if the american university community wants to back off of teaching the humanities it is going to be acost to american society. a very unfortunate circumstance. >> when i was chairman of the national endowment for the arts, about two months after i took the job, i had to deal with the first of what became a recurring issue, which was that a state was in the process of taking its arts council out of existence. i had the very fun task of talking to governors and lieutenant governors and majority and minority leaders about the fact that we would withhold federal funds if they got rid of their arts agency. do you see any similar trend happening in terms of state humanities? >> my background in the arts has the same phenomenon. there is a state humanities council in all 50 states, precipitated by national statute. there is a state's arts council in all 50 states, as well as in the territories that we control. the neh and neli are all -- and nea are organized like a mini state department. we have organizations in every state. in the state department, washington sends it direct to you and the

. >>> the american university newspaper is not apologizing for a controversial call. ex knepper wrote that anyone who goes to a man's room indicates she wants sex and she should not cry date rape. >>> the recession forces americans to tighten their belts. many universities are doing the same. many schools are capping tuition increases at 4%. hopkins at johns t university will rise 4%. >>> 5:49 on a beautiful thursday morning. we have 53 degrees. it does not get much better than this. >> it is a carbon copy of what we had yesterday. everybody was outside. >> we are excited. we have so much to share with the city. my wife drives downtown every day and it is frustrating. >> we have to be good hosts. we have to pack their patientce. >> there is nothing i can do. prince frederick, 50. kind of a spread across the area. it is hard to think back. let's move back a little b it and show you the snow. we look back to march. a trace of snow in d.c., a trace in baltimore. this came after february that featured 50 inches of snow in baltimore. march came in like a lamb. spring has sp

. >>> the writer behind the column in the american university newspaper is no longer with the eagle.homore alex nepper and the paper have parted ways just days after the column came out. ? it, he wrote that date rape was quote, an incoherent concept. the editor in chief printed the column. but they have since apologized for it. >>> stories that had our newsroom talking, it is one of the most notoriously violent movies and it looks like a school play. is this scar face for second graders? >> you son of a b. [ indiscernible ] >> i believe you mother fudgier. >> okay, you want to fight me? you fight with the best. say hello to my little friend. [ sound of gunfire ] >> while the scene may look a little familiar, it actually is not what it looks like. a music video director named mark clawfeld hired real child actors to take on the roles. best been on youtube for weeks now. he's a bit surprised that so many people are upset about this considering the whole point was to spotlight the pervasiveness and sex and violence. >>> david letterman peek. >> there's your stimulus package at the sex c

she is now at the american university as the executive director of the j-lab, the institute of interactive journalism. welcome to you both. let's start out with a very quick question: is there really anything wrong with 24-hour news cycle? jan? >> well, it doesn't serve all the citizens. in a democracy, people need different things than what you get on that 24-hour cycle, and i think that's become problematic, and i think we see citizens stepping up to the plate to try to fix it. >> chris? >> well, it is what it is. i think what i do is i get in my car in the morning, and i have satellite, which is great, actually, and then you can flip it around. i don't have msnbc on my satellite. they don't have it. but i usually start off with 60s music, which makes me happy, then i turn on, depending on the mood i'm in that morning, fox or cnn. i turn on fox sometimes to find the edge, where there's an argument going. i want to sense where the right is coming from and what they find appetizing in the news, so i can figure out where the biting story is from their perspective. cnn's obviously more objec

the last song" is rated pg. 11:48 is our time right now. a new art exhibit at american university. us, chuck bell will be back with another check of the >>> a new exciting art exhibit opens next week at american university. it features is artists from lebanon. and joining us it morning are rita namor and anita shadeeg. you spear leaded this and i'd like to know more about that. it's. >> caller: ed the convergence new arts in lebanon. there is a sto in the new york times about how lebanon is the new paris. is this a renaissance going on in lebanon and beirut specifically. >> actually, yes. beirut was always alive and well except for the few years of tragedy and war. this is why we wanted to do this show to show that it's not only war in lebanon. it's about a city alive. >> how hard was it to find new artists to get involved in this. >> american curator here from the au went to lebanon last year and he picked all the artists and the artwork. we have 29 artists with 42 artworks at the american university. >> i'm told your husband is the ambassador from lebanon. have you ever mounted an

