business perspective with our two societies we do is in california and later margot suster from american university is back and helps us look at increasing clamor for content amongst media companies all that directly ahead but first we have some headlines let's go. backstage drama around the united states disputes with china and other major trading partners leads our global report today as world leaders prepare for the upcoming g. twenty summit in argentina on the china front u.s. treasury secretary steven minutia has reportedly been meeting with chinese vice premier louhi ahead of the summit in buenos sorry is that the end of this month the u.s. side is reportedly still insisting china put an offer on the table for discussion meanwhile china says a framework for further talk coming out of buenos aires should be the goal some news reports suggest the well known schism of the u.s. side between mr minutiae and u.s. trade and bassett or robert light highs or are hindering u.s. negotiators from taking a clear direction in the talks and on the canadian front justin justin trudeau the the prime minister

those massive california fires from an economic and business perspective marco suster from american university is back and helps us look at the increase clamor for content amongst media companies as we go to break here are the numbers at the closing bell mixed results for stocks or oil is sharply down just below fifty five dollars a barrel as you went to air we'll be back in a one. it's hard to imagine decades after the war a nazi doctor was still active and rich in the nineteen seventies current intel had as the chair of its board a man convicted of mass murder and slavery at auschwitz a german company developed solidified a drug that was promoted as completely safe even during pregnancy and it turned out to have terrible side effects what has happened to my baby is anything but all you know she said is just cut short arms minix a little mind victims i have to this day received no compensation they never apologized for the suffering that i've not only want the money i want the revenge. seems wrong but i. just don't. get to shape out this day become active. and engaged because of the trail. wh

the best thing they could do to level the playing field is the gender theorists from the american university's and dump them on beijing university and china's research labs. until that happens, china will pull ahead in science because it cares only about one thing and it's science labs, accomplishments. identity politics is tearing our society apart and teaching people to hate, to hate the greatest thinkers and creators of the past and hate their fellow americans. the diversity delusion therefore must be nipped in the bud. the next time they occupied the campus buildings demanding more reparations. are you kidding me you are the most privileged individual and human history. the you are surrounded by libraries that would have driven the renaissance humanist. you can read any book that's ever been written. you can pursue languages literature and history. far from discriminating against minorities every faculty search here is one wrong effort at finding remotely qualified underrepresented minorities and female candidate have been snapped up by better and out of schools far from discriminating aga

it took place in shepard university in west virginia. american history tv in primetime begins monday on c-span approximate. book tv will be in primetime next week following a four day thanksgiving weekends. it begins with look at military history with max hastings in his book vietnam. that's followed by the escape artists, and the tango war. book tv in primetime begins monday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. >>> when we study the history of memphis, tennessee, there is preapril 4th, is the 68. and there was post april 4, is the. . ♪ you know, memphis was the place of a lot of racial tension. but it was also the place of a lot of racial harmony. >> had there been no cotton economy there might not have been a need for a transportation hub had. it is possible that without cotton, memphis would not exist in the 21st century. >> this weekend, c-span city's tour takes you to memphis tennessee with the help our comcast cable partners. beginning saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern on book tv, an author talks about his book down to the crossroads, civil rights

of twin baby girls to prevent them from contracting hiv an american university in houston is also investigating with one of its scholars had a stake in the controversial research as he was a chinese science advisor during his studies in the u.s. . do you soldiery is it a sort of remain a technology for him any. how all i know is not it was a lot of gold dust that sort of beat back. understand that war would be controversial but i believe family mistaken ours and our aim we should take that criticism well robert klitzman is a professor of psychiatry and director of the master's of bioethics program at columbia university he says there are lots of problems with gene editing. there are also risks particularly now when it's still considered by most people experimental so if i take a gene out of an embryo so that no cell in my body has that gene that gene in the case of what dr he did he took out a gene that enables h. i.v. to get into the body cells if you're exposed hiv but that same gene could be involved let's say in the proper functioning of the brain or the liver or the heart and so other one

the distinguished practitioner r in residence at the school of international service at the american university. we are looking forward to this conversation today. it is a particular honor to welcome him to the gathering today. [applause] i still consider myself a member. colleagues, friends, ladies and gentlemen it is a great pleasure to be with you. for the service in afghanistan attributing to more than a million men and women in uniform who served in afghanistan especially to the families of 2,415 men and women in uniform who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom and security between 2001 and 2018 you. i would like to extend a special sympathy to the families major taylor, his wife and his children megan, lincoln, eleanor, jonathan and caroline. he was much beloved. thank you for your presence, dedication and distinguished service in friendship. whose voice and eye reflecting on th,that of the citizens. but we also you on october 20 a dedication to democracy and freedom. they gathered together in june of 2018. the security forces american losses in afghanistan between 2001 and 2014 an

