>> there is a difference between us and hezbollah in the sense that hezbollah is committed ideologically to the islamic resolution -- revolution. that is a talking point in the election. hezbollah said he was proud of that and following death. -- and falling that. i think you have seen a weakening of hezbollah's allies. in terms of communications, that is a victory for those as opposed to those in the region. in a way, what was so embarrassing to them was this notion that the islamic republic and ahmadinejad had more of legitimacy, more popular legitimacy, then our government. right now ahmadinejad is on shaky ground the other thing is -- is on shaky ground. the other thing is ahmadinejad and hezbollah are not going to suffer in terms of support. training, weaponry is going to continue. our revolutionary guards controlled these relationships. they are not directly affected. in terms of talking to their own public and palestine and lebanon, in terms of ideology, this is a setback. >> i think that-- >> hezbollah and hamas are completely different entities as far as iran. i would be very in

>> there's a difference between hamas and hezbollah in the sense that hezbollah is committed ideologically to the islamic revolution. that is a talking point during the elections in lebanon is the secretary general of hezbollah said he was proud of that. so, of course, imagine if the elections it lebanon had happened after all of this unrest in iran -- and i think that you would have seen, actually, a weakening of hezbollah's allies. in terms of communications, that is a victory for those opposed to iran in the region, not that they had anything to do with it, but in a way what was so embarrassing to them was this notion that the islamic republic and ahmadinejad had more legitimacy and more popular legitimacy than arab governments themselves. and right now a.c.hmeadinejad i shaky ground and they like that. the other thing, hezbollah and hamas are not going to suffer in the sense that the support, whether funnin 'n gfunding, tra weaponry is going to suffer. the revolutionary guard are the ones that control that so they are not directly affected. in terms of positioning, in terms of talking

it set up lebanese hezbollah. and, it adopted a policy of undermining the arab states for the gulf corporation council. iranian calls for arab mon narcs to be overthrown united those count behind saddam hussein. so it was detrimental to iranian interests. but among the fundamentalist factions in the revolution, and there are many different groupings. you had nationalist, markists liberals but among the fundamentalist factions there was a widespread belief that iran could export its revolution. it was applicable to the arab world and islamic world at large. also, that some of the radical events in iran at that time, the u.s. hostage crisis for example, had a very domestic dimension that is not often looked at. the fundamentalist factions in iran that supported ayatollah khomeni, the founder of the revolution, really used that crisis to consolidate their own power and beat the other factions. so you have to consider that fax alism has been a large part of iranian behavior in the last 30 years. after the end of iran-

change a policy in relation with hezbollah. our ambassador in lebanon met the hezbollah chief on the 18th of june, days after the majority lost the 14 alliance to win the elections earlier. that they should not question hezbollah role as a resistance party, legitimacy of our weapons arsenal, israel as an enemy state, which is clearly a breach of the u.s. security council resolutions and also show something of a disregard for the democratic process in lebanon. in laying out and challenging the election. why are we underlie the democratic process in lebanon by these contacts with hezbollah? >> well, i don't think we are seeking to undermine the democratic process in a lebanon para i wouldn't undertake remarks out of context and and desires to support democratic development in lebanon and i have talked to to all those in lebanon in such a way i think we need the democracy of the spanish team to be more stable and. >> could i ask you about the recent concerns over the spare parts to israel and purposes? we don't send in to israel a

it's true in the hezbollah community. it's true in iraq where we're facing a lot of shiia-inspired activities. being a shiia country, we don't know where maliki comes out in terms of that particular struggle when the united states forces pull back from the industries and may over a two-year period ultimately leave iraq completely. and we may be faced with a different kind of political access in that part of the world which tell -- let's not forget -- controls major sources of energy, oil and natural gas, which is critical to the industrial world of the west. they have tremendous control over us. if they are in the hands of religious radical leadership we will have extraordinarily complicated worlds to cope with and contend with. so we are in a very, very different period now. i think one of the most dangerous periods, and i believe that obama's foreign policy legacy will be determined on how he handled iran which is at the forefront of the forces that says the united states is the great satan. we don't know how to cope wi

