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joining me now is tom friedman. he's friend of this program and a pulitzer prize winning columnist for the "new york times." his book "from beirut to jerusalem" was updated to reflect the change of the region. he travels around the world. his most recently visited saudi arabia united arab emirates, china and singapore. all of those names and bilines will appear in his columns. i'm especially pleased to have him back at this table as we look at where we are, where we're going and where we have been this past year. welcome. i apologize for my voice. off column in today's "new york times" "i don't know whether secretary of state john kerry will succeed in his two big chosen priorities: trying to forge an israeli palestinian peace in a detente with iran that deprives it with a nuclear weapon. but i admire the way he dares to fail. it's the only way to become a consequential secretary of state. and i admire his strategy trying to conduct a diplomat they makes it implausible for israel, the palestinians and iran to contin

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and also it was tom friedman who announced that he was a whistleblower. that explains everything, tom. >> dorothy just got herself a lot of invitations to media parties going into 2014. m mary. >> my miss is the rise of left wing populism in this country. i think most clearly exhibited by the election of the new mayor in new york city, mayor de blasio. not only because of what it means for new york but for what it means more broadly about how the electorate seems to fall for this and what it means to our freedom. now we have a lot to write about with the mayor. >> you think this is the direction the government is going to do? they're going to need a new theme for the 2014 election. is this going to be the big theme? >> these promises run out of gas. until that happens, we have -- we suffer a lot. we're seeing that now with obama care. >> james. >> this is a miss to outgoing federal reserve chairman bernanke for continuing this year to buy another trillion dollars in mortgage backed securities. the financial crisis was five years ago, years since the reces

a guy who won't leave the table. >> joining us, thomas friedman. tom proposal would not reform entitlement, loopholes or do nothing to address the rising federal debt. i want replaces some sequester cuts. that's amazing, isn't it? >> i was blown away. i drove in through a blizzard to be able to talk about this. >> crazy. take it away. how impressrd you? >> the best that you can say is, i think our system has lost the reflection to reach any kind of an agreement and the fact that, you know, we might be able to begin to restore a little of that, i think is about the best one can say. it certainly is a thin gruel. for republicans to reach any kind of agreement with this administration in the wake of this rising tea party influence which describes any agreement deal making as a form of collaboration, well that's a good thing. you start to puncture that attitude and that resistance. >> i guess. but who is going to lead us. you're really grasping. usually you got some great symbolic parallel and way forward. >> low expectation year. >> low expectations in wa

joining me now as tom friedman coming friend of this program and a puts of dutch pulitzer prize-winninguthor. his book "from beirut to jerusalem" reflects the changes in the region. he travels around the world. he most recently celebrated -- recently visited saudi arabia. especially pleased to have him back at this table. welcome. i apologize for my voice. >> that's ok. >> i don't know if john kerry will succeed in his chosen forge ans, trying to israeli-palestinian peace and a detente with iran that deprives it of a nuclear weapon. continuing, tell me what the choices are and what you think john kerry's doing and what his his -- what is his strategy for doing it. >> my gut feeling is that it is just great to see a guy break all the rules, go through all the red lights and just say, i know i shouldn't be doing this because you all think it is impossible and i was one of those who probably said it was impossible. but i will try and i will bring credible energy to it. and by the way, when you tell me you are too busy today, that is ok. i will sit in the lobby and i will wait to see you to

tom friedman, the director of agile, cannot be here because of the government shutdown. the very fact that i've to say something like that is prickly so shocking. our topic is slimmer cities, promising strategies for fighting obesity. obesity is perhaps the leading public health threat today. the city and countryside alike and is spreading globally. is huge. obesity does not kill as directly and as insidiously as it does tobacco, but it does lead to many forms of cancer, arthritis, pulmonary diseases, and tell us other costly and debilitating problems. and it greatly diminishes the quality of life of those who suffer it. astonishingly high percentage of people who are obese or overweight, including populations, cultures, and cities where until recently obesity was not a serious problem. we have many people here from around the world, and in many countries, obesity is viewed as a deadly american import. also an especially challenging problem because it is so multifaceted. co -- and we have a wonderful breakout on this yesterday -- as challenging as tobacco reduction and s

joining me now is tom friedman, friend of this program and a best-selling author. his book "from beirut to jerusalem" was updated to reflect changes in the region. he travels around the world. he most recently visited saudi arabia. the united arab china, and singapore. i am especially pleased to have him back at this table. at where we are, where we are going, and where we have been in the past year. welcome. i apologize for my voice. >> that's ok. today -- i a column don't know whether secretary of state john kerry will succeed in his chosen priorities trying to , forge an israeli-palestinian peace and a detente with iran that deprives it of a nuclear weapon. but i admire his restlessness, i admire the way he dares to fail. i admire his strategy trying to construct a diplomacy that makes impossible for israel, palestinians, and iran to continue avoiding their big existential choices. continuing, tell me what the choices are and what you think john kerry's doing and what his is his strategy for doing it. >> my gut feeling is that it is just great to see a guy break

