Thomas jefferson. Plus a history of jerusalem, also talk with local authors and visit the sights of san bernardino, california. For a complete schedule go to booktv. Org. 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Now we kick off with marines Sebastian Gorka and his thoughts on how to fight against isis. [inaudible conversations] good morning, welcome to the heritage foundation. We, of course, welcome those who are joining on our heritage. Org website as well as those who will be joining on us on cspan book tv in the future. We would ask everybody inhouse if you will make the last courtesy check that our mobile devices have been silenced an turned off. For those watching on line, you are free to send questions, simply email speaker at heritage. Org. And i know our guest will be glad to autograph them for you as well. Hosting our discussion and opening our session today is james jay carafano. National security and Foreign Policy. He is also the e richardson fellow. [applause] dr. Gorka s
Gore will discuss criminal Justice Reform and recall his 19 years in prison. This weekend, aol cofounder steve case will tell us how emerging technologies are reshaping the internet. In some way every company as a tech company. Even the internet is shifting from being an interesting phenomenon, there really internet enabled and in not too distant future they will take for granted. So be talks about electricity enabled, theyll take it for granted. The internet is on a similar path. I think well know when we get there, when we dont have a half hyphenated internet. Right now we call it email, someday well call it male. I know we call it ecommerce, we call ecommerce, when they will call it commerce. Will not there yet it will take ten or 20 years to get there but i think were on that path when the third wave is just the next reiteration for the next step, the next wave of taking the idea of the internet and shifting it from being a Quirky Technology thing to be in a fundamental part of eve
Make their way toward germany. Two british isil fighters are killed by the u. K. But first, breaking news coming out of turkey. At least Ten Police Officers are dead in a bomb attack on a turkish police. The explosion happened in the eastern province. Government officials are blaming the Kurdish Workers Party or pkk for the attack. This is just the latest in the string of deadly attacks. On monday the Prime Minister vowed to wipe out the pkk. Translator those mansions will be cleared of the terrorist, whatever it takes, they will be cleared. Our nations should trust our government. I ask for your support. Armed conflict between turkey and the pkk lasted for 30 years until a peace deal was struck two years ago. The jailed leader announced the cease fire as part of peace negotiations with the government. In april the pkk said fighters would begin to withdraw to turkey. In july 2015 a suicide bombing blamed on isil killed 32 people in the mainly kurdish town just inside the turkish border
And the inspired action you took to come to the aid of the veteran in crisis. Thank you all for the work that you do day in and day out on behalf of those who have served. A few weeks ago i had the honor of meeting with robert mcdonald, the secretary of the va. Secretary mcdonald is a man who has time and again answered the call of duty to his and our nation. He graduated from the United States military academy at west point in the top 2 of his class in 1975. An army veteran. Mr. Mcdonald served with the 82nd airborne division, completed jungle, arctic, desert warfare training, earned the ranger tab, that expert infantry men badge. Senior parachutist wing. Upon leaving military service, captain mcdonald was awarded the Meritorious Service medal. But mr. Mcdonalds expertise as a soldier is equal by his business beingaccumen. He earned a degree from the university of utah and has a career in the private sector. Before joining the va, chairman mcdonald was chairman, president and chief ex
From the sugar cane plantations in the Dominican Republic, a story of insecurity. And how changes are building more secure lives. Hello and welcome to 21st century. Im daljit dhaliwal. The legacy of slavery in the United States lives on today in South Carolina and georgia. The gullah geechee people, descendents of african slaves, are facing a struggle to hold onto their land and culture. Harmonica playing John Herman Blake up and down this coast there were literally thousands of african descendents. Im John Herman Blake. Im a seventh generation descendent of a woman who was enslaved on an island in the Savannah River on a rice plantation. Most of them came from west africa, sierra leone, and gambia. Music it really began about the 18th century as the atlantic slave trade began to prosper. As people began on acquire property here, who saw the potential for growing rice and cotton, and they began to import africans who were enslaved on plantations. You could buy a plantation, buy 10 to 2