complete pull out in twenty forty let's get more analysis from phyllis bennis of from the institute for policy studiesare joining us live in los and like other two sides have very different object is from the start is it actually a road to peace. this is the only possibility for peace negotiations that have any chance at all but of course it's going to be a very difficult one as you say the two sides there really are three sides have very different agendas going in president obama in his speech in the g eight summit talked about how we see an afghan led afghan owned process meaning for him the afghan government had to be involved but of course the actual process is not involving the afghan government it's directly between the united states and the taliban so there's a difference there between what he said and the actual plan for the taliban they clearly have goals that go far beyond negotiating over conditions in afghanistan with the united states they also see the opening of this new office in doha as a way of opening up to the rest of the world ending their isolation perhaps i think that's one of th

it stands today i'm joined by mere woods co-director of foreign policy in focus at the institute for policy studies thank you so much for coming on to be with you so what is driving the u.s. is pivot into africa well we have to recognize that africa is on the rise africa has over a billion people it has resources that are vital for the global economy from oil and gas to other key resources uranium gold plutonium but this is actually quite long so it is the center of the of africa for the global economy that is actually driving not only the u.s. and china which get a lot of recognition but also brazil india turkey the list is a lot of countries but primarily the brics you know brazil russia india china and south africa i see those drivers in terms of economic determination of the continent so i think these are key elements of it so that we always know that resources are involved when you see. us look at a region that this was the africa summit by the african union in ethiopia what was the takeaway from this because the central issue is self-sufficiency peace and security i mean could this mean a new

it stands today i'm joined by mere woods co-director of foreign policy in focus at the institute for policy studies thank you so much for coming on to be with you so what is driving the u.s. is pivot into africa well we have to recognize that africa is on the rise africa has over a billion people it has resources that are vital for the global economy from oil and gas to other key resources uranium gold plutonium but this is actually quite long so it is the center of the of africa for the global economy that is actually driving not only the u.s. and china which get a lot of recognition but also brazil india turkey the list is a lot of countries but primarily the brics you know brazil russia india china and south africa seen as drivers in terms of economic determination of the continent so i think these are key elements of that we always know that resources are involved when you see. us look at a region that this was the africa summit by the african union in ethiopia what was the takeaway from this because the central issue is self-sufficiency peace and security i mean could this mean a new push to d

the national graduate institute for policy studies agrees. >> translator: the declining trend is attributed to the fact that more people in their 20s cannot marry for economic reasons. nearly half of young people working nonregular positions, their work situations are extremely unstable. >> matsutani says the number of children will continue to fall until such labor problems are resolved. >>> people often say music has no language and no borders. that's certainly been akayoshi's experience. the pianist has lived in the u.s. for more than half a century. recently she reformed her renowned orchestra for the first time in ten years. and she held a series of concerts here in japan. nhk world's keiko kitagawa spoke with her. ♪ >> reporter: jazz legend returned to tokyo in april from her base in new york. it was the first time she played in japan in ten years. ♪ in 2006, she became the first japanese musician to be given the jazz masters award, one of the most prestigious honors in the music industry. looking back on your career, was it a long way, or was it in the blink of an eye? >> i think pro

in twenty fourteen and as phyllis bennis from the institute for policy studies explains the taliban never said they would stop fighting despite agreeing to negotiate. taliban position is very much a reflection of what was the semiofficial position of the united states during the negotiations with vietnam after nine hundred seventy three in the henry kissinger read peace process so-called where the us talked about how we will negotiate as if there were no war and we will fight as if there were no negotiations this is what the taliban are doing neither side has agreed to start fighting the taliban is not the u.s. and russia so i think the one who gets left out in the cold here is the karzai government and of course there is a serious problem for karzai because and he has gone back against the united states and said we're canceling talks not only a round these doha. but we're canceling talks with the united states over the stationing of troops after twenty four fifteen so far that channel over to the afghans is far more rhetorical than it is real there are still sixty six thousand u.s. troop

. >> joining us now is phyllis bennett, she's at the institute for policy studies in washington, d.c. she is live with us. thank you very much for being on "al jazeera." there seems to be a lot of momentum right now both on the ground and diplomatic. on the g-8 summit about to begin in northern ireland. do you think there is enough momentum? this summit can it bridge differences? there's still a big gap between the russians. n t is there enough of a agreement? >> russia and the respective allies are claiming the right to sell to both sides. this is not part of the syrian relation. it's a global war in that contest it's becoming increasingly difficult because there is this sense from both the u.s. and russia that they are going to continue to arm both sides even while the possibility of talks fades further and further away. >> it is very interesting that president obama is only now stepping up. he's decided to arm the syrian opposition but only to a certain extent. but he seems still reluctant to get fully involved in this conflict. why is this administration avoiding to be drawn deepe

