from washington, d.c., jonathan chait, a senior editor the new republic. with me in new york, our friend fareed zakaria of "time" magazine and g.p.s. on cnn. i am pleased to have all of them on this program. if you do what i do, this is a perfect storm. first you have somebody write something, then you have someone respond to it, and then yo have someone come along in "time" magazine and talk about all of them. so i begin with you, drew. make the case that you made as to why you are disappointed wi the leadership of president obamand the significance you believe of narrative. >> i guess i'll start by saying just from that clip that you just played, which i hadn't heard before but i think it's a prime example is that the president blamed the problem on congress. he didn't say... and he blamed the problem on the lack of quote/unquote coress to be able to negotiate in good faith and to compromise. the problem is actually isn't the problem in congress, it's the problem that one side of congress is actually not willing to negotiate and the other side was willing

interdependent the decision we've made is final but that does not mean i'm asking you to recognize these new republics if you do recognize them it will be by your own decision if you do not our position will not change now i may be a young man liberal president but i do have some experience and i realize that i would not find many supporters after having made that admission but that is another matter. so. you could regard it as an example to nagorno-karabakh. and i just want to bring the discussion of this to a close with an example that is relevant today you are personally involved in negotiations on the go a car back you have had nine rounds of consultations. that's a great question alex you know both president a lier for him president sarkozy and came to sochi shortly after the conflict in georgia broke out you know what they told me they said it was a very bad thing bad for the caucasus but then each of them added that it was also a lesson. they said they realized it was better to conduct seemingly endless negotiations on what will happen to nagorno-karabakh whether the region will have a referend

interdependent the decision we've made is final but that does not mean i'm asking you to recognize these new republics if you do recognize them it will be by your own decision if you do not our position will not change now i may be a young man liberal president but i do have some experience and i realize that i would not find many supporters after having made that admission but that is another matter but that was it so. today there are no political forces in georgia who would accept the loss of our president south. and this means that even with those who will come after saakashvili russia will have fundamental differences . we have our differences of course they will be people we would be able to negotiate with i'm sure they will be willing to negotiate in spite of all possible disagreements. i guess what i'm curious continue to vote for the people currently in charge with the way the countries go now what would happen. say some unflattering words about saakashvili because unlike president sarkozy he does not seem to be a person worthy of respect. but i could not insult toward the little people of geo

that gets very i don't suppose is right and so you know i think it's trying to think china is the new republic was talking about the fact that there are no good options there really are just there are hints you know and this is not most of this is not of president obama's making you know. look at what makes up that virtually none of it's of his making in fact arguably he minimize the damage of but in any case herbert hoover's treasury secretary the multimillionaire and so famously told hoover in the face of the great depression liquidate labor liquidate stocks liquidate the farmers liquidate real estate purge the rottenness out of the system the high cost of living and high living will come down enterprising people will pick up the wrecks from was the people you know if bush is followed that advice to banks we might not have too big to fail banks might that have been a good thing or was that just absolutely insane advice because it does seem to have brought us worse than the great depression. since the hoover didn't fully follow you did you know one of the things that we do know about condoms

floor the decision we've made is final but that does not mean i'm asking you to recognize these new republics if you do recognize them it will be by your own decision if you cannot our position will not change now i may be a young and liberal president but i do have some experience and i realize that i would not find many supporters after having made that admission but that is another matter but that was it here. today there are no political forces in georgia who would accept the loss of lives in south ossetia and this means that even with those who will come after saakashvili russia will have fundamental differences. yes i mean we have our differences of course but they would be people we would be able to negotiate with i'm sure they will be willing to negotiate in spite of our possible disagreements. because countries are going to continue to vote for the people currently in charge for the way the country is going now lets them go to the floor and they say certain flattering words about saakashvili because unlike president sarkozy he does not seem to be a person worthy of respect that's wha

the congress, as described in the new republic this week, is a block congress. that's all the republican party is, is block the president's efforts. and they put together a team which is going to make this debt reduction problem absolutely impossible to solve. if you can't have any kind of revenue increases, and you can't cut defense spending, and you can't stop the wars, how can you deal with the problems this country faces? and those are the guys they put on there and so they set it up so as mitch mcconnell says, the president will get no chance at a second tour of duty as president because we are going to stop everything he tries to do. >> well, i understand the politics of it and they're committed to the defeat of the president and they're not bashful about that. but the american people, look at this poll, 63%, this is a new poll, 63% says that this committee should raise taxes on heighten ed americans and businesses. so this is on with americans feel some super committee should do. yet the republicans on this committee are all clearly on the record against

