russia has been clear in its support for india's aspirations to become a permanent member of un security council how do you think the much criticized you and security council will benefit from india's participation. first of all i would say that criticism is not always warrant that the latest wave of criticism was related to the fact that the security council allegedly cannot act on syria. by these by the desire to see some action on the part of the security council the critics want to pass a resolution under chapter seven which provides for the use of sanctions and the use of force eventually and russia and china are convinced hundred percent that this would be a disaster and that this would be the beginning of a very slippery slope and will bring us to the libyans in the area which we cannot afford anymore and the region cannot afford the security council was once expended only in the category of nonpermanent members and now. after several decades of the council functioning in the unchanged composition there is a very strong movement towards expanding its membership to better reflect the. plur

the un security council has issued a statement condemning north korea's rocket launched during an urgent meeting to discuss a possible international -- rocket launch during enan urgent meeting to discuss a possible international response. >> the north korea claims it put a weather satellite into orbit. but its neighbors, japan and south korea, as well as the u.s., believe it was a disguised as for long-range missiles -- disguised test for long-range missiles. >> president obama announced the u.s. would formally recognize the coalition of syrian opposition groups. >> that endorsement came as the friends of syria group met in morocco to discuss ways of ending the conflict. >> this internet footage purports to show the aftermath of explosions on the outskirts of the syrian capital of damascus. two other explosions were reported targeting the interior ministry and the justice ministry. state-run television reported at least one death and several injuries in what it called terrorist attacks. as the violence continued on the ground, diplomacy continued elsewhere. representatives of 130 countri

east jerusalem to be the capital of their future state and promising to raise the issue of the un security council equality campaign and betty hirshman says the plans of threatening hopes for a two state solution. it seems very clear that it was a retaliatory effort we should also talk about as though in the context of being upcoming israeli elections there is clearly a lot of political cash aid to be gained from making these very bold and aggressive announcements after the u.n. resolution and clearly this is an ongoing mark so israel's. planning to consolidate control over easter islam and their political motivations and demonstrating to the israeli public. he's our fortunes are the greater undivided jerusalem. is that so clearly in all of this construction an extremely dangerous for a two state solution it distrust distrust the continuity of land between east jerusalem and the west bank on which a future palestinian state. with increasingly with his running creasing the isolated by the international community over his expansion policy the arab spring means the country's becoming surrounded by po

russia has been clear in its support for india's aspirations to become a permanent member of un security council how do you think the much criticized security council will benefit from india's participation. first of all i would say that the criticism is not always warrant that the latest wave of criticism was related to the fact that the security council allegedly cannot act on syria. by these by the desire to see some action on the part of the security council. critics wanted to pass a resolution under chapter seven which provides for the use of sanctions and the use of force eventually and russia and china are convinced hundred percent that this would be a disaster and that these.

russia has been clear in its support for india's aspirations to become a permanent member of un security council how do you think the much criticized joint security council will benefit from india's participation. first of all i would see.

genocide in the balkans if such an institution had not been created on the ad hoc basis by the un security council and had that kind of event unfolded more recently rather than back in the nine hundred ninety s. i think we would have very much seen that type of dispute being handed over to the i.c.c. so in that case the i.c.c. would have been intervening in a in europe and not just in africa ok but judge the united nations security council particularly western powers won't let that happen. no of course not and what we've already seen from those ad hoc tribunals is that the last thing that they deliver is impartial justice and the notion that somehow well there's nothing really wrong with it or that this is a baby steps towards the final goal is an absurdity i mean we've seen of the i.c.t. why. only the serbs have been indicted and convicted and where as the nato allies are largely been either not been indicted or how do we know are they ready to go it is now at the end i could let me finish please let me finish at the i.c.c. we have already seen the same thing happening where gaddafi was indicted

community north korea has been widely criticised everett's recent successful rocket launch of the un security council becoming the latest to condemn the move it promised an appropriate response sparking speculation the country may be facing further sanctions which are eagerly sought by the u.s. and some european states while north korea says it merely point to a weather satellite into space countries like japan can it was a moment missile test the second attempt the scieno they think we'll expect on north korea professor reading a frank thinks sanctions are highly unlikely to change the country's course of minute you've got until the. sanctions are of course an appropriate means to show your political dissatisfaction but in terms of being effective if they are almost useless in terms of north korea sanctions of it applied for decades north korea had enough time to find ways around those sanctions though your military considers a deal as the try to so i think sanctions are more or less a symbolical function but they will have very little actual effect so little for whether it's a rocket or missile is

