bush did one other thing i think was generally regarded as having been a shortcoming of the clinton administrationthe way in the door. maybe a short coming of the trump administration. that is, focus on the white house. there is a tendency in every transition to focus on the big shiny objects, the big cabinet posts. those are absolutely critically important. but it causes president elects and their senior team to neglect the construction of the white house staff, which actually is the group that will help drive the really critical presidential priorities. the government that elaine described so well in her set of remarks, was pretty resilient. some would say impervious. but it is very capable of running itself, at least on a steady state, without substantial political leadership. it is only on those issues where the president really wants to take the country in a particular direction, especially a new direction, where the presidential leadership counts a lot. typically that comes from the white house. they do not have to be big public figures. the people the president brings in the white house, an

president bush did one other was generallyhink agarded as having been shortcoming of the clinton administrationn the way in the door. themaybe a shortcoming of trumpet administration on the way an the door. and that is, focus on the white house. there's a tendency in every transition to focus on the big, shiny objects which are the big cabinet posts. those are absolutely critically important. but it causes presidents elect and their senior teams to neglect the construction of the white house staff tom a which actually is the group that is going to help drive the really critical presidential priorities. that elainent described so well in her first set of remarks is pretty darn resilient. and some would say impervious. [laughter] it is very capable of running itself, at least on a steady-state, without substantial political leadership. it is only on those issues where the president really wants to take the country in a particular direction, especially a new direction, where presidential leader ship accounts up for a lot. particularly, that comes from the white house. a don't have to be big public

i first started covering the cia in the clinton administration and the clinton administration never didinds of leaks. no one ever did before really the -- after 9/11 and then after the plame case. and then the obama administration took what the george w. bush administration began on leaks and ratcheted it up and make it a much bigger issue. it turned it into a top priority for federal law enforcement. it should have never been before. >> how does it change the way you do your job? do you try to communicate with sources differently? the names sent up an anonymous tip way. others have encrypted tip boxes. how do you do your job? >> you have to use encryption much more than ever before. the best thing to do i think is to try to meet people in person and try to go off the grid as much as possible that's really the simplest and easiest thing to do. >> james, thank you so much for being here this morning. >> thank you. >> as risen was just saying there, new administrations often build on what was done before so what's the future of washington reporting during the administration? our all-star

albright: we had had a lot of talks with the north koreans throughout the clinton administration. there were breakdowns with them. a lot came up in the united nations, we had the agreed framework and a number of different ways and then president clinton had asked us because things were not moving and anyway to do a complete review of korean policy and he asked former secretary of defense bill perry to do a review. and then we had some meetings president about fork in the road time. negotiate about missile limits or we are going to take some action here and they chose negotiation. what happened was, they chose the number two man in the united states to come to the united states and invited president clinton to go to north korea. we were in the oval office antes at, i might come at some point but first secretary albright has two go. the truth is we knew very little about him. another to see. with the sunshine policy, they had spent some time together. our policy said kim jong-un was crazy and eight pervert. he was not crazy. [laughter] there,bright: when i got they put me in a guesth

maybe it is not going to be as bad as it was under a clinton administration, but you still have thisging over the head of the healthcare name. for me it is a no-touch until you get clarity. >> yeah, but, see, one of the reasons i pushed back on that a little bit is because to this whole issue, what drug prices does he actually have direct control over? so, you know, if you're thinking about where they actually have -- you know, something like the epi pen, there was controversy about how it got billed and where the pricing went. but there are other drugs, drugs for unusual diseases, oncology drugs, things like this, that's notaries for those that are actually involved with the r & d and development of these products, it is not an area we want curbed. things off patent, you have the device, that's the issue. >> you have to go with specific names, right? you can't buy the sector because the sector is subject to a tweak. >> i want to go to the chart master. you think their game is ahead? >> i do. devices, versus managed care versus biotech, but as a sector the only one down on the year,

