. >> across the world soviet missiles are aimed at the united states. whatever the president does, he risks nuclear war. >> khrushchev calls west berlin a cancerous sore. >> lines are now drawn. >> 25 russian ships en route to cuba on what may be a collision course. >> no way of knowing whether western civilization will live or die. >> i think unless something is done, humanity will destroy itself. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> early on in the '60s, you have this backdrop of tension. you have capitalism versus communism and it was palpable fear. in the united states and in the soviet union that the two sides were going to get into a nuclear war. >> the temper of the world is crisis. architect of the crisis, nikita khrushchev. >> as they headed the soviet union khrushchev was very ideological. he believed that the future belonged to communism. he said, america needs to be contained and the only way to do it is to create crises all around the american empire. >> khrushchev came to the u.n. in 1960 and he said we are grinding out missiles like sausages. we'll bury you. ameri

this is when the iraqis need the united states. we got a fascinating window into some of the past negotiations when he said the iraqi government was resistant to accept u.s. offers of any kind of help military training and thip things like that. when they have now face this d crisis, they actively seek american help. so the president is saying we now have leverage, so we'll ask you to make some of the political deals and political compromises that you have not been willing to make. unless you you make those, don't expect major american assistance. it feels as though he is putting the pressure on maliki and staying pretty cool in the face of this very turbulent situation. >> and achristiane amanpour, he expressed concern that these terrorists, he call it is the isil, islamic state in iraq and lavant, others call it the isis. it's the same thing. different names called by different people. but he clearly is concerned also about a potential sunni terrorist attack on shiite shrines which could further explode the situation. >> well, tha

that is one thing hawks and doves in the united states agree on. is really military option is not a bad one. the u.s. military option is much better simply because the united states has the ability to destroy iran's nuclear facility, even if the soviet come. this would set iran and nuclear program back, it hard to estimate how much time, most estimates range from three to seven years but this is a worst case estimate, these are estimates assuming iran decides to rebuild and doesn't to counter any significant obstacles but if you start to assume politics and geopolitics happen, that time line becomes much longer. one of the things i talk about in the book is the countries that historically had their nuclear facilities attacked, not to germany during world war ii, iran had its nuclear facilities attacks during the iran/iraq war, the israelis had a strike of their own and the united states and the coalition followed up with strikes of their own. syria in 2007 had its nuclear reactor attacked from israel. one thing i point out is in all those cases the

and come up with a position for the united states. and one thing i have learned in the course of my time in the government is that process, thorough, fair, transparent process is absolutely critical to resolving those kinds of conflicts and coming up with the best judgment about what the position of the united states is. i learned this lesson the hard way, and i learned it in the first job i had that justice kagan described when i was in the deputy attorney general's office. i arrived about six days, i think, after president obama was inaugurated which was five days too late to avoid the hot potato which had been passed from one to another of the people that got there before me. and the hot potato was to figure out what the administration ought to do about the use of the state secrets bring in litigation. -- privilege in litigation. there had been some criticism of alleged abuses of it, and the president and the attorney general wanted a new policy, and i got charged with figuring out what that new policy ought to be. and fresh off my

national authority over the property of the united states. just as we could imagine that the president would be compelled to use troops to retake fort benning. lincoln also knew that if the united states did not put down the confederate independence movement, and the country was torn asunder, the enemies of democracy around the world would reclaim that republics cannot work and that government of the people, by the people, for the people would perish from the earth. united states had passed a first test in self-government during the election of 1800 when thomas jefferson defeated john adams. both sides abided by the results. for the first time, power was successfully and peacefully transferred from one party to another. constitutional government and the rule of law have prevailed. the outcome was different in 1860. having won every election prior to that point, proslavery southerners saw their candidate defeated by lincoln. rather than submit to the first president openly committed to the eventual extinction of slavery, slaveholders in the dee

take what they can from the rations from the iranians from the syrians use their intelligence unit is that manpower and rely on their military and then sort of push isis back into syria back into perhaps even the iran you know essentially kill all those birds with one stone well you're absolutely right you bring up a very very difficult problem and i think i think that washington is toying with the idea of some kind of repost with iran on the question of iraq and syria because iran today is the most stable country in the region it's we with iraq and syria falling apart with saudi arabia in the midst of a question of who's going to become king next the iran is a source of stability in the region and it's why it's got a strong military it's what it dislikes isis and al qaida so. of course it's very there are many dangers in teaming up with iran for the united states if america looks like it's siding with the shiites and with iran to kill sunnis and to damage their interests this will alienate the gulf our our longtime allies it'll alienate the saudi arabians already some qatar cutty's h

