my parents were in the peace corps. i was raised as a peace corps baby. i grew up in massachusetts which is a very liberal community, my parents were democrats. i don't think i ever met a republican or conservative or anything in all my childhood years and grew up believing that anybody who was very dumb or really bad people, i went to college at harvard and even there, not exactly a bastian of conservatism i began to meet people that weren't necessarily liberals or democrats but they weren't dumb and didn't seem to get up every morning figuring out how to do this. it made me question my premises and i started to do research and a crack in things i started to believe similar to the protagonists in "anthem" found and the more i learn and go deeper the more i found i believe in individualism and values like achievement and productivity and liberty and that resonated with me and when i read ayn rand, that is it, this is absolutely what i believe in. i felt a debt of gratitude and gratitude is a new theme at the atlas society is an antidote to the entitlement

my participants worked in the -- parented works in the peace corpses, so i was raised as a peace corps baby. i grew up in newton, massachusetts, which is a very liberal community. my participants were dem -- parents were democrats. i don't think i ever met a republican or a conservative or anything in all of my childhood years and really grew up believing that everybody who didn't think like us was either very dumb, or they were really bad people. i went to college at harvard, and even there -- which is not exactly a bastion of conservativism -- i began to meet people that weren't necessarily liberals and democrats, but they weren't dumb, and they didn't seem to be really sadists, getting up every morning trying to figure out how to hurt people. i started to do a little bit of research. there was a crack in sort of what i understood things to be, similar to what the protagonist in anthem found. and the more i learned and dug deeper, the more i really found that i believed in individualism, and i believed in values like achievement and productivity and liberty. and that's what resonated

south africa democratic republic of the congo where i was a peace corps volunteer hundred years ago when it was practically before building congo days and also that nigeria so between these kids six countries we have nearly half of africa's rep ovulation represented. a fair amount of helpful notes as well. no one is going to say is going great but we thought it was a useful way of bringing together a potential framework to talk about some countries to have promises on the democracy front and more broadly even though of course they all struggle and any progress is still fragile. with that i am going to and the baton to suzanne maloney or deputy director of the foreign policy. so she thinks about this continent herself and she is going to be a moderator today. >> thank you for all of you for coming out on this monday morning in august, glad to see is a packed house and i look forward to a really interesting and inspiring conversation. i like to start with professor garrett and udo. if you could give us kind of the historical sense and situate this moment over the course of history. where d

i was a peace corps volunteer inland from the capital -- you could drive that in one day and a decade later you needed a land rover and a week to get from point a to point b. the chinese rebuilt it and it works again. we don't compete as well as we could. we are doing better now with some other tools with a number of other key officials. we should continue to up our game in the economic and diplomatic investment realms, but a specific idea would actually require a bit more american military presence on the continent. helping theea of congolese military under a new president reform so they can gradually do more of the reform some point -- at not immediately, but at some point -- we have to help that u.n. peacekeeping mission, which means making the congolese military better. more generally, trying to stabilize parts of the country that right now cannot progress economically because of the insecurity. see the united states consider deploying advisory teams to work with the congolese military. under the human peacekeeping umbrella, but in a more specific, targeted way, it resembles iraq

i was a peace corps volunteer 350 miles inland from the capital. you could try that in one day i was a volunteer a decade later you need a land rover and a week to get from point a to point b. the chinese rebuilt the road and works again. i'm not it is everything turned does enough it is bad but we don't compete as long as we could do with doing better with other tools that are think congress and senator coons and other key officials have pushed. we should continue to up our game in economic and diplomatic and investment rounds, but a specific idea i would like to see us consider for congo would require a bit more american military presence on the continent and it's the idea of helping the congolese military under a new president reform so they can graduate do more of the job we relied on the u.n. peacekeeping mission to do in these for a couple of decades. at some point, , not immediately but at some point we have to hope that you and peacekeeping mission work its way out of a job which means making the congolese military better. able to protect i

excludes he would have peace corps chill a new keep up with the dublin is when you. compare emptiness which is true it absolute not the cistern than that was new guy but you of course we shared yet at the dissolution and yet declare that the move to more there's that at the. was now why i'm a what you would have peace coach length what's muddied if there's a little school credit which could be should you get the story he filosa federal scheme would have been in saddam. had no historic filosa for cruise ships go live in it are also golden rules luring was mitigated already at 7 esteem with the boys for the benefit you later need little beatin ablution a new maid didn't seem to run the risk in the roots of double knee breeches that the butt gnashing immediately to be with the list would say screw them the best that the government has here please use all the fun bits my solution and i see a plus nice little mr slate but to hear. this they need a growing movement. to me just out wasna missive mr slate but any of. this this unique intially be similar. to nuclear deal or n

