concludes the us their own deal must be a trick in the spirit of the persian bazaar the new york times solemnly concludes obama must have been out negotiated in the persian nuclear buzz of billing foreigners is an ancient potion of form insists the washington post even the economist magazine which usually supported u.s. bombing campaigns from libya to syria and iraq is gone a bit far. have any of these people try to negotiate with say mitch mcconnell somebody has got to put a stop to this whole persian bizarre rhetorical fixation it's ridiculous it's absolutely offensive and it should tire purpose is just serve as a smokescreen for disastrously bylane the policies backed by another dresden israel . neoconservatives in america we keep pedia as they keep so field in this war the telegraph for polls is real low because building quote own ways of rewriting history books such as this all tickle on what palestinians fled israel these leaked e-mails expose the low beast plans including infiltration of wikis administrative. make relationships with we could pedia editors and super editors known

nothing is beyond our reach and the tentacles of the american octopus extends all the way around the persian gulf so we're going to look there at the military operations there and the peak oil there solar would be cheaper us pentagon has spent eight trillion dollars to guard gulf oil it has cost the united states eight trillion dollars to provide military security in the gulf since the one nine hundred seventy six according to roger stern a princeton economist the us has spent as much on golf security as it spent on the anti or cold war with the soviet. not to post logo figures just to you know kids having a laugh because they hire directly out of mit and these other university stanford and these are twenty year old twenty two year old hackers and they see the fun that's going to. be for example who calls the vampire squid to describe goldman sachs and they thought you know be fun to make the logo a giant octopus and even though it's been used over the decades to be depiction of all encompassing on the present police state or banking as they're known now and you know as far as the second par

. >>> defense secretary chuck hagel visiting the persian gulf earlier in the day.he was in bahrain before making a surprise visit to afghanistan where u.s. officials have been demanding hamid karzai sign a new security agreement. >> reporter: before arriving in afghanistan secretary hagel was in bahrain trying to reassure allies in the middle east that the united states is committed to the persian gulf region. secretary hagel said the u.s. is willing to start selling advanced weapons, things like missile defense systems to u.s. allies in the region. the move is seen as a way to counter iran's military ambition. he added that even though the west had agreed to a temporary deal to limit iran's nuclear capability, tehran still poses a significant threat to the middle east and the world. many allies in the region fear the u.s.'s withdrawing from its traditional role in the middle east but hagel said after a decade of war the u.s. will not shirk its responsibilities in the middle east. >> we know diplomacy cannot operate in a vacuum. our success will continue to hinge o

the 11th century persians knew them, likewise, described diplomacy as a cover for other activity. the basis for modern diplomacy is viability of agreement. he had little patience for such notions of honor. a prudent ruler ought not keep fate when by doing so it would be gefns his interest, he wrote. the 30 years war provided 17th century diplomats a backdrop for reflection. while today's debate, the wiz dock, they argued there was no reason to conduct diplomacy with representatives of what he call wicked states. now, western diplomacies evolved far today, but to assume that 21st century rogues have made the same evolutionary leap is naive. too often, western engaugement of rogue regimes seem a matchup between chamberlain. in such circumstances, chamberlain rarely wins. it's well and good to discuss diplomacy with rogues, but for the purposes of american diplomacy, what is a rogue? there's no consensus about what a rogue regime is, jew den rations accepted the idea that it's the diplomatic equivalent of supreme court justices stance on pornography. i know it when i see it. there's

very small greek army, very large persian army. by some estimates, the persian army outnumbered the attenyang army five to one or ten to one. if you look ten years later, a naval battle, a very large persian navy, a very small greek navy. so that's pretty terrifying when you're outnumbered three to one, four to one, five to one. so this was the battle cry the greeks used at the battle, it went advance you sons of greece from oppression save your wives, save your children, save your country. this day the common cause of all demands fur valor. most people will die to protect their loved ones. so when the athenians heard that, save your children, save your country, this day the common cause of all demands europe valor, they were ready to fight to the death. and i think that battle cry has been used by every government since then. not word for word, but the essence of that battle cry. so how many wars have there been in human history? thousands maybe? thousands perhaps? but do you know this all of world history, all the military histor