except to attend the united nations. you do have the major population centers of the old world, the two biggest countries, china and india, in terms of population, in the largest country, in terms of geography, russia, alienated from the united states. and it's very difficult to see american hegemony surviving that. finally two other factors, inadequate resources, including to projections of the results of the budget guest they're was recently agreed upon in congress, u.s. defense spend willing go down to more than slightly more than 2% of gdp in the 2020s, which is probably adequate for most of our actual defense needs, but i would suggest it's woefully inadequate if you wish to be the eurasian hegemon if perpetuity. you would need to spend more money. finally, public support, the public rebelled against the costs of the wars, that was the main reasons for the return of the democrats to power in congress in 2008. barack obama became the democratic nominee largely because unlike hillary clinton, he had opposed the iraq wa

this crisis is not exclusive to the united states. much of the western hemisphere is reeling with this crisis. according to the united nations, these children are streaming into mexico, panama, nicaragua and belize as well as canada and the united states. from our perspective, we seem to be barraged on a daily basis by troubling images of vulnerable children, many still clutching their dolls and teddy bears, crossing the border into the united states and being immediately apprehended by border patrol officers. this fiscal year alone, the border patrol officers have apprehended and detained over 50,000 unaccompanied children at the southwestern border. the number of kids arriving at our border without their parents seems to grow by the day. the influx of these kids has certainly strained border patrol resources. but the men and women of the border patrol have risen to the challenge. in 2008, then president george bush signed a william we believe force trafficking victims authorization act. t( law recognizes that special kay is demanded

to compete with high wage countries such as the united states. the chinese government to its credit recognizes this pitfall and i think recognizes that in order to cope with it, in order to escape the middle income trap it needs a new economic strategy that will require the kinds of political changes that i discuss in the book, whether they can make those changes we don't know. >> thank you professor mandelbaum. i really enjoyed your presentation but i was struck by your lack of commentary in your presentation on institutions because it seems to me there are two institutions that underpinned the first wave of globalization. the first of course are the bretton woods group the imf and the world tank and the second is what is now a really a series of agreements on free trade primarily among the west that allowed this prosperity to be expanded, first and foremost in western democracies. can we actually regenerate and improve these institutions in ways that they can benefit us going forward or is really the wto kind of the pinnacle of a global trade or

you've got mexico, the united states and costa rica and what they're achieving. jeffrey webb, he has been very proud of what the teams in the region are achieving here. >> one more and then i'm going to sneak one in. what are the chances that the united states will actually perform really well even win this match against portugal, and i guess the player that many consider best in the world ronaldo? i know they're--the u.s. squad is playing without its striker josie alta door. >> that's the thing with this group. >> they are there for the taking by the united states. the united states beat portugal in 2002. this time with the confidence, they have every chance of doing it. it's an intriguing group. you would think that germany is the stronger team, but with ronaldo struggling. >> come on, this is--for me this is it the best player in the world is messi. you got like argentina's chances coming through against iran, come on. >> yes, for many years i've liked argentina's chances of winning this tournament. the other team, the host brazil. it is their soil. they are go

the notion that conflict began with the united states, i think, is plainly false. ultimately, it is the people of iraq who will decide the future of iraq. >> he is a man known for his mediation skills. george mitchell helped broker peace in northern ireland. he also tried his hand in the middle east, serving as u.s. chief envoy to the israeli and palestinians under president barack obama. >> for both sides, the disadvantages of not getting an agreement are much greater than the difficulties that will come with getting an disagreement. >> he spent 15 years in the senate, first representing maine and as majority leader. but he says money and rigid ideology have changed the political landscape. >> it is dysfunctional. i hope very much that the american people will demand clearly and loudly change and we will have the necessary change. >> the man who has played mistaken roles talks as well about one of the people who most affected his life. >> i am certain that but for her, i would have led a very different and probably much less meaningful life. >> i caught up with the

