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but even mosadev looked to the united states. he placed freight faith in president truman to help iran resist british influence and british imperialism, really, during the oil crisis of the 1950s, he hoped that the united states would back iran's claims to sovereignty and control of its own oil. and that worked for a while, but unfortunately, as iran became more and more unstable, ultimately the united states backed its ally, britain, rather than iran. >> so mosadek pau kchlmosadek f. how does the shah emerge in 1953 after this crisis? >> after a three-year battle between britain and iran for control over iranian oil, iran is able to nationalize its oil industry. iranian oil finally belongs to the iranians, but it comes at a price. britain and the united states work together covertly to overthrow the government. britain, because they fear the consequences of allowing mosadek to stay in power. and the united states because they fear that a continuation of mosade k's government would lead to instability and a communist takeover in i
but even mosadev looked to the united states. he placed freight faith in president truman to help iran resist british influence and british imperialism, really, during the oil crisis of the 1950s, he hoped that the united states would back iran's claims to sovereignty and control of its own oil. and that worked for a while, but unfortunately, as iran became more and more unstable, ultimately the united states backed its ally, britain, rather than iran. >> so mosadek pau kchlmosadek f. how...
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the united states has, of course, good information on which targets can be hit i, without too much, to use the american term, collateral damage. in terms of the tactics that the united states will be using from here on in, we heard from u.s. president obama speaking earlier at the g20 summit. he did not announce a change of strategy, despite quite a lot of pressure here in the united states, most notably from the right, for him to change that strategy and to even put ground troops in syria. that is something that barack obama earlier today clearly rejected. remember that just a few days ago -- in fact, the morning of the attacks in paris, he said that the islamic state organization had been contained. now, that is a word that he used that he probably regrets by now, considering what happened just after that. >> another piece of news out of the united states, the americans have said they will not change their plans to admit 10,000 syrian refugees. of course, many questions have been raised about security concerns in the wake of the paris attacks that might be linked to unscreened arriva
the united states has, of course, good information on which targets can be hit i, without too much, to use the american term, collateral damage. in terms of the tactics that the united states will be using from here on in, we heard from u.s. president obama speaking earlier at the g20 summit. he did not announce a change of strategy, despite quite a lot of pressure here in the united states, most notably from the right, for him to change that strategy and to even put ground troops in syria....
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they can get back to the united states under the visa waiver program. that could be a vulnerability. >> mike rogers, congressman, terrorists clearly ran an operation with contacts in europe. several states back in the u.s. have stated they no longer want any syrian refugees, but there are clearly other ways as paul was just discussing for terrorists, for isis to get into the united states beyond embedding themselves with syrian refugees. >> right. syria refugees is clearly one way. as a matter of fact, isis foreshadowed that they would in fact do that and of course did pull that off. secondly, you have terrorists that are here that are already in the united states. they need to either, a, be fully radicalized to the point of doing a terrorist act and those are much more difficult to catch. you also have a porous border in the south that we know other middle east countries have used to infiltrate people into the united states. all of those are real. and all of them are concerning to law enforcement. and it's just a big net to try to put around to catch th
they can get back to the united states under the visa waiver program. that could be a vulnerability. >> mike rogers, congressman, terrorists clearly ran an operation with contacts in europe. several states back in the u.s. have stated they no longer want any syrian refugees, but there are clearly other ways as paul was just discussing for terrorists, for isis to get into the united states beyond embedding themselves with syrian refugees. >> right. syria refugees is clearly one way....
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. >> across the world soviet missiles are aimed at the united states. whatever the president does, he risks nuclear war. >> khrushchev calls west berlin a cancerous sore. >> lines are now drawn. >> 25 russian ships en route to cuba on what may be a collision course. >> no way of knowing whether western civilization will live or die. >> i think unless something is done, humanity will destroy itself. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> early on in the '60s, you have this backdrop of tension. you have capitalism versus communism and it was palpable fear. in the united states and in the soviet union that the two sides were going to get into a nuclear war. >> the temper of the world is crisis. architect of the crisis, nikita khrushchev. >> as they headed the soviet union khrushchev was very ideological. he believed that the future belonged to communism. he said, america needs to be contained and the only way to do it is to create crises all around the american empire. >> khrushchev came to the u.n. in 1960 and he said we are grinding out missiles like sausages. we'll bury you. ameri
. >> across the world soviet missiles are aimed at the united states. whatever the president does, he risks nuclear war. >> khrushchev calls west berlin a cancerous sore. >> lines are now drawn. >> 25 russian ships en route to cuba on what may be a collision course. >> no way of knowing whether western civilization will live or die. >> i think unless something is done, humanity will destroy itself. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> early on in the '60s, you have...
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we are very privileged and proud to be here helping him become the next president of the united states, and we doask you to do e same. ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the united states, george bush! ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you. hey, the meter's running. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for that warm welcome. thank you very, very much. it is great to be back in florida, the home of the greatest secretary of commerce in the country. i am very proud to stand here and have the support of governor bob martinez, lieutenant governor bobby brandly, five of the seven republican members of congress, so many leaders of the state legislature, so many people out there in the precincts working hard to build a republican party, and i would say let us nominate somebody in 1988 for the top of the ticket who can keep this florida growth going, and who can help elect a republican to the united states senate in 1988. i congratulate chairman austin and all the others who have worked so hard to make this convention quite the obvious success that it is. you know, florida is very special to me. b
we are very privileged and proud to be here helping him become the next president of the united states, and we doask you to do e same. ladies and gentlemen, the next president of the united states, george bush! ♪ ♪ ♪ >> thank you. hey, the meter's running. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you for that warm welcome. thank you very, very much. it is great to be back in florida, the home of the greatest secretary of commerce in the country. i am very proud to stand here and have...
