colin: prove it. [laughter] david: a new national security advisor came in and he wanted you as his deputy. >> i said if it is that important, why doesn't the president call me? [impersonating ronald reagan] hello, general powell. this is ronald reagan. yes, sir. >> would you fix your tie, please? david: well, people wouldn't recognize me if my tie was fixed, but ok. just leave it this way. all right. david: i don't consider myself a journalist. and nobody else would consider myself a journalist. i began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. how do you define leadership? what is it that makes somebody tick? we are here today at city college, a place that you graduated from a number of years ago. colin: thank you, david. david: why did you pick city college? colin: i was accepted at ccny. and i was accepted at nyu. and the reason i went to ccny is nyu was charging $750 a year. i couldn't handle that. family couldn't handle that, so i

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he knew colin powell well. jeremy, i want to get you thoughts on colin powell's leg circumstance particularly when it comes to being a diplomat and politician who served in five administrations. right now, the idea of serving for so long, so many presidents, doesn't seem like something we could see today. >> well, stephanie, first and foremost, when i think of colin powell, i think of the son of immigrants. he was born in 1937, grew up in harlem, the son of jamaican immigrants, he worked his way through school on an rotc scholarship and served 35 years, 3 1/2 decades in uniform in the u.s. army, served twice in vietnam. came to washington and served in the white house as a white house fellow, went back to commanding forces in europe and around the world, served as deputy national security adviser and national security adviser under president reagan. i think where he came to the attention of the entire american people was during the gulf war in 1990 and 1991 when he appeared regularly at those pentagon briefings

you knew colin powell. tell me about the man. >> well, john, what i have to say, wolf's piece just now was very heartwrenching. he was a terrific soldier, a phenomenal leader, and what i'll tell you is, i was a young major when he was the chairman of the joint chiefs and our unit was tagged before christmas to go to desert storm, a surprise announced on cnn by general powell and secretary cheney at the time and all the spouses would tell you that they trusted general powell. we went off to war and give his briefings as the chairman what was going on he was succinct and understood a soldier's course, he knew the strategy involved in operation desert storm and we relied on the first broadcast over cnn but beyond that, he was also the commander of fifth corps in europe when the cold war was still going on. he was commander of forces command in the united states, which is all the forces in the u.s. army that are stationed in the united states. this guy rose through the ranks and as wolf said in his piece, an af

colin powell the last secretary he advised. araron david miller, you saw th obituary and the moment in the security council in 2003 in advance of the iraq invasion where he made the case for the invasion, the existence of wmds in iraq, turned out not to be there and he regrets it saying the information was wrong. tell us about his legacy as secretary of state. >> true, jim. i must say i'm deeply shocked and saddened. the fact colin powell has died leaves a tremendous hole, his selflessness, his courage, served this country well in so many ways. funny, incredibly smart and despite the u.n. performance, which he grew to deeply regret, he wrote in his 2012 memoir i did not try to underplay that that the event would earn a prominent paragraph in his obituari obituaries. the ironies about colin powell is really quite telling, a military man who frankly preferred diplomacy. i remember we briefed him during the transition for three hours on the failed camp david summit in july of 2000 and how fascinated and intrigued he was by these e

amy: general colin powell has died at the age of 84. his life and legacy and paving the way for the u.s. invasion of iraq in 2003 to helping shape u.s. military policy during the 1980's. then, a democracynow exclusive. we speak with a prominent haitian-american immigrants rights activist appoied to iti in 20 in a rerkable velopmt. heas allied -- allowed to f back to new rk aftereceivin specl parole i have alwaywanted to be wi my kids and now i get a second chance to be with them again. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. former president donald trump has filed suit to stop the congressional committee investigating the capitol insurrection from receiving records about the january 6th riot, as well as trump's efforts to overturn the will of voters in the november election. trump's legal team claims the request undermines trump's executive privilege and is asking for more time to review records requests. this comes as the january 6th committee has laid ou

colin powell could be gruff and tough but colin powell was a sweetheart. he had such an uplifting way about everything he did and he treated people with such kindness and respect everywhere he went. and he was just that kind of leader. that type of man that you were just privileged to say i rubbed shoulders with a guy like him. i got to know him. he just had that way about him. made you feel good about yourself. he touched everybody that way. >> dana: a lot of people remember his military service and the iraq war. there was a lot of diplomacy that went on. what did you witness in terms of his approach to dealing with big world problems and representing the united states on the world stage? >> he represented the united states good. his approach was we represent what's right and good around the world. if we can help people, we'll help them to improve themselves. so he just -- it was almost america first because he lived that. and that i think infused everything he did and how he communicated. such pride in our nation. he wanted others to feel that pride. the

