recent event at the brookings institution. they look ahead to the 2022 midterms from the american enterprise institute and later, james discusses his new book on medal of honor recipients who served in iraq and afghanistan. >> next, political analysts on the results of the virginia new jersey governor's races. and the impact on the 2020 two midterm elections and the biden administration's agenda. brookings institution hosted this one-hour event. >> good afternoon and welcome to this brookings webinar, election 2021 results and implications. we are set for lively insight from some of the nation's top political minds. my name is juan williams and i am a senior political analyst at fox news in a columnist. and a columnist for hell.com. i have served as an editorial writer and white house correspondent. i am also the author of several books, including eyes on the prize. , including eyes on the prize. i am going to be your moderator for today's panel and i'm going to introduce each of the panelists in greater detail in a moment. yo

john durham issued subpoenas to the brookings institute.on't think most of america knows that but he issued a federal grand jury subpoena for documentation which we now know he used in the indictment against him and who is he, he was fiona hills former research assistant. who is fiona hill, the world probably remembers she's the one who conjured up the ukraine fiasco in her time at the white house and why is she important, she connected dan to christopher steel, a political operative in the white house connected christopher to the primary source and allowed her to get this false information into the fbi. how does that relate to charlie. she also collected charlie dolan the clinton ally operative to now the indicted individual under durham who documentation was recovered i john durham thankfully through his inappropriate use of federal subpoenas and i think he has a lot more coming. maria: i want to know more about this and we will show what fiona hill said during her closed-door testimony. you took a lot of the deposition. kash patel, stay

the brookings institution hosted this one hour event. >> good afternoon and welcome to this brookingsebinar. afternoo this brookings webinar. election 2021 results and implications. we are set for lively insight from some of the nation's top political minds. i am a senior political analyst at fox news in a columnist. i serve as an editorial writer and white house correspondent. i am also the author of several books, including eyes on the prize. i am going to be your moderator for today's panel and i'm going to introduce each of the panelists in greater detail in a moment. you should all know, get ready. you are going to learn and listen to amy walters of the political report, chris of american enterprise institute, john, dippy director of public management at brookings and the woman who put together this panel, elaine, who is director of the center for effective public management at the brookings institution. i would like to remind the audience they can submit questions via twitter at #election2021. let's get the party started. last tuesday, we had an off year election that rocked the

brookings institution hosted this one-hour event. >> good afternoon and welcome to this brookings webinarelection 2021 results and implications. we are set for lively insight from some of the nation's top political minds. my name is juan williams and i am a senior political analyst at fox news in a columnist. and a columnist for hell.com.

he is dippy director of the center for effective public management at the brookings institution -- deputy director. he examines presidential power. additionally, he focuses on campaign, elections, legislative and executive interactions and state and federal marijuana policy. he is an author. john, thank you for being here. the sun is getting to be a little bit, i apologize. democrats can't seem to effectively communicate ideas that seem to be popular, like infrastructure or better social safety net or covid prevention. republicans, the other hand, seem to be great at opposing ideas. what is your prescription for this going forward? >> thanks, do not rebut the sunlight. it looks like there is divine intervention in our panel today. [laughter] i think we are all blessed for having you here. i am going to build a bit off of what chris said. i think a lot of what we are seeing in response to the election last week is a scattershot of lessons that are all really poorly learned lessons, or poorly understood. when it comes down to for democrats is the messaging issue. they are not communicating

but i recommend that to you, that report from the brookings institution. my efforts though for this initiative, it's important to note it's started before the pandemic but the education challenges we faced during the pandemic and what people saw in the workaround and education healthcare and work by working virtually or doing telemedicine, people saw and visualized what computer science leads to and how they can solve problems in our society. so today, coming out of the pandemic, through the pandemic, the need has never been greater to emphasize computer science education to take advance of this -- advantage of this moment in history to see it, understand it and evaluated. according to the bureau of labor statistics between now and 2029, computer science and technology jobs will grow by 11%. and a computer science major can earn up to 40% more than the average college graduate. this speaks volumes. right now there's over 410,000 open computing jobs nationwide so who will meet this need and this is a critical question for the nation to address. to find the

raise taxes on the middle class and cut on the rich, this is a tax policy center which is the brookings institutionohn, i think it has been a pretty terrible week for the democrats plans for the massive tax plan, and it's not a right center organization, so when they come out with analysis that says not only will middle-class be impacted by the tax cuts, but the top tax increases, and on top of that who is most hurt by these incredible inflationary pressures? is the middle class who is feeling it in their gas bills and their heating bills and feeling it in the grocery bills, but add on to that, the reality is they say that one and two-thirds of america's millionaires will actually get a tax cut because of the restoration deduction plan, and it's everything they promised they would not do, but trying to push a bill next week and i don't see how the world they will do this, because i think that you will continue to see senate democrats express a lot of frustration and i don't think this is going to happen anytime soon, probably not in 2021 if ever. >> john: just for folks at home who might not be dia

