a professor of development studies at the school of international service at american university he joins us now via skype from washington good to have you with us for the last seventy years mexico has been led by leaders from the rights now we're looking at a strong left wing candidate lopez obrador potentially becoming president that could suggest a major shift in how the country will be governed now if lopez obrador wins will he be successful in turning the country around and tackling major issues like corruption violent crime the economy. well thank you the answer depends a lot on on how much he wins by if he can win with a strong majority and the party that he has been leading in a majority in the congress he might be able to carry out some significant reforms keep in mind that for the last thirty years mexico has been governed by an alternation of different parties from the from the right as you say but it's really been a three way party system and none of those parties are hanging on the really all

washington journal is hector silva avalos, the inside -- inside crime project manager at the american university center for american and latino studies. joining us this morning to talk about the transnational gang, particular, we are looking at the in-depth project and report you were involved in, .s-13 in the americas how the gang resists destruction. what is ms-13? how did they get started? guest: it is a criminal organization, a big criminal organization that has been around for decades, that has plagued the northern triangle of region inerica, the under a -- in hunt doris -- in honduras. they do drug trafficking at local levels. they are very violent. america,l american -- they are known for, let's say the quality of their violence. in these countries, it is a challenge to the state, but mostly, territory control that these states exercise. lates formed back in the 80's in the west coast of the united states, mainly by central escaping fromnts civil war's happening in central america in those years. a lot of the founding members had military background or had some point font with the -- foug

washington journal is hector silva avalos, the inside -- inside crime project manager at the american university center for american and latino studies. joining us this morning to talk about the transnational gang, particular, we are looking at the in-depth project and report you were involved in, .s-13 in the americas how the gang resists destruction. what is ms-13? how did they get started? guest: it is a criminal organization, a big criminal organization that has been around for decades, that has plagued the northern triangle of region inerica, the under a -- in hunt doris -- in honduras. they do drug trafficking at local levels. they are very violent. america,l american -- they are known for, let's say the quality of their violence. in these countries, it is a challenge to the state, but mostly, territory control that these states exercise. lates formed back in the 80's in the west coast of the united states, mainly by central escaping fromnts civil war's happening in central america in those years. a lot of the founding members had military background or had some point font with the -- foug

washington journal is hector silva avalos, the inside -- inside crime project manager at the american university center for american and latino studies. joining us this morning to talk about the transnational gang, ms-13

conversations] >> over the years booktv has covered hundreds of books on foreign affairs such as american university sarah snyder on america's inclusion of human rights activism and foreign policy. >> sees been going about the cities literary scene. up next to speak with professor and first female two-time recipient of the national book award, jesmyn ward. >> the winner of the national book award for fiction is jesmyn ward. [cheers and applause] "salvage the bones." >> these are things i've been obsessed with us idea of what the idea of history and how history bears on the present and how our past isn't really our past. how our past is also present. i think this is one of the reasons consumers i wrote about incarceration in prison, writing about inccerati, incarceration of black people, black men, black boys. and how dehumanizing that is, how traumatic that is. and then how i guess the specific circumstances of that mass incarceration might have changed. maybe our prisons today don't look so much, don't really look much like parchment presented. they are not working plantations, but they are still d

conversations] >> over the years booktv has covered hundreds of books on foreign affairs such as american university's sarah snyder on america's inclusion of human rights activism in foreign policy, immigration and its impact on our global standing and yale's amy chua on how group identity shapes foreign policy. watch any of these programs and more by visiting booktv.org and searching foreign policy book in the search barr at the top of the -- search bar at the top of the page. >> so best selling historian doris kerns goodwin has a new book coming out. ms. goodwin, what's your focus? >> well, it's on leadership in turbulent times. so what i've done is to take four of the guys that i knew before -- lincoln, teddy, franklin roose and lbj domestically -- and look at them through the lens of leadership so, hopefully, it can be a road map for young leaders, for established leaders about what's leadership in moments of great tush lends are, and what it was able to achieve. it gives us solace, i think, when we look back to that. >> host: end when did you start working on a book like this? >> guest: five year

from american university about the risk that most american companies are truly global with national security apple is a true multinational company headquartered here but the government imposed a major cyberthreat is that in conflict with the chinese market is not as clear as it could have been with other manufacturers in the half what side they will take a lot of time thinking about the next big war we need prepared when we deal with companies logistically could they be mobilized so can you talk about the risk for the government of how the dynamics of her book? one of the issues we work a lot is that between the 30 divide that he will understand is how do we deal with that? the premise of your question global companies facebook has more users in any country has members with google and apple have investors they have a few douche phone --dash fiduciary responsibility for the natural tension what you do make good on your responsibility to your investors but also your company? that was the one to hunt job edward noted and the apple fbi came so the level of distress here at stanford in s

