she served as secretary of natural resources for the commonwealth of virginia the cabinet of george allen. she has served roles in the reagan administration, special assistant to the president and senior special assistant to attorney general. she was also deputy undersecretary of the department and assistant secretary for fish, wildlife, and parks. please welcome my colleague and friend. [applause] >> thank you. we love having people come to the heritage foundation either personally or online, or on television. so welcome. the heritage foundation has promoted the conservation ethic. the number one principle that we outlined as people are almost unique and precious resource. a number a principal is the most successful policy flows from liberty. people in liberty. when i ran the opening sentence of the book that i got i read the sentence. this book is about freedom. and i was hooked. i knew i had to read the rest of this book. the authors with us today. he has a final copy of his book. [inaudible] >> he's been in the public policy arena and a government. he has seen this issue from a lot of

secretary of natural resources for the commonwealth of virginia and the cabinet of then-governor george allen. also served significant roles in reagan administration as deputy assistant to the president for presidential personnel, special assistant to the president and director of his cabinet office as well as senior special assistant to attorney generalled ed meese and at interior she was an acity is stand secretary for fish, wildlife and parks. own me in welcoming my colleague and friend, becky norton dunlop. [applause] >> thank you, john, and let me add my words of welcome to you. we love having people come to the heritage foundation, either personally or online or on television. so, welcome, welcome, welcome. you know, the heritage foundation has promoted the american conservation ethic, we call it land of liberty, stewardship of america's environment. and the number one principle that we outline is people are our most important unique and precious resource. and our number eight principle is that the most successful environmental policies flow from liberty. people and liberty. so, when i

i don't how much you know about george thomas, but take a crack at that. allen: george thomas was strongly tempted to go to the confederacy. he almost did. gary: his whole family did. they wrote him out of the family. allen: one thing that held him back was he had a northern born wife. that was one restraint. another restraint was simply the oath. at the end of the day, he cannot bring himself to go back on the oath. that he believed he had sworn and he believed, as lincoln said, it was registered in heaven. so thomas stays with the union, but it was not an easy decision. why does lee make a different decision? lead justifies it in terms of virginia. i've not been entirely satisfied with that as an answer, if only because lee spent so little of his time in virginia. most of lee's career is spent in other places. it is spent in georgia, in new york. it is spent in texas. st. louis. he actually spends a fairly small amount of his life in virginia. even growing up in alexandria, the years he grew up in alexandria, alexandria was not part of virginia. it was part of

i'm george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. here are our top stories. violent protests rocked the middle east in reaction to the u.s. recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital. this was the scene near the u.s. embassy in lebanon minutes ago. protesters set fires and clashed with security forces. authorities responded by firing tear gas to try to disperse the crowd. >>> u.s. president donald trump honored civil rights heroes at the opening of a museum in mississippi on saturday. however, many current activists skipped that event at the civil rights museum saying mr. trump's policies are insulting to those being honored at that museum. >>> the iraqi military says it has liberated all of iraq from isis. celebrations erupted in the streets of baghdad. iraqis, you can see, very happy with that news. the country's prime minister says iraq now fully controls the border between iraq and syria. >>> one of the wildfires raging in the u.s. state of california, southern california, well, it is now 100% contained. crews are monitoring the liberty fire through the ni

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george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> ordinarily a president endorsing a senate candidate from his own party is expected. but donald trump is no ordinary president, and roy moore no ordinary senate hopeful. on friday president trump endorsed moore, and that's despite the candidate facing sexual misconduct accusations from several women. >> the endorsement is one that many in the republican party have refused to make and have, in fact, called for moore to quit the race. caitlyn collins was at the rally where mr. trump announced that he was all in for roy moore, and she has this report. >> reporter: although the white house has said repeatedly that president trump would not come to alabama and campaign for roy moore ahead of that senate election on tuesday that is highly contested, he did the next best thing when he came to a campaign-style rally in pensacola, florida, and told an arena filled with alabama residents to get out and vote for roy moore. not only did he endorse him in person

george howell. >> i'm natalie allen. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. >>> our top story, a wide ranging eye opening and some would say surprising interview with u.s. president donald trump. >> he sat down with the "new york times" at his resort in florida on thursday. perhaps the most interesting point, president trump said that he believes the special counsel robert mueller will treat him fairly in the rub shah probe but the president was still defiant insisting 16 times that there was no collusion between his team and russia. >> however, the president did say this, there was tremendous collusion on behalf of the russians anddemocrat. there was no collusion with respect to my campaign. he went on, i think i'll be treated fairly. timing wise, i can't tell you. i just don't know, but i think we'll be treated fairly. he said the sooner the probe is over the better. everyone will probably agree to that. scott lucas, professor of international politics at the university of birmingham joining us from england. scott, glad to h

