right now, we will take you to george washington university in washington, d.c.. the center for cyber and homeland security is where the homeland security chairman representative michael mccaul, republican from texas will deliver the state of national security. >> good morning. if i can ask everyone to please put their phones on silent mode and let me welcome you to the campus of george washington university. it is a real treat, a real pleasure and privilege to want to get host chairman mccaul on campus. he has been chairman of the house homeland security committee since 2013. at a time where there seems to be gridlock in washington, d.c., i can say without any exaggeration, he is arguably one of the most prolific and more importantly effective ,egislators in d.c. right now focused on a whole host of national security issues and also shares his committee a genuinely bipartisan way which is very true to the issues our country faces. i am going to be very brief, which is rare for me since i have never had a on -- unspoken thought. i will turn it over to the chairman

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special thanks to george washington university for hosting me. it is an honor to be here. i want to thank the students for attending this session. i see a few of you out there. collegewo daughters in and triplets in high school. when it comes to homeland security issues, i have some personal experience as well. education is really the key. that is why i am here today. you are the thought leaders of and on these most pressing issues facing the united states. the state of u.s. national security. i believe american strength is a pillar of global peace upon which our allies and partners depend and our enemies recoil. as i reflect on my time as chairman, i saw the rise of isis and then i saw the collapse of the caliphate. i am disturbed by the evil that has emerged over the last decade under retreating american leadership. i'm encouraged by the progress we are making in eradicating this evil that has entrenched itself around the globe. as an internal optimist, i am confident our nation is finally heading in the right direction. moving forward, it is critical that we continue to

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chairman, thank and to george washington university. most super early, thank you for all that you do. [applause] rep. mccaul: thank you. thank you, frank. a special thanks to george washington university for hosting me. it is a real honor to be here. i want to thank the students also for attending this session. i see a few of you out there. daughters in college and triplets in high school. when it comes to homeland security issues, i have some personal experience as well. education is really the key, and that is why i am here today. you are really the thought leaders of tomorrow and on these most pressing issues facing the united states. the state of u.s. national security. i believe that american strength as a pillar of global peace upon which our allies and partners depend, and our enemies recoil from. as i reflect on my time as chairman, i saw the rise of isis and i saw the collapse of the caliphate. i am disturbed by the evil that emerged over the last decade under richard a american leadership. i'm encouraged by the progress we are

. >> michael mccaul of texas gave a speech on national security at george washington university. after he spoke three republicans from his committee participated in a panel discussion about the issues he discussed. this is one hour and 35 minutes. >> good morning. if i can ask everyone to please put their phones on silent mode and let me welcome you to the campus of george washington university. it is a real treat, a real pleasure and privilege to want to get host chairman mccaul on campus. he has been chairman of the house homeland security committee since 2013. at a time where there seems to be gridlock in washington, d.c., i can say without any exaggeration, he is arguably one of the most prolific and more importantly, effective legislators in d.c. right now, focused on a whole host of national security issues and also chairs his committee in a genuinely bipartisan way, which is very true to the issues that our country faces on national and homeland security. i will be very brief, which is very rare for me, and then i will turn it over to the chairman now. afterwards, we have

court of appeals, teaching at george washington universities and alia school of law and member of thenal relations board, working as a u.s. attorney for the southern district of florida and serving as dean of the florida international university school of law, college of law, excuse me. that breadth of life experiences serves as an excellent foundation for his current job as the united states secretary of labor, where he works to foster, promote and develop the welfare of wage earners, job seekers and retirees of the united states. it's an enormous responsibility and secretary acosta manages about 17,000 workers charged with this tax across our nation. i was very pleased when secretary acosta came to south dakota for the first of our four wga workshops and i've been impressed with his commitment to work on behalf of today's labor force and his vision for the workforce of tomorrow. please welcome our guest speaker secretary alexander acosta, the newest secretary of labor. [ applause ] >> governor, thank you for the introduction and thank you for the invitation to join you again. as som