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administration has confirmed that's it the prepared to take 10,000 syrian refugees and resettle them in the united states. the federal government is reassuring people that there's a process in place for screening those hoping to gain admission to the united states, but republicans aren't buying it. the presidential candidates have been scathing in their miss alf administration promises hoping to carefully vet those coming into the country, and they refuse to it accept many of the those fleeing the turmoil in syria. >> when you know some of the people coming from that region have the potential to be terrorists, we can't take a chance on that. >> word of the widespread state backlash reached president obama in the philippines, where he's attending a conference with pacific rim nations. he flatly rejected calls to keep syrian refugees out of the u.s. >> we are not well served, when in response to a terrorist attack, we descend into pear and panic. we don't make good decisions if it's based on hysteria or an exaggeration of risks. and i think that the refugee debate is an example of us not being well served
administration has confirmed that's it the prepared to take 10,000 syrian refugees and resettle them in the united states. the federal government is reassuring people that there's a process in place for screening those hoping to gain admission to the united states, but republicans aren't buying it. the presidential candidates have been scathing in their miss alf administration promises hoping to carefully vet those coming into the country, and they refuse to it accept many of the those fleeing...
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the united states, u.s. officials have been in touch with both russian and egyptian officials about the investigation. we have offered assistance. we continue to be prepared to support the investigation as it moves forward. doubtedwhite house has russia's word before. when you look at what happened with the malaysian airliner that was shot down over the ukraine. is not particularly good. claims that het will talk to president putin? getting back to the guantanamo plan. your proposal sounds dead on arrival. thatew speaker is saying detainees at guantanamo. erationd coop traversed the law passed in 2010. it does not sound like a plan will go far on capitol hill. >> we will see. the administration has put a lot puttingand effort into together this plan thoughtfully for congressional consideration. hopefully, congress will receive that plan in the spirit with which it was drawn up. it is a commitment to focusing on the national security of the united states, not the politics of the congress. we stand with democra
the united states, u.s. officials have been in touch with both russian and egyptian officials about the investigation. we have offered assistance. we continue to be prepared to support the investigation as it moves forward. doubtedwhite house has russia's word before. when you look at what happened with the malaysian airliner that was shot down over the ukraine. is not particularly good. claims that het will talk to president putin? getting back to the guantanamo plan. your proposal sounds dead...
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and generally debosh the morals of the united states through asian prostitution, for example. right? so 1975 -- 1875, the page act is really directed toward this problem of chinese prostitution coming into the united states and deboshing the morals of places like san francisco and its surrounding areas. i wonder even as now we don't necessarily -- although, for example, when you think about jeb bush's campaign rhetoric, he was saying i was thinking about birth tourism i wasn't talking about latinos. i was talking about asians. somehow that made it better in his mind. but as a general matter we have replaced that and the way in which we now think about the latino population is, in some sense, an immigration question even though that doesn't actually track with the demographics of that population. significant numbers of citizens with long histories in the united states. but we label them as illegal. illegal operating, i think, as a very thin veneer for race and racial restrictions. open question as even our demography changes, to what extent does our legality change without sign
and generally debosh the morals of the united states through asian prostitution, for example. right? so 1975 -- 1875, the page act is really directed toward this problem of chinese prostitution coming into the united states and deboshing the morals of places like san francisco and its surrounding areas. i wonder even as now we don't necessarily -- although, for example, when you think about jeb bush's campaign rhetoric, he was saying i was thinking about birth tourism i wasn't talking about...
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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
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....
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you have a lot of political ferment in the united states. ally the peak of socialist organizing in the united states. in 1912 he run for president and got almost a million votes. about 6% of the vote. you have a lot of radical groups, some of which are very reform-minded, and some of which are more demolition-minded. and so, there are also several bombings during this time in the united states. sometimes end of the government, sometimes aimed at major capitalists. one of the most famous ones related to the first world war , was the preparedness day , bombing that happened san francisco. a bomb went off on a mobilization parade and the labor radical internet being convicted. it was a very famous and very controversial trial. tom davis a quick sketch of the espionage act, but what was the context in which congress tries to pass this act? beverly: all of this debate and controversy about the war amends -- meant that when the united states decided to enter the war in april of 1917, 1 of the questions was with the american people actually particip
you have a lot of political ferment in the united states. ally the peak of socialist organizing in the united states. in 1912 he run for president and got almost a million votes. about 6% of the vote. you have a lot of radical groups, some of which are very reform-minded, and some of which are more demolition-minded. and so, there are also several bombings during this time in the united states. sometimes end of the government, sometimes aimed at major capitalists. one of the most famous ones...
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in the united states. was raised from 7% to 11% just on july 1, the sales tax. they have the highest unemployment rate in the united states. they're saddled with a higher cost for many consumer goods as a result of the jones act shipping restrictions that require all ships that bring any produceany goods into and out of puerto rico must be on u.s.constructed ships, u.s.flagged ships and u.s.manned ships. that alonebecause the rest of the world is using liberian and panamanian freighters and is using greek and cypriot crews and has much lower labor costs, that alone costs puerto rico $567 million a year in extra costs for all of its goods. now, again, this is a decision of congress, because only a few miles away, another u.s. territory, the virgin islands, was exempted, waived from the jones act. so congress decided to waive the jones act for the virgin islands, but not waive it for puerto rico. these are arbitrary decisions made by a body that does not have any responsiveness to the people that it affects.
in the united states. was raised from 7% to 11% just on july 1, the sales tax. they have the highest unemployment rate in the united states. they're saddled with a higher cost for many consumer goods as a result of the jones act shipping restrictions that require all ships that bring any produceany goods into and out of puerto rico must be on u.s.constructed ships, u.s.flagged ships and u.s.manned ships. that alonebecause the rest of the world is using liberian and panamanian freighters and is...
