but that does not mean that ordinary people in asia or africa, or the middle east somehow prefer arbitrary rule that denies them a decisions that can shape their lives. i believe that spirit is universal. and if any of you doubt the the universality of that desire, listen to the voices of young people everywhere who call out for freedom and dignity and the opportunity to control their own lives. this leads me to the third thing we need to do. fundamentalism or racism, or, a belief in ethnic superiority that makes our traditional identities irreconcilable with modernit. we need to respect for all human beings. that is truism, that global integration has led to collision of cultures. trade, migration, internet, all these things can challenge and unsettled our most cherished identities. we see liberal societies express opposition when women choose to cover themselves. we have see protests responding to a western newspaper cartoons mohamed. the world that left the age of empire behind. we see russia attempting to recr lost glory through force. asian powers debate claims of history. in europe a

but that does not mean that ordinary people in asia, or africa, or the middle east somehow prefer arbitrary rule that denies them a voice in the decisions that can shape their lives. i believe that spirit is universal. and if any of you doubt the universality of that desire, listen to the voices of young people everywhere who call out for freedom, and dignity, and the opportunity to control their own lives. this leads me to the third thing we need to do. we must reject any forms of fundamentalism, or racism, or a belief in ethnic superiority that makes our traditional identities irreconcilable with modernity. instead we need to embrace the tolerance that results from respect of all human beings. it's a truism that global integration has led to a collision of cultures, trade, migration, the internet, all these things can challenge and unsettle our most cherished identities. we see liberal societies express opposition when women choose to cover themselves. we see protests responding to western newspaper cartoons that caricature the prophet muhammad. in a world that left the age of empire behi

but that does not mean ordinary people in asia or africa or the middle east somehow prefer arbitrarythem a voice in the decisions that can shape their lives. i believe that spirit is universal. and if any of you doubt the universality of that desire, listen to the voices of young people everywhere who call out for freedom and dignity and the opportunity to control their own lives. this leads me to the third thing we need to do. we must reject any forms of fundamentalism or racism. or belief in ethnic superiority that makes our traditional identities irreconcilable. instead, we need to embrace the tolerance that results from respect of all human beings. that's a truism that global integration has led to a clash of cultures. trade, migration, the internet, all these things can challenge and unsettle our most cherished identities. we see liberal societies express opposition when women choose to cover themselves. we see protests responding to western newspaper cartoons. in a world that left the age of empire behind, we see russia attempting to recover lost glory through force. asian powe

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although this isn't in the energy space, but it will describe what they mean if you travel through asia or africa, everybody's got a phone. but in the west, we had to weigh all of these wines can always undergroun, alwaysunderground ce line telephone poles. that's how we communicate. now, it would make no sense to rebuild all those cables. now you just have a cell phone tower because we have new technology. what's true in communications is also true in energy. part of what you're going to have to do is develop solar power and wind power and hydropower. we have to come up with more efficient cars, more efficient appliances and this is part of what the paris agreement was all about was having each country come up with its own plans for reducing its carbon footprint without holding the countries back from their brevity to develop and insisting the wealthy countries develop to poor countries so they can develop faster by using new technologies rather than the old ones. but i think that every country has to recognize that there is no contradiction between conservation and development if you have a goo

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although this is not in the energy space, but it will describe what i mean, if you travel through asia or africaerybody has got a home. but in the west, we had to lay out these lines, all these underground cables and above line telephone pole. that's how we communicate. now it would make no sense to rebuild all those cables. now you just put up a cell tower because we have new technology. what is true in communications is also true in energy. part of what we have to do is develop solar power and wind power and hydropower. we have to come up with more efficient cars, more efficient appliance is and this is part of what the paris agreement was all about, with having each country, put its own plans for reducing its carbon footprint without holding countries back from their ability to develop and insist envelope here countries contribute to poor countries so that they can develop faster by using new technologies rather than the old one. but i think that every country has to recognize that there is no contradiction between conservation and development if you have a good plan. the problem is often tim

