i will give marc ginsberg a chance to respond. guest: the most important thing i care about for the american people is their safety and security. we have to not be dumb about the middle east anymore. we have to understand where our , avoiding saying the worst things -- i was listening to mr. trump the other night on the debate. i just cannot believe that e absurdity of some other things being said by the candidates. it shows a sheer full business and ignorance of the candidates towards the region. host: yet, he has a 2-1 lead in the polls now. guest: yes. if the american people took a step back and understood that there is a way out of this morass if we are careful, deliver, and smart about what .ur tactics would be we would empower the people on the ground to do the fighting for us -- the moroccans, the egyptians, we do have allies in the region. it will take smart diplomacy, not sledgehammer diplomacy or better than one time as the region and create more recruits for isis. that is what mr. trump has done, and what mr. cruz have

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later marc ginsberg, former ambassador to morocco talks about the president's strategy to combat isis. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on faith again twitter. washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the reagan narrative was he weight, grade b actor with premature orange hair , which is what gerald ford said about him in 1976. he is turning prematurely orange. even with all of the discussions of the administration, the historians consistently rated reagan low. i believe out of ideological bison -- bias. >> he discusses his book, last act. a look at ronald reagan's life after leaving the white house. >> i grew up in the 1980's. it was the time for us. i write about the facts. i'll make things up. -- i don't make things that. i don't believe they make things up. inhink we have succeeded repositioning people's thinking about ronald reagan so the picture that emerges is of a very serious, deep thinking, considerate solicitous man announcer: tonight at 8:00 eastern on q&a. >> all persons having business before the honorable supreme cou

later, marc ginsberg, former u.s. ambassador to morocco talks that the president strategy to combat isis. as always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> the reagan narrative was that he was a lightweight, grade b actor with premature orange hair which is what gerald ford said about him in 1976. even with all of the successes of this administration, historians have consistently rated ronald reagan low. i believe that of ideological bias. >> sunday night on q&a, historian craig shirley discusses his book "laugh back." a look at ronald reagan's life after leaving the white house and the way he's been remembered since his death. >> i like to write about ronald reagan because i grew up in the 1980's. but, i also write about the facts. i don't make things that. i don't believe that -- make things that. succeeded inave repositioning people thinking about ronald reagan said that it was -- the picture that emerges is of a

abs marc ginsberg. and a former white house middle east advisor. ambassador, could good to see y.rtant that people in the u.s. pay attention to what's happening in russia, turkey and what's going on between the two countries. >> undoubtedly, if isis is of great concern to the united states and russian airplanes are involved in syria and they're not attacking isis, so that is point one. they're really determined to support the assad regime and not to join the coalition to oppose the isis and to support american air force as well as potential british and french forces. secondly, you have to go back, josÉ, and in long history between turkey and russia. in the very airspace that the -- that the russian plane was shot down, this is territory that, in some respects, syria and turkey have been claiming for centuries from each other. and so the russians in some respects wiare playing syria's card here and playing into a very sensitive area in turkey where erdogan believes russia has far more designs on turkey on people realize. >> now saying turkey is benefiting from the stolen oil essent