even though the united states did not ratify that treaty, it arrived in the united states and it was discussed in the united states as the debate within africa, among african-americans about immigration back to africa as opposed to remaining in america to fight for equality was reaching its last call at this stage -- calmative stage. the second event we can bring forward here revolves around w. e. b. to boys, african-americans and the ratification of the united nations charter in 1945 and 1946 where african-americans publicly anticipated that the ratification of that particular treaty with its human rights provisions, defining a new world order, a major problem of american foreign policy efforts at the time, that that treaty, coupled with the supremacy clause of the american constitution, which makes treaties the equivalent of federal statutes in domestic u.s. law, would in effect emerged the first federal civil rights act under, if you will, the treaty clause. there was great hope and w.e.b. du bois represented that hope, that indeed the u.n. charter would serve this purpose to let m

to bring down the wrath of the united states but the problem is is that the united states is deals irrationally with iran it's not a rational player when it comes to iran and this is this is just a part of that no one in iran believes this story i don't believe that many people in the united states believe the story but the fact that the u.s. government pushes such an absurd story i think it just shows that there's a very little hope for for a rational approach in any time in the future with iran in the near future at least what do you think about their man. i mean because again i mean professor marandi gave a pretty good detailed account of the story to date again you know what does the rand benefit from all of this i mean and the absurdity of it all unless more evidence comes out and ties it makes a tighter case it looks like utter nonsense. as i said i think there's a lot about this case that does not smell right to me. but i think the point about reading spy novels i think that goes both ways i think a claim that mr reddy seems to be making that the obama administration s

documents to implement the united states-colombia trade promotion agreement. the agreement is an important part of my administration's efforts to spur economic growth, increase exports and create jobs in the united states while promoting our core values. the agreement will create significant new opportunities for american workers, farmers, ranchers, businesses and consumers by opening the colombian market and eliminating barriers to u.s. goods, services and investments. the agreement also represents a historic development in our relationships with colombia. colombia is a steadfast strategic partner in the united states and a leader in the region. the agreement reflects the commitment of the united states to supporting democracy and economic growth in colombia. it will also help colombia battle production of illegal crops by creating alternative economic opportunities. under the agreement, tariffs on over 80% of u.s. consumer and industrial exports will be eliminated immediately. the united states agricultural exports in particular will enjoy substantial new imp

to the united states. according to the complaint filed today in the southern district of new york, he is alleged to have orchestrated a $1.5 million assassination plot with gholam shakuri and other iranian co-conspirators. now, the quds force is a unit of the iranian revolution yaer corps. it is also suspected of sponsoring attacks against the coalition forces in iraq and was designated by the department of treasury in 2007 for providing material support to the taliban and other terrorist organizations. the complaint alleges that this conspiracy was conceived, was sponsored and was directed from iran and constitutes a flagrant violation of u.s. and international law, including a convention that explicitly protects diplomats from being harmed. in addition to holding these individual conspirators accountable for their alleged role in this plot, the united states is committed to holding iran accountable for its actions. the two are charged with conspiracy to murder a foreign official, conspiracy to use a weapo

this is one of the best poris the united states of america have tell. earlier this year, the congressional research service issued a report that says the united states of america is the number one energy resource rich nation in the world. d has given us such a tremendous gift. if we legalize american energy pruction, which i have been advocating do not my time in congress, we will create very quickly 1.4 million high-paying jobs. we will increase domestic energy supplies 50%. that will bring $800 billion into the united states treasury. we have more oil in three western states than all of the oil in saudi arabia. we have 25% of all the coal in the world. we have some of the largest fines of natural gas found recently in pennsylvania. solar, wind, biofuel -- we have it all. i want to legalizit all. i also want to change the epa and get rid of the epa. we have 50 at the state level. i want to get rid of it so we can open up american energy production and be the leader in the world. [applause] >> if you could reverse one energy-related policy decision in th

