guest: that particular statue was a statue where i played johns hopkins one stays and fridays. i have seen that statue dozens of times. i looked at it and saw it represented the confederacy. it is shocking to live in the 21st century and see a statue representing the confederacy near where you live and work. agoou asked me a few weeks but i imagine a time where that would come down, i would have told you i could imagine a time but not when that was. as a result of political protest, it came down immediately. it was there one day, then under cover of night it was removed. that that picture to show political power, limited political power, it is not like black or progressive populations have the right or ability to take all of their wishes and embed them in government. it is not possible for them to take all of their wishes and make it public policy, that this was a time they were able to translate that desire into actual political action. host: when it comes to monuments overall, is this the-ba --is this the best approach? should they be put in museums? guest: the approach citie

host: joining us from baltimore is lester spence, the political science associate professor at johns hopkinsniversity talking about the issue of confederate monuments. good morning. guest: good morning. good to be here. host: you sent out a tweet recently when it came to the topic of monuments. you put a picture of a tweet. it shows the base of a monument, but it does not show the statue. these so this is what limited power looks like. can you explain why you put that picture and the thought behind it? guest: that particular statue was a statue where i played basketball at hopkins on wednesdays and fridays. i would walk that statue on the way to play ball. i have seen that statue literally dozens of times. one time i looked at it and i saw it represented the confederacy. it is shocking to live in the 21st century and see a statue of the confederacy basically right near where you live and work. if you asked me a few weeks ago could i imagine a time where that statue would come down, i probably would have told you i could imagine a time but not be able to pinpoint when that time was. as a resu

sarah: we have a guest from the north korea institute at johns hopkins.e joins us from salt lake city. thank you for being here. we heard donald trump saying north korea should be nervous. are these helping or hurting? michael: they play into north korea and north korea's strategic mindset. they can point to this as bebeig belligerent rhetoric coming from the united states. it does raise tensions, but there is notothing other than na loveve commentary and statement. ---- a lotot of commentary and statements. the testing announcement, there is nothing tangible other than rhetoric. sarah: let's dig down into what is tangible, because the president met with his top security officials. what options are on the table for the united states' side? michael: the united states now has sanctions, legislation passeded last week. ththe united statetes can condut very surgical and toughgh sanctions on north korea, finanancial institutions, a powr they did not have before. there is diplolomacy, diplomacy they can undertake, and there are military options, but t rigt now

korea institute of john hopkins.till ahead, pain as the struggling commodities try to post a $1.9 billion first half loss. we look at options for survival. haidi: first, the central bank keeps interest rates unchanged as the governor does his debut policy meeting area he will join us from manila. ♪ rishaad: you are back with bloomberg markets. haidi: a quick check of the latest business flash headlines area that softbank's vision fun is said to be said -- investing in flip cards to step up its challenge to amazon. it would make them the biggest shareholder. bezos plans tof spend at least $5 billion on an indian market that has been growing at a 30% clip every year. a chinese insurance company is facing pressure from a labor group of hotel workers in the united states. they are asking authorities to force the company to shine light on its ownership and financing. it went to the -- the union went to the labor relations board. the former u.s. ambassador to japan, caroline kennedy, is joining the board of knowing. .- boe

posted by johns hopkins school of advanced international studies, this is one hour and 20 minutes. >> hello, everybody. if you could please turn your cell phone off, it would be really appreciated. good evening. i hope you enjoyed the food. i would like to thank all of you for coming here to attend tonight event only half of the trance of god like to express my sincere and deepest gratitude to our special guest, the director of use korean institute, the assistant director and i'm sorry the ambassador could not join us tonight. my name is andrew injoo park, the president of the sejong society of washington d.c. founded in 2006, it operates at a nonpartisan and all volunteer organization dedicated in informing, developing and connecting young professionals are interested and engaged in korean affairs. our ultimate goal is to inspire the next generation regards of the political and career affiliations of korea and northeast asia special. under the guidance of our senior advisor and with generous support and partnership with the use korean institute, the sejong society has been hosting nu

