having to kowtow to u.n. law, i'd think that would have happened in some other case and i don't see it. >> you can't assume because something hasn't happened already that it couldn't happen in the future. and it doesn't render it a hypothetical concern. simply because it hasn't arisen to this level, up to this point. we do need to be concerned about the direction in which our law moves. and that's what's motivating my concerns here. >> senator lee, i appreciate your time and your perspective. thank you very much. >> thanks, anderson. >> by the way, senator lee said he didn't hear anybody raising concern about children with eye glasses being taken away by their parents under this u.n. treaty. actually, somebody did make that claim. his name is michael farris with the home school legal defense association. one of the groups that lobbied hard against this treaty. here's what he said in a radio interview for the american family association. >> the definition of disability is not defined in the treaty, and so my k

now the u.n. gets control over them. >> so u.n. bureaucrats could get control over his child if they decided to define disability as kids with glasses. so keep that sound bite in mind. it came up earlier tonight when i spoke with michael ferras. mr. ferras, you have been saying this u.n. treaty would allow u.n. bureaucrats based in geneva to take control of american kids. you said under this treaty the u.n. could define disability as kids who wore eyeglasses and therefore they would come under u.n. control. that's made up, though. how can you say that? >> well, first of all, i didn't say those things exactly. there are two different threads of the argument. one is that -- >> you actually did say that. you were on a radio program and i have the quote. >> let me give it to you straight. the eyeglasses comment was to illustrate the fact there's no definition of disability in the treaty. >> right, it's left up to each country to define disability as per domestic law. >> no, it is not. because it's an evolving concept and it will be def

now the u.n. gets control over them. >> the idea the treaty would give the u.n. vast control over american children's lives and take away kids with glasses from their parents is just factually incorrect. just not true. in july, testifying before the foreign relations committee, former u.s. attorney general dick thornburg pointed out that kind of stuff is just not true, it wouldn't have an impact on u.s. law. mr. thornburg is a republican and the father of a disabled son. he joins me now. mr. attorney general, appreciate you being with us. the crux of the senator's argument really seems to be just because u.s. law hasn't ever been affected by a u.n. treaty doesn't mean it couldn't happen some day. he says under article 6 of the constitution, any u.n. treaty automatically becomes law of the land in the united states. is that true? >> well, the consideration of this treaty was very carefully framed by attaching a number of restrictions, understandings and declarations that make it clear that number one, there is no need for change in u.s. law, there is not a single

the u.n. has finally initiated some sort of solution a couple days ago they launched an initiative what is that solution and why you know while it's great that they just launched it's still interesting that they have not actually taken responsibility i can't help but think that this happened anywhere else in the world would be a huge scandal. yeah that's exactly right so what was launched yesterday i think is a positive first step and it was an initiative by the secretary general in support of a plan that the government will be launching in january to eliminate color from haiti over a ten year period through investment in water and sanitation and health care facilities and so while that is an important step the portion that was announced yesterday was the un's initiative they have. allocated twenty three million dollars to this plan of a total two point two billion dollars as us to may to will be needed over the next ten years to eliminate cholera and they also announced that there is slightly

the u.n.ohn bolton. also a fox news contributor. good morning, ambassador. >> guest: good morning, eric. glad to be with you. >> eric: as always. of course. the u.n. vote, does it really instead make peace more difficult and compromise more complicated in that region? >> guest: absolutely. this vote was fundamentally illegitimate. there is no palestinian state. there is nothing that meets the custnary international law definition. the palestinian authority violated the oslo accord trying to change the status of the west bank and gaza through a means other than negotiation. i have to say it was a vote that could have been won by the united states and israel. but that, leave it for another day. i think israel is responding appropriately. i think that the initial israeli reaction sort of shuts the whole thing off was a mistake. this is a serious problem. and i think they are well within their legitimate rights to take the steps they take. >> eric: you said something fascinating, you think the vot

troops handed over control of haiti to the u.n. which created a plethora of new challenges so when we talk about haiti today when we talk about its progress since the two thousand and ten earthquake it's important that we do so while taking into account the country's history which is undoubtedly been undermined by the policies of the american government it's through this historical lens only that we can analyze haiti's development and perhaps begin to rectify the damage that's been done. now if you like what you see so far go to our you tube channel youtube dot com plus breaking those sad and subscriber check out our facebook page at facebook dot com slash break in and set you know what is going to hate going to troll if you're intelligent you can always write me and let me know you think and if you're wondering about what i'm doing when i'm not on or follow me on twitter at abby martin take a break from my preaching for now but stay tuned to hear more about my adventure in haiti and why the country still deserves our attention eve

