please welcome back to the program fareed zakaria!cheers and applause) >> jon: the post-american world is now out in paper back. i happen to have the e-book of it. a wonderful read on an, book machine. (laughter) do you have an e-book machine? >> i do have an e-book mashine. i get royalties either way so i'm delighted. (laughter) >> jon: is that true? even if... because if it's on an e-book machine i assume it was just free. like e-books didn't count. >> no, no, it just means whoever was cutting down those trees and doing all that, they don't get the money. the content producer as we are called, we still do all right. >> jon: thank you for putting me in that category. (laughter) did you write this by yourself? were there no... >> well, you know.... >> jon: okay, then. >> couple guest writers. research assistants. >> jon: were you laying out any fore skins for anybody else? little buckets here and there? let me ask you a question. you know a lot about this stuff. i read your article about syria. i was under the impression that... >> jo

my guest tonight, fareed zakaria making his 400th appearance.eers and applause) (laughter) first, obviously, everybody is still stunned after the terrible shootings friday. are we ever going to get a handle on how to prevent these types of tragedies? i... it's a very complex issue, obviously. an intersection of the mental health system, cultural influences, the balance between individual freedoms and public safety. the viability of guns. >> i think now really is not the time to have a big national conversation about guns. (laughter) >> jon: the... it's a factor. i mean... i mean, it's a factor along with other factors. obviously it's a complex ecosystem. owning a gun is a right protected under the constitution and that's... you know, i agree with that. i mean, i don't have to agree with that, it's right there. but we can't have tanks. (laughter) so we... if we draw lines on weaponry, obviously, the question is have we drawn them right? >> this is not the time to have the discussion and it's, frankly i think, insulting to the american public righ

. >> fareed zakaria, host of "fareed zakaria gps" is good enough to join me live from u.s. fareed, excellent to see you. you heard the sound bite, both, you know, earlier on with cnn, and after the fact, after he met with david cameron. he's overseas, london, poland, israel, to billiolster his fore policy cred, but would you say he was off to a bit of a rocky start, is that fair? >> i think this is probably we in the media making more of this than it deserves. but i would say this, brooke, he does seem, in general, not very well briefed on foreign policy. for example, you know, while this was a very minor issue, i think that one of the first rules, you know, when you're kind of a visiting dignitary is you never criticize the host country for anything. you say, i have full confidence in the british authorities, i'm sure they're doing best, you in no way raise suspicions. the only issue, there is something slightly amateurish in the way in which romney has been handling foreign policy. if you take something like afghanistan, he criticized the president for the withdrawal, for

"fareed zakaria gps" will be back in 90 seconds. a check of the top stories. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is in egypt where she's met with the country's new president, mohamed morsi. clinton urged morsi to assert the full authority of his presidency. clinton also met with the head of egypt's military and stressed that the united states supports a full transition to civilian rule. >>> also in egypt, authorities are intensifying their efforts to get two kidnapped americans and their tour guide released. one of the victims has been identified as the reverend michel louis, pastor of a church in boston. his family says he was on a missionary trip. >>> florida election officials are getting access to a federal data base on immigrants as part of an effort to purge non-u.s. citizens from the state's voter rolls. critics of the purge say it disenfranchises poor and minority voters. florida authorities say so far about 100 people who are not citizens but registered to vote have been identified. >>> those are your top stories. "relia

i'm fareed zakaria. on today's show, the presumptive president-elect of mexico, enraeon war, drugs, the economy. can mexico be the next emerging market star? >>> before that, aour truly global public square. we've assembled a panel to talk about the many international problems -- syria, egypt, iran, europe, and more. and on this july 4 week, we'll also look at america from the outside in. >>> also, who creates jobs? is it the 1%, or is it the middle class? we have a debate, a fascinating debate between two 1%-ers. >>> finally, tanks for the memories. a somewhat beautiful ballet by 50-ton ballerinas. ♪ >>> first my take. some believe the affordable care act, sometimes called obamacare, is popular only because americans don't understand it. there's some truth to this. studies show the core provisions are more popular than the bill itself. but there's also a reason rooted in reality why many americans worry about obamacare. its cost. remember, most americans have health care. what they worry about is the co