one other thing that i think was generally regarded as having been a short k coming of the clinton administration door and maybe a short koming of the trump administration on the way in, and that is focus on the white house. there's a tendency in every transition to focus on the big shiny objects which are the big cabinet posts. those are absolutely critically important. but it causes presidents elect and their senior teams to neglect the construction of the white house staff which actually is the group that's going to help drive the really critical presidential priorities. the government that elaine described so well in her first set of remarks is pretty darn resilient and some would say impervious. but it is very -- it is very capable of running itself, at least sort of on a steady state, without substantial political leadership. it is only on those issues where the president really wants to take the country in a particular direction, especially a new direction, where the presidential leadership counts a lot. and typically that comes from the white house. so they don't have to be, you know, big

i was confident we would be talking about the clinton administration. so much for that. so, how are you? you have spent a few weeks kind of getting your mind around how you are going to approach foreign policy under the trump administration? can you say a word about that? ben cardin: kristin, thank you for your public service. it was really wonderful to be here. you are right. it was a little bit of a surprise. when we accepted this invitation, we had outlined our comments about how the clinton administration would carry on from the obama administration. and now we are talking about the incoming trump administration. it is going to be different. there is no question. it is going to be different. foreign policy institute, one of your goals, your goal is to rope us support for democratic institutions and human rights. that's under attack today. that's under attack. and the principle opponent is russia and what they are doing. i think there is going to be a great deal of concentration on russia. russia is using its influence to affect the geographical boundaries of democrati

albright: we had had a lot of talks with the north koreans throughout the clinton administration. ere were breakdowns with them. a lot of issues that came up in the united nations, we had the agreed framework and a number of different ways and then president clinton had asked us because things were not moving in any way to do a complete , review of korean policy and he asked former secretary of defense bill perry to do a review. and then we had some meetings with the north koreans and explained this is fork in the road time. you will either negotiate about some of the missile limits or we are going to take some action here and they chose negotiation. what happened was, they chose -- the vice marshal came to the united states and invited president clinton to go to north korea. we were in the oval office antes -- and he said i might come at , some point but first secretary albright has two go. the truth is we knew very little about kim jong un -- kim jong-il. i had to talk to another to see. they had spent some time together. our intelligence said kim jong-il was crazy and a pervert.

they golfed together, trump donate money to the clinton administration, he defended bill clinton in the press. bill and hillary were guests at trump's third wedding to melania. then came an election where donald trump attacked hillary clinton as crooked, dishonest, unstable, unhinged, a criminal, a nasty woman and, oh, yeah, the devil. he paraded out a series of women who accused bill clinton of abuse. yesterday it was announced that bill clinton and donald trump spoke by phone. clinton was surprised that trump acted cordial on the call like it was 15 years ago. for clinton, raw feelings remain. in reference to trump he recently told a local newspaper in westchester county with the he doesn't know much, one thing he does know is how to get angry white men to vote for him." this morning trump did what trump does, he hit back heating -- bill clinton stated i called him after the election. wrong. he called me after the elections. he doesn't know much, especially how to get people, even with an unlimited budget, out to vote on vital swing states and more. later today, clinton conceded he wa

year when al qaeda attacked the twin towers, the truck bomb was in the first year of the clinton administration or on policies gone astray such as the bay of pigs, but good the shoe, the shootdown of the spy plane over china or a failed coup in panama which caused the first bush administration by surprise but out of those crazies come learning well, a month after that, reminded that the first bush team adeptly responded to the fall of the berlin wall. that all happens in one year. we had the miller center have been looking at presidential history for the last year and a half, preparing for this moment. i want to show you a short video and get into the three terrific panels we assembled today. ♪ ♪ >> an extraordinary democratic moment occurs with the peaceful transfer of executive power in america. thomas jefferson, in his first inaugural address referred to the presidency as opposed above his talents. jefferson humbled himself before the magnitude of the undertaking. it takes one year for a new president to go from here to here. >> mister speaker, the president of the united states. >> history

he's been representing the three bed 500 square foot condo for $25,000 a month to a former clinton administration offici. patterns adjust to overnight hours. >> oh -- >> i was not sure, which is why i didn't buy the place, otherwise -- >> i hope so. back to the grammys for a moment because song of the year brings together some of, like, the biggest of the last year. >> yeah. >> we're putting on twitter, who do you think will win the grammy of the year? of course there's beyonce nominated, adele, and a guy i never heard of in that category. george l. simpson. relation to homer? >> one of the characters? >> or bart? >> he's the one that will win. which means, you're controlling your cough on your morning commute. and later when you're joking with beth... even when most cough medicines stop, delsym is still working. ? and when your days' over, your cough is still under control. i did everything i could to make her party perfect. almost everything. you know, 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. but for only $7 a month, rid-x helps break down waste. avoid a septic disaster wi

