oprah winfrey, sam walton, colin powell. jay-z. newt gingrich, elizabeth warren. why? what's that supposed to be? >> the structure of the book was difficult. it was crucial i get it right. to tell the story in a panoramic way but also intimately. i needed the main characters but i needed to show what was happening to the top of society, among the vip celebrities influencing parts of our cultures. from politics, there's newt gingrich who more than any other single figure, created the toxic atmosphere of the politics we're used to now in america. >> found this moment, not this specific moment, but the idea in your book and get you to comment on this.

--in powell will stop jay-z colin powell. jay-z. the structure of the book was tough for me to come up with. it was crucial that i get it right. i'm telling the story of america over a generation in a panoramic way. what wasto show happening at the top of society, society, thats of created the toxic atmosphere. .> let me interrupt i have video that i want to show you. from this moment, not the specific moment, but the idea in your book.

--in powell will stop jay-z colin powell. jay-z.the structure of the book was tough for me to come up with. it was crucial that i get it right. i'm telling the story of america over a generation in a panoramic way. what wasto show happening at the top of society, society, thats of created the toxic atmosphere. .> let me interrupt i have video that i want to show you. from this moment, not the specific moment, but the idea in your book. money, i pay ach donation. they are on permanent loan. 10-feet long. , we had a thing was local corporation they came to washington. down with the two dragons. i thought that this would be a highlight of my career. they were in the kind of bag that you carry sneakers and. they were much younger than this will stop they had taken the dragon and put him in a cheesecloth bag. they tied the bag shut. it was dark and they thought it was asleep. they arrived and the guy said, these are yours. i am carrying a komodo dragon. they are very strong. >> that is 1994. before he became the speaker. what is the rele

no person of color is going to rise to that rank until basically colin powell in our own time. the fact that that story is unknown, he rises higher than any black man would rise in the celebrated during this amazing period of the french revolution. not having to hide his color but in fact is being celebrated. the french are incredibly proud they have this person of color at the top of their revolution. all of this shutdown and that is the reason he was erased from history. napoleon is the guy who does it. when he comes back into power, france is losing so much money from not being part of the slave trade and having ended slavery and integrating their society and a lot of people are angry. for racism and economic reasons. it is all rolled back. his suppressed for the next 100 years. when they finally create a single statue to him, the nazis tear down because they do not like the statue of a black man. during world war ii is not reconstructed after the war. in france, very tense racial situation. people of color and france do not feel like they have a lot of opportunities. at the

oprah winfrey, sam walton, colin powell. jay-z. newt gingrich, elizabeth warren. why? what's that supposed to be? >> the structure of the book was difficult. it was crucial i get it right. to tell the story in a panoramic way but also intimately. i needed the main characters but i needed to show what was happening to the top of society, among the vip celebrities influencing parts of our cultures. from politics, there's newt gingrich who more than any other single figure, created the toxic atmosphere of the politics we're used to now in america. >> found this moment, not this specific moment, but the idea in your book and get you to comment on this. >> i help to pay in donations for conservation that the national zoo asks for. they're on permanent loan. and they'll grow to be much, much bigger, ten feet long. and the second thing was a local corporation, came to washington and i went out the fly down with the two dragons, i thought this was going to be one of the highlights of my career. and they were in the kind of bags you carry sneakers in. they were -- they were muc

financial institutions but they were also going after the state department and secretary of state colin powell at the time and they were going after high ranking military generals and that was just with my space capabilities that i saw later when i got together with colleagues and we started to put together the trust that's the side that is being done with all those nodes all over the country with the fiber optics and that sort of thing then we found out that it got much worse because this was just the phone that we were looking at but it was also being done at the e-mail level but that wasn't the information i was getting the information i was seeing were phone numbers that were being plugged into a system that was going after people's phone phone numbers and associated numbers and a lot of a lot of numbers i wasn't sure but they want to after they went to a law firms and lawyers they went after more generals general petraeus was one of the guys it seemed like right about that level was they were going after admirals and generals they went after the supreme court of which i held judge alito a

financial institutions but they were also going after the state department and secretary of state colin powell at the time and they were going after high ranking military generals and that was just with my space capabilities that i saw later when i got together with colleagues and we started to put together the trust that's the side that is being done with all those nodes all over the country with the fiber optics and that sort of thing then we found out that it got much worse because this was just the phone that we were looking at but it was also being done at the e-mail level but that wasn't the information i was getting the information i was seeing were phone numbers that were being plugged into a system that was going after people's phone phone numbers and associated numbers and a lot of a lot of numbers i was huma sure but they weren't after they went to law firms and lawyers they went after more generals general petraeus was one of the guys it seemed like right about that level was they were going after admirals and generals they went after the supreme court of which i held judge alito h

