dr. kissinger had an approach in "the wall street journal" that i think outlines at least a way to hit theid we need to prioritize isis over replacing assad come and try to encourage the russians to do that. of course, they are not doing that now. they are focused on protecting assad. he and others including former secretary clinton talk about a safe haven in the north, to up with refugees but also to up with we supply and so forth that is harder now that you the russians flying around but i think there's still a lot of folks in both parties who think that makes sense. the other key thing is going to be the rules of engagement. so what are these, clearly -- >> will engagement between us and the russians, us and the syria got a? >> especially us and isis. roughly a third of the sorties we've i don't even drop ordnance. those that do drop ordnance here a lot of use that it's not very effective because of all the restrictions that are placed on our pilots. and so if we have these 50 folks who are going to be able to leave and go out with folks they train, what will the restrictions on can be?

dr. kissinger testified in front of the senate we have never before had this many complex national security threats facing us all at once. you mentioned several areas where we have combat, but in addition to that you have this general perception that they u.s. has been in retreat, and that has encouraged aggression from russia, china, iran, among others. so, there will be an enormous challenge for the next president, whoever it may be, and again issue think the number one criteria is who would be best suited to deal with those challenges. >> i think that's a good note to end on. looking forward here for national security leadership, and thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. [applause] >> in also more than an hour the house veterans affairs committee will hear testimony on the alleged misuse of funds over the va's program to relocate workers. that hearing starts live at 7:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span2. and both chambers of congress are in session this week. the senate returns tomorrow to begin debate on a water quality protection bill, with a vote to advance the measure scheduled

dr. kissinger, it has the additional benefit of being true.bjection to this week is there were four scandal bus two were reported. marco rubio does not have a scandal, hillary had her non-disclosure agreement revealed at the washington freebie con and reuters obtained a letter from the teneo group refusing to answer questions about hillary clinton. so there were four scandals, two real involving hillary clinton, one about ben carson, west point, not a scandal, heavily media and the one about marco rubio is all puff. >> why is it not important? >> i have no doubt someone at the rotc said to ben carson "we'll get you in." because it was common in the '70s and the '80s. >> but he's sort of a -- obviously he's a very distinguished retired surgeon. since retiring he's basically a professional autobiography and that's what he does, he sells and sells and sells and sells his autobiography. there are a lot of things, the most dramatic things in his autobiography, all of which are favorable to him and helped sell himself as this amazing person who shou

dr. kissinger and his solutions. dr. with that important first volume history on kissinger, the idealist. all of that coming up in the 7:00 hour. stay with us. this is bloomberg surveillance. good morning. ♪ tom: good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance." london today, we just heard reaction from mr. osborne on cyber security and cyber terror, and of course the news out of paris. in london, and some jon ferro is with us with the morning must-read. jon: a you have the echo tire jonathan ferro. i'm straight off a flight from frankfurt, germany. jonathan ferro. i am straight off a flight from frankfurt, germany. inflation expectations, they might de-anchor. what we have seen recently is that the signs of a turning point in underlying inflation, measures of underlying inflation, the signs of a turning point have weakened a little bit. we have to look at that. so there are a number of things that we are going to look at. ,t is not only looking at pmi confidence indicators only. it will be more holistic. i think the nar

dr. kissinger about six weeks ago. he is vital, vital, vital. david: unbelievable. tesman. we need more kissingers in this world. thailand's sky turning green on sunday. a dash cam footage appeared to be -- captured what appeared to be a giant meteor across the sky. thai astronomical society set on facebook that it was expected to be a meteor. that does not fill me with that much confidence. david: it is unbelievable. my last picture, picture number one, a photo of the international space station celebrating its 15th birthday yesterday. like many people, i follow the goings-on through commander scott kelly, who is up there for a year. he has been there more than six months. tom: they use wikipedia in space as well. david: track that. we want to know. tom: we will learn that bill ford is a hockey guy. later this morning on bloomberg television. he must speak about vw. stay with us. from london and new york, "bloomberg surveillance." ♪ tom: good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance" from london. it is september in new york. no other way to put it. let's look at f

dr. kissinger, or are we moved on to some new evolution?ink are seeing now is that our military is trying to balance against china as opposed to -- we are balancing against about. we are rallying the allies in europe to defend against putin. we are rallying the allies in asia to run against china. tom: thank you so much. this has been a great two days in a row. anders corr with core analytics. an update on international relations. william nyehour, the science guy is opposed to pope palouse a. -- pope-a-looza. stay with us. ♪ tom: commodities cannot find a bid as emerging markets move closer to mediocre. what does it mean for the central bankers of the world? cash is continued king. good morning, everyone. this is "bloomberg surveillance ." it is remembrance day, as big ben sounds 11:00 a.m. in london. rings] [bugle and him and thank you very much for that. tom: good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance." courts of justice -- am i right on that? i think it is right around the corner from our bloomberg headquarters. jim o'neill is there

dr. kissinger looks at.hy would you suggest america can be so optimistic? henry's book says there has never been a world order, among other things. the extent that there has been as beenom world war ii largely because the united states has been the dominant power. that has allowed us to preserve a degree of order. sometimes people call it the american century which is what i call my book. i think the pessimism the american century is over is undue. there really is a capacity in the united states to organize others and deal with issues more than any other country. it does not mean anything -- everything is perfect. there has never been a perfect world over but the extent to which the united states is still the dominant country and able to organize others to get things done -- before teddy roosevelt, there was gridlock in american politics in the late 19th century. how do you get your optimism to work with the reality of gridlock in washington? >> we have always had a pretty inefficient government. the joke is

