poverty in the united states has doubled. but number of u.s. households living on less than two dollars per person a day which is known as the extreme poverty line more than doubled between one thousand nine hundred six and two thousand and eleven from six hundred thirty six thousand to one point four six million americans according to the latest census bureau data a staggering fifty percent of americans are either living below the low are either low income or living below the poverty the numbers here paint a pretty clear picture of the chavez approach to governance and his robin hood asking mental mentality work for venezuela during fourteen years in office chavez managed to drastically improve the lives of venezuelans while rebuilding an entire nation he knew that the best way to achieve safety and security was not by constructing lavish buildings but through maintaining a strong social safety net and ensuring the venezuelans had the resources that they needed to survive. america should take a page out of the chavez playboo

united states. that's one route. the other thing that could have ended this is the unanimous consent motion that he made to have this body vote on a sense of the senate. that would have brought it to a vote. is that abg senate are those the -- is that accurate? mr. paul: that is the sequence of things. we've been in contact with the white house throughout the night, made several phone calls to the white house. we told them we're willing to allow a vote on the brennan nomination. all we're asking in return is we get a clarification on whether or not they believe they have the authority under the constitution to target americans on american soil. and i think it's a question that's fair to ask. we've been willing to let them have the vote at any time, earlier tonight obviously as well as in the morning. all we've asked in return from the white house is a clarification. the last report i got from the white house is they were done talking tonight. i hope that doesn't mean they're done talking tomorrow. i

as a candidate and earlier as a united states senator. here they come right now. we'll hear from the prime minister first, followed by the president. >> mr. president, barack, it is a great pleasure for me to host you here in jerusalem. you've graciously hosted me many times in washington. so i'm very pleased to have this opportunity to reciprocate. i hope that the goodwill and warmth of the people of israel has already made you feel at home. >> very much so. >> we had an opportunity today to begin discussing the wide range of issues that are critical to both our countries. and foremost among these is iran's relentless pursuit of nuclear weapons. mr. president, you have made it clear that you're determined to prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons. i appreciate your forth right position on this point. i also appreciate that you have noted that you have acted to thwart this threat, both through determined diplomacy, and strong sanctions that are getting stronger yet. notwithstanding our joint efforts and your great success, in mobili

coming into the united states. he was clearly anti-cinematic. ultimately he does get discredited and was forced out, but not before he shut down immigration to the united states. >> host: professor allan lichtman, what did the group america first, what was there involvement in jewish immigration to the united states? >> guest: they were not primarily to learn. and america was formed during the war to prevent america from getting involved. even if britain was about to go down to fall to germany, they said america should not get involved in this war under any circumstances. their absolute isolationists. their famous spokesperson was none other than the great american hero, charles lindbergh , the man who flew solo across the atlantic. in 1941, he gave a controversial speech in des moines, iowa in which he said un-american influences are pushing us into the water and specifically stated britain and the jews. so the jews represented in the forefront by the chief spokesperson for america first as a primary force for pus

they even at one time denied a meeting with the secretary of state of the united states. that's not a good sign. then you have our allies in the region, the arab league, really frustrated with the united states, don't think we're doing enough. that means that our any diplomatic solution-- and i'm for a diplomatic solution-- we have no credibility to do it. you have this horrible possibility that if assad falls and there is a huge vacuum and chaos ensues, that you have hezbollah there. you have akd. al qaeda. you have some hamas elements there and you have lots of chemical weapons and lots of very sophisticate conventional weapons that will be up for grabs. and that chaos will cause huge trouble for the middle east, for southern europe, and i argue for the united states. remember, these are sophisticated weapon systems, would make libya look like an antique gun show when all of those weapons spread across north africa, really dangerous, destabilizing stuff. all of these things have to happen at the same time. i would like to see a safe zone with a no-fly zone so you can tr

