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Into trumps political rivals. and then rick perry shows up and is like, yeah, the president and vice president both decided they didnt want to come, but im here and im in charge, and, hey, can you give my guys a deal? ive got these guys who have given me a bunch of money for my political campaigns back home in texas and they want to do some drilling here. know what i mean? heres their names. their bid will be in, in a week. that was first reported a week by by the "associated press." mysteriousl...

Rick perry is one of the handful of trump administration officials who suddenly inexplicably resigned from his high position in government as soon as the impeachment scandal started breaking open. rick perry is one of these people for whom his own role is getting stickier and more problematic the more we learn. we also learned from that same foreign service officer david holmes in his testimony. we learned about president trump personally inquiring as to whether ukraine was going to do the inves...

Contacts. meetings from which u.s. embassy personnel were excluded by secretary perrys staff. well, why didnt you want the embassy staff there? rick perry is one of the handful of trump administration officials who suddenly inexplicably resigned from his high position in government as soon as the impeachment scandal started breaking open. rick perry is one of these people for whom his own role is getting stickier and more problematic the more we learn. we also learned from that same foreign serv...

Here and im in charge, and, hey, can you give my guys a deal? ive got these guys who have given me a bunch of money for my political campaigns back home in turkey a texas and they want to do some drillings here. their bid will be in, in a week. that was first reported a week by by the "associated press." mysteriously rick perry has resigned as the impeachment scandal has broken wide open. he wants to spend more time with his, i dont know, lawyers. anyway, now i have to tell you big advance in th...

>> is in will any, not that i want trouble in the burton household. >> theres enough as it is. >> stick around. >> from mike nichols on his first film to take two of the biggest movie stars in the world and shoot them in this black and white raw savage way, i think it was kind of a stroke of genius. >> finally snapped. >> and im going to haul it out and im not going to gin a damn what i do and im going to make the biggest god damn, motion youve heard. >>s who afraid of virginia woolf used langua...

Of movies being made. and then the dam started breaking open. ♪ >> bonnie and clyde was produced by warren beatty, based on the escapades of gangsters from the 1930s. >> one time i told you i was going to make you somebody. thats what you done for me. you made me somebody theyre going to remember. >> beatty was extremely ambitious and very smart. he wanted to work with the best directors in hollywood, and he was already influenced by the fresh new wave in european films. >> i think one of his ...

I think its inevitable he goes but could be quite long and certainly messy. >> i say a little longer on balance. he has the military still behind him. in some ways the military is leading, not assad. its not getting rid of one person. this is not the mubarak analogy. the opposition is still relatively inchoate, isnt well armed. domestic opposition and international opposition is separate. the international pressure is huge. the sanctions from the arab league are meaningful and starting to really...

Presumption among us in the west that the arab spring means authoritarian regions transitioning to something else. theres an enormous amount of economic pressure on democratic regimes as well. particularly about the periphery, im thinking about greece, hungary. those are places we could seed a lot more social discontent, populism that moves them in an authoritarian direction. they shouldnt lose sight and presume arab spring is just about countries we dont like. >> that brings us to europe. easy ...

Between israel and palestine. i think theres more likelihood of real internal protests within israel. we saw that this summer. i dont see that translating into major movement in any peace process. >> the change would have to come from israel, not just an american election. not going to be a huge amount of external involvement. >> fine on the israeli domestic environment. internationalally it is not a winner in this environment. you talk about presidential elections. youre not going to run on let...

harvard physicist. a look at the way your mind works and doesnt. fascinating conversation with nobel prize winner daniel kahneman. a big birthday but an awkward time to throw a big birthday bash. ill explain. first my take. its the start of the new year and we will do predictions on this show. i thought id try my own hand at some before asking others to risk their reputations. and in the spirit of keeping myself honest, im going to look back at what i said and wrote in "time" magaz...