. >> i was a prosecutor in manhattan and then joined arnold porter about five years ago. >> because ofhat firm in new york and then the president committee? >> i joined the advisory council last summer because of work i had done as a prosecutor. >> this seems to me so obvious. you look at this kind of issue and think about the risk of losing the elephant population and all the things we talked about and it just seems it's such a crime to do it. >> it is done. i just don't understand why the chinese would not get it. drive a ferrari. >> i think that's exactly right. we are just exactly one year now -- >> give up your ivory and buy a ferrari. >> we are one year out from obama's executive order and during that time, the u.s. has shown a lot of leadership, the clintons, the united nation, the british government held an international meeting in february. now the center of gravity needs to move east. we need leadership from china itself. and from the chinese states. >> i understand chinese culture is different but it has a long culture of bribery. in the last year you see what's happened in

arnold and porter. facing major lawsuits.pritzer, torthur have allowed arnold porter to sit -- host him on the supreme and c-span allowing it and they spoke with one of your producers and with your c-span director, it seems to me that this last vestige of hope is gone. host: i want to ask you a favor. when you get through the next time, turn the volume down. that was an event that we hosted. we cover events around this town all the time that are hosted and sponsored by different organizations, whether it is a law firm or heritage foundation or the center for american progress and we put those events on, as we have for the last 35 years. it is not an event that we particularly hosted, but we put it on the air, as is our mission. we let you make up your own conclusion. thanks for the call. want to make sure we clarify that one point. congress going prime time. you may have noticed a number of hearings taking place prime time in the evening. the hill newspaper saying there is a new trend, contentious cap -- committee hearings in