mr. kissinger who actually was the one who engaged the chinese during the cold war. but more importantly, his criticism to a series of expertise goes back 20 years. not just over the past eight years. not 50 years. because we look at the results. were we able to engage in predict being the arab spring? no. were we able in predicting the rise of isis? no. so these are actual results and the expertise that was not able to do so was the one he wants to have a meeting with. >> you said president obama kind of felt the same way when he said he wanted to speak to the iranian leader. a lot of people thought that that was a mistake. what do you think about trump wanting to speak with north korea? >> it's hard to point out that he really does sound a lot like president obama did back in '08. recall, that he was widely criticized by leaders on both sides of the aisle to include john mccain, to hillary clinton. and so you have to point that out here. we wonder where he's going when he is aligning himself with traditional american adversaries, while at the same time opening the

kissinger: i'm not going to get into the -- [laughter] mr. updegrove: is it fair to say that 2014 was a long time ago? are you still inclined to [laughter] dr. kissinger: i have not made an announcement. mr. updegrove: fair enough. dr. kissinger: if you were kind enough to say, i could send it. i wanted to give the audience a chance. [applause] mr. updegrove: i must say to his credit he called me several weeks ago and said, i want to take questions from the audience. i will take any questions they offer. i asked that you ask the question briefly and in a civil manner. >> when the court was signed in laos in 1962, they counted on the vietnamese to honor the neutralization in laos which did not happen and they did not acknowledge that that accord was broken. you had an expectation of the moving troops out of laos and that did not happen as expected by the negotiators. dr. kissinger: you are quite right. audience member: how do we -- dr. kissinger: you can say, at least until recently, the north vietnamese controlled the record for breaking agree

mr. kissinger's residence. what did they talk about on the inside?ou would love to be a fly on the wall this is what you do when you become the presumptive nominee of the republican party. what people are doing for years, visiting henry kissinger tapping into the vest of knowledge on things he picked up over the years. certainly no shortage of topics. trump's much talked about plan to build a wall. neil cavuto had dr. kissinger back as a guest on fox business network he said at the time, kegs inker did, was not supportive of that trump plan to ban muslims. did they talk about that? a has he either changed his mind or able to change trump's mind. certainly something to think about. you will talk more about this. this is part of the process david for example donald trump. it is not just on foreign policy as we watch the campaign develop. he has been going through the motion of putting together a general election campaign. we're told he is putting together his economic team as an example. we know earlier this afternoon the campaign put out a list of 11

mr. kissinger or comment on the american views as transmitted through this channel. in a very highly classified meeting in the cabinet room on october 18, 1967 president johnson, secretary of state dean russ, secretary of defense robert mcnamara asked dr. kissinger to make one more attempt, the north vietnamese response and i quote, there's no reason for us to talk again. what we soon learned was hanoi was planning a massive all-out assault throughout vietnam, a sledge hammer blow designed to shadow the north vietnamese army and hopefully to drive the united states out. on january 30, 1968, hanoi launched its tenth offensive. it was much more massive than the cia or our military leadership had anticipated. president johnson and virtually all of us around him were shocked. the north vietnamese and viet co cong, attack d 36 capitals and five of the six largest cities. thousands were killed but united states forces prevailed and won in every single battle, including a massive battle at way. despite his best efforts and efforts of the french intermediary, kissinger paris

mr. updegrove: do you agree? dr. kissinger: i agree with that. i think that the presidents who made the major decisions had a reason for making them. mr. updegrove: in his 2015 book, the last of the presidents men, bob woodward writes of january 1972 memo that you wrote to president's updating him on the military situation in laos. president nixon wrote a handwritten note on that same memo, which read k, meaning kissinger, we have had 10 years of total control in the air in laos and vietnam. the result equals village. there is something wrong with the strategy or the air force. and yet, that before, that before coming in a cbs interview with dan rather, residence and set up the bombing, the results of been very, very effective. i think their effectiveness will be demonstrated. publicly, president nixon as saying the bombing is effective, privately to you he is saying that they have done zilch. dr. kissinger: he wasn't saying -- one of the curses of modern activism is -- modern archive is anism is collected and treated as if it were a legal documen

