ambassador gary locke. officials from the chinese defense ministry launched another protest with the u.s. military atash sha, they said the americans' comments could encourage japan to take action. that raises tensions in the region. ministry officials say the japanese have been scrambling jets to intercept chinese aircraft and they say japanese officials claim the chinese have been intruding on japan's air defense identification zone over the east china sea. >>> south korean defense officials also say china's air defense identification zone partly overlaps their air defense zone. fumio kishida says china's creation of the air zone was unacceptable. kishida was speaking at the upper house committee meeting on monday. >> translator: china's creation of an air defense identification zone is an attempt to unilaterally change the status quo in the east china sea. it's very dangerous, as it could lead to unintended consequences. >> the foreign minister said the zone violates the principle of freedom of flight ab

with that, ambassador daalder, let me welcome you to the podium. we're looking forward to your reflexes today. [ applause ] >> thanks for that really kind and full some introduction, it's good to be here. i've heard that you said it was -- you were hoping for a provocative and frank speech. because this is off the record, right, except for c-span, i will hopefully oblige. no, it really is i think fitting to have the opportunity to talk about my four years at nato and sort of what the future looks like here at the atlantic council that has done over the many years so much to support transatlantic relations, to support nato, and support, indeed, my own work when i was in brussels, including in the runup to and during the nato summit in chicago when the atlantic council worked very closely hand in hand, i should say, with the chicago council on global affairs to bring nato to the united states and to remind people what -- how important this alliance is. that's really what i want to talk about. next year is the 65th anniversary of nato. in most countri

ambassador in the eyes of japan. caroline kennedy arrived here at the imperial palace, pull in a horse drawn carriage, traveling through streets of tokyo. she arrived at the imperial palace for a formal ceremony where she presented her credentials to the emperor of japan. she made a short statement after the formalities. >> eager to begin work as ambassador. so it was a wonderful ceremony. and i'm honored to represent my country. >> the japanese, the ones who have shown up here, appear to be relatively unconcerned about kennedy's lack of diplomatic experience despite pressing issues in this region like north korea, china, as well as the global economy. they say what has brought them out here and what they are most impressed with with their new ambassador is her star power. erin in. >> star power counts for something. thank you. >>> let's check in with wolf who is filling in for anderson on ac 360. a star himself.

and for the egyptian ambassador to turkey to return and to expel the turkish ambassador from cairo is a step that had to happen turkey has proved that it supports terrorism and terrorists that the senate today that would that be. in a quick reaction that turkey's prime minister said that turkey will never respect the ec come to power after a two and reciprocate it by declaring the egyptian ambassador has an unknown craft center. tensions have been mounting between the two countries at the cincinnati cheeky ousted the chips used in this president this summer turkey's islamic reach agreement on too strongly to see it and the subsequent bloody crackdown on remorse he protests in august. c is currently in prison awaiting trial on charges of insight team manager and finance loyalty is not just as many had begun to give opposite of that deal are doing the dishes in the polish capital managed to find common ground on a number of key issues thereby paving the way for global climate pact. when it's been a tough fortnight negotiations their goals or just yesterday that like the troops from the

we have a new pub, a new ambassador, and a country -- p ope, a new ambassador, and a country based on the same principles. relatesmy question further back. 1991, december 25, the soviet union fell. willsecular historians attribute that to ronald reagan's economic doctrine. if you could articulate, what is and position on john paul's the fall of the soviet union? guest: you will really enjoy the book. i put a lot of things in there about this critical time for the and the unique parallel activity of ronald reagan, margaret thatcher, and he holy see. it is a recent highlight of holy see the nomadic activity, culminating with a quote from which says, everything that happened in eastern europe would have been impossible without the pope. john paul went to poland in 1979 and wanted to go to the shipyard. the man said no. he said, i'm going to leave and make an international incident. solidarity,enthused and the rest is history. he went back if you years later saidfew years later and poland is one great big concentration cap -- camp. the uniques to stature of the holy see is a soft power pl

ambassador campbell formerly served as the ambassador to zimbabwe and was a member of the central americant. mr. ambassador, thank you for joining us today. what is happening in nicaragua? >> nicaragua is definitely on the road, i would say. is security situation excellent. our economy is doing well. and we are involved in a number of very interesting and innovative programs. and we are very confident that we have finally brought together all the necessary elements that make us feel sure that we are now on the path towards development. >> the whole central america area. those countries have had a tough go. >> very, very difficult. in the 1980's, we were involved in wars. but i believe that we finally turned the corner. and now we are on a new track. the central american integration system is working. the various central american countries have found ways to begin to cooperate among ourselves in dealing with some of the major threats. we believe that the most serious threat to the region right now is drug trafficking and organized crime. and the central american countries, through the regio

