so to the global irish diaspora and to the global georgetown diaspora. you are all very welcome to share in this class today, so begin. on the 26th of june, 1963, the fifth president of the united states, f kennedy touched down in dublin. it took 115 years to make this trip. 6000 miles and three generations. jfk proclaimed to an expectant audience. now, kennedy's wry observation, not some commentary on the efficacy air force one, but rather a recognition that his journey across the atlantic was part of a broader shared irish american history. kennedy's grandfather on his mother's side, emigrated from birth control limerick to boston during, the 1840s, and his great grandfather from his father's side simultaneously had emigrated. the new world from new ross county wexford. they were just two of approximately million who left ireland between 1845 and 1855 due to the great irish famine of those who remained on the island 1 million would die of starvation and disease. you can see some of the pictures here. jfk, his visit to ireland, this specific image of hi

attorney ed martin, the top federal prosecutor in washington, d.c, where georgetown is located.torney's office in d.c. would not hire anyone from a law school or university with a commitment to dei principles. martin's letter said, quote, at this time you should know that no applicant for our fellows program, our summer internship or employment in our office who is a student or affiliated with a law school or university that continues to teach and utilize dei, will be considered. before we get into that, let me tell you a little bit about acting d.c. u.s. attorney ed martin. martin was a conservative lawyer who served as a defense attorney for some of the january 6th rioters. as the acting dc u.s. attorney, martin now oversees hundreds of cases involving the events that took place at the capitol on january 6th. now, if you're thinking this must be a conflict of interest, you would be right. but keep listening. in january 2025, within 24 hours of assuming his new post as acting u.s. attorney, martin found himself on wait for it both sides of the same january 6th case as ordered b

georgetown university history professor on the irish diaspora and the role of the united states during the troubles, and in the northern ireland peace process, and in the presidency, james bradley, co-author of the martin van buren papers, talks about his biography, the first fresh look at the van buren presidency in decades. watch american history tv every weekend, and find a full schedule on your pgr guide, or watch online anytime at c-span.org/history. >> the director of the national economic council responded to questions about the jobs report, speaking in the white house driveway for about 15 minutes. >> kevin, couple of quick questions. into that microphone. if you can start by telling us your perception? >> sure, thanks. i am kevin hassett, director of the national economic council. most of you know that. it is nice to be here. yeah, i thought that it was a really, really impressive jobs report, that in the biden administration there were some strong jobs numbers that were based on government employment over the last couple years. about 25% of the job free asian was government w

georgetown university history professor on the irish diaspora and the role of the united states during the troubles, and in the northern ireland peace process. at 9:30 p.m. eastern, james bradley, coeditor of the martin van buren papers, talks about his biography of our eighth president, the first in-depth look at the van buren presidency in decades. exploring the american story. watch american history tv, saturdays on c-span two, and find a full schedule in your program guide, or watch online anytime at c-span.org/history. democratic senator elizabeth warren and republican congressman andy barr talked about republican tax cut proposals. senator warren, leading democrat on the senate banking committee, talked about republican plans to cut medicaid to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. and chairman bar applauded the efforts of doge for cutting wasteful spending. they both spoke at a forum hosted by semafor news. >> please welcome senator elizabeth warren of massachusetts, and the congressional bureau chief for semafor. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good morning everyone. thank you so much for coming. it's b

and then you've got this at georgetown, the d.c. u.s.ls georgetown he won't hire from any school with, quote unquote, die from the reporting. interim d.c. u.s. attorney at martin demanded that the dean of georgetown law school end all diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in the school. what is happening here? >> well, there's so much here. but what trump does is he. just tries to weaponize education. again, i said education should be the ultimate bipartisan, nonpartisan issue. >> so you take any three letter acronym. >> whether it's dei, whether it's sel, whether it's crt. >> he weaponizes that to. >> create fear. >> and we. >> have a real challenge educationally in our country. you saw the naep. >> results that came out. reading scores are not. >> where we want them to be. >> where we. >> should all be united behind. >> is to help. >> our. >> children catch up, help them learn to read faster, better. there's not a single thing, not one word. trump is. >> uttered yet that has anything. >> to do with. >> teaching another child how to r