session where they where they acknowledge it's a new u.n. and it shouldn't but of course they didn't acknowledge the u.n. and the cholera but they've also estimated it would cost a one time cost of a billion dollars for the infrastructure for clean water and sanitation for the entire country i mean that's the same cost that the u.n. spends to keep its ten thousand troops there every year. and all the funds i mean half of the funds after the earthquake from world entities have not been allocated to the country it's something that i actually got a chance to talk to president carter about in haiti and this is what he had to say i want to play it really quickly. only. the other half promised me should be forthcoming and not hold back until you have a perfect government here in haiti. so there was carter talking about how the fund should be allocated despite haiti not having a quote perfect government i mean do you agree and what do you think the holdup is here with these funds. yeah i think that's definitely a big problem and those were funds th

not to give the u.n. the power to control the internet can you tell us more about this well us certainly liz we've had in september we've seen the senate. a resolution begging really for the u.s. government to not let the this you one body control the internet and try to bring into force any sort of documents like this and yesterday we saw the u.s. house of representatives vote unanimously for a resolution asking the u.s. government to not let the u.n. have control over the internet three hundred ninety seven votes against zero but you know some people are saying that while congress is saying oh we just want to make sure the internet is free their excuse is you know the internet has to be free from government control critics are saying let's look at the bigger picture it's quite likely that congress is more interested in not letting any sort of international body get involved in something that it could have power by itself at home and the i to you has been saying to the u.s. relax this is really something

there's the paranoia from the u.n. >> explain it. >> the notion that the u.n.s going to come in and tell us what to do. the fact of the matter is this treaty raises the world to the standard of the u.s. doesn't require the u.s. to change its standards at all and doesn't in any way give the u.n. power to do anything in this country. but i think it's -- all you have to do is say u.n. and people on the right get very exorcised. rick santorum helped lead the opposition to this treaty. i think he's out of step with the american people, out of step, by the way, on this tax cuts for the rich stuff. you know, bobby jindal said today, and i thought it was remarkable, we're in danger of becoming the party that defends the rich, anti-medicare, anti-social security, and there's no future in that kind of republican party nor is there one in a party that's anti-handicapped. >> let me go to john on this because you and i, john, i think we all know people in our business, in the journalism world, and in consulting who have handicaps. they are in wheelchairs, but they raise a r

>> we found this information in the u.n. archives. u.n. archives operate according to the 30-year rule. they're in terrible disarray. there are thousands upon thousands of documents on stacks on the floor. on 29th street. >> in new york city? >> in new york city. you sift through these and eventually come up with reports from the field. i received them from egyptian sources, from memoirs of officers involved, from egyptian documents that existed in one particular archive in cairo. and a very interesting source for me was -- i also rely heavily on oral histories. >> which you did. >> i did in most cases. i didn't go to syria. >> only place you didn't go. went to jordan, egypt. due go to saudi arabiaa? >> no. no interviews in saudi arabia. >> iraq? >> no. the three countries which interviews took place in the arab world are syria, jordan and egypt. >> you didn't go to syria? >> no, i had an assistant go to syria. i could as an american citizen. >> because you are a jew? >> not because i'm a jew. i'm an israeli. >> israelis go to syria? >> on

and so i think the record performance at the u.n.aks for itself, and anyone who thinks she is deserving of a promotion should realize she doesn't deserve a promotion, she should be fired. she has been a terrible representative nor united states. >> when i was talking with judge mccasey, one of the things he mentioned in his article is the fact that iran was allowed to get on the human rights commission as it relates to women's issues without any real objection by the united states. i fine that unbelievable. do you? >> it's totally unbelievable. and when they were elected she didn't speak out afterwards. even if she wants to say i didn't realize the election was coming up, or it came out of the blue, once they were eye selected there was no condemnation from rice, i've been at the u.n. and if you go there and want to be liked, you're not going to be very effective. i wrote this piece that shared 30 points why susan rice should not get a promotion, and all has to deal with things that happened before benghazi. so, there's a plethora of

