Of our politics right now, and the number of crises that were all dealing with, much of it falls at the doorstep of the oval office to be dealt with. And so to help us sort of sort through how president s think about this, we thought who better to convene than a group of former chiefs of staff who have been there on the front line, working arm in arm with the president of the United States, with the last four president s of the United States in tackling various crises. These crises have come in all shapes, sizes, and forms, whether were talking about military action, whether were talking about economic crises, terror attacks, natural disasters, or global pandemics. The guests on our panel tonight have seen it all. So were very fortunate to have them join us. Were going to jump into the conversation in a moment, but one piece of housekeeping, for those of you here on zoom, members of the georgetown community, youll see at the bottom of your screen a q a tab. Thats where you can go ahead
The creator, writer, and ceo of games steve anthony. Brod. Burrowed you two are some of the most creative people i know. You both spend your days thinking about how the world is changing. You apply gaming and fiction to imagine the future. I cannot think of two better people to dig into this discussion with us. Poseourage our audience to questions by the time at the bottom. We only have 25 minutes in this first session. I will try to hurt as many heard as many of your questions as i can. [indiscernible] as we address in the report, the United States used to be protected by a tech from two oceans. September 11 showed that terrorists can use nonmilitary means to kill more americans than were killed at pearl harbor. Spectrum ofce a threats in the cyber information, commercial domains that bring security challenges to the u. S. s doorstep. It to maybe i can kick you first. I would be interested to hear how you think Homeland Security has evolved in the last 19 years. What are these securit
Of globalization Geography Technology and institutions and director of the Sustainable Development Solution Network professor Jeffrey Sachs of the center of a Sustainable Development at Columbia University thank you so much jeffrey for coming on before i even get to the book in the past few days theres been a story that will commented on arguably 13000 refugees on the island of lesbos in greece all there are makeshift homes were burnt down somehow an emblematic vision of globalization in 2020. There are a lot of people being displaced and there are a lot of people suffering right now actually not only do we have a pandemic but we have disasters of emergencies political crises all over the world and in these interconnected crises lots of people who are suffering are not even being recognized as such its a pretty dramatic time niner the new book the ages of globalization goes right from the beginning of time you yourself have gone through a journey arguably intellectually tell me about b
Comprehensive assessment of the future of the department and the need to reshape the [indiscernible] around emerging threats. It went like this morning. I encourage you to read it on our website. Today, i am thrilled to a discussion on the future after the future of dhs, emerging threats and the american public. I am joined by two esteemed guests. The creator, writer, and director of call of duty black ops, steve anthony. Max brod. You two are some of the most creative people i know. You both spend your days thinking about how the world is changing. You have been very successful applying gaming and fiction to imagine the future. I cannot think of two better people to dig into this discussion with us. As a reminder, i encourage our audience to pose questions by the q a tab at the bottom. We only have 25 minutes in this first session. I will try to pose as many of your questions as i can. Lets jump right in. Threatstion of emerging is a critical one. It is something addressed in the repo
Shall observe. You will see the memorial event unfold throughout our program today. The stock market trading begins at 9 30 a. M. And were at a modest gain after yesterdays late and very big selloff, the dow is probably going to be up 90 in the modest gain for the s p of 37 on the nasdaq. That is at the open. We have no idea how the market closes today. Look at this, peloton, the stock of the day if not the week terrific Earnings Report, huge increase in sales and a rosy projection for the future. Watch that stock go. Peloton is up 9 at 97. I have three quick headlines for politics and money. Microsoft says russian chinese and iranian hackers are targeting the 2020 election. No impact on the stock of course but this is a clear warning. Joe biden is embroiled in a teleprompter dispute. Does he use one to help them answer questions. Surely that is out of balance but articulate president ial candidate. In the nfl is back completely protest into and thumbs you will see it all. September 11