after the cato of the play. and then the american founders all read cato's letters. and when you see them saying as cato has shown, they are referring to his letters and the cato institute is named for that. suicide to avoid being pardoned by caesar. because he knew caesar would do that and therefore co-opt him into the regime and he would not allow that to happen. and he dies the last independent men in rome. now the roman empire in the west continues on for quite some time and achieves even new heights of glory. but it also collapses. roman legions are withdrawn. it very complex story that contemporaries -- contemporary historians are still hashing out. what led to the fall of rome. was there a fall of rushing and what led to it. book that wonderful came out a year ago that i highly recommend. he argues that rome did in fact all -- fall. the last roman is booted out of rome by one of his german generals. but there was a roman empire in the east. typically called the byzantine empire. but no one who lived there

cato was a hero of republican liberty. the play cato in london was a huge hit. it was george washington's favorite play. and to independent journalists in london signed their essays in the newspaper, cato, after the cato of the play. then the american founders all red cato's letters. when you see them saying, as cato has shown, they are referring to his letters and the cato institute is named for that. so he committed suicide to avoid being hardened by caesar, because he knew caesar would do that and co-opt him into the regime. he would not allow that to happen. he died the last independent man in rome. now, the roman empire in the west continues on for quite some time. achieves even new heights of glory. but, it also collapses. roman root -- roman legions are withdrawn. it is still a complex story. was there a fall of rome and what led to it? there is a wonderful new book called the fall of rome that came out a year ago. it argues that rome did, in fact, fall. contrary to those who argue that it did not, that it just sort of dissolved. the last roman emperor is

thank you to the cato institute for publishing this book. if you want to know who was number one, you might look at my tie color. that might give you some indication but i'll save that for now. so again welcome and thank you for coming to hear about our study of freedom in the 50 states. this is the fifth edition of this book. we've been doing this now for over think it think it and we d because although it back to 2000 so we are to nice look at a variety of different policies overtime. freedom and 50 states that the most comprehensive study and ranking of freedom across the 50 states. it doesn't just examine economic freedoms, fiscal and regulatory. it also looks at personal freedoms and that was one of the big innovations of the study right from the beginning it was the first study had ever looked at personal freedoms either at the national or international level that we know of. our study looks at three dig big categories. fiscal policy, regulatory policy and policies that relate to government paternalism will be called personal freedom.

held by the cato institute, this is an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you for joining us. on one of the last few days of the august recess, we appreciate you being here for this briefing that the ca cato institute is hosting. my name's matt weibel, director of government affairs at the cato institute, and today we'll be talking about freedom in the 50 states. i'll be moderating today's briefing on the fifth edition of freedom in the 50 states. an index of personal and economic freedom, a publication that ranks the states based on personal freedom, regulatory policy and fiscal policy. you can find the complete list of rankings and a ton of information on the welcome back site, freedom in the 50 states.org, 50, 5-0, not the word. joining us today on our panel are john samples, the vice president of the cato institute, and the two authors of freedom in the 50 states, will ruger and jason sorens. please hold your questions til the end. with that, i'll turn it over to john samples who's going to introduce our authors. [applause] >> thank you. so do the

[inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon and welcome to cato institute. welcome to our book forum. for those of you who haven't been here before, i'm david bose, executive vice president of the cato institute, and we're delighted to have you all here for this program. we're going to be talking today about p.j. o'rourke's new book, "none of my business." we have many distinguished scholars at the cato institute, scholars in constitutional studies, economics, foreign policy, education and so on. but perhaps our most distinguished scholar -- at least if we can agree that it depends on what the meaning of "distinguished" is -- is our h.l. mencken fellow p.j. o'rourke. as i've said before, i sort of grew up with p.j.. when i was in college, the most popular magazine on campus was national lampoon, which he edited. i still remember quite a few funny bits, but i can't quote any of them because they all involved drug abuse and stereotypes, and they're all illegal now. [laughter] he then moved on to "rolling stone" where he was the foreign affairs desk chief which

