her discussion with two former law clerks was followed by a panel discussion on her legal philosophy. from georgetown university law school, this runs an hour and 45 minutes. bill: good evening, everyone. i am bill trainor, the dean of georgetown law, and it is a great pleasure to welcome you all here and it is a particular honor to welcome back to georgetown law, justice ginsburg. a round of applause. [applause] so the the justice will be joining us in a minute, it is not a bait and switch. [laughter] ut as i said, it is great to see you all here. when we were initially planning this event, we were going to have it at a much smaller venue, because it is july. students are gone, faculty are mostly not around, so we figured we would not attract a large audience. we did not have to worry about that, it turns out. he justice obviously has serious star power. as soon as the event was sent out to the law center community, we got enormous number of rsvp's. we had to shutdown the rsvp link within 24 hours. we have a satellite venue. please come on in. for the first panel, ruthanne, dori, and justice ginsber

it is a particular honor to welcome back to georgetown law, justice ginsburg. a round of applause. [applause] so the the justice will be joining us in a minute, it is not a bait and switch. [laughter] but as i said, it is great to see you all here to read when we were initially planning this event, we were going to have it at a much smaller venue, because it is july. students are gone, faculty are mostly not around, so we figured we would not attract a large audience. we did not have to worry about that, it turns out. the justice obviously has serious star power. as soon as the event was sent out to the law center community, we got enormous number of rsvp's. we had to shutdown the rsvp link within 24 hours. we have a satellite venue. please come on in. panel, ruthanne, dori, and justice ginsberg. [applause] jus. ginsberg: thank you so much. sit down. >> you are about to be treated to an extraordinary program that will focus on justice ginsburg's legacy of gender equality and life and in the law. for our first panel you will hear a conversation between the justi

that surprising. >> kroft: a year later, it led to a highly competitive teaching fellowship at georgetown law'spellate litigation clinic, where he did so well, the faculty awarded him a position as a professor of law. how hard is it to get a job teaching law at georgetown? >> steven goldblatt: it's very hard. >> kroft: professor steven goldblatt is the faculty director for the supreme court institute at georgetown law. >> goldblatt: to have somebody who's a credible voice, who actually lived the experience, who understands what it's like to spend a day in prison, much less 11 years, is highly unusual. so i think this was a unique there, ahathe potentodfo was enormous. >> kroft: along with his other accomplishments, shon hopwood also got to marry that girl from david city, annie metzner, who is now a law student herself. they have two children. are you surprised how this has turned out? >> annie hopwood: yeah. yeah. i had no-- no idea of what the future would hold for us. neither one of us had any clue that this would-- all these wonderful things would happen. >> kroft: hopwood's main interest n

one of the questions i am asked is what is my favorite moment as dean of georgetown law? it is very similar to what we just experienced, walking through that door when justice ginsburg is about to speak to the first year class and, as she walks through the door in the room is packed, and looking out at the sea of faces, many of the first-year students wearing their rbg t-shirts and seeing the excitement and admiration on all of our students' faces. i always say what more inspiring way to start a legal career than to have the opportunity to hear from the justice. that is the opportunity we are about to have. welcome, all, and welcome back. thank you, justice ginsburg. [applause] [applause] >> thank you dean trainor and thank you justice ginsburg for taking your time to talk, we are very grateful. our first set of questions is going to cover how gender equality manifests in your own life and dori is going to start the ball rolling. ari: you and marty enjoyed wonderful partnership, a model of mutual support and shared responsibility. your marriage was unusual, even unheard's

we take you to georgetown law's us to a computer science camp. >> reporter: ask any of these girls and tell you the first key to success is simply knowing how to press forward. >> it's not going to learn because i did not initialize. >> reporter: she says the boys in her class told her she'd never make it. now, not only is she a successful software developer. >> take a couple minutes. >> reporter: she's here at the summer camp, teaching others thousand write computer code. >> i've never seen so many girls coding at one place at one time. >> reporter: it's put on by software.org. >> that's review. >> reporter: they want to encourage girls to go into computer science. >> ju believe in yourself. don't care if males are dominating that field. >> reporter: every day for seven weeks the girls will spend spend their bre their break hitting the books. >> i enjoy it.>> wanted to keep practicing over the summer and maybe advance even more. >> reporter: the goal is for them to program their own projects, building websites and a sisterhood of computer scientists. >> it's heartening to see so many