the testament to the advocacy of three dozen organizations from the american academy of religion, the american association of university professors and pan-american center. six years ago, the bush administration reproach professor ramadan's visa ambien and from the united states. with the help of the aclu, the reorganization simonton out of lawsuit under the first amendment to challenge the ban an appeals court eventually rejected the bush administration basis with the band and as larry said earlier this year secretary of state hillary clinton signed an order that lifted the ban altogether. if not for the lawsuit, the three american organizations filed several years ago, this evening's discussion wouldn't be taking place at all. at the end of this evening, we cannot decide for ourselves whether what tariq ramadan has to say is persuasive or unsettling or even infuriating, but we should take a moment to appreciate that we can decide for ourselves. one point to the first amendment is to create a political space in which we can discuss and debate issues of public concern without government interference or censorship. toni

. >>> the american university campus paperler hold a substitution over a controversial article. itor and chief of the eagle says they found an article contesting date rape. the paper has sense apologized for publishing it. the sophomore author is no longer writing for the paper. his column questioned whether men and women are held to ditch standards of responsibility when they get drunk at a party and have sex. the paper will run a special edition today. >>> tonight metro will hole final public hearings on the budget. both have open houses starting at 6:30, the meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. this afternoon advocates with the fair share for metro campaign will pass out fliers at the courthouse metro station trying to get local golfs to chip in funding for metro. read more about metro budget cutting ideas and the details on wusa 9 doict. president obama hearing objections from environmentals and conservetists for plans on coastal drilling. he announced the shift yesterday at andrew's air force base. the end -- will allow drilling platforms 50 miles off of virginia coast. president oba

the professor of the american university in cairo one of the more enlightened universities in the arab world, that the egyptian freethinker in a religious skeptic fascinated by will tear, the doctor whose feminist aspirations are crushed by the radical islam all around her, the christian whose role model was ratan at the call for democracy in the middle east. now the portraits that lee paints and they are quite severe are set against the backdrop of the day including the july, 2006 hezbollah war. now, lee draws on his knowledge be called muslim prehistory setting the koran and its pu aenma the case at and by policy ms in bblican adminisns with israel, the u.s. or the west in general. instead he argues the problem as he sees it within the politics of their world is the notion and legitimacy that forces given within the politics. and lee will do a better job of presenting his own argument in a minute. and after lee speaks we have the real honor of ury from three distinguished commentator is men who know washington policy world and the world of arab politics very well we will first hear f

. >>> controversial newspaper column on date rape on the campus of american university. a student wrote in the school paper, if a woman goes to a party, drinks to much and heads to a guy's room, she's indicating she wants sex and shouldn't cry date rape. some say it a free speech issue. >> free speech and insighting anger and hurt and bringing up old wounds and basically hurting people. that's what his article was. it wasn't a controversial topic. it was a controversial topic that was inciteful. >> the university held a discussion hoping to ease the tension on campus. as for the writer of the controversial column, the paper has decided to partways with him and lenot be writing for the eagle next year. >>> an easter sunday surprise. the eagles trade quarterback donovan mcnabb to the redskins. mcnabb doesn't waste any time arriving today at dulles airport and rushed off to a local hotel. sports director dave feldman here now with this one. >> they did the deal last night. mcnabb comes to d.c. the eagles get a second round pick in this year's draft and a fourth or third in n

to -- we have to recognize that the african university system declined over decades as the colonial era faded away to an astonishing degree. now you have all these american universities opening in the middle east. i am for it. i love it. you have all these universities because that is where the money is. i think it is good for us in the long run, good for america and the middle east. we maybe should think about finding the same sort of help and africa where our universities could be there in partnership with african universities and build their capacity, even as there is an architecture school from the university of north dakota their. i think he should really think about it. this is a very discreet strategy that universities are following in the middle east. it is going to be good for our foreign policy, but it is only because they are rich. we really need to do this where people are not rich. i think he should really look that. . . they thank them for the generosity. we have that online at the website. you can affect the video on a the look of the video on malaria and aids. you can see the heart wrenching stories. the most have successful outcomes. we