very large persian army. some estimate, the persian army outnumbered five to one for 10 to one. nav battle, a large persian navy, very small brief navy. that's pretty terrifying when you're outnumbered three to one, florida one, five to one. the greeks used the battle of solomon. it gives a sense of greece from save your wives, children can a city. they say the common cause of all demands his valor. most people die to protect loved ones. when the athenians heard that, save your children, state or country. they were ready to fight to the death. i think that battle cry has been used by every government since then. not word for word, but the essence of the battle cry. so how many wars have there been any human history? thousands maybe? thousands perhaps? do you know when all for rotisserie, there has never been a single war. there's never been a single war or they are fighting for money or gold or oil. never before have been for you are told the population now. so what do national leaders tell their people? what is the national emperor or genghis khan or alexander the great or hitl

, which tries to be extremely consequential, not only within the arabian peninsula and was in the persian gulf, but also beyond. and it exercises a certain amount of power that in many ways is commensurate with its size and demography and also its history. in a region where relatively great powers like each other and syria and iraq and iran and saudi arabia, where they have long influenced regional affairs and have long called the shots, if you will. it has been extremely consequential over the last decade and a half. not only has it been extremely consequential, but it has also shaped the direction of current events and, in fact, history as it unfolds. so when i went there, there were several questions that i had and one was when i posted earlier. is qatar for real. is this a country that is exercising a sort of power that is fleeting and in permanent, or is that in many ways consequential? then if you look at delhi, it is an amazing and -- it is a very odd city in terms of its development. it is engaged in what you might call high modernism, with a city that is growing into the sea and

quite frankly, both of my arabic and persian are far from flint. >> but it must give you a clear. the reason i ask you that is why should we assume that negotiating an english has the advantage and with your experience held many senior level americans officials from the executive or congressional branch speak dash june, a turkish per-share nor is the other critical languages that we need to understand the world? >> it is a great question. if we had someone that spoke fluent arabic comment pakistan and would have have no doubt the state department would send them to peraea. [laughter] -- korea. but when it comes to diplomacy we do not always negotiate in english certainly with the run-up to the iraq war a very skilled request was also negotiating impasse june and persian as those who were skilled at negotiating an arabic but usually as a matter of course, we will produce the english agreement the arabic agreement of the other language united nations does a great deal we go to the security council resolution that israel must withdraw from the territories in the united nations went i

he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was all about machinery and sort of this amazing architecture, very powerful architecture. he convinced the rec park commission that building a tower in her memory would be the thing to do with her money. >> it was going to be a wonderful observation place because it was one of the highest hills in the city anywhere and that that was the whole reason why it was built that high and had the elevator access immediately from the beginning as part of its features. >> my fear's studio was just down the street steps. we were in a very small apartment and that was our backyard. when they were preparing the site for the coit tower, there was always a lot of harping and griping about how awful progress was and why they would choose this beautiful pristine area to do them in was a big question. as soon as the coit tower was getting finished and someone put in the idea that it should be used for art, then, all of a sudden, he was excited about the coit tower. it became almost like a daily dest

they were under the babylonians and persians then under the greek.hen is he going to act to transform our situation to bring justice and peace to the world? >> regardless of the fact fictions and faith the nativity story becomes more meaningful when we know the history of the first century in the holy land. >> most christians today think of christmas as a cute family festival with presents and christmas trees and so on. it is the most powerful and subversive thing he can be celebrateling. it is about the entire over throw of the way the world is and its replacement with a different sort of world all together. instead of power being about the big boys bullying everybody into submission this is as jesus himself said about someone who didn't come to be served but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. that is spiritually powerful, it is also politically dynamite. >> we will return to bethlehem for the tour of the church of the nativity. first we travel north to galilee where jesus lived and conducted his ministry. >> in maze rhett we will s