eastern on lectures and history, georgetown university history professor darragh gannon with the role of the united states in the northern ireland peace process. then at 9:30 p.m. eastern, james bradley, co-editor of the martin van buren papers talks about the biography of our eighth president, a closer look at the van buren presidency. "exploring the american story." watch american history tv saturdays on c-span 2 and find a fu schedule on your program guide or watch online any time on c-span.org/history. >> sunday on c-span's "q&a" james comer, house oversight committee chair and author of "all the president's money" talks about his 15-month investigation into the business practices of president joe biden and members of biden's family. in his interview he argues the bidens have benefited financially from corrupt financial dealings involving ukraine, china and other countries. >> six different banks filed 175 suspicious activity reports against the bidens, most of which while joe biden was president of the united states. then they were subject of another 50 suspicious activity report

in government theology from georgetown. dr. davis is the president and chief executive officer of the american association of port authorities. where he also serves as general counsel. prior to the aapa, mr. davis served in the federal government as a presidential and congressional appointee for international trade and security. he holds a j.d. and master's degree from the university of pennsylvania and b.s. from the university of pittsburgh. i thank each of our distinguished witnesses for being here today and i now recognize dr. cardon for five minutes to summarize his opening statement. dr. cardon: chairman gimenez and ranking member mciver and members of the subcommittee. thank for you this opportunity to testify on chinese firmses and implications for homeland security. chinese companies invested in port terminals in seven countries in our hemisphere with five terminals in u.s. ports. two chinese state enterprises, comes go and china merchants along with c.k. hutchinson holdings and elite chinese partner in each investment.

down in georgetown, sometimes literally. civility is a word you don't hear much these days when you watch national news, but in delaware, civility is alive and well. at the same time, we cannot shy away from speaking truth, from taking a stand, from taking a bold step in the new direction, and that, i think, is what this moment demands. in delaware and across our country, we feel unsettled in these tumultuous times. essentials still cost too much and wages for too many are not keeping pace. our schools are not preparing our kids like they should. inequalities are becoming more extreme. it's not just the volume of change that's got people concerned. it's the direction those changes button to take us. that's true if we are talking about our economy, our climate, our -- or our politics. the winds of change hit washington yesterday, as we know. let me say this about the new president -- i will work with anyone of any party who is ready to advance the best interests of the people of delaware. [applause] but i also want to make th

georgetown university history professor on the irish diaspora and the role of the united states during the troubles, and in the northern ireland peace process, and in the presidency, james bradley, co-author of the martin van buren papers, talks about his biography, the first fresh look at the van buren presidency in decades. watch american history tv every weekend, and find a full schedule on your pgr guide, or watch

at georgetown, it's called government. i want to study there. i applied their, regular decision, still waiting for that, crossing my fingers. i applied to virginia. big fan of professor larry sab ado there, election analysis. i got deferred from virginia so i am still waiting for my result. i got differed from duke so i am still awaiting a result from them. i got into university of maryland, which is only 30 units outside of d.c. peter: it's closer than that. it's right up the street. >> i am a big fan of umd, got accepted into their constitutional scholars program as a freshman. i am a big fan of the program. peter: we have an intern programs at c-span so if you make it down to washington, you make sure to at least apply and see if we can get you in here. thank you very much for your time. we thank ms. hogarth at peddie school as well for encouraging political discussion in your class and i think we are going to adopt your tagline, which is, i turned on c-span, why not? let's talk to ian in grosse pointe michigan. >> i want to say thank you for

