i'm nowjoined from princeton by ryan crocker, the former us ambassador to syria.n the studio is ruth citrin, director of the middle east and north africa programme at the european council of foreign relations. she spent 15 years in the white house, most recently as director for syria and lebanon at the national security council. it's great to have you both here tonight. rught, do you accept that assad has been all but named won this war? thank you. let me start with some truth in advertising. i was 15 years, more than 15 years with the us department of state. i served as director for the national security council. but doing 15 years in the white house would have me crossing multiple administrations, so i am a long—time civil servant. the point about russia and the strikes that we currently see is, in essence, that you have multiple conflicts still ongoing inside syria. those strikes against hospitals are really the regime going after what it terms "terrorists", in areas that are essentially in de—escalation zones agreed upon by the russians, turks, and iranians, w

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we press the issue a lot. >> host: harry crocker one of the national conversations that's going on right now is about assaults. is that something you keeping an eye on this things okay we have this author etc.? >> guest: there are topics that are important. in a case like this a book on harvey weinstein could probably sell a lot of books. our books are an uzi but they are also tend to be more political and tend to be based on what's happening in washington. sexual assault is not one of our topics. >> host: capitol hill, tax reform. >> guest: nobody cares about reading a book on tax reform. if you want to do a book on why we pay a flat tax our bread and butter are hardcover $24.95 price points and there's not a big market for that. what drives book sales for us and telling us about that was published. that's the work for us. we need books that are about hot-button political issues they that you want to read about and want to know more about in the book is presented well enough that you are going to talk to all of your friends about it. it's not the people have conversations about tax poli

in one, the crocker bank in suburban, sacramento, a woman was killed. >> there was a casual way theyll, she was pig. after all, her husband was a doctor. so what? >> toughest part in every secret thing was when hearst quoted emily harris of saying she was a bousire pig. it depidn't matter. >> it didn't matter what they did to anybody. they were always right, always. >> publishing that book was one of the dumbest things i have ever seen in my life because immunity doesn't cover writing books to make money about how you committed a capital crime and being the get away driver in a bank where murder occurs makes the driver liable for murder in the first degree. >> patty, you have never been tried for that. >> no. >> president carter commutes her on the bank robbery charge. he doesn't commute her on any other case. she still has this murder case hanging over her head. >> patricia hearst had written her book, so most of the details are out there to kind of lead them where to find the evidence, but the years kept going by and by and still nothing had happened. >> it took a long time before

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. >> while visiting we spoke with harry crocker who is responsible for acquiring books. >> so how do you acquire a boat? how do acquire an author? >> the traditional way is waiting for ages to come up with her pose those, but a lot of what we do here is trying to project the news in the best books we do, some of the best books we do or where we think collectively this author on this topic, that would be dynamite. we try to make these marriages have been. we try to put the two together. that is sort of been our go to strategy. not waiting on the agents actively pursuing authors. >> ann coulter on immigration. is that when you'll put together. >> i think she came to us without one. those are ones where we take them to the author. i'll call somebody up and say what you think about subject x. they will say what about subject x minus two. talking through and eventually it works out. any ideas we generate here of course become the authors idea. i can only help him make his case the best way he can. >> someone you've publish times as edward kline. if you have a conversation with mr. kline,

the point i still want to preserve the country's integrity but i think you know washington still crocker's words with action because right now it's actions like. the u.s. used to be the she was well the area syria's border with jordan which washington designated as they d. confliction zone under its protection host of the rug refugee camp now russia believes that this camp is a recruiting ground for militant groups and blames the u.s. for restraint saying humanitarian access to this to that particular camp now at this point of view is the shared by the official syrian delegation which is here now i just spoke to bush saying a shabangu is a political aide to the assyrian president bashar assad now she believes that the presence of u.s. troops represent actually a challenge for restoring peace in syria and that was called war as she said that said america and americans are creating some sort of a pocket zones in the syria and using them as a recruiting stones now another key player of course in the overall ongoing peace process is that iran and we've heard some some tensions taking place now

