he is pretty open about his difference of opinion with secretary condoleezza rice. i do not see it as personal. that is what i took away from one on one. >> guest: in all administration, as you know there'll be conflicts of personality, conflicts of ideology, interagency dispute and it is actually a healthy part of the process. there is no question that dick cheney clashed with condoleezza rice and with cole apollo. the difference as he tells me in the book is that with condoleezza rice he never felt it became personal. i think they still have a cordial relationship today. with powell, it did become personal and there is no relationship today. i think i sent some regret on his part that it turned out that way. the irony is that a decade earlier when cheney was defense secretary him hollow was chairman of joint chief of staff, the two served well together and helping leave the country to victory in the gulf war. in a decade later that relationship did not survive. >> host: does he express regret about the first gulf war and how that ended. >> guest: no filling up. he

he's pretty open about different that opinion the secretary condoleezza rice.i don't see it as personal. >> maladministration there will be conflicts of personality, conflict of ideology, interagency disputes and it actually is a healthy part of the process. there's no question about the dick cheney clashed with condoleezza rice and mouse though: powell. the difference in the book is that with condoleezza rice, he never felt it became personal. they still have a cordial relationship today. with paola to become personal and there's a relationship today. i said democrat on cheney's part but it turned out that way. the irony of the decade earlier when cheney was defense secretary powell was the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the two have served quite well together helping lead the country to victory in the gulf war. a decade later the relationship can survive. >> does he suggest any of the first gulf war? >> absolutely not. he rightly regards this as perhaps one of the last very clear-cut victories for the united states military and it wasn't fully ordaine

there's no question but that dick cheney crashed with condoleezza rice and also with colin powell. the difference is that with condoleezza rice he never felt it became personal and i think they still have a cordial relationship today. with powell it did become personal and there is no relationship today, and i sense some regret on cheny's part it turned another that way. this irony is a decade earlier when cheney was defense secretary and paul was the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff they served well together. in the runup to the iraq war that relationship did not survive. >> host: does he express any regret about the first gulf war and how that ended? >> guest: no. absolutely not. i think he rightly regards it as a perhaps one of the last very clearcut victories for the united states military and wasn't foreordained it would be so. one thing he talks about in the book is that there was a culture within the top echelon of the pentagon in the 1990s where so many of the officers cut their teeth during vietnam when the civilian leadership didn't quite back up the military the way

there's no question that he clashed with colin powell and condoleezza rice. he said it never became personal. i think they still have a cordial relationship today. with powell it did become personal and there is no relationship there today. i think i sense some regret on cheney's part that it turned out that way. the irony is that a decade earlier when he was defense secretary the two had served quite well together and help to lead the country to victory in the gulf war. a decade later, that relationship didn't survive. did he express any regret about how the first war ended? >> caller: know, i think that is one of the last clear cut victories for the u.s. military. if it wasn't for them it wouldn't be so. one of the things he talked about in the book is that there was a culture in the pentagon where so many of the officers had cut their teeth during vietnam when the leadership didn't quite backup the military like it should have. there was great hesitation to act on the part of the military and senior ranks of the military. one of the things that cheney and

perhaps slightly contrarian, it is just a decade [ inaudible ] condoleezza rice, and others were sayingrth korea why don't you follow that nice sensible [ inaudible ], and he has realized that having weapons of mass destruction [ inaudible ] and he comes in from the cold. well, kim ki-jong knows very well how that personally ended up, and he [ inaudible ] and he knows what state libya is in now. either way, i find myself saying they are not wrong? of course i don't say that. but [ inaudible ] all americans [ inaudible ] the world is a dangerous place. people are hostile [ inaudible ] so we're just going on down the same old path. >> is he more dangerous now than before this missile was fired. >> yes, indeed, whatever it was, something on the ground. yes, because in a great failure of the international defense here for the past what is it 20 years, north korea did succeed in the [ inaudible ] breakout, it has been a decade, and we just assume therefore, that the sanctions may slow them and delay them a bit. but how far have they actually got? we have to assume they are getting further an

