the leadership of hezbollah is very much in tune with that. which means that they are very close to the your honor. i don't want to be -- i don't want to be misunderstood. when say they are not clients and agents of the iranians that doesn't mean they are not close to the iranians. the fact that hezbollah didn't fire any rockets in israel that the 22 days gaza was pilloried on israel. and not on some iranian plan for destabilizing the middle east or whatever one might say. so i think that one has to look at these things within the context of each of these countries. qatar and turkey somehow managed after these may events to cobbled together a government. knock on wood and let's hope foreign powers will avoid meddling sometimes more than they do. would that solve some of the problems caused by hezbollah? perhaps not. perhaps we have to actually get a lebanese israeli peace treaty. the momen

hezbollah with responsible governments and a hezbollah that does not have pretext of the farms of lebanese territory to be liberated is a different hezbollah. i would argue that the case of hamas is much more difficult because the occupation is not going away anytime soon. i, unfortunately, don't hear our secretary of state. i, unfortunately, don't hear high policymakers talking about our being in the 42nd year in occupation. the third generation of palestinians is growing up underneath it. it is something that, obviously, is creating lots of problems. occupation engenders resistance. you may not like the means. those means may be violation of international law but occupation engenders resistance. there's no such thing as a benign resistance and buying off to sweeten the occupation. people don't like being occupied. it's normal natural reaction to occupation. it's something that will be difficult to address admittedly and this is a whole other question which i'm not going to go into. [laughter] >> i promised to make my answers brief, and i have failed. but if you want to address the questi

>> our policy is very clear on hezbollah. the question of whether not there are people inside of that organization that may want to take a different approach were tracke, it could very will be. in terms of dealing with them as an organization, it is a force of instability in the region. >> there were reports of election monitors who were harassed and give a commission and some were detained. do you have anything to say about that? >> what i recall is that the july 29 elections -- there were international observers that said the elections were generally orderly and calm. the issued a preliminary assessment. beyond that, i really do not have an idea. >> [unintelligible] >> absolutely. happy weekend, everyone. >> this week and sees impose a newsmaker, lamar alexander on health care, the economy, and legislative priorities when congress returns. >> the democrats are feeling the fire by saying it a punch, punch back. they are raising the issue. they are calling protesters names. everybody needs to settle down. good manners are a g

and no lebanon referring to hezbollah. bu we coul sacrifice their lives for the sake of death. but they don't ca about gaza, th don't care about lebanon this wou give you the bottom line ofhat's going on. charlie: do you believe iran plays a destabilizing role? >> iould likeo tell y something about in. an and t internal problems we have of the cntry, there is some interferee of other countries, from forei countries, not from iran that pushed theranians toold these demonstrations and t strikes and all these things. i suppose there issome part interfering with ira in the meantime, however, until iran, i say to iran,f you complain of th interventions against the forces of ir, i will say to you, don't interre with the home affairs of other arab countries. likeebanon, like hamas and others. since you complain of this external or reign interferen, so don't dot th other countries. >> charlie: there is this idea inhis region, the middle st and the gf that egypt and iran are compeng to be the dominant regional force. egypt, iran. >> first, i would not compare ourselves to iran. iran is

anno lebano referng t hezbollah. but we uld sacrifice their lives for the se of death. but they don'tcare about gaza, they don't care about lebanon. this would give you the bottom line of wt's going on. >>harlie: do you believe iran plays a destabilizing role? >> i would like to tel you somethin abo iran. iran and the internal probms we have o the country, there is some interrence of other countries, from feign countries, not from ira that pushed the iranians to hold these demonstrations a the stris and all these things. i suppe there i some part interfering with iran. in the meantime, however, until iran, i say to iran, i you complain of the interventions against the forces of iran i will say to you, don't interfe with the home affairs of other arab countries. like lanon,ike hamas and hers. since you complain of this external or foign interferenceso don't do i wi other countries. >> charlie: there is this idea in ts region, the middle ea and the gul that egypt and iran are competi to be the dominantegional force. egypt, iran. >> first, i would not compare ourselves tor

