that we were seeing with transfer data that is of published data that states. register on their arms transfers and we source certain patterns while much of the weapons that are currently being used by militia groups in yemen are legacy weapons the old weapons that had been in the country for you know prior to the conflict we're now seeing some disturbing patton's of what we would say is deliberate diversion of weapons particularly vehicles and we see a wide variety of us not just u.s. south african army vehicles but also small arms from various european states including. garia

will not take you live to the center for american progress.gon governor kate brown is at an event this morning. she'll be discussing for the precipitation -- participation in the 2020 election. that is the beginning momentarily here on c-span. >> good morning and thank you for joining us here at the center for american progress. our program will begin shortly. please take this time to silence all cell phones. after the conversation, there will be a brief time for questions. >> we are like this morning. several oregon state lawmakers introduced a bill that would ask the organ constitution to lower the voting age from 18 years old to 16 years old. governor kate brown is expected this morning to offer her thoughts. this is an event hosted by the center for american progress. live coverage on c-span. we expect to start just a moment. >> we are live the center for american progress this morning awaiting remarks from oregon's governor kate around. she's expected to talk about voter precipitate -- participation in the upcoming 2020 election. lawmaker

and more now with abigail bard who is a research associate in asia policy at the center for american progress action fund thank you very much for taking the time to speak to us it appears that the north koreans overplayed their hand in the summit president walks away as he said he was prepared to do is the process completely dead now or is it a political setback. well first thank you for having me on tonight i think the process isn't dead yet diplomacy takes a long time there's a lot of setbacks and hopefully the trump administration is well it is ready to friend this is a setback and not the end of the road president trump has already told president moon of south korea that he wants moon's help to mediate between him and kim jong il kim jong un has said some things that suggest that he might be open to future talks if you know the u.s. is willing to put things on the table so it's definitely not dead yet but we need to keep watching to see what happens. just hearing a clip there from the north korean side it's very interesting that they're now saying they only wanted some of the sanctions re

current member on the board of directors for the center of american progress.he's founded multiple organizations. she inspires people to get to work and she shepherds that work. she's now the founder and chair of fair fight, an effort to advocate for election reform and ensure that all voters have access to the polls. as we know her home state had a little trouble with that this year. she's also launching an organization to get a fair count in the census. those of us who care about health care know how important this this any all -- this any decennial census count is. i am really grateful that she's engaged in that fight. one more thing that i want to say, when we were in savannah on the bus, we met a mom and two young kids. the mom said to me, i have never been political. stacy abrams, she just made me get up and get involved. and here the mom was going with her two kids door knocking. so i am so honored and so pleased to welcome to the stage stacey abrams, a woman who gets , us off the couch. [applause] ♪ ms. abrams: thank you. thank you very much. i'm going

skype lawrence korb a former assistant secretary of defense and senior fellow at the center for american progress welcome to you all if i could start with patrick it's a fairly detailed report some would say quite shocking how did you reach these sorts of conclusions. we examined open source material visual material looking at the arsenals of particular militia groups including the security belt and the elite forces and the giants that have been recently engaged in the a date of offensive and we matched the types of weapons that we were seeing with transfer data that is a published day show that states. register on their arms transfers and we source and patents while much of the weapons that are currently being used by militia groups in yemen are legacy weapons the old weapons that had been in the country for you know prior to the conflict we're now seeing some disturbing patton's of what we would say is deliberate diversion of weapons particularly vehicles and we see a wide variety of us not just u.s. south african army vehicles but also small arms from various european states including. garia b

was going to be this work horse and really he's a show horse joins you calling to send him for american progress terms campaign and transition team had more than one hundred separate contacts with russian level russian linked officials many of them not revealed until well after the fact are you concerned about this whole russian thing george. i don't i don't really think you can be an american and not a hyper partisan which i'm not i'm a republican i'm a proud reagan conservative i always have been and always will be but i love my country first and foremost and that level and the extent of the contacts with russia. have to be an eyebrow raising concerning moment for anybody now have they come up with anything in terms of collusion direct. outcome determinative involvement with the russians in our elections i don't think so but you've got a lot of people under indictment or who play bargain their way in into into prison sentences and i feel i feel like there's a lot of people trying to stiff arm this this discussion i would like to see the special prosecutor finish his job file his report and see

