perhaps not awater for mr. kerry to put rights some of the damage that has taken place between the u.s. and israelis following the iranian deal, but nevertheless, they would not have liked what they heard. >> china told the u.s. vice president that its new defense zone is within international law. joe biden is in beijing. washington refuses to recognize the zone. china wants pilots to tell them flight plans before they fly through the zones, which covers you a chain of disputed islands. >> as biden wrapped up this difficult and sometimes tense visit to china, it proved to the issue that refused to go away, the continuing travesty over china's air defense zone. in a meeting in beijing, biden said it is causing significant apprehension and reiterated america's position that they were opposed to. >> and did not no, sir it. he revealed that in talks behind closed doors when it came to this issue, did he say spy the smiles, the friendship that first between the two men, he was very dialects in putting forward america's po

i will leave them to the state department to comment on your latter point of the month to say it mr kerry is on the docket. no more weasel words when you made a direct question be prepared for a change when your son should be ready for a battle freedom of speech and down to freedom to cost. we tried to tell you we warned you so the government is not publishing well we have been reporting on this show that they have to buy scheme will cause more than one hundred percent guaranteed outcome a crash in the real estate market and people will be underwater negative equity and the banks will need another bailout and the wealth and income disparity will increase yet again. please speak to language. programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on. reporting from the world talks about six of the yard p. interviews intriguing story to tell you. the troy. for a visit. to . britain opts for energy over environmentalists concerns with a plan to potentially open up the pristine british countryside to shale gas fracking despite widespread public opposition. which you can fit into your home. if you

mr. kerry washington will have a press conference tomorrow. just 32 years old.ptions for a post nfl career? how about acting? >> you are right. it is more difficult now. >> what do you want me to do? >> i got the work order right here. >> who authorized you? this area is for authorized personnel only. >> it was fun. that's the off season, you know. that's the stuff i get into. just to see what i want to do after i'm done playing. so i will do broadcast. do some acting. and i got the part. it was fun. >> all right, another former cal product. aaron rogers will be back with the packers sunday. winner goes to the playoffs. they will be playing against the chicago bears. rogers has missed seven games with a broken collarbone. >>> time, now, for the thursday night top five. number five, knocked up by nicholas platoom and the blazers in overtime. where do we go in and it does. number four, fabio berini using his head to save a goal. in the premier league. number three, final seconds, atlanta's jeff, a hero. the hawks beat the cavs, 127- 125. number two, jeremy lin doi

mr. kerry washington will do it as a raider and at a press conference.news for the packer fans. quarterback, aaron rogers is back just in time for the winner take all game against the bears. rogers missed seven games with a broken collarbone. winner sunday gets to the playoffs. loser goes home. little cesars bowl, goes for the front, and weaves through traffic, 54 yards to the house. pit beat bowling green 30-27. finishes the night. there he goes. >> atlanta beats cleveland 128- 125. oh, you got to love that. very quickly, in the pin poinsetta bowl. >> see you at 11:00. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, (school bell rings) (whistle blows)

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mr. kerry is expected to fly into sfo this afternoon.he will stay overnight before heading back to washington tomorrow morning. >>> back at it. negotiations will continue between bart and its two biggest unions. they're trying to reach an agreement over the disputed pay family leave provision. bart management insists the provision was mistakenly put in the final package that they ratified last month. the unions say you signed it, it's a deal. >> it's not an official holiday today, but retailers are calling it free shipping day. this is the last day to pay extra cash to get a package by christmas. a full list can be found at free shipping day.com. >> perhaps what you need to be shipping today is a brand new computer. >> scott mcgrew, apple is finally ready to sell the super power mac intoshs. >> good morning. tim cook, the ceo of apple, tweeted out a picture. these are the new apple macintoshs. these are the strangely shaped computers announced earlier this year. they'll be available for order starting tomorrow. zirchlg the other thing we

