work ofr part of the the united nations, most of the work of the united nations is funded by involuntary contributions, mainly from governments. that covers a whole range of emergency, developing relief, food and support to refugees. the split is 60% to the voluntary contributions and 40% to the assessed contributions, which is more or less half and half between the peacekeeping on the one hand and the mandatory standards of the work of the united nations undertakes. host: if you look at breakdowns of the contributions, the united states is on top of that list with over $600 million. as well as japan, germany and france. the figures that you are looking at there, they are related to a formula. the formula is more or less related to the worth of a gross tos related to messick product. corrects the percentage, it would be a higher percentage that the united states pays, but it is important that no one country should pay over 25%, so the top level was ,educed and at the bottom level so the countries at the bottom, it ended up being that they should pay much less than they should pay. there

in the united states. xt day their majesties travel to washington, the capital of the united states. a gentle rain falls on the city is our king joint united states president john f. kennedy for a ceremonial welcome on the lawn of the presidential residence. together, the two leaders review the honor guard. servicesents all five of the united states, the army, the navy, the air force, the marine corps, and the united states coast guard. they express their mutual respect. although distant from each other, our countries are as one in our people's desire to maintain independence, to live in freedom, and to look to the future with hope. because his wife is ill, president kennedy has asked his sister, wife of the director of the united states peace corps, to act as official hostess. embassy's majesty himself entertains. he meets the chief justice of the united states and many other leading members of the national government. their majesties meet many friends of the afghan people during their visit to washington

the former ambassador of italy to the united nations. from the u.s. mission. pope john paul ii: thank you. general inrsecretary the case of women. >> your holiness. pope john paul ii: [indiscernible] >> the representative of zombie is to the united nations. from the human population fund. -- the u.n. population fund. the secretary-general for -- [indiscernible] the seÑora. >> [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] the undersecretary for unicef. and his wife. -- from indonesia, your holiness. and the representative of indonesia to the united nations. the ambassador from peru. from peru. mr. and mrs. egg get from unicef. >> abc news. >> from abc news. mrs. barbara walters from abc news. >> barbara walters. >> the most famous person for the news around the world. >> [indiscernible] barbara: [laughter] i was hoping that you might -- [indiscernible] have a wonderful stay while you are here. thank you. >> the undersecretary general for special political affairs. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and

the united states. it's an international issue. it's an international agreement. can a government become a signatory to an international agreement, and then the subsequent government tear it to shreds? this is something only the likes of saddam hussein would do. any government that replaces the current government must keep itself committed to the commitments given by the previous administration. otherwise, that government, that entire country, will lose trust internationally. >> so, wolf, the president of iran, scathing about the notion of any future government could tear up an international agreement, which is cemented in a u.n. security council resolution. also saying, quite clearly, that assad will stay and this is the plan for the moment. i also, to obviously, asked him about the four americans, including our colleague, who is still stuck in iranian jails. >> "washington post" correspondent. >> indeed. he seemed to indicate that a prisoner swap would be the way to unlock this because there are severa

you will speak to the united nations with a much anticipated address. first time you've been there in a number of years. what will you say to the u.n., to america, to the world? >> as our interview will be broadcast before my address, it's believe it's not wise to speak about everything that i am going to say but i'll give you the general outline. i recall the history of the united nations and what i can say is that the decision to create this organization was made here in our country. in fact at the yalta conference, the decision was made in the soviet union, russia the soviet union and russia as the successor of the ussr is a founding nation and a security councilmember. sure i'll have to say a few words about the current situation and how about international relations are shaping up today. the united nations remains the only universal international organization which is charged with maintaining international peace and security. in that sense there's absolutely no alternative tight. clearly it has to adapt to a changing word at what pace and what shoul

the pope continues to tour the united nations believe. terrett was tell us earlier that this building has been undergoing major renovations in recent years, so the pope getting a look at the u.n. addition here. this is his first time in the united states, his first time at the u.n. general assembly. he is the fourth hope to address the general assembly, and again, this is the largest assemblage of world leaders in u.n. history. his visit at the u.n. will be about two and a half hours. there are a lot of photo ops following this visit. he will be addressing in english members of the u.n. staff awaiting him in another part of the u.n. complex. as we continue to watch pope francis, just a recap here of what we've seen in the last few days. this is pope francis' second full day during his visit in new york city. from here, he visits what was ground zero in what is now a memorial to the 9/11 attacks. you see pope francis signing some sort of guest book. a couple things, other things to note about his schedule today, at ground zero, he will hol