we'll have to venture on out to asia, australia, africa or europe for that last lunar eclipse but its a harvest full moon tonight. temperatures right now into the 50s across the board. we have the wind speeds right now under 10 miles per hour for the most part. calm winds in mountain view. it is blowing out of the west- northwest in oakland at 7. 15 in fairfield. satellite and radar right now the blanket of low clouds and fog marching inland 40 miles. clouds retreat sun will shine. temperatures will warm and, in fact, today is going to be warmer than yesterday. the warmest day all week long but the coolest of the next several to come. again we have the low clouds the fog the marine layer it's deepening right now roughly 1800 feet deep no drizzle being reported but high pressure is building in. we will see the return to more of a northerly flow over the weekend. less clouds at the coast. 86 sacramento. 64 monterey for your getaway friday. official sunrise is at 6:52. temperatures today 60s, 70s, 80s and now into the low 90s away from the bay. brentwood, tracy, discovery bay, my outsid

important of which up until then are unreported or not reported in off about and what a journalist has to do whether it's in africa, where there's in east asiaere there's covering nigeria or the south china sea, is to not only go there and report and develop sources but also. seriously about the history of area, about the geography of the area and about as i said back then the relevant political philosophy and let me just give you an idea about that. if you read hobbes, hobbes is unfairly maligned as a depressing philosopher. hobbes was actually in some ways an optimistic philosopher because he believed in rescuing the chaos of the dark ages by creating a strong state and a strong state can lead to a better life for people. he called that strong state aired revised on so hobbes had answers not just depressing descriptions and thoughts. and one of the points that hobbes makes is that between the difference between good and bad, good men and bad men and between what he calls the just and the unjust can only be decided if there is some coercive force. in other words the united states is not in chaos. has the government. it has a complex legal s

. >> according to researchers at least 2.6 billion people in parts of africa, asia, and the pacific could be at risk or- for zika. these are people who live in the right part of the world with the climate and the right number of mosquitoes for the virus to take hold. wasical storm hermine downgraded from hurricane status . officials warn of life-threatening conditions. to 110sts of up kilometers per hour have hit as well as heavy rain and power cuts to tens of thousands of people. let's stay in florida and crossed to cape canaveral where there were extraordinary scenes. a spacex rocket exploded during a pre-firing test. it destroyed both the rocket and the commercial payload. andrew hillier has more. andrew: the blast was so powerful it shook buildings for miles around. moments later the nose containing the payload plunged to the ground. inside, and israeli built communication satellite. mainppened at spacex's launchpad in cape canaveral, florida during what was supposed to be a routine prelaunch test. no one was injured in the explosion, but the blast is a major setback for spacex and the ambitions of

or, let's say, with mers. it's not a surprise when we think about those emerging infections, they tend to come from africa or south america or southeast asia where you have a lot of connection with animals. bird flu is another good example where you have people in china and southeast asia who live very close to their pigs, their birds or fowl, chickens, and and there's a great opportunity for these viruses to swap their genes and eventually infect humans and then become global pandemics. so those are the environmental, some set of environmental conditions why, that lead to these infections and why we keep hearing about them. i want to do a special callout to climate change as one of those environmental factors that lead to emerging infections. first, i want to say often climate change is framed as either an economic issue or as an energy issue, somehow energy issues. and i think over the last year or two we've been doing a better time reframing this, actually, as a public health issue of what's happening with climate currently. so april was the hottest record on year -- hottest year on record since 1880. and people ask me, how do you know

and sooner or later, that's going to change the way you vote on israel at the un. more and more nations in asia, in africa, in latin america, more and more nations see israel as a potent partner -- a partner in fighting the terrorism of

and sooner or later, that's going to change the way you vote on israel at the un. more and more nations in asia, in africa, in latin america, more and more nations see israel as a potent partner -- a partner in fighting the terrorism of today, a partner in developing the technology of tomorrow. today israel has diplomatic relations with over 160 countries. that's nearly double the number that we had when i served here as israel's ambassador some 30 years ago. and those ties are getting broader and deeper every day. world leaders increasingly appreciate that israel is a powerful country with one of the best intelligence services on earth. because of our unmatched experience and proven capabilities in fighting terrorism, many of your governments seek our help in keeping your countries safe. many also seek to benefit from israel's ingenuity in agriculture, in health, in water, in cyber and in the fusion of big data, connectivity and artificial intelligence -- that fusion that is changing our world in every way. you might consider this: israel leads the world in recycling wastewater. we recycle about 90% of o