this is hosted at georgetown law center in washington, d.c. georgetown law center in washington, d.c. it is just under one hour. [applause] >> welcome, justice kagan. >> it is great to be here. thank you to all the members of the washington council of lawyers for all of the great work that they do, promoting pro bono and public interest and public service. it's an enormously important role in the legal profession so i thank you for everything you do and i'm glad to be here. mr. treanor: we're delighted that you're here, so pleased to be partnering with the washington council of lawyers, and david, we're so proud of you. and all that you have achieved. one thing as a former new yorker, you graduated from hutter high school. pinston, oxford, harvard, dean of harvard law school, supreme court, all fine. but it's really hard to get into hutter high school. so i think everything else was predictable from that moment. justice kagan: back then it was easier to get into. it was a public high school, one of these test high schools which is what you're

all thanks to georgetown law's institute for constitutional advocacy and protection and the american constitution society, the leading progressive organize and network with over 200 lawyer and student chapters nationwide. all this week we're talking about what happens after mueller, what are the challenges and prospects for our democratic institutions. today we're focused on what happens the day of robert mueller's testimony to congress. prior to the announcement of mueller's testimony, the house's evident to bring t effort to bring the report to life seemed to be getting nowhere. 13 weeks had passed and the house hand succeeded in having a single fact witness publicly, stymied repeatedly by the administration's reflexive and ultra aggressive policy of interposing dubious defenses that left congress having to choose between caving and litiga litigating, the latter involving significant time. but mueller is a law abider and he got a lawful subpoena and agreed to testify, notwithstanding clearly preferring not to. so the stakes for the house are enormous. they must use the opportunity

now a visiting scholar at georgetown law school. just the next step in what has been a long career in public service including in high-level positions at the state department. mr. sloan, thanks very much for joining us tonight. i appreciate you making time on short notice. >> well, thank you. i appreciate being here. >> so i know that this is just breaking news. we're all learning this over the last few minutes. but given your experience working closely with justice stevens, your experience clerking for him, i just wanted to ask what you can add to our understanding of him as a jurist and as -- and as a man, as your employer for the time that you spent in his chambers. >> well, let me start as a jurist. and he is truly one of the greats. unquestionably one of the greatest supreme court justices we have ever had. he was the rule of law justice. when he was first put on the federal bench, somebody described him as a judge's judge and that is the perfect description because he was the rule of law justice, whether it was guantanamo, as

a panel experts testified today including a georgetown law professor and spoke about the problems of protecting children's privacy and limiting their exposure to inappropriate content. these hearings may help lawmakers determine if any problems can be dealt with through existing laws or if they will require new legislation. >> counting under way in the effort to overturn san francisco's ban on e-cigarettes. the city's board of elections confirms signatures for a ballot initiative to end the ban were turned in last tuesday. now the office is in the process of verifying all 20,300 signatures. the department has 30 days to complete that counting. last month supervisors approved the ban. it's set to go into effect at the end of the year. >>> a second bay area city is banning e-cigarettes. >> parents in livermore took the issue to the city council last night which passed a city-wide ban that includes the sale of flavored tobacco products. it will impact 71 retailers. parents say their teenage kids told stories of walking through vapor clouds at schools and bathrooms closed to prevent vapin

