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Cspan3, a conversation from Brookings Institution on potential increased Infrastructure Spending. During a president ial campaign, donald trump said he wanted to spend more on roads, bridges and airports here in the u. S. Were a little behind schedule so im going to talk fast. Im really pleased that what we wanted to do was bring together people who have done work in the area of infrastructure to talk about where there is evidence, where there is not evidence, where the things that government do...

Where the things that government does makes sense and where things dont make sense. Physical infrastructure is a rather broad term and so we have a panel that is one part water and three parts transportation. Newsha ajami is Senior Research associate at the Stanford Woods Institute for the environment, director of urban water policy at water in the west. Matthew turner is professor of economics at brown who has written a bit about transportation. Dan wilson is at Federal Reserve bank in San Fran...

Good afternoon and welcome to the eighth annual tucson festival of books, one of the largest book festivals in the country. My name is ron barber. I am glad to see such a big crowd. Must be a lot of political junkies in the room. Raise your hand. I thought so. Me too. That is why i am glad to moderate. We want to thank cspan which is broadcasting this panel live. Also booktv and Cox Communications for sponsorship of the venue. The presentation will last about an hour. The last 15 or 20 minutes w...

Think the islamic people who are not terrorists do not condemn them . They dont openly condemn them . Why is that . You have not heard any examples of that . There are stories in the paper that areut groups forming, muslim groups that are forming International Groups to criticize and denounce what isis is doing. Georgia, democrat, good morning. Caller good morning to you. I think the president s speech was on point. We are not going to militarily be able to destroy terrorism. We can slow them do...

A captive audience. You can work with them in so many different ways to make sure that you do more and get that recidivism rate down to the 20 percent where taxpayers are no longer paying 30 some thought to 530 some odd thousand dollars a year to house these people. It is a win win for everyone involved. The notion of talking about reentry and figuring out Practical Solutions is something we need to continue to dialogue as we go forward. Thank you for that. We have time for two really good and s...

Now, one thing that strikes me is i dont think theres really, should be a large role for courts in dealing with the problem of surveillance at the largest area here. And the reason i dont think that is in the usual constitution case it is some kind of, someone is doing something very unpopular, minority often, some not you know with extreme ideas, and the function of Constitutional Rights is to protect these people from the majority, from state legislatures, some congress. But in the case of sur...

Its an siege National Interests of the United States, and the strait of hormuz. Theres a reason we keep that open. Thats right. I couldnt resist. You look at how much of our economy some commerce depends on the International Movement of people and goods and services, an important point to make when you look at america americas interests are relatively benign compared to other great powers and are benign compared to the rest of the north the sense were not empire builders. Were not seeking prefer...

Evaluating all of that information would be to issue an initial determination, initial decision of a defect to takata and the automakers. After that, we would hold a public hearing. How soon can you initiate that . As soon as humanly possible. The key, because we want to protect the American Public, we need to make sure we build the strongest case possible because at the end of the day, if takata and the automakers continue to refuse to act, we are going to have to take them to court. We want to...

The world. As you may have seen in your own country, or as the slide show indicates, theres a Global Movement toward candidate debates making candidate debates a part of elections in a diverse range of countries. Its at least 65 countries so far. And i suspect the number is higher. Why are more countries organizing debates . I think there are several reasons. Debates provide a unique opportunity to compare candidates. They are generally the only time in a campaign when voters see and hear direct...

Technology is new or rapidly developing. Instead they should use model recommendation and emphasize the effectiveness of stungsal advantages. But a decade later when the case came forward, he suggested that the equilibrium had been upset and technology was giving government dramatically expanded power. At that point he argued for exuder spect doctrine evolution. It is my great pleasure to welcome you as well. We also have a judge joining us from chicago. We thank you for joining us and can you h...