i want to turn to a tweet here from neera tanden and she is the president of the center for american progress this is basically a democratic party sort of think tank and the centrist democratic party and it appears they prefer a one party state similar to what china has that you don't you could mean oh you only could have a fake faute we don't want real competition we don't want political ideas actually have to be debated and proven and like persuade the voter to vote for your policies because well neera tanden and her think tank which is financed by the way by several absolute monarchies including cutter u.a.e. saudi arabia so they're there apparently these absolute monarchy is a very concern. about us having some progress and democracy here but then id projects that help destroy democracy are disgusting if he enters the race howard schultz i will start a starbucks boycott because i'm not giving a penny there what end up in the election coffers of a guy who will help trump when she was responding to a tweet from isaac devor a who says news former starbucks c.e.o. howard schultz says in a six

blowback by democratic women on twitter, like the president of the liberal think tank center for american progress when folks feel under attack who they are, saying race, gender or sexual orientation or identity doesn't matter is not off, it's simply wrong. son after, sanders was suddenly sing a different tune when asked what he looked for in a running mate. he said this. >> i think we would look for somebody who is maybe not of the same gender that i am and maybe somebody that might be a couple years younger than me. >> so apparently gender does matter. this interested me, sanders is one of two straight white men who has so far announced, whereas nearly all of those who haven't yet decided are straight white men, derek holder, as pointed out in this piece in politico, how does a straight while mail democrat run for president? answer, very carefully. bill share is a contributor to real clear politics. why does it seek like the white guys as a group are hesitant? >> well, i think that democrats, in general, have a pretty big appetite for nominee that is going to be an advocate for fighting bigotry,

obama administration lawyer and policy advisor and is now the vice president of the center for american progressllegal, unconstitutional, and desperate. the response would be to first overturn the vote in congress and if that fails take them to court. you say to very simple terms. this is something that has resonated with his the border wall, and it is something that many of them to want funded. do you see a way to bridge the divide that there is currently between democratic and republican lawmakers. the wall is wildly unpopular outside ofa the wall is wildly unpopular outside of a small portion of the present‘s base. whatever the solution might be is not for the president to ignore the constitution and the law. he will probably argue that he is within his rights and his presidential power to declare a national emergency. he will point to the figures and i know they are disputed, but many i have spoken to that are republicans, that are loyal supporters obvious, say that something is to be done with his own border. there is no national emergency at the border. at historic levels, crossings are qu

professor and center for american progress action funds who worked with 2016 candidates -- i should say profit organization. thanks to both of you. jason, what does it mean to have senator booker in this race now? >> it means we have one of the biggest names in the race that we were waiting for. senator harris is relatively new. senator warren has been around for a long time. senator booker has been known for the guy who can bring a crowd. he can bring the boys and girls to the yard. he's had celebrity girlfriends. he's been here. he's been there. this is a big name. even though right now senator booker hasn't necessarily been doing well in some of the early polls, he has the ability to absolutely transform what this race is looking like for several reasons. number one, not just because he's an african-american male. two, he's the only person who's joined the race who has true executive experience as a mayor. he can point to places where he initiated policy and actually made a difference one way or another. he also has the opportunity to sort of play up the fact that he's worked with re

in short, on the eve of american entry into world war i, progressives articulated a fierce critique of the judiciary as an institution, and especially of the judicial enforcement of constitutional rights. even a congressional commitment linked labor unrest to a perception among workers that justice was unavailable to them in allegedly capitalist courts. notably, few progressives suggested the solution was to supplement enforcement of personal rights. instead, they thought to curb judicial power. they issued proposals to strict jurisdictions, to enable the popular recall of judges and judicial decisions, and to eliminate judicial review. thenouldn't surprise us that this thoroughgoing critique of court centered constitutionalism would in p the development of a speech protected first amendment jurisprudence during the first world war. herehasize development because a periodic efforts to expand the sweep of the first amendment during the 19th and early 20th centuries had failed to produce a meaningful constitutional commitment to expressive freedom. the first amendment begins with the wor

