amy: can you comment on the power of aipac right now? they and benjamin netanyahu, aipac orton how much, was it, tens of millions of dollars to fight this? $30 million to fight this? what this means for aipac, the chief lobbying arm for the israeli government, but also for the prime minister. while he spoke out fiercely against this deal, afterwards, using to just go on to other business. >> that is a great question, amy. i think there is a two-part answer. on the one hand, for aipac, make no mistake, this is a huge blow not only to the credibility, but to this veneer of invincibility they've had for quite some time. the reality of the situation is that if you go against a sitting american president and you go against the preferences, the vast majority of the american people, you're not only going to be fighting an uphill battle, but you'll be fighting a losing battle. and it is not any surprise to me -- i've heard from sources inside the u.s. government that aipac went to benjamin netanyahu before the deal was even being fought over in

. >> members of congress have felt free for move away from the aipac line. will that change? aipac is going to continue to follow and be divisive. >> the administration is still solid flying the deal with the vice president heading to florida and the secretary of state continuing with hi speeches. >> not only with respect to this one issue, but i'm telling you across the board economically, politically, mill at thi at thimilitary and even morally. >> they could keep congress from voting on the deal at all, arguing that would send the wrong message to the world. the fight over the symbolism of the deal because the substance of it will not change. the u.s. is now expected to honor it's part in this historic agreement. patty culhane, al jazeera, washington. >> mexico's president has acknowledged his country's anger about crime, corruption and the poor economy. in his state of the union address, inrekay peÑa nieto spoke about the escape of el chapo. >> outside of the court in baltimore head of the trial hearing, officers face charges including second-degree murder and plan slaugh

and they had face-to-face interactions last fall, i believe at the g 20 and at the end of aipac.his will be the first opportunity that leaders will have to sit down in a formal way to discuss these issues. president putin requested the meeting. i think at this point, considering the significant concerns that i have just raised, it makes sense for president obama to sit down with his counterpart and see if he can get some greater clarity about russian intentions inside of ukraine and whether or not they are going to begin to take steps to abide by the commitments they have made but they have not lived up to in the context of ukraine and whether leastre willing to at consider president obama's advice when it comes to reinforcing the military support for the assad regime. i assume it you will seek to weaken the isolation on the world stage. i chronicle the toll that russia's international isolation has taken on the domestic economy. oft will not change because one in person conversation. a meeting like this does have the potential to give the united states greater insight into what

at the end of aipac president obama remained in china for another day or two to engage in a series of meetings with this counterpart and he kicked off a series of bilateral meetings with a private dinner that president xi hosted for him and beijing. i know the president found that in person interaction where outside of the glare of the lights and away from the formality and pomp and circumstance. to be pretty insightful and i think the president despite the language barrier and some obvious stylistic differences the president found that to be a useful format for talking about issues that were important to both leaders into both countries and so the idea here is to try to reciprocate that kind of, to reciprocate that invitation with one of his own and so the president obama and president xi will be having dinner tonight. there will be some other senior u.s. officials there and some other chinese officials there but not very many and i wouldn't anticipate a readout at this point although the two leaders will do a news conference tomorrow in maybe one of you will choose to ask the presid

so there are grown-ups in aipac. rep. wasserman schultz: no grown-ups threaten me directly. every member i know on the democrat side has gone through a very careful and deliberative process and taken this very seriously. they have not seen the political ramifications. they want to make sure that the boat is one of the mix of least likely that they can get anything with them. this is not a no-brainer to this is a close, tough decision that each person who has made a decision on how they are going was as anxiety ridden as i was. what i do find it discussed in is the criticism that there had been in the aftermath of some people's votes, there has been not the threat that you d that the suggestion that people support the deal are somehow anti-somatic or if htey their the deal that loyalty to america has been questioned. those are outrageous accusations. they degrade the character and quality that i in many of my colleagues of gone through. what i do find incredibly disappointing if the republicans who now apparently are all in lockstep opposed to the i was a close to a majority