the cato institute hosted this event. >>> good afternoon. thank you all for joining us, for today's capitol hill briefing, entitled, is obama care now optional? expanding consumer protections in short-term health plans, my name is jeff vanderslice and i am a director of government affairs at the cato institute, a public policy research organization dedicated to the principles of free markets, and peace, today, we will be discussing the recent reversal of an obama era rule that placed significant restrictions on the availability of short- term health insurance plans. joining us to discuss this important topic, r michael cannon, whose public comments i am told to the administration were cited in the new rule for discussing, and christopher pope, of the manhattan institute. doctor pope is a senior fellow at the manhattan institute where he specializes in issues related to the affordable care act, medicare and medicaid, and entitlement reform. prior to joining the manhattan institute doctor pope was the director of policy research at west health

thanks. >> thank you to everyone and to cato for inviting me.hare a few thoughts on this issue today. i agree with michael, i think it runs a little under estimated significance if it changed and the impact and benefits will really generate for people who need health insurance, both sick and healthy across the country. i think it's best to think about this issue by going back and asking where did obamacare come from? genuine problem of uninsurable individuals with preexisting conditions, whether they lost their job or didn't previously have coverage and were unable to access the job market. it's been exaggerated to the affordable care act and the bigger exaggeration was a problem. it was a poorly designed and poorly talked about one. the targets of people had preexisting conditions, and in many ways that's what exchanges do. they provide people with out of pocket costs as a share of their income. but we used the broader definition of preexisting conditions, not just people who were uninsurable, but people who had a preexisting condition. so in s

in the fire station and then they say the words to myself sorry cato. sorry cato.twenty years and going. because every single day i want to be as hungry as i was at 24 years old living in this town and i never ever to think that i'm done. i think i have made it i finished i always want to be hungry to put out my best work to do what we do every day many of us are so good at our jobs but who to do the same thing over and over? and i have done it this way. and you have to think about it. now today i was actually telling the person i was with the story that you can't make this up. to drive past that fire station and i'm staring at the fire station right now. the one that i envisioned this morning at 5:00 o'clock. i love that the town brings that back to me. i like that the ethan change the doors over the last two years. and i give you a quick update on the kids books but for those who don't know i do this line of kids books with an artist. so starting with delia ehrhardt and abraham lincoln and rosa parks. jackie robinson. but here was jackie robinson this is what he

of the cato institute we are delighted to have you here at this program. those at constitutional studies. and at least if we can degree and to grow up with tj to the most popular magazine on campus. but i cannot quote any of them. but then to move on to rolling stone for that he was the foreign affairs guest although why he wanted to travel in places like beirut and then as he moved out of the rock 'n roll stage into self reflection he was a correspondent for the most serious magazine in america that united monthly. and with other serious adult topics and to edit a magazine on finance and investment. the magazine's online with american consequences. the author of 19 books all the days and on hell. and then has more citations in the dictionary of hubris quotations than any other living writer. but to talk about his humor to be an insightful analyst. and then you can learn how more countries get rich. and that's why i recommend those two books as christmas gifts as a very inexpensive postgraduate course. and now to take the careful study with the in-depth re

and 15 minute long talk is part of a symposium on history and philosophy posted by the cato institute. >> what i want to talk about now is the libertarian synthesis, and this is where history and philosophy come together. i want to focus on the historical evolution of key ideas that we characterize as libertarian. i mentioned that the first movement that you could characterize as a fully libertarian movement was the levelers in the 17th century, in england. you can find libertarian

his talk was part of a symposium -- on history and philosophy hosted by the cato institute and cato university. >>> thank you. is just so great to be at cato university. for all the reasons that you have all discovered, especially if this is your first time here. it just doesn't get much better than this. it is an incredibly pleasant setting that is sort of like a college campus but much better. the conversation and the people really make it fantastic. what we are doing here is we are running ideas that is essentially the story of my discussion this morning the american revolution in ideas is in some respect, a chronicle broad story. we got a sense of that when we heard tom speak to us earlier this morning. history is not something that is necessarily best chopped up into discrete little segments that is something that has a tendency to build and from ideas , once discovered, are not easily depressed each generation has to be in a dialogue with the ideas that have come before. in many respects, the story of the american revolution doesn't begin in philadelphia in 1776. it doesn't even begin at

this was part of a symposium on philosophy hosted by the cato institute. it is about an hour and 15 minutes. >> what i want to talk about now is the libertarian synthesis. i want to focus on the historical evolution of key ideas that we characterize as libertarian. i mention that the first movement you could characterize as a foley libertarian movement was in the 17th century in england. you can find libertarian ideas or things that feed into this elsewhere or before that time, but that was the first to really put it all together into a coherent series. there is a statement that i find admirable from adam smith about what it takes to create a prosperous society. little else is requisite to carry estate to the highest degree of opulence and lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes and a tolerable administration of justice. one thing i like about this formulation as it looks that peace, the idea that war, constant disruption of life and treasure, easy taxes. they should not be oppressive and burdensome. and a tolerable administration of justice. a very common