now this -- host: this is from the new republic -- host: that is from "the new republic" this morning. arc is of the air. -- mark is on the air. caller: the super committee should not exist. the congress of the united supposed to advise. if the legislative body does not go along with what they say within 30 days, they will automatically start cutting for making their own rules. host: we will discuss the constitutionality of the super committee later on in the program. let's say it is formed in constitutional, where would you like to see it focus? caller: absolutely on the military. we're running a huge empire. we have to cut that back. host: beacon, new york. bob on the democrat line. caller: raise taxes. after the great recession a couple of years ago, everything changed for the wealthy in this country. the job creators are no more. they are building up their positions. they are adamantly against raising taxes, and they have the political clout to support their position. they have contacts in washington, d.c. they do not want to raise taxes because it is the last action of well taken

the greater cook says mountain range towers in the republic's new. it is a land where some tropics and lakes adjoining the place yes. come on let's go locals remember we need to well the tragic events and causes more than history. eighteen years have passed since then the liberals but i can talk about it without my lips trembling and unforgiving heart i can talk about that. a cuz it is returning to normal and again becoming a tourist hub for the black sea region. if travelling by sea and old lighthouse points the way to kasi is capital so whom. the keeper finds it difficult to open the massive dools it is at least one hundred fifty years old. and then climbs the leading into the lamp. three this is part of a long stairwell made in the nineteenth century. it was built together with this lighthouse in eight hundred sixty one feet. it's beautiful to see where they don't make anything like it nowadays. the lighthouse is one hundred feet high it's powerful light can be seen thirty kilometers away. so who lighthouse has french origin of the russian empire

washington monthly, reported for newsweek, bbc, new york times magazine, the "washington post," new republic, and columbia journal review and a variety of others on and offline. he's been a frequented on fox news, msnbc and npr. he's been a media fellow at the social philosophy and policy center and lives in new york city which is why he was almost late today. [applause] our format is simple. each -- mike will go first -- no, excuse me, bill goes first. bill will go first. in part, this presentation is based on his new book, gray lady down about the new york times. he goes first, mike responds for 0 minutes, we have 15 minutes of rebuttal and sir rebuttal, and then open the floor to you. a strong request, when you ask a question, make it a question, no speeches, quite a few yourself, who you are, are you with an organization in particular that you want to be identified with and then ask a question. let's begin. >> all right, i'd first like to say thank you to fred for organizing this and to frank for lending us this lovely space. it's nice to be back in the burrow of my birth, burrow of my p

washington monthly, reported for newsweek, bbc, new york times magazine, the "washington post," new republic, and columbia journal review and a variety of others on and offline. he's been a frequented on fox news, msnbc and npr. he's been a media fellow at the social philosophy and policy center and lives in new york city which is why he was almost late today. [applause] our format is simple. each -- mike will go first -- no, excuse me, bill goes first. bill will go first. in part, this presentation is based on his new book, gray lady down about the new york times. he goes first, mike responds for 0 minutes, we have 15 minutes of rebuttal and sir rebuttal, and then open the floor to you. a strong request, when you ask a question, make it a question, no speeches, quite a few yourself, who you are, are you with an organization in particular that you want to be identified with and then ask a question. let's begin. >> all right, i'd first like to say thank you to fred for organizing this and to frank for lending us this lovely space. it's nice to be back in the burrow of my birth, burrow of my p

washington monthly, reported for newsweek, bbc, new york times magazine, the "washington post," new republic columbia journal review and a variety of others on and offline. he's been a frequented on fox news, msnbc and npr. he's been a media fellow at the social philosophy and policy center and lives in new york city which is why he was almost late today. [applause] our format is simple. each -- mike will go first -- no, excuse me, bill goes first. bill will go first. in part, this presentation is based on his new book, gray lady down about the new york times. he goes first, mike responds for 0 minutes, we have 15 minutes of rebuttal and sir rebuttal, and then open the floor to you. a strong request, when you ask a question, make it a question, no speeches, quite a few yourself, who you are, are you with an organization in particular that you want to be identified with and then ask a question. let's begin. >> all right, i'd first like to say thank you to fred for organizing this and to frank for lending us this lovely space. it's nice to be back in the burrow of my birth, burrow of my parent

it's not certain that ferc said last week i did for the new republic i go back and assange should become a literary movement for building the infrastructure and the commercial companies and because that movement is already moving you do see a lot of projects which want to remain the man management system or the made a payment system for the posting system so many of them are emerging to the great extent because of the reaction of the u.s. government. people have understood that it is probably not safe to have the u.s. government be the most powerful country of the internet and have american companies be the most powerful intermediaries because once someone crosses the government would be able to pursue them to the american companies. so there are a lot of interesting bottom-up project which seeks to address that so it may be to work more on those projects the infil weeks itself so all sorts of options, their usefulness remains the same. >> you actually point out a very interesting -- we haven't talked that much, we talked about the u.s. peace of this, but what are the consequences of loo

