hamas. but, what then? huma abedin, former top aide to hillary clinton, on the diplomacy behind the scenes. plus, a community begin to grieve knabb at the massive hunt for the main shooter is over, a leader of moms who demand action in maine, and where her state goes next. also ultra conservative views. congresswoman angie craig on the moment at understanding ovation on the house floor. and later, a new biography of mitt romney, but i know punches about how the senator used fellow republicans. cuba opened up to mckay coppins is here. we begin this hour, with israel escalating its attacks on gaza in a warning of a long way ahead. and just the past hour we have seen rockets exploding in the gaza skyline over the enclave. this, after israeli officials announced the conflict is entering a new phase, increasing airstrikes and ground incursion throughout the gaza strip. and workers inside gaza described a humanitarian catastrophe. food, water, and fuel they are all running ou
President for foreign policies here at the kato institute. Thank you for being here today and the outstanding conference stuff who do a terrific job organizing our many events. Welcome also to those of you watching at cspan and online at kato. Org. Following the september 11 terrorist attacks in october 2001 the United States issued combat operations inside afghanistan and against the taliban government that had harbored the terrorist there is. The ensuing 16 years, u. S. Goals have changed marginally but they typically include defeating al qaeda and other terrorist groups with global reach, strengthening the Afghan Government and Security Forces to prevent the taliban from retaking political power and denying terrorists a safe haven. Aassessments are mixed at best. In june secretary of state james mattis stated we are not winning in afghanistan right now. Estimates what have we spent prang from 840 billion to over 2 trillion plus over 2300 u. S. Troops killed and another 20,000 wounde
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] thank you, honorable president of this great United States of america, president trump. Thank you for inviting us, navajo code talkers, to the capitol and to the white house of this great nation we call the United States. Today, we have with us three of the thirteen surviving navajo code talkers of world war ii. First, we have fleming begaye. Fleming begaye is 97 years old, the oldest veteran of world war ii. He survived the battle of tarawa. His Landing Craft was blown up and he literally had to swim to the beach to survive. Also, on saipan, he also landed on tinian where he got shot up real badly, survived one year in naval hospital. We have thomas begay, also one of the code talkers who were on iwo jima, a tough battle, where three Marine Division landed on iwo; 5th Marine Division, he was part of the code talkers within the 5th Marine Division. Also, as if marine corps was not enough, he enlisted to be Un
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Welcome back robert reich to this program. The former labor secretary from the clinton years is now a Public Policy professor at berkeley. His most recent text, saving capitalism, is the basis for a documentary on netflix with the same name. Were on the way to becoming a twotiered society, composed of a few winners and a larger group of americans left behind, whose anger and whose disillusionment is easily manipulated. Once unbottled, mass resentments can poison the very fabric of society, the moral integrity of a society. Replacing ambition with envy, replacing tolerance with hate. Secretary reich, great to have you on the program. Let me ask you to tell me more about saving capitalism. Tavis, the real point of the film and also of the book is that youve got huge amounts of money coming from big corporations, wall street, and wealthy individuals flooding our political system and getting a lot of benefits in ter
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Welcome back robert reich to this program. The former labor secretary from the clinton years is now a Public Policy professor at berkeley. His most recent text, saving capitalism, is the basis for a documentary on netflix with the same name. Were on the way to becoming a twotiered society, composed of a few winners and a larger group of americans left behind, whose anger and whose disillusionment is easily manipulated. Once unbottled, mass resentments can poison the very fabric of society, the moral integrity of a society. Replacing ambition with envy, replacing tolerance with hate. Secretary reich, great to have you on the program. Let me ask you to tell me more about saving capitalism. Tavis, the real point of the film and also of the book is that youve got huge amounts of money coming from big corporations, wall street, and wealthy individuals flooding our political system and getting a lot of benefits in ter