. >> welcome to the campus of george washington university. it is a real treat, a real pleasure and privilege to want to get host chairman mccaul on campus. he has been chairman of the house homeland security committee since 2013. at a time where there seems to be gridlock in washington, d.c., i can say without any exaggeration, he is arguably one of the most prolific and more importantly effective legislators in d.c. right now, focused on a whole host of national security issues and also shares his committee a genuinely bipartisan way which is very true to the issues our country faces. i am going to be very brief, which is rare for me since i have never had an unspoken thought. i will turn it over to the chairman now and afterwards, we have an amazing panel. when you think about members of congress, you don't immediately think cia or national counterterrorism center or prosecutors working at some of the most important issues facing our country, but i am proud to say we've got three of the best members who have done just that following this di

thank you for being a great friend to myself and to george washington university. and most importantly, thank you for all you do for our country. >> thanks, frank. i really appreciate it. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you, frank. special thanks to george washington university for hosting me. it's a real honor to be here. i want to thank the students also for attending this session. i see a few of you out there. i have two daughters in college and triplets in high school. so when it comes to homeland security issues, i have some personal experience as well. and education is really the key. and that's why i'm here today. you're really the thought leaders of tomorrow on these most pressing issues facing the united states. the state of the u.s. national security, i believe that americans' strength is a pillar of global peace upon which our allies depend and our enemies recoil. as i reflect on my time as chairman, i saw the rise of isis and the collapse of the caliphate. i'm disturbed, though, by the evil that emerged over the last decade under retreating american

here at george washington university formed part of our inquiry into fake news and disinformation and we are thrilled to be here and absolutely delighted with the support and welcome we receive from the george washington university and grateful for the efforts in helping us put on these hearings here. this is the first time that the select committee has taken live evidence in this way outside of the united kingdom. i'd like to thank the witnesses from the different companies that we'll see today. a small piece of housekeeping at the start and for people unfamiliar with the work of house of common select committee and more familiar with the work of congressional committee. it is understood that anyone taking part of a proceeding like this answers questions honestly and truthfully and it is an offense to mislead parol lent. we don't require you to swear an oath. we're also we have a number of sessions to get through today and i'm conscious we need to do it in good time and order. be clear and direct with questions and to be clear what you're asking for and to say to the witnesses too be

from george washington university, that is at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span. tonight on c-span two, a discussion on u.s. immigration policy and the human toll on border crossings. that is from the university of michigan ford school. c-span history series landmark cases returns this month with a look at 12 new supreme court cases. each week, historians and experts of join us to talk about constitutional issues and personal stories behind these significant supreme court decisions. live at 9:00 p.m. eastern. have a companion guide written by veteran supreme court journalist, tony morrow.

i am from the george washington university history department. i am the cochair of the seminar along with my colleague of the wilson center. is onng-standing cochair a well-deserved sabbatical from publictory's center of policy and will be engaged in research and writing in germany for the next few months. as many of you -- as many of you know, this is a collaborative of the george washington university and the wilson center. if you have not seen our lineup, please pick up a flyer outside of this room. it carries us through september although we go into late made toe in or you can go online the national history center's website for the full schedule. the programming for this season is diverse and exciting. sumner's like this do not just happened by themselves. like this do not just happened by themselves. there is a lot of behind the scenes planning. we also rely on the financial support of a number of groups. one piece of business, if you've got one of these devices that is not already on vibrate or silent, i would ask that you do so now. choked

tonight, we will take you to george washington university were senator bernie sanders is set shortly to deliver the climate state of the union. >> in that spirit, i am proud to introduce the world-renowned gospel choir of howard university. [applause] ♪ >>

