so with all due respect i disagree with tom friedman on this as i have with him for decades. >> [inaudible >> make it to more. >> my question is, first of all, just let me say i fully, my name is ron wolf. i've been in middle east educational development and teaching for most of my career. i agree wholeheartedly with your view that we are at a one state solution at the present time. my question is, well, to go back to november when there was the threat by the israelis on gaza, hillary clinton left southeast asia, came to a very quick agreement about something. >> i remember. >> my question is, did that agreement involved egypt take responsibility for the gaza strip and hamas? >> good question. >> jim? the mic is coming. >> good to see you again, rashid. as you know, i'm a real believer in what you write, and particularly what you said today. so forgive me what i'm about to say but i'm a very frustrated middle east peace activist, so those of you who know me, i've been involved with this for over 23 years trying to organize the churches, educate the mainline churches in this particular area

as tom friedman has described in his book, "the world is flat," advances in technology, travel, commerce, communication, and broken down barriers between nations and individuals, globalization has had a flattening effect, leveling the playing field for all of us. this hyper connectivity is in powering engaging people around the world, both friend and foe alike. how do we stay ahead of terrorists, spies, and hackers? intelligence will continue to drive our investigations. we must ask ourselves -- what do we know about these threats? what are the gaps in our intelligence? what human sources can we develop to cultivate to fill these gaps? each of us, government leaders and everyday citizens alike, must ask ourselves what vulnerabilities we may have overlooked. we must also place even greater emphasis on partnerships and information sharing. no single agency, no single company, no single nation can defeat these complex global threats alone. in these days of tight budgets, working together is essential. it is the only way to work. finally, we need the right tools to address shifting threats.

>> you know, this this is such a hard problem, as you know, lester, tom friedman and the "new york times" this morning arguing that syria is effectively iraq's twin. whether you have the sectarian tribal divisions in syria that mirror what happened in iraq, somebody has to step in and own that country. the united states is not prepared to do that with a huge commitment of u.s. forces. can an international force do that? not clear yet. are there leaders within syria that can step up and govern the country if the assad regime were to fall? that's far from clear. right now looks like the administration is really focused on the immediate threat. chemical weapons, the use of them, the movement of them. that's why the israeli strikes are an important moment and perhaps will create even more pressure on the administration to back up its own red line. >> all right. we know you have a show to prepare. we'll check back with you later for a preview of "meet the press." >> in california this morning they are finally getting control of the area's biggest wildfires in southern california. we're live i

to drive, he drove, and bang the other guy lays it in there and there is ted williams i said to tom friedmanwho was here before you, there is one thing i wish i had done is i got to know ted williams as you know down him, and he used to say i would go fishing with bobby and. >> just go out and he said you ought to be here, it is one heck of a trip and what was it like? >> it was unbelievable. i mean, i, i think i consider that one of the two or three most rewarding and enjoyable relationships that i have ever had in my life. i loved ted williams. jerry mcguinness and i took him to russia, and he was just -- he was great, you know he was a marine pilot. >> rose: right. in the korean war and world war ii. >> and he would be out in the stream fishing and i would start singing the marine anthem and come to attention in the middle of the river and then he wouldÑi turn and salute me. people didn't think what a great sense of humor he had, and what -- how neat he was to be around. >> rose: was he a good fisherman? >> the best, maybe. >> rose: really? >> maybe the best fly-fisher man that ever lived

. >> tom friedman is preaching that every other column. >> he's slow in the game. i've been preaching even longer than that. >> so we need to take a hard look. >> we need to take a hard look at government where we started this conversation. >> so that's part of government, right. >> sure it's part of government. but i mean we're not talking, we don't dedicate ourselves to tax policy or any other policy. but if you have a tax policy it ought to be a workable tax policy. and that does get how the irs"qtn֍s i don't have anything against the irs. i don't know what this is all about. but it's important we have an honest tax system that is free of political taint. that is the kind of thing we're concerned about. >> that's what the debate is about now. >> well, that's-- you know, it's one little sideshow. >> but it's a serious sideshow. >> everybody wants -- >> use its taxing power to -- >> that's right. now but that's-- try to get the facts straight before-- they ought to have an investigation and see what it was. but everybody talks about we want more infrastructure.

in tom friedman's book, he basically talked about the underutilization of human beings, black people,costing our economy about $400 billion a year. we've got to say as a country, we need that woman or man to be norm normal. el to be engaged and be a voter. we also have to tie it, i think, to this bigger national issue, or else it's just them. it's that group of people over there you know what? it's not. if you want to live in a united states that can't compete against china action and i mean that in a favorable way, then continue to grow large parts of your population who are underperforming. i think that that is a conversation that will allow conservatives of goodwill, who place the national imperative and competitives in -- >> mayor, thank you, unfortunately -- i've had this all day, i've been feeling both this excitement about having this conversation, but also the sense of angst that we haven't gotten enough, which is part of why i do want folks to go to our web side, first thank you to mayor reed, to vivian and rebecca. we are not done. we are really just beginning. we want to co

tom friedman.policies related t post secondary education, adult and career technical education, federal student aid, and allied range of other white house educational initiatives. president obama has set a goal for this country to have the best educated, most competitive work force in the world by 2020 as measured by the proportion o college graduates. the president has charged under secretary kantor with implementing the policies to make this happen. prior to appointment, she serve as chancellor of one of the largest community college districts and the nation, located in the heart of california's silicon valley. so if there is someone who combines an understanding and appreciation of education and innovation, it is certainly martha cantor, the third community college leader ever t serve and the undersecretary position. welcome to martha. [applause] william has been champion of th university system of maryland for more than a decade. we were just talking earlier. i spent a year at the universit of

just awesome tom brady better watch out because i think boston has found its newest hero the bad thomas friedman in a saturday editorial ironically titled judgment not included friedman asking muslims to elaine why such a critical number of their community is attracted to terrorism. we must ask a question only muslims can answer what is going on in your community that a critical number of your youth believes that every american military action in the middle east is intolerable and justifies a violent response everything muslim extremists do or the other muslims ignore a bill and calls for mostly silence. here's a question only you can answer to. did you ever ask white americans you know like the people who shot up the sikh temple bombed abortion clinics attacked the whole across museum bombed the. olympics to be responsible for the actions of just a few crazies by the way if any of you new york times readers out there is confused as to why the guy who's written such wonderful pieces of the power of green technology is over the past few years suddenly attacking muslims just what this clip from tw