[inaudible] the other thing happening in east jerusalem concerns is forawry. on the 21st of august, 1969, an australian tourist at the mosque, there were several days of intense writing and the mosque was burned down. i can't imagine if there is anything equivalent to that today what we would do. i don't know where we would begin. we would be so lost and we could speak for almost every government and to set their in shock and wait and see what would happen the consequences are all the host incalculable. beyond all the kph recognition and of the threat of something like this is real because of happen before the end we must take every measure to ensure it is applied liberally to all of our actions when we consider jerusalem and its surroundings. in 1969, the year the mosque was burned down, there was a british physician that went to work in the best abraham hospital and upstate new york. he had to deal with so many patients suffering from the 1920's disease called the sleeping sickness with a catatonic patients. and this position administering the elbow of fort

of this impasse going on between the obama administration and israelis over housing units in east jerusalem, they have been told to stay out of it and keep quiet. >> traveling this last week in afghanistan with admiral mullen he let slip the fact that the iranians secretly have been shipping weapons to the taliban. they are enemies. in kandahar on the eastbound of the u.s. offensive in kandahar. that's scary. chris: the big question, is mitt romneyoing to be the republican nominee against barack obama? and who would be the favorite in that race? chris: welcome back. on friday, president obama was on cbs sounding like he knows his 2012 opponent is going to be mitt romney. >> the plan proposed by current republican nominee mitt romney. chris: that brings us to this week's big question, is obama right? is it romney in 2012? and who is the favorite? will it be romney? >> i think it depends on whether sarah palin is running. >> history says romney, because this is what republicans do. they elect the number two guy. but i have to say, do you know only one political party has lost a presidency aft

israelis that they must help in effect and encourage a viable palestinian state with capital of east jerusalem's with whatever arrangements need to be made in their own interest. and i do think that is what the obama administration and would like to do. now, obviously if he is defeated at home on some things this carries over into other things and now that health care i would hope is behind us as far as a major issue perhaps we can see more focus on these other issues. >> host: mr. ambassador, it was a pleasure talking to you. thank you for writing such an informative and important book. >> guest: thank you for the interview. >>> from the 20,101st jindal festival of the book in charlottesville virginia, rebecca discusses her book, quote could be immortal life of

palestinian state with a capital in east jerusalem with whatever arrangements need to be made in their own interest, and i do think that's what the obama administration would like to do. now obviously if he is defeated at home on some things this carries over into other things and now that health care i would hope is behind us as far as a major issue perhaps now we can see more focus on these other issues. >> host: mr. ambassador, it was a pleasure talking to you. thank you for letting such an affirmative important. >> guest: thank you for the interview. .. >> well, good your name. welcome to the senate for the boat. i'm john cole, the director for the center for the library of the book. we promote reading and all of the states through a network of state centers for the book. we also all are involved in some wonderful activities through congress, one being the national book festival. this will be our 10th anniversary of the national book festival. this year it will be on the mall on september the 25 and i hope miniview many of you will keep track of is or look us up on the website or b

what is your understanding right now of the alleged defect dough freeze in east jerusalem constructionand as senator mitchell still planning to go next week? >> regarding the policy of the israeli government in east jerusalem i will refer to the israeli government to enunciate its own policy. george mitchell is planning to travel to the region next week. he was here yesterday along with the secretary for important meetings with defense minister ehud arauca. they talked about a range of issues including the efforts that the israelis have undertaken on their side. sum of those areas rest within minister barack mac portfolio and the secretary thanked him for working with the policy authorities and humanitarian crisis in gaza and access to key goods there. the israelis have worked in recent months to remove some check points as talking about ways that much more can be done to open up greater space on the west bank. but george is planning to go next week. >> did anything outside of the specific portfolio come up? >> i am not going to get into any more particulars the map. i think you can re

yet we feel we are very close to a position now where if we don't hold what is happening around east jerusalem particularly by one of the settler movement working very intensely and were we not able to arrest the plans of the mayor of jerusalem in respect of east jerusalem we will find ourselves in a situation where there simply won't be peace if jerusalem is lost on the ground. in other words we believe it is gone. it is not possible for any future is really government to go to war with its own people over jerusalem and such are the facts on the ground that meet and negotiate the settlement beyond the pale of possibility. then we are in a state of terminal crises. and of course what would happen then is that it's not a case of israel having a problem with the palestinian people but you have the question of also the islamic world, the 1.5 million muslims would be of course the state of high anxiety over this. and then of course israel would be left with its own demographic challenges with no problem to sort of a cyst in creating a framework for peace because the aspirations on the part of the

