that on the line now from new haven connecticut in the us is dr bandy professor of psychiatry at yale university she's editor of the book the dangerous case of donald trump and last month she proved a group of congress members on trump's mental health dr lee you said in recent months that donald trump state of instability put the world at extreme risk how can you assess him without having met him. hello first of all thanks for having me i would like to make clear that i do not represent the views of yale university all of them are my own. yes in terms of. instability i was mainly referring to. the effects on public health that his mental state into. effect and. i'm actually an expert on violence as well as a forensic psychiatrist and having studied. studied predicted and prevented violence as. the focus of my career i have watched him display many signs of danger. now assessing dangerousness is different from making a diagnosis to make a diagnosis you have to have all the information including in my view a personal interview. but in order to assess dangerousness you only need to have enough info

mounting over the course of his first year in office now it's emerged a professor of psychiatry at yale university briefed some members of congress on the president's mental health late last year she told the wy. that what we're saying that much in the office of the presidency is a danger to national and international security we're trying to educate the public about the finding. instability our doubts about. the need for the evaluation as more copies of foreign fieri sell trump is said to be frustrated that the issue of his mental fitness is gaining traction. for more now i'm joined by detailed discussion fundament at our washington studio carsten many trump critics are lauding this book by michael wolff but just how much substance is there to it well i would be careful to believe everything that is written in the book because michael wolff himself says. a lot of times there are conflicting versions of what really happened and he sometimes given them both or sometimes he settling on one version but there is a lot of hearsay involved would be particularly careful when it comes to donald trump's fa

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known for many things, -- my colleague here at yale university.oann'sr many things, comments are well known. joann went to uva. , she is theva author of, affairs of honor, national politics in the new republic. she is also the editor of the essential hamilton from the library of america and the alexander hamilton writings collection also by the library of america. she is involved in all kinds of things hamilton. her new book out next spring, fall. it is called, the field of blood, congressional violence and the road to the civil war. this session is about 80 events that shocked americans and let's go richard you are first. richard: these introductions. it is a pleasure to be invited by frederick douglass's grandson. [laughter] you missed a great line in the paper. [laughter] >> go on. richard: when i first came to yale university to give a talk many years ago, tom, the recorder of the history of these things, the history by taking photographs. he is now doing twitter. where have we gone wrong? [laughter] i don't know. i have no answer. lessons of

bandy lee from yale university.n i spoke to her today, she said the lawmakers in that briefing were engaged, they were asking questions, interested, and specifically in that briefing she said she believes according to her professional opinion that donald trump is showing signs of impairment is what she told them. she believes he's become very unstable very quickly, that he is unraveling. again, in her opinion. and that she believes he seems to be losing his grip on reality. and she left that meeting, erin, with the impression that many lawmakers were legitimately concerned about president trump's mental health. a big side note to all of this, one that dr. lee did emphasize in my conversation with her today, she said she's not in a formal position to formally diagnose his condition given that there are certain protocols for medical professionals and given that she has not examined him herself. >> thank you very much. i want to go to maryland congressman jamie raskin who met with the doctor. i appreciate your time. wh

so in 2002 we went to the library at yale university to the james weldon johnson collection where langston what, if anything, langston had kept. lo and behold he kept just about everything, including letters we had written to him that we long ago forgotten about. we sat there in silence overwhelmed i what we found and slowly realized that this for your correspondence was a window into some of the most important sociopolitical events of the 20th century. many of which were little-known yet nonetheless real historical significance. additionally, this correspondence displayed black radical intellectual brilliance and activism. they are choosing to make a commitment to progressive struggle that they knew would leave them all financially strapped. lastly, it eliminated a profound, a real friendship. we realized we had to share this discovery. i couldn't just remain our family treasure. we had to write a book. we had to write it for uncle langston, for we knew that one who never stop, because we knew that he had never stop believing that workers deserve to enjoy the fruits of their labor, or in

this was part of yale university's gilder lehrman center for the study of slavery, resistance, and abolition this was the most fun to , deciding which events, which problems, which moments of the pre-civil war era would we represent. said, thisanna and is one you should moderate. she said,

