i'm joined now by bill richardson, the former governor of new mexico and former u.s. to the united nations. also bill kristol is the editor of the "weekly standard" and p.j. crowley is a former assistant secretary of state for public affairs and a professor at george washington university. so hopefully you guys can answer how did it get to this. p.j., to you first. the war in iraq ended in december, 2011. at that time iraq was relatively calm, so how did we go from more or less a stable iraq to the predicament that we're in now? >> i think one of the key dynamics going on right now, particularly in the sunni part of the country is that sunnis fear the iraqi government dominated by shi'a political elements more than they fear isis. in 2008, 2009, the maliki government was handed an effective strategy through the sons of iraq, the sunni awakening in iraq you had a dynamic where the sunnis were cooperating with the central government, baghdad, in ways that it had not in many years. maliki, i think, has squandered that strategy and instead he's turned the institutions of

in the "crossfire," bill richardson, a former u.s. ambassador, and frank gaffney, a former pentagon official. is the bergdahl trade a sacred duty or a dangerous deal? tonight on "crossfire." >>> welcome to "crossfire." i'm stephanie cutter on the left. >> i'm newt gingrich on the right. in the "crossfire" tonight, guests with different views on the bowe bergdahl trade. i want to defend the obama administration. from any suspicion that they negotiated with terrorists. this deal is a total surrender to the terrorists. there was no negotiation. just watch this video. taliban terrorists shot it and uploaded it to the internet for the whole world to see today. it shows american special forces coming to shake the terrorists' hands in the terrorists' territory finishing a deal on the terrorists' terms. now watch this. it is a very different video of a very different greeting. here are the five taliban leaders receiving a heroes welcome in qatar after the u.s. freed them in exchange for bergdahl. no wonder the taliban are celebrating. these v

we're joined by governor bill richardson on the phone. i want to start with you we heard the secretary of state saying the u.s. is considering air strike. from your experience, what would an effective strike look like here given what we hear from people inside the pentagon that specific targets are fairly hard to find? >> i think the situation that we're seeing in iraq with isis and its advances toward baghdad, clearly they have gained a lot of momentum. they have some immense victory. the thing about isis this is not a counterinsurgency, this is very much what appears to be the incipient stages of a civil war. they are heavily armed. they have self-propelled art tillry. they keep up a lot of dust in military terms which means that they can be targeted. they have to have weapons stockpiled. they have to have secure lines of communication as they advance. all of those are very vulnerable. at this point, air strikes should not be on the table. they should be in the air so we can give maliki some breathing room. political discussions need to

who better to talk about all of this, bill richardson. and pete hookser.oth of you gentlemen. pete, you first, where does this lead the republican party? >> you coming to me? >> yeah, pete. >> sorry, thank you. i think, you know, don't read too much into this election other than, you think it is every republican in washington ought to take notice. outspent 15-1, given little clans of winning, number one, i think is reputation of washington. people are frustrated and totally sick of a washington that doesn't work. so republicans and democrats ought to be concerned about that. and the second message i read into this is eric cantor probably lost with the people back home. tonight, lindsay graham won with an overwhelming margin. he stayed in touch. eric cantor did not. >> so governor, bill richardson, some are saying this is -- that it has everything to do with immigration. other say don't overplay that. you're former governor of new mexico, where does this leave reform? >> this is a bad day for reform. the leader is traditionally in charge of scheduling legis

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bill richardson, one of your former fellow governors talking.en in our poll, it shows that most democrats, even though they support hillary clinton, want a contest. >> you know the clintons don't confide in me. but i will say -- but i do think this poll shows tremendous support, nationally, bipartisan for her. number two, she was a good secretary of state. now, if i'm a primary candidate, you run on her left. she's still close to wall street, but if this poll is measured, she has the support of every faction of the democratic party. the moderate faction, the business faction, the environmental faction. the progressive faction. and she's going to be very hard to beat. and lastly, on the loyalty issue, she showed her statesmanlike view that she would support the president on this bergdahl issue. and many other issues. >> you covered her tenure as secretary of state, did you see any other places whehre she might try to open up more differences from the president down the road? >> i don't see anything in particular. what this depends on is how peopl

