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So glad you are here for the kickoff session on protecting democracy, foreign interference, voter confidence, and defensive strategies in 2020 election and beyond. Im Carrie Cordero of the center for new american security. We have two sessions this morning. This session will run until 10 45 a. M. Eastern, and i hope you will join us again at 11 30 a. M. Eastern for a session i will be moderating on foreign influence and voter attitudes. Todays conversations are part of a broader collaboration between the center for new american security, the center for ethics and the rule of law, which is part of penn law, and the annenberg Public Policy center, also on the university of pennsylvania. There i hand it over to moderator, this discussion is being livestreamed, and you can post your comments and questions on twitter using the protectdemocracy2020. Our team will be monitoring the monitoring the hash tag and pose your questions to the monitor. America may have been caught off but theres no t
Thats not a good thing. One excerpt of what the president said and ask you about my guest this woman it on the other side. Here it is. I wanted to always play it Republican National chairwoman Donna Mcdaniel and michael down. I still like playing it down. Yes, sir. Because i dont want to osterholm. Plus the the man who led the create a panic. To bes russia investigation until he was taken off the case if the president had a because of his antitrump history of playing down things, attacks. President trumps that might be believable, but vulnerabilities are exponentially greater than any president in modern history. Peter strzok suspected then considering what he did with immigration and the caravans and violence in the city, this isnt and Still Believes president is a president who tries to incite compromised by russia and he joins me this morning. Panic or trying to fire folks also, epic wildfires. Up. This doesnt seem to match that. There is no down time because Mother Nature doesnt gi
When Climate Change is ravaging this planet, leading to massive fires on the west coast. Drought and unprecedented levels of extreme weather disturbances across the globe. We are the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all people as a human right. Over 90 million americans are uninsured or underinsured and we pay by far the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs. All of these issues and others are enormously important and should be the issues that are being debated in this campaign. But today, i am not going to talk about any of them. What i am going to talk about is something that in my wildest dreams i never thought i would be discussing. And that is the need to make certain that the president of the United States, if he loses this election, will abide by the will of the voters and leave office peacefully. What i will be discussing today is the danger that this country faces from a president who is a pa pathological liar, who has strong authorityio
The annenberg Public Policy center, also on the university of pennsylvania. There i hand it over to moderator, this discussion is being livestreamed, and you can post your comments and questions on twitter using the protectdemocracy2020. Our team will be monitoring the monitoring the hash tag and pose your questions to the monitor. America may have been caught off but theres no the samer falling for tricks again twice. Understand the influences around us, take steps take proactive steps to counter them, and work to strengthen our democracy. This collaboration is our effort to do just that. Im now going to turn the over to the professor claire finkelstein, my friend and faculty director of the center for ethics and the rule of law at the university of pennsylvania law school, who is theleading voice on intersection of law, ethics, and national security. Willto claire, who introduce our guests for the session. Thank you soin much, carrie, and its a to have this with c nas. N more importa