in the u.n. system, most prestigious organization in the entire world, they pay about $34,000 for that privilege. this is the discrepancy between financial obligations on some countries but yet the privileges that is so frustrating to moving reform forward and trying to make the organization more effective and more cost effective. >> mike on the independent line from german town, maryland. mike, you think the u.n. is still effective in its missions? caller: no, i think it's been a stillborn from the day it was initiated. but people need to realize the charter for the u.n. is based on the celebrate unions constitution that's written by communist alger hiss. but people need to realize the united nations is implementing agenda 21 and it's -- a part of it is it stands for international council for local environmental initiatives, and they are basically trying to usurp sovereignty of nations and even communities by draconian measures under sustain ability to basically hurt people into small compact ci

u.n.ctually works. first, a look at what is coming up next on c-span radio. >> beginning at noon, we read air 5 sunday talk shows courtesy of nbc, abc, fox, cnn, and cbs. topics include presidential politics, homeland security, immigration. nbc airs at noon eastern time. the gas are the advisor to president obama's reelection campaign and the adviser to mitt romney campaign. also, the vice chair of though house republican. abc is at 1:00 p.m. with white house counter-terrorism adviser, the former ceo of hewlett- packard, the chairman of google, and the former comptroller general. fox news readers at 2:00 p.m. with more from white house counter-terrorism adviser. cnn three years at 3:00 p.m. -- re-years at 3:00 p.m. with bob mcdonnell and john boehner. the cbs complete the lineup airing at 4:00 p.m. eastern. today, we talk with former mississippi governor haley barbour, los angeles mayer, chairman of the 2012 democratic national convention, and california democratic governor jerry brown. "m

the u.n.'s human rights council in geneva. israeli ambassador says al ashkar advocating violence against israel. if we had not been part of that council, again, which many people objected to, we wouldn't have been able to have taken that action. also u.s. -- in another news report, u.s. ambassador to the u.n. -- human rights council eileen chamberlain donna who said, took a strong position, and she made the statement, "the united states on monday urged the united nations human rights council in geneva to stop its biased treatment of israel." it took particularly issue with agenda item 7 on which -- and this is something i've been complaining about. as long as i've been on this session. every single session the united states council has put an item on it, on their agenda with regard to israel, and, she said, the united states continues to be deeply troubled by the council's bias and disproportionate focus on israel, as exemplified by the standing agenda item. i think it's very important that th

and the u.n. and the world health -- world health organization and others as well. >> but let's be clear what it means to deter unesco and the world health organization. it's not deterring a body sitting in geneva. it's deterring the decisions of 192 other member states. individually. and there is not one single blunt instrument that has that cumulative effect. it just doesn't work that way. >> so therefore, we disregard our policy? >> no, what we do -- >> that's your approach? >> -- is devise policies that serve our interests. we don't stick to policies that are many years old that are no longer working as intended and are in fact self-defeating. instead, we customize the tools for the time. i think your legislation, adopted in december, did that. and that puts pressure and targeted pressure on the palestinians. we can sit here and talk, and i'm happy to do, about what do we do about the other 192 u.n. member states and how do we influence their decisions on this. that's what we do every day in t

but the u.n. is so fundamental to our efforts overseas, if it did not already exist, we would have to create it. to through our membership in the u.n. we augment the response to the global changes and cry ses with global resources, expertise and legitimacy of the u.n. membership of the u.n. makes our country more secure and more prosperous and it supports u.s. efforts to advance democracy, human rights, health and development. i look forward to hearing from you about how the president's budget request will promote our national interests and maintain u.s. global leadership through our continued work with the united nations. specifically, i hope you will address how the u.n. is working to address the violence in syria. i hope you will highlight both successes that you have had over the past year as well as strategies for overcoming continued challenges. last year you spoke about reforms the u.s. is pushing at the u.n. including increased budget discipline, improved transparency, and better protectio