troubles now could be creating even greater problems for the future of the new bush you'll see paris in the caucuses republic of a posse as electing a new leader following the recent death of its president sergey bug option after cancer treatment it comes as a country faces a number of challenges in the wake of its long fight for independence from neighboring georgia barden is in the republic's capital so home. people are going to polling stations across the capital so who manned across the the tiny republic of abkhazia the central election commission here in so hooman has predicted a seventy percent turnout the reason for this election is the death of surrogate gaps the previous president quite suddenly on may the twenty ninth leaving a vacuum of power at the top and three contenders now want to try and lead the country in place the first alexander is the vice president he says he's very grateful for russia's recognition of cars ears and independence in two thousand and eight and he thinks though that should not be in vain this tiny and young republic should try and stand on its own two feet roughly the sam

in the caucuses make their choice at the ballot box we look at what lies ahead for the new leader as his republic struggles to rebuild after winning independence from georgia. and our cause takes you to a russian city that knows how the party find out more about the first of all with a different held in cuba every year. the richest sector of french society is pledging another three percent of its annual income this week to help the country battle its descent into debt as growth slumps find france has also announced some twelve billion euro worth of cuts but as our general bushell explains the move could be too little too late with fears of social unrest that could follow. brawls enjoys a triple a credit rating for now one of the fois ratios among the world's top rated states does bits of it to the u.s. and be downgraded just paying interest on it this year has overtaken education and defense as the government's biggest. causes presided over the biggest jump and levels in our history. too much water. france is going to. limit its approach. as explained to you rolled up spending cuts this week but

one from senior editor of "the new republic."ys he fails to explain why any president from the post-war era has endured the total failure of his domestic agenda. even george w. bush and ronald reagan infuriated supporters by routinely watering down their a jebdza. do you think he has a point here? does he have to compromise? is this not part of the presidency and part of the job to try to find the middle ground? oh, sure. compromise is the essence of politics, but you don't compromise on your values and you don't find that golden name between good and evil and between good and bad policies. you have to compromise where it makes sense, but you also have to put some -- you have to put yourself behind a vision and i don't know about you, but i don't know what this president's vision is of where he's taking america, what he believes, what he thinks will fix this ailing economy that's got so many people at the end of the month saying i don't know how i'm going to pay my bills. i don't know how i'm going put gas in the tank so i can ge

here in the caucuses make their choice at the ballot box we look at what lies ahead for the new year as his republic struggles to rebuild after winning independence from georgia. the richest sector of french society is pledging another three percent of its annual income this week to help the country battle its descent into debt that's called slams france has also announced some twelve billion euro worth of cuts dale wessel explains the move could be too little too late but fear social unrest could follow. france enjoys a triple a credit rating for now but should not have the choice ratios among the world's top rated states maybe but it is better at it to follow the u.s. and be downgraded just repaying interest only this year has overtaken education and defense as the government's biggest spend was mr sir cause he's presided over the biggest jump in vehicle levels in our history the current too much water. france's goal of tolerance limit it to prime minister a c explained to you rolled up spending cuts this week but economists fear things. those cuts go nowhere near enough you can compare it with pe

the people of the caucuses republic of apology have been voting for a new president and it looks like they've settled upon their choice preliminary data shows vice president alexander has won more than fifty percent of vote in the presidential election beating the challenge of two rivals the early election was triggered by the sudden death of presidents are given in may after cancer treatment there is much at stake for a new leader as the republic needs to rebuild following its long fight for independence from georgia russia recognize the region's. aren t. in two thousand and eight and fears violence could break out in a africa releases attack on south syria and other carcasses republic. with all our from the mass riots across in one house course prison populations there to a record high even sell they've still found space to jail a world war two veteran incarcerated simply for recording a court hearing but as are his or amateur reports there could be other motives behind his imprisonment. british prisons are full to bursting the courts are working overtime sending young people to jai

for economic growth in frogs despite the country announcing new austerity measures of twelve billion euro cuts tax hikes for the rich. republic of abkhazia votes for a new president with much of the country lying in ruin after years of struggling to maintain independence from georgia. worldwide news live from moscow city center this is r.t. with me recent shots british tornado jets have fired cruise missiles at colonel gadhafi his command and control bunker in his hometown of sirte and it comes just by nature as previous denials that it would assist rebels in the hunt for the libyan leader whose whereabouts are still unknown the opposition has sent in special forces to search for the khan and his move to the national transitional council from his stronghold in benghazi to the capital tripoli has seen one of us bloodiest battles in the six days that since the revolt reached the city reports of massacres by both sides have been streaming in as rebel struggle to establish full control that the un has called for restraint in the country have agreed to release one point five billion dollars in frozen libyan assets to help deal wit