when he gives a speech in june 1963 at the american university in washington. >> what kind of a peacea peace do we see? i am talking about genuine peace. the kind of peace that makes life on earth worth living. >> he pledged his support to racial equality. he brought the world back from the brink of nuclear war. the president is infused with a new confidence. >> our primary long-range interest is general and complete disarmament. >> his american university speech sets a whole new tone for u.s./soviet relations. >> august the 5th was a high point. jack's representatives and the representatives of other countries, and most notably the soviet union, were meeting to sign a nuclear test ban treaty. >> the keynote of cordiality established at the very first meeting -- >> and kennedy really believes in it. he believed in it from the day he became president. >> his move towards nuclear disarmament is a political triumph. but for jack, a more personal drama is unfolding. jackie is in cape cod, and she is eight months pregnant. >> the president was in washington then, the first week in august,

and at 12:30 p.m., american university hosts journalists and analysts for a breakdown of the lection outcome. >> i thought about forgotten presidents even before i began the book. then it occurred to me there might be something they had in problem. not that they were forgotten, but perhaps were significant in some way. >> this week on "q&a," michael gerhart talks about two of his books, "the forgotten presidents," and "impeachment." >> i think that bill clinton did a lot to merit his own impeachment. i think he knew members of congress were looking for him to make mistakes and then when he made the mistakes and later testified under oath in a way that was false, and for which he was later held in con terpt by a judge for perjury, bill clinton made his impeachment almost inevitable. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." >> conservative activists discuss mid-term election results at a press conference. they represent the tea party patriots, the media research center, the club for growth, the senate conservatives

my name is aaron, student at american university. y question to you, president ghani, is if the taliban believes that they are in a winning position in this war, then how can the government reach a peace deal that is in favor of the nation? thank you. >> the taliban are not in a winning position. let me disclose their casualties. let them answer to the mothers who have lost their children. let them answer to the wounded. and let them answer to communities that because of their interference have been deprived of education, of health, of services. where is the positive model of the strength? if they have been able to transform a single village in a positive direction, if they hange the condition of 10,000, 1,000 youth to change them, into agents of a constructive afghanistan, the perception of strength is false. abled r is supported and by dependents. toir choice are they willing accept the community as they were accepted during the cease-fire, or will they reject a social compact? afghanistan's social makeup is a social richness and t

then american university journalists. political analysts will talk about the midterms and what is ahead in congress. forick peek for twitter washington journal. former senior editor at cq now. them joining us tomorrow morning to take a look at the elections and more. we start tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. thanks for being with us this evening. coverage throughout the night of the reaction of the 20 18th election. we will show you the president's news conference but we start with the news conference from the senate majority leader, mitch mcconnell from earlier this morning. sen. mcconnell: good morning, everyone. networks of the cable on this morning and they said this is probably a rare opportunity to see mcconnell smiled. it is a good morning for senate republicans. --r the course of the last first last night and this morning, i talked to leader pelosi. we discussed ways we might be able to find a way forward. she and i have had an opportunity to work together for a number of years when we are -- we were both on

host: >> i am a student at american university. is if then to you taliban believes they are in a winning position in this war, then how come the government reach a peace deal that is in favor of the nation? thank you. taliban are not in a winning position. let them disclose their casualties. let them answer to the mothers who have lost their children. let them answer to the wounded and let them answer to communities that, because of their interference, they are deprived of education, health, of services. where is the positive model? have been able to transform a single village in a positive direction, if they 10,000the conditions of youth to change them into agents of a constructive effort, the perception of strength is false. is supported and enabled by dependence. ts. it's their choice. are they willing to accept the afghan community as they were accepted during the cease-fire? or will they reject a social compact? is anistan's social makeup source of richness and the cease-fire showed that they are welcome. we will not engage in

american university hosts journalists and analysts for a breakdown of the election outcome. >> coming up this weekend on book tv, saturday at noon eastern, the southern festival of books from nashville with adam parker and his book "outside agitator." followed by a discussion on the political divide with jennifer kavanaugh and michael rich, authors of "truth decay." we continue with elliott gorn and his book "let the people see." "reagan:r bob spitz on and american journey." "to obamalk about with love, joy, anger, and hope." >> the woman with the gold tooth was in greenwood, south carolina at a rally for obama. the rally was a bust. obama was looking out of the emptiness. fired up, ready to go. the woman with the gold tooth abruptly shouted. as if on cue, the people around her repeated her words and began to chant and the rally went from dismal two glorious. it shows you what one voice can do, that one voice can change it around, obama said at a campaign rally over a year later recounting the story. if a voice can change a room, it can change a city. ,> at 9:00 p.m. eastern nebraska

