this year despite the pomp and circumstance of apac j. street attendees say they represent the voice of the jewish mainstream and their voice will only grow louder and stronger because dying daily means what i think it feeds on an older generation that is going to be replaced a generational shift they hope will push the middle east peace process forward and washington liz wahl r.t. . how to talk more about this versus apac i'm joined now by jenny schachter filmmaker and blogger for the ice actor nat welcome danny so what do you think separates these two groups. well you know first first of all it's important to realize that a pac is is an organization of organizations there's an organization of the presidents of the jewish organizations many of them unelected not representative of any particular constituency except financed by a relative handful of people who claim to speak on behalf of the whole jewish community in america yet when jews are actually polled and surveyed you find the majority want peace in the middle east want are willing

the apac conference pro israel might get all the fame and glory but there's a new kid on the block of j. street and it's taken a new approach to the israeli palestinian conflict. and a two state solution we'll take you inside. it's tuesday march twenty seventh eight pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz role in you're watching all righty. well two tragedies have ignited a debate in the nation over racism and racial profiling thousands of taking to the streets demanding justice for trayvon martin and on our black teenager shot dead by a neighborhood watchman outrage also growing over the death of the death of an iraqi woman in california she was be in to doubt a note reportedly left the side of her that said quote go back to your own country and in the wake of these seemingly racially driven incidences we ask is racial profiling alive and well and america i'm joined now by the heart of the u.s. legal fellow for the institute for four for social policy and understanding she's also associate professor at texas muslim university's school of law she recently wrote an article called from the o

even at apac he refused to cross that line. and then said we got your back and he performed this ritual genu-flecting that he needed to do. but as you pointed out, then he really walked a lot of it back in an adroit way without taking it back. for example, he said, when i said we've got your back, that doesn't mean that i'm telling you that you can bomb. then he said there has been too much loose talk about war and the drums of war, and those statement applied to not only the g.o.p. warmongers who were loosely vying with each other who could be the quickest to nuke tehran, but they applied to netanyahu who has been talking loosely about war. obama got a two-fer. there. he was able to adroitly school his domestic g.o.p. opponents and he was able to do that because he knows the american people are not behind a disastrous middle east war, but he was able to subtly shoot a shot across netanyahus bow. and it's imperative that they see the necessity of defending themselves, and that's why there is all this misguided talk about attack

does help cataclysmic potential apac support for jewish voice for peace and many jewish americans are in the fight of peace were not on the side of a no the reward protesters outside of the convention say israel and apac are dragging america into war with iran position held by many antiwar groups. to drive their record but they're also protesting the lobbying groups enormous impact on u.s. politics politicians know that if they attempt to speak up on this issue they're going to be not just vilified they're going to be defeated apac affiliated groups pump exorbitant amounts of money into political campaigns in a meeting in the white house israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told obama that israel and america stand together we are you and you are us which are good and while netanyahu stressed israel will always be a master of its own fate obama insists the united states will always have israel's back when it comes to israel secure this after israel has warned they will launch an attack against iran without giving the u.s. notice atack tag a lot of power and a lot of that is due to

don't really understand why and now they're pushing us war for israel to apac netanyahu it seems so messianic and so influenced by a neo conservative line of thinking that he's taking israel down this path of self-destruction. hyping war rhetoric and pushing the united states attempting to corral the united states into a war that could be catastrophic according to the world renowned economist royal would be a war that could cause a global recession. but take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world this hour yemeni officials. that since over a hundred soldiers rational. government also captured dozens of its becomes. presence efforts. across. decades of. sunday in the shadow. of the presidential compound twenty five. hockey star has tested a short range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads and weapon has a range of one hundred eighty kilometers sitting just a day after a supersonic cruise missiles for. india the two countries which have fought three wars since the partition in one hundred forty seven. france is of people having the would have

notice apac has a lot of power and a lot of that is due to the fact that congress and the media. just eats it all up so the question remains with israel ramping up pro-war rhetoric and america dedicated to supporting them is another war in the middle east all but inevitable in washington r.t. . iran obviously central to the discussion and some of this language gets elevated and calls for war become more numerous and there are also calls like this is a full page ad in today's washington post i'll go ahead and put it up on screen for you so you can see it a little closer it's a part of president obama and prime minister netanyahu with various quotes by top u.s. officials the current and former secretaries of defense the chairman of the joint chiefs all essentially saying that the consequences of attacking iran are too grave now is not the time and a letter asking the president to resist the pressure for war with iran one of the signers of this letter to the president is retired army colonel and former chief of staff to colin powell lawrence welk wilkerson colonel wilkerson thank yo

