starts another war in the middle east to disarm another middle eastern country weapons of mass destruction that it does not know. and that the damage that the backlash to this does to the american position. makes. how much damage was done in position by you variation of the law makes that will quite trivial by comparison that's my worst case i want to ask you about the new face of the pentagon chuck hagel he allowed himself to say right attacking iran is a stupid idea and i believe you also called for direct negotiations do you think we could see direct negotiations any time soon with chuck hagel in ministration well i think that that former senator hagel has taken courageous positions on iran on a range of issues and i admire them and respect them and the concern i have is that he is being nominated for the wrong job to carry out those positions his defense secretary if he is a if he is if he's approved to be as defense secretary he will not be the person in charge of creating or implementing strategies of iran or any other foreign policy issue. he will be he will be at the defense depart

political settlement to the palestinian issue that palestinians and other middle easterners will see as would. there is no way that open ended israeli occupation of palestinian lands will ever be seen that way and i think that's you know very much against american interests and i think in a similar vein it's but i would take us to some living to a point laid out i know but i would take it a limit and more broadly it's very difficult for the way that israel is structured politically for it to accept and buy into and support what i think would be an american interest which is that all of the states in the middle east be able to have much more participatory political orders that can support even more broadly beyond its borders because a country like egypt which i think the israelis see today is very much a threat in terms of how it's developing if it becomes any more reflective of its population's preferences histories interests religion is going to become by definition less interested in allowing israel or being ok with the policies that israel has developed to use force coercively whe

political settlement of the palestinian issue that palestinians and other middle easterners will see as legitimate there is no way that open ended israeli occupation of palestinian lands will ever be seen that way and i think that's you know very much against american interests i think in a similar vein it's what i would take us to some living to a point laid out i know but i would take it a limited more broadly it's very difficult for the way that israel is structured politically for it to accept and buy into and support what i think would be in american interests which is that all of the states in the middle east be able to have much more participatory political orders that can support even more broadly beyond its borders because a country like egypt which i think the israelis see today is very much a threat in terms of how it's developing if it becomes any more reflective of its population's preferences histories interests religion is going to become by definition less interested in allowing israel or being ok with the policies that israel has developed to use force coercively whe

i'm putting that outside the middle eastern area, has created a situation where the middle east peoples have been given abchoice, having a functioning democratic government of having ethnicities, ethic groups couldn'ting on a federal basis -- cooperating on a federal basis or not. it's an experiment. i think -- i'm not the ambassador of the united states. i'm not going to speak for any american administration. but i do think that the american intervention in iraq gave the people of iraq a certain opportunity, whether they're going to take that opportunity and use it for the betterment for the country is up to them now. >> there's no question that saddam hussein's departure from his position and leadership in iraq has been beneficial to iraq, but the question is whether the current leadership situation in iraq is sustainable going moderate with the americans reducing their involvement in their presence. >> i think it's a ge that's up to the iraqis. >> to the israels have a point of view? is there an official point of view that israel has with regard to america's involvement in iraq? >> n

political settlement to the palestinian issue that palestinians and other middle eastern. will see as legitimate there is no way that open ended israeli occupation of palestinian lands will ever be seen that way and i think that's you know very much against american interests and i think in a similar vein it's but i would take us to a similar vein to a plan laid out i know but i would take it a limited more broadly it's very difficult for the way that israel is structured politically for it to accept and buy into and support what i think would be an american interest which is that all of the states in the middle east be able to have much more participatory political orders they can support even more broadly beyond its borders because a country like egypt which i think the israelis see today is very much a threat in terms of how it's developing if it becomes any more reflective of its population's preferences histories interests religion is going to become by definition less interested in allowing israel or being ok with the policies that israel has developed to use force c

we all know that those who forget history tend to repeal it and our middle eastern families have - whose rights are violated. i want to thank my colleagues and dozens of other organizations including the bill of rights committee. the rest of my items i'll submit >> thank you that concludes roll call for introduction. thank you >> thank you. >> now, it's time for the public to address the policy items and the items adaptation. please know that items that have already been voted on will not be allowed to be commented on. >> thank you let's hear in our first speaker. >> first, i would like to tell our mayor and david kim, carman, yee and my favorite mar. >> including the neighbor and my building happy happy chinese new year for all you guys. i want to say (speaking in another language). (speaking in another language). ladies and gentlemen my name is - i believe that our supervisor today has a chance to ask of the mayor one question about what they think about it? i also have one question i want to ask each of them? how many homeless people in your districts do you know? how many homeless ve

