Record highs a scientist warned of dramatic and unforseen facts of warmer weather on the icy continent. Under control the serb disgraced Filmmaker Roman Polanski leads to turmoil in the french Film Industry the entire board of the country says to me resigns just 2 weeks before its awards ceremony will bring the details. I feel gail welcome to the program. A long list of conflicts and uncertainty of the wests role in world and the world the top issues of the Munich Security Conference which started this afternoon World Leaders and Security Experts have gathered for the annual meeting in suffolk germany on everyones mind the war in syria where a government offensive in libya triggered a full blown humanitarian crisis. Another issue is concern over the wests shrinking influence on Global Security its even spawned a new Wesley Snipes in his opening speech german president frank. Had some critical words on this issue and on the role the United States has adopted in international relations.
My name is kevin butter fooerfi. Im t it is my pleasure to welcome you here tonight on behalf of the mt. Vernon Ladies Association and the Ford Motor Company which each month sponsors a free monthly book talk just like this one, an opportunity for people to the community to come and learn from some of the greatest historians in the field. Thank you so much for being here tonight. Were thrilled to have you. To begin the program, just shortly, well hear a brief presentation from susan swain, copresident , chief executive officer of cspan, and coauthor of the president s which will be discussed tonight. Shell be joined by brian lann, founder and executive chairman of cspan, in moderating an esteemed group of historians in discussing the american presidency. And the american presidency is, as you know, a fascinating subject of inquiry in every possible way. In the constitution theres not as much said about it as you might imagine. Article 1 is quite long. Article 2 much shorter. And the ke
Conventions but this is not how this event is officially called instead it makes reference to International Rules governing military operations is it just me quibbling over semantics are has they indeed been a shift on the battlefield from the loss to the rules with the latter i assume being last restrictive well i think there have been many shifts in the battlefields over the last decades and recently we have seen that it is more important may be just to teach to generalities or flaws in try and in the Geneva Conventions to look much more in detail to. The ground rules the rules of engagements that militaries have in the battlefields to compare notes to look at good experiences as well which have proven to protect civilians better than others and i think this is what this workshop is very much about i think you have seen we bring. I gather more than 103. 00 and 4. 00 star generals from over 70 countries with which we entertain regular contacts but also which are engaged in their day t
To discuss that im now joined by peter mauer president of the International Committee of the red cross mr maher its always good to talk to you thank you very much for finding titus for having me now you are now in moscow to take part in the warshaw that deals with what essentially are the laws of wars the Geneva Conventions but this is not how this event is officially called instead it makes reference to International Rules governing military operations is it just me quibbling over semantics or has they indeed been a shift on the battlefield from the loss to the rules with the letter i assume being last restrictive. Well i think there have been many shifts in the battlefields over the last decades and recently we have seen that it is more important and maybe did just to teach the generalities of flaws in try and in the Geneva Conventions to look much more in detail to. The ground rules and the rules of engagements that militaries have in the battlefields to compare notes to look at goo
The bloomberg candidacy. He is bypassing the caucuses and primaries. His eye is on super tuesday. Our phone lines are open, 202 7488001 is the line for republicans, 202 7488000 if you are a democrat and 202 7488002 if you are an independent. We are also taking her text messages, that phone number is 202 7488003. Be sure to tell us where you are texting from and your good name. Good sunday morning. We begin with president ial politics. We are in the february season of caucuses and primaries. All eyes are on the nevada caucuses a week from saturday. Virginia is a key state for bloombergs super tuesday strategy. If there is a state or Democrat Michael bloomberg could expect a return on investment, it is virginia. By investing millions, bloomberg helped democrats take back the statehouse last fall with full control of government in virginia, democrats have started pushing through legislation on everything from gun control to gayrights. The state could serve as the centerpiece of the strate