and you set down with charles murray. prof.nger: i have not watched it because it is so unsettling to me. they used these directional microphones. so what we were hearing is not what you are hearing on the tape. it is enhanced so you can hit a -- see you can hear the conversation, but it was absolutely terrifying to continue. brian: how far ahead of this that you knew something was going to happen? prof. stanger: i didn't think anything was going to happen. before i walked out the door when we were confronted with the crowd that injured me, i said, i left my computer in the car, and i will go separately and meet you at the dinner. i had no clue it was going to happen. brian: had you met charles murray before? prof. stanger: no, but i knew of him and knew that he was some of the republican party takes very seriously. it was precisely the person i want my students to engage with. if we are only allowing democrats to appear on campus we are just an indoctrination center. we are not an institution of higher learning. brian: let's g

brian: had you met charles murray before? prof. stanger: no, but i knew of him and knew that he was some of the republican party takes very seriously. it was precisely the person i want my students to engage with. if we are only allowing democrats to appear on campus we are just an indoctrination center. brian: let's go back -- you moved to this other room. was that set up in advance? prof. stanger: yes. brian: television cameras in there? prof. stanger: yes, yes. that was a plan b. and how far away was the room? prof. stanger: it was in the basement of the building. i wish it was further away. brian: this again was only 30 seconds. >> you go to 1960 which is just a few years later. i told them to put people on the fire alarms. hold on just a second and they will turn those off. prof. stanger: this is unique in my academic career. prof. stanger: that is pretty funny. brian: anyway, go back to that setting. how long did you --talk to charles murray? prof. stanger: i think it was roughly 30 minutes or 45 minutes. we took questions fr

. >> host: charl murray stride. middle bury college, me and the professor who invited him both injured. >> guest: right. literally attacked. physically assaulted. by protesters who thought it was so important to stop what was supposed to be a debate. going to be a debate between murray's perspective and a leftist center perspective, and but they don't want that to happen. when i interview for the book and said don't you think you make charles murray look more sympathetic if you're shouting them down and using violence against them? you are driving people toward them. and they say, we are about safety. we are keeping the marginalized anymore our community safe from the harm of charles muirry's words and views sol if he allowed to speak, we have contributed to the emotional or mental unrest of the people we care about which is a different idea how safety works so much -- it's the root of so much of this. >> host: how small are these alt-right and tifa groups that are far on the fringe. >> guest: extremely small. we're

their target was charles murray. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> up next, a member of iraq's parliament talks about relations between his government and the u.s. and efforts to rebuild iraq following the overthrow of saddam hussein. the atlantic council hosted this event. >> hello and welcome to the atlantic council. i am abbas kadhim, resident

their target was charles murray. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> american history tvs look at the civil war continues now with louisiana state university professor aaron sheehan-dean on his book the calculus of violence: how americans fought the civil war. this talk was part of the gettysburg college civil war institute's annual

their target was charles murray. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> montana governor steve bullock spoke wednesday at the national press club in d.c. in his remarks he addressed gun violence and president trump's comments. following his speech he took questions from reporters. >> good morning. club.e to national press i am the washington bureau chief. last tuesday 10 of the people seeking the democratic parties -- party's -- as the dust settled, one of the storylines is about one of the candidates working hard to assert their views. steven bullock is one ofho

like the things charles murray thinks. these two people are being characterized as nazis were having in the same beliefs and when they find out the beliefs, i may quibble with them but they are not terribly crazy and think they lied to me about how dangerous these ideas are and then you end up going down a rabbit hole. there is a long history i talkd about italkabout in the book abe shutdown activities just calling more attention to the people they were shutting down because back from like 100 years ago, you would have no idea how to join the fascist groups unless the newspaper was writing about iand discarding their activitie. the speakers we had to do that if they were making news. so, while i absolutely support the right of the students who protest i think they need to bee a little before choosing about what we are protesting. >> it's important why we are talking about free speech we are talking about all kinds of free speech and i'm glad you brought up public access television because it is where you can say whatever i

after you left charles murray what happened quick. >> i don't really remember much.e were taken out into the hall into a mob of angry people somewhere wearing masks the target was charles murray.

