a woman by the name of samantha power. it is in stark contract to the fourth of july, and the sentiment that most of us exit -- exhibit that. samantha power has been harshly critical over a long period of time of our country. my review it -- my personal thought is that she is confused with the blue are actually enemies of the united states when it comes to the character of this country, its role in the world, and the kind of positions that it has embraced and stood for and as spouse. we believe that a view of the united states that is positive, that is appreciative of its , andon behalf of freedom is committed to a world in which freedom actually survives and prosperous instead of being increasingly subjected of oppression in one form or another, the totalitarian left form, or the islamist form, or, nation of the two. the two.ombination of this is the moment when no intiments are so much evidence around the world, and especially at the united nations that we need someone , whosenting this country would recommend -- for pre

samantha power is on the side of intervention. there's no doubt.he obama administration is intervention shy. if you don't think intervention should be used in any circumstance, you don't agree with samantha power or the administration, in which case your recourse is to become politically active in fighting -- andho agree with you find those who agree with you. i want to make two points. in 1816, the united states contemplated enslaving latin america for its own nationbuilding. it is now more subtle. but the racism still pervades. now what we have is companies like exxon going into countries like ecuador, exploiting the natural resources, creating an environmental nightmare and fromng for intervention the u.s. supreme court to forgive what they have done in ecuador and continue with their nationbuilding. you are looking for oil in foreign countries because we can't get away from it here. what obama proposes that we change our dependence on oil, everyone yells at him because we will lose coil jobs. -- coal jobs. host: we will take one more call. call

samantha bee, everyone. is a -- samantha bee. we'll be right back. >> john: welcome back.n a news story falls through the crack, lewis black catches it for a segment we call "back in black." >> when it comes to politicians, you might say i'm not a huge fan, but as a comedian, there's one guy i've come to love. >> the third agency of government i would do away with education, the... commerce and, let's see... i can't. the third one i can't. sorry. >> governor rick perry of texas, he's the gift who has no idea he keeps giving. (laughter) and he has given once again. >> texas governor rick perry tours the nation. he's trying to lure businesses to move to his state. >> rick perry's texas throwdown began with a 30-second radio ad. >> because nothing says we're on the cutting edge of 21st century business like an ad on the radio. [laughter] let's take a listen. >> this is texas governor rick perry, and i have a word of advice for employers frustrated by illinois's short-sighted approach to business: you need to get out while there's still time. the escape route leads straight to

ambassador to the united nations samantha power yesterday who called the security council the u.n. security council a disgrace for not getting more involved in stopping the conflict in syria with the implication that we are not at the security council isn't doing enough to sanction and get rid of assad so you have this conflict going on within the administration on one side you have the military who have for months have been saying that we should not get involved in syria and then you have people within the administration including susan rice and samantha power are calling for more intervention we have part of the congress is saying let's arm the rebels some in congress saying let's institute a no fly zones and even ground troops and then you have the other half of congress saying wait a minute if we continue to arm these rebels we don't know where our weapons are going they're going into the the wrong hands so there is this conflict within the administration which is sending all sorts of mixed signals and we have obama who said that we will start arming the rebels and then two wee

i have come today to introduce samantha power to the foreign relations committee. samantha is already well-known to this committee but suffice it to say she is an irish born american and matriculated to atlanta to become educated in high school to prepare herself not just for this job but to go to yale and harvard law school. credentials coming out of lakeside high school in atlanta. she has a passion for human rights as you stated mr. chairman and she takes her passion very seriously. she is a prolific writer who believes in what she is writing about to the extent that she gets into the fray as she did in yugoslavia by dodging bullets to report on the war in yugoslavia. she is the pulitzer prize-winning author. she has extensive foreign policy experience as a staffer as well as a member of the president's national security team. the job that she has been nominated by the president to assume is a very difficult job. it's one that requires charisma and at the same time toughness. i am told by her friends that samantha camby kind and gentle but she is one smart and t