the united states in the '30s, japan, europe relative to us and yet the united states has turned after really being aggressive in 2009 and to some extent early 2010 turned towards austerity. it's remarkable to see that the united states has been cutting government employment over the last few years. something it did not do during the reagan years or the '90s. the idea that the best combination here some short-term investment and long-term austerity is pretty widely accepted and we're not going to get it for political reasons. >> i completely agree with that. what strikes me in this debate is often people on the left don't really want to do the long-term entitlement reform. i think we could have a different debate. you're absolutely right on the short-term, even if we had, from theed a ninstration and certainly from commentators more focus on long-term entitlement reform and the u.s. would say, look, we solved our problem and put the house in order and not doing short-term cuts. >> the question is your time frame. right? over the next few years the deficit isn't our problem. over the ne

somewhere say but we the hands of the united states are not clean the u.s. has also played a huge role in cyber espionage and even some saying that the u.s. had a major role in the stocks that attack allegedly carried out by washington and tel aviv against iran so isn't the u.s. in some way throwing stones when it lives in a glass house i don't even speculate given my background on who may or may not have been responsible for stocks it but i do agree with the premise of your question that's a really big deal i mean someone just used a weapon comprised of ones and zeros to knob the particle description was to take over the control system in a tongs and destroy thousand centrifuges which i've used almost an on avoid good but i can rephrase that sentence and say someone during a time of peace just use a cyber weapon to destroy another nation's critical infrastructure. well that's an important development and i fully understand the import of the fact that stuxnet and leave alone who may or may not have done so i will have to leave it right there general michael

stepping into the same role as the ousted dictator hosni mubarak now it is true that the united states has maintained close ties with morsi but the criticism is that he is failing to implement reforms and at the same time he is turning the country into a more religiously conservative ruling system at least two opposition figures have refused invitations from kerry to sit down and hold talks with him and this follows this week a call by the united states for the main opposition group and that is known as the national salvation front to reverse its decision to boycott parliamentary elections that are due to begin next month john kerry was in turkey on friday telling the turks that they need to improve their relationship with israel the turkish prime minister recently made the comment that zionism was a crime against humanity and response to those kerry said that the commies were objectionable this comment could indeed frustrate kerry's attempts to try and create an improvement in a strange israeli turkish relations that has hit an all time low what we essentially see through kerry's visi

almost any point in time, the united states is more popular than unpopular. americans are much i liked and disliked. as it turned out, you discover there's a very small fringe of political movements in history to see if the teacher in fact were much more popular around the world that we believe in this part of the myth. >> host: over some of the debates? >> guest: it depends on who's asking the question. if you think about the contemporary context, al qaeda seems to have many members were quite angry at the united states for an array of recent and tuition bill. but what i found is very often in the united states our discussion about world opinion sort of rapidly slides into the same that they include foreigners in general. the world hates us to put a washington journalist shortly after 9/11 during the run-up to the iraq war inexplicably when there was the largest coordinated demonstration in february 2003 against the war with iraq. some estimates it can laypeople including antarctica, demonstrated against the war. americans reacted by saying the most hated us

boost the state of texas that the president of the united states has no authority to give away u.s. sovereignty. now that was done not withstanding the fact that the president was a republican, not withstanding the fact that the president was the former governor of my home state of texas. because at the end of the day, defending liberty, defending sovereignty, defending the constitution is not a partisan choice. it's not a game of dodge ball with shirts and skins that if your team happens to have the ball, you all stick together. every one of us has taken an oath of office and we have an obligation to stand up. and so i stood before the u.s. supreme court representing the state of texas arguing that no president of the united states,

law within the united states. i don't think anybody voting on it had that conclusion, but that's a real problem, is that those people are saying, including the administration, are saying no geographic limitations. and essentially there's no temporal limbations. we have a perpetual war without geographic limitations which now they want to apply war principles to killing in the united states. this is ackerman going on. he says "based on what i've heard so far "-- no, this is still senator wyden. "based on what i heard so far, i can't tell whether or not the justice department's legal arguments would allow the president to order intelligence agencies to kill an american inside the united states." he's unclear about it. he's seen a lot more information than i have because he's on the intelligence committee and sees secure and classified information. and he's unsure of it. and so that makes me think that nobody in the senate or in the congress really knows whether or not they're asserting whether they can kill american

