and you are the fourth james a. baker in a row that would practice there. ame home the next night and he said well, the firm decided not to waive the nepotism. [laughter] james: and i was very down about that. but as i have said to people in retrospect, it was the best thing that could have ever happened to me because if i had succeeded, it would have been because my dad was there. and if i had failed, people would say, what do you expect? he is only here because his dad is here. so it was a good thing for me that they did not want me to come there. david: growing up, your father was a tough taskmaster. as i remember, you said he had a certain set of principles about preparation. james: he kept telling me, son, a prior preparation prevents poor performance. he called it the five p's. and it was -- again, it was a mantra that guided my life. i can probably say since we are here today at the baker institute, that i thought it might be the six p's. prior preparation prevents piss-poor performance. [laughter] david: ok, well, your father didn't say that. but thi

james: he kept telling me, son, a prior preparation prevents poor performance. he called it the five p's. it was a mantra that guided my life. i can say since we are here at the bakertitute, that i thought it might be the six p's. prior preparation prevents piss poor performance. david: your father didn't say that. but this is your addition to the family mantra. [laughter] james: it is an amendment. david: you are practicing law, minding your business, playing tennis with someone named george herbert walker bush. and then all of a sudden, george herbert walker bush asked you at some point to help him in his campaign. that is after your wife dies of breast cancer. james: that's correct. she died of breast cancer at the age of 38. barbara and george were the last non-family members to see her before she died. we were close, even then. and george came to me and said, you need to take your mind off your grief and help me run for the senate. i looked at him i said, george, that's a great idea. except for two things. number one, i don't know anything about politics. number two, i'm a democrat. he said, we can fix that latter problem. [laughter] james: and we did. when i

james: no. david: for people who are watching who say, what are the words of advice for the congress or the administration from the great former secretary of state, jim bakers: i think we absolutely have to understand that one of the biggest threats facing our country and facing our democracy is the political dysfunction we have today. when i was there 25 years ago with reagan and with bush and ford, we reached across the aisle. we got things done. it happened with carter. it happened with clinton. that doesn't happen anymore. that is truly tragic. david: your pleasures are still hunting and fishing? james: i like playing golf. i still go to the office i'm -- office. i'm still a senior partner. we have a mandatory retirement policy at age 65. but there is an exemption if you have been chief of staff at the white house, secretary of state. [laughter] david: they should have that exemption. let me just say, after you left as your term in government, i had the privilege of working with you for 15 years in the business and other things. it was one of the great pleasures of my life getting to see you up close. somebody i had read about. thank you for your frien

you even have people like james baker the former u.s. secretary of state saying in one thousand nine hundred three that russia could perhaps join nato and then i think there was a lost opportunity there at the end of the calamity like broke into the us or i should joining nato is nato was originally created to counter soviet union and big part russia i mean they go in the cells with russia and it is absolute it doesn't make any sense anyway so the guardian has reported that u.k. is planning to use upcoming summits like the g seven g twenty nato and the e.u. gatherings to tighten the diplomatic front against russia do you think the foreign office will succeed look i think i just did it just going back to the just going back to the whole nato thing i think if nato was norms. designed to counter russia in the soviet union there's no reason why as a collective security organization that russia couldn't join not think about what's the point point about.

lisa page gone, the chief of staff of the fbi gone, james baker, weaker, former attorney gone and when asked about this the inspector general said never before in all of these years that he seen a circumstance where the fbi, an institution we must be able to rely on was so infected by politics and bias that there was a mass exodus of senior leadership of the whole agency. i think back to the august 8th text message fm peter stzrok asking if trump would be president and he said no we won't, we will stop him. just 9 days before he had opened up on papadopoulos and the russia investigation. and only 9 days the fbi was able to fully resolve the facts of the case just six days after peter stzrok said we have an insurance policy against the trump presidency, a day after he opened that he said this one really matters. these were people who judged hillary clinton innocent before interviewing her and judged donald trump guilty before starting the investigation. it is ludicrous, the american people see it is ludicrous and i'm grateful that through the oversight work of congress we have been able

expertise i just think that donald trump desperately needs his own version chief of staff of a james a baker the third somebody who can walk into the oval office close the door and tell them hard truths and one of those truths would be these are our closest allies this does you no good whatsoever. you know hold your hold your fire instead of attacking justin trudeau in a fit of pique on air force one. to say that you can only performance and chief of staff in the past what do you make of the new york times report these called the white house a miserable place to work well i guess we should take his word at it for it you know remember when he said that taking the job might have been god's punishment. leon panetta told him to go out and buy a big bottle of scotch right at the beginning it's a thankless tough twenty four seven job even in the best of circumstances this is a difficult challenge for any chief of staff in fairness to kelly but i do think he's failed not only to manage up with donald trump but to some extent he's failed to manage down you know in a in a functioning white house with