hezbollah upholds iran as a model. imagine -- the impact of the images after the repression in the streets of tehran. they have had defect in beirut. remember, the lebanese had their own version of this popular uprising. no blood, no massive repression, but still, they are wondering what kind of state they want. is that a viable model? another country to watch closely is syria, which is trying to rebuild ties with the west. if well played, this can be opportunity for syria. there's not much texture to the iran-syria relationship. the two societies are not in love. there is not a lot of cultural exchanges. there is some religious pilgrimage, but it is not a profound relationship. the regime we will -- the regime will continue to deal with the same people in iran. what is their assessment of the solidity of the regime? the picture is certainly very complex. as i said earlier, the only merit of the decision to basically throw his weight behind ahmadinejad, at least for the arab states, is to clarify the situation. we no l

hezbollah may not have a former military. it still flew for drones backend israel's we have a trend that comes from when we have to worry about what does this mean for the realm of terrorism and i think there are two ripple effects. what is it reinforces the power of small groups and individuals against the state. one of the people appears in the book is a scientist for the pentagon and he says look, if you gave me $50,000 i wanted to i could shut down manhattan right now. and he came up with a pretty scary scenario using current robotics he could buy off the open market to though is it changes the affect of suicide bombing. it takes away the calling effect on those organizations that is you don't have to be suicidal to have many of the same which allows new actors into the game they would have to look at al qaeda to .0 but also the next generation version of the timothy mcveigh because you don't have to persuade a robot that is received by 70,000 in having to convince itself to blow up. but these ripple effect quote in other

wing of hezbollah. what is being done about these areas of hezbollah? >> first of all, the foreign office's is right to try to secure a better peace in lebanon. secondly, we have appealed to the israeli government to end the policy of expanding settlements. i appreciated the comments that mr. netanyahu made after his visit to america, that he is prepared to consider a two-stage solution. and -- a two-state solution. i believe that response in the end has got to be about the recognition of israel. >> prime minister, how you assess the statements made yesterday from the spanish foreign minister? >> we had talks in gibraltar yesterday. it is possible, even on difficult issues to make progress. >> to go back to afghanistan, there is an agreement, that the british troops are the spearhead for operations. therefore, does not matter who contributed helicopters. but because of the politics among certain members, that would [unintelligible] is it time to also appealed to your friends in the muslim world that did

in his statement about hezbollah. i am reading from the memorandum from the president of the united states sent with respect -- this is the presidential report certification when he lifted the designation of north korea and he wrote from the president, "our review of intelligence community assessments indicates there is no credible or sustained reporting at this time that supports allegation including as cited in recent reports by the congressional research service, that the dprk has provided direct or support for hezbollah, a.t.m. il tamil d if we should obtain evidence of international terrorism in the future the secretary could again designate the dprk as a state sponsor of terrorism." we have in the received that evidence. we specifically requested and contrary to what the senator just said, this does not delay the report, it says "not later than 30 days after the passage." the report can come next week. the report can come in answer to the senator's request. we with ask for that. so let's be accurate in this desi

you see a hezbollah may be announced in organization may engage in terrorist actions but it is also able to launch both drones and crew -- cruise missiles at capacity. you have china, of course, one of the top potential conventional threats out there but also has over a thousand computer hackers working for it which is a classic is a mature action so i think this is one of the things one way to create a stovepipes we may be setting ourselves up for a fall and more so in what we buy can we afford to have systems that are only good for a coin in counter insurgency and others in the only good for conventional sustain in the training our position paragon. i would argue that the biggest bang for our buck in terms of defense dollars is finding those systems that are crossed by trauma. that are useful for what ever the dumbing of conflict in this and when we may be surprised by is that it may not be in as much the pointy end of the. that makes a difference so i'll use the example of a finally got to start calling in the end, the top al qaeda leader in iraq. we cannot find him so well what was a

like muslim tiding only two and half percent and they decided the charities and they're all the hezbollah terrorist fronts. in fact, the record other designated charities that was subsequently busted on to the bush administration is enormous and if you run afoul of sharia law like a trucking firm and when they put things in your truck you have to pay 7.5%, they also decided that money goes. now in this book in every chapter and the and we have something called the action agenda that tells you how to fight back and here there is something specific. the former undersecretary of defense, head of the center for security policy, has launched a lawsuit against aig. is really cool. he says that aig syria compliance fund is an act of the government which now owns 80% of aig. and as result violates the separation of church and state because it is government funding institution of religion. [applause] now isn't that cool? and have lawsuits needs money and support and it needs friends and, please, consult the part of the book where i give the place to send all of that. so listen, we are at a crucial

