this event included doug lute, deputy of homeland security at the homeland security advisor. from the chicago council on global affairs, this is one hour. >> this evening, our panel will examine an issue of critical importance to the united states democracy. vulnerability of electoral systems to external interference. vulnerability of electoral systems to external interference. our panelists will discuss the scale of the threat and how the federal government should respond with midterm primaries only a few weeks away in some states. this is a timely and important subject. we are glad to be joined this evening by a panel of experts, but unfortunately, two of our panelists will not be able to attend tonight. nonetheless, we are excited with today's discussion and excited with the panelists that will join us for the conversation. with that, we are glad to be joined by our panelists. we have greg, a community outreachwe are glad to be joines evening by a panel of experts, e office of u.s. senator dick durbin. he serves as dick durbin's liaison to elected officials and other const

it's related to the european lute and has origins as far back as the time of the pharaohs.is that you don'tjust learn how to play the oud, you can actually watch one being made. starting with the wood itself, and this is where the whole process begins. the craftsman here says by working eight hours a day for a month, he can make two of these instruments. this is artisanship of the highest order. thank you so much. it's been a privilege to watch you at work, thank you. so, fresh from the workshop. now, let's see if we can make any music out of it. and i'm not going to find out more about the oud from just anybody, but actually, quite possibly the most famous female oud player in the world. what is unique about it? the uniqueness, it has a bowl at the back, not like the guitar, it's not a flat... so, this bowl gives a deepness in the sound and also, we don't have frets... right. so that gives richness. yeah. particularly in abu dhabi, i think the oud is very important for older people because you can find — in every home, you can find a oud. maybe they are playing it for fun,

relations badly strained over syria secretary of state rex tillerson has met his turkish counterpart move lute in ankara and said the relationship was in a bit of a crisis turkey is angry over u.s. support for syria and kurdish forces cabinet ministers in ethiopia are holding talks after the sudden resignation of the prime minister. mariyam announcement follows nationwide antigovernment protests his resignation has been accepted by his political coalition who will now have to find a replacement a state of emergency was declared in october after riots in the region. protesters have gathered in tel aviv calling for israel's prime minister binyamin netanyahu to step down over allegations of corruption on tuesday israeli police recommended netanyahu be charged with bribery fraud and breach of trust he denies any wrongdoing well those are the headlines for the moment to stay with al-jazeera next up it's risking it all. camino is a ghost station in the south of the democratic republic of congo. there's been no train service for five months but now it's running again but the train left lubumbashi the

we have ambassador doug lute, the senior fellow in the future of democracy project at the harvard kennedy school. a senior adviser at cambridge formeradvisors, and a career army officer and former u.s. permanent representative to nato. former career armyour moderator is jako of cambridge global advisors. he is the faculty member of chicago where he teaches cyber security policy. also, former white house liaison to the department of homeland security where he developed policies and programs chicago ro national security and cyber security. our conversation, discussion will be followed by audience q&a. with that, i would like to welcome our panelists. please join me in welcoming our panelists. [applause] >> welcome. thanks for having me. i was mentioned, i'm jake, teach cyber policy of university of chicago and ceo of cambridge global advisors. i want to thank the counsel for having us here today. just to put in a plug for the organization, i am in the president circle and it has a lot of benefit. it is definitely worth every penny and all the time. i think it is fitting we are having this e

tiffany: i'm tiffany, and i play the pipa, which is a four-stringed lute. robert: all right, very good. a very talented group, and here they are, the firebird youth chinese orchestra, enjoy. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [audience applauding] robert: thank you very much. that was wonderful. thank you. impressive as always. we will hear more from them in a little bit. for more information on all of our guests and their events, check out our website at nbcbayarea.com. and we are also on social media, twitter, and facebook, so follow us there. our best of luck to vincent zhou and karen chen at the olympics and the golden state warriors against the thunder. happy new year, and now we go out with more from the firebird youth chinese orchestra. thanks for watching. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the united states of america. >> we are spending money like it's out of control. >> we all could have done better in dealing with the situation. >>> this is one for the record book. >> so the philadelphia eagles, the long drought is over. >>> good evening

it's related to the european lute and has origins as far back as the time of the pharaohs. don'tjust learn how to play the oud, you can actually watch one being made. starting with the wood itself, and this is where the whole process begins. the craftsman here says by working eight hours a day for a month, he can make two of these instruments. this is artisanship of the highest order. thank you so much. it's been a privilege to watch you at work, thank you. so, fresh from the workshop. now, let's see if we can make any music out of it. and i'm not going to find out more about the oud from just anybody, but actually, quite possibly the most famous female oud player in the world. what's unique about it? the uniqueness, it has a bowl at the back, not like the guitar, it's not a flat... so, this bowl gives like deepness in the sound and also, we don't have frets... right. so that gives richness. yeah. particularly in abu dhabi, i think the oud is very important for older people because you can find — in every home, you can find a oud. maybe they are playing itjust for fun, not