they have contacts with hezbollah. these are well-known and they have contacts with many organizations. they have contacts with international groups based in geneva but we can't contain this. >> charlie: you're not worried. >> we do not fear such things. >> charlie: the main subject between you and president obama will be peace in the middle east. israel and palestine. tell me where that is. tell me what egypt's role is. your own general has met with hamas, with kata, he's met with israel. have you made major progress. >> we share boundaries with palestinians, we share boundaries with jordan, shares boundaries with the west bank. the stability of this part of the world needs the stability of the arab region. but failing to s sve this issue with the stability of the globe. we are trying to solve the problem between hamas and the authorities in the west bank because this is quite important. we should fill the gap here. we should bridge the gap because unless we reconcile their differences, there will not be stability the

its hand had been strengthened in iraq with its proxies, in lebanon through hezbollah, in the palestinian areas through hamas, and on the arab street there was a general feeling ahmadinejad and the iranian regime were the great proponents of the great arab cause, that is, the cause of palestine. looking at things today, do you think iran's current troubles have weakened its proxies and its informal or soft power in the region? >> i think we should watch that. remember in 1981, when there were car bombs going off in tehran, when there was truly a violent struggle for power. more violent than it is now. iran was just getting under way its revolutionary message. a year later it was coming into lebanon. right in the middle of the iran/iraq war. iran continues to export its message even when things aren't well at home. you look at yesterday and the last couple of days. clearly there was an iranian hand in iraq in raid is the mujahadin camps, the opposition require think whatever government comes into power in tehran, even if ahmadinejad resigns or something dramatic happens like that, he will

next birthday that rolls along up in my email popped a little sort of poetic birthday greeting at hezbollah at hezbollah.org. [laughter] >> so that is contained in the book. and now i'll start reading -- as carla said, i spent my childhood in libya. it was actually when i went back for the "new york times" that my first assignment within two weeks of arriving in cairo was to go back to libya, and i was thrilled 'cause i grew up in a little town and we had left in 1975 and i had never been back. and this was 2001, and i was thinking, great, i had the chance to go back to my hometown and i kept getting stalled and this is where we are and where i'm trying to get there. i'm trying to get down there and there's something called a popular committee meeting was called and there were no flights and i had to wait. in theory the people ran everything. in practice, nothing ran. but the entire country shut down for the popular committees which unrolled as if a vermont town hall meeting had been cross-bred with a soviet bloc association. the brother's leader would abruptly suggest an agenda for session

power in the region, its hand had been strengthened in iraq with its proxies in lebanon through hezbollah, in the palestinian areas through hamas, and on the arab street there was a general feeling that ahmadinejad and the iranian regime were the great proponents of the great arab cause, that is, the cause of palestine. looking at things today, do you think that iran's current troubles have weakened its proxies and informal or soft power in the renal everyone? >> i think we should watch that. remember in 1981 when there were car bombs going off in tehran, where there was truly a violent struggle for power, iran was just getting under way its revolutionary message. a year later it was coming into lebanon. right in the middle of the iran/iraq war, iran continues to export its message even when things aren't well at home. you look at the last couple days, clearly there was an iranian hand in iraq in raiding the mujahedeen/al qaeda camps, the iranian opposition. i think whatever government comes into power, even if ahmadinejad resigns or something dramatic happens like that, he'll find a repl

. >> of want to explore the change of policy in relation with hezbollah. days after the march 14 alliance, -- that they should not question hezbollah as a resistance party. it is clearly in breach of the un security council resolutions, and shows disregard towards the democratic process in lebanon in laying out and challenging the election. what are we on germanic -- undermining the democratic process by these contacts with hezbollah? >> i do not think we are seeking to undermine the democratic process in lebanon. our desire is to support democratic development in lebanon. i have talked to all those in lebanon in such a way. we need the democracy of lebanon to be more stable. >> could i ask about the recent concerns over sending spare parts to israel? can you confirm there are no u.k. arms -- they are usually spare parts that other countries supply. five licenses were revoked at of 182 altogether. >> i cannot confirm in detail the issues you have raised, the five contracts. i will write you on that. >> i want to guard the question of the sri lankan. >> the

if hezbollah attacks israel, iran looks as itus. same with supply in weapon withhamas. -- with hamas. what is very unclear is how much influence iran has with shia'ia up tuition. the iranians could more to intobahrain into the country, but could they cause a revolution? or even dubai is largely a shi'ia prince about it. could they disrupt the gulf? yes, absolutely. it had thearabs terrified that we will lead iraq. they fear a domino effect going to the gulf. host: another message from twitter about the military. what nations are considered running military allies? speak to the military part of it, but speak further to a friend or friends the iran may have a around the world? guest: syria is pretty much hostaged toira iran with regardo hezbollah. the syrian regime is a bit shaky. you cannot say that we will cut off the aid to hezbollah and stop arms going to them. because then they will be looked at as pro-israeli. you have shi'ia in iraq and afghanistan, as well as groups you're looking at the periphery. they do not have a lot of al

