laura: fleeing the violence in south sudan there. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, he is no stranger to controversy. now the president of the philippines tells the bbc about his killing of drug suspects. once again, china is facing a very serious air pollution problem. authorities in beijing have issued a five-day red alert. the warning system was introduced last year would force half of all of beijing's cars off the road and shut down some of the worst polluting factories. 20 other northeastern cities could do likewise. let's get more from john sudworth in beijing. thick,ere it is, then, a of particles and other nasties expected to hang around for the best part of a week. the red alert that the authorities in beijing have put in place will keep half of all this city's cars off the road through and even- and odd-numbered system, as well as forcing some of the worst polluting factories to close. there is a thick blanket of smog across a large swath of china and some 20 or so other cities are expected to follow suit. pollution level

he asked him about expanded duties given to japanese peacekeepers in south sudan.or the first time in their history, they're being allowed to use weapons to rescue u.n. personnel. >> translator: there have been fierce battles there. what would happen if the new mission found itself in such a situation? self-defense force members would have to use weapons against south sudanese government forces. that would constitute the use of force abroad, which is prohibited by the constitution. >> translator: south sudan is not a safe place. there may be dangerous situations, but no country has pulled out its peacekeepers because of the security situation. both south sudan's government and the opposition forces welcome the contribution of japan's self-defense force unit. the sdf will never engage in a fight with south sudan's government forces. >>> a representative of the fight with south sudan's forces. >>> a representative of the nippon ishin party raised the upcoming meeting in japan between abe and russian president vladimir putin. they're expected to discuss a territorial

today, you have mentioned south sudan. what other unfinished business do you think should be at the top of the agenda of your successor, mr. guterres? sec. gen. ban ki-moon: about the situation and aleppo and the situation in syria, this is -- this has been a heartbreaking for me and for all of the people who love peace and stability. the syrian people have been really suffering too much, too long the last five years. we will soon see the 60 year -- the sixth year march of next , year. more specifically about the situation in about aleppo, our operation which started yesterday and continued into the early morning today local time, thousands of people were able to leave aleppo. 194 patients who were evacuated with the assistance of the syrian arab presence, red cross and the united nations. they were brought to hospitals aleppoy, western rural and turkey. , they were brought to hospitals nearby with the support of humanitarian health partners in -- evacuations of wounded and eastern civilians in aleppo was unfortunately sus

japanese peacekeepers deployed in south sudan can now use weapons in rescue missions. the first time they've been able to do that. the new responsibility came into effect monday that apply to 250 self-defense force members who arrived in south sudan as part of a mission. their duties will include rescuing ngo personnel who request urgent help, using weapons if necessary. the change stems from new national security legislation that came into effect in march and expands the roll of the fdf. a handover ceremony was held sunday in the capital city. the colonel said the mission is significant for japan and the international community. the japanese government maintains that security in juba is stable, but says it will withdraw the members if the situation if detearierates that their safety can't be ensured. >>> escalating in other parts of the country. fighting hasas intensified in t northeast and south. the united nations warned that ethnic cleanses is under way. anti-government forces that support a former vice president. more than 270 people were killed across the country

amy: south sudan is the world's youngest country. u.s. backed south sudan's independence in 2011 and the country's president whose troops are now accused of carrying out the majority of the crimes in the ongoing civil war. and back in the united states in new orleans, mayor mitch landrieu has announced new orleans has reached a $13.3 million settlement over three police brutality cases from the weeks before and after hurricane katrina. one of the cases involved the death of 40-year-old ronald madison, who was shot and killed on september 4, 2005 when a group of new orleans police officers opened fire with ak-47's on families crossing the danziger bridge in search of food following hurricane katrina. please later try to cover up the case. another case involved the death of ray monroe there was be to death by police officer one month before the hurricane. the families have been seeking justice in these cases for 11 years. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman

