we profiled it in part because the driver and the victim had a very long personal exchange of letters wall the driver was in jail. he got out ofy as jail and recanted what he had said on the scene host: many emotional stories involved in this as well as debate on the hill. thank you for joining us. tomorrow on "washington journal," we'll be holding several conversations, including one on the 2014 health races with david wasserman, the health editor of cook political report. thel be discussing productions of seat changes as well as at buying and messaging as well as key outside groups playing in those campaigns. will also have a republican pollster and strategist, brian

nienaber, as well as a democratic pollster and strategist, stephan -- stefan hankin. that does it for our show today. thank you for joining us. you can tune back in at 7:00 tomorrow morning. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] >> today on c-span, two recent u.n. general assembly speeches from syria's deputy prime minister and is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu -- prime minister benjamin netanyahu. later, a discussion on middle east policy.

deputy prime minister accused the u.s. of holding a double standard when it came to striking militants in syria and supporting rebels with weapons to fight isis. he went as far as to call the situation a recipe for violence and terrorism while addressing the u.n. general assembly. his speech is 20 minutes. >> i would like to congratulate you and your friendly countries on your election as president of the general

assembly in its current session and wish you success in leading the work of the session for the enhancement of the role of the general assembly. i thank your predecessor mr. john ashe for his presidency of the previous session. mr. president, many events and significant transformations have taken place since i stood here last year. they survived many of the countries present here today but not us because we have been over the past three and a half years warning and reiterating our

warnings so that we don't reach this stage we have reached now. about economics and the political crises that we have been waiting from the international committee to solve. clearly. but maybe speaking about these issues now is no longer a priority. what we are witnessing for a few months is far more dangerous than all the political and economic crises which have happened in the world. we have spoken in more than one occasion and more than one forum of the danger and risk of terrorism which is striking syria. this terrorism will not be confined within the borders of my country because terrorism has no borders. this extremist ideology does not acknowledge anything but itself and does not recognize anything but slaughter, murder, and torture. we are witnessing today, ladies and gentlemen, you can witness the -- what isis is doing, which is the most dangerous

organization unrivaled in the whole world in terms of funding and brutality. what it's doing to civilians and iraqis of all religions, they enslave girls, they sell them in slave markets. they cut heads and limbs. they teach children slaughter and murder and destroy historical and cultural monuments as well as islamic and christian symbols. all of this is happening before the eyes of the entire world that is being witnessed in all things when they say they're fighting terrorism even though they have not tasted the scourge of terrorism themselves. today i stand here to ask, ladies and gentlemen, hasn't the time come for all of us to stand as one in the face of the serious menace of terrorist ideology worldwide?

has not the moment of truth arrived for us all to admit that isis and al nusra and the rest of al qaeda affiliates will not be limited within the borders of syria and iraq but will spread to every spot that it can reach starting with europe and america? should we not learn the lesson from what happened and bring together an international effort to stand in the face of those organizations in the same way that those organizations have brought them from all corners of the month and to train and arm redistribute their ideology and terrorism through those extremists back to whatever they came from.

some might say a solution was to stop the expansion of the organization, other organizations, and to eliminate them. ladies and gentlemen, it is expected to -- it is true it is better to arrive late than to never arrive. indeed, the resolution adopted 15th of august, came too late. but when everyone is serious to implement it, but since its adoption we have not seen any serious move to implement the resolution. we have not felt any real sense of danger to work on the regional states and still provide all support to the terrorist organizations. on the contrary, what we have witnessed is a practice of

double standard and alliances to score particular agendas particularly supporting them with money, weapons, and training for these groups. this is a real recipe for the increase of violence and terrorism and bloodshed, civilian bloodshed and prolonging the civilian crisis and demolishing the resolution. it is the growth to make the most against the crimes on syrian territory which requires all of us to seriously and effectively eradicate the terrorism in order to establish security and stability in syria and the region. the enslaved women are looking forward to us to see what we will do for them, their sisters,

their children, sons and daughters of the victims beheaded by isis are waiting for our actions. and what we will do in the face of these atrocities committed daily by the organizations al nusra and others. ladies and gentlemen, combating terrorism cannot be done through unimplemented u.n. resolutions. the intentions here have no place. fighting terrorism is achievable through actual implementation of the resolution and but most importantly to stop the state, to arm, support, train, fund, and smuggle arms for those terrorist groups. we have also to drain the resources of terrorism. fighting terrorism militarily which some states are continuing to do, this will cause a whirl pool of which the international community will not exit.

