i am reading "kissinger" right now.t of "kissinger," "benjamin franklin," and "steve jobs," who do you identify the most with when you were writing? >> my daughter said all biography is autobiography and when you write about ben franklin you are writing about yourself. you wanted to be a publisher in the media but cared about science and juggled a few things so ben franklin was your ideal self. i said that makes sense. what was i doing when i wrote about einstein? she said you were writing about my father who is an engineer loves electrical engineering, has a halo of hair and said you were doing, you know because of your father really loving einstein and you were trying to do that. and i said that is great. what about kissinger and she said you were writing your dark side. and she said i cannot figure out steve jobs. and i said i was writing about a young person who can be a little bratty pushed to love beauty and technology but was hard to deal with and i starred at her. and she said oh you are right. i love ben frankl

i said i'm not henry kissinger. [laughter] it was a photograph of henry kissinger. she said you are not? she said who are you anyway? so when i told her she was obviously disappointed in and she said well that's just terrible. she said i drove three and a half hours to meet egg great man like henry kissinger and all i got is a nobody like you. i said i'm sorry and i wish there was something i could do to make you feel better. there was a brief pause and she said well there is. i said what is it? she leaned forward in a conspiratorial manner and i leaned forward and therefore has were touching. she said nobody will ever know the difference. [laughter] she said would you mind signing henry kissinger's name to my poster? [laughter] so i did and it's hanging today in eastern connecticut and a daily reminder to me not to take these introductions to seriously. now most of you have heard henry kissinger speak so here's the best part of the story. about a year ago he and i appeared jointly at a conference in manhattan and there was a moderator and two chairs and he asked us

so the idea which cropped up in a special defense panel with henry kissinger and that andy was involved in in 1970 basically charlie herzfeld who was a guy who gave the go-ahead for the arpanet and what became the internet suggested to andy and to jam/insert that they needed to measure and track where we stood in various areas of military competition relative to the soviets. actually nixon's blue ribbon defense panel suggested as one of his recommendations that they established that kind of capability in the defense department. andy didn't have anything to do with that. he was working on intelligence issues for the president and for henry kissinger so it wasn't until they re-organize the intelligence committee that a net assessment capability was re-created and established on the nsc. within a couple of years that was then transferred to the pentagon to the secretary of defense. schlessinger and marshall outran colleagues and friends. they both worried about things like where the united states stood relative to the soviet union and whether we were tracking that so we could make more inf

and so the idea which cropped up in a special defense panel that henry kissinger ran and that andy was involved in in 1970, basically charlie hurtsfelt who was the guy who gave the go ahead for the arpa innocent and what became the interinnocent suggested to andy -- internet and suggested to andy and jim schlesinger that they needed to measure and track where we stood in various areas of military competition relative to the soviets. now, actually nixon's blue ribbon defense panel suggested as one of its recommendations that they establish that kind of a capability in the defense department. andy didn't have anything to do with that and he was working on intelligence issues for the president and for henry kissinger. and so it wasn't until they reorganized the intelligence community at the end of 1971 that a net assessment capability was recreated, established on the nsc. within a couple of years that was then transferred to the pentagon when jim schlesinger became secretary of defense. schlesinger and marshall were very close going back to the early '60s as both colleagues and friends.

is i said i'm not henry kissinger. [laughter] there was a photograph of henry kissinger. she said you are not? who are you anyway? [laughter] so when i told her she was obviously disappointed. she said that's just terrible. she said i drove three and half hours to meet a great man like henry kissinger and all i got was a nobody like you. [laughter] i said i'm sorry you feel so bad. i wish there was something i could do to make you feel better better. after brief pause she said well there is. i said what is it? she leaned forward and a conspiratorial manner and i leaned forward in our forfeits were retouching. she said nobody will ever know the difference. she said would you mind signing henry kissinger's name to my post or? so i did. and it's hanging today in eastern connecticut is a daily reminder to me not to take these introductions to seriously. most of you have heard henry kissinger speak. so here's the best part of the story. about a year ago he and i appear jointly at a conference in manhattan and there was a moderator and two chairs and he asked us questions about

