foreign policy program here and on behalf of john thornton who is with us today cochair of the brookings institution'ser trustees and our president strobe talbott. i'm delighted to welcome all of you here to brookings this afternoon for a special address by mitchell bachelet president of the republic of chile. we are very honored that she was able to take time out of her busy schedule here in washington, including her knitting with president obama at the white house earlier today. for the foreign policy programs alan and jayne bachan international leaders. i also want to extend a warm welcome to president bachelet's high-level delegation from santiago including many members of chile's congress and private sector leaders. we are especially happy to welcome back to brookings foreign minister niÑos who back in 1977 spent a year with us here at brookings as a visiting fellow finishing up his ph.d.. president bachelet is no stranger to our halls either. she joined us in 2009 for a talk from this podium on how latin america was coping with the global financial crisis. washington is familiar ground as well f

gary better plus, an economist at the brookings institute spores a minimum wage hike and jane shirk, at the heritage foundation, is opposed. james, let me -- first of all, welcome, gentlemen. and james, let me begin with you. why are you opposed to it? you think $15 doesn't make economic sense, huh? >> you need more than good intentions. you need good results. we are talking about an already weak economy, where businesses are struggling with the cost of the affordable care act and obamacare and now you're proposing doubling the cost of hiring entry level workers? the only way they are going to be able to respond is by cutting jobs and raising prices. >> i assume you like or embrace the concept of a minimum wage to begin with, but why should the government, and especially a city, be engaged in the business of setting labor prices? >> well, it's little easier to justify to the federal government, the federal government is raising the minimum wage on a nationwide basis. it means that fundamentally, employers get to take wages out of the negotiating with their workers. the minimum wage w

he spoke at a conference on europe hosted by the brookings institution. it is about 45 minutes. ladies and gentlemen, i hope you have had some time to enjoy lunch. we hope you have had a good lunch. we are truly pleased to have tony blinken here to wrap up our annual conference today. does not have an immense amount of time with us. he has to leave on the dot at 1 :15. we are privileged to have him here given all the things that is happening on the agenda. he probably has a few things to do manning the office. delighted with tony was agreed to give the keynote. tanker.fellow think [indiscernible] has goner directors off to work for tony. their work together on the european front. tony is probably keeping him pretty busy. the londonor administration -- worked for the clinton administration. the senate foreign relations committee. he began the deputy assistant to vice president biden when he moved to the white house. do being an to advisor for president obama. he has a good record of advising people. we should pay attention to things he has to say today. to tell us about transatla

also a senior fellow at the brookings institution. he has written a number of books. one of our viewers says this, insanity is doing the same thing, expecting different h regards to sending those advisers to iraq. this is from laurent, who says it has been terrible. what foreign policy , and arlene says president obama is doing the best job possible with the cars that have been dealt to him and under the wings of the advisers who surround him. one must always keep in mind that there are many press polities and powers of the larger equation and he is just one leader doing his job conscientiously. democrat line, good morning. caller: good morning. for coming to c-span this morning, i appreciate your knowledge and history in iraq. are you there? guest: yes. caller: unfortunately, we are so dependent on fossil fuels. i am wondering, how much of our oil comes from iraq? host: thank you for your call. we will be focusing on oil production in about 20 minutes. independence on even middle eastern oil has dramatically declined. depend onnd the world oil, and will for a long ti

is shadhi, a fellow from the brookings institution. he wrote "temptation of power, islamist democracy in a new middle east", thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> before talking about diplomacy let's talk about what you see about the military action by the rebels gaining strongholds by the two posts on the syria border and the border with jordan. your idea of what is happening there in terms of influence? >> sure. the momentum for now is with i.s.i.s. they are riding the wave and feel that things are moving. the iraqi government hat not been able to muster an efficient response. in the coming days and weeks we'll see a better response. especially if they have additional u.s. military assistance but for now all the talk is about the rise of - the rise of i.s.i.s., and they seem unstoppable for now. it's more difficult when they try to control areas that are dominated by shias. that will be a difficult if not impossible for them to hold those territories. there's a natural limit to how far i.s.i.s. can go. and up until

ken pollock of the brookings institution, cnn political comment tear charles blow in new york, and retiredrmy lieutenant general mark hurtling, joining us via sky from orlando, florida. ken, to you first. what is taking so long? isn't this strange or is this worrisome to you iraq would ask for assistance, yet it's the iraqi leader who have to sign uf this piece of paper that we heard it described from the white house, it's just a matter of signing it, faxing, and done. why is it taking so long? >> it iraqi bureaucracy is incredible columbia inefficient. our form -- incredibly inefficient. our former ambassador said everything in iraq is very hard all the time. beyond that, the iraqis may be trying to figure out what they want these guys to see and not see. obviously, prime minister maliki would like help from the united states but wants it his terms. what he's been hearing from the obama administration is the administration isn't necessarily ready to simply let him do whatever he wants to do. for instance, i've got a very big question mark about what kind of a strategy we've agreed to with

