rhonda slim is from the middle east institute. she says, call me as long had issues with paramilitary groups, backed by ron. it had lots of resources and they have manpower. they have what been re, they had lots of financially sofas, resources. after all, you know, billions of dollars are allocated every year in the iraqi, a budget for the shabby which is the umbrella. what a lot of these militias, in addition to whatever they get from in on the iranian backed militia groups have been protesting cicio toby, 10th election, which they said was subject to fraud and corruption. the father lawrence lost a significant amount of seats. the supreme court has rejected most of the allegations of fraud. so far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. iran cook, i deserve. thousands of people have rallied in ethiopia, capital, and supportive government forces battling a rebel advance. they to grey rebels, have captured strategic towns along the highway to the capital. and if threatened to move in on addis ababa, libya's electoral

we're under slim, is that from the middle east institute. she says cami has long had issues with paramilitary groups, backed by iran. they had lots of resources and they have manpower. they have weaponry. they had lots of financially sofas, resources, after all, you know, billions of dollars are allocated every year in the iraqi budget for the has the shabby which is the umbrella for a lot of these militias, in addition to whatever they get from it on. also what they get from other illegal activities that they are engaged, the relationship between called the me and the iran back iraq immunization has been a long time. you know, the, one of the, i mean, recently, some of these militia people have been handed, indictment in a tribunal of having kill some of the processors during the process last 2 years ago. so the problem is advisor. the lead dr. and sherman hash. jimmy was estimated by what suspected to be members of these it on your accumulation. so they have been, you know, in this, in this double floor them and called me and, and, and the

rhonda slim is from the middle east institute. she says, call me as long had issues with paramilitary groups, backed by wrong. they had lots of resources and they have manpower. they have what been re, they had lots of financially sofas, resources. after all, you know, billions of dollars are allocated every year in the iraqi, a budget for the shabby, which is the umbrella. what a lot of these militias, in addition to whatever they get from in, on the iranian backed militia, groups of in protest. this is your total 10th election, which they say was subject to fraud and corruption. the father lawrence lost a significant amount of seats. the supreme court has rejected most of the allegations of fraud. so far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. iran cut our desert and i'm not one of know why had, has this update for us from baghdad close to where that attack happened in the green zone. when you talk to people here to protest, they will tell you that they are very skeptical. they do not believe that this attack was ha

rhonda slim is from the middle east institute, she says caught me as long had issues with paramilitary groups, backed by wrong. i had lots of resources and they have manpower. they have what then re, they had lots of financially, sofas, resources. after all, you know, billions of dollars are allocated every year in the iraqi budget for the hash, the shabby, which is the umbrella. what a lot of these militias, in addition to whatever they get from it on the iranian backed militia groups have been protesting, says your total 10th election, which they said was subject to fraud and corruption. the father lawrence lost a significant amount of seat. the supreme court is rejected most of the allegations of fraud so far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. elonka our desert. well, that's not speak to mussman up there. why had, he joins us live from baghdad now close to where that attack happened. well, who does we've been saying competing narratives about what happened here? do we have a sense of who is behind, as well as you know, and as does yeah, the central joint operation

rhonda slim is from the middle east institute. she says, call me as long had issues with paramilitary groups, backed by wrong. they had lots of resources and they have manpower. they have what been re, they had lots of financially sofas, resources. after all, you know, billions of dollars are allocated every year in the iraqi, a budget for the has the shabby, which is the umbrella for a lot of these militias, in addition to whatever they get from in, on the iranian backed militia groups have been protesting. cicio tober 10th election, which they said was subject to fraud and corruption. the father lawrence lost a significant amount of seat. the supreme court has rejected most of the allegations of fraud. so far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. ronko our desert. oh, not, not under what it is in the cabinet baghdad with something according to the security national security cabinet. the investigations are underway, the national security cabinets cause it a major threat not only to the prime minister but to the int