is i said i'm not henry kissinger. [laughter] there was a photograph of henry kissinger. she said you are not? who are you anyway? [laughter] so when i told her she was obviously disappointed. she said that's just terrible. she said i drove three and half hours to meet a great man like henry kissinger and all i got was a nobody like you. [laughter] i said i'm sorry you feel so bad. i wish there was something i could do to make you feel better better. after brief pause she said well there is. i said what is it? she leaned forward and a conspiratorial manner and i leaned forward in our forfeits were retouching. she said nobody will ever know the difference. she said would you mind signing henry kissinger's name to my post or? so i did. and it's hanging today in eastern connecticut is a daily reminder to me not to take these introductions to seriously. most of you have heard henry kissinger speak. so here's the best part of the story. about a year ago he and i appear jointly at a conference in manhattan and there was a moderator and two chairs and he asked us questions about

kissinger about. that is not well understood.ple think, if they are in breach, you have to go back and start all over. president obama has been insistent the snap back come about by any member of the p5 plus one coming forward. you need to ensure it can happen in a timely enough way where it is a deterrent. charlie: what are we doing about getting access to their history? ambassador power: that is one of the issues are being worked through. charlie: there's a lot of work to be done to make this real. june 30. as you can see, i have great respect for you. i remember, richard holbrook saying, go read this book and have this woman on your show. it will change your sense of basic human rights and conduct around the world by governments. that's what he said to me. you have now had a different experience. he was a hero of yours. you have had a different experience. help us understand in a real way, what is that experience and what has it done for you? how has it changed, if anything, not to her values but a sense of your perspective? a

and i said that i am not henry kissinger. [laughter] >> there's a photograph of him with signs and pictures of me and she said you are not who are you anyway. [laughter] and so when i told her, she was obviously disappointed and said that that is just terrible and she said that i drove three and a half hours to meet a great man like this and all i got is a nobody like you. [laughter] and i said that i'm sorry you feel so bad, i wish it was something that i could do to make you feel better. after a pause she said there is. and she leaned forward in a conspiratorial manner and she said nobody will ever know the difference. [laughter] and she said would you mind signing henry kissinger's name to my poster. [laughter] and so i did. and it is hanging today in eastern connecticut is a daily reminder not to take these introductions to seriously. and so most of you have heard henry kissinger speak. so here's the best part of the story. about a year ago he and i appeared in manhattan henry seemed to enjoy it and we ran on with the pro

henry kissinger thought that was giving up too much information. [laughter] dr. thoeharis: what i found out is this was simply garbage, i mean, i could not simply understand why these were classified in the first was and why they were classified by a 1970 -- 1970. i don't think i did a very good job in uncovering information that would be valuable to the committee between the johnson white house and the fbi. this was a one-shot approval, so i was not able to go to presidential libraries. fortunately, william safire wrote a column criticizing the church committee. the committee staff goes to the white house and says we are being eaten up -- beaten up, we are not allowed to do research at the kennedy library. so they made the same arrangement, i had to identify classified records, but in this case, it was far more valuable because while i didn't think i came across anything of significance in the presidential records aspect of this, the attorney general, because he was a brother of the president, was far more valuable and that added background information that was

tom: you -- refer to henry kissinger's world order.nley mcchrystal's world order as it applies to the arab world? general mcchrystal: it is absolutely unknown. i do not think anyone can predict this. the tectonic plates are moving. there is a lack of political narrative across the region. when we looked at the arab spring, everyone hoped it would be moving towards democratic. tom: hope is dangerous word. general mcchrystal: it was rejection of the status quo because there is a lack of leadership and a lack of a couple political narratives, we have these different ideas and groups competing. they will sort themselves out, but we need to try to help. tom: stanley mcchrystal with us through the hour. brendan: our twitter question of the day. what should the goal today be at camp david? let us know. this is bloomberg "surveillance ." it is may 13. good morning. ♪ tom: thank you for joining us this morning. james with us from mckenzie and general mcchrystal as well. our top headlines. vonnie: in boston this morning the jury and the dzhokhar

