ensure that facebook placed a positive for old human elections all around the world when the atlantic council calls itself a nonpartisan institution but is being criticized for giving corporate donors privileged access to u.s. and foreign government officials some of its biggest contributors are arms manufacturers and oil giants and critics describe it as a platform for neoconservatives. well for more on this i'm joined by alvin verifies chair of the neighbors hereon national committee on intent indeed for joining us and let's have a look at it then countering online is right and that might seem like a good idea but what do you make of facebook's choice of partner in this project. this is a clear response to the fact that americans are growing increasingly disenfranchise with the nonsensical military propaganda we lost faith through the actions of the n.s.a. more and more americans want to bring the troops home shut down all foreign military bases and really stop acting as the world's policemen as the world's interfere or as the world's bully we don't believe this military nonsense any more a

the atlantic council calls itself a nonpartisan institution but has been criticized for giving corporate donors privileged access to u.s. and foreign government officials some of its biggest donors and contributors are weapons manufacturers and the oil giants and critics describe it as a platform for neo conservatives or the joint project announcement has been greeted with some skepticism. saudi weapons manufacturer funded military think tank which has produced new produce fake news stories teams up with facebook to protect democratic elections so why the atlantic council exactly do you think openly align yourself with an entity whose brief is propagandizing for war will help you to repeat a symphony a trial of. to be friends the owners of major news organizations weapons manufacturers the results of the atlantic council's influence will be similar to that of those companies facebook's output will no longer meaningfully different from that's of corporate media it's alarming but this is a clear response to the fact that americans are growing increasingly disenfranchise with the nonsensica

perhaps fake news stories teams up with facebook to protect democratic elections so why the atlantic council exactly do you think open line yourself with an entity whose brief propagandizing for war will help you achieve reputation for neutrality. to be friends the owners of major news organizations weapons manufacturers the results of the atlantic council's influence will be similar to that of those companies facebook's output will no longer meaningfully different from that of corporate media it's alarming but this is a clear response to the fact that americans are growing increasingly disenfranchise with the nonsensical military propaganda we don't believe this military nonsense anymore and more and more americans want to get out of nato entirely and so you have now the atlantic council whose entire mission is to maintain and grow organizations like nato and obviously including nato and now they're getting access to our social media security but they are not really intellectually neutral they're not politically neutral they risk clearly have an agenda of expansion of military aggression of

the atlantic council was very kind. whether you give the chance to speak from the guests from outside, rather than inside. so, berry, you are going to speak last. you have ample chance to comment on the previous speakers. [laughter] the floor to the national assembly man from north korea. even though they have very busy schedules, they willingly joined this important dialogue between us. so i will give the first chance to the representative who is a servedd politician and in the previous administration. worked closely with president moon jae-in during the obama other administration, and he was chief spokesman for the ruling party. so don't think that his speech is exactly reflecting the government, but it roughly represents the government's position. sigh give the chance to him representative park first for , about seven minutes to maximum of ten minutes, please. translator: thank you. i will speak really fast. i'm from democratic party of korea. as, we are facing north korea-u.s. summit i am very honored to be here. i

the atlantic council calls itself a nonpartisan institution but it has been criticized for giving corporate donors privileged access to u.s. and foreign government officials in fact some of his biggest contributors are arms manufacturers and oil giants and critics describe it as a platform for neoconservatives and the joint projects announcement has been greeted with a certain amount of skepticism saudi weapons manufacturer funded military think terror which has produced new produce freak news stories teams up with facebook to protect democratic elections so why the atlantic council exactly do you think opening line yourself with an entity whose grief is propagandizing for war will help each of repute ation for neutrality. to be friends the owners of major news organizations weapons manufacturers the results of the atlantic council's influence will be similar to that of those companies facebook's output will no longer meaningfully different from that of corporate media it's alarming but this is a clear response to the fact that americans are growing increasingly disenfranchise with the nons