rhonda slim is from the middle east institute. she says caught me as long had issues with paramilitary groups, backed by wrong. they had lots of resources and they have manpower. they have what been re, they had lots of financially sofas, resources. after all, you know, billions of dollars are allocated every year in the iraqi, a budget for the has the shabby, which is the umbrella for a lot of these militias, in addition to whatever they get from it on. the iranian backed militia groups have been protesting cicio tober, 10th election, which they said was subject to fraud and corruption. the father lawrence lost a significant amount of seat. the supreme court has rejected most of the allegations of fraud. so far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. iran cut our desert hours after the attack must have al cartler me called a meeting with the heads of the country security agencies. his officers, the drone attack was high on their agenda. their reports are several members of the prime minister, his personal protection

rhonda slim is from the middle east institute. she says, call me as long had issues with paramilitary groups, backed by wrong. they had lots of resources and they have manpower. they have what been re, they had lots of financially sofas, resources. after all, you know, billions of dollars are allocated every year in the iraqi, a budget for the shabby, which is the umbrella. what a lot of these militias, in addition to whatever they get from in on the iranian backed militia groups have been protesting, says your total 10th election, which they say was subject to fraud and corruption. the father lines lost a significant amount of seats. the supreme court has rejected most of the allegations of fraud. so far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. iran cut our desert. let's get an update from how much more than that i had. he's joining us from baghdad, so no claim of responsibility yet. we know the investigation is ongoing, does, according to security officials where, where to think, stand with the investigation would i

is the director of the conflict resolution and track to dialogues program the middle in the middle east institute. rather she joins us now live by scott from washington d. c. thank you for your time. so roka tax on, on the greens on nothing new the new to happen. but what does it say to you that this was reportedly a drone attack and targeting the prime minister? and this was not the 1st attack targeting the prime minister 2 days ago when he was visiting the headquarters of iraq national intelligence service. and other attack also happened to have, you know, it took place. and so there has been, i mean, yet we don't know who did it. i think there's a lot of same evidence that consensual evidence pointing out the iran back iraq militia also hadn't had others. there are. i mean, one of the books burst and said, you know, the prime minister is not even worth wasting it, drawn on him. or he just tweeted that recent p, but yet also another a leader of the one of the militia yesterday accused. i'll call me as judy porter said of being behind the killing of 2 of the protesters, and that he basically cra

institute. and in paris, a journalist and contributor to the middle east monitor. welcome to the program.fter 10 years of silence, saif al-islam in his new york times interview talks about coming back with this are a of mystery -- this aura of mystery, almost like a striptease. now we are seeing the big reveal. he looks like a changed man. he used to favor western, european clothing. we saw him register in very traditional clothes. i know very little has been heard from him from the public. is he a changed man? >> if you take into account the fact he has been for a decade in isolation, completely cut off from the outside world, without his family and associates, he must have changed anyway. he faced a court in 2015. i think he is a changed man. he has been involved in important reconciliation processes between tribes, just two weeks ago successfully. the libyan public view of him has changed as well because they see some kind of savior because of what has happened in the country. some people think he is a changed man regardless of the type of ropes he has put onto to come out for the firs

institution. he work in the middle east reporting mostly from iraq, and he was a china correspondent at the new yorker for saw years from -- 15 years, from 2008-2015. his new book won the national book award and was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. he also wrote joe biden: the life, the run and what matters now. after a decade abroad often championing america's moral commitments such as the rule of law, power of truth and the right of equal opportunity for all, osnos returned to find that each of these principles was under assault here at home. reported over six years following ordinary individuals in three places that he knows firsthand -- greenwich, are connecticut, hartsford, west virginia, and chicago, illinois -- the book "wildland are" illustrates the origin of that anger. and in discussion with evan will be tom hudson, vice president of news and special correspondent for wlrn. you probably know tom from the radio on our wlrn. he hosts the sunshine economy and anchors florida round-up every friday. with that, evan osnos. [applause] >> hill low, hello, hello! the miami book fair live and in per

