different institutional checks and whether our institutions can stand up. one of the main concerns here, you have a civil service that's no longer a civil service there to follow the law, but rather, a civil service which is -- only has partisan who will purse the policies of the leader regardless of whether they're legal or not. another is if you suddenly appoint people to lead different agencies whose priorities are to make life difficult and keep the opposition at bay sbe there in the fbi, be they in the department of justice and so forth. so they're a fact that you can fire anyone who was engaged in investigations with respect to violent defenders impacting the capitol. it's meant to send a signal of fear to anyone who tries to oppose the law. one thing that you can see is that these play books are transnational. one thing you can see is that the use of law, such as tax law, to create fear and put these people at bay. think about today sort of the challenges, the 501 c-3 nonprofit status which may be defending the rule of law or democracy or other publi

what does it mean to engage in rigorous education we are liberal arts institution and not every institution in the united states is, that is fine i think institutions in the united states should do different things and it should be a part of the american system. but were highly selectively institution the should prepare student not just to get a job to contribute to society as productive citizens and be leaders in all different ways. if we are not offering them the challenges of a rigorous education we are selling ourselves short on that mission. every generation has to enter into new way and i think our students are working very hard academically and faculty that are pushing them as hard as they can identically develop the right vocabulary of what the liberal education actually entails. places around the notion of full-time student is somebody engaging in academic instead of 22 in the liberal arts institution and selective institution, there's some sense where we expect to get in graduate. >> you have to up your game. you have to make sure you keep it up. what can the leadership of institu

institute. thank you for joining me. thank you to our cohost, the american enterprise institute. i would also like to thank brookings scholars carol graham and doug harris, who spearheaded the entire effort. this was an effort that many doubted would come to fruition given our country's deep divisions. yet here we are. the state of the nation report released today as a result of scholars from across the political spectrum coming together, debating and challenging each other and remarkably finding common ground. they agreed on 15 topics and 37 measures that captured critical aspects of our nation's well-being, and this was not just halfhearted agreement. each topic had to secure super majority support. the state of the nation report underscores the value of gathering and giving voice to diverse perspectives which is at the heart of our work in brookings. without i will turn things over to robert door, president of the american enterprise institute, a great leader and friend and neighbor. robert:

institute. it is not accomplished group. many are best-selling authors. some thought this would not be possible. how can you get a wide-ranging group like that to it range on topics and measures for this progress report? we were not sure if we would or not. this was an experiment. we did not know until four or five months ago if we would be standing here with anything to report. it took us two years meeting every month. all of the topics had super majority support, not just a simple majority but at least 75% of the board agreed. we do not stop there. we do not want this to be another expert driven report. there are 350 million americans so we asked a representative sample of 1000 americans. they voted the same way we voted as board members to decide what should be included. for the most part the public agreed with what we decided. not entirely and the report shows some of those differences. what this means is in every sense of the term this is america's progress report. what did we find? i will

institute. i'd also like to recognize brookings scholars. in was an effort that many doubted would come to fruition, given our country's deep divisions. and yet here we are. the state of the nation report released today is a result of scholars from across the political spectrum coming together, debating, challenging each other and remarkably finding common ground. they agreed on 15 topics and 37 measures, they captured critical aspects of our nation's well-being. and this wasn't just half-hearted agreement. each topic and measure had to secure super majority support. the state of the nation report underscores the value of gathering and giving voice to diverse perspectives, which is at the heart of our work here at brookings. with that i'll turn things over to the president of the american enterprise institute, a great leader and friend and neab. >> those consensuses lead to policy changes that lead to advancement for the united states and that's a good thing. we want to associate ourselves with

we are a liberal arts institution and not every institution in the united states is, and that's fine. i think institutions in the united states should do different things. it is a value and strength of the american system, but we are a highly selective institution that should be preparing students not just to get a job, but to contribute to society as productive citizens. if we are not offering them the challenges of a rigorous education, we are selling ourselves short on ambition. every generation has to answer in a new way what that means. i do think that there are students who are working very hard on campus academically. i think there are faculty who are pushing them as hard as they can, but i don't think we have necessarily developed the right vocabulary. frederick: you talked before about an ethos about inquiry. i full time student someone engaging in academics full-time. 35 hours a week instead of 22. are there things that i liberal arts institution -- you know folks want to come to you. you know they have excelled or they would not make it in the doors. there's some sense we h