ambassador to the united nations samantha power yesterday who called the security council the u.n. security council a disgrace for not getting more involved in stopping the conflict in syria with the implication that we are not at the security council isn't doing enough to sanction and get rid of assad so you have this conflict going on within the administration on one side you have the military who have for months have been saying that we should not get involved in syria and then you have people within the administration including susan rice and samantha power sue are calling for more intervention we have part of the congress is saying let's arm the rebels some in congress saying let's institute a no fly zones and even ground troops and then you have the other half of congress saying wait a minute if we continue to arm these rebels we don't know where our weapons are going they're going into the the wrong hands so there is this conflict within the administration which is sending all sorts of mixed signals and we have obama who said that we will start arming the rebels and then two

samantha que significpor la una persona que escucha.ciÓn, sabemos que fue a hawai, y miren, ellos derraman amor por todos lados. >>> shakira se ve excepcional. radiante. >>> jerard es 10 aÑos menor que ella recuerden. >>> felicidad rejuvenece. >>> que viva el amor. >>> y vamos a hablar de deportes. >>> sÍ. >>> berry estÁ de vuelta. > >>> este segmento de "despierta amÉrica" es presentado por: ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> ♪ sube la mano y grita gol ♪ eso, no estaba muerto estaba de parranda, el primo de blue berry, aquÍ estÁ alejandro berry. >>> creo que le caigo mal a doÑa meche. >>> te adora, y quiere que vayas a "republica deportiva." >>> y comenzamos con fÚtbol mexica mexicano. un partido de locos. un aguacero que cayÓ en el segundo tiempo. mano y aquÍ el Árbitro decreta penal. que lo iban a fallar, pablito barrera. y luego golazo de hurtado, y jaguares le pegaba a la mÁquina. y comenzÓ a llover. y luego pavone con este golazo. otro mÁs, estaba adelantado. y ante el agua, el granizo. >>> mira como estÁ la cancha. >>> el Árbitro lo suspendiÓ un momento.

samantha grant, thank you.he film is called "the fragile trust" go to afragiletrust.com for more screenings. long before obamacare, lgbj set the wheels in motion for a program. the birth of medicare or as i like to call it, johnsoncare. so stick around. if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think there is any chance we'll ever hear the president even say the word "carbon tax"? >> with an opened mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned great leadership so i want to talk about donald rumsfeld. >> (laughter) >> cutting throught the clutter of today's top stories. >> this is the savior of the republican party? i mean really? >> ... with a unique perspective. >> teddy rosevelt was a weak asmatic kid who never played sports until he was a grown up. >> (laughter) >> ... and lots of fancy buzz words. >> family values, spe

first to samantha bee outside st. mary's hospital in london. sam, how is everything there?eers and applause ] >> john, it is not good. okay. we spent nine months letting this story grow inside our network. and that was just a tiny hole in the schedule for it. an unnaturally tiny hole like trying to shove a watermelon through a bird house. but just when we thought we couldn't push this on to the schedule anymore, it ripped through and popped out screaming and covered in news go. and now it feels so empty inside like we had no real ending to this story now that it's broken snon are you implying that the media has... >> post-partum depression, john. that hurts so much. from drinking guiness to eating fried whatever this is. i'm never going to drop this royal baby weight. >> john: jessica williams, where are you? >> i'm at the premiere royal baby boutique toddlers and tiaras. this is where the royal baby is registered. >> john: you don't really need to get a gift. this baby has everything. >> okay. looks like someone flushed it down the loo. the princess cambridge registered fo

por el resultado de un nuevo cortocircuito, luego que la nominada embajadora de estados unidos, samanthaad sin ser arrestados, la medida dice el gobierno, tiene como objetivo frenar el narcotrÁfico, la polÉmica desde quito. >>> ecuador le declarÓ la guerra al narcotrÁfico, y se eliminÓ la cÁrcel por consumo de droga en determinadas circunstancias. >>> la represiÓn absoluta no funcio funciona, tiene que regularizarse el autoconsumo, y la cadena de comercializaciÓn de ciertos estupefacientes. >>> no podrÁn mandar a la carcel a consumidores que sean sorprendidos con cantidades diez gramos de marihuana, un gramo de cocaica, 0. 15 grados de heroÍna vrc y Éxtasis, y de anfetanimas. el objetivo que los adictos terminen cumpliendo largas sentencias, mientras que peces gordos evaden la justicia. >>> para que los jueces tengan una guÍa para determinar si son consumidores, abusadores, o narcotraficantes. >>> para el asambleÍsta paez, tiene vacÍos legales. >>> una madre tiene dos niÑos en brazo, tiene dos gramos ella, una persona, un niÑo, un menor de edad, y dice, no tengo un delito, estos dos gram

