and the u.n. and the u.k. were subordinate to the united states in terms of the physical presence on the ground of resources and capabilities. >> yeah. i think after the break, we may want to come on to the real, as contrasted with formal lines of reporting and authority. but i think that is probably a good moment to break. if we may, back in 10 minutes or so. thank you. >> i would like to go back april 4 on the baghdad phase but before we do, i have one last question about 1483 which clearly gives equal formal status to the united kingdom and the united states as opposed to the reality and proportional difference. that was clear both to us and to washington and both capitals wanted that. >> yes, that was the case. it carries with it an assumption of responsibility on the united kingdom for the entirety of iraq on the occupation. and that was understood? >> the period that was understood. >> ok. well, let's revert to april 4. >> thank you very much, indeed. you said that you -- on the fourth of ap

altogether -- the u.n. altogether, i suspect it would have procued a -- produced a crisis for us. >> it was a critical moment? >> it was a critical moment that bush should have agreed to refer to resolutions, and there was a period between 7th of september and the 14th where the needles swu -- needle swung back and forth in the administration. you did not know which draft of the speech was going to prevail. >> and try to influence for the deal stopped, was there warning -- where the needle stops, was there warning that the british enterprise would diminish? >> if we don't get the u.n. in this speech and we don't make a serious effort, the first instance of regime change -- >> that would be assuming that the prime minister continued to support for the policy. people often cite the analogy of vietnam'. he did not go to vietnam, but he supported the americans. >> if you forgive me, it is not a wholly -- it was a bad period for u.k. - u.s. relations. the fact that he smoked a pipe in the u.s. office was offensi

in particular, bush's commitment at that time to follow the u.n.tors route and also by constructing an international coalition, which was the prime minister's strong input? how do you feel about that converging policy at the time? >> if we're talking about americans, the president accepting for real politic reasons that it would be better to go through the united nations, which was a repudiation where the vice president stood, it took a while. i sent in my briefings to them, to tony blair, before crawford, which i could not get a hold of in the archive, a said, by that time, it had been a couple of months, three months, in which contingency discussion of if it came to war in iraq, how would we do it. it was all very, very embryonic. of course, regime change was a form of policy of the united states of america, and that did not necessarily mean it armed invasion at that time of iraq. it may sound like a distinction without a difference, but it was not at the time. as i remember, i said to tony blair, there are three things you really need to focus o

this morning he met the u.n. secretary-general. this afternoon he will address the assembly. >> the whole house will endorse what the right honorable lady has said about these fallen soldiers and our thoughts will be very much with their families. but may i turn to the home front and other families who will be desperately worried that their own loved ones might not be home for christmas because of the cabin crew british airways strike. whilst it's been good news this morning that british airways now be talking. can i have an assurance with the deputy prime minister that she will use her considerable influence with the trade unions to ensure this damaging strike is called off as soon as possible? >> i think both the prime minister and the transport secretary has said that they, like i'm sure everyone in the whole house, will want to see there not be a strike taking place. this is important not just for those who have got travel plans over christmas to go abroad to see their families or to have their families joining them he. it's al

over 100,000 u.n.eacekeepers now deployed in some 15 operations around the world, more than ever before. and it is the u.n. has substantially improved the quality and its capacity to deploy peacekeeping, but it is now so overstretched, and the complexity of what the missions it is taken on is far greater now almost the big, big missions, to 20,000 people, with civilian protection mandates in places like the democratic republic of congo, which is the size of western europe or the united states east of the mississippi or darfur, the size of texas. it is now so stretched that it is arguably falling short. he doesn't have the helicopters the need for mobility in places like darfur or congo. it doesn't, hasn't reached its full mandated strength in each of these cases because there are almost no were peacekeepers to be tapped in to join. so there are steps that have been taken but there's much more that needs to be done. we have made, i have made as ambassadors strengthening the u.n.'s one of my priorities.

