combined and yet it's sitting there on a pedestal talking about other nations developing weapons of mass destruction it is insane that we even allow them to do this the first nation that needs to disarm without question is the united states and the first nation to be charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity is my birth nation of the united states once we start seeing actions like this that will know that people in positions of power serious because ultimately the rest of the world is sick and tired of the impunity and the continuous threats of a third world war so we've reached a point now where human beings around the planet are realizing we can't do this we can't have a third world war this is not a game but that you haven't answered my question do you think iran should be able to develop its nuclear program i think that every nation should disarm right now every every every nation that has a weapons program should be inspected by a legitimate international body and those nations with the highest amount of weapons of mass destruction nuclear weapons are the first ones t

a national capability for our country's national security. the work force and men and women up here are some of the most talented people we have in the intelligence community today. so, you know, they are challenged today because of this incredible outpouring of attention they don't frankly deserve it. the work force doesn't deserve it. they are -- and in all the while that all of this stuff is going on in the news today, they're up there today 24/7. i wouldn't just say up there but global work force on the battle needle afghanistan and many other part of the world working 24/7 to protect our national security. national security agency is a national treasure. now to answer your question, has it affected us? absolutely. will it affect us in the future? absolutely. is what the -- the tragedy of megaproportions? absolutely. it's being dealt with in the right channel and, you know, there's this sort of stage. we have to look at all the way question mitigate the impact of what is some of those affects are. whether it's a reduction of reporting or

he's the father of the nation. >> he's everything. he's the father of the nation.ard to describe the symbolic importance that he has. every leader there is measured by him. his presence is everywhere. the moral standard that he set is what everyone tries to match and live up to in many ways. children in schools learn all about him. he's george washington. the mandela family is royalty. there is probably no figure in the world who occupies such a significant place in their country. south africa as we know it today would not be what it is today without him. >> and the fight againsts against apartheid was the confining civil movement with freeman dell la becoming a rallying cry all over the world. you have said that, quote, his life sparked an indistinguishable fire in the souls of everyone everywhere. what did you mean? >> the 1980s, of course plan dell mandela went to jail in the '60s. but his imprisonment and the effort for the ending of apartheidwent to jail in the '6. but his imprisonment and the effort for the ending of apartheid mandela's jailing sparked not on

that stalk settler nations, some of our modern nations with inherited histories of colonialism. the status of this declaration, however, is it's not as a declaration an international law, it's not in and of itself a legally-binding instrument that's enforceable in federal courts. however, there are provisions that might be ip -- indirectly enforceable to the extent that they constitute a norm in customary international law which is part of our federal common law. or a u.n. treaty to which the united states is a signatory. but beyond that, it's not a legally-binding instrument. it's one that we have to to -- we have to proactively implement in this consultation with the united states government. and in that regard we've had and since the obama administration approved it in the year 2010, we've had a senate indian affairs committee oversight hearing to begin looking at the policy ramifications of this. we've had this declaration being the subject of indian conferences around the country, tribal leader forums, law school conferences as we begin to educate ourselves about it. and th

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a lot scale national ceremony to commemorate the second anniversary of two done instead is expected to take place on tuesday. much attention is being drawn to how the front seat will be arranged as to be indicative of the team's new power structure. and then added any back here in the south amid the turmoil in north korea president than they can be a security meeting with related ministers and senior secretaries on monday the president to set them on a train infrastructure to better anticipate changes in the north and to safeguard against reckless provocations in particular a dingy reports from the presidential office her recent execution of that time so that was once regarded as the second most powerful fake during north korea has startled the world not to mention south korea as a follow up whatever to security policy meeting on friday. a tense execution was announced by playing in state run media held a meeting with the afternoon with her fork affairs and security related ministers and senior secretary. see your essentials secretary for relations agent had told reporters the presiden

national anthem of the good old usa. [music] [applause] >> marvelous rendition of our national anthem, but an incredibly impressive rendition of the south african national anthem. can you imagine those young persons, two or three days a week with every song and every opportunity for good music, being told by mayor ed lee about 48 hours ago what they next had to do? and they started rehearsing and they rehearsed and they put it together and please, another round of applause for that selection. [applause] >> for the occasion, a man who presides over city hall and all of san francisco, mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you mayor brown. welcome everyone to the peoples' palace at city hall, san francisco. today we mourn the loss of a great world leader who inspired the world and forever changed the hearts and minds of millions. the outpouring that we have already felt and the unprecedented /treu buttes we have already seen show us the love that the world has had for nelson mandela. former south african president mandela led a