the portfolio that they thought was set up for clinton administration wasn't there, and so they've had to go out and buy financials aggressively so. isn't that fair, liz? >> yeah, the portfolios for either one, some people absolutely thought everything was going to go down. i heard a few selective groans on the floor because, ah, i'm short. the number to beat, dow up 55. that's where it surged after the janet yellen announcement. call it two or three minutes after the janet yellen announcement. look, the dow is putting that aside because 20,000 is really just a number, trish. the fed is saying the near-term risks are balanced. the fed never gets too excited about these things but not a surprise they started to inch closer and closer to the almighty dow 20,000 mark, but i am watching gold, gold was up slightly and now it's down. crude down, gold down, the vix is pretty much flat. there's not a lot of movement because as i keep saying, imminent, janet yellen's comments are imminent and you know the reporters are going to get in there including peter barnes and ask the tough questions abo

they golfed together, trump donate money to the clinton administration, he defended bill clinton in the press. bill and hillary were guests at trump's third wedding to melania. then came an election where donald trump attacked hillary clinton as crooked, dishonest, unstable, unhinged, a criminal, a nasty woman and, oh, yeah, the devil. he paraded out a series of women who accused bill clinton of abuse. yesterday it was announced that bill clinton and donald trump spoke by phone.

the bridgegate scandal and jim johnson, who worked in the treasury department during the clinton administration. >>> i'm first alert meteorologist, erika martin, with a look at this blustery friday in the works. seeing upper 20s to low 30s on average. suburbs seeing upper 20s. along with the lehigh valley with a few more clouds. you will see your local neighborhood forecast. it is all about the polar push sliding into place. here it is, your arctic blast. notice all the purples on the screen. we get a little reprieve by sunday. it is all about just how cold temperatures will get tonight into tomorrow. and those feels-like temperatures. we are seeing lots of sunshine for today. high pressure system keeping everything high and dry for the most part. although, i do think we will get some light moisture, lake effect moisture kicking into the lehigh valley. parts of the p.a. suburbs. for the most part, everything remains high and dry. out the door right now, as far as that sun goes, it will be pretty much a nice start to the day. a couple of extra clouds developing by mid-day. satellite and radar im

was was interesting because we had had a lot of talks with the north koreans throughout the clinton administrationthere were a lot of breakdowns, a lot of issues that came up that the united nations, we had the agreed framework with them, a number of different ways and president clinton had asked us to do, because things were moving in anyway, to do a complete review of korean policy and he asked former secretary defense bill. to do a review. then we had some meetings with the north koreans that explain this is fork in the road time. you're either going to negotiate on some of the issues where we are going to take some action and they chose the negotiation. what happened was, they showed the number two man and invited president clinton to go to north korea and we were in the oval office and he said while i might, at some point, but first sec. albright has to go. the truth is, we knew very little about him. he and the sunshine policy, he spent some time with him and our intelligence said that he was crazy and a pervert. he was not crazy. [applause] when i got there, they put me in a guest house and

and bill brennan, an activist and bill johnson worked in the treasury department during the clinton administration. >> now, let's take it state by state. >> a look at some of the stories. let's begin in bucks county. pennsylvania governor, tom wolf, will bring his jobs that pay tour to salem town shim visiting mmg direct, a marketing firm. that received a state grant to consolidate operations. it is expected to keep current jobs and create additional once. >>> in camden county, gloucester county police will begin a crackdown on impaired driving. it is part of an effort. they will set up sobriety check points and be on the lookout during patrols. the crackdown runs through new year's day. >>> let's end in bucks county where you can help first responders in two base. a blood and bottled water drive. it all runs from 8:00 until noon at the servpro on west parkway. friday night means candlelight shopping in haddonfield. live bands will be playing along the streets. the tree will be lit up. this evening at 7:00, an outdoor live nativity will be displayed at the first baptist church of haddonfield. crew