cato just published a book by my frederick douglass, "self-made man ". douglas is one of the most inspiring figures in the entire libertarian tradition. he liberated himself from slavery. his story is told in two so many autobiographies, there are so many books about him, he is extraordinarily inspiring. what a human being he was and what he accomplished. an inspiring figure. if you want a good read, read tim's book and after that, pick up one of his autobiographies. but this notion, the libertarian creed which is so frequently misstated by our critics, they say it is about selfishness. all you care about is you. if all i cared about was me, i wouldn't be doing this. there are a lot of other things i can do for me, rather than spend my time trying to bring freedom to all of you as well. to be a libertarian doesn't mean that i just want freedom for me. most people want that. it is when i want freedom for you, that is what matters. that was expressed so beautifully. i saw this on a trip to brazil on a statue, engraved. buco, he joachim de dedicate his life

that were redacted until the cato litigation.the very first paragraph, the inspector say, who should read this report and why. this is the section they redacted. it discusses a better technological and more affordable solution for digital exploitation than the solution being developed by nsa. that sentence i just read to you was concealed from the public. until we at cato conducted the litigation to get into the public domain. what that sentence does is it validates everything. the rest of the report validates every allegation these folks made over the course of their whistleblower complaint. they go on to say, this was another sentence that was redacted. however, nsa management does not encourage analysts to use thin thread and they use much more harsh language later in the report to describe this. general hayden come in for a blistering criticism in this report. and is actually the most amazing document i've read. within a year of this being published. it's revealed by the new york times. and that triggers on the bush administr

if you have not been here before i am the executive vice president of the cato institute we are delighted to have you here. talking today about pj overwork book none of my business. constitutional studies foreign-policy and education but perhaps the most distinguished scholar if we can agree it depends on the meaning of distinguished is our distinguished research fellow t 16. i grew up with pj when i was in college the most popular magazine was national lampoon. i remember a few funny bits but i cannot quote any of them because they all involve gender relations or stereotypes and then he moved on to rolling stone with the foreign affairs desk chief. they let him travel wherever he wanted including religious retirement village which was mystifying. then to move out of the rock 'n roll stage into sober reflection the most serious magazine in america and he wrote seriously about medicare reform and social security reform campaign finance reform. and now moving into the age of retirement he is editing a magazine on finance and investment. he recently commissioned an article from me. it is cal

institute's cato university. [applause] everybody -- thanks, everybody. thank you, tom. it is great to be at cato university. it does not get much better than this. like a college campus, but much, much, much better, and you conversations and the people really make it fantastic. what we are doing here is we are and that iseas, essentially the story of my discussion this morning. ideaserican revolution in is in some ways a brought story. we got some sense of that when we heard tom speak to us early this morning. something best chopped up into discrete little segments. discovered are not easily depressed. each generation has to deal with the ideas that come before. the american revolution does begin at-- it does not lexington and concord in 1775 or with the passage of the stamp act. it begins much earlier. it begins, really, at the of the american colonial experience. loose ribbon of that hugcan colonies the seacoast. these people arrived from different parts of england, different parts of england that had very dif

institute's cato university. [applause] >> thanks, everybody. thank you, tom. it is great to be at cato university. it does not get much better than this. it is like a college campus, but much, much, much better, and you know, the conversations and the people really make it fantastic. what we are doing here is we are spreading ideas, and that is essentially the story of my discussion this morning. the american revolution in ideas is in some ways a chronologically broad story. we got some sense of that when we heard tom speak to us early this morning. history is not something best chopped up into discrete little segments. it has a tendency to build. ideas once discovered are not easily depressed. each generation has to be in a dialogue with the ideas that come before. the american revolution does not begin at lexington and concord in 1775 or with the passage of the stamp act. it begins much earlier. it begins, really, at the beginning of the american colonial experience. they settle the loose ribbon of the america

