the state will be preserved yes summing up perfectly the issues on both sides first dr charice research fellow from the university of east european institute i should say thank you very much. wealth right there push for independence catalonia has repeatedly faced fierce opposition from madrid let's take a look at some of what has gone in the polls. to those in charge in the government who are the protagonist in this challenge to our coexistence i ask them to cease illegal activities they should abandon their object . if you need. one five five because no government a tool in a democratic country can accept that the law will be ignored violated changed and this has all happened under full script syria and they impose their criteria on everybody else. well just minutes after the council on parliament voted the spanish senate took an unprecedented step approved article fifty five to launch direct rule only and there are also now reports that spain's constitutional court has launched proceedings against council on independence will reportedly give the government just three days to reverse its deci

and lenny chen lan he was in san francisco that he's a research fellow at stanford's hoover institution and a former staffer in the george w. bush administration he was also an advisor to marco rubio's twenty sixteen presidential campaign here's that conversation watch was still with you lanny arizona senator jeff flake announced that he will not seek reelection he said we must never adjust to the courses of our dialogue with the tone set at the top. of the breidbart people are already taking credit for this what do you make of it lanny well it's too bad you know jeff flake was one of those voices that i think was trying to get toward consensus always trying to figure out a way to find an answer but in this era of politics he's a little bit of an accurate as i'm larry quite frankly so i think it was probably the writing on the wall he probably figured there was no way he was going to be able to beat kelly ward and other challengers who were going to be running against him in the senate in arizona next year and so he stepped aside but it is unfortunate because i do think he's a good man

back to politicking on woodlawn he chen research fellow at stanford's inst hoover institution he was in the george w. bush administration in the form of health and human services he did not fly private and eleanor clift columnist for the daily beast beast political commentator and author on money. trumps tax plan he's calling it a myth. class miracle that doesn't benefit him at all well there's a couple things i think that there actually are number of elements of this that are pretty standard republican fare in terms of rate reductions particularly on the corporate side but also on the individual side simplification a lot of these themes are what you'd expect from a republican tax plan so in that sense i think you'll get widespread support certainly from republicans you know in terms of arguing he's not going to benefit from it i probably wouldn't do that if i were him i would probably avoid that line of argument because generally speaking if you're going to do rate reductions at the top you're going to benefit people who make a lot of money so but i think this is one area where he i

to discuss is professor david henderson author of the joy of freedom and economist odyssey and research fellow at stanford university's hoover institution. look we got to talk about this at the tax reform time the very one k. opt out pretty much took away choice and save people i mean it didn't stop them from choosing but it made it simpler so no one had to act they were just enrolled and they saved and you give credit to the recipient of a two thousand seven hundred nobel. prize in economics richard failer you wrote in a recent wall street journal op ed that he is the guy who developed a theory that we act in our own best interest explain that to me plain well first of all we should give credit to his co-author bridget madrina also who was a big part of this but yes richard thaler so the standard economists assumption is that we are rational we think clearly we make choices clearly and carefully sailor challenged all of that and said we tend to go with just very kind of rule of thumb kinds of things and we're very stuck you know in whatever sist situation we're in so it's hard for us to make

and former advisor to marco rubio's twenty sixteen presidential campaign lenny chen who's also research fellow at the hoover at stanford's rabbit hoover institution and here's the rest of that conversation lanny. it's very interesting you worked for george w. bush last week he made an extraordinary speech he was talking about trump he didn't mention trump and it was obvious where he was going what's going on in the party that you're a member of. well look i think parties have these really difficult divisions and it happens from time to time i think we've seen it in the republican party in the past we've seen it in the democratic party in the past as well one thing about george w. bush it's funny larry how many of my friends who are progressives now are saying to me boy i really miss church to be a bush that really says something about the politics of our time you know george w. bush i consider to be an extraordinary man i thought he was an extraordinary president in a lot of ways for him to make those comments which look i don't think anybody can doubt that they were directed in part at least

