host: richard cohen from new york. work is available online at washingtonpsot.com, the executive producer of this hbo film. we thank you for being with us. host: now, we will open our phone lines. tell us what is on your mind. open phones on c-span. the headlines dealing with general michael flynn and his guilty plea on friday, the tax bill, which passed the senate yesterday and goes back to the house for conference. any other topics, our phone lines are open. you are watching and listening to the c-span "washington journal" sunday program. we are back in a moment. ♪ >> monday night on "the communicators," matthew prince, ceo of the internet company cloud flair, who successfully booted a neo-nazi group off of the internet, joins us to discuss those actions, hate speech and the first amendment. >> once you start down the path of saying that this invisible deep infrastructure company that is running the network gets to make decisions, i do not think you might like where you come out at the other end. it is a little bit a

richard cohen, president of the loss in her. i want to thank all of you for being here. afternoon. thank you, members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to speak today about worldwide threats, specifically domestic terrorism and the threats posed by extremist groups. i am currently the chief of police in knoxville, tennessee, and i am on the board of directors for the international association of police chiefs, and the midsize agencies division, which represents agencies with 50-999 officers. this is the largest association of law enforcement leaders in order to 50 different countries. i've been trained by the fbi and domestic and international terrorism as well as being trained at the u.s. army war college in addition to my 28 years of expensive law-enforcement. today, law-enforcement officers face many challenges, and one is how to best respond to, plan rallies, and balance first amendment rights. starto often what might as a peaceful demonstration can spark protests over the civil disorder. groups of varying agendas wish to express their opinions can sparkedcan and

and richard cohen, president of the southern poverty law center. i've been fortunate to be trained by the fbi, as well as participate in training at the u.s. army war college. in addition to my over 28 years of experience in law enforcement. today's law enforcement officers face an incredible set of challenges. one of the many myriad of challenges we confront is how to best respond to planned rallies, spontaneous crowds and civil disturb anlss by extremist groups while balancing first amendment rights. what may have been started as peaceful demonstration can spawn protests and counter protests that can lead to civil disorder. groups that wish to express their concerns over numerous other issues can have and -- can and have sparked violent and even deadly actions and reactions. and most recently we witnessed that in charlottesville, virginia. a few short weeks after that incident an august 26th, we had a protest over a monument in knockville and we used what we learned from charlottesville, from boston, and from durham, north carolina, to assure a s

and richard cohen will talk to post's" benshington bradley. be sure to watch "washington thisal" live at 7:00 morning. join the conversation. >> outgoing federal reserve chair janet yellen talked about the state of the economy on wednesday. it could be her last appearance before congress. she recently announced that she would be removed at the end of term in january. president trump has nominated jerome powell. this is just under two hours. >> welcome, everyone, to the hearing, and we will discuss the prospects for our economy. the federal reserve is one of the most important institutions in the country and, indeed, the world. chair yellen served as president of san francisco fed, then as vice chair, then as chair of the federal reserve board. our distinguished service at the fed encompassed the most tumultuous time in the united states financial and economic systems since the great depression. many books have already been written about the events of this time, and many more will certainly be written from different points of view. and with var

host: richard cohen wrote this in the washington post. he must be exhausted is the headline. what do you think year two of the trump presidency looks like? guest: let me just say in response to what you just played from general kelly, with all respect to him, the job is much more than just simply controlling the flow of information, presenting options and information to the president. that's the staff secretary's job. the chief's job goes well beyond that. i would suggest general kelly pick up the phone to leon put on it. pick up the phone to jim baker. it's the tell him that easy part of the job. is walking into the oval office, closing the door, and telling donald trump what he doesn't want to hear. it's part of the job. that's what successful white house chiefs who want to have two term presidencies, that's what they learn to do. david is calling from longview, texas. he is an independent collar. you were on with mr. whipple. caller: with bill clinton's reputation, wasn't a failure to let him be alone with a female in the oval office? guest: possibly. that's the answer to

and richard cohen will talk to post's" benshington bradley. be sure to watch "washington thisal" live at 7:00 morning. join the conversation. >> outgoing federal reserve chair janet yellen talked about the state of the economy on wednesday. it could be her last appearance before congress. she recently announced that she would be removed at the end of term in january. president trump has nominated jerome powell.

host: richard cohen wrote this in the washington post. he must be exhausted is the headline.hat do you think year two of the trump presidency looks like? guest: let me just say in response to what you just played from general kelly, with all respect to him, the job is much more than just simply controlling the flow of information, presenting options and information to the president. that's the staff secretary's job. the chief's job goes well beyond that. i would suggest general kelly pick up the phone to leon put on it. pick up the phone to jim baker. it's the tell him that easy part of the job. is walking into the oval office, closing the door, and telling donald trump what he doesn't want to hear. it's part of the job. that's what successful white house chiefs who want to have two term presidencies, that's what they learn to do. david is calling from longview, texas. he is an independent collar. you were on with mr. whipple. caller: with bill clinton's reputation, wasn't a failure to let him be alone with a female in the oval office? guest: possibly. that's the answer to th

