the dinar recognize israel's sovereignty over jerusalem. the district court and the court of appeals for the d.c. circuit both dismissed the case calling it a political question that the courts should not get involved in. a decision is expected before the end of term next june. this is just over one hour. >> we'll hear argument first this morning in case 10-699, zivotofsky v. clinton. mr. lewin. >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court. in its recent decisions in medellin v. texas and in hamdan. v. rumsfeld, this court approved and applied the familiar tripartite scheme that justice jackson articulated in the steel seizure case. when the president takes measures incompatible with the express or implied will of congress, his power is at its lowest ebb. in that instance, said justice jackson, his claim to a power at once so conclusive and preclusive must be scrutinized with caution to preserve the equilibrium established by our constitutional system. >. well, mr. lwein, what power is congress exercising here? >> justice kagan, congre

it doesn't say jerusalem it just says israel.the state department says that it's justified because it did countries or palestinians may be upset if they misperceived -- >> so you're suggesting the outcome of the case would be different from your perspective converse said side jerusalem as real? >> i say it is a different case, absolutely. the important thing about the case in the statute is that it gives the individual passport holder each race. >> why is it a different case? >> it's a different case because if it were to say jerusalem, israel, there would be more of an argument. and i'm not saying i would be acknowledging impermissible. but there would be more of an argument that there appears to be initial approval -- >> there would be a greater concern -- the concern on the part of the executives would be adverse political reaction would have a greater degree of credibility. >> somewhat greater degree. >> so we are supposed to decide whether or not the executive is correct in saying that it is a significant problem and she say

any sovereignty over jerusalem?is the president free to start listing is really a passport and for congress to change the law you are hobbling the president with respect to is situation is that occur frequently sometimes overnight. >> it may in some way in a very remote possible way i think under those circumstances if there was a peace treaty and jerusalem handed over to a palestinian state i think congress would repeal a statute has the authority under the constitution to enact the law and it is congress that makes the decision even with regard to the foreign policy issues. >> the constitution requires ambassadors to be appointed with the consent of the sun at. >> why have we let congress express its approval and disapproval and the mechanism set up by the constitution to do so meaning if the president recognizes that congress doesn't want it to recognize it can withhold approval of an ambassador it can refuse to fund the embassy and do many other things. but what has entitled congress to trench on presidential po

the second was jerusalem was a united city to prevent that jerusalem would become and the third one was what we refer to as the eastern front and this is a scenario but is not fictional because it happened that israel would be attacked from the stand that happened in 48 and 67 and that happened in 73. and so, protect israel from being attacked from forces the what comes from jordan, they didn't attack in 73 but the forces went to syria and in the previous war as the saudi forces we do not have any dispute but with what they joined the iraqi forces and jordanians in some of their war and syrians of course so deutsch and from the east, but let me surprise you. my father was talking about a palestinian state d miller tries to on part of the land but he was talking about that already in the late 1970's and so he knew i guess that not all of the settlements would stay. he withdrew from gaza but there are areas we have to keep forever what otherwise the security. stomachs and his opinions didn't change in terms of the settlement, they didn't involve someone who wanted to expand or someone who

. >> they plan to show their support for an undivided jerusalem. ? >> >> they are working to transform the passion into legislative action. they brought together the heads of the caucuses to budapest. >> they are members from 10, 15, 20 other parliaments. it strengthens them and helps them to understand what political initiatives are being taken out of the countries and do the same thing. >> foundation has established 20 caucuses around the world with 10 more in the works, an unprecedented effort to marshal support for israel among legislatures. >> israel is the only dmok ra tif country. >> along with shared values with israel, many say western civilization shares a common enemy, radical islam. >> it also is very important for suppo support. they are part of our civilization. >> u.s.-israel kcaucus. >> countries around the world that want to support a fellow democracy. i as one congressman will be one of those voices saying this should be the u.s. policy. >> representatives from five continents announced to the press a joint statement urging the inte

it says anybody born in -- in jerusalem can have israel listed, correct? what happens if there is a peace accord tomorrow, and israel gives up any claim to sovereignty over jerusalem? is the president free to stop listing israel on the passport? mr. lewin: if -- sotomayor: or does he have to wait for congress to change the law? mr. lewin: i think he does have to wait for congress to change the law. justice sotomayor: so you are hobbling the president with respect to situations that occur frequently -- lewin: well -- sotomayor: -- as happened in egypt, sometimes overnight. mr. lewin: no, but it may in some way, in a very remote possible way -- i mean, i think under those circumstances, if there were a peace treaty and if jerusalem were handed over to a palestinian state, i think congress would repeal the statute. that's the point. congress has the power, has the authority under the constitution to enact laws, and it is congress that makes the decision even with regard to foreign policy issues. justice sotomayor: the constitution requires ambassadors to be a