prevent the peace corps does all the bodies and other organizations have been trying to do to solve the conflict in town known as then phone crisis we've also heard from. a human rights lawyer of all of whom who sees that peace is a sham on issues don't feel state of the country we've also heard from separatist super times us including one on a very prominent separatist activists my parts out who. meant yes that is enough betty is a declaration of war by the central government. and that they are going to fight with won't open a solution until the our leaders are set free all right i mean it gets talked about the fact that in a sense we are talking about a man who's killed off something right at least guilty of sanction as one of the charges when and what is the feeling about whether or not this this this court was impartial and do people at least understand that this is somebody who before the goal was killed he had broken some part of the hope. yes i mean a lot of people have doesn't mean that yes this should be behind bars yes he should be healthy but also the research 1000000000 that

to the former justice minister with moldova now a final word for corruption is he assuring the peace corps he's records in conflict of. total commitment. on the 77 percent we talk about all the issues that. many young africans view providing for their families as an owner. did what happens if they barely able to feed themselves. young nigerian britain. 60 minutes p.w. . welcome to the what is the game here for details. to talk about the. coverage. so you don't want. to think the rest of the world is really that stupid no. question snapped and it's going to be rather uncomfortable for listening no it's not that old uncomfortable we will see who is less corrupted and who is better managing and governing the country the time east european states of moldova has a new coalition government united it seems only in its dislike of the previous administration my guest this week here in the capital q c now is a bloody miniature but current vice president of the outgoing democratic party and a former.

i was born and you cilia india, my parents were in the peace corps. so i was raised to visit peace corps baby i grew up in massachusetts which isn't very liberal community. my parents are democrats. i don't think i've ever met a republican or conservative or anything and all of my childhood years. i really grew up believing that anybody who didn't think like us was either very down or really bad people. i went to harvard and even there which is not exactly a huge vastly converses schism. i began to be meet people who weren't necessarily, they weren't dumb and it didn't really seem to be two things. they didn't get up thinking how hurt people. i started to do a little bit of research. mac these similar to what i think the taking and is an enema i learned. the more i learned, the more i really found that i believed in individualism. i believed in values like achievement and so the nativity and liberty and that's what resonated with me. when i read and ran. i figured that was it, this is absolutely what i believe in. i felt adept of attitude. and gratitu

know the waltz the other leaders did not agree at all they still do want to see progress in the peace corps in the in the conflict in the in the peace process rather in ukraine in eastern ukraine the whole situation in crimea is not being resolved and as long as that is the case and the british prime minister but also that the german chancellor will worry clear as long as that is not the case the readmission of russia is not on the agenda but of course donald trump you know learn from the french president who invited a special guest and so he announced today that he would also invite a special guest and that would be flooding to putin next year whether he would come or not the american president said he couldn't say you know you never know. gave much on the story for us there in beard's france where the g. 7 summit just wrapped up here thank you. but with the arena and foreign minister visiting the g. 7 summit over the weekend iran is looking to defuse tensions with the united states after washington pulled out of that 2015 international nuclear agreement the u.s. is applying a power policy

off to a winning 1st day of work but as so often he was by an old superstar live in the different peace corps all 5 of the finest goals this season so far but see. over in don't mention picking one star above all of this is a bit tricky how about last season sensation jaden sanchez currently the m.v.p. of the bundesliga. was about matt's homers the defensive stole what back from the bye and then as monk a reuters germany's footballer of the year and midfield general absolute. pass wealth cup goal legends money oh gets up. at dortmund they say the team is the star but to win the league you do need special players for special moments. like this is looking to deliver one half way through the 1st period with a dipping free kick from $25.00 yards but it was to be his only highlight of the entire game and don't been so let's go until the break. the visitors struggled to get into their usual flood thanks to some determined resistance from cologne. and the hosts fancied their own chances of the other brands don't went with themselves often to russia. a koan ahead on game. gave dominic treats to his 1

on what it's calling the peace corps door on turkey's southern border the nato allies who've been in deadlock over the area for months have also agreed measures to repatriate displaced syrians the decision comes after 3 days of tense negotiations in ankara then a holder has the latest from gaza into. 3 days of talks in ankara between high level delegations from the pentagon and the. turkish defense ministry have reached some sort of a breakthrough deny that states and turkey have now agreed on creating a safe zone along syria's north eastern border that area is under the control of the white peachey the syrian kurdish armed group which is allied to the united states turkey believes that group is a terrorist organization and it believes its presence along the border and its presence all together really is a threat to this country so that is why turkey has been insisting on creating the stone it also wants to create the zone to allow syrian refugees to return and that's why in the statement they talk about an agreement to set up a peace accord or now the turkey and the turkish and the