and that is colin powell's legacy.ved that when it came to our military mission, we ought not to abuse that power. we ought not to just simply use it carelessly. he thought we ought to use it in a responsible way that represented protecting our national security interests. and that really should be the principle guide in the use of military force. what is in our national security interest? >> mr. secretary, thank you very much for being with us. really, really appreciate that. >>> up next, my personal memories of colin powell, a great american and a friend. when "andrea mitchell reports" continues. but we need to go hig. (man 1) higher. (man 2) definitely higher. (man 1) we're like yodeling high. [yodeling] yo-de-le-he... (man 2) hey, no. uh-uh, don't do that. (man 1) we should go even higher! (man 2) yeah, let's do it. (both) woah! (man 2) i'm good. (man 1) me, too. (man 2) mm-hm. (vo) adventure has a new look. (man 1) let's go lower. (man 2) lower, that sounds good. (vo) discover more in the all-new subaru outback wi

where we seen the last of leaders like colin powell?e because he was willing to critique his party loudly when his party needed it. we know there's the contested history behind colin powell's willingness to do that. when we look at the larger trajectory of colin powell's career and his career as a politician or as a political figure, in these elite circles, particularly republican circles, he's unique and essentially the last of a kind of breed of political figures that was hg to take his party to task and say we haven't done enough and we need to do so much more. >> anita, you served as chief of staff for first lady laura bush and worked for colin powell at the state department. take us behind the scenes, what was the secret to his success, do you think? >> as a military man, and then as the nation's top diplomat, he cared about the people who were working for him and with him. and people felt an incredible sense of loyalty to him because of that. he worked in a political environment, but he was not really interested in being a politic

similarly with colin powell.watching, had been -- for two years obama and mccain had both been lobbying powell for the endorsement. and powell intended to stay neutral. and then he watched mccain choose palin, start using bill airs as a weapon against oep. suggesting that he was seeing the very good rallies at the end the campaign which were a foreshadowing of everything we saw with trump. and that was really what turned powell in the end away from muk cane as much as towards obama, turned way from mccain. as much as it uplifted obama, it shattered mccain who had a moment, a dark moment at the endst campaign and said, colin powell is against me. what have i become? you saw mccain in the last two weeks of that campaign sort of pull back from the edge of where he taken his campaign and could see kind of powell's like cassandra telling mccain where the republican party was headed. it's an incredibly important moment, i think, and tells a lot about where our politics would end up over the course of the next 12, 13 ye

colin powell dead at 84.re are any number of wonderful guests and a scramble to talk about the general. not general of the army including his hero george marshall, but colin powell. this is a wonderful thing, because in journalism, he is the one who did it. others talked and he lived in baghdad in the red zone for time magazine. it wasn't the red sewn -- red zone for the magazine but danger as well. when did you come in contact with this unit general? >> i so the consequences of his decisions but didn't encounter him after a -- him until after i left the country. i was at time magazine and he had come to an event and we spoke briefly about iraq and everything that unfolded. it was not the best place for a deep conversation, and we were surrounded by a lot of other people so i felt like he couldn't be as candid as he might have been. tom: you are candid with nate rollins the changing of iraq, but the distinction of general powell's courage and lack of naivete versus like mr. brammer as well. policy listened to

that was colin powell. you will, cautiously optimistic. that was a huge part of colin powell as well. >> well, we are now remembering the life of retired four-star general politician diplomat, former secretary of state, colin powell who died at the age of 84. this news coming from his family, thanking the doctors at walter reed. also pointing out that he died of covid-related complications, and his family making very clear in a short statement that general powell was vaccinated which is something we'll be talking about in the days to come with doctors and about breakthrough cases and also how people could still be deeply affected by this virus and even from complications from it. but right now we are remembering a life and legacy of this decorated american, and richard haas, you worked with him. you knew him for so many years. i'm wondering if any personal memories come to mind of your time with former general colin powell. >> well, dozens of them. let me say one other word i would use to describe colin pow

