now to tell you more about the institute, it is my pleasure to introduce the president of american university, sylvia burwell. >> thank you, dean wilkins, for that introduction. and also for your leadership and insight as we work to get this university wide substitute situated on our campus. so thank you, dean wilkins. i want to start by recognizing the two people who created the foundation of this institute. with this gift, which is a milestone gift for au's journey towards the future, they're making an immediate and a lasting impact on american university and on important policy discussions across the nation and the world. so please join us in thanking, jeff and samira sine. i also want to thank our board chair, jack kassell, and all of the members of the board of trustees who join us today, including jeff sine, who is a member of our board, bam deese, mark duber, medi haravi and arthur rofgal. we're also joined by a member of the sine's institutes, an executive residence, and a special member of our au family, anita mcbride. anita, thank you for joining us today. [ applause ] and finally,

it's about who we are at american university. the institute builds on america's university's core. half a century ago another american president spoke at american university. shortly after the world's two superpowers had come to the brink of nuclear war, a young president kennedy observed our problems are man-made, therefore they can be solved by man peered american university is a place for problem solvers become a community of changemakers in a campus where no one is indifferent. and now i'm thrilled to welcome to the stage to changemakers a1 muezzin alumnus et cetera favorite gaming. one cynical, always in equal. please join me in welcoming her former chair of the board of trustees, current board member and an accomplished entrepreneur as well as a seasoned journalist and not care for women and children. the two people who made this interview possible. [applause] >> hi, everybody. we are so happy that we are here with their friends and colleagues today. i also wanted to recognize shayla grell and and john. we left the youngest one at home. she's in second grade, so we couldn't in

such a proud member of american university. it's great for my kids and all kids to have an institution that's open-minded. it's really important to have moral leaders. i know sylvia will create many of them for us to look up to. thank you,. >> thank you. i am honored now to welcome our first guest. our first conversation that will be convenient. before he was a senator, chairing the foreign relations committee and guiding american foreign policy, bob corker got his start many years ago. i read an article he was picking up trash and baking nice. his first job at the age of 13. a perfect illustration of someone who is not afraid to do any and all tasks to get it done. a church mission trip to haiti was part of the spark that ignited a life of public service. in local, state, and federal government. a career that has led him to visit more than 70 countries as he helps guide american foreign policy and takes a front seat and negotiating and navigating some of our nation most pivotal votes on our economic and fiscal future. this aft

company without its important and influential leader marco suspect professor toward a lecture at american university joins us as to discuss and campbell's soup takes a turn away from fresh art he's actually bank reports on the changes afoot at the food companies lots to get to but first we have a few headlines today we lead our global report with a tour of asia as we catch up with regional developments regarding china's economic diplomacy regarding the much discussed belton road initiative or b r i i in fact these are the first negative reports we've had related to be are i we go first to pakistan where the government of new prime minister imran khan has said that they will formally scrutinise the sixty two billion dollars portfolio of investments in pakistan related to be arye pakistanis role in b r i s formally titled the china pakistan economic corridor pakistani officials reportedly informed the chinese foreign minister of their plans in a meeting yesterday mr khan who took office less than a month ago has little room to maneuver as he tries to sustain foreign exchange reserves and ménage pakist

at american university, a f transformee forced hundreds of students out of their dorms this morning. coming up, how this is still impacting campus.ak >>> breing tonight, nearly 400 dead after a powerful earthquake triggers a massive tsunami in indonesia. news4 at 6:00 starts no >>> good evening. news4 reporting that the white house is not allowing the fbi to interview julie sweatnick, accusing brett kavanaugh of as well misconduct. the fbi is investigating allegations from the two other women. minutes ago president trump told nbc newsbi the is talking to everybody. we have more on theontroversy that has captivated and divided the country. >> the nominationf brett kavanaugh to the supreme court is before the full senate. a final vote is a week away as the fbi reopens its investigation into kavanaugh'sb ground. the delay and investigation spurred by arizona republican senator jeff flake, confronted inn elevator by two sexual assault survivors friday. >>lake joined judiciary committee democrats calling for the fbik to l into allegations by s well misconduct kavanaugh. >> the country is

