madelyn albright, former secretary of state, and former ambassador to the u.n.. dr. albright. [applause] sandy burger, former national security adviser to president clinton. sandy. [applause] leon feater, former national security adviser to vice president gore. [applause] nancy sotoburg former deputy national adviser to president clinton. [applause] and general wesley clark, former supreme allieded commander europe and director of strategic plans and policies for the joint chiefs of staff, general clark. [applause] i'd also like to recognize terry gardener, the director of the library. terry, thank you. [applause] joseph, the director of the cia information management services. [applause] skip rutherford, the dean of the public school of service. [applause] bruce lipped see, chairman of the board of the clinton foundation. [applause] former secretary of transportation rodney slater. [applause] and governor jim guy tucker. [applause] it is now my pleasure to introduce this. he was the deputy director intelligence of the cia. he was chairman of the national intelligence com and

tavis: eight time grammy nominee dave koz cb brings joan albright, richard elliot to reinvent classicongs from the 60's and 70's. the album features hits from sly and the family stone, blood sweat and tears, and chicago. let's hear a clip from the beatles "got to get you into my life." ♪ ♪ tavis: for cap to grew up in the hood like i did, you think the elements, but it only goes to show how brilliant when an and mccartney are. it is their song, but the others but distinct on it, and when you hear it in my neighborhood you think earth wind and fire. >> you know i love you. tavis: i love you back. >> this project is a labor of love. to do.at i wanted i had it in my head for so many years. it is the matter of timing when we would do it. there are sogs, many so attached to these horn bands that represents the golden era of music where every song with kicking horn section so much excitement. earth wind and fire, tower of sly and thego, family stone, james brown, for a young horn player going -- growing up, this is what i wanted to hear and why i became a musician. tavis: you are a musicolo

madeleine albright.cretary. >> good to be with you. >> you paid tribute to the noble statesmen, nelson mandela.

madeleine albright. madame secretary. >> good to be with you. >> you paid tribute to the noble statesmen, nelson mandela. you say you treasure the memory of your meetings with him. what is the most memorable? >> the most memorable was his modesty. he walked up to me and said, hello, i am nelson mandela, like you would not know. when he spoke at the general assembly session, he walked up slowly to that podium and he would take out his glasses and he would clean them and then he would put them on, then he would speak with a great cadence. i also visited him. as a human being, he was stunning. the more you knew the history of a man that had spent so much time in prison. for me, the most important thing about him was his forgiveness. >> no bitterness. >> no bitterness. >> you said his words and works will survive. when you look around the world today whether it is asia, the middle east, or africa, there is the anti-mandela forces that are dominant. why is there no mandela today? >> i think it is important th

the clinton administration, former secretary of defense bill cohn, secretary of state madeleine albrightwhat a privilege to have you both here. >> thank you. >> first of all, iran. lets talk about united states and allies as a result of partly secret negotiations, bill, is in the middle of working out a preliminary deal. there's bumps along the road. is this a good thing or bad thing? >> we don't know at this particular point. i think what happened in the middle east with iran, we have lost support with our key allies who no longer trust us, frankly. the united arab emirates, saudi arabia, others in the region in the way in which this was handled and the fact it's ambiguous in terms of iran having an enrichment capability. u.n. security council precluded enrichment. it appears we're going to allow them to enrich at a level below 20%, around 5%. but under any circumstances allowing them to enrich does pose a problem in the future. we'll have to wait and see. i think we've lost a lot of support in the region. number one, because of the agreement itself which the iranians say is simply a pr

madeleine albright. madame secretary.

madeleine albright.or being with us madame secretary. , >> good to be with you. >> you paid ib

madeleine albright. madame secretary. >> good to be with you. >> you paid tribute to the noble statesmen, nelson mandela. you say you treasure the memory of your meetings with him. what is the most memorable? >> the most memorable was his modesty. he walked up to me and said, hello, i am nelson mandela, like you would not know. when he spoke at the general assembly session, he walked up slowly to that podium and he would take out his glasses and he would clean them and then he would put them on, then he would speak with a great cadence. i also visited him. as a human being, he was stunning. the more you knew the history of a man that had spent so much time in prison. for me, the most important thing about him was his forgiveness. >> no bitterness. >> no bitterness. >> you said his words and works will survive. when you look around the world today whether it is asia, the middle east, or africa, there is the anti-mandela forces that are dominant. why is there no mandela today? >> i think it is important th