when hamas or hezbollah does it, it is called terrorism. why should republican lawmakers and the astroturf groups organizing on behalf of the health care industry be viewed differently especially now that far too many tea party protestors are comparing president obama and health care reform to hitler and the holocaust? and when a former republican vice presidential candidate actually says out loud that the reform bill will create a death panel with the authority to kill her children? [ chanting ] >> the grass root groups may be fake but the anger of the americans lashing out at health care event across the country dangerously real. the tampa town hall more closely resembling a wwe night than a policy discussion. the protestors not interested in hearing any voices other than their own. outside that town hall echoes of mccain/palin rallies of the last year including a cry of heil hitler. in detroit the president mocked by some as hitler. the signs doing the talking outside the meeting held by congressman john dingell. in denver a young man fr

i think we can credit that for denying hezbollah, a majority in lebanon and he may have helped precipitate the iranian dissent that we're saying. he made a positive impact. >> i have to answer all of this. first of all, in terms of apologizing to the united states no american president should stand on foreign soil and apologize for anything. no other country in the history of the world has done so much for so many, and asked for so little in return. also, the united states should not apologize for defending our national interests, especially after we were hit and at tacks were brought to us on 9/11. thirdly, those international popularitily numbers that you put up on the screen, that and $5 will get you a starbucks. it doesn't mat fert mexican appeal or indian people like us a little bit more. what matters to the global super power to the united states is that we're respected, not that we are liked. leaders change but national interests do not. is it great that the germ be people like us a little more? yeah. but the german government and german country still has national interests that wil

achieve our goals against iran and it also helped israel by limiting support that could include hezbollah and lebanon. what's wrong with that argument. >> nothing, and the israelis encouraged to talk to the syrians and the last 20 years, the fundamental program that you've got. if you're talking to people you cannot trust, you had to get the results and there are costs to this policy. and in the case of russia, by going so far to try and engage with putin. >> with putin. >> you're damaging our allies in europe who are now worried we're giving up on poland and eastern europe and ukrainian and georgia, a young and robust democracies in the region and al also-- >> and you run the risk of legitimizing the dictators. >> exactly, precisely the point. in the cold war we talked to the soviet union, but that was a massive nuclear power trying to protect a system, a huge system. these by and large are awe to beingsies protecting regimes, a small number of people, a quasi criminal enterprises, ayou're nt talking to the syrian people, air talkingg to a clique in the country. >> and allowing them to p

which side of the fence that they prefer to be, the hezbollah side versus the other side.your permission, i would like to say a few words regarding smugglers weapons, no how, and money. i have told the egyptians, which, by the way, are doing a very good job recently, but without criticizing them, they're always steps where you can do more than you are doing today. when i had a chance to speak with the egyptians, and i had many opportunities to do so, i tried to do not describe the situation. you never relied on the goalkeeper. the goalkeeper is the last to defend the mind. -- the line. it is not whether or not you are a good goal keeper. you need to fight against these phenomenon. the tb's phenomenon. it is well known that most of the smugglers are coming from the sudan. the distance of the egyptian border of sudan into the gaza strip is something like 1,000 kilometers. during this distance, you have to cross the suez canal, and you have only three bridges to cross the suez canal. it is very easy to implement a checkpoint and to make sure that nothing penetrates the area o

what is hezbollah doing in that area? and in connection with the iranian involvement, and we do have our record of almost 30 years, it seems to me that we have to ponder the future with great concern particularly when we see the continuity of the ahmadinejad regime in iran today. so again, the bottom line of the question of threats and response depends on the perception of the threat and the coming of around at that i think we have to develop in order to reduce the risk of terrorism. so unfortunately from the academic point of view and a practical point of view, we would have to deal with this issue in the coming months as well as the coming years. i like to thank this opportunity -- take this opportunity to thank our panelist for this discussion. at this point, i would also like to recognize the interns who have worked with us this summer, who are finishing the work tomorrow. would you all please rise? where are the interns? this is the future generation of scholars. they will have to deal with these problems in order to

