carnegie hall.rmer. >> yeah. carnegie hall. it's going to be amazing. >> jimmy: are you too young to realize what a big deal that is, carnegie hall? >> i know that it's a thing. >> jimmy: yeah, it's a thing. >> is it like classical music? >> jimmy: sometimes. i think, yeah. >> sometimes? >> jimmy: yeah, sometimes. >> no, i'm aware it's a big deal. it's famous and you walk by and it go there's carnegie hall. >> jimmy: right, and the joke, how do you get to carnegie hall. >> you have a sitcom that doesn't go well? >> jimmy: i think you're getting too down on yourself. >> no, you're right. >> jimmy: first of all, when the show's really not doing well, they cancel the show. and you're on. >> that's an excellent way to look at it. >> jimmy: thank you very much. >> thank you very much. >> jimmy: secondly -- a lot of times there are a million great shows in history that they go back and say, oh, well, they had a little rough going at the beginning people didn't think it was good, and then it comes back to

carnegie is one of the names you don't find, even though historically he the largest benefactor. that is trusted and he was. >> host: who is on the board of directors of the foundation and is there a separate board for the library? >> guest: it is in the foundation board but it is known as the trustees of the new york public library. the chairman of the board currently who is the president of harvard at princeton before that and major educator, vice chairman who is the chairman of one of the great golfers of new york, county is one of the other vice chairs from the new york family. we have tony morrison and the editor of the new yorker and escapes from harvard. people that cover all different industries and academics. george stephanopoulos and anthony have princeton at nyu are recent additions. it is a great mix which is what you would want it to be. let's put it this way. what makes new york amazing? what makes america amazing is the mix of people. the mix of background and talent and experience and experience. the library is where the fix of people come together with all the di

as a visiting scholar at the carnegie endowment. he's a professor and researcher in paris and a research adviser at the academy diplomatic internationale, a think tank based in paris. his research has focused pry pairly on lebanon and syria. with that, i'll turn the floor -- where are you, in beirut? >> yes, i am. >> good. >> i was actually -- the sequence you had me in the agenda which was last, so i'm going to ask you to stick to that if you could. >> sure. you want to be last? >> well, not first, anyway. >> that -- that is fine. that is fine. i'm always afraid technology will not be helpful and, but hopefully it will be today and we will keep him with us until the end. so then if that's okay with you, then we'll turn to you. >> thank you very much. i'd like to thank the carnegie endowment for inviting me today. it's a great pleasure to be on this distinguished panel. i was invited today to address the situation in iraq, the outlook for the new government, the efforts to disengage sunnis from isis, and the role of iran and the shi

-- at carnegie hall?oth of us believe we can be soldiers of peace, soldier iv quality, soldier of no race. 1963 and we are here today and i'm asking the same thing. do not dehumanize africa. do not ostracize the western african people. help them. help them help their own people. we are one world. doesn't matter how we put it. we all come from africa. we have to stop the one against peace, against equality that are against loving one another, that are against our humanity. >> in 1991, she appeared on the cosby show. let's go to a clip. >> my image of my homeland is one of childhood memory. i look at this stream and i see myself, a native south african, flowing over hard obstacles until the become smooth and then disappear. and thus hard obstacles will disappear only when people work together. [singing >> that was miriam makeba in 1991. she died in 2008. you are honoring her here in 2014 at carnegie hall wednesday night. .> she died the circle is completed. that voice is what gets me going every morning. th

and we have partnered with over 200 organizations like the carnegie foundation in new york to pursuehat goal. today we've announced that many partners will invest in additional $28 million for increasing the number of them teachers in the classroom, and that is worthy of applause. [applause] four years ago, we called on business leaders from america's leading companies to join us. since then this coalition has raised tens of millions of get stemo help education programs broadened out across the country. over the next two years, this coalition will help these onerams to an additional million students across america with this extraordinary work. of preserving america is making sure that we have the best minds around the world. countryas came to this from india at the age of 22 on a research assistant should -- assistantship. he has been toward more than 100 scholars along the way. from he came as a student israel, he partnered with two >>, one from india, another from china. change in the way that mathematicians used computers. he said -- i came here as a foreigner to receive the oppor

as a visiting scholar at the carnegie end endowme endowment. he's a professor and searcher in paris and a research adviser. hiss research has focused primarily on lebanon and syria. with that i'll turn the floor to yazid from -- where are you? are you in beirut? >> yes, i am. the sequence you had me on the agenda which was last so i'm going to ask you to stick to that, if you could. >> sure. you want to be last? >> well, not first anyway. >> that is fine. that is fine. i'm always afraid technology will not be helpful and -- but hopefully it will be today and we will keep yazid with us to the end. then, if that's okay with you, then we'll turn to hidir. >> i'd like to thank the carnegie endowment for inviting me today. it's a great pleasure to be on this distinguished panel. i was invited today to address the situation in iraq, the outlook for the new government, the efforts to disengage sunnis from isis, and the role of iran in the shia militias. i'll start by saying prime minister abaddy is clearly making many steps in the right direction. som