military attacks should go inside with the implementation of security council 2178 adopted on september 24th, 2014. under chapter 7. we have multifaceted support. these countries are well known to all of us. most importantly, to pressurize those countries that exported and are exporting this extremist ideology that poses a great danger. isis is an ideology which is from an organization armed and trained in order to be unleashed like a monster against syria, iraq, and lebanon. let us together stop this ideology and exert pressure on the countries -- they exert pressure on countries that join the united states to stop support of against the armed terrorist groups. only then will it become a viable process. otherwise our presence here will not abound to the level of helping the captives, enslaved women, the children who fell victim to isis and others. once again, the syrian republic reit rates that it stands with any international effort aimed at stopping and combating terrorism and this must be done in full roo respect of the lives of innocent civilians and

within the frame of full respect for national sovereignty and conformity with international convention.

at the same time, the syrian army would like to thank all the countries which refused and rejected any prejudice to the sovereignty of other countries and the respect of the international resolution. it is high time, ladies and gentlemen, that we gather all our efforts against the terrorism since imminent danger is surrounding everyone and there is no country that is immune to it. my country is firm in its position that was allowed in the century regarding fighting terrorism before it becomes rampant. we respect our commitment and honor our promss and pledges. this was what we confirmed on more than one occasion, particularly since the beginning of the crisis in syria.

syria agreed unconditionally to attention to and participated in the deliberations with an open mind though we are convinced of the solution, the crisis should be with the ones taking place in turkey. as a good will gesture and to stop bloodshed of syrian blood we went and found negotiations that had no influence at all on the ground in syria and has neither popularity nor legitimacy among the syrian people. the delegation negotiating with the sitting government was following -- a delegation that does not believe in combating terrorism or confronting it.

furthermore it was litigation that does not respect sovereignty and verbally refuses to ask the groups to end their activity. we know this op position and delegation will not stop anyone nor any syrian faction on the ground. we went to geneva with the priority based on combat batting terrorism because we believed and continue to believe that you cannot start any political solution while terrorism is still rampant in syria. there were some who opposed us in geneva as a priority though it is a paramount thought of the geneva declaration provision. but the so-called coalition continued to reject any point tackling terrorism. now the whole international community adopting our perspective, our view that

fighting terrorism is a priority above all priorities and that nothing at all could be done as long as terrorism is brutally fighting against everything that comes in its way. and as long as those terrorists will return to the countries where its members originally came from. once again, we emphasize that we are -- we stand ready and even striving for a political solution in syria and in dialogue with all honorable national opposition members opposing terrorism in syria and among syrians themselves and on syrian territory. mr. president, the election that took place in full sight of the world puts everyone steadfastly before their responsibilities. the will of the syrians is above all those who tried to suppress it for more than three years. and it was inside syria and outside syria, for the whole universe to hear.

now, after the presidential election, we'd like to tell everyone that those who look forward to a political solution in syria, they must first respect the syrian people's will, which was manifested explicitly, clearly, soundly, and most loudly. they chose a president for the first time in syrian's history in multi party elections with international monitors from several countries that witnessed the integrity, transparency, and the enthusiasm of the people to participate in these elections. mr. president, i would like to emphasize that the syrian people have made their choice. those who want to speak on behalf of the people must first be a representative of the people and secondly should respect the will of the syrian people and their decisions.

