finally we only heard farsi speakers so a new everyone had been capturing or taken, so they came, as my staff and got out and they said it's really serious so i called the embassy and got an answer from the switch board occupy. i remember i had a direct extension so i called bruises office and swift answer the phone and she said okay it's bad, she said get a hold of the guys in the communication center and find out what is going on from them because they are still in touch with the state. so i called again using this extension called them and they were shredding material and taking care of classified stuff and they said call state. so they gave me that number at the department of state to call at the operations center so that they had another lake. so my staff and i, some of my staff for helping me do this, god bless them they were taking a chance but they were monitoring what was being said on radio and television. taking notes, transcribing it and we were feeding that back to washington but also linking to the communications center until they said we will have to go out and the sta

i know 50 words of 50 languages, including 50 words of farsi, but i've never had a language problem. brian: one of the things that you keep reading through your book is that no matter how hard we try, we can't understand these people. they tell us that, you tell us that. and you tell a story in, i think, the prologue about having a drink or a cup of tea or something with someone in a small cafe. robin: yeah. brian: would you tell us that story as an example of the difficulty in understanding them? robin: well, this was a civil servant who had been a longtime contact, and we were having melon juice and coffee cake one afternoon, and he was telling me how disillusioned he was about the regime, that if his son became of age and the war was still raging, he would get him out of the country. but he hadn't voted in the last parliamentary elections, didn't even know who was running. he was very discontent at every level and wished that they were back in the shah's day, not because of the shah but because of the way of life during that period. and then a friend called him away and told him t

you mentioned baroness farsi, this is what she said about it on the radio this morning.ty. three chairman later. two prime ministers later. the fact we are still going on about even having an enquiry and the kind of enquiry we are going to have showsjust how dismissive the party have been on theissue dismissive the party have been on the issue of islamophobia. let's not forget that the first issue raised by my colleagues and the previous prime minister was that there really was no evidence of islamophobia. well, here we are four years later, dossier after dossier, dozens of dismissed cases, being presented with the most vile evidence of racism within the party at every level from members of parliament all the way down to our ordinary activists. i just the way down to our ordinary activists. ijust wonder, alex, how this plays, terrible cliche, or how people in that car park normal people in that car park normal people parking their cars, actually feel about this issue. you must wonder how it cuts through. it is undoubtedly a conversation which is happening in certain part

farsi --can who spoke he was blindfolded and bound. the americans surrendered.ast onre our nation's american history tv every weekend on c-span3. yesterday the house passed a resolution in support of the impeachment inquiry. including the possibility of public hearings. the final vote was 232 to 196. peterson and van drew among the only democrats who joined republicans in voting against the measure.

they were taken over by the farsi people. we were trying to figure out what was going on and reporting back. another person, had shown up. she had been at the airport that morning and was supposed to be going home. she came back and she was there. she was helping us. i said we can sleep. we stretched out on the sofas. they got on the phone with washington. i think they went to my house. >> we went to the other house. we did eventually go to your house. >> they had the car. we were there. , someone else came. i went over to the german institute. they say, why don't you go home with us? i say, this is got to simmer down. they say, do you think it is safe to get back to the phone? i say, i hope so. a friend was with me. he was working right beside us. the second time they came for us, we did not get away. we were taken to the embassy compound and kept with the rest of them. thanks to being able to talk on the phone, this was the most peculiar situation. diplomatsal iranian were not in on the takeover. they were appalled. they kn

one who spoke farsi try to go out and save a life. he was immediately blindfolded and bound. [indiscernible] explore our nations passed on american history tv, every weekend, on c-span3. announcer: the c-span cities tour is exploring the american story. join us the first and third weekends of each month as we take book tv and american history tv on the road and to watch videos from all of the cities we visited -- road. to go to all of the -- to watch all of the videos from the cities we visited, go to c-span.org/citiestour. we now take you to the laramie plains museum which beatles -- features a special exhibit on wyoming women's suffrage. >> we are in the women's hallway of the laramie plains museum and islands and mansion. we begin to tell

my farsi is not that good but certainly i can make out my name.rt. >> i got on that plane and they put me on first class. they started wheeling out this giant breakfast, not for me, but for the first class passengers. i was starved and famished. i started eating anything and everything that came within grasp. narrator: in zurich, queen was taken to the hospital and his parents were flown in from the united states. >> i do remember mother coming in, tears in her eyes. things were blurry. narrator: a day later, queen's condition in hospital had dramatically improved, and he was flown back to the states within a week. [cheering] >> i could tell i was out. but my mind did not really jump to that conclusion. >> i really can't express words what it is like to be back in america again. i really can't say much more. i just wish there were 52 more with me. there are 14 out now and there are 52 more to go. ♪ narrator: july 27, 1980, was a day of euphoria in iran. the self-proclaimed king of kings and the light of the arians was dead. cancer had killed the m

