host: robert woodson, founder and president of the woodson center.the work at th ewoodsoncenter.org. robert woodson, thanks for your time. we are about to go to an event sponsored by the center for strategic and international studies. it takes a look at relations between the united states and pakistan. it will feature the pakistani ambassador to the united states. that conversation and that event about to start momentarily. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> we are waiting on discussion on the relations between the u.s. and pakistan. we will hear from pakistan's ambassador to washington, masood khan. you are watching live coverage on c-span. host: and then state sales taxes, 46% saying overall they think that what they pay is fair. republicans, 42%. democrats, 52%. that is from the associated press. when asked about that -- when they asked, those categories if taxes were too high, here is ho