palestinians want east jerusalem to be the capital of future state and threaten to go to the un security council. for e.u. members are reportedly preparing a statement condemning israel's plans push for expansion was announced after the un upgraded the palestinians to observer state a step towards recognizing its statehood. she says that the israeli government is using the settlements for its own political gain. they don't need them for security they don't need them for what they like to call natural growth the settlements are a political point that will be condemned perhaps by the security council criticised even by the obama administration but without any serious repercussions for israel which will largely be allowed to get away with it and as long as the israelis can count on uncritical support from the united states which so far they can there will be mild criticism but there will not be a hint of what real accountability would look like that would mean for example the u.s. saying to israel your settlement policy is illegal all the settlements are illegal and you need to stop them now when i

the un security council is demanding that israel holds its settlement plans in the occupied west bank in east jerusalem immediately the move to build housing in palestinian lands is seen as illegal under international law israeli media however are reporting now that more than three thousand extra homes have been approved in addition to the several thousand given the go ahead earlier this month paula slayer's the latest. israeli officials say that they're pressing on with plans to build six thousand new homes this defies criticism from western powers who fear that the move will hamper an already famed hopes for a peace deal between israelis and palestinians you'll remember that it was just last month after the the fact a recognition of palestinian sovereignty at the united nations that is well made its new announcement in terms of settlement building it said that it would expand settlements in the occupied west bank as well as in east jerusalem and at that time there was international unquiet the point needs to be made that israel continues to build in i said defiance of international

community north korea has been widely criticized of its recent successful rocket launch what the un security council becoming the latest to condemn the move and promise an appropriate response is blocking speculation the country may be facing for the sanctions which i told by the u.s. and some european states while north korea says it may have put a weather satellite into space with countries like japan canada is unlikely to michelle cash cow young chicken agenda she alpha male yet in april and as for the north korea professor to go frank of things that sanctions are highly unlikely to change the country's schools a ministry development. sections or stores an appropriate means to show your political dissatisfaction but in terms of being effective if they are almost useless in terms of north korea sanctions up and applauded for decades north korea had enough time to find ways around those sanctions there are humanitarian concerns as to why is the trident so i think sanctions are more or less a symbolical function but they will have heard little actual effects on the screen but there is a rocket or mi

be used as a false flag like what happened before we all remember the night before the last un security council meeting when they when russia and china vetoed the resolution the night before there was a lack of work. out this could be used again before this threat of chemical weapons is one excuse cited for the reason of deploying those patriot missiles by nato at the syrian border now the alliance says it's just to protect turkey from a potential attack also by damascus why would syria what would it be in syria's benefit to attack a nato member a neighbor like that. exactly nothing syria having enough trouble with overtaking in a program out of the idea that is is the one taking syria and syria is the country that needs protection from turkey because we all know now as. a lover of those leads turkey is hosting rubles are training supporting them and sending with vital syria so syria is the one that needs protection. is all this the talk from the u.s. at the moment also the deployment of these patriot missiles is it perhaps a signal that a no fly zone over syria could be established although it

back you're watching r t criticism of north korea successful rocket launch is widening the un security council now threatening what it calls an appropriate response and sponsored speculation of further sanctions against pyongyang i think to the penalties that. one of its nuclear tests a few years ago when the international community widely sees the known as a step towards enabling north korea to send nuclear tipped warheads change place in which case to be less than however insists it's looking with many to get a suck light into orbit to study crops and weather patterns with cracks but professor frank told r.t. the launch sanctions and pressure on likely to push the country off its mature development course. sanctions are of course an appropriate means to show your political dissatisfaction but in terms of being effective if they are almost useless in terms of north korea sanctions of it applied for decades korea had enough time to find ways around those sanctions the military considers the deal was to try to so i think sanctions while this is symbolical function but they will have little actu

