. >> i'm the executive director of the united council of human services also known as moms dining room. i'm asking you to put back into the budget - you may not realize how important the services of the homeless are. in our point we have over 1 thousand people homeless homeless with no beds. the drop in center does what it can and we're going a lot of opposition about having a shelter built next door to us. our clients are clean they're hit hard. they're out there without services that san francisco needs to provide for them. please show some that compassion for the poorest people in the city number one they can't afford to leave. they can't afford to live here and in a unit. there's not enough low income apartments. i have seniors standing around outside. it's totally ridiculous. i want to challenge all of you to come out to our agencies and witness the good work we're doing there >> thank you very much next speaker please. hi. i'm the executive director of the rural music arts project. we serve district 5 and 6. so as you've seen we have significant cuts. i'm here to advocate for tho

a reunion, we have a united council. on syria, we do not. it is hard to overstate the difference that makes. isng politics into places not easy. it is my strong belief that we have no alternative but to maintain the momentum around diplomacy and a sure we stay focused in every engagement on finding clinical solutions. -- well bilateral and multilateral diplomacy may work differently, when they combine their clout the results can be powerful to be at we need the best of both multilateral efforts and bilateral diplomacy to succeed in today's tough races in thank you very much. -- today's tough places. >> thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible] >> thank you very much, jeff. fascinating and tour of the horizon of your work and leverage that you have and for us in washington that is rare that we get this kind of insight. we are very grateful to you. witnessed, display an important role would you were there to develop diplomatic .ools for the united nations as you pointed out, norway continues to play an important role. let's get your reaction

the p five plus one five countries going to members of the united nations security council and germany. having discussion away from all iran russia is of course. a member of this p five plus one on this question with rome russia has an important role of. i hope. p. five plus one. will make the. so it's ok with you that russia is helping iran to fulfill its nuclear ambitions. for the i.a.e.a. russia is a very for the member of the i.a.e.a. russia. and a member of the p five plus one. and p five plus one that will be separate we put them on some one of your predecessor mohamed el baradei actually said that notwithstanding what you think of iran's position you need to address their sense of insecurity which means that it is surrounded by country it was nuclear capacity is capabilities and they have a presence of american troops in their region so they feel like they need to somehow answer to that what do you say to that to that. this is. a. i deeply respect him myself i am caucusing on the basic. and with regard to the nonproliferation it was possibly the use of belief that all the materi

the white house insists that north korea must abide by united nations security council resolutions and that talks must be credible. north korea has a history of offering deals and then violating them. iran electing a new president. hassan rohani replaces hardliner mahmoud ahmadinejad, who steps down in august, creating hope that a more moderate cleric will lead the country and ease tensions between iran and the west. ahmadinejad's presidency has been defined by ratcheting up uranium enrichment, rhetoric calling for the destruction of israel, and training militants in iraq to kill u.s. soldiers. the white house says it sees rohani's election as ahelpful s. however, as positive a sign as rohani's election may be, in iran, the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini has the final word. it's been over a week since former national security agency contractor edward snowden identified himself as the leaker of top-secret documents about u.s. surveillance programs. members of congress have questions about how deep the nsa spied on americans' internet activity and phone calls. the president says the n

about the drc you bear witness to the importance that the government of the united states of america and the security council of the united nations attached to returning peace in the region of the drc and thereby ending the region as a whole. i would like to also take this opportunity to thank mr. ban ki-moon for his personal involvement in the negotiations conclusion and implementation of the framework agreement for peace security and cooperation in the drc in the region which was concluded and azerbaijan in the 24th of their prey. this agreement which bolsters that constitute true major renovation both in the grassroots crisis which has been hitting the region of the great lakes since the second half of the 1980s and innovation in the traditional doctrine of the united nations in terms of peacekeeping. for the long-suffering people of the countries in the region the framework agreement and the aforementioned resolution are seen as speaking eloquently to the instability which has lasted too long and for which my country has paid a very heavy price. and it is also true for the most recent joint trip of the s

