bookshelf, colin powell discusses his book "it with c-span's robert siegel. this was recorded in 2012. [applause] i'm ready to leave now. that was pretty good. seen youngave people's services less well attended. in the book, as well summarized -- gen. powell: it was very important that that rule be the first of the 13 rules. i start that description by saying it's not necessarily the case, but it's the attitude you should have. things will get better. you are going to make them better. it is within your license to make things better. as you go through the rules, perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. multiplier is a military term, ways to enhance the power of our force. we're looking for things that make the force more effective. so, i have found in working with , and this book is about working with human beings, i find if you convey an attitude of perpetual optimism, we can do it, we can do it, it becomes a force multiplier. to robert's real question, when i go across the country, i see all of the problems discussed here in the problem with overseas adven

administration included some very, very senior and highly respected diplomats, like condoleezza rice and colin powelle were able to resolve these difficulties internally. the critical thing about that was that it occurred in the shadow of 9/11. do we want very close relations with united states? of course we do. any government of the united kingdom that didn't would need their head examined. but that does not, should not, have meant that we should do what the united states want us to do. which is more difficult to deal with for britain right now, the fact that it has real, significant differences with donald trump in washington, or the fact that it seems still, despite confusion, exiting the european union? well, of those two, the potentially more catastrophic for the united kingdom is exiting without a deal. now, i was in favour of remain, and from where i stood in the house of commons, i would be arguing with colleagues to do everything we could to stop prime minister johnson from exiting without a deal, because i just don't think he and his colleagues in the government have thought through the pot

it reminds me of the haiti intervention during the clinton era where they concerned colin powell to goto deal with the dictator. we bought him a condo in panama. and that government improved. david: there is a significant difference which is haiti has no natural resources to speak of. where venezuela is sitting on one of the largest oil reserves in the world. it's not likely they will give that up easily. there are other people in the region like cuba and nicaragua that would probably starve out of power those dictatorships if they stopped getting their oil from he venezuela. >> they are the world's largest proven oil reserves. and what you have got is russia, iran, hezbollah and cuba all intermixed because they understand the natural resources there as you rightfully mentioned and the power -- the enormous resources and china is involved as well. what you have is all the the if nefarious actors around the world that are enemies of the united states concentrate in venezuela which is why it's so important that we take this on and move it towards guaido. david: what is your percent chanc

ballots for the person getting the most votes but in 2016 renegade electors pledged to vote for colin powelld john kasich. nascent efforts to derail trump's road to the presidency while driving in the remote heartland congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez this week called the electoral college racial injustice and a scam. >> live from the electoral college, many votes as you can see. >> some progressive say the electoral college's inherent structure favors majority states like south dakota that are guaranteed a proportionally higher number of electors the larger more diverse states like california. the fear among members of both major parties, another 2000 election, so razor thin a single election or small organized block in just one state could decide the presidency. changing the electoral college system would require a constitutional amendment. there is a possibility the colorado case could wind up in the supreme court in time for 2020. let's turn to bradley maas and john you to talk about it. welcome to you both. a harvard law professor said we know the electoral college contest are goin

they did it to colin powell, initially. they did it to condoleezza rice. they did it to justin thomas. they've done it to tom sowell, walter williams, and this t blak pastor just went to a few meetings at the white house.it'e ridiculed for eight straight minutes on cnn. >> first of all, i like horace cooper, and he's conservative.t. >> laura: special. special. >> i like you too, leo. thank you very much. this minister ducked the question. i think don lemon asked questions, and i think if i was a member of his congregationi we questions. what that pastor did not want to do, laura, he did not want to criticize the president. >> laura: he didn't want to call him a racist, leo.. he refused to call him a racist, don lemon put him on a cross, that is what happened. >> he told the truth. >> anyone in this country ever honestly, honestly believe that donald trump hasn't said things that have been offensive? that pastor obviously went into immediate denial. >> the pastor? come on, horace -- the pastor explained -- >> horace then leo. >> the pastor explained thee pr

that the treaty is outdated, it doesn't factor in other world powers, i want you to listen to colin powellget out of the inf treaty. good, you do that, then the russians are not cheating anymore. it doesn't make sense. >> he makes a good point. it frees them to, data he's been given to believe that the u.s. is noncompliant. >> we hear claims of modern-day nuclear arms potentially breaking out. do you see this happening? >> i'm worried there's nothing in place of it. i think the people who say there could be an arms race have a point. i've heard nothing about what to replace it with or simply pulling out of it. giving them free rein to develop these weapons system and about he more worried about what we're doing in return. >> is there any reason to think there would be any movement toward a comprehensive worldwide arms treaty of some sort, you know, taking into account china and others? >> you don't know until you try. that's the whole art of diplomacy. i don't see any effort by this administration to sit down at the table and try to negotiate those agreements. in order to make these weapon

