former sectarians of state hillary clinton and colin powell expected to attend.achel scott at the white house. >> reporter: biden white house. >> today, it's been my great honor, and i mean, that to welcome a dear friend back to the white house. >> reporter: this is merkel's final year as chancellor. she's met with four american presidents. >> as a matter of fact, she knows the oval office as well as i do. >> reporter: but there are flash points. biden is opposed to germany's deal with russia to build a massive gas pipeline connecting the two countries. the concern, it would embolden russian president vladimir putin. >> my view has been known for some time. good friends can disagree. >> reporter: merkel was diplomatic when asked how biden compares to donald trump. saying germany also has a vested interest in talking with american presidents, adding today was a very friendly exchange. >> all right, rachel scott at the white house. she was also helping to take those questions, deliver them to both leaders and rachel, the president hosting a dinner now for chancello

colin powell there talking about the invacar.the queen elizabeth olympic park here in london. we will be back soon with more extraordinary stories from the past. but for now from me and the rest of the witness history team, it's goodbye. hello, there. storm evert yesterday brought some damage and disruption across southern parts of the country. it brought almost autumnal weather rather than mid—summer weather to our shores. this weekend, though, it's looking a bit better. it's going to be a little bit quieter. we'll have sunshine and showers in the forecast, but it will remain on the cool side for the time of year. that's because we've got northerly winds running down across the uk. that area of low is what was storm evert. we've got showers in the forecast, mainly across england and wales through the day. some showers also across eastern scotland, north—east england. this will tend to turn heavier into the afternoon, but it's part of wales, the midlands, southern england which will see the heaviest of the showers. hitand miss. s

colin powell there talking about the invacar.s history, from the queen elizabeth olympic park here in london. we will be back soon with more extraordinary stories from the past. but for now from me and the rest of the witness history team, it's goodbye. good morning to you. storms over yesterday brought more weather to autumn than midsummer but things are looking a little bit quieter this weekend. we'll still have some showers in the forecast and there'll be quite a bit of sunshine around but you will notice for the time of year it will feel fairly cool and the reason for that, northerly winds coming down from the arctic right across the uk on the back edge of this low which was storm eva yesterday. now, we're continuing to see some cloud and a few showers around, particularly across northern and eastern parts of the country. this is a weak weather front spreading southwards. quite a bit of cloud across scotland and northern ireland but mainly dry i think through the afternoon bar the odd shower. these showers could be thundery t

colin powell they're talking about the invacar.tory it's goodbye. —— but for now, from me and the rest of the witness history team, it's goodbye. well, friday brought quite a nasty spell of weather to some south—western and southern areas of the uk. gale—force winds around coasts briefly. they were very, very strong indeed, brought by storm evert. you can see on the satellite picture here thunderstorms and heavy showers inland, generally a really changeable day, but the weather has now shifted into the southern north sea. it's approaching parts of germany and denmark. behind it, you can see from the motion of the arrows, it's a fairly cool north—northwesterly, so it's going to be a fairly cool day for most of us. really quite nippy, in fact, in the very far north of the country. sunny spells and showers expected. so, let's have a look at the early morning hours. that northerly wind blowing across scotland and along the north sea coast. showers there right from the word go, but i think showers are possible almost anywhere early in t

it includes colin powell and hillary clinton secretary of state under barack obama.has not been smooth sailing. she took office went strained relations between germany and the u.s. were high. barack obama, there were reports of spying on angela merkel cell phone. and then donald trump, you mention trade and immigration, military aid, all of this became more than just handshakes and cold receptions. there was a fundamental difference of opinions. laura: germany has really had to learn to chart its own course a bit and rely less on the united states. do we see that particularly in the policies toward china and russia which will likely outlast angela merkel? anthony: exactly. you listen to joe biden talk about his foreign-policy position and he sees western democracies against authoritarian governments. his ideas that he -- germany will be an integral part of that struggle with china and russia, but germany may not always be on board with that. a lot of this meeting is to lay the groundwork between stage for future relations in areas where joe biden and angela merkel do

