you can bet the tom friedman article is being this custom and in ther party media and israel.k it's very important .ay lead to a tipping point >> the palestinians have one think, as awhich, i last resort they may use before going to the united nations again. they are reluctant to do this it would be very costly to the united states because congress has passed a law that declares that we shall withdraw from any eu and specialized agencies that admits a member and that would cause havoc for us. we are opposed to this policy. there is a need, i think, in the future if this american initiative continues, and i believe it will, to develop more .ublic diplomacy peace is not made by diplomats in the secret conversations. the societies of both israel and palestine are committed to peace if it is to succeed. john kerry will begin to turn a united statesge more directly with the israeli public and the palestinian public. it's already happening in a way that we need to build this and as a very important component of diplomacy. >> there is a night where scenario. john kerry's talks fail,

is there anything more that can be done here, tom friedman? >> clearly, if we can identify people who share our values of wanting to see a pluralistic consensually political syria, we should arm and support them. seems to me the administration is doing that. but can you name the head of the syrian opposition? >> i knew you were going to ask that. can anyone? i can name several. >> i can't. that's really one of the problems. i think a lot of people in syria -- you know, sometimes the news is in the noise, and sometimes in the silence. so many people clinging to assad, they don't see an opposition that has the willability, and maybe even the ideology to build a pluralistic syria, the christians clinging to assad and others would feel confidence in. come back to the ukraine and to a similar revolution, tunisia. why is it that the arab state that's done the best is the one we had the least to do with? the people took it and owned it. if we see that in syria, i'm for supporting it. it's got to start with them. the middle east puts a smile on your f

tom friedman wrote his op-ed in the new york times purporting to framework --rry kerry free mark. then netanyahu and the settlor -- they had ainet separation of the palestinian .tate quoted as telling u.s. jewish leaders that the bulk of the settlers would remain in israel in any settlement. one culmination of this combination of fact is is that they began to wonder if perhaps netanyahu might be willing to take some political risks. we did not have the opportunity to discuss these events with palestinians. of products produced , those ads for you super bowl fans, and the disinvestment of banks operating was allettlements, it having an impact on the israeli .ublic and on the body politic john kerry's warning about the possibility for isolation helped bring this pot to a boil. tom friedman reporting from ramallah dedicated to this .ubject angela merkel is considered israel's best friend in europe and will be important in this respect. for the millions of israeli jews, this is the bustling part .f the israeli economy there are serious problems that by a law.solved a quick word about

tom friedman, reporting from ramallah, devoted his latest column to the subject. of germanoming visit leader angela merkel, who is considered israel's best friend important.will be what she says and how she says it. for the millions of israeli jews who live in the sharon plan and near the sea, this is the bustling part of the israeli economy. range of potential serious problems. they cannot be solved by a wall. a quick word about the broader -- israel's treaties with israel and jordan are holding firm. tears over theo demise of morsi and the muslim brothers. they appreciate the efforts to control the islamic militants roaming through the sinai. and cairo's tough line on hamas and gaza, which seemed to be missing or at least they are invisible factors in the current peace initiative of the equation. interests an obvious in many proposals for security along the jordan river. any proposals for resolution of the palestinian refugee problem and jerusalem, which has its own special set of problems. the treaties with jordan and egypt are in good shape. israel is far stro

tom friedman, thank you for that.g up after the break, money management veteran don marron will join us live for a victory lap in just a moment. >>> and to talk retirement investing when we return. >>> still to come, if you don't have a money manager, get ready to work the rest of your life. we talk pension woes and wealth management with light year capital founder don marron. >>> welcome back to "squawk box," everybody. we've been watching the futures. they've been under pressure but things have just turned around. this is a pretty big reversal. dow futures were down by as much as 60 points below fair value. now they're up by five points. still, that's a reversal of 65 points. s&p 500 futures are still down by one point below fair value. we have a lot of things coming up today including yellen speaking before the senate and that could have a big impact on how the trading day goes. >>> good news for pepsico. it will be the beverage supplier for shanghai disney resort, the first disney resort in main line china when it

tom friedman, reporting from ramallah, devoted his latest column to the subject. and the forthcoming visit of german leader angela merkel who is considered israel's best friend in europe will be important in this discussion. what she says, how she says it before and after the forum. now, for the millions of israeli jews who live in the plane in near the sake this is a bustling part of the israeli economy, this raises a range of potential serious problems that cannot be solved by a law. a quick word about the broader picture. israel's treaty with egypt and jordan are holding firm. israelis shed no tears over the demise of morsi and the balls and brothers, and they appreciate egypt's efforts to control the islamic militants who are roaming through the sinai. and cairo's tough line on hamas in gaza, which seem to be missing, or at least their invisible factors in the current peace initiative equation. jordan has an obvious interest in any proposals for security along the jordan river. any proposal for resolution of the palestinian refugee problem, in jerusalem, which