but in an interview, the u.n.ecretary general, ban ki moon, appealed to both sides to compromise. >> i would urge all developed and developing countries to come onboard. developed countries should come out with more ambitious mitigation targets and also developing countries, they should come out with nationally appropriate mitigation action, limiting their growth of emissions. >> reporter: u.s. climate negotiator todd stern said china's cooperation is critical. the two nations are the world's largest carbon emitters. >> i think that from our point of view, you can't even begin to have an environmentally sound agreement without the adequate and significant participation of china. >> reporter: it was widely reported u.s. negotiators had refused to commit to firm pollution cuts until congress can approve the needed legislation. a bill to reduce u.s. emissions has been pending for months in the u.s. senate in the face of strong opposition. back in copenhagen, the president of the maldives appealed for quick action. hi

diplomats from 192 nation its gathered in copenhagen today for the largest and potentially most important u.n. climate change conference ever. their goal to shift away from fossil fuels and get rich countries to send billions of dollars to poorer ones to help them adapt. organizers warned this could be the critical last chance to curb global warming. >> the science has never been clearer. the solutions have never been more abundant. political will has never been stronger. and let me warn you, political will will never be

day of negotiations here have still failed to produce a text world leaders can embrace here, but the u.n. secretary general told the "newshour," he still believes agreement is possible. i'll have a report. >> brown: there were some steps forward today, including pledges to protect rainforests. we'll see how that could play out in the amazon. >> lehrer: then, a performance review for federal reserve chairman ben bernanke. economist james galbraith and former fed vice chair alice rivlin debate his record. >> brown: and the relevance in our time of john maynard keynes: "newshour" economics correspondent paul solman has a somewhat off-beat explanation. ♪ my general theory made quite an impression i transformed the econ profession, you know me, modesty say it loud and say it clear, we're all keynesians now. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "pbs newshour."

does she share our concern that the comments of the u.n. secretary ban ki-moon for countries to tackle crime change may be set aside and not addressed until next year. after the prime minister spoke to the secretary-general this morning, what were the changes of this major setback being averted? >> the point he makes about the house is somewhat -- we are rising early but coming back earlier. it is indeed important that we not only have a political agreement in copenhagen that we have legally binding targets which are then independently verifiable and also we have this $10 billion fund to ensure that the developing countries, the emerging economies can play their part in the effort to tack ale climate change. that is a difficult challenge, the prime minister the secretary of the general of the u.n. and the world leaders are working on today and i hope the whole house will wish them well. >> we do wish them well. and i know the house will agree with me that in particular we must address the serious issue of the destruction of the world's rain

altogether -- the u.n.t was a critical moment? >> it was a critical moment that bush should have agreed to refer to resolutions, and there was a period between 7th of september and the 14th where the needles swu -- needle swung back and forth in the administration. you did not know which draft of the speech was going to prevail. >> and try to influence for the deal stopped, was there warning -- where the needle stops, was there warning that the british enterprise would diminish? >> if we don't get the u.n. in this speech and we don't make a serious effort, the first instance of regime change -- >> that would be assuming that the prime minister continued to support for the policy. people often cite the analogy of vietnam'. he did not go to vietnam, but he supported the americans. >> if you forgive me, it is not a wholly -- it was a bad period for u.k. - u.s. relations. the fact that he smoked a pipe in the u.s. office was offensive to some. the thing about anglo-american relationships, it is not characterize

but where is the u.n.'s international day of solidarity with the people of israel, who continue to be threatened by hamas, hezbollah and other such militant groups and by the state sponsors of iran and syria who continue to pursue nuclear weapons and the missles to deliver them. in the face of continued anti--israel bias at the u.n., what has the united states done to stand up for our ally and fellow democracy? aram bass dor susan rice promised the u.s. would be fighting against the anti--israel rhetoric at the u.n. unfortunately, this was easier said than done. the attacks at the u.n. are not an occasional diversion, they are relentless, they per vade the u.n. and they are not easily stopped. an excellent case study is the u.n.'s response to israel's conduct last winter of operation cast led which was carried out to defend israeli citizens from rocket and mortar attacks by hamas and other extremist groups in gaza. the human rights council authorized a fact-finding mission with a prejudicial mandate to inve

this u.n. environmental bubble explains in part, i believe, how gore can maintain that credible scientists don't exist in any number. it explains in part why earlier this month on "60 minutes" when asked by leslie stahl, he said it was a tiny, tiny minority. those who hold this view that the earth is flat and the moon landing is staged in a movie set in nevada. it may also explain how he could miss the irony of likening deniers who don't believe in space travel one of those is michael griffin, the head of nasa and the other who heads research on the russian international space station. a third is the head of the danish national space agency. a fourth is one of the best known scientists known on earth to further space flight he discovered nuclear propulsion for the orion project. this bubble, i believe, also explains the fervor of belief by al gore and others and their ability, the freedom they feel to act with impunity. the ability to attack regardless of his credentials. last year when michael

