i'm fareed zakaria. we have a driving show for you today. our main event, henry kissinger. we'll talk about the middle east, iran, russia, china, all the current hot spots, all places he knows well. is that the drums of war we hear? certainly from some corners. how does the iran-israel showdown end? i've got a great panel. i'll also bring you an amazing story. free and fair electrics in china. i'll explain. first, here's my take. president obama has been trying to cool down the war fever that suddenly gripped washington earlier this month. prime minister benjamin netanyahu's visit and the flurry of statemen surrounding it have created a dangerous dynamic. it is easy to see how things move toward war. it is difficult to see how they don't. the pressure is building on iran, but there are no serious discussions of negotiated solutions. israel has already discounted the proposed new talks. republican candidates will denounce any deal no matter how presencive the inspections. either iran suddenly and completely surrenders or israel will strike. and bebe netanyahu knows that the

zakaria gps. fareedident karzai says he's at the end of his rope. i'm sure a lot of people in this country would say for years they've been at the end of their rope. you look at this is a horrible tragedy but would we be in this position if there weren't so much corruption in the karzai government, inertia in the afghan government. and the question are the afghan troops ready to take on the security challenge. is this relationship done? >> this relationship has always been very tough. and i share the frustration that a lot of people have. i've always felt that we needed a much smaller mission in afghanistan. it was focused on killing bad guys rather than trying to nation build in afghanistan. but in this particular case, let's be clear. we are at fault in the sense that this was a terrible tragedy done by an individual soldier. but let's hope that president karzai is just kind of exaggerating to get attention. but we should be cooperating. and we should be trying to provide whatever assistance we can. >>

host of fareed zakaria gps.t with the prime minister of great britain by his side said despite the recent violence and horrors in afghanistan he sees no reason to accelerate the timetable to withdraw u.s. troops. do you think that's the final answer? >> i believe that's the final answer. this will blow over. particularly this last event. the karan burning was seen as a kind of u.s. policy decision which in fact provoked much greater reaction among afghans. this one is seen as a one off. this was clearly not a case where any senior commander was ordering this to happen. this was an unfortunately a single very troubled individual. i also think that it would send a sign of weakness. so it's very unlikely that under this kind of pressure they would accelerate the withdrawal. >> let's shift our focus to iran. another big subject between these two leaders. president obama making clear that he wants iran to come back to the table, but also making clear that iran better come back to negotiate, not to stall this time. le

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i'm fareed zakaria. america's system of bringing us into this world, helping us stay alive, and supporting us as we die is at a major across roadside. president obama signed the most comprehensive overall of health care since medicare. this week, the highest court in the land will hear arguments for and against obama's law and could soon strike it down. meanwhile, our out of control health care costs continue to climb. no other nation spends more than 12% of its economy on health care. america spends 17%. what's more, we don't really benefit from the huge price tag. our healthy life expectancy, the standard measurement, ranks only 29th in the world, behind slovenia. our infant mortality rate ranks 30th. it's more than twice that of sweden and japan. so what is our problem? in this hour, and in a "time" magazine essay, we're going to take you around the world to study health care systems in other countries. to find out what lessons we can learn from others. we'll visit great britain, taiwan, and switzerla

i'm fareed zakaria. first up on a great show today, we'll tackle politics. tuesday in america is not just any tuesday. it's super tuesday when one-fifth of the states in the union will go to the primary polls. we have a great political panel. later in the show will israel attack iran? my guest says yes. he is a very well connected israeli reporter. you'll want to hear what he has to say. then the u.s. tax code is 70,000 pages long. do either president obama or mitt romney have good ideas for reforming it? nope. that's what a long-time republican says. i'll talk to him. also, china's growth is fueling a fair portion of the global economy. what happens if that growth slows down? we'll explore. first, here's my take. the controversy over the dececration of copies of iran and the murder of americans that follow is at one level, one moment in a long complicated war. it also highlights the difficult and ultimately unsustainable aspect of america's afghan policy. president obama wants to draw down u.s. troops, but his strategy remains to transition power and author

