whether colin powell stayed or not. whoever replaced him would have been an advocate of that war, too. had i left, i would sleep better. the situation now, it is quite different. you have mattis at defense. kelly, chief of staff, mcmaster, these are three of the key positions in the u.s. national security establishment. they're leaving in expectation that someone who more agreed with donald trump would replace them, has got to present them with this. i would not want to be in their positions. >> there are a lot of people grappling with this duiality. wait a minute. we're counting on military generals to protect us. a lot of people feel the threat of a president who is erratic. we're a civilian led government. >> quite ironic. >> you go back and look at the end of the roam an empire, the end of any empire based on military power and you see that this is kind of what starts to happen toward the end. they begin to rely increasingly on the military. it becomes the only instrument they can depend on. it becomes their persona

colin powell was in new york. i will say this twice.colin powell was in new york and his best friend was hit by a car and they called him and taken to columbia presbyterian winston, gets an elevator, comes downstairs to find out a black man cannot get a cap in new york today. if you starts jogging, 9:00 at night from starts jogging, praying his best friend is alive, these racist white cops turn the corner and see a nigger running, that'll all see colin powell, they say "stop, nigger." he is dead in america doesn't was to be outraged. amy: legendary comedian and civil rights activist dick gregory on democracy now! in figure 2002, just months after we first went on television. we had been on radio for six years. dick gregory died at 84 on saturday. i last interviewed him in 2016, just days after the death of his close friend and fellow vietnam war resistor headway boxing champ of the world muhammad ali. >> so friday, i'm starting to fast to think ali. i might go 10 years. i don't know. i've not made up my mind. but i am not going to eat n

election, colin powell. he should run. he could win. colin powell can't win.l got a better chance of winning the bronze in female gymnastics. >> chris rock to me is an intellectual power and he is an amazing satirist. but his talent and gift lies in how he makes observations. >> the white man thinks he's losing the country. you watch the news. we're losing everything. we're [ bleep ] losing. affirmative action and illegal aliens and we're [ bleep ] the country. losing? shut the [ bleep ] up. white people ain't losing [ bleep ]. if y'all losing, who's winning? it ain't us. >> chris was able to connect with black audiences and white audiences with the same words. >> there ain't a white man in this room that would change places with me. none of you. none of you would change places with me, and i'm rich. >> chris is not even deferential to white or black people. and so the less fear you have in a comic, the more powerful they are. >> i'm not talking about rich. i'm talking about wealth. a white man gets wealthy, he builds walmarts and makes other white people have

you had a retired general, colin powell, and dick cheney himself. he said, we had the 18 in foreign affairs, yet their first foreign affairs crisis was a coup in panama. he admitted, he said, while we were a great group of individuals with a lot of experience foreign policy and defense policy, we had not worked together as a team yet. that took some time for us to get going as a team. he said, we made some mistakes. >> we learned a lot as a team how to work and function. one problem you have with any new administration, even one as experienced as ours -- we were not amateurs -- it is hard. there is no training ground or senior civilian political leaders in an administration. >> our view is if that team made mistakes, think how much harder it is for a president with no washington experience, no foreign-policy experience, no defense policy experience, and no work in washington with the levers of power in the centers of power in the capital. >> we find ourselves groping to know the full sense and meaning of these times in which we live. in our quest of

and colin powell would go there in the '60s said he was unsure he ever heard a better explanation as circular as it was for what we were doing. working on this but in addition to my research than reading and intellectual framing i certainly knew i needed to visit vietnam. not just a thriving city but to the delta and the high country out to the far reaches. where the baby boomer generation fought there were some of the men i was describing had died for gore visited the delta even today you can understand while patrolling the waterways and canals were scary. traveling up the river i went to the only means of liberty bridge that so many americans who had served there in the old areas of the marines called dodge city and a left behind some mementos for those marines killed in two different ambushes' with the third battalion seventh marines one in july 1968 in 2nd less than 2 miles away. and to be the site in winnipeg is the old demilitarized zone names that i can assure you that most americans never know they are seared into the of the very of the outpost. i walked around the field as i

