. >> joining me from washington, d.c., is phyllis bens i. she's a co-founder of the u.s. campaign to end israeli occupation. the white house has insisted it never said that israel should return to a narrow definition of the 1967 territorial lines. president obama has spoken about the need for israeli security, about with the need for israel to defend itself. so why do you think netian hue was so -- netanyahu was so strong in his rebuttal about this 1967 line? >> the israeli position has been that all of the land they control is legally theirs. they ignore the realities of international law that makes all of the land something that they must withdraw from. the resolution 242 that we hear so often spoke of a withdrawal from the territory occupied in the recent conflict. that means all of the west bank, all of gaza and all of east jerusalem. president obama didn't even call for that. what president obama called for was the same thing that president bush called for in 2005 and again in 2008. president bush didn't use the term 1967 border, he used the term the 1949 armistice l

. >> this sunday night on q & a, institute for policy studies fellow and antiwar activist, phyllis ben net on the war on terrorism. >> who i isis? why are that so i zoo -- so violent? i think what is more important in some ways, because it's something we can do something about, is what is u.s. policy regarding isis? why isn't it working? the welcome go war against terror jim? are we just doing the record wrong or wrong to say there choo she a war against terrorism at snail think those are the questions that in some ways are the most important and that will be the most useful. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern and pacific, on c-span2's q & a. >> next our booktv programming looking at the white house, features white house course respondent april ryan. it's about an hour. jojo april ryan, don't think anyone, any african-american reporter, has covered the white house as long as you have, and now you have taken the clinton, bush 43 and obama years and written about them through the prism that is important to your listeners and that is the issue of race relations in the united states, and i ha

caller: i think that it should be phyllis ben thnis. i saw her on "book tv."he press has demonized every one of the black leaders who have stood up. jesse jackson, al sharpton, the press has demonize them. this lady, you should have her on. thank you. host: thank you for the call, kelberg. next up is jackson, mississippi. democratic line. sorry, independent line. jackson, go ahead. caller: i believe that it is barack obama. he is the human embodiment of martin luther king's legacy. he is that legacy transcended. i am sure that martin luther king did not believe that we would have an african-american president so soon. this is not too long after martin luther king's time. host: thank you very much for your call. he mentioned president barack obama, who is no. 2 on the list of the 25 most influential leaders of all time. you can find that list thegrio.com. greensboro, n.c., democratic line. caller: good morning. at the martin luther king's birthday. i feel that no single leader embodies the rev. king today. he would be very sad about the over it -- over use of r

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ben carson at 5:00 p.m., georgia tech at 5:30 p.m. taking you on the road to the white house. >> this sunday night on q&a, institute for policy and antiwar activists phyllis bennett on u.s. policy since 9/11, recent negotiations on i ran and the warren terrace. >> who is isis, what are their origins, why they so violent. the obvious question, why the title? >> guest: i was trying to get at something about the fact that he was an outsider and there was a political loner of some form and i think he would wear that as a badge of honor at some point in his political career but also in i think it answers the question why is he struggling running washington? ultimately he wasn't a creature washington which is why people gravitated toward him. but i think here we are, your sixth getting into your seventh and this is sorted trying to figure out i hope i'm trying to help people understand why is he struggling in washington ultimately and he's a strange creature in washington and vice versa. >> host: we will talk about this throughout the hour but you think he is as much of a stranger today as when he first came here? >> guest: in some ways with some people, yes i

ben fobernanke. david savage, phyllis energy, and the enreg bill. "washington journal" is live every day at 7:00 a.m. on c- span. >> they are using a mobile phone primarily to access facebook because they have not had access to a laptop or pc. in a lot of cases, there is not an infrastructure media in communication that you have in the u.s., a lot of americans will say, facebook is great for gossiping and seeing what my friends are eating for lunch, but if you were to talk to somebody in the middle east, you would hear a different story, which is that facebook was providing access to news to people who had unique access to information they were not able to get at otherwise. you get a much more meaty story about what facebook means to them. >> more on thanksgiving day on c-span. at 2:00, ct justice john roberts. -- see chief justice roberts. next, a look at the evolution of facebook with the vice president of products, chris cox. [applause] >> thank you everyone for coming. this is a bit of a tree. i have been covering facebook for years and you rare

wanted to start with a symbolic gesture that echoes something that phyllis just said about being an ally. i have here a navajo necklace that ben gave me a few years ago. and i am using it today to indicate and draw attention to the fact that we who are progressed people, who are allies are, despite or even because of our worldview, have ideas that are, we want to be allies. we want to be respectful and we want to honor the people. however, we are all conditioned to raise the system and we have been colonized as well as the entire continent has been colonized and so i'm using this necklace as a way of indicating that a decision needs to be made to notice that we need to pay attention when we are, well, for example in standing rock and in all movements that we need to be very very deliberately decide not to act upon these colonized thoughts and to be respectful and never to pretend or to try to speak for, as i don't anybody standing rock, whether native or not . and here, i have something here for the safekeeping of my brothers gabriel. and i want to show you as my own experience as a person who visited and participated in chica

ben stiller in the movie, "meet the parents". >> the most fun. >> reporter: ultimate trays placer, phyllis george says saying yes opens us opportunities can take you anywhere. >> kept moving forward. you learn so many things. if you fail, you're not a failure. you just learn the lessons, write them down, you know, use them in your life. >> and our colleague senior white house reporter pamela brown shared this statement on the passings of her mother. for many mom was known by her incredible accomplishments as the pioneers female sportscaster. 50th miss america and first lady, but this was all before we were born and never how we viewed mom. to us she was the most

