Jon will drive us around the city of sioux falls and talk about its history. Jon, white dome to introduce yourself . Mr. Lauck i live in sioux falls. I am proud to call sioux falls home. It is a beautiful place. A booming city on the prairie. I am happy to be with you, debbie, on this tour. We are glad to have you. Where are we right now . Mr. Lauck we are in the heart of old sioux falls. Just toin the 1850s, the north of us is the famous falls on the Big Sioux River from which the city takes its name. Right now, we are on one of the main thoroughfares of sioux falls, south dakota. Along some of the older buildings of sioux falls, where you get a good feel of what would be considered the main street of sioux falls. This is part of the sculpture walk in Downtown Sioux Falls. This is the federal courthouse. You can see it is built out of this pink, sioux falls quartzite. It is one of the reasons settlers chose this area. It is implantable supply it is in plentiful supply. Is Downtown Sio
Clarity of expression. Younger members of the audience, you may have read his book the special providence american foreignpolicy and how it changed the world. It identified four arching trends four overarching trends the hamiltonian, jeffersonian and jacksonian, this way of thinking about foreignpolicy remains a touchstone for how we think about foreignpolicy today. He will talk about president s today, but focus on a different group. Franklin roosevelt, harry s. Truman, and ronald reagan. You will learn a lot from hearing about these three. They will provide a lot of insight into our current situation. After he speaks, we will take questions from the audience and questions on our twitter site. The twitter handle is cispmdh. It rolls off the tongue. Please join me in welcoming professor Walter Russell mead. [applause] prof. Mead thank you for that introduction and the opportunity to speak today. I want to congratulate you and csis for taking history seriously. Personally, i think this
Theres no good time to do it, by the way. He made a recommendation, but regardless of recommend, i was going to fire comey. Paul Michael Mukasey served as the 81st attorney general of the United States. Thanks for coming in. Good to be here. Paul first point, is there any doubt in your mind that as a legal matter the president had the right, the authority to fire james comey . None. Paul none. None. The fbi director is a part of e. E executive, the president is regardless of whether the fbi director is appointed for a term or not for a term, the president has the authority to fire him. Paul thats despite the tenyear term he was supposed to yeah. Paul all right. In the chain of command at the Justice Department, some people seem to believe that the fbi is independent. That is not true. It is not true. The fbi director is supposed to report to the Deputy Attorney general who then reports to the attorney general. Thats the way its supposed to work. Paul okay. And the fbi is not some indep
Designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening, and thanks for joining us. On the last day of his first foreign trip as president , donald trump declined to endorse the historic Climate Change accord signed by the u. S. And 194 other nations two years ago in paris. His silence came as the other six leaders of the worlds leading industrial democracies reaffirmed their commitments to reduce the Carbon Dioxide emissions responsible for global warming. Instead, mr. Trump says hell announce next week whether hell stick with the paris pact or abandon it. German chancellor Angela Merkel said the climate discussion wa very difficult, if not very unsatisfying. At his final public
[inaudible] [inaudible] welcome to the hudson institute. I am john, senior fellow and director of the center for american, culture. Hudson promotes American Leadership in Global Engagement for secure, free, prosperous future. We were founded in 1961 by strategist herman con. We challenge thinking and help with transitions of the future through disciplinary studies and defense, international relations, economics, we are delighted to host british journalist, author, think tank or david goodhart. He is currently the head of a demography unit a policy change think tank. His former editor of prospect magazine and former director of the centerleft he most. His previous book successes and failures the postwar immigration was a runnerup. David has written a powerful book, the road to somewhere, the populist revolt of the future politics. You can see on amazon and elsewhere. Britain, like the United States is culturally divided. Its a culturally divided nation. Her other probes this with consid