>> the national hockey league strikes gold. that is one reason the ceo is looking forward to the new year. >> it is an opportunity for us, we will tell some great stories around the players. >> hockey is also thriving in northern california. find out how the san jose sharks have become one of the coolest success stories. >> their fan base is very sophisticated. they have discretionary income that they can spend on hockey. >> college football, is the bowl half-empty or half-full? >> every city has to be honest with themselves about whether they are a destination city. >> all this and a look back at the year in sports business. "sportfolio" starts right now. ♪ hello i'm rick horror and welcome to "sportfolio." what an incredible year it's been for the nhl. when it started, there was a work stoppage that threatened to wipe out the whole season. since hammering out a labor agreement in all signs indicate january, that the league is back at full strength. last month, the nhl announced a deal with rogers communication that will bring

the prime minister of japan is raising the government's first national security strategy and new defense guidelines saying they'll become historic documents. nelson mandela inspired millions at home and around the world people in tokyo. gathered to pay tribute to the anti apartheid luncheon. and as the lord continues efforts to raise its international profile. it's posting this on the stage version of the olympic games for the first time in more than four decades. japanese leaders are putting the finishing touches on the country's first national security strategy. experts have started reviewing it along with new defense guidelines. the prime minister is calling the documents historic. she's on this as a cabinet has been working to rebuild japan security policies. he says their goal is to protect people's lives and property so i am convinced that the national security strategy and defends guidelines will become the historic documents. they will be the basis that with hands future security policies. the security strategy is based on the concept of promoting pacifism through international c

( cheers ) ( national anthem plays ) captioning sponsored by cbs >> pelley: good evening.unday in south africa will be a national day of prayer in honor of nelson mandela, a day to reflect on all that he did for his country and on the inspiration he was for freedom- loving people all over the world. ever since he died thursday evening at the age of 95, mourners both black and white have been gathering at his former home in soweto, celebrating the father of the new south africa who fought for the liberation of the black majority and then led a peaceful transition to a multiracial democracy as south africa's first black president. nelson mandela is one of the towering figures of the 20th century, whose story will be told for centuries to come. it is a story that we will tell over the next hour, beginning with martha teichner, who reported from south africa during some of mandela's many years in prison and covered the day few thought would ever come. ( laughing ) >> we, all of us, the world needs nelson mandela! ♪ >> mandela must be free! ♪ >> teichner: i remember the earth p

people can't come to the national mall to see the museums or go to the national parks or have family. what the house decided to start doing was passed these many appropriations bills. let's fund the part of the crowdpleasers. government that provides money for veterans national park service. all these smaller, individual bills that would be very difficult for democrats to vote against. it was difficult for them to vote against it. democrats voted for them. you saw these big bipartisan votes coming over from the house as a would pass these bills one after the other, every other day during the shutdown. over in the senate, the senate democratic majority leader harry reid let them sit because democrats were not willing to play that sort of strategy. they thought it would be better to let the shutdown work its course -- they thought he would they thought it would be better to let the chips fall. >> some of the house floor debate and comments from the shutdown.ahead of the this is late in september. >> millions of americans across this country are struggling to find good paying jobs and t

the nation comes first. so we have if there is a war, somebody cannot say i don't want to because it is against my religious beliefs. you have to demonstrate through detailed process it has been issued all violence entirely because the nation has to be assured that citizens will support it to. said that maybe one reason. also to help do defying insiders better than outsiders. justice the united states has its own history like the revolution there is the injection of the british that so much of that culture came from britain, many religious communities undoubtedly have emphasized a certain narrative in order to help demonstrate what is said to be a part of this religion? and to demonstrate the exemplar model of persecution. >> host: i think he said in the beginning opening comments, if you compare the united states with many places in the world, is where people, for religious freedom but you make the case people need to be aware of this. but on the other hand, we talk about religious persecution in comparison

