powerful and abusive men from entertainment mogul harvey weinstein to new york attorney general eric schneidermanof this while putting finishing touches on something completely different, an essential new book called "war on peace, the end of diplomacy and the decline of american influence." as the united states lives its america first moment, fair owe chronicles the nation's unilateral retreat from the indispensable field of diplomacy and world leadership. managing to get every living former secretary of state on the record, including an extraordinarily candid exit interview with the happless rex tillerson. ronan dropped in our studio in london to talk about how america's new direction is playing out around the world from iran to north korea, from climate change to trade tariffs. and about his own personal insight into sexual abuse as the son of mia farrow and woody allen. >>> let's talk about your amazing productivity. every time we turn around there is another ronan farrow scoop, another ronan farrow book. there is literally according to the world of ronan farrow. how on earth do you manage it

his name was eric schneiderman and aggressively pursued a national profile. when he imploded, new york state lawmakers decide'ed they would have the solicitor general from the state of new york slide over from schneiderman's office and become the temporary acting ag. thinking we need a legal official, solicitor-general argues cases, can she take over for a second? i don't even know if the new york state lawmakers knew what they had done when they picked barbara underwood, who this was they were putting into the attorney general's office in their state. she is a bigger deal than any of them. she is freaking impressive, argued 20 cases before the supreme court, magna cum laude at harvard, first in her class at georgetown law school. clerked for thurgood marshal and became acting solicitor general in the united states made her the first woman to ever hold the solicitor title in this country and been a lead prosecutor in multiple injures dikceds serving in the another -- jurisdictions, serving in most of the blockbuster cases. she has an impeccable reputation and

his name was eric schneiderman and he aggressively pursued a national profile. but when he imploded new york state lawmakers decided they would have the solicitor general from the state of new york slide over into his office and become the temporary acting ag. i think they were they were thinking, we need a legal, legal, we need a legal official. solicitor general, she argues cases. can she take over for a second? i don't even know if the new york state lawmakers knew what they had done when they picked barbara underwood. i don't know if they understood who this was they were putting in the attorney general's office in their state. she is a bigger deal than any of them. she is freaking impressive, argued 20 cases before the supreme court, magna cum laude at harvard, first in her class at georgetown law school. she was a clerk for thurgood marshall, yes, that thurgood marshall. she taught for years at yale law school. acting solicitor general of the united states in 2001. that made her the first woman to ever hold the solicitor general title in this country. she'