colin powell was in new york. i will say this twice.colin powell was in new yorkk and his best friend was hit by a car and they called him and taken to columbia presbyterian winston, gets an elevator, comes downstairs to find out a black man cannot get a cap in new york today. if you starts jogging, 9:00 at night from starts jogging, praying hihis best fririend is alive, these racisist white cops turn the corner r and see aa nir running, thahat'll all see colin popowell, theyey say "stop, nig" he is dead in america doesn't was to be outraged. amy: legendary comedian and civil rights activist dick gregory on democracy now! in figure 2002, just months after we first went on television. we had been on

he's not retired, much like colin powell. we'll see whether loyalty to donald trump pays off. >> as we know, donald trump skramd the advisory he panel. interestingly not a single one of the president's evangelical advisers has stepped away from him. more than that, a couple are defending his comments. >> what's left of economic he nationalism if you don't build this country back up again? i'm sorry. it was the one good thing of his whole platform i really thought was interesting. and labor would have supported rebuilding. i want to build a train to theblds left coast, east coast thing. that was my speech. thank you. we'll be right back after this. when you switch to progressive. winds stirring. too treacherous for a selfie. [ camera shutter clicks ] sure, i've taken discounts to new heights with safe driver and paperless billing. but the prize at the top is worth every last breath. here we go. [ grunts ] got 'em. ahh. wait a minute. whole wheat waffles? [ crying ] why! wait a minute. whole wheat waffles? a trip back to the dt

you had a retired general, colin powell, cheney himself. we had the a-team in foreign affairs. their first foreign affair crisis was a coup in panama. why we have a great group of individuals with a lot of experience in foreign and defense policy, we hadn't worked together as a team yet. he said we made some mistakes. >> one of the problems of the new administration, we weren't a bunch of amateurs, we had been around them before. it's hard, there is no training guard -- training ground for senior civilian political leaders in the administration. >> our view now as if that team made the mistakes, think how much harder it is for the president who has no washington experience, no foreign policy experience, no defense policy experience, and no work in washington with the centers of power in the nation's capital. >> we find ourselves groping and a meaning of these times in which we live. we beseech god's guidance, we seminar to the past and scan all signs of the future. will for ourof our questions. >> he knew you never knew what was around the corner. and the phrase he used and man

colin powell is on record as they were concerned about the rhetoric from donald trump that about a militarized north korea. the comparisons to kim jung-un are dangerous five and wrong and unpatriotic. trish: >> be added to the donald to take to see if he left his own cabinet members high and dry having to depend fire in fury. they say we talk about the mood or whatever he was going to say but not specific words. specific do it in words do matter. trish: i would point out is that everyone has the same message. we are all on the same page within the administration. i am taking issue with is as a country, we need to be on the same page in certainly people say things differently and this president has a certain flair, shall we say, with how he does things but everyone is saying the same thing. do not mess with us, north kor korea. >> absolutely. i don't have a problem with fire in fury. it's all the other options have been exhausted. we tried everything else. barack obama gave pallets of unmarked bills to the irradiance and they are still pursuing their nuclear weapons. this is not greatest be sol

i remember when colin powell became chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.ere stunned by is how super competent colin powell was and then they began to realize there were people under him and people under him and made you realize that this institution had taken people from all walks of life, all races, all socioeconomic backgrounds and found a way to integrate them in a way that the private sector had not been able to do. so i think the military is really standing up for one of its absolute core values and also great success stories. i'm a little less impressed by the business elite, to be honest. i think they've been more followers than leaders. it's surprising how long it took many of them to act as they did. if the merck ceo had not done what he did, i don't know how many would have fallen suit. the johnson & johnson ceo is a perfect example of a profile and cowar cowardice, after confronting everything that happened, issued a statement saying, well, i wish trump had not said that but we're still going to stick with him and after trump disbanded the counc

analogy to the segregation of the armed services and the truman administration and he hoped that colin powell would get this and they never did. this was a tough defeat. >> i love the way that you've told thyou toldthe story of poly on these issues through the le lens. you made reference to his memoir talking about others who were not out over the years. the [inaudible] they were typically in washington and he would use the first names of people. you could tell he didn't know what it was going to do. i think that's part of the story was harder to tell. there's nothing about how we sealed the deal in the committ committee. it's mostly about how hard it was to grow up in the 50s. so i think that he's lost touch with these people and felt like mia betraying a personal secret is someone going to feel hurt that i told -- later he had a circle of friends that came out and the community was greatly sustaining for it. >> they were very supportive. his father never found out. his mother told his father and he kind of ran out of the room and said no, it can't be. and i think that this is the biggest is

