of brazing so what tony blair has come under a lot of. righteous indignation is probably way too weak a term to describe it but in the u.k. i mean tony blair's has been trashed up one side and down the other calls for for even the him to be in the document a i mean from some fairly real politicians as opposed to just you know people on the left or whatever how do you get him into this. tony blair was in a very difficult position. for many reasons one is. he believed just as bill clinton did and we have to make it very clear he believed that saddam had weapons of mass destruction and there is the real issue in that piece to take a moment aside is ok if he has them what do you do and you know the idea well let's launch a war against a guy with weapons of mass destruction you know maybe that's not the smartest approach but blair believed that the weapons were there and saddam would use them and so when you start from that it's well what's your next step blair was very troubled by the bush administration he thought that they were planning for

tony blair, former prime minister of great britain. we conclude this evening with the president of iran, mahmoud ahmadinejad. the conversation with my colleague at cbs norah o'donnell took place at his hotel. there are many things we have to talk about. but i would like to blin with a place in which there-- begin with a place in which there is killing, a place in which you have an interest, and a place in which you can play a positive role, that's syria. what are you prepared to do to end the fighting and work out some kind of dialogue with a number of parties? >> in the name of god, its almighty, the merciful, the beneficient, first of all i would like your permission to say hello to everyone watching this program. and i would like to ask the almighty god for health and success for everyone. i am very happy to be talking with you again. and also with the lady. you brought up a good topic. syria right now has a very complicated situation. and there are many factors, in that there are many factors in conflict in syria. some people sell

oh you be the mayor of new we you be the head of this bank you you know they all have like like tony blair's children as well if you happen to be boring to hillary clinton and bill clinton and you suddenly are working at goldman sachs and might possibly run for president you know the sort of sense that who are these people who we allow to rule the world why do so many people want jeb bush to be president and said of mitt romney you know what is the sense that we just this untitled aristocratic. the class that we give so much power that nepotism you know yeah except for maybe carla bruni you know i saw her on the show as elisa a i think she's a bag lady now and then so filing max tying all of these stories together going back to the beginning with this neil futile nincompoop gina rinehart tying them all together and what the future might be for the globalist or elite as you might want to call them south africa to withdraw murder charges against minors so this is that american a platinum mine in south africa and as you know that was big on rescue you can see the video here thirty four of the s

calls ethnic cleansing. >> it is a campaign of ethnic cleansing, ask the palestinian people. >> tony blair worked out of number 10 downing street into what may be the toughest job, middle east quartet representative. he joins me now. thank you, mr. blair. it's been a big week with everything you're involved with now in the middle east. start with benjamin netanyahu's speech. very, very hard about iran, very clear and i will play a little clip in a moment of this bomb chart he produced. the big question i guess is -- two big questions. do you believe that israel is genuinely planning to do some kind of preemptive strike based on the rhetoric we're now hearing, and if they do, what should the reaction be particularly of america, but also other ally countries? >> well, is israel absolutely determined that iran should not acquire nuclear weapons capability, yes. i mean, how they prevent that is another matter. but i mean, it is clear that iran continues to work towards getting that capability and for israel, the president of iran just a few days back was questioning israel's right to exist so

tony blair will be here. >> steve: laura ingraham will be dropping by. as new back out. >> brian: as well as sarah palin's brother and dad. not pictured here. you'll be picturing them on the couch. >> gretchen: i think we need to do a do over for the 7:00 a.m. part. >> steve: that's why the ipad is so effective because there are no wires on it. >> gretchen: the wires disconnected from this little laptop here. just three hours from now, president obama will address u.n. jensenly amid all the violence in the middle east. david lee miller with a preview of the speech for us. good morning to you. >> good morning. the clock is ticking. in three hours time, president obama expected to speak before the opening of the general assembly. there was a long laundry list of subjects that he is going to address. among them, he's expected to speak at length about syria and the bloodshed there. also expected to talk about iran's nuclear ambitions, as well as the recent attack at the u.s. consulate, the murder chris stevens, and rioting caused by the anti-muslim film that

