. >> peter brooks. >> rose: that's right, peter brooks did. >> and that, it was like i saw it three nights ago, i remember it so vividly. this year i stopped. there have been a lot of lears and i stopped seeing them. i think the last one i saw was derek jack objecti. >> i didn't see frank or simon russell or bill pennington there have been a lot of them but at a certain point i had to make it completely my own where no one sitting on my shoulder. >> rose: did you see it, was it a production put on by your father? >> you know, he did put it on, but when he put king lear on i was 7 years old. and my parents knew i wouldn't last until the end. so no, the first time i saw it was in 1962, the first season of shakespeare in the park at the delacorte with frank sillvara in the role. and it completely throttled me. i mean that you remember. you remember just the impact of a play like this. it was like the first time i ever saw death of a salesman. >> rose: speaking of death of a salesman, are there other things that you very much want to play that when you look at all its things you have done, are

peter brooks is joining me now. let's get to it with a buildup of forces on the border. what is putin up to? >> it's hard to say with precision. i mean, obviously the fact that he's doubled the number of troops means that he may do something with those troops. he's already giving support to the rebels. rebels aren't doing well against the army and putin knows he has more strength or more capable military than ukrainians. it's possible if rebels look like they're going to lose, he could send his troops across the border to help them and to pound ukrainian army or to seize more territory just like he did in crimea. >> do i hear you saying that you don't think ukrainian forces would be formidable enough to crush the rebels? >> well, they are formidable enough to crush the rebels in my view and i hope we think about giving them assistance especially intelligence to help them do that. i'm worried that since putin is supporting the rebels, if he sees rebels will go down in flames, he may use that powerful red army to come across the border and provide more support than he alre

peter brooks and a former deputy assistant secretary of defense and cia operator, thank you for joininggood to be here. >> is sis held the dam two weeks and iraqi forces rallies and u.s. air strikes and kurds took parts of it back. it is on the ti gresz river and parts of it might be under isis control and mines and bombs all over the complex. peter, how significant is this? >> it is good news in a long battle that doesn't have much good news. this is part of the critical infrastructure and cause lots of deaths. i thought isis might want to operate it. they could provide water and electricity to those repressed. and the fact of the matter is, it may portend a change of momentum in iraq. isis has been on the roll for months now and first time we have seen u.s. forces and iraqi forces and kurdish forces working together to stop the advance and roll back isis movement in iraq. >> what should the u.s. role be going forward in iraq? >> that is challenging to say, because it is still unfolding. it is a fluid situation. i think what the united states is doing now, is providing air support and

peter brookes, let me start with you.o you believe that, that there will be no combat troops on the ground? is that realistic? >> well, large numbers. i think that is what the obama administrations want. if there are airstrikes going on there are probably u.s. troops on the ground, special operations forces because, melissa, these precision bombs require laser guidance and so there is probably somebody on the ground, special forces types, actually targeting those isis forces, that the bops are hitting. in large numbers i think that is what the obama administration wants but there are probably people on the ground already in the combat zone. >> that is what they want. monica, what do you think? will it require more manpower than that? >> depend how grave the situation continues to develop here and how resilient isis forces are. i agree with peter there are probably special-ops forces on the ground but politically president obama will never be in the position of introducing regular ground troops in this situation. not only

. >> peter brooks wants told me that the full is his inner voice. you see it another way?- the fool is his inner voice? >> he is the most honest person and his world. he is the benefit of three help me's. the fool, stephen moyer. kent, j.o. sanders, the one person ready to speak the truth, and edgar, and man pretending to be mad tom, pretending to be out of his mind but who actually sees lear, sees what he needs. he's the one who helps him go to sleep when that is all that he needs, just to rest. edgar attending to be a mad man is the only person to get him to sleep. he does have the support system of this very unlikely group. we are like characters in "waiting for godot." the fool is the person who speaks truth to him and couches it in tomfoolery. stephen is very tough on lear, but he sort of knows he needs that. >> someone said at the 19th century there was a happy ending. >> samuel johnson said it was simply too tragic. it almost perversely provides this very ironic happy ending in this great "let's away" scene. he recognizes cordelia. everything is being sent to prison

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and our host for today is peter brooks who serves heritage as a .enior fellow mr. brooks is also in his fourth term as a member of the congressional u.s. china economic and security review commission. he has been appointed to that commission by two different speakers of the house. prioring to coming to heritage he served as secretary of defense for asian and pacific affairs. he has served on republican staff on the committee on international relations. severalt the c.i.a. and defense firms and on active duty in the u.s. navy. he is a graduate of georgetown university, johns hopkins and the u.s. naval academy. join me in welcoming peter brooks. >> thank you. good afternoon. thank you for coming. as you know from the news iraq is in crisis and has been for some time now. the islamic state of iraq and syria, isis has scored victories against iraq forces, taken and held territory, captured vital infrastructure and left a wake of death and destruction across iraq. not to mention that it has eclared the establishment of a fit that spans both iraq and syria. there are que

