hamas will be pushed to egypt. you know -- maybe this is wishful thinking, but i was thinking, you know, israel needs to improve its image, you know, internationally and maybe they will go ahead and, you know, offer something when it comes to a palestinian state. so that can maybe do something to the image of israel. when it comes to fatah, the question what will he be offered this week during his visit? if he's offered nothing, it's the end as the leader. like he has nothing to offer. and bear in mind fatah was the party that promised its people for a palestinian state. it wasn't hamas. hamas never promised its people that i will get you that palestinian state in negotiations. hamas has always been critical of negotiations. they always say negotiations for the sake of negotiations and that is fatah. and that's the mindset of hamas. and hamas promised people all the time, it's this sentence that we will never surrender. and that's the only thing they promised their people. but they never promised them for a palesti

actually it's not egypt here. they have been working very hard to enforce the border that they have here and help to enforce the embargo. but it's basically iran. iran has been exporting terror not only here by the way, butless up here, to hezbollah, to nasrallah in lebanon through their agent, syria, but that is why the blockade exists. it's not just because israel wants conflict. quite the opposite. it's to try to prevent a centrally -- essential i a war going on here with more and more rockets and armaments coming onshore. so, when this embargo is enforced, it's not only protecting the people of israel, it's protecting the united states because this is a way that iran wants to set up essentially what is an agent of their own in the middle east. that's what they want. so the boat unfortunately was -- when the israelis boarded the boat they were set upon. the sailors were beaten. they were stabbed and shot as i said. and when the dust settles, we had an opportunity, as all the world did, to see what was on that b

the continuation of the blockade by israel and by egypt does nothing to weekend all of hamas on thatterritory. in fact, revenue from smuggling funds, spurred the latest episode cost innocent lives, on the minds -- undermines coexistence. it isolates israel and the international community. -- in the international community. proximity talks are only worth having as a short prayer led to substantial negotiations. they have gone on too long without getting to the big issues. the lack of clarity about the position of british nationals is completely unacceptable. we're talking about 37 people, not 37,000 people. they have a right to support. if it is being denied, we should be denouncing it and not giving in. second, the legality. of the legality i spoke to the turkish prime minister in new york last night and it is clear that the turkish government intends to pursue this question. was the action is illegal? was this discussed and why not? the foreign secretary wanted to know whether more had been done to minimize the risks or reduce the number of deaths during their raid on the flotilla.

clerics from saudi arabia and egypt have come out against al qaeda's ideology. the organization -- al qaeda's ideology. the organization as individuals involved of the talk about this on things like blogs. i notice a difference in the statements after fort hood and then after the december 25 attempt. they were different statements. the guy is trying to figure out -- he doesn't have a problem justifying fort hood, military target. and there's a lot of shucking and jiving after the december 25 attack. it would have been a better idea if it had been a military target. no kidding, chief. this ideology is killing itself. the most recent example to my mind is an organization that slowly establishes some version of safe haven that takes the brilliant step of doing the same thing again. killing so many pakistanis that the pakistan the parliament has now said that they better go after these boys. you have the most sustained operations in the tribal areas and outside the tribal areas that we've had since 9/11. i think many people in these countries still believe some of t

egypt, jordan, in nations like that for composite with israel and sold all their brothers.st: think the caller is echoing a narrative that hamas has put out there itself. the negotiations between israel and palestinian authority have allowed israelis to appropriate palestinian land and build setup -- settlements. the only thing left for them to do is to engage in violent and armed resistance. that is certainly one of view. i think the israelis have a very legitimate security concerns when it comes to hamas. i direct the college to go and read the hamas charter which is dedicated to the construction of israel. this is obviously an issue of the highest priority for the israeli people. they are confronted with a group of people dedicated to their construction. and there are not sincere the interest-rate it reached interested in leveraging all of the palestinians. there have been numerous errors made in negotiations. . ♪ ♪ >> how would you rate the performance of british petroleum to date? >> if you look at the blow out itself, that is unacceptable, just unacceptable in the ope

officials in egypt today declared israel's blockade of gaza a failure.an egyptian security official said his country will keep its border with the palestinian territory open indefinitely. meanwhile, the israeli navy shot and killed four palestinian divers off the coast of gaza today. they were believed to be planning a terror attack on israel. the militant group al-aqsa martyrs' brigades said the men were members of its marine unit training for a mission. chrysler recalled some 600,000 minivans and jeep wranglers in the u.s. and 100,000 abroad. the vehicles have brake and wiring problems that could lead to partial brake loss and fire, the national highway traffic safety administration said. the recalled wranglers were built from may 2006 through august 2009. the minivans were assembled between february and september 2007. chrysler said neither problem has caused any crashes or injuries. one of the most prominent members of the white house press corps, journalist helen thomas, retired today in the wake of widely publicized comments she made about israel.

