former congressman tom andrews there well still to come late to the program how christianity is the target in the middle east we take a look at how fast some jews and muslims make sure no one swaps faith. russia's police are marking their professional holiday on wednesday but it comes at a hard time for the force after a string of high profile scandals its image is tarnished a reform of the door and foresman system is on the way but as artie's pushed over reports restoring public trust in the police is now an extremely hard task. their pictures which shocked and asian and left the image of russia's law enforcers in tatters it's now over a year since this drunken shooting spree by police officer. killed two and wounded seven others but the case remains one of the most alarming in a series of high profile police scandals it also came as a blow to people like former officer alexander who won the title hero of the soviet union for his work but he was a cool fourteen regretfully there are many of sickos out there i'm a former policeman myself but even i try to avoid police officers they have gu

them with the protective armor that if they had it they would be alive today former congressman tom andrews they are now violence against christians is on the rise of the very cradle of their faith and israel and the palestinian autonomy christians and their holy sites have been targeted by both extremist muslims and jews are his policy or has made those struggling for freedom from persecution. things that david ortiz lives dangerously a christian pastor among religious jews in the west bank city of i will he's received death threats for trying to convert jews and muslims to his faith my first time going into a muslim village i got beat up we were giving our bibles someone hated all t.v. nuff to drop off a package at his house thinking it had a candy inside his fifteen year old son opened it the pipe bomb nearly killed him and then blew him through the kitchen and made a hole. in this choice most of the thrusts were in this way but the backfire the story the refrigerant everything back it took three years for israeli police to catch the perpetrator a religious jew ject my towel who lived in

former congressman tom andrews that instills that. well so the commentator program how christianity is the target least take a look at how fast some jews and muslims make sure that one swaps train. russia's police are marking their professional holiday on wednesday but it comes at a hard time for the force off a string of high profile scandals its image has been tarnished are full of the enforcement system is under way but as our teams diapers cover reports restoring public trust in the police is now an extremely difficult task. there pictures which an asian and left the image of russia's luring forces in tatters it's now over a year since this drunken shooting spree by police officer. killed two and wounded seven others but the case remains one of the most alarming in a series of high profile police candles it also came as a blow to people like former officer and xander. who won the title hero of the soviet union for his work but he vehicle fourteen regretfully there are many of sickos out there i'm a former policeman myself but even

approved the use of waterboarding because he believed to help prevent attacks before mccomas me tom andrews says no such methods can ever be justified under any of the. first of all it is illegal you can get an attorney to say anything you want but the fact of the matter is it is illegal secondly it violates international law it violates the geneva convention and thirdly it puts american soldiers at risk so that when they find themselves god forbid in an enemy's hands then you feel they're faced with the prospect of having the same treatment given to them that george bush was authorizing given to those who were the united states brought into custody it was a trap. that mistake and the fact that the president can't recognize that mistake is not surprising but but again unfortunate you know it's rather extraordinary for president bush was on national television last night here in the united states and he said that his lowest moment the lowest of the low as he described it was when a rap artist kenya west accused him of not caring about black people during the katrina debacle with the failure

congressman tom andrews. britain saw its biggest show of anger yet against the massive cuts the country faces to plug its dead this week tens of thousands of students descended on london against plans to triple their college fees they burned banners broke windows and hurled objects at the police more than fifty were arrested the harsh budget cuts coincided with a dispute over paying to run the european union which is in line to get even more cash from member states next year david campbell bannermen a british member of the european parliament tells r t why he things britain would be better off spending the money back home. when you look at where the money's going i mean the m.e.p. expenses account has gone up by eighty five percent that's for entertainment you're getting film prizes there's money going on the hunting is states and private golf clubs you know it's a huge waste of money there's no excuse for any increase in the e.u. budget in fact it should be caught the common has boasted about this to put nin

former congressman tom andrews there and all the way in just a few minutes here in our team policing that police in russia as officers mark their national day of major revamps under way and we will look out why the man or women in uniform can do to regain the trust those they vowed to protect. the one disturbing thing which extremist jews and muslims in israel agree on it's the vicious targeting of another faith to tell you who they are taking aim at and the prize being paid for persecution. there is a call for north korea to return to international talks over its nuclear activities as soon as possible it comes from russia and south korea from where president we had a war and that simmering tensions in the region could boil over and he was speaking at talks ahead of the g twenty summit and sell our d.n.a. so now is there. to is not just for the sake of peace but for the economy and for stability in both russia and south korea understand that this is a big issue for all we hear so much about iran and president medvedev himself brought up the fact that iran has never declared itself as

former congressman tom andrews there now the russian president is in seoul ahead of the g. twenty summit he met his south korean counterpart and gave a speech at the civil society for latinas and he said no a sporting event is it for us let's cross live to so. peace on the peninsula is among the topics on the agenda sense but all russia and south korea planning to do . to maintain it. well this is a concern not just for south korea and russia but for the whole world really pretty much everyone understands how important peace on the peninsula is not just for the sake of peace but for the economy and for stability in both russia and south korea like i said very much understand that this is a big issue for all we hear so much about iran and president medvedev himself brought up the fact that iran has never declared itself as a nuclear state while north korea very much have so it is a concern for russia once again president medvedev reiterated that moscow is alarmed over north korea's nuclear ambitions but believes the only way to go about solving them is through negotiations.

