former ambassador christopher hill on a world in crisis. his new book outpost published tomorrow. us. lou: our next guest chronicles more than three decades is a diplomat for the united states in his new book. serving in high profile rolls in iraq, north korea, and kosovo among others joining us is christopher hill. dean of the university joseph kesh i will school of international studies. his new book is entitled outpost. life on the front lines. available tomorrow in bookstores near you or at your fingertips online. good to have you with you us. and congratulations on the book. it's terrific. we wish you all the best with it. i've got to ask you as you watch what is happening right now in the middle east, do you see any seeds the time that you were there, in the early years of the -- of the obama administration 2009 and '10 that would have implied what we're witnessing today. >> oh, i think so. it a tough part of the region, but if you start with the premise, there are good guys and bad guys. you might be in some trouble. i think you have to be very careful who is a good guy the

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kt mcfarland, and christopher hill. folks, first, thank you for being here.urdish forces, islamic state terrorists making gains suffers losses in kobani. your thoughts on this fight for kobani. >> it is clear the u.s. does not top make this a kind of alamo-type struggle but, if isis is allowed to succeed here this will swell isis ranks. it will make them more confident. and confidence is a lot of what the struggle is about. lou: kt, kobani, this administration. secretary of state john kerry was being dismissive, saying step back look at picture, then they are trying to get weapons and material got kurdish fighters. >> if kobani falls it may not have strategic important in that sense but how do we feel with mass genocide. that is what is going to happen. kobani is surrounded by isis forces they will go in and murder. and sell young girls. and we're now going to watch. why? because the western journalists who want to cover the region, they are not in syria or iraq they know they are not safe in those places, where are they in turkey, and going to kobani to cove

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. >> we are joined by ambassador christopher hill, serving from 2009 to 2010, and is the dean of the school of universal studies. his memoir is "life on the front lines of american democracy." good to have you here. let's talk about the new report of how many i.s.i.l. fighters have been killed. there has been so many numbers about how many fighters they have. do you think we are putting a department in this. we are talking about 500 or so. as many as 500 are flowing in. >> i don't think this will be one body count. it needs to be won by pushingies out of iraq or business. the way to do that is though coalitions, and that is with air strikes and ground forces. and that has been tough to marry up. you have an iraqi army that is having trouble, and a peshawar, the kurdish forces having problems. it is, as many american officials are saying, it's a long-term process, it will not end soon. >> let's talk about the coalition, the relationship are with the turks, a key part of what we do in the area, given the border with syria and iraq, the turks waffle about how they are going to help. it

for more, we are joined by ambassador christopher hill, serving as ambassador to iraq in 2009 and 2010and he is the dean. school of universal studies and his memoir "out post - life on the front lines of american diplomacy." good to have you here. let's talk about the report on how many i.s.i.l. fighters have been kill. there has been many different numbers, about how many fighters they have. do you think we are putting a dent in this. so. >> yes. >> as many as 500 are flowing into syria. >> i don't think it will be won by a body count, but will be won by pushing i.s.i.s. out of iraq and out of business. the way to do that is through coalitions, have air strikes and ground forces. and that has been pretty tough to marry up. you have an iraqi army that is having trouble, and a peshawar. the kurdish forces are having problems. it's as many american officials have been saying, it's a long-term process. >> let's talk about the coalition, the relationship with the turks, a key part of whatever we do in that area, given the border they have with syria and iraq - that the turks keep waffling

ambassador christopher hill joins us now. 33 years with the state department. his book "outpost."s final posting was as ambassador to iraq. ambassador, thank you so much for joining us. i read the book over the weekend. i enjoyed it very much. i am going to focus on the last few chapters about your posting in iraq but people should read it because it is a very interesting life you have lead. leon panetta told "usa today" about the islamist threat, quote, i think we're looking at kind of a 30-year war. do you agree? >> well, i don't know if we're looking at a 30-year war but we're certainly looking at something that's not going to be over in a couple of months. this is a long time in brewing. i think we've really had some troubles dealing with it. after all, we go into iraq in 2003 and for many countries in the region, what we did was to flip a sunni-led country into a shia-led country. and it's still, i think, a very open proposition where the sunni world an the sunni world and the arab world is every other country besides iraq, basically. and the real question is whether they wil

christopher hill is a former u.s. ambassador to iraq and joins us live and also the author of "outpost, life on the front lines of american diplomacy." nice to see you again. >> thank you. >> from the reports i get from the region, in syria and iraq, things are improving. the air strikes are helping. isis is not proving to be some sort of undefeatble, you know, god -- that things are getting better. is that what you're hearing as well? >> shep, i would agree with that. obviously this is still early in the process, but, you know, it was interesting, kobani a few weeks ago, seemed it was going to fall any moment and, in fact, you heard u.s. officials saying, well, it's not really that important, et cetera, but clearly the kurds there held it and the american -- the coalition air strikes really helped and now you see some unprecedented things happening. first of all it's very unusual to have kurds from iraq crossing into turkey and then going back into syria. so this is quite an amazing development. i mean the turks have

