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The america red cross brings hope and help to people in need every 8 minutes, every day. so this season give something that means something. support us at redcross.org and we are back with richard haass, robin wright, chrystia freeland, and david rothkopf. robin, youre just back from a trip to the middle east and a big piece in "the new yorker." what is the picture of syria -- what do we need to understand about it today? >> well, i went along the war front and i think the thing that struck me...

Complicated in the last 100 years but the iraq/syria war which is what this really is is even more complicated than that. >> and whats also complicated is the domestic politics. you know, one of the things that robins piece which i recommend to everybody, you should read it, it was great. one of the things that you bring out, robin, is this sort of descent into warlordism and the way its not only syria as a country being torn apart but the opposition which started with this idea of fighting for ...

Course, isnt true. that denies human nature, denies the national interests and all of history. >> when we come back, robin wright is just back from the middle east where she reported a great story on the war against isis. her piece says the war is the most complicated one in the modern history of the middle east. well be back. s that man? dad: hes our broker. he helps looks after all our money. kid: do you pay him? dad: of course. kid: how much? dad: i dont know exactly. kid: what if youre not h...

Agree on. theres the danger that diplomacy is taken over by events on the ground. ironically in the last couple weeks iran is now bombing isis just as the united states is bombing isis in iraq and ironically using american war planes, old american war planes, to do it. >> its not even just an irony. theres kind of a far as surrounding the irony. were saying were not coordinating with the iranians because the way we do it is we to an iraqi and say our planes are going to be here and the iraqi spe...

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And up for best actor, "house of cards" kevin spacey. nominated for top comedy are "big bang theory" and "orange is the new black." only "modern family" and "big bang theory" are network programs. the rest of cable or netflix. this is the second year online only series have been included in the prime time emmys though hbo dominates. and last but not least, the leading ladies. nominated for lead actress in a drama series is "house of cards" robin wright and my personal favorite is washington bein...

dont do that. how are you? >> i apologize. good morning. >> make it the excuse that it was the baby. >> exactly. >> you have a picture for me? all right. we also have former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst steve rattner. you had trouble waking up this morning? >> i woke up too early this morning. >> oh, it was me? >> everybody has a different problem this morning. >> i could not wake up! in washington "the new york times" reporter jeremy peters who is always perfec...

amid the surge of illegal immigrants and now concerns of disease spreading. i am jenna lee. >> and i am eric shaun. they are overwhelmed and government facilities bursting and over crowded and more being planned as president obama who is in texas for democratic fundraiser ruled out visiting the border to see it himself. he met with governor rick perry and u.s. drones to stop the flood. the president said congress should approve the throe.7 billion emergency flood -- fund to deal with t...

Casbah," and farwaz gerge is tis london school of his latest book is "the knew middle east: protest and revolution in the arab world." welcome back to both of you. robin, let me start with you. you had a terrific piece in t"te new york times" a year ago that struck me in which you mapped out a new middle east based on the realities of the ground. describe for us what you new map of the middle east looks like. >> in the aftermath of the arab uprisings, we saw a combustible emerge that allowed eth...

Different government. but as samuel huntington noted many years ago, the force that seems to be moving the world these days is not political ideology but political identity. everyone is asking the question, who are we? and who are we not? even in america, even on july 4th. for more, go to cnn.com/fareed, and read my "the washington post" column this week. lets get started. so lets make sense of all of this turmoil in the middle east and where its likely to lead. joining me now to do just that,...