richards? >> i guess question for mr. cohen. where did he go? i think about this a lot. if it costs to build a unit at $700,000 or $500,000 or whatever the number is these days, inherently they're unaffordable to a good many of those people on your continuum. they're going up in price so much that you can't build them inexpensively. what would you do? >> commissioner, that is the question. and i guess what i'm saying is to shift to that from this idea that anything we build is working. the issue is that a lot of what we're building is working for some, but it is not working for the full range. so, we're to the point where the question you are asking is the smart one of, ok, what do we do? i would say, you know, things up to roughly about 80, maybe 100% of a.m.i. can and are currently with a variety of our city policies and subsidies basically being done through city investments. right? and there is different levels of subsidy and different kinds of incentives or requirements. there's different roles that the city plays directly or indirectly. so, frankly, from everything

richard ross says a lot of calls came into 911. >> fortunately, it was one of those things where no damage or injuries as a result. >> south philadelphia resident ivan cohen took notice today. >> i was talking to my wife. everything in the house was swaying to one side. all of the christmas decorations, the front window was shaken, the lights moving all over the place. >> he showed us the crack that appeared on the ceiling of the home on the 3100 block of south 13th street. this compares to the east coast quake in 2011, 5.8 magnitude in louisa, virginia. it was powerful enough to shatter windows in philadelphia skyscrapers 230-miles away. it cracked the washington monument and grounded flights for a good period of time. many of you have been sharing your earthquake appearances and experiences with us on social media. these are some of the many responses we received on twitter. you can use the hash tag "6abc" action to share your experiences. >> we continue on "6abc".com bringing you the updates as scientists examine the data and see the aftermath of the earthquake. >> developing news here, the search is on for the driver who caused a grinding crash in str

cohen. until then, i will give my friend richard danzig eight minutes to tell us why the technology tsunami in the liberal world order ought to be something on our radar screens. richard. richard: when steve said we were falling behind in winning and losing in trade, i have the feeling we are falling behind on this agenda but we're winning in terms of the richness of what's being described. i'm a bit of a loser in this in terms of limited time, but i want to hit on a very big topic that i think stands alongside the kind of classical analyses of international relations that are naturally triggered by our public about the liberal world order and what may upset it. alongside this also, is the economic analysis that you've just been treated to. but it seems to me the most fundamental thing in many respects, underlying all of this, is the technology tsunami that we are all experiencing. you see this reflected when mike immediately talks about china and the internet and internet governance. we are all richly aware of the i.t. revolution i just want to underscore to you that we should not treat i.

peter cohen made a bunch of great points that i want to touch on as commissioner richard and commissioner moore. so, i'll just high light a few things. first in terms of report. obviously thank you to the staff again. always great to have the great graphics. i've been to s.f. data, the site. but there is nothing like actually having it analyzed and in front of you to be able to see those trends. again, great twork to the staff. i'll point out a few things. there are a couple of chars to talk about. units aproved versus actually constructed and demolished and i want everyone to highlight that we definitely still have and we'll get to my thought on this, more units authorized that have not been built. we had years where thousands of units were authorized and maybe a few hundred actually built. and so in recent times we had a boom seeing cranes and the number of units authorized to units actually built are much more similar now, right? so maybe 4,000 approved but 4,000 also bill. we had a good three-year stretch where 3,000 or 4,000 approve and maybe 8900, if that, built. i think that is rea

cohen. until then, i'm going to give my friend richard danzig eight minutes to tell us why the technology tsunami in a liberal world order ought to be something on our radar screens. richard. danzig: wednesday said we were falling behind and losing in trade, i had a feeling we were falling behind in the agenda but the winner in terms of what is being described. i want to hit on a big topic that i think stands alongside some of the classical analyses of international relations that are naturally triggered by our topic on the liberal world order. thealongside this also is economic analysis you have just been treated to. thingst fundamental underlying all of this is the technologies -- technology tsunami. you see this reflected when mike immediately talks about china and the internet and internet governance. we are aware of the i.t. revolution. i would underscore to you that as theld not treat i.t. end of technological history. we are seeing dramatic innovations in biology, robotics, new materials, space, additive manufacturing, data analysis, artificial intelligence. i could go on with the list but

richard danzig about the impact of technology on america's global military leadership. we will continue with the conversation that i will moderate between former secretary of defense, bill cohennd madeleine albright about these issues and then culminate in a panel at 1130 with david ignatius of the washington post, and to former national security advisers. we have a full morning. this is what is at stake. we took on this summer in our conversation. this book focuses on probably the major question that republicans and democrats have about the future. will the united states maintain his leadership in the world in decades ahead? because that leadership is being assaulted by a combination of factors. first is the rise of right-wing antidemocratic populist movements. even in some allied countries. in poland, hungary, and in the czech republic. all members of nato, all now bearing in an anti-democrat direction.we see the rise. in france. deutschland, germany. some of these antidemocratic parties well-financed. some of them financed by the kremlin. some of them designed to howl at the european union and nato from the inside. that is one big factor that we are contending with. the se