and if the american university community wants to back off of teaching the humanities, it's going to be a real cost to american society. in a very unfortunate circumstance. >> when i was chairman of the national endowment for the arts, really about two months after i took the job, i had to deal with the first of what became a recurring issue, which was a state was in the process of taking its arts council out of existence. and i had the very fun task of talking to governors and lieutenant governors and majority and minority leaders about the fact that we would withhold federal funds if -- you know, if they, you know, got rid of their -- of their arts agency. do you see any similar trend happening in terms of the state humanities? >> first by background, and the arts has the same phenomenon. there is a state humanities council in all 50 states as well as in the territories that we control. and so that they are organized like a state department. we have embassies in each of the states. the distinction being that, a, we turn internally and b, in the state department washington sends a di

to -- we have to recognize that the african university system declined over decades as the colonial era faded away to an astonishing degree. now you have all these american universities opening in the middle east. i am for it. i love it. you have all these universities because that is where the money is. i think it is good for us in the long run, good for america and the middle east. we maybe should think about finding the same sort of help and africa where our universities could be there in partnership with african universities and build their capacity, even as there is an architecture school from the university of north dakota their. i think he should really think about it.

the numbers you want from your closer. gutierrez a guy who has been around. younger brother of karl gout res which was an all-american closer at the university of miami.i have always said as a closer it's a little difficult if you have one or two bat outings as a closer your numbers get hammered. i think that's the case with david gutierrez. he had a couple unfortunate outings. but the guy that does have those five saves to lead the team. the only guy with saves. and he is the guy they count on to close games out. that's why he is in the game right now. >> jason: come up for the hurricanes again tomorrow's series closes against wake forest to 1:00 p.m. first pitch with jason santana for miami and austin stand letter, the left-hand ebb for wake forest. and then those two games at fau. tuesday back here at home wednesday night. the canes defeat the the owls last wednesday 2-5. then miami on the road against the virginia tech hokeys. and virginia tech a win in talahassee last night. last check had a one run lead over the florida state seminoles this evening as well. once again a change in the lineup for wake forest. shane kroker is substituted for

. >> john nagy is the author of mutinies of the american revolution and rebellion in the ranks. he's a scholar in residence at st. francis universityand loretto pennsylvanian founding member of the american revolution roundtable of philadelphia. for more information visit fraunces tavern museum in new york. >> this week in john dean as a guest on booktv's in depth, the former white house counsel to president nixon and author of 10 books including an updated edition of line ambition. >> in her book, "enlightened sexism," susan douglas compares images of women in the u.s. culture from the 1980s to the age of reality tv. nicole's books in ann arbor michigan host this 50 minute event. >> i wanted to begin i just talking somewhat informally about wyatt wrote this book and then i'm going to do a brief reading from the introduction. in 1994, i published a book called where the girls are, and it did very well. he was about the mixed messages that they be dumb girls and women got from the mass media and their own love-hate relationship with popular culture. as a result, i did get a lot of speaking engagements at colleges and universities, b

seven years as president of dillard university and prior to that, he spent 30 years in public service and in academia, including serving as the first african-american chairman of the fulton county board of commissioners. dr. lomax has taught literature at morehouse college, spellman college, and the university of georgia, and he is currently a trustee of emory university. he is a member of that council of smithsonian institution's, the national museum of african- american history and culture, is my pleasure to introduce him now. ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to dr. law -- dr. michael lomax. [applause] >> thank you very much, david. good evening. i am deeply honored to be here, and after watching that clip, all intimidated. as we have seen from that clip of then-senator obama's speech delivered here two years ago, it was an extraordinarily elegant and thoughtful speech on the subject of race. and in id, he found the path through the national mine field, and for a brief period managed to put the subject of race on hold and find the space to pursue his candidacy without being mired in the turmoil that often attends that subject. eve

seven years as president of dillard university, and prior to that he spent 30 years in public service as -- and in academia, including serving as the first african- american chairman as the filson county board of commissioners. he has taught literature at spellman college and the university of georgia, and is a trustee of emory university, as well as a member of the teach for america national board of directors and a national -- member of the national museum of african-american history. it is my great pleasure to introduce him now, please get a warm welcome to dr. michael lomax. [applause] >> thank you very much. good evening. i am deeply honored to be here. after watching that clip, a little intimidated. as we have seen from that clip of the then senator obama's speech delivered here to -- two years ago, it was a very elegant and thoughtful speech on the subject of race. in it, he found a path through the national minefield, and for a brief period managed to put the subject of race on hold and find a space to pursue his candidacy without being mired in the turmoil that often attends that subject. even one year ago his election seemed to have ushered in a

john naisbitt is the author of "mutinies of the american revolution" and "rebellion in the ranks." he is a scholar in residence at saint francis universityin insulin you. and a founding member of the american revolution roundtable of philadelphia. for more information visit fraunces tavern museum.org. . .

