who knows what kissinger -- he is -- he presides over kissinger associates, which is a premiere consultanty for the world's global and lead. it helped facilitate the privatization of industries in latin america. whatever it does in china. it's a private -- kissinger had to resign from being chair of the 9/11 commission because he wouldn't reveal the client list. some republican senator said that client list is the most south-after document in washington. they offered to read it in some secure room in the bowels of the pentagon, and kissinger resigned. so, might just be economic. i have no idea what accounts for -- in the spectrum of american foreign policy, why it seems reasonable on russia and the ukraine but not on iran, and -- but that is not listened to on that is actually kind of interesting, too. that proves my point. that kissingerism -- there's no context. people cozy up to him because they think he invokes purpose and gravitas. a ritual of the political class to sidle up and banter with him like samantha paul but when he says something that is is sensi, nobody listens to him. >> ge

had you met kissinger in vietnam? >> i met kissinger in vietnam when vietnam -- when kissinger went to vietnam at the request of lbj to see what the situation was. i was his control officer, which is rather a loose term. controlling henry kissinger is not an easy thing to do. >> it's an oxymoron. >> it's an oxymoron. nonetheless, i did it and tried to give him the best possible introduction to vietnam, including some meetings with john negroponte and others. and, of course, a briefing by myself, which may or may not have contributed to my knowledge. the point was that that was where i first met him on vietnam. before then, i had talked to him about numerous things. >> the two of you were in vietnam before kissinger became national adviser, before nixon became president. that's when you met? >> that's correct. dick and i were in the embassy in sigh govenlt i was a provincial reporting officer and cover aid particular area of south vietnam. when henry came out i was assigned the task of taking him to the northern part o

anti-wiki is kissinger. he would say when kissinger was late that evening, there goes henry off to talk to georgetown friends, or there goes henry off to talk to the "washington post." but, of course, it went in. he wanted to get with kissinger and with the georgetown crowd and that kind of festering resentment was building. those famous white house aides, interestingly, he installed those tapes to rebut kissinger. the reason why put the states and left another record so that he could rebut kissinger's history of -- version of history. nixon wanted the record on things like going to china. going to china was not kissinger's idea. it was nixon's idea. in fact, when alderman told kissinger and nixon won to go to china, kissinger's response in 1969 was quote fat chance. now, the tapes are terrible. a lot of you have heard excerpts of them. they don't live. nixon said terrible, vile things. racist things. but i've listened a lot of the states, hundreds of hours of these tapes. my strong impression is a lot of th

when he was with kissinger. he could play all sides of the street. there's some question about whether haig was really loyal the nixon. you may recall that when halderman was fired in 1973 haig becomes nixon's chief of staff. there's some evidence of haig being not entirely loyal to kissinger -- to nixon in this period. i don't really know the extent of it, because i think haig was playing a lot of games at once, keeping his options open. but haig is the guy you'd like to work for you because he was brilliant, smart, tough great at shuffling the paper but you wouldn't trust him. >> once they lost the case of u.s. v. nixon i think haig -- >> yeah, by then it was over. but the issue of how haig was behaving before -- there's this whole theory that haig was leaking to woodward. there is a body of evidence that suggests that. i don't think it's true. >> thank you for coming. >> thank you. >> would you be willing to speak a little bit about nixon's campaign contributions and in particular allegations about his involv

kissinger is not always the nicest of relationships. it was interesting how that happened. i learned so much about secretary laird and i'm honored to be here with members of his family and please tell him that i said that. i want to really raise a couple of points about this terrific book that richard has produced for us here. mel laird and the post-vietnam military in the united states is a book that takes us through what i think is one of the most important turning points and this is a point that the senator made. one of the most important turning points in american military and political strategy and also one of the most important turning points in american society. and the american military was one of the places where american social change occurred. part of this book is about not just the vietnam war, but also the changing composition of the u.s. military, the changing role of the u.s. military and american society, the struggles with drugs and rape in the american military as well as the struggle with fighting a war in vietnam. i