we also continue to call all sides to avoid provocative actions including israeli actions in east jerusalemlestinians incitement that fuels suspicion rather than trust. as secretary of state clinton has said many times, "we believe that your good faith negotiations, the parties can mutually agree to an outcome which ends the conflict and reconciles the palestinian goal of independent and viable state based on the '67 lines and israel goals of a jewish state would secure and recognized borders that reflect developments and meets the israel's security requirements." it is time to begin those negotiations and to put an end to excuses. it is * all leaders in the region, israeli, palestinian, and arab, to support efforts for peace. it is time for today's leaders to demonstrate the courage and leadership of anwar sadat and others. i want to conclude tonight by returning to simple words that the president spoke in oslo. this is a moment of challenge and when it comes to the middle east, it is a moment of many challenges. it is the challenge of transitioning to full iraqi responsibility for their f

well as convenient to say, if only israel weren't building settlements in the west bank or in east jerusalem, many of these problems would go away. i don't think that's what david petraeus will say and that's why i think it's somewhat unfair to suggest that he was. >> rashid, what do you think? does it strike you as a shift for the united states to be suggesting that this stalled peace process hurts america's ability to pursue its interests? >> what they're saying is that israel is a drag on the united states. it's not a strategic asset. and this is a discoursive shift of some significance. i don't think they're saying you know, remove settlement "x" from hilltop "y." what they are saying is that israel is not the strategic asset it was touted as during the cold war. and we've gone back, in effect, to the eisenhower administration's view where the middle east is an area where the united states has problems and israel is in a sum's small way one of those problems. >> do you see the shift as dramatic as you were just describing? because what obama has said and what petraeus' report has said is

we feel we are very close to a position now where if we do not halt what is happening around east jerusalem, particularly by one of the supplement movements working intensely -- and were we not able to arrest the plans of the mayor of jerusalem respecting east jerusalem, we will find ourselves in a situation where there simply will not be peace. if jerusalem is lost on the ground, in other words, we believe it is gone, [unintelligible] and such are the facts on the ground that make a negotiated settlement beyond the state of possibility. then we are in a stage of terminal crisis. of course, then it is not a case of israel having a problem with the palestinian people. you have a question with the islamic world, the 1.5 billion muslims would be in a state of high anxiety over this. israel would be left with its own demographic challenges with no partners to assist in creating a framework for peace. the aspirations on the part of palestinians for their own national home have been undercut. the other aspect to what we see happening concerns the potential for something to go very awry. on august

calls to stop building new settlements in east jerusalem. prime minister benjamin netanyahu made that clear today in an interview on israeli television. >> sreenivasan: netanyahu's comments were broadcast shortly after u.s. mideast envoy george mitchell arrived in tel aviv. he's trying to restart peace talks between israel and the palestinians. a state department spokesman said mitchell would not have gone unless he thought there was hope of moving things forward. in iraq, a u.s. military jury acquitted a navy seal in the beating of an iraqi prisoner. petty officer first class julio huertas was accused of failing to stop another seal from assaulting the iraqi. the prisoner was the alleged organizer of a brutal attack on four american security guards in 2004. this was the 40th anniversary of earth day. events were held worldwide to raise awareness of the need to protect the environment. a major rally is also planned for sunday on the national mall in washington. its focus will be on urging congress to pass climate change legislation. on wall

also continue to call on all sides to avoid provocative actions, including israeli actions in east jerusalem and palestinian incitement that fuel suspicion rather than trust. as secretary of state clinton has said many times, "we believe that through good-faith negotiations, the parties can mutually agree to an outcome which ends the conflict and reconciles the palestinian goal of an independent and viable state based on the '67 lines, with agreed swaps, and israel's goal of a jewish state with secure and recognized borders that reflect subsequent developments and meet israel's security requirements." so it is time to begin those negotiations and to put an end to excuses. it is time for all leaders in the regionisraeli, palestinian, and arabto support efforts for peace. it is time for today's leader to demonstrate the courage and leadership of anwar sadat, king hussein, and yitzhak rabin. i want to conclude tonight by returning to some simple words that president obama spoke in oslothis is a "moment of challenge." and when it comes to the middle east, it is a moment of many challenges. it is