any dialogue must be based on the foundation that should respect the will of the syrian people and their decisions. accordingly, we are open to a political solution in syria. but the real opposition that seeks the prosperity, security, of syria, and a position that does not depend on the outside and does not speak on behalf of what's going on in -- that will impact the syrian territory, not in western capitals. a national position that upholds fighting terrorism as its priority as well as encouraging the ongoing local affiliation effort paving the way for the success of the political solution. mr. president, the continuation

of terrorist attacks in syria, the humanitarian needs increased in many of the basic areas. the inhuman sanctions imposed by the european union and the united states aggravated the living conditions of syrian civilians. at the same time, in collaboration with the united nations, my government within the framework of the response plans and agreed upon them with the syrian government. my government is meeting basic needs according to the plan agreed with syria to satisfy the basic needs of the citizens especially those forced by terror attacks to flee their homes. we should note that a great number of these people were forced to resort to some labor and some of these countries put the displaced syrians in military training camps, places of detention in order to get them to bear arms.

i said from this platform that the syrian state guarantees for those citizens that for those citizens who are willing, a safe return and getting away from the inhumane conditions they have suffered in those camps. i would like to assure you the syrian government will exert all effort to deliver aid from international organizations to all syrian citizens without any discrimination whatsoever wherever they are and within the framework of respecting national sancht. the syrian arab republic confirms its adherence to full restoration of syrians to land in 1967. also the rejection of all actions taken by israel, the occupying power, to change its natural demographic -- in clear violation of the resolutions in particular resolutions 497 of

1981 and 465 of 1980. syria confirms also that the palestinian issue is a central issue of the syrian people which supports the inalienable and legitimate rights of the palestinian people, particularly to return and self-determination and to establish an independent state on its land with jerusalem as its capital. last september syria accepted the initiative of the president of the russian federation, his excellency vladimir putin, and joined the convention of the prohibition of chemical weapons based on the establishment in the middle east, a free zone of all nuclear weapons, and all weapons of mass destruction. it also wanted to prove to the

whole world its commitment to stand firm against any use of chemical weapons. syria can prove its obligation resulting from the convention and completed its commitment despite the prevailing hard conditions. were it not for the syrian cooperation with the u.n. opcw joint mission, it would have not been possible to complete the tasks of the mission. the special -- she expressed her happiness and gratitude for the fruitful and constructive cooperation of the syrian government which led to the completion of this unprecedented work.

syria is committed to the full implementation of the provisions of the convention and within the framework of the opcw. as a party to this convention, however, the big question remains whether those who are supplying the terrorists with these weapons and other types of weapons, will they stop their actions and abide by international law? especially the convention of the prohibition of chemical weapons and security council resolution related to terrorism. mr. president, syria stresses that establishing a zone free from all weapons of mass destruction is unachievable with the the ack session of israel, the only nuclear power in the region to all treaties banning such, the proliferation of such weapons and to put its nuclear facilities under supervision with the national atomic energy agency. at the same time, we support the right of all countries to acquire and develop nuclear technology for peaceful means, for peaceful uses. mr. president, in closing,

unilateral coercion, economic measures by the united states and the european union contradict the rules of international law and the principle of free trade. on this basis, we call for the lifting of the blocking imposed by the united states against cuba. and we renew our call to lift all the unilateral coercion measures imposed on syria and the peoples of other countries a chance, the republic of korea, venezuela, and belarus. mr. president, in conclusion we look forward that the united snagss will become able to achieve their goal for people to live in dignity, achieve development and self-sufficiency far away from all forms of terrorism, tension, and confrontation in implementation of the principles and purposes of the charter of the united nations in particular the

safeguarding of the sovereignty of states and their equality and rights and obligations. also believe that priority should be given to work on the concerted efforts of the community to combat the terrorism of isis and al nusra and other al qaeda affiliates and drain its resources in order for security and stability will prevail in our region and the entire world. thank you, mr. president. [applause] >> mr. prime minister and minister of foreign affairs and the arab republic, i thank you for your sentiment. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu also addressed the israeli assembly where he talked about threats

from hamas comparing their ambitions to those of isis. he also spoke about iran's nuclear program, referencing a general assembly speech that the iranian president gave a few days prior. this is 35 minutes. [applause] >> thank you, mr. president. distinguished delegates. i come