i want to start with my friend peter brooks. i didn't see the whole hearings.d a lot about them, i caught some of them. i'm not sure i learned anything new today. with respect to that night, that cock and bull story about a spontaneous demonstration with a video, they never answered that, they never told us why. most of all, why did the security break down and why didn't we do anything to try to rescue our americans? four died. why didn't we try to rescue anybody? i didn't hear any answers to any of that stuff. >> you're absolutely right. i watched both hearings and you watched part of it and you know as much as i do. we know nothing new today. the obama administration was winner and the american people was the loser. we no nothing more than weeks or months ago about this situation and it's still incumbent upon congress to get answers. how can you believe this administration about anything if we can't get straight answers on this terrible tragedy? >> general wes clark, welcome back. another thing is bugging me. state department mid-level officials said on a num

pete peter brook, thank you. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: thank you for joining us.

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do you agree with peter brooks?you think the clinton administration is -- i'm sorry, the clinton. the obama administration is in fact planning something now so we can do it better and unwind this horrible situation? >> i think they have to be. they have to be coordinating with the algerian government. they have to be figuring out what their options are, special forces options. but you also have to remember, they took out the somali pirates not once but twice and they took out osama bin laden. they've -- >> that's why i want them to take this thing out. go. >> but they didn't just jump in willy-nilly whenever there was a tragedy -- >> well, what are you waiting for? >> well, i assume like he said they want to get it right, make sure you have all the facts -- >> 24 hours. these guys are so smart. 24 hours. i saw "zero dark thirty." i saw that. >> the algerians walked in and they created this mess and now more people are killed. >> they really did. peter, let me get back to you. now i want to get your opinion on this l

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. >> rose: peter brook is here, his work as a director has helped shape modern theater over the last70 years. he grew famous by paring down shakespeare to its human essence. brooks experimental theater group has performed for royalty and he has lived in paris since 1970. now he's brought his latest work to the brooklyn academy of music. it's a play set in apartheid south africa called "the suit." here's a look. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ it's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life ♪ you know how i feel ♪ ♪ it's a new day, it's a new dawn, it's a new life for me ♪ >> rose: i'm pleased to have peter brook back. thank you for coming. it's great to see you. let me talk about a suit. >> rose: sure. >> you performed it in paris? >> originally. >> rose: what attracted to you to it? >> what attracted me to it was that we had a long, long working connection with africa on many levels and particularly with south africa and this story came out of a young black writer of enormous talent who was in the end denied permission to have his works published. can you imagine a more cruel thing to do. so -- the two

pete peter brook, thank you. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: thank you for joining us. see you next time. tavis: good evening. smiley. tonight a conversation with the rolling stone contributing editor and best-selling author michael hastings. military has been front and center thanks to the announcement women will be allowed in combat for the first time in u.s. history. michael hastings is also out with a project about last year's presidential race. it is called "panic 2012." we are glad you joined us. a conversation with michael hastings is coming up now. good >> there is a saying dr. king had that it is always the right time to do the right thing. i try to live my life every day by doing the right thing. we know that we are only halfway to completely eliminating hunger and we have work to do. walmart committed $2 billion to fighting hunger in the u.s. as we work togher, we can stamp hunger out. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> michael hastings is a contributing editor at rolling stone whose text became one of the most ta

peter brookes joins us now.aid in this same piece, you said that the middle east, as a region is nothing less than a mess with ineffective u.s. policies a big part of the problem. all part of what the defense secretary, the new defense secretary is going to have to address, peter. >> sure. there is no shortage of issues out there. while john kerry was the former chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, so he is basically dealing with colleagues he worked with for a long time, i'm hoping that the senate armed services committee really pushes chuck hagel on obama administration policies. because you know, jon, when you become defense secretary or secretary of state, you don't run your own little fiefdom or foreign policy or defense party. you're part of the obama team. this is a good opportunity for the american people to get a solid airing on the issues that you know, face us. nuclear iran. our troops in afghanistan. you mentioned the defense budget, missile defense. proliferation. all these issues. so

"outfront" tonight, peter brooks, former assistant secretary of defense and john avlon. me start with you, peter. obviously the iranian government loves to get involved in these things at times and stir the pot. they seem to love to do that. but how much does this seeming endorsement affect this potential nomination? >> well, i guess you have to ask the senate. i doubt very much that they'll take the ayatollah's advice -- take it under advisement, i suppose. i don't think it will have much at all. senator hagel had some views about iran in the next couple weeks, i suppose we're going to have another airing of those views and i'm sure it's a very important question that senators are lining up to ask him. >> so john, let me ask you. chuck hagel has a long record of talking about this and he said that in 2005 and 2006, but here's what he said just last year in an op-ed about iran written with four other political leaders in the "washington post." our position is fully consistent with the policy of presidents for more than a decade of keeping all options on the table, includi

joining us, peter brookes, fellow for national security affairs at the heritage foundation and. mark from the foundation of defense and democracy. mark, a new year. let's take the conversation in a little bit of different direction are these sanctions making us safer now? >> well, jenna, i'm not sure if they're making us safer now. certainly they're getting much more punitive than they have ever been. they will break the nuclear rule of ayatollah khomeni, the supreme people leader. it is starting to look like a trade embargo on iran, a nonhumanitarian trade embargo on iran. jenna: explain what it different about than other sanctions we've seen before. >> the iranians are really brilliant circumventing sanctions. playing a a game of catch me, if you can using front companies to circumvent the restrictions. these new sanctions go after sectors of the iranian economy. key industrial soaktores like energy, ship building and ports. this provides revenue iran needs for proliferation activities terrorism and vast human rights repression. jenna: are these steps necessary in order for th