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. >>> and in a cnn special airing tonight at 8:00 eastern time, fareed zakaria introduces us to a doctorpening research on the health care crisis in one of america's poorest cities, camden, new jersey. >> using medical billing records, brenner found that just 1% of the patients accounted for 30% of health care costs in camden. and that's not all he discovered about the city's three hospitals. >> we learned someone went 113 times in one year, someone went 140 times in five years. in similar work up in trenton, they found someone who went 450 times in one year. >> these were people with complicated medical histories and chronic illnesses. one patient alone racked up $3.5 million in medical bills over a five-year period. >> they're the difficult patients to treat and no one is being paid. and incentivized to pay attention to them. >> what's more, camden's problem is america's problem. just 5% of americans accounted for half of our nation's health care costs in 2009. this is perhaps the crucial statistic to understand about america's health care problem. if brenner could crack his city's cas

fareed zakaria is viewing for those of you in the united states. >>> this is gps. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed za car yeah. we'll start with the elections. the white house is the obama seat of power. france is coming up, china will change hands later this year. what could all of this change mean on the world stage? we have a great panel. they will look across the globe and into their crystal balls. >>> also, james wolfo oh ns has many claims to bank. i'll talk to him about the global economy and more. >>> later a. look at the silicon valley facebook, pay pal, zynga. reed hoffman has been at the ground floor of all of them. >>> and why is one of america's friends, india, friends with one of its sworn enemies? i'll explain. >>> but, first, here's my take. we're going to hear a lot of polarized rhetoric over the next few months. the republicans and democrats will seem to disagree about everything. but there is one huge and important area where there is a possibility, a possibility of bipartisan action. that's tax reform. m

fareed zakaria gps is next for our viewers here in the united states. >>> this is "bgps" the global public square. welcome to you in the united states and around the world. i'm fareed zach ar wra. we have a great somehow today. first up, what happens when you actually cut government spending? we'll ask britain's finance minister george ozborne. we'll ask him approximate if his austerity experiment is working. then is this the most powerful man in america? some people think so. i sit down with global norquist. the man behind the no new taxes pledge. also, actor turned activist george clooney on evidence he says he has of war crimes. and a look at what we can learn from health care around the world. a preview of a new gps special that prematures tonight at 8:00 p.m. but, first, here's my take. when i was in college in the early 1980s as part of a student organization, i invited ronald reagan's defense secretary casper weinberger to give a speech on campus y where yous american colleges were hotbeds of opposition to the reagan administration, especially to defense policies. sure enough, as so

i'm fareed zakaria. we've got a great show for you today. first up, what happens when you actually cut government spending? we'll ask britain's finance minister, george osborn. we'll ask him if his austerity experiment is working. >>> then, is this the most powerful man in america? some people think so. i think down with grover norquist, the man behind the no new taxes pledge. >>> also, actor turned activist george clooney on evidence he says he has of war crimes. and a look at what we can learn from health care around the world. a preview of a new "gps" special that premieres tonight at 8:00 p.m. >>> first here's my take. when he was in college in the early '80s as part of a student organization, i invited ronald reagan's defense secretary, casper weinberger, to give a speech on campus. at the time american colleges were hotbeds to the reagan administration especially to its defense policies. sure enough, as he began to speak, a series of students stood up and began to heckle. one after another, they rose and chanted a single line, "deterre

perspective from cnn's fareed zakaria including his take on the iran's supreme leader. >> i heard twoays ago the american president said he's against at war with iran. these are good words and against indication of illusion. but u.s. president has added he wants to bring the iranian people to their knees through imposing sanctions. this part of his statement is a continuation of illusion regarding this issue any reason to believe when you listen to supreme leader that iran is willing to come to the table in a serious way and give up on this program? >> there's rhetoric on both sides. the iranians in particular tend to have wild and outlandish rhetoric which is part of a theology-based regime. i wouldn't read too much into what khamenei said. the really important question is, are they feeling the pain. and i think the very fact that khamenei, the supreme leader, made that statement and said it's good to hear that obama is talking about maybe not going to war, the fact that they've sent offers and offers to negotiate, that they send the negotiator, all these are signs that the iranians

and joining us now from new york, fareed zakaria, the host of "fareed zakaria gps" you have a specialbut very quickly, a lot of people are frustrated, angry, afghanis apparently are losing patience with the u.s. and the nato allies. is it time for the united states to accelerate its withdrawal from afghanistan? >> wolf, i don't think this is the right time to do anything like that. it would suggest we were wavering. you know these situations. the crisis will blow over. president karzai is reacting to domestic pressure he's facing. as long as we can ride these out, these type of crises do blow over, but it is worth asking ourselves whether we need to transition to a real counterterrorism strategy. we're still holding on to this counterinsurgency strategy, which is a vast nation-building project. we're still trying to modernize large parts with power, good governance in the hopes it will stabilize the situation. i think the evidence increasingly is what we need is a more targeted strategy that kills bad guys. that's where most of the value added has been in the last few years. that is t

