Served as the special assistant for human rights and began her career as a journalist reporting from places such as bosnia, kosovo and zimbabwe and was the director for the human rights policy at the kennedy s school. Her book a problem from hell was the Pulitzer Prize in 2003 also the author of the bestselling book the fight to save the world and o the most recent book we wl bebeec discussing today the education of an idealist is was published by harpercollins in september of this year and ive just learned it is shortlisted for the irish book prize. Congratulations. [applause] and one more time please join me in welcoming samantha power. [applause] theres a reason this is my first trip to austin. We are going to start off the session with a brief reading. I want to set the stage for the conversation and i thought the reading i would do today is one that speaks to the challenges that we are facing figuring out how to engage with people that we disagree with vehemently so this is the sc
With all of you. I was thinking especially did we not pick the best day . The sun is out. The leaves are still beautiful and we had a big National Victory last night across the country. I actually think that is a good place to start. Hampshire,l, in new the mayor here in concord was reelected. We are happy about joyce craig in manchester. And then, we had eight out of the 10 of the mayor races went democratic in the state of New Hampshire in the major places. Laconia forment in what happened. Take it outjust go of New Hampshire for a second, not that we should. But, i was thinking about this on the way here. I filed for president today to get on the ballot in New Hampshire. And, i stood there with the secretary of state who was delightful. He went through all of the paths. I saw the picture of Walter Mondale icefishing and all of the past primaries and what had happened. He was very good at not only telling me the historical facts, but also filling me in on the fact that many, many tim
Later, David Mcintosh joins us to discuss his organizations strategy for campaign 2020. Trump during the impeachment inquiry. Host what was last year an anonymous New York Times oped by a purported white house senior staffer is now a fullfledged book just published, the author citing further concern, alarm, and consternation about President Trumps term in office saying he deserves to be fired. We start with excerpts from the Washington Post article and what they are publishing today. Democrats, use 2027488000. Epublicans, it is 2027488001 and independents, 2027488002. You can send us a text, make sure you put your name and where you are texting from. That is 2027488003. On twitter, we are cspanwj. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. The article in the Washington Post, washingtonpost. Com where you can read it for yourself. The headline book by anonymous, describes trump as cruel, inapt, and a danger to the nation. Trump Administration Officials masseered resigning en last year, but rejec
Arent giving in. Theyre speaking up. There are many reasons coloradans are acting on climate and transitioning their energy mix away from fossil fuels. Colorado has the benefit of fossil fuels, but they want to protect their beautiful, natural landscape. They want to sustain their Winter Sports and hospitality industries. They want a healthy prosperous future for their children and they understand the risks of developing those fossil fuels. They recognize that there are strong forces coming in the Energy Market forces that will shift away from frak and natural coal. Coloradans know its better to lead that shift than to wait until the bottom drops out. Weve known for a while that coal is facing big problems. Murray energy, a Major Coal Company with cozy ties to the Trump Administration just filed for bankruptcy last week. Alarms are going off about natural gas, a type of fuel that the fossil fuel industry touts as less dirty. In boulder, paul bodner, managing director of the Rocky Mount
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Thank you all for being here. I would like to thank Ranking Member whitehouse, my friend and collaborator. Its great to be here at doing this together. I was just saying to him, i told him i would tell you it would bt nice to them in his edges because hes a top question. He will take you to test. I would like to thank the witnesses for their attendance today. I would also like to highlight two empty chairs today, which i say for saved for two and find witnesses who apparently dont show your commitment to discuss these issues. One chair is for tik tok. If you dont know what tik tok is, you should. Its a chinese owned social media platform so popular among teenagers that Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly spooked. For facebook, that fear is lost social media market share. For the rest of us, the fear is somewhat different. A company compromised byif the Chinese Communist party knows where your childrenws are