or spacewalk. >> i feel like $1 million. >> america was still playing catch-up, however. soviets had performed a space walk three months earlier. the big prize was still up there in the night sky, and the gemini missions were moving forward. each one providing nasa with more information necessary for that ultimate quest. >> we're on our way, frank. >> in december 1965, gemini vii rendezvoused with vi-a in orbit, making it the first manned spacecraft to do to. vii doubled the amount of time any man had been in space. >> many doctors of that time said, you know, people can't live in zero gravity for too long, and, of course, we went up there for two weeks, and we did see some changes in the body. but it was nothing that couldn't be overcome and -- >> that was significant, right? because that meant that we could go to the moon and we could chance a mission of that duration, if not longer? >> yeah. >> that changed people's perspective? >> because the moon flights were saying the max would probably be a two-week flight. >> right. >> we had to make sure that the people were, you know,

, indeed, orchestrated from moscow, and they were attempting to or their goal was to create a soviet america. of course, hay didn't call themselves communists -- they didn't call themselves communists, i never heard them use that word. they called themselves progressives. my mother was also a registered democrat. over the course of the last 40 years, the communist progressive left that i grew up in had moved into the democratic party. it started with the mcgovern campaign and today sits in the white house and runs the democratic party. now, i know when you say, oh, the democrats, they're communist s, people will look at you and say this guy is an extremist. he's a relic. actually, i was called a relic by a harvard professor in "the new york times" for noticing that there's an alliance between the radical left in america and the islamo-fascists that professor feldman is an apologist for them, not surprising. but it wasn't as though "the new york times" identified him that way. [laughter] valerie jarrett and david axlerod are obama's two key advisers; one's his political campaign manager, and

soviet unn >>> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz in new york.tigators ascertaining for what went wrong after a deadly train derailment in new york. the first in decades. >> we lost four new yorkers this morning. we have 11 critically injured who are still in the hospitals, and i would ask all new yorkers to remember them in your prayers tonight. >> ukraine has seen a large protest as the orange revolution nine years ago. >> and the leader of protests in thailand is calling for

and first of all in his era, he knew the nature of soviet communism and knew america's importance in sort of holding up defending the free world. but he also knew that his perspective and his wisdom was generation-bound, and that the next generation -- and nixon represented the next generation -- would have to make its own evaluation of the situation. i think that what nix won was presenting eisenhower in 1967 was for eisenhower probably confusing. what you said about the eisenhower doctrine, you fight a war, you mean and it go on to win. that was not applied in vietnam, and richard nixon was running for atlanta 1967 on a platform -- not promising to obliterate north vietnam or total victory. he promised to end the war and win the peace. a complicated re-arrangement. so what happens, device i eighten hour and richard nixon's final meeting, eisenhower has read the articles and approves and things the understands and realizes he is now older, and he will not have the energy to see this project through, and this is why turn to able people, turn to energetic leadership, regenerate the pr

america. i am jonathan betz live in new york. >> protest orders in ukraine toppel a statute of a soviet hero. anger mounts to the government's push to go closer with russia. >>> peace keepers are on patrol as the president admits he's losing control in south america. >>> a day of prayer and reflexion for new mexico new mexico from south sfrikdz to half a world away. people honoring his legacyafricf a world away. people honoring his legacy. the same snowstorm that caused problems in the midwest is bringing dangerous weather to the

the soviets were in central america. southeast asia had fallen. at mission was the defeat of soviet communism. that was at the head of the checklist. you know, apartheid existed in south africa under the administrations of franklin roosevelt and harry truman and dwight eisenhower and lyndon johnson, every president going forward to ronald reagan. reagan was the first president to come up with a policy called constructive engagement which was to disengage from apartheid and move towards black majority rule without falling into the bloodbath that happened in rhodesia and cambodia. >> tom brokaw, just even constructive engagement which is choice of words by ronald reagan, complicated time. >> as i'm sure mr. shirley will agree, it was not a slam dunk for the administration. there was a huge debate in this country whether we should have constructive engagement and how much pressure you can put on that. when i went over there when the sanctions were still on there were a lot of american businesses saying you're hurting us more than you're hurting south

