but there are limits inside the general assembly, they can't even vote. they're always going to be on the minds of the u.n., middle east and some african issues predominate united nations history in terms of involvement despite everyone's effort to come to some sort of peace agreement. >> richard, don't go too far away. i want to stay with the breaking news right now. palestine recognized as a nonmember observer state by the united nations general assembly.

as president of the general assembly. mr. secretary-general, mr. president, esteemed foreign ministers and excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, during the course of this meeting, we had the distinct privilege to hear from representatives of two great nations -- president mahmud abbas of palestine and the ambassador of israel. both come from a land that has been tormented by conflict for many centuries with countless victims on all sides. this strife during the 67 years of this organization's existence, despite the fact it came into being to save the succeeding generation from war, notwithstanding the efforts of some of the greatest statesman of the 20th century, and negotiated commented settlement enabling israel and palestine to live side-by-side in peace and security has yet to materialize. so is that estrangement and mistrust, they continue to bury their children. in mobilizing an interconnected world, what happens on the river jordan on the shores of the mediterranean has become the key to security and well-being of the entire mankind. excellenc

general assembly while palestine is not considered does not have full membership at the united nations having this member of server status is extremely symbolic and does show at the end of the day where the international community does stand on this issue all right now harry you are in gaza as we speak what's the mood there on the ground at the moment and do you think this good will actually change anything on the ground. well gazans are jubilant about this result. because. the policy and president. abbas and i mean this here in gaza. city was. to receive the change anything on the ground in gaza. but in the west going with the illegal settlements. on the space station point project on a city in the sea it was ok i don't think that the army who were drawn on that will be rolled back as a result of these increase it legally. that will be affected by this in our state. things now paula how israel taking the news of this vote so far. well when the israeli ambassador to the united nations one poser put forward his address to the united nations general assembly he was essentially with those

-- general assembly members voted in favor of upgrading palestine to the status of nonmember observers say. israel opposed the status change, saying the resolution will not help further the peace process. >> the truth is nothing will change if they continue to boycott israel and boycott peace talks. that is the only way to move forward. >> as a further response to the vote, israel has revealed plans for thousands of new settlement homes in east jerusalem and the west bank. >> agrees is exhaling today after the german parliament voted in support of providing the country with the next installment of bailout money. the deal is worth some 44 billion euros. >> germany's finance minister has defended the package, saying that a greek bankruptcy would be a major blow to the world economy. >> rescuing greece has been a main priority for the government, the citizens want to know -- what will it cost? >> an overwhelming majority bank of the measures, although the opposition left party voted no. there is still a sense of unease among lawmakers about the cost to taxpayers. the finance min

as president of the general assembly. mr. secretary-general, mr. president, esteemed foreign ministers and excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, during the course of this meeting, we had the distinct privilege to hear from representatives of two great nations -- president of mood of bassa palestine and ambassador -- president mahmud abbas a palestine and the ambassador of israel. both come from a land that has been tormented by conflict for many centuries with countless victims on all sides. this strife during the 67 years of this organization's existence, despite the fact it came into being to save the succeeding generation from war, notwithstanding the efforts of some of the greatest statesman of the 20th century, and negotiated commented settlement enabling israel and palestine to live side-by-side in peace and security has yet to materialize. so is that estrangement and mistrust, they continue to bury their children. in mobilizing an interconnected world, what happens on the river jordan on the shores of the mediterranean has become the key to se

general assembly in just a few hours. very closely it is really really sort of pulled out of the pull of what here's the reaction from israel towards this palestinian bid tonight. the israeli government is calling this a bad political theater saying it's a bad day for peace and a bad day for we can see the ation essentially they have toned down the kind of trick the kind of threats of sense. since that we've been hearing coming from tel aviv over the past few days they were threatening sanctions although saying that their intention was not to anyway pull down the palestinian authority or invoke any kind of irreversible steps the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has made the point that the resolution is one sided and that it will not advance any kind of peace efforts in fact he says it will do exactly the reverse netanyahu saying that the only way forward is for israelis and palestinians to sit down together in direct talks at the negotiating table and this is essentially the israeli position they believe that the