half of it or so is located in the western united states. in every state east of the rocky mountains can the federal government is 50% or less. and every state racking up the rest of us 50 more. in states like mine, two thirds of our land. the land ownership does have benefits for american people everywhere regardless of where they live. people enjoy visiting national parks. they benefit in different ways at different land designations we have. there's also an economic impact. perhaps the most significant is the fact federal public land cannot be taxed by state and local governments. land authorities are unable to tax it. in order to offset, a program called payment in lieu of taxes considering the whole purpose of the program is to offset losses in property tax revenue to the local taxing jurisdictions. would you agree payments should be of some way roughly equivalent to the revenues that would otherwise be flowing into these jurisdictions before the federal land ownership? >> the issue is more complex than a simple answer. i know there are

states and its western allies of course that as well in the united states didn't have good diplomatic relations there's been comments coming from washington with officials expressing that maybe in the future now the u.s. and this well might have better diplomatic relations but google chavez whether you love him or hate him he leaves norma's big shoes to fill but an investigative journalist for the asia times covering live in america thinks the demonization of chavez in the u.s. may continue after his death. in fact obama's message was a bit ridiculous you know he said that we're going to stand united with different as well and people what kind of people does he mean does he mean that the people who elected and reelected chavez in that search scene out of fourteen democratic elections or does he mean these people go to new york and miami to trade martinis endemol nice job isn't a job used as as evil dangerous communist this is ridiculous the most important thing in my opinion chavez in terms of a political leader he was always referring to an international revolutionary tradition from

we are seeing that the united states is pushing for a meeting. the prime minister -- we are seeing some movement that was basically gone. expectations were pretty low. the president was using this trip to listen. what were the results? , the question is how do you translate that. how do you turn this momentum. let me get your reactions. >> the president spent today than israel. he crossed the border into palestinian territory. he had this to say about the peace process. that the status quo is really not a status quo because of the situation on the ground continues to evolve it makes it harder for us to reach. i know that the palestinian people are frustrated. what are my main messages today. the same message i am conveying is that we cannot give up. on the search up for peace. no matter how hard it is. we'll continue to look for steps build thatsraelis to confidence upon which lasting peace will depend. your reaction? he made a strong statement that he is committed. it was suggested in this time. he is back

states was a manufacturing superpower in the twenty first century in which the united states is just bringing cheaper labor and manufacturing costs abroad make outsourcing of american products and the ceci while america drowns in a joblessness of its own we need to create jobs here making these quote american products with americans that would be nice truly american is a ship that has long sailed the question now is whether made in america will be forgotten as a stamp on products left to become just a term for the history books and. art. and i want to bring comedian dan well back into the conversation so dan i understand you have a number of products to tell you what did you bring and why well if it's not american made then i want no part of it so i brought a certain beer that well we've covered up the label so we don't get sued. now it's it's just as delicious as budweiser but in order to drink it you have to start listening to animal collective and a couple other hipster bands if that gives you any clues i actually brought some ahead oh you know which one it is no go ahead says the

states that literally touched almost every relationship united states has with other countries around the world and the process you put not only u.s. interests at risk but put the real lives of real people who talk to u.s. diplomats at risk before we get into what you just said i wanted to ask was there pressure from the administration for your resignation or did you just decide to resign i resigned on my own volition why. well i just felt that in the in the aftermath with the controversy it created undercut my ability to continue to operate in my position to state ok and you just said you supported bradley manning's attention is not the way that he was treated in the detention because he undermine national security with the. release of the classified document however i can't help but wonder why obama is dredging up archaic world war one legislation to prosecute whistleblowers who exposed war crimes that aren't a threat to national security such as the torture program i mean years afterward or the n.s.a. wiretapping program and the case of john kiriakou and thomas drake well we i mean

