secretary condoleezza rice was one of the architects of that strategy. she was bush's national security adviser when al qaeda struck the twin towers. she was a member of the president's inner circle, perhaps his closest personal adviser. and later, the first ever african-american female secretary of state. >> i, condoleezza rice, do swear -- >> reporter: are we seeing a different model now? >> well, i don't think there is a case to be made that saddam hussein would have gone down like moammar gadhafi. he would not have. >> reporter: why not? >> he had a bigger army. gadhafi was a monster, but saddam hussein killed 400,000 of his own people. >> reporter: you had a complicated relationship with a gadha gadhafi. to say the least. especially one particularly bizarre meeting with gadhafi in his private kitchen when he decided to show her a strange video. what was going through your head? >> what was going through my head is, how long do i have to sit here? it was actually just pictures of me with various leaders. and he said, i had libya's best composer write

condoleezza rice. hello. nice to see you again. >> nice to see you. >> oh, this is the one we've been waiting for! (laughter) "no higher honor." i just want to turn it this way. oh, yeah. (laughter) you're not messing around. you know what you can actually do is hollow that out and keep another book inside there. (laughter) >> jon: let's start... you know what we deal? here's what we'll do. we'll start in present day and work our way back to the point where you and i started. (laughter) so moammar qaddafi is killed. were you aware that he had a strange and, shall i say, creepy fixation on secretary of state condoleezza rice? did you know that? >> i was aware. several of my foreign minister colleagues had told me before i went to visit him back in 2008 that he had this fixation and when i got there i thought "just get through your business. just do diplomacy, just get out of here." and everything was going fine and then all of a sudden he said "i have this video for you." (laughter) and i thought uh-oh,

and clearly, condoleezza rice has all of those. but in my opinion, the most important leadership skills she has anything all successful leaders have this, is the ability to bring people together, to team build, to seek a common ground and no one is more skilled at this than condoleezza rice. as a national security advisor as you all know, it is her job to bring really diverse personalities together. so in her case, it was dick cheney the vice president, colin powell secretary of state and don rumsfeld, secretary of defense, really different personalities, really strong personalities, a lot attention in the room as you will read in this book. but she brought a consensus in under her leadership and the president leadership, they made some of the most important decisions of this century because of that great ability to team build. now she also used that skill is secretary of state and doubtless some really tough problems in palestine and israel on one hand and then it was pakistan and india on another day after day, countries that wer

condoleezza rice. dr. rice, i'm getting lots of tweets wile we had the break there saying i wish that she would run for president. >> well, that is very nice, but thanks, i'll pass on that honor. >> is that a total lifetime pass, or could he see yourself tempted back? >> i'm really a policy person. i'm not a politician, and i've been through a campaign. i know what that takes, and i'll leave it to others. >> you're not entirely ruling it out? >> piers, that's a no. >> let me ask you, where were you when you heard that osama bin laden had been killed, because for you personally, never mind professionally, it must have been an extraordinary moment in your life having spent so long trying to catch him after 9/11. >> it was, indeed. i had just come in actually to washington d.c. i had landed that evening from california, and i flipped on the television, and they were getting ready to have the news conference, and i thought the president of the united states doesn't go into the east room this time of night. i t

condoleezza rice. dr. rice, i'm getting lots of tweets wile we had the break there saying i wish that she would run for president. >> well, that's very nice, but thanks, i'll pass on that honor. >> is that a total lifetime pass, or could you see yourself tempted back? >> i'm really a policy person. i'm not a politician. and i've been through a campaign. i know what that takes. and i'll leave it to others. >> but you're not entirely ruling it out? >> piers, that's a no. >> let me ask you, where were you when you heard that osama bin laden had been killed? because for you personally, never mind professionally, it must have been an extraordinary moment in your life, having spent so long trying to catch him after 9/11. >> it was, indeed. i had just come in actually to washington d.c. i had landed that evening from california, and i flipped on the television, and they were getting ready to have the news conference, and i thought the president of the united states doesn't go into the east room this time of night