clearly does not have a veto in the general assembly.s don't have the obvious political impact that a security council resolution has. explain the difference here, richard. >> reporter: well, under the u.n. charter, the security council passes laws, resolutions, which are legally binding. when they set up this u.n. shop nearly 60 years ago, people thought the general assembly which we are watching the action today was really going to be the place to be and that no one would really want to be on the security council. but over the years it became the place. and the security council controls the sending of u.n. troops, military once voted on. general assembly sometimes symbolic or it gives the weight of the world message. however i think the people already knew the weight of the message is strongly behind the palestinians and heard oh countries backing abbas who received several standing ovations. he said enough is enough. now is the time for this measure. palestinians said they're going to abide by all measures of the u.n., but everyone wi

." >> first from fox at 3:00, the united nations general assembly hold a historic vote any moment on recognizing an independent palestinian state. it is expected to pass overwhelmingly despite opposition from the united states and israel which are in a vast majority of the u.n.'s 193 members. this measure would "reaffirm the right of the palestinian people to self determination and to independence in their state of palestine, on the palestinian territory, occupied since 1967." here is a look at how the land was divided. these are the 67 borders. secretary of state, hillary clinton says this bid if recognition is misguided and urge talks with israel for a two-state solution. after years of failed negotiations, and no two-state solution the palestinian president is ready for a rare symbolic victory. across the west bank and gaza palestinians are gathering in anticipation of the vote in their favor. u.n. recognition is mostly symbolic it could allow the palestinians to bring war crimes accusations against israel before the international criminal court. this comes amid growing tenses fol

general assembly debates. journalist and columnist for the israeli huts newspaper gideon levy claims israel hasn't left palestinians much room for maneuver. if users says no to be brought a seat it says yes to terror i mean that palestinians will continue to fight for their freedom and they're always basic ways to do so once you will be brought to see and negotiations and they are the ones with. israel says no to both they claim that this is one sided this that the palestinians taking over the u.s. but the settlements are much more one sided and even here a verse of building the state i mean and i busted the. ration from little because she ations he was ready to negotiate the incident there was very urgently wants like freezing the settlements is this a slow freezing distant vent so what way is still good for him except to go into the international community and us is there for a good wish israel should have supported him and the united states for sure shalit this one country is considering voting against the

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palestine only needs two thirds of the majority of the one hundred ninety three nations of the general assembly to win this big now the u.s. has been campaigning feverish lead to the rail two days contentious vote on wednesday u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton said that washington has made it very clear to the palestinian leadership that the u.s. opposes palestinian efforts to upgrade their status at the u.n. outside of the framework of direct negotiations now france on the other hand is among the many members of the one that is expected to vote in favor of the palestinians and the u.s. has expressed regret over what it calls a clash between allies last year palestine did submit an application for full membership to the un but that was blocked by the us at the security council didn't even come to a vote but the us did threaten to veto that application if it if it did come to a vote at the security council and now here we are fourteen months later with the palestinians going to the general assembly of the un. this is just a symbolic gesture will it actually change anything on the ground fo

a lawyer for the general assembly says she considered her permanently removed from office. she was sentenced for misconduct in office and convicted of stealing money from the general assembly to pay an employee of the law firm. she struck a deal to settle charges that sheet used campaign money to pay for her own wedding expenses. >> a man wanted for a series of pipe bomb untaxed is in custody. laurence stewart was arrested in montana. he was suspected of bombing three homes in fredericksburg and stafford county. stewart was trying to kill an ex-girlfriend who accused him of domestic violence and the officers who arrested him. >> we do not have to worry about our children in the neighborhood. >> authorities say stewart threw pipe bombs at officers who were chasing him. not sure how long it will take to extradite him to virginia where he will face attempted murder and other charges. >> president and obama -- president obama and mitt romney making a final push. president obama focused his closing argument on bringing about change while mitt romney countered that argument. >> i