kissinger leaves. kissinger goes off and negotiates the salt agreement later that night. i don't think he was drunk. >> henry used to say the trouble with my staff is that they're all incompetent. >> that was example number one. >> let history note that in the audience are several key members of henry kissinger's staff. they were chuckling when they talked about contemplating suicide because henry kissinger would have been disappointed at their foolish actions. >> they were very mag nam mouse. plus they didn't need briefing books because it was a total four-hour lecture by the other side. >> we've gotten through the salt negotiations, arms control agreements, opening to china. the vietnam war is still raging. college campuses are on fire. smyser is at harvard incognito and not letting anyone know who you worked for. then october 1972, breakthrough. >> well, we got the north vietnamese's attention with hai fong and hanoi, blunting their offensive. as you'll see in a later episode, when you talk with hanoi, you get their attention. when you're nice to them, you don't get th

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host: henry kissinger is out with a new book. what has he told you? guest: his concern has always been united states near it -- need to deal china that is frank but also respectful of china in a way that isn't fond by china passes own traditions of diplomacy and governance. there are increasing calls for this now. for the first time in 35 years, we are seeing the beginning of a dissolution of a consensus. the idea that you have to work with china, you want to involve it in a complex set of situations. including the united states, and that those relationships would gradually integrate china more closely with the rest of the world in a way that would make china not only a threat, but perhaps a boon to the united states and neighbors. fewt now, over the past months, we have had more and more voices, saying constructive engagement has failed, that the united states is in fact aided it that it -- and and that -- and embe and that it is time to scrap thisdded and emphasize the competitive side of the relationship. both aspects have always been up and we hav

host: henry kissinger is out with a new book. what has he told you?: his concern has always been united states near it -- need to deal china that is frank but also respectful of china in a way that isn't fond by china passes own traditions of diplomacy and governance. there are increasing calls for this now. for the first time in 35 years, we are seeing the beginning of a dissolution of a consensus. the idea that you have to work with china, you want to involve it in a complex set of situations. including the united states, and that those relationships would gradually integrate china more closely with the rest of the world in a way that would make china not only a threat, but perhaps a boon to the united states and neighbors. fewt now, over the past months, we have had more and more voices, saying constructive engagement has failed, that the united states is in fact aided it that it -- and and that -- and embe and that it is time to scrap thisdded and emphasize the competitive side of the relationship. both aspects have always been up and we have trie

kissinger. but i already announced it.r that never to do an hour with any official because they're always trying to make sure you don't understand what they say even though they use simple words to express it sometimes. what you do is, well, here's my technique, and in 40 years, i've never been called on it. i interview in lech, and then i edit. i make sure that we in the editing get to the essence of what that person really wanted to say. it's matter of judgment, but in 40 years, i've never had anybody come back and say you took me out of context or you didn't get to the essence. they are actually thankful that we have listened in a way that is beyond the words and then edited what is their view of what they would have said if they were as good as it as we are in editing. [laughter] you listen for the meaning, not necessarily for the words. >> jon: you said it beautifully. that's the other thing i should write down "edit to not take out of context." [laughter] >> always a pleasure. >> jon: thank you very much. bill moirgs

he'll talk about his book, "kissinger's shadow," at politics & prose bookstore here in washington. watch it live here on c-span2. now, here's a look at what's on tonight's edition of "the communicators." >> host: and you're watching "the communicators" on c-span. we've been talking with marc tayer, author of televisionaries about the development of digital television. this is the second half of our conversation. mr. tayer, we talked about the 25 years that digital tv has been in place, we've talked about its development. we just started our conversation last week on what is next when it comes to watching video, and let he start with a broad question. how do we watch video today? >> guest: well, first question to that question is who is "we"? many of us, and that's increasing every day, are watching in a multiscreen world. and that has been one of the more exciting outcomes of this whole digital revolution. so it used to be that there was a stationary screen, and with hd-tv that was a big screen in the living room. but with the internet and the wireless world extending things, now y

