cheney was very popular. >> you want to be in cheney. >> no. >> there was a question of cheney would've been speaker and 94. would've he created the political conditions that led to the contract? >> like all historical figures it's persistence. how many people run three times? and also a little bit of luck. >> luck, and a belief in his own ability to lead. >> last thing they want is newt gingrich. >> especially when he says i'm willing to be the republican -- in the house. there's never good relations between that and the bush white house anyway. john is on the chief of staff made it even worse. they did not help the cause on capitol hill are the house. at one point there ban from going to capitol hill because every time they went their new enemies were created. >> there's a very selective school in the south. >> it was on economic policy. >> i never read it it's one a few books he did not publish. >> when i pointed out he said well i did have an offer to have it published. >> it seem like the ivy league's look down on him, did that create i'm sure there is some sort of things happening

was dick cheney too powerful?sh 43 told you -- >> well, he was talking about the neoconservatives in general and specifically about cheney and rumsfeld, and he said, and i quote, "chanie and rumsfeld never made one [ bleep ] decision." >> reporter: that's the quote? >> that's the quote. i understand his frustration, because at the time there was the perception that dick cheney was the acting president, but, in fact, george w. bush had had a lifetime of making bold decisions. he has this natural confidence in himself as a leader. if you talk to those around him, they have confidence in his leadership. and so this notion that cheney was making the decisions is ludicrous. >> reporter: when you started to write this book, let me guess. the title was not "the blast republic -- "the last republicans." >> when i set out to write this it was a very different time, 2013. "the last republicans" became the right title behind what has become the trump era. >> reporter: because? >> george bush said in 2016 privately and to me,

something that gets talked about all the time was dick cheney too powerful. bush 43 told you -- >> well, he was talking about the neoconservatives in general and specifically about cheney and rumsfeld and he said, and i quote, cheney and rumsfeld never made one [ bleep ] decision. >> that's the quote. >> that's the quote. i understand his frustration. at the time there was the perception that dick cheney was the acting president. but in fact, george w. bush had a lifetime of making bold decisions. he has this confidence in himself as a leader. if you talk to those around him, they have confidence in his leadership. this notion that cheney ludicro ludicrous. >> you started to write this book, let me guess, the title was not "the last republicans". >> i set out to write this in 2013, it was a very different time. but the last republicans became the right title during what has become the trump era. >> because? >> well, you know, george w. bush himself said, in 2016, privately, and to me, you know, i fear that i'll be the last republican president. >> he confirme

bush 43 talks about whether vice president dick cheney had played an outsized role in his presidency,ing that gets talked about all the time, which dick cheney too powerful, and bush 43 told you? >> he was talking about the neo conservatives in general and specifically about cheney and rumsfeld, and he said, and i quote, "cheney and rumsfeld never made one [ bleep ] decision." >> that's the quote? >> that's the quote. i understand his frustration, because at the time there was a perception that dick cheney was the acting president, but, in fact, george w. bush had a lifetime of making bold decisions. he has this preter natural confidence of himself in a leadership and those around him have confidence in his leadership, so this notion that cheney was making the decisions was ludicrous. >> when you started to write this book, let me guess the title was not "the last republicans." >> when i set out to write this in 2013, you know, it was a very different time, but the last republicans became the right title during what has become the trump era. >> because? >> you know, george w. bush him

something that gets talked about all the time, was dick cheney too powerful.43 told you. >> well, he was talking about the neo concerns in general and specifically, about cheney and rums field. and he said and i quote, cheney, rums field never made one [ bleep ] decision. >> that's the quote. >> i understand his frustration because at the time, dick cheney was the acting president, but george w. bush had a lifetime of making bold decisions. he has this natural confidence in himself as a leader and the you talk to those around him, they have confidence in his leadership. and so this notion that cheney was making the decisions is ludicrous. >> when you started to write this book, let me guess, the title was not the last republicans. >> when i set out to write this in 2013, it was a very different time. but the last republicans became the right title during what has become the trump era. >> because? >> well, you know, george w. bush himself said in 2016, private and to me, i fear that i'll be the last republican president. >> he confirmed that to you. >> he confi

