Have with us a professor of Political Science and economics, and theres a whole list of other things that i could go into, very very talented writer, and she has a new book out called whistleblowers, honesty in america from washington to trump, which traces both the support of and the ambivalence towards whistleblowers. Please welcome in please join me in welcoming allison. [applause] thank you. Before we get started, i want you to be aware that there has been some controversy about this event. Some members of our community feel very strongly that it shouldnt go on. We are are an independent bookstore, and we believe very strongly that its our responsibility to make sure that both authors and books are represented, regarded of the ideas or the values that they have. And we hope that if there is disagreement, we can have those discussions in a respectful and civilized manner. Whats the argument against . Well, well get to that. [laughter] anyway, you are no stranger to protests. You got
In 2015, she was sexually assaulted by a member of the Stanford University swim team, brock turner. He was later sentenced to just six months in jail sparking nationwide outrage in the recall of the judge. The text of her victim impact statement was read by millions around the world. Today Chanel Miller will join us to talk about her remarkable new memoir titled know my name. In court was so stripped of identity. You dont have any. You dont have characteristic traits. Your spoken about in terms of being a some of your body parts and really nothing more than that. So coming forward is my way of saying, i have a history. I have people that love me and i also have talent in writing. Amy today, Chanel Miller for the hour. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In northern syria, dozens have been killed and tens of thousands have fled their homes amid the Turkish Military offensive against kurdishcontrolled areas
Was involved in high profile terrorism and kidnapping ioinvestigations, manage the bureau munication in response to crisis incidents. Overseas he was on multiple diplomatic operational assignments has been awarded the fbi combat awarded four times for his work embedded with military special operation. Hes presently a cnn Law Enforcement analysty on cnn. He is a term member of the council of the Foreign Relations and teaches National Security law at usc. He received his masters from Johns Hopkins universityop and much board for from our perspective in austin hes a graduate of the university of texas. [applause]. Most relevant to his book is that he was james comeys special assistant. The book crossfire hurricane gets its name, that was the codename for the fbi rush nvinvestigation and as james comeys assistant hes able to offer a fly on the wall perspective, account on the early days of the investigation as well as really insightful analysis into the investigation up to the present. He
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
The other main headlines. Turkey and russia strike a new agreement to force kurdish fighters away from the syria border. Challenging taboos why a culture of modesty is standing in the way of the fight against Breast Cancer in pakistan. Life from our studios in london and singapore, this is a bbc world news. This is newsday. Its 7am in singapore and midnight here in london, where brexit is once again in turmoil, after Prime Minister. In turmoil, after Prime Minister borisjohnson suffered a major defeat in parliament. Mps voted to rejct his fast track timetable to pass the eu Withdrawal Agreement through the house of commons. Mrjohnson did actually win another vote to advance the legislation, itself a significant victory. But the timetable defeat means hes been forced to pause the whole process, which means a new brexit extension may be needed. 0ur Political Editor Laura Kuennsberg reports. A rare moment of silence. And then a result. The ayes to the right 308, the noes to the left 322.