and condoleezza rice started muttering about not wanting the proof to be a mushroom cloud. i think you'll recall that rhetoric. no mention that the day before the intelligence community had circulated this classified intelligence estimate that was so full of ez are vegases and -- reservations and uncertainty. on the 3rd of october i was visited by iowa meld che laddie, the kind of baffoonish blowhard of an iraqi exile who was supposed to go back to iraq and lead the country in democracy? none of that happened because he had no support in iraq though he was bush's favorite iraqi. he sounded like a white house staffer, he was making the same arguments i had heard the day before. >> from george tenet and donald please da rice. on the following day the 4th of october, friday, the cia put out a public white paper because people had been clamoring for a declassified document that summarized the intelligence. so george tenet put out a public white paper that purportedly summarized the intelligence that was contained in the classified document put out the previous monday. the white

joining us now is phillip zeleca, a trusted advisor to condoleezza rice. mr.a,thanks for being here. >> glad to be here. >> you were counselor to the state department at a critical time. did this happen, as far as you know, where the state department and specific ambassadors did not know that the c.i.a. was negotiating with other countries and did not know what the c.i.a. had told other countries to keep secret from the rest of our government? >> yes, that did happen. information about that and the senate report is 5:00 rat. it happened in the early phase of the program, especially in 2002 and 2003. >> when did the state department learn how it was sort of being hoodwinked here. and what was the reaction inside the department. >> one of the ambassadors actually had gotten some information about the existence of the program, challenged as for something from the secretary of state letting them know it was okay. the white house, this is in the senate report, the white house was then obliged to make sure that secretary powell, who was secretary of state at the tim

if condoleezza rice the right she was riveting and i marveled at her capacity to integrate every aspect of the six party talks. but as former defense rumsfeld the right he seemed to be an old fashioned conservative with the difference he had an ego the size of mount rushmore. [laughter] >> with me stop you there because i want to read one more. [laughter] >> perhaps the most stinging piece of criticism to failure of the conservatives and their travelers to explain what they were trying to accomplish in iraq remains one of the most disgraceful performances by the foreign policy class and america. and i want to know if it feels good not to have to be so darn diplomatic. [laughter] >> there's definitely an element of that. i call the book outpost because i think there are enough stories about washington infighting and i wanted to talk about people that are out there on the field often having to make decisions on the fly. you don't have time to get some guidance from washington so i really want it to be about being out of washington and i really didn't want it to be about score settling. bu

delegation ipp cruded james baker and condoleezza rice and john mcgain. president obama's stop over was brief, underscoring the saudi arabia relation-to the united states as the u.s. confronts i.s.i.l., iraq and syria, and deals with rivalries, conflicts and instability in the region including in yemen. >>> this time on "inside story", the death of a king and the succession of another, a look at u.s. ties. let's start with senior washington correspondent mike viqueira, welcome back to "inside story". you know the president and presidential face time is a very coveted resource. there's a new power on the scene, narendra modi - why did he cut short his visit. >> symbolism, appearances and substance. it's a measure of the economic importance of saudi arabia. a country that president obama described as a key to a complicated group of nations. it may be an understatement. let's be honest the president would be sightseeing, visit the taj mahal, maybe upset that he couldn't do that. he cut short the trips to asia. >> if he had done that, and he hadn't been in sa

involving president bush and consdz condoleezza rice, i think it was a stancheonly important visit and a symbolism of president obama being invited to be the chief guest at republic day, today on january 26th, that is a powerful symbol from the indian government. i think it was a powerful statement for both countries. it is a cub of 1.2 billion people, is the problem mostly on india's side that the numbers are so low that it's just a regulatory mess? >> well, you know the trade in goods and services has reached $100 billion. it's quadrupled over the past several years. there has been progress made. but we have stronger trading partners including china around the world. but here's why president clinton, president george w. bush and now president obama we're going to have a much bigger rip over the next several decades. we are bound to have a major trade relationship with india given the high tech connections alone between the two countries. given the fact that india will i think emerge as a manufacturing power over the next several decades. and so for president obama to be positioning t