by the way, at johns hopkins i had to tell you, i think johns hopkins has had a terrific record supporting me. i'm very pleased -- [laughing] -- with the academic freedom that's been shown to me and a willingness to go forward. so before i say anything more, the first thing i want to say is there may be trouble in lots of places, but johns hopkins is doing pretty good. i'm very pleased with it. >> have you said things that are controversial? [laughing] >> by the way, i do think in doing things, every now and then you have to punch them back. >> not physically. >> know when is abdicating -- >> we are the side that is against violent. >> even at johns hopkins the occasion will say something that the will be a wave of something, and you have to give them a punch back. the most important thing in the university is respect. that the first, that is the cornerstone of the university was respect. i was able to write that. i thought it was truth, after all hopkins says the truth will set you free that they have been very good to me. what in the getting ready to? i'm getting around to development of

doctor is a cancer surgeon, also a physician at johns hopkins. also the author of "unaccountable." there are some scary facts behind the world of medicine, why don't you explain to the viewers the amount of opioids that you were recommended to prescribe to your patients and one that you ignored. >> not only given too many, but too many pills within each prescription. we give 250 million prescriptions out. that is crazy. and when i was a resident, i was taught as a surgical training to get about 60 or 90 tablets to everybody regardless of which operation they had, that way they would not call us, bother us, and honestly, a lot was well intended. we want to people to be comfortable, we did not realize that 1-16 get addicted. >> julie: you are looking at a different strategy to combat the opioid crisis. >> i had my aha moment when i saw my father with gallbladder surgery and was able to feel comfortable with one ibuprofen. i was giving most 60 or 90 tablets depending on the operation. >> julie: that is per patient? >> per patient, a fraction of the 250 million subscriptions that we gi

johns hopkins in baltimore finishes third in this year's ranking.he top hospital in maryland. the mayo clinic and the cleveland clinic ranked first and second nationally. medstar georgetown university hospital is the top hospital in d.c. while u.v.a. medical center in charlottesville is top in virginia. jonathan: coming up for us, what is it about all this buzz? coming up next for us a closeup look at the huge structure. what it is. and how you can actually get inside. michelle: and a pond along the national mall is full of nastiness. have you seen this? the cause and what is done to clean it up next on "abc7 news at 6:00". looking for adventure this summer? holy smokes. oh man, that's pretty intense. look no further than chevrolet. this is a fast car. i feel like i left my soul back there. wow. this has power! what a nice car. go for thrilling drives and deals today at the chevy summer drive. now through august 14th, get 20% below msrp on all chevy malibu lt models. that's over fifty-three hundred do

so we asked ellen silbergeld of johns hopkins is it your word against their word? >> no. it is not.and if i may say so, i'm very tired of the press who says on the one hand and on the other hand. >> reporter: but you do understand that somebody in my position who can't possibly assess one study from the next, or one journal from the next, you can understand why i would be trying to be on the one hand, on the other hand. >> you know, at a certain point, this is rocket science. >> reporter: okay, so what am i supposed to do if it is rocket science? fortunately, i had someone else to turn do. you're the guy who covers rocket science! so am i just out of my depth here? >> i'm afraid it is rocket science. and the scientists i speak with are practically apocalyptic about a post antibiotic era. think of the procedures that could not happen: chemotherapy, cesarean sections, hip replacements, all of them absolutely rely on antibiotics. so imagine a world where we can't have those procedures and where people die of simple blisters, as occurred, not uncommonly, in the pre- antibiotic era. >> r

. >> reporter: at this memorial near johns hopkins, a statue of the supreme court justice, roger tawny now gone as well. monuments regarded as symbols of strength seen by others as something hurtful. >> anybody that thinks these things are innocuous historical symbols, i think you need to ask yourself why is it then that neo-nazis find them so important. >> reporter: many who have been showing up to the site say their hearts go out to those in charlottesville and they did not want happened there to happen here in mopme monuments, they will be stored until it's decided what to do with them. >> this has become one of the most read stories on the nbc washington app this week. if you'd like to read it and other stories we've covered on the topic, just search monument. >>> now, this is a story you'll see only on news4. a survivor of the holocaust reunites with the family who hid him and his sister from the nazis. they hadn't seen each other in more than 70 years. as news4's david culver reports, it's a reunion that wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for a high school assignment. >> don't t