must be lick library are partnering with american university to create a neighborhood hisry section of the festival in honor of the 40th anniversary. that will include an exhibit that's done related to neighborhood organizing. that will be presented on the humanities tru which is american university's new mobile exhibition, pub hctory platform. >> it's debuting. yes.ebuting, we'll have that exhibit but also next to that the library is sponsoring a performance area hat will have some music focused on the latino history of the neighborhood but also storytelling, poetry, dance, drumming and also the curator of the smithsoni exhibit will be interviewing activists from the neighborhood who are ftured in the exhibit. that section is very focused on telling stories of adam's morgan that make it special. >> tell us more about artist alley. you've got several different artists who will haveheir kmikts on display. >> i wanted broad, different art an artist by the name of max glover will be there. he's involved with the up thooet down art showcase which just shut down. last yea he did a performan

the best thing trump could do to level the playing field from american universities to dump them on beijing university and china's research labs. the greatest thinkers and creators of the past and their fellow americans. that diversity delusion must be nipped in the bed. the next time self engrossed students occupy a building , here is what the college president should say, far from discriminating underrepresented minorities in order to engineer diversity i can assure you the faculty are not big it's nothing but goodwill for history and want all students to succeed and at this very moment millions of asian students are studying night and day for the privilege of experiencing this hatred if you feel so oppressed step aside and let them take your place. but a college president never says any of these things of course instead he is silent for the outbreaks of narcissistic delusion happy to sell out to the faculty as alleged racist and promising to make amends it becomes imperative to rebut to the victim olla g-letter narrative and it is not enough that if i may borrow the term a relatively saf

of alumni supporting the university. >> with that same paradox henry ford pointed out to attack the system that made it possible. it is a privilege by generous alumni that american instinct to give it is unique in the world you have to start doing your due diligence. and tell them that you are. and to support but if you have any clout with your university and with constitutional history with endangered species. and with that english major now it is writers. it is too important we are in debt those giving us beauty and greatness. >> that is a good note to end on. thank you for coming it is just out from saint martin's press. [applause] . . . . former secretary of state john kerry discusses his life and career. he is interviewed a former congresswoman jane harman, president and ceo of the wilson center. "after words" as the new program interfering top nonfiction authors about their latest work.

. >> reporter: from the outside the american university here in kabul looks like a high security prisonside it looks like an american university with all that college kid optimism. >> reporter: these students are also survivors. in 2016 a ten hour taliban siege claimed the lives of 16 students, faculty and police. after the first explosion nargis mohammadi and her classmates locked themselves in the classroom. >> reporter: in the panic she fell out of a second story window and broke her back in three places and yet she like many others here returned to edhool once she recovered. attackers threw hand grenades into classrooms. mohammed kusemi watched his friends die and came very close himself. >> reporter: that head injury took two year to recover from. he escaped with his life and dreams intact. what do you hope to do after you dave school. >> i am hopefully running for president in a couple of years. >> reporter: despite the tragedy ge that night there is one thing the taliban could not destroy here-- hope. charlie d'agata, cbs news, kabul. >> quijano: up next, the grande opening of it

italy and france with william some of the executive director of the coast guard tech center at american university and we take a look at the german dax with r t correspondent peter oliver plus the auction we told you about last time between twenty first century fox and comcast for control of u.k. sky broadcasting was completed over the weekend the first thirty nine billion bucks is comcast we look at comcast as an entity and i asked our friend steve walburga lionel of lionel media what the future holds also i'll tell you about some breaking and curious crypto news out just about two different countries italy and india they're taking decisively different directions on crypto currency and we're jam packed as usual so let's write to a few headlines. china is warning that they are withdrawing from trade talks with the u.s. plan for next week has become more than an idle threat even worse trade issues now seem in tango with geopolitical issues of war and peace on friday chinese trade diplomats scuttled the expected trade talks as promised over president trump's imposition of tariffs on an additional tw

