john ruse is calling on the country to join the hague convention on child abduction. nese parents have abducted 16 born children to japan since 2011 when the government decided to start working toward joining the convention. bilateral relations will suffer if the diet fails to pass the necessary legislation to make it official. everything in my power to have the related domestic laws enacted before the g-8 summit in june. >> the hague convention on international child abduction addresses cases where a parent takes a child back to his or her country of birth without the other parent's consent. nations that have signed a treaty must help return abducted children to their country of residence where disputes can be resolved. >>> prime minister abe is expected to tell president obama at a meeting next week he's in favor of joining the convention. >>> the former president of the maldives has taken refuge. he is on the run from police. he stepped down a year ago after weeks of political turmoil. protesters hit the streets. they forced him to resign. before he left he ordered

in amsterdam, the other modes of transport are so well-organized, it is just like in the hague, a car is more of a new sense that a create a car is more of a nuisance and liability. it is expensive. the other modes of transport are much more convenient. >> ok, mike, you have a question? use the microphone, please. >> separated bike paths in the united states are controversial, and they're slowly catching on. how important is it to have those facilities in place? is it maybe a quarter of importance, 50% of the attraction for people to take their bikes? i'm wondering how important it is. >> i think that you need a cycling infrastructure, both from a statistical point of view and the feeling that people have when they use it. otherwise, we do not think we would have more people cycling if we did not put in more cycling facilities. i think the cycling infrastructure is absolutely necessary. if you want to do something for the other groups, you also have to do a lot when you design your intersections. that is where the most accidents happen and where the people feel the most unsafe. we're

in the hague where officials say they have unearthed football match-fixing on a scale not seen before. the european police organization stays scam involves millions in bribeds and a crime syndicate based in asia. it results in some high-profile matches including the champions league. >> among the 380 or so suspicious matches identified in this case, they are qualification matches for the european league football championships, two u.a. champions league matches including one played in england and several top-flight matches in the european national league. in addition another 300 suspicious matches were identified outside europe in africa, asia and south and central america. so this is match-fixing activity on a scale not seen before involving hundreds of criminals and corrupted officials and players affecting hundreds of matches and generating very large amounts of elicit profits. it is also the work of a sophisticated international crime syndicate. based in asia and working with criminal facilitators around europe. >> well, that gives you some idea of the scale we're talking about. we

rebels and the government are committing war crimes and that those guilty should face justice at the hague but the chronicle's magazine foreign affairs had a serious blow to his thinks a criminal court is just a cover for a powerful outside force pulling the strings. the i.c.c. is not the forum for any country to see the justice the power of the i.c. prosecutor to act depends on the will all the political masters so ultimately it's a political court and the foundation of the entire and if its is the ideology of unity that this political and legal culture for the whole world is defined by the post-modern west so this is really a fig leaf which is supposed to hide the essence of this project and it is to treat bashar and his government as members of the joint enterprise so i think this is just a copy of graft us to conceal the fact that the decision in washington has already been made but luckily bashar is proving to be a much tougher nut to crack than they expected. coming up very soon all this channel the kids are not all right sitting on a bridge anyway we're reporting on but investigatin

opposition and the government are committing war crimes adding that those guilty should face justice at the hague but foreign affairs editor of the chronicle is magazine. thinks a criminal court is just a cover for a powerful act side force pulling the strings. so ultimately it's a political court the foundation of the entire edifice is the ideology of universal political and legal culture the whole world is defined by the post-modern west so this is really a signal which is supposed to hide the essence of this project and it is to treat bashar and his government as members of the joint enterprise so are you saying this is just a choreographed pass to conceal the fact that the decision in washington has already been made but luckily bashar is proving to be a much tougher nut to crack than they expected. more news in our tape this hour police and striking workers from spain's iberia airlines have clashed in madrid airport during attempts to clear a terminal for protesting crowds iberia's staff announced a five day walkout against plans to cut nearly four thousand jobs in spanish carrier merged wit

