in the basement area, and that is the unit that mr. mccabe has reined for the last 10 years. when it was van taij yours for the permit holder to rent the unit and receive rental income, he did so now when it is advantageous to demolish the unit and sell the property as a single family home in this insane real estate market, he is trying to take advantage of the farting that he built an ill laoem unit and sell it as a single family unit and demolish it. this will result in the displacement of a long term permanently disabled tenant, it will change the nature of the property so it will not be rent controlled housing anymore, it's currently two unit, both units are covered by the rent ordinance and the rent control protections of the rent ordinance, if this eviction happens, the upper unit will be a single family home which is not subject to the rent control protections of the rent ordinance so we will be losing not only rental stock but rent controlled housing in san francisco, and that is in couldn't ra ensuing of the mayor's executive d

it is the united states that will take this role. and it's very important to understand that europe was never at peace. 100,000 people died in yugoslavia. but the europeans have said that with the european union it doesn't count. but what has happened here is that the countries that face russia, the baltics poland and romania we face them alone. the other europeans are not part of it. as if world war ii in the pacific seemed to be at risk and iowa wasn't really involved. and that is the real reality of europe. and so the nationstate represents a shared fate and shared history and shared culture. in one of the things the european union tried to do was not abolished the love of one's own but redefine it so that there were two loves, your country and also europe. it's pretty much what they tried to do in virginia at the revolution. it was very hard those few months. and this is the underlying crisis of europe today, which is increasingly the institutions that have held europe together between 1992 and 2008 that are collapsing. meetings a

thank you to the united states postal service. the shadow of the monument, a generous gift bestowed to the grateful nation by the daughters of 1812. they are the sites first partners. the daughters remain steadfast supporters of the fallen soldiers. by deepening awareness of the war of 1812 for their commitment and hard work. let's give them a round of applause. [applause] the people of louisiana have dedicated themselves to today's celebration recognizing the importance of the battle of new orleans bicentennial, a commission was established to educate residents and to support activities that honor our debt to the past. the commission presented a proposal for a new memorial, the passage of unity. later, we will unveil the concept design. lieutenant governor, thank you to your commitment -- for your commitment to this. join me in applauding him. [applause] every day, the united states and united kingdom's flags decorate this landscape. the symbol of grief -- it symbolizes our grief and embodies our respect for the armed forces and c

the military unit was made up of 1800 servicemen. both american and canadian veterans attended the event at the u.s. capitol. this program lasts about an hour. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united states house of representatives, the honorable john boehner. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon and welcome to the united states capitol. it's good to see all of you here today. since the days of the revolution, congress has awarded gold medals to express the people's appreciation for distinguished achievements. the first recipient was general george washington himself in march of 1776. today pursuant to house resolution 324 we will present a gold medal in honor of the first special service force. the force was activated in 1942 as an elite unit of 1800 american and canadian commandos. just how elite? well, for every man they lost, they killed 25. for every man they captured, they took 235. the force was so fierceless that the enemy dubbed them the devils and so effective today that our special forces

in that spirit, the united states mint at the direction of the congress and the president of the united honor of these 1st special service force. and we present it here on this day in our capitol on behalf of a proud and grateful nation. thank you. [applause] we will now do the presentation of the medal right here in front. if i could have the stage participants. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, canadian veteran of the 1st special service force, mr. charles w. mann. >> honorables sirs, madame ladies and gentlemen of canada and the united states, i'll start off by saying i was at one time an amateur politician. it will probably show today. at any rate, good afternoon, honorable members of the american and canadian government, especially members of the senate and house of representatives. it is my sincere privilege to accept this award on behalf of the canadian 1st special service force, world war ii veterans their family members and the force members who are no longer with us. i acknowledge the presidents of canadian and american military personnel. these are our historical modern spe

russia china, the united states or the netherlands?e'll tell you the correct answer. >>> this week's "book of the week" is david boas's "the libertarian mind." people often wonder what it means when someone describe himself or herself as a libertarian, including people like rand paul, allen greenspan and peter thee. he does a superb job of explaining the idea and he does it with passion. for anyone interested in politics this is a valuable resource and well-written book. >>> and now for the last look. it is challenging for americans to have their children stuck at home during the seemingly endless winter weather, so imagine just how arduous a nationwide half-year sky hiatus would be all why battling a dadly epidemic. this week thousands of children returned to skee in liberia for the first time in over six months. classes were back in session in some places once hands were washed and temperatures were taken, of course. according to reuters, the ministry of education in liberia hopes all schools will open in march. the return to school