global entry is for entry into the united states. you can always come home through one of the programs. but for entry into another country, you still need that government's approval through their process to enter that. so the programs are licmpk linked, but there's just an extra step. here's a place where you can say why don't you accept this card as an expedited entry card. >> we've discussed it more from the admissibility end of who they can let into their country and who makes that determination. much like it is for our state. >> what's the cost for the application for nexus? >> nexus is 5 $50 for five years, global entry is a hundred dollars for five years. >> and these are all people who reside in the united states. it would seem to me that we'd be doing them a favor if we could convince the canadians. and your application process, you wouldn't have to go through it a second time. and maybe you do that. do you do that -- if somebody with a global entry card says we're going to go to canada, do you say it's another $50 to get a ne

i think asylum in the united states for her u.s. citizen husband, her u.s. citizen children and her would be an appropriate thing. and then the danger they feel they face by someone who's willing to profess another faith would be -- would be gone. i can't imagine why the sudanese government would not want to let her leave the country. and i'd just like to encourage them today to do that. cbs news reported that the niss, they described as a shadowy, feared institution, said on its facebook page that ibrahim and her family had been attempting to travel to the united states with documents from the embassy of south sudan. if sudan wasn't confusing enough for the rest of the world, that country, because of its many problems, split between the north and the south after years of civil war in 2011. and miss ibrahim had a u.s. visa, apparently documents, reportedly at least by this news report, possibly from south sudan. but those documents should have been enough to let her leave and should not have been considered another criminal offense. these authorities have tol

al qaeda is determine to attack the united states. we constantly face new plots looking to murder america like the may 12th plot to put an ied on a u.s. bound aircraft. this plot luckily didn't materialize but we will not always be that lucky. we know al qaeda in the arabian peninsula represent one of the biggest threat to the homeland. they are continually plotting against our interest and seeking new recruits. especially among the own citi n citizens and former detainees. explosive experts continue to roam free posing a threat to the safety and security of u.s. citizens. the proposed closure of guantanamo bay presents significant risks of the united states and yemen efforts to counter aqap inside yemen. a portion of the detainees remaining are yemen citizens. transferring them to a country plagued by prison breaks, assassination and open warfare at this point could prove catastrophic. they would join other gitmo detainees and worsen the security situation. the most example of a failed and dangerous policy on the part of the administr

are separating to two camps and they're fighting bitterly about this some do not of course want the united states to begin cooperating with iran they are fearful that this will have a very bad effect on israel and saudi arabia others believe that counterterrorism is of the utmost importance and that iran can help the united states beat back isis and al qaeda in the region. professor landis i would have to discuss that iranian angle a little bit later but before we go there there were certain medias framing of the events in iraq it is very predictable they're sort of putting all the blame on. government he felt to build the functioning democracy here alley and they did the sunni's and i think we can admit that some of that criticism is valid but the question is could it be different person have done a better job is it fair to put all of the blame on al maliki and instead of looking somewhere else let's put it this way well a lot of this is domestic politics president obama is down the polls there are elections coming up midterm elections coming up and the republicans are very eager to hurt

a lot of this is fueled by our drug use in the united states. sume more illegal drugs than anywhere on earth. 80% of the cocaine from latin america is being funneled through honduras. you have the cartels and the gangs vying for those routes. that is fueling a lot of this violence in honduras. >> and a comment of some republicans, for example, the hill saying some republicans allege lacks enforcement of immigration laws by the obama administration is wanted more more illegal immigrants to send their children and that the deferred action for childhood , is up foraca renewal, prompting republicans to link it to the surge of child migrants -- i think it was senator rubio in florida saying the rumor is out that only children will be able to stay. so they're trying to get their children here, sonia? >> it is certainly true the smugglers will use anything to pump up their business. they are certainly telling thele, once you get into united states, you're home free. they're lying to people. that may be helping to generate business for them. senator rubi

the clerk: to the congress of the united states. section 202-d of the national emergency act, 50 u.s.c. 116-22-d provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 days prior to the anniversary date of its declaration, the president publishes in the federal register and trands mitts to the congress a notice stating that the emergency is to continue in effect beyond the anniversary date. in accordance with this provision, i have sent to the federal register for publication the enclosed notice stating that the emergency declared in executive order 136-17 of june 25, 2012, with respect to the disposition of russia's highly enriched uranium is to continue beyond june 25, 2014. the risk of nuclear to the volume ue of fissile material continues to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the united states. therefore i have determined that it is necessary to continue the national emergency declared in executive order 136-17 with respect to the disposition of russia