trying to restart peace talks which stalled 16 months ago over construction of settlements in east jerusalem is recovering from injuries after convoy was attacked. ten wounded after safety. the gunman escaped and former president clinton speaking in mexico city, called for more cooperation between the u.s. and mexico in fighting drug traffickers. a big rig in corpus christi, texas takes a big rig on a chase. the rig was impounded after the man was caught driving with a suspended license and police finally caught up with him and had to drag him out of the front seat. and on a happier note let's take a look at sports. >> let's talk a little sports, not happy if you're from las vegas. a shocker last night in the nba and a series many thought would be a wesweep, is going to game five. kevin durant and the thunder, hosting kobe bryant and the lakers. two of durant's 22. and boy has the scoring champ come along. kobe bryant 12 points on the night. not even close, 110-89 your final and suddenly very crucial game five tuesday night in los angeles. and it's a pitcher's worst fear, getting hit in the

east jerusalem is an area where half the jewish population of the capital city currently resides.prime minister has made clear this is an area that will be part of israel in any peace settlement considered. and just a few weeks, israel will celebrate its 62nd year as an independent nation. the united states was the first to stand and recognize israel on the day of their independence, and since that time we have remained close allies. let's not let this close relationship move apart. the president should stop giving the gold shoal shoulder to our friends -- cold shoulder to our friends in israel. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. costa: mr. speaker, april 24 marked the 95th anniversary of the armenian genocide. last saturday i participated with the armenian community in fresno to commemorate this horrific tragedy. i once again call upon this body to pass the armenian genocide reso

have reached agreement, they found a way to deal with the israeli settlement construction in east jerusalem. that is where my question goes to. the israelis agreed to spend -- >> i do not have anything new on that. i would simply point you to where we have been reset on that day. >> on national regulatory reform, should banks be allowed to, in effect, bets against the financial instruments they sell, they encourage their investors to buy? >> well, look, i will say this, i think that there are a host of provisions in these new rules. obviously they will have to be married up with what the house passes. it will change the way business and wall street works. the president put a tremendous amount of effort behind consumer finance protection agency. we talked about ensuring that the size of banks is limited. and a host of other tools and protections that we need for the american people. i do not want to get into the specifics of pending inquiries from an independent agency like goldman and the sec. >> will the rules grandfather some of these practices? existing contracts? >> i would have to look

jerusalem. benjamin netanyahu spoke and the u.s. envoy was arriving in the middle east. the prime minister said there will be no freeze and construction. palestinians hope that will be the capital of their state. the pakistani government announced a new energy-saving policy to combat power sources. blackouts have been lasting up to 16 hours a day. this includes turning off lights in government offices. armenia's coalition is freezing ratification of a landmark on normalizing relations with turkey. hostilities between them stem from the killing of thousands of armenians during the first world war. civil servants in greece are on strike. protesters gathered not far from where officials of the imf were discussing the details of the rescue package for greece. the leaders of the catholic church in england has issued an apology to the victims of child abuse by priests. the archbishop said the scandal brought deep shame on the church and the response of some leaders has been inadequate. this report from our religious affairs correspondent. >> it lies at the most powerful church

east. let's remind our president jerusalem is not a settlement, and israel is our friend! [applause] >> and the critical nucleolar concerns of our time would be north korea because they have nukes, and iran, because they want nukes. so yes we can kowtow to enemies, criticize allies, vacillate, bow, dither, yes we can, but somebody needs to tell the president that just because we can does not mean that we should. [applause] >> so now they're resizing that 2008 slogan for 2010 and having just rammed through a more than $2 trillion health care takeover, flying around the country now on this taxpayer-funded victory lap, proclaiming proudly yes, we did, well, you know, i wouldn't be so quick to slap that one on a butcher sticker, not just yet, because i think a lot of common sense conservatives can relay some slogans that the majority of americans like a lot better than that, like repeal and replace. and -- >> [applause] >> the bumper sticker, how that hope an change thing working for you now? or my favorite, don't retreat, reload, and that is not a call for violence. [applause

east. let's remind our president, jerusalem is not a settlement, and israel is our friend. [cheers and applause] and the critical nuclear concerns of our time is north korea because they have nukes and iran because they want nukes. so yes, we can, criticize allies, vacillate -- yes, we can, but somebody needs to tell the president just because we can does not mean that we should. [cheers and applause] now they are revising the 2008 slogan for 2010 and having ran through more than a $2 trillion health care take over, flying around the country now on the taxpayer funded victory lap, proudly saying yes, we did. well, you know, i would not be so quick to slap that on a bumper sticker, not just yet. a lot of common sense conservatives can relate the slogans that the majority of americans like a lot better than that. like repealed and replaced. [applause] and the bumper sticker -- how was that hopey cahngey thing is working out for you all now? but my favorite, do not retree, reload. and that is not a call for violence. [cheers and applause] that, of course, meaning, take an oppo