discusses hurricane preparedness and vulnerable communities. 13 with astate of ms member of the american universityenter for american and latino studies. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal. join the discussion. >> featuring all-female presenters, the 2018 conference hosted by the truman national security project in washington dc. live coverage begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span two. ♪ "reels weekend on america" on american history tv, -- soviet leader mikhail gorbachev. waved democracy in -- democracy is sometimes complicated and trying, but it is a good way and the best way. once again, mr. general secretary, i want to extend to you and all those who have labored so hard for this moment my warmest personal thanks. sundayh "reel america" at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span three. >> secretary of state mike pompeo talked to reporters in new york after his meeting with senior north korean officials. he said progress had been made in the last 72 hours on the summit plan. he announced north korean officials would travel to washington, d.c. on friday to deliver a letter to president trump -- kim

you have to admire the chutzpah. >> laura: the american universities, i would say, are purposely ignoranthuge money. they love the foreign students coming in, too. they pay cash. >> one-third of all foreign students are chinese. >> laura: ivy league institutions, the university of california system, incredibly smart people. but they are looking to get our ip, as it's being developed. >> before our companies can get it. or the government. >> laura: sovereign wealth funds going in and investing early. >> another channel. all of this it seems to be controlled and targeted by the great topping china. we used to think this was free market companies -- >> laura: they have the china 2020 plan and this is part of it. >> used to be a conspiracy theory. now it is a white house document today. >> laura: peter navarro's report came out. >> he uses these buzzwords about economic -- >> laura: we are going to get into more of that. that is a very important part. mike pillsbury, thank you very much. we'll be right back. on .. >> something we don't have to get into with pillsbury but is important mother r

a fellow and professor at the american university of beirut and here in doha ibrahim for a hot associate professor in conflicts resolution at the doha institute for graduate studies thank you all welcome to inside story let me see if i can start with you in amman the protests over austerity measures in jordan have been going on for some time now until now they've been fairly small in scale and hadn't spread so why has the discontent in your opinion finally boiled over. well it's an accumulated feeling of anger and frustration among all centers of and all classes in jordan that. they can constitutive governments have been dealing with the jordanian citizens with total disregard no accountability no sense of good governance or no sense of the concept of social justice so the income tax deferred income tax was just a trigger that just brought everything to the surface and united many people including people who are have been staunch loyalists and have been critical of the opposition in the past they've brought them out on the seas especially among young people if you can i go i see new i se

threateneded in the death of the father along with five other jesuits at the uca, the central american university, as well as two lay people. i think this is a very serious threat that our country has to take a look at and demand that steps be taken to protect the life of all nicaraguans and particularly the students and the director of the central american university, the jesuit institution there. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from west virginia, mr. jenkins, for five minutes. thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, the opioid crisis touches nearly every family in west virginia. with too many lives lost to the disease of addiction. it's an issue i hear about every day. as the opioid epidemic forces increasing numbers of children into foster care, we see more and more grandparents being left to raise their grandchildren. these grandparents face the task of caring for young children while navigating a complex child welfare system. many have little support and are also coping even with their adult child's addiction. we must make it easier for grand

i had the first or second person minor in women's studies at american university, and thin taught women's studies at george down and gw and au, and attended pretty much every march on washington. so, i want to read just few little bits, and give you a sense of the way that complicated topics are boiled down, can't do better than our bodies, ourselvessing are right? how explosive was that? okay, this is just a little bit from the beginning of that chapter. he dem e a platform nor feminist revolution was every women's right to control her own body. yet in the movement residents new publications, media interviews, and in the truth-telling space of consciousness raising groups, many women admitted they barely knew their bodies. few had been encouraged to explore, understand their own preproductive organs, whether for health concerns pleasure. the female body was too often a source of shame, exploited for male desire and commercial benefit, ruled by the state or burdened with a complications of pregnancy and motherhood. seemed to belong to everyone but the woman herself. gere coming of age enc

