they're going to wait a second i think you're confusing this you've got to understand the obama administration set up a joint task force of all the top intelligence defense and criminal law enforcement agencies they collected together all the information that the bush administration didn't even have together and they had reviews on each that pay me now that they determine each detainees are absolutely innocent no but for eighty six of these men they decided that there is no threat from these people and we should not be holding them now you could say they should do that again and again but they did it it was a year a long review in detail of each of these people and those people are still there the bombing ministration also said they're not cleared what. have review processes in the future there haven't been any what's happened in our democracy is one hundred sixty six arab men don't have a constituency in their favor and there are their plight there and just has been taken over by the economy by other things and they're neglected let's get to the bottom of this this is wrong it's a stain on us

about the rest of the news yesterday the senate judiciary committee heard testimony on the obama administration's remote assassination program for ria al it was me young man a man who was a village was destroyed by a drone attack was one of the speakers he accused the us of harsh terms of pushing your many into the arms of islamic militants. now however when they think of america they think of that that they feel from the drones that whole vote of it heads they need to fired missiles and he thought what the violent militants had the previously failed to achieve one drone strike accomplished in and instant it is now and against america. this is not an isolated insistence the drone strikes the face of america too many images. president obama was elected in two thousand and eight on a tide of anti-war sentiment unlike his rival for the democratic nomination hillary clinton who had voted for the iraq war as senator from new york in two thousand and three he had openly criticized that conflict during his time in the illinois state senate and unlike john mccain the republican nominee for president then

the obama administration now releasing the latest u.s. intelligence assessment.assessment believing with varying degrees of confidence that the syrian regime of president bashar al assad has used chemical weapons on what they describe as a small scale in syria, specifically the chemical agent sarin. that's the intelligence assessment. they're now searching for hard evidence to backup that intelligence assessment saying given the stakes involved and what we have learned from our own recent experience referring to the lack of wmd or chemical weapons found in iraq back in 2003, intelligence assessments the white house says alone are not sufficient, only credible and corroborated facts that provide us with some degree of certainty will guide our decision making and strengthen our leadership of the international community. barbara starr's our pentagon correspondent. barbara, our viewers know in recent weeks and months the president has said if there's evidence of u ched by the syria regime or transferred to terrorist groups, that's a red line for the u.s., a game-chan

now back to the other breaking news story of the day and that's whether or not the obama administration is already

now on the fact there you know any more insight as to why the obama administration is choosing to try this suspect as a civilian and not in a military tribunal well maybe in one of the loudest arguments against treating it as an enemy come combatant is of course the fact that people have been saying guys that we have to keep in mind that we're talking about a u.s. citizen who committed a crime on u.s. soil and involving americans and the largest the biggest argument that legal experts are using is basically if this happens if this person is tried in a military tribunals that would set a major president basically allowing officials to try americans like this and certainly that is something that has been raising. lots of eyebrows and as we know of course the white house has opted against that option and meanwhile a necessity of the t.s.a. announced today that it will hold off on a planned policy change to allow small knives on airplanes airplanes there we're going to allow people to start carrying knives of less than two point five inches long could this be because of the boston maratho

to talk about what the obama administration is thinking?ou: saying that the obama administration is -- i want to use the words, absolutely not caving to north korea threats by delaying the fires of a minute man ibm this week, are they? >> yeah, but right now nobody wants a war in the korean peninsula, right now have you a reckless, irresponsible north korean leader who might drag everyone into that. at the end of the week, i think he will shoot down the missile, i don't think we shoot it down unless it is it headed for north korea. lou: the world is baby sitting this outrageous bernality. >> he is like a suicide bomber. lou: and he has nuclear -- >> he has nukes, that is the problem, he now has nukes when this is over, i think it will be over, i don't think we'll go to war at the end of the day, but what will have happened? after the bush administration, clinton administration, he will have nuclear weapons. lou: tell me, what would war with north korea look like? would we send troops like -- that worked out so well in 1950. or send icbns th

