james dobbins of the rand corporation is our guest. numbers are as usual. (202)-748-8001 for republicans. (202)-748-8000 democrats. independents, (202)-748-8002. let us know what foreign-policy topic you want to talk about. i want to go to the most recent foreign-policy effort by the president. his surprise visit to iraq and his comments there. here is one of the headlines from abc news. we are no longer suckers is what president trump told troops during his first visit to a combat zone. i think he would like to you -- you would like to reduce u.s. commitments in the middle east. it is possible trump wants to reduce u.s. commitments in europe and asia. his language is certainly more nuanced in that regard. think that it denigrates the service and accomplishments of our military to suggest that they have been duped, that the policies have been deeply mistaken and that their efforts have been for naught. i think that is a mistake. the: some saying that president's decision to pull troops out of syria was an abrupt decision. here is the p

sunday morning, a discussion of top foreign-policy stories of 2018, and the challenges ahead with james dobbinsthen we talk about the opioid crisis in the u.s. with an author. be sure to watch "washington journal," live sunday morning. join the discussion. "q&a."ay on >> we are on the floor of the united states senate, that is unprecedented, and no one else has ever gotten an opportunity to do this, it is for a production of a documentary on the u.s. senate. we are going to go around the shoot during the session, and then afterward, backed out on the floor. >> c-span's executive producer talks about his work on c-span's upcoming original production, "the senate: conflict and come from us." >> if mitch mcconnell suggested this, so much control did he have over the content? >> zero. we had a couple of conditions. one, you have to grease the skids with the democrat, because if we want access to the republicans, we need access to democrats. two, you have no editorial control. they said that is fine, but we don't want you to focus on the acrimony. no, you can'td, access -- can't ask us to do that. w

ambassadoright, james dobbins, a senior fellow and distinguished chair in diplomacy and security at the corporation. suzanne maloney is to be deep director of the brookings institution and a senior fellow at the brookings center for middle east policy. singh is managing director at the washington institute. this meeting will be on the record. principal convening this high-level meeting on u.s. policy toward iran after the jcpoa, i am going to start by asking each of you to briefly summarize where we are with respect to iran, now nearly seven months after president tomp made the decision withdraw from the iran nuclear agreement. mike, first turn to you, and ask you to provide us a summary of where exactly we stand with respect to the u.s. withdrawal from the agreement, what it entailed. walk as through the various policy steps that have been taken. is remind us, please, what the underlying strategy behind the decision to withdraw from the agreement? what is the goal. >> first of all, thank you, mona, and things to the council -- all of you for being here and thanks to the council. i have

move to las vegas. ( james ) the suit seeks to the recover the money that oakland taxpayers have invested in the raiders. kron4's michelle kingston has reaction from fans. chris dobbinsnd guy. i love the raiders but i love oakland more so i'm siding with oakland more so chris dobbins, save oakland sports"i'm an oakland guy. i love the raiders but i love oakland more so i'm siding with the city."ray bobbitt, raiders fan"the raiders belong in oakland because we created it here and the truth is, you can find a seashawk in seattle, but you cannot find a raider in the middle of the desert. it just doesn't happen."fans upset about the raiders leaving oakland ... but happy about the lawsuit filed on tuesday by the city. the mayor calling it much deserved.mayor libby schaaf, oakland"we are happy to announce the nfl shakedown has got to stop. the city of oakland, in particular the raider nation, are filing a much deserved lawsuit." officials are calling the raiders move illegal -- and demanding compensation for hundreds of millions of dollars in losses.chris dobbins, save oakland sports "it's a very sad day that we've come to this level but i'm in favor of it so we can recoop

dobbins, save oakland sports"as a fan, i'm not going anywhere else. i've had season tickets since 1995. once they leave, i'm not following the team. it's going to be very emotional">( james ) kron4 reached out to the nfl and the raiders but have not heard back yet. it's unclear at this point where the raiders will play their 20-19 season. ( darya ) new this morning... the a-t-f is offering a 25-thousand dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of the people responsible for 157 firearms. officials were able to recover some of the stolen guns in vallejo that were from burglaries in nevada. four burglars in these pictures are connected to four separate burglaries dating back to august in reno nevada. on monday the burglars used a sledgehammer to smash the front window of juggernaut arms in sparks nevada.. they stole 27 guns from the store. a-t-f is asking anyone with information connected to the burglaries to contact them. ( darya ) on the peninsula... san bruno police are looking for three thieves who were attempting to steal an atm. police were called to the 2-hundred block of east san bruno avenue for a burglary in progress just before 5:30 monday morning. pol

dobbins, save oakland sports"as a fan, i'm not going anywhere else. i've had season tickets since 1995. once they leave, i'm not following the team. it's going to be very emotional">( james ) kron4 reached out to the nfl and the raiders but have not heard back yet. it's unclear at this point where the raiders will play their 20-19 season. ( darya ) new this morning... the a-t-f is offering a 25-thousand dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of the people responsible for 157 firearms. officials were able to recover several stolen guns in vallejo that were from burglaries in nevada and found in the possession of gang members. four burglars in these pictures are connected to four separate burglaries dating back to august in reno nevada. on monday the burglars used a sledgehammer to smash the front window of juggernaut arms in sparks nevada.. they stole 27 guns from the store. a-t-f is asking anyone with information connected to the burglaries to contact them. ( darya ) on the peninsula... san bruno police are looking for three thieves who were attempting to steaan atm. police were called to the 2-hundred block of east san bruno avenue for a burglary in progres