mcmaster on threats to open societies and ruth bader ginsburg speaks at georgetown law school. later, another chance to see senator kamala harris as she takes her campaign to des moines, iowa. trumpformer administration -- -- national security advisor hr mcmaster on the threats to free and open societies. event inat an stanford, california. this is 90 minutes. >> good afternoon. my name is tom gilligan, i am the director of the hoover institution. series.to our speaker this series features 11 panel discussions over the course of the year to so case -- to showcase. let me introduce the discussions to the countering threats to free and open societies. this research -- this creature onthis researcher focused non-western immigrants into the society and defending the rights of muslim women. for more than six years, mr. diamond talked about the rule of law and leads a program on democracy and mobile digital policy incubator. senior fellowis a at the hoover institution. 26th assistant to the president for national security affairs and served as an officer in the u.s. army for 34 years

in 1991, dean trainor began teaching at fordham law school where he would later serve for eight years as dean. dean trainor joined georgetown university law center in 2010 and has led the school through impressive changes, including a great expansion in the number of experiential offerings across the clinical, externship, pract couple and simulation programs. given dean trainor's long-term support of public interest advocacy by students an lawyers, washington council of lawyers is appreciative of his service as a member of our honorary board. now i turn the stage over to dean trainor and justice kagan to start our discussion. [applause] >> welcome, justice kagan. justice kagan: great to be here. thank you to all the members of the washington down soifl lawyers for all of the great work that they do, promoting pro bono and public interest and public service. it's an enormously important role in the legal profession so i thank you for everything you o and i'm glad to be here. mr. trainor: we're delighted to you're here, so pleased be partnering with the washington down soifl lawyer, and david, we're so proud of you. one thing

>> live here on c-span, supreme court justice elena kagan, here to discuss the law and legal education. this is georgetown university's law center in washington, d.c. you're watching live coverage on c-span. her remarks expected to begin shortly.

georgetown law researchers obtained documents e-mails and facial recognition requests there are a series of freedom of information act requests revealing a questionable tactic used by the f.b.i. and according to the data and a report from the washington post millions of u.s. citizens have had their driver's license and then added to a federal database without permission from citizens or congress just last month f.b.i. deputy director kimberly del greco glut claims that faisal recognition technology is necessary quote to preserve our nation's freedoms and sure our liberties are protected and preserve our security however with consent the key and facial recognition many now wonder if this database is legal or necessary joining me now for more on this revelation is r t america contributor and host of truth and media . thanks for having me thank you so much for coming on ben ben so so what exactly is going on here. well i think you kind of laid out the picture pretty clearly here so essentially you think about it this way the f.b.i. has decided and ice and other federal agencies have decided

georgetown law center hosted this hour-long event. [applause] david: welcome, justice kagan. we are glad to have you here. justice kagan: it's great to be here. thank you to all of the members of the washington council of lawyers for all of the great work they do promoting pro bono and promoting public service. it is an and or mostly important -- an enormously important role in the legal profession so i thank you for what you do and i'm glad to be here. david: we are so delighted you are here and so delighted to cosponsor with the washington council.

mcmaster on threats to open societies and ruth bader ginsburg speaks at georgetown law school. later, another chance to see senator kamala harris as she takes her campaign to des moines, iowa. trumpformer administration -- -- national security advisor hr mcmaster on the threats to free and open societies. event inat an stanford, california. this is 90 minutes. >> good afternoon.

georgetown law center hosted this hour-long event. [applause] david: welcome, justice kagan. we are glad to have you here. justice kagan: it's great to be here. thank you to all of the members of the washington council of lawyers for all of the great work they do promoting pro bono and promoting public service. it is an and or mostly important -- an enormously important role in the legal profession so i thank you for what you do and i'm glad to be here. david: we are so delighted you are here and so delighted to cosponsor with the washington council. one thing i wanted to add, and david, that was a tradition tremendous intro. it is really hard to get them [indiscernible] [laughter] >> everything else was predictable from that moment. easier --gan: it is it was easier back then. [laughter] back then, it was public high school, one of these test high schools which is what you're referring to when you say it's hard to get in. it was also all girls until several years after i arrived there. when i was in ninth grade they started taking boys in the seventh grade which was not real