she said this last week in remarks reclaiming religious freedom at the liberal center for american progressoftentimes as a society, when we are most uncomfortable is when the real shift happens. >> well, listen, we are uncomfortable because we are living in a time that there is higher levels of toxicity, more corrosion. it's not a fight over religious freedom. the one thing that we can thank the good lord for is our first amendment that guarantees our free speech and freedom of religion. what we are having is a very different conversation. we are starting to hear hate-filled words that are being monetized to the benefit of folks who want to continue a narrative focused on folks like -- folks in our jewish community that i think is totally inappropriate and needs to be challenged and thankfully it is being challenged. >> martha: based on that before i let you go, do you think she should be removed from this committee? >> i have said in a number of different opportunities i have had that i will let the house and the leadership deal with folks in the house and their leadership. and frankly i w

guest to discuss, heritage foundation senior policy analyst, justin bogie along with center for american progress economic data, managing your come in green. gentleman thank you for joining us. eight states now plus the aclu planning to sue the administration over the national emergency declaration. this can get pretty long, pretty ugly. how do you see the sending up? >> the court will have to do the right anchor the constitution is clear that congress has the power of the. the congress passed appropriations bills into law that provides the president authority to move money between certain accounts. but the president did not have authority to move the money as he is doing and so he is in clear breach of the law in the constitution and the vast majority of the american people do not support him on this. it's wrong and the courts will strike it down. lauren: justin, the president says he expects to be sued. he will take us all that to the court. would expect to see happen there? >> i think it's disappointing congress could work with the president signed a resolution that would've avoided this outco

joining me now the former senior agent policy official at the pentagon now with the center for american progress. with this announcement from secretary pompeo, he makes the point that russia has been violating the agreement for years. what then is the risk that they run for pulling out if they haven't been complying? >> reporter: i think this is a pretty destabilizing move potentially. it is like opening a pandora's box. so i think the big question for the trump administration is what comes next. what are the plans for developing and fielding missiles in europe and in asia? what does that mean for our allies and partners? some may not want to field those missiles. i think there are unanswered questions from the trump administration. >> what goes in its place is that inf has done. from what you see and what you have heard, it's not clear to you. >> it's not clear to me what the plans are. there have been some discussion of potentially modifying conventional missiles that we have in our arsenal, for example the tomahawk missile and fielding that. it's not very clear. i don't think the administrati

joining us now is neera tanden, president of the center for american progress, who had some of her e-mailsed during the 2016 hacking of the dnc. we're also joined by malcolm nance, who is an mean counterterrorism analyst and author of "how to destroy democracy." thank you both for being here with us. neera, i'm going to start by reading some of this daily beast article. this is the talks between the parties of not using the kind of data that was used against the clinton campaign in 2016. it says efforts were made between the two political parties to strike a pact that would effectively bind them from weaponizing stolen or hacked content, again, but those conversations never culminated in an actual agreement. the democratic congressional campaign committee and the republican national committee came close in the 2016, but the nrcc balk at the idea they or their candidates could highlight or reference press reports based on materials that had been hacked. it would be simply impossible not to already acknowledge information already in the public domain. that was part of the justification for p

was -- the euthanasia program of 1935 was also directly lifted from blueprints supplied by american progressivesthis is the actual and it's kind of papered over by progressive historiography but it's all coming back in a nightmares fashion. >> laura: looking at the results of this most recent poll, it is without a doubt influenced by this infanticide debate. as a social justice attorney, how do you view this change, even among democrats, on the issue of abortion? >> first off, thank you for having me on your show, it's great to be here. first we have to focus on what the issue is and we must look at it from the standpoint of unwanted pregnancies and how we prevent that. the best way to avoid that, and what we need to do to help people and advise them of the problems that they have. >> laura: i get that, kelly, but let's stay focused very specifically on what we are talking about here. we're not talking about counseling people on birth control, we are talking about infants who are actually born in the u.s. congress can't get itself together to protect an infant that is born alive? it is a person

