and ireland and they are currently teaching at the american university in washington d.c. we appreciate it thank you so much thank you. the death toll in greece's worst forest fires for a decade now stands at more than eighty relatives and rescue crews are searching for bodies and survivors among the ruins correspondent charlotte charles impel sent us this report from the worst affected town. where residents and tourists escaped the flames by a stream of supplies grease those battling the eye watering smoke and ash to reach the by this time it's a small token for a community that's lost so much from rescue teams who know all too well what they've enjoyed the volunteers like these week lifeguards it's been an unrelenting hey when the fires broke out they took desperately searching for survivors then came the search for bodies now they're joining the many hundreds of volunteers handing out food and water to those in need. those still scouring the waters can do little but wait with dozens still missing fears a growing that many who sought refuge in the waters instead lost the

here we are an american university. their experience with american universities for a while. when i came home from vietnam you guys didn't like us, didn't want to surround, didn't welcome us home. university campuses were the hot beds of antiwar activity. their immediate reaction was skepticism and mistrust. once we were able to bridge that gamble where -- gap where we emphasized we had local veteran support for the project. founded by a vietnam veteran who served for two tours. lot of us had a much more sympathetic approach. so much is made of some of the more tragic events of the war. so much attention is given to things. it's an unfortunate thing. it's a necessary part of history. we need to remember it and we need to focus and study on it. at the same time so many of the veterans are kind of taint -- painted with that same brush. we feel like we only focus on the negatives and not the possess. i think-- positive.our project has been in much better balance. you can't look at war without looking at the negative aspects. there's also -- there are some positive things. there a

ireland, and you're currently teaching at the american university in washington. the death toll in greece worst forest fires in a decade stands at more than 80 people. relatives and search crews are searching for bodies and survivors among the ruins. we have this report from one of the worst affected towns. that is moxie -- that is mahti where residents and tourists escaped the flames by running into the sea. >> and small token for a community that has lost so much, from rescue teams who know all too well what they've endured. for volunteers like these greek lifeguards, it has been an unrelenting rear days. they took to the waters desperately searching for survivors. then came the search or bodies. now they join the many hundreds of volunteers handing out food and water to those in need. those still scouring the waters can do little but wait. with dozens still missing, fears are growing that many who sought refuge in the waters instead lost their lives. >> we're looking for the bodies now if there are more in the water.r. it is a difficult job because we know ever

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american university asked students to stay away from cotruction, blut the school was not on lockdown. we don't know thect e nature of the threats. >>> a woman tells us a man with a gun raped her after surprising her in the building's stairwell. that attack along stephenson an, woodbridround the time many people would be heading out to work. let's get right to nicole jacobs who is standing by with details. nicole? reporr:hiteetemoromnghe had in the face ofear and violence. she was able to give police a es pretty goodiption of her attacker. cw police are hoping it rings a bell and someonees forward. >> reporter: the area here is tucked away. >> we're kind of a close neighborhood remember in prince william county there is now fear. >> people are in shock, everyone scared, heartbroken. >> reporr: heartbroken over a crime here, a woman raped at 6:00 in the morning wednesday. >> walking into my building, i feel unsafe. i feel terrified. >> reporter: accncding to p william county police, the attack began in the stawell of one of the buildings when the victim encountered a man with a handgun.

and ireland and they are currently teaching at the american university in washington d.c. we appreciate it thank you so much thank you. you're watching d.w. news still to come on the program scientists discover an underground a lake on mars what does it leave the age old question or rather does it solve it is there life on the red planet for a later in the half hour. but first there has been a mixture of relief and caution in europe after u.s. president donald trump and european commission chief shanklin younger agreed to call a truce in the transatlantic trade tensions germany's foreign minister heiko must hailed the deal tweeting the agreements on the trade dispute shows that when europe presents a united front our word has weight and he added the hash tag europe united meantime no french president emanuel mccrone said that the talks were useful but it doesn't support of a vast trade agreement with the u.s. or rather he doesn't we will talk about younger and trump steelmaking yesterday with someone who was actually there will get his perspective that is the bassett or to

and ireland and they are currently teaching at the american university in washington d.c. we appreciate it. thank you so much thank you. but first there has been a mixture of relief and caution in europe after u.s. president donald trump and european commission chief shankland younger agreed to call a truce in the transatlantic trade tensions germany's foreign minister heiko musts hailed the deal tweeting the agreements on the trade dispute shows that when europe presents a united front our word has weight and he added the hash tag europe united meantime though french president emanuel mccrone said that the talks were useful but it doesn't support of a vast trade agreement with the u.s. or rather he doesn't we will talk about younger and trump steelmaking yesterday with someone who was actually there we'll get his perspective that is the ambassador to the united states but first this report. the mood at the white house rose garden was upbeat after the meeting it was a notable turnaround after the harsh rhetoric that the u.s. and the e.u. have exchanged in recent weeks u.s.