barack obama going on to colin . he tried to bring his own life, career and public statements in line with the idea. michelle and i will always look to general powell what americans can and should be if we wish to remain the last best hope of earth. if we wish to remain the last best hope of earth. do we wish that now? is that what the collective wish is? it was just a few months ago colin powell told fareed zakaria he no longer considered himself a republican. the answer to where is that republican today? the ones who actually had the backbone and courage to stand up and say something like he said and live their lives like he lived. where are they? they are develop. the men who once said that he believed he could help the party of lyincoln move back to the spirit of lincoln. to the very end he was a man of character and integrity. don't see that a lot in the gop a anymore. i think it's a good time to go to break. rest in peace colin powell. but if you have diabetes, there can be some not-so-pretty stuff going on ins

colin powell studied geology. i asked him, how did you go from being a geologist to being in uniform. he said, he had gone through rotc and decided at that time that he wanted to find his life by service to his country. and this was a long time before he became a household name. he was a mentor to a lot of us. he always started at the end and worked backwards which is why he wound up -- how the powell doctrine, he formulated it. decide what it is you're trying to do first, before you allocate resources particularly scarce resources in order to get it done. michael talked about how he went down to talk to the people who were actually doing the work. that was his mod us on randy. he said he learned going to meetings as a high ranking officer you learned nothing. the way to find out what's going on is to go down where the people are actually doing the work, following the orders and instructions that have been given down through the chain of command. and talking to the people who are at the bottom of the food chain. h

when you were in the room with colin powell, you knew you were in the room with colin powell. he had this magnetism and respect. he came across as this figure of great sobriety, maturity. the kind of person that presidents of both parties felt they could rely on. he was obviously the most important and certainly the most famous general in the united states in the post-vietnam era. he also could have been the first black president, had he chosen to run. he was recruited to run, encouraged to run in 1996, decided not to run it to bill clinton's, you know, great fortune. he had such a bipartisan respect across the globe, and i think he was one of the few figures that did cross a lot of those dividing lines in america in our modern times. he not only, obviously, broke barriers and all the rules andrea just described, and obviously, there's that great tragedy for him in having been what he saw as the front man for what turned out to be false intelligence. it was such a -- it was such a bitter bill for him, you know, that we have a biography of james baker, and in that book, we tell

how are you remembering colin powell tonight?am remembering him as a gentleman, a statesman, a warrior and a trailblazer. i look at my own professional career from being involved in republican politics and you have to recognize that this gentleman had been doing it decades before i had. he had a really difficult path to attain the success he had, but he made it easier for people who look like me, people of color, to truly achieve the american dream and i'm grateful to him and he will be sorely missed by so many millions around the world. >> was he the president that america never had in some ways? >> i think he was. one of the things that strikes me is that with him at an event in the early 2000 psi said general, why didn't you run in 1996? you could have won. you could have been the first black president. thout missing a beat, his wife said, america is not ready for a black president and someone would try to kill him. the general looked at me and said, that is why i didn't run. it is something that has struck me for over 20 year

at the beginning of the show we told you about colin powell and left out that colin powell was suffering of course, that's the point, vaccinating the vulnerable is so people with other underlying health problems will not die of covid. that did not work in the case of general powell and did not work for many thousands of other americans. that is the point we are making this latest episode of in the first place. "tucker carlson tonight," foxnation.com. we'll back tomorrow night. the show that's the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness, and groupthink. have the best night. here's a great sean hannity great sean hannity. >> sean: thank you, tucker, welcome to "hannity." >> americans held hostage behind enemy lines, day 65. >> sean: 65 long days and still counting since joe biden broke his prominence to the american people abandoning our fellow citizens, friends, families all behind enemy lines and now breaking tonight the c state department inspector general is watching multiple investigations into joe biden's botched withdrawal of afghanistan. many in the media have moved on. joe biden

colin l.l shouldered that responsibility while giving the impression that that was as light as a feather. he was the son of immigrants. he grew up in harlem. he went to school. was in combat two times in vietnam. he was the youngest general, by the time he was 42. he led the invasion of pan marx first gulf war in 1991, but his impact on the country was beyond even what he did in the u.s. military and the strength of his example as a public servant. it was profoundly political. he announced that he was a republican in 1995. he announced that he could no longer consider himself a republican this year after the attack on the u.s. capitol on january 6th. that said he was still a republican and a decades-long friend of john mccain, someone who had been floated as a potential running mate for jon mccain in 2008 when colin powell instead shocked the country by endorsing a candidate who was running against john mccain. he endorsed presidential candidate barack obama for president. that was two weeks b

