privilege of turning this over to my co-conspirator the vice chair of the board of the national democratic institute. thank you. [applause] on behalf of the national democratic secretary of state. after she secretary of state shc went back to her home still working on issues to the end. she said i am not monogamous, her words not mine. [laughter] she always made it clear work was democracy employment was her very first love. there was on a stronger advocate on thehe planet for women and democracy than madeline albright we are particularly proud to have been asked to cohost this gathering about women and democracy. in the small world department we spent someti pretty pivotal yeas in our youth, young lives in the lower valley on the u.s. side and on the mexican side. although tina and my times were obviously many years apart those border kites experiences made a big impact on both of our lives. borders are complicated places with special problems and populations with very different needs and expectations. one of the border kids lessons learned was the importance of identifying practical solutions to c

the national democratic institute and the international republican institute of the united states ofd due to the fact that i am not only a people's deputy, but i also have the rank of an extremely important ambassador , i am prevented as much as possible from being able to travel abroad for my own activities, i i don't go abroad during the war, i rested. ugh. and everything, everything i did, i did it really in order to hold the necessary meetings in order to help ukraine, or to participate in international events that will help in the future, to create new legal conditions and to implement the legislation of ukraine in accordance with the european one. so, about that. colleague, so to speak, who went to london with his wife, took a picture in the shop window, well, let's give him the darwin lady award, in principle he deserved it, and you know, not so long ago, the first electric rolls-royce was spotted again in odesa and i assume that this is mr. vatsak, also a well-known deputy and confectioner, i don’t know, i bought it during the war for 700. in a car, how can it be, and then th

earlier today, the endowment for international peace and the national democratic institute have launched the project. officials from the white house and other u.s. agencies discussed barriers to women leadership and ways to overcome them. watch tonight at 8 p.m. eastern, on c-span2, c-span now, our free mobile video app, or online at c-span.org. saturdays, american history tv features historic convention speeches, watch notable remarks by presidential nominees and other political figures from last several decades this saturday vice president george hb bush accepts 1988 presidential nomination and calls for kinder jengt her america and address issue of taxes. >> my opponent won't rule out raises taxes but i will and the congress will push me to raise taxes and i'll say no. and they'll push and i'll say no and they'll push again and i'll say -- to them -- read my lips. no, no -- >> watch historic convention speeches, saturdays at 7 p.m. eastern on american history tv. on c-span2 and this summer watch c-span live campaign 2024 coverage of the republican national convention july 15th through

first, the board president of the national democrat institute recently in march of 2024. before joining, she served multiple positions of the department of state and spent nearly 20 years in the brookings institute with a focus on the middle east. second, the chief communications officer and head of public affairs, award-winning technology company specializing in authenticity. sherry serves as the co-ceo chief learning agility officer at the accountability that, a nonprofit organization in that governance work for people supporting active citizens responsible leaders and accountable and supports accountability earning and impact in 12 and other in latin america. [applause] >> one round of questions, what is the thing about the policy that most excites you or you think the most transformative. >> thank you so much for that question. i get excited about the fact that this policy through many different ways principles and the put emphasis on social norms, values and culture and how we view programming in this work. i am excited because norms inherently live at the hyper loca

our mc who joins us with many hats, the director for gender, women, and democracy at the national democratic institute. we are going to jump into the questions we have for you and are so grateful to you for joining us. we start out with you. we would love you to help us understand more about the evidence base that is informing the work, what do we know about the connection between women's participation and strength of democracy? what do we not know? to help us better understand that link and thereby help us strengthen our own work in investing collectively in democracy around the world? >> for convening this conversation all of you for coming. my simple answer to your question would be women need democracy and democracies need women. what do i mean by that? when we look at existing research we see a strong mutually reinforcing relationship between democracy on one hand and gender inequality on the other. countries that are most gender equal women have access to justice, rights, security, are the most democratic countries. they go hand in hand. researchers tell you correlation does not equal causation.

