kissinger could walk in when he wanted. nixon told him that because of the severity of foreign policy issues, feel free to come in and interrupt anything. henry would do it for trivial things. one day, nixon was really kind of ticked off at henry for a variety of things. in the executive office building -- i looked over, it was henry. nixon did not appear to look, but i knew he knew it was henry. he said, i think you are right -- i think it is time we use nuclear weapons. everything else has failed. kissinger stood in the doorway, absolutely paralyzed. that is on the tape somewhere. someone would hear that on the tapes. colson did bring up the dark side of nixon -- everything they say is true. it was pure humor. he did that sort of thing often. >> he died in 2012 at age 80 -- how many hours did you interview him? >> it was a fantastic interview. i interviewed him twice. the first time, that is from the first interview, again, i let people talk. a number people who had been interviewed often had a set of stories. the first i

him read all of kissinger's best lines for us.nation. >> i accept the nomination for the president of the alfalfa party at this celebration of its hundredth anniversary. its program, i am proud to say, has not changed in the hundred years of its existence, much like the republican platform. >> not bad. he sounds a lot like kissinger. here's the next one. here's what kissinger had to say on advice. >> in my six decades of public service, i have given advice to ten presidents. some of them even asked for it. >> moving on, this is kissinger on the issues. >> i pride myself on being able to see both sides of every issue. so let me candidly assess both my assets, and my other assets. >> by this time, the place was absolutely coming apart. here's kissinger on foreign affairs. >> people ask me what it was like meeting brezhnev or zhou enlai. there is, indeed, a lot of pressure when historical figures encounter each other. so, yes, they were a little nervous. >> and here's our last one. this is kissinger on negotiating. >> i have seen neg

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>> henry kissinger said no. i never forget, i was moderating a panel with him at witier college and we were in the greenroom which wasn't green, by the way. greenrooms are rarely green. it was beforehand and i was trying to be fair to him and let him know what kind of questions i was going to ask him and then we went onstage and he didn't answer any of them and afterwards he turned to me and said i didn't answer any of your questions but you tried hard. he made it clear with me he'd never do a oral history about nixon. he said no. gordon strom said no, a very important watergate figure who hasn't, i believe, told his full story. he wouldn't do it. >> he's a lawyer. >> he's a lawyer. he was indicted but not convicted. he was our chief of staff, richard nixon's chief of staff. he was his point person to the committee to re-elect the president. he was the one who conveyed to alderman the information that g. gordon liddy, that his espionage plan had been approved. so he would know what details alderman and i think n

as secretary, she did not have a record of substantial negotiation-- a la henry kissinger, jim baker. it's hard to find things like that on in her record, but on representational side, very strong performance. also in terms of being loyal to president obama. the obama white house was concerned in the beginning, that this superstar, part of team clinton, was going to over-shadow the president and the white house. they were very controlling sometimes in how they methods foreign policy, but secretary clinton never stepped on anybody's toes. she always left it to the president to take the lead on things. so i think that was a sign that she was a team player. i find, charlie, more people from both parties today saying that they thought she did a good job, and that she showed that she has real depth. then you would have found four years ago. >> rose: clearly it enhanced her reputation. >> i think so. >> rose: when you look forward to the service of john kerry, assuming what most people believe the obvious confirmation because he's of the senate himself, will he be a different secretary of s

this is the model that nixon and kissinger used to pursue the diplomatic opening with china in the early one nine hundred seventy s. it's not their achievement was not that they started talking to. the united states have been talking to beijing for years but it was this very narrow kind of dialogue very focused on grievance american grievances toward china and what china was going to need to do to to bring itself in line with american preferences nixon and kissinger flip that on its head they said we are going to convey to the chinese both in words and in actions that we we accept the people's republic of china and on that basis the rest of these issues can be taken care of that's what enabled this dramatic turn in american diplomacy toward china that's what we need to do toward the islamic republic of iran to accept it and then to back that up with concrete actions in terms of rolling back covert action programs in terms of stopping economic warfare against iran but what are the chances for diplomacy i mean iran is surrounded by u.s. military bases by nato patriot missiles they have to

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as secretary she did not have a record of substantial negotiation-- a la henry kissinger, jim baker. it's hard to find things like that on in her record but on representational side, very strong performance. also in terms of being loyal to president obama. the obama white house was concerned in the beginning that this superstar part of team clinton, was going to over-shadow the president and the white house. they were very controlling sometimes in how they methods foreign policy but secretary clinton never stepped on anybody's toes. she always left it to the president to take the lead on things. so i think that was a sign that she was a team player. i find, charlie more people from both parties today saying that they thought she did a good job, and that she showed that she has real depth. then you would have found four years ago. >> rose: clearly it enhanced her reputation. >> i think so. >> rose: when you look forward to the service of john kerry assuming what most people believe the obvious confirmation because he's of the senate himself, will he be a different secretary of state?