and we run a risk in deciding, as i think the obama administration has been sorely tempted to say, we don't want to be that hegemonic provider of security and these public goods to the world. let's just be another big player at the un, but just another sort of belly up to the bark and a player at that bar at the un. and let's let the collective worry about it. and the reality of the collective will not worry about it or in warwick -- ways other damaging test. the u.s. does not understand that it guarantees the system as an actor from the outside. the consequences are going to be a scramble among scared and worried rising great powers who we all should fear would come to blows. >> guest: it -- >> host: assess come if you would, the last two u.s. ambassadors to the un? step p20, my. the last two ambassadors. here's the thing. john bolton was excoriated as someone who despised the un. you could chop off the top seven or ten or however many stories, and no one would notice, the un headquarters. >> guest: -- >> host: do you agree with that statement, by the way? >> guest: i agree about 80%

the obama administration with another bright idea.hey want people with bad credit to be buying houses. we've seen this movie, have only? we will take it out in the "chalk talk". disappointing reports on the economy and they lose that president sparking a selloff in the market. we will be joined by chief economist john lonski of moody's and next. ♪ ♪ lou: a federal reserve president letting a timetable on the possible end of the fed bond buyback program. investors really did not want to hear from the san francisco fed president, john williams to send the markets and to something of the chaos. it was not all his fault. the wilshire 5,000 losing $2,205,000,000,000 in market cap. chief economist for moody's capital market, his analysis. looking at all street today, the president of the san francisco fed, los angeles, beginning to an end of the fed's come well, its bond buyback program sometime this summer. it can be shut down altogether this year he said. sex already hit by weaker than expected economic reports, taking a beating. the dow

interests the obama administration isn't stupid at least they're not as stupid as the bush administration if going into syria and creating it a war of our own would cost trillions of dollars american blood probably worsen the humanitarian situation on the ground and the obama administration knows this they know that this is too costly and that's why they're reluctant to intervene not so much because of the international legal regime but you know the he is unfortunately facing a lot of pressure on the obama straight from europe and from people in congress who say you know now that you've laid out this red line and credibility is on the line and credibility credibility is has a technical definition in the political science literature that means the u.s. the world has to fear us power and force and aggression and if they don't they don't they won't do what we say that's that's a that's a big kind of to put it in a playground sense that's what a bully does the united states is an international bully and that's that's what this talk talk of credibility means if we want to stop the conflict end

up until this point for how drones should be used as i mentioned kind of have to take the obama administration at their word but they're attacking in countries like pakistan and now in northern africa the administration as well as cia director john brennan have said different things in regards to these public strikes. should we be surprised that they are attacking these low level people and since we don't know the scope of the drugs the only way that we know what the scope of the drones is with these leaks that's right i mean it's a little troubling that with what information we've gotten whether it was the white paper that was out previously that we've talked about or it's these memos that now come out there mcclatchy it's all been information that has not been publicly released by the administration it's hard to know it's impossible to know the scope of the program and in fact impossible to know what's being done by the cia what's being done by our military and pro and elements like a sock within the military we simply don't know and we can't have a full debate about the merits of the progra

us what was really behind this whole situation and what glaad to these contra measures the obama administration has released a list of russians to be blacklisted under the so-called magnitsky act despite moscow's calls not to put such a list together in the first place let alone publish it the list. eighteen names including sixteen judges and investigators in the united states accused of human rights abuses going to there were actually to the magnitsky case these individuals will be forbidden from getting a u.s. visa as well as have their assets frozen so good magnitsky was a russian lawyer who was arrested for tax evasion in two thousand and eight he died a year later while still in pretrial detention at the age of thirty seven since then the u.s. has eagerly been exploiting the circumstances of my death which president putin said was a tragedy moscow warned washington that its handling of the case was a domestic issue for russia and russia alone and that the americans must not interfere responding to the so-called magnitsky list russia's prime minister dmitry in the fears of so the u.s. has t