i'm fred kemp, i'm president and ceo of the atlantic council. and thank you all for joining us for the 2018 atlantic council east asia foundation strategic dialog. they say timing is everything. and we certainly are gathering together here at a historic moment. i want to especially welcome our speakers, dr. moon, mr. kim, congressman kim, congressman parks, dr. park, for travelling all the way from the republic of korea. we are deeply honored to be the first venue in washington d.c. chosen for public engagement by high level korean officials since the intinterkorean summit and the summit for strategy and security in partnership for the first time with the east asia foundation at such a historic moment. if just the opening conversation we had as we were just preparing to come in this room is any indication of the kind of reach conversation we'll have now, hold onto your seats. as i watched the summit on the korean peninsula unfold, and i watched the amazing theaterics of the long conversation on the bridge, on the going across the line back and f

the atlantic council calls itself a nonpartisan institution that has been criticized for giving corporate donors privileged access to u.s. and foreign government officials some of its biggest contributors are weapons manufacturers and oil giants and critics describe it as a platform for neo conservatives a libertarian politician often voer says the partnership will backfire on facebook among us this is a clear response to the fact that americans are growing increasingly disenfranchise with the nonsensical military propaganda we don't believe this military nonsense anymore and more and more americans want to get out of nato entirely and so you have now the atlantic council whose entire mission is to maintain and grow organizations like nato and obviously including nato and now they're getting access to our social media security but they are not really intellectually neutral they're not politically neutral they risk clearly have an agenda of expansion of military aggression of encouraging other countries to do proxy military aggression so they're certainly not unbiased so i think this is go

the atlantic council calls itself a nonpartisan institution but it's been criticized for giving corporate donors privileged access to us on foreign government officials some of its biggest contributors are weapons manufacturers and oil giants and critics describe it as a platform for neo conservatives libertarian politician says the partnership will ultimately backfire on facebook. this is a clear response to the fact that americans are growing increasingly disenfranchise with the nonsensical military propaganda we don't believe this military nonsense anymore and more and more americans want to get out of nato entirely and so you have now the atlantic council whose entire mission is to maintain and grow organizations like nato and obviously including nato and now they're getting access to our social media security but they are not really intellectually neutral they're not politically neutral they risk clearly have an agenda of expansion of military aggression of encouraging other countries to do proxy military aggression so they're certainly not unbiased so i think this is going to backfi

any more and more and more americans want to get out of nato entirely and so you have now the atlantic council whose entire mission is to maintain and grow organizations like nato and obviously including nato and now they're getting access to our social media security but they are not really intellectually neutral they're not politically neutral they risk clearly have an agenda of expansion of military aggression of encouraging other countries to do proxy military aggression so they're certainly not unbiased so i think this is going to backfire against facebook this is not what the american people want we don't want more propaganda telling us that we need military overreach we want less military overreach. to say users are accusing the network of stifling free speech to the launch of new algorithms to block offensive content the changes are part of a project called surfing healthy conversation interesting munch critics say the scheme has been poorly executed. twitter is going to show dubai and the accounts who have been full of all talk to people who violate the terms of service what a brillia

i am president and ceo of the atlantic council. this is a great treat. the man who will be given distinguished business leadership award this evening will be giving it by congressional medal of honor winn winner. we are so looking forward to this tonight. here we have a chance to hear from you a little more length and depth about the role and responsibility of a global company. i am honored to welcome executive chairman howard schultz. >> you are anxious to get me off stage. so we have been talking a lot about how we are in a turning point in history. maybe you can go back to congress of veania. in increasingly interconnected society businesses and non state actors are playing roles of greater importance than they have had in history on the global geopolitical stage. now more than ever corporations have both the capacity and the responsibility to take on global challenges to forge more secure and prosperous future for all. one of the most visible symptoms that has been written about a lot is a public back lash against structures and institutions of globa

i'm president of the atlantic council. this is a great treat. the man who will win our distinguished or will be giving the distinguished business leadership award this evening will be given by congressional medal of honor winner with whom he has a close relationship, someone who has inspired him a a lot with a vote of the good work that he's done for veterans. .. [applause] >> you mean you're anxious to get mail. we have been talking about the atlantic council power of attorney point in history. maybe the end of world war i or world war ii, maybe you can go back to 1015 to congress. increasing society there's nonstate actors playing roles of grady importance. now more than ever corporation have both the capacity and to take on global challenges to have a more secure and prosperous future. one of the most visible reflection point has been written is the public backlash a populist backlash against structures and institutions of global business and commerce. many feel the financial rewards have been -- densely. many are in open markets for your tra

