apac is pushing for a congressional resolution that would say should israel decided to strike iran theu.s. would give all the support including military options. we have stated this time in the game and we expect those. say to me this kind of a congressional green light for preemptive strike although non-binding is seen by some as a way to put more pressure on the obama administration which so far has been reluctant to see the u.s. dragged into another war in the middle east the moonless will never abandon their nuclear efforts unless they genuinely believe that america is serious about keeping all options on the table. i many of the conference said they thought the administration was soft on iran but that's a view that was expressed on the sidelines not from the podium the potential of israeli nuclear defense is the only thing that's keeping the country alive not relying on america because obama has not been forthcoming in defending them against iran in fact he's been stalling apac is also pushing for legislation that would designate israel as a major strategic ally of the united stat

the apac car friends also brought out of us out to the streets in protest of america's close alliance with israel one of them is peace campaigner medea benjamin who believes the united states is playing a dangerous game with its middle east policy. apac is really a danger to our national security a pac is pushing the policies of a foreign government in israel which is not always in the interests of the united states and i should say is not always in the interests of the israelis either i think this push towards war with iran is disastrous for everybody in the region as well as here in the united states we're looking at a conflagration of tremendous proportions so much so that there are those in the u.s. military that are trying to hard to stop this because they know how disastrous the u.s. getting into such a conflict would be in fact it would be very easy for iran to retaliate against u.s. embassies against u.s. troops that are stationed in many places around the world so i think that this push by apac is really something that all of us who are rational human beings and know that a w

is known to have been critical of the pro israel lobby president obama will not be speaking at the apacconference this year but he'll be traveling to israel at the end of the month and one of the speakers here said it's going to be a real challenge for him to show that deep down and i quote him he really understands israel under threats that he faces that gives an impression that the apac is not too happy about the administration seemingly trying to play down the war talk in washington i'm going to check on. the lack of a widespread appetite for a strike on iran maybe only the latest in a series of reversals for apac according to analysts robert naiman from just foreign policy there is a lot of belief the. israel lobby is losing the club from a high level but they have had a series of reversals bush about the election the reelection obama was a reversal where the israeli go here you clearly need for years even. when he was elected to that where are most then their candidate for secretary of state was susan rice she was john kerry. they didn't want john kerry so that was your second defe

troops that are stationed in many places around the world so i think that this push by apac is reallysomething that all of us who are rational human beings and know that a war would be so disastrous have to pressure our president not to follow the lines of a pac and instead to pursue diplomacy what about the whole publics diminish for the conspicuous by its absence today not much was said why not that is one of the most serious issues to be addressed particularly conference like this. well that's right in fact some would say that they are using the conflict with iran to take the focus away from the disaster of israeli policies towards the palestinians we did a protest yesterday looking at the issue of political prisoners who have been on hunger strike some of them for over one hundred days we also look at the issue of the continuing settlements i mean the fact that there are over five hundred thousand israeli settlers in palestinian land make it more and more impossible to find a solution to this conflict so it is unfortunate that apac is trying to hide all of the problems that are go

the annual apac conference is underway here in washington and there are more warnings of military action against iran coming from israel we'll have a report on that meeting coming up. it's monday march fourth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching our teeth starting off this hour despite relentless efforts by the l.a.p.d. to shed its reputation of police recklessness case after case of excessive force keeps coming to light this one involves a seventy one year old woman her daughter and a case of mistaken identity now you've probably heard it by now in the all out manhunt for former police officer turned cop killer christopher dorner police open fired on a vehicle with two innocent women inside the hernandez is only shield to protect her daughter from hundreds of bullets was her own body r.t. correspondent ramon galindo takes a closer look at her story as well as a few other cases of police recklessness a tragic case of mistaken identity is the explanation given as to why los angeles police officers fired one hundred rounds at two unarmed women delivering newspap

mckinney -- if you speak out -- >> hal: but i don't think that's strictly apac cutting it down.m and go you aren't sharing both sides of the issue. the reality is it is's this hinge in the back of people's minds all over the place that aren't directly related to apac and the media and outside of the media that if you criticize you are somehow forgetting the holocaust. >> but do people know apac the way they know the nra? >> hal: it doesn't get as much press or as much bad press. one of though the reasons the nra is so well-known is how long it has been around. it predates the existence of israel -- and thank you for the call, joe. and johnny will be joining us it looks like at the top of the hour. this is -- it is totally possible to -- to conflate the needs and wants of apac with the needs and wants of the right-wing of the israeli government and the desire for a that, or even moderates -- but the point is it's okay to look at it as a governmental lobbying agency for the governmental action of israel and not, honestly criticize the people of israel who don't believe in what the

troops that are stationed in many places around the world so i think that this push by apac is reallysomething that all of us who are rational human beings and know that a war would be so disastrous have to pressure our president not to follow the lines of a pack and instead to pursue diplomacy it's not just talk of war though also talk of cash as dominating this year's apac conference pro israeli lobbies want to ensure that aid to israel is exempt from human u.s. sequenced ration spending cuts we're interested in your opinion on whether the cuts will affect the country let's see how the viewers are stacking up in our online poll so far here almost half of the respondents so far think that the israeli lobby won't through legislation allow the funding to be slashed about a third hole the opposite view saying that all foreign handouts must be reduced regardless given the economic situation sixteen percent say the aid is important to the country's survival too important to actually be cut and a minority only six percent say that the lobby will agree to the cuts but only if the us backs i