the brookings institute writes and this is 114-page analysis. trump's post election conduct in georgia leaves him at substantial risk of statement charges predicated on multiple crimes including solicitation to commit election fraud, interference with election duties and last but not least racketeering. you know, stewart, you know, this sounds very bold and very damaging to the former president but for some -- why do i feel like for some reason because donald trump is the former president that these sorts of charges will never really land at his feet? >> well, look, we're in uncharted water, very few presidents of the united states have attempted not to leave office after they were defeated. the argument will be made donald trump is like a guy walking around with a paper bag full of water. when it goes, it will go fast. all those things you put up there about interfering with election officials and any kind of campaign, the first day some lawyer sits you down and says don't do this stuff. this is bad. you know, you can't mess around with electio

the brookings institution hosted this one-hour event. >> good evening. i am the executive director of the institute of politics. we are pleased to welcome you to a discussion regarding a breakdown of this year's election results and a preview of the 2022 midterm elections. before one of our students introduces our guest, i want to introduce events we have. we are going strong into the end of the quarter. tomorrow, thursday, november 11, eric rcr, a journalist and author -- eric garcia of we are not broken changing the autism conversation and 10 alberta, a staff writer for the atlantic will be discussing is to discuss research and misperceptions surrounding autism and other disabilities along with writing and there journalism careers. join us for a live taping with david axelrod and pramila jayapal. at 5:30, monday, i will be monitoring a discussion with whom of any -- whom the dean to discuss her career in national politics and her new memoir. after the moderator discussion we will open the floor to questions from you all in the audience. please line up

david wessel is with the hutchins center on fiscal and monetary policy at the brookings institution. joins us now. david, welcome back to the newshour. so we know that chairman powell was reported to be looking seriously at both-- i'm sorry president biden was looking seriously at both jay powell and lael brainerd, why is it thought he went with powell. >> i think the president said it clearly in his press conference this afternoon. he said he was looking for stability and independence. stability in that given the tricky time of the economy as you pointed out, having a familiar face, someone with a track record now was a plus. secondly, jay powell stood up to donald trump and president biden made a point of saying that this was popular with both democrats and republicans, powell was confirmed as chair 84-13, with nine democrats voting against him and four republicans voting against him. >> first go round. >> the first go round. >> this time i suspect the white house knows that they're not going to get all 50 democrats, but they'll get enough republicans to push him over the edge. >>

anchor: let's go to a french person in the u.s., who joins us from the brookings institution.an i personally ask you about your situation, how does this affect you? celia: first ofll, i am happy for the people reuniting, this habeen a long time coming. my personal situation is i am still stuck in the u.s.. i am a non-immigrant visa holder, and as such, i am on the waiting list to get a visa appointment at the american embassy in paris. as you may know, the travel ban has led to long visa backlogs in u.s. embassies around the world, in particular in europe, which was on the travel ban list. this has prevented many people from getting their visa. however happy i am today for the people finally reuniting, i am reminded a lot more people still cannot travel. anchor: indeed, and you are in that situation. let's hope tt clears up soon. do you feel the decisionaken today is more political than scientific? celia: whave to colude it is political. it is scientific in the sense that now only vaccinated travelers can enter the u.s. and we know that being vaccinated reduces your risk of no

well, earlier i spoke to dr rashawn ray, who is a senior fellow at the brookings institution who specialises in american public policy. i asked his reaction to the verdict. i think, for a lot of people, they think that the jury got it right, and i think that is something that's key here. the jury was highly slanted. in the county in georgia where this case took place, about 30% of the residents are black, but only one of the 12 jurors was black, so people were worried about that. but the bottom line is this — video evidence matters. oversight from the state and at the federal level matters, and those are the key factors in the outcome of this particular case. so, are you suggesting, therefore, that, for example, if there wasn't video evidence, there might have been a different outcome? i definitely think so. i mean, we know that it took roughly two months before charges were brought forth. the original district attorney, one of them, because two of them ended up being removed, one of them is currently being charged with corruption and that has to do with the fact that the district attorney o