ske did so expressing concerns about the obama administration's use of drone attacks. the strikes have been a central part of the president's counterterrorism strategy. issues of legality and the lack of judicial oversight have been strofertion. joining us scott shane of the "new york times", rosa brooks a professor at law at georgetown and peter singer, he is director of 21st century security and intelligence at the brookings institution. here in new york michael boyle, he was formerly a counterterrorism advisor to president obama. i am pleased to have all of them here to talk about this. i begin with michael boyle. explain how this became and why, you know, a crucial element of the battle against terrorism on the part of the obama administration. >> well, i think the obama administration confronted a unique series of difficulties when they came into office. the one thing is there was growing instability in pakistan which made rely on pakistan's government much more difficult. the second as we know hamid karzai in afghanistan has also been becoming more and more diffi

it's a real challenge for the obama administration to make a decision about whether they're going to appeal the judge's decision. i hope this they don't. because i thinked the administration got it wrong in the first place by ioring the science and ignoring the decision of the f.d.a. >> this sounds like a war on chirp. putting children at risk using them to help promote left-wing agenda regardless of your position on abortion every responsible adult should be very concerned. i find it appalling. it's controversial. >> well, i don't find it appalling. i think whether or not it's war on women will depend upon how the republican party decides to respond to this. >> i think it's outrageous that kids, children like you were saying can literally get the morning-after pill at the age 26 n if theyust want to walk in there and get it without parent at conthat's outrageous. >> your thoughts? >> i mean, first of all, you have to make up your mind. are you against abortion and want availability of birth control and women to be able to protect themselves in 13 or 14-year-olds out there having sex.

interests the obama administration isn't stupid at least they're not as stupid as the bush administration if going into syria and creating it a war of our own would cost trillions of dollars american blood probably worsen the humanitarian situation on the ground and the obama administration knows this they know that this is too costly and that's why they're reluctant to intervene not so much because of the international legal regime but you know the he is unfortunately facing a lot of pressure on the obama straight from europe and from people in congress who say you know now that you've laid out this red line and credibility is on the line credibility credibility is has a technical definition in the political science literature that means the u.s. the world has to fear us power and force and aggression and if they don't they don't they won't do what we say that's that's a that's a big kind of to put it in a playground sense that's what a bully does the united states is an international bully and that's that's what this talk talk of credibility means if we want to stop the conflict and the

this is a guy who has been in charge of at least three very very significant cases during the obama administration so mcbride was appointed by president obama in late two thousand and nine cents and these three cases in particular i think his actions show just how serious this guy is about going after anyone said he went after john kiriakou a cia agent in charge him under the espionage act john kiriakou is the only cia member to ever be imprisoned for the cia's torture program because he blew the whistle on the torture program mcbride is also gone after kim dotcom a german national living in new zealand who operates a file sharing website. i'm not sure how the u.s. government can go and extradite a foreign citizen over copyright laws in fact they can't so we actually could do there are these records here and charges on top of them additionally mcbride is also in charge of the wiki leaks grand jury is the secretive panel that's going to investigate or has been investigating the whistleblower website since at least two thousand and ten they've subpoenaed a number a number of activists a number of pe

lorrain blanco tells us why critics don't agree with the obama administration's claim that drops are keeping america safe. >> reporter: hundreds marched down market street this sunny saturday, holding provocative signs. >> the drones are operating around-the-clock, and on a frequent basis they drop bombs on people. >> reporter: protest organizers answer coalition which stands now for act now to stop war and end racism tells us the unmanned vehicles have killing hundreds of innocent of people. the nationwide protest comes two day as after two civil and humanitarian rights organizations called on the obama administration to disclose more details about u.s. drone strikes including how it tracks and responds to civilian casualties? >> . >> tell me what you with an, what you really, really want. >> reporter: she brought her 6-year-old son to the rally to show him he must stand up for justice across the globe. like other critics of the drone program she says it only helped terrorist groups recruit more enemies of the u.s. >> i know if we continue this type of terrorism from our end on drop

multilateralism to international partnerships well i can see by having enlarged the list the obama administration is definitely narrowing very much the possibilities for such a partnership with russia. well on our website at the moment we're asking you where the rub between moscow and washington could possibly lead log on to r.t. dot com and vote on our on line poll it's there on our home page we'll let some of the results on the screen so far most of you forty six percent believe this will lead to even more tit for tat measures between moscow and washington twenty percent think this really won't affect the key political issues between the countries slightly smaller number believe the end is now come for any dialogue between the two seriously jeopardizing any resetting of diplomatic relations and we can also see that seventy percent believe that these measures will possibly escalate and be blown out of proportion that's how it's looking at the moment this hour r.t. dot com. israel is under fire from human rights organizations over alleged mistreatment of palestinian children in israeli custody th