as alluded to earlier tonight, the history of the united states is one that has a continuous stream of minority groups who have been targeted landscape goaded and victimized by abuses of power, african-americans being the most common and consistent example, but other groups as well, whether immigrants or accuse communists were japanese-americans during world war ii have been similarly targeted based on the knowledge that these marginalized minority groups that the government can seize power without anyone much caring about it. the air is an argument that the muslims are the latest in this continuum, the current example that has replaced communists and other groups as this favorite group from the u.s. government to target and demonize to justify abuses of power. there is an argument that one should look at it that way. i actually think there are some unique attributes about this persecution that distinguish it from those other prior examples. i think is very difficult to compare injustices quantitatively to see which are better or worse. it's not profitable to do that, there are unique

and the growth is critical to the united states in the world economy. we are also working to get the world economies to take ambitious action on climate change including our initiative to illuminate public financing for power plants overseas and our global efforts to save us from the most dangerous greenhouse gases. our discussion this morning focused on global security issues. we reaffirmed our commitment to training afghan security forces supported sovereign and united afghanistan. we agree that the international community has to continue enforcing existing sanctions as part of our diplomatic effort to keep iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. we have to do everything we can to try to achieve a good, verifiable deal. two issues of particular that we worked this morning are russia's aggression against ukraine and the international fight against i soul. with regards to russia and the separatists support in ukraine it is clear that they violated just about every commitment that they made in the minsk agreement. if that of withdrawn from eastern ukraine,

he's also shared with me that he's forgiven the united states. e doesn't hold us directly responsible. but he -- he believes that we were -- we were acquiescent that we were not helpful in terms of preventing saddam from using the gas that was used against the iranians. so for whatever that's worth. yeah. >> greg in the middle there. wait for the mic. >> thank you for this presentation. i wanted to follow-up on what you were just talk about the iranian views about nuclear weapons. did you get a sense there was a differentiation. i would just a iodc commander would have a different view than ayatollah and goem. so the man on the street. that is the first part. the second part since there is a religious component in your dialogue how did you explain to the iranians the christian view about the morality of nuclear weapons? >> let me take this in reverse order. first of all, i believe there are differences of opinion within iran. there are clearly people for example innine ine iran who do not want to see the reproachment against the united states. one

what happened in the united states is american. as to the europeans the gdp of europe is greater than the united states if they wish to stabilize the situation in russia nobody would stop from. the germans didn't want to stabilize the situation in greece or spain, so leave unless. the idea that had the united states engaged in trying to rebuild russia and the united states would not be resented deeply for rebuilding russia the united states can be shown to intersect with everything that happens. it cannot be held morally responsible for other nations behavior. if you want to talk about the fact the united states did things that may have moved nations differently i fully agree. if you want to say that absent the united states this wouldn't have happened i don't think that is true. what i am arguing is what happened in russia had more to do with germany and the great deal more to do with the european union and european union's policies toward russia than it had to do with the united states. we had little frayed with russia, the europe

we will utilize the mat form of the united nations -- the platform of the united nations to send a powerful message of tolerance and solidarity and reconciliation. honorable secretary, distinguished ministers, llenes, ladies and gentlemen, there is much pain in today's world. -- in schools and offices, bombs claiming lives every day. it can be overwhelming. it is certainly heartbreaking. at the same time, i take heart at the acts of heroism and solidarity that are so often on display at times of tests like this. i take heart when i read a muslim -- spiriting two patrons to safety in a perilous storm or when christians -- to muslims freeing carnage in the central african republic or when thousands counterrerred bloodshed with marches of solidarity from copenhagen and -- that is the heart we need. our future depends on it. and i count on your strong leadership and political will to defeat terrorism and ec treatmentism. -- extremism. you can count on the united nations. i thank you very much. thank you. [applause] let me begin by expressing my sympathy and full support to denmark and to its pe

