. - i'm evan smith, he's the president and ceo of the aspen institute, the former editor of time, former ceo of cnn, and the acclaimed biographer of steve jobs, among other consequential figures. his latest book, already a number one bestseller, is leonardo da vinci. he's walter isaacson, this is overheard. let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn, or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? you could say that he made his own bed, but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem, and over time, took it on. let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you gonna run for president? i think i just got an f from you, actually. this is over. (clapping and cheering) walter isaacson, welcome. - thank you so much. - congratulations, another big success. - well, it's great to be back with you, evan, thank you so much. - and it's a wonderful book, i'm moved to ask, although i think i know the answer, why him? you could write about anybody you could possibly imagine. - and if you cou

tyson barker from the aspen institute here in berlin thank you so much thank you president trying to seized on an attempted terror attack in new york city to call for tougher immigration rules twenty seven year old man is in custody after detonating an explosive device in new york's port authority bus terminal officials say he was inspired by the so-called islamic state and learned to make the crude pipe bomb on the internet. many new yorkers worst nightmare this is the moment a bomb exploded in a subway and the world's busiest bus station. and then panic broke out at the pool authority bus terminal hit by the explosion right in the middle of rush hour here. i see that look like people running. like. women. and nobody. because the families were. here only. police and other fast responders rushed to the scene near times square and evacuation followed. it was an attempt to terror attack the suspect is a twenty seven year old man. who is now in custody he allegedly had a crude pipe bomb strapped to his body the blast injured him and three others it's unclear if the device went off by ac

sex sexual misbehavior by president trump well with me in the studio is tyson barker from the aspen institute here in berlin tyson how dangerous is this for donald trump i mean clearly this has not been resolved you know this moment the me too moment which has been released since the harvey weinstein accusations has reshaped the public discourse in the united states and globally about sexual harassment and sexual misconduct and clearly donald trump who thought that he had already closed this issue in the elections has not done so i think it could be quite dangerous for the president the republicans in some ways in this they seem to be their own worst enemy where are the democrats in all of this are they on able to to score political points against trump at this point clearly the issue of sexual harassment is a bipartisan or nonpartisan issue and the democrats have their own house to get in order and the one thing that the de. crowds are trying to avoid is the accusation of hypocrisy that they are not addressing their own problems within their party. at the same time that they're accusing peop

so that was tyson baka from the aspen institute in a gemini sting with the u.s. and president donald trump has launched a new space program ordering nasa to send more american astronauts to the moon and beyond signing a policy ought to trump said this time we will not only plant a flag and leave a footprint we'll establish a foundation for an eventual mission to mars and perhaps sunday to when he was beyond that's been almost half a century since man visited the moon. american astronauts mian armstrong the first man to walk on the moon in july nine hundred sixty nine. why three years later in one thousand nine hundred seventy two the apollo seventeen mission this was the last time man traversed the lunar surface no humans have visited the moon since then. now u.s. president donald trump has signed a directive ordering nasa to return american astronauts to the moon i'm we will not only plant our flag and leave our footprint we will establish a foundation for an eventual mission to mars and perhaps someday to many worlds beyond. a return to the moon would make a st

. >> the aspen institute hosted a conversation about diplomacy under the trump administration with former secretary of state madeleine albright, former defense secretary william cohen, fo

with that, >> monday, the aspen institute national a forum on security. we will hear from former national security advisor susan rice and former secretary of defense william cohen. at 9:30erage begins ..m. on c-span2 >> this weekend on american history tv on c-span3 -- joanne freeman on alexander hamilton. washington became president in 1789. he made hamilton the first secretary of the treasury and in that post, hamilton structured a national financial system and pushed to strengthen and empower government, launching into fierce political battles against people who wanted of far less powerful national government and obviously thomas jefferson and james madison were his foremost political opponents. america," training film "inappropriate affection." here. are new around i make a lot of decisions. the evaluations. justor