--rything the sun unit everything the soviet union did they blamed america for it.ranch of the one military that is overloaded with personnel? i would say the army in particular, because of the need to have so many crown trips in that many ground troops in iraq and afghanistan. can sequestration you double it. host: did you go through annapolis c e -- through annapolis? caller: i would through the rotc at penn state. they see as wars and and budgets shrink, i want to read a comment on the jump page -- guest: i agree. i served with him at the pentagon. we are going to have the ability to have boots on the ground all around the world. we have more drones and they are going to continue. you have to have ground troops. you have to have the ability to going to places and get rid of guys like osama bin laden. we have got to keep ground forces. the: do they need to be at levels we have for iraq and afghanistan? not right now. i think the military could have some but that could have some cutbacks, not the massive level resident obama is trying to do. on trillion dollars is

america. i am jonathan betz live in new york. >> protest orders in ukraine toppel a statute of a soviet hero. anger mounts to the government's push to go closer with russia. >>> peace keepers are on patrol as the president admits he's losing control in south america. >>> a day of prayer and reflexion for new mexico new mexico from south sfrikdz to half a world away. people honoring his legacyafricf a world away. people honoring his legacy. the same snowstorm that caused problems in the midwest is bringing dangerous weather to the northeast. we will begin at ukraine's capitol where protests reached a new level. the movement saw its biggest crowds yet. ukraine is bitterly divided over whether it should grow closer with europe or russia. it triggered deep anger now directed at soviet symbols. al jazeera tim friend has the latest from kiev. >> reporter: the protest went on into the night. ukrainian nationalists celebrated the top elling of kiev's statue of lenin shouting yanokovich, you are next. some ahave been camped out for two weeks. they have no intention of giving up now. >> here outside the

the soviet twenty first century public school in a quote pretext has become even more caring but same practice continuing to overturn governments through the world and install puppet regimes america's current destabilization of ukraine's government writes washington based on this new push your mileage is following the white house regime change manual to the left tip of the icebergs u.s. senators like mccain flying to kiev and joining the protest as well as the system secretary of state victoria nuland hands them out and days the reality is top u.s. officials already calling for sanctions against the country which was exactly the ordinary people they claim to be intervening for is accompanied by his they were cool cool protests media baying for blood completely exaggerating protests numbers ignoring their violence the u.s. government knows the virtual policy. six has been buying clothes opposition politicians in the ukraine since the two thousand full orange revolution despite submitting the government it's attacking is a democratic one. broke state good to the world's only superpower the us is funded particular policies and it is in at least supposedly independent nations in force

nevertheless, nixon did what was right for america and reduced tensions with china. 1985, president reagan developing a relationship with soviet leader gorbachev. he was a tyrant and reagan did what was best for his country. again, the president's primary responsibility is solving problems and there are many ways to do that. spitting in the eye of dictators and tyrants is a good photo-op but doesn't get anywhere. okay? so that's why i'm not critical of the iran situation. yeah, the nuke deal is flimsy. no question. if iran chaets or does not continue to downgrade did nuke weapons program the united states is in a much stronger position to confront them. as yoko ono said, give peace a chance but we have to watch our backs. right, yoko? raul kcastro is a threat. when they die, they'll throw off communism i prediblgt and return to sanity. all any president can do is reason with the oppressors keeping the pressure on. and that's the memo. >>> the new budget deal and whether president obama is perceived for being weak for shaking castro's hand? james rosen and carl cameron. so what's the business in d.c. over the deal? are people u