. >> host: you serve as ambassador to the u.s., pakistan's ambassador to the u.s. from 2008 to 2011. you advised the late benazir bhutto and you are now professor at austin university and the director of the south and central asia hudson institute. you write extensively for "the new york times," "the wall street journal" and the national tribune to name a few of the publication so you obviously have a very inside view of this relationship and i think just the title is strong of u.s. policy toward pakistan and in your words if i may quote you say the u.s. pakistan relationship, a tale of exaggerated expectations, broken promises and disastrous misunderstandings. i want to delve into what you mean by that a little later in the interview but first i want to ask you a simple question. what motivated you to write this book? >> guest: this book has been on my mind for many years. i was a college student in 1979 when several of my colleagues -- i was in karachi in the south of pakistan but my colleagues as students in islamabad even in burn down the u.s. consulate the hol

director of affairs and former ambassador.hat have the rebels seen in terms of aid from the obama administration. >> the obama administration has two levels of support. non-lethal equipment, and they promised to-- >> lethal equipment being what, trucks, and what's called some of food for the rebels has been provided in the last few months. but none of the assistance that the state department has promised has been reached to the opposition on the ground. the fear that we have because that weakened the opposition, that's the increased presence of some organizations like al-qaeda, which right now is considered one of the largest organizations as a threat not only for syria as a country but to the whole region . >> news shows that the saudi arabians are moving forward in parallel to u.s. efforts or really outside of u.s. efforts, going on their own. tell us more about it and why. >> well, i think this has happened already to say that they have not done that i think is untrue. they've been funding different groups in syria. they ha

ambassador? >> senator, i think it is -- i think it's critically important, and i recognize the operational difficulties of this. this is not a silver bullet. it's not a panacea. it would be very, very hard to do. but i think the united states has to insert itself as the overall supervisor of who gets what in terms of external military assistance going into opposition groups in syria. in order for us to do that effectively, you know, my sense is and i realize there are reservations about this, we have to have some skin in the game, okay. i know that there are departments and agencies of the united states government that have spent a lot of time identifying elements inside syria we want to support. i believe that we have from the saudis and others agreement in principle that this supreme military council should be a conduit. the problem is we need to be out there in charge of what's happening. >> can we be in charge if we are not providing an additional massive increase in lethal weaponry? >> i do

i'm sure we'll have the ambassador available to you.nator cain deferred to senator markey. >> thank you, mr. chairman, very much. thank you each of you for your service. you've got very tough jobs. i think we all know that. i also think we have to approach all of this with a lot of humility given what we've learned after we intervened in iraq, in libya and afghanistan. after what we've seen go on in egypt we should have a little humility in the united states in terms of our ability to control events on the ground in these countries in a way that allows us to basically in eye-watering detail be able to move the pieces around inside of any country. i just hope we all keep a little bit humble here begin what we've already gone through over the last several years. not with standing our concern for the humanitarian crisis and our desire to see assad be removed. may i ask you, mr. ford, if you could give us a little bit of an update at the al qaeda forces coming from iraq, on some of these other extremist groups. where they are making it. and

jean kennedy smith was bill clinton's ambassador to ireland. and uncle schreiber was ambassador to france. >> thank you so much. [ speaking japanese ] >> reporter: and japan's government is apparently delighted to have a celebrity envoy who has the president's ear. andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >>> that is our broadcast on a tuesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night. >>> good evening, thank you for joining us. i'm jessica aguirre. >> i'm raj mathai. dry no more. a significant amount of rain for the first time in 11 months. this was the scene in maren. as for the evening commute, it's slick and sluggish. >> a look in emeryville. people were dodging the raindrops. nbc bay area chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is tracking the wet weather. we begin with jodi hernandez in the elements in walnut creek. >> reporter: it's hard to see on television, but it is raining lightly in walnut creek, for folks driving home on highway 24 at the 680 interc