and from importing or exporting nuclear and missile technology this sunday un security council sanctions and he will campaign ericus iraq and says talks are the only solution to the ongoing us. these are causes to have more talks not less talks and the north koreans have been willing to attend talks other nations have certainly russia has another nations are that if it involved the six party talks and doubtless read are just japan south korea the united states are less. willing to engage in talks when these things happen but what the un said was not only don't use ballistic missile technology it said we must have a commitment to a peaceful diplomatic and political solution to the situation there and that's what is really crying out and i think russia and other countries must finally say now wait a while is the look at the problem but i'm afraid that the united states is going to step back talk less isolate more of the military base that the united states brought merrily south korea's building on july would it in an effort to create a ring around china perhaps to deal with north korea are

east jerusalem to be the capital of their future state and promising to raise the issue at a un security council meeting let's discuss it further now with our betty hirshman a campaigner for equality see you today thank you for coming on r t the number of homes is actually slightly. hundred or so is it possible perhaps that israel is here. before completion of. extremely negligible modifications to the plan. from about sixty. issues the. palestinian land. again again it's a very small number they have i suppose agreed to not proceed with again we're talking about a fifteen hundred or so israel announced that the plans to expand its settlement construction actually made the announcement after the un upgraded palestine to observer status already some are calling this a bit of a tit for tat maneuver what do you say to that. it seems very clear it was a retaliatory effort we should also talk about this in the context of the coming israeli elections there is clearly a lot of political cash aid to be gained from making these very bold and aggressive announcements to the u.n. resolution on. i mean we h

contrasts the interpretations of un security council resolutions that two days ago north korea said the launch could be delayed due to technical problem and a south korean media even reported the rocket was being dismantled and looks like the north is trying to wrong foot its opponents. i don't know if it did that deliberately but the point that you mention really is very telling regarding the quality of our information about north korea despite all the satellites it behind under close observation of the launching site all those predictions of the largest being delayed or actually being called off have turned out to be wrong and i think this means that we should do a bit of soul searching on all sides are reliable all information is on which really is the end of the database or policies on north korea that being the case i mean from young says developing a peaceful space program better than some of the critics say it's testing technology to mount a nuclear warhead on a long range missile how big a threat in reality is north korea to its neighbors and the u.s. in your opinion. but there

and un security council on this issue. we want to follow up on this. not just in the e1, but all settlement activity. clearly, israel doesn't want to reach peace. >> while the settlement expansion have affected five other countries and their ambassadors, the obama administration has offered a tepid response, calling it counterproductive. >> i want to remind you, on building settlements in jerusalem are in accordance with israeli law. if anyone wants to investigate further, they can go to the bush letter and see on the changes in the territory which the u.s. president spoke of. >> the white house is denying iran's claim of having captured a u.s. drone in iranian airspace. iran says that they captured a scaneagle aircraft conducting surveillance. speaking at the white house, press secretary jay carney rejected those claims. >> we have no evidence that the iranian claims you cite are true. i would refer you to the pentagon's comments this morning on the details of this particular type of uav, but again, we have no evidence th

security council. the state department said we have the un security council statement which strongly condemned their lasth and made clear that the council was determined to take action if there is a further launch and we stand by that, end quote. just what action the un might take remains unclear but the tightening of sanctions is almost a sure bet and given that much of the technology for north korea's missile program is imported, a stricter ban of technology sports from around the world may be in the offing. >> shepard: technical problems is the reason given for the delay. it sounds like a lot of analysts believe that could be a cover. >> reporter: that's what couple of south korean analysts are telling the associated press. one speculates that china has put on pressure to stop the launch and north korea may have complied with china's demand. keep in mind china does not want to see destabilization of the reason nor does it want a tightening of sanctions or war in an already impoverished country which might lead to refugees streaming into their next door neighbor, china. >>> iran claims it decoded all o

a short time ago, the un security council condemned the missile and said it brings them one step closer of striking nuclear weapons. they called it provocative and susan rice said the council is working on how to respond to the north's violation. >> we are very much ready to engage with our colleagues on the council and we will be searching for a clear and credible response. we have some elements and aspects that we think are important and others have theirs and we will come to an agreement. >> china is an ally and expressed regret over the launch. we report that north korea may have up to a few dozen nuclear weapons that could be fitted on top of ballistic missiles. just in the past hour, police in oregon gave us an update on the mall shooting that left three people dead. we are learning the identity of the shooter. plus as the administration deals with the new laws legalizing marijuana in washington and colorado, former president jimmy carter weighs in on legalizing pot. >> i'm in favor of it. i think it's okay. >> that by the way is one of the things we thought you should know. [ mal