the dean of georgetown law school did that. ed martin just yesterday. like the prosecutors in new york did in resigning rather than dismiss the case against eric adams. those sorts of things make a difference. it makes a difference if there are organizations like democracy forward and l df and hrc and lambda and the aclu out there fighting. they have a lot of people supporting them. that makes a difference. it makes a difference if people are engaged on the ground in political actions. so groups like indivisible which was founded -- i hope some of you are members of indivisible. localized efforts by people who come together, started right after trump was elected the first time, to fight for our civil liberties and civil rights. the aclu has a people power which is similarly a grassroots effort to mobilize people around these sorts of issues. so we all have to be in this fight. there are many ways that we can be. going to town halls. i recently saw a number of people starting to go to town halls in red states, with red state politicians, calling them on

eastern on lectures in history, georgetown university derek gannon on the irish diaspora in the role of the united states during the troubles and in the northern ireland peace process and at 9:30 p.m. eastern on the presidency, james bradley coeditor of martin van buren papers talks about his biography of our eighth president the first in-depth look at the van buren presidency in decades. exploring the american story. watch american history tv saturdays on c-span2 and find a full schedule on your program guide or watch online anytime at c-span.org/history. >> senate democratic leaders including minority leader chuck schumer held a press conference on president trump's executive order to dissolve the education department. from capitol hill this is about 25 minutes.. good afternoon, everybody. thank you all for coming. so last night reports came out that president trump is preparing to sign an executive order to abolish the department of education. now, off course, the white house has tried to start walking it back. but let's be honest, there is no secret that they are aiming to abolis

he sent a letter to georgetown. georgetown said, no, i'm not going to follow it.t somebody a grand jury together. i forget who it was that he was targeting. and the grand jury said, no, you don't have evidence to prosecute this person. so, you know, for them to actually go after you, there are still rules. there's still the rule of law in this country. and i think it's unfortunate that people are backing down, you know, before the fight is even really begun. >> so quickly. tim, to what extent do you think the courts are providing a check on his power? and will that last? >> some, some, i think we've seen it. and people are very upset at justice barrett right now on the maga right about her ruling regarding the usaid funds that that had to be paid out. and, you know, we've obviously seen some district courts already. >> spent, by the way. >> yeah, right. sure. i mean, it was a cut and dry clays. it's kind of crazy. it was only 5 to 4. but even still, you know, so far so good on on checks from the courts. we'll see how it plays out. >> okay. we'll have you back soon

eastern, georgetown university history professor derek gannon on the irish dias brought and the role of the united states during the troubles and in the northern ireland peace process. at 9:30 p.m. eastern on the presidency, james bradley, coeditor of the martin van buren papers, talks about his biography, the first in-depth look at the van buren presidency in decades. watch american history tv saturdays on c-span2, and find the full schedule on your program guide watch online anytime at c-span.orghistory. >> next, representative jason smith discusses tax reform, budget reconciliation and the reauthorization of the tax cuts and jobs act with former house speaker paul ryan. both shared the house ways and means committee which is in charge of taxes, tariffs, and raising revenue. following their discussion, former speaker ryan hosted a conversation with tax policy researchers on topics including economic growth, tariffs, and the chilta

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since 2005 donated to georgetown university for a school of politics.million since 2008 to northwestern university fo for school of journalism. johns hopkins medical some time ago i see they built a whole wing thereto. one might expect scholarly institutions have benefited from this money would rethink their partnership with the foreign minister said israel alone is responsible for october 7 and for the perpetrated by hamas terrorist. or qatar prime minister declined to close the office hamas but maintains as his capitol. until donald trump was elected. washington free beacon qatar is given a contract more than 5.6 billion to 61 american schools since 2007. he goes through which of these schools are. in great detail from nove november 2007 to october 2023 qatar made 1116 donations to american universities totaling almost $6 billion record show this is led to accusations that doha is using influence with the country's top schools propaganda that portrays israel in a negative light you don't say? newsweek between 1986 and 2018 middle eastern countries don