coming up, the removal of confederate monuments, we will talk to lester spence of johns hopkins university professor albert the of the university of alabama law school. documenting the >> in afghanistan and pakistan, america's interests are clear. we must stop the resurgence of safe havens that enable terrorists to threaten america. ♪ president trump outlining his goals for military activity in afghanistan, calling for a goals for conquering groups like al qaeda, isis. not revealing an exact time label -- timetable. he during the speech criticized president obama's approach in afghanistan. in our first hour, we want to hear from you. whether you agree or disagree withim

by the way, at johns hopkins i have to tell you, i think he's had a terrific record. supporting me. i'm very pleased -- [laughing] with the academic freedom that is been shown to me and the willingness to go far. so before i say anything more, there may be trouble in lots of places at johns hopkins is doing pretty good and i'm very pleased with it. >> are you suggesting that you done things that are controversial? [laughing] >> by the way, i do think in doing things, leon is right, but every now and then you have two punch back. >> not physically. >> not physically. >> we are the side that is against violence. >> even at johns hopkins they will occasionally say something that there will be a wave of something and you have to give them a punch back. >> the most important thing in university is respect. that's the first, that is the course of universe was respect. i was able, i thought it was true. the truth will set you free but they have been very good to me. what am i getting around to? and getting around to a development perspective. maybe we in universities should be attending so

morning, auesday johns hopkins university political science professor and a professor from the universityabama law school talk about efforts to take down confederate statues. grow public a reporter ac thompson discusses the documenting hate project, created to provide one central source that tracks hate crimes across the country. leisure to watch c-span's "washington journal congo live at 7:00 a.m. eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. that's what's so wonderful to have a call in, people can actually participate. everybody can't make it actually physically to washington, d.c., but to be able to view and participate with authors live while it is happening, i think that adds so much and gives everybody that experience and they feel part of it. announcer: join book tv for the national book festival, live from washington, d.c. saturday, september 2 on c-span2. next, a conversation on combating isis in south asia. middle east academics and former government officials examine the rise of isis in countries such as india and bangladesh. the atlantic council hosted this event.

coming up tuesday morning, johns hopkins university political science professor and professor from theniversity of alabama law school talk about efforts to take down confederate statues. pro-public our reporter discusses the documenting project created to provide one central source that tracks hate crimes across the country. be sure to watch c-span's washington journal, live at seven eastern tuesday morning. join the discussion. millions of americans experienced the total solar eclipse as the moon passed in front of the sun. it was the first one visible from the lower 48 states in 38 years and the first since 1918 that tracked coast-to-coast. here is some of the coverage from monday's eclipse courtesy of nasa tv. >> hopkinsville is the city with the longest duration for a total of two minutes and 40 seconds of totality. nasa has a space flight center. what do you have? >> doing, we are just as excited as you are, we are here in the le, and- a eclipsevil getting ready. it is starting to look darker already and we are joined by a nasa planetary scientists to read >> it is great to be

johns hopkins third, the top hospital in maryland.he mayo clinic and the cleveland clinic ranks first and second. uva medical center in charlottesville is the top hospital in virginia. alison: 7 on your side with a consumer alert and some bad news for netflix users. say that reports disney is pulling its movies from the streaming service. disney plans to launch its own streaming service, in 2019. the change will impact pixar but marvel tv shows will still be available on netflix. no word on how much disney's service will cost. jonathan: plans to expand a famous area restaurant are hitting a roadblock. dates backlers inn to the 1800s. its owners want to add a 9000 square foot bank would haul, but the neighbors are not crazy about the idea. >> the hours would about 1:00 at night, and weddings are celebrations and they have rock bands as part of the celebration, and the noise would echo into the adjoining suburban homes. jonathan: right now a petition against the project has 1000 signatures. the montgomery county council will weigh in mo