impossible to remain in a party led by mr blair who is a war criminal and who should be on trial in the hagueinstead of swanning around the world making millions of dollars as a consultant to all sorts of grisly sovereign wealth funds of various dictatorships and exorbitant fees most often in the united states plus the fees from being a director and a consultant for many multinational corporations so it's been good for business so far as mr bliss concerned he is a religious man and i suspect on the judgement day you'll find it's the question is a little tougher than the british parliament was ever able to hold him. to. the respect party believes. asking poor people to pay for the crimes of rich people the crimes and the mistakes and blunders that lead us off the cliff into recession and worse is unfair unjust and we will not accept it and reclassify and wars as missions and continuing to cause the deaths of countless people in the form our empire now being recall and eyes again as well as the destruction of the lives of our own service personnel especially at a time when we have no money to k

impossible to remain in a party led by mr blair who is a war criminal and who should be on trial in the hagueinstead of swanning around the world making millions of dollars as a consultant to all sorts of grisly sovereign wealth funds of various dictatorships and exorbitant fees most often in the united states plus the fees from being a director and a consultant for many multinational corporations so it's been good for business so far as mr bliss concerned he is a religious man and i suspect on the judgement day you'll find it's the question is a little tougher than the british parliament was ever able to hold him. to. the respect party believes. asking poor people to pay for the crimes of rich people the crimes and the mistakes and blunders that lead us off the cliff into recession and worse is unfair unjust and we will not accept it and reclassified wars as missions and continuing to cause the deaths of countless people in the form our empire now being recall and eyes again as well as the destruction of the lives of our own service personnel especially at a time when we have no money to kee

impossible to remain in a party led by mr blair who is a war criminal and who should be on trial in the hagueinstead of swanning around the world making millions of dollars as a consultant to all sorts of grisly sovereign wealth funds of various dictatorships and exorbitant fees most often in the united states plus the fees from being a director and a consultant for many multinational corporations so it's been good for business so far as mr bliss concerned he is a religious man and i suspect on the judgement day you'll find it's the question is a little tougher than the british parliament was ever able to hold him. to. the respect party believes the asking poor people to pay for the crimes of rich people the crimes and the mistakes and blunders that lead us off the cliff into recession and worse is unfair unjust and we will not accept it and reclassify and wars as missions and continuing to cause the deaths of countless people in the form our empire now being recall and eyes again as well as the destruction of the lives of our own service personnel especially at a time when we have no money t

impossible to remain in a party led by mr blair who is a war criminal and who should be on trial in the hagueinstead of swanning around the world making millions of dollars as a consultant to all sorts of grisly sovereign wealth funds of various dictatorships and exorbitant fees most often in the united states plus the fees from being a director and a consultant for many multinational corporations so it's been good for business so far as mr bliss concerned he is a religious man and i suspect on the judgement day you'll find it's the question is a little tougher than the british parliament was ever able to hold him. to. the respect party believes the asking poor people to pay for the crimes of rich people the crimes and the mistakes and blunders that lead us off the cliff into recession and worse is unfair unjust and we will not accept it and reclassify and wars as missions and continuing to cause the deaths of countless people in the form our empire now being recall and eyes again as well as the destruction of the lives of our own service personnel especially at a time when we have no money t

impossible to remain in a party led by mr blair who is a war criminal and who should be on trial in the hagueinstead of swanning around the world making millions of dollars as a consultant to all sorts of grisly sovereign wealth funds of various dictatorships and exorbitant fees most often in the united states plus the fees from being a director and a consultant for many multinational corporations so it's been good for business so far as mr bliss concerned he is a religious man and i suspect on the judgement day you'll find it's the question is a little tougher than the british parliament was ever able to hold him. to. the respect party believes. asking poor people to pay for the crimes of rich people the crimes and the mistakes and blunders that lead us off the cliff into recession and worse is unfair unjust and we will not accept it and reclassified wars as missions and continuing to cause the deaths of countless people in the form our empire now being recall and eyes again as well as the destruction of the lives of our own service personnel especially at a time when we have no money to kee