economic hardship reporting project, founded by journalist barbara ehrenreich and the institute for policy studies greg kaufman, welcome. >> greg kaufman: great to be with you, bill. >> bill moyers: there are almost 48 million people using food stamps a day, and over recent years that's a 70% increase. what does your own reporting tell you about why? >> greg kaufman: well, the biggest reason, i think, is the proliferation of low-wage work. people are working and they're not getting paid enough to feed their families, pay their utilities and pay for their housing, pay for their health care. we had 28% of workers in 2011 made wages that were less than the poverty line, poverty wages. 50% of the jobs in this country make less than $34,000 a year. 25% make less than the poverty line for a family of four, which is $23,000 a year. so, if you're not paying people enough to pay for the basics, they're going to need help getting food. and food stamps expanded because we went through the greatest -- the worst recession since the great depression. and it did what it's supposed to do. and now, you know, mostl

a codirector of foreign policy at the institute for policy touched -- studies joins us live. good to have you with us. start first of all with the fact that, despite that nelson mandela withdrew from politics and has withdrawn from the public eye, he does remain a very important figure in the country, doesn't he? >> he is an important figure in the country, the continent, and quite frankly the world. nelson mandela represents one of the liberation leaders who fought hard for the liberation of not only south africa, but really, the region and the continent. from both colonialism, white rule, apartheid. so he is really an icon. he represents visionary leadership, represents a real sense of reconciliation and movement forward after incredible political turmoil like the apartheid regime wreaked on a south african culture and economy and the country as a whole. >> no doubt a lot of interest in his health condition. the mishaps getting mandela to the hospital, are they raising concerns about the efficiency of treatment he is receiving? >> it is difficult to say. the whole world is

joining me is chris, executive director of the institute for southern studies, a non-profit media research and policyter that focuses on the southern region of the u.s. chris, my first question for you is what is the significance of this public election bill for judges? why did it exist? why was it so popular? why did art pope want to kill it? >> well, people all over the country ask me, what is happening in north carolina? wasn't this a moderate southern state? didn't it vote for obama once? and i tell them, one of the biggest things that happened was art pope. and if you haven't heard of that name, it's not your fault. it's because he quietly over the last ten years erected the most powerful and influential state level political machines anywhere in the country. $40 million he spent over the last ten years and has included, like you said, money that helped win, capture the state legislature for the first time in 100 years for republicans and last year included over half a million dollars his machine spent on behalf of governor pat mccorey. he installed pope into one of the most powerful positions i

according to a study done by the drum major institute for public policy, since san francisco became the first city in the country to implement a paid sick leave law, job growth there has consistently been higher than in neighboring counties without such a law. the other bill governor rick scott signed into law on friday is called the timely justice act of 2013. what it does is add a ticking clock to the execution process. forcing the governor to sign death warrants within 30 days of a review of a capital conviction by the state supreme court and the state would be required to execute the defendant within 180 days of the warrant. florida, a state which leads the country in death row inmates who are exonerated or later acquitted after retrial, with 24 such cases, has now increased its chances of executing an innocent person. seth penover was on florida's death row for 13 of his 18 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. he was exonerated in december. >> god forbid i was still there and this law would have came to effect, me actually coming to death row on a new sentence, i'd prob

a study by the institute for taxation and economic policy found that even undocumented immigrants paidn 2010 alone, meaning that they paid in to support benefits that they themselves can never receive. just last week, the congressional budget office said that the immigration reform bill currently being considered by the senate would shrink the deficit by almost $200 billion over the next ten years and a further $700 billion the decade after that. finally, take a look at this graph which reveals how much less had immigrants receive in social security benefits than native-born americans. many of us have been tempted to believe that congressman michael burgess' comments about masturbating fetuses was the high point of last week's installment of republican idiocy. but it wasn't. because when congressman louis gohmert accused of immigrants of being parasites he was full of more chiropractorry and unscientific nonsense than even mr. burgess himself. thanks so much for watching this afternoon. chris matthews and "hardball" is next. >>> where's waldo? let's play "hardball." >> good evening. i'

study that . will two thousand and twelve actually from the institute for women's policy research quote women's median earnings are lower than men's and nearly all occupations whether they work in occupations predominately done by women occupations predominately done by men or occupations with a more even mix of men and women so so clearly this isn't by choice no matter which profession women go into whether it's promotions of all women more more men or equal they're getting paid less doesn't the government have a role in making sure something in balance in the life just want to. pay scales survey or study is based on self reported data and it's not seen as particularly reliable a lot of people will inflate their salaries when they sell for a day and there are a lot there's a lot of people who don't even include their data in payscale dot com so i just wanted to point out that that data itself is a methodology it's a little school student there but i do think that rather than pointing to the fact that you know game magically. pick out his disappearance in fact a similar pay scale study showed that the