earlier in his career, he worked as an economist at the imf, and he also taught finance at georgetown university. born in columbia, he also lived in brazil and argentina before coming to the u.s. and graduating from the public school system in maryland. he earned his phd in economics at the university of pennsylvania and holds a masters and bachelors degree from the school of economics. with his extensive expertise spanning economic policy, market and investment, it's clear why he's the ideal person for today's keynote. so please join me in welcoming president of the room whistling -- alberto moussa lynn. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. i'd like to thank organizers for the invitation to speak with you today. i look forward to engaging dialogue after first offering some comments on the u.s. economy. let me stress that these are my personal views and not necessarily those of my colleagues. as economists, we have a firm belief in efficiency so i will get straight to the point with four key messages. first, the outlook for continued solid economic growth looks good. the labor mark

she was a smart, skillful woman, a georgetown-educated, wall street vice president.'t think that mark sanford, uh, would have had a political career at all if it were not for, uh, jenny sanford's help. it's not my love. i'm not driven to run campaigns, but, um, but we worked well together. jenny sanford had been a right-hand woman throughout all of mark sanford's political career. she managed his congressional campaigns, and she also managed his first campaign as governor-- something that she has said since she really tried to get out of doing because she had four sons, all of whom were still of school age, but, you know, she was free labor... [chuckles] and was somebody that he really wouldn't have to--to hire on. on behalf of the people of the state, i wish you godspeed. thank you. [cheers and applause] sure, mark and jenny made a great team, but it turned out there were some elements of the sanford union very few people knew about or even suspected. right before we were getting married, when he said, you know, you know, there's-- your priest gives you a menu of di

he graduated georgetown and yell and can't find a job?r are they not hiring any more? his father is not empowered and there may not be demand for his services anymore. so,, applies but this is late morning cable show. >> sandra: not wishing demise but it is worth highlighting the irony of the moment and can't be a total coincidence. and also, joe, the fact the media you covered so closely came to the defense of all accusations and such. >> that is exactly right. event today when you look at the home page of "new york times," watching composed, abc news, cbs news, for whatever reason no coverage just like they ignored hunter biden's laptop with the crucial election 2020 basically ostracizing "the washington post" with great coverage on this pair to they had a coming to jesus christ moment and maybe it wasn't russian disinformation but real. to the president and jill biden may have been corrupted after all. it is too little, too late for jordan jill biden and no one will pay for a speech from that guy and i wouldn't give in the background w

he had gone to georgetown law school. he was a bright guy, and he also was a very ambitious guy.kind of a back-slapping kind of guy. he wanted to be liked. he wanted you to like him. thank you. you made my day. thank you. i think jim clearly wanted to be governor and would do anything to get that job. part of it was because i believe in the promise of america. i believe there's this great experiment known as american democracy, and i think i can work well with people. so much of it is also fueled by, you know, ego and--and self. but i knew that these were, at that time, two mutually exclusive narratives. -ambition and being gay? -yep. that--that could not coexist. chekhov has this theory about a gun--chekhov's gun. -mm. -if you introduce a gun in the first act of the play, it's gonna go off by the third. yeah. yep. was that gun... your homosexuality, your--your being gay, or was it your ambition? it was both. it was the intersection of these two inextricable forces. at some point in time, the tragedy comes to a head. can i get some more coffee? is that possible? crew: yeah, absol

earlier in his career he worked as an economist at the ims and he taught finance at georgetown university international financial market at johns hopkins. when in bogotÁ, colombia he already was in brazil and argentina before coming to the u.s. and graduate for the public school system in maryland. he earned his phd in economics at the university of pennsylvania holds a masters in bachelor degree from the london school of economics. with extensive expertise spanning economic policy, market and investment is clear what he is the ideal person for today's keynote please join me in welcoming president alberto musalem. [applause] >> thank you. [applause] good afternoon everyone. i like to thank the organizers for the economic policy conference with an invitation tn to speak with you today. i look forward to engaging dialogue with greg after first offering comments on the u.s. economy moment monetary policy limits trustees are my personal views and not miss it so those of my colleagues. as economist of firm belief and efficiencies will go straight to the point with four key messages. first for