ballots for the person getting the most votes but in 2016 renegade electors pledged votes for colin powell and john kasich, efforts to derail trumps road to the presidency. congressman alexandria ocasio-cortez this week called the electoral college racial injustice and a scam. >> we are coming to you live from the electoral college, many votes as you can see. >> some progressives say the inherent structure favors rural, conservative majority states like south dakota that they are guaranteed a proportionally higher number of electors than larger more diverse states like california. the fear among members of both major parties, another 2,000 election. so razor-thin, a single elect or over a small organized block in just one state could decide the presidency. changing the electoral college system would require a constitutional amendment and the colorado case could go to the u.s. supreme court but political experts say it's unlikely justices are going to want to get involved in this at least not in the presidential election year, it makes it trickier and more political. >> bret: candidate trum

with the exception of maybe colin powell, he's the most respected military officer since world war ii. he's a defense intellectual. he's a ferociously aggressive combat marine commander. he has tremendous integrity and balance. so he's a remarkable public figure. his highest point of his life, i hope, was the cabinet meeting, which you will remember. i think it was one of the first ones where the cabinet was taking turns with this incredible on seek weous groveling, embarrassing behavior to the president. when it got to mattis he said, "mr. president, i'm just proud to represent the men and women of the armed forces." this guy is a very tough man, very balanced guy. i don't think he has any political ambitions. i hope this book is helpful in understanding the incredible chaotic dysfunctional system now in place to deal with national security issues. so mattis needs to give us a warning for the future. >> it's interesting reading this essay and curious to read the book. obviously, you can look for all the veiled references to the current commander in chief. there was also sort of a bro

we didn't want anyone -- colin powell said one time everybody likes to grade papers. everybody would love to get on the computer and play with your work. we insisted on edits on hard copy. they would come into us and we would have a stack of them. sarada: i really wish we had done that. [laughter] john: there's no other way to do it, because you get in their hand, and also when someone has to take the time to write something, that is thinking, too , rather than dashing something off. the idea of having all these electronic copies of our speech, it would have made our job so -- it would've made measurable. but the hardcopy, you go through them, and if you worked on the speech, your name and phone number were on the bottom of the last page. and vice president always make clear, you are accountable for the speech, which means you have the power to make sure the speech still works as a whole. it doesn't mean you can overrule the national security advisor on a question of wording or whatever. it does mean that when you get all of this multiple suggestions from people who h

the governor of california was at this announcement, general colin powell was there, legendary silicon investor john dohr was there and made a comment that sounds way off, ten years later. >> i was talking with my friend larry paige about the nature of this event and it trikz the tst two of us, this is like the google ipo. >> while bloom did ipo, its stock plunged from a high of 35 to today's price around $4.15. getting the company's founder k.r. schrieder showing the technology, on television. we're gng to do it this weekended on "press:here" he sat down to talk about the company's past, future and how bloom might be able to take advantage of pg&e's troubles, the threat pg&e will have to cut off power to certain communities during high fire danger. they may be able to solve some of the problems, ahead on "press:here" sunday on nbc bay area at 9:00, after "meet the press." ten years, a huge "60 minutes" it was going to be the next gole microsoft. of course we had never heard of uber, the next amazon and spoiler alert, it wasn't. >> something like a lot of things. >> like a lot of thing

the governor of california was was there, and general colin powell was there, legendary silicon investor john doerr was there and made a comment that sounds way off, ten years later. >> i was talking with my friend larry paige about the nature of this event and it strikes the two of us, this is like the google ipo. >> it sounds off because while bloom did ipo, its stock plunged from a high of 35 to around $4.15 today. getting the company's founder k.r. schriedar showing the technology there, we do that on this weekend's "press:here" he sat down to talk about the company's past, future and how bloom might be able to take advantage of pg&e's troubles, the threat pg&e will have to cut off power to certain communities during high fire danger. bloom energy might be able to solve some of those problems so we'll talk about it on "press:here" sunday morning after 9:00, right at 9:00 after all right, thank goodness. we'll see you on sunday, too. >> yes. >>> trending this morning, an iowa police officer is a real life hero for a 6-year-old. amanda williams posting these photos on facebook. since m