. >> i would like to hear some comment on what tom friedman calls the third infitada, the tightening of the screws and israel in the negotiations. >> we have tried to address that to some extent. i don't know how many of you have had the experience of living in israel and watching this incredible interchange, interaction between the public and media and the government. it's not something i've experienced in any other country. this issue has been there, but was largely ignored until rather recently. several developments which we mentioned, the eu boycott of settlements, the danish and norwegian banks -- the dutch disinvesting, the talk by angela merkel. you can bet the tom friedman article is being discussed at every dinner party and in the media in israel. i think it's very important that may be leading to a tipping point. >> the palestinians have one other asset which, i think, as a last resort they may use before going to the united nations again. they are reluctant to do this because it would be very costly to the united states because congress has passed a law that declares that

>> i think there are two questions here raised by tom friedman.how to raise questions. >> yes, he does. >> also micced metaphors. we love him for that. the question s is it, in fact, bottom up and to what extent? i think you can argue this is also very much the ukrainian people responding to the whims of outside powers and the flow of outside power into and out of ukraine. we obviously see a close relationship between the european union and this part of the world. russia is responsible for 31% of the eu's gas imports. so this is a tension between those two powers duking it out in this context. remember, this all started when there was a decision made by that regime to turn away from the eu towards russia. so this is very much about these outside powers as much as it's bottom up. question two is, if it's bottom up and we did see 50,000 people coming out, is that a good thing? as you pointed out, we look at some of these models in the arab spring and see that bottom up can go awry very quickly. >> certainly it seems clear they're going to need suppo

it's kind of a tom friedman mantra, the world is flat. if there's a reverberation in a place like argentina or venezuela. there's rioting, looting in venezuela. argentina has a traumatic debt defaelt, how does that recourse to china which is one of the biggest financial sponsors of united states spending. if china issic that en online or growth is weaker there, how does that affect all the other smaller asian nations that orbit china? the united states is no island. this is no crisis like we had in the late '90s where emerging markets were blowing up left and right and the united states was the strong one. we've never been so interconnected and dependent as we are now. >> robin far zag from bloomberg business, thanks so much. >> my pleasure. >>> and now to our signature segment. tonight we return to hawaii to report on a program that began locally, but is now expanding across the nation thanks to its success. it's called hope. and it's designed to keep probationers out of prison. that's a priority in states where housing inmates is so exp

i'm marvin kalb, and i am here talking with new york times columnist tom friedman. >> jerry frustratinglyaughter] >> only on certain issues. only on certain issues. but now, you have been at this along time. thirty-three years. >> for starters. >> and upi before that. if you had to do all over again, would you still do it as a journalist? >> oh, god, this is the most fun you can have legally that i know of. you know, growing up by only wanted to be david halberstam. i mean, really, he was my idol. i got to meet him and get to know him a little bit. and i have had the -- this has been the most amazing run. i have never had a bad day. i have never gotten up in the morning and said, you know, i just don't want to do this anymore. it has been a an amazing privilege to do this for the new york times. the people i have met along the way, the experiences i have had, some tragic, some obviously very uplifting, i would not have traded a moment for it. i just wish that i could be 30 again. >> that is marvelous. that is wonderful. i hear that you were or still are, perhaps, a very good golfer >> i d

and from tom friedman, why is it that the arab awakening country where the u.s.d the least involvement is where the most democracy?"ards a i want to begin this evening with your telling us where tunisia is today and how you were able with the tunisian people and other leaders to bring it to this place. >> tunisia, following the constitution and after the setting up of a national elections, the dependent commission, and after forming of the tunisiant, train is already on the path to elections by the end of the year so that tunisia would declare the first arab democratic government. >> what have you done diderently in tunisia that not happen in egypt, syria, or other places? >> the circumstances of tunisia are different than other arab countries. we took on the consensual democracy rather than the democracy of the majority. promoted them among all factions in order to reach a consensus. we do not count on the majority on. there is a success for the tunisian elites and all its actions in order to reach consensus. i think there is a failure on groups tof other build

tom friedman joined the times in 1981. he was bureau chief in beirut and jerusalem. he has been the chief diplomatic correspondent and chief white house correspondent. columniste became a -- a foreign affairs columnist for the paper. he does that twice a week. and somehow, he still finds time to write six best-selling books, to host six television documentaries, numerous seminars, and conferences, and to be with us here tonight. thank you. >> thank you. [applause] >> are subject is freedom. a big word. i would like to start by asking what is your definition of freedom? >> it is granted to be with you. you and your brother, bernie, were always great. people i admire as a young journalist. a treat to be with you here today. you know, let me think. i am not a philosopher, i am a journalist. let me answer your question in the context of journalism. if you started this story this evening by asking me, what was the greatest story you ever told? i just turned 60 and i have been at a few times for 33 years. what was the one that really the most amazing? i would tell you it w