teach for america's wendy kopf, sal kan, one of the most innovative educators of the world and tom friedmanork times." then, to understand the protests that have roiled ukraine

tom friedman had an interesting perspective in one of his columns. said, "never negotiate with iran without some leverage and some crazy on your side. we have to out-crazy the crazies." do you think he has a point? [laughter] >> well, tom is a very smart observer. and i know that my friend, bibi, is going to be speaking later, and if tom wants to characterize bibi the way you just described, that's his -- >> i didn't say that. >> that's his prerogative, that's not my view. [laughter] prime minister netanyahu and i have had constant consultations on these issues throughout the last five years. and something that i think bears repeating -- the united states military cooperation with israel has never been stronger. our intelligence cooperation with israel has never been stronger. our support of israel's security has never been stronger. whether you're talking about iron dome, whether you're talking about trying to manage the situation in gaza a little over a year ago, across the board, our coordination on the concrete issues facing israel's security has

. >> tom friedman was here, you saw his column and talked about his column basically saying iran has to make a choice. >> yeah. >> does it want to be north korea or a percent china. >> i think he puts it well, say they said 1979 iran walked out of the modern world and the choice they have to make and the supreme leader has to make is whether they want to walk back in the modern world. there is only one way back n and this is through successful negotiation with the united states and international community to give a high degree of confidence that, in fact, that this program is peaceful and that we have the kinds of constraints in place to deal with it if they attempt to cheat or get out of a deal. >> rose: so what do you make of saudi arabia and some other arab allies. >> i think with respect to our friends in saudi arabia, they've been witnessing and having to deal with immense change. >> right. >> immense change in the middle east. from the arab revolutions in the fall of mubarak through the revolution in syria, to the opening of negotiations with iran. it's a lot of change to addre

tom friedman had an interesting perspective in one of his columns. he said, "never negotiate with iran without some leverage and some crazy on your side. we have to out-crazy the crazies." do you think he has a point? [laughter] >> well, tom is a very smart observer. and i know that my friend, bibi, is going to be speaking later, and if tom wants to characterize bibi the way you just described, that's his -- >> i didn't say that. >> that's his prerogative, that's not my view. [laughter] prime minister netanyahu and i have had constant consultations on these issues throughout the last five years. and something that i think bears repeating -- the united states military cooperation with israel has never been stronger. our intelligence cooperation with israel has never been stronger. our support of israel's security has never been stronger. whether you're talking about iron dome, whether you're talking about trying to manage the situation in gaza a little over a year ago, across the board, our coordination on the concrete issues facing israel's security

as tom friedman has seen in shanghai and has written about it. number three, parents are really engaged. they are really engage not just in terms of being told what to do, but they are very engaged. number four, the common core matters. standards matter. but they must be done the right way, not just thrown out there and told to go do it. it must be implemented well. you see that in countries that outcompete us. last -- poverty matters, but we have to lead with equity investments and equity strategies in order to address that. things like prekindergarten, like wraparound services, that is what it says. the bottom line is -- what do you do about it? there are a whole bunch of groups, including our union and nea and the opportunity to learn and a group of community partners, parents, who actually started talking about this for the last two or three years. we have what we call now the "principles for unity." we plan to reclaim public education, not as it is today, not as it was 50 years ago, but to be something that fulfills our collective responsibi

as tom friedman has seen in shanghai and has written about. number three, parents are really engaged. they are really engage not just in terms of being told what to do, but they are very engaged. number four, the common core matters. standards matter. but they must be done the right way, not just thrown out there and told to go do it. it must be implemented well. you see that in countries that outcompete us. last -- poverty matters, but we have to lead with equity investments and equity strategies in order to address that. things like prekindergarten, like wraparound services that is what it says. the bottom line is, what do you do about it? there are a whole bunch of groups, including our union and other groups. a group of community partners, parents, who actually started talking about this for the last two or three years. we have what we call now the "principles for unity." we plan to reclaim public education, not as it is today, not as it was 50 years ago, but to be something that fulfills our collective responsibility for individual opport