i'm sure it will be in the .ext meeting of the north atlantic council. next meeting of the north atlantic council. >> the foreign secretary said in iran is aent that destabilizing force in the region. what discussions with the foreign secretary and the e3 be happy with nato allies? there'll also be feeling greatly disturbed with unilateral action by the united states and impact their relationships with iran. >> i'm sure it will be the meeting of the north atlantic council. >> a nuclear armed iran is unacceptable to the u.k. so it is on human rights. the foreign secretary said in a statement the u.k. will continue to come with destabilizing behavior in the region. follow the foreign secretary do to due to bring to an end that continuous persecution of people at the highest day which is now spread for your prominent leader has placed a message of social media threatening to butcher every country. we should be able to bring this terrible persecution to an end. >> i can assure my right honorable friend that we raise human rights and indeed the treatment of o

anymore and more and more americans want to get out of nato entirely and so you have now the atlantic council whose entire mission is to maintain and grow organizations like nato and obviously including nato and now they're getting access to our social media security but they are not really intellectually neutral they're not politically neutral they risk clearly have an agenda of expansion of military aggression of encouraging other countries to do proxy military aggression so they're certainly not unbiased so i think this is going to backfire against facebook this is not what the american people want we don't want more propaganda telling us that we need military overreach we want less military overreach we want twitter users are accusing the network of stifling free speech after the launch of new algorithms to block offensive content the changes are part of a project called thing healthy conversation introduced in one which well critics say the scheme has been poorly executed. twitter is going to show do by many accounts who have been full of all talk to people who violate the terms of servi

to the atlantic council for all the council has done over the years to maintain a strong connection with our allies across the atlantic. the secretary of defense says something frequently that i think is worth repeating. and that is that countries with allies thrive, and those without with her. -- those without wither. that is true throughout history but i think particularly now, and in era where the world is more complex and dangerous than we have seen in decades. and in that context, our allies and partners become more important than in an era of single-country domination. the competition presents us with it more challenging security environment than we have faced in decades. the new national defense sector -- strategy published in january was specifically designed to address this new environment and change the focus from the violent extremism organization fight we have been in for the past 27 years, towards this era of reemerged great power competition. one example of how the air force is grappling with that change is an area we call battle management. it is command and control in a b

i'm fred kemp, i'm president and ceo of the atlantic council.and thank you all for joining us for the 2018 atlantic council east asia foundation strategic dialog. they say timing is everything. and we certainly are gathering together here at a historic moment. i want to especially welcome our

week, starbucks executive chair howard schultz atlantic council.hing that twoened at a starbucks with african-american men who were arrested and later released. on q&a, university of california santa barbara english professor on his book "inseparable." imagine, with the two married couples. they cannot be in the same bed, right? they set up this two separate households about one mile from each other, they stick to a very rigid schedule. 'sey would say, stay in chengg s house for three days with his wife. is thethis time, cheng master of the house, he can do whatever he wants to. his free will.p toee days later, they moved cheng would give up his free will. brian: did it work? >> apparently. they had 21 children between them.

of atlantic council. >> the foreign secretary said in his statement that iran is a -- that the u.k. will continue thisunter act iran's stabilizing force in the region. what discussions with the foreign secretary and the e3 be happy with nato allies? -- >> i'm sure it will be the it will be another frankly disgusting aspects of the behavior of the iranian regime. of those issues repeatedly whenever we meet our iranian counterparts. >> government does not believe iran is abiding by -- the israeli government does not believe that iran in terms of the agreement. the groups urged the iranian regime is using revenue to finance terrorism across the middle east and of course iran has played an important part in the conflict in syria and yemen. and light of this behavior, does the foreign secretary not accept that the decisions by the american president will send an important message to the regime which is out of control. >> on the contrary, that the most powerful point about mentioning netanyahu's display iran didit showed that indeed have a nuclear weapon ambition after 2003 and it shows t