the united states, to protect the borders of the united states against intrusion, it's the duty to protect our nation from those who would wreak havoc and harm across our nation, wherever they may be located. iran being the primary example on the face of the earth today as a threat to our country and quite honestly, the jobs that are very important in our country, and once we get the government out of the way, we'll get some jobs started. but it's time for this administration to do something on the border of this country, to protect citizens on the border. there's no reason why a landowner who lives on the border has to get assassinated like the landowner in arizona or has to get run off his land by armed men as our landowners in texas are doing, without the protection of the federal government. we are the united states of america and when they attack one state, they attack all the states of our union. and when they attack our border, they attack every state in this union. and by the way, there are many americans who realize that today. i had sheriffs from the state of north carolina and t

what can the united states and what can others do now? ll, john, you're got two things happening today. an intaken yus political crisis between iran and saudi arabia and the united states and iran. i think the administration will do a number of things. first, we're hearing that the administration will consider specific sanctions against the qud force members who may have been involved in this but more importantly, i think an attempt now made to link this to the nuclear issue. as we have been watching the arab revolutions take place, iran has been going forward making progress. it's important to go back to the united nations for sanctions, iran's credibility will be tarnished with most of the rest of the world, it will give the united states a leg up on the iranians in the security council. we're also, i think, going to try to reinforce the longstanding effort to try to build up conventional defenses of our gulf friends, to contain iran and contain any attempt by iran to use its military power against the arab world or against israel. it's

the united states is always called upon to be a leader in the world and project its influence. e are, the united states actively involved in uprooting a ruthless take tator and marco rubio, senator cannot -- >> the republican and the presidential election. it can't seem to even go the extra step to say this is a great day for the people of libya. this is a great day for free people around the world. this is a great day for the united states and leadership. >> thank you very much, indeed. much more on the death of colonel gadhafi. stay with us. >> i warned colonel kadaffy we would hold his regime accountable for any new terrorist attacks launched against american citizens. >> this is one toughnot so nice guy. they got a chance now. what happened? in this case, america spent $2 billion total and didn't lose a single life. >> today's death of moammar gadhafi marks a definitive end to a dictatorship of more than four decades. colonel gadhafi's career began as the leader of the revolution 42 years ago and ended as the victim of one. it was in 1969 age 27 that he led a bloodless coo a

so to try to assassinate the at bam dor in the united states is a major step let's say that the scopely striking, to assassinate an am bass for to another country on united states soil. >> i want to ask what specifics, as far as this would-be assassination, do you know how they were planning on taking him out? >> no, other than using mexican drug lords. assassinations have carried out before. you can blow someone up and that has happened here in washington many years ago, orlando, back in the '70s, i think, was blown up. in a car. and chilean. so you could do that. you could certainly there could be a poisoning. but you don't know. >> we do not. and, again, we should be hearing from some top officials there within the department of justice. do we have any idea, jill, what their comments might be or whether they are simply breaking the news? >> i think the justice department, as usual, will describe the legal karks the legal investigation that they have been carrying out. the fbi obviously very involved, dea. you'll hear the particulars and the thing will be, as i'm sure a lot of our j

if you are not against the policies of the united states and if you are an ally of the united states a permanent member of the security council, would the agency talk about iran in this way? that is clear. whoever is against the policies of the united states is either a terrorist or it is going to create a nuclear bomb or it is against human rights or it is a dictator. they must accept the era of colonialism is over. >> president ahmadinejad, i just want to be clear on the nuclear issue. katherine ashton says that negotiations could begin within weeks. is your government ready with your proposal and do you welcome negotiations? >> translator: certainly we are ready. certainly. we are always ready. and certainly we are going to talk about new proposals. we think dialogue is the solution. >> you have said there are no political prisoners in iran. the u.n. human rights report just suggested otherwise. what we do know is that leaders of the green movement, the people who ran against you, are essentially under house arrest and have not been heard from. so i guess my specific question is w