of course tom friedman who has won more pulitzers than any living person i think right now. i don't know anyone who has won more. he has won three of them and probably one of the most influential people on foreign affairs in america today from his place where he sits and rights on the op-ed page of the new york times so he assaults though our old friend. mr. einhorn why don't you start off by telling us what is this deal? what are we talking about here and what does it encompass and what do both sides hope to get out of that? >> i wouldn't call it a deal, a complete deal. i call it a preparatory deal, a preliminary deal. it was designed by the u.s. and its partners really to stop the clock, to stop the clock on iran's nuclear program. the program could advance substantially in coming months. the steel, very comprehensive lien for six months puts a cap on that program. all the issues you have read about the iraq attorney m. reactors the advanced centrifuges, all those things have been capped so while the negotiating over the next six months for a comprehensive deal there will

tom friedman had an interesting perspective in one of his columns. said, "never negotiate with iran without some leverage and some crazy on your side. we have to out-crazy the crazies." do you think he has a point? >> well, tom is a very smart observer. and i know that my friend, bibi, is going to be speaking later, and if tom wants to characterize bibi the way you just described, that's his -- >> i didn't say that. >> that's his prerogative, that's not my view. prime minister netanyahu and i have had constant consultations on these issues throughout the last five years. and something that i think bears repeating -- the united states military cooperation with israel has never been stronger. our intelligence cooperation with israel has never been stronger. our support of israel's security has never been stronger. whether you're talking about iron dome, whether you're talking about trying to manage the situation in gaza a little over a year ago, across the board, our coordination on the concrete issues facing israel's security has never been stronger.

says a lot about preparing teachers, supporting teachers, giving them time to collaborate and as tom friedman had said in shanghai parents are really engaged and they are really engaged and not just told what to do but they are really engaged. number four, the common core matters, but if it's done the right way but it really was implemented well and you see this in the countries that outcompete us. poverty does matter, but we needed to lead with equity investments and equity strategies in order to address that -- >> american federation of teachers president randi weingarten you can see tomorrow evening at nine eastern and 1215 eastern time. time. apply now for the alliance for health reform as a cohost a discussion with aarp on admission policies for medicare patients in hospitals. the panel will explore what happens when patients are not admitted to a hospital and instead are given an observation status. it means hundreds of thousands of additional out-of-pocket expenses. this is life coverage on c-span2. >> i'm with the alliance for health care reform and on behalf of senator rockefeller an

it says a lot about preparing teachers, supporting teachers, giving them time to collaborate as tom friedman has seen in shanghai and has written about it. number three, apartments are really -- parents are really engaged, and they're really engaged. not just told what to do, but they're really engaged. number four, you know, the champion core matters and standards matter, but done the right way. not just thrown out there and say go do it, but really implemented well. and you see that in the countries that outcompete us. and last, poverty does matter, but we these to lead with -- we need to lead with equity investments and equity strategies in order to address that. so things like pre-k, um, like wrap around services. that's what it says. so the bottom line is what do you do about this. now, there's a whole bunch of groups, including our union and n be ea and the opportunity -- nea and the opportunity to learn group of community partners parents who have actually started talking about this for the last two or three years. and we had, we have what we call now the principles for unity. we're h

speakers include former national security adviser brzezinski and new york times columnist tom friedman. cbs news "face the nation" anchor bob schieffer will moderate the event. that gets underway at 5:30 p.m. eastern over on c-span3. >> next, a look at the future of the republican party from political strategist and cnn contributor ana navarro. she talks about changes and demographics require the party to broaden its base with. she also comments on the current divisions within the party and who she thinks are the best potential candidates for winning back the white house in 2016. she spoke last month at a forum hosted by the new hampshire institute of politics at saint anselm college in manchester. this is a little over an hour. [applause] >> megan said she was thinking of brushing up on her spanish to do that introconduction, but she didn't want to offend me, and i said, you know, i don't get that easily offended, i know george w. bush. [laughter] so the butchering of spanish doesn't offend me very much. well, thank you very much, all of you, for being here. neil was just telling me t

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as tom friedman has seen in shanghai and has written about. number three, parents are really engaged. parents are really engage not just in terms of being told what to do, but they are very engaged. number four, the common core matters. standards matter. but they must be done the right way, not just thrown out there and told to go do it. it must be implemented well. you see that in countries that outcompete us. poverty matters, but we have to and with equity investments equity strategies in order to address that. ,hings like prekindergarten like wraparound services that is what it says. the bottom line is, what do you do about it? there are a whole bunch of groups, including our union and other groups. there is a group of community who actuallyents, started talking about this for the last two or three years. we have what we call now the "principles for unity." we plan to reclaim public education, not as it is today, not as it was 50 years ago, but to be something that fulfills our collective responsibility for individual opportunity for all ki