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mr. kerrydid state that he had two daughters about that sairm age, he expressed his regret and his hope for the bilateral relations will not be affected by all of this. we understand that india has now promoted the deputy consul general to become the permanent u.n. consul. she only had consular immunity. india clearly hoping that will be applied retroactively. however it has to be signed off by the u.s. state department around we have to wait their discussion as to whether this can go away. >> thank you. representing marketing icons like peyton manning, adel, jufnn timberlake. >>> ross shimabuku, this going into effect college sports as well as other industries. >> hollywood and the sports world colliding, you're right. img has the harnlgest marketing business. all strapping it up on the bcs championship game. spearheaded, by ari, starting his own agency in the mid 1990s called endeavor and later merged with william morris. our superguest dan kaplan joins us now. what does this merger mean to t

mr. kerryected to fly into sfo this afternoon. >> he is going to stay overnight and headed back to washington tomorrow morning. that's it for "today." take care. >>> good morning, mega winners. two very lucky ticket holders in that massive mega millions jackpot set to split $636 million and perhaps even more. >>> progress, firefighters starting to get a handle on that raging wildfire in california's big sur but will the weather cooperate long enough to get it fully contained. >>> lifesaver, a blind man falls off a subway platform and his trusty guide dog leaping to the rescue. >> we kept saying stay down because the train was already coming. >> this morning, the incredible story of friendship and loyalty. >> and she is "the voice." >> tessanne chin.

we have some comments coming out from mr. kerry. it's warning against china imposing the south china sea air zone. discuss can continue around that, of course. >>> meanwhile, let's check in with global equities right now. we're just over an hour and 15 minutes into the -- an hour and 40 minutes into the trading day here in europe. you can see we're weighted to the downside. decliners outpacing advancers by around about 7 to 3 at the moment on the dow jones stoxx 600. yesterday, the stoxx europe 600 did okay. it was up. this morning, we're back down 0.5%. heads you win, tails you lose. xetra dax is down 0.5%. cac 40 is down 1% at the moment. the ftse mib is a part of 0.5%. cgg is down 15.5%. this is the oil services, the geological survey company. they're going to compliment what they call a new strategic phase. i love that corporate speak. this is after they revise forecast down full year earnings between 400 and 420 million u.s. dollars. customers have been pushing back major orders. glaxosmithkline off 0.75% after it announced it'

mr. kerry's statement that we get into a pretty dangerous area here if we don't have constitutional limitation. what if we just linked to the end of this thing? what if the president declared war? what did he assume that authority? what is the recourse been -- what would you counsel be to this congress if we objected to such a thing? or even if we objected to a purely constitutional grounds and we thought it was a good policy decision and he vetoed our resolution to declare war? that should get us to the bottom of this discussion. >> the president does have the authority under the constitution to declare war. the congress does. the congress has not been enormously bigger to exercise that authority in my lifetime. but that's a very publi compensd subject and a subject of -- >> and two, mr. lazarus. >> between congress and executive branch there is a war powers act. there's dispute about how -- >> let me pick it up from there. i'm militating this point that if there's an incremental march, the president overreaching its constitutional authority in my opinion, i think the opinion of many people o

mr. kerry, i hope you can convince me today that we will continue to enforce all sanctions in place during the time of the interim agreement and that you will not hesitate putting on more sanctions in the next six months as more circumstances warrant. in addition, i hope you will send a clear message to businesses all over the world that now is not the time to make plans to reenter iran, and again, the chairman showed that headline in the wall street journal. in order for me to support a comprehensive agreement, restraints must be put in place to enforce that iran cannot continue down the path of a nuclear weapon. in that context. i have the following questions for our discussion today. first, if iran returns in any enrichment capacity. second, why do many of our closest allies feel the interim deal caught them by surprise? what are you doing to make sure they are included as negotiations continue on a final deal? three allies of the united states that look at iran as an existential threat to t