college campuses that have inrighted speakers such as condoleezza rice.ided after a student revolt at rutgers can't have secretary of state. >> first african-american woman extremely accomplished and gives a great speech. >> you can see how this confluence of these hollywood people with all due respect, the names that i named, you know, i mean, if they come on here, we would have a discussion about it, i could respect them, but they never will because they don't know anything. >> they don't want to debate. >> they don't know anything. >> they don't want to have a discussion. >> because they don't know anything. >> and they think the most of the rest of the country is stupid. >> if you throw them noam chomsky's resume they are like. i don't want to be supercilious -- word of the day. there is a effort to shut down opposing points of view. >> that's why you said in the 20th season of doing this show, one of the things that they complain about, that 4nuz left will complain about fox news, especially hollywood complains about fox news, they have almost the en

condoleezza rice said that they -- you want to love you and they don't or you want respect and if not it is fear. i don't think we have any of that right now. so, there's a lot of chaos and i think the next president will have to bring some order to this. some leadership and fix these problems. the military strategy is lacking . i think it can be done, i have talked to the top military leaders and the rules of engagement need to be changed. i think you have a military strategy with the arab leave the nations that they would follow. they tell me that the ambassadors from these countries say we do not have a strategy. you want an arab indigenous ground force, we were prepared to do that if you had a strategy and the sheer al-assad was part of the solution. sunni arabs will not do anything to help defeat isis of the think it will empower a sought. it is a shia sunni conflict. very complicated. they do not particularly like isis, but isis are sunnis. they are sunni extremists that were a product of prime minister maliki's actions in disenfranchising them. and also just fanaticism. i think

her career in washington was taking off, a rising star in the white house, reporting directly to condoleezza. in 2010 she talked about that dream job. >> in the white house, you are the elected party. and your power to move things in a direction is formidable. it was fun to be part of that. >> reporter: but her husband moved to texas to pursue local office, and she followed. in his book, ted cruz writes that his wife's move led to her facing a period of depression. in 2005, an austin police officer found mrs. cruz sitting alone with her head in her hands ten feet away from busy traffic. but heidi cruz bounced back to managing director at goldman sachs in houston, a job she's currently on leave from. ted cruz's critics say that job and his wife's past is exactly what cruz rails against, wall street and washington insiders. the campaign calls mrs. cruz a determined fund-raising powerhouse. >> how much does that come into play? your financial background -- >> like any candidate's spouse, i think we can use our backgrounds to be helpful to our husbands, and i've been able to help the campaign by

i drew rumsfeld, and condoleezza rice with a weird smile. w is here with a bushy eyebrow. cheney has the glasses and a big forehead. pointy nose. a weird thing. i threw them -- i drew them and the caption was mount rush to war. [applause] "draw something". >> i am not going to do that. come "draw something" else -- come draw something else. mike, come "draw something". mary come you come up and do something. >> i think it is fun to see people drawing. >> bush is always fun. he is always fun. he was fun to do because -- let me see. i loved his nose. we were talking earlier about why things develop as... -- as they do. as far as caricatures. can you hear me? i think what it is -- give me another sheet of paper. i think what it is -- >> here. >> i think what it is, the longer a person comes in, you picked certain things. like many of us did bush's years -- ears. i saw that he had -- i loved his nose. his nostrils got bigger, to me. when i started seeing him then, i would focus on his nostrils. they started getting bigger. it was weird. it was strange. it was obviously psychot

condoleezza rice did this when i was out there. in this administration i think there have been to secretary of state visits in seven years -- two secretary of state visits in seven years to iraq, one by secretary clinton and one by secretary kerry. >> that's telling. ambassador: the space we vacated, the iranians stole. a unifiedot seeking iraqi state that is friendly with iran. they are seeking the destruction of an iraqi state and division shia-stan,tan, she is istan that islamic state can control and who cares? there is a prime minister we can work with. when the secretary needed a move from baghdad, he can to a mann, tel aviv, ankara, cairo, riyadh, repeat as necessary, and it will be necessary. hill andness on this the business i left has one thing at the center of both. it's about relationships. let concerned that we have our relationships after fee the region. and we to show resolve need to take them seriously and engage with them. finally, i would say with respect to the ballistic missile would agree with general keane -- a

