al donahue. >> donahue. .> duffey >> william donahue. >> joseph duffey.lause]d 20%, he qualifies to challenge at a primary. .he first roll call is over >> they destroy the party this way. >> last -- the dying of a dinosaur. >> you ought to press for it. if you put enough pressure on them, they will have to be a little careful. >> why make a big deal out of it? >> state senator ed marcus, he qualified to challenge in a primary. >> manufactured -- he has done anything -- everything in his power. >> we want joe! we want joe! we want joe! [applause] >>[cheers and applause] >> maybe i will see what happens. >> thank you. unfortunately, i will not see you. >> good to meet you. i live abroad and i know the effect it has on the dollar. they have no respect. [indiscernible] >> they just keep on going. primary --ting this >> the first time he has had a primary in the democratic party. >> i think mr. donahue will give me a straight answer to this question. will he accept a limitation of $50,000 on television advertising? >> if we can turn that direction so the bangi

[crowd booing] >> o'keefe. >> joe duffey. >> mccue. >> donahue. >> al donahue. >> joe duffey. >> al donahue> donahue. >> duffey. >> william donahue. >> joseph duffey. [cheering] >> donahue for duffey. [cheers and applause] >> 192 votes, 20%, he qualifies to challenge at a primary. >> we are on our way now. >> we are on our way. >> the first roll call is over. donahue is 17 votes short of majority endorsement. we get enough votes for donahue to get the party blessing. >> they destroy the party this way. >> the last of the dinosaurs. the dying of a dinosaur. you could do well on a second ballot. >> i know i could. >> >> you ought to press for it. if you put enough pressure on them, they will have to be a little careful with how to handle this. [cheering] >> we should get this thing over with. >> why make a big deal out of it? i think we would've had to acquiesce. >> state senator ed marcus, he also qualified to challenge in a primary. >> he simply cannot wake up to the fact that it is 1970. it is a no win. can't win. it is manufactured. he has done everything in his power. joe!"]nting "we wan

donahue or mr. bradley of the chamber. since this is quite a tough vote for many democrats -- and i know you're targeting centrist, moderate democrats -- are you pledging to support them with an endorsement at the next congressional election next year or is that endorsement still going to be a question mark for many of these members? and i also have a quick kind of macroquestion. how concerned are you about the spike in oil prices over weekend and instability in the middle east? mr. donohue: well, first of all, those are two good questions. i want to say something quickly about each and then neil may. it won't -- votes by members of the democratic party, for endorsements in the next election will certainly be in our mind. but i will tell you this -- anybody in democratic party that is attacked in an election time because of a vote for this agreement, i will personally in a number of ways make it clear to their potential voters exactly how important it was for the country of their vote. i made this clear to a lot of people.

-mexico-canada trade agreement and will hear from chamber of commerce president tom donahue at the 35 minute event. >> good morning ladies and gentlemen. thank you for coming. twice a year the chamber brings together the top state and local chamber executives from around the country to talk about our shared priorities and how we can best leverage the power of our whole federation. it's our partnership with these organizations that give the chamber the nationwide reach and businesses all over the country in washington. this meeting comes at an important time for businesses from arizona to new york and elsewhere in between. there are growing questions about the strength and the direction of our economy. uncertainty stemming from the u.s. china trade tensions, various international hot spots, the softening global economy and warning signs of the bond markets are making people nervous. when people get nervous they sit on their money. a lot of companies are sitting on their cash resulting in the first decline in business investment in three years. individual investments are doing the same

morning for an event with arizona governor doug ducey, along with chamber of commerce executive tom donahue and neil bradley talking about trade and u.s. infrastructure needs. live coverage here on c-span2. >> (inaudible) >> as well as a trade deal with china. kicking off today's event is chamber's tom doonahue and then we'll take questions from the floor. >> thank you, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming. twice a year the chamber brings together the top state and local chamber executives from around the country to talk about our shared priorities and how we can best leverage the power of our whole federation. it's our partnership with these organizations that give the chamber a nationwide reach and businesses all over the country a voice in washington. this meeting comes at an important time for the businesses from arizona to new york and elsewhere in between. there are growing questions about the strength and the direction of our economy. uncertainty stemming from the u.s.-china trade tensions, various international hot spots, and softening global economy, and warning signs in the