nixon loved this pitting one side against the other, and he played that actually -- and kissinger deserves crept, he was -- credit, he was good at this kind of thing. they did play them against each other. ultimately, he wanted the chinese and the russians to tell the north vietnamese to take a deal. that didn't work out. they had this word linkage, that they were going to link all these things together ultimately to lean on the north vietnamese government to take a deal, and the north vietnamese were pretty stubborn. the chinese and the russians didn't really play ball, so that piece didn't work out that well. but the fact is nixon went to china, nobody else had done it. it took a republican to do that. it was the right thing to do, and it took some guts and some vision to do it. >> as an afterthought, the number of things that you've outlined here that nixon actually accomplished i constantly, despite all of his facts -- all of his faults, wonder why he isn't given more credit than some of his colleagues who have accomplished -- >> because he disgraced his office. he disgraced his office

campaign pointed to a just-released conversation that happened in 1974 between secretary of state kissinger and cia director, william colby. the state department redacted parts of the conversation they said were classified as national security information. seven years ago the state department released the entire conversation in a book, "the bottom line according to the clinton campaign." it says there are different ideas on what is considered classified. hillary clinton is one of the democratic candidates we have been covering at the iowa state fair all week. while we wait for chris christie, here is some of hillary clinton's appearance of the fair over the weekend. >> thank you so much. nice to meet you. thank you for coming out. >> glad to be here. how are you, sir? .ood to see you nice to see you. thank you, guys. that's even better. >> love you, hillary. >> how are you? i am so happy to see you. >> you know what, you promised in

find them at making of henry kissinger's book. have a history of controversial political commentary. it's not necessarily the case putinhese are all pro books. there is one called how the west lost to putin. cia -- the have one called putin's big mistake. it is possible that they could be at least a little bit balanced. they have one that was written by boris, the recently assassinated opposition politician. they have one that was written by a guy from the economist -- the question is, how much of the original writing are they? and if these authors will ever get paid. miller will be back at the top of the next hour. the pressure is on for the apple watch. hear what the ceo of montblanc has to say about their competition to the apple watch. ♪ scarlet: a new competitor, montblanc. the maker of watches and other accessories launching a new e strap that goes on sale this fall. stephen spoke with jerome lambert and asked how the new wearable is different. . does it.ontblanc our tradition is coming from watchmaking. we are coming from t

so, henry kissinger to me is a war criminal and should be treated as such. john mccain has -- is somebody who is responsible partially for getting abuse a horrendous wore in iraq that led to the deaths of thousands of u.s. soldiers in vain, and to, by some accounts, over a million iraqis, shy also say it paved the way for isil today. so why aren't people held responsible? perhaps because this is the super power, this is the country that has been all powerful and the powerful countries are usually not held accountable. look at the international criminal court. it's not the powerful that go there to be held accountable for war crimes. it's the vanquished. so, i think it's important that there be voices out there that say that we remember, and that we do not hold some of these people in high regards as statesmen who we should listen to tell us how to run our foreign policy. these are people that have taken us down a path of militarism that has made such mayhem around the world that we should look for other voices, the voices who said let's look for nonviolent s

ultimately the state department and the national security advisor henry kissinger prevailed, if theyidn't press golda meir, it would be easier for her to make concessions in the peace talks. >> sort of from kissinger's perspective, it was better that they don't test the weapon to keep it basically concealed. >> reporter: another goal was to get the israelis to sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. meier was facing election at home. israel has never signed the npt and has never admit it has nuclear weapons. rio drosalyn jordan, al jazeera. >>> doctors say he is suffering from brain damage, alan is in a medically induced coma. and can be treated as a patient not a prisoner. >>> coming up next, mohammad adow takes us along with soldiers trying to hold their ground against the notorious fighters. and a look at the life boats that thousands of refugees are hoping are a life line to a better life in europe. urope. only on al jazeera america. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm antonio mora. coming up this this half hour of international news, nato warns incursions into ukraine.