a leaner u.n. that does more with less. second accountability. a cleaner u.n. with robust oversight mechanisms, ethics enforcement, whistle blower protection and greater transparency. third excellence and insis tans on delivering results and highest standards. fourth integrity, a more credible united nations that lives up to its founding principles and values and does not tolerate individuals or states that bring dishonor to the institution. this brings me to another important priority. every day we stand with israel to oppose hostile efforts to oppose israel's legitimacy and security at the united nations. we remain vigilant on the palestinian's unilateral bid for membership and enhanced status. there is no shortcut to statehood. tough issues can only be resolved through tough negotiations throughout the parties. and we only fight against anti-israeli resolutions in the general aembly, human rights council and elsewhere. allow me now to draw your attention to the long standing legislative revics on paying our assessed contributions to u.n. specialized agencies

if you go to the u.n. and talk to all the reps, the ambassadors, almost uniformly, with the exception of maybe a nod of two or three sort of renegades and the americas and couple of people surrounding in the arabian peninsula, everybody's for this. they all say this is a great idea. but when various negotiations begin, you begin to have a lot of joint backsliding. people saying well, i really don't want to get that done or let's put this off for a time. great big countries and we really sure we want to get involved in this if ths a requirement, doubling the renewable energy now in 2030, is that going to apply to us? is there general guidelines and u.n. norms? so, it gets much more complicated. in anything -- he has down so with kande and very good reformer and now the chairman of the bank of america is the other co-chair. i mean, these are serious efforts along with lots and lots of companies just to kind of bulldoze you through it. if you're meek about it, it gets pecked to death. that's true of what goes

so years of discussion outside the u.n. led to the passage of a u.n. general assembly resolution in 2006 that was entitled towards an international arms trade treaty, establishing common international standards for the import/export and transfer of conventional arms. this was the u.n., really, the first toe in the water, so to speak, on this issue, and the resolution called for the u.n. secretary-general to kind of seek views of member states and to establish a panel of governmental experts. to see if this idea was even feasible. that group concluded its work in august of 2008, and recommended that maybe the u.n. should dabble a little bit more. over 100 member states actually presented their views to the secretary-general, which is unheard of. to have that high of a level of participation, and so the u.n. then moved to the next phase, develop an open group that met in 2009. then that open-ended working group looked at the scope, parameters and, again, the feasibility of this idea and after one year, the general assembly again voted to begin actual neg

senator supporter of u.n. reform. and we have made it very clear that we expect ref level of the u.n. and at every constituent group. we led efforts to cut the size of e 2012-2013 budget. we are pushing them to be more efficient. so we do think that the u.n. does an enormous amount of good work. work that helps to share the burden of everything from peace keeping to keeping, you know, airplanes safe in the sky. they do a lot of very important work. but they have got to reform and they have got to adapt to the expectations of more accountability and transparency in their operation. so we are adamant about that and we're going to continue to press it. we made some progress in the last year or two, but i'm not satisfied. we have to expect more. >> what reviews, if any, has the state department conducted or will the state department beng to this review? >> we have participated in a number of such reviews. i will take that for the record and give you a full accounting of that. the british government conducted their own rev

the u.n. security council sets its sights on syria and with a draft resolution on the table to enforce the fragile cease fire and send an observer plus. coming soon to a screen name new judy and a soldier's highly anticipated new program is on its way to join me for more in just a moment to find out what's the world's most wanted whistleblower has in store. and thanks for joining our to you this friday i'm karen tara despite warnings that it was defining international long north korea launched its controversial long range rocket early on friday but within moments and plummeted into the sea it's still the u.n. security council although russians pushing for diplomacy are just peter all over is across developments peter what's behind moscow stance given that north korea has violated several u.n. resolutions with a single rocket launch. well the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has been speaking alongside his chinese and indian counterparts to be holding a meeting here in moscow. meeting dom

when i look at the u.n. goals, it says doubling renewable energy globally, which is currently like 3%. so we're going to go from 3% to 6%. is that enough? >> great question. one more. let's go to lisa, is it? and then we'll -- >> thanks. lisa friedman from climate wire. i always was interested in vietnam and the number you stated about the 30% per capita emissions increase. it sounds like perhaps you're saying that the concern about emissions rise in developing countries is a little misplaced. can you talk about, you know, with an energy strategy stuck at the world bank for more than a year now, you know, what -- what is the bank's plan now for balancing the need to develop sustainably and not cause irreversible damage with the pressure from developing countries to build with coal? >> great. thank you very much. why don't we go to tim and then to vijay. >> it's a really good question on renewables. it's the rate of renewable entry into -- not the absolute percentage, whatever it is today. by 2030 we're going