we had farsi speakers but we started and treated as a central problem in the u.s. formulations. so when 9/11 occurs in 2001 i think overwhelmingly for americans and even government elites, it was a shock. why has this happened to us? the anger and disrespect that many people in the middle east have for the united states was still a mystery to us. while we certainly increase our capacities we never took it as seriously as we might have that growing crisis in that part of the world. even now 17 years later i think we are still trying to figure out who are friends and who are enemies are in the middle east and how we keep the islamist challenge manageable. and recent events in saudi arabia have shown we are still struggling to find that part of the answer in the world and it's a real challenge and there's no easy answer for jimmy carter understood way back in 1979. >> american history tv is looking back 40 years on november 1979. next former hostage john lindbergh. earlier today to take a viewers calls and tweets. inues. host: it was 40 years ago this week that 52 hostages were tak

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tariffs that will depend on how the preaching of farsi to the actual agreement is you know the chinese are absurd you know for sure we'll give you 2020 1000000000 in our products but if you want that again the next year and you need to start removing some of those tariffs removing not just the spending and we'll have to see at what point the u.s. has come down on that and says ok maybe i'll remove a little but fundamentally it will be or there will be a degree of window dressing it will be removal of some tariffs not the full full body of her and when we look at the tariff discussion as well. kind of the nature of that this trade war has gone on are we going to see china drop back some of their retaliatory efforts toward the united states amidst this trade war as well yes there will because china star of some mostly been in retaliation to u.s. tariffs if that being the case the u.s. will china will also remove remove those tariffs and it doesn't have that much space to impose tariffs because it doesn't have that much of exports as the i mean it doesn't have that much of imports from th

election and demanding an overhaul of the electoral system which they cited favors the ruling party up in farsi walker was at the protest outside palma to tbilisi. right now there's a crowd over to my right in front of the parliament still there with their placards assembled. a collection of civil society groups and different opposition parties and they plan to keep up their protest to keep reminding the governing party that they were next on the promise of electoral reform i should add that m.p.'s have been able to enter the building governing party and these they have held a session this morning and the speaker of parliament said that it was time to get on with business and that things should not be allowed to disturb our work that people are expecting us to get on with our jobs but there is also concern constellation amongst m.p.'s who are in those who resigned from government after that vote the other week against electoral reform who is saying you know. it's it's time to acknowledge that there are a lot of angry georgians out on the streets and that there is a need for compromise we know t

language capacity includes english, vietnamese, korean, hindi and farsi. they will provide funding for the planning, development and distribution of a quarterly legal newsletter funded by one-time dignity funds. this will be a continuation of the newsletter. asian law caucus will be the lead in preparing and sendings out the newsletter to decrease administrative burdens providing for the costs. the newsletter is outreach and educational tool that they public in collaboration with other providers. contents includes housing, health and public benefits, consumer rights and fraud prevention and more. it is produced in four languages. they are planning to add gaelic this year. i am happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you. may i have a motion to discuss. >> so moved. >> second. >> thank you. any comments or questions? hearing none. any questions from the public? again hearing none, call the question. those in favor. any opposed. thank you. the motion carries. thank you. >> i seem e. requesting authorization to modify the existing agreement with

one american who spoke farsi -- [inaudible] immediately blindfolded and bound. the americans -- ♪ ♪ >> explore our nation's past on american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> the president is due at a rally in tupelo, mississippi, within the next few minutes. we'll is have live coverage as he campaigns for lieutenant governor tate reese who's running for governor in tuesday's election. until the president arrives and starts, here's white house economic director larry kudlow talking with reporters today about the latest jobs numbers. >> yesterday the president -- [inaudible] the impeachment effort is holding back the stock market. do you believe that's true? >> yes, i do, actually. >> why? >> because i think fundamentally, and, you know, your network has reported some pretty prominent, famous investors -- lee cooperman among them, lloyd blankfein among them -- who do not want to see a change in president trump's economic policy. they like the tax cut incentives, they like the rollback of regulations, they like the opening in the energy sector, and they like

