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Terrorism included dozens the saudis say had links to isis and planned attacks. they are working closely with them. while the american effort is to take out claude, the saudis want help on another front. rebels are on the offense against the fragile yemeni government. >> for all intents and purposes taken control over the capitol. they are now perhaps the dominant force in yemen. >> the risk to anger them so the saudis arent threatened? >> we understand the concerns it saudis have about them and...

>> the hutis, for all intents and purposes, taken control of the capital. they are now perhaps the dominant force in yemen. >> reporter: what the u.s. risk iransing anner to target them so the saudis are not threatened? >> we understand the concerns that the saudis have about them. and the instability, the insecurity that -- that they see, again, on their southern border. i wouldnt speak again to specific targeting. >> reporter: this unrest could be an opportunity for al qaeda. >> they could exp...

Anyone in the cia involved with the program could be prosecuted he also says they could be considered war crimes. john brennan alluded to the fact that laws may have been broken. listen to this. >> in a limited number of cases, officers used techniques that were not authorized, were abhorrent and should rightly be repudiated by all and we fell short holding some officers accountable for their mistakes. >> lets bring in david gergen and david, the ceo of foreign policy magazine and author of a br...

What democracy is and there is going to be a lot of fallout from that in the treatment of our diplomats overseas the treatment hopefully not and potentially the treatment of our military. >> that is definitely a national insecurity issue. i want to go to jeremy peters. first, let me bring up a tweet from joe, actually, who likens this report to the" rolling stone" article him he said this, senate intelligent report, investigators refused to interview the accused. sound like the rolling stones jo...

Senior security correspondent at "the daily beast" and author of the book "at war" and david, author of "national insecurity: american leadership in an age of fear." shane on that point that richard was just talking about, i found the pushback from the cia very interesting because what they do want to talk about is this context of what the atmosphere was like after 9/11. they also want to talk about whether or not we actually got actionable intelligence from the techniques. but i dont see a lot ...

But which princess? >> they think youre out of "frozen." ♪ ♪ >> the wrong princess maybe, but thats what kate does, she brings fairy tales to life. and it fascinates america. meanwhile, kates prince, william, had an appointment at the white house. the president wanted to repay the hospitality he received at buckingham palace. and he asked if william knew the sex of the baby theyre expecting in april. the answer was no. >> then to the world bank and a speech about the cause closest to william...

Of the nation address. in it he boasted about crimeas historical reunification with russia and went on to blame the west for most of the problems that his strong and confident, his word, nation faces. one word that was absent from the speech was recession. his government predicted the russian economy would contract. joining me to discuss all of this, richard haass is the president of the council on foreign relations. he was the drebter of policy planning at the state department from 2001 to 2003...

Pearl harbor address to congress asking for a deck laslaration o. a, 7, b, 11, c, 15, or d, 19? well tell you the correct answer. this weeks book of the well week is "national insecurity, american leadership in an age of fear." this book helps remind us that since 9/11 america has been too fearful, too reactive, too tactical in its foreign policy. we saw that with isis which tried to bait washington with vivid and vicious videos, and it succeeded. he also describes how the system of decision mak...

Delano roosevelt made his famous pearl harbor address to congress. that brings me to my question of the week. how many times has the u.s. congress officially declared war? a, 7. b, 1 11. c, 15, or d, 19. this weeks book of the week is david rothkopfs "national insecurity." this book helps remind us that since 9/11 america has been too fearful, too reactivreactive, t tactical in its foreign policy. we saw that with isis trying to bait washington with vivid videos. he decides how the system of dem...

I couldnt not write about it and ended up with a book four years later. >> now a contributor to online magazines and author of a memoir she wants to make writing and teaching her full time career. >> my next bold move is to break into acadamia. >> she has been a visiting professor at a major university in the past and today she is teaching a one day writers workshop. >> whats step two? >> i love everything about teaching. i love conveying wisdom and research i love thinking about what can make a...