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level the playing field would to be airlift a fewer cargo planes of gender theory u.s.es from american universities universities and dump them on beijing university and join's research labs. until that happens china will pull ahead in science because it carolina only about one thing -- carolina only about one thing in his science labs, accomplishment academic identity politic is tearing our osite apart, teaching young people to hate, to hate the greatest thinkers and creators of the past and hate temperature fellow americans the diversity delusion must be nipped in the bud. the next final self-engrossed students occupy a campus building, demanding more reparations, here's what their college president should say. are you kidding me? you are the most privileged individuals in human history. you have at your fingertip the thing that faust sold his soul for. knowledge. you're surrounded by libraries that would driven the renaissance humanists mad with envy and desire. you can read any book that has ever been written. you have access to science tick lab -- scientific lab towards that are the most as san

that comes from my time as the acting president at the american university in afghanistan. i have actually met thousands of young afghan people whose lives and worldviews and perspectives have changed. the afghanistan today is not the afghanistan of 15 or 30 years ago. it still has the vestiges that are incredibly powerful. there are warlords, incredibly abusive people in positions of power. they need to be replaced, but by the afghans themselves. those young people are not forced to have the talib and come back. they will remake their society. or we can stand in the way. >> okay. politics always has clichis and one of the big clichis i have been hearing a lot, especially with president trump, all wore ends with peace talks. -- all wars and with peace talks. there are those who think there needs to be a peace process. i don't think either of you disagree that there can be a peace process. how amenable do you think the taliban are? before you answer my question, soon after the announcement of the second cease-fire, the united states welcomed the announcement of a cease-fire.

we have art swift a professor at american university. henson, the senior vice president of story partners and in a member of the national press club headliners team. we have eleanor clift, airport and writer at the daily beast. with emily kane. coming from my right, we have lowered rousseau, president at stanton communications and a member of the national press club headliners team. we have courtney morris, the national affairs education reporter and producer at pbs. we have christina reynolds, vice president of kinematic ash communications a emily's list. we have senior political reporter at -- third skipping of our speaker for only a moment, we have the executive director of the women in politics institute at american university and cochair of the national press club's headliners team. thank you all for being here today. [applause} >> i would also like to acknowledge some of the additional members of the headliners team who are responsible for organizing today's event. lisette matthews, linda ross, and the national press club staff, li

. >>> the acting president of the american university of afghanistan and the former afghan ambassador to france and canada review the political climate in afghanistan and the path ahead. this runs about an hour and a half. the discussion was held last month at the hudson institute in washington dc. >> good afternoon. welcome to hudson. for the last four decades, afghanistan and its citizens have lived through civil war, instability and insurgency. 17 years after americans and international forces went into afghanistan to eliminate al qaeda. there is talk once again about the need for a peaceful end to the conflict in afghanistan. in the last six months, there have been cease-fires announced twice. the taliban accepted the cease- fire, but this time around they rejected the government's offer of an unconditional cease-fire. there is a round of talks in moscow sponsored by the russian government that the u.s. government has no intention of attending on the grounds that the future of afghanistan needs to be determined in their process, not one that is sponsored by moscow. one of the poli

when i was 10, she went to law school at american university and became a prosecutor. i am an only child and my introduction to law came at our dinner table when she practiced closing arguments on my dad and me. her trade mark line was, use your common sense. what rings true? what rings false? one of the few women prosecutors at the time she overcame barriers and was later appointed by democratic governors to serve as a maryland state trial judge. our federal and state trial judges serve on the front lines of american justice. my mom taught me that judges don't deal in abstract principles. they decide for real cases for real people in the real world. and she taught me that good judges must always stand in the shoes of others. the chairman referred to me today as judge kavanaugh. but to me, that title will always belong to my mom. for 12 years, i've been a judge on the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit. i have written more than 300 opinions and handled more than 2,000 cases. i have given it my all in every case. i am proud of that body of work. and i stand behi