their target was charles murray. >> tonight on q&a. history,n lectures in andrew slap of east tennessee state university teaches a class on abraham lincoln, andrew johnson, and the constitution. he compares how both presidents have been portrayed as either upholding or disregarding the constitution, and whether their reputations match their actions in office. prof. slap: good morning. thank you all for coming. today we are transitioning in the course from civil war to reconstruction. because of that, it is a good poinin

their target was charles murray. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m.n on c-span's "q&a." >> monday night on "the communicators" -- >> people come up to me and say, "sir, i cannot get you. i cannot follow you. they make it impossible." these are people who are really good at what they do. they say they make it absolutely impossible. >> we will talk about the recent presidential social media summit where president trump discusses social media censorship by big tech firms and what should be done about it. >> i think as consumers, we can as users ofmand facebook and twitter and google if we are going to be on that platform, they will respect our ability to communicate. if we don't like it, we can quit. >> to me, it seems hard to levy an accusation that big tech is a net negative in any way, shape, or form to conservative speech when someone like dennis crater is getting a billion views on the products and videos he is putting out. >> watch "the communicators" monday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. >> more than 500,000 students competed this year

their target was charles murray. sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> president trump spoke to reporters as he left the white house earlier today for a weekend trip. he answered questions on gun control, background checks and what can be done to keep guns away from the mentally ill. this is 35 minutes. [cheering]

the target was charles murray. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m.astern on c-span's cumin day. -- q and a. democratic president of spoke to julian castro supporters at the iowa state fair. the domain register invites all candidates to speak at the fair with the ica

campus. >> at the end of your discussion with charles murray, what happened? >> i don't really remember. not even tell you what door we went out. of thewere taken out hall and confronted this mob of angry people. some of whom were in masks. they were shoving and jostling. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q&a. >> monday night on the communicators -- >> people come up to me and say -- sir, i cannot follow you. these are people that are really good at what they do. they say they make it absolutely impossible. recentill talk about the social media summit where president trump discusses censorship and what should be done about it with robert and patrick from the competitive edge institute. >> as consumers, we can demand that as users of facebook, twitter, and google that we expect they will respect our ability to communicate. if we do not like it, we can quit. >> it is hard to levy an accusation that big tech is a net negative when someone like dennis prager is getting a billion views on the products and videos he is putting out. communicators monday night at

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. >> science professor talks about being physically attacked in 2017 after an appearance by charles murray campus. at the end of your discussion coming you left the room and went where and what happened? >> i don't really remember. i couldn't even tell you what door we went out, but we were taken out of the hole and confronted this mob of angry people some who wore masks and they were shoving and jostling of their target was charles murray. >> 8 p.m. eastern on c-span q-and-a. >>> in the four hours of fury she recounts the largest airborne operation than 17,000 allied. troopers were dropped behind enemy lines.

after an appearance by author charles murray on campus. >> at the end of your discussion with charles murray you left that room and went where and what happened? >> the fact of the matter is i don't really remember much of it. i couldn't even tell you what door we went out. but we were taken out of the hall and confronted this mob of angry people, some of whom were in masks, and they were shoving and jostling. their target was charles murray. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> american history tvs look at the civil war continues now with louisiana state university professor aaron sheehan-dean on his book the calculus of violence: how americans fought the civil war. this talk was part of the gettysburg college civil war institute's annual summer conference. it's an hour. >> good morning, everyone. i'm peter carmichael. a member of the history department at gettysburg college. also the director of the civil war institute. it is my pleasure this morning to welcome aaron sheehan-dean. aaron sheehan-dean is the -- is it fray? the fred c. fry professor of southern s

