no middle eastern people there.eve that terrorism would continue with a certain type of a profile was ridiculous right from the start. >> john: but my question is is it ever appropriate? can it be appropriate for the good of a society? is there ever a right time to do it? >> it is appropriate when you have actual information when someone matches a certain description is planning to do a certain thing. >> john: i wouldn't say that's profiling. >> well, you are you're going to check everyone coming in. >> john: profiling is someone that might commit a crime. >> well, it probably didn't work. >> ask the people who were murdered and beaten for looking muslim, hindu right. no, i think if one person gets erroneously profiled, killed, murdered as a result of this, we should not do it. >> criminal profiling as everybody understands as you're saying, if there is a theory behind it. we think there might be a group of people in a cell in this part of town. let's take a look at them and see what is going on. everyone understand

group, middle eastern muslim arab, and we're now getting very close to starting one with the jewish community. we also convene regularly round table discussions with the media to make sure that the message and the mission of the office is being publicized in those communities. and that pretty much completes the presentation and i'm available for any questions you may have. oh, one of the last things, we looked at the suggested budget by the budget analyst. we agree with three of the areas. there is one area we do not that we are very close to it and we really feel we'll be able to reach an agreement by next week. >> great. thank you, mr. gascone. colleagues, do we have any questions or comments at this time? thks very much, mr. rose. why don't we go to the budget analyst report: , please. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee, page 70 recommended total [speaker not understood] 13-14 of that amount, 276.38 are ongoing. [speaker not understood] savedings, still lou an increase of 3.8 million or 8.9% of the department's budget. 14-15 our recommendation total [speaker not understood

francisco like asians and latinos, but our african community, our eastern europe committee, our middle eastern communities are all engaged in this effort. and our goal was always beyondv just being counted, how do you participate fully in american society? ~ how do you get to a david chiu as the supervisor or ed lee as the mayor and register your heart felt viewpoints on how your park should look like? what kind of education level your schools should be in? what kind of community safety plans would make you and your family feel safe? what kind of level of health care, which is a big, big challenge for us these days, that you need in order to keep healthy? all of these kinds of issues, including input in the government, we've always wanted

an advocate of wave energy invested into its development she wrote a book about the coming and middle eastern oil. as the drama of the deepwater horizon played out matthew spoke up and what he said was shocking yes we were. just large research this. was the most specific information we know eleven hundred meters below the surface is not the next is the four hundred four hundred meter lake i'm very. pleased. on august fourth the white house sent a time out an energy of size or carol browner on a series of t.v. interviews where she countered simmonds assertions more than three quarters of the oil is gone the vast majority of the oil is gone it was captured it was standing it was burned it was contained but mother nature did her part there was certainly an effort to control the way this event was seen in this event was a media story it had that quality to it of every night the drama who did it and you know when's it going to get capped there is this soap opera quality to it that happened on this day soon the wealth of the and then here we go we're going to each day each day come back tomorrow ni

you are an old middle eastern hat.did you have a bigger in the middle east? >> yes, i did. i think the obama administration has been a disappointment. it started off with the idea at least diplomatically that we were going to extend his hand -- --is hand and the fist was not if the fist was unclenched. i do not think we kept with that very much. we started halfheartedly and we with through it immediately.-- and then we withdrew it immediately. a lot more could have been done with iran, for instance. i think we had an opportunity where there was a period of goodwill to extend that had more to iran. we might have had somewhat more of a different outcome than we have right now had we done that. thinkhink am a tie -- i amitai's point is very important, that a lot more could have been done, a lot more could have been done with iran. we had an opportunity where there was a time of goodwill to extend that hand more to.. you might have a somewhat different outcome than we have right now had we done that. >> this is a very complex region. which is why we cannot just assume that we c

that is a high degree of instability, even by middle eastern standards. israel is a strong country, we can defend ourselves, but we wish for the people that live around us to enjoy the same freedoms. and for their children to have the same opportunities that might children have. does this crisis put the peace process on the back burner? >> we are certainly and diminished in our commitment to achieve peace with our neighbors. we are working in order to reanimate the peace negotiations between israel and the leaders of the palestinian authority. without preconditions anywhere. the prime minister says he is willing to meet. they're willing to meet with them today. for two tuesday's people, a jewish state of israel living side by side with the palestinian state. tavis: what do you say to jews in this country, speaking of preconditions, that believe the preconditions for a two-state solution has to be the issue of settlement and israel needs to approach this problem a bit differently? >> we understand the settlement issue is a course of frustration, it is one