today egypt opened at least one check point that had been blocked off and a spokesman for israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said israel would consider ways to ease rather than end the blockade. another ship now off the coast of italy is heading toward gaza and presumably another off-shore confrontation later this week. late today, president obama spoke to turkish prime minister in a phone call. a white house statement said mr. obama expressed condolences for the loss of lives and he promised support for a credible investigation of the israeli raid. >> lehrer: now the other news of the day. here is hari sreenivasan in our news room. >> sreenivasan: al qaeda acknowledged today its number three leader has been killed. the group announced the death of mustaf a al yazid along with his wife and other relatives. it gave no details. u.s. and pakistani officials said it happened in north waziristan along the afghan- pakistani border. they said he was killed by a u.s. missile attack last month. iraq has moved one step closer today to a possible end of its election impasse. the country's s

exactly one year ago, in cairo, egypt, president obama addressed the arab and muslim world in a landmark speech that in elegant and heartfelt terms captured the importance of our discussion today. i would like to quote just a bit of that speech. "america hoods in her the truth that regardless of race or religion or station in life, all of us share common aspirations education and work with dignity, to love oor family, our communities, and our god. but so long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace and promote conflict rather than cooperation that can help all of our people a chief justice and prosperity. this cycle of suspicion in this court must end." president obama may have been addressing one region of the world, but his words were as much as a guide for diapers committees today as they were for drivers commit -- diverse communities today as they were for diverse communities around the globe. those who sow hatred rather than peace must not prevail. allow it to happen. -- we cannot and will not allow it to happen. [app

the arab world, they have not had the same experience with religious government whether it is iraq, egypt, or elsewhere. i think this is something that is going to have to run its course. a lot of these parties as we are seeing in turkey, as they evolve towards a more democratic system, i think we will see the increasing influence of islamist parties. host: our guest testified before the senate foreign relations committee. he is a lecturer at a numbee of leading universities including princeton, stanford, and harvard. he graduated from the university of michigan and johns hopkins. a quick question from a viewer wondering if most of the people in iran is under the age of 25. guest: two-thirds are under the age of 32. on the 70% of the population was born after the 1979 revolution. we have no remembrance for enmity towards the shah government. there is no loyalty to a theocracy that has not been able to deliver to them the economic dignity and social and political freedoms. host: miles from georgia. go ahead. caller: the only way iran can keep itself from being invaded is to get the ball. t

. >> egypt has apparently opened one of the entrances to gaza in response to this to allow more traffic in and out. the united states think that is a good idea? >> and let me check on that. we do have concerns about the humanitarian situation in gaza. >> rachel corrie s-chip is scheduled -- the ship rachel corrie is scheduled to ride in gaza tomorrow. the israelis are planning to inspected. >> let me get some information on the extent of that. i will find that answer route. >> [unintelligible] there is a dialogue started tomorrow with hillary clinton. i understand prison [unintelligible] obama -- if the u.s. is supporting india in the security council? >> i do not know what the remarks are for thursday. >> i understand the state department said that many nations have offered help for the oil spill. i understand the americans are frustrated. there's so many scientists there. are you taking any international help? >> admiral allen said in the past that we have several countries who have offered and we have taken their help, some on booms, some additional skimmers, and throughout this proc

egypt has opened its entryways into the gaza strip for people to go from egypt into gaza and bring aid to their as well. "the new york times" editorial this morning, "mr. obama needs to state clearly that the israeli attack was unacceptable. the united states needs to join the security council in urging israel to permanently lift the blockade, lessening the suffering of the people and give the united states more credibility to negotiate a peace deal." more in the conflict this morning from "the new york times," id points to different video on the web sites. differing accounts. "and videos carry on the fight to shape opinion, showing that israel has lack of clear context." san diego, republican line. should the president be showing more motion regarding the gulf oil spill? caller: in my opinion he has not shown much emotion. i think that if he had acted quicker this would not have been such a big story if he had gotten the military involved. first of all, it is the coast right there. doing what he is doing with his call to action with the oil, energy, and all of that, they are getting m