most importantly among all of this he has been one of the research fellows at the mount vernon research fellows. he is somebody who puts us off to go cover a war. that is unusual but we are very accommodating. --welcome him in suggesting presenting his newest book read writing with -- riding with george. let's give a warm welcome to him. [applause] phillip: thank you very much. it is obvious a incredible honor to speak here at the home of george washington. is the best home in america. thank not only stephen mcleod who runs the program and the chief curator. mary thompson who is a chief historian here and was instrumental in helping me write several chapters. i don't believe she is here this evening. awn bonners and to greater pastors. i would like to start by book isng that this about his early life. it is about the formation of his character. when i speak about sportsmanship i speak about it in the old sense of the word. i think shakespeare put it best our wars will go on to sport. is a term that will encompass entertainment. weightdier worth his would definitely prepare to be dancing

most importantly among all of this he has been one of the research fellows at the mount vernon research fellows. he is somebody who puts us off to go cover a war. that is unusual but we are very accommodating. we welcome him in suggesting -- presenting his newest book read writing with -- riding with george: sportsmanship and chivalry in the making of ."erica's first president let's give a warm welcome to him. [applause] phillip: thank you very much. it is obvious a incredible honor to speak here at the home of george washington. which, arguably, is the best preserved home in america, because of the ladies association. i would like to thank not only stephen mcleod who runs the program, also the chief curator. thompson, who is a chief historian here and was instrumental in helping me write several chapters. i don't believe she is here this evening. don bonner and emily rosa, thank you. on to greener pastures. i would like to start by mentioning that this book is about george's early life. it is about the formation of his character. and when i speak about sportsmanship, i speak about it i

abt, ajoined by thomas senior research fellow with the harvard kennedy government school. in particular, we wanted you on this morning, following up on your opinion piece from the new york times on crime statistics, which was headlined, "how not to respond to the rising murder rate." tell us about the murder rate in the u.s. and where it has gone into the fbi report. guest: sure. it is a pleasure to be on. thank you for having me. the first thing to understand is surge in recent homicides in the u.s. is cause for concern but not panic. of a bit of context, rates violent crimes and all crimes has been falling fairly consistently since the early 1990's. it is only in 2014 -- 2015 and 2016 that we have seen this pronounced spike in homicides. it is about an increase of 12% 2014 to to 2014 -- 2015.we have had an increase of about 22% in the last two years. that increase is the largest we have seen in about 25 years. t to minimizent no this, but also to keep it in perspective. there is no crime wave, but there is a serious spike in homicide. host: reflecting some of that, your

have found their voices jonah hold al-jazeera barcelona well joining us now is the more gnaws a research fellow at the university of barcelona joining us from barcelona sir thank you very much for being with us on this news hour now do you think that. is justified in being quite as optimistic a while as confident as he is when he says we're going to prevent independence from occurring i can tell you with absolute frankness that he will not happen do you think he's being a little bit too or too optimistic. well he said the same thing of all last sunday's vote and they've all been right along with obvious problems. from the bullies in the region but their vote did happen over two million people to vote that and that was not what we were saying before the vote so yeah he has a history of being a bit overconfident they would say. i mean we've seen we've seen pictures right next to you now of the many many people that turned out who actually aren't for independence and they do want to see a united states but what do you think authorities in barcelona will do because it's kind of you know the next mo

stephen bachman's is a senior research fellow and head of the e.u. foreign policy unit at the center. for european foreign policy studies he joins us live from brussels and we appreciate your time so we know what the the courts and spain has said that this is unconstitutional is there any ambiguity about whether or not this referendum was legal or not no i don't think so i mean it's illegal under spanish law and you have a clear cut constitution which is being interpreted in its rule in several rulings by the constitutional court and declared illegal under public international law it would be illegal to. nissen's you would need an understanding between madrid and barcelona on a peaceful secession of catalonia from spain barring such an understanding that it is and barring an existence of a right to secession it is likely to be to be perceived as illegal by any other state in the world and does not lead to the kind of recognition that catalan separatist leaders are hoping for so. basically was it all for nothing or maybe might this spark the movement.