the united states does not require the united states to have clear evidence that a specific attack on u.s. persons and interests will take place in the immediate future." now, senator paul, wouldn't it be your understanding that if something is imminent, that it would need to be something occurring immediately? mr. paul: well, yeah, and i think there's really no question about using lethal force against an imminent attack. and i think that's why we need to make the question that we're asking the president very clear, and the question is if planes are attacking the world trade center, we do believe in an imminent response. we do believe in an imminent defense for that. the problem is that if we're talking about noncombatants who might someday be involved, if they are in america, i see no reason why they shouldn't be arrested. mr. lee: and so if we're dealing with something that is imminent, we are talking about something that's about to occ, it's urgent, and that typically is the standard. any time government officials in other contexts, law enforcement, for example, sometimes regretta

what is the united states' next move here? >> just on the issue of this bizarre accusation today about the u.s. destabilizing venezuela and u.s. and other foreign enemies being responsible for chavez's cancer, the u.s. here, the state department reacted predictably furiously today, saying that was absurd, those allegations by maduro, that simply wasn't true and the u.s. did want stability in that region, and hinted of reciprocal action. in other words, perhaps kicking out venezuelan diplomats from here in the u.s. now, what does all this mean for the future? you know, as you say, there was an election in which chavez won just over 55% of the vote, and his opponent won about 44% of the vote. that is the best the opposition have done against chavez in the last 15 years. so really, the question is does the opposition have a chance to do even better when there are new elections and they do have to, under the constitution now, be new elections in venezuela. you know, will maduro win and if he does, how long will he be able to give

the united states responds. north korea wants to prove it's tough. why in that situation why wouldn't they use a short range nuclear missnl. >> they know -- missile? >> because we can trace it. >> they believe the united states would respond? >> no. they may think they can get away with it because if they think the united states won't respond. this is the whole issue during the cold war in western europe whether the u.s. would use nukes to protect countries that were not the united states. actually china thinks they can push us around. we reneged on the treaty obligations and we allowed the chinese to take over. then they ramp up the pressure on the japanese. they ramp up the pressure on south korea. that's how this gets out of control. >> china is supporting north core and providing them a lot of help. they're using powerful weapons. there aren't that many americans in seoul. but obviously this video is designed to motivate the north korean people and this comes on top of the other recent videos, right? the one where the white house is in cross hair

and the attorney general of the united states should know enough to say that the laws of the united states prohibit the use of military force like a drone in conducting a strike on u.s. citizens on u.s. soil unless it is involved in repelling an act of war, as we had on 9/11. i mean, this is just ridiculous. >> sean: how ironic is this in light of the very people that are opposing this, are the exact same people at that were all over the bush administration over enhanced interrogation? >> yeah. which, you know, look was endlessly reviewed and debated by the legal experts at the department of justice, the department of state, the department of defense, office of legal council. the department of justice gave a very thoughtful opinion to justify the action and we've got a flimsy less than one page letter that can't get the basic facts right from eric holder. as a policy matter we reject the use of military force. how about as a legal matter. the laws of the united states require us to act in a certain fashion. >> sean: let me go back to the rand paul filibuster from today. and one of the thin

narrator: over 300 million people live in the united states. and each person uses an average of 100 gallons of water every day. man: what it takes to actually make clean water is somewhat a mystery to most customers. woman: so how does water get from the river into your house, or here at school? woman: somebody has to bring that water to us, and somebody has to take it away when we're finished with it. man: the water infrastructure is vital for disease protection, fire protection, basic sanitation, economic development, and for our quality of life. man: you just can't visualize all the assets that are under our feet. we have about two million miles of pipe in this nation. if you're walking around in an urban area, you're probably stepping on a pipe. man: our grandparents paid for, and put in for the first time, these large distribution systems. woman: and in many cases, it's not been touched since. man: we're at a critical turning point. much of that infrastructure is wearing out. narrator: our water infrastructure is made up of complex, underg