. >> your predecessor, henry kissinger said the other night iran armed with nuclear weapons that is aturning point in history. everybody lives in fear, whether president obama has said things. your predecessors, prime minister netanyahu has said it, no one wants iran to have a nuclear weapon. they are marching forward in time. what is going to happen there? >> as you know, our policy is prevention, not containment. we have through the hard work we've undertaken with the international community imposed the toughest set of sanctions international and bilateral on any country. we know it's having an effect. we have a great deal of evidence about the economic impact that the sanctions are having on the iranian economy, therefore on the political and clerical leadership. part of what we have to continue to do is to keep them isolated, keep all the countries including russia and china on board as they have been up to now. we have set from the very beginning, we're open to diplomacy. we are doing so in the so-called p-5 plus one formatted, but this is unacceptable path that they must stop or

nixon and kissinger's of maine to china. their great achievement was not that the type to beijing. the united states had been talking for years and ambassadorial level talks that had gone nowhere. nixon and kissinger's achievement was that they accept good and persuaded their countrymen of the people's republic of china people's republic of china as legitimate political order rep resenting the entries that the united states for its own interest and to come to terms with. that's what we need to do with the islamic republic today. is obama going to be a divisiveness second term? thank you very much. hot mark >> we've got about 20 minutes left. i just want to ask one question. as i read through your book, one of the quotes you have, karen has never attacked another stater than threaten to attack one. it got a little bit of experience when i was at westwood on the 21st of january 1981 when we had dinner when they came out. i think there will be some argument along that regard. i spent two years in afghanistan and several of the operations they did a cover cachet somewhat been over my w

henry kissinger. we caught up with him in new york last week. let's have a listen to his intervention in this debate. >> thank you. for a decade and a half american presidents from both political parties have declared that iranian nuclear military capability is unacceptable. and that no option is off the table in preventing it. if iran emerges from this process, which was joined also by other members of the security council, with a military nuclear capability, the psychological and strategic balance in the region will be transformed. the countries of the region and elsewhere will look to development of nuclear weapons for their own security, nonproliferation as an international goal will be ended or severely jeopardized. the availability of western strategy will be severely damaged. let the united states and its allies define what they mean by iranian nuclear military capability and what they mean by the term, unacceptable. >> i want to zero in on that key line of what dr. kissinger said. the credibility of western strategy will be severely dama

. >> i've kidded our mutual friend henry kissinger. think of how impossible it would have been for him to sneak off to china in an age of cell phones, twitter, facebook, everything else. >> what do you think didn't go well? >> well, benghazi went wrong. >> shouldn't that get the highest possible attention immediately? >> well, that's what we're hoping to make sure does happen in the future. the security professionals get it right far more than they get it wrong. >> she has seen upheaval around the world in egypt, syria, and setbacks with vladimir putin's russia. when she campaigned against barack obama, she said she was better prepared to handle world crises. >> there's a phone in the white house and it's ringing. >> when that phone call rings at 3:00 in the morning, who's best prepared to answer it in 2016? >> well, that is to be decided by the american people, but one thing i've learned is that the phone rings day and night. >> after a fall damaged her left eye, requiring glasses with a special prism, will health be a factor? >> i ha

they were also with him when he was recording in the theater, according to investigator gary kissinger. >> he was actually observed with the camera setting on his right leg, along with his wife and small child. >> he brought a child with him to do this? >> yes. we're finding that to be more commonplace because--not only their child but other family members or friends-- because they act as lookouts, and also they're less conspicuous. they blend in with the rest of the audience. >> kissinger works for the mpaa, the motion picture association of america. i interviewed him and his boss, mike robinson, at the amc multiplex where arellano was arrested. i actually heard once that some--one of these people brought a camera in in a baby carriage. >> sometimes even in the diaper bag. >> ah, in the diaper bag. >> yes, actually, we've seen it where they cut out the cup holder, and they'll set the--cut out the bottom of the cup holder and actually set the camera in here, and then they control the camera with a remote control device and monitor it. >> police say arellano worked out of his home, wher

