stanley carpenter, a professor at the naval war college, talks about the fleets of the allies and central powers, their artillery and strategies used in battles at sea. watch american history tv in prime time tonight beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern here on c-span 3. now we take you to the brookings institution in washington, d.c., for a look at the state of brexit negotiations. british darroch joined for the hour and a half long discussion. we have a full house. it s great to welcome everyone today. my name is tom wright. i m director of the center of the united states and europe here at brookings. i m delighted to welcome you all here today, whether you are in the audience, joining us via webcast or watching on c spa-sp. for the brink of brexit, the united kingdom and the future of europe. let me take a moment to thank the partnership we have and to acknowledge the part of our bbti, brookings initiative. we re able to do things here on europe at brookings that would not b
are secure. they are not looking at voting machines, or tabulation machines. those are the core systems. the court critical systems of an election. the british ambassador to the us and politicians and epidemics talked about the state of brexit negotiations. the q&a ran about an hour and a half. would like to welcome everyone here today. i m director of the center of the united states and europe here at brookings. i m delighted to welcome you all today whether you are in the audience on the webcast or watching on c-span for our panel discussion. let me think take a moment to think the partnerships that we have. this is part of our trans-atlantic initiative that simply would not be possible without the support and partnership that we have. we look forward to the work that we are doing in the coming years. if you would indulge me i would like to add to the conversation that will at least moderate shortly. britain s pending exit whether everyone agrees with are not will sha
presidential rival, donald trump, mr biden flatly rejected isolationism. he said the rangers who fought in normandy 80 years ago would undoubtedly want the us to stand up to vladimir putin s aggression in europe. well, i m here to tell you that with them gone, the wind we hear coming off this ocean will not fade it will grow louder. as we gather here today, it s notjust to honour those who showed such remarkable bravery on that day, june 6, 1944, it s to listen to the echoes of their voices, to hear them, because they are summoning us, and they re summoning us now. they ask us what will we do? they re not asking us to scale these cliffs, but they re asking us to stay true to what america stands for. they re not asking us to give or risk our lives, but they are asking us to care for others and our country more than ourselves. they re not asking us to do theirjob. they re asking us to do our job, to protect freedom in our time, to defend democracy, to stand up to aggression a
There is a big issue when it comes to security and when it comes to keeping track of all the people that come in. i think that europe doesn t have the capacity to receive that many people. for more on this, i spoke to lucinda creighton, ireland s former minister for european affairs, and senior fellow at the centre for european policy analysis. for our viewers around the world, lucinda, put into context for how important the eu parliament elections are. over 370 million people are eligible to vote. what sort of significance or power do meps have? quite a lot, actually. in the early days of the european parliament, it wasn t a powerful legislature, but over various treaty changes and constitutional change in europe, over the decades, it has become extremely powerful. it is basically the co decision maker now for almost all aspects of legislation.