presidents and american foreign policy for decades brzezinski speaks. about dangerous times from the cold war right up to the modern day war on terror his interview is coming up next. doctor's uber group brzezinski is perhaps the most influential figures in u.s. foreign policy has advised u.s. presidents for decades and served as the national security adviser under the carter administration he sits down now with r.t. dr brzezinski thank you so much for joining us we do appreciate this opportunity it's very nice to be with you it's been nine years a sense nine eleven and there are still no signs of osama bin laden in your book the grand chessboard you write for america the chief. geo political prize is eurasia america's global primacy is directly dependent on how long and how effectively its preponderance on the eurasian continent is to staines is that why we're in afghanistan to sustain our global supremacy nowhere in afghanistan before because of nine eleven. nine eleven involved a horrendous crime against the american public and it's called for measur

dr brzezinski thank you so much for joining us we do appreciate this opportunity it's very nice to be with you it's been nine years a sense nine eleven and there are still no signs of osama bin laden and your book the grand chessboard you write for america the chief geo political prize is eurasia america's global primacy is directly dependent on how long and how effectively it's preponderance on the eurasian continent is to staines is that why we're in afghanistan to sustain our global supremacy nowhere in afghanistan before because of nine eleven. nine eleven involved a horrendous crime against the american public. and its cold for measures designed to make certain that that doesn't occur again american role. continent of europe asia it's much more benign involves alliances with some countries it involves improvement in relations with some previous sometime going to. show it should not be confused with the operation of afghanistan which was a very specific historical motive and a very specific objective now i want to ask in an interview with a french magazine in one thousand nine. hu

a couple hours, democratic and republican leaders will walk together at the behest of one mika brzezinski to promote her agenda of healthy living and fighting obesity. among the power walkers with us today, jvalerie jarrett, pennsylvania governor ed rendell and kirsten gillibrand. joe and i will head for the airport as soon as the exercising begins. glad you are watching us this morning on msnbc or listening to us live on the radio. shoot us an e-mail or text the word awake followed by your response to 622639. the next 30 minutes will be your cram session for this thursday, september 16th. a lot to tell you about today, including another wayne for a palin-backed candidate this one in new hampshire. plus, i'm still stuck in the old tv news convention of wearing pants on the air. no such inhibition for this newsman in slovenia. we'll have the latest pantsless headlines in just a few minutes. first the news live at 5:30 a.m. here in the nation's capital of washington. >>> establishment republicans are now starting to pledge their support for christine o'donnell's general election campaign in

served as the national security advisor under the carter administration he sits down now with dr brzezinski thank you so much for joining us we do appreciate this opportunity it's very nice to be with you i want to ask in an interview with a french magazine in one thousand nine. prior to the former soviet union's invasion. according to their analysis. of the soviet union was to a degree more important than quote. and that you don't stand by that statement now version of the interview was not an interview the interview was an extensive interview which was supposed to. me never was. published but basically the fact united states decided to provide. assistance. to the directory. when it did. directly that it was expanded and continued under republican administrations after the president carter left office. turned the resistance and led directly to. collapse of the soviet union and that removed from the international scene the horror of a possible nuclear war between the soviet union and america. has made possible the kind of reconciliation but it's not under way in eurasia but more important t

served as the national security advisor under the carter administration he sits down now with dr brzezinski thank you so much for joining us we do appreciate this opportunity it's very nice to be with you i want to ask in an interview with a french magazine in one thousand nine. union was to a degree more important than quote. and that you don't stand by that statement now yes although that version of the interview was not really an interview the interview was an extensive interview which was supposed to be translated and sent to me never was excerpts from it was sort of amalgamated and published but basically the facts are correct the united states decided to provide. funding to the i've got a resistance when it became clear the soviet union was big getting to intervene more actively and directly. when it did intervene directly it was expanded and continued under republican administrations after the president carter left office in turn the resistance in afghanistan led directly to the collapse of the soviet union. from the international scene the horror of a pause. nuclear war between the

on sunday at 8:00 p.m., joe scarborough and mika brzezinski hosts a one-hour discussion called "waitingor superman." this monday on the "today" show matt lauer sits down with president obama about the state of education in america. that interview will be simulcast from 8:00 to 8:30 eastern time on msnbc along with cnbc and other nbc networks. >>> here's your "first look" at some of the other news going on around america today. an oregon bus driver is out of a job after a passenger got cell phone video of that driver reading an e-book at one point driving with his elbow. he was initially placed on paid leave but is now fired for "posing an immediate threat to public safety." in florida, another incident of distracted driving. only this time a sheriff's deputy was the one accused. photos show him on his cell phone while riding his motorcycle in 50-mile-per-hour traffic. an internal investigation found no wrongdoing on the officer's part stating it is not a safety concern for an officer to briefly check a cell phone while riding. >>> in california workers from seaworld try assisted an inju