henry kissinger saying clearly and distinctly as is his way, he cut through it.s country is trying to break russia,russia, and it should be trying to integrate. we are now a radiance china and russia, two nuclear powers in participation and alliance with iran, and they were part of the architecture of the deal in negotiations when presented to the security council supporting it. is everyone in this administration when it comes to national security and foreign policy taking leave of their senses? >> this is they're clear ideology. the united states is too powerful, too successful, and if they can show that we do not harbor ill intentions the iranians will say that is good to no. the president has been taken to the cleaners not simply by the iranians but by the russians, chinese, and our supposedly european allies. the deal is a disaster. lou: bloody hell. does this president think that this is leadership? he is being run over by a massive ideological machine in the form of a iran and russia and china and the indifference in their decision to vote on the part of th

so, henry kissinger to me is a war criminal and should be treated as such. john mccain is somebody that is responsible partially for getting us into a herd in this this war in iraq that led to the death of deaths of thousands of centers in vain. why aren't people held responsible? perhaps because this is the superpower and a country that has been all powerful and powerful could raise that are usually not held accountable. look at the international criminal court. they should tell us how to run our foreign policy. these are people that have taken us down the path of militarism that has made such mayhem around the world that we should look for other voices from the voices that say let's look for nonviolent solutions and have a foreign policy based on diplomacy and mutual respect and that is not the policy of people like henry kissinger. >> host: from the facebook page this question from steve and i would understand if you choose not to answer. how do you and other activists in your organization gain admittance to the press conferences and hearings? i would thi

kissinger comes back years afterwards. they didn't understand the significance of it at all because it was much too elliptical. there were other mismatches of that kind but to go back to edgar snow the point of edgar snow was he was the first western journalists, the first western are really to go to the communist areas in 1936. he went to this arid desert heart of northwest china were the communist finished up the long march. edgar snow interviewed now and produced a book called red star over china. is it a six source because it had novels only account in his own words of his life after that point. he continued to go back. c-span: why did now talk to him? >> guest: various reasons. mao at that time was affirming himself as the leader of the communist party. he was not undisputedly but was beginning to get their more adjusting them that the real reason he talked to edgar snow was the second world war was looming. the communist policy was changing. stalin wanted communist parties to work together with non-communist in order

henry kissinger equated the west with athens and the east of sparta. the president did sign over the objections of dick cheney, chief of staff at the time. and he said in 1979 he could support every republican running for president except ronald reagan. he also once said how did it ever occur to anyone he should be governor, much less president. 12 years later, after his election in 1992, he was given what turned out to be farewell remarks to the republican party at their convention in houston. he had made other speeches in 1993 and 1994. but this was his last speech to a national convention starting in 1960 when he was simply a private citizen and head of democrats for nixon. at this time, of course, in 1992, the soviet union had already surrendered, collapsed. due to his misfortune, george bush did not make this event, the event of our lifetime. and the greatest struggle of our lifetime which billions were spent, national defenses raised, a president assassinated over, 30,000 american boys dying, cold war eruption. went nearly unremarked and no one n

henry kissinger equated the west with athens and the east of sparta. the president did sign over the objections of dick cheney, chief of staff at the time. and he said in 1979 he could support every republican running for president except ronald reagan. he also once said how did it ever occur to anyone he should be governor, much less president. 12 years later, after his election in 1992, he was given what turned out to be farewell remarks to the republican party at their convention in houston. he had made other speeches in 1993 and 1994. but this was his last speech to a national convention starting in 1960 when he was simply a private citizen and head of democrats for nixon. at this time, of course, in 1992, the soviet union had already surrendered, collapsed. due to his misfortune, george bush did not make this event, the event of our lifetime. and the greatest struggle of our lifetime which billions were spent, national defenses raised, a president assassinated over, 30,000 american boys dying, cold war eruption. went nearly unremarked and no one n