i'm fareed zakaria. we'll start with politics in the wake of the supreme court ruling on health care. what does it mean for the presidential race, for health care? what about economics? i've got a star-studded panel to discuss all this. >>> then we go overseas to egypt's election of muhammad morsi. what can we expect from an islamist president? two of the top egypt experts tell us. >>> next, how do you count and catalog 1.2 billion people? i'll ask the man creating a revolutionary biometric i.d. for every one of india's citizens. >>> also, the housing bubble caused the crash. will the coming housing boom finally power this anemic recovery? >>> first, here's my take. what to do about syria. western military intervention looks fraught with difficulties, but the situation on the ground is a humanitarian nightmare and is producing greater instability by the week. i was recently in turkey and russia, and i've been persuaded that there might be a path forward. the pressures on bashir al assad's regime are moun

welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world, i'm fareed zakaria.ll start with the economy. america, europe, and now even china are struggling. will it get worse before it gets better? will the euro finally collapse? is there still a danger of an oil shock? we have a great panel. >>> later in the show -- >> is russia to blame for syria's suffering? that is what my guest says. he is the head of the main syrian opposition group and is just back from moscow. we'll ask him whether he was able to get the russians to help out in ousting assad. >>> and what the heck is a higgs bozon and why should you care that astronauts found it? america's favorite astro physicist, neil degrasse tyson will explain it all. >>> first, here's my take -- america has had one more bad month for jobs. 80,000 created last month. this seems a depressing piece of a pattern. over the last two decades, u.s. economic recoveries have tended to be slow and jobless. in every recession from 1948 to 1990, jobs came back to pre-recession levels six months after the economy returned to its

i'm fareed zakaria. we've got a special and important show today. we will start with a powerhouse global affairs panel. tom friedman, paul wolfowitz, richard haas, anne marie slaughter on syria, iran, mitt romney, and president obama. later in the show, two of the world's leading economists, paul krugman and ken rogoff, go head to head on the most important economic matters of our time. the economy, the fiscal cliff, the euro and much more. >>> also, why in the world does the united states find itself number one on a top-10 list with yemen, iraq, and serbia? i'll explain. >>> but first, here's my take. mitt romney has picked a bad time to launch an attack on barack obama's foreign policy. as he was speaking to the annual gathering of the veterans of foreign wars this week, charging obama with weakness, betrayal, and man dacity. there's a new poll on. handling foreign policy, americans prefer obama to romney by a whopping 15 points. romney's principal charge against obama is that he has angered america's allies and emboldened its enemies. >> shabby t

fareed zakaria gps is next. >> this is gps, the global public square. you in the united states and around the world. we'll start today's show with american politics in the wake of the supreme court ruling on health care. what does it mean for the presidential race? for health care? what about economics? i have a star studded panel to discuss all of this. then we go overseas to egypt's election of mohamed morsi. what can we expect from an islamist president? two of the top egypt experts tell us. >>> next up, how do you count and catalog 1.2 billion people? i'll ask the man creating a revolutionary biometric id for every one of india's citizens. >> also, the housing bubble caused the crash. will a coming housing boon finally power this anemic recovery? >> first, here's my take. what to do about syria? western military intervention looked fraught with difficulties. but the situation on the ground is a humanitarian nightmare and is creating greater instability by the week. i have be

