bet petraeus said he called holbrooke his wing man an compliment and holbrook didn't think it was a commitment. >> holbrooke thought the wing man was petraeus, not him. richard had many qualities, one of which was a great sense of his own capabilities, which were phenomenal. >> and you were one of his best friends. >> i was indeed. and in this book it's agonizing to read what holbrook went through trying to get us on the path that might lead to some negotiated peaceful settlements in afghanistan, pakistan. he had been successful in bosnia, if you recall, the dayton accords, and every step of the way, on the afghan and asian story, he ran into opposition and almost always from the sort of military wing of our projection into the world. >> yes. it was -- i would use the word tragic. the wonderful writer and his widow, gets very upset by people describing him as tragic because she correct lid -- correctly saw him as larger than life and vibrant and not a pushover, and all those things are true. it think was a tragedy what happened to richard hole brook at the hands of the obamas a, and the hands

stephen holbrooke is a senior fellow at the independent institute. he has taught legal and political philosophy at george mason university, howard university, and tuskegee institute. the winner of three cases before the u.s. supreme court , he has testified before the subcommittee on the constitution of the senate judiciary committee, subcommittee on crime of the house judiciary committee, senate governmental affairs committee, and house committee on the district of columbia. a contributor to numerous scholarly volumes, he is author of the books "gun control in the third reich, disarming the jews and the enemy of the state," "the founders of the second amendment," and "target switzerland." he is also the author of the forthcoming title, gun control nazi occupied france, which will be available beginning next month on amazon.com and other booksellers. it's with great pride i present you stephen p halbrook. [applause] steve: thank you, it's great to be here. i spoke here in the early 1990's. i think the title of my address tonight is supposed to be a s

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ambassador for the last three decades republicans democrats diplomats alike from rick bird and dick holbrooke and bob kimmitt to john cohen plume for murphy and john anderson and i think each of every one of them has been a highly respected figure who made a lot of friends in germany persons of respects that people would look up to had it well how did they do that there mr nick i mean all of the all of these people that you've mentioned they do they have a lot of respect and when they began their time in germany they didn't begin it by telling the host government the host country what its policy should be you're absolutely right i think some of them have been very vocal and outspoken representatives of the interest of the united states sometimes not to the pleasure of everyone in germany but i think that all of them have ever kept a clear line in terms of have a clear understanding of their role as an ambassador whether they were career diplomats or political appointees. and i think they have. taken their role very seriously in representing their country the same time being the sounding devic

but our correspondent martha holbrook is at the scene with n. hand over and joins us now to see if it wants to change become of the festival what the pictures we've seen as of robots and electric cars going around pretty much what it used to be how is it trying to change. well it's really trying to change to become this big tech festival and less of a you know a bit old fashioned be to be trade show the biggest sign of that probably that big ferris wheel right behind me in this outdoor area that is completely new a lot of outdoor activity is going to happen here they're going to be music acts life at night like at a music festival so organized to see how trying to mix business and pleasure they say it's possible and i guess we'll see two nights on the first day of the trade show this is really possible well the next question really really trying to rebrand themselves with a bit hipper and cooler i mean in fact if i look at the picture behind you it it looks like sort of trendy street food festival that you think see that will be successful and r

also on c-span2 tonight, we will hear from stephen holbrooke, who successfully argued three gun cases before the supreme court, at 8:30 p.m. eastern.ist society or watch online, or by using the free c-span radio app. york joining us from new is anthony scaramucci, white house communications director for 10 days, for 11 days? let's get it on the record straight. guest: i sort of say 954,000 seconds now, so that makes me feel a little bit better. so i would say, i guess, 11 days. host: this is the headline, the president slamming the trade critics, saying the u.s. has been ripped off for years. he used twitter yesterday, saying there is an $800 billion disparity between the u.s. and chin an $800 billion disparity between the u.s. and china. we are now seeing these tariffs with aluminum and steel aimed at the european union, canada, and mexico. do you worry we are alienating our closest allies? guest: i think what the president is saying on the twitter feed is that is an accumulation of trade deficit imbalances that have gone back over five to 15 years. not precise to say that it is 8lio

department of state under richard holbrook. so i am pushing for the militia in case of a terror attack but i have afraid of an active shooter. so here i have this. [applause] >> thank you very much. so what happened to haley barbour? my candidate for office? >> and don't know the answer to that. but i thank you for your comment man the whole idea of citizens militia is what our country was founded on. it has to do with self-help people looking out for each other and neighbors, something our country has gotten away fro from. that is the job for law enforcement. but that is just minutes away. so it is something that in crime-ridden communities to have law-abiding people to have them harassed by local laws. and you don'tnoy gun permits are given out especially. and all the favoritism and discrimination. >> thank you for your comment. >> thank you very much professor stephen halbrook for all the work that you do and speaking today. my question how much of the bad policy like this seven round magazines or the famous interview with t

also on c-span2 tonight, we will hear from stephen holbrooke, who successfully argued three gun casesefore the supreme court, at 8:30 p.m. eastern.ist society or watch online, or by using the free c-span radio app. york joining us from new is anthony scaramucci, white house communications director for 10 days, for 11 days? let's get it on the record straight. guest: i sort of say 954,000 seconds now, so that makes me feel a little bit better. so i would say, i guess, 11 days. host: this is the headline, the president slamming the trade critics, saying the u.s. has been ripped off for years. he used twitter yesterday, saying there is an $800 billion disparity between the u.s. and chin an $800 billion