mr. kissinger.ou might remember, last week, he had a hastily arranged meeting with former secretary of state james baker after baker said at a senate hearing earlier in the day, this is back when trump was visiting washington and meeting with the congressional leadership, that baker said during that congressional hearing, that he was opposed to what trump was saying about nato and reducing america's participation in nato or at least the funding of it and allow japan and south korea to have their own nuclear arsenal, so we hope to find out tomorrow what he says in this meeting with kissinger. really more of a ticket punch than anything. >> john roberts live outside trump tower. thank you. as you look at the race board from kentucky. 1,869 votes separate hillary clinton and bernie sanders. some 40 precincts out in kentucky of about 3,700 precincts in kentucky and that is the number separating the two, 1,869. we were not making a call as of yet. we'll wait for more total to come in. let's bring in synd

mr. kissinger is, you know, very well respected among many foreign policy experts, although people have their criticisms of him as well as being a realist when it comes to foreign policy. so again, if it is a little bit educational for the republican presumptive nominee, i'm for it. >> all right, thanks to both of you. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," what happens in vegas may not stay in vegas, why some democrats fear chaos could erupt tt democratic convention. (war drums beating) fight heartburn fast. with tums chewy delights. the mouthwatering soft chew that goes to work in seconds to conquer heartburn fast. tum tum tum tum. chewy delights. only from tums. but it's actually a triumph of predictive analytics. because of optum. through population health data, they provide insights so doctors and hospitals can identify high-risk patients. like me... asthma... potential hospital visit. so now thanks to optum, this asthma thing's under control. gravity not so much. this is healthier, powered by optum. from health plans to providers to employers. we connect all parts of health care. healthie

mr. mark: kissinger has graciously excepted to take a few questions from the audience. i will ask you another question, as you would like to ask questions, i asked that you two up on either side of the aisle. i asked that you ensure that your question is in fact a question in a statement, and that you be as brief as possible in asking that question. kissinger, it's impossible to ignore the election as it plays out. you said in a 2014 interview with scott simon of national public radio that you think hillary clinton would make a good president, but you intended to support the republican nominee. dr. kissinger: i'm not going to get into the -- [laughter] into the -- [laughter] [applause] mark: is it fair to say that 2014 was a long time ago. are you inclined to support whoever the republican party nominates? [laughter] dr. kissinger: i have not made an announcement. mark: fair enough. dr. kissinger: if you were kind enough to say, i could send it. i wanted to give the audience a chance. mark: i must say to his credit he called me several weeks ago and said, i want to take

mr. kissinger here in new york. probably going on right now or close to it.ost his foreign-policy credential. >> mr. trump's comments on muslim immigrants. donald trump has been very negative about china. stuart: amazon. we have reports that they will open up to actual grocery stores. bricks and mortar grocery stores. nicole petallides at the new york stock exchange. give me the whole story, please. nicole: talking about groceries in san diego and the like. trying to earn a lot of revenue. growth property. back in february. amazon was one of the other hundreds of stores. a couple of stores are we looking at 100? this is sad. after james kendall finis, he died a number of years ago, reports that italian paramedic stole something from him as he lay dying. we will tell you what it is, what it was, actually. true story. paul francis chastising the west. should not have exported democracy. it will not work in iraq and libya. then we have dan patrick rebelling against the president's mandate on transgender bathrooms. he will be on the show if you says it is federal

kissinger. this is mr. trump arriving about an hour ago at dr. kissinger's apartment. but he went to see him. interestingly enough, it comes the same day where an economic team is being assembled for m. trump including the likes of steve moore and larry kudlow and the guy orchestrating these powwows and tries to get this sort of kitchen cabinet dream team going is that fellow, jeff sessions, the alabama republican senator who has been very, very influenti influential, early backer of donald trump long before others were supposedly falling in line. to this kissinger thing, this could be an interesting development, itself, because not too long ago when dr. kissinger was on my fox business show, he had reservations about mr. trump particularly when it came to his treatment of muslims. listen. >> i would be concerned, i do not favor an intrusion on the basis of religion. >> would you worry if he were the party's nominee? >> i have not endorsed him, to put it -- >> i guess what i'm asking, sir, i'm sorry, if he were the republican nominee -- >> if he were the republican nom