change for days now during his trip to the united states. uba, you mentioned climate change. this is a live look at united nation general assembly. you can see that representatives from 193 member states are beginning to gather. pope francis will be speaking to this group of assembled world leaders next hour, and we do expect him to address climate. that is an issue in which they cooperate, because they are the two largest emitters in the world. i want to go back to whether president xi jingping intends to enforce these ideas. my understanding is that china continues to be a coal-based economy. >> the chinese have made lots of progress in green technology. they are the number one producer of wind technology, more wind technology than all the other countries in the world combined. they've been a leader in solar technology. they have actually made a lot of strides trying to push their economy to become a cleaner and greener one, mostly because their own citizens are crying out for it. they know that they need to take care of the environment in

this is his second major trip to the united states. s been to china and everywhere he goes, he's sort of tries to stand above the fray. this is very smart politics. because meanwhile in india, his cabinet is running a very different kind of government. it has been pushing against libertarians. it has been trying to stuff its own very narrow agenda kind of people into the various cultural and educational institutions. it has been going after people who are trying to raise issues ofmodi during the program 2002, particularly, the campaigner -- so while his government has been a vicious and has been in a sense trying to shut down dissent, mr. modi has given himself an air of royalty. he comes to these very large events. he is a certain charisma. and at the u.n. as well, he talked as if he is the most beloved person on earth. obviously, he makes, you know, a great impact. people are excited to see an indian prime minister with a certain kind of charisma, but this is rather -- this is very misleading because at the same time, as i said, a ver

secretary general of the united nations, mr. president. t was 70 years ago that on behalf of the people the member states of these organizations by the united nations. we placed ourselves to assert future generations to discourage war and to build a new type of relationship guided by a set of principles and purposes. this should bring about an era of peace, justice, and development for all of humanity. however, after that moment there has constant lee been internal affairs of the state, we have witnessed the so called-and the recolonization of territory. all of these are rated with new actions, new technologies and human rights violations. the militarization of the states and the covert and illegal use of information and communication to attack other states is unacceptable. the advancement and protection of human rights with the selected and approach to validate and impose political decision. despite the fact the charter calls off to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights and the dignity of the human person, millions of people, the fulf

came to the united states. it was a spanish ship, etc. but it was important for us in this discussion because it focused national attention on slavery and the mutinous revolt on a slave ship on the high seas, just what happened with the creole. now let's talk a little bit about british-u.s. relationships . great britain at that time was the superpower of the world. for example, in purely military terms, great britain had 100 ships. united states had 15. great britain had colonies in canada, australia, and new zealand. they had naval bases in gibraltar. they had trading centers in hong kong, singapore. groundklands became the -- crown colony in 1840. in 1839, the british invaded afghanistan. more thaname with 20,000 troops, and they had 30,000 camels to carry their supplies, including 300 cases of wine for the officers' mess. but the british were defeated in afghanistan in 1841. it was a jihadist against the british -- a jihad against the british. they were defeated and they were massacred. it's thousands -- 8000

the capital of the united states. the militia turned out and it's actually the battle of bladensburg. one of the most embarrassing defeats for the united states army. confusion was in the ranks. the great james monroe, great guy, but not on this day. he was the secretary of state and he was playing general. teamsters hired, put in the line of fire so they galloped away with the ammunition. the president of the united states himself, james madison, actually showed up with two doctor goon pistols strapped to his belt. in the moments before the battle he almost wound up in his haste to get into it road through the american lines and almost got captured by the british until the person turned the horse's stirrups around. within about two hours the american army was in full retreat. the president was galloping away. and the british terrified americans. there was a valiant stand by the united states marine corps and small part of sailors. but eventually they were overwhelmed. later that night the british went into washington,

the visit of xi?ident mr. earnest: united states secret service has been planning for these four months, if not years. they are where of the challenges associated return to protect pope francis when he is in the country, to protect president xi when he is in the country, represent all the dignitaries in new york for you and general assembly. best for they you and general simply. e u.n. general a summit. e will have we will make sure that the pope has the kind of visit where he's kept safe but also has the opportunity he would like to have to engage with the american public. striking that right balance is the constant challenge of the secret service but these are professionals and there's been significant planning that's gone into this. we're confident they have what it takes to do this job right. reporter: when you say they've been planning for this for years, can you elaborate some more on that? can you detail some steps they've taken? mr. earnest: i don't want to give you the impression that the visit of the pope has been s

