kissinger. thank you all.[applause] ♪ >> on american history tv on c-span3. >> therefore this committee has undertaken an investigation. its purpose is not to impair the fbi in counterespionage functions, but rather to evaluate domestic intelligence according to the standards of the constitution and statutes of our land. >> over 40 years ago, a committee chaired by frank church, a democrat, was convened to investigate the intelligence activities of the cia, fbi, and nsa. this is the 40th anniversary of that committee's final report. we will look at portions of the 1975 televised appearance. that will be tonight at 10:00 , questioning about the illegal storage of weapons. >> i cannot explain why that, to the -- why that quantity was developed, except that we were engaged with the army and we did develop this weapon, you might say, as a possible -- for possible use. >> and at 6:00. >> in 1860, the u.s. was 70 years old, not old enough to have wisdom. family had been living in virginia for 225 years. i do not thi

didn't henry kissinger report -- >> he was loaded. >> something along those lines. >> he hadn't sleptwell for days and he had had a few. >> regarding the tapes, what was nixon's initial thought, what was happening with those tapes? to what use were they going to be put? >> he didn't put the system in until february 1971. he actually took out johnson, nixon ripped it out, nixon didn't want to be eavesdropped on by the pentagon. the system was installed by the pentagon and nixon was afraid the pentagon would be spying on him. nixon was right, the pentagon did spy on him not through taping but a yeoman was going to the nsc staff and lincoln and the joint chiefs of staff, you can't make it up. >> everybody was spying on everybody else. >> nixon became particularly upset about henry kissinger boasting about foreign-policy achievements, he was a national security advisor, but that was nixon's idea. nixon, when they write their memoirs he wants there to be a record that shows what happened. that is the impetus for putting in those tapes and kissinger later said he paid an awfully high price

kissinger every morning. would you like to see it? why sure. and that led to a pattern whereby a cia officer, dave peterson -- i tell his story in the book -- he went to ford's house in alexandria, virginia, every morning to talk to him about the pdb at his kitchen table or sometimes in the car downtown. and then when he became president, ford said, no, i'm keeping this, and the first item of business he had every day was talking directly about the pdb. >> so the agency has, in fact, run operations against the president -- [laughter] okay. one of the, i think remarkable stories you tell is the briefing that i think it was president johnson was giving about the possibility of the war in the middle east -- >> the tale of two middle east wars in 1967, the six-day war, the cia predicted in its intelligence document before it even tarted saying, you know, this war, we don't think it'll last longer than seven days. and it became known as the suggestion-day war. pretty good analysis. fast forward to 1973, richard nixon is president and egypt and syria

kissinger on one hand said it was great because i knew he had it but nixon ignored it but asking kissinger he said i am pretty sure he read it every day and gave me reasons why i find it hard he would not have. so we don't know but did he put some distance between himself because of what he was reading? that is a possibility but george w. bush after the invasion of iraq started to get an analysis that things in iraq are just not going well and then the next day. it is easy as a human being to said one to read this anymore. added to push the intelligence away he actually brings in more. were the intelligence analyst with the intelligence community comes into the senior advisor about a specific asset -- access to dig deeper in the first 18 months 200 analysts have come on top of the president's daily brief so that is the case getting bad news to save more intelligence to help me out. >> it is hard to say because trying to find out what the actual policy impact was first as reading that and talking to a visor's later in the day you just cannot get back raw data 24/7. in many cases than many o

henry kissinger came up and said what's going on? we explained to kissinger what had happened. kissinger said you can't say that. it will insult the soviets. i'm trying to get -- they debated it for five days and during those five days, the election slipped away. the people reminded the president had tripped and fallen. he was made fun of by chevy chase on "saturday night live." all of that came back, and he became the mistake prone president because it was his mistake. he did correct the record five days later but it was too late. edit on call of way. the major dangers. they are really scary. speechwriters are very important to current campaigns, start by saying that, bottom line. speechwriters are incredibly important terms of getting the phrases down so that it means something. hillary says we shouldn't be building walls, we should be breaking down barriers. that's a beautiful phrase. up, down, the letter racial breaking down barriers. a well turned phrase and it becomes a campaign slogan. she says that all the time now. i think those are the kinds of things speechwriters ca

