we want to talk now to steven wright he's an aviation expert professor of aircraft systems at emory university in finland it's good to have you on the program you know we heard there in the story that initially the ukrainian embassy in iran had. released it was not caused by terrorism and then terrorism was amid that release what do you make of that. well i think the redaction of the statement. could have been. trying to see the bigger picture. because i don't know if we had the that the military action from iran against the the the bases in iraq which were being. occupied by the american forces and when you then have. a civil aviation aircraft come down you could understand the. the the cautiousness decide not i we don't think it's this it's something quite different and i'm sure in hindsight as i hadn't told about all that said that perhaps thought well maybe we've been a little bit forward thinking maybe we need to have a few more facts before making these these very powerful statements because it would it would be an incredible coincidence if the plane goes down at the same time you've got

announcer: next on "lectures in history", emory university professor carol anderson teaches a class about efforts in the 1960's to register african-american voters in mississippi. she describes some of the leaders of the movement, their tactics and the opposition they faced. know, on monday we ended with the freedom rides. those freedom writers were being funneled into parchment prisons as a way to hush them up. to hush them up quietly without the cameras rolling. the visual image was essential for movement area to be able to see the violence of jim crow. movement, to be able to see the violence of jim crow. but it wasn't over. bobby kennedy and jack kennedy knew it. kennedy is giving his state of the union -- jack kennedy is giving his state of the union address and president kennedy is all, we are fighting for democracy and freedom and there is an opportunity for what is happening here on the globe thesee we have all of people. it was the middle of decolonization. those nations, are getting free. imperial bonds are loosening and he sees this as an incredible moment for freedom in the gl

next on lectures in history, emory university professor carol anderson teaches a class about efforts in the early 1960's to register african-american voters in mississippi. she describes some of the leaders of the movement, their tactics, and the opposition they faced from segregationist. know, on monday, we ended with the freedom ride. those freedom riders were being as a way too prison try to hush them up. to hush them up quietly, without the cameras rolling. remember, that visual image was absolutely essential for movement. to be able to see the vibrancy of jim crow. but that did not mean that this moment was over. antibody kennedy the wood, and jack kennedy knew it. kennedy is getting his state of the union address and areident kennedy is all, we fighting for democracy and freedom and there is an opportunity for what is happening here on the globe because we have all of these people. this is the middle of decolonization. africans, asians, arabs. latinos, those nations are becoming free. are loosening and he sees this as an incredible moment. for freedom. in the global south. ment

announcer: next on "lectures in history", emory university professor carol anderson teaches a class about efforts in the 1960's to register african-american voters in mississippi. she describes some of the leaders of the movement, their tactics and the opposition they faced. know, on monday we ended with the freedom rid.

next on lectures in history, emory university professor carol anderson teaches a class about efforts in the early 1960's to register african-american voters in mississippi. she describes some of the leaders of the movement, their tactics, and the opposition they faced from segregationist. know, on monday, we ended with the freedom ride. those freedom riders were being as a way too prison try to hush th

we are very fortunate to have dorothy brown from emory university school of law, nationally recognized scholar and tax policy, race, class. and and she was excited because she was eager to read his book. and let's join me in welcoming. please welcome aaron glatz and dorothy brown. >> tell us how you got to the title "homewreckers: how a gang of wall street kingpins, hedge fund magnates, shady banks and vulture capitalists suckered millions out of their homes and demolished the american dream". >> 8 million american homes were foreclosed on during the great recession but they didn't all disappear, someone ended up with them. the wealth gap in america today is -- the top tenth and the other 90%. the homeownership rate is at its lowest level in 50 years. it didn't just go down. and until it bottomed out. and the book takes a while to put together. and i was watching donald trump. and when the time he is doing really well. low unemployment, high dow jones industrial average, many consecutive quarters of growth, wall street is doing great but america is angry and on the left bernie sanders

at the end of the table is jason morgan ward, professor of history at emory university and he and jennifer ritterhouse wrote the chapter on from the great depression to the end of southern history. we challenge the authors to write as teams. cried and i partnered on many -- craig and i have partnered on many things and we thought this would lead to richer and more balanced essays. some teams were quite successful and some teams struggled. we want to do by asking the panelists about what opportunities and challenges they found in the co-authoring process. >> i will start. i had the opportunity to work with my former advisor at purdue. we know each other well. regularly over the past 12 years since i graduated. the fun thing was that we as historians work in isolation. somethingto work on that is truly collaborative. meetings where we talked about the essay, we sent back and forth elaborate outlines, and we did most of the writing over a two day period when she came to penn state. collaborators,as the process was smooth but the assignment was difficult. onre had been no essay native american