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among the most celebrated of these is robert kagan, senior fellow with the brookings institution, a darling of the knee owe cons. he's been a foreign policy adviser for john mccain, mitt romney and hillary clinton. in 2002 he wrote that for the war on terrorism to succeed saddam hussein must be removed. when george w. bush set out to do just that, kagan cheered him on. then in 2006 called for a surge in american troop levels to prevent iraq's collapse. now robert kagan is stirring controversy again with this lengthy article in the new republic. superpowers don't get to retire. wh he calls for america to return to muscular global activism. his article brought a sharper post from another scholared historian who seized the role differently. they have seen the horrors too closely to advocate more of the same policies that failed in vietnam and iraq. a graduate from west point with 23 years in the military including time in vietnam. he teaches history at boston university and writes best selling books and articles and essays and journals both liberal and conservative. like this critique of kagan

the white house saying that martin is returning to the brookings institution and he was appointed by john kerry trying to foster a deal. but the peace negotiations have collapsed. >> it is signed sealed and delivered in ukraine, they have signed an agreement with the european union. the people were forced to choose between independent ukraine and russia and now what this deals more ukraine. >> it is making a difference in the lives of millions of ukrainians. there are stumbling blocks to continue, russia may pull the levers and use the influence to try to do what it can to provent the smooth is running. now the closer ties between ukraine and europe is obvious to all, and big costs involved, bringing the ukrainian produce up to the eu standards. putin in moscow saying this whole process over several months now left ukraine deeply split, arift between the east and the west and it is tough the argue from this point, where i am standing, the administration is controlled by forces which would like to see part of the world going to russia or at the very least independent and the desire to

the president suggesting they blow up the brookings institution. well, there was somebody on the staff of the sense to stop it, but that was rare. so you also have what i learned later, you have a president who frankly was a very heavy drinker and he slurred his words, and is also on medication which usually for convulsion but it was not meant for depression, but someone had given it to them for depression. it enhances the effect of alcoholism. so he would pick up the phone at 3 a.m. and call david cohen. this is a president. fire everybody on the sixth floor of the state department. this is an order. slam. and then calling back, this is the president calling again. that order is not repeatable. slam. it was up to people to decide whether not to carry out these orders. this was a scary thing. we did note that the times would learn a lot later. as i told you, i have a passion about the subject of impeachment. it is thrown around so easily now, and it is very, very dangerous. it's a very serious business and serious people went about it seriously, an

scott from the brookings institution.e than three centuries scotland has been part of great britain that could change in months. new work for drones i look at some of the businesses out there who are more than ready to take advantage of them. keep it right here. ♪ ♪ >>> it's good to be king. until you are not. king juan carlos of spain is leaving the thrown after almost 40 years, he's handingth crown to his son, prince felipe in open of revival the monarchy which has been plagued a scandal. he took a secret luxury elephant hunting trip in 2012 when the nation's jobless rate was soaring and the government feet oater brink of default. the trip became public after the king broke his hip in a fall and was rushed back to spain to surgery. controversy also extends to his youngest daughter princess christina caught up in a tax fraud and money laundering scanned. prince philipe has not been tarnished by controversy. time is ticking for scottland. they will vote in a september referendum whether to end a bond that has last today m

. >> i want to bring you in here before we play a clip of your film the brookings institution study is households until 40. over the last few years the student debt has spiked might not be captured in recent numbers. >> the study is based on 2010 data. for the class of 2014, 70% of students from public and private schools are graduating with an average of $33,000 in debt. that is an amount that is hard to carry. the other thing we should look at is that it shows that the repayment term for those loans has actually doubled in the amount of time. so whereas students previously maybe were holding their debt for seven years now are holding it for upwards of 14. >> that delays house creation and maybe getting married. i want to take a look at a clip from your movie. >> a lot of the older generations that criticize the millennials grew up at a time when you could go to a state university and pay your way through with summer jobs. these children got to college and realized the money is not there to pay for me. and everything that i was told about the way that the world works turns out not to

