. >> are you amazed that after all these years they still call for rosalynn? >> is rosalynn. but it spelled rosalynn. >> he wins new hampshire and he goes to get the nomination but the liberals of the party say is moderate or conservative could be the nominee and that they together and get one candidate? >> the crowd made a fundamental mistake. they said let's let carter do the dirty work of getting george wallace, segregationist governor of alabama from out of the race and give him a clear field in the north carolina in florida. then we will take them on. by then it was too late. when we went out to lena and one for the he developed the momentum and it was almost unstoppable but they were two huge road bumps on the way. the first was that going into the first northern primary in pennsylvania we had the broaden the message he was not just a southern candidate and he, incorrectly, that the way to do it was an appeal to perhaps the worst instincts of the white working class. use the term preserving the ethnic purity of ethnic neighborhoods. polish, czech and so forth. that caus

the united states or for haps more important for the people living in those countries remind us rosalynn because it can be hard to keep up with this administration how vocal publicly vocal has this trumpet ministration been about venezuela and about president maduro. well apart from all of the political intrigue and the crises here in washington there has been regular commentary from members of the trumpet ministration perhaps most notably the un ambassador nick nikki haley about the ongoing political situation the ongoing economic crisis the ongoing political crisis in the us there's been a real concern about people fleeing for respite or refuge in neighboring countries and the u.s. has been urging other countries to let people come in while the political situation in venezuela is sorted out but it's not getting perhaps as much attention as you might expect because the russia investigation is perhaps the dominant issue that is here in washington rosalynn jordan's in washington thank you for that the former u.s. president barack obama is to headline a rally for seven democratic congressi

repeat of the good feelings on display back in september one thousand nine hundred seventy eight rosalynn jordan al-jazeera washington australia is offering a reward to find those responsible for putting a sewing needles inside strawberries tens of thousands of kilograms of the fruit have been dumped millions of dollars worth of orders have been cancelled and exports are now on hold andrew thomas has more from sydney. this is again a way to go when a customer bought upon it like this one and found needles inside two of the strawberries that was traced back to a packing shed a particular farm where it looks as though at the scrum through employee that put needles inside the strawberries it looked as though that was a one off but since then they have been reports of eight other incidents in places runs across australia now one or two of those may be customers making things up but it certainly looks as though they've also been incidents whether at the packing stage on the farms or whether it's people putting needles into strawberries as they are sitting on shelves it's not clear but regardle

then two others whose reports were made public here in washington late on thursday and of course rosalynn there was a lot of back and forth in negotiations on this as to what form these hearings were going to take who was going to question each of them and all the rest of it even up until the last couple of days. that's right everything has really been up for negotiation christian laws and ford had always said that she wanted to share her story with members of the judiciary committee so that they would have as much information as possible but then of course of the better part of a week was spent negotiating the terms under which she would appear who would be doing the questioning whether or not she and brett kavanaugh in fact can be in the same room they will not be in the same room and that is per her request certainly we don't know whether she's going to be staying in washington once this hearing is over that is a matter that she and her lawyers have to determine all right for the moment rosalind jordan live for us there in washington. or i was going to turn back now to events at the un

well let's talk live to rosalynn and now in washington d.c. for some reason we are expecting to hear from the senate judiciary committee and a few minutes what can we expect there. was some of the judiciary committee is going to be convening what they call a business meeting that's where they review action such as recommendations for iran judicial nominations and at the top of the list will be brett kavanaugh to join the u.s. supreme court they are expecting to spend at least a couple of hours in discussions among themselves although it will be televised and then they will take a vote on whether to recommend his nomination to the full senate or whether to forward the nomination without a recommendation usually there is a recommendation for a nominee but given the political uproar around brett kavanaugh his nomination there's a big question about whether he can actually get all of the republicans on the panel to support him it's a pretty certain bet that all of the democrats on the panel will vote against brett kavanaugh and any indication at t