we've seen similar dynamics in other institutions. so that gives me some cautious hope because to mix metaphors, some of these structures are potemkin villages guarded by paper tigers. claudine gay, harvard president crystallizes the larger. she is a mediocre academic who was elevated advancing progressive orthodoxy while checking the right intersectional boxes. she is the apotheosis of an anti-tnf electoral movement that values deep identity and activism over truth seeking merit and education. that movement is designed to prefer commissars over scholars, the gaze, resignation, and the departure of presidents elsewhere doesn't end the university's troubles, for that matter. dean traynor, georgetown, recently announced that he would be leaving the deanship at the end of the semester. i don't know whether that was in anticipate in my book, but the timing was interesting. the school harbored or georgetown law. any of these schools that i talk about in my book is still plagued by a toxic campus culture ideological corruption and bureaucra

and it's the global institutions meant to safe. got a rules based on respect for international law or in powell. i'm gonna stay internationally. so raising the alarm, saying the system is failing, and the whole notion of universal human rights might be on the threat. this time around donald trump has made it clear he intends to write his own rules, leaving the rest of the world on shore, where it stands. late as a gathering munich security conference, well, discuss the most stubborn ongoing conflicts. is the idea of mutually agreed rights and wrongs becoming irrelevant. what does trumps america 1st agenda mean for the future of all international institutions? we'll get to those questions in a moment, but 1st this report by michael apple. i we haven't asked you this bank yet. place since donald trump's return to the white house, it's been one executive holder after another. he's flashing federal jobs withdrawing the us from numerous agreements and international organizations, closing down agencies and even declaring war on paper str

me in my visa, just some of the crises, international institutions. and the united nations security council have struggled to make any headway in resolving there's been a tax on human dignity and human rights across the board. and the leader of the world superpower doubling down on his intention to own gauze and permanently resettle more than 2000000 palestinians. you can live in gaza right now. it's up to the, to point it to the will crime to, for some people out of their uh, places. uh and it could be a crimes against too many t. t t's a well organized it is internet should amongst 2 twins in this and the list says prompts comments have set the tone for his 2nd turning office. it's quite clear from earlier statements from the trumpet ministration. that's this administration does not believe in the weights the relevance of international law. and this particular proposal because here the will be in foundation off a number of university great rooms. multilateralism and traditional alliances are being tested. the munich security conference could be a re

i'm the president at the brookings institution. we are none part something tank dedicated to finding pragmatic solutions to society's challenges. thank you for joining us today and especially thank you to our cohost american enterprise institute. .. from across the political spectrum. coming together, and debating, challenging each other and finding common ground. they agreed on 15 topics 37 measures captured critical aspects of our natures and being this is not halfhearted agreements, each topic and to measure had majority support. the state of the nation report underscores the value of gathering and giving voice to diverse perspectives which is at the heart. with that i will turn things over too robert doar a great leader and friend. >> it's yours thank you very much. >> i am robert doar i want to thank everyone for being here and thank cecelia for inviting me i think doug and the team up with this report together for organizing it and doing the hard work. like our ai scholars to participate in. i have done them in the past they

, the free enterprise institute, heritage and hoover institution. many are best-selling authors. some thought this wouldn't be possible. how could you get a t wide-rangg group like that to agree on topics in measures for this progress report? we were not sure whether we win or not. this was an experiment. we didn't know even until four or five months ago whether we would be stand here with anything to report. it took us almost two years meeting every month on the topics in a progress report had super majority support, not just simple majority but at least 75% of the board agreed. we didn't stop there. we didn't want this to be another expert driven report. there are 350 million americans so asked them, as a representative sample of 1000 americans. they voted same what we voted to decide what should be included. for the most part the public agree with what we decided as a board. not entirely and report shows some of the differences. what this means is in every sense of the term this is america's progressof report. what did we find? i'm going to summa