the united states in many ways was really the first up state. africa, the south founding fathers of apartheid did not intend [indiscernible] >> all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. sunni militants in iraq have reportedly executed up to 190 captives in the northern city of tikrit. the massacre took place earlier this month according to human rights watch. the news comes as iraq he prime minister maliki faces increasing pressure to resign for failing to unite the country or beat back ends by the islamic state of iraq and syria, or isis. another round of 50 u.s. special operations troops have arrived in iraq to act as military visors on the crisis. president obama has asked congress for $500 million to train and arm syrian rebels. if approved, it would mark the most erect military role in the conflict to date following more covert forms of support for the rebels. the request comes amidst growing concern about the influence of isis militants in both iraq and syria. obama

it is not only in the united states. did not generate the same kind of rising -- >> one of the arguments made -- you finish. somehow change itself. what you have seen may change in its own evolution because of the rise of technology, providing a ay so that there will be lessening of income inequality. wille rise of technology lead to a lessening of income inequality, maybe, maybe not. >> how could it? >> lessening of inequality, well, there is a technology called change benefit to allow everyone to become more productive, even more so for the lowest groups. i think the opposite outcome is possible. in any case, we don't want to icity to the capr technology the decision. we want to forces and the common interest. if we want to make sure they always act in the common interest that every group benefits from growth and manner, in a balanced then we need an adequate democratic institution to make sure this happens. >> how many copies have sold so far? >> a little bit above 400,000 in the english language. and above 100,000 in

russia and europe on the one hand and russia and the united states on the other. this is a first step. it does not guarantee success, but at least it is a first step in the right direction. >> a hugely powerful reminder of the horrors of war, really, but let's talk more about franco-u.s. relations. you are, after all, from the american university of paris. how would you characterize the state of relations between paris and washington? there have been ups and downs over the years. where would you say we are now? >> you have to look at the structural dimensions of the relationship and then what happens on a day-to-day basis. structurally speaking, franklin american political and strategic relations are quite strong. france reintegrated the nato military command. it has participated along with the united states in military interventions. whether they're successful and not is another issue. along with the united states, i libya andcipated in provided support in france's sub-saharan africa intervention, so there is very tight collaboration at a military level. there is

what i do about slavery, i do to save the united states. by the third year of the war, lincoln and the majority of the people in the united states had come to the conclusion that restoring the union was not enough. they would never be a permanent united states so long as slavery was allowed to exist. as horace greeley observed, slavery is the cause of treason and everywhere sustains it. slavery had to be destroyed and the nation was to be eunited. otherwise, slavery would continue to threaten the long-term stability and security of the united states. if the united states and not eliminated what had caused the war it would only be a matter of time it would have to send troops to suppress another rebellion. by ensuring lincoln's reelection and the united states' victory in the war, the fall of atlanta sounded the death knell of slavery and rescue democracy from the threat of secession. each time we recite the pledge of allegiance we reaffirm the civil war established united states as one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. o

interest of assad himself because sure isis presents a significant threat to syria but so does the united states wind up being the best interest of assad to make sure that americans are preoccupied. with isis in iraq as much as possible so that he could that actually deal with his security issues on his own well you're absolutely correct that america is facing a very difficult dilemma in syria as it is in the entire middle east its national security interests in fighting al qaeda and counter terrorism concerns versus its national desire to promote democracy to defend israel and to harm iran and russia to a certain degree by taking down this long time opponent assad so americans have been very eager to weaken assad the trouble is they thought that they could weaken assad and keep a syrian state causing some kind of political transition towards a democratic government we are seeing that that is not the choice it's not a choice between democracy and assad it's a choice increasingly between sunni rebel groups who are chaotic and becoming increasingly radical and an assad dictatorship and the