coming up this morning from johns hopkins university the political science professor talks about efforts to take down confederate statues. discusses the documenting hate project, created to provide one central source that tracks hate crimes across the country. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. president trump laid out his strategy for u.s. policy in afghanistan. he spoke at the joint base meyerson hall in arlington, virginia monday. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ pres. trump: thank you very much. thank you. please be seated. vice president pence, secretary of state tillerson, members of the cabinet, general dunford, deputy secretary shanahan, and colonel duggan. most especially, thank you to the men and women of fort myer and every member of the united states military at home and abroad. we send our thoughts and prayers to the families of our brave sailors who were injured and lost after a tragic collision at sea, as well as to those conducting the search and recovery efforts. i am here

he served as director of pediatric neurosurgery at the johns hopkins children's center. a position he assumed when he was just 33 years old. he became the youngest major division director's in the hospital -- division director in the hospital's history. he performed the first ever successful separation of twins conjoined at the back of the head. he has received dozens of honors and awards and recognitions for his achievements including the presidential medal of freedom which is the nation's-civilian honor. nation's highest civilian honor. ,e has written several books and he has been named among america's best leaders in 2008. dr. carson and his wife cofounded the scholarship fund which recognizes young people of all backgrounds for exceptional academics and two minutes area in accompaniments. -- and humanitarian accomplishments. the fund has recognized more than 7300 scholars and awarded more than $7.3 million in scholarships. he and his wife are the proud parents of three adult sons and three grandchildren. please join me in welcoming to the stage secretary ben carson.

so, he is a scholar at the us korean institute at john hopkins and a visiting fellow at the center for east asia at the brookings institute. after his retirement 35 years of active duty in july, 2016, his past positions include chief of election support or branch, civil military affairs, strategic operations development affairsrector of u.s. at the korean manager he of national defense, commander of a rock special warfare command and the beck-- deputy commander for the first iraq army. as one of the most decorated officers in the iraq military history, his work includes three u.s. legions of merit and us bronze star medal. lastly, he is the first korean and a third asian to receive the u.s.so-called battle -- metal. now, ladies and gentlemen please give him a round of applause. [applause]. >> i know it is customary in the united states to open one of these with a smart joke and i'm praying i don't become a joke tonight. andrew, thank you and i also want to thank again the asian society for this opportunity. i was tricked into this because andrew said sir, it will only be 20, 30 people.

i'm a visiting student to john hopkins. and for the the question i am proud to say i will be entering service in the next month. >> good luck. >> thank you, sir. >> i hope they make a man out of you. [laughter] >> okay. we'll see. with a question, i think we can observe the international trend of increased outsourcing of military operations and resources to private military companies, known as pmcs, such as blackwater. wonder what implication this riding pmc would have on korea and the overall capacity? >> i think -- let me use an example. in a korean unit, which is mostly at the -- you have five companies. one is the headquarters company, three is a rifle company, and one is a weapons company. and any given day, except for the hawks company -- the headquarters company, one of these companies is always submitted to guard duty that mean this commander is not able to deploy all of this troops on a field examinerrer size. he field exercise. they can only do this two months out of the year when in the commander is allowed to ta

announcer: next, from today's washington journal, johns hopkins medical university russell spence, later, another professor on efforts to remove federal statues. joining us from baltimore, maryland, is lester spence.

more clarity so the first speaker really needs no introduction and university of maryland with johns hopkins university in the way they distributed them because if we have to deal with the contributions not just two hours but we day fall semester so let's move on to the full speakers from georgetown university and i recall some of years ago that we met in jerusalem at the of the big at the of medical school from the medical school in nebraska from the potomac institute. and last but not least currently a consultant and director of the intelligence community center of biological weapons program and last but not least of former commandants of the u.s. marine corps from the potomac institute. so the information of the speaker is of course, related to vocable so the members of the u.s. government who are participating today as well as some members from congress and also a representative of 11 countries with whom are concerned about the threats of terrorism. if i may, i just one footnote and basically we made sure that we have the threat within the proper perspective of the terrorist threat m par

