and steve simon served as senior director for middle eastern and north african affairs on the nationaluncil staff during the obama administration. he's now professor of the practice of international relations at colby college. gentlemen, welcome to you both. secretary panetta, i'd like to begin with you. how big a change in u.s. policy is this latest move? >> well, i think this is a serious foreign policy blunder that is going to undermine united states leadership and further weaken our role in the world. i mean, we're putting a knife in the back of the kurds who basically fought alongside of us in trying to destroy the i.s.i.s. caliphate. in basically leaving the kurds vulnerable, we've also opened up the possibility that syria will go into the hands of russia, iran and that i.s.i.s. will further strengthen itself. so, from every aspect, i consider this to be a very serious blunder on the part of the president. >> nawaz: steve simon, you have long argued this was a long time coming, that the alliance with the syrians -- the kurdish, rather, forces a very short shelf life, this was ine

simon gillespie from the british heart foundation. can you explain why what steveoing cpr with chest compression and also the breaths as well. that moves oxygenated blood around the body so it helps vital organs like the brain, which will actually die if they don't get that oxygenated blood. you are buying time until the defibrillator can be bought, either from the building or in this case, one of the paramedics turning up with the defib. you are going to show us a good dead estate —— demonstration. steve, you had training before. if you are like me, i have had it but years ago, i don't know if i could remember it. if you had never had training, should you still do it? yes, the worst thing you can do is nothing. anything is better than nothing. as mark said, he was dead, so you won't make that situation any worse at all. and when you dial 999 these days, the operator at the other end will help you and coach you through it. so if you and coach you through it. so if you have done training some time ago or no training at all, they can help and tell you what to do. let

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