the united nations in the coming days, u.s.st ebola will work to strengthen security and expand join efforts on humanitarian assistance and food security and given china's success, we will help rally this weekend around new development in our goal to eliminate extreme poverty. i affirm america support for all people including freedom of assembly and expression, freedom of the press and freedom of religion and i expressed in views to prevent journalists lawyers and civil society groups from operating freely or denying ethic minority equal treatment are problematic in our view and prevent china and its people from realizing it's full potential. obviously we recognize that there are real differences and president xi shared his views in terms of how can he can move forward in a step-by-step way to provide chinese unity. we expect and continue to consult in these areas. even as we recognize that that is part of the people's repup lick of china. we continue to preserve the religious and cultural for his representatives. finally we ar

gaddafi's nuclear materials are now in the united states. gaddafi's decision has two -- had two listening-lasting and important respects. first because he turned over his material they did not fall into the hands of militant islamic terrorists who today control territory inside libya. second, his cooperation enabled us to unravel the black market nuclear pr live ration network of pakistani scientist a.q. khan who sold to rogue regimes around the globe. we put him and his network out of business. there's also evidence that iranians halted a force of their program in 2003 in the aftermath of the u.s. invasion of iraq hoping to protect themselves from suffering saddam's fate. in 2007, we learned that the north koreans were build agnew clear reactor in syria's eastern desert. -- a nuclear reactor in syria's eastern desert. territory now governed by isis. when the israelis brought this information to us, president bush told them he would not take military action. the israelis decided to take action on their own. and destroyed the reactor. in each

s life of millions more, is the united nations a failure. and later - ranking the white house by how much aluminis earn, is that the best which. and wisconsin governor scott walker wants to evisorate union power, is killing the sign of movement a sign of progress. i'm ali velshi, this is rail". >> i firmly believe that the u.n. achieved more than it set out to do. it will be more critical in the coming decades. >> the international system has not lived up to its promise responsibilities. >> discussions mediated by the united nations failed to stop the bloodshed. >> u.n. has been trying to make up for failures. and watched. >> we couldn't do anything. >> the united nations ultimately has no authority. >> a decision must be made by the few for the many. >> it's democracy at its worse. >> critics do not give credit to what u.n. achieved. >> here all counties are equal. >> it's the only useful way to bring the countries together. >> the alternative it to do nothing >>> tonight we have ambassador richard butler, former chairman of the u.s. special

the united states is not immune from this. even as our economy is growing and our troops have largely returned from iraq and afghanistan, we see in our debates about america's role in the world a notion of strength that is defined by opposition to old enemies, perceived adversaries, a rising china, or a resurgent russia, a revolutionary iran, or an islam that is incompatible with peace. we see an argument made that the only strength that matters for the united states is bellicose words and shows of military force, that cooperation and diplomacy will not work. as president of the united states, i am mindful of the dangers that we face. they cross my desk every morning. i lead the strongest military that the world has ever known, and i will never hesitate to protect my country or our allies, unilaterally and by force where necessary. but i stand before you today believing in my core that we, the nations of the world, cannot return to the old ways of conflict and coercion. we cannot look backwards. we live in an integrated world,

and 75 years ago the charter of the united nations was elaborated after the end of that tragedy, the second world war. and with their memories still fresh, full of the horrors of the second world war, which led to the life of -- to the death of so many, the united nations came together to write their charter. this charter which set forth their dreams for the future, the charter of the united nations and it is still valid today. and we, the people's of the united nations are resolved to save future generations from the scurge of war. we, the peoples of the world, in this year 2015 want to save succeeding generations from the scurge of war, from the horror rs of extreme poverty and war and all the horrors which we have experienced in the past. 70 years it was a bipolar world for much of that time. and there was the 1940s, the 50s, the cold war, the 50s, the 60s and it's a very tragic wars that occurred then during that time of bipolar world. and then with a collapse of the soviet union it became a uni polar world. it was supposed to be a time when ideologies came to an end, the 1990s w

