guest: the only redline the white house put out was the use of chemical weapons. there were reports from syria that the president assad regime used chemical weapons against the rebels and the united states reached the conclusion that that is probably not so. this situation is close to the brink of forcing the united states to intervene in some way to prevent crossing this redline. president obama's trip to the region, including jordan, is hosting hundreds of thousands of refugees and highlighted the fact that the situation on the ground in syria is not getting better. there is no sign that it will get better. it does not seem the united states has a response to this ongoing challenge. guest: the united states has been the biggest donor in terms of humanitarian and financial aid to the syrian opposition. close to $500 million so far. also giving logistical and to indications training. we are told there is some training and intelligence being given to the militants, parts of the opposition. we need to understand what is going on in syria is looking like a civil war.

it still has not crossed the red line i drew in september, but iran is getting closer to that redline and it is putting itself in a position to cross that line very quickly once it decides to do so. ladies and gentleman, to prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons, we cannot allow iran to cross that red line. [applause] we have to stop its nuclear enrichment program before it is too late, and i have to tell you, from the bottom of my heart, with the clarity of my brain, words alone will not stop iran. sanctions alone will not stop iran. sanctions must be coupled with a clear and credible military threat if diplomacy and sanctions fail. [applause] i deeply appreciate something that president obama has said repeatedly. you heard vice president biden said it again. israel must always be able to defend itself by itself against any threat to its existence. [applause] the jewish people know the costs of being defenseless against those who would exterminate us. we will never let that happen again. [applause] you know, joe biden described his meeting with golda meir. she said to him, our

redlines work. i told you so, mr. president. and netanyahu -- obama will sea maybe that means we have more time. if iran is diverting, we're not on the brink, but netanyahu will come back and say, look, with thiessen trifumings, they can summer forward to the 230 to 250-kilograms they need for 90% uranium within the 30-40 day dash. so, i think that ironically they'll probably -- not looking for confrontation but they can ask pointed questions even in a cordial atmosphere, about that. and each one will look at that iaea report and read into it what they want to read into it. netanyahu redlines. obama, maybe we have more time. i think the second issue is the concern over the kazakhstan diplomacy. and here, i think that there's the fear that the united states is heading to a deal that israelis may consider a bad deal. you can say the israel idea have no choice but to take it. the best deal they're going to get, and that is a 20% deal on uranium, and mr. prime minister, didn't you draw the line at 20%. he would say irdrew that but t

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and israel on our objectives on our redlines. >> thank you. my name is connor, i'm from the project on middle east democracy. it was mentioned that obama's first trip to an arab country will be to a monarchy after the arab uprising. what message does this send to the jordanian people? how will be perceived -- many are still asking for new election law, increased local representation. what about bahrain where the u.s. has been silent on many human rights abuses? how will he ensure the people that he is still committed to the values of human rights and democracy? >> the best posture on this is also not unlike the iranian issue. this is not an issue for one place that he goes to. we should have a set of common principles that we are talking about, repeating all the time in the area. yes, he is going to a monarchy. yes, we have a very strong strategic stake in the well- being of jordan and of the king and his government. the president in public should emphasize our commitment to jordan, he should also emphasize our commitments to a set of principl

>> bibi's always talking about redlines. this is all a psychological ploy! >> this was minutely planned! >> warner: netanyahu famously set his redline for action ain iran's progress toward a bomb at the u.n. last fall. iran maintains its nuclear program is solely for peaceful energy production. as the arab uprisings convulse the president viewed a missile battery of the iron dome defense system-- heavily financed by the u.s., which knocked scores of rockets from the sky during brief november war with gaza. the president's remarks heavy with allusions to millenia of jewish history in the holy land and a nod to the broad purposes of his trip. >> across this region the winds of change bring both promise and peril. so i see this visit as an opportunity to reaffirm the unbreakable bonds between our nations, to restate america's unwavering commitment to israel's security, and to speak directly to the people of israel and to your neighbors. >> warner: he was referring to another focus of this visit: to listen to what israeli and palestinian leaders say they're will