mr., dr. henry kissinger. foreign policy guru to a lot of presidents. nixon and ford among them.rently nine days shy of his 93rd birthday. he and donald trump are due to meet sometime this afternoon here at the offices of kissinger associates in new york and that is just about all i can tell you. because there's no other information coming out about it. the news crews are right there. that's a live picture you're looking at. they're waiting on the sidewalk to see the walk-in, at least. we do know this week alone, the republican presidential nominee to be has predicted, quote, not a very good relationship with britain if he's elected president and declared that he would have, quote, no problem speaking personally with north korean dictator kim jong-un. here's what trump said about that to reuters. >> i would speak to him. i would have no problem speaking to him. at the same time, i would put a lot of pressure on china because economically, we have tremendous power over china, china can solve that problem with one meeting or one phone call. >> the landslide i mentioned in yesterday

mr. trump's perspective and somebody like kissinger has a very different view of america's role in the worldmr. trump has. what in a meeting like that would change his mind, influence his mind when he hears somebody like henry kissinger? >> mr. trump will come into the meeting with the business mind that he has. who better than donald trump to talk about china and the trade that's going on. mr. trump knows that the power that we have in america over china and he will -- he will make sure that henry knows that information and henry will share with him what he knows about the foreign policy and they'll come to a compromise of mr. trump's strengths and power and knowing that we do hold the cards and that we do have control but we need to get control back, so he's most definitely willing to listen, as you know have seen last night on the megan kelly show. so this is going to be huge. sandra: i want to get lee carter in here. first i want to show poll, six and ten republicans trust trump to lead the republican party while only four in ten voters say they have more faith in house speaker paul ryan

kissinger, a top advisor to president's nixon and ford. we have more with john. >> reporter: good afternoon to you. mr. trump met with james baker haft week when he was in washington and happened after secretary baker was critical of don altd trump's foreign policy. they are not giving out details. secretary kissinger isrning 93 a week from friday. with all of the secret service consideration, they may be meeting here at trump tower. he was secretary of state to president nixon and ford and met with candidates for president the and vice-president. in 2008, he had a meeting with sarah palin. donald trump looking to foster foreign policy credentials. and same time as all of this is happening, donald trump facing barage of attacks. priority usa launching a 6 million adin virginia, ohio and florida and nevada. having people mount trump's own words. >> fat [bleep]. girls come up to you five foot one. >> and of course, donald trump didn't take kindly to that. amazing that crocked hillary does a crooked adon when her husband was the worst in abuse per of woman in u.s. political history. donald trump making a c

mr. arnett: i was here through the conference call yesterday and henry kissinger's presentation. overnight i made a few notes. [laughter] mr. arnett: i think it's clear from the panel discussions at this conference of an important policy of president kennedy, johnson and next in involving vietnam -- nixon involving vietnam were carefully concealed from the american public to maintain but i called. the media policies of all three president attended heavy-handed news manipulation and intimidation of reporters in the field and their superiors back home. the objective was to proceed with actions in vietnam that have publicly debated would meet resistance at home and concern abroad. compelders endeavored to a powerful news industry with a long tradition of bold, moral reporting to bend to the whims of policymakers making questionable judgments on issues important to the american public. judgments often made far from the battlefields. in earlier significant american wars, the government, with official censorship, took upon itself the burden of deciding what news was fit to print. what i

mr. ramo, vice president of kissinger associates will be in talk.on friday we are back in new york city for forum held at the john j college of criminal justice. that's a look at some of the author programs book tv is covering this week. many of these events are open to the public. look for them to air in the knee fur chew on book tv on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] >> welcome, to our heritage foundation. we welcome those who join us on heritage.org, for all the guests in house we ask last courtesy check that cell phones and other noise-making devises have been