to kissinger. >> this is a note from nixon to kissinger. totale had 10 years of control of the air in laos and vietnam. the result equals zilch. there's something wrong with the strategy for the air force. woodward: that this is a failure. the night before nixon had done an interview with dan rather. nixon said the bombing was very effective. the next day in his own handwriting he tells kissinger they have achieved nothing. not only during his time as president but when time as well. 10 years of failure. at achieved zilch. vietnam and itf turns it on its head. here he is. 2.9 million tons of bombs were dropped in southeast asia the first three years of nixon's presidency. kissingerhis note to at the beginning of 1972 when he is running for reelection. and we went over that. it is mind-boggling. thisresident would think he continued and escalated the bombing. another 1.1 million tons of bombs in southeast asia. butterfield: the polls showed his popularity went up when he was bombing. the public didn't know it wasn't working. the supplies con

haldeman and kissinger say well we can't get it. nixon says, break-in. blow the safe. blow the safe. mr. butterfield: blow the goddamn safe. [laughter] mr. woodward: he won't let it go. mr. butterfield: i don't care what it takes, he says. mr. woodward: i don't care what it takes. do it on a thievery basis. then you follow the tapes in several days later, he says, who is going to do the brookings? who is going to break in? he is on fire about it. now, i think we've had presidents who made mistakes, obama ashopeful barack president is not ordering the break-in, the firebombing of anything. you think there should be a little more of that? mr. woodward: no, i am against break-ins and firebombings. you know, this is the great mystery of this great democracy, and that is, we don't know enough about what goes on. you spent years and years in this library with all the documents in the history. we know a lot about johnson but they're still mysteries about them. there are still things that are unanswered. that the secrecy, the hidden nature of government is the thing we should

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and kissinger didn't act on this at all. i pulled out the memo saying you got this in 1970, totally unfair because i cannot even remember what i had for dinner last night, but i showed him and said why didn't you act on this and he chuckled saying i didn't even know what a computer was at that point. >> when was your book actually published? >> last month. >> okay. it has gotten terrific reviews. and last september of '15, the cia released 2500 daily briefings at a conference held by the university of texas, and in light of your book you talk about this. >> you get the stories from the presidents, vice presidents, briefers in the oval office, and they tell you about how the daily briefing is used but most of the content is classified. it is like telling the story of a black hole. you cannot see inside of it. scientist know a lot about it but there has been a smothering of the decade of the daily briefing that have been deficl s declassified and all of those available are in the book. then the cia, as the book goes into the p

i said describe it he chose kissinger on top in the world and the woman's body of the bottom and kissinger is screwing the world. i said i am very interested but it will give me a lot of trouble. he said why? i said i don't know but it will. [laughter] i said sanded down so he did i had to get it up on the screen. [laughter] here it is. so to meet this was a spectacular statement evil and ecstasy so i called david up to say we will run it. to a half hours later the petitions signed from an office that i thought employed only 23. [laughter] landed on my desk objecting to west publishing it. so what i said in is that would call a staff meeting to discuss at the beginning i said there are three ground rules. we will not take a vote is wrong to vote on aesthetics. luckily nobody asked me why. [laughter] second everyone should feel free to say what they want but if you want to make suggestions are changes because it is given on it take it or leave it basis. and finally i told him we will publish it that doesn't mean that we have to i can rethink that but so with that leading into the discussion

this is kissinger, this is reagan. this is a break with the neocons that are interventionists. the kissinger lane, have a strong defense, nobody picks a fight with you, you don't want to go first, you don't want to use the force to invade countries. tom: peace through strength. >> peace through strength. i worked for president reagan and i wrote the speeches, when reagan said peace through strength, it meant something, when he said strength, it didn't mean military strength, it meant military, economic, political, diplomatic, intelligence strength, all of the things together. that's what i want to see donald trump say. tom: so john kerry and to some extent president obama have been saying you won't believe what the foreign leaders are talking to me about, what's going on in the u.s.? i know they're politicians, are they? >> who the europeans and others? >> yes. >> they're not worried, they're curious. what always happens in world politics is it happens first in america and then happens in other parts of the world. they've got to be looking at this saying we've got somebody comi