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also coming up tonight, author and gun rights attorney steven holbrooke talks about the second amendment at an event organized by the long island federalist society. he have's successfully argued three gun law cases before the u.s. supreme court and watch this at 8:30 p.m. on c-span2, online at c-span.org or listen with the free c-span radio app. >>> now, coming up tomorrow education secretary betsy devos will testify before a senate appropriations subcommittee about president trump's 2019 budget request for her department. we'll have live coverage tay rning startg at 10 sack eastern here on c-span3. >>> tonight on why the the communicators," american cable association president and ceo matthew polka and tds telecom senior vice president of corporate affairs andrew petersen talk about the issues facing rural and suburban broadband providers. >> we serve so many areas, 35% of our customers don't have access to traditional cable provider. very rural in scope, so in many instances tds is the only provider in those areas. we've worked very closely with the federal government, the fcc on prog

. >>> coming up tonight, author and gun rights attorney steven h holbrook talks about the second amendment. he has successfully argued three gun law casesefehe u.s. supreme court. you can watch this at 8:30 p.m. eastern on c-span 2, online at c cspan.org. coming up tomorrow education secretary betsy devos will testify before a senate appropriations subcommittee about trump's 2019 budget request for her department. live coverage tuesday morning at 10:15 eastern here on c-span three. >>> tonight on the communiquca s communicators, matthew p and andrew petersen. >> we serve so many areas. 35% of our customers don't have access to a traditional cable provider, very rural in scope. in many instances we are the only provider in those areas. we work closely with the government with private sector companies through the federal universal service program to bring broadband to customers who em m't previously have it, b e rich robust broadband in the future. >> i do think it's very important that as the administration, the fcc considers infrastructure like proceedings and other concepts, that broadban

. >> tonight author and gun holbrook talks about the second amendment. he successfully argued three gun l supreme court. you can watch this at 8:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2, online at cspan.org or with the free c-span radio app. >> all right. >> earlier today the u.s. supreme court ruled in the case of masterpiece cake shop versus colorado civil rights commission. the state where a same-sex lack couple sued a bakery for refusing to make their wedding cake. the court ruled 7 - 2 in favor of the cake shop. there are remarks from the attorney representing the same-sex couple. held by the national constitution center, this is abt an hour. >> this is a superb magazine. it describes itself as a local magazine devoted to radical humanism and libertarianism. it is hard to categorize politically, but it is fierce in its defense of individual liberty and brendan is a distinguished commentator with ethics.to defendelected he will be joined by stephanie barkley, the becket fund room for religious liberty. stephanie defended the young muslim woman discriminated in her

stephen holbrooke is an author and gun rights attorney who has successfully argued in three gun law cases before the supreme court. spoke about the second amendment to the long island federalist society. >> thank you so much. i would like to introduce myself. i t

. >> tonight author and gun holbrook talks about the second amendment.essfully argued three gun l supreme court. you can watch this at 8:30 p.m. eastern on c-span2, online at cspan.org or with the free c-span radio app. >> all right. >> earlier today the u.s. supreme court ruled in the case of masterpiece cake shop versus colorado civil rights commission. the state where a same-sex lack couple sued a bakery for refusing to make their wedding cake. the court ruled 7 - 2 in favor of the cake shop. there are remarks from the attorney representing

joining me now is andy holbrook, collection care manager at the museum of london. it as an and exhibit because it is so popular? we have it on display and back closes on sunday so there is still time to come and see it. after that it will go into the safe quarantine store and then we will ta ke quarantine store and then we will take a decision about whether to keep it for the long term. what is the current state of your peace of fatberg? it is doing very well. continuing to sweat, so there is condensation on the inside of the glass case. the flies you mentioned, they have not appeared for some months, so they are hiding somewhere. it has stabilised, stopped changing colour. it is pretty ha p py stopped changing colour. it is pretty happy where it is, happy and stable. essentially, you think it is an important social statement, environmental statement? perhaps a lesson to people about what we are throwing away and some of the problems we are causing in our sewers. that is right, fatbergs form when we put the wrong things into this you are and so we have worked with

stephen holbrook is a senior fellow at the independent institute. he's taught legal anhe has taugd political philosophy at george mason university, howard and diversity and theke institute in the philosophy from florida state university winner of three cases before the u.s. supremsupreme court he's testifd before the subcommittee on the constitution of the senate judiciary committee, the senate subcommittee of the constitution ite on crime of the house judiciary committee, senate governmental affairs committee and house committee on the district of columbia. holay lu thorfrous the books gun control and the third reich, enemies of the state. the founders of second amendment that every man bermed with, securing civil rights of the 14th amendment and the right to bear arms and target switzerland, swiss arm neutrality in world war ii. he's also the author of the forthcoming title gun control and nazi occupied france which will be ava beginext month on amazon.com and other booksellers. it's with great pride that i present to you. [applause] it is a pleas