today will republican william cohen, former senator of maine and secretary of defense in the clinton administration. >> i think it's a big mistake to belittle the intelligence community because it looks as if you're trying to politicize it. if the intelligence community agrees with me, they're good. if they don't, they're bad. and i think the notion that somehow this is the same group that said there were nuclear weapons in iraq misses the point. it's like saying, donald trump has filed seven bankruptcies and several of his companies, so that means a bad businessman. he made good choices and bad choices. sometimes you get it wrong. most of the time the c.i.a. gets it right. >> pelley: mr. trump said he was "a smart person" and therefore he didn't need to receive the presidential intelligence brief every day. what do you think of that? >> i think information is power, and information doesn't always translate into knowledge, but at least you have the basic facts in front of you. i think it's important that the president be aware of what's taking place on the global basis every day and not every week.

the obama administration has been, where the bush administration was, which is where the clinton administration began in the 1990's. jill: we hear so much about cyber espionage from other countries, targeting information. russia is coming out full force in this area, so we are told. is this a growing problem, or has it always been there, and it is getting reported more often? rob: in the obama -- china's economic espionage, stealing secrets, giving them to national conference. that was a big fix and a no no. we spent a lot of time trying to change behavior on that, and i think we did. with russia, what we have seen is a dramatic shift from conducting espionage for traditional reasons companies conduct espionage to inform foreign policy to now using the capability to interfere with things like our elections. on the part of the russians. they were almost playing by what you might call the old moscow rules where they understood the rule of intelligence among great powers, and they respected those rules. they are no longer doing that. the challenge is going to say how do we put russia back in a >>

bush did one other thing i think was generally regarded as having been a shortcoming of the clinton administrationthe way in the door. maybe a short coming of the trump administration. that is, focus on the white house. there is a tendency in every transition to focus on the big shiny objects, the big cabinet posts. those are absolutely critically important. but it causes president elects and their senior team to neglect the construction of the white house staff, which actually is the group that will help drive the really critical presidential priorities. the government that elaine described so well in her set of remarks, was pretty resilient. some would say impervious. but it is very capable of running itself, at least on a steady state, without substantial political leadership. it is only on those issues where the president really wants to take the country in a particular direction, especially a new direction, where the presidential leadership counts a lot. typically that comes from the white house. they do not have to be big public figures. the people the president brings in the white house, an

i started with the clinton administration worked for the clinton administration and it has been great to be back. when i've been most excited about is this chance to work with and sit down with democrats and republicans and it's one of those opportunities where everyone gets to spend time together and there's a lot in common, a lot of issues. representative fifth district from new jersey. what did you do from the clinton administration? >> i was a speechwriter for president clinton. most recently, i worked as chairman for the fcc. i worked at ford motor company and most recently, i was at microsoft where i did corporate strategy. >> what does that background mean for the job you are doing out here? how has that impacted what you will do? asked it gives me a great perspective on public and private perspective. one of the things that's so important talking to things out here is how to actually solve problems? iran on this idea that we need to get our taxes down and cut our necessary regulation and i think bringing this perspective of being willing to sit at the table and get angst done

we had the clinton -- the obama administration with hillary clinton as secretary of state trying to have a reset with russia. trump is trying to do the same. but as we all know, the reset didn't work. for the obama administration. >> did obama in some way kind of paint trump in a corner here, bob, with this -- with these decisions that he has made? >> i think so. but, i mean, obama is still the president. you can only have one president at a time and he's going to be president until trump is sworn in on the 20th. and a lot of democrats and editorial boards, including the "new york times" have said obama should have acted quicker while praising the actions. democrats definitely think that obama could have been and should have been tougher during the campaign on russia than he was. >> francessca, do you think there were political motivations behind this, that obama was looking to perhaps push trump's hand in the early days of his administration? >> well, again, it's clear that these are not actions that donald trump would have necessarily taken. if he were president. and once he becomes pr