profile speakers including president obama israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will speak at apac tonight but earlier today the two leaders met to continue the discussion a few would argue against the notion that president obama is kind of walking a fine line here both trying to make it clear that a war with iran is nobody's first choice but that iran is a dangerous place and needs to be kept at bay there's a little bit about what he said during that meeting today we do not want to see a nuclear arms race in one of the most volatile regions in the world. we do not want. the possibility of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists and we do not want to regime that has been a state sponsor of terrorism. being able to feel that it can act even more aggressively or with impunity as a consequence of. its nuclear power while president obama has been criticized by many conservative leaders here in the u.s. as well as in israel for not being tough enough on iran i say you seem to be trying to make it clear that no matter what happens that you countries are in this together here

notice apac has a lot of power and a lot of that is due to the fact that congress and the media. just eats it all up so the question remains with israel ramping up pro-war rhetoric and america dedicated to supporting them as another war in the middle east all but inevitable. in washington bismarck r.t. . no other take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world emily official biographer venge after al-qaeda militants killed over one hundred soldiers in clashes in the past week gunman also captured dozens and many others becomes a week after president took office after a yearlong uprising probably in the three decades or. so it's. nice it was overshadowed by a car bomb outside the presidential compound that killed twenty four. pakistan has tested a short range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads and weapon has a range of one hundred eighty one it is testing came just a day after a supersonic cruise missile was fired in a separate exercise by neighboring nuclear armed rival india and you countries which have fought three wars since partition on

don't really understand why and now they're pushing us war for israel to apac netanyahu it seems so messianic and so influenced by a neo conservative line of thinking that he's taking israel down this path of self-destruction. hyping war rhetoric and pushing the united states attempting to corral the united states into a war that could be catastrophic according to the world renowned economist nouriel roubini a war that could cause a global recession. now that the russian presidential election is over investors are waiting to see what economic policies the government will pursue let's find out more from our business with so what are the main concerns while fitch ratings agency is mainly concerned about the budget the agency essentially threatens to cut russia's long term rating if the new government fails to tighten monetary policy the ratings agency says selection campaign will inevitably increase the budget by as much as one hundred sixty billion dollars of additional spending over the next six years apart from raising the social cost and also pledge to increase the country's econo

notice apac. has a lot of power and a lot of that is due to the fact that congress and the media. just eats it all up so the question remains with israel ramping up pro-war rhetoric and america dedicated to supporting them as another war in the middle east all but inevitable and washington is wall. well that there is a way to make sure doesn't get a nuclear weapon and it's not a military one according to the former u.s. ambassador to israel thomas pickering. let's give iran what it says it wants which is a civil nuclear program but let's do our best to create the maximum amount of effective inspection so that's a firewall. a break between their civil program and a military nuclear program you ought to know that iran is also bound by the nonproliferation treaty and then i proliferation treaty says you have a civil program which meets civil needs only and doesn't do things that could be used only for military purposes. but you can watch the full interview with thomas pickering about for starters. one of the presidential election is over investors are waiting to see what economic pol

it says a lot that rick santorum left ohio to come to address apac in person. by doing so what he's trying to do is build up his creds with the jewish vote in the united states. it would be remiss without pointing out that newt gingrich's campaign, which has been running on fumes financially, has been backed by sheldon adelson, a casino magnet in las vegas. some people say he's done that because newt gingrich has been such a strong supporter of israel. >> the u.s. and other countries have made another offer with iran to negotiate. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says time and patience have been running out. he talked about iran and then spoke at apac himself. >> israel has waited patiently waited for the international community to resolve this issue. we've waited for diplomacy to work. we've waited for sanctions to work. none of us can afford to wait much longer. >> so we play that sound bite for you because this means much more than an american election. this could lead to nuclear war. that's what some people say. let's go to ms. sweeney. is there a