donahue. the major reasons why we need to move it over the finish line right now, from the perspective community, it is hard to think of an issue that has brought the business community together in a more united fashion. economy, sector of the tourism, mining, manufacturing, technology, we have an emerging, high-tech sector and auto that is highly dependent on a supply chain with sonora. there was a press conference with the governor of sonora in arizona to announce a major manufacturing electric vehicle plant. one of the major reasons was because of the auto supply chain in sonora. ducey'sgovernor leadership, we participated in a study and 228,000 jobs rely on trade with mexico and canada. of thelook at some independent studies, if we are able to get them over the line, a modernization of the existing agreement, it has brand-new , smalls in e-commerce and medium enterprises. past 250,000well and would hit digit thousand jobs and not too distant time. just as the business community ,s united b

donahue and m governor ducey, for including me important -- very on this issue. new york state is unbeknownst to a very large agricultural state, one of the largest in the ountry, and we do have quite a bit of manufacturing. currently, in our trade relationships with mexico and canada, we export over $18 billion worth of goods. it is reement, if ratified, and i certainly hope it will be shortly, will improve trading relationship with canada and actually result in and huge improvements, particularly with agricultural farmers. new york's we believe this is critically important. provides and hip supports over 100,000 in new york state. grow nk that number will once usmca is ratified. so he have with' urged -- so urged our congressional delegation, along with many other businesses across the their support for usmca so it can actually take effect. thank you. mr. donohue: thank you, all, for your remarks this morning. floor to up the questions. i would just ask that you dentify yourself and your news organization. hi.rter: mara, international trade today. this will be

morning for an event with arizona governor doug ducey, along with chamber of commerce executive tom donahuend neil bradley talking about trade and u.s. infrastructure needs. live coverage here on c-span2. >>

phil donahue back in the 1970's, the old man is going to crawl over here with his walker like phil donahue. today would be dr. phil. say your name. i have to do it this way. what is your name and your question? >> david sheridan. this is an elementary school student's question. >> you look a little old for hat. >> global temperatures, what is the protocol for determining the global temperature? who decides the protocol, collects the data, and evaluates it? >> who wants it? >> so i can start and they can help me fill in. both noaa and nasa have global temperature data sets. it is done through station observations, satellites brought ogether. we can't have station observations in the middle of the ocean. they both adhere to pretty similar protocols. the numbers will be off by a decimal or something, but they are usually pretty close. we know that this july was the warmest month ever on record. both outlets are saying that. >> there are quality control processes we use for temperature and precipitation data. if the low temperature is higher than the high temperature, we know something is wron

donahue: businesses all over the country have a voice in washington. this meeting comes at an important time for businesses from arizona to new york and wh

in fact, gary owed donahue in washington was watching that press c0 nfe re nce in washington was watchingerence for us. let's cross to washington. gary, some up the reaction and what was said at that press c0 nfe re nce . they came out to talk about sanctions, and of course they didn't get much chance to talk about that, because he was meant to be at that briefing at the white house. since his resignation or sacking earlier today, he didn't appear. he was asked, micron bio, whether he was surprised thatjon asked, micron bio, whether he was surprised that jon bolton asked, micron bio, whether he was surprised thatjon bolton wasn't there, and he said he was never surprised, nothing surprised him. in terms of the substance, he, mike pompeo, said he had had disagreements withjon bolton himself, it was up to the president to have the team he wanted. he had every right to choose who he wanted in place. there had been differences between himself and jon bolton over a number of issues, and essentially that was the line they stuck to. you expect no big changes to foreign policy or strategic proble