we in the united states are accustomed to seeing jobs go overseas. that's been had in the last six decades. in the past these were almost exclusively to call your shots, factory jobs. in other jobs that are potentially in shape ready or white collar jobs, office jobs, jobs in the service that are not necessarily entirely ordinary office work. potentially at risk are jobs that require considerable education and training to perform. jobs done by doctors, lawyers, architects committed years, even ultimately, god for bid, by professors. trade in services and the export of jobs to countries like india has the potential to trigger a substantial political backlash in the united states and other rich countries for two reasons. first, the jobs potentially at risk are much more numerous than in the past. there are many more white-collar service jobs than blue-collar fact or he jobs. so more people are affected in decade, some of the people whose jobs may be at risk in here of course i exclude professors are people who are politically influential and are in a po

here's not something the united states can do for them. that's not something, by the way, the united states armed forces can do for them. we can provide them the space. we can provide them the tools but ult patly they are going to have to make those decisions. in the meantime, my job is to make sure that american personnel there are safe. that we are consulting with the iraqi security forces and we are getting a better assessment of what is on the ground and that we are recognizing the dangers of isil over the long term and developing the kinds of comprehensive counterterrorism strategies we will need to deal with this issue. that's going to involve some short-term responses to make sure that isil is not obtaining capacity to endanger us directly oral ice and partners. it also will require long-term strategy as well. it is a broader trend that i talked about at west point. rather than a single network, discreet network of terrorists, this fluid combination of hardened terrorists p. disaffected local leadership, and where will's vacuums. the

an expansion in natural gas production in the united states. and as you know, natural gas burns twice as cleanly as, for example, coal, and other fossil fuels. >> do you think it will cost jobs in the coal industry echo >> it is worth noting, and i don't have anybody from the national journal here, but i will quote the national journal who said, "mining jobs in appalachia fared far worse under the clinton, bush and reagan administrations than they have under obama." we have taken steps to approach our energy security -- energy and security needs. that includes increase production across the board. it includes aggressively investing in noble energy. it includes taking advantage of our natural gas deposits in a way that enhances u.s. national security and energy independence . and we will continue that approach. alln, i would point you to of the history in this country of actions taken by administrations of both parties to improve the quality of our air and the quality of our water. every time such actions have been taken, industry has said that d

whether or not -- what does that mean to the people of the united states? ster, you'll be the first leader after the summit to engage with vladimir putin face to face. is there something of an olive branch in your hand? after all, he does denounce the electoral process which brought the president to power in the ukraine. is that what you will be exploring with him this evening and do you accept that germany may not come to your aid and stop jean claude from becoming commission president? will that potentially blow your entire strategy off course? you think you may be able to negotiate a brilliant reform, but your credibility be so damaged in britain that people will vote to leave the union. who are you most afraid of? angela merkel or teresa may? >> great question. >> let me take those. first of all, my meeting with vladimir putin is important to have this communication about some very important messages about what's happening now is not acceptable, about the changes that need to take place. i think as the president said there is an opportunity for diplomacy

in bruce he wills the united states trying to push allies in the united front against russian aggressionrying to bring putin back to the stable. some of those samally has their one-on-one bilaterals. that raised a lot of eyebrows. there were fissures. during that time. wouldn't you know, president obama has that bilateral with vladimir putin. they talk with 15 minutes. talk about ukraine almost exclusively from what i understand and talk about the possibility of a cease-fire. then putin has a meeting with petro poroshenko who on saturday will be sworn in as ukraine's president. and the united states is pushing russia to recognize that government and open up a dialogue with perishin poroshenko. and the first of that dialogue has happened today. the president has got a lot on his plate, obviously, but remember he set that deadline in brussels on thursday. two, three, four weeks on the outside before he wants to see vladimir putin and russia takes a renewed push for those much stricter sanctions he's been talking about for the last two months and push reluctant allies into ministering. >> w

ambassador to the united nations. see is this your's commencement speaker at the university of vermont, burlington. she is the youngest person ever to hold the post of u.s. ambassador to the u.n. this is 20 minutes. [applause] president sullivan, trustees, parents, andni, especially the incredible members of the class of 2014, good morning and hallelujah. [applause] honored to be among you to share the stage with my fellow honorees. such generous and brilliant trailblazers. i am truly humbled to be among them and to share this glorious day with you, my new classmates. today is a day of celebration. round get another rousing of applause for the parents and step parents who not only made this day possible, but made you possible? [applause] and i have to give another shout out to my dear friend and former roommate and the greatest mayor that burlington has ever known, merle weinberger. [applause] i would also like to congratulate the entire university community as you have successfully completed your jupiter 13th year --