with u.n. and private grants, his surya project is handing out cleaner burning stoves to 15,000 households in and around khairatpur. they use biofuels, but have a solar charged internal fan to burn more efficiently. >> so that instrument measures black carbon. >> reporter: over the next two years, the team will measure what the cleaner stoves do for air quality, hoping to make a strong case for scaling up the idea. >> preliminary data shows if we replace current way of cooking, we should see a dramatic impact, first, on the health and second, on the air quality and hopefully on regional climate. >> reporter: ramanathan's call to reduce black carbon is supported in a recent u.s. government report. some advocates wanted this issue on the agenda of the copenhagen climate summit. but there are skeptics. rajendra pachauri, chair of the nobel prize winning inter- governmental panel on climate change says we don't yet know enough about black carbon. and he says there's no quick climate dividend. getti

i hope that is not wt we are contemplating. >> reporter: the u.n.'n said he was confident there will reement by week's end. >> i confident that there will a deal in copenhagen, a dea at meets the needs of all th counies in addressing climate ange, a deal which will be corehensive, actionable and fairnd also binding. >> reporter: and in washingt, a ite house spokesman said president ama hopes his presen will help lead to a deal, so long it's verifiable >> brown: and once aga today, i had the chance to talkith ray copenhagen. we spoke a short te ago. >> lehrer: r, the issues you list as part of the current deadlock, the taets, the aid, the verification, doesny of them stand out as the most important or are they somew all ed together? >> suarez: on th day of the conference, certainly one the most contentious sues are the st advanced economies those counies have set a goal for themselves of limiti future emissions to that which wod cause less than two degrees re global heating up, but the poorescountries in the world respond, "sure, that's fine a global

they are the u.n. designees to continue to do -- provide the information to the folks who attend the conference for which to make the decisions on. mr. barton: and if the president were to commit the united states to a legislative path that these scientists support and if we were to adopt as law the climate change bill that passed the house that requires a reduction of 83% of emissions from co-2, manmade sources, 2005, by the year 2050, then -- if we implemented that, then we'd have a co-2 emissions level in this cuptry we last experienced in 1910. and if we do it on a per capita experienced, that we last experienced per person in 1875. is it the gentleman's position, if we were to do that, our lifestyle in 2050 would be anywhere comparable to what it is today? mr. shimkus: it would be dramatically different. we rely in our jobs and environment on cheap energy. i'm from the coal fields of southern illinois, i spent this whole year and last year fighting for our coal reserves and the importance of that

in the u.n. ivars privileged to share a session whereÑi we passed a resolution mandating protections against sexual violence and armed conflicts. principal pragmatism and war is our approach on human-rights with all countries but particularly with countries like china and russia. cooperation with each of those is critical to the health of the global economy and the nonproliferation agenda that we see. we also want to address global problems like climate change. the u.s. seeks positive relationships with china and russia and that means candid discussion of divergent views. in china, we called for protection of rights of minorities in tibet, for the rise to express one's self and worship freely and for civil society and religious organizations to advocate their positions within a framework of the rule of law. we believe strongly that those who advocate peaceably for reform within the constitution. in russia, we deplore the murders of journalists. with china, russia, and others, we are engaging on i

i was at the u.n. when the seven step plan was drafted and agreed, but -- and i'm sure that john saurs john sours had an input into that plan but i couldn't see what laid behind it. you're absolutely right. in theory we were co-responsible for iraq. in practice we were a tencht full less of the practical capacity to do things in iraq. and the practical nomplely -- normally was more influential than the theoretical in the way things happened. and it was described as sort of a role you picked up for yourself. almost sounds like picking up from where you left off in the u.n. except for very different circumstances, that is working closely with the political leaders that you found around you -- not agree with anything that the u.k. or americans were doing but try to find a me to negotiateuative work through -- did you see this as being a particular application of the skills that you brought to baghdad. >> you tend to use the skills that you've honed over the years rather than trying to look for new ones. t

>> if we don't get to the u.n. in this speech did do not make a serious effort to go down the path, the first instance of a regime change will take place in the london. >> that would mean five minutes to continue for the policy. but perhaps if he could do that to. they did not go to be a non to descend on the british troops for supporting american's of vietnam's. >> it was a bad point* in the uk/u.s. relations if anything else. president johnson fended some protocol there. but the the thing about the anglo-american relationship since 1945, is not characterized by its ability but the volatility and it is extraordinary up and down over that period. >> i am not trying to get into that. >> of love to go into it but i would like to go into the analogy of a policy of giving political support tata which in itself can carry a political prize. >> i a understand that but i cannot conceive -- concede that prime minister player given what he said about sadam hussain in 1998 and where he was coming from, whatever done a harold