, the united states and israel. over the last of years we've seen a number of them including more than anything else a topic where talked about before lunch which is iran. a, but between the united states and israel on the subject of iran is one of the most enduring issues of the years ahead. this is the good news. the bad news is that the political friction that you see between washington and jerusalem could lead to the perception that israel is isolated and israel is vulnerable. apperception serves neither the israelis nor the united states. the united states needs a partner that is as reliable as israel and willing to compound american policy, american objectives in the region. israel, when it's a viable, when it's working, is a driving force in terms of u.s. policy in the middle east. i'll stop there. thank you very much. [applause] >> thanks very much. i that we begin, begin by posting a couple of questions, that arise from what's been said so far. it seems to me that there have been two things that have been me

the case. united states and iran have a long history. even before uncovering the alleged plot to kill the saudi ambassador the united states designated iran as a terrorist country. reports that iran is vigorously pursuing nuclear weapons and alleged ties to al qaeda additional reasons why the united states should pay close attention to iranian activities. however recent remarks by some of my republican colleagues as well as this morning suggest the alleged assassination attempt represented the crossing of a red line by the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism against the united states and israel and claims sanctions are not working may be premature and could inflame an already -- furthermore they -- currently awaiting trial is accused of attempting to enlist a mexican drug cartel member to assassinate the saudi arabian ambassador to the united states. although some have made the point that capitalize on a possible alliance between iranian and mexican drug cartels the facts indicate otherwise. we must be careful to stick to the facts

fran was there representing the united states. ery clear when you attended the conference that adel al jubeir was telling the crown prince at the time who the guests were, what they did, really kind of guiding him through the basically the people attending the conference. one thing, erin, that struck me in the indictment. if you read it, it refers to a restaurant in washington where it was suppose today happen. senators were going to be there, 100 to 150 people killed potentially. i think that corresponds -- i've met ambassadors on a number of occasions in the past. so the universe of restaurants in washington where somebody like this would go routinely and correspond pend to the indictment really does suggest it was cafe milan in georgetown. >> for those, peter, just tuning in, read to them out of the complaint. the words used when talking about killing as you said possibly a hundred casualties from. if the hundred go with him, expletive, them. that was obviously an indication of how little they cared about casualties. can i ask y

and the united states and has been following the case. judgment day for ukraine's democracy that was how some dubbed events in a key of court this week where former prime minister yulia timoshenko was awaiting the verdict over her alleged shady dealings in a gas deal with russia her supporters took to the streets in her defense before being dispersed by the police. three months of nonstop protests surrounding the case culminated in the biggest reminder yet of the orange revolution the two thousand and four uprising which made to go a household name. now as then there were tens of thousands in the streets naked anger and even naked activists this group staging another topless demonstration against all sides in the dispute but the main drama was inside the court especially after the judge's country herschel verdict. the good has ruled that julia to michigan can it's guilty under three six five three the criminal code of ukraine and sentences have to seven years imprisonment and denies her the right to hold positions in government for three

those are two very different agendas and i think that's why you see if you look at the press in the united states in the media in the united states the big corporate media and the corporate politicians they're denouncing this movement they're lying about it they're saying oh it's a bunch of hippies they're on drugs you know all this kind of stuff we have ph d.'s we write books about this we're not uninformed we're more informed than those members of congress so this is this moment is going to keep growing and that's a good thing thank you thank you very much kevin thank you borrow send just remind them i guess on the show today where it kevin downer is the co-founder of the global exchange national human rights organization. who is joining us live from san francisco california and. director of the institute for global research and social movements and that's it for now from all of us who would be back with more first time comments are what's going on in and outside russia until then play on our team and take it. as a. player . mostly. bringing you the latest in science stem cell technology from a

even though the united states did not ratify that treaty, it arrived in the united states and it was discussed in the united states as the debate among african-americans about immigration back to africa as opposed to remaining in america to fight equality was reaching its last carminative stage -- last culminative stage. african americans and the ratification of the united states charter in 1945 and 1946, where african-americans publicly anticipated that the ratification of that particular treaty with its human rights provisions defining a new world order, a major prong of american foreign policy of the time, the that treaty coupled with the supremacy clause of the american constitution, which makes trees the equivalent of federal statutes in domestic u.s. law, would in effect emerge as the first federal civil rights act under the treaty clause, if you will. there was great hope and do supported that hope. the third such event i would mention is the rise and the global recognition of martin luther king as an international human rights leader in the 1960's. and we can spell out the sto

