fareed zakaria has been drilling down on jobs. airing sunday night "restoring the american dream: getting back to work." fareed, let's begin with this patent reform. three years ago to get a patent and now it looks as though maybe we're getting that fixed. how does expediting a patent, the whole process, create jobs? obviously the white house also thinks it's a good bit of news. do you agree? >> well, i think -- i do agree. i think that the big problem for most small businesses, start-ups as you put it, some inventor with a mad idea, in the initial stages you don't make much money. in fact, you lose money. if it takes you three years to get the patent, very few sven are tur capital firms or angel invest arors will give you money to lose money for three years while you get your patent approved. so by the time you get your patent, you've gone out of business. so the idea here is to really make a quicker up-or-down decision. it doesn't mean you'll always get the patent but if it means you'll know sooner whether you'll get it. that wa

"fareed zakaria: gps" is next.ernational viewers. thanks very much. thinking about what had caused the attack, what had explained this monstrous evil. that's how 9/11 was discussed and analyzed at the time, mostly with a focus on them. >> and the people who took these buildings down will hear all of us soon. >> who are they? why are they so enraged? what do they want? what will stop them from hating us? >> but if 9/11 was focused at the time on them, ten years later the discussion is mostly about us -- what is america's position in the world today? are we safer? are we stronger? was it worth it? some of these questions are swirling around because the u.s. is mired in tough economic times and at such moments the mood is introspective, not outward looking. some of it is because of the success in the war against al qaeda, the threat from islamic terrorism still seems real but more manageable and contained. but history will probably record this period not as one characterized by al qaeda and islamic terrorism. >> again

i'm glad our colleague fareed zakaria can share some insights with us.e debate in washington and the debate out there in what i'll call the real world. here in washington you have the president's job package and the debate about that then you have the super committee which is dealing with deficit production but a lot of the jobs package could end up being rolled into that. listen to how the house speaker john boehner responds. two pieces of audio. first he says when you're looking for revenues be careful not to raise taxes. >> now, tax increases i think are off the table. and i don't think they're a viable option for the joint committee. it's a very simple equation. tax increases destroy jobs. and the joint committee is a jobs committee. >> now, he calls it a jobs committee there, fareed, but then he's further outlining his goals for the committee, and he says this. >> and when it comes to producing savings to reach the $1.5 trillion target, the joint select committee has really only one option -- spending cuts and entitlement reform. >> spending cuts an

you expect action and you deserve it right now. [ applause ] >> let's get some perspective from fareed zakariaed, the president's speech last night, too timid, too bold or just right? >> i think it was just right in terms of what he can conceivably get from this congress. the projects are clearly designed to be of appeal to the house of representatives. there's a lot of tax breaks, there's a lot of tax cuts. what he's talking about in terms of infrastructure is very targeted. i think i would have liked it to be more bold in one sense. a lot of what the president is talking about is stuff to jump-start the economy or to keep it going, to stop us from going into a double dip. that's all great. that's short-term stuff and it's really feeding the kind of consumption economy that we have by extending unemployment benefits, things like that. but these are temporary measures. we need a long-term investment program in the country that talks about the need to create investments that will really spur the jet strenext generatio growth. >> mark me down as skeptical, but maybe we'll get about discussing an

up next for our viewers in the united states, fareed zakaria, gps. we have a terrific show for you today, filled with some of the most interesting thinkers in their fields. first up, a new way to think of the role of women in the world with a terrific important pant. and then a first for gps i will have a robot as a guest. you want to meet my new friend data. next, a man who made me think differently about invasion, the world-renowned architect frank gary. he designs building like nothing you have seen before. how does he innovate and how do you capture the essence of a world leader? i will talk to the photographer platon. and think you can't sell chopsticks to china? think again. here's my stick. these are the dog days of summer and in this hot, sweltering weather, most americans are busy working. i know not you folks in the hamptons, but the others. meanwhile, most europeans are busy vacationing. it is getting worse. now days the average european gets three times as many days of paid vacation as his counterpart in america. italy has the most vacati