. >> from the u.n.climate change summit in copenhagen this nicolas sarkozy says progress in climate talks is being held back by china. he spoke to reporters briefly after an unscheduled meeting this morning with president barack obama and other world leaders in the last attempt to craft a climate deal. "we expect to hear from president barack obama shortly and other world leaders are speaking. we're recording those speeches and one of those later in our program, in particular the president'." other world leaders including the german chancellor angela merkel spoke. this runs about 45 minutes. >> here in copenhagen, more than 100 heads of state and government have gathered. more than 100 ministers of the environment and representatives of non-governmental organizations, many young people who together with us are very much switching for a solution, wondering whether we will be able to come up with a solution of the future issue, preserving our environment and find an answer to the changes brought by climat

but the u.n.ecurity council due in part to russian and chinese opposition has demonstrated that it will never impose meaningful costs on the iranian regime. there is no shortage of measures available. what is lacking is the will. beyond this bill today, mr. speaker, the broader question is whether we will be bystanders, complicity in our own destruction. as -- complicit in our own destruction. if you will not fight when your victory will be sure, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival, end quote. for our survival and for that of our friend and ally, israel, render your full support to this legislation. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida reserves. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. kucinich: i yield five minutes to the gentleman from texas, ron paul. mr. paul: i thank the gentleman for yielding. the chairman states that the main purpose of

during the u.n.y hall square in copenhagen will be transformed into a city of hope . that's why we call it hopen-hagen. every day, hopen-hagen will be filled with experiences and exhibitions. a huge interactive globe will light up the december darkness, reflecting in ever-changing shades and hughes -- houston -- hues, the world's engagement with climate. and hopefully those type of messages will resonate with the negotiators here. i very much look forward to hosting you tonight at the reception at city hall and on the city hall square. so i bid you a very warm welcome and sincerely hope you will leave our city with a good impression and many good experiences. but most of all, i hope that when you leave this conference hall, you will leave the planet safer and greener for the future. so please help us to turn copenhagen into hopen-hagen. please seal the deal. [applause] >> thank you, mayor, for your warm welcome and for your statement. distinguished, delegates, ladies and gentlemen, please join me in

but the u.n. security council due in part to russian and chinese opposition has demonstrated that it will never impose meaningful costs on the iranian regime. there is no shortage of measures available. what is lacking is the will. beyond this bill today, mr. speaker, the broader question is whether we will be bystanders, complicity in our own destruction. as -- complicit in our own destruction. if you will not fight when your victory will be sure, you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance for survival, end quote. for our survival and for that of our friend and ally, israel, render your full support to this legislation. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from florida reserves. the gentleman from ohio is recognized. mr. kucinich: i yield five minutes to the gentleman from texas, ron paul. mr. paul: i thank the gentleman for yielding. the chairman states that the main purpose

and especially the u.n. institutions. we have a friend who heads one of the u.n. agencies and he said, anticipating this, we gave the israelis their coordinates so that they wouldn't make a mistake. that was the wrong thing for us to do. because we took it a flat bullseye. >> well, ladies and gentlemen, we will wrap up this afternoon's presentation. dr. anthony, any final word beyond that? okay. i'd like to thank you all for being here and ask you, if you would, please, if you haven't had the opportunity on the way in, if you'd leave us is business card so that we can continue to inform you of the national council's programming and let you know when our next activities will be scheduled. also to let you know that all of our activities, both those in the past and those upcoming are listed on our website, www.n c-usa r.org. we have transcripts of a program we did 10 days ago on capitol hill dealing in great detail with yemen. all of materials from our october arab u.s. policymakers conference are up on our website as well as information about all of the council's ot

and d, that the u.n. at ease ec management commission of political leaders and experts to review all such funding mechanisms and come up with an elaborate system of funding to achieve the targets that we set for ourselves, and to report within six months. on the management of the fund, i propose, a, that it be established under the authorities of the parties, which determine things like access criteria, brought a reasons for the participation in the fund, etc.. that this be composed of equal number from developing and developed countries to oversee the day-to-day management of the fund. and that the fund -- the share of africa of the fund be administered by the african development board. your excellency, i know our proposals will disappoint some africans who from the point of view of justice have asked for full compensation of the damage done to our development prospects. my proposal scales back our expectation with regard to the level of funding. in return for more reliable funding and a seat at the tabl