it is one that we guarded vigilantly here in the united states. last year, we joined together to pray for the release of christine missionary kenneth held in north korea. today we give thanks that he is home where he belongs, with his family. [applause] detained in iran since 2012. i was recently in boise, idaho and had the opportunity to meet his beautiful wife and children. i conveyed to them that our country has not forgot about said and will do everything we can to bring him home. [applause] then i received an extraordinary letter from him. in it, he describes his captivity and expresses attitude for my visit with his family. he thinks assault for standing in solidarity with him during his captivity. the pastor wrote nothing is more valuable than the body of christ moves ahead of countries and leadership's through united prayer. he closed his letter by describing himself as " a prisoner for christ was proud to be part of this great nation the united states of america that cares for religious freedom around the world." [applause] we are going to

why is this happening in the united states? i don't know. hink there are a lot of factors mixed in. but the demonization of putin has become so extreme in this country, i do not recall and enter this field back in the 1960's, the united states ever demonizing a soviet communist leader the way our leaders do, obama, mrs. clinton referring to him as hitler. if putin is hitler, clearly, we have to go to war. that is the logic. is it not? is it not? where are the voices that say, this is crazy? he may be a russian nationalist, he may be threatening, but hitler? >> during an interview on cnn, president obama acknowledged united states played a role in the ouster of viktor yanukovych last february. >> mr. putin made this decision around crimea and ukraine not because of a grand strategy, but essentially he was caught off balance by the protests and viktor yanukovych fleeing after we brokered a deal to transition power in ukraine. >> president obama's comments read headlines in russia. this is russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. >> i have two co

so how would that relate to the position in the united states? >> i think it's a bet. and king hussein invested in the education of the people. fundamentally, the instability issues you're talking about, the way the king sort of makes move things move is dealing with as in many of these governments balancing positions to the various tribes and trying to sort of modernize their government and move it forward in a way that the people feel that they are getting a fair shake from the political system. jordan has long had a problem and, frankly, many think a worsening problem in corruption and the question about competence of government. and i think that the king has not made as much headway on those issues as many might like. but when it comes to the partnership and alliance with the united states, i think that jordan for a long time and in part because it, along with egypt, has had peace with israel and is unique in the region, they've also been exposed to the modernity of that and israel is a part of that picture and the united states was the sculptor and architect in es

their want to come to the united states because they want to send money back to my family. they are acting not as political refugees who want to change the government, they are acting as immigrants. that is the most terrible thing happening in cuba because the cuban people have lost loved for the island. especially the young people. >> briefly, if you could address that point. why should we have let the embargo work? >> that has never been my point. my point is that the embargo should be used to condition real change in cuba. nobody is defending -- first of all, we keep saying embargo that is not the same thing as 1960. the ideal that nothing has been done in cuba and all of this time -- idea that nothing has been done in cuba in all of that time is not true. the ambassador distributed 30,000 for wave radios. that is the -- shortwave radios. that is the strategy of radio free europe. those things are important but neither the cuban government nor the advocates for the government want to concede that. on the one hand, he says that it is just a south florida votes or whatever.

i'm going to the united states not because i seek a confrontation with the president. but because i must fulfill my obligation to speak up on a matter that affects the very survival of my country. >> netanyahu's decision to speak is not playing well with some in israel either. elections are a little over a month away and he can't count on a photo op with president obama when he comes to the u.s. >> as i said before i talk to him all the time. our teams constantly coordinate. we have a practice of not meeting with leaders right before their elections two weeks before their elections. >> so we know two things right now. prime minister netanyahu is scheduled to address congress on iran and he won't be coming to the white house during his visit next month. we want to start our conversation tonight in israel where robbie sable joins us. he's a retired foreign service officer, currently a professional of international law at hebrew university. robbie sable welcome. is this situation getting as much attention in israel? >> even more. it's a major issue here because the israel

was a student who decided to come to the united states to pursue a phd in nuclear engineering. he arrived at the university of missouri to study and obtained his phd and decided along with his wife he wanted to stay in the united states and work in the united states rather than returning to iraq. work as aand got research professor at the university of missouri, became an integral part of the columbia community. he and his wife ultimately had five children, all of them american-born u.s. citizens. the problem is beginning of the early 1990's, for the next decade, he had numerous family member still in iraq, including 11 siblings, along with his elderly mother who was blind. millions ofs and iraqis, his family members were not just suffering great deprivation, although they were, they were literally on the boundary of starvation, typically unable to feed themselves in any way that provides major sustenance. this is incredibly common among the regime sanctions. although he was earning a modest salary, he simply could not in good conscious live even what was really a lower middle-c