a good starting point for a conversation with cnn's fareed zakaria. to start with cameron and sarkozy, the president and prime minister there. listen to prime minister cameron. listen to what france and great britain will help do now. >> we must keep on with the nato mission until civilians are all protected and until this work is finished. we will help you to find gadhafi and to bring him to justice. and we also want to help you to take the dangerous weapons out of libya, whether that is surface-to-air missiles. today britain is committing itself to helping you with taking -- >> from the beginning here, what the nato mandate said on paper, finding gadhafi, getting rid of weapons, that's new ground, right? >> yes, it is new ground. you can see what's happening. the campaign is morphing inevitably into a kind of nation building, because prime minister cameron said protect civilians. make sure all civilians are protected. from whom? perhaps from various gangs, from some elements of al qaeda-type groups, some rogue operations. so we have to provide order

welcome to all our viewers in the united states and around the world, i'm fareed zakaria. it was u.n. week in new york, and we bumped into all sorts of world leaders. we have three on the show today. must-see conversations. we'll begin with turkey's prime minister. in making a break with israel, he's altering crucial alliances in the middle east and all over the world. he will explain his reasoning. >>> then, is the new russia a friend or a foe? sergei lavrov served the kremlin back when the ussr was our sworn enemy. he is now russia's foreign minister. >>> and later, the man who might save the euro. jose manuel barroso, the president of the european commission. he is faced with a tough task as the eurozone crisis worsens. all that, plus we'll tell you about political pirates and why they scored a surprising victory. >>> first, here's my take. this was u.n. week, and there was some drama over the issue of the palestinian bid for statehood. but the real action is taking place now as the world's finance ministers and leaders meet to talk about money. i think it's fair to say

i'm fareed zakaria. we have a terrific show for you today. first up, a man who wears two very important hats, jeffrey immelt is president obama's job czar. in his day job he's the ceo of general electric. why in the world is oil about to be drilled right off america's coast without any american involvement? next up, the palestinian territory's quest for statehood. a roundtable of top experts looks at all of this and more. finally, one last look at an area where america's top dog status has been reaffirmed. >>> before i give you my take, a programming note. don't miss the cnn special tonight, "restoring the american dream getting back to work." top american leaders join me to talk about how to fix the unemployment crisis. that's at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. >>> now my take. the european crisis you have been reading about in the newspapers is worth watching carefully. it has now morphed into something much bigger than a european crisis. it could batter the entire global economy which is pretty fragile anyway. you read a lot about greece. t

cnn's fareed zakaria talked about that very topic, not only is he the ceo and chairman of ge, but herman of president barack obama's counsel on jobs and competitiveness. listen. >> you're a republican, right? registered republican. what do you say to republicans where you now see the entire party, largely unified around the idea that the only thing that the government can really do to create jobs is to cut the budget, cut the deficit, slash spending, very little appetite for any kind of government policy let alone investment. is that the right balance? >> look, in my essence i make aircraft engines and gas turbans and sell them to customers around the world. i'm not really a politician. i don't really want to set public policy. but i believe in balance. does the debt deficit need to be reduced? absolutely. is government too big in many ways? absolutely. but does the country still need to invest in education? does the country still need to invest in infrastructure? does the country still need to invest in the types of innovation and r&d that will make this country competitive in the 2

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i'm fareed zakaria. if there's an idea of the heart of the american dream, it's surely a job. a family, a house, two cars to be sure. but at the center, a good job and rising wages. today that dream is at risk. we are in the midst of america's worst jobs crisis since the great depression. the official unemployment rate is 9.1%. but if you add the people who can only find part-time work or who stopped looking for a job altogether, the rate is over 16%. roughly 1 in 6 people in the labor force. president obama has put forward some proposals to tackle the problem. >> the american jobs act will repair and modernize at least 35,000 schools. it will put people to work right now. >> many of them will ease the pain of the unemployed temporarily. some will put people back to work. but they do not make for a complete solution. yet it's a start. as long as congress passes the bill. while the politicians bicker, many americans have no place to live. as many as 1 million people may have become homeless during the recent recession. with some living in tent cities like this one near st. pete