to go to the general assembly is that he wants to derail the process israel wants to achieve two things one is through the process as i said. attract attention towards this coalition of not only our little men so to appear to be the heroes of that and i don't think this will get us anywhere and will definitely not serve peace if anything it will accumulate more and more hatred in this part of the world and the international community causes focus on what's going on syria is a perfect time while the international community is facing the other way that israel could strike at this moment. well maybe that's one of the tensions is that has all the attention of the world who plays the role of the victim when the palestinians are to put the proposal on the table before the general assembly. will come in the open and see who you know would have been subjected to attacks and we should not be rewarding palestinians while giving them a state if anything we should attack those perpetrators and kill the terrorists which is to call us and as i said this will serve to entrenched the hatred in the midd

over their 2 veto the general assembly passed a rest logs bringing palestinian state closer to life.ast diplomatically. here's karen. >> voting has been completed. >>reporter: more than two-thirds the of the general assembly voted to recognize a palestinian state prompting applause at the united nations. in gaza. west bank. it also generated hug in the unfurling of palestinian flag in the un chamber. got very little reaction from the israeli delegation. they granted palestinian non-member non-voting observer status at the un. >> quantityed nations general assembly they issue a birth certificate of the reality of the state of palestine. >>reporter: the move was a bitter diplomatic defeat for israel. >> today the palestinian are turning their back on peace. the only way to achieve peace is to agreement that are reached by the parties and not through the un resolution that completely ignore israel vital security and national interest. >>reporter: the united states also opposed the vote saying it short circuits negotiations towards the 2 state. >> palestinian people will wake up tomorrow

general assembly. we judge that this would make it harder to secure a return to negotiations and could have very serious consequences for the palestinian authority. our collective goal must be a two-state solution based on 1967 borders with agreed land swaps, jerusalem as the capital of both states and a just settlement for refugees. so while we support palestinian aspirations and understand the pressures on president abbas, we urge him to lead the palestinians into negotiations and not to risk paralyzing the process. but we also urge israel equally to make every effort effort to t negotiations before the window for a two-state solution closes altogether. the urgency of all of this is underlined by the conflict in syria. the whole house will join me in condemning the barbaric violence by the assad regime which continues its aerial warfare. 30,000 people have died already, and more than 100 are still being killed each day, countless homes, clinics, hospitals and essential infrastructure such as water an

argument on the palestinian vote on symbolic, nonmembership in the general assembly. but there were hearings again on the hill. we'll talk to joe lieberman in a moment. what is state of play whether the president is sticking with her in he did quite the show of support during the cabinet meeting yesterday at a photo op. >> reporter: he has publicly maintained that show of support. officials say that despite the fact that susan rice continues to come under fire from a number of lawmakers, including those woman she met this week say they have more questions after having met with her, senior officials tell me the president is not turning away from her, that he is still holding her up as a high possibility as one of his choices for secretary of state. of course the meetings go on the investigation goes on. senior officials tell me the president is standing by her, not only publicly but privately. >> ruth there have been issued raised whether she was being attacked, criticized because she's a woman, african-american, whether that in fact would make it harder for the republ

their hope that the general assembly's endorsement gives them more leverage when they're negotiating with israel. now let's look at how they are getting those negotiations done. these are the current borders in the middle east. they want to go back to the lines drawn in a war in 1967. the '67 borders they call it give back the land in the west bank and gaza and east jerusalem that the israelis captured in that six days of war. keep in mind we're just days into a truce in the latest conflict between the israelis and hamas militants who run the west bank or i should say that run gaza and palestinian say today's development could help bring about peace in the region not sabotage it as the israelis and some in washington claim. >> today's grand pronouncement will soon fade and the palestinian people will wake up tomorrow and find that little about their lives has changed. say that the prospects of a durable peace have only receded. >> shepard: minutes after the vote secretary of state hillary clinton echoed that perspective calling today's vote unfortunate and counter productive. with th