jane: for re on the legal joorthan turley, a law profe at george washington university. jonathan turley, thank you very much for joining us. how high is the threshold of proof in order to bring charges like this? jonathan: in the criminal system, it is beyond a reasonable doubt, which is more difficult thanhe civil standard of preponderance of evidence. here in terms of indictment, you don't have to prove a case, but clearly a grand jury found that there was probable cause to support these allegations. they are quite extensive. jane: the indictment says that americans including members ofp the trmpaign had no idea they were communicating with russians. they were, in fact, unwitting participants. but against collusion?nse jonathan: well, it is very helpful to the trump white house. that one adjective of ting" is going to mean a lot to them. after a year and a number of plea agreents, the special counsel does not have evidence that anyone in the trump campaign knowinglyngaged with russians about the election, the campaign, etc. it also said that the efforts began in 2014,

security committee chair michael mccaul of texas gave a speech on national security at george washington university. afterwards, three republicans participatedittee in a panel discussion about the issues he discussed. this is one hour and 35 minutes. >> good morning.

-- media and affairs at washington university. welcome. director of the school of media and public affairs, and we are going to have a conversation with people who are both on the frontlines history and to make history because of what they do and who they are. it is a pleasure and a privilege ar me to introduce to you very special student who is going to introduce professor is a junior, a journalism major, she has done unremarkable things at gw and beyond and is president of the gw association of black journalists. lauryn hill is in her prime of her life, i would love to say here. she is the assistant editor of the multicultural magazine, she entered last summer at the afro-american newspaper in d.c., and is destined to go onto a really remarkable career, and she is launching right here, so join me please in welcoming lauryn hill, and have a very good evening. lauren: good evening, and thank you professor say that professor -- professor sesno. i would first like to thank the school of media and public hostrs for helping tonight's

here at george washington university formed part of our inquiry into fake news and disinformation and we are thrilled to be here and absolutely delighted with the support and welcome we receive from the george washington university and grateful for the efforts in

louis washington university school of medicine discovered that a compound found in vegtables like broccolido, get this slowing the aging process, good news, that's right, you don't have to go under the knife or anything. so the good news is produce consumption has been on the rise in the u.s. in fact americans are expected to spend nearly $62 billion on veggies in 2020. so, this is, i mean, really cool. basically like those green veggies, always hear eat the green vegtables, so more research showing why it is good to eat the green veggies meisha, hand me some cabbage right now. >> i snow. >> and broccoli stat. >> thanks, diane, check in with you in the next hour. >> all right, thank you. just few more months until the royal wedding. >> right. britain's prince harry and american actress, meghan markle, have unveiled new details about the big day all excited about there is two will wed inside st. george's chapel at windsor castle on saturday may 19th at noon. that's 7:00 a.m. at our time so you will have to be up early to watch it live. now, after the ceremony the newlyweds weds will take ca

research fellowship at the niehaus center for global gov indian at princeton, the studiesy george washington university a wood to wilson center in washington, dc. next to professor carston is paul, an associate prefer of political science and tackty compare of the committee or international relations. he codirects the program on international security policy and program on political violence. his research focuses on political violence and international security, particularly as many of you in south asia himself book, networks of rebellion, explaining insurgents cohesion and collapse, won several awards and has publicked widefully academic and policy journals. finally next to professor is page pryce combe who is the numb clear proliferation fellow for the chicago project on security and threat here at the university. she recently received her phn political science from in the university of south carolina. her research and teaching interests lie at the intersections of international relations and compare of politics. she is broadly interested in our institutions affects the foreign policy of leader and m

and we are thrilled to be here and absolutely delighted to be welcomed by george washington university and helping us putting this on. this is the first time the select committee has taken live evidence. i'm grateful for everyone's work and making the logistics possible. ash i thank the witnesses. people who are unfamiliar with the work of congressional committees, it is understood who s taking part answer questions honestly and truthfully. i'm not suggesting that eye witnesses would do that. but we don't ask them to swear an oath but i hope they will be telling a truth. we have a number of questions to get through today and we do that in good time and good order and i ask them to direct their questions by the panel. and the witnesses, too, because of the time constraints, i would ask the witnesses to answer the questions and if a question is directed to you that you answer that. and some sort of time. i would like to start the you, do g and to ask you regard campaigns or disinformation of fake news as being harmful to your customers? >> first of all, thank you very much for the opport