we would like to see an iranian willingness to desist from supporting terrorist groups, hezbollah, hamas. on the contrary, business as usual. we'd like to see iranians willing to suspend the enrichment of uranium. we'd like to see them stop the production of the centrifuges which enrich the uranium. we see none of that across the board. >> do you accept iran has a right to a civil nuclear program? >> we believe all countries have a right to nuclear energy. but there is a difference in that and the ability to enrich uranium on iranian soil. >> that is allowed around the nbt. >>> but it's not in countries that have systemically lied about their nuclear programs through the century. >> there is no -- it doesn't say, by the way, if you've lied, you no longer have -- who decides that process? >> i think the international community has to decide that process and they already have decided because of a tremendous credibility problem with iran. even if iran agreed tomorrow and said, okay, we'll have this type of supervision over our nuclear program, certainly from israel's perspective, we would n

. >> of want to explore the change of policy in relation with hezbollah. days after the march 14 alliance, -- that they should not question hezbollah as a resistance party. it is clearly in breach of the un security council resolutions, and shows disregard towards the democratic process in lebanon in laying out and challenging the election. what are we on germanic -- undermining the democratic process by these contacts with hezbollah? >> i do not think we are seeking to undermine the democratic process in lebanon. our desire is to support democratic development in lebanon. i have talked to all those in lebanon in such a way. we need the democracy of lebanon to be more stable. >> could i ask about the recent concerns over sending spare parts to israel? can you confirm there are no u.k. arms -- they are usually spare parts that other countries supply. five licenses were revoked at of 182 altogether. >> i cannot confirm in detail the issues you have raised, the five contracts. i will write you on that. >> i want to guard the question of the sri lankan. >> the

. >> when hamas does it or hezbollah does it, it's called terrorism. why should republican lawmakers and the astroturf groups be viewed any differently. >> now the press trying to unravel allegations that the republicans planted some of these protesters and counter charges that the democrats are trying to discredit legitimate dissent. joining us now to talk about the coverage is mark halpren for "time" magazine, and arthur of the blog "the page." and here in washington, anna marie cox a columnist for playboy magazine. mark, are the media playing off the loudest and angriest of these protesters to the point where it distorts what s what's on at most of these town hall meetings? >> yes, it distorts. i'm not an advocate for any position on the president's proposal, but i think this is something you have written about and seen for years. the lowest common denominator, people taking video, which is meaningless. yes, there should be discussion. dissent is fine. i don't care why the protesters are showing up, but this is a horrible breakdown of our media cult

the media relations department of hezbollah wishes you a happy birthday. i have read some of that book as he was developing it but a class was the editor and didn't have time to read the whole thing yet by loved so much what i read i decided i really want to give the whole thing a great read and i love hearing what people are saying talking about that book. the third book i have to be in the week at night has been by my bedside many of us are but maybe this is finally the summer i will read the powerbroker by robert a. caro on robert moses. it is something i wanted to read a long time and it's that kind of book you need a nice summer month to find the time to read it. >> to see more summer reading lists and other program information, visit our website at booktv.org. .. >> at every level in the federal government and we have seen a significant losses across the united states and obama one in a very decisive victory not only winning electorally with a large mandate but carrying a very significant filibuster-proof senate and a strong majority in the congress.

an awful lot of focus on mexico and for an obvious reason, sometimes you'll see stories about a hezbollah in mexico, the radical lebanese group. but no one thinks mexico is a particular like the river terraced into the u.s., no documented case of the mexican government has an enormous interest in keeping terrorists out of mexico and making sure the border isn't used as a rich because we would shut down the border and they know it. they cooperate with us very closely in providing information on people coming from abroad in mexico. yet ironically it is mexico and mexicans that have probably been the biggest price for the 9/11 attacks you're repoire 9/11 president bush and mexican president box were trying to negotiate migration package that might have provided some better ways for the two countries to cooperate in dealing with illegal immigration. those fell apart immediately after the attacks and as i tell in detail in my book immigration enforcement became the weapon of choice for the justice department, the fbi later dhs to try to do with the possibility that the next wave of terrorist a