scott: audrey alexander is a research fellow at george washington university's program on extremism.udrey: this is, like, my database. scott: in chat rooms and on twitter, alexander tracks the women behind some of the virulent anti-western women like "muslimah" have weaponized twitter. audrey: toy gun this year, ak-47 next year. scott: using it as a platform to spread jihad. audrey: so she is talking about armed protests at 20 mosques, muslims should come armed too. "inshallah, the markets crash and burn." scott: "muslimah" was actually safya roe yassin, a u.s. citizen from missouri, with 97 different handles on twitter and thousands of followers. in february of 2016, she was arrested. in february of 2016, she was arrested. according to the fbi, yassin retweeted personally identifiable information about two fbi agents, under the headline, "wanted to kill." would people be surprised if they knew the role that women have played in terrorism? audrey: i think now, more than ever, it's come to the surface. in part because social media allows us before. scott: prime example, tashfeen malik

science at kuwait university and in london we have jane killian munt who's deputy head and senior research fellow in the middle east and north africa program at chatham house welcome to you all but yes i mean let me start with you what do you think then of this hugely ambitious program that's been outlined by the crown prince. and are now. in the conference. in norman and back rooms and. you know about the massive reforms that have actually already started in his own country and he wishes the ugly the scope and magnitude of the one that has taken place of the last one year has an unprecedented in the country's history and he intends to expand the war well into the next fifteen years with many car brands that will eventually overall might be saudi arabia as you know as abdullah in kuwait pulse of the crown prince's remarks referred to saudi arabia reverting back to what he called a moderate form of islam and he said. that his country's embrace of a fairly a fairly strict interpretation of islam was a consequence a direct consequence of the ninety seventy nine iranian revolution what do you think o

herve lemahieu is a research fellow from think tank the lowy in5titute for international policy — hejoins so much forjoining u5, tell us, how did the late king achieve the power that he did both politically and also in the hearts of the people? you are right, it is a double achievement because when he came to power, when he took the throne in 19116 the institution of the monarchy wa5 throne in 19116 the institution of the monarchy was much weaker than it i5 the monarchy was much weaker than it is now so he consolidated his power behind the scenes. he really focused on what is known as the sort of network monarchy, consolidating allegiances and pitch image within the military, within thejudiciary leadership, within the bureaucracy but more than that he project is his image buckle on the palace walls and into the hearts and minds of the people. and an president did of doing so. it remains to be seen if that can be repeated again the next generation. but he did that because he coincided with thailand's development, thailand wa5 sub5tituent5 economy, it's now in middle income country, the sec

a little bit more of this economic perspective let's now talk to account verts he is a senior research fellow at the barcelona center for international affairs thank you very much for joining us and welcome to the w. well so what we saw just now tells us on the one hand well we're not seeing a formal declaration of independence that might be comforting for the markets and for the business world but on the other hand it keeps uncertainties so what do you make of what we just saw well it seems to be does someone want to extol you shouldn't write the it doesn't declare independence out right but once to open an avenue maybe for some sort of dialogue others claim time any kind of insists on independence and insists on a referendum that has been regarded as illegal by the spanish authorities so we will need to see what the reaction of spain it's of the spanish central government and whether there can be some sort of understanding or how it will continue but a certain sense of certainty remains of course and also my issue this very unusual cooperation between the party of which to mourn which is a

university institution and a faculty fellow for advanced social science research at nyu and also a visiting fellow at the american enterprise institute and the council of relations. i am told you're also an amateur watchmaker? fracking key for having me. i a mention not every great what comes out of switzerland they do great work but. [laughter] but in germany and around london. >> to your right is professor of law at new york law school and from 1991 she served as president in the american civil liberties union. and the supreme court justices ruth cater ginsberg injustice pallia participated in the fifth parallel to abuse. >> diversity. [laughter] >> her book will be published -- punished. [laughter] also published by oxford university press. in addition to new transcending partisanship on the supreme court and in the stand you also bring people together as a cabaret performer. >> if i had any real talent fuel enough to have any real talent. there is the of learning experience to get up onstage. so the audience regretted that a lot. >> as a professor of humanities at columbia university to

also senior research scholar at the institute of war and peace that he's at columbia university and a global ethics fellow at the carnegie council on ethics in international affairs and has written extensively on these topics. and last but certainly not least, to my immediate left is doctor william. the vice president for research and policy at the charles coates institute as well as vice president for research formally research fellow in foreign policy studies at the cato institute as well as an associate professor of political science at texas state university and a professor at the johnson school of public affairs at ut austin. he is also currently an officer in the us navy reserve and a veteran of the afghanistan war. dominic, thank you very much for joining us today. we're going to begin actually with the con side. thanks so many times we begin with the pro and then the con is left to be fighting from behind. sounds a little more negative i think. we will start today from the con side. the way we will run things is to have both of our colleagues here. we'll start with doctor ruger. we will start with