. >> reporter: what we heard from colin powell is that they shot this suspect for stealing a sweater but there is surveillance video inside the store. what we are hearing is that there was quite a tussle. the security guard was getting pounded when he pulled his piece and shot the suspected shoplifter in the right leg. he was conscious and in stable condition. the security guard taken in for questioning. he is talk to police about what happened at 7th and howard. mark matthews bay area news. >>> you can follow us on breaking and developing news 24/7. >> this time president trump went rogue according to a senior white house official. mr. trump blaming both the white supremacist and the counterprotesters during that violent rally over the weekend in charlottesville. >> what about the alt-left that came charging as you say, the alt-right. do they have any semblance of guilt. i think there is blame on both sides and i have no doubt about it. and you don't have any doubt about it either. >> this was during a news conference at the trump tower there. the president wasn't supposed to answer

they would have best dance with colin powell oh my god. what would you addition for steven i did that yes i went in for an amazing casting director ellen lewis in new york well so i did not directly for steven i auditioned for ellen lewis on tape and she couldn't have been lovelier i read for two different roles in the film and a week later i got a call that i had a meeting set with steven spielberg which was a very unreal call sort of a dream experience and then i went in and met with steven and he couldn't have been lovelier i was very nervous to lollywood both play a significant part in the pentagon papers we know you know i think she was a source of support and encouragement for her mother at the time and that is what's reflected in the film who plays golf from groom knows streep yeah. well and who does tom hanks play he plays ben bradley the editor and my closest friends while wow where they shooting were shooting in new york not in washington. all because it's a lot of interiors i'm sure they'll shoot some exteriors in washington it'

of course doesn't do that we don't do body counts says colin powell. but they do at the u.n. and what they have found is that every year since they've been counting the number of civilian casualties has gone up why is that well you know we hear a lot about the nature of the war that this is a longstanding war and and the taliban are so they don't care about civilians and they don't care about this and that and they fight unfairly they fight with him promote improvised. surely true wars are not pretty words are not pretty and civilians are the ones who pay the price and what happens in afghanistan is that you don't have armies facing off against each other this is a war against a quite small guerilla operation the taliban the thing is the taliban have never tried to attack the united states they're not like isis for instance or particularly al qaeda whose goal is to bring down the west or to weaken the west or so they're not interested in that their interest is really afghanistan they were one of a number of islamist players during the civil war in the one nine hundred ninety

in 2002 colin powell had to go deal with them and they had to talk in order to avert a nuclear exchange between these two powers. we're not even looking at that right now. we're letting so much go by the way because we're concentrating on trump's rhetoric. >> all right. come lawrence wilkerson. thank you. >> thank you. >> i'll joined by the former deputy secretary of defense. how would they derrell who should make what kind of statement in this context? >> right, chris. first, i want to associate myself with everything the colonel said. he made excellent comments there. normally you have an interagency process. it sounds like they have he had one and they do have a north korea strategy, although it the hand been articulate publicly. and then you get the expense the president rhetorically is probably not doing what they scripted for this strategy. because what he is doing runs counter to a sober strategy that puts pressure first. we need to really look at very clearly at what the north korean regime wants. as some of the other guests said before, kim jong-un, he wants to make sure, numbe

remind people who general colin powell stepped down as chairman of joint chiefs of staff during the clinton administration he was a private citizen, he would go around country giving speeches and said when happens with north korea uses chemical weapons again south korea, general powell would say we will turn north korea into a charcoal bricket. liz: i hear what you are saying, i don't know if u.s. voters, they are kind of scared when they hear this rhetoric. >> ask the u.s. voters this, how do you feel about and you your children living from now as far as the eye can see under the threat of nuclear attacks by the likes of the kim jong-un regime. how does that suit you. liz: china foreign minister called kim jong-un bellicose. blaming kim jong-un for escalating this crisis this to this boiling point. witpoint. but the fear there is no back-channels to deescalate. which kennedys used with the missile crises in 60s, can se we shoot down a missile. >> to have a successful deescalation, you have to have someone on the other side, like the north korea regime head to do that what is true for the p