when people from the soviet union looked at what they were essentially saying was the old franklin delano roosevelt a new deal america and they associated that ironically with reagan the guy who was in effect euthanizing who was killing it and so we see the effects now of reagan's policies in the united states today so in other words the kind of mess that we have a financial ization and attendant economic dysfunctionality is. planted in the one nine hundred eighty so i think now we're starting to see something very similar with the european union people look at it as a model to follow but what they don't recognize is the direction that it's gone. in the full picture. being told what a great market would be for you good if if you crane comes closer to it but of course there's also going to be the millions of ukrainians the want to go and work out west is the ready for that the people certainly are not i think that. when you hear about you hear about from. one to the. benefit to us is that cold right right right right and you'll see a massive number of people of course that will constitute a veritable precariat people

soviet twenty first century public school in a quote pretext has become even more caring but in practice the west continuing to overturn governments throughout the world and install puppet regimes america's current destabilization of ukraine's government rise washington based on this new push your mileage is following the white house regime change manual to the letter of the icebergs u.s. senators like mccain flying to kiev and joining the protesters while assistant secretary of state victoria nuland hands them out and these are the reality is top u.s. officials already calling for sanctions against the country which were.

times is a useful idiot as they sustain a soviet union these are the useful idiot propagandists who go out there and spew lies for the stupid people in america who read the new york times and believe that there's some component of truth to it now we know he's an idiot but what do you think about bitcoin going forward in twenty fourteen what do you think will say i won't be getting back to this snowden bitcoin theme in corruption is going to continue to be in a very important theme going forward and big point is powered by the encryption technology the mathematics behind it corruption and the adoption rate is skyrocketing and you've got oversight dot com run by overstocked overstock dot com for example who's now going to be using bitcoin in twenty four states or other retailers like amazon or walmart or a rest of these retailers will have to follow suit bits and be competitive other hedge funds will have to buy a big coin to be competitive so i see the valuation as i've said on my twitter stream the valuation a bit going to fifty billion dollars that implies a price of around forty five hundred to five thousand per bitcoin and again twenty fo

we're out of time you said the russia and america should work on this together but look back in the sixty's and seventy's it's their rivalry between the soviets and the americans that actually helped advance the lunar and the martian systems well if we want to work together by competing if we want to work together in a kind of a little friendly olympic competition that's fine too but whether we do it is one program or is two programs that are friendly rivals driving each one's accomplishment forward by our own accomplishments either way is fine but there's a brotherhood in either way ok and i think this would be a very good thing you know right now there's a little chill going on in russia american relations i think we should turn this around this is not a trend that we want to see go forward i think we want to turn around i think we want to have a world of friendship and by working together on a project just great as this i think we can help foster that all right let's hope they will colonize mars together thank you very much for this interesting interview robert thank you and that's it for today folks edition of so think oh is over our gues

america, and also around the globe. after weeks of unrest, today the authorities in ukraine are setting up their crackdown on protestors, just a day after a statue of former soviet leader, lenin was toppled in kiev, security forces have broken into the offices of the leading opposition party than and police are dismantling camps. u.s. vice president joe biden said violence has no part in a democratic society. i spoke to steven rosenberg. >> are the ukrainian authorities using different tactics? >> certainly today we saw far more police in the center of kiev than we did yesterday, particularly in the government district a short distance from independence square here. what they were doing was trying to push gradually the protestors away from key government buildings. now on the square here, independence square, we haven't seen any police today. but the authorities have made it clear they would like protestors to leave this square. >> is there any sign at all of an end to this stand-off between the government and the protestors? >> no sign at the moment. these protestors say they are determined to remain here in the center of kiev. opposition leaders have shown the

. >> the soviets don't make as much of a myth about the surprise of stealth nature of the attack. it was so dramatic in the fact america was attacked on their soil, even though it was a heavily populated island with japanese. it became part of the american psyche and is now a symbol of real significance. >> what extent does that play into america's myth? john dower, who didn't condone the attack, but his analysts was one of the reasons americas were so shocked and outraged was that it played into so many western movies of the treacherous indians who are attacking without warning the brave pie pioneers. in his analysis, is it "war without mercy" and that is one reason why it is such a strong myth: it is a treacherous attack. was it meant to be treacherous or was that a screw up? >> there is a huge debate about who is responsible for the delay of conveying the delay toot whitehouse. but the document didn't specify -- it wasn't declaring war, really. so you cannot really argue -- the stealth of the attack remained. and the treacherous nature would have not been affected in roosevelt's mind, the naked he had a gene mind th