. >> the debris at times is arsenic contaminated soil so we take that up as well. >> they have been digging since 2007, next to american university president's house and south korean embassy. residents have health concerns and are demanding answers. >> i would hope they would be transparent about the history of the situation. what they have found in the past and what they have looked for. >> i asked the army corps if they would provide a list of the various chemicals they detected this past year. they have this information but they didn't provide it. >> reporter: the residents are asking for what is called a

. >> the campus of american university in washington exploded when student columnist, adam never, wrote column boo date -- about date rape in the newspaper. saying any woman who heads to a party is indicating that she wants sex. >> there's a massive double standard from when a man gets drunk and a student getting drunk. >> while some defended the newspaper's decision to run the column. >> he had a point to be made. and there was some truth to it. >> others flooded e-mails and tweets. >> it was very hurtful and brought back traumatic memories for people. >> they said, bee are sorry of -- we are sorry. >> in washington, whit johnson, wjz eyewitness news. >>> april is sexual abuse awareness and prevention month. >> an aware border agent finds a huge stash of pot in a truck hauling furniture. the flatbed trailer was stopped near san clemente, california. canines were brought in to sniff the furniture. and officers found drugs. the truck driver is an american citizen. he is in the custody of dea agents. >>> let's go to new york. farnoosh torabi has more on wall street. >> on wall street, the

the mid-20th century. he is a professor of political science at the university of california-berkeley. he has published extensively and american politics specifically on congress and american political development and he is well-suited to discuss the transformation of the senate and what the senate look like it mid century. he is maybe most well-known for two books he has written on the institutional development of congress. one called disjointed pluralism, institutional innovations in the development of the u.s. u.s. congress and another one called filibuster, obstruction and lawmaking in the u.s. senate. both of these book look historically at how the institution is change over time and i think he is going to share some of that information today. both of those books one bisphenol price, which is the prize for the best book in legislative politics granted by the american political science association. after eric, alan abramowitz will be speaking to us about elections. he is an expert on american politics, specifically elections and very specifically senate elections today. he is the author of six books and countless articles.

the party in power. >> thank you for joining us. american university will now hold a discussion about a controversial column about date rape. in the article, he wrote -- the columns stirred up controversy on and off campus. -- the column. >> that is what i do. >> he is a self-prescribed personal ones to be a political commentator. they plan on issue an apology -- he is a self-prescribed person who wants to be a political commentator. >>> tomorrow, the california medical board will ask a judge to bar dr. conrad murray from seeing patients in california. the doctor has not seen patients since the death of michael jackson. he pled not guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star. he is accused of giving jackson as a powerful sedative, which some say ended up killing the singer -- he is accused of giving jackson a powerful sedative. >>> there is a hearing coming up for some suspects in a case. a group of men broke into the miami home of the ballplayer. >>> and all eyes will be on tiger woods after he returns to golf after four months of

. >>> you could say the upscale spring valley neighborhood near american university is still fighting war i. for more than a decade now the army corps of engineers has been digging there finding and disarming deadly remains of a munitions dump and as derek mcginty reports some residents are tired of it all? the corps of engineers have a long way to go and they have been doing it for years and good for them for trying. >> reporter: a bottle with arsenic animus guard gas found under this house in spring valley. these are chemical warfare agents from world war i buried under the neighborhood. >> the debris at times is arsenic contaminated soil so we take that up as well. >> they have been digging since 2007, next to american university president's house and south korean embassy. residents have health concerns and are demanding answers. >> i would hope they would be transparent about the history of the situation. what they have found in the past and what they have looked for. >> i asked the army corps if they would provide a list of the various chemicals they detected this past year. they

shouldn't that the system be universal for all americans? including those who change jobs. if we think that, we could cover newly hired workers in those states where they are not presently covered, so as not to disrupt the other pension systems of existing workers. we could raise revenues by investing social security trust fund money in other instruments besides treasury securities. other systems like canada's already do this. there are some concerns that this could dominate our capital markets, but if we invested 15% of trust funds in a broad stock market index fund, that would only be about 2% or so of today's market capitalization. in addition to bringing in more money, it would have the added benefit of keeping those funds away from the temptation of politicians to spend them on things other than social security. the other side of the letter, the benefit adjustments side, the older population is already working longer. facilitating an accelerating that helps create a more sustainable balance between the number of years that people spend working and the number of years th