henry kissenger came up and we explained what happened and kissinger said you cannot say that. it will insult the soviets and i am trying to get someone out of the soviet union. they debated it for five days and during those five days the election slipped away. people were reminded the president tripped and fell, he was made fun of my chevy chase on saturday night live. he became the mistake-prone president. he did correct the record five days later in california but it was too late. debates are dangerous and scary. speechwriters are very important to current campaigns. speechwriters are incredibly important in terms of getting the phrasing down so it means something. hillary says we should not be building walls but breaking down barriers and that is a beautiful phrase. you have up and down and literation of breaking down barriers. that is a well-turned phrase and becomes a campaign slogan with her saying it all of the time now. i think those are the kinds of things speechwriters can do for a campaign to give it cohesiveness. >> here is a look at upcoming book fare -- fairs and

m3 for kissinger. it's bizarre how people would go back to the same places in repeated fashion. those were where the mics were located. .nd there were two over here to my knowledge, i cannot hear anything from those near the lamps. but that is the key system. they tended to make the room sound rather hollow when they get picked up. the next place they put them were in the eob office. same thing in the desk. the problem that i alluded to earlier, nobody sat by the desk. a seating arrangement on the far corner. these are some of the most difficult to understand. some of the best recordings are those on the telephone. most every telephone the president used, except some in the residence, they all were more often used by the family. and they were wired through the switchboard. they were very good. this is the one recording device in the lincoln sitting room. in the residence in the sitting room. this phone up here is wired because it goes through the central switch. he had actually 3 tapes in camp david. 2 different telephones. there was one that was on the sofa. one via his deck. t

obviously henry kissinger's political chops are unquestioned. he was on the board of another company i can't remember that had a big problem a couple of years -- >> hollinger and aig. >> thank you. conrad black's company. is this a lesson for investors when you look at a board and go, i know that guy is and look at her, she's whatever -- they're not directly related to either a, running the company or b, the core business, the company is engaged in. is that necessarily maybe not a red but maybe a yellow flag. >> that is a big danger flag. if you see the marquis names, it is probably time to pull out. this is a company -- puffery, pushiness, promotion, but the politics of it, look at silicon valley snake oil that got caught up in this, very prominent investors, steve jerveson, and larry ellison and people think who -- >> is it because she's a woman? >> no. i heard you trying to bait that before. >> hold on. wait. i'm going to hold on. in the notes, it says bill geor told one of our producers he thinks we need to explore the question of whether or

no greater offender than henry kissinger, who fell way behind on his meetings and recording it. this was noticed and something had to be done about it. he decided, we are not keeping a good record of this presidency. what nixon wanted was two things. one, he wanted the historical record of what had happened during his presidency to have a real sense of history. secondly, he wanted to know if he had said something or given some indication to a guest, like nodding at the beatles doing something. he wanted a record of that. so somebody couldn't leave the office and say that he had said something that he in fact have not said. he did not fully agree with elvis in this, you just nodded and showed surprise. -- he just nodded and showed surprise. he could not go out and say president hates the beatles, because that was an untrue statement. he wanted to ask himself. -- to protect himself. to deal with this problem and the breakdown of this recording nixon discussed putting in the same system that lyndon johnson had, keeping an audio record of it. he calls an aide you can trust, because

is getting her money from wall street special interests, she voted for the war, she cited henry kissinger in a sense as a model for her, i think those issues will tell the american people that in many respects she may have the experience to be president of the united states, no one can argue that, but in terms of a judgment, something is clearly lacking. i have my doubts what kind of president she would make. >> but you would support her if need be? >> by the way, in terms of experience, no question she has the experience. >> well, meanwhile today, secretary clinton questioned sanders' preparation on the issues. >> i have noticed that under the bright spotlight and scrutiny here in new york, senator sanders has had trouble answering questions. he's had trouble answering questions about his core issues, mainly, dealing with the banks. he's had trouble answering foreign policy questions. i have the best policy toward dealing with what needs to happen to prevent wall street from ever wrecking main street again. every progressive economist from paul krugman, to professors at universities, bar