ambassador was officially as we know someone to explain the situation to germans while the british ambassador was just so invited to answer some questions why is that. i think it goes reflects the fact that germany and britain are both in the european union together they're meant to be part of a common political project and so it's more difficult for them to express the open antagonism that does exist but at the same time i think it's going to have consequences it will deepen the divides between the. britain as represented by the new government within germany. there really is historic difference there with britain more representing an atlanticist view of the european union obviously being part of the so-called five volumes together with the u.s. you know u.s. led straight to new zealand and britain ok well these are. these are two e.u. countries as you said and they have strong a store going to make ties but then again berlin says that it's illegal to use an embassy for our you know electronic surveillance purposes and again of these allegations prove to be true what sort of consequences coul

he served as ambassador to pakistan from 2000 wait until 2011. we advise the late prime minister at boston university and you write extensively for "the new york times" and wall street journal just to name a few. and you obviously have a very inside view of this relationship and i think just the title is a strong indictment towards the u.s. and pakistan. you say that the relationship, entail of exaggerated expectations and broken promises and disastrous misunderstandings, i would like to delve into what you mean by that little later in the interview. at first i'm asking you a simple question. what motivated you to write this book? >> guest: this book has been on my mind for so many years. i was a college student in 1979. several of my colleagues, as in students, burned it down the u.s. embassy and people also wanted to go down to the u.s. consulate in berlin that done as well. all of this had taken place when the holiest mosque and shrine of government had been taken down. so people just went berserk. and i was someone who said no, we can't do th

he's most recent achievement was being selected as a youth ambassador and traveling to south america. jose is >> (speaking spanish.) >> (clapping) so much to celebrate. thank you very much >> (speaking spanish.) >> (clapping). >> thank you district attorney george. we would like to now move forward with our program but first we would like to acknowledge a special person who arrived at the scene we want to thank former mayor willie brown for being here today (clapping) >> (speaking spanish.) >> (clapping) on the brown side; right? willie. it's my pleasure >> (speaking spanish.) >> so, now i'd like to introduce dignity 89 supervisor campos and there's no translation for this he's from guatemala. he received his law degree from harvard please welcome supervisor david campos. thank you good evening. i'm so honored to be in front of of this amazing crowd it's a good lucking crowd. i want to acknowledge a bunch of folks i see the superintendant of our schools >> (speaking spanish.) >> (clapping) i'll be brief this evening should be about the students. but i want to say we've had some pretty

you served as the ambassador from 20,822,011. you advised of the late prime minister benazir bhutto. you're now professor at boston university and the director of the south and central asia institute. you write ostensibly for "the new york times," "the wall street journal," the international tribune to name a few of the publications. so you obviously have an inside view of this relationship. and i think just the title is a strong indictment of u.s. policy towards pakistan. and in your words if i may quote, you said the u.s. pakistan relationship, a tale of exaggerated expectation, broken promises and disastrous misunderstandings. i want to delve into what you mean by that a little later in the interview but first i want to ask you a simple question. what motivated you to write this book? >> as this book has been on my mind for many years i went to college in 1979 when several of my colleagues -- i was in karachi in the south of pakistan but my colleagues as students in islamabad burned dow turned dow. embassy and people at karach

joining us tonight is ambassador and leader of a group known as global zero, he was ambassador for several presidents and several countries and most notably, ambassador to the u.n. thanks for coming in. >> i'll ask you the first question, good deal or bad deal on balance? >> good deal on balance. if you got the 20 leading experts on iran in a room, six weeks ago, and layed out this deal, 95% of them would have said not possible. >> not possible, because iran wouldn't have agreed to it. what about the on going threat against israel and netanyahu says this is a terrible deal and he's afraid for fate of his country. >> mr. netanyahu said that up until yesterday. yesterday he decided he would send his national security adviser to talk to the united states, i think constructively and wisely. about how we should shape the next deal to take into account his interests. that's important. but i think they have slid off a little bit. i think it was really hyperbala. >> down the road, this slows down the iranians for making a nuclear bomb, but it does not stop them. if the hard choices haven't been ma

ambassador to can void and ambassador quinn it's a great honor to have you on the show i'm very delighted to be with you and i want to wish you a very happy thanksgiving to all of your viewers thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday in the united states it's one that no matter what your background what your ethnicity what your religion is it's something that unites all americans absolutely and thanksgiving and is associated with food and i believe that you sad ones that the greatest challenge that humanity faces today is whether we'll be able to feed the nine billion people who are expected to populate this planet by the year two thousand and fifty now some experts would say that absolutely we can so the problem is not so much whether the planet can produce enough food there are some would argue that it already produces enough to feed everybody but rather how we can distribute this food fairly and so that nobody goes to sleep hungry well i think absolutely right that food distribution is a huge issue and we do right know this year in two thousand and thirteen produce enough food to feed every

