foreign policy we get a lot of responses from and graham merican accuse as few as bashing and maybe my being a russian invited some of those accusations but you're an american the you gave thirty years of your lives to the service of your country and yet some of your views on the american foreign policy a pretty solid bearing i wonder how do you distinguish between critical thinking and criticism and is it possible to avoid criticism while applying critical thinking to american role in foreign affairs the united states has a democracy and one of the responsibilities of citizens as ours. is to speak out and try to influence policy and that's particularly the case when the policies that are being followed are either unrealistic or counterproductive. and in the middle east in particular u.s. policy has been pretty consistently counterproductive in recent years so i don't see a contradiction at all between. service for the us government. own view of ourselves as an american patriot and criticism of our government's policies now many of the policies that bureau. analyzed in your book americ

there is so little self reflection on the part of both that merican public and the american decision makers i wonder why is that. country of three hundred fifteen million people very self-absorbed we are. slated from the world by two large oceans. we tend to think of foreign policy is something we do to other people rather than that it's something we participate in. the right to see. first strike. and i think you're. on a reporter's twitter. and instagram. could be in the. british military officials could soon be tried in the international criminal court for war crimes victims of the iraq war submitted adult cusick forces of numerous cases of abuse and torture but the u.k. is fighting hard to prevent the servicemen from facing the tribunals. the reports from london. up until now the international criminal court at the hague had mostly tried african dictators and tyrants but the i.c.c. has been asked to investigate thousands of allegations of war crimes committed by british forces in iraq a two hundred and fifty page dossier presented by a human rights organization and a british law f

should undo the damage done by last year's cuts to basic research, so we can unleash the next great merican discovery. there are entire industries to be built based on vaccines that stay ahead of drug-resistant bacteria, or paper thin material that's stronger than steel. let's pass a patent reform bill that allows our businesses to stay focused on innovation, not ostly and needless litigation. now, one of the biggest factors in bringing more jobs back sour commitment to american energy. the all of the above energy strategy i announced a few years ago is working and today america is closer to energy independence han we have been in decades. one of the reasons why is natural gas. if extracted safely, it's the bridge fuel that can power our economy with less of the carbon pollution that causes climate change. businesses plan to invest almost $100 billion in new factories that use natural gas. i'll cut red tape to help states get those factories built and put folks to work and this congress can help by putting people to work building fueling stations that shift more cars and trucks from foreign

should undo the damage done by last year's cuts to basic research, so we can unleash the next great merican discovery. there are entire industries to be built based on vaccines that stay ahead of drug-resistant bacteria, or paper thin material that's stronger than steel. let's pass a patent reform bill that allows our businesses to stay focused on innovation, not ostly and needless litigation. now, one of the biggest factors in bringing more jobs back sour commitment to american energy. the all of the above energy strategy i announced a few years ago is working and today america is closer to energy independence han we have been in decades. one of the reasons why is natural gas. if extracted safely, it's the bridge fuel that can power our economy with less of the carbon pollution that causes climate change. businesses plan to invest almost $100 billion in new factories that use natural gas. i'll cut red tape to help states get those factories built and put folks to work and this congress can help by putting people to work building fueling stations that shift more cars and trucks from foreign

both that merican public and american decision makers i wonder why is that. country of three hundred fifty million people very self-absorbed. from the world by two large oceans. we tend to think of foreign policy is something we do to other people rather than that something we participate in. right see. first trip. and i think picture. on our recorders twitter. and instagram. to be in the know. on. live from the all too new century a.t.m. here no sweeping changes for sweeping surveillance president obama's about to introduce and limits the infamous intelligence programs but part of his little hope of any fundamental reform will be falling out across the aisle the headlines syria says it's ready to unite with moderate rebel groups now in the fight. hardline radicals according to the country's foreign minister who's in moscow ahead of those forthcoming peace talks. on scotland police britain's foreign secretary charm offensive to convince undecided scots not to quit the u.k. as the. decisive referendum.