they used to be proud of their ability to assemble under james baker the secretary of state. that was a proud aspect of the republican party. now we're cashiering our allies. >> they're transactional. they got the tax cut and the conservative judges including on the supreme court. they're willing to have a transactional relationship with this outsider figure who has somehow taken over a party that was traditional, that was conservative because that's the only way they feel they can survive. they talk to their own voters in their states and districts and say the voters are with trump. >> president trump commended kim jong-un as a tough guy as bret baier pressed the president about human rights abuses under him. let's watch that exchange. >> you call people sometimes killers. he is a killer. he's executing people. >> he's a tough guy. when you take over a country, tough country, tough people, and you take it over from your father, i don't care who you are, what you are, how much of an advantage you have, if you can do that at 27 years old, i mean that's 1 in 10,000 that can do

expertise i just think that donald trump desperately needs his own version chief of staff of a james a baker the third somebody who can walk into the oval office close the door and tell him hard truths and one of those two.

in the tradition of marshall and atchison, dulles and herder, james baker and colin powell and condoleezza rice and hillary rodham clinton. winston churchill visited harvard and and radcliffe in 1943. he addressed the students wher at this university.it was a time in a terrible war. it was just after the allied victories of stalingrad and just after the commencement of the italian campaign. the u.s. was taking the metaphorical baton of leadership from britain as the worlds strongest power. and at that critical moment when so much rested on our shoulders, here is what churchill said to the students of harvard and radcliffe. he said, the price of greatness is responsibility. the price of greatness is responsibility. to be truly great in our time, the united states need to lead with strategic purpose. with respect for other countries. and other peoples with dignity, dedication to help advance justice and democracy and peace in the world. we have strayed so far from that mission under donald trump's chaotic, weak and fearful leadership of our country. but in her hard life and work hillary clin

expertise i just think that donald trump desperately needs his own version chief of staff of a james a baker the third somebody who can walk into the oval office close the door and tell him hard truths and one of those truths would be these are our closest allies this does you no good whatsoever. you know hold your hold your fire instead of attacking justin trudeau in a fit of pique on air force one. to say what you can only performance and chief of staff in the past what do you make of the new york times report that he's called the white house a miserable place to work. well i guess we should take his word at it for it you know remember when he said that taking the job might have been god's punishment. leon panetta told him to go out and buy a big bottle of scotch right at the beginning it's a thankless tough twenty four seven job even in the best of circumstances this is a difficult challenge for any chief of staff in fairness to kelly but i do think he's failed not only to manage up with donald trump but to some extent he's failed to manage down you know in a in a functioning white house

remember also and this is verified the interview, one of 350 with james baker, we were dead even withe debate he days. but they saw a debate book. they knew all the attack plans were being made. jim baker confirmed that in my interview in that debate really turned things around. suggesting we didn't have other problems? absolutely not. if we have lower inflation, no hostage crisis, but it was razor thin at that point and when that debate occurred, reggae and one made in part because he had a little bit ofn advantage having our debate accord with edward sadat and that went on for weeks. this is a one and done event. but it's unlikely to be wrapped up so quickly. have we put too much stock in what happened there were? >> the president is going to the summit. i don't want expectations to be too high. the difference between camp david, which lasted not only 13 days and nights, 20 dressed in by the president himself come individual negotiations with egyptian prime minister sadat in this preparation, preparation. we are at a negotiated for months beforehand. we knew where the gaps were in t

we are no long leading in the tradition of marshall and ,ttkisson, of dulles and herder of james a baker, of colin powell and condoleezza rice and hillary rodham clinton. winston churchill visited harvard and radcliffe in 1943. he addressed the students at this university. it was a time in a terrible war. it was after the allied victory of stalingrad, after the commencement of the italian campaign. th wasaking metaphorical baton of leadership in britain as the world's strongest power. when so mucht rested on our shoulders, here is what churchill said to the students of harvard and radcliffe. greatnesshe price of is responsibility. great in our time, the united states needs to lead with strategic purpose, with respect for other countries and other peoples, with dignity, with dedication to help adv democracy and peace in the world. we have strayed so far from that mission under donald trump's chaotic, we, and fearful leadership of our country. , hillaryfe and work has been all about responsibility. to have thatate example today to help guide us and to renew america's greatness as we move f