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even the oceans surrounding the united states do offer a level of protection. how worried should people be? >> they shouldn't be worried or change the way they are, because the reality is is that the united states is consistently getting threats. it is the nature of the -- what we call the asymmetric warfare right now, whether they come from abroad, or as fbi director comey said, concerns interimly. so security essentially has three pieces. it's lowering the risk, that's all the intelligence stuff. it's fortifying our protection. you heard the police commissioner talking about more bomb-sniffing dogs. and making sure that our first bomb responder apparatus in terms of response is prepared and ready to respond if anything were to happen so that's how people should think about it. it's layered, there's different pieces. and the hope is, and this normal will is true, that the three of those things combined actually minimize the risk and protect lives. >> absolutely. what about in brussels tonight? i mean, it is astonishing to see this big european city raising its
even the oceans surrounding the united states do offer a level of protection. how worried should people be? >> they shouldn't be worried or change the way they are, because the reality is is that the united states is consistently getting threats. it is the nature of the -- what we call the asymmetric warfare right now, whether they come from abroad, or as fbi director comey said, concerns interimly. so security essentially has three pieces. it's lowering the risk, that's all the...
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terrorists, to the united states. who are we talking about here when we say enemy combatants with regards to our national security and the problem that this may pose? we have some -- still have some high-level terrorists at gitmo. i'm reminded of the exchange of the five terrorists we read about some time ago in exchange for a young man in the armed services of the united states. these are -- these are high-level terrorists. cha lead sheikh mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11, rahim al-nashiri. i was in the intelligence committee. we were concerned we didn't connect the dots with regard to our national security, our national safety. that certainly was the case. we have habali who was the ramsey bomber. we have ramsey, four co-conspirators with 9/11. whalid binh natash. that's a mouthful, but nevertheless these are folks who are still determined to do great harm to the united states. i don't think they've changed their minds and i don't think the people who know that they're still there have changed their minds as well. th
terrorists, to the united states. who are we talking about here when we say enemy combatants with regards to our national security and the problem that this may pose? we have some -- still have some high-level terrorists at gitmo. i'm reminded of the exchange of the five terrorists we read about some time ago in exchange for a young man in the armed services of the united states. these are -- these are high-level terrorists. cha lead sheikh mohammed, the mastermind of 9/11, rahim al-nashiri. i...
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they believe the united states is in terminal decline, and therefore they can push around the u.s. that's why we heard the head of china's navy threaten war against the united states if they continued with these freedom of navigation exercises. so it's not our navy, their navy, it's basically we are china, o you are not. >> a sizable chunk of the world's commerce passes three the south china sea. they are relying on the united states to keep the south china sea open, to a void propoking their neighbor themselves. the freedom of the seas in asia, align in the water. it's "inside story." >>> welcome back to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. with america's stated intention to maintain the status quo in the south china sea, one important bystanders are the countries bordering the region. the list includes fast-growing trading nations, china enemies, and long-time american friends. what is their stake and their role? my guests are with me, and who has got a lot to lose here in. >> so there's four southeast asian states that have claims to the south china sea. indonesia is an interest party
they believe the united states is in terminal decline, and therefore they can push around the u.s. that's why we heard the head of china's navy threaten war against the united states if they continued with these freedom of navigation exercises. so it's not our navy, their navy, it's basically we are china, o you are not. >> a sizable chunk of the world's commerce passes three the south china sea. they are relying on the united states to keep the south china sea open, to a void propoking...
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before entering the united states. one analyst out there this the thinks the visa program should be expanded. james carafano, author of wikiworld at war. good to have you. >> good to be with you. >> dianne feinstein since 2007 has been trying tighten up this visa waiver program. and potato 9/11 ha post 9/11 har place to get into to be a tourist in and it benefits us economically to open things up. where do you stand on what she's trying to do? >> she's wrong. there are no security gaps in the visa waiver program. the difference between the visa waiver program and getting a regular visa is we have better relationships with countries that participate in the program, so we share a lot more information. we actually know a lot more about a traveler and risks from visa waiver countries than from countries we just don't get visas. nothing gets bypassed, and -- >> hold on a second, an interview gets bypassed and some say there's nothing better than an interview. >> they're wrong. the exact same thing you provide in a veet sees
before entering the united states. one analyst out there this the thinks the visa program should be expanded. james carafano, author of wikiworld at war. good to have you. >> good to be with you. >> dianne feinstein since 2007 has been trying tighten up this visa waiver program. and potato 9/11 ha post 9/11 har place to get into to be a tourist in and it benefits us economically to open things up. where do you stand on what she's trying to do? >> she's wrong. there are no...
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these are all the pipelines that currently exist in the united states. right now there are 19 international crossings of pipelines already coming into the unite united states, eitherm canada into the northern part of the united states or from mexico and from the south. there are already 19 of them. this would just be a 20th pipeline. there's nothing different about that. there are 60,000 miles of crude oil pipeline in the united states right now. there are about 63,000 miles of refined product pipeline. and you want to go to natural gas, about 300,000 miles of natural gas pipeline already in the united states. yet this pipeline is treated like some radical, new invention that we've never considered a pipeline before. well, what surprised me so much wasn't that 2,600-plus days that this permit sat on the president's desk. what surprised me for his reason for actually deciding to then not do the permit. that was the surprising part. and, quite frankly, last friday afternoon, as i heard the reasons, i went back and read the transcripts and these were the thr
these are all the pipelines that currently exist in the united states. right now there are 19 international crossings of pipelines already coming into the unite united states, eitherm canada into the northern part of the united states or from mexico and from the south. there are already 19 of them. this would just be a 20th pipeline. there's nothing different about that. there are 60,000 miles of crude oil pipeline in the united states right now. there are about 63,000 miles of refined product...