if they wanted to do it in such a way there's no fingerprints they could turn the barge over to a hezbollah crew or an al-qaeda crew or whatever wants to do it the ship could be scuttled afterwards or it could be sunk in the night back in the u.s. in your novel it's not clear who has done this to the united states. who has been complicit. >> one of the things that concerns me the most we have to get out of the cold war paradigm. for 30 years -- the world i grew up was duck and cover. as a boy growing up in the new york city many in the audience smile remember the duck and cover film. i remember the cuban missile -- we remember madd mutual assured destruction. most of our opponents were communists and atheists because they're very pragmatic. they are not going to inherit a smoking room. we're dealing with a situation now in iran where mutual assured destruction might be an encouragement. >> that's exactly right. i happen to notice a bit because i was an exchange student in the soviet union years ago and my view many of the soviets were evil but they were not irrational. they didn't believe i

the last group of cells that we discovered in egypt, short-handed, called hezbollah terrorist group incairo, is really an international group. they have palestinians, egypt since, french, some europeans, and arabs together, with connections that go to lebanon, somalia, to another place, with threats partially related to the arab-israeli conflict in terms of dealing with finance and partially in dealing with other issues like the suez canal and the maritime pieces in the red sea. we have a general situation that exact tension, and as such, going into the arab-israeli conflict is extremely important. president obama realizes this. but i hope that he will not get into the kind of, i will say, dragged into side shows. these side shows will take a little effort, with finger-pointing, who did that, who didn't do that and we come back to existentialist issues, the issue that one of the conditions of israel as a jewish state, as far as anybody concerned, iran said this is an islamic state of iran, this is the business of iranians to decide what is the name of their country's but to ask other c

we remain concerned about his poellot's -- hezbollah's conformity to security resolutions. they continued to pose a threat to peace and security in the region. the united states fully supports the implementation of the resolution 1701. it is unfair for me to comment on them, but the israelis are concerned about the type of activity that hezbollah has been engaged in. >> the u.s. is trying to get syria to demarcate the border with lebanon, and now it is said the goal is to get is really forces out of the farms area. >> i do not have anything on that. >> news reports from pakistan about the death of the wife of a taliban leader. the have confirmation? >> no i do not. this the first half heard of it. >> the you accept that amadinejad is the elected president of iran? >> we will have to deal with whatever iranian government people decide. we have offered to engage iran directly. they have not responded. that is all i have on the matter. >> will you engage with the opposition, the reformers, inside iran? >> we are supportive of the iranian people's efforts to have a democracy an

the creation of hezbollah, hamas, iran at turning into a bully, all as a result of shah being deposedcia director of carter has appeared on the show you are on right now and has not denied that the cia was against overthrowing the shah. guest: you have your facts precisely correct. i agree with you on those facts. nobody wants to tell the truth on this matter. it is not convenient for people to say that the crisis in afghanistan was greeted by us. brzezinski, who you mentioned, in july of that year, warned carter -- if we continue this course, the russians are going to invade afghanistan. carter did not listen to him. it is true. the soviets were very worried about destabilization of the muslim bordering countries, and they threaten to before it ever happen. i wrote articles called " blowback" on it. if we win, we lose. you cannot put $10 billion of money into pakistan and create a terrorist network funded and feel it and she did and if they win, we lose. it was a real problem. host: you write in the book that -- guest: yes. listen, the saudis right now are shopping for a nuclear reac

pab pablo escobar doing the same thing decades ago, we see the lebanese militia organization in hezbollahhat in lebanon. and in u.s. military what el chapo is doing is winning the hearts and minds of the people around him, which, of course, allows him to hide and to operate, heidi. >> well, what does the u.s. have to offer in this drug war, michael? >> reporter: well, that's a really sad answer to a probing question. america each year is contributing to the drug war here in mexico approximately half of the personal net worth of el chapo himself. forbes magazine says he's worth about $1 billion, just him alone, yet over three years, america is only contributing about $1.4 billion. so we're talking about america in a so-called drug war that honestly it's not fighting. trying to defeat a multi-billion dollar business by throwing just a few hundred million dollars at the problem. meanwhile it's mexican blood that's being spilt, and the blood too often of innocents on the streets here in a war being waged for the right to supply america the elicit drugs it demands and america, as i said does n