you see a hezbollah may be a monster organization may engage in terrorist actions but it's also able to launch both drones and cruise missiles. it's proven both capacities. you have china of course one of the top conventional threats out there but it also has over 8,000 computer hackers working for it which is a classic ascent letcher caption and this is when we create these stovepipes, we may be setting ourselves up for a fall and even more so in what we buy can we afford to have systems only good for counter insurgency and other once only good for conventional in the same in the training and organization. and i would argue that the biggest bank for the buck in terms of defense dollars is finding those systems that are cross spectrum. that is useful for whatever the domain of conflict is and what we may be surprised by is that it may not be in as much of the planet of the spirit that makes the difference. so, use the example of how we got zarqawi in the end, the top al qaeda leader in iraq. we could not find him, so while it was a military problem it was an intelligence problem. the

and they are all of the hamas and hezbollah terrorists runs. in fact the record of the designating charities subsequently blasted number of the bush administration is enormous. and if you run afoul of sharia law like you are a trucking firm and one day put pigs in your truck you have to pay 7.5% find they also decide where that money goes. now in this book in every chapter at the end we have something called the action agenda that tells you how to fight back and here is something very specific. frank gaffney, former undersecretary of defense, great guy, head of the center for security policy, the speed mine is in a book, has launched a lawsuit. all right, backing a lawsuit against aig and it's really cool. he says that aig sharia compliance fund is an act of the government which now owns 80% of aig. and as a result violates the separation of church and state because its government funding and institution of religion. [applause] now, and that coal? and that lawsuit needs money and support and it needs friends and please consult the part of the b

defy the united nations regarding their nuclear program but also helped iran finance activities of hezbollah and hamas. our dependence on foreign oil makes us vulnerable to disrupted energy supply, and the risk is heightened because most of the world's proven reserves are controlled by just a few governments. state control means countries can and do manipulate energy supply. we've had a case just this last year when russia manipulated markets in eastern europe. the energy modeling form at stanford university brought together a group of elite experts to assess the chances of a major oil supply disruption. they identified major areas of the globe where oil disruptions are most likely due to geopolitical, military, or terrorist threats. those areas include corks the rest of the persian gulf, russia, and the caspian states, a group of nations in african south america account for 60% of oil production. so the threat of disrupted supply is a serious country for -- a serious one for our economy. as we found out during the oil shocks of the 1970's which cost our economy about $2.5 trillion, if raime

hezbollah may not have a former military, still flu for drones in israel so we have this trend comes from when we have to worry about what does this mean for the realm of terrorism and i think there to ripple effect. one is that it reinforces the power of small groups of individuals against the state. one of the people in the book is a scientist for the pentagon and he says look, kiki me $50,000 i want to i could shut down manhattan right now. he came up with a pretty scary scenario of current robotics. the other though is the changes the effect of suicide bombing, takes away the effect on those organizations. that is you don't have to be suicidal to have many of the same lethality in impact which allows new actors into the game and reframes the way we have to look at it al qaeda 2.0 but the next version of a timothy mcveigh because you don't have to persuade a robot that is going to be received by seven virgins and haven't to convince it to blow itself up. but these ruppel lookbacks the what to other areas. for example on art and politics, one of the people i-- was assisted-- ronald

he claimed in one of the debates that nato pushed hezbollah out of lebanon.he press ignored that to fixate on palin's clothes. >> geraldo: sarah palin made an appearance on the radio program in fairbanks friday as she told the disappointed listeners the reason she is stepping down is because "i chose not to play their game" adding she wanted to get out there and fight. they do thinks like that and palin said i can handle it but not when it costs the state time and money it has cost according to one state official alaska has spent about $1.9 million defending the ethics complaints that apparently had been bogus. >> except for one. >> except for one that has not been dismissed. governor, can you win by quitting? >> if anybody quits she might be able to pull it off. i don't know and i don't think any of us do. if you are in office one of the things that the opponents will use against you is a barrage of lawsuits and ethics complaints. i faced it. a -- it was a constanth battle. ten and a half years. >> so i had two and a half years of pepper's term and eight yea

i think you are very biased and reporting about when it comes to iran and syria, and hezbollah. i mean, you are pro than. you don't have even a second opinion allowed to appear on these issues. most of the time, you are with dished. >> let's get to the question. >> second, why? why biased? why do you take all over the world to opinioned except when it comes to these three issues, hezbollah, iran and syria? second, how can you sustain yourself if your advertisement is zero. you are only petro advertising. how can you sustain yourself? >> interesting question. >> number one, the issue of iran. i disagree with you. that is not to entirely. we have taken very clear coverage on the issue of iran. again, minute by minute. we have a quality assurance. if you would like to say we are biased compared to other networks, it is up to you. but when it comes to our standards, when we have conservatives, we have to balance them at the same time on the same news policies. five minutes, five minutes. that is the standards that we follow. unfortunately, we were to do that. some people have taken