samantha moore is tracking the weather for us. how bad is it going to be?bad today across much of the deep south, piers. you can see it on the water vapor slight imagery where you see the whites and the pinks and greens, where we have tropical moisture being imported from the gulf coast up into the ohio valley. high pressure is building in from bermuda, this is known as the bermuda high, bringing all that tropical moisture across the deep south and up towards the great lakes. also what's happened here is kind of good news for the east coast and the northeast. drying out a little bit as high pressure is starting to build in to where you live. so that means fewer showers and fewer thunderstorms. you are finally getting a break. but now in the cross hairs is the atlanta area. we're expecting friday all across the region. and into that middle atlantic, these are improving in d.c. but you can see it's moving back across west virginia and the ohio valley. that's where we'll see the showers and thunderstorms. peach tree road race is tomorrow morning. we'll end up

ambassador nominee, samantha power live coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span.and since bentonite, a conversation on business in america. topics include financial regulation, tax policy, and immigration. we will take your calls and tweets coming up next. we look at the to same-sex marriage cases that the u.s. supreme court ruled on last week. california's proposition 8 and the defense of marriage act. a panel of journalists who cover the court talked-about those in other cases the court decided this term. keeps me up at night

s failure to samantha powers testified today on capitol hill sometimes the u.s.t go it lone. >> i think what we found in history is there are times we have to work outside the security counsel because the security counsel. there are times when we find it beverly, of course, to have security council authorization. >> shepard: the u.s. estimates more than 100,000 people have died since the uprising syria began more than two years ago. last month the white house announced the syria has crossed the red line by using chemical weapons and that the u.s. would start arming rebel fighters. the plan is facing stiff opposition in congress. jennifer griffin at the pentagon on the top story at the bottom of the hour. jennifer? >> shepard, in fact, none of that u.s. military aid has reached the syrian rebels and now it is questionable whether it ever will. meanwhile on capitol hill today, the president's pick for u.n. ambassador samantha power hoped to break the ice during her confirmation hearing in which she had to defend a 2003 article she wrote in the new republic in which

at the age of nine, samantha?parents brought her from ireland to the united states and she ended up at lakeside high school in dekalb county, georgia, where she graduated. i did some research to find out what others said about her when she was in georgia, and a good friend of mine, jeff hullinger, who's the sports director for wsb in atlanta, had her as one of his interns in 1989. and i want to quote directly from what he said about samantha. he said, she seemed to be a fish out of water in the sports department. oh, my god, was she bright. acerbic, lightning-witted, and the depth of the mariana trench. i appreciate her asking me to introduce her today, and i?ll just share a few thoughts additional to those senator chambliss said. as you know, i've traveled to sudan, i've traveled to rwanda, i've been to some of the places samantha has written about and been an activist about. in fact, in her book about rwanda, ?a problem from hell,? which was a great book, she wrote about her -- couldn?t believe that during the t

. >> my name is samantha -- an architectural designer. she asked me to read they mail. she's out of state right now. with they mail >> is that part of our record? >> at the mail? >> i have copies of it. >> it's not part of the record. your time is up. i'm going to allow if it's a very short e-mail to read it very quickly. >> dear susan i'm completely offended by the declaration that was submitted to the permit board of appeals. did she record my conversation without my permission. now i feel avoided by very sleazy behavior. if she would submit the recording without the edit and declaration the board would see something critical that she misleadingly left out. she discussed that the neighbors would be withdrawing because he didn't have the money to spend but he would do it as soon as he could. i made it clear to them in no way that -- if martin had said any such thing t whole point of the dr was for the third story. he hated it. finally the skills could be questioned on any event. she went on how about martin was single at the time and there she is the happy live in girl