, and w egypt as you know or you don' know, iwil tell you, that egyptian articulated a document in the beginning of last october nd theshowed this document to hamas. hamas and principles said yes, we will accept it. after that thesend it to me. and they told me take it or ave it, cause we don want to opethis document. if you want to sign it, send it to us by te 14th of october. i said okay. i sent somebody from our side on the 14th spe of all the pressures on us not to sign from here and there. i will not mention anydy, but there was pressure on us not to sign. but, we believ that the unity of the palestinian people is over anything else. i sent my colleague to cairo at 12:00 in the morning over at the 15th. when he signed the document, hamas said we have our rervations. we don't wanto sign. bay rays three, for reservations and we told them, even the egyptians told them tat we cannot opethe document because if we op that we will en it for everybody,or all rervions and it means it will be open forever. we think we areat pushing hmas to come sign it. afr that i think we can go directly t

it did not say anything about that in egypt. we know that that is just talk. also, when some people said there was a lot of improvement in the economy, do you know who controls everything in libya? it is qaddafi himself, his wife, his children. these are the big companies. they own everything. we don't. i lived in america. i am an american citizen. i know, i am not on the field. but we still have family and friends there. there is no real change. thank you. >> i will take the last few questions since we are out of time. i do not know if there are any more. >> actually, mine will just be an observation, picking up on what ms. will board -- and this wellborn -- ms. wellborn said. i arrived in 1969. i was three years in the country and i never met a single libyan woman, not one, that did not go out of the home. when i went back to libya, one change that i noticed which was clearly a change for the better, was the presence of women in government offices, businesses. i spoke twice before public groups, once at the university and once at the green book center. when

guest: it is a worldwide organization that was founded in egypt in the late 1920's. interestingly, it was founded very much in reaction to the program to suppress islam from society in turkey. the idea was that the problem in the muslim world was not enough is onlam. now it is a worldwide organization. host: you wrote about the religion of peace fantasy. what is your assessment? guest: i do not think it is really a religion. it is a comprehensive social, economic, political, and legal movement that has spiritual elements. it's really an ideology that aspires, not only to dominate the world, but also to govern the details of daily life down to a very granular level. host: our guest is andrew mccarthy until about 10:00 a.m. eastern. we will take your tweets as well. the subtitle of the book, "how islam and the left sabotage america." how do you see the left in the u.s. aligning with islam? guest: i am talking about islamists, which is not the entire muslim world. when i'm speaking about the left, i'm speaking about the hard left. it's not really a hypothesis that they

this year's cohort is adverse group representing algeria, egypt, israel, jordan, kuwait, lebanon, libyaoman, syria, the bishop, the west bank and yemen. in the region, george mitchell spent the day with the u.s. delegation with the palestine investment conference in part of our effort to support the economic reform and institution to efforts. during the course of the day, he had the opportunity to talk with president obama about the pick and they are attending dinner as we speak. he will have other meetings this week with both palestinian and israeli officials although some of that schedule is being worked out. today in the dominican republic, the d r is hosting the world summit for the future of haiti, solidarity beyond the crisis. this is the first time donors have met since march 31 when the donors conference in new york pledged more than $5 billion to haiti over two years for the nation's most immediate rebuilding needs. senior officials from the department of state and usa are part of this delegation that includes secretary clinton, the deputy secretary and christopher millikan fro

clerics from saudi arabia and egypt have come out against al qaeda's at lg. the organization -- al qaeda's ideology. the organization as individuals involved of the talk about this on things like blocks. i notice a difference in the statements after fort hood and then after the december 25 attempt. they were different statements. he does not have a problem justified for hood. and there's a lot of shucking and jiving after the december 25 attack. this ideology is killing itself. the most recent example to my mind is an organization that slowly establishes some version that takes the brilliant step of doing the same thing again. they killed so many pakistan is that the pakistan the parliament has now said that they better go after these boys. you have the most sustained operations in the tribal areas and outside the tribal areas since we have had since 911. -- a sense 9/11. -- since 9/11. the headings overseas and body parts in bali, these are not winning propositions. i can tell you, going back to when we first sat at those tables that i went back to in januar