we are concerned about weapons smuggling going to hamas and lebanese hezbollah. we have to worry about counterpiracy. if anybody wants to know what we advise to the maritime companies we would be happy to provide that later during the q&a. the other choke points in our area are of enormous importance to global commerce. it is estimated somewhere in the neighborhood of 50% of the world's energy resources flow through that on a daily basis. we obviously have an enormous challenge in the form of iran, whose provocative actions, the continued arming of extremist elements in iraq, in lebanon, in gaza and western afghanistan, cause problems, and his apparent quest for nuclear technology and delivery means causes enormous pause, as you would imagine, throughout our region but particularly among the arab states. preventing fourth -- proliferation is another of our tasks. we are working to build a partnerships in the stands. we have a no. distribution network that is now established. given all the we have done in the years since the end of the soviet union, he pioneered a

so it's going to be, i'm afraid, like the israelis who have been held prisoner by hamas or hezbollah. >> at one point, we said that he is on tape talking about, you know, americans, the military can save him. this is a direct message that his captors want to take to the public. and propaganda in this sense. >> they're very good at that. the insurgents and al qaeda are very good at making dvds, getting messages up. what we saw are captives being sold up the chain. this, unfortunately, has happened before with afghans. people who have been kidnapped by common criminals. and up in high-level confinement. they could be in the next cave to bin laden. >> it is always sad when there are these types of situations. i wonder if you have any insight on this. what happens new with the family? obviously the military has notified them. but are there certain things that happen with the family about protection and about what to say and not to say if they're contacted, what have you, that the military -- does the military instruct them on certain things? >> i hope they would. in this situation, everyt

about one year before almost to the day he england welcomed into its borders the chief spokesman for hezbollah which was the top officials the wholly owned television station by contrast again with the development we have only seen in the last week which is an alleged jihadist to be held than guantanamo bay the last five years because there is very strong evidence to believe when he was captured in pakistan and route to the united states to carry out terrorist attacks here with jose padilla. he was held by gitmo and the british demanded him back. although he is not a british citizen but an ethiopian. they demanded him back because he had been a british resident and the illegal justification to have residence in england again. muhammed is not singular they have welcomed any number of alleged jihadist who had a right to reside in england. wilders allowed to roam free. beyond a level tourism and a love-hate speech laws which are used to suppress expression i would suggest there are more subtle and dangerous methods of pressing speech within the framework of warfare. in our own country, we are dea

the lebanese extremist group hezbollah currently has more rockets and high munitions, many quite sophisticated and accurate, then all but a handful of countries. in some the security challenges we now face and will in the future have changed. our thinking must likewise change. the old paradigm of looking at potential conflict is either -- as either regular or in a regular war, conventional or unconventional, high-end or low end is no longer relevant. as a result, the defense apartment needs to think about and prepare for war in a profoundly different way than we have been accustomed to throw out the better part of the century. what we need is a portfolio of military capabilities with maximum versatility across the widest possible spectrum of conflict. as a result, we must change the way we think and the way we planned. fundamentally reform the way we do business and purchase weapons. it simply will not do to base our strategies solely on continuing to design and buy as we have for the last 60 years only the most technologically advanced weapons to keep up with or stay ahead of another superpow

area where he had grown up and he has written a wonderful book, the media relations department of hezbollah wishes you a happy birthday. i have read some of that but as he was the balloting but did not have time to read the whole book but i loved so much what i read that i decided to give the whole thing a great read here and i love hearing what people are saying about that buck. the third book that i have to and it has been next to my bedside many summer that maybe this is a summer when i will finally bring the power broker by robert caro, his book on robert moses. i wanted to read it for a long time it is the kind of book or you needed several months to find the time to read it he mack to seymor summer reading lists and other program information visit our web site at booktv.org >> the letter spanned 300 years from benjamin banneker's letter to then secretary thomas jefferson protesting slavery to a series of notes between martin luther king jr. and correta scott king in the 1950's and a letter from alice walker to barack obama the day following his election to the presidency. new york uni