the target was charles murray. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's cumin day. -- q and a. democratic president of spoke to julian castro supporters at the iowa state fair. the domain register invites all candidates to speak at the fair with the iowa caucuses set for february 3. this is 40 minutes. >> it is great to be with you at the iowa state fair. thank you to rachel and everybody at the des moines register and those that helped organize this. iowa is proud of the state fair. you have a lot of reason to be. i'm here with my family. my wife, erica and our daughter and sun -- son. treat for mel because i don't often get to travel with my family. i think they are looking forward to the bumper cars and maybe the sky rides and that bacon that y'all sell on a stick. [laughter] mr. castro: i want to talk to you this morning about what we're going to become as a nation. i think of we went -- if we went around this fair and listen to the stories of your family, we would hear a lot of stories that reflect the best of our nation, of the a

their target was charles murray. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q & a. >>> american history tv continues now with professor earl hess on the tactics, terrain and trenches in the 1864 atlanta campaign. he is the author of kennesaw mountain, sherman, johnson and the atlanta campaign. this was part of the gettysburg college civil war institute's annual summer conference. it's an hour. >> it's my pleasure this afternoon to introduce earl hess. earl is the stewart w. mccullen chair at lincoln memorial in tennessee. 20 books, a long

their target was charles murray. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. a member of the iraqi parliament was in washington, d.c. this week and talked about the country's relations with the u.s.. after the remarks, he answered questions from the audience. the atlantic council in washington, d.c. posted this discussion. >> hello, and welcome to the atlantic council. i am the resident senior fellow at the atlantic council and the director of the iraqi initiative. this is an iraqi initiative event. it is on record. feel free to tweet, quote our excellent guest, and enjoy the event. we look forward to a timely, great conversation with our guest. and we will carry this live and you are welcome, if you are not here and you are watching us, you are also welcome to tweet ashtag #aciraq. this is to the ac middle east center here, #acmideast. here is the format. we will get brief remarks after i finish and then i will ask some questions, then we open it to the audience for some questions. that is how we are going to proceed today. our esteemed guest is a member of t

on campus. >> at the end of your discussion with the charles murray, left the room and went where and what happened? >> the fact of the matter is i don't really remember much of it. i couldn't even tell you what door and we went out but we were taken out of the hall and confronted this mob of angry people. some wearing masks and they were shoving and jostling their target was charles murray. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> now a conversation on medicare for all health care plans. we will hear from the administrator for the status for medicare and medicaid services and indiana senator mike braun at this event hosted by the heritage foundation. [inaudible conversations] >> so welcome to the heritage foundation. we are here today because americans are concerned about their health care. health care remains a top priority for about 70% of voters to say it is our number one concern, they share with us their word about some very clear things that they think their costs are too high. they think they have reduced choices and to don't feel like they are in charge of th

. >> after end of discussion of charles murray what happened? i don't remember much of it. i couldn't even tell you what door we went out, but we were taken out of the -- the hall and confronted the mob of angry people, some wearing masks, they were shoving and target was charles murray. >> sunday on c-span's q&a. >> policy adviser for national alliance offo mentalio illness, specified before congress on issue of t red flag laws and rik factors for violence, start to explain what red flag laws are and how they work? >> okay, red flag laws we refer to them as extremist protection orders or gun violence restraining orders but basically civil orders not criminal which are based on risk, so they give -- they basically create mechanisms for family members or law enforcement officers depending upon out the law is written to move quickly and get the firearms out of the hands of people who are identified as -- as first of all having firearms and secondly of all based on real factors showing risks of violence to others. >> there's not currently a red fla

on campus. >> at the end of the discussion with charles murray you left the room and went where and what happened? >> i don't even remember much of it, i couldn't even tell you what door we went out, but we were taken out of the -- the hall and confronted this mob of angry people. some who were in masks, they were shoving and jostling. target was charles murray. >> on c-span's q&a. >> up next member of iraq's parliament talks about relations between his government and the u.s. and efforts to rebuild iraq following the overthrow of saddam hussein. the atlantic council hosted this event. [inaudible conversations] >> hello, welcome to the atlantic council, resident senior fellow at the atlantic council and director of the iral initiative and this is an iraq initiative event. it is on record, so feel free