i'm fareed zakaria. we have a great show for you today. we'll start with mitt romney and the world of private equity. his run for the presidency has brought the once insider world into the public's eye. but what really goes on there? i'll talk to steve rattner who ran a large private equity fund and is an obama backer. then, if greece did exit the euro, how in the world would it happen? and just how calamitous would it be? harvard's economic historian niall ferguson will tell us. also, are you worried about global warming that this wacky weather? if your nation was just a few feet above sea level, you would be really worried. we'll talk with a former president of just such a nation. and why am i wiggling my fingers in a mirror here, to try to understand the wonders of the human brain. come along for an amazing tour. but first, here is my take. the attacks and counterattacks in this presidential campaign are, i suppose, inevitable. but let's be honest. they're largely untrue or irrelevant. whatever the paperwork shows, mitt romney was not r

i'm fareed zakaria. we have a great show for you today.mitt romney and the world of private equity. his run for the presidency has brought the once insider world into the public's eye. but what really goes on there? i'll talk to steve rattner who ran a large private equity fund and is an obama backer. then, if greece did exit the euro, how in the world would it happen? and just how calamitous would it be? harvard's economic historian niall ferguson will tell us. also, are you worried about global warming that this wacky weather? if your nation was just a few feet above sea level, you would be really worried. we'll talk with a former president of just such a nation. and why am i wiggling my fingers in a mirror here, to try to understand the wonders of the human brain. come along for an amazing tour. but first, here is my take. the attacks and counterattacks in this presidential campaign are, i suppose, inevitable. but let's be honest. they're largely untrue or irrelevant. whatever the paperwork shows, mitt romney was not running bain capita

"fareed zakaria gps" will be back in 90 seconds.pdate on the investigation into the colorado shootings. we want to go to cnn's jim spellman, outside the apartment building of suspect james holmes. jim, first, have they cleared all of the explosives from that apartment? >> reporter: yeah. after nearly two days, they have, candy. take a look at this. you see a broken window on the third floor. this is not the unit where james holmes lived. he lived back on the third floor farther. they did this to several of the windows in this building as they tried to figure out a way to get in. there was a trip wire on the door to the apartment described by police as designed to kill the first person who went through. and holmes had set up, police say, a timer to play loud techno music, perhaps hoping that somebody would make a noise complaint, police would come, open the door, and be hurt. there was not only ieds inside the apartment but incendiary devices that would have caused fire. now that they've removed that stuff, they can continue processi

welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world, i'm fareed zakaria. we'll start with the economy. america, europe, and now even china are struggling. will it get worse before it gets better? will the euro finally collapse? is there still a danger of an oil shock? we have a great panel. >>> later in the show -- >> is russia to blame for syria's suffering? that is what my guest says. he is the head of the main syrian opposition group and is just back from moscow. we'll ask him whether he was able to get the russians to help out in ousting assad. >>> and what the heck is a higgs bozon and why should you care that astronauts found it? america's favorite astro physicist, neil degrasse tyson will explain it all. >>> first, here's my take -- america has had one more bad month for jobs. 80,000 created last month. this seems a depressing piece of a pattern. over the last two decades, u.s. economic recoveries have tended to be slow and jobless. in every recession from 1948 to 1990, jobs came back to pre-recession levels six months after the economy returned to

"fareed zakaria gps" will be back in 90 seconds.the top stories. >>> it's another day of extreme heat for much of the u.s. at least 30 deaths are being blamed on triple-digit temperatures. to make matters worse, some 300,000 people are without air conditioning because of power outages. weather forecasters are expecting cooler temperatures over the next couple of days. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton says syrian president bashar al assad's days are numbered. at a press conference in tokyo, clinton cited the growing strength of syria's opposition forces. she's in the midst of a 13-day trip that stops in france, afghanistan, egypt, and several asian countries. >>> floods have killed at least 150 people in southern russia. heavy rains that began friday flooded homes while most people were asleep. survivors were rescued after climbing into trees and on rooftops. some 12,000 residents have been displaced. >>> those are your top stories. "reliable sources" is at the top of the hour. now back to "fareed zakaria gps." >>> my next gues