i want to say one thing -- barack obama is doing a good job, mr. kerry is doing a good job, you are doing a good job. who got us in the war? george bush. who is going to get us out of it? the good lord above. barack obama was created by god just like you and me. because of the color of his skin, people hate him, they call him muslim or whatever. just like i tell the people in my church, how can you call the president a racist, somebody they hate, somebody they see on tv. i joined the army when i was 17 years old. i volunteered when i was 17. my brother went to vietnam. i did not get to go to vietnam. they discharged me. i am 62 years old, i have been on disability for 30 years that -- 30 years. i want to get off of it and go to work. they kept sending me to the hospital. they put pig valves in my heart. host: james, what would you like our guest to address? what do you want to ask him? caller: i just want to ask him why they are against a black president we have in the united states? guest: let me first say, james, i am a minority. my parents came from t

the commission seems to have moved past that discord under the leadership of chairman macfarlane, mr. kerry, the republicans committee can't seem to let go. that kerry bill reopen past disputes. we need nrc focus on nuclear safety, not constantly rewriting its internal procedures. the effect of virtually every proposed change in the bill is to shift authority from the nrc chair to the other commissione commissioners, and would even mandate that commissioners complained to the president and congress about any perceived violations of the bill required by the chair. that's not likely to encourage any collegiality. there's one interesting into procedure is not addressed by the terry bill and that should be changed. but that should be changed. the commission recently revised its policy for how it handles a congressional request for nonpublic documents. previously nrc provided documents requested by the agency's oversight committees as well as individual members on those committees are with the nuclear facilities in their districts. under the new policy embassy will not provide nonpublic document

mr. kerry, i hope you can convince me today that we will continue to enforce all sanctions in place during the time of the interim agreement and that you will not hesitate putting on more sanctions in the next six months as more circumstances warrant. in addition, i hope you will send a clear message to businesses all over the world that now is not the time to make plans to reenter iran, and again, the chairman showed that headline in the wall street journal. in order for me to support a comprehensive agreement, restraints must be put in place to enforce that iran cannot continue down the path of a nuclear weapon. in that context. i have the following questions for our discussion today. first, if iran returns in any enrichment capacity. second, why do many of our closest allies feel the interim deal caught them by surprise? what are you doing to make sure they are included as negotiations continue on a final deal? three allies of the united states that look at iran as an existential threat to t

i want to say one thing -- barack obama is doing a good job, mr. kerry doing a good job, you are doing a good job. who got us in the war? .eorge bush who is going to get us out of it? the got above. -- god above. barack obama was created by god just like you and me. it is because the skin, people hate him, they call him muslim or whatever. tv, --te some easy on somebody they hate, somebody they see on tv. i joined the army when i was 17 years old. my brother went to vietnam. i did not get to go to vietnam. they just -- they discharge me. i am 62 years old, i have been on disability for 30 years that i want to get off of it and go to work. they put pig valves in my heart. host: james, what would you like our guest to address? what do you want to ask him? caller: i just want to ask him why they are against a black president we have in the united states? james,let me first say, i am a minority. my parents came from the philippines and came here for better opportunities. in general, i am glad to see people, regardless of their race or creed or whatever, gett

president netanyahu last thursday -- alan's first briefing to the german prime minister and providing mr. kerryith some and theal topics, secretary of state making a trip last wednesday to provide political support to eastern european nations that are seeking cologne -- seeking closer political ties with the european union. the secretary of state is here in washington this weekend, hosting the kennedy center honorees. the president will host them today for an event that will take place at the kennedy center , including billy joel who will be among those being honored. you can see that later this month on the cbs networks. next is alan joining us from tallahassee florida. caller: good morning. eu andto thank brian and susan and the rest of the c-span staff for the good job you do in journalism and thanks for the opportunity to have a few words we are inve that decline in the main reason is because we got away from the bible. if we keep on doing it we are going to end up a third world country like africa, asia, and too many other parts of the world. that is all i have to say. thank you for c-span