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cnn's fareed zakaria sat down with a man uniquely qualified to answer that question. president obama's counsel on jobs and competitiveness. his day job, ceo and chairman of general electric. >> what is it like working with president obama? >> he's a good listener. he's tough minded. you know, i tell my colleagues in the business community, it's not like your first shot-on goal is going to get through his pads, right? he is tough mooiinded and he's good listener. >> you know, a lot of people in the business community think he's anti-capitalist or he's too left wing to be president. you see him, you talk to him about capitalism, jobs, the economy all the time. >> look, i know he cares deeply about job creation. i know he cares deeply about the united states. do i agree with everything the president says or everything he stands for? probably not. in fact, definitely no. but at the same time, you know, he's my president and i believe when the president asks you to do something, you say yes. so that's the context with which i took the jobs council assignment. i like presid

this weekend, watch a special edition of fareed zakaria gps, sunday night 8:00 p.m. more than 46 million people in the united states now live in poverty it. that is the highest level it's been since 1993. you sit there and ask, whatpove? the government sets the poverty line for a family of 4 with an income of $22,300 a year. poppy harlow revisited a family living in poverty to see if life has improved for them. >> come outside, meet the people in the community where you live, meet the people in the communities where you work and meet the people in the communities where you represent. >> reporter: see the face of pofr itty. >> yes. >> reporter: we met ann valdez a year ago, living under the poverty line like millions of americans. we decided to come back a year later and see how ann's dog. >> my grandparents were one of the first tenants to live here, 1954 lnchts has the situation gotten better for you? >> no, it actually hasn't changed very much. right now i'm living on approximately $200 cash a month. 360 food stamps. i do not have a full-time job. on a daily basis

now back to fareed zakaria gps. >> obviously the united states and the world have seen great changesthe more than 5 million minutes that have passed since 9/11/01. now i want to look at the bigger picture at how the world has changed and to help me do that, three special guests, francis, one of the world's preeminent minds and rory stuart, a member of the british parliament who has served as a british governor of an iraqi province and familiarously walked across afghanistan in the winter of 2001 and wrote a book about it. ishadd mangi described as osama bin laden's worst nightmare, welcome. frank, a year after 9/11, i remember reading an essay by you whether or not history had started up again. to give people context. you're familiarous for having written an essay called the end of history, which you argued that the collapse of the soviet union meant the big contest of ideas that had animated the western words for hundreds of years was at an end and people were basically liberal democracy had won. in the essay a year after 9/11, you said history hasn't yet started up again. do you st

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our fareed zakaria asked donald rumsfeld that very question.to what he saw and felt inside the pentagon. >> what memories do you have now of that day when american airlines 77 crashed into the pentagon? what's the most vivid recollection? >> i was in the pentagon when it was hit. and we had the two planes hit the world trade center before that. minutes before. and the first plane hit, it was obviously an accident. and the second plane hit and obviously was not an accident. and then the pentagon shook and it was clear that america had been attacked. and i went down the hall and the smoke was so bad, i couldn't go any farther, and there out on the lawn, the apron around the pentagon were thousands of pieces of metal. little pieces, not like that plane stayed together. the plane just was pieces everywhere. and people coming out with burns, and people going in and helping them out. i ran into a lieutenant colonel who said to me he saw an airplane hit the pentagon. i had no idea if it was a bomb or what had happened. but it was a day we'll all remem

we'll get a live report from our reporters on the ground and we'll talk to fareed zakaria. >>> and seaworld going up against federal investigators who stay park willfully put its whale trainers at risk. remember one of the trainers was killed in front of a live audience. one show many people of course will never forget. we'll have the latest coming up. >>> the 360 follow tonight. a motorcyclist trapped under a burning car, total strangers risk their own lives to rescue him. we're hearing from the survivor. >> i wanted to thank all the heroes that put their lives on the line to save mine. >> and that more when "360" continues. to 12 hours. salonpas. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a little fender bender. oh, jerry, i'm so sorry. i would love to help but remember, you dropped us last month. yeah, you know it's funny. it only took 15 minutes to sign up for that new auto insurance company but it's taken a lot longer to hear back. is your car up a pole again? [ crying ] i miss you, jessica! jerry, are you crying? no, i just, i bit my

. >>> up next the stop stories and fareed zakaria on "gps" talks to members of the united nations generalhem. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ >>> time for a check of today's top stories. two american hikers released from an iranian prison last week are back in the u.s. josh fattal and shane bauer landed at jfk airport last hour after being freed wednesday. they were held for more than two years in iran on spy charges. the men are scheduled to appear at a news conference in new york later this afternoon and cnn will have live coverage of the event. >>> a mass grave believed to hold more than 1,200 victims from a 1996 massacre has been found in libya. the grave was discovered by libyan opposition fighters last month in tripoli. a member of libya's transitional government says it could take years to identify the victims. >>> 19 people were killed today including two americans when a small plane crashed in nepal. it was returning from a sight-seeing tour when they h