. >> caller: hey, jim, a big boo-yah to you from the sammy house of american university. >> american ity. now we're starting to talk about david gregory's stomping grounds. this doesn't get better than this. i'm telling you the college kids love the show. they love a 64-year-old guy. i can't believe it. i never understand. maybe because they have my "mad money" liquor. >> caller: yeah. it's a great day to be here. >> it's a great day to be alive for heaven's sake. go ahead. >> caller: i want to talk to you about walgreen's. they've been buying a lot of land over the past two years. >> true. >> caller: i'm thinking maybe this is something i want to get myself involved with. i look at the competition, rite aid, cvs. their stocks are selling through the roof. between $1 and $5. when walgreen's at 30. >> you've got to get some horse sense. i don't even want to hear right sade in the same sentence. i went to rite aid this weekend. and other than the fact the guy recognized me they didn't have anything i wanted. it was really disappointing. thank heaven for target down the block. now here's

in 1977, after half a year as a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute here in washington, he returned to teaching at the university of chicago law school. he was also a visiting professor at the law schools at georgetown and stanford universities. president ronald reagan appointed justice scalia to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia in the 1982 -- in 1982. four years later, president reagan nominated him to serve on the supreme court. the senate confirmed his appointment on september 17, 1986. that was almost 24 years ago. justice stephen breyer was going in san francisco, california. he received a b.a. in philosophy from stanford university, a b.a. at magdalene college and oxford university as a marshall scholar, and a law degree from harvard law school. he served as a law clerk for associate justice arthur goldberg during the 1964 term. in 1967, he began his academic career at harvard law school, where he taught until 1994. he also taught at harvard university's kennedy school of government from 1997 to 1980. beginning in 1979, he served two years as chief counsel to the senate judic

though he denied it he was refused entry into the united states in 2004 as he was preparing to take up a position as professor at notre dame university in the american midwest. but last year, he won an appeal. and this week, i spoke with tariq ramadan on his first visit here since the ban was lifted. so thank you for being here. >> thank you for your invitation. >> so you must be really relieved to be back in the united states, right? >> yes, i'm happy. and it's, for me, you know, the whole process is clearing my name from all this wrong allegations and accusations and now it's quite clear that you know, my record is clear and there is nothing wrong in what i have been doing. >> do you think you were caught up in the heat of that moment back in fwou -- 2004, or do you think some of those sensitivities remain? >> i think that it's deeper than that because just after september 11th, i came here and i was invited and i spoke. i was even invited to the state department to give a lecture there. so, it was really about my criticism towards the american policy in afghanistan and iraq and what i called the unilateral support towards the israeli government,

senate looks like at mid-century, at the mid 20th century, he is professor of political science at university of california, berkeley. he has published extensively in american politics specifically on congress and american political development. and he is well suited to discuss the transformation of the senate and what the senate will look like at made century. he is maybe most well-known for two books he has written. he is renowned as a to b. government of congress, one called disjointed pro bowl ism, innovation and he devoted of the u.s. congress. and another one called filibuster, obstruction and lawmaking in the u.s. senate. both of these books will look to struggle at how the institutions have a change of time and i think he will share some of that information with us today. both of those books on the prize which is the price for the best book and legislative politics. after eric, alan abramowitz is a professor at emory university. you will be speaking to us about collection. he is an expert on american politics, specifically elections, and very specifically senate elections today. is the author of six books and countless articles, maybe most interesti

