the unit is a dwelling unit as denied in the planning code. quote a room or scoot of two or more rooms that's designed or occupied by one family doing its own cooking and only having one kitchen the san francisco building code riverside requires a building permit to convert it to a non-residential use and a building permit as i stated earlier therefore the plumbing permit can't trigger a conversion although mandatory review is not required for the non residential units the planning commission can consider applications to remove dwellings at discretionary review holds the permit holder had applied for the correct permit because of the block book notice the plumbing permit must be revoked because it violates a code that states no place for a building permit or other permit or license of permit of occupancy shall be approved by the planning department and no license issued by any industry department that changes a >> contrary to the provisions of the code. one san francisco building code requires a building permit to convert the two unit to a non

there is a little more in the united states. sometimes you have one lawyer behind every cherry blossom in washington. we believe the international border between canada and montana -- montana has already agreed to this. we have lots of cases in the southern portion of the pipeline that the president and curis that the red tape the reduced in the southern portion of the pipeline be approved. there are court cases all over but if all of them were dealt with in handled and managed and now the pipeline is open -- we would have less congestion in cushing, oklahoma north america. >> is this a political delay? >> we think the border is in montana and therefore we would believe strongly that the jurisdiction is on that border and we think the president can act accordingly as the person in charge. he can use science not politics. >> this has been such a heavy diplomatic priority for the canadian government for several years now. at the same time, the view among the industry and others is that this oil is going to get to market one way or

four is over often voiced by policymakers in washington what's wrong with not being helpful to the united states is that such a big a crime i mean after all it's a level playing field and everybody is das what he or she or the country sees to be in its national interest no but we're talking about helpful to international peace . in two thousand and six russia promised it would get hamas to agree to make peace with israel eight years later it hasn't happened and putin is prefer to play hamas as anti american card than constructive peace building but mr friedman that the arab palestinian conflict is not the only threat to the peace in the middle is i mean since then america has very nicely and very calls that involve itself in a number of conflicts sleepiest syria. you know the instability in egypt you know you cannot blame russia for not you know labeling hamas as a terrorist organization as being the only decisive factor of why the whole region is on fire the region is on fire starting with syria because of russian intervention and iranian intervention if the russians had not put in so mu

to a planning permit or either way the landlord has to have the unit empty the removal of that unit renders it unhabitualable. so i guess my final point is whichever procedure it determined the actual intent of my client is to remove that unit from housing use >> question why now. >> what triggered it. >> i pointed out this in my brief there have been several complaints made by lack of use in the building there are in that specific unit. my client was tried to he'd that and been unsuccessful and, in fact, the last notification from any folks were from pg&e when they established the unit at the request of the tenant and certified it didn't meet their standards. my client because of the configuration of the building being one legal residential unit above the commercial space simply to get even though heating that will satisfy pg&e and the planning code it is going to cost a minimum of $10,000 or more my client was determined given the recent series of events it is simply impractical to keep that unit as a residential unit that's why he's determined he wants to legalize that unit but ag

the united states, correct? aracterize the relationship today between the united states and mexico. >> the relationship of mexico with the united states has been so intense, i would daresay this relationship of the two countries at the institutional level is at one of its finest moments. there is good cooperation in topics that are common to our security, for instance. border security. it is working to increase productivity of our economies. the free trade agreement will give us economic growth, which is the objective of both countries, and more development for our society. our relationship is very intense. let me give you data here. i don't think many know this. about 80% of our exports go to the united states. mexico is the second most important destination of u.s. exports. what does this mean? practically, the u.s. sales to our country are the same as to other countries. more than what it sells together to russia, china and india. its sales to mexico are higher than all those countries put together. let me als

