welcome back to the program king abdullaabdull abdullah ii. (cheers and applause) thank you so much for being here again. i just wanted to let you know as an emissary of the united states our president, i know, was scheduled to meet with you today. (laughter) he was not doing a stupid t.v. show. (laughter) he was very busy with strategic-- meetings. (laughter) whoopi goldbergstan, i believe it is. >> i heard. >> jon: that the talk of-- you were at the u.n. today. does anyone-- is there any discussion amongst world leaders about the american president not being available for face-to-face meetings? is that not a-- is that upsetting? >> not that i heard, no. i think everybody's there preparing for their speeches and in side meets with other leaders. that was not an issue. >> jon: so we are, in fact, perhaps, in some respects blowing this out of proportion? >> most likely, probably. (laughter) >> jon: although inside it does hurt a little bit, doesn't it? (laughter) how are things? you are neighbors with-- for some perspective with our audience wh

and there is a very strong national dialogue that has been instituted by king abdullah and this is its tenth year now which also sets certain topics to be debated during one year from a certain date and it moves from village to village and from town to town where people get together to debate that topic and things that have been debated in the past ten years included the role of women and the role of extremism, etc. there is a lot of discussion in the kingdom about our future. >> rose: protests for syria. where is that and what do you worry about? >> the worry about syria, of course, is that there is so much killing going on. and the bloodshed and the destruction is on a catastrophic scale. i have seen pictures and i'm sure you have of neighborhoods and towns and villages destroyed and bodies mutilated, etc. that reminds one of huge conflicts that took place in europe and the 20th century. the first world war and the second world war. and other conflicts that took place and in other places as well. and i think all saudis from the top down would like to see the killing end hopefully soo

. >> rose: i'll never forget the time you went to see king abdullah and he went to his desk and he knew it was there and i think he handed you what has been the arab initiative. does it have a chance? it's really back in the drawer now because the arab strange has met all of these monarchs so much more jittery because populism is now rife and the idea of taking any initiative toward israel is more scary to them than when they had an iron grip on their side. that's one issue. that was back in 2001. i had written a column calling on saudi arabia and the arab league to offer full normalization for full withdrawal. >> rose: they would have done that, wouldn't they? >> he said i already had that speech ready and it was great and it became the arab peace initiative. >> rose: it's great-- at the end of the day-- >> we all know that's the deal but israel's a friend place. it's post the war with hezbollah and lebanon, post the war with hasen in gaza. israeli society is much more wary. palestinians are split. so i find myself it hardto write about that issue anymore. >> that issue because you thi

(laughter) anyway, king abdullah, of course, he is in new york city for the u.n. like to think of it, the reason i can't get to work because of traffic! (laughter) the event has s a gathering in the international juggalos. with libya in turmoil, syria in flames, iran on the verge of a nuclear weapon, an incredible opportunity for our president not just to address the world community but for some high-level pres-on-pres action. >> the white house says he has no plans to have any private leadings with world leaders. >> jon: oh. (laughter) well, that's-- probably protocol. it's not the time for one-on-one meetings with other world leaders! >> our research shows it's been 20 years since a president has been to that meeting and not met one on one with a foreign leader. (audience reacts). >> jon: oh. (laughter) well, i guess if the world leaders would like to meet with him personally they can just donate $5 to his campaign and take their chances like the rest of us. (laughter) seriously. i'm sure there's a good reason why president obama's not going to be face to face w

welcome back to the program king abdullaabdull abdullah ii.cheers and applause) thank you so much for being here again. i just wanted to let you know as an emissary of the united states our president, i know, was scheduled to meet with you today. (laughter) he was not doing a stupid t.v. show. (laughter) he was very busy with strategic-- meetings. (laughter) whoopi goldbergstan, i believe it is. >> i heard. >> jon: that the talk of-- you were at the u.n. today. does anyone-- is there any discussion amongst world leaders about the american president not being available for face-to-face meetings? is that not a-- is that upsetting? >> not that i heard, no. i think everybody's there preparing for their speeches and in side meets with other leaders. that was not an issue. >> jon: so we are, in fact, perhaps, in some respects blowing this out of proportion? >> most likely, probably. (laughter) >> jon: although inside it does hurt a little bit, doesn't it? (laughter) how are things? you are neighbors with-- for some perspective with our audience who

border on the faces of the refugees we have to help them syria is like a sister to jordan and king abdullah and president assad friends now king is in a very difficult situation goes on there has a direct impact on what has. relations between a man in damascus are already strained a number of defected soldiers and senior officers are being sheltered in the kingdom the most high profile refugee was the prime minister riyad hitch up who fled to turkey through jordan earlier this month and then that the tribes who fearing massive amounts of weapons ammunition and sniper rifles to syria from jordan saudi arabia is promising economic assistance in exchange for months cooperation but it could backfire. if there is regime change in syria and the extremists come to power. problems for jordan where we have our own extremists far more flexible. and so now jordan faces the backlash of a conflict which some in the country have helped to escalate meanwhile more than one hundred fifty thousand refugees remain stuck on its borders and what's supposed to be a safe enclave but with food is hard to come by t

our guest tonight, we're very excited, king abdullah of jordan is going to be joining us on the program excited. (cheers and applause) but first-- but first i have a question i'd like to ask you. (laughter) a fellow in the audience right before the show, a fellow in the audience asked a nice lady to marry him. here's the crazy part: met her in line. (laughter and applause) no. eight years. they've been going out for eight years. it was-- (applaus

