with holbrook it wasn't negotiable. if we want to have time for questions maybe we should open it up. there's a microphonthere is a me middle of a. >> i want to make an observation and a question ambassador holbrook was basically it's referred to as a deep state and the descendents are the three or four foreign service officers who i would take my hat off if i had one who were in the impeachment proceedings. >> >> i think that he was a little above them and might not have given them the time of the day if he was interested in. but you're right that he believed in the foreign service throughout his career and would have respected the hell out of those witnesses who appeared in front of congress come absolutely. >> thank you. >> why did she not live through her tenure with obama and what was the problem? >> say that again. i missed the first one. >> she didn't live through her tenure with obama. why? [inaudible] she ended her curb you mean? >> she was getting ready to run for president and one term as the secretary was en

with holbrook being in here, it's his first time but it's a serious charge. so that's why he's placed in here. >> holbrook has been incarcerated for the two years leading up to his trial because he could not make the $3 million bail set by the judge. he thinks one reason it was so high was because of the tattoos he acquired ten years earlier. >> i think these tattoos probably got me the most trouble. that's life. when you're born and these are the cards that you're dealt during life. and there's a queen of hearts for my wife. a two of diamonds for my twin boys. four of clubs for my dogs and an ace for me. >> the skeleton is life? >> represents life and death. something -- something common from mythological times, you know? that one probably got me in the most trouble. i've got flaming skulls that are kind of in the genre of ed harding or his type of artwork. they're just flaming skulls like i said, and yeah, they do have some bling here. so they were rich pirates. the d.a. at the time quickly seized upon how negative that particular tattoo looked and that i m

detectives holbrooke and larry nelvin began with the man that made that 911 call. >> the first thing a lead investigator will do is talk to the people closest to her. in this case, we had timothy permenter finding his girlfriend. we took him back to the office and talked him to extensively. >> tim a car salesman, gave them a run down in the hours leading up to the terrible discovery. he said he popped in briefly on karen the night before to drop off a gift. a photo calendar of kittens he knew his cat lover girlfriend would find irresistible. tim said he left about 7:30. that was the last time to see her alive. >> wouldn't it have been your routine to stay the night? >> not on a friday night. because she had to work the next day. she had to go into work early. >> after saying good-bye, he said he ended up spending the night with friends about an hour to the north. >> is he saying anything, he can't do it? i know boyfriends are figured suspicions, i want to talk to a lawyer? >> no, he's being more than cooperative. >> while tim says he was off with his friend, there appeared to have be

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as prime minister his that he wants to hold another referendum on the holbrooks of this year that that would be the most likely thing to happen on the government if boris johnson wins he has maintained this was his mantra that was quite simple and easy with the votes is he said he's going to get breaks it down so he's promising by the end of next january to leave the u.k. out of the european union however after that he does face the odds to negotiate again with the european union this time not about the withdrawal about the exit but about the future path so what kind of relationship what kind of trade agreement is the u.k. going to have with the european union force johnson says he's going to get it all done in a matter of months however there are many experts many critics saying well this is more likely taking yes so it's not like the. brits the debate is going to continue is going to continue haunting this country to get thank you very much the w.'s bigot mosque there in london. sketch up now and some of the other stories making headlines around the world today israel is headed for a

graduating from law school at age 21 he joined the state department rich one - - working for richardsi holbrook and later became secretary of state special advisor for global issues and then went to oxford as a rhodes scholar 2014 nbc signed him to a contract at the age of 26 on the msnbc program it lasted one year and in 2017 after lack of support for the pursuit of weinstein he took the story to the n new yorker and finished it there. then he came out with a well received book over the decline of jewish diplomacy and then got a phd in public relations from oxford. all of that and has yet to turn 32. [applause] he will be in conversation with a former federal prosecutor who now serves as cohost of the view and senior lead correspondent analyst for abc news he also hosted executive produces a show that's about to start on investigation discovery to highlight the stories of their loved ones please join me to welcome our guests. [cheers and applause] >> thank you for doing this for me. >> i was thrilled to ask to be here because i'm a big fan and this book is incredible. >> thank you. let's get r