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. >> we spoke with harry crocker who is responsible for acquiring books. how do you acquire a book and how do you acquire an author? >> guest: the traditional way is waiting for agents to come up with proposals but a lot of what we do here is try to project what will be in the news. the best book for some of the best books we do our books that i think or where we think [inaudible]. this author on this topic that will be dynamite and so we try to make those marriages happen so will cut them an idea and put the two together. and that has been our go to strategy. not waiting on the agent but going out and being actively pursuing others. >> host: ann coulter on immigration, is that one you all put together? >> guest: i think she came to us that. there are those that we take to the author and the author makes it their own. so i will call someone up and say what you think about ask and they will say what about subject x minus two and we'll talk it through and eventually it works out but any ideas at regnery become the others i dish and a drink idea. i can only h

. >> while visiting regnery we spoke with harry crocker who is responsible for acquiring books. so, how do you acquire a book and an author? >> traditional way is waiting for agents to come up with proposals, but a lot of what we do here is trying to project what will be in the news and the best books-- some of the best books we do our books where i think-- we think collectively this author on this topic will be dynamite so we try to make those marriages happen. we will come with an idea and tripe at the the two together. that's sort of been our go to strategy, not about waiting on the agency, but going out and actively pursue authors. >> so, ann coulter on immigration. is that when you all put together? >> i think she came to us with that and even all of those ones where we take them to the author, the author makes it their own so i will call someone up i know who i think would be good for this book and i think-- i say what you think about subject x and they say what about subject x minus two and we talk it over and it eventually works out, but any idea we generate here because

on the friday that's the last time i have from the future so crocker was kind of. news from a solution and news but. this news it was taken from both of them which is this one of the new. it's a. little bit some of it is just almost trying. to protect us to dad to some odd time to get. us to mars and. coalition negotiations germany's two largest parties have provisionally agreed on a compromise that may yet pull through all of these difficulties a sign of something major going wrong in german politics the birthing pangs of the country's fourth from the coalition. that's just. the third i want to do things that show you face with really be very clear. the way your. management. and they have. you need to feel the. sun what do you how much. do you. want to talk more negative. i'm. sorry. but no they don't know. everything. live at five marks international breaking news this hour russia's foreign ministry admits that some russians may have been killed in syria by the u.s. led forces but dismissed reports that they were army personnel calling it this information we'll t

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patty did not go into the crocker bank, the way she went into the hybernia bank.execute for prosecuting us until 28 years later. they had a treasure trove of evidence related to patricia hearst, but the only evidence i can imagine, there had to be pressure from the hearsts to keep that from being brought. they didn't want her on the witness stand in a trial that would be the number one publicity trial at the moment. and she was going to have to tell this story all over again and she was going to have to try to be honest. >> for all her bullshit, she didn't severe. she could have testified. she got on larry king and said we were all a bunch of assholes, and she did everything to prosecute us. well, girl, all you have to do is testified. >> it was a combination that she didn't want to do it and the da didn't trust her as a witness. charging the murder case was 7 to life. and we were allowed to work out a plea and i'm sure that had a lot to do with patty hearst not wanting to testify and having the power to go with that. >> we were told the sla members were going to

. >>> after the crocker bank robbery, the remaining members of the group leave sacramento and go to san francisco. patty, she and steve soli are a couple. they are living together as boyfriend and girlfriend, and they start to live a fairly normal life. >> shortly after we moved back to san francisco, i really didn't see hearst. we operated still on a need to know basis. there was no need for us to know where patty lived. steven, her lover, was our link between the two places. >> after the group moved back to san francisco, their political activism just took one for form, bombing. >> bombing was an entirely different thing in the late '60s and '70s than it it is today. >> across the nation, between january of last year and april of this year, a total of 4,330 bombings have been reported. >> patricia, bill and emily join in with mike bordon, steve, kathy in starting to make bombs. >> one time they were fooling around with these pipe bombs in the backyard and went in for lunch. and lo and behold, there was a fire in the back, and all of the sudden the fire department comes barging in. the

the crocker national bank in carmichael, california, was selected. >> people let bravado take over andk themselves enough, are we ready for slide? do we have the calmness under pressure to do something like this? and the answer was, no. if you have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis, or psoriatic arthritis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. and for psoriatic arthritis, otezla is proven to reduce joint swelling, tenderness, and pain. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. otezla may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. tell your doctor if these occur. otezla is associated with an increased risk of depression. tell your doctor if you have a history of depression or suicidal thoughts, or if these feelings develop. some people taking otezla reported weight loss. your doctor should monitor your