-friendly nations in the persian gulf. the move is seen as a way to counter iran's military ambit n ambitions. hagel added that even though the west has agreed to temporarily -- agreement with iran, to limit iran's nuclear capabilities, tehran continues to pose a significant threat to the middle east. many alleys in the region believe the u.s. is withdrawing from the gulf but hagel pushed back on that idea, saying the u.s. will not shirk its responsibilities in the middle east. >> we know diplomacy cannot operate in a vacuum. our success will continue to hinge on america's military power. and the credibility of our assurances to our allies and partners in the middle east. >> following the speech, hagel left for afghanistan where he's meeting with senior afghan officials in an effort to push president hamid karzai to sign a bilateral security agreement with the united states. the agreement has already been agreed upon. but karzai's been dragging his feet in signing the deal, trying to win some more concessions from the unit

new york to be a big north korea or a persian china? do you want to be a country that is powerful and feared because you are building a nuclear weapon, in which case you will be completely isolated, or do you want to get that no clear -- did that nuclear program to one where your neighbors are happier to live with and focus on empowering and unleashing your people to realize their full potential? we forget, because iran has been isolated for 30 years. this is a great civilization. we are talking persia here. and it has been completely suppressed. by saying to the iranians, we are ready to let you enrich up to your actual research and electrical needs, which are the minutes -- de minimus. ready to do that, but not ready to allow you to become a nuclear weapons state. if you are ready to buy that deal, you can be a part of the global community again. that is a real choice. the israelis, you have three choices. you only get two. what a be a jewish state. you want to be democratic state. and you want a state with all the land of israel. you

state which tries to be extremely consequential, not only with the arabian peninsula and within the persian gulf region but in the larger -- larger middle east and beyond. it exercises a certain amount of power that in many ways is incommensurate with its size, its demography and its history. in a region where relatively great powers like egypt and syria and iraq and iran and saudi arabia have long influenced regional affairs and have long called the shots, if you will. qatar has been extremely consequential over the last decade and a half. and has not only been extremely nonsequential but it is also in many ways shaped the direction of current events and, in fact, history as it unfolds. so when i went there there were several questions that i had, and one was what i posed earlier, is qatar for real? is this the country that is exercising a sort of power that is fleeting and impertinent, or is it a country that is in many ways consequence of? then if you look at doha, it's an amazing and -- it's a very odd city in terms of its development. had it is engaging what you might call high moderni

the ap reports robert levinson was an unauthorized mission in iran when taken from the persian gulf resort where he was staying at the time. the white house has always main tainted levinson was a privacy son. it could pressure the u.s. to step up efforts to bring him home. >>> the body of former president nelson mandela lay in stay for the third and final day today. all week, tens of thousands of people from south africa and around the world lined up to bid farewell to the anti- apartheid icon. so many mourners showed up at the member site in pretoria today that the government actually had to turn away 50,000 people. mandela's casket will be flown to his hometown village tomorrow for burial on sunday. >>> there's a loud debate over whether to allow cell phone use on planes. the fcc says new technology doesn't interfere with ground cell towers. the fcc is weighing in on the concern that phone conversations will likely annoy some passengers. >> i'm the last person in the world who wants to listen to somebody talking to me while i fly across the country. but we are the technical agency and we

not to be confused with iranian who was persian of the year. >> today, pope francis, named "time" magazine'st announcement was made, kanye west demanded a recount. i demand a recount. >> he is a good pope. i like him a lot. he's modest. instead of driving around in the popemobile, he drives a used car. he's just like us. >> you know the runner-up, miley cyrus. that's not really a fair fight. the pope is even a better dancer than miley cyrus. he's from argentina. i don't always dance. but when i do, i really twerk it. >> the pope said it was such a special honor, especially after he got screwed out of sexiest man alive. whatever adam lavigne. >> that new pope is pretty awesome. i think he could beat miley on the maxim 100, right? >> there's people that don't keep up on current events. i sent our camera out on hollywood boulevard to figure out what people think about "time's" person of the year. we didn't tell them it was the pope. we told them it was other people. >> what do you think about "time" magazine naming momma june person of the year? >> that's pretty cool. you can't see the "time" s

wardrobe had a mare on the interior of both doors and a bureau inside higher than i was with no rave persian bottles and small objects on the surface in the war and a wall of burlap stretched above it pinned to the burlap was a collage of things she'd collected pictures that she'd torn out of magazines poems pomander balls of fox's tail tied with a red ribbon brooch i bought her from woolworths that spelled mother and malakai a photograph of on mckenna saint joan standing between the glass doors i loved to look at her possessions mirrors reflecting me into infinity i was a lonely child my brother tony and i were never very close neither is children nor as adults but i was tightly bound to him we were forced to be together because we were on our own really although i knew he loved me i always felt the tony had it in for me a bed and that a year older than i he was always having to fight for what he had. we were in the middle of the irish countryside in county call way in the west of ireland and we didn't see many other kids we were tutored and my life was mostly fantasy wishing that i were ca

