security advisor to president richard nixon and then to secretary of state to president ford henry kissinger has devoted his life to the services of his country and to the search for global peace. few diplomats have had so clear an impact on foreign affairs. he pioneered the policy of detant. negotiate ad cease-fire and the paris peace accords that contributed to the end of the vietnam war for which he was awarded the nobel peace prize. his unannounced trip to beijing in 1971 laid the ground work for president nixon's february 1972 visit to china. his meetings with the premier and chairman mao and the signing of shanghai cummunique. we celebrate this month the 40th anniversary of this historic event which paved the way for restoring the diplomatic relationships between china and the united states. dr. kissinger is the recipient of a long list of prestigious awards including the presidential medal of freedom, our nation's highest civilian award. through his prolific writings and global travels he continues to influence thinking on critical foreign policy issues. and his most recent book on ch

at least of the adviser, the power reached it height with henry kissinger. he was working for richard nixon. nixon did not trust the state department. nixon very much wanted to dominate foreign policy himself. he found kissinger a congenial partner, and so they -- nixon said at the beginning that he was going to resurrect national security council meetings like eisenhower and have this open process where everybody could argue. but that it would be structured so that he could clearly make decisions. he -- and he did some innovations this terms of how they did policy studies is so that unlike under eisenhower where they tried to reach con seven is us on policy, under nixon they were supposed to reach consensus on what the options were so the president could choose one of them and not be buried under a bureaucratic consensus. and they did that for a while. but nixon after he came to office found he really didn't like high-level meetings with people shouting at each other and people challenging the view the president wanted. he found himself -- he had a peculiar

and henry kissinger had more to backre than did young washington. only the immediate danger of a french thrust into the likely defendedrom andoning their positions. on second thought, washington said he'd serve voluntarily rather than by quote, slaving dangerously for the shadow of pay. he's laying the guilt trip. indeed, he says, quote, i would rather prefer the great toil of a laborer and dig for maintenance provided i were reduced of necessity, than serv. the newly promoted washington re reiterated his -- of the pork and the bread that passed for rations. upon the whole he added i find so many cogs upon the exme dedisthat -- expedition that i despair of success and you'd honor me in the post, the duty i will cheerfully execute as a volunteer, but by no means upon the pay. the recipient of the unsettling letter might be forgiven whiplash. on the morning of wednesday, may 28, washington and a small contingent of indian allies, known to history as the half king, sniffed out an armed party of three dozen frenchmen. it justified a preemptive strategy,

the administration that he was interested but i didn't know what was happening between him and henry kissinger. and what i do know is that they were sending all kinds of -- one of the things that always amused me was that one time they decided it was time to -- kiss be ger decided what ambassador would have contact with the chinese. it was our ambassador in warsaw. he sent word next time he saw the ambassador from china to tell him to walk up to him and say i think it is about time we start talking. the ambassador just couldn't believe that president nixon would be saying anything like that so he didn't do anything. he sends the second time, he still didn't do anything. the third time kissinger sent word either do it or come back. so he walked up to the chinese ambassador and chinese was startled. as soon as he could he left the party and we learned later that this had happened. to me he was the smartest diplomat of any i've ever met, sean lie. i thought he was really brilliant. so he got that. when henry was making his secret tip interest pakistan to bay jik,ji ji beijing, i was having a conf

/china business council, and somebody who knows a lot about china, secretary of state henry kissinger, was instrumental in opening the door to china 40 years ago this month, welcomed the vice president of china and talked about u.s./china relations. >> we americans tend to think that every problem has its solution. and every solution can be achieved in a quick period of time. the chinese believe that every resolution is the beginning of a new set of problems. and therefore, they're engaged in an endless process that will never end. but can always move forward. mr. vice president, you are here at a crucial moment. a moment as significant as the early opening in our relations was. both countries are undergoing domestic transformations. both countries have to deal with a global economy. both countries have to be concerned with the spread of nuclear weapons. both countries face challenges that have never existed before, like environment, climate, energy on a global basis. and both countries face a unique new challenge. for people like myself who taught international relations, we were bro

