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walid phares, thank you for being with us, would offer an interesting perspective from stand points oflitics and terrorism on this flight. i'm going to begin with you, kt, we've had so much disinformation, misinformation a refuse rally to share information -- refusal to share information from the malaysian government, then allied countries, it is difficult to get a handle of the case let alone the solutions. >> we should stop thinking what we did or don't know about the plane, and turn it in the other direction, what does this show about us? to the world's reaction, bad guys issus are watching, what he they learned about our reaction? we saw ther thought there are en the sky, that can see everything, there are not, our satellites may look north but not south. they have also realizeed, you get on a plane in this day and age with a fake passport, pay cash for your one way ticket, that is all stuff that was warning signs for this september 11 hijackers, the bad guys know our vulnerabilitys and gaps in the international air system. lou: we learns that chinese have 10 satellite they could d

walid phares, his new book, the lost spring. u.s. policy in middle east.atulations, a doe light full book. and important -- a delightful book, an important subject. the idea that administration missed signs of the approach of arab spring but handleed it so poorly. how did they miss the on set? >> you know this is a question that only historians can answer, political scientists, analysts cannot. how can we miss an explosion the size of the arab spring, while in fall of 2010 there was almost nothing. we did not understand that there were two forces one of social youth. women, minoritys, other were islamists, bigger mistake we you that the islamists were ai arab spring. it cost us, and the region three years, before egypt startd to correct, and tunisia trying to correct. lou: what could have been the president's thinking in a lineing himself in u.s. prestige and power with the very people with whom we've been at war, since 2001? >> most likely, the academic advisors, i will be clear, and expertise, demonstration takes information from, has convinceed him that

this week's walid phares and his book "the lost spring" u.s. policy in the middle east and catastrophes to avoid. in it he analyzes the events of the arab spring and asserts that washington entered the conflict to bait and allied with the wrong side. he predicts a major breakdown in u.s. middle east policy making and explains what policy changes he believes should be made. the program is about an hour. >> host: walid phares you have written this book that we are going to discuss today. before we get into the book let me first start by asking you who you are. we have met at conferences and on some talk or grams but i don't know much about your background and i would would guess other stoned as well. how did you come to this subject? >> guest: thank you for the opportunity. thank you for being my chat companion on c-span. born and raised in lebanon. i was a professor of political science. i was in public politics in lebanon. i have published books in arabic and french but my american journey in academia started in 1991 as a professor for atlantic

joining me now, fox news and middle east terror analyst, walid phares. good morning, walid.e to tell you, the idea that this administration not only missed the signs of the approach of what we call arab spring but handled it so poorly as you document. how did they miss the onset of the arab spring. >> you know, lou, this is a question only historians can answer. global scientists, analysts cannot. how can we miss an explosion of the size of the arab spring during the fall of 2010? there was almost nothing in the foreign policy estimate. not only did we miss the idea of an arab spring, we did not understand there were two sources with youth, women, minorities and the other one was the islamists. and we thought the islamists were the arab spring, so across north africa, egypt and tanisha, it cost us three years for what egypt is trying to correct and the u.s. is trying to correct. >> what was the president thinking aligning himself with u.s. prestige and power with the very peoe with whom we've been at war since 2001? >> most likely the economic advisers weren't very clear abo

let's ask our "on the record" expert walid phares, special investigator and crash investigator christopher and hank whitmore is still with us. christopher, is there any thought in your mind at this point that this could be -- have been hijacked, it could be at some airstrip some place or would we have found it by now. >> well, i think the possibility that it was hijacked is highly likely based on the erratic nature of what happened. whether it was someone not part of the flight crew or even someone on the flight crew. what we're finding out now about the differences and the changes in the altitude and the things they already knew about the instrumentation being shut off, to me indicates a great deal of familiarity with an airplane and what it takes to incapacitate passengers that are on it. it's scary that the climb to the altitude and then the steep drop immediately thereafter first movements would be very consistent with someone to try and incapacitate all the passengers on board due to lack of oxygen and turn around inside the cabin. so, the fact that it was hijacked is increasing in li