he first raise the question of her judgment and henry kissinger in a debate back in february. it's what he's been talking about with her both on the iraq war for many, many months. it is really a switch from the brief foray into calling her unqualified to be president. he, of course, did that at a rally and then took heat for 24 hours and eventually backed away from it. his advisors feel as though he does need to make sure that he's not letting her get the better of him in new york. what you heard there from that press conference that hillary clinton did earlier today, in many ways, she's ratcheting up her attack and talking in a free form way and kind of taking to the eco-system that is the new york primary. it's something she's familiar with and sanders' team is acutely aware of the fact that they'll need to figure out how to play op that turf and they had a misstep with the unqualified remark and so now you're seeing him kind of return to ground where he's a bit more comfortable. one of those areas is of course, policies. so fracking, an issue that's important here in upsta

i'm going to -- henry kissinger need nose who hav introduction crave it the most. i think that is not true of the people i'm about to introduce. i'm not going to give them much of an introduction other than to point out we have with us the four living chairman of the federal reserve, past and present. they comprise together 37 years of federal reserve history, which is one third of the history of the federal reserve. at some point perhaps somebody will make a musical out of all this in the style of "hamilton." i would like to ask the current chairman of the federal reserve, it janet yellen to come in. , herwe have ben bernanke predecessor. we have paul volcker, the legendary fed chad -- there chad -- fed chair. and from washington where he celebrated his 19th birthday, alan greenspan. welcome all. thank you. [applause] madam chairman. i have to begin with you. i think everybody is going to be interested in the things you are going to say. let me ask you to start. you look at the economy carefully. bubble?n an economic is the economy as perilous as some people on th

kissinger responded some of my best friends are human beings. [laughter] so not just anti-israeli but also anti-jewish it is very important in the region. is really turkish relationship could be a key to many positive developments turkey and israel had ups and downs in their relationship now of course, it is a down period in key to normalize the relationship knowing that it will be a close relationship has they ascended to power but to collaborate in places like syria and lebanon. >> i am from the wilson center. something that you talked about with hezbollah after the involvement of syria we have statements recently talking about another war in lebanon. and talk about a human-rights abuses white d.c. this is a turning point in congress? >>, the first question is a nightmare. and several thousand of them long range in 2006 as very good intelligence soda live beef was not affected. if there is another war it will take some time to neutralize. and would inflect to me it is the nightmare to all israelis. there is no appetite for such a war right now

we explain to kissinger wanted to kissinger would it happen and kissinger said you can't say that. you insult the soviet and i'm trying to get anatole sharansky out of the union. they debated for five days and during those five days, the election slipped away. the people were reminded the president had tripped and fallen. he was made fun of by chevy chase on "saturday night live." all of that came back and he became the mistake prone president because of this mistake. he did correct the record five days later in california, but it was too late. it had all gone away. debates are really dangerous. they are really scary. speechwriters are very important to current campaigns. start by saying that bottom line. speechwriters are incredibly important in terms of getting the phrasing down so that it means something. heller says we shouldn't be building walls. we should be breaking down barriers. that's a beautiful phrase because he got up, down, breaking a harriers. that's a well turned phrase then it becomes a campaigns look at. she says that all the time now. those are the kinds of thing

kissinger. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. i would like to, again, thank you for holding this hearing today on the nuclear power, which is highlighting the bill that i introduced last week, hr 4979 the act of 2016. i'd like to ask unanimous consent mr. chairman to enter several letters into the record. these letters are from the nuclear institute, the american nuclear society. >> without objection. >> thank you very much. it needs to start now with the nuclear regulatory commission is able to provide innovative technologies, 20% of the national energy portfolio must remain energy next. as the united states looks to the future more energy will be needed and nuclear power provides a reliable, clean based load power option. investment in new technologies is happening with approximately 50 companies in this country working to develop the next generation of nuclear power. again, that is why we have introduced hr 49/79 it's time for congress to ensure that nrc provides the framework so innovators are preparing to apply for licensing