and who shows up on the phil donahue show as the main guest but new york businessman donald trump ande watches the show and she suppressed. she tells her husband, you know, i watched donald trump on television. he was answering all these questions and talk about policy issues. he was i could kind of good. nixon rights trump a little. he's taking his wife's word for it and says my wife says she saw you on television. she says your great, and if you ever decide to run for office someday, you're going to be a winner. that letter is no friend and it's in the oval office today. it's one of trump's prized sessions. you know, it's interesting, nixon never quit handicapping politics. he never quit looking at races and potential leaders. even all the way through his death. i mean, so he obviously wants bill clinton to deliver his eulogy. he realizes the symbolism of that having a democratic president deliver this magisterial treatment to him. we also wants bob dole and pete wilson to deliver eulogies. why did he do that? those of the people he thought would run for president in '96 and be the

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"the donahue show" rearranged the furniture, but oprah remodeled the whole house. >> there are a lot when you say, we're in love. because i remember questioning my gay friends, you mean you feel about him the way i feel about -- it's kind of a strange concept, you know, for a lot of people to accept. >> oprah was connecting with people in a way that no one had on tv before. and it was really special to see. >> well, did you know that for the longest time i wanted to an fourth grade teacher because of you? >> my, i was not aware of inspiring anyone. >> i think you did exactly what teachers are supposed to do, they create a spark for learning. it's the reason i have a talk show today. >> oprah winfrey now dominates the talk show circuit, both in the ratings and popularity. >> i want to use my life as a source of lifting people up. that's what i want to do. that's what i do every day on my show. you know, we get accused of being tabloid television and sensational and so forth. but what i really think we do more than anything else is we serve as a voice to a lot of people who felt up unt

. >> reporter: matthew donahue is the d.e.a.'ent in mexico cod has helped uncover dozens of "el mencho's" drug labs in the jungle. >> put your hands up! >> reporter: "el mencho's" cartel is responsible for fughly a third of the drugs d tering this country by land eay byonan s. his head. ironically, he lived in california some 30 years ago where he was arrested on drug foarges and deported back to mexico. nd he's got an enormous amount of weapons-- r.p.g.s, 50-caliber weapons. he basically has his own swat teams. >> reporter: from shooting down a mexican army helicopter, killing six, to being implicated in a public hanging this summer, uml mencho" protects his empire with impunity. back in chicago, the mexican drugs seized are so toxic, they can't be handled without protective gear. at the d.e.a.'s lab, packs of cocaine are stamped with traffickers' brands, and more than a third can be traced back to "el mencho." >> he's the one responsible for sending the poison that's actually killing innocent women and kids. so what happens whe

. >> i want to say thanks to tom donahue and everyone at the chamber for posting the informed discussion around the usmca, the united states mexico canada agreement, good to speak to representatives of 100 business chambers in the country a few moments ago. to say it frankly, america and arizona's businesses are beyond ready to ratify the usmca. trade with mexico and canada is vital to the arizona economy, it supports 128,000 jobs. mexico has just passed china to become america's number one trading partner and mexico is arizona's largest trading partner and it is not even close, it is times for of any other affiliation and canada is our number 3 trading partner and i know trade with these two countries is critical to other states, there are 44 other american states that are number one or 2 trading relationship with mexico and canada. with usmca our country has a once in a generation opportunity to take our north american trade relationships to an entirely new level. in recent months mexico's ambassador to the united states spoke loudly and clearly at a panel in arizona where she said if

do any of you know who phil donahue was back in the '70s?he old man has to crawl over like phil donahue. today would be like dr. dr. ph. just say your name and had to do it this way because i think the camera is over there. >> david sheridan. this is an elementary school students question. >> you look a little old for that. [laughing] >> global temperatures. what's the protocol for determining the global temperature? who decides the protocol? who collects the data and to evaluates it? >> who wants it? >> so i can start and they can help me fill in. so both know and nasa have the data sets. -- noaa. it's down to it through satellites and stations. we can do station observation vanilla of the ocean. they both entered a pretty similar protocols, and the numbers will be off usually by a decimal or something but they're usually pretty close. we know that this july was the warmest month ever on record, and both outlets are saying tha that. >> there are quality control processes we use for temperature and reciprocation data. if the low temperatures

