looks today we are quite fortunate to have with us a professor of history at stanford university. stanford, the london school of economics, and the university of california berkeley. the prize-winning author of spies in arabia, the great war, and cultural foundations of britain s covert empire in the middle east, a book published in 2008. her work has appeared in academic journals and collections and popular media such as the nation, financial times, and the washington post. be speaking on her recent book, empire of guns, the violent making of the industrial revolution. good afternoon everybody, can you hear me all right? is this good? thank you so much for coming. the arrangements and thank you to the center for inviting me out to give this talk. i m sorry i disrupted your regular monday schedule. thank you for making the adjustment so we can talk to one another. eric was saying, this talk is based on my book, which came out this year. started at 12 years ago. b you will s
ia,e with us priya sat professor at stanford university. she was educated at stanford and the london school of economics and the university of california, berkeley. she is the prize-winning author of buys in arabia: the great war and the group the cultural foundations of the middle east. her work appeared in academic journals and edited collections and popular media and the nation washington post. she will be speaking today on her recent empire of guns: the violent making of the industrial revolution. good afternoon. can you hear me all right? thank you so much for coming. you, amanda and pete, for the arrangements. thank you to the center for inviting me to give this talk. sorry i disrupted your regular monday schedule, and thank you for making the adjustment so we could talk to one another. book,alk is based on my which came out this year. i started it 12 years ago. you will see in short order what drew me in for such a long time. this is the mystery at the heart
good afternoon everybody, can you hear me all right? is this good? thank you so much for coming. thank you, amanda and peaks for the arrangements and thank you to the center for inviting me out to give this talk. i m sorry i disrupted your regular monday schedule. thank you for making the adjustment so we can talk to one another. as eric was saying, this talk is based on my book, which came out this year. and i started about 12 years ago. you will see, i think, in short order, what drew me in for such a long time. there is a mystery at the heart of the problem i was trying to answer. i guess the best way to put it is the mystery is the biggest gun making family, the family that owned the biggest gun making firm in 18th century britain was a quaker family. they were the biggest suppliers of guns to the slave trade in south africa. they were suppliers to the east india trading company, which would use them guns that use their guns for trade and conquest. there are also the si
independence. from the festival to the fireworks later on. really, there s something for everybody. one thing to keep in mind is you will notice a lot of police. law enforcement on high alert. news 4 derrick ward is live downtown with what you will need to know about that and other big events going on for the fourth. it s raining, i see, derrick. reporter: in this part of town, you will see a lot of police around town. considering what s going on and what day this is, there s probably a bit more. certainly more of a secure per am ter. there are other things going on as well. the fireworks are the big draw this evening. there s a folklife festival on the mall. it s been moved up closer to the capitol. i don t think it s necessarily a security concern, but logistics and repairs being done to the mall. folks are already down here getting ready gather. the parade gets under way at 11:00. some folks are going to be here ahead of time. the prime spots are under trees. we caught u
it was completely taken out, completely deleted by the obama administration and replaced with an abstract narrative. extreme bad guys, criminals. why can t our own leadership call it what it is radical islam? fox & friends begins right now. hi, everyone. good morning. welcome to fox & friends. this is a look at the most wanted woman in paris who has fled to syria. hundreds of thousands attended the anti-terror rally. up to 30 world leaders will be there including attorney general eric holder. greg, what can you tell us this morning? reporter: after four days of terrible weather reflecting the terrible events here in paris it s a beautiful day. the sup is shining and the day should be perfect for this rally. officials say there could be a million people on the street, as many as 50 state leaders attending as well, including united states attorney general eric holder who is here for a meeting with officials on security and terror. more than 5 thurkz troops and pol