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interesting, henry kissinger has been out of office for some 38 years. turn over those records, it'll be a miracle to get e-mails from recent months days and years. >> that is unbelievable. government at its best. ed henry, thanks so much. >> good to see you. >>> hillary clinton taking heat for apparently avoiding the media. she's answered just eight questions from reporters from officially entering the 2016 race a month ago. compare that to dr. ben carson who kicked off his own campaign just last week. well by our count, he's already answered at least 42 reporter questions since his launch nine days ago. >>> it's that time of year again. today a real-life pig was on hand for the release of the "pig book." the anti-accounting for pork barrel spending. how the government wastes your tax payer dollars. mike emanuel live on capitol hill sounds loud out there today, is everyone looking at the pig? >> no question about that gretchen. those who study the spending say it's far below the record $29 billion in pork barrel spending back in 2006 but say there's sti

others include enry kissinger and nelson mandela. i'm more thank you for joining us. for the latest room head to aljazeera.com. ray suarez is next with "inside story". have a great night. [ ♪ ] >>> it happened faster than anyone could have predict. in 2004 massachusetts was the only state where same-sex couples could marry. over a decade later it's legal in 36 states and the district of columbia and public opinion changed swiftly. but the political and legal shoving matches over redefines marriage are far from offer. whatever way the supreme court

others include enry kissinger and nelson mandela. i'm more thank you for joining us. for the latest room head to aljazeera.com. ray suarez is next with "inside story". have a great night. [ ♪ ] >>> it happened faster than anyone could have predict. in 2004 massachusetts was the only state where same-sex couples could marry. over a decade later it's legal in 36 states and the district of columbia and public opinion changed swiftly. but the political and legal shoving matches over redefines marriage are far from offer. whatever way the supreme court decides, there are big complications ahead. that's tonight's "inside story". >>> welcome to "inside story", i'm ray suarez, a majority of americans live in places where same-sex marriage is legal. a cluster of places are fighting back hard. in recent arguments several justices seemed to wrestle with the change that is in their power to make to essentially redefine the old idea of marriage between one man and one woman for good. john arthur was dying of a.l.s. and wanted to list his husband as his surviving spouse but the sta

kissinger about. i think that's not well understood. i think okay if they're in breach then you have to go back to the security council and kind of start all over. we, president obama has been insistent that the snap back come about by virtue of any number of the t5 plus 1 coming forward and saying they're in material breach and snap back. you'll have some process built around it and you wouldn't want something like that done widely but you also need to ensure it can happen in a timely enough way to where it's an actual deterrent. >> rose: what are we doing about getting access to their history which was a critical provision for many people. >> that's one of the issues being worked through but there will be a set of questions. >> rose: there's a lot of work that needs to be done to make this real. >> it's crunch time. >> rose: june 30th. >> correct. >> rose: so finally this. as you can see i have great respect for you. no, i mean... >> thank you. >> rose: calling me my friend saying here's a book, go read this book and have this woman o

henry kissinger made the art. there's no data. we have so nuclear weapon starts. not a single of the 10 started is it in response to a peaceful enrichment programme. >> a peaceful programme, but you have pakistan and india, following india, and the question that countries ask, is it peaceful? >> yes. in response to military programs, countries responded. it's been weaker than you might have expected. there were predictions for decades, '60s, '70s '80s. israel got weapons no more in the region when you look at each country individually, turkey saudi arabia egypt. it is a country i know a deal about, that is not what it looks like iran had centrifuges for a decade. >> all right. thank you jim walls from m.i.t. good to see you >>> pentagon employees reportedly used government credit cards to gamble and pay for adult entertainment. civilian and military employees charged more than a million in los angeles. the government did not necessarily pay for the charms but some employees committed receipts for reimbursement >>> killing some animals to pay others, why a plan to

their patron saint at the time was henry kissinger. who equated the west with athens and the east with sparta. who codified it with the helsinki accords which he encouraged president ford to sign over the objections of dick cheney, his chief of staff at the time. in late 1979 he'd support every republican except ronald reagan. he also once said, how did it occur to anyone that he should be governor, much less president? 12 years later, after his election in 1980 and 1992, he was giving his farewell remarks at the republican party at their convention in houston. he made other speeches in 1993 and 1994, that this was his last speech to a national convention starting in 1961 he was a private citizen. at this time, of course, 1992, the soviet union had only surrendered, collapse,and toh his great misfortune, george bush did not make this event the event of our lifetime. at which billions were spent national defense was race, a president assassinated over it. 38,000 american boys dying in one cold war eruption, went unnoticed. this was in m