a study by the algainey institute for public policy is a testament to this fact. their report shows that rents and royalties reported on pennsylvania income tax returns from 2006 to 2010 have increased 61% statewide. and 119% in counties with schaal activity. mr. speaker, -- shale activity. mr. speaker, we must continue to develop this resource so we ensure it offers future generations the same and greater economic opportunities. and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i rise tonight as the father of two strong and accomplished women and the grandfather of three grandchildren to speak against h.r. 1797, that will come before the house tomorrow, in which we'll be asked yet again to put government in charge of a woman's private medical decisions. we must protect the right of every woman to make her health care decisions with her doctor and without the int

here that the policy of research is to toot -- institute. you study this issue for the defense department. what are the estimates of the price tack that we are paying for bases overseas? >> thank you very much for allowing me to be here. the defense department estimates they spend over $10 billion a year on our bases overseas. we did a report that was mandated that was released last month. theere able to look at cost in a different way than the defense department did. we actually came to a similar figure but in a much different way. with the talk about that of the course of the show. what is the cost that you came up with? guest: we looked at the benefits of well. wet we get out of that is have a very capable military and our bases overseas allow us to deploy forces to conflict areas of very quickly and that helps with our foreign policy and secure our interests. we also looked at the way that our forces deter conflicts and so in many ways the forces that are in place in the country you andsay like in south korea so that is an effective way of using forces abroad. o

here is the director of economic policy studies at the american enterprise institute. kevin, thanks forhese numbers are unbelievable. you say in the last two years there's not been a single conservative speaker at an ivy league school or any top college above the mason-dixon line. can that be true? >> or even outside of his own state except for jon huntsman. the fact is if you're a currently-elected republican official, then all of them combined have the same number of speeches as cory booker, the mayor of newark, and the odds of getting invited to spoke outside of your home state is the same as the odds of speaking at a romulen convention. >> tucker: all of this talk of diversity is a to total lie. if you're not liberal, you're not welcome. >> but the worst part for me is there have been a couple of cases where conservatives have been invited to speak and then they've been shouted down and ridiculed and abused so much they've been forced to withdraw. ben carson and bob zellek who have been critical of president obama, and that's enough to get them shouted down. we're in a world where y

study. my name is up to amanda policy and partnerships at the era. our institute under the direction of wally covington is well-known for ecological restoration treatment and food burning, stinging antonina bird and testing results of treatments. we look at the economic and social implications of restoration is on today i'm trying to my colleague, dr. jan who can come the late this project and a faculty member of the school for a stray january january 2012, the opposite wild land fire the department of interior asked us to examine persisting questions asked by the office of management and budget as well as the government accountability office regarding the effectiveness of fuel treatment of restoration. i'm not going into great detail on the reporter. you all should have a copy, but i'm going to focus my remarks on the conclusions we reached pertinent to the topic today. how can we improve federal wild land fire management? the answer on our analysis is straightforward. we need to be more aggressive of solving underlying problems and access fields by affecting more treatments to restore the landscape. our study provides ample economic and ecological ev

for many years. and 2007, i introduced a national pain care policy act and pleased to see that part of the included affordable care act. as a result the institute of medicine was directed to do a studyon pain. what they found is that pain is the most common reason people seek medical care. over 116 until u.s. adults suffer from chronic pain. the severity, duration and disabling consequences of pain vary from person to person as does the response to treatment. but pain and companies arrange of other clinical conditions including cancer, diabetes, arthritis and on an on. access to medication is critical for the patients and survivors. in order complete other prescribed treatment and maintain other activities of daily living. and many medications prescribe to patients for acute pain as well as chronic pain. contain hydrocordon. as the fda reviews the -- containing medications does sufficient data and analysis exist about the potential impact of rescheduling to have on patient access to hydrocordon containing medications. >> thank you, congresswoman. let my say i agree with you, finding a balance between the necessary access for main medications and patients that require them and addres

for many years. i introduced the pain care policy act and was pleased to see part of it was included in the affordable care act. the institute of medicine was directed to a study on pain and they found pain is the most common reason people seek medical care. over 116 million u.s. adults suffer from chronic pain. the severity and consequences of person,y from person to as does the response to treatment. but pena companies companies a range of other conditions, as you know, including cancer, diabetes, arthritis. access to medication is critical for these patients and survivors in order to complete other treatments and maintain activities of daily living. containmedications ,ydrocodone, dr. throckmorton as the fta reviews the rescheduling of hydrocodone containing medication, does physician data and analysis exist about the potential impact on patient access to medication? me say i agree with you, finding a balance to between the necessary access for pain medication for patients and addressing the crisis of abuse is absolutely essential. something the fta keeps in mind as we are thinking about regulatory activities. with regard to access to pain medicines, it is