the father ignatius tells of a violent man he had to deal with. the one to kill it east's. and sister disappeared called me and potter author we just take the woman and wrote every year in sabine that for a couple of weeks i think they learn how to protect of the defective and since. the. here. live. in the. a. gain. we go out to the poor to marginal groups because of jesus's option for the poor. i remember francis said he's. the church can only be converted by the poor. but can't be that means the main reason it might go out to the poor is not to help them get in but because the poor can convert from being a triumphalist church to being a serving church. church as a service to humanity. the students practice this theology every week together with their lecturer father john they visit the prison and moment. during the day the cells are opened. the prisoners used this opportunity to sleep on the ground. there aren't any beds cramped tiled rooms that house five to eight men. the prison was built for seventy five inmates it's now holds one hundred sixty five. father john invit

david ignatius, you know and you knew and loved dr.ski and i'm all for this daughter/mother bonding experience but what would dr. brzezinski say if mika said, hey, dad, i for my 52nd birthday, i decided to march up mount kilimanjaro. >> i can only imagine, but he did prize the things that people did that were hard. >> oh, yeah. >> the quality of people that made them tough is what he loved the most. >> thank you. he knows i'm tough. >> he'd have appreciated you getting out of cell phone range. >> oh, my god, i can't do it. over the weekend -- >> how about a different mountain. alex suggests mount airy lodge. why don't up just relax? you are in extraordinary shape. mika has started running again like five and a half miles a day. >> i do. >> she's in great shape. she even asked me if i was interested in going. i wouldn't get -- i would say see you soon. >> he can wait at base camp and make tea. >> meet her at the helicopter, joe. >> be standing there smoking a cigar. >> back to politics. >> i'll have big macs shipped in to the top of kil

david ignatius has a new piece. >> who is better than david ignatius? >> nobody. there is a new piece in the "washington post" titled "foreign adversaries have figured trump out." president trump has styled himself in foreign policy as the great disrupter. for a time, this unpredictable approach served him reasonably well. trump's problem is that after two years, foreign nations seem to have figured him out. rather than crafting quick deals trump can tout as wins, these adversaries have played a waiting game. they appear to sense in trump an impatience and a hunger for the spotlight that undermine his ability to negotiate. trump has moved toward confrontations with china, north kor korea, and iran. in each case, the white house has maximum goals without a discernible strategy for achieving them. trump's statements oscillate between hard line rhetoric and invitations to personal diplomacy. sometimes he appears to contradict positions that his advisers have taken. once this back and forth might have produced leverage for trump. now, it often just yields confusion. i

david ignatius is still with us. also joining us former chief of staff of the cia at the department of defense, jeremy bash. jeremy, we've got a year or so agos president demanding with the with draw the deal and just there week the emergency withdrawal of the americans from the embassy baghdad because the administration says there is a threat from iranian-backed interest inside iraq. what are you seeing play out here? >> well, i've been talking to national security professionals in and out of government and they believe we are closer to military conflict with iran than we have ever been. certainly since november 2012 when iran launched an su-25 fighter and took a shot at a u.s. aircraft flying in international airspace in the persian gulf. it's dangerous, willie, because i think it's not part of some overall strategy other than perhaps a bolton-led strategy to provoke a crisis, not waste the crisis and and engage in full scale military conflict. >> that's pretty scary what jeremy just said. we now have in washington

going on in 2022 because help won't restrict fans from coming to the country but will a blockade ignatius' allow their own fans to travel that's the $64000.00 question i think that if indeed the gulf or if the boycott of culture continues until the world cup in 2022 saudi arabia the u.a.e. but clean egypt are going to have a really difficult.

many years after the war in american journalism actually david ignatius of thee "washington post" asked one of the operatives why she had risked her life to the alliance. i don't understand the question, who replayed russo responsible for one of the crews of the war. she went on to say it was a moral obligation to do what you are capable of giving. it was a blast. how could you not do it. thank you. [applause] and now i would love to hear questions. somebody has to have a question. jim, you have a question. always good to see you again and always good when you have a book coming out. it's a pleasure for all of us. david halberstam was asked one time by a writing student what it takes to write a successful book, and his answer was it has to be something that you do before you go on to do anything else. and i was wondering if that was the case with you in writing your books, and also i'm hoterested in how did you come to finally the decision that you were going to be a historian? how did that happen? >> i agree with what david said. each book that i've written, i felt i usually run across