are in response to my commentary about chuck hagel this cable writes it's official you're an idiot apac did not take a position on this why are you blaming israel the jewish lobby for the republicans hard line partisanship big time fail i don't know if you're aware that there are many other groups other than a pac that constitute the jewish lobby emergency committee for israel is the one that fund the attack ads against a goal see for yourself. president obama says all options are on the table for presenting your iraq equal service military action is not viable he should be responsible watch the funders of that smear campaign the political action committee and thus a lobby effort and sorry but why would there be a groundbreaking filibuster of a candidate if it had nothing to do with said lobbying effort and point out the obvious backed up facts by analysis is bigoted and it's official you my friend are the worst kind of idiot. when response of the many assassin drones segments said the segment about the drone seemed a little over the top but like you want to be rather scared sorry rathe

troops that are stationed in many places around the world so i think that this push by apac is really something that all of us who are rational human beings and know that a war would be so disastrous have to pressure our president not to follow the lines of a pac and instead to pursue diplomacy but it's not just talk of conflict also talk of cash that's dominating this year's conference pro israeli lobbyist want to ensure aid to israel is exempt from the looming u.s. spending cuts we're just in your opinion on whether the cuts will affect israel let's see how the views are stacking up so far in our online poll so far almost half of the respondents think the israeli lobby won't allow the legislators fund to a slosh the funding but a third hold the opposite view saying that all foreign handouts must be reduced across the board regardless sixteen percent think the aid is just too important to the country survival to be cut and a minority just six percent think that the lobby will agree with you to the cuts but only if the us backs israel in a military strike on iran what do you think the

troops that are stationed in many places around the world so i think that this push by apac is really something that all of us who are rational human beings and know that a war would be so disastrous have to pressure our president not to follow the lines of a pac and instead to pursue diplomacy fresh clashes have broken out between protesters and the police in egypt rest of. the city has been locked in a cycle of violence for several days now ever since demonstrators began calling for justice in a trial over a deadly soccer riot that took place last year are true has been following the developments for us from cairo. caches continue in port saïd for the day between unthinkable protesters and police what we just heard is the president mohamed morsi is actually considering a military takeover of this restive city on the coast there seems to be a lot of anger between the civilians and the police force this comes after the national security agency was torched this morning yesterday we had security director partially burnt as well as the governor cortez with hundreds of indicates and at le

troops that are stationed in many places around the world so i think that this push by apac is reallyomething that all of us who are rational human beings and know that a war would be so disastrous have to pressure our president not to follow the lines of a pac and instead to pursue diplomacy austerity protests across europe an anti government power for a lot of you doesn't seem to care of the country still formally applied for membership to the eurozone in two thousand and fourteen. being to a member of the european parliament once a lot of your says lot of your wants to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. and lead of you wants to be a member of nato all of the e.u. of the eurozone so want to be member of a big a bloc no need to i can imagine the e.u. i can't imagine what the eurozone at the moment is not the right club to join because lead view came out of the crisis in two thousand and ten and the economic recovery started shortly after actually legacy is doing quite well so one could wonder why does latvia want to end the eurozone if you have an economic crisis would come bac

threats that it faces that gives an impression that the apac is not too happy about it ministrations seemingly trying to play down the war talk in washington i'm going to check out. the notion of both a new time yahoo that isn't the only sign the pros are all influence and washington is waning says political analyst of all that name and from just foreign policy there is a lot of belief that the. israel lobby is losing the clout from high level but they have had a series of reversals bush about the election the reelection of obama was a reversal where the israeli go there you clearly need for years even we want that obama he was elected you know back in room then their candidate for secretary of state was susan rice she was our john kerry came in they didn't want john kerry so that was your second defeat and then he just had the spectacular defeat and the nomination and confirmation of chuck able to stick terry effectively is just suffered a number of rehearsals and one hand they're losing khloponin the other hand their agenda is getting more upstream and more radical these two things

troops that are stationed in many places around the world so i think that this push by apac is really something that all of us who are rational human beings and know that a war would be so disastrous have to pressure our president not to follow the lines of a pac and instead to pursue diplomacy. well we're going to check on what we've got cooking for you on our website and online at the elite military wing of hamas has shared some of its secrets exclusively with our team had over target dot com you can watch the exclusive inside a read the exclusive inside info on how the group conducts its david day and night operations against the israeli military and also get info on who gains access to the hamas in a store in a circle. the rate of preventable deaths in britain as now one of the worst in europe the latest findings are raising deep concerns over the state of the country's health care system for more tests more web site again that address r.t. dot com. fresh clashes have broken out between hundreds of protesters and police and egypt's rest of the city of port the town has been locked

to be israel already a major ally why do they need a special registration for that or the way some apac officials explained it is that they want to maintain defense assistance funding averaging more than three billion dollars annually at a time when both parties or seeking ways to drastically cut spending it's like going to court and i would say by the way the sequester that. as well funding something officials are saying among other things on those legislators do something to reverse it of this major strategic ally of legislation is expected to be introduced in the house and in the senate in the coming days and separately be a park has been pushing and now welcomes the senate resolution that says america should disclose decisive strike iran's only worse would give all that supporting putting military while non-binding congressional resolutions don't directly make policy but this resolution could still build for a hawkish push against iran at a time when world powers are in made a go shooting boxes the u.s. intelligence community judges that iran has not made the political decision to c