. >> maryland senator ben cardin joins us live from the campus of johns hopkins university.enator thanks so much for joining us. >> good to be with you. thank you. >> you guys have a lot to discuss when you head back to congress starting next week. number one, i'm sure will be discussing the relief fund for the harvey victims. there's been a lot of talk about how hard this was -- how hard t passed. where do things stand or what are you hoping for? >> i didn't hear exactly what you said but i think you were talking about the challenges we have when we return on tuesday. >> yes. >> specifically relating to the harvey disaster aid. >> oh, yeah, well, you know, what happened in texas is horrific and we see the scenes of people who have lost their homes that are in shelters. we need to respond. the federal government needs to respond in a very robust way. this country needs to come together and help the people of texas to make sure they know their federal government is with them so i'm sure you're going to see bipartisan support for relief efforts. >> senator, i know we're compar

for nearly 30 years, secretary carson served as director of pediatric neurosurgery at the johns hopkins children's center. a position he assumed when he was just 33 years old, becoming the youngest major division director in the hospital's history. no stranger tois making history. in 1987, he successfully perform the first-ever separation of twins conjoined at the back of the head. dozensson had received of honors and rewards and recognition of his achievements including the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. he is also the recipient of the -- on outcome of highest honor bestowed by the national association for the advancement of colored people. he has authored nine books. media group and harvard's center for public leadership named him among america's best leaders in 2008. dr. carson and his wife candy cofounded the carson scholarship fund which recognizes young people of all backgrounds for exceptional academic and humanitarian compliments. is currently operated in 50 states and the district of columbia and has recognized more than 7300 scholars, award

he has served as director of neurosurgery at the johns hopkins children's center, a position he assumed when he was just 33 years old, becoming the youngest major division director in the hospital's history. but dr. carson is no stranger to making history. in 1987, he successfully performed the first ever separation of twins conjoined at the back of the head. dr. carson has received dozens of honors and awards in recognition of his achievements, including the presidential medal of freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. he is also the recipient of the highest honor bestowed by the national association for the advancement of colored people. dr. carson has authored nine books, the media group and harvard center for public leadership named him among america's best leaders in 2008. dr. carson and his wife cofounded the carson scholarship fund which recognizes young people of all backgrounds for exceptional academic and humanitarian a copper schmitz. -- accomplishments. it has recognized more than 7300 scholars, awarded more than 7.3 million in scholarships, and has installed more than

host: professor lester spence teaches at johns hopkins university. talking to us about the removal of confederate monuments. thanks for your time this morning. guest: thanks for having me. host: joining us to continue our conversation on confederate monuments is professor al brophy. a recent piece of his has the title, why the case for the removal of confederate memorials is not so clear-cut. good morning. could you tell us why? guest: sure. i think the monuments are largely relics of the bad old days. i think it is important to leave them up so we understand and remember that there were once people who were in charge in places like charlottesville and richmond, virginia, and towns throughout the south and north who wanted to celebrate the confederacy and the war fought to maintain slavery. host: aside from leaving them up, what do you think about of what is currently going on with the dismantling of statues, and what do you think their proper role is if they come down? should they be placed in a museum or in some contexts? what is the best way to ap

. >> let's move on here and switch goers and talk at johns bz hopkins because they'll be sporting headunder armour gear. they made it the best forunder their annual letic programs. they have training foot wear, apparel for all of johns hopkins athletic teams. >> they are usually competitive in that lacrosse world. >> yeah. >> not many people playing games out now are they gary. >> we've praying warm as rain comes off to the south a potential tropical psych loan down to south of that and going to be wet. prepare for fancy rain boot, umbrellas. you have let's see rain jackets all that stuff to keep you dry. after school will continue with showers and breezy too and chilly. today we'll be in the 6 owes to right around 0 here in town. a lot of suburbs stay in the 60s for highs today with brisk whipped out of northeast, 15, 20 miles an hour. all rain coming up in. pretty sharp cutoff north and west. as it moves around the commute very slow. >> 5:26 slow commute starting with breaking news in elk elkridge. washington boulevard remains shut down. forced to detour troy hill road and maryland 1