and finally this from tom friedman, "why is it the arab awakening country country where the united states had the least involvement, tunisia, is where the most progress is being made towards building a consensual democracy?" with those three quotes, i want to ask this morning-- this evening, and begin this evening with your telling us where tunisia is today, and how you were able, with the tunisian people and other leaders,to bring it to this place. >> ( translated ): tunisia, following the constitution and after the setting up of the national election dependent commission, and after the forming of a neutral government, the tunisian train is already on the path of-- to elections by the end of the year, so that tunisia would declare the first arab democratic government. >> rose: what have you done differently in tunisia that didn't happen in egypt or syria or other places? >> ( translated ): the circumstances of tunisia are different from other arab countries. also, we bet on the consensual democracy, rather than on the democracy of the majority. we promoted dialogue among all factions in

countries in the world of disorder is often beyond our skill set, resources, or patients as americans, tom friedmanmnist -- that really upsets me. >> this goes back to fdr and his commonwealth speech. joel kurtzman with us. he really thought about the look back to the first american century and now we have a new american century. are we being too activist? should we just focus on our own knitting? focusing on were our own knitting. he problem is people seem to depressed emotionally to focus on our own knitting and to get things done. the economy underneath is really very strong and people are not paying attention to that. so the mood is gloomy, but the prospects are bright, go figure. >> that is what we see everyday. >> the contrast there. >> this two-part america. john edwards way out in front with that concept. >> you see that and plenty of parts of the economy as well. we get to our twitter question of the day. what is a bigger bubble -- bitcoin, tesla, or social media? >> good question. >> whatsapp whistle to facebook for how much -- >> $19 billion. think about that. >> and remember snapchat re

tom friedman talks about national security and freedom of the press. a conversation on protecting the u.s. electrical grid. that is from washington journal. journal,xt washington privacy laws and the future of employee retirement benefits. and then security issues and american access to food. your phone calls, facebook comments, and tweets. >> one of the things that we worry about cyber attacks, physical dangers, it and what i always think is what keeps me up at night when i think about what can happen next. i wonder what your greatest fear is asked to a physical attack here in our country. general? side, i think an attack against our critical infrastructure that would have potential damaging effects in our transportation, financial is an area we have to take -- pay close attention, energy sector. there is a range of things that keep me up at night. when you see these mumbai style attacks, what happened in the the bostonrobi, marathon, those are the kinds of things we have to continue to work together in the intelligence community to make sure we are w

three pulitzer prizes, two for his reporting from the middle east and one for his commentary the tom friedman joined the "times" in 1981, was bureau chief in beirut and then jerusalem. diplomatic ef cronet and in 1983 he became the foreign affairs columnist for the paper. he does that twice a week and somehow still finds time to write six best-selling books, to host six television documentaries, numerous seminars and conferences and to be with us here tonight. so, tom, thank you. thank you very much. thank you. [applause] our subject tonight is freedom. big word. and i'd like to start, tom, by asking what is your definition of freedom. >> well, first of all, marvin, it's great to be with you. you and your brother bernie were always great path breakers for me and people i admired as a young journalist. so it's a treat to be here with you today. tell bernie i said hi. i'm not a philosophier, i'm a journalist, so let me answer your question in the context of journalism. and if you started this evening by asking me who was -- what was the greatest story you ever covered? been doing this here, i j

tom friedman joined the times in 1981. beirutbureau chief in and eventually slip your guest and the chief white house correspondent. >> in 1995, he became alumnist. columnist. somehow, he finds time to write six best selling books, posts six television documentaries, numerous seminars and conferences, and to be with us here today. thank you very much. [applause] freedom.ct tonight is big word. i would like to start by asking what is your definition of freedom. >> first of all, it is great to be with you during you and your always greate were for me, people i admired as a journalist. tell bernie i said hi. i am not a philosopher. i am a journalist. so let me give you -- to answer your question in the context of journalism, if you started this theing by asking me who was greatest array you ever covered -- i've been at the time is now for 33 years. really youe one that say is the most amazing? i would say this terrier -- it square.r i was there for the revolution that overthrew president mubarak . when i came home, people ask

tom donohue. he testified recently on capitol hill. the newsmakers and national security and freedom of the press with thomas friedman. night we continue this with a live two-hour program. the managerial skills. it makes mount vernon a successful operation. a mix of possible for washington to be away for eight years. aboutre's something abraham lincoln that she saw the potential and helped develop it. it's help polish them up for washington society, the political parties they had where they invited a lots of very important will. she will did a lot of power. >> the involvements in the political career is right from the beginning. she becomes much more active in 1921 when they contracted polio. >> monday night at 9:00 eastern by von c-span. conversation about the first lady's and their contribution to the nation, live at 8:00. the washington examiner had an article today about comments made by former senator jim demint on cbs'face the nation. he was quoted as saying conservatives do not feel like they are represented in washington. he is not the president's of the heritage foundation to several republican lawmakers. you