at the center was the united states. onnected to it were some strong mubarakies, people like who are no longer there because of the revolution that gripped the region. that a have seen is vacuum has been created into which there is no one else who can step into the vacuum. i think there is no regional power that has proven capable of stepping into that vacuum. i do think it is going to need to be the united states to fill that vacuum. i do not think there is a purely regional substitute for that. i think this is an example in iraq. the united states needs a new sick. he -- a new strategy. our new role may not be the same role that it has to be the essential role. we have allies who can contribute if we provide that leadership. a long-term objective needs to be more regional integration, not just on the security side but on the economic side. compare the activity in the police to what it is in asia. you have a tremendous amount of activity in asia which is utterly lacking in the middle east. you think about the new strateg

it's not like, you know, they are living off of the dole of the united states. they contribute trillions of dollars to the economy with the consumption, by spending and they contribute because of their labor. another trillion dollars to the economy. they deserve to be able to have that you are place in the sun. they deserve to be able to granted residency and eventually citizenship in the united states. they have worked for it. they have earned it. >> sometimes in the same day, we may have different emotions about who these people are, what they are doing here we don't want to buy a $1 strawberry or an $8 head of lettuce. but we also don't want people coming in from another country without obeying the existing laws using public services, sending their kids to the local schools. there is a lot of emotional reaction on the spending side when it comes to what local governments spend on people who are not supposed to be in the country and it's almost invisible, the connelltributions that these very same people make to making places more profitable, to keeping restaur

at the same time i'm an optimist about the united states. i think that the inherent strength of our country, the vibrancy of its innovative capacity, its capitol markets, its political openness, its willingness to ago on its values, all of those things to me are very positive. and greatly outweigh the fact that every once in a while we make a mistake. we overreach, we argue with one another too much. maybe we're a little overweaning. at the same time i think that we have over the last ten years or so, 15 years since the end of the cold war, i think the united states has done a pretty responsible job of trying to not always perfect but a pretty responsible job of trying to forge a better world than the one we had during the cole war. >> rose: and have done so without trying to be imperialistic. >> that's my-- absolutely. >> rose: do you worry that we might enter into a period of who lost iraq if the thing turns bad as we did after china and the four days we lost china? >> i-- it's lard when you look at iraq. it's hard for all americans to look

criticism of the united states what do you make of it is it perhaps a sign of. i don't know a change of tone arm even a shift in the chinese poster a result of the united states well china since two thousand and eight has been the period when it feels a sense of superiority its economy has continued to grow while the western economies were taken down by a financial crisis that started in the united states and china has perceived itself as being on the rise and america on the decline now many thoughtful chinese know that's an over simplification especially in military and terms of education research and development all these many categories where the u.s. still has a substantial lead but the theme that that somehow that china is rising in the us is declining and the china deserves more respect in international affairs is a overwhelming theme inside china's media and i condemn me sir but mr paul a you mentioned in your answer to superiority and china demanding more respect to those and not that there is a not synonyms i mean demanding respect them being a given mor

side as an aggressor but it seems to me that this aggression is a very different caliber because the united states has the whole list of countries that it essentially ruins through intervention whereas russia is charged with one count of quote unquote bloodless an exception is that really fear to compare the two well you know we haven't seen the end of ukraine yet but if you go back into history you know russian then soviet intervention in. afghanistan in hungary and even it is germany in one nine hundred fifty three not exactly very pleasant the u.s. intervention was in afghanistan in two thousand and one and that was after nine eleven and the jury's still out on what's going to happen there the big american mistake of course was in iraq but dr friedman i think your reply to my question is very telling here because most examples of the quote unquote soviet aggression in fact the human example that you just mentioned the invasion of afghanistan it dates back to the soviet times where is all the examples that russia can cite its example . vantage of american aggression are very very recent i

agents aren't at the border of the united states. but why let the facts get in the way of a good story? so here once again we talk about gang members, gang members. do you ask 5-year-olds whether they're in gangs? >> again, i'm looking into -- >> because you got to ask them all, right? 3, 4, 5, 6, 7-year-olds. >> it is my understanding when we believe someone presents a national security or criminal justice threat, based on the biometric data we collect, we follow up. i don't imagine we often do that with 5-year-olds or probably never. >> that's what i thought. but they're probably going to want you to ask 5-year-olds if they're gang members. do you check them for ebola virus? >> well, i do know that individuals -- >> because they're very concerned about that. >> i do know that individuals do receive health screenings at the border. >> they do receive health screenings. so maybe next time they're going to ask you, you should check them, see if they have that virus before they contaminate everybody in the united states. so when they co