the national book awards. david, what is the national book foundation?what is the association with the nba? >> right response the mission is to encourage the reading of great books. and increase the impact of great book on the culture. the biggest thing we do are the national book awards themselves. it's the 64th annual national book awards. bigger than better than ever this year. >> what's the day job. ceo of the books group which is an independent book publishers. >> do you have have any finalists tonight. >> we don't. i'm just as excited as if we did. you know, the books are exciting, and it's an exciting evening. >> the numbers just came down on publishing. they are down just a bit. e-books have dropped quite a bit this year. >> right. there's a big change this year. which is that we've seen the flattening of e-books and really seeing a market in which people are making a choice. some are reading in digitally and some are reading in print. some are reading both. it's very clear that print books are going to be here for a long, long time. they still r

so this is and if you want to look at the united nations from the prism of the u.n. security council then we have here five powers russia china united states france and germany which. the five members which are actually the the ones that have the veto power with china that they want to have the veto power in order to really enforce some executive powers. but again from the for instance from the perspective or from other countries some other countries or you can say from the syrian perspective the international community is is not the u.n. security council the international they they they believe that it is system. that they really inclusive it's actually exclusive they believe that the international community in other words in the more i think academic or professional awards it's more the general assembly or member of a magazine that. i would agree with you on that ok because every september there's a vote in the general assembly for recognition of a palestinian state and i'll have to check the numbers but it's one hundred eighty something against two or three or wha

[applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> earlier today, president obama boarded air force one to south africa for the memorial service for nelson mandela. 4 of the 5 living presidents will join thousands of mourners. among speakers will the ban ki- jacob zuma. president obama will also offer remarks. live coverage starting at 4:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow. honoredsident biden mandela today by making an inscription in a condolence book at the south african tendency -- south african embassy. the vice president plans to speak at a memorial service at the national cathedral in washington. sat at a small rote condolences on behalf of the american people. >> the wireline world is the system ofrculatory our economy. it is the veins and the arteries that connect what is now the information economy in the u.s. data traffic on our wireline networks increase at 40% per year. it is wireline networks that connect communication, whether they originate in a wireline or wireless environment. america's future is a wirel

with represents different countries like the real united nations and debates and discusses national issues and in that spirit you would be promoting analytical thinking and i care and awareness towards international issues to determine for certain college we went to brazil we were presented at time represented taiwan. to brazil the second year we went to germany and my third year we went to egypt. and as a whole delegation on average a school of about twenty people at that time were the only school glee club coming from taiwan. so we started from that and on time we left college of this organization so to spread the cost at wanderers. more new club sprouting up at the university's you and afterwards when the army and after the army. i went to get my master's degree in the us but there was always this half joke. i feel that after our regional team that the bid on this team and one of my team was in college after it into society. after we started working and were forty years old. the one that always establish a foundation or the association to help future generations. get more access to this

let him open to the nation. this deprives the pasta farm. his footy the new company or peas from elite. how tolerant. today is tuesday on the stage. hope to serve them all the lights people gathered to share the news and celebrate the life of the man who sold the end of white minority rule and symbolize reconciliation and peaceful coexistence with that at this day to day. i think the effect is pot tonight and he didn't feel well and about i keep calling it that all we could eat it with all of you know. yes it says that she gets it. i sit there if you should celebrate celebrate what is it even when he's given us. there will be up when b c it's a darn thing. the origins of the dentist realistic to back the twenty seven years he spent outside jls from prison that the world statesman his death enabled south africans to take stock of the decades of momentous change he did so much to bring about. south africa comes to terms with the death of the father of their brain that nation. the well known zone with them. us president barack obama has paid ho

, one team, one nation, one team, one nation. so i think that's what they walked away from that whole experience with, we did it. >> reporter: south african golf ledgered gary player is regarded as the finest in history. he has nothing but respect for the mandela legacy. >> rugby was strictly a white man's sport. in the world cup when nelson mandela came into that statement wearing a springbok jersey, he united everything everyone. i'm honored to say our springbok team, it wouldn't surprise me to see ten or 12 on the team. in the schools it's now being played. how do you work out what a man like president mandela has been done? he has been so powerful with love. love conquers the world. >> reporter: the 1995 rugby world cup is remembered so much more than a tournament. it was a defining moment, inspired by mandela who in his own special and unique way insured victory for his country on and off the field of play. >> yeah. >> that rugby world cup was so amazing and then to see it in the movie with matt damon and morgan freeman. >>