impossible to remain in a party led by mr blair who is a war criminal and who should be on trial in the hagueinstead of swanning around the world making millions of dollars as a consultant to all sorts of grisly sovereign wealth funds of various dictatorships and exorbitant fees most often in the united states plus the fees from being a director and a consultant for many multinational corporations so it's been good for business so far as mr bliss concerned he is a religious man and i suspect on the judgement day you'll find it's the question is a little tougher than the british parliament was ever able to hold him. to. the respect party believes. asking poor people to pay for the crimes of rich people the crimes and the mistakes and blunders that lead us off the cliff into recession and worse is unfair unjust and we will not accept it and reclassified wars as missions and continuing to cause the deaths of countless people in the form our empire now being recall and eyes again as well as the destruction of the lives of our own service personnel especially at a time when we have no money to kee

and the government are committing war crimes adding that there is guilty should face justice at the hague before an f.a. is at its if a corner calls magazine should get of age things and criminal court is just a cover for a powerful absolute force pulling the strings. so ultimately it's a political court the foundation of the entire edifice is the ideology of the universal political and legal culture of the whole world is the kind by the post-modern west so this is really a signal which is supposed to hide the essence of this project and it is to treat bashar and his government as members of joint enterprise so i think this is just a choreographed pass to conceal the fact that the decision in washington has already been made but luckily bashar is proving to be a much tougher nut to crack than they expected. despite monday's anti israeli protests in the west bank the country's value not to backtrack from its settlement plans israel's been eyeing a disputed area of land known as the one for years even though building there might drive a stake through the heart of any future peace solutions

return for the rebels agreeing to talk john kerry along with his british counterpart would you know the hague has made concessions in order to drag the syrian national coalition to the upcoming friends of syria meeting with the group initially refused to go to the gathering of its global supporters accusing them of not doing enough to overthrow the assad regime some analysts now feel that western powers are being blackmailed by the group that they helped to create. both countries pledged more aid so now they are coming and i think it's sort of outrageous that they just expect people to give them aid you know they want more they want lethal aid and i think they're they're really clamoring for that united states he said really bad luck funneling arms into conflicts everything from the soviet period in afghanistan to what happened when they attacked libya and gadhafi has arms ended up in mali. i think it's better to get with this negotiating process they had to bribe them to get together to do that i don't think they want any negotiations and i think they'll probably try to block at this point b

dot com and vote under whatever prompt is the change in the hague rules or rhetoric many experts believe even if he wants to change u.s. foreign policy he'll struggle to do so. when president obama was elected in two thousand and a we you know the same kind of hope tim is in was there with shutting down get no naming these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world no matter what the politicians come before those cameras and tell you what they are the key factors are that we need to take care of it be a social safety nets or the economy or or jobs being created in this country the united states will always have money for two things you can be rest assured bankers and bullets we already see the headlines coming out of the mainstream media talking about the sequester and how this is going to get our military we will have nonstop propaganda being a bombarded out of the people the fear of reducing the budget of the military so i

dot com and vote under whatever printers they change in the hague rhetoric many experts believe even if he wants to change u.s. foreign policy he'll struggle to do so. when president obama was elected in two thousand and a we you know the same kind of hope to ms and was there with shutting down get mo and ending these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when they you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world no matter what the politicians come before those cameras and tell you what the key factors are that we need to take care of it be a social safety nets or the economy or or jobs being created in this country the united states will always have money for two things you can be rest assured bankers and bullets we already see the headlines coming out of the mainstream media talking about the sequester and how this is going to get our military we will have nonstop propaganda being a bombarded on to the people the fear of reducing the budget of the military so i'm abso