. >> colin powell believed in exerting maximum power on the ground, so you wouldn't be fighting a prolongedill be quick, decisive. it became known as the pal low doctrine. >> the war started this morning as the americans and allies attacked with massive fire power that shook the earth. >> we're 15.5 hours in a grown war where all the reports we're receiving is going well. >> so far, progression with dramatic success. the troops are doing a great job but the war is not over yet. >> what is your impression of hussein as a military strategist? >> he is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the arts nor is he program technician, a general or a soldier. other than that he's a great military man. >> big and burly and kftd, when he came in that briefing room your chest swelled. >> his presence was important, it was a huge factor on american support for the war. >> the war in the gulf is virtually over. tonight what may be the final battle of the gulf war. >> headlines in baghdad newspaper screamed. pictures from southern kuwait told a different story. >> the iraqui army began to emerge from t

. >> colin powell, then chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, believed in exerting maximum power onround so that you wouldn't be fighting a prolonged war, that this would be quick, decisive. it became known as the powell doctrine. >> the ground war started this morning as the americans and their allies attack with massive fire power that shook the earth. >> we're about 15 1/2 hours into a ground war that from all of the sketchy reports that we're receiving is going well. so far the offensive is progressing with dramatic success. the troops are doing a great job, but the war is not over yet. >> what are your impressions of saddam hussein as a military strategist? >> stormin'n norman was out of central casting. >> he is neither a strategist nor is he schooled in the operational art, nor is he a tactician, nor is he a general, nor is he a soldier. other than that, he's a great military man. i want you to know that. >> big and burly and confident. when he came in the briefing room, your chest swelled. it was american military might on parade. >> schwarzkopf's presence was important. it

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. >> i think colin powel cld be the guy, if he wanted to, to run against obama. russia's head explode. >> he's got a point of view. it's not a straight line. he's not just a straight-up lefty. he does criticize both sides. >> sweet grandma hillary, she did fine in 2008 but this year the voters are not in the mood for steady as she goes. they're pitchfork angry and they don't want america's nicest grandma. >> he was tough on president obama, too. >> yeah, that's my job, is to hold their feet to the fire no matter what party and who's in power. >> as much as he's loved, he's hated. he's doing it right. >> jon stewart changed the face of late night comedy in america and altered the trajectory of humor. >> you wonder sometimes how our government puts on its pants in the morning. >> the value of satire and comedy when it regards the government is important in the sense of, by finding the funny of the situation that is happening, we find the truth. >> i was not elected to serve one party. >> you were not elected. >> that was a turning point. >> the elections? >> not fo

but he -- the first thing, we sat down, he goes, "so colin, tell me this -- colin firth or colin powell-- as a colin he wanted you to pick your favorite colin? >> i guess. and those were the two options. i don't -- i didn't know those were one and two. >> seth: he didn't even pick two that were both pronounced colin. >> no. one is called -- clearly a colon. [ laughter ] >> and then -- and then he'd -- remember -- what was the first thing he asked you, too? he was like -- oh, 'cause, yeah, he asked you about interviewing the president. >> oh, yeah. he asked me -- he's like, "i saw you. you interviewed donald trump." and i was, like, "what?" [ laughter ] then he goes, "no. i saw you on tv. you were interviewing donald trump." and i was like, "what are you talking about?" it turns out he's talking about the sketch where i played lester holt interviewing him. [ laughter ] and i was like, "is this a bit or do you really not know that that wasn't me?" [ laughter ] i couldn't tell. then he goes, "aw, streisand's hating it." and then you look in the crowd and it's barbara streisand. and she rea

i remember when colin powell became the join chief of staff. responded to was how super confident he was. it suddenly made you realize this institution had taken people from all walks of life, all races, all social pack grounds and integrate them. i think the military is standing up for one of its core values and success stories. i am little pressed by the business to be honest. what's surprising to me is how long it took many of them to act as they did. if the merck ceo had not done what he did i don't know how many would have followed suit. to my mind the johnson & johnson ceo sort of cow warred in the scheme of thing. after trump disbanded the council, 15 minutes later the ceo of johnson & johnson announces he was going to quit the council, which no longer existed after trump disbanded it. i think that one of the reasons businesses in the -- and we have this resentment we have, is that business leaders don't recognize they have enormous power, they have enormous credibility and respect in this country. they have been using it very badly for