in a statement released friday in geneva, the u.n. secretary-general says the launch violates security council resolutions despite its failure. ban urges north korea not to undertake any further provocative actions that would heighten tensions in the region. japanese authorities spent weeks preparing for the launch. they ordered self-defense force personnel to set up interceptor missiles in the southern prefecture of okinawa. locals there expressed relief the north korean missile did not head their way. >> translator: i was so nervous because we couldn't see it coming. i had no idea when the missile would land. >> translator: i was so worried about my grandchild. i hope japan and other countries will thoroughly discuss this issue. >> south korean ministers gathered immediately after the launch. they came out to criticize their neighbors. >> translator: every launch that utilizes long-range ballistic missile technology is a clear violation of u.n. security council resolution 1874. this was a provocative act to threaten the peace and st

the u.n. security council unanimously vote to send a three hundred strong observer mission to syria and it reports of troops both rebels and government troops. russia's envoy to the u.n. insists the resolution is a fundamental step towards bringing peace to syria saying there must not be a repeat of libya style details coming up from new york. also this hour campaigning ends in france ahead of sunday's presidential poll with voters facing a tough choice at a time of social division and record unemployment blood expert opinion on this later in the. energy hungry china works to secure a slice of the arctic and its untapped mineral resources with the chinese premier on the floor of the nordic states. russia place up team troubles beyond the arctic circle to see how hurting and fishing communities there survive and thrive our top stories this hour. on screen all lying around the world this is our t. night here in moscow the u.n. security council has unanimously voted on a resolution to send hundre

the u.n. observer mission in syria prepares for massive reinforcement amid reports of truce violations by both the rebels and government troops. campaigning ends in france just ahead of sunday's presidential poll voters facing a tough choice at a time of social division called unemployment. energy hungry china works to secure a slice of the arctic and its untapped mineral resources the chinese premier on a tour of the nordic states. and our russia close up team travels beyond the arctic circle to see how herding and fishing communities there survive and ultimately thrive. coming to you live from the heart of moscow this is artsy with me rule research showing interest the next few minutes the u.n. security council will vote on a resolution to send hundreds of observers to syria supports the idea saying it will help promote the un backed cease fire agreement with multiple reports of the truce speaking violated by both sides from new york now and he. joins us live on the program and i'm marina ot

the former u.n. secretary-general on monday joined a u.n. security council meeting via videophone from geneva, switzerland. he asked the council to prepare to send monitors in the event of a cease-fire. but some council members raised doubts about syria's promise. >> the proof is in the actions, not in the words. and past experience would lead us to be skeptical. and to worry. >> the syrian government is continuing to attack civilians. local residents they troops fired rockets indiscriminately on to south syria, a stronghold of the anti-government free syria army. human rights activists say troops are burning houses in homs. detaining civilians who cooperated with the free syria army. nearly 200 people were killed in the country on sunday and monday. >>> nuclear energy is powering china's economic growth. the country has 15 reactors in operation and is building 26 more. still the nuclear accident in japan last year caused people in china to worry about safety. many are speaking out. nhk world's makoto oda has more. >> reporter: it doesn't lo

. >>> u.n. delegates have issued some words of warning for leaders in pyongyang and strongly condemned the launch last week of what they called a rocket and it blew up minutes later over the yellow sea and underlined suspicions the goal was to test a ballistic missile. reporting from new york. >> reporter: the council met monday to discuss north korea's launch attempt. the 15 member body issued a strongly worded presidential statement. it condemned the country for violating u.n. resolutions banning ballistic missile launches. the statement threatened further action if the country launches another missile or conducts a nuclear test. u.s. ambassador susan rice, the current council president, said the statement was adopted with unprecedented speed. >> the swift and unanimous adoption of this strong presidential statement shows that the international community is united in sending a clear message to north korea that such provocations are serious and totally unacceptable. >> reporter: rice said the s