. >> it was criticized by nixon and kissinger. a profound mistake, they say, to eliminate missiles in europe. >> many thought that regan was charmed by gorbachev. he had more time dealing with the hard right than the left. he had to let the right know, i know what i am doing. >> ronald reagan was being accused of getting soft on communism. he had not forgotten, that europe was divide, there it was still a berlin wall. >> there was is one sign that soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance the cause of freedom and peace, mr. gorbachev, open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall! >> it was perfect, it was beautiful. he had to insist on keech keeping it in the speech. he did it. don't let anyone tell you, it was a staffer or anybody else that did that. >> meanwhile, in the soviet union, gorbachev said, let's separate sdi, from reducing the nuclear stock pile. once he does this, it opens up a third summit. >> it may be historic, for the first time since the on-set of the nuclear age, the united states and

money, from wall street, the powerful special interests, she voted for the war, she cited henry kissinger in a sense as a model for her, i think those issues will tell the american people that in many respects, she may have the experience to be president of the united states. no one can argue that but in terms of her judgment, something is clearly lacking. >> and what i said is that a candidate like secretary clinton, who voted for the disastrous war in iraq, who has supported virtually every disastrous trade agreement which has cost us millions of decent paying jobs, and who receives incredible amounts of money, we're talking about tens of millions of dollars through her super pac, from every special interest that you can think of, and from the billionaire class, you know, i have my doubts about what kind of president she would make. >> do you have similar doubts about what kind of president he might make? >> well, look, i've said repeatedly that i'd take him over donald trump or ted cruz any day. >> but do you have doubts about what kind of president he might be? >> no, i don't. i mean,

didn't henry kissinger report -- >> he was loaded. >> something along those lines. >> he hadn't sleptll for days and he had had a few. >> regarding the tapes, what was nixon's initial thought, what was happening with those tapes? to what use were they going to be put? >> he didn't put the system in until february 1971. he actually took out johnson, nixon ripped it out, nixon didn't want to be eavesdropped on by the pentagon. the system was installed by the pentagon and nixon was afraid the pentagon would be spying on him. nixon was right, the pentagon did spy on him not through taping but a yeoman was going to the nsc staff and lincoln and the joint chiefs of staff, you can't make it up. >> everybody was spying on everybody else. >> nixon became particularly upset about henry kissinger boasting about foreign-policy achievements, he was a national security advisor, but that was nixon's idea. nixon, when they write their memoirs he wants there to be a record that shows what happened. that is the impetus for putting in those tapes and kissinger later said he paid an awfully high price fo

we explained to kissinger when it happened and kissinger said you can't say that. it will insult the soviets and i'm trying to get sharansky out of the soviet union. they debated it for five days and during those five days the elections looked away. people were reminded the president had jonathan folland pretty was made fun of by chevy chase on saturday night live. all that came back and he became the mistake prone president because of this mistake. he did correct the record five days later in california but it was too late. so debates are really dangerous. they are really scary. speechwriters are very important to current campaigns. i will start by saying that on line. speechwriters are incredibly important terms of getting the phrasing down so that it means something. hillary says we shouldn't be building walls, we should be breaking down barriers. that's a beautiful phrase because you have up and down and the alliteration of breaking down barriers. that's a well turned phrase and it had become the campaign slogan. she uses it all the time now so i think those ar

. >> and a kissinger was national security adviser and secretary of state. >> dwight, described the ship for a spirit how long was that, how fast could it move, how was it on? >> the ship is fascinating, too because he was sick clipper ship, which many consider and i tend to agree the epitome of the shipper clip era and it is a beautiful ship, but it was also heavy steam engine and does what they call an auxiliary steamer. it is intended to help it through contrary wins on its cruises when i was going to china picard was received. on a few clipper ships built for steam engines because they were not commercially successful. it turned out the advantage gained from having a steam engine to.com pay for the loss of cargo space in the extracts and power of coal or engineering proven. but it was a perfect combination of the commerce raider. the alabama by contrast was still so is ideally suited. the shenandoah was very close to the alabama in terms of capabilities. the shenandoah had six main guns, to manage rifles, canon and 46-pound smooth bores. it actually was as well armed or close to as w