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allen. >> and i'm george howell. u.s. president donald trump gives his endorsement to senate candidate roy moore. several women have accused moore of sexual misconduct. mr. trump, who also faces allegations of misconduct, slammed moore's opponent and urged alabama voters to elect more. that election set for tuesday. >>> at least one fire related death has been reported in southern california. firefighters working around the clock to combat six blazes. they made progress friday with the liberty fire that's now 90% contained and the creek fire now 70% contained, but strong winds expected through sunday could fuel the flames of other fires. >>> the u.s. recognition of jerusalem is israel's capital. it's led the to more violence on the streets friday. palestinians clashed with israeli forces in jerusalem and in the west bank. four palestinians were reportedly killed in gaza. officials say three of the deaths were from israeli air strikes. israel says it targeted hamas after projectiles were fired at israeli territory. >>> the

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the same stuff that you might have heard of for billy graham, or from george, whitfield in the 1850's. richard allen. all of those are coming out of the same source material. they are using the bible. they are evangelical in the protestant sense. showmencourse, they are . all religious leaders have to be showmen. and i do not mean that to be insultingly. i mean that if you say the mass, you have to be a performer. if you are a rabbi, people want you to be an excellent or door. they do not want to be -- people want you to be an excellent orator. there is all of this performance that goes with this. are in anericans oppressive situation of slavery and post slavery, building institutions so people can live. politics, i mean how black leaders engage the state regionally and nationally. pertaining to laws and social inequities. i love this -- this took place in harlem. there was a funeral service for jim crow. that took place on the street. the social inequities. jim crow. racial apartheid. jane crow, sexual apartheid. voting, economic disparities. black ministers in a way were different from their white

allen with a guy that every american under george bush and r.v. do see this is my buddy max famous finance. gertrude well she's a little bit different i bought a. car no no no no doubt with all the drama happening in our country i'm shooting the road have fun meet everyday americans. and hopefully start to bridge the gap this is the great american pill. the only thing. about your sudden passing i've only just learnt you worry yourself in taking your last bang turned. to you as we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry. so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest these things that i never got off my chest. i remember when we first met my life turned on each from the but then my feeling started to change you talked about more like it was again still some more fun to feel those that didn't like to question our arc and i secretly promised to never be like it said one does not leave a funeral the same as one enters the mind it's consumed with death this one quite different i speak to you now because there are no other takers. claimed that mains

stuff that you might have heard of billy graham or billy sunday or from george whitfield in the 18th century down, richard allen, all of those are coming out of the same source material. they're using the bible. they're evangelical in the protestant sense. and, of course, the -- they are showmen. all religious leaders have to be showmen. i don't mean that insultingly, i mean that if you say the mass you have to be a performer. if you're a rabbi, people want you to be an excellent orator, they don't want to be bored when you give expression. so in some ways there's all of this performance that goes with this. and so african-americans, though, are in this oppressive situation of slavery and then post-slavery, building institutions so that people can live. so by politics, i mean how black religious leaders engage the state locally, regionally, or nationally, pertaining to laws and publicly supported social n inequities. i love this. this is taking place harlem. "here lies jim crow" a funeral service for jim crow that took place on the street. you know, so the social inequities, jim crow, racial apartheid, jane cro

and michael allen who was a former adviser to george w. bush. let me pick up the new defense from john dowd that the president cannot obstruct justice because he's the president. ask richard nixon or bill clinton, but is that accurate? it seems generously rather controversial? >> yes. what happens is that it's possible that to argue that the president cannot obstruct justice or be prosecuted or indicted for it. that's different than saying he cannot discuss justice and be impeached for it. he may be saying, in effect, if there's a case or obstruction, it has to go to the house for impeachment and to the senate for prosecution. but it can't go to the federal courts. he he won't be sitting in a grand jury or a petit jury box while he's president because the constitution says as chief executive, he can't be in that position. that is the argument. >> okay. so you have been around the law for a long time, does that pass the smell test to you? >> well, if i use the smell test, we would have to be talking about a lot more than this. no, i think it is p

george washington high school. when i know i was a sophomore, i met mr. allen in his modern history class. never thought i could learn so much from a class and at the same time have so much fun as well. later on, in my senior year, i joined his dragon boat team and i had to learn more about team work because i never joined really any other team when i was in high school. and then i got so attached to him, that after graduating, i also joined his team that he has outside of school. and i have been with him ever since. i was in contact with him outside of school after graduating and i'm really glad i met him. thank you. >> public: hi. i'm ruth. i stutter a lot, so i'm really nervous. mr. allen helped me. during my sophomore year he helped me out when i wasn't having that great of a time. he helped me. he was one of the only teachers i could talk to about my problems. [crying] >> public: i also really enjoyed his classes as well. we -- i know everyone in my class enjoyed the way he teaches because he makes everything fun. he made us enjoy actually going to class. he told us stories and very g

