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today and the nature of russia's intent for russia today? >> well, i think that theoretically speaking in any country you would find parts of the establishment which would be suspicious or misunderstanding, vis-a-vis another country. i feel in my context with the people in the united states with whom i communicate and those are not only secretary of state, other ministers, not only state department officials, not only journalists, the business community representatives but also just people whom i know for many years, i feel that the overwhelming mood is in favor of removing ideological inhibitions and ideological cliches. is because russians and the americans have very much in common as far as the attitude towards life is concerned. >> rose: what do you mean by that? >> well, you want to have interesting jobs. we do the same. superintendent these jobs to be well paid. and the same is true with us. you love art. you love culture. >> rose: care about the education of your children and the development of your... >> absolutely. and, you know, sp
today and the nature of russia's intent for russia today? >> well, i think that theoretically speaking in any country you would find parts of the establishment which would be suspicious or misunderstanding, vis-a-vis another country. i feel in my context with the people in the united states with whom i communicate and those are not only secretary of state, other ministers, not only state department officials, not only journalists, the business community representatives but also just...
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of course, saudi arabia, russia, they're separate. but for developed nations you have this... you have a population getting younger. it's all there. what i think... i hope will happen to america and i want america really to succeed because a vibrant america is very good for china. you know, you've got to put aside the cold war mentality some of you have. focus on reinvigorating the economy. the economy is not just going through a bit of a hiccup because it's not a cyclical change, it's a structural change which would take some type and tough decisions and i think america would make them. and once you do this this will be wonderful. >> rose: the future is unlimited. >> yeah. >> rose: a lot of meshs have a lot of admiration for what the chinese are doing in terms of technology and your ambition to create battery-operated cars and also to use when you have the largest investments in wind and sun, solar and any nation. you are committed to building a great university. you want to be among to create over the next 50 years one of the great universities that will be there in china wi
of course, saudi arabia, russia, they're separate. but for developed nations you have this... you have a population getting younger. it's all there. what i think... i hope will happen to america and i want america really to succeed because a vibrant america is very good for china. you know, you've got to put aside the cold war mentality some of you have. focus on reinvigorating the economy. the economy is not just going through a bit of a hiccup because it's not a cyclical change, it's a...
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. >> rose: is russia immune? >> no, russia has always been on our potential targeted list since they are nuclear power. >> rose: and snern >> certain no longer immune. no, i'm sure that ahmadinejad may have mentioned that to you. but iran and north korea have now been included in effect in countries which the united states would bear right to attack with nuclear weapons. >> i want to ask this as simply as i know how to. >> (laughs) i'll try to give you a simple answer, thank you. >> rose: do you believe that the president would give you the responsibility that you could find and get a peace agreement between the israelis and the palestinians? >> i doubt it. i don't think so. i believe the best person right now to handle that responsibility is hillary clinton. >> rose: because? >> because she's tough, competent, and she nose the background. she's determined. and she doesn't have the scars of my past negotiating experience. >> rose: and also do you think the israelis look upon you with... >> with some skepticism. >
. >> rose: is russia immune? >> no, russia has always been on our potential targeted list since they are nuclear power. >> rose: and snern >> certain no longer immune. no, i'm sure that ahmadinejad may have mentioned that to you. but iran and north korea have now been included in effect in countries which the united states would bear right to attack with nuclear weapons. >> i want to ask this as simply as i know how to. >> (laughs) i'll try to give you a...
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. >> rose: as we did russia with weapons. >> in the end, my view is no, this regime is qualitatively different in their makeup. i see them now exporting terrorism, instability around the middle east. i think the risk of not them so much using a nuclear weapon, because i agree that's a remote contingency although, you know, you can't ignore the fact the president of the country says israel should be wiped off the map. if you were an israeli you'd worry about it. but there's the risk of the leak of the technology. would they give that technology to one of these terrorist groups? i don't know. so i can't be sure. now... okay, so you've got a situation you can manage it. you confront it. who's right? it's really difficult. >> rose: but your fear is that it's unacceptable for them because they may lose it to some... or give it to somebody. >> yes, yes. >> rose: and therefore we can not let them have it. and therefore if sanctions fail, we have to make a military strike. >> it's inevitable where you are. >> you can't take that option off the table. >> rose: but that's easy talk. you're say
. >> rose: as we did russia with weapons. >> in the end, my view is no, this regime is qualitatively different in their makeup. i see them now exporting terrorism, instability around the middle east. i think the risk of not them so much using a nuclear weapon, because i agree that's a remote contingency although, you know, you can't ignore the fact the president of the country says israel should be wiped off the map. if you were an israeli you'd worry about it. but there's the risk...
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we wish to sell them, of course, russia wants to sell them. china wants to sell them. american companies are also in different ways selling them. so what is important here? the sanctions should be respect ed and sanctions, all those items fallen into sanction s we have to apply this. so as i said, sanctions are binding us, also. we are very careful on that. >> rose: what can turkey do then? give me a sense of what you would say to president obama? and what would you say to president ahmadinejad? >> first of all, it should be known that... because i know perception, you see. we are not undermining american policies. on the other side, we are coordinating, in fact, and we are talking. we have the capacity-- again, i will repeat this-- we have the capacity to help this issue. i think our friends should be happy with this. so we are doing our best and... >> rose: is it happening? i mean, are you talking to the iranians on behalf of the americans or about americans? >> i think something is happening. something is happening. maybe small progress but something is happening. i
we wish to sell them, of course, russia wants to sell them. china wants to sell them. american companies are also in different ways selling them. so what is important here? the sanctions should be respect ed and sanctions, all those items fallen into sanction s we have to apply this. so as i said, sanctions are binding us, also. we are very careful on that. >> rose: what can turkey do then? give me a sense of what you would say to president obama? and what would you say to president...