mr. trump has officially arrived at kissinger's home. what else do we know?l, we know that they have been talking for weeks. we know that this follows on the heels of a meeting with james baker, the former secretary of state, and in some ways i think what's most surprising is you see not that kissinger would take the meeting but the candidate would embrace the most reigning of republican elder statesman on foreign policy. the person who really embraces the school of thought on american policy which donald trump seems to agree, but really at the insurgent candidate would embrace the reigning, you know, northern policy elder statesman of the republican establishment is what i think is among the most interesting things of today's meeting. >> all right. so gayle is surprised on the embracing there. doug brinkley, i mean, you called kissinger and the kissing of the ring en route to the presidency. are you surprised by it? >> not a bit surprised. that's exactly what donald trump needs to do, the presumptive republican nominee and have to meet people like baker and

kissinger criticized trump's idea to ban muslims from entering the united states until we, quote, figure out what the hell is going on. is trump now, right now, this minute, getting advice? you're seeing mr. trump, i think, walking out. there he is, waving to the cameras. this is live, leaving henry kissinger's house. is this an example of him trying to mend a relationship, only a fly on the wall knows the true conversation that just happened in this private meeting. it comes as trump is raising more eyebrows after saying he would like to meet with north korean leader kim jong-un. one could only know what kissinger thought about that. currently not committed to endorsing the presumptive republican nominee, not yet, anyway, that's where he is -- congressm congressm congressman kinsinger, thank you for joining me. you say it will make our enemies fear us less. today he's meeting with kissinger and he met with former secretary of state james baker. do you think he's getting the kind of advice that he needs and realizing people like you may have a point to make when it comes to his foreign policy approach? >> i hope so. i can tell you, if he gave henry kissinger an opportunity to speak, he's

mr. trump will meet with henry kissinger maybe tomorrow and talk about foreign policy.that's something else for newspapers like "the new york times" to write about, and then it can turn its attention to serious issues, right? >> i guess, but i also think that anytime he deals with substance, it tends to expose the fact that he doesn't really know that much about foreign policy. so it's always a risk for him, and just meeting with kissinger doesn't really accomplish anything. i think one of the most interesting things from kasich was that he questioned whether his wife and daughters would back him if he endorsed trump because he feels like that -- the women issue even hits in his own family. >> right. >> and the women issue is a very real issue. i mean, again, at the risk of defending my paper too far, that piece captured an essential part of why donald trump is going to have a difficult time being elected president, and it went to the heart of questions about -- not about sort of his capabilities to run foreign policy, though those obviously matter a great deal but abou

policy and national security there is some people really worth visiting and henry kissinger would be on that list. >> all right, mr. speaker, moments ago, donald trump using the word rape when talking about president bill clinton. that was in an interview with sean hannity that will air tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. your thoughts? the reference as i understand it and i haven't seen the whole interview is he was accusing the "new york times" not doing much of an investigation when they spent six weeks and two reporters on him. >> since i haven't seen the interview, i have no idea what trump was referring to, i mean, there have been all sorts of allegations. there have been people come out of the woodwork. i always thought it was bizarre that the "new york times" decides they are going to take on donald trump when his relationship with women and do such a bad job that the centerpiece of their story goes on tv to say that the "new york times" whole story was a lie, exactly the opposite of what she said. meanwhile, have you, for example, clinton took a whole series of trips with a convicted pedophile, including five

mr. trump is meeting tomorrow with senator bob corker who is the head of the foreign relations committee. he's met with henry kissingers baker. is he learning about foreign policy from these meetings? is it a box checked en route to becoming the president? what's happening? >> i don't think there is any doubt he's enjoying the meetings. he's focused on being more prepared. his basic philosophy and approach is the kissinger type model. it's realism, caution, being cautious about how we deploy our men and women in harm's way, not to be involved in excessive efforts to alter, create democracies in countries not ready for it. i believe that's a legitimate criticism of recent foreign ols policy. he's on the right track in that regard. i have supported president bush and a lot of activities. but i think most americans believe correct ly that we need to be more cautious about our engagement around the world. >> does he have more to learn about foreign policy? >> of course we all do. i have been on the armed services committee for years. the details are so complex in some of these countries. you have to have the best intellig