and that institute, we couldn't take advantage of that potential, which still remains in that institution. but of course we have to address it to to ask the question to alex c. i know that ross automatic world child have instituted use of, uh, competing for doing kaiser. you wanna get on his ground or vice versa, but honestly, i would support anything that involves joining us all together. so i would like to us with this alex said, do you mean to do that? right? so, so much i can see, you know, it's an instruction, right? you know, given the days ago, together with getting id, i'm with alex, see we signed an agreement at your direct instruction. we've set up the account. so for the strategic development process, i mean i could try to institute so there are no differences whatsoever. and alex take, would probably confirmed that publicly. but what do you just agree to do? so i wish you every success and they're getting love and support for each other kitchen, insightful. whereas it was in the my why we'd like to give the floor to alexander chatting off. and how does a working group of the r

you know, these international instruments, these international institutions. and for us, these, these extremes extracting watering because we know we wouldn't be able to products at the end of the day. or a jeffrey, you written about trumps a tax on the international criminal court. and it's on it's a judge is particularly acute in recent months. is the court thought very court existence at risk now? existences known risk? 179 country, so called the auto state 19 reply to trump's episode sanctioning stop. every judge is in the prosecutor from coming to new york to go to the united nation and seizing any money. let's say it happened to have and stopping. the assistants has be given from time to time by the united states with investigations was the prosecution coaches. when she's playing with via tom c, i a material uh this will not be available in the great, the great maintenance fact and beneficiary of mr. trump sanctions of the i. c e is vladimir. so it seems to me that this is just a continuation of a very strong street in the republican party. all american

so what is the status of the fed now adoption for financial institutions? mr. powell: so it's coming along. as was the case with ach back in the day, it takes quite a while. there's investment that has to take place on the part of banks. we are working with a lot of small- and medium-sized banks to get them comfortable with the requirements of fed now so this is can build up over time. it is something we expected to be slow in terms of uptake, and it has been slow. rep. cleaver: well, is technology adoption a barrier for smaller community banks and mission-based lenders? mr. powell: yes, it is. and so we work with -- there are nonbank service providers that do reach out and do a good job with small institutions, and we have encouraged that. those institutions cannot have direct access, for their business is to -- they have the information and they can go to smaller institutions and show them how to do this, and there's a lot of that going on. we encourage that. rep. cleaver: thank you. let me just say i've been on this committee for 12 years, and i've seen chai

it's not about the institutions. it's about the students who attend those institutions, who we and employment, the employer side, need to fill those seven or eight million open jobs. they are critical to our work place diversity. >> thank you. let me move on and ask about the augustus hawkins center of intelligence, the grant, a program that's designed to support an array of teachers and address shortages and that funded a northbound our state, north carolina center. it was listed in the recent office of management and budget memo, freezing federal funding would you agree this grant was on that list? >> that concerns me. i have two graduates sitting behind me, one a three-time north carolina central graduate, and one who received his undergraduate degree, who happens not to be black. and he attended a historically black college and university. anything that takes away from not funding or defunding programs that work is net-net not good for our country. >> you mentioned that not all the students who attend are african

he is a health policy studies senior fellow at the cato institute. joining us for a discussion on the fentanyl crisis in the u.s. if you have a question or comment for him you can start calling now. the lines are regional for this. if you are in the eastern time zone it is (202) 748-8000. if you are in the mountain or pacific it is (202) 748-8001. there is also a line, if you have been impacted by the fentanyl crisis you can call (202) 748-8002. dr. singer, you mentioned that it can be made, the illicit version can be made chemically. once it is made how does it get into the u.s.? and which borders are we looking at? guest: well, first of all, it is very easy to synthesize, and once it is made according to the data from the government roughly 90% is smuggled in by legal u.s. citizens or residents, mostly in cars and trucks, through illegal border crossings. not through the illegal entry points. and it does not just come in through the southern border crossings. he comes in through the airports. it comes in through the mail. it occasionally comes in t