and the work and families coalition also here in san francisco i want to thank the advisory council and the united food and commercial workers and the gender appreciative issues. as well as supervisors yee and supervisor breed who has offered to support this issue. i want to take a moment and thank my aid keating republican who worked around the clock. and with that colleagues i'd like to ask if we could send this motion back to committee and in case anything unexpected happens but as i said today, i want to introduce this what date of january 1st >> colleagues the president has made a motion to send this back to the rules committee. i have a second from supervisor avalos >> i want to thank supervisor avalos i'll be adding this afternoon. >> item 51 is a motion appointing naomi to the entertainment empathies. >> colleagues supervisor wiener. i just want to say how great it is we're able to reappoint her to the entertainment commission. we appointed her last year she brings a strong public height to the empathies commission. it looks like she might move out of the city but i'm very, very happy she'

considered the special envoy we have samantha power with her comments to get israel on the united nations security council so i really wonder i guess this rhetorical affair broker. yeah absolutely not i mean you have a structural problem and then you have the individual players like you mentioned you know martin indyk his association with the israel lobby it's pretty clear but more structurally i mean the united states is supporting one side with obscene levels of military aid and diplomatic support vetoing countless u.n. resolutions that are critical of israel trying to keep israel from being held accountable for its actions so for a player that is clearly backing one side overwhelmingly to be trying to negotiate you know trying to mediate these kind of negotiations obviously there's going to be a structural problem there the only problem of course is that nobody else is willing to step up and fulfill the void that the u.s. is clearly leaving i mean i think the united states is becoming less and less relevant because its approach is entirely based on a go she actions but there's nobody else that's really

considered the special envoy we have samantha power with her comments to get israel on the united nations security council so i really wonder i guess this rhetorical affair broker. yeah absolutely not i mean you have a structural problem and then you have the individual players like you mentioned you know martin indyk his association with the israel lobby it's pretty clear but more structurally i mean the united states is supporting one side with obscene levels of military aid and diplomatic support vetoing countless u.n. resolutions that are critical of israel trying to keep israel from being held accountable for its actions so for a player that is clearly backing one side overwhelmingly to be trying to negotiate you know trying to mediate these kind of negotiations obviously there's going to be a structural problem there the only problem of course is that nobody else is willing to step up and fulfill the void that the u.s. is clearly leaving i mean i think the united states is becoming less and less relevant because its approach is entirely based on a go she actions but there's nobody else that's really

on yemen, we have a united council. on syria, we do not. to overstate the difference that makes. doing politics in tough places is not easy but it is my strong belief that we have no alternative but to maintain the momentum around diplomacy and ensure that we stay focused in every engagement on finding political solutions. and that we pool our efforts for peace for while bilateral and multilateral diplomacy may work differently, when they combined their clout the results can be powerful. we need the best of those of multilateral efforts and bilateral diplomacy to succeed in today's tough places. thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> we are just waiting for the microphones. there are six of us here. see thank you very much, jeff. this is a very clear and fascinating tour of the horizon of your work and the leverage that you have and for us in washington it's rare that we get this kind of insight so we are very grateful to you. ambassador stroman you witness this and you played an important role in trying to develop dip

children it's completely unacceptable that this war is still on and that the united states i mean be talking about the security council but let's let's not downplay the united states' influence because it's the dominant power and do you think the decision makers in the white house undistorted the ramifications of that decision the strategic ramifications because they're not just states is of course the home country for all of that war and peace expertise scientific expertise it is in the american universities that war is studied in great detail of course i mean here we talk really about this a fail of conflict prevention. that of course has to be understood in the protocol . wakening i mean you had it like a domino effect to start with tunisia and. egypt libya where rulers were overthrown and in a way there was an assumption this will continue yemen was also affected and i think the united states again i must say many other countries too i mean involved in this they. of course have been involved in libya security council resolution to protect civilians against gadhafi that of course has to be an escalated in some resp