when america's government is weakened, the whole world goes off the rail that is what we're seeing in china and ukraine. going back to the soviet, a arab countries moving tore russia. at home you see this division, the sense of resentment the government does not represent the public anymore. is a very dangerous moment at home and abroad. lou: ab, congressoes not seem to have as strong as clear a% voice what happens in foreign policy here. we're not hearing from the foreign affairs committee. we're not hearing as oneight or democrats for that matter to shoulder part of the interest of the country and their president in the case of the democratic chairman and the senate. what is going on? >> it's a very interesting turn of event and i've been covering congress since 1994,o watch what happened really to both parties i think more of, new and interesting on the republican side because there is actually a real tangible drift towards, if not, kind of a isolationist bent but, away from tradition of the republican party, strong defense and international, internationalist posture abrad, emphasis on global leadership. that is disappearing

soviet union. >> when did you move? >> 1974. actual willy the summer of when nixon resigned. my first memory of americas watching nixon resign on television. >> how did you immigrate? >> in the days when soviet jews were allowed to immigrate. >> you were allowed to leave? i think -- you say you don't remember communist rule. you leaned far left. most people that come over from there don't lean quite as far left when they get here. you were too young to realize. >> i don't really consider communist left. i consider it right at this point. >> if you go far enough right you come back to the left side. >> i'm skeptical about china as a reserve currency. >> you're -- 1800 in the world, everyone said it would go above 2,000. what's going to happen? >> between 1100 and 100. there's a lot of fundamental things. i think she always tends to air towards that side. that would push tapering out further if it happens at all. tapering will happen sooner than it is. ultimately this will be gold chinese have agreements happening with trade putting less fate in holding for trade. there's turmoil in thailand and ukraine.

for calling "washington have beencaller: i studying the fundamentals of america the last several years. lenin,line is, vladimir soviet dictator, said that the keystone to socialism is universal or centralized health care, and basically, controlled health care, you controlled individual. i am not going to comply with anything that is president or anything that is socialized or anything -- socialized banking, socialized health care, anything that this president puts out. the bottom line is socialism. host: are you planning not to enroll -- caller: i am not going to comply to anything, to this health care at all. i am not going to buy into .nything, any of their products don't buy into a product that i don't like could i do not like this product. i will not comply. host: emily ethridge, for those who may not comply, explained the step up process in terms of the fines that folks are going to have to pay if they choose to take that path. guest: if you choose not to have insurance or coverage, for 2014 not having coverage is $95. the fee increases every year for .he next several years by the end, you could be looking at a

soviet ship, hunt for red october. >> this is a pronunciation -- >> we have to get back into this story again. jedediah, some say child services -- is this the woosification of america. >> i have to say gavin was infinitely hot. you have never been sexier, but they do say rough housing babies -- it shows it can be good for them. it boosts their self-confidence and it shows them how to interact with people. we start babying people when they are babies. >> you can't baby babies. >> man up, start young. we won't have a bunch of babies sitting around. >> i agree. >> jesse, you hate babies because they are always crying when you are cleaning the changing room at the gap. should this be a story because a couple of people left u -- youtube comments. one or two people said it was bad. >> first of all that was raisey writing. i have i'm pregnanted a lot of waffles. >> i don't know what you are talking about. that is from the 1997dwarfing final. they can't even make fists properly. you just have to leave it. you don't have to do anything. >> that is a good point. he has his kids. he is a pro lifer. he has his kids. he didn't do the other thing. it is getting grim. >> anybody