us with many hats, sandra, who is the director for gender, women and democracy at the national democratic institute. so we are going to jump in to the questions that we have for you all and are so grateful for you for joining us. so i'm going to start off with you. we'd love for you to help us understand more about the evidence-based that is informing the work of women lead. what do we know about the connection between women's political participation and the strength of democracy? what do we not know? what additional research is needed to help us better understand that link? and thereby help us strengthen our own work in investing collectively in democracy around the world. please. >> thank you for that question and for convening this conversation. to all of you for coming. so i think my very simple answer to your question would be that women need democracy and democracy needs women. so what do i mean by that? when we look at existing research we see there's a strong mutually reinforcing relationship between democracy on one hand and gender equality on the other. so the countries around the world t

the fourth at present the national o democratic institute recently march 2024 before she served multiple positions at the department of state and spent nearly 20 years as a foreign policygs scholar at the brookins institute with the focus on the middle east. second the chief communication officer head of public affairs. an award-winning technology company specializing in providence in image authenticity. she served multiple posts. nonprofit organization responsible leaders and accountable institutions. she supports accountability lab learning, pro-government quality and impact in 12 countries across south africa, south asia and latin america. [applause] okay panel, let's get into it. i'm going to ask one round of questions which is really what is the thing about the policy that most excites you are you think is going to be most transformative? cliques think of for this question. i get really excited about the fact this policy through many different ways and all the principles and emphasis on social norms, values and political culture. and how we view the design of programming and strateg

earlier today the endowment for international peace national democratic institute helped launch the project. officials from the white house and other u.s. agencies discussed barriers to women leadership and ways to overcome them. watch tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2, c-span now our free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. robert schimmel walter annenberg edmund joyce chair emeritus and american studies in journalism at that university of notre dame. he has often written about the american presidency's newest book mr. churchill in the white house. the untold story of a prime minister and two presidents. professor says both roosevelt and eisenhower eventually adjusted to the on conventional habits and hours of their white house to guest who not only proposed his visits but almost always by accident or design stayed longer than initially intended. his book mr. churchill in the white house. this episode of book notes plus. book notes plus is available o that c-span now free mobile app or wherever you get your podcasts. c-span campaign 2024 live to milwaukee for the republican nat

of venezuela, who elected him president for the next term, as well as all the national armed forces and democratic institutionsprevious elections in venezuela was accompanied by coup attempts. last time. at the coup, we had a film crew from the big game, this time it so happened that the editor of the big game program, vladimir baranov, ended up in venezuela, he ’s resting there, but now we’re giving him a rest again, asking him to tell him about what’s happening there now in venezuela, vladimir, good morning, venezuelan, what news do you have? good morning, at the moment the city center, the business district of caracas, the main highway, the airport is under full control police, national guard, reinforced patrols and checkpoints everywhere, the police are preparing for possible provocations from the opposition, unrest may occur in the late afternoon, local residents report that attacks on supporters of president badur occur from time to time, but the security forces are resisting this, the outskirts of the city are still in a dangerous zone, mainly due to various gangs who, taking advantage of the chaos, are

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democrats say former president donald trump will destroy democratic institutions if re-elected to the nation's highest office in november, but trump insists democracy will end if he is not re-elected in 2024. mary pruss was trying to figure out whether the president even has the power to destroy democracy in the united states. the constitution is the foundation. america's document, it outlines the three branches of government, the executive, including the president, the legislature, the house of representatives, the senate, the judiciary, the supreme court , and other courts. the task of each branch is also to prevent abuse by the other. this separation of powers is at the heart of american democracy. we're moving into somewhat uncharted waters because of president trump's supposed willingness, if re-elected, to explore. for which others did not go before presidents i only want to be a dictator for one day. and i will be the dictator of shawne for a day. former president. donald trump says he won't be a dictator for more than the first day of his presidency if elected, but what if the next pre

of venezuela, who elected him president for the next term, as well as all the national armed forces and democratic institutionscourse, the western media are trying to blame the security forces for this, but venezuelans understand perfectly well what is happening and hope that the police will solve the problem in the near future. concerning tourism sector, everything is calm here, and some hotels will be guarded by the police, but rather to reassure vacationers, the fact is that the locals have a very positive attitude towards us, the russians have an extremely negative attitude towards the chaos being fomented, people actively cooperate with the authorities, do not allow to create unrest, the main thing is their desire to live normally and work in peace, you say that they treat us well, but what do they say at the same time, why do they treat the russians well, they consider the russians to be a brotherly people. i think all tourist areas are very they are well guarded, everything is very calm and peaceful here, there are no problems, i think so, and of course, well, it’s premature to go to caracos on an excur