speaking will be the author of the book, associate professor of history at yale university as well as a former wilson center -- as during i will also well as a former wilson center fellow. i will also take the opportunity to ask you to follow us on twitter and facebook. read our twoure to excellent blogs. and theses on russia other focuses on ukraine. today's event, all you need to know about russian hackers. we are pleased to have a speaker who is here with us for a few months as an expert at the canon institute and an eight investigative journalist -- and an investigative journalist based in moscow, russia. at theted his career biggest russian news website at the time. after the editor in chief was fired by the publisher on political grounds he left of the publication along with most of its reporters and editors. focuses of his reporting on the refugee writess in russia, lgbt in russia, cyber security, and the islamic state. he got the gq award in journalism for his reporting about isis. his works have been cited in the new york times, the new yorker, and other respected western pub

at yale university, a faculty member is yelled at by students. the reason -- his wife also a yale instructor had suggested students should be free to wear any halloween costume they choose. even if slightly offensive. a month later, the teacher resigned. at the university of missouri -- >> don't push me. >> students and faculty try to stop a student reporter from covering their protest. >> this is the first amendment that protects your right to stand here protects mine. >> at the university of california at berkeley, when conservative commentator ben shapiro showed up to speak. there were multiple arrests. the school on virtual lockdown, and more than half a million dollars was spent on security. even comedian bill maher faced student calls to cancel his berkeley commencement address in part because he had made jokes about islam. who ever told you you only had to hear what didn't upset you? >> reporter: at campuses around the country. some speakers were disinvited. or simply backed out in the face of student opposition. former secretary of state

marcy sure will be speaking, author of the book and a professor at yale university. another director for the communist society for the university of maryland and i also take the opportunity to remind and follow us on twitter and find us on facebook for the latest events and publications. also, please make sure to read our blogs. one focuses on prussia and russia file and the one that focuses on ukraine [inaudible]. to today's event all you need to know about russian hackers we are very pleased to have as our speaker who is here with us for a few months as a cannon expert at the cannon institute and investigative journalist based in moscow, russia. he works at the russian news website and he studied his career at [inaudible] and works for the biggest russian news work and was fired for political grounds and left along with its reporters and editors and started it independently medusa in 2014. most of his reporting is on the refugees and the lg tp rights in russia in the islamic state. in 2015 he got the gq award in journalism about reporting for isis and its connectio

you write about scully, professor at yale university. mr. lubin: he had a tremendous influence. he was a great professor of architecture. as as so legendary lecturer, i wanted to learn some tricks, how to be a great lecturer. you definitely could learn it from scully. when he talked about world war i memorials in france, he was so eloquent. he wasall choked up when talking about it. hearing him in the audience, i got choked up. that is one of the things that got lodged in my head, i want to write about this. -- i it was very much sort of questions some of my emotions that day hearing him lecture. aboutou get so emotional the feeds our guys did, in a way that validates. it is a long conversation we have to have another time. allowing the deaths of our soldiers, yes, they deserve our respect. but there is also a way it parlays into future generations and continuing centuries old -- i don't want to say militarism, but unexamined rushing off to war. steve: how do you know when you are connecting with your students about the subject? if you see excitement on the other side when you a

in your book, you write about vincent scully, professor at yale university. what influence did he have in your thinking? mr. lubin: he had a tremendous influence. he was a great professor of architecture at yale. as a -- yougendary know -- lecturer. i wanted to learn some tricks, how to be a great lecturer. you definitely could learn it from scully. but when he talked about world war i memorials in france, he was so eloquent. and he got all choked up when he was talking about it. and hearing him in the audience, i got choked up. and that was one of the things, i think, that launched in my head. i want to write about this sometime in my life. it was a very emotional thing. yearsg the book some later, i sort of questioned my emotions that day and hearing vince scully lecture, that when about the emotional great things our guys did in the war, in a way, that validates -- i mean, this is a long conversation we have to have another time. but i think hallowing the deaths of our soldiers, yes, they our great respect, but there is also a way in which it parlays into

politico is also reporting lawmakers concerned about president trump's mental state called a yale university professor was on capitol hill last nonts fmonths of briefing. she's saying he's going to unravel and we are seeing signs. she also said lawmakers' level of concern about the president's dangerousness was surprisingly high. >>> now, for the fifth time in two days, north korea has spoken to south korea in a newly reopened border hotline. it's been two years since it's been operational. south korea reporting no sign of imminent missile launch although not everyone is calm. will ripley has the latest from seoul. >> reporter: hi there. this hot line, languatwo two ye they would call twice a day. never answered but then when kim jong-un gave the order, north korea decided to reopen this hot line but so far no substance to the calls. essentially testing the line and telling the south koreans that they don't have anything new to report just yet. indication we're getting is that the conversations mite center around the north sending a delegation to the winter olympics. there has been an offer