the most respected military officer since world war ii, probably with the exception of general colin powelld. he's a very tough guy. i think essentially what brought him to resign was not just the tribalism he talks about, the internal division, the chaos internally in a country, but the white house walking away from our global alliances. a huge part of what's kept us secure since world war ii. so i think that was the unacceptable piece. he lost the confidence of the president who is now impulsive, erratic, and totally in charge. and he went back to stanford university. >> so it's worth reminding people i think, general, that trump was so unhappy with mattis' resignation later that he showed him the door two months before the resignation was supposed to take effect. so, look, he's also someone who chooses his words carefully. he is someone who has shown time and time again how patriotic he is. what will you be looking for in the book in terms of his experience within this white house? >> well, you know, mattis is essentially apolitical. mostly he's a senior military guy, has been very caref

bookshelf, colin powell discusses his book "it with c-span's robert siegel.his was recorded in 2012. [applause] i'm ready to leave now. that was pretty good. robert: i have

colin powell brought him in a couple years later with the persian gulf war. went to senator goldwater and said barry, i want you to know we were as successful as we were with the persian gulf war. taking saddam and his people out of kuwait because of what you did and sam dunn. the democratic to bring about the first reform of the defense department. >> we want to show video and this is from 1964. i think you will recognize it. >> i would remind you that extremism and the defense of liberty - - [indiscernible]. [applause] thank you. let me remind you also, that moderation and the pursuit of justice is no virtue. [applause] >> lee edwards, were you there? where was that and were you there? >> that was 1964 at the republican national convention. barry goldwater had been nominated the night before and this was his acceptance speech. i think it can be fairly said, maybe the most famous acceptance speech and political history at national conventions. i was there. i had been director of communications for the goldwater for president committee. i think i felt like da

colin powell promised internet to the desktop that my newark college can't imagine. for us, this is why i think a statement like the ethos is important. it recognizes those values that are critical for us here again, this is the best of medic team and war combat so we need. it talks about defending the constitution and serving proudly and unfailing professionalism. those all things i grew up with and that's what i tried to tell my team when i travel and have the opportunity to cover quite a bit. this is the most rewarding job in the world, but we have to work together. we have to pull together the at the end of the it's not about us. it's about the american people. >> that's why it was important in my opening remarks this happens in every agency incumbent come out of govett, what should it be lost in a back-and-forth will have to do is your ranks are filled with amazing americans which would make up nearly 100%. maybe it's not 100% but it's nearly that. you do have great men and women that shouldn't be lost. do you happen to know if, how long it was before mr. karaff

linda powell colin powell's daughter. that's right she was we do the whole thing. shiel la bush. stan beatle. jeremy free. >> the late stand beatle too. kristinive lee. kim myoer. kim sellers. greg payne. lisa reed. mick nichols. bonnie bones. linda row, kevin kelly. shoma zwelley. eugene browns and the guides in the historic home historic buildings we couldn't do a lot without them. and then we have dendenny o'too. charlie brown gave the at&t grant. long-term weather a big supporter sharon randall jimmy kurtis pamela mendoza. and mary thank you, mary. michelle. diane kerry. and dave la forest. i just wanted to put their names out there because any accomplishment of the beginning and say the first ten years without those folks and others, because i ain't said linda rowe. >> you did. >> i did say linda row. >> betty. >> you didn't say pat gibbs. >> pat gibbs. >> but the main thing -- i've been trying to think of her name all day. interestingly it came then pat gibbs. >> yes pat gibbs. >> a shoutout to carrie carson, because carrie was the one who took social history and this sort

colin paterson, bbc news, television centre. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with susan powell. good afternoon.sday. it‘s going to be a very different—looking start to the day tomorrow. still very warm and muggy in the east. here we are, wednesday morning, misty, murky, grey, rain around in many areas. mostly patchy for central and eastern areas, some heavier bursts in the west. and this marks the weather front coming through — the much talked about weather front that is the boundary line, if you like, between the warm, humid air and the fresher conditions that we will move into for the remainder of the week. cooler though even with all the cloud around on wednesday across the eastern side of the uk, temperatures 25, 26 — still quite humid. for the end of the week, though, when the front is through, we open up the gate to the atlantic again and in come the areas of low pressure. for thursday and friday it is looking quite windy across the uk. and we will see some rain towards the north and west. still pretty dry though with sunshine across many parts of england and wales, just feeling considera