joining me now, author of "arab voices" and peter brooks. great to have both of you with us.ames, let me start with you. the israeli spokesman said yes, there was a firing after missile but it was a technicality and slip-up. he blamed hamas but he said we are fixing it destroy the last tunnel. doesn't that look like israel is likely to observe the cease-fire. >> is that for me, jerin? >> yes, james. >> oh, sorry. they are taking a real beating in public opinion, all over the world, of course. but here in the united states, it appears with statements coming from the white house and state department on the last couple of days, i think have been shocking to the israelis. they felt they had a sort of a -- an open door to do what they want to do. and they have less after blank check at this point. so i think that there is a reason for them to want to reign it in. the problem is you have 1800 palestinians dead and a lot of bitterness and anger in gaza. that won't heal quickly. but have you palestinians sitting egypt and america present in egypt waiting for the israelis to participa

with the center for security policy and i am delighted to be here with my friend and colleague peter brookes and with all of you. jennifer, thank you very much for including me and this really important topic in your program. i am heartened that you made the point that strong national defense is one of the pillars of this institute. i hope that you all are here because it is for you as well. peter and i divided the labors in terms of explaining what the challenges are to our strong, or not so strong, national defense posture at the moment. i am going to talk to you principally about something that i am sure just by virtue of the newsworthiness of it is on your mind as well as mine. that is the phenomenon of rising jihadism around the world. notably but not exclusively in syria and iraq under the banner of this organization that goes by varying names. it has been called the islamic state of iraq and the sham, isis, or the islamic state in the levant, isil, or just plain islamic state which suggests they are in a lot of places. they also fancy themselves the caliphate. i want to start -- i hav

peter brookes is a senior fellow with the heritage foundation and former deputy assistant secretary ofter, we heard from david cameron a short while ago. he raised the threat level in the u.k. does know something that we should know and should we be doing the same thing? >> well, you know, that we don't know that at this point, but he is basing this, i'm sure on intelligence. his joint terrorism analysis center jtac, put together an assessment that the threat to britain is up. britain is no stranger unfortunately to terror attacks. you remember number of years ago in the subway bombings. they don't do this wantonly. they thought this through. he is not sharing intelligence with us which might expose intelligence sources and methods but i'm sure he is doing this based on solid information, perhaps even information that he has received from the united states since we have a friendly intelligence relationship with britain. heather: let's hope we're sharing a lot of information with one another. also an interesting thing he is doing is revoking some of the passports of young men or just me

with the center for security policy and i am delighted to be here with my friend and colleague peter brooks and with all of you. jennifer, thank you very much for including me and this really important topic in your program. i am going to talk to you principally about something that i am sure of by virtue of the newsworthiness of it. is on your mind as well as mind, phenomenon of rising jihad is him around the world. notably but not exclusively in aq under the banner of this organization that goes by the ariane names -- varying names. it has been called the islamic state of iraq, isis, or the islamic state in the levant, isil or just plain islamic state which suggests they are in a lot of places. start -- i have a powerpoint that i am trusting will work. homage do anh oh my gosh honorary citizen -- the gathering storm. that was the title of his first book in his series on world war ii. -- lead up to that horrific i guess i can power through this myself. another brick, samuel johnson had this to say. i think it applies equally to this. this is of course not an isolated incident. to james fol

with the center for security policy and i am delighted to be here with my friend and colleague peter brookes and with all of you. jennifer, thank you very much for including me and this really important topic in your program. i am heartened that you made the point that strong national defense is one of the pillars of this institute. i hope that you all are here because it is for you as well. peter and i divided the labors in terms of explaining what the challenges are to our strong, or not so strong, national defense posture at the moment. i am going to talk to you principally about something that i am sure just by virtue of the newsworthiness of it is on your mind as well as mine. that is the phenomenon of rising jihadism around the world. notably but not exclusively in syria and iraq under the banner of this organization that goes by varying names. it has been called the islamic state of iraq and the sham, isis, or the islamic state in the levant, isil, or just plain islamic state which suggests they are in a lot of places. they also fancy themselves the caliphate. i want to start -- i hav

colonel peter monday sewer knows firsthand the kinds of things that are happening right now. welcome. >> thank you, brooke>> okay. so let me ask you a question i've asked within just this past hour. i'd love to hear your response when we talk about possible air strikes and isis has really come in and taken control of a chunk of iraq. how effective would that be? >> well, they would be more effective if blunting an isis offensive than they would be in retaking ground lost. the loss of sinjar, the yezidi homeland, border crossing, not unexpected, since it's removed from the kurdish homeland and really a stretch for the kurdish peshmerga to hold on to that city. as you noted, there is more than 100,000 refugees now out of their homes in mosul and sinjar and other places, yezidis and christians who are now in dire straits. and i think what we could see with the obama administration, we could take libya as a case study, they acted once there was the threat of a humanitarian disaster in benghazi. and so this could very well lead to this administration ordering air strikes to assist the kurdish peshmerga forces