he was clearly not with the united states. of course cuba at that point was on the state department's list as a state sponsor of terrorism. worry cubans did begin to about intervention, particularly after the war in iraq. thank you for a wonderful book. it is a good read, well written, well organized. twouestions, one in the --t questions, what in the past and one in the future. it seems to me that during the negotiations, reading your book, that the u.s. kept moving the goalposts. that one president sort of came to a resolution, and that the next president started on a new or different issue, and they , onst got that resolved africa, on human rights, elections. in subversion of central american neighbors, bay of pigs, etc.. is that correct? or is it just that nobody really wanted to solve the problem, and they just kept inventing these new issues? my question about the future is, on the to do list, if anybody working on the issue of restitution of property of property,se businesses, etc., were nationalized and taken? there are

speeches from the united nations general assembly throughout the day. right here on al jazeera america. ♪ 15. >> the palestinian flag to be raised at the united nations. we are watching al jazeera live from london. i'm david forest. also coming up in the next 30 minutes. russia airstrikes on target in syria. russia said it is ready to talk to the united states about military cooperation. sending reinforcements to k unduz, and the battle is proving harder than they hoped. >>> the indian train bombing which left 183 people dead. >> the speech at the u.n. general assembly to declare he's no longer bound by agreements with israel. effectively throwing out the oslo accord of 1993. mahmood abbas said every aspect of the agreement had already been violated by israel. >> here we declare that they refuse to commit to the agreement signed with us, which render us and release of the palestinian prisoners in accord dance with our agreements, israel has thus left us no choice but to insist that we will not remain the only ones committed to the implementation of thos

the united states should stand up to the plate when others can't or won't she said. >> i think the united states has to do more and i would like to see us move from what is a good start with 10,000 to 65,000 and begin immediately to put into place the mechanisms for vetting the people that we would take in. >> reporter: now going back to dr. ben carson for a minute, the muslim advocacy group, care, is calling this evening on ben carson to withdraw from the presidential race because of those remarks and wants political leaders across the spectrum to repudiate statements on muslims. del. >> thank you john. >>> papal message to more than 100,000 people today who attended mass in that city. perhaps is significant his meetings with the current and former leaders of cuba, raul and fidel castro. rob reynolds files this report from havana. >> it is early morning in havana, what is usually a quiet relaxed time is instead filled with celebration. the reason, pope francis is here to preside over mass, for men who helped fall their relationship with their old enemy, the united states. >>> you can see

the united nations is just he can statistic about that. the coming together of china and the united states the two biggest polluters set the stage for the climate conference that take place in december in paris where the united nations is hoping world leaders will finally be able to agree on a meaningful and universal carbon agreement that has been elusive auto far. that remains to be seen. >> we'll be there to hear this. thank you very much indeed. kristen. >>> at the u.n. elsewhere at that organization u.s. secretary of state john kerry is at a meeting with the iranian foreign minister. this is the first time they've gone together since they earlier talked about the nuclear deal. mr. kerry says the u.n. meeting is a chance to make head way in resolving problems across the middle east. >> i view have week as a major opportunity for number of countries to resolve the issues in the middle east. we need to achieve peace and a way forward in syria, in yemen, and the region itself. i think there are opportunities this week through these discuss

, the european union, and the united nations. however, the israeli government insisted on continuing its destruction of the two-state solution and on entrenching two regimes on the ground. an apartheid regime that is currently in place and imposed on the state of palestine, and against the palestinian people on the one hand, and another regime of extensive privileges and protection to the israeli settlers on the other hand. on our occupied territory, the occupied territory has two systems, the apartheid system, and the other system that extends extensive privileges to the israeli settlers. is this possible? is this admissible? this is the question we pose to the united nations. the oslo -- transitional oslo agreement, and subsequenting a agreements signed with israel, [ inaudible ] that the agreements should be implemented within a time frame of five years, sending in 1999. ending with what? with full independence for the state of palestine. but israel stopped the completion of the process of withdrawing its forces from areas clas

i will recall the history of the united nations. the decision to create this organization was made in our country, at the yalta conference. decision was made in the soviet union. russia and the soviet union. russia's the legal successor of the ussr. i will have to say a few words about how the current situation and how international relations are shaping up to date. united nation remains the only universal international organization charged with maintaining international peace and security. there is no alternative to it. it has to adapt to a changing world and we have all been constantly debating how it should change, at what pace, what should be changed exactly. i will have to not just have to -- i will avail myself to speak from this international rostrum to give the russian vision of the future of this organization. charlie: there is much anticipation you will speak about the threat of isis, and that your presence in syria is related to that. what is the purpose of the presence in syria, and how does that relate to the challenge o