so the finalists sets for the fiction prize are bonnie joe campbell for american salvage from when state university press. michele huneven. hillary mantel and jayne anne phillips. linda wolfe is going to announce the winner and present the citation. >> i am so happy that we are giving the award to hillary mantel. i read rationing myself to a score or so of pages a day to prolong the pleasure the book was given me. then to my surprise from 60 pages to the end i did something i had not done since i was a teenager. this time i finished it. i have wanted this book of galloping with an invention to go on forever. the story of the rise to power of the brilliant and complicated thomas cromwell, adviser to handed the eight, the book takes the whole genre of historical fiction, turns it on its head, and makes it as fresh and new as the latest of post-modern fiction. history has disparaged cromwell, particularly because of his role in the executions of the catholic thomas moore and the protestant ann boland. but mantel has written his character has been painted as so comprehensively black that any reasonable

the americans who stood with britain in its darkest, finest hour. the professor of journalism at the university of arizona is the moderator of the event. >> my name is lord rosenblum. welcome to the second annual tucson festival of books on this fabulous day. it is only march and it is not yet 130 degrees. i grew up here. i love it. i want to say something about -- i want to thank the judge for making this possible and the want to add my appreciation for all the work behind this amazing festival. if anyone thinks books are dying just look at the mobs outside. any cellphone that rings will be fed to the scavengers outside. this is the point where the presenter says it gives me great pleasure but in this case, man! you may not be able to judge a book by its cover but you can by ane author. se have not only learned to make our sources's lives miserable but we also join the noble tribe of where animals, reporters for the associated press as a former professor out here, joined the hot squad features in new york and worked in the moscow bureau during the evil empire days. she went to the baltimore su

douglas, president of the american actions forum and peter the president, professor, sorry, made you the president of the university of maryland. >> thank you. i'll make awe reference. >> at the university of maryland school of business. >>> goldman-sachs is in hot seat, of course, after that sec fraud charge. just how strong is the sec's case? where does goldman take it from here? we'll discuss that when we come back. [ woman ] can't anything help these itchy allergy eyes? [ male announcer ] visine®-a is clinically proven to relieve all your worst eye allergy symptoms. it goes right where you need it, relieving allergy eyes in minutes. visine®-a. the most complete allergy eye drop. anncr vo: ...you can get help gwith a flat tire.... anncr vo: ...find a nearby tow truck or gas station... anncr vo: ...call emergency services... anncr vo: ...collect accident information. anncr vo: or just watch some fun videos. anncr vo: it's so easy, a caveman can do it. caveman: unbelievable... caveman: where's my coat? it was suede with the fringe. vo: download the glovebox app free at geico.com. ♪ (announcer) right now, all over

we actually left the station a few hours ago on nebraska avenue near american university. we decided to take massachusetts avenue all the way down, and we didn't run into one bit of traffic at all. we passed through thomas circle. it looked like it was a weekend day. it was nice. you see the traffic cops are out here. they're directing traffic and making sure traffic continues to move smoothly. now, on the time we see a bit of problems is when parts of 11th street gets blocked off. but it's not long. about 10 to 15 minutes as delegates pass through this area smoothly. . but many many people are happy with what's going on. >> how is traffic today? >> very good. for all these people. >> what were you expecting snud. >> i was expecting not to be able to get to work as quickly as i could. >> what did you see this morning? >> it was actually pretty good. i got to work on time. >> as you can see, they're blocking everything off. we don't even know where to catch our buses. it's just chaos everywhere. >> one woman is calling the situation chaotic. if one of your routes is delayed

suggesting that we need to keep to that understanding of america as a melting pot and that the american ideal is universal in different parts of the country. >> we enjoy you every friday morning. is it not time for the leadership of the republican party to step forward, admit the mistakes that have been made, and differentiate the republican party from the democratic party and restate our principles and values clearly? [applause] >> i think you are seeing that more and more. gov. rick perry was up here. you are hearing what i have said. other leaders outside of washington are admitting that. i think he will find the leaders inside washington believe that. i agree with you the need to be more forthright. we will not convince the american public to trust again unless we can demonstrate to them that we understand what is needed in america and we understand the role of limited government and we're going to deal with these huge problems. we have to be willing to stand up and say tough things. there are leaders in washington who have stepped forward and talk about programs that have to be cut. they talk about t

the school of public policy here at the university of maryland. i want to welcome all of you to this discussion about something that kids and poured into the americanagine. this is part of a dramatic change in the debate about the deficit and national debt. we are now talking aboutha

