[inaudible] great to be back here at gw. I want to thank president leblanc for welcoming all of us. Our family loves coming here. We were just talking backstage that both my husband and chelsea as well as myself have been here numerous times on this stage, bill and i speaking, chelsea dancing while she was on the ballet. I dont know why you all laugh. I was never a star. [laughter] its great being here and always great to be with you. I feel like weve done this in various combinations and its always fun and such an honor for me. First i just want to thank you on behalf of womankind for this book. I was saying to them ahead of time its a frustration tonight is going to be that we can only talk about so many of them. Not nearly the range we would want to, we could, we could stay for a week and talk about all of them. Its an amazing book, its so important to have the stories of so many women in one place. We will talk about that in a second. We should get going because we dont have a ton
Supremacy discussion. This is a 45minute event. Role of government in todays society, but i think the one thing that we all do agree on is that the governments most important responsibility is protecting its citizens from all threats both foreign and domestic. And weve seen a rise in antisemitism, in radical islamic terror as well as domestic terror. So it has only gotten harder over the years for the government to take care of this very important responsibility. But luckily we have two really great panelists with us here today to help break this down. First, the cofounder of the Muslim Reform Movement. Shes dedicated her life to promoting peace and human rights and womens rights within the Muslim Community. She has a very illustrious esume, including being a reporter for the wall street journal. As well as teaching at my alma mater georgetown university. Our second panelist who was actually joining us via skype is sara carter. She is an awardwinning investigative journalist. She has w
Am very honored to be here as and of the newest fellows especially to moderate this conversation which is so important right now. You know, conservatives often disagree with the left and other political factions about the role of government in todays society, but i think the one thing that we all do agree on is that the governments most important responsibility is protecting its citizens from all threats both foreign and domestic. And weve seen a rise in antisemitism, in radical islamic terror as well as domestic terror. So it is only gotten harder over the years for the government to take care of this very important responsibility. But luckily we have two really great panelists with us here today to help break this down. First, the cofounder of the Muslim Reform Movement. Shes dedicated her life to promoting peace and human rights and womens rights within the Muslim Community. She has a very illustrious resume, including being a reporter for the wall street journal. As well as teachin
September 20. Amy is millions of students plan to walk out friday in a Global Climate strike, we spend the hour with naomi klein, author of the new book on fire the case for a Green New Deal. Growing climatehe crisis and once the globe is fafacing the beginning of climae barbarism. We sometimes talk about how governments are not responding, particularly like the Trump Administration. But the truth is we are seeing a response to ththe climate crisi. We are seeing climate adaptation, and it is taking the form of borders, the form of rising white supremacy, natitionalism of all kinds thats actually using fears of resource scarcity to fuel this agenda. Amy today, naomi klein for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Iran has rejected possible talks with thehe United States as tensions between the two countries continue to mount following weekend drone attacks on major Oil Facilities in saudi arabia. T
That the governments most important responsibility is protecting its citizens from all threats both foreign and domestic. And weve seen a rise in anti semitism, in radicals, islamic terror as well as domestic terror, and so it has only gotten harder over the years for the government to take care of this very important responsibility, but luckily, we have two really great panelists with us here today to help break this down, first, as a nobody is the cofounder of the Muslim Reform Movement. And she has dedicated her life to promoting peace and human rights and womens rights within the muslim communities. You have a very illustrious resume including being a reporter for the wall street journal. As well as teaching at my alma mater, georgetown university. In the second panel is to is joining us via skype today is sarah carter. She is a Fox News Contributor and an awardwinning investigative journalist. She has written for numerous outlets including the Washington Examiner and the washingto