Carotenuto is a professor at ste university with which we frankly Work Together on african issues which also runs an Excellent Program in nairobi that just celebrate its 45th anniversary. Matt was there doing research and bringing some alumni alone on the trigger and then finally joining the panel is jon temin from freedom house, works on their Africa Program and previous work in the Obama Administrations policy plans to use institute of peace. I want to thank jon for outstanding article he coauthored in the Current Issue of Foreign Affairs on some of the new promising Democratic Movement in some of africas biggest countries which was largely aspiration for this event although we modified a little bit but we had kenya and tanzania to the list along with south africa, democratic republic of congo or as a peace corps volunteer 100 jews ago when it was still practically before Belgian Congo days, and also nigeria and ethiopia. So between the six countries with roughly half of africas popu
Military powers, reason for todays special event with professor, author, and peter is 11th newest book is entitled crouching tiger what China Military means for the war. And delighted to have not only peter here today, but also to also distinguished psychological larceny of china toshi and steven helper hear from each of them after the main presentation by peter, but first let me just say a few words to frame the china debate in the context of todays event. This is december 7th, december 7th is reminder of both straw toggic surprise and how a raising asia power might seek expansion of the influence and control throughout asia even at the expense of major power war. The concern today, however, is that a reemerge nationalistic and increasingly revision of china is bent on a influence and undermining First World War order. Trying to restore china greatness and he simultaneously thinks to rejuvenate chinese nation and preserve communist party. In addition to comprehensive reforms at home s
Officials say there could be even more labs potentially exposed. Also in national its supposed to be impen trenetrable but he got into the white house and were seeing the huge cache of weapons he had in his car and it is a sight to behold. Good afternoon. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Breaking news in our National Lead minutes ago, david wright who Police Arrested yesterday just appeared in court. Court documents say wright was destroying evidence to help cover up a plot by osama raheem to potentially kill cops in massachusetts and behead someone else in a different state. Raheem had been under aroundtheclock surveillance when agents of the u. S. Joint Terrorism Task force decided they had to move in right there. Cameras captured the deadly confrontation. Police have shown that tape to local muslim and Africanamerican Community leaders. The police saying you see raheem lurch at officers with that knife. Though others say the video is mostly inconclusive on the lurching. Lets get
Visiting five countries in eight days, a highstakes tour that the white house hopes will help reset a presidency thats been bogged down in crisis. So, lets get to it. First to the capitol and that crucial meeting that just wrapped up. Cnn Congressional Correspondent Phil Mattingly is there. So, phil, what are you hearing from members as theyre leaving this meeting . Reporter as you know, kate, lawmakers starting to stream out of this briefing, and that means theyre actually getting access to their electronic devices, too, and i just received a text from a democratic lawmaker who was in the room and said Deputy Attorney general Rod Rosenstein was frustratingly cautious, said he believed every tough question lobbed his way was deferred to bob mueller, the new special counsel. This is similar to what we heard from senators yesterday, that most of the difficult questions, including questions on the timeline of the firing of comey as well as issues related specifically to the russian meddli