>>> developing right now, we are about 45 minutes away from a united nations general assembly session that will result in a historic vote on palestinian statehood. there have already been rallies today in the palestinian territories in support of a resolution upgrading the palestinian's u.n. status to a nonmember state. the resolution is expected to win overwhelming approval in the general assembly despite strong opposition by the u.s. and israel. here's israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu earlier today. >> the palestinians must recognize the jewish state. and they must be prepared to end the conflict with israel once and for all. none of these vital interests, these vital interests of peace, none of them appear in the resolution that will be put forward before the general assembly today. and that is why israel cannot accept it. >> joining me now to talk more about this, former state department mideast officer joel ruben. also palestinian italian journalist and msnbc contributor willa jabroe. both israel and the u.s. say the resolution violates agreements to solve issues through

conference of catholic bishops opened their general assembly today. church leaders said it will not change their strategy of the marriage are birth control despite the outcome of the election. maryland is one of four states that voted to legalize gay marriage. tomorrow the bishops considers making a statement on the economy. >> people gathered to pay tribute to our veterans in the third annual veterans parade that began on charles street at 10:00 this morning. several organizations were involved, including the buffalo soldiers and members of the rotc. those who fought in wars past said they were pleased with the turnout and enjoyed reminiscing with fellow veterans. >> just reminisce. go back in memories and think of all the ones that did not make it back. >> it gives me a warm feeling inside to know that people still remember. >> very proud of everyone who was actually served and to our guys overseas. i am encouraged and out here supporting them as well. >> today's parade ended at war memorial plaza where a service was held. >> the i.t. exposed the ho

general assembly.we have been clear and we have been consistent with the palestinians that we oppose observer state status in the general assembly and this resolution. we made those points again, and the deputy secretary also reiterated that no one should be under any illusion that this resolution is going to produce the results that the palestinians claim to speak, namely to have their own state living in peace next to israel. so obviously we lived up to make one more try to make our views known to president abbas and to urge them to reconsider and he'll love is to make his own decisions. he will do that in new york tomorrow but we thought it was important to make our case one more time. >> your understanding of the palestinian goal here, in terms of this resolution, is that they expect to get a state out of its? >> it? >> that's not what i said. i said the goal that they seek overall is to have a palestinian state. >> so they should not be let to have anything in between. they either get a state and

maryland governor martin o'malley officially welcomed the jewish federations of north america 2012 general assemblyof the largest conventions of jewish lay leaders, philanthropists and groups, many fresh off coming to the aid of those affected by superstorm sandy. >> your work to help the most vulnerable of our neighbors, including those neighbors of ours in new jersey and new york , we would not have put in the category of vulnerable citizens just 10 days ago, is the most important work we do together. >> the general assembly represents 155 jewish federations and 300 networks that raise and distribute more than $1 billion each year for social welfare and education and they're in baltimore for three days to examine the most pressing issues facing the jewish community, from religion and culture to politics and business. >> it's been a dream of ours to have the kind of gathering to show off for baltimore and also to engage with our friends and colleagues from around the country. >> once a year time when everybody gets a chance to sit together and sit, not just listen, but to talk with one another and

lou: strong enough to stop this and the general assembly? >> not in the generrl assembly.the palestinians have a significant propaganda. >> but only propaganda. it is not significant substantively. the most important thing right now i think for the united states is to keep that man alive because he is the only alternative to high moss which does not recognize israel, which will negotiate with israel. the united states has to find some way to keep him alive politically. lou: to that end that we might expect, perhaps, the autopsy results. coincide with the declaration of statehood by the general assembly. >> it is a holy spot. the question is not if he was poisoned its you did it. you know, is real, his colleague. lou: we thank you both. joining us tomorrow. ramping up ranking member of the banking committee. congressman devon yes, of california joins us. a member of the house financial-services committee and former verizon ceo among our guests. say with us. the president tells america again he has a mandate for higher taxes.@ the "a-team" does not necessarily agree. we will

