rajiv, this is so disturbing, this video. you have been bureau chief for "the washington post," you've covered the iraq war. do you feel that journalists are being specifically targeted now in a way that they were not before? >> well, i think there's a degree of immunity, if you will, that no longer cloaks journalists. some might accuse me of looking at the past with rose-tinted glasses, but a generation or so ago, particularly in the middle east, you would see journalists driving around in cars with the words tv 'em blazened on the sides and walk around in flak jackets with the word "press" on the front and the back. and generally speaking, that gave you like if you had a red cross on your jacket, it gave you a degree of free passage through. you were generally not targeted. now we've seen in the iraq war, certainly some very questionable, disturbing developments in the last week in egypt and in other conflicts in that part of the world and beyond that the journalists are seen as fair game. in some cases, they're seen as luc

. >> and rajiv, is there -- are we seeing effects from the drone war in yemen, at least? a degradation in the capabilities? or is that not as clear? >> no, u.s. intelligence officials say that there have been significant in roads made in trying to take apart the senior levels of aqap. certainly not the same degree of success that the u.s. has claimed to have against a core al qaeda in the frontier regions of pakistan. but certain officials are getting picked off there. but others remain, you know, at large. their leader, their top bomb maker, the guy most responsible for the new generations of underwear bombs. they're still at large. and we should note that the war against the al qaeda and arabian peninsula is not just a drone war. u.s. special operations forces based out of -- bases or at least kind of forward operating positions in the arabian peninsula have been working with yemeni special forces with saudi special forces among others to conduct attacks against some of those targets. so it's a combination of drone warfare as well as more conventional or at least specia

rajiv was accustomed to responsibility. he and his older sister rover is looking younger sibling.the economic assessor to his parents were two career couple long before it was invoked. the montessori school in upon his release from prison took up journalism as a means to support himself and his family. his old revolutionary ties to the leaders of the nearly free india helped him rise. after india's independence, his dispatch to start to delhi standard. he was a frequent visitor, the official residence of the president in indianapolis on the that the country's first prime minister call him by his first name. so entrusted they would often seek his counsel on how to deal with the press. is a british subject through hard work and sacrifice, became an insider in modern india. he walked into the room of his uncle's calcutta home to say farewell. shrouded with heaps of miracles, fragrant, his father's day in a coffin. as is customary, the body was washed and purified water and dressed in a waco type computers fitting shirt. when he arrived at the hospital the previous day, he was told hi

their very talented reporters -- i'm going to say dan balz is the best in the business, dan wilbers, rajiv chandrasakaran best in the business. but when you look at their other con fent, ezra klein, greg sargent, very talented, but they're all hard left. and there's no reason for me or mike medved to go there. >> i'm going to interrupt. you look at some of these numbers that have been printed today. everybody's doing stories on this, of course. their readership circulation, i'm talking the "washington post," readership circulation the last ten years down about 40%. okay? the stock itself is down 43%. warren buffett turned out maybe not to have quite the great investment. michael medved, i just can't believe content doesn't matter. and i want to make another point. i think that bezos over time will bring in new editorial people. i really think that's going to change, too. what's your take on that? >> yeah, i agree with you. it's one of those things. one of the things murdoch changed when he took over the "wall street journal" is there's more lifestyle, more carts, more culture focus, and th

rajiv?> we have not heard specifically what that communication was between alzawiyah heery, the cirnt leader of al qaeda, and the leader of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula affiliate based in yemen but it was significant enough and described as one of the most significant bits of intelligence chatter picked up in years that led to this. and it comes at a time of heightened scrutiny post-benghazi, bob. >> would agree with that. we are in a period of heightened scrutiny post-benghazi, the question is really has the security improved enough to protect our diplomats abroad? this immediate threat you have seen with the reopening of embassies people turn the page on, but there will be extreme nervousness coming up, going through the september 11 holiday. there are questions back in washington to ask who has their shoulder behind this legislation to improve funding and improve security at consulates or is our new reaction order departure, a c-17 lands at dawn and every american has to get to every

