is the us losing its capacity to lead 7 william burns, welcome to hardtalk. it's great to be with you. you have retired, you were a top—ranked diplomat for more than three decades. do you think your career encompassed the period when diplomacy came to matter much less? i think at some ways it did, you're right.

is the us losing its capacity to lead 7 william burns, welcome to hardtalk.t's great to be with you. you have retired, you were a top—ranked diplomat for more than three decades. do you think your career encompassed the period when diplomacy came to matter much less? i think at some ways it did, you're right. i began the book with a scene that was set in the george h w bush administration when i worked for secretary of state james baker at the madrid—middle east peace conference. and that really was the point at which american power and diplomacy was at their peak. but then, over the course of the following three decades, part of it was sort of the natural evolution of events, as other powers rose in the world. part of it had to do with unforced errors, particularly in iraq in 2003 on the part of american administrations. but part of it also reflected a drift in the priority that american administrations attached to american diplomacy as a tool of pursuing our interests in the world. i think after the end of the cold war, there was a sense of complacency. we

authentic response we only have a minute left and i have i guess a space for only one question william burns president obama's deputy secretary of state he recently warned about policy risks in venezuela saying that trump could make the same mistake a bamma did in syria going in getting involved without having a coherent plan doesn't give you pause for thought absolutely you won't be surprised that bill burns was my former boss and i share his opinion as i've said several times in this interview i fundamentally disagree with the u.s. invasion not because it wouldn't be but it wasn't proper i mean formal invasion it was all sorts of ways of trying to you mean like i should diplomatically. red barrel bombs were not diplomatic in syria the barrel bombs came across as part of an irregular warfare look we can point back and forth all you want i am saying very clearly i do not support a u.s. invasion in venezuela because it is contrary to u.s. interests i mean even putting the invasion aside do you think the united states has a key here at this point has a coherent plan of interacting regime chang

look i'm going to the front thing in a minute but i want to just say that ten days ago it fell to william burns former state department advisor to five u.s. presidents and one of the most respected u.s. diplomats over the last thirty years to point out the terms unilateralism is doing putin's work for him by widening the gap between the u.s. and europe over climate change iran cracks it and nato that's a serious charge from a serious highly placed person of liberalism indeed you're in serious serious but what's your question why don't you take that seriously you're telling me everything's fine you tell you everything's five but i say elephant in every room listen to he's the one they talk about he keeps casting doubt on article five of the nato whether it's obsolete or not you've heard the statements and you've read them rip orts well look in this headquarters we have important work to do every single day that's why trust is so important exactly trust is broken and that you know each other we are in trouble we are working hard to do what we need to do in terms of running our operations in afgha

begin with ken star and his book contempt, a memoir of the clinton investigations, geor george, william burns, and it starts tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. looking ahead to next week, william barr testifies on the mueller report. his first appearance is wednesday before the senate judiciary committee at 10:00 a.m. eastern. on thursday he will speak to the house judiciary committee at a time to be determined. we'll have live coverage on c-span 3. you can listen live on the free c span radio app. the group global climate connection held a summit recently on the challenges and prospects of u.s., china, and drad relations, this next portion includes the keynote address and the conversation with the former u.s. ambassador to china. it is about 50 minutes. >>> hello fellow gccers and friends. i'm the first female president in gccs ten year history. gcc is the largest student run nonprofit organization with presence in over 75 europe

william burns on "the back channel," and robert brown's "you can't go wrongdoing right."t starts tonight at eight eastern on c-span2. tomorrow fbi director christopher wray talks about his agency's role in protecting the u.s. from international threats. watch live friday morning at 8:30 eastern on c-span2, online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> minnesota governor tim walz wants to open human rights offices in his state to fight islamophobia. he made announcement before a council for american-islamic relations conference in st. paul. the justice department has listed the council as an unindicted conspirator saying the group helped fund hamas. following the governor's remarks, a panel of scholars, historians and authors discuss methods and impact of spreading hate. [applause] >> to our presenters, thank you for bringing your insight and expertise. this deep dive we will go into is needed, it is one that, as you can see, the community is ready, ready to hear, and we welcome your insights, advising guidance.ig to everyone else who took time out -