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it has evolved to the point where there was bafflement they were not grateful to the united states for all the freedom we brought them. this to me really underscores how completely muslims are excluded from anything we think about or talk about in the united states. themve debates about without their participation, we have discussions about what they are thinking without actually hearing what they are thinking. we have constant reports about who we are killing and how many people we are killing without ever stopping and thinking about who those people are or whether they have done anything that warranted that violence. so much so it was recently revealed a couple months ago by the new york times the obama administration has adopted a new definition of militants, which says that any military aged male and a strike zone, meaning any male who dies above the age of 16 or below the age of 55, is automatically deemed a militant without knowing anything else about them. this is how we have come to think about muslims, to the extent we think about them all, they die at the hands of our violenc
it has evolved to the point where there was bafflement they were not grateful to the united states for all the freedom we brought them. this to me really underscores how completely muslims are excluded from anything we think about or talk about in the united states. themve debates about without their participation, we have discussions about what they are thinking without actually hearing what they are thinking. we have constant reports about who we are killing and how many people we are killing...
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so to start with this whole question of the united states, we always say the united states but that's a very modern thing. in the 18th and 19th century, if you were going to talk about the united states, you would say these united states. these united states. that sounds so weird to our ears, doesn't it? so when did these united states, which was used well inside the late 19th century, when did it become the united states. how did you get one country out of these various states? now, it is important to remember apropos of this, as we talk about the u.s. constitution, that when -- the united states has had two lives. i realize it is easy to forget about the first life bass it was short. the first was from roughly 1776 to roughly 1778, 89. a period of a decade or more. that's when we were a federation. then the united states changed and had a second life. then it became a federation, a federal republic. and that's a really key distinction, because when the country first started, we say "the country" but actually the states all felt very different from one another. yes, they spoke the sa
so to start with this whole question of the united states, we always say the united states but that's a very modern thing. in the 18th and 19th century, if you were going to talk about the united states, you would say these united states. these united states. that sounds so weird to our ears, doesn't it? so when did these united states, which was used well inside the late 19th century, when did it become the united states. how did you get one country out of these various states? now, it is...
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the united states has builds in many ways predominantly on immigrants. so we need to be sympathetic to them. on the other hand, coming out of syria and being young men a lot of them unaccompanied by families, the chance that there are isis operatives inside a group coming out, and trying to come to the united states and trying to come to western europe is real. isis has recently put out a list of americans that it wants assassinated that it thinks individual isis members should kill. so nobody promised us a rose garden. this is a real dilemma, but we both want to be open, and friendly to people who want to come here and honestly want to establish their lives and get jobs and so forth, on the other hand, we don't want to be open to people who are going to commit terror acts in the united states. and if they're mixed up with one another and nobody has any difficult thing to sort out. >> armstrong: the pope just wrapped up his trip here this weekend, are you agreeing with the pope and the president that we should open our doors and allow them come here. >> g
the united states has builds in many ways predominantly on immigrants. so we need to be sympathetic to them. on the other hand, coming out of syria and being young men a lot of them unaccompanied by families, the chance that there are isis operatives inside a group coming out, and trying to come to the united states and trying to come to western europe is real. isis has recently put out a list of americans that it wants assassinated that it thinks individual isis members should kill. so nobody...
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god bless the united states of mr. president. >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, please allow me first and foremost to thank the president of the united states, barack obama, for the solidarity he's shown. immediately as we found out about the terror attacks. he was the first one to call me. it was very late. in france. 2:00 a.m. when barack called. the president of the united states. how he expressed his solidarity toward france, his emotion, his compassion against the horror. and -- on that night, he meant to tell me that the united states stood by france. that the help that could be provided to france would have no joint duty, to pull our forces together and fight terrorism. i do not forget either all of the messages that the american people sent to the french people over the past few days. the french colors, the french flags, all abound in many gatherings. these candles in places that represent france here in the united states. the marseilles, our national anthem sung in official ceremonies. it is true that 9/11 w
god bless the united states of mr. president. >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, please allow me first and foremost to thank the president of the united states, barack obama, for the solidarity he's shown. immediately as we found out about the terror attacks. he was the first one to call me. it was very late. in france. 2:00 a.m. when barack called. the president of the united states. how he expressed his solidarity toward france, his emotion, his compassion against the horror. and --...
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>> yes. >> abc news presents live coverage of the president's state of the union message to congress. >> the president of the unitedtes. >> when he goes to give the state of the union address, he is under tremendous pressure. i remember being there and it was palpable. you could feel it. >> a lot hangs on this. his very first state of the union. >> 26 years ago, a freshman congressman who was out to change the world, stood at the back of this great chamber. as president truman said, i am happy to report to the 81st congress that the state of the union is good. today, millions of americans are out of work, recession and inflation are eroding the money of millions more, prices are too high and sales are too slow. and i must say to you that the state of the union is not good. ♪ ♪ you may not even think about the energy that lights up your world. but we do. we're exxonmobil. and the cleaner-burning natural gas we produce generates more of our electricity than ever before... ...helping dramatically reduce america's emissions. because turning on the lights, isn't as simple as just flipping a switch. energy lives here. ju
>> yes. >> abc news presents live coverage of the president's state of the union message to congress. >> the president of the unitedtes. >> when he goes to give the state of the union address, he is under tremendous pressure. i remember being there and it was palpable. you could feel it. >> a lot hangs on this. his very first state of the union. >> 26 years ago, a freshman congressman who was out to change the world, stood at the back of this great chamber....