in your book, you write about vincent scully, a professor at yale university. what influence did he have in your thinking? mr. lubin: he had a tremendous influence. he was a great professor of architecture. i was a graduate student at yell. -- yale. he was so legendary as a lecturer, i wanted to learn some tricks, how to be a great lecturer. you definitely could learn it from vincent scully. when he talked about world war i memorials in france, he was so eloquent. he got all choked up when he was talking about it. hearing him in the audience, i got choked up. that is one of the things that got lodged in my head, i want to write about this. anyway. yeah, it was very much -- in writing the book many years later, i sort of questioned some of my emotions that day hearing him lecture. when you get so emotional about the great deeds our guys did in the war, in a way, that validates. this is a long conversation we have to have another time. but i think, hallowing the deaths of our soldiers, yes, they deserve our respect. but there is also a way it parlays into future

i was at yale university. i found a transcript of the conversation. it's quoted in the book. the secretary of war says mr. truman please don't -- just pull your investigation away this is a secret project. truman said that's all you've got to say and he did. brian: in truman's memoir -- shortly after taking the oath. the secretary of war poses on the side. and says by the way, mr. president, mr. truman must have been like, i'm president of the united states. he said there's the secret project going on. it's so secret that all i can tell you right now. he used the word "puzzled" it wasn't until april 25th his 139 13th full day. this is highly likely that we will have a bomb big enough to destroy an entire city. brian: how did stemson get there? a.j.: he was a fascinating character. he was the only republican in roosevelt's gap net. he had been in government since early in the century. he was 77 years old. lots of details ant his meeting with -- about his meeting exist. brian: here's what he looks like like back in 1943. >> hopelessly immobilizing his troops, guns and ammunitio

. >> politico also reporting concerned lawmakers called a yale university psychiatry proefr professorarned lawmakers about trump saying quote, he's going to unravel and we are seeing the signs. she also said lawmakers' level of concern about the president's dangerousness was surprisingly high. >> for the fifth time in two days north korea has spoken to south korea on a newly reopened border hotline. it has been quiet. they're now talking. south korea reporting no sign of an imminent missile launch by north korea although not everyone in the reg is caion is automatic. will ripley live from seoul. you can see maybe a small, small downshift in the concerns here because they are talking to one another, but still, just a dangerous situation, will. >>reporter: right, christine. the hope here in south korea that north korea will participate in the winter olympics because they believe that perhaps will mean north korea will not engage if provocative behavior like a ballistic missile test around that event. even though u.s. officials have been indicating for a couple weeks they believe north k

whether they would meet the merritt test, but i tell you, i have a young woman who wants to go to yale university. i want that for all those who want to do good in their country. he doesn't seem to see that. and then i would say this, i believe that the crucial part of this nation is its underpinning in democracy and social justice, voting rights, the criminal justice system. we have not heard one positive word about the importance of the civil rights. >> congressman meeks, you announced that you're not going home. looking at this tweet coming after democrats, he made punk members on the other side of the track. you don't know what he's going to say. those that do go risk getting their finger wagging by this president. you don't know which donald trump is going to show up? >> you never know. first off, he's a conman and what he's done all his life. if you look at his policies, in queens, he had over 800 people come out. so he makes even with his tax cuts and makes you think because you people are talking $11,000 that someone gets back. they let you win the first game, but in the long-term you're

add this week came news that early in december the book's editor yale university psychiatry professorr. randy lee met on capitol hill concerned about president trump's recent behavior. now several quotes and episodes in michael wolff's book have thrown fuel on the debate including steve bannon saying trump has, quote, lost it. on friday when asked about trump's fitness for office on the "today" show, woefrl salff this. >> let me put a marker in the sand here. 100% of the people around him, they all say he is like a child. and what they mean by that he has an a need for immediate gratification. it's all about him. >> and some have questioned the president's fitness is not new. one election day poll found 63% of all voters felt he lacked temperament to search as president. and that includes 19% of those who voted for him and those numbers have not improved in the last year. but i don't think we should encourage this sort of speculation. first. it's inexact. and subjective. and second, it's unfair and unseemly. just as i said it was when some speculated about what aled hillary clinton wh