in north africa and among other places and eventually joined the oil industry where everybody spoke farsi not arabic. fortunately my dad said i will learn it before i get there and he did. i spent my teenage life around the oil and gas world i was determined i would never join in oil and gas company. [laughter] i went to university and i was determined to stay i was in geophysics at the time and those who uncover the mysteries and then under pressure and then my dad said get a real job. do it for one year and if you like it and if you don't go back to research university. so then rather arrogantly i went that day and i said i would like a job and they said really and i said yes for one year. [laughter] and i really didn't want to leave the uk attitudes were very bad this was the sixties. they said yes to that too and i imagine myself getting to do some work in houston and then the letter came and then the hr department sent me a letter. [laughter] so off i went to anchorage alaska to become a petroleum engineer and to work in the field drilling and testing and live 200 miles north of the

this is a trove of about 700 documents we received written in farsi, which translated and reported from iraq. these documents show us how following u.s. invasion and then following the rise of isis thereafter iran rose to a position of hegemony enabled by the american deposition of the previous regime. amy: talk about where you think these documents are from. is identities are known to us. they identify themselves of someone upset about the iranian role in iraq today. as many of us know, iran has a very powerful role in iraqi politics. these documents shed light on what the source described. ways, they have negated the sovereignty of that country and manipulated in such a way that their interests are predominant over the interest of the iraqi people. we are seeing this today manifest in ongoing protest in iraq against the political elite, which is viewed as beholden to iran. it has not been seen in black and white untitil this day. its the u.s. considers iran enemy. they would have an interest in destabilizing the government and making iran look bad. how dodo you k know this isn't e kin

one american who spoke farsi went out. he was immediately threatened with death. the americans surrendered. host: just a portion of a canadian documentary which will be seen later today. we want to welcome stuart eizenstat. his new book, president carter: the white house years. limbert -- negotiating with iran: wrestling with history. in that portion of you documentary. explain what happened as he went outside and then were taken hostage. >> first, thank you for having the program. as they mentioned the documentary, those responsible , the iraniany government, was clear they were not going to do anything. or could not do anything. there, illed over reach the prime minister's office. the first thing she said was what about those passwords we sent over? are the visas ready? they were not going to help. we were on our own. going out to talk to the crowd was not a smart thing to do. it was one of the least successful negotiations that i had. we did not have a lot of choices. the priority was to make sure no one got hurt. did, if there had been bloodshed, and i take my

one american who spoke farsi went out. he was immediately threatened with death. the americans surrendered. host: just a portion of a canadian documentary which will be seen later today. we want to welcome stuart eizenstat. his new book, president carter: the white house years. limbert -- negotiating with iran: wrestling with history. in that portion of you documentary. explain what happened as he went outside and then were taken hostage. >> first, thank you for having the program. as they mentioned the documentary, those responsible , the iraniany government, was clear they were not going to do anything. or could not do anything. there, illed over reach the prime minister's office. the first thing she said was what about those passwords we sent over? are the visas ready? they were not going to help. we were on our own. going out to talk to the crowd was not a smart thing to do. it was one of the least successful negotiations that i had. we did not have a lot of choices. the priority was to make sure no one got hurt. did, if there had been bloodshed, and i take my

one american, john lindberg who spoke farsi went out to save his life. he, too, was immediately blindfolded and bound and threatened with death. the americans surrendered. >> explore our nation's past on american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> national institutes of health director dr. francis collins and other nih leaders testified before a house appropriations subcommittee funding and research efforts. this is about two and a half hours. >>> the subcommittee will come to order. thank you all very,er

professor or a long time joined the oil industry and was sent to iran where everyone spoke not arabic but farsi. fortunately my father corrected the personal departments and i will learned before i i get th, and so we did. and i spent my teenage life around oil and gas wells, and i was determined i would never join in oil and gas company. [laughing] >> so we influenced your choice? >> yes, he did. i went to university and i was determined to stay and do research in geophysics, at the time with some really great people who uncovered the mysteries of continental drift, from mccambridge, and then under pressure my father said you must get a job. i said it didn't want to, i've got it won already. he said that's not a real job. go and get a real job. do it for you, see if you like it. if you don't, the back to doing research at university. so i've been rather arrogantly went to bp. my father retired that bright day come and visit i'd like a job. and they said really? i said yes, for a year. [laughing] and then i said once more, , i want to go to the united states because i really did actually want t

dream party the opposition is saying the current nick system favors the holding party although in farsi and walker's been a protest and says the opposition is united by a sense of queens. once again georgians are gathering in the cup 2 large crowds now outside the blocking the main obvious here is a big police presence there too this is the 2nd week now of the political crisis in georgia resurfaced ever since the governing party really legs on the promise to deliver electoral reform the fields it would have introduced a fee for social system of representation to the elections yet next year that would have given other political chances parties a better chance of getting seats in which they say they would diminish the power of the country's richest only god they accuse of how the cop shoots the georgian state that they say that this there isn't really controls the legislature the executive and even the justice system the government came out today and said the case is closed they will be no further reforms and if the opposition believes he then has the upper howards that he shouldn't be af