obama administration is much worse than any other administration when it comes to this type much -- of folly. there tens much thousands in the pet projects . there are over five hundred convictions of corruption. you talk about bad investments, they are also criminal investmentings. >> morgan look at all of the bad investmentings. solyndra is the grand daddy. there is abound, a, 1, 2, 3 systems and everygreen. it goes on and on. >> it is making harder for me to defend them but i will take a swing. with all . green investing that is happening with the government, less than in green start up us. one of tholce places is energy efficient technology and affordable and subsidized housing. we are seeing it with federal tax cuts and natural gas that is now on the table finally for proposal. i think there are areas where government should be involve would. >> steve, it is when the government gets involved particularly with fiscer by the way. there were plans to roll things out slowly. the government was worried about the bad press on solyndra and pushing them to do the wrong thing. government b

the obama administration choosing another great energy loser to get billions of dollars.ke this stuff up. get out of the energy business already. this time the u.s. attorney's office is investigating colorado based north american power group it received a tonight in dollars stimulus grant to drill a well in wyoming. the project created zero jobs. the drilling of the well never took place. over $1 million of the stimulus money did pen is salaries of two of the company's employees. we will mark that down. i guess we will call those safe just for accounting. great news for north dakota tonight. a new assessment by the interior department's. north dakota has twice as much shale oil and three times as much gas as had been previously estimated, and the estimated that north dakota had a bunch already. the u.s. geological survey says the up their estimates because of technical advancements to make fossil fuels in north dakota free-form carnation typically countable. you better be nice to them. up next, whistle-blowers clamming intimidation and threats from the obama administratio

the obama administration is probably not going to do it, so

>> look, narrative by obama administration by itself, is very telling. telling us that they don't want to intervene at this point in time. in any form or shape that would crumble that regime. for example they say a degree of varying confidence. they know this is the use of the weapon, defensive judgment is there the not there yet. and likely originated from the regime, when you have such a language, not really clarifying that regime is responsible in terms of using that evidence, we don't know whether the evidence is coming from. still that obama administration will have to bring the case to coress, security count, how odd in 2003 we had a similar situation, and obama administration at the time of the critical of it, it i not a clear picture of what is happening in syria. lou: this language, and these calls for action on the part of senators mccain, worker, graham, they their seems to be amonths a few senators, a blood luft of some sort as they call for u.s. reaction it is a peculiar most because, this administration, has confused intelligence with its d

the obama administration addresses concerns that its response to this crisis has only made matters worse. >>> one of the most dangerous regimes in the world and now north korea says it's on the brink of war. u.s. officials fear it may be planning a missile launch soon. the threats have been amping up every day from a nation under the thumb of a young and unpredictable leader. kim jong-un is armed with a huge military, powerful conventional we papons and a nuclear program. this hour, our correspondents take a look at the threat to the united states and the world and president obama's response. christiane amanpour and fareed zakaria will give us the global view of the crisis. but we begin with barbara starr. barbara, after days of aggressive behavior from north korea, what should we be looking for right now? >> reporter: right now it continues to be a watching and waiting game by the obama administration to see what north korea does next. will they and when will they test launch these ballistic missiles, mobile missiles that they have moved to their eastern coastline? all eyes on that area

they charge obama administration is structuring cuts to make them as painful and obvious as possible.> federal reserve chairman ben bernanke will not be at jac jacn hole sim this year. my next guest said that we' seeing a slowdown in the economy after a stock first quarter, joining us, wells fargo chief economist, john sylvia, you see a slowdown here? >> there is a slowdown that is what bothered market, stock market a little bit, we a single family housing stocks, retail sales disappointing. building into the commodity market, chinese economic growth is disappointing. people at the inning of year think this economy will take off, and earnings will be strong, then as year goes down they tamper down those expectations. >> you know there is one stock that stands a metaphor, caterpillar, we see themith disappointining results off 42 their earnings, because they are off in the mining sector, but they tell us about good news, just the ophip of what said in -- opposite of what you said in china in their outlook. >> caterpillar is a true global business, they have a lot of infrastructure, a l