kissinger sat down with lbj library director as comments that organizers call the vietnam war summit then took questions from the audience. this program is about 90 minutes. >>> please welcome mrs. linda johnson rob, the honorable hubert voe, ms. lucy johnson, daughter of linden and lady

mr. trump is meeting tomorrow with senator bob corker who is the head of the foreign relations committee, he has also met with henry kissinger, he met with james baker. is he learning about foreign policy from these meetings? or are these just maybe more of a box check on your route to becoming the president? what's happening in these meetings, senator? >> i don't think there's any doubt that he's enjoining these meetings and there will be more of them. he's focused on being even more prepared, but his basic philosophy and approach to national defense and foreign policy is close to the kissinger type model. it's realism, it's caution, it's being more cautious about how we deploy our men and women in harm's way, not to be involved in excessive efforts to alter -- create democracies in countries that are not ready for it. i believe that's a legitimate criticism of a recent foreign policy. i think he's on the right track in that regard. i've supported president bush and a lot of these activities, but i think most americans believe correctly that we need to be more cautious in the future about our engagement around the world. >>

kissinger today. bill bennett was saying, this is the beginning of trump's signaling. >> right, we've seen these numbers go up from the beginning of the republican primary. i've been saying, mrhas been able to close those unfavorable gaps in record time. if you haven't seen the criticism of male journalists. younger women today, they're not focused on the emotional aspects. that's why the clinton campaign is turning women off. this type of old fashioned feminism, it was supposed to be about encouragement and victimization. have you to make me feel better. women don't want a therapist for a president, they want a commander. >> they don't want to be insulted based on their gender. >> mr. trump's criticism is to appointment. he's not embracing this whole concept of women. >> she raises the point about certain issues that only women have, that he allegedly made a comment about. those things and the comment about, you're not a 10, and if you're flat chested you can't be a ten. even if you like trump, it's like, would you stop making comments about women's breasts and all the rest of them. >> i think the most disturbing comments have about been sexuality. what he said to a celebri

mr. trump. l. >> the guy has a channel pin see level understanding of national security policy. >> said sure a president trump would sit down with north korea's kim jong-un. >> meeting today with henry kissinger. >> one stupid reckless thing after another. >> ooh, okay, excuse me. >> let's hope we get back to people running that actually understand policy and can read a book. >> i would love to sit down and read a book but i don't have the time anymore. >> before we will have the opportunity to defeat donald trump we're going to have to defeat secretary clinton. >> sanders defiant. >> state after state the people have stood up and helped defeat the establishment. >> there is a way to deal with frustration over process. >> she has been working against bernie sanders. there's no doubt about it. >> people are not going to just sit back and accept business as usual. >> we'll take our fight into the convention. >> according to the latest national poll, america is now closer to a trump presidency than it has ever been. after the clinton campaign squeaked out a one-point victory in kentucky then lost to bernie sanders by 12 points in oregon, the clinton campaign is staring at shocking new poll that

mr. thornberry's amendment and or what he talks about micromanagement. micro management goes back to the founding of the national security council. you think richard nixon's secretary of state and secretary of defense didn't think henry kissinger micro managed when he was the national security advisor? he sarpetishesly altered the u.s. policy to china on his own with his staff at n.s.c. there's a long tradition of micro management and interference and i have no doubt that mr. thornberry is right. every secretary of defense and every secretary of state would have a similar complaint. of course they would. and they might be right. to elevate this job over 100 people to senate confirmation actually aggravates the problem. now you've got to codify the micro management. you are going to make this a policymaking apparatus in direct competition with the very department you're trying to help, the department of defense and the department of state. it's the wrong answer to the growing size of an n.s.c. i don't remember republican complaints about the growth of the n.s.c. under the previous administration, and maybe we can work together in the future to try to make sure that we have a more manageable size. i applaud certainly the fact th