in addition to morning joe's mika brzezinski, the democratic senator evan bye, and white ouse press secretary robert gibbs will all attend. >>> renovation work starts as early as next smer for an iconic landmark at the univsity of virginia. its famous rotunda will be restored. school officials approved a $22 million project toix the leaking ceiling and lumns. uva hopes the state will pay for the $13 million of work. private funds and donations would take care of the rest. uva's founder thomas jefferson, designed the rotunda after rome's pantheon. the original construction wrapped up in 1826. overdue for a makeover. >> just a little bit, yes. >> you and i. >> yes. >> jefferson called monticello just as magnificent. it's well worth the trip. we've got a beautiful morning under way once again. temperatures around the region that are pleasant. no weather causing any problems as you head off to work and school. all the roads are dry this morning. and the streets and sidewalks, as well. as we take a look at the temperatures now around the region. 69 at national airport in washington. most areas are

there are some and are snooping just to be a wall street trophy wife team for a lower priority so brzezinski musim we had to open super come back to you it soon superconductors industry you use at the bottom and if you should see. new political office or next year issues such as force neutron reactors fusion reactors. new playmate is soon if we use right the eyes of the therapy and take notice as well we construct a super computers in our federal nuclear centers. in space birdseed now we will be constructing first. nuclear energy installation for spacecraft will make it what it sounds like you have amazing and very intense projects going on the best of luck to you sergei nova coming from a walk out on who is one of the stands here at the russian pavilion we of course will have more throughout the day for you from the same high expo back to you absolutely any swell will looking forward to getting more from where you are the moment of which is shanghai thanks very much indeed for the sub date. and we have lots more coming your way here in our team including something out of this world. witness

know we i mean for some unfortunately you see very close to trophy wife for a lower priority since brzezinski so we had to open super come back to you soon superconductive you to syria you piece of the book and see if you should seek. nuclear technology so the next generation successful citroen rictus fusion reactors . you've been made to see and if you use right do i suppose there are a few things. it was just as well we construct two super computers in our federal nuclear centers all they'll say are. space birdseed now we can be constructed for us. new pm and she installation or spacecraft will make a way it sounds like you have amazing and very intense projects going on the best of luck to you sergei nova come from a walk out on one of the stands here at the russian for the yes we have course a lot more throughout the day for you from the same high x. . and he's in our reporting there for us now russian president dmitry medvedev has signed a decree firing the moscow mayor your english cough who has been in power for almost two decades the kremlin says it is due to a loss of confidence in t

i mean for some of them first you think you see very close to true five for all your priorities brzezinski musim we had to open super come back to you soon supercool. dr you just sorry you missed the boat and if you should see. nuclear technology so next you ration seisures force neutron reactors fusion reactors. nuclear made is seen if we use right to isotope therapy and take notice as well we construct super computers in our federal nuclear centers all they'll say are in space birdseed now we can be constructive for us. nuclear energy installation or space crafts off mic but it sounds like you have amazing and very intense projects going on the best of luck to you so again no the come from a want adam who is one of the stands here at the rest of the year we have course a lot more throughout the day for you from the same high x. . and he's now reporting there russian president dmitry medvedev has signed a decree firing the moscow mayor your english cough who was in power for almost two decades the kremlin says it was due to a loss of confidence in the city's top official large joins us no

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. >> this sunday, joe scarborough and mika brzezinski will host a ground hall on the documentary partour special series education nation as the networks of nbc universal put focus on raising the grade in america's classroom and on monday a nbc news exclusive. president obama will sit down with matt lauer for a live one-on-one interview that will air uninterrupted for an entire half hour starting on msnbc and on msnbc nbc and join andrea at 1:00 live from the plaza and she will talk with arne duncan and the following. plus two journalists that were featured in the movie ewsweek's" jonathan alter and the "the washington post" jay matthews. that is monday on msnbc. >>> coming up, where can bill clinton help democrats and president obama on the comeback trail some we will ask the strategist to weigh in. first, the current president gushes to the former president about a little first lady love. >> bill clinton understands where i'm coming from here. he knows what it's like to be married to somebody who is smarter, somebody who is better looking, somebody that is just all-around a little mo

eastern with brian williams hosting a town hall with teachers, sunday night, joe scarborough and mika brzezinskiary "waiting for superman" and monday, president obama sits down with "today's" matt lauer for a live one on one interview that will air uninterrupted for an entire half hour starting at 8:00 eastern right here on nbc, msnbc, and cnbc. then join us at 1:00 live from the plaza, our guests that day will include education secretary arne duncan, american federation of teachers president, randy weingarten, boston mayor thomas me kn menino and "newsweek's" jonathan alter and "the washington post's" jay matthews. >>> violence erupted in israel today after a guard shot and killed a palestinian man accused of throwing stones at jewish settlers. rioting broke out during the man's funeral that spread to the compound surrounding the al aqsa mosque. it comes as peace talks hang in the balance. the head of israel's plan to end the moratorium on settlement construction coming up this sunday. danny ayland is former israeli ambassador to the u.s. good to see you. >> always a pleasure to be with you. >>

joe scarborough and mika brzezinski will host a town hall meeting "waiting for superman" september 26the pope is making a state visit to britain. he immediately he met the queen. he is spending the day with local church leaders, although his visit is not without controversy. nbc stephanie gosk joins us and how are things going so far for the pope this morning? >> good morning, chris, they seem to be going pretty smoothly. one of the big questions for catholics in this country is whether or not the pope was going to address the priest abuse scandal. he did that over on his flight from rome and he said the catholic church didn't act quickly enough or decisively enough. and that's not the only issue he's going to have to face here. there's a growing liberalization of catholics in this country and they feel the catholic church in many respects is disconnect would the modern world and they feel the celibacy of priests should be limited and they are hoping the pope will address those issues. but, overall, as you mentioned rbs this is the official state visit from a pope in 500 years and the c