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in fact, to be refugee, you have to be outside the united states. at process is a similar path, but legally defined, it is different. , almostase of syrians exclusively, the syrian refugees being brought to the united states, are not in syria any longer. they are in refugee processing outside the country -- in lebanon, jordan, and so on. host: we will turn to the phone lines with jerry from new york on the independent line. good morning to you. caller: this is kind of a crossover from your last segment into the segment here. i do not understand why our government is not doing a swap refugees think where they take these sleeper cells where they already know where they are and who they are, and they are obviously people who do not want to live in this country, why don't we just take them people who do not like our laws and swap them for the syrian refugees or whoever wants to live in our country and follow our laws? i will wait for your response. it is kind of a complicated question to answer insomuch as you can't really swap people. i know what jerry
in fact, to be refugee, you have to be outside the united states. at process is a similar path, but legally defined, it is different. , almostase of syrians exclusively, the syrian refugees being brought to the united states, are not in syria any longer. they are in refugee processing outside the country -- in lebanon, jordan, and so on. host: we will turn to the phone lines with jerry from new york on the independent line. good morning to you. caller: this is kind of a crossover from your last...
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they represent the people of the united states. i don't take any pleasure in having to make remarks about my president, about a failed strategy, and about the fact that the american people are more in danger as a result of it. that that, i don't take any solace in doing that, but i absolutely believe that's the truth of it. >> this is, by our count, your seventh testimony before congress this year alone. >> yes. >> have you seen any substantive response in policy either from the white house or from congress? >> the thing that has happened in the congress on the senate side, as well as on the house side, is absolutely bipartisan support that we've really have a problem. we're aware where it begins, what are we going to do about it? and then unfortunately, at times, we get into political bickering which took place today over refugees from syria, yes, refugees from syria, no. how do we do this? and that was unfortunate. we spent 30% to 40% on that issue alone with so many osh issues issues to deal with. >> chairman rice pointed out tha
they represent the people of the united states. i don't take any pleasure in having to make remarks about my president, about a failed strategy, and about the fact that the american people are more in danger as a result of it. that that, i don't take any solace in doing that, but i absolutely believe that's the truth of it. >> this is, by our count, your seventh testimony before congress this year alone. >> yes. >> have you seen any substantive response in policy either from...
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the fbi director james comey and the attorney general of the united states loretta lynch are now saying the fbi is closely watching dozens of people here in the united states who they say may try to kcarry out a copycat attack here in the united states. we will talk about this justice reporter evan perez and also foria younes who worked as a consultant overseas, and also former terrorist specialist tom fuentes with the fbi. evan, what are you learning? >> well, there is a shortening of the time of becoming first radicalized to becoming trying to carry it out. they have noticed that the guys seem to be radicalized recently before they try to do something, and that makes the job of law enforcement exceedingly more difficu difficult. so they the are watching a few dozen of the people. there are 900 investigations in all going, but they decided to focus on the ones higher priority and the people they believe are most lickly to carry it out. >> and we have reported that in europe whether france or belgium, the law enforcement intelligence, they seem to be of whemed by the huge number they ar
the fbi director james comey and the attorney general of the united states loretta lynch are now saying the fbi is closely watching dozens of people here in the united states who they say may try to kcarry out a copycat attack here in the united states. we will talk about this justice reporter evan perez and also foria younes who worked as a consultant overseas, and also former terrorist specialist tom fuentes with the fbi. evan, what are you learning? >> well, there is a shortening of...
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they have to fly into the united states. s that make it easier for american authorities to stop them? >> in a way it does. you are looking at a mechanism of control at that point where the airplane lands and they get out and have to go through u.s. customs. and when you watch u.s. customs and border patrol operations they are pretty extensive. they are not foolproof but they are pretty expensive and they work very hard too get intel from sources over seas and work very hard also to apply that intelligence to actually countering the movement of terrorists or alleged terrorists through our area. and one of the ways we do that of course is through the no fly list that we have. >> and the other point that i'd like to make paul is in the united states, extremists tend to be isolated. right? in brussels, for example, you have hot beds of extremist communities. here in the united states you have just one or two lone wolves attacking. it is not this big coordinated attack. does that make it less likely that a huge coordinated attack
they have to fly into the united states. s that make it easier for american authorities to stop them? >> in a way it does. you are looking at a mechanism of control at that point where the airplane lands and they get out and have to go through u.s. customs. and when you watch u.s. customs and border patrol operations they are pretty extensive. they are not foolproof but they are pretty expensive and they work very hard too get intel from sources over seas and work very hard also to apply...
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having rules about how people travel to the united states or who can emigrate to the united states i e very reasonable things to ask for. >> because most of the terrorists in the paris massacre were either french or belgium citizens. they easily could come to the united states. just get on a plane under the visa waive er program, they're tourists, let's say, they can show up at jfk easily. you want to prevent all french and belgium citizens from coming to the u.s.? >> for the visa waiver countries, these are our friends, our allies, england, germany, france, i would say yes, you can come and visit us. come through global entry. that means you do a background check. if your a business man or woman from france, you come here all the time, we want you to come. we want to do business with france. but i don't think it's asking too much to go through global entry. i went through the frequent flyer program to be able to fly in a less molested way in the united states. i think french travelers could do the same kind of thing. i think if we don't do that, we have to have a waiting period. beca
having rules about how people travel to the united states or who can emigrate to the united states i e very reasonable things to ask for. >> because most of the terrorists in the paris massacre were either french or belgium citizens. they easily could come to the united states. just get on a plane under the visa waive er program, they're tourists, let's say, they can show up at jfk easily. you want to prevent all french and belgium citizens from coming to the u.s.? >> for the visa...
