Committee in january of 2019 and i quote, the United States and the world will remain vulnerable to the next pandemic where large scale outbreak of contagious disease that could lead to massive rates of death and disability, severely affect the world economy, strain international resources, and increase calls from the United States for support. We must ask ourselves what are the warnings and what can we do right now to protect the American People from other threats. Before the unthinkable happens in the future, how can we exercise strategic and precisive foresight to the best of our ability today to ensure are a nation prepared for tomorrow. That same worldwide threat assessment Cyber Attacks is a top global threat with china, russia, iran, and north korea. Raging a silent war capable of shutting down with such Information Systems and critical sectors in america. The report states, and i quote, our adversaries and strategic competitors increasingly use the Cyber Capabilities including
Wow, what a crowd, and thanks, lauren for that introduction. And thank you, all of you, for being here. Our public lands are sacred heritage, integral to our way of life and utahs vibrancy. [applause] we must protect and steward these lands for our children and future generations. The Current Administration is like a fox watching a henhouse. It says it is protecting our public lands, air, and water, but instead it is feasting on them for the shortterm benefit for a few powerful interests. We need to make that stop. [applause] peter the Trump Administration is gutting our nations most important environmental protections and Climate Change policies at increasing speeds. My blood boils when i think about what happens to these ante,and staircase escal and bears ears. Landscapes with thoughtful protection which has been eviscerated with Mineral Development dominating all other values. We need a president who will reverse these legacy policies of a bygone era, embrace the future, unite the c
[applause] we must protect and steward these lands for our children and future generations. The Current Administration is like a fox watching a henhouse. It says it is protecting our public lands, air, and water, but instead it is feasting on them for the shortterm benefit for a few powerful interests. We need to make that stop. [applause] peter the Trump Administration is gutting our nations most important environmental protections and Climate Change policies at shocking speeds. My blood boils when i think about what happens to Grand Staircase escalante, and bears ears. Landscapes with thoughtful protection which has been eviscerated with Mineral Development dominating all other values. We need a president who will reverse these legacy policies of a bygone era, embrace the future, unite the country, and defeat donald trump. [applause] peter Mike Bloomberg will get the job done. Mike believes our public stewardship of public lands, water, and the air we breathe is not only worth contin
More people in western europe in the United States have doubts about you know having a collective Security Treaty Organization for a countries that are so far away and that what you always france in the u. K. In the United States want to get into a military conflict over you know a country like. Stonier i mean is that something people are interested in poll say people arent go ahead mark well i think this is always the problem with a Large Alliance that you find that the fringe areas the border areas are remote from centers of Population Centers of contribution by the british the french are so its true not just for Eastern Europe but also for the south if we think about france italy and spain in nato the immediate Security Threat comes from islamist terrorist groups operating in north africa and perhaps potentially threatening them russia is a long way away weve heard mention of the procurement complex we have to remember that moscow is much. Well the from the western border russia an
Hello and welcome to cross talk were all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle the nato military alliance is a relic from the cold war back then it was relevant in even necessary today it is an alliance in search of a mission that search has almost completely entailed eastern expansion towards russia but a lingering question remains is the average american and western european interested in a war over the sovereignty of dystonia and montenegro. Talking the Atlantic Alliance im joined by my guest look we have a in brussels hes an independent journalist in paris we have emmanuelle gave she is a french lawyer and in oxford we cross to mark owen he is the director of. Crisis Research Institute or across the uk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it lets go to our guest in paris emmanuelle you have president mccrone just recently said that nato is brain dead how do you reflect upon that because a nato summit is coming up next week and its been sh