the bases also are blamed for reinforcing images of the united states as an occupying power, and for stoking antipathy towards americaful with the end of u.s. troop involvement in iraq and afghanistan, david contends now is a good time to reexamine the tenets of this decades-old forward strategy of stationing u.s. forces in many places overseas. a review in -- commends his book as a frank and significant assessment, and publishers weekly called it eloquent and persuasive. so, ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming david vine. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> wow. thank you to everyone. i paid or guilted into coming here. it's really something of a dream to get a chance to present here at -- to get a chance to present here at politics and prose, having grownup the area, and it's really amazing to see so many friends and people who i've gotten to know at many defendant aparts of my life, thank you, brad lee torques the amazing introduction. i feel like i can't -- he did the book more justice than i could with the summary he just provided. thank you to everyone here at

and we are very fortunate here in the united states. think the idea of unity is definitely a central theme of pope francis. i think catholics are very excited with the visit of pope francis to the united states. i think non-catholics are also excited if not even curious about what this man who has great simplicity in his message, but also great feeling of again wine affection and humbleness, i think people are very curious about it. he touches down today. tomorrow he meets president obama in the morning. on friday he addresses the situation. and on thursday interestingly, he talks to the u.s. congress. what is interesting here, is that i think that on that political level, some people have been asking the question, so what is pope francis going to tell congress about policy, and i think that this is a huge mistake. the reality with pope francis is that he is speaking less about political points than he is about pastoral issues. >> he says despite the pope's very political statements about the environment, he thinks his message to congres

people who already have relatives in the united states? >> it's a good possibility, nevertheless if people are in need we should help all the people that are in need whether it's from syria or iraq or ethiopia like your guest was there. the fact of the matter still exists. if we help them stay in their country, far outweighs the fact if they come here. we welcome them as syrian americans here we ask our government to help them, nevertheless we should stop bombing them there, the child that was killed on the turkish shores was not in the area where the government was hitten. he was in kobani where daesh was hidden where i.s.i.s. was hidden and the fact of the matter his father took his little body to his home town and he was able to take him there, bury him there, have a ceremony there. we can help the people stay in their home town and helping them live there rather than taking them out of the country. nevertheless when they reach out we are required to help them and the syrian americans are ready to help. >> syrian americans in the united

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when he comes to the united states, he's going to speak english. spanish when he wants -- >> as we watch, he's getting into his fiat. who would be with him in the fiat? who is always with him? >> next to him is an official from the secretary of state. a monsignor in charge of the english section. he's been helping him with all of his addresses and he's going to help him now with translation during his time. at the front will be dr. january ee, head of papal security. he'll be taken well care of. >> what did you think when you saw the big motorcade and he's in this little fiat and you had big security suvs? is that typical of him? >> it really is. he's been forced to get into this big car. you can really be assured that he insisted on that small car. >> he has a will about those things. appeal to his sense of simplicity. >> he's a man-- we've got to ren normal, otherwise we're inauthentic and people will not believe in us anymore. i believe his personal testimony, charlie and gayle, speaks much more than his words. look at him now. >> testament. >> d

people who already have relatives in the united states? >> it's a good possibility. if people are in need, we should help all of the people in need. whether it's in syria, or iraq, but the fact of the matter still exists. if we help them stay in their country, it far outweighs if they come here. we welcome syrian americans here, and we ask our government to help them, but nevertheless, we should stop bombing them. the kurds killed this evening, and the turkish shores, was not in the area where the government is. he was in kobane, where isis was hidden, and the fact of the matter, his father took his body to his hometown, and he was able to take him there and bury him there, and have a ceremony in there. so we can help people to stay in their hometown and help them to live there, rather than taking them out of the country. nevertheless, when they reach out, yes, we are required to help them. and the syrian americans are ready to help them. >> syrians and syrian americans in the united states are very well organized and active. take us behind the scenes. are there a lot