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. >> let's get important perspective from fareed zakaria.rime minister of israel did get the president of the united states to say all options including military options are on the table but did we resolve anything else? prime minister netanyahu says if i decide to act, il act. >> i don't think we've resolved very much. the situation remains very, very dangerous because you have a situation where you have an enormous amount of pressure being placed on iran without a diplomat tract. the president talked about how he thought diplomat sit would the succeed. we have to diplomatic track with iran. the israelis continue to say they reserve the right to act and all the while, oil prices continue to go up. we have all this pressure on iran. they haven't moved. prices of oil continue to go up and israel reserves the right to do a military strike. this doesn't strike me as a successful conclusion to the problem. >> and for better or worse, and i suspect worse is the answer. this is playing out in the middle of a presidential campaign in which the pres

bringing in fareed zakaria to talk about this. of the things that the president made clear is that we would not be at this moment a change in policy, in moving out u.s. troops. that timetable remains if there's not some sort of movement here? >> there was a stronger reaction to the koran burning and i think for most afghans -- and i'm speculating here -- but i think the idea that there was some kind of policy decision made to destr destroy korans is something that struck at the very core of the issue did the united states strike their religion and customs. this shooting has been seen as a just a tragic case of one bad guy. it is not seen as something that was ordered by any command structure that the united states military in any way condoned and i think that the administration's response, very forceful saying that president obama said we take this as seriously as we would if these were americans who were killed. i think that has gone some way in making people realize this wasn't some kind of policy. now, at the end of the day, th

i want to go to fareed zakaria. good to have you here. now on his way back to the united states. clearly the afghan people are not happy with how this is being handled. is there a way for u.s. and afghan are tried and treated? >> i think this is a soluble problem. tempers are very high in afghanistan. people are upset and feel as though this is the kind of callo callous treatment of humans and stuff like that. all that said, the reaction is not as strong as it was to the burning of the koran. partly because this s. i think, most people recognize this was not a conscious decision by the u.s. military. this was a lone act of a gunman, of one soldier. and secondly, there is a tradition in afghanistan of being able to in effect pay a kind of -- you know, some kind of restitution. so i think this is manageable. president karzai did something very responsible. it's fine for him to express his outrage. he tried to buy into the conspiracy theories that have been set foot -- that this is not the work of a lone soldier, that this was part of some k

fareed zakaria talked to jeffrey brenner there is a solution to the problem. >> 1% of the patients accountedall he discovered about the city's three hospitals. >> we learned that someone went 113 times in one year. someone went 324 times in five years. in similar work up in trenton, they found someone that 450 times in one year. >> reporter: these were people are complicated medical histories and chronic illnesses. one patient alone racked up $3.5 million in medical bills over a five-year period. >> there are the difficult patients to treat and no one is being paid or incentivized to take care of them. >> reporter: just 5% of americans accounted for half of our nation's health care costs in 2009. this is perhaps the crucial statistic to understand about america's health care problem. if he could crack the crisis, maybe his model could help the country. >> you can learn more about dr. brenner and his work this weekend as part of fareed's special. it's "global lessons, the gps road map to saving health care" that's sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 let's talk about fees. t

fareed zucar zakaria, and steven morris. is this rhetoric? >> pure political pandering. the world consumes about 80 million barrels of oil a day. the total u.s. increase in production, if you were do to everything that newt gingrich fantasizes about, would be less than, you know, half a percent of that. so the chance that it would have any impact on the price of oil, particularly in the short run, is pure fantasy. it's not just fantasy but newt surely knows better. the truth of the matter is we are in the middle of a great boom in domestic oil production. we are at the highest levels in 30 years. the united states for the first time is actually exporting oil rather than importing oil, and it has made no difference to our prices. in fact, as we can see, oil prices have gone up. why? because, a, china is growing, india is growing. all that growth we know about is taking place, and secondly, people are worried about a possible war with iran. geopolitical concerns. so these are not things that you can easily fix, you know. you're not going to get china to slow down or change

fareed zucar zakaria, and steven morris. is this rhetoric? >> pure political pandering. world consumes about 80 million barrels of oil a day. the total u.s. increase in production, if you were do to everything that newt gingrich fantasizes about, would be less than, you know, half a percent of that. so the chance that it would have any impact on the price of oil, particularly in the short run, is pure fantasy. it's not just fantasy but newt surely knows better. the truth of the matter is we are in the middle of a great boom in domestic oil production. we are at the highest levels in 30 years. the united states for the first time is actually exporting oil rather than importing oil, and it has made no difference to our prices. in fact, as we can see, oil prices have gone up. why? because, a, china is growing, india is growing. all that growth we know about is taking place, and secondly, people are worried about a possible war with iran. geopolitical concerns. so these are not things that you can easily fix, you know. you're not going to get china to slow down or change the