east. let's remind the president, jerusalem is not a settlement, and israel is our friend.th korea and iran want nukes. yes we can alienate allies and coddle our enemies. someone needs to tell our president that it just because we can, does not mean we should. [applause] so, now they are revising that slogan for 2010. they have done a $2 trillion health-care takeover. they are proclaiming loudly "yes we did." i would not be so proud to slap that on a bumper sticker, not just yet. i think conservatives can come up with slogans people will like better than that, like, "repeal and replace." and, "how is that hopey changey thing working out for you now?" and my favorite, "do not retreat, reload," and that is not a call for violence. [applause] [applause] that, of course, means take an opportunity to engage in that debate. it is not a call for violence. no one is calling for such a thing, and the media is so desperate to discredit the tea party movement that they will make that up, but no one is calling for violence. the obama policy will leave us more under the thumb of big gov

east and from iran for that country's presidential election. charles sennott, longtime foreign correspondent for the "boston globe," was bureau chief in both jerusalem and london and has more than 25 years of experience covering the world. he's now the executive editor of a new venture, an entirely web-based service devoted exclusively to global news. it's called global post. so welcome to you both. >> thanks. it's nice to see you, frank. >> all right, we know what nbc is, so let's let charles tell us: what is global post? >> well, global post is a new web site. it's free. it's called a destination site. so you can go to globalpost.com anytime and draw on the stories that our correspondents, 65 correspondents in 50 countries, are covering every day. we saw a tremendous opportunity in this sort of meltdown of traditional media that's happening right now. newspapers and networks are struggling, and one of the things they've been cutting is their international news. and we see opportunity there because we think, as was pointed out by some of the people who were interviewed in the introduction, everything is global. if we want to understand the collapse

east. let's remind the president, jerusalem is not a supplement, and israel is our friend. -- jerusalem is not a settlement, and israel is our friend. north korea and iran want nukes. yes we can alienate allies and coddle our enemies. someone needs to tell our president that it just because we can and does not mean we should. [applause] so, now they are revising that slogan for 2010. they have done a $two trillion health-care takeover. they are proclaiming loudly "yes we did." i would not be so proud to slap that on a bumper sticker, not just yet. i think conservatives can come up with programs people will like better than that like "repealed and replaced." and, how is that hopey changey thing working out for you now? and my favorite, do not retreat, reload, and that is not a call for violence. [applause] [applause] that, of course, means take an opportunity to engage in that debate. it is not a call for violence. no one is calling for such a thing, and the media is so desperate to discredit the tea party movement that they will make that up, but no one is calling for the obama -- no one i

east. let's remind our president, jerusalem is not a settlement, and israel is our friend.eers and applause] and the critical nuclear concerns of our time is north korea because they have nukes and iran because they want nukes. so yes, we can, criticize allies, vacillate -- yes, we can, but somebody needs to tell the president just because we can does not mean that we should. [cheers and applause] now they are revising the 2008 slogan for 2010 and having ran through more than a $2 trillion health care take over, flying around the country now on the taxpayer funded victory lap, proudly saying yes, we did. well, you know, i would not be so quick to slap that on a bumper sticker, not just yet. a lot of common sense conservatives can relate the slogans that the majority of americans like a lot better than that. like repealed and replaced. [applause] and the bumper sticker -- how was that hopey cahngey thing is working out for you all now? but my favorite, do not retree, reload. and that is not a call for violence. [cheers and applause] that, of course, meaning, take an opportun

ros-lehtinen: we should not be doubling down on a failed middle east policy by pressuring israel to make further concessions, including on jerusalem israel's undivided capital. holocaust survivor wazel wrote, quote, jerusalem is above politics. it be longs to the jewish people and it is much more than a city and it is what binds one jew to another in a way that remains hard to explain. today for the first time in history, jews, christians and muslims all may freely worship at their shrines and contrary to certain media reports, jews, christians and muslims are allowed to build their homes anywhere in the city. the anguish over jerusalem is not about real estate, but about memory, end quote. what is the solution, mr. speaker? well, certainly not more pressure on our friend and our trusted ally israel, while not holding others accountable for their actions. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from ohio rise? for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. thompson: permission to address the house for one minute and revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without