william burns on the back channel and robert brown's you can't go wrong doing right. it starts tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. looking ahead to next week, attorney general william barr testifies on the mueller report. his first appearance is wednesday before the senate judiciary committee at 10:00 a.m. eastern. then on thursday he'll speak to the house judiciary committee at a time to be determined. we'll have live coverage of both hearings on c-span 3. you can also watch online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >>> saturday night, president trump is holding a campaign rally in green bay, wisconsin, skipping the annual white house correspondents' dinner. tuesday he instructed his administration to boycott the dinner. watch live coverage saturday at 8:00 eastern on c-span and following the rally watch live coverage at 9:30 eastern at the white house correspondents' dinner with author and historian. >>> at our table this morning, jason miller, a former communications director for president trump's campaign and also for the transition te

your book has been praised by the rights of madeleine albright as well as william burns and it seems to me that it's a part psycho biography as well as the analysis of putin's russia in its relationship to other countries throughout the world. let's start with putin himself, if you don't mind. you talk about his early days and havinhell what kind of shaps outlook. will you take us through some of those experiences and to give an inside look at his personality? >> guest: as we know in 2000 when he became president, he published a series of interviews and this comes from that and other things he says. of course it had a terrible siege for a million people have died or not these tragedies are come out and he and his family lived in a communal apartment. they had one room in an apartment. they were poor and he had two brothers that had died previously said his mother was quite old when she had him and been born to these parents happy to have him but he wasn't a very good student he said about himself. there were two things that helped him get out of that in terms of the student he found

other books include the bacterial by american diplomat, william burns and robert brown's, you cannot go wrong doing right. that is all thursday night starting at eight eastern here on c-span2. here are some of our future programs this week in a booktv saturday night at 825 eastern, robert talks about his latest book, working with comedian in late talkshow host conan o'brien,. >> just remember one thing. earn every page. never assume anything, earn every [bleep] page. i cannot tell you how many times that stuck with me. >> sunday night at nine eastern on "after words", southern district of new york prosecutor gives an inside look at how the judicial process works. drawing from personal experiences and case histories. in his new book, doing justice. he is interviewed by democratic senator. >> or how to persuade someone to your point of view. what you have, too much in society you have two problems, one, when people do engage faith they are ugly or you and what about the him there is some nonlogical argument going on and it's very terrible. it affects people's opinions of the whole proc

senator dug jones, on "bending toward justice," george papadopoulos, on "deep state target "kwrks william burns on the back channel and robert brown's, you can't go wrongdoing write. it starts tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span 2. >>> looking ahead to next week, attorney general william barr testifies on the mueller report. his first appearance is wednesday, before the senate judiciary committee, at 10:00 a.m. eastern. then on thursday, he will speak to the house judiciary committee at a time to be determined. we will have live coverage of both hearings on c-span 3. you can also watch online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >>> saturday night, president trump is holding a campaign rally, in green bay, wisconsin. skipping the annual white house correspondents dinner. tuesday, he instructed his administration to boycott the dinner. watch live coverage at president's rally, saturday, at 8:00 eastern. on c-span. and following the rally, watch live coverage at 9:30 eastern of the white house correspondents dipper with featured speaker, author and historian, ron churnow

william burns on "the back channel" and robert brown's "you can't go wrongdoing right." it starts tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. >>> looking ahead to next week, attorney general william barr testifies on the mueller report. his first appearance is wednesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. then on thursday, he'll speak to the house judiciary committee at a time to be determined. we'll have live coverage of both hearings on c-span3. you can also watch online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >>> once, tv was simply three giant networks and a government-supported service called pbs. then in 1979, a small network with an unusual name rolled out a big idea. let viewers decide all on their own what was important to them. c-span opened the doors to washington policymaking for all to see, bringing unfiltered content from congress and beyond. in the age of power to the people, this was true people power. in the 40 years since, the landscape has clearly changed. there is no monolithic media, broadcasting has given way to narrow casting, youtube stars are

administration's policy towards iran with retired general david petraeus and the deputy secretary of state william burns is hosted by the carnegie endowment for international peace, this is one hour and ten minutes. >> thank you for coming to the carnegie endowment. i'm a senior fellow there. air. the discussion today is about the state of u.s. iran relations. this month marks the 40th anniversary of the advance of iran so i will talk about the past, present and future of relations. i want to also welcomed the audience who are watching on television both our c-span audience and for the first time broadcasting simultaneously in translation with iran international, so welcome to the audiences in iran and throughout the u.s.. but we start with general a genl petraeus who was the commander of the u.s. forces out with general petraeus and suzanne maloney at the institute, one of the most thoughtful scholars of iran over the years of the state departmenalso at thestate depart is the ambassador builder who was formerly the deputy secretary of the state's industry author of a terrific new book called the back c