. >> reporter: matthew donahue is the dea's top agent in mexico, and has helped uncover dozens of elencho's drug labs in the jungle. >> put your hands up! >> reporter: el mencho's cartel is responsible for roughly a third of the drugs entering this country by land and by sea. he has a $10 million bounty on his head. ironically, he lived in california some 30 years ago where he was arrested on drug charges and eventually deported back to mexico. >> he's got an enormous amount of weapons, rpgs, 50 caliber weapons. basically has his own s.w.a.t. teams. >> reporter: from shooting down a mexican army helicopter, killing six, to being implicated in a public hanging this summer, el mencho protects his empire with impunity. back in chicago, the mexican drugs seized are so toxic, they can't be handled without protective gear. at the dea's lab, packs of cocaine are stamped with trafficker's brands. and more than a third can be traced back to el mencho. >> he is the one responsible for sending the poison that is actually killing innocent women and kids. so what happens when someone's child dies

. >> stephen donahue. >> the marketing part is yours. [laughter] >> columbia assumes the presidency of the alliance. what are your plans and what we're agenda be with the other four countries? >> and the policies that you have. >> the first thing is, this year they will be in the presidency and we will take it next year. but what i like about is where the alliance is headed to. so we have the great meeting and were all very enthusiastic that coder can become a member and also working hard to achieve that and i think that gives a very strong power to the alliance in south america. the second thing, and i gave the opinion last year, we have to think more as allies and not just as partners. and by that, if we are going to engage on negotiations, we have to think as a whole alliance and not just your interest of a specific country. and we have the debate because we want to have the discussions with new zealand and become didiher member of the alliance with australia and i made the case. a country like columbia is now willing to open the mail

now quickly moving on to the china part, the tom donahue, the president of the u.s. robert lighthizer towed him, on friday the deputy level meetings will happen between the two trade delegations moving forward. robert lighthizer would not talk about a interim deal. this is one step at a time. lighthizer, the u.s. trade representative, told the chamber they would like to have a real deal. the chamber of commerce president goes on to say, basically if they don't have intellectual protection in an agreement, it would be hard to come to trade deal with china. david: thank you, edward. >>> new york may ban sale of flavored e-cigarettes. ash, you have the story. ashley: new york governor andrew cuomo will push for a ban on all flavored e-cigarettes except for tobacco and menthol. you know, the president is also weighed in on this on the federal level as we no. while i like vaping alternative to cigarettes we need to make sure this alternative is safe for all. let's get counterfeits off the market which is a big problem by the way and keep young children from vaping. but th

>> steven donahue. the marketing part is yours-- [inaudible] >> colombia assumes the rotating president this year. what are your plans or what will your agenda be to try to drive the other four countries or five countries to adopt similar policies to those that you have for the-- . >> well, the whole thing is that this year, going to be the pro t pro tem ry presidency and four things i like where the alliance is coming to. having the ecuadorian inside the alliance is must. we had the great meeting in lima and we're enthusiastic, ecuador becoming a member. and i see the president working hard to achieve that and i think that gives a very strong power to the alliance, specifically in south america. the second thing is, and i gave that opinion last year, that we have to think more of as allies and not just as partners. if we're going to engage in negotiations we have to think as a whole alliance and not just the pure interests of any specific country. and we had that debate, for example, with the-- because

