to cross not whether tony blair should be put on trial i'm joined by stephen slice injury new york he is a senior fellow at the century foundation an author of the book act of creation and in washington will cost ivan eland he is a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it stephen did tony blair commit a crime in one thousand two thousand and three with the invasion of iraq. well it's a decision i disagree with but he committed a policy error he didn't put he didn't commit a crime now i think it's important to make a distinction between what happens in a democracy and what happens in a dictatorship in a democracy when you make a policy mistake you pay for it in different ways whether it's public opinion or ostracism or in the history books that is not true in a dictatorship and i think that's the distinction should be ruling and in this case ok ivan eland what do you think about that. so no crime was committed with the

role had obama looked looked into the bush thing because tony blair was bush's sidekick through the whole thing she even when you think about that interesting. well i agree i think that's a blemish on obama's record that he did not open an investigation of what happened on the torture issue fortunately we do have a free press and they've done a lot of investigation on their own and brought out a lot of these details that otherwise would have been buried and i think that's the one saving grace in a democracy that you do have a kind of. investigative capacity not just by the way in the press but also in congress to reopen old wounds and find out what happened to cause them and i think that certainly the country has learned that the bush administration did permit torture to go on and the reputations of people like cheney and rumsfeld have been credibly blackened by what happened as well as of course george w. bush so there is there is some redeeming value in free free free free wheeling the markets see that that this stuff comes out it's unfortunate that in the case of obama he we we d

i mean do you think do you think tony blair will ever face any consequences legal consequences what he did. i would say probably not given the current power realities and i think it's very interesting another example of this power reality is simply the peace movement to get blair instead of bush i mean certainly britain is on the security council and has nuclear weapons and that sort of thing but it's a medium power nowadays and the us is a super power and so it's interesting that they're going after blair and not bush because of course bush had much more blatant policies of torture and and you know he was the the impetus behind the invasion i think tony blair was initially reluctant to do it and then he greg gradually knew that it britain wanted to have its special relationship with the us continue it needed to go along with whatever bush wanted to do so it but the movement here is against blair and bush and that's an indicator of the current state of affairs so i would say probably even blair will not face. you know prosecution simply because he's perceived as being and a leader of a

that was tony blair. we'll get to my exclusive with him in just a few minutes. >>> but we begin tonight with something we talked about a lot on this show. a subject that has managed to cause as much sadness, anger and outrage as guns. president obama agrees and tonight is in connecticut just a few miles from newtown. he said just that. >> if you believe that the families of newtown and aurora and tucson and virginia tech and the thousands of americans who have been gunned down in the last four months deserve a vote, we all have to stand up. let's do the right thing. let's do right by our kids. let's do right by these families. let's get this done, connecticut. thank you, god bless you, god bless the united states of america. >> i'm joined by white house communications director jennifer palmieri. cnn has learned the universal background check option is highly unlikely to pass. it will be a much more watered down version. out of the debate all together has gone assault weapons and high capacity magazines. t

of power than tony blair did. tony blair, very obviously just couldn't resist being at the top table at that time. >> will everybody give her credit for what she did. and that britain was slowly becoming an economically and otherwise sort of-- ungovernable. >> yes. >> i mean whether are you from the right or left, in retrospect martin, would you give her credit for, in a sense, putting some, something back into the british spine. >> paul johnson wrote a very influential piece called brotherhood of national missery. attack on the union. and the sort of society that they would have established, the unions, was not attractive. and it was a time of real class resentment. you felt it coming up from below and down from above. and you thought about it 20 times a day. you couldn't help but think about class. and it's just not like that any more. >> she rescued britain. rescued it from anarchy. >> also immensely afraid. let's not forget that she was in her hot nell brighton getting ready for the labor, for the tory party c

next piece lavelle and his cross talk guest whether or not former british pm tony blair should be brought to book for the u.k. campaign in iraq. ten years ago by jobs was overtaking. ten years of political infighting terrorism and economic decay. in iraq a rise. before. april ninth on our take. he. says. about international airport in the very heart of moscow. only recently. is a. glowing welcome across all things are considered i'm peter lavelle the elusive search for justice is the citizen's arrest campaign to have tony blair held accountable for possible war crimes and other serious offenses a public relations stunt or is it important precedent for those leaders who start wars of aggression if you had a chance would you arrest player. to cross whether tony blair should be put on trial i'm joined by stephen injure in new york he is a senior fellow at the century foundation in all three of the book active. ation and in watching wisconsin ivan eland he is a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in eff