institution. he work in the middle east reporting mostly from iraq, and he was a china correspondent at the new yorker for saw years from -- 15 years, from 2008-2015. his new book won the national book award and was a finalist for the pulitzer prize. he also wrote joe biden: the life, the run and what matters now. after a decade abroad often championing america's moral commitments such as the rule of law, power of truth and the right of equal opportunity for all, osnos returned to find that each of these principles was under assault here at home. reported over six years following ordinary individuals in three places that he knows firsthand -- greenwich, are connecticut, hartsford, west virginia, and chicago, illinois -- the book "wildland are" illustrates the origin of that anger. and in discussion with evan will be tom hudson, vice president of news and special correspondent for wlrn. you probably know tom from the radio on our wlrn. he hosts the sunshine economy and anchors florida round-up every friday. with that, evan osnos. [applause] >> hill low, hello, hello! the miami book fair live and in per

institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> live now to a discussion analyzing the u.s. role in the middle east. this event is just getting underway that's hosted by the chicago council on global affairs. >> martin is a distinguished fellow at the council on foreign relations and was twice a former u.s. ambassador to israel and was assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs and was a senior director at the national security council and he was a senior special envoy on the israeli-palestinian peace process through two administrations. before he came to the council on foreign relations, he was at brookings institution where he was executive vice resident and the founding president and head of the center for middle east studies. most importantly, that's why he is here for us today -- he is the author of a terrific new book, master of the game. you will find a link to the book where you can purchase it on her website. it's wonderful to have you and congrats on the book. it's in their lifetime work. it's a terrific read. it's wonderful to have you here with us today. >> thank you, it's gre

council on foreign relations, he was at brookings institution where he was executive vice resident and the founding president and head of the center for middle east studies. most importantly, that's why he is here for us today -- he is the author of a terrific new book, master of the game. you will find a link to the book where you can purchase it on her website. it's wonderful to have you and congrats on the book. it's in their lifetime work. it's a terrific read. it's wonderful to have you here with us today. >> thank you, it's great to be with you and i wish it were in person but hopefully, it won't be too long before we can do that. i am really honored to be appearing again at the chicago council. >>>> it's always good to have you back and we will do it again in person next time. for now, let's discuss the book. tell us a little bit about how you steeped in middle east diplomacy in so many ways both from practice and is an advocate and as a scholar, decided that at the end -- a long time into your career, learning what kissinger had done particularly in that four-year time when he was secretary of state was so important and you wanted to writ

us al demonte, he's the director of the study institute then and in paris, mustafah for tory, a journalist on the can, and a contributor to the middle east monitor. thank you, gentlemen, for joining us today. welcome to the program at now i see after 10 years of silence as a fall, islam in his big new york times interview. he talks about coming back with this or a mystery, almost like a like a strip tease of sorts. and now we, it seems to see in the big reveal, i'm curious because he looks like quite the changed man. he used to favor a lot more western european clothing. we seen him now registered and very traditional robes. and mr. i know very little has been hired from in the, from the public. certainly for all these years. is he a changed man? well, certainly sir. just see if you, you know, take into account the fact that he has been over a decade in isolation and completely got to from the outside world, or without his family, without his close friends and associates. snap with have changed anybody. and he also face to get them okay by you court back in 2015. and there were even suspicion if he was in her life or not. and there was a

foreign relations he was at brookings institute where he was executive vice president of the brookings and also the founding president and head of the center for middle east studies and most importantly, that's why he's here for us today. he is the author of a terrific new book, master of the game. and reconsider and the heart of middle east diplomacy that will be discussing today. you will find a link to the book where you can purchase it on our website bsshortly as well. martin, it's wonderful to have you. congrats on the book and your lifetime work in many ways it's a terrific read. and wonderful to have you here hwith us. >> it's great to be with you. i wish we were here in person but it won't be hopefully too long before we can do that but i'm really honored to be appearing again at the council. >> it's always good to have you back and we willdo it again in person next yotime . but for now let's s discuss the book. tell us a little bit about how you speak in middle east diplomacy in so many ways, both from practice and as an advocate as a scholar decided that at the end of your career, and the long time into your career learning what you have done pa