the thorough going propaganda campaign has been quite effective in the united states but the obama administration unlike say the clinton administration in its last months of its second term where it tried to normalize relations with north korea sent madeline albright then secretary of state there to meet with kim jong il there seemed to be a thaw the obama administration is taking the bush administration policy of provocation escalation increased tension to a whole new level and i think the obama administration is designed a policy that's intent on carrying out regime change in north korea and i think this is crazy because the north korean government has made it clear that it won't go the way of east germany to be incorporated swallowed up by the pro western second part of its country and now we see a growing confrontation the obama administration doesn't want a war they want to carry out regime change that's why they've been huddling. sanctions how do they think it's going to help them with. well they they want to they want to create pressure on china to break china away from its historic relati

in the obama administration, we talk about their view of the press. they are so controlling of the press. >> they have not done a good job. >> that was a campaign that was brilliant in its use of new media. that again is striking. every president uses the medium of their own time. radio, tv with kennedy. we have not seen this white house effectively harness and the -- any of the media. >> goldman sachs. >> one of the reasons i supported president obama was i did not want to see larry summers in the white house. [laughter] with hillary clinton, until the end of her campaign, there was not a sense of how she could bring her history to bear. it was very much a restoration ist campaign. he fell if you are going to get the clinton administration part 3. -- you felt as if you were going to get the clinton administration part 3. if you feel it was such a crisis and panic at that time as many say it was coming out of the calamitous bush administration into the tar, bringing in a team of rivals as obama talked about, all you had was larry summers and tim geith

why that obama administration agenda stalled? is it because of the credibility issues? >> you know it is frustrating. you know businesses are not confident that what is coming out of washington -- all of the policymakers, white house and congress -- is something they did count on. this is the problem, they don't have confidence to invest back in their. and to know what their costs will be. you know businesses fundamentally take a multiyear time horizon in their planning, they don't know from -- when they don't know, as they don't know now what their costs will be because of government regulation, and taxiningation, y cannot plan, they cannot afford the risk of adding the jobs. liz: steve makes a great point, really, the white house saying spring break will slow job creation, come on, seriously? that is what they are saying is to blame? are you serious? come on. the medical device tax is going nowhere. there is little money now for infrastructure, $21 million verse what the president originally wanted. i think that obama administration, not just stalled but have under cu

is this real skepticism by the obama administration that maybe assad didn't okay? this just an attempt to buy time? >> well, it could be both. it could be buy time. one of the things josh and i were discussing, the syrian government has, whether or not there was a strict chain of custody up to the command staff, they've lost control of those weapons. that's an important item to remember, but the second part is this issue about red lines and chemical weapons has been on the table for a long time and you've got to ask who had the most to gain by the minimalist use of this. and frankly, it's the syrian opposition. i'm not saying that's the case, but it's a legitimate question to ask. i imagine we have signals intelligence scrambling around and political leadership saying what the hell just happened here, what happened and we're trying to process how much control there might have been about these incidents that josh reported on. so i think there's a legitimate issue that we need to sort out because you could begin assigning blame and retribution to the wrong element. >

>> well, the obama administration was very, very cautious on this. they are not sure yet if this evidence they have is credible. they use this phrase over and over again, credible. and if there's proper corroboration. we're also facing, the obama administration, a potential showdown in iran. so the answer is, i'm not sure. i think it depends if they have more -- more evidence that's solid. that's why they are also going to the u.n., moving very cautiously on this. >> and on a much lighter note, the white house correspondents' dinner is tomorrow. now normally it's a light, fun event. but do you think that the tone may be a little different this year given that it's coming so close to the marathon bombings? >> i think in terms maybe of some of the speeches. there's as many parties as ever that are going on, and this is known as the big prom night in washington. but i think you do have a point in that in terms of just some of what the tone of president obama's speech may be a little bit less -- you know, these speeches always have a heavy dose of self-d