we have david rosenberg he's a columnist for the jerusalem post and in denver we cross to major me he's a professor at the university of denver all right folks this is cross talk that means you can jump in anytime you want my very much encourage it but first moshe should we get used to the idea of islamic democracies well at least in so far as elections go democracy and social change may have been the arab spring slogans be events unfolding in the emerging regimes show that real change is mighty slow in coming while democracy has so far only produced a form of political islam tunisia's election the first vote and the arab spring for a parliament that will draft the new constitution had more than sixty percent voter turnout and was hailed free and fair by international observers but the release of the results brought a wave of protests and more than a hundred appeals filed mainly over the zamost amount of party which came in first claiming ninety seats in the two hundred seventeen seat assembly. yeah there you go you know. this is a day of victory this is a day of pride. this is a day of

ok i'd like to go back to david in jerusalem here stephen i think you know how. you look at tunisia as being a model because isn't it really for the rest of the arab awakening here is it a good precedent or is it an aberration it's very specific it's a smaller population there's not as much ethnic differences there it is much more homogeneous they were much more liberal before the bin. dictatorship eccentrics after my point is how much is to nisha a model. a compass for the future. probably isn't much of a model for many of the reasons you suggested and you know you economically tunisia has performed relatively well there seems to be a solid class of people we would probably to find is. you know western and i think we saw that in the election results it wasn't any it was as everybody has pointed out conducted freely fairly without any chaos or violence and even though he's not a party not that took forty percent of those who point out the other two thirds or sixty percent of the country voted for other parties i also think that. the tunisians voters were not expr

when their son was born in jerusalem, they requested his u.s.list israel as the place of birth. following the normal practice for americans born outside the u.s. but nothing is normal when it comes to this disputed city. the state department refused the request listing only jerusalem on the boy's passport sparking this nearly decade-long battle. >> what's at stake is their deep personal pride and sense of identification with the state of israel. and their right given by congress to express that. >> reporter: they're asking the court to enforce a law giving their son and others the israel option on passports. but both the bush and obama administrations have ignored the law saying it interferes with the president's power over foreign policy. while they recognize the complex and thorny issues surrounding this fight, his father argues their request is a simple one, where can his son call home? >> we're requesting just exactly what the lawsuit says. implement the law and write in the passport born in israel. >> reporter: in court the justice has toug

out already as a young officer to lead the attack on to jerusalem cut off by armed forces. the attack failed and he was badly wounded. he was left alone on the battlefield only four survived the awful day intact the rest were killed or wounded. he was left alone on the battlefield but the story of survival is no less than a miracle and i described in the book but because of that awful day, may 26, 1948, he sets the rules for the entire israeli army that is very relevant today. he took us to the spot where he was badly wounded, crawling, he was passing that place might drive there and not thinking that awful day hot and fire around and he was alone over there. i would say this is the most remarkable event and it brought a value that is kept today. >> host: you actually covered my first to question is with that one answer. [laughter] that is a wonderful answer. now during the six-day war in your father commanded the armored division and is he sent troops into motion can you talk about his role of the six-day war how he looks back out of that in the later years? >> it is very

but because the status of jerusalem remains unresolved, the u.s. does not recognize it as exclusively part of israel. >>> this veterans' day weekend, remembering especially the service of all those who have fought in iraq and afghanistan, we have a moving story from lucky severson about army chaplain burnout. some chaplains have seen and ministered to so many dying or badly wounded soldiers, they themselves have become, in a sense, casualties. >> the month of may, we sustained our largest volume of casualties. we were conducting memorial ceremonies every few days, and by the time that month was over, i was pretty well worn out. >> reporter: chaplain steven rindahl served 15 months in iraq. now he's the chaplain at the fort jackson hospital in south carolina, which is also the headquarters of the army's chaplain school. there are 2900 full and part-time chaplains, and many have served at least one tour of duty in a combat zone, and, like chaplain rindahl, been haunted by the experience. >> we have 17 of our soldiers killed and one of our contracted

we have had a great experience. >> julie stall, cbn news, israel. >>> our jerusalem bureau working harduce stories in israel. >> in 2010, joe and cindy hurston returned from a missionary trip only to find their head flooded because of a broken pipe. they stayed focussed on their ministry providing water to a desperate haiti. this story comes from freelance producer cindy korbit. >> the abc television program extreme homemaker chose the joe hurston family. their personal problems quickly overshadowed by january 2010 haiti earthquake. they made the choice to forego their needs to help people of haiti. >> this is a most devastating disaster we have ever seen. we focussed everything we had to help the people in haiti. >> what carried us through is keep our mind and heart set on, i was thirsty and you gave me to drink. >> joe has been able to meet the needs of tens of thousands with one small airplane. >> i can't carry very much water. one day i encountered a remarkable inventer and dear friend who invented incredible technology that we have built into a very powerful portable water purifica