prior to the revolution this place was very popular as the area where students from the american universityve their coffee. the aim is to offer small groups a genuine and perhaps grittier cairo experience through walking, history, culture and food. first on my tour is a family—owned business which specialises in the country's most ubiquitous dish. so, this is koshary. it is the national dish of egypt. you can get a very gourmet one, you can get a deconstructed one. you have lentils, chickpeas, fried onions, rice, macaroni. all in this one dish! yes. it is typical of middle eastern food. a melting pot of influences from former rulers such as the ottomans, to mediterranean countries and beyond. ok, i am going to give it a go. it is very rich. you can get the kick as well, from the spice and the peppers and the garlic as well. i like it a lot. egyptians love social media almost as much as their grub. and that has led to increased awareness of the latest culinary trends and fusions. since 2011, some 6000 new restaurants have opened in cairo. young people in the country, lots of them want to be

ago i spokeef time with jane hall, journalism professor at american university in washington. this is one of theeadliest attacks on journalists in u.s. history, but as nada tawfik was saying, could this become the new normal? our newsrooms going to become oolike s? jane: i certainly hope not. attacks on the media have been on the rise. verbal attacks on the media. and while you cannot say what the motive of this person was, i'm fearful that newsrooms are going to be more targeted. this was a targeted attackjo against nalism organization for the coverage it was doing. you can tell from your reporter's report that they were beloved for doing their job, and they continued to do their jobs even after this happen i know that there is heightened security at newsrooms. i know i have had former students who have been harassed more than i certainly was as a journalist and called out and verbally attacked. the climate is not good right now for this. laura: the presidentaid today that journalists should be free from the fear of being violently attacked doing their job, t we cannot turn n

. >> next, on lectures in history, american university professor johanna mendelson forman teaches a class on food and how disruptions in agricultural production and supply whether by natural or man-made causes can be a catalyst for war. she also talks about the role played by food during world war ii and the berlin airlift. her class is about an hour and a half. johanna: today, we are on week three of our conflict quizzing -- cuisine course and the topic we are going to discuss is what is on your screen. can food drive war?

the key issues that human rights are not american values or western values, they are universal valuesthink that's a way that people can continue to advance the cause of human rights. that is a project of the american values. something all human beings are entitled to by their status of being a human being. i do think language is important. the tone and the way in which activists undertake this is significant. as much as i can look at the un agreement is toxic i think now there are ways to frame efforts to improve human rights by stepping away from that. >> to have time to think about other things. >> technology has made the world so much smaller. as you're describing a lot of human relationships of things going on in the world. today we just continuously think things happen everywhere. does that have any impact on the international relationship and the ability for so many people to know so quickly and so much more completely how that plays into how government deals with them? >> something that activists in the 60s and 70s put considerable thought and resources to is how to make the pl

i'm from american university. i am a honduran. my question is, and you mentioned this, how can the u.s. put pressure on the central american governments to improve living conditions in their countries so that people are not forced to migrate? you mentioned violence, lack of food security, lack of access to health services, lack of education. so what can the u.s. do when lately the actions have been so hypocritical? for example, the u.s. accepting the reelection of the president in honduras which was illegal and fraudulent. what can the u.s. do to put pressures on corrupt countries? the root of everything i think is the corruption in these countries that is leading to the terrible living conditions, this lack of security. thank you. >> thank you. yes, please. >> hi, my name is julia. i am an immigrant from brazil. my question was actually just asked about like, what's the role of grass roots movements and community organizing and all this when this administration is so irresponsive? if you all are familiar, i'd be interested to hea

more into the issue and what it might mean for consumers and margot's professorial lecture at american university and andre barlow of a partner at doyle barlow that's him and mozart welcome to both of you andre have to say one i give you credit for being in that darn court room every day for six weeks it couldn't have been fun but you must to picked up on something because you called it here on our program that you thought this is what the judge was go going to do why are you so certain of that i think you know judge leon. he was really impressed by the fact that the government's own witness in the government conceded that there was going to be cost savings from this vertical merger and that those cost savings would be passed on to directv consumers so basically you know these cost savings passed on to directv consumers which is about twenty five million subscribers out there they're all going to see reduced prices so that was a concession by the government and its star economic witness professor shapiro. besides that in terms of this case we're talking about is not a vertical for closure case wh

more into the issue and what it might mean for consumers and margot's professorial lecture at american university and andre barlow of a partner at doyle barlow bats him and mozart welcome to both of you andre have to say one i give you credit for being in that darn court room every day for six weeks it couldn't have been fun but you must to picked up on something because you called it here on our program that you thought this is what the judge was go going to do why are you so certain of that i think you know judge leon. he was really impressed by the fact that the government's own witness in the government conceded that there was going to be cost savings from this vertical merger and that those cost savings would be passed on to directv consumers so basically you know these cost savings passed on to directv consumers which is about twenty five million subscribers out there they're all going to see reduced prices so that was a concession by the government and its star economic witness professor shapiro besides that in terms of this case we're talking about is not a vertical for closure case which