for research fellow interviewed some one hundred manages because they seem to suffer most from digitally and used stress. to many dealing with the demands of all this information distracts them from their primary functions. some of the managers told me that they feel cut off from their real work. my analysis indicates that this technology has made work more intense the work seems more condensed and more urgent. because these digital devices allow everyone to be instantly reachable all the time. is one of the managers interviewed by cindy fairly young. at his last job he was stressed out because of all the digital data that came across his desk. he got a new job. let's say you start work on a subject at eight thirty in the morning. at eight thirty six you receive an e-mail mark urgent almost sixty percent of emails these days i'm out urgent because people think otherwise you won't answer i mean why are you receiving text then a phone call then you return to the does you started on i thirty and i will be ten fifteen ten thirty or eleven o'clock on the by now you lost the thread of what you

trevor is a research fellow in the cato institute's center for constitutional studies and managing editor of the supreme court view. his research interests includes constitutional law, civil and criminal law, legal and political philosophy, and legal history. his writing an academic work has appeared in many news outlets and journals across the country. he is also the cohost of free thought, a weekly podcast that covers topic the libertarian theory, history, philosophy. he holds a ba in philosophy from the university of colorado and a degree from the university of denver. finally, an appellate litigator. since starting his own practice in 1997, he has been involved in appeals on a broad range of legal issues, including the first, second, fifth, and 14th amendment and other state and federal constitutional and statutory matters. he has been involved in over 100 supreme court matters, including filing 30 petitions represent half a dozen parties and filing over 60 briefs. he holds a ba from dartmouth college and a degree from columbia. he served to doug ginsburg on the d c circuit and just a

nations it does not include the us russia china britain or france spirit a lot god is a senior research fellow with the norwegian institute of international affairs and specializes in security and disarmament he joins us live here on the news from oslo said a lot god we've got one hundred twenty two countries backing the u.n. treaty not one of the no nine nuclear powers maybe ten around the world have signed up to this so the nobel peace prize i'm not being sarcastic what's the point what will change the impact is two fold and both are long term first the nuclear weapons states to stick to their weapons because they believe that they have military and political utility and that belief is based on the assumption that they can be used and this is where the ban treaty comes in because by. trying to deal addictive eyes and stigmatize nuclear weapons. it makes it harder and hopefully impossible to use the weapons and the second is that it questions the ingrained belief in nuclear deterrence because the treaty prohibits in the use of nuclear weapons also use in in retaliation and the believe in nucl

joining us now is bruce claire, research fellow with the heritage foundation. for joining us. >> i want your reaction to the tweet. is this something that rex tillerson said yesterday hours the president just sitting around thinking over that? >> it's confusing. earlier this week hr mcmaster said we do not have contact with north korea. shortly after, secretary of state said we had three different channels undefined. now a day later in the president same don't bother with the diplomacy. it's a bit uncertain with the u.s. policy is. when the president says will do what needs to be done or unsure what that means pressure which we been increasing, or it resurrects the idea that we will do a military option. >> your reaction yesterday when you heard that rex tillerson said we are in direct communication with young yang. based on what you know, was that welcome news to your ears? was that suspicious news? what is your gut reaction? >> it businesses usual. we have state department to talk to people that we don't agree with raven like. i would distinguish between dipl

adjunct professor at georgetown university and executive at the dc-based communications firm and a research fellow is also here. looking for your thoughts and comments on the budget. looking at tax reform. >> i also have a website, a great visual tool. >> you will see that come up on the screen and also on c-span.org you can find those links. now our debate on the durability or what is going to happen to the 401(k) plans. here is kevin brady with his cardin and senator ben on the finance committee. weighing on his takes. what should be done in terms of tax advantage. >> republicans are looking for save him for 401(k)s. it would directly affect middle income families. making it more difficult to save for retirement. they are planning to repeal the state and local taxes which is used by taxpayers and all 50 states. this allows you to write off income taxes and sales taxes. federales the government cannot double tax families moneys they've already paid in taxes to the state. >> a quick question for both of you. how do you think this will come out and the end? a potential or looming retirement crisis.