>>> prince harry is scheduled to visit the united states in may. he is expected to play polo in connecticut to raise money for a charity. he plans to visit aural national cemetery and see game -- arlington national cemetery and see games. and he plans to visit with victims of hurricane sandy. >>> secretary of state john kerry smoothed over reports. >> i am confidence the president does not believe the united states has any interest except to see the sal ban make police -- taliban make peace. [ inaudible ] >> does not mean a collusion between the united states and the taliban. >> this meeting came on a day when the united states handed over to the afghans its prison. they decided to the hand-off a year ago but the united states hesitated. >>> they will issue a ruling in 8 hours on whether or not amanda knox will be tried again for murder. amanda knox was not in court for today's six hours of arguments. this is video. prosecutors want the judges to over turn the acquittals of amanda knox and her ex- boyfriend in the death of her former roommate. they

to bomb the united states. they vowed to defend their leaders to the death and today, a new threat to shut down a factory complex seen as the last major symbol of cooperation with south korea. elizabeth pran is following the story. >> reporter: like you said we've seen a stream of threats that continue. statements reaching an all time high. north korea says this is the final warning. >> from this time on the north-south relations will be entering the stay of war and all issues raised between the north and south will be handled accordingly. a state of peace nor war has ended on the korean peninsula. >> reporter: the young leader threatening to close an industrial complex. manufacturing plants from both north and south korea not far from the border. thousands of north koreans work there. they say the threat is unhelpful to the country's unstable relations. state run media releasing a photograph of the middle night meeting with his staff. his rocket plans target military bases and cities in the u.s. you can see th

was one of the world's best known socialist leaders and a staunch critic of the united states chavez never held back on criticizing what he called the imperialistic motives of the west that as well in the united states didn't have good diplomatic relations there's been comments coming from washington with officials expressing that maybe in the future now the u.s. and this well might have better diplomatic relations but. chavez whether you love him or hate him he leaves norma's big shoes to fill. so the venezuela is now coming to terms with the thought of new elections after the death of its leader with me in the studio i was auntie's loosely covered off with a look at the political divisions in the nation of the comandante used to my she was in venezuela during the last presidential race in october they see it was much maligned abroad of course but popular support at home why was chavez such a divisive divisive figure it's quite interesting to see especially on our trip there we were there for his last election and you know it's often been said the child this is a very charismatic fi

the united states, and from within. and so i hope that we can continue this debate, as we said, but i also am very concerned about many other things, including sequester and the damage it's done, which some of my republican friends don't seem to be too -- as concerned as they should be in my view. >> shepard: senator, part of this is about the battle for the heart and soul of the party. that's long-held republican and conservative view on war to avoid it at all costs. that sort of a voice has had a difficult time. the rand paul wing, if you will, has had a difficult time having its voice heard. you and others have been interventionists. let's intervene in sirra, intervene in libya, let's been, bomb, bomb, bomb iran, is it your sense that -- >> do you really believe that? you really believe that? >> shepard: sir, all i'm asking you, is it your sense that rand paul may be bridging together those people in the base whom align maybe in some cases more closely with the left than with the right? for instance, frank rich this

namely, blame someone else, preferably, the united states. yesterday vice president nicolas maduro took to the air waves to accuse two american diplomats to destabilize. also the cancer that killed chavez was an assassination plot by his enemies. absurd, we definitely, definitively, reject it. the accusations would have made chavez proud. he was expert at rallying support for his political objectives. here is chavez speaking before the u.n. in 2006 following an address made by george w. bush. >> translator: yesterday, the devil came here. right here. right here. and it smells of sulfur still today. the president of the united states, the gentleman to whom i refer to as the devil, came here. >> chavez literally demonized america, moammar gadhafi, mahmoud ahmadinejad. despite the news today is one man down, their work continues. yesterday, north korea threatened to break its 50-year truce with south korea after the u.s. and china proposed strict new sanctions on pyongyang. secretary kerry responded to the threat. >> rather to threaten to abroga

he is now chief justice of the united states. it has been a little while we have been waiting to fill this position. now, i voted for the confirmation of john roberts to d.c. circuit. i voted for the confirmation of john roberts to the supreme court. he and i don't share the same judicial philosophy or political party, but i voted for him because he was well qualified. i didn't agree with every position he had taken or argument even that he had made as a high level lawyer in several republican administrations. i supported his nomination to the d.c. circuit because of his legal excellence. what caitlin halligan is also well qualified. caitlin halligan is also as well qualified as john roberts who i voted for and her nomination deserves a vote. what i'm saying, madam president, is if we want to be honest in the united states senate, we have to apply the same standard to her as we apply to the nomination of john roberts. after being nominated and renominated and then renominated and then renominated and then renominated. four times