ambassador to the u.n. susan rice this one described it as quote a positive step obviously implying that the ceasefire is not going to hold and maybe not to miss rice with too many it's clear that the ball is now in the court of the syrian opposition the last thing we heard from them was that they were going to organize mass demonstrations but we didn't hear much about their plans on engaging in a dialogue with the government take a listen to what the russian ambassador had to say about that i'm very concerned that in case of sort of large gatherings of people the possibility of provocations would be greatly enhanced so instead of instead of thinking you know demonstrations opposition leaders must finally formulate their attitude towards political dialogue so far the main point of diplomatic bickering over syria has been the one sided approach of the us in a number of other countries and i would put all responsibility in the hands of president assad and would never address. opposition whereas russia's stanc

that's particularly confusing when you look at the u.n. system. the u.n. essentially does two things. one, the blue helmet group and peace keeping activities, and second, a commitment to development. over the years, that commitment to development has included education activities, and totally until recently left off the agenda. i can say what is that? well, it was really the reason, if two reasons. united states has blocked for 60 years, the united states has essentially blocked any activities by the u.n. saying that's our sand box. don't get involved in it. we'll control all those issues and they were aided by the saudis in an alliance of others. so it's been very, very difficult politically for the u.n. to try to get any traction at all on the question of energy. kofi annan tried to open a window on energy and do so as rio plus 10 and came out with an agreement to set up an energy office, but not much had happened with that until ban ki-moon came in. surprisingly, ban ki-moon coming out of south korean foreign ministry where people thought he was going t

she also demanded that they stop hindering the activities of u.n. observers. u.n. special envoy on syria kofi annan raised the alarm on tuesday. he said the government crackdown has continued despite the arrival of the u.n.'s advance team. he said there were reports that government troops are attacking civilians once the observers leave. the u.n. will send the official in charge of the monitoring mission to syria later this week. it plans to increase the number of observers to 30 by the end of this month and 100 next month. >> the syrian government made a commitment to not only permit the u.n. monitoring mission to go forward but to work on the kofi annan plan. and we expect them to comply. u.s. officials want the u.n. to act if its monitors are prevented from doing their work. washington is calling for additional security council sanctions, including an arms embargo. >>> israel has legalized three outposts in the west bank. the decision is drawing sharp criticism from the palestinians. the israeli government is expanding settlements in the occupied territory. ther

u.n. security council to consider taking measures. the world body also sets its sights on syria for the draft resolution on the table to enforce a cease fire and send in an observer mission. incensed over immigration and rage at the euro france is far right against ground in the presidential race a rally for reforms. you're watching r.t. a very warm welcome today well despite warnings that it was defied international the north korea launched its controversial long range rocket but within moments of it plummeted into the sea even so there's anger at the u.n. security council which isn't mulling over what action to take against the country for violating its resolutions russia maintains the north has a right to a peaceful space program but it should not go against the u.n. he is artie. the launch was definitely part of a long running power game for pyongyang in which the rocket galaxy three was just the way it is peace to be played but no one expected the eventual outcome extreme internationa

. >> u.n. condemnation, the security council criticizes north korea's launch of a satellite, using ballistic missile technology. u.n. delegates issued some words of warning for leaders in pyongyang. the security council strongly condemned the launch last week of what the north koreans called a rocket. the projectile blew up minutes later over the yellow sea. the u.n. statement underlines suspicions that the goalthe lau friday. the i amendment ended in failure when the projectile broke up over the sea. nhk world reports from new york. >> reporter: the council met monday to discuss north korea's launch attempt. the 15-member body issued a strongly worded presidential statement. it condemned the country for investigate i investigating u.n. resolutions for missile launches. the statement threatened further action if they launch another or conduct another test. u.s. ambassador susan right, the current council president, said the statement was adopted with speed. >> the swift and unanimous adoption o

