[applause] do, is thereer anybody better than bob schieffer? lee's welcome mr. bob schieffer? -- please welcome mr. bob schieffer. >> thank you very much for coming. this will be a good one tonight. we have a great panel. advisor ofon, senior the freeman chair in china studies here at center for strategic and international studies. he spent more than two decades in the u.s. government intelligence and foreign affairs committees. he is the senior china analyst, or was, at the cia. he played a key role in supporting policymakers during ,he 1996 taiwan missile crisis the 1999 bombing of the chinese him -- embassy in belgrade, the downing of the u.s. aircraft in the, in 2001 he was awarded u.s. department of state's said. honor award for outstanding forort to the secretary aiding the office when chinese leadership changed hands in 2012. is somebody who has become well known and recognized for his knowledge of china. he is a writer for new yorker and he covers politics and foreign affairs. he is the author of a book about ambition:ed "age of chasing fortune, truth, and faith in chin

bob. >> schieffer: thank you so much. both president obama and attorney general eric holder condemn the killings and urge calm, for more now we turn to the head of the naacp cornell william brooks. mr. brooks, i want to ask you first, you heard what the head of the police union just said. former governor of new york george pataki, republican, sent out a tweet also very credible of democratic of the mayor, these are his words, we're sickened by these barbaric acts which sadly are predictable out come of divisive anti--cop rhetoric of attorney general eric holder and bill de blasio is that fair? >> i don't think so it's fair. i send my condolences to the families of these police officers. i don't think it's fair because the clear insanity of lone gunman to the peaceful protests and aspirations of many people across the country including the attorney general, the mayor, even the president. simply not fair. >> schieffer: this does appear as you say to be deranged man. but are these shootings somehow a step backwards in the effort to try to get this thing right? >> i believe it's not a step forward. we have a violence problem. think about it this way. the tears of the families of these