going on in 2022 because help would restrict fans from coming to the country but will the blockade ignatius' allow their own fans to travel that's the $64000.00 question i think that if indeed the gulf or if the boycott of culture continues until the world cup in 2022 saudi arabia the u.a.e. between egypt are going to have a really difficult problem it's a soccer crazy part of the world this is the 1st time that a major sporting sporting event is being held in the middle east and in fact in their backyard and fans one are not allowed to travel to got to under the boycott but even if they were allowed the logistics of getting to god are given the cut in air. traffic the closure of the saudi got only border means that they the logistics of getting to got there would be very difficult so in the end you could see the boycotting states being put into a position where they will have to breach their own boycott so if if a 2026 will be a $48.00 team tournament what will that mean for the host nation. well for the but the america's so it's a shared world cup in 2026 they've got basically a number of

many years after the war coming american journalist actually david ignatius of the "washington post" asked russo, one of marine madeleine's operatives why she had risked her life to join the alliance. i don't understand the question, she replied, and was responsible for one of the greatest allied intelligence coups of the war. she went on to say it was a moral obligation to do what you are capable of doing. how could you not. thank you. [applause] and now i would love to hear questions. somebody has to have a question. >> always good to see you again and good thing you have when yw book coming out. it's a pleasure for all of us. david was asked by a student what it takes to write a successful book, and his answer was it has to be something that you can do before you can go on and do anything else. i was wondering if that was the case with you in writing your book, and also i'm interested in how did you come to the decision that you were going to be a historian? >> each book that i've written i've usually when run across one or two characters and this woman grabbed me from the beginni

there's one freshman from saint ignatius that i hear from all the time, but other than my daughter, i don't hear this too often. i know personally that this is such a key part of our education system, so thank you for coming here, please be encouraged by this, please pass this off to the people for next year. things don't change overnight. this is one of the lessons you will learn from your visit to city hall, but with persistence, they do change. >> i want to thank the young ladies for your presentation, it was very articulate, very brave, and very professional, quite frankly. i also want to remind you that you should always reach out to other students across the city because you are the articulate ones who come forward as advocates, but there may be other students who are suffering similar situations. let's find out who they are and find out how we can improve their routes as well. >> thank you so much. >> great presentation. highlight of our meeting, for sure. [laughter] >> i don't have any -- no one has turned in a speaker card. >> is there anyone who wishes to have public comment

o'donnell on capitol hill, columnist and associated editor and msnbc political contributor david ignatius and analyst clint watts. thank you all for being here. kelly, i want to start with you. talk to us about how significant this move would be for democrats to actually vote to hold the attorney general in contempt? >> it is ratcheting up the pressure in a very big way. with the chairman comes the gavel and apparently a hammer, too. they're u using the power of holding someone in contempt of congress is to try to compel the attorney general to hand over the full unredacted report. that's at issue here. while only a small portion of it was unredacted, there is also grand jury information that the committee wants to work with the attorney general to get a judge's approval to make available to the committee, and by extension, that could further become public. barr has made it available for republicans and democrats to view that. the democrats have not because they want access to it publicly. we'll see it play out in a debate at the committee level where members on both sides will be able to

house side, i mean we've got all of these indications that things aare ramping up and in fact david ignatiusrote last week that recent mobilizations behind them lies a perception by each side that the other side may be about to attack. this didn't appear to be posturing but instead a confrontation that could lead to actual conflict if there is a m miscalculation. but the president seemed to down play it yesterday. >> i think you're right. first of all, one of the big drivers is the national security adviser john bolton who is obviously very hawkish, certainly as it relates to iran. but he is not alone in that within this administration. but the president himself who campaigned this populist theme, this sort of noninterventionist theme, pulling america out of places like afghanistan, syria and iraq, this is sort of a unique moment for him as we hear what he has said just yesterday, we heard the president describe effectively it is fake news this idea that there was some updated military plan to send as many as 120,000 american troops to the region if iran were to talk or axccelerate their wor