henry kissinger came to the house quite often because my step father was covering the nixon and kissinger so henry kissinger would come and use our pool and i would hold on to his neck and he would take me. we would do laps turtle style. unbeknownst to me he was bombing cambodia. who cares, he had a wide back. >>> let's talk more of these weird stories from your early years. >> i will have a cocktail. >> also, i want to talk about the blind date that set you up with your husband. i want all the details of that. [ nurse ] i'm a hospice nurse. britta olsen is my patient. i spend long hours with her checking her heart rate, administering her medication, and just making her comfortable. one night britta told me about a tradition in denmark, "when a person dies," she said, "someone must open the window so the soul can depart." i smiled and squeezed her hand. "not tonight, britta. not tonight." [ female announcer ] to nurses everywhere, thank you, from johnson & johnson. ♪ a refrigerator has never been hacked. an online virus has never attacked a corkboard. ♪ give your customers the added feeli

. >> charlie: we continue with henry kissinger former secretary of state and former national computer advisor whose latest book is called on china. >> in the conversations that i've had with the vice president and with his entourage, they seem to understand that this is a period of tremendous upheaval around the world which is better dealt with by a cooperative relationship. now that does not mean that they can necessarily bring themselves to see eye to eye with us on such issues as syria or for that matter on domestic governance. so it will be a del delicate prs for both countries to adjust to this emerging world. >> charlie: we conclude with robert kagan the world the america made which focts focusen america decline or lack of and its relationship with china and its rise. >> the united states go through these crises almost every 40 easiest. she had a great depression in the 1890's, we had the energy crises of 197 07s and we are here 40 years later. what's interesting if you go back and look at that period, the next decade in every one of those situations, the united states came roar

small on new developments in understanding alzheimer, henry kissinger understanding vladimir putin and david agus on the end of illness when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following: captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: major new developments in alzheimer research could have a significant impact on our understanding and treatment of the disease. for the last 25 years researchers have been confounded by this central question, does alzheimer start independently in vulnerable brain regions at different times or does it begin in one region and then spread to connected areas. two new independent studies at colombia and harvard now provide an answer. they indicate the disease can spread from brain cell to brain cell like an infection. dr. scott small of the talk institute for research from alzheimer disease and aging brain at columbia university medical centre joins me now. he is a co-author of the columbia study. i am please to have him here. we have talked before about the brain series so it

>> yes, that would never happen today, henry kissinger swam in my pool while he was bombing cambodia.ay. so it was a very, a much warmer community, when i went back and moved to d.c., it felt like a different city that way. >> which is surprising, because i think that we thought of given obama's campaign message, hope and change and the great unifier -- it has not come back. >> why do you think it changed? your mother was in the white house in the '80s? >> are you trying find out how hold i am? i'm 23. i think a lot of it is the internet. believe it or not. and everyone was journalists in my household, so i think a lot of the sources from the internet, there's no deep throat anymore. i saw a change after high school. so, the late '80s, i think a lot of it was the internet. i think the republicans started to move across the river, like they were not in the same hood as me and the kids say, i think there was these great stories that my mother used to talk about tip o'neil having drinks, and that doesn't exist. there's a dirtiness, and no one is having affairs -- >> well -- >> it's much

kissinger says no one less needs an introduction than henry kissinger. no one enjoys one more.t may have been better introducing willie brown saying that than dianne feinstein. i digress. i was just reminded of that quote. willie, don't take offense and please don't write about that on sunday. [laughter] >> i'm just, as diane knows, i'm a big fan that goes back to my high school days when i was that little nervous teenager that was invited in the mayor's office. she asked me what i was interested in, a shakespeare class i was talking. next day, a beautiful book, collective works of shakespeare, 300 pages, it hasn't been open. i did open the first page, there is the mayor of san francisco, dianne feinstein. i still proudly have that book on my bookshelf. i have been a fan since then. boy, do you get to know someone on a personal basis and work with them and you get to admire them more. i drive around this city, i kid you not, i see so much of the work that you probably don't know senator feinstein thas has done. a lot of work at hunter's point cleaning up the shipyards, dianne f