but in south sudan. and the tens of thousands my special adviser on him the risk called genocide. of that life-saving relief in including that period and to support that momentum. and with the cleaner air and better health. in the fortune 500 and governors and mayors. and to support and nurture. in to speak at the southern illinois university one can draw a straight line that president lincoln love the best spirit with integration and we need that spirit today. this has been a decade but i have also seen collective action of change of millions of lives that remains that path. long stand it to recognize that preeminent 24 -- 21st century effect. latest to express my appreciation and in washington d.c. and the national security adviser for strong support over the years. and the united nations. i also recently have met the mayor of york and will speak soon to the governor. the united nations continues to draw strength and to engage more closely and thank you very much. i am happy to take your questions. >> with the correspondents association thank you for that cooperation with the us

the e self-defense forces unit south sudan is permitted to use weapons if it's tasked to rescue u.n. personnel. team members now earn about $140 a day on top of their salary. they'll get an extra $70 a day when ordered to do additional missions.. >> translator: we made the change in light of south sudan's environment anand the special nature of the duty. the risk was not a factor in the decision because all sdf duties involve risk. >> the unit will join the mission from monday. >>> a japanese seismologist has warned that last month's earthquake that triggered a tsunamami off the coast of fukushima could have been much more powerfuful, and he's calli on authoritieies to improve the way they estimate the risk. this professor says a 30-kilometer stretch of the fault shifted during the magnitude 7.4 quake. he says he believes if the entire fault had shifted, the tremor would have been much more powerful. he warns part of the fault is still close to the shore and could trigger another powerful quake. the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant was crippled by a massive quake and tsunami in

south sudan, i could name any number of places where this is happening as we're having this conversation. >> reporter: are there complexities about sexual violence in times of war that you think are often misunderstood? >> one thing that i have consistently heard over the last three years as we were making this film is that, ¡oh, well, rape is just something that happens in war; it's always happened. the act of sexual violence will rip apart a family and a community, and by virtue of that, a society, for several generations. and it's not just the shame that happens. a lot of times you are physically incapacitated after that incredibly violent act. >> reporter: "the undocumented" focuses on the case brought against a mayor jean-paul akayesu, who was charged with genocide and crimes against humanity for ordering mass murders and rapes that occurred in his township, taba. mitchell interviewed rape survivors as well as the prosecutors and aid workers who took up their cause. >> they would say, "we begged to be killed after the rapes," you know, "please kill us." a lot of the hutu militias wo

today, you have mentioned south sudan.t other unfinished business do you think should be at the top of the agenda of your successor, mr. guterres? sec. gen. ban ki-moon: about the situation and aleppo and the situation in syria, this is -- this has been a heartbreaking for me and for all of the people who love peace and stability. the syrian people have been really suffering too much, too long the last five years. we will soon see the 60 year -- the sixth year march of next , year. more specifically about the situation in about aleppo, our operation which started yesterday and continued into the early morning today local time, thousands of people were able to leave aleppo. 194 patients who were evacuated with the assistance of the syrian arab presence, red cross and the united nations. they were brought to hospitals aleppoy, western rural and turkey. , they were brought to hospitals nearby with the support of humanitarian health partners in -- evacuations of wounded and eastern civilians in aleppo was unfortunately suspend

my mum is in south sudan. i don't know exactly where she is. when she went away and i was with my grandmother and siblings. we run away together so we don't know where she is. was that hard leaving her? it was really hard and as for some yea rs it was really hard and as for some years back we thought she was actually dead. rebecca was one of 4 million people forced to flee because of the sudanese conflict. she has been living here in the largest refugee camp in the world. the majority of the refugees are from somalia and with south sudanese, we are the minority and most of us are christian, so we are really facing challenges due to the religious differences and also the al—shabab. it is really horrible for us. sometimes, a lot of bombing and sometimes they will come and threaten our people in the community, especially when you have a shop. many ladies from refugee camps, they end up giving up on life. every time we wake up we think we have to thank god, at least we have seen a new day. it is the day after the ioc visit and rebecca and the other