director john brennan, to former secretaries of state of state james baker and condoleezza rice. >> jon: holy ( bleep )! everybody. let's see if i can do the math. between saudi arabia and france, that's everybody. minus nobody. ( laughter ) carry the what the ( bleep ). you know what though you know what? who'd want to go to gross paris anyway when you could go to-- ( laughter ) the city of... a city. and just look at riyadh's effect on nancy pelosi and john mccain. ( laughter ) apparently, these ( bleep ) only fight here in america. ( laughter ) apparently, the only thing that can bring our divided political system together is saudi arabia. they really are a stabilizing force. so obama leaving india to go to saudi arabia is really sending a message to france. you want us to come over and march with you guys in solidarity? find a way to turn this into this. ( laughter ) ( applause ) we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ ♪ with rollover data, the data you don't use this month rolls over to the next month. and i don't have to do anything? not a thing, mobile share value customers get it automatically

also former secretary of state condoleezza rice.o after the arrival ceremony and dinner there is going to be a meeting with the new king. king salman. they will be talking about focusing on the war on terror the shared fight against isis also growing concern about instability in yemen and u.s.-backed government and the questions that have arisen for saudi arabia about its southern border which, of course yemen does border to its south. some very serious business going on. before he left here in india, the president gave a speech to a largely young audience. a half or more of one and a quarter billion people that live in india are under 35. he talked about what we've heard much of in the last days growing cooperation with india. some deals were struck on nuclear power agreement. the question is really moving forward will some of these things including trade deals actually come to fruition. if there is a disappointment is that in going to saudi arabia today the president and first lady were not able to go to the taj mahal but boston s

former secretary of state condoleezza rice a notable exception. so no more sharing, no more mythical champions. the title decided once and for all on the field. win or lose, though, in college football it seems the score is never really settled. ron mott, nbc news. >>> back in a moment with the photograph that may have just mistakenly revealed a big secret. >>> the golden globes are history and a big winner last night was "boyhood," the film that chronicles 12 years in the life of an actual boy and also features the same actors during that same time. in the tv world something inconceivable a few years ago, amazon picking up two golden globes for its series with jeffrey tambor called "transparent." tina fey and amy poehler hosted they say for the final time and they did an excellent job slicing through hollywood beginning with the newly-married honoree george clooney. >> george clooney married amal alamoudin. amal is the human rights lawyer that worked on the enron case was an adviser to kofi annan regarding syria and was selected for a three-perso

commander of central command, various bipartisan members of congress john mccain, james baker, condoleezzae so really an enormous delegation to show their respect. the topics we understand -- well they are pretty self explanatory, syria, iran saudi is unhappy with the negotiations with iran. yemen, and the houthi takeover. and the islamic state of course. what we were told wasn't been on the agenda is human rights. nor indeed oil prices which some could have expected would be on the agenda. but it's a very brief visit, only about four hours, then they will all head back to the states. >> as you say the relationship has been strained on issues like syria and iran. can this visit reset the relationship? >> reporter: well, i think a reset maybe asking too much for one dinner and four hours. there are different levels there is cooperation on the islamic state. although here in washington there is concern about whether money is going towards jihadi groups from saudi arabia. there is a fascinating talk given by a senior member of the defense department -- the under secretary of defense for intel

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. >> i'm reading that they really are enthusiastic about condoleezza rice. >> senator boxer loves to right rhymes. she came up with this one to announce her decision. >> the senate is the place where i've always made my case, for families, for the planet and the human race. more than 20 years in a job i love, thanks to california and the lord above. so although i won't be working for my senate space and i won't be running in that next tough race, as long as there are issues and challenges and strife, i will never retire because that's the meaning of my life. >> before she was sent to washington, boxer started her political career in marin county. she was elected to the county board of supervisors in 1976, and she served for six years before getting elected to congress. >>> happening today, president obama is expected to announce a plan that would allow people to attend community college for free. no details of the proposal have been made public at this point but yesterday, the president said two years of community college would be free, quote, for everyone who is willing to work for

along with congressman darrell issa, and former secretary of state condoleezza rice. >> it's an opportunity for some of our leadership to step forward, and it's an opportunity for change. it's an opportunity when our party is on the upswing after the 2014 elections to possibly introduce different issues and different themes into the election. >> reporter: while the speculation rolls about, a professor said keep in mind potential candidates could be eyeing other opportunities instead. >> the question is how the dominos fall. what happens to the governor's seat and who's interested in running for what. >> reporter: the only sure thing is boxer's retirement. in san francisco carolyn tyler abc 7 news. >>> a san francisco supervisor who clashed with the fire chief last year is now the new board's president. london was elected by an 8-3 vote this afternoon. he's only been a supervisor for two years. she attracted attention early in her tenure for blunt statements that made her delete her twitter account. last year breed upset the mayor by calling on the fire chief to resign because of ambulance r