your reaction to bill donahue? >> bill is exactly right on that.kes no logical sense that this party would alienate so many religious voters on an issue like this you would think they would moderate their position orban late-term abortion, as a part of who they are and the only explanation is evil in the heart and i think this'll be a tipping point in 2020, i think you'll see more religious voters even then in 2016 but for donald trump who is become the most argued pro-life president in history. lou: the democrats made it clear that there the secular party, they are appealing to our not affiliated with religion or churches. this is pete buttigieg saying, right now they hold everybody in line with the one piece of doctrine about abortion. referring to the dems of the false interpretation of christianity. they say this, then again lots of parts of the bible that talks about how life begins with breath. that is something we can interpret differently. your thoughts about his scholarship? >> pete buttigieg, he is either dumb or dishonest when it comes t

. >> arizona governor doug ducey chamber of commerce xecutives tom donahue and neil bradley to talk about the united states-canada-mexico. congress to or ratify the usmca.

. >> reporter: matthew donahue is the dea's top agent in mexico and has helped uncover dozens of el mencho's mencho used to live in california, where he was arrested at 19 and deported back to mexico. that's where his drug empire grew by force. he once shot down a mexican army helicopter and was suspected in this public hanging this summer. is he the most brutal cartel leader that you've come across? >> he's definitely one of them. his group definitely does some of the murderous and revengeful things that we've seen against innocent human beings. >> reporter: back in chicago, the mexican drugs seized are so toxic, they can't be handled without protective gear. at the dea's lab, packs of cocaine are stamped with traffickers' brands. agents are now seizing potent mixes of heroin and fentanyl. it's a daily occurrence that needs to be stopped says acting dea administrator utam dylan. >> their drug trafficking begets violence on the streets, poverty, anguish throughout the entire country. >> can you stay with me? open your eyes? >> reporter: the aftermath is unmistakable. this chicago man survive

doing that and they just haven't received them from goldman sachs and the business roundtable and tom donahue this is an opportunity for them. it's the only opportunity they have got and that is to support this president and drive home a victory for 2020.o to. >> you put your finger on the exact reason why donald trump shot to the top of the field of republicans in one election, and that is because he is not afraid. he's willing to go and stir up a hornets nest. he's willing to stand forf. stu. he's willing to make hard negotiations with china or iran or democrats domestically. there is nobody he's not willing to sit down and negotiate with and it's such a breath of fresh air and of course republicans will ran into the arms of a guy who's willing to stand up. lou: this president seems to me there's no question he's done more than any president in modern history. no onene has representative an economy like this. this is a manwh who has been regulated at a rate not achieved by any of his predecessors. he's turning the calculus on international paid. china is i believe fully comprehending now th

thomas donahue says he is optimistic but a complete deal is next ordinary challenge.'s bring in our economic policy editor, sarah mcgregor. an x ordinary challenge to get a complete deal so what are realistic expectations? sarah: what we are hearing now is sort of the first dribs and drabs of what the sides are talking about. the latest is that china is willing to buy more u.s. farming goods. if this sounds like something familiar, a promise you heard before, it's because throughout these negotiations and even as talks broke out in may over an agreement that was almost completed, china has repeatedly promised to buy these farming goods. it hasn't really happened. why is an important? live with the u.s. want to see? of course, u.s. farmers, the big support base for trump. he's heading into reelection. they have arguably been one of the hardest hit groups in the u.s. by retaliation by china in this trade war. any deal on farming goods would be a good news message for the trumpet administration. shery: we are seeing the latest headlines that president trump is saying the

bailey wouldund still like to push donahue. is not controversial. -- he is not controversial. i have been attacked all over the state as a communist. a number of rumors have been , soted about my background we are in that stage. >> i think bailey has committed himself to the governorship. i don't think he cares all that much about the senate race. that's my own reading of it. >> nice to meet you. >> duffy grew up in west virginia, son of an irish coalminer who lost a leg in a mining accident and went into politics. he became a minister, opposed the war and acquired a phd in urban sociology. he was appointed to the democratic national policy committee. he is married, has two sons, and went to chicago for mccarthy. >> what town do you live in? meredith. >> good to see you. can watch archival films on public affairs in their entirety on our weekly series "reel america." saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern here in american history tv. next on "the presidency," stanford university historian bertrand patenaude talks about herbert hoover and aid to poverty-stricken