external foreign pressures three major ones the first one is four years four days ago the united nations human rights council in geneva requested the different thirty to send promptly and they immediately a fact finding mission to egypt composed of international. to actually investigate the human rights status in the aftermath of. now not only one blotch one clash it's the second pleasure is that the decision by the united kingdom government to stop all sorts of what human to the egyptian authorities that could be or might be used in this month playing and fighting right demonstrations the third one which is the least when actually is the resolution by the african union. two weeks ago to suspend for the french by suspending egypt's members in the in the. in the african union excuse me in this reorganization and in the consequences as a result of. the allegation of the african union. let me quickly ask you all all these pressures on the army then how do you expect it to react to these demonstrations and what sort of crackdown will it be able to carry us what's going to do yes. yes i was transferred for you th

council so when tethers and submidst to the president. he receives a confirmation from the jet street secretary of state. so if you are in the united states. city council. will you not get a letter from the secretary of state. so when the douglass's marshall. he works out of the building this is the old city hall. and this is on indiana avenue. and appellate court building. and actually a statue of lincoln outside of building with the first recollected into the city. 1868 and there is a area of finding douglass in and out of the building when he was mar willed. and he was marld and he would walk from his home in annacostia x the streets of washington and an interesting item in the tribune that said that frederick douglass walks around as a school boy. martial and the evening star. a item circulate and this could be i believe it to be true. circulated all over the country. the item is very short. and says something to the effect that an ex-skon stand was in court the other day. and said. sir you are looking for marvel douglass when he was a fugitive. i tried hard to find him. [laughter] this is another print of douglass. the first c

in yemen, we have a united council. on syria, we do not. it is hard to overstate the difference that makes. doing politics into places is not easy. it is my strong belief that we have no alternative but to maintain the momentum around diplomacy and a sure we stay focused in every engagement on finding clinical solutions. in that -- while bilateral and multilateral diplomacy may work differently, when they combine their clout the results can be powerful to be at we need the best of both multilateral efforts and bilateral diplomacy to succeed in today's tough races in thank you very much. -- today's tough places. -- thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible] >> thank you very much, jeff. a very clear and fascinating tour of the horizon of your work and leverage that you have and for us in washington that is rare that we get this kind of insight. we are very grateful to you. you witnessed, display an important role would you were there to develop diplomatic tools for the united nations. as you pointed out, norway continues to play an importan

united nations. expecting a representative of the security council of the united nations that are invited a request ofthe president and the minister, our ambassador in the human human alreadythe standing the invitation [indiscernible] to determine what this is all about. the ship's crew facing charges for transporting dangerous cargo. u.n. secretary-general ban ki- moon says you you and officials will look into whether the shipment violates the international sanctions on the north korean regime. a list provided by cuba shows the weaponry dates back to the soviet era, bolstering its claim the shipment was meant for repairs. lawmakers in britain have voted to legalize gay marriage beginning next year. britain becomes the 15th country to equalize marriage, joining recent countries including france, uruguay, and new zealand. tosident obama's nominee become the next u.s. ambassador, samantha power, appeared before senate confirmation hearing on wednesday. power told lawmakers that you and in action on syria marks a disgrace. she also pledged to continue long-standing u.s. support for israeli government pol

you want the united nations human rights council and investigate after a trial in all those places no one ever gets a trial. >> they want anarchy, too. they wanted specific outcome, no matter what, they wanted to make scapegoat and example out of george zimmerman. it was inconvenient to call him a white hispanic, instead of letting the law apply. there are two viewpoints that are interesting when you contrast them. listen to tavis smiley on o'reilly, versus leo terrell. >> in this country sadly the life of a black child doesn't have the same worth and value of the life of a white child. black men are often viewed in this country as a menace to society. >> there was not a race case, the jury got it right. i don't want to mention names like melissa harris perry saying i am holding my black children tighter tonight. no, they're not, not at all. zimmerman was tried, he was found innocent of the charges, and that woman that said god is a racist, it is embarrassing as an african-american to hear juan williams, msnbc, cnn talk about this case as a race case. >> bam! smackdown one. >> that ma