i also made clear that the united states and our friends and allies are deeply concerned about the risksfurther escalation and the loss of more innocent life. >> what makes this such a challenge for the president is the long-standing support of israel by the united states. all the while recognizing the conflict is not fought on even materials, gaza and its nearly 2 million residents have endured almost two weeks of air strikes by israeli military forces who say they try to is avoid civilians, still more than 250 palestinians have been killed the thousands of hamas rockets fired from gaza have brought fear and running for cover, but have killed just one is really citizen. president obama has asked for restraint from israel in hopes that soon fighting will end and the parties will return to i u.s.-brokered peace process. >> we are hopeful that israel will continue to approach this process in a way that minimizes civilian casualties and that all of us are working hard to return to the ceasefire that was reached in november of 2012. secretary kerry is working to sporty i didn't want's i didn

would he in the united states. the -- we in the united states finance less than 5% of u.s. exports. exports are really done in the private sector, but this tool helps commercial banks and helps commercial manufacturers get their product when other avenues aren't available in the private sector. so here's an example of one of the programs of how the export-import works. you can see that the u.s. exporter sells to the foreign buyer and that commercial financing is still part of the equation. the export-import bank is only used as a safety net to make sure that that financial commercial obligation is secure in the situation. so it's not as if we are replacing commercial banking. it's not as if we aren't making even market rates. we are, for products like aerospace. so the issue is if we need to make sure commercial banks are willing to guarantee these kinds of sales, we're providing a safety net with the export-import bank. and what has the cost been to the u.s. government? well, we've had incredible success because everybody pays fees into this system. and those fees and the success of

cheap energy jobs across the united states. the second thing, because of cheap and inexpensive energy, we are going to have a resurgence and repatriation of manufacturing jobs. rumor ross perot ran for president. all the jobs are leaving the country. they are coming back. they are coming back because it's a great place to do business. i met with the two heads of the european energy companies, totalis and emi. they said europe is never going to recover economically because our competitors are america. america, whatever the price is going to be to manufacture in germany, it's going to be cheaper to manufacture in the united states. your energy is going to be less expensive. energygoing to have good jobs now. the next round is manufacturing returns to the united states. then there will be another third round. when cheap american energy hooks up with 3-d printing, nanotechnology, and bioengineering. makee looking, it would the right decisions in the next 2-3 years, at a 20 year run where the united states is going to be as prosperou

dollar as the basic unit of account for global trade. and as you can imagine the british resisted this fiercely, and in fact harry dexter white used rather remarkable rows at bretton woods in order to push this through. he did not even see it until he left bretton woods. it was remarkable part of this story. as lionel put it, we needed the cash. winston churchill famously referred to american land lease aid as the most unsword i had acts. but the yo u.s. was, in fact, oy willing to provide this aid after really milks britain dry. we forced them to sell all their major sub individual air s of british companies in the united states. there is evidence that fdr's administration was willing to take bits of the empire, but not every bit. here is a quote from henry morgan. he said there is one thing i can -- i know i can say for mr. roosevelt that we don't want any of those islands. i know he doesn't want jamaica, he doesn't want trinidad and i know he doesn't want british gihana. the u.s. was more spontaneous during the second world war to chin