christopher hill. served under presidents clinton, bush 43 and obama.tpost" takes us through his distinguished career. it is an absolutely honor to have you on the show, ambassador. thank you very much for being here. >> thank you. pleasure being here. >> it feels like one thing after the next and we can't seem to get our head above water here. and you say it all comes back to here at home that we can't even agree on anything. and that impacts the way we're viewed abroad. >> well, we used to have this quaint notion that politics stops at the water's edge, but right now almost starts at the water's edge. it just seems that if our secretary of state goes out and does something, some senator will follow him and criticize him as he's doing it, it's a tough political climate in the u.s. and, frankly, it's complicating our stature, efforts overseas. >> yeah, and some of the questions we're facing don't have any kind of easy or obvious political answer. i want to play for you what the treasury, undersecretary david cohen said today. about where isis is getting

and christopher hill accounts his career in outpost. pulitzer prize winner james macpherson recounts the life of the president of the confederacy, jefferson davis. and cornel west examines the 19th and 20th century leaders and edward wilson looks at what the meaning of human existence brings. look at these authors on booktv.org. >> valerie matsumoto sat down to talk about her book "city girls: the nisei social world in los angeles, 1920-1950", the experiences of of second-generation japanese-american women. in the years surrounding world war ii. this 20 minute interview as part of booktv's college degrees. >> valerie matsumoto, when did japanese immigration to the united states begin and really take off? >> the first to come were students who came in 1890s and they were talking and said to have tried to strengthen imperial role. so the first went to hawaii and then by the 19 hundreds more were coming to the continental united states. two how big was that wave imax. >> we

ask former ambassador to iraq christopher hill, who says he was abandoned and ignored by secretary clinton. or ask the outgoing chief of the defense intelligence agency, michael flynn, who says the world today is more chaotic than any time since the 1930s. today, we are living with the consequences of the obama-clinton ideas when it comes to foreign, domestic, and defense policy. and those ideas have set america on a path that will create more chaos, more conflict, and more wars. secretary rumsfeld, ambassador bolton, and others understand that weakness is provocative. and what we see time and again from this president is a projection of weakness. peace through strength costs infinitely less in american blood and treasure than does war precipitated by weakness. president obama has misused the tools of soft power. he had to be dragged into imposing sanctions on iran for its nuclear program. he has yet to use the full force of sanctions or other soft power steps against russia. when the crowds were applauding him overseas at the beginning of his administration, he never effectively used amer

as former ambassador to iraq christopher hill who said he was abandoned and ignored by secretary clinton. or ask the outgoing chief of the defense intelligence agency michael flynn who says the world today is more chaotic than anytime since the 1930's. today we are living with the consequence of the obama clinton ideas when it comes to foreign, domestic and defense policies. and those ideas have set america on a path that will create more chaos, more conflict and more wars. secretary rumsfeld, ambassador boldin and others understand that weakness is provocative. what we see time and again from this president is a projection of weakness. peace through strength costs infinitity less than american blood and treasure than does war precipitated by weakness. president obama has misused the tools of soft power. he had to be dragged in the -- into imposing sanctions on iran for their nuclear program. he has yet to use the full force against russia. when the crowds are applauding him overseas at the beginning of his administration he never effectively used america's moral authority to challenge t

the fact is that as christopher hill, the former u.s. we did seriously ignore iraq. i think the president of the united states subcontracted iraq to his vice president joe biden. i don't think joe biden did an excellent job. this requires presidential attention. i think both president bush ignored the secretary yn pa policies. and push the brittle political structure in baghdad to do a better job. it is badly led and became worse under malaki. it lacks discipline and that is why it crumbled. >> so on that point and on the current condition of the iraqi army it was general john allen who is sort of coordinating the coalition for the united states over in the middle east right now said yesterday the iraqi military would not be in a position to retake the city of mosul for around another year. basically we have to wait another year before you can make a move there. is that time table given political realities in the country, is that too far off to be planning something like that? >> i think that is probably a little bit of an overestimate o