then it works its way down all the way to turkey, 9%, just below egypt, 15%, and argentina, 16%. toledo, ohio, on our line for independents. welcome. caller: i notice that that can be with the late 1960's. i was living in germany for about three years, and some of the things that were going on in the united states -- the french, the germans, and the u.k. residents seem to have a greater knowledge of what was happening in our country than our own military. i know that today, that has changed with all of the new media that we have, but do you find that perhaps some of the negativity that comes from our own political infighting has any type of influence on how people around the world think about our country? in particular, i'm thinking about things like what congressman joe wilson said to the president during his state of the union address and things like that. host: richard wike of the pew global attitudes project. >> that is not something we're necessarily look at in our survey, divisive politics in the u.s. and how that might affect our image. it is interesting how much people ar

i will be talking to my european counterparts as well as egypt and israel and the palestinian authorityit seems to me that we should be able to take what has been a tragedy and turned it into an opportunity to create a situation where lives in gaza are directly improved. let me make this final point. in the long run, the only real way to solve this problem is to make sure that we have a palestinian state side-by-side with an israel that is secure. and we are going to be dealing with these short-term problems but we also have to keep our eye on the horizon and recognize the long-term issue has to be focused on. the immediate problems in front of us have to do with the fact that we have not solved the more brought problem. thank you very much. >> and a few moments, it briefing on the oil spill. in a little less than 30 minutes come out more about the safety of offshore oil drilling from energy secretary can salazar testifying before the energy committee. ben bernanke is question about the economy by the house budget committee. on "washington journal" tomorrow morning, more on the gulf of

today, we meet that objective when we understand that the world's democratic movements in nations from egyptto iran have a legitimacy that ought to be recognized, not restraint, by their governments. we meet that objective when we support those movements publicly. we meet that objective when we recognize that our strgest alliances are those built not merely on our interests but on at the foundation of common values, such as our friendship with the democratic state of israel, such as our friendship with our european allies, such as our friendship with our asian allies in australia and others, who join with us in the common values, to present them to the world and to pursue them as international policy. a bond of generations that no momentary disagreement can undo. most importantly, we promote democracy when we live our democratic values here at home. torture is not a democratic value. extraordinary rendition is not a democratic value. overriding the rule of law in our criminal justice system, under president bush and obama, has convicted and incarcerated 300 terrorists since 9/11. without inc

as they attempted to board a flight to egypt on their way to somalia.ll, that's a good combination. and they were planning on joining a terrorist operation. we've got to get this right. our vast and open transportation system which is american in its nature are part of everybody's lives and in towns and small economies and they connect our cities to a wider world. it's what makes our transportation such a powerful tool for terrorists. we open ourselves to that nature and pay a price for it. it's not even really that hard, but it's going to have to be. and they are constantly looking for new ways to make a taxt to do things. they are single operators. they can be less sophisticated. they can do it before -- because they are mad at america and they are americans sometimes. wherever people are having trouble economically or in this country and people get mad and frustrated they want a way out and something to belong to so they can say it gives them identity and unfortunately terrorism is one of the ways in which they can do that and feel like they are stro

had we persuade the americans to do with they did in somalia and get out of saudi arabia, jordan, egypt, algeria, so that these local corrupt regimes are more susceptible to revolution? what better way than to attack the pillars of american power. we look back at a day of mourning, loss, and pictures in "the new york times," but i have to look at this and say this is a strategic attack by an organization that thought we would cut and run. the intervening years after the initial years of paramilitary operations and chasing al qaeda and watching them move to the affiliate's, we saw a lot of ups and downs. we saw the capture of a lot of individuals like khalid sheik. he was an iceberg for the organization. when that iceberg melted, i think many in the organization thought the loss someone they could never replace. person, after person, after person who are involved in plotting against the united states. i think, once again, and i want to return repeatedly to this conversation to the theme of how we perceive the target and how they perceive themselves, i think we make a mistake when we focu