back to america patrick beginning his administration to find out what the reality was of the missile gap they found that there was a missile gap but the united states was far ahead of the soviet union by the time of the cuban missile crisis we had about a ten to one advantage of every capability more on cuba right when we get back with oliver stone in paris nic thank you. jason depravity as shocked australia in a remote valley police discovered a family that has been interbreeding for generations brother sister father daughter niece resulting in a gruesome outcome for all involved in what the police refer to as an incest cult. i know what you're thinking you're thinking that sounds a whole lot like wall street sons and daughters program where sons and daughters of the fathers and mothers aunts and uncles ruling the world are hard to see the banking system with a generation of genetically dead products. i was thinking somehow i had to come back because mom was waiting for me. i just knew that everything would be fine for some reason they were so confident because we were going to get married officially after he came back how could he not come back the mere thought of it never

soviet union. when he experienced it as it was he couldn't wait to get out. he moved the family back to america in 1962. >> he ended up in dallas. he bought a rifle mail order. but his first target was not john kennedy. >> no. it was edmund walker. he missed. >> this was one of the things that i find that few people remember or know about. seven months before oswald assassinated president kennedy, in april 1963, he tried to murder general walker in dallas. he was known as a white wing per. called harry fryman pink. walker hated kennedy. the innovation of cuba. so he had been planning the a?aitionz of walker even before he ordered rifle. he talk stalk the house. drew maps. took photograph. one night he found walker in the window, he was working on the federal income tax. [laughter] and -- for a man who oppose the strong government authority. he would have been humiliated to be killed doing his income tax. he had seen combat in the world war ii. he was a tough officer. he would have been furious to know that a disgruntled ex-marine assassinated him in his own home. he took careful. he was 40 hour

soviet ship "hunt for red october." >> i like conrad better. i don't know. we got to get back into this story. some say children services should take his kids away. is this wussification of america. >> it is under president obama. first of all, i have to say that gavin became hotter to me. it's true when you see a man with baby they become sexy. you've never been sexier. they say that rougher housing babies show it can be good for them. it teaches them how to interact with people. this is the problem. we start babying people when they're babies. >> can't baby babies. >> i say man up. start young. you won't have a babies sitting around. >> i agree. jesse you hate babies because they are always trying when you clean the changing room at the gap. should this be a story because a couple of youtube people left comments because one or two people said it was bad. >> first of all, i think that was lazy writing on your part. i would have gone with i've impregnated a bunch of waffle waitresses. i've changed stories. that is from the 1997 scottish dwarf tossing final. it's easy to kick the [ bleep ] out of a baby. they can't make fists properly. you just have to leave it. it will die. you

the soviets don't seem to make as much of a myth about the surprise of the stealth and sleek nature of the attack. i think that it has to do it being so dramatic and all that america was doing, when attack on its soil, it was a heavily populated japanese island. and i think that it just became part of the american psyche and the connective historical narrative in a sort of departed significant. >> so what does that play with john tower and amongst the others? and we did not necessarily can tell in this attack on pearl harbor. his analysis is that one of the reasons that the americans were so shocked by this event, and so outraged, the idea of infamy in such. was that it played into this and you see it in so many western movies, the treacherous indians, the brave pioneers. and then suddenly we have these redskins screeching war cries and i think that in his analysis, i think it was part of this and that was one that is part of an explanation and it exactly that. it is the treacherous attack. was it meant to be treacherous? or was it a screwup? >> there is a huge debate about who is responsible with communicating the responsibility of this. but the fact that the del

america. not everybody has that honesty or integrity, transparency that we have in this country and whether you're talking about the soviet union and china and north korea, we've gotten burned over and over because we trust but don't verify. host: independence day, though, asks this -- congressman, is america prepared to lead by example and destroy all of its refinement and enrichment hardware? guest: we are not a bad actor. america is not a sponsor of terrorism. iran is. host: christian is a democratic caller from oklahoma. caller: i will say, first of all, i cannot believe that this gentleman who was lied to when he went to iraq isn't more upset about bush and his administration sending and killing 2,300 of our soldiers, spending trillions of dollars, all right, basically bankrupting us. and then also think about the thousands of soldiers that are coming back maimed. but this guy wants to talk about, let's not give peace a chance. i would think you would talk to your buddy, issa, and find out why the bush administration sent you and your boys and friends over there without the proper body armament. and for you to sit up