yesterday and in bread lines today -- who were driving portias -- driving porsches yesterday and in redlines today. we need to make sure americans had the opportunity to have reasonable health care. not excessive. the fact is we've got to make sure that what happened in past -- and we know that. a lot of costs have spiraled out of control. we have to have a baseline. this country has promised that in a sense of being a land of opportunity for all its people. the resources that we have in this country are such that we have to make sure that the least among us are protected. so i hope that one day we will see that happen. >> thank you very much. our thanks to steven zack, president of the american bar association. we also thank our audience is here and on radio television and the internet. tonight's program has been part of the commonwealth club's u.s. constitution in the 21st century series, underwritten by the charles guess he family, and we thank them, and we thank you. [applause] happy new year, everybody. i love the fact that we are doing a tournament here at the center. when i was in eig

and the united states at the top agenda item for israel is making sure that iran does not process redline. i think the two men are not closer to coming to an agreement on what that definition is. lou: if you would like to respond, please. >> it is a tricky issue. the u.s. and israel have different capabilities. now, those capabilities, we don't know what is backstage between the two men. did obama say if you go independently, we will have your back, i am not just saying that -- but we will? did he say we will give you weapons capabilities? so you can wait a little bit longer and be patient? we do not know. but the things they want to hear, i think obama reduced his parameters because it is very clear. it was very different from what vice president biden said. lou: with all due respect to the vice president, i will leave it at that. thank you. much more on the president's trip in tonight's broadcast. we will be right back. >> nbc had three winning programs. so it's natural that they would want to dump the host of one of those three with governor andrew cuomo helping them out. we wl show yo

redline of a nuclear having a nuclear weapon neither of those have any basis in reality because iran doesn't have a nuclear weapon isn't building a nuclear weapon and hasn't even made the decision to build a nuclear weapon until that part becomes the headline rather than buried on paragraph sixteen we're going to continue to see this pressure ratcheting up the senate in their resolution sixty five saying we will support israel if israel decides it needs to go to war against iran under any circumstances that's a disaster that's giving away outsourcing to another government the right to determine when and if and how and against whom the u.s. goes to war absolutely and of course we see the similar rhetoric coming from the media as we did ten years ago with the iraq buildup thank you so much as always a pleasure to have you on director of the new internationalism project at the institute policy studies thank you it's been a pleasure. if you like what you've seen so far go to our facebook page at facebook dot com slash breaking the set to be sure to do what thousands of already done and g

statement was said he was stepping down because some matters within the institution have reached redlines and it's now get the details live from paula slim paula so what is proper to this sudden decision then well as you say in his statement was outed said that he was stepping down because some matters have to quote him reached red lines now he hasn't explained exactly what prompted his resignation but he did say that he was designing to be able to work with freedom that cannot be available from official institutions how to kill remember had offered the syrian president bashar assad earlier and negotiated exit by which he said he would have talks with his side if he believed some one hundred and sixty thousand prisoners the syrian national council but rated him for offering aside this deal and later the group went ahead despite his objections to form a provincial government that would further have diminished his authority what we're witnessing within the syrian opposition is deep divisions a lot of anxiety and very far from any kind of united opposition front. and he was perceived as the

familiar in next door greece but for the first time in the eurozone st of be allowed to parents are redlined have been crossed what is going about this particular instance is that the european union the euro zone have taken a step forward beyond their previous policy where they always said individuals will not be harmed we will not take money out of the minds of engineers and actually they've done that what we see is that if you're a big member then you will be left alone and you will be below two and you if you are small member you will be beleaguered iris to further complicate matters the banks in the country will remain closed until next week the european central bank had given an ultimatum if there's no deal with the troika by monday the twenty fifth emergency liquidity funding will be cut off causing another round of panic as citizens feared the worst. holding on to as much cash as they could most conversations now are about nothing else but the predicament they're countries in if. you believe we. want to support from you but the reasons to be able to. see. what everybody has for compan

