By these low academic conferences i have a book coming out. [laughter] the book is relevant. Its called the working title is from cicero to snookie how the culture shapes the president. And its with the president s have read, watch, listen to, attended over the years and what books, what kind of books influenced them, shoot them, how information came to the president and the type of technology we have available. Our founders were limited to performances onstage or work on paper. They didnt have twitter and all the stuff we have today that they were still huge consumers of information. The argument i want to make today is the information president consumed in the Program Since the beginning of the state of israel has helped shape their approach to israel, and also we can understand a little bit about what the president , what kind of president somebody is going to be by the type of material they read or take advantage of. So in a way, although the program says im talking about the two b
If i could have your attention,e program on Manufacturing Society in the 21st century here at the institute. I welcome you on behalf of the institute both in the audience and those viewing remotely. I wanted to ask our president , walter isaacson, just to say a few words. Its always dangerous when your boss knows as much or more about the subject matter. That is definitely not true and that is why it is a pleasure to have tom here at the Aspen Institute because the one thing we do know about the issue of manufacturing is how important it is to americas economy and how ridiculous it is to try to think of a great economy that doesnt always have a healthy Manufacturing Sector. And so, when we were looking at the Aspen Institute and all the things we do in terms of the creation of jobs and the economy, we felt there was a huge gap because people kind of understood the reduction of manufacturing jobs in america that was happening, but nobody was as focused as they should be even though they
Minneapolis. Amazing grace reporter at the memorial in minneapolis George Floyds family took time to mourn. Thats amazing to me that he touched so many peoples hearts, he been touching our hearts, you know . Everybody want justice. We want justice for george. Hes going to get it. Hes going to get it. Reporter Historic National demonstrations in floyds name are now well into their tenth day. What happened to floyd happens every day in this country and in every area of american life. Its time for us to stand up in georges name and say get your knee off our necks. Reporter less than a mile from the family memorial, National Guard troops stood watch as three former Police Officers charged with aiding and abetting in floyds death made their first court appearance. All three were granted 1 million bail or 750,000 with conditions. A potential key witness, the passenger in floyds car said his friend did not resist arrest. What i believe, the energy was set wrong by the police when they approac
The president turned to the protests that rocked the nation, are under way again, you see live, miami, los angeles, new york, minneapolis. Trump said floyd would approve how he is handling the protests. Hopefully george is looking down now, saying theres a great thing thats happening for our country. Great day for him, great day for everybody. This is a great day for everybody. This is a great, great day in terms of equality. A great day in terms of equality. In what way . After all, this president of course threatened to deploy the u. S. Military against protesters, allowed rubber bullets and tear gas to be used against protesters. This is what we heard about the protesters pushing for equality. I will not allow angry mobs to dominate. These are not acts of peaceful protests. These are acts of domestic terror. You have to dominate, you have to arrest people and you have to try people and they have to go to jail for long periods of time. Dominate. In a tweet, President Trump threatened