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
That nobody really knew how it would turn out as far as viewership goes, is a little bit disappointing on night one. We will see what happens tonight with dr. Jill biden as the anchor of tonights program and see if we can attract more viewers. David do they have much of a hope of doing that . Michelle obama was a pretty big gun the first night. You would expect her to have the draw. Im not sure whats going to happen. Jeanne yeah, i think we have to be a little careful because so much of this is streaming. All of the numbers rick is right. Viewership is down on live tv. There is streaming. Students do not watch anything live. And afterwards. One of the things that last night did, they talked about the fact that trump is not in their view qualified to be president. I think the democrats really have to think about, they want to pull over these voters but they need to persuade in these swing states. They will have to do much more than just talk about how he is not just qualified and what j
Watch American History tv this weekend on cspan3. Host we are back and we will spend this next segment talking about right wing extremism in the United States. With us is author and university of massachusetts lowell professor Arie Perliger, who is the author of american zealot, inside right wing domestic terrorism. Good morning. Guest good morning. Thank you for having me. Host lets frame this conversation how do you define first. Extremism . What exactly is it . Guest we are talking about a group or sometime individuals whose political views are on the margins, the extremities of the political spectrum. Not just that. They are also militant in the way they promote their views. That means that they are engaging in illegal activities as well as, in many cases, utilizing violence or violent practices to promote their goal. Host now, we are going to talk about right wing extremism with you. Later on we will talk about leftwing extremism. Can you tell me the difference or is there a diffe
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
Because we have a historic moment with the introduction and the nomination of Kamala Harris to the Vice President ial nominee, and we have a lot of big democratic stars who will be speaking, including nancy pelosi, hillary clinton, elizabeth warren, and barack obama. This will be an important night for the party to get an audience and introduce, harris. Introduce Kamala Harris. I am hoping we hear less attacks on the president and more about their governance strategy. David one thing we have not heard about is the issue of law and order. President trump will hit it hard. What is going on in some of our cities. We see it in new york, in chicago, in seattle. Kamala harris is in a particular position to address that, how we can police our streets and still not abuse some of the less fortunate. Jeanne this is what i have heard from moderates and more conservative friends who say this is a glaring absence so far in these last couple days. We know this is going on in the country around us, a