o'rourke and john allison moderated by alexander and the copland on the topic her, who will save us from the government. i hope between those three people one of them has an answer anyway, we will get the start and a couple of minutes. in the meanti [inaudible conversations] >> good morning everybody will come to recession we are in for a treat. we have to of others with us this morning the have vast experience in the world of politics so our conversation today about the future of politics in the future could not happen to better informed contributors. we will talk for about 40 minutes then invite you to ask questions. baja i hope as you listen you are thinking of in the session. we will start with al from. the founder of democratic leadership council february february 2010 "new york times" magazine called the group under his leadership one of the most to important think tanks in history. i told this is better than when i came up with so bear with me and what of the two most influential think tanks in history that shape political thought at the end of the broadcast a gnp deflator, a role

o'rourke and john allison moderated by alexander and the copland on the topic her, who will save us from the government. i hope between those three people one of them has an answer anyway, we will get the start and a couple of minutes. in the meantime bear with us. ♪ >> coming up book tv in prime time pitching evidence from this year's book fairs and festivals. first from the annapolis boat festival a panel on politics of former maryland governor and democratic council founder. and from printers row led fest in chicago and discussion about global challenges in sub-saharan africa. later a panel discussion on minimum wage. >> of the mix washington journal chicago tribune columnist clarence page talks about the recent events in ferguson, missouri demand having compared the recommendations from past government commission reports and civil unrest. after that we conclude our week-long discussion of president lyndon johnson's great society with a look at what led to the creation of the consumer product safety commission. the agency's current commissioner joins us with the discussion. and the bu

>> i'd like to tell a story about john allison. i really got to know him in the reunions. i was a staff sergeant and he was a colonel, retired general and i really knew him. he's the greatest hero i know of personally from world war ii. i have his picture in my living room at home. i'm only 5'7". he's about this much shorter than me. he was a tough guy. he was a fighter pilot, profession when he got over there. he went up twice in a glider. training was a long time for glider pilots. he was only taken up twice. of course, always a dead stick landing in the glider, you don't have a fan up front. then he went in, dennis explained, at night, behind enemy lines in a field full of stumps and logs, his third glider landing was under these conditions. that's a pretty tough guy. i really admire him. >> okay. >> dick -- [ applause ] >> what do you remember most about this operation in burma? >> the night that we were supposed to -- march the 6th. it was the -- what took place when they found out that broadway had been covered with logs. and they thought that the japs had gotten wis

allison joins us. >> hi, guys, great to see you. johnu. >> i'm john. >> you are going to spend the next three hours together and you have never met. >> i'll tell you what's coming up. we are covering the latest in the fight against isis. the u.s. says we are prepared to take them on in syria if they become a direct threat to american interests. they are close to identifying terrorist who is beheaded american james foley. this morning, an american taken hostage in syria is finally free. we eem talk to a family friend. >>> in missouri, michael brown will be laid to rest. don lemon sat down with brown's mother and trayvon martin's mother. you won't want to miss this powerful, exclusive interview. john, mikaela and i will see you in about 15 minutes. >> looking forward to it. thanks. >>> 47 minutes after the hour. a bomb threat on twitter forcing an american airlines flight to land. who hackers were targeting on board the flight. that's next. >>> a scare in the skies over arizona. an american airlines flight forced to land at phoenix sky har

allison. >> thank you very much, john, for that very kind intro duction and obviously if i do a revision of this book, i need to consult you, because i just learned a few things and you're very knowledgeable about washington. so those of us who live in washington are often frustrated by what we see in the city. we see the discord, we see the government shutdowns, we see the inability to get things done. legislation isn't passed. when it is passed, we don't like it. so i think it is useful to step back for a moment and to think about the foundations of washington d.c. the subtitle of my book is design for democracy and that's what i'm going to focus on today. how the city of washington, d.c. is based on democratic principles and how it has come to its greatest fulfillments when it has sought to fulfill and realize those democratic principles. we had a new country and the founding fathers wanted a new capital for the country. they couldn't agree where it would be. and the disagreement over this decision became so extreme that there was some concern that it would break the young country apart.

i'm john berman joined this morning by allison cam rata. great to meet you. >> you as well. you're everywhere. >>> chris and kate are off this morning. we'll begin with president obama and his top advisers bearing down for a war possibly against isis t. commander in chief back from his vacation meeting this morning with defense secretary chuck hagel, this amid increasing concerns by some at least that isis could try and attack the united states. this comes as american held captive in syria for almost two years finally granted his freedom. now officials in the united kingdom are working to identify the man seen on video executing james foley one week ago, this as multiple reports say three more americans remain in enemy hands. senior international correspondent nick paton walsh begins our coverage this morning. so many developments to talk about. good morning. >> reporter: john, that key decision in washington, do they take the fight against isis to syria as well as iraq weighing down on barack obama now. but there has been a rare piece of positive news because one of the riv

republican john .herman cooper it is difficult to envision years down the road allison and mitch sittingrm having each other on the back. it can happen that fancy farms. i can tell you when you get old you see beings and the right person but do. today to remember that fancy farm bill wants to us. we love this community. we will be here with them in time for the visitors. i would ask you this afternoon with a record-breaking crowd to show to the whole nation and placethat there is a where we can have rigorous political debates, sharp civility and with courtesy. we can do that. when this media leaves today and portrays this image of was nation,throughout the they will convince the nation they do wear shoes down there. they have pretty good manners. it may remind you of one thing. none of the people who have been coming to speak with you had to be here. no one put a gun to their head to make them come. they're here as a courtesy to you. ask you to offer them the same courtesy. the young americans around the globe who died for the freedom of's each. includesdom of speech a right to be heard.