they understand the africans that our do is to ensure that we industrialize i late the institute, the gun on new project. because a is looking to watch industrialization when they are a sudden get for you and vice need as in 1900. on 58, you knock, i've done. it talks, read them on top, industrialize this when he meets with the lead, as in what i'll call you 196, this is about independence. and industrialize is on the 1900 on 6 to 3, within the base of 10 to 2nd on the 25th of may. when they made this not to, to lead us from getting mind. benita, that's africa most industrialized. so the whole idea of african industrialized vision and ask because the idea about muscling the, i mean so is this is something that i've been with us the very if after that there is something missing that time i put in a gun in times on. yeah. they are talking about this top measurement of hydro, electric power, the building of the country, but um, oh, this is a balance of con, industrialize ish. but as well, i'm going to put all my one said the corner, nice size. now if i change the id and a they come on th

amna: you mentioned the national institutes of health.ay night, the trump administration announced it was cutting billions of dollars in nih funding. we saw a temporary legal victory for the case to let those funds move ahead. what should we understand about that case and its impact? laura: a second judge has said moments ago that the administration needs to release that funding for the national that goes to medical centers, universities, and it funds research for things like cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. they said the administration needs to show within 24 hours that they have released those funds, they have to show that on an ongoing basis. the state's argue this is lifesaving research that is being held up because of this block. amna: we see mr. trump and elon musk's work to slash that. laura: the head of the budget office for the trump administration, but also the acting director of the cfpb, the consumer watchdog group, he ordered all cfpb staff stop working, don't come into the office. this is something project 2025 wanted to

ilya shapiro is from the manhattan institute. thanks for being here. as we sit here and speak, we have another think about raising. seven prosecutors and officials have stepped down over the d.o.j. order to dismiss charges against new york mayor adams. danielle sassoon describes a quid pro quo where the d.o.j. would dismiss the charges against adams in support of president trump's agenda. what questions does this raise for you? >> i think this is a disagreement between prosecutors. the u.s. attorney disagrees what are your superiors are saying. and eric adams for the last year or so has been moving in the direction to crack down on illegal immigration any way. i don't know if he would be behaving differently in the first place. but this is a judgment call and u.s. attorney whether in the southern district of new york thinks of itself as a sovereign district as they call it, doesn't get to make that call. if the superiors decide that the underlying evidence is interimsy or the prosecution itself was politically motivated, that's their call to make. geof

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jeffrey singer, a health policy studies senior fellow at the cato institute. dr. singer, thank you so much for being with us. why don't we start by having to talk about your background both as a practitioner and also as a health policy researcher. guest: i'm originally from new york as you can probably tell by my accent but i've been in arizona now for 45 years and i've been practicing and private practices as a general surgeon for about 40 years, and i'm also a senior fellow at the cato institute in the department of health policy. the cato institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan libertarian think tank that develops public policy proposals based on the principles of individual liberty, government, free markets and peace. and i work in the health policy space there. host: much of your research as folks can have fentanyl epidemic. where are we in this public health valve? -- battle? guest: if the research holds, we are not anywhere close to seeing things get significantly better. a study came out by the university of pittsburgh school of public health that was publis

[indiscernible] and strengthening democratic institutions.uatemala is a country of hardworking people and dignified people with commitment with the future of guatemala. we will contact to build a safer country with dignity, prosperity and democracy and with these objectives we know that the united states is a key partner. thank you very much. >> we have heard the president of guatemala and now marco rubio. >> mr. president thank you for welcoming us. you gave me so much time last night. this is an impactful visit and there was an earthquake and first time. i was awake at 1:00 in the morning and i felt movement and i thought i was dizzy and i never experienced that in miami. that was the impact of this trip. in all seriousness, thank you for your commitment to democracy to institutions. we said last night that it is a modern moment during most of the history of humanity. democracy has only existed for under 300 years and it's difficult and easy to right, hard to establish, because it is it is not natural that will people can govern themselves

ultimately restoring trust in a public health institution is too important, and i think mr. kennedy can help get that done. as chairman of the senate committee with oversight authority of this position, i will do my best to make sure that is what we accomplish. i want mr. kennedy to succeed in making america healthy again. his success will be tied to the health of our nation. he has the opportunity to address the most pertinent issues affecting americans' health. we also need to reform institutions like fda and nih, and those are already my priorities as chairman of that committee. i look forward to his support in accomplishing this. if confirmed, i look forward to working together with mr. kennedy to achieve president trump's mission of improving the health of all americans. and with that, i yield. host: on the independent line from tampa, this is ken. caller: i am calling to say that representative from north carolina, how come he said he landed a helicopter with the guys in north carolina where the flood took over but he never mentioned that those people should return bac