their target was charles murray. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m.astern on c-span's q&a. ♪ >> campaign 2020. watch ever live coverage of the presidential candidates on the campaign trail and make up your own mind. campaign 2020, your unfiltered view of politics. >> democratic presidential candidate governor jay inslee of washington talked with voters at the iowa state fair. this is just under an hour. [applause] good morning, iowa, what a great morning, what a beautiful morning to be in iowa. my name is jay inslee. imho cameron, bulldozer operating, concrete truck driving, dishwashing, climate change fighting governor in the state of washington, and i am here to tell you one simple thing. if you give me this microphone on the debate stage, i will beat donald trump like a two dollar meal. and i'm -- mule. and i'm intent on doing that. i'm not saying we do that. we treat our livestock with respect. we are different than republicans in that regard. and i've never met a mule that lies before, either. if you heard anything about me lately, i've had some

their target was charles murray. sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span's "q&a." >> next, two scientists involved in the apollo program talk about the science of operating on the moon's surface and delve into some of the discoveries from the literary experiments and samples gathered during the missions. this discussion was part of an event hosted by space center houston to mark apollo 11's 50th anniversary. >> good afternoon everyone. it is noon in houston and it is time for an interesting panel. we are pleased you are here. are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first human landing on the moon by apollo 11. an exciting time to be here. applaud. it is worth it. [applause] >> it's an exciting time to be here as we connect with our past and look forward to what may be coming in the future in human spaceflight

some wearing masks, and they were shoving and jostling, their target was charles murray. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span q&a. >> a number of republican senators spoke at the young american foundation earlier this month. coming up we hear from senators ted cruz, rick scott and ted cotton. [applause] [applause] >> god bless the young american foundation. [cheering] usa, usa, usa, usa,. >> 17 minutes ago, nancy pelosi sent out a security alert. she said she discovered there were a bunch of young troublemakers in town. [cheering] she said she heard this gathering dangerous. infective with ideas that are harmful if you're a big government autocrat. these ideas are also dangerous if you are a woke lefty, if you aren't oh so precious hollywood celebrity. if you are, a university administrator, the ideas that are represented in this room are terrifying. for those watching at home on c-span, there are no safe spaces in this room. [cheering] cro[applause] tierney has been with us since the dawn of time. big government, the power of the government to control your life has been with u

on campus. >> at the end of the discussion with charles murray you left that room and went where and what happened? >> i don't really remember much of it. >> i couldn't even tell you but we were taken out of the hall and confronted by this mob of angry people. some who were wearing masks. they were shoving and jostling. >> sunday night at 8 pm eastern on c-span's q&a. >>> in 1980 president carter signed the refugee act which raised the annual ceiling for the number of refugees allowed in the the united states. now on american history tv, former officials who helped implement the measure discuss the challenges they face with refugee admissions and the impact of public opinion and lessons learned on the current refugee policy. this is one hour. welcome back everyone. we want to introduce the next panel which will focus on the implementation of the refugee act of 1980 eric schwartz, former assistant secretary of state

their target was charles murray. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q and a. >>> next on american history tv, a discussion with former u.s. secretary of state condoleezza rice about the changing role of u.s. democracy and foreign policy. this is about an hour and 20 minutes. >> good afternoon, everyone. i am tom, the director of the hoover institution. i'm please to have had you join us as we celebrate the institution's 100th year anniversary. in recognition of this occasion, we have organized a centennial speaker series titled a century of ideas for a free society. this features 11 panel discussions that span the course of the year to showcase the scholarship and research central to the institution's mis

