Why is in crisis half of the description clicks because 11 million americans upwards of 4 million are receiving no treatment to their lives lost to psychosis untreated serious Mental Illness represents a huge and unnecessary loss of human potential. It also makes our more dire social mission such as random acts of violence and sheltered homelessness Substance Abuse, and the disturbing rise of the rate of suicide i want to emphasize these problems are exacerbated not by serious Mental Illness but exacerbated by serious Mental Illness. Todays historic conversation draws broadly on the expertise of people from many disciplines and experiences and perspectives our goal is to put on the table a robust set of reforms how we go about delivering treatment to persons with serious Mental Illness. The Trump Administration has already begun the process of rebuilding our treatment system this very week the president will sign fiscal year 2020 appropriations bill that makes important in the improvem
Okay. Welcome to the Commonwealth Club. Im the former executive director for the investigative reporting and the current board member and moderator for tonights program. This program is part of the clubs series by the Bernard Foundation and it is my pleasure to introduce todays distinguished speaker senior fellow at the institute at Brown University brothers overthrow hes also an awardwinning correspondent for the boston globe. His new book tells the astonishing story of the man who oversaw the cias seat medical experiments of the 1950s and 60s. On the original interviewer int, survivors testimonies and documentary research, the book brings to light the massive hunt for the secret of mind control that spans several countries including the work of nazi scientists and led experimentations on Government Employees willing and unwilling, foreign politicians and the children, prisoners, sex workers and anyone else they deem threatening or expendable. Youre about to hear a tale of the most po
Club. Im the former executive director for the investigative reporting and the current board member and moderator for tonights program. This program is part of the clubs series by the Bernard Foundation and it is my pleasure to introduce todays distinguished speaker senior fellow at the institute at Brown University brothers overthrow hes also an awardwinning correspondent for the boston globe. His new book tells the astonishing story of the man who oversaw the cias seat medical experiments of the 1950s and 60s. On the original interviewer int, survivors testimonies and documentary research, the book brings to light the massive hunt for the secret of mind control that spans several countries including the work of nazi scientists and led experimentations on Government Employees willing and unwilling, foreign politicians and the children, prisoners, sex workers and anyone else they deem threatening or expendable. Youre about to hear a tale of the most powerful unknown americans in the 21
A court he is convicted of nothing charged in this country with nothing he is the charges against him not only concocted but as his q. C. Pointed out yesterday the treaty extradition treaty between britain and the United States has. A specific. Section in that that says. But a person cannot be extradited if the offenses are said to be political the 16 of the 17 i leased charges against a songe in the United States are unlawful they are political that thats not an opinion thats not a piece of agitprop they are under law put political there based on a 1917 law coldly espionage act which was used to chase down Conscientious Objectors i mean the media here in fairness is more interested ugly in this case of. Bass in the killing of a british teenager that extradition is interesting presumably lewis though in court was saying this is our closest ally and Julian Assange has endangered the National Security of britains closest ally let alone the hacking charge which isnt political is it. Heck
Said trump, oh, is that who kept yelling, shut up, shut up, shut up . [ laughter ] President Trump today continued to defend his controversial phone call with the president of ukraine, tweeting that it, quote, could not have been nicer, warmer, or better. Hey, man, youre not getting impeached over bad phone manners. [ laughter ] you solicited a bribe. If a bank robber says, put the money in the bag, please and thank you [ laughter ] he still goes to jail. [ light laughter ] according to press reports, a mouse fell out of the ceiling in the White House Briefing room today and hit a journalist hey, thats my lunch, said one employee [ laughter and applause you tried you tried to get away oh oh, the press is here, i see [ light laughter ] oh, oh, oh, you get away today, my friend. [ laughter ] and in an interview released today, mayor Pete Buttigieg said the superhero he most identifies with is spiderman, because he is, quote, kind of a nerdy guy who finds himself in a position of power. A