i just came back yesterday afternoon after attending the u.n.nference on climate change in copenhagen. on saturday morning in copenhagen, i had the first conference with your colleagues. i am pleased to meet with you today to answer some questions which you may have appeared the last time i did not have much time to answer questions. but i also have security council briefings at 10:00, very important on the african nations. let me say that the conference was a success. the copenhagen accord marks a significant step forward. first, it commits countries to work to limit global temperature rise two degrees celsius. that will review this commitment in 2015 to take account of the scientific evidence. i understand that the ipcc -- they tried to release a report in 2014. second, the accord improves mitigation targets countries and midterm mitigation targets for developing countries. third, countries have agreed on the importance of an acting to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. this means that we have finally found the source

that word came today from the head of the u.n. weather agency. he made those remarks at the conference on climate change in copenhagen, denmark. >> the decade 2000-2009 is very likely to be the warmest on record. so, in other words, this decade is going to be warmer than the 1990s, which itself were warmer than the 1980s and so on. so it is likely to be the warmest on record. >> hari: the u.n. agency said only the u.s. and canada have been having cooler conditions than average. an early blizzard has moved into the u.s. midwest, in the region's first major storm of the season. the storm blasted western states a day earlier. by today, at least a foot of snow was expected to blanket parts of iowa, illinois, and wisconsin. the arctic blast brought winds gusting to 40 miles an hour. forecasters also warned flights would be delayed or canceled from chicago to denver. hundreds of police officers turned out in tacoma, washington today for a memorial service honoring four of their fallen. they were shot and killed last month at a coffee shop. later, polic

were violations of international law in the sense that they were done without getting help from the u.n. security force. in the case of afghanistan there was a security council resolution in that case and in the other cases there were not. and so with the exception of the iraq case, these interventions were illegal military actions. i think its illegality have been recognized. there's post-talk analyses that acknowledged that it's technically illegal but defended as serving a higher moral purpose that goes beyond war but as we've seen that too falls flat when one looks more carefully at the circumstances. >> are there any more questions? >> it's not a question. it's a commentary. after being in mexico for a year, i observed that the government decided to intervene in you are on own country if we can call it that way and use the military force to eradicate the drugs, the market of drugs, something. i don't know what they really wanted to eradicate. but the numbers -- it caught my attention because you cited 2,000 death in kosovo and then after the bombings it went up to 10,000 if i'm not

he went on to become, to work basically for the u.n. for much of his career in hot spots are on the world. it also included people pretty political from the get go like bologna who was in israel and a radical christian community in georgia and had mom violin training from c.o.r.e. and set up in integration burba the university of minneapolis minnesota and minneapolis. and he led a group down -- led the group down to jackson. he still lives in minneapolis today and is very much involved in politics. one of his good friends who came along with him was david morton, who in this photograph like a nice, clean-cut american kid. but this is what he looked like then as well as now. he shaved his beard to come south so they wouldn't accuse him of being a happy, which is what he was. he was a poet and musician and had some relationship with the dublin in the early days, for those of you in to your dillonology this is one of the original freedom riders who left washington and the original group as well as bob fielder from pittsburgh in new york an

miss this one, it could take years before we get a new and better one, if we ever did. >> reporter: u.n. climate leaders are seeking a global pledge to cut emissions worldwide 25 to 40% by 2020. they called on the conferees not to be put off. >> the time for formal statements is over. the time for restating well-known positions is past. >> reporter: president obama has called for a 17% reduction in u.s. emissions by 2020, from 2005 levels. and an 83% cut by 2050. china and india also talked of cutting carbon dioxide emission rates by 25 to 45%. >> it's hot in here. >> reporter: climate activists such as these students outside the conference also were trying to raise awareness. a woman from fiji cheerly handed in a petition signed by 10 million people asking negotiators to help countries like hers. >> we need a deal that is fair to the poorest people and nations, nations that have had little or nothing to do with the issue, but that will be affected the most. >> reporter: in washington the environmental protection agency formally declared greenhouse gases are endangering public health, p