if jerusalem was dashed out why didn't you do it speak what can i please talk? so you guys -- >> would you answers because i will try to give you the best answer that i know, just like a you are speaking out of your best knowledge. so i think the best answer is, if somebody would try to create country inside the middle of the united states today, and even give up one state, one minor state are one or one might say and do not states and try to call that a country, i think we would all stand here as united states american citizens and fight for that piece of land. >> there was not a state over there. nobody had a country over there. [talking over each other] are you suggesting we don't have a right for jewish state? >> i never suggested that and it never came out of my mouth and right now you're trying to put words in my mouth and i never tried to put words in your mouth, so let's stay on mutual respect. i think i'm wasting my time with questions. thank you very much, and a letter will be going out to suffolk along with a lot of petitions for bringing, i was happy

. >> charlie: are you building an east jerusalem. >> of course. el captain, we did not bring within the suburbs. we bring in the empty areas or jewish neighborhoods. let me tell you when i was sitting with clinton in the negotiatio that failed, we were building in four times the pace at whi we are building now. when it came so close with some maps on the table -- to reach an agreement, we were building about twice -- >> charlie: stop. this is a very important point. you're saying that an issue of settlement we were prepared to negotiaten agreement and essentially had an agreement that seemed to settle most of the issues and there were settlements being built at that moment and they were not an impediment to an agreement. >> yes, i said it. the reality is that you know after 44 years, their whole jewish settlements in the whole together doesn't cover even 2%. if you take 10% you have a good settlement bck. it's not a problem. >> charlie it is a problem and the palestinians -- >> it became a problem because withouthinking farsightedly enough, some l

here's the latest from jerusalem. >> reporter: pay up in cairo. tips of thousands of protestors packing the square, calling for military rulers to transfer power to the civilian government right now. threatening a second revolution. if the request is not met. >> we're not demanding more than to set a scheduled deadline for the power. >> reporter: the military holding a five-hour crisis meeting with civilian politicians. the military appointed cabinet resignations was accepted. the discussions on the political parties and how to form a new civilian cabinet and the presidential elects moved up the end of june 2012. the chief of the military addressing the nation, arguing they were never looking to take over the country. only to serve it. but those confessions were rejected by thousands of protestors who were calling for those in power to step down immediately. they also want to make sure the police and army officers responsible for the death of protestors are put on trial. more than two dozen demonstrators have been killed in four days of nationwide

live from jerusalem thank you. with r.t. russia is accused of the syrian opposition of aligning itself with extremist gangs which are smuggling weapons into the country and only triggering a more. increase in illegal shipments of arms ammunition and military supplies from neighboring lebanon over the last few months but to discuss the dangers of this may pose i'm joined live from oxford by mark almond a professor of international relations i thank you for coming on the program today so the opposition accuses the syrian government of inciting violence or given all of these reports of arms supplies to rebel groups there who's the wolf in sheep's clothing from your point of view. well it lead to the big problem is now that i'm very serious open even the neighboring countries have been drawn into this cycle of violence and i had was a naive sometimes in the west where we in a dictator or a regime has no support and at the same time that opposition must in her and her because the only good well intentioned people there are groups

but jerusalem is a united uni city.was like it was to preventing the possibility it could be a city between the two. the third, and this is the scenario because that it would be attacked from these happening in 1948, 67, 73. and sell to protect israel from being attacked the forces from jordan coming the iraqi forces went to syria and they attacked and in the previous source the saudi forcesvi we don't have any dispute but they joined. but let me surprise year. my father was talking about the palestinian state coming demilitarized but he was talking about that already in the late 1970's. he knew not all summons and was brought from gaza but to keep forever because otherwise our security will be in danger. t hos >> his opinions did not change over time in terms of the settlement or evolves from 72 wanted to expandome this summit to someone who was willing to do unilaterally give back? that is the common wisdom. >> the gaza strip is one thing and the area he saw as critical for our security should be left in our hands for