are we doing enough to link american universities and universities of the region to join forces and can usaid be a catalytic role are our own universities being approached enough, given the opportunity enough to get into the development area? >> john, thank you, let's take the questions. we don't have a lot of time so we'll address those. >> i apologize with my sin of emission with respect to ecuador because ecuador is a country whose relationship with the u.s. we are hopeful about and i would love to have a further conversation with you. i believe in the journey to self-reliance so it's taking a look at what you believe are the areas we can help to foster. i'm very much aware -- again, i think the flow of migrants from venezuela is a rio de janeiro until problem and requires us to stand together. one of my predecessors would say not nearly enough with the universities. i will say in a number of programs we are. so the long standing advisory council for usaid around food security is university driven. we have a number of programs. that's what people want. >> of course american universit

outgoing tennessee chairman bob corker sat down worries conversation at a tedious secretary and american university president, sylvia burwell appeared to touch about health care and trade relations in the upcoming midterm elections. this

fascism campaigner in washington cynthia miller idriss professor of education sociology of the american university and also in bullying. political activist and community educator welcome to the program philip quite interesting to see what's happening in kenya it's so a young german was killed and then the streets were almost taken over by the far right is this a genuine act of anger over what people think is lack of security or is it an act of political opportunism by the general far right. well by the far right it's of course an act of opportunity they got the opportunity of that one person was killed on the street and yes. we don't know anything about accident itself we know that one person was killed we know that we have two suspects and yeah that's it and at the same time right wing extremists used this opportunity to get on the street to overwhelm the police. to be the majority for a short time cynthia we have people in kenya saying basically did no longer fear protect by the state what does this. tell us about germany i think part of what we're seeing is that you know political parties that

welcome back the american university of maryland has issued leaflets inviting white students only to join a group called white awake to discuss race issues do you want to improve your ability to relate to and connect with people different from yourself. do you sometimes feel uncomfortable and confused before during or over the interactions with racial and ethnic minorities do you want to become a bitsa ally. this group of was a sort of space for white students to explore their experiences questions reactions and feelings the campus counseling center has now removed the flyers insisting they were misunderstood it's also changed the group's name to anti racism and ally building group people are divided on the issue it's giving people a place to express their opinions on race and discuss important job in a safer environment in general when people who are white funded her as she was driving home yelling trump twenty sixteen before stating that she did not belong here louise also claimed after of parking in front of her house that she awoke the next morning to find her car's tires slashed

virginia tech and american university cam in at number 76 and 78. howard university in the top 100 poclined 21 from last year. number 89 here. that's on top of the 14 spot decline the year before. the rankings are based on 16 measures of academic quality and nsider more than 1,600 four year colleges and universities u.s.s the >> that's a good showing for our region. how about that? >> redskin fans should be feeling good this morning as the team heads home from i first week one win since 2012. >> right. i can't believe the last time. memory. like a distance our season opener. i heard you say that. thank you very much. another part of trip to arizona you may be hearing about doesn't have anything to do with the athletes. instead, a lot af people still talking about cindy mccain'sap arance. >> american hero and long time senator from here in arizona, john mccain. cindy mccain one of the captains today. >> senator john mccain's widowr se as honorary captain. she participated in the coin toss. she was giving a hug to larry fitzgerald. he became a friend o

now for a quick break but stick around because when we return remarkable story a lecturer at american universityjoins us to discuss media giant c.b.s. is chairman and c.e.o. les moonves prepares to leave amid the scandal what does it mean for the story company without its important and influential leader plus artes actually bank reports on the changes afoot at the global food company. they are taking a turn away from fresh product offerings as we go to break here the numbers at the closing bell back in a place. of its face for the next actual threat like china becoming a superpower and will get its act together and like we did during the cold war after russia put up sputnik the u.s. landed on the moon that's why mention the moon and look at it we have an existential crisis coming down the path guys like trump and other entrepreneurial. leaders will mobilize the country and i walk on this challenge because right now america doesn't have anybody else out there to play with the. i'm sure. you know world of big partisan movies lot and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories

the american university of maryland has issued leaflets advising them want students only to join a group called what's a way to discuss issues do you want to improve your ability to relate to and connect with people different from you soon. do you sometimes feel uncomfortable. during interactions with. minorities do you want to become a. this group of was a safe space for white students to explore their experiences questions reactions and feelings the campus counseling center has now removed the flyers insisting they were misunderstood it's also changed the group's name to anti racism and ally building rip people are pretty divided on the issue. it's giving people a place to express their opinions on race and discuss important topics in a safer environment in general when people who are white discuss the topic it's seen as inherently racist why not didn't every identity group have their space and should not have a positive had gender and goal to be approved the way i interpret it is that white people are being the.

"the wall street journal" described the course offered at american university, writing the new policyhrough classes, dormitories, and clubs. students will reflect on their debate sales and talk through hypotheticals like whether to engage or kick out party guests who say hateful things. i want to start with you because you're on college campuses a lot. you're saying this, speaking on college campuses. >> guy: that's creepy. [laughter] >> that's where you work so well together! don't get any wrong ideas, people at home. >> part of the scum administrators are saying that they want to introduce students to diversity of ideology. how much is that lacking in college campuses these days? >> guy: it's lacking, the problem. as odd as that sounds, i support the idea of these courses to try to teach how to talk to each other better. because right now it's really bad. i am curious how american university will define hateful, that sort of a buzz word that i think it gets over used a lot. if i were teaching the course, or helping them develop the syllabus, i would probably start with number one, w

his 30-plus year career in washington has been in senior roles at georgetown university, the american red cross and the motion picture association. he also worked with the ronald reagan presidential foundation to conceptualize, plan, and execute the ronald reagan se centennial celebration in 2011. please join in welcoming -- please join me in welcoming today's panel, anita mcbride, mark, and stuart. >> thank you, bob, very much, and i'd also like to recognize gail west on our board of directors and teresa bar et. these men and women give extraordinary leadership, guidance, and governance to our organization. it was founded by mrs. kennedy in 1961 as a nonprofit, nonpartisan partner to the white house, and we're honored to be the convener of this presidential site summit this week. today, we're going to talk a little bit about presidential legacy and commemoration, and let's start by diving into lbj. johnson was larger than life as president, larger than life post-presidency, and what would he think of his legacy as we see him today? >> well, first of all, stuart, to you and anita, con

he is a graduate of american university, our near neighbor and sanford law school. he worked for the aclu of northern california, blogged regularly for the "huffington post," authored many articles and authoring two previous books, freedom from speech, and unlearning liberty, campus censorship and end of american debate. coauthoring, fire's guide to free speech on campus. jonathan haidtmiu sterns school of business. he holds degree in psychology from university of pennsylvania. taught 16 years at university of virginia before joining the stern school. he is founder of morals.org, eggs call systems.org, and innovative platforms that harness the power of internet to do scientific research or psychological research and to conduct sort of while at the same time providing outreach on the conclusions therein or thereof. i is author of the happy necessary hypothesis, finding modern truth in ancient wisdom, 2013, the righteous mind, why good people are divided by politics and religion. ranked way up there with hillbilly he will lowgy as the book you should read to make sens

. >> reporter: over at american university, gamers like shawn riley shocked by news of the shooting. riley is a president of the gaming club. like d, growing up, kids him made most of their friends online. >> it is a safe space where peopleeel like they can come and be themselves. that washe reality for a lot of kids, they would get bullied at school or something like that. >> reporter: as local gamers process the news of the shooting, one knows he's lucky to be alive. he was at the tournament tweeting the t rney just got shot up, i'm leaving and never coming back. his brother toldhe news 4 family was watching the live stream and heard the gunshots as they unfolded. >> sadll for the people that, you know, their families, the t ones that hav go through what they're going through. and thyet a little bit relieved. mixed .emotio >> that d.c. gamer put out a recoveringaying he's at home now, but still shaken and saddened for all those who lost loved ones. >>> we heard of car thieves targeting wheels, air bags. one montgomery county family is dealing with something that has stumped police.