. >> victoria, he has a kennedy-esque modern era resume, little harvard and peace corp. and money making and now a seat in congress. why now if you're joe kennedy, a very young man still. >> everyone has a shelf life. if you are looking at massachusetts politics, these spots do not open up very often. there is no guarantee that he'll have better shots. those are urging him to run looking at the vulnerabilities of ed markey and any long time incumbent given the current rested move of the democratic electorate. we see that play out specifically here in massachusetts with the surprise primary victory with ayanna pressley in 2018. this is the time to do it. if joe kennedy wants to be a u.s. senator, this may be his best shot. >> stephanie, there are whispers that the double secret strategy is maybe to get a 73 years old, four decade veteran of washington by way of commonwealth of massachusetts to consider to step aside and retiring and enjoying his life. >> that's brewing among the chatter in the state. you had the secret poll, you see a group of who kennedy looked at in the

family, and also served as director as my note -- of minority affairs and action in debating in the peace corps. he is survived by his loving companion and wife for over 50 years, his brother, children, and many grandchildren. it is with our condolences that we give our commission president and the entire family. we ask that we close the meeting in his honor. >> thank you. is there any public comment on executive director's report? come on up. >> good afternoon, commissioners is this working? okay. my name is toby and i am the cochair of the central waterfront advisory committee. the advisory committee has been involved with the navigation center ever since it was first conceived, and there have been a lot of pros and cons with regard to it, but now you have appointed or you are in the process of appointing an advisory group, which i think is a very, very good idea because i think all of the people who are going to be on this committee have the intention of doing the best possible job. we all know that, right now, san francisco is in a homeless crisis, and it is our hope, or it is my hope that

necessarily call it a great successful presidency, accept the idea that you got involved in the peace corps story. it's why now we are having a resurrection remembering those old times as not so bad. >> silence isn't something that helps into this reminds me of one of the greatest stories of any president and that is calvin coolidge. he didn't like people all that much. he also was burdened by the death of his son but he also didn't like to speak that much. there's a story that arises with coolidge when he's at a dinner party and a woman sex next to him and says i made a bet with someone that i could get you to say more than three words and he said you lose. [laughter] not surprisingly we have four or five upon to ask about the incumbent president, so i will use this one. again, you can start. you just talked about historians being a product of the culture in which they live. this person wants to know will historians be able to look at president trump in a non- biased way? >> it will be difficult, but the great historians, that is what they have to do. they have to find a way to be dispassi

syria turkey's defense ministry says the 2 sides have agreed to coordinate what it's calling a peace corps to work on turkey's southern border. u.s. president donald trump is in dayton ohio and will later visit el paso the scenes of 2 mass shootings which left 31 people dead many are against the visits accusing trump of having incited the recent violence. the united nations has and bob wayne needs urgent help to recover from a drought that has left millions on the brink of starvation president emmerson knows the clear the drought and national disaster which also has more from the zimbabwean capital. government officials say zimbabwe has had one good season of rainfall in the past 5 years this is an agricultural base society you have your commercial farmers and your small scale farmers these are people who usually grow enough food to feed their families and sometimes have a little left over to sell that's not the case this time the united nations says the number of people who need food assistance is staggering right now on food security alone people that are in crisis mode. i'm not talking

two years in the peace corps. prosecutor. law school.ogressive democratic colleague who has spent his career advocating for the same causes. an ally on so many good fights alongside the kennedys. senator markey who i've known for years and liked a lot has spent his years in public service taking the side of the consumer against the big corporations and in a larger sense, humanity for those who make the most doing the worst. to go off to do well in the private sector, while the senator himself sticks on with his commitment to looking out for the little guy. i would hate to see this commitment be threatened. the kennedys have built the most impressive record in american politics by championing the cause of the working families like ed markeys', the son of a milk man, to turn around and run against someone who has spent his life in alliance with the kennedys and their causes doesn't seem right. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in" with chris hayes starts right now. >>> tonight on "all in" -- >> the fact is the f