. >> it is a middle eastern name. my grandfather came over from the middle east. what is a derivative of? my family told me when he lived in the small village over in the middle east, a young girl was raped. there are many tribes of a there and there is not much justice. he and his friend took it upon themselves to find the guy and they hung him. the noose itself in arabic is called anka. my grandfather said anka. and it stuck. it stuck in the guy that is hanging in the tree over there. tavis: you talk about how your mother was your muse. my mother and i are just as close. my mother and i have a relationship or anything i do in my career, we sit together and have prayer together. i ask for guidance on any decision i am making. every season when we start this tv season. we hold hands in a big circle, 30 people, and we pray for the blessings to fall on this show. i know what it is like to have your mother be that close to you. what shocked me was how younger mother was when she died. nothing happens without his mother being consulted. she is dead at 37. >> emotional

egypt is a center if not the center of middle eastern culture. hundreds of american says work there, and tenning of thousand thousands have dual american/egyptian passports. we're all over this story with reporters in every corner of cairo. i want to go to christiane amanpour. tell us exactly what the response has been from the muslim brotherhood. >> well, ib talking to several members, including a key spokesman and key advisers action and also someone who used to be a member of parliament there is a deep sense of despair. they believe this is a c opt up, and they're correct, they talk about the first democratically elected president has been overthrown. and the presidency, well, now the former presidency of mohammed morsi. on the other hand, in the tahrir square area, where millions and millions of people have, by popular vote with their feet and bodies and voices have said they have a vote of no confidence, and this is a replay, jake, of the demonstrations that came out -- against the military a year ago, and now against mohammed morsi. so what

there are key middle eastern producers that are facing problems. we have had problems with big protests in libya. if we were to have some type of major attack on a libyan facility, that could push prices higher. we are watching iraq closely. a lot of the people are very optimistic about growth and supply are optimistic about iraq, 45% of new growth is supposed to come out of iraq between now and 2035. 3,000 people have been killed in iraq. and we are watching saudi arabia, not for unrest, but we feel they need north of $100 to balance the budget. so we think that these things will actually weigh to a higher oil price on brent and we think brent will be around 106 this year for an average. >> joe, how can consumers save on gas? are there apps or special programs available? what's the best way to save on gasoline? >> well, we have a program where it's 10 cents off of every gallon, which we do by having a card called smart pay, and basically, we are bypassing the onerous credit card charges that are almost 3%. most of the convenience stores in the cou

political process in egypt goes from here, i spoke a short time ago with a senior fellow for middle eastern studies at the council on foreign relations. he joined us from new york. you were among those that said that the president should be given more time. what worries you most about the events that are now laying themselves out in egypt? >> i think the president should have been given more time. the most worrying factor is the complete breakdown of the process of holding institutions. what was built over the last year during the revolution, however flawed the constitution. this was recently notified. and the presidency itself. an important building block towards a more democratically viable egypt. that is the difficulty there is a nation divided between the muslim brotherhood and their supporters and the broadly secular organizations. this was not the case in egypt two years ago. this is a real cause for concern looking ahead to the short to medium-term. >> you you have said that president morsi has failed ordinary people. in many cases, they have gotten worse. given that situation, shoul

. >> we are joined now by a political scientist, an expert in middle eastern culture. welcome, first of all. what can egyptians actually hope for? >> we hope of uniting, not to exploit muslim brothers but to include them. i hope that the new government can realize that. >> morsi supporters say he is a freely democratic leader. adly mansour was appointed by the military. is this just a power grab i the old guard? >> yes and no. you have the revolutionary people. i hope now with a new strategy, neil politics, that he will not do the same politics of the old system, but i can understand the point of view from the muslim brothers. >> can you explain exactly why there is so much widespread support for this man? >> it is not a lot of support, as you are seeing. when you do not have a president, then this judge can be a president. now you have a new way. >> thank you for the analysis. appreciate it. now we go to our correspondent in cairo. give us details about the latest report of clashes. >> i can tell you what i'm seeing right in front of my office. there are several thous

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a severe summer heat wave is hitting middle eastern nations. it is affecting work and religious events in the holy month of ramadan. dubai has seen the daytime highs exceed 40 degrees celsius recently. inland it topped 50 degrees on tuesday. starting this month, officials have banned construction firms from any outdoor work in the afternoon to protect workers's health. violators may be fined up to $8,100 u.s. workers are not supposed to eat or drink from sun up to sundown for an entire month. >> translator: it's really hot. the summer is even harsher because you can't drink water during the daytime. >> translator: it's very hot, but i have to work regardless of the sweltering heat. otherwise i can't make money if are my family. >> the temperature in kuwait exceeded 40 degrees in recent days. weather officials forecast that next week the mercury will surge past 50. >> high levels of radioactive cesium has been found in fish caught off the coast of northeast of tokyo. they say it's the third highest level found in marine products in the region si