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thank you, chris. >>> there were some tense moments today on the campus of american university. there were reports of a man with a gun on new mexico avenue and northwest. the campus right nearby went on lockdown for hours before the all-clear was given. secret including service, went building to building but no one was found. >>> we turn to a story some of you may find disturbing. we want to warn you in advance. a man says he feels like he was sexual assaulted by a d.c. police offer who was searching him during a stop and caught on video. now that man is news 4's mark segraves spoke with the man and he has reaction from the police chief on what happened here. mark? >> reporter: good evening, leon thvideo, as you said, is graphic, and it shows tof police cer repeatedly grabbing the even his private areas, after the man protests. then they put the man in handcuffs and the officer continues searching him through his private caught on videotape as his friends and family watched. this was the scene lastpt ber, outside the home of m.w. m.b.cottingham's aunt. cottingham gave police to

the government argued the former american university student is a flight risk.een here graduating back in may. the judge in the case ruled butina remained jailed while she awaits trial. she's facing charges of acting as an unregistered agent in the u.s. at the direction of ali kr official. her lawyer said today this is no espionage, this is not a spy case, nothing alleges maria did anything that was illegal or unlawful. nbc4's chris gordon will have more from court coming up at 5:00. >>> meantime, more damage control at the white houhe. todayresident was asked if russia is still targeting our elections. appeared to say no. the white house says that's not the case. >> -- asked the president, is e russia still targeting the u.s.? he said no. is that what the president actually believes? td he understand the question? >> president said thank you very much and was saying no to answering questions. >> now, the fact remains that president trump has yet to publicly call out vladimir putin for interfering in the 2016 election. susan mcginnis on capitol hill now to break

the university of virginia is more closely linked with its founder and any other american university jefferson was not only the architect he also wrote the curriculum and set up the library which used to be housed here in the rotunda jefferson can truly be called the father of the university and he kept a careful watch over the growth of his child if he couldn't go to the site personally he observed the progress of the work from one to cello through a telescope. all my wishes and where i hope my days will end at monticello. on the fourth of july eight hundred twenty six thomas jefferson ended his days of monta channeling his will demonstrates that for him the foundation of the university was more important than the office of president. on his tombstone in the garden of monte cello stands the three achievements by which he wished to be remembered the declaration of independence the statute of virginia for religious freedom and the foundation of the university of virginia. into the conflict zone. it's true years since the bracks referendum in britain and my guess this week here in londo

assistant professor of international relations and global politics at the american university of rome thank you so much for joining us here on al-jazeera so the two coalition partners the league. and the five star movement are we seeing splits between them or parts of the five star movement over the immigration issue which of course is matilde most crucial most pressing issue. so first of all good evening yes i mean the problem is probably the division within the five star movement rather than a split between the league and a five star movement itself so as you rightly pointed out the problem is that there is. a coalition within the coalition in the sense that there's a group of members of the parliament and within the five star movement who actually claim and have declared publicly that today appreciate and praise the work of n.g.o.s who we have been saving lights in the mediterranean and these of course clashes with the official line of the minister of interior which is being himself and i was also raised some concerns within the five star movement because of course . it was weak in

if she's just a generic grad student at american university, american university, how'd you end up inhese high-level meetings. >> i'm not sure that maintenance is the right word. i think we are talking about events for various groups that were there. she was with her boyfriend, paul erickson, who was there and had different business dealings around. they traveled together. >> you work with the doj and in the past in the program you've given an awful lot of credit for being number one fair, to nonpolitical. now you argue essentially they are bumbling who have somehow railroaded this poor grad student and charged her with being a russian agent. how are those two compatible? >> they haven't charged her with anything espionage. everything she's done according to the government itself would be legal and file a piece of paper with the attorney general. >> why are they doing all of this over this gun rights activists? >> it's hard to know. they been telling her for 18 months. after 18 months they appear to have one picture of her with the russian cultural center or shows they live in washing