ultimately, the state department and national security adviser, henry kissinger, prevailed. they thought if they didn't the prime minister on the question, it would be easier to get her to make tough choices in the peace talks. >> there would be more debate. it was better to not announce anything, that they don't announce the fact they have weapons, don't test the weapon, to keep it concealed. >> another goal was to get the israelis to sign the nuclear nonproliferation treat y but they agreed to delay the step because she was facing elections at home. israel never signed it and never publicly confirmed it has nuclear weapons. more insight into the military balance of power in the middle east and how the u.s. government tried and failed to shape it. >>> in burundi, the president is expected to be sworn in later today. the ceremony follows his victory in a disputed election marred by violence and an opposition boycott. it's his third victory. dozens of people were killed. there was weeks of demonstrations, a failed coup and clashes between rebel soldiers and the army. >>> new

the berlin wall, he said to me about hemorrhages and your said said ton november -- me that henry kissinger said to him in november that what would have been on his watch was the very gradual start of a very gradual communication of soviet -- diminishing of soviet control. it might come down within the next two decades. it happens within a year and not because reagan said to tear down the wall. when it came down that night it was not because gorbachev gave a specific order. i do think it is an important moment but i think that even more important in terms of in 1989 andtoric the end of the cold war is what he said when he went to moscow in the summer of 88 when asked if the soviet union was still the evil empire. he said he was talking about a different time, another era. that really neutralized the perception of threat in the soviet union when it came to americans and it allowed events to proceed very quickly. 1989,n the wall fell in john sununu, the former white in a newef of staff book says that president bush did not want to rub it into the face of maccallum gorbachev. he wanted to have

ultimately, the state department and national security adviser, henry kissinger, prevailed. they felt if they didn't pressure them too much, it would be easier to get them to make tough choices. >> it was better that they not announce anything, they don't announce the fact that they have weapons, they don't test the weapon, to keep it concealed. >> reporter: another goal was to get the israelis to sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. but when he met at the white house, they agreed to delay that step because she was facing elections at home. israel has never signed the mpt and never publicly confirmed that it has nuclear weapons. more insight into the military balance of power and how the u.s. government tried and failed to shape it. >>> environmental alert has been issued for a lake in western mexico after thousands of dead fish washed up on shore. it's believed that waste from local treatment plants contaminated the lake, around 4n removed from the lake. >>> russia has the worst record for spills and leaks. a major leak occurred in a siberian city. we report on how the

i spoke with the director onthe kissinger institute china.hank you very much for coming in, robert. i want to pick up on what john was saying. we may never know what happened in tianjin. do you think that's the case given the nature of these investigations in china? robert: if we look at the previous tragedies, thinking about the 2008 earthquake in particular, china was criticized for not releasing the names of all of the victims, and there were widespread accusations of a cover-up. there was also widespread media coverage of the people's liberation army going in to save people, and is your reporter suggested, it's primarily a human tragedy, but in a country like china, it also has a political dimension. katty: what has the reaction been from the chinese government? robert: the lead story is about responsive government, not about details of the accident, although those details are out there. the lead story assures people is issuingemier orders to discover what happened, care for the injured, care for their emily, punish the perpetrators, and

and that kissinger protocol is that obama wants to emulate nixon.other words, nixon's great foreign policy legacy was bringing the chinese in from the cold and kissinger arranged it. david: right. so they want to do with iran what nixon did with china. i have to ask a final question, duane, how does the next president deal with all of this? quickly. >> i don't know where he begins. frankly don't know. because i don't think we've seen the end of what's going on on now. david: yeah, we do have another year and a half of the current president. duane clarridge who knows where he speaks of, former cia senior operations officer. appreciate it. >>> talking about china. take a look at alibaba hitting another low, down 2.5% today, down 32% just so far this year. about 71 bucks a share. but was at $119 a share at its height, that was back in february, in fact. . >>> trump telling maria bartiromo he would build the great wall of trump as he calls it to keep out illegal immigrants. why our next guest says giant steps like this are needed? at ally bank no branch