in outposts christopher hill remembers his time in the state department working in countries like poland, iraq and south korea. finally the online bookshelf, james mcpherson's new biography of confederate president jefferson davis. to see the full list visit political.com/bookshelf. this is booktv on c-span2, television for serious readers. here's a look at our prime-time lineup. tonight at 8:00 eastern new york university professor anna harvey examines the house of representatives on the judicial branch. former cia director and defense secretary leon panetta as he recalls his career in public service. afterwards at 10:00 p.m. eastern jay caliber and looks at the consumer debt collection industry. at 11:00 ronald kessler reports on the secret service and the first family. all happens tonight on c-span2's booktv. booktv covers 14 author events at the southern festival of books and in the next six hours we will bring you six of those events featuring 110 authors on race and inequality in america, the history of the south and war. of first is the author of no good men among the living:ameri

well, there is a web developer christopher ross that works right near parliament hill as well says just locked at hills times office? sparks street in ottawa. lots of police and heavy equipment. and he also tweeted out this picture some armed officers there with a folding bed. another photo from our lock in the at hills times. now, i tweeted him earlier asking are you still on lock down? just six minutes ago he says i am told that we are still in lock down but the coffee situation is getting rather dire, use something humor there. now downtown ottawa, rob ottawa writing the normally very busy streets in downtown ottawa are baron. looks like a coas ghost town don there. daniel works for a p. pr-fplt firm, he says it's is surreal to find myself here on a troubling day, here is my vantage point. empty streets. people tweeting from that are offices, offices empty as employees at t.d. tower crowd around tvs and radios. jacob ferguson wrote locked in my parliament office, glad these guys are here. armed officers there and some suvs there, and adam writing office owners in world exchange have

. >>> happening today, a former tower hill head master will go on trial on more than two dozen counts of dealing child pornography. christopher wheeler waived his right to a jury trial. if he's convicted the former head master at one of the most elite schools in delaware faces a mandatory 50 years in prison. he stepped down after police searched his home. because the case is a bench trial, the testimony is only expected to last a few days. >>> tom corbett says he supports the bill that will give crime victims a way to prevent offenders from causing them, "mental anguish." an effort launched in response to vermont college having mumia abu-jamal give a commencement speech on sunday. give victims the ability to go to court against offenders. he is serving a life sentence for the 19 1 shooting death of a philadelphia police officer. >>> now to the casino crisis in atlantic city. the losing bidder will go to court today to fight the sale. challenge the result of that auction. declared the winner with a winning bid of $110 million. straub filed court papers yesterday asking for a new auction. the process was improper and the winnin

hill. he tweeted out this picture earlier. i asked him: are you still on lockdown? he wrote back, yes, just got notified i cannot drive home. should be out soon, though. and christopheross, he is a web developer who works a block and a half from parliament hill and just steps from the war memorial. he tweeted this picture out earlier with some armed officers here, a folding bed here, and he then tweets this out just a few minutes ago: the police escorted us from the building finally, ottawa is a ghost town. and daniel tisch, with a pr firm, he writes it's surreal to find myself in ottawa on a tragic troubling down. mydown vantage point and adam skode, who works at the t.v. tower. earlier, he tweeted this picture out, he said offices with windows crowd around t.v. and radios. asked him if he is still on lockdown. he said that at first, people were being escorted out by police but then they weren't leaving. he is about 10 minutes from parliament hill. pamela thayerman at chateau laurea. he tweeted outside the hotel after lockdown lifted partially. earlier, she tweeted this picture saying that in lockdown in the lobby, and she even said that some of the cooks were told

> from our delaware bureau now, a former tower hill head master will go on trial after more than two dozen counts of dealing child pornography. christopher wheeler waived his right to a jury trial so his fate will be decided by a judge. he faces a minimum mandatory 50 years in prison. wheeler stepped down from his jock at tower hill nearly a year ago after police searched his home. >>> now to the philadelphia school budget crisis, the city federation of teachers plans to fight the district's sudden decision to cancel their contract and force them to pay for their health care. it was a surprise move that caught many off guard yesterday. the school reform commission terminated their union contract. the move forces teachers to start paying 20 to $70 each pay period. overall, the district says the change will put $44 million back into the classroom. >>> now to the casino crisis in atlantic city where the legal battle continues over the auction of revel. florida developer glen straub is challenging that hearing. declared the winner of the auction with a winning bid of $110 million. straub claims the process was improper and questions the timi

hill will go on trial today. he's charged with more than two dozen counts of dealing in child pornography. christopher wheeler waived his right to a jury trial. his fate will be decided by a judge. the former head master faces a mandatory 50 years in prison. wheeler stepped down from his job almost one year ago after police searched his home. >>> and the showdown over revel. today losing bidder for the casino goes to court to fight and asset management was declared the auction winner with $110 million, but florida developer glen swaub is calling that unfair. >>> 5:36 now. finding their future at the library. a free program giving dozens of people a chance to finish something they started years ago. >>> you can call it winter car care 101. the most maintenance items you may be forgetting and how much putting it off could cost you. >>> grab ean umbrella if you're heading out the door. tracking some clouds with a few showers in the area. some sunshine in the forecast, as well. >>> clouds are moving through the area and scattered showers, too. an umbrella will do the job nicely this morning, but you won't