well joining us in the studio now is tyson barker from the aspen institute here in berlin good morning tyson morning tell us what's at stake in this alabama senate race well it's there's several things at stake one the republicans have a very razor thin majority in the senate fifty two to forty eight so if the republicans were to lose this ruby red senate seat to a democrat that would make their their majority even slimmer and you can see more defections coming second it would be a new enormous blow to the white house and to donald trump himself because basically it would say even in a state that you won two to one people are willing to vote for a democrat and that would really slow the mit momentum on his agenda including taxes now roy moore the republican candidate there he's an outspoken event jackal christian is that an important group for president trial i would say it's one of the biggest portions of his base probably by numbers it's the biggest portion of his base and the intensity of the enthusiasm in that in that community is enormous both for president trump and for roy bore

. >> this morning the aspen institute hears from former officials from the clinton, george w. bush and obama administrations about foreign policy challenges and emerging threats to u.s. national security. among the speakers, former national security adviser susan rice and former defense secretary william cohen. that's live at 9:30 a.m. eastern here on c-span2. and later today a rook at u.s. investments -- a look at u.s. investments in developing countries. that's from the center for strategic and international studies live here on c-span2 starting at 1 p.m. eastern. >> the c-span bus is traveling across the country on our 50 capitals tour. we recently stopped in tallahassee, florida, asking folks what's the most important issue in their state. >> and the most important issue to my state is funding. a lot of times we talk about the lack of resources and the lack of -- the quality of the education at hbcus. however, it all starts at the source. the board of governors, everything, the amount of money that they give us, it's important that we rally for us to get funding, but it al

the university professor of history at tulane, a former ceo of the aspen institute, chairman of cnn and managing editor of time magazine. he is the author of the innovators, how a group of hackers created the digital revolution. kissinger, a biography. steve jobs. benjamin franklin, and american life. and brings to life leonardo da vinci for us. without further ado, walter isaacson. [applause] >> thank you for -- from the miami book fest. always a great pleasure to be in this city. one reason it is great to be in miami, like so many other cities of this world, failed to be a mix of creative people with tolerance for all sorts of people, that is what made leonardo da vinci so creative. i have written about a lot of smart people, smart people are a dime a dozen. they don't usually amount to much. it takes being innovative and creative. one recipe for that is being able to stand at the intersection of arts and sciences, the humanities and engineering, what i remember watching steve jobs give a presentation that would always end with that street sign of the liberal arts technology and say t

at the aspen institute i sat down with walter isakson to answer that question.asure to have you on. >> this show is one of my favorites, too, every year. thanks for having me. >> you studied da vinci now. before that ben franklin, albert einstein, steve jobs. some people regard henry kissinger as highly innovative. if somebody says what makes somebody innovative at that historical level? >> especially with steve jobs, ben franklin and einstein you look around and they love to cross disciplines. they love the humanities and the sciences. leonardo da vinci is sort of the ultimate. somebody who wasn't just smart but had a playful curiosity about everything there was to know. just like steve jobs loved design and loved, you know, calligraphy but also loved electronics, i think innovation comes from crossing discipline. >> there is a story that einstein tells that when he would get stuck on physics problem sometimes he would stop and play the violin and come back and people said that you are actually exercising different parts of the brain when you do that and that p

walter is university professor of history at tulane, former ceo of the aspen institute, chairman of cnn and the managing editor of time magazine. he is the author of the innovators. kissinger, a biography, steve jobs, , einstein, his life and universe. benjamin franklin, an american life.. and, of course, walter brings to life leonardo da vinci for us. without further ado walter, please. [applause] >> thank you, javier. thank you all from the miami book fair. i've been here for every book and it's always a great pleasure to be in this city. [applause] one reason it's great to be in miami is that like so many other cities of this world, it has now become a mixpl of very creative people with the tolerance for all sorts of people. and that was what made leonardo da vinci so creative. i've written about a lot of smart people, and at a certain point it occurs to me that smart people are a dime a dozen. they don't usually amount to much, right? it takes being innovative, imaginative and creative. and one recipe for that is being able to stand at the intersection of arts and sciences to love b