tributes are being paid to colin powell.er presint bush, he became the first blackecretary of state and he died from covid complications. >> he gave the yeast the bevels part of his little, his experience, his patriotism. he gave us his decency and the state department loved him for it. >> colin powell was one of the architects of the iraq war. later accepted the case he made f. warp was a blot on his reputation. tributes are being paid to creek david amess, who, kimed in a in my opinion attack on friday. >> he was one of the nicest individuals ever to grease these benches. >> in myanmar, millions are detained for opposing the coup in february. ♪ let's begin by hearing the tributes being paid to colin powell. the former u.s. secretary of state died at the age of 4 following complications from covid-19, although he was fully vaccinated. he's being remembered for being the first african-american to reesent the u.s. as secretary of state and for arguing at the u.n. in favor of war against iraq. based on intelligence reports abo

colin l.ouldered that responsibility while giving the impression that the weight was light as a feather. he was the son of immigrants from jamaica. he was born in harlem raised in the south bronx. he went to city college in new york. entered the army through the rotc program. he was highly decorated for two long, difficult combat tours in vietnam. he was the youngest one-star general in the united states army by the time he was 42 years old. he led the invasion of panama, he led the first gulf war in 1991. but his impact on the country was beyond even what he did in the u.s. military, and the strength of his example as a public servant. it was profoundly political. he announced that he was a republican in 1995. he announced that he could no longer consider himself a republican this year after the attack on the u.s. capitol by trump supporters on january 6. that said, he was still a republican and he was a decades-long friend of john mccain, someone who had been floated as a potential running m

we have heard a lot today about colin powell, the general, about colin powell, the statesman, about the man who served this country for so long. but can you tell us a little bit about colin powell the man? >> probably the three things that i remember most about him or will remember most is his character, his competence, and his credibility. and credibility to me is very, very important in life. it means to be trusted, to be believed, to be taken at your word. and people could trust colin powell with his word. and he didn't mind speaking to presidents and telling them they were perhaps going in the wrong direction. and he did that because he cared about the consequences of doing something wrong. so he was a great man. he's a national treasure. he will be remembered in history as someone who was very important in so many different parts of life that he served as a public citizen. >> jane, the colonel just touched on it a little bit, so many people today have commented that colin powell was the rare political figure to rise above. i want to play a clip from "meet the press" back in 2008, w

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we honor colin powell.ists caught in the middle of a neighborhood debate in the north. the bay area is finally getting some rain, but will it put a dent in our drought? demonstrations across the state today opposing a covid vaccine mandate in schools. building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. good evening, and thank you for joining us. i'm on a dates and i'm dan ashley. you're watching abc 7 news at six live here on abc 7 hul ivan wherever you stream glad you're with us. well, finally the storm door is open some rainfall in the bay area over the weekend as you know, and it's just a taste of what's to come. we're tracking a series of storms that will hit throughout this week. now, this comes as california just wrapped up the driest water year recorded in nearly 100 years. it's that bad and drought experts don't expect this week's rain to make any real big changes to the state's current conditions. abc 7 news reporter ryan curry is live in lafayette with more right? yeah

how would you describe colin powell's record of public service?> it was mentioned earlier that he was aole model for african-american soldiers -- he was a role model for all of us. he always maintained himself with a quiet dignity. if we look back at desert storm, the leader of the ground forces, a big, rotund, very vocal, very forceful. and yet you have a man of incredible combat background as his supervisor, colin powell, and it was a perfect balance. we needed somebody with quiet dignity and presence to back up the aggressive on-ground bombastic commander of norma schwarzkopf. they were both ideal in what they did. in his record throughout -- he was trapped in a bad situation under briefing before the u.n. he was given bad information by the state department, by the cia and by the defense investigative agency. at one point he said, "i can't do this." because he saw flaws and he told george tenet, if i will present this information at the u.n., you will sit behind me. but even though he objected to it, and he told bush and rumsfeld and cheney, v

general colin powell, former u.s. secretary of state and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff passed away this frerng in complications from covid. he was fully vaccinated. we want to thank the medical staff at the walter reed for their treatment. we have lost a loving husband, father, grandfather grand ate kam. he was chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, national security advisor and secretary of state spent more than 40 years in public service. the first black secretary of state under george w. bush and he oversaw operation desert storm and gulf war. he was criticized widely for his speech to the united nations in 2003 making a case for war with sawed am hussain. he is in 2015 on that u.n. spee. listen. >> if we had known the intelligence was wrong we would not have gone into iraq but the intelligence community, all 16 agencies, assured us that it was right. my speech at the u.n. was based on that information. >> a long time republican working for reagan and the bushes turned heads when he announced support for th