student and george washington university and hard to comment mahmoud is a sudanese activists also it hard to mubarak is a pharmacist welcome to the stream everyone i want to start with some of the personal stories that we're getting from people in sudan and abroad who are sharing what life is like for them and for their family members this is a good read on twitter she says rent has more than doubled in our apartment building with landlords requesting board a six month advance to compensate for any expected decline in the value of currency here's one more personal story. i'll direct this to you this is mohammad who joined us in our show december twenty sixth show on sudan's protests he writes for regular citizens point of view the prices took a rocket to the moon daily means are hard to meet need to have to three hundred percent more money to get what you use to the country's import cost higher he also goes on to say that for example the simplest example is bread in two thousand and eight one pound is twenty pieces of bread and now it's one so you read stories like when you hear stor

monday to --r homeland security chairs the homeland security chair deliver a speech at george washington university. c-span's "washington journal ," live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. morning, theday latest on the release of the house intelligence committee memo and the russia probe. we will discuss president comes foreign-policy agenda. joining us will be a reporter from the atlantic. then, a former white house adviser gives his view on the memo and how it could affect robert mueller's investigation. be sure to watch "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. on "afterwords," frumerent from -- david with his book "trumpocracy." >> a comes from the same root as democracy, it is a book about the study of power. that is what the suffix means, it is about donald trump's tower, five he maintain it and get away with it? it is the system of enabling, the system between trip and congress, the white house, the media that enabled him, the system that involves the republican donor elite that succumbed to him, and above all, between him and the cor

programmes at the centre for global policy and a fellow with the programme on extremism at george washington university'si said many doubt the ceasefire and may not be worth the paper it is written on. the intent of the great powers of the security council is to let the world know that this is not easy and we are working on it. this resolution is kind of like a placeholder, saying that, right now, we do not have the means to implement a ceasefire, but we are working on it, and be patient. so what hope do the people of eastern ghouta, for example, have? is that something which they should hear and feel that relief is at hand? i mean, relief and a sense of fear are relative. and for the people of eastern ghouta, there has been no let—up. so if they are not hopeful, then it's only natural. i think it could take a long time for the powers to work out a ceasefire that is meaningful, in which relief can be actually provided to this particular area. it is a complicated situation. you have the syrian regime backed by the russians and the iranians on one side, bombing the area. and then rebel forces reportedly no

he will be sitting down with a law professor from george washington university. he'll discuss his life and career. the law library of congress and the supreme court fellows program are co-hosting this event. should start in just a moment.

she graduated from george washington university with aba and political science -- in political science. distinguishedhe scholar award, the highest academic award given to students in the arts and sciences college. if you are doubting that these people are experts, doubt no more. i wanted to start with them. and now i am going to join the panel. i want to be with you. by asking them briefly to answer that question every one of us who has ever taught history at asked eventually by our students. why study history? what difference does it make? why should we look at these documents? what value does it have? and i want you to answer it while standing on one foot and not cursing. denver? denver: obviously, i'm biased. but i cannot even imagine taking about our present problems without having historical context. history might not offer the exact answers to all of our problems, but i don't think we can even understand the problems without looking to the past. the eminent historian gordon wood has a great phrase, he talks about the fog of the presidency. we often think about the fog of war and