henry kissinger equated the west with athens and the east of sparta. the president did sign over the objections of dick cheney, chief of staff at the time. and he said in 1979 he could support every republican running for president except ronald reagan. he also once said how did it ever occur to anyone he should be governor, much less president. 12 years later, after his election in 1992, he was given what turned out to be farewell remarks to the republican party at their convention in houston. he had made other speeches in 1993 and 1994. but this was his last speech to a national convention starting in 1960 when he was simply a private citizen and head of democrats for nixon. at this time, of course, in 1992, the soviet union had already surrendered, collapsed. due to his misfortune, george bush did not make this event, the event of our lifetime. and the greatest struggle of our lifetime which billions were spent, national defenses raised, a president assassinated over, 30,000 american boys dying, cold war eruption. went nearly unremarked and no one n

goodnk kissinger was a aces. order andhave a world speak the same language anymore. to sorry to be intellectual. tradition. >> i disagree a little bit with that. go from the north of africa and over, it is difficult they are what they think. when you have a country like libya and all of this has been done in different malicious and in it.lts u.s., of course, and you see the security matters that are important. it would be reacting to a different crisis. the secretary of state speaks of the transatlantic renaissance and you think that is great? >> that is great. when thee questions obviou -- the answer is obvious. moderator: it is part of a new way of working. you talk about countries going back to old toolboxes. do you disagree with u.s. concerns of defense spending in europe? we hear some say that there is a spending.fense i will quote someone who is colorful with her language. peopleismayed to see worked on the cheap and cheaper." only the u.k. is meeting the target of 2% on defense spending. >> and greece. moderator: we cannot talk about the greek crisis. there wi

. >> kissinger said that. >> will me finish the question.he hear scat russian sphere of inflewens" how does that make you feel in? >> ukraine is an independent state since year 1991. and it has its own right to decide where to be, in nato or customs union. by the way, ukraine hasn't made a choice you said puttip wants to make ukraine a failed state. when we look at dondon, when we look at crimea, when we look at the fact that these places hav mr. mcgranian admits to that or not. we look at the level of chaos and the legal of corruption right now in the ukrainian government, you have written about it about the oligarchs where the corruption doesn't seem to be any different to the corruption under mr. yanukovych. isn't it already a failed state? putin has won? hasn't he? let him answer first. in the international arena when you ask me about something and russia a starts talking stephanie. corruption is one of the biggest problems with ukraine like in russia as well. wiadopt anti-corruption law and established bureau. the investigation in septe

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of course, henry kissinger did a great job in polling china into the orbit.rlie: as a wedge against russia. justin: precisely. charlie: what is your emerging voices program? justin: i love the developing world. this. and breathe my whole ecosystem is really the developing world. i invest in extra neri companies and for long periods of time. -- i invest in extra ordinary companies and for long periods of time. platform --ild a most of my friends are artists, painters, directors, novelists -- i want to provide a platform for the other 90% of the people in the world to be able to identify extraordinary voices and talent in the arts. we are elaborating with financial times. we have put up a significant amount of money, the largest award in this particular geography in three territories -- literature my film, visual arts. it rotates across three geographies. be african literature, latin arts, and asian film. it's a prize. it was originally modeled off the book of prize. i want to make this a significant platform for the discovery of talent in the developing world.