department spokesperson said in a statement on friday the government expects international us carry us to albright in compliance with notices issued by foreign companies. but the statement also expressed strong concern and all that china's establishment of itself. it says the latest measure does not indicate the us government's acceptance of china's requirements washington is a country can sound off on socio bowling stint in the area. u s aviation officials told their japanese counterparts and am not advising carry us to submit my clients to china the japanese government is comprised of the un as civil aviation agency take action on the ship international civil aviation will rise issue i see any of them was holding its board meeting in montreal come out on friday japan's establishment of an eye and defense identification zone has the potential to threaten the old and speaking of international civil aviation the us and south korea have got to japan's proposal that i now set its new zone has in no way prevented the free troubled commercial airlines he wanted to eat. to which government will maintain

madeleine albright.etary. >> good to be with you. >> you paid tribute to the noble statesmen, nelson mandela.

madam albright commented we're so divided by local interests. as congress comes together to to figure out the sequestration 2.0, do think do thinkthere again or they find common ground? >> she said the world ought to as ato nelson mandela model for reconciliation. the united states congress would to take thated council also. could overcomela what he went through and was able to reconcile those differences there, why they can't agree on a so little budget deal i have no earthly idea. >> well put, al hunt. thank you very, very much. i do want to point out, you can interview with madeline albright on "political capital with al hunt" tonight on tv 9:00 p.m. eastern and throughout the weekend. thanks, al. big bucksup, making by giving back. we're going to be talking with lauren bush lauren and michelle obama's chief of staff. >> this week bloomberg released a study of the 50 u.s. companies doing the most to make the world little bit better. it's good for people and based on the data it's actually good for business as well. oversaw the project as the

in 1997, secretary of state albright says dealing with rogue states is one of the great challenges of our time because they are there with the soul purpose of destroying the system. the friends and allies do not get it worrying rogue states were immune to deterrents. clearly, rogue regimes post a challenge, but are they reason to negotiate with someone? the noargs that not talking to countries is punishment to them is ridiculous, then senator obama said in 2007. you don't make peace with friends. you have to be willing to engauge with enemies. hillary clinton opinedded in the context of talks with the taliban. within the state department, there's a culture which treats engaugement as cost free. we will be no worse off if we try diplomacy and fail, former undersecretary of state commented, and bush secretary of state promoted a similar argument. we have enough confidence in our aided and abetted as dip mats to go eye-to-eye with people. even though we disagree in the strongest way possible and come away without losing anything. the notion it never hurts to talk never has been challenge

madeleine albright. madame secretary

madeleine albright.adame secretary. >> good to be with you. >> you paid tribute to the noble statesmen, nelson mandela.

also speaking at the event, madeleine albright who served under bill clinton. they talked about the recent passing of former south african president nelson mandela. this is 25 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. please. thank you. thank you for your kind words and thank you to all of you. i am thrilled to be here. here to celebrate those that dedicated their lives to the human rights movement and we would be remiss if we did not toak as a little while ago honor the passing of one of the movement's greatest heroes. ansident mandela was activist, a prisoner of conscience and a political leader. he was, above all, a teacher. he taught us that the power of forgiveness is greater than the power and differences of race and nationality. his presence on this earth will be sorely missed, but his lessons will endure in the hearts of millions. this has become a very special event. part of what tom talked about, and it is with sadness that he has passed from this world. we have come together because of this extraordinary trailblazer, from san mateo to washington, t

we are joined in washington by david albright. he is a leading expert. the inspectors are visiting a heavy water production plant. what are they looking for specifically at this plant? >> this is a visit by the inspectors. so they are looking for very simple things. is the plant operational? how much heavy water has it made? they will try to find out what its purpose is, i would imagine. iran has said it has made enough heavy water for the adjacent heavy water production reactor. so why does it need to operate the heavy water production plant? is it going to export it? is it planning to build more heavy water reactors. the plant is part of the two facilities including the reactorer that u.n. security council resolutions have asked to have operations suspended. what that means is that this plant is also on the list of plants that the united states is likely going to want to see shut down if there is a final deal with iran. and this kind of visit creates a baseline of what is going on there and it will help establish where the plant is needed. >> today is