the un security council is now meeting to discuss a response. dagen, back to you.: thank you very much. let's bring in the author of "the coming revolution." he is joining us from washington, d.c. how serious should we take this north korean rocket rods? >> very serious. it means that the five members are interested. the development of these rockets is only a prelude, a projection, for more missiles towoodard. dagen: did you expect anything out of china? >> there will be narrative. there will be verbal chinese warnings. not to develop, you know the situation. they have their own narrative that think should be stable. if they do not get anything else from us, in return, that has not happened so far. dagen: relate north korea and this latest action and problems in the middle east. north korea's relationship with iran supplying technology there and does this now take our eye off of, say, just syria? >> it should not. any rocket or missile launch in northern korea is a missile launch for by rob. they are allies. they give each other technology. yesterday the president

saying assad should step down and should include him and will now be on board in any future un security council there is a possibility he may not win? >> absolutely. the first time we are hearing it from syria's most powerful friend, russia. >> let's talk scud missiles and how they are being used against opposition in syria. the regime saying this is not coming from us. it's obviously a sign that it's an up tick in violence and is it also desperation? >> possibly. these are very lethal weapons and some call them egregious. is this a desperate situation where at this point they have no choice but to use the most destructive weapons. these are insendiary bombs. when scud missiles are launched from the central part of the country that is controlled by rebel forces, this is a significant chance they will fall on the turkish side of the border. they requested nato's defense missile system in order to shield it from this type of aggression. according to a u.s. official some of these fell close to the boarder and not in turkey proper, but the risk is there. . >> we will keep on watching. a tragedy in

the united nations security council has unanimously opposed sending troops to north mali, but they also want talks on reunification before the african-led force goes in. more from the un. >> the united nations security council resolution was a final diplomatic hurdles for the member states to consider. they can now go about discussing ways to deal with the country. specific language in earlier drafts have been taken out. it gives a lot of leeway and freedom to discuss ways they can help. they have been given all necessary measures for military intervention, but there are many questions and doubts about what kind of force could go into mali, who will make up these troops, where are they going to come from, how are they going to be comprised. the united nations secretary general has said he does not think it should come from direct you in finding. he prefers direct contribution -- from direct un funding. he prefers direct contributions. they are also dealing with weather conditions. this is not expected to be ready until october of 2013, which means continuing reports of human rights abuses could go on as well as concerns about increasing entrenchment of the extremist o

the un security council is expected to meet together about the last launch. >> a former roommate of aerrorist. they were arrested on the way to africa to join the terrorist group. the men planned to wage jihad there. they were added to the most wanted terrorist list last month. he found two rifles at the scene of a murder and now he will come face to face with a border agent's family. he was part of a 20-person ring buying guns and smuggling in mexico. terry's cousin plans to peek at the sentencing and push for the maximum sentence. >> it is a title that could rifle the title of president. according to reportings, president george bush is about to become a grandfather for the first time. his daughter jenna expecting their first child. they have been married four years and said to be thrill would. last year the 31 year old admitted to people magazine that her parents wanted her to start having grandchildren and those are the headlines. congratulations. >> steve: absolutely, that is great. >> brian: talking about what happened yesterday. right to work [-fls] rumored to be something that

and other international partners in preparation for the ongoing un security council discussions on a resolution on military intervention in the north. as plans develop for the military operation, we will be better able to determine how the united states can best support the area elements in this effort. mali's neighbors have intensified their ongoing efforts to bolster their own security and to address the aqim safe haven in northern mali. algeria, more tainia and others are all deeply concerned that any intervention will cause a spillover of extremists into their own countries. these governments strongly favor exhausting all political dialogue before any intervention. we ourselves are assisting some eight other states in the region through our counter terrorism partnership program. this program is designed to help build long-term capacity to counter and margin lies organizations, disrupt efforts to recruit, train, and provision extremists, and to build up the capacity of the states in the roirge. however, lasting resolution to the terrorist threat will require that the countries dev

this is the second launch since north korea's leader kim jong-un took power after his father died nearly a year ago. the u.n. security council is planning to meet tomorrow and the discussion, north korea's controversial launch. our paula hancock is out front tonight in seoul, south korea. what are the officials in seoul saying about what happened? >> reporter: well, we have confirmation from forth korea as far as they are concerned this rocket launch was a success. we had a special broadcast on north korean television just about an hour ago. a very jubilant and excited news reader announced the rocket launch was a success and that the satellite had entered pre-set orbit. north koreans have claimed success in the face of failure in the past. so we have to wait for confirmation. we are waiting on the u.s. and south korean officials working closely to together to see whether or not that satellite is, in fact, in orbit. the south korean response, as you can imagine, is one of condemnation. the blue house which is the korean equivalent of the white house issued a statement, lee myung-bak who was called just after this rocket laun