i'm fareed zakaria. we've got a special and important show for you today.ll start with the powerhouse global affairs panel. tom friedman, paul wolfowitz, richard haass and marie slaughter on syria, iran, mitt romney and president obama. later in the show, two of the world's leading economists, paul krugman and ken rogoff go head to head on the most important economic matters of our time, the economy, the fiscal cliff, the euro and much more. >>> also, why in the world does the united states find itself number one on a top-ten list with yemen, iraq and serbia? i'll explain. >>> but first, here's my take. mitt romney has picked a bad time to launch an attack on barack obama's foreign policy. as he was speaking to the annual gathering of the veterans of foreign wars this week, charging obama with weakness, betrayal and mendacity, nbc news and "the wall street journal" released a new poll. it turns out on handling foreign policy, americans prefer obama to romney by a whopping 15 points. romney's principal charge against obama is that he has angered america's al

i'm fareed zakaria.y's show, the presumptive president-elect of mexico, enraeon war, drugs, the economy. can mexico be the next emerging market star? >>> before that, aour truly global public square. we've assembled a panel to talk about the many international problems -- syria, egypt, iran, europe, and more. and on this july 4 week, we'll also look at america from the outside in. >>> also, who creates jobs? is it the 1%, or is it the middle class? we have a debate, a fascinating debate between two 1%-ers. >>> finally, tanks for the memories. a somewhat beautiful ballet by 50-ton ballerinas. ♪ >>> first my take. some believe the affordable care act, sometimes called obamacare, is popular only because americans don't understand it. there's some truth to this. studies show the core prosi

back to "fareed zakaria gps." >>> as the american economy continues to disappoint, an old debate hasd. is there anything the government can do to get things moving again? or is it all in the hands of the private sector? to talk about this, i have two very eminent economists. paul krugman is columnist for "the new york times," professor at princeton and has a book, "end this depression now." and ken rogoff is a professor at harvard university and a former chief economist at the international monetary fund. welcome. paul, let me begin with you by asking you, just how bad is it? because at some level, you know, compared with europe, we're doing okay. we're growing at about 2%. we still have no housing recovery, which presumably there will be at some point in a demographically vibrant country. so is the situation as dire as -- as, you know, you write about? >> you know, there's a -- the not as bad as is one of the issues that comes up. you say this is not as bad as the great depression. not as bad as europe. it's pretty terrible. it's -- thing i like to focus on is long-term unemployment

my guest tonight, fareed zakaria making his 400th appearance.cheers and applause) (laughter) first, obviously, everybody is still stunned after the terrible shootings friday. are we ever going to get a handle on how to prevent these types of tragedies? i... it's a very complex issue, obviously. an intersection of the mental health system, cultural influences, the balance between individual freedoms and public safety. the viability of guns. >> i think now really is not the time to have a big national conversation about guns. (laughter) >> jon: the... it's a factor. i mean... i mean, it's a factor along with other factors. obviously it's a complex ecosystem. owning a gun is a right protected under the constitution and that's... you know, i agree with that. i mean, i don't have to agree with that, it's right there. but we can't have tanks. (laughter) so we... if we draw lines on weaponry, obviously, the question is have we drawn them right? >> this is not the time to have the discussion and it's, frankly i think, insulting to the american public ri

i'm fareed zakaria.presumptive president-election of mexico on the war on drugs, on immigration, on the economy. can mexico be the next emerging market star? >>> before that, though, a truly global public square. we've assembled a panel from across the globe to talk about the many international problems. syria, egypt, iran, europe and more. >>> and on this july 4th week, we'll also look at america from the outside in. >>> also, who creates jobs? is it the 1%, or is it the middle class? we have a debate. a fascinating debate between two 1%ers. >>> finally, thanks for the memories. a somewhat beautiful ballet by 50-ton ballerinas. ♪ >>> but first, here's my take. many liberals now believe that the affordable care act, sometimes called obamacare, is unpopular only because most americans don't understand it. there's some truth to this. studies show that the core provisions of the bill are more popular than the bill itself. but there's also a reason rooted in reality why many americans worry about obamacare.

i'm fareed zakaria.e'll start with politics in the wake of the supreme court ruling on health care. what does it mean for the presidential race, for health care? what about economics? i've got a star-studded panel to discuss all this. >>> then we go overseas to egypt's election of muhammad morsi. what can we expect from an islamist president? two of the top egypt experts tell us. >>> next, how do you count and catalog 1.2 billion people? i'll ask the man creating a revolutionary biometric i.d. for every one of india's citizens. >>> also, the housing bubble caused the crash. will the coming housing boom finally power this

fareed zakaria will be back in 90 seconds.ck of top stories. >>> nearly three million people across nine states are without power after violent storms and high winds swept across the midwest and mid-atlantic. the storms are responsible for at least 12 deaths. maryland, virginia, west virginia, and ohio are under states of emergency. the governor of west virginia described conditions in his state. >> we have got the -- have had the largest power outage in the history of the state with 5 it of our 55 county without power. that serves about 688,000 people. the power is slowly coming back on line. we still have over half a million people without power. yesterday was a tough day. there was no power with the nearly 100-degree temperature we had. >> near colorado springs, firefighters continued to battle a massive wildfire that's responsible for two deaths and the destruction of nearly 350 homes. colorado's goff says the fires have drawn communities closer together. >>> president obama visited the region friday, declaring colorado a

this is a conundrum for some but not for fareed zakaria, and he proposes an unusual compromise between the right and the left that no one get a tax extension. fareed, i take it you don't plan to run for office any time soon. >> i do not plan to run for office. this is good policy, not good politics. >> why should nobody get a tax break at this point? >> well, because first of all, this -- if we were to say that all the bush tax cuts were to expire, it would be simply getting us back to the rates that everyone paid under bill clinton's eight years in office, during which the united states had record and robust growth. secondly, we do have a deficit problem. we are spending more than we take in, and this is one very simple way to do it. if you let the bush tax cuts expire, the united states budget deficit goes down to basically the lowest in the industrialized world. you you no longer have a deficit problem. have you a long-term problem relating to medicare and health care costs, but all the things people are worried about disappear. and i think the argument that the economy is so weak t

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now back to "fareed zakaria gps". >> cairo's tahrir square was the iconic epicenter of the arab springs in asia have been gathering in what is known as republican square in the maldives. that tiny island nation is also perhaps the most vulnerable country in the world to climate change since it sits just a few feet above sea level. the country has been in turmoil since february when its president resigned, but that man, mohamed nasheed said he did not resign, he was ousted. i spoke to him recently. you came to worldwide attention at the copenhagen conference because you -- you really tried to get them to do something about climate change and some people argue that your speech in copenhagen was crucial to actually getting some kind of agreement. why did you feel so strongly on the issue? >> climate change is a real issue that is happening in the maldives. it is not something in the future. we are just 1.5 meters above the sea level and even a slight change in sea levels have a huge impact on the maldives. the predicted rises in sea levels will be disastrous for us. we have a written hist

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fareed zakaria of the camp no tax cut for anybody, pay down the debt. view everybody should get a tax cut. the bottom line here, probably a tax cut is useful because it gives you a little certainty while gas prices are high and not sure where jobs are going, but what is worse than not having a tax cut is this nonsense that will go right down to the wire about that fiscal cliff. if we go into january of 2013, with that uncertainty, with those what they call sec question stration, across-the-board cuts because they couldn't agree on a debt ceiling limit, that will happen december 31st, we could put our economy into a recession and that is something that at this point is possibly avoidable. i will tell you, i will be screaming from the rooftops if we end up in a recession six months from now, because of nonsense coming out of congress. >> well, dick cheney is on the hill this morning. he's talking strategy with republicans because if senator patty murray carries through with her threat, roughly $110 billion in pentagon and nondefense spending cuts will tak

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