now the united states has a choice to make. we can enforce an agreement that force iran to walk away from any nuclear weapons program or we can walk away from the agreement and assume responsibility for the consequences. we can take the strongest step ever toward blocking iran from get agnew clear bomb or block the agreement. and all but ensure that iran will have the fissile material it would need to make a bomb. in a matter of months, they would be able to do that. but we can't have it both ways. make no mistake, blocking the bomb and blocking the agreement are two distinct choices. that lead to very different futures. i spent a lot of time talking, listening, and thinking about the various elements of this agreement. so have my colleagues. i've heard from nuclear scientists, intelligence community, military leaders. i've listened to diplomats and experts. i've been briefed by secretary kerry and undersecretary sherman by our secretaries, including one who is a nuclear physicist who understands the reality of this threat and t

those materials are now in the united states. dafi's decisions had long-lasting and important effects. first, because he turned over his material, they did not fall into the hands of militant islamist terrorists who today control territory inside libya. second, his cooperation enabled us to unravel the black market nuclear proliferation network of pakistani scientist a.q. khan who had sold nuclear equipment and technology to rogue regimes around the globe. we put khan and his network out of business. there's also evidence that the iranians halted a portion of their program in 2003 in the aftermath of the u.s. invegas -- invasion of iraq hoping to protect themselves from suffering saddam's fate. in 2007 we learned that the north koreans were building a nuclear reactor in syria's eastern desert, territory now governs by isis. when the israelis brought this information to us, president bush told them he would not take military action. the israelis decided to take action on their own and destroyed the reactor. in each of these cases,

a wave of migration headed towards the united states. it might seem counterintuitive that after the thou in cold war legses between washington. fears that a relationship will change u.s. policy, making it harder to get citizenship in the states triggered the outflow. a group with skill sets found themselves stranded neither in the united states, but in bogota columbia. sheila macvicar met them there. >> in this cramped apartment a cuban doctor, nurses and a pharmacist await words from the u.s. embassy. they are among 700 personnel that fled to bogota, seeking visas to come to the united states. visas they thought the u.s. promised under a programme designed to undermine the castro regime. with the two countries normalizing relations, whether they make it to the u.s. is uncertainty. this doctor has been waiting four months. >> translation: i think they did break their promise to us. >> the cubans are in limbo. they are here illegally. returning to cuba is not a one-ishment. there they -- not an option. >> reporter: could you go back and sa

the president of the united states said really it was over for the president of the united states when he dedeclared it an agreement, not a treaty. if everything -- if ever something as consequential as this should fall under being an agreement and not a treaty is this agreement. yet it was declared an executive agreement. he's had a lot of practice saying i can bypass the congress, i can bypass the constitution by declaring an executive order, executive agreement, whatever. by declaring this it put us in a terrible position. thankfully we were able to secure and vote into law on a vote of 98-1 signed by the president of the united states, an agreement that would allow us to play a role in this and to look at the agreement and anything connected with this agreement before we made a decision. and the opportunity to vote on approval or disapproval. well, all that's been denied and the president not only says it's over, the majority leader on thursday said it's over, get over it, we're moving on, other things need to be done. we just heard that again from one of my colleagues here that's

we want to welcome the viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. the breaking news, russia has launched the first air strikes inside of syria, but was it actually targeting isis or was it targeting something else? russian warplanes carried out the attack near the syrian city of homs, but a senior administration official tells cnn that the strike, quote, has no strategic purpose in term of combatting isis. "and the russian president sas s that syrian president bashar al assad asked for the attack. and president obama is calling for the end to assad's presidency, but the u.s. secretary of state john kerry says that the administration is now calling for what he describes as therderly managed transition. a while ago kerry responded to russia's growing involvement in syria, and whether it is committed to stamping out isis. >> if russia's recent actions and those now ongoing reflect a genuine commitment to defeat that organization, then we are prepared to welcome those efforts, and to find a way to deconflict t

and that's very much behind the united states. there is a big room for ascendancy, for increase and we are now doing what we call the full reforms or the full processes which is a new type of industrialization, urbanization and the agricultural modernization. take the urbanization as example. it will increase by 2% every year. our urbanization ratio is 53% and it's expected to grow by 2% and that is equivalent to something like 10 million people moving from rural areas to the urban areas. at the same time, we should not let the rural areas be backward. we need to develop the rural areas through the internet plus and other policies, our industrialization and urbanization will have a leap, development. now, the chinese economy turned into a slower growth rate from a speed-based growth to quality-based growth and we are moving from export driven economy into an economy driven by expanded consumption and domestic demand. we call this the new normal of the chinese economy and i'm confident going forward china will surely for all of us,