they will be speaking to prime minister of great britain tony blair.in for that. >>> before you leave the house this morning first degree weather update with maria moline awe. >> we have a cold front we are tracking and so far pretty quiet associated with this system. heavier rain across parts of illinois. we are going to see more of that as we head into later today and even into tomorrow. from portions of the plains into the parts of the ohio valley and across portions of the northeast especially as we head into tomorrow. grab the umbrellas as you see more showers and storms firing up. westbound the four corners region and rockies dealing with an area of low pressure with areas of showers and isolated thunderstorms. later today some of the storms associated with the cold front will produce severe weather including the city of st. louis and southern parts of illinois and western parts of kentucky and eastern portions of missouri. large hail and damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes will be possible from some of the storms. otherwise currently temp

tony blair will be on later. when you speak with tony blair, you can extract with him that he has developed personal relationships with leaders in the middle east. it seems this president has been unable to do that. and it's critical. >> he hasn't tried just like he hasn't tried like a lot of members on the hill in both parties. we've been hearing for several years that this president will go to a country, give a speech and then leave and i've heard from one diplomat after another it's as if he thinks the speech itself is the ends. and not a means to the ends, which, of course, is completely opposite of what george h.w. bush did throughout his entire life. >> i'm not sure your criticism. >> he hasn't done the job that a commander in chief -- >> so he's weak on foreign policy. >> if you're going to jump in to defend a defenseless president, get it right. what i'm talking about here is what this "new york times" is writing, he doesn't build personal relationships. that's hurt us in washington, that's why we have gr

thank you. >>> former british prime minister tony blair joins us exclusively. good to see you. great to have you here. >> thanks, matt. >> lester holt was reporting the insider attacks on the rise in afghanistan, the fear that we may leave behind a situation a lot less secure than we anticipated. does it give us a hint of what's to come after a dozen years of fighting? could we say chaos return to afghanistan? >> well, it describes the challenge, for sure. first of all, if i may, i'd like to pay tribute though to your armed forces, to the service men and women who serve in afghanistan and to give my deep sympathy to the families of those who have lost their loved ones. we know what it's like from our side had britain as well. we've lost over 400 soldiers in the course of the campaign in afghanistan. and, look, it's very difficult when people see these insider attacks. they say, well, is it all worth it? i think we have to go back 11 years to realize why it is we were in afghanistan, to realize we actually have made our country safer as a result of this, but to understand that i

thank you. >>> former british prime minister tony blair joins us exclusively. good to see you. great to have you here. >> thanks, matt. >> lester holt was reporting the insider attacks on the rise in afghanistan, the fear that we may leave behind a situation a lot less secure than we anticipated. does it give us a hint of what's to come after a dozen years of fighting? could we say chaos return to afghanistan? >> well, it describes the challenge, for sure. first of all, if i may, i'd like to pay tribute though to your armed forces, to the service men and women who serve in afghanistan and to give my deep sympathy to the families of those who have lost their loved ones. we know what it's like from our side had britain as well. we've lost over 400 soldiers in the course of the campaign in afghanistan. and, look, it's very difficult when people see these insider attacks. they say, well, is it all worth it? i think we have to go back 11 years to realize why it is we were in afghanistan, to realize we actually have made our country safer as a result of this, but to understand that i

in a "today" exclusive, matt goes one-on-one with former prime minister tony blair on topics ranging from the middle east to global warming. >>> three-time beach volleyball champion kerri walsh jennings and her husband share big news in the studio. >>> i'm veronica de la cruz. thank you very much for watching "early today," just your first

when the tony blair government was elected in lint -- in england, the world should not act like this, but it does -- i had been a labour party guy, and some of these people were friends of mine. there was someone i had been involved with, and we were both involved in the campaign for elected moral reform. we knew each other from that. and he became really passionate. he came to the foreign office. he said, "we are going to get it fixed. leave it to me." the support of that and the administration is what brought them to the negotiating table and got it solved. tavis: how do you fix a fatwa? >> some broad think, where anybody can get outraged and carry it out. actually, in all of those years, the only threat to me and to everyone else was the threat from the iranian state. that is not to say it was not a dangerous threat. persons being dispatched by the iranian state. there was never any sense of any other danger. nobody else ever got involved. to standing down those people to stop doing that, essentially, -- tavis: this is clearly about first person. salman rushdie. why write in the th