i see now that the -- mr. kerryntially a latin america trade agreement going through nafta. you've been there. can you tell us your thoughts and how energy -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> -- there's a lot to do. we saw in the gdp numbers the importance of trade, especially energy. our energy -- our oil imports are down, so, therefore, our net exports are up, and that's adding to gdp. you know, the world is regionalizing, rick. asia is going to become a trading bloc within the next decade, led by china. the biggest trading bloc in the world. we still haven't stitched up all of our individual trade agreements that we have in our hemisphere, so we've got a lot of work to do in our own neighborhood. the single biggest thing going on in trade right now is a free trade agreement negotiation with the european union and the u.s. this can change the game. this can change, you know, the commercial balance of power in the world. the problem is the president doesn't have trade promotion authority, so he really doesn't have autho

mr. kerry expected to fly into sfo this afternoon. >> he is going to stay overnight and headed back to washington tomorrow morning. that's it for "today." take care. >>> good morning, mega winners. two very lucky ticket holders in that massive mega millions jackpot set to split $636 million and perhaps even more. >>> progress, firefighters starting to get a handle on that raging wildfire in california's big sur but will the weather cooperate long enough to get it fully contained. >>> lifesaver, a blind man falls off a subway platform and his trusty guide dog leaping to the rescue. >> we kept saying stay down because the train was already coming. >> this morning, the incredible story of friendship and loyalty. >> and she is "the voice." >> tessanne chin. congratulations from team adam. winner of "the voice." >> an inside look at the star-studded finale and we'll hear from the winner today, wednesday, december 18th, 2013. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah g

here's the republican reaction followed by secretary john kerry. >> mr., sometimes a handshake is just a handshake, but when the leader of the free world shakes the bloody hand of a ruthless dictator like raul castro, it becomes a propaganda coup for the tyrant. raul castro uses that hand to sign the orders to repress and jail democracy. >> should he have not done it? >> of course not. why should you shake hands with somebody who is keeping americans in prison? i mean what's the point? nevil chamberlin shook hands with hitler. >> the president said in his speech today honoring nelson mandela, he said we urge leaders to honor mandela's struggle for freedom by upholding the basic human rights of their people. >> and would you say raul castro is upholding the basic human rights? >> no, absolutely not. >> thank you, sir. >> and we -- you know, my position on that. >> meanwhile we know that senator ted cruz who is cuban american, part of the delegation that was there, walked out while castro delivered his speech at this memorial. so he pulled a stunt to make s

a prominent cuban woman let secretary kerry know it. >> mr.s a handshake is just a handshake, but what the leader of the free world shakes the bloody hand of a ruthless dictator like raul castro it's a propaganda coup for the tyrant. raul castro uses that hand to sign the orders to repress and jail democracy advocates. in fact, right now as we spoke cuban opposition leaders are being detained and beaten while trying co-common rate today which is international human rights day. they will feel disheartened when they see these photos. >> john mccain went further, to 1938. >> why should you shake hands with somebody keeping americans in prison? i mean, what is the point? neville chamber land shook hands with hitler. >> he gave away a chuck of czechoslovakia and winston shook hands and ronald reagan embrace mckylen. presidents always take heat for kissing sheiks and bowing to em pewers, this always does seem to be an issue. let's talk to the political analyst david gur gin. anna, you're from florida. you're no fan, i know, of the castro regime, but

today on capitol hill a prominent cuban american congress woman let secretary of state kerry know it. >> mr. secretary, sometimes a handshake is just a handshake. but when the leader of the free world shakes the bloody hand of a ruthlessictator ke raul castro, it becomes a propaganda coup for the tyrant. raul castro uses that hand to sign the order to repress jail advocates. as we speak cuban opposition leaders are being detained and being beaten while trying to commemorate today which is international human rights day. they will feel disheartened when they see these photos. >> sarizona senator hn mccain went even further, all the way back to munich i1938. >> why should you shake hands with somebody who's keeping americans in prison? i mean, what's the point? neville chamberlain shook hands with hitler. >> chamberlain met with hitler three times and gave away a chunk of czechoslovakia. that did not seem to happen on stage in south africa. we should note that winston churchill shook hands with stalin. president reagan shook hands with fidel castro, so did bill clinton. ronald reagan shook ha