of the american university of maryland leaflets involving students only to join a group called whites awake to discuss issues. do you want to improve your ability to relate to and connect with people different from yourself do you sometimes feel uncomfortable and confused before during more of the interactions with racial and ethnic minorities. do you want to become a bit siren automatically get offended without taken the time to really understand what's going on that's why he changed his name because i didn't want anybody to just think automatically oh we're some kind of racist hateful group they're really on a side of the lift i think this right here eggs an example of the left eating their own say from the semen on a cell full of us our join us again that four pm time for the latest news headlines . with lawmakers manufactured sentenced to public wealth. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the final go around. the one percent. we can all middle of the room sick. just as. there are those. in the nation but. you've got. the money i don't know i don't want. to. yes one of

we are, professor at american university. we have cameron hinton, senior vice president history part as a member of the national press club headliner steam. eleanor clift, reporter and writer at "the daily beast." we have emily kane, executive director of emily's list. coming from my right, and we have laurie russo, president and stanton communications and a member of the national press club headliner steam. we have courtney north, education reporter and producer of "pbs newshour." we have christina reynolds, vice president of communications at emily's list. we have bridget bowman, senior political reporter at roll call. skipping over a speaker for just a moment, only a moment, we have betsy fisher martin, executive director of the women in politics in suit at american university and cochair of the national press club headliner steam. taking a call being here today. [applause] i would also like to acknowledge some of the additional members of the headliners team response well for organizing today's event. we have lisa matthew

art swift, professor at american universities. we have tamra hinton, senior vice president and story partners and a member of the national press club headliners team. eleanor clift, reporter and writer the daily beast. emily kane, executive director of emily's list. russo, right, laurie president stanton communications and a member of the national headliners seem. courtney nora's, national affairs education reporter and producer of pbs newshour's. christina reynolds, vice president of communication set emily's list. richard bowman, senior political reporter at roll call, skipping over our speaker for just a moment, betsy fischer martin, executive director of the women in politics institute at american university and cochair of the national press club headliners team. thank you all for being here today. [applause] i would also like to acknowledge some of the additional members of the headliners team are responsible for organizing today's events. we have lisa matthews, linda roth, and the national press club staff, specifically lind

the american university looks more like a maximum security prison with good reason.r clearing several security checks we finally arrive at the university that came under attack back in august of 2016. that's when taliban suspects went on a ten-hour rampage, killing 16 students, faculty, and police. student breshna musazai watched them blast their way onto the compound. >> i heard them running ilding. >> reporter: she couldn't run from the nmaua limp from childhood polio. >> when he shot me, i started to pretend because i thought this is the only thing i can do to save myself. after that he shot me again to make sure i was dead. >> reporter: a university sponsored a medical trip. she returned to school last year and graduated in may with honors, but she fears more than ever for her life. >> when i leave home, i know i might not go back home alive. >> reporter: because the situation here has deteriorated even further since the attack. the threats are everywhere. insider attacks against afghan forces, insider attacks against u.s. forces. and here in kabul, despite check

italy and france with the williams i'm the executive director of the coast guard tech center at american university and we take a look at the german dax with r t correspondent peter oliver plus the or should we told you about last time between twenty first century fox and comcast for control of u.k. sky broadcasting was completed over the weekend the first thirty nine billion is comcast we look at comcast as an entity and ask our.

