But also a very special welcome to our cspan audience who will be following this event on cspan2 today, and were delighted to have you here, if only virtually, and delighted to have everyone who was been ablo participate in this discussion. This i think is going to be one of the most interesting and significant events that weve done here at hudson, particularly given the fact that we are less than a week away from the election when so many of these issues that were going to be talking about today, the question of what america is going to do, where americas going to go from here, those issues are going to be decided very, very soon. And so what happens in our discussion here i think will help us to understand as a guide to what takes place, regardless of who it is who will be sitting in the oval office come january january 21. I want to say a few words about our distinguished guest. Robert obrien was born in los angeles and graduated from the university of california berkeley with a law
Watch book tv this weekend on cspan two. Now, Robert Obrien talks about u. S. Relations with china and russia, crating more business relationships in africa and cybersecurity threats. Institutet the hudson for little more than one hour. Morning. Welcome to the hudson institute. Privileged to and be hosting this great event in conversation with the Robert Obrien assistance to the president on National Security affairs, otherwise known as the National Security advisor. I want to welcome all of you here who are able to join us and our audience watching on livestream. Welcome toy special our very special cspan audience who be following this event on cspan2 today. We are delighted to have you here if only virtually, and delighted to have everyone who has been able to participate. This will be one of the most interesting events we have done here at hudson, particularly that we are less than one week and some the election of these issues we are talking about today, questions about what americ
Apology. At todays rates if late feed had been amid that i would hey totaled more than 10,000. Booktv will continue to bring you new programs and publishing news. You can watch all of our past programs anytime at booktv. Org. Im bill burns, im at the president of the cash anything gee Carnegie Endowment for billion and im die lighted to welcome Rebecca Lissner and mira rapphooper and their become, an open world. Recovering diplomats like me are sometimes prone to understatement, but even i can see that it its a vast understatement to say that were living through a moment of profound upheaval on both the international and landscape. Domestic landscape. The post colored world war primacy is in Rearview Mirror and the road ahead is dimly lit and domestic preoccupation its easy to lose be and to leach from restoring our uniolaugh dominance to equally ill losery idea we can disenavailable from the rest thereof he world and focus only only ourselveses but rebecca and mira have done in this n
Even. Good to see you both. Thank you for joining us. Start with masks this evening. The mask issue became huge this weekend. Friday, 1 00 a. M. , when the president tweeted both him and his wife had tested positive for coronavirus. University of washington study projects that 160,000 more people could die by january 1. But that number could be reduced 95 of us were masks. Do you supporting mask mandate, where it is legally permissible . A mandate . Yes. I dont supporting mandate. I think there are appropriate guidelines people should follow, and certainly, within confined spaces, yes. I think it is appropriate to regulate what is going on. Guidelinesppropriate people will follow. I checked both of your twitter accounts regularly. I checked yours on thursday, october 1. There was a photograph of your shoulder to shoulder with a staffer, shoulder to shoulder and comedian, lenny clarke, inches away from five customers at the owl diner. None of them had masks. You didnt have a mask. How i
Domestic threats, they share their thoughts on the evolution of the position. Coronavirus and the next administrations priorities. Such an honor to be here and of course with this very, very impressive panel, im really honored to lead this conversation today. These gentlemen do not need an introduction but for good measure ill just run through the very, very top lines of their bios. General james jones is executive chairman emeritus, who served under barack obama as the nations 22nd National Security adviser in january 2009, previously he served as supreme allied Commander Europe and as the 32nd commandant of the marine corps. Nuclear technology company, he served as the 13th National Security adviser under president Ronald Reagan and is a retired marine corps officer. Its great to have you here too. And of course ambassador john bolton chairs the foundation for American Security and freedom, serving most recently as the 27th National Security adviser under President Donald Trump and a