washington's. >> welcoming universities in our country. few people that don't like immigrants so much. and i won't mention who those people are. but they don't represent california. >> after the speeches, it was time to toast the war of the dog. >>> oracle arena was packed. joel osteen returned for his night of hope. >> reporter: this time landing at oracle's arena. >> we came to lift people's spirits. god is in control of their lives. they can let go of the past and new beginnings. >> what he says is powerful, motivating. >> she started watching in the hospital on her phone and we were bringing her books so she got involved that way. >> reporter: the houston preachers took heat last year during hurricane harvey. >> we would do better next time because we have people there. you know, the city didn't know it was fwog going to be that bad either. >> reporter: olsteen. >> i never dreamed my books would sell. i am in awe. >> reporter: organizers say they have sold more than 10,000 tickets tonight. >>> stay with us. apple's air pod headphones are certainly a high-tech item. >> and they prau

lisa rein with "the washington post," kathleen clarth the university of washington. thank you very much. >> thank you. dr >> wf: stay with us, coming up on the newshour: republican senator david perdue of georgia on the immigration aubate on capitol hill. and snowboarder white brings home the gold but faces renewed scrutiny over sexual harassment allegations. but first, capitol hill >> woodruff: one of ung people whose fate -- apologies. our apologies. it's a night full of news. we're going to get straight now. the story we turn to now, how advanced is north korea's nuclear weapons program? i >> woodruff: how advanced is north korea's nuclear weapons program? w it is a questih heightened urgency given the escalating rhetoric between the u.s. and the secretive ree me. y to get an answer: visit the nuclear facilities themselves. miles o'brien recently sat down with one american who did just that, part of our weook at the leading edge of science and technology. >> reporter: capricious and erratic as the nation and its leaders may seem, north korea's maash toward nuclear

george washington university program on extremism found 64 joined the fight overseas and nearly halfd return to the us. one of them, texas man who took the formal route, authorities say warren clark said the terror group his resume saying he was well-equipped to teach english. they believe isis did in fact hire him to work in the middle east. the mother of natalie holloway, the alabama teenager who mysteriously vanished in aruba 20 years ago, hard to believe it was that long ago, is suing a major tv network, filing $35 million lawsuit against the network oxygen claiming they created a fake documentary series on her daughter. she says the producers tricked her into providing dna after they claimed they had a match. natalie's body was never found on the island. she was last seen with johann vander snoot who is serving a sentence for killing another woman in 2010. donald trump making the dangerous ms 13 the face of his crackdown on border security, charges are filed against the illegal immigrant accused, more on this story. >> a roundtable at the white house saying he would shut down th

tonight, representative michael mccaul will be deliver ing a national security address at george washington university at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >>> over on c-span 2, hillary clinton talks about women participating and leading, human right, justice and peace at georgetown university. that airs at 9:00 p.m. eastern as well. next, we go to the university of chicago where a little bit more than 75 years ago the university scientists produced the first controlled nuclear chain reaction. the panel discusses the dangers of nuclear are weapons, and reacts to the trump administration's policies with north korea. >> all right. good evening, everyone. thank you for coming. welcome. i my name is amanda woodword and i'm the dean of the division of social sciences here at the university of chicago. i'm just delighted to be here with this group of faculty for this event. this evening is continuing a year-long series of events at the university of chicago commemorating the 75th anniversary of the first controlled self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction which happened just over there. over the past five months,

. >> joining me now, george washington university law professor, jonathan turley, good to see you, your thoughts. >> this has to be good news for the trump team, actually comes to a single adjective, they say that there were no -- that the conversations that trump officials had with a few of the russian was unwitting, they did not know they were russians, it was amplified by deputy attorney general saying that no american knowingly had any interact with this, that sounds a lot like no collusion, many of us have been saying we don't see a basis for a criminal investigation to whatever collusion might mean, there is no crime of collusion on the criminal code. but what is really interesting is that this is an investigation for a year with multiple 3 agreements -- plea agreements, benefit of speaking with people like flynn, they say, we have no evidence basically of collusion. that includes an absence of any reference to trump tower meeting, there they knew they were dealing with russian but the investigators did not include that as some type of a evidence of collusion. so, this has to be g