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john studies beurachracy at the brookings institution. >> the reality is you need someone who is familiar with rue bureaucratic management as well as military issues and that is often hard to find. >> reporter: with secretary outser a west point graduate is in charge. they may require more to fill the role. people inside and outside the government are speculating in others. ray odierno is chief staff. sexual assaults to the rank were failing. he could bring candor to the job. mike mullen former joint chiefs of staff for obama and george w. bush he could appeal to both parties. and congress woman tammy duckworth of wisconsin who lost both of her legs in iraq she would bring experience serving is as a secretary in the v.a. you wanted someone more aggressive. >> we have to look towards the future. the v.a. is an organization that is terminally stuck in the mid 20th century. they have squeak through but it's not enough. >> reporter: the next challenge may be a way of bridging the differences over the best way forward. some republicans wanted to move toward privatizing parts of the v.a. while

john hudak studies at the brookings institution. >> the problem is you need someone with bureaucratic as well as military individuals and that individual is often hard to find. >> reporter: with secretary shinseki's ousster, sloan gibson, a west point graduate, is now temporarily in charge, but the president may consider more high-profile names to fill the role. people inside and outside the government are already speculating on several. he once bluntly said mike mullen, former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff for obama and george w. bush, he could appeal to both parties. and congresswoman tammy duckworth of wisconsin who lost both of her legs in iraq. she would bring experience already having served as an assistant secretary with the v.a. tom tarantino with the veterans affairs says they need someone aggressive. >> the v.a. is permanently stuck in 20th century and they have squeaked through the last if you'res to try to modernize, but it's not enough. >> the greatest challenge for the next head of the v.a. may be trying to find a way to bridge the differences over the best way f

according to the brookings institute obama issues an executive order every 11 days.ten days and reagan every seven days. obama administration is the less on executive orders since fdr. back in barnicle's era. he is not even here and i'm still being mean to him. >>> charlie rangel won in a bruising democratic primary in new york. it took 18 hours to make the call but as jon stewart shows us the harlem democrat wasted no time in claiming victory. >> rangel won. he beat espaillat but he danny know until he wandered out on the stage to find out what was going on for about an hour. >> do you know what location they are? i'm at what? >> 48. >> 48? so that means 20% -- 49.2. >> so? >> 49-42. >> you're up. >> and i'm up 49-42? what should i do? >> i don't know what you should do. >> congressman rangel was trying to figure it out and trying to make sure there. >> like waiting in the hotel room for that? is that when you sit with your handlers? >> he wanted to be out there with the people. >> i like it. behind the scenes. pull the curtain back. that's good. >>> north korea is

brookings institute came out with a study, we are destroying more businesses than we are creating in this country for the first time in our history. we have fewer small businesses starting, more failing. the woman who wants to open a beauty salon in her home, the lawn services company, these are the kinds of small businesses this create jobs. they're independent entrepreneurs. >> so can i just say for sure, you know, we are living in a freelance nation, and the best way to understand this and why to me it's so hopeful and exciting is that i think we have the best example of a freelancer on this panel. in fact, we have the freelancer in chief right here. this is somebody who left the most amazing government job to pursue meaningful things, entrepreneurially has created this wonderful organization. has time to think and write, spend time with his wonderful family to show us that this is something that has to be a role model for all of us, that we can start leading these lives. >> president clinton, just what we've introduced here, because you have written about this, you wrote about it

. >> the brookings institution recently hosted a discussion on the future of europe following the results of the european union elections. a look at the economic challenges facing member countries, including -- including the future of the eurozone. >> i am with the codec and international strategy at brookings. i am particularly delighted to chair the first panel and look like to thank the on that and jeremy schapiro to ask me to do it. it is a particular privilege to do it at a conference in honor of what i knew for the past two years. a wonderful calling. think she would be very interested in the topic, not just because of the events in ukraine but also because she has such a strong passion for european union foreign-policy and europe. we are very fortunate to have panelist for the topic of what is going on inside your rep. the second panel looks at europe's role in the world. at not justg europe's economy but everything that goes on inside the box. is euro prepared to get out of the financial crisis and ready to return to robust growth in take on a greater role in the the projectmplete