the u.n. is demanding an immediate end to fighting on sudan's southern border south of the south sudan and seize the town of having which is home to around half of sudan's oil production is a plea for forces to withdraw and the presidential summit to be held between the countries to resolve the conflict for icing along the border has escalated since else an ongoing and. nari. europe's most active volcano has unleashed another powerful eruption for the sixth time this year there is spewing lava and ash from a new crater on it so eastern slope it's not an official say the ash cloud is not yet causing problems for its nearest international airport. usually routes at least twice a year. orthodox worshipers marking easter this coming weekend the church sure is a curfew reeling from the take on its face and the sonali reports on the scandals of the coach actually the scrambling of their reputation. leading up to the most celebrated russian orthodox holiday of the year the church found itself surroun

at the moment we have u.n. arms embargoes which tend to be treated as that's the baseline in terms of what's considered illegitimate if you're authorizing a transfer to an entity that's subject to u.n. security council sanctions, then already you've got a baseline there. as rachel said, there are other cases which i think many of us consider sort of on anointed grounds illegitimate. we hope the att will enable a building up by the states parties by other things agreed upon as being sort of unacceptable. >> and just to add to that, while we all recognize kind of the value of the u.n. arms embargoes many national laws do not reflect the il legality of violating a u.n. arms embargo. so you may be violating the embargo but may not be violating any national law where you're actually operating. there's a little bit of a disconnect. that speaks to the need for clear global controls that each state can say, a checklist. i have in that and the other thing. that's a perfect example where i think it's even italy maybe, th

there was a u.n. declared last year, development over this part of the building process, across the international system. sustainable energy for all includes three basic goals. one, access to sustainable energy for everybody in the world, and wanted by the year 2030. are currently 1.7 billion people who do not have any access to electricity, and two-and-a-half billion u.s. access to really basic fuels and on modern energy sources. the second purpose of the sefa program is to double the rate of efficiency around the world, and the third is to double the rate of penetration of renewable energy around the world. three basic goals, and those will be i think adopted and picked up and become part of the program of action, and one of the major outcomes of rio, and that in turn will be translated into the discussions through the development of the mgd. so it's a very, very important time in terms of the history of the u.n. come a very important time in terms of ban ki-moon's own administration, and a very imp

u.n. security council votes to send three hundred observers to syria russia warns nations not undermine the mission after the u.s. says only pressure on the assad regime will work. campaigning ends in france ahead of sunday's presidential poll with voters facing a tough choice at a time of social division and record unemployment. energy hungry china works to secure a slice of the arctic and its untapped minerals sources with the chinese premier on a tour of the nordic states. and of russia close up came troubles beyond the arctic circle to see how herding and fishing communities there survive and thrive our top stories this hour. on screen on line around the world this is r.t. life here in moscow the u.n. security council has unanimously voted on a resolution to send hundreds of observers to syria and moscow says it will help promote the un back cease fire agreement with multiple reports of the truce being violated at the moment by both sides more important has more from new york. once aga

they say it violated international law and u.n. security council resolutions. white house spokespersons released a statement calling the failed launch a provocative action that threatened regional security. they say north korean authorities went back on a commitment they made to get u.s. food aid in exchange for halting nuclear and missile tests. the spokespersons say the united states remains vigilant in the face of north korea's provocations and is fully committed to the security of its allies in the region. >>> the united nations security council will hold an emergency closed door meeting to discuss its response to the north korean launch. the meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. friday new york time and is being held at the request of the japanese mission to the u.n. >> translator: the japanese government will keep urging the united states and other council members to handle the north korean situation properly. japan hopes to work closely with the u.s., south korea, china, russia, and other concerned nations. >> the united states and european nations are expect

the u.n. is set to send more observers into syria as a draft resolution is laid out before the security council with persistent reports of clashes inside the country. and meet news makers and opinion formers right here on our t.v. . coming soon to a screen you julian our soldiers highly anticipated new program is on its way to our team join me for more in just a moment to find out what's the world's most one stage whistleblower has in store. thanks for joining our to you with me karen saracini broadcasting live from the heart of moscow where russia has expressed regret over north korea's controversial rocket launch but it's calling for restraint and diplomacy as the u.n. security council is preparing for an emergency meeting over what action to take against counting out the launch ended in failure as the rocket plummeted into the sea moments after takeoff south korea japan and the u.s. suspect the north tested intercontinental ballistic missile something it's banned from doing by u.n. resoluti