to join the chinese aipac based initiatives. the transpacific trade initiatives, still in the early stages of proposals, rather than ignore it. this is a huge issue for the obama administration. a huge issue for china and the u.s. a sense the tpp effort of getting leverage over china? guest: obviously. if japan joins tpp and the other nine countries -- the other 11 tpp, you, all joint have a massive trade block all around china. ed, chinaing includ tends to suffer trade losses as a result. the chinese are watching this, potentially very nervous. tpp is not a reality yet. it has some ways to go. it is more complicated than mr. froman had sorted -- had thought a while ago. this is a work in progress. i think the chinese response to p is very important. host: teresa is from trenton, new jersey. caller: good morning. i wanted to question regarding the counterfeit going on in china. seen this thing called -- this thing developed in china. a lot of the people in china from generation to generation is learning how to replicate products

. >> i think opponents of this deal -- and not only folks in congress, people lake aipac, are going to be all over the place trying to figure out technical ways to delay or cancel this deal. i can tell you, i have a lot of very powerful jewish friends who are hitting the halls of congress today putting pressure on their congress people and senators not to go along with these plans. >> let's talk about hillary clinton, what's going on with her e-mail. suddenly she's apologizing robustly after refusing to do so for months. what's going on? >> well, i just want to respond. the jewish friends on both sides of the aisle who both oppose and support this deal understand the importance of the united states continuing to protect israel and regardless of what the vote is this week, democrats and republicans will be united not just in supporting israel but all about allies in the middle east. to her apology, i don't know how many times she can say it. it took six months for her to say two words instead of four words. the fact is she's sincere, she acknowledges it's a mistake. will it stop the iss

internet, from the powerful american israel public affairs committee or a pac and its a felt yate-- aipac and it's a feltuated groups. >> congress should reject a bad deal. we need a better deal. >> warner: and from advocacy groups like j-street favoring it. >> this deal preventeds a ran from producing a nuclear weapon. it is good for america, good for israel, and makes both countries safer and more secure. >> warner: and in direct appeals from the two countries's leaders in competing webcasts sponsored by the jewish federations of north america. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu warning of the dangers. >> this is a time to stand up and be counted. oppose this dangerous deal. >> warner: and president obama asserting the special bond the u.s. feels with israel. >> like all families, sometimes there are going to be disagreementsment and sometimes people get angrier about disagreements in families than they do with folks who aren't family. >> this is, in fact, perceived to be a core strategic exi sense-- existential issue. >> aaron david miller is a veteran middle east peace negotiat

we think there's a very good chance before aipac in november there is a trilateral summit. and i think there will be a little bit more momentum. to be all of it more momentum towards addressing by the japan rok issues. will those be resolved? i don't know. there should be progress on them but i take with an overall dynamics and reaction that this issue will not defy japan-korea relations anymore, whether we important but based on relations, cooperation there will be momentum toward trilateral summit. but i hope from the perspective of japan's own edges, just interested in korea's interest that there's some progress on this issue going forward. thanks. spent under the audience is a good to get into questions but i want to exercise my prerogative and toss one or two out. i think generally we had a positive response with a lot of caveats and things that he could have done but i think generally a positive response from that which it reflects sort of the overall u.s. expert community. but are we grading them on a curve and should we in the sense given the expectation and even a

lawrence lessig is here tonight to talk about made aipac, the crowd funded super pac to end all super pac's and what is in store for 2015. ladies and gentlemen, please join me and josh -- join me in welcoming him to the jccsf. [applause] >> so my computer shutdown and now i have to try to make small talk. what shall we talk about as it comes back to life? the weather. it's going to be incredibly cold and new hampshire. the high right this and it is six degrees in the place we are starting our walk. i apologize. it's wonderful to be here, back, in san francisco. talking about something i began here in san francisco because i was forced to begin talking and thinking about this. my dear friends from san francisco, aaron swartz who, the second anniversary of his death is this sunday. and whose memory is vibrant in this community and around the world. but what he was focused on, he often described to me as simple justice. as he talked to people about the simple injustice of the world we find ourselves in, there was a growing frustration. one way to understand this frustration is to recogni