there is so little self reflection on the part of both them merican public and american decision makers i wonder why is that we are. country of three hundred fifteen million people very self-absorbed we are. slated from the world by two large oceans. we're trying to think of foreign policy is something we do to other people rather than that but something we participate in . what the american public hasn't really understood is that this is not a normal banking scandal and that these banks like h.s.b.c. have the blood of american soldiers on their hands that i.e.d. going off in afghanistan killing and killing an american or borg you know allied soldier that is being financed through our banks that's a problem. sort of on june sixteenth one thousand forty one we had a graduation party at school and the war broke out. the shops were always full of good. looks. in september leningrad was blocked. one day mom went and saw that all the shelves were empty. in november the bomb did but die of steel warehouses which is that it was the main storage place for all the food in the city people who are

blatant violation of over five hundred longstanding treaties between the federal government and a merican community every single one of these treaties is either been changed or destroyed over the years despite the words of andrew jackson who stated as long as the grass grows in the water runs these treaties will never be broken so the talk about the meaning of these treaties in the historical context of where pine ridge finds itself today i spoke with floyd looks from buffalo hand heads going to the sioux nation treaty council i first asked him how christianity has played a role in this aeration of native culture. in american immigrants was takers do not give yours and it all started from christianity di ark you have the pap of will so what has happened since that they used to tool of christianity europeans to control and because of the military and i kind of felt outward afterwards going from this country to another country because that's the way i was brought up if a your opinion is so smart why can't they speak our language. if they have dr degree and everything oh i can't these people

there is so little self reflection on the part of both that merican public and that american decision makers i wonder why is that our. country of three hundred fifteen million people very self-absorbed we are. slated from the world by two large oceans. we're trying to think of foreign policy is something we do to other people rather than that it's something we participate in. please. live. live. live live . live live. live . sigrid laboratory was to build a new most sophisticated. version of lead. mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans and. this is why you should care only. syria's opposition coalition says yes to attending next week's peace talks in switzerland but can't confirm which delegates will be there this amid further doubt over a chemical attack near damascus last year. these rockets could have never been fired from government controlled territory experts from m.i.t. call into question u.s. claims that assad forces were behind an assault. officials from moscow visited one time obey detention center to meet with a russian man who's been incarcerated t

there is so little self reflection on the part of both them eric can public and them merican decision makers i wonder why is that we are in the continental saws country of three hundred fifteen million people very self-absorbed we are. saluted from the world by two large oceans. we tend to think of foreign policy is something we do to other people. rather than that that's something we participate in. it was supposed to be just another news or of course although admittedly for a special occasion it was one hundred twenty three days before the start of the winter olympic games in sochi and i was in greece for the lighting of the olympic flame the ruins of a limpia one of the most famous monuments of ancient greece the site of the very first olympic games where stones like this would have been part of the temple. the temple of. temple. am. well there was a.

i think we all need to be worried but just to correct to this they're all doors merican base. crime quite severe laws are actually serious organized crime and police search which is much more to crony and the propel used by laws that are coming in. so you are she says they are american bases occupied and controlled by the united states visiting forces and the british government. has no control of them frankly. as when to stand your campaign of full accountability of the us bases all kind of activity could be going at places where this legislation is being implemented i'm come the coordinator of cap we'll call it . well one of the things is that it's very difficult to find out information but we know something about these these two bases it's current and it's an extremely important communications base but it's also as you rightly said in your introduction. a piece and has been spying on and i don't mean merkel's phone or connection with drone activity in the image of beauty. with a link to an aria or face here that is a british base here called boarding to now for the other bas

martian missions and some governments and bring them merican government haven't fully abandoned plans to go to mars seven though it seems that everything american president keeps pushing the deadline by another decade if. marse one is not meant to be for some reasons which mission what way do you think is the best way to get to mars and do you do believe that it could be done in your lifetime. absolutely i think that's i'm very confident that humans will walk a march in my lifetime and i think that's it will come from a private organization there will be a private entity that will organize it because the term is too long for governments to oversee it take if it takes more than a of the two presidential campaigns in the us or the two presidential campaigns for instance here and there in russia then it's very difficult for the four political parties to oversee such big projects now you also mentioned earlier that we humans already have the technology necessary to go to mars but we also have the technology to eradicate hunger on this planet we have the technology to prevent all sorts of

our job is to take this historic legislation and make it a living reality for all mericans. in the words of a kindred movement that we celebrated earlier this week, we must keep on keeping on. so to help remind us about why this work is so important, please welcome kathy stokes who will tell her own story about why the affordable care act is so meaningful for her life and will introduce the vice resident. kathy. >> hi, everyone. my name is kathy stokes. and when i started my adult life about 25 years ago, i could not have imagined that one day i would own my own business, that i would be a mom let alone single mom to twins. and i could never have imagined that i would be standing here before you this morning as a breast cancer survivor. this is my obamacare success story. in 2006, i made the jump into self-employment to start my own communication consulting business. it was scary, but i was able to get health coverage through my husband's work and we both thought it was as good a time as any to make the leap. and that was a really great plan, until my marriage ended at the e