today on capitol hill a prominent cuban american congress woman let secretary of state kerry know it. >> mry, sometimes a handshake is just a handshake. but when the leader of the free world shakes the bloody hand of a ruthless dictator like raul castro it becomes a propagan be coup for the tyrant. castro uses that hand to jail advocates. as we speak cuban opposition leaders are being detained and being beaten while trying to commemorate today which is international human rights day. they will feel disheartened when they see these photos. >> so arizona senator john mccain went even further, all the way back to munich in 1938. >> why should you shake hands with somebody who's keeping americans in prison? i mean, what's the point? nevill chamberlain shook hands with hitler. >> chamberlain met with hitler three times and gave away a chunk of czechoslovakia. that did not seem to happen on stage in south africa tauchltd we should note that winston churchill stook hanhook hands w stalin. president reagan shook hands with gorbachev. presidents always take heat for kissing sheiks and shaking hands

mr. king things about president obama and john kerry and they uncovered this guy and fired him and lincoln had his own version of a twitter mole, a guy who reminds me of joseph, a -- working in the state department and published his diary at the height of the civil war and called lincoln pig had lincoln, his job was to keep steward from making a fool of himself, this guy had to be fired like joseph was. in the end lincoln did a pretty good job keeping his head amid these competing currents of nineteenth century life. lincoln's background was provincial. in never traveled abroad, spoke no foreign languagess, taught himself little german to help win votes in illinois, lincoln ended up being a good foreign policy president for a few reasons. lincoln was naturally diplomatic in the broader sense. we know that about him. it was part of his character. a british journalist visited the executive mansion in nearly days of the war. european diplomats, professional diplomats would shrug their shoulders or tell a little white lie to get out of a difficult situation lincoln would tell the story or joe,

. >> secretary of state john kerry defended the president saying yesterday's ceremony was about honoring mr. mandela. president obama urged world leaders to honor mandela's legacy by upholding basic human rights. >>> we're following breaking news now in concord. a four-alarm fire at a warehouse sent flames shooting into the night sky around 1 a.m. it took 70 firefighters about 2 hours to get control of the blaze on stanwell drive. no one was this is building when it flames broke out. investigators are determining the cause of the fire. >>> it is 4:38 on a chilly wednesday but things are starting to warm up a teeny bit. we can see the change now as high pressure begins to build in seeing the dew points coming up so not as cold around the bay area this morning. still chilly in spots. freeze warnings up for some of the valleys, frost advisories elsewhere but looks like as we head throughout the day we'll notice warmer weather outside. still cold though in spots. 28 in concord. 27 degrees in santa rosa. but remember, last few days we have seen a lot of these temperatures down in the low 20s and

mr. winestein added he wants president obama, secretary of state john kerry, other top officials, to negotiate with al qaeda here, but it's clear the u.s. government has said again and again, it will not engage in such negotiations. >> obviously there would never be a good time for this to happen, but this is timing that calls into question now, because it comes as president obama is weighing some other big decisions about our involvement in conflicts around the world. >> you're right, and al qaeda obviously wants to make a statement with the video. they want to try to make the u.s. look weak. they also are maybe taking advantage of the situation where, as you note, we're coming to the end of the year, folks have been focused on domestic affairs but it's a reminder there are all kinds of national security crises around the world. president obama is dealing with, and in fact "60 minutes" did a profile of susan rice, the national security advicer in the white house, impressed on her the fact when you look across the middle east and around the world, u.s. is perceived as weak, and crises like syr

. >> it doesn't soubd like you and secretary kerry are that far apart. let me mr.lay you something of what he said last night at an american jewish joint distribution committee speech. let me play the remarks and have you react to them. >> if we get to the end of the six months and they don't do the simple things you need to do to prove your program is peaceful, then we will have kept you nighted the pcs -- p5 plus 1. we will show them the way to do what they need to do through dimt si, and we will not have taken any sanction off the table, can ratchet them um when we want. >> it sound like you and secretary kerry aren't that far apart, just an interpretation of the six-month part of the deal. >> except for the point that secretary kerry is endorsing the idea of a right to enrich, and that's where the international community was on the other side. you had six security council resolutions that said they didn't have that right and we're already concerned in congress, republicans and democrats, that you have a situation where the foreign minister over there already sa