about jimmy carter in , particularly in his post-presidency, came from the former president of emory university said about jimmy carter the only person in history for whom the presidency was a steppingstone. and i think it really does capture what jimmy carter has done. apparently jimmy carter isn't fond of that quotation, but i think it does capture what he has been able to do. i called the book redeemer for a number of reasons. i think in many ways he redeemed the nation after the sins of watergate. i tried to impress this on students and they do not quite grasp i think how low we were as a nation in the 1970s in terms of our confidence in ourselves , but also our confidence particularly in institutions and the presidency. lyndon johnson had lied to us about vietnam. richard nixon had lied to us about pretty much everything. i'm exaggerating a little but of , of course, but jimmy carter comes along and says the same, i will never knowingly lie to the american people again. i try tried to impress on students what a radical idea that was in the 1970s with a a president who wouldn't lie to us. w

emory university professor carol anderson talks about her book on voter suppression. [indiscernible chatter] senator cruz: good afternoon. this hearing is called to order. i'm very pleased to see a hearing on stem and math and science and precision starting at precisely 2:30 and zero

deb bora lipst tax dt is professor of holocaust studies at emory university in atlanta. [ applause ] >> we also have sharon nazarian, she is a senior vice president of international affairs and heads adl's work on fighting anti-semitism and racial hatred globally, including in europe, latin america and the middle east. and then ambassador akbar ahmed, who is the chair of islamic studies at the american university here in washington, d.c. grateful for all of them as well as rabbi abraham cooper who is the associate dean global director social action agenda as well. we're glad to have him with us today as well. so we will begin with deb bora making her opening comments and we will go down the line and the commissioners will have questions. >> thank you. thank you to the commission, thank you to the chair of the commission for holding this very important gathering. recently, a well-educated accomplished man, the ceo of a fortune 500 company was present when i was giving a talk and a seminar to a small group on anti-semitism. he listened intently. not a jew. and when it came time for que

professor of holocaust studies at emory university in atlanta. [applause] we also have sharon, the senior vice president international affairs and heads the work of fighting anti-semitism and racial hatred globally including in europe, latin america and the middle east. and then the ambassador who is the chair of islamic studies at the american university here in washington, d.c., grateful for all of them as well as rabbi abraham cooper who is the associate dean director of social action agenda. we are glad to have him with us today as well so we will begin with deborah making her opening comments and then we will go down the line, and the commissioners they have questions. >> thank you to the commission and to the chair of the commission for holding on this very important gathering. recently, a well educated accomplished when the ceo for fortune five 500 company was present when i was giving a talk to a small group of anti-semitism. he listened intently and when it came time for questions, he said to me jews are so smart and accomplished. how is

emory university professor carol anderson talks about her book on voter suppression. [indiscernible chatter] senator cruz: good afternoon. this hearing is called to order. i'm very pleased to see a hearing on stem and math and science and precision starting at precisely 2:30 and zero seconds. that is an auspicious way to begin this discussion. earlier this year on one of the hottest nights of the summer, senator cruz: good afternoon. this hearing is called to order. i'm very pleased to see a hearing on stem and math and science and precision starting at precisely 2:30 and zero seconds. that is an auspicious way to that giant leap for mankind. as everyone in d.c. knows, if there is half a million people on the lawn and it is not a protest, something big is going on. and landing the first humans on the moon and returning them safely to earth marks as one of the epical moments in the history of mankind. spacelook over out on our landscape of today, what we see now is very different than the landscape of 1969. indeed, not only did we succeed going to moon and back again b

research from emory university finds the risk of coming in contact with someone who might have the viruse window passengers sitting in the aisle seat have a higher chance of getting sick from an infected person clearly because you are closer to other people, have a barrier on the window. maria: usmca now law in the united states, president trump headed to michigan to speak with manufacturing workers as a victory lap after signing the landmark trade deal yesterday at the white house. >> everybody said this was a deal that could not be done. too complicated, too big, couldn't be done. we got it done. two decades of politicians ran for office, vowing to replace the nafta. once elected, they never even tried. they never even gave it a shot. they sold out. but i'm not like those other politicians. i guess in many ways. i keep my promises and i'm fighting for the american worker. maria: commerce secretary wilbur ross told the howie car radio show yesterday he canada's parliament to pass the law within the next couple of weeks. joining us now, commerce secretary wilbur ross. thank you for being

. >> next on "lectures in history", emory university professor carol anderson teaches a class about efforts in the early 1960's to register african-american voters in mississippi. she describes some of the leaders of the movement, their tactics and the opposition they faced. -- faced from segregationists.