but despite officially backing the u.n. plan for a diplomatic solution to the conflict america and its allies are providing even more material support to the rebels rest of your political analyst come along he says efforts to scuttle the cease fire amounting. some parties within the middle east politics trying to sabotage the peace plan that is a range by mr annan and the u.n. i think somebody in qatar and soon. they're not liking the plan and they want the bloodshed to continue in syria and leaf we have seen and witnessed in the past couple days major of rest from other terrorist organization and tearing from arab countries into syria and causing all these against the stability of syria and i think in my ass the message the peace plan should have signed by the qatari and the sudanese and the united states. because of because these factors are actually causing. instability and escalation could continue at this point we don't understand how mr obama would say supplying all kinds of. different supplies mostly weapons to the o

syria's government it will be admitting the u.n. observer mission according to this resolution the un secretary-general ban ki moon will have to report back to the security council on april nineteenth regarding how resolution is being implemented whether the observers are being granted access throughout syria by their humanitarian officials are being granted access throughout syria if the syrian authorities and the syrian opposition is complying with what the security council is this monitoring mission will eventually grow to a team of two hundred fifty people we should note though that it does say in this resolution that has some there is a vague reference that if syria does not comply with what the security council is asking for other measures can be taken what those further measures are is not clear yet i think at this point all security council members are hoping that the armed opposition group and the syrian government do comply with what's being asked and peace is finally established in syria. because new york more in syria le

russia's u.n. ambassador said the members of the body agreed that the launch goes against a security council resolution. and china's ambassador said the u.n. must do everything possible to diffuse tension rather than inflame the situation. >>> and joining us once again now is the national graduate institute for policy studies or grips, in tokyo. now north korea has acknowledged that the launch has failed. >> right. >> how will it affect kim jong-un? any negative impacts? >> certainly it will have a negative impact on kim jong-un. in the past, north korea has, you know, tried to launch a satellite twice. in 1998 and 2009. and each time the satellite launch failed, but the north korean authority announced that it was successful. but this time, they said it was -- it failed so i was surprised. but anyway, this is sending a message. and even to the leaders, that the future of kim jong-un's new leadership is grim. >> right. so what's north korea's next step then? >> i don't think this fail uure. they co

ambassador to the u.n. sus rirks has ued t syri govnment to take a peaceful solution. >> violence must stop now. >>> people who buy plants property and equipment at japanese companies are feeling good about their investments. in fact they are spending more. ai uchida joins me with the latest machinery orders. good morning. >> good morning, catherine. we are seeing a rebound in confidence especially among japanese manufacturers. japan's core private sector machinery orders rose in february. that is for the second consecutive mont the cabinet office said on wednesday that machinery ordermakers received orders worth about $9.8 billion from domestic firms. that's an increase of 4.8% in yen terms from january. now the figure does exclude machinery orders for ships and power plants. still, orders from the manufacturing sector rose 16%. nonmanufacturing orders also grew by 2.3%. >>> you might think that this would impact tokyo stocks positively. but let'not rget.s. markets ended lower again after continued concern

the u.n. said to send more observers into syria as a draft resolution is laid out before the security council has persisted reports of clashes inside the country. and meet news makers and opinion formers right here on this channel r.t. . coming soon to a screen new julian assange his highly anticipated new program is on its way to r.t. joining me for more in just a moment to find out what's the world's most wanted whistleblower has in store. hello brokers to live from moscow around the world this is our t.v. it's now eleven pm here money kevin zero in our top story the u.n. security council denounced north korea's controversial rocket launch but it's not imposed any punitive measures against pyongyang russia's been calling on council members for restraint and diplomacy over what past action to take the u.n. says the launch breached security council resolution says the north is banned from testing intercontinental ballistic missiles pyongyang for its part insists it was just trying to send a sa