year in the north bay and freezing in our inland east bay valleys and some other >>> two years after lute lieutenant governor gavin newsom. harris is the most prominent elected official to back a candidate in the race. they plan to make the announcement at 2:00 p.m. the former san francisco mayor faces a tough challenge. >>> another woman claiming to have had an affair with president trump. "the new yorker" published an article detailing claims by former playboy playmate container mcdougacdougall. she said she was impressed by mr. trump's intelligence and charm and that he tried to pay her after the first time they had sex. the author of the article spoke on "gma." >> the underlying chronicle of affairs sees the pattern of the multiple accounts of con sensual or nonconsensual affairs by president trump. >> so far, we are still waiting for the white house for comment. >>> new at 11:00, 22 more children have died from the flu according to the cdc. that brings to -- that brings the death toll of children who have died from the flu to 84 since october. the cdc says three out of four children

this morning, harvey weinstein now the target of a lute. the new york state attorney general filed the civil rights suit against the weinstein company claiming it repeatedly broke state law by failing to protect its employees from sexual harassment, and discrimination. >> he held all the cards. >> reporter: zelda perkins was his former assistant. she slams weinstein tried to rape her colleague in 1998 at the venice film festival. in an sbrir with the bbc, perkins talked about the hostile work environment. >> he was a master manipulator. and his moods changed very quickly. you never knew whether you were his confidant or where you were going to be screamed at. >> reporter: the suit cites violations of human rights and business laws, by the weinstein company, harvey weinstein, and his brother, robert. actress rose mcgowan, one of the first to accuse weins rape, says she believed the people around the media mogul permitted his behavior. >> everybody knew. >> you really believe >> i know that. i was there. >> reporter: the lawsuit now jeopardiz

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know but i know that his through will come through it will be like movement towards each other the lutes of the people saw their position will work of the growth of grassroots level the leap will try to support this movement and i believe from changes but i think that it will happen until two thousand and twenty four because. the look of the problem in three part is. for example just russia there is no just russia anymore they have no way when the young leader of young politicians held the prayer while he was in office can his seventy two or seventy three it's his last campaign so there is no oil. so we will have changes we will. you will see the change of political decoration in the parliament after two thousand and twenty one they like to call it the political ticker ration so we need to build the base for the future political party at the grassroots level but at the same time there is a technological revolution we have the internet we have like hundreds in technology mr gustav you know that we do not edit this interview that's why i have to give our viewers a very short break we'll be

trish: you think about all these leftist media organizations, and there is something haitha luting abou-there is something high a high faluting. and it's an intellectual view to have. but at its core a wrong view to have. this is our country. our people do matter. and, you know, as you rightly point out this is a regime. even if you don't care about americans, it has tortured its own people, somehow it's glamorous to celebrate this woman, gina loudon? >> it's the very first amendment. and it's the people who fought and died for our constitution and bill of rights that gives them the permission to do what they are doing and be so hip why it cal in their defense of kim jong-un's sister. she is a propagandist. how far back in history do we have to go for the left to understand how dangerous this is to their own friends and family? >> during the olympics. and to see them do that while our vice president was there to represent us during this troubling time. we can literally have war with north korea. to see them take that side while -- and they were critical about our vice president. he didn

secretary of state rex tillerson said after talks with his turkish counterpart move lute cover so glue in ankara that the relationship was at a bit of a crisis point turkey is angry over u.s. support for syrian kurdish y.p. g. forces earlier this week the pentagon asked for five hundred fifty million dollars for use in syria thought to be for the white p.g. well the two sides have now agreed to new mechanisms to improve their relationship starting with a joint working group focusing on the town of man beach among the is significant because it lies west of the euphrates and turkey says that by allowing the kurds to cross the river the u.s. has broken a promise made under the obama administration germinal el sheil reports now from ankara. rex tillerson didn't receive the warmest of welcomes when he arrived in the turkish capital ankara turkey has been angered by u.s. policy which it believes threatens its national security and president. made that clear during a three hour long meeting with the u.s. secretary of state's in syria the united states has been arming and supporting the kurdis

it's action lutely insane. kennedy: she is basically eva braun. mike: i think the problem is people for the most of part aren't look at this in full context or they are not paying attention to history. her brother, her father and great grandfather who was put in place in 1946 by the cold former soviet union, it's a multi generational despotic dictatorship, and she is front and center in the current generation. what a great win for her to be over there. but again this is -- i gets' not surprising. and of course report on it. she was the first member of this ruling family to show up in south korea. so yes report on it. but the phrasing and the tone of the headlines and the way they don't get to how despotic it is until further down in the article is pretty disgusting. kennedy: they have family members they haven't been reunited with in decades. they would love to see a reunified peninsula. but not at the hostage holding of a dictator. there is a lot of uncertainty in terms of our foreign policy with north korea. but if diplomacy is still on the tabl