you worked as john said, you are both in the bill clinton administration and their barack obama administration. you have been a very devise on economics, policy maker and advisor on economics come advisor on this clinton campaign. you heard elizabeth warren no doubt today talk to us about some of the issues. i don't want to pressure for postmortem but what went wrong in this campaign? why am i not talking to you now as the next treasury secretary? >> i think there will be lots of the considerations about campaigns in strategy. i think we had an excellent person in hillary clinton. i think her misfortune and maybe our misfortune or progressives is we have someone who is perhaps extremely qualified, vast experienced at a moment in time where that was not wings to fly like a deep weight year i think my first campaign was the dukakis campaign in 88, and george herbert walker's experience was very tough for us. it was like a positive thing, was hard to overcome. here i think it did make it harder for her to capture some of that anger and outrage that perhaps trump in bernie sanders were able to cap

cyber tit for tat with russia because they thought clinton was going to win and that the clinton administration would have plenty of time to respond. now they here in a situation where trump had been saying that he doesn't believe russia was behind the hacks. trump is one of the most pro-russian candidates that's ever run for office in the united states and they're concerned russia will get away with it. tomorrow we'll hear obama talk about how serious he think this is is and how the u.s. is going to respond. >> richard engel, as an american in moscow, how does this all look over there? >> well, the kremlin is denying any involvement and they have been effectively challenge the u.s. to prove it and as ken was just saying, the intelligence community thus far have been very reluctant to show its cars, to show why it believes that russia put its hand on the scales for donald trump. the allegations in this stage have been treated with a degree of scorn. but here in moscow the people are more or less accepting the government line. they're saying it's preposterous to say that putin was directly invol

and there were confident that they hillary clinton administration would have been much more hostile toions, the russians are hopeful that the incoming president donald trump would have a more positive outlook towards russia. that is why president obama implemented these sanctions and took action today. it would be horrid, politically, for a republican president or for any american president to try to undo justified actions against the russians just to be justified actions against the russiansjust to be nice justified actions against the russians just to be nice to the russians. so it will be hard for trump to do this. but how can donald trump to do this. but how can donald trump ignore all of those us intelligence agencies who are all saying the same thing? because donald trump can do things and get away with it. he has done so in the past. he will probably continue to do so. but his luck will come to an end at some point. he is not going to have this free ride forever. but so far, he has been able to defy conventional wisdom and defy gravity, but i don‘t think that we‘ll asked. even h

general janet reno, as the first woman to hold the position, served during both terms of the clinton administration leading the justice department three events like the oklahoma city bombing, the branch davidian siege, and several high-profile terrorism cases. she died earlier this year from complications related to parkinson's disease. here is a portion of janet reno's 2000 commencement address to law students at northwestern university. if all 50% of all human response is learned in the first year of life, if the concept of punishment is developed in first three years, what good are all the prisons going to be in 20 years now if the child does not understand punishment? what good are all the great institutional -- educational institutions going to be an affirmative action going to be if the child never learns in the first year the learned responses that are so critical? we have got to make sure as we parentsthese ages that are old enough, wise enough, and financially able enough to properly care for a child. people talk glibly about teaching parenting skills. you don't teach parenting skills in o

>> well, there were more coming... there were more going there during the clinton administration, and a lot of people came. a lot of people came. they came with little league groups, they came with alumni groups from universities, they came... they came on tours of... you know, architectural tours, salsa dancing classes. they're just people who are interested in seeing the place. >> hinojosa: and when you have these groups of americans going into cuba like that, i mean, it seems kind of simple. it's like, "well, you know, a little league comes." can that change? can that help actually transform what's going on in cuba? and how? >> well, i think the contacts between cubans and americans. i remember even watching some of these little league teams play, and it was incredible. like, they would make friends. the little boys would make friends, and they'd trade t-shirts, and they'd talk to each other. and cubans got a sense of what americans are like, and kind of what our ideals are, perhaps. as far as i know, americans were never prevented from going to soviet union or east bloc countries.