was dick cheney too powerful. and bush 43 told you? he was talking about the neo conservatives in general and specifically about cheney and rumsfeld. and he said, and i quote, cheney and rumsfeld never made one [ bleep ] decision. >> that's the quote? >> that's the quote. i understand his frustration. because at the time, there was the perception that dick cheney was the acting president but, in fact, george w. bush had had a lifetime of making bold decisions. he had this preternatural belief in himself as a leader. if you talk to those around him, they have confidence in his leadership. the notion that cheney was making the decisions is ludicrous. >> when you started to write this book, let me guess, the title was not "the last republicans"? >> when i set out to write this in 2013, it was a very different time. >> because? >> well, you know, george w. bush himself said in 2016 privately and to me, you know, i fear that i'll be last republican president. >> he confirmed that? >> he confirmed that. it wasn't just about hillary clinton b

vice president dick cheney during the bush years the story about how how burton and then k.b.r. got these no bid contracts really has not come to light and now i know from some depositions testimony and some of the litigation involved in that there were contract was allegedly negotiated over a couple hours over the phone for a multibillion dollar contract work k.b.r. was the only company that was allowed to actually get. this manufacture consent to stick to the public will. when the really close is protect themselves. with the fine. really.

kept on one of the bush cheney cabinet members. kept on bob gates. and that had really strong political resonance because of how unlikely it seemed in the abstract. because of what it meant for the politics of the moment. but it also had the effect of making bob gates also kind of a rock star in the obama cabinet. right? and that was a rock star cabinet. it also included hillary clinton. but it was an interesting thing. once they were both sworn in, these two incredibly high profile politically -- bob gates and hillary clinton did what was basically a traveling road show all over the country. they made joint appearances where he as secretary of defense and she as secretary of state, they made this joint pitch that we should stop counting on the military for everything. and we should instead build up the state department. more resources. more staff. more prestige. we should recognize as a country that actually it's the state department that needs to do most heavy lifting in terms of america's role in the world, in particular, in man

was dick cheney too powerful? and bush 43 told you? >> well he was talking about the neo conservatives in general and specifically about chainny and rums felled. he said, i quote. chainny and rums felled never made one bleep decision. >> that's the quote. >> i under stand his frustration because at the time there was the perception dick cheney was the acting president but george w. bush had a lifetime of making bold decision. he has this confidence in himself as a leader. if you talk to those around him, they have confidence in his leadership. and so this notion that cheney was making decisions is ludicrous. >> when you started making this booklet me guess, the tight was not the last republicans. >> when i started out to write this in 2013 was a very different time but the last republicans became the right title during what has become the trump era. >> because? >> well, george w. bush himself said in 2016, privately, and to me, i fear that i'll be the last republican president. >> he confirmed that to you. >> he confirmed that to me. i

president dick cheney during the bush years the story about how and then k.b.r. got these no bid contracts really has not come to light and now i know from some depositions testimony and some of the with occasional involved in that there were contract was allegedly negotiated over a couple hours over the phone for a multibillion dollar contract work k.b.r. was the only company that was allowed to actually get it. make me a useful idiot. you called me a useful idiot useful idiot useful idiots go expressing my opinions there are thousands of us doing it his record is the same strategy we the type of person instead of talking about what's next why stop me from getting this close to the white house i'm with the group code pink why not ban the color pink one hour stretch i should be sent to the town of london because i'm to try to break me on the wheel but out with tons of this sort of nonsense don't scare me and i'll continue to voice my opinion i'll continue to speak out in good company i'm in good company. because we think. one hundred years ago russia was consumed

vice president dick cheney during the bush years the story about how how burton and then take your got these no bid contracts really has not come to light enough i know from some depositions testimony and some of the litigation of involved in the recontract was allegedly negotiated over a couple hours over the phone for a multibillion dollar contract worth k.b.r. was the only company that was a lie. to actually get it. in terms of foreign policy done all chump is already earned himself the title the low expectations president this title is now being put to the test during his tour of asia because the us a status quo power in the asia pacific region only boils challenging china. i don't think i'd say the people are always suffering always just backtrack in the detention center he need is one that he did go to by santo that is when somebody is all coming from one comes to this i mean one of the seventy percent is coming from an idea i think that we have to see that we have to discuss how to improve our capacity to alleviate that suffer and so on the human being to. play. play. play. play

