Good afternoon. Welcome to the Heritage Foundation and the louis laman auditorium. Of course we welcome those that join us on the heritage. Org website and those that will be joining us on cspan book tv. We would ask a courtesy to see the mobile devices have been silenced or turned off and for those watching online you are welcome to send questions or comments by simply emailing speaker at mac heritage. Org. We will post the program on the website following the presentation for everyones future reference as well. We do encourage you to consider purchasing copies of digital war available on amazon and im sure the author would be glad to have good support as we come into christmas. Welcoming our special guest is the Margaret Thatcher hello and center for freedom. Before arriving at heritage he was a Research Fellow at the policy think tank in london and testified numerous times before congress as well as provided evidence before the Parliamentary Committee is examining the wall and the g
Democracy is the most radical profound idea in the history of human civilization. [laughter] and its so radical and so profound that we have a hard time maintaining it. Thinking through its implications, constantly being grounded and returned to our conceptions of like freedom. And so leads to ways our democracy has gone bad through outsourcing it to lead and this book is about waying our democracy has gone bad by essentially putting subsection of our population under conditions that are not really free in the sort fundamental way that we want to be free is they relate in that way in materials of the specifics of this look, i mean, i grew u up in the bronx like my core identity [laughter] in the bronx in the 1980s. Which was which i would never trade for a million years in terms of what it meant to me in terms of the way that i think about race, politic, but it was really fought and city was dangerous and i thought about crime and politicianing and criminal justice through my life and
The world i think right now so im wondering what kind of brought you to this topic, maybe to talk about your trajectory from an elite which looks at meritocracy to this compelling and compassionate work on american criminal justice and Law Enforcement. Theres a few things, in some ways both books are books about the same thing which are what i would call democratic apologies. If you look at the body politic as a body that has different processes and functions and they can go wrong in different ways, that both books are diagnosis about infections, infirmary is in the body politic so ways in which, im a real believer. My one core secular belief is democracies, small d democracies and democracy is the most radical, profound idea in the history of human civilization and its so radical and profound that we have a hard time maintaining it, thinking through its implications. Constantly being grounded and returned to our conceptions of light, freedom and so part of the ways in which our democr
The time. Situation. Win people should also think about the growth of the population in the world. People are on the move. Host we which are you with the mayor had what the mayor had to say about the building of this wall. Coming up, we will talk to Brandon Darby, managing director and editor for Breitbart Texas. To talk about the legal and ilLegal Immigration along the border. Later, we will talk to a local immigration lawyer about what the law says on citizenship and deportation. But first, during our visit in april, we spoke with the mayor and asked him about Donald Trumps proposal to build a wall along the u. S. Mexican border and what impact that would have on his community. [video clip] horrible. We could not accept the wall. Just looking at this matter from a mayor standpoint, it is devastating. It would do away with laredo, texas. We are the number one land force in the western hemisphere. Ways ofother dealing with the situation. A wall would be heavily intrusive and offensive
Announcer coming up, a talk justicereme court chief john roberts. And then a look at immigration and border issues in error today series in laredo, texas. A panel on a possible british exit from the european union. I think today, we know effect to catch up to the 20th century, we have been the invisible half of the congress the past seven years. We have asked watched our House College with interest. At least i have an interest. And the tv coverage of our members, colleagues in the house. We create another historic moment in a relationship between congress and Technological Advancements in communications through radio and television. 50 years ago, our executive branch began appearing on television. Today marked the first time when our legislative branch, in its entirety, will appear on the medium of communication through which most americans get their information about what our government and our country does. The televising of Senate Chamber proceedings also represents a wise unwarrant