today to the largest national hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the united states, the national council raza. joining me now joaquin castro, co-congressman of the freshman class but very much involved in sort of that next ring of the various gangs that are in the house trying to get immigration done. so let me ask you about luis gutierrez' optimism. he thinks some immigration deal with a path to citizenship is truly possible. what say you? >> i share luis's optimism. throughout the years, of all the folks here in congress, he's work the hardest to make sure we actually get a vote on comprehensive immigration reform. so i share his optimism. in fact, one of the things luis has said i also agree with you, if you put the senate bill to a vote on the house floor today, there is a good chance we could actually pass it. what's getting in the way of that is pure politic, the fact that the speaker wants to employ the hastert rule that he won't allow any piece of legislation to move without it having majority republican support. >> you were quoted in your hometown paper as saying for this to pas

western partners we are not concealing the findings they've been submitted to the united nations secretary and to security council members if the secretary is to grease the evidence can be made public which it is conclusive and i think it will eliminate a lot of questions that they're going to have rove went on to point out that this revelation of this investigation and the results of course has a back story and it goes back to damascus asking the u.n. really pushing the u.n. to conduct an investigation on site that never happened in according to sergei lavrov very frankly he says he believes it's because of pushing and demanding by western partners at the u.n. security council and this is why russia went ahead with this investigation on site on the ground i do to damascus and their claims that this was in fact that attack that took place in march in the suburbs of aleppo that it was by the armed rebels that it wasn't by the regime. results of course have been washington is aware of them but so far the only reaction we've had is that they think it's very unlikely that this evidence will prove that the rebels are

you may be faced with issues before the united nations and the security council the likes of which weave not seen and so i hope that you -- i know that you will preserve your fundamental beliefs in the supremacy of the role of the united states in the world and our advocacy for the freedoms that are so important to all of us. and so i look forward to having you go to work as soon as possible. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, sir. >> senator risch. >> thank you, madam chairman. ms. power, first of all, your work in idaho has not gone unnoticed and we thank you for that. it is greatly appreciated. thank you for coming to see me. and i -- you and i talked about a number of things. one of the things i'm concerned about is one of the matters that senator corker raised, and that is reform at the united nations. people in america are not happy with the growth and particularly with what seems to be this expanding reach. what seems to be this expanding the united nations plays an important role when it comes to peacekeeping, when it comes to nations being able to sit down and resolve the

it clearly exposes north koreans willing to finance of the international community and the united nations councilresolutions and the like. we are very glad that panamanians discovered this so we can once more exposed to the world the cynical behavior of the north korean regime. >> thank you. >> thank you senator reed. senator graham. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you both for your service. chairman dempsey, the russian president said i think a couple of days ago that if he thought herding u.s. relationships, u.s.-russian relationships would be a consequence of granting snowden asylum he would do it. what would your advice be to the russian president about bringing snowden asylum? >> i think that there would be consequences across all of our relationships. >> it would be damaging wouldn't it be? >> i think it would be ,-com,-com ma sir. >> okay, thank you very much. the prime minister of israel was on national television on face the nation sunday and said the following things about iran. there is a new new president in iran and he believes he is criticizing his predecessor for being a wolves in

council. surely there are announces that perhaps the prime minister can united states has been doing. >> i think the same thing. publicly and in the council, i do not comment on national- security matters. it is important to remember that our services operate under the law and we do not use cooperation with foreign services to get around this in the u.k. and it is worth remembering that the intelligence and security gathering that we do is a huge benefit to those partners, including many in the european union that we cherish. it helps to keep them safe and us say. safe, and we should praise what they do on our behalf. >> how will the women in afghanistan be represented in talks with the taliban? advances in the right for education for girls and women will be sustained in the 2015 settlement and thereafter? >> the answer to the question is afghan government are not that any discussions need to proceed on the basis of the constitution, which received some safeguards for otherit is important to note that in 2001 there were virtually no are 30,000. friend,swer to my hon. he is still a patriotic cham