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peter singer analyzes the way the drones are changing the perception of war and the relationship between the military and politicians for a washington based research center the brookings institution. which is a fundamentally different experience and going to war for someone who physically goes into a place of danger. versus someone who each morning wakes up as the commander of the first predator squadron put it to me you drive into work for twelve hours you're putting missiles and maybe targets you're killing enemy combatants and then you get back in the car. and you drive home and twenty minutes later you're talking to your kids about their homework at the dinner table . politicians gaining a new kind of power via this technology that is fairy tempting and it's tempting in ways that they've not faced before. i want to make sure that people understand actually drones have not caused a huge number of civilian casualties that for the most part they have been very precise precision strikes against al qaeda and their affiliates and we are very careful in terms of how it's been applied so i think that there's this perception somehow that we're just sending in a whole bunch

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brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. we begin with this freed american overwhelmed with emotion, tight fighting back tears. peterhostage for nearly two years by militants in syria. and just this morning, journalists in cambridge, massachusetts, offering thanks to the hundreds of people who offered help for his release. the relief in his eyes were a stark contrast to this, these grim images. he was held by al-nusra, a syrian group with ties to al qaeda. >> first of all, i want to thank you all for coming out here on this beautiful wednesday morning.

brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. we begin with this freed american overwhelmed with emotion, tight fighting back tears. peter theo curtis was held hostage for nearly two years by militants in syria. and just this morning, journalists in cambridge, massachusetts, offering thanks to the hundreds of people who offered help for his release. the relief in his eyes were a stark contrast to this, these grim images. he was held by al-nusra, a syrian group with ties to al qaeda. >> first of all, i want to thank you all for coming out here on this beautiful wednesday morning. in the days following my release on sunday, i have learned bit by bit that there have been literally hundreds of people, brave, determined and big-hearted people, all over the world, working for my release. they have been working for two years on this. i had no idea when i was in prison. i had no idea that so much effort was being expended on my behalf. and now having found out, i am just overwhelmed with emotion. i'm also overwhelmed by one other thing, and that is that total strangers have been coming up to me and saying, hey, we're just glad y

transportation provided by air brook limousine serving the metropolitan new york new jersey area caucus new jersey has been produced in partnership with tristar studios hi im' peter rooney in 2006 i lost my father to renal disease he was on the waiting list for a new kidney but did not receive one in time unfortunately so many like my father have lost their lives while waiting for a life saving at new jersey sharing network we're committed to saving and enhancing people's lives through organ and tissue donation and by informing people about this important decision because you can make a difference and save a life captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: the world health organization sanctioned the use of experimental drugs to treat ebola, but manufacturers say their supplies of the medicine have already been exhausted, as the death toll in west africa surpasses 1,000. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> ifill: and i'm gwen ifill, also ahead this tuesday. despite calls for calm, outrage in ferguson, missouri over the shooting of an unarmed teen by police brings another day of tension and unrest. >> woodruff: plus, remembering robin williams.

statement, carol -- brooke, sorry -- those are very strong words that come from the state department about an ally. appall appalled, disgraceful. it's very strong criticism. >> let me ask you, peter beinart. with those strong words, to remind everyone, israel/u.s., long-time allies. we have talked about the criticism coming from israel when it comes to secretary kerry and his efforts over there. but now to hear the criticism coming from the obama administration, how do you think that's sitting with israel? >> not well. but these are two administrations that have always had a very testy relationship. >> frothy, testy. >> probably worse than that in private. and i think things have gotten a little bit worse. the interview that benjamin netanyahu did over the weekend, which the israeli government has not repudiatrepudiated, for ame never to second guess him again on hamas, that's also an unusual way for a much smaller ally to talk to a kind of patron like the united states. so that may be part of what's going on. i also wouldn't be surprised if the u.n., which has been getting increasingly desperate about these -- you know, these incidents with their facilities, might have really ma

kremlin rising and co-author with peter baker of kremlin rising and a former "washington post" bureau chief in moscow. and clifford gaddy, a colleague of mine at brookings, a senior fellow at the center for u.s. -- europe, and author, most co-author of mr. putin, operative in the kremlin. and i believe that that is coming out early next year in a new edition with new added chapters so it's reason for you all to go to amazon a second time. there's i believe quite a lot of new material added. over the last few months for a second edition which will be available soon. so we're going to open up with a conversation with the panel and after an hour questions from the audience. we do have a hashtag on twitter if you want to use your phones to tweet about the event and the hashtag is #russiaukraine. so please tweet away. ukraine. , with russiayou breaking bad over the last few months, what does that mean for the international order and international cooperation? busince there are three a -- three of us, let me reiterate my appreciation for my counterpart and the terrific work that brookings has done over the years. it has a particular contribution to make as a