Fareed, together with zakaria. I recommend to you, if you really want to get an understanding of the middle east, read davids novels. They are outstanding to get a real understanding of the very subtle and byzantine trends going on in the middle east. David, as i say, will go ahead and introduce the other panelists. Thank thank you to tod, you, all of you, for coming back after your coffee break. We are glad to see you. This really is a kind of conspiracy of old friends. Tod and i go back to college. Evan and i also go back to college. We began as journalists together at the hartford crimson in addition to being outstanding journalists with time and newsweek is now prominent, his most recent book is an amazing effort to get inside that extraordinary difficult personality. Evan is going to discuss an historian of the cold war, thinking about the issues that underlie our discussions today. Their reading list would begin with the book that evan and Walter Isaacs wrote. It would certainly
This program is one hour and 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen let me welcome you to the United States institute of peace. We are very pleased to welcome you here this afternoon. My name is phil taylor on the executive price Vice President of the institute of peace, very pleased to be able to cohost this was with our kurdish friends. We will have an opportunity to introduce everyone at the right time. The Kurdistan Regional Government Special representative Bayan Sami Abdul rahman is here and we also have the ambassador from iraq ambassador fareed yasseen. Welcome, glad to have you here. Both will have an opportunity to speak to you before the Panel Discussion. Three years ago this month isis targeted many of iraqs minority groups christians have cds pokemon and others to this assault on northern iraq. Isis also targeted arabs and kurds in many more areas. Last year the secretary of state and the u. S. Congress and just last week the administration labeled as g
Investors sell their shares causing markets to fall by more than 6 . And the bolivian lake that has dried up, and with it, a way of life. We begin with those upcoming talks on syria, which are scheduled for friday. For weeks now there has been speculation about who will be invited and who will attend. Within the last hour, the invites for those crucial talks in geneva have been sent out. Lets go to james bayes in geneva. Who got the invite. Who is coming, james. We dont know. We simply know that the invites have been sent out, jane. It was a very short news release by the united nations, telling us that those invites have been sent out to the talks, again, saying that the talks start on the 29th of january. That was the date that was set 24 hours ago, it hasnt slipped yet, and they were set out in accordance with security resolution 2254. The process that lead to these talks, which was supposed to take place on friday was the socalled vienna process. Bringing together all of the intern
The size and scope of the data sets and how theyre being used is something this administration has taken very seriously. Most recently john podesta, the counselor to the president , its about as high as you can go to ask the question, produce the big data report, and it presented a very balanced view of, well, look, there are serious benefits that are derived from encrypting things. So, for example, whether its the internet of things and Rising Energy efficiency, how the grid is allocating energy across sectors, incredibly important. Forits health data. Youre able to detect and respond to an epidemic more quickly than you would otherwise or for law enforcement, mechanisms by which you can use data in order to produce something that produces a public good and makes us all better and happier. You have to balance that with the fact that data can be used for good things and bad things. What are those bad things and what can we do about the use of that bad thing . The fact that someone does
Wraparound moisture. A string of storms soaks the west coast. Northern california was pummeled with heavy rain. Customers still in the dark without power. And new england some areas facing up to two more feet of snow. With the amount of snow received in the city of boston its unprecedented. An american aid worker held hostage by isis remains unknown. Isis says Kayla Mueller was killed in air strikes. They tend to lie about these things all the time. Im having a really, really really good night. Stay with me newcomer sam smith cleaned up taking home four awards. Also surprises and memorable moments. Take me to church kanye west interrupted beck. Given this award to beyonce and at this point we tired of it. Today president obama is holding highlevel talks with angela merkel. Expected to discuss the crisis in ukraine. The skydiving instructor and his passenger appeared to have nearly collided with the plane they just jumped from. Oh, thats comfort when the cow says the officer not hurt. A