my name is aaron, student at american university and my question to you, president ashraf ghani, if taliban thinks they are in winning position, how can government reach peace deal that's in favor of the nation, thank you? >> the taliban are not in a winning position. let them disclose their casualties, let them answer to the mothers who have lost their children. let them answer to the wounded and let them answer to communities that because of their interference, deprived of education, of health, of services. where is the positive model of the strength? if they had been able to transform a single village in a positive direction, if they changed the condition of 10,000 youth to change to agents of a constructive effort, the perception of strength is false. this war is supported, enabled by dependents. it's their choice. are they willing to accept the afghan community as they were accepted during the cease fire or will they reject a social compact? afghanistan's social make-up is a source of richness and the cease fire showed that they're welcome. we will not engage in a peace from position o

house from republican to democratic. ,t our table, david barker director of the american university sector for congressional and presidential studies. us.k you for joining >> we are also joined by molly reynolds, a fellow in government studies at the brookings institution. molly, start us off with a basic question. is it typical in a midterm election that the party controlled by the president changes hands in either the senate and the house? going, one thing we know back to the post-world war ii era in the united states, the president's party almost always loses seats in the midterm election. people seely because what the president has done in his first two years of office and feel like they are looking for a change. t has done is two years in office and are looking for something a little different. that is what we saw on tuesday. it is more or less what we expected. democrats picked up the house. host: his divided government a good thing? what is the typical impact? guest: it is a mixed bag. democratically speaking, it is consistent with the founders' ideas of splitting power across the b

our guest will be american universities david barker and molly reynolds of the brookings institute.e will be right back. this is "washington journal." >> join c-span sunday, veterans day, live at 4:30 a.m. eastern for the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i with french president emmanuel macron speaking at the arctic triumph -- arc de triomphe. guests include loyola university and michaelmosher case in. iesident trump at world war ceremonies in paris. live from arlington national cemetery government our live coverage continues at 5:00 p.m. eastern with the liberty awards honoring president george w. bush and laura bush on american history tv on c-span3. documentingent film the journey of a soldiers remains from france to the national cemetery. france, northeastern the final resting place for over 14,000 american soldiers. at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the president trump at world war i ceremonies in paris. >> it occurred to me that there might be something all these presidents have in common. they were forgotten but significant in some way. , constitutional law professor michael ger

michigan decide to reopen lamar monson's case they are part of a national network of dozens of american universities who fight against judicial errors over the course of a year they retraced the police investigation step by step trying to prove lamar monson's innocence the big problem right away with this confession was that it didn't match the crime scene so at the time they interrogated lamar and then extracted this false confession got him a sinus false confession the police believe that christina brown had been stabbed to death they believe that because near her body in the bathroom sink there was a bloody knife and she had been stabbed so they extracted a confession or i wrote out a confession for lamar in which he says he stabs her to death the problem was is that she wasn't stepped but the police did know that time so a few days later when the autopsy report comes out it reveals that she had superficial stab wounds but actually she'd been bludgeoned to death with a heavy object. it does not take the lawyers long to find the heavy object that allegedly killed the victim. on the photos in the c

corey is a senior fellow and professor at the american university of beirut he was a friend of jim joins us via skype now from boston thanks very much for being with us so i want to ask you first of all what are the implications. cia reports which is come to the conclusion that they believe mohammed bin some man was behind the killing and president. position at the moment that he's not entirely convinced about that. well president trumps position like on most foreign policy issues is all over the place it goes up and down his factually a pretty ignorant about most of these issues and morally he seems to be pretty untethered he doesn't have strong moral convictions is seems to be motivated more by making america grit as he says and promoting the business dealings of his family and cronies. and selling of american equipment the really significant mentions of the cia leak are actually quite extraordinary in my view because you now have a question a way or at least confiscation between the cia and the president in making foreign policy you have internal differences serious differences within

visiting the country does not speak to me corey who is a senior fellow and professor at the american university of beirut is via skype from so we in vermont in the united states thank you very much for being with us rami on the news great so that the latest the turkish investigators seem to be focusing. on the phone calls and e-mails that the suspect the alleged suspects are said to have made back to riyadh even if they find a direct link to the crown prince do you think it will make a difference in the u.s. position to this case. if they find a direct link it definitely will make a difference certainly with the congress and with public opinion and with people across the country an institution's who might use the international court system special as international criminal court and other court systems to try to bring some justice and the impunity in this kind of killing that evidence has to be clear and compelling and we're still not quite there yet but most people who've looked at the evidence around the world seem to feel that there is a link to the crown prince's office certainly and possib