their target was charles murray. q&a.nday night on c-span's >> "washington journal" continues. ron honberg is a policy advisor for the national alliance on mental illness. he testified before congress on the issue of red flag laws and risk factors for violence. start by explaining what red flag laws are and how they work. guest: red flag laws, we refer to them as risk protection orders or gun violence restraining orders. they are civil orders, not criminal, which are based on risk. they basically create mechanisms for family members or law enforcement officers depending upon how the law is written to move quickly and get firearms out of the hands of people who are identified as having risk of and showing violence. host: there is not currently a national red flag law. guest: that is correct. 17 states have authorized them under careful circumstances. there is no national law. host: why is there no national law? guest: these procedures require local implementation. they fall within the purview of state law. the federal government could play a role in encouraging them or providing

with charles murray you left that room and went where and what happened? >> the fact of the matter is, i don't really remember much of it. i couldn't even tell you what door we went out. but we were taken out of the hall and confronted this mob of angry people. some of whom were in masks. they were shoving and jostling. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. . >>> american history tv's look at u.s. foreign policy shifts now to southeast asia. after world war ii, western powers hoped to foster anti-communist governments in the region. in his book "arc of containment" wen-qing ngoei said that the united states was successful in the regional strategy. this is about 90 minutes. >> all right. everyone, i would like to call us all to order. good afternoon. and welcome to this afternoon's session of the washington history seminar historical perspectives on international and national affairs. i'm eric arnesen of george washington university and i'm the cochair of this seminar along with christian ostermann who represents the wilson center. as you ma

what would you have to say if you were debating charles murray?hings i would like to say to dr. murray. but i think the primary thing i want to say is that we have to remember that the metric being used to compare different races, iq, is something scholars tell us has no meaning in comparison. you can't compare iq among groups who have wildly disproportionate educational environments, living environments, disease statuses. there is no -- you can't compare the two. it's like apples and oranges. and yet the proponents of iq as a metric like to compare the iqs of people, for example, upper class people in connecticut to extremely poor people in kenya. it doesn't make any sense. and a lot of the claims put forth by charles murray have since been invalidated by scientists. he is not a again et cysts. other geneticists have come forward to say he's simply wrong. >> environmental racism and its assault on the american mind. hairette a. washington. thank you for this book. >>> still to come, adam schiff is our guest and there is a lot to discuss. includin

their target was charles murray. sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> president trump spoke to reporters as he left the white house earlier today for a weekend trip. he answered questions on gun control, background checks and what can be done to keep guns away from the mentally ill. this is 35 minutes. [cheering] pres. trump: we are doing very well with china. we are talking with china. we are not ready to make a deal. we will see what happens. we have been hurt by china for 25, 30 years. nobody has done anything about it. we have no choice but to do what we are doing. it is working out very well. we called them on manipulation and they have brought their numbers back. they brought them back rapidly. they were able to do that because they manipulate. it is called monetary manipulation. not good. what is happening with china now we have an open dialogue. , we will see if we keep meeting in september. if we do, that is fine. if we don't, that is fine. it is time somebody does what we are doing. i said the american taxpayer is n

their target was charles murray. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. on q and a.- 2020.paign watch our live coverage. i got up your own mind. >> several presidential candidates are in des moines for the iowa state fair. off thursday with visits from steve bullock and vice president joe biden. both candidates gave speeches and answered questions from reporters. [applause] >> hello iowa. i know you will get dozens of people trying to make some connection to iowa. some

they were wearing masks and shoving the jostling and their target was charles murray. >> american history tv continues now with a look at the cuban revolution. tony parra tate discusses fidel castro's childhood and the role of women and young people in the cuban revolution. this is a one hour 20 minute discussion. >> tonight we are very pleased to welcome

. >> alison singer talks about being physically attacked after an appearance of charles murray on campus brian: you went where and what happened? much.on't really remember i can't even tell you which were we went out, but we were taken out of the hall and we confronted this mob of angry people. some of them wore masks. the heart was rosemary. at 8 p.m.night eastern. presidency,"he john singleton talks about richard nixon's early life and career. he is the author of "richard the life." the smithsonian associates hosted this event. is my pleasure to welcome our speaker tonight. john farrell is an author in contributor.- and he was a white house in theondent and served spotlight. in his capacity as a journalist, he has recorded every presidential campaign from 1980 to 2012.