bush and tony blair should be held to account for the killing of civilians during the invasion of iraq you cannot call it yeah it's a good program coming up so. he has. to. download the official r.t. application to yourself choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's if you're away from your television all it just doesn't matter with your mobile device so you can watch r.t. anytime anywhere. this is amazing. hello and welcome to cross talk were all things considered i'm peter be elusive search for justice is the citizen's arrest campaign to have tony blair held accountable for possible war crimes and other serious offenses a public relations stunt or is it important precedent for those leaders who start wars of aggression if you had a chance would you arrest player. cross not whether tony blair should be put on trial i'm joined by stephen slight injury new york he is a senior fellow at the century foundation an author of the book act of creation and in watching the cost ivan eland he is a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at

not just the present administration, gordon brown, ma before that tony blair had all the arrangementste difficult for them. and what do you make, every ambassador loves ambassador. every politician loves a politician. they wanted politics to be seen through mrs. thatcher's life as a noble calling, whatever you thought of the policymaker. >> i think it's a recognition. if you change the jet streams of british politics, it will never return to pre-1979. they all recognize that. >> there is normand in the middle there. who was chancellor, had chancellor of acts chapter. -- chancellor of the exchequer. >> john major. and one of the many distinguished guests, very recognizable figure. i think he is very sympathetic to her political point of view. the welsh guard played a very big part here today. not only garrison sergeant major, his brother and also all the rude liners -- rud route li. so i last worked about this just in historical context, peter. >> i think one can be sure, all of margaret thatcher, her way of doing politics, her personality will clean to our collective national memory t

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this morning, perspective on the threats testing the president, from former british prime minister tony blair. and our roundtable this morning includes democratic senator amy klobuchar as the group reflects on the bush library dedication this week and reacts to the president's big saturday night with washington journalists. >>> and good sunday morning. washington is bleary-eyed after what's come to be known as nerd prom in our national capital this sunday. politicians, journalists, all mingle for a night of bipartisan fun. the president finding way to poke fun at washington's disarray. >> i know republicans are still sorting out what happened in 2012, but one thing they all agree on is they need to do a better job reaching out to minorities. and, look, call me self-centered but i can think of one minority they could start with. [ laughter ] hello. >> we're going to have some highlights and reaction from last night, but we want to start with the very serious topic of syria this morning. the looming threat after this week's revelation about the possible use of chemical weapons, and for that we

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prime minister, tony blair.of the aisle politically, a labour politician calling her, a towering political figure. we're hearing from the former leader of the then soviet, mikhail gorbachev. remember this is the person that margaret thatcher said she and maybe the west could do business with to achieve the end of the cold war. what did mikhail gorbachev call her? a brilliant person. and israeli problem netanyahu, strong words from him as well, calling her a friend of the jewish people of the israelis. he said she was a woman of determination, of conviction, of strength. gregg, martha. martha: the funeral plans, gregg, we understand are now in the works. this will be quite a gathering of so many of the world leaders, perhaps some of whom you just mentioned. >> reporter: exactly. we're getting some word in the past hour or so what will be happening. there will be one step down from a full state funeral but it will have all the trappings for something of a very important person. it is being described as a ceremonia

she her legacy was enduring and especially in so far as john major her successor and tony blair also her successor continued her policies which is i think all really the vindication you need she was her legacy was also enduring in europe in the sense that a socialist president frank in one thousand nine hundred two made a historic u. turn away from the policies of keynesianism toward thatcher's policies because france was in largely the same position as the u.k. nine hundred seventy nine and he realized that it was going very very poorly and he took a turn towards factors policies and lastly i think she was an inspiration to women as well she broke the proverbial glass ceiling when high politics which was a male dominated club and i think barack obama got it right when i said that she was going to example here jump and go ahead jump in here and i don't think you can necessarily say that the bar for women i think she did very well to get there as a woman but the difficulty is that it didn't really pave the way for a number of other women to enter into politics what she really had to d

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she her legacy was enduring and especially in so far as john major her successor and tony blair also her successor continued her policies which is i think all really the vindication you need she was her legacy was also enduring in europe in the sense that a socialist president frank in one thousand nine hundred two made a historic u. turn away from the policies of keynesianism toward thatcher's policies because france was in largely the same position as the u.k. nine hundred seventy nine and he realized that it was going very very poorly and he took a turn towards factories policies and lastly i think she was an inspiration to women as well she broke the proverbial glass ceiling when high politics which was a male dominated club and i think barack obama got right when i said that she. got an example here jenkins jump in here and i think you can necessarily say that she broke the bar for women i think she did very well to get there as a woman but the difficulty is that it didn't really pave the way for a number of other women to enter into politics what she really had to do and i acce