kissinger?onald trump is saying the program ters, the atmosphere fearics have changed and america must change to address a new world and new challenges. frankly the knee so cons have their feet plant firmly in the past. he's not going to necessarily lose at the convention. after necessary may well be the presumptive candidate and republicans better start asking themselves, why has this man struck such a cord when the stellar lineup of governors got no place? charles: you think about this. the republicans were given the house and senate in the mid-term elections. they have most of the governorships around the country. the republican voter believes they have given the establishment the opportunity and the establishment let them down. >> that's why ted cruz has been winning the conservative states. donald trump lied to the people. charles: how many states donald trump has won. you can't dis the achievement, can you? >> i can. he said he was going to build a wall. he said i was anti-immigration. the

henry kissinger and richard nixon and gerald ford.is foreign policy conceived at the state department or the white house? john kerry: it is always a combination. i have been watching that relationship for 28 years. i always knew that one of the first rules is don't get into startquabbles and don't fighting. you are there to serve the president. both of us. the national security advisor and the secretary of state. it makes sense to be a team. we are a good team. the entire team. everybody worked together. it is too early for retrospectives. thei will tell you president has given me enormous latitude. he has trusted me. he has given the enormous scope to go out and try something. too.put him at risk theve used respect for president's strength. and letting someone else go out and do something. involved in the details of the iran agreement. he knew exactly what he could tolerate politically and otherwise. he made the final cut on whether we were willing to go with this or not. he deserves the credit for it. in 2004 there was a senator fro

allowed famously think it's true he said at the time we accept you here as a human being come and kissingerresponded to some of my best friends are human beings. [laughter] now to have the relationship is important in the region. turkey coulde the key to many important developments in the region. turkey and israel have had ups and downs in the relationships since the founding of israel and now of course there is a down period and he's keen on normalizing the relationship. it won't be the close relationship that we had in the '90s but of course if turkey and israel were to collaborate in places like lebanon in placee places of the region this could be a formidable issue >> i have two quick questions. the first one is something you talked about that hezbollah has a grip. we used to so man so many statem military officials talking about another war in lebanon. do you think this is a possibility, and my second question the state department about the human rights abuses and the egyptian military what do you think this is for the plaintiff congress? >> thank you. okay. on the first question, the

as henry kissinger once said, iran can be a country or a cause. the cause is showing little of the same kind of pragmatism in its regional policies as it did in the nuclear talks. it's clear that one year from the framework, it's an opportunity to increase hostilities in the region. instead of accepting this as an unfortunate reality, the community must intensify its actions to strengthen iran's strategic ambitions. >> julie pace. charles krauj hammer. >> you hear the administration's reaction to what iran is doing, and you want to weep. the president says it's not living up to the spirit of the agreement. as if anyone would believe they believe in the kind of spirits the agreement has. it has shown no concern whatsoever, the ballistic missiles, the shipping of weapons, to rebels, the using of hezbollah to fight on behalf of assad in syria, the threatening of the neighbors. i mean, this was so obvious from the beginning. then you get ernest today saying that what the iranians are doing with the weapons shipment is not consistent with u.n. security

you see the chinese leadership, three people that they know in america, it may know you and henry kissinger are there not people in america that have that relationship with the chinese leadership? ties in china, the biggest between our two countries have been the economic ties. because we have had quite a robust relationship for some time and this is a very troubled relationship right now in the sense that it is under stressed and a lot of people in the u.s. are rethinking, what is the value of having a good relationship with china? what is the real value of that? and as i look at it, this is a time when never hazmat relationship been more important -- that relationship been more important, we could talk about the differences, but we have many issues where we have a common interest. it is so essential that we keep this relationship on an even keel, because it is in our interest to get things done where we have these --plementary's stash complement three ties -- i do not think that we will see president trout. >> what do you think we will have year? hank: i do not know. i should have not mad

kissinger,ack, henry foreign policy dorians of the of the lastns generation, if they raise the temperancessue. in brooklyn, they are going hard for many of the people on the list that steve mentioned. the clinton campaign will try to get endorsements on the very kind of people you are talking about early on to break from. -- trump. john: is it imperative that trump but someone on the ticket that has national security experience? steve schmidt: it is not imperative, but he could send an important signal with who he picks to be the vice president. and i think it is absolutely blue skies, open space about who or what credentials that person is going to have that is on the ticket. we have no idea. is it going to be a governor, someone outside of politics, the military? john: that is the one thing he does not have in his portfolio. it will be important. mark: there will be defections. steve schmidt: the key will be the debates in the fall. they will be the most watched global television programs, probably since the mint moon will, thosend we will be determined who the president is. john: still

