Cable television companies. And is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright and former National Security advisor, susan rice joined the discussion on changes to us Foreign Policy under the Trump Administration. And American Leadership in world affairs. Hosted by the Aspen Institute in washington dc, this is three hours. Good morning everyone. Good morning. Thank you for your patience. I am the director of the Aspen Strategy Group. And welcome to this session on American Global leadership in the 21st century. First i want to thank piper for giving us their space this morning. We much appreciate that. I would like to thank all of you for being here. Members of the Strategy Group. Particularly senator dan sullivan of alaska with whom i will introduce any minute. Let me tell you about the program this morning. We at the Aspen Strategy Group are 35 years old. We have this radical notion that even in washington there can be an org
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Woodruff the political campaigns know more about you than you think. We have the first of two reports from Hari Sreenivasan on efforts to track voters online. This could be the year that Digital Strategies decide what is shaping up to be a razorclose election, but who is watching us and how much do they know about us . Ifill Jeffrey Brown talks with author bill ivey about his prescription for remaking americas democracy. Well, i think what we need is to rediscover progressive values and put them forward. Im arguing for not bigger government but i think different government. Woodruff and Scott Schaefer of public televisions kqed profiles a photographer who uses googles street view images to create art. You have this distinct feeling of decay. The images almost challenge the viewer. Ifill thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett found
Business. If you want to clect a drug debt, you cannot follow lawsuit in court. You collect it with the barrel of a gun. Amy as attorney general Jeff Sessions vows a major revival of the war on drugs, well spend speak with susan burton. She spent 15 years cycling in of prison after her fiveyearold son was run over and killed. She has written a book about her life experience, becoming ms. Burton from prison to recovery to leading the fight for incarcerated women. I believe in rehabilitation, not only for drug addiction, but for other areas. And we cannot continue to warehouse people and not provide ,evels of rehabilitation reentry services, training, jobs, and allow them to be an economy indd to this america. Amy we will also speak with Michelle Alexander, author of, the new jim crow mass incarceration in the age of colorblindness. Is has described susan burton as a modernday Harriet Tubman. We have got to build an underground railroad for people returning home from prison. In undergrou
Now four former national. Ecurity advisers susan rice and Tom Donnellan and Condoleezza Rice and Stephen Hadley talk about threats posed by russia, china, and north korea. Welcome, everybody, and this is pretty much what the essence of the Aspen Institute has been and should always be about, and what our nation should be about, a notion of very dedicated people of both parties coming together and trying to find common ground. It is under the auspices of the Aspen Strategy Group. I want to thank joe nye, who is cochair with secretary Condoleezza Rice, with her first year on the job. [applause] isaacson we also have Stephen Hadley and tom donlon, the first time four national have beendvisers together. It shows what aspen can do. You notice that susan rice is missing. She will be here in seven minutes. She is just on her way from the airport. Just like bob gates last year, always a buddy who wants to make a dramatic enters. Let me turn it over to a person everybody knows, nick burns, the