we all know that those who forget history tend to repeal it and our middle eastern families have - whose rights are violated. i want to thank my colleagues and dozens of other organizations including the bill of rights committee. the rest of my items i'll submit >> thank you that concludes roll call for introduction. thank you >> thank you. >> now, it's time for the public to address the policy items and the items adaptation. please know that items that have already been voted on will not be allowed to be commented on. >> thank you let's hear in our first speaker. >> first, i would like to tell our mayor and david kim, carman, yee and my favorite mar. >> including the neighbor and my building happy happy

you need that middle eastern voice or person. we don't have that yet. we're demonized. if there's one good arab guy that works with the authorities is later killed by a bad arab guy. we are at different points in our progression. african-americans have created your own project so you can showcase yourselves in a positive light. we are not there yet. we're getting there little by little. make your own projects. it's the only way. hollywood's never going to give us that. >> that's one good thing for that one arab guy. he's got job security. >> jamison, you have job security. you are the one black guy. >> yeah, job security is great. there are a bunch of black actors. i'm the one guy that looks like this. you're starting to see more and more black actors in commercials. but it's just because this look that i have seems to be very non-threatening, seems to be very familiar. people can look at that guy and go, oh, he might be able to date my daughter, oh, he's cool. so it's a look that's for now -- >> i wouldn't go that far, jamison. >> oh, come on! trying to get some love h

"eyewitnesses describe the suspect as being male medium build late twenties, possibly of middle-eastern origin." don't tell me the police think jamal's involved. they are saying he fits the description of the burglar. that's ridiculous. there are millions of men who fit that description. but jamal's innocent. he has nothing to worry about. wouldn't be the first time an innocent man was found guilty. i am going to the station. katherine, see if you can get hold of jamal's wife. so let me get this straight. you got a box full of tools... with a crowbar. you have no i.d. you claim you spent last night with your wife, but nobody seems to be able to find her. does that about cover it ? i have done nothing wrong. yeah ? what have you got ? not much. i have told you everything. can i go back to work now ? benton's still on the computer trying to get information. keep trying. i don't understand why you're doing this to me. just doing my job, pal. all i want is to do my job. did you locate my wife ? no. yeah ? this just came in fromhe immigration service. what's the story ? they still can't iden

was supposed to be getting off of middle eastern oil. right? not so fast. we'll talk about that coming up. detroit has been patting itself on the back over the recovery. they may need to take a break. phil lebeau with just released news. hello, phil. >> not a big day for big three. latest rankings coming out from consumer reports. in a word, ouch if you're in detroit looking at some of the models ranked. we'll look at the models ranking and bad news with the big three when "power lunch" returns. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] how do you engineer a true automotive breakthrough? ♪ you give it bold new styling, unsurpassed luxury and nearly 1,000 improvements. introducing the redesigned 2013 glk. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. a confident retirement. those dreams have taken a beating lately. but no way we're going to let them die. ♪ ameriprise advisors can help keep your dreams alive like they helped millions of others. by listening. planning. working one on one. that's what ameriprise financia

i wish there were one middle eastern guy in each commercial.ou need that middle eastern voice or person. we don't have that yet. we're delmonized. . if there's one good arab guy that works with the authorities is later killed by a bad arab guy. african-americans have created your own project so you can showcase yourselves in a positive light. we are not there yet. we're getting there little by little. it's the only way. hollywood's never going to give us that. >> that's one good thing for that one arab guy. he's got job security. >> jamison, you have job security. you are the one black guy. >> yeah, job security is great. there are a bunch of black actors. i'm the one guy that looks like this. you're starting to see more and more black actors in commercials. but it's just because this look that i have seems to be very non-threatening, seems to be very familiar. people can look at that guy and go, oh, he might be able to date my daughter, oh, he's cool. so it's a look that's for now -- >> i wouldn't go that far, jamison. >> oh, come on! trying t

bring in chinese people and middle eastern guys. >> can you imagine if this works for boyj2 -- boyz2en if the birthrate does spike? >> we are missing the continuing popularity of boy bands how young girls have been swooning. >> spooning or swooning? >> swooning. >> you look like a groupy to me. >> not so much. >> what were you into when you were younger? >> when i was younger? marching band. >> marching band? you just made a bunch of dorks' faces light up. >> no, truth, i played the violin, and you can't march with the violin so they gave me the cybles. >> the cutest thing. >> you can't march with a violin? come over my house on the weekend. >> i don't even know what that means. >> and yet i am appalled. >> that is a clean joke i guarantee you. >> thinking about the motion, no it is not. >> coming up, should you treat your pet like a person? lori roth man -- >> miniature dachson. >> lori roth man on why she lets her drog -- her dog drive during rush hour. ♪ why do more emergency workers everywhere trust duracell? duralock power preserve. locks in power for up to 10 years in storage.