you can find that at the u.n. foundation website as well as some official u.n.ones and also the world development report of the world bank is out a week or so. the 2010 world development report. there's a lot of information and insight there about what might be involved. another place to look is the report of a few months ago by the u.s. global change research project. on global climate change impacts on the united states that talks quite a lot on a regionally desegregated basis about what we could be doing. over here. >> the department of transportation. i recently orchestrated a series of speeches. but one of the slides that came up, i'll get to this, was policymakers are from venus scientists are from mars. the whole point being that there's a lot of potential in modeling, climate modeling that as policymakers we see them as black boxes and wait for the results to come out and be published. whereas if we were engaged with the scientists we may be privy to relevant science on black carbon which is still a little uncertain, so woo-f we say we want to increase t

that word ca today from the ad of the u.n. weather agenc he made those rerks at the conferce on climate change in copeagen, denmark. >> the decade 2000-2009 very likely to the warmest on cord. so, in other wds, this decade is going tbe warmer than the 19s, which itself were warmer than t 1980s and so on. so it isikely to be the warmest onecord. >> hari: t u.n. agency said only the u.s. and canada hav been having cool conditions than avera. an ely blizzard has moved to the u.s. midwe, in the region'sirst major storm of the season. the storm blasted westn states a day eaier. by today, ateast a foot of snow was eected to blanket rts of iowa, illinois, and wisconn. the arctic bla brought winds guing to 40 miles an hour. forecasters also wned flights woulbe delayed or canceled om chicago to denver. hureds of police officers rned out in tacoma, washingt today for a memoal service horing four of their fallen. they were shot and killed la moh at a coffee shop. later, police in seattle kled the suspected gunman. today, a processn of hu

[applause] >> your excellency, prime minister of denmark, executive u.n.olleagues, members of the media, distinguished ladies and gentlemen. it is a great privilege for me to address this august gathering at the fwing of a potentially historic meeting which we all hope will lead to action, action which is required urgently on the basis of scientific assessment of climate change, presented in the report of the ar-4. this report was completed a few weeks held before the 14th meeting held in bahli and has had a profound impact ever since. after that, we have had adequate opportunity to further, study and discuss the findings, and determine actions that are required to be taken globally. this conference must, therefore, lead to actions for implementation, and i quote, by all parties taking into account their common but differentiated responsibilities, end of quote. woes of the most significant findings was conveyed by two simple by profound statements. i quote. warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations in global average

europe his burning coal, getting rich and building skyscrapers parker is just 32 trickle and then the u.n. says and by the way that cheap energy? you cannot do that it a more. you will not stand for that if you are the third world. i think if we will get anything, the rich countries will go ahead and constrained 30 missions and then pay for subsidizing clean energy in the three days third world. that is the most you get as far as co-operation. more questions? i will follow-up on the global warming stuff right now. general electric is having eighth joint venture called greenhouse guest services that deals with carbon offset and greenhouse guest. what they have done for example,, they have on a trash heap bid north carolina they are sucking all the methane guest. 23 more times as powerful as carbon dioxide. they turn that into co2 which lowers dioxide levels. google pays them to do it because google gets the greenhouse guest credits because they are destroying methane. what does google do? they say we are curbing neutral but if the government mandates you have a credit to run a factory, a p

will also been, judging from the number of meetings you have been having on the net neutrality issue, u.n. commissioner clyburn as the newest member of the house, have been getting a lot of attention or having a busy schedule meetings. what are some of the biggest questions you are being asked by companies coming in and wanting to know your position on this? what are the biggest issues that they are coming to you with? >> guest: i think network neutrality has a couple of different sides to it. you of the four principles that were originally a spouse and then you have the two that had been ted fanta there, so i think really we need to get past the lawyer words into what the actual engineering of these look-alikes though to make sure we don't impede innovation, so as far as i'm concerned we are

in copenhagen the u.n. is advocating for u.n. bureaucrats with the legal power to regulate the actions of member states. we should not let the health of our economy rest on the collective decisions of a group containing antagonistic and autocratic governments who do not have the american people's interests at heart let alone the interest of their own citizens. do we really want burma, iran, north korea and other despotic governments setting the rules that govern how american businesses operate? i certainly do not. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> mr. speaker, i request permission to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. mr. hinojosa: mr. speaker, i together with congressman henry cuellar rise to honor my newspaper in mcallen texas on its 100th year anniversary. since its first issue on december 11, 1909, the mcallen monitor has been around the cl