of course kissinger did a great pulling china into the orbit of the united states.as a wedge against russia. justin: precisely. not necessarily a wonderful idea. charlie: we are running a time -- what is your emerging voices program? justin: i love the developing world. i live and breathe this. my whole ecosystem is really the developing world. i invest in extra ordinary companies and for long periods of time. i have many companies that have been held for over a decade. i want to provide a platform, because most of my friends are financially ample people -- they are artists, painters, directors, novelists -- i want to provide a platform for the other 90% of the people in the world to be able to identify extraordinary voices and talent in the arts. we are collaborating with financial times. we have put up a significant amount of money, the largest award in this particular geography for three categories -- literature, film, and digital arts. it rotates across three geographies. --s year it will be african middle eastern literature, latin american visual arts, and asia

she is presently completing a book entitled, never lose, nixon, kissinger and the illusion of national security. stephen f.knott is a professor of national security affairs at the united states naval war college. he served as co-chair of the university of virginia's presidential oral history program and directed the ronald reagan oral history project. professor knott received his ph.d. in political science from boston college and taught at the united states air force academy and the university of virginia. he is the author of alexander hamilton and the persistence of myth, and secret and sanction covert operations in the american presidency. the latter in examination of the use of covert operations by early american presidents. he is a co-author of the reagan years, and at reagan's side insider recollections from sacramento to the white house. dr. knott's most recent book, rush to judgment, george w. bush and the war on terror and his critics, was published in march 2012. amy goodman is the host and executive producer of democracy now, a national daily independent award winning news pr

other books, including "from the new," andacy to the his recent articles include "history and henry kissinger," and he is currently working on a new biography of dean absence and an american foreign-policy chinson andsen -- at an american foreign-policy. after his discussion, we will go straight to the floor and have an open discussion which my colleague will moderate. bob? thank you, christian, for that very generous introduction. i will correct it in only one sense, the atchinson book is done but not out. i want to thank you and hope and gawa and these wilson center in connection with and they havebook been enormously helpful. professor hasegawa's book is extraordinary in ways that it is as he said, the first look at international history at the end of the pacific war. there is nothing else like it. the remarkable strength is stunning. what he has managed to do by working easily, apparently, in three languages reminds me of the impact of a book published 30 some years ago by michael hunt called "frontier defense," that totally re-shifted the story of the united states, china, and manchuria

secretary of state henry kissinger says it's the u.s. that needs to change the way it engages russia, not the other way around. in an interview with the nation national interests he said breaking russia has become an objective for u.s. officials. the long-range purpose should be tonight great it. a post cold war wish for a relationship that seems to be reliving the past. >> where russia sees its interests as aligned with ours we can work with them and we'll continue to do that. >> reporter: mutual interests like the iran nuclear deal engaging north korea and even some counterterrorism efforts. but as a pentagon official told me today, bret, dealing with the kremlin is sort of like shaking hands with someone when they hold a knife behind their back with the other hand. bret? >> kevin docorke, thank you. >>> still ahead, the plague isn't just for the history books. it's back. we'll tell you where. >>> up next, the first female army >>> officials in france say three people were wounded today when a gunman opened fire in a high-speed train t

. >> what would you say to somebody like henry kissinger who has argued consistently that you cannottabilize ukraine without the cooperation of russia. russia has to be involved in this policy of confrontation is fundamentally the wrong way to go? >> well, because this is all about lincoln. and it's a question of interests. and so, what putin has done is has played linkage against us. what he's done is he has said to the american administration that, if you want my cooperation on iran, don't push me too hard on ukraine. we have to play linkages right back. russia has a lot of interests in the world. and ukraine is one of them. but we have to make it clear to him that the territorial integrity of ukraine, that's non-negotiable. you can't invade a country, you can't give to russia the right to interfere and intervene in the internal affairs of these states in its area. i was with the president of bulgaria. he said, this is just crazy. he said, we're acting like putin has the right to come in and tell us what to do. just because he is a bigger country. that's what the 20th century was a

