we also have doctor bill ambassador brownback who we discussed earlier. and all three of them will be sharing some of their experiences working on this issue that relates to iranian human rights, what they learned this morning and now they're putting these lessons into practice. we will after the session in q&a will take questions on the audience as well. let's first begin with observations from the assistant secretary. >> thank thank you, morgan. we had a very interesting listening session this morning with representatives organized labor from around the world and from the iranian community. the rights of labor to organize are not often thought about usually as matters of international or even domestic human rights. and so i suggested to them that we have a series of working groups to plan on kinds of things we do to positively encourage the iranian government to engage effectively with its own labor people, , and to livep to its own promises. i'll just leave it there and i will turn it over to my colleague here. >> thank you, morgan. i'd like to say tha

take you, very much ambassador brownback, and nina for introducing. thank you to all of you and you are c-span viewers for being with us here today at hudson for this afternoon panel discussion on xinjiang and u.s. policy response. the institute launched this program of seminars not xinjiang in early 2017 to help challenge i think what can be best described as the u.s. post-9/11 political complacency over what the chinese communist party claim is its own war on terrorism in the vast northwestern territory of the prc empire known as xinjiang. that u.s. reappraisal was urgently needed then and, in fact, it's been long overdue for decades the uighur muslim people that suffer from institutionalized oppression and discrimination in their own homeland which they call east turkestan. in august 2016 the installation of01 the wall make clear that beijing would be wrapping up its efforts to subjugate the uighur and of the peoples of east turkestan. secretary jim was already known for his harsh policies in tibet and that his command over the last three years xin

and please join me in welcoming sam brownback. [applause] >> thanks, nina. pri that's right greatly. a measure to be pack at hudson. you find this interesting. more something than most. i was on the phone this morning with the prime minister of sudan. which was not a normal thing for me, 20-25 years ago when we were fighting the bashear regime and they were state sponsoring terrorism that the out experienced unfortunately first hand, but i think it does show that if you keep after an issue and you're on the right side you can win and you will win. and that i'm very hopeful. it is one of the sources and places of great hope in the world today. we hope things continue to move forward in the right direction. also want to thank hudson institute for hosting the vice president and the secretary of state mike pompeo at different times to speak here in hudson regarding china. i think those have been wonderful speeches. i looked at both of those, and i think they offer a template on issues of china and u.s. policy towards china. this administration has been really th

it is my deep privilege to introduce the ambassador at large from the state department sam brownback who will be giving the keynote address in just a moment ago i have known the ambassador for about 25 years when he was in the senate working together including suda sudan. so i am very pleased in this position and someone who has been empowered under this administration and through congress and really is the face of religious freedom as a priority and foreign policy and to organize and innovate hundreds or thousands from all over the world who are deeply invested in religious freedoms the czar survivors of religious persecution from across the globe please join me to welcome sam brownback. [applause] >> i appreciate that greatly it's a pleasure to be back at hudson and to be on the phone with the prime minister of sudan that is not normal thing 25 years ago fighting the regime state-sponsored terrorism that united states experienced firsthand but it shows if you keep after then you can win and you will win. and for those of great hope in the world the hope things continue to move forw

pompeo followed by a session with three cohosts of today's event and international religious freedom sam brownback deputy director for the iran action group might spell and assistant secretary for democracy human rights and labor robert estero. during the listening session we have this morning we heard from members of the iranian diaspora but how we can continue to stand with the iranian people by sharing stories, supporting their voices in championing their rights. today we will share what we heard from them and we will dig deeper into the issue. we will also have an opportunity to hear from three survivors who have first-hand experience of the iranian regime oppression. i would like to introduce assistant secretary for democracy human rights and labor robert estero. as he previously served a six year term as commissioner of the u.s. commission on civil rights. he has worked on a 15 year interfaith dialogue in united states and in the middle east. he is a passion for the people of iran and defending their rights. my friend tom -- a row. [applause] >> good morning everybody and not the half of the

and the sort of vision of the tax structure that sam brownback had, koch was very involved in that. i think their influence on kansas politic is is tremendous. it's huge. >> i have kind of a political question. >> you're at the right place. >> right, that's for sure. the feud between trump and koch, do you feel like that will perhaps cause a schism or a civil war between, say, the economic nationalists, the religious right and the koch libertarian philosophy, that will cause a three-way brawl or whatever within the right wing of the republican party? is that something that could go beyond the coaches and trump and get into the bowels of the republican party? >> yes. and the way i describe it is that right now, a lot of my political chaptered in become happened literally in basement. i staff offices of the hart senate office building, the longworth house building where the machinery works, there'sfight going on down there for control of the steering wheel of the republican party. and it is a tense, constant back and forth. koch wins when certain federal judges are appointed and mitch

sam brownback detailed one as of yet unconfirmed case he just heard of, of a man who has legal status in the u.s. he's 75 years old. he has a son in california. he recently went over to china in this province where they have these camps and he has not been heard from since. it's hard to confirm these cases. brownback said the raised these questions to the chinese and they said there are camps but said they are vocational training facilities. >> sounds pretty awful to me. thank you. >>> also, the claim of responsibility for a brazen raid on an important diplomatic outpost for kim jong un. a shadowy group says it's behind the embassy break-in. this raid has been shrouded in secrecy, what are you learning? >> reporter: wolf, we have new information on tactic this group used to get in the embassy and what they may have stolen in the raid. they acknowledged they carried out the operation but dispute the reports of spanish authorities that they got violent. a mysterious group of kim jong un's enemies is claiming responsibilities for a daring raid at one of his most important embassies. call