the u.n.rnicious institutn and we ought not to give it legitimacy. [ male announcer ] this commercial is not about getting fios; it's about getting fios. that moment after you finally got it that you actually get it. when you c see blades of artificial grass in their full glory you get it. or the first time you download a two-hour movie in two minutes, you get it. because once you've got it, you get it. now you can get fios for an amazing price online just $79.99 a month with a two year agreement. act now and you'll also o get $300 back. hurry. this holiday deal ends soon. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities go to got2getfios.com. at 800-974-6006 tty/v. once you've got it, you get it. >> if true these reports may mean that the united states and our allies are facing the prospect of usef weapons of mass destruction in syria and this may be the last warning we get. the time for talking about what to do it may be coming to a close e anande may be left with an awful and difficu

and president abbas a determination to do this at the u.n. to get a symbolic victory at the u.n. that could counter the a loser even korea that has mass had on the battlefield and tried to even out politically the playing field and i think one of the reasons that so many european states switched from either abstentions to yes votes or no votes to abstentions and left israel supported only by the united states canada the czech republic panama and a bunch of polynesian islands whose combined population is less than the number of israeli settlers i mean the islands you know is a pretty severe collapse and i think it was a recognition by the international community in the context of the gaza war and the frozen peace process and that's of collapse of the entire move to create two states a really strong statement of recommitment to a two state solution was needed and a political boost for the p.l.o. and the p.a. is required. and that's why i think also there's got to be restraint on the israeli side and in congress whatever its value they want to consider because as i say it will accru

in the u.n. security council, we have taken action to insure that five of the m23's most abusive commanders are now under targeted sanctionings. sanctions. we have also stressed the need to hold accountable all of those who commit human rights abuses and atrocities. and i myself traveled to the drc, rwanda and uganda between november 24 and 28 with my british and french counterparts to deliver a clear and common message that the congolese, rwandan and ugandan governments must work together to stop this crisis and to work towards a sustainable resolution of underlying issues. all three governments reit righted -- reiterated to us their commitment to these goals. we also stressed that there should be no impunity for senior m23 leaders who are under icc indictment or international sanctions for human rights abuses. the m23 would not be the threat that it is today without external support, and we will continue to discourage outside parties from providing any assistance to the m23 movement. there is a

the entire u.n. initiative was totally recontextualized by the war between hamas and and and israel the fact that hamas claimed victory because a weaker party confront a stronger party and survive they always claim victory they claim with egypt and backing to have won some concessions on the blockade which seem to be illusory they don't seem to actually be taking place and i'm not surprised by that israel never israel has denied they made those concessions and i don't think they did frankly but it doesn't matter how a loser it is there's always this moment of intoxication you know for policies or for any oppressed people when they when they're confronted the enemy and survived and one i know it is it's a terrible illusion but it's inevitable and there but there's usually a hangover typically there is and there's the next morning we wake up and you bury the dead and you count the cost and whatnot last time we went through this in two thousand and nine the p.a. could point to a lot of successes on the

/terribly peace mission -- the joint u.n.-piece -- the joint u.n.-arab league peace mission is at a standstill it is hard for them to make progress. if they cannot make progress, then as things began to fragment here, more people die and the big worry is that syria might even descend into being a failed state. >> and now we go to retired general james dupnik at the institute for the study of war. thank you for coming in, general. how much do we know about what the syrians have in terms of chemical weaponry? >> i'm sure our intelligence agencies know a lot more than we do in reading the newspaper. but there's always a degree of ambiguity. we know 85% to 90 percent of what they are duly, but -- to 90% of what they are doing, but there's always an element of the unknown gruden >> what of their storage facilities? >> i think we would know about -- about their production facilities or their habitual storage facilities, but it is entirely possible that we do not know about some other facilities, or some facility that is not actually a storage spot. >> i h

