A free speech conference going to defend the freedom of press. A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at r t h q in moscow thanks for joining us this hour. A military court has cleared a navy seal accused of multiple war crimes of all key charges as well as the controversial nature of his acquittal Edward Gallagher once again raises questions over pentagon conduct overseas we go live now to our to scale up and for more about philip is gallagher now a free man and whats been the reaction. Well the 40 year old special operations chief was acquitted in a military court in San Diego California on 6 out of the 7 charges he faced and he was acquitted for all charges of killing civilians and such he was only convicted of posing for a photograph with a corpse which is a violation of military rules for that the maximum sentence would be 4 months in prison however and hes already served 9 months of pretrial detention so essentially at this point he seems to be basically a free ma
That. But what i wanted to ask, i wanted to ask you kind of the opposite argument that i hear a lot is that yes. Maybe its the democrats that are the racists because theyre constantly using the race card every year and trying to drum up hatred for white people with the black lives matter and all that stuff. But, and in addition to that, of course, the open borders which i constantly hear democrats and liberals like you say by 2050 whites will be a minority, isnt that great . And you get big applause. Its youre the racists. You want to displace the white population by 2050 if we continue these immigration policies. How is that not racism . You are the racists. [inaudible conversations] so, first, just one little piece of evidence. When you see marchers in charlottesville, some of them wearing white hoods and chanting racist and antisemitic slogans and the president says there are a lot of fine people there and says nothing after a bunch of people are murdered in a church in charleston,
[applause] i know that youre applauding because youre here at the 2017 Miami Book Fair here in miami, florida. What a Beautiful Day it is here in miami this morning. Thats why we live here, and thats why such a wonderful destination for our visitors. Welcome again to Miami Book Fair, and we have a truly wonderful treat in store for you today. I hope many of you have had the opportunity all week to enjoy the outstanding presentations that have been taking place this year. I hope that you will continue with us through tomorrow evening when the sevenday fair closes. You know, this fair just would not take place each and every year without the cooperation, the collaboration, the passion, and the volunteerism of many people in our community. Namely, the students, faculty, staff of Miamidade College. [applause] and really hundreds of high school students, middle School Stunts and others in the community. So we truly thank everyone for coming together and unifying behind this Miami Book Fair.
On behalf of south motors miamidade footage, we are pleased to have you here, 60 years of a commitment. From the very beginning, and events, it is our pleasure to have someone like this here. And his magnitude at knowledge and wealth of experience. My notes are blanking out. The University Professor of history at tulane, a former ceo of the aspen institute, chairman of cnn and managing editor of time magazine. He is the author of the innovators, how a group of hackers created the digital revolution. Kissinger, a biography. Steve jobs. Benjamin franklin, and american life. And brings to life Leonardo Da Vinci for us. Without further ado, walter isaacson. [applause] thank you for from the miami book fest. Always a great pleasure to be in this city. One reason it is great to be in miami, like so many other cities of this world, failed to be a mix of creative people with tolerance for all sorts of people, that is what made Leonardo Da Vinci so creative. I have written about a lot of smart
Like Walter Isakson here. It is a pleasure to have someone of this h magnitude and of his knowledge and wealth ofxp experience to have someone like you here. My notes are blanking out. Walter is University Professor of history at tulane, former ceo of the aspen institute, chairman of cnn and the managing editor of time magazine. He is the author of the innovators. Kissinger, a biography, steve jobs, einstein, his life and universe. Benjamin franklin, an american life. And, of course, walter brings to life Leonardo Da Vinci for us. Without further ado walter, please. [applause] thank you, javier. Thank you all from the miami book fair. Ive been here for every book and its always a great pleasure to be in this city. [applause] one reason its great to be in miami is that like so many other cities of this world, it has now become a mixpl of very creative people with the tolerance for all sorts of people. And that was what made Leonardo Da Vinci so creative. Ive written about a lot of smart