let's go to samantha in new york. samantha? >> caller: hi, jim, i'm so excited to talk to you.u. >> i'll give you a boo-yah for you. >> caller: i'm 22, but my job doesn't offer any type of retirement account, i want to start investing myself with a little money i have. >> i think that sounds great. >> caller: do i start investing with speculative stocks because i'm young enough to lose it? >> you're only 22, which is just a terrific time to start investing. and i want you to mix it up, but i also want you for 20% of your capital, but for 80% of your capital, i want a dividend, some bull work names. i'll bless 20%, if you tell me you've got great specks, i'm willing to take up to 30% because you've got your whole life to make it back. and congratulations for being 22 and wanting to invest. that's how you get really wealthy. we take lessons wherever we can find them. even from stock seer kenny loggins. you've got to know when to hold them, fold them and -- >> sell, sell, sell. >>> taking control of your financial destiny is smart, but why would you go it alone? >> something with

samantha gordon said hungry hippos, the bigger, the better.ngry. >> life size rock 'em sock 'em robots. and they say barbie dream house. >> listen, we have a lot of barbie ones. they're a little house. >> we got a lot of barbie ones, and it's disturbing. this one from toughy monkey. my sister's barbie. and he said go and find one tonight. and he says, thanks "way too early." my personal had to be the big wheel. it would be phenomenal with the side brake on the side and the spinout. thank you viewers of "way too early." "morning joe" starts right now. >>> great kate wait. >> the great kate wait continues. >> will it be a boy? will it be a girl? >> the uk is abuzz with excitement. the u.s. is abuzz with excitement. >> the whole world is abuzz? th

samantha survived but matthew did not. he was working in a target -- that's actually where he met his girlfriend, when they were working at another target. he was remembered by his coworkers very fondly. he died that day saving a life. as did navy petty officer third-class john thomas larimer. he was one of two active-duty service members who died as a result of that mass shootings. his girlfriend, whose life he saved, said this. "john and i were seated in the middle area when the violence occurred, john immediately and instinctively covered me and brought notice thbrought me to n order to protect me from danger. in that act, he saved his girlfriend but he was struck with a bullet that ended his life. alex sullivan's 27 years old and his friends called him a gentle giant. he was ringing in his 27th birthday, in fact, by going to the premier of "the dark knight rises." his family said he always had a glowing smile on his face and he made friends with everybody. he was a huge movie buff. he was a comic book geek, as his fami

this is horrible and only traumatized samantha at the end it was holding her dog neemo with a newfound appreciation she was one of several people who witnessed hawthorne police shoot and kill a two year old rottweiler. side running as i ran right in the bathroom and i was like crying and screaming police department says they shot the animal because of fear the dog would bite an officer the dog's owner a young rosie was videotaping us what operation at the time he claims his intention was to make sure no one civil rights were being violated but after not responding to police requests to turn down because of coming from his car he was arrested for interview with police is during the arrest the dog jumped out of rode his car and came at the officers rosie feels police overreacted he was and this is the love and . in the us police shootings of dogs aren't uncommon with kato u.t.v. in houston found the city's department shot one hundred eighty seven dogs since two thousand and ten houston police ruled all the shootings were justified here at the scene of the shooting there still blood on th

jenni rivera el nombre de su bebÉ, en un video que difundiÓ por redes sociales, dijo que se llama samanthantrega todo al amar a su mamÁ, a sus hermanos, a sus hijos. esa mujer luchadora, trabajadora. esa, esa mujer que antes ddarse un bocado a sÍ misma, se lo da a la persona que lo necesita, chei es la mujer que es trabajadora, que rie mucho, que es muy juguetona. chei es la mujer que yo admire, y admiro y admirare toda mi vida, anhelo que mi hija tengo esos atributos. >>> la pequeÑa naciÓ en la semana pasada, rosie dijo que no le puso el nombre de su hermana, porque ese honor le corresponde a los 5 hijos de la cantante. y luis enrique debuta esta noche en broadway, antes de subir al escenario del musical "forever tango "vamos con danira que estuvo por entrar al ensayo, cuÉntanos, adelante. >>> llegando al primer ensayo de luis enrique en "forever tango" quieren verlo, sÍganme. cual>>> ensayando sorprendidos a lu is enrique, recibe instrucciones del director, observa a los bailarines, y prÁctica las canciones. >>> no sÉ maÑana, estÁs aquÍ en el primer ensayo para la cÁmara. cuÉntanos un po