dr. kissinger as a witness, but then last week we had five professors that were there, in one of our earlygood hearings we had on wednesday or thursday. kissinger when he said, "syria is the latest symptom of a disintegration of the american role in the civilizing the middle east order." do you think that is inconsistent with your statements, secretary carter? secretary carter: i think that the middle east is certainly a oncetumultuous -- but again i come back to our role is to protect american interests in that circumstance. whether it be the fight against , our alliances and partnerships with gulf countries, and israel. our posture in the gulf. all of that is intended to protect american interests in the middle east. is the middle east mulch with? -- tumultuous? you bet. >> from what i read, it is not consistent with that. ,hat do you think, general about kissinger's statement? >> what i agree with the former secretary is that we have a critical role to play in the middle east. we have national interest in the middle east. we should be decisively engaged in advancing those national inter

dr. kissinger had an approach in the wall street journal that outlines it.one of the things he had, we need to prioritize isis over assad. of course they are not doing that now. they are focused on protecting assad. he and others, including secretary clinton talk about a safe haven in the north to help wi with. >> the other key thing is going to be the rules oven gauge. of engagement. >> between us and the russians, us and the syrian government. >> us and everybody. but especially us and isis. roughly a third that we drop ordinance. we hear a lot of news that is not very effective. all the restrictions placed on our bites. because we have the 50 folks that will be able to leave and go out with folks they train, what will the restrictions on them be. we will send a-10s the plane they want to retire, we will send more there. who are they going to support? do we have the coordination we need to support? so my point is the rules of engagement for whatever we make can help them be effective or completely under cut it. we don't know the answers here. >> well, that

dr. k skorton. >> everybody here and call me david. walter, call me your excellency. [laughter] >> that was a line from henry kissinger. he said that will do. in your case, and actually fits. inaugurated or installed, it was -- i read the speech. you give a wonderful speech about this is magic, in some ways. but you also allowed someone to play louis armstrong's horn. tell me about the inauguration and the idea that this is magic. david: the official title -- let me interrupt. i want to thank you damian. he is a fellow flute player. he is an officia but it is wonderful to be here. thank you. i do want to a knowledge mind partner -- acknowledge my partner, richard curran. he was a source of a lot of good ideas. henceforth, they will be considered my ideas. [laughter] so the installation which my colleagues are calling here at the smithsonian, i want to set the stage. the currency we deal in, just as you said, is inspiration. whe currency we dealing, higop we deal about it, it is inspiring people to understand more things, dream bigger, to make things, create things, understand things. so the word i used his magic commen

dr. skorton or president skorton or secretary skorton -- mr. skorton: everyone here can call me david, but walter, i would like you to call me your excellency. >> [laughter] >> your excellency. that was a henry kissinger sign. [laughter] in your case, it fits. [laughter] when you got inaugurated or installed, it was -- i read the speech and i have heard about it -- you gave a wonderful speech about this is magic. within toso allowed play louis armstrong. tell us about the inauguration and the idea that this is magic. mr. skorton: the official title of it -- let me interrupt myself. i want to thank you, damien, for your kind words. damien is a fellow flute player. ofyou are an aficionado these conferences, i wouldn't let another one go by without forcing damien to show his stuff. but that is up to you as a group. but it is wonderful to be here. and i do want to a knowledge my partner and the person who has taught me so much about the smithsonian, richard, a source of a lot of very good ideas, which [laughter] so the installation which my colleagues are calling here at the smithsonian, i want to set the stage. the currency we deal in, just as you said, is inspiration. the currency we deal in, how we dea

dr. k skorton. >> everybody here and call me david. walter, call me your excellency. [laughter] >> that was a line from henry kissinger. he said that will do. in your case, and actually fits. inaugurated or installed, it was -- i read the speech. you give a wonderful speech about this is magic, in some ways. but you also allowed someone to play louis armstrong's horn. tell me about the inauguration and the idea that this is magic. david: the official title -- let me interrupt. i want to thank you damian. he is a fellow flute player. he is an officia but it is wonderful to be here. thank you. i do want to a knowledge mind partner -- acknowledge my partner, richard curran. he was a source of a lot of good ideas. henceforth, they will be considered my ideas. [laughter] so the installation which my colleagues are calling here at the smithsonian, i want to set the stage. the currency we deal in, just as you said, is inspiration. whe currency we dealing, higop we deal about it, it is inspiring people to understand more things, dream bigger, to make things, create things, understand things. so the word i used his magic commen

>> problem about writing about henry kissinger there is this demommic figure created by writers like hirsch and hitchens, who is kind of a evil genius a kind of drevil figure commits war crimes with glee, relishing every dash. this caricature monster figure is something you have to if you're trying to write a serious biography. >> after words airs on booktv saturday at 10:00 p.m. and sunday 9:00 p.m. eastern. watch all previous after words programs on our website, booktv.org. [inaudible conversations]. >> booktv live in miami. and, on our call-in set which is at the center of the, of the festival here, on the campus of miami-dade, joy-ann reid is our guest. "fracture." barack obama, the clintons and the racial divide is her book. joy-ann reid, what is the current relationship between the democratic party and african-americans? is it a marriage made in heaven? >> well you know i think for a lot of african-americans it is not so much a marriage but per pent wall dating scenario where you're out on dates but not being brought home to mom and dad. i think you definitely still have a certain sense among african-americans that the democratic party kno