and that is where we pick up with pulitzer prize-winning journalist thomas friedman. d we as individuals play in what went wrong, what can we do better? thomas: when someone comes to you, selling you a home mortgage, and telling you the only thing they need to do is check if you can fog up a knife, and not show your income statement, that is a pretty good sign that it sounds too good to be true. it usually is. also, should we really have to pass a law that tells bankers you cannot give a loan to someone who cannot pay it back? i mean, do we need to pass a law to do that? ♪ thomas: so people were doing such manifestly unsustainable things because they always thought, what i call ipg or ypg, i will be gone or you will gone. i will do this mortgage, because i will be gone. i will package this into 1000 bonds, i will sell it to somebody and i will be gone. they pawn it off to another investment bank in france and they will be gone. you cannot pay for your house? now that the money is actually due, no problem. just sell it, because we know that house prices only go up. then

peres' life and legacy is a man who knew him well: journalist and "new york times" columnist thomas friedmanlcome. you knew the man, you traveled with him, he was your friend. tell us a little bit about the man you knew. >> well, i think the thing that stands out most about peres is at the end of his days, he could stand in another man's shoes. that's very unusual in the middle east. in the middle east, it's i'm strong, why should i compromise. rarely do you get a leader to say maybe we could find middle ground and as he grau older as a statesman, peres was that kind of personwoman this is a man who spent the early part of his life building israel military, weapons programs, settlements, defenses, then the last half of his life trying to promote piece, in essence, not having to use the weapons. is that contribution or just progression. >> i think he came to realize in that part of the world it's so easy to keep letting the past bury the future and i think, after doing that for enough years, he was really in politics, you know, for 70 years of his life, he saw the military solution on both si

thomas friedman looks at the speed with which the world is changing and thank you for being late. former u.s. special envoy for middle east peace, george george mitchell outlines his recommendations for peace and not region. look for these titles and bookstores in the coming weeks and months and watch for the authors on the tv. [inaudible conversation] , lot

thomas friedman looks at the speed with which the world is changing and thank you for being late. former u.s. special envoy for middle east peace, george george mitchell outlines his recommendations for peace and not region. look for these titles and bookstores in the coming weeks and months and watch for the authors on the tv. [inaudible conversation] , lot. [inaudible conversation] >> thank you all for being so patient. i'm bradley graham in behalf of the entire staff think you were coming out on this afternoon. a few quick notes. now would be a good time to turn off your cell phone or things that might go beep. when we get to the q&a part of the session, because we are recording this for youtube channel and c-span book tv, we appreciate that if you have a question you could step up to the microphone here so it can be recorded and heard by everybody else in the audience. at the end, normally for those of you who have been to our events, we like to ask you to fold up your chairs. don't do that today because we have another event coming up. it's not often that we have a head of st

and that is where we pick up --h pullets are prize-winning journalist thomas , friedman. we as individuals play in what went wrong, what can we do better? thomas: when someone comes to you selling you a home mortgage and telling you the only thing they need to do is check if you knife, and not show your income statement, that is a pretty good sign that it sounds too good to be true. it usually is. also, should we really have to pass a law that tells bankers, you cannot give a loan to someone who cannot pay it back? i mean do we need to pass a law , to do that? ♪ thomas: so people were doing such manifestly unsustainable things because they always ipg or ypg,t i call i will be gone or you will gone. i will do this mortgage, because i will be gone. i will package this into 1000 bonds, i will sell it to somebody and i will be gone. they pawn it off to another investment bank in france and they will be gone. you cannot pay for your house now that the money is actually due, no problem. just sell it, because we know that house prices only go up. then you will be gone. so we are

thomas friedman. he's telling congress that if they do not act now on zika funding, the consequences will be financially felt for decades. eva pilgrim is here with the story. eva, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, paula. the fight against zika is running up against a major wall. this morning, the director of the cdc make age public plea for help, predicting dire consequences if nothing is done. the battle to eradicate zika wages in south florida. taking to the sky this morning, amidst concerns that the money needed to fund more missions like this is drying up. >> by the end of this month, we'll be out of money to respond effectively. >> reporter: at the same time congress looks to end the gridlock over a zika funding bill that may get another vote this week. >> this is an issue we're going to have to resolve this month. >> reporter: there are 56 locally transmitted cases of zika in south florida. 84 pregnant women have been infected. and despite all the spraying, the city announcing a fourth mo

i also like going back to the article thomas friedman wrote about containment and amplification.le we continue the madness we have our friends over there. i would support times, but it depends on how you get the arms. i think over time we should be getting many more directly to the kurds. that still help the iraqi government as well, but the kurds have shown themselves to be the best fighters in the region and the most successful and do better with more arms. the $100 billion suit in the saudi arabia would be better spent going to the kurds. i think also that some of the weapons we've given the saudi arabia and some of my weapons we kind of had a big bowl full of weapons that we're passing them out if you like america, raise your hand. can i have a shoulder to air missile. we have no idea what the moderates are. no idea who the people are taking the weapons off these ships. many weapons from saudi arabia did wind up in the hands about missouri or isis. if we look at a aumf significantly limited the time, geography and is on the ground need to be people. [inaudible] [inaudible] un

i think he also recognizes what thomas friedman talks about in this so-called flat world we live in. it's an increasing competitive world. i thought it was interesting that hillary clinton mentioned last night in the debate that 95% of the folks in the world live out there and 5% live in the united states. we got to trade with them. and disproportionately the way in which we trade almost 90% of what we buy in markets around this country got here by container. and so we've got to go about this business of upgrading our port facilities, for instance. that's why i think that as debbie wasserman schultz was mentioning, it's important what's happening in port everglades, port miami, it's important what's happening in a port like charleston, not because of charleston do i have a hometown component to the fact that i like charleston, south carolina? yes. but it has everything to do with the region based on the panama canal being widened and being on the ships coming to east coast, gulf coast, and west coast ports in this country. we need to be competitive have got to be continuing this proc

think isis represents islam and they can't be stamped out and also going back to the article thomas friedman wrote about containment. when we are containing we have our friends over there and that is something i would support that independence. i think over time the kurds have shown themselves to be the most successful and they probably do better. the 100 billion given in saudi arabia would have been better spent going to saudi arabia. i think also some of the weapons we've been giving him some of the weapons frankly we kind of had a big boat full of weapons and we are passing them out saying if you'd like america raise your hand. we have no idea who the moderates are. we had no idea who they are taking these ships and many of the weapons did wind up in the hands correctly order of isis. so if we look at it limited time and geography i think the boots on the ground needs to be the people who live there. >> more than 60 were killed and many were wounded [inaudible] under the circumstances they couldn't ask to comply with the cease-fire. then putin made the statement that this was a horrible c