allocate the part of your portfolio goes to charities and they decide the charities and they're all hezbollah fronts. their record of designated charities that were busted under the bush administration is enormous, and if you run afoul of sharia lie, like you're a trucking firm and one day you put pigs in your truck you have to pay a 7.5% fine and they decide where that money goes. in this back, we have something called the action agenda, that tells you how to fight back. and frank gaffney, the former undersecretary of defense, head of the center for policy, has launched a lawsuit. correction, backing a lawsuiting against aeg. it's really cool. he says that aeg sharia compliance fund is an act of the government which now owns 80% of aeg, and as a result violates the separation of church and state. because it's government funding an institution of religion. [applause] >> now, ain't that cool. and that lawsuit needs money, and it needs support, and it needs friends, and please consults the part of the back where i give you the place to send all that. so we are at a crucial crossroad here, and p

if they wanted to do is such a way there are no fingerprints they could turn the barge over to a hezbollah crew or al qaeda or whoever wants to do with the ship could be scuttled afterwards or maybe slink away in the middle of the night while everybody is confused but in your novel it is not clear who has done this. >> guest: one of the things that concerns me is we have to get out of the cold war paradox the world i grew up was duck and cover. growing up in the new york city area many smile and remember i show it to my students every year. i remember the cuban missile crisis we practiced every day. remember mutual assured destruction worked. i often say now thank heavens of the opponents at that time were communist and atheist because they are very pragmatic they're not going to inherit the smoking gun we're dealing with a situation now in iran that mutual assured destruction is an encouragement. >> host: i know this because i was in exchange did in the soviet union years ago and many of the soviets were evil but not irrational they did not believe in the idea of moscow being destroyed th

debate could not keep reality separated from fantasy, talking about, you know, bush and nato pushing hezbollah out of lebanon, i mean, it was just crazy talk, and then describing the role of the vice president, confusing article one, you know, the one that describes what he does for a live, the senate, and who the president of the senate is, the vice president, and that's not even getting into the little crazy things he said, like talking to some at katie's restaurant back in delaware when katie's restaurant turned out to be a res stant a restaurant that was closed for 20 years f pail-said anything that crazy, we would never hear the end of it. eric: what about sarah palin, is this crafty smart or did she drop the ball? >> no, i think it's very clever. i think she explained herself very clearly. i mean, it was very weird to me. i watched her press conference. it seemed crystal clear. well spoken, as she always is, without a single note, certainly without a teleprompter, and you know, she said she has been subject to endless petty ethics complaints. she got cleared on all of them, and yet it is

this area where he had grown up and he's written a wonderful book the media relations department of hezbollah wishes you a happy birthday, and i've read some of that book as it was developed but i didn't have time to read the whole thing get by loved so much of what i read i decided i want to give the whole thing a great breed and i love hearing what people are saying about the book. and the third book i have to admit has been next to my bedside many summers but maybe this is the summer i will finally read the powerbroker by robert caro, the book on robert moses. it is something i've wanted to read a long time and it is the kind of book you need a nice summer months to find the time to read it. >> to see more summer reading lists and other program information, visit our web site at booktv.org. >>> coming up next, booktv presents "after words," an hourlong interview program where we invite a guest host to interview the author of a new book. this week from bookexpo america and new york city, joe scarborough on his book, "the last best hope" restoring conservatism and america's promise. the form

and they're all the hezbollah terrorist friends. in fact, the record of their designated charities that was subsequently busted under the bush administration is enormous and if you who run afoul of sharia law like if you are a trucking firm and when they put things in your truck you have to pay a 7.5% fine, they also decide where that money goes. that in this book in every chapter at the end have something called the action agenda that tells you how to fight back and in it is something specific. frank gaffney, the former undersecretary of defense, great guy, head of the center for security policy, the url is in the book, has launched a lawsuit and is backing a lawsuit against aig. it is really cool. he says that aig sharia law compliance fun is an act of a government which now owns 80% of aig. and as a result flyleaves the separation of church and state because its government funding and institution of religion. [applause] now, it ain't that cool? in that lawsuit needs money in in in support in use friends and, please, consult the p

we are concerned about weapons smuggling to hamas and hezbollah.rried about counter piracy. our other chokepoints are of enormous importance to global commerce. it is estimated 50% of the world energy is close to that on a daily basis. we have an enormous challenge and in the form of iran, whose actions and continue farming of extremist elements in iraq and lebanon and gaza and western afghanistan cause problems. it causes a normal pause as you would imagine. it is particularly among the arab states. preventing proliferation is one of our tasks. we are working to build partnerships with the so-called stands. we have a distribution network that is now established. general shali will love to hear about it sometime. he pioneered a lot of the door openings in some of these areas. that is to enable the building of our forces in afghanistan. i will talk about that situation. we also work to assist our pakistani partners within the last two months. if carried out significant operations against extremists who now are seen by them to pose an accidental -- e