[applause] >> your excellency, prime minister of denmark, executive u.n. members of the media, distinguished ladies and gentlemen. it is a great privilege for me to address this august gathering at the fwing of a potentially historic meeting which we all hope will lead to action, action which is required urgently on the basis of scientific assessment of climate change, presented in the report of the ar-4. this report was completed a few weeks held before the 14th meeting held in bahli and has had a profound impact ever since. after that, we have had adequate opportunity to further, study and discuss the findings, and determine actions that are required to be taken globally. this conference must, therefore, lead to actions for implementation, and i quote, by all parties taking into account their common but differentiated responsibilities, end of quote. woes of the most significant findings was conveyed by two simple by profound statements. i quote. warming of the climate system is unequivocal, as is now evident from observations in global average of air and

we have seen this administration and the u.n.come out, and they are already backpedaling and lowering the expectations for what they think is going to be achieved by going to copenhagen. i think by the time our delegation gets there next week, you are going to see them develop the post-mortem and say that republicans are the party of no. again, i will highlight with you all, we are the party of "know." there are several things that we would like for the american people to know about what is taking place around cap and trade, about what has taken place with climate-gate, what has transpired with the email chain, and how much of this legislation would cost if indeed they were to push this forward and force it on the american people. we know that there is a way to block the epa from implementing cap and trade through the clean air act. it is hr-391, which is the legislation that i have which would expressly prohibit the epa from moving forward with implementing the carbon emissions regulations without coming to congress. we have tha

and the u.n. institutions -- the head of one of the un agencies said that they gave the israelis to court and so they would not make a mistake. that was the wrong thing for us to do because they took a bull's-eye. >> ladies and gentlemen, we will wrap up this afternoon presentation. dr. anthony, any final word beyond that? i like to thank you all for being here. if you have not had the opportunity on the way in, leave us a bit look -- a business card so that we can continue to tell you of programming and win our next activities will be scheduled. also to let you know that all of our activities, both those in the past and those upcoming, are listed on our web site. particularly those of you who are interested in the dimon questions, we have a couple transcript, audio, and video of a program that we did just 10 days ago on capitol hill. it goes into great detail of yemen and all the materials from our october policy makers conference are up on our web site, as well as information about all the counc

if those sanctions are u.n.at they will be sanctions that the entire international community through the security council will be obligated to pursue, the impact can be that it will target the specific actors in iran, it could put some pressure on them. it won't, however, close the window for diplomacy. a couple of months later on another attempt can be made. if on the other hand the united states goes for unilateral sanctions outside of the u.n. frakework, they would also target our own allies because we are targeting the companies of u.s. allies who are dealing with iran. then we can see a potentially breakdown of the international unity. no country is going to be happy about having their company sanctions by the united states. secondly, it can be viewed as such a big escalation that the iranian retaliation will become equally big and the entire thing could get out of control and be in a negative dynamic which potentially could close the window for diplomacy. if the window for diplomacy is closed and sanctions

secondly, a number of countries have said that it was a massive blow to the u.n.hat it became clear that these issues could not be agreed to by consensus and on the number of countries came forward with a deal which the others very grudgingly accepted. how you respond to those two questions? >> on the outcome of this climate change conference in copenhagen, basically, i believe that global warming member states believe that it was a success. it was a significant step forward to bring to a legally binding treaty as soon as possible. copenhagençó was, in fact, about finding a way for what? to deal with a huge problem, very complex, very difficult problems. the organization's took a long time positions of member states intrenched and it was a quite difficult process. we got a way forward that pushes all countries to take action. it is not perfect at this time, but it was very important and very sycophant as a step forward. this, as i said, we have been able to achieve all of the elements that we laid down at the u.n. headquarters into gambert. and the sec -- in septe

i can say that there were people on the left who said it should go through the u.n.a bin laden should be handed over to an international court. that was not the position of most mainstream security scholars. they did not think it could possibly work. they never thought this would work. they thought we would have to go to troops. they thought it would take at least half a million troops to do with afghanistan. when it worked, to their credit, the scholars said, "holy moly, they deserve credit for a brilliant strategy." it is important to remember how unexpected the fall was and how much it seemed to be a smashing success. there was skepticism it would work but widespread applause when it did seem to work. >> i remember going to in why you -- nyu for a lecture series. i did not know your view on the afghanistan war. all i knew was that i cannot imagine an american president not going after the taliban. he would be thrown out of the office the next chance the american people got. that was greeted with a lot of hostility. it still seems to me that the particular invasion

