twenty-point democratic district running as a republican jane harman republicans had taken over and she had the influence of power but she resigned in december so there is a race now is getting phone calls they said you need to run. i had never thought about running nobody knows who i am. but finally i decided to take the risk. it was a great experience in the most blood he and nastiest thing i have ever seen in my life. i cannot believe how bad politics was but it was eye-opening because first here's what's happening. i ran into district to say i'm an expert in marketing i will use that expertise and try to win this election. i was going against the secretary of state who but then the mayor but i came out of nowhere. the press was coming at me and who is this guy? how does he come out of nowhere? and all of a sudden obama god into the campaign, nancy pelosi got into the campaign nationwide they got into this one congressional campaign. and i was surprised that the pools were showing that i might win but i could win by 30000 somebody would say i hear you are more of a socialist than a c

the rocket man movie did unite to migrate passions which are talking to smart people like jane harman and rock 'n roll set is a great pleasure. i have to acknowledge jane, your incredible record of public service and incomes as was pleasure to work with you and now in this critically important time to be in the place which is where great thoughts on policy unite the practical efforts we need to undertake to confront our greatest challenges. and i have to add a personal note. i guess i've known robert litwak for four years or so come something like. we were, not only were we roommates at harvard, we were office mates at london in the international institute for strategic studies, and when he was working with me at the nationals could counsel, rob played a critical role in getting the nuclear nonproliferation treaty extended in 1995, without which we would not have work we are about to describe in terms of stopping the world nuclear weapons. because i do have a day job which is not my scholarly job, i'm compelled to put up -- i'm not compelled to read out loud. i'm compelled to put all

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jane. >> i'm jane harman, again. i should've pointed out we have an all-female panel. [applause] >> kate, you got to ask all the question but it'll think anyone ask you specifically about the responsibility of media. ginny was talk about cheap fakes which i sent one of them was this slowdown of nancy pelosi speaking wish you look like she was inebriated. when you saw that, you see in him, not just you, kate, what was your responsibility in terms of putting that on or just not putting it on the air and describing it? >> how fast the new cycle works, there are moments when things go from, i can see it on my twitter feed while i'm on said to they get in my ear and they say we need to go with this. i can be a matter of seconds. so there is, that's just me saying how fast it actually can move. that comes with a lot of risk and responsibilities. that the to specifically there was a real conversation. it happened really quickly, of what is this? find the source. and then we get, it gets called out almost immediately, it was called up as a plated only do call it out as what it

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jane: i should point, i am jane harman, again. i should have pointed out we have an all-female panel. [applause] kate: what, i didn't notice? jane: so, kate, you got to ask all the questions, but i don't think anyone asked you specifically about the responsibility of media. ginny was talking about cheap fakes, which i assumed one of them was the slowdown of nancy pelosi speaking that she was inebriated. when you saw that on cnn, what was your responsibility in terms of putting that on or just not putting it on the air and describing it? kate: how fast the new cycle works. i mean, there are moments when things go from, i can see it on my twitter feed while i am on saet to, they get in my ear and say, that we need to go with this. it can be a matter of seconds. that is just me saying how fast it actually can move. that comes with a lot of risk and responsibilities. that video specifically, there was real conversation. it happened really quickly, of what is this? find the source. then it was called out almost immediately, it was calle

i am jane harman, president and ceo of the wilson center and i am delighted to be here. that august, which means congress and the president are on vacation. but today's topic is not on vacation and will not be, at least through the 2020 election. so that will some center is not putting off a conversation. that being said, disinformation is hardly any problem. in the midst of the cold war, the u.s. and the soviet union both try to influence narratives on other parts of the globe. for example, a new article published by the wilson center tragic history and public policy program look at translated russian documents related to "operation denver." a campaign in the 1980's not spread the lie that h.i.v. was created as a result of the pentagon's biological weapons research. so, disinformation was not infected in 2016 and is sadly unlikely to be buried in 2020, but today, we delve into the context. and we have the right moderator and speakers to do that. our first panel, which starts right now is on historical patterns. moderating is the very talented kate baldwin, the anchor of