gwen: the president seems to be talk persian gulf perception than rial -- talking about perception rather than reality. >> he said i wanted to see these recommendations not because i is out ofthing control but because the public thinks it is out of control. point, so do the people overseas. foreforeign leadaries or allies in foreign publics and we need everybody onboard so let's see can do to fix it. two blows this week. that said it is overexpansionive and unconstitutional. buy the mainled to argument the government has been making about the bulk collection of phone data which is the to have it all in one place so if we need to quickly check a phone number of a to see ifterrorist they are talking to somebody in the u.s. we have instant access to it. find the judge couldn't one example of where that happened. >> and so did the panel. has to be a main concern for the government. that is why you heard in the leahy, now the judicial blanche anding ecktive buy theaying we don't main argument for the program. what the recommendation says is you shouldn't end the program. the government shouldn

mistaken when you say that iran is more unified if you take a look at iran the core center of iran is persian but there are baluch baluchistan in the sound system baluchistan there are secessionist movements there there are arabs in the southwest there are kurds up in the north east and there are zero three in the north made at the end of world war two stalin of russia in the red army was in that area and had to be forced out of there in a war between the united states and iran i think would be a disaster for the world a disaster for the world economy but it would certainly be a disaster for iran is well there no doubt that a country of eighty million destroyed larger three times as large as iraq is not of any pushover for anyone but i don't think anyone would imagine that the united states would send an army up to tehran in the event of a conflict again i wouldn't want to see a conflict but in the event of a conflict it would be all air naval and missiles. and a say surveillance is another huge topic and that's not likely to end well i understand that what do you think it is necessary how wi

qaeda they're all supported by saudi arabia and the release or not just saudi arabia members of the persian both sort of like a cult or a night that i remember it so these groups they don't want peace they don't want to . be settlement of this you don't want them don't want to play called or syria by force if necessary if the government goes nuts render for sunday the only time i suppose they're going to run so that we have a situation we united states great britain there were favoring peace talks and you got to there were people you know thought. he would be free is he going to army we should be there largely constituted by thirty percent this year or by governments to get it c c c b s but that doesn't include according to them east let me say none the less in my opinion. they will like you for those reasons i think you see these stories you need to be interesting in this regard according to this report. and i was targeted by these islamists and that's one of the most. the excess in syria where. the syrians heard establishing a joint company it will be building of the facilities to assembl

the only stable state in the region other than israel and this is a contention of power game in the persian gulf israel does not want a rapprochement between tehran and washington because that means israel by power implications would mean less and so it's really all about a power game in the gulf it has nothing to do except superficially with nuclear weapons and who has them and who doesn't well it does seem like there's also a power game here in washington you know the white house has said that they would veto this bill if it actually were to get passed so for some of the people who are really trying to push this bill through like senators menendez and schumer are they just think gauging in political theater here. well they are to a certain extent just as some others did for the budget battle that we had which was probably the most believable thing to show the rest of the world about the united states i've ever seen in my almost seventy years on this earth and the congress seems as if it is lost its bearings of late it doesn't seem to be able to deal with foreign policy issues or domestic

saakashvili the president called reviled by the population for his power to talk to the persians coming because it gives them a sense of self-importance but also they're coming because the question passed on to those european commission in brussels may terms or see ukraine as a key strategic factor they want to crane to be under their thumb under nato because they are deeply hostile to russia and we are of course following the developments in the ukrainian capital on air and online and also on our web site com you can find the most dramatic photos and videos from the ongoing process. twelve and to government think losing some miners have been arrested in bahrain this brings the total number to twenty eight since the beginning of this month protesters say they quieted down on their movement which started almost three guests ago has called why us in recent months the first violent crackdown was at the beginning of twenty eleven people died during the clashes with police that just a month later martial law was declared and the guard troops took the country under control after that time nea

