And showing your support some ways you do. So thank you very much. [applause] now i on to what we do. We are so happy to have this incredible panel of lym marys from the world of politics and journal. You. Who we know are going to give us all of the exact answers. To what has truly been one of the most bizarre and we did air the president ial debates here at politics and prose, all three of them. We were kind of surprised how packed the store was itch guess i dont owhether to say this is but anyway, we were mobbed. And it just showed the interest and intense engagement over the past really year and a half around the election. So, were really grateful to follow that up with a panel of experts from cnn who will discuss the election and its aftermath. I think you recognize all of them. They were all mainstays to the coverage through the came pain. On my far left, on your right, is brian setzer, the owes post of the show about in the news media. He covered the media for the New York Times
Is going to reinforce vital alliances in the Pacific Region in order to deter increasing hostility from north korea. That announcement followed north koreas launch of a Ballistic Missile thats drawn Harsh International condemnation. Its the first such launch since Donald Trump Took Office as us president. The missile was fired from an air base in north pyong an province and flew about 5000 kilometres east into International Waters in the sea ofjapan. 0ur tokyo correspondent Rupert Wingfield hayes reports. This is the launch of a musudan Ballistic Missile, the same type that was fired from north korea into the sea of japan earlier this morning. Todays launch was almost certainly timed so that north koreas dictator, kim jong un, could crash a Weekend Party taking place on the other side of the world. President donald trump and japans prime minister, shinzo abe, have been spending the weekend golfing in florida. Mr abe was not amused by the north korean intrusion. Translation north koreas
Weve had the Chelsea Manning leaks, then came edward snowdon, and today another huge wikileaks data dump theyre calling it vault 7, and they say its from a division at the heart of the cia. Thousands of documents, millions of lines of code and, if it is all genuine, it shows the extraordinary array of hacking and spying tools available to the cia. Some of that wont be a surprise. Some of its colourful the ability to infect a samsung tv and turn it into a microphone that records conversations, for example. The british apparently helped with that one, by the way. The cia wont confirm the authenticity of any of it, but there are two big questions. Is it reasonable for the cia to have these abilities . Wikileaks suggests its overreach. But the second is, cant the cia guard any of its own secrets . If it is incapable of doing so, should it harbour software that could allow massive abuse by those with Malign Intent . Well heres david grossman. The documents are purportedly from the cias cent
Thank you very much everyone for being here. Of the smartest writers we have so many wonderful writers who we are blessed to have among us during these two days on culture. You two are some of the best though on culture. One thing i have found when i am traveling is people keep saying to me, and these are people who may or may not have voted for donald trump, depending on the state they live in. Especially if i am in the middle of the country or not on the northeast especially, people will say things like donald trump is president. It is coming from this place like he used to be the host of celebrity apprentice. How did that happen . It is not a dismissal or a criticism. So how are you expecting how are you processing that when people expect you to process that . Are there lessons to learn ere . Once in a while it hits me that donald trump is president. There was a good book by tevi troy who has written for National Review. And it gs through a history of wasidents in terms of what inst
Time a look at the 2016 president ial campaign with Rolling Stone writer on his book insane clown president. Booktv prime time tonight at 8 30 p. M. Eastern. Tonight on the communicators, pennsylvania congressman mike doyle ranking them of a tea house subcommittee on communications and Technology Talks about privacy, Net Neutrality and expanding broadband in the u. S. Hes interviewed by ali breland. When you and democrats sit down at the negotiating table with republicans with a public outcry negotiating table over nedra talley come with a public archive be a point of leverage for democrats to use . I think this is all part of it. Because every classification affects both and i think obviously that if this is to come to pass and again i think the public will have something to say about this, what we want as democrats on the committee is strong consumer protections. More and more the handheld device and your laptop, your whole life on these devices now. Your medical information, your fi