. >> we are joined now by a political scientist, an expert in middle eastern culture. welcome, first of all. what can egyptians actually hope for? >> we hope of uniting, not to exploit muslim brothers but to include them. i hope that the new government can realize that. >> morsi supporters say he is a freely democratic leader. adly mansour was appointed by the military. is this just a power grab i the old guard? >> yes and no. you have the revolutionary people. i hope now with a new strategy, neil politics, that he will not do the same politics of the old system, but i can understand the point of view from the muslim brothers. >> can you explain exactly why there is so much widespread support for this man? >> it is not a lot of support, as you are seeing. when you do not have a president, then this judge can be a president. now you have a new way. >> thank you for the analysis. appreciate it. now we go to our correspondent in cairo. give us details about the latest report of clashes. >> i can tell you what i'm seeing right in front of my office. there are several thous

. >> most middle eastern governments are withholding official comment on the latest developments in egypt. >> for some analysis, we have a representative from the institute of international security affairs with us. egypt has just lost a democratically elected prime minister or president to a popular military coup. is this a step forward or a step backward? >> it might be both. on the one hand, morsi has been democratically elected and the muslim brotherhood has won the parliamentary elections. on the other hand, it has tried to take over the authoritarian institutions of the mubarak state, so it all depends on the outcome, whether we will have elections right now, and elections in which the muslim brotherhood can take part effectively. >> what about the international reaction? there has been none from some players. serious has welcomed the ouster wholeheartedly -- serious -- syria has welcomed the ouster wholeheartedly. >> there has been a split. tunisia is governed by islamists and the prime minister of turkey is a former islamist as well. the saudi's are the traditional opponents of th

. >> most middle eastern governments are withholding official comment on the latest developments in egypt. >> for some analysis, we have a representative from the institute of international security affairs with us. egypt has just lost a democratically elected prime minister or president to a popular military coup. is this a step forward or a step backward? >> it might be both. on the one hand, morsi has been democratically elected and the muslim brotherhood has won the parliamentary elections. on the other hand, it has tried to take over the authoritarian institutions of the mubarak state, so it all depends on the outcome, whether we will have elections right now, and elections in which the muslim brotherhood can take part effectively. >> what about the international reaction? there has been none from some players. serious has welcomed the ouster wholeheartedly -- serious -- syria has welcomed the ouster wholeheartedly. >> there has been a split. tunisia is governed by islamists and the prime minister of turkey is a former islamist as well. the saudi's are the traditional opponents of th

. >>> a severe summer heat wave is hitting middle eastern nations. the scorching temperatures are affecting work and religious events during the muslim holy month of ramadan. the coastal city of dubai in the united arab emirates has seen its daytime highs exceed 40 degrees celsius recently. inland the mercury topped 50 degrees on tuesday. starting this month, uae officials have banned construction firms from any outdoor work in the afternoon to protect workers' health. violators may be fined up to 30,000 durhams, about $8,100 u.s. dollars. working conditions for laborers are especially tough during ramadan. muslims north supposed to eat from sun up to sun down for an entire month. >> translator: it's really hot. this summer is even harsher because you can't drink water during the daytime. >> it's very hot, but i have to work regardless of the sweltering heat. otherwise, i can't make money for my family. >> reporter: the temperature in kuwait has also exceeded 40 degrees in recent days. whether officials forecast that next week the mercury will surge

only if we had some major cataclysmic event like a major middle eastern war. we've got plenty of crude. we're producing more crude oil right now than we have since december of 1990, and we're going into the mid '80s in terms of supply. >> there was a commenter on a recent gas blog that says gas goes up like a rocket and down like a feather. do you think they have peaked this year? >> i think they peaked in february which was an anticipation of what might happen. they peak unless we get events. if we get a hurricane in the gulf of mexico, you can almost take whatever category the hurricane is and move it in some sort of exponential, and that's how much gas will go up. but without that and without egyptian violence breaking out into the suez canal and elsewhere, i think we're pretty close to a top and i think we'll see much lower prices in the last 100 days of the year. >> i tell you, i'm so glad to turn my ac off. if it's not put in the gas tank, it will be paying my electric bill this summer. thanks. nice to see you. >>> here are the other stories that matter