reflected every night before going to bed thinking about what more he could have done in aleppo and south sudan and america, just the sense of regret, george w. bush used the word "disappointed" so many times, it's just the sense it's the end here, 34 days till it's over and a sense of what couldn't be done. but then clinging to that hope from his speech in 2004 at the democratic convention where he said i still believe in that hope. >> rose: also this evening mark shriver on his book about pope francis, grating his 80t 80th birthday. >> the issue around vatican bank, sexual abuse scandals, comments and islam and women, all those things didn't mesh with my understanding of what the catholic church sood fo and the men and women i had huge admiration for. so when pope francis asked the people to bless him as he blessed them, the next day when he paid his own hotel bill and got on his knees for people, i had been in those places where i would never go and have the guts to kiss and wash their feet. >> rose: we conclude with will ahmed and wearable gear is a huge christmas gift. >> athletes overtra

documented in the human rights council, more than those focused on syria, north korea iran and south sudan put together. to sina in 2016 israel continues to be treated differently from other states. like u.s. administrations before it, the obama administration has worked tirelessly to fight for israel's right to be treated just like any other country from advocating for israel to be granted membership to a u.n. regional body, something no other member state had been denied, to fighting to ensure that israeli ngos are not denied u.n. accreditation simply because they are israeli, to getting yom kippur recognized as a u.n. holiday to pressing this council to break its indefensible silence in response to terrorist attacks on israelis. as the united states said it not only hurts israel but undermines the ledgitimacy of the united nations itself. the practice of treating israel differently matters for votes like this one for even if one believes the resolution proposed today is justified or more necessitated by events on the ground, one cannot completely separate the vote from the venue and mem

peacekeepers to south sudan. >> sreenivasan: in syria, there's word that a truce is back on in aleppoter it failed to take effect this morning. instead, there was a long day of recriminations and fierce new attacks. ( explosion ) from early morning on, gunfire and shelling blasted eastern aleppo, shattering hopes of those still trapped that their long nightmare might finally be over. the ceasefire brokered yesterday by russia and turkey was supposed to allow rebels and civilians safe passage to northern syria. the first buses even arrived to ferry them away, but they left, empty. u.n. officials, rebel groups and activists blamed syria's ally iran for imposing new conditions, including a simultaneous evacuation of two villages being shelled by rebels. >> criminal assad and the iranians broke the ceasefire and they are back to attack civilians and continue the genocide. >> sreenivasan: in ankara, turkish president recep tayyip erdogan faulted syrian forces for breaking the ceasefire. >> ( translated ): we were hoping to evacuate civilians and opposition forces from east aleppo but unfor

group of about 120 japanese ground self-defense force personnel tasked with new duties has left for south sudan to join u.n. peace keeping operations there. the deployment is part of the 11th gsef mission to the war-torn african nation. it will eventually total 350 members. an advanced party arrived in the country early november. the team has been given expanded duty that permit the limited use of weapons in rescue operations under japan's new security legislation. the new mandate allows sdf personnel to use weapons to defend aid workers and u.n. peacekeepers who come under attack from armed groups. the unit will assume the new duties after taking over the mission from the current sdf group on december 12th. a woman came with her two children to see off her husband. >> translator: it's his job. it can't be helped. i hope my husband will return home safe. >> members of the unit will build roads and other infrastructure for about six months. >>> japan's nuclear technology deal with india is raising concern in pakistan. the agreement signed in november allows japan to export related materials to i

i feel responsible for murder and slaughter that's taken place in south sudan that's not being reported on, partly because there's not as much social media being generated from there. there are places around the world where horrible things are happening, and because of my office, because i'm president of the united states, i feel responsible. i ask myself every single day, "is there something i could do that would save lives and make a difference and spare some child who doesn't deserve to suffer?" so that's a starting point. there's not a moment during the course of this presidency where i haven't felt some responsibility. that's true, by the way, for our own country. when i came into office and people were losing their jobs and losing their homes and losing their pensions, i felt responsible spp an. and i would go home at night and i would ask myself, "was there something better i could do or smarter that i could be that would make a difference in their lives, that would relieve their suffering and relieve their hardship?" so with respect to syria, what i have consistently done is tak