. >> condoleezza rice did this when i was out there. in this administration i think there have been two secretary of state visits in seven years to iraq. one by secretary clinton and one by secretary kerry. >> that's telling. the space we vacated, the iranians stole. they are not seeking a unified iraqi state that is friendly with iran. they are seeking basically, the destruction of an iraqi state and division into kurdistan, a shia-stan, and islam-istan that islamic state can control and who cares? i would start making a major diplomatic push. there is a prime minister we can work with. he has not had many options in tehran. i would like to see us give him one. those would be a couple of things. when the secretary needed a break from baghdad, he could move around to amann, tel aviv, riyadh, repeat as necessary. and it will be necessary. your business on this hill and the business i left has one thing at the center of both. it's about relationships. i am concerned that we have let our relationships atrophy the in the region. we need to

bush, condoleezza rice, bob gates, they agreed with this, too. they agree with this concern about the way that the son at guantanamo bay undermines our ability to fighters. >> and you believe if guantanamo were closed today that recruitment of individuals by isis, al qaeda, would be so much more difficult because guantanamo is no longer around? mr. earnest: they would have one less recruiting tool in the toolbox to inspire people to carry out acts of violence against in ameren -- violence against innocent americans. if you counter that against the fact that it costs $4 million per detainee per year, it is not of taxpayer dollars. even if her caucus were skeptical of the claim that recruitment value of the prison minimal,namo bay is these guys who are strongly opposed to government spending would enthusiastically embraced an opportunity to save taxpayers some money. thatresident has engaged opportunity. the president would be the first one to tell you this has been part of basically every conversation he has had with the department of defense abou

also a former speechwriter for condoleezza rice. with a welcome to you. it's been a good day. who worked in a republican administration, is this a good day? >> i personally think it's always a good day when americans are released from prison abroad and so i think no matter where your politics lie, we can all be happy as americans that these five americans who were unjustly imprisoned were released, and you can also see how much the activism on behalf of these prisoners meant and how it is important no matter what our relations might be with another state to keep advocating forcefully for an end to these human rights abuses. >> i'm curious, given this just long detente of silence between these countries and not negotiating, how significant is this going forward that we are talking? >> i think it's extremely significant. you see what happened this week with sailors in the persian gulf and what happened with the irans and the brits back in 2007. they had sailors detained for 12 days and because we had established high-level communications, it was a relatively painless exercise, a

condoleezza rice was right when she said, america's birth decay is race and san francisco has helped to nurture that defect. where else would it be in this earth that one ethnic group would lose since 1970, 60,000 people? more people than the old candlestick park. yet, the faith community, the academic community, the political community, and the social communities go on as if nothing happened and we maintain business as usual. i plead with you, i beg you this afternoon to not let the words of mrs. woods ball on death in sensitive years. you might say, i'm not of that mind and yoke, but it has happened before. in this town they call the funeral preacher. i have presided over more funerals of young african-americans male and females, were dead before their deadline. the bible promises us 70-80 years if i read them strict. we have too many young african-americans dying 15-35 years old in this town. for the record i want to conclude by saying the naacp but the prophet in the wilderness stood up in the wake of ferguson, and right here in the city all in room 201, i said to the chief of st

. >> condoleezza rice did this when i was out there. in this administration i think there have been two secretary of state visits in seven years to iraq. one by secretary clinton and one by secretary kerry. >> that's telling. the space we vacated, the iranians stole. they are not seeking a unified iraqi state that is friendly with iran. they are seeking basically, the destruction of an iraqi state and division into kurdistan, a shia-stan, and islam-istan that islamic state can control and who cares? i would start making a major diplomatic push. there is a prime minister we can work with. he has not had many options in tehran. i would like to see us give him one. those would be a couple of things. when the secretary needed a break from baghdad, he could move around to amann, tel aviv, riyadh, repeat as necessary. and it will be necessary. your business on this hill and the business i left has one thing at the center of both. it's about relationships. i am concerned that we have let our relationships atrophy the in the region. we need to