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perspective which are to decide this week who is in california and later margot suster from american university is back and help us look at increased clamor for content among media companies all that directly ahead but first we have some headlines let's go. backstage drama around the united states disputes with china another major trading partners leads our global report today as world leaders prepare for the upcoming g. twenty summit in argentina on the china front u.s. treasury secretary steve i'm in new sion has reportedly been meeting with chinese vice premier louis ahead of the summit and went oh sorry is that the end of this month the u.s. side is reportedly still insisting china put an offer on the table for discussion meanwhile china says a framework for further talk coming out of buenos aires should be the goal some. news reports suggest the well known schism of the u.s. side between mr menuhin and u.s. trade embassador robert light hisor are hindering u.s. negotiators from taking a clear direction in the talks and on the canadian front justin justin trudeau the picture the prime minis

business perspective with our two societies we do is in california and later margot suster from american university is back and help us look at increasing whatever content amongst media companies all that directly ahead but first we have some headlines let's go. backstage drama around the united states disputes with china another major trading partners leads our global report today as world leaders prepare for the upcoming g. twenty summit in argentina on the china front u.s. treasury secretary steve i'm in new sion has reportedly been meeting with chinese vice premier louis ahead of a summit in buenos far is at the end of this month the u.s. side is reportedly still insisting china put an offer on the table for discussion meanwhile china says a framework for further.

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posted by american university, the discussion is just over one hour. >> thank you for your patience, everybody and welcome. my name is betsy fischer martin and i am the executive director here at the school of public affairs. welcome to our post election, what-just-happened debrief by some great experts that we have gathered here today. thank you also to the cosponsors, the center for congressional residential studies. let me briefly introduce the panel, then we will get right down to it, because we want to save time for your questions as well. on my far right, professor jan leighley, who is an expert at the school of public affairs on all things voting behavior and voting turnout. we will talk to her first about that. we also have the national political correspondent for the "new york times," who, i'm a little bit biased, but is one of the best political reporters out there and has covered every nook and cranny of this midterm election, and is going through a little bit of withdrawal because he loves it so much. so i thought we will have him here today so he can chat with you guys.

today there are some in the united states complaining of i suppose with war on christianity at american universities in one incident ne wisconsin technical college was allegedly stopped handing out cards containing the words jesus loves you she sued claiming her freedom of speech had been violated but a court threw out the claim siding with the college which augie that she was stopped only because she was in a stop only area now and other christian students but berkeley university is facing calls to resign abstain from a vote on a resolution supporting the l.g. bt community. the librarians at simmons college published a guide at warning christian so the phrases merry christmas happy easter and god bless you a so-called micro aggressions against muslims we discussed the issue with legal analyst lionel an editor dave lindorff. if this were any other religion any other situation nobody would have any problem with this nine that would be it would be up understood it would be it will be tolerated there would be diversity it would be understood but if it's christianity if it's jesus on college campuses to

, the 18-year-old college student, a freshman, another possible fraternity death at a major american university. tonight, the school now taking action. >>> the dramatic new video moments after a security guard holding down a suspected gunman. when police arrived, an officer then shooting and killing the guard. what the video shows, and what ing t.lo the woman partially sucked out of that plane. passengers trying to in. tonight, the words of the pilot who was struggling to fly that crippled passenger jet. >>> braking news, the attorney who took on the president has been arrested. pierre thomas standing by. >>> good evening and great to have you with us. we begin with a major nor middle easter begin v. all the way up into the northeast. 110 million americans bracing now for the first severe blast of winter. heavy snow in pine bluffs, arkansas. part of the same storm system. treacherous driving heoadspelee injured when their bus overturned on an icy highway. that was a ramp near memphis where that happened. drivers avoiding the icy conditions on the mississippi river bridge in greenville, mississi

of war i'm joined by my guest peter cousin they can watch him he's a professor of history at american university as well as co-author with oliver stone the un told history of the united states also in washington we have michael o'hanlon he is a senior fellow at the brookings institution and embezzle we cross to daniel dance and he is the director of the swiss institute for peace in energy research or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate peter in washington or the swamp as i like to refer to it let me go to you first here over the last few days and weeks we've heard some very troubling words come from members representing the great powers including a former u.s. commander in europe lieutenant general been hodges he said the united states needs a very strong european pillar i think in fifteen years it's not inevitable but it is a very strong likely hood that we will be at war with china and president xi of china said we have to set up a combat readiness exercises joint exercises and confrontational exercises to enhance service se