colin powell helped steer u.s.ational security in the post-vietnam era as the country's first black joint chiefs of staff chairman. his family cited covid-19 complications in a statement on facebook, adding he had been fully vaccinated. he had recently undergone treatment for blood cancer, which is known to weaken the immune system. colin powell urged the use of overwhelming power when conflict was unavoidable, views popularized in the media as the powell doctrine. he felt war should be a last resort with clear objectives, strong public support, and decisive action. writing about the political side or the lack of political side on colin powell, this is in the washington post this morning, the headline, country ahead of party. in 2008, he endorsed barack obama, the first black president . later soundly rejecting trump in january after a pro-trump mob stormed the capital. following the january 6 insurrection, powell disavowed his party in an interview with cnn. he was asked if members of the gop realized they encoura

megan rany to talk more about general colin powell's death.n emergency room doctor at brown university. doctor, thank you so much for joining us. i think people were surprised to learn he died from complications of covid 19, even though he was fully vaccinated. but how much did the cancer he was battling compromise his immune system? >> it's quite likely the cancer, multiple myeloma, was a major factor in the vaccines not working for him. that specific kind of cancer is a cancer of the blood cells, so the very cells that are supposed to fight off covid and that are supposed to create antibodies in response to the vaccine weren't working well. in addition, it's highly possible that he was on immunosuppressants, things like steroids or immunotherapy which also make the vaccine not work so well. so i wouldn't blame this on the vaccine but, rather, unfortunately, on his underlying healthcare condition. >> o'donnell: general powell was 84 years old. how much was age a factor? >> age was likely a large factor. when you combine age with an underlying

we believe in america, in no spot part, because it helped produce someone like colin powell. thank you mr. secretary. announcer: president biden released a statement on the passing of colin powell saying in part, above all he was my friend. easy to share a laugh with. a trusted confidant in good and hard times. he could drive his corvette stingray like nobody's business, something i learned firsthand. i am forever grateful for his support for my candidacy for president and for our shared battle for the soul of the nation. announcer: c-span is your unfiltered view of government. funded by these companies and more including media,. >> the world changes in an instant, but we were ready. internet traffic soared, we never slowed down. schools and businesses went virtual, we powered a new reality. we are built to keep you ahead. announcer: media, supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. washington unfiltered. c-span in your pocket. download c-spannow today.

we mourn the passing of colin powell. many people are wondering what were the complications, he was being treated for blood cancer, what were complications he suffered that led to his death? >> sandra, i don't have specific details right now except to say usual complications of covid-19 that lead to death are lung complications, pneumonia from covid, he had history of parkinson, that could make that more likely, the heart canning involved and the kidney, three main organs we are concerned about with covid. he is battling multiple myeloma, blad cancer. if he was in stages of treatment for that, it is difficult for the vaccine to work. that is one reason we started giving boosters. i do not know if he had a booster. he's 84, he had a history of prostate cancer, battling multiple myeloma. i don't know if he had enough immunity to fight this off. looks like he didn't. you're 11 times more likely to die of covid if you haven't been vaccinated. he is an outlier in the sense of risks because of the myeloma. he is not just a hero

general colin powell, the very embodiment of the american dream.irst black secretary of state, the first black leader of the us military. yet he was born to jamaican immigrants in harlem and was lost as a teenager. today, flags were lowered to half staff and the tributes have been lavish. he broke so many barriers and those barriers were not easy to break by any stretch. but he did it with dignity, he did it with grace. until saddam hussain�*s invasion of kuwait in 1990, colin powell was relatively unknown. after it, he became a household name, as america's first black commander of the us military. he developed the powell doctrine — don't start a war unless you know how you are going to end it. in many ways, he was a reluctant warrior, having been injured during the vietnam war, but if force is to be used, then let it be overwhelming. our strategy to go after this army is very, very simple. first we're going to cut it off and then we're going to kill it. having reached the top of the military, he'd now blaze a new trial, becoming america's most sen