proves that watching fox so-called news actually makes you stupid the study released by the brookings institution of the public religion research institute found that those americans who most trust fox news are the most likely to not understand how our current immigration system works and the least likely to support any changes in this badly broken system and those who trust other news sources for example the reality is that under the obama administration deportations are at an all time high more than twice during what it was during the bush administration and have been pretty much since obama came into office but of americans who think who think fox news gives them the most accurate information about politics and news only twelve percent actually know the fact the deportations have increased under the obama administration the study said that trust in fox news is an act as an accurate news source is the most powerful independent predictor of opposition to a path to citizenship so watching fox news literally makes people stupid is this is this part of the republican strategy in that study it only

earlier this week the brookings institute released a poll concerning the amount of trust americans have in their television news sources and surprisingly fox news took the top spot twenty five percent say they trust of the station as the most trusted name for their news as a station is consistently both the most and least trusted news source to the extreme polarization of the corporate media giant but far more interesting is that only five percent of respondents said that. is the most trustworthy news source a score so low that even the daily show with jon stewart a comedy show is considered more trustworthy and on top of these pathetically low numbers all the corporate media is seen in near unprecedented ratings as more and more americans turn to alternative sources to become informed so to discuss the reasons why so many people are tuning out the corporate press as well as the stop the top stories the corporate media is ignoring i was joined there by making huff director of project center going to professor at the album valley college i started by asking making why he included edward

he will return to the brookings institution and the deputy will assume the internim position. and two palestinian militants killed in an israel air strike. they were members of a militant group aligned with hams. this comes as a massive manhunt by three israel teenagers. one has dual israeli- american citizenship. >> president obama making a push to aid syria rebels after he refused to do something similar. this is to combat the terrorist trying to take over iraq. they would vet to make sure the weapons don't fall in the wrong hands. officials say the program may not begin until next year but asking for the money now. >>> this is a fox news alert. mark mayfield has died in what is an a parent suicide. mayfield was accused of helping to take photos of septemberor tha d conchra n. mayfield denied involvement in that. mayfield was ostriicized after the rest. deborah and i are saddened to it hear of the loss of mark mayfield and he will be missed. our prayers go out to his family in this tragic moment. >>> winning ground held by troops, there are serious questions here at home. is

. >> michael o'hanlon from the brookings institute, thank you. >>> i.s.i.l. has claimed much sorry sourth and north of iraq with the aim of creating an islamic state. ize it's rise to a brutal strength may be surpassed by its fortune. it is run by an eniing mat yik leader and may be the richest terror group, after stealing hundreds of millions from banks in mosul when they captured the city. we are joined by robert mcfadden, senior vice president at the sufan group providing strategic security intelligence services, a former assistant director with counter-terrorism with the naval criminal terror services. i.s.i.l. has gained a lot of territory and a lot of money. where is it getting its funding from? >> it started back when it transitioned from the islamic state in iraq into its current form as i.s.i.l. in operations in syria a funding streams came from taking money from christian shia and sunnis thought to be supporting the regime. up until what happened the other day in mosul, with a reported $400 million, it was effective in raising money from some of the

in a new survey by the left-leaning brookings institution and the public religion research institution25% say fox news is the most trusted name in news. by the way, fox leads not just amongst conservatives but among independents as well. 23% picked broadcast news, 17% cnn and 12% public tv. 8% picked "the daily show" and trailing jon stewart 5% say the most trusted is msnbc. >> okay. >> bad for msnbc, great for fox, right, but i think that they have a point. jon stewart has to set up the news in order to snark about it so you do learn something. >> i think it goes beyond that. it's interesting that "the daily show" rated relatively high, 8% of the people and that is it seems to me that people like the fact that he cuts through the spin and the bs and they like to laugh. >> it's very funny. >> you learn while laughing and i think that's something that is usually missing. i want to say happy father's day to my day, warren ashburn, in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, love you very much. >> happy father's day to warren. >> still want to talk about jon stewart. nobody gave us a wrap. that's it for

the brookings institution holds a form on the results of the european union elections.peakers include the british and insh ambassadors to the u.s. about 45 minutes, we will discuss administrations climate change initiative with david don iger and paul whaley of the american coalition for clean coal electricity. >> epa is reposing a clean power plant that will cut carbon pollution from our power sector by using clean energy sources and cutting energy waste. ♪ good morning. with the official announcement yesterday by the epa administrator, the debate over climate change, coal and other energy forces is now front and center. we will begin with your reactions to the white house plan. the president has arrived in warsaw, poland. the first stop in a five-day trip in europe that will conclude with friday's d-day ceremonies in normandy.