>> i'm reading that they really, really are enthusiastic about condoleezza rice. >> reporter: melissa griffin- caen points out kamala harris and gavin newsom have the same split consultant. it won't stay that way if they run. harris praised barbara boxer but said nothing about running for senate. senator feinstein is 81 and people think she will run again in 2008. >>> president obama is calling senator boxer an institution. the president says thanks to her quote more americans breathe clean air and drink clean water. more women have access to healthcare h more children have safe places to go after school. >>> so how does this happen? a minivan dragged in the snowstorm for 16 miles. why it took so long for a clueless truck driver to discover his cargo. >> there's a live look at the golden gate bridge. it's ready -- getting ready to shut down for the first time in its 77-year history this weekend. the countdown clock showing just one day left until the big closure. friday just before midnight. >>> signs are posted around the bay area warning drivers the bridge is set to re-open monday a

i was there at the beginning prepaying in the situation from the national security council condoleezza rice, vice president jaime, the attorney general john ashcroft said now that we kept things from the bush white house is comical if not so astonishing and secondly that we talk about covert services federal been in the clear to talk about their treatment and it is astounding what is your judgment of the impact upon the cia with those to defend the nation and to work there? >> it is a scathing indictment of a large chunk of people in the agency who are still there. i am five years retired as are my colleagues but the at least 100 probably more cia people working hard against isis to protect the american people also what do they think now is to read a report by politicians that concludes the tireless work for seven years was nothing? and they could be subject to investigations? what kind of defect does that have the morale? that is what i worry about. lou: 84 being with us for a former hhs secretary kathleen sebelius knows how to fix obamacare. >> obamacare no question has a very bad fo

>> condoleezza, not working out. that's it. what a great show. we learned a lot. or maybe we didn't learn anything. who cares? special sthangs -- special thanks to john devore, joanne know saw nosuchunsky. that does it for me. i'm greg gutfeld and i shall see you next time. into a heap of trouble, we'll explain it to you live tomorrow see you then. >>> this is a fox news alert. i'm kimberly it is 5:00 p.m. on the east coast. 11:00 p.m. in paris, a city under siege once again today. >> gunshots and explosions.?umiqu ag9@lhhlxk8x >> two simultaneous standoffs came to a halt earlier in the heart of paris the others near the airport. the brothers wanted in wednesday's massacre were killed. at least four of his hostages

he just tapped former secretary of state condoleezza rice to serve as chairman of his education foundationwoman i should say. bush started the foundation for excellence in education after serving two terms as florida governor. he has been on the foundation for two years now. >> you need to look out for in 2013. >> they say you can count on two sure things death and taxes you can also add irs phone scams to that list especially this time of year. there have been 290,000 scam calls and close to 3000 people swindelled out of $14 million. the scammers target vulnerable people like the elderly and new immigrants to made threats of arrest or deportation if they don't pay up to the irs. they also leave bogus phone messages like this. >> >> they are all bogus. they will altar the caller id number to make it look like they are calling from an irs office and then make payment by prepaid debit card. it piers they are calling for the police department sneaky bottom line the real irs will usually contact you first by regular mail and will never demand need yacht payment by phone or ask for credit card

the united states, george bush and the vice president of the united states and colin powell and condoleezza rice and donald rumsfeld and listening to their argument of why we needed to go to war in iraq. now when you are a new member of congress you are -- everything is done on the basis of seniority. when you speak as determined by your seniority, with kennedys used it on even where you said is determined by seniority, so at these meetings because i was the lowest of the totem pole the newest member is usually see see totally at the end of the table as far from the president as i could get. it was kind of like my house on major holidays i was always seated at the table with the kids while all of the adults had their meals. but that's seeding actually gave me a birds eye view of what was happening in the meetings. so i was able to observe president bush and the vice president and the body language and texture, the tone of the meetings. i couldn't write down what was said but i would leave those meetings having heard some of the most unusual arguments, some bordering on the absurd and some h

