robert c: mcfarlane, admiral john poindexter, and cia director, william casey. bud mcfarlane is a man who devoted nearly thirty-year of his life to public service in a number of responsible positions. at the nsc, he worked long hours, made great contributions, and i admire him for those efforts. admiral poindexter is a distinguished naval officer who served in a number of important positions of responsibility. he, too, was a tireless worker with a similar record of public service, and i, too, admire him greatly. william casey was a renowned lawyer, a war veteran of heroic proportions, and a former chairman of the sec. i understood that he was also a close personal friend and adviser to president reagan. there is a nearly a century of combined public service by these three men. as a member of the nsc staff, i knew that i held a position of responsibility. but i knew full well what my position was. i did not engage in fantasy that i was the president or vice president or cabinet member, or even director of the national security council. i was simply a staff member

secretary of state, the vice president, caspar weinberger, robert mcfarlane, the head of the cia, william casey, they are all there. team meeting. what goes on at this meeting? george schultz, in the midst of a general discussion about supporting the contras, the second boland amendment has not happened yet, but they see the horizon in terms of how the congress is viewing contra aid, so they are talking about getting third-party funding. i do not know if i will have time to show you but i will tell you. this document is declassified and you can see it online. they say, i think there is a problem with third party funding for the contras. to james baker. anybody remember who he is? chief of staff in the white house, who manages to be absent for this meeting. i do not know why, but jim baker was a smart lawyer and maybe it was part of his skill set to know when to be absent. [laughter] he is not there. people respect baker and know he lawyer.rt he says he spoke with him and it is he is spewed that soliciting third country support for the contras could be an and teachable -- an impeachable offense.

william bell, head of the casey foundation, before that had one of the toughest jobs in government, serving as head of child welfare in city of new york for 10 years. i thought it would be helpful for him to give thoughts what this opioid epidemic meant with child welfare. i'm sure we all know has hit our child welfare agencies hard. dr. bell? [applause] >> thank you, governor and thank you all for your leadership. i really wan to say thank you for nga as you have continued to push leadership role of governors in this nation. i don't think there is any greater call for today than to tackle this issue of addiction. i am so thrilled sitting here listening to your leadership, listening to the direction that you have already chosen to go and the ownership that you have taken for this challenge that is facing our nation because at casey family programs, which is the sister foundation of annie casey, we believe that one of the greatest challenges facing this nation today is the erosion of hope in the lives of our citizens, and that many of the challenges that we're facing are directly connected t

bbc world news was presented by casey team loss and captioning sponsored by newshour productions, llc >> brangham: good evening, i'm william brangham. judy woodruff is away. on the newshour tonight, ten days in and anthony scaramucci is out. president trump removes his controversial communications director on the same day his new chief of staff takes over. then... >> we'll handle north korea. we're going to be able to handle them okay? it will be handled. >> brangham: the president responds to threat from north korea, after its latest missile test shows they're capable of reaching the u.s. plus, in a culture bound by strict religious traditions, a group of girls pushes against the tide by hitting the waves. >> ( translated ): my daughter surfs and i am so happy. our lives are functioning. if allah blesses us then my daughter will be very big surfer!