cheyenne and arapaho tribe choctaw nation of oklahoma comanche nation crow nation fondulac band of lakewa montanaibes of hopi tribe kiowa tribe of oklahoma laguna pueblo menomine mohawk tribe muskogee creek nation oneida tribe indians of wisconsin osage nation pawnee nation of oklahoma ponca tribe of oklahoma tribed sioux seminole nation of oklahoma sioux tribek tonto apache tribe tribemountain apache [applause] [applause] >> if you could all remained standing, we will have the benediction. >> ladies and gentlemen, the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. >> ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats, and if our wonderful native americans who have received their medals, would like to retire to their seats, i will not make you stand while i talk. i will say good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and while you might be taking your seats again, allow me to say -- [speaking native american language] -- and i beg your forgiveness if i did not encode my readings -- greetings and i cannot produce greetings for all of the tribes that we have here today. mr. speaker, leader harry reid, l

she is doing a great job for our national parks. she used to run one of america's biggest outdoor recreation companies and now she's charged with protecting the great outdoors for all of us. so we appreciate her and we want to thank neil mulholland and the whole national park foundation and national park service team for helping to put this beautifuproduction together. let's also give it up for jane lynch and all the great performers who are doing an incredible job putting us in a festive mood tonight. and to all americans who are here today and watching at home, we are so glad to be part of this wonderful holiday tradition. for 91 years the national christmas tree has stood as a beacon of light and a promise during the holiday season, during times of peace and prosperity, challenge and change. americans have gathered around our national tree to kick off the holiday season and give thanks for everything that makes this time of year so magical, spending time with friends and family and spreading tidings of peace and goodwill at home

go national. welcome back to the memorial for nelson mandela here at fnb stadium in soweto outside of johannesburg. not as many crowds or people here i think as expected. stadium is by no means full. is seats 90,000 people and tens of thousands of people here but it's certainly not full. >> in lone reporters are saying perhaps a combination of concerns, not just the weather but the traffic snarls, the transportation, the pickups. but also people probably would be concerned about what they thought might be massive security for these 91 heads of state and apparently two other stadiums that were meant for overflow and they are not full but, of course, people will watch on television. >> this is south africa. a huge, huge story. the nation thab transfhas been and come to a stand still. president obama expected shortly. we bring you his arrival when it happens and we expect to hear from a nephew of president mandela and really the first time we will hear from a family member of mandela and we bring tha

you've asked us to do this for the good of the nation, to defend the nation, to get the intelligence we need. nobody's come up with a better way. if we let this down, i think we'll have let the nation down. so that's why i'm concerned. >> general, i realize the world changes, but i think back to my days as a young prosecutor, and without going into war stories, i remember when as a member of the executive board of the national da's association, we had a meeting with j. edgar hoover. four or five of us, we went across the spectrum politically. we were all chilled by what we heard from him, his disregard of the constitution, his willingness to do things -- he explained to us, there's no such thing as organized crime in america, even though of course there's a massive organized crime operation at that time. but we had to fear communists. he even suggested to us that "the new york times" in its editorial policy was very close to becoming a communist newspaper and he was about to investigate it as such. i'm serious. i'm thinking what it would have been like if he had the power that you an

national bank of kazakhstan and the financial sector of the country. it took a pic of my ip. i happen to my popsicle stick by it comes to switch to the pope states mean the final market plus the street the november twenty seventeen additionally most all transactions would come and see the kazakhstan stock exchange was estimated at one point four billion us dollars and sees the beginning of the sea of these feeder exceeded fifty one points of the rangers dollars and otc market. the volume of transactions fell to four point five percent to two point one pm in us dollars and reached nineteen point eight billion us dollars since the beginning of the shia in general the volume of transactions in the domestic market increased by eight point five percent compared to october twenty thirteen and totaled seven point five billion us dollars and says did you know the cia the speaker was estimated at seventy one billion us dollars specially suffered a head hunter company have decided to find out the changes in style makes stations of caustic some applicants in twenty thirteen by analyzing