he said the conflict in neighboring south sudan is no longer a political one. he chararacterized it as being ethnic and tribal conflict. and he called for allowing the opposition leader, who is exiled abroad, to take part in peace talks. >> we should not leave anybody out. we should take all them on board. >> he also indicated that the sudanese government would work to resume talks. >>> nhk "newsline" comes to live from tokyo. it's time for weather. dangerously cold temperatures continue to create havoc in parts of north america as jonathan oh tells us in this weather report. >> it looks like we're going to see things warming up just a little bit as we go forward in time, but the below freezing temperatures during the overnight hours arere not likel to go away now that we're going into the wintertime period. it has been very cold over a good portion of the united states and canada. you're i in that winter mode. you're a already feeling t the chilly temperatures. when we went through the weekend, w we had a huge plungef coldld air coming in from the north. that

we also know about south sudan. how would you assess the status of the concept of responsibility to protect? is it on life support? is it moving toward death? sec. gen. ban ki-moon: in 2005 during a special summer meeting, world leaders have agreed, a consensus on responsibility to protect. as secretary-general, even while i was campaigning, i was pledging to the member states that i would try to translate this into action in application toward addressing all of these issues. unfortunately, member states have shown some stepping back from their agreement on a responsibility to protect. that is why the united nations international community has not been able to fully and effectively address many issues, particularly we fully support the sovereign nations. every country, small or big, has a sovereign right and utility. when it comes to a situation when the leaders are not willing or not able to defend their own people, international communities should be able to intervene with necessary resources. that has been done a

today, the department is considering how to deploy diplomats in high threat, high risk places like south sudan. like the central african republic. yemen. libya. it is our responsibility to make sure that u.s. personnel at these posts have every available means of protection, and this bill authorizes the department to make critical upgrades in embassy security this bill also mandates that the department use its leverage at the united nations to make improvements that have been ignored for too long. in just the last year, we have heard horrific stories of peace keepers sexually abusing and exploiting those they are sent to protect. sadly, these are not the first instances of such predatory behavior, but the united nations has failed to take steps to stop t. oversight is necessary at any agency. it took five years for the department's position to be filled and this makes sure the department has all the tools it needs to perform its mandate. this bill deserves our support. the other body should move quickly so these reforms can be signed into law by the president. and i yield back the balance of m

than 17,000 people in 16 countries, half of which are in conflict zones like iraq, afghanistan, south sudan, yemen and ukraine. the survey, completed between june and september, covered treatment of civilians and soldiers and topics like torture and migration. earlier this week, i spoke with the director-general of the international committee of the red cross, yves daccord, about their "people on war" survey. sir, what has been the biggest shift in attitudes in the past 20 years? >> what is interesting is when you compare what was said by people across the world in 1999, and what people are telling us tonight taid, you see two big shifts. one is very clearly related to in fact what could happen to civilians, people affected by war. when they are talking about that, they are deeply convinced that the international law of war applies and should apply, and there should be no exceptions. syrians should be protected, health care should be protected, humanitarians should be protected. whereas people in countries like the u.s., u.k., france, even china and russia, they are maybe not as adamant as

the middle all of east from south sudan to iraq, yemen, syria, iraq, you have every day at least 500 people killed and slaughtered. what is the response from the international community? isis, all of about them the same. i think that our challenge to stop radical people, it does not matter what is their name, but this violence and bloodshed, it is clear that it is completely unacceptable for all of our people. i don't see any differences orween hamas, hezbollah islamic state. it is not right. the images but one hezbollah and hamas and islamic state, it is the same. what is crucial for any deal in , i'm notm my point sure it is possible, but iranians out of syria. it is impossible to accept the fact that the guy who is responsible for killing of half a million people, 8 million people displaced and the first time maybe since world war i, the head of state has used chemical weapons against his own people and he will continue to be an acceptable player and the international arena. the same is with iran. their efforts are to undermine the stability of every country of the region. put som