first factor of course is that the united states has been blocking a settlement of the conflict both in the general assembly and also in the security council so you have there you'd have to say you have a very significant obstacle namely the united states government. the second significant obstacle or inhibiting factor is the fact that the powers to news themselves are not now on the move in a state of mind a spirit to organize civil with the civil resistance which is the only thing that can possibly. force israel to withdraw or a combination of mass resistance of the people in concert with support from the united nations support from the international community's support for public opinion which would isolate the united states and i think force in israeli withdrawal that can only happen if it starts among the powers than the people it's basically the same situation as in south africa during the apartheid era it's true in the case of south africa there was huge international support of the anti-apartheid movement there was a lot of action activity in the united nations but the main i

powers stinney in authority can do anything without the approval of the united states so there is no neither at this particular moment for any destructions so there is no need to revive the so-called peace process it's never been a peace process it's been an annexation process and right now there are no restraints no constraints no inhibitions israel's pursuit of its continued and acceleration of the occupied palestinian territories moving would you agree with that no distractions now. i agree with ninety five percent of that where where i might differ slightly is to say that i think. both the israelis and the americans would i think be well served by continued talks with the palestinians entirely meaningless as norman has just pointed out but nevertheless i think the americans could use and the israelis could use an even more to demonstrate to others that there is actually something happening particularly to their european partners the irony here is that in the past the palestinian leadership has generally been in favor of such talks precisely to to as as normal as put it. the situa

in the united states, how long have we had 0 #% interest rates in the united states? how much money have savers lost who keep money in the bank because they have not received interest on deposits all these years? what about prices? because the federal reserve does quantitative easing, food prices go up, gas prices up, and deposits lose value. at least with the tax in cypress, it was more honest. the government up front saying we're going to take your money. we're doing it secretly, and i think the honest approach is bett. shibani: they make parallels in cypress, and what you mentioned happens here in the u.s., but the levy on bank deposits, this is what is causing a storm, and it's really getting people upset. are you concerned about any kind of precedence this could bring into the industry into europe and what it could do to banking confidence as a whole because when you start to have runs on banks and runs into atms as we see vis walls of and people concerned about whether or not they get their money, that creates panic. >> yeah, i think, you know, it could be a wak

it's one that matters hugely to the united states. nigeria is the largest provider of the oil used in american gasoline. disruption will cost directly here at heome. >>> a maryland man died from ray bees. it's an incredible story. doctors knew that the donor had encephalitis, which is an inflammation of the brain, but they didn't know rabies was the cause. a similar incident occurred in 2004. four people died from rabies. a transport surgeon at johns hopkins says they are rare, but donors aren't tested for rabies. such a test is complex and could do more harm than good. but that means some people lose their lives. >>> another day, another problem for carnival cruise line. today the world's largest cruise company announced that the carnal legend is now limping back to port because of technical issues. it can't go very fast. it's the third time this week that a vessel has had a problem. we told you the company had to fly 4,000 passengers back to florida when the carnival dream lost power. they were docked in the caribbean when it happen

in the rotunda of the capitol of united states -- of the united states. [applause] on her birth, her mother had song of letting freedom ring. how proud her mother would be to see her baby eulogized at her passing by two presidents, former president clinton and future president barack obama. [applause] imagine that. i had the privilege of speaking at her funeral, too. but what can you say in the company of that greatness? what i said was that legislation had been introduced by jesse jackson junior and senator john kerry to put a statue of rosa parks and the capital of the united states. -- in the capital of the united states. [applause] i got an uproarious reaction to it. what can you say among presidents, past and future, preachers from all over the country? a statue. i promised them that the legislation would pass, and quickly. that funeral was november 2, and on december 1, president george w. bush signed it into law. [applause] 50 years to the day that rosa parks sat down on the bus and -- in montgomery, alabama. 50 years to the day. [applause] rosa pa