mr. levinson. >> reporter: secretary of state kerry also told abc news that there are a number of what he calledret different channels that are being worked aggressively for the return of levinson, who is now the longest held american hostage ever in modern time. >> his family is not giving up. not at all. >> reporter: they're pushing hard. >> thank you, brian. >>> we're going to get the latest now from pope francis. in a new interview, he responds to criticism from prominent conservatives. including rush limbaugh who he called a marxist. he expands on how he views women in the church. dan harris has the story. >> reporter: this pope has been unabashed in his criticism of capitalism. he kicked off the holiday season by venturing into the ritziest shopping district in rome and praying allowed for the poor. then there was what he wrote in a major vatican document last month, attacking unfettered capitalism as a new tyranny. that provoked conservative radio host rush limbaugh to say this. >> this is just pure marxism coming out of the mouth of the pope. >> reporter: in an interview published in an

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well yes but it's also way too slow so we talking about the islamic state that kerry was willing to talk to mrs lama spoke of when talking about is essentially being organized and funded by the saudis and into their tent. so to speak these fsa people and take people who may have tended to be affiliated with al qaeda say ok let's put together a big force of forty fifty thousand people and see if we can really do something that's attractive especially if there's a lot of saudi money coming into it that is not the most restaurant that is not. isis the other al qaeda affiliated group. the whole idea is to create this if the islamic way. that takes over the war. whether that's gonna work or not i don't know and i think that one of the problems. in syria. is that you are trying to pull together this the cooperation of all these little warlords who have different loyalties and different interests. and some of them including the guy is nominally the head of this islam is found. it seemed to have done some favors for far less out of the past just by doing certain extreme things in very strange things. s

mr. chairman, on the final agreement it is not locked in. >> kerry is not facing an uphill battle with lawmakers on the hill but there's a new pugh poll that finds most americans are skeptical of the deal with iran. 32% approve and 43% disapprove. joel ruben is the director of policy and government affairs and focuses on nuclear proliferation and former state department officer. thanks for being with me. >> great being with you, craig. >> ed royce, had this to say in his opening statement. take a listen. >> my concern is that we have bargained -- may have bargained away our fundamental position which is enshrined in six u.n. security council resolutions and that fundamental agreement is that iran should not be enriching and reprocessing. and we may bargain that away for a false confidence. >> joel, have we bargained away our position? >> it's a good deal for american security and first step deal. what it has done is take the most dangerous elements in the program off the table, 20% enriched uranium and injected strong, aggressive inspections into what iran is doing. that creates this comprehensi

hearing on iran later in the day, secretary of state john kerry actually asked for assurance that's the hand shake didn't signify a shift in policy. >> mr. secretary, sometimes a hand shake is just a hand shake. but whether the leader of the free world shake the bloody hand of a ruthless dictator like raul castro, it becomes a propaganda coup for the tyrant. raul castro use that's hand to sign the orders to repress and jail democracy advocates. >> the white house says the hand shake was brief and unplanned and reflected the spirit of the memorial service. >>> one of the strangest moments of the day. it looks like it's a selfie taken about the i danish prime minister with british prime minister david cameron and president obama. i want to point out a few things here. i don't know if it's a selfie or looking at a video. is the president seeing if there is food in his teeth? i'm not sure. and the first lady, obviously, not taking part in the festivities. obviously, a perfect opportunity for a caption contest. the hash tag is #waytooearly. >>> wall street down across the board yesterday. steve sedgwick live with us. >> the market is getting