there is so little self reflection on the part of both them merican public and american decision makers i wonder why is that. country of three hundred fifteen million people. sore. or. saluted from the world by two large oceans. we tend to think of foreign policy is something we do to other people. but something we participate in. what the american public hasn't really understood is that this is not a normal banking scandal and that these banks like h.s.b.c. have the blood of american soldiers on their hands that i.e.d. going off in afghanistan killing and killing an american or borg you know allied soldier that is being financed through our banks that's a problem. with us president barack obama's public opinion ratings are in the doldrums steaming finishes days in office is one of the country's worst in least effective presidents how do historians and the public determine the success or failure of an american president and why are some presidents rehabilitated years or even decades after they leave office. happy friday people i'm out a martyr. and this is very again so we all know that

foreign policy we get a lot of responses from and graham merican accuse as few as bashing and maybe my being a russian invited some of those at his. ations but you're an american me you gave thirty years of your lives to the service of your country and yet some of your views on the american foreign policy a pretty solid bearing i wonder how do you distinguish between critical thinking and criticism and is it possible to avoid criticism while applying critical thinking to american role in foreign affairs the united states has a democracy and one of the responsibilities of citizens as i see it is to speak out and try to influence policy and that's particular the case when the policies that are being followed are either unrealistic or counterproductive. and in the middle east in particular u.s. policy has been pretty consistently counterproductive in recent years so i don't see a contradiction at all between my service for the u.s. government. own view of myself as an american patriot and criticism of my government's policies now many of the policies that you are analyzed in your book ame

just like at it again or you know is in over his head has to sell the gold watch at the pawn shop so merican is going to the chinese pawn shop and selling its gold so that china doesn't foreclose on americans were saying something like that but not only china it's the it's everybody that's buying gold is basically calling for closure on america so the indian people are behaving like the chinese government you know so everyone who behaves in that way is calling for closure basically you know paul krugman of the new york times recently said that the dollar is good because it's backed by men with guns did he yes he didn't suggest that there was any economic soundness to the american economy that there was any intrinsic value to the u.s. dollar but as many around the world have come to understand if they don't take the u.s. dollar the u.s. army will come and kill them they found a sound iraq they found libya they find this out all over the world if i don't economist is saying that this is this is a just reason to hope that well i don't know what will schools he went to the american school and th

there is so little self reflection on the part of both that merican public and the american decision makers i wonder why is that we are. country of three hundred fifteen million people very self-absorbed we are. slated from the world by two large oceans. we're trying to think of foreign policy is something we do to other people rather than that but something we participate in . we speak your language or not advance. news programs and documentaries in spanish matters to you breaking news a little tonnage of angola's kids stories. you hear. that all teach spanish find out more visit. tito's comb. the facebook. welcome back to cross talk were of things are considered i'm people of l. to remind you we're discussing the influence of social media on conventional media . came right before the break david you want to jump in there in london gold go right ahead thank you it's just a thought that few years back when i was traveling on a train i first heard news of the bombings in one bite and what struck me about it apart from the fact that i saw the few tweets and then i went and had a look a

merican porn star and tattoo model christine mack cause a lego building frenzy on twitter she announced she would give oral sex to whoever builds the best lego creation she wants to display some of the creations in her home lego fanatics went to a building mode and she received over one hundred lead to different submissions over their hard work what unrewarded when she tweeted that the b.j. competition was off due to lawyers not liking my twitter content i think it's because they didn't win the competition end quote or maybe she couldn't swallow the idea of an adult still playing with children's toys at the for now and harry and boring. stalled talks accusations traded and endless demands made this sums up the process being played out in geneva with a virtual stalemate on the battlefield outside proxies for left to make the hard decisions and compromises to alleviate and then to finally end a civil war which of these outside powers have the political will.