he's stayed in close contact with joe biden and dick cheney.on this exclusive story is back with me. carol, i kind of love this club, how does it work? >> mike pence will call former vice president joe biden before going on foreign trips to get advice on who he is going to meet and what the leaders are like and what the issues are. and biden will call him to say, i'm going to meet with this foreign leader, are there any issues that you guys are having? what -- is there any sensitivities? so they have this exchange of information. and similarly with cheney where they talk foreign policy, domestic policy, what it's like to be a vice president, the inner play between the white house and capitol hill. so pence has cultivated these two and really created what one aid described to me as a warm relationship, particularly with vice president biden. >> wise move, yoda. sort of a brotherhood. do they have a secret handshake or code names? >> they have secret service code names, but i don't know they use them. >> they should have a handshake, like blood b

vice president dick cheney during the bush years the story about how how bird and then k.b.r. got these no bid contracts really has not come to light and now i know from some depositions testimony and some of the litigation involved in that there were contract was allegedly negotiated over a couple hours over the phone for a multibillion dollar contract work k.b.r. was the only company that was allowed to actually get. the ball on the idea that dropping bombs brings peace to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battles. that you saw expressed so you could be gossip the public life. and the smiles and says this isn't for everyone and why some people take all the power just for damn self. since that is the mother you know we. eat. little kids. eat. little and i think. that's ok. full of systemic deficiencies russia's flounce an investigation into a chemical attack in syria accusing it of a pious against the assad government. it's a day of general strike in council lonia these are live pictures of a pro independence wily involves a loner meanwhile in drona activists and blo

vice president dick cheney during the bush years the story about how. your got these no bid contracts really has not come to light enough i know from some depositions testimony and some of the with occasional involved in the recontract was allegedly negotiated over a couple hours over the phone for a multibillion dollar contract work k.b.r. was the only company that was allowed to actually get. medication is widespread on the u.s. market and a frequent cause of death at that point in my life i just felt like everything was ashes my family was literally coming unglued i had actually planned. to commit suicide watch all who has made antidepressants so commonly used we were doing what the doctors told us to do we were being responsible and what the real side effects . is. what i did was. illegal drugs. just because something's legal doesn't mean it's saying. i don't. see people. suffering. through this seventy one or the seventy percent is coming from an area i think that we have to see that we have to discuss how to improve our capacity to. the human bein

vice president dick cheney during the bush years the story about how how burton and then take your got these no bid contracts really has not come to light enough i know from some depositions testimony and some of the litigation of involved in the or contract was allegedly negotiated over a couple hours over the phone for a multi-billion dollar contract worth k.b.r. was the only company that was a while. to actually get it. even . just to keep it as i live eat it good for yourself and. find it. need no. need to. be young. and we have many things in this world sounds this is it you know for everyone and why some peoples of also take our things all the power just for themselves and that is the mother. we. were going to walk to sell you on the idea that dropping bombs brings peace to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battle. for new socks for the tell you that because of the public by fell. off the bad guys and tell you on the cool enough let's fight. this all the hawks that we all will walk. i fear that we may see the iranians taking the first steps towards restarting the nuclear

vice president dick cheney during the bush years the story about how how bird and then k.b.r. got these no bid contracts really has not come to light and now i know from some depositions testimony and some of the litigation involved in that there were contract was allegedly negotiated over a couple hours over the phone for a multibillion dollar contract work k.b.r. was the only company that was allowed to actually get it. in terms of foreign policy donald trump has already earned himself the title the low expectations president this title is now being put to the test during his tour of asia because the us a status quo power in the asia pacific region. challenging china. i've played for many clubs over the years so i know the game inside out it's. football isn't only about what happens on the pitch for the final school it's about the passion from the fans it's the age of the superman ija killian erroneous and spending two hundred twenty million and one player. it's an experience like nothing else i want to because i want to share what i think what i know about the beautiful gam