this magnet phrase, so threats to brick and mortar, our democratic institutions is also a threat to the character of our nation. trump is a threat to this nation, but there's no question that the republican party today is dominated driven and intimidated by donald trump in the mag are republicans, and that is a threat to this country which merch something. here's my girlfriend's losers. i don't respect these major republicans. the mag republicans don't just threaten our personal rights and economic security or a threat to our very democracy and the media in the us and beyond token, inspiration from the presidents watts painting trump as the 21st century fuel. huh. which of goals or proved photo ground for a scene that will surely go down in the history books. take a look what happens over the but it's not just a home with a bite and has spoken stability discontented division as a vector and politician in 2020 he promised to quote a new era of relentless diplomacy. well for you as well. no, we've seen really is relentless bloodshed. remember his assurance that the withdrawal from us kinda start off to 20 long h

this mag, through the threats the brick and mortar for democratic institutions is also a threat to the character of our nation. trump is a threat to this nation. there's no question that the republican party today is dominated driven and intimidated by donald trump on the major republicans. and that is a threat to this country from you as margaret france. losers. i don't respect these major republicans. the mag republicans though just threatened our personal rights and economic security are a threat to our very democracy and the media in the us and beyond. took inspiration from the presidents watts painting trump as the 21st century fuel. huh. which of goals or approved to ground for a scene that will surely go down in the history books? take a look what happened the me. but it's not just at home with the buying didn't have stopped in stability, discontented division as a vector and politician in 2020 he promised to quote a new era. 8 of relentless diplomacy? well for you as well. no. we've seen where it is relentless blood sheds. remember his assurance that the withdrawal from us kind of thrown off the 20 lo

nation's highest court. for the good of the institution and nation, absent resignation, they must be removed. the proof is undeniable. >> joining our discussion now is democratichor of the scheme. how the right wing used dark money to capture the supreme court. i was thinking when i started the program more than 10 years ago if somebody said that you will be on, on a night where articles of impeachment are introduced against two supreme court justices at the same time, it is just inconceivable but here we are. >> here we are. i think a lot of what is driving this is the fact that there is no way to determine what actually took place with respect to these various allegations of misconduct against thomas and alito. the supreme court has no fact- finding process of its own. our fact-finding in this and has been stymied by republican threats to filibuster any threat effort to support subpoenas so that leaves the house which has the power to impeach and investigate related to impeachment which obviously a democratic majority would be required to permit but at least it is out there and then senator wyden and i asked the attorney general to appoint a special counsel

nation's highest court. for the good of our institution and the nation, absent resignation, they must be removed. the proof is undeniable. >> joining our discussion now is democraticsheldon whitehouse. he is a member of the judiciary committee and chairs the subcommittee on federal courts. he is also the author of the scheme, how the right-wing used stark money to capture the supreme court. senator whitehouse, i was thinking when i started this program more than 10 years ago, if someone said you know that you will be on on a night when articles of impeachment are introduced against two supreme court justices at the same time, don't even give me names, i would just say i can't, it is inconceivable. but here we are. >> here we are and i think a lot of what is driving this is the fact that there is no way to determine what actually took place with respect to these various allegations of misconduct against thomas and alito. the supreme court has no fact- finding process of its own. our fact-finding in the senate has been significantly stymied by republican threats to filibuster any effort to enforce subpoenas. so that leaves the house, which has the power to impeach a

labor unions are one of the only democratic institutions we've got in this country. we hold our government, we hold our nationccountable. we hold the billionaires and the millionaires accountable. so if we want to continue building power for working people in this country, if we want to continue to have pro-labor administrations, we call on our government and anyone vying for office to stand for a cease-fire now. solidarity forever, everyone. the labor movement stands with you. >> cease-fire now. cease-fire now. cease-fire now. cease-fire number. cease-fire now. cease-fire now. >> thank you all. give it up one more time for our wonderful comrades and allies in the labor movement. an update on the blockades. as the police move in, like water, our comrades leave and reassemble somewhere else. wherever the motorcade goes, the people are there to stop t wherever it turns, our people are there to face it. no matter what you go, bibi, the people are in your face. when you sleep, when -- we are in your sleep, in your head, in your nightmares. [chanting] >> this energy is exactly why they spent tens of millions of do