them with the protective armor that if they had it they would be alive today former congressman tom andrews there i'll bring that up in here in our right now it's time for the business news with karina. hungry for the feel we've got. the biggest issues get the cuban voice face to face with the news makers. right. from pundits to. the. phone welcome to our business program good to have you with us i will go straight top top story russia is interested in attracting south korean investors speaking in so ahead of the g twenty summits intermediated said south korea's one of the top priority partners for russia in the region which is president added that trade should diversify away from role materials among the first deals of the trip conglomerate russia's federal grid company will build a transformer production plant worth several million dollars in russia's primo screeching grain and his son says it may build an assembly plant nearby in a metal sector precious metal and south korean posco a metal works a nice russian. gas from west to supply no less than ten billion cubic meters of natural gas

of his presidency now to discuss those let's now talk to the former democrat member of congress tom andrews. thank you very much for joining us tom it is both a pleasure george bush says the invasion of iraq was right because it was about changing the regime pursuing weapons of mass destruction what do you think about the strength of that case. well there is no strength i mean you know it's rather extraordinary for president bush was on national television last night here in united states and he said that his lowest moment the lowest of the low as he described it was when a rap artist kenya west accused him of not caring about black people during the katrina debacle of the failure of the federal government to respond to that hurricane disaster when in fact you have a war against iraq a violation of international law an invasion that killed thousands of american soldiers. over one hundred thousand iraqis all to go after weapons of mass destruction that did not exist and make it worse you had american soldiers seven hundred of whom lost their lives in iraq because in this war of choice minist

well with political difficulties in sight for getting legislation through former congressman tom andrews says it will make it even harder for washington to solve its pristine economic problems. there are a lot of things that need to be done in this country that are not being done unfortunately the script in this election is number one we haven't seen the change in the economic prospects of this country change enough with a nine point six percent unemployment rate nationally and in some of these very competitive districts double digit unemployment rates and of course the deficit has continued to increase as the economy has continued to slide so what you have is people who are taking advantage of that very dire situation and saying it's the politicians in washington who are spending like drunken sailors and causing this economic collapse and we need to change fundamentally the decision makers in washington d.c. the problem that we're going to face is that these candidates who are now being elected who have been running on the basis of this very very high octane rhetoric and all these negat

tom perriello was a freshman congressman. he took by barack obama and president obama trieded to support him just recently. finally we just have the associated press has announced that andrew cuomo democrat in new york will be the next governor there over carl paladino. not that big of a surprise. that's the results. we'll probably have a few more later in the hour. jim? >> lehrer: here with now are syndicated columnist mark shields and new york time columnist david brooks the big one thus far on the to do list the blow-out list for the republicans was to win in west virginia. the senate race. but joe manchin the democrat won. is that... can that be considered an indicator in. >> the senate for sure. i mean if you take the connecticut result, the delaware result and the west virginia result you've got the democrats won all three, it now becomes impossible or extremely difficult for the republicans to take control of the senate. not exactly a surprise but it could have been a landslide night in both houses. we're probably not going to see that manchin ran a very good race. very popular figure. very dramatic ad where he took out a gun and shot the cap and trade bill to show

derek sans, karen demurga, director of arfa z, andrew schneider, associate editor for kipling year. rod kukro, dan lisekao, mike sorahan, and finally tom dogan. [applause] the future looked bright for dr. steven chu when he became the nation's 12th secretary of energy in 2009. he found early support the summer when the house of representatives passed comprehensive legislation to cut greenhouse gas emissions and this alternative fuel sources and es. then the road got harder. the senate never agreed on a plan. now, with the republican party taking control of the house of representatives, the consensus of political observers is that such a sweeping bill is dead for the foreseeable future. the department may have found another approach, however. bolstered with tens of billions of dollars of stimulus funding, the department has given billions in loan guarantees to support new transmission and power products in nearly every state. a personal cause of his is to develop collaborative relationships with international competitors whose governments are committed to the policies that congress has failed to enact. on november 15, on his facebook pa

tom biolsi, and he leads the practice. bonnie jonas, rob khuzami, dave markowitz, special deputy for the new york city attorney general andrewmo, and james shorris, executive bp in the enforcement division of finra. finally the closing keynote will be donald kohn. after mr. kohn concludes, we'll lighten things up with the cocktails and dinner. and nora o'donnell is the chief correspondent for nbc and msnbc. let's get started. i'm first honored to welcome our first keynote keeker, -- speake, neal wolin. neal earned a masters of science from oxford, and returned to yale where he earned his law degree. he's worked at one the nations leading law firms, served as special assistant to the director of cia, and was deputy general council at the treasury department under secretary rueben. he spent eight years in the private sector at general counsel as the hartford, and later as chief operating officer for the property and casualty operations of hartford financial services group. in march 2009, he was selected to be deputy treasury secretary. testifying before the committee earlier this year, he said the ingredients for successful fi