listed only jerusalem on the boy's passport., personal pride and sense oaf identification with the state of israel and their right given by congress to enxpress that on the passport. >> they're asking the court to enforce a law passed by congress in 200 # t giving their son and others the israel option on passports 37 both the bush and obama administrations has ignored the law. while they recognize the complex and thorny issues surrounding this fight, his father argues their request is a simple one -- where can his son call home. >> whatever else they decide, whatever the big herb shoe is, that's their issue. we're requesting just what the lawsuit is. implement the law. and write on the passport that he was born in israel. >> they had tough questions for both sides. they showed little sympathy for the family involved but also struggled with the larger question, where does congressional authority begin with policy issues? we expect a ruling in the next few months. >>> millions of catholics may find themselves confused when they g

and now the news like from jerusalem. raymond, what is the scene lying tonight in tahir? >> the numbers are growing. by some accounts these are the largest numbers since the protesters began on saturday. the anti-government protesters believe the set backs they have had are all because they have not seen what they realizeed when mubarak fell and feel this current military council is the same as the old regime and they want the military council to transfer power to a civilian authority. >> how might this affect the coming elections, are parliamentary elections, which are supposed to begin on monday? >> right, it is a long process that will take place over three or four months and end in march. but they announced, the military, that they will citizen the beginning of elections not just to monday but to monday and tuesday. there are some concerns that people could be intimidated and not age to come to the polls and to vote so we saw for the first time since the protests began on saturday, pro army demonstrators taking to the streets in location a couple of miles away from ta

and jerusalem is the heart and soul of the jewish people.ionship, israel needs help. we don't need the pressure. israel needs a friend. we don't need the condemnation. i think that the reflection of the pressure put by this administration on israel. >> brian: we just know this, iran suffered a major blow over the weekend in a huge explosion, the general in charge of their long-range missile program was blown up along with 17 others and there is a lot of people who think that's related to their illegal program. we'll find out where those tie. so maybe there was a mini setback there. mr. mayor, thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> thank you so much. >> brian: 19 minutes after the hour. >> gretchen: this professor says stop supporting our troops. they're only out to kill? an iraq veteran and student at his college responds next. >> brian: then he's a comedian, actor, my ohm real friend. larry the cable guy is cooking tailgating. is there anyone more fun to tailgate with [ male announcer ] have you heard? it's bring your happiness to w

reena ninan has the latest from jerusalem. >> he was the only one of gadhafi's eight children still on the run. libyan officials announced that saif gadhafi was captured in the rugged desert. in his final days on the run, he was seeking to avoid the gruesome death his father faced. the 39-year-old was captured by libyan fighters. he faced many close moments. he managed to escape a nato air strike on his convoy the day before his father died. his future is now uncertain. officials at the international criminal court said they will decide next week where saif al-islam will be tried. meanwhile, breaking news continues from egypt. tear gas seems to be covering tahrir square this afternoon, more than 500 people were injured. thousands of police clashed with protesters for control of the square. this comes after security forces tried to stop activists from staging a long-term sit-in. on friday, tens of thousands of people gathered at the square to denounce egypt's ruling military council. the latest round of violence happening just a little more than a week before egypt is expected to hold i

this choice seer will be like moses only greater and he will establish the new jerusalem. >> luff quicklyvinced that lungren may be the choice seer predicted in mormon's scripture, that this man may be holding the answers that he's been seeking for most of his life. >> this is when i began to realize that maybe there's something unique about this guy. >> how many months before you became convinced he was? >> oh, it wasn't probably about six or eight weeks. >> in six or eight weeks you're convinced after moving there he has the answer, that he is, in fact, a prophet, is what you're saying? >> sure. by this time i was convinced he was the prophet. >> as luff quickly immerses himself into the group, he begins to lose touch with the outside world. his days are dedicated to lundgren's teachings and his thoughts are fueled by lundgren's words. >> it's not overnight but over time, i recall it might be like a group thing where the thoughts and behavior are continuously on a daily basis reenforced by their fellow congregants or group members. it becomes difficult after a while for any independent

here, the chants were all about palestine, israel, and jerusalem. the muslim brotherhood speaker had nothing to say about tahrir square. the brother would -- the brother and would prefer the protesters to go home. they do not want anything to disrupt the progress towards elections on monday. some brotherhood supporters went home from the mosque to tahrir square. the leaders think they are far enough ahead to play it safe and cooperate with the generals. >> this is the popular thing to happen. obviously, we are willing to sacrifice some of our support in order to make sure this is the most important thing that we are having in mind right now. >> a third rally was going on in cairo in support of the armed forces and against the protesters. >> elections, he says, not tahrir square. >> we support the army and the police. >> if an egyptian democracy emerges, it will be tested from birth by the dictatorship legacy. over mighty generals, intolerance. new blow to ital'y's government. bonds due to be repaid in two years' time hit more than 7.8%. that compare