new york university, a russian scholar, chrystia freeland of the "financial times", claire shipman of abc news and thomas pickering, the leading american diplomat and former u.s. ambassador to russia and undersecretary of state for political affairs. >> we expanded nato, we left the a.b.m. treaty, russia helped us win the ground war in afghanistan more than any other country in 2001 and 2002 and we gave them nothing, we just expanded nato and withdrew from the treaty and the political class looked at him and said "fool. weakling. we look like pushovers, we give; they take." that's why... that's the real issue of what happened and is happening in moscow. >> i think the big choice for russia still is the choice that it faced in '89, '91, '96, 2000, which is between democracy and pluralism and authoritarianism. and i absolutely do not see how appeasing, placating this sort of neo-imperialistic mood which

claire shipman, thank you. ambassador pickering, thank you. i look forward to more conversations about the global zero commission of which you are a member and a step by step plan to eliminate nuclear weapons by the year 030. thank you all. >> thank you very much. >> rose: when we come back, we'll take note of robert mcnamara who died today, age 93, in washington. >> rose: robert mcnamara died today at his home in washington. he was 93. he served as secretary of defense for seven years under president kennedy and president johnson. his ten-year span, the bay of pigs invasion, the cuban missile crisis and the escalation of the vietnam war. later in the week we'll run a larger appreciation with clips of his appearance on this program but for now, this brief excerpt of robert mcnamara on our program. >> i believe today that hoe ho chi minh was not a follower of stalin and kruschev, which i thought he was at time. he was a tito, he was an asian tito. i believed the war in south vietnam was not a war of foreign aggression. i believe it was a civil

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for "good morning america" claire shipman, abc news, washington. >> kennedy was born just 16 days afteris father was elected as president. you may remember those iconic pictures of him playing under his father's desk. >> especially seeing him under that desk in the oval office. the world always really wondered would he have been president, could he have been president? it's interesting, perhaps the other side of the argument ashes lot of people say he only ever wasn't to law school to please his mother. they say as proof of that, he failed the bar exam twice. you could say maybe he doesn't have the chops or the credentials. i guess it is a game of what ifs. >> as his uncle said, he had every gift but the gift of years like his father. >> when we return, our top story, the hotel explosions in jakarta. we'll look back at the previous attacks in 2003 and what investigators uncovered. you're watching "world news now." >> welcome back it "world news now" and back to our top story this morning, what appears to be twin sue i'd bombs in jakarta, indonesia tarring elting american hotels. nine ar

for "good morning america," claire shipman, abc news, washington. >> so much of that what might haven, because of his age. he's just my age. 38 going on 39, when he passed away. putting politics aside. for all that was obvious about john, the beauty, the charm, it was what you didn't see, that made him so special. so gracious. did so much good work to help people with foundations and other work he did during his short lifetime. >> it was very important to his mother. and he was able to do that in a relatively short amount of time. we'll be right back. >>> coming up on "gma," more on the accident that may have started michael jackson's addiction to painkillers. we talk to one of his closest friends about that day. >>> and j.k. rowling, in her own words. like you've never seen her before. it's an abc news exclusive. announcer: what if we could use the sun... - ( ac blowing ) - ...to help keep us cool? ( women vocalizing ) solar-powered ventilation... to help cool you, available on the third-generation prius. it's harmony between man, nature and machine. does it drip? or comb through ro

claire shipman is here for the first time. i like diane, i was not attacking her.an on this platform, the worst economy since the great depression. it does not get worse than that. they are now saying, we misread the economy. everybody guessed wrong. we really did not have an idea. barack obama would not have done things differently. can they have it both ways? >> they have of the communication problem right now. they have a big economic problem. whether they misread or underestimated -- that is the height -- that is beside the point. the white house stumbled a time when it started focusing on green shoots. i think that they got a little overexcited. i think politicians right now really need to focus on caution and the long term. this is an impatient country. our politicians are impatient. this will be a long haul. sean: you cannot have it both ways. you cannot say it is the worst economy since the depression and say that you had no idea. unemployment will not go above 8%, and it is 9.5%. >> these are huge numbers. $780 billion was opposed to produce millions of jo

and senior national correspondent, claire shipman, joins us now. >> reporter: when you think about roles about hannah montana. or even beyonce. at least that's who the obama girls cite as some of their role models. but there was a time, and i can remember it, when girls 8 to 12, would pick up these books and be transported to a world where a brave, young detective solved mysteries. often times before the police could even do it. and it turns out, she was having a critical influence. here's a mystery for you. what do some of the most powerful women in the world have in common? this legendary girl detective. >> we got to catch him. >> reporter: some say she was the nation's first feminist. clever, getcy and decidedly independent. nancy drew has been around quite a while. she actually sprang to life in 1930, just ten years after women got the right to vote. she made brains seem well worth having. smarts appeal, rather than sex appeal. >> she really used her mind. she had deductive skills and reasoning and logic. she was a very logical person. and she had a lot of determination. >> i have a