this summer, he joked while speaking at the aspen institute about the past u.s.perations in central and south america, which consisted of the support of death squads and military coups. he seemed to be suggesting that he was in the midst of trying to put together some kind of operation in coordination with mexico and colombia to target the government of venezuela. so pompeo stylistically would be more in accord with trump. a tillerson completely agrees guttingmp's project of the state department and massively increasing the role in the firepower of the pentagon and the cia. amy: and pompeo, whether or not he is then secretary of state, he is the cia director and reportedly almost every day is with the president at the white house briefing him, has become very close to him. >> yeah. one aspect of -- another aspect of the trump policy is a lifting of the previous restraints on things like u.s. torture, u.s. killing of civilians in bombing runs, u.s. raids on civilian thinnest of pretense. under obama, the u.s. was killing thousands of civilians through drone attack

hosted by the aspen institute, this is just over three hours. good morning, everyone.ood morning, thank you for your patience. i'm nick burns, director of the aspen strategy group and welcome to this session on american global

. >> monday, the aspen institute will host a discussion on foreign-policy challenges and emerging threats to u.s. national security. we will hear from former white house officials including susan rice and former secretary defense william cowan. live coverage begins at 9:30 am on c-span2. c-span's "washington journal," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. sunday morning, a look at immigration enforcement, new government statistics that show fewer arrests on the u.s.-mexico border. policy us is a migration institute representative. and then a roundtable on the week ahead in washington and a preview of alabama's senate race with a washington post editor. and a syndicated columnist. be sure to watch "washington journal," live sunday morning. join the discussion. >> next, president trump's remarks at the mississippi civil rights museum. then, the final day of the democratic national committee's reform commission meeting. after that, i discussion on the etna merger.-a theowing a brief tour, president made remarks at the opening of the civil rights reason in jackson, missi

. >> general dunford said at the aspen security institute, that's what you pay us for. we have plans. it is hard to think about the unthinkable, but we have plans. james homan, you get the collections of disasters. three hurricanes, a forest fire, las vegas massacre, sutherland springs. three terrorist attacks in new york. consequentially one was much more devastating than the other two. it has been a year of terrible sorts. >> and it numbs you. that's one of the problems. you're not asking the question of 5 years, 10 years. in the last couple of weeks, we have noted the five-year anniversary of sandy hook, which was such a tragedy regardless of what you want to do about guns, regulations or not. they come in such rapid succession. we saw people trying to advance their own political agenda with the disasters. whether that's tackling climate change with the shootings. you know, nothing has happened on bump stocks. the atf says it doesn't have the ability to regulate those. the congress has no appetite to act. it is not clear if anything is going to come from this. our sy

anyonan along h becky quick and andrew ross sorkin our guest is the outgoing president of the aspen institutere out with rate decisions, both the ecb and the boe leaving rates unchanged. here are the futures indicating more new highs for the averages. the dow up 56. s&p indicated up four and the nasdaq up about seven. same with asia, you can see mostly red, though. >> small losses. the dollar will take a quick look, i saw 117 versus the euro and i have 118 now and then on the ten year we were down under 240 so it didn't break out to new highs in yields. >> you have the ecb deciding and the bank of england deciding not to do anything >> good morning, again, andrew, disney is acquiring fox's entertainment assets that includes its film and tv studios, its cable internet. networks, including fx and national geographic; its businesses including sky in europe and star in india the company expects $2 billion in cost savings and bob iger is extending his contract for an additional 2.5 years bob iger stressing how this deal which gives disney a controlling stake in hulu will bolster the company direct

