above the presidential bottle of freedom, though they were in mid-january just three days before the bobbitt spent months be re- inaugurated instead was a gracious adjuster in the event all around the time comes for bob's remarks, walks up to the podium, looks around and he begins, i robert j dole in the crowd is cracking up. do solemnly swear, then a theatrical pause, so sorry wrong speech. once the laughter begins to die down becomes the punchline, i thought i would be of this historic week receiving something from the president, but i thought it would be the front door key. the thing is a madam president there is no contradiction in any of it. no paradox, they were very, very consistent. the virtues and values that led bob dole to raise his right hand, and list in the army and fight bravely until he could not raise that hand any longer with the same virtues and values that compelled him to raise his left hand for a different oath in the kansas city capitol a few years later. and then across the rotunda at h the u.s. house and then here in the senate. the same virtues and values it animate

joining us as moderator this evening is philip bobbitt. professor bobbitt is a leading constitutional scholar who has an extensive history of government service. he served in all three branches of government during seven administrations, both republican and democratic, including senior director of strategic planning at the national security council and as a member of the external advisory board of the cia. most recently, professor bobbitt was awarded an honorary knighthood by queen elizabeth ii in recognition of his service to uk/u.s. relations and public life. tonight's program will last an hour, including 15 minutes for questions and answers. your questions can be submitted via the q&a function on your zoom screen. in the interests of simplicity, we've disabled the chat function tonight so please do remember to use the q&a. our speakers will get to as many questions as time allows. and now, i am very pleased indeed to turn our virtual stage over to tonight's speakers. thank you. >> thank you. it's a great honor for me personally and it d

or we spoke with a political analyst, which we bobbitt to say, is it in crime joins nato. it sets a dangerous precedent. the rational position is previous drawn, even from the legal point of view, according to its constitution adopted in the early 9. yes, ukraine use a neutral state and that it does not become a member of a military walks. that's the foundation on which the new independent ukrainian state was built. now then you government than you are a g. m that came to follow violently in 2014 is change and that that creates a totally new reality. it because ah, as our community. but say, if your brain becomes a member of nato and you hear american weapons station on a territory. if there is a quantity between russians, the us, russia will have to switch to the nuclear option immediately because your brain is so close to moscow, it's basically, it's not about 5 minutes. why it's, it's a 3 minute flight for a more than we style. and this is something that people around the world should be thinking about. know, just that the shows in washington, that's the message. russia

so horrifying in retrospect and hearing you read that back, that was about an hour before ashley bobbitt died and about four hours before we heard mark sicknik died. >> you sent that where and how? was take personal phone? >> i left the white house. i only had a personal phone and i sent it to his personal phone. >> i'm replaying hillary in my mind now and all the debate over private servers and so forth, and i'm questioning the propriety of him receiving messages like this on his private phone. >> i think there were certainly things that were jermaine to -- germane that should have been sent on a white house phone. >> they are searching for information that might be available to this committee. did he respond? >> he did not. he did not respond and i also called the white house trying to reach the president that day. i was unable to reach him. but it goes back to this. the committee is doing incredibly important work, and i think it's been smart that they've kept their heads down. they've not made this a big flashy show where they're having cable-driven news hearings. they wait until the

i lost another cousin kayla bobbitt. >> i'm so sorry. i know that must be incredibly hard.e they at home when this happened? >> yes, ma'am. >> they're all okay? >> yes, ma'am, they're okay. we lost our house. >> commissioner hayden, can i turn to you on what mark was just describing here? do you as a leader in the community have any questions about the operation of this candle factory the night the tornados hit? >> that's the first i really heard of anything like that happening. i was there at the candle factory after the tornado and we were pulling people out, and the ones that i was pulling out said they all took shelter in the center of the room. none of them spoke to me about being told to stay or anything like that, so i'm unaware of whatever he's talking about there. but, you know, that does maybe pose questions. i know -- i've done shift work before, and when you're on shift, they don't just shut down anything because there might be a tornado. once there is a warning, you definitely seek shelter, and if somebody wanted to go home, i can't imagine them telling them no

bobbitt will be with us always, cracking a joke, moving a bill, finding common ground. his final message to the nation, he said whenever he started a new journey, when he started a new journey, whenever you start a new journey the first thing he would do and i quote is "sit back and watch for a few days, and then start standing up for what he thought was right." bob is taking his final journey. he is sitting back, watching us, and now it is our job to start standing up for what is what -- what is right for america. i salute you, my friend. your nation salutes you. and, i believe in the poet -- in the words of the poet when he described heroism, it better for you that -- better for you than anyone i know. "when the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns the compromise of death, that is heroism." may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest, bob. god bless bob dole. god bless america. and, may god protect our troops. [end video clip] >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with shane shifflett who is a reporter at " the

bobbitt will be with us always, cracking a joke, moving a bill, finding common ground. his final message to the nation, he said whenever he started a new journey, when he started a new journey, whenever you start a new journey the first thing he would do and i quote is "sit back and watch for a few days, and then start standing up for what he thought was right." bob is taking his final journey. he is sitting back, watching us, and now it is our job to start standing up for what is what -- what is right for america. i salute you, my friend. your nation salutes you. and, i believe in the poet -- in the words of the poet when he described heroism, it better for you that -- better for you than anyone i know. "when the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns the compromise of death, that is heroism." may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest, bob. god bless bob dole. god bless america. and, may god protect our troops. [end video clip] >> "washington journal" continues. host: we are back with shane shifflett who is a reporter at " the