into the new premier league season but there's already been a blow for chelsea the blues starting first choice goalkeeper petr czech he will be all right for a month through injury the czech republic international on the sidelines are picking up a new ligament north in training and means either rust turnbull or hello rio will keep goal for saturday's game against west brom the londoners through their opening league match last weekend at stoke. you filled with weights on top of the. and he searches with the millenium and so. nothing that we expected much worse when we saw the incidence of he's made the m.r.i. and the good news is that it's it's just three to four weeks now the biggest game of the season so far and then takes place on sunday are still hosting liverpool with both sides still awaiting their first victory of the season reds monitor kenny dalglish not buying into the hype up the gunners are a week undertaking currently it's not going to make any easier for those at the most fabulous or. not as you may know we played in a couple suspension is the one of a difficult game for us and the start of. respect for us will begin to. be the same feelings as we had last year that's

country's troubles now could be creating even greater problems for the future of the new push to see paris the caucuses republic of a posse is electing a new leader following a recent death of its president sergei but gosh after cancer treatment it comes as the country faces a number of challenges in the wake of its long fight for independence from neighboring georgia artie's tom barton joins us from the public's capital so home tom good morning now the polls have opened in us tiny republic and the vote is taking place on a significant date for the country tell us more. it is indeed marina good morning polls are just opening here around the so who me the capital of abkhazia the central election commission predicts the turnout today a high turnout of seventy percent we'll we'll see if that materializes or not but at the moment things are just getting started here as the sun rises over the capital. this election was brought about on may the twenty nine when surrogate bag ups the former president died in moscow of heart failure but it's also come on a very special day for abkhazia this day exactly three years ago

and the legal affairs editor of "the new republic." he is a senior fellow at the brookings institution where he speaks and writes about technology and the future of democracy. he writes frequently about the effects of technology on privacy and liberty, including articles about the fourth amendment implications. and, finally, jonathan zittrain writer is a professor of law at the harvard law school and harvard kennedy school of government, as was professor of computer science at the harvard school of engineering and applied science. he is cofounder of the brookings center for internet society. jonathan performed the first large-scale test of internet filtering in china and saudi arabia, and as part of the open net initiative he has co-edited a series of studies of internet filtering by national governments. his book, the future of internet, was published in 2008. so let me begin with letting these panelists talk about this question. and i would like to ask each of you the following question. wikileaks, is wiki links legitimate journalism

new bush will see. the caucus is republic of a posse is electing a new leader following the recent death of its president sergey bogush after cancer treatment comes as a country faces a number of challenges in the wake of its long fight for independence from neighboring georgia large joins from the republic capital city home for the latest tom it's a very young state as we now so tell us to what degree is this presidential vote firing the imagination of people living there. well with the polls open here now people are coming to cast their votes the central election commission here in so hooman because it has predicted a seventy percent turnout a very high prediction of turnout today the people that we've spoken to who are voting are keeping their choices quite close to their chests at the moment the reason for this election is the death the sudden death on may the twenty ninth of surrogate the former president and that's left a vacuum of power for his post of president there were three candidates at the moment no wall vs front runner just yet the first of those is alexander the vice president he has said

country's troubles now could be creating even greater problems for the future of the new cultural scene. the caucasus republic of a posse is electing a new leader following the recent death of its president sarah gave adoption after cancer treatment comes out of the country faces a number of challenges in the wake of its long fight for independence from neighboring georgia artie's tom barton joins us from the republic's capitol so home tom as we know it's a very young state so to what degree is this presidential vote firing the imagination of people there a lot or the expectations. people are going to polling stations across the capital so whom and across the the time republican about cars here and they're voting for one of three candidates they're currently ones we've asked anyway they're keeping their choices quite close to their chest but they certainly do seem to be turning up in this presidential vote for the future of their tiny republic the reason for this election is the death of surrogate the previous president quite suddenly on may twenty ninth leaving a vacuum of power at the top and three contende

economic growth in france despite the country announcing new austerity measures of twelve billion euro cuts and tax hikes for the rich. and the republic of a posse of votes for a new president with much of the country in ruins years off to be recognized as.