and the security that was even sent down with the ambassador was very light., they took the same route that the british ambassador had been fired upon about three months earlier. so i don't know how much really preliminary work they had done on preparing for the ambassador to be there. >> wow. congressman westmoreland, thank you so much for being here with the update. we'll talk to you again soon. >> thank you very much. >>> well, a "kelly file exclusive." the college senior who eck bro the story that hundreds of his classmates are losing their insurance thanks to obama care and the phone call he got from school administrators after he went public with that. test te >>> that torch of truth for our young people toward a better future for themselves and for this country. >> be the torch of truth said michelle obama delivering the commencement address back in may. a few months later the university canceled its low-cost health insurance plan citing soaring costs from obama care. my next guest is critical of the move, and apparently college administrators are happy

use served as the ambassador as the embassador to pakistan 2008 through 2011 you advised benazir bhutto dow professor at boston university of the director and thuds tin is to he writes extensively for the "wall street journal" and "the new york times" today matthew. you obviously have a very in side few of this relationship and i think just the title is a strong indictment of u.s. policy. and is in your words you save u.s. pakistan relationship the tale of the exaggerated expectations with disastrous this understanding. i want to delve into what you mean later in the interview but first a simple question, what motivated you to write this book? >> guest: it has been in my mind many years i was the college students during the fall of pakistan but when his love of god burned down the u.s. embassy in and people wanted to burn down the u.s. consulate all of this over in the incident that happened at mecca of with the holiest shrine was taken over by a gunman and they thought the americans were involved. and i said no. we have to wait if we burned down the building we cannot run burned if the

and the security that was even sent down with the ambassador was very light.fact, they took the same route that the british ambassador had been fired upon about three months earlier. so i don't know how much really preliminary work they had done on preparing for the ambassador to be there. >> wow. congressman westmoreland, thank you so much for being here with the update. we'll talk to you again soon. >> thank you very much. >>> well, a "kelly file exclusive." the college senior who eck bro the story that hundreds of his classmates are losing their insurance thanks to obama care and the phone call he got from school administrators after he went public with that. check it out. i can't believe your mom has a mom cave! today i have new campbell's chuy spicy chicken quesadilla soup. she gives me chunky before every game. i'm very souperstitious. haha, that's a good one! haha! [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. avo: thesales event ign is back. drive" [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. which means it's never been easier to get

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and the security that was even sent down with the ambassador was very light.fact, they took the same route that the british ambassador had been fired upon about three months earlier. so i don't know how much really preliminary work they had done on preparing for the ambassador to be there. >> wow. congressman westmoreland, thank you so much for being here with the update. we'll talk to you again soon. >> thank you very much. >>> well, a "kelly file exclusive." the college senior who eck bro the story that hundreds of his classmates are losing their insurance thanks to obama care and the phone call he got from school administrators after he went public with that. [ paper rustles, outdoor sounds ] ♪ [ male announcer ] laura's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today her doctor has her on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. pop in the drum of any machine... ♪ ...to wash any size load. it dissolves in any temperature, even cold. tideo

half --lcome ambassador hoff. of foreignnt relations, i would like you to begin with opening statements. then we'll see how we are in time when you finish those statements determine whether we might ask questions. kaine, thank you for your invitation. i'm delighted you think i can -- to yourto or deliberations. it is truly a problem. you have my full statement. i will compress things. the first point i would like to make if i may is that the chemical weapons framework ateement recently arrived the united nations security council is most definitely a good thing. we have news this morning that syria has been the deadline for the destruction of the production facilities. much work lies ahead. and assad regime that is deprived of these materials is a good thing for 23 million syrians. problem at its root is not an arms control problem. chemicals are the tip of a very deep and deadly iceberg. one that will surely, if left unattended, kill all attempts to create a political path to a negotiated settlement to this proble

i think that the day and when the iranian ambassador in jerusalem and the saudi ambassador see the israeliovernment to discuss eliminating the nuclear weapons agreement could be reached quickly. ambassador mill her a response as well. i ask audience members to not continue to jump in. the code organized by the cia and the british to overthrow most of the deck was a huge mistake, which consequences are evident at that today and this is part of the lit any of every discussion with iranian government. this is reviewed and commented upon and understandably so. madeline albright as secretary of state dealt with that issue by saying in her view it was a mistake. but it -- we're living with the consequences now. we understand that. and the iranians understand it even better than we do. so that is part of the historical background, and we want to move on from that point to a recognition there's -- there are better ways of dealing with our oil problems than overthrowing governments and perhaps we've learned that lesson. >> another speaker wants to jump in. otherwise we'll move ton another question.