science professor talks about being physically attacked in 2017 after an appearance by author charles murray on campus . >> at the end of your discussion , you left the room and went where and what happened? >> i don't really remember much of it. i couldn't tell you what door we went out but we

understand everything that went into going to the moon and if you are interested the best book is charles murray apollo, the race to the moon and i encourage all of you who are interested as individuals to read that book. it would be great to have a human achievement day where we celebrate this and ask how did we do it? and watching on tv we are in las vegas right now it is 110 degrees outside. i'm very comfortable here because of air conditioning. where did that come from? there is a guy named carrier over 100 years ago how or why did he invented that? there is a fascinating story about that how did it go from using it for the industrial use to know everybody has it? all love to see a holiday celebrating human achievement like the moon landing so we can all appreciate it and have her own moon landing. thank you for coming. we appreciate your attention. [applause] [inaudible conversations]

were taken out into the hall into a mob of angry people somewhere wearing masks the target was charles murray. [cheering and [cheers and applause] for more than 30 years. [cheers and applause] the parents and sisters to help shape the woman that i have become he suggested i call my mother at 1:00 o'clock in the morning a mother and a grandmother a friend and a teacher and a wife and a mother every role i have played has taught me so much i have learned and i am still were learning about the bonds that make up the family it's what i know that love makes aam family hole brick what doesn't matter if you are blending a family with biological or hinonbiological children this is the story of how joe and i created our family we had no master plan and we did it all together we built our family when we had to to discover along the way of the 13th century persian poet put a plaster on the room keep looking at the bandage place. that is where the light enters you and know that you are healing yourself. [applause] >> good morning thank you for coming out this evening for this event. wasn't that a wonderf

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on campus. >> at the end of your discussion with charles murray you left that room and went where and what happened? >> the fact of the matter is, i don't really remember much of it. i couldn't even tell you what door we went out. but we were taken out of the hall and confronted this mob of angry people. some of whom were in masks. they were shoving and jostling. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. . >>> american history tv's look at u.s. foreign policy shifts now to southeast asia. after world war ii, western powers hoped to foster anti-communist governments in the region. in his book

and their target was charles murray. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern. former virginia dimmick -- democratic governor terry mcauliffe talked about his book beyond charlottesville. >> it is signaling to people that if the president can say this i can too and that emboldened them. if he can say it publicly so can i. i make the point that people used to wear hoods and they used to do this at night and they don't think that they have to anymore. in charlottesville they came out -- they got hurt badly in charlottesville. democratic presidential candidate joe sestak of pennsylvania talks to the voters at the iowa state fair. this is about 20 minutes. >> hello, i am a pennsylvania void -- boy. fortunate to serve our nation it for 31 years in war and in peace. the youth of america, come aboard an aircraft carrier. you know the average age is? 19.5. i loved it because this nation of mine invested in me. it constantly trained

was charles murray. >> sunday night on "q&a."ouse oversight committee chair elijah cummings went to the national press club yesterday to respond to the president's criticism of baltimore and the president's comments on last weekend's mass shooting and he took questions about his committee investigation trump administration. it's one hour and 15 minutes. [gavels] >> good afternoon, everybody. i'm sure the gavel look you up, right? welcome to the national press club. the world's leading professional organization for journalist. , news editorff lou with al jazeera media network , where my colleague has been unjustly imprisoned in egypt. we have call for his immediate release along with other detained journalists. i am grateful you all came today. i am particularly grateful to my