the early 1990s, when is that she was boiling over once again in north korea, and they , general colin powelln of the joint chiefs, stated clearly, if a nuclear weapon is ever launched byil north korea, we will turn the country into a parking lot. the north koreans know that to be the case, and they are frightened. let's get that off the table. secondly, these missiles they are talking about, the four of them, or liquid fuel rockets from the 1970s. this is old technology. it is not precise. they couldn't hit guam, they couldn't hit anything with any reliability. as far as the range is concerned, they can't carry warheads that hit anything because the rockets will run out of fuel long before they got close to guam. guam is 2,100 miles from north korea. we have been treated to these kinds of posts and hot air for a very long time. we need to dismiss a lot of those. finally, north korea is in a lot of trouble right now. they are in the midst of a very severe drought. not only are they having trouble feeding their population, they can't feed their own troops. the equipment in north korea goes bac

and colin powell sid if a nuclear weapon lands on the u.s. or an ally, within an hour we'll turn the entire north korea into a charcoal pit. that's like -- i don't know -- 25 million people live there most of them poor slobs who are in a prison -- in a madhouse. they're not part of this story. so, you're going to go destroy that many targets and that many people? and then are the chinese going to sit by and watch this? at the end of the story you have a unified korea under the government, military ally over the u.s., the chinese, as we heard at the meeting, say, wait a minute, no, that's unacceptable from our perspective. we already fought war with you over this the last time. anybody that can't believe the americans and chinese can kill each other, go back and read about world war i, and -- i'm sorry -- about the korean war. excuse me. in 1950, north korea attacks south korea. almost captured the whole thing. u.s. came to the rescue, very last minute. pushed the north korean right back up the peninsula. we're approaching the border with chin

the only thing i would add to it is then general colin powell said about north korea launched a preemptivesouth korea that the united states would turn north korea into a parking lot to use: powell's words. i think frankly, donald trump came along after three presidents including the one i worked for him also the same thing and try to do the same things with north korea none of the work. i think donald trump is on the right track here speaking differently, acting differently. this is what north korea and china need to hear. under president obama, they always said the military option is on the table. it was a very low table that no one could see. it was a miniature table. it was incredible. it wasn't real and that's one of the reasons north korea proceeded. >> shannon: i want to jump off and the point that you made about china because we talked a lot about how many of these messages are for north korea versus other players in the region. so expand on that, about why this is for china as well. >> the best hope for peace is for china to use their influence, trade embargoes against north korea

i mean, i'm right up there with colin powell. we're both flaming liberals now.s shifted to this nativist base of you know, from the 1950s and '60s and they want to go back there. but the worst part is, i mean, richard painter put it right. there was a time where we're all old enough to remember where the republican party stood for defense. the republican party stood for nato, stood for a strong united states and financial interests worldwide and most importantly, stood against russia communist influence. now they adore the exdirector of the kgb, adore him. >> what happened to the working man? >> part of the challenge is we're looking at donald trump as in a vacuum. he didn't happen overnight. we had an effort and a propaganda machine conditioning americans for the last 12, 15 years and helped rise the tea party which is part of this. >> what happened to the working man in the working man got behind that base. so what about that? >> i'm going to give you the last word, naveed because i wonder just from the point of view of where you come from, you as well as malc

colin powell, told me personally, when he left chairman of the joint chiefs of staff during the clinton out on the speaking circuit, people would ask him what happens in north korea attacks south korea with chemical weapons? then former general powell said, we will turn north korea into a charcoal briquette, which is the appropriate response. this regime, it is the regime. it is not just kim jong-un, it is the whole regime is a threat to international peace and security, in the region, and to the united states globally and i think the only acceptable outcome here for american civilians is that this regime goes. i have my ideas how to do that. i would not allow this regime to stay in power with its nuclear weapons, with its chemical weapons, with its place state on its own people and design on south korea. this is not a regime to negotiate with. this is a regime to remove. stuart: can you encapsule your ideas how to get rid of the regime in 30 seconds? if so, do it now. >> yes, i think it is in china's national interest to see the peninsula reunited under south korean control, effectivel