director general david petraeus on your screen and former deputy secretary of state william burns are among the speakers. ive coverage here on c-span. karim: one of the most thoughtful scholars of iran was at the state department. and to my right is ambassador bill burns, former secretary of state. he is the president of the warn dei endowment and author of a terrific new book called "the back channel." and i'd like to start with a two-part question. i'll start with you, bill. you had several decades working on the middle east at the state department. you were never obviously based in tehran. in your book you recount two interesting memos that you wrote to both secretary of state couldn't pleasea rice and -- miss rice: and hillary clintonned a -- condeleeza rice and hillary clinton. when you look back in the past decades, do you think there were examples, opportunities whereby we could have -- the united states could have engaged iran, taken a different approach towards iran that may have changed the adversarial nature of u.s.-iran relations as they are now? mr. burns: it's great to b

tom: william burns talks about the 2020 election, one of our great public servants in diplomacy.prescription to assist europe with these challenges? michael: if a democrat comes in -- gideon: if a democrat comes in, attempts to restart the liberal international order, reinvigorate with our alliances like joe biden said, and try to be nicer, but still not do that much and get involved in bad wars like iraq and afghanistan. the question will become, if the united states plays nice, well other people allow it to take its leadership back and play the saymon again, or will they you have not understood your problems enough yet? the danger i worry about is that people do not worry enough about how much we have heard ourselves during this time out. tom: we will touch on a few of these themes. always wonderful to have them with us. there is a manner that will get in the middle of our -- matter that will get in the middle of our six hour conversation, press conference. how does an attorney general have a press conference? the attorney general will speak to the press. i believe they will no

william burns on the back panel. and robert brown's you can't go wrong doing right.it starts tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span 2. tomorrow fbi director christopher wray talks about his agency's role in protecting the u.s. from international threats. watch live friday morning at 8:30 eastern on c-span 2. on-line at c-span.org. or listen live on the free c pan radio app -- c-span radio app. >> here are some of our feature programs this weekend on book tv: saturday night at 8:25 eastern, the author talks about his latest book working with comedian and late night talk show host conan o'brien. >> just remember one thing, turn every page, never assume anything. turn every page. i can't tell you how many times in my life that stuck with me. >> and sunday night at 9:00 eastern, on afterwords, former southern district of new york, federal prosecutor gives an inside look at how the judicial process works, drawing from personal experiences and case histories in his new book "doing justice". he's interviewed by democratic senator richard blumenthal of connecticut. >> the basic i

william burns on the back channel. robert brown's you can't go wrong doing right. it starts tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span2. tomorrow, fbi director christopher ray talks about his agency's role in protecting the us from international threats. watch live friday morning at 8:30 eastern on c-span2, online, c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio apps. >> here are some of our feature program this weekend on booktv.

the department was wrought tuesday by the resignation of arnold burns and he was followed out the door by william weld, head of the criminal division. both called it quits after they were unable to persuade the white house to dump meese on grounds that his legal troubles are hurting the department. officials say meese was stunned and was hardly able to speak when told of the resignations. >> bill weld then testified to the senate judiciary committee against the attorney general. >> the question is whether mr. meese is taking official actions that he knows are going to redound to the financial benefit of his friend, and i suggest that he did so. >> shortly after bill weld's testimony, attorney general ed meese resigned. those were the days when corrupt republicans had to deal with principled republicans. joining us now is bill weld, former republican governor of massachusetts and candidate for president of the united states. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you, lawrence. >> i want to lean on your experience as a federal prosecutor, as a justice department official to get your reading

burning house. a firefighter caught it all on helmet cam and unfortunately, the elderly man who lives there for more than 60 years did not survive. >>> william barr is facing tough questions today on the molar report. it was his first public testimony since that report was completed and nicole killian is live on capitol hill without bar defended himself against critics. >> reporter: william barr try not to say a lot about the report since today's hearing was supposed to be about the budget, but lawmakers pressed them as much as they could about the report and its eventual release. william barr gave the house committee the latest on when he expects to release the report. >> within a week, i will be in a position to release it to the public. >> reporter: bar says that he has special counsel robert mueller are still going to the reports make reductions and for specific categories, he promised to provide note and respond to inquiries on his redaction but he said he would not release an unredacted version to congress. he also spoke to concerns the white house may invoke executive privilege. >> any claim of executive privilege would need to be ass