come back into power after john major up until 199 -- you know, it was that ability that allowed tony blair to become prime minister in '97. and he even said that we have to recognize the constructive contributions of margaret thatcher. so she's begun to have a huge rehabilitation over the years. and her popularity in 2011, which was one of the last polls taken, was very much higher than it was at the end of her time. but look, she helped very, very in a huge and large way, very, very significant way in the mob between the soviet union and the united states. she was the bridge between then gorbachev and then u.s. president ronald reagan. and she saw there was an avenue there, to explore it and to help bring down the communist regime and to fall and topple the iron curtain. she also as we know and you've been talking about decided that when britain was threatened as she put it when the balkans were taken again, she wasn't going to let that stand and she sent out the expedition force to recapture it. there, and i've just been talking to former prime minister john major, she was very disappoin

queen elizabeth the second, former british prime ministers tony blair and gordon brown and former vice president dick cheney attended. posted's david dimbleby verage. is is o it is 11:00 among the congregation won't stand. .- will stand many services have been performed here in st. paul's cathedral. ♪ ♪ they are directly under the dome of st. paul's cathedral. the service begins with the reverend david - of st. paul's cathedral. >> we come to this cathedral ,oday to remember before god margaret ~ thatcher. to give thanks for her life and work and commend her into god's hands. he recalled with great gratitude her leadership of this nation. her courage. her steadfastness. and her resolve to accomplish what she believed to be right for the common good. we remember the values by which she lived. the ideals she embraced. , herignity, her diligence courtesy, and her personal concern for the well-being of individuals. , so we rejoice in the lifelong companionship she enjoyed witdeis and we pray , her friends and for all who mourn her passing. we continue to write for this nation, giving thank

that was tony blair saying that. if you ask what people say about thatcher, they remember the business. it is almost like the civil war at times. she was celebrated. she was not easy to like. but she left the country in much better shape. she saved the country. host: let's get callers involved. kelvin from salem. caller: good morning. continue kudos for the great job you and your team do in giving us the other side, whatever that means on a given topic. my question has to be about mrs. thatcher and president reagan. they complemented each other as far as world leaders better than anyone since roosevelt and churchill. but my specific question is after two of the major overseas involving president reagan, the iran-contra issue and then the funding of the mujahedin in afghanistan when the soviet union was there, which at that time included osama bin laden. after president reagan was out of office, i was wondering did lady thatcher ever have any public comments about those two particular blemishes on her good friend's pr

think anyone seriously disputes that now accept handful of people around the former prime minister tony blair so i'm reasonably happy with how that's worked out your opinion of vatican two thousand disadvantage sorry and your opinion back in two thousand and three years ago is the sheer amount of. of misery that's been caused the people of iraq and of course the problem is that my source lost his life a very exacting indeed i'm sorry to interject ten years ago do you believe in much if you still have a hundred do you believe that the people the top in washington and london knew that there were no weapons of mass destruction in iraq is that your belief now. no i don't don't think any of us believe that there were no weapons of mass destruction indeed both i and david kelly believe that there were weapons of mass destruction we just didn't believe that they were a threat. but don't forget that everybody always had thought for the previous ten years since the previous gulf war the previous twelve years. that iraq had w m d but that had never been seen in the probably been described as a very sma

. >>> hey, still ahead on the show, joined live onset by prime minister tony blair.oing to be talking to him about margaret thatcher and dr. brzezinski will be here and michael nutter, and melody barnes. >>> and up next, the top stories in the politico playbook. but first, here's bill karins with a check on the forecast. what an unbelievably beautiful day yesterday. >> yeah, and it's even better, joe. today the cherry blossoms are going to be popping out. that's my gift to you. d.c. today, beautiful weather, up and down the east coast, no problems, midwest, you're the ones that are going to suffer. it's a dangerous day today. we haven't had any severe weather outbreaks, but we could see a minor one later on tonight. right now, snowing in colorado, the windchill is zero in denver right now. it was in the 60s yesterday, and now the windchill is zero and it's snowing hard from wyoming up into nebraska and south dakota. the front side of the storm, very classic set-up. areas of yellow, slight risk. means you need to know the possibility of storms. if you're in this red c

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she made the job for tony blair much easier and now for david cammeron. she a historical figure. not just for england but for world politics. if we had somebody like maggie thatcher here in the united states wield be better off. not afraid to tell speak the truth and speak for the economy and better life for everybody and not demonize one class. >> let's remember it was her own party that threw her out. >> after 11 years. >> still, she was thought to have firm control of the conservative party which clearly was not the case. but, and i think that probably happens, too, with people who shake things up. it's -- and i like your point about what happened with reagan and clinton. i mean, that sort of moderated the democratic party and she, in her own way, sort of moderated the liberal party in england. >> do you think that same is true now that president obama is pardoning the conservative party. >> dana, he is the opposite of margaret thatcher in every specific way, any way you want to look at it. president obama, margaret thatcher are polar opposites. exact opposites. >> i think wha

