and i said, condoleezza rice plays with the symphony? plays what? the piano. excelled across genres, even making her unique mark in ♪ >> reporter: but it wasn't just her singing that impressed her adoring fans. it was also her musicality. >> i think some of the best parts of her concerts is when she got on the piano. she played by ear. and she was gift netherlands th she was gifted in that sense. we joked. she could play anything. >> reporter: what do you want audiences to rediscover? >> her love for the gospel and for the church. and that, i think it's very, very relevant to the days and times that we're living in right now. ♪ >> let the church saynext, the worked to give his sons a new opportunity by the book. . ...that's why i've got the power of 1-2-3 medicines with trelegy. the only fda-approved 3-in-1 copd treatment. ♪ trelegy. the power of 1-2-3 ♪ trelegy 1-2-3 trelegy with trelegy and the power of 1-2-3, i'm breathing better. trelegy works 3 ways to... ...open airways,... ...keep them open... ...and reduce inflammation... ...for 24 hours of better brea

we are at a point, you mentioned earlier condoleezza rice. that really horrified me. there is a time when she was invited to come to the university of california berkeley to give a talk and she couldn't come because she knew she would be shouted down. >> laura: condi rice is a pretty mild-mannered person. she's not milo. she's mild-mannered, mainstream republican. everyone thinks this is about trump. this was going on in the '80s with jeanne kirkpatrick. she couldn't get a word out. >> if you told me in 1964 that this would become liberty, not freedom, that bullies would be allowed to have their free-speech and suppress the other speakers, if you had told me that the most prominent successful may be even effective but certainly a person, i went to hear a nazi. i would have loved to hear condoleezza rice, but she couldn't appear on campus because the bullies had taken over. >> laura: by the way, we are showing some of your photos th y >> laura: you were inside she's mild-mannered, mainstream republican. everyone thinks this is about trump.el this was going on in the '8

condoleezza rice and dr. ben carson. >> [applause] give us school choice. that would be nice.rdering our offspring. >> some of the cpac meeting from earlier today. we take you live for remarks by the acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney. >> taking advantage of the jet lag. that's not fair. mulvaney, know mick because this guy had a nearly perfect acu congressional voting record. what is it like to have, as the chief of staff to the president, such a strong conservative? i bet it makes us all feel great. i've got the chief in a perfect position, because as you said, you are a bit sleep deprived and jetlagged. you have done it before. how is that? that's pretty cool. he wanted to be here with all of you. she just came back from a pretty important trip.

three secretaries of state, condoleezza rice, madeleine albright, and hillary clinton have all been -- were all girl scouts. and virtually every single female astronaut has also been a girl scout. today more than 50 million women alive have participated in girl scouting and growing up. i'm proud to say that the girl scouts of western oklahoma, there are today 14,000 girls who are members. and worldwide girl scouts has a 2.6 million current girl and adult members. although girl scouts is perhaps best known for the entrepreneurial skills it introduces through the cookie program, it does so much more to develop leadership skills in girls. it teaches them how to advocate for themselves, for others, and it gives them a voice beginning at a very young age. programs introduce girls to science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics, or steam. often paths where girls might not otherwise be encouraged or supported to go on their own. their steam programs introduce girls to these important areas and help them to move through challenges. girl scouts can can also learn about the outdoors t

if you years ago, condoleezza rice was offered a graduation slot i believe at rutgers, she graciously withdrew, ladylike, basically saying i don't want to speak if they don't want me to speak. but the problem with that kind of surrender is it makes it impossible for that kind of event to occur in the future. >> laura: it's raising the white flag of surrender even if she did it because she doesn't want to be the focus of any discontent, which i understand that too. victor, i want to get response for another statement we got today from portland state director of media and public relations, kenny ma. we asked him if the university supports free speech or the oppression of free speech and what the university is doing to promote free speech on campus but here's what we've done like he said. "the meeting by the college republicans was disrupted. it was not shut down. it continued after the disruption." but is that good enough? >> no. >> laura: students are busy. they are studying, they have a lot of time to go to something. >> that's like saying i'm going to destroy the studio and you are g

national will host a women's tournament, this six years after accepting its first female member, condoleezza rice. it happens a few weeks from now, and a stanford player is in the field. here is colin resch bringing us this report. >> reporter: a who's who of stanford golf gathered at the stanford golf course monday for a sneak peek, long considered one of the premier collegiate golf sites in the country, it's undergone a bunker facelift over the past year and a half and the timing couldn't be better for andrea lee. >> i think it makes this hole a lot harder, because before this bunker used to be over there probably about 40 yards back, so it was easily reachable for all of us. i actually like it, because it makes the course tougher. >> reporter: for lee, the tougher the better these days, as she attempts to get her game ready for the best course she'll ever play. >> when i'm out practicing, i try to envision the shots that i might have at augusta. >> is it setting you up for a corner playing stanford? >> i think eamon corner is a little hard but i guess it's a good way to think about it, too. it