12 adopted in the human rights council, more than those focused on syria, iran, north korea, and south sudan put together. to see that in 2016 israel continues to be treated differently from other member states. like u.s. administration's before it, the obama administration has worked tirelessly to fight for israel's right something to be treated like any other country. from advocating for israel to finally be granted membership to a u.n. regional body, it's something no other member state had been denied, to fighting that ensuring that israeli ngos are not denied accreditation because they are israeli and getting yom kippur officially recognized as he u.n. holiday, to pressing this council to rake its indefensible silence in response to terrorist attacks on israelis. as the u.s. has said repeatedly, such unequal treatment not only hurts israel, it undermines the legitimacy of the u.n. itself. the practice of treating israel differently at the u.n. matters for most like this one, for even if one believes the resolution proposed today is justified, or even more necessitated by events on the g

the middle all of east from south sudan to iraq, yemen, syria, iraq, you have every day at least 500killed and slaughtered. what is the response from the international community? isis, all of about them the same. i think that our challenge to stop radical people, it does not matter what is their name, but this violence and bloodshed, it is clear that it is completely unacceptable for all of our people. i don't see any differences orween hamas, hezbollah islamic state. it is not right. the images but one hezbollah and hamas and islamic state, it is the same. what is crucial for any deal in , i'm notm my point sure it is possible, but iranians out of syria. it is impossible to accept the fact that the guy who is responsible for killing of half a million people, 8 million people displaced and the first time maybe since world war i, the head of state has used chemical weapons against his own people and he will continue to be an acceptable player and the international arena. the same is with iran. their efforts are to undermine the stability of every country of the region. put something i

today, you have mentioned south sudan.her unfinished business do you think should it be at the top of the agenda of your successor, mr. guterres? about the-moon: situation and aleppo and the is --ion in syria, this this has been a heartbreaking for me and for all of the people who love peace and stability. the syrian people have been really suffering too much, too long the last five years. year, march of next year. more specifically about the situation in about aleppo, our operation which started yesterday and continued into the early morning today local time, thousands of people were able to leave aleppo. 194 patients of the , red cross presence and the united nations. they were brought to hospitals in western aleppo and turkey. they were brought to hospitals nearby with the support of inanitarian health partners contact stan. -- kazakh a stand. kastan.a eastern aleppo was unfortunately , has been suspended today syrian of the authorities today. it very much regret that we had to stop this operation at this time. the unit

council and we were unable to muster the will to act to stop the flow of weapons going to killers in south sudan who are perpetrating mass atrocities that the u.n. has said could lead to genocide. we could not come together just to stem the flow of arms. earlier this month, this counsel could not muster the will to adopt the simplest of resolutions calling for a seven-day positive the savage bombardment of innocent civilians, hospitals, and schools in aleppo. yet, when the resolution on israel comes through for this counsel, embers suddenly summon the will to act. forumbecause this continues to be biased against israel, because there are important israel -- issues that are not sufficiently addressed in this resolution, and because the u.s. does not agree with every word in this text that the u.s. did not vote in favor of the resolution. ground,e facts on the and is consistent with u.s. policy across republican and democratic administrations throughout the history of the state of israel that the united states did not veto it. the united states has consistently said we would block any resolution t

a council were unable to muster the will o act to stop the flow of weapons going to killers in south sudan who are perpetrating u.n. trocities that the has said could lead to genocide. we couldn't come together just flow of arms. earlier this month, this council could not muster the will to simplest of resolutions calling for a seven day pause in the savage of innocent civilians, hospitals and schools in aleppo. on israela resolution comes before this council, the willuddenly summon to act. it is because this forum too biased ntinues to be against israel, because there are important issues that are not sufficiently addressed in resolution, and because the united states does not agree with every word in this text, united states did not vote in favor of the resolution. this is because resolution reflects the facts on he ground and is consistent with you policy across republican and democratic administrations throughout the state of israel, that the united states did not veto it. united states has consistently said we will block that we thought would undermine israel's security or seek to imp