. >> i know you did not attend that meeting with the yale university psychiatrist, your colleagues did, was it appropriate, do you think, to have that kind of a meeting? because this psychiatrist never personally had any contact with the president, did not question the president at all? >> i have no knowledge about the background of the meeting, we requested it and how it happened to come about, members of congress have a duty to gather information and hear views from whoever particularly experts, has light to shine upon critical problems, and the meeting in itself was appropriate, what to do about it is something else. >> you don't know, maybe you do know who the republican senator who attended that meeting is, do you? >> i can't shed light on who. >> you don't know that. the president is scheduled to receive a complete physical examination, but the results of that are not necessarily bound to be released publicly. either his physical condition, mental condition, the results of that physical exam, others have, there's no indication that this president is going to do so. we'll see if h

it's that yale university super mysterious club that was founded in 1832. so creepy. turns out that, according to an informant, anti-trump fbi investigator peter strzok and his gal pal fbi lawyer lisa page spoke in text messages about a secret society. within the fbi itself, that was convened apparently off-site, presumably. to discuss things like insurance policies and other benevolent matters involving donald trump. senator ron johnson today was flabbergasted at what he learne learned. >> what this is all about, it's further evidence of corruption at the highest level of the fbi. a secret society? we have an informant that is talking about a group that were holding secret meetings off-site. there is so much smoke. there are similar individuals highly biased, political operatives burrowed into the department of justice as well. >> laura: you combine this with the sudden missing five months of texts between the two lovebirds, and you do have a full-blown corruption scandal on your hands, involving the very people that are leading the investigation into both mrs. clint

. >> you heard ryan nobles tell us that this yale university psychiatry professor who briefed the legislators has told cnn there is a need for what she called a neuropsychiatric evaluation that would demonstrate his capacity to serve. do you agree? >> i think the bigger issue would be when the president has his exam at walter reed, it would make sense that he ought to go through not only a physical examination but a mental examination as well and those facts ought to be presented to the american people. >> president obama would release detailed reports on all sorts of aspects outside of washington, d.c., what if he just releases a statement saying he's in good shape? >> well, having been there, i understand why they like to keep it short and sweet but i think when it comes to relevant information about the physical status of a president, the american people should be informed if there's anything that is relevant to his ability to perform the office of the presidency. >> a lot of these questions are being raised right now even as we speak, mr. secretary, in part because, as you point out, the

look, i work at yale university. where there are actual secret societies.rotip is that when you're in a secret society you don't refer to as a secret society. there are so many things that are ridiculous on its face. but to jump from those things to corruption at the highest level of the fbi is such a serious allegation. so destructive to the values. the rule of law, the legitimacy that the institutions have and built up over time without any substantial evidence. and it's just it's rich in my opinion that they do this with no regard while at the same time ignoring i think very important evidence that is come their way about serious threats to our country. >> it's interesting to watch. if you do watch trump tv. rather than state run tv. it is the trump channel. especially when they're really going at it. it's during their the editorial hour. where it's their opinion hour. and people at home don't disearn these are opinions and not necessarily fact. they're watching opinion. so they take it as fact and run with it. and have conspiracy theories and talk about

spewing more than a dozen lawmakers reportedly 11 democrats and at least one republican met with yale university professor dr. bandy lee in closed-door briefings to discuss the president's mental fitness. trace gallagher has details on these diagnosis lawmakers heard. what these secret visits to capitol hill might mean. >> when dr. bandy lee finished up more than six teen hours of private meetings, she apparently convinced some it was time to invoke the 25th amendment saying the president was mentally unfit to fulfill the duties of the office. she indicated that getting republicans to sign on would be trickier. dr. lee acknowledges it's unethical for a psychiatrist to diagnose from afar but she believes it's her duty to warn the public about their leaders psychological instability which is why she and 26 of her liberal colleagues wrote the book "the dangerous case of donald trump." the president is compared to an american hitler, showing signs of impulsivity, recklessness and paranoia. here is dr. lee. >> when silence contributes harm to the public health, we have a duty to speak out. and the du

i was at yale university. i found a transcript of the conversation. it's quoted in the book. the secretary of war says mr. truman please don't -- just pull orinvestigation away this is a secret project. truman said that's all you've got to say and he did. >> in truman's memoir -- shortly after taking the oath. the secretary of war poses on the side. and says by the way, mr. president, mr. truman must have been like, i'm president of the united states. facilityson said there's the secret project going on. and that it's so secret that all i can tell you right now. >> he used the word "puzzled" it 139 t until april 25th his full day. that with the girls. and he's holding this document. and said within the next four months we will be -- this is highly likely that we will have bomb big enough to destroy an entire city. >> how did stimpson get there? >> he was a fascinating character. he was the only one in roosevelt's gap net. he had been in government since early in the century. he was 77 years old. so he's been an administration and different positions. he feels secretary of war