condoleezza rice. hello. nice to see you again. >> nice to see you. >> oh, this is the one we've been waiting for! (laughter) "no higher honor." i just want to turn it this way. oh, yeah. (laughter) you're not messing around. you know what you can actually do is hollow that out and keep another book inside there. (laughter) >> jon: let's start... you know what we deal? here's what we'll do. we'll start in present day and work our way back to the point where you and i started. (laughter) so moammar qaddafi is killed. were you aware that he had a strange and, shall i say, creepy fixation on secretary of state condoleezza rice? did you know that? >> i was aware. several of my foreign minister colleagues had told me before i went to visit him back in 2008 that he had this fixation and when i got there i thought "just get through your business. st do diplomacy, just get out of here." and everything was going fine and then all of a sudden he said "i have this video for you." (laughter) and i thought uh-oh, w

with condoleezza rice. we do have the relationship that goes back, as you know, think dr. rice was the provost at stanford and is back at stanford now at the woodrow wilson institute. chuck and i spent eight years on campus at stanford. it was not because we could graduate. but that is a different story. and we have many bejeweled friends from our service it stanford and elsewhere. of course we also had the privilege of service to our country at a very consequential times. one of the things that i enjoy thinking about is leadership also and i think of dr. rice as a transformational leader. in fact i think president chalela and -- is transformational leaders. you might think about and ask what are the common traits? vision, contextual knowledge, understanding the environment in which you are operating, communication and motivational skills? they are challenging but empowering, rocksolid integrity, unusual determination and perseverance, perseverance and perseverance. well, as you might guess i'm a great admirer of dr. rice, not quite as much as moammar gadhafi. i don't have

no woman is more skilled at this condoleezza rice. national security adviser as you all know, it is her job to bring really diverse personalities together. so in her case it was dick cheney, the vice president, colin powell, secretary of state and donald rumsfeld, secretary of defense. really different personalities, release strong personalities, a lot of tension as you will read in this book, but she brought a consensus and under her leadership they made some of the most important decisions of this century and because of that great ability to team build. she also use that skill as secretary of state to deal with tough problems in israel on one hand and benefit pakistan and india and day after day countries that had really diverse and fundamental differences. no one was better at bringing everyone together than dr. condoleezza rice. at age 48 secretary rice was named provost at stanford. she was the first woman, first minority and the august provost, she showed exceptional leadership skills at stanford and since that time universities

. >>> then, the world according to former secretary of state condoleezza rice. looking forward and looking back at the ten-year war in afghanistan. >> it's not surprising that people are trying to find an end in sight. >>> and as he bubbles to the top of the 2012 pool, what makes newt tick? with gingrich campaign advisor bob walker and former gingrich staffer, political analyst rich galen. >>> i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> for more than two months, debt committee members have struggled with the complications of public policy and the reality of party politics. by way of good news, they're still talking to each other. >> we have 12 good people who have worked hard since this committee has been created to try to find sufficient common ground. >> i think all 12 members of this committee have really committed to doing that. we're working hard. >> still, it's hard to figure how they can in the hours left agree on a deal that has's lewded them for months. joining me now, crow chair of the super committee, senator patty murray from washington.

. >>> then, the world according to former secretary of state condoleezza rice. looking forward and looking back at the ten-year war in afghanistan. >> it's not surprising that people are trying to find an end in sight. >>> and as he bubbles to the top of the 2012 pool, what makes newt tick? with gingrich campaign adviser bob walker and former gingrich staffer, political analyst rich galen. i'm candy crowley, and this is "state of the union." >>> for more than two months, debt committee members have struggled with the complications of public policy and the reality of party politics. by way of good news, they're still talking to each other. >> we have 12 good people who have worked hard since this committee has been created to try to find sufficient common ground. >> i think all 12 members of this committee have really committed to doing that. we're working hard. >> still, it's hard to figure how they can in the hours left agree on a deal that has eluded them for months. joining me now for her first sunday interview as democratic co-chair of the super committee, s

condoleezza rice "no higher honor a memoir of my years in washington." dick cheney was critical of weapons of mass destruction africa the yellow cake thing. saddam hussein was trying to buy stuff and bum bum bum bum bum. didn't turn out to be true. cheney writes she you. >> bill: cheney referring to a difference of opinion you guys had because you said we shouldn't have included that into the president's speech when he was explaining to the american public. so were you crying in his office. >> no. billion why he thought i was crying. maybe the tears were in his eyes. >> bill: this is hyperbole on the part of the vice president. >> i have cried. i cried when i saw wounded soldiers. i cried a couple days after september 11th. i cried when i was sitting with the victims of rape in darfur who had been raped some of them by u.n. peace keepers. but in the vice president's office because of a press report, no. >> bill: he didn't like you because you didn't agree with him on a lot of things. north korea, terrorism watch lists, you wanted them off, he didn't. the