un membership and the united. look at the obama administration tied it up in the security council gates threatened to veto it all. of the united. palestine could have broken the log jam at the security council and turned it over to the general assembly for a two thirds vote in any event i believe they concluded that that would have been a step too far given the diplomatic and political situation so last spring the p.l.o. executive committee that serves as the provisional government for the state of palestine voted to go for un observer state membership along the lines that switzerland used to hang out i guess until about ten years one finally joined the united nations organization but from the very founding leader wait until about ten years ago switzerland was a u.n. observer state and in that capacity was able to join all of the. international organizations treaties including the statue to the international court of justice for let's talk about some of the leverage that palestine now has from the status francis what new status doesn't give an international court you kind of just just touch upon what legal recour

un. >> this is against the u.n. security council resolutions and we are monitoring the situation closely. and working very closely with the self-defense force and the ministry of defense. this is a dangerous situation. and we do not support those actions right now by north korea. bill: steven yates, sir, good morning and welcome back here to america's newsroom. it's been some time since we talked about this issue. now it's back and on the plate. >> any time you are dealing with long range missile capability it will be a concern. we have thousands of troops stationed in japan and korea. there is talk of being able to reach los angeles or the western coast. no north korean test so far has reached that near abroad. bill: what would korea want to prove with this launch? >> always dangerous to try to climb into the mind of a north korean leader. but there would have to be a domestic component to the situation. there are important elections taking place in japan on the 16th and south korea on the 19th of this month. well within the range

month after a un granted palestine nonmember observer status palestinians want is jerusalem to be a capital of future palestinian state and promising to raise the issue at a security council meeting author and historian gerald ford says that with palestine's recent upgrade israel is playing a risky game israel is making a very dangerous wager that its chief ally in washington can protect it from the reach of international law but i think that's a misjudgment. the enhanced status of the palestinian authority raises the possibility that the israeli beater ship can be dragged before the international criminal court in the hague for various transgressions not only that but the neighborhood of israel is changing with the rise of the south and the rise of the islamicist so i think israel is playing a very dangerous game in the short term and in the long term the problem is that mr netanyahu does not want a settlement of this question he feels that his regime can continue in a land grab a grab a palestinian land and settling palestinian land which jewish settlers at info night i'm into the future however it's well known that israel's main protector in washington is declining in

your own security council members to pass a resolution for that would allow in a foreign intervention into syria but do you think a military action could still play take place going around the un like it happened in case of iraq. well not only in case of iraq but also in case of the former yugoslavia yes it is it is possible and you just cite that one example there are some others but i also feel that those who would like to interfere in the syrian crisis they don't want to do this without some kind of legitimacy or at least i would some kind of and action in the united nations which could be used to justify this as being legitimate some people would like very much to internationalize this situation and to expand the violence beyond the syrian border or set them said being made to specially in cases when the refugees have to flee syria because of the disproportionate actions by the government forces but on the other side the opposition the armed groups of that position which are several which are not united on this single comment they also reason except the bull methods absolutely contrary to international humanitarian law. they can cause the just. the staging terrorist attack

security council condemning north korea's successful rocket launch. the north fired the rockets into orbit today defying previous warnings from un and washington this, is video provided by north korea state run television. the saying the launch violated a resolution banning any launch using ballistic missle tech nlg. the obama administration called the launch a provocative act. >> house republican leaders are pressing president obama to come up with a plan they can accept for spending cuts and tax revenues to avoid the so called fiscal cliff. time is running out now for both parties to reach a compromise. we have the latest. >> the deadline to avoid the fiscal cliff is december 316789 lawmakers have less time if they want get something together that congress can pass and the president can sign. >> the longer the white house road blocks this discussion, closer our economy gets to the fiscal cliff. >> in an interview, the president was optimistic a deal can be reached. >> i'm confident republicans would not hold middle class taxes hostage to try to protect tax cuts for high income individuals. >> monday night, white house sent speaker boehner on offer in