i'm a policy analyst and home land security and civil liberties here at the cato institute. please turn off your cell phones. wait for the microphone when we get to the q&a. we want to make sure that your question is audible to everybody. i'll ask you to announce your name and affiliation. for those that are here in the auditorium, we'll be holding a lunch on second level and the george yager conference center. you'll have to go up one flight of the spiral staircase and rest rooms are, of course, on this level as well as the second level as well. one week from today our nation will mark the 17th year since al qaeda's unprovoked and murderous attacks on america. to this day, many americans still wonder how the most powerful country on earth could be surprised by and suffer so many deaths at the hands of a tiny group of religious fanatics. this question remains critical not simply because of the tens of billions of dollars poured into the u.s. intelligence community in the decades prior to 9/11, but because of the tens of billions more than has been spent on in the 17 years si

they were redacted until the cato litigation. in the very first paragraph, the inspectors say, who should read this report and why. this is the section they redacted. it discusses a better technological and more affordable solution for digital network expectation in the solution being developed by nsa. that sentence i read you was concealed from the public until we here at cato conducted legal action. it validates everything of thing in the rest of the report. every allegation that these folks made in the course of their whistleblower complaint. say, another sentence that was redacted. nsa management does not encourage analysts to use than thread. these much more harsh language later in the report describes this. general hayden comes in for a blistering criticism in this report. it is actually the most amazing document that i personally ever read. within a year of this being published, stellar wind is revealed by the new york times. triggers on the bush administration's part a criminal leak investigation. in 2007, bill and diane

david: thank you to ilya shapiro from the cato institute from washington.e breaking news, president trump talking on air force one right now. suggesting they want more tariffs on china going beyond the $200 billion that have been imposed. now he is going after the new york times and says he wants jeff sessions to investigate the new york times to pursue possible legal action after the anonymous op-ed piece. president trump now saying that jeff sessions should investigate the new york times. and bring legal action to the anonymous editorial. shery: saying it is national security. president trump talked about another two under $67 billion of chinese tariffs ready to go on top of the $200 billion they are reconsidering but have not imposed get. the public comment time has ended 20 $200 billion and they could be imposed at any time. let's break this down. anothers this mean, $267 billion of chinese tariffs ready to go. this will take time. we are not even finished with the $200 million? >> absolutely. a big macro point to make, it would take essentially the amo

next, we'll take you to the cato institute in washington, d.c. for a look at what the intelligence community has learned since the september 11 terrorist attacks. this discussion runs about two hours.

it is great to be at cato university.or all the reasons you have discovered, especially if this is your first time here. it does not get much better than this, and incredibly pleasant setting that is certainly like a college campus, but is much, much, much better. and, you know, the conversations and the people really make it fantastic.

still faces two separate corruption charges was how common is a visiting research fellow from the cato institute defense and foreign policy department she joins us live from washington d.c. so what happens now for sharif do you think. well thank you for having me on your show and i think right now it's important to understand that first the flower by the high court has not exonerated in a vase and mediumship eve they have not declared them to be innocent so i think right now it's just a suspension of of the case and they have been allowed to seek bail and be freed temporarily i think what lies ahead right now still is that she family faces a great deal of legal battles and this is just sort of a bump in the road for those who have especially been critical of the rush if given all that how much influence do you think you he'll still have after this. well you know if i should if is is a major party leader the back some muslim group is still has a stronghold and fun job i mean they certainly did not do as well as they wanted to in the recent elections in july but he very much is the leade

sa khan is a visiting research fellow at the cato institute's defense and foreign policy department she says the cuts probably won't come as any surprise to pakistan you know back some government is basically they shouldn't be shocked that these threats are to the. president i declared in january that in front of doing security military that's the coalition support fund which is what these cuts are the leader was on the table and so i think iran is up probably was the pier one well i think from back sons perspective they will certainly say that you know because of these military security aide cuts that their ability to protect their side of the border the time is lying to you know them to reduce their capacity to do so and it will not only hinder them from protecting the border but it will also also for them from protecting themselves against militant groups that attack. but said i don't i think this is going to be more rhetoric sort of the border security has already been in place and it's already well funded box and government talked about building a fence and they sort of made a big

is a visiting research fellow at the cato institute's defense and foreign policy department she says the cuts probably won't be any surprise to pakistan. you know the facts and government is basically they shouldn't be shocked that these cuts are to the place president had declared in january that his friend are doing security military that the coalition support fund. is what these cuts are believe it was on the table so i think it. probably was prepared for these cuts well i think from back sans perspective they will certainly say that you know because of these military and security aid cuts that their ability to protect their side of the border with afghanistan is twenty two you know so to reduce their capacity to do so and it will not only hinder them from protecting the border but it will also also who are them from protecting themselves against militant groups that attack the state but the bird said i don't i think this is going to be more rhetoric sort of the border security has already been in place and it's already well funded by the senate government talked about building th