susan ferrechio, and capri cafaro, a former democratic senator in ohio who teaches at american university. roseanne fires off this horrible racist tweet. abc axes the tweet. you have some anchors like don lemon using that to say the president is more of a racist. katie: when we had the congressional baseball shooting the man who was the shooter supported bernie sanders. but you didn't see the comments that bernie sanders was responsible. what the rest of roseanne's show represented is being ignored. the rest of her show is very diverse. you have the transgender son. an african-american ghter who an african-american mother in the military. the rest of the family supports hillary clinton. all trump supporters and the president himself are being blamed for a comment put on twitter which was a line put continue to a teleprompter with samantha bee. howie: some pundits are saying trump was to blame for the roseanne tweet because he created the racist atmosphere. capri: i think the narrative and hypothesis that president trump has ignited this racist trend to cop out into the forefront and mains

and university of maryland college park campus says hung nooses and banana as terrorizing african-american students is not ironic it's of showing that. crimes have decreased beginning in one nine hundred ninety s. up into up until the last four years where this when explosion of hate crime fifty percent of those eight. percent are by white male white folks in this country and one fourth of those are perpetrated by blacks willing to the crime statistics of the f.b.i. and to be prostitutes the the reason why this increase has occurred is because of the fear. white men fear of losing their position their status their religion this country bred ads president from getting elected made a race matters a worse in this country and says if you don't stand up for prejudices now no matter your race you to me one day become a victim of racism back to you guys. thank you very much ashley that's that's really on point if you don't stand up to this no you too will be targeted at some point how you look what you do what you worship what you say will be targeted and that's the thing that people always forge

east and palestinian affairs in beirut we have rami koori senior fellow and professor at the american university of beirut and here in doha ibrahim for a hot associate professor in conflicts resolution at the doha institute for graduate studies thank you all welcome to inside story let me see if i can start with you in amman the protests over austerity measures in jordan have been going on for some time now until now they've been fairly small in scale and hadn't spread so why has the discontent in your opinion finally boiled over. well it's an accumulated feeling of anger and frustration among all centers of and all classes in jordan that. they can be considerate of governments have been dealing with the jordanian citizens with total disregard no accountability no sense of good governance or no sense of the concept of social justice so the income tax the float income tax was just a trigger that just brought everything to the surface and united many people including people who are have been staunch loyalists and have been critical of the opposition in the past they've brought them out on the seas

more into the issue and what it might mean for consumers and margot's professorial lecture at american university and andre barlow of a partner at doyle barlow that's him and mozart welcome to both of you andre have to say one.

and i covered a couple of stories in the past year where students on the american university and university of maryland college park campus says hung nooses and bananas terrorizing african-american students i then asked rather why are we seeing promises propaganda . it's not ironic it's of showing that. crimes have decreased beginning in one thousand nine hundred into up until the last four years where this mean explosion of heat crop if the percentage of those eight . percent or three round white male white folks in this country and one fourth of those are rejected by blacks willing to the crime statistics of the f.b.i. in the. process it's. the reason why this increase has occurred is because of the fear in white men if you are losing their position your status in this country read ads president from getting elected made a race matters a worse in this country and says if you don't stand up for prejudices now no matter your race you too may one day become a victim of racism back to you guys thank you very much actually that's that's really on point if you don't stand up to this now or you

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the gospel, jesus christ. >> "q&a" tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> next on "american history tv," ohio state universityth korean capture of the u.s.s. pueblo. he's the author of "the pueblo incident: a spy ship and the failure of american foreign policy." we recorded this interview with the american historical association annual meeting in washington. it's about 15 minutes. >> mitch lerner teaches history at ohio state university. he teaches the institute for korea study. has written a book about one particular incident in u.s.-north korea history. the pueblo incident which is marking its 50th anniversary this year. let's start by asking you to give the story of the pueblo. mitchell: it is amazing to the extent which it has been forgotten by the american people. the uss pablo was an -- an old world war ii cargo carrier that had been retired. it was old and dilapidated. rusty old ship that naval intelligence and

my name is -- [inaudible] at american university, and i am a honduran. i don't know if you can -- there. so my question is, and you mentioned this, how can the u.s. put pressure on the central american governments to improve living conditions in the, their countries so that people are not forced to migrate? main source of migration, you mentioned it, are violence, lack of food security, lack of access to health services, lack of education. so what can the u.s. do particularly when lately the actions have been so hypocritical? for example, the u.s. accepting the re-election of the president in honduras which was illegal and, to top it all off, fraudulent? so what can the u.s. do to put pressures on corrupt countries, and honduras? and it is at the root of everything, i think, is the corruption within these countries that is leading to these terrible living conditions, this lack of security. thank you. >> thank you. yes,, please. >> hi. my name is julia. i'm an intern at the coalition for human rights and development. i am an immigrant from brazil. my quest