live coverage from the atlantic council starts at 3:00 p.m. eastern. we will be at arena stage hosting a forum on the future of race relations in america. we will have a live starting at 630 eastern. watch a live coverage of the utah senate republican primary debate with mitt romney and state lawmaker mike kennedy. from brigham young university, tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. take c-span your primary source for campaign 2018. >> all this week c-span is featuring commencement speeches from around the country. oprah winfrey spoke earlier this month to graduate at usc school of medications and journalism. she is followed by steve scalise at lsu and rod rosenstein at campbell law school. we will start with oprah winfrey at the university of southern california. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] >> you did it. [applause] >> thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you wallis annenberg and a special thank you too dean will obey for inviting me here today. to the parents, again i say, a

president trump, have strained transatlantic relations, following the ambassador's remark at this atlantic council event that debated iran sanctions and what happens with the agreement.

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true and on top of it they want their revenge ok you have like facebook teaming up with the atlantic council they want to claw it back and it's going to get nasty people are being to monetize people being shunned and throttled ok so the old the old media is up to the same habits of trying to control the media space go ahead in new york. well we have to realize that media is a is evolving i'll tell you one thing that hasn't changed my father was a newspaper man i grew up in and around the business i remember as a youngster that there was a conservative advertisement against the new york times with a picture of fidel castro they put on a bus that said i got my job through the new york times still makes me laugh out loud so things haven't changed that much but another thing that has changed a monster of late i worked on and off for time incorporated since nineteen eighty three and for one period for fifteen years straight there was a publishing behemoth a colossus that no longer even exists in the name was literally pulled off the building and there is no time publication in the time in life bu

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families are for example investigating the influence of twit supports and according to the atlantic council's digital forensic research lab automated accounts have been flooding twitter in malaysia with pro-government messages ahead of wednesday's election but tracking down bots can be quite difficult because programs like potomac so they can help her if i if it's twitter account you suspect is a bot or not i did this a bit a bit earlier you can see i've put my twitter handle. and according to that right in the corner there i'm in the blue section which means that i'm less likely to be a ball if it went over to the right side that's means i'm more likely but it's not always accurate. for example analysts from the digital lab suggest this account is automated in twenty sixteen and over nine months it posted an average of seven hundred seven hundred and five posts and that's just per day now mostly retreats of pro russian messages. but look it's up on the tomah to and the program says it's only fifty seven percent likely that the user is about site house can you spot a box well the main things

harlan ullman is a senior advisor of the atlantic council in washington d.c. he's joining us now from there thank you very much indeed for being with us. threat so one thing in force is another how likely is it that the u.s. would be able to enforce these sanctions if they come into operation it would be terribly difficult for the united states do this iran france and other countries will say that the united states violated the agreement so therefore sanctions that america may wish to impose are simply not legal there will be lawsuits that will be interested that will be put in place with the world trade organization and other judicial bodies secondary sanctions that america could threaten against european countries such as air bus will raise the temperature between america and europe in terms of our differences and so the united states has put itself in a very very serious position it cannot tolerate a trade war with europe and it cannot tell a rate a trade war with china yet by saying that it's going to forego sanctions relief with iran it is put itself into

barbara slavin is director of the future of iran initiative at the think tank atlantic council. announce a partial pullout, what does that mean? he might not renew the waivers but not immediately reimpose sanctions. the sanctions in question are ones that tried to discourage countries from importing oilfrom iraq and even if he does not renew the waivers to be sanctions, it would need six months before they would need six months before they would really come into effect. this is what he might do and argue that he needs more time to negotiate with the europeans on more measures against iran. if he doesn't renew the waivers, the united states is i it. ‘ it. what will a and - it. what will a g ofthe ska. 7:5 25;!‘:-:‘:‘ 25!!! 4.7.1 eh»; a; 247... . .. 7 is 7l: 7:5 775774 777!!! 15:77 7.7.72: k" 2437. 7 77 7 is still 777 7:5 775777 777!!! 5.7.7 7.7.72: 7" 247.7. 7 77 7 is still a deal world do? is there still a deal without in it? world do? is there still a deal withotiand’ifjet7 ”77 7 7 world do? is there still a deal withol and 3:72: ’ to ”f 7 7 can 1—1: f: they there 7 they lfi is