held by the cato institute, this is an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> good afternoon, everyone.or joining us. on one of the last few days of the august recess, we appreciate you being here for this briefing that the ca cato institute is hosting. my name's matt weibel, director of government affairs at the cato institute, and today we'll be talking about freedom in the 50 states. i'll be moderating today's briefing on the fifth edition of freedom in the 50 states. an

in washington let's get a view on this now from sahal khan who is a visiting research fellow at the catoinstitute's defense and foreign policy to fire department she's in the audience and genea good to have you with us how do you think the pakistani government will respond to this. well i think you know the facts and government is basically they shouldn't be shocked that these threats are to the place president i declared in january that in front of doing security military at the coalition support fund which is what these cuts are the lead up to was on the table and so i think iran is probably was prepared for these and so what impact does this have though on the border control between pakistan and afghanistan in the fight against the taliban does it hinder it well i think from back sons perspective they will certainly say that you know because of these military security aide cuts that their ability to protect their side of the border with afghanistan is lying to you know so to reduce their capacity to do so and it will not only hinder them from protecting the border but it will also als

my name is patrick eddington, a policy analyst in homeland security here at the cato institute. i want to just over a few quick notes here. i would ask everyone to make sure that your cell phones and/or other devices are of these on vibrate so we don't have any unnecessary interruptions. once we get to the q&a later here, please do wait to be called upon by myself. wait for the macbook as will pick we want to make sure that your questions or actual audible to everybody i don't ask you to announce your name and affiliation. for those of you you are in the auditorium we will be holding a lunch on the second level in the conference center. you just have to go up one flight of the spiral staircase. and restrooms of course on this level as well as the second level as well. that concludes the obligatory administrative announcements. one week from today our nation will mark the 17th the year since al-qaeda is unprovoked and murderous attacks on america. to this day many americans still one of the most powerful country on earth could be surprised by and suffer so many deaths at the hand

it is great to be at cato university. for all the reasons you have discovered, especially if this is your first time here. it does not get much better than this, and incredibly pleasant setting that is certainly like a college campus, but is much, much, much better. and, you know, the conversations and the people really make it fantastic. what we are doing here is we are spreading ideas. and that is essentially the story of my discussion this morning. the american revolution in ideas is, in some respects, a chronologically broad story. we got some sense of that when we heard tom speak to us early this morning. history is not something best chopped up into discrete little segments. has aomething that tendency to build. ideas once discovered are not easily depressed. -- easily suppressed. to have aation has dialogue with the ideas that come before. the story of the american revolution doesn't begin in philadelphia in 1776, it does not begin at lexington and concord in 1775 or with the passage of the stamp act. it begins muc

thank you for inviting we to take part in my very first talk at cato institut university. even though i have been involved in one way or another since i first visited the old brownstone building when i was 18 years old. a year before i met tom himself. my old and dear friend doctor tom palmer invited me to give a lecture on the evolution of the ideas of liberty, with a special emphasis on the transitions from liberties to liberty and then , well, treated due to the two lectures he has treated you to .oday faced with a slight temptation to throw out my planned lecture and instead, treat you to an hour of what it is that dr. palmer and professor macdonald are deeply misguided in their admiration for the wildly hasicious john locke, who orderly distorted the path of libertarian thought for centuries. [laughter] instead, i will stay to the topic to which i was assigned well, it rather more like a university course is sometimes, in which one lecture can build on another. i will be covering some of the same material and some of the tom covered in his 2 lectures today, but as you

two thousand and one and against cato. but today in syria we see that the troponin this ration has warmed the syrian government and not you in involved assault in a military attack on a territory is being basically controlled by al-qaeda and this no political reaction or political outcry are from the from the u.s. population or u.s. political representative so it calls into question or really reveals the the phoniness of this war on terror and the fact that it's been used as an instrument to the band's us global hegemony more than anything else those kinds of connections are not going to be made on nine eleven this year but many of us we'll make those connections theme in britain and the united states are repeating history again supporting islam is like they did the majority in afghanistan that would create al qaeda. those forces are have been there have been a very valuable to them without they those forces there be no justification for britain and for the us to still be physically in the middle east militarily well from