. >>> a mysterious and dangerous new virus is showing up abroad in places including the middle easternnd in britain. at least a dozen people have become sick and five people have died with this new virus which is called ncov or novel corona virus. symptoms of the virus include respiratory infections fever and cough. others have suffered pneumonia and kidney failure. this virus was first identified last september by the world health organization. doctors say the virus appears to be hard to get but they would not be surprised if it shows up in the united states. >>> although the bay area is due to get rain. kron 4's charles clifford has an update on the snow back we rely on for water. >> reporter: california's start of the new year with an above average amount of snow in the mountains but since then things have been very dry. the california department of water resources says statewide we have 75 percent of the amount of snow we usually have at this time of year. also the state's rainy season usually peaks around april first. and so far california has about half of the snow it usually see

strong purchasing power he hopes japanese companies will explore the business opportunities in the middle eastern country. >>> i will have more headlines for you next hour. the nikkei down .9%. let's take a look at regional markets. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the u.s. senate has confirmed chuck hagel as secretary of defense. a bloc of republicans had opposed nomination of their former colleague, but they gave in in the end. president barack obama nominated hagel last month. republicans criticized statements hagel had made in the past about iran and israel. and they questioned his qualifications for the post. this time some of them gave their approval. they agreed drawing out the process would not help national security. hagel is expected to get down to work later in the day. he'll have to turn his attention to the pentagon budget and how to manage billions of dollars' worth of cuts. >>> a rocket fired from gaza has exploded in southern israel. it's the first attack since november, when the israeli military agreed to a cease-fire with the islamic fundamentalist group hamas. police in israel say no one was hurt. th

will be less engaged with the middle east and on middle eastern issues. u.s. officials here were at pains to deny that. there was then also a lot of talk about competitiveness and weather this u.s. oil and gas bonanza will increase its competitiveness, particularly in manufacturing industries, possibly to the detriment of europe. competitiveness and the economy being recognized here as important factors on the security front as well. >> protests in egypt have again turn violent. opponents of the islamist president have heard -- hurled molotov cocktails at the palace. protesters are demanding his overthrow after the demonstrations in several cities in recent days turn violent and dozens were killed. >> earlier in the day, there were scuffles in the center of tahrir square, the focal point of the revolution that overthrew president hosni mubarak two years ago. protests marking the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled mubarak have killed nearly 60 people since january 25, prompting the head of the army to warned this week that the state was on the verg

middle eastern ground water reserves used by iran, iraq, turkey, and syria as lost as much water as there is in the dixie. but according to a water resources research study. satellite images from 2003 through 2009 showed a large loss of water. red represents drier conditions. scientists believe a majority of the water was lost due to pumping groundwater, a drought in 2007, and melting ice. the body of an indigenous mexican woman called the ape woman has been laid to rest. she traveled with european people in 1850's as part of a freak show in the circus. her body was covered with thick from a particular condition. >> i felt julia needed to recover her dignity, her place in history, and in our memory. >> this is an act of justice to the human being, an act of dignity towards a person in the ce andum of her independra gender. >> good humor is not usually associated with politics or elections in kenya. artists are trying to change that with an increasingly vocal role. >> the man who created these images wants to make kenyans uncomfortable. he took the photographs during the riot that took pla

and moscow of both said that they want to play a key role in trying to bring about peace in the middle eastern country however both russia and the united states have different ways of how they see that peace being brought about the united states says that bashar al assad the syrian president has to go we have to be removed where is russia choosing to prefer peace through dialogue they want both sides to obs of each ceasefire so that's all going to be going on here in munich at the munich international security conference and unless now track some other international news and brief this hour official that the headquarters of mexican state oil company pemex believe a blast that took thirty three lives that was an accident rescuers are continuing their search for anyone trapped under the rubble since friday more than one hundred twenty one people were injured exactly what cause they explosion and still not. a standoff between alabama police and a man holding a five year old boy hostage continues for a full day now as negotiators try to free the youngster belhadj kidnapper affix to five year old r