syria turkey's defense ministry says the 2 sides have agreed to coordinate what it's calling a peace corps door on turkey's southern border it comes after 3 days of often tense negotiations is in a hole that has the latest from gaza into. 3 days of talks in ankara between high level delegations from the pentagon and the turkish defense ministry have reached some sort of a breakthrough the united states and turkey have now agreed on creating a safe zone along syria's north eastern border that area is under the control of the white peachy the syrian kurdish armed group which is allied to the united states turkey believes that group is a terrorist organization and it believes its presence along the border and its presence all together really is a threat to this country so that is why turkey has been insisting on creating this stone it also wants to create the zone to allow syrian refugees to return and that's why in the statement they talk about an agreement to set up a peace accord or now the turkey and the turkish and the american delegate delegates agreed to set up a joint coordination cen

i brought a lady who was the peace corps country director from thailand back. we sat down and carved it out. what it ended up being was the largest english training program in the philippines at a refugee processing center. did a lot of other improvements that flowed from the act. i had the privilege to stay during -- in the state department during president carter's term. then left, the other team had to leave. i was asked to stay on. i transferred over the republican years. george schultz came in, i ran into george before, he asked me to be the permanent director, which i did for the last four years. when i was leaving, president reagan and secretary schultz nominated me to be u.s. candidate to go to geneva to be the iom director general. i spent ten wonderful years there. i had a chance over the years to see in virtually every complex or significant crisis the world has been involved in, and i can see u.s. leadership, it changed from me, frank lloyd, other people. each one added. we strengthened and improved the program. it was great. i keep coming back. aft

i brought a lady who is the peace corps director from thailand back, and we sat down and carved it out. what it ended up being is the world's largest english language training center that we added in the philippines center, and other improvements flowing from the act. i had the privilege to stay in the state department during president carter's return, and we left and the other team had to leave, and i was asked to stay on. so i transferred over to the republic years when george shuldz ca schultz had come in, and he asked me to be the permanent director which i did for the last four years. when i left president reagan, and secretary schultz nominated me to be the u.s. kacandidate t go to geneva and i spent ten years there. i have had the chance to see virtually every serious complex that the world has been involved n and i can see the u.s. leadership, and the changes that have been made, and so each one added. we have strengthened and improved the program and it is really great. i keep coming back after all of this work and say what started it all? what was the seminel event that start

military to defeat us long-term this is another leg up we're spending $4 million a year, through the peace corpsto learn english. why are we doing that? we need to make sure we do no business with huawei and we need to stop taking chinese drones that takes our technology there's men and women and senators, we have to get china to act responsibly in the meantime, we have to take care of american jobs. >> senator, do you have any question in how we're doing it now, there's a question about whether this is going to cost the united states, whether we would have been better off or could still be better off by negotiating with china, not by such a bilateral way, but by bringing in allies >> you would like to bring in every ally and do all these things we pacified china for decades. we acted like there's a partner and watch them take advantage of it i'm not sure what we can do, other than stand up for american interests and american values. i'm not sure what the president can do otherwise than the tariffs he is doing. china has agreed to things and then, just backed off. they were never supposed to cha

my service was in the peace corps, not the military. there are many things people do here at home.irst responders are proper professional jobs. some kind of service, this should be the norm in our society. socially expected. the general has done rate work on that. i recommend his advocacy. i hope the congress will listen. that will get at some of what you are talking about. i know you were saying something slightly different. i like the spirit, i don't support the specifics of your proposal. florida on theto republican line. good morning. caller: it's okeechobee. you were close. host: go ahead. caller: i wanted to ask the gender -- gentleman. i want to know how safe it really is. my grandson, he has already gone through the army. now, he is a jumper. they are sending him to afghanistan. if it is supposed to be so safe, why do they still need jumpers? on august 18. 20 he is still a baby as far as i am concerned. i've been listening to some stories. say it's getting worse over there. our soldiers are starting to die again. what need is there for a jumper? i appreciate you telling me

there's the peace corps. there's the full bright grand. there's the pickering fellowships.here's the wrangle fellowships. all these programs are so important in the united states, you know, to have throughout the world. host: i think i have that chart for you that you're talking about. this, again, from that congressional research service report on u.s. foreign aid. the usaid and the department of state and the department of defense are the main governmental organizations where foreign aid flows from. the department of agriculture also in there but much smaller. you can see their piece of the pie. the department of treasury, health and human service pass and few others. but there are several other agencies. department state and the top ones for moving that money. caller: correct. and the state department is so important in this. and so when people say, you know, i don't know if they just don't understand or they just hear things that our foreign aid is not sent to terrorist organizations to come back here and hurt us. our foreign aid is actually for our national security an