the organization of american historians. we learned today that justice stevens as anticipated has announced retirement. what's the theme? >> everyone at northern illinois universityis excited about this book. it's really a coincidence and ideal timing, this book has been in production and research and written for more than a decade and said to have a publication that what was already a very good book coincide with the retirement is very timely, greatly appreciated by the press, and we are thrilled to have such a terrific book coming out in a timely fashion. >> will you tell me about the author's? >> padilla is a journalist with more than 30 years experience, most of the chicago tribune's of this a trick rider and the book is written in the one who journal style with a lot of clarity and pine. gene is a tourist legislature and lawyer in eleanor line and so he had access to a lot of the very high profile people interviewed for this book and make a great team. >> two justice stevens now about that and cooperate at all? >> yes, i wouldn't and a big sticker on a but justice stevens did sit with interviews with the authors, was aware of the projects and actually a lot

the heritage web site for everyone's future web site. dr. postell is assistant director of hard american studies. prior to joining heritage in 2007 he taught political science courses at the university of dallas. he was a previous fellow at the claremont institute in 2005 and is also a member of the american political science association. dr. postell earned his ph.d. in american political thought and political philosophy and his master's degree politics, but from the university of dallas. he received his bachelor's degree in political science from ashland university in ohio. please join me in welcoming my colleague. joe. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you for coming. these days conservatives seem to be more interested in progressivism than progressive so there is good reason for this. if conservatives wish to engage in a serioeb

the electorate and senate elections look like today. finally i will reintroduce burdett loomis, a professor here at the university of kansas. he is the author or editor of 14 books on american politics, an expert on congress and the senate, including an edited volume called esteemed colleagues, stability and the liberation in the united states senate. this was written a while ago. [laughter] and then he is currently working on a book about looking at the culture wars and the role of the senate in elections and electrics. with that introduction i turn it over to eric and i remind you that we have 15 to 20 minutes more or less per speaker, with no good way for me to stop you. >> thanks for the reminder. first i would like to thank burdett for organizing this. it is a great honor to be here and i thank the dole institute. is a great up tendency to talk about the senate vote today and from a historical perspective and there is no more appropriate place than the home of top doles archives. i think one theme that will likely emerge from this conference is the idea that senate is something of a mess. i think that is probably a widespread, not universal view but widespread view amo

he is a very distinguished professor at one of the universities here in washington. very much concerned with american policy and american life. he is jewish, and he has been in the state department and an adviser to various administrations. one of the points he made to us, he said, one thing i want to tell you is the honeymoon is over. the effect of the holocaust on anti-semitism in the world has dissipated. it is picking up. it is no longer dead, and it is no longer considered to be something one really doesn't talk about in polite society. he said it is back, and it is back everywhere. so that the lesson that we hoped we have learned may not be fully learned. we will have to be forever vigilant. >> question over here. >> from the german institute. i want to start by thanking everyone for a very enlightening and moving presentation. my question is for the two editors. i was curious if you could tell us a little bit about how you arrived at the selection of sources in this book since i imagine it was not an easy process. i am curious to what extent you started with the sources and saw where they lead

i am going on to accept a job at the university of richmond in the fall teaching american studies. >> when ginnie comes marching home is the name of of the boo >> every year the national press club hosts an author's night. author of 14 books. a new book out called defenders of faith. let's start with the basic questions. >> the holy roman emperor. the tenth sultan of the ottoman empire. the two came into a clash in vienna in 1527 and 1532. really was a clash of empires and the clash of civilizations and the clash of religions. we think after 9/11 we were the only ones that never had this experience of jihad versus crusade, but this is what i have been really doing for the last four books, reminding people of episodes in history where christianity and islam came into conflict. >> what was the result? >> well, the result was that the ottoman turks, the islamic forces. had they not been stopped what he wanted to do was go all the way to the rhine river. had he prevailed europe would had been islamic in 1527. so it is a major turning point in history. >> when you are working on this type

president medvedev and president obama met and began what has now become known universally as the resets of the new oppression american relations. and essential to that from the very beginning has been then nuclear relationship the strategic arms relationship and nuclear proliferation and other nuclear issues. i think it is a particularly fitting event this morning at carnegie to have one of the leading experts both on our own staff and also on our staff in moscow talk to us this morning about what is happening over the last several years to the nuclear relationship and the situation as a nuclear weapons with russia and how oppressions see it spread of it is my pleasure this morning to both george perkovich director and vice president for studies to focuses efforts here at carnegie in washington on the nuclear agenda and he will introduce to you alexei arbatov the recognized expert, political leader, and long tom -- longtime student of the strategic relationship between russia and the united states. let me turn it over to george. >> thanks. just to build low little on what jim said to set up the discussion to introduc