nothing president bush, don't nobody as colin powell arise or the vice president.t elected by the american people. we had frequent meetings and various aspects were discussed about the situation. they worked very hard into the united nations to try to put additional pressure on saddam hussein so that he wouldn't continue to recessed and the president, did what a president has to do. he made a decision and i assume that he assumed that everyone in that group would have argued me imminently if they disagreed which no one did. >> how do you think people the future will look back on the decision in iraq. >> it is hard to know. the road not traveled is always smoother. in one click said it thanks, well what if and what if and when that. i think that little known fact is that qaddafi, the head of libya that we had a very aggressive nuclear program underway. and when the united states within, and change the regime in rent iraq, qaddafi had been working very hard in the nuclear program, very high in the terrorist list. decided that he would forgo his nuclear program and he

rumsfeld: well i remember calling president bush and vice president cheney, colin powell, condi rice, and jerry bremer, you know, maybe one or two others. and then i sent it out to an awful lot a memo, a separate memo out to a lot of people. the reason i did it, is because this had not been done before. suddenly there's going to be this web site which exists now, rumsfeld.com, where someone can go in and people will go in, they are going in, in large numbers and i thought the people ought to know that their names are in somebody's memo's and i didn't want them to be surprised. i told all of them i doubted if there was a single memo in there that referenced them that they hadn't already seen. i mean it would be something that i would have sent to them earlier or they'd sent to me or where we were discussing something. so i don't think that there would be any surprises, the only surprise would be that suddenly a whole bunch of people unknown to me or to them, would be going into the web site and seeing these memos and reading them. lamb: i saw a couple of cases, where a memo was classif

that includes colin powell and hillary clinton. but it hasn�*t been smooth sailing. germany and us were definitely high. there were some things they had disagreements over. the pipeline from russia to germany, biden has criticised that in the past. this does have a feeling of a valedictorian moment. i saw military members walking past. there is going to be a big dinner. celebrating her 16 years. but they will have some disagreements they will have to work through the point. coronavirus cases have risen sharply again across the uk, with the highest daily figure for six months. 48,553 new infections were recorded in the latest 24—hour period. the number of people being told to self—isolate in england and wales by the nhs test and trace app has also risen sharply. more than half a million people were pinged last week. it�*s causing significant disruption to some workplaces. our health editor hugh pym has the latest. looking forward to better weather and restrictions easing in england next monday, but with cases going up, more people are having to change plans because th

guest: i had a contact who was a close friend with colin powell, who told me that dick cheney was talking up war with iraq. other people were pushing for more. we are going to war with the country that had nothing to do with 9/11, why? the last four months of the op-ed pages, the argument for going to work with iraq -- war with iraq. you do not hear that opinion more, because that war was pointless and made us more enemies. those who are worried about israel, it took away that buffer state between israel and iran. we backed saddam hussein and his war against iran. imagine if we still had him there, instead we have a vacuum that is the number one strategic concern for israel, iran. i do not know why we removed what was in effect in light of israel? that is common sense. we sided with the soviets during world war ii, we do not like them but we needed them. you do not want to stand against your enemy alone. those who supported the war, blew it. host: let's go to roberts in greenville, texas, you're on the air. caller: good morning. what a pleasure to hear chris. i want an opinion about somet

that includes colin powell, the secretary of state under george w. hillary clinton, under barack obama. but it hasn't been smooth sailing. she took office in the aftermath of the iraq war, when strains were high. they have disagreed on some things. the pipeline from russia to germany. i think this does have a feeling of a valedictorian moment. i saw military members walking past. there is going to be a big dinner. i did get celebrating heri6 dinner. i did get celebrating her 16 years. but they will have disagreements they will have disagreements they will have to work through. the un has told the bbc that the situation unfolding in afghanistan is a "humanitarian catastrophe". there's been a sharp spike in violence across the country between the taliban and afghan government forces that's followed the withdrawal of foreign forces from the country. the bbc travelled to the strategically important kunduz province in northern afghanistan. all of it, except the provincial capital, also called kunduz, has fallen to the taliban. the un says 35,000 freshly d