he is a senior fellow with the brookings institute. ken, this feels like it came out of nowhere. there have been warning signs, you warned the obama administration years ago this was coming. did they not listen or not take you seriously? >> yeah, the administration had a different narrative about iraq. a different view of what was going to happen there. myself and a number of people were basing our warnings on not just iraq, but lots of civil wars just like this. i think if you look at the history of the civil wars, it was obviously this was the course they wanted to go in. they wanted to think about iraq in a different way. but i think you're right that we have to concentrate on the problem that we have now. >> ken, luke russert hear in washington. one thing i found fascinating is the degree of which this is sunni versus shiite and how they're so fed up with maliki that portion os of saddam's old army is joining the isis. how significant is that? they have significant training and they know the country inside and out. >> you put your finger on the critical thing going on here. w

we're going talk to -- from the brookings institution.k forward to speaking with him after the program. i was reminded by john busy, a bright guy from "the wall street journal" who was on the set the other day, vietnam fell in about five days. that the troops just started melting away and it was over and then two years later, it was two years later that the helicopters came in to try to get all of our people out of vietnam because president bush had gone to congress and said, we need money. we've got to get back in there. congress said no. congress said no. [ chainsaw buzzing ] humans. sometimes, life trips us up. sometimes, we trip ourselves up. and although the mistakes may seem to just keep coming at you, so do the solutions. like multi-policy discounts from liberty mutual insurance. save up to 10% just for combining your auto and home insurance. call liberty mutual insurance at... to speak with an insurance expert and ask about all the personalized savings available for when you get married, move into a new house, or add a car to your

the author of the new brooks institute acknowledge that the number of students taking on debt to pay living expenses have been increasing, and over the last decade, the costs have doubled. 50% in private and four year and two year schools, but they analyzed only 7% of young adult households with student loans have more than $50,000 in debt. and by contrast, more than half of such households have $10,000. and 18% from 10 to $20,000. a fellow at the browns education center and coauthor of the report, she joins me from washington and thank you so much for coming, and question for you. you read the papers as much as i do, and you really think that's not a crisis out there? because that's everything that we're reading. >> in a sense, it's a kries, but just not the crisis that everyone is talking about. the prevailing myth is that there's widespread financial distress and all of the policy solutions on the table. and i think what we're pointing out is that the attention should be elsewhere. not on the typical borrower, the figures that you just cited indicate that it's not a widespread pro

>> a lot of parents are happy -- melissa: four out of five don't have a job, the brookings institute of these folks, 18-34 say they would rather make $40,000 a year in a job they love than the one hundred thousand dollars in a job they find boring. they don't want to work unless it is fun and don't realize work is work, you are supposed to get out and make your way. >> we are really hard on these kids. we are cooler parents. how about they want to stay with you because you are cool? terrible, go to bed at 8:00. >> there's a better relationship with parents and kids. and first of all there is something to be said about the fact that families are closer and you will see that when parents are older. melissa: the way young people talk about hurting their job prospects the growing phenomenon is becoming -- take a listen. >> thank you for considering me for this opportunity. melissa: you don't think the kardashian -- people coming to my office looking for jobs -- not authority of, if they are like the kardashians. >> too much watching reality tv, texting and not having good enough conversa

. -- the brookings institution hosts a discussion on the state of the european union. now, a look at the history of presidential signing statements, and legal issues involved in the u.s.-taliban swap that led to the release of sergeant bowe ber gdahl. from "washington journal," this is 30 minutes. >> joining us is jonathan turley, a law professor at george washington university law school. we will talk about the release of sergeant bowe bergdahl in return for five taliban commanders. i was hoping you could walk us through details surrounding this. for people who might not be aware, if the white house wants to transfer prisoners from the facility, what do they have to do? >> there is a law where congress sets standards. there is a provision that says if you really someone from guantanamo bay you need to have the secretary of defense make determinations, like this one not come back on the united states in terms of risk, that you have taken steps to determine what is going to happen to them. these are the types of determinations that any administration would do anyway. th

the president suggested that they blow up the brookings institution because he believed and was toldby these plumbers that some papers left over from the pentagon papers were still in the office and they should set a fire and in the confusion go in and get these papers. the president is suggesting. somebody on the staff had the sense to stop it, but that was rare. so you also have learned later a president but frankly wasn't on the lot of the time. he was a heavy drinker and he slurred his words and he was also on a medication which was really for convulsion, it wasn't meant for depression but someone gave it to him for depression. it enhances the effect of alcoholism. so he would pick up the phone at 3 a.m. and call david cohen. this is the president. fire everybody on the sixth floor. slam. and then another president with callback. that isn't appealable. slam. now it was up to people to decide whether or not to carry out his orders. this was a scary thing we didn't know at the time so we knew a lot later. as i told you i have a pact that is thrown around so easily now and it is ver