minister does not the iranians do not and then we saw in a washington post piece this week by david ignatius that the pm used themselves these so-called shia militias have reached out to assure america that they have no intentions of starting a war of course they would certainly respond to what. america does seem to be isolated in this assessment that's not to say they're wrong they're simply isolated do the u.s. government should we see a threat do you think oh they exaggerating the position as some are suggesting well i'm no longer in government so i don't have access to the raw intelligence but usually when you have something you have someone else who can confirm it and the the assessment that the british deputy commander of the coalition doesn't have this that the iraqi prime minister is telling everyone to calm down certainly indicates that that's a possibility so you can see a scenario whereby the government would exaggerate position than well intelligence can always be read more conservatively or more liberally you can take a threat more seriously or give more weight to something if y

president so the way we got to it still during the transition and one of the colleagues of david ignatiuse national security columnist wrote a column that michael flynn at the national security advisor had several conversations with russian ambassadors on the 29th which was the day the obama administration had 35 russian officials and posting sanctions in response to their interference. so the question was with sanctions arriving and if they can say anything about sanctions. and right after that, a report surfaced to later become the white house spokesperson to say it was just a phone call in with the presidential phone call between putin and trump. but those sanctions never arose and the vice president went on tv to say yes that this is the issue that never arose and then maybe with a few other colleagues started to get wind from our sources that in fact, there is something not right about all of that. it with those connections between russian officials in the trump administration campaign they are starting to run that down when they got a breakthrough had a typed list of teny questions

our colleagues, david ignatius, a prominent national security columnist, he wrote a column that mentionedbottom that michael flynn, who incominge point of the national security adviser had several conversations with the russian foreign ambassador, sergey kislyak, on december 29 when the outgoing obama administration had expelled 35 russian officials and imposed sanctions on russia in response to their interference in the 2016 election. thehe question was, was question of sanctions arise in that call? did flynn make say anything about sanctions or possible apply lifting them to kislyak. and right after that report surfaced, sean spicer who is the campaign spokesman and said it was a phone call and set up a -- would later become the presidential rest secretary, told reporters that it was just a phone call, he set up a presidential phone call between putin and trump. and the issue of sanctions never arose. and the vice president went on tv and said, yes, flynn personally assured me the issue of sanctions never arose. after that, me and a couple of other colleagues started to get wind from ou

interestingly, as the ignatius op ed, and quoting general "how thistell me ends."ontinues to ratchet up between the u.s. and iran. francine: viviana hurtado with us in washington. we have a couple of questions on the republican party in a second. we have a string of recent events in the middle east that could potentially lead to a deficit -- devastating conflict. how do you view that as an investor? does it have an impact on oil? is it bigger? david: it is surprising oil has not spiked up more. sparks there are just and i do not believe there is a belief that anyone desires war. some of the messaging in the last couple of days and even president trump saying, we do not want a war with iran, for someone who tends to be very loose with his words and obnoxious with his tweets, he clearly does not seem to want to engage militarily. the oilthis is why market has not responded. tom: we have a banner headline in iron ore, australia. australia has not had a recession since marginal calculus was invested -- invented in 1865. resurrects a herro portfolio? david: certainly, y

donald trump's unpredictability, david ignatius talked about it, he kept hiswhere does trump's policyolicy is the point. unpredictability is the smart tactic but you have to game out where is it leading you? i think you have bunch of different white houses here arguing with the the secretary of state thinking never if it comes to that. you know there's a very important point here and this is the difference between iran and north korea, the ayatollah khomeini has been immune to the charms of american intervention. president obama tried to open up a channel in different ways. these guys, it's core to their identity that they not negotiate, especially at the theological level, i'm talking about where the supreme leader sits that, they not engage in useful relations with the united states. they'll do what they need to do to open up their economy and trump has put more pressure on their economy than ever. . but i don't -- i'd be prooiz if this ends with a summit meeting where the ayatollah and donald trump have a hardy hand sack. it would be one of the who but at the same time applying lan

the caller's right, that we have not seen this level of pug ignatius in this -- pug naciousness towards press or the other party for any previous president. it is that style that people object to in this president. lot ofat style a democrats object to in this president even more than his policies. and so, one of the things that will be interesting to see and more than interesting, right, is what happens to the democratic party as a result of this. again, we don't want to act like the democrats have never been guilty of doing some things like this. they certainly have. but the caller's right. the facts are the facts but this president is "worse" if you want to call it that on these grounds. but i think the danger is that the democrats may respond in kind. and that they may want to nominate somebody and have the next democratic president be somebody who disagrees with trump wholeheartedly on policy, but is highly similar to him in style. so, we'll see if that happens. if that happens there is probably no going back. that can't be goo for the long-term health of our republicd. host: we wil