the biggest problem is demand in the united states. if demand for drugs was not the high in the united dates, the drugs would not be possible to send over here. we need to deal with that side. what would've done in new jersey is to say for first time, nonviolent drug offenders, people charged with possession, which is over 50% of our prison population, we don't incarcerate those people anymore. we say you go for mandatory inpatient treatment. we want to change lives. i want to save lives in my state. we need to treat these folks. it is a disease. my mother was a lifetime smoker and she knew from 1964 forward that smoking was bad for her. she knew that but continued to smoke and ultimately got lung cancer at 71 years old. no one said to us don't treat your mother -- she's getting what she deserves. yet we do that with people addicted to other drugs. we say we make a moral judgment on them. they made a bad decision. there is nobody in this audience today who hasn't made a bad decision in your life. a judge make you wish you could take pla

they represent a number of people, the president represents the united states, and the people of the united states, and the pope represents the people of the christian faith. they have to respect each other for the leadership. got off the plane, it looked like they were sharing a joke. both of them laughing. the president of the united states is not saying what the holy father said. they had a very nice moment together. >> even if your city, cardinal dolan and the mayor disagree on certain things, but things they agree on and they respect one another. greg: here is the moment, rosanna. rosanna: wait. greg: he cracked a smile. rosanna: it is coming up. greg: the first lady and sasha and malia. and joe biden. rosanna: with his grandchildren. greg: this is live at the white house and waiting for the pope, pope francis to arrive. he should be there any second. rosanna: the remarks this morning will be in english. >> at the white house. rosanna: at the white house. it is going to be great. we won't have to hear the translater, not there is anything wrong with that. but it is coming from hi

it is the pontiff's first time in the united states. d meeting of eu leaders, but no meeting of minds, tension at a summit in brussels that was supposed to be the beginning of the end of europe's migration crisis. >> it is good to have you with us. at the very top, that is where the first head has rolled ouat vw. martin winterkorn has resigned and publicly apologized, admitting that they manipulated software to evade emission standards. he leaves a company with no clear driver at the wheel. in the united states, lawsuits and an irreparable dent in the vw name could be around the corner. >> the steering committee met for eight hours before announcing. martin winterkorn officially stepped down himself. [speaking german] >> the steering committee accepted his resignation with great respect. in particular, we stress that martin winterkorn had no knowledge of the manipulation. we hold martin winterkorn in the highest regard for his willingness to take responsibility and give a clear signal in the current difficult situation. in a written stat

we elected you president of the united states. i asked that you do not throw our nation under the bus. as far as mr. kerry, the president might as well have sent bozo the clown. he could've done a better job. no, no, no, to the randy l. >> all right, thanks for your call. -- i say no, no, no to the iran deal. in anticipation of the end of sanctions, iran gets its tankers moving. another one says, does it matter if voters hate the iran deal. politico, it was supposed to be the easy part of september. instead, the gop's plans have again morphed into a mess. taking your phone calls for the next five minutes or so. chris is on the line. eugene, oregon, independence and others. things, wouldn't it be neat if we could actually have some coverage. here's one. what i'm concerned about is national politics, national journalism. would you agree to that? >> for you talking about the iran deal specifically? >> i can do that as well. here's a back story. oregon, i i moved to ran across these two people, beautiful people. they could ski like wiz

meaning by the united states. so the editors make it clear that the united states is exceptional. is a rogue state, indifferent to international law and conventions, entitled to resort to violence at will. but the editors can't be faulted for that stand because it is honest universal among the political class in this exceptional nation, though what it means is, again, one of those things it wouldn't do to say. sometimes the doctrine takes quite a remarkable form. and not just on the right, by any means. take for example, the clinton doctrine. namely, the united states is free to resort to unilateral use of military power, even for such purposes as to ensure uninhibited access to key markets, energy supplies, and strategic resources. let alone security or alleged humanitarian concerns. and adherence to this doctrine is very well confirmed and practiced as need hardly be discussed among people willing to look at the facts of current history. "the washington post" editors also make clear why the united states should be prepared to take such extreme steps in its role of international p

we see on the other hand, a full, all-out welcome in the united states. this is something anticipated by everybody in the east coast. unfortunately, the pontiff is not going to make it outside of the northeast of the united states. he's going to be in philadelphia, washington, d.c., and new york. just those three cities. charles: he has an absolutely jam-packed schedule. the pope landing in washington, he's going to meet with the president and congress, he's going to hold mass before heading to new york city on thursday for the u.n. general assembly. we'll have a great panel to talk about all of, this we're waiting to see him come out. >> we are indeed. his trip already not without controversy in the united states. one member of congress boycotted. he's a roman catholic catholic of congress. boycotting the pope's statement in front of a joint session of congress because some of what the pope said about climate change and other things. generally speaking, it is a nonpolitical event. he has gone into areas that previous popes have not gone into in terms of f