fellow at the center of the united states and europe and the foreign policy program at the brookings institution she'sok a former national secury council official and former officer of the national intelligence council. operatives in the kremlin and the siberian curse how the planners left russia out in the cold and has roots in extensively on issues with eastern asia. there's nothing for you here. as the daughter of a coalminer to three u.s. presidents. to examine the desperation impacting american politics it shows why expanding opportunity is the only long-term hope for our democracies. tonight she will be in conversation witht trudy, the worldview columnist with the philadelphia inquirer and trudy, fiona, it is an honor to have you join us. the screen is yours. >> it's a pleasure to be doing this and it couldn't be more timely because this book goes from the personal to the political and to the whole issue of populism and how we are all struggling to save democracy. and since you all know about the testimony and the impeachment, it is interesting to see the ex-president still can't let go of

spent in order to achieve america's climate goals, i've been speaking to joseph kane from the brookings institutedge from the us and china to collaborate on climate would help both countries reduce their emissions. the magnitude and scale of the challenges enormous and it goes just beyond the us and china but to the biggest players dealing with these issues and notjust in terms of future pollution and climate challenges but in terms of current impacts we think of flooding, fires, other risks that are hitting communities all over the world. the us and china have a big role to play in the us, at least the biden administration of mayport board pledges by 2030 to have more than 50% reduction in emissions by 2050 definite zero economy and steps towards that are important. but they are to steps, there still a long way to go and action investment is what is needed.— what is needed. joseph, a lot ofthe what is needed. joseph, a lot of the financing _ what is needed. joseph, a lot of the financing for _ what is needed. joseph, a lot of the financing for this - what is needed. joseph, a lot of the financin

to find out, i'm joined byjoseph kane from the brookings institute — he specialises in infrastructurethe first instance, the news coming out of it today that china and the us are working together on this. it must be a positive step in the right direction. it is this. it must be a positive step in the right direction.— the right direction. it is a step and the magnitude _ the right direction. it is a step and the magnitude and - the right direction. it is a step and the magnitude and scale l the right direction. it is a step. and the magnitude and scale of the right direction. it is a step - and the magnitude and scale of the challenges is enormous. it goes beyond just the us and china but also two of the biggest players in the world dealing with these issues and notjust a future pollution and climate challenges, but in terms of current impacts, in terms of flooding, fires and other events will of the world. the us and china have a big role to play. at least the joe biden have a big role to play. at least thejoe biden administration is made pretty bored pledges by 2030 to have more tha

broady: the brookings institute is releasing a study that will be released today talking about banks leaving black neighborhoods and how that's affected savings rates. i cannot speak to how fintech companies have changed that, though. mr. torres: ok. so we don't know, we don't have enough information to determine if these products are reducing racial disparities? ms. broady: i don't. i can speak to the banking part, how leaving black neighborhoods have hurt them. i can't speak how fintech companies have helped. i believe they are. i can't provide particular data at this time. mr. torres: ok. that's the extent of my questioning. thank you. mr. lynch: the gentleman yields back. it's been a very good discussion. and it was helpful having a mixed of perspectives. i'd like to thank our witnesses for their testimony today. without objection, all members will have five legislative days within which to submit additional written questions for the witnesses to the chair which will be forward to the witnesses for their response. i'd just ask our witnesses to please respond as promptly as you ar

before he came to the council on foreign relations he was at brookings institute where he was executive vice president of the brookings and also the founding president and head of the center for middle east studies and most importantly, that's why he's here for us today. he is the author of a terrific new book, master of the game. and reconsider and the heart of middle east diplomacy that will be discussing today. you will find a link to the book where you can purchase it on our website bsshortly as well. martin, it's wonderful to have you. congrats on the book and your lifetime work in many ways it's a terrific read. and wonderful to have you here hwith us. >> it's great to be with you. i wish we were here in person but it won't be hopefully too long before we can do that but i'm really honored to be appearing again at the council. >> it's always good to have you back and we willdo it again in person next yotime . but for now let's s discuss the book. tell us a little bit about how you speak in middle east diplomacy in so many ways, both from practice and as an advocate as a scholar de

before he came to the council on foreign relations, he was at brookings institution where he was executive vice resident and the founding president and head of the center for middle east studies. most importantly, that's why he is here for us today -- he is the author of a terrific new book, master of the game. you will find a link to the book where you can purchase it on her website. it's wonderful to have you and congrats on the book. it's in their lifetime work. it's a terrific read. it's wonderful to have you here with us today. >> thank you, it's great to be with you and i wish it were in person but hopefully, it won't be too long before we can do that. i am really honored to be appearing again at the chicago council. >>>> it's always good to have you back and we will do it again in person next time. for now, let's discuss the book. tell us a little bit about how you steeped in middle east diplomacy in so many ways both from practice and is an advocate and as a scholar, decided that at the end -- a long time into your career, learning what kissinger had done particularly in that four-