it is getting closer to that redline.t is putting itself in a position to cross that line very quickly once it decides to do so. to prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons, we cannot allow iran to cross that redline. we have to stop its nuclear enrichment program before it is too late. from the bottom of my heart, with the clarity of my brain, words alone will not stop iran. sanctions alone will not stop iran. sanctions must be coupled with a clear and credible military threat if diplomacy and sanctions failed. [applause] i deeply appreciate something that president obama has said. you heard vice president biden said it again. israel must always be able to defend itself by itself against any threat to its existence. the jewish people know the cost s of being defenseless against those who would exterminate us. we will never let that happen again. [applause] joe biden described his meeting with golda meir. she said, our secret weapon is we have no other place to go. we have our place under the sun . he shall defendant.

they crossed as redlines the united states should take military action.rivately telling the israelis for years, don't do it. so there is a contrast. lou: we have had people, particularly in the oval office and national-security team telling the iraqi people that iran is going seven nuclear weapon within six months to year and those projections started back in 2007. now we're hearing it is a little over a year again. this is some pretty -- >> that may be because the iranians have walked up to this red line and stopped. in reaching the uranium enough to use and that it reactor, but not a weapon. we have to stop them. lou: at think we can give our intelligence agencies and considerable credit as well. there have been some hiccups, i guess, you put it in the program as they try to advance of that. >> indeed. lou: i suspect it will be a few more hiccups. >> and rubber the life expectancy of an iranian scientists is not long. it. lou: it may never be. thank you very much. we appreciated. i do want to close of one thing. the gang of eight. no one. here we have a

the question would be six months from now, this summer, this fall when iran gets to the redline abouthe nuclear program. is there a crisis in the persian gulf. at the same time potentially have a leadership crisis in venezuela because whatever may happen in the immediate term, where is it in six months when they can't keep the music going. david: i love kt, but i think there is a positive possibility. the oil company could not get worse. it can only improve if they bring back some managers and the other thing is there is n nobody to replace chavez. they had been fighting very hard, some ended up in jail, beaten up. they will come out and challenge. without chavez, they're going to be in an excellent position to possibly take over the government so this could end up being very positive. gerri: thank you so much for coming on tonight, great job, fascinating conversation. we will just have to wait and see all this play out. a lot more still to come in this hour including the dow went in with a loss of the great recession today, but is this run with bulls running out of time? stay with us

states and our allies are trying to figure out whether the syrian regime crossed what he calls the redlinesignificant is this step by the general secretary? >> it's significant in the sense it has the potential to be the first formal and independent investigation of the claims that chemical weapons have been used in the syrian civil war. on the other hand, it should be remembered that this is an investigation requested by the syrian government as a member state of the united nations, and they have only requested investigation of the alleged incident that occurred on tuesday outside the northwestern syrian city, not any other allegations of the use of chemical weapons by the syrian government themselves. ban ki-moon, was quick to make that clear today. >> i'm, of course, aware that there are other allegations of similar cases involving the reported use of chemical weapons. in discharging its mandate of an investigation mission, full cooperation from all parties will be essential. i stress that this includes unfettered access. reporter: unfetters access. a key phrase, we know too well how th

lou: let me talk about that because it fascinates me that we have so many people talking about redlinesch talk about being militarily assertive, if not adventurist. the reality is we have the military in this country that has now been exhausted. i think you can make a case that we have been -- we have treated our troops poorly. and for so many people it seems to push them into another conflict and push them into africa. sometimes power is utterly dependent upon the reluctance and insistence not to use a. the you think america is capable of that kind of maturity? >> i think we saw that, and everything back to the 80's and the reagan doctrine in particular if you remember, his idea was that people should fight for their own freedom. in so reagan would support the afghan mujahedin t-mobile we did not send troops over there. for the american founders the key was not to make america the world's policeman but for us to have recipe that would be a formula for the world to benefit economically and politically. that is the real question. what happens if the american idea, the american dream, but