onto the second page -- manual civil right as affirmed by the united states state of the supreme court of 1999 and the mayor's disability council have heard from community members with disabilities and from their advocates who share their frustrations and disan appointment with the state of -- frustrations and disappointments with the state. being resolved that funding resources for affordable and accessible housing be found to help offset the funding gap created by the loss of the city's redevelopment agency and further be resolved that the construction of new, adaptable and accessible housing be a priority over rehabilitating older, existing buildings and it be constructived rather than renewing sor building and further let it be resolved that it be developed by the maintenance of the features including elevators along with incentives for maintaining accessible features and sro where affordable housing exist and let it be further resolved that a single accessible data base be created with people with various disabilities can be matched with the appropriate housing unit and let it be resolved that low income housing is contrac

the current security council meeting in the weak of the -- in the wake of the inaugural meeting of the 11+4 mechanism presided by the secretary general of the united nations and the president of the a.u. mission on 26, may, aptly symbolizes a qualitatively new stage and collective action of the international community for the people and the countries of the region. the african union is pleased with this initiative and reiteratess commitment to take full part in these welcome efforts for peace, security, democracy and development across the great lakes region. i thank you. [inaudible conversations]

said thataring, she president bashar al-assad was , thetting gross atrocities united nations security councilould be shamed historically by their inaction on syria. she defended the obama administration's policy at the same time and asserted that the administration has been very active in syria. she's the head of obama's atrocities prevention board, an internal mechanism to figure out what we can do to prevent atrocities and document them in preparation for war crimes trials later on. thewas very honest about way she feels about what is happening in syria but she did viewslunteer that her inside the are not winning the day. host: we are talking about samantha power, the nominee to become u.s. ambassador. you can call up using the numbers on your screen. this is from the senate foreign relations committee hearing that took place on wednesday. she talked about her policy when it comes to intervention overseas. >> i believe america should not and cannot shelter every crisis and refugee. our resources are strained by pressing needs at home and we are not the worlds policeman. we must make choices

extraordinary and plenipotentiary poe ten sherry and the representative of the united states of america in the security council of the united nations. mr. reid: i send a cloture motion to the desk on calendar number 220. the presiding officer: the clerk will report the low tuition mother. the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators in accordance with the provisions of rule 2269 standing rules of the senate -- rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, meesh hoove to bring to a close the debate of samantha power to be the representative of the united states of america to the united nations, with the rank and status of ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary po of the united nations security council. signed by 17 senators as follows. mr. reid: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent again that the reading of the names be waived. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: extend my appreciation again to my friend from minnesota. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate will resume legislative session. the senator from minnesota. ms. klobuchar: mr. president, i first w

ambassador to the united nations samantha power yesterday who called the security council the u.n. security council a disgrace for not getting more involved in stopping the conflict in syria with the implication that we are not at the security council isn't doing enough to sanction and get rid of assad so you have this conflict going on within the administration on one side you have the military who have for months have been saying that we should not get involved in syria and then you have people within the administration including susan rice and samantha power are calling for more intervention we have part of the congress is saying let's arm the rebels some in congress saying let's institute a no fly zones and even ground troops and then you have the other half of congress saying wait a minute if we continue to arm these rebels we don't know where our weapons are going they're going into the the wrong hands so there is this conflict within the administration which is sending all sorts of mixed signals and we have obama who said that we will start arming the rebels and then two wee

the united states has taken over the rotating presidency of the security council. while egypt is not on the agenda, the u.s. added a permanent representative and told reporters it is an issue we are watching. stephen joins us live. not too much was said about egypt. >> that is right. questions did not come until halfway through the press conference. rosemary dicarlo, president of the security council, said that members were watching with concern and it would continue to watch escalating tensions in egypt. as she mentioned, it is not on the agenda this month. there are quarterly consultations on the middle east peace process. egypt will be likely to come up. she is a u.s. diplomat and did reaffirm support for democracy, not one side or the other. >> demonstrators criticized the u.s. ambassador to egypt. she sided with president morsi. any comment on that? >> patterson and dicarlo are old colleagues. dicarlo said that patterson has been standing by the u.s. line, appealing for the right of protesters to demonstrate. she said any accusations of bias were ill-founded.