to find out whether brett kavanaugh ever assaulted any woman has yielded results at least for now rosalynn jordan al-jazeera capitol hill. russia's foreign minister says the u.s. has undermining world order and that relations between the two are at an all time low. was addressing the u.n. general assembly he defended multilateral organizations and want against u.s. protectionist policy he also valid that moscow would do everything possible to save the iran nuclear deal. when the rhythm of the plane. we are observing it onslaught belligerent revisionism against the modern system of international law attacks have been launched against the basic principles of the middle east peace process the joint comprehensive plan of action on the iranian nuclear program the commitments within the world trade organization framework the multilateral climate agreement and many more baseless accusations of interference into internal affairs of certain countries are being made at the same time as overt endeavors to undermine and and topple democratically elected governments. and else that russia is big on deli

warm greetings from the president and rosalynn carter were waiting for president sadat and later for prime minister begin as they stepped on to the landing pad at camp david. there was no hint of the momentous task fargas the three men in the cheerful, easy manner they displayed upon arriving for what was called an open-ended summit, a meeting with no time limit for success or failure, either. president carter, who held constant briefing sessions with middle eastern experts from the u.s. state department, was available to the egyptian and israeli delegations at all times. the process of give-and-take, debate, and analysis went on day and night among the leaders and their staffs. except for religious observances, there was little relief from the constant negotiating sessions. one recess, arranged by president carter, included a short trip by the three leaders and some of their aides to the hallowed civil war battlefield of gettysburg, pennsylvania. they saw the ground where more than 100 years ago thousands of americans died fighting each other. such respits were few as the three men

repeat of the good feelings on display back in september one thousand nine hundred seventy eight rosalynn jordan al-jazeera washington what began last week as a couple of isolated cases off sewing needles hidden in australian strawberries is now turning into a crisis for the industry more and more contaminated fruit have been found since across the country andrew thomas reports. this strawberry scare began a way to go when a customer bought a punnet like this one and found needles inside two of the strawberries that was traced back to a packing shed a particular farm where it looks as though at the scrum through employee that put needles inside the strawberries it looked as though that was a one off but since then been reports of eight other incidents in places runs across australia now one of two of those may be customers making things up but it certainly looks as though they've also been coping incidents whether at the packing stage on the farms or whether it's people putting needles into strawberries as they are sitting on supermarket shelves it's not clear but regardless of the cools

repeat of the good feelings on display back in september one thousand nine hundred seventy eight rosalynn jordan al-jazeera washington. and i get on as if the headlines on al-jazeera south korea's president may end as n.p.l. gang for his third summit with kim jong un as he tries to revive stoltz nuclear disarmament talks this is the first time a south korean leader has traveled to the north and all of a decade from the bride has more from seoul. also it has to be said a very friendly warm hugs handshakes smiles also breaks with road to go with kim jong un himself coming to the plane the steps of the plane to greet moon j.n. in person this is we are told a break in protocol it's just one of the ways that this summit is different to the previous summits that have taken place under previous presidents and according to the south korean officials it gives hope is evidence that unlike previous summits and initiatives this one might indeed be successful the u.s. is escalating its trade war with china with another two hundred billion dollars worth of tariffs on imports from the world's second big

blows the forward will learn whether her revelation will have any impact on the confirmation process rosalynn jordan al-jazeera capitol hill . jeff house that is their executive director of the revolving door project at the center for economic and policy research and he says kavanagh is testimony will be hugely damaging for the republican party. i think this was a disaster for the republican party i think that cavanagh's testimony was completely divisive whereas dr bodys ford's was i think everyone both men and women democrats and republicans all believe she came across as an honest person whereas kavanagh i think really only spoke to both not only just the republican audience but just a subset of republicans men and i think that republican women independents who are both men and women and democrats are all going to be pretty appalled by any sort of continuing republican support for judge kavanaugh nomination even if it narrowly passes or if it narrowly fails either way i think the republicans have the associated themselves with abusive behavior and disrespect towards women in a way that is g