maliki was not the easiest individuals to work with but by god we did together and ryan crocker and others. so again a very, very important achievement here and he gets elected. he's the president sadly for only a few years. >> e. diaz in a plane accident tragically. >> by the way the aircraft is being piloted by the chief of staff of the air force as i recall the guy who knew fighters really well. of course we talked about pat kelly and what transpired there. how does he end up over in vietnam? >> he have this single success in the philippines where he in fact basically masterminded the hook rebellion. he was all this with the flavor of the month and eisenhower demonstrations and became allen dulles the cia director and ron who masterminded the election. then in 1954 you have the situation where the french were being seated. there is a geneva conference with the north under communist control and the question was how would you have a viable non-communist state in south vietnam and basically the consensus within the eisenhower demonstrations was okay we don't want to send of a lot of americ

and i'll just cite ryan crocker who is one of my great teachers on the matter of iraq. it's just a fact of life and there is the religious tourism, there's a lot. but there's also a legacy of a bitter war, there's the arab/persian divide. we need to be a little more sophisticated about our understanding of the iran/iraq relationship. and, you know, historically the u.s. role in the region has either inflamed or made use of that kind of tension in the counterweight issue. my only real add crowe video casey is that the u.s. not turn its back, walk away from iraq and seed the playing field to iran. that would not serve the u.s. interests and we're in danger of that as we turn our attention to other challenges around the world. >> mike there are was a direct question to you and then of course chime in on some of the other issues. >> the interesting thing about your last comment, that's exactly what the fattah party is asking for is for the u.s. to get out. not to turn its back but to exit and that's an issue. so let's go back to your question were nine months from now abadi

. >> and while visiting regnery we spoke with harry crocker who is responsible for acquiring books. >> so how do you acquire a book? how do you acquire an author? >> the traditional way is waiting for agents to come up with proposals but a lot of what we do here is trying to project what will be in the news and the best books, some of the book that is we do are books where, i think, or we think collectively, this author on this topic, that'll be dynamite, so we try to make those marriages happen, we come up with an idea, think the guy would be great for it and put two together. that's been our go-to strategy, not waiting on the agent so much but going out and pursuing authors. >> so ann coulter on immigration, is that one that you all put together? >> i think she came to us with that. [laughter] >> and even those ones that we take them to the author, the author, of course, makes it their own, i will call up and say, what do you think about subject x, what about subject x minus two, we talk it through and what not and i will -- it eventually works out. he can be up promoting it, i'm no

crocker put it in south africa that way, we'll put our arm around the south african apartheid regime and by reassuring them, they can get rid of apartheid. that kind of thing. so the question is a good one but i really think wilson is protected from it. the defensive, not offensive nature that he placed on -- he really was worried about democracy, surviving. in another war. >> as we all are. thank you for giving us that. thank you all for coming. >> thank you. [applause] let me quickly remind you there are copies of the book available for you to get and get signed. let me also remind you that i spent the whole weekend with a -- it's really, really deep and really good and really thoughtful as a work and also therefore will see you next week for trump's 100 days. thank you. >> >> in the olympics do we see what the football players are seeing today with the national anthem in the olympics with raising the fist. >> we have a long history of -- >> you can be featured in our next live program. join the conversation on facebook at face book.com/c-spanhistory. and on twitter @c-spanhistory.

and i what you site ryan crocker who is one of my great teachers on the matter of iraq. it's just a fact of life and there is a religious tourism. there's also the legacy of the bitter war. there's the air of persian divide. we need to be a little more sophisticated about our understanding of the iran-iraq relationship. and historically the u.s. role in the region as either inflamed or made use of that kind attention in a counterweight issue. my only real advocacy is that the u.s. not turn its back come walk away from iraq and see the playing field entirely to iran. that would not serve u.s. national security interests, and were frankly and very much in danger of that as we turn our attention to other challenges around the world. >> mike, there was a question to you and then of course chiming on the other issues. >> your last comment, that's exactly what the party was asking for is for the use to get out, not to turn its back but to exit and then that's an issue. let's go back to your question, general. nine months from now a body wins. i would just say -- i thought you

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