it's the common denominator between al qaeda, hezbollah, hamas.o around the world and you see these radical islamic groups that have turned their religion into an ideology with the jihad and indiscriminate killing. so it is very worrisome in the united states and it's very worrisome globally. >> martha: it's very frightening when you watch these videos. you look at the beirut bombings back in 1984 of the military base. you look at what was thankfully thwarted at fort dix in new jersey. are we doing enough to protect our military bases from these kind of attacks? >> i tell you that australia is in a much worse place than the united states is to protect its bases. in the u.s., you will have a mix of contractors and also military men defending the bases, they are all armed. in australia's case, you have unarmed civilians who are guarding the bases. these unarmed civilians if they were attacked by the plotters in this case, they would have been killed. they wouldn't have stood a chance. there is a discussion now within australia as to whether they sho

the creation of hezbollah, hamas, iran at turning into a bully, all as a result of shah being deposed. the cia director of carter has appeared on the show you are on right now and has not denied that the cia was against overthrowing the shah. guest: you have your facts precisely correct. i agree with you on those facts. nobody wants to tell the truth on this matter. it is not convenient for people to say that the crisis in afghanistan was greeted by us. brzezinski, who you mentioned, in july of that year, warned carter -- if we continue this course, the russians are going to invade afghanistan. carter did not listen to him. it is true. the soviets were very worried about destabilization of the muslim bordering countries, and they threaten to before it ever happen. i wrote articles called " blowback" on it. if we win, we lose. you cannot put $10 billion of money into pakistan and create a terrorist network funded and feel it and she did and if they win, we lose. it was a real problem. host: you write in the book that -- guest: yes. listen, the saudis right now are shopping for a nuclea

and in between we have things like hezbollah which any state actor that is a new term used surroundingt. so we have a moment now and i would call it to the obama moment. it is obama moment because that was actually what triggered people talking about what needs to be done that obama probably is the first american president to decide he is going to solve the conflict. throughout his campaign, after the campaign he said and the first day he started calling president mubarak and started making very important points. so the signals were on. every american president lino the first few months at least is shying away from the business of the arab-israeli conflict including bill clinton. even president carter, back in early 1977 it is just keep that monster away but that is a president who came and said all i am going to head on into that problem and sulfate. and it was not something from his general approach domestically or internationally. he's dealing with iraq alone, medical care head-on. he has quite an umbrella about dealing with such problems. so in a way he is critical. he's on doing t

orders which supersede normal decisions, the trial of civilians in military and political courts, and hezbollah lawsuits brought mostly by ruling national democratic party affiliate's and used to settle political scores against dissidents and artists among others. dozens of torture cases were documented in 2008, and 2009, including several resulting in death. as of may 2009 the egyptian organization for human rights documented at least 40 cases of torture since 2008. at least 14 of which ended at the hands of police officers. 8 fourfull increase over 2007. bose torture cases go unreported and undetected, torture largely goes unaccountable except in a few highly publicized cases. human rights organizations regularly release reports criticizing egyptian security's use of force. furthermore, rule of law has been challenged and undermined for hastily passed constitutional amendments. in 2007, which severely restricted the ability of the judiciary to monitor elections. a serious blow to an already tenuous process. president obama talked about the need for governments to, quote, place the interests o

better known as hezbollah lawsuits brought by ruling national democratic party affiliate's, and political scores against students and artists among others. dozens of torture cases were also documented in 2008, and 2009, including several resulting in death. as of may of 2009 reorganization for human rights documented at least 40 cases of torture since 2008. reena nadler ended in debt at the hands of police officers, a four fold increase over 2007. is widely know the most tortured cases go unreported and torture is largely unaccountable accept in a few highly publicized cases. amnesty international and other human-rights organizations regularly repeats -- release excessive use of force. this predicted the ability to monitor elections, serious blow to a tenuous process. president obama talked about the need for government to, quote, place the interests of their people and the legitimate workings of the political process above their party, yet ironically, the u.s. government under the obama administration has agreed to make condition that would allow funding only for egyptian government appr