. >> reporter: peter kissinger runs a.a.a.'s foundation for traffic safety. makes teen drivers so dangerous? >> they're inexperienced. and the fact that until we're like 20, 22, 23 years old, the frontal lobe of our brain isn't fully developed. that's the part that affects our executive decision making. so young teenage drivers don't really identify risk the same way that a more mature driver would. >> reporter: hollister now pushes other parents to pay more attention to their teen's driving, hoping families can avoid the pain he still lives with. >> losing a teen creates a hole in you that never heals, and this is certainly true. it's as true today as it was eight years ago. >> reporter: a bright spot in the report, the number of people injured in teen accidents has actually dropped by more than half. the number of fatalities down 56% since 1994. charlie, researchers are crediting laws that place limits on young drivers as being a big factor in that drop. >> rose: thanks, chris. there's been a settlement in a devastating highway wreck involving comedian trac

former secretary of state henry kissinger is 92. i'm dara brown. thanks for watching "early today."cials arrested. >>> and floodwaters, we'll have the latest on the search for survivors >>> and a toll taker spots something very concerning a young girl struggling for safety in an suv with no plates >>> a live look outside on this wednesday morning, it's may 27th, this is "today in the bay." >>> a very good morning to you. thanks so much for joining us. i'm laura

if we go before the senate armed services committee former secretary of state henry kissinger testified as we look around the world we encounter of people in conflict. the united states has not faced a more diverse and complex array of crises since the end of the 2nd world war. what are we doing? /defense year after year after year to think of sequestration which was never intended to happen. that is a devastating indictment. the chief of staff of the air force data we are now the smallest air force we ever been. when we deployed to operation desert storm in 1990 the air force had 188 188 fighter squadrons. today we have 54 and are headed to 49. in 1992 were 511,000 active-duty alone. today we have 200,000 fewer. we have process of airplanes that qualify for antique license plates. the army's active component in strength has been reduced by 80,000. the reserve component by 18,000. 18,000. 13,000 less active component brigade combat teams, eliminated three active aviation brigades. and he went on to say the number one thing that keeps me up at night command we are asked to respond to an

i have the opportunity to go to china with henry kissinger back in june of 1972. i been watching developments in china ever since. i remember 1979 only established relations i was serving, had just moved overlay 79 early aided to have early 80s to the east asia bureau. i remember as debating about what we were going to import we recognize china, lifted the embargo and were all scratching our heads. we all chocolate that question today. how can we stop buying quite so much china. it seems to be one of the questions that people have. i think the important.is that from 150 years of weakness and they consider humiliation in many different situations where the opium wars or whatever example you choose special concessions for the european powers in china it's a country that has come back to its own. if you read dr. kissinger's book, a, a very thorough history of china from the us perspective, he makes the.that back in 17th and 18th centuries china's economy was perhaps the largest in the world. in a way for them they are going back to what they may have considered a nor

kissinger's book on china which is a very thorough book on china from a u.s. base, she makes the point back in the 17th and 18th centuries, china's economy was perhaps the largest in the world. for them they are going back to what they may have can endured a normal situation two or 300 years ago whereas we sometimes still have a certain amount of difficulty, intellectually and emotionally, adjusting to the fact that china is almost a pure of hours in the economic realm and may someday in terms of its economic strength, surpass the united states in overall terms although obviously it will be a longtime insider before china can match our economy or many others in terms of per capita income. the other rising power -- and i say rising. of course it was an import power before it but i was in a rush because with the collapse of the soviet union we talked about earlier, russia went through a period in the name to name these where it was felt very weekend. it felt like not only us, but the west in general treated russia as a defeated power. they very often used the te