, the 18-year-old college student, a freshman, another possible fraternity death at a major american university. tonight, the school now taking action. >>> the dramatic new video moments after a security guard holding down a suspected gunman, when police arrived, an officer then shooting and killing the guard. what the video shows, and what members of the family are now demanding tonight. >>> new developments. the woman partially sucked out of that plane. passengers trying to pull her in. tonight, the words of the pilot who was struggling to fly that crippled passenger jet. >>> and the american passenger who fell off of a cruise ship and did not survive. >>> good evening. and it's great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. and we have a lot to get to. we begin with the major nor'easter moving from the south up into the northeast. 110 million americans bracing for the first severe blast of winter. heavy snow in pine bluffs, arkansas. part of the same storm system. treacherous driving on the roads. two people were killed, dozens injured when their bus overturned on an icy highway. that

of war i'm joined by my guest peter cousin they can watch him he's a professor of history at american university as well as co-author with all over stone the un told history of the united states also in washington we have michael holland he is a senior fellow at the brookings institution and in about.

universities. you can mark it any way you want, it is a zero sum game. that means 20% of those seats didn't go to an americandent ant there is no discussion whatsoever, no public policy about what has occurred by most of these universities that are left wing driven. they're left-wing indoctrination centers and we're looking at statistics now and surveys showing the millennial generation is the product of that indoctrination process. and the public schools and our education. >> yeah. during a congressional hearing fbi director wray talked about the con few issues institutes. this is for them to commit e pea thanking. 60% of the students in the u.s. now are chinese. we have nem in sensitive programs, getting phds in things around material and artificial intelligence. it's going back to china. if you want to do business in china, you have to play by their rules. i think we ought to do the same thing to the other chinese companies who want to do stuff in the united states. lou: and this prt relented with president xi. >> unfortunately he did. lou: and that's got to be reversed too. what is happening is just unth

university of virginia. he is the author of "americans at the gate." united states and refugees during the cold war, published in 2008. a co-author of immigration and -- and american history that is forthcoming. he is working on a book entitled "human rights at home: the united states and human rights in the 1980's." professor maria cristina garcia is the howard a newman professor of american studies at cornell university. she also holds a joint appointment in the latino studies program. dr. garcia teaches about immigration and refugee history. her most recent book is "refugee challenge in post-cold war america" which was published in 2017. i urge you to read it, it is a great read. she is also the author of >> havana usa, cuban exile and seeking refuge." the united states and canada both published by the university , of california press. as well as dozens of book chapters and articles on various aspects of refugee and asylum history. she is coeditor of a nation of immigrants reconsidered in an age of u.s. restriction 1924 , through 1965. which is publ

earlier i spoke to dr akbar ahmed from the american university, and former pakistan high commissioner these protests have in the country. 0ne these protests have in the country. never knows th strength 0ne never knows the nature and strength of a mob, and this is a mob. it only grows, and suddenly it's descending on sharks and government buildings. they are currently pending the three supreme courtjudges who are bold enough to give the physician. they were announcing that those three should be killed under islamic law. they we re be killed under islamic law. they were inciting the soldiers to rebel against their own commander in chief, and the even included the prime minister. in that sense they have already provoked the people of pakistan. a very high emissions that yes there can be an agreement, but if we go back and settle down, i'm not so sure, the government has to tackle this very delicately. at the same time, when it was needed, when the firm action was needed, that time has gone, because it was the time has gone, because it was the time that the prime minister spoke to the nat

of war i'm joined by my guest peter cousin they can watch him he's a professor of history at american university as well as co-author with oliver stone the told history of the united states also in washington we have michael o'hanlon he is a senior fellow at the brookings institution and in basil we cross to daniel danson he is the director of the swiss institute for peace energy research or a gentleman crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate peter in washington or the swamp as i like to refer to it let me go to you first here over the last few days and weeks we've heard some very troubling words come from members representing the great powers including a former u.s. commander in europe lieutenant general ben hodges he said the united states needs a very strong european pillar i think in fifteen years it's not inevitable but it is a very strong likely hood that we will be at war with china and president xi of china said we have to set up a combat readiness exercises joint exercises and confrontational exercises to enhance service service and