this year we hit the jackpot with condoleezza rice. we have a relationship that goes back as you know, i think, dr. rice was provost at stanford and back at stanford at the woodrow wilson institute. chuck and i spent eight years on campus in stanford not because we couldn't graduate but that is a different story. we have many mutual friends from service in government at stanford and elsewhere and we also had the privilege of service to our country and very consequential times. one of the things i enjoy thinking about his leadership also. i think of dr. rice as the transformational leader. i think of ambassador, as transformational leaders. you might think about and ask whether the common traits. vision, contextual knowledgeably original understanding the environment, communication and motivational skills. they are challenging but am powering. rock-solid integrity. unusual determination and perseverance and perseverance. i emigrated mirer of dr. rice. not quite as much as gaddafi. i don't have the scrapbook. [applause] i do have an enor

i'll ask the bush administration secretary of state condoleezza rice. and, buckle up, we'll take you on one of the world's most dangerous and deadly drives. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we didn't hear from herman cain's accuser herself, but her lawyer says she still believes she was the victim of sexual harassment by the republican presidential candidate back in the 1990s, when he was the head of the national restaurant association. the lawyer, joel bennett, responding skeptically to herman cain's denials. >> there's an expression, where there's smoke, there's fire. the fact that there are multiple complaints tells me that it's more likely than not that there was some sexual harassment activity by this man at that time. all of that is subject to proof. he would be allowed to rebut all of them be and i -- but the fact that there's more than one complainant is meaningful. >> let's assess what's going on right now with our chief analyst gloria borger. if no other

take a look. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> condoleezza rice is fluent in russian. we had an in-depth conversation. >> i thought you were speaking in gibberish for a minute. >> what she told me, i can never tell. just between us. >> really? >> yeah. it was quite revealing. >> all right. >> you can watch my full interview in english, with condoleezza rice on our home page, goodmorningamerica.com. >>> now, to something else i do not understand at all. a travel snafu that i defy you to match. we've all been stuck at the airport. but this is a story about a woman who got stuck for eight days. let me say that again. eight days. the weather was fine. there were no mechanic problems. so, what trapped her? baggage fees. here's abc's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: unfortunately, getting stuck in the airport isn't unusual. lots of us have slept on those uncomfortable seats or on the floor. but how about eight days of that? >> you are not to enter through those doors. you are not to leave this building. >> reporter: tom hanks' character lived in the airport in the movie "the ter

we knew gadhafi had a thing for condoleezza rice and we knew condoleezza rice was going to have quite a story here. pictures of the former secretary of state were actually found in the libyan leaders personal affects and now, we know a little bit more of what was going on there after she went, condoleezza rice, on "the daily show," to talk about it. listen. >> were you aware that he had a strange and shall i say creepy fixation on secretary of state condoleezza rice? >> i was aware. several of my foreign minister colleagues had told me before i went to visit him back in 2008, that he had this fixation and when i got there, i thought, just get through your business. do a diplomacy, just get out of here and everything was going fine, then he said, i have this video for you. and i thought, what is this? but it was actually just pictures of me with hue jintao, vladimir putin, set to a song he had written called black flower in a white house. >> how's the song go? >> hilarious. >> i know. i've actually called her a few times trying to get her to talk about it, but she wouldn't because she

condoleezza rice. dr. rice, i'm getting lots of tweets wile we had the break there saying i wish that she would run for president. >> well, that's very nice, but thanks, i'll pass on that honor. >> is that a total lifetime pass, or could you see yourself tempted back? >> i'm really a policy person. i'm not a politician. and i've been through a campaign. i know what that takes. and i'll leave it to others. >> but you're not entirely ruling it out? >> piers, that's a no. >> let me ask you, where were you when you heard that osama bin laden had been killed? because for you personally, never mind professionally, it must have been an extraordinary moment in your life, having spent so long trying to catch him after 9/11. >> it was, indeed. i had just come in actually to washington, d.c. i had landed that evening from california, and i flipped on the television, and they were getting ready to have the news conference, and i thought the president of the united states doesn't go into the east room this time of nigh