i'm out talking to merican people on a regular basis, and i know for a fact they care.ort our troops, they want them to do well. they want them to win. they want them to come home also. lou: general, thank you very much for being with us. general jack keane. >>> up next. a major obama adviser throwing his early support behind hillary clinton's early, early run for the presidency. the anniversary of controversial comments. could those keep her out of the white house? we'll be talking with one the leading conservative activist who has a brand new ad to celebrate the anniversary. celebrate the anniversary. david [ male announcer ] e new new york is ope open to innovation. open to ambition. open to boldids. that's why n york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state. move here, expand here, or start a new business here and pay no taxes for ten years... we're new york. if there's something that creates more jobs, and ows more businesses... we're open to it. start a tax-free business at startup-ny.com. the country now raising money to put hillary clinton

of responsible for heinous acts of terrorism that killed hundreds of american people, including -mericans, we have can covered for you tonight, congressman brad wi wenstrup joining us, he shares his thoughts with us. and hugh will ford talking about his new book, america's great gain, about america's one time pro-arab policies in the middle east, and what has happened since. and john fund, greg valier to discuss the g.o.p.'s war on the tea party that much more, straight ahead. >> benghazi not only scandal for white house in the news today, new reports that the fbi is not plan ing to file criminal charges related to the irs scandal. according to "wall street journal," fbi investigators blame confusing rules, and bureaucratic incompetance for irs targets of conservative groups rather than criminal intent, that report infuriated house republicans who pointed out the case is still being investigated. house oversight chairman darrell issa wrote in a letter to tern general, anonymous and politically motivated leaks from unnamed law enforcement official undermine public apure anes by current and

the white house promised the merican people when the $800,000,000,000,000 system will yous wau /* /- stimulus was lushed through congress. the u look at a time, if labor force rate had not eclined since president obama took office the unemployment rate would be nearly 11%. another disappointing jobs smaller percentage of americans are employed today than when the recession ended 4.5 years ago. people are deeply dis-saturdays satisfied with the the dent's leadership on economy. the minimum wage, forcing small businesses to pay $5,000 per worker won't increase hiring. expending emergency unemployment programs won't increase hiring because what the long term ruling and are crying for are new jobs. emergency unemployment program is designed for extraordinary circumstances. the unemployment rate is high and going higher. as the white house reminds us declined in all 50 states and lowest since 2008. so, you ask why the president turning e seemingly their backs on job creation and hy doesn't the senate pick up and pass and the president sign nto law any dozens of jobs the house has already

argument that it's merican companies and we pay r & d. same thing happens with drugs skpwh e made, marketed distributed out of japan, for instance. has your investigative do you look at the a from the pharmacy companies and the insurance companies. not something i personally have written on. i covered washington for quite a aware that the'm pharmaceutical industries is one top industries. i well tell you one of the things that i have covered over years, i covered the federal trade commission and they worked very hard to patent tkaeldz that name between the brand drug companies and the generic. getting paid 're to stay off the market and of the things there are high drug costs. that's one of the factors. can't address all the other factors. oklahoma city, republican. hi, phil. caller: hi. things i of the wanted to say about health nsurance is that when you pick a plan you want to pick one that right ctor's in in the network because there's 15 different networks per plan. important you look at the network first and then pick a plan. the oth

merican exceptionalism can sometimes be that version he describes. that is problematic.it is also problematic to not recognize, to deny that there have been great accomplishments in american history. properly understood, i think american exceptionalism recognizes that we were born. we were created with the commitment to equality and liberty. more than any other country on earth, we have sought to secure that for our citizens and the citizens of the rest of the world. our cause is the cause of all nations. that kind of universalism that you see in george washington's life, in james madison's work, in abigail adams' striving was haracterized not by that chest thumping, but rather a striving to be great. you would have to earn that. the way to earn that would to be construct an edifice that could truly stand the storm. george washington, about a month into the constitutional conventions when things were looking really difficult, wrote a letter. he said, we can lay the foundation, we the assembled people in philadelphia writing the constitution. but the people have to raise

this is the accolade she eceived for her promotion of merican designers.from age 8 betty ford, then betty floomer, knew she wanted to do something with dance. she was fascinated by dance and so much of her early life was organized around that. she went to different camps. this was her traveling trunk that she would take in -- to camp in wisconsin where she would put on skits and plays, dance with her friends. and that led to bennington, vermont, where she studied at the school of dance. these are some of her note card, spiral notebooks where she kept notes. each of these is dedicated to a different subject. this is dance technique. inside here you would find names of her teachers and the notes she took about the different things she was studying. much of it about choreography. some of them had dance figures that she has drawn with little stick figures or diagrams that showed how the stage is supposed to be organized. other material we have of hers includes record albums. she, like teenagers even today, collected music. and she collected the popular tunes o