. >> reporter: you see, it was lynn, gilbert baker, and james mcnamara, she says, who created the designsion for the original rainbow flag in san francisco back in 1978. >> the rainbow flag, the originals were hand dyed, hand sewn, in large buckets of dye, salt, soda ash, and warm water. and you're lifting and stirring and pulling the fabric for hours. and then it has to be rinsed and rerinsed and then it has to be dried and ironed. i wanted to be like an american flag because i love the american flag. >> reporter: at the one archives at usc, the largest collection of lgbt history in the world, lynn and documentarian glen mcilhiney reflected on the flag's first flight. >> approximately 40 x 60, weighed many, many pounds, it took about six people to carry each one. >> reporter: across the nation, 40 years later, after those first flags soared in san francisco, tyler wallic has been celebrating pride all month. >> personally having grown up knowing i was gay in texas, the rain we flag was always something that actually kind of scared me. >> reporter: those same colors that sparked a moveme

to govern as opposed to simply running a perpetual campaign, has to find his own version of a james a. bakern panetta, somebody with political instincts who can tell him what he does not want to hear. >> chris whipple, author of "the gatekeepers." thank you, chris, so much. >>> coming up, separating fact from fiction, following the president's impromptu briefing with reporters on the white house lawn. south l.a. is very medically underserved. when the old hospital closed people in the community lived with untreated health problems for years. so, with the county's help we built a new hospital from the ground up and having citi as an early investor worked as a signal to others to invest. with citi's help we built a wonderful maternity ward and we were able to purchase an mri machine. we've made it possible for the people who live here to lead healthier lives and that's invaluable. ♪ it's not theirs, it's mine. the new rx 350l with three rows for seven passengers. lease the 2018 rx 350l and rx 350l awd for these terms. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. that's confident. but it's not kaya

union but unfortunately about house hasn't developed as many people hoped you even have people like james baker the former u.s. secretary of state saying in one thousand nine hundred three that russia could perhaps join nato and then i think there was a lost opportunity there at the end of the calamity like growth in the us or i should joining nato is nato was originally created to counter soviet union in big part russia i mean medo in itself with russia in it is absolute it doesn't make any sense anyway so the guardian has reported that u.k. is planning to use upcoming summits like the g seven g twenty nato and the e.u. gatherings to tighten the diplomatic front against russia do you think the foreign office will succeed. look i think i just did it just going back to the just going back to the whole nato thing i think if nato was not. packed designed to counter russian the soviet union there's no reason why this as a collective security organization that russia couldn't join i think that was the point point about russia joining nato or not joining nato and i think president putin has talked ab

we are no longer leading in the tradition of marshall and acheson, of dulles and herder, of james a baker, of colin powell and condoleezza rice and hillary rodham clinton winston churchill visited harvard andcliffe in 194 he addressed the students at isnirsity. it was an epochal time in a terrible war. it was after the allied victory of stalingrad, after the commencement of the italian campaign. the u.s. was taking the metaphorical baton oership from britain as the world's strongest power. at that critical moment when so much rested on our shoulders, here is what churchill said to the students of harvard and radcliffe. he said "the price of greatness is responsibility. to be truly great in our time, the united states needs to lead with strategic purpose, with respect for other countries and other peoples, with dignity, with dedication to help advance justice and democracy and peace in the world. weave strayed so far from that mission under donald trump's , andarfuweek, -- weak leadership of our country. but in her life and work, hillary clinton has been all about responsibility. we are fo

assets as ge unloads baker hughes -- are we going to see a consolidation of assets as ge unloads baker hughes? jamesn appetite for oil assets. baker hughes is a big company. it does not sit well with ge, but there should be other interested parties. there has been a lot of consolidation in that sector. byreasingly, it is dominated a number of others. it is possible somebody could snatch up baker hughes. guy: is ge selling at the right time? are we seeing pricing power returning to the services sector, as it was, as we were a couple years back? james: we seem to be entering a phase in the industry where the services do better. cutsprices drop, everybody costs and the service sector is squeezed. prices are going up and the services will start taking a bigger share of the pie. they can charge more to the international companies. though ge is not necessarily doing this voluntarily, it is better to be doing it now rather than two years ago. guy: we will leave it there. james to james haran -- herron. -- overseas work in washington. he will be here to give us a great perspective on what is happening with