mr. chips. he died at a hospital following a long illness. he was 81 years old. >> an emotional return for secretary of state john kerry to vietnam 50 years aftere patrolled the mekong delta. he took a boat trip promoting trade and human rightness the region, something he says is essential for relations with the united states. it's his 14th trip to the country since the end of the war. kerry spent two years serving in jam in 1968 as u.s.a. navy lieutenant. >>> the u.s. navy plans on increasing the use of sonar test over the next five years, a controversial practice that could disturb whales and dolphins. the navy's own estimate says said the activity could kill 155 whales and dolphins off the hawaiian and southern california coast. the process has been criticized by environmentalists and biologists. navy officials say it's vital to national security that sailors receive sonar training in a real life condition. >>> still ahead at 5:00, the call for help from a south bay charity, trying to make this christmas merrier for families. >>> we have another "spare the air" day on deck for tomorrow. leigh glaser has to those who've been waiting welcome t

mr. sanchez. our final witness is professor kerry cordero, whose bio i have just mislayed, but i'm sure you can get me another one very quickly. thank you. she is an adjunct professor of law and the director of national security studies at the georgetown university law school. she's previously held several national security related positions with the department of justice and the office of director of national intelligence. she's also testified before this committee before. welcome back, professor. please proceed. >> mr. chairman, thanks very much. thanks for the opportunity to return to the committee. since the october hearing, the conversation, i would suggest, has shifted somewhat from where it first was. first, i would suggest that the conversation has evolved from objections to specific programs to a discussion of our understanding of intolerance for foreign intelligence surveillance activities more broadly. second, the legislative proposals are coming closer to scaling back national security legal authorities in a way that might take the country back to pre-9/11 standards. and third, the path

mr. sanchez. our final witness is professor kerry cordero, whose bio i have just mislayed, but i'm sure you can get me another one very quickly. thank you. she is an adjunct professor of law and the director of national security studies at the georgetown university law school. she's previously held several national security related positions with the department of justice and the office of director of national intelligence. she's also testified before this committee before. welcome back, professor. please proceed. >> mr. chairman, thanks very much. thanks for the opportunity to return to the committee. since the october hearing, the conversation, i would suggest, has shifted somewhat from where it first was. first, i would suggest that the conversation has evolved from objections to specific programs to a discussion of our understanding of intolerance for foreign intelligence surveillance activities more broadly. second, the legislative proposals are coming closer to scaling back national security legal authorities in a way that might take the country back to pre-9/11 standards. and third, the path

mr. levinson's case in his phone call with president rouhani. in addition to the cases of detained american citizens abedini and amerian ma ta. >> secretary kerry th iran's foreignmanster. today we reiterate the same request to the government of iran or anyone else who might have information about mr. levinson's whereabouts to undertake efforts to make sure that he returns safely to his family and again, this is something that we will continue to raise at the highest levels and to press and or to make clear to the iranians that we seek their assistance in having him returned home and to express that anyone else who might have information about mr. levinson's whereabouts undertake efforts to return him back home to his family. >> does the administration believe he's still alive? >> again, we were made aware in 2011 that he was in at the time southwest asia. but i don't have more details on or any more specifics about what we know about his whereabouts. obviously, we're very concerned about him and call on anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts to undertake efforts to ensure that he returns safely home. >>. >> reporter: was rouhani aware of the

bill: john kerry asking congress to hold on on sanctions on iran. >> mr. secretary are you willing at the end of the 6 months to say we are willing to lift the sanctions when you stop enriching uranium? >> if they are less than 100 or 1,000, they will be limited in what they are going to be able to do. bill: sir, good morning to you. where are we now? did he answer the questions that you came prepared to ask? >> he did. his answer was that deal is lost. in other words, he -- if we lift the sanctions, he will allow iran to continue enriching uranium. i think this is a very dangerous idea. it's prime minister powering other partners in the middle east to do the same. it could start a nuclear arms race. violate 6 security council resolutions. so i'm concerned about that. we passed a tougher sanctions bill in the house that passed by 400 votes. i sent a letter to harry reid to go forward with that. he was getting ready to go forward with that before this deal got hatched by the administration. when you go into negotiation you need all the leverage you can get