inside it looks like an american university with all that college-kid optimism. >> we have dreams, ifthen the enemy or the terrorists, they're going to win this war. >> these students are also survivors. >> in 2016, a ten-hour taliban siege claimed the lives of 16 students, faculty and police. after the first explosion, this student and her classmates locked themselves in a classroom. >> after ten or 15 minutes there was another blast and they were hitting the door and they are trying to open it and we were really scared because we were 100% sure that if they entered the class they would probably shoot us. >> in the panic she fell out of a second-story window and broke her back in many places and yet she returned to school when she recovered. attackers threw hand grenades into classrooms. this man watched his friends die and came very close himself. >> i was badly injured there and then i had spinal injury, abdominal injury, i had my leg, my fingers, and the bad one was my head because i was not able to see things and i was bleeding for a couple of hours that night. >> that head injur

at 1:30 p.m., american university president cynthia is in conversation with senator bob corker. at 3:30 p.m., the senate health committee talks health care in rural america. brooks is geraldine our guest on in-depth fiction edition. that is sunday, october 7 at noon eastern with her most recent book. the other novels include people of the book, and the year of wonders. watch the in-depth fiction edition live today from noon to 3 p.m. eastern on book tv. be sure to watch in-depth fiction edition next month with jody piko. c-span2.n book tv on the c-span buses traveling across the country. we recently stopped in des moines, iowa. novemberorward to the term elections, we asked which party should control congress and why? >> i feel the democratic party should control congress next year. administration, it would definitely be a good idea to check on that administration. some of the policies being done i do not fully agree with, and although i will not agree with everything, i feel having one arey in the position they right now is not getting a lot done. if we had abest check on this

the american university of maryland has issued leaflets inviting white students only to join a group called white awake to discuss race or to race issues. do you want to improve your ability to relate to and connect with people different from yourself. do you sometimes feel uncomfortable and confused before during more of the interactions with racial and ethnic minorities do you want to become a better ally this group of was a safe space for white students to explore their experiences questions reactions and feelings the campus counseling center has now lived the flyers insisting they were misunderstood it's also changed the group's name to anti racism and ally building grip people are divided on the issue. it's giving people a place to express their opinions on race and discuss important topics in a safer environment in general when people who are white discuss the topic it's seen as inherently racist why not to do it every identity group have their space and should not have a positive had gender and the goal to be approved the way i interpret it is that white people are being victi

we have art swift with, a professor at american university. we have tamara hinton, the senior vice president at story partners and a member of the national press club headliners' team. we have eleanor clift, a reporter and writer at "the daily beast." we have emily cain, executive director of emily's list. we have laurie russo, president at stanton communication -- [audio difficulty] we have courtney norris, national affairs and education reporter and producer at pbs "newshour". we have christina reynolds, vice president of communications at emily's list. we have bridget bowman, senior political reporter at "roll call." skipping over our speaker for only a moment, betsy fisher martin, executive director of the women and politics institute at american university and co-chair of the national press club's headliners' team. thank you all for being here today. [applause] i would also like to acknowledge some of the additional members of the headliners' team who are responsible for organizing today's events. we have lisa matthews, linda roth and the

to top american universities sparked outrage to creating a safe pool safe space the white students to discuss race issues. is just ten two am in the russian capital we're watching international we start with some breaking news in the russian military across with fourteen personnel on board this disappeared from radar coverage over the mediterranean off the coast of syria according to the russian defense ministry it took off from an ad base in the tukey a province which is in northern syria in a statement the ministry said the plane went missing after a bombardment by four israeli fighter jets in the taqiyya province a search and rescue operation is underway. we'll keep you updated as soon as the situation develops. our top story the russian turkish presidents have agrees to create a demilitarized zone in syria's adlib province it can lay the ground grounds for a final push against terrorists in the area which is the last remaining extremist stronghold in the country. we decided to create along the battle line demilitarized zone by fifteen it will be from fifteen to twenty kilometers w

without its important and influential leader marco sussed up across the room toward a lecture at american university joins that is to discuss and campbell's soup takes a turn away from fresh art he's actually bank reports on the changes afoot at the food companies lots to get to but first we had a few headlines today we lead our global report with a tour of asia as we catch up with regional developments regarding china's economic diplomacy regarding the much discussed belton road initiative or b r i i in fact these are the first negative reports we've had related to be our eye we go first to .