colonel nam tong ho, of the korean people's army >> on this side is north korea and the other is united states and south korea. >> the west is always saying north korea has to dismantle their nuclear weapons program... north korea has to do this... ...and has to do that... what would it take? we were told the nuclear deterrent - as they call it - means the government can focus on other things, like development. >> we are building more fancy looking buildings on the river. a man who has made a success or achievement for the society - then he will be kind of a priority to go there. >> our guides brought us to one of these new buildings that we were told is for families of professors at kim il sung university. sin gyong-ju lives there with her daughter son in law and grandson. she was worried about the health of kim jong un who had not appeared in public for several weeks. >> you're going to cry too we're all crying >> then the conversation turned to the united states. she told us the americans provoke and threaten north korea regularly, but she is certain they will not attack - because th

they need the united states to do that. it's not been forthcoming. >> that's al jazeera america's mike viqueira. we'll take a break. when we come back, who is king salman. for on the succession in the region and we'll dig deeper with the ambassador. stay with us. it's "inside story". >> aljazeera america presents a break through television event borderland... >> are you tellin' me it's ok to just open the border, and let em' all run in? >> the teams live through the hardships that forced mira, omar and claudette into the desert. >> running away is not the answer... >> is a chance at a better life worth leaving loved ones behind? >> did omar get a chance to tell you goodbye before he left? >> which side of the fence are you on? >> sometimes immigration is the only alternative people have. borderland only on al jazeera america >> the new al jazeera america primetime. get the real news you've been looking for. >> now everybody in this country can hear them. >> at 7:00, a thorough of the day's events. >> at the end of the day, w

senator sanders is the junior united states senator from vermont. he's spent 16 years in the house of representatives, the longst-serving independent member of congress in american history. he's devoted his career to public service. the growing income gap and the shrinking american middle class. he's also been a strong advocate for rebuilding our nation's infrastructure and protecting our environment. he was also the mayor of burlington, and he is the ranking member of the senate budget committee and former chair of the senate committee on veterans affairs. and i just want to note that we sort of worry a lot these days about congress being able to do nothing. and i think it's worth noting that when two sides are willing to seek agreement and are willing to recognize the urgency of government action, you can actually have things happen. and very recently senate sanders, with senator mccain and others negotiated a very comprehensive bill to deal with the problems in the v.a. medical system. so when we have senator sanders and senator mccain working tog

it is a problem for the united states. ident says we need to spend more time on the western hemisphere and every president doesn't do it. we really do need to spend more time and more concerned with the threats we face here in the hemisphere 01 of them will materialize. we are quite concerned about it. the trouble as my entire remarks demonstrate there are so many problems that have festered for six years because the president won't address them. when you laid them all-out it sounds pretty gloomy and it is pretty gloomy. if we are not prepared to face up to it as a country or even if we faced up to limited number of these problems others would still remain to endanger us or our friends and allies. it is not going to get any better. the president is simply wrong if he believes not talking about foreign threats, challenges, will make an easier to resolve. obviously it makes them harder but take one or two more. >> korean freedom alliance. first of all i would like to say that i was really moved by your excellent description o

that the united states and europe have not stood idly by. we have made enormous efforts, enormous investments of dollars, of political capital, of diplomacy in trying to resolve the situation. i think the ukrainian people can feel confident that we have stood by them. people like vice president biden and secretary of state kerry have spent countless hours on this issue, as has angela and her team on the german side. and just because we have not yet gotten the outcome that we want, doesn't mean that this pressure is not over time making a difference. i think it's fair to say there are those inside of russia who recognize this has been a disastrous course for the russian economy. i think mr. putin -- situation is entirely resolved. we're going to have to keep on trying different things to see if we can get a better outcome. what i do know is that we will not be able to succeed unless we maintain the strong transatlantic solidarity that's been the hallmark of our national security throughout the last 70 years. and i'm confident that i've got a g

