joining me now the co-author of the report from the australian strategic policy institute dr james lybrel dr level walk and it's good to have you on the program with us now the chinese government has said that this report has no factual basis but i'd like to ask you what evidence did you use to arrive at the conclusions that you have in the report. what we spent. a team of researchers binning over 3 and a half months collecting numerous data points easing the chinese government's media reports as well as documents available wadley available locally available on the chinese internet we also he said light imagery to to examine some of these factories and we also collaborated with the washington post for some on the ground reporting particularly around the conditions at the top long factory in qingdao where you have basically a situation in which the chinese government is sending we goes on to work in factories in other provinces in china what you're calling that a forced displacement of sorts as i connect. well what we're searching is that these readers we've documented up 280000 that have

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that is according to a new report from the australian strategic policy institute, which analyzed satellite imagery and public documents to uncover the scheme known as xinjiang aid. workers are subject to ideological brainwashing. there are also barred from observing their own religious and troll practices. the report says at least 80,000 uighurs have been forced to work in the factories since 2017. in nicaragua beloved poet and , priest ernesto cardenal has died at the age of 95. cardenal supported the sandinista revolution movement that overthrew u.s.-backed military dictator anastasio somoza in 1979. cardenal went on to become nicaragugua's minister of cultue under the sandinista government from 1979 to 1987. his involvlvement with the sandinistas caused the vatican to suspend his priesthood in the 1980's but it was later reinstated by pope francis. cardenal was deeply influenced by the liberation theology which focuses on social and economic justice. in his final years, he became a vocal critic of his former sandinista ally daniel ortega, after ortega returned to the nicaraguan presiden

kori schake is director of defense policy studies at the american enterprise institute for strategic studies and distinguished experience in government working with the government of defense and state and the white house and national security council. bradley bowman is director of the center on was very little power, serve as national security adviser to members of the senate armed services and foreign relations committee and 50 years in active-duty us military officer. he was a blackhawk pilot and assistant professor at west point. those who haven't read your book, explain who are the dragons, who are the snakes? >> a military application until the end of the cold war, jim woolsey, clinton's cia director. >> i'm an incredibly prescient guy, going through the confirmation hearing, the cold war just ended, america needs to face in the first cold war period, we slated dragon talking about the soviet union and we are in a jungle filled with a bewildering variety of poisonous snakes. he goes on to lay out a detailed vision of week states which i'm calling the snakes. the media future whi

policy studies at the american enterprise institute. previously at the international international institute for strategic studies and experience in government working with the departments of the feds and state as well as the white house national security council. bradley bowman senior director of our center on military and political power. serving as national security advisor to members of the senate armed services and foreign relationsti committee and more than 15 years active duty u.s. military active officer. also a blackhawk pilot and assistant professor at west point. let's get going for those that have not read your book, explain briefly. >> this is a book about military adaptation by adversaries and potential adversary since the end ofd the cold war. the title comes from president clinton's ciaia director. [inaudible] >> yes. thank you for pointing that out. if you read his testimony, when he was going through his confirmation hearing and 93, he was asked, well, the cold war just ended, what do you think america is to face and he said we have slammed a large dragon talking about the soviet union. now we find ourselves in a jungle fil

institute of strategic studies in london. he owns and maybe degree from princeton university, a masters and ph.d. in public policy and economics and politics from harvard university. three books recently in the last six years. most recently telling truth to power, a history of the national intelligence council which he co-edited with robert hatchings. published by oxford university press just last year. we've been going back and forth trying to find a good time for greg to come out and talk. it is unfortunate that he could only come out now because there is nothing happening in the intelligence community that bears any, that merits any of our attention. without any further ado, please join me in welcoming a long time friend, greg trump written. >> thank you my friend. such a treat to be here. scott has already stolen one of my best lines which is sorry there is no -- nothing talk about intelligence. great treat to be here. i grew up in denver. my parents, we were a middle class family. i was always trying to attach myself to their trips in broad more, i casually did. i got them to go to the broad more so we could

began shaping policies and prioritizing estimate including boosting funding year after year for the national institutes of health and centers for disease control and prevention and strategic national stockpile. perhaps the greatest wife like these past few weeks as the prior establishment of an investment in the infectious diseased rapid response. because congress had the tools in place the administration has been able to direct us with a response from day one. i want to associate myself with the chai chairman and i would le the phone to the larger. we proposed 300 million those in the budget realities we would have liked to do more. i'm pleased that congress did te 300 million a supplemental and i hopebu that we can build on that given what we have towe work wih but again the outcome because was our creation of the reserve fund and while it'sd unfortunae i'm glad that a the resources we available. i hope more available in the yfuture. there's still a long road ahead and i am encouraged one of those is not whether the funding will be there for the public-health defenders to continue their response. along with providing the funding for the resources we need to prepare for

shaping policies and prioritizing investment in our readiness, including boosting funding year after year for the national institute of health, center for disease control an prevention and strategic national stockpile. perhaps our greatest lifeline these past few weeks was the prior establishment of and investment in the infectious disease rapid respond reserve fund which was immediately visible to you, the c.d.c., our number one public health defender. indeed, because congress had the tools in place ready to deploy at a moment's notice, the administration has been able to direct a swift and decisive response from day one, not lose anything time protecting our citizens. i'll associate myself with the chairman. ill like this fund to be larger, we originally proposed $300 million. i know we both living within budget realities would have liked to have done more. i'm please congress did the $300 million in the supplemental and going forward i hope we can build on that given what we've got to work with. we have many priorities here. but again, the jut come we cot was the aim in our creation of the reserve fund. while it's unfortunate we had to use the fund, i'm glad the resources were