in a short period of time, she went from climbing the great pyramid in egypt to being in a wheelchair and bed-bound. she was constantly in pain with chronic fatigue and voluntary movements of her arms, hhands, neck, mouth, face and eyes. in 2008, she had deep brain sthration surgery which provided some relief but she had another battle to fight, her ability to swallow and eat were impaated to the point that she was oo her death bed people thought. through her personal strength and resolve, she pulled through and she survived. today, she has a feeding tube and braces on her legs, bbt she is as resilient and determined as ever. she came to see me here in d.c. in my congressional office lobbying all of the members of congress to be more knowledgeable about her disease. it's a ilent brutal disease, tuu of war of muscles that forces people to live in constant severr pain and exhausted. bbt not her. much oo the time her body struggles are internal hiding from an outside observer that phe struggles with the disease % encompasses each and every movement. those with this disease say that the d

in egypt, the vice president met with president mubarak and other senior a egyptian officials to discuss sudan policy. and canyon, -- in kenya, he met with the leader in many key ministers. in south africa, i accompanied the vice-president to his extendeddmeeting with former south african president mbeki, the point person on sudan policy today. the vice president's trip was just the most recent example of high-level engagement by this administration in africa. the president's trip to ghana by president to the continent,_ africa's importance to the president and also to the united states. and last september at united nations general assembly, the 26 african heads of state. over the past year, the president has met in the oval office, most recently less than 2.5 weeks ago, a president surly johnson -- president surleigh johnson. and during the nuclear summit in april of this year, the president had bilateral meetings with the south african president j. kept summa -- jacob tsuma. all the presideet's senior farm policy advisers have followed his lead by traveling to the continent. the u.s. d

and she refused and if she did not want to deal with the israelis, they said to go to a report in egypt and they would take care of it. the egyptians, she refused, and they decided to run the blockade. we all know what happened. they asked the woman, people lost their lives -- the broadcaster of bbc asked her, don't you feel bad about this? she said, nope. host: charles, let us go back to the "usa today" piece. he regretted the loss of life but said the soldiers have "defend themselves." little river, south carolina. what do you want to address? caller: this is real thing -- israel thing. if israel does it, it is terrible, the world ever appeared it is the media after israel. correa, the shank -- sink a ship. everybody is not up in arms over the world. we have to have a commission to see if we can have sanctions. and everybody has to steady it. the u.n., they have to study it. but here, the jump right out on israel. unbelievable. muslims are bad for the world, they want to take over and nobody wants to understand that. host: why do i say that? caller: why do i say that. here is an examp

i think that he was heartened by that experience like al-zawahiri was in egypt, and so it forces himto look for other means and after that it is a very typical path of radicalization of all the same concerns and want to ever see a person of the fellow muslims and attempt to do so through nonviolent means. and after those hae failed they were more willing to turn to th militancy but that was facilitated in yemen but we don't think that there is any one key trigger. we fd him in the last two or three years where he is becoming more and more popular on the internet, he has a wide audience and on his facebook page up unti november, late november or something the majority of the comments are from the yen in the people who are just passing along his talks on spiritual e and this point and that point whatever may have been it is a political discussion there isn't much talk in attacking the u.s. or jih and that nature. it's about is simply his ability as an order and compelling speaker and that still accounts for 90% of his popularity even today. s tapes are -- peace cds and cordings are bei

quartet and representatives have worked with israel as well as consulting the palestinian authority, egypt, and other concerned parties to affect a fundamental change in policy in gaza. the new policy just announced by the government of israel is a welcome development. the quartet will continue to work with israel, the palestine authority, and other concerned parties to ensure these arrangements are implemented as quickly as possible. at the same time, the quartet recognizes that israel has legitimate security concerns that must continue to be safeguarded and police efforts to maintain security will enable the movement and access for the palestinian people and goods are critical. >> i do not understand something. he said the situation in gaza is unsustainable and unacceptable and not in the interest of anybody. does that mean that even with the announcement made by the israeli government yesterday, it is still unacceptable to you? >> the current situation as of this moment is of concern to the united states, to the quartet's. the policy that israel announced yesterday is a welcome step, an