and i used to swim on the back of henry kissinger. he come over and i'd swim and he was bombing cambodia at the same time but who knew. >> rose: but he had a broad back. >> he did. he had a fantastic back to hold on to, and if you're going to do a turtle with an older man-- for me, i didn't know any different. this was the world i grew up in. if somebody was late for tennis practice, a parent, it's because they were signing a salt treaty-- you know, everything was -- >> you knew about the salt treaty, didn't you? >> of course. >> rose: i thought so. >> of course! >> rose: you fled that scene to go out to hollywood because you wanted to be an actor. >> i did. always from the get-go. even-- you know, we would be grilled on current events at the dinner table, and i would always be funny and imitate people. so i graduated from n.y.companied, and went to hollywood. and was on my first big job was "in living color." >> rose: tell me how you auditioned for that job because if you had gone in with your little muffy stuff, they would not have

that said, henry kissinger's line to say may be a man who needs no introduction but there's no man whoenjoys one more. so i will say that he is written one of the great books. he's worked for george h. w. bush

execute it was henry kissinger. so i think that the various things they devised for negotiations and all were primarily those that came out of nixon's mind and that the person who would do the negotiating then would be kissinger. i didn't go on the first trip, though zeigler and i had a job of trying to select who of the hundred people could go from the press corps. that was a political fight. haldeman didn't want some because they were not friendly enough. >> why did you not go on the trip? >> i was told somebody had to stay back and keep things going in washington. >> who thought about the television images of the trip to china back at this time? who was thinking about the public affairs part of the trip, scheduling and -- >> zeigler and i did primarily because we had to collect who was going to go. we were -- i arranged to have a number of like henry porter, write each one like a chapter out after book so we could have an intant book. television probably came mainly from roger hails. >> we talk about photo opport

but bill rogers wasn't able to cope with the ability to wield power that mel laird could do or henry kissinger could do. they were -- they knew how to move things around in a tougher way. bill is just a very nice guy, a very smart guy and a very honest guy. >> fast forward a bit. did you see president nixon after he resigned -- how long after he resigned did you see president nixon? >> well, i saw him frequently afterward. i don't know how often. the first call i had after san clemente, before he left, the smoking gun tape had him talking to colson about me in which he said between he and colson said he is not our kind of guy, he's got egg on his face. those were the kind of quotes. and i was playing golf with some friends and i got a call from a reporter who said you better get back to your office and see what's been said. the way i treated it was, we're friend and i've sure heard a lot of things said in a locker room which people don't really mean so i dismissed it that way. but it bothered me some and about the fourth day he got back he called me on the phone, said i want to talk to you abo

henry kissinger's line, maybe a man who needs no introduction but there's no man who enjoys one more. so i will say of dennis. he's written one of the great books, "missing piece." he's worked for george h.w bush as policy planning. president clinton. obviously the current president obama's administration as well as secretary hillary clinton, worked with madeleine albright, jim baker. but he's here, totally, obviously, nonpartisan but also speaking only for himself, not for any of the previous administrations except for the truman administration as the only one you'll feel confident to speak for. especially since you have a new book that's going to start with the truman administration. we're looking forward to that very much. dennis, let me start by asking about the view from israel. with everything happening, including the hamas reconciliation and the syrian thing and obviously iran being the great exten chal threat, why is it that israel can't do what seems to be a relatively obvious and easy thing to position itself well for the coming crises, which is cut a deal with the palestini

washington after meeting in the oval office a state department luncheon was held with the likes of henry kissinger lloyd blankfein of goldman sachs as well as the c.e.o.'s of chevron dream works disney and coca-cola on attendance now president obama said that he welcomes that china's peaceful rise and expects relations between the two countries to continue on a cooperative track his relationship is obviously a complicated one take a look at public opinion here in the u.s. a gallup poll from february tenth shows that fifty three percent of americans view not the u.s. but china as the world's leading economy and a.b.c. washington post poll from today shows that fifty two percent of americans have an unfavorable impression of china so with so much competition what will the relationship look like between the two joining me to discuss that is economic analyst gonzalo lira and all thanks so much for joining us tonight and i guess for starters what do you say about this poll this is the second year in a row now that americans say that they see china as the leading economic power and not the u.s. well it'