he's no dean of the johns hopkins school of international studies thank you for coming and think. that the president really went off to pakistan. accusing it of of being a safe take safe haven for terrorists just how critical is pakistan to success in afghanistan. it's tremendously important and not only because he said this it has been a safe haven for the taliban buddies also there's no way to fight a war in afghanistan without. pakistani military supporting. at u. s. separate i'm providing you with access ways into afghanistan. i think the problem is that what the president said about pakistan last night was very vague on what the obama administration tried to do what pakistan including a shooting match. on the border that killed twenty four pakistani. soldiers and that eventually the united states found itself in a position of having to negotiate a an apology. in order to open the door so. if present can threaten pakistan on pox on can say we're just going to shut down the port of karachi. and you can find the water in afghanistan on your own so then the question for trump. it

this morning, john hopkins university political professor lester spence and from the university of alabama school, the effort talks about the effort to take down confederate statues. and they discuss the documenting cape -- heat project. be sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> this morning, we look at the current backlog of current immigration cases. the panel talks about possible systems that can be used to streamline the process. president trump's education secretary has been pushing for school choice initiatives. here on c-span, account or station about school choice. live coverage

i was talking to her and her husband happened to be there and he was chief of surgery at johns hopkins. so we got talking about halleck. he said, i don't know anything about this, but i know some people who know something and you ought to look at mercury poisoning because he was in charge of this mercury thing. so i did. he sent me all kinds of learned articles, some of which i understood. but the point was, i didn't think it was mercury poisoning. hemochromatosis seemed to be the issue. and then another issue struck me, the psychological issues. he suffered from terrible psychological problems because of his very bad relationship with his father and with his family. with his father, when he left to live with the maternal grandfather, he never came back. he wrote letters to his mother, never mentioned the father, never came to his funeral. so there was this very, very big break. but in any case -- and then there were other issues. he was actually born a twin, but the girl, whose name was catherine, same name as his mother, died in childbirth. some of the psychologists say there is a ps

a couple months ago i started working up at john hopkins. i work with quite a number of african-american people who aree incredibly well educated still have fears about visiting certain parts of the hospital. the effect of that is not just the community that lives around the hospital, it's huge. how much damage it did. >> there was a story you it tells about the other woman scientist who had gottene punished and relegated to the lab. >> you said you tell us what happened to her. >> well, she persisted in herher research. she worked at nih and was hired when she was 70 given oral history revealing what happened about ten years later, shortly before she passed away. she would not let herself be turned aside. i've been told this time. thank you all for attending. [applause] >> winston in a book tv, books covering military history at a bistro and retired admiral james on the history of naval warfare in his book, seapower. historian jennifer king on her book, world war i. the american soldier experience. james wright discusses his book, entering

>> this is a comment more than a question, but a couple months ago i started working at johns hopkins and i work with quite a number of african-american people who are incredibly well-educated and still have fear about visiting certain parts of the hospital. i mean, that affect of that is not just the community that lives around the hospital. it's cute how much damage that is. >> the story you said you would tell us about the other woman a scientist who had gotten punished and relegated to the lab. >> witted i say? >> you would tell us what happened to her. >> she persisted in her research and worked at the nih and retired i believe at 70 and she gave a oral history revealing what happened shortly before she passed away. greatly admiring of her. she would not let herself be turned aside and i am now being she talked about her book at the university bookstore in seattle.

democratic strategist and professor at johns hopkins university and the chairman of gopac.is morning. let me read this quote, you have no idea how expensive these networks are, russia has penetrated media organizations, political parties, government and military, that came in 2014 is a warning. >> we have been hearing russians say this since the 1960s, khrushchev used to brag about being involved in us elections and trying to influence them. what this report underscores is no evidence presented to the public that there was collusion among the trump campaign or the russians did anything to impact the election and quite frankly it raises questions about if the obama administration knew something, why were they not taking decisive action? rob: over to you for a second, obviously if you are looking at a case for collusion and you see the russians have been working on this for a while, screwing with other democracies, 2014 was before donald trump announced he was running for president, beating 16 other guys, how do you make a case for collusion if you see this as far back as 201