israeli leadership together at the presidential retreat in maryland and came away with a peace deal rosalynn jordan looks back on that event and everything that's changed since. on september seventeenth one thousand nine hundred seventy eight egypt and israel and thirty years. after twelve days of secret talks at the us presidential retreat camp david menachem begin and sadat later were the nobel peace prize for signing the camp david peace accords an achievement that. reflects the courage and wisdom of these two leaders jimmy carter to receive the same prize for using the power of his office to compel sworn enemies to talk to listen and to make a deal many had hoped the peace treaty with egypt and them with jordan would improve the chances of a peace deal between israel and the palestinians. thirty years later despite the all slow accords and repeat it u.s. efforts to hold peace talks experts say achieving the two state vision is as difficult as it's ever been. a lot of ideas are out there federation confederation one state three states but every time one studies this issue in any detail yo

repeat of the good feelings on display back in september one thousand nine hundred seventy eight rosalynn jordan al-jazeera washington. let's speak to mind our bonnie he is a resident senior fellow at the institute for palestine studies is joining us from washington d.c. thanks for speaking to us again so some hailing camp david accords as a key moment in egyptian is really relations from your point of view is there a legacy to speak of when it comes to egypt and israel relations very much so and i think the camp david accords of one thousand nine hundred eighty were a key turning point but for different reasons than people often presume i mean the fundamental legacy of camp david is that it removed egypt from the arab israeli equation made an arab military option to deter israel non-viable and thereby freed israel to accelerate its colonization of the occupied territories to undertake actions such as the one nine hundred eighty two invasion of lebanon and so on the other key aspect of camp david is that it sought to resolve the future of the question of palestine without directly involvi

rush or is accusing the not effect of dropping bombs of a deer problem we've got more on that with rosalynn jordan live in washington d.c. let's deal with first of all this russian accusation rosamond's. well there is no official reaction as of yet from the pentagon about the russian ministry of defense's accusation that u.s. fifteen fighter jets are dropping false response on their province or perhaps on the city of darrow's or itself. again we don't have any reaction from the pentagon but it is worth pointing out that paris or is in the far eastern part of syria on the other side of the country from a province where the russians and the syrians instead simply are now bombing positions in the very southern reaches of that province in order to try to reclaim government control of the province the u.s. military in very recent days has been telling the russians to not come east into the area where the u.s. along with kurdish fighters and rebel forces had been spending the last couple of years fighting and trying to defeat members of ice all the u.s. in fact conducted a live fire exercise on s

rosalynn carter and mental health. it was completely overturned in the next administration by no reagan and congress, et cetera. but she really wanted, you know, to see mental health be better in this country. and i think people remember that about her. >> you heard last night about betty ford acknowledging -- >> yes, also not only about breast cancer but mental health herself later when she was struggling with alcoholism. it is interesting, isn't it? i hope the current first lady will use her platform for good because it is a really powerful one. want all first ladies have taken advantage. as we were talking in the last session about truman and the good things he did, but sadly, bes, didn't really do a whole lot. it's too bad. i think she mostly wanted to be back in independence. i mentioned ellen wilson, florence, who i would say at least made the cracks in the mold that eleanor roosevelt broke. let's remember that about florence. she really did make some interesting changes. i don't want to bore you are florence rig

but even earlier, r rosalynn carter and mental health. she really wanted to see mental health be better in this country. >> we heard about betty ford last night. >> yes, of course, and her open necessary, exactly. not only about breast cancer but mental health later when she was struggling with alcoholism. it is interesting. i hope that the current first lady will use her platform for good. it is a really powerful one. and not all first ladies have taken advantage. we were talking a lot in the last session about truman and the good things he did. sadly, she didn't really do a whole lot. but in the recent years i mentioned ellen wilson, of course, florence. i would say at least made the cracks in the mold that elanor roosevelt broke. let's remember that about florence. she really did make some interesting changes. i don't want to bore with you florence right now. i did want to get back to the issue of dna. because this was something telling the story of inclusive. a couple years ago evidence emerged that warn eng. harny fathered a child wi