passports arrived at the airport by diplomatic career, canadian first secretary roger lucy who understood farsi inspected the passports for errors, there was a mistake. this state was being set ahead-y. the day they have forage show the stakes leaving iran before they had arrived, this error was rectified by a cia agent whom jimmy carter at century raju assist. >> we were given background information because unfortunately we were a letter it to the next door neighbor to the north. >> learning to say a meeting with her left hand. >> i had to find out that is actually toronto canada instead of toronto canada. all of us were group of canadian business venture and checking out the situation in iran and that's why we were supposedly there, we were given our new names and dates of birth anachronistic often asked to start learning you were going to be. now all the embassy staff and can taylor's wife pad had left tehran supposedly on holiday. the escape from iran was to take place on january 28th during the iranian elections the americans made their way to the airport and our office cars as friends of

my farsi is not that good, but certainly, i could make out my name. >> i got on that plane and they putss on it and they started wheeling out this giant breakfast, not for me, but for the first-class passengers and i was starved and famined and i started eating anything and everything that came within grasp. >> in zurich, queen was taken to the hospital and his parents were flown to the touz meet him. >> i do remember mother coming in with tears in her eyes and things were blurry. >> a day later, queen's condition in the hospital had dramatically improved and he was flown back to the states within a week. >> i knew i was out, and i could tell i was out, but my mind didn't jump to that conclusion. >> i really can't express words what it's like to be back to america. i really can't say much more. i just wish that there were 52 more with me and there are 14 out now and 52 more to go. >> july 27, 1980, was a day of euphoria. the king of kings and the light of the arians was dead. cans her killed what they called the blood sucker of the century. with his demise, a major stumbling block was n

farsi --can who spoke he was blindfolded and bound. the americans surrendered. past onre our nation's american history tv every weekend on c-span3. yesterday the house passed a resolution in support of the impeachment inquiry. including the possibility of public hearings. the final vote was 232 to 196. peterson and van drew among the only democrats who joined republicans in voting against the measure. justin amash voted in favor. we will show you the floor debate before the vote which began with a reading of the resolution. gentleman from massachusetts seek recognition? mr. mcgovern: by direction of the committee on rules i call up house resolution 660 and ask for its immediate considering. the speaker: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 66, 0 resolved that the permanent select committee on intelligence, the committees on financial services, foreign affairs, the judiciary, oversight and reform, and ways and means are directed to continue their ongoing investigations as part of the existing house of representatives inquiry into whet

one american who spoke farsi went out. he was immediately threatened with death. americans surrendered. host: just a portion of a canadian documentary which will be seen later today. we want to welcome stuart eizenstat. his new book, president carter: the white house years. limbert -- negotiating with iran: wrestling with history. in that portion of you documentary. explain what happened as he went outside and then were taken hostage. >> first, thank you for having the program. as they mentioned the documentary, those responsible , the iraniany government, was clear they were not going to do anything. or could not do anything. there, illed over reach the prime minister's office. the first thing she said was what about those passwords we sent over? are the visas ready? they were not going to help. we were on our own. going out to talk to the crowd was not a smart thing to do. it was one of the least successful negotiations that i had. we did not have a lot of choices. the priority was to make sure no one got hurt. did, if there had been bloodshed, and i take my hat

one american, john lindberg who spoke farsi went out to save his life. he, too, was immediately blindfolded and bound and threatened with death. the americans surrendered. >> explore our nation's past on american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >>> national institutes of health director dr. francis collins and other nih leaders testified before a house appropriations subcommittee funding and research efforts. this is about two and a half hours. >>> the subcommittee will come to order. thank you all very, very much and again, we apologize for being late. the days take on a life of their own. so, but i wanted to say good morning. good morning, dr. collins, welcome back to labor hhs to the appropriations subcommittee. let me just say a thank you on behalf of the -- of the subcommittee for hosting members of the subcommittee for the site visit at the nih campus last week. we had a wonderful opportunity to learn more about nih's work. we met with the researchers who were working to cure sickle cell disease, to develop treatments for major depression, the

with no help coming the staffer treated floor by floor, one american who spoke farsi went out to beg his life. he was immediately blindfolded. the americans surrendered. a view on our nation's passed on american history tv on c-span3. up, them credit candidates speak it last night's iowa democratic party liberty and justice celebration. after that, live coverage of joe and jill biden as they open a new field office for mr. biden's 2020 presidential campaign on the south side of des moines. then, actor and environmental advocate ted danson testifies on capitol hill on the environmental impacts of plastic pollution. there is that democratic party event last night in iowa. ♪