wanted to do it in such a way that there were no fingerprints, they could turn the barge over to a hezbollahcrew or an al-qaeda crew or whoever wants to do it. the ship could be scuttled afterwards or it might be taken away in the night. in your novel it is not clear who has done this to the united states. who has been complicit in this act. >> one of the things that concerns me the most here we have to get out of the cold war paradigm. for 30 years -- the world i crew up in was duck and cover. as a boy growing up in the new york city area i think many in the audience smile the duck and cover. i remember the cuban missile crisis where we practiced evidence. but remember mad, mutual assured destruction and it worked. thank heavens our opponents at that time were communists and atheists because every pragmatic -- they're not going to inherit a smoking room. we're dealing with a situation now in iran where mutual short destruction might well be an encouragement. >> that's exactly -- i happen to know this a bit because i was an exchange student in the soviet union years ago and my view many of t

that combined with the development of unconventional weapons an ballistic missiles support hezbollah and other terrorist groups and its repeated threats against israel and the united states represents a real and growing threat to the security of the united states and the middle east. it is in the interest of the united states and the world's other great powers to achieve an end to the iranian nuclear program. the administration has held out a -- quote -- "open hand making clear that it intends to open direct talks with iran. yet 3 1/2 months since the president's formal offer, the iranian government has made no response nor has it suspended its enrichment activities as required by the u.n. security council resolutions. time is not on the side of those pushing the iranians to seize these dangerous actions. the administration officials and others including the french president have stated that they will not wait intermably while the iranian nuclear program at the g-8 summit two weeks ago the assembled leaders agreed that the iranians do not have forever and they should return to the ne

hezbollah just came on television about 15 minutes ago and gave a very emotional speech. he did say that -- it's a very interesting -- not exactly evasion, but they're pointing the fingers at possibly rivals, basically saying that terrorists that were behind this may not even be terrorists that we know, might be a different kind of terrorist that we know of. he also explained that he had received -- from different government agencies showing pictures of his face being shot, strictly people having been trained using his photo for target practice. so he is making very strong accusations that there were people interested in possibly y not seeing him inaugurated, people unhappy with the election results. so he thinks this could be related to the election. >> okay, jason, we'll have to leave it there. we would like to apologize for the sound quality of that particular interview. scott, over to you. >> okay, christine, thanks. >>> general electric reports second quarter results at 6:30 a.m. new york time today. the parent of cnbc is forecast to earn 23 cents a share and $42. bi

the media relations department of hezbollah wishes you a happy birthday. and i've read some of that book as neil was developing it but wasn't the editor and didn't have time to read the whole thing yet, but i loved so much what i read that i decided i really want to give the whole thing a great read and i love hearing what people are saying and talk about that book. and the third book that i have to admit has been next to my bedside many a summer but maybe this is the summer when i'll finally read the power broker by robert. his book on robert moses. it is something i wanted to read for a long time and it is the kind of book where you need a nice summer month to find the time to read it. >> on this sunday the 5th of july you're looking at some of the crowds at mount vernon mansion. the home of george and martha washington. we are at mount vernon today with author and biographer john ferling to learn more about his writings on revolutionary war history and some of the famous people who helped shape it. we are inside the reynolds education center. we're in o

the map and rockets continue to rain down on israel from terrorist groups whether they be hamas or hezbollah. israel is a true friend and partner of the united states. and we must now more than ever show unwavering support for our friend, not only through this legislation, but through every other available means. i'm deeply concerned about the funding provided in this legislation to the united nations relief and works agency. without determining that the agency does not have members of hamas on its payroll, u.n. agencies such as that, for example, such as the so-called human rights council, a club of tyrannies, do not deserve american taxpayer support, just like the useless embarrassment that is the organization of american states. there's some good things in this legislation, legislation provides $165 million in economic support funds, for example, for haiti, to help the authorities consolidate democratic gains and promote development. since the recent devastating storms hit haiti, i have called first on the bush administration and then on the obama administration to grant temporary protect