we honor colin powell., moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> a little bit of rain came down across the bay area, but a lot more is on the way. this is a live look outside right now where there are some clouds and a lot of blue skies, but all this is about to change. dan: you can see live doppler 7 right here. but it is about to change. kristen: we will dig deeper into the drought. let's begin with the forecast. >> i want to show you live doppler 7, because right now while things are quite, as you mention, we will get our next storm, already getting ready to hit us and that comes in tomorrow night. it's a level on the storm impact scale. widespread rain expected, briefly moderate to heavy and we are expecting gusty southerly winds. certainly more rain than what came through in the last 24 hours. take a look, tomorrow night 9 p.m., the bay area is getting wet weather. it's starting to move into san francisco in the wee hours of the morning. the showers will that's not the only chance. tak

remembering general colin powell,is impact globally and in the bay area. we are joined by leon panetta.

that was colin powell.al, a grounded individual for all of his success. i got to know to work with him in the at risk community which is a mission of mine as you know. honored to know him. a decent, terrible, terrible loss. we need leaders like that neil. a great man. rest in peace, general powell. neil: i hear you my friend, thank you, joseph. always good to see you. joe piscopo remembering the late, great, colin powell. we'll have a lot more after this. hospital — your life is just as unique. your raymond james financial advisor gets to know you, your passions, and the way you give back. so you can live your life. that's life well planned. everyone remembers the moment they heard, “you have cancer.” how their world stopped... and when they found a way to face it. for some, this is where their keytruda story begins. keytruda — a breakthrough immunotherapy that may treat certain cancers. one of those cancers is advanced melanoma, which is a kind of skin cancer where keytruda may be used when your melanoma h

think of our colin powell.iend and a patriot, wu of our great military leaders and a man of overwhelming decency. this is a guy born the son of immigrants in new york city, raised in harlem in the south bronx, graduated from city college in new york, and he rose through the highest ranks in not only the military but also in areas of foreign policy and state craft. this is a guy who we talk about, who had teachers who looked at this african-american kid and said, you can do anything. so all i want to say to you really is don't underestimate. don't underestimate what you do. >> biden ordered flags to be flown at half-staff until sunset on friday to honor powell's life and contribution to the country. he was 84 years old. keep scrolling please. despite being fully vaccinated, his longtime assistant revealed the 84-year-old had been successfully treated for blood cancer several years ago leaving him immunocompromised. powell was also suffering from parkinson's disease and was scheduled to get his coronavirus booste

colin powell's death this morning, in his position from 2001 to 2005.plomacy efforts. matt bradley is in london for us, as well as anita mcbride, school of public affairs and former assistant to former president george w. bush. matt, how did some of his international peers remember him today? he's being remembered the same around the united states. a lot of his diplomats, his peers you mentioned from across the world, they remember him for his diplomacy in america, for crossing the partisan divide, something which is so rare these days. it almost seems like a relic from his heyday back in the 1990s. now so many leaders are remembering that. aaron, everybody is going to be mentioning it's the hallmark and the real shame of him in his career was getting in front of the united nations and challenging iraq which turned out to be intelligence that just wasn't true. that's something he said he regretted and really put a blot on his moral character for the rest of the world. but still, we have to remember one issue there. he went before the united nations beca

so that was the republican party to colin powell. and obviously the republican party has morphed since then and has taken a different turn. >> well, general, we thank you so much for joining us to share your knowledge about the person you knew, colin powell. our hearts go out to his lovely wife, alma and the entire family, and i think will you agree with that. thank you. >> absolutely. thank you, don. >> and up next, we're going to set the record straight on colin powell's death and what it tells us about why vaccinating everyone is important to protect cancer patients. >> i have multiple myeloma. and i've had it for almost two years now and i think august, and i have taken all the medication and exams they want me to and i have never given up a day of work. go bowling. did you know some deodorants may not last all day? secret works immediately! and is designed to last for up to 48 hours. with secret, keep it fresh. available in over 10 amazing scents and aluminum free. secret. >> tech: when you get a chip in your windshield... trust

colin powell reached for you, you're out. colin powell preached tolerance _ for you, you're out.nce and moderation. he was a trailblazer, leader, warrior and statesman. and according to many of the tributes today a genuine american hero. colin powell died at the age of 80 for following complications from covid—19. he was fully vaccinated but also suffered from multiple myeloma a blood cancer which put them at a higher risk from covid—19. most people in the us have been remembering him today. barbara platt usher has been written tonight hearing some of those tributes. the tributes have been praising mister powell as a soldier, a person and a politician is very highly regarded on both sides of the aisle. was a particularly poignant tribute from lloyd austin the defence secretary who said that mister powell was one of the greatest leaders the world has witnessed but also he said i lost a tremendous friend and mentor, ifeel as if i have lost a tremendous friend and mentor, i feel as if i have a lost a tremendous friend and mentor, ifeel as if i have a hole in my heart. you also had q