or north africa. in australia's backyard in southeast asia there are now isil affiliate in indonesia. in the southern philippines this year there have been for small-scale and pretty hopeless terrorist attacks. the willingness is there, the ideology is there. if i can go back to your third question about partnerships, partnerships for us in fact certainly the three of us in southeast asia with law enforcement and intelligence organizations is now and is going to be vital if we are to ensure the sort of terrorism we saw in southeast asia 2002 with the bali bombings, if we are to ensure that does not occur again, working with what is now very capable intelligence and law enforcement agencies in indonesia, malaysia, and the southern philippines will be vital. in the southern philippines there is also in isil affiliate in looking at it through open sources, social media, they seem to be taking all the boxes to lead the proclamation of an isil branch in the philippines. that worries me a lot. i can see that acting as a magnet for one of the jihadist out of the caliphate. so that is just on

or country. name one leader you look up to. >> shim moan peres. >> peres. >> living. >> asia, south america, africa, name a foreign leader you> i guess i'm having an aleppo moment. >> i'm giving you the whole world. anybody in the world you like. pick any leader. >> the former president of mexico. >> which one? >> i'm having a brain. >> name anybody. >> fox. >> get him off the hook. >> any foreign leader. >> merkel. >> okay. saved you. >> wow. how could you still be -- anyone in this world. >> first the aleppo -- >> why is he still in the race? >> i don't know. i think comments like this can be disqualifying. aleppo, to me was and i said it at the time. i think the fact he can't think of a world leader he would like to work with if he were to be president, merkel, netanyahu, whoever. >> chris matthews gave him all of that time. >> seconds and seconds and seconds and he froze. i've never been a huge fan of the lightning round quiz. >> this wasn't got ya at all. this was basic engagement in the world we live in with prime ministers, presidents of other countries. it country take much. >> i have to say that donald trump was on

these terrorists operate, where these groups are operating, whether it's is subsaharan africa or the middle east or asia or wherever they are, there's nothing we can do about stopping the flow unless we're willing to address the problems at their core. and one of the questions i wanted to ask you about was this term you use that we need to break the movement. and that we need to break the movement back there. that's not just a military strategy. the president likes to put it as a buynary sort, either we're doing x or it's war. you say we need to do much more in these countries. what are we not doing? what do we need to do? how do we ensure that these groups aren't flourishing? mr. mccaul: the great focus of the previous two administrations has been core al qaeda. we have decimated top leadership. aqap still exists, in terms of external operations one of the greatest threats we have, but we're not look at this as a global movement. when you look at the destabilization of the middle east that's going on today and in africa where i just came back from sinai in egypt, camp north up there, to due knee zha, t

or africa. in australia's backyard in southeast asia, there are now isil affiliates. in indonesia, in the southern philippines. this year there have been four small scale and pretty hopeless terrorist attacks. but the willingness is there. the ideology is there. if i could go back to your first question which was about partnerships, partnerships for us -- in fact certainly the three of us in southeast asia with law enforcement and intelligence organizations is going to be -- is now and is going to be vital if we're to ensure what we saw in southeast asia. t 2002 with the bali bombings. we have to ensure that sort of event doesn't occur again. working with what are now really very capable intelligence and law enforcement agencies in indonesia, asia, and the southern philippines will be vital. in the southern philippines, there is also a isil affiliate. and looking at it through social media, they seem to be ticking all the boxes to lead to the proclamation of an isil branch or province in the southern philippines. that worries me a lot. i can see that acting as a magne