he received his ba from yale university and from california berkeley and while being a professor, i don't know how he did it but his jd from georgetown university. welcome. [applause] in november of 2017, the second panelist admission to the state bar was so moving and in his words unlikely that it wanted an article in the new yorker entitled if it becomes an attorney. on that day, the results remarks last time my mom saw me in the court i was sentenced to nine years in prison. i know nobody expected this, least of all me. he's a father of two sons, kuwait and the author three of e books, the recently published bastards of the reagan era, the naacp award winning memoir a awa question of freedom and the poetry collection. he's currently enrolled in the phd program wall at the yale law school and a jd from yale law school and nsa from the wilson pictures and nsa program for writers and from the university of maryland. please join me in welcoming him to the conversation. [applause] i want to get started on your most recent research that takes a comparative look at the criminal justice system

you had some dozen law makers in both chambers of congress being briefed bya psychiatrist from yale university. despite that, we never seen the president defending his mental state at the same time while trying to outline and then move forward with his 2018 agenda. a na. >> a part of that press q & a the president re-affirmed his support for attorney general jeff sessions. but sessions is not at camp david this weekend. what does the white house have to say about that? >> that's right. they say it's ban part of a long-held plan. this week you had several congressional republicans calling for jeff sessions to step down, despite that the white house says that this week was all about the legislatef agenda and it had long been a part of a plan for the law makers and cabinet members there to be there not a part of the executive branch department of justice agenda for this weekend, so it would be natural attorney general sessions will not be there. >> following the "new york times" report, suggesting he ordered white house counsel don mcgan to try to prevent sessions from recusing himself from the r

i got a chance to try out my approach to north korea at yale university. i know to be very careful of analogies as most are fraudulent and incomplete. i see the north koreans as puffer fish. if i had clearances, if you accept the proposition that they and if youcidal accept the proposition that they no longer believe it possible to invade south korea, and i am positing those two things. if you accept those propositions, what we have here is the north koreans reacting to the threat of the united states. the united states has viewed them publicly that they are a threat to the system. they are also an unstable dictatorship and it is useful that -- useful for them to have an enemy. if you accept that then you manage them differently. you see they are not really a military threat to us. it is unlikely they would ever attack guam. i don't think they know for sure that if they launched a missile that it wouldn't hit japan. see have to accept these propositions. then this is an issue of deterrence. as you accept the fact that they have nuclear weapons, as they do,

. >> 53 years later, yale university psychiatrist dr. met with lawmakers and told them president trump is mentally unfit for office. dr. lee says she is nonpartisan it didn't break the goldwater rule but felt compelled to intervene due to present danger for the public. he tweeted: my two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart. >> i am with him every day. he asks difficult questions of our team at cia so we can provide the information he needs. >> the president's tweets reaffirm the plainspoken truth. a self-made billionaire revolutionized reality tv and taps into something magical happening in the heart of this country. >> the controversy has raised questions about mixing psychiatry with politics. >> there's been studies of psychologist and psychiatrist has a group and they definitely do lean left of center. >> in a country where political divisions are so deep, some fear that could lead to the weaponization of psychiatry. >> it's very dangerous. i have railed against the criminalization of political dif

. >> yeah, i -- look, i work at yale university where there are actual secret societies. i think one pro tip is when you're in a secret society you don't refer to it as a secret society. you know, there are so many things here that are ridiculous on its face. but to jump from those things to corruption at the highest levels of the fbi is such a serious allegation, so destructive to the -- the values, you know the raul rule of law, the legitimacy that our institutions have and built up over time without, as you said, any substantiating evidence. and it's just -- it's rich in my opinion that they do this with no regard, while at the same time ignoring, injury, very important evidence that has come theirway about serious threats to our country. >> and it's interesting to watch. seriously if you do watch -- i call it trump tv rather than state tv or the trump channel. especially when -- i mean they're really going at it. it is during their -- the editorial hour, opinion hours. and people at home don't discern these are opinions and not necessarily facts. they're watching opin