the new records were obtained by georgetown law center on privacy and technology and the allegation isthe first time immigration and customs enforcement or i.c.e., division of homeland security, has applied the technology to stay drivers licenses. at a recent hearing on capitol hill, democrats and republicans keyed in on the central issue, whether proper consent was obtained. >> they didn't sign any waivers saying it's okay to turn my photo over to the fbi. no elected officials voted to allow that to happen. >> in this next exchange, the democratic chairman of the committee pressed the witness, and fbi witness, on the practice and whether they obtain proper consent. the witness said no laws were violated based on what's called an mou, a memorandum of understanding. >> when applying for a driver's license, the consent at the dmv to being in a database searchable by the fbi. >> the federal driver's license privacy protection act allows the state to disclose personal information and including a photo or an image obtained in connection with a motor vehicle record to law enforcement to carr

but harrison rudolph of the center on privacy and technology at georgetown law school which obtained documents on the searches says isis use of the photos wasn't previously known and drivers generally don't know that ice can use their pictures sometimes by simply >>as a state gone and actually voted on giving ice access to the us driver's license photos and when drivers go to get a driver's license. they're never told. they're also handing over their face immigration and cu enforcement the washington post first reported this story. >>rudolph says so far there's no evidence that ice has used facial recognition technology to conduct mass searches for undocumented immigrants to target them for deportation. but he's worried about what could happen i'm seriously concerned about immigration and customs enforcement using state driver's license databases to hunt down immigrants. >>20 states plus the district of columbia now cooperate with fbi requests for facial recognition scans of driver's license photos, critics say crim >>that it can be used to find witnesses victims and others who haven

but harrison rudolph of the center on privacy and technology at georgetown law school which obtainedn the searches, says i.c.e.'s use of the photos wasn't previously known and drivers generally don't know that i.c.e. can use their pictures sometimes by simply contacting their state's dmv. >> in no state has a state gone and actually voted on giving i.c.e. access to these driver's license photos. and when drivers go to get a driver's license, they're never told that they're actually handing over their face to immigration and customs enforcement. >> reporter: the "washington post" first reported this story. rudolph says so far there's no evidence that i.c.e. has used facial recognition technology to conduct mass searches for undocumented immigrants to target them for deportation. but he's worried about what could happen. >> i'm seriously concerned about immigration and customs enforcement using state driver's license data bases to hunt down immigrants. >> reporter: 20 states plus the district of columbia now cooperate with fbi requests for facial recognition scans of driver's license p

joining me, georgetown law professor paul butler, and correspondent carol lee.ood afternoon to you both. >> good to be here. >> paul, what are the most important questions you have for mueller? >> mueller isn't going to say anything not already in his report, but as i indicated, most people haven't read it. what they know mainly is how the attorney general tried to spin it, which is no collusion. so this testimony from mueller is going to be a kind of theater. he is not going to say anything new. but if he says out loud the extent of president trump's criminality, this performance could have an impact that 400 pages didn't. so i would ask him first to explain all of the things that president trump did to try to fire mueller. i would ask mueller for his reaction to president trump's written statements. he will say that they were incomplete and evasive. finally, i would ask him would you have charged donald trump with a crime, with obstruction of justice, based on the evidence, but for the fact that he's president? >> four good questions to get things going. carol

research from georgetown university say -- or georgetown law school, say the agents are not just scanningough criminal photos but also everyday law-abiding citizens without even informing us and without the approval of congress or state lawmakers. gillian turner reporting live from washington. >> lawmakers say the facial recognition technology has really become officials' golden ticket in recent years. they rely on it from everything from confirming travelers identities and airports to surveil in crowds. and for finding undocumented migrants. lawmakers say the homeland security department is doing this without state or congressional approval and violating hundreds of millions of americans' privacy rights in the process. trumpet ministries an official trip to the stand today to say not so. >> the data you collect, is it collected without subjects being aware? >> transportation officials agree, they insist the technology is more than necessary. it's crucial to keeping americans safe everywhere they go from the friendly skies to u.s. highways. >> better security through using this technology