we want to say a big thank you to governor bill richardson.appreciate you joining us on the phone today making time for us. it's a conversation we're going to continue on cnn. >> he lived it when he was governor of new mexico. >> and realizes what a delicate situation it is. not an easy fix as we said before. ahead at this hour, the debate over the "r" word. the feds run a play against the washington redskins. could it be effective if a player came out against the team. we're having a conversation next. >> a great question. (vo) after 50 years of designing cars for crash survival, subaru has developed our most revolutionary feature yet. a car that can see trouble... ...and stop itself to avoid it. when the insurance institute for highway safety tested front crash prevention nobody beat subaru models with eyesight. not honda. not ford or any other brand. subaru eyesight. an extra set of eyes, every time you drive. if yand you're talking toevere rheuyour rheumatologistike me, about a biologic... this is humira. this is humira helping to relieve

ambassador to the united states, bill richardson. people toss around terms like drone strikes and air strikes. this isn't easy. barbara starr is reporting from the pentagon that officials say there's great difficulty now identifying targets because of the lack of intelligence on the ground. to be blunt here, what does the u.s. shoot at? >> well, especially since we're talking about a relatively modest size force. some numbers are in the area of 800 to 1,000. what they would probably be looking at targeting would be columns of vehicles heading from the north down to the south heading toward baghdad. that would be the most likely target. or any command and control centers that isis established to execute these operations. >> governor richardson, the question is, if they do shoot at it, is there a justification to do so? the iraqi government is accused of being closed off and unfair to the sunni population and not doing enough to stem the flow of arms to the assad regime in syria. it's been far from a unifying force in iraq. governor ri

. >> thanks to bill richardson and frank gaffney. the debate continues online at cnn.com/crossfire. from the left i'm stephanie cutter. >> from the right, i'm newt gingrich. join us tomorrow for another edition of "crossfire." "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> next breaking news, white house officials have just finished briefing the senate on the controversial deal that freed sergeant bowe bergdahl. a top republican senator who was just in that closed door meeting "outfront." >>> plus two 12-year-old girls allegedly stabbed their friend 19 times, and police say a fictional character called slenderman was the inspiration. >>> and president obama, he is just like us. the commander in chief's workout routine actually caught on tape. let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, everyone. i'm erin burnett. tonight we begin with the breaking news. at this moment, top white house officials just finishing briefing the senate. it was a closed door briefing on the prisoner swap in which bowe bergdahl gained his freedom. officials from the state department, the defense department, and na

ambassador to the united nations bill richardson. he has experience with negotiating with rogue characters. good morning, sir. >> good morning, carol. >> ambassador, i just want to get the elephant out of the room now. if bergdahl is a deserter and en daengerred his fellow troops, this is what critics appear to be asking, was it worth releasing the most dangerous taliban leaders for his freedom? >> yes, it was. the precept that any hostage negotiation, especially an american soldier, is you bring that soldier home no matter what. i think secondly, carol, you can't look at it as proportional, one in exchange for five. look what happened with the israelis with shalid, the israeli soldiers. it took 1200 terrorists in exchange for one person. i think the administration was correct in moving forward, in striking the deal when the iron was hot. his safety was jeopardized, his health was not in good shape. all of this needs to be investigated. the deserter initiative and the deserter stuff. but the fact remains that will may be one more ben

spanish multinational corporation received a $33 million ex-im loan, while former energy secretary bill richardson simultaneously sat on its advisory board and ex-im's as well. ex-im guaranteed $10 million in loans to benefit the politically favored solyndra which clearly did not favor taxpayers. and just yesterday, just yesterday we woke up to the report in the "wall street journal," quote, the u.s. export-import bank has suspended or removed four officials in recent months amid investigations into allegations of gifts and kickbacks, as well as attempts to steer federal contracts to favored companies. ex-im may not just be guilty of cronyism. it may be guilt of corruption as well. now, i will admit, republicans may disagree on whether ex-im should be reformed or allowed to expire. and i certainly hope that this hearing will help eliminate -- will help illuminate, rather, that decision. but we are united in leavie in that we cannot rethorize the status quo and we are also united in believing that the smarter and fairer way to promote american exports is by fundamental tax reform, strong trade agre

recently a spanish multinational corporation received a $33 million xm loan while former secretary bill richardson simultaneously sat on its advisory board and ex-im as well. they guaranteed $10 million in loans to benefit solyndra. just yesterday, just yesterday we woke up to the report in "the wall street journal," quote, the u.s. export-import bank has suspended or removed four officials. in recent months amid investigations into allegations of gifts and kickbacks as well as attempts to steer federal contracts to favored companies. ex-i am may not just be guilty of cronyism. it may be guilty of corruption as well. i will admit republicans may disagree on whether xm should be reformed or allowed to expire, and i certainly hope that this hearing will help illuminate that decision. but we are united in believing we cannot reauthorize the status quo. the smarter and fairer way is by fundamental tax reform, strong trade agreements, a regulatory freeze with the exception of health and safety, and greater american energy independence with projects like the keystone pipeline. i now recognize the rankin

