Good morning. Thank you very m good morning thank you for theon introduction we are excited to be here today to have a conversation around authority at the state department to communicate American Values and form policy to engage the public all across the world. Theres never been in more important time for public to policy today its more important than ever engaging people and the public individuals and citizens in American Values and form policy and the Critical Issues of our time isn probably a requirement for success and theres a number of factors to this the world is increasingly interconnected andrl transparent so you have a number of factors making Public Diplomacy so the first is technology with a proliferation of channels and platforms in ways that we can communicate with citizens across the world so when we have theseer conversations but then you also have Technology Driving these risks look at Public Diplomacy we are can it survive the internet . Take a look at the trends. Ch
Author and Journalist Bob Woodward at an event hosted by politics and prose at the synagogue. This is one hour and a half. [cheering and applause] good evening. [inaudible] on behalf of everybody and those folks here welcome and thank you very much for coming. We had tnt always enjoy joining forces with six and i for author events and the synagogue and Cultural Center is now 15 years old and founder and staff deserve credit. [applause] they deserve a lot of credit for transforming the space into the vibrant Community Institution it is today. We are delighted to be hosting jodi and megan. [applause] they are two New York Times reporters who reported on Harvey Weinsteins extensive sexual abuse in their book is the riveting revealing account of how they developed their blockbuster story and its consequences in spurring the Metoo Movement. As a note in their preface in the wake of the weinstein expoee which broke in october 2017 it wasnt if it was is a dam wall had come down. Many women no
First up, the first democratic debates of 2020 are history now, and the race is now facing a shakeup. Powered by a dominant performance, senator Kamala Harris may have upended the democratic field last night. In the most searing moment of the night, harris put the current democratic frontrunner, former Vice President joe biden on the defensive using her prosecutorial skills to cut through joe bidens defense of working with southern segregationist senators back in the 70s. It was hurtful to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country. And it was not only that, but you also worked with them to oppose bussing. And there was a little girl in california who was part of the second class to integrate her public schools, and she was bussed to school every day. And that little girl was me. Well, minutes later, her campaign tweeted out a picture of her, there she was, as a young girl in califo
Tonight once again from the beautiful Performing Arts Center there in miami and from our nbc news headquarters in new york, our special live coverage of this first round of democratic debates for the 2020 campaign for the white house, this would be round two. So Many Democrats in this race and on that stage, we had to spread them out over two nights, two events. The second installment brings some heavy hitters to the stage biden, sander, buttigieg, harris. Not going first has its advantages, including getting to see in realtime how a Strong Performance can jolt a campaign and how a weak performance can doom a campaign. Were less than two hours from the start now. Brian williams here with you from new york. Im joined by nicolle wallace, host of deadline white house and former Communications Director in the bush 43 white house. The one person we know well be watching tonight, donald trump. He couldnt resist live tweeting night one from aboard air force one. And if tonight is a repeat, co