a who is who of high ranking officials including john kerry, susan rice john brennan, condoleezza rice senator john mccain to name a few. it was quite the gesture. it comes less than three weeks of the cell phone video of a lashing of a saudi blogger. they postponed his second round of lashings because of a medical reason. >>> what i found effective is to apply steady consistent pressure as we're getting buzz done that needs to get done. and often times that makes some of our allies uncomfortable. it makes them frustrated. sometimes we have to balance our need to speak to them about human right's issues with immediate concerns that we have in terms of encountering terrorism or dealing with instability. if you are, there can be a great opportunity for you to express yourself, courtesy of the department of defense. they are having an essay competition to honor the saudi king. so, if you would like to honor the memory of king abdullah in your own way, this could be your chance. esurance was born online. they have smart online tools which saves money. they settle claims quickly which saves

including condoleezza rice.hey had dipper and hit the wave tops - quote/unquote - and the key issues the fight against i.s.i.l. and saudi planes flying and dropping bombs in iraq and syria. they talked about the bashar al-assad regime a sore point between saudi arabia and the united states. the saudis want to see a forceful military posture by the americans against the bashar al-assad regime. the obama administration is reluctant to do so. they spoke about iraqi military and sectarian divisions, and the situation in yemen, to the south, the situation in iran and the nuclear talks. the saudis are anxious about how they may turn out. on the question of civil and human rights within saudi arabia, the president brought it up with the king but not a specific case we are told by white house officials, and did not mention that saudi arabia blogger who had been flogged publicly and sentenced to 10 years iften. the president spoke for a need for the balance on these issues and security. here is the president in an interv

from secretary of state john kerry, and cia director john brennan, to james baker and condoleezza rice. top white house aides complained there's an unfair comparison. >> you have i think, a period of time where different leaders are able to pass through saudi arabia to pay their respects and meet the new king. so there is a difference. >> thanks to jim acosta for that report. indonesia's search and rescue agency says recovery mission also continue for flight 8501. >> reporter: john the national rescue agency went to great pains to emphasize the operation isn't over at all. there were a lot of local media reports in the flurry last night saying the search operation was over. after the announcement that the military decided to stand down its effort but the national search and rescue team will continue. they said that they have decided to consolidate the operation. they have re-evaluated. the fuselage is no longer a priority in terms of lifting that out of the water. the priority remains the recovery of all the bodies. he kept reiterating -- he was flanked in a press conference by family

and the -- condoleezza rice.resident's job approval rating hitting first time in a year-and-a-half. david asman and kerrey sheffield. must be the glozell bounce. getting in the tub with glozell with the cheerios helped. >> but it is interesting, his trip, the saudis are really ticked. they are a close ally, probably closest arab ally we have. they think obama is giving much too much away to the iranians. they're scared to death of the iranians. they are to the northeast of them. directly north lebanon essentially controlled by iran and now to the south yemen looks like at least temporarily controlled by iranian substitutes as well. so the saudis are wondering, what's in it for us. melissa: if that is true, he is spending four hours in the kingdom. that is not a lot. it is a big place. >> going through time of transition and trying to show solidarity with a new leader coming on board. david is absolutely right. iran is posing enormous threats. we're doing back channel secret negotiations and completely leaving our

national security figures were republican administrations condoleezza rice and others. they had found continuity on a whole host of issues from iran, oil, syria where they have agreement and differences. hitting wave tops key issues is how the white house described it talking about what is going on in the fight against isil where saudi warplanes are flying in an american coalition in airstrikes. and where the saudis are still upset with the obama administration. one of the more forthright stance. they talked about iraqi unity the president was there for four and a half hours. first he had dinner with the king. then an hour long meeting and the president and his entourage reboarded air force one to arrive back here. >> what are some of the human rights issues of concern to the united states. >> there was one of the points before the meeting. the reporters know exactly what the president is going to be bringing up. the president gave an interview. he talked about the balance between human rights and the war on terror. >> what i found effective is to apply steady consisten

secretary of state john kerry is there along with former secretary of state condoleezza rice and jamesaker. the arizona republican who often criticized president obama's policy is part of the delegation. politicians from both sides ott aisle in the u.s. visiting saudi arabia today. >>> time to catch up with the business news. >> starting off with russia more bad news for the russian economy. let me explain. standard & poor's, the credit rating agency downgraded russia's credit rating to junk status. all this as the russian economy continues to weaken. what does that mean? it means that around the world, pension funds, they can no longer buy russian debt. it makes it very difficult for russia to borrow money from around the world. this is the first time in more than ten years they have been rated below investment grade. now, that is bb plus. doesn't mean much to most of us. what it does is puts it at the same level, russia at the same level as indonesia and bulgaria. what sort of damage will it do to the already struggling nation? let's have a listen to this comment from one expert. >>