from washington is washington post columnist and senior fellow of governance studies at the brookings institutescherer, this week's cover piece focuses on the underlying factors influencing the current upheaval in iraq and it is an awesome, awesome piece. michael, let me start with you. the president is a very reluctant wartime president and he opened the door to possible greater military engagement, but i got the sense that he is going to do everything to make sure we don't go any further than we already have gone. >> well, i'm not sure. i mean, we won't put troops on the ground. he said that before. he repeated that again today, but he definitely left the door open to further military action and i read that to mean air tracks to prevent the fall of baghdad to preserve the current government that exists now. there is a habit obama has always had especially with foreign policy. if there is a choice to a and b he always answers c and splits the middle and goes in a different direction. on the one hand we're not putting troops in iraq, but sending 300 people to work on the ground in iraq, militar

with a conservative estimate according to the brookings institution of 270 million guns, americans havest half the private live owned firearms in the world. and law enforcement officers have to go about not just their jobs but even sitting in a restaurant dealing with an armed public that is in a lot of cases more heavily armed than they are. and now we have the right, people in the nra saying you just need a good guy with a gun and that stops a bad guy with a gun. these are two cops sitting in a restaurant, lost their lives and then other civilians was killed and what killed these laalleged shooters were themselves. >> we can't say there aren't warning signs, there are. the facebook page. this isn't an isolated case. this happened in santa barbara. the combination of gun extremism, radicalism plus lax gun laws is resulting in actions like this. lawmakers have to create reform that will allow us to take guns away from people who can be harmful to others or themselves. >> i think the thing that's going to stand out to a lot of people is that statement that he was kicked out of that ranch

a report says the situation may not be as dire as you thing the the authors of a new brookings institution studies acknowledge that the number of students taking on debt to pay tuition and living expenses has increased. over the last two decades the costs have doubled, at 4-year public universities and increased 50% at private 4-year and public 2-year schools. only 7% of young adult households have more than 50,000 in debts. half of the households have 10,000 in debts and%. >> beth co-authored the report and joins me from washington. i know you read the paper. do you think there's not a crisis out there. that's everything we are reading. >> in a sense assist a crisis. the prevailing narrative is that there's widespread financial distress among all with student loan debts and a lot of policies on the stable assumes that. the attention should be elsewhere is what we point out, not on the borrower. the figures you sited, as they indicated, it's not a widespread problem. >> let's talk about the typical borrower and things that have happened. in a lot of cases repayment terms have been stretche

the brookings institution hosted a discussion about the election results and waiting for the future of one hour 45 minutes. >> all right. we'll start. thank you so much all of you for being here. despite the rain which kind of threat and for a little while but has almost stopped. it's really wonderful to have all of you here, and i think we'll have a very lively and interesting discussion. thanks to a truly fantastic panel. i'm so grateful you agree to join us. and the timing is pretty good, you know, about a little more than a week after the european parliamentary elections in the middle of this debate that is interrupted from the presidency of the commission and many other topics to cover. we have and the baltimore who has the global conversation for your news. she came all the way from london yesterday. [inaudible] >> europe. i'm sorry. from paris, that's right, i'm sorry. i made a mistake. and isabelle, for those of you who watched her but maybe not everybody has had a chance to, moderated the first european presidential debate. although as i said i know others may say what came ou

i'm joined by michael leiter and counter terrorism and national security analyst and from the brookings institute, michael o han lynn and colonel jack jacobs, medal of honor recipient and msnbc analyst. let's talk about this group. they are in syria, they are in iraq. how have we let them become so dominant and the maliki government so weak? the isis is an offchute of al qaeda and iraq. it has broken with al qaeda leadership because they are so extreme. the fight in syria, they became a very powerful force there, very armed and one of the most effective military groups fighting assad regime. second, with the maliki government being anti-sunni, they have opportunity for adherence and those combined and that's what we're seeing today. >> we're even seeing rohani saying would come to the help and support maliki, his fellow shiite and defend baghdad against these insurgents. the players are just -- have moved srn in such a way and the u.s. is the big loser after ten years, almost a decade of war. what are we seeing in iraq? >> i would pick up on michael's earlier point and isis is very influential an