we hadn't put up our window coverings yet, so our living room was just open to the street right on donahue, so the doorbell rang, and there were these three, young, african-american males at the door, riding their bicycles by the house, and they were ages 12 , ten, and eight. one's name was jamal. i remember that. they looked inside the house and they asked me, how much did you pay for that house? and so that sort of took me aback, coming from young men their age, and i said okay, i don't know what relevance is will have to you, but i will answer your question directly. it was less then a million dollars. so they looked around and they said, well, when they tear down our housing when -- where we are now, and they pointed up to the public housing, we are going to get a free house, and then they jumped on their bikes and their left. and i thought to myself, that can't possibly be true, but apparently this is how the story got to them of what was happening to them when this shipyard was developed, and then their places would disappear, and they would move somewhere, and it would be for free.

an op-ed he said the biggest mistake our leaders can do now is stoke uncertainty joining us is tom donahueod to see you again. >> glad to be here >> you write withdraw the additional tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect today, this month and december 15th why write this when it's clear this would be a nonstarter for the white house? >> when we talked about it, when we wrote it, we were hoping that the white house would think about all of the talk about recessions, difficulties with the fed and so on and say, you know, china has fundamental needs. the u.s. has fundamental needs, if we move these tariffs back, planned for the 1st to the end of december, we'd have a couple of months to come back to the table. china had pretty much indicated their willingness to come back to the table i think we would have been much better doing that than continuing to ratchet up of who has the biggest threat available at the time. it's all going to be paid by american companies and american consumers between now and the end of the year. we should do better. >> tom, are you saying that you think of th

thank the chairwoman and ambassador donahue for hosting me today and for putting together this very thoughtful and timely event. i will try to do this without glasses here. i want to thank a long-standing defender of free expression and public discourse. unfortunately, like the institution today, that discourse is under assault. it's under assault from dark money. in each of these cases and others, we see openness, adversity and accountability being undermined. the internet optimism of the 1990s and early 2000 obscured this trend for many of us weird a bipartisan consensus that the internet was the mock resizing. facing major portions, major policies on to underlying optimistic assumption. to our stance on china and the revolutions. as a result, we now face serious policy challenges. today, and i say this somewhat reluctantly, we need to rethink that optimism. we need to come up with a new set of foreign policies that are based in the less optimistic or at least more realistic notion of tech knowledge he and the internet. to be sure, this is a somewhat surprising place for me to come from. i h

. >> he's a number-one priority for dea -- >> reporter: matthew donahue is the government's top agentped uncover dozens of el mencho's drug labs in the jungle. el mencho used to live in california where he was arrested at 19 and deported back to mexico. that's where his drug empire grew by fours. he once shot down a helicopter and was suspected in this public hanging this summer. is he the most brutal cartel leader that you've come across? >> he's definitely one of them. his group definitely does some of the worst murderous and revengeful things that we've seen against innocent human beings. >> reporter: back in chicago the mexican drugs seize read so toxic they can't be handled without protective gear. at the dea's lab, packs of cocaine are stamped with traffickers' brands. agents are now seizing potent mixes of heroin and fentanyl. it's a daily occurrence that needs to be stopped, says acting dea administrator utam dylan. >> it begets violence on the streets, poverty, violence throughout the country. >> reporter: the aftermath is unmistakable. this chicago man survived this overdose