approach, calling for automatic registration when kids turn 18 so they can get out and vote, and a peace corpsto help prevent the mass shootings and the kids obviously, this plan sort of cements the vision going into 2020. these kids are going to be all over the country getting out the vote, holding campaign rallies and this is what they're going to be speaking to. it's super ambitious. they have been working on it for months and they are hoping that the democratic candidates endorse it. they have been, you know, a little disappointed with some of the democratic candidates' plans they are not ambitious enough, and they're hoping the president will support this plan as well and actually meet with them. >> mr. mayor, the president is coming to your city and yet he won't meet with you. tell us why. >> well, let's focus on the big issue, i mean, obviously he's got a really busy schedule here, the mayors will be in washington in early september and we hope to meet with him then, but the big issue is quit acting as if america is helpless to do anything about gun safety. america is never helpless and

the european union a reverse marshall plan where european teachers, the european version of the peace corpso rural schools in kentucky, west virginia, you name it and help out existing teachers as assistants to help in math. you can learn german or finnish, or maybe get the same going with china. money andven so much our infrastructure and our schools are suffering. our teachers are just bone tired. they are doing an amazing job but we are overcrowded. hasaughter's public school 30 kids. the teachers are just bone tired in october. host: 30 kids in every class? caller: yup. host: are you a teacher or in the educational system? caller: no, i sell insurance. host: what does your daughter say about this? caller: she would love it. class the in her teacher gives an award certificate to the top-performing students in her grade. every year my daughter has won one of the certificates. only 10so happens that kids get these certificates of distinction. i have asked my daughter's teachers, tell me about the kids. she says, well, in a class of 30, 10 come prepared, ready, well fed, well rested, hungry

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[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [applause] >> good afternoon and welcome. greetings of peace to all of you and the staff and the community of the islamic center of irvine. i am the chairman of the board of directors here at the islamic center. for those of you who are curious we serve about 5000 muslims in the area, 2000 come here every friday to offer our weekly congregational prayers. it's a great honor to host. conversations] a great honor to host our neighbors and guests from our congressional district for this important discussion with our representative in congress. please make yourself comfortable. this is the main area of our sanctuary. please note the doors on my have restrooms. please forgive us for any shortcomings, we've not had an event like this. there will be several volunteers .unning around i would like to introduce our religious tractor at the islamic center. [applause] >> peace be with you. good afternoon everyone. the religious director here at the islamic center of irvine. this is beautiful. [laughter] >> ok. well, i lost my words. . like your t-shirt i'm

seeing with the prince of peace ♪ >> ♪ down by the riverside >> ♪ i ain't gone a study war no more i ain't going to study war no more ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corpby the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> henry browne, farmer is a world war ii academy nominated film produced by the u.s. agriculture department in 1942, celebrating the contributions of african-americans, the short propaganda effort is narrated by actor and civil rights activist canada lee who later ended up on the hollywood blacklist. ♪ ♪ >> these are americans. exciting -- fighting men, dedicating their lives to securing better while core all. soldiers of america. we have another army. producing

visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] >> we live of the u.s. institute of peacewe will have a discussion on radicalization of what to do with people who have been radicalized. the panel will talk about why language matters in violent radicalization with examples for the deliberate use of language has been used to reduce stigma and to great opportunities for reform. the discussion should get underway and just a minute. cliff covers throughout the day. the house coming in this afternoon for a pro forma session at 3:30 used in on c-span. no legislative business is expected in the sessions, but in the wake of the mass shootings over the weekend in el paso and dayton, it is possible we will hear a member or two speak on the house floor. that is coming up this afternoon at 3:30 eastern. . >> good morning, everyone. welcome. i am the director of our organization at the institute of peace. for those that are new, we were founded by members of congress who were veterans of world war ii. they had returned from the battlefield

peace activist on august 6, 1945, the day the u.s. dropped the first nuclear bomb on the japanese city of hiroshima. at a time, her husband tom was a posisition in the ararmy medical corps i was a bride. my husband was in the medical corps and army. -- - had told d me a few weeks before that h he had heard rumorsrs that we were developing this incredible weapon. he was at sea when we dropped the bomb, but i was alone in our apartment in new orleans. and when i heard it on the radio, i really unplugged the iron, left the placement i was ironing, and went out looking center in the streets of new orleans. amy: and then what happened? , we keptow, slowly moving in the direction of working for change. my husband, when he was discharged, he which of the university of rochester where he -- studying ruddy ali radiology. and there the head of the manhattan project was from the university o of rochester. that was a challenge. eventually we ended up in northampton and it was fertile i found inr organizing the early 1950's. there were a lot of people very concerned about the atmospheric testing of weapons. so a friend and i set up a women's international league for peace and freedo