global leadership from the aspen institute. this portion includes senator dan sullivan. and a discussion on trade. it is an hour 10 minutes. >> good morning everyone. thank you for your patience. i'm nick burns, director of the aspen strategy group. this session on american global leadership in the 21st century. i want to thank all of you for being here, members of our strategy group, dan sullivan of alaska who i am to introduce in a minute. let me tell you about our program. we at the aspen strategy group are 35 years old. we have this radical notion that even in washington there can be an organization that is resolutely nonpartisan. resolutely nonpartisan for 35 years. founders are bill perry much own ., rents go cross we meet to discuss and debate the big ideas about american foreign-policy. each year we prepare a book based on our proceedings for publication. this year's book is available today. the book we are discussing today . the world turned upside down, maintaining american leadership in a dangerous age. we will discuss the book beginning with senator sullivan a

hosted by the aspen institute in washington dc, this is three hours. >> good morning everyone. od morning. thank you for your patience. i am the director of the aspen strategy group. and welcome to this session on american global leadership in the 21st century. first i want to thank piper for giving us their space this morning. we much appreciate that. i would like to thank all of you for being here. members of the strategy group. particularly senator dan sullivan of alaska with whom i will introduce any minute. let me tell you about the program this morning. we at the aspen strategy group are 35 years old. we have this radical notion that even in washington there can be an organization resolutely nonpartisan. we have been resolutely nonpartisan for 35 years. our founders are bill perry, -- we meet annually in aspen, colorado to discuss and debate big ideas about america, american foreign policy and our global leadership. each year we prepare a book based on our proceedings for publication. this year is both is available today. it is about that we are discussing today.12 the wor

hosted by the aspen institute, this is just over three hours. good morning, everyone. good morning, thank you for your patience. i'm nick burns, director of the aspen strategy group and welcome to this session on american global leadership in the 21st century. them for giving us the space this morning. i want to thank all of you for being here. in particular, center dan sullivan from alaska who i will introduce in just a minute. let me tell you about our program. , we have years old this radical notion that even in washington, there can be an organization as resolutely nonpartisan. we have been resolutely nonpartisan for 35 years. -- we meets are annually and aspen, colorado to discuss big ideas about american foreign-policy and global leadership. each year, we prepare a book based on our proceedings for publication. this book is available today, the book we are discussing today. it's called the world turning upside down: america maintaining leadership in a dangerous age. we will discuss the book is morning and continuing with our friends, we will talk about major chang

. >> the aspen institute hosted a conversation about diplomacy under the trump administration with former secretary of state madeleine albright, former defense secretary william cohen, former national security advisor susan rice and others. the discussion is three hours. >> good morning, everyone. good morning. thank you for your patience. i'm nick burns, director of aspen strategy group and welcome to this session on american global leadership in the 21st century. first, i want to thank dla piper for giving us the space is horny. we very much appreciate that. i want to thank all of you for being here, members of our strategy group, in particular senator dan of alaskan who i'm honored to interest you in a minute. let me tell you about our program this morning. we at the aspen strategy group are 35 years old. we have this radical notion that even in washington there can be an organization that is resolutely nonpartisan. we have been resolutely nonpartisan for 35 years. our founders are bill perry, joan i, a lot. we meet annually in aspen, colorado to discuss and debate big ideas about amer

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captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] larry: a deadly crash in aspen staying that way for hours. julie wright will have your workaround. but john gonzalez has your breaking news coming in from police. >> this accident occurring just before 2:00 this morning right down the street from gates of heaven cemetery. now a fatal accident investigation. take a look. one of the vehicles involved, to drivers, one, two driver has now died at the hospital. of pickup truck spun out control, ending up on the other side of georgia avenue. this is where the accident actually occurred, on the northbound lanes. pickup where it the trucks collided. one inbound on georgia, just about 70 yards of the road you have the other pickup truck, with letters on the ground next to it. you have the collision reconstruction team julie wright, they are taking measurements, pictures, collecting as much evidence as profit -- as possible. you can see traffic already detouring around the accident. we are told, julie wright, georgia avenue will be closed for the rest of the morning commute.