advisor susan rice had this helpful pushback on behalf of candidate obama. >> she attacked barack obama for not being ready. they're both not ready to have that 3:00 a.m. phone call. >> all was apparently forgiven. rice is now u.s. ambassador to the united nations. >> sometimes you just have to believe a candidate understands what the rest of the country knows for sure, some surrogates are destined to go off the rails. >> there's a lot of questions as to the authenticity of the birth certificate. there are many people that do not believe that birth certificate is authentic. if you're born in a born country, you're not allowed to be president so, you know, this is a minor detail. >> for our machiavellian

ambassador to the united nations susan rice not of holbrook but saying we're just so sick of the psychosis of the 60's. so he really didn't want -- >> rose: many people thought u.s. involvement in iraq of george bush 41 would have said that he ended the vietnam syndrome. >> right. that's right and not just george bush but democrats going way back to gary hart i'm past vietnam. in the odd perspective of the obamians, they were reacting to vietnam but the obamians, they were over reacting by showing that they were tough and so on. these guys think that they just, it's just not on their radar screen and they don't want to hear it. >> rose: one thing holbrook used to insist on and talk about a lot which i don't think changed necessarily was the fact that he thought that the military was a central figure in afghanistan and iraq and pakistan that military figures, general of joints chiefs and others were guiding policy. and their role went beyond just military strategy. >> right. and i think that was certainly the most true in the first year and with the key decisions to send a surge of troops i

. >> and susan rice falls into that category. >> definitely. >> she is someone who has been suggested would be a possible successor to become secretary of state because hillary clinton has made it very clear she's leaving after one term if the president were re-elected. >> i think it's quite possible that she will be the next secretary of state. you also have senator john kerry, who wanted to be secretary of state at the beginning of this administration. i'm sure he would still like to but i would kind of bet on susan rice. >> and the national security advisor might have aspirations in that regard. he's very close to the president, taking a much more active role, taking trips to china, meeting with foreign leaders and also what they have in play here are so many issues from syria to the new relationship with vladimir putin, and we see this meeting is going on as we speak with putin. we don't know how putin is going to respond to pressure from the u.s. to basically throw assad under the bus. >> the underlying issue in all this is american power and really, how much american power do we

ambassador to the united nations susan rice says that is the assad government that has been acting outside of its responsibilities and indeed it is not succeeding because the government of syria is not fulfilling its obligations under the annan plan meanwhile russian ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin also admitted that there's been a few indications of complying with the six point peace plan but he said that it's not just the syrian government that has fallen short it is also the armed opposition groups including the free syrian army which just last week announced that it will no longer acknowledge its commitments under the anon deeming it a failure ambassador churkin said that his counterparts in. security council need to take a look at the entire picture within syria armed opposition groups only. do not only failed to comply to plan but they did clear that it is their intention not to do so which is a very dangerous development a very counterproductive development russia has proposed an international conference on syria which is similar to what kofi annan has proposed under

susan rice said that if kofi annan six point peace plan fails and if the security council does not agree on international sanctions on syria then countries would have to consider taking independent action without the authority of the security council what that action would be is not clear because the u.s. and european countries have already imposed their own independent sanctions on syria so those words led many to speculate that the u.s. and its allies are possibly considering military action the commander of the free syrian army he has called on joint special envoy kofi annan to publicly say that his six point peace plan that's about seven weeks old cars failed and out would allow rebels to resume their military attacks against president bashar al assad and his supporters nobody from the united nations has come out and blatantly said that peace plan has failed clearly there's been a violation of the cease fire on both sides the opposition and the. also the syrian government has publicly said that there they are the results of their investigation into last week's massacre in houla as fo