. >> across the world soviet missiles are aimed at the united states. whatever the president does, he risks nuclear war. >> khrushchev calls west berlin a cancerous sore. >> lines are now drawn. >> 25 russian ships en route to cuba on what may be a collision course. >> no way of knowing whether western civilization will live or die. >> i think unless something is done, humanity will destroy itself. ♪ ♪ >>> early on in the '60s, you have this backdrop of tension. you have capitalism versus communism and it was palpable fear. in the united states and in the soviet union that the two sides were going to get into a nuclear war. >> the temper of the world is crisis. architect of the crisis, nikita khrushchev. >> as they headed the soviet union khrushchev was very ideological. he believed that the future belonged to communism. he said, america needs to be contained and the only way to do it is to create crises all around the american empire. >> khrushchev came to the u.n. in 1960 and he said we are grinding out missiles like sausages. we'll bury you. americans

china's not threatening anybody is the united states it's building bases from the philippines to vet now naval and air bases to surround sound it's united states mistake and nato to russia's borders that it's calling now for troop build up eastern europe that's building missile bases on russia's borders is trying to but george you're in ukraine. the aggression is not coming from china or russia what are the economic implications of allowing china free rein in asia. or to mina loughran or that it's not up to the united states who does business with china or china does business growth. with the whole notion that we could disallow is if somebody can sense. that's it so i think that people will do business with china because it's profitable and we paid since they have good deals and they approach people and that way they say hey look let's do business we come in and say let's have military bases let us buy your government and this is your payoffs and so you will do we won't we'll put military bases this is totally different approach and that was dr paul craig roberts. time now for a very

states and the west more generally but especially the united states has found it almost impossible to put cold war thinking behind it and as a result in the mid one nine hundred ninety s. the clinton administration began to push hard for nato expansion and there's no way you could. a nato expansion unless you make the argument that it's designed to contain some sort of future russian threat nobody put the argument for nato expansion in those terms at the time but in retrospect it's quite clear that that's what was going on so the deep cause of the present crisis i believe is nato expansion which is part and parcel of a strategy designed to contain russia and to strip ukraine away from russia's orbit and in degraded into the west the precipitating crisis would cause the. present crisis that's going on i should say to precipitating cause of the present crisis where the events of february of this year specially the february twenty two crew. in kiev. it's stephen it's interesting if we if we look at nato expansion and it ends up being kind of like a chicken in the egg situation because if

back then in the forty's between the united states and the soviet union but a critical question peter and i think professor mearsheimer may agree is that when did it begin because you don't know when to begin your analysis and what we have at the moment for example in future story and this will sort this out but i've pretty much made up my mind did this new cold war which as you pointed out according to the new york times the white house has resolved on did this cold war begin with the ukrainian crisis did it begin for example in november two thousand and thirteen when ukraine the president then you on a covert rejected europe's offer for a partnership or economic partnership did it begin in february this year a couple months ago when you own a covert fell and the government supported by the street became the government of kiev or did it begin when russia was annexed or reunited with russia depending on how you look at it now the reason this is important is that the alternative historical perspective is to argue that it began right after the end of the soviet union in the one nine hun

farwaz, what should the united states as the principal outside power, what can the united states do? is what president obama doing right now a plausible response to this chaos? >> fareed, i think what boarack obama is doing is the right thing. you know i'm very critical about american forepolicy in the middle east. barack obama is correct to basically keep a distance from the killing fields in the middle east. barack obama is correct to let the region develop its own instruments of government. the reality is this is a crisis that only people in the region should and can resolve. what the united states can do and barack obama can do is to work with multilateral powers, with the united nations, the international community, the european powers, regional pourers, invest leadership capital in order to help build institutions and also bridge the divide between the contesting and contending forces in the region. >> fascinating conversation, sobering, but very enlightning. thank you very much. >>> let's take this issue to the next step. how does the united states protect itself from terrorism

and foreign visitors to the united states. 1.1 million visitors directly from brand u.s.a. i'd like to see us do two million next year, but we're only going to do that if there's a way to get the word out around the world that we want visitors to the united states. so this is a great bill. gus bilirakis, the gentleman from florida, that worked this bill resolved all of the major issues. he negotiated. this is now a voluntary program n the business side, not compulsorary. i do think we should have a unanimous vote on this and therefore i yield back after i encourage all of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to te yeah -- yea on this great pro-u.s.a. bill. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the question have the house suspend the rules and pass the bill h.r. 4450, as amended. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the for mative, the rules -- what purpose does the gentleman from kentucky rise? >> i request a recorded vote. the speaker pro tempore: does the gentleman ask for the yeas and nays? the yeas a