george pappadopolous. >> i'm a dope, i'm a dope. >>> but first, we're almost one year into a trump administration. and the end of any year is a time for assessing especially this one. mike allen an interesting observation this week in his axios newsletter. he pointed out how little president trump and perceptions of him have changed in the last year. roughly the same number of people support him today as did at the beginning of his administration. the russia probe has remained constant. the elected republicans remain compliant. the elected democrats still don't like him. the war with the media has never subsided and neither have his twitter fingers. all true. but there's a temptation in those observations to conclude that his administration, the passage of the tax bill notwithstanding, is static, gridlocked. that nothing is getting done in a polarized climate. that would be a mistake. in fact, if the pace of change continues for the duration of trump's presidency, however long that might be, i think he could become the most consequential president in the modern era. s could convention meaning most important and significant. having the biggest overall impact. as with the crite

also with me, mike allen, former staff director for the house intel committee, and he also served on the national security council under george w. bush. good to see both of you. and merry christmas. let me begin with you, david, the president is celebrating his first major legislative win, but the tax reform plan remains deeply unpopular. so, is this a win for him and congress? >> yeah, i think it's clearly at least a political win for trump and republicans in congress. after almost an entire year where they were not able to get a major comprehensive piece of legislation done and receiving a lot of criticism for it, they got this across the finish line before christmas, and even though it is polling unpopularly nationwide, if you look into the polls there was a cnn poll this week and a "wall street journal" poll, it's unpopular among republican voters and that's what republicans on the hill and what president trump are looking at. that's who they are trying to please first into 2018. >> so i wonder, mike, is that partially behind why the president feels he doesn't necessarily need to tout the tax plan? he's arguing he doesn't

george papa -- i know, i'm a dope. first, one year in the trump administration, and the end of any year is a time for assessing, especially this one, mike allenad an interesting observation in his axios newsletter. he pointed out how little president trump and perceptions of him have changed in the last year. think about it, roughly the same number of people support him today as did at the beginning of his administration, the russian probe has remained constant. the elected republicans remain excep skeptical of his leadership. the elected democrats they still don't like him. the war with the media has never subsided and neither have his twitter fingers. and then the temptation to conclude that his administration the tax bill is static, gridlock that nothing is getting done in a polarized climate. that would be a mistake. in fact, if the pace of change continues for the duration of trump's presidency, however long that may be, the i think he may be the most consequential president in history. having the biggest impact. as "time" magazine determining the person of the year, the supreme court position by rights a democratic pick instead went to

allen simpson to this guy. i a senator from utah believe. and every time this guy comes with grover nor-tax nor quistperpwuts this myth. do you remember read my lips when george h.w. bush had to come in and say he wouldn't cut taxes and then he cut them again six months later? it's nonsense. pply side economics is economics. bush said that when reagan proposed it. it's nonsense. when you take a basic economics course in college they would tell you that demand creates an economy and flows it. it's the same stuff. we went in to debt under ronald reagan. big-time. host: let's give henry olson a chance to respond. i believe that candidate bush said he would not raise taxes. guest: that's right. president reagan cut tax rates by 30% -- 25% across the board. he cut tax rates again in 1986. i believe the tike of -- tax hike primarily fell on corporations. deficit spending went up in large part because first of an unexpected bad recession then subsequently congress never app proved many of the domestic pending that the president had approved. i think had they done so things might have been very different. the president in his letters and his autobiography opeds the p

allen simpson to this guy. i a senator from utah believe. and every time this guy comes with grover nor-tax nor quistperpwuts this myth. do you remember read my lips when george.w. bush had to come in and say he wouldn't cut taxes and then he cut them again six months later? it's nonsense. pply side economics is economics. bush said that when reagan proposed it. it's nonsense. when you take a basic economics course in college they would tell you that demand creates an economy and flows it. it's the same stuff. we went in to debt under ronald reagan. big-time. host: let's give henry olson a chance to respond. i believe that candidate bush said he would not raise taxes. guest: that's right. president reagan cut tax rates by 30% -- 25% across the board. he cut tax rates again in 1986. i believe the tike of -- tax hike primarily fell on corporations. deficit spending went up in large part because first of an unexpected bad recession then subsequently congress never app proved many of the domestic pending that the president had approved. i think had they done so things might have been very different. the president in his letters and his autobiography opeds the pos