>> fareed zakaria came out with a great piece that said now the chinese will be responsible stakeholders. no. the chinese are going to become stakeholders to themselves globally and they'll change the nature of these institution and which ones matter. we won't like that. >> rose: zanny, you wanted to say? >> i think the chinese will... are maybe licking their lips but i think the real solution to this is still in europe and i want to... i hate to do this, but i think that angela merkel hadone a terrible job. i think she's done a terrible job of leadership, of explaining to the germans that the professor leg gasy of the greeks was the mirror image to the gain that germany got from this euro stem. no one in germany has leveled with the german people and has said actually that euro may not have turned out as we wanted but we have gained enormously and we have huge amounts to lose if it breaks up. and that's the kind of leadership we haven't seen from anyone in europe and it's up to the germans to provide that because in the end germany is the pay master of europe. germany can really decide

. >>> also today in an interview that will air on cnn's "fareed zakaria gps," the chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staff repeated his accusation that pakistan's intelligence agency, the isi, supports the haqqani network. >> it's been there for a long time. and unless the pakistani leadership takes action it will continue to be there and that support will continue to be there. i don't -- i don't try to make the case that this is a light switch you can throw on and off. there are elements, i think, of the isi, very active with haqqani. >> and libya tonight, the interim government's priority on the battlefield is moammar gadhafi's birthplace. the military surrounded the city of sirte where some 5,000 pro gadhafi fighters are holed up. cnn's phil black is right there outside sirte for us. phil, the big question, do the interim government troops, do they think they'll find gadhafi there? >> reporter: they don't think they're going to find gadhafi just in this location, john, but they think there's a very good chance that his son could be hiding here. they think there is a senior former

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the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff in an interview with cnn's fareed zakaria would not back awayom his contention that the isi is directly supporting a violent terrorist network. >> there are elements i think of the isi, very active with economy. >> admiral michael mullen, the president's senior policy advisor, publicly accused them as the close ally. >> the pakistan's internal services intelligence agency. >> reporter: several officials anonymously say that mullen went to far. he recognizes ties to the akani. >> is it an arm of the isi? yes or no? >> it's not language wang that i would use. >> pakistan whose been furious for days about mullen's accusations but they say an attack injured more than 70 u.s. troops. >> with isi support, akani operatives planned and conducted that attack as well as the assault on our embassy. we also have credible intelligence that they were behind the june 28th attack on the intercontinental attack in kabul. >> reporter: mullen seems to be under fire about his frankness about a close political ally that the u.s. still needs. >> we are quite candid a

i'm talking about fareed zakaria. next joining me live from new york. good to see you as always. talk about some tough numbers here. we have new unemployment claims topping 400,000 last week. the highest mark since june. with that in mind, obviously, an election coming up. we've got the president saying the government needs to step forward and lead. we have the flip side saying the government needs to get out of the way. why are voters being presented with these same old two choices? neither of which seems to be working. is there some solution out there that our leaders, our political parties are just incapable of grasping? >> well, you know, it is a superb question. really what we should be doing is looking at this as a kind of problem. a practical problem. what are the best solutions. and then worry about what does the ideology mean? which side of the box does that put you on? first just ask ourselves, what are the things we can do. to his great credit, the ceo of general electric trick and president obama's job czar is trying to do that. increase employment very easily. we've

the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, admiral mike mullen in an interview with our own fareed zakariated claims that he believes that pakistan spy surface is in cahoots with a terrorist group in launching attacks on military forces, american forces in afghanistan. here's how he put it, fran. >> do you believe you're overstating the link between the pakistanis and the network? >> the intent is to focus on this like a laser. it's been there for a long time. unless the pakistani leadership takes action, it will continue to be there and that support will continue to be there. i don't try to make the case that this is a light switch that you can throw on and off. there are elements i think of the isi that are very active. >> so off the record behind the scenes, i speak with military, white house officials who say pakistan is a big, big problem especially the spy agency in working with him. why do we suppose that mullen has been outspoken about this? we know he's leaving his position. is this a good idea? is he actually saying publicly what many people are feeling privately? >> i think admi