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rice. fine. but it takes you three minutes to open the box. >> reporter: delivering more than 1,000 commentaries on "60 minutes" beginning in 1978. >> i don't know anything offhand that mystifies americans more, than the cotton may put in pill bottles. >> reporter: making the mundane seem consequential. >> this is the packet they give you. there's supposed to be a tab here. but you never can find it. >> reporter: his observations resonated with the american public. >> there's no doubt about it. dogs are nicer than people. >> reporter: andy rooney was born in 1919, during world war ii, he wrote for the army newspaper, "stars and stripes." and in 1949, he got his big break, as a writer for a cbs comedy show. >> this is mr. rooney's joke. the favorite dish of the men from another planet who pilot the flying saucers is venus schnitzel. >> reporter: for decades, he worked at cbs news, writing for other correspondents. >> i worked for harry reasoner, for eight or ten years. >> reporter: but in 19

take a look. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> condoleezza rice is fluent in russian. we had an in-depth conversation. >> i thought you were speaking in gibberish for a minute. >> what she told me, i can never tell. just between us. >> oh, yeah? >> it was quite revealing. >> all right. >> you can watch my full interview in english, with condoleezza rice on our home page, goodmorningamerica.com. >>> now, to something else i do not understand at all. a travel snafu that i defy you to match. we've all been stuck at the airport. but this is a story about a woman who got stuck for eight days. let me say that again. eight days. the weather was fine. there were no mechanic problems. so, what trapped her? baggage fees. here's abc's neal karlinsky. >> reporter: unfortunately, getting stuck in the airport isn't unusual. lots of us have slept on those uncomfortable seats or on the floor. but how about eight days of that? >> you are not to enter through those doors. you are not to leave this building. >> reporter: tom hanks' character lived in the airport in the movie "the termina

former secretary of state condoleezza rice, whose memoir "no higher honor" tells of her days as george bush's secretary of state. michael lewis, author of "boomerang," the explosive best seller about wall street. and walter isaacson, the best selling author of the new biography of steve jobs. they're all ahead on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning again. well, we are all here and i'm going to start with kathryn stockett because, among those of us who write books from time to time, you are the hero. how long has that book been on the best seller list? >> i try not to keep track of numbers like that, but it seems like it's been a very long time. >> schieffer: back to 2009, right? >> it came out in february of '09. and somehow, i am still on book tour. i need to write another one. >> schieffer: and it is still number one on the paperback list, isn't it? >> yeah. i mean, it's hovering around there somewhere. but i know this is short-lived. >> schieffer: it's not short- lived so far, i'

condoleezza rice hasn't forgotten either. matter of fact, she's talking about the late libyan's dictator's crush on her. zain, you and have talked about this in the past. you used to work there at the state department and you kind of wondered if she was going to reveal details about this, considering how awkward it was. >> well, now she has. and, yeah, it's kind of juicy. you know, moammar gadhafi had a big crush on her and he once expressed his admiration by saying the way condoleezza rice leaned back and gave orders to leaders. he said, leza, leza, this is something pretty interesting. condoleezza rice in her new book said essentially when she went to libya and got to the meeting that she was having with moammar gadhafi she hoped it was all business and all diplomacy and all of a sudden he said, i want to show you something. she thought, it was a videotape montage of her full of pictures of her with different world leaders. here's what she had to say. >> quite extraordinary. >> yes, quite extraordinary. and weird and a bit

let's watch condoleezza rice on "the daily show" last night talking about moammar gadhafi and that strange obsession with her we discovered over the last several weeks. remember he had that flip book and had done some scrap booking with pictures of condi rice in it. here she is with jon stewart. >> soç moammar gadhafi -- were you aware that he had a strange and shall i say creepy fixation on secretary of say the cof sta condoleezza rice? >> i was aware. several of my colleagues had told me before i went to visit him back in 2008 that he had this fixation and when i got there, i thought just get through your business, do the diplomacy, get out of here. everything was going fine and then all of a sudden he said i have this video for you. and i thought what is this. but it was actually just pictures of me with tao, with putin, set to a song that he had had written called black flower in the white house. >> he wrote her a song, too. that runs deep. stephen colbert meanwhile we showed you yesterday going down dressed up in deep disguise to hang out in zuccotti park with the occupy wall ç ti