This week on q a our guest is erik larson out with his book dead wake. With world war one being fought in europe, the lusitania liners sailed to liverpool, england with 2,000 passengers and crew on board. Cspan erik larson, your new book, dead wake, you start off first sentence, on the night of may 6, 1915, as his ship approach the coast of ireland, ccaptain William Thomas turner left the bridge and made his way to the first class lounge. What are you talking about . This is the night before the lusitania was torpedoed. The ship was that day, on friday the next day on friday, may 7th was going to enter the socalled the zone of war declared by the german navy. The water surrounding the u. K. Had become this they had designated this a zone of war. So the night before, captain turner was going into the lounge to actually talk to passengers during the intermission in the talent show, the nightly talent show, one of the features of transatlantic voyages. And he had some sobering news but al
Global economy more than six times of tear rifls. Ariffs. I recognize my responsibility to serve all of you and appreciate the input, cooperation help, advice and assistance that you do. We really appreciate this robust dialogue with the clamham lerber and its members. We want to continue to fulfill or obligation operating as a strong Law Enforcement association while helping our businesses remain competitive in the global marketplace. Thank you all very much. Thank you commissioner. We have a few minutes for questions. If i could just ask you to state your name and who youre with to ask your question. Who would like to start it off . You did cover a lot of ground there, thank you, sir. I thought we had one back here but i will just lead off with questions while there is a vocal group up here so i know you guys will have one soon. So spencer, get up there. Commissioner, thank you again for addressing the clam berhamber and broader membership from other organizations as well. We appreci
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Worldwide event. So were in a world war. And were up against a very sophisticated, capable enemy. The recruiting of foreign fighters, into syria and iraq, we have not found a way yet in my opinion to effectively stop or even slow it down. And it is more than a Law Enforcement, it is more than an fbi mission, but it certainly is an and an fbi mission. But just last week, we learned about a 47yearold air force veteran, who tried to join isis, and before his apprehension, tarod pugh worked for a number of american firms overseas including a u. S. Defense firm in iraq for whom pugh performed of avionics on u. S. Aircraft. We had several stories like that that appeared. Is there a magic bullet to try to get at that kind of problem . That fbi can do . There isnt a magic bullet. It is, to us, it is about a full court press making sure that we are that we have sources where we need them to be, that we have the capability, both the know how and Technical Capability to play in the online space w
Here are some of our featured programs for this weekend on the cspan networks. On book tv, saturday at 10 00 p. M. An afterwards author Peter Wallison says that they caused the financial crisis and it could happen again. And jeffrey sax on a Development Plan to counter global issues. And saturday morning at 10 30 eastern on American History tv, a discussion on the last major speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther king jr. Then sunday afternoon at 4 00, the 1965 meet the press interview with Martin Luther king jr. Let us know what you think about the programs youre watching. Call us at 2026263400. Email us at comments or send us a tweet. Join the cspan conversation. Like us on facebook. Follow us on twitter. On tuesday, admiral cecil haney briefed reporters at the pentagon. He talked about threats to u. S. Security and answered questions about north Koreas Nuclear missiles and chinas antisatellite missile test. This is 35 minutes. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you f