look at the case of iraq united states accused you rock. having nuclear arms an attack dog the didn't have nuclear arms and surely the united states knew that you wouldn't have attacked it if it didn't have nuclear arms but on the other hand north korea actually developed nuclear arms and the united states negotiated so the demonstration to the world is that having the nuclear weapons makes you a lot sing for from us for it's for the kids of the world actual attack. what is the united states really number one. on challenge. where nobody can come close to our level of dominance our love of. food growing oil production. human capital is only one thing and that is the. problems on the left to the insiders and the insiders on the whole are committed to the us empire. and to run the world. they want nuclear threats. and so long as the leaders in the us are are to committed to the use of nuclear weapons the rest of the world is going to keep theirs or get their. and the prospects for human survival are not great. and all those out of engaging in t

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the president of south korea. he's here on official state visit to the united states. of south korea formally invited by the president of the united states and estate dinner tonight. now he's addressing a joint meeting of the united states congress, the house and senate underscoring the u.s.-south korean relationship. also, praising the u.s. congress editi decision yesterday to approve a new free trade area agreement. we're monitoring the president's address before a joint meeting of the u.s. congress. we'll bring you some highlights later. >>> meanwhile, another scandal rocking repurt murdoch's media empire. this time, the allegations are against t"the wall street journa journal"'s european edition. richard, this scandal seems to have two parts sh doesn't it? >> it does. and they are connected. the first part wolf concerns "the wall street journal" europe's circulation. and the allegation that the journal paid a third party, a company called executive learning partnership, to take the paper and then sell it at a deeply discounted price of a couple of cents a copy. in o

they put him up on trial in the united states only to have women embarrass the united states i don't think is going to happen. for more out right now an analysis on the trouble still resonating through the arab world or t. dot com footage and video reports from the region. including a historic swap has a thousand palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails you to be freed in the coming days in exchange for one israeli soldier gilad schalit. plus president obama sends troops to central africa but there is concern that america's growing military presence globally could be turning into military pressure. american officials are scrambling to clarify claims of what they call for terrorist plot by iran on tuesday america said it had been uncovered an iranian government plan to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the u.s. delegation is now headed toward russia china and turkey providing evidence to back up their claims tehran denies the accusations but washington says it's committed to holding the country accountable those within iran say the u.s. actually headed their way will go on the an

each of us is not outlive the united states. s a new cover by any stretch of the imagination, but the extent to which the united states can rely on the chip as a strategic partner in the future is a question mark over it now. and then on the iranian side, and the iranians have almost lost area. syria as an ally of iran has a big? over it as well. exactly what is going to happen in those countries is not at all clear. and whether it's going to fall out to be there one of them in a way that works directly to the advantage or disadvantage of the united states or tehran is not clear. this has happened, should both tehran and the united states due to no prior planning or action affairs. it is just like the weather. the storm will prove the region and of reshuffled everything. i think as mark has said taking our attention away from the contest with iran. on the other questions have pushed themselves to the front burner in washington, questions of libya, questions of day-to-day policy toward syria, the problems of the egyptian economy a

the biggest difference between mitt romney and president of the united states, the president of the united states has unleashed its campaign strategy already and that is to divide america, to tell americans who are not doing well right now and who are scared, that the pie of america is so only so big and if you want more, you have to take it from others. i know that mitt romney believes that the american pif can be grown bigger, that it can been infinite size because of the american inji knew tea, effort, and character. that is what this is about. that they want to believe that somebody's future can be greater, not trying to did i vice an ever shrinking pie among the american people. it's been, really in the end, an easy decision for me. i know that america needs a new course and i want it to be with the person who i believe will be the best person to lead america on that course and that's governor mitt romney. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> thank you, chris. let me turn to questions that you have. mark? >> the perry campaign in the past has approved that and what do you think of the