we are going to have a brief discussion from that of an albright -- madeleine albright. i won't take your time and introducing of them again. we will have a little discussion with them and then take a few questions from the audience and then wrap it up abou around 3:0t which point we will have a short break and then the president will come so let me invite the panel to come up. [applause] >> is this on? first we want to thank the clinton library and obviously stephanie streett. the peace process is something that we are all proud of. it one of his many lasting legacies. and the legacy is today bosnia is a multiethnic and democratic state, and i think that the team here on stage these herbs in large chunk of that credit, and most importantly, president clinton. but the unsung hero is the intelligence community. if you look at the over 2,000 pages that have been released, hats off to the historical collections division at the cia chairing another declassification effort. it's not easy to do what you all have done. so i want to give you all a round of applause for what you'

now to madeleine albright who was a u.s. ambassador in the first carry and secretary of state in the second term so very aware of how important intelligence is and how important u.s. leadership is and she was one of the earliest advocates for stronger u.s. leadership in the balkans and history has proven quite clearly she was on the right side of history before many wear and the documents that have been released today document how she was pushing and pushing and pushing and there is one that was in february of 1993, maybe a month, in the principles committee meeting which is cabinet level interagency meeting saying the policy was legitimizing ethnic cleansing. this is a woman who does not mince words and calling our policy pallid. there are some wonderful quotes in these documents, throughout the early days of this policy being developed, she was trying to keep the pressure on the need to recognize ethnic cleansing. we had to keep the process of justice and end the genocide at the forefront and she was not afraid to put the

this question for secretary albright. do you think one of the consequences of a availability of information means that there is, is there greater pressure for viewers to respond to a large number of incidents and a large number of events in would given that this build is so much higher -- visibility. if that is the case how do you do that affecting u.s. strategy? how do you avoid distracting? how did kind of filter through information as to what you really want to look at, when there is so much volume out there spinning hold that thought here there's a gentleman on the other side, and other people like to speak, please raise your hand. >> hello. i'm a student here as well. my name is mark and my question is, if you were a student right now what would you try to focus on studying next? [laughter] >> this question came in mission there are people using 21st century technology and the people are respond with 19th century ideas, so how do we get to the 21st century ideas? >> another great question. also shameless. [laughter]

. >> albright, to the world of sports now, and the eu has launched an investigation into whether spanishotball clubs have received an appropriate state aid. several clubs receive tax privileges including madrid and barcelona. >> there have been accusations of a conflict of interest because one of the official supports a club under scrutiny. >> the investigation focuses on the crÈme de la creme of spanish football. at issue are possible tax privileges granted to real madrid, barcelona, and others. the european commission is also looking into land swaps, loan guarantees, and construction ending involving other clubs. spain's executive minister has rejected the allegations, saying he believes the commission will find no laws were broken. >> we absolutely trust in the professionalism of the competition board, and we also trust the commissioner. >> but the eu's competition commissioner may be part of the problem. he's a fan of the team, though he denies his probe could be prejudiced by a conflict of interest. the pro -- the club is under investigation for state reports it received to construc

>> i put that down as madeleine albright's most embarrassing moments. you we know they were contemplating the possibility of bill clinton going to pyongyang before his term expired. but this potential trip to tehran would take the cakes. even worse than bill clinton going to north korea. bill: thank you for your time today. martha: there are new numbers just released on the leading, math and science scores of children around the world. where does the united states rank? stick around. bill: why the nfl will not air this commercial. >> for my family's safety is my highest priority. i am responsible for their protection. in the nation, we know how you feel about your car. so when coverage really counts, count on nationwide insurance. because what's precious to you is precious to us. ♪ love, love is strange just another way we put members first. because we don't have shareholders. join the nation. ♪ baby... ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ bill: disgusting, risque, but the nfl drawing the line when it comes to this spot. >> aim responsible for their protectio

well that's an altruism of how we're so different but you see it in everybody you see madeleine albright the secretary of state and clinton says if we have to use force it's because where the united states where the indispensable nation has reclaimed says the same thing obama says the same thing it's not is that for obama it's different obama recently again but over and over again in the beginning was the ministration he said well i believe in american exceptionalism just as the brits believe in british exceptionalism and the greeks and greek exceptionalism he got it but now he got attacked he got pilloried by the right wingers led by mike huckabee for saying that now he's out there waving the flag talking about american exceptionalism what does this do to our standing is the notion. that. we think there's an arrogance implied in the universe you know it's the problem is that we've never had a war that came to this homeland we never experienced it i i have i have i have felt a slice of it in vietnam it was a no i got it war destroys both sides the problem with the victor in a war is that