election id in university in beirut and i mean corey a senior fellow at the american university of beirut and in london say the she hobby comest with newspaper welcome to all. worth a scathing remarks that someone how early made in his recent book the main reason why his injury or it was just the tip of the iceberg were the crackdown on dissent didn't start with the the captive the caption the rest of suffer and how alley it started. when the crown prince started the crackdown on all the dissent on all the freedom of speech it is a matter of reform but it is a matter of superficial bru for reform what he is doing on the ground is completely contradicting what he's preaching day and night that the new brand the new count brants is trying to bring more freedom to the to saudi arabia but by doing these kind of arrests by this kind of crackdown on the dissent it seems that he is not doing it in the right way still he didn't scratch the surface of the freedom he is on the other hand following the word of advice that was given by his godfather mohamed bin zayed in the united arab emirates when

university system became widespread nearly forty years ago. today the student debt has reached a catastrophic point. during the occupy wall street movement a handful of american citizens and research professors met with andrew ross professor at new york university the world's most expensive university. these activists goal was to. bearable debt to weighing on american citizens including the housing debt health debt and most importantly the student debt. the student debt problem in the united states to about one point three trillion in total in there about forty million student debtors about eight million of those students are already in default meaning they're not paying out loans people can't imagine social goods or public goods in the united states it's unimaginable that you could have free education so there is a kind of normalizing of a of a i like to say kind of economic violence that people are used to and they just expect that that's the way that is that's the way it always will be the right to education has been supplanted by the right to access education loans. they emphasis that has had the overall impact of stifling optional political imagination o

. >>> a scare today at american university, the threat against construction sites on campus.er an university asked students to stay away from the site, but the schl was never put on lockdown. we're learning now to learn the exact nature of the threat. >>> an update on schools i fairfax county. the school board voted that las room doorsdill be loc at all times but still able to be opened from the inside. so approved, the hiring of 18 psychologists and social workers. students will take part in enhanced lockdown drills as well. some not announced ahead of time. >>> as you look at bethesda chevy chase high school, hime 34 new te areas there. they have what they're calling flexible furniture, which means o more of those old desk-chair combinations. the creative work spaces will allow for new courses like culinary arts, a digital art classroom, a new ceramics studio, a dance studio.-i mo set for august 20th, teachers return a week later, students a week after that. the new sports stadium complex scheduled to be finished next may. >> would make a nice news room, too. if you have plans to drive thr

let's turn now to rami corey is he's a senior fellow a professor at american university in beirut we've been talking to him on this issue so rami. just getting back to where jordan stands in all of this and how they are trying to address this growing problem on their border with syria. jordan has been through this you know half a dozen or a dozen times in the last forty fifty years in the middle east being a kind of a shock absorber in between these big countries that are battling with each other or internal civil wars having to accept refugee flows that sometimes contribute elements to their countries sometimes create great new pressures they know exactly what they're doing what they want is to make sure that any refugee flows are accompanied by huge amounts of international financial aid that allow the country to address those needs without taking away things from jordan they want to make sure that any refugee presence in the country does not diminish the opportunities for jordanians in terms of water access jobs and things of that nature and they want to expand their strategic capabi

what we learn from her and how her love for russia raise red flag while a student at a american university. >> plus, a game changing discovery made on mars, scientists have found water, a lot of water. what it means for life on the red planet. we'll get all that later. we start with the silence, the trump/cohen tape. reporters found two republican senators with no comment on capitol hill. and nbc news asked the first lady about the date, they did not mention in their response and prefer to talk about children and bullying. >> the president's legal team tells nbc news that the tape captures nothing critical. more tapes may follow. cnn first aired the tape last night. it is from the september before the election. karen mcdougal's allegation affair with donald trump. >> msnbc obtained the tape of michael cohen's lawyer. we can't confirm if there is any editing or altering of the original. a few words before we air this tape by the way. first, there is profanity and second, there is no transcript, we can show as both sides dispute key points. last, several discussions about various topics befo

ideal university in beirut and i mean corey a senior fellow at the american university of beirut and in london say the she hobby comest with eloquence newspaper welcome to all. were the scathing remarks that someone how early made in his recent book the main reason why his injury or it was just the tip of the iceberg. the crackdown on dissent didn't start with the the captive the caption the rest of suffer and how ali it started. when the crown prince started the crackdown on all the dissent on all the freedom of speech it is a matter of reform but it is a matter of superficial proof or reform what he is doing on the ground is completely contradicting what he's preaching day and night that the new brand the new cound brands is trying to bring more freedom to the to saudi arabia but by doing these kind of arrests by this kind of crackdown on the dissent it seems that he is not doing it in the right way still he didn't scratch the surface of the freedom he has on the other hand following the word of advice that was given by his godfather mohamed bin zayed in the united arab emirates wh