condoleezza rice went over there and didn't wear a head scarf. foreigners don't have to do it. you know, i think michelle obama doesn't usually wear a head scarf, and i think that was perfectly appropriate. i am surprised this is such a controversy. >> who's out there twittering? >> all eyes are on saudi arabia right now. in ways that haven't been in the past because of this blogger, who's been sentenced to, what, a thousand lashes for -- >> each week for 20 weeks. >> yeah. and this is a kind of thing that all of a sudden all eyes are on saudi arabia. >> why are the bloggers talking about the blogger? >> it goes both ways. the bloggers are talking about the flogger, including me. this is something that's truly atrocious. in the past when w. bush was president, saudi arabia was viewed more of a kindly friend with this eccentric religious practices or whatever. but we don't need them like we used to now, because of fracking, and the oil prices plummeting, and the fact that there's a tizzy to free press issues, religious freedom issues. this is the kind of thing that has changed t

including condoleezza rice and james baker. significant in the building and forging the relationship with saudi arabia. we know they will have a meal together and a bilateral meeting. we know the important topics will come up. isis and yemen and iran. it was asked if he would bring up human rights. what about the blogger sentenced to lashings and persecuted of what he wrote online. the white house was a bit hesitant about that. human rights is something they bring up frequently with saudi arabia but didn't sound like that would come up on this trip. >> michelle kosinski traveling with the president. thank you. >>> japan now looking to jordan to help gain a freelance journalist freedom from isis. the japanese envoy says he is determined to coordinate with amman to negotiate kenji goto and a pilot home. talks in jordan showed no signs of progress. the pilot has been held by isis since crashing in december. it is not clear when the pilot's possible release entered the picture. >>> kurdish forces gain the control of kobani. isis fi

hillary clinton, condoleezza rice, madeleine albright when they were all secretary of state and visitsaudi arabia. laura bush nancy pelosi who was on this trip with the president on this trip and the german chancellor angela merkel when she was there, she did not have a scarf on either. none of them actually covered up. but it's interesting the first lady did cover up during a visit to jakarta, indonesia, back in 2010. that's because she went inside a mosque and out of respect to islam, she wore a scarf at that time. >>> still ahead, more on our top story. two israeli soldiers killed in the golan heights. the idf spokesman is getting ready to join us live with more. we'll hear what's going on. will there be an escalation? all that coming up. >>> i'm excited to march today in the parade. >> i'm here because my dad is in the wounded warrior project. >> i was invited by the warrior project. this is the first time i've participated in the veteran's parade, ever. >>> here in washington temperature state department the state department is weighing in. the spokeswoman said this mexicos ago. >

delegation of 20 people to honor the late king, including john kerry, susan rice john brennan, condoleezza rice nancy pelosi and senator john mccain, to name a few. it was quite the gesture. and it comes less than three weeks after cell phone video appeared to capture the public lasher of a saudi blogger for insulting islam. under pressure the saudis postponed his second round of lashings on medical grounds, most are not so lucky. when asked if he was speaking to the new saudi king about the case the president said the relationship between the two countries was about balance. >> what i've found effective is to apply steady, consistent pressure, even as we are getting business done that needs to get done, and often times that makes some of our allies uncomfortable, it makes them frustrated. sometimes we have to balance our need to speak to them about human rights issues with immediate concerns that we have in terms of countering terrorism or dealing with regional stability. >> the president doesn't seem too eager to talk about the saudis dismal human rights record, but if you are, there cou

try on a veil when she visited saudi arabia but mostly went uncovered, as did hillary clinton and condoleezza rice once refused to don a black robe and veil given to her by king abdullah. in fact, western women are not generally expected to adopt saudi arabia's strict dress code, but the contrast is it a reminder that one of america's closest allies in the middle east beheads people in a public square and sentenced a blogger to 10 years and 1,la000 . shes in washington bruce leshan, wusa9. >> president obama did not bring up the case of that blogger while visiting saudi arabia. he told cnn before the visit the u.s. has to balance human rights with security. >>> always watching always tracking wusa9 first alert weather. >> cold weather. >> and snow, too? >> a little bit. i think we can probably bank on at least a mix sunday afternoon. you will probably get to the super bowl party fine. getting home it could go to rain. it could be a small event or a little more moisture. the models are whoosh, like that right now. i would plan on some winter precipitation sunday afternoon. let's start with the