henry kissinger and richard nixon did which was one of the great foreign policies in that region. power and it was really important to keep iran, which is the only real country in that region. i mean that's a persian country that was never one of those straight line countries that the british and french divvied up in 1912 or so. so, you know they made iran of course running iran and wasn't an ayatollah or cleric and they made a nice balance of power in the region. can you bring iran back into being a normal nation state rather than a revolutionary shiite empire? if you do wow, that's huge because the saudi as much as we may say, you know they're our ally they're not the world's friendliest ally. >> that's fine. but how does this deal get us closer to a more normal iran? >> it gets us real close if you lift and you have trading with iran. you have -- >> the revolutionary regime goes away? >> i do think that at some point even with cuba that iran is the fifth largest language on the internet. young people in iran are sitting there with more they want to get on "shark tank" badly. th

i reading something in a document that is secret, and then i look at present nixon or secretary kissinger come and say the exact opposite that they said one hour ago. i'm always amazed when this happens. sometimes, officials are not truthful, or they exaggerate, or deceive themselves, or they can be misled by advisers. from reading all these documents, the most important impression that i have gotten -- i have been struggling on how to articulate it -- is when you look at the deliberations of people at the very top level the use of language, and have a way of talking -- sort of a national security vernacular -- that has the effect of actually insulating them from the human reality that they are talking about. somehow, that does not even enter the room. you can read minutes of meetings and memos about cambodia, laos south vietnam, or wherever, and what is happening in those places is like a million miles away from what is going on in this room. one of our speakers earlier was talking about the president at the top of his game, with all the information that he needs to have. bush was famili

on its own, regardless of iranian -- charlie: you and jim baker and henry cushions are -- henry kissingeray the same things. if he does not back away, what happens then? robert gates: i do not believe that the only alternative at that point is war. as ice they, the iranians did not come to the table out of goodwill -- as i say, the iranians did not come to the table out of goodwill. they came because they were in trouble. that may be where they were headed in the first place despite all their protestations that they had no interest in a nuclear weapon and that it is contrary to their biology -- theology. charlie: this deal makes it one year. robert gates: maybe. charlie: you have a lot of questions here. this is a lot. you have to assume a lot. robert gates: i have done -- charlie, i have done a lot of arms control with the soviet union, and as an intelligence officer and an intelligence adviser to the negotiating team, i had some responsibilities when it came to the verification regime and how we could monitor compliance. those agreements were very simple and mainly relied on our own sat

people like kissinger were speaking up for united states because fifa would rather do with its friends. even now with the united states making attendance records in 1994 that have held up, the money the number of tickets sold but fifa is still very much afraid of the united states because, believe it or not we are more transparent than almost anyplace in the world. >> so if seb bladder is no longer president can fifa be fixed? >> he's going to be president for another four years. with all due respect to the jordanian gentleman he's going to get reelected. i don't see any way -- one of the reason that bladder has managed to stay in power people like him like jack warner out of trinidad, who was running our regional federation, they give the money to a couple hundred money floats into little caribbean islands african nations, ten 20, $100,000100,000 goes a long way. you have countries all over the world voting for bladder until that system of patronage is gone until that is gone and unfortunately not well explained by fifa but bladder one of the most foolish things he does, he does a lot

here, it was emphasized by kissinger in a hearing in the u.s. senate. that is one of the concerns we have to address outside the -- after the agreement. that you do not have not only saudi arabia and not only in this part of the world, simply countries rushing to become one year breakout states. we could not object, saying the iranians got it. again, it is not civilian, so why not us? it is actually the opposite for me. it is, in a sense, one of the major weak points of the agreement we are negotiating. let's be frank the agreement is , not perfect. it is a compromise. any agreement is a compromise. it is not a perfect agreement that france would have wanted. i think it is the same for -- i guess -- germany and the u.k., it is what is possible. i think what we reached is what was possible, it does not mean that it will not have consequences that we have to address. ms. slavin: i think the questioner also meant the verification measures. is not just a question of one year breakout, they would have to accept additional protocol and other transparency meas