aipac with this tweet.nd paul has this tweet, don't trust iran in the late '70s or did not trust iran in the late '70s and still don't trust iran. wake up america. fox lake, illinois is mourning the loss of the police officer as the manhunt continues for the three suspects. and so far only a couple of hoaxes. they have not figured out who has been responsible for the shooting of the police officer. the wife of the police officer speaking to reporters yesterday saying her h husband was the love of her life. the headline as fox lake mourns a fallen officer as the hunt continues. james is joining us from illinois, good morning, democrats line. >> caller: hello. >> good morning, jim. >> caller: yes. i just want the say how many of these people running and going against this bill have served this country in a life open death situation. i have not seen one who has a dv 214 and that's out of every republican running. and some of the democrats. i think the more -- the people that's been there should be able to talk

i believe both at the g-20 and aipac. but this is the first le opportunity the leaders will have had to sit down and discuss these issues. president putin requested the meeting and at this point considering the significant concerns that i've just raised it makes sense for president obama to sit down with his counterpart and see if we can get clarity to at least consider president obama's advice when it comes to reinforcing military support for the assad regime. >> you're not concerned by giving him the meeting he's requesting and the photo-op portion of it, i assume, that you're weakening this isolation aspect of what is supposed to be punishment for ukraine? >> not at all. and there will be -- the fact i chronicled the toll russia's d isolation has taken becauon the economy over there. but a meeting like this has potential for the united states getting greater insight into what russia's intentions are. that won't be gleaned based on one conversation but it could potentially lay the ground work for better coordination. i

as i alluded in a speech delivered at aipac a few years ago, the only way the administration is going to be able to persuade iran to cease its pursuit of a nuclear weapon and to dismantle its enrichment capability is if it prepared to make the supreme leader of iran believe -- believe -- that the survival of his regime was actually at stake. in other words, the only way the iranian regime could have been expected to negotiate to preserve its own survival rather than simply delay as a means to pursue nuclear weapons is if the administration had imposed the strictest sanctions while concurrently enforcing a firm declaratory policy that reflected a commitment to potential use of force if that became necessary. but, no, the administration chose to pursue negotiations and sanctions consecutively rather than simultaneously, as it also failed to articulate a clear consequence of the crossing of red lines. thus, while the president had an opportunity to exercise political leadership and work with the congress to craft a stronger policy toward iran that would have better served our national se

wednesday, i've got a few and republican candidates will gang up on trumpet and go after him almost as aipacmething. >> agrigento started out. he was the first one to come out with harsh comments. ashley: either you stand back or jump right in. either way trump went in that situation. he is a barroom brawl are. stuart: people watch, but this is an opportunity for all the rest of them to stand up and stand out in front of a large audience. i think they'll take an opportunity. >> all they have to say is give us specifics, mr. drum. that's the easiest way to put them on the defensive. you want to lower corporate taxes, what a great idea we have all come up with already. stuart: interesting ad. i've got to say that. europe's migrant crisis getting much worse. a real security threat and humanitarian crisis to boot. it is so bad that austria is sending troops, military guys with guns to the border. colonel ralph peters next on that. [ male announcer ] whether it takes 200,000 parts, ♪ 800,000 hours of supercomputing time, 3 million lines of code, 40,000 sets of eyes, or a million sleepless nights.

as i alluded in a speech delivered at aipac a few years ago, the only way the administration is going to be able to persuade iran to cease its pursuit of a nuclear weapon and to dismantle its enrichment capability is if it prepared to make the supreme leader of iran believe -- believe -- that the survival of his regime was actually at stake. in other words, the only way the iranian regime could have been expected to negotiate to preserve its own survival rather than simply delay as a means to pursue nuclear weapons is if the administration had imposed the strictest sanctions while concurrently enforcing a firm declaratory policy that reflected a commitment to potential use of force if that became necessary. but, no, the administration chose to pursue negotiations and sanctions consecutively rather than simultaneously, as it also failed to articulate a clear consequence of the crossing of red lines. thus, while the president had an opportunity to exercise political leadership and work with the congress to craft a stronger policy toward iran that would have better served our national se