. >> reporter: lawyers representing 150 families filed a lute today against san jose, santa clara county, and santa clara water district, saying the agencies didn't do enough to warm them of the impending disaster on president's day weekend. >> we didn't matter to the city. i'm a taxpaying citizen. i really feel demographically we were just swept aside, like the flood. >> reporter: attorney amanda haas believes the flooding was preventible, accusing authorities of not properly maintaining the dam, causing coyote creek to flood. >> it's hard to replace certain things if you lose them. one of those is your health. the waters were toxic. nobody should be exposed to it. >> reporter: san jose hasened there flood-related claims. county officials shared their disappointment about being included in the litigation, saying they don't have responsibility for evacuation in the city limits. the water district says they've taken positive actions to reduce the future risk of flooding, including removing downed trees and invasive vegetation in the creek. the flood caused nearly $73 million in damage. >>

. >> reporter: lawyers representing 150 families filed a lute today against san jose, santa clara countyta clara water district, saying the agencies didn't do enough to warm them of the impending disaster on president's day weekend. >> we didn't matter to the city. i'm a taxpaying citizen. i really feel demographically we were just swept aside, like the flood. >> reporter: attorney amanda haas believes the flooding was preventible, accusing authorities of not properly maintaining the dam, causing coyote creek to flood. >> it's hard to replace certain things if you lose them. one of those is your health. the waters were toxic. nobody should be exposed to it. >> reporter: san jose hasened there flood-related claims. county officials shared their disappointment about being included in the litigation, saying they don't have responsibility for evacuation in the city limits. the water district says they've taken positive actions to reduce the future risk of flooding, including removing downed trees and invasive vegetation in the creek. the flood caused nearly $73 million in damage. >> they're

we know that there was a lute against the "associated press" when they published a piece about his relationship to paul manafort. so big law is complicit. there's an enormous amount of money that's been spent on laundering -- lobbying and public relations. and so paul manafort fits into that story as well. so he's just a representative figure who reflects a good chunk of what happened in many of these big firms, which were hired by oligarchs, and many of these oligarchs are tightly woven into the power structure of the country. and this is another important point about corruption, russia's political corruption, which is the interest of the state are not quite inseparable from the interests of business, but they're french braided together, in which it becomes very difficult to disentangle the two. >> sounds like intentionally. >> intentionally. and it's just kind of the cost of doing business if you are a rich person in russia that, you know, occasionally you'll be asked to be part of this soft power apparatus. you may be asked to do certain favors that extend beyond that. and so paul manafort e

it's related to the european lute and has origins as far back as the time of the pharaohs.e says by working eight hours a day for a month, he can make two of these instruments. this is artisanship of the highest order. thank you so much. it's been a privilege to watch you at work, thank you. so, fresh from the workshop. now, let's see if we can make any music out of it. and i'm not going to find out more about the oud from just anybody, but actually, quite possibly the most famous female oud player in the world. what is unique about it? the uniqueness, it has a bowl at the back, not like the guitar, it's not a flat... so, this bowl gives a deepness in the sound and also, we don't have frets... right. so that gives richness. yeah. particularly in abu dhabi, i think the oud is very important for older people because you can find — in every home, you can find a oud. maybe they are playing it for fun, not very professionally, but they like oud here. ok, time for me to get a lesson from the expert. these double strings are a bit tricky for a starter. very good. ok, that's relati

>>lutely.ean, arranged marriage is still very prevalent there are arranged marriages that are happy. there are some that are deeply unhappy. they're borne out of cruelty. indian women havbeen making their choices increasingly heard pup look at the #metoo movement in the u.s.in a had that movement five years ago after the 2012 gang rape of a student, and at that time, thousands of women came out into the streets to say tha. was not ok >> brown: just use one example of three couples, maya and viar. if i ask you, what surprised you the most in getting to know these couples, if u look at them? >> yeah. i think it was, with all thrleee co that i would go back to them-- i would go to spend are rting trip, live with them, go to work with them, travel alongside them, and i would feel like i had a handle on their maecialg. and i would go bac a year later and find things were radically differen i might find they were on the verge of divorce and come back and things had changed, which i think is probably

this is a con slovo luted story.f a budget bill passed to the middle, end of march yet there still could be a shutdown. richard turnhill, blackrock's global strategist, this leads into the confidence trade and the vix trade as well. how do you overplay politics at blackrock with the confidence of a sustained bull market? >> when we how about the about one of the potential events chksd disrupt this environment of low volatility that we have been in for a number of years, one is a political or geopolitical shock. the u.s. shutdown is now viewed as not one of the potential catalysts. it historically shut down and had limited impact on markets because investors have tended to take the long-term and look through the shutdown and look at the broader picture of what's happening in the government and look bheexfment when we at geopolitical risk, it is the domestic politics. it is geopolitics, u.s. trade policy. nafta. potentially increasing trade tensions in the u.s. and china. these are the factors we have been looking at m

this event included doug lute, deputy of homeland security at the homeland security advisor. from the chicago council on global affairs, this is one hour. >> this evening,