carnegie is one of the names you don't find, even though historically he was our largest benefactor. that was just a wee lass. >> host: who was on the board of directors of the foundation and is there a separate board of directors for the library? >> guest: the library board is the lenox tilden foundation known as the trustees of the public library. the chairman is joe rubinstein who is president of harvard, provost of princeton before that. obviously major educator. vice chairman include kevin chesler who is the chairman of crevasse, one of the great law firms in new york. abby milstein is the other vice chair from the great new york family. we've got tony moore said and david remnick, editor of "the new yorker" instigates from harper and people who come from all different industries and academic. george stephanopoulos and anthony apply previously of princeton, major scholar covering and why do with most recent additions to the board. the investment world. it is a great next, which is what you would want it to be. let's put it this way. what makes new york amazing? sputnik's america

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this event was held at the carnegie endowment for international peace. it's 50 minutes. >> good afternoon and welcome to the carnegie endowment. my name is moises naim but i'm a senior associate here. it's a great pleasure to be hosting and sharing his conversation about louise shelley's latest book, "dirty entanglements." in the late 1990s i was are interested in a surprisingly so which globalization was connecting the world. and by looking around i discovered that everyone was going global, ngos and terrorists and, of course, businesses and civil society. but the ones that really took advantage, the early adopters of many opportunities created by globalization where the criminals. that led me to start taking a deeper look at the way in which terminal networks became global and how nigerian criminal organizations were working in thailand, and russians were operating in manhattan, and how spanish organizations were operating colombia, and vice versa. when i started looking up at i discovered that there was a lot of anxiety and opinion, but there wasn't r

and that's carnegie hall. >> jimmy: right, and the joke, how do you get to carnegie hall.not doing well. and secondly, a million good shows, there was a rough go at the beginning, and it comes back, and it's a big deal. >> people keep telling me that. you know, "carolin"caroline in " struggled for months. or my dad, harry truman struggled for six months as president. >> jimmy: well, things seem to be going perfectly fine for you. i met your wife, she's very nice. you know what, i think what we do, start over, start fresh. if you've not seen the show, don't listen to people that write reviews. their job is to watch television. ♪this holiday season, my good friend gave to me♪ ♪7 powerball tickets ♪6 match 6 chances ♪5 cash 5s ♪4 big 4s ♪3 daily numbers ♪2 mega millions (joe) happy holidays, rita. (rita) thanks, joe! (man) what a great gift! (announcer) pennsylvania lottery tickets make great gifts, like the new $1 million peppermint payout. (joe) happy holidays! ♪and best wishes from the lottery♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i'd like to thank elizabeth banks, john mul

-- i want to welcome you to carnegie and thank you carnegie and thank you for joining us for this timely discussion on u.s. efforts to disrupt the financial networks that support the islamic state of iraq under levant, what is called vices. i see there is enough interest in the room for this issue. it's an overflow. while considerable public attention is focused on military efforts to degrade isis americans. there's another effort being led by the treasury department which is focused on shutting down the flow of money to isis from outside sources and through smuggling metrics running through neighboring countries. it has been estimated that isis currently produces over 55 million gallons of oil per day which once sold on the black market can provide between one and $2 million per day in revenue. this money in addition to the funds the group collects from activities such as extortion, kidnapping and illegal surcharges. it should be no surprise that isil is now considered the world's wealthiest and most financially sophisticated terrorist organization. to discuss the strategy to try to cut

. >> good afternoon and welcome to the carnegie endowment. i am a senior associate here. it is a great pleasure to be hosting and sharing this conversation about louise shelley's book, "dirting entanglements." in the late 1990s i was interested in the surprising way which globalization was connecting the world, and by looking around i discovered that everyone was going global, ngos and terrorists and of course businesses, and self-society, but -- civil society but the ones that really took advantage, early authors of many opportunities created by brokennizations their criminals and that led me to start taking a deeper look at the way in which criminal networks became global and how nigerian criminal organizations were working in thailand and russians were operating in manhattan, and how spanish organizations were operating colombia and vice versa. when i started looking at that, i discovered that there was a lot of anxiety and opinion but wasn't really much research. except louise shelley's pioneering work. she started working on this subject when no one was paying attent