he won last month's runoff election and dismissed fraud accusations from the opposition candidate cato has vowed to strengthen national security against extremist violence. also in africa the former democratic republic of congo warlord. has announced a long delayed december presidential election as a quote parity after the country's top court banned him from contesting it bumba was one of six presidential hopefuls excluded by the election commission from the vote he appealed but the constitutional court has upheld the balancing it was because of his conviction by the international criminal court the i.c.c. for bribing witnesses at his crimes trial. well the term of office in the fall or term of office of the d r c's incumbent president joseph kabila and a two years ago but he refused to step down in the violent unrest that followed the roman catholic church to lead negotiations to agree conditions for a new election after more protests rocked the country at the beginning of this year could be left finally agreed to stand down and not to stand for office again salonika went to find out

it's held by the cato acute ine and begins life at ten eastern on c-span2.after that national intelligence director dan coats discusses current threats to u.s. he would will be speaking at at hosted by the armed forces and intelligence and national security alliance. that begins life at 12:30 p.m. on c-span2. a look at space-based missile defense.

it's held by the cato acute ine and begins life at ten eastern on c-span2. after that national intelligence director dan coats discusses current threats to u.s. he would will be speaking at at hosted by the armed forces and intelligence and national security alliance. that begins life at 12:30 p.m. on c-span2. a look at space-based missile defense. >> next, discussion on the current political climate in afghanistan. we hear about potential peace talks between afghanistan government and the taliban and the impact of u.s. operations in that country over the next few decades. held by the hudson institute this is about 90 minutes. >> good afternoon on husain haqqani, senior fellow at the hudson institute. welcome to hudson. for the last four decades of afghanistan and its citizens have lived through civil war, instability, and then an indian terrorist insurgency. it's been a year since president trump announced his strategy. 17 years after american-led international forces went into afghanistan and aftermath of 9/11, to eliminate al-qaeda sanctuary provided by t

the cato institute ran a study last year that found the chance of being killed by a refugee terrorist in the united states is about one in 3.6 billion. just for context, you have a better chance of being struck by lightning twice than you have a being killed by a refugee terrorist, or it is obvious that the setting works. what we see is that the vetting process, which was completely successful, is taking much longer. in the cases of many middle eastern countries, like syria, the process is centrally has ground to a halt. i believe since january 1, and -- in calendar year 2018, we have admitted 20 syrian refugees. refugee crisis of our time, there are about 6 million syrian refugees and 27 have been admitted. host: and the web side, you want to check out their work. adam bates, who serves as the counsel for the project. the first call is from the independent line. this is from ohio, dave, you are on with adam bates. go ahead. caller: top of the morning to you. i have one statement and one question. we have a statute in new york that on the base of it that says give me your tired, your

in private but experts say the new rules may be difficult to police for me to miller reports from cato. when you know your father was garroted prince is a qualified lawyer he's also rust a foreign he says that he's been prevented from joining the law society because of his culture and daily use of cannabis for twenty years he's fought south african courts to get cannabis decriminalised saying that equality those should also protect his way of life the greater victory is for the people of south africa in the sense that because russell far as always advocated that cannabis is for the eating of not just the south african people but for all people in the world and our philosophy is that. we must make use of what we have in order to get what we want and we have an abundance of cannabis. the rest of therion community in cape town says cannabis is a religious and cultural sacrament the people here say they were often victims of police raids in the past now they can smoke and grow what they call a religious herb while it will take up to two years for laws to be officially changed it's now lega

demonstration was called by a group supposed to the results of last month's election brought him back at cato was reelected as president of the opposition claims there was widespread vote rigging keto will be inaugurated later on saturday. and there's been more fighting in southern neighborhoods of libya's capital at least eleven people have been killed most of them civilians attempts by the un to impose a cease fire have failed to end the violence at least ninety six people have died in fighting since the end of august. thousands of protesters marched across parts of northwestern syria demanding president bashar al assad be removed from office before a new constitution is drafted this is russia and turkey announced they've confirmed the borders for the demilitarized zone in rebel held province so on a whole the reports from beirut. they chant against bashar assad the syrian president to a survived an eighty year rebellion against his rule the opposition has been defeated all they have left is their voices. no constitution no reconstruction until a third leaves power that is their demand it's