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general assembly.udge that this would make it harder to secure a return to negotiations and could have very serious consequences for the palestinian authority. our collective goal must be a two-state solution based on 1967 borders with agreed land swaps, jerusalem as the capital of both states and a just settlement for refugees. so while we support palestinian aspirations and understand the pressures on president abbas, we urge him to lead the palestinians into negotiations and not to risk paralyzing the process. but we also urge israel equally to make every effort effort to t negotiatio before the window for a two-state solution closes altogether. the urgency of all of this is underlined by the conflict in syria. the whole house will join me in condemning the barbaric violence by the assad regime which continues its aerial warfare. 30,000 people have died already, and more than 100 are still being killed each day, countless homes, clinics, hospitals and essential infrastructure such as water and sanit

two-thirds in the john -- general assembly already support the palestinians openly. it will not change that. but the palestinian heard is down to two sides: hamas, the more radical side, versus the p.l.o. and they have elections coming up and they have to have something to show for their time in power. the argument you are actually going to secretten -- strengthen their hand and load to a two-state solution has some sense coming off the back of the cease-fire, hamas is clearly in power and that is not good for anyone. great britain is close to being a yes vote on recognition by the united states and if the brits are there, not many left on the or side. >> that is true. the state of israel has had a challenging relationship with many countries in european and around the rest of the world for a long-term. there is a good reason we have a security council which has some power and influence and a john -- general assembly which doesn't. we do not want to be in a world where 51 percent of the countries could make a decision on countries that mean life-or-death. >>shepard:

palestinian bid to upgrade its international legal status at the united nations was passed by the general assembly with a huge majority but in this vote actually moved the palestinians toward the goal of a complete sovereign state of their own and create the conditions for a lasting peace with israel. you can. start. to cross out the u.n. vote i'm joined by running guess an intel of the he is a former adviser to prime minister ariel sharon and strategic consultant on media and government relations in gaza we have rami khouri he is a correspondent for the electronic intifada and in new york or boston norman finkelstein he is a political analyst and an author all right gentlemen cross talk rolls in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want norman let me go to you first that the resolution passed numbers were expected wasn't a big deal last week now it's a very big deal why. well the reason it's a big deal is because originally when the resolution was contemplated there were serious doubts about whether the europeans would support it but in the last few days because of what happened in gaza

his address to the united nations general assembly he was essentially with the same team what has been and continues to be the israeli point of view he said that the palestinian leadership made a mistake in making this but in the first place he said that the resolution was one sided and it did not in any way it grace the security concerns and that the state of israel has now we have heard already cold calls for sanctions we certainly have heard earlier this week from being israeli foreign minister avigdor lieberman who says that he needs to be an extreme reaction to the palestinians if indeed they go ahead with this food so it means in the recent days and in the recent now was there has been toned down israeli reaction so if we as they sensed that the bug was going to go the direction of the palestinians we know also that the israelis have been scared of making any kind of statements that could be used against him in the future but at the moment in his role the reaction was muted it was very much expected that the book would go in this direction. well following the vote both israel and

in years ago the general assembly took up the question of the right of occupied peoples to resist to resist military occupation and the resolution that passed the general assembly outlines the conditions in which a military resistance is legal when there is a military force occupying your country it's legal and it's and it's lawful to use military force proportional military force against that military occupation you know if americans saw that that great cold war film called red dawn and that's about soviet backed cuban commandos that invade denver right and the heroes are these these young stewards and these young militants right from the boarding school who pick up the guns to defend their country while they are reflecting international law the people of gaza when they are facing the military force of an of an illegal occupation have the right to use force against it now that doesn't mean it's always strategically sensible it doesn't mean it should be done and it never includes the right to attack civilians so shooting. rockets. across the border into israel where you can't blame t

general assembly debate france has already said it will vote in favor of the bit the u.k. is also reportedly leaning towards backing the resolution while the u.s. is strongly opposed but on the palestinian plan i'm joined live now by deb she's a spokesperson for the palestine and national authority thank you for being here and the bit of follows a failed attempt in twenty eleven by mahmoud abbas to join the u.n. as a full member state why do you think this drive will be much more successful. well unfortunately our application for full membership in two thousand and eleven did not come through because the security council failed to reach an agreement affording palestine its rightful place in the united nations as a full member in accordance with international law this time around we are going to the. much larger body of the united nations system a body where democracy is practiced and where every country casts its vote and hopefully will reflect the preservation of the international public that also overwhelmingly supports palestine's right to statehood and freedom were ver