. >> reporter: but johannesburg in the 1940s isn't albright lights and big opportunities.articularly for a young black man. >> here was this strapping young man who had been part of this royal village who felt this high sense of self-esteem, and he was treated like dirt, like all of the other africans were. >> reporter: here in johannesburg under the harsh realities of racism, mandela meets a man who will change his life forever. >> he walked into walter's office. he was a real estate agent. and mandela was astonished. he realized there was another life that was available. >> reporter: he was also an active member of the african national congress. started in 1912, the anc was created to peacefully advocate for political rights for south africa's blacks. mandela sees the future of the organization. >> he said we at the anc wanted to be a mass organization, and we needed a mass leader. and then one day nelson mandela walked into his office. he realized that's the guy. >> reporter: he becomes mandela's mentor and encourages him to earn a law degree. he also introduces mandela

former secretary of state madeleine albright spoke earlier.she paid tribute to former california congressman tom lantos and hillary clinton looking at her years of service. >> thank you very much. thank you to mica for your kind wonders and good morning. thank you to all of you. i am thrilled to be here. we're here to celebrate those who dedicated their lives to the human rights movement and we would be remised if we did not speak as to mica did to honor the passing of one of the movement's greatest heroes, nelson mandela. president mandela was a activist, political leader, a statesman and he was above all a teacher. he taught us that the power of forgiveness is greater áhan the power of hate and the differences of race and nationality matter less than our shared humanity. his presence on this earth will be sorely missed but his lessons will endure in the hearts of millions. this has in fact, become a very special event as part of what tom talked about an awful lot. it is a sadness that nelson mandela has passed from this world but it is very

also speaking at the event, madeleine albright who served as secretary of state under bill clinton. the two women talk about the recent passing of former south african president nelson mandela. this is 25 minutes. >> thank you very much. you. >> thank you for your kind words and good morning. thank you to all of you. i'm thrilled to be here. we are here to celebrate those who dedicated their lives to human rights movement and we would be remiss if we did not to honor the passing of one of the movement's greatest heroes, nelson mandela. resident mandela was an activist, a prisoner of conscience, a political leader, a venerated statesman and he was above all a teacher. he taught us that the power of forgiveness is greater than the power of hate and the differences of race and nationality matter less than our shared humanity. his presence on this earth will be surely missed. his lessons will endure in the hearts of millions. this has in fact become a very special event as part of what tom talked about. a sadness that nelson mandela has passed from this world, but it is very much the sa

i interviewed madeleine albright and also condoleezza rice who is the next woman secretary of state and i wanted to read one excerpt because i felt particularly for this crowd do it appreciate that. was the best preparation for the rough-and-tumble of your life today being the provost of stanford. in an academic administration where you have 1400 extremely smart people who are basically independent contractors because faculty don't believe that they have any bosses. i learned when i was necessary to persuade people, when it was necessary to inform or necessary through demand. of learning to work in that environment was the most important thing and learning how to be tough enough to be with very strong personalities helped this is for you. [laughter] the next chapter that i want to talk about is marjorie in the journalism feature i talk about the world war ii journalists. margaret was a great photographer and she won the pulitzer prize for journalism. she was covering world war ii what to win the pulitzer prize and was quite an interesting person. the most interesting part of her story i

for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> coming up next, former secretaries of state, madeleine albright and hillary clinton remembering former south african president, nelson mandela. then a briefing by jay carney, followed by former candidate evan bayh on and the state of bipartisanship in today's politics. ext, former secretary of state hillary clinton receiving the next former secretary of state hillary clinton receiving the lanto foundation. also speakingion madeleine all served as secretary of state under bill clinton. they talked about the recent passing of south african mandela. nelson this is 25 minutes. >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. please, thank you. you.