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but first, we begin on chinese president xi jingping's visit to the united states. this is happening, a few weeks away from the president's visit to the united states. what does he hope to accomplish in the u.s.? >> i think a lot can be accomplished. i believe the following three areas are very important. first, it is for the two leaders to have in-depth discussions following the discussion in california and in beijing about the international situation, about our respective country's policies. yang: to chart a way forward , furthering our relationship. we expect that there will be quite a few positive practical cooperation results flowing from the visit. what people called "deliverables." i believe that the president will reach out to the american society to build the friendship between our two people. betty: people inside and outside of china have said this visit could be compared to revisit in 1979. it is that important to the relationship between the u.s. and china. is that accurate? how critical is this visit to china? yang: his visit to the united states was a h
but first, we begin on chinese president xi jingping's visit to the united states. this is happening, a few weeks away from the president's visit to the united states. what does he hope to accomplish in the u.s.? >> i think a lot can be accomplished. i believe the following three areas are very important. first, it is for the two leaders to have in-depth discussions following the discussion in california and in beijing about the international situation, about our respective country's...
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europe and the united states. hat it has the intent to attack us, the capability to attack us and the sanctuary from which to plan those attacks. what should now be clear is our people and our allies will not be safe until isil is destroyed not just degraded but destroyed not eventually but as soon as possible. unfortunately, unfortunately almost tragically, this president, president obama remains as ideologically committed as ever to staying the course he is on and impervious to new information that would suggest otherwise as he made quite clear during his incredible press conference yesterday in turkey, according to the president the united states -- according to the president of the united states, anyone who disagrees with him is -- quote -- popping off. popping off. i guess michael morrell former deputy secretary of the c.i.a. was just popping off when he said recently the downing of a russian airliner, only the third such attack in 25 years the attacks in paris the largest in europe since the madrid bombings i
europe and the united states. hat it has the intent to attack us, the capability to attack us and the sanctuary from which to plan those attacks. what should now be clear is our people and our allies will not be safe until isil is destroyed not just degraded but destroyed not eventually but as soon as possible. unfortunately, unfortunately almost tragically, this president, president obama remains as ideologically committed as ever to staying the course he is on and impervious to new...
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the united states is a global power. we in the army and navy, air force, marines, we have to respond to a broad range about the operations. it is everything from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief on one end of the spectrum, up through terrorists, insurgencies, guerrillas, he can, all the way up to competitors great powers, state on state type conflict. if we don't maintain capabilities to do that, we also have to balance that. >> how is the army going to be affected by that? is that part of what you're talking about in terms of paying the butcher's bill in blood? >> the old saying freedom is not free. it's not free in terms of blood, cost, and sacrifice. it is also not free in terms of money. for us to maintain a way of life and our military that protects that way of life is a very, very expensive endeavor. and i said many times before the only more expensive an fighting and winning a war is fighting and losing a war. it's an american interest to go ahead and win and prevail. to do that is a very expensive propo
the united states is a global power. we in the army and navy, air force, marines, we have to respond to a broad range about the operations. it is everything from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief on one end of the spectrum, up through terrorists, insurgencies, guerrillas, he can, all the way up to competitors great powers, state on state type conflict. if we don't maintain capabilities to do that, we also have to balance that. >> how is the army going to be affected by that? is...
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vive la france, god bless the united states of america, mr. president. >> ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to thank the president of the united states barack obama for the solidarity he has shown immediately and we found out about the terror attacks. he was the first one to call me. 2:00 a.m. when barack obama called. the president of the united states expressed his solidarity towards france, his emotion, his compassion against and on that night, he meant to tell me that the united states stood by france, that the help that could be provided to france would have no limit and that we had a duty, a joined duty to put our forces together and fight terrorism. i do not forget either all of the messages that the american people sent to the french people over the past few days. the french colors, the french flags, all around in many gatherings these candles in places that represent france here in the united states, the messages on national items sang in official ceremonies . it is to you that 9/11, we all felt americans but after the 13th of nove
vive la france, god bless the united states of america, mr. president. >> ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to thank the president of the united states barack obama for the solidarity he has shown immediately and we found out about the terror attacks. he was the first one to call me. 2:00 a.m. when barack obama called. the president of the united states expressed his solidarity towards france, his emotion, his compassion against and on that night, he meant to tell me that the united...
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how did you come to the united states? leone: i am from sierra and i came as a refugee 10 years ago. the process was very long, about a year and six months and it was vigorous -- rigorous. you have to go through a lot of stuff, the process is very long. people as refugees, no bedding, the process, it is long, i believe that the united states trying to go back all of your their trying to make sure you are the right person to come to this country. the refugee program is a good thing. host: let me ask you under what category or how did you apply for status? what did you say to officials? on and when the war was civil war came, i went to neighboring country gu inea. and what it happened and they asked me to prove that i was from sierra leone and really am a refugee. a lot of the process is so long. host: did you have to stay there during this process? caller: yes, in refugee camps. the united nations high committee for refugee programs process, the good the camps, identify you. progress.gorous host: did you have family? caller:
how did you come to the united states? leone: i am from sierra and i came as a refugee 10 years ago. the process was very long, about a year and six months and it was vigorous -- rigorous. you have to go through a lot of stuff, the process is very long. people as refugees, no bedding, the process, it is long, i believe that the united states trying to go back all of your their trying to make sure you are the right person to come to this country. the refugee program is a good thing. host: let me...
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the islamic state. >> host: let's start from the basics. >> guest: that conducted the united states military's most sensitive secrets special operations missions, it was formed in 1980 as a result of the failure of the operation eagle claw which was the attempt to bury the marry the hostages in tehran and in the wake of that failure, the pentagon put together a blue-chip board of half a dozen active and retired military officers, and one of the recommendations was the creation of a prominent counterterrorism joint task force with a permanent staff and with unit assigned to the task force permanently because the rescue attempt had been kind of did buy sort of an ad hock pickup team staff and units that were not used to working together. >> and it's called choice because it has units for each of the services. can you talk about those? >> certainly. it has the special missions unit of the so-called services underneath it. the better known of those are the army's delta force operational detachment and the navy seal turned them to because the sixth seal team six organization with most of its recent history known
the islamic state. >> host: let's start from the basics. >> guest: that conducted the united states military's most sensitive secrets special operations missions, it was formed in 1980 as a result of the failure of the operation eagle claw which was the attempt to bury the marry the hostages in tehran and in the wake of that failure, the pentagon put together a blue-chip board of half a dozen active and retired military officers, and one of the recommendations was the creation of a...