we will be hearing from a professor of georgetown law and a former member of -- >> i mentioned our moderators. he has an author and journalist in washington, d.c., somewhat of a federal society -- of a federalist society regular. i do want to thank him for his role as our moderator today. [applause] >> thank you very much dean. welcome to the federalist society's panel discussion entitled, "citizenship: the road ahead." it was originally entitled citizenship, i said what else? -- that is because the supreme court's june 27 decision and the department of congers -- the permit of commerce may have impossibly -- we have three expert panelists. to my left, john s baker who will speak first is professor emeritus at the louisiana state law center and chairman of our citizenship counts, a group of scholars and other interested people. he has been a consultant to various government bodies. david is a practitioner of constitutional law in washington, d.c.. >> that is, there were 41 side. the agreed with him that yes, you could ask the question. there were four on one side that said, you cannot ask the

for over 30 years i've been a professor at georgetown law as a director of the clinic i've represented nonprofit organizations such as the campaign for digital democracy in matters and efforts to try to improve the media environment for our children. and i've also written a number of review articles about the subject. many of the problems families are struggling with today such as hell t how to protect childrs privacy and exposure to inappropriate content and limit the amount of time children are spending online on digital devices are the direct results. including children and to keep them online as long as possible so they can maximize revenue by collecting valuable data and delivering targeted marketing to them. second, as i explained i explaie writtein thewritten testimony, e government failed to adopt sufficient safeguards and has been effectively enforce safeguards that do exist. in particular, the trade commission failed ttradecommissy enforce the children's online act and as a result there was no youtube or social media or smart phones wilphones will spark debr smart speakers or

the future, federal policy manager of the sunlight foundation and as a google policy fellow at georgetown law institute for public representation. in addition to serving as policy council, the also served as director of the fourth amendment advisory committee which he helped cofound on capitol hill with folks you mefford of, former representative ted poe of texas. his analysis and commentary on price effect technology been published in the "chicago tribune," the "washington post," again on and on. the legislative fight is been a part of include passing reforms to the freedom of information act and most recently the june 2019 effort in the house to rein in foreign intelligence surveillance act section 702 mass surveillance programs. my thanks and welcome to all of you. arthur, i'd like to begin by having you tell us how you develop this obsession with the drones. >> so first, i'd just like to think the cato institute for having me. i feel tremendously honored to be here with such a venerable panel. it really does mean a lot to be back in this space. it's been quite an incredible journey when y

. >> to stake out some guidelines, the algorithmic justice center in georgetown university law centerthe face base pledge, which asked companies not to provide facial ai for autonomous weapons or sell it to law enforcement unless explicit laws are debated and passed to allow it. a few companies have signed on, but notably not microsoft or amazon, possibly loath to lose the opportunity to sell facial recognition to police departments and government world over. so what is preventing your image from saying a whole lot more about you than it used to? face it -- not much. >> that was just one of the many quick takes you can find on the bloomberg. you can also find them at bloomberg.com, along with all the latest business news and analysis 24 hours a day. that's a wrap. thanks for watching. i'm rosalind chin. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> a great architect, the pioneer of industry, famously said technology is the answer. art is the question. that is where artists come in. artists come with these questions and then it becomes relevant. ♪ >> the relationship between art and technology has wavered b

for over 30 years, i have been a professor at georgetown law, i have represented nonprofit organizations, such as i campaign for digital democracy in efforts to try to improve the media and environment for our children. i have also written articles about that subject. many of the problems families struggle with today, such as how to protect their children's privacy, how to prevent exposure to inappropriate content, and to limit the amount of time children spend on minor digital devices, are the direct result of two things. first, the business models are the dominant tech companies. systems not toir protect or nurture children but to attract a large number of users, including children, and to keep them online as long as possible so they can maximize revenue by collecting valuable data about the users and delivering targeted marketing to them. second, as i explained in my written testimony, the government has failed to adopt sufficient safeguards for children and has not effectively inorced the ones that exist, particular, the federal trade commission has failed to enforce the children's o