september or the 12th adopted this year of human rights, more is focused on syria, north korea and south sudanogether. to see that in 2016, israel, continues to be treated differently from other members states. like u.s. administration before it, the obama administration working tire lessly and simply to be treated from other countries. and something no other un members state have been denied. to getting young to poor to recognize as a un holiday to pressing this council to vote its silence in response to terrorist attacks on israelis. as the united states has said repeatedly such unequal treatment, not only hurts israel, it under mines the legitimacy of the united nation itself. the treatment at the un matters for votes like this one. even the proposed of today is justified or necessitated by events on the ground. one cannot completely separate the vote from the venue. and members states that they are for the two state solutions must ask themselves some difficult questions. for those states that are quick to promote resolution condemning israel but refuse to recognize innocent israelis of inn

i feel responsible for murder and slaughter that has taken place in south sudan that is not being reported on, partly because there is not as much social media being generated from there. there are places around the world where horrible things are happening and because of my office, because i am president of the united states, i feel responsible. i ask myself every single day, is there something i could do that would save lives and make a difference? and spare some child who doesn't deserve to suffer. so that's a starting point. there's not a moment during the course of this presidency were i haven't felt some responsibility. that is true, by the way, for our own country. when i came into office and people were losing their jobs and losing their homes and losing their pensions, i felt responsible. and i would go home at night and i would ask myself, was there something better that i could do or smarter that i could be that would make a difference in their lives? that would relieve their suffering and relieve their hardship. so with respect to syria, what i have consistently done is taken t

and, we have a case before us now -- we're looking at haiti and south sudan.hese are places with poverty and we need to build a model that enables to get them out of poverty. next year, one of our concerns would be to try to see the paths that have failed and adopt new ones. we have the means to change the orbit in which people live and do that in the case -- housing, work and access to work. so, housing, work and, if you want, what we call land. access to property. when we have them have roof over their head and work to sustain their lives and ultimately something they can call their own personal capital, we will succeed in transforming the orbit in which people live. charlie: there is a call for action that a colleague of mine said you can do well and do good at the same time. cardinal turkson: we wish we could do well. i think there is a lot of goodwill out there. since the beginning of the appointment of pope francis, there has been a lot of goodwill to the call to action by pope francis. we have received gifts from fast food chains who said we heard what

is that at a time when hundreds of thousands of people are dying in syria you have genocide in south sudan. you have people being killed all over the country, and i would say that the united states has not done a lot of things in syria over the past several years, so they condemn israel for settlements. prime minister netanyahu said to me two days ago, that he's for a two state solution, and he believes there should be two states two two peoples. meaning that the palestinians have a right to their state, but so do the jews have a right to their state. and he said he would meet with the palestinians, at any time in any place, with no preconditions, but the palestinians, unfortunately, have decided they don't want to meet, they just want to use the united nations to whip israel and to embarrass israel and for us to fall into that trap was a really grievous error. >> i want to bring in a palestinian voice, i spoke a few minutes ago to a senior palestinian diplomat. here's his take on this. >> it's a victory for the cause of peace, because if mr. netanyahu means he wants a two state solution,

if i take middle east, libya, south sudan, libya, iraq, you have every day, at least 500 people killed and slaughtered. and what is the response? to speak about isis. all of them the same. al qaeda and isis. at the end of the day they are the same. and i think that our challenge to stop this radical people, it doesn't matter what is their name. this violence, this blood shed. 21st century, i think it is clear that it is completely unacceptable for all normal people. i don't see any difference between hamas, hezbollah, or islamic state. and only to speak about that, it is not right. the differences between hezbollah and hamas and the islamic state, it is the same. >> would you put assad -- >> if, you know, today, like an adviser. what is crucial from my point of view. i am not sure that it is possible. to pre conditions, out of syria and iranians out of syria. it is impossible to accept that a guy responsible for killing half a million people, 8 million people displaced. and first time maybe since the first world war, the head of state that used kept weapons against his own people, and

