sponsored by wells fargo. i am judy woodruff and i am thrilled to be joining these three amazing authors today. you see them on the screen. they are george packer whose latest book our man: richard holbrooke and the end of the american century , and susan glasser and peter baker whose book just out this fall, the man who ran washington: the life and times of james a. baker iii. two brilliant books about two complicated and fascinating man. they were born a decade apart. baker in houston in 1930. holbrooke in manhattan in 1941. 1941. baker of republican trained as a lawyer. holbrooke a democrat foreign service officer, student of foreign policy. their lives took very different trajectories but they both ended up in washington where they became major power players. peter, picking up on that, this is a man with great ambition and it was there before he came to washington. it was. he was part of the houston of he was of the family houston aristocracy. expected to
we begin with jay gray, the history, the pomp and circumstance to remember an american hero. reporter: acrs the country, thousands stopped to say goodbye. it s very sad. he was a great man and we loved him. reporter: more than 100 stding solemnly at ellington field as george h.w. bush, the aircraft s renamed thecial trip in only had of the 41st president. he travels to washington for the last time. dignitaries including vice president mik pence paying respects during the brief cemony in the rotunda. we thank you for sharing this special man with our nation and the world. reporter: where thousands are expected to gather to say goodbye. he helped aot of people. d he was a wonderful man. reporter: mournlers celebrating almost 70 years of ascrifice and dedication to the country. fighter pilot shot down during world war ii, a congressman, ambassador to the united rtions, direc of the cia, vice president, then president, and oute of office championed a host charible c
the performance of the military side. but also we take out some excuses from our friend who are not supplying specific arms because they say what guaranty we have what control you have? can you guaranty these weapons will not go to extremist groups? so they need to see us first being responsible ourselves. after we are being responsible for ourselves, then we can ask and tell them, this is what we need from you. this is the system we have. this is the control which we have. whether they use it as an excuse and not, we ll see in the future but these steps we need them as syrians regardless of our friend and how they act toward us. second question, when bashir will leave? i have to be honest. nobody knows. but it is our duty to maximize our performance as i said on both fields. bashir will not leave free of charge. we re not dreaming that. we go to geneva and we sit on the table, okay, we will discuss with you, this is nice, this is good. okay. this is the good-bye. it is not
hill and then when it fell is when i lefthello, everybody. welcome to the washington times for this special episode of history as it happens a podcast for people who want to think about current events historically. i m martin de caro and our guest today catholic university historian. michael kimmage. welcome michael. thank you for having me. good to have you here. you are a member of the state department s policy planning staff 2014 to 2016. your portfolio was russia and ukraine. so you bring a lot of expertise to the subject. we re going to talk about today. you are an expert on us russia relations, and that is the road to war in eastern europe. how did we get to this point where europe is seeing its first major land war since world war two the possible exception of the breakup of yugoslavia a civil war. so let s begin with something. i usually stay away with stay away from rather my day-to-day podcast and that is what s happening on the ground. we want the podcast to surviv
mary bono mack and steven holcomb. we have so many people coming up. it is thursday, november 2. starting point begins right now. good morning, everyone. our starting point this morning, developments happening now in cairo. the u.s. embassy there is closed. no one is being allowed in or out as we speak. embassy officials say protesters are blocking the entrance and clashes are happening near nearby. reza sayah is nearby for us. what s happening? reporter: there is no indication protesters are targeting the u.s. em wibassy b it was closed as a precaution. these are protesters who clashed with police. these are the trouble-making elements, the teenagers, young men, the 20-somethings who for the past four days vo thrown red sox, debris, molotov cocktails at police. police responded by firing teargas, stun grenades. some police officers have been throwing rocks as well. some of the clashes have been inching toward the assembly which is a couple of blocks from tahrir squ