she received her phd from george washington university and grassroots is based off of her dissertation. the inspiration for such a sure she will tell us more about it as she starts her talk. emily has been featured on the history channel, npr and her book can be found in the "washington post," the atlantic, history news network and run washington. we are excited to have emily here today because here in colorado we had a very intriguing conversation going about marijuana even before it was officially legalized in 2014. her book adds to the conversation with research and interviews which expand the conversation even more than we could hope to so without any furthedo so without anyfurther m welcome to emily. [applause] thank you for having me here. in a the establishment of on so many cultural events. i caught a cold from my toddler son. i haven't been to colorado since 2010 and the city has not really changed. you are at the forefront of the movies we are discussing tonight. legalizing is huge before people even used pot and beer even professionally you set the pace so i would like to se

i'm a historian here at george washington university. i've enjoyed your books ever since reading fatherland in berlin. i'm very much an archive rat. you really enjoy going through the archives and there's so much color. i will ask you the same question i asked alan first to i admire for his novel. do you ever work in archives? >> yes, quite often. i worked in the archives and went through all the u-boats and read them all in sequence for that book and its shattering to actually deal with that sort of thing. i remember one i never put in the book, coming across a document that propose some proposed peace deal and churchill's own writing was on it and he so vigorously disagreed, writing know all over that at one point he tore the paper. those sort of documents, they really rise up and you can feel the horro the force of history. i much prefer, my favorite reading is not really novels her history books, it's diaries, letters, journals, anything that is unmediated but real. nowhere do you get that better than in an archive. >> will ask you t

washington's. >> welcoming universities in our country. few people that don't like immigrants so much.i won't mention who those people are. but they don't represent california. >> after the speeches, it was time to toast the war of the dog. >>> oracle arena was was was w joel osteen returned foreturnedr night of hope. >> reporter: this time landing at oracle's arena. >> we came to lift people's spirits. god is in control of their lives. they can let go of the past and new beginnings. >> what he says is powerful, motivating. >> she started watching in the hospital on her phone and we were bringing her books so she got involved that way. >> reporter: the houston preachers took heat last year during hurricane harvey. >> we would do better next time because we have people there. you know, the city didn't know it was fwog going either. >> reporter: >> i never dreamed my books would sell. i am in awe. >> reporter: organizers say they have sold more than 10,000 tickets tonight. >>> stay with us. apple's air pod headphones are certainly a high-tech item. >> and they prauf too hprove to for one

. >> hi, i'm avery and i'm a senior at the george washington university. also, i love vital voices.y question is how do we ensure i guess for jackson katz, how do we ensure the actual quality and content of this educational material is good? because i'm gone through all these things and i've gone through trainings and they haven't been comprehensive or effective. i've spoken to men after who didn't feel like they learned a lot from it. how do we ensure the content is quality? >> that is a great question. it is a work in progress. some of us are meeting in d.c. this week talking about how we can use our decades of experience that what we know works with men and young men and try to figure out how to translate that into broader policy around the country. there is variable education going on, a lot of non-education. most high schools have zero on these matters. and the ones that do are mostly inadequate, to be quite blunt about it. so we have a long way to go. part of the way to ensure quality is to get the right people in the room making policy decisions, as well as following through.

in american studies from george washington university and grassroots is actually based off her dissertation. the inspiration for such i'm sure she'll tell us more about as she starts her talk. so emily has been peesmed on history channel npr and work can also be found in the washington post the atlantic, history news network and run washington. we're very excited to have emily here today because as you know here in colorado, we've had a very intriguing conversation going about marijuana. even before it was usually legalized in 2014. and -- emily's book adds to this conversation with new research and interviews -- which expands this conversation even more than we could even hope to so without any further adieu let's give a warm welcome to emily dustin. [applause] >> thank you so much for having me here. it is really an honor to speak at the cover which is a establishment that has put on cultural events and pardon my voice i caught a cold from my toddler son you know how baby colds are they're the worst so hopefully my voice will hold on. i actually haven't been to colorado since 2010, and ci