. >>> a scare on the campus of american university toily. a lot of unanswered questions. somebody made a threat today. we're told it involved construction sites on that campus. as a precaution, the school asked students to stay away from construction zones. the school was never on lockdown and nobody was hurt. >>> the school board in fairfax county has approved plans to improve school safety. that includesan ed training for students and staff and newp edures for school visitors. classrooms will be required to beocked at all times, a the county will hire more than a dozen new mental health professionals includingyc logists and social workers for some middle and elementary schools. >>> residents in a virginiat apartmen complex tell us they're on edge after a violent attack in their building.ma a says a man with a gun surprised her in a stay well and then rapedher. that attack happened wedsday morning along stephenson court in woodbridge. news 4's nicole jacobs joins us more with that story. that woman had to be terrified. >> reporter: absolutely. terrified andrp sed. we lea

. >> american university grad accused of covert russian agenting is behind bars tonight. maria botin ais accused of using sexual favors taken to fill trait political organizations. she used gun lobbying effo to get closer tore nra and publican party. a d.c. technology department said botina called seek infoation about a client. >> she contacted the organization while this organization was suffering a lot of social until nearing e mailings and hack attempts against web site. seek took talk aboutln their vuabilities and it was verys suburb pu. there are threats,ss targeting busine, in profits government agencies, every day and this is prove that people need to take the threats seriously. >> ba ty na is healeho wit bond and federal judge agrees she might be a flight risk. >> up n not one but two suspected shark attacks in the same area this afternoon and a gun store owner harsh words after the acr was caught new disguise trying to bye a gun. >> and what a bul full day it was so much improved from t yesterday and tomorrowas nice. cooling off overnight upper 7p 0s. of sunshine

and that transitions to this fraternity i was a part of particularly at american university is very inclusive. there were a lot of openly gay brothers. it was a fraternity that allowed for less hyper- masculine existence. it was one where i was a little bit more safe to not put that performance on. in reality, i was performing every day. just being in those spaces with just men, that is where my homesickness would flare up the most. i would feel it the most because it was so clear to me in those moments in my heart and got like i was in that space because of who i was perceived to be and that's not who i am. this performance of gender question illustrates a broader universal nature which is to allow transgender people to live authentically, when we allow lgbtq people to live authentically the anti- lgbtq prejudice is prejudice around gender when we allow transgender people to exist as their authentic self without fear of violence or discrimination or stigma, we're helping to free everyone from the constraints of the gender stereotypes. whether you're at the gender person in the closet or if y

she graduated from american university in may 2018. friend didn't spot her at any commencement celebrations. with school behind her she was planning a move to sioux city with ericsson. a day after buying moving boxes, she was arrested. u.s. authorities did not name paul ericsson in the indictment or charged with a crime in relation to the case and did not respond to the cnn request for comment. sara murray, cnn, washington. >> all right. we'll be watching it. thank you. >>> ahead, the president versus big pharma. facing pressure of the president, three major drug makers lowering some prices of the drugs. dr. sanjay gupta will be here with me to explain what it means for you at home, next. i drink boost optimum. boost optimum with 5 in 1 advanced nutrition helps support muscle, energy, bone, normal immune function, and vision. boost optimum. be up for life. we believe nutrition is full of possibilities to improve your pet's life. we're redefining what nutrition can do. because the possibility of a longer life and a healthy life is the g

. >>> also developing this morning, a recent american university graduate was arrested on sunday, for helpingussia under the radar. the fbi says she is an registered agent for russia. she deniest. t >>> at 4:32, word of that arrest comes on the heels of president trump's summit with president vladimir putin. a summit that has drawn criticism fromepublicans and democrats. he accepted putis denial of russian intference in the 2016 elecon. that infuriated lawmakeid on both s of the aisle on the hill. hear what lawmakers have to say about that coming up. >>> and members of metro's largest union will meet with officials. this meeting comes aftni member s voted to authorize a strike. the union has not listed its demands. >>> turning on a dime. a few good swings. he just hi minute.ome runs in a >> you heard that correctly. nats slugger bryce harper hitme ho runs in 60 seconds. he took the title in last night's home run derby a >> his seconearance and first win in this competition. tha an oftizappetizer for this all-star game. he said it meant a lot to win this derby in his home park. >> this