/terribly peace mission -- the joint u.n.-piece -- the joint u.n.-arab league peace mission is at a standstill it is hard for them to make progress. if they cannot make progress, then as things began to fragment here, more people die and the big worry is that syria might even descend into being a failed state. >> and now we go to retired general james dupnik at the institute for the study of war. thank you for coming in, general. how much do we know about what the syrians have in terms of chemical weaponry? >> i'm sure our intelligence agencies know a lot more than we do in reading the newspaper. but there's always a degree of ambiguity. we know 85% to 90 percent of what they are duly, but -- to 90% of what they are doing, but there's always an element of the unknown gruden >> what of their storage facilities? >> i think we would know about -- about their production facilities or their habitual storage facilities, but it is entirely possible that we do not know about some other facilities, or some facility that is not actually a storage spot. >> i h

if it it will not work at the u.n., then, outside the u.n.ut to let it deinvolve into whatever the u.n. comes up with is a recipe for anarchy, chaos and war but a disintegration of the world order we depend on. >>neil: it is more obvious each day. thank you very much. and victims are still looking for answers and democrats are looking for help, not with this, for super storm sandy but with this. stay tuned. [ male announcer ] are you considering a new medicare plan? then you may be looking for help in choosing the right plan for your needs. so don't wait. call now. whatever your health coverage needs, unitedhealthcare can help you find the right plan. open enrollment to choose your medicare coverage begins october 15th and ends december 7th. so now is the best time to review your options and enroll in a plan. medicare has two main parts, parts a and b, to help cover a lot of your expenses, like hospital care... and doctor visits. but they still won't cover all of your costs. now's the time to learn about unitedhealthcare plans that may be rig

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u.n. atomic watchdog resumes talks with iran we look at why many iranians consider acquiring nuclear energy is not just a matter of necessity but of national pride. life from moscow twenty four seven this is r.t. . but ukrainian journalist kidnapped by syrian rebels is facing execution on thursday and their captors demands for a fifty million dollar ransom are met and had been working in syria during the conflict hoping international media including r.t. european federation of journalists has strongly condemned the action as outrageous calling it a money spinning scheme middle east correspondent is following the developments. the journalist i'm happy coach never was taken hostage in october holmes the free syrian army has held her for nearly two months they've accused her of being both a russian and a syrian spy she has appeared in two you tube videos that were released earlier by the free syrian army and in one of those she appealed to the embassies of ukraine and russia as well as to the

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the u.n. secretary-general believes there is no prospect of an end to the conflict. >> syria began in conflict and ends in war. day-by-day the death toll has climbed. >> that can only mean more violence, the u.n. warning that conflict has to come over -- has become sectarian. the u.n. human rights council said in its latest report that there has been a clear shift in the nature of the conflict, with more fighters and civilians on both sides describing the civil war in ethnic or religious terms. foreign fighters are filtering into syria to join the rebels, and lebanese hezbollah and ha possibly iraqi shia are supporting the government. where are foreign fighters, some with links to extremist groups, and some anti-government forces are becoming radicalized. we have met foreign fighters and they do not make up the majority of the opposition, but some work independently from the mainstream army. and some have made clear they do not recognize the syrian national council the main political body in e

in the u.n. security council, we have taken action to ensure that 550 and 23 is most abusive commanders are now under targeted sanctions. we have also stressed the need to hold accountable all of those who commit human rights abuses and atrocities. i myself have traveled to the drc, rwanda and uganda by november 24 was my british and french counterparts to deliver a clear and common message that the congolese rwandan government must work together to stop this crisis works towards a sustainable resolution of underlying issues. all three governments reiterated to s. their commitment to these goals. we also stressed that there should be no impunity for senior m23 leaders who are under icc and a hint for international sanctions in human rights abuses. the m23 but not be the threat that it is today without external support. they continued to discourage outside parties from providing any assistance to the m23 movement. there is a credible body of evidence that collaborates key findings of the group of

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the u.n. is a pernicious institution and we ought not to give it legitimacy. >> let's look at where things stand in syria. >> if true, the reports mean that the united states and our allies face the prospect of imminent use of weapons of mass destruction in syria, and this may be the last morning we get. the time for talking about what to do may now be coming to a close, and we may instead be left with an awful and a very difficult decision. >> senator mccain is talking about the possibility of military intervention should they employed chemical weapons. what form would military intervention take? >> i don't know whether it would be actual american boots on the ground, air cover. i know now. -- i don't know. this is one of those terrible international tragedies, and except for getting rid of assad, which would probably spark a for the civil war -- >> he is looking for a new address. >> you have a civil war that is just as bad between the factions that are there. this is like a bottle of someth