when i was political director of the white house, henry kissinger spoke to the senior staff one day, and he said in government and politics if there's bad news, get it out fast because unlike fine wine, bad news does not improve with age. [laughter] and so i followed that. we, we told the bad as well as the good. now, i will say we emphasized the good. we tried to -- because we were trying to give people hope and confidence. because the ultimate mission here was to get people to return to their communities and rebuild their communities. it took jobs, it took a place to live, it took place to send your kids to school. so housing was the biggest issue from the second week. you know, searching for survivors and for remains were the biggest issue the first week. so we, we tried to get the truth out. and as i mentioned earlier, you've just got to tell the truth. nothing hurts you worse than for people the find out you were lying about something, and it destroys your credibility. why i was composed, you know, i don't think of myself as having been especially composed. i remember doing an i

if he hadn't recognized the people's republic of china, carter did that, not nixon and kissinger, and create a relationship with the president, he wouldn't be able to go now and election monitor this china like he's done in recent years. he was the first president, sitting president, to go to africa while president when he went to nigeria. he had denounced apartheid when he was president. so it's all part and parcel, the presidency and the post-presidency of an extraordinary american life dedicated to honesty, decency, and democracy everywhere on the planet. >> very notable at this time and we have to be careful not to eulogize him because he made clear he's not done yet. he has much more work he wants to do. doctor, let me go finally to you. i asked about the prognosis and you said it's strong, it's bright potentially but again he is 90. he's talking about radiation on the brain and he's talking about cancer. they don't believe it spread anywhere else but there might very well be more cancer cells in the body. >> ultimately it's hard when you're talking about an advanced cancer. does

an of course kissinger did a wonderful job of pulling the chinese into the orbit of the united states. s this's y you know, ultimately one of-- . >> rose: and as a wedge against russia. >> exactly. the idea that you push russia, it is not necessarily a wonderful idea. >> rose: okay, i am out of time. i want to go to a couple of things, what is your emerging voices program? >> so i love the developing world. i live and breathe this. my whole ecosystem is really a developing world. i invest in extraordinary companies. and i invest in them for long periods of time. i mean i have many companies i have hell for over a decade. i wanted to provide a platform because most of my friends are not financially oriented people. they are artists, they're film directors, they're painters, they're novelists. i wanted to provide a platform for the other 90% of the world's population, the developing world, to be able to identify extraordinary voices and talent in the arts. and so with what we have done is we are collaborating with "the financial times". we've put up a significant amount of money, the la

not bad work you will see she's quite young, i met her at henry kissinger's birthday party with george shultz who was 92. i thought anyone with that sort of age span has got a bright future. since i'm closer to 92 than her age. it looked like a wise move. let's bring elizabeth holmes out, give her a hand. josh cushner is the co founder of oscar health, who wants to do something really interesting, which is to reinvent health insurance, and how people interact with their annual physicals. i had a highly unusual conversation with the chairman of one of the largest european companies who happened to be dutch. i asked if he wrote health insurance. he said, yes, i do, but we don't make any money on it, insurance companies write it and the government subsidizes people by income based on their need. but he said, we shouldn't make any money on this, we should make all of our money out of traditional insurance lines. i thought, i wonder if there's a single solitary soul in america that would say that. interesting. this guy's got an interesting idea, let's bring out josh cushner. joe is the foun

she's woshgdz as an aid to henry kissinger, secretary of defense to casper wineberger and later as principal assistant secretary of defense and as a pentagon spokes perpendicular. in 1985, she received the defense department's highest award given to a civilian. for her work in the reagan administration. she's a much sought offer writer and speaker. >> good morning. i'm very happy to be here in virginia for this occasion because i have a particularly personal reason for remembering the westminster address that president reagan gave. i was director of speech writing at the time and i was, of course, there in london. but something happened shortly after the speech where i was walking -- i was showing a few people around, had been to london before. i passed a shop that had all these model soldiers in the window. there were hundreds of them. one caught my eye. it was a single figure and i bought it. i still have it. in fact, i have it right here. oil turned out it was a figure of a member of baylor's continent lagoons. years later when someone traced the family tree, i discovered that me the my g