again, thanks to the chairman weintraub and ambassador donahue for hosting me today and for putting together this very thoughtful and timely event. actually i've never done this with glasses, so i will try to do this without glasses. michael, you've probably dealt with glasses. i want to think again, p.e.n. america, which has a long- standing standard of free expression and public discourse. unfortunately, like many of our institutions today, that discourse is under assault. it is under assault from dark money, russian trolls, and extremists who exploit social media. through each of these cases, and others, we see openness, diversity, accountability of the public sphere being undermined. the internet optimism of the 1990s and early 2000's obscured this trend for many of us. but it was a bipartisan consensus that the internet was inherently democratizing and liberating. we based major portions, major policies on this underlying optimistic assumption. our stance on china and the revolutions. as a result, we now face serious policy challenges. today, and i say this reluctantly, i would think we

joining us in an exclusive interview, tom donahue you said earlier in the week you didn't think thereagreement on china and a real agreement will not be buying more crops that was backed up today by at least one treasury aide. tell us what you think would mean a real agreement. >> well, first of all, yesterday and today the staff level, workers both from bob lighthouses group and from steiner are meeting. i don't think anything very exciting has happened there yet. but we knowthat there was high level meeting among some of them with ambassador lighthizer what we hope to get out of this is a signal that when the leaders of ambassador lighthizer and his colleagues get together with the chinese negotiating group, there's going to be serious progress that will get the presidents of both countries wanting to sit down and begin to put down a serious deal that starts with what they pulled away from some months ago. >> so this involves those silos of intellectual property >> absolutely. well, ag i think you're going to see maybe some thoughtful purchases by the chinese which would help our ag

may i again thank the chairwoman, suzanne and ambassador donahue for hosting ahue fo putting r together this very thoughtful and timely event. actually, i've never done this with glasses so i'm going to trl to do it without glasses here. michael, you've probably done it with glasses. i also want to thank, again, toh pan america, which has been -- has a long standing defender of free expression and public discourse. unfortunately, like many of our institutions today, that discourse is under assault.anda it's under assault from dark ast money, russian trolls, and emiss extremists who exploit social m. media. in each of these cases and of ts others, we see openness, see diversity and accountability of, the public sphere being undermined. a the internet optimism of the 1990s and early 2000s obscured this trend for many of us. there was a bipartisan consensui that the internet was inherently democratizing and liberating. we based major portions of -- major policies on this underlying optimistic derlyi assumption. from section 230 to our stance on china and the revolutions. and as a result, w

megan, suzanne, and ambassador donahue, thank you for hosting me today and for putting together this very thoughtful and timely event. actually, i've never done this with glasses so i'm going to try to do it without glasses. i want to thank again to pan america, which has a long-standing defender of free expression in public discourse. unfortunately, like many of our institutions today, that discourse is under assault. it's under assault from dark money, russian trolls, and extremists who exploit social media. in each of these cases and others, we see openness and accountability of the public sphere being undermined. the internet optimism of the 1990s and early 2000s, obscured this trend from any of us. there was a bipartisan consensus that the internet was inherently democratizing and liberating. we based major policies on this underlying assumption. section 230, to our stance on china, and the revolutions. as a result, we now face serious policy challenges. today, when i say this somewhat reluctantly, i would think we need to rethink that optimism. we need to come up with a new set

every day really since he was on phil donahue in the 1980s. where are our allies.om nato meetings to united nations meetings. he says in the private meetings. he says it in interviews. i have no problem with the timing. to say me the timing makes total sense. but i meet with the new president who has been a comedian and comes out of nowhere. i would like to know before you get your $400 million you are going to do a few things and pressure our allies in the interim, mr. omv director and chief of staff. to pony up some money. after all western europe -- ainsley: like saying brian or steve you are going to lose your job because of a conversation that someone success you promised someone but we don't know what you said. we don't know what the conversation was. it's ridiculous. they are putting their feet too far ahead -- we need to just breathe, take a step back. read this transcripts and find out what was said and then decide on impeachment. they are meeting today at 4:00 to talk about impeachment. steve: if the president said i will give you the money but you have g