africa to the middle east to central asia in which the u.s. is actively engaged with the military, with military strikes or ground troops or both, despite promises of restraint by president obama. lucas tomlinson takes a look at that tonight. >> reporter: bret, despite the pledge to end two wars, getting untangled is proving difficult. they're now conducting air strikes in circumstance differe -- strikes in six different countries. isis, al qaeda and their affiliates. less than two years into the first two, the president declared u.s. involvement in iraq was essentially finished. >> tonight, i am announcing it has ended. >> reporter: the round the clock air strikes against isis, according to the pentagon. to date, over 54,000 bombs have been dropped on isis in iraq and syria. more than 4,600 u.s. troops are on the ground, advising the iraqi army, after 400 more troops arrived over labor day weekend. 150 special ops troops supporting local forces. >> the president's policy is aspirational. the reality on the ground of terrorism and mayhem, cutting off heads, u.s. national security at risk, that reality trumps the rhetoric. >> reporter: late last

africa to the middle east to central asia in which the u.s. is actively engaged with the military, with military strikes or ground troops or both, despite promises of restraint by president obama. lucas tomlinson takes a look at that tonight. >> reporter: bret, despite the pledge to end two wars, getting untangled is proving difficult. they're now conducting air strikes in circumstance differe -- strikes in six different countries. isis, al qaeda and their affiliates. less than two years into the first two, the president declared u.s. involvement in iraq was essentially finished. >> tonight, i am announcing it has ended. >> reporter: the round the clock air strikes against isis, according to the pentagon. to date, over 54,000 bombs have been dropped on isis in iraq and syria. more than 4,600 u.s. troops are on the ground, advising the iraqi army, after 400 more troops arrived over labor day weekend. 150 special ops troops supporting local forces. >> the president's policy is aspirational. the reality on the ground of terrorism and mayhem, cutting off heads, u.s. national security at risk, that reality trumps the rhetoric. >> reporter: late last

and sooner or later, that's going to change the way you vote on israel at the u.n. more and more nations in asia, in africarica, more and more nations see israel as a potent partner, a partner in fighting the terrorism of today, a partner in adopting the technology -- in developing the technology of tomorrow. today israel has diplomatic relations with over 160 countries. that's nearly double the number that we had when i served here as israel's ambassador some 30 years ago. and those ties are getting broader and deeper every day. world leaders increasingly appreciate that israel is a powerful country with one of the best intelligence services on earth because of our unmatched experience and proven capabilities in fighting terrorism. many of your governments seek our help many keeping your countries safe. many also seek to benefit from israel's ingenuity in agriculture, in health, in water, in cyber, and in the fusion of big data connectivity and artificial intelligence. that's fusion that is changing our world in every way. you might consider this: israel leads the world in recycling wastewater. we recycle

asia and new york city and south africa. and he's been the president's representative or ambassador to the united states since last summer. i think given the distinctive resumes here, just as a way to stop myself and make a clean break, let me please ask you to join me in welcoming them all to brookings. [ applause ] >> so, now, we'll go down the line starting with anthony gambino. >> thank you, mike. it's a pleasure to be here again and to share a podium with special enjoy perriello and ambassador balance humanny. all of us are tremendously grateful for what he's doing. we had a similar meeting in brooklyn last november. and i stated then that congo was already in electoral crisis last november. sadly, the situation has only deteriorated. congo today is roughly one month away from a full-fledged constitutional crisis. this morning, i'll try to get through things. first, i'll briefly talk about the critical constitutional issues. second, i will discuss the views of civil society of congolese in america and third i'll have some thoughts on how to move forward. of course, i'll represent no one but myself in these remarks. b

or europe. 100 years later, this number had fallen to just 2. most of the biggest cities in the future will be in the developing economies of asia and africa. >> mostes will be in china, india, and nigeria. those three countries alone will account for 37% of the world's population. staggering numbers. here is an example -- lagos, the biggest city in nigeria. its population every year it is adding the equivalent of boston. >> the urbanization rate in the u.s., japan is over 70%. in china, it is 50%. so china may have a lot megacities, they may have larger cities, but they are going to get bigger or there is going to be more of them. that is going to be a trend. a lot of emerging markets are going to experience trends like that in the next 50 years, especially with a large population. narrator: this incredible rate of growth makes the challenges of managing a large city more difficult. james hertling: the biggest risks facing cities are the same risks that challenge all of us, politically governing, climate change, economic inequality, productivity, economic growth, employment, education, transportation. those issues that face cities are the same tha

