when he was on the hudson institute, i was on one of his boards. we have had a relationship or three decades. brian: when did you get into politics? don: i came to washington in 1972 from oklahoma. i was very first -- young at the time. that was my first entry into politics. i was with him for five years. it is something that had always been in my blood. i love politics and government and campaigns. i had a very strong feeling about how important it was to be engaged and was able to do iings earlier than i thought would. i always wanted to work in washington. i wanted to work in the senate. i finally made the decision to go to the private sector. brian: how much of what you wrote in the book goes on with other people there thinking about running? don: probably a lot. it is obviously a personal decision but as mitch said, in his circumstance, he had just been reelected. he made that famous commercials saying this to be the last office you will have to vote for me on. he felt like he still had commitments to indiana. he was stuck in the middle of it.

she's speaking to hudson institute in february 2010. i run it because she played a role in this, and we will talk about money and how you were able to fund what you did. [begin video clip] >> i will say this in defense of fundraising. i've been a candidate, i've been an elected official. i have helped a lot of people run for office. i want to have a guy who came to me when i was in the oklahoma legislator. for ated to run legislature against an incumbent. who needed to be defeated, i might add. i said, how are you going to raise money? he says, i can't raise any money. i said what do you mean? he said there is nobody in my district he would give me money. i say, how are you going to finance it? he said i thought you would help me. i said, let me tell you something, go back to your district and if there is not one person who can write you a check, that means there is nobody who believes in you enough to help. [end video clip] brian: how well do you know her? what role did she play? don: i have known her since college. she is a good frien

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institution. courtney carroll, al jazeera. >>> joining me is jim walsh to talk about this. he's a research associate at m.i.t. securities studies program and in washington, d.c., is john hudsonsenior reporter of foreign policy. welcome to you both. thank you for being here. john, let me start with you. >> good evening. >> we heard this critique time and time again that the u.n. is basically a toothless organization that's all talk and no action. is that a fair criticism? >> yeah, i mean, absolutely. there's a lot of bureaucracy at the united nations. there's a lot of things that don't get done. and i'm not going to surprise any of your viewers by saying war has happened under its watch and war is going to continue to happen. but in that 70-year history that just ran through, there are certainly examples of the u.n. having some successes. it plays a critical role in the elimination of smallpox. it has the sort of legitimacy that allows it to do tribunals that have prosecuted everyone from slobadon milosevic and others. but are there epic failures despite the approach to trying to resolve them. syria, libya, a number of disasters including in yemen, which we still haven't seen

hudson yards, but we built in possibility to stay through the. david: and you have some big partners. jeff blau: ontario municipal pension fund is our partner. lots of institutionalstors on a building by building basis. david: how much do you have committed? time warner is moving in. back with we bought gic and abu dhabi's idea. we will lease that space when they move out. time warner is committed to 1.6 million square feet to anchor the building at hudson yards. stephanie: in terms of commercial real estate, capital flow means a lot to you. as we face a possible rate hike, what will that mean? the value of debt will change. jeff blau: one of the most interesting things when you talk about all the places around the world, will we have seen happening in new york is something we have never seen before. the capital inflows from new york --to new york are greater than they have ever been. we have over the course of the past two years, obviously with a project like hudson yards we are an attractive investment, but it is more than that. david: the you see that easing at all? jeff blau: no. the more instability that happens outside of the u.s., the more attractive the u