states ok omar i mean we have martin indyk he's going to be considered the special envoy we have samantha power with her comments to get israel on the united nations security council so i really wonder i guess this rhetorical affair broker. yeah absolutely not i mean you have a structural problem and then you have the individual players like you mentioned you know martin indyk his association with the israel lobby it's pretty clear but more structurally i mean the united states is supporting one side with obscene levels of military aid and diplomatic support vetoing countless u.n. resolutions that are critical of israel trying to keep israel from being held accountable for its actions so for a player that is clearly backing one side overwhelmingly to be trying to negotiate you know trying to mediate these kind of negotiations obviously there's going to be a structural problem there the only problem of course is that nobody else is willing to step up and fulfill the void that the u.s. is clearly leaving i mean i think the united states is becoming less and less relevant because its approac

states ok omar i mean we have martin indyk he's going to be considered the special envoy we have samantha power with her comments to get israel on the united nations security council so i really wonder i guess this rhetorical affair broker. yeah absolutely not i mean you have a structural problem and then you have the individual players like you mentioned you know martin indyk his association with the israel lobby it's pretty clear but more structurally i mean the united states is supporting one side with obscene levels of military aid and diplomatic support vetoing countless u.n. resolutions that are critical of israel trying to keep israel from being held accountable for its actions so for a player that is clearly backing one side overwhelmingly to be trying to negotiate you know trying to mediate these kind of negotiations obviously there's going to be a structural problem there the only problem of course is that nobody else is willing to step up and fulfill the void that the u.s. is clearly leaving i mean i think the united states is becoming less and less relevant because its approac

let's two to samantha in new york. >> hi, jim, so excited to talk to you. love your show.e a big booyah for you. so here's my question. i'm 22, but my job doesn't offer 401 k or any type of retirement account. i want to start investing with the little money i have. >> i think that sounds great. >> okay. do i start investing with speculative stocks? >> you're only 22. i want you to mix it up. i want you, for 20% of your capital. but for 80%, i want a dividend, i want a farm. i want some bull work names. if you tell me that you've got great specks, i'm willing to take it up to 30 37b9. %. congratulations for being 22 and wanting to invest. that's how you get really wealthy. we take lessons where ever we can find them. when it comes to long-term investing, you've got to know when to fold them, when to hold them and when to sell-sell-sell. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] some things are designed to draw crowds. ♪ ♪ others are designed to leave them behind. ♪ the all-new 2014 lexus is. it's your move. a friend under water is something completely different. i met a turtle friend today so

samantha power was asked what she planned to do if the u.n.urity council continued to block efforts by the international community to intervene in syria where more than 100,000 people have been killed. >> the president needs to make jms about when to use military force on the basis of u.s. national interest. i think what we found in history is that there are times where we have to work outside the security council because the security council doesn't come along, although presidents believe it's in our national interest to act. there are times when we find it beneficial, of course, to have security council authorization. >> power, who was nominated by the president, described the lack of u.n. security council action on syria as a disgrace that history will judge harshly. she won a pulitzer prize about her writings of u.s. failures to prevent genocide. she had the president's ear when he decided to intervene in libya to help overthrow muammar qaddafi. >> there's absolutely no doubt there are risks in any policy at this stage and there are fairly

also tonight, samantha has accused the united statesf committing and sponsoring global crimes. has been nominated to be the next u.s. ambassador to the united nations. that used to be john bolton's job. we will see what the ambassador thinks of all. with the obama administration rousing emotions over the zimmerman verdict leading psychotherapist joins us to take a look at the role of race and politics and the american psyche the house oversight committee demonstrated itsrand of by focusing on corruption at the internal revenue service. the ira's targeting of conservative groups. witnesses today claimed innocence in the cincinnati office and pointed instead t finger of blame at the washingt d.c. office held by one of two, one of two i appointees of the president. fox news chief congressional correspondents with our report. >> the investigation into the ira starting of conservative groups focus on hearing from two key figures, recently retired 48-year veteran of the irs said is handling a two-party applications was delayed by the office led by william wilkins, and a obama appoint