she considered it a slap in the face when the communists government was recognized by the u.n. and when nixon went over. >> did you have a question? >> what about the chang kai-shek family in the u.s.? whether they up two? >> i don't know. by a of course, she never had children and i have only met wonder two of his relatives. >> but when you went to china were you retain the book and did you have eight opportunity to get comments of people's views? through interpreters? >> no. no. i went over as a normal tourist and in order to give in to certain places that i wanted to see, i pretended that i was crazy about the sister. [laughter] >> i was curious because i lived in china two years but i could never get them to talk to me about the way you talk about mao on any level other than and i had relationships as people living there but just to have a conversation with someone they would not say anything. >> no. you make me feel better. [laughter] because i have the same problem. >> in the letter said you read later between madame and her friend, when she candid about her marriage and

much more important is that u.n.process and you and the process with the kind of recommendations that are science-based and can be implemented and that we don't have to have these hearings, so you indicated that the time is now sliding, not unusual with federal agencies but disappointing given the circumstances we now face and the urgency with which we have communicated to the faa that we want to move on this. give me your best judgment about when those of us who are waiting for these recommendations and the implementation of the new rules and regulations dealing with fatigue, when we can expect team and given back for the team. >> no, i go back in. just like leaving them back in. what i think about them down here in miami is truly an epidemic when you think of the kids not graduating from high school. it's a serious problem. >> we begin this tuesday with a major development in the case of a deadly memorial day. double shooting. >> now, just into the newsroom, the arrest of the owner of the north miami beach dollar s

that was the u.n. ambassador and president of the u.n. general assembly in 1958. ronald reagan, our 40th president, 1984, said the frustrating thing is that those who are attacking religion claim they are doing it in the name of tolerance, freedom and openmindedness. question, isn't the real truth that they are intolerant of religion? they refuse to tolerate its importance in our lives, unquote. ronald reagan, 1984. now, i point out these quotes from our history, could read volumes and volumes of quotes basically along the same lines. not trying to push christian religion on anyone, but just so that people understand where we came from. it's incredible the amount of ignorance on the basis of this nation. the foundation of this nation. let me go to some of our founders directly. sam adams, he was called back at that time by those who knew and knew well the father of the american revolution. samuel adams was a signer of the declaration of independence. in the will of samuel adams, he says this, i recommend my soul to that almighty being who gave it and my body i com

the u.n. is making through some innovative means that i feel are not well known, joint project teams, rapid response, salles phone networks that allow ordinary citizens to phone and to a hot line innocence where they seized rebels and insurgents or for that matter government forces threatening them or on the rampage and at least in certain parts of north keeper now the number developed capacity to be able to respond in some instances within seven minutes. that is their standard. now that isn't uniform, because it's not to full strength, doesn't have the helicopters all that it needs, the mobility is limited and it has been involved in operation providing logistical support to elements of the government forces, the fardc trying to tackle the insurgency. the problem is that the fardc for the reasons i just described commit atrocities, too, horrible atrocities not on the scale, and this needs to be understood not on the scale of the fdlr but nonetheless intolerable atrocities. the u.n. has taken

a draft agreement was unveiled today at a u.n. climate change summit in copenhagen, denmark. it came as street protests began, and police rounded up dozens of demonstrators. we have a report from julian rush of independent television news. >> reporter: the arrests >> reporter: this was the first confrontation between police and demonstrators. the danes have stepped up security at their borders and are expecting more to arrive next week when the world's leaders come here. the talks themselves though made a step forward, with the release of a draft for the agreement those leaders are expecting to sign next week. but it is far from complete: on the two key issues of emissions cuts by rich countries and financial help for the poor, there's either blank spaces or options left to be decided later. >> it is very urgent and we keep our eyes on the prize which is the -- and proper finance for developing countries and a proper verification leading to illegal treaty. >> reporter: the choices in the draft mean a final agreement could be ambitious or very weak. so it says the world should

see any more sovereignty to the u.n.. [cheering] we want to get back to what the other founders gave us in the first place. that is a gift. it is a gift that as we saw some years ago and mother from cuba to occur little five-year-old son, get on a little boat, get on and enter to, rated 90 miles of shore infested water for the privilege of coming to this great free country. we know what we have is precious, don't we? its precious. 233 years ago it was purchased for us so that we could stand here today and hold up don't tread on me flags. that's our gift. [cheers and applause] that's our gift, freedom is our gift. but it's a gift that is sent free. and as we are coming to this wonderful time of the holiday season, whether you are celebrating the gift of flights with, cut or whether you're celebrating merry christmas, as our family will be celebrating in our home -- [cheers and applause] and by the way, this is a federal official wishing you a merry christmas! [cheers and applause] it's about coming to a time of peace come