what are we doing wrong in the united states? e not number one, we should be because of the power and the money that we spend. what can we do to improve? >> i think that it's true. it's an enormous challenge in our academy to close the gap between what we export and import. it was 500 million dollars last year, which is exactly the budget that mr. duncan had for the whole country. we have to develop an innovation industry in this country, which has to include one quarter of the students of this country which are latinos. these students have to graduate from university. 20 years ago, this country was a leader in access to the university. we have a great number of people with university degrees, but the rest of the world has increased that level and we haven't. our greatest challenge is to achieve enrollment and graduation among hispanics latinos. first of all, they must learn english at such a level that they can have access to all subjects. this shouldn't be something that isolates them from access to learning math, technology eng

nuclear arms but on the other hand north korea actually developed nuclear arms and the united states negotiated so the demonstration to the world is that having the nuclear weapons makes you a lot sing for from us threats from the kids of the world actual attack. what is the united states really number one. on challenge. where nobody can come close to our level of dominance or level. food growing oil production. in the capital there's only one thing i'm not a certain. problems on the left to the insiders and the insiders on the whole are committed to the us empire. and to run the world. they want nuclear threats. and so long as the leaders in the us are ard to committed to the use of nuclear weapons the rest of the world is going to keep theirs or get their. and the prospects for human survival are not great. and all those out of engaging in the surging of this university of forty three years. but i believe it was over the shape of the employer the u.c. system and its alignment is the modern weapons for little activity. i think it's absolutely wrong for any university to be involved

iran's growth is is is is it is ok it has i think roughly three percent growth whereas the united states is not growing at all and neither is europe but the more pressure that the united states tries to impose upon iran the iranians will push back as well reliant on our audience will push back in what manner would they push back you talking all prices or no i think that the iranians have many we means to put pressure on the united states look how the situation in the region is unfolding already you have all america's allies in the region are becoming more and more unstable and the only country really in the region that is stable is is iran. but if i could go back to a couple of more holes in these accusations because i think it's very important for people to recognize that the united states is being dishonest because this is the united states is threatening world peace through its dishonesty. in addition to the two that i mentioned the third is that this iranian who was in the raf he was in u.s. custody he allegedly contacted his cousin who is this big general in the head of this operati

the way the united states particularly is behaving it is providing incentives to other countries to develop nukes. they look at the case of iraq united states have accused iraq of having nuclear arms and exactly. the didn't have nuclear arms and i ensure lee denies states knew that he wouldn't have attacked it if it did have nuclear arms but on the other hand north korea actually developed nuclear arms and the united states negotiated for the demonstration to the world of having the nuclear weapons they threw a lot thing for from us for us that's the real actual attack. what is the united states really number one. on shelves. where nobody can come close to. dominance or love. food growing oil production. in the capital with only one. amount of. problems on the left through the insiders and the insiders on the whole are committed to the us empire. and to run the world. they want nuclear threats and so long as the leaders in the us are are committed to the use of nuclear weapons the rest of the world is going to keep theirs or get their. and the prospects for human survival are not crazy. and

colombia sits with the united states on the u.n. security council and chairs its iran sanctions committee. colombian troops have served alongside u.s. troops at war and colombia has been training militaries and police around the world in counternarcs and counterinsurgency. as five former commanders of u.s. southern command have said, and i quote this agreement will meet our duty to stand shoulder to shoulder with colombians as they have stood by the united states as friends and allies, end quote. . i urge my colleagues to support this important agreement and i reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from michigan is recognized. mr. levin: i'm privileged to recognize mr. pascrell of new jersey, a distinguished member of our committee for 2 1/2 minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. pascrell: i want to challenge just about everything that my very good friend, mr. camp, laid before this house. first, let's talk about the numbers. the updated report that