explained in a letter to the speaker of the house that according to the constitution, the general assembly may only authorize additional forms of expansion of gaming if it's through a referendum, in a general election, by a majority of the qualified voters in the state. the civil suit is accusing the attorney general's office of tweaking the interpretation of the state's constitution in order to pass gaming expansion. >> we think the attorney general's all over the board on this. and the end of the day it comes down to people protecting their community. >> reporter: gaming, the casino company who paid a lot of money to fight this question, said there remains a question as to the the validity of the outcome given a legal challenge that has been filed by an outside group as to what constitutes a qualified voter in this election. we'll be exploring that issue in the coming days. now, we contacted the maryland attorney's office. they said they have not actually been served with this suit yet, and cannot comment until that happens. most likely will be withholding comment until court. coming up

a vote at the general assembly is not about achieving peace. it is not about achieving stability in the middle east. it is rather a political maneuver. the best path to peace in my opinion is through direct negotiations between those in israel and the palestinians, not through manipulations in united nations. the international community should not be united -- should be united in pushing both sides to negotiating together, negotiating a table, not rewarding one of them for violating previous agreements. congress needs to make it clear to the palestinian authority that its actions will have serious implications and consequences. to me, the path to peace in the middle east is not through the united nations. >> let me join my colleagues in saying i believe president abbas's misguided actions at the un will not bring peace to the palestinian people. it will not help restart peace negotiations with israel. at the end of the day, despite what they think may be a strategic set, it will not bring political advantage to the palestinian authority. the da

general assembly. we've been clear and consistent with palestinians that we oppose the observer state status as of the general assembly and its resolution. we made those points again and the deputy secretary also reiterated that no one should be under any illusion because this resolution will produce a vote, namely to have their own state in israel. obviously we went up to make one more try to make our news note to president abbas and urge him to reconsider. so obviously make his own decisions and he will be back in new york tomorrow. but we thought it was important to make her case one more time. >> sorry, your understanding of the palestinian goal here in terms of this resolution is they expect to get a state out of their? >> that's not what i said. i said it is the old basic overall. >> survey should not be allowed to have anything interim? they either go all the way, he do with the israelis do nothing for the palestinians in between. >> we have made clear and talked about this all week long and i d

the general assembly needs to step up to the plate in this state and they need to set aside, and i'mbout the gop members of the general assembly, their party affiliation when it comes to voting. voting is a matter of allowing the folks in the state of ohio to vote freely, no matter who they choose to vote for. and it shouldn't be based on party affiliation. and the fact that you have a secretary of state trying to rig the election only for a republican is a sad state of affairs. but the general assembly needs to step up, ed, and i will be there to push the envelope on that, you can bet that. >> seems to me like the national party has got their mits on this. or is husted smart enough to come up with this plan? i mean, it would seem to me that the national republicans are sitting there saying, we can't win the white house unless we have ohio. we have to come up with a plan to make sure we can divide this stuff up, so the republicans will have a better chance of winning it. >> they tried in 2012, because the m thes stood up, and we'll keep standing up and fighting. whether it's the nati

general assembly. >> we are going tomorrow to the united nations to upgrade the status of palestine to an observer state at the u.n. and this is the first step to accomplish our palestinian rights which we have cemented in >> warner: abbas is seeking recognition of palestine as a non-member observer state encompassing the west bank, gaza and east jerusalem along the pre-1967 war borders. his fatah faction only rules now in part of the west bank. its islamist rival hamas, which advocates violent resistance to israel, controls gaza. after long opposing abbas's u.n. efforts, the militant hamas recently endorsed the move. >> ( translated ): the hamas movement is with all the diplomacy acts that adds to the palestinian victories. we welcome the step for statehood at the united nations but we want it to be through a national program based on the resistance and keeps the palestinian rights. >> warner: general assembly recognition would put palestine on a par with the vatican at the u.n., but would not grant full representation. last year, abbas failed to win full u.n. membership for a state o