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the united nations has referred just over 23,000 syrian refugees to the united states. 00 of them were thought to be worthy enough to be interviewed by the department of homeland security. by the way, they have interviewed outside the united states. of those 7,000, just 2,165 were accepted into the united states. now, here's the issue -- the real vulnerability that u.s. lawmakers may want to look into is not the refugee process, it's actually those traveling to the u.s. on visas or with european passports. let me explain. the visa waiver program allows passport holders of 38 countries who meet certain requirements to travel to the united states without a visa, without a next level of vetting, that includes france, by the way, and many other european union countries. what does this mean? it's important to remember all 19 september 11 hijackers traveled to the united states on some form of a visa. none of them were refugees. it's this visa program that needs to be looked into by congress. >>> back in a moment with isis and the 2016 election. and what exactly did john kasic
the united nations has referred just over 23,000 syrian refugees to the united states. 00 of them were thought to be worthy enough to be interviewed by the department of homeland security. by the way, they have interviewed outside the united states. of those 7,000, just 2,165 were accepted into the united states. now, here's the issue -- the real vulnerability that u.s. lawmakers may want to look into is not the refugee process, it's actually those traveling to the u.s. on visas or with...
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the united states of america must do more. the president of the united states on the very day isis attacked paris argued that isis had been contained. he was wrong. last year, the president called isis the j.c. team. he was wrong. he has been wrong on isis since the very beginning and he is wrong now. where is the strategy? where is the will power? where is the leadership? two years ago secretary of state john kerry testified in front of the house armed services committee about the need to arm syrian rebels. i questioned this decision because we had no way of vetting these rebels and i told secretary kerry at the time, america is not buying what you are selling. two years later, the administration has shut down the army in the syrian rebels because it was ineffective. now they want to bring in 10,000 refugees to the united states, refugees who the dect tore of the f.b.i. says cannot be fully vetted. mr. speaker, today we are going to pass a strong piece of legislation to protect the american people. the safe act will ensure the
the united states of america must do more. the president of the united states on the very day isis attacked paris argued that isis had been contained. he was wrong. last year, the president called isis the j.c. team. he was wrong. he has been wrong on isis since the very beginning and he is wrong now. where is the strategy? where is the will power? where is the leadership? two years ago secretary of state john kerry testified in front of the house armed services committee about the need to arm...
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a quick check of stock moves in the united states. you can see the major averages are declining stocks. down fractionally, tech stocks in particular. we have more for us from the nasdaq. are lower slightly at the nasdaq. we are covering some of their bigger losses. one stock that is bucking the trend is dollar tree. dollar tree is up after they beat a sales meeting the macro trends. earningsdidn't miss estimates by nearly 9%. it was driven by a higher mix of low-margin family dollar products as they company continues to work through that merger. the stock was down as much as 25% at one point. even with today's gains, it is stuck sideways. newskes this significant to break the stock up or down. erik: thank you. live at the nasdaq and times square. let's check in with our first word headlines. mark: thank you. we are moments away from a news conference with president obama and the french resident runs well on. hollande.nt francois attacks onerror november 13 the president has been trying to put together an international anti-terror coali
a quick check of stock moves in the united states. you can see the major averages are declining stocks. down fractionally, tech stocks in particular. we have more for us from the nasdaq. are lower slightly at the nasdaq. we are covering some of their bigger losses. one stock that is bucking the trend is dollar tree. dollar tree is up after they beat a sales meeting the macro trends. earningsdidn't miss estimates by nearly 9%. it was driven by a higher mix of low-margin family dollar products as...
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at the same time it's haunting to urs, no one more than the united states has, despite the objections of parents and school teachers and psychologists and everyone else in no one but the united states fetishized violence. >> i.s.i.l. is following an effective rule of publicity. keep supplying the media. with fresh images. al qaeda put out sporadic footage, but every week i.s.i.l. offers something new for journalists to pick up. in a world steeped in our media, the difficulty for the audience is being able to tell the difference between fiction and reality. . >> former subway spokesman jarrod folkel has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. he pled guilty to child pornography charms, and obtained and viewed material for 14 minors. he is known for losing 200 pounds on a diet of subway from their chain >>> scientists engineer the first genetically engineered animal. consumers may not know it at the mark. why concerns about foodlabeling has come up >>> and the use of antibiotic in livestock - it has now created a super-bug that can't be killed with current drugs. >>> scientists warn of a
at the same time it's haunting to urs, no one more than the united states has, despite the objections of parents and school teachers and psychologists and everyone else in no one but the united states fetishized violence. >> i.s.i.l. is following an effective rule of publicity. keep supplying the media. with fresh images. al qaeda put out sporadic footage, but every week i.s.i.l. offers something new for journalists to pick up. in a world steeped in our media, the difficulty for the...
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there is a division, the idea that the united states could go after isil in the middle east or they willring their fight to the united states. >> we are already in syria. >> with air strikes. >> air strikes that have been taking place for the last -- i would say eight months -- >> but even democratic senators say that is not as effective as actually putting ground troops in. >> and she is right. ground troops have to be there, but they should be a national unity -- or a global -- the global war on terror have to be a united global war on terror. the first isis state was defeated by the ottoman empire and who lead the army was an egyptian general. the problem with isis is a symptom of a bigger problem. and the symptom is the guy who set himself on fire in indonesia, what did he call for? dignity and opportunity. these are the same demands of hundreds of thousands of muslims around the middle east. if you don't create an opportunity, you will always have isis. billing of bin laden has nothing to do with this. >> thank you. >> thank you. >>> this evening congress stood still for 15 seconds.
there is a division, the idea that the united states could go after isil in the middle east or they willring their fight to the united states. >> we are already in syria. >> with air strikes. >> air strikes that have been taking place for the last -- i would say eight months -- >> but even democratic senators say that is not as effective as actually putting ground troops in. >> and she is right. ground troops have to be there, but they should be a national unity --...