spanish multinational corporation received a $33 million ex-im loan, while former energy secretary bill richardson simultaneously sat on its advisory board and ex-im's as well. ex-im guaranteed $10 million in loans to benefit the politically favored solyndra which clearly did not favor taxpayers. and just yesterday, just yesterday we woke up to the report in the "wall street journal," quote, the u.s. export-import bank has suspended or removed four officials in recent months amid investigations into allegations of gifts and kickbacks, as well as attempts to steer federal contracts to favored companies. ex-im may not just be guilty of cronyism. it may be guilt of corruption as well. now, i will admit, republicans may disagree on whether ex-im should be reformed or allowed to expire. and i certainly hope that this hearing will help eliminate -- will help illuminate, rather, that decision. but we are united in leavie in that we cannot rethorize the status quo and we are also united in believing that the smarter and fairer way to promote american exports is by fundamental tax reform, strong trade agre

hillary clinton has received about talking about her financial situation, and i just read that bill richardson there's good news and there's bad news. the good news is that she is the dominant candidate. everyone will coalesce around her candidacy. bad news is that that makes her the pinata that everyone wants to hit. they've made a lot of money. it's very american, making a lot of money. many of our modern day presidents have made a lot of money. so, i don't think she needs to be defensive about that. i think she needs to begin to emphasize, obviously, what everyone knows, and that is her policies are all about the middle class. her policies are about enabling families to have opportunities in america where they can, in fact, make a lot of money and live their dreams. it's her policies that matter here, not the personal attacks that seem to be the main course that happens when you get engaged in a big political presidential campaign. >> all right, nicolle wallace. >> and you're shining a spotlight on this epidemic, really, sexual assaults on college campuses. are you surprised this would be w

for an anti monarchy drive he posted on twitter so let's shed some more light on that in the bill richardson and how he ended up behind bars so back in two thousand and his top additionally bahrain center for human rights and obligations he would run for nine years at the time of the uprising has already targeted by the government in march twentieth love an armed man broke into his home detained and beat him the following month tear gas was fired into his elderly mother's house he soon began receiving death threats on twitter in may two thousand and twelve he was briefly arrested after taking part in julian assange a show here on all c. three months later was sentenced to three years jail for organizing and participating in antigovernment protests the term was reduced by again december and today for now at least he is a free man he was one of the first media outlets to interview nobel rajab since he was released and here's what he had to say if your job is getting reacquainted with a life away from isolation and abuse all the story was in isolation. so. this is i was more. going to go i've s

power for partisan ends, his attorney general, elliott richardson, a republican, appointed archibald cox as special prosecutor. likewise when president bill clinton faced charges of ethical improprieties, his attorney general, janet reno, a democrat, reported robert fiske as independent counsel. sadly, the current attorney general has refused to live up to that bipartisan tradition of independence, of integrity, of fidelity to law. repeatedly i have called on attorney general eric holder to remove the investigation from the hands of a major obama donor and put it instead in the hands of a special prosecutor with meaningful independence who at a very minimum is not a major democratic donor. even the very slightest respect for rule of law would suggest that the attorney general should not be part and parcel of a political and partisan cover-up. therefore, i intend in a few moments to ask for unanimous consent to call up a senate resolution expressing the opinion of the senate that the attorney general should appoint a special prosecutor to investigate and prosecute if the facts support the i.r.s. targeting of americans and its potential cov

bill is here or not. the seminal definition of what is a robot is the paper by richardson smart presented here two years ago and those eminent robo law scholars concluded after three or four sentences of analysis that a robot is a constructed system that displays both physical and mental agency but is not alive in the biological sense. that a robot is embodied and it manipulates physical things in the world as distinct from a disembodied a.i. under the richards and smart definition, the robot in 641a is not a robot at all, unless you can put arms and legs on it. but the activities are purely computer processing, perhaps -- even if it is in sort of one unit, it isn't technically a robot. it's an algorithm. it's a computer program. perhaps it's artificial intelligence, whatever that means, which gets into other definition al problems. my point in saying this is not to promote my and bill's definition of a robot, it's not to pull a shifty jurisdictional game and say this a robot conference and you're not talking about a robot so get out, we could do that and go to the bar early but it's a bit early for that. t