[laughter] >> guest: i was a student of condi rice's here at stanford. [laughter] yeah, i had grand idea about writing my ph.d. on the renaissance as a latin american novel in the 1970s and what this dells us about the role of -- the tells us about the role of literature and art in repressive societies. and i did not do that. and congress -- condi rice is the reason i did not do that. >> host: one of the recommendations you have is for the state department to reconsider universal the city. >> yeah. so we have american embassies in every country that we have diplomatic relations in. and that makes a certain amount of sense. but if you try to reenvision how to spend our resources on diplomacy, it's not entirely clear to me that luxembourg would these ap -- an embassy of its own when belgium is next door, and the european union does a lot of its diplomatic work this brussels now. so it seems to he possible that given american predominance in the international order much of the work that we want to do diplomatically, the high politics of state-to-state relat

exhibit a, condi rice, 2006. as secretary of state, she's at a summit with diplomats.e's frustrated, right? no, all she did is brush a hair from her face. that didn't stop news outlets, including cnn, from running this. how about will smith and his kids, shocked by the moves miley cyrus showed onstage? thing is, that was taken during a lady gog gaga performance. this is our cnn senior media correspondent, brian stelter, host of "reliable sources. let's begin here with the cover, for everyone who doesn't live here. this is what it says, when michelle freezes over. overreaction, much? >> proof it's a tabloid, right? i'm sure every husband and wife have frights. i'm sure the president and first lady do. this is not one of them. what we really needed instead of a photo was a video because we need to go backwards and forwards and see what it was all like in that suite where they were. >> what do you think, though? because i posted something about the selfie last night and people jumped all over it because this was a memorial, a somber event. who does the president of the un