accepted as a player a seat at the table if you will in middle eastern politics that has been denied systematically over the years i think that's still the problem with the obama administration even though you know one one can hope we can always hope that that can change and the departure of dennis ross certainly has a positive but the fact that the white house apparently still continues to have conversations with dennis ross is quite a negative in that regard mohammad everything the gareth kid said you said the winning government agrees to more or less. yeah i think that it's obvious that the iranians are quite willing to cooperate within the framework of the n.p.t. and i and the regulations of the i.a.e.a. iran does not want any rights beyond those that exist in international law and they will not accept anything less and i think that the problem with the united states has nothing to do with human rights iran has a constitution america's closest allies in the region like saudi arabia and qatar do not even have a constitution they do not even have elections iran has elections just r

moscow have both said that they want to play a key role in trying to bring about peace in the middle eastern country however both russia and the united states have different ways of how they see that peace being brought about the united states says that bashar al assad the syrian president has to go he has to be removed where is russia choosing to prefer peace through dialogue and they want both sides to observe a cease fire so that's all going to be going on here in munich at the munich international security conference and russia's foreign minister is expected to address the world's biggest security system members shortly at the munich conference will be bringing you sergey lavrov speech live here on artsy. and i see some other stories from around the globe officials at the headquarters of mexico's state oil company believe the blast that took thirty three lives or is an accident rescue is under their search for anyone trapped under the rubble after almost twenty four hours more than one hundred twenty one people injured exactly what caused the explosion is still not. a standoff between th

friendly visit to britain before testing rule in certain rules as an aid to other european and middle eastern countries. international news live from moscow this is the with me you dash of all of a hello and welcome to the program the competition between the u.s. and china has gone digital and the western superpower isn't feeling confident intelligence figures think america is already musing a major cyber who accusing beijing of hacking into washington security marina or deny now reports. in january it is my pleasure to welcome president hu to the white house washington and beijing were the a list couple of geopolitics the positive constructive cooperative u.s. china relationship is good for the united states in february america's feelings are fleeting china unleashing its full spy power let's return to the alleged link between china's military and a prolific hacking group most cyber attacks are being carried out by teams inside the chinese military china is officially out of control because don't look now but prove today our sugar daddy is a thief beijing became an overnight security threat

britain for testing of all she would say some rather uncertain waters and eight other european and middle eastern countries that are coming up here on r.t. in just a just a few minutes. but for now the german chancellor angela merkel's caused a bit of a stir in turkey by calling for talks on a session to the e.u. to be restarted the delays in talks of course great annoyance there found by opposition and some e.u. states over human rights and economic issues let's get more on the visit now phillip miss felder m.p. and our foreign policy spokesman for merkel zinah christian democratic party joining us live her life here on r.t. good to see you today sir thanks for coming on the program of all the european leaders why is the german chancellor angela merkel so keen to restart a session talks with the turkey coming into the e.u. . we want to have a good reliable partnership with turkey but on the other hand side we know that the more extended europe and more extended european union will cause much much more problems we can see that we are not able to integrate a country like countries like romania bul

moscow have both said that they want to play a key role in trying to bring about peace in the middle eastern country however both russia and the united states have different ways of how they see that peace being brought about the united states says that bashar al assad the syrian president has to go we have to be removed where is russia choosing peace through dialogue they want both sides to observateur cease fire so that's all going to be going on here in munich at the munich international security conference and unless now track some other international news in brief this hour officials at the headquarters of mexico state oil company pemex believe a blast that took such a three lives it was an accident rescue is a continuing their search for anyone trapped under the rubble since friday more than one hundred twenty one people were injured exactly what course they explosion are still not. a standoff between alabama police and a man holding a five year old boy hostage continues for a full day now as negotiators try to free the youngster kidnapper affix to five year old retired trucker took th