. >> rose: where was brzezinski? >> he was for me. >> rose: he agreed with you?es. >> rose: and the key to it was what other than your own stubbornness and tenacity? >> well, i would say the key to it was sadat's generosity. sadat told me in advance my good friend jimmy, he always called me, anything you want i will agree to it, with two provisions. one that provisions be made for the palestinians to detmine their own future. and secondly for all israelis to get out of egypt. that is the sinai dest. so i had great negotiating flexibility. >> rose: and assad would have bought into that if, in fact, you're gettingñr out of the goln heights.ñrñr >> sure, i think so. >> rose: and jordan would have bought into it if you go back... >> ió think that made it possie forth coming than prime minister begin was.Ñi he he was the last and most rekals trant member of the israeli delegation and he finally agreed to remove the settlement from the sinai, which was egyptian territory. only if he didn't have anything to do with it. that would be a decision to made by the knesset wi

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brzezinski, you tell me the story -- finish this story about iran. he was the only one that saw it coming. >> michael is exactly right. it was a pretty glamorous weekend, i want to say. michael and i were down in athens, georgia, we were watching c-span in the hilton. it was pretty glamorous, pretty exciting. so i was on a stage with dr. brzezinski, madeline ail bring it -- albright, and it was about the middle east policy. at some moment, iran was in the news and admiral turner said we didn't know enough about islam and the region to really understand the hostage crisis. president carter raises his hand and he says, jon, may i come up? i said, they're all your helicopters, sir, sure, you're the president. he comes up and he says, i understood everything about iran. that's just not -- that's just not the case. the other thing about this, this is when he wrote the book with apartheid in the title, about palestine. the first question i asked, of the panelists, have you read president carter's book, what do you think? they all said, no, we haven't read

>> i'm hiding the upcoming paperback, next week with the introduction of one mika brzezinski. >> i feltpelled. i was angry at the moment. >> nobody told me this. >> don't tell joe. >> it's a surprise? >> yes, you are, actually. hello. >> hey, mike. let's talk about rahm emanuel. he could be out by the end of this week, as early as friday, some are saying? is that what you're hearing and if so, who are the likely front runners to take his spot? >> the president had said he would go after the mid-terms. turns out the president, a, wants to get this drama over and, b, rahm needs to get started, and we will hear as soon as friday. the president will stay inside, inside his comfort zone looking for a successor. pete rouse and valerie jarrett and tom donilon is someone close to him a long time. when you look at names a permanent successor, they are people inside, tom donilon, deputy chief of staff, ron klain, the chief of staff to vice president biden and pete rouse, who could get the job for good. this shows the president is not going to go for sacrificial lamplamp - -- lambs, not going to g

joe scar borrow with you along with mika brzezinski. tina brown of the daily beast and mark halprin with msnbc and "time" and willie geist. the founder, as jon meacham says t founder and publisher and host of "way too early." john writes in a critique every morning. >> that's great. >>> we have a big show today. we're going to be running back and forth to places. president bill clinton will be on the show later this morning. and we have a lot to talk about this morning. >> we do. you go first. >> we saw "waiting for superman" yesterday. actually the story dovetails nicely with the newark story today that's in the news. but wow. you walk out of it feeling really twisted up and angry. >> willie, we were all there, and i knew how it was going to end. people were telling me about the lottery for these poor kids trying to get into good schools and the parents, and even knowing how it was going to end just everybody broke down crying at the end. you just sat there knowing you were watching a personal tragedy unfold. >> in your own country, in

. >> our drill sergeant mika brzezinski. >> with mika. >> we're looking at it right here.s very well having been a georgetown student it's very tough. as usual, she kicked the crap out of me. >> and there's kind of a disturbing image here. you're working out and she's putting something in your mouth. please explain something quickly. >> apparently it's called broccoli and, you know, i'm used to twinkies and doughnuts. so she used that to motivate me at the pullup bar. they actually taste okay. i may try eating some of those. >> patrick, this is a pathetic display of physical challenge. mika, you buried that poor guy. >> you can find this very strange, disturbing video on politico. >> for people that know washington, d.c., mika runs the exorcist steps, which goes straight up a very long way, ten times. >> i'm a little sore. >> patrick, that's stunning, isn't it? >> well, flex magazine has already asked me to be on the october cover, so i think this is actually the beginning of something quite great. and i hear that if i continue the exercise regimen mika put me on, eugene r