there's one ambassador who thinks-- he's dying in the park.y finally get to a stream and he thinks thank god it's over. and ted said, we better undress because we're going to cross the stream. he said in the honor of france i took off my clothes and got to the other side. and ted said why do you have on these laf dergloves. and he said you never know. you might meet ladies on the other. somebody wroteaise bad review of his "rough riders" book and said he looked like he was the only person in cuba and should have been called "alone in cube "a." he wrote the guy back and said, "i regret to tell you, my wife and family loved your review of my book." he said now you owe me one. you need to meet me because i respect the press. >> jon: and not a thin-skinned man. he had hide on him. >> he built his own hide. he had asthma and was told you had to make your body and became an exercise manic. >> jon: this idea of long-form activist muc muckraki, when you read it, it bring a tear to your eye. it makes you despair what has come of our current-- this is m

ambassador to the holy see is similar to any ambassador to a secular bilateral mission. communicating about american policy interest in trying to work with them to advance those interests in the normal diplomatic intercourse, if you will. speaking in the host country about what america stands for, which for me was a great opportunity to speak about the first amendment, our unique first amendment, and our unique melting pot. you just had a gentleman on about immigration. the concept of sovereignty in is based on lineage. our concept of citizenship is based on what you do for america. host: how many times did you meet the pope at that time? guest: twice a year. host: what were those meetings like? how long do they last? guest: the beginning long meeting was about 40 minutes, and i had another meeting with him about 15, 20 minutes wait her. -- 20 minutes. there is next change of pleasantries, five-minute or three-minute discussion about whatever topical issue is forefront between that country and the holy see at the time. you have talked about america's interests. what were

ambassador ford, we will start with you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. raking member corker and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to come and give you an update on the united states government's syria policy. i have submitted written testimony for the record. i have been alternating one week in washington and one week in the middle east for the last month, as we work to provide assistance to the moderate opposition, and as we push for political settlement. at the focus on those two elements, strategy with the opposition and focus on the political settlement, and i will let my colleague's assistants talk about humanitarian assistance issues. the conflict is a war of attrition. regime is suffering serious manpower shortages. it has brought in foreign fighters from hezbollah, from the iran revolutionary guard, and even iraqi shia militiamen. the moderate opposition that we support is fighting on two fronts, both against the regime and against militants, extremists directly linked to al qaeda in iraq, the same al qaeda in iraq that we u

ambassador. they want answers about the attack that killed hakimullah mehsud.ree others were also killed. the u.sthe mehsud is suspected f planning th attacks four years . pakistan is condemning the drone attacks saying this violates their sovereignty. >>> paul ciancio took a rifle to lax and started shooting. he was shot and taken into custody. >>> edward snowdon contractor is being recruited as a witness inquiry into angela merkel's cell phone. >>> seeds of success. >> reporter: when a filed fire ignites, containment is the first priority. record high temperatures coupled with dry weather whipped up more than a dozen major wildfires in colorado this summer. but what happens once the fire is distinguished could be the difference between fueling more wildfires or preventing them. this is a site of a june 2012 pine ridge wildfire. >> it burned 14,000 acres in the course of a few days. one day in particular, so thousand acres burned. >> andrea is a conservation scientist with the botanic garden. >> one of the issues after a fire like this is the problem of invasi

there are many nights i think even they will toe the line telling the british ambassador to tax. it's one of the low census. wonder what sense is designed so that is appropriate we should tell the auntie so to those amish women in mosul since the death destruction and many in the relationship between britain and a smile said it it's it's great to meet the guy coming back the total collected side of the dynamic duo susannah constantine admits she's totally god of israel and israelis by throughout this country. so much that they love to tear the house life no i coming and i feel so good. i really really laughing about my summer coming up next week at my local radio and todd composing everyone to judaism and its radius them. maybe i would greatly help this country. and they couldn't resist asking him to two further delayed flights online would go being in the tv for the flu global news network. i would say yes and i would say that we all know he's touring stage beneath the liking of awesome address itself to the states and i think property. you gotta see it that could be in all frie