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the program nick burns said that he thought that what prime minister netanyahu did in his remarks to apacay were not helpful because he was laying too tough a line and being too negative about the diplomacy that is just become engaged. what is your take on that? >> obviously he is setting up for his meeting, which is a very crucial meeting with the president in a couple of weeks many jerusalem. you know, the -- they're going to have quite a bit of time together. obama obviously wants to talk about iran, but he also wants to talk about the palestinians. the prime minister of israel would rather only talk about iran, and he is sort of pushing publicly now to get president obama to say the toughest possible thing he would be able to say when he goes to jerusalem. i think obviously the nick burns is right more or less right that sanctions are having some impact, and i think netanyahu at different points has acknowledged that fact. i think there is more about previsit posturing. >> now, david, let's talk about syria for a second because what the secretary said today is that they have confidenc

the vice president in washington told apac yesterday that the window for tehran. >> we have a shared strategic commitment. let me make clear what that commitment is. it is to prevent iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon, period. period. and of discussion. period. prevent. not contain. prevent. >> big nations can't bluff. presidents of the united states cannot and do not bluff. and president barack obama is not bluffing. he is not bluffing. >> just moments after the vice president, prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed the crowd expressing solidarity with the u.s. government saying sanctions must be accompanied with a clear and credible military threat. john mccain used his remarks to address the u.s./israeli marks and taking a swipe at the new secretary of defense, chuck hagel. governor chris christie is slamming leaders in washington for failing to find better solutions to last week's across the board spending cuts. the new jersey republican called out president obama and the congress. >> the worst thing about sequester in my view is they're not spending time talking about e e

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the apac congress this sunday all cheney. the presidents of russia and the u.s. are seeking ways to avoid further setbacks in relations between their countries there was a main theme of a phone conversation between vladimir putin and barack obama the leaders have pledged to seek new ways of ending the conflict in syria issue they don't see eye to eye on both have instructed their diplomats to push harder for a political transition to end the violence on friday moscow criticized western plans to send aid to the rebels saying it would only encourage them to seize power by force newton and obama have said they are also willing to work closer on global security issues including missile defense and concerns over iran and north korea's nuclear programs. now let's take a look at some other world news in briefs fifteen people have been arrested after scuffles broke out in manchester city center during an end to islamic protest staged by a far right group about seven hundred english defense league activists attended the rally with about three hundred fifty people mounting

the apac congress this sunday. also billion dollar cuts have kicked in in the united states after the white house failed to find common ground with republicans on how to cut america's massive debt measures like the cost hundreds of thousands of jobs but even as the first snips of made the blame game grows with both camps desperate to offload responsibility economist richard wolfe told me the american people should prepare for the worst. if publicans and democrats alike are committed to an austerity policy as we do and see it in europe their only disagreement is exactly who gets cut whose axes get raised and i'm very pessimistic as are most observers in washington that we are about to do what britain italy greece have done with the same dire consequences looming in our future if you cut government spending as we're about to do if you raise taxes on average people which we did on january first with the rise in the payroll tax those are a double whammy two hits on our economy major press the economy they lose people j

because obama has not been forthcoming in defending them against iran in fact he's been stalling them apacs also pushing for legislation that would designate israel as a major strategic ally of the united states the question many ask is why does the country that's perceived as being closest to america suddenly need the congressional seal of approval now according to an n.b.c. wall street journal poll that came out just a few days ago fifty five percent of americans now no longer want any sort of preference between either side of the israeli palestinian conflict the lobby may view this is a chance particularly in the face of sequestration where there could be cut just across the board almost two hundred million dollars they could view this as a last chance to tie in support. this fight here you see of the subject the conflict with the palestinians has received considerably less attention at the summit then iran but the general impression here is that what's widely regarded as the most influential lobby in the american politics has detected a potential threat not just from israel's neighbors

the apac congression this sunday i'll take. i. the british. market. find out what's really happening to the global economy with. no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser reports. asking americans have having me may just spot some of the family and the church to address whatever crisis they are going through because the church was the place that sent us historically the collets the church was the place of you had the illness. and supports you you know if someone died you can depend on the church to come in bring the food you know to me come in bring whatever you need even help you to bury your loved ones you know i mean that was the church if you would have you didn't have the chance of going to come in and fill that gap for you. but when they first black america most family members were caught off guard those two. points those points of comfort were not quite there you know thank god some people had great family support. most families back then did not know what he was on they were afraid you know there was not a lot of informatio