of middle east expert robert satloff, and was produced by macneil/lehrer productions, and narrated by robert macneil. here's a short clip from the beginning of the film. >> on a hill in jerusalem, a haunting memorial commemorates the thousands of jewish communities destroyed in the holocaust. the names of europe's lost ghettos are engraved in our memories. but the story of what happened to jewish communities in arab lands is largely forgotten. further up the hill a tree- shaded garden preserves the names of non-jews who risked their lives to save jewish lives. people like oskar schindler and raul wallenberg. they are known as the righteous among the nations. but for the writer and historian robert satloff, one nation is strangely absent. >> more than 20,000 non-jews here recognized for helping, saving jews during the holocaust. there's about 6 or so muslims. here's albanians. bosnians. there's a tree planted up on the hill in memory of the one turk. strangely though out of more than 20,000 names there's not a single arab. >> if arab schindlers ever existed, it might change how arabs view the holocaust and how arabs and jews view each other. this is the story of one man's quest

east. they are fundamentally threatened by iran. they are 12 minutes away from televisa for jerusalem and if iran gained nuclear capability there woulde an existential threat hanging over their head and i am astonished the that is so hard for people to understand. caller: good morning. mahmoud ahmadinejad never threatened israel or anyone. what he said was that israel is going to self-destruct, the way it is going. that is true, that is what the bible says. guest: that is a complete distortion of the threats that come out almost weekly from iran in some regard. israel has definitely been threatened. my great concern is that if this administration continues to be asleep at the wheel, is real well at some point have no other option than to try to defend itself. of course, if that happens, the obama administration willow an apology to the entire world, especially israel. iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism on the planet. they are almost -- they are this close to gaining the capability of producing nuclear weapons on a broader scale. having an industrial base to create them. if that does not cause concern, i am wondering when

regarding the middle east, we are stirred by comments of palestinian officials about reconstruction and refurbishing of jewish settlements in jerusalem remarks by the palestinian ministry of information denying jewish heritage and links to jerusalem undermine the trust and confidence needed for some stance of -- for a substantial progress. we condemn the glorification of terrorists who have murdered innocent civilians other by official statements are the dedication of public places. we will continue to hold palestinian leaders accountable for incitement. we have some visitors from russia for mass communication efforts. we have had them the sitting at the state department's underid 8 department's partnership program. -- usaid partnership program. we express our condolences to the russian government and to the russian people for a tremendous loss of a figure who worked for decades to help stabilize u.s.-russian relations. finally, you are aware of richard holbrooke having a medical procedure in new york today. the angiogram showed the best possible results of no significant obstruction. he has been in touch with secretary clinton and h

also continue to call on all sides to avoid provocative actions, including israeli actions in east jerusalem and palestinian incitement that fuel suspicion rather than trust. as secretary of state clinton has said many times, and i quote, we believe that through good-faith negotiations, the parties can mutually agree to an outcome which ends the conflict and reconciles the palestinian goal of an independent and viable state based on the '67 lines, with agreed swaps can and israel's goal of a jewish state with secure and recognized borders that reflect subsequent developments and meet israel's security requirements, unquote. so it is time to begin those initiations and to put an end to excuses. it is time for all leaders in the region, israeli, palestinian, and arab, to support efforts for peace. it is time for today's leaders to demonstrate the courage and leadership of and more sadat, king hussein, and yitzhak rabin. i want to conclude tonight by returning to some simple words that the president spoke in oslo. this is a moment of challenge. and when it comes to the middle east, it is a mome

also continue to call on all sides to avoid provocative actions, including israeli actions in east jerusalem and palestinian incitement of fuels suspicion rather than trust . as secretary clinton said, we believe we can support a separate state of israel's goal of a jewish state that meets israel's security requirements. it is time to begin those negotiations and to put an end to excuses. it is time for all leaders in the region to support efforts for peace. it is time for today's leaders to demonstrate the courage and leadership, so i want to conclude tonight by returning to some simple words the president spoke. this is a moment of challenge, and when it comes to the middle east, it is a moment of many challenges. it is the challenge of transitioning to full iraqi responsibility for of the future. in afghanistan, it is the challenge of threatening -- challenging -- it is the challenge of violent extremism. it is the challenge of forging a lasting peace between israelis and palestinians as part of a comprehensive peace in the region, and it is the challenge of realizing greater prosperity a