, nation, nation, crow fond du lac band of lake superior, chippewa, the sioux ho ching montana, nationopi tribe, oklahoma,wa tribe of lower brulÉ sioux tribe, minogue any indian tribe, mohawk tribe, muscogee creek nation, ogallala sioux tribe of neither tribe of indians of wisconsin, osage nation pawnee nation of oklahoma , ponca tribe of oklahoma, where tribe,al that, -- pueblo the tribe of the mississippi and iowa nation, santee sioux nation, seminal nation of standing rock sioux tribe. white mountain apache tribe. -- ding tried name names]g tribe [applause] [applause] >> if you could all remained standing, will have the benediction. >> it and gentlemen, the vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. >> ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats, and if our wonderful native americans who have received their medals, would like to retire to their seats, i will not make you stand while i talked. i will say good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and while you might be taking your seats --in, allow me to say [speaking native american -- and i beg your forgiveness if i did not decode gre

they're presented in the media well to discuss that i'm now joined by michael allen who worked on national security policy for both the bush and obama administrations mr allen thank you very much for being on the show if your book blinking red you describe what you called the most momentous overhaul of america's national security infrastructure since the second world war spurred by nine eleven and the iraqi misadventure but i wonder if that's whipping reform really brought a new substantial change because previously the intelligence community was criticized for inadequate communication among various agencies and as the boston bombing revealed that communication was still inadequate the cia used to be in believed it still has the dominant role within the intelligence community so what has really changed as a result of that major overhaul that you describe in your book i think you're on to something and that's one of the central questions in my book blinking red which is all the institutional reforms and new intelligence agencies that we set up after september eleventh and after the intellig

we must therefore act together as a united people, for national reconciliation, for nation building,he birth of a new world. let there be justice for all. let there be peace for all. let there be work, bread, water, and salt for all. let each know that for each the body, the mind, and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves. never, never, and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will again experience the oppression of one by another and suffer the indignity of being -- [applause] and suffer the indignity of being the skunk of the world. the sun shall never set on so the sun shall never set on so glorious a human achievement. let freedom reign. god bless africa! thank you. [cheers and applause] former president nelson mandela died in his home in johannes berg on thursday. he spent my seven years in prison after being convicted for his anti-apartheid activities. prison,s release from he was elected president of the country in 1994, serving just one term. current south african president has ordered flags to be flown at half mast. nelson mandela was 95. >> coming up on

michigan state leading the number two team in the nation. connor cook has been wonderful. 277 yards passing, three touchdowns, one interception. langford has qfñ run hard. mumphery with a long touchdown catch. and now michigan state takes over at their own 10.  roby back in after first down. cook and he'll drop it off to langford. he breaks tackles and is downed by adolphus washington. >>> kevin hogan and ty montgomery. stanford rose bowl bound again where they could play michigan state team win or lose on. back to you. >> gus: staven winning the rose bowl last year and beating wisconsin. david shaw, a terrific coach of the cardinal. second down and three at the 17 the cardinal. second down and three at the 17. david shaw, a terrific coacx= second down and three at the 17. cook hands it off to langford. he'll pick up two. >> charles: big play for ohio state defense which we noticed looked spent on the last drive. look how fast michigan state is coming back at them. >> gus: lippett trying to get lined up. he does at the top of your screen. c

greater israel project ok why would israel benefits from an unstable middle east and stable arab nations because what we see that this instability actually is followed by fundamental islam and people who are only. there are either they're replaced by fundamentalist powers or there's just more sectarian violence to gross. yes and it would seem on the surface from a sane point of view that everything is going wrong but in fact when you fracture a country along sectarian divide divide ultimately you weaken the country but the last thing that israel or the united states wants is a strong master type leader an arab nationalist who will seriously ensure that the resources of that country or are taken and protected and used for the benefit of the people that's the last thing that the empire wants and that israel wants so while you have these religious fundamentalist nutcases who are running around bombing and doing all sorts of stuff like that you have a weakened fractured country in iraq and that is the prerequisite for ultimately expanding israel into the fantasy of the greater israel project

a nation under duress. we've been around places in texas where folks are flying the flag this way today, right now. not too far from where were sitting. when i leave the state, i tell people i'm from the austin area. i had a neighbor who flies his flag like that >> i was on the motorcade route this morning. a lot of my memories there after that period of time. i don't consider myself a can piercy terrace, but i've read a lot of books, particularly mr. rose's book, and ms. lane spoke. i'm wondering how you address all the ballistics in your book and what kind of experts who used because that was one of the big strong points throughout his book when i had to be an extra gun. >> i gave away the end of our book earlier tenants before the assassination. we don't even go into that part of the story, which has been exhaustively covered by so many people. we are going to do something different with her story. >> you'll see me of something cleverly called post-credit. what we did in our book is an intentional narrat