great russian nationalism, but we see it in every european country, just look at hungary, the whole of central-eastern europe. it is about institutions, it is about the destruction of democraticreedoms, it is about the destruction of justice. if you look at this war in that context, this war is actually a war of a totalitarian project with a democratic project. and obviously, polish-ukrainian relations are absolutely key for this sphere. of course, maybe they couldn't behave otherwise, but in any case, they did it well, and we in ukraine appreciate it very much, but then something happened, right? and there was a very strange pause, some kind of silence on both sides, some people at the border, so-called activists, or pseudo-activists, blocking the border and so on. and now we see a thaw in those political polish-ukrainian relations. the last meeting of the president... ja się zdzagjam z tym, co pan mózi, że polityka, i agree with what you say that the politics on the polish side at the time of the outbreak of a full-scale war was very good, powiedzmy, w gazecie, w korjej ja pracuję, myśmy tej polityki nie atakowali, mimo żeśmy and in the newspaper where i work, we did not at

democrats. good morning, richard. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, ok, -- caller: ok, mine is a simple messageam a democrat. there is a bigger picture here. if you view all of the facts, why did trump get hit in the ear instead of the middle of the head, that is the big picture people need to think about. that is all i want to say. host: suzanne is in miami, florida, on the line for independents. good morning. caller: good morning. it strikes me that when president kennedy was shot, the entire country mourned. i was only a 10-year-old child and i felt it in my heart, i felt the shame and the sorrow in the president being shot. right now, this is just a fight matter. i do not even know why you are identifying people when they calling as one or the other because it only adds fuel to the fire. it is a very sad day in our country and i wish people would turn it around. we saw people in the crowd shooting birds and pounding their fists saying, "fight, fight, fight." we have to stop it if we want to continue to live the life we have been able to live in this country. that is all i'm going to say. th

nationalism, but actually we also see and in every european country, just look at hungary, the whole of central and eastern europe. we are talking about institutions, we are talking about the destruction of democratic freedoms, we are talking about the destruction of justice, if we look at this war in that context, this war is actually a war between a totalitarian project and a democratic project, and obviously polish-ukrainian relations for this sphere are absolutely key ukrainian ones. who does not believe in those relationships, or simply does not want them, so it will be, on the one hand, the construction of what is a common value and community of interests, what to say? i had the idea that poland and ukraine could create something similar. yes, but here is the issue that happened six months ago, we understand that there was an election campaign in poland, but it is about the cooperation between... we may not like the bagpipe, i don't know, we may not like the dog, but at one time, when the great war began, the polish political elites ruling at that time showed their readiness to support and behaved extremely dignified in terms of supporting ukraine. of course, maybe they don't could have behav

democrats. good morning, richard. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, ok, -- caller: ok, mine is a simple messagei am a democrat. there is a bigger picture here. if you view all of the facts, why did trump get hit in the ear instead of the middle of the head, that is the big picture people need to think about. that is all i want to say. host: suzanne is in miami, florida, on the line for independents. good morning. caller: good morning. it strikes me that when president kennedy was shot, the entire country mourned. i was only a 10-year-old child and i felt it in my heart, i felt the shame and the sorrow in the president being shot. right now, this is just a fight matter. i do not even know why you are identifying people when they calling as one or the other because it only adds fuel to the fire. it is a very sad day in our country and i wish people would turn it around. we saw people in the crowd shooting birds and pounding their fists saying, "fight, fight, fight." we have to stop it if we want to continue to live the life we have been able to live in this country. that is all i'm going to say.

nationalism. it was a certain plan to putinize the country while maintaining anti-putin rhetoric, but poland was becoming very similar to putin's russia, internally. it is about institutions, it is about the destruction of democratic freedoms, it is about the destruction of justice. if in that in the context of looking at this war, this war is actually one totalitarian project with a democratic project. and obviously polish-ukrainian relations are absolutely key for this sphere. you just need to realize that both in poland and in ukraine , who doesn't believe in those relations, or simply doesn't want them, so it will be, on the one hand , the construction of something that is a common value and community of interests, what can we say? i had this idea that poland and ukraine could create something similar. of course, maybe they couldn't behave otherwise, but in any case, they did it well, and we in ukraine appreciate it very much, but then something happened, right? and there was a very strange pause, some kind of silence on both sides and some people on the border, so-called... you can always quarrel, and it can always consist in the fact that, at first glance , a secondary topic suddenly becomes the most importa

national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content ancuracy visit ncicap.org] today president biden will held a news conference on the final dhief nato summit. his remarks come as several democrats in congress have expressed concern about his running for re-election. watch coverage at 7:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span now our free mobile video app or online at c-span.org. >> c-span's campaign 2024 takes you live to milwaukee for our coverage of the republican national convention. tune in live monday as delegates from across the country gatter to select their republican nominee for president. watch as they lay out their priorities for the next four years and their party's vision for the future. the republican national convention, live, monday, on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. c-span, your unfiltered view of the convention. >> the louse had been -- the house will be in order. >> this year, c-span celebrates 45 years of covering congress like no other. since 1979 we have been your primary source for capitol hill. providing balanced, unfiltered coverage of government. taking you to where policy is debated and decided all with the support of ameri