ambassador to the united nations susan rice saying that if there cannot be consensus reached within the security council in the coming weeks on how to add more pressure on the syrian government then some countries will have to consider taking unilateral action outside of the council outside of the authority of the security council what that action may be is not clear but we did hear the french president in recent weeks also saying that military intervention could be an option if nothing changes if the violence does not recede in any way and of course there was another report that came out this today rather by the u.n. secretary general ban ki moon listing violence. in different cities throughout the world and in that report by the secretary general he said that kids in syria as young as eight are being used as shields so clearly this puts this paints a darker picture of the circumstance in syria and also the tox taking place against the u.n. monitors show was arguably that some parts of syria do not fully trust the u.n. presence there so you have a lot of chaos breaking out throughout t

susan rice says that washington has received the invitation and maria we hear there's another conflictbrewing between syria and turkey over this down turkish fighter jet nato even held an emergency closed door meeting in brussels what's come out of. well what's come out of it is that nato has publicly condemned syria over downing turkey's plane and the head of nato said that he hopes the situation wouldn't escalate any further however nato did stop short. of claiming or deeming the circumstance an armed attack against turkey this is according to what many people are saying is what turkey was actually. hoping to receive from this meeting because if nato were to have considered it an armed attack on syria an unarmed tucked against turkey went when downing its plane then it could have put nato in a position where it could have struck strike struck back at syria that did not happen it seems by all accounts that's what turkey wanted in the aftermath of the meeting that turkey turkey's prime minister said that the rules of engagement with syria have changed and now any military element that

. >> susan rice would do it. >> don't they have to get the arab league to agree it's time to do somethinge president speaks because you don't want him to speak without an apparatus. >> arab league can do that. you can have john mccain and lindsey graham on barack obama's butt on this issue. it is time for the president, i'm there, to call the u.n. in and say you've got to stop this stuff. got to stop it. >> i think -- >> no, no, no. >> i want barack obama to go to the u.n. and say to the russian and chinese in their faces, stop arming these people so they can stop killing their people. >> i mean, no, so but the emotion, but let's -- in practical reality, the chinese and russian government have already exhibited through their actions, for get what we think, that they are more than happy to provide fuel, financing and access to the syrian government. they have already been publicly shamed. more and more people around the world are more aware like what's going on with syria, oh, it's the russians and chinese on the back door, same way america's the back door on saudi arabia or egypt and ever

ambassador to the united nations susan rice not of holbrook but saying we're just so sick of the psychosis of the 60's. so he really didn't want -- >> rose: many people thought u.s. involvement in iraq of george bush 41 would have said that he ended the vietnam syndrome. >> right. that's right and not just george bush but democrats going way back to gary hart i'm past vietnam. in the odd perspective of the obamians, they were reacting to vietnam but the obamians, they were over reacting by showing that they were tough and so on. these guys think that they just, it's just not on their radar screen and they don't want to hear it. >> rose: one thing holbrook used to insist on and talk about a lot which i don't think changed necessarily was the fact that he thought that the military was a central figure in afghanistan and iraq and pakistan that military figures, general of joints chiefs and others were guiding policy. and their role went beyond just military strategy. >> right. and i think that was certainly the most true in the first year and with the key decisions to send a surge of troops i

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that's susan rice. >> adorable at age 5. >> i believe that's nancy pelosi. photograph as well. >> katherine mcphee, one of the u.n. ambassadors on this. >> secretary clinton. >> secretary clinton, now former president bill clinton. that was in hope, arkansas. do we have your picture in there? >> we do. we have nearly 1,000 photographs. >> that is someone i recognize, me and my older sister. yeah. it's hard to take, but yeah. >> our effort is really about making sure every child gets -- >> and raj. >> take that one down. i am not proud of my fashion choices when i was 5. it makes the point, i have three young kids and when they get injured or hurt, we get to go to the hospital and it's a difficult circumstance. imagine around the world when these kids, when a family loses a child or loses two or three children -- >> completely preventible. >> preventible. not only tragic, it affects the ability of communities to grow and educate themselves and move themselves out of poverty and be stable over time. >> we have to leave it there, thank you so much. great to see

