Announcer ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and the Prime Minister of the helennic republic. Pres. Trump thank you very much. I just want to make an initial comment that the stock market just hit an alltime record high. It broke, for the first time ever, 23,000. We are very happy about that. I hope that greece will be doing the same thing very soon. I think they will. I am honored to welcome Prime Minister tsipras from greece. He is a very special man who has done a special job. We are grateful to the Prime Minister and to his entire delegation for visiting us today at the white house. Greece is a cradle of western civilization, so true, of democracy, literature, philosophy, science and so much else. America looks on that glorious heritage with wonder and awe. You do indeed have a tremendous heritage, mr. Prime minister. Perhaps for this reason, americas friendship with the greek people has been long and enduring. Thomas jefferson wrote, at the dawn of the modern
A paper anymore. Lu theres a lot of great writing on the internet but its harder and harder to make a living as a newspaper columnist. You see fewer and fewer of them but im sure your dad will be fine. [laughter] why wont he run for governor . [applause] i think thats a wonderful note to end our session on. Lets give a round of applause to dave barry. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you all. [applause] [inaudible conversations] you can purchase dave barrysbok book. Thank you. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] okay. Thank you everybody for coming. Cspan booktv is going to be here recording tonight on the q a portion i will pass the microphone around. We can make sure we get that captured. But culture is pleased to host lewis lapham in a conversation with terry mcdonell. The new book, age of folly and terry mcdonells new book also and editors notes on writing. We encourage you to pick up one or two or three so we can continue to be a Community Space on the upper w
Outlining the missionary work and humanitarian assistance his agency provides. This is about 45 minutes. Good morning. I am thehodes moderator of this mornings press conference. At the istanbul ataturk airport was thomas kemper, the ceo of the United Methodist church, was in a lounge when three men arriving from a taxi began firing guns at the terminal entrance as they made their way inside the airport. The terrorists were quickly shot by security and then blew themselves up. This was another in a series of terror attacks in turkey in the past year. According to the new york times, kurdish and Islamic State militants have staged attacks across turkey killing more than 280 people. Thomas kemper, our speaker today, says the events that he witnessed and survived has become transformative for him personally. His moments with other survivors of the attack, people of many nationalities and cultures, has brought renewed determination to connect with people of all faiths and nationalities and
United, secular, syria which is a home for all ethnic and confessional groups whos rights are guaranteed, but we have some differences as for the details on how to get there. Russia says its air campaign is aimed at isil, but as Mike Viqueira suspects, russia is in syria to bolster president Bashar Alassad. Reporter u. S. Officials were again taken by surprise by russias swift and aggressive moves in syria. This is not the kind of behavior we should expect professionally from the russian military. Reporter the u. S. Was informed at the last minute, a russian officer delivering a blunt message to the American Embassy in baghdad. Its not just when, but who was targeted that has angered the administration. U. S. Officials say russian bombs hit areas where there were no known russian fighters. Russia is bombing groups that is fighting on the side of the u. S. And its allies. Secretary of state john kerry issued ae warning. We shall have grave concerns if they are targeting areas where isil
Constitution, politics, race, education, the environment and international affairs. Walk in this room, and i feel like it should be all rise. [laughter] on some occasions. Good afternoon. Thank you for joining us here at the Heritage Foundation in our douglas and Sarah Allison auditorium. We, of course, welcome those who join us on our heritage. Org web seat and those who will be joining us at some point on cspan booktv. We remind our internet viewers you can send questions or comments at any time simply emailing us at speaker heritage. Org, and we will, of course, post the program on the home page following todays activities for your future reference. I do want to acknowledge our good trends at the Hoover Institution who are cohosting todays program, and through their complements as many of you have noted we have been given copies of the most recent book by our special guest. I do call your attention to that. There are several out in the foyer if you have not already picked one up. Dr