part of the reason she did it was that over the past year or two from iran to moldova to egypt and vietnam, she was watching activists take their advocacy for human rights and democracy and civic empowerment from traditional grounds and taken into cyberspace. if cyberspace is merely an extension of the traditional society and not a strange place where bad things happen to good people, it means that our policies that govern how we protect and engaged and empower the traditional set of stakeholders and it -- in the traditional run should be extended into cyberspace. that was a bold move. that had a tremendous impact in terms of allocating that is cheaper when the secretary of state delivers a major policy address, that means that is on the table. conversations about internet freedom with a variety of stakeholders which have taken place before are taking place. there is no way to hide the fact that he elevated the issue and did so very comfortably in an effective manner. before you can have a conversation lead to the kind of 60 miles per hour out comes, the conversations have to take place in

they told her to go to a port in egypt. the egyptians would take care of it. the egyptian she refuse said they decided to run the blockade. we all know what happened. people lost their lives. the astor if she felt bad, and she said no. host: banks for the call. -- thanks for the call. he regretted the loss of life but said the soldiers have "defend themselves." little river, south carolina. what do you want to address? caller: this is real thing -- israel thing. if israel does it, it is terrible, the world ever appeared it is the media after rael. correa, the shank -- sink a ship. everybody is not up in arms over the world. we have to have a commission to see if we can have sanctions. and everybody has to steadyt. the u.n., they have to study it. but here, the jump right out on israel. unbelievable. muslims are bad for the world, they want to take over and nobody wants to understand that. host: y do i say that? caller: why do i sayhat. here is an example, in israel, they are just trying to be safe, keep their people from being killed. so, what are they doing?

this year's cohort is a diverse group representing algeria, bahrain, egypt, israel, and jordan, kuwait, lebanon, libya, morocco, oman, syria, tunisia, the west bank, and gaza, and yemen. george mitchell to set a date with the u.s. delegation in the palestinian investment conference, part of our effort to support their economic reforms and institution building efforts. during the course of the day, he had the opportunity to talk with president abbas about the pic, and i think they are attending dinner as we speak. he will have other meetings this peek with both palestinian and israeli officials. so the schedule is still being worked out. today in the dominican republic , they are hosting the world summit for the future of haiti -- solidarity be on the crisis. this is the first time that the owners have met since march 31 when the donors conference in new york pledged more than $5 billion to haiti over two years for the nation's most immediate rebuilding needs. senior officials from the department of state and usaid are part of this delegation that includes cheryl mills, counselor to sec

legitimate because both weapons and raw materials are smuggled into gaza through tunnels ffom the sinai and egyptthousands of rockets and mortars have been fired from gaza into &&rael over the last decade. just last week israel has shown signs of compromise, announcing its intentions to ease the blockade, allow more civilian &-ods and humanitarian aid to enter the palestinian territory by land, including construction materials for civilian projects. it is important to note that hamas has made no such compromises and continues to maintain its vehement and violent stance gainst israel's existenc hamas also continues to endanger gazaivilian population by using hospitals, schools, mosques and residential neighborhoods as command and operation centers or as weapons storage facilities. while hamas claims to be the popular representatives of the palestians in gaza, their actions show that they hardly care for the plight of the averagg gazan as their deprive their own people of democracy, civil rights and freedom. the best way to ameliorate that and to fix the broader current crisis and to prevention fut

that two men were arrested at jfk international airport before they could board separate flights to egyptnd continue on this about. officials familiar with the details spoke on condition of anonymity. also, looking at the "miami herald." looking at the news from there. bp bosses on likely to face jail. well they can expect heavy fines from the oil spill, past catastrophes show that company officials rarely face criminal charges. they are following that story very closely as it relates to florida's shores. they have a photograph -- beach patrol workers bag tar balls a long casino beach in the florida panhandle. we will speak with a gentleman from the audubon society later in the program. what motivvtes you to vote in primaries or what does not motivate you? let's go to huntington beach, california, ron, independent line. caller: good morning. it is a very early over here. i am testing for a case of insomnia, and i am glad i did. i would like to very much time into this conversation. basically, i believe, and i think the history of the united states supports it, that the primaries are the m

in west africa and brazil roux egypt, to name three. as well as the u.k. and north sea. >> you would focus on those areas if this moratorium continues? >> we -- we are focused today on the relief wells. >> i understand that. >> and youeo you should be. you better be. >> i haven't -- i haven't thought frank my beyond dealing with the relief wells in terms of their activity in the gulf of mexico. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you. >> mr. hayward, line of questioning throughout the day, you referred to the blowout preventer. mr. gonzalez, when he asked questions and mr. barton asked questions on there. back on june 4th, you wrote an editorial to the wall street journal. you stated, we in the industry have long had great confidence in the blowout preventer as the ultimate fail safe piece of safety equipment yet on this occasion it failed with disastrous consequences. do you believe the the blowout preventer should be considered the ultimate fail safe? >> i believe so. either that or some similar mechanism. >> i'm surprised by your comments because the c