it's not only in the united states. apparently, it did not generate the same kind of -- >> charlie: but one of the arguments -- >> yes. >> charlie: you finish. one of the arguments is what you have seen may change in its own evolution because of the rise of technology, may provide a way so that there will be a lessening of income inequality. >> the rise of technology will lead to a lessening of income inequality? >> charlie: yes. maybe, maybe not. you know, it depends. >> charlie: how could it lead to lessening of income inequality? >> lessening of income inequality? well, the technology benefits and allows everyone to be more productive and even more so for the lowest productivity groups, then you would have a lessening of inequality. i think positive outcome is possible. we want to put technological and marketing forces in common interests and to make sure they always act in a common interest and every group benefits from growth and globalization in a balanced manner, then, you know, we need an adequate democratic inst

the congress of the united states. you give expression -- to unbroken spirits of the american people. it was expressed, 237 years ago, when you signed a document that still echoes all the time. life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness -- those words resonate with as much meaning today as they did when america's first patriots wrote them. they have inspired generations of americans to dream of a better america. they have inspired people all over the globe to dream of a better world. many people call me a dreamer. i suppose. that is why i have always felt that home in the united states of america. [applause] america was given the privilege to carry the dreams of humanity. my own dream was to be a shepherd. it came true, you know? [laughter] i watched the sheep, not to lose one. at night, i watch the sows, in order, not to miss one. the dreams of a young sheperd were interrupted by david, israel's george washington, who called me to serve when i was 24 years old. he entrusted me with heavy responsibilities. he made me

is backing up with economic loans and so is the united states both financially. and militarily and. advising the ukraine certainly the u.s. has a big role and i think the united states looks on this as a. ukraine as a real prize. and a friendly government in ukraine to the united states of course is better than a government that's friendly to russia and i think you know the e.u. has behaved really started this crisis by saying it's all or nothing ukraine and i think you know ukraine really has to nestle between the two blocks and it also has to have autonomy in the east simply because of the political situation there whether we'll get to that point i don't know but certainly there is a tug of war there to try to. ukraine from the russian influence you know markets it's very interesting i've been said i think is absolutely right is that you know the european union is uncompromising this government in kiev is uncompromising no negotiations this is this is insanity here and this is what's causing all of these deaths you know put hankel mentioned decentralisation federalization that's be

states house of representatives, members of the united states senate, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, and the vice president of the united states. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. >> mr. vice president, members of congress, ambassadors, members of the diplomatic corps, ladies and gentlemen, welcome this morning, and welcome to the united states capitol. since the days of the american revolution, every congress has had one humbling privilege. that of awarding a gold medal for extraordinary contributions. the highest honor that we can bestow. the first recipient in 1776 was george washington. the father of our country. today under his gaze, we will present the gold medal to another founding father, the 9th president of the state of israel, shimon peres. mr. president, welcome. [ applause ] like general washington, shimon peres has served his life serving his country, even before there was a country to serve. he is the great brougprototype israeli statesman. a record 48 y

previously, she was the united states ambassador to the united nations. she has received criticism for perceived entrenchment and foreign policy. >> ultimately, global leadership requires us to see the world as it is, with all of its danger and uncertainty. we have to be prepared for the worst, prepared for every contingency. but american leadership also requires us to see the world as it should be, a place for the aspirations of individual human beings really matters. where hopes and not just fears govern. where the truths written into the founding documents can steer the currents of justice. >> welcome. >> it is great to be back. >> the president making a series of speeches. is he defining obama doctrine? >> for good reason, one is wary of the term "doctrine." i think what he is saying is really crystallizing what has animated his foreign policy from the outset. the united states is the most powerful and important country in the world. we have been for a long time and will be for a long time. in recent years, our power has increased when you consider our