bush, now research fellow at hoover institute.rton, former white house press secretary under president obama. good to see both of you guys. bill, let me start with you there. i think a lot of folks were surprised to see your former boss there talking about president trump without actually using his name. what did you make of what we heard from president obama? >> well, look, president obama isn't a guy who itches every morning to go out there and find what campaign he can participate in. he's dedicated to the process but he's not the same kind of political animal that bill clinton was. and i think that what you saw was president obama seeing this as an opportunity to, a, be helpful in virginia and, b, make a comment about, you know, the state of politics in america today. i think what he delivered was a very powerful indictment of the tone and tenor of what's happening in washington, the kind of conversations that we're having and the lifting up of some of the worst elements in our society. it was refreshing to hear from president

abt, ajoined by thomas senior research fellow with the harvard kennedy government school. in particular, we wanted you on this morning, following up on your opinion piece from the new york times on crime statistics, which was headlined, "how not to respond to the rising murder rate." tell us about the murder rate in the u.s. and where it has gone into the fbi report. guest: sure. it is a pleasure to be on. thank you for having me. the first thg

research fellow. your twitter handle, a lot more to talk about this as the tax reform debate gets underway. and the end of the year spending discussion as well. thanks to both of you for being here. guest: thank you. >> washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up on monday morning, can stern discusses polarization in the united states. talking about senate legislation on class action lawsuits. that american retirement association's douglas fisher on 401ks and tax reform. watch c-span's washington journal, 7:00 a.m. eastern on monday morning. join the discussion. newsmakers ispan, next with naacp president and ceo gary johnson. -- derrick johnson. that is full of by bipartisan efforts to address health care, tax reform and other issues in congress. that our conversation with clinical science professor allison stanger on q&a. susan: joining us from los angeles is a brand-new president of the naacp, derrick johnson. the 49-year-old lawyer was just

at stanford university's hoover institution and a fellow at the center for advanced social science research here at nyu and also a visiting fellow at american enterprise institute and member of the council on foreign relations. i'm toli am told you are also an amateur watchmaker. >> i am wearing a piece from the region in germany. i mention that from switzerland they do wonderful work. in germany and london it always works. >> and then to your right is the professor of law at new york law school and from 1991 to 2008, she served as president of the american civil liberties union. interestingly when she stepped down as president of supreme court justices ruth bader ginsburg, antonin tilia and david souter participated in the tribute. >> the forthcoming book hate why we should resist wit resist wite speech not censorship will be published by -- punished [laughter] not punished but it will be published by oxford university press. [laughter] in addition to transcending partisanship on the supreme court i understand you also bring people together as an actor and cabaret performer. >> if i had an

our next wednesday is terrence keely a senior research fellow at kato institute. prior to joining kato in 2014 served as president of the university of bucking ham. the only university in britain to be financially independent from the government and author of "the economic laws of scientific research." he holds an md from university of london and an hpd from oxward. thank you for being here and we look forward to your opening statement. >> thank you very much for having invited me. i'm very glad to be speaking after dr. nosek. because my five minutes is how we got to why his research became so important. in my testimony i provide the evidence and with great respect to senator peters, i have to say there is, i'm afraid simply no evidence that economic growth or technological growth that leads into economic growth is in any way benefitted by the federal funding of science. it is widely believed the government should fund science. it's based on the model of what science is i regret is unscientific and in my testimony i hope i've shown clearly that in this government

joining me research fellow, hoover institute, lonhee chen. good to see you. will you deal with bob corker, rand paul, senator mccain, senator murkowski are in the way? >> this is really disappointing that you have republican members of the senate standing in the way of, if you look at it, there are not very many issues which republicans can actually agree. seems to me tax reform is one issue they could do so. if senator corker will allowed the personal feud with the president away that is disappointing. frankly. neil: i don't understand what the motivation is for bob corker to go after the president on an issue ostensibly they should at least agree. i'm more more optimistic, a lot of these republican members will come home, if not for donald trump but for lower taxes and republican majority. trish: forget, party, lonhee. they said when they would lower taxes an opportunity they walk away from that, because of what you point out is personal grievance. from a political standpoint does it help or hurt the president to be tweetat at bob corker all that he did? in