. >> more from the usaid conference from administrator rajiv shah. he talked about education in three countries and how it relates to national security and u.s. relations abroad. this is about 25 minutes. , with theiv shah workers aroundd the world. he served as undersecretary for economic and chief scientist at the u.s. department of agriculture. at the usda, he launched the institute of food and agriculture, which elevated the status of agricultural research. after he became the administrator, he was faced with the devastating earthquake in haiti. his legacy will include his leadership of president obama in the food initiative. he is reforming the usaid business model to monitor anybody with. in this audience, he is known for his willingness -- he is business the usaid model to monitor and evaluate. he insists that we collaborate to ensure that every child in the world has access to quality education. it is his leadership that led us to a focused strategy and to stress research, monitoring, and be done elation. i am honored to introduce a visionary

rajiv shah. [applause] good afternoon. how are you all? i know this is the end of a long day, so i appreciate your having me here. i want to take a moment to thank kristy vilsack. we are super fortunate and very, very excited to have her leading the charge for our international education effort and ensuring we build out the kinds of expansive partnership this country should be known for around the world. thank you, kristy for your great leadership. also want to take a moment to recognize the rest of the team. and so many others from the education group that worked hard to pull it together and worked very hard over the last couple of years to get room to learn up and moving and help build more evidence-based for how we do and carry out our education mission around the world. i know, that you is had a change to hear from some extraordinary leaders like secretary an knee arne duncan. i hope you feel inspired because the work you do is so incredibly important. i know, many are from missions around the world and probably many more wanted to be

a jee shaw -- rajiv shah. [applause] >> good morning. how are you all?i know this is the end of a long day, so i appreciate your having me here. i want to take a most just to -- a moment just to thank christy vilsack. we at usaid are fortunate and very excited to have christy the leading the charge for our international education efforts and insuring we build out the kinds of expansive partnerships that this country should be known for all around the world. thank you, christy, for your great leadership. i also want the take a moment to recognize the rest of the team, eric postell, natasha, alexis and so much others who are really worked hard to pull this together and have worked very, very hard over the last couple of years to get room to learn up and moving and to help build more evidence basis for how we do and carry out our education mission around the world. i know that you've had a chance to hear from some extraordinary leaders like secretary arne duncan and gene sperling and presidents ellen johnson sur leaf and others, and i hope you feel inspired

rajiv. i'm leaving the hospital. then he hung up. [laughter] [laughter] >> absolutely brilliant. >> deepak, how did you manage to basically educate a population, help change conservative western medicine to an equally important but different way to address some of the same issues most important and single handedly create a field of mind, body, medicine. you are one of the greatest contributors. you came to the states in the 1970. grow in different direction. he goes to harvard and you didn't stop with the per sis tens. and basically change the belief of what medicine was viewed in the states. how? several factor in hindsight. i specialized i did end crinology. it's the study of here mono. then -- hormone. for a short while at the va hospital i was rotating under the dr. see more, who was the president of the end crin society at that time. he was a neuroend crinnologist. he was just like he said. we had brilliant mentor. he was absolutely brilliant and identifying hormones we didn't know too much about at that time. hormone in the hyp

. >> this week on "q&a," rajiv chandrasekaran discusses his --ory describing the f-35 titled too big to bail, describing the f- 35fighter jet, the defense department's newest and most expensive weapon system. >> rajiv chandrasekaran, you did a front-page piece on sunday about the f-35.that was in march. what is it? >> it is the most expensive weapons system in the history of the united states. history of mankind, quite frankly. it is an advanced warplane that is to be used by the air force, navy, and the marine corps. it is the replacement for the f- 16. a new advanced all-purpose fighter jet. it is still in development, is an incredibly troubled program, it has gone tens of billions of dollars over budget. i bought into this program as a way to write about the overall challenges. this program is singular in terms of its cost overruns, delays, and the way it has been structured. its most effective attributes are not all of its radars and sensors and missiles and stealth technology and the ability to fight at supersonic speeds. it may well be the way it has been designed to evade budg

rajiv. i'm leaving the hospital. then he hung up.[laughter] [laughter] >> absolutely brilliant. >> deepak, how did you manage to basically educate a population, help change conservative western medicine to an equally important but different way to address some of the same issues most important and single handedly create a field of mind, body, medicine. you are one of the greatest contributors. you came to the states in the 1970. grow in different direction. he goes to harvard and you didn't stop with the per sis tens. and basically change the belief of what medicine was viewed in the states. how? several factor in hindsight. i specialized i did end crinology. it's the study of here mono. then -- hormone. for a short while at the va hospital i was rotating under the dr. see more, who was the president of the end crin society at that time. he was a neuroend crinnologist. he was just like he said. we had brilliant mentor. he was absolutely brilliant and identifying hormones we didn't know too much about at that time. hormone in the hype