accepted as a player a seat at the table if you will in middle eastern politics that has been denied systematically over the years i think that's still the problem with the obama administration even though you know one one can hope we can always hope that that can change and the departure of dennis ross certainly has a positive but the fact that the white house apparently still continues to have conversations with dennis ross is quite a negative in that regard mohammad everything the gamut just said you said the meaning of mean agrees to more or less. yeah i think that it's obvious that the iranians are quite willing to cooperate within the framework of the n.p.t. and i and the regulations of the i.a.e.a. iran does not want any rights beyond those that exist in international law and they will not accept anything less and i think that the problem with the united states has nothing to do with human rights iran has a constitution america's closest allies in the region like saudi arabia and qatar do not even have a constitution they do not even have elections iran has elections just rece

and the fact that we were about to host a panel discussions with members of hamas or you know middle eastern revolutionaries i was inadvertently providing a platform that under the language of ten twenty one would make me possibly an associated force so i was terrified and i was worried out on behalf of my team as well. and rightly so but i was also curious how the other plaintiffs decided to come on board and tackle such a complex and daunting lawsuit against the federal government here's what she had to say. so essentially chris hedges filed suit with her attorneys and i approached chris hedges because i was worried and i strategized over this i really wanted a judge to see the forest for the trees and sorry no pun intended on catherine the forest but that's that is the case this was very strategic i pick people who together with all tell a piece of the story has started occupy london and occupy london was designated a terrorist group officially alexy o'brien being targeted by the cyber security firm which is contracted with the dio dean trying to link her organization to muslim extremists

and the fact that we were about to host a panel discussions with members of hamas or you know middle eastern revolutionaries i was inadvertently providing a platform that under the language of ten twenty one would make me possibly an associated force so i was terrified and i was worried out on behalf of my team as well. and rightly so but i was also curious how the other plaintiffs decided to come on board and tackle such a complex and daunting lawsuit against the federal government here's what she had to say. so essentially chris had just filed suit with our attorneys and i approached chris have to because i was worried and i strategized over this i really wanted a judge to see the forest for the trees and sorry no pun intended on catherine the forest but that's that is the case this was very strategic i pick people who together with all tell a piece of the story has you know started occupy london and occupy london was designated a terrorist group officially aleck's o'brien being targeted by the cyber security firm which is contracted with the dio dean trying to link her organization to mus

accepted as a player a seat at the table if you will in middle eastern politics that has been denied systematically over the years i think that's still the problem with the obama administration even though you know one one can hope we can always hope that that can change and the departure of dennis ross certainly has a positive but the fact that the white house apparently still continues to have conversations with dennis ross is quite a negative in that regard mohammad everything the carrot just said you said the meaning of mean agrees to more or less. yeah i think that it's obvious that the iranians are quite willing to cooperate within the framework of the n.p.t. and i and the regulations of the i.a.e.a. iran does not want any rights beyond those that exists in international law and they will not accept anything less and i think that the problem with the united states has nothing to do with human rights iran has a constitution america's closest allies in the region like saudi arabia and qatar do not even have a constitution they do not even have elections iran has elections just re

country in the world ahead of us and our dependence on oil making us more and more tightly bound to middle eastern dictators and radicals to wait and hope the big transnational corporations are going to help birth a new america is both naive and stupid. instead of depending upon them. we should be recovering from them the cost of those extra maladies because of the sicknesses in the military the whole thing with a carbon tax it can be used to build a new energy infrastructure right here in the united states let's take a lesson from australia and the eurozone which have both set up carbon taxes to make nineteenth century energy barons pay for at least some of the damage that they've done and then let's use the revenues from that carbon tax for a green energy revolution right here in the united states considering the threats of disease climate change and war only an idiot or a fossil fuel billionaire like charles or david koch would want us to bring in more oil with a pipeline or take any other steps to continue america's dependence on dirty and costly nineteenth century fuels. and that's the way it

discussion and moscow of both said they want to play a key role in trying to bring about peace in the middle eastern country however both russia and the united states have different ways of how they see that peace being brought about the united states says that bashar al assad the syrian president has to go he has to be removed where is russia choosing to prefer peace through dialogue and they want both sides to observe a cease fire so that's all going to be going on here in munich at the munich international security conference and russia's foreign minister is expected to address the world's biggest security system members shortly at the munich conference will be bringing you sergey lavrov speech live here on r.t. . and that's now some other stories from around the globe officials at the headquarters of mexico's state oil company believe a blast that took such a three lives or an accident rescuers and as their search for anyone trapped under the rubble after almost twenty four hours more than one hundred twenty one people injured exactly what caused the explosion are still not. a standoff between t