but we are going to need to find this out soon because netanyahu says the redline is approaching andsoon and with the north korea connection they may be closer than we even realize. >> shannon: with the language, the shift in tone a little bit that we have heard about the window closing and from netanyahu the redline, what happens when we get to the red line or are to the window closing? what is next? >> one question is will the president go and privately say to prime minister netanyahu and his new government which seems to be pulling together in the next day or two we will back you, we will give you the green light, the united states is not going to take this action against iran but we will back you if you feel like you have to do it. that is an interesting question. they are not signaling they are going to do that. but by saying that sanctions and diplomacy are not working you raise the possibility that how can you tie israel's hands if those two things aren't working and time is running out? >> shannon: joel rosenburg. fantastic new book. all the best with it. get the first one an

tell them the truth and act on the threat of the redline. >> it isn't only the israelis.ct is that obama, his word is fake. he uses the words "red line," "unacceptable," "intolerable." he said in relation with chemical weapons. if they're used and he does nothing then his word means nothing abroad. that's an important element of american strength and it relates to iran where he said intolerable, unsemiable, it's a red line. who will believe him if he doesn't act in this case? >> bret: much more on this as the week develops. next up, a european country tries to confiscates individual savings and a state in america is in another desperate money grab after this. >>> minister of finance where absolutely, absolutely clear that this approach would have very detrimental effects on the economy. >> this is a lose-lose situation for us. there is absolutely no guarantee that even if we do pass this, this bill, we'll have -- we won't have a bank run tomorrow morning. because i believe the community of our banking system has been totally been destroyed. >> bret: well, cyprus, the parl

crossing a redline that president obama himself lay down. now, they have used chemical weapons, that would leave the president with a major challenge as he heads tonight to israel. now, the suggestion that kem wall weapons might have been used came just a few hours ago today from mike rogers, a high probability to believe that chemical weapons have been used. chief white house correspondent is already in israel. she joins us now by phone. so, jessica, you have senator finestein saying i think the probableties are very high and i think the white house needs to be prepared. >> anderson, white house officials say that they're still assessing the reports that chemical weapons were used. we know there will be consequences. he has said you will be held accountable. today, his chief of staff said it would be a game changer if, in fact, chemical weapons were used. now, the president has not specified what he means, exactly, when he said his regime would be held accountable. there have been reports. i think the u.s. has developed a plan for direction

crossing a redline that president obama himself lay down. now, they have used chemical weapons, that would leave the president with a major challenge as he heads tonight to israel. now, the suggestion that chemical weapons might have been used came a few hours ago today from mike rogers, saying there is a high probability to believe that chemical weapons have been used. dianne feinstein, the democratic colleague said today the white house has to make some kind of decision on this. jessica yellin is already in israel, she joins us by phone. jessica, you have senator feinstein a short time ago saying "i think the probables are very high and i think the white house needs to be prepared. the white house seems cautious today. where are they standing on this? >> anderson, white house officials say that they're still assessing the reports that chemical weapons were used. we know the president has said that the use of chemical weapons is a red line and that if assad crosses it that there will consequences. he has said you will be held accountable. t

that is a redline for us.something that would not only be dangerous for israel but would be dangerous for the world. >> reporter: while he says all options are on the table to stop iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, the president also wants to convince israeli leaders to allow more time for diplomacy. >> what we're going to be doing is continuing to engage internationally with iran understanding that we've set up the toughest sanctions ever. it's having a significant effect. >> reporter: a tough sell analysts say when israel believes iran is closer to a nuclear weapon than the u.s. does. and the tense relationship between the countries' leaders doesn't help. >> president obama and prime minister netanyahu have had a strained relationship for the last four years. it's difficult to see, but this visit is going to change the underlying dynamic in that relationship. >> here at home president obama putting the finishing touches on his cabinet. today he nominated assistant u.s. attorney thomas perez to be the nex