. >> reporter: but johannesburg in the 1940s isn't albright lights and big opportunities. particularly for a young black man. >> here was this strapping young man who had been part of this royal village who felt this high sense of self-esteem, and he was treated like dirt, like all of the other africans were. >> reporter: here in joe nan hessburg under the harsh realities of racism, mandela meets a man who will change his life forever. >> he walked into walter's office. he was a real estate agent. and mandela was astonished. he realized there was another life that was available. >> reporter: he was also an active member of the african national congress. started in 1912, the anc was created to peacefully advocate for political rights for south africa's blacks. mandela sees the future of the organization. >> he said we at the anc wanted to be a mass organization, and we needed a mass leader. and wen thun day nelson mandela walked into his office. he realized that's the guy. >> reporter: he becomes mandela's mentor and encourages him to earn a law degree. he also introduces m

. >> beautiful thoughts there form secretary of state colin paul and madeline albright moments ago sharing flags are lowered to half staff through monday in honor of mandela. the president took a moment to honor the former leader. >> embodied the courage and sought to bring about justice not only in south africa, but i think to inspire millions around the world. >> joining me now white house correspondent peter alexander. we learned earlier of mandela's funeral and the remembrances scheduled for this. but the state service on the 15th, do we know if the president's going to attend? >> we do know that the president intends to travel to south africa, thomas. the decisions are still being made by this white house in exactly what form that will take. it's likely the president will go in and out in sort of the shortest possible form. as has been the past for the white house is often not to get in the way of the events taking place, but it's also important for president obama to be able to reflect on and celebrate the life of nelson mandela. the president's path has largely been shaped by mandel

sarah palin's feminine appearance, charm, and suggest the leadership of metal law madeleine albrightreno. with her down-home extensions, she makes harsh feminist diatribes m.d., meaning that come out of touch, and out of date. her savvy complex demeanor reflects herself as a wife, mother, and a compost career woman. get it all in there. ike margaret thatcher, heard soft -- her soft exterior is a contrast to her tough inner strength. palin simply light up the room when she walks in. here is a way to talk about these organizations -- [laughter] -- i'm just reading the quote. it is really important for these this.zations to do part of the mission is to represent women. a sickly, there is this battle with feminist organizations to say, no, -- basically, there is this battle with feminist organizations to say, no, would represent women. it fosters one of their goals. conservative women also argue that palin and bachmann's bid for office represents what feminists have long for, which is women's entrance into the higher -- women's entrance into higher-level office. but it argues that it fem

ambassador to brazil in the clinton administration and is chair of the managing board of the albright group. welcome, tony. >> thank you, jane. >> thank you, jane, and thank you for the fine leadership that you bring to this important institution here in washington, energy and reached of the programs under your leadership. i first met tom shannon in 1999 when i was unexpectedly preparing to go to brasilia as u.s. ambassador. not something i had envisioned, but with a mandate from president clinton to upgrade an important and as most of you know, under attended bilateral relationship. happily, i also met this other fell on the stage, alice otero, about the same time. to folks who accelerated my appreciation and understanding of brazil. tom was in his seat staff director i think at the time. it was readily apparent to me that tom was not only highly knowledgeable about brazil that had developed an unusual awareness and affection for the country while serving as assistant in a younger age to a prior u.s. ambassador. with tom's advice and help in particular, and of that of many others, we

and it's quite humbling for people like madeline albright, my dear friend and i to know that secretaries of state come and go, but what remains is that profound commitment to making a difference. whatever position we find ourselves, and standing up and speaking out for those who might in other words not have a voice. i'm deeply hoon norred to be given this award. particularly on two causes near and dear to my heart. women's rights and internet freedom. i want to acknowledge publicly the great work that tom, the state department continues to do in the intersection of civil society and governments. and how we can help people help themselves to make sure their voices continue to be heard. i also think it's critical that we look broadly globally about why this mission that many of us embrace for the full participation of women and girls this their society is so important. it's not just the right thing to do, it is not just a recognition that women and girls just like men and boys deserve the opportunity to live up to their own god-given potential. it is because we know that women and girl pa