into the new premier league season but there's already been a blow for chelsea the blues starting first choice goalkeeper petr czech he will be all right for a month through injury that czech republic international on the sidelines picking up a new ligament now in training it means either ross turnbull or hello or you will keep goal for saturday's game against west brom the londoners through their opening league match last weekend at stoke. he filled with weights. and instructions. nothing that we expected much worse from when we saw the incident so he's maybe m.r.i. and. yours is that it's just three to four weeks now the biggest game of the season so far and even takes place on sunday are still hosting liverpool with both sides still awaiting their first victory of the season rays monitor kenny dalglish not buying into the hype up the gunners are a weak undertaking currently it's not going to make it any easier for those of those far because some of. those who made a replay in the codicil strangeness that would have a difficult game for us and that's not a team that i think they suspect most will be going in there. with the same feelings it had last year that's going to be a real

jeff rosen a professor of law at george washington university and legal affairs editor of "new republic." he is a senior fellow at the brookings institution where he talks about technology and the future of democracy. he writes about the affects of technology on privacy and liberty, including articles about the fourth amendment implications. jonathan zittrain is a professor of law at of the harvard law school in harvard kennedy school of government, as well as professor of computer science at the harvard school of engineering and applied science. he is co-founder of the working center for international society. he performed the first large- scale test of the internet in china and saudi arabia, and he has edited a series of studies of internet filtering by national governments. a book of his was published in 2008. let me begin by letting these panelists talked about this question, i would like that asked each of you, wikileaks, good or bad? is wikileaks legitimate journalism, and if not, what is it? >> like my colleagues, i will say wikileaks, good and bad. and, wikileaks should not be p

seven days later we recognize the new russian republic and a partner for the league now, democratic league, and we are the first power in the world to recognize the new russian regime, the republican regime. before the communist takeover. a few months later the bolsheviks overthrow the government and you have a who bolshevik regime. what happens is the united states instead of the first week in the last major state in the world to recognize the soviet union. 16 years, four presidencies. the last major -- we are the last major state to recognize the soviet union. what a contrast. why? why explanation to me and i think it is the only one that makes sense, is what we saw in the communist ideologies a rival to our own home we would no longer according to the soviets in the vanguard of history were this is not a species of the genius revolutionary genius ira -- americana this was a genius all together and there was a threat, the same kind of universal as our own. so the conflict between the soviet union and the united states is really an intellectual one from the very beginning. not just compet

seven days later we recognize a new russia republic and president wilson is ecstatic. but thick partner for his date, democratically. and where the first power in the world to recognize the new russian regime, republican machine. this is before the takeover. a few months later, the bolsheviks overflow the kerensky government and you have a bolshevik regime. what happens to the united states clicks instead of being the first, we become the last major states in the world to recognize the soviet union. 16 years, four presidencies. i think ireland was the last, but we are the last major state. what a contrast. why? my explanation and the only one that makes sense as we saw in the communist ideology a rifle of around. we were no longer in the vanguard of history. this is not a species of the revolutionary genus americana. this is a whole male soviet genus altogether. and i was a threat. the same kind of universal aspirations. for the conflict to the soviet union and the united states is really intellectual from the very beginning. not just competing market, but the fact that

seven days later we recognize the new russian republic and a partner for the league now, democratic league, and we are the first power in the world to recognize the new russian regime, the republican regime. before the communist takeover. a few months later the bolsheviks overthrow the government and you have a who bolshevik regime. what happens is the united states instead of the first week in the last major state in the world to recognize the soviet union. 16 years, four presidencies. the last major -- we are the last major state to recognize the soviet union. what a contrast. why? why explanation to me and i think it is the only one that makes sense, is what we saw in the communist ideologies a rival to our own home we would no longer according to the soviets in the vanguard of history were this is not a species of the genius revolutionary genius ira -- americana this was a genius all together and there was a threat, the same kind of universal as our own. so the conflict between the soviet union and the united states is really an intellectual one from the very beginning. not just compet

new chapter. of the republic of the caucasus is gearing up for an early presidential election on the twenty sixth of august now the vote was called in after after president said gave adoption died following cancer surgery and will lot is at stake for any future leader with the region still recovering from a long period of conflict with neighboring georgia i'll kasi i had been fighting for its independence from tbilisi since the early ninety's it was recognized by russia and a number of other states following georgia's military aggression on the south of setia another caucasus republic and next start he talks to want to be a presidential candidates prime minister sergei shamba about the challenges his country faces. we are in the republic of a pause here where perpetrations are underway for the august presidential election said occasionally but is the country's prime minister and also one of the candidates and he's here with us today the upcoming election is the second presidential election after applies in games recognition what does that say about the clause as more than an independent state. we