its client was and speak now to rami cooley who's an adjunct professor of journalism at the american university of beirut he's joining us from there and rami it's amazing isn't it how some people presumably one if not more of the blockading cult countries are prepared to go to such extraordinary lengths to try to whip up sentiment. well it tells us several things it tells us the desperation of the islam saudis and others who do this kind of thing it tells us their lack of commitment really to the truth in the situation and their embracing of of make believe worlds but it also tells us a lot about how things work in london and in the western world where media fact and propaganda on social media and just a photo on twitter or something is worth more than anything else the tragedy is that everybody who's been involved in this kind of media propaganda which includes some lies some exaggerations all kinds of terrible things that truthful journalists like everybody loses when they do this the degradation that's been done to the image artists of the bahrain in the junction media isn't particular has b

foreign policy and the middle east at the american university he's joining us now from washington d.c. thank you very much for being with us on al-jazeera israel's government if i understand it correctly says this bill preserves the nation's jewish character in law was there ever a point at which that jewish character was at risk of being lost. not really i think the entire world understands that israel is the nation state of the jewish people but there is also another people who live there and the arabs and the that cooperation of independence made it crystal clear that equality was a fundamental principle in which israel would be established and unfortunately this bill was completely unnecessary and doesn't mention equality in fact. i would call it a racist bill because the downgrades the status of the arabs in israel and the status of arabic from an official language to a quote unquote special status whatever that means what do you see is the driving motivation behind the next a new government bringing this bill. well i think actually the israeli arabs who are palestinian citizens

she graduated from american university in may 2018.end didn't spot her at any connectionment celebrations. with school behind her, she was planning a move to sioux city with erickson, a man prosecutors say she expressed disdain for living with. a day after buying moving boxes, she was arrested. now, u.s. authorities did not explicitly name paul erickson in the indictment surrounding butina, nor he has been charged with a crime in relation to the butina case. he did not respond to cnn's request for comment. sarah murray, cnn, washington. >>> the white house says another meeting between president trump and vladimir putin is, quoting now, all to the good. but not everyone is ready to roll out the red carpet for the russian president in washington. what a new meeting could mean coming up. >>> but first, check out some philly artisans putting their own flavor into marketing and revamping an american favorite, ice cream. it's in this week's "start small, think big." >> people have come here from all over the world to taste things like pizza

people who knew butina during her time at american university, said there were some red flags, like her support for vladimir putin and guns. a neighbor said she saw nothing suspicious until one night when a swarm of fbi agents showeup. >> i hear a banging. the man says, please, miss, stay inside. so, i did. andthen, i heard -- they continued to bang really loudly. they said, we know you're in there. >> butina has moved out of that now, she faces charges of acting as an unregistered foreign agent in the unistates. her lawyer says she has done nothing wrong. >>> if maryland governor larry hogan wins re-election, he says he will do i without the help of the nra. he told student w that held reject a potential endorsement from the national rifle associatio that's according to "the washington post." the republican said he backs strengthening a law that holds parents responsible when the kids get access to guns. 16-year-old jalen wily was killed elier this year. >>> another day, another massive bee attack. it was a tree cutter that into a beehive. and he was stung 200 times. >> h cut it open a

are some chinese students coming to american universities to steal secrets. tonight, a chinese student who built a multi-billion technology empire after studying with a duke university professor. cynthia mcfadden has the story. >> reporter: what country is fbi director christopher wray worried most about? last week he told lester -- >> i think china, from a counter-intelligence perspective in many ways, represents the broadest most challenging most significant threat we face as a country. >> reporter: academic espionage is of particular concern that some chinese graduate students at the direction of the chinese government are stealing research, much of which is funded by the u.s. military. this fbi document highlights a case at duke university in the lab of dr. david smith. >> a microwave oven. >> reporter: dr. smith, famous for inventing an in visibility cloak made of a material invisible to microwave, something that captured the attention of even late night comedians and a young scientist is china, ruopeng liu, who came to study at lab some believe on a miss

she was officially a graduate student at american university, right down the street from us actuallyntroduced herself to fellow activists as the founder of a gun rights group. but she didn't try to hide her ties to russia. her cell phone case was emblazened with a photograph of vladimir putin riding shirtless on a horse and she bragged to classmates that she had worked for the russian government. so not really a secret agent, maybe a not-so-secret agent. i'm joined now by roslyn helderman from "washington post" who's been covering this story and has done an unearthing of who is maria butina. let's start with that simple question, who is maria butina? how do you feel like you now can answer that question after doing your extensive dive into her days here at american university? >> yeah. she's just a simple gun rights activist from siberia. >> there it is, case closed. >> she's a 29-year-old woman who graduated from a.u., received a master's degree in may. she had grown up in the wilds of siberia where she told people that she learned to hunt bears and wolves, and she had over the cour

