i just sat down with the former head of british intelligence and the chief john sawyer. he has been british ambassador to egypt and based in new york as ambassador to the united nations. i asked him about the looming challenges of 2018 and also about what went right this year. >> john sawyers, welcome to the program. i want to ask you as we close out this year what you think are the biggest threats and the biggest challenges. i want to be a little provocative because you said in israel no less, that you thought one really had to take into account the challenges posed by president trump and specifically you said that the biggest threat to the world as you see it is how we all adjust to the progressive withdrawal of responsible american leadership. you think trump is the biggest threat to the world. >> i'm not saying that, but i'm saying president trump is bringing a new approach to america's role in the world. he has said himself he wants to put america first. most american presidents for the last 70 odd years have seen america's role as the stabilizer of the internationa

later this month swearing in on tuesday was marred by protests and violence catherine sawyer reports from our o.b. john there was a cheerful child who went to a neighbor's house to watch t.v. and play with his friends now his family. they say the seven year old was shot as he played on the balcony during confrontations between police and two rival political groups. they live in this densely populated area with little else than balconies for children to play. i mean so much pain my son was very bright i knew you would help me in future i'm hurt. the shootings in nairobi and tuesday happened as president. was being sworn in for his second and final time in office opposition supporters say they were being dispersed by police using guns and tear gas the lunchtime police were chasing down the street. his friends were right here watching the bullet that killed a pregnant woman she's out of danger but still in hospital the leader of the opposition. has declared he'll be sworn in as president on december the twelfth independence and he'll push for reform including electoral justice by using the so-called peopl

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john: he was the ghost writer. frank does not lik like the word ghostwriter. he helped write memoirs along with diane sawyer.hey helped nixon sit down. frank him to open up on many subjects. remember nixon calling himself paranoid about the press. brian: here is in in a short clip about the resignation. >> henry was very thoughtful. he came up to me and wanted to walk to the residence with me. he said, i always do this after the important speeches. as we got to the door of the residence, he said, mr. president, history is going to record that you are a great president. i said, henry, that will depend on who writes the history. i made a few calls to people. outside. chanting a reminder of the vietnam days, but this time the chant was "jail to the chief!" that did not bother me. i had been heckled by experts. john: do you know what is great aboutthat did not bother that? he loved the fact that he will always be famous. even as the only president to resign, even recounting those events, he is delighted by the idea that this nobody could from yorba linda so dominated the 20th century, even though it him, cost hi