revenge ok you have like facebook teaming up with the atlantic council they want to claw it back and it's going to get nasty people are being to monetize people being shunned and throttled ok so the old the old media is up to the same habits of trying to control the media space go ahead rob in new york. well we have to realize that media is a is evolving i'll tell you one thing that hasn't changed my father was a newspaper man i grew up in and around the business i remember as a youngster that there was a conservative advertisement against the new york times with a picture of fidel castro they put on a bus that said i got my job through the new york times still makes me laugh out loud so things haven't changed that much but another thing that has changed a monster of late i worked on and off for time incorporated since nineteen eighty three and for one period for fifteen years straight there was a publishing behemoth a colossus that no longer even exists you know the name was literally pulled off the building and there was no time publication in the time in life building i don't even

true and on top of it they want their revenge ok you have like facebook teaming up with the atlantic council they want to claw it back and it's going to get nasty people are being to monetize people being shunned and throttled ok so the old the old media is up to the same habits of trying to control the media space go ahead rob in new york. well we have to realize that media is a is evolving i'll tell you one thing that hasn't changed my father was a newspaper man i grew up in and around the business i remember as a youngster that there was a conservative advertisement against the new york times with a picture of fidel castro they put on a bus that said i got my job through the new york times still makes me laugh out loud so things haven't changed that much but another thing that has changed a monster i worked on and off for time incorporated since nineteen eighty three and for one period for fifteen years straight there was a publishing behemoth a colossus that no longer even exists in the name was literally pulled off the building and there was no time publication in the time in life build

she is director of the future of iran initiative at the think tank the atlantic council.esident does go for a partial pullout from the deal, what might that mean? well, i think what he may do is not renew the waivers, but not immediately reimpose sanctions. the sanctions in question now are ones that try to discourage countries from importing oilfrom iran, and even if he does not renew the waivers to these sanctions, it would need six months before they would really come into effect. so this is what he might do, and argue that he needs more time to negotiate with the europeans on more measures against iran. but, if he doesn't renew the waivers, the united states is in material non—compliance with this agreement, and iran has every right to pull out of it. and what do you think iran will do? what will the rest of the world do, do you think? is there still a deal without america in it? that's a really good question. because of the nature of the american sanctions, the nature of the international financial system, and the fact that the dollar is the world's biggest reserve c

revenge ok you have like facebook teaming up with the atlantic council they want to claw it back and it's going to get nasty people are being to monetize people being shunned and throttled ok so the old the old media is up to the same habits of trying to control the media space go ahead rob in new york. well we have to realize that media is a is evolving i'll tell you one thing that hasn't changed my father was a newspaper man i grew up in and around the business i remember as a youngster that there was a conservative advertisement against the new york times with a picture of fidel castro they put on a bus that said i got my job through the new york times still makes me laugh out loud so things haven't changed that much but another thing that has changed a monster i worked on and off for time incorporated since nineteen eighty three and for one period for fifteen years straight there was a publishing behemoth a colossus that no longer even exists in the name was literally pulled off the building and there was no time publication in the time in life building i don't even know if think

i'm really delighted that we are bringing together all of our work at the atlantic council under the iran source. i suggest all of you look at the source. and you can also tweet today's event. were not quite sure what. we are going to look at sanctions and aspects in particular what it's going to mean for sanctions. the last minute addition to our experts in that as the ambassador david o'sullivan is going to make some keynote remarks. with our penile penal true after experts. let me just briefs fully introduce them. she is a veteran of the treasury department. we also have a new speaker here. they followed the negotiations that led to the jcp '08 in great detail another veteran of state department where he worked on developing the sanctions that are now going to be returning. he promises to have a very interesting hour and half. with that man ask you to silence your cell phones and let me invite ambassador sullivan to come make some pulmonary remarks. thank you very much. good morning and good afternoon. it's just seven minutes past 12:00. is no longer the morning. i will not hide f