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. >> reporter: like sanders, her message is created on creating an economy for all americans. universalealth ca college tuition. so-called socialist candidates come closer to taking hold of the party. >> i think it shows a big split in the democrats. and i think that will be to our advantage. they are fighting with each other. >> reporter: david ladderman a political strategist who says the progressives are ready to stand up. >> we have to continue to fight. and that message in this case really resonated. >> reporter: if ocasio-cortez wins against the republican candidate which is almost certain she will, at 28, she will become the youngest woman to serve in congress. in the news room, lyanne lyann melendez, abc7 news. >>> governor brown signed his final state budget today. boosts funding for higher education, increases welfare grants and give more moneys to doctors and dentists who see patients on medical. >> we are a very large and wealthy state and we need to do things and we can do things. >> the budget also fills up the rainy day fund and other reserve funds to $16 billion. governo

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managua for the funeral of a fourteen year old he was hit by a bullet while protesting in central american university on wednesday more than one hundred people have been killed since april in demonstrations demanding present daniel ortega steps down. spanish prime minister mariano rajoy is been forced from office after losing a no confidence vote will be replaced by socialist party leader pether sanchez who brought the motion sanchez is promising to clamp down on corruption and help those affected by years of a stereotype need parker reports from madrid. a new political dawn for spain forty six year old former economics professor pedro sanchez is now the country's new prime minister. do not as well tell your guest to more than a moment i am aware of the responsibility that i assume in such a complex political moment in our country and what i can say is that apart from been totally aware of it i am going to face all our country's challenges with humility and commitment and above all with a lot of determination of my first transform and modernize our country which is what the socialist party has always

for the funeral of a fourteen year old he was hit by a bullet while protesting at the central american university on wednesday more than one hundred people have been killed since april him demonstrations to man the president daniel ortega stepped down. as their homes the whole robin these are all top news stories the june the twelfth summit between u.s. president donald trump and north korean leader kim jong un is officially back on trump made the announcement barely a week after canceling it following a ninety minute white house meeting with pyongyang's former spy chief came yong chewed. we're meeting with the chairman. and i think it's probably going to be a very successful ultimately a successful process will remember what i say we will see what we will see but i think it's going to be a process that we deserve to have i mean we really deserve they they want it we think it's important and i think we would be making a big mistake if we didn't have it i think we're going to have a relationship and it'll start in june. to vote on gaza her failed the u.n. security council the u.s. had blocked the

jonathan fox is a professor of development studies for the school of international service at the american university he says it's likely that u.s. president on a trump will respect lopez obrador. one doesn't need to be a left wing nationalist to be very strongly critical of trump's hardline and inhumane immigration policy and his rejection of the basic principles of asylum a wide range of political forces in the united states including all the living first ladies. are critical of that so he's certainly not alone there but i think we need to remember that if we consider what persons of of of international leaders from respects he respects the leaders who stand up for their countries who are willing to to be to be tough and. he doesn't respect mexico's current outgoing president i think in part because he was perceived as weak so there could be some unexpected outcomes here hundreds of people were arrested in the u.s. capitol during a protest against the president's policy of separating migrant families the government says it's trying to reunite children with their parents but more demonstrations agai

crystal received her degree from princeton university and is director of african american studies at yale university. she is affiliated with the history department and women program. her publications include the impact of racial and sexual politics on women's history, how are the daughters of eve punished, rape during the american civil war, published by the university of mississippi press in 2011, and general benjamin butler and the threat of sexual violence during the american civil war, which appeared in the spring of 2009. her prize-winning book, "southern whores, uses the work of two women, journalist ida b wells and rebecca latimer felton to examine the roles of both black and white women in the politics of racial and sexual violence in the american south. wells spearheaded national campaigns against lynching, while felton came to prominence urging white men to lynch black men accused of raping white women. despite being on opposite sides of the lynching question, both sought protection from sexual violence and political empowerment for women, and is a dramahores" that reveals h

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