she already said no we shouldn't be arming the ukrainian folks. unitedes actively considering that, is this a breach between germany and the night states, if so is that something to be concerned about? >> one that is certainly developing not just germany the german chancellor, french president both went to see president putin at the end of last week, they presented a program, we don't fully understand but is essentially extension of the cease fire with a little bit more of could carved out region for the russian oriented areas of the country. but the problem is that they have said that even if putin doesn't accept this they're not going to favor arming ukrainian government. pout is in looking at this saying what's the downside of just dragging for time here which is what he has done very successfully as this has gotten in to a bigger and bigger conflict. the president's instinct not necessarily to go in i think many in his party agree that as i mentioned carter, i think probably have to hear from hillary clinton on this issue pretty soon at some point. a

>> the united states effort is against i.s.i.l. our efforts against assad are political diplomatic, economic and we have supported in various ways the moderate opposition, not only against i.s.i.l but we supported the moderate opposition in various ways to counterassad. but we are not at present in combat against assad and, indeed, we have prioritized both the fight against i.s.i.l and the efforts of some offshoots of al quaida, which are known as the khorasan group who are present in syria and directly plotting against the united states. >> charlie: and there have been military attacks against them. >> yes. >> charlie: you have said recently that we need not be alarmists over the threats opposed by i.s.i.l and even russia and ukraine. >> obviously, we're living in a world where there are a multiplicity of challenges and threats and they range from the threat posed by i.s.i.l and the metastasis of elements of al quaida to new revaunchist powers and ebola and even climate change over time. some are long-term, some immediate. there's

in that spirit the united states mint at the direction of the congress and the president of the united[ applause ] we will now do the presentation of the medal right here in front. if i could have the stage participants. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, canadian veteran of the 1st special service force, mr. charles w.mann. >> honorables sirs, madame, ladies and gentlemen of canada and the united states, i'll start off by saying i was at one time an amateur politician. it will probably show today. at any rate good afternoon honorable members of the american and canadian government especially members of the senate and house of representatives. it is my sincere privilege to accept this award on behalf of the canadian 1st special service force, world war ii veterans, their family members and the force members who are no longer with us. i acknowledge the presidents of canadian and american military personnel. these are our historical modern special force members today. please give them all the support that you can. [ applause ] it is an honor to address this audience especially the wor

hashld board and is a board this is now on the bring of proclaiming the best school district in the unitedhe story is not that that the school board is by itself doing all the work again it is in fantastic collaboration with all of us in the city and the millions of dollars that are flowing across not only from the city but from the private foundations and the businesses in the city because they have investor confidence in our school district i say this because i know that our middle grades are improving every single day we embrace them the principles and the teachers in those grades will recognize to have the harder jobs of all the grades because we saw the data and building we work make a change but it is not not just what happened in the school but always what we do this this opportunity with the public enrichment education fund and our children's fund it is what we will do together with those members of the board of supervisors will with the parent and people that building in universal school and the preschool with all the services that have to happen before and after school we're goin

i am the executive director of the united states botanic garden. we are standing on union square, which is the end cap of the national mall on the east side just before you arrive at the united states capital. it is a fascinating piece of land because it has gone through many transformations in terms of what has been here over the course of the history of washington, d.c., since around 1800. it is important to the botanic garden because the first united states botanic garden was on this piece of land, even though today it is most notably associated with the reflecting pool and memorial to grant. what i would like to do today is present a little bit of the early history of the united states botanic garden, so a show a couple of the remaining trees that date back to the original botanic garden location, and also talk about the process by which the botanic garden came to be. it eventually moved across the street from where it is currently, and a little about the famous fountain that originally was placed here by congress and also made its way two block

now she case if she sold the unit she gets $46, 500. the equity she built up over a lifetime, nearly $200,000, gone. where would you go? >> no place. i would have to go in a tent or something, i don't know. >> reporter: did it ever occur you? >> no, never. i thought when you opened something, you owned it. >> reporter: since the law passed state records show 217 complexes affecting close to 20,000 units. jo is a retired cop, a decorated war veteran, his wife a retired school teacher. living in florida was a retirement dream in this village near tampa. >> ewe loved the idea of having a condo. we didn't have to worry about taking care of things. >> we thought we'd spent fart of the year west. and in the cole months this is an our florida home. >> investors joined forces and own most of the unit. file. >> reporter: the cunninghams and neighbours are told that a condo termination is coming. >> trying to inform us about the war and what they do if they start a termination process, if there's a bill for termination. to proceed, that we will of