peter brooks, assistant secretary of defense in the bush administration, anne marie slaughter worked ton. great to have both of you. peter, what do you think? we saw this article today in the "los angeles times." i have not seen many articles questioning at all the tenure of secretary clinton. this was the first. >> i'm not a diplomatic historian, but i think some of the fawning has been over the top. we saw this at her hearing over benghazi. we saw this, you know, i think, when she also introduced john kerry. i think you have to -- it's too early to say in terms of a legacy, but i think if you look at the record, there are a lot of problems that happened during her tenure. i would say things like syria, the lack of progress on iran, north korea, the russian relationship. you can go on and on and on. it's fair to say this is a very tough job, and each secretary of state gets a different set of circumstances they have to deal with, so it's very difficult to compare them. >> anne marie, what is your point of view? maybe this comes from her approval rating is something anybody on the pla

we have a preview and very strong opinions from guests, including brett stevens, peter brooks, mark dubowitzes. our legal panel weighs in on a preliminary hearing for colorado theater massacre suspect james holmes, all ahead happening now. bill: thank you, jon. and good luck to your broncos. jon: thank you, i appreciate that. bill: tpwreu evening document dumps are a washington tradition. why some details released late on friday afternoon just this mast week concerning the president's second inauguration raising serious concerns. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it... in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. great taste. mmm... [ male announcer ] sounds good. it's amazing what soup can do. that your mouth is under attack, from food particles and bacteria. try fixodent. it helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. ♪ isurprise...it's eating less. to losing we

samuel and elizabeth and sisters kim and tan hng and brothers peter and michael west brook and thomas was born on april 6th 1968 in vietnam and served in the armed forces as i mentioned and was a san francisco police officer for the past 15 years and a viewing will be held at holts walnut creek chapel and a funeral mass will be held at st. maries catholic church in walnut creek as well and in the new year the police station will be fundraising for his memorial for his family who suddenly lost their husband and family. . >> and the rest, i submit. >> colleagues let's go to our three prime minister special orders and start with the items related to the central subway. >> clerk please call items 37 and-38. >> item thyroid is imminent domain expense project and item 28 is the temple construction license for the public purpose of constructing the central subway for one stock ton street and item 29 is the resolution authors thorgz the acquisition for -- item three is resolution authorizing for 19 stock ton street and item 32 is authorizing the acquisition for 3232 stock ton street and stoma

peter shutly, retired state department, retired brook,. first, i want to compliment mike and dick for your opening lay of the land, but i want to build on that question about the size of the pentagon budget. back during the cold war our mortal enemy had the second largest economy in the world. millions of men under arms, 30,000-plus nuclear weapons, etc. now our enemy are groups of terrorists living in caves, small groups around. and i don't want see how we could spend -- i don't see how we could spend hundreds of millions, billions more against that enemy than against the world's second largest economy back in the cold war. i think the pentagon is riddled with fat. it's like kobe beef, fat throughout all out. why does the air force need a full-forced symphony? why does the pentagon spend $60,000 on an individual to send them to a civilian grad school? why are there more generals now than there were when the army and the marines and everybody was much larger? why do they keep having a larger staff? cutting all those won't save you hundreds

peter welch democrat of vermont, thank you. i hope you'll come back. >> thank you. >> john: thank you. tonight's quickie award category is the i'm not a racist but award and it's coming up next. mel brooksnd carl reiner. and for once i won't even try to get a word in edgewise. [ ryon ] eating shrimp at red lobster is a fantastic experience. 30 shrimp for $11.99. i can't imagine anything better. you're getting a ton of shrimp and it tastes really good! [ male announcer ] hurry in to red lobster's 30 shrimp for just $11.99! choose any two of five savory shrimp selections like mango jalapeÑo shrimp and parmesan crunch shrimp. two delicious shrimp selections on one plate! all with salad and unlimited cheddar bay biscuits. 30 shrimp, just $11.99 for a limited time. wow, that's a lot of shrimp. i'm ryon stewart i'm the ultimate shrimp lover, and i sea food differently. [ male announcer ] this is karen and jeremiah. they don't know it yet but they're gonna fall in love get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married they'll find some

peter singer. the director of the defense initiative here at the brookings institution. with the major and confusing things going on today in defense and defense budgeting with various debt ceiling deals, averted sequestration or not averted sequestration, this is a very timely period to be having this conversation. we are joined by a fantastic panel of experts to help us cut trees some of this confusion. and pull back and look at some of the bigger strategic questions out there. i'm joined by three folks. the senior fellow and director of the church -- director of research here at brookings institution. he is one the most prolific voices in this issue and has written hundreds of articles, including one on foreignpolicy.com right now. his most recent book includes opportunity, why nuclear arms is still important and the wounded giant, america's armed forces in an age of austerity. the larger and by one of the top thinkers and teachers in the field of security studies. he is a professor at columbia in university. his numerous books have garnered critical success from the

peter singer. the director of the defense initiative here at the brookings institution. with the major and confusing things going on today in defense and defense budgeting with various debt ceiling deals, averted sequestration or not averted sequestration, this is a very timely period to be having this conversation. we are joined by a fantastic panel of experts to help us cut trees some of this confusion. and pull back and look at some of the bigger strategic questions out there. i'm joined by three folks. the senior fellow and director of research here at brookings institution. he is one the most prolific voices in this issue and has written hundreds of articles, including one on foreignpolicy.com right now. his most recent book includes opportunity, why nuclear arms is still important and the wounded giant, america's armed forces in an age of austerity. the larger and by one of the top thinkers and teachers in the field of security studies. he is a professor at columbia in university. his numerous books have garnered critical success from the american political science