he was honored with a distinguished leadership award from the atlantic council. the speech from the thinktank, bush had the words of winston churchill. >> one cannot rise to be in many ways the leading community in the civilized world without being involved in its problems. without being convulsed by agonies. if this had been proved in the past as it had been, it will become indisputable in the future. people in the united states cannot escape world responsibility. i whole heartedly agree. >> on a personal note, the former president thanked everyone for the love and support following the death of his mom. he misses mom, but his father's health is good. >>> let's go to senior international correspondent frederik pleitgen in tehran. what do you see, fred? >> reporter: christine, the way this is working that right now as the protests continue the friday prayers are on at one of the hardline places in tehran. that is where you hear anti-american and israeli rhetoric as well. after, that very large protest march marches. the people behind me are going to the friday pr

he's a nonresident senior fellow at the atlantic council his specializes in russian politics what does another six years of putin at the helm of the kremlin mean for you. you know if there's one thing we know about vladimir putin is last eighteen years in power is what's going to continue you're going to see a continually aggressive russian foreign policy abroad which president putin will couch against the west and again in shrine in russia's inherent right to be a great power you're going to continue to see a clampdown on russian opposition and home and you're going to also true try to see an attempt of the russian government to bring more economic social health care services to its citizens an effort that has been difficult to match but again what you're going to see is continuity and you're going to continue to see real challenges of having the united states and russia find a relationship that is where president putin wants it which is again to enshrine russia as a great power but overall i think you're going to see more of the same as time passes in russia you see more of the same

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. >> i'm sure it will be the meetings of the north atlantic council. >> a nuclear armed iran is unacceptable to the u.k. so it is on human rights. the foreign secretary said in a statement the u.k. will continue to come with destabilizing behavior in the region. follow the foreign secretary do to due to bring to an end that continuous persecution of people at the highest day which is now spread for your prominent leader has placed a message of social media threatening to butcher every country. we should be able to bring this terrible persecution to an end. >> i can assure my right honorable friend that we raise human rights and indeed the treatment of other frankly disgusting acts. many disgusting aspects of the behavior of the iranian regime. we raise these issues repeatedly >> samuelsson. >> the government does not believe that iran in terms of the agreement. the groups urged the iranian regime is using revenue to finance terrorism across the middle east and of course iran has played an important part in the conflict in syria and yemen. does the foreign secretary not accept that the decisi

that's why the atlantic council is important today and i appreciate your good works. [applause] it is very important for our fellow citizens to remember these words from winston churchill. america is inexpenseable -- indispensable for the world. and the dangers of isolation loom. the price of greatness is responsibilities. one cannot rise to be in many ways, the leading community in a civilized world without being involved in its problems. without being convulsed by its agonies and inspired by its causes. if this had been proved in the past has it has been, it be look indisputable in the future. people in the united states cannot escape world responsibility. i wholeheartedly agree. host: those comments from former comments george w. bush here in washington this past week and we'll get your tweets, send us tweet @c-spanwj. and the "atlantic magazine," in an essay written by elliott cohen, all the visible damage that the president has done, there are much more worst things to surface. the headline "how trump is ending the american era." here's part of what cohen where i

live coverage on the atlantic council starts at 3 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> commencement speeches all this week in prime time. tonight at 9 p.m. eastern #me too movement founder, . >> up next members of the house administration committee examine the operations of the u.s. capitol visitor center as it nears its tenth anniversary. we will hear from beth plemmons, ceo of visitors services. this is about 45 minutes. >> i now called to order the committee on house administration for purpose of today's hearing, examining the united states capitol visitor center as it approaches its tenth anniversary. they hearing record will remain open for five legislative days some members may submit any materials they wish to be included. a quorum is present so we may proceed. first i would like to thank our witnesses for taking time out of, our witness, excuse me, for taking time out of her scheduled to be with us today. on october 20, 2008, president obama signed legislation sponsored by my friend and colleague, then house administration committee chairma