with tony blair. i've had world leaders coming out of my ears this week. couldn't the president have found time to have met some of them or maybe even come on my show and met them? >> well, as i said, the president always makes time for world leaders. it's an ongoing thing. he talks to them all the time. it's not just about scheduling meetings in new york. it's about conversations and meetings all year long, as part of your full-time job. so no regrets about this past week, and you know, those conversations will continue. >> i'm sure we will be talking again soon. stephanie cutter, thank you very much. >> thank you, piers. >>> let's bring in my political all-stars now. republican strategist kellyanne conway and former michigan governor jennifer granholm. welcome to you both. wow, you're both in blazing red. >> republican red. >> this augers well for a bit of red meat throwing around. >> i have blue on, too. >> a little bit of blue. you're basically blazing red, jennifer. which is the way you've been since your convention speech, really, just on fire. >> on

in tony blair or it's the u.s. government in the case of exxon mobil. chevron congolese or rice was a board member chevron before she became national security advisor to bush and later secretary of state and the interplay between u.s. intelligence services and big oil is almost seemless take the case of dick dick cheney's. stint at halliburton the world's largest geophysical services company oil services company at the same time they're the largest constructor of military bases and equipment around the world so i mean i think that a pit in my eyes is a big oil and the military industrial complex are seamlessly interwoven into a powerful lever. for certain interest groups private and i think to a lesser extent the interests of the american people in fact quite against the interests of the american people a lot being said about russian opposition to foreign military intervention but china also opposes that why is china taking not side i think for the chinese they recognize the. devastating flooding mistake that they made in the lead in the libya intervent

indeed this government is going to people to sole roles as they call them i was ready to double tony blair moderation he was very famous for its political analysts say that i worried about the increasing number of policy advisers as i made the coalition government pledge to cut public spending isn't just well a number that's why we're seeing it's a question of that competence this year the british government back to work sarina businesswoman emma harrison who was appointed to help problems families find jobs was forced to stand down from her roles i made consensus over a fraud within her company critics say the increasing number of saws within the u.k. government point to a deeper question about how the country is run and where the civil servants lack the expertise necessary to do the job properly. to other world news now a mass grave with twenty five bodies has been discovered in the syrian capital damascus the victims who showed signs of torture and had their hands tied were allegedly abducted and killed by rebel forces this comes a month after the massacre when several hundred bodies we

bush and tony blair should be tried at the hague for their crimes against humanity now that man is desmond tutu a south african activist best known for his crusade against apartheid in a recent op ed piece he took aim at the countries and leaders who have most blatantly stood behind a veil of impunity he said quote the immorality of the u.s. and great britain's decision to invade in two thousand and three premised on the lie that iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction has destabilized and polarized the world to a greater extent than any other conflict in history and it's on these grounds alone he says that these men should be accountable at the hague the problem is the person in which we've been trusted the power to scrutinize such actions or to toss the issue under the rug take a listen. obviously you're looking at past practices. and i don't believe that anybody has both the law on the other hand i also have a belief that we need to look forward as lows as opposed to look looking backwards . then just like that president obama made the decision to not hold accountable the war crimina

also former british prime minister tony blair. and -- >> are you uncomftable? >> fr academy award winner goldie hawn. also, the pennsylvania senate race -- >> speaking of plan b, our first guess canceled so jim vandehei ay.le here fromhe pic but here's our number one choice every time. >> he's amazing. >> bill karins. he's back and better than ever with the forecast. billy. >> you are entertaing in a very head-shaking way. >> yeah >> good morning, everyone. the worst weathein the country unto ohi valley. heavy rain and thunderstorms this morning greeting people from missouri to illinois. that's going to slide here in to indiana shortly. all of this mess will be in indianapolis, probably during the peak of the rush hour. keep that in mind. ght now central illinois geing the worst of it. anotrllmog. ure the heat's on this morning. all of upstate new york and new england, temperatures this morning in the 40s. it'll be a nice afternoon, though, just like yesterday, plenty of sunshine, temperatures in the low 70s. so perfect fall afternoon. and pittsburgh, slighthan

who appears in the film speaks out and we'll have a live interview with british prime minister tony blair. >>> and bill belichick grabs an official after his team's loss after a controversial last-minute field goal. a move that could land him in big trouble. >>> and stars and surprises. "homeland" and "modern family" win big at the emmys while "madmen" has 17 nominations and no awards. a snub that has fans made today, september 24th, 2012. nbc-universal television >>> from nbc news, this is >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >>> and good morning. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie. i know you watched the emmys mostly for the fashion, but were you rooting for any particular show? >> i missed most of the emmys, i have to be honest with you. i know you're happy with the outcome of "downtown abbey." >> love "downton abbey" and "mad men," one of the fans, kind of got shut out. >> more on the emmys coming up. also a live report from lester holt in k