but the united states was headed. it didn't cascade cascade and cascade into we grew last quarter of 5%. the europeans had never experienced this before. this is what christ is united states is world war ii. the bond crisis. there was the third world that christ did. there's the savings and loan crisis. all solved in the same way. the government intervened to save the bankers and the bankers call the government are responsible for his hit here. a wonderful game we play. the europeans hobnobbing to go. they have no commonality. in that room no question, it doesn't want to bail out. but the question that germany versus greece, france versus germany, this was the question and the fact that going bankrupt doesn't mean the people you've laid off are not your problem. so you would expect massive risk-taking didn't occur because it could have been. when it occurred, it occurred on the black market because no one could afford the taxes. there was no google that was going to emerge in europe. though microsoft is going to challe

could it be time to come to political solutions, i'm talking to an official at the time united nations who tried to help. >> i feel like we have let the people of syria down. over three million have fled as refugees pches it is . it has actually is a scandal. >> i'm ali velshi and this is "real money." syria four years of civil war which originally started off as a bunch of mass protests call on president bashar al-assad to step down. but the situation quickly deteriorated into open violence. government officials responded by taking up arms. sending money and weapons to myriad rebel groups. the government sought out military aid from its allies and the government covers dmasks arounddamascus and the coast. al al al qaeda affiliate al nusra, using it as a springboard to grap partsgrabsgrab parts of iraq. meanwhile, i.s.i.l. continues making worldwide headlines by videotaping the murders of aid workers and journalists including japanese journalist kenji goto who was killed in a video released this past weekend. four years on more than 200,000 people have been killed in syria's fighting.

people to the united nations. so we made clear that we were planning to -- >> hello. i'm wolf blitzer reporting from washington. we'll continue to monitor this briefing at the white house. josh earnest speaking on several related issues. just after 1:00 p.m. here in washington. 6:00 p.m. in london. 8:00 p.m. in damascus. 9:00 p.m. in moscow. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks for joining us. let's get to the breaking news right now. the death of a 26-year-old american aid worker held hostage by isis. kayla mueller's family members say they have now received confirmation that she's dead and they are heartbroken. in a statement they said kayla was a compassionate and devoted humanitarian. she dedicated the whole of her young life to helping those in need of freedom, justice and peace. that's a quote from the family. we don't yet know the details of mueller's death but just moments ago, the white house press secretary, josh earnest, you saw it live right here on cnn, he says isis is to blame. >> is

i am the executive director of the united states botanic garden. we are standing on union square, which is the end cap of the national mall on the east side just before you arrive at the united states capital. it is a fascinating piece of land because it has gone through many transformations in terms of what has been here over the course of the history of washington, d.c., since around 1800. it is important to the botanic garden because the first united states botanic garden was on this piece of land, even though today it is most notably associated with the reflecting pool and memorial to grant. what i would like to do today is present a little bit of the early history of the united states botanic garden, so a -- show a couple of the remaining trees that date back to the original botanic garden location, and also talk about the process by which the botanic garden came to be. it eventually moved across the street from where it is currently, and a little about the famous fountain that originally was placed here by congress and also made its way two bl

the use of force. there are private units that are well-paid and forces from the regular units move over to these private units. and they act with the ultra-nationalist personnel. and we have been in contact for a long time. i would like to tell you, if you want to speak out adamantly and strengthen your positions in the european parliament, you are free to do this. if you want to act differently let's sit together. let's talk about the results of the act, about the violation or non-violation of the principles. by the way a rating agency in nuremberg, it is a ukrainian agency in nuremberg, carried out an opinion poll in the crimea. over 90% of the crimeans said they support being part of russia. and only 3% said that they still haven't decided. and this is statistics based on the opinion polls of people. we were talking here about respect for self-determination. we were talking about states. but there is also the self-determination of people. and, of course, we can discuss all this. you have to understand our position and the principles we are guided by. of course you can laugh about this, but then someb