before he came to the council on foreign relations, he was at the brookings institution, where he wasxecutive vice president at brookings and the founding president and head of the center for middle east studies and most importantly, that is why he is here for us today, the author of a tradition --terrific new work "master of the game: henry kissinger in the art of middle eastern diplomacy". you will find a link to the book to purchase it on our website and shortly as well as our chat. it is wonderful to have you. congrats on the book. it is a terrific read. wonderful to have you with us today. mr. indyk: thank you. it is great to be with you. you are impressive. hopefully it will not be too long. i am honored to appear, again, in the chicago council. mr. daalder: it is always good to have you back and we will do it in person next time. for now, let's discuss the book. tell us a little bit about how you steeped in middle east diplomacy in so many ways, both from practice and as an advocate and a scholar, decided at the end of -- long time and of your career, earning what kissinger had

it's going to be is a senior fellow of the brookings institution, a writer for the atlantic monthly,itten a previous book that came out in 2017, in many ways it's a precursor to this because it looks at the new era of politics so let me start by asking you you mentioned in the book some of the articles you written about the book the beginning of the pandemic, one of those strong years in history, modern history much m like 2008 financl crisis 2001, 9/11 1989, the end of the 8 cold war it's something we should pay attention to and elaborate on. what is your position on covid-19? >> it's great to be doing this with you and thank you for this cover of california thank you for the opportunity when you look at when we co-authored this, we spoke in doing a book, it was an incredibly important year, there is a global crisis no international cooperation with national government popular is him, totalitarianism and leaders speaking to each other. it was interesting to document and study in real-time to see how the world would cope and having been through 2020 now,bei do think it's lived up to

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dr rashawn ray is a senior fellow at the brookings institution who specializes in criminal justice anderdict. i think for many people they think that thejury i think for many people they think that the jury got it right and i think that is something that is key here. the jury something that is key here. the jury was highly slanted. in the county in georgia with this case took place about 30% of resident as a black but only one of the 12 resident as a black but only one of the i2jurors resident as a black but only one of the 12 jurors was black. so people were worried about that the bottom line is this, video evidence matters. oversight from the state and at the federal level matters and those of the key factors in the outcome of this particular case. we know that it took roughly two months before charges were brought forward. the original district attorney, one of them, two of them ended up one of them, two of them ended up being removed, one of them is currently being charged with corruption and that has to do with the fact that the district attorney ordered the police department not

but i recommend that article to you from brookings institution. my efforts for this initiative, it's important to note, started before the pandemic, but the education challenges that we faced during the pandemic and as what people saw as work-arounds in education and health care, people saw and legalized what computer science leads to and how they can solve problems in our society. today through the pandemic, the need has never been greater to emphasize computer science education. take advantage of this unique moment in history when students see it, understand it and value it. according to the bureau of labor statistics, between now and 2029, computer science and technology jobs will grow by 11%. and a computer science major can earn up to 40% more than the average college graduate. this speaks volumes to the young people. right now there are over 410,000 open computing jobs nationwide. who will meet this need? and this is really a critical question for our nation to address. will it be american students who learn to code? or will industry being r

jake sullivan, national security adviser will talk about it at the brookings institute tomorrow but thates taking tough questions from the media. todd: there is this, quote, disconnect between the two leaders as to the level of their friendship. we will a president biden from the past and 11 jinping -- xi jinping from yesterday. >> you do not consider mental friends? that remains consistent. >> not as good as the face-to-face meeting. i'm happy to see my old friend. todd: the biden administration did not needle xi jinping on human rights or covid but the chinese managed to get that in. what do you make of that? >> it was probably purposeful. they pay attention to the press. i will tell you what biden said. i should start more formally. although you and i never formal with one another. that type of language is pretty cavalier for a country that is the biggest threat to the united states right now, certainly will be for my children and the focus, here is the problem to boil it down. if you look at the last four years republican and democratic administrations open up to do business with chi

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tom is a senior fellow at the brookings institution. he is a contributing writer for "the atlantic monthly." he has written a previous book the came out in 2017, all measures short of law which in many ways is the script looks at the new era of great power politics. it's a great pleasure to be here in conversation with tom. tom, let me start by asking you, you mention in the book and some of the -- you've written around the book that 2020, the beginning of the pandemic, is likely to be one of those strong years in history, in modern history much like 2008 financial crisis, 2001, 9/11, 1989 the 89 the end of the cold war. this is a seminal date that we should pay attention to. could you just elaborate on what is so paradigm shifting about covid-19? >> thank you so much and it's great to be doing this with you and thank you to the commonwealth club of california, for the opportunity. i think when we spoke sort of inmate, april, may of last about doing a book i think we thought at that time that 2020 was an incredible important here becaus

