, will give another address there and apec says there will be dozens in the audience when he does. randall. >> mike, thank you very much. it's been six months since israel and hamas reached a stop of conflict in gaza. electricity remains in short supply. as nick schifrin reports. >> every night in gaza the electricity goes out. by candlelight children do homework. and their grandmother washes the dishes. it's been like this for years and right now there's only six hours of electricity a day ever since the only power plant went smoke. in july israeli jets struck the power plant four times. the fire burned for three days. by the time plant workers could visit the damage the pipes were mangled, the gas storage tank was a crump crumb crump crumped heap. >> how important is it to gaza that this power plant is working? >> it's vital in gaza actually. >> without power gaza's hospitals can't provide high-quality care and sewage treatment plants can't ensure the water is clean. >> very first target were your offices. personal offices. >> exactly exactly. >> to this day israelis declined to

the white house and apec just announced that susan rice herself, she'll be speaking before that congressl. the u.s. ambassador of the u.n. normally is a president or a secretary of state. they're going a little bit lower this time aren't they? >> a little bit lower. as you know over the last week, there was talk about sending someone even lower, perhaps a deputy secretary or someone else. i think that the white house realized they needed to send someone of stature because there was a lot of talk about whether the white house would snub apec to send a message to prime minister netanyahu. i think in the end, they realized they would not be snubbing the prime minister they would be snubbing the american jewish community and the very relationship that they say that the prime minister is trying to daniel. so i think they upped the ante a little bit. the president and secretary of state have said they'll be out of town. >> we'll see what happens when netanyahu is here in washington sunday monday and tuesday. i know you're coming back to cover that visit as well. safe travels. thank you very mu

apec was caught flat footed.democratic members said we can't be part of the the ploy to undercut obama and help netanyahu win but while apec stepped back, some of the groups on opposite sides weighed in. so the republicans-jewish coalition threatening to spend money to undercut members who don't show up for the street. the liberal j street group has come out to raise money to protect these. fox and the anti-defamation league called for netanyahu to cancel the speech. i think they're trying to paper it over but it has made many democrats and republicans uncertain and unhappy that it's inject ago partisan rift that would undercut support for israel. >> woodruff: every which way you look it's complicated. >> reporter: very. >> woodruff: margaret warner, thank you. >> woodruff: when it comes to the battle against the islamic state, much of the world's attention is focused of course on the murders and mayhem it has wrought. but there have been a series of attacks on antiquities and cultural heritage. and today, there'

he was coming to washington anyway to give a speech at the apec convention next week. you know the convention center is six blocks or eight blocks from the capital, he could have spent an entire day meeting individually or groups with senators and congressman talking about his fears about this deal. and that case he probably would have gotten a meeting in the administration. right now the administration itself is boycotting him. so yes, obviously the democratic party is a pro israel party, just like the republican party, although there's worries on the israeli part about how long that's going to last. and there are a lot of democrats who don't want to insult the president by showing up to this speech but they also want to hear the prime minister out and that's what they are trying to engineer a compromise. >> by my count this is the first time since the president was elected that neither the president or vice president or secretary of state will be speaking to the apec conference. all of this is against the back drop of israel's election which by all accounts is a lot

inappropriate, it's a breach of protocol and he should address his concerns in other venues such as the apec policy conference, which he'll attend during the visit here. >> he received criticism not only fro israel but israeli americans in the u.s. he seems he's determined to go forward with this speech. why do you think he's adamant about doing so? >> i think he is genuinely concerned, but we need to see the episode, the latest crisis in the context of domestic politics. speaker john boehner. this is a political ploy by speaker john boehner to embarrass and undermine the president of the united states. and to use u.s. relations and the issue of the ukranian programme as a partisan football. at the same time the prime minister is using the speech for his own domestic purposes. he has an election coming up two weeks after the speech, and the speech which is a security speech will serve as exhibit a for his attempt to present himself as mr security in israel >>> and in order to do that he feels as if he has to stop the talks or give the impression that he's doing everything to do that prior to

serious meeting didn't necessarily require ties as long as it was a group decision, and if you are an apecr a pro growth reform, he could water laurel wreaths when he returns to greece. the answer to the challenge question is india. india now has 97 billionaires. who is the world's richest person? that would be bill gates. who will be on the show next week. thanks to all of you for watch watching the program and i will see you next week. >>> happening right now in the nudes room ukraine in crisis, shelling continues leaders plan new peace talks this week. plus things aren't getting any better for brian williams. >> now he's benched himself while nbc figures out what is true and what's not true. >> and bruce genre involved in a deadly car accident. investigators now combing through cell phone records and searching through videos of the scene as they try to peace together what happened. the newsroom starts right now.