former headmaster of the prestigious tower hill school in wilmington goes on trial today on child pornography charges. a judge will decide the fate of christopher wheeler. prosecutors say more than 1400 images and videos of child porn were found on his home computer. they were discovered while police looked into allegations that wheeler sexually abused three boys decades ago. wheeler is not charged with sexual abuse. >> governor christie is expected to attend this morning's memorial service for the ceo of cooper health system and his wife. john and joyce sheridan died the same day someone set fire to their home in somerset county, new jersey, on september 28th. details of the couple's autopsies have yet to be released. the sheridan memorial service begins at 11:00 a.m. at the trenton war memorial following an open house for visitors at 9:30. a private funeral will follow. >> the white house is calling the ebola virus a national security threat. president obama says his administration is considering new screening protocols at overseas airports and in the u.s. but did he not get into specifics during a statement yesterday. the president, however,

hill and pretty much locked downtown town ottawa. so that affects schools, government buildings, city hall, shopping malls, that sort of thing. shannon: christopher, let me ask you about, i'm thinking by contrast the u.s. capitol. we have several different police forces in addition to the metropolitan police in washington, d.c. is that the case there? is there a special force that protects parliament? or is it all part of rcmp? >> so rcmp would protect the parliamentary precinct outside the buildings. inside the buildings there are two security forces. there is a security force for the senate and there is a security force for the house of commons. and they're the ones inside of the building. they can invite other police forces such as the rcmp into the building but they are primarily responsible for inside the buildings themselves. shannon: and i would imagine this is something they have planned for, they have drilled for. and, you know, of course, with such an important target to protect have been through this numerous times and have probably activated whatever drill structure they had in place? >> i would imagine so. i mean, i think we got a he

christopher wheeler lasted just two hours yesterday. a state trooper testified that wheeler tried to scrub his laptop computer as police closed in on him. wheeler resigned last year as headmaster at the tower hill school in wilmington. he has elected to waive his right to a jury trial and have his fate be decided by a judge. the state has until october 24th to respond to his attorney's request to have the charges dismissed. >>> it's 4:46. there is new information this morning on actor steven collins. los angeles police say he is alive and well after a neighbor reported hearing a distinct pop come from his home last night. collins is under investigation for allegedly molesting teenage girls 40 years ago. tmz says it obtained a tape in which collins confessed to his estranged wife to being a child predator. collins starred on the tv show "7th heaven." >>> now to the effort to stop isis. canada is joining the coalition of nations combating the islamic state terrorist group. canadian lawmakers voted last night to send fighter jets to iraq to take part in air strikes on isis targets. the vote followed a request by president obama to join the international effort. >>> meanwhile, the fbi is reaching o

christopher ross, he's a web developer earlier he tweeted this picture from his window, just in the lock down area of the hilles office. and then he tweet third degree out saying that police were escorting them out of the building, finally. so people have been able to leave their buildings. but they can't get back in. >> okay. ines i know you'll continue to follow this for us, thank you. >> thank you. >> and you heard a built from canadian senator minimum son as the events were unfolding a spoke to him a couple of hours ago and he said these shootings are a particular sho shock to a country like canada. >> we are peaceful people and it's the classic we never thought we would it would happen here, our security is decent but not like in capitol hill with use is and so on, but as a country there is a target other our forehead and it's the canadian flag, we have joaned the fight against isis and there will be repercussions repercuss. >> do you have to think security in your country balls of what's happening with isil and the events of this week so far? not just what happened today, but what happened on monday as

christopher wheeler is facing counts of child pornography. he waived his right to a jury trial that means that a judge will decide his fate. he was head of the tower hill school until the charges came to light. if convicted he faces minimum mandatory sentence of 50 years in prison. >>> they say that a child brought drugs to a preschool and tried to pass them out to other children. >> they were in a backpack from her mother, and she thought they were candy and started to hand them out. 30-year-old ashley tul was arrested and charged with maintaining a drug property and endangering the well fair of a child. her 4-year-old and two other children are in the custody of a relative. >> the berks county district attorney believes that a batch of synthetic marijuana may have been laced with heroin, it has resulted in 55 visits to the emergency room in reading over the last three weekses and half of them in the last seven days. the synthetic drug is inexpensive and easily accessible. anyone with information on the source of this drug is urged to call the d.a.'s office. >>> in north philadelphia, a home was damaged by fire overnight. the action cam was on the sce