the united states. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, the speaking of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. >> mr. vice president, members of congress, am bass endorse, members of the diplomatic corps, ladies and gentlemen, welcome this morning and welcome to the united states capitol. and he's the great prototype of the israeli statesman and we only need to glance at the title he's held to understand this. a record of 48 years in the legislature. a minister in 12 cabinets. a two-time prime minister and the author of 11 books and a nob nob nobel. and he holds in the hearts of freedom-loving people all over the world. this is what this medal of honor means above all else. we've a great program in store. mr. president, i know for your 90th birthday, you had barbara serenade you and you had tony blair toast you. i hope you don't mind but in the interest of time we're asking the vice president today, to do both. but this is a speshlt time because this is the first time we're presenting medal to the israeli head of state. i have faith this will not be the last. this

at the center was the united states. onnected to it were some strong mubarakies, people like who are no longer there because of the revolution that gripped the region. that a have seen is vacuum has been created into which there is no one else who can step into the vacuum. i think there is no regional power that has proven capable of stepping into that vacuum. i do think it is going to need to be the united states to fill that vacuum. i do not think there is a purely regional substitute for that. i think this is an example in iraq. the united states needs a new sick. he -- a new strategy. our new role may not be the same role that it has to be the essential role. we have allies who can contribute if we provide that leadership. a long-term objective needs to be more regional integration, not just on the security side but on the economic side. compare the activity in the police to what it is in asia. you have a tremendous amount of activity in asia which is utterly lacking in the middle east. you think about the new strateg

of your export goes to the united states. 50% of your imports come from the united states, correct. > that's right. >> characterize the relationship today between the united states and mexico? >> the relationships of mexico with the united states undoubtedly shows this has been so intense i would even dare say that now this relationship in the two countries at the institutional level this is one of its best moments. there's good cooperation in topics that are common to security, for instance, border security. is working to increase productivity of our economy and this really this economic association as of the free trade developmenta agreement will give us economic growth of course which is the objective of most countries and more development for our society. and our economic relationship is undoubtedly very intense. let me give you some data here. i don't think many people know this. in effect, about 80% of our exports come to the united states. mexico is the second most important destination of u.s. exports. what does this mean? practically the u.s. felt our country, as it-- five t

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and what we think is that growth in the united states will rebound. already see that in the in coming data in the us. we see -- expect quite the solid rebound, so we expect growth in the united states for the rest of the year to be above 3%. so in that sense, the -- the reason for the -- why annual growth in 2014 is considerably weaker than we expected is almost all due to the weak first quarter. >> is -- there's a lot of grimness in this report. you did mention that the one part that somebody might think is negative, slower growth in china is actually a positive. what are the bright spots in your report? >> there are also upward revisions. we have upward revisions in germany, in the united kingdom, and we have upward revisions in japan, which is very encouraging where economics seems to gain traction despite the increase in the consumption tax and the reduction in the previous fiscal stimulus, which is being unwound over the next year or so, and that is encouraging. the private demand, including investment has started to pick up in japan, so there ar

well if i were the germans and i've had my gold stored in the united states and france for since the end of world or actually since war who wore one i'd i would like to have my gold back in my own vault so i don't see anything that's unusual about that demand i'm a little concerned and the operative word here is a little i'm a little concerned that it's taken us so long to repatriate even small amounts of gold but do i actually believe that there is something nefarious going on that they're saying that the gold is not there not really it's hard to move gold it's not the easiest thing in the world to do these vaults are well down in the ground you have to get the gold out you have to get them into into trucks you've got to get them into airplanes you've got to it's just a very difficult procedure or it can be done and i really don't think that the the gold bugs and i'm reasonably bullish of gold at this point in non-dollar terms i don't think that the gold bugs have a great deal to argue here saying that maybe the gold's not there it's i've been down to the vault at. h.s.b.c. thirty f