>> when the wife was deported she filed in federal court citing the hague convention. court agreed. they tried to appeal the decision they said the u.s. courts didn't have jurisdiction. he refused to accept that and fought to the supreme court. we talked with him the case as argued in december and he said it's more than just him, it's about his brothers and sisters in uniform that find themselves in similar battles. the justice system did agree they do have jurisdiction and he must be given the opportunity to fight who are for his daughter. he tracked him down today and he here is what he told me. >> stay focused on my little girl. she is my fight for her, but knowing that the rest of this is going to impact, who knows how many people. i'm just glad because i'm really glad that i can do this even if the outcome isn't what i wanted, at least we're making definitely an impact for the future. >> reporter: really, this the s just a new beginning because today's opinion gave him right to fight for his daughter in the u.s. court system. >> shep: we'll go back to south africa where the bla

>> i don't think the hague hague standoff makes any difference. >> bret: a lot of it is based on theghazi -- >> i understand. but i'm saying the standoff over hagel is more related to request for information about hagel. and speeches that he may have made in the past. it seems it's pro forma. republicans let him go after a certain period. the brennan appointment may be more closely associated. listen to cross examine of rice's summary of, this i'm not sure what we get out of this. i guess they do have a theory that explains all the changing stories and she said it on the air. they were confused. confusion at the time. confusion three days after it happened. >> confusion came after the fact. it came after the fact. the fact they can't reconcile that tells they weren't telling the truth. >> the most transparent administration when you have lindsey graham on this set last night saying that they haven't gotten the transcripts from the f.b.i. interviews on september 13 with survivors. they don't the list of survivors. we have don't know where the survivors are. >> right. >> do you? >> no.

. >> the hague hearing started out friendly and got ugly fast. >> were you correct or incorrect? yes or no? >> my reference to the surge being -- >> i'm asking you a question, senator hagel. >> mccain, inhofe, graham, and cruz all trying to destroy the president's pick for secretary of defense, who just happens to be a republican. retired colonel lawrence wilkerson breaks down today's bizarre proceedings. >>> plus, jonathan alter on the new democratic plan to take back the house using citizens united. >>> another big-time republican reveals his disgust for moochers on social security and medicare. richard wolffe, howard fineman, and david corn break down the gop's ongoing problem with half of america. >>> and in center left america, it is no longer okay to be a homophobic professional athlete. >> to let all lgbt teens know that it gets better. >> we'll tell you about the inspiring backlash to a 49ers' anti-gay slur. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. you know, if you had lunch with somebody every tuesday for 12 years, do you think you'd feel like you

pictures of the little children who were killed by his cone drone attacks are placed before the jury in the hague? >> i was encouraged last night when the president called and he said as part of this effort, he is going to try to drive a more extensive discussion about these issues. every american has the right to know when their government believes it's allowed to kill them. i don't think that, as one person said, that is too much to ask. >> so right now the senate armed services committee is holding a hearing on the response to the attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi. leon panetta testifying and likely to face tough questions. he started off by defending the military's response to crises around the world. >> the united states military, as i have said, is not, and, frankly, should not be a 911 service capable of arriving on the scene within minutes to every possible contingency around the world. >> so let's bring in our power panel. good morning to former democrat congressman and admiral joe see stack. perry bacon a political editor for the grio. susan dell pores yo, republican strategist a

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i think that the thing that was striking about the hague will confirmation hearing was the really poor performance on both sides. yes, the nominee did a terrible job answering entirely predictable questions and handling those, but also, the senators did a predictable but also very poor job of probing seriously his views, not just what he said in the past, but his views on the various things that will face the secretary of defense going forward. i think one thing that is likely to me is that despite his poor performance, he is going to be confirmed as secretary of defense, and so i would for one like to know some of the answers to those questions. >> so one of the possibilities here, this is more about optics, david brooks suggesting that chuck hagel simply go to the president and ask do you still want me after that appearance. here's what dorothy rabinowitz writes. no amount of right wing con spea con spears against mr. hagel could have done to the former nebraska senator what his own astoundingly poor performance could have done. when you look at this, alex, is this danger being able