is a crisis for the kurdish administration let's get more on this with victoria phone a senior research fellow at the university of the hope she joins me now of via skype from leo in france we spoke to an iraqi diplomat earlier on and he was of the opinion that baghdad would not be marching into erbil so therefore perhaps saying that they're not looking for any sort of confrontation is that how you read the situation at the moment absolutely. two thousand and fourteen after the fall of most president barzani took advantage of the you can void to advance in mixed areas. could use an arab areas and i think that now this territory has been reclaimed by the iraqi government but it is very unlikely that the government will go into territory this is just a rethinking of land that was taken at a time over of the need to reform it do you think that masoud barzani as president of the autonomous kurdish region completely miscalculated the sort of political dynamics of what's going on on the ground not only in the autonomous areas but also in baghdad and that he wouldn't be fully backed by calling for in

he's a research fellow at the middle east institute at the national university of singapore joins me live from baghdad now a very interesting a very quick developments happening in northern iraq it does make you wonder whether baghdad is laying the groundwork for something bigger or are they just sending a very strong signal to bell about that potential intentions. yes i'm not sure how much me there can get on. the disputed territories have been retaken by the iraqi state and i think the events of the last couple of days have shown just the extent to which regional powers will stand in the way of kurdish independence i thought it was particularly noticeable how surprising how how how quickly turkey iran and iraq. arrived at a consensus to work together and there's no way that this happened without the iranians and the turks coordinating with baghdad so i think in the last day it's not so much what this baghdad have in store but one is left of the dream of iraqi beg your pardon kurdish independence would seem such a realistic dream not that long ago now it's completely in tatters it h

from harvard. >>> our final speaker today is my colleague eric gopener a research fellow in the studies department. retired colonel in the u.s. affairs. his research continues include national security, civil war, terrorism and trauma. he has published in the "washington post," parameters, news week and the national interest among other outlets. eric is a doctoral candidate at george mason university school of policy and government, he received mas from george washington university and the air command and staff college. he is the co-author with trevor thrall of two cato papers including "step back, lessons for u.s. foreign policy from the failed war on terror" which is available in hard copy for those of you here in attendance and online from those of you watching from afar. i should note that we've made available in the foyer recent articles on afghanistan by mike o'hanlon and steve biddle. eric who has organized niced this event and deserves all of the credit would like to begin by telling a firsthand story about major pappas' exploits in afghanistan and then major pappas will take it

you can bet man and his fellow researchers are trying to find out why they suspect that the secret lies in what are known as alpha waves. our brains go into an alpha state when we're relaxed could squeezing a ball actually create alpha waves and help alleviate fears of failure. a test person is about to be given another lecture and sefl a gram by measuring the electrical activity in the brain the researchers hope to detect exactly what is going on during the tennis ball exercise. you are going to. pick up the ball with your left hand and start squeezing. if we do this with our left hand we use the right hemisphere of our brain this is where complex movements such as shooting a goal of processed us now start squeezing the ball with your right hand our right hand is governed by the left hemisphere this is where the brain worries producing nervous reactions that can prevent players from scoring goals stop. the results show that when the study participants squeezes the ball with his left hand coming out the waves are emitted. it's likely that this activates the motion sensors in the right h

joining us senior research fellow with the heritage foundation, bruce, i appreciate it. >> thanks for down with him and asked about what's happening in the korean peninsula. i want to play a quick sound bite. >> we will see what happens. with that being said, we are prepared for anything. we are so prepared like you wouldn't believe. you would be shock today see how totally prepared we are if we need to be. would it be nice not to do that, the answer is yes. will that happen, who knows. liz: a a lot of americans at home are thinking not -- what are we prepared for, what are the possibilities and what is most likely going forward. >> right, u.s. policy has always been that we would retaliate if north korea attacked us and also perhaps preemptively strike them if we felt we had good intelligence that they were going attack us but with the president added, preventive attack, even if we don't feel there's imminent north korean strike on us, attack them and prevent them from completing icbm on soil. uncertainty whether the u.s. will do that. the administration has sent a lot of conflicting