speakers such as tony blare, henry kissinger and larry summers.thanks to you the 3,000 people here tonight for the munk debate and the thousands watching online. all of you are representing our 30,000 strong memberships. this debate series is making a lasting contribution to more and better public debates, not only in canada but internationally. we're doing that through global tv and radio broadcasts through the bbc through the supporters of this debate and threw a unique publishing program that has seen these debates translated into over a dozen languages and are published throughout the english-speaking world. it is undeniable this series is having an impact. all of this would not be possible without you, our members, and two other very special people. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in a big round of applause for tonight's 120th semiannual debate and hosts of the organization. [cheers and applause] ok, the moment we've been waiting for. let's get our two-team of powerhouse debaters out on to the stage and our contest under way. arguing for

. >> i kidded our mutual friend, henry kissinger. think how impossible it would have been for him to sneak off to china in an age of cell phones, twitter, facebook, everything else. >> what do you think didn't go well? what went wrong? >> well, benghazi went wrong. that was a terrible example of trying to get the right balance between being in a threatening place or not being there. >> but in retrospect, shouldn't a cable warning of a security threat from an ambassador in a conflict zone, shouldn't that get the highest possible attention immediately? >> well, that's what we are hoping to make sure does happen in the future. the security professionals get it right far more than they get it wrong. >> reporter: she has seen upheavals around the world in egypt, in syria and setbacks with vladimir putin's russia. when she campaigned against barack obama, she said she was better prepared to handle world crises. there's a phone in the white house and it's ringing. >> when that phone call rings at 3:00 in the morning, who should -- who is be

>> henry kissinger. i was moderating a panel with him at whittier college. we were in the greenroom, which was not green -- greenrooms are rarely green. i was trying to be fair to him, so i let him know what kinds of questions i would ask. we went on stage and he did not answer any of them and afterward he turned to me and said, i did not answer any of your questions, but you try hard. he made it clear to me he was never going to do a video oral history about this. he said no, gordon said no -- a very important watergate figure. he had not told his full story -- he would not do it. >> a lawyer? >> a lawyer. he was indicted but not convicted. he was -- the chief of staff, richard nixon's chief of staff, he was his point person to the committee to reelect the president. he was the one who could say to him, to g. gordon liddy, that the espionage plan had been approved. he knew what he tells nixon knew about the liddy plan. he would not do it. sadly, pat buchanan -- i tried very hard to get pat buchanan to do it. he would not do it. >> robert bork, acting attorn

henry kissinger famously said when i want to speak to europe who do i call and what few people realize actually is in one nine hundred seventy five the last time we had a referendum on this the cia actually pumped money into the us campaign and that's now a matter of record it's the documents in georgetown university an academic dr richard aldridge is written a book on this it's all a matter of fact and the reason they do that is because they don't want the inconvenience of dealing with a large number of democratic nation states they want to deal with one centralised political state in europe the european union now this isn't because they care about our national interests sorry but i couldn't care less about our national interest in our democratic rights it's about their foreign policy and what they think is best for them and we have to we have to know that and this isn't something that's just happened now what i think is indicative is how worried they are about what's happening in britain because there's this growing movement of people who are fed up with the european union and of cou

henry kissinger? we caught up with him in new york last week.'s have a listen to his intervention in this debate. [tape] >> for a decade and a half, american presidents from both political parties have declared an iranian of their military capability is unacceptable. and that no option is off the table in preventing it. if iran emerges from this process, joined by other members of the un security council, with their military nuclear capabilities, the psychological and strategic balance in the region will be transformed. the countries of the region and elsewhere will look to the development of nuclear weapons for their own security. nonproliferation as an international gold -- goal will be ended or jeopardized. western strategy will be severely damaged. it is essential that the united states and its allies define what they mean by iranian nuclear military capability. and what they mean by the term unacceptable. , let me start with you. the credibility of western strategy will be severely damaged. your president in of the context of this recent el