i want to make a quick comment about the hague he will nomination. ike he's a beleaguured guy trying the oh get his man in there, but i wonder if he's not a mack very wellian genius. the secret to victory is not choosing a path to success, but choosing that all paths lead to success. i warrant if he was thinking that here's this moderate republican, if i pick him and get him i look like a strong president and compromiser and reaching across the aisle and if i don't i get to see the republican eat their own. stephanie: that they're giving him this kind of hard time and accusing him of not reaching across the aisle right? john: it's really true. stephanie: the president. obama: on tuesday i laid out a plan for reigniting the engine of america's economic growth, and that is a thriving, growing rising middle class. stephanie: and john boehner said nah. no. the headline voter no house action. yes. boehner said that's not going to happen, he foreclosed on the idea that the house will ok any of obama's proposals unless and until senate first and maybe not ev

. >>> you're now in "the cycle" and starting with the hague el vote and north korea. first, former senator chuck hagel, the senate armed services committee about to vote any minute now on the nomination to be defense chief. hagel will face a full senate floor vote later this week where he faces strong opposition of the former colleagues on iran, iraq and nuclear weapons. and speaking of nukes, north korea test fired one today. the underground blast registered with the same power as a magnitude 4.9 earthquake. it's the north's third nuclear test but by far the most powerful and the first since kim jung un took power. the u.n. security council in emergency meetings over it and aides say president obama address the defiance in tonight's state of the union address and that is just six hours away. lots to talk about today with former congressman joe sestak and served in the navy. welcome. >> good to be with you. thank you. >> let's talk start with hagel. by most accounts, chuck hagel had a shaky day at the confirmation hearing and surprising even some democrats with the ans

. >>> you're now in "the cycle" and starting with the hague el vote and north korea. senator chuck hagel, the senate armed services committee about to vote any minute now on the nomination to be defense chief. hagel will face a full senate floor vote later this week where he faces strong opposition of the former colleagues on iran, iraq and nuclear weapons. and speaking of

. >> so let me take the hague it'll example, for instance, right now. r thoughts, number one, on the idea that we could see a filibuster. now, you were in a senate that tried to filibuster a republican appointee. dirk kempthorne, we were just talking about that. any regrets about allowing a filibuster to go through like that? it failed, but allowing that to be put to a 60-vote threshold. >> well, looking back, i do think that filibusters are too often the recourse of the minority party when they disagree. i think, by and large, we ought to give the president to appoint his cabinet, appoint those key people in his administration, and certainly, this is one of those cases. so looking back, i do think minority parties on both sides oftentimes overuse that method for stalling or even stopping a nominee. >> and you're still friendly with a lot of these senators. do you think hagel gets -- do you think there's a successful -- do you think republicans find 41 votes to stall this nomination, at least? >> i think the republicans are on the defensive here. having

i think the hague hagel nomination, which we were just talking about, the vote on clo sure thursday, first vote after the president's "state of the union" speech ironically will be a key test. will 45 republicans, or 41 republicans hold together to say look, hagel may get through eventually but he is not providing the information he promised he would provide. there are speech texts we now discovered he didn't provide and other information outstanding. can you at least give us more than one day to consider this? >> bret: on the republican response, marco rubio is delivering that response. it's simultaneously translated in spanish. they are touting that. but then there is a tea party response by senator rand paul. since when did marco rubio, was he not tea party enough? isn't that interesting dynamic the republican party? >> think less about tea party and regular republican party and two people mo are possible 2016 candidates. marco rubio got publicity and a strong spokesman. we will see it tonight, eloquent spokesman for the conservative principles and the republican party. rand paul

i think the hague hagel nomination, which we were just talking about, the vote on clo sure thursday, first vote after the president's "state of the union" speech ironically will be a key test. will 45 republicans, or 41 republicans hold together to say look, hagel may get through eventually but he is not providing the information he promised he would provide. there are speech texts we now discovered he didn't provide and other information outstanding. can you at least give us more than one day to