A look at the impact of entrepreneurs living in the worlds poorest countries, and a book on the rise of chinas military and economy. For a complete Television Schedule visit booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors. Television for serious readers. Youre watching booktv. Up next, historian h. W. Brands recounts the life and political career of americas 40th president , Ronald Reagan. Henry william brands is a man of the american west. Born in oregon, earned graduate degrees in mathematics and history in oregon and texas. He taught at Vanderbilt University and texas a many and university before going to the university of texas at austin where he holds the jack s. Blands senior chair in history. Professor brands teaches history with and writing to graduate students and undergraduators. Hes written several dozen books on American History and politics politics and is no strange err to the bestseller list. Two of his books about fdr and Benjamin Franklin, were finalists
Liz historic speech from President Trump ratcheting up a fiery debut speech at the u. N. A first for a u. S. President. Here is what he did. He said the u. S. Would totally destroy north korea in order to defend the u. S. And its allies from north koreas nukes. He called out venezuelas collapsed socialist dictatorship. He went after iran as a quote, murderous corrupt regime. He decried loser terrorists and blasted syria for its slaughter and more. Welcome to risk reward. Im elizabeth macdonald. The s p and nasdaq also ending the day in the green. Lets get back to the president at the u. N. A muscular defense of the trump doctrine. The sanctity and respect of each nations sovereignty and their individuals. He is promoting america as an example of freedom and democracy and respect for human rights but he warned u. N. Memberstates they risk being bystanders in history if they do not mobilize to confront gathering threats to peace and democracy. President trump called out the u. N. Bureauc
What must be done. Cutting spending alone, i. E. Sequestration, is not the solution. Raising taxes is not the solution. It will take a combination of spending reduction, entitlement reform, and tax reform to stimulate more revenue. Hard and tough votes will have to be taken, but that is why we get elected to the United States senate. The world is waiting for america to lead on this issue. If we do, the u. S. Economy will respond in a very robust way. The gang of six laid the foundation for this problem to be solved and it is my hope that we do not leave the solution to the next generation. With what i have enjoyed most about congress and that is the opportunity i have had to spend with the men and women in uniform and those in the intelligence world, all of whom are willing to put their life in harms way for the sake of our freedom. Whether it was Robins Air Force , or dubail, jalalabad , i always get emotional telling the men and women how proud i am of them and how blessed we are to
Caribbean citizens who have joined the islamic extremist requests you made a comment people have gone from the caribbean. To syria. Can you give us a little bit more where they are coming from what you think they are doing, and whether you have seen any indication they are trying to come back . Like in our own country there is a small number reportedly that have gone radicalized one way or another in the west. Larger numbers in western europe. I would suspect they will get good at, while they are in syria, killing. Pick up job skills in terms of explosives and beheadings. Everyone is concerned if they come home. One would expect they would come back at least as radicalized as they were with couldnt a job skills they picked up in the fight. We have any indication of any scheme to attack the u. S. . No. But the smaller countries, as i say, we take for granted in the u. S. That we have a functioning legal Justice System and fbi. Layers of clean police men and women. A lot of these countri
The Obama Administration and the Prime Minister. Today, whether the Budget Committee can come together, we will have more details. Before they gavel in we want you to weigh in on this debate in washington. In the face of National Security threats from isis and others around the globe, should the pentagon budget be increased . The numbers are on the screen. You can also send us a tweet you can go to facebook, and also send us an email. The phone lines are open. Before we get to your thoughts, molly otoole from defense one joins us to talk about this. Gop hawks want to use defense for funds to skirt this. What does each chamber want to do and what has the president opposed . Proposed . Guest the house and senate have very different approaches. The house released their proposal on tuesday. These are nonbinding medical agreement, but any russian of but are an expression of priority. The house proposed 523 billion for defense, which adheres to the level set in fiscal year 2015 and the budge