those are the words of henry kissinger. y will get an instant nuclear arms race, all the important neighbors, saudi arabia, egypt, turkey, syria -- think of syria. god knows who will be in charge of syria. we'll all have gone nuclear assuming that iran will go nuclear first and it's not just in the immediate middle east. this is going to spread in the region. our opponents tonight are going to speak reassuringly about deterrents. the stable deterrents in a bipolar system, united states, soviet union, bilateral stable system. imagine that you have to do a deterrence with six, seven, eight powers, countries that are unstable, some revolutionary and with shifting alliances. how do you enforce or rely on deterrence in those circumstances? you can get accidental or unauthorized use. you can get theft, you can get the deliberate proliferation into the hands of terrorists. imagine in al qaeda would do what it did on 9/11 if it would hesitate for a second if it got its hands on nukes and using a nuclear weapon in such an attack in

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>> i favor both like henry kissin dp er like -- kissinger used to say about the iran-iraq war, maybe both can lose. >> where can we watch you? >> this weekend. >> harris? why are you going to be on fox and friends. >> 8:00 hour i will be sitting down with gabby douglas. i don't actually do anything. >> very cool. >> back to you, greg. >> interesting fact i forgot to mention. barack obama's favorite tv show,

when i worked for henry kissinger in the 70s, he crafted a deal with egypt to say we will give you military and economic assistance, but we want a peace agreement between and you israel. and that worked and that has kept the peace 40 years. the difference news now is we are giving the stuff, but they are talking about abroigating the agreement. >> jeanine: they threw mubarak under the bus. morsi didn't say -- >> no, in fact, just the opposite. he said, weught to rethink it. he has now called obama a liar, he is talking about israel and jews as being pigs. he is talking a very different game. the initial deal woo we had with them -- here's the goodies, we want something in return. we are not getting the something in return. >> jeanine: the f-16s, these are very sophisticated fighter jets. who teaches these guys how to fly this stuff? >> we do. $17 million for the plane-- >>> $17 million per plane. >> and $30 million because of maintenance and weapons and training. we do the training. we have the largest exporter of weapons in the world. we have to use it with influence, as my friend has said

henry kissinger, jim baker, i think jim schlesinger, former secretaries of defense, many others have all agreed with that as a goal for the world. it's a goal. it's an aspiration. we should always be aspirational, but it's not something that could happen in today's world, nor could any leader today sit here or any other chair and promote to you the notion that we ought to be cutting down our deterrent level below an adequate level to maintain deter -- deterrence. the military has very strong views about what that is. we have cut down to some 1,500. there is talk of going down to a lower number. i think personally it's possible to get there if you have commensurate levels of inspections, verification, abouf your nuclear stockpile program, etc. now, senator, i know you are deeply invested in that component of it. the nuclear stockpile proposal. i made -- we can come to some of that maybe later in the hearing here, but i believe we have to maintain that. because that's the only way you maintain an effective level of deterrence. and the russians, certainly, are thinking in terms of their

. >> have you george marshall, the marshall plan and the hen rear kissinger who helped to open china. what has hillary clinton done? no one can name that. >> remi, obama is helping hillary and not his own vp. in a way she has become monica and biden has become hillary. >> i don't think so. i don't think so. >> did you follow my logic at all? >> not at all. >> that's what obama did, and for the first time hillary is now in the spotlight. isn't that nice? >> she is retiring from the position. this is the first interview the president has ever given like this. it is not that he won't do it with biden. it is the first of its kind. in a second term we will see probably a number of interviews like this over the next couple years. i didn't see it as a glowing endorsement for her campaign in four years. i really didn't. it seemed like a respectful differential thing to do. but i don't think it was to biden. >> all right, all right, all right, enough from you. gavin she -- no. biden, yes. can you imagine what our president -- what the united states would be like if he was president? it would b

henry kissinger, james baker, you have to persuade your president to let you own a big issue, and thatjust carry out your policy -- you'll re carrying out the president's policy but you as secretary of state help shape the substance of that policy and that remains to be seen. >> he'll attempt to fill big shoes, and you wondering what the differences will be between nat secretary of state and the current one? >> again, that is going to be driven in large part, i think, by whether or not there are opportunities to pursue, whether or not american diplomacy, the application of military power can be used wisely, effectively, toward objectives that aren't achievable, and whether or not he can separate the president from fundamentally controlling the policy. look, i worked for jim baker, and baker had a very close relationship with bush 41. baker was carrying out bush's policy, but baker helped shape that policy himself. and that, i think, is the key. will the state department again be relevant to actually implementing the strategy of our foreign policy? >> aaron david miller good of you. tha