inserts, makes move to dissolve key institutions. warnings, the fragile peace of with the skiers dream to run in the swiss alps, half ah, hello boise sunshine across middle east ash per usual. but we have got some way whether in the forecast northern areas will cease and cloud and right. sherry ranges pushing i, which was northern parts of around western areas over the high ground. also seeing some unsettled weather. we'll see some bits and pieces of cloud and rain, cherry damp was just moving away from north in all parts of afghanistan as we go through friday. and on into saturday we will see temperature falling back to around 11 celsius into round. so a little cooler than it has been recently a shower still very much in place here, but for most as you can see, it does look fine and try pleasant. 32 celsius here in doha, about where it should be over the next few days. then the central parts of africa, the showers continue quite nicely, some larvae, showers there into uganda, pushing across at western side, tanza, near democratic republic of congo. see the usual heat of the day, showers a seasonal downpours, some wet weather, stripping its way down. now acro

foreign relations, he was at the brookings institution, where he was executive vice president at brookings and the founding president and head of the center for middle easttudies and most importantly, that is why he is here for us today, the author of a tradition --terrific new work "master of the game: henry kissinger in the art of middle eastern diplomacy". you will find a link to the book to purchase it on our website and shortly as well as our chat. it is wonderful to have you. congrats on the book. it is a terrific read. wonderful to have you with us today. mr. indyk: thank you. it is great to be with you. you are impressive. hopefully it will not be too long. i am honored to appear, again, in the chicago council. mr. daalder: it is always good to have you back and we will do it in person next time. for now, let's discuss the book. tell us a little bit about how you steeped in middle east diplomacy in so many ways, both from practice and as an advocate and a scholar, decided at the end of -- long time and of your career, earning what kissinger had done, particularly in that four-year period as secretary of state. what is so important that you wanted

institute. i will jump right in. why did kissinger devote so much time and energy to his middle east diplomacy? the secretary of state was almost entirely devoted to that challenge. it was not his original intention. when he came into government he knew little about the middle east. he never traveled the world. he didn't know about it, didn't care to know about it. he thought he worked out a kind of stale order in the middle east in which israeli deterrence in the middle east heartland and iran turned to the gulf to maintain order. an agreement between the superpowers would stir it up in the middle east. nixon was pressing him to do something to stabilize it further. therefore he decided before the war in 1973 broke out after the israeli elections that were set to take place at the end of october, 1973. they didn't believe anything would come of it. therefore before the war took place he was never really that interested in trying to make peace. admitting he knew nothing about the details in the middle east diplomacy. the war of 1973 changed everything. it came as a surprise to him. nevertheless

middle east. we will do this chronologically. we will go kissinger, carter, baker. first martin, stuart, and then susan. mine: delighted to be back at the institute and to be on this panel. i would jump right in. why was -- why did kissinger devote so much time and energy? he was almost entirely devoted to that challenge. it was not his original intention. when he came into government, he knew very little about the least. he traveled six times to israel before that had never traveled there. he did not care to know about it. he thought that there was a stable order in the middle east, in which israeli deterrence -- they basically maintained. nixon was pressing him to do something to stabilize it further. she decided before the war broke out that he would launch an initiative after the elections. he did not believe. therefore, before the war took place, he was never really that interested in making peace. he knew nothing about it and the details. the war changed everything. it came as a surprise to israel and to him. nevertheless, he recognized very quickly that it created an opportunity to do something that he had wanted to do for some time. it wa

institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ >> a former u.s. ambassador to israel talked about diplomacy in the middle eastage begins today at 11:00 a.m. eastern, online at c-span.org, or watchful coverage on c-span now, our new video app. >> i would like to start by saying i work since i was 11 years old. i never had to worry about being hungry. hi just working i would eat. it wasn't until i could not work that i was -- that experienced real hunger. i suffered an injury at work. after two years of surgeries and physical therapy, occupational therapy, it was another two years before i could get the status to get back to work. the department of labor had me medically unable unable to work -- medically unable to work. i became homeless. i applied for snap benefits and received $194 worth of food. this was crucial. however, because of work restrictions, i was cut off after three months. i brought all my paperwork to snap. a declaration by the department of labor i was medically unable to work. i was told this did not qualify me. >> early this month, the house agriculture subcommittee her testimony on hunger a