but you go back to henry kissinger, foreign policy people from the last generation or so.aise a temperament issue -- mark: i will tell you right now. let me look at this camera. in brooklyn right now, they are going hard on the people steve mentioned. clinton will try to get endorsements from the people you mentioned early on to break trump. john: coming out of that, is it imperative that trump puts someone on the ticket with national security experience? guest: it's not imperative, but he could send an important signal with who he picks to be the vice president. i think it's absolutely blue skies, open space about whom or what credentials that person is going to have if he gets on the ticket. is he going to be a governor, someone outside of politics, someone out of the military? john: i think it will be someone with national security experience. that is the one thing he does not have in his portfolio. guest: the key will be the debates in the fall. we will have 390 minute debates. i think they will be the most watched global television program, probably the most watched g

kissinger was talking about in the vietnam war. here is a little bit of what he had to say. >> i have great sympathy for -- they had as right to think that we had through ahem support number of administrations, including the one in which i served. it was impossible to convince to pass any additional funds. there were 35 other nations that had signed on to the agreement when made in 1973. we appealed to all of them. thing, it was one of the saddest moments of my life, and , the day of the evacuation was one of the saddest moments of my life and -- hadof us who had been ofn the dedication vietnamese, the dedication of their,eople who served the letters that the children read, i have sympathy and i hope hitsher american leader similar test -- failurental fairy was the division in our country pair without that, we could have managed it. now joining us is congressman ted lieu, a democrat from california recently featured on 60 minutes. why were you on 60 minutes? 60 minutes gave me an we got from the store. we played back conversations

. >> he moved to sign a deal with the soviets, was criticized by president nixon and kissinger. profound mistake to allow medium range missiles in europe. >> many conservatives thought reagan had been charmed by gorbachev, and reagan had more problem dealing with his hard right than he did the left. so reagan had to constantly let the right know i know what i'm doing. >> reagan was being accused already of getting soft on communism, but he hadn't forgotten the problems we have. europe was still divided, there was still a berlin wall. >> there's one sign the soviets can make that would be unmistakable, that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace. mr. gorbachev, open this gate. mr. gorbachev, tear down this wall. >> it was perfect. it was beautiful. he had to insist on keeping it in the speech. and he did it. don't let anybody tell you it was a staffer or anybody else that did that. >> meanwhile, in the soviet union gorbachev decides to do something bold and he says let's separate sdi from reducing the nuclear stockpile. once he does this, it opens up the possib

this is such an extraordinary event henry kissinger once said those needed no introduction crave it the most. [laughter] i think that is not true of the people i am about to introduce i will not give them much of an introduction other than 2.0 the four were living chairman of the federal reserve past and present comprise together 37 years the federal reserve history which is essentially one-third of the history. at some point somebody will make a musical. [laughter] i would like to ask the current chairman janet yellen. ben bernanke her predecessor. paul volcker the legendary figure who is deeply associated with international house. and from washington where he just celebrated his 90th birthday, alan greenspan. [applause] >> madam chairman i have to begin with you because i think everybody is interested in what you will say. if you look at the economy very carefully, are we in an economic bubble? is it as perilous as some people on the campaign trail are suggesting? >> i would say the u.s. economy has made tremendous progress in recovering from the damage of the financial crisis. slowly

henry kissinger and richard nixon and gerald ford. foreign policy conceived at the state department or the white house? john kerry: it is always a combination. i have been watching that relationship for 28 years. the different national security advisers and secretaries. i always knew that one of the first rules is don't get into turf squabbles and don't start fighting. you are there to serve the president. both the national security advisor and the secretary. i serve at the pleasure of the president. it makes sense to be a team. we are a good team. i believe that. between the whole team the , entire team. everybody works together as a team. i believe it is too early for retrospectives. but i will tell you the president has given me enormous latitude. he has trusted me. he has given me enormous scope to go out and try something. and put him at risk too. i have huge respect for the presidents strength with respect to letting someone else go out and do something. he was deeply involved in the details of the iran agreement. he knew exactl