if the united states loses, it is out of the world cup. custody a must-win game. there is plenty of room. game starts at 1:00 o'clock. >> you can see you will probably need in sunscreen. you can watch the match between belgium and the united states live at espn with game time, again, 1:00 o'clock p.m. for all things world cup go to abc7news.com/worldcup with extensive coverage and game schedule. you can e-mail your photos at ureport@kgo-tv.com. >> other news, vallejo police are back to evict squatters from a former military facility that was the gateway inspection point at tennessee street and wilson avenue is now a haven for the homeless. the building is vacant for 20 years and neighbors say the problem is intensifying. year, miss cleared more than a dozen people out of the building but by nightfall many had returned. today the police went back to the scene themselves to remove the folks again. >> oakland mayor quan still has not shown proof of insurance following last in's traffic accident according to the lawyer representing the other driver. june 8 the mayor c

they say it has not harmed the united states. they say the documents produced by edward snowden have identified many as targets of eves dropping but despite that in europe many still have a positive view of mr. obama. >> obama has support of over 90 percent of the germans, that he's doing a good job. and now it's roughly 70 percent. so he would be happy to have that support in the united states. but, nevertheless, i think that the support is declining and the overall public view is very critical when it comes to the united states because of that. not only the monitoring of merkel's cellphone, but also the double agents revealed so i think at the moment, the trans-atlantic relations are not in the best state. >> let's hear from potomac, maryland. hello? >> my question is why does the u.s. and europe bow down to israel and constantly talk of maintaining israel's safety? are we not aware of what netanyahu is doing regarding gaza, that the country is being complete complete completely stifled? they are freedom fighters that are desper

exposed as frauds as well so it really strains credulity that we would be making a case or rather the united states establishment would be making a case on such an issue of vital importance from something like social media but i would also return to the fact that it is not strictly social media you know on my subway right over here to the studio i happened to catch the cover page the cover story of the new york post one of our local rags here in new york city and the headline read vlad hey vlad why did you kill my son and it has a picture of you know some father of one of the civilian one of the civilians killed on the plane now think about exactly how that relates to the statements coming out of the state department and out of the u.s. government it's really i think quite clear that the u.s. media both mainstream media as well as what we see on social media is really an appendage of us of the u.s. political establishment of the state department in the u.s. political elite and that is a fact that i think is inescapable and it is a fundamental part of the way in which not only we should under

the united states have spent -- the two most expensive weapon systems of the war are going to be united. having spent that much money, do you think there is a certain amount of institutional and bureaucratic inertia to put this into effect? of course, why build the thing if you're not going to use it? is it going to win the war by itself? >> no one can know. >> no one knows. by american standards the japanese have take than thing far too far. they have held out far too long. it is fueling american rage. they see americans dying in new purpose in a war that japan has already lost. is the atomic bomb going to wake up the japanese and get them to quit? some americans hope so, a lot of american leaders are doubtful. some scientists who create the bomb feel maybe a demonstration is more appropriate. take a deserted island and take military leaders have them sit off shores and we'll demonstrate the atomic bomb and show the destruction it can cause. why does this american leadership not accept this? >> the japanese will not get on a boat. >> first off, it is a difficult process. first off, you

provide arefused to guarantee i would not be extradited to the united states. that situation means we have to itkle the swedish matter seems in sweden. the only alternative is going through the international court of justice in relation to asylum. the first date in nearly four years that the matter has been heard about in sweden. my lawyers are confident that either in the lower court, more likely the appeal court, we will be able to dismiss the case. the law is reasonably clear. meant to proceed with -- the swedish government has an obligation under its own wall to proceed with maximum speed, with minimum costs, and also with bringing the minimum suspicion on the person who is being investigated. it is in clear violation of all of this points. a this hearing on july 16 as result of an appeal by your swedish lawyers. why did they not appeal before? >> several things have happened in the interim. because of the abuses in this case in some other cases, a new european law was introduced. it has been enacted in sweden. it was meant to be enacted by june 1 of this ye

