former ambassador was introduced by jane harman, president of the woodrow wilson center. >> good morning. good morning too many good friends in the audience. i see ambassador, my different. i see caroline and others. i'm jane harman, president and ceo of the wilson center and delighted to welcome you to this just before the christmas holiday, important event. the wilson center knows a lot about brazil, and so does our keynote speaker and good friend, ambassador tom shannon. our brazil institute is the premier place in washington for dialogue on u.s. brazil policy. we were first to honor dilma rousseff and sponsored the brazil economic conference. we regularly hosted brazilian government and legislative in our interest a platform to air the good, the bad and the ugly in our relationship.

former house senator jane harman joins us. the heath care website is up and running, are people falling through the cracks. >> plus an article about women not having it all went viral. what is anne-marie slaughter saying about it today. >> millions of americans wrap up holiday shopping, did the supreme court make your future shopping seasons more expensive. >> i'm antonio mora. we begin with the question after the worse in iraq and al-qaeda - are we safer. osama bin laden was emim nated. he'll fire missiles from drones killed al qaeda operatives, and barack obama said it again. >> the core of al qaeda is on the path to defeat. our nation is cure, and our homeland is safer. >> two important members of congress in a position to know, including a democratic ally of the president don't agree with him. i'm pleased to be joined by jane harman, a former democratic congress woman who served on department of homeland security commit he is and is director, president of the woodrow wilson international centre for scholars. great to have

to jane harman, thank you very much for your warm welcome and thank you to the woodrow wilson center. to tony harrington, thank you for your very kind words. my mother appreciates them. to paulo sotero, thank you for the tremendous work you've done here at the institute. you forget after we were talking about the great work that the woodrow wilson center and in particular the brazil institute are doing on our larger western hemisphere issues. as many of you know, this is a busy town, and a town with divergent interests and a variety of immediate interests. and keeping our elected leaders and our thought leaders focused on our larger neighborhood, our own hemisphere, sometimes a challenge. but i think the woodrow wilson center, the brazil institute have done spectacular work. and the fact he of institutes like the atlantic council and the german marshall fund expressing interest in the region trying to establish their own focus i think is tribute to the richness of this field and the importance of it. so i personally am very grateful for the tremendous work that's done you. so thank yo

to jane harman, thank you so much to your welcome. to tony harrington, thank you for your kind words. my mother appreciates them. to paulos otero, thank you for the tremendous work you have done here at the institute. before we came out here, we were talking about the work that the woodrow wilson center and the brazil institute are doing on our larger western hemisphere issues. as many of you know, this is a busy town. we have a variety of divergent and immediate interests and keeping our elected leaders and thought leaders focused on our larger neighborhood. sometimes it is a challenge. you have institutes like the atlanta council expressing issue in trying to establish their own focus, that is tribute to the richness of this field and the importance of it. i am grateful for the tremendous work that you have done here. thank you. this was billed as a conversation with me, so i would like to make a conversation as quickly as possible. i would like to open this up to address your interests and your concerns. before i do that, i want to

this was pushed, in fact, remember representative jane harman push this specific plank saying that it going to transform the u.s. and make us energy independent. the reality is that that is a lot of bunk. the reality is that consumers, again, they buy what works. i by incandescence because i buy it to, like the color more. i think this is just another example of government over reached. let the market decide. by 1led, more efficient bulb, i will buy it. if i don't -- gerri: i have to tell you, they have mercury in them. if you break it, you have to have people in flak jackets come in and clean it up. i mean, right? >> that is not quite true. gerri: how would you say? >> the al lead the bulls are getting better, but there still quite expensive relative to incandescent. you made a good point on efficiency. we now sell ford, chevy, and dodge combined sells seven times as many pick up says toyota sells breezes. this is an example of consumer choice. they want to buy the vehicle that works for them. gerri: i think that is true, but there are downsides, as i was mentioning, to these compact

our sunday group, fox news senior political analyst brit hume, former democratic congresswoman jane harman syndicated columnist george will, and former democratic senator evan bayh. as of midnight, i was going to say we have a new and improved, but it is an old and improved healthcare.gov website that the administration is touting made dramatic progress. white house officials emphasize the focus should not be on the deadline, it should be on the continuing process of getting it better and better. having said that, brit, don't they have a lot riding on how this goes, the next few weeks? >> of course. i think the website is a little better. we were on it yesterday, just to see what, you know, might be out there, what might be available. the site works better. you can get through and check plans. not going to remind you anytime soon of amazon.com or ebay, but it is in the clunky sort of way it works. in the state of virginia, which we were -- where we live, we were seeing what might be available to -- that might be comparable to the wonderful plan we have here at fox, and there was -- there w

i am jane harman, president and ceo of the wilson center. i am delighted to welcome you to this just before the christmas holiday important event. the wilson center knows a lot about brazil. and so does our keynote speaker and good friend ambassador tom shannon. our brazil institute led by paulos otero is this from your place in washington for dialogue on u.s./brazil policy. we were the first to honor dilma rousseff when she became president of brazil. we regularly host brazilian governors and legislators and are trusted platform to air the good, the bad and ugly in our relationship. tom shannon qualifies as part of the good. i hope he's relieved to hear that. as thelose to four years highly regarded u.s. career foreign service ambassador to brazil he is back in washington as senior advisor to secretary kerry. there are lots of rumors about ... brazil is the be brics. to introduce him is former brazil ambassador, u.s. ambassador to brazil, tony harrington, a longtime friend and chair of our brazil institute. before asking tony to introduce t

but that as jane harman noted at the very beginning that our convergent parts of the relationship are more important than the divergent parts of relationship. and that we have to be able to manage those parts of the relationship that are problematic while we try to build out and expand those parts of the relationship that function well. and in many ways the reason i talked a bit about the long diplomacy is because this is really the challenge of diplomacy, and this is the larger challenge we're going to face with brazil. i mean, be we are looking for in brazil a country that is going to follow our lead at all times and if the brazilians are looking from us a country that is prepared to meet its every need when it comes to market access or some other interest it is pursuing, then both sides are going to be disappointed, and the relationship is going to be troublesome. but if we're able to understand through building common understandings of the world where we can work together in meaningful fashion, then i think there's a lot we can do. and the potential for a productive, fruitful and

harman,oined by jane who now heads the wilson center. this is half an hour. getood morning, we will started. i am the managing editor for news at politico. we are very happy to have you here and very excited about the second -- we have a diverse group of women who have renewed themselves through their careers in tenacity and performance. she has a masters of economics and doctors in science theater -- in science. she's now a burgeoning restaurant here and philanthropist. crew millione restaurant in manhattan and is an avid supporter of women in the food industry. terms inan spent nine congress, rising in the ranks of the nation's leading security and intelligence policy experts. at, what someess may think, is the height of her career to take the helm of the woodrow wilson center of the first female director, president, and ceo. fora pinto designed michelle obama and oprah winfrey. she relaunched her latest brand with a popular campaign on the kickstart her. speerngresswoman jackie has had a historic career on capitol hill pitch she has faced personal tragedy,