we need less tension in this relationship with china, with egypt, in negotiations with iran and with other countries. is that we can talk to these guys, but not these guys -- not civil society, not opposition leaders. we have accepted that. it will be difficult for us to increase our capacity to know when regimes are more fragile than we expect. but as a general principle, we should stand from online that is important -- that it is important to engage with civil society, not just the government -- to have a robust public engagement for a variety of reasons. >> i think that iran is particularly problematic, in terms of trying to form any sort of policy. it is not necessarily, aside from the fact that the u.s. gets it wrong -- also, it is a measure of how to run has been constructed as a state. it is extremely complex. the problem has always been, over the last 30 years, that the united states has never really understood the situation. even if you examine the reagan. or the clinton. -- even if you examine the reagan period or the clinton period, it is difficult to understand who has po

exactly one year ago in cairo egypt, president barack obama addressed the arab and muslim world in aandmark speech that in heartfelt terms captured the importance of our discussion today. he said scott -- he said, "america holds within her the truth that regardless of race, religion, or station in life, all of us share a common aspiration to live in peace and security, to get an education and work with dignity, to love our families, our communities, and our god. so long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, and in gender conflict rather than cooperation. this is a cycle of suspicion and discord must end." president barack obama may have been addressing another region of the world, but his words are as much as a guide for american 's diverse communities today as they were for communities around the globe last year. the special relationships between arabs and americans and non-arab americans should not be defined by differences. as everyone here knows, we cannot and we will not allow that to happen. [applause] since b

today, we meet that objective when we understand that the world's democratic movements in nations from egyptto iran, have a legitimacy that ought to be recognized, not restrain, by their governments. we meet that objective when we support those movements publicly. we meet that objective when we recognize that our strongest alliances are those build not merely on our interests but on a foundation of common values. such is our friendship with the democratic state of israel. such is our friendship with our european allies. such is our friendship with our asian allies and australian and others who join with us in common values to present them to the world and to pursue them as international policy. a bond of generations that no momentary disagreement can undo, and most importantly, we promote democracy when we live our democratic values here at home. torture is not a democratic value. extraordinary rendition is not a democratic value. overwriting the rule of law when our criminal justice system under president bush and obama has convicted and incarcerated 300 terrorists since 9/11 without incide

exactly one year ago in cairo egypt, president barack obama addressed the arab and muslim world in a landmark speech that in heartfelt terms captured the importancefur discussion today. he said scott -- he said, "america holds within her the truth that regardless of race, religion, or station in life, all of us share a common aspition to live in peace and security, to get an education and work with dignity, to love our families, our communities, and our god. so long as our relationship is defined b our differences, we will empower those who sow hatr rather than peace, and in gender conflict rather than cooperation. this is a cycle of suspicion and discord must end." prident barack obama may have been addressing another region of the world, but his words are as much as a guide for american 's diverse communities toda as they were for communities around the globe last year. the special relationships between arabs and americansnd non-arab americans should not be defined by differences. as everyone here knows, we cannot and we will not allow that to happen. [applause] since becoming atto

guest: it is a worldwide organization tha was founded in egypt in the late 1920's. interestingly, it was founded very much in reaction to the program to suppress islam from society in turkey. the idea was that the problem in the muslim world was not enough is onlam. now it is a worldwide organization. host: you wrote about the religion of peace fantasy. what is your assessment? guest: i do not think it is really a religion. it is a comprehensive social, economic, political, and legal movement that has spiritual elements. it's really an ideology that aspires, not only to dominate the world, but also to govern the details of daily life down to a very granular level. host: our guest is andrew mccarthy until about 10:00 a.m. eastern. we will take your tweets as we. the subtitle of the book, "how islam and the ft sabotage america." how do you see the left in the u.s. aligning with islam? guest: i am talking about islamists, which is not the entire muslim world. when i'm speaking about the left, i'm speaking about the hard left. it's not really a hypothesis that they may