the u.n. as much as admitting it's being played in syria. the killing stops when u.n.rvers goes in and starts up again when they leave. i'll talk to senator john mccain who wants more action to stop the slaughter, next. >>> keeping them honest now. a new reason why night after night we keep bringing you images of the killing in syria. the reason is simple but sad. the fact is it's frankly pathetic. our nightly video shot at great risk by ordinary syrians may be the best way to monitor the cease-fire that bashar al assad agreed to and is breaking day after day. today a spokesman for the u.n. professionals now on the ground in syria, these observers, as much as admitted that his men are just not up to the job. he says there are credible reports and take note at that phrase -- credible reports. that when observers like these guys in the blue body armor into places like homs, the killing stops. then when they leave, the killing starts up again. and the people who approach the monitors like you see in the video to talk to them, to try to explain to them the horrors that hav

the u.n. is demanding an immediate end to fighting on sudan southern border from the south godsons the town of me which is their home to around office and guns production is a plea for forces to withdraw the presidential summit between the countries to be held to resolve the conflict fighting which border has escalated since sunset on gain independence nostra guard. europe's most active volcano has unleashed another powerful eruption the sixth time this year now that there is a spirit lover of ash from a new crater on its southeastern italian officials say it is not yet causing problems for its nearest international airport but usually erupts at least twice a year. well of the docks worshippers mark easter this coming weekend a church in russia is currently reeling from getting egg on its face and he said no way reports on the scandals of quote church leaders scrambling over their reputation. leading up to the most celebrated russian orthodox holiday of the year the church found itself surroun

coming up, what in the world is the u.n. up to? tonight the big question is the u.n. violating its own sanctions in north korea? making shady deals with north korea government and not telling us? is there danger involved? ambassador john bolton goes on the record. and vice president candidate sarah palin take on a former rival. but probably not who you think. who is it? the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and who doesn't want 50% more cash? ugh, the baby. huh! and then the baby bear said, "i want 50% more cash in my bed!" phhht! 50% more cash is good ri... what's that. ♪ you can spell. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. what's in your wallet? ha ha. ♪ >> greta: dnc chair debbie waserman schultz calling ryan's plan republican path to poverty to pass like a tornado through nursing homes. she joins us. good evening. >> good evening. great to be with you. >> greta: nice to have you. explain this to me. president proposed budget, paul ryan proposes a budget. i understand you don't li

ambassador to the u.n. delivered a statement following the security council's briefing by special envoy kofi annan. susan rice line to all the monitors will proceed. >> there are 11 military observers in syria. under the secretary general, the chief military observer will be deployed by the end of the week, at which time the the advance team will have concluded its work. 30 observers will be in the country by april 30. 100 total observers within a month. the syrian government has refused at least one observer based on his nationality. syrian authorities have stated they will not except staff members from any nation sutter members of the friends of democratic syria. he underscored that from the u.n.'s point of view, this is entirely unacceptable. >> there are growing concerns that north korea is planning and other nuclear test. >> that is right. undeterred by the failure of the satellite launch, north korea is reported to be completing preparations for a third nuclear test. the news comes as the country mark

it may not come from the u.n. security council. either the u.s. will act unilaterally or the european union will do something even stronger. there is attention. quite possibly there will be less violence than there would be because the u.n. monitors are in the process of going in, but on the other hand are they just providing cover for the syrian government to carry on under the guise of cooperating? >> ok, thank you very much. it has not been a country for a year, but south sudan is already at work. speaking on a trip to china, the south sudanese leader said sudan had declared war on his country. warplanes continued their bombing raids against border regions today. we have this report. >> south sudan's army is preparing for the possibility of an all-out war with sudan. it has been reinforced along the border. they know -- they are no longer in control. the fighting has not stopped. the country felt president on a visit to china said this was a decisive moment. >> there are warplanes over the country of south sudan. >> at least one civilian was ki

in particular, under u.n. security council resolution 1874. it would also undermine ongoing diplomatic efforts to create an environment conducive for the resumption of six-party talks on the nuclear issue. >> the eu foreign policy spokesperson also referred to a south korean intelligence report that the north is preparing for its third nuclear test. he said if the analysis is true, the test, too, would be a breach of international obligations. the eu previously issued a joint statement with south korea in march. they urged the north to drop its rocket launch plan and abandon its nuclear weapons development in line with u.n. security council resolutions. >>> the philippine navy is preparing by sending ships to waters off the coast of luzon island. north korea has announced that the second stage of the rock set expected to fall into the pacific ocean about 130 kilometers northeast of the island. the philippine government has declared the area off limits. philippine navy commander alexander palmer spoke about the preparations in place. >> we are