i think you are very biased in reporting about when it comes to iran and syria, and hezbollah. you are pro than. you don't have even a second opinion allowed to appear on the issue. most of the time you are dished. >> let's get to the question. >> second, why this bias? why do you take all over the world to opinions except when it comes to these three issues? secondly, how can you sustain yourselves if, you know, you are establishment is zero, you have only the advertising, how can you sustain yourself? >> interesting questions. >> number one, the issue of iran. up i of course, disagree with you. that is not true entirely. we have taken very clear coverage on the issue of iran. we monitored minute by minute. if you would like to say we are biased to other networks that cover the story of iraq, it is up to. but when it comes to us, when we have conservatives, we have to balance them at the same time on the same news politick. five minutes, five minutes. that is an establishment that we follow. unfortunately, others do that. some people did, they have taken again on the issue of

even hezbollah, the political party and paramilitary group to use them against israel. no one feels the urgency of staying ahead of the competition more than the personnel at the air force base. >> right now we are hanging on to everybody. it's mobilize reserve if you are assigned right now to move out. >> it's a considering way to cut out pilots all together. >> we're looking at a future where we can operate and within groups among themselves with weapons or without weapons. >> unimaginable a few years ago. new weapons appeared destined to work with less and less human input. >> there is nothing that is a technological barrier to using that. we think of it as a never, ever thing and yet it's not the technology that is holding us back. it's time to say that war will never be the same again. if ever to borrow a line from a science fiction movie, this is it. mankind has never been there before. towards that unchartered era. the warfare. cnn, air force base, nevada. >> this just in to cnn, we've got a tornado warning. rob marciano? >> the worst spot that did damage, today

hezbollah on the books went out for all the reasons that you described earlier -- if the law on the books went out for all of the reasons the described earlier, we will not be getting to the security goal that we were looking for. under the law, we would be able to enforce and to the standard that we want to reach. >> thank you. i know this is difficult. thank you for your response. one of the problems has been an adequate funding. states cannot afford to foot the bill. has the department of homeland security issued grants to states to offset these costs? the written testimony for the next panel states that the federal government should insist should give higher priority to driver's license security rather than state level homeland security priorities. my question to you is, would you like to address from your experience as a governor the financial burden of real id in its current form? also whether states are not properly prioritizing their homeland security funds. >> i feel good about the privatization. you might want to ask other states to respond to that. there is a great deal of acco

iran pose to us, whether it's missile launches within range of hawaii or transferring weapons to hezbollahhamas. we must strengthen our commitment to enforcing the nonproliferation treaty and the existing inspections regime. we must lead an international effort to interdict and prevent the world's most dangerous weapons from getting into the hands of the world's worst actors. i know there are varying views on the future of missile defense and our long-term strategic force posture. and i look forward to those debates. the bipartisan nature of our committee allows for candid discussion, lively debate and at times disagreement. in that spirit, there's some items in the bill that i do not support and were not in the president's budget request, such as continuation of the f-22 aircraft production line, funding for the joint strike alternate engine and earmarks totaling $6.4 billion. i was disappointed that in spite of a veto threat from the white house, our committee chose to add $1.75 billion for seven f-22 aircraft and $439 million for an alternate engine for the joint strike fighter. neither

congressional research service that the dprk has provided direct or willing support for hez bowl acor the -- hezbollah or the iranian revolutionary guard. should we retain support for dpkr in the future, the president could designate dprk as a ste sponsor of terrorism. well, we haven't, mr. president. it simply doesn't fit under the requirements. we need to use the right tools here. this amendment is flawed and -- i am convinced could actually undermine what i know is going on right now in terms of efforts by a number of different parties to try to move this process forward. this is not the way a responsible united states senate ought to go about trying to deal with an issue of this kind of diplomatic consequence. the relisting, incidentally, has no practical effect in terms of anything that it would do with respect to our current policy other than, you know, raise the issue with respect to the senate at this moment, but, as i say, inappropriately with respect to the statutes that are concerned. president bush actually preserved all of the existing financial sanctions on north korea at the time that h

east, he can create peace between palestine, the arabs, and the israelis, but if you're a member of hezbollahthe u.s. backing away from israel, how is that an i incentive to compromise. the message seems to be don't worry about iranian nukes, they probably won't use them. if you're trying to raise a family in haifa or tel aviv how do you like to be told about don't worry about iranian nukes, they probably won't use them? gretchen: and the president seems to be a huge advocate with sitting down and chating with these people, and so what are your feelings with trying to have dialogue with the iranians? >> well, first of all, i have to say when i get to chat with you i'm always happier than a moonshiner with a new set of tires. gretchen: i'll take that. >> yes. gretchen: let's get back to iran. >> ok. but certainly look, we all would love to live in a world in which dialogue solves everything. i'd certainly love to. and president obama is very confident because frankly here's a man who through his charisma and charm and talent talked his way all the way into the white house, but now he's playing