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when that call from the president of the united states. he has expressed his solidarity for france and his emotion and on that night he meant to tell me that the united states stood by france, that the help that could be provided to france had a joint duty to pull our forces together and fight terrorism. i do not forget that the -- masses that the american people in the last few days. all of candles in places that represent france here in the united states, our national anthem sung in an official ceremony. it is but you felt france. our people stood together and shared emotion and the same willingness to stand for freedom. we are not two similar people. we each have our own history, our own culture, our own background, but we share the same trust, the same faith in freedom. it is on the 13th of november, france for what it is, the country which we consider unique in the world because france seek trs world. it came under attack for what it stands for, for its culture, our way of living, as well as our values, our principles, but by targeting
when that call from the president of the united states. he has expressed his solidarity for france and his emotion and on that night he meant to tell me that the united states stood by france, that the help that could be provided to france had a joint duty to pull our forces together and fight terrorism. i do not forget that the -- masses that the american people in the last few days. all of candles in places that represent france here in the united states, our national anthem sung in an...
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in the united states. run for president and he'd gotten almost 1 million votes, 6% of the vote. you've got a lot of radical groups, some of which are very reform-minded, and some of which are more revolution-minded. and so there are also several bombings during this period in the united states. sometimes aimed at the government, sometimes aimed at major capitalists. one of the most famous ones related to the first world war was the preparedness day bombing that had happened in san francisco in the summer of 1916 in which a bomb went off on a sort of mobilization parade for the war. and a labor radical named tom mooney ended up being convicted in very famous and very controversial trial at the time. >> tom goldstein gave us a quick sketch of the espionage act. but what was the context in which congress felt it had to pass the act? >> rate, so in some ways all of this debate and controversy about the war meant that when the united states decided to enter the war in april 1917, one of the big questions was, wo
in the united states. run for president and he'd gotten almost 1 million votes, 6% of the vote. you've got a lot of radical groups, some of which are very reform-minded, and some of which are more revolution-minded. and so there are also several bombings during this period in the united states. sometimes aimed at the government, sometimes aimed at major capitalists. one of the most famous ones related to the first world war was the preparedness day bombing that had happened in san francisco in...
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this is not like the united states. there are many different countries here with free, porous borders between them. you have french nationals hunkered down in belgium, planning an attack on france. that illustrating the challenges that authorities face when they're trying to drill down on these networks, monitor all the different communications between these men, and they're operating from multiple different countries and passing back and forth through the borders without any inspection. >> clarissa ward, we'll continue to check in with you. we are anticipating comments from france's president, addressing the parliament as well as the nation. it's rare to have an address to both houses of parliament, as well as to a televised address to the french nation. then also, a statement being made by president barack obama. we'll bring both of those to you as they happen. supposed to happen at the top of 10:0 10:00 on the east coast of the united states. also, i want to focus on what's going on in belgium. the raids that have tak
this is not like the united states. there are many different countries here with free, porous borders between them. you have french nationals hunkered down in belgium, planning an attack on france. that illustrating the challenges that authorities face when they're trying to drill down on these networks, monitor all the different communications between these men, and they're operating from multiple different countries and passing back and forth through the borders without any inspection....
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the united states of america must do more. president of the united states on the very day isis attacked paris argued that isis had been contained. he was wrong. last year, the president called isis the j.c. team. he was wrong. he has been wrong on isis since the very beginning and he is wrong now. where is the strategy? where is the will power? where is the leadership? two years ago secretary of state john kerry testified in front of the house armed services committee about the need to arm syrian rebels. i questioned this decision because we had no way of vetting these rebels and i told secretary kerry at the time, america is not buying what you are selling. two years later, the administration has shut down the army in the syrian rebels because it was ineffective. now they want to bring in 10,000 refugees to the united states, refugees who the dect tore of the f.b.i. says cannot be fully vetted. mr. speaker, today we are going to pass a strong piece of legislation to protect the american people. the safe act will ensure the hig
the united states of america must do more. president of the united states on the very day isis attacked paris argued that isis had been contained. he was wrong. last year, the president called isis the j.c. team. he was wrong. he has been wrong on isis since the very beginning and he is wrong now. where is the strategy? where is the will power? where is the leadership? two years ago secretary of state john kerry testified in front of the house armed services committee about the need to arm...
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the heads of state meeting a success. let the message be out that china and the united states will continue to build this new model of the try relationship between china and the united states. i think it is also very important for people to view things from a new perspective. that is we are in the 21st century. the 20th century is a great century, but there are lessons to be learned as well. so people should adopt a more forward-looking attitude. betty: on a final note, mr. yang, i have spoken a lot about the concerns of the americans, but i am curious from you. what deeply concerns you the most? what keeps you up at night? mr. yang: well, now in this information age, diplomacy is going on somewhere while you are asleep or awake. so i have to make sure that things will function in a "normal fashion." it is my view that people of the world aspire to a better tomorrow and it is the responsibility of diplomats both to bridge the gap between various countries and to promote more good interaction among the peoples. in the face of climate change, energy problems, terrorism, and many other things. i think china and the united st
the heads of state meeting a success. let the message be out that china and the united states will continue to build this new model of the try relationship between china and the united states. i think it is also very important for people to view things from a new perspective. that is we are in the 21st century. the 20th century is a great century, but there are lessons to be learned as well. so people should adopt a more forward-looking attitude. betty: on a final note, mr. yang, i have spoken...