first of all, ambassador husain haqqani. ambassador haqqani was pakistan's ambassador to sri lanka and then, more recently from 2008 to 2011, to the united states. he's currently a senior fellow and director for south and central asia at the hudson institute, and he co-edits the journal, "current trends in islamist ideology." ambassador haqqani's also director of the center of international relations and professor of the practice of international relations at boston university. his most recent book is "magnificent delusions: pakistan, the united states and an epic history of misunderstanding." ambassador husain haqqani also as a young man grew up in the, in the folds of the seminary culture, and so when he speaks, he speaks from a lot of personal experiencement we thought it important to get that knowledge before you. dr. hah ruin ullah is -- haroon ullah is a member of the planning staff at the u.s. department of state. he joined that in november 2013. he's been dealing with public diplomacy and countering violent extremism.

among the speakers is former pakistani ambassador to the u.s., husain haqqani. that's live at 2:30 eastern here on c-span2. and over on c-span today, comedian lewis black speaking at the national press club about politics and social issues. that's live at one eastern. also on c-span, the chairman of the united national commission of inquiry on human rights in north korea will discuss the findings of a recent report detailing atrocities committed by government including murder, enslavement and torture. that's live at three eastern on c-span. >> the first thing i would do is not let the largest cable tv company buy the second largest cable tv company. that's where i'd start. i, my job here on the judiciary committee is to, you know, at these hearings is to raise my concerns, and what mr. cohen -- you know, mr. cohen seems like, i really think he seems like a really smart guy, and he's a great guy, i'm sure. he earns, i can say about him, he earns sort of what he gets. but my job was to ask him tough questions on behalf -- see, they have 107 lobbyists on capitol hi