hezbollah has more rockets and high end of munitions, many quite sophisticated and accurate and all but a handful of countries. in sum, the security challenges we now face and will in the future have changed and our thinking must also change. of the old paradigm of looking at potential conflict as either regular or e regular war, conventional or unconventional, high end or low end is no longer relevant. as a result, the defense department needs to think about and prepare for war in a profoundly different way than we have been accustomed to for the better part of the last century. but we need is a portfolio of military capabilities with maximum versatility across the widest spectrum of conflict. -- what we need is a portfolio of military capabilities. we need to change the way we think and plan and fundamentally reform the way we do business and buy weapons. it simply will not do to base our strategy solely on continuing to design and purchase as we have for the last 60 years only the most technologically advanced weapons to keep up with or stay ahead of another superpower adversary. esp

i think you are very biased in reporting about when it comes to iran and syria, and hezbollah. you are pro than. you don't have even a second opinion allowed to appear on the issue. most of the time you are dished. >> let's get to the question. >> second, why this bias? why do you take all over the world to opinions except when it comes to these three issues? secondly, how can you sustain yourselves if, you know, you are establishment is zero, you have only the advertising, how can you sustain yourself? >> interesting questions. >> number one, the issue of iran. up i of course, disagree with you. that is not true entirely. we have taken very clear coverage on the issue of iran. we monitored minute by minute. if you would like to say we are biased to other networks that cover the story of iraq, it is up to. but when it comes to us, when we have conservatives, we have to balance them at the same time on the same news politick. five minutes, five minutes. that is an establishment that we follow. unfortunately, others do that. some people did, they have taken again on the issue of

even hezbollah, the lebanese-based political party and paramilitary group, has used them against israelhe competition more than the personnel at this air force base. >> right now we're hanging on to everybody in the system. we've mobilized the international guard, mobilized the service. if you are assigned to us right now, we don't allow you to move out. >> reporter: already commanders are considering ways to cut out pilots altogether. >> we're looking at a future where we can program unmanned aerial vehicles to operate within groups among themselves. with weapons or without weapons. >> reporter: unimaginable a few years ago. new weapons appeared dustined to work with less and less human input. >> there's nothing that is a techno logical barrier to using armed autonomous systems, and there's -- we think about it as a never, ever, ever thing, and, yet, it's not the technology that's holding us back. it's trying to figure out the applications of it. >> reporter: unmanned technology is here to stay. wars will never be the same again. if ever there's a moment to borrow a line from a science

and nuclear weapons capabilities and continues to sponsor violent islamic extremist groups like hezbollah and hamas. we are at a critical juncture in our foreign policy. in the western hemisphere, the situation in honduras has become the linchpin for the thwarting of all the leaders and anti-america and anti-freedom agenda. yet the approach adopted by the u.s. is one where enemies of freedom are emboldened and strengthened while democratic institutions and allies are undermined and weakened. let us hope for our nation's security interest that the u.s. will see the danger in this approach and change scorse before it is too late. . let us hope the leadership will heed the words of ronald reagan from march, 1978, when reagan said, our fundamental aim in foreign policy must be to ensure our own survival and to protect those who also share our values. under no circumstances should we have any illusions about the intentions of those who are enemies of freedom. mr. speaker, let us send a clear significant nat to the enemies of freedom that we will not -- let us send a clear signal to the enemies

so ahmadinejad can send that money to hezbollah and round about to hamas. we are paying for terrorists to arm and to be energized in a war against america and all the things we stand for. so i know there can be honest debate on things that we disagree about. i know that we can stand on this side of the aisle and that side of the aisle and have a fair and honest debate about those things. but the things that i've heard over these last few weeks, the lies, the mistruths, are all too much for us to take. just think about the way that they've tried to scare, the republicans have tried to scare the american people by saying that if we pass an energy security bill here in washington it will mean an increase in home heating and energy prices of $3,100 a year and when they did that they cited a study from an m.i.t. produce professor. upon hearing that immediately that professor said, that's not true, you are misquoting my study, i did not say that, that's not what this study says. weeks and months after that professor issued that disclaimer, we continue to hear fro