lee and stonewall jackson monument from the park near johns hopkins. since then, we've learned the confederate women's monument in bishop square park was also gone before sunrise. and we take a live look at wyman this is where the statue once stood. in the last few hours, it was taken down. justin finch is there and has more on what happened in charlottesville played into the quick decision to remove these statues. >> saw the pedestal littered with graffiti at the time the statue was taken down. thank you. >>> that statue of taney taken down in baltimore is a replica of one at state capitol grounds. >> there's a call to remove that in annapolis. larry hogan and others calling for its removal. in a statement, hogan said the time has come to make a difference between acknowledging our past and glorifying the darkest chapters of our history. >>> it is 6:35. in other top stories. two people dead in a murder suicide. police are trying to find out what led up to the shooting late last night. this was in a retirement community in upper marlboro. as we find ou

reynolds currently teaches as adjunct professor for johns hopkins university and with his wife cares for rescued pugs. [laughter] without further ado please help me welcome nicholas reynolds. [applause] >> thank you very much. it is a pleasure to be here. i am thrilled to see people who want to hear my story. so, basically what i'm going to do is tell you a little bit of the story of the book and then i'm going to go through some parts i speak to that illustrate some of the points that are made in the book and then i can talk about the political implicatio implications. i did not know that we would care about russian espionage at this point. i was an intelligence officer, but i am not that good. i can talk a little bit about that if you're interested. we've also have questions. i find that ernest is so many things to so many people in many ways to come out his body of work and life and i like to talk about that. so i'm going to take you back to the beginning when i was historian working for this book when i was a historian at the cia museum, which is a tagline for the tuesday on the

currently distinguished university professor at the university of maryland, college park, and the johns hopkins university, the school of public health. and we are very proud that she is becoming senior fellow at the potomac institute. we do have the bios of the speakers, very distinguished. we distributed them so you can really look through, because if we have to deal with the contributions of each one, we need not only two hours, but a full semester. so let me move on to our next speaker, dr. gerald sandler, is currently professor at department of pathology in medicine, georgetown university. and he's the medical director, transfusion service at georgetown university. and i recall some years ago that we met in jerusalem when he directed the blood bank at the medical school and hospital. so welcome again to our panel. and then doctor, a professor rashid chotani who is currently professor, university nebraska, the medical center there. and also senior fellow at the potomac institute. and last but not least is doctor norm kahn is currently a consultant on counter bio and formally as many of you

currently distinguished university professor at the university of maryland, college park, at the johns hopkins university school of public health. and we are very proud that she is becoming senior fellow at the potomac institute. we do have the bios of the speakers, very distinguished, we have distributed them so you can really look through, because if we have to deal with the contributions of each one, we need not only two hours, but full semester. so let me move on to our next speaker, doctor sandler is currently professor at department of pathology and medicine, georgetown university. and he's the medical director transfusion service at georgetown university. and i recall some years ago that we met in jerusalem when he directed the blood bank at the medical school and hospital. so welcome again to our panel. and then doctor, or professor rashid who is currently professor university of nebraska, the medical center there. also senior fellow at the potomac institute. and last but not least is doctor -- currently consultant on counter bio and formally as many of you know is director of the inte

surgeonones at john hopkins are taking part in the project and it will be a full scale reproduction of 14-year-old child's head and brain. doctors will eventually use it to practice minimally invasive brain surgey. >> wow. >> incredible stuff. >> really s that's cool. >> and all right. a lot of men don't like to c cry. it's not just because they don't want to show he motion. >> you don't say? science behind guys holding back their tears. >> and here's something that you may not cry about. ice cream that doesn't melt. how scientists have made it possible. we'll be back. ck. this is the moment. the moment you could put yourself in the driver's seat of a new mercedes-benz. come to mgm national harbor and enter the choose your ride giveaway. the more you play, the more chances you earn to win your share of $350,000 in prizes including a new mercedes-benz convertible, sedan or suv. so get a move on. join m life rewards and enter the choose your ride giveaway for a chance at your share of $350,000 in prizes and freeplay®. >> lady if you wish your man showed emotion or more emotion his reason