plenty of americans have gone to the middle east without head scarves, had you condoleezza rice. >> youarabia. >> it's a nonstory but because there were some tweets angry tweets which now constitutes a story. >> that's all it is anonymous angry tweet. of course what i said was a joke. she did exactly the right thing. these people live in the mid evil times. welcome to the 21st century. >> you are guesting but she did do the right thing? >> no, i'm serious. >> she sent these pinheads over in saudi arabia a message. tweet women better. that's why she did it. >> that's not enough. >> not enough for you? >> we should be fracking. we should be -- no, because we got to stop depending on that part of the world for oil. that's a bigger deal. >> you are tieing it in to the keystone pipeline. >> absolutely, america. >> all right. there they are everybody. harry styles. watters on deck. the super bowl edition. need i say more? right back. push your enterprise and you can move the world. ♪ ♪ but to get from the old way to the new you'll need the right it infrastructure. from a partner who knows how

during the trial of jeffrey sterling, the former national security advisor condoleezza rice revealed thursday she personally pushed "the new york times" to kill a news article about a secret operation to disrupt iran's nuclear program. sterling's discharge with revealing classified information to new york times reporter james risen. rice told the court the white house relies on two main ways to block publication of news articles. they can essentially confirm the report but are gearing it is too important to national security to be published or they can say the reporter has it wrong. amnesty international is reporting saudi arabia has postponed the scheduled flogging of jailed activist raif badawi. badawi was arrested in 2012 after setting up a website for political and social debate. he was sentenced to 1,000 lashes -- 20 batches of 50 lashings each after friday prayers. today's lashings were reportedly postponed for medical reasons. after he was lashed last friday. the united nations is calling on israel to unlock $127 million in taxes owed to the palestinian authority that were wit

the probably the strongest would be condoleezza rice. but carly fiorina could run for the senate.faulkner, the new mayor of san diego is a possibility. he's definitely looking to move up in the political ranks at some point. so there are other candidates kicking around. the question is whether any republicans would have money to mount a decent race or not. and barring that, it's going to be one of those democrats who winds up with the seat. >> and jerry brown is going to leave the governorship wide open. do harris and newsome think about that while they're thinking about the senate? >> gef nitly. they also think about dianne feinstein's seat. there's a pretty good chance she won't run for another term in 2018. at least one other position will be opening up with jerry brown's seat. and maybe dianne feinstein's as well. i don't think there's going to be any chance that harris and newsome will run against each other. they share the same base and even the same political consultant. that's probably not in the cards. they'll sit down, figure out who, if either one of them, is going to r

. >> it was mentioned about kond condoleezza rice but angela merkel met the king without a head scarft the foreign minister in 2012 without one. kond condoleeza rice. should there be any discussion about why michelle obama was not wearing a head scarf? >> i think it's always open for discussion. we cover congress. so if there's some agreement between ted cruz and the white house on something, we'll be happy to talk about that. it's such a rare thing these days. most importantly, it was the smart thing for the white house to do. look at the alternative. if she had donned a head scarf, it would have been blast around the world and been very bad for the white house. >> all right. let's move on and get a show of hands right now from this panel, who here has an iphone? >> guilty. >> yep. >> yep. >> well you're not alone. today apple announced between october and december they sold 74.5 million iphones. that's 12 million more than they expected to sell. imagine this. that comes out to 30,000 iphone solds every hour for three months. wes, what an american success story. how did they do it? >

senator john mccain, and cia director john brennan, to former secretaries of state james baker and condoleezza white house aids complain it's an unfair comparison. >> you have a period of time where different leaders are able to pass through saudi arabia to pay their respects and to meet the new king. so there is a difference. >> jim accosta reporting there. although mr. obama didn't discuss the blogger's case with king salmon activives are hoping they can -- activists are hoping they can get him to reverse the decision. >> some are offering to take 100 lashes each in place for this man. let's hear from one of the volunteers. >> of course we've done this main threely to make a statement. we want to by hopefully embarrassing them into thinking about what it will mean to bring us in and lash us into changing their mienz about this brutal punishment on this innocent man. however, having said that i did decide when i signed the letter that i was only going to do so if i really believed i will take the lashes if they took us up on the offer. i have commit myself. i mean it when i say it. i think th