we must remember to put some naphthalene or persian powder in them. now the romans, they enjoyed good health because they knew how to work and how to rest. they had-- their life had a definite, a form. you know the director of the school says that the most important thing about life is form? the thing that loses its form, finished. and that is just as true in our ordinary everyday lives. ah, masha loves me, my wife loves me. you must remember to put away the curtains with the carpets too. you know, i am very cheerful today. i'm in unusually good spirits. masha, the director has invited us around to his house at 4 o'clock this afternoon. a country walk has been arranged for the teachers and their families. i'm not coming. but masha, darling, why not? i'll tell you later. but-- oh, alright, i'll come, i mean, leave me alone now. and after the walk we shall spend the evening at the director's house. you know, in spite of weak health that man is certainly sparing no pains to be sociable, oh, a first rate, thoroughly intelligent man and most excellent pers

abby martin and this is breaking the sat so qatar is roughly the size of connecticut that the small persian gulf state is emerging as a major player on the world stage in fact it's set to host the twenty twenty two world cup of course an event this size requires an unimaginable amount of building and labor and that's where nepal comes in this in a country of two million people there are currently three hundred forty thousand nepalese migrant workers many of which has been assigned to world cup construction but according to several reports released by the guardian the workers face brutal working conditions long hours lack of pay and wretched living quarters and just yesterday it was confirmed that seventy napoli's labors have already died while working on world cup projects yet both the nepalese and guitar governments refuse to acknowledge this massive human rights problem so if you're sick of world powers treating migrant laborers like garbage and tell fifo to pressure qatar and put an end to this modern day slavery. the that. it was a. very hard to take that. to. do that or how to act with

are the lessons for today's world leaders do you think well when i met him he was selling arms to persian gulf dictatorships and it's noticeable that what he did do is impoverish. he made a secret agreement for his release as part of this reconciliation agreement to basically sell south africa are off eight hundred fifty million dollars from the i.m.f. so things are certainly worse for the black majority in south africa since his release that's not often talked about but when you talk about the future perhaps there is a child in some way to today. by mandela but also inspired in a way that is likely different. to really be as anti imperialist as mandela said he was supporting the cuban revolution his first trip was of course does he feel castro but actually believing in it and actually using the same beliefs to create actual political action in power whereas the mandela i saw his defense minister at the time i had him corruption basically all these coord many of whom the south african majority believe are corrupt maybe there is a child it's a way to carry out the beliefs that are so so ar

it is home to many pharmaceutical company generic dancer persians the brand name drugs has patents have expired. but what the chemical composition and fifteen week are still a child to distinguish their products from their competitors one lady is doing this is by developing alternatives to standard tablets. one company is now marketing and dyed easter had often been found. this sheet is less than a twentieth of a millimeter thick and is sold as soon as the place in the know. and now we've reached the point where generic drug makers are asking themselves whether it's good enough just to produce exactly the same drugs as the big drug companies. and i believe we have to add value to the product. by making them easier for people to take it a company survey of doctors and patients repealed one important feature that people look for in the distance making them easier to smile this is a new form of trunk kimi taking even with our clutter. there are pills money available with the theme trees that now they are being sold in until four am. because the silk in the playford. this will make an appea

it was 2007 when levinson flew to the iranian island of kish in the persian gulf. later, we are told, he was sent to a prison and then a hospital in tehran. by 2010, reports had levinson somewhere near the pakistani border. the u.s. government's search for levinson has since grown cold. iran has at times seemed to know about levinson. last year, charlie rose of cbs "this morning" put the matter to then president of iran mahmoud ahmadinejad. >> (translated): i remember that last year iranian and american intelligence groups had a meeting but i haven't followed up on it. i thought they had come to some kind of an agreement. >> reporter: but this year the new president of iran, hassan rouhani, seemed to deny knowing about levinson's fate. >> (translated): we do not have any information about this person. actually, our intelligence services have said that he is not in iran. >> reporter: today in tel aviv secretary of state john kerry declined comment on whether levinson was working for the c.i.a. in iran but pledged to continue seeking his return. >> i have personally