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bush accepting the atlantic council's distinguished international leadership award for his work in thena of global health. he said the u.s. cannot lead the world while avoiding the world's problems. >> very important for our fellow citizens to remember these words from winston churchill america is indispensable for the world and the dangers of isolation loom the price of greatness is responsibilities. >> you are up-to-date. that's the news update this hour back downtown to "squawk alley." jon, back to you. >> thank you, sue. >>> ibm was leading the charge in the fields of artificial intelligence and cloud everyone remembers watson's two-day tournament on jeopardy in which it beat ken jennings. since then, ibm is working to close the gap. joining us now at post nine is david kenny, senior vice president for ibm watson and cloud platform great to have you with us. >> great to be with you, swraun. >> lot of conversation around ai on top of cloud this week. >> yes. >> you've been having commercials and talking about ai for a long time. microsoft, google, amazon all talking about this how i

ambassador to israel and senior fellow at the atlantic council, james cunningham.at to have you. >> thank you for having me. cheryl: this begs the question. we knew -- we've been talking about for years moving the embassy into jerusalem. this president is the one that's made that happen, but at the same time, do you think that the timing was too soon? and do you think that these clashes, the violent protests are going to continue? >> it's more than a question of timing, it's a question of the context which it takes place or if there is a context. it's an important symbolic move. normally one would hope to have a political process and discussion one would hope to get something in return for that and have it take place as part of a strategy, and it's not clear to me and many observers that there is a strategic reason behind taking this move at this time, and opening up the issue. i've heard various administration spokesmen including the president say this takes jerusalem off the table as an issue in the peace process, peace discussions between israelis and palestinia

bush last night speaking at the atlantic council. he has not spoken out very often if at all. this is the former president of the united states speaking about the importance of noble engagement by this administration and all administrations, without mentioning president trump by name. >> the price of greatness is responsibiliti responsibilities. one cannot rise to be in many ways the leading community in the civilized world without being involved in its problems, without being convulsed by its agonies and inspired by its causes. people in the united states cannot escape world responsibility. i wholeheartedly agree. when we confront suffering, when we save lives we breathe hope into the devastated populatios,s strengthen and stabilize society and make our country and the world safer. >> the president was speaking, president bush was speaking specifically about what he had done with bipartisan support, with bono's support to try to eradicate aids in africa. stellar agreement that was done through the state department which is being destroyed by the trump budget. but he's also sp

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it was an award from the atlantic council about diplomacy.ack ten years or so when people would not have thought that possible, when the cool conventional wisdom was that bush had torn up our alliances and that sort of thing. we now see that perhaps it was far more complicated, more nuanced than we think. i was thinking today because of the mccain comment and because of the pulling out of the iran deal about an observation of president johnson's, who michael spent so much time listening to and transcribing those diaries so wonderfully. in which he said that nothing tests or shows us a man's conscience more than the presidency. it literally opens his soul. >> right. >> and no longer can he write off hopes and needs, he has to engage the great challenges of the time. we're living through a fallow period, to say the least, where the hopes, needs and aspirations of the people are going to have to be carried by the people themselves, because the president for political and selfish reasons to stick with his base, to continue to be a kind of enterta

. >> yesterday the ceo told a or forum at the atlantic council in washington washington, d.c.n again. >> we don't want anyone in starbucks to feel as if we are not giving access to you to the bathroom because you are less than. we want you to be more than. >> schultz says they're not trying to become a public bathroom but from now on the key to the bathroom would be given to anyone who asks regardless of race, sexual orientation gender or ethnic background. customers we talked to said that's the way it should be. >> they think having access to a public bathroom is a human right. >> i've had times when you know i do feel obligated to buy something even if they don't make me i feel obligated to buying. >> business owners in san francisco say they face almost an impossible choice trying to help someone down on their luck or maintain a clean facility or customers. the manager the at zigys says they have to have rules to keep the homeless out of the of the bathroom. >> they go inside, take a shower. do biological needs anywhere in the bathroom. at one point we found even needles on