but still for the united states if you want the u.s. to come in and help broker a peace between ha has and israelis, guess what, he has much less leverage because we shot ourselves in the foot. >> i couldn't disagree more there. kerry had 30 years experience in the united states senate, drank beer with netanyahu 25 years ago, a process that, yes, idealistic, i think it was the right thing to do. and abbas among others were at the u.n. general assembly last september being very positive about it. it's a tragedy that it collapsed , i don't think it failed but i think it was admirable. >> it's hard to -- they didn't want against one side against other. everybody knows how it come out just don't know how to get there. i actually -- i said once, john kerry should be nominated for st. hood which is tricky because he's partly jewish. >> i think john kerry who is mainly out for himself. >> okay. >> debate we've been having about this for many years. i think obama as he's going in to the mid terms, look at the way americans sees foreign policy v

he is the one who thinks we should electrify a fence between the united states and mexico. time, he never fails, it is criminal. andeven king and comer michele bachmann, tea party queen, all voted for the 2008 anti-human trafficking law. we all voted. why? because cooler heads were prevailing at that point. there was administering prices at the border that you wanted to exploit for political purposes. that init is shameful the congress of the united states, we see members of congress creating fear of children. we should be protecting children, not creating fear of them. what he said it is republicans who say it is president obama's immigration policy instead of the blame for the crisis at the border? this is richard shelby of alabama speaking thursday. >> the result to president obama's failure, i believe, can force immigration laws currently on the blokes has been has beenle -- books predictable, and that is one reason we get this afternoon. now we're being asked by president obama to approve a $3.7 billion request to resolve the current crisis at our border. there are seve

in recent months ties between the united states and russia have been strained. there has been disagreements offer the war in syria, the ongoing violence in ukraine and human rights. >> in iraq nouri al-maliki vowed to continue his push for a third term in office. a new prime minister leading a unity government may ease the sectarian violence. united states is trying to keep the iraq kurdish region aligned with baghdad. secretary of state john kerry met with the chief of staff to the kurdish president, after he called on a referendum for independence. the move is worrying arabs living in kirkuk. zeina khodr reports. >> reporter: those travelling from erbil to kirkuk have to cross a check point. it is guarded by the kurdish peshmerga and the iraqi police. there's two authorities, but it's been this way for years. the balance of power seems to be shifting. you needed an iraqi visa to enter kirkuk, outside the autonomous region governed by the kurds. the iraqi police didn't want to let us through. we entered. the kurds have the final say here. >> the oil-rich provinc

the united states has many priorities in the world.atever actions are decided, they should take into account the partnership that our country has entered with central american countries 30 years ago to turn dictatorship into democratic rule. most of the heavy lifting is being done by our partners. our approach to helping them has to be long-term, comprehensive, consistent and strategic. very much for this opportunity to testify. i welcome your questions. thee are at the end of first vote. we will have about 20 minutes before we will be able to return. i hope you will be able to stay with us. there are questions we want to ask of you. i think each of you have valuable contributions to make. the committee will stand in recess subject to the call of the chair. i expected to be somewhere around 20 minutes. -- i expect it to be somewhere around 20 minutes. >> this hearing will come back to order. to our panelize and thanked them for their forbearance. there were more votes than i understood there were. we had the last one. the good news is

but the united states has remained the critical player in all of this. gwen: there being no magic wand where does the cease-fire plan as whatever there is of it stand tonight, nancy? >> well, after a very violent week in gaza after offensive -- ground offensive by israel that led and contributed to a unting death toll with 800 palestinians, 38 israelis. there remains a cease-fire a 46 hour -- 12-hour one by ma mass and israel. it came after an exhaustive effort which began on monday which began with hopes of a broorder cease-fire by the end of the week. seems all parties are relieved to be able to get to one that will last for a few hours beginning at 7:00 a.m. local time, just a few hours from now. gwen: peter, there's a certain amount of trance gent. people that have dumped their heels and not digging their way out. in the case of israel and gaza, it is about the existence of these tunnels. they're considered an existential threat by israel and they're considered a way to get around a punishing blockade by the palestinians in gaza. is there a way throu