try speaking out in saudi arabia against king abdullah or even in jordan.ly in syria where they're fighting for their lives. so there is a suppression of speech. in the hebrew bible there are no perfect people. everybody is subject to criticism. and muslims are insistent that their religion is a pure religion. unlike jesus, does he not worship. so why cant his humanity be promoted and that means looking at him in a unique post. i have long argued, and i wrote a book called "kosher jesus" that says christians would be less offended if they look at humanity of jesus a little bit more. every person in the hebrew bible is fallible. every person in the hebrew bible makes mistakes. moses, our greatest prophet can't do what every jew can do, go into the promise land because he sinned. so we reached the stage where we are dismissing the humanity of religion because we can't humanize the people who brought those religions into existence. don, it's a scary time. religion is becoming violent, judgmental. it's scary. and i'm especially telling the world's 1.5 billion m

try speaking out against king abdullah. so there has been a saw preupprn of freedom of speech.ct people, and nobody is infallible. everybody is subject to critici criticism. >> thank you to the rabbi and also the bishop. time now for "no talking points." the most mystifying thing about the anti-islam film is not the violence we have seen but perception for some americans that a religion would condone the killing of a blast tpepler. >> the point i was trying to make, most muslims at least half of them around the world think it's okay to kill somebody if they insult the profit, and that is a big problem. that is a clash of civilizations. >> he has been writing about this on cnn. he is with us, and a comedian and political commentator and a muslim. we sparked a conversation going crazy on social media so we talked about this. those were strong words from bill maher, but he is saying civilized people don't act this way. >> i know he is saying that. as i said last night, i disagree with the number. 50% is an irresponsible number. i would love to see polls to see that. but you are ri

try speaking out against king abdullah or in syria where they are fighting for their lives so there isson of freedom of speech. but in the hebrew bribl ible, a people are subject to criticism and nobody is infallible. and muslims are insistent that their religion is a pure mono th theism, and so why can't the humanity be promoted and looking at him in a more human pose. i say the same to christians and i wrote a book called "kosher jesus" that christians would be less judgmental of the great culture wars in america, abortion and gay marriage if they look to the humanities of jesus and not the deity. everybody in fall hbl in the bible, and moses our greatest prophet can't do what every jew can do which is to go into the promised land because he sinned. so we have reached a stage where we are dismissing the humanity of religion, because we can't human i humanize the people who brought those religions into existence, and don, it is a scary time, because religion is becoming violent, judgmental and scary. i'm especially telling the world's 1.5 billion muslims who are my brothers and my sis

try speaking out against king abdullah. so there has been a suppression of freedom of speech. there are no perfect people, and nobody is infallible. everybody is subject to criticism. >> our thanks to the rabbi and also to the bishop. time for "no talking points." tonight, muslims, islam and insult. for many in the u.s., the most mystifying thing about the reaction to the anti-islam film is not just the violence we've seen but the perception for some americans that a religion would condone a killing of a blasphemier. >> the point i was trying to make, most muslims at least half of them around the world think it's okay to kill somebody if they insult the prophet, and that is a big problem. that is a clash of civilizations. >> dean has been write being this on cnn. he is live with us tonight. he is a comedian, a political commentator and also a muslim. dean, thank you. after last night we sparked a conversation that's going crazy on social media. so we invited you to come back and talk about this. those were strong words from bill maher, but he is saying civilized people don't a

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jon stewart ierviewing king abdullah of jordan last night and posing that question.here any discussion amongst world leaders about the american president not being available for face-to-face meetings? is that upsetting? >> not that i heard. everybody is there preparing for their speeches and side mtings with other leaders. at went an is ware, in fact, perhaps in some respects blowing this out of proportion is this. >> most likely probably. >> the king being diplomatic and polite. what about the fact that the president was not engaged here? >> well, you know, ihinkhe id i h defense, very hard working person, he was on the phones to mohamed morsi after our embassy was attacked in cairo two weeks ago, working, of course, also on the phone to prime minister netanyahu the nit before that, so the idsngnd leading the united states in the world. the symbolism is important as you are inferg and would have been been better if the president would have been able to have a few bilateral meetings with the top leaders, leaders of the middle east in crisis, but there's no question t

. >>> king abdullah, of course, is in new york for the u.n.on i can't get to work because of traffic! the event has always a veritable gathering of the international diplomatic juggalos. with libya in turmoil, syria inflames iran, an incredible opportunity for our president not just to address the world community but for in high-level prez-on-prez action. >> the white house says he has no plans to have any private meetings with world leaders. >> oh. well, probably protocol. this is not the time for one-on-one meetings with other world leaders. >> our research shows it's been 20 years since a president has been to that meeting and not met one on one with a foreign leader. >> oh. well, i guess if the world leaders would like to meet with him personally, they can just donate $5 to his campaign and take their chances like the rest of us. >> all right. here with us now, former british prime minister and the united nations special envoy for global education, gordon brown, joins the table this morning. good to have you on board. you may not talk socc

the saudis want to replace remember king abdullah of jordan i talked at one point of the ark of shiaism would go to syria and lebanon and it basically control all of that region and create and put a wedge between saudi arabia and turkey. you have saudi arabia, jordan, the syrian brothers really in charge and linking with of the turks to weaken the iranians. its purpose iran. let's not forget the if 85 million people and saudi arabia only has 20 million locals and seven or 8 million foreigners who wish to iran and a long been known to develop nuclear weapons. the saudis really want to break the back of iran before it is too late and the only way they feel they can do this at this point is to weaken syria and has a lot in iran and really getting out and getting the irony in south of syria. that implies getting out of their and their there for founding an army in the position together with the turks who are very much working with the saudis on this matter. so this is the basic background of what is happening in the region today. the fear of course is they are saying it looks if you start c