ambassador to washington in 2007-2012. good to see you here again. is there anything you would like to say in the way of opening remarks? >> thank you for the opportunity to contribute. i would like to make some introductory remarks. that theng point is relationship remains the most important of the uk's international relationships. it is remarkable that despite the many cultural and other differences between us, we still have a shared approach to the world. fears ofvercome the decoupling europe and america which were prevalent during the cold war period. relationship is a close set of defense and nuclear intelligence connections. all of that rests on foundations which are largely nongovernmental. the human links, the vibrant cultural and educational connections and a remarkably successful commercial and economic relationship. it was very good that you delve into that just now. i do not think the fundamentals changed since the coalition government took power in 2010. the prime minister has been genuinely committed. there has been some change in the r

by ambassador ak mar ahmed. professor at the university school of international service and author of "the thifle and the drone", and with us from boston, professor of international relations at boston university. ambassador - pakistan's interior minister says the u.s. ambushed peace talks about to begin with pakistan's taliban, and the drone strike on hakimullah mehsud is an attack on the peace protest. do you think the u.s. has an talks? >> i don't think so. the intention of what the united states did we are not sure, because these things never come out in public quickly. the consequences we know - scuttle the peace process. the minister is using shark, undiplomatic language , unprecedented. if you saw the interview, i saw it on television, his body language is hostile. he is conveying the anger and fury in the government towards the strike >> given those comments and the way the ambassador described them, why would the u.s. have done this - is it something where they had the chance and out? >> i probably thin

the philippines for the latest on the aftermath and recovery efforts and we'll be joined by the ambassadoro the philippines of the united states. >>> whole families lay in the rubble, survivors looking for scraps. it looks like a war zone. this is the condition of towns across the philippines as typhoon haiyan slam through the island in record-breaking force. >> everything is destroyed. everything is gone. the only thing left are our clothes and my child. >> i'm asking for help because i no longer have a home. i do not have any money. i do not have anything left. >> reporter: officials estimate the number of dead may be at least 10,000, but because of shattered infrastructure the world may not know the full picture for days. >> it is so difficult. we are helpless. it's like we're starting again. >> an arc spell go of more than 7,000 islands, the philippines are no stranger to typhoons. sustained winds were nearly 200 mph. before the storm made landfall over 800,000 people made in coastal areas were evacuated. they feared the slow-moving storm could dump overwhelming amounts of rain. >> we

>> start with mohammed za riff who was the iranian un ambassador and while ambassador in new york participated in shovelling money to the iranias. and was involved in a lot of successful evasions of sanctions including paying someone to keep quiet. >> who represented iran. who represented the u.s. >> wendy, found kim jong-il to be witty and a problem solver and charmed by the fact that he watched michael jordan highlight videos. north koreans have a bomb. >> you are not impressed. >> i am impressed with iranian but not the person we i'm impressed with the iranian credentials not impressed with the person we sent. >> we'll see what happens over the next six months and if anything can be undone. thank you so much. >>> the trouble is not over for two florida teenagers named by police in the case of a young girl's suicide. one of the mothers is leading a new crusade in starting with parents of caitlin and guadaline. [ paper rustles, outdoor sounds ] ♪ [ male announcer ] laura's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today her doctor has her on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of a

ambassador thomas pickering. thank you for joining me. david, let me start with you. we will talk later in the program about the afghan interests as this year unfolds. what's the united states' interest? what are the specifics thbottom country is looking for as it proceeds to extricate itself from afghanistan? >> our number 1 bottom line after 2014 and in 2001 when we went in was terrorism. al-qaeda still exists. the threat of a resurgent al-qaeda is something we can't accept. so we need to make sure that afghanistan is never again a haven for terrorism. >> ambassador pickering, how would you answer that question? >> i would agree with david that terrorism is an issue. i think that we have a difficult problem because over the years, we have created several impressions or misimpressions about why we are in afghanistan. one of those is the swiss democracy misimpression. another of those -- >> say what that misimpression is. >> i thought that shorthand would work. that misimpression, i think, is that we are somehow there to assure that afghanistan becomes a modern, funct