the course of my professional career it's suspicious on how to go to no bid contract because dick cheney before he became vice president was c.e.o. of halliburton he left. with twenty million dollars worth of stock options from nine eleven till two thousand and nine and those stock options quadrupled in price he made about a million dollars off the war there's a great usu the good you cheney ninety nine defending the woman is no longer about news he's being interviewed he didn't earn it rights institute he says you muses that your fashion uses these civil war we had no exit strategy oh no you changed the only advantage in this one for the united. from all over the. u.s. military contractor k.b.r. is under legal fire today over real fires in iraq the firm is charged with causing illnesses from massive burn pits used to incinerate garbage there. veterans who are now suing k.b.r. because of their what they believe service connected how injuries say that k.b.r. short sighted didn't install incinerators when they should have had burned all this hazardous waste when it was a guess the o.t. reg

vice president dick cheney during the bush years the story about how how bird and then k.b.r. got these no bid contracts really has not come to light and now i know from some depositions testimony and some of the with occasional involved in that there were contract was allegedly negotiated over a couple hours over the phone for a multibillion dollar contract worth k.b.r. was the only company that was allowed to actually get it. here's what people have been saying about redacted in. the law. the only show i go out of my way to you know what it is that really packs a punch. is the john oliver of r t america is doing the same. parent way better than. the c. . heard of. jack to the next president of the world bank so. seriously send us an e-mail. a little more to sell you on the idea that dropping bombs brings police to the chicken hawks forcing you to fight the battle. to do socks try to tell you that the beach gossip the tabloids but it. doesn't tell you all enough. along. with what. in terms of foreign policy donald trump is already earned himself the title the low expectations

professional career it's suspicious on how we got a no bid contract because dick cheney before he became vice president was c.e.o. of halliburton he left oliver with twenty million dollars worth of stock options from nine eleven till two thousand and nine and those stock options quadrupled in price he made about a million dollars off the war there's a great you do the cheney. defending the woman is not about the interview i think the american enterprise institute and he said it would be a disaster.

cheney: mr. speaker, by the direction of the committee on rules, i call up house resolution 631 and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house calendar number 105. house resolution 631. resolved, that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to consider in the house the bill h.r. 3017, to amend the comprehensive environmental response, compensation, and liability act of 1980 to re-authorize and improve the brownfields program, and for other purposes. all points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of rules committee print 115- 40 shall be considered as adopted. the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any further amendment thereto, to final passage without inte

he's had to go push those in the government you feel fear by cheney. and you going through his. own actions. of his will. this is news you. know. yeah of course. if you're. right. this might. not make a do you know you. just know that he did and i think you. owe me. a you know what. i think he's going to say can never. go to. things i think he said it just oh yeah the death of love itself if the flu took off. this other. those who never. got to. get loans who were running the years nice woman who looked and looked older to. now think it's going to sedate your funding to get more space for the money for his house was whole and you haven't long all not merely z.t. it to a fluke and that there's your bank now today for tonight folks need to hang their wishes. up the things you do and we. can find out from the community and say a new pal or a new shiny unit to the. us if you don't fulfill nasik there's. a dangerous. i was. wrong. now let's assume it does all the same to you just a year. and also whoever move waynes. and people in arms the last two months was under this name. and the

former prosecutor and msnbc contributor, kyle cheney. and eric swalwell from california who is a member of the house judiciary committee and questioned jeff sessions today. congressman swalwell, i'm going to go to you first. it does seem that jeff sessions has a very tricky memory. he can't remember the details of any of his meetings that involve russians. but he does remember in those meetings he doesn't encourage anyone from the campaign to talk with russians or vladimir putin. did you believe him today to be honest with you? >> i still don't believe he has been forthcoming, joy. and if past is prologue, today's "i don't recalls" will be next month's hearing's i do now recall that seems to be the trend here with attorney general sessions. what's interesting is only after the papadopoulos guilty plea came forward does general sessions acknowledge the one part of the exchange with papadopoulos that he claims makes him looks good, that he told papadopoulos not to have those contacts with russia. also interestingly, joy, he acknowledged th

the course of my professional career it's suspicious on how to go to move big contract because dick cheney before he became vice president was c.e.o. of halliburton he left. with twenty million dollars worth of stock options from nine eleven till two thousand and nine and those stock options quadrupled in price he made about a billion dollars off the war there's a great future. defending the woman is no longer about being interviewed the american enterprise institute he says you would be a disaster in fashion these things who are we going to waste it she goes home on a number of you change the vanity and that's one of the many did do you do the work for him over these hundreds of millions of dollars you see. in these. u.s. military contractor k.b.r. is under legal fire today over real fires in iraq the firm is charged with causing illnesses from massive burn pits used to incinerate garbage there. veterans who are now suing k.b.r. because of their they believe service connected health injuries say that k.b.r. short sighted didn't install center raters when they should have had burned all th