that's the kind of leadership and leader that colin powell was. i think i met him first day on the job in the reagan administration as national security adviser. as the general just said, he really was -- we talk about people being larger than life, impressive, towering figures. he was all that. he was very charismatic. he also had an easy way about him, a smile. he knew how to connect with people so that very first time i met him, i knew that this was someone who was special and was going to go to big places. i just want to point out one thing. a couple years ago i did an interview with him. it was actually for a documentary about former president bush 41, and we were talking about the lead-up to desert storm. and i think it says a lot about how he felt in the army. and he said, quote, that he was the reluctant general, i'm always the reluctant general because i don't like war. if we can avoid war, we avoid war. it has terrible consequences. that said, he was also the kind of general who, when diplomacy didn't work, he knew what his mission was a

general colin powell, the very embodiment of the american dream.he first black secretary of state, the first black leader of the us military. yet he was born to jamaican immigrants in harlem and was lost as a teenager. today, flags were lowered to half staff and the tributes have been lavish. he broke so many barriers and those barriers were not easy to break by any stretch. but he did it with dignity, he did it with grace. until saddam hussain�*s invasion of kuwait in 1990, colin powell was relatively unknown. after it, he became a household name, as america's first black commander of the us military. he developed the powell doctrine — don't start a war unless you know how you are going to end it. in many ways, he was a reluctant warrior, having been injured during the vietnam war, but if force is to be used, then let it be overwhelming. our strategy to go after this army is very, very simple. first we're going to cut it off and then we're going to kill it. having reached the top of the military, he'd now blaze a new trial, becoming america's most

colin didn't believe in approaching things that way. he came in, said we have been give a hard job to do. we are going to give it our best and damn it all we are going to do our best to get it done. more often than not he got the job done. >> you served at the united nations, you have a sense of how he was respected and revered around the world. talk about his impact as an ambassador for this country around the world. >> well, he was extraordinarily popular. he had a great relationship -- he came up to the u.n. every year while he was secretary, and he had meetings with all the different government leaders, presidents and foreign ministers. they all wanted to meet him. they all loved him dearly. he really was -- had a very, very friendly style. and he got along with the people. most of the foreign ministers who were on the security council at the time, whether it was jack straw, even sergey lavrov, the now russian foreign minister, then the representative there, had a good relationship with general colin powell. he had perhaps a bit of

first we're going to cut it off and then we're going to kill it. >> reporter: colin powell who served as an infantry man in two tours in vietnam instantly became a household name america's first black secretary of state succumbing to covid, powell was fully vaccinated but suffered from prostate cancer and in recent years multiple myeloma and parkinson's. once one of america's most popular figures, many urged him to run for president. any regrets you didn't run? you write in the book about how wrenching the decision was. >> i had to think about it because it was expected of me i'm a soldier. but after a few weeks of it, i realized, this is just not me. this is not what i could do. >> reporter: his so-called pottery barn rule of war, if you break it, you own it led him to privately oppose the iraq war. we were with him in afghanistan in 2002. >> what is it going to take to put the country back together? >> it is going to take the effort of the entire international community. >> reporter: a low point a year later making the case to the un that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destructi

general colin powell. colin was my friend. easy to share a laugh with. a trusted confidante in good and hard times. flags are flying at half-staff to honor powell. and nancy pelosi also releasing a statement saying general colin powell was a patriot, serving our country in uniform, leading at the highest levels of american government and blazing a trail of generations to come. his leadership strngtenned america and his life embodied the american dream. >>> now to our other big story today. the rain. at last. more rain expected here in the bay area this week. >> we've got team coverage this morning on how the rain is helping combat our drought levels giving us a little bit of relief. kari hall has been adding up how much we got last night. it's not a lot but we are excited and hopefully we're tracking a trend here. >> there will be a trend. what we got last night was not a lot and moved through so quickly. can you hang out longer? here's a look at the 18-hour loop and once again for much of the past several hours it was dry. quickly swept through the bay