but earlier today the two leaders met to continue the discussion and archie's less well has more on apac and what the presence of these high profile leaders could mean for the world. it's an annual tradition of more than thirteen thousand people gathering in the nation's capital for the american israel public affairs committee annual conference it gives people from all over the country to come and revitalize their approach it is very important the united states will back up israel and indeed the united states is committed to israel well apac is considered to be one of the most powerful lobby groups in america and they host this conference here showcasing american israeli unity just how much power this group has over u.s. foreign policy there is controversy speaking at the conference president obama reiterated america's dedicated to posturing strong ties with its closest ally the want to comes to preventing iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. i will take no options off the table and i mean what i say. but it was all over months of american power statements like that make the world wonde

floated into the public sphere for a drumbeat against iran i mean let's add those two together but apac still continues to really pressure politicians in the united states to go to war almost to the point it's not it's not if it's when. you know ah i wouldn't agree with the characterization that it's a pack in particular leading the drumbeats for war i think what iran has done is put the international community in an untenable position iran has international legal obligations that it's flouting yukiya amano of a head of the i.a.e.a. has said that iran is working on military dimensions of a nuclear program and i think that that award i think maybe should really be there to be fair the i.a.e.a. says it has concerns it didn't say it. is it has concerns words are important here when it comes when it comes to going to war and i'm sorry go ahead you want to jump in there are going to add to that that the american. yeah the american intelligence agencies if i'm not mistaken they have agreed that iran seems to have stopped building a nuclear weapon around two thousand and three and has not resu

only forty two percent favor an attack on iran even if it has american support but at the same time apac is in washington d.c. saying it's go to war go to war go to war as a path representing the interests of israel. and my opinion not at all and i think that you started with a brilliant question and it was something i wanted to bring out myself israeli public is not marching to war or iraq meaning our defense minister and that's and yeah oh ok and then you have a pack also which seems to be in the war camp here in israel those of us who live here who are citizens who you know are have a future of vested interests and this clearly is we're not in a rush to go to war so ok we're going or and i mean if i can add on to that public in israel and then in the washington post there's a full page of major figures that were in the military intelligence sectors of the united states asking virtually begging obama not to go to war to reconsider what is being floated into the public sphere for a drumbeat against iran i mean let's add those two together but apac still continues to really pressure our

is one of cataclysmic potential apac support for jewish voice for peace and many jewish americans are in the side of peace. but they're also protesting the lobbying groups enormous impact on u.s. politics politicians you know that if they attempt to speak up on this issue they're going to be not just vilified they're going to be defeated apac affiliated groups come exorbitant amounts of money and some political campaigns. and in meeting in the white house israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told obama that we are you and you watch it together and while netanyahu stress israel will always be a master of its own fate obama insists united states will always have israel's back when it comes to israel security their sowter israel has warned they will launch an attack against iran without giving the u.s. notice and washington. time now for the business news with a tree and it seems a russian is a no gloom and doom kind of and that's absolutely true it seems the hype from the presidential elections when the team of person was reelected has gone away we did see growth of around one perc

cataclysmic potential apac supports more jewish voice for peace and many jewish americans are in this kind of peace. but. they're also protesting the lobbying groups enormous impact on u.s. politics politicians know that if they attempt to speak up on this issue they're going to be not just vilified they're going to be defeated apac affiliated groups exorbitant amounts of money in some political campaigns in a meeting in the white house israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told obama that we are you and you are us we're together and while netanyahu stress israel will always be a master of its own fate obama insists the united states will always have israel's back when it comes to israel security this after israel has warned they will launch an attack against iran without giving the u.s. notice in washington r.t. . time to check what's going on in the financial world to me trees have a business test for us so dimitri did the markets manage to bounce back from earlier losses you know fairly there's still a sea of red all across the board in both europe and in russia if we just take

in we revitalize their prose will it is very important the united states will back up israel while apac is considered to be one of the most powerful lobbying groups in america and they host this conference each year showcasing american israeli unity to see how much power in this group has over u.s. foreign policy there is controversy speaking at the conference president obama reiterated america's jadick a bit to fostering strong ties with its closest ally the when it comes to preventing iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. i will take no options off the table and i mean what i say. that includes all elements of american power statements like that make the world wonder is a war with iran just around the corner. are pushing us into a regional war that. does cataclysmic potential apac support for jewish voice for peace and many jewish americans are in the side of peace. they're also protesting the lobbying groups enormous impact on us politics politicians know that if they attempt to speak up on this issue they're going to be not just vilified they're going to be defeated apac affiliated