well but the soviets don't seem to make as much of a myth about the surprise and the sneaky and stealth nature. i think it has to do with the fact that it's so dramatic and the fact that america was attacked on its soil and it was a very heavily japanese populated island. i think it just became part of the american psyche and collective historical narrative and became a symbol and sort of departed from its real significance perhaps. >> so was ruled a set play in american myths. john dower amongst others. he didn't necessarily condone the attack on pearl harbor. in fact he said he didn't but his analysis is that one of the reasons the americans were so shocked by this event in so outraged at the idea of infamy and so on was that it played into -- you see it in so many western movies of the treacherous indians who are always attacking without warning from nowhere the brave pioneers and suddenly these redskins screeching war cries. i think in his analysis, i think is a war without risk, i can't remember. it's one explanation why it's still such a strong myth in america, that it's exactly that, that it's this treacherous attack. it wasn't meant to be treacherous. it wasn't a scre

america's energy comes from right here at home. take the energy quiz. energy lives here. >>> protests rocking ukraine's capital city are escalating. demonstrators today toppled a half-century old statue of the sovietr vladimir lenin, but it didn't end there. outraged that the government suspended talks to integrate with europe, people hacked away at the mono up leaving it in pieces. kiev halted negotiations with the e.u. last month angering ukrainian nationalists who believe a deal would have opened boards to trade and modern wragz. >>> thousands of south africans packed into churches and halls praying for the life of nelson mandela. his legacy is not likely to be forgotten any time soon if ever, but what did he think that that legacy might be? in 1994 the global icon sat down with then cnn anchor bernie shaw just one day before he would be elected africa's president. >> everyone is curious about you. you have one cavity filling. you're 75 years old. your body has many muscles. your smile is earnest, but your eyes and your mind come the ages. who are you? >> well, this is a difficult question. i have not been able to answer it, but i am part and parcel of a team which has been part of the anti-apa

the soviets don't seem to make as much of a myth about the surprise of the stealth and sleek nature of the attack. i think that it has to do it being so dramatic and all that america was doing, when attack on its soil, it was a heavily populated japanese island. and i think that it just became part of the american psyche and the connective historical narrative in a sort of departed significant. >> so what does that play with john tower and amongst the others? and we did not necessarily can tell in this attack on pearl harbor. his analysis is that one of the reasons that the americans were so shocked by this event, and so outraged, the idea of infamy in such. was that it played into this and you see it in so many western movies, the treacherous indians, the brave pioneers. and then suddenly we have these redskins screeching war cries and i think that in his analysis, i think it was part of this and that was one that is part of an explanation and it exactly that. it is the treacherous attack. was it meant to be treacherous? or was it a screwup? >> there is a huge debate about who is responsible with communicating the responsibility of this. but the fact that the del

america. not everybody has honesty and integrity, transparency that we have. whether you talk about the city union, china, north korea. union,t the soviet, north korea. we trust that do not verify. tot: is the u.s. repaired lead by example and destroy its refinement? guest: why? we are not a sponsor of terrorism. iran is. caller: kristen, -- host: kristen, oklahoma. caller: first of all, i cannot believe that this gentleman, who was lied to when he went to iraq, is not more upset about bush and his administration of our and killing 2,300 soldiers. spending trillions of dollars and bankrupting us. also, think about the thousands of soldiers coming back maimed. this guy wants to talk about let's not give peace a chance. talk to your buddy issa and find out why the bush administration sent you over there without the proper body armor meant -- proper body armor. look at what the republicans had done to the middle east in the last 10 years. another thing, like my brother said the other day, you always say israel is our closest ally. how many israeli soldiers died in the afghanistan war? how many israeli soldiers died when we were over there