. >> to stake out some guidelines, the algorithmic justice center at georgetown university law centersafe face pledge which asks companies not to provide ai for autonomous weapons, or sell to law enforcement unless laws were debated and passed. a few companies have signed on, but notably not microsoft or amazon have signed on. what is preventing your image from saying more about you than it used to? face it. not much. rosalind: that was just one of the many quick takes you can find of the bloomberg, you can find them at bloomberg.com along with all the latest business news and analysis 24 hours a day. that is a wrap for "bloomberg best" this week. thanks for watching. i'm rosalind chin. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ carol: welcome to "bloomberg businessweek." i am carol massar. jason: i am jason kelly. bloomberg headquarters in new york. carol: this week, the new workers of the world try to make a living in an era of unprecedented change. jason: deutsche bank one back to basics. carol: we sit down with ups ceo to talk about the ever-growing need for speed. jason: let's begin with

. >> the algorithmic justice center at georgetown university law center unveiled a safe face notge whichanies to provide ai for autonomous weapons or law enforcement unless debated -- laws were debated and passed. notably not microsoft or amazon have signed on. what is preventing your image from saying more about you than it used to? face it. not much. ♪ that was just one of the many quick takes you can find of the bloomberg, you can find them at bloomberg.comm along with all the latest business -- bloomberg.com, along with all the business news and analysis 24 hours a day. thanks for watching. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ emily: i'm emily chang. and this is "best of bloomberg technology," where we bring you all our top interviews from this week in tech. coming up, little love for libra on capitol hill. fed chair jay powell says he has "serious concerns" about facebook's proposed cryptocurrency. plus ibm closes its $34 billion deal with red hat. our conversation with the ceo's of both companies on the second-largest tech deal ever. plus you will hear from the social network's global chief dive

her discussion with two former law clerks was followed by a panel discussion on her legal philosophy. from georgetown university law school, this runs an hour and 45 minutes.

justice kagan is then interviewed at a georgetown university law center event and president trump is joined by the prime minister of pakistan to talk with reporters in the oval office. later, a roundtable discussion looking at the week ahead in washington. c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up tuesday morning, the hale national security reporter and politico congressional reporter join us to preview special counsel robert mueller's testimony wednesday. a reporter with about his reporting on the life and career of robert mueller. be sure to watch washington .ournal robert mueller testifies to congress on wednesday about possible obstruction of justice and abuse of power by president trump and russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. live coverage starts at 8:30 a.m. eastern on the c-span3, on c-span.org, or listen on our free radio app. and listen to the complete mueller report on c-span.org on your laptop or mobile device. the audio is courtesy of timber lean media -- timber lane media. announcer: from earlie

so tiffany, who goes to georgetown university law school here in washington, is going to be there. so will the first lady. it's certainly not the trump family celebration. it's just -- appears that this is a break for mrs. trump during her summer festivities. she likes to plan these things. this is a picnic typically that happens at the white house as it has for years and years. >> she would be more instrumental? >> she would be very involved in this, hosting military families, celebrating the holiday, having everyone on the front lawn doing a barbecue. the obama years there were giant lawn games set up on the lawn. the reagans used to sit and have a picnic. these were all things that first families do on this occasion at the white house. it is changing obviously. the venue has changed, and i'm sure that it feels different. it's a much bigger spectacle. my reporting showed that the first lady was not as involved if at all in this event. >> that is an interesting point. i hadn't thought about that. all of you stay with me. we have a much more panel you don't see to break this down.

at the university of texas law school and david hyman, professor of law and who teaches at the georgetown lawter. ways andbes all the explains the root causes of the ways americans end getting overcharged for health care in terms of the higher prices we see in the health care sector, including surprised bills, the outrageously high premiums a lot of americans have to pay, and the ways taxpayers get overcharged for health care through the medicare program. one of the authors of "overcharged" is a libertarian, the other a self-described democrat. it's a very bipartisan book. there is a lot in there the democrats will agree with and a lot of republicans will agree with. one thing the democrats agree with is taxpayers end up getting overcharged through the medicare part d program for the drugs the government buys for seniors. there are so many things that were written into the lot reading the medicare part d program that protects drug companies and mixtures -- makes sure they get higher than market prices. what "overcharged" recommends is we spend $3 trillion plus a health care in the united stat

