were privileged to have professor christopher parker with us tonight. he received a phd from the university of chicago in 2001 ms. the professor of social science and political science at the university of washington. the bulk of his research -- is widely published with his forthcoming book, the great white hope, donald trump the crisis of american politics. after the talk will have q&a will ask you to come to the microphone. please turn off your cell phone now, doctor parker. [applause] >> thank you very much. it's weird to hear my voice over speakers. will try to maintain. it's good to be here. my buddy, dan on the his what mit's in graduate school favorite tia in graduate school. his a grad student to knows undergrad. a mold too. thank you for coming out. let's get started, this book is a follow-up from the book that matt and i did the tea party called change you can believe in. the book was published in 2013 and is available on amazon press and what we do in that book, we wanted to show the extent to which the two parties said they were they said th

. >> next christopher parker on his prediction that donald trump would win the 2016 election. the issues that drove voters. >> were glad to have you here tonight. were privileged to

then the case against the establishments and christopher parker on his prediction of president trump winning the 2016 election. >> in her new book,

then the case against the establishments and christopher parker on his prediction of president trump winning the 2016 election. >> in her new book, political tribes we discuss tribalism in america. next a conversation with jd vance, author of hillbilly college be eligible -- >> good evening. brad began on behalf of everybody at the bookstore and all the staff at six and nine, welcome and thank you for coming. were excited to have amy with us the written and spoken extensively on matters of culture and identity. her new book addresses the theme that's especially topical. as many bemoan the splintering of america of one sort or another they seem to have little interest in uniting or compromising or trying to get along. one of the founding notions as which differences of race, and religion with a shared identity. these days messages that appeal to shared values seem to be trumped by those with narrow identity. amy argued that in the international affairs domestic dealings americans have fallen prey, they've also often been blind to it and at home a debilitating tendency to revert to it.

christopher l. nathan m. jabari. parks.son m.a. >> parker j. >> connor m. harris. >> gary w. a. hinkley.amirez. >> dylan ray jensen. a.elizabeth >>john h. reid a. templin. >> lacey g. kelly. m. windham. >> thomas j. lacey. martin. jessica m. martinez. colin craig matham. rhett robert. grant m. robertson. walker e. tyler j. donald g. and zoyner. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the class of 2018. [applause] >> good afternoon president trump, undersecretary -- vice admiral carter, captain chadwick, and distinguished guests. friends and family. i would also like to welcome the class of 1968, the brigade of midshipmen, and the united states naval academy class of 2018. [applause] before i begin, president trump, would you join me at the podium? it is not a jacket, calm down. mr. president, from one president to another. and on to half of the class of 2018, i would like to present you with a gift. president trump: thank you very much. [applause] >> this is a stein that bears recognizes one -- symbolizes the history of the u.s. naval academy and the classes who have come in

parker is not alone. >> he is on death row because the san bernardino sheriff's department framed him. >> you don't expect this in california. >> reporter: now, "new york times" columnist nicholas christoph is raising the question, too. was kevin cooper framed for murder? and in a piece released thursday on the "new york times"' website, christoph questions why governor jerry brown and senator kamala harris, who was state attorney general for many years, haven't signed off on allowing new advanced dna tests to be taken at the expense of cooper's defense team. in los angeles, dave bryan, kpix 5. >> the governor's office says cooper's clemency petition remains under review. >>> the senate as approved gina haspel as cia director, the first woman to head the agency. she worked for the agency for 33 years. she was confirmed 54-45. six democrats supported, two republicans against. haspel came under fire for her role in enhanced interrogation techniques after 9/11. dianne feinstein said: also voted no and tweeted: "torture is immoral and the person we choose to lead the c-i-a should be able to state that unequivocally to the american people." haspel assured senators: she will not allow the c-i-

allison parker, and general counsel for the helsinki commission was one of the coordinators for the human congressional trafficking caucus, both of which are cochaired by congressman christopher smith who is with us today to open our briefing. congressman smith needs to look at reduction within trafficking circles. he is been fighting human trafficking for over two decades. he's the author of the trafficking victims protection act of 2000 as well as the 2003 and 2005 reauthorization special is the most recently reauthorization the past the house of representatives last year in july called the frederick douglass trafficking victims prevention and protection act, h.r. 2200. to tell you more about that, here's representative smith. [applause] >> thank you very much, allison. it is a privilege to be a and i thank you for your leadership on human trafficking. it's been extraordinary for so many years. i want to thank you for that, allison, i want to thank our distinguished panel, insight we will glean from what did you tell us this afternoon. i want to thank all of you for joining us today for this joint briefing. according to the ilo, international labour organization, human traf

allison parker and i'm general counsel for the commission as well as one of the coordinator's for the congressional human trafficking caucus both of which are cochaired by congressman christopher smith who is with us today to open our briefing. congressman smith needs a little introduction within trafficking circles. he's been fighting human trafficking for over two decades with the human protection act of 2000 as well as the 2003 in and 2005 reauthorization as well as the most recent passing the house of representatives last year in july. [applause] >> thank you very much allison and it's a privilege to be here and i thank you for your leadership on human trafficking. it's extraordinary for so many years and i want to thank you for that and i want to especially thank our distinguished panel and the insight we vote lean from what they have to tell us this afternoon. wanted thank all of you for joining us today in this joint briefing. according to the ilo human trafficking and the economy generates about $150 million in illegal profits. 69 people are exploited in labor trafficking. 4.8 million are exploited in sex trafficking and proximally formally and others are in-state traf