i don't think al shabab has a strategic capability in the united states. was a somali who went to al shabab from minnesota. there will be sympathizers in the country. al shabab is trying to get an echo affect among them. the more subtle point is al shabab is watching isis watching al qaeda. in the past couple years, they have been on their heels because african forces have moved them out of the capital and continue to constrain the geographic space within which they operate. some of this is an attempt at aggressive operations or inspiring aggressive operations in the united states. some of it in my view is a reflection of al shabab's weakness in their intent to remain relevant. >> will it resonate this latest video, if they're trying to inspire a lone wolf or a group of individuals to go out there and commit a terror attack whether here in the united states in canada the u.k. or elsewhere? will it work? >> it could resonate. i mean i'm in total agreement with tom and phil. al shabab is under huge pressure. they used to control somalia and the capital. they

this is the united states. and now our eyes focus on the western half of the united states. ressure system that is bringing hefty snowfall to the rockies. great news for skiers and snow boarders heading to the western u.s. look at this. we are expecting pretty significant icing event for dallas texas, south of the oklahoma city area. if you are traveling to this region for business you want to consider this will be a major problem going forward, especially sunday in to monday morning, just in time for rush hour traffic on monday. george? >> more snow goody. >> more snow. >> thank you. >>> a teenager from new york city is headed back home from vacation in hawaii. he's got a pretty incredible story to tell. look at this. the 16-year-old hooked a half ton blue marlin off the coast of the big island. a handful of people spent a half hour reeling in the 1,000 pound fish. the teen says he's been fishing since he was just 2 years old and before this massive marlin his biggest catch was 55 pounds. >>> new research suggests the strongest material on earth is teeth. >> the common -- un

the rising economic power of japan has filed a claim to displace the united states as the dominant powerf the 21st century. in europe, many of the ancient states are signing up to exchange their national sovereignty for a limited partnership in an economic co-op called the ec. in holland, a conservative prime minister is today being pressed to lead the mother of parliaments into yielding up to bureaucrats in brussels what generations of british soldiers fought to preserve. friends we americans must not , let that happen here. [applause] we must not trade in our sovereignty for a cushioned seat at the head table of anyone's new world order. [applause] the first challenge we face, then, is economic, presented by the rise of a european super state and a dynamic asia led by japan. the 20th century was the american century, but they intend to make the 21st, the century of europe or the century of asia. so, as we americans congratulate ourselves on the victory for freedom that we, first and foremost, won, and won together for all mankind in the cold war, we must begin to prepare for the new st

i was very happy to see the agenda of the summit that we are having here in the united states. at least 11 or 12 points in the national action plan coincide with the agenda items of a summit that is taking place here in washington. so i'm very happy to exchange views in the international community and our friends with the united states of america and other partners to try and identify the best way forward. i think pakistan has never been so focused as it is now on the job at hand. there's never been this kind of unity over the last 13 years. and there's never been this kind of unity of purpose which has emerged across to the length and the breadth of the country. but having said that, let me also say that it is no easy task all the troubles and all the problems that have been built up over the last 13 years that would take a lot of effort. more importantly once the pressure on the terrorists has increased once they have been fixed to the wall, once the headquarters are across the area and have been destroyed, they've gone across the border and they are trying to reorganize thems

that the united states and europe have not stood idly by. we have made enormous efforts, enormous investments of dollars, of political capital, of diplomacy in trying to resolve this situation. i think the ukrainian people can feel confident that we have stood by them. people like vice president biden and secretary of state kerry have spent countless hours on this issue as has angela and her team on the german side. and just because we have not yet gotten the outcome we want doesn't mean that this pressure is not over time making a difference. i think it's fair to say that there are those inside russia who recognize this has been a disastrous course for the russian economy. i think mr. vladmir putin is factoring that in. but understandably until the situation is intoirly resolved we're going to have to keep trying different things to see if we can get a better outcome. what i do know is that we will not be able to succeed unless we maintain the strong trans atlantic solidarity that's been the hallmark of our national security throughout the l