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i think what netanyahu wants is a clearer understanding from the president over what the redline is.he big difference here is very simple and yet a very complex situation. the united states believes that until iran actually has the smoking gun, that is, a nuclear weapons that the united states intelligence community can corroborate, that's the red line. the israelis believe that as long as iran continues to enrich uranium far beyond what would be peaceful purposes, it has already crossed the red line and is on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon. unless the two of those gentlemen can reach an understanding, there's going to be considerable consequences for that lack of understanding over what that red line is in the days ahead. >> ambassador marc ginsberg, and dana milbank of the moe"washing post." >>> paul ryan gets downright mad at critics of his latest masterpiece. stay with us. >> we all say it because we all do things that are not good. the problem is not enough, not enough to say, i'm sorry. and children especially need to learn that. if you do something bad to another per

only redline the white house put out was the use of chemical weapons.here were reports from syria that the president assad regime used chemical weapons against the rebels and the united states reached the conclusion that that is probably not so. this situation is close to the brink of forcing the united states to intervene in some way to prevent crossing this redline. president obama's trip to the region, including jordan, is hosting hundreds of thousands of refugees and highlighted the fact that the situation on the ground in syria is not getting better. there is no sign that it will get better. it does not seem the united states has a response to this ongoing challenge. guest: the united states has been the biggest donor in terms of humanitarian and financial aid to the syrian opposition. close to $500 million so far. also giving logistical and to indications training. we are told there is some training and intelligence being given to the militants, parts of the opposition. we need to understand what is going on in syria is looking like a civil war. e

ambassador ford, i am wondering regarding the redline, i want some specifics -- what are the possibleconsequences, and i share your current skepticism, what are the range of possible consequences the american people can expect from the administration as a response? >> congressman, i really do not want to speculate here about hypothetical situations. what i do want to underline that the president has said there will be consequences and that we will seek strongly that the people who use chemical weapons be held accountable. exactly what those consequences would do today, i cannot -- >> have consequences been discussed that you know of? >> i am very certain that they have. i do want to underline how seriously we take the reports. >> i appreciate that. but i think it is important for the world and congress and americans to know what we can expect to see so we can have that discussion because if it happens, it will be very quick and we do not want to be in a position of monday morning quarterbacking after the fact to make sure we got it right. i understand your reluctance. i am not talking

that long ago to have the right to own and sell property, but 20 years ago did the government stop redliningighborhoods for mortgage insurance and did private lenders stop targeting communities of colors with subprime loans? >> yes. >> and i think that the study raises provocative things for us to think about, but basically it suggests that over the last several decades there has been a stable model for wealth accumulation, and economic process for the white middle-class and upper middle-class. >> and homeownership. >> yes, a formula to go the college, and get married and buy a home and save for retirement, and what the study suggests is that all of those things combined have worked well to promote affluence among the white working class, but each one of those have been less effective for black americans, and going to college has produced lower returns and marriage returns lesser income, and so on and on and that model that we have established for the white pros pperity that has word well for america over the last several decades, the question is how to extend it to the broader way. >> i don

a good examples of how people can get segmented and redlined by your profile.rtain kinds, but there are also benefits. there could be more relevant instead as using subaru of a lexus. ism thinking about how that changing. one of the things i want to talk about today briefly is that tonge from ad-matching persuasion profiling. what is -- what does that mean? well, the idea is that all of biased in the way we think about things. all of us are susceptible in different ways to different kinds of deviations from rational ideas or choice. for instance, i might be a sucker for a authority. if you tell me that nine out of 10 experts agree that this is the right toothpaste for me, i might be very inclined to do it. whereas he does not care about authority. that drives them away from the product. he cares about scarcity. if he hears that this particular toothpaste is only available for a limited time offer, he will be more likely to purchase that. writer mark -- right? these things are discoverable about us. you can figure them out on the same data points that you use fo