Watch booktv this Labor Day Weekend on cspan2 and be sure to watch the all virtual 2020s National Book festival Live Saturday september 26 on booktv. Good afternoon. Im jane harman, the president and ceo, like me you are probably suffering from zoom 50. However, to in here. This is a very important event and im excited. This is one of the zooms im really looking forward to. Because we are celebrating a new book, an important book by our very own nina janke waits who has done stellar work at the Wilson Center disinformation fellow, the coolest title ever. Since last october. Before that she was a scholar with our institute on russia and ukraine and how to lose information war, russia, fake news and the future of congress. Its an amazing title and is essential reading for everyone on this call and zoom in all your friends. We remember russia Successful Campaign in 2016 to so distrust and confusion in years ahead of the president ial election but in order to win the information war as nin
Who has done stiller work at the disinformation tell all, coolers title ever and before that she was scholar with institute on russia and ukraine and how to lose the information war, russia fake news and the future of congress is conflict is an amazing title and essential reading for everyone on this call and zoom and all your friends. We remember russias Successful Campaign to sow distrust and confusion ahead of the president ial election but in order to win the information as nina would say we need to understand what disinformation is. Ive heard around this topic before and what it is not. The information is use of false or misleading information with malign intent. Thats different from misinformation which can be harmful but lacks malign intent. It also has broader goals and propaganda which involves promotion of a nations view. Nona writes, unlike soviet propaganda which sought to promote specific communist centric world view, the kremlin today divides populations around the world
See a doctor. They tell us they are afraid that they think when they get sick that ability might be taken away from the. These are real concerns and they deserve real solutions. So today we will examine liberal proposals that say they speak to these concerns. One proposal is called medicare for all. This is a proposal that would outlaw private coverage and put almost all of us on a government run plan. And it is a support, bill that would implement it is supported by almost half of all House Democrat members, 14 senators including four who are running for president. Another proposal which i will call medicare for all flight just for the sake of ease of reference is all americans the ability role in a new government run plan. And on the surface i think these ideas seem like they are easy solutions but and if any of what you look at we see slim majorities to majorities of americans saying theyre interested in them. Today we are going to learn more about what these proposals will do, whet
A story of resilience in afghanistan a family of 7 children lost a limb in an explosion last year will meet the family and see help adapting to their new reality. And the womens world cup the usa has bid to retain their title lives on after edging out spain in a tense round of 16 clashed the reigning champions now face a mouth watering quarter final against france its. Good to have you with us u. S. President trump has signed an executive order today targeting the financial sanctions against Iran Supreme Leader and his associates trump said that the sanctions were in part a response to irans downing of a u. S. Drone last week. But he also said that the white house had been planning to impose these sanctions before that trump claims that the United States is not seeking a conflict with iran he says that the u. S. Will continue to increase pressure to prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons. The Supreme Leader of iran is one who ultimately is responsible for the hostile conduct of t
Cheerful reactions at the International Olympic committee in switzerland and in the streets of milan. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin tonight here in germany where a pilot was killed today when 2 fighter jets crashed in the north of the country the 2 unarmed your fighter planes part of the German Air Force collided in midair during a Training Exercise over the state of mecklenburg western pomerania the 2nd pilot did survive. A state of the art work plain tumbly from this guy. Residents of the town of my show recorded the scenes. Soon after plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the ground in a nearby Lake District the wreckage of 2 youre a fighter combat jets was littered throughout the area after the planes collided and crashed both pilots ejected from their aircraft one was found alive with his parachute in tangled in a tree. He was rescued and rushed to hospital. The other was later confirmed dead parts of his body were fo