william cohen was defense secretary in the second term of the clinton administration and he joins us now. secretary cohen, you were involved, you were in the room the first time an american president tried to kill osama bin laden back in 1997. tell us about that moment and then your observations of what we saw today nearly 15 years later. >> well, it's oddly enough, you know, it also involved pakistan at the time. we had intelligence that bin laden was going to be at a gathering of terrorists in afghanistan. and we had no way to get to afghanistan but over the airspace of pakistan. and that's when we asked general joe ralston to go to pakistan, to be with his counter part, to be with him at the time that long range missiles were going to be flying over the territory of pakistan to make sure that if they detected them that general ralston would be and i position to say it's okay, they are ours and not coming from your enemy india. it was a difficult choice because tension between india and pakistan was very high. ran the risk pofly setting off a conflict. we had to conduct this in ver

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and william cohen shares his insights on money and power, how goldman sacks came to rule the world. look for the complete schedule and get our schedules in your in box. sign up for the book tv alert. >> the author of courage to descend. professor, what was the importance of land in the civil rights movement? >> right. roque, atlanta has not been discussed very often in the civil rights movement. also, it was the home to several national civil rights organizations. the place that i wanted to explore because i thought it would be a success story. it is usually considered of interest only because it was the home of martin luther king jr. i wanted to explore atlanta because i knew that it was home to us sizable african-american middle class. many black colleges in part because the city fathers always considered it a place of racial moderation to my good place for much of the civil rights movement. >> what did you find? was a success story? >> in some ways it was men including for many members of the black middle class who came of age after a landmark civil rights legislation of the 1950

am so glad that we stayed, right here with you, through the city park years ♪ supervisor cohen: 80. mr. williams thank you. >> good afternoon, i am mr. williams, president of the african american historical and cultural society, and i attended this. i want to thank supervisor: for the leadership on this and helping to bring this to a point where we try to bring this forward. as a number of people have said, this process has been going on for far too long, a lot of years, and we have a tremendously underutilized assets at executive park. by moving this board and allowing these good developers to put this asset to a better use, it will bring some tremendously need amenities to this sector of the city, to the southeast sector. just mincing that the jobs would be there -- just mentioning those. he mentioned that his hair could turn gray. he might lose it, too. koran i think this project will also help to integrate that with the city. i urge you to move this forward. >> good afternoon, supervisors. thank you, supervisor sohen. -- cohen. i am on the bayview hunters point committee. we work with the re

on "afterwards,," william cohen. look for the complete schedule on booktv.org. sign up for alerts. >> let me be as clear as i can be. without significant spending cuts and changes in the way we spend the american people money, there will be no increase in the debt limit. >> followed the debate as lawmakers continued to work on economic issues, including spending, taxes, and the deficit, on line at the c-span to the library. -- online at the c-span video library. >> "washington journal" continues. host: on your screen now is congressman adam schiff. congressman, thank you for being on the "washington journal." house intelligence chairman, now is the time to break the back of al-qaeda -- what is your reaction to that? guest: i agree with him that now is not the time to this invest in our intelligence agencies. they did a remarkable job in the hunt for osama bin laden. it was an incredibly elaborate long term plan. this will be increasingly important as we draw down our military efforts. i agree with that. i would love to see us breaks the back of al-qaeda. it is a

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william cohen shares is in sight on money and power, how goldman sachs came to rule the world. for the complete schedule at our website into our schedules in your in box. sign up for alerts. >> let me be as clear as i can be. without significant spending cuts, and changes in the way we spend the american people's money, there will be no increase in the debt limit. >> follow the debate on the debt ceiling as lawmakers continued to work on economic issues in cooperman -- including government spending, taxes, and the deficit online at the c- span video library. you can search, watch, a clip, and share washington your wait. >> "washington journal" continues. host: congressman rob andrews from new jersey. as member of the armed services committee, we are eager to hear your perspective on afghanistan. you said in a peace in the "star-ledger" that you think that the killing of osama bin laden will basically help expedite the withdrawal from afghanistan. guest: afghanistan, if you have to think of all parricide and a host, al qaeda is the parasite and the taliban has been the host. the

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recounts his life from chicago's south side to the massachusetts governor's office and afterwards william cohen shares his insight on money and power. how goldman sachs came to rule the world. look for the complete booktv schedule at booktv.org and get our schedules in your in box. sign up for booktv alert. the interim prime minister of the libyan opposition spoke about the conflict in libya. he says muammar gadhafi's frozen assets are needed by the opposition to express humanitarian needs. he spoke at the brookings institution yesterday after a meeting with members of congress on wednesday. >> good morning. welcome to brookings. i am ken pollock, director of middle east policy at the brookings institution and i am delighted to see today. before we began our program let me ask everyone to make sure all of yourself loans for any of you who still keep beepers or any other electronic devices, are all silent. i am delighted to have you all here today because we are welcoming a very special speaker to our statesman's forum at the brookings institution. he doesn't need a very long introduction becaus

and on afterwards, william cohen shares his insight on money and power, how goldman sachs came to rule the world. look for the complete book tv schedule at booktv.org and get the complete schedule online. >> the house armed services committee wednesday passed a measure authorizing pentagon programs and policies for 2012. the vote on the house floor was nearly unanimous. only one member voted no. some of the issues debated, the repeal of the don't ask don't tell policy completed funding for a second engine for the joint strike fighter, and a modernization of the nuclear weapons systems. we will show you highlights beginning with the debate on the that the don't ask, don't tell repeal will not hurt the effectiveness of the military. >> thank you >> it's a long controversy lament but i'm sure. >> we will have it done by 2200 tonight. mr. chairman as we all know how and when the repeal of lescol kuhl was passed last year with the lame-duck congress all this simply does is make the service chiefs the ones the men and women who are actually in charge it's all men that were actually in charge

cohen. right? the duke and duchess of cambridge will be visiting the united states and canada. now we know their itinerary. max, you have the details. what do you know? >> reporter: prince william canada before and he was a huge hit but the duchess has not been to canada nor the united states. at the end of june they will be picked up by the canadian air force and flown to otto wa wau, quebec and a series of engagements is being arranged which allows them to reflect on canada's history but also to look at the future of next generation of royal. expect to see them meeting lots of young people. the final leg of the journey is being organized with the british government and takes them to los angeles where they will promote british interest to the united states. a source at st. james palace is seen as a working visit, not an opportunity to meet celebrities, although not quite sure they are going to avoid them. more details will be released in june. max foster, cnn, st. james palace, london. >>> chad myers now with a look at the weather. i don't know how wonderful those silk outfits will be when they wear that come july. it might be mighty hot but it's all right mighty hot in may. >