i'm a law professor at georgetown university law center. i'm here today solely in my academic capacity. it is an honor to be before this committee again. white papers like the one we're struggling to understand today have emerged as a common tool through which digital asset companies communicate with potential consumers and investors about new projects and ventures. however, white papers have faced mounting criticism for their hyperbolic language, false promises, and omissions of material information consumers would need before purchasing a digital asset. indeed the last time i was here to share my views before many members of the committee, we discussed precisely these challenges. but today we have a twist. criticisms of white paper disclosures have focused on early stage cash-strapped start-ups. rarely have they been directed at a multinational technology company with the resources to marshall top flight legal as well as technological talent. yet this time it is different. the libra white paper is peppered with big promises and few detail

sherrill: after the navy i went back to law school in georgetown and served in the u.s. attorney's office as a federal prosecutor and an outreach and reentry coordinator. i was helping people coming out of our federal prisons successfully reenter our communities. >> what inspired you to go to law school? i haveerrill: i think long loved serving the country, and after serving the military, being concerned about some of the things going on at the time, torture, rendition, things that i had been told, as somebody who went through prison reentry training, that the united states would never do, i thought it was time to go to law school and understand the legal ways we can support the american values we have. >> you also, along the way, learn arabic. why? rep. sherrill: i wouldn't say learned it. it is a difficult language. loved the arabic language. i thought it was so interesting to have a completely different is sort ofhere classical arabic, but then there is the street arabic and that can be different. i founded a really interesting leg which, and interesting region. it is

associate professor of history at george mason university and gary solis, add juncture professor of law at georgetown university. >> hello, everyone. good afternoon. i want to start by saying how pleased i am to be included in today's proceedings. this is a very special subject for me. i'm honored to be amongst all the distinguished historians that are, you know, speaking and attending. i was really an accidental historian. didn't set out to be one. didn't want to be one. but it came to pass. i am very pleased in 2015, the army general surgeon's office published my book, which is being illustrated, representing some 35 years off and on of an attempt to put together all the pieces i could find alluding to the morale and mental health, and i will say crisis that we ended up in vietnam. i hope to illustrate that in the time that i have today. shameless plug. here is the book if anyone wants to look at it. if you're interested, all the references i'm going to put up here are in the book. i'm not going to put references in these slides but i do have some cards if you're interested that have the website to

on may 1st of this year in the company of georgetown university civil rights law clinic, i had a video conference with representatives from google regarding specific content and our attempts to have it removed. their response was, we're really trying. since that meeting, there has been nothing but silence until, coincidentally, not so, but today, we got an email from them at 9:47 a.m. thanks to section 230, google has complete immunity and, therefore, no incentive to respo respond, and you saw some of the examples earlier. in an utter failure of their a.i., one video was so flagged by google then later the flag was removed. some videos were not removed and instead given this label, this video may be inappropriate for some users. that was also shown today. which is tantamount to a perverse invitation to click and watch. the video has had over 700,000 views and was still -- and was specifically pointed out to google in our teleconference and it's still up as we speak. i understand that the general purpose of this hearing is to consider whether internet gatekeepers such as google should o

he's an professor at georgetown law.e former vice president and senator kamala harris. your sense of it? >> it's been a good couple of days for senator harris and we're seeing a surge among the women's candidates. you look at senator warren and harris, they both increased in the polls. what i'm paying attention to, i like most democrats have one major goal in mind and that is beat donald trump. what i'm looking at is polling out of states that trump carried. let me give you an example. in florida just a couple weeks ago, all of the democratic candidates we've been mentioning, vice president biden, senator harris, senator sanders, senator warren, they all beat president trump head to head in florida. so i want to make sure that we don't lose sight of the fact that the big fight is to take out this president. on that score, the democrats in general are doing very, very well. let's not lose sight of that. i think vice president biden has gotten something of a wakeup call here. it's not going to be a coronation, it's not goi