spain, mexico, and the united states all claimed ownership of the island of different times. together with our time warner cable partners, c-span city to her staff recently visited many sites, exploring corpus christi's rich history. learn more about corpus christi all weekend here on american history tv. >> born in mexico, dr. hector p. garcia called corpus christie home. he founded the american gi forum and became an advocate for mexican americans rights. we visited the mary and jeff l library in corpus christi to learn more about dr. garcia's work. >> we have a variety of materials illustrating different phases of his life and career. he is best known as the founder of the american gi forum. that was established in 18 48th, not too long after his return from his service in world war ii. it was created to assist mexican-american veterans in their struggle to return to normal life after their war service. he is recorded as having said that he felt especially suited to do that work because he had compassion for others as a physician. he had military training and service, whic

state house representatives, members of united dates senate, and the speaker of the united dates house of representatives. ladies and gentlemen, the speaker of the united dates house of representatives the honorable john boehner. >> ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon, and welcome to statuary hall. this space was once the chamber of the house of representatives, where lincoln served his one term in congress, and where madison, monroe, and andrew jackson were sworn into office. since the 1860's, the tradition has been for each state to send two statues here in honor of their favorite sons and daughters. some are inventors. some are authors. some are veterans. some are pioneers, and some were just great statesman. our honoree today was all of these things and more. today, it's our privilege to dedicate a statue to the late barry m goldwater from the great state of arizona, and we are honored to be joined by arizona secretary of state, michelle reagan, and members of the arizona congressional delegation, and of course, members of the goldwater family. thank you all for being here. i hope

welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. you're watching cnn live coverage. i'm natalie allen. three days of intense diplomacy is wrapping up at the munich conference. fighting in the ukraine was at the forefront of the conference. german chancellor angela merkel told participants that peace talks should at this point despite a clear lack of progress. merkel will hold a conference call with french president fran swois hollande and russian president vladimir putin. fred pleitgen and erin is in moscow. how is kiev taking this news that expectations are still so very low? >> reporter: well i don't think anybody in kiev expected anything different. there are some big gaps obviously between the ukrainians and the russians however, it seems the western negotiating partners are not all on the same page either, natalie. one of the good things that's come out over the past 2 1/2 days of diplomacy, merkel and hollande speaking to the ukranians, at least people who are a conflict are going to enter into the conversations. there will be

it as problem for the united states. every president says we need to spend more time on the western hemisphere and then every president doesn't do it. and we really do need to spend more time and more concern with the threats we may face here in the hemisphere. i'm quite concerned about it. trouble it and as my i think entire remarks dem monarchies stray there be so many problems that have fess at thed for six years because the president won't address them when you lay them all out it sounds pretty gloomy and in fact it is pretty gloomy. if we are not prepared to face up to it as a country or even if we faced up to a limited number of these problems, others would still remain to endanger us or our friends and allies and it is not going to get any better. the presidents simply wrong if he believes that not talking about foreign threats and challenges is going to make them easier to resolve. it doesn't. it obviously makes them harder. i will take one or two more here. yes, sir. >> korean freedom alliance. you fisa of all i

it is the united states that will take this we will. it it is important to understand that europe was never at peace. the europeans were saying they were in the european union, so it does not count. what is happening here is that countries that face russia the baltics, poland romania they faced them alone. it is as if when the pacific seems to be at risk i already was not involved which is the real reality of europe. the nationstate represents a shared fate, history culture a love of one's own one of the things that the european union tried to do is not abolish the love of one's own but redefined it so that you have two loves me your country and your which is pretty much what they tried to do. very hard to have two loves. do not try at home. this is the underlying crisis of europe today increasingly the institutions institutions that help europe together between 1992 and 2,008 are collapsing. the fundamental innards of the system are not working. before the american and russian occupation europe was a nightmare. my life my life would not

so there's a lot of important work that needs to be done around this in the united states congress. the good news is this is not an idea logical issue and that there are republicans who have indicated that they also understand how serious this is. we are hopeful that by working with congress we can make some important progress and take some steps that would actually safeguard the american people and their data. the last thing is that -- is just a reminder that there will be quite extensive discussion of these kinds of issues at the cyber summit that the administration is hosting out at stanford university next week. and so we're looking forward to the opportunity to convene meetings with leaders in private industry leaders in the tech sector who have some expertise around some of these issues, government officials not just at the federal level but the state and local who all have equities in dealing with this rather complicated policy issue but the consequences for us dealing with this policy issue are significant and certainly the president and his administration take it very seriou