soviet union. and in his own way, in china, that was an extraordinary time in america in liberating people from oppressionconomic and political he felt. >> his legacy is freedom but his legacy for humanity is this radical forgiveness that he practiced, that the very moment he could have descended into bitterness, he instead made peace, showed love, and changed the country. charlayne, where did that come from? >> i think he knew the dynamics in his country at the time, very tense. and i think he had given 27 years of his life for one cause, that was to free his people from oppression. so i think he just did whatever he thought was necessary to have that transition go smoothly. and of course, as you know, he did. there were tense moments for sure, but he was the leader. it was he who set the tone for this and made it possible to change that nation without bloodshed. >> i heard someone wonder out loud yesterday afternoon, what could he have accomplished in his life had he not been in prison for those 27 years? but it was those 27 years in prison that gave him the aura and credibility and created the legend t

america's biggest problem is they try to be liked. we should be respected. let me tell you something, in the ukraine, the soviet picture, don't you believe this ground was laid with cameron and president obama when they couldn't get the syrians to go along with the action they proposed? >> that's true. but why couldn't they? my argument is that because they are not leaders. they have not convinced their countries of the national stakes and the international stakes of what is going on in the world. you can draw a red line any time as a chief executive. but if you don't have -- if you haven't prepared the ground for your own countries to defend that red line, if you are not a credible leader, then you have no support. you can't lead without support. so a leader has to gather support. a leader has to be able to lead by virtue of credibility, by virtue of clear principles. right now we have no clear principles in international policies except to retreat from the world, to hole will he out the military -- hollow out the military to pay for a welfare state. the brits are ahead of us in that. we're following that same

america the last several years. bottom line is vladimir lenin, soviet dictator, said that the keystone to socialism is universal or centralized health care, and basically, control the health care, you control the individual. i am not going to comply with anything that this president or anything that is socialized or anything -- socialized banking, socialized health care, anything that this president puts out. the bottom line is socialism. host: are you planning not to enroll -- caller: i am not going to comply to anything, to this health care at all. i am not going to buy into anything of their products. i don't buy into a product that i don't like. i do not like this product. i will not comply. host: emily ethridge, for those who may not comply, explain the step-up process in terms of the fines that folks are going to have to pay if they choose to take that path. guest: if you choose not to have insurance or coverage, for 2014 not having coverage is $95. the fee increases every year for the next several years. by the end, you could be looking at a $600 fee per year. some people say that that is less than the cost of my insur

america. not everybody has honesty and integrity, transparency that we have. whether you talk about the city union, china, north korea. union,t the sovietchina, north korea. we trust that do not verify. tot: is the u.s. repaired lead by example and destroy its refinement? guest: why? we are not a sponsor of terrorism. iran is. caller: kristen, -- host: kristen, oklahoma. caller: first of all, i cannot believe that this gentleman, who was lied to when he went to iraq, is not more upset about bush and his administration of our and killing 2,300 soldiers. spending trillions of dollars and bankrupting us. also, think about the thousands of soldiers coming back maimed. this guy wants to talk about let's not give peace a chance. talk to your buddy issa and find out why the bush administration sent you over there without the proper body armor meant -- proper body armor. look at what the republicans had done to the middle east in the last 10 years. another thing, like my brother said the other day, you always say israel is our closest ally. how many israeli soldiers died in the afghanistan war? how many israeli soldiers died when we were over t

america to lose our world super power status. here to weigh in, former white house advisor to iraq, injujere o'keefe. like mikhail gorbachev, explain. >> he was dealing with economic difficulties within the former sovieton while he was president and he sought to disengage with the world to reduce the monies that were being spent on military posture throughout the globe. unfortunately, the steps that he took backwards ultimately led to the complete unraveling of the former soviet union and its demise and disappearance. we have our allies in the middle east in the south china sea area completely confused as to this new isolationist policy of this president. asia and not engaging obviously. we have iran, no doubt in my mind has positioned itself with the agreement with the west for a break through nuclear capability in a matter of three or five years. and it's frighteningly similar. >> we saw president obama having a conciliatory tone to the world. do you see roll backs in military might and power? >> it's not necessarily roll backs in military might, it's just a strategy that he's implementing. i truly believe he's an internationalist in his outlook of the world. i don't believe he holds america to be e