there are other groups including the center for american progress who says this is quota direct assault on separation of powers and they have used language to indicate that they view this move as illegal. and would likely pursue challenges against it. it's something that the white house has been worried about all along. you know, the counsel's office has worked through this plan with the president telling him there are various moves he could take that would be more subject to litigation than others and he's chosen ultimately to go with the national emergency declaration. that's at the highest risk of legal challenges. that's why you have republicans on capitol hill who are extremely worried about how this is going to play out and also the precedent it will set if a democrat takes the white house in the future. >> we heard from speaker pelosi yesterday after this news came out. she basically stood on the podium listen first things first. we'll respond accordingly. but it's currently a republican president but when you have a democratic president in office don't expect -- she implied he c

heather mcgee, made an emotional plea for urgent action yesterday and president at the center for american progress. this green new deal debate is interesting because first of all, it's only happening in one part of american politics because there is a side doing things like nominating that u.n. ambassador, there is nothing happening over there. what are the debates that are happening here, heather? >> i think everything changed when the latest u.n. climate change report came out. my son was a month old when that came out, and i sat there and just had all the range of feelings when you realize this person you brought into the world will be inheriting if we do nothing over the next 12 years. basically, a nightmare. so, you know, i think most of the democratic party, much of the main stream has been working for a very long time for ten years for 20 years on a plan that frankly has just been surpassed. there is now a new goalpost, i wish that there weren't but there is. >> right. >> and so the green new deal, the resolution, the idea, the vision that i will say is popular, immensely popular just in it

. >> in a recent talk at the center of american progress, omar said power works both ways. >> you cannot stand for freedom while use of a tentatively threatened to people from an entire religion from entering this country. >> after omar's apology, she added this, and i quote. at the same time, i reaffirm the problematic role of lobbyist in our politics, whether it be a aipac, the national rifle association, or the falls of your injury fossil fuel industry. >> bret: let's talk more about the situation. good evening, brit. what do you of all this today? >> i think it's interesting that the congress jumped on her with both feet, really, and got her to issue what you called an unequivocal apology. the question remains now is any further action will ensue. you may recall when congressman steve king of iowa, a hard-core conservative, had been accused of racial insensitivity and worse was caught in a similar situation. he was stripped by the republican leadership of his committee assignments. ms. omar has a coveted position and so far no move to strip her of any of her committee assignments. th

alanna's been seen as a progressive city with considerable african-american progressive leaders.re were they when all of this was happening? >> that is a good question. atlanta has always been known as the city about image. historically, black and white elite have worked together to decrease any racial tension. why werethe question, so many black teachers, educators charged? if you can make a situation look like it is more black on black crime, you decrease the level of racial tension. in our book, we detail atlanta's history of displacement and destruction. we feel the criminalization of black teachers was just the next chapter in that legacy. whatshani, talk about happened you, how this impacted you. you were pregnant at the time? >> i was pregnant during the entire eight-month trial. it was emotionally and mentally draining. was also financially draining. we were in court monday through thursday 9:00 to 5:00. the most disheartening thing to me, the weight was per trade in the media was educators cheated on their children's tests to get a payout. the talk about how we achieved

kennedy new front to your award, and a current member of the board of directors for the center for american progress. and if that was not enough she's also written suspense novels. i'm feeling quite tumble up here, and in march 2019 we could be featuring come in march twitching she would releasing her new book, lead from the outside, how to build your future and make real change that were delighted you here today. thank you very much. [applause] i'm also honored to welcome jelani cobb, are moderated for today's discussion. [applause] there you go. he is the ira lipman professor journalism at columbia university as a contributor to the new yorker magazine we writes about race, politics, history and culture. he was telling us about courses he teaches before we came in here, and people in the green room were ready to site up. his articles and essays have appeared in other publications including the "washington post," the new republic and essence. he is author of the book the substance of hope, barack obama and the paradox of progress. so two very impressive bios, and i would just ask that you all join