he had with him the name of a relative in the united states. was told as soon as he got across the border look for somebody in uniform. don't show any resistance and present yourself, which he did and now he sits in a facility in texas. this is a horrible humanitarian situation. the numbers that are involved here. i just want to give for the record the numbers that have been reported here are worth noting. some people may think they are talking about hundreds of children. this year, this year alone as of june 15, unaccompanied children apprehended by the border patrol from honduras, 15,000. guatemala, 12,000. el salvador, 11,000. mexico, 12,000. almost 80% of these kids come from three countries honduras el salvador and guatemala. why are they coming here? they are coming here for a number of reasons. number one, there is this network, criminal network that gives -- gets money to transport children children and they promise the families we will get them to the border. god only knows what's going to happen to those kids on their way. some of the

the issue here is the responsibility of the president of the united states defending the people of the united states against attacks. he has a dudey to carry them out consistent can the values of the united states and constitution. he has duty to carry them out and respond. i applaud the very way in which this administration has taken that responsibility. they've looked at it. >> michael boyles , if that definition had been beefier, more defined to decide what it is, would you feel it is even more an issue? >> i think those exist. this over all decision , and the memo does not discuss the issues that i just raised. the issue of threat. when someone is sitting there with their finger ready to press a button, yes, i think everybody would yes that you could orde agree that yes, you could do that. but that's where you have to have responsibility, and i believe the administration had met that test, and i think this memo is not part of everything, it's not the answer to everything . >> in the push of the release of the memo, it's out, what do you make of what you saw? >> the release of this

so i say to the president of the united states, we can't wait. if the next two weeks that the administration says they're going to use to assess the situation is wasted in assessment, i don't know what's going to happen here in iraq. i don't know what's going to happen to jordan. i don't know what's going to happen as far as the continued increasing influence of the iranians. published reports today indicate that there are iranian forces, iranian assistants all throug through -- iran is secretly sending -- "the new york times," iran is secretly sending drones and supplies into iraq, u.s. officials say. general kasim sulamani, the head of iran's paramilitary quds force has visited iraq at least twice to help iraqi military advisors plot strategy. iran has deployed about a dozen other quds force officers to advise and help mobilize more than 2,000 shiite mama english amen. iranian transport planes have been making two daily flights of military equipment and supplies to baghdad, 70 tons per flight, for iraqi security forces. while the president of th

it had masblg state enabled cybertheft from the united states. and in deed, we have been engaged with the chinese on this. i talk a little more broadly about it. i think there has to be a cost. the chinese didn't perseed any costs this. they certainly used the snowden revelation, as you pointed out, as a pushback, with respect to the dialogue we had with them. but very important to get back to this dialogue, and very important to reject the equivalent argument that the chinese might back between espionage, right, and a criminal cyberactivity. and cyber enabled economic theft. they're different things. the chinese conversation has to go beyond that to say this is going to affect the overall quality of the relationship between the united states and china. that this is going to be something that's going to be repeated directly by the leadership of china by the highest levels in the united states, and it's going to affect the overall quality of the relationship. it can't have a circumstance, this is a conversation we have to have with the chinese dire

across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. t up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to america. >>> this is more than just an obscure shia/sunni conflict. this is al qaeda, and al qaeda is not on the road to defeat. al qaeda is on the march. >> that was paul wolfowitz on sunday, a man sounding very much like his 2003 self. apparently choosing to gloss over the sunni/shia schism in iraq and preferring to focus on labeling any violent terrorist group in iraq as al qaeda, even if the new group now threatening baghdad is not technically al qaeda. the pro-invision crowd has crept out of the woodwork attempting to rehabilitate their own record on iraq often by attacking president obama for not fixing the things they broke. even former british prime minister tony blair got in on the act this weekend. he wrote in his editorial the 2003 invasion has no bearing on events today. we'll discuss that in a minute. because there is one more atten

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a country that has been a superb ally of the united states. they can't even have peace core volunteers because of the level of violence. one element of the tragedy in particular that i'm talking with is as you might imagine is the people that i worked with. there is a radio station in el progre progre progresso that was run when i atalked there. a very prominent man who worked for the station was just murder on the eleventh of april. carlos arinodo murdered in his home. the speculation was that he was murdered because he was a journalist that called attention to human rights problems. there has been no attention to solving that case. he has been more than 34 media representatives that have been killed in 2010. s that he are peopling good work and they are questions that have been to be asked. yet they are being targeted as other journalists as well. what can you do in your position as ambassador to command the accountability of the deaths of journalists and hold up the virtues that we proclaim here about the importance of a free press and the p