rumsfeld: well i remember calling president bush and vice president cheney, colin powell, condi rice, and jerry bremer, you know, maybe one or two others. and then i sent it out to an awful lot a memo, a separate memo out to a lot of people. the reason i did it, is because this had not been done before. suddenly there's going to be this web site which exists now, rumsfeld.com, where someone can go in and people will go in, they are going in, in large numbers and i thought the people ought to know that their names are in somebody's memo's and i didn't want them to be surprised. i told all of them i doubted if there was a single memo in there that referenced them that they hadn't already seen. i mean it would be something that i would have sent to them earlier or they'd sent to me or where we were discussing something. so i don't think that there would be any surprises, the only surprise would be that suddenly a whole bunch of people unknown to me or to them, would be going into the web site and seeing these memos and reading them. lamb: i saw a couple of cases, where a memo was classif

guest: i had a contact who was very close personally to general colin powell. dick cheney was vice president, was talking up war with iraq. other people, neocons, neoconservatives in the administration, were pushing for war. we are going to war with the country that had nothing to do with 9/11. why? what is going on here? the op-ed pages, the argument for going to war with iraq. you do not hear that opinion more, because that war was pointless and made us more enemies. those who are worried about israel, it took away that buffer state between israel and iran. which looks so good today. you know, we backed iraq and saddam hussein and his war , his very brutal war against iran. and said, we have a vacuum between israel and iran. it is the number one concern of israel right now, iran. i do not know why we removed what was in effect -- that is common sense. we sided with the soviets during world war ii, we do not like them, but we needed them. sometimes you need other forces in the world. you do not want to stand against your enemy alone. and i think those who supp

they've known it for a long time, i just played pinochle last night with colin powell and basketballsa secret? >> they are afraid -- if humans encounter aliens they're going to absolutely -- you will crap your slacks come on appearing to you in a form your brain can handle, if you really saw me you would flip out. >> greg: i find you quite arousing to be honest. >> right back at you. >> greg: maybe we should continue this interview somewhere else. >> i'm game if your game. [laughter] >> greg: are there any aliens out there that are edible and might taste good? >> yeah, most alien races are edible and they all taste like chicken. they are delicious. >> greg: i think as an earthling, i only eat earthlings. i only eat turkey, chickens, turkeys or earthlings -- space exploration must mean going out there and finding aliens to eat so we can stop eating earthlings. do you think that is objectionable? >> i think it is natural as rain, you're going to go out into the universe and find other stuff to ruin, that's what humanity does. >> greg: exactly. this harvard professor is trying to figure

and i remember, you know, i think it was colin powell where he said the only land that the united states has ever acquired as a result of our intervention has been enough to bury our soldiers. but that's something we've done throughout the course of humanity and history. and so taking that off the table, i don't think it's a good idea. i don't think it's a good idea not only to reference cuba, i think it sends the wrong message to bad actors like china and russia who have been infiltrating this region in south america and in central america more and more, and who have territorial ambitions in their own hemisphere with the china sea, with taiwan, and with what we're seeing in syria and in the former soviet bloc countries. i just -- i think that at the end of the day the united states has to make a decision, what is the end goal? is the end goal to free the people, help the people of cuba free themselves, or is the end goal to just do a few things that are going to help us make us feel better about ourselves and what we're trying to do and to say, hey, you guys are on your own? and if they

. >> as we noted, while colin powell was the first black chairman of the joint chiefs, you are the firstck service chief. why do you think that is? >> one of the things i think about is that there's plenty that have probably been qualified. i think i've jt been the first to have the opportunity. i've been very blessed with the opportunities i've had throughout my air force career. in some cases, i think it's being that the rht place at the right time. and i'm just honored thave this opportunity. >> there was an inspector general report released last year that found across the board consistently over time, black airmen disproportionately negatively affected when it comes to promotion rates, development, leadership opportunities. and on punishment, the review found enlisted black service members 74% more likely to receive non-judicial punishment, 60% more likely to face court-martial's than their white peers. why? >> part of that is i think you look at the aspect of, we have not looked at ourselves as a service. i would say we also reflect the nation in some aspects. and from that well, ta

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, that would just make our job -- it just would have made it miserable. but the hardcopy, you go through them, and if you worked on the speech, your name and phone number was on the bottom of the last page. the president and vice president always made clear you are accountable for the speech, which means you have the power to make sure the speech still works as a whole. that doesn't mean you can overrule the national security advisor on a question of wording or whatever. but it does mean that when you get all of these multiple sug