the arctic race for the vast resources of the icy wilderness is rapidly heating up and that to be a persian says it's of utmost priority for russia to defend its interests on monday kind of a claim to vast swathes of the arctic for itself including the north pole but moscow says the air is an extension of russia's continental shelf and an attempt to prove that was made in the next position back in two thousand and seven it culminated in russia planting its flag on the sea floor beneath the north pole over four thousand meters on the water in moscow also wants to step up its military presence in the region russia canada the us norway and denmark all boarded the arctic which is believed to contain billions of dollars worth of on gas despite the posturing leading canadian research it believes common sense will prevail. the future of the world economy to some extent is dependent on the arctic and i think you know russia and canada the united states and norway and denmark are very interested in exploiting these resources i think you know common sense will probably prevail in that you know that i

and war planning construct for us, which is i have to go to the persian gulf because iran goes bananas, and north korea is obviously its own case and a very, very aggressive china that is coming up very quickly. and the military service chiefs have said if you got to cut our budgets this much, and we can't execute the war plan. and can they execute the war plans and does this shift standards and requirements at the end of the day? >> first of all, i think the pentagon has been in a testimony qdir mode since the last -- in a continual qdir mode since the last qdir mode. >> and you could argue it has been a long time. >> and they have had the skimmer that we just completed. >> the strategic choices. >> and management. >> and management review. >> yes, skimmer. scammer. that's how we like to refer to it. >> and it is one more iteration. i wouldn't expect to see anything earth shattering or a huge deviation. i think it is a gradual evolution. >> budgets are driving strategy. strategy is not driving budgets. we're in an era of scarce budgetary sources and that will determine and drive where

nothing is beyond our reach and the tentacles of the american octopus extends all the way around the persiangulf so we're going to look there at the military operations there and the peak oil there solar would be cheaper us pentagon has spent eight trillion dollars to guard gulf oil it has cost the united states eight trillion dollars to provide military security in the gulf since the one nine hundred seventy six according.

media has portrayed the iranian government as a scheme in theocracy so the question of the two faced persians isn't all that surprising but aside from being wildly racist this portrayal is also wildly inaccurate that's because the biggest threat to an american iranian accord comes from president obama's enemies at home congressional republicans not from the iranian president hassan rouhani already republican leaders in the senate are calling for more sanctions against iran georgia senator saxby chambliss for example says that doing so is the only way to ensure a long term deal between the u.s. and iran. call for sanctions also has support in the house of representatives majority whip kevin mccarthy of california says he backs any certain plan to tighter restrictions on iran's economy. republican attempts to sabotage a democratic presidents deal with a rant are nothing new. just as jimmy carter in one nine hundred eighty carter thought he had reached a deal with newly alike that iranian president. hassan body solder over the really base of the fifty two hostages held by radical students at the

sick or the children who get as but in coal pollution it doesn't count the cost of defending the persian gulf oil fields it doesn't cost the cost of climate change and all the damages we're seeing manifest right now so what the government has to do i think is is to make cost equal price and the idea of a carbon tax is one way to do that it's a way to internalize what has been what they call the externalized cost so that the marketplace which is really really flawed can begin to give us good signals about what very. choices cost of the energy field and if we did that things like solar wind geothermal would be sold far more cost effective and cost competitive than they are today so arguably you're making the conservative argument that the that a genuine free market in quotes should exist because right now the actual cost of carbon is not being paid by the people who are producing the carbon. yeah i don't think there can be such a thing or ever has been such a thing as a free market. but i think it could be a hell of a lot better than it is in bringing this pricing equation into balance usi

behind bars should be included well the news of granting clemency to cortical ski came off to present persian and face more than four hours of questions from journalists and after the break we'll be reporting on the highlights ranging from edward snowden and global surveillance to the chaos in ukraine all of those discussed during that media briefing all of this short break. i wonder if we can add democracy at least expansion is democracy of the kind of spouse by george w. bush to the aptly stuff utopian ideologies on par with communism on par with not says i'm on par with militant really gents you know the ideologies that can ultimately lead to an increase in violence i think the problem is the idea that by military forces at the table government create a state of anarchy and hope that democracy would spontaneously blossom. right see. first strike. and i think that your. last quote. these surprising announcement about khodorkovsky came off to vladimir putin faced a tough q. and a session lasting well over four hours the subjects journalists pushed him on include developments in ukraine the n