general kellogg jill dougherty from the georgetown university. i wanted to ask you about russia. i believe you said you have the administration has seen a change in moscow. could you define exactly what that change is because at least publicly it appears that president clinton has the same demands now that he had three years ago. which would be essentially territory, they keep what they've got even if they don't hold it. zelensky goes and no nato and there are others but can you tell us specifically what is the change in moscow? >> that's a great question because i think what you want to do , i think leaders have to talk with one another. pres. biden didn't talk to put in for over two years. pres. trump did so change was talking and that doesn't sound like much but it's important as you've got leaders talking. the second is of course they're going to make their term street sheet large, that's why i made that comment . but that's a starting point , it's not an endpoint. i go back at the start of the salt negotiations years ago when i asked leaders running the salt negotiations, ed

. >> in blu-ray you watched it then and filmed like right there in georgetown and -- like around pentagonwas the name of it? >> no way out. charlie: very good. shannon: kevin costner still in his prime but i did digress. >> let's make it all about that. still in his prime. agreed. okay. we're going to move on to this. because the new member is tulsi gabbard she's thanking trurp for his unwavering leadership especially with the zelenskyy situation in the showdown in the oval office. let's listen to what tulsi has to say about that showdown. or actually it is a post so i saw a video of her talking about it i thought we were putting that up. here's the post. she said thank you at real donald trump for unwaiving leadership and standing up for the interest of the american people and peace. what you said is absolutely true. zelenskyy has been trying to drag the united states into a nuclear war with russia. world war iii for years now. and no one has ever called him out on it. thank you vice president jd vance for speaking out so forcefully and clearly about the necessity of diplomacy shannon. s

there was a report that came out, and american student at georgetown university whose father is a memberign terrorist group, a designated terrorist group. her own student profile that she worked for the mystery of foreign affairs in gaza, which we all know is hamas. this is a great first step. much-needed. it is perfectly legal, and should be carried out expeditiously. >> bill: i want to have any student visas there are annually at u.s. colleges? stephen miller on with sean last night was hot on fire. play this sound bite here. >> also a national security issue. we cannot have our universities becoming a hotbed for extremism, and jihadi's him, and terrorists simply. nor can we have universities that accept thousands of foreign students, allowing those students to participate in pro hamas activity. >> bill: these are the ten that apparently are under federal investigation right now. we will put the list up there. columbia, harvard tech and what you, ucla, usc, among others. trump said the other day if you are wearing a mask it should be illegal. i don't know how you would outlaw that. may

since his release, syed has been working at georgetown university's prisons and justice initiative. in south korea, a pair of fighter jets accidentally dropped eight bombs on a civilian area, during a joint military exercise with u.s. forces. the incident took place in the city of pocheon near the country's heavily-armed border with north korea. camera footage caught the moment of impact. at least eight people were injured, four of them seriously. south korea's air force has apologized, and offered compensation to the victims. an investigation is ongoing, and all live-fire training has been suspended until further notice. pope francis was heard in public today, for the first time since being hospitalized with double pneumonia nearly three weeks ago. in an audio message broadcast to the faithful in saint peter's square, the 88-year-old pontiff spoke directly to those who have supported him. [speaking italian] amna: i thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers for my health, francis said in his native spanish. his voice was notably weak and breathless. a cardinal stood to

i was speaking at georgetown after i left usaid. a number of officers came back his colleagues had been murdered. we lost a large number of contracts. they made suicide. they created a mission to see what we need to do my son was afghanistan and a major in the army reserve. i will left to go back and there's the suicide from military i'm not sure that may have been counseling. if they depression when keep people come back to have seen a lot of violence -- >> i'll give you that. you are right, we have veterans who commit suicide everyday -- >> let me engine compliance offices. a very good question. acquisition regulations passed by the u.s. congress 2000 pages long, i tried to read it, i almost jumped out the fourth story window. we have to comply the people say -- >> leadership matters and the biden administration, leadership came from the top. i yield back with that is the centerpiece. >> the chair recognizes -- thank you all for being here in your service. the points my colleagues made, there are provisions that they were not fire