joining me is nira tannin, now the president and ceo of center for american progress. also here with me betsy woodruff, and sahil kapour reporter for bloomberg news. kasie, you're on the campaign trail bundled up. you knew bernie sanders round one in 2016. here we are now round two. how does this announcement -- what does this announcement mean for the race? you're also on the trail with kamala harris. >> reporter: that's right, hallie. yes, it is freezing here in new hampshire as per usual. but it's also great to be back. kamala harris doing the storied politics and eggs breakfast. bernie sanders jumping in to this race. there were some questions about whether or not he was going to do it. there were reports of him having meals with elizabeth warren as they both talked about what their plans were going to be. and i think the question is does he have that same energy this time around that he showed in 2016, or is that energy now spread out among too many other potential choices for democratic voters? i think when you talk to people who are working on some of these othe

she spoke at the center for american progress in washington about her committee's legislative priorities and the effect of the month-long government shutdown. this is just under an hour. >> good morning, everyone. my name is neera tanden, i'm president for the

joining us now, neera tanden, president of the center for american progress and maya wylie and former counsel to the mayor of new york city. she's an msnbc legal analyst. thank you to both of you. welcome. neera, let's start with you. donald trump seems to have focused his attention or refocused his attention now on nancy pelosi. that hasn't worked for him since this new congress has come into force. nancy pelosi seems to have outmaneuvers donald trump once and he keeps going at her for some reason. >> in fact, donald trump's attacks on nancy pelosi have done nothing except shore up and strengthen nancy pelosi. if you asked republicans a year ago whether she would be, you know, almost ten points more popular than donald trump, they would have said, that's not p , possible, but now we have donald trump and he has done this incredible thing, which is to make nancy pelosi, far more popular than him. i think her strength comes from the fact he is a bully who has bullied republicans into subservians, and people want to check on that and she stands up to him. she's able to deliver results.

the american research progress and joe revealed that the surface of mercury the planet closest to the sun is different from that of the other rocky planets it contains much less ion than do earth or mars. what researchers found instead were elements such as sulfur and chlorine a puzzling find. them of a yard and those are materials that should actually disappear under such high temperatures for for example really shouldn't be there at all but it makes up forty five percent of the surface that came as a huge surprise so the question is how did mercury form and where did it form what of it. did mercury really take shape in its current orbit close to the sun if so how did it acquire so much volatile sulphur. that contradicts our fieri of how the solar system developed to the rocky planet originally formed somewhere else completely far from the sun and colder regions closer to the gas giants an asteroid could have knocked it out of its orbit and catapulted it much closer to the sun. the new mercury mission hopes to clarify how and where the curious planets formed the answers should also p

kennedy new frontier award and current member of the board of directors for center for american progress. if that was not enough, she's also writ eight romantic sprens novels. i'm feeling quite humble up here. and in march, 2019, you're a month late. we could be featuring you -- march, 2019, she will release her new book, lead from the outside, how to build your future and make real change. we're delighted you're here today. thank you very much. [applause] ted: i'm also honored to welcome jelani cobb, moderator for today's discussion. there you go. he is the live-in professor of journalism at the columbia school of journalism and contributor to the new yorker magazine where he writes about race, politics, history and culture. he was actually telling us a little bit about the courses he teaches before we came in here and people in the room -- green room were ready to sign up. his articles and essays have also appeared in other publications including "the washington post," the "republic" and essence." and he is the author of barack .bama so please welcome stacey abrams and jelani cobb to t

american goods. that is certainly progress, but what the americans really do want to see is some movement by the chinese to curb some of the activities that it finds really difficult to swallow, for example, the subsidies that you see chinese companies receiving by the government. that really gives an unfair playing field for these american companies that are trying to operate in china. the other issue for the americans is that yes, they really wa nt for the americans is that yes, they really want to get a deal, but also of concern is to make sure that deal sticks. in the past there have been some promises made by china to past american administrations, and there is concern that there may be some reneging on any deal that is actually reached between the two. let's turn our attention now to australia, because the australian dollar has been on a bit of a roller coaster ride, that is after a reuters report that customs has been banning imports of australian coal. it says it can also recall imports from all sources to the end of 2019 and i2 from all sources to the end of 2019 and 12 million tonnes. australi