. >> let me just pick the average .merican citizen or morganf jpmorgan stanley has systemically importantof whether we are or are not looking at any specific company -- with a practice of not commenting whether or not we are looking at a company is significant or presents risks that require many action. this has been done in private where they can present material. so i willood stead not comment one way or another. lesst's get to something controversial, broncos are seahawks he? >> i'm a new york man. >> secretary of the treasury jack lew, thank you. you, tom keene. julie is taking a look at the starbucks earning as well as microsoft that just crossed. starbucks is looking marginally worse than estimated metrics. key let's get the starbucks first of all. the earnings beating estimates and revenue rising here by about 12 72 $4.2 billion-- 12% to $4.2 billion. are falling in the united states. that is still impressive. starbucks has been remarkably consistent since the depths of the financial crisis at providing quarter over quarter of strong same-store sales growth. traffic is incredible b

it's too important, too important for the average merican family not to. questions? >> the noshe that these negotiations are going to be offsetting -- >> i would prefer to pass this 90-day extension so that we could assure millions of americans they are going to get their benefits without disruption. my preference, frankly, and i think senator schumer said the same thing, because we want to also grow jobs as well as take care of unemployed that typically this is emergency spending which is not offset. last year, the beginning of 2013, we passed with overwhelming republican support a one-year extension of unemployment benefits that were not paid for. this notion of selectively saying the key issues must be paid for, must be paid for, that's not the case. most times we have paid for these benefits. i think we are going through these negotiations saying, you know, our reference is clearly we want to get this thing done quickly. this 90-day extension. for a year-long extension, if you have thoughtful ways to deal with it, and senator schumer suggested one, there are many

a poll yesterday that said over 2/3 of mericans, over the american public is on our side and wants to extend jobless benefits. so pass the bill. pass it now. it's the right thing to do. pass the bill to extend unemployment benefits because it will help our families, it will help our friends, it will help our neighbors, it will help our communities, it will help our economy. do it now. not a day after tomorrow. do it now, pass the bill, extend those benefits with no strings attached. do the right thing for america and do it right now. that's what everybody says. [applause] >> you can continue to watch this democratic rally online at c-span.org. the u.s. house is gaveling in momentarily. their first legislative session in the second session of the 113th congress. they'll consider three bills this afternoon including one dealer with eliminating auto dealer certification on light trucks. we expect debate on those three bills and votes -- any recorded votes requested mid afternoon today. live coverage of the house here on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be

the merican people are reason we're in the shape we're in. a number of us to call. it doesn't take 50,000. to be millions calling. >> when you call, what kind of get?onse do you >> one time they said they don't ork for anybody except themselves and david sreuter, i my him to do something for iance couldn't get her unemployment for six weeks. she just got laid off and i raised cane and i got it. done today hing about this. she was about to lose her house. ou know what, next morning the unemployment office down here in louisiana was calling her to get unemployment straight. she had do some sort of appeal. it takes calling your senators representatives. >> that's bruce from loose lou. greensboro, from north carolina. >> yes. to out lawe for them jerry manner reason. start negotiatingthem to out l reason. i want them to start negotiating them to work on tax reform what?gotiating on >> well, all the issues and problems we have. have several obviously. >> there is a specific one you'd start with? well, we could start with tax reform. negotiate a tax code that a high can u

we would rather them pass merican jobs, make it in america, buy american bonds. we rather they pass those kind of initiatives alongside this so we are creating big initiatives on jobs at the same time we are correcting some of the ongoing fallout from the recession. your question i respect but i ope this is long gone by election time. so what are the prospects? as i say, anything can happen. the seahawk fans are feisty and they are not selling tickets to anybody from california. you have to be from cspan.org, lasssca or washington. ey like -- or gone, alasssca or washington. the marries are making an ice cream bet. we have a chocolate bet with members from washington state and that's in addition to enjoying my chicken for the last week from north carolina which is lovely that i told them i was going to accepted them chocolate anyway because they were such good sports for the north carolina game. who knows? we'll see. we feel -- we love our his erback, theta toose on arm -- the tattoos on his arm. >> it is interesting to see, one year ago we took our two their 15,