does have cataclysmic potential apac support for jewish voice for peace and many jewish americans are in the side of peace. but. they're also protesting the lobbying groups enormous impact on u.s. politics politicians know that if they attempt to speak up on this issue they're going to be not just vilified they're going to be defeated apac affiliated groups exorbitant amounts of money and some political campaigns and a meeting in the white house israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told obama that we are you and you were together and while netanyahu stress israel will always be a master of its own fate insists the united states will always have israel's back when it comes to israel security this after israel has warned they will launch an attack against iran without giving the u.s. notice and washington visible our team. now let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world here many officials have vowed revenge after all kind of militants killed one hundred eighty five soldiers in a week in the attack gunmen also captured dozens and injured many others it

he is scheduled to speak this morning at apac. of the largest jewish-american lobbying group. cmn chief white house correspondent jessica yellin has more on the stakes. >> reporter: as the president prepares for a visit with president benjamin netanyahu and a speech to apac an unexpected outburst at a new york fundraiser. >> change none -- nobody has announced a war, young lady, so you're jumping the gun a little bit there. >> reporter: the israeli prime minister was less reassuring. >> the warnings that i and others have been giving over the years will materialize unless iran is stopped. >> the president is trying to walk a fine line between voicing full-throated support for israel. yet, playing for time to head off a preemptive israeli strike against iran's nuclear program. told the atlantic's jeffrey goldberg "when i say we're not taking any option off the table, we mean it. that includes a political and economic, diplomatic and military component. as president of the united states, i don't bluff." he added, "we've got israel's

does cataclysmic potential apac supports more jewish voice for peace and many jewish americans are in the side of peace. but they're also protesting the lobbying groups enormous impact on us politics politicians know that if they attempt to speak up on this issue they're going to be not just vilified they're going to be defeated apac affiliated groups exorbitant amounts of money and simple it all campaigns in a meeting in the white house israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told obama that we are you and you are us we're together and while netanyahu stress israel will always be a master of its own fate obama insists united states will always have israel's back when it comes to israel security this out there israel has warned they will launch an attack against iran without giving the u.s. notice in washington liz wall. let me bring you up to the more the top news stories of the day now yemen's new president vowing to pursue the al qaeda militants who killed more than a hundred soldiers on sunday suicide bombers detonated their explosives and two military posts outside the city of

accounts and i'm going to host our monday panel taking a look at apac and obama's meeting with netanyahu the prospects of war with iran calls for u.s. air strikes in syria and russian and iranian elections then last year was the first year in decades where no new banks were created in the u.s. so could this be thanks to the consolidation of power and are too big to fail banks that have only gotten bigger and a new group aims to be the central point for collecting donations for the occupy movement but it's going against the occupy movement stance we're going to all that of warfare tonight including a dose of happy hour but first take a look with the mainstream media has decided to miss. well that they have finally come they have it i've been waiting for i know where attorney general eric holder would give a speech outlining when and why this is ministration believes that it has the right to target u.s. citizens without any due process and the speech given in northwestern university in chicago holder made it very clear that this administration firmly believes that this gross violation of t

he repeated this in his speech to apac. essentially saying, you know, giving a laund laundry list of things he's done for israel, all accurate, and saying at this point how could anyone possibly think that i'm anti-israel? this has a lot to do, obviously, with the upcoming election. the president is not vulnerable on most foreign policy questions right now. he's obviously not vulnerable at all on questions of terrorism after the killing of bin laden. republicans believe that he is vulnerable on the iran question, that he's not tough enough on iran. that he's not friendly enough to israel. so if you notice, you know, in past years, the president would be speaking a great deal about the peace process, about the palestinians. he's not talking about that right now. he's talking about iran. he's talking, you know, according to an agenda laid in part by the prime minister as opposed to an agenda that he has set out. this has a lot to do with neutralizing an issue that the white house understands to be a possible vulnerability. >>

one referred to apac which is the america israel public affairs committee. big group, thousands are folks who are here in town and the president is going to speak to them today. all the republican candidates speak to them on tuesday. and they are all the president and the republicans going to say we are the best friend of israel. >> no question. and this president has had a hard time sort of with this group of republicans and democratic voters who are jewish as well because he for several reasons they have been skeptical of him and his administration. i look for him when goes to apac to speak to do more of a hardline and i think that he has as juan said that he was signaling his willingness to be tough on military issues. of course, he has several things to point to that he has done over the last three years. i think he will give a tougher speech today. he is going to win over some of the voters at the end of the day. the rebuttal is going to come from the three republican candidates, mitt romney and newt gingrich and rick santorum on tuesday morning when th

