the famous incident carol burnett made to tell colvin movie i think that's what happened there if i recall correctly somebody in the unit communicated with the family and they subsequently went question. as to what to what happened. and similar instances. where the families did become involved and did ask questions. probably brought this change of policy in the movie friendly fire starring carol burnett appeared on a.b.c. in the fall of one thousand nine hundred seventy nine based on the struggles of iowa farmers peg and gene mall in the film depicts their fight to obtain information about their son's tragic death in a foxhole in vietnam as a result of shrapnel from a u.s. artillery barrage. for outstanding drama friendly fire raise public awareness. about the lack of information provided the families of the fallen and likely was the driving force behind the subsequent changes in policy instituted by the department of defense within five years of the film's release the pentagon established casualty reporting regulations that specifically addressed friendly fire for the first time regulatio

about details on the deals now struck by ukraine and russia from oxford university historian mark colvin joining us on the line ottomar this a major concession say that ukraine's got from russia to sort of things that may know that any future deals with the e.u. are currently off the table for good. not at all it seems to me that actually the european union strategist must be rather happy with this deal russia has agreed to pay off essential of the western banks who have lent money rather. probably unwisely to ukraine without really thinking through its ability to pay and russia is going to subsidize in effect the provision of gas to people in ukraine which is a good thing for ordinary people in the business but it doesn't actually buy and if you do create income politically not if there's a change of government after all these deals go through after the cash is transferred and still there is a revolution or some kind of change of regime doesn't void the possibility that then careful could still either tilt will be pulled to wards brussels towards the u.n. or nato but still the word so o

so mercedes colvin and richard st. paul. you so much. >>> an op-ed tossing criticism at the white house as america's allies question america's influence following the nuclear deal with iran. so is the u.s. losing its status as the top world power? we'll speak with our foreign policy expert when we come back. >>> the obama administration dealing with foreign policy issues. issues on many fronts, a few of them being the controversial nuclear deal with iran, the continued violence in syria and big tensions with china over the new air defense zone over the disputed islands in the south sea, the south china sea, excuse me. some are now wondering if the u.s. is as strong as it once was on the world stage. a big concern for our traditional allies, and op-ed in the "washington post" comparing the president to a former soviet leader saying, quote, he is an american version of the mycale gorbachev. the former state department senior adviser and author, christian joins us now. christian, hello to you, first of all. what is your take on