condoleezza rice when she was secretary of state, she went scarf-free. german chancellor angela merkel has not worn a scarf in saudi arabia. why is it so controversial when the first lady chooses this? >> there's two things. the first thing is we are living in a social media age. really the people causing an uproar online were social conservative saudis. then the second factor is the debates as she came from the states. i think that's because we're at this point where people are really sort of reexamining the u.s./saudi relationship and saudi human rights. >> adam taylor thanks for joining us to talk about that controversy. >> that's right. >>> there's another controversy going on on a local campus. the social media campaign that's grabbing a lot of attention on a campus that's already dealt with its share of perronroblems. >>> into the flames. fire fiertdfighters jump in to save children. >>> storm team 4 tracking more snow. >> that's right. first we have this cold night to get through. some wintry weather tomorrow. then more wintry weather coming up th

my idea would be condoleezza rice. i would love to see a contest in the n between rice and harris. >> why? >> from a historical standpoint as african-americans, we would know we would have one more brother or sister onto that body. number 1. number 2, they're both intelligent, attractive, interested persons, and the dialogue would be around issues, not around personalities. >> unfortunately, her people have said she will not run. >> they're probably in discussions trying to figure out which one runs for that seat and which one weights and run for jerry's seat. keep in mind, all of this discussion, if jerry brown popped up tomorrow and said, i am interested in the u.s. senate -- >> you think he would do that? >> absolutely. >> you have two more years left on the governors deal. once he is no longer governor, it's over for him. just think, you have six more years and he'd be younger than diane on reelection. >> could be the junior senator. >> another while prediction. >> the governors people have said he is not running,

true in a top-down sense, from the white house, not just the president himself, but figures like condoleezza rice and steven hadley. all through the bush administration, religion was maybe not dominant but certainly very prevalent. this was true even in a place like the pentagon in which there weren't a lot of demonstrably religious officials presiding people like don rumsfeld who are not the most spiritual men but a lot of pentagon briefings began realistically during the bush presidency with powerpoint slides that would start with scripture or a biblical verse or some sort of -- usuallilyy christian but overtly religious invocation. this was also true in a bottom up sense epitomized in bush politics which pushed for bush optimism. bush's foreign policy through and through maybe wasn't guided or driven by religion -- i'm not saying the united states had a certain foreign policy in pursuit of particular religious goals, but religion in a very obvious way suffused the bush administration's foreign policy. this bottom-up influence didn't start with bush he didn't create it, he didn't invent it

large american delegations and including past national security figures from administration and condoleezzaice and baker as well as officials from the obama administration all there to pay their respects later president obama had dinner with king salman and met for about an hour a senior administration official tells reporters flying aboard airforce one they quote hit all the wave tops on the key issues of course include the fight against isil where saudi arabia war planes are flying in the american led coalition hitting isil targets in syria and iraq and talked about the situation in syria as well. iraqi unity and set by sectarian violence and of course the situation in yemen on saudi arabia border said to be a major concern of the saudis and the tys that the rebels have with i ran came out as well. on the key question of human and civil rights within saudi arabia through were pressed by reporters and top officials as the president himself what would he say, would he bring that up meeting with king salman and president obama talked about a balance to nudge saudi arabia in the direction of

. >> condoleezza rice, hillary clinton. before that -- >> madeleine albright. and that's a lot. the president's counterterrorism adviser is a woman, his u.n. adviser is a woman. there's a sort of robust presence of women, not just at the highest levels of power in washington but at places of power that women have not traditionally been. this is interesting for hollywood. and then as hollywood takes and hollywoodizes, if that's a verb, its approach to this, that then influences the public perception as women as, and you knew i was going to get to this, there might be a woman running for president sometime soon. >> let me go to michelle. because there's a difference between having all these roles and being the star of the show. >> yes. >> and i like all of these. i certainly like "good wife." haven't missed an episode of that in five and a half years. a tough woman lawyer with a husband who's got problems, maybe she's got some problems too. but being the star, and that's what you were alluding too. are we ahead or behind the curve? and the new show, "state of affairs," the preside