list of all the things i could see that could go wrong in the iraq war i mean we listened to colin powell's presentation at the united nations about the intelligence we have read and were briefed on george tenet's intelligence presentations and who gave him this intelligence who gave powell where did he how i had more experience with intelligence than anyone in the administration he'd been national security adviser for reagan had been a four star general spent his whole life and one of the intelligence agencies in the department of state is saying it was very logical to believe that oh my but there's just absolutely i mean it if you go back people now say well they blame bush or cheney or somebody i mean the intelligence came from george tenet cia and powell analyzed it for days before he made that presentation he was in line he believed everything he said they presented to the congress hillary clinton voted for john kerry voted for it jay rockefeller said there was an imminent threat the brits the french agreed with the intelligence now what did they actually find they didn't find stockpil

financial institutions but they were also going after the state department and secretary of state colin powell at the time and they were going after high ranking military generals and that was just with my space capabilities that i saw later when i got together with colleagues and we started to put together the trust that's the side that is being done with all those nodes all over the country with the fiber optics and that sort of thing then we found out that it got much worse because this was just the phone that we were looking at but it was also being done at the e-mail level but that wasn't the information i was getting the information i was seeing were phone numbers that were being plugged into a system that was going after people's phone phone numbers. associated numbers and a lot of a lot of numbers i was human sure but they weren't after they went to a law firms and lawyers they went after more generals general petraeus was one of the guys it seemed like right about that three star level it was they were going after admirals and generals they went after the supreme court of which i held

it's not just the powell rule, colin powell's rule that if you break it you bought it and engage a little and you own the own thing, that's part tch but it can -- part of it but it can interrupt what's going on the ground. and a certain outcome, this is because the u.s. backed it. and then we're not only engaged, but our engagement has fired up all sorts of people who would have otherwise perhaps not have been so fired up. gwen: the argument, does it have to be about national security? the n.s.a. arguments, security versus privacy, does anybody feel the need to engage? >> i don't think necessarily. but the n.s.a. is a prime example of how the u.s. is viewed. abroad now. it wasn't all that long ago when we were talking about and writing stories about how the world is viewing this new administration as a bright light. we've seen how much people like us in some respects on this whole unfolding saga of the snowden ordeal. still on loe ose. a lot of countries are not exactly eager to help the u.s. out on this. so i think that this is still unfolding but not making this administration look very

list of all the things i could see that could go wrong in the iraq war i mean we listened to colin powell's presentation at the united nations about the intelligence we have read and were briefed on george tenet's intelligence presentations and gave him this intelligence who gave powell where did he how i had more experience with intelligence than anyone in the administration he'd been national security adviser for reagan had been a four star general spent his whole life one of the intelligence agencies in the department of state is saying was very logical to believe them oh my goodness she was absolutely i mean it if you go back people now say well they blame bush or cheney or somebody i mean the intelligence came from george tenet cia and powell analyzed it for days before he made that presentation he was in line he believed everything he said they presented to the congress hillary clinton voted for john kerry voted for it jay rockefeller said there was an imminent threat the brits the french agreed with the intelligence now what did they actually find they didn't find stockpiles. but the

the decision was made early in the pentagon and specifically by colin powell.bviously with the concurrence of his civilian masters and he called general schwarzkopf and say that we are at the hundred hour mark and we have kicked them out of kuwait and we have done what they asked us to do and to fill the terms of the congressional and united nations authorization. what you think about ending it. he was concerned that eventually there would be a backlash and television photos in particular would be scenes of carnage leading out of kuwait city. none of those photos had yet been on television. he was aware that there was carnage of the would-be photos. i don't think nancy pelosi or anyone else had anything to do that. >> host: thomas, you are on booktv with author rick atkinson. >> caller: hello, they are. thank you so very much for putting this program on. it was my privilege to go to the american cemetery near the beaches of normandy. one time with a next-door neighbor who was a congressional medal of honor winner. james monteith. there are two in the cemetery.

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and the national security adviser staff person with him, remember when colin powell got the job of thetional security advisor reach he understood it and he came around to me and he said i am a member of your staff the president is my main guy but my job is to stuff the council. so that is what got me out of kilter and in my book i had quite a lot to say about the structure of government in what is going i think in the long direction. >> secretary shultz, a couple more issues on your mind. number one, demographics. you are worried about demographics. >> i'm not worried about it, interest observant of its and the demographics have changed and are continuing to change rapidly. the countries have low fertility, rise and longevity to the they are getting to be older societies which has an impact on your outlook and capabilities. the russians have a demographic catastrophe on their hands. very low fertility. longevity is only a little better than 60. women live 12 years longer than men of. a lot of the younger talented people are immigrating. they have huge problems in the caucasus to deal w