he came to support alternative energy sources with the growing industry but of course with senator brownback and then that tax structure that was very involved in that. >>. >> between trump and koch do you feel that would be a schism or a civil war or the religious right will cause a three-way brawl of the republican party? then into the bowels of the republican party. >> so those political chapters office it one - - opposite of the office building and then for control of the republican party steering wheel. it is the intense back and forth. koch wins when certain federal judges are appointed and mitch mcconnell is making sure he is happen 191 - - that is happening. that he imposes massive tariffs. and then the global energy system in global trade. >> and donald trump had a tremendous support of the republican party as you have seen many times and what it is interesting and then with those policies and if donald trump wins that he may redraw the republican party for generation generations. >> i have so many questions. so what i want to ask you about his treatment of his own workers and he di

washington lobbyists, to help take apart the growing industry in kansas, and of course the backing for sam brownback and this sort of vision of the structure was very involved in that. i think that there is a the influence on kansas politics is tremendous. it's huge. i have kind of a political question. >> you are at the right place. >> that's for sure. >> the views between trump and koch, do you feel like that would perhaps cause a schism or even a civil war between say the economic nationalists were the religious rights and koch righth libertarian philosophy that that would cause a three-way scroll or whatever within the right-wing of the republican party? is that' that something that coo beyond and get into the bowels of the republican party? >> yes. and the way that i describe it is right now a lot of the political chapters in this book but notably in basements. the staff offices of the senate building and where the machinery works there is a fight going on down there for the control of the steering wheel of the republican party. and it is a tense and constant back and forth. they wia win-win ce

. >>> is antonio brownback on track to play on the nfl? he got a call for a work out >> brown has been out of the league since september in limbo over a sexual assault lawsuit. now that team's coach is pumping the brakes on the possibility of an immediate return. we'll explain coming up. >>> antonio brown. >> got a workout with the new orleans saints. that was yesterday. still in tact? >> yes. >> him, not you. >> we were talking about stuff before the break. >> saints coach sean payton explained it as a win at all cost approach. brown did work out for the team yesterday. this as the nfl confirmed it is still investigating brown following allegations of sexual assault. brown was not the only person participating. >> we are looking closely all the time at who are the players available and how they can help us as we get ready for the post season. >> brown hasn't plaped since week two and was released by the patriots. the nfl has not announced any discipline if they were to sign with the team the playoff is finally here. three juggernauts in l

and then this guy named sam brownback comes down the pike, and he basically says government is dubbing you, you know, cut away all these kinds of things, and there were massive, massive tax cuts. really between -- starting in 2008, 2010, 2012, kansas cut its public school system more than any state in the country pretty much. there's a, hopefully, reader-friendly kind of data in my book, but if you just want to see the remarkable effects of what happens when you cut a schoolsy system, look at what happened to kansas which is within two years of these cuts, it fell totally off the cliff. all these things that were markers of success. so kansas fell to 42nding, 43rd in the country in terms of these national exams. dropout rates skyrocketed, and part of the, i guess, ironic two twist is that when i interviewed people in kansas and i'd say how could you support this for your own schools, and i got a fair amount of the same kind of answers that i'd gotten in other states. people told me, well, minorities are gaming the system, and they shouldn't be taking our tax dollars. one person told me

we also amplified the players like ambassador brownback and other key department officials in the lead up. we use more traditional tools as well as digital tools. we used interviews with the press as well as our slight ship social media platforms. during the ministerial we maintain this narrative, coordinated one-on-one interviews with secretary and department officials, use their homes that michelle referenced that we could get the messages out in foreign languages to key audiences and we captured key moments from the ministerial digitally so that we can push creative content out through our flat flagshipsocial media platforms . let me go back to the idea of integration. one of the things michelle mentioned is the use of data and analytics to shape our message. to be able to do that on the front end to make sure we reaching the audience we need to with the most effective message. but also to be able to do that on the backend . so looking at what we did for the ministerial, evaluating what was effective and what wasn't. and then correcting and retooling our approach if there were bette

let's bring pamela brownback in. pam, that is an incredibly significant development that the intelligence community's inspector general took a criminal referral to the justice department on this with questions about whether this was a violation of campaign finance laws. >> a huge development coming from our evan perez to look into this. i mean this is very significant and now we're gaining some insight into why that referral happened, even though we don't have the whistle-blower complaint in full we do have what we know is a part of the complaint. that is this transcript between president trump and the ukrainian president zelensky where he mentioned on several occasions that he would have his own attorney general and his personal attorney, rudy guilliani, work with the ukrainians on two u.s.-related matters, one involving his political rival, the democratic presidential candidate joe biden, and his son hunter and also looking into election interference. it is also significant that even before the president brought th

. >> who was your chairman kick you >> sam brownback, former house member. so this is a really important conversation. the question is what is 5g and why does it matter? the united states we made it a priority to lead in the development and deployment of 5g technologies because these are increasingly going to transform american industry to healthcare, agriculture, education, manufacturing to shipping. we have done that by implementing the 5g fast plan, a plan for facilitating american superiority in 5g technology. you can find a planet sec.gov/5g. getting more wireless infrastructure deployed, and infrastructure of the future and promoting more fiber deployment which is critical for carrying wireless traffic into the core network. what the metrics of success have been so far, we went to advance american leadership in 5g. with the future comes a major challenge as you know, which is the attack surfaced in terms of security is much greater. 5g will be unlike predecessor technologies like 4g and 3g in that these will be software defied as opposed to defined by