ben stiller in the movie "meet the parents." >> i auditioned for the role, i got it. it was the most fun that i've ever had. >> the ultimate trail blazer, phyllisge once wrote saying yes to yourself opens up opportunities that can take you anywhere. >> and, of course, our condolences to our colleague senior white house reporter pamela brown and her family. pamela shared this statement on the passing of her mother. mom was known by her incredible accomplishments as the pioneer and female sports caster. 50th north america and first lady. but this was all before we were born and ever how we viewed mom. to us, she was the most incredible mother we could ever ask for and it is all of the defining qualities the public never saw. >>> especially against the winds of adversity that symbolized how extraordinary she is. the beauty so many recognized on the outside with a mere fraction of her internal beauty only to be outdone by an unwavering spirit that allowed her to persevere against all the odds, pam would let you know, we love you, we are praying for you and your family. we wish you the very best. you are not alone. >>> the former president with a to

ben stiller in the movie "meet the parents." >> i auditioned for the role. i got it. it was the most fun i ever had. >> reporter: the ultimate trail blazer, phyllisrge once wrote saying yes to yourself opens up opportunities that can take you anywhere. >> our colleague senior white house reporter pamela brown had this statement on the passing of her mother. she said for marx mom was known by her incredible accomplishments as a pioneer female ill sports caster, first lady, this was all before we were born and never how we viewed mom. to us, she was the most incredible mother we could ever ask for and it's all of the defining qualities the public never saw, especially against the winds of adversity that symbolized how extraordinary she is more than anything else. a beauty so many recognized on the outside was a mere fraction of her internal beauty only to be outdone by an unwavering spirit that allowed her to persevere against all the odds. we want you to know, we love you, we are with you. we are sending all of our prayers and love to you and your family. it's best we stay apart for a bit, but that doesn't mean you're in this alone. we're automati

ben stiller in the movie "meet the parents." >> i auditioned for the role, and i got it, and it was the most fun that i've ever had. >> reporter: the ultimate trailblazer, phyllis once wrote, "saying yes to yourself opens up opportunities that can take you anywhere." >> i just kept moving forward, and you know, we learned so many things. if you fail, you're not a failure. you just learn the lessons, write them down, you know, use them in your life. >> what a life. what a woman. and now her colleague, senior white house correspondent pamela brown shared this statement on the passing of her mother -- "for many, mom was known by her incredible accomplishments as the pioneering female sportscaster, 50th miss america, and first lady, but this was all before we were born and never how we viewed mom. to us, she was the most incredible mother we could ever ask for. and it is all of the defining qualities the public never saw, especially against the winds of adversity that symbolized how extraordinary she is, more than anything else. the beauty so many recognized on the outside was a mere fraction of her internal beauty, only to be outdone by an unwavering spirit that a

phyllis's story, visit lyrica.com. >>> well, you know, despite all these games back and forth how they hold it down at a certain level, the debt is still racing toward $17 trillion. forget bringing ben affleck in as "batman," your financial superhero's already on the case. all right. i remember, ladies, built to scale. anyway, congress is still on summer break, as a make or break october 1st deadline is fast approaching to keep the government cash flowing. while the nation's debt keeps growing, some concerns about what the house speaker is doing talking about yet another short-term fix that would essentially keep the spending levels going for a couple of months, limping along. craig smith says this is the kind of stuff that's got to stop right now because very, very quickly the speaker, republicans, all of washington losing credibility fast right now. that's a big problem for you, right, craig? >> it certainly is. and it should be for every single american, neil. look, two years ago this month we celebrated the downgrading of america's debt through s&p because of the bad budget deal that we cut by raising the debt ceiling and not having appropriate spending cuts to go along with it.

ben carson said, is to speak the truth. our organization, and solution schlaffy speak the truth. phyllis wrote a book called "who family."american talking about what no-fault divorce has done in america. speaking to the truth and political correctness is incredibly important. i agree with that. way, on september 11-13, we have our annual event in st. louis. dr. carson is our first speaker. l.coman go to eaglecounci to find out more. on the debt question, there is a nother great street philosopher that becomes a racket. we are at the racket. washington really like the system. have consolidated power, they racket.ng a great that is why the conservative movement is having a debate whether be the power in the state or the judges. your caller brings up a good point. trump, for us, on china, international sovereignty -- eagle forum is a conservative organization, but we oppose all trade deals as bad for the american families. we go somewhere other than the american right on that. trump is speaking to china, which is a huge threat. we applaud him for bringing those issues to the forefront. host: you bring up trump, the caller b

the answer is, as ben carson says, to speak the truth in charity and love. speak the truth. our organization and phyllispposed the e.r.a. and we still talk about the imposition of the feminist movement on all of us. sh he wrote a book about two years ago called who killed the american family. not just left push on marriage and homosexual marriage but what no fault divorce has done to america. it's called eagle council. you can go to eaglecouncil.com and find out more. as to the debt question, there is a great sort of also street philosophy named eric hoffer. he said, every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business and degenerates to the racket. we are at racket state. the political parties, both and the powers in washington really like the system. they have consolidated power and are making a great living. it is the racket stage in many ways. that's why this conservative movement is having a debate about the future of our country, whether it is the spending of the debt or the power consolidated by the regulatory state and the judges and everybody else. your caller brings up an important point