it is an innovator across the nation. the people who are categorize enough to think they can change the world can. this quote is from steve jobs and it opens his biography. jobs profoundly changes tending starting with the other person communication what the ipad. his flip was in the technology of the humanity. he believed that simplicity and extraordinary customer he experience could go together. apple neat to control the elements of supply chance and as a cult they had to own the experience. when i read this book it resonated with me on so many levels. it's not because i owned one of the making tarnish i swear it's still out there operational. and in standing for the record university he encouraged the audience of graduates to follow their heart. i hit the campaign trail to elect a president that would make energy a national imperative. it touched me because it's the things we do at g s a everyday. just like apple products convey their products this building is no exception it has solar and open rabble windows and it re

previously flew over that nation. these drones will be used to locate targets for iraqi security forces to attack as right now u.s. government officials say there have been a nowhere quests from the iraqi government for u.s. operated lethal drone strikes in the country. due to the unrest in syria al-qaeda linked extremists have flooded into iraq this year carrying out hundreds of suicide bombings against the maliki government the violence has been so severe that last month the iraqi prime minister maliki came to the white house to lobby for more military assistance after that november first meeting a joint statement released by the u.s. and iraqi delegations read both sides emphasized on an urgent basis the need for additional equipment for iraqi forces to conduct ongoing operations in remote areas or terrorist camps are located. but this latest shipment of military equipment is just the tip of the iceberg from what iraq is said to receive in the coming year and clue doing four dozen more reconnaissance drones and eve

be the last in a series of national level results of this is. clean up from the two thousand eleven new text and is making headway but now all places need to be filed with the radioactive waste can be temporarily school. so the japanese government as last communities the end of the crippled the petition at night you kept want to post and storage facilities environment minister on the weekend and she hung on and reconstruction messed up pocketing a muddled says that if the piece in the prefecture. he asked a guy but i do have some color on the mantle three columns the bomb could not and the mohawk accept the facilities. the storage sites would be used to cold radioactive soil and debris collected from the contamination was a flop is that the us. the minister as saying the government will legislate its pledge to remove the waste out of the prefecture of permanent disposal is that the communities agreed to host the festivities the moment plans to acquire nineteen square kilometers in the three pounds and then nationalize the lineup. it was stopped

law, to meet with members of the african national congress. i had to go many times to switzerland, just to meet with anc leaders and supporters to help develop the solidarity movement, which we were mounting here in our own country. when i worked for congressman dellums, i have to say, ron dellums and bill gray, they led the fight for many, many years for sanctions to put this country on the right side of history. i remember ron introduced the sanctions bill, it must have been 12 times. and he would not waver. he kept going and kept going. finally, when president reagan vetoed it, the congress overrode that veto and put the united states on the right side of history. but still, the anc and president mandela were considered terrorists. and it wasn't until i was in south africa a few years ago that i learned of this and came back and then we started our efforts with homeland security and with the state department to get him removed from the terrorist list. and that was for his 90th birthday. >> this is a really important moment, this reagan -- t

what are you going to do to make this country and this nation a united nation?, the icons of the century, and they loved as a man of peace and reconciliation. mandela's legacy will be forever. and he will be the george washington of the new south africa. to that extent, we -- he will never die. >> i would like it to be said that here lies a man who has done his duty. ♪ ♪ >> nelson mandela's life was one of great sacrifice and great suffering. but ultimately, the legacy he leaves behind for fellow south africans and the world is one of great triumphs likely to be remembered and revered for centuries to come. that's all for this edition of "headliners and legends" i'm lester holt. thank you for watching. ♪ ♪

talk about that. >> well, first of all i have to say that every nation, every nation state requires a historical mythology, because a nation state is a kind of political artifice. it pulls diverse peoples together. and so you need an account of history that explains that you're actually all the same kind of person or that your different natures have been blended through experience. so what -- >> we the people? >> we the people. and the united states is a settler state. and this begins with colonial outposts in the wilderness. and our origin has a story then, has to be how did we go from being these small outposts to being the mightiest nation on planet earth? well, we did it by pushing the boundaries of the settlement out into indian country. we did it by ultimately fighting wars against native americans, driving them out, displacing them, exterminating them in some cases. and in the process of pushing our boundaries out, we acquired certain heroic virtues -- an ability to fight cleverly both as individuals and cooperatively, and a connection with nature which is particularly critical