some place within the u.n. system, largely unesco, which of course we're out of for all the stupid reasons, but we're the keeper of those rules, the u.n. is. and how those rules get change and how we work on them is going to be very important. it's a wonderfully interesting challenge i think for those of us concerned about going back to the first question, what do we mean by sustainability. well, what is sustainability?in resources? how do we really dramatically change our way? we have to change definitions, as you point out. gross domestic product by itself does not help. so we've been talking than for 20 years. but there are now i think institutionally i think that's beginning to change. i'll stop with that. the other questions are great. but that was a good opening. >> and that addressed also the -- >> the first question. >> the planning under pressure question. >> okay. >> not fully. >> let me try. they're really great questions. and of course we are all trying collectively to find answers to some of these

u.n. security council resolutions also raised big fears around the world of why north korea keeps doing this and what might happen, should perfect the long-range missile technology that it needs to then threaten countries like the u.s. >> thanks very much for that. let's stay in seoul, south korea, from where we will speak to the founder of the asia- pacific global research group. obviously, a sigh of relief among south koreans there. what kind of message do you think the north is trying to send? >> i think it is trying to send a message to the international community that it is very serious about being taken seriously. respect is something north korean regime has wanted throughout its entire career, its entire existence. the fact that this missile launch has failed is a deep embarrassment to the north korean regime and its young leader. and how they might react, they may act very aggressively to try to counteract this embarrassment, that will be the issue next. >> and what do you think th

it criticized the u.n.or accusing north korea for conducting a missile test disguised as a satellite launch. the statement says north korea rejects the council's violation of the north's legitimate right to launch satellites. north korea criticized the united states for halting food aid. u.s. officials promised the aid in february. in return, north korean officials agreed to suspend their nuclear and missile programs. their statement says they are no longer bound by the agreement. it also says north korea is also able to take retaliatory steps but does not give any details. political analysts say the measures could include more uranium enrich, a nuclear test or other provocative acts. >>> a senior u.s. state department official says he isn't surprised north korea is abandoning the agreement. he also discussed concerns the country is preparing for a nuclear test. >> we can't preclude anything at this point, but very clearly reminding them of their obligations under existing u.n. security council resolutions

coming up, what in the world is the u.n. up to? tonight the big question is the u.n. violating its own sanctions in north korea? making shady deals with north korea government and not telling us? is there danger involved? ambassador john bolton goes on the record. and vice president candidate sarah palin take on a former rival. but probably not who you think. who is it? >> greta: dnc chair debbie waserman schultz calling ryan's plan republican path to poverty to pass like a tornado through nursing homes. she joins us. good evening. >> good evening. great to be with you. >> greta: nice to have you. explain this to me. president proposed budget, paul ryan proposes a budget. i understand you don't like it. i don't know if it's good, bad or indifferent. the senate has not proposed a budget. we have to wait for the senate to propose a budget to have a reconciliation between house and senate to get a budget. is that sort of how the process works? >> normally a budget by the president, budget adopted by the house, adopted by the senate, but you know basically the budget proc

while the u.n. security council potters' a resolution to cover the deployment, a first group is waiting for the signal to move. >> at the moment, we have the response team standing by to board airplanes and to put themselves on the ground as soon as possible. >> but kofi annan still has a lot to do before it is truly stable. when only then can he get on with the equally daunting task of trying to foster a political agreement on the country's future. >>> richard murphy, the former u.s. assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs at and who has served as u.s. ambassador in syria and saudi arabia, says getting u.n. observers on the ground as soon as possible is a priority. >> the lack of resolution is keeping the international monitors from leaving to open that new phase and syria. it is urgent to get it passed, and i would imagine it would be passed in the coming day or at the most to days. as the differences between the russians and the chinese on one hand and the rest of the security counc