i feel responsible for murders and slaughters that's taken place in south sudan that's not reported on. participa partly because there is not as much of social media being generated from there. there are places around the world where horrible things are happening. because of my office, because i am president of the united states, i feel responsible, i ask myself every single day, is there something i could do that would save lives and make a difference and spare some child who does not deserve to suffer, so that's a starting point. there is not a moment during the course of this presidency where i have not felt some responsibility. that's true by the way for our own country. when i came into office and people were losing their jobs and losing their homes and pensions, i felt responsible. i would go home at night and ask myself was there something better that i can do or smarter that i can be that would make a difference in their live and relief their suffering and relief their hardship. so, with respect to syria of what i have consistently done is taken the best course that i can to en

i feel responsible for murder and slaughter that's taken place in south sudan, that's not being reported on, partly because there's not as much social media being generated from there. there are places around the world where horrible things are happening and because of my office, because i'm president of the united states, i feel responsible. i ask myself every single day, is there something i could do that would save lives and make a difference and spare some child who doesn't deserve to suffer? so that's a starting point. tears not a moment during the course of this presidency where i didn't feel some responsibility. that's true, by the way, for our own country. when i came into office and people were losing their jobs and pension, i felt responsible and i would go home at night and ask myself, was there something better i can do or part iser than i can be that would make a difference in their lives that would relieve their suffering and their hardship? so, with respect to syria, when i have consistently done is taken the best course that i can to try to end the civil war while having

12 adopted in the human rights council, more than those focused on syria, iran, north korea, and south sudan put together. to see that in 2016 israel continues to be treated differently from other member states. like u.s. administration's before it, the obama administration has worked tirelessly to fight for israel's right something to be treated like any other country. from advocating for israel to finally be granted membership to a u.n. regional body, it's something no other member state had been denied, to fighting that ensuring that israeli ngos are not denied accreditation because they are israeli and getting yom kippur officially recognized as he u.n. holiday, to pressing this council to rake its indefensible silence in response to terrorist attacks on israelis. as the u.s. has said repeatedly, such unequal treatment not only hurts israel, it undermines the legitimacy of the u.n. itself. the practice of treating israel differently at the u.n. matters for most like this one, for even if one believes the resolution proposed today is justified, or even more necessitated by events on the g

i feel responsible for murder and slaugter that's taken place in south sudan that's not being reported on partly because there's not as much social media being generated from there. there are places around the world where horrible things are happening and because of my office, because i'm president of the united states, i feel responsible. i ask myself every single day, is there something i could do that would save lives and make a difference? and spare some child who doesn't deserve to suffer. so that's a starting point. there's not a moment during the course of this presidency where i haven't felt some responsibility. that's true, by the way, for our own country. when i came into office and people were losing their jobs and losing their homes and losing their pensions, i felt responsible. and go home at night and i would ask myself, was there something better that i could do or smarter that i could be that would make a difference in their lives? that would relieve their suffering and relieve their hardship. so with respect to syria, what i have consistently done is taken the best cou

united states and at a time when half a million people are dying in syria, all kinds of genocide and south sudanall over the world, all the security council can do with the u.s. acquiesce, give me a break. >> the argument that the israelis are making is that this is a betrayal of standing u.s. policy when it comes to the united nations, but in reality, every american administration since 1967, republican and democrat, have allowed on this particular issue of settlements. so given the fact that obama would have been the only president not the allow security council resolution, why is this a departure of policy, so to speak? a betrayal of what every administration had done? >> it's a parting shot out the door, president obama, whom i voted for twice decided he was going to do this and i think he would have been better off vetoing the resolution and say to the u.n., let's get serious here and let's try to not put blame on one party, particularly, the party that's a democracy. you have all of these countries in the u.n., some on the security council, give me a break, that is the worst country when i