if you're an apec leader you have a different uniform, crazy shirts.oker a deal debt forgiveness, he could wear a toga and a crown of laurel leaves when he returns to greece. the correct answer to "gps" challenge question is a, india, it has surpassed uk and russia to take third place according to hurun's report. leading the group as richest person. who is the world's richest person? that would be bill gates who will be on the show next week. thanks to all of you for being part of my program. i will see you next week. xcxxxx xxxx>>> good morning. it's time for reliable sources. today's program is all about what's reliable. tv industry trans fixed by what is an extraordinary scandal at abc, imperilling the face of brian williams. the news anchor admitted to embellishing a story about coming under fire in iraq in 2003. that matters because, well brian williams -- let me put it this way. this country has no walter cronkite anymore, but brian williams is the closest thing to cronkite we have left. now he has benched himself, as one source said to me while

the prime minister will also monday morning address apec, the pro-israel lobbying group up on capitoll. joining us aaron david miller former middle east negotiator, now with the woodrow international center here in washington and david albright president of the institute for science also in washington. they'll have to at some point repair this relationship this damage that's going to be -- that's already been caused between the u.s. and israel between netanyahu and the obama administration. let's look ahead, aaron. what do they need to do immediately after this speech tuesday morning? >> i think the speech is only a midpoint in the current crisis, atmosphere that's affecting both sides. the crisis point will come wolf in effect if there is an agreement between the u.s. iran and the p5 plus 1. >> to be done by the end of march? >> yes, maybe by july 1 in terms of dotting all the is -- >> but you're saying assuming netanyahu is reelected the prime minister of israel it could get a whole lot worse? >> the personal relationship between the two -- there's no reset there. it's going to requ

say they are not going to show up and these are strong supporters of israel and strong supporters of apec and israel in every other instance. joe, i wanted to play the president's news conference with angela merkel when he took a shot at the israeli prime minister verbally. >> as much as i love ang la if she was two weeks away from an election, she probably would not have received an invitation to the white house. and i suspect she wouldn't have asked for one. so you know the -- >> and netanyahu tweet, i'm determined to speak before congress to stop iran. re retweet if i have your support. >> i think the fallout is actually a bit -- going to be a bit rougher for john boehner and the republicans in the house than it is even for netanyahu. obviously he's a political opportunist like any politician two weeks before their election. and he sees this and obviously he's bold and sees this as positive for his campaign. i will tell you that a lot of sources have been telling me that top republican foreign policy leaders, that have worked in past administrations have been calling john boehner, have

alternative by finessing the situation, maybe having a closed-door session or having him talk for the annual apecrence. this is a real mess. netanyahu bears useful responsibility for allowing himself to get into the situation. >> we nt to thank you both for being with us, john mearsheimer professor of political science at the university of chicago, is the author of, "the tragedy of great power politics." his most recent piece, "don't arm ukraine," was published by "the new york times." and thank you also to general charles wald, retired four-star air force general and the former-deputy commander of u.s. european command. co-author of the new report, "preserving ukraine's independence, resisting russian aggression: what the united states and nato must do." this is democracy now! when we come back, we will be talking about ferguson, the six-month anniversary of the death of -- well, in ferguson, mike brown. stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with aaron matÉ. >> monday marked six months since a white police officer kil

and they were constantly asking me about the influence that apec has with the united states congress.and how do you deal with that? and, you know, so those questions are on the minds of iranians. and they are very sophisticated well-informed observers of the american political process. now, as americans, we have to make darn sure that we do not miss a historic opportunity to improve significantly this relationship with iran because of our own domestic politics. that would be a tragedy. now, the last point in your question was the whole issue of -- >> arms control why is this not being treated as a treaty? >> let me just tell you that as a former member of congress, i believe the president and the administration would be well advised to engage daily almost in communication with key members of the united states senate and to bring the senators into this process as much as possible. and i think there are some senators on both sides of the political aisle that understand the urgency, the historic moment that we're in and i believe that with the president and secretary kerry and others bei

every congressman most people who are interested in being future presidents of america will go to the apec meeting and will not recognize a regime that is an essential threat to americans, if you think about it. host: ok. congressman. guest: well, every country has contradictions and problems and obviously the united states has issues even with the most intimate of friends. i think that is the natural state of things, diplomatically, and in a global context. obviously there are problems, including our alliance with israel. i would not characterize israeli behavior as a latter day apartheid. there are important internal issues in israel that are going to have to be addressed especially longer term given the demographic trends in israel. that includes what happens with the occupied territories. that's why the administration has pursued and maybe reluctantly the netanyahu government has agreed to a two-state solution. that's a very complicated and difficult and challenging set of issues that we hope will be resolved so that there is more of a resolution of the issues the caller identified. ho