the first possibility is the united states government. the united states government has the money, needs to do something for our unemployment problem and here's a way to do it because as the marcora law in italy at i mentioned earlier illustrates there's a governmental and a social interest in doing this. this is a better way to solve the unemployment problem than giving people a dole for months or years at a time during which time they lose their job connections, they often lose their skills. this is a much better solution, giving them the startup money to begin small, medium size enterprises that they will have a great interest in making successful because it's their future, it's their wellbeing that's at stake and it's their collectively owned and operated enterprise. well, why in the world don't we have a cooperative business administration providing startup money and technical help so that these kinds of enterprise, particularly helping unemployed people, could begin not only to help them and to help our economy but again to provide

the number of people working in the united states, we are at 58% of adults in the united states today are working. if we are going to have an administration that does a good job, people expect there to be opportunity, and we do not have the opportunity. republicans have but failed to hold democrats accountable for the terrible a comic, and not succeeded in offering an alternative. i think that will be what the 2014 election will be about. >> one problem about that, on election day, by double digits, were people blamed george bush and president obama for the economic problems in this country. he is by far the most unpopular ex-president. that was the problem with election day for you, trying to blend the obama administration for the mess in this country, where the public overwhelmingly believed it was george bush and republican congress have made that mess. >> i would suggest that romney did not do a good job of letting people have the facts that would cause them to hold the obama administration accountable for their policies. i do not take the difference and what you are saying -- two

the united states is not if i can i'd say it's imports of a lot of oil. no that's right well he didn't directly threaten the united states but i think he was seen as very threatening to the agenda of the united states in latin america as george was pointing out earlier new liberalism has spread throughout the region the liberalism being of course the reduction of the state to its most minimum and you know privatization of all sorts of social services. the lowering of trade tariffs so on and so forth just to profit really international corporations international financial entities and so on this had a devastating effect on latin america the rate of poverty went up the rate of inequality when up throughout the region particularly in venezuela and then as well there was a big anti in the old rule. protest really that resulted in the end in a massacre of thousands of people perpetrated by the venezuelan government so a resistance was beginning to emerge but it was really just in the streets and chavez when he came into power he gave voice to this resistance a

united states has been the safety of. the gates is being seen as the main support of the new emerging fascist rule in egypt by many egyptians that's why they don't get to those three with this thing again is john kerry's visit is a very difficult time and the united states again is very unpopular in the streets of egypt the u.s. is pushing for a full court martial against army whistleblower bradley manning prosecutors plan to call a full witness list to prove he's guilty of a range of serious charges including aiding the enemy manning denies this admitting only to providing secret data to wiki leaks with the aim of revealing what he called the true cost of war are to america's andrew blakers at the hearing. when p.f.c. manning finished reading his thirty five page statement he turned his microphone off he was done testifying and a handful of members of the press gallery actually journalists began applauding it was something that people had waited for a long time there he was speaking very truthfully and with power about w

in response to the action of the united states, china, are seeking at the united nations. there should be no doubt about our determination and ability to neutralize and counter any threat the north korea may present. i do not think the regime in pyongyang wants to commit suicide, but as they must surely know, that would be the result of any attack on united states. even as we think about all of our potential measures and actions to safeguard the united states and our allies, there should be no doubt about our determination to work with the international community through peaceful diplomatic means to achieve denuclearized korean peninsula. it is estimated that newt -- north korea has acquired up to 30 kilograms of plutonium, and it has not conducted three nuclear explosive tests, and it is seeking to develop the capability to make a nuclear intercontinentalto cont ballistic missile. in that newt north korea could become a small nuclear power will lead other nations in the region to reconsider their commitments to non- proliferation. there is a the continuing danger of conve

that is not in the best interest of the united states. we tend to take a patronizing view of the north korean regime because they are so bzarre and usualn so many ways. but they are quite rational, careful and self-preservation is of the utmost priority for the regime. i don't have any experience working in government or dealing with north korea. but what i do know is that the clinton administration paid north korea almost $200 million worth of food aid for the empty privilege of inspecting an empty cave in the aftermath of north korea firing a long-range missile over japan on august 31st, 1998. the bush administration has similar failed record in dealing with north korea. it removed north korea from the state-sponsored terrorism list in october of 2008. resumed food aid, negotiated with north korea again. north korea blew up the tires of a cooling tire if he main facility and continued to enrich uranium. >> very quickly, i mean that record is an actual record, of things that really happened. >> you know, i disagree with that characteriza