talks abouttanger being physically attacked and 2017 after an appearance by author charles murray on campus. >> at the end of your discussion, you left that room and went where and what happened? >> i don't really remember much of it. i couldn't even tell you what door we went out. but we were taken out of the hall and confronted a mob of angry people, some of whom were in masks. they were shoving and jostling. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. next, a new york teacher presents an illustrated talk on innovations in art during world war ii. propagandaxamples of cartoons, norman rockwell paintings, and abstract expressionist art, movement that included jackson pollock and mark rothko. friends of the national world war ii memorial host of the talk as part of their annual teachers conference. introduceleasure to rachelle friedman, who will speak to a about -- speak to you about innovations in art during world war ii. she was here last year and we are excited to have her back and excited to hear her presentation. join me in welcoming rachelle. [applause] good morning a

by the way, those who are interested, the best book on it is charles murray and katherine cox, apollohe race to the moon, and i encourage if you're interested in the individuals who put us there, what it took and so forth, read the book. it would be great to have a human achievement day where we celebrate this sort of thing and not just celebrate it but ask, hough did we do it? for those watching on tv, perhaps, we're in las vegas right now. it's 110 degrees outside. i'm very comfortable here because of air conditioning. where did that come from and a guy named carrier over 100 years ago, he invented it. how? why? there's a whole fascinating story about that. how did air conditioning go from being something that was used for a particular industrial use, to everyone has it now. i'd love to see a holiday in this country celebrating human achievement like the moon landing so we can all appreciate it and we can have our own moon landings and our own great achievements in the future. thank you all for coming. i appreciate your attention. [applause] are are's blog are are [inaudible convers

their target was charles murray. >> sunday night at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span's q&a. >> up next, a member of iraq's parliament talks about relations between his government and the u.s. and efforts to rebuild iraq following the overthrow of saddam hussein. the atlantic council hosted this event. >> hello and welcome to the atlantic council. i am abbas kadhim, resident senior fellow at the atlantic council and the director of the iraq initiative. and this is anorak initiative event. it is on record, so feel free to tweak, quote are excellent guest, and enjoy the event. we look forward to a timely, great conversation with our guest, and we will carry this live and you are welcome for, if you're not here and you're watching us, you are also welcome to tweak using the hashtag aciraq and this is to the middle east center here. here is the format. sarkawt will give his brief remarks once i finish her, and then i will ask him some questions and then we opened it to the audience for questions. so that's how we're going to proceed today. our esteemed gu

they were wearing masks and shoving the jostling and their target was charles murray. >> american history tv continues now with a look at the cuban revolution. tony parra tate discusses fidel castro's childhood and the role of women and young people in the cuban revolution. this is a one hour 20 minute discussion. >> tonight we are very pleased to welcome tony paraty and most recently, the improbable revolution that changed history. as a college student tony regularly disappeared through the outback and travel through rural india where he briefly enjoyed our glorious career of a film extra. and now bates in manhattan, he makes it a point to explore. tony's travel stories have been published in magazines like the new york times and magazines and have been translated into a dozen languages. having been selected seven times for the best american travel writing series. is a regular television guest on the history channel where he had spoken about everything from the crusades to the birth of. please join me in welcoming tony paraty. >> [ applause ] >> hey, everybody. thank you for coming out o

charles murray who wrote the book, coming apart, which made real pr provocative and interesg argument, the effects of trends are not evenly distributed. the most vulnerable are hit hardest by those, he pointed to two different towns, fish town and belmont and looked at deficient widifference of social men, he concluded that country needs a civic great awak awaken, return to republic of family, communication, and faith. that is what was most necessary to address our most pressing political problems. so where does that leave us? most of us in room are not professional politicians. we're somewhat politically engaged. so what can we do? i wanted to toss out, certainly not a comp he comprehensive lisa few ideas to spark reflecttion. one, is lonely, destres depress, we can extent hospitality, we live in a country literally dying for friendship. spike in suicide attempts, this is directly tied to people who feel not only alone but also rejected. and opening one's home, one's time, one's person is a small modest but powerful ain' antido. second thing, this is something fairly modest but all o