that is why i went to the united nations and worked with the security council, which unanimously passed a resolution that said disclose, disarm, or face serious consequences. that was the clear message to saddam hussein. it was his decision. >> that is the late helen thomas questioning george bush in 2007. rivera that year, i interviewed thomas in memphis and asked her about her take on the consolidation of media control by a small number of the corporations. the profits and help the country. the media should be a public service. you cannot have a democracy without and informed people, and that should be their role. they can make their money everywhere else. thomas ins helen 2007. she died on saturday at the age of 92. you can go to democracynow.org to see our interviews with her over the years. democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. on saturday, thousand of demonstrators gathered in cities nationwide to continue protesting the acquittal of george zimmerman and the shooting death of on our african-american teenager trayvon martin. saturday, hundreds

ambassador to the united nations samantha power yesterday who called the security council the u.n. security council a disgrace for not getting more involved in stopping the conflict in syria with the implication that we are not at the security council isn't doing enough to sanction and get rid of assad so you have this conflict going on within the administration on one side you have the military who have for months have been saying that we should not get involved in syria and then you have people within the administration including susan rice and samantha power sue are calling for more intervention we have part of the congress is saying let's arm the rebels some in congress saying let's institute a no fly zones and even ground troops and then you have the other half of congress saying wait a minute if we continue to arm these rebels we don't know where our weapons are going they're going into the the wrong hands so there is this conflict within the administration which is sending all sorts of mixed signals and we have obama who said that we will start arming the rebels and then two

you may be faced with issues before the united nations and the security council the likes of which wehave not seen. and so i've know that you will preserve the fundamental beliefs in the supremacy of the role of the united states in the world and our advocacy for the freedoms that are so important to all of us. so i look forward to going to work as soon as possible. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, madam chairman. first of all, your work in idaho has not gone unnoticed and we thank you for that. it is greatly appreciated. thank you for coming to see me. you and i talked about a number of things, one of the things i am concerned about this one of the matters that senator corker raised. that is performed at the united nations. people in america are not happy with the growth and particularly with what seems to be this expanding reach. the united nations place an important role when it comes to peacekeeping, nations being able to sit down and resolve their differences, but this continued growth and this continued reach into areas that really are the sovereign concern of an individua

can expect more chinese investments in the united states in a statement the u.s.-china business councilnt in the united states will certainly increase as chinese economy grows. bringing the company into the market. and it will help foster international best practices in china. the deal is up for review before the committee on foreign investment in the united states. contained within the treasury department. it can block international deals if they present a risk to national security. in a letter the committee senate is still reviewing the smithfield deal and will offer a private briefing for the senate agriculture or committee after this hearing which is a started. back to you. ashley: we should mention the dow turning negative. we saw quite a bit of volatility that nicole petallides was talking about just after the fed minutes, but now we are just -- in positive territory right now. tracy: well, on deck blasting new rules for america's biggest banks, the financial services rounddtable chief former governor says make no mistake. they will hurt the economy, and he is here next. ashley: f

i note that even the president's to be ambassador to the united nations said yesterday in her hearing that the failure of the un security councilto respond to the slaughter in syria is a disgrace that history will judge harshly. i agree with that. it is also a fact that the united states has sat by and watched what is happening over had our handsly behind our back. you have been in place for two years. you have been the principal military advisor to the president on this issue and others. has the president followed your advice on the involvement of the united states in syria? >> the president has asked for , and i have provided them -- we have provided them. on the issues, has he followed whethere, the issue is -- two issues at work -- could we and should we? i have advised him on, could we? we haven'tody else, gotten into a conversation about, should we, except as it relates to the current path, which is one focus primarily on building a moderate opposition. -- focused primarily on building a moderate opposition. >> i'm thinking that you mean that the president has listen to you options but apparently have not picked aside or