and a top american university sparked outrage after creating the so-called safe space for white students to discuss race issues we'll be hearing from both sides of the debate. as are joining us this is r.t. international. the russian and turkish presidents have agreed to create a demilitarized zone in syria's itll a province could lay the ground for a final push against the terrorists in the area which is the last remaining extremist stronghold in the country. with use only to create along the demilitarized zone by october fifteenth it will be from fifteen to twenty kilometers why we will move radicalized militants are loathe including job. the u.n. estimates ten thousand dollars for a terrorist remain in italy a province posing a threat not only to those living there but also to people in bordering regions the question of how to deal with the terrorists that dominated international talks for weeks the coach has more on the latest developments very important decisions were indeed made during those hours along talks between a russia and turkey now the deescalation zone was hanging in the

fascism campaigner in washington cynthia miller it too is professor of education sociology of the american university and also in berlin. political activist and community educator welcome to the program philip quite interesting to see. it's happening in kenya it's so a young german was killed and then the streets were almost taken over by the far right is this a genuine act of anger over what people think is lack of security or is it an act of political opportunism by the german far right well by the far right it's of course an act of opportunity they got the opportunity of that one person was killed on the street and yes. we don't know anything about x. event itself we know that one person was killed we know don't we have to suspect and yeah that's it and at the same time right wing extremists use this opportunity to get on the street to overwhelm the police and to be the majority for a short time cynthia we have people in kenya saying basically no longer fear protected by the state what does this tale tell us about germany. i think part of what we're seeing is that you know political parties that a

without its important and influential leader marco sussed up across the room toward a lecture at american university join such is to discuss and campbell's soup takes a turn away from fresh art he's actually bang. reports on the changes afoot at the food companies lots to get to but first we have if you have one today we lead our global report with a tour of asia as we catch up with regional developments regarding china's economic diplomacy regarding the much discussed belton road initiative or b r i in fact these are the first negative reports we've had related to be our eye we go first to pakistan where the government of new prime minister imraan khan has said that they will formally scrutinise the sixty two billion dollar portfolio of investments in pakistan related to be r i pakistanis role in b r i s formally titled the china pakistan economic corridor pakistani officials reportedly informed the chinese foreign minister of their plans in a meeting yesterday mr khan who took office less than a month ago has little room to maneuver as he tries to sustain foreign exchange reserves and manage pakis

to america every year and spend money when they are there, or chinese students who study in american universities value and the quality of the trade structure between these two countries has changed over the yea rs two countries has changed over the years and it wants that relationship and that difference to be recognised. to the other point that the us consistently brings up here is what is really at the heart of this trade war, which is that china has unfairly stolen intellectual property and that is why its companies are now racing ahead in some of the most important domains like artificial intelligence and high—technology industries and the like. china says look, we never went about doing this in a deliberate fashion, and in fact, officials consistently tell me there is no such sanction in the chinese government. yeah, maybe some chinese companies did this but this is a new, different china. they are changing and they want that to be recognised. i have a feeling we're going to be talking about this in the not too distant future. thank you. south korea's president moonjae—in is still in pyongy

the american university looks more like a maximum-security prison, with good reason. ter r clearing several security checks we finally arrived at the university that came under attack back in august of 2016. heat's when taliban suspects went on a 10-hour rampage, ntlling 16 students, faculty, and police. student breshna musazai watched them blast their way on to the compound. >> i heard them yelling at other students, and they were throwing grenades in the building. >> reporter: she couldn't run from the gunmen because of a ood from childhood polio. >> when he shot me, i started to ugetend dead because i thought this is the only thing i can do to save myself. and after that he shot me again to make sure i'm dead. >> reporter: a university trustee sponsored a trip for medical treatment in dallas. hoolreturned to school last year and graduated in may with honors. but she fears more than ever for her life. >> when i leave home, i know-- i know that i might not go back home alive. >> reporter: because the situation here has deteriorated even further since the attack. the