This is nearly two hours. The topic of this panel is how should we think about american patriotism. Our panelists need little to no introduction. They will each speak, and then i will ask a question or two. We will then take questions from all of you. The three speakers will be diana, bbill, and one other. She studied at the university of chicago. She is a coauthor of a 2011 book. A book that amy and diane coauthored. She is also accompanied by an excellent website which i recommend to you if you have an interest in Understanding America in general. It has wonderful reading and commentary. It is worth looking at. After diana, we will hear from jim. He is a student at leon cath. Certainly a friend and influence d by leon. Then, we would hear from bill the history professor at the university of oklahoma. Bill has written wonderful works on American History, american society. About 20 years ago, it was a very important book. Looking at the introductions, i believe both diana and jim spent
I am bill kristol and welcome to the second day of this excellent conference on worthy life, finding meaning in america. Followed theanels thisework of his panel is on the topic is how shall we think about american patriotism . I am going to get out of our way and let our three panelists who need no introduction and whose biographies you have come up and speak and we will ask a question or two and make a commoner to. A comment or two. We will then take questions from all of you. The three speakers will be diana, jim and bill. She studied at the university of chicago. She is a coauthor of a 2011 book. A book that amy and diane coauthored. She is also accompanied by an excellent website which i recommend to you if you have an interest in Understanding America in general. It has wonderful reading and commentary. It is worth looking at. After diana, we will hear from jim caesar. He is a student at leon cath. Certainly a friend and influenced by leon. Jim caesar, a professor of politics at
The gridiron dinner, journalists take shots at politicians, and politicians roast journalists. Its not often that news breaks at this event. Its a light hearted affair, but comments on north korea raise eyebrows and create a kind of situation when the president and the north korean regimes. At one point during the speech he said, quote, i will not rule out direct talks with kim jong un, i just wont. As far as the risk of dealing with a madman is concerned, thats his problem, not mine. The president obviously joking, but what he says next you need to Pay Attention to. By the way, a couple days ago, they said wed like to talk, i said, so would we, but you have to denuke, you have to, lets see what happens, maybe positive things are happening, i hope thats true. We will be meeting, and well see if anything positive happens. That line, we will be meeting, is a major development, if, in fact, the United States and north korea are meeting oneon one to discuss denuclearization. The north Kore
Investigators are focusing on this News Conference that took place in july of 2016. And remember, keep these dates in your head because they become very, very important. This took place while the Democratic National convention was underway. In which trump, then the republican nominee, made this specific plea to russia. Listen. Russia, if you are listening, i hope youre able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press. People at the time thought that was unusual and it is. Witnesses also tell us this man, roger stone, trumps longtime confidant is also the focus with officials asking him about contacts with wikileaks during the campaign and whether he met with the founder julian assange. Stone released this statement. I never discussed wikileaks or assange or the hillary disclose ires with candidate trump, before, during or after the election. I have no idea what he knew about them and from who and when and i have never met assa
New response ahead. Inside syria. A nation where a dictator kills children with chemical bombs. A fresh sign of real alarm. Satellite images said to show a new iranian base that could threaten israel. Lets get to it. Good wednesday afternoon from the news deck. The president set to meet with members of congress from both parties right now to talk about what the white house calls a school and community safety. Well bring you that as soon as it starts live on fox news channel. Lawmakers say they want specifics. Specifics about what kind of gun Safety Measures the president would support. The white house says right now hes backing two bipartisan bills. One to improve the background checks system and another to give states more money for School Safety. The Senate Minority leader, chuck schumer, says that is not enough. Hes calling for universal background checks. Including at gun shows and online. Democrats say the president cant help but make it happen. John roberts is on it live on the n