believe that leftist narrative is what people want to see, a revisionist of history, it is so antithreat catohat people see,er weeing is with polling for example with trump, people see is he is in 40s, these types of things are noticed, maybe they could have gotten away with this during era of obama, this is going to make this move-suffer, hollywood against is not listening to the morn people. liz: is it good for the bottom line? >> neil armstrong was a hero, he is a hero, and this particular controversy, i think will keep a certain segment of movi go movis out of the movies, to protest that american flag did not get put down in the movie. i think it was a bad move, i really do. liz: kevin and ty thank you. >> thank you. liz: let's get to this story. earlier democrats admitting that they were on a conference call led by senator chuck schumer about how to disrupt and delay the hearing, coming up, former republican congressman jason chaffetz here is fired up to talk about this president trump in a big might with union leader richard trumka, did manufacturing jobs fair better under trump or obam

many liberal activists will tell you, police are in part responsible for fuelling catos, the officersho face off with the murderous gangs beg to differ. >> first of all, we've had 2025 shootings in this city up to date, as of today. first of all, it started, it didn't start yesterday, it started several years ago, when decided to underfund and underman the police department. we have -- we are still almost a thousand policemen short where we have to be. >> laura: wait, a thousand police officers short in the city of chicago today? >> we only have half of the detectives that we need. we used to have 2000 detectives. >> laura: how many do you have now? >> just about a thousand. >> laura: what is the reason for that? what politicians say? we'll talk to them in a moment. >> you'll have to ask the mayor, our opinion doesn't count, that is part of the problem, that has to change. >> laura: we also highlighted horrific human and emotional toll this violence takes and a few examples more upsetting to the core and the cause of demetrius grif ith junior, 15-year-old boy reportedly burned alive a

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the cato institute hosted this event. >>> good afternoon. thank you all for joining us, for today's capitol hill briefing, entitled, is obama care now optional?

that's from the cato institute, which is a conservative libertarian think tank.d a similar outcome. so this isn't really up for debate. this is an old story. we've seen it a million times, demonizing people that are different and saying that whether it's italians or jews, now irish, now it's people from central america and mexico. >> kirsten, nobody is demonizing anybody. i am hispanic. and by the way, the victims are largely, if not majority hispanics when it comes to dangerous illegal aliens like sergeant mendoza, hispanic american who was killed by an illegal alien who already should have been deported because of convicted of a crime. and secondly, i they're all the time, this canard that they commit crimes at a lower rate. well, that might be fine. the point is tragedies happen, you're right. but most tragedies are not preventible. when you talk about an american citizen who decides to do something evil against another american. when you're talking about an illegal alien who doesn't belong here in the first place, that is 100% preventible. so every single cri

all slave colonies, and they would benefit from exting the wishing that -- extinguishing that sol cato in the caribbean. as far as france was concerned, it had a revolution going on and had few troops to spare because france had to fight many wars in europe in 1790 and fight for survival. so there were a number of troops that were sent from france during the haitian revolution in a happen has a ard fashion. -- haphazard fashion. those that did make it to haiti failed to make a difference largely due to the climate of haiti that was conducive to mosquitoes and, thus, diseases like malaria and yellow fever that tended to be deadly for european troops who were not accustomedded to the caribbean. each though france did manage to slip some reinforcements to haiti throughout the revolution, eventually he ends up being killed either by fighting or through yellow fever. the role was fairly hazy because he kept himself in the background. we see him playing a greater role in 1793 which is when spain declared war on france and decided to the attack haiti from what is the dominican republic. at th

devastated by an earthquake on thursday the death toll from the six point seven magnitude quake and who cato has risen to thirty nine triggered landslides in the town of suma near the epicenter hundreds of people there are still without power about three thousand people are staying in temporary shelters supporters of an ethiopian opposition party that was once outlawed are celebrating the return of its leaders after eleven years in exile patriotic seven has been considered a terrorist organization by the government until parliament voted to lift that label in july several other opposition parties are returning teeth e.o.p. as part of recent reforms introduced by the prime minister. a french photojournalist who captured the plight of the civilians in war torn yemen has won the top award an international festival there an eight day gary is the first female winner and twenty years festival showcases every day life in conflict zones. to take a look. on seeing images and a rag limps of the war in yemen displaced children sleep in a street at night neighborhoods that once teamed with life now redu