[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] among the speakers tonight getting underway at 7 30, eric trump. Also laura ingram, Newt Gingrich , and the likelihood Vice President ial nominee governor mike pence, all of that starting at 7 00 eastern. In a few minutes, one of the other events we are covering, a number of events in cleveland, it is the Latino Coalition. They represent hispanic is mrs. And consumers, and we will businesses and consumers. We will hear from Chris Christie. We have live coverage when it gets underway. The Republican National convention as we mentioned will vote on indiana governor mike pence for the nomination. This afternoon, Donald Trump Mike Pence of the science center. We will have live coverage of that as well at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. The background that you are seeing here on cspan and elsewhere, conversatio
[inaudible] [inaudible] welcome. Thank you for coming out today. Im james taylor. Good afternoon and thank you for coming to the Commonwealth Club of california. The place where you are in the know. You can find us online at Commonwealth Club. Org or on facebook and twitter and on the youtube channel. Im james taylor, professor politics and director of africanamerican studies at. I also teach at uc berkeley. Your moderator for todays program. Today we have the pleasure of hosting david brock, the founder of media matters, politically Progressive Research and Information Center and a lot of other things according to. He is also the author many books but he is here today to talk about the latest coming killing the messenger, the right wing. Killing the messenger has talked about how far he sees the new rightwing elite will go in their efforts to control the media battle over the 2016 election. He has the unique political perspective because over a decade ago he underwent a political tran
Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff president obama today insisted Coalition Forces are hitting back at Islamic State militants harder than ever. As a result, he said, the group also know as isil has lost key leaders and control of large swaths of iraqi and syrian territories. The president outlined the progress after meeting at the pentagon with his National Security advisers. Every day, we destroy as well more of isils forces. Their fighting positions, bunkers, and staging areas; their heavy weapons, bombmaking factories, compounds and training camps. In many places, isil has lost its freedom of ma
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