the hoover verytute which is supported, long-standing support from the bechtel family and henry kissingeras also there at the time who had been a bechtel consultant. is noted, if this book relevant, i will never write a book that is, apparently. brian lamb: is george shultz still attached to hoover? sally denton: yes. brian lamb: let's go back when he was confirmed in joe biden is in the chair during the confirmation hearing. joe biden: are you going to go back to bechtel? >> i have no plans, have given no thought to what i will do. me tell you why i asked, there have been a number of questions on my colleagues who have done a lot of research on bechtel and its relationship with the arab world and everyone is aware of the saudi policy among whom they deal with, if they deal with the israelis. if in fact you were, some are going to suggest to do that if in fact you are required to take the position in the interest of the united states of america that was viewed as being very supportive of israel and against the interest of saudi arabia, that you might very well the reluctant to do so becau

where are the daniel boorstins, or henry kissinger? one fashion of history remains, biography. why? , in the ultimate sense, it is a tory. story. we are storytelling animals. because, when you think about it , we have been around for years. how do you remember stuff people have told you? we are natural storytellers and he can fit those stories into some sort of cognitive set that will allow you to recall stuff. story is important in the way that the mind works, i cannot prove that, but it is my story and i am sticking to it. i think probably, one of the reasons biography continues to helpss that it basically things in ways, vivid ways, and in ways that make sense to people. i think it is significant that the best in him for -- synonym for biography is life story. every life has a beginning and crises thatve people can relate to. and when you finish a biography, it leaves you with a feeling that you have gotten to know a person. it holds together and helps you remember. that is always a problem for me as a historian. hopefully i will leave you with a little bit of that tonight. topic

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as henry kissinger once said, iran can be a country or a cause.se is showing little of the same kind of pragmatism in its regional policies as it did in the nuclear talks. it's clear that one year from the framework, it's an opportunity to increase hostilities in the region. instead of accepting this as an unfortunate reality, the community must intensify its actions to strengthen iran's strategic ambitions. >> julie pace. charles krauj hammer. >> you hear the administration's reaction to what iran is doing, and you want to weep. the president says it's not living up to the spirit of the agreement. as if anyone would believe they believe in the kind of spirits the agreement has. it has shown no concern whatsoever, the ballistic missiles, the shipping of weapons, to rebels, the using of hezbollah to fight on behalf of assad in syria, the threatening of the neighbors. i mean, this was so obvious from the beginning. then you get ernest today saying that what the iranians are doing with the weapons shipment is not consistent with u.n. security council

when put sin on the rise in europe and lithuania and latvia and astonia are -- people like henry kissingerl you what does he have in mind? that's what he's got to flush out. lou: i can't remember the last presidential candidate. i can go back to george w. bush. he said he was going to cut taxes. he did. this president -- presidents often don't tell us what may do and seldom do what they tell us. i'm not as keen on specificity as you are. i like the broad brush he brings to it and fresh thinking. >> well, but he's got to show he can carry this thing through. when ronald reagan ran in 1980, he had some broad themes but he also had substance to back them up. lou: i just look at barack obama, steve, and i say, where were all the specificity and the demand for it? the man has been an unmitigated presidential disaster without reservation, and now suddenly trump, or whomever the republicans put out has to come up with a specific plan? we're not buying it. >> give an indication where the country is going to go. reagan said he's going to cut taxes across the board 30%. he got the mandate, made it h

different kind of republican, she really channel -- he is really channeling back to reagan years even kissingerixon, a strong foreign policy with a defense build up, not because we use it to intervene in civil wars but use it as an exam told others -- exacter e charge el t -- as an example to others, you afact us, you pick a fight with us be we will beat you. >> if harkens back to republican party when republicans president won wars, we had a golden era of american foreign policy, i thought it was pretty good. i can tell you one thing, not only are democrats going to panic but a lot of conservative republicans are going to panic a lot of george w. bush republicans are not go to like it. deirdre: i hear what you said, or all you liked it, but there were some inconsistencies, i heard reagannesque language as well, but, are lay this message was important to become a ally, but he argued in favor of unpredictability. how do you do both? >> if you talk about no coherent foreign policy, if you look at last 15 years issue yes, we toppled dictators but we did not stick around to encor encourage new gove