francisco like asians and latinos, but our african community, our eastern europe committee, our middle eastern communities are all engaged in this effort. and our goal was always beyondv just being counted, how do you participate fully in american society? ~ how do you get to a david chiu as the supervisor or ed lee as the mayor and register your heart felt viewpoints on how your park should look like? what kind of education level your schools should be in? what kind of community safety plans would make you and your family feel safe? what kind of level of health care, which is a big, big challenge for us these days, that you need in order to keep healthy? all of these kinds of issues, including input in the government, we've always wanted to improve. well, today there is over 100,000 permanent residents in san francisco who are not fully engaged yet in everything that they can be doing in registering their voice. and, so, we want to announce today a new initiative, it's the san francisco pathways to citizenship initiative. its job, its focus is to work with all the community-based organization

. >> his work has always seemed to me, kahlil gibran's, like halva, which is a part of middle easternuisine which is almonds and honey, to the point where you really can't take more than a little bit of it. and sometimes i feel if you read enough of this kind of stuff, your appetite for real food goes. >> he gives numerous examples of what he calls gibran's "muzziness," and pseudo- paradoxes. >> here he is on marriage. this, by the way, from a man who never married. "fill each other's cup, but drink not from one cup. sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each of you, each one of you be alone even as the strings of a lute are alone." >> this is -- this is mysticism. this is that other level of communicating. >> he says that joy is sorrow unmasked. he talks about how if you're sitting at your table with sorrow, joy is in your bed waiting to awaken. >> kahlil gibran was born in 1883 in northern lebanon, and grew up in a poor, maronite catholic family. priests tutored him about the bible, but he had no formal education. after his father was imprisoned for embezzlement, his mother

an advocate of wave energy invested into its development she wrote a book about the coming and middle eastern oil. as the drama of the deepwater horizon played out. matthew spoke up and what he said was shocking. thomas. largest research this. was the most specific information we know eleven hundred meters below the surface is not the next is the four hundred to four hundred meter lake under a heavy oil lease itself last. august for the white house senate climate and energy it carol browner on a series of t.v. interviews where she countered simmonds assertions more than three quarters of the oil is gone and the vast majority of the oil is gone it was captured it was standing it was fur and it was contained but mother nature did her part there was certainly an effort to control the way this event was seen in this event was a media story it had that quality to it of every night the drama who did it and you know when's it going to get capped there is this soap opera quality to it that happened on this day in the well for the and then here we go we're going to each day each day come back tomorrow

policy that was killing immense amount of people and causing immense suffering among middle eastern people suffering under dictatorship so look we can always go back and back and back and back further and further but the truth of the matter is that since world war two we've had terrible policies towards the middle east that have that of anger at a lot of people and cause a lot of resentment maxie think the curbing of liberties that home. is is worth it considering the war on terror i mean we can talk about the middle east but what about in the united states and western countries losing our freedoms in this conflict if we can use that term so worth it yeah sure that's a very different kind of question in my answer may actually surprise you i do think that our counterterrorism responses have been a little bit too heavy handed in the sense of restricting civil liberties at home i do agree with that what i was saying is simply that we shouldn't you know be so partisan and so ideological as to say that there have been no benefits whatsoever to our counterterrorism response because indeed there

turmoil i'm joined by grant smith in washington he is the director of the institute for research middle eastern policy and in london we crossed charles wolf he is a writer broadcaster and political commentator right gentlemen cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want i very much encourage it grant if i go to you first in washington we have turmoil all across the region particularly in egypt libya tunisia syria iraq i can go on and on bahrain is this a regional civil war is this what we're saying. i think you can make an argument. even though we've got nation states you can make an argument that there is a conflict between two major parties that's broken.

turmoil i'm joined by grant smith in washington he is the director of the institute for research middle eastern policy and in london we cross the charles wolf he is a writer broadcaster and political commentator all right gentlemen in fact that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it grant if i go to you first in washington we have turmoil all across the region and particularly in egypt libya tunisia syria iraq i can go on and on bahrain is this a regional civil war is this what we're saying. i think you can make an argument that even though we've got nation states that you can make an argument that there is a conflict between two major parties that's broken out across the region i think you see entrenched elites that don't have much representation given over those they rule you have protesters who have been fired up usually by some abuse arbitrary abuse by police affecting their their meager economic life and breaking out in the revolution i think that if you if you define kind of a classical civil war assen ario where it's a couple of entrenched groups duking it ou