condoleezza rice was right when she said, america's birth decay is race and san francisco has helped to nurture that defect. where else would it be in this earth that one ethnic group would lose since 1970, 60,000 people? more people than the old candlestick park. yet, the faith community, the academic community, the political community, and the social communities go on as if nothing happened and we maintain business as usual. i plead with you, i beg you this afternoon to not let the words of mrs. woods ball on death in sensitive years. you might say, i'm not of that mind and yoke, but it has happened before. in this town they call the funeral preacher. i have presided over more funerals of young african-americans male and females, were dead before their deadline. the bible promises us 70-80 years if i read them strict. we have too many young african-americans dying 15-35 years old in this town. for the record i want to conclude by saying the naacp but the prophet in the wilderness stood up in the wake of ferguson, and right here in the city all in room 201, i said to the chief of st

condoleezza rice was right when she said, america's birth decay is race and san francisco has helped to nurture that defect. where else would it be in this earth that one ethnic group would lose since 1970, 60,000 people? more people than the old candlestick park. yet, the faith community, the academic community, the political community, and the social communities go on as if nothing happened and we maintain business as usual. i plead with you, i beg you this afternoon to not let the words of mrs. woods ball on death in sensitive years. you might say, i'm not of that mind and yoke, but it has happened before. in this town they call the funeral preacher. i have presided over more funerals of young african-americans male and females, were dead before their deadline. the bible promises us 70-80 years if i read them strict. we have too many young african-americans dying 15-35 years old in this town. for the record i want to conclude by saying the naacp but the prophet in the wilderness stood up in the wake of ferguson, and right here in the city all in room 201, i said to the chief of st

senior advisor to rand paul's presidential campaign and former speech writer to secretary of state condoleezzatical contributor, elise jordan joins us. in des moines, iowa, moderator of "meet the press" and host of "mtp daily" chuck todd. good to have you on board. >> chuck todd, you look at the polls, there aren't a whole lot of trims that you can cling to, marco is up in some, down in others, cruz up in some, down in others. trump is in first place in all the polls in texas and there are trend lines in every state. >> it mostly mirrors. if you look at it, the less campaigning that's been done in a state, the more it usually mirrors the national numbers with texas as the outlier and this is ted cruz as the favorite son. check out pennsylvania, that looked like the nbc news/"wall street journal" national number, or even wisconsin. so i think that's if there's any trend line that's there. and that's lagging indicators. what happens iowa and new hampshire changes all the numbers. >> chuck, so last night, i'm wondering whether you agree with most of the people around the panel and the front page

condoleezza rice was right when she said, america's birth decay is race and san francisco has helped to nurture that defect. where else would it be in this earth that one ethnic group would lose since 1970, 60,000 people? more people than the old candlestick park. yet, the faith community, the academic community, the political community, and the social communities go on as if nothing happened and we maintain business as usual. i plead with you, i beg you this afternoon to not let the words of mrs. woods ball on death in sensitive years. you might say, i'm not of that mind and yoke, but it has happened before. in this town they call the funeral preacher. i have presided over more funerals of young african-americans male and females, were dead before their deadline. the bible promises us 70-80 years if i read them strict. we have too many young african-americans dying 15-35 years old in this town. for the record i want to conclude by saying the naacp but the prophet in the wilderness stood up in the wake of ferguson, and right here in the city all in room 201, i said to the chief of st

many of us agree with the great former secretary of a condoleezza rice. education is the civil rights issue of this information, because education is what opens doors today. todaygislation we passed will make sure we recognize of the and do the right thing in the future. the first thing i have is what are we doing right? what do we doing wrong? i need to do to get the heck out of the way? the problem in washington is we have a one size it's all mentality. washington wants to write the name law applies in new york ocean toapply it to the marilyn. you cannot have a 15 it's all for every district in the united of america. the second thing the seventh yes, you need accountability. you do need metric. what we'll come up with is over testing. it still does not result in high-performance. i locked in a bipartisan basis with the leadership to do what allould go one size it's all decisions made in watching in. should be racing to the. joining us for the year in review is christina marcos. it was really more than just the usual floor speeches. there was debate on i