Allow virtually along with the Intelligence Community to make this country safer. Host new jersey, democratic caller, good morning. Caller i have a question about the quality of the cyberspace to to the fact that there is so many outlets with apps and everything going on. These we cannot even get something simple like train procedures that will bring suspicious problems going on where i will give you an example. Like the terrorist attacks of 9 11, the pilots from the countries we were not aware of some of these people. They were trained to land a plane and not take off a plane, but not land a plane. Isnt that like an open sore right there . Host thanks. Guest i think one of the points i would make based on the color bangs comment is the need for intelligence. The caller talks about, as it relates to terrorism, people willing to fly planes but people learning to fly planes cannot land of them. That is indicative of a nefarious act. Intelligence is the key to understanding exactly what i
Kalb. [applause] hello and welcome to the National Press club. I am marvin kalb. The conversation with ted koppel about democracy and the press. If i use the word twilight to suggest that network news, as we have known it, is on its way out and as something new is emerging. Whether what is new will satisfy the urgent needs of our democracy cannot be noted at this time. Lets hope that it will. Without a free and occasionally rambunctious media, we will not be living in an open society. The free press and an open society are intimately linked, one dependent on the other. Network news if network news is in its twilight, then perhaps our democracy is facing a turning point as well. I asked an old colleague and a friend, ted koppel, to discuss the changes in network news and what those changes might mean for our society. Ted is known best for his 25 years of anchor and host of nightline, but he has also been a foreign correspondent, a war correspondent, and author, and he has covered Many P
The cell phones before we begin to see if they have been turned off, we will appreciate it. Our panelists are here and we would think presdient Vladimir Putin. We have the focus on u. S. Government institution and programs for strategic outreach to the public a Foreign Countries as well as more traditional diplomacy. She is a fellow at the Hoover Institution and serves on the board on political journalism and the center for free inquiry at Hanover College and is a member of the council on Foreign Relations. Please join me in welcoming helle dale. [applause] we are here to talk about the ukraine and today we will be looking at the elections in the president ial elections coming up on sunday. These are quite contested, it is a subject that are three analysts who cover from a number of perspectives, one of which i am sure whether they will take place at all. There are some in the ukraine and in Eastern Ukraine the first speaker is going to be Janusz Bugajski. He is welcomed and it is grea
It includes comments by Edward Snowden. Imagine a place of people dedicating their lifes to others. This is an object in a cruel experiment and over us to supervise this is a dictatorship. A kind of north korea like situation. [laughter] welcome. [ applause ] c1 welcome to this extraordinary debate on state surveillance. My name is rudyard griffiths. Its my privilege to act as the organizer of this semiannual series and to once again serve as your moderator. I want to start tonights proceedings by welcoming the north american Wide Television and Radio Audience tuning into this debate everywhere, from the canadian broadcasting corporation, to cpac, canadas Public Affairs channel, to cspan across the continental u. S. A warm hello also to the thousands of people watching this debate live right now on the internet, on theintercept. Com and munkdebates. Com. Its terrific to have you as virtual participants in tonights proceedings. And finally, hello to you, the over 2500 people whove once
Comes down on cspan2. We will go live to the Heritage Foundation a Panel Discussion scheduled on the upcoming president ial elections in ukraine set for this sunday may 25. Citizens will vote for the successor to a place be ousted president that fled to russia back in february. Topic expected to be discussed include involvement in ukraine, security concerns during the election and policy implications with the u. S. Lets go to the coverage under way right now on cspan2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation and the Louis Lehrman auditorium and welcomed to those of us joining on the heritage. Org website. We would ask everyone to be so kind to check cell phones as we check that they have been turned off and i guess our panelists will address the fact that we can thank president putin for discussing ukraine as the lead into the panel. The post this morning is helle dale for Public