the world's best and brightest to america because our framework will award a green card to immigrants to get a ph.d. or master's degree in science and technology, engineering, or math from american university. finally, the american people deserve more than empty rhetoric and impractical calls for mass deportation. our framework says, if you've been working hard, kept your nose clean and be productive, you'll be able to get right with the law if you come forward, register with the government come to admit you are here illegally, pay the taxes you owe, and pass background checks bridge are framework creates a way to let people live upright lives after paying the penalties for illegal action. in conclusion, immigration reform is a morally complex and politically explosive challenge. there is no more important and difficult task than defining the american community and determining how we treat those who wish to join it. we're asking our republican colleagues to come join with us in this difficult work. the time for talking points is over. we know we cannot pass reform, comprehensive reform, unless it is bipartisan. we welcome our republican colleagues to take a look at our proposal, see where

the left? a recent study by researchers at yale and george mason university found that 56% of americans trust their tv weather reporters to tell them about global warming over former vice-president al gore, 47% and the mainstream media at 36%. judy, every weather forecaster across america should frame this report and put it in their office. how could it be? >> that's it it explains why so many americans still think there's no such thing as global warming. if your local weather person says it, half of whom turn out to be -- have no advanced training in meteorology, no wonder the country is confused. i found it a great study and kind of depressing. >> the same media who attack religious faith embrace the secular faith of global warming. there is no information that will deter them from their worship of the earth. >> although there is a great crisis of the faith. the german magazine asked is it really the case that the world will end if the temperature goes up one or two degrees and the answer of course is no. >> now on to a story that has been red meat to the liberal media. the republican national co

come to our universities and to come to the company's and work and frankly in a university setting the notion that you could have a graduate student from a foreign country working for an american professor and that in a university laboratory setting have that student singled out and denied access to that laboratory is on a day-to-day basis not workable so i don't know quite where the deemed export has come out since i had to leave it prematurely. but as a matter of principle, that is my concern would be in exports and what the consequences are. i get it. we used to have this joke back in the cold war that the soviets would send 40-year-old nuclear physicists to study in u.s. universities and we would send a 21-year-old college seniors to study in their universities. so there is an issue here of its real but we've got to figure out a better way to deal with it. >> time for one more question right back here. >> secretary gates, from the rate on company. i want to ask two things. one, you're talking about going forward to congress with proposals to change the law to enforce or implement this new system which is commendable. one of the issues the industry struggled with is the leg

last year the cooper union celebrated its 150th anniversary for those of you who are not familiar with this institution, it is a small private university founded by the american entrepreneur and inventor philanthropist peter cooper, who also having only one year of education himself felt that education should be as free as air and water. so he devoted his entire fortune to building this institution to provide what he called an education second to none at no cost to every student for 150 years there was a student in this program who has a full scholarship. we teach three subjects here. architecture and engineering and fine art with an emphasis on the union of these subjects. in addition to the school, peter cooper established this hall as a forum for free speech for the chance to air any issues that were of importance to the public. and we've been very proud to maintain the tradition of the hall for 150 years. it was from this lack durham that abraham lincoln made his speech the same as the speech that got him the presidency of the united states and we have had eight other american presidents including barack obama speak from this platform as well, as well as

the plan. one is reform and update the universal service fund so broadband communications can reach every americanncluding oral areas, respond to the issues you made in your opening statement with respect to those wired and wireless broadband. second, making sure we lead the world in mobile by having enough spectrum available to take advantage of the huge opportunity for investment innovation, job creation that we have. third, making sure we deliver on the 9/11 commission recommendations with respect to a public safety network and that the communications networks and data networks are protected against a tax. fourth, that we promote a vibrant competition on our broadband communications networks and fifth that we protect and in power consumers with respect to broadband communications wherever they live. >> what i am interested in is at tool decisions and plans and things ready to go as i indicated at the meeting hearing we had some time ago when the plan came to us that there would be -- we would be off and running. i don't get that impression from this. what i want to see is real change and i want