my mum is in south sudan. i don't know exactly where she is.w where she is. was that hard, leaving her? it was really hard and as for some years back we thought she was actually dead. rebecca was one of 4 million people forced to flee because of the sudanese conflict. she has been living here in the largest refugee camp in the world. the majority of the refugees there are from somalia and with south sudanese, we are the minority and most of us are christian, so we are really facing challenges due to those religious differences, and also the al—shabab. it's really horrible for us. sometimes, a lot of bombing and sometimes they will come and threaten our people in the community, especially when you have a shop. many ladies from refugee camps, they end up giving up on life. every time we wake up we think we have to thank god, at least we have seen a new day. it's the day after the ioc visit and rebecca and the others are training hard. they've been told that as it stands, no one's running times are good enough to qualify for the refugee team and t

feel responsible for murders and slaughter that has taken place in south sudan that's not being reported on, partly because there's not as much social media being generated from there. there are places around the world where horrible things are happening, and because of my office, because i'm president of the united states, i feel responsible. i ask myself every single day, there is something i could do that would save lives and make a difference? and spare some child, who doesn't deserve to suffer. so that's a starting point. there's not a moment during the course of this presidency where i haven't felt some responsibility. that's true, by the way, for our own country. when i came into office and people were losing their jobs and losing their homes and losing their pensions issue felt responsible. and i would go home at night and ask myself, was there something better i could do or smarter i could be that would make a difference in their lives? that would relieve their suffering, and relieve their hardship? so, with respect to syria, what i have consistently done is taken the best cours

reflected on going to bed every night about what he had not done and could do more and aleppo, in south sudanamerica, that sense of regret. when george w. bush had his last press conference, he used the word disappointed so many times. it is the end, 34 days until it is over. but then, clinging to the hope from his speech in 2004, he said that he still believes in the hope. he said he believes that is the route to greatness, to get rid of the partisanship. coming out on a sense, in his presidency, the way he came in, talking about his helhope for bipartisanship. charlie: he was trying to summarize, he said that vladimir putin will be successful, and those who wish us no good will be successful only if we forget our values. john: that is exactly right. and he said that right after he had said that republicans had forgotten their values by supporting donald trump for the purposes of an election, but forgetting who vladimir putin was, and somebody who did things against our values. democrats want a cry from the heart from him about the hacking and what it has done to the election. they did not g

and just as the creation of south sudan did not magically resolve the conflicts inside sudan or south sudan. division will not automatically resolve the conflicts within iraq or syria. it's also not about institution building. after our military victories in iraq and afghanistan, the u.s. and our allies spent a lot of time standing up new institutions, parliaments, courts, political parties, central banks. and the idea is that you build this machine of government and you pop late it and start the gears turning and it should go. but i think we learned from these last 15 years that build institutions is not enough. it mattered how those institutions are populated and by whom. are they inclusive with everyone with a stake in the process. do they have a process that's fair and transparent. that brings me to the other insight that i want to leave you with before we have a broader conversation, which is that what's most important to effective sustainable governance to effective sustainable institutions in the middle east today is dialogue and conflict resolution. it seems like an obvious th

we now target looking at haiti, central republic south sudan, these are places which have poverty and we need to adopt a model that enables them to definitely and concretely emerge out of poverty. so next year one of our purposes would be not to see the path which has failed. i think we have the means to change how people live and do it through housing, work and access to work. housing -- no, access to work is the same. so housing, work and, if you want, what we call land, okay, access to property, access to land they can use. when we ensure each one having a roof over their head and work they can do to sustain their lives and their family and ultimately something that they can call their own per time. >> mm-hmm. we wish we can do well. you know, i think there is a lot of good will out there. >> rose: yes. there is a lot of show and display of good will to respond to the call of action, if you want, by pope francis. we've received guests from a fast food chain who have come to our office and said what can we do? we say, fine, begin by looking at your supply chain and try to improve in