of the dirty work in terms of outlining an american prescription for peace to save a new clinton administrationost of doing and saying certain things. of course, trump's victory at end of that strategy, but, again, as you suggested, it forced the entire political and diplomatic context for these remarks to disappear absolutely, and in the end what you may have is a reaction against them, which in our sense would strengthen the very tendencies that secretary kerry criticised so bitterly. yeah, imean, kerry criticised so bitterly. yeah, i mean, there is obviously a reason why he is doing it now, just a few weeks before he leaves office, and they said also that there was no greater friend to israel than they said also that there was no greaterfriend to israel than be they said also that there was no greater friend to israel than be the obama administration. they haven't denied the veto before either. is there some truth in what he said? well, there is truth in how we analyse the state of affairs in the west ba n k analyse the state of affairs in the west bank and elsewhere today. it would have bee

reason that people are obese, that does not flying 1994, we passed congress passed under clinton administrationhe crime act with law enforcement. which added almost i think 15 separate government welfare programs that netted us, about 5 trillion dollar in taxes, what has it done for us today with the main cities? >> the problem we have with violence today is high unemployment. high poverty, a highly uneducated population that south there and last thing is fatherless homes, you are talking to someone worked the streets worked the gangs all those mcircumstance 13s -- ms 13s, it is not guns killing people it is the guys with no job, no future, you grew up in virginia we talked, it goes like this, what is happened we have allowed the left and really the government, to fill a void for what i kee call the least, last among us, what happened is. talk about root of it all, is government does not love people, people love people, we have to be in the people, again, and help these people out of their circumstances. give them education. >. charles: to add to that, i think that places like chicago, -- the g

bush came into office there was the stories about the clinton administration took all the ws off the keyboard. so i had a call early to my radio show say i wonder if the obama administration is going to take the ts off the keyboard so it just spells rump. they are talking about how petty some of this stuff could be. we think there are big official people at the white house. but they can be petty. >> sometimes you can't control all the staffers that will be the excuse of some sort or another. hopefully it ends on a good note because there is a lot of work to be done. tom: it will give trump a transto clean up this mess. >> they set the barlow. i think he will exceed them and he's look forward to it. >> kimberly guilfoyle. she guest hosts hannity at 10:00 p.m. then new year's eve, the big news dropping the ball. so she is everywhere. thank yo be sure to vote in tonight's poll. are you relieved we'll soon have a president hope defense our allies and stands up for working class americans? cast your vote on twitter @loudobbs. watch as this speed flierp soars across the stunning swiss alps

in the clinton administration, some of that was self-imposed or self-inflicted, such as the failure of the health care plan, but at the same time he had his budget passed, had the fairly large stimulus package, which not all of it succeeded, and it was a combination of those things that move clinton long as well his first year. with the first bush administration, there was a lot of campaign rhetoric that was not well defined from the policy that was put together was quite defined. so their ability to move quickly was also a prospect they develop themselves. we talked about some of the things that bush 43 compass substantially, the no child left behind, the tax cuts and the changes that occur in the first year. the first year there was not repeated since 9/11. looking back at president clinton, not only did the health care policy did not get through, but it slowed down him in other things. bit off a little too much too quickly. resources are only so thick and you only have so many dan meyers working for you. what does it look like over in legislative affairs? mr. meyer: the first four i

with our public policy towards deck tall technology the first time around congress and the clinton administration put in place policies that per permissionless based. they gave them the green light. but that is already change. we have forgotten the lessons of the past where america went out and conquered the world. our companies are household names. conquered the globe. john: at the beginning of the computer revolution, france said we are going to control this. they created a computer company. they gave people computers. throw out your yellow pages and use these. they have them in five different colors. they were going to be the leader according to the media i read. >> france took an industrial policy approach to the internet. but that's not the way innovation happens. you have to create the right environment and let the innovators invite. john: now europe threatening google. the right to be forgotten. >> this is a threat to history and journalism. they will scrub issue away with the so-called right to be forgotten. john: there are some mistakes out there, my reputation can be smeared. somebody g

with hillary clinton, apparently even president clinton personally endorsed the idea of the sleepovers. >> it's a problem for the incoming administration, when we're talking about a scandal about the clintons 20 years later, that's a problem. it was a pay to pay situation where friends of the white house were allowed to stay overnight in the lincoln bedroom and there were golf outings to get access. donald trump said "i'm going to drain the swamp" newt gingrich indicating today -- >> that's over with. >> that that's not going to happen. but he's got to go back. this was a big closing argument that he made in the last week, anti washington. he's going to have to at least try to drain the swamp. it's not easy. but when you have these stories come up it hurts the effort. >> and people are jumping over his cabinet picks saying you thought hillary clinton would have been establishment. speaking of picks in general before i let you go. we heard a new name, dr. peter navarro named head of the white house trade council. what do you know about him? >> brooke, this is just coming in right now. this is not a cabinet position but this is someone t