ladies and gentlemen we move to dick cheney the subject of mourning the masterpiece probably not of christ the savior previous in the collections of three kings of england savior of the world a poor traits of jesus christ one of fewer than twenty paintings known to exist by their own a son's master ninety minute looking for ninety five in house christie said the presale estimates at one hundred million dollars but that was soon exceeded ninety five and i gave one third of it why not instead i have it one hundred ten million give me one twenty the bidding via phone just getting going on ninety has been you heard it you place your place with francoise in a fifth place that one hundred ninety for the leonardo at one hundred ninety million give me two hundred one ninety is bit two hundred million is bid at two hundred million two hundred million just how high could it go at two hundred eighty million dollars so we're all down maybe not. don't take a photograph quite the next milestone three hundred we'll give it to ninety six. i thought so the three hundred million. and even though it's was in

correspondent who put that report together for us hardish boss in the pope is meeting with sausage cheney today a very important meeting what can we expect from. well one of the issues brian that they'll be talking about very very likely is of course the row he said there was a situation in northern rakhine stay with there were injured. but that's probably not the only thing that they owe that the pope will be bringing up there are many other issues to discuss for one there will be probably the issue of transformation he already brought that up in his meeting with the commander in chief of the armed forces here in myanmar yesterday. of course is a country that until recently has been under the rule of the military under a military dictatorship now it's opening up the civilian government that sense of g. is de facto heading just took office a year ago so that's something that's a difficult process and that's something that he's likely to be talking about and then of course there are many other conflicts in this country as well myanmar is home to some of the longest running internal conflic

cheney then the mom. she was so close also somebody knows where there was a. full. day on the new issue of which i don't see the phone on. sunday i was once over push her into the hall when i go forward you know turns home mom to school and some more diane. will you with the power. you want us all to call now shout. point that i wish a new song. common culture followed it. several junior groups attended on exam day. jones come to watch. you. know. any of us and. what. do you want to know what i heard on the use of a cell wall. idea and no. sign you mentioned us i know it was i was a. lot of fear. and us on the on the. on us mil. com well i i will say look over the levee. boards with us here this is over you shall see the ice here. too boyish it's all very fuel for gold home. so you know. to unload your noble scoff the whole notion you know what some are charging the hong kong. mama. a million hot one hundred songs on how smart. you should. be when the most unusual look. rely. on. god on. the top. one. jewish or a colony of unbelieve kusama to you. soon show all. wom

culmina con la muerte a tiros por parte de la policÍa de santa claradel joven colombiano jesÚs cheney de vÍdeo en la que la policía de santa clara intentan que jesÚs se calme y saquÉ la mano del bolsillo. el incidente ocurriÓ el 9 de marzo de este aÑo. la madre habÍa llamado varias veces a la policÍa.en la quinta llamada, les dijo que el joven de 24 se habÍa lastimado con un cuchillo y habÍa escapado por la ventana. la madre dijo que esperaba ayuda de la policÍa, no un desenlace mortal. esto dijo a "noticias univisiÓn 14" en agosto. >> todo el procedimiento que la policÍa hizo, fue el mÁs equivocado. yo llamÉ por ayuda, no para que acabaran con la vida de mi niÑo. marÍa: la fiscalía de santa clara asegurÓ que el oficial actuÓ dentro de la ley al disparar. jesÚs se habÍa acuchillado varias veces a sÍ mismo en el pecho y le habÍa dicho el policÍa que tiene una pistola con la cual le iba a disparar. la madre dijo que la policÍa no tiene el entrenamiento adecuado para tratar con personas enfermascomo su hijo. >> llame cuatro veces y no me ayudaron a nada. no pueden diferenciar entre una p

respectful divides of all ethnic groups in myanmar but did not mention the range of finding and some say cheney has come under fire for not stopping what the u.n. has described as textbook ethnic cleansing against the wreckage. of today's i'll have more for you at the top of the hour in the meantime as always the web site that's t w dot com have a good day.