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it was studied exhaustively by colin powell. he made the presentation for the country.ited nations. it was supported by the congress of the united states, including senator hillary clinton, senator john kerry, senator jay rockefeller of hitting it was agreed to by our allies. it had been the policy of the united states for a decade that there should be a change in iraq. it was passed by a democratic senate and signed by bill clinton, the president of the united states. and the idea that that has become a theme against president bush it seems to me is unfortunate and it is the result of a fact that a narrative has been promoted in much of the media which just factually is not the case. now, all iraq what's went have been? i don't know we do know a couple of things. we do know that saddam hussein is gone, the butcher of baghdad that used chemical weapons on his own people come on his neighbors. we know that he killed hundreds of thousands of people. it was heartbreaking to see. we know that the country still has ethnic divisions among the kurds and the shia and the sunni.

the decision was made in the pentagon, it was made specifically by colin powell, obviously with the concurrence of his civilian masters. he called general schwarzkopf and said we are at the 100 our mark, we kicked them out of kuwait, we have done what the united nations asked us to do, fulfilled the terms of the congressional and united nations authorizations, what you think of ending it? hall was concern that eventually there would be a backlash, television photos in particular would be seen of carnage on the so-called highway of death leading out of kuwait city. in fact none of those photos have yet been on television when pal made the decision that he was aware there was carnage in the fatah so i don't think nancy pelosi or anyone else in congress had nothing to do with. >> host: of veteran in richmond, va. you are wrong with rick atkinson. >> thank you for putting this program on. wreck's accusations are very profound. it was my privilege to twice go to the normandy cemeteries, the american cemetery, the beaches of normandy and one time, the next-door neighbor, congressional medal of honor

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i remember when colin powell got the job of secretary of national security advisor. he understood, and he came around to me and he said, i'm a member of your staff. obviously, the president is my main guy of my job was to staff council. so i think that's beginning to get out of kilter, and in my book i've quite a lot to say about the structure of governance and how it's going i think in the wrong direction. >> secretary shultz, a couple more issues on your mind. number one, demographics. you our word about demographics. >> i'm not worried about it. i'm observant of it and i see that the demographics of the world have changed and are continuing to change rapidly. the developed countries basically have low fertility, rising longevity. they're getting to be older societies, which has an impact on the outlook and your capabilities. the russians have a demographic catastrophe on their hands. they have a very low fertility, longevity of man as old only in the safety. women live a lot longer than been a lot of the town is immigrating. they have huge problems in the caucasus

it was studied exhaustively by colin powell. he made the presentation for the country.d nations. it was supported by the congress of the united states, including senator hillary clinton, senator john kerry, senator jay rockefeller of hitting it was agreed to by our allies. it had been the policy of the united states for a decade that there should be a change in iraq. it was passed by a democratic senate and signed by bill clinton, the president of the united states. and the idea that that has become a theme against president bush it seems to me is unfortunate and it is the result of a fact that a narrative has been promoted in much of the media which just factually is not the case. now, all iraq what's went have been? i don't know we do know a couple of things. we do know that saddam hussein is gone, the butcher of baghdad that used chemical weapons on his own people come on his neighbors. we know that he killed hundreds of thousands of people. it was heartbreaking to see. we know that the country still has ethnic divisions among the kurds and the shia and the sunni. we

general colin powell, then the secretary of state objected.arding our treaty applications quote will reverse over a century of u.s. policy and practice and undermine the protections of the law for our own troops. it will undermine public support among critical allies making military cooperation more difficult to sustain. then defense secretary rumsfeld approve the use of abusive interrogation techniques at guantÁnamo. these techniques became the bedrock for interrogation policy in iraq according to defense department investigation. horrible images that -- abu ghraib seared in our memories of the most extreme techniques. guantÁnamo became an international embarrassment and an international controversy. the supreme court repeatedly struck down the of administration's detention policies. justice sandra day o'connor famously wrote birth the majority in the hom the case the state of war is not a blank check for president end of quote. by 2000 sick even president bush, president bush said he wanted to close guantÁnamo. in 2008 the presidential candi

general colin powell said he would close if not tomorrow but this afternoon and senator mccain suggests it would be an act of moral curler which batch -- it would be an act of moral courage. there is a growing bipartisan consensus that we no longer needed. the hearing catalogs the reasons why it is imperative to catalog this into action. we heard of the astronomical costs at a time when the pentagon is furloughing half a million employees and the general reminded us the impending and of combat operations will require a change in authority. they described the deterioration of morale and the deteriorated state of many prisoners which is leading to a tipping point. do tenant showed us how they have worked in system of justice. in many ways, the struggle is a war of ideals. that is the valid grounds on which we should have the greatest advantage. sometimes when we lose our way, outsiders can remind us who we are and what we stand for. family members have written letters to you in advance of this hearing and i want to quote from them. the uncle of an algerian who has been detained for more t