. >> reporter: you see, it was lynn, gilbert baker and james mcnamara, she says, who created the designe original rainbow flag in san francisco back in 1978. >> the rainbow flags, the originals were hand-dyed, hand sewn. and salt and soda ash in warm water. you're lifting and stirring and pulling the fabric for hours. and then it has to be rinsed and re-rinsed, and dried and ironed. i wanted it to be like an american flag, because i love the american flag. >> reporter: the largest collection of lgbt history in the world, lynn reflected on the flag's first flight. >> these flags were approximately 40 x 60. they weighed many, many, many pounds, and it took around six people to carry each one. >> reporter: we should never forget that one of the most amazing super powers a community has is that it can help us speak our truth to ourselves. >> very cool. you read the background of the flag and seeing the amount of effort that went into these. >> the amount of love. the thing that i found funny is instagram changed the colors for checking in on the stories. there are a lot of people who click

horowitz james comey, andy mccabe deputy director, jim baker, fbi counsel lisa page and peter strzok are six important people at the fbi, right? >> correct. >> they were the key players on the clinton investigation and on the russian investigation, correct? >> they were certainly important on both. >> has mr. comey been fired? >> yes. >> has mr. mccabe been fired. >> yes. >> did mr. mccabe lie under oath. >> in our view, yes. >> is there a criminal referral. >> i won't comment on that. >> has general counsel jim baker left the fbi. >> yes. >> was he removed from his position prior to leaving the fbi. >> i'm not sure. >> has lisa page left the fbi. >> yes. >> was shened prior to leaving. >> yes. >> and peter strzok removed from his position as deputy counter intelligence. >> yes. >> you havo fwhn the d.o.j. for six years, cheech of the inspector generals, have you ever, ever seen anything like this at any other federal agency in your time in the federal government? six of the top people fired, demoted, reassigned or left? >> um, i obviously can't speak broadly to other areas that i ha

james comey is fired, andrew mccabe is fired, he lied three e inspector general.cording t jim baker wased at fbi. lisa page, fbi counsel doted at the fbi. peter strzok was demoted and reassigned. five of the key people who happen to be, the same folks who ran the clinton investigation who helped launch the russian investigation. i find that interesting. tell me another time in history where you've seen a federal agency where five of the top people h been fired, demoted and reassigned. >> we have to run, we'll watch the vote. connell: interesting stuff. reversing course. seattle repealing the head tax after backlash from amazon. we have congressman diane black coming up, house ways and means on the reversal. >>> and big sell-off into the close we were talking about. some of it may be trade related. details emerging for plans on brand new tariffs. tens of billions of dollars in chinese goods. what youeed to know about that? after the break. you're turning o the street when you barely clip a passing car. minor accident-no big deal, right? wrong. your insurance company is gonna raise your r

james comey has been fired. andrew mccabe fired. lied three times under oath. general counsel jim baker demoted. then left the f.b.i. lisa paige, demoted. left the f.b.i. jim struck, deputy, demoted. escorted out of the f.b.i. just days ago. when have you ever seen that happen? and now we know they won't -- and they won't give us the information we're asking for. something's gone on over there, and this is a resolution that is needed because, again, will be the full house of representatives saying, enough is enough, give us the information so we can do our job and get answers for the american people. that's why i applaud the gentleman's efforts and support this resolution and encourage every single member of this body as an institution to vote for this resolution. with that i yield back. mr. meadows: i thank the gentleman. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york, mr. nadler, is recognized. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. nadler: mr. speaker, this so-call

james comey, director of the fbi, andy mccabe deputy director, general counsel jim baker and lisa page and head of counterintelligence peter strzok, six important people at the fbi. >> that's correct. >> and they were key players on the clinton investigation and russia investigation, correct? >> certainly important on both. >> has mr. comey been fired? >> yes. >> has mr. mccabe been fired? >> yes. >> did mr. mccabe lie under oath? >> our view, yes. >> is there a criminal referral for mr. mccabe. >> i'm not going to. >> has mr. rubicki left yeeb. >> general counsel baker left fbi. >> yes. >> was he removed from his position prior to leaving the fbi not sure. >> has lisa page left the fbi. >> was she reassigned. >> i believe so. >> and has peter strzok been removed from his position at head of counterintelligence. >> yes. >> you've been inspector general, chief of all the inspector generals, have you ever, ever seen anything like this at any other federal agency in your time in the federal government, six of the top people fired, demoted, reassigned or left? >> i obviously can't speak br

baker's hand cuffs to arrest wiggins. shot dead in patrol car after responding to 9/11 call about a suspicious vehicle. also, this definition secretary jamesslamming china for militarizing artificial islands in the south china sea. listen to this. >> despite china's claims to the contrary, the placement of these weapons system is tied directly to military use for the purposes of intimidation and coercion it calls in to question china's broader goals. abby: that was secretary in singapore. mattis warning of much longer consequences. international community. the secretary making those remarks overnight at international security forum in singapore. president trump raising america's first line of defense as the coast guard welcomes a new commanders. >> america is safe because our coast guard is strong. these are exciting times for america. we are being respected again. we're being respected abroad. abby: admiral karl schultz relieving admiral karl as the 26 commanders commanding since 2014. schultz was commander for all u.s. coast guards from the rocky mountains to the arabian gulf. those are your headlines. pete: thanks, abby. the surges addi