or look up to. anybody. >> mine was shimon peres. >> i'm talking about living. any continent. canada, mexico, europe, over there, asia, south america, africa, name a foreign leader that you respect. >> i goes i'm having an aleppo moment in the former president -- >> i'm giving you the whole world. >> i know, i know. >> anybody in the world you like? anybody? pick any leader. >> the former president of mexico. >> which one? >> i'm having a brain -- >> name any. >> fox? >> who's your favorite foreign leader? get him off -- >> fox. >> demarco? >> okay, fine. >> an awkward moment, to say the least. as you know, i'm in suburban detroit where the detroit news just endorsed gary johnson which is sending shock waves through the community. how damaging is this to johnson and should the detroit news rescind its endorsement? >> i'm not going to get into where newspapers should be endorsement but it was absolutely a cringe-worthy moment and damaging. you can see the polls showing gary johnson and jill stein performing better than expected would come down after that debate held on monday night where neither person was on the stage. just the choices wer

or is it any fact that in asia, you have pro-american leaders in indonesia, india, japan. vietnam. you look at latin america, where argentina has turned this extraordinary corner? you look at africaere kenya is reforming. places all over africa where you are seeing a new business class. is that the world, or is the world iraq, syria. iraq, syria, iran. charlie: were some of the argument is, we don't want to go into my identity -- into modernity. is, who is question going to shape -- at the end of the day, history is usually not defined by the losers. the people who are collapsing. they are collapsing noisily but collapsing. it is defined by the winners. the rise of china will be the fundamental trend. the rise of asia. the civil war where millions of people died in nigeria? that happens. the trend lines that reshape it or when countries come from behind, become powerful and reshape the regions. thanke: fareed zakaria, you for joining us. see you next time. ♪ mark: i'm mark halperin. john: and i'm john heilemann. "with all due respect" to gary johnson, perhaps your question would be more appropriate in another setting. -- geography. >> this town was the end of the silk road. gary:

changing their attitudes towards israel and sooner or later, that will change the way you vote on israel at the un. more and more nations in asia and africand latin america, more more nations see israel as a potent partner, a partner in fighting the terrorism of today, a partner in developing the technology of tomorrow. we should have diplomatic relations with 160 countries. countries. that's nearly double the number that we had when we served as ambassador some 30 years ago. those ties are getting broader and deeper every day. we are leaders that increasingly appreciate that israel is a powerful country with one of the best intelligence services on earth. we have unmatched experience and proven capabilities in fighting terrorism. many of your governments seek our help in keeping your countries safe. many also seek to benefit from israel's ingenuity and agriculture and health and water and cyber and a diffusion of big data connectivity and artificial intelligence. that is fusion that is changing our world in every way. you might consider this, israel leads the world in recycling wastewater. we recycle about 90% of our wastewater. how rema

or both. the rise of isil, and the threat it poses has made al qaeda appear modest by comparison. but both terrorize networks have expanded their influence from west africa to south asiaing in between. the administration may have postponed iran's nuclear programs but this is come at the cost of unshackling iranian pair and ambition, both of which will grow as bills of dollars in sanctions relief is transformed into advanced military capability and support for terrorism. and then there is putin's russia. which has reclaimed a position of influence in middle east that is not enjoyed in four decades. the best that can be said about this devastating legacy is over the past year in part thanks to our witnesses today, president obama has at least begun town leash america's filing men and women against isil. they're fighting with skill and courage despite enorm mose -- enormous risks. we're gradually eroding isil residents territorial control and removing key personnel from the battlefield. this military campaign has too often been slow, reactive and excessively micromanaged by the white house. inteed, we read this morning of plans for yet another incremental increase of 500