joining us now, allison dean's chief investment officer and john kcanalley. i hate the term hold your nose and buy this market, but, i don't know, that kind of sums it up. people what maybe aren't that actively involved in it, they all ask me the same thing, how on earth is it this high and is it ready for a fall which is a good sign, i think. >> at the margin, there's more positive and negative news coming out from an economic standpoint, from a monetary policy standpoint, but then we have all this global and political risk. when you look at all of that, will it affect our economy that much? so it's not a cheap market, but the news and the trends in positive corporate america showing improved activity, employment improving, so it does feel that the marketing continue to participate in. i don't think i would be rushing into it to the same i would have 10% ago or nine months ago. >> john, i would feel better if it knew the underpinnings were based on corporate profit and not on qe and interest rates. >> i think we'll find out soon. we were up 10% year on year

allison center here at heritage on national security issues. she earned her bachelor's from the university of california irvine and a haasers in international -- masters in international relations at johns hopkins. please join me in welcoming vimh. [applause] >> good afternoon, and thank you all so much for joining the heritage foundation and concerned veterans for america today for what we hope is going to be a great conversation with mark greenblatt about his most recent book, "valor: unsung heroes from iraq, afghanistan and the home front." if you all haven't had a chance to read the book, i would highly recommend it. it's a good short read and really highlights individual stories of truly inspiring stories from our soldiers and very telling of the quality of our troops. interviewing mr. greenblatt today is captain pete hegseth who is the ceo of concerned veterans for america. prior to joining concerned veterans for america, he was the executive director for vets for freedom where he successfully grew the organization to over 95,000 members. captain hegseth has been deployed three times. his last tour was in afghanistan where he served as the senior counterinsurgency instructor at th

allison grimes of kentucky reacting to leaked audio, purportedly of mitch mcconnell. they leaked the tape saying he plans to block many including minimum wage. joining me now, democratic congressman johnmuth. >> thank you. >> the mcconnell camp is fighting back, releasing this new tv ad. >> renting a tour bus from her father's company for less than fair market value. that would be a violation of campaign finance laws. >> questions swirling whether her campaign gets an illegal sweetheart deal. >> the grimes' campaign and bus company, they say they arrived at a fair price after getting comparative bids. even with all this back and forth, senator mcconnell is still leading in the poles. the most recent one was four points. why hasn't grimes been able to pull ahead? >> i think two things alex. of course, there was a poll last week that had her up by 49-46. what's happened is you've had $30 million spent by mcconnell and his allies, attacking alison, so that's been a problem. and i don't think alison has made her case yet. she's holding her fire conserving her resources. i think after labor day you'll see her come on really strong making her case and not just attacking senator mcconnell. i

>> i'd like to tell a story about john allison. i really got to know him in the reunions. i was a staff sergeant and he was a colonel, retired general and i really knew him. he's the greatest hero i know of personally from world war ii. i have his picture in my living room at home. i'm only 5'7". he's about this much shorter than me. he was a tough guy. he was a fighter pilot, profession when he got over there. he went up twice in a glider. training was a long time for glider pilots. he was only taken up twice. of course, always a dead stick landing in the glider, you don't have a fan up front. then he went in, dennis explained, at night, behind enemy lines in a field full of stumps and logs, his third glider landing was under these conditions. that's a pretty tough guy. i really admire him. >> okay. >> dick -- [ applause ] >> what do you remember most about this operation in burma? >> the night that we were supposed to -- march the 6th. it was the -- what took place when they found out that broadway had been covered with logs. and they thought that the japs had gotten wis

o'rourke and john allison moderated by alexander and the copland on the topic her, who will save us from the government. i hope between those three people one of them has an answer anyway, we will get the start and a couple of minutes. in the meanti tag printers or ad without further ado comic is a great pleasure to introduce her moderator for the conversation, doug foster. >> thank you and thank you for coming. it's great to meet you and have a chance to talk about the wonderful book. i wanted to start with the wonderful essay from the great kenyan satirist denyer banca pena who wrote that nine bloodedly good essay, how to read about africa by which he meant of course all of us who write about the continent should stop representing that. he's down with the following. broad brush strokes throughout are good. avoid having the african carrot tears laugh or struggle to educate their kids or just make good mundane circumstances. how could the women except in about europe or america and africa. african characters should be colorful, exotic, larger than life, but empty inside with no dialogue,