the decision was made in the pentagon specifically to comb -- colin powell and civilian masters and calledur mark we did with united nations asked misheard to do refilled the requirements authorization. but they were concerned eventually there would be a backlash, a television photos in particular would be seen as carnage on the highway of death and in fact, he was aware that there was carnage. i don't think nancy pelosi had anything to do that. >> host: we have a world war ii veteran. you're on the air with a 39. >> caller: thank you so much. and your observations are very profound and it was my privilege to go to the normandy american cemetery from the beaches of normandy and and with the congressional medal of honor '' when you're there are two in the cemetery when it is theodore roosevelt, jr. alleges wanted 2.0 those of you need to there at the gravesite. >> guest: thank you for that. >> host: what was your service in world war ii? >> caller: i was in the marines and on a transport in the pacific. but we got off very light. >> host: thank you. we have had callers talking about rape an

general colin powell said he would close if not tomorrow but this afternoon and senator mccain suggestsbe an act of moral curler which batch -- it would be an act of moral courage. there is a growing bipartisan consensus that we no longer needed. reasonsing catalogs the why it is imperative to catalog this into action. we heard of the astronomical costs at a time when the pentagon is furloughing half a million employees and the general reminded us the impending and of combat operations will require a change in authority. they described the deterioration of morale and the deteriorated state of many prisoners which is leading to a tipping point. do tenant showed us how they have worked in system of justice. in many ways, the struggle is a war of ideals. that is the valid grounds on which we should have the greatest advantage. sometimes when we lose our way, outsiders can remind us who we are and what we stand for. family members have written letters to you in advance of this hearing and i want to quote from them. algerian who has been detained for more than one decade and cleared for rele

and as the national security advisor staff person i remember when colin powell got the job as the secretary in the national security he understood and came around and said i am a member of your staff. obviously the president is my main guy but my job is to staff the council. so i think that is beginning to get out of kilter. in my book i have a lot to save the structure of government and how what is going i think in the wrong direction. >> secretary, a couple more issues on your mind. number one, demographics. it's been a kind of servant of it and i see the demographics of the world have changed and continue to change to the developing countries basically have low fertility, rising longevity, they are getting to be older societies which has an impact on your outlook and your capabilities. they have a demographic catastrophe on their hands, very low fertility, longevity is managed only a little better than 60. they live 12 years longer than men, a lot of the younger talented people are immigrating. they have huge problems in the caucus to deal with and with china a lot of people on one side

general colin powell then the secretary of state objected.garding our treaty obligations quote will reverse over a century of u.s. policy and practice and undermine the protections of the law of war for our own troops. it will undermine public support among critical allies, making military cooperation more difficult to sustain. then defense secretary rumsfeld approved the use of abuse of interrogation techniques at guantÁnamo. these became the bedrock for interrogation policy in iraq. according to a defense department investigation. the horrible images that emerged from abu ghraib are seared into our memory, some of the most outrageous and extreme techniques. guantÁnamo became an international embarrassment and an international controversy. the supreme court repeatedly struck down the administration's detention policies. justice sandra day o'connor famously wrote for the majority in a case quote a state of war is not a blank check for a president coming into the quote. by 2006 even president bush, president bush said he wanted to close guantÁ

if the assumption is that black males are unintelligent you think of colin powell or barrack obama toyou this laura. we have to respect it is it is and analyze it as much. the jury had to believe that trayvon martin was a big actor in this conflict that wound up leading to his own death. taking your idea about subconscious bias and the defense theory that trayvon martin was using unflattering words about who was following him. what can we possibly see as insight into what may have been going on in his mind that night? and i ask, clear ly he is the victim but that wound up becoming something important to jurors. what might they have seen in his actions. >> it appears based on the jury verdict that the jurors must not have realized or been able to really understand the implicit assumptions that trayvon martin had. meaning as a young african american male being pursued by a hispanic individual, it appears based on some of the court testimony that, you know, he was frightened and rightfully so. i think for many african american youth trayvon martin represents the type of racial profiling

i got very active with colin powell, into the aids mom -- aids movement. we put a tremendous amount of money into aids. my department, with the national institute of health, was able to set up the millennium fund. andook it to the president, the president agreed to take it over, as well as the global fund, which i chaired. i was able to convince president bush to put the first money into the global fund. that increased the amount of money. 's you know, the president number one program he refers to now is the millennium fund. that was started in the department. it was our idea. we never got credit for it, but it was ours. that is what happens. we werey, it was a time not able to constrain the budget, since there was not homeland security. everyone gave us a pass to do what was necessary to build it. the department of public -- health and human service -- public safety was the reason for the budget. i knew the congressman when he was only a lowly state legislator. i have had a tremendous amount of respect and camaraderie. we have had our fights. i guess ever