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accomplish and where you see iran at this moment in terms of threatened sanctions, the government of russia, china, the united states, britain and even in your own country. they say it's no joke. mr. rafsanjani said-- former president-- no joke could hurt iran. iranian business people say this is no joke, it could hurt iran. >> ( translated ): did you take what mr. rafsanjani says seriously? >> rose: i should not take mr. rafsanjani seriously? >> ( translated ): but have you? did you? >> rose: yes. >> ( translated ): very good. which says that there's freedom in iran to say what they want. so, you know, there's no such restrictions on what people can say in iran. i believe in responding to your question that those who resorted to the sanctions really felt that they had no other alternative, are unable to explore other alternatives and despite mr. rafsanjani's statement, the reality on the ground about sanctions does not change. naturally there are people who... with different opinions on the question of sanctions, but in the end of the day, the reality about our nation is that the it believ
accomplish and where you see iran at this moment in terms of threatened sanctions, the government of russia, china, the united states, britain and even in your own country. they say it's no joke. mr. rafsanjani said-- former president-- no joke could hurt iran. iranian business people say this is no joke, it could hurt iran. >> ( translated ): did you take what mr. rafsanjani says seriously? >> rose: i should not take mr. rafsanjani seriously? >> ( translated ): but have you?...
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the crisis began in russia or in asia and the american economy was the one that was able to pull the whole world out of recession, so we don't blame it in america but we understand that a lot of mistakes were committed in the way that this crisis was faced. >> charlie: there is also this in terms of america's image. in the long history of america's image with latin america, there were issues in terms of who america supported and who it did not support that gave this country a certain image. does that image linger in the perception of the vast mass of people in chile and in latin america? >> it is a lot. >> charlie: from country to country. >> the origin of the word "gringo." >> charlie: what is the origin? >> many americans are called gringos abroad. >> charlie: i know that. >> because they used -- a green uniform and people used to tell them, "green, go home." >> charlie: is that right? "green, go home"? >> yes. i would say that we realized that the u.s. is a tremendous, magnificent country in terms of freedom. in terms of accomplishment. in terms of innovation. in terms of courage
the crisis began in russia or in asia and the american economy was the one that was able to pull the whole world out of recession, so we don't blame it in america but we understand that a lot of mistakes were committed in the way that this crisis was faced. >> charlie: there is also this in terms of america's image. in the long history of america's image with latin america, there were issues in terms of who america supported and who it did not support that gave this country a certain...
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all over the world, china, russia, korea, india, these new markets are popping everywhere. and what is interesting is that one of the person that leo mentor which had is larry, larry understood brilliantly that the new markets are abroad and he has now... >> you mean in terms of russians the new rich, wherever they are? >> so the world of leo is a world which is completely gone. it's finished. but now, the people who were put on the map by leo are doing something completely different. they are now following the new collectors following the new riches being made and they are... you know, but still new york is still the police place where the money is. >> rose: the book is called "leo and his circle." annie cohen-solal, thank you. congratulations. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
all over the world, china, russia, korea, india, these new markets are popping everywhere. and what is interesting is that one of the person that leo mentor which had is larry, larry understood brilliantly that the new markets are abroad and he has now... >> you mean in terms of russians the new rich, wherever they are? >> so the world of leo is a world which is completely gone. it's finished. but now, the people who were put on the map by leo are doing something completely...
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and this was ten, 15 years before it did-- it would be the lifetime of everybody now living before russia became a normal country again because we're so deeply traumatized. in short, i had had an education on the road for the "new york times" that should have taught me to look more seriously at this question of a deeply traumatized bludgeoned society and how unpromising and fertile it was earlier. a place this was for the venture that the united states had in mind. the venture they had in mind was... i recall, i think i'm not mistaken, the bush/cheney view, rumsfeld view was that there will be a spontaneous rebuilding of iraq. iraqis will take care of that. well, people like me should have cautioned. >> rose: more than that, it would be fueled by... it would be paid for by iraqi oil money. >> iraqi oil. that was, of course, wrong. why did we not do it? because for other reasons again rooted in my own personal experience i was transfixed by terror. by the terrors saddam was visiting on his own people. >> because you knew people that had experienced and you knew the horror of their lives? >
and this was ten, 15 years before it did-- it would be the lifetime of everybody now living before russia became a normal country again because we're so deeply traumatized. in short, i had had an education on the road for the "new york times" that should have taught me to look more seriously at this question of a deeply traumatized bludgeoned society and how unpromising and fertile it was earlier. a place this was for the venture that the united states had in mind. the venture they...
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. >> does russia. >> no, they have something else. >> the "new york" magazine wrote a piece called reasonable man by christopher beam in a world of loud voices and extreme positions david brooks manages to be a relevant and absolutely essential. you talk about a writing a column as a failure because you cannot do what you want to do in a column. >> well, you know, when you write a column you have at most three days, usually a couple of hours. when you read it the next day, there is always stuff would you have done differently. some days you picked the wrong topic. and so you read it and you think-- and when you have a chance, you know, i sometimes look at what michael lewis does in long form journalism and i thought boy, i wish i had the ability. >> rose: if did you that you would be wanting to have a column. >> maybe. >> rose: i would suspect. the other thing i mentioned here, "new york" magazine said that brooks is better than anyone at crystallizing the questions we face, ones for which there are often no good answers. so what are the questions that we need to face here other than the defi
. >> does russia. >> no, they have something else. >> the "new york" magazine wrote a piece called reasonable man by christopher beam in a world of loud voices and extreme positions david brooks manages to be a relevant and absolutely essential. you talk about a writing a column as a failure because you cannot do what you want to do in a column. >> well, you know, when you write a column you have at most three days, usually a couple of hours. when you read it...