and finally you may not be an ivy league graduate but you now have a chance to own a piece of yale universityff furniture, equipment and more. as it clears space for a major renovation its turn its hall into a campus center that is set to open in the year 2020. >> lovely. >> feel smarter just sitting there. >> sitting in one of their chairs. >> very nice. thanks mow. >>> still to come this morning an historic night at the golden globes in los angeles for the red carpet the iconic speeches we'll break down the ceremony ahead in the fox beat. >> ♪ latte o'clock. time for a rich, creamy afternoon pick-me-up with a $2 medium latte from 2 to 6 pm. america runs on dunkin'. small business, internet providers promise you a lot. let's see who delivers more. comcast business offers fast gig-speeds across our network. verizon doesn't. we offer more complete reliability with up to 8 hours of 4g wireless network backup. verizon, no way. we offer 35 voice features and solutions that grow with your business. verizon, not so much. get internet on our gig-speed network and add voice and tv for $34.90 more per

he received his doctorate degree from yelp universe -- from yale university. let us welcome him and the rest of our panel today. >> good morning, everybody. welcome to today's event. thank you everyone for joining us in such extremely cold weather. really cold weather. it is more like moscow and washington. we will be talking about the russians later. superbhave two washington foreign-policy experts with us today. and you will see both rebecca michael -- rebecca and michael on cable she was here in showsgton on -- on cable here in washington on a regular basis. rebecca specializes in nuclear deterrence, missile defense and counter proliferation. she has served as a military franks and hast helped to launch the bipartisan missile defense caucus. athael is a senior fellow the brookings institution. he is also rector or research with a foreign-policy program at brookings and he specializes in u.s. defense strategy and american national security policy. he is also an adjunct professor in columbia and princeton. and the university of denver as well. he is the autho

busy week this book just came out tuesday so as an academic my with book was published the -- yale university press this is more of a crossover trade book so it is a very different experience that is rewarding and i am a little tired so forgive me if my voice comes in and out talking more than usual. tonight is such a pleasure to be here to be where the story begins i on mount vernon. i will read a little bit of you some context. here we are. ms. judges life and what i wanted to do with this book but about 20 years ago i was doing some research on my first book about african-american women in the north but i came across an advertisement from a runaway running from the presidents house in philadelphia. i was looking through the microfilm and i said wait. who was this person who ran away? was named in the advertisement i said wait. ii know this person and this is my area of expertise onie judge and i didn't know who she was in it was telling about this advertisement never escaped me and i said i will come back to the story i will trace her because i needis answers. so now here i am manyy years

lawmakers concerned about donald trump's mental state summoned a yale university psychiatry professor to capitol hill for two days of briefings about his recent behavior. in private meetings with more than a dozen members of the congress held on december 5th and 6th, lee briefed lawmakers, all democrats, except for one republican senator whom lee declined to identify. her professional warning to capitol hill, quote, he's going to unravel. and we are seeing the signs. let me give you two other factoids before i asked you to respond to all of it. his tweet that i believe you and i talked about on this show and at 11:00 this week about the size of his button and his twitter taught. would someone please inform him, i, too, have a nuclear button but it's bigger, more powerful than his and mine works. in his inresponse to that tweet. that tweet resuscitated the conversation about the president's mental state and the 25th amendment which allows for the removal of the president from office if the vice president and a majority of the cabinet deem him physically or mentally unable to discharge

met with a yale university psychiatry professor last month he briefed them on president trump's health. lee warned him the president would unravel. it's a collection of testimonials from psychiatrists who assessed trump's mental state, important to note none of them actually examined the president, but lee says this about the expert's findings. we feel that the rush of tweeting is an indication of his falling apart under stress. trump is going to get worse and will become uncontainable with the pressures of the presidency. joining me now is congressman john yarmouth, democrat from kentucky. he's met with dr. lee and her team on december 6th and co-sponsored articles of impeachment against the president. congressman, thanks so much for being here. what precipitated this meeting? >> i don't know. i think dr. lee actually called our office and explained what they was doing. she was trying to meet with members of congress to relay to us her observations and the observations of the other psychologists and psychiatrists part of that book. and their concerns about the danger that president tr

he received his ba in economics from yale university. his -- from the university of california berkeley and while being a professor, his jd from georgetown university. [applause] in november of 2017, our second panelist admission the connecticut state bar and in his words unlikely that a warrant an art -- article new yorker. on that day, reginald dwayne betts remark that's when i -- my mom saw me at a court when i was sentenced to nine months in prison. i know no one expected this, least of all me. he is the author of three books, the recently published -- the 2010 memoir "a question of freedom." he is enrolled in the phd program in law at yale law mfa programarned an for wider -- writers. join me in welcoming him. [applause] i want to get started on your most recent research that really takes a comparative look at the criminal justice system. that our nation over incarcerate its own citizens, but when we look at the traditions in u.s. prisons from the perspective of other places we deem developed, what did you find? the starting point fo