in words of henry kissinger and george schulz and "wall street journal" went from from trying to prevent iran from trying to acquire to delaying it. of course, we continue to hear others say there will be no inspection of military facilities that their hangs sanction will be listed we're hearing two different stories, at least congress of the united states is going to have the role to debate this and to make a judgment on it. >> schieffer: you know, we're marrying in this campaign which is already well underway democrats are saying this is all george bush's fault for going to iraq in the first place. we're hearing republicans say no, wait a minute, this is all barack obama's fault for pulling out our troops too soon from iraq. whose fault is it and does that really matter any more whose fault it was? >> obviously we don't want to -- but given information that was there, given to the american people and congress that certainly understandable. there's a lot of questions about it. then there should be the question should we have pulled everybody out and anybody who says we couldn't have sta

kissinger's book on china, which is a very thorough history of china from a u.s. perspective, he makes the point that back in the 17th and 1th century china's economy was perhaps the largest in the world. so in a way, for them they're going back to what they may have considered a normal situation 200 or 300 years ago, whereas i think we sometimes still have a certain amount of difficulty, both intellectually and motionally adjusting to the fact that china is almost a peer of ours. it's going to be a long time if ever before china can match our economy or many others in terms of per capita income. the other rising power -- i say rising, but, of course, it was an important power before, but i cite russia. because with the collapse of the soviet union that we talked about earlier russia went through a period in the 1990s where it was -- it felt very weaken weakened. it felt like we treated, not only us, but the west in general treated russia as a defeated power. they very often use that terminology when talking to us. and there was a point in the 1990s when the russi

before the senate armed services committee on january 29th former secretary of state henry kissinger testified as i quote as well as around the world we encounter a people than conflict. the united states has not faced a more diverse and complex array of crises since the end of the second world war. and what are we doing? were slashing defense year after year after year i think all the sequestration which is never intended to happen. that is a devastating indictment indictment, a the congress of united states and our first priority which is protecting this nation. general mark welsch chief of staff of the air force stated where now the smallest air force we have ever been. when we deployed operation desert storm in 1990 the air force at 188 fighter squadrons. today we have 54. we are headed to 49 and next couple of years. in 1990 over 511,000 active duty airmen problem. today we have 200,000 fewer. we currently have 12 fleet of airplanes that qualify for antique license plates in the state of virginia. general odierno said in the last three years the army's active component constrain

the vietnamese prevailed, but the conflict also led to the finalization of what had started under kissinger'srelation with china. a divisive move -- a decisive move. and this war with vietnam is something that facilitated the visit to china and the eventual normalization of relations which occurred shortly after. amy: when it comes to afghanistan, in an interview with the french newspaper burzynski talked about the arming of the mojo judging saying, what is a few riled up muslims? >> it was brezinski's, the moment in history he is the proudest of. is in fact afghanistan. in creating a vietnam for the soviet union in afghanistan by arming the measure dean and bin laden. amy: so the soviets would have their own quagmire. >> which they did, and that started in 1978. amy: julian assange, can you talk about icwatch and what it is? >> icwatch is a database of more than 27,000 profiles of people associated with u.s. intelligence community or industries so that includes people who work for the government and private industry. it was created by a little journalism startup called transparency talk it,

i had the opportunity to go to china with henry kissinger in june of 1972. i've been watching developments in china ever since. and i remember in 1979 when we established relations with china, i just moved over late '79, early '80 to the east asia bureau back to the east asia bureau, and i remember us debating about what are we going to import from this economy? we now -- we recognized china we lifted the embargo. and we were all scratching our heads, what are we going to buy from china? i think the question is from 150 years of weakness, i think they consider humiliation and in many different kinds of situations whether the opium wars or whatever example you choose to cite, sperm concessions for the european powers in china, it's a country now is that's come back to its own. i think if you read dr. kissinger's book on china, which is a very thorough history of china from a u.s. perspective, he makes the point that