is an associate professor of international peace and american university and a nonresident fellow at the brookings institution who building totate democratization, human rights, and police and justice for. conducted field research in central america in the balkans, haiti, and afghanistan. from 2012 to 2014 as senior advisor in the state department's conflict and operations, he will keep me in settlementves in a for displaced persons in el war,dor during the civil 1988. i'm sure this will be a terrific conversation with the leaving experts. we will jump right into the conversation for about 45 , then we will take questions. i will start with you. you are based in washington. i'm curious if you listened to the debate we are having a moment again about the root causes of why creation from central america, what comes to your mind? what are we getting right about what is happening in your missingand what are we in terms of the conditions driving violence from else tell the door to make the journey to the united states? and thanksmichael, for organizing this really interesting conversation

. >> a 29-year-old american university student who is a federal government was an unregistere trying to infiltrate politically cozy ul groups, trying t up to powerful people in washington to push russia's agenda. her attorn denies tha says she's been cooperating. she's already testified private live before senate intelligence committee. apparently, the mueller russia investigation wasn't interested in hearing from her. but a judge will. she's expectedto be in court on that arrest on that charge today. >>> all right. tracie potts live on capitol hill for us. tracie, thank you. >>> 4:47 right now. a secret service agent died in scotland yesterday.er he su a stroke on sunday and was rushed o to the hospital. he died yeerday morning. a statement, the secret service says he was a19 year veteran and was surrounded by family and co-workers. this was the first to die on duty since 2005. >>> out flaf fla, when the sun comes up, search crews will be back in the everglades lking through the gator infested drain for a fourth victim in aouble plane crash. two small planes collided and rashed yest

conspiracy to act as a russian agent twenty nine year old maria who recently graduated from american university in washington d.c. was arrested on sunday accused of developing relations with those who have influence in american politics to advance russia's interests her attorney made a statement denying she is an agent he also said the woman offered to be interviewed by the special counsel's office but the special counsel's office showed zero interest in even speaking to her we brought up the issue with political analyst live. but you're going to hear we guarding this this russian citizen as she is called a russian agent what is missed completely is that agent should be referred to as a lobbyist and agent in law in american law means a representative are when american media say agent they think secret agent. espionage agent you know something nefarious something involving behind the scenes something illegal or something that is other than an agent this particular person was charged with basically being a lobbyist and asons without having registered with the department of justice could more indi

butina's attorney maintains she is innocent and simply an american university graduate. >> it's official build the next generation of air force one. the aerospace giant landing a $3.9 billion deal yesterday to replace the two current models. that comes months after tense talks of the white house and boeing where repeatedly criticized the cost of the planes. now the next step is looking to see what the jets will look pai planes red, white and blue. >> a woman rode her bike on to a drawbridge as it was being lifted andgned the warning gates. the video shows had her fall in a gap, by-standers helped her out. the bridge operator was made aware of the incident and did not move the bridge until the area was clear. officials say the woman was treated for facial injuries and they suspect she may have been drinking before. >> she is lucky she fell in the gap. it could have been worse. >> if she had gone right in or crushed. >> oh, man, my goodness. >> all right, police in new jersey, they had fun arresting a pint sized thug. this lost pug was kaucaught wondering in the yard. up poste cookies. >>

chuck call is an associate professor of international peace and conflict resolution at american university. he focuses on post-war peace building, state building, human rights, and police and justice reform. and he has conducted research in central america, west africa, the balkans, colombia, and haiti. he served in the bureau of conflict and stabilization operations. he helped to keep me in line and chuck lived in a settlement for displaced persons in el salvador for 15 months during the civil war until 1988. and he's published on the transition from war to peace. and on the creation of its police force. so we're really delighted, again, to welcome them. i'm sure this will be a terrific conversation with three leading experts. we're going to jump right into the conversation. we'll do that for about 45 minutes and then we'll have plenty of time to take questions from what i'm sure is a very well informed audience. so with that, maybe leonor, i'll start with you. you're obviously from el salvador but now based in washington. i'm just curious as you listen to the debate we're having at the m