kerry bentavolia who has to take it away. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from american samolia, mr. thing -afalomabinga. >> how do you get from these letters on a piece of paper in front of you to -- >> mr. thing-falomabinga. >> maybe he thought american samoa was in spain, where presumably the "v" could be pronounced like a "b." it's a tough day with the new president pro tem, right? but if you are mr. faleomavenga, how do you respond? this guy has been here 20 years and has never heard the word samoa before and destroys your name. what do you do? you react with total class and win the whole day and everybody's respect. watch how he reacted. >> the chair recognizes the gentleman from american samolia, mr. thing -- falomabinga. thank you. >> thank you, mr. speaker. it's american samoa. >> the best-natured man in congress is the guy who ignores that he has just been called falomabinga, who's willing to let that ride, but stands up for his place. with total poise, you are the best-natured man in congress and that act of restraint on your part is the best new thing in the world. >> so

mr. secretarsecretar y, thank you. margaret brennan. on afghanistan, secretary kerry has suggested today with a security agreement hanging in the balance that is actually your counterpart who might have the authority to finalize. i'm wondering if that's an avenue you are actually pursuing? and general, if you could comment, given the uncertainty here, all the actions are planned for, do they not include in fact a zero option given where we are on schedule? >> i've not talked to secretary terry about those comments. i saw those comments. well, i would answer the question this way. secretary kerry and president karzai reached an agreement, which we, the president, his national security council, signed off on. that agreement was the text that was presented which president karzai intel. they enthusiastically, strongly endorsed that text, that agreement. and strongly recommended to president karzai to sign it. every public official we've heard from in afghanistan has strongly supported the signing of that agreement. the issue of who has the authority to speak for the sover

mr cox intentional walk trot was the brother of the current leader while people are crying out for democracy accusations of violence against protesters. so where barack obama john kerry the mainstream media. i mean whatever some group of rebels protesters frightening freedom fighters fight for democracy are we supposed to arm them like in syria and or bomb their country back into the stone age like and libya served in iraq. some protest explode across the mainstream media with calls for intervention and others are almost totally silent when i lived in bulgaria where there have also been struggling to buildings less than a month ago. and with the conspiracy theorist but the selective coverage and slick of concern for some humans rights the rights of others. watts was a bit fishy to me. but that's just my thing. i am he makes the world programming for globally minded people. sponsors and underwriters local contact test sponsors to any team that works done or seven at three seven seven o seven one four seven. you knew you that. i know. would we. i just sit still and i first experienced it when i was eighteen or nineteen and i didn't discover modern dance until college.

he says john kerry didn't have much to say after his meeting with the palestinian president. >> he gave breathe remarks, rather somber, i thought mr. abass, he thanks him for staying with the process, despite the difficulties that he said that in a broad raging discussion, he had touched on some of the security concerns that he discussed earlier in the day with the israelis he said he was trying to balance the palestinians desire for sovereignty in their eventual palestinian state, with israel's security concerns. that he said that he he hoped he would continue those discussions and there was a forum of israeli personalnities in washington this weekend 378 some of those may don't those discussions and he said he could come back himself in a week or so. >> china has told the u.s. vice president that it's new air defense zone in the east china sea is within international law. they are in talks before heading to south korea. washington refusing to recognize the zone. china wants pilots to tell them their flight plans. which cover as chain of disputed islands. >> tie hand's king has urged the nation to work together for stability, in

mr. levinson's case in his own call with president rouhani come in addition to other americans. secretary kerry has also raised these three cases directly with iran's foreign minister. today we reiterate that same request to the government of iran and anyone else who might have information about mr. levinson's whereabouts to undertake efforts to ensure that he returns safely to his family. again, this is something that we continue to raise at the highest make clear to the iranians that we seek in their assistance in having him returned home and to address that anyone who might have information about his whereabouts to undertake efforts to return him back home to his family's. >> is he still alive? 2011 that heare in asia. the time in south i do not have more details or specifics about what we know about his whereabouts. obviously we are very concerned about him and call on anyone with knowledge of his whereabouts to undertake efforts to ensure that he returns safely home. >> was rouhani aware of the case? >> i would be surprised if he weren't. i do not have a direct memory of that conversation.