susan rice says it is the most probable scenario if you were to get military action without u.n. does this tell us about the inner workings of this decision? >> i think it shows the complexity of the issues involved here and obviously some disarray inside the administration. one thing i think is clear, the u.n. is not the solution here. the russians, the chinese have vetoed sanctions resolutions against the bashar al-assad regime. they've made it clear, as clear as russia can take it they are not going to change that position or do anything in the security council that threatens bashar al-assad and that is the big part of the job. it's not just bashar al-assad as the issue here. bill: if that is the case then the war does not end, it continues. >> that's exactly right. that's why i fear that talking about arming the opposition in a way is beside the point. the arming the opposition is not going to stop the a tros a tees, this is sectarian and the and a months satisfactory tees are very deep. if anything arming the on situation may lead to more atrocities. the real issue is here w

and i was reading this piece, susan rice, they are asking her about her role as u.n. ambassador.but then i hear you have to work on a day to day basis about genocide, policy, libya, that's intense. then what about your kid's homework? then i was like, did this just happen? sure enough she çsays, the kid are job one. i'm thinking, i appreciate that you're a great parent, that's terrific. but seriously, if libya and syria and genocide are -- your kids homework, less important to me. >> i think there's a bigger point here that i have always just been annoyed by. this whole concept of having it all. what is this all? and i remember when first starting out as an actress, i won't name who this is, but i was impressed by a performer who said, i can play anything, it was a female performer, i can play anything from a man to a speck of dust. i remember thinking, oh my god, i want to be that. you know what? no. find something you do and love and it's okay to focus on one thing and not be all over the place with your whole life out of balance. >> we have got so much more on this. when we c

host: our ambassador to the united nations is susan rice and here she is talking about her recent violence we certainly agree with kofi annan that this is a moment where we have reached the tipping point with the bands are the weekend being the most recent manifestation of that reality. i think we may be beginning to see the wheels coming off of this bus. that means that what happens next and the steps that are taken by the syrian authorities and by this council could well be a positive. as i said and our discussion, it is hard to see that there are any more than three potential outcomes at this stage. the political process which is so crucial to the success of any transition which is the purpose of the annan plan is supported by the ongoing and escalating an expanding violence perpetrated by the government and the reality that the opposition cannot possibly be expected to come to the table while violence is intensifying and the government is lying about it. host: your reaction? guest: we cannot be dependent to the u.n., basically. this administration has been on fortunately in that positi

host: and that's susan rice last wednesday in new york. three options.learly three options that don't bode well for the syrian people. and yet, no reference to direct u.s. military involvement. guest: first, i would agree with the options that ambassador rice has laid out and i think it's precisely because of the dangers and the complexity inside syria, that third option of essentially no agreement within -- on the anaan plan and the country descending into an all out sectarian war that has really served to put the brakes at least at this point on the idea of military intervention. i think in many ways, this past week, we may end up looking back in hindsight and say this is where the syrian conflict reached a tipping point towards more all out sectarian civil war. we've seen the massacres not only at hula but also two additional mass killings this week so simply the scale and pace of massacres inside syria is very concerning. we also have as ambassador rice slightly pointed out now, this specter of regional spillover with lebanon experiencing some of its

susan b. anthony. no it's condoleezza rice. >> okay. >> looking good. >> i'm feeling the love.fourth of july, but i like the dress. >> it's adorable. >> so it's getting hot. >> the designer is british, right? >> no. she's american-italian, right? am i wrong? so it's getting hot. i think everyone wants to get their hair off their face or off their necks. so i'm modeling a trend that is hot on the runway. you don't have to hide your bobbie pins. you can see i've stacked some bobbie pins. you can see on the model on the runway had color so you can pick up colorful bobbie pins. pin your hair back out of your face. it's cool and on trend. another cool thing, your ponytail. people think it looks casual. but if you actually stack -- the model here on the runway actually has like about ten rubberbands wrapped around. you can do that with rubber bands or i have something in from jennifer baird. >> i love this. >> this is a ponytail wrap that's got a piece of leather around it. >> it's one thing, but two parts. >> it's one thing but -- >> oh, bobbi, put your hair down. the crew goes craz