ambassador nominee, samantha power live coverage begins at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c-span. and since bentonite, a conversation on business in america. topics include financial regulation, tax policy, and immigration. we will take your calls and tweets coming up next. we look at the to same-sex marriage cases that the u.s. supreme court ruled on last week. california's proposition 8 and the defense of marriage act. a panel of journalists who cover the court talked-about those in other cases the court decided this term. keeps me up at night -- i worry about the sustainability of the economy. i mean, europe continues to be a problem. i think it is being dealt with on balance in a pretty way but it is a long-term problem. i think the export oriented economies given europe's problems and our slow-growth are slowing down. still continuing to perform roquet but certainly not as though they have been in the past. we have our own unique problems at this point with the government increasingly their use the word dysfunctional. me but i am sure i will be. the issues people are wrestlin

samantha power grilled during a senate confirmation hearing a little more than an hour ago. she was asked about some of the controversial remarks she's made suggesting that the united states had had committed some crimes overseas. listen to this fascinating exchange that she had with florida senator marco rubio. watch. >> i would categorize the rwanda situation as a crime, the words you used permitted by the united states. which ones did the united states commit or sponsor that you were referring to? >> again, sir, i think this is the greatest country on early. we have nothing to apologize for. >> okay. so you don't have any in mind now that we've committed or sponsor? >> i will not apologize for america. i will stand proudly if confirmed behind the u.s. placard. >> i understand. but do you believe the united states has committed or sponsored crimes? >> i believe the united states is the greatest country on earth. i really do. >> there you go. monica crowley joins me and fox news contributor. that was definitely her line of the day. that she is a big believer in the great un

kimberly samantha rose is healthy. she was delivered by an emergency c-section. mom and dad on the mend. they have a new nickname for the daughter, flash. >> the father is ian gordon. a beautiful name for that lucky girl. >>> vie leapt protest expected as the ousted president faces new accusations. reza spoke exclusively with morsi's son. >>> floods wipe out communities in china. you will see a dramatic rescue, next. i'm gonna have to ask you to power down your little word game. i think your friends will understand. oh...no, it's actually my geico app...see? ...i just uh paid my bill. did you really? from the plane? yeah, i can manage my policy, get roadside assistance, pretty much access geico 24/7. sounds a little too good to be true sir. i'll believe that when pigs fly. ok, did she seriously just say that? geico. just a click away with our free mobile app. the healthcare law gives us powerful tools to fight it... to investigate it... ...prosecute it... and stop criminals. our senior medicare patrol volunteers... are teaching seniors across the country... ...to

beastso newsweek daily with the nomination of samantha power. and your calls and your tweets on "washington journal" beginning live on 7 a.m. -- on c-span at 7 a.m. eastern. i decided that he was a delicious subject for a biography. he had been not only at abraham lincoln's bedside immediately after his assassination, but also at the bedside of mckinley in 1901. who could this fellow be? of course when i opened the archives, i be lysed -- i be lysed -- i realized. his life has two bookends. lincoln on one end. he was his personal secretary. he lived in the white house for four years. much of what we know about lincoln comes from this text -- context. on the other half, he served under mckinley and after his assassination, he was the secretary of state for teddy roosevelt. you have these wonderful bookends of american history. you realize all of the factors in between in american history from the civil war to the beginning of the 20th century, there is a presence in every one of those chapters. his fingerprints are on all and of the pages. taliaf

. >> jordana, samantha, and eileen are the 20-something creators of the wildly successful, yet controversiallog. they are also the authors of "nice is just a place in france." although that's nice, but anyway. >> hi, ladies. >> hi. >> what is a betch? >> okay, well, it's a girl who's pretty empowered and knows what she wants and is really confident about going after things she wants, but also has a cool air about her. >> let's read a quote from your book so we know what we're talking about here. this is about people being shallow. being shallow and judging people solely on their appearances is absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. on the contrary, it's the wisest way to live, if only for the sake of efficiency, who doesn't actually judge a book by its cover. is that funny ha-ha or do you mean it? >> how much is tongue inheek? it goes so much against what we've been taught about how to be a contributing member of the planet and make things better for everybody, not just our selfish selves. >> of course. i mean, a lot of it has elements of truth to it, which, obviously, we see, you know, everyw