cheney then the mom. she was so cold somebody loses the order they were going. to be on the new issue of which i don't see the phone on. sunday was meant for her put her into this hall when i will forward your turned home mom to school and some more diane. will you with the power. you want us all to call now shout. out into. the point that i want to sing your song. common culture followed it. several junior groups attended on exam day. jones come to watch. it. be. done. and. and i about. what i. do you want to know what i heard on the use of a cell will. have you know. sign you with us i know it was i was a. lot of fear. and us on the on the u.s. house. on u.s. mail. i i will say look over the levee. boards with us here this is over you shall see the ice you. see a boy that it's all going to feel for gold home. so you know. so don't look don't your noble scoff the whole notion you know what some are charging the one. mama. to jenna a million hot one hundred pounds a hockey mom. who shared. a home the most unusual look. after lengthy negotiations with the school

new york it was quite a different story thoroughly ladies and gentlemen we move to the little dick cheney the subject of modern day the masterpiece probably not of christ the savior of previous in the collections of three kings of england savior of the world a core traits of jesus christ one of fewer than twenty paintings known to exist by their own a sense muster at nineteen million a looking for ninety five in house christie said the pre-sale estimate at one hundred million dollars but that was soon exceeded ninety five and i gave one third of it one out and said i have it one hundred ten million go get me one twenty the bidding via phone just getting going on ninety is bit you heard it new place their place with friends who are in a fifth place at one hundred ninety billion otto one hundred ninety million give me two hundred one ninety is two hundred million is fish that you are good million two hundred million just how high could you go at two hundred eighty million dollars so we'll go on maybe not. don't take the photograph quite the next milestone three hundred we'll give it to nine

and miss innes no cattle rather like cheney is facing leaves humans. now sandra childless british photographer martin pung ups to work with kesha. retrospective of his brutally honest yet beautiful photos is now on a new. low mags thirty d.w. . health. and hearings to law. solidarity. they fall by the wayside when the gap between bridge and form grows. life in an equal society is. the divide starting november fifteenth on d w. it tells us stirring stories. it makes us laugh. and cry love triangle and smile of. magical images and big emotions going out the food chain of the magazine every weekend on d w. your children like chocolate. with your smartphone. do you buy your tomatoes in the supermarket. as we go about our daily lives human rights oh often the last three vulnerable. invisible hands. slavery in the twenty first century. starting december second on d. w. . this is the news live from berlin president trump is in china the focal point of his first official asian tour china's president treats trump to a private tour of the forbidden city but just

everybody who knew who spoke cheney's was gone in the one nine hundred fifty s. the state department had no employees who spoke cheney it's resulted in us not having relations with the number one most populous country in the world in one thousand nine hundred seventy nine this man deng's ping became china's paramount leader he said socialism does not mean shared poverty. this was code for the most radical reform since miles revolution. the return of capitalism to china but this time controlled by the communist party. to be riches glorious day and was reported as saying. america was now threatened by the emergence of a vast image of itself. this is one of the many very exclusive gated communities in shanghai where an apartment is one of the prices of the new communism. i had a range to see professor zion way way a close aide to the late things out paying the man who changed china. they're in. really extremely. long term visionary the leader will exceed the long term strategic vision for his country for his people that chinese do you follow that path you know they'

i was in an open forum with vice president dick cheney.m about it and he said take your issue offstage, it was a clear time when president bush had not consulted or informed cheney that this was about to happen. i don't think in donald trump's comments today as you just noted, it didn't sound like they had been previously on that list. >> do you think that this readdition of them on the list that it's going to make a disturbance one way or the other? >> two schools of thought, in u.s. perspective, it doesn't do anything because we're not providing north korea foreign aid, or dual use technology, what this does do is it shoves north korea back on the list of most horrible nations in the world. and the truth is that respectable nations of the world don't want to have people to people exchanges with north korean students, they don't want to come in and spend time. tourism groups don't want to go to a place that's on a state sponsor of terror list. this could increase international pressure in ways that seem innocuous to us but it does do -- i