fran town send was representing the united states. ling crown prince about dull what who the guests were and what they did, guiding him through the basically the people attending the conference. 1:00 one thing, erin that struck me in the indictment, which if you read refers to a restaurant in washington where the attack was supposed to happen. senators were going to be there, 100, 150 people killed potentially. that corresponds to georgetown, where have met ambassador adel al-jubeir on a number of occasions in the past. the universal restaurants in washington where somebody like this would go routinely and they correspond to the indictment really does suggest it is cafe milano in georgetown. >> oh, wow. i want to read out of the complaint the words used when talking about killing. as you said possibly 100 casualties burhanuddin rabbani. if the hundred go with him expletive them. which is showing how little they care about casualties. >> it is routine for the saudis. this is often they aren't, as fran indicated earlier, if they don't kn

united kingdom. we see that again and again, with most of the operations that took place in the west and the united states. since 2009, for example, anderson, most of the attacks, if not all of the attacks. most of that if not all, that took place in the united states were not planned and organized in pakistan, that was shifted to the arabian peninsula of al qaeda, shifted to yemen because of al awlaki. he's an excellent english speaker, very knowledgeable about the culture, he used the new media, and the internet. he single-handedly created the threat that we have today, the home grown terrorism. people who never joined al qaeda, never went to the training camps in afghanistan. however, they were able to read inspire magazine that was published by samir khan. >> list and listen to his sermon and look at the videos produced over the internet and join the organization. >> it's amazing that this guy and this other one, both who were killed today were sort of at the epicenter of a lot of the recent attempts in the united states. >> yeah, absolutely, and his influence goes way beyond the arabian peninsula. i

on trial in the united states only to have baldwin and embarrass the united states i don't think is going to happen twenty five minutes past the hour exactly here in moscow business news is next with with the summer home a new stories and five minutes from. her welcome to business and it's all eyes on china russia and china creating a joint investment fund worth up to four billion dollars the deal is to be sealed in the course of prime minister visit to beijing the start out will be jointly run by the russian direct investment fund and the china investment corporation each has already allocated one billion dollars to the project at least seventy percent of the funds money is expected to be vested in russia and a former cia as countries. and then further effort to boost trade beijing has decided to cancel exchange fees between the u.s. and the ruble however despite the increased trade volumes jacob now chief economist from morgan stanley believes full convert ability the u.n. is still some way off. the two big reasons wally fool you and convert ability is maybe four years away the fi

the people of the united states and of mexico have a very shared interest in this. the people of mexico and the people of the united states have similar desires, and that is for the ideas of freedom, security, and prosperity. this hearing today is to get at some of the questions about where we've been which have been documented, but have we diagnosed the problem correctly, and what do we do moving forward? first i have a baseline question here for all of you, and hopefully i can get a yes or no. i know that might be difficult for some of you, but please try. have the drug cartels in mexico evolved in their criminal activities and level the violence since 2007? ambassador? >> i'll start, mr. chairman. they evolved, but they are smaller, more numerous, more diverse, and as a consequence, they are a different kind of strategic and tactical problem to address than they were four years ago. >> thank you. mr. benson? >> and, yes, chairman, we've seen that evolution expansion, some of the cartels splint oring, and then essentially more criminal groups we're targeting. >> th

the united nations as declining in influence in the world? do you see the united nations as potentially threatening the sovereignty of the united states? >> i see the united nations as playing a helpful role in peacekeeping and humanitarian effort. i think some of that has been done well. beyond that, but i do not like, is the anti-americanism which i find it exists in the united nations. and at times, and anti-israel bias. that concerns me. as we are able to get on our feet economically, as we began our strength and the leverage, that allows us to do more on a bilateral relationship with other countries, the u.n. does not lead the world, the net states leads the world. we are in a much better -- de united states leads the world. we are in a much better position to do that by shoring up relationships with friends and allies who need to be reminded what it means to be a friend and ally of the united states. thank you all for having me. [applause] thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much to governor huntsman. and thank you for being here today. [applause] [chatter] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyri