Mississippi in the 18th century. Enjoy book tv this week and every weekend on cspan2. My name is karen greenberg. Thank you so much for joining us here at the center on National Security at fordham law. Were delighted to be bringing you this afternoons conversation. With me today is chris whipple, Award Winning author, journalist, documentary maker. His new book is the spy masters. Can you see it . How the cia director shaped history and the future. And well talk a lot about this book today. First, i just want to say, thank you, chris, thank you for joining us. A pleasure to be here. Thanks for having me. This is actually a wonderful read. When i started it, i was sort of like, oh, no, this is going to be too much information, i wont be able to take it in. Its fantastic. Its based on, in addition to your own knowledge and research, its based on over 70 interviews and youve interviewed, among those, the leading directors of the cia. Living directors of the cia. Except for the current on
Alliance with regional and Global Security challenges, this is from hosted by the International Strategic studies. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. Thank you very much for coming. Its friday afternoon in august and you know, im delighted that your Summer Vacation plans include csis, but its really a testament to how important, influential and respected our panel today is. Im the senior vicepresident for asia and japan here csis at georgetown. Before we get started we always do a brief safety announcement. And we have about ten fourstar admirals and generals in the room, but this former boy scout will be in charge. If there is a need to evacuate and ill let you know, but well head out and head around the corner to National Geographic down 17th street. Out the back. We have simultaneous interpretation and there should be headsets on your chair. If you have a problem, wave and someone will help you. Please leave them on the chair, if you take them home wed send the new
Happening right now at the university of South Carolina school of law. You can see john kasich there. Jeb bush is artie taken the state. They address everything from immigration policy to healthcare and everything in between. Donald trump is scheduled to hit the stage shortly. Just a day after the governor that her support behind marco rubio, that endorsement is giving the senator a bit of the boost a bit of a boost. The South Carolina republican primary has been releasing april every day. They are still showing the donald trump is the leader in this state, and ted cruz is right behind him. Marco rubio has dropped about a quarter of a point, and jeb bush, john kasich, and dr. Ben carson rounds out the rest of the numbers. Drastically by the time that voters cast their votes on saturday. The latest polls do not reflect the undecided vote. Wach fox news sarah pettit dove into how that could impact saturday. Reporter between 8 and 10 South Carolina voters are still undecided. Experts say
Campaigns have to focus on. Especially African American women ages 45 and above, where sanders has a stronger focus on young voters. Todd shaw, associate professor of Political Science and African American studies at usc says Bernie Sanders still has to let voters know who he is and what hes all about. Bernies is still trying to establish himself. Convince African American voters this gentleman from a state thats 95 white in terms of the electorate he represents can represent us or represent me in terms of what African Americans are asking. So i think thats the factor thats weighing on Bernie Sanders in terms of his connection in the African American community. Although i think he sure is trying hard. Shaw says clintons powerful endorsements can also make it difficult for sanders to get ahead in the palmetto state. But well just have to see how primary unfolds come february 27th. In columbia, loren thomas news 19 wltx. Of Bernie Sanders and Hilary Clinton this week. As they continue to
Leading to provision of security across the country but they still need our help. If we pulled out too quickly or completely and cut off our assistance we could find ourselves with afghanistans sliding back into what could be an opportunity for al qaeda. But what happened in iraq is different. The prime minter, i think, has taken an increasingly sectarian approach and rather than working with the sunnis, we tried to marginalize them and accuse his political rivals of crime. He withdraw support and really created a situation which he is now dealing with which have a very marginalized sunni population that because of their dissatisfaction opened up the ground for al qaeda to come back in. So i think the drivers of the situation are somewhat different. Our guest is with us for 35 or 40 minutes so time to take your calls and tweets. If you want to go ahead and post them we will read them as well. Phone lines on the bottom of the screen. Democrats, republicans, independents. Three separate