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and i have to say it felt very subdued you know you know on previous votes of this magnitude in the holbrooks it saga there have been flags and protestors and there was none of that today you know it's quiet the battle is over basically and believers of comprehends everyone there remain as a licking their wounds and the one hope that remain as i think i left with is that perhaps boris johnson's clear majority gives him the ability to tack more centrally to be a bit more like he was as as the london liberal centrist metropolitan. and deliver a softer but i have to say the signs are not pointing that way what boris johnson is doing at the moment or has done with his revised version of this of this withdrawal agreement is to strip out a lot of of the concessions that the reason may have to give to the remain as when she was in a weak position he's a strong prime minister now so he's taking those things out so you know this safeguarding of workers' rights it's gone environmental standards gone and he's making it's almost impossible for anyone to tamper with the dates now so. it's going to be a sh

after graduating from law school 281 he joined the state department to work for richard holbrook focusing on ngos in pakistan, and later became the secretary of one of clinton's special advisers for global 2012 he went off to oxford on a rose scholarship. in 2014 nbc signed into a contract and landing him at age 26 his own daytime msn program. the show lasted a year, but the network kept ronan on as a correspondent.on in 2017 after nbc's lack of support for his pursuit of weinstein, he took the story to the new yorker and finished it there. last year, he came out with a well-received book, war on peace, romancing the decline of u.s. diplomacy. in earlier this year he got a phd on international relations from oxford. all of that and ronan has yet to turn 32. [applause] [cheering] ronan will be in conversations form a federal prosecutor who now serves as cohost of abc's daytime talk show the view. and she is senior legal correspondent analyst for abc news. so the also hosted executive producers truth about murder by which is about to start on the paid tv network heinvestigation discovery, w

. >> during our filming woodward casually mentioned that the actor hal holbrook's portrayal of deep throat was pretty close to the whole thing. so when i asked him who the man was, he just smiled. >> other guesses over the years -- nixon campaign aide john sears and fbi official mark felt. >> i never leaked any information. i didn't give anybody any documents. and i'm getting pretty fed up with the whole thing. >> mark felt certainly caught some people's attention. he was the number 2 man in the fbi. and he looked the part. >> no. no. i am not deep throat. and the only thing i can say is that i wouldn't be ashamed to be. >> three decades later bob woodward went to visit mark felt. the elderly man was living with his daughter on a quiet street in a suburb of san francisco. coincidentally named redford place. >> i was talking to a friend of mine, and for some reason we started talking about watergate and he asked me about my father, and i started telling him about all the reporters calling and i said, you know, as a matter of fact, one reporter i think he said his name was bob woodward from

someone of the caliber of richard holbrook or george mitchell who are going to sit down and negotiate something with the taliban that is going to also protect women's rights and get to a peace agreement and the problem here is that the president hasn't been consistent. it's not reasonable to say that we're going to have a cease-fire before entering into negotiation. >> rick, on the element of surprise and i look at this story, him surprising diplomats and him surprising pentagon officials, as well. the eddy gallagher and folks involved in that were looking for concrete guidance about what was supposed to happen and what rules were supposed to happen. is the tweet a directive from the president. took me back to the debate over the transgender troops in the military which was sent out on twitter. speak to the complications of that. the president acting erratically and if is to accommodate the whims of somebody like that. >> people like consistency and these he's not just a bad negotiator, he may be the worst presidential negotiator we ever had if you take what happened in afghanistan. h

i remember having richard holbrooke on the show. >> yep. >> and richard actually strongly defending the administration line on afghanistan. in fact, being somewhat mocking of our questions about progress being made in afghanistan. and the second the camera turned off, he sort of shook his head and talked about what a miserable experience it was. i mean, we've brought that up before. but this is exactly what's been happening. i mean, the united states government needs to be honest with the american people. this is not a winnable war. this must -- this is more like a situation we've been talking about -- talked about it with dexter filkins, who knows the country as well as any american. >> yes. and spoke out a lot. >> this is more like an issue with south korea. this is more like an issue with germany after world war ii. we're not going to have any grand declaration of victory. this is a situation where we may have to have a presence there, even if it's a small presence, for some time. but there will be no victory. >> the documents, which include 2,000 pages of previously unpublished note