it has decided to set up a standing committee in the secretariat of the national security council to make security meetings more regular in the command structure more streamlined our presidential office course wanted a change to pass the chips. but the security situation on the korean peninsula becoming increasingly tense after the execution of time spent at the back of the desperation he has and field a new set of measures to strengthen the line at the national security office and chat at the national security council nsc the plant turbines along to set up a standing committee and a secretariat at the nsc national security keep in step two will head the committee which will be in charge or purview of the government's foreign affairs and security related policies once every week the device measures to counter any pending issues nsc meetings will be convened. anytime the president thinks it is necessary the fsc secretariat meanwhile will systematically support operations in management at the nsc or work level committee meeting its way. we need to create a system in which we can more e

senior official these united nations flights the out of this very violent region, the united nations flights that took place earlier today did include some americans so the sense of it now in the last few minutes is that some american civilians likely now are out of bor. the u.n. said it was relocating all its essential staff out of that area because the violence is so bad. the so we will see in the coming hours if there are still american civilians there, how many, how they might decide to get them out if they need to do it. it looks at the moment now, however, like the united nations is having some success in getting people out of there, but the real message here is the violence is so bad that the aid workers can't stay, and that leaves tens of thousands of south sudanese in very dire circumstances. >> and, elise, something obviously the u.s. would like to have stop is this raging civil war in a country the u.s. actually helped create or approved of the creation. what is going on? >> most of the americans were helping to build up the country. the african kcountries are takig the le

. >>> the united nations makes an appeal to increase billions in aid to alleviate a humanitarian crisis. are antibacterial soaps doing their job? >> former national security agency contractor edward snowden has leaked details of several programs. some have questioned whether those programs are legal. mike viqueria joins us from the white plaintiffs who brought this case against the national security agency. one big caveat here tony. he has stayed that injunction. he wants to allow the government time to appeal this ruling. he says does leon, an interesting phrase. the deposit don't cite a single instance in which nsa bulk data collection actually stopped an imminent attack. this case was brought, you may have remembered this claim, he was a thorn in the side back then of all the sprayers various scandals. does not apply to since the onst of the available to the intelligence community tony. >> the white house was asked about the possibility of granting working at the national security agency, keith alexander who runs the national security agency, both were interviewed on 60 minutes. and

and living in w nation that need to that's a key element of the national pitch the nation comes first. so we have that in this country where if there's a war, just somebody can't say i don't want to go to war. because it's against my religious belief. so you to demonstrate that's really quite a detailed process. you're part of religious tradition that has issued all violence entirely. no matter what war it is. because the nation has to assure that it has citizen that will ultimately support it. i think that might one reason for this kind of emphasis on prosecution. also, there's nothing that help define insiders better than outsiders. and so just as the united states have this own history which war front particular episode like the revolution in which there's a rejection of the british even as there's an acceptance that so much of the early culture came from britain. so many religious communities undoubtly have emphasized certain narratives of persecution in order to help demonstrate to its members what is it to be part of the religion. what defines it from being different from other.

and it transforms the private sector and civil society into a national security mass. which is to say if you run a utility you have to comply with federal rules that mostly have to do with things like keeping the utility strong and safe which are of course, defying to very a military and national security terms. i talk to a friend of mine that lives in the states of vermont with a top level planner and i said does anybody care about this? actually in the state's emergency planners are worried about the electrical grid. this is one area we are concerned. i said so what do you do to make it stronger? and it totally halted him. we're just preparing for the day that goes down. we're doing nothing to make a stronger. nothing. this that is just a little microcosm of understanding what happens when everything is about national security. of the weight moves to a preparedness for disaster as opposed to creating a more resilient civil society. i call that reality "american coup." so today i went of mine because i always want to check when i say more national security and militar

intrusions on our national security so many people said after the nine eleven attacks that there was an intelligence failure we didn't study that in detail but we certainly don't want to have intelligence failures that result in the deaths of innocent people so that's why on the kind of foundation for our recommendations the other thing we think is that security means not just national security but also security in your homes and persons and papers in a fax that's to paraphrase the fourth amend the constitution so we do have a series of reforms that would give both americans a non americans more clarity about the constraints. on surveillance now recommendations three seventh or forty six deal with people within the n.s.a. who have access to classified information the people the people that i have spoken to say that this is an effort to stop leakers like edward snowden from going public with information was that the intention here i'd frame it a little differently i'd say that the difficulty is that if there are people who are getting access to information that's private like informat