we just talked to tony blair, and that interview is on foxbusiness.com. check it out.made bold statements about the euroown eurozone. look at that as well. quickly to elliot warren. why is oil falling more than a dollar today, elliot? >>ives p -- i was wondering myself, actually. crude has a lot of room to run on the downside, and if we believe it, there's an economic recovery, i think it sort of makes sense. it really depends on what you think about the recovery. i feel i might have just lost you there, but crude lower to go someplace. dollar lower today as well, and, you know, i think that overall, crude should be a lot lower than it is now, and i think that we're not going to see the normal summer drive time gasoline buying as well, i think the trend is the friend here, and overall, crude is on the way down and natural gas on the way up. liz: all right. we talked to bill ford about natural gas, and ford is ready because it could be the big driver. thanks to all -- >> very interesting what they said. >> sorry about the audio, we'll get you next time. thank you so muc

she her legacy was enduring and especially in so far as john major her successor and tony blair also her successor continued her policies which is i think all really the vindication you need she was her legacy was also enduring in europe in the sense that socialist president frank it's on in one thousand nine hundred two made a historic u. turn away from the policies of keynesianism toward thatcher's policies because france was in largely the same position as the u.k. nine hundred seventy nine and he realized that it was going very very poorly and he took a turn towards factors policies and lastly i think she was an inspiration to women as well she broke the proverbial glass ceiling when high politics which was a male dominated club and i think barack obama got right when i said that she. going to example here jump and jump in and i think you can necessarily say that the bar for women i think she did very well to get there as a woman but the difficulty is that it didn't really pave the way for a number of other women to enter into politics what she really had to do and i accept that

she was asked about it, she said, you know, one of the greatest things that i've left behind was tony blairn never imagine a republican in the united states saying something like that. you know, and i think -- i think what she meant by that is, you know, she was able to break kind of the far left of the labor party and allow this neoliberal labor party to emerge. you'd never see dick cheney say the greatest legacy of the bush administration is barack obama. and barack obama certainly is a legacy of the bush administration. you know, the backlash in 2008 against dick cheney and george bush was fierce. >> absolutely. dana, all we hear in this country from conservatives is now wonderful margaret thatcher was, but her passing actually provoked some celebrations in the united kingdom and northern island. take, for example, a report in the "guardian" newspaper, follows a group of former coal miners beaten by police under mrs. thatcher's rule. she herself referred to the miners, i'm quoting her, "the enemy within." they're not mourning her passing in quite the same way many republicans in america

tony blair remembers margaret thatcher. olympian kerri walsh jennings talks about the newest addition to her growing family, a baby girl. keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm richard lui along with bill karins. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good tuesday. >>> back in court, the man accused of driving into a san jose walmart injuring four people returns to court to face charges for an entirely different crash. >> also, the new details we're learning about the snapping bolt on the bay bridge. why some experts say it never should have happened. >>> the latest developments overnight as firefighters battle a wild fire in southern california that is threatening a number of homes. >> right now, we give you a live look outside over san jose. the giants, world champion giants banner blowing in the wind, looks a little brisk. tuesday, april 9th, this is "today in the bay." >>> from nbc bay area, "today in the bay." >>> go

tony blair said that she changed the political landscape of the country and the world, and that some of the changes were retained by his labor government -- labour government, but there have also been a lot of critical voices. one british newd newspaper had to shut down the comments on its website. -- one british newspaper had to shut down the comments on its website. >> what will be the legacy? >> also divisive. she was loved by conservatives for free-market capitalism, the privatization of industry and utilities. she stood for the beliefs. the left have a very different view on her legacy. they remember the mining strikes and how she crushed them and how she is responsible for the diminishing role of the british trade union -- unions and also for the decline of the manufacturing industry. her legacy really depends on which side of the party political divide you are on. >> let's talk about her international legacy. she will be remembered for taking britain to war over the fault in ireland. >> as in the uk, she was very tough on her opponents abroad. and she sent in the military to t

that's one of the reasons tony blair said that britain went to war in afghanistan in the first placend sent troops south to helmand province in 2006. but the british troops senior patrolling with afghans by a field of opium poppies and harvest time last year have failed to stop the crops. in forecasting an increase in production this year, the u.n. blames corruption and insecurity but also failure to help farmers grow other crops. building an alternative to the drug economy in helmand. alternative crops like cotton have failed to find a market. farmers i met have all year. cottonaid the price of is so low that they have to sell it at a loss. and the drug trade has put down deep roots in afghanistan. >> we did not provide a meaningful alternative crop or livelihood. there's no determination on the afghan government side. >> as international troops prepared the winddown combat operations in afghanistan, they leave behind for a bigger open a problem than when they started. , country of 1 million addicts still supplier of most of the world's illegal heroin. >> stay with us on bbc world n