i just deal from richard haass.ere, and i have four briefings on burma, and all the sudden, ima burma expert. a burma expert. >> actually you are not, but you can play one on tv. having read your foreign affairs article the unraveling, talk about international organizations to do with this, yet we have different organizations trying to come to terms with it. >> i am trying not to sound condescending -- which is the least and capable international organization -- >> this week's question. that was a triple negative. >> i am sorry. organization do you see least capable of making change? are you happy? >> the imf and other situations can actually affect some reform. >> brussels? >> nato? that nato still exists is impressive and has not done terribly well in a current crisis. think it is fascinating that you have finland considering joining nato, you have sweden -- >> the real question is whether gets capability to be meaningful . i think some of the wto -- not bad. resolutiondispute system in the wto, but others are tal

joining me now, richard haass, counsel on foreign relations president.in, thrilled to have you in a fox business exclusive. let's get right to it. that list we just showed. is there somebody on here who holds the strings of the world most tightly. >> nobody holds the strings of the world, liz. that is one of the principle characteristics of this world that power is much more diffused and spread around than before. even those who have lots of power, the united states more than anybody can't often translate that power into influence that's one of the reason the world has become a much more dangerous and messier place. liz: you call it a called dron of disorder. isis has disturbed and terrified a lot of people as you look at the instability that has been caused from that -- you say it's weak states unable to police their territories. is the world unraveling? (?) >> the middle east certainly is. this is by far the worst part of the world. just to press you a little bit more. i don't think we've seen the worst of it. the analogy i use is one of a 30 years wor

. >> and that was nhk world's aiko doden, interviewing richard haass, president of the council on foreignelations. >>> after the 2011 fugue fukushima disaster japan's government imposed tough everyrequirements on nuclear power plants. now a power plant at kagoshima prefecture is at a critical juncture. it's the first to meet the requirements and has gained the approval of the prefectural assembly to restart operations. kishu power company operates the nuclear power plant. sendai gave its support to the restart last month. all of japan's 48 nuclear power plants are currently offline. a citizens group submitted a petition to the kagoshima prefectural assembly, calling for the plant to be reactivated. the assembly voted to support the petition and gave its approval for the restart. kagoshima governor yuichiro ito is expected to bring the plant back online. he said he'll make up his mind after considering the decisions by the host city and the prefectural assembly. >>> a japanese mayor is speaking out against a government plan for his town to store radioactive waste. shibuya, north of tokyo w

we just had richard haass, council on foreign relations.them this question he didn't give exact answer when putin moved into crimea and took it and nobody moved to stop him, that would not be the last thing that putin would ever snatch out. >> that absolutely right. if you're looking who the most powerful person i would still have to say the president despite his standing in the world right now because the world looks to the u.s. for leadership. one of the problems we had with the putin situation is we didn't act strongly enough. the world does still look to us, despite all the warts that we have out there, this country and president of the united states. liz: okay. cheryl? >> vladmir putin actually, liz, you were talking about him, he is my pick. i think he does affect the markets in fact we just don't know what he will do next. his power grab in eastern europe over? i don't think it is. i also think he has great disrespect now just for our country you about for countries in the middle east. he seems to think it is his time. he will go for

richard haass joined us yesterday of the council on foreign relations.ere is what he said -- >> it will send a powerful diplomatic signal. we want the germans to maybe restart nuclear, we want the french to do fracking -- how can we get them to take tough energy decisions if we are going to continue to kick this down the road? >> what about the importance is leverage in foreign relations? >> the most important foreign relationship at issue is with canada and there are canadians who think that the u.s. takes canada for granted, especially the energy relationship, so it is an important diplomatic signal to other countries that the united states work to approve this or if the u.s. were to stand in the way. there are so many other factors. this is a political issue for democrats and republicans. this is a fundraising issue for both sides and both sides would like to see this remain an issue rather than a problem. >> peter, thank you so much. peter cook from washington. brendan greeley, explained the landrieu family to americans. x mitch landrieu is mary land

i now have richard haass. helped the kurds.going to close out this way. if it's way too early, it's time for "morning joe." but now it's time for the premiere of "the rundown." >> which you say is what? >> perfect match of man, moment and mission. >> it's rolling. >> it's right now. >> have a good day, everybody. >>> good morning. we begin "the rundown" with breaking news on ebola. announced that dr. martin salia has died while undergoing treatment for ebola. nbc's gabe gutierrez joins us live with the very latest. >> good morning. this is very sad news coming out nebraska. the third ebola patient treated here at this bio containment unit, doctors confirmed just a