tom is a senior fellow of the brookings institution, contributing writer for the atlantic monthly. he has written a previous book that came out in 2017, all measures short of war, which in many ways is a precursor to this because it looks at the new era of great power politics, so it's a great pleasure to be here in conversation with tom. tom, let me start by asking you, you mentioned in the book and in some of the articles you've written around the book that 2020, the beginning of the pandemic is likely to be one of those strong years in history in modern history much like 2008 financial crisis, 2001, 1989, the end of the cold war. this is a date we should pay attention to. can we elaborate on what is so paradigm shifting about covid-19? >> thank you so much and it's great to be doing this with you and thank you also to the commonwealth of california for the opportunity. i think when we look at-- when we co-authored, we spoke sort of april, may of last year about doing a book. i think that time, what was an incredibly important here because it was a year in which there was a globa

senior fellow at the center for united states and europe in the foreign policy program at the brookings institution, she is a former national security official former officer at the national intelligence council. co-author operative in the kremlin and the siberian curse. communist players left russia out in the cold. and she has written extensively on strategic issues related to eastern europe, central asia. there is nothing for you

his main source, igor danchenko who worked for brookings institution. charles dolan. he is a clinton operative with deep ties to bill and hillary clinton. he was feeding danchenko rumors, speculation, things he read in newspapers. dolan had more ties to russia than anyone in trump's circle. he had ties to the russian foreign ministry. he took a tour ever the ritz-carlton presidential suite. his fingerprints seem all over the trump sex tape story the media reported as true. >> it is even worse than that. not only did they make it all up, but the guy who made it up, he was promised, he was told he would have a big job in the clinton state department when she won thanks to what she was doing. do these people have no integrity at all? it is all about them. it is all about their own personal careers and what they did to this nation for two years, not to mention how they destroyed peoples lives, myself included. yet they were happy enough to do it. why? because it was great for them. not great for anybody else but for them. elizabeth: we understand trump has

tom is a senior fellow at the brookings institution, a contribution writer for the atlantic monthly. he has written a previous book that came out in 2017, which in many ways is a precursor to this because it looks at the power and politics so it's a great pleasure to be here in conversation with tom. tom, let me start by asking you, you mentioned in the book and in some of the articles you've written around the book 2020, beginning of the pandemic is likely to be one of those strong years in history and modern history, much like 2008 financial crisis, 2001, 9/11. this is a seminal day that we should pay attention to. can you elaborate on what a show paradigm shifting about culminating claimant. >> thank you. i think you know when you look at-- when colin and i-- we spoke , you know april may of last year about doing a book and i think we pulled that time in 2020 was incredibly important here because it was a year in which there was a global crisis and there was no international cooperation. instead there was governments, no populism, the part of materialism, many world leaders were e

a recent report from the brookings institution by several high-profile legal experts concludes that trump'selection conduct in georgia leaves him at substantial risk of possible state charges predicated on multiple crimes. these charges potentially include criminal solicitation to commit election fraud, intentional interference with performance election duties, conspiracy to committee lecz fraud, criminal solicitation, and state rico violations as in racketeering charges, something that fulton county prosecutor fani willis has previously suggested she's looking into.ch county prosecutor fani willis has previously suggested she's looking into.racketeering charg that fulton county prosecutor fani willis has previously suggested she's looking into. usy suggested she's looking into but again, there's a lot going on right now both in washington and in terms of policy and in terms of politics and in terms of covid, but do not sleep on what is going on with this criminal investigation. we're going to have more on this ahead. stay with us. d. stay with us it's time for our veteran's day sale on the

the brookings institution hosted this one-hour event. >> good evening. am the executive director of the institute of politics. we are pleased to welcome you to a discussion regarding a breakdown of this year's

joining to us talk about this, physician and fellow at the brookings institute dr. kavita patel. thank you, doctor for being here, we appreciate it. some experts suggest, they estimate about half of u.s. parents say they intend to get their children vaccinated. but about 37% use the reason, side effects, for citing why they won't get the vaccine with possibilities like allergic reactions, fever, other top concerns. walk us through. let's start with there. what are some side effects that are common for children in that age, 5 to 11? how serious are they? and what would your message be to parents about those concerns? >> yeah, so, jonathan, this is actually pretty incredible. because even for all of the other vaccines that we've been talking about, moderna, pfizer and johnson & johnson, and used to saying fevers in children like the flu, interestingly enough, in this reduced amount in pfizer in thousands of children that they observed and certainly getting data in realtime. they didn't see the fevers and severe reactions. they saw mostly localized reaction to skin where the injecti