. >> walid phares on u.s. policy in the middle east tonight at 10 eastern and tomorrow night at 9 on booktv's "after words." and on april 6th, more discussion on the middle east with military strategist and former assistant defense secretary bing west with your calls and comments, live "in depth" starting at noon eastern. booktv, every weekend on c-span2. >> why is it that it's the one name we all know? and it really is because of her man, becau

this week middle east expert walid phares. he analyzes the events of the arab spring and a search washington entered the conflict too late and allied with the wrong side. he predicted a major breakdown in the middle east policymaking and explains what policy changes he believes should be made. the program is about one hour. >> post code you've written this book we are going to discuss today but before we get into the book i would like to start by asking you who you are. we've met in conferences and on some talk of programs, but i don't know dutch about your background and i'd guess others don't as well. how did you come to the subject? >> thank you for the opportunity and for being my companion today on c-span. born and raised in lebanon as you may know i integrated 24 years ago this year. i was a professor of political science and i was a public politics in lebanon and published books in arabic and french, but my american journey in academia started in 1991 as a professor at florida atlantic university and was in charge of mi

. >> walid phares on u.s. policy in the middle east saturday night at 10 eastern and sunday night at nine on booktv is afterwards. and on april 5, more discussion on the middle east with military strategist and former assistant defense secretary bing west with your calls and comments live "in depth" starting at noon eastern. booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> u.s. senate about to gavel in. live coverage starting at 10 a.m. eastern, about five minutes from the. senators are expected to debate judicial nominations and aid to ukraine and sanctions against russia. live coverage at 10 a.m. eastern. yesterday senators came to the floor to talk about the a to ukraine bill. senator menendez talk about the agreement to remove the imf provision to help you get the bill passed. here's what he had to say. >> i rise to express my robust concern about brussels actions in the continuing escalation of tensions in central and eastern europe. even with ukrainian troops leaving crimea and russia continues to extort the ukraine.

. >> walid phares on u.s. policy iin the middle east side tonight at 10 eastern and sunday night at nine on booktv's "after words." and on april 6, more discussion on the middle is what military strategist and former assistant defense secretary bing west with your calls and comments live "in depth" starting at noon eastern. booktv every weekend on c-span2. >> dear congress, my name is shelley ortiz, hannah, and we attend art school in phoenix, arizona. we have encountered a handful -- [inaudible] and throughout those years with same the lack of support for treatment can result in devastating events as our emotional distress for those individuals and our families. >> when i look back on the incident that took place in tucson, the tragedy where i was shot and congresswoman giffords was shot and 17 other people were wounded and six people died, the young men who did those shootings, who shot as, had been displayed symptoms of mental illness for at least two years before that time. >> would've announced the winner

. >> walid phares on u.s. policy in the middle east. tonight at 9:00 on book tv. april 6, more discussions on the middle east with military strategist bing west. with your calls and comments come alive and in depth at noon eastern. book tv, every weekend on c-span 2. >> c-span, 435 years, bringing public affairs events from washington directly to you. putting you in the room a congressional hearing, white house event, briefings and conferences, and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house. all is a public service of private industry. we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by your local cable or satellite provider. watch as in hd, like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter. >> "washington journal" continues. host: sell russo is the chief strategist for tea party express. welcome back. i want to get your reaction to today's front-page story in the washington post. it is getting a lot of attention on the web and social media. the republican elites are hoping to board jeb bush -- he is

. >> walid phares on u.s. policy in the middle east tonight at 10 eastern and tomorrow night at 9 on booktv's "after words." and on april 6th, more discussion on the middle east with military strategist and former assistant defense secretary bing west with your calls and comments, live "in depth" starting at noon eastern. booktv, every weekend on c-span2. >> why is it that it's the one name we all know? and it really is because of her man, because she married john adams. and i must say being here today i feel like i've come home, because i've come to john and abigail's home and also home that all three sisters spent a lot of time in. but the other two sisters that i think you know less about, i argue in my book, are even though they didn't can marry presidents -- they didn't marry presidents, they're equally important and remarkable women. first, there's the oldest sister, mary cranch, and she was sort of the uncrowned queen of the family because, in the puritan family, hire hierarchy s very important, and she