lee and stonewall jackson monument near johns hopkins university. wbal tweeted out the video, say work started at midnight. also roger taney monument was also removed from its pedestal. the city council pointing to events in charlottesville, what happened there this weekend. a resolution this week to call for immediate removal of the monument. looks like they're working fast. eun, back to you. >> angie, thank you. that statue taken down in baltimore is a replica of the one at state capitol grounds. now the maryland governor larry hogan is calling for the original statue of taney to be removed. in a statement, the time has come to make a difference between marking our past and glorifying our history. >>> it started after they discussed removing statue of robert e. lee. we are hearing from one of lee's descendants that lives in the area. robert e. lee iv is 92. says his great grandfather would be ashamed at the violence that erupted over his statue. >> in my opinion, never would have been on the side of terrible people that started the riot or klu klu

a liberal political commentary and public affairs are faster at johns hopkins university.read the papers, a lot of people suggest that obamacare is working because every county has coverage. what do you make of that argument? >> eight years ago obamacare was sold to the american people with lies and now it is being defended with more lies. remember if the promise if you like your plan you can keep your plan, now democrats are saying, if you don't like our plan you are out of luck. the democrats are now celebrating, look, everyone has a plan now. why was there so much trouble in getting insurance to come in and cover people. people don't have the options they deserve and people are now having to spend it with lies. they are just giving them a one-size-fits-all policy and that is hurting american people. >> jon: the fact that every county has one coverage choice at least, is that sending to be rejoice? >> policymakers have to start being honest and what speaker ryan did was intellectually dishonest. we know the trump administration delivery really drove out insurers to make

researchers at johns hopkins said they developed a blood test that can tell people long before the firsthow up. still a long way from being used to screen for cancer. lauren cancer. lauren, that's what's happening now. lauren: good news is that prove successful. the federal reserve -- the cofounder of planned capital management. good to see you, doug. the fed is concerned about low inflation. some officials think it is a temporary factor. others say we see inflation because something is fundamentally changing the economy. where do you stand on this? >> that is true. do we use traditional models where the wage come as the wages are driving up prices eventually about the traditional stand in the labor market has been tight in doing well so it's long-term. other facts that technology and artificial intelligence, all that's happened is that pushed prices down. prices have gone up and we can all recognize that on a daily basis. so it typically comes with higher prices and a tighter market. >> if you're looking at the fed funds futures. want to ask about the consumer. mixed signals this week.

first up, we will hear from lester spence from johns hopkins university, joining us from baltimore.ater on, we will travel to birmingham, alabama, the university of alabama's law school. al brophy will be along for that conversation. all that coming up when "washington journal" continues. ♪ c-span's voice is from the road asking attendees what is the most important issue to your state? >> what is really important to our state is that washington makes sure we maintain health care for the poor, elderly, and he infirm. we have to make sure we replace obamacare, we replace it with something smart and reasonable. an issue we are struggling with is property tax. vast increase in real estate properties in our rural areas, farmers are struggling to pay a very high property tax. how do we balance that with the needs for our schools? i am on the appropriations committee. that is one of the issues we are dealing with. how do we make equitable the property tax across our state? >> the most important issue facing our constituents today is unfortunately the opiate crisis. i like to talk about chi

his ph.d the this, at johns hopkins, dealt with iranian-israeli relations and became the basis for his first book, published a decade ago, treacherous alliance, about secret dealings month iran, israel and the united states. his second book, single roll of the dice, examined u.s. iranian relations during the initial years of the obama administration. and now comes his latest work" losing an enemy "which he says is in many ways the third part of a trilogy, although he thought he was done after this book, given the nuclear agreement, but now who knows. we have a new administration and it's hard to see exactly where they're going with u.s.-iranian relations. but in "losing on enemy any developing into the u.s.-iranian relationship. theirs time we're counting how the nuclear deal was negotiated. he had exceptionalling access to those involved. he consulled and briefed be u.s. officials and he also maintained frequent contact with iran's foreign minister. drawing on these and other primary sources, he provides fresh detail and insight about these historic negotiations, but his book is impor