you have to look at the astonishing performance by samantha power, the new u.s. ambassador to the united nations , during her confirmation hearing a few days ago, where she kept saying she was going to do basically whatever israel wants. she will be following in the footsteps of her predecessor, susan wright. of course, the orders come from president obama, who himself has shown the way by being the most abject resident when it comes to -- president when it comes to standing up to israel. >> for the palestinians, themselves divided, how can they move forward with any formal talks or procedural talks when mahmoud abbas is not representing all the palestinian people? what about those who are in gaza? >> i am not sure mahmoud abbas represents any palestinian people. i am not sure where he has his mandate from. are undertaking the negotiations are the same people who were discredited by the palestine papers, which, as you can see, were brought to the public a few years ago. nothing has changed since then except that there are more settlements. evenlestinian leaders a

ambassador, samantha power, appeared before senate confirmation hearing on wednesday.power told lawmakers that you and in action on syria marks a disgrace. she also pledged to continue long-standing u.s. support for israeli government policies at the united nations. >> we see the absurdity of chairing the conference and the response to this slaughter in syria, a disgrace that history harshly.e the united states has no greater friend in the world in the state of israel and we share security interest and core values and have a special relationship with israel read and yet the general assembly and human rights council continue to pass one- sided resolutions condemning israel. >> power circuits obama senior foreign-policy adviser during first run for the white house before being forced to resign for calling hillary clinton a monster. she's expected to easily win approval. review of death penalty convictions has found many cases where defendants were implicated with saturated scientific testimony. according to the washington post, the fbi has identified the cases as among 1

has done a disgraceful job in the syrian conflict, but samantha power found herself playing defense. jennifer griffin has the story from the pentagon. >> reporter: in her first heavy diplomatic lift, the president's pick for u.n. ambassador brought her four-year-old son to the hearing, hoping they wouldn't question her on her record. >> were you advocated the mammoth protection force to impose solution to the arab conflict? >> i disassociated myself from those comments many times. >> reporter: she went out of the way to talk about her support for israel. >> as i have done as president obama's u.n. adviser, i will stand up for israel and work tirelessly to defend it. >> reporter: she had to defend an article written in the new republic in which she suggested instituting a doctrine of mea culpa would enhance our credibility showing that american decision makers do not endorse the sins of their predecessors. >> we have nothing to apologize for. >> you don't have any in mind that we committed or sponsored. >> i will not apologize for america. i will stand proudly if confirmed behind the

it really happened with a girl named -- >> samantha smith. >> in this case the other girl was chosen,he comes home, becomes an international celebrity, goes on a book tour and dies in a plane crash. and then the book picks up where sarah is out of college, she's in moscow as a journalist bu she's also looking for resolution to her friend's death and also because she's received some pretty good information that this death may have in fact not been an accident and in fact her friend might still be alive. >> wow. so this is -- okay, elliott holt, "you are one of them," "the wonder bread summer," and the "peripetic coffin." i'm going to read them all. >> great. >> a coup or not a coup? does it really matter? yes. why president obama is stopping short of saying that word. >> and we'll read your best tweets coming up. ♪ [ male announcer ] with everyone on the go this summer, now's the perfect time to get home security for protection while you're away. and right now you can get adt security installed starting at just $49, a savings of $250. but hurry. offer ends soon. don't wait. call right

and later this morning, a discussion on samantha pallor, president obama's picked to be u.s. ambassador to the u.n. live at 10:00 a.m. eastern here on c- span. and in 45 minutes, we will talk dewayne matthews about higher education. then james o'keefe on his book "breakthrough." later, and our spotlight on magazine series, fred kaplan of the m.i.t. technology review discusses the capability of u.s. drones. late tuesday the white house announced it would delay for one year part of its affordable health care act, the so-called employer mandate that requires businesses with 50 or more workers to provide health insurance or pay a fine. good morning on this wednesday, july 3, 2013. we will begin with your thoughts on the president's decision to postpone that mandate until 2015. the phones --