when i worked for henry kissinger it was the beginning of the united states relationship with egypt.ll give you military equipment and aid but we want a peace agreement with israel we want you to keep that. that has kept the peace for 40 years. as you pointed out egypt has maybe reconsidered that. they are calling israel pigs and apes and maybe we should reconsider that deal. finally the problem i have with it, what are they going to use this stuff for? are they going to fire them against their own people against egypt or american ships in the sue ez cannell. i think it's a really bad yaide. >> why did the president allow it to go through? is there any guarantee that he would not use the weapons against israel or his own people? >> here is why the administration says they have to go through with it. they signed a deal a couple years ago. they are findly delivering it even though they may have signed it with the previous leader. the second thing is if we don't go ahead and give the equipment to egypt they are going to be mad at us. maybe it will make them more unstable. you can slow w

>> i favor both like henry kissin dp er like -- kissinger used to say about the iran-iraq war, maybe both can lose. >> where can we watch you? >> this weekend. >> harris? why are you going to be on fox and friends. >> 8:00 hour i will be sitting down with gabby douglas. i don't actually do anything. >> very cool. >> back to you, greg. >> interesting fact i forgot to mention. barack obama's favorite tv show, "entourage." >> oh come on. >> why would i lie? >> because it is your show. you can do what you want. tell them you love me right new. >> i love harris. >> thank you. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: the economy is still in neutral gear. >> amazing job though convincing people that things are rosy. >> bill: bad news for the u.s. economy. it is going down again. even as president obama's poll numbers are going up are we the people completely clueless? we have a special report. you al gore are doing business with this country that's enabling your ultimate foe climate change. >> i think i understand what you are getting at. [ laughter ] >> bill: even david letterman is po

kissinger for your eloquence and serving this great centennial dinner tonight. we are honored that you are here and that you spoke. thank you a mystery. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the youngest daughter of president mrs. nixon, julie isenhour. [applause] >> one of the most popular items at the nixon library is a mug emblazoned with the words, what would nixon do? tonight i'm going to tweet the slogan a little bit and ask, what would nixon say? i'm fairly certain that if my father with us tonight, he was the to all of you, thank you. thank you common men and women of the nixon administration for serving in the most challenging times imaginable and do any job superbly and brilliantly. so many achievements in five and a half years. any misstate thank you to the bigger nixon family, the friends and supporters have come here tonight to celebrate. sometimes i'm asked whether the site from a family to defend my father during the embattled moments in the white house and my response is simple. he was the best father in the world. he loved his country and he made

. >> well, the time i interfered him he was the head of the kissinger group.hould interview him. he said he tried to come on my show to convince me that global government is the way to go. there are 20 families who own it they're mopping up the final countries that were sovereign and bringing in world government. there are thousands of articles in the times of london, "newsweek," "time" magazine, announceing global government run by technocrats. and if they're successful with their new world order people are going to wish later they would have listened and stopped this. these are 170 iq top scientists hired by the robber baron families. all of them, on record, those old names. >> cenk: i want to ask you a question about how you're perceived when you say that, but i want to say it in conjunction with you're appearance on the piers morgan show. i'll show it to you and i want your reaction. >> why do you want to deport me. >> 17,176 will commence again if you try to take our firearms. the republican will rise again. come to america. i'll take you out shooting. yo

the dominance of the united states in the region ever since kissinger is receding. influence and power which is creating a vacuum into which the jihadists are coming. that's the most important resistance of insurgents is it is in places where we didn't expect it like north africa. it is as if there were jihadists regimes or attacks in central america. that's now the europeans miss it. the number one issue is iran. the prime minister re-elected on tuesday say at the u.n. last year that in spring and summereh a point of no return at which he was announcing israel would have to act. i think obama is going to have to face that either to prevent the israelis in some way or to give a red light or to think of contingencies israelis attacked how the u.s. will react. >> you will likely see senator kerry take over for senator clinton likely a shoe in. chuck hagel may have a bumpyer ride but will likely be confirmed as secretary of defense. you see a different foreign policy with those people key positions for president obama's second term? >> no question about it. first and f