matthew kavanagh, the director of the georgetown university center for global health policy and politicsr the trump administration is well aware that it is violating court orders and not delivering life saving aid it claimed to be funding. nicholas henrich was placed on administrative leave after writing the memo to donald trump's operatives. mark lloyd and tim weisberger saying in its first sentence, the temporary pause on foreign aid and delays in approving life saving humanitarian assistance for global health will lead to increased death and disability, accelerate global disease spread, contribute to destabilizing fragile regions, and heightened security risks directly endangering american national security, economic stability and public health. the memo says that malaria cases will increase by 17.9 million, tuberculosis will increase by 32%. there will be an additional 200,000 cases of polio, a disease that was on the verge of being eliminated. 16 million pregnant women will not receive life saving services from usaid, 11 million newborn babies will not receive any care from usaid im

. >> his love for the city inspired his music and he was proud to hail from georgetown and the fillmore. he served as director of the san francisco asian american jazz festival helping cement the city's place at the heart of the genre. he was also generous with his time to the japantown community serving as a founding member of and contributing artists to the japantown cultural district and teaching third graders at rosa parks elementary school. >> i first met mark and brenda at the cherry blossom festival parade last year. they march every year with the japanese american religious federation or giraffe. >> a coalition of christian, buddhist and shinto spiritual leaders j r f began in the japanese prison camps because in realizing the challenging nature of the times spiritual leaders concluded it was better to all work together. >> the darkness of those times was reflected meaningfully in mark's music as its theme is recognize not only the deep history and trauma of the time but celebrates and honors the enduring resiliency and triumphant spirit of the japanese-american community. mark

and they got a very stern, thoughtful letter back from a courageous, you know, group of folks in georgetownto it. and that's the moment that we're in. we haven't been here in a long time in america, and it's time for people to step up. and i think that they will. but it's going to take some time. >> i, i want to associate myself with your comments about people, ordinary people having more courage than a lot of people in positions of power. and if you go back and study, we were talking about the late 60s and the 70s. counterculture is always led from the people, not from a politician. that said, mitch, you're going to throw your hat in the ring and say, take me. >> you listen, i've been on the battlefield for a long time, and i'm not leaving until they put me in the grave. whatever it takes, however it takes, however long it takes. i think there was a there was a little piece that we're having, you know, the crossing of the edmund pettus bridge that we do when we remember john lewis, who was standing on that bridge when he was 23 years old, who knew he was going to get hit by that sheriff in

she is a senior adviser at the center for eurasian, russian and east european studies at georgetown university. and she's also the author of the book putin's world russia against the west. and with the rest. angela, great to see you. so what do you make of european leaders, you know, taking the lead now on these a peace plan with and for ukraine, given what happened with president trump and zelenskyy. do you think this might be a better chance, have a better chance of success? >> well, the europeans have sent me very worried that the united states is going to abandon ukraine and force it to sign a deal with russia, which will be very disadvantageous to it. a cease fire where russia could regroup and then invade again. so they finally woken up to the fact that europeans that they have to do more. my question listening to everything is who's going to negotiate with putin? because at the moment, putin is the one who's very happy to negotiate with president trump. he's not interested in a ceasefire. he's interested in restoring relations with the u.s., getting the sanctions lifted, and sort of bei