this is our senior national coming to you live from moscow and a very well welcome to the program the russian president has championed traditional values at his state of the nation interests and stressed the country can defend itself if need to be allowed to move putin touched on a wide range of topics in his speech from the corner way to international politics . was listening to what they told mind the crime then have to say. main point made by the president in his address was his view of russia's role in the world and he says moscow is all looking at dominating anyone but it is going to continue protecting traditional values since clearly there is rising international demand for that. we know that there are even more people around the globe who support our position in terms of ensuring traditional values these are the values of traditional family and the value of human life including religious life that is not only material life but also spiritual of course this is a conservative position but the point of conservatism is not that it hinders the movement forward and upward but that i

it ends up your first amendment rights are criminalized being exposed ex national national security agency matters. somehow the security trumps the constitution. it trumps the rule of law and trumps what i believe most americans believe, we have to revisit this expectation of privacy simply because provide data to a third party. >> garrett: you've met with edward snowden, what is his frame of mind? >> he would love to be back in this country. he is patriotic american, he loves his homeland. and would love to come back if the conditions were right. >> garrett: what do you mean by that? >> by that, i mean people like general hayden would not be making threats to put him on the kill list and two former cia chiefs would not be saying that he should be hung from a tree. >> garrett: the president of the united states made it clear that he would be afforded every protection under criminal justice system in this country and i think it's fair to say that he would have a wrath of grade a attorneys waiting with open arms to take his case were he to come back to this country. why not come back? >> the

tonight nelson mandela, his struggle and strength healed a nation and changed a world. >> i come here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant. >> from a tiny prison cell, he rallied millions against racism and injustice. his long walk to freedom a beacon of hope for generations. >> nothing will stop our date with destiny. >> tonight, the world mourns the passing of an icon. >>> and a good evening to all of you. we welcome you to a special edition of "world news," beginning the breaking news, a titan has died, nelson mandela, the man who taught the modern world you can transform anger into hope. he was 95 and his death wasn't a surprise but his life continues to astonish us in living the possibility of a better world. he spent 27 years in prison for his belief in freedom, equality and emerged with a message of generosity toward his 0 pressers. we have reaction from around the world tonight. first robin roberts who has traveled to south africa several times takes a look back at his extraordinary life and inconquerable spirit. >> reporter: nelson mandela, a leader who inspire

these code talkers from many nations are honored this day by a nation which rises to celebrate theirin military intelligence. may the breath of god uphold their noble and heroic story. they have honorably carried on the great legacy of their ancestors, who understood that service to one's people is the highest calling. may their great example of service communicate to all generations, and to all nations, a message to inspire citizens everywhere to serve their communities. bless all women and men in military service, no matter their racial, cultural, or religious heritage, and their families. god bless america, and grant us peace both in the present, and with you forever. amen. >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain at your seats for the departure of the official party. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] ♪ [applause] quacks that is at 8:00 eastern. ae first lady series takes look at the life and legacy of best truman. she was forced to take charge of her family as a teenager following the suicide of her fa

, that nation, yours, that so often needs to take on that role. so if the chairman asks for my advice, i'd say keep on doing those tremendous things that you do which is including capabilities of international leadership, and we have very much learned from our american brethren how best to do that. love to take on that role ourselves, but i can tell you that most of the nations of the world, although they look for canadian involvement in these things, they'll be seeking the u.s. leadership in years going forward as they have in the past. >> well, i can't let you go without talking about nato. i'm amazed that it hasn't come up yet. so let me just since it's the last question, i'll ask it very open-endedly, and you can take it where you like. you mentioned this your remarks the importance, the continuing importance for the u.s. and canada of the transatlantic link. nato is approaching another summit, it is coming to a different phase of its operations in afghanistan. there have been smart defense suggestions, there have been framework partner sugges

i also requested information from national security advisor susan rice regarding no national security concerns created by the eb-5 program. to date i've received no response. just last month on november 1 senator grassley and i requested information from acting secretary biers on how the agency is directing the known concerns with eb-5. again, silence, no response. i've asked unanimous consent that these letters requesting information be entered into the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. coburn: given that we are considering promoting mr. mayorkas to be secretary in command at d.h.s. it is appropriate we consider how he managed this program and whether he addressed criminal and national security concerns including exploitation of the eb-5 regional center program by terrorists, spies and other threatening actors. these are weaknesses were apparently the subject of repeated examinations by the administration. i have repeatedly press the administration for more information regarding the weaknesses under the program under director mayorkas and what actions it has taken