we want to welcome back maxine epstein, director of institutional advancement at the institutional high school of the bay. and rabbi from director of music. welcome back. we were talking about shifts in language and your relative experiences in the jewish community around lgbtq issues and landscape. i am wondering if you can talk a little bit about institutional changes you have seen over the years and even in places in which you work that cover some of the social shifts, theological liturgical shifts, some shifts people don't typically think of because they're not necessarily overtly political or overtly something that the news reports on. rabbi, what do you reflect on in that way? >> i have worked in synagogues for about 15 years. it has been an ongoing evolution to figure out how do we not just say sure, lgbtq people are welcome to walk in here? but also when we do walk in, does what's going on in that synagogue speak to our lives? does it reflect who we are? does it include the things most important to us? that i think is where some parts of the jewish community have done wonderful

he joined the government affairs institute in 2013.e worked on the hill as an american political science professional. he has been writing on politics since 1999 -- a small topic for a small book. to his right is my colleague kevin cozart. he is also a senior fellow at aei, study in congress as well as the ministries of state, election reform, and the united states postal service. prior to joining aei, kevin worked as vice president of policy, vice president of research partnerships, and senior fellow and director of the government's project. he is the author and editor of several books, including "congress overwhelmed: the decline in congressional capacity." for many years, he worked at the congressional research service, so he is a long hill veteran. the task before us now is to think about what comes next. we had a discussion of all the things troubling the 118. we are going to think about the prospects for the 119th. we have a different configuration of course. democrats no longer control the senate. the publicans have taken contro

the institutions take on to combos into 4th, right? we condemn these these statements, but also, as i said, just on the for international law, we're at a critical juncture here where we are conceding consistently. the i c, j, the i, c c, the un all being on their mind and, and it's up to the you to defend those institutions, ethnic cleansing. mr. trump hasn't talked about, i mean, for simple remove of, of palestinians from causes. so why does that come from well, i suppose look, i was just returned from cairo. i there over the weekend. amazing. at some of the 120000 displaced guides owens there on the one thing that the message they wanted to take back was they want to go home. they want to return back to god that that's, that is their homeland. and unfortunately, at the moment they don't even have houses, physical houses to go back to what they were. all ottomans does is their homeland palestine is their homeland. and that's where they want to return to. so, as donald trump statements are really concerning and that how does he plan to

why all these institutions the americans also okay. and do i prepared to give you money to buy lots really? this chinese game within for us for us to do are prepared to build you. i really ways to build you a roads to build you. i applets, they, me, the idea is also okay. they are prepared to manage your ports and to do all these, the narrative set is that african countries now find themselves so heavily in debt to the only 2 countries in africa, which are not invested at israel on both one or the other african countries on liberty nanda, that on the i a not that truck, they cannot get into this via all those in dependence. because a number of them for every tone, $10.00 that they make, they are spending $7.00 paying these bets. they, they are full, have to talk to the appropriate is they have to ensure that the appropriate legs don't pay taxes, which unmanageable on this dropped is what is on the as a does this some while has talked about? do you not for that date? there's some way you chose african countries that dismissal guided rea

jeffrey singer, he is a health policy senior fellow at the cato institute. dr. singer, thank you for being with us. guest: thank you for having me. host: why don't we start by having you talk about your background both as a practitioner and also as a health policy researcher at cato. guest: well, i am originally from new york as you can probably tell from my accent. i have been in arizona now for 45 years and i have been practicing in private practice as a general surgeon for about 40 years, and i am also a senior fellow at the cato institute where i work in the department of health policy studies. the cato institute is a 501-c-3 nonpartisan think tank that develops public policy proposals based on the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. i work in the health policy space there. host: much of your research has focused on the fentanyl epidemic. where are we in this public health battle? guest: well, if the research holds, we are not anywhere close to seeing things get significantly better. a study came out by the universi

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