he's also a professor at georgetown law. paul, can you just explain to me what this ruling means? money for services that are already been. >> provided by. >> usaid. and the supreme court essentially says that the united states government has to pay its bills. the trial judge had ordered the same thing three weeks ago, but the trump administration came up with all kinds of excuses about how it couldn't comply. it said that one judge shouldn't have all this power over foreign policy, and it needed time to process the judge's orders. and, katy, the court seemed to think that the judge's order that aid pay its bills in 36 hours, that might not be realistic. so it essentially wants the judge to work out some kind of payment plan. basically, given the opportunity, the agency more time, but it does have to pay up. >> is this a broader ruling about the power of the purse? can you apply this to other congressional spending that is so far not being spent by donald trump? >> not yet. so the brief order from the supreme court isn't about whether the president has the power to refuse to alloc

joining me now is paul butler, professor of law at georgetown law school, former federal prosecutor andlegal analyst. he's also the author of the amazing book chokehold policing black men. paul, it's an honor always to have you spend time, but a privilege to have you here on the set. let's start, actually, with this late night filing from 14 retired federal district court judges in the eric adams case, urging judge dale ho not to dismiss this case. and what i really found compelling was they lay out in their proposed amicus brief, a friend of the court brief, that the court should conduct an evidentiary hearing, including production of documents from parties and other entities and sworn testimony by witnesses to material events in the matter. paul, it sounds like they're trying to tell judge ho that a record needs to be made for him to make an educated decision. >> i think that's. >> right, katie. so you remember. >> when the. >> deputy attorney general. >> moved to dismiss the case, or as ordered lawyers, prosecutors to dismiss the case? he said it wasn't because he thought adams was i

. >> reporter: not long after graduating from georgetown, he joined snl. a career was launched.wood. when you come out to places like this, do people come up to you? do they leave you alone? >> a little bit. my joke is that i'm like le-- >> reporter: he is bigger than he will admit. in his most recent special, he played to a sold out crowd and focused on his drug addiction and recovery. >> i walk into my intervention two hours late. according to my friends, this is what i said. okay. >> reporter: he describes an intervention on his behalf, staged by friends like seth meyers and fred armisen. >> let me call this out. i don't mean to be weird. it was a star-studded intervention. >> reporter: it's funny now, of course. he says he has been clean for more than four years. forgive me if this is naive, is sobriety something you have to think about every day? >> well, that's a good question. i don't think about cocaine, opioids and benzo every day. i will acknowledge that i understand the vigilance i need. i do not think about it every day. i just -- i don't. i do think about the ways t

she's also an adjunct professor at georgetown. jill, it's good to see you. thanks for being here. >> sure glad to be here. >> i, i am glad we are talking to you because as we were watching all of this play out yesterday in the oval office, you couldn't help but think, how is russia going to see this? how is putin going to see this? and it has to be just with jubilation. >> oh, definitely. in fact, two seconds ago i was looking at a tweet. you know, on x and it was a russian propaganda outlet that said full video, how trump. and vance destroyed zelenskyy. so that's, you know, they're jubilant. and i think what you know, seriously, why they are jubilant is because zelenskyy is the person that they have wanted to, at the very least, depose, if not kill. they tried to kill him. uh, he is a problem for them. he is actually one of the core, uh, objectives that putin has talked about. denazification. and that's what they mean by denazification. calling zelenskyy, who is jewish, a nazi. so if this conversation in the oval office hurts zelenskyy, undermine zelenskyy,

one story is my last month at aid, no one knew except my wife i was going to leave and teach at georgetown and this was december of 2005 and i always would get a briefing from the director of counterterrorism at the cia and he came in to see me and he said mr. natsios is you're coming and they're going to attempt to assassinate you. i said who, obviously the taliban, why are they going to assassinate me? because you're the head of the usaid. and we built 400 health clinics got the child mortality rates and maternal mortality rates down by a third took seven years to do that, but did it very successfully and we opened schools, we published 90 million textbooks in the schools to get the kids back in school and the taliban can't deal with that. they're going to try -- we advise you not to go. i said, well, let me think about that. but if you do go, announce you've arrived as you're stepping on the plane to leave. i said what? announce you're -- when you're stepping on the plane to leave announce you've arrived, in other words, they won't know you're there. i went, decided to go, nothing happe