. >> he was born in the united states. he's a christian. he's the president of the united states for the next year and a half. and we're going to move on. >> reporter: rubio's campaign picked up a top walker organizer in new hampshire even before the wisconsin governor dropped out. scott, over the weekend close friends urged walker to shake up his top campaign staff, focus on iowa and ride out this tough spot. instead the governor stunned his most loyal financial backers and quit. >> major garrett in the washington newsroom this evening. major, thank you. on the democratic side hillary clinton remains the front-runner, up five points in the past two weeks over bernie sanders and possible candidate joe biden. will vice president biden get in? here's nancy cordes. >> it's not like i can rush it. >> reporter: in an interview with the catholic magazine "america" vice president biden said he's still deliberating and knows time is running out. >> we're just not -- you know, it's not quite there yet. and it may not get there in time to make it feas

and china and the united states. and we will work together to promote interactions and inclusive cooperation in the asia pacific and work with the country in the asia pacific to promote peace, stability and prosperity in this region. china is committed to a partnership with our neighbored. islands in the south china sea since ancient times are china's territory. we have the right to uphold our own territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests. we are committed to maintaining space and stability in the south china sea and managing continues and disputes through dialogue and addressing disputes through negotiation. we are committing to respecting and upholding the freedom of navigation and overflight the countries enjoy according to international law. relative construction activity china are undertaking do not target or impact any country and comiena does not intend to pursue militarization. the countries directly involved should address their dispute through consul take and peaceful means and we support fre

♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states and mrs. chelle obama. ♪ [applause] [cheering] [indiscernible] ♪ [cheering] ♪ [applause] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the followed by the national anthem of the united states. ♪ > [applause] ♪ [applause] ♪ [indiscernible] >> mr. president, this concludes the honor. order. [indiscernible] president obama: good morning. [applause] [cheering] president obama: what a beautiful day the lord has made. father, on behalf of michelle, myself, welcome to the white house. [applause] i should explain that our backyard is not typically this crowded. but the size and the spirit of today's gathering is a small reflection of the deep devotion of some 70 million american catholics. [applause] it reflects as well, the way your message of love and hope has inspired so many people across our nation and around the world. so on behalf of the american people, it is my great honor and privilege to welcome you to the united states of america. [applause] today, we mark many firsts

this is your first visit to the united states. and you are also the first pontiff to share a twitter account. holy father, your visit not only allows us in some small way to reciprocate the extraordinary hospitality that you extended to be at the vatican last year, it also reveals how much all americans from every background and faith, value the role that the catholic church plays in strengthening america. from my time working in impoverished neighborhoods in hicago, to my travels as president, i have seen firsthand how every single day, catholic communities, priests, nuns, they are feeding the hungry, healing the sick, sheltering the homeless, educating our children, fortifying the face that sustains so many. and what is true in america is true around the world. from one aside as to the villages in kenya, catholic organizations serve the poor, minister to prisoners, build schools and homes, operate rphanages and hospitals, and just as the church has stood with those struggling to break the chains of poverty, the church so often ha

you don't see the president of the united states and his wife, or the vice president of the united statesnd his wife going to andrews to greet heads of state when they come in. you saw that yesterday for the pope. so this fellow, this man has a real reach across the world, and certainly here in the united states. host: what impact do you think he will have on americans, on decision-makers, on lawmakers as they listen to him tomorrow in a joint meeting? guest: he will have a significant impact because he has a lot of moral authority. excuse me. loving,very humble, open, compassionate figure. i think people are yearning for leadership like that. he is filling that void across all religious stripes. i am in a law firm with about 300 lawyers and professionals of all religions, jewish, protestant. they have a great deal of interest and affection for this pope. it is so interesting to me because they come up to me all the time and want to talk about this pope. he has captured the interest of people universally throughout the world. it is a positive influence. it is, let's care about the poor of