>> it's called "cheney." >> stephen: oh, "cheney."-- >> christian bale. >> stephen: so you're playing colin powell. have you talked to him about playing this part? >> i tried to reach out to him. he hasn't called me back yet. i've got a call in to him. but i think at this point i don't think if he wants to talk. >> stephen: he probably doesn't want to talk about those days much. >> no, but why would he? >> stephen: right. >> yeah. >> stephen: because he said, "i promise you, there are weapons of mass destruction and i stake my reputation on it." >> yeah, yeah, well, see how that worked out. >> stephen: yeah. >> but i've been working on his-- i've been working on sounding like him and trying to get into character. >> stephen: do you have something you could share with us? >> i promise you that my reputation is on the line, and this is a weapon of mass destruction! ( applause ) >> stephen: i did not realiz realize-- i did not realize that colin powell was from the bahamas. ( laughter ) >> no, i think that's what people are worried about

joining us is kyle cheney reporting on congress for politico.com. thank you for being with us.your time. >> thank you for having me, rachel. >> am i right to sense that there's an uptick in the pace, particularly in this house committee? >> no question. and i mean, this committee if you remember back they were absolutely hobbled by partisanship for months in a bay people wondered if they would gate investigation off the ground at all and not totally surprising they're suddenly righted that ship a little bit and having people in but the notable intensification of that pace of bringing in witnesses and high-profile witnesses, people close to the president, to the campaign gives you a sense they're reaching a climax or a crescendo here and maybe nearing the end which i think republicans are happy to hear. >> i highlighted the story of ike kaveladze and because he seems like such an important and complex target given his ties to the putin government and to money laundering on an epic scale according to a government report. is there any sense that the pace of the witnesses might be

beautiful house, and i'm at a conference where all the army senior four-star , nowals, secretary cheneyretary of defense wants to see you. pentagon in chinos and a polo shirt and go into his office and he says, president bush was to make you the chairman. ♪ sudden when you're peopleour book tour, said this man should be president of the united states. >> it had never occurred to me. the book came out and it caught media attention. lots of people were coming to me saying you need to run. >> any regrets about not having run? >> no. why? >> some people say it is a good job. >> prove it. ♪ ♪ early in the bush administration, saddam hussein invaded kuwait, and was it clear to you that we should go in and try to kick him out? this was alear to me horrible invasion the could not be allowed to stand, and the first challenge was to make sure he did not go south to saudi arabia. >> you invented something known as the powell doctrine. >> it was invented by a washington post reporter who said i'm writing an article about the powell doctrine. i said, what is it? he said what we did when we invaded p

. >> what's next for cheney university and its students. plus, under the stars, how this camping trip will help needy kids stay warm this winter. back in a moment. you've worked hard. busted tail. and impressed the boss. maybe it's time to be your own? transform your career with strayer university's mba program today. let's get it. >>> hey, hey, it is the very best time of the year for the high school blitz. last night what amounted to a city championship between cardinal o'hare and tempihomtemp let's have a look. ain't wasting no time. first quarter penn state commits young romps for a huge 29-yard pick up on a fourth down. that sets up sampson from three yards away. he finds pay dirt. imhotep rolls. district one class 6a semis. release the hounds, garnet valley big stop with penn ridge deep in their territory helps gv advance 28-20. pennsbury and coatesville, coatesville's ricky ortega takes the handoff and keeps it himself. that's a four-yard. coatesville dominates 42-2. and strike up the band for the district one class 5a semis. marple

the course of my professional career it's suspicious on how go to move big contract because dick cheney before he became vice president was c.e.o. of halliburton he left oliver with twenty million dollars worth of stock options from nine eleven till two thousand and nine and those stock options quadrupled in price he made about a billion dollars off the war there's a great future. on defending the woman he is no longer about being interviewed at the american enterprise institute and he's seen as you would be a disaster these things who are we going to waste it she goes oh number. of units one for the united do his work for him over mission hundreds of millions of dollars next to the. u.s. military contractor k.b.r. is under legal fire today over real fires in iraq the firm is charged with causing illnesses from massive burn pits used to incinerate garbage there. the veterans who are now suing k.b.r. because of their they believe service connected health insurance say that k.b.r. short cut it didn't install center raters when they should have had burned all this hazardous waste when it w