then he goes to apac and give as pretty muscular speech. then today criticizes republicans for being muscular. >> was he criticizing them for being muscular or cavalier and attacking him for things which when you look at what they're proposing it's not that much different than what he's proposing? >> >> the only perspective that matters is the iranian one. do the iranians say they're being cavalier? or do they say if republicans are in office they mean it we're going to take military action. if president obama is in office we don't know if he will or won't. maybe he will, maybe he won't. i think it's the iranian perspective that's determinate of whether this is coercive diplomacy and effective or not. >> i think that's the difference. with george bush as president was never any doubt about u.s.'s commitment to israel. there certainly is doubt about this president's commitment. he's raised it himself going back to the 67 borders, lecturing israel. >> wasn't that the policy of the bush administration? >> no. politically the fact is it's not t

an israeli strike against iran's nuclear site, the president reassured a key ally and supporters in apac. >> when the chips are down, i have israel's back. >> reporter: but the president also appealed for me to o allow sanctions against iran to work, and called on leaders to tone down the rhetoric. >> already there is too much loose talk of war. for the last few weeks such talk has only benefited the iranian government by driving up the price of oil. >> reporter: the speech comes on the eve of israeli president benjamin netanyahu's visit to the white house for a crucial meeting. it will be the ninth face to face session in what has been a rocky relationship. visiting canada friday, netanyahu made his stance on iran clear. >> like any sovereign country, we reserve the right to defend ourselves against a country that calls and works for our destruction. >> reporter: as tension mounts, the issue has spilled into the campaign. republicans accuse the president of being soft on iran. >> if barack obama gets re-elected, iran will have a nuclear weapon and the world will change. >> reporter: exp

the president told the apac lobby yesterday the u.s.l not hesitate to use forces against iran but diplomacy could still succeed in persuading iran to abandon its nuclear program. >>> in the race for the white house, we are just a day out from super tuesday. ten states will hold republican primaries or caucuses tomorrow including virginia. according to latest poll on the republican nomination from real clear politics, mitt romney has a 9.4% lead. meantime, ohio is considered the biggest prize because no republican nominee has ever become president without winning that state. now, rick saner to up has a slight lead there. -- santorum has a slight lead there. >>> a former assistant coach admits he rewarded players to the tune of thousands of dollars for inflicting game- ending injuries on other players. dave ross has more on that and other sports headlines. >> unfortunately for the redskins, they're getting drag into this because greg williams used to be the defensive coordinator right here in d.c. the story sadly has legs for many of the

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backdrop today as president obama addressed this country's most important pro israel lobbying group, apac. trying to tone down talk of war with iran and the eve of an important meeting with israel's prime minister. we get the latest from nbc's mike viqueira. >> reporter: today president obama left no doubt, iran's nuclear ambitions must be stopped. >> when it comes to preventing iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, i will take no options off the table. and i mean what i say. >> reporter: with expectations growing of an israeli strike against eye reason's nuclear site, the president reassured a key ally and supporters in apac. >> when the chips are down, i have israel's back. >> reporter: but the president also appealed for time to allow sanctions against iran to work, and called on leaders to tone down the rhetoric. >> already there is too much loose talk of war. for the last few weeks such talk has only benefited the iranian government by driving up the price of oil. >> reporter: the speech come on the eve of israeli president benjamin netanyahu's visit to the white house for a crucial

not marching to war we're iraq meaning our defense minister and that's and yeah ok and then you have apac also which seems to be in the war camp here in israel those of us who live here who are citizens who you know are have a future a vested interest in this please we're not in a rush to go to war so ok we'll do in order i mean if i can add on to the public in israel and then in the washington post there's a full page of major figures that were in the military intelligence sectors of the united states asking on virtually begging obama not to go to war to reconsider what is being floated into the public sphere for a drumbeat against iran i mean let's add those two together still continues to really pressure politicians in the united states to go to war almost to the point it's not it's not if it's when. you know i wouldn't agree with the characterization that it's a pack and particular leading the drumbeat for war i think what iran has done is put the international community in an untenable position iran has international legal obligations that it's flouting yukiya amano they head of the