institution and psychology. she continually demonstrates as president as the democrats of nevada and national president of the democrats of america. she's also part -- she plays the violin and does so in front of dignitaries all over the world. the couldn't get hurt to bring the violent but we will say that for another event said thank you so much for joining us. she joining us from the ballot to be here with us tonight so thank you. thank you. [applause] i want to introduce courtney right, chairman of the college republican national committee and the first woman to attain the position by election. the republican caucus in general counsel's office of the republican party of virginia. please welcome courtney. [applause] i want to make you because she's been with the organization for a while working on this together and it's your work that brought this conversation to american university. >> thank you. a round of applause for any. [applause] common ground in american society especially the young generation which will lead us in the near future. before we get into the details of the questions and issues and policy, this i

several democratic lawmakers showed opposition to hearing from the prime minister by refusing to appear in the house. [cheers and applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] the speaker: members of congress, i now have the high privilege and distinct honor of his excellency, benjamin netanyahu, prime minister of israel. p.m. netanyahu: thank you. speaker of the house, mike johnson, senator ben cardin, minority leader hakeem jeffries, senate majority leader chuck schumer, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell, senators, members of congress, distinct issued guests, mr. speaker, i want to thank you for giving me the profound honor of addressing this great citadel of democracy for the fourth time. we meet today at a crossroads of history. our world is in uphelve. in the middle east, iran's access of terror confronts israel and our arab friends. this is not a clash of civilizations. it's a clash between. ms. barragan: ism and civil -- barbarism and civilization. it's a clash between those who glorify death and those who sanctify life. for the forces of civilization to triumph, ameri

democratic ideals all around the world. chairman of the subcommittee of national security illicit financial institutions for one minute. >> thank you, mr. chairman welcome secretary yellen. since we heard from you during lester's annual testimony global debt crisis is only grown worse. continues his word against ukraine with help from iranian funding hamas perpetrated at heinous attack on israel our closest ally in the middle east. may not communist china threatens global economic security through unfair and illegal trade practices threatens regional security with escalating aggressive actions against the philippines and taiwan. it is therefore despite that behavior why and how the ccp still receives over billion dollars annually from world bank commitments customer can do the global economic and security situation has deteriorated so dramatically during the three years of the biden ministration i cannot help but ask what have they been doing that could account for this question for international financial assistance the weakness on iran sanctions and energy in general is one obvious culprit. the continued push for the green ag

institutions to the unions. of course those delegates because she said that she has now passed the threshold to get. but the democrats ignore the nation. fill of out, i'll just say era. milwaukee wisconscin us president joe biden is back in washington for the 1st time since he dropped his bid for re election and endorsed to come with a higher power bill and you dropped out of the race. or you'll be giving a televised address from the oval office on wednesday when his decision to step aside. button issued the statement saying he will speak about what nice a head he had been isolating at his home instead of the he tested positive for cope with 1901 task correspondence. kimberly how it gets reports from washington, dc to us president joe biden emerging from his home in delaware, telling reporters he is feeling well. it is the 1st time in almost a week that people have seen joe biden. after being diagnosed with cove. it. it puts the end almost a week of speculation that the president was more ill than the white house was letting on. but those fears were put aside and reaffirm in terms of the fact that the president is well by a letter fro

where she accepted it as an institution, and also accepted the inferiority of those individuals who they enslaved. when michelle obama gave a speech at the 2016 democratic national convention, she noted that she woke up every morning to in a house that was built by enslaved workers and the white house historical association took that as cue for them to do some research. and so they had a multi-year project called slavery in the president's neighborhood. and if you haven't looked at it on the historical association website, i really encourage you to do that. these are some of the facts that they present in that section of their web page. but enslaved workers did indeed build the white house, and they rebuilt it. after the war of 1812. many of those were hired out, but there were definitely enslaved labor from quarrying. the stone all the way to the finishing touches. eight presidents after the washingtons also brought their own enslaved workers or hired them. that was jefferson madison, monroe, john quincy adams, which is going to be a surprise when we hear what is mother abigail thought about slavery. andrew jackson, martin van buren, tyler polk and taylor. 12 p