cheney, secretary of state powell, secretary of defense rumsfeld, national security adviser condoleezza riceober affair. they all knew in one way or another they had failed the american people. so, the mindset shifts to trying to prevent another 9/11. >> are you satisfied that osama bin laden is the kingpin of this operation? >> there is no question that he is a prime suspect. if he thinks he can hide and run from the united states and our allies, he will be soreliy mistakes. mistaken. >> i joined the fbi in 1997. i was assigned to work terrorism. when we saw the planes hit the buildings, the world trade center, we knew that it was al qaeda. >> there had been a progressive escalation, 1998. bin laden attacked the u.s. embassies in east africa. two simultaneous attacks using suicide tactics. then the attack on the "uss cole." something like 9/11 was the next logical continuation. >> afghanistan, under the taliban regime, had harbored al qaeda. so, when the president meets with all of his national security advisers in camp david, they decide the taliban had to be uprooted if they were really g

i was in sudan and got dragged out of a photo-op and condoleezza rice was there meeting with the leadersudan and she refused to leave without getting an apology on behalf of that country to me and the president corps. >> yeah. >> for what they did to us. >> and that is exactly what happens, but this is different. >> well, and as you're saying f there's ever a time to really showcase the freedom of the press it's when you're meeting with a leader like that. it's worth noting, andrea. the next day the pool was there and we got to ask questions of kim jong-un and one of the questions i asked him was about human rights. >> jeff mason, always on duty. thank you so much. our colleague, robert costa, thanks to you, as well. >>> coming up, split screen, president trump suggesting the cohen hearing contributed to the collapse of the failed north korea nuclear summit. you're watching andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. ell reports on msnbc (gasp) (singsong) budget meeting! sweet. if you compare last quarter to this quarter... various: mmm. it's no wonder everything seems a little better with the cr

bush, ronald reagan, colin powell, condoleezza rice, whether you're a republican or democrat lookinglican leadership? my lifetime and saying the kigty that they brought that sort of character to the oval office to the white house is something that you would teach a child in civics class and now we have somebody saying, you know, well, if it sticks, i'll say they hate jews, and by the way, the argument in the press office was not whether he said that some remarks were abhorrent. she dodged. the argument was, he said that the democrats hate jews. let's make sure we understand what she's t said about abhorrent remarks. he talked about hating jews. >> you can disagree over the way the democrats handled this because there are, you know, you could say they weren't direct enough with the congresswoman. if they should have been more direct or they handled this in a political way they shouldn't have. have that argument, but don't say that democrats hate jews. i mean, that's silly. >> and israel, too. >> oh, yeah. they hate -- >> made that accusation the other day. >> okay. >> and supposedly i

public accuracy who has done videos -- all right of majorideos political powers in power -- condoleezza rice, dick cheney, all running away from him and his camera crew when asked, excuse me, sir, does israel have nuclear weapons? and he will not believe the locations that you see these thingsgo through -- the these people go through not to answer. >> what methods does israel compel u.s. presidents to sign these letters you discussed? grant: these nuclear ambiguity letters, the worst possible moments. so for president trump, it was --he was facing th ouster of the general, dealing with all those startup conflicts, and someone from the embassy showed up with a letter saying, well, you have designed this, mr. president because every other president returns before you send them, and you have to do it. you have to give us a guarantee that you will not be as spontaneous with us as you are with a lot of things. [laughter] grant: so he signed it. apparently they were angered within the administration, they undue pressure, like it was out of line, but they signed it. >> we have time for one more que

condoleezza rice and dr. ben carson. [applause] how about givers school choice? that would be nice.today is what makes america great and i'll tell you the answer. it's our philosophy. margaret thatcher said it best, europe was greeted by history. america was created by a philosophy here our philosophy so perfectly laid out for us by thomas paine after the revolution war is common sense and freedom. it was common sense and then that the colonies should not have been governed by the british monarchy. it was time for an american exit. it's common sense today that the black community and hispanic community should not be covered a liberal ideology. it's time for a blexit. [applause] it's common sense that the left not care about racism, they don't about sexism, they don't care about misogyny. it appeared the end of that stuff. they don't have sexism. what they care about is the politics of fear. the left results to calling as i read it a racist, sexist, a nazi because i have the look going for me. [laughing] in the words that completely lost their meaning. they have the arguments anymore

talking to condoleezza rice the single thing we can do is that. >> i get that but then you disagree with the fact but with the program to invest in science but yet we still find this is not something they are free from but when you disagree. >> mister chairman i will move very quickly for the things that our important but it is common courtesy to give you a chance to respond. i would like to improve and that obviously you are very bright and it is amazing you come up with these numbers off the top of your head those that are not willing to recognize that. . >> anything you would add that where revenues picked up to be in the neighborhood of 17 percent but you share that viewpoint i appreciate that. but there is a question if that remains true. that with the aircraft to put online with this budget continues to be something. the president wants the world to know we have the most awe-inspiring military ever in the world. we believe we can have peace through strength. he does not want to have the perception this is about endless wars. the president. projecting two.5 percent and three.1 perce