government has not carried out drone strikes in the united states and has no intention of doing so it is possible i suppose to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be sorry and appropriate under the constitution in a political law as the united states for the president to authorize the military use to use lethal force within the territory of the united states this new power assumed by the executive branch to kill american citizens should trouble all of us the fact that it's the tea party the corporatist lunatic tea party and. who are the most vocal about this is salt on the constitution should really trouble all of us on the left were the progressives in congress speaking out against this unconstitutional cia drone program program other than ron wyden to put i had to run for senator wyden have progressives abandon their principles on this issue just because a democrat is in the white house today the tea party and libertarians stole this issue today the tea party is the party that is best protecting our constitutional rights to due process and that's a direct failure

if they are able to do that the way that the united states was able to unite with western europe and create a nato bloc after world war two that would be interesting i don't know if they're capable of that anytime soon well let me ask you a question and let me answer the question now. let's look at the look at the crisis the crisis in cyprus i mean could you see one day we're a country like cyprus we go to the brics for a loan and not the i.m.f. oh it's definitely possible and i think what we can today china's sort of functions like the i.m.f. in respects anyway or like a world bank where they have been providing hundreds of millions billions of loans to african countries and then for gave them when they were unable to pay them back and so creating one that's a brick bank enables china to basically say ok we're we don't want to stick out we've got friends who also are on our side and and so that this way they feel like they're more. international more integrated brian you want to jump in there go ahead. yeah i think i think it's considered again we're at the beginning stage of the br

the united states does not require the united states to have clear evidence that a specific attack on u.s. persons and interests will take place in the immediate future." now senator paul, wouldn't it be your understanding that if something is imminent, that it would need to be something occurring immediately? mr. paul: well, yeah, and i think there's really no question about using lethal force against an imminent attack. and i think that's why we need to make the question that we're asking the president very clearnd the question is if planes are attacking the world trade center, we do believe in an imminent response. we do believe in an imminent defense for that. the problem is that if we're talkingbout noncombatants w might someday be involved, if they aren america i seeo reason why they shouldn't be arrested. mr. lee: and so if we're dealing with something that is imminent, we are talking about something that's about to occur it's urgent and that typically is the standard. any time gernment officials in other contexts, law enforcement for example sometimes regrettably and tragicall

those of us in the united states have to think anew. but i'm confident that we can arrive in our destination to dvance the vision of two nations, two neighbors at peace, israel and palestinian. if given the chance, one thing i'm certain of is the palestinians have the talent, drive, and the courage to ucceed in their own state. i think of the villages to hold peaceful protests because they understand the force of nonviolence. i think of the importance that palestinian families place on education. i of the entrepreneurs determined to create something new like the young palestinian woman i met at the summit that i hosted that wants to build recreational facilities for the youth. i think of the aspirations that so many young palestinians have for their future, which is why i'm looking forward to visiting with some of them after we conclude this press conference. that's why we can't give up. because of young palestinians and young israelis who deserve a better future than one that is continually defined by conflict. whenever i meet these yo

or is part of this the united states' fault? >> i think, reasonably, we've sent our best generals there, we've sent our best people there. our state department has worked tirelessly. the president has communicated with president karzai. he's a complex personality. he's got good people working for him. i know some of them very, very well. and they want what we want in afghanistan. but, ultimately, it's a test of leadership. and the report card on president karzai, the history will write, will judge him on his leadership and what he's been able to achieve. >> obviously, when you left in october 2010, "the new york times" said the reason you left a little earlier than they thought you were going to leave was because of quotes in the bob woodward's book "obama wars," and according to that book, you referred to rahm emanuel as the water bugs, the bureau, and the mafia. i bet that they chucked on one level when they read that, obviously, not on another. none of them are at the white house anymore. is that a good thing? >> you know, i