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or both. and makes al qaeda appear modest by comparison but both terrorist networks expanded theirs from west africa to south asia and everything in between. and this is shackling iran tps ian power and ambition. both is billions of dollars in sanctions relief has transformed into advanced military capability and support for terror i feel and then there is putin's russia which has reclaimed a position to influence a middle east that's not enjoyed in four decades. the best that can be said about this devastating legacy is over the past year in part thanks to our witnesses today president obama has at least begun to unleash americans fighting men and women against isil. they're fighting with skill and courage despite enormous risks as reports of isil's use of mustard agent against u.s. and iraqi troops around us. as a result we're fwraj yulely eroding territorial control and key personnel from the battlefield. reactive and micromanaged by the white house. we have 500 troops in iraq. one more step down the road of gradual escalation. but thanks to the talent and dedication of our men and women in uniform we're makin

africa and asia to start to look to america. to see how we are doing things to. residents of the united states are doing and not to look to khrushchev, or look at the chinese communists. that is the obligation upon our generation. in 1933, franklin roosevelt said in his inaugural that this generation of americans has a rendezvous with destiny. i think our generation of americans has the same rendezvous. the question now is, can freedom be maintained under the most severe attack it has ever known? i think it can be. and i think in the final analysis it depends upon what we do here. i think it's time america started moving again. and now the opening statement by vice president richard nixon. mr. nixon: mr. smith, senator kennedy. the things that senator kennedy has said many of us can agree with. there is no question but that we cannot discuss our internal affairs in the united states without recognizing that they have a tremendous bearing on our international position. there is no question but that this nation cannot stand still; because we are in a deadly competition, a competition not only with the men in the kremlin, but the men in pe

or look up to. >> mine was shi mon peres. >> i'm talking about living. any continent, country. asia, south america, africa.e a foreign leader that you respect. >> i guess i'm having an aleppo moment in the former president of mexico. >> but i'm giving you the whole world. anybody in the world you like. anybody. pick any leader. >> the former president of mexico. >> which one? >> i'm having a brain freeze. >> who's your favorite foreign leader? any foreign leader. >> merco. >> okay. fine. can't argue with that. >> all right. that was a little tough. >> more than a little tough. >> yeah. >> could have said abe. >> lincoln? oh shinzo abe. >> merkel. >> you know, it was interesting to watch him try to save him. >> came up with merkel, but obviously in the last six months the -- >> she's had a much rougher run. she's been reversing her position saying if she had to do it over again she wouldn't have done what she did in terms of immigration. anyway, another day, another turn in the election cycle. >> there's a new one. and he's a hunk. >> yeah. >> have you thought that? >> you know, he's very charming. >> pictu

or both. the rise of isil and the threat it poses made al qaeda appear modest by comparison. both terrorist networks expanded their influence from west africa to south asia and everything in between. the administration may have postponed iran's nuclear programs, but this has come at the cost of unshackling iranian power and ambition, both which will grow in the coming years as billions of dollars in sanctions relief is transformed into advanced military capability and support for terrorism. and then there is putin's russia. which has reclaimed a position of influence in the middle east, that is not enjoyed in four decades. the best that can be said about this devastating legacy is over the past year, in part thanks to our witnesses today, president obama has at least begun to unleash america's fighting men and women against isil. they're fighting with skill and courage despite enormous risks as reports of isil's use of mustard agent against u.s. and iraqi troops remind us. as a result, we are gradually eroding isil's territorial control in removing key personnel from the battlefield. this military campaign has too often been slow, reactive and excessivel

in platin america and africa and asia to start to look to america to see how we're doing things, to wonder what the president of the united states is doing, not to look at russia or the chinese communist. that's the obligation upon our generation. franklin roosevelt said in his inaugural that this generation of americans has a rendezvous with destiny. i think our generation has the same rendezvous. the question is, can freedom be maintained under the most severe attack it has ever known? i think it can be and i think in the final analysis it depends upon what we do here. i think it's time america started moving again. >> and now the opening statement by vice president ichard m. nixon. vice president nixon: the things that senator kennedy said we can agree with. we cannot discuss our internal affairs in the united states without recognizing that they have a tremendous bearing on our international position. there is no question but that this nation cannot stand still because we are in a deadly competition, a competition with the men in the kremlin and also in pekin. if you are in race the only way to stay ahead is to move ahead. and i subscribe to the spirit that s