nato enlargement took flight under the clinton administration and that's when that happened.ownie: but the wall came -- days,d: on of all 11/nine. yet the unification of germany with nato and people were sensitive to gorbachev. in the aftermath of rich off, yelton and beyond, historians will debate whether the united states mishandled things or whether there's something about russian political culture which putin personifies which made any american attempt to integrate and deal with russia a failure, that there was something about russia that was going to exist -- resist a peaceful, democratic transformation. that will be the subject of many phd theses to come. ian: you don't want major global leaders to feel insecure in their international position. xi jinping does not. flat amir putin does. dimir putin does. not being treated with respect by obama and his cabinet. you hear it every time you go there. and by god, they're going to do something about it. they did it in ukraine, they did it with syria -- charlie: if you want to do something in syria now, you have to come throug

it was these group that is reminded the bush and clinton administrations to accept those who had onceons, it was this passionate advocacy on the part of american jewish groups that facilitated the entrance of 358,000 former soviets most of them jews from 1990 to 1998. here are some other examples. following the 1989 tiananmen square massacre, congress worked hard to allow students to remain here. many were afraid to return home, because they had been vocal protesters at tiananmen. now they were afraid to go home and face retaliation on the part of the government george herbert walker bush objected to these congressional initiatives much because he feared it might strain diplomatic relations with beijing. in the end, his administration bowed to domestic and congressional pressure. the emergency chinese relief act allowed some 80,000 chinese students and faculty to remain in the united states and be permanent residents and citizens. here's another exam of the importance of advocacy. many cuban boat people, found asieh them in the united states in large part because of the advocacy of th

when bill clinton's administration refused to allow the taiwan president simply to stay in hawaii overnight and that president was a president wasn't later was later invited to cornell to give a speech. congress overruled the president shortly thereafter. we are gonna conduct missile. it was a taiwan strait crisis. it could launch may maybe a thousand stocks. the futures are actually coming off a little bit on friday. they were starting to come out. i'm in the european rally kind of drowned out that noise. i think they have a few of those for now. it could turn into something a little bit bigger. taking a call from a democracy but again these things tend to become located. maybe you heard it there first. i had one i don't think a lot of people have paid attention to. the russians they were pivoted to the opec deal. and have a base of operations out of syria now. i can't believe no one is paying attention to what's going on in the middle east. it's really important stuff. thank you very much for coming along. were at an all-time closing high. we are there. the united health group. as they ar

one of the initiatives that was useful that was done in the clinton administration was the use of sanctions against both transactional organized crime and against kingpins. one thing that could be tried is more effort to get other countries to go along with those sanctions so that it is not just unilateral. okay let me quickly one thing i want to say about migration, first of all it is a problem in the hemisphere, the fact that the u.s. has not had comprehensive immigration policy for the longest time. another problem with respect to security has been that there has been a lot of deportation of hardened criminals. it has happened in most cases without any notice and without any planning. when you dump 200 or 1000 hardened criminals on fragile states that have no capacity to deal with them, what happens is these criminals who have not even been in these countries for most of their lives, they end up doing more violence and then they transfer their know-how to their friends. guess what, and not only does it disable those countries, but because they know the us, they often target their crimina

we but in the early clinton administration president clinton tried to deviate from the established pattern but within two years he realized that was based on our common interest that requires but i believe this is needed no and i am hopeful the and will develop >> let me just say that i have told the chinese friends not to pay attention to what the candidates say about them. governor clinton said the butchers of beijing but once president-elect he took another approach. i do think the chinese has gotten used to some of the things the elected officials have said, but i am concerned because in some ways raising questions of the things that henry did with the shanghai communique and the china policy. so what president clinton and was saying that those that were arrested your modem it down by the tanks that americans always whenever i've met with the chinese with those issues to do with it to that -- tibet i had no idea what have been daily know what i read about basically questioning the issue of our relationships with taiwan. as part of the normalization we had the taiwan relations act as pa