burns, andblisters. the emergency order lifted, still no word on what caused the leak. ron allen, nbc news. >>> now to the scandal and offices of mayor catherine pugh. nbc's pete williams has the details on why the feds made their move. epter: agents from the fbi and the irs searched the home of mayor catherine pugh of baltimore and her office in city hall where she hasn't been for more than three weeks. >> thank you, everybody. >> reporter: their involvement is more bad news for the mayor, already under state investigation over the hundreds of thousands of dollars she earned selling her series of children's books to a heal plan that does business with the city and the university of maryland medical system she once helped oversee. just before vanishing from office, she apologized. >> i am deeply sorry for any lack of confidence or disappointment this initiative may have caused. >> reporter: searches were the first sign that federal authorities are now investigating, suggesting they're looking at more than just the book deals. baltimore's entire city council has urged mayor pugh, who is a democrat, to quit, and maryland's republican governor tweeted, for the good of the

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burning truck. the driver of a 53 foot long goodwill truck lost control and skidded off the roadway. this happened north of the robin williams tunnel before 9 am. the two right lanes were closed while they fought the fire and remove the big rig. officials told the driver had to break a window to escape the flames. the fire did not spread the vegetation in the wet conditions. >>> the coroner is identified a man killed yesterday when his car went down a cliff on mount mount tamalpais on a curvy road and heavy fog. henry tells us this is the second deadly crash in the same spot in less than two weeks. >> reporter: these are pictures taken by the chp. they responded to a deadly crash on mount tamalpais in marin county. it happened in heavy fog on ridgecrest boulevard. a road just before five this afternoon. >>> it appears it just left the roadway and fell down the side of the mountain.>> reporter: 53- year-old trygve walter hansen died at the scene. his 13-year-old son was taken to a hospital with major injuries. their car had rolled over several times while plunging a great distance.>>> we were told by the crews they used 600 f

william kean and cyrus mitchell were developing the origins of modern neurology. one problem was a very specific type of chronic pain we still have problems with today. this chronic pain was a burning sensation that would never go away. it exhibited itself and an ember of patients during the civil war who had severe injuries. the people at the turners lane hospital in philadelphia, people -- people like weir and mitchell began injecting morphine into the tissues that were affected by pain, and moreover they used electricity. meant one ofhat these small, electric generators relying primarily on static. the idea was simple. by interrupting the nerves with electricity, basically overpowering them if you will, and cutting that pain signal to the brain, they were able to calm the nerves, and in conjunction with the morphine they actually had a pretty good cure rate. it started not down the road to our modern pain-relief systems. what do i mean? you can watch your television and see advertisements today for patches that can be placed on the body, powered by small batteries that do exactly the same job. if you have undergone or joint replacement surgery you may have been given one of thes

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william comes a sherman. both of these generals were skilled and knowledgeable about scorched earth military tactics. while sherman had led his march through the sea plundering cattle, torching fields and burning down houses, it was a simpler task for him because what he understood and what sheridan understood as well was that what it meant was you did not have to burn down farms. all you needed to do was destroy the buffalo herds. and that is what they did. here is a couple of quotes. the first one was from sherman and his memoirs about the outcome, the destruction of the buffalo herds. the second quote is by sheridan. i think it is unambiguous but they saw the extermination of buffalo as essential for the pacification of the plains tribes. so, my larger argument here is that the growth of industrial capitalism in the late 19th century in the east, not the west, but the east, was the thing that was the far more destructive development. and not so much the railroad. industrialization was a by railroad growth, hides, and agricultural products were moved from the west to the east. but american industrialization did not depend on the transcontinental railroad. but they did depend very much on the

burn is always involved in a dragon... ( laughs ) they like their meat cooked. ( laughs ) >> it's a hard fall down these steps. >> syrio says every hurt is a lesson. >> cooper: actress maisie williamsr the murder of her father. well, how many people have you killed? >> maisie williams: oh, gosh. i-- i've lost count. i think in the book, she has, like, the highest kill count. >> cooper: williams was 12 when "game of thrones" started. she's now 22. this was her first acting job. >> williams: i didn't even want to be an actor. ( laughs ) i wanted to be a dancer. and then, my second audition was for "game of thrones," and then it all just-- >> cooper: there are actors all over the world right now listening to that, screaming. >> the things i do for love. >> cooper: george r.r. martin is the novelist behind this murder and magic. in 1996, he published the first in his series of books, called "a song of ice and fire." for years, hollywood pursued him, trying to turn his books into movies. >> george r.r. martin: their approach was inevitably to simplify. well, okay, these books are too big, we have to cut it all down. i didn't want it simplified. so i said, repeatedly, the-- the sexiest w