rand paul to make something interesting is he's reaching the richard nixon/henry kissinger ring and saying there are costs and benefits in the things the united states does. we should be realistic about them, we should take account of them. that's what nixonian practicalitity and foreign policy was about. it was an interesting subtle purge, if you will of neoconservative thinking in the republican party which is what rand paul is trying to get going. >> and joy reid this clearly -- i mean he is already a marked man on that debate stage, but this kind of talk saying isis exists and grew stronger because of the hawks in our party? i mean imagine that line on the debate stage. we've seen candidates get booed on those republican debate edges. this would be one of them, it sounds like. >> this is not a growth strategy for a republican candidate for president, but its has the -- of being true. the reality is everyone who has looked at the foreign policy of the bush administration is clear on the fact that it was, a, the worst foreign policy decision and disaster in modern american history and th

and china i was raised to believe that kissinger and nixon were really into stretch out their hands to mao in 1972. what i didn't realize is that mao reached out to every president from fdr to nixon. mao sent an emissary when john f. kennedy came into john f. kennedy state department. dean russ secretary of state gave mao tse-tung's emissary 25 seconds. maybe they would have given him an hour that would have been the vietnam war. he was nixon that finally picked up mao's hands. mao was the one who wanted good relations with the united states. china and american are like two huge balloons in a closed room and at some point these two balloons are going to naturally bump up against each other and the results of those bumps is going to be the empathy and understanding for each other. i'm not some genius trying to lecture about how we should be. i will tell you about my first trip to china. when i went to china i'm an author. maybe i will spend the rest of my life in the commie jail you know. oh my god i thought it was taking some sort of a risk. i went over alone and someone said i have a

henry kissinger's don't buy the book he and nixon are looking out a window in the white house had a huge anti-war demonstration there are empty city buses as barricades all around the white house and nixon is going henry they are going to break to the barricades and get us and that is where we want people in power to be and that is why nixon was the last liberal president had. not because he was liberal or had a hard because he was fearful of movements, the clean water act, all of adopted by ralph nader, poised for with the functioning liberal wing of the democratic party that has been destroyed courtesy of bill clinton. and we lost that understanding. that is not our job to take power. is our job to build movements the old power accountable. we have lost those movements in the name of anti communism. a century of destruction, labor the old anarchist movement the communist party which whatever you think of the communist party, was integrating lunch counters long before king and the civil rights movement. history is completely erased from the american consciousness. the destruction of the

let's get more on this from adam kissinger. in the air force in iraq and afghanistan and among the first members of congress to call for air strikes against congress. i'm starting a humty dumpty view of iraq. all the kings horses and men couldn't put humpty together again. is the answer partition? >> i don't think it is. a lot of problems with partition. number one, oil wealth is not spread uniformally through kurdish areas. you know there's a lot of differences. you have obviously, some shia in sunni areas. i think partition is probably an overly simplified way of fixing a problem that would only really make it worse and you think about the fact too, other countries that are being held together and have different populations. what is that going to do any sectarian in those countries. i actually think the problem could end up being a lot worse. this is a lot '05 and '06 sitting around and saying in iraq there is no way to fix this problem. but at the end of the day, we did see some success when we added 20,000 troops yes, but i

the question is how do you make the power elite frightened of you so in kissinger's memoirs and don'tuy the book, he and nixon are looking out of window in the white house. i think it's 71 and there's a huge antiwar demonstration. they have empty city buses as there are kids all around the white house and nixon is going henry they are going to break through the barricades and get us and that is just where we want people in power to be. that is why nixon was the last liberal president we had. not because he was liberal or had a heart but because he was frightened of movements. the mine and safety outcome the clean water act all of which were altered by nader is pushed her with a functioning liberal wing of the democratic party that has not been destroyed courtesy of bill clinton and we lost that understanding. it's not our job to take power. it is our job to build movements that hold power accountable and unfortunately we have lost those movements in the name of anti-communism. there has been a century of destruction. the old anarchist movement, the old cio the communist party. whateve