>> there was a plot by hezbollah to take down bush's helicopter, when he was going to lebanon, aftergot on to it and told the secret service, they of course didn't take the helicopter trip, they you have other means, and just one, one example, and of course, now, threats against president obama are up 400% as compared with george bush and is even more dangerous and the secret service has been cutting corners which i go into in the book how they'll actually not do magnetometer or screenings and shut them down early, unthinkable risks the secret service today has taken. >> clayton: there is also something that happened with reagan in 1981 after the reagan assassination attempt the secret service washington field office did something. tell us about that. >> give me more hidden after the assassination... >> clayton: the white house, for ronald reagan, there was another threat against the president, which we didn't even learn about, right. >> yeah, there was a would-see assassin, phony from the secret and threatening to kill the president and the secret service traced it and got him. one

the media relations department of hezbollah wishes you a happy birthday. and i've written some of that vote as he was developing its but i didn't have time to read the whole length but i love so much when i read i decided i want to give the whole thing a great read and i love what people are saying about fat book. in the third book i have to admit has been nice to my bedside many a summer but maybe this is the one i will finally read it the power broker by robert caro. is something i've wanted to refer a long time and is the kind of book for you and i several months to find the time to read it. >> to see more of reading lists and other program information visit our web site at booktv.org if next national public radio news analyst and fox and his political analyst juan williams this fess is sole rights and race relations in the u.s. for culminating in the election of president barack obama barre in the emmy award winning documentary writer and former washington post reporter has author of coal offers six books including "eyes on the prize", "thurgood marsha

i think you are very biased in reporting about when it comes to iran and syria, and hezbollah. you are pro than. you don't have even a second opinion allowed to appear on the issue. most of the time you are dished. >> let's get to the question. >> second, why this bias? why do you take all over the world to opinions except when it comes to these three issues? secondly, how can you sustain yourselves if, you know, you are establishment is zero, you have only the advertising, how can you sustain yourself? >> interesting questions. >> number one, the issue of iran. up i of course, disagree with you. that is not true entirely. we have taken very clear coverage on the issue of iran. we monitored minute by minute. if you would like to say we are biased to other networks that cover the story of iraq, it is up to. but when it comes to us, when we have conservatives, we have to balance them at the same time on the same news politick. five minutes, five minutes. that is an establishment that we follow. unfortunately, others do that. some people did, they have taken again on the issue of

bomb and then the kidnapping of the cia station chief in the region was mercilessly tortured by hezbollahthe cia needs recruits, so ali mohamed approaches them. they sent him into a mosque in hamburg where he supposedly covers the couple owes his cover and get on the watch list. he gets on the flight, linda sanchez, he meets her and ends up in santa clara. that is her home. there's another young egyptian he adopted by the way this story, egyptian, egyptian, everybody around bin laden who is a saudi billionaire is an egyptian in the story and the hierarchy of al qaeda and all the key players are radical egyptians. so he becomes his kind of covert in this cell he sets up. he has a beautiful house living with linda and in lists in the army and ends up at the john f. kennedy special warfare school. now his captain & leader said and we did an interview with him : but it happened. and that was his commanding officer. okay? alright? now at the time we were fighting this war in afghanistan did anybody see charlie wilson's war? there was the good work when we were fighting the evil empire giving 3

on russia except for really small-scale options like terrorism, something on the scale ofeorgia, hezbollah leban lebanon. they believe with out nuclear-weapons, nato might tie get them in action in georgia. and make it possible for russia maneuver militarily in the cis in case of contingencies. that is not really an issue of russia's visible congressional -- inferiority in nato and the u.s. iis also testimony to the fact that despite 18 years of upheaval and god knows how many reform plans, the defense ministry doesn't work. it cannot produce high tech, quality weapons i quality or number. we talked about this earlier today. i don't have to be labor the point further. that leave you, we should point out, a situation where you have to rely on nuclear weapons because of sething else. they can produce six to eight icbms a year. the question is, can they produce not only a submarine but a weapon system to match the ones that are being constructed are configured in such a way that their bill with boulaba a missile, if it turns out to be a dud, there's an immense race to retrofit the submarines

scenarios like georgia, or if you had some -- maybe even another chechnya or something like the hezbollah operations in the last three yes in the russian theater. but they believe that these kinds of wars could easily expand into the big one. and, therefore, the big one is a war that is fought by long-range precision strike capabilities. air, naval, and iw. the idea that a nato ground force is going to invade rush shah is not very -- russia is not very likely, and i don't believe it keeps them up at night. what keeps them up at night is a kosovo nature. an ethnic problem breaks out somewhere in the cis or the russian federation itself. this leads nay to to put litary pressure or even to act on behalf of the opposing side, and that would mainly be air strikes, long-range naval strikes, maybe iw in one form or another, and there they are vulnerable. the enemy is not going to come in tanks, but in planes, that was said several years ago. the idea that -- i don't think that the scenario that energy ideases them is a large scale ground invasion even though a lot of people are still on accessed