u.s. congress looking at a way to give the obama administration a waiver to a law that says the u.s. cannot give money to a regime taking power from a democratically-elected government. the regime is looking to give $1.55 billion in support to the egyptian military. is this something americans should be worried about? >> this is a return to a long-running u.s. policy of backing military regimes in the middle east. i have not spent much time in egypt, but i spent a great deal of time in pakistan. we are following the same strategy in egypt. we are backing the army and thinking we can by security and stability. since 2001 we have given the pakistani military $17 billion in assistance, but the pakistan military were unable to find osama bin laden who was living in the town with the equivalent of their west point and they have not confronted taliban and militants living in the tribal areas. personally i think it's a mistake. i don't think this will by stability. i don't think military creates economic growth that egypt and the region needs, given the large young population they have. we

u.s. congress to ex-store jobless benefits. unemployment allowance - it's predicted the number will triple by the end of the year. we have this report. >> when this woman lost her job six months ago she had to move in with her sister while she searched to work. she paid a monthly allowance. her unemployed insurance check stopped. >> congress just cut it. went on a recess and while they were enjoying their lives the american people were suffering. >> despite long-term unemployment numbers the u.s. congress let benefits for the long-term unemployed run out. for years they were renewed, until december. >> so mckinley took her frustration to u.s. lawmakers to let her know millions of unemployed men's believed congress's failure to extend the benefit was morally wrongism. >> shame on them. >> on this day only democrats seemed to be listening to that message. >> in a way i'm very sad. we should not be at a press conference. we should be on the floor of the house voting to extend unemployment compensation. >> but republicans in the ho

u.s. congress. if you look at the american psyche, especially when it comes to politicians, the one thing they have consistently said they are concerned about is that al-qaeda, and al-qaeda-linked groups will be able to find some land where they can operate freely. this has become a concern for american politicians when they talk about syria. it used to be just that bashar al-assad would stay in power and they will have no relationship with him. and now the fear is he won't stay in power, and they will have access to whatever chemical weapons have not been taken out of the country yet, and also a staging ground, and they will tell you possibly launching attacks on the u.s. homeland and region. but you have seen the u.s. congress unwilling to step into the fray. they did not want the president to launch a limit strike on the syrian government. and they have cut back onment some of the funding. so that is why you saw the u. u.s. -- put so much pressure and work into this peace conference. because ther

u.s. congress leaving the increase in the i.m.f. budget out of the bill?s spending and do you plan, have you met with our lawmakers in recent any more do you plan meetings now that that decision made?to have been >> is that the only question on the u.s.? no, okay, good. )laughter well, i did say so right after announcement of the deal, which in and of itself is great, to have a deal on the budget, no matter what the deal was going to say, is a good indication that there is in a mores to work orderly fashion. of it's, i hope, one step many. and i certainly hope that in the come, the i.m.f. reform will be included. that it's ach hope question of timing and not a question of determination to i.m.f. the i would find it extraordinary and very disconcerting, actually, given that the monetary fund was actually created in the united states, largely at the sort of joint initiative of treasury secretary white from this country and lord canes from the kingdom. and given the fact that the mission is to with, and ensure the best possible financial which is in the world

u.s. congress appear key to end the long-term unemployment benefits. encourages unemployed workers to be selective about the job they take instead of settling for whatever they can find. kimberly with al jazeera washington. >> reporter: in mexico's state people created their own security force to take on the drug gangs and drive out members of a gang known as the knights in templa. >> reporter: men in southwest mexico are now a common sight, over the past year so called self-defense groups liberated, dozens of towns from a drug cartel known as the knights templar and took the law in their hands because the government couldn't or wouldn't protect them but on monday the interior minister announced that mexico's federal government intends to restore order in the troubled state. >> translator: starting today we will implement a comprehensive and integrated strategy in the most effected municipalities to address people's securities and combat conditions leading to violent behavior. >> the security plan includes nearly $20 million for funding isobar programs

u.s. congress? >> translator: at face value the u.s. congress, there is -- they have a long way to go before they fully appreciate and understand iranian people. and to know that when, from a religious point of view, religious leaders, to be more specific, the great and eminent leader of the revolution announces and states that the fabrication and stockpiling of nuclear weapons is haram, religiously forbidden, this should tell you that we don't want to build a bomb. so when it comes to sanctions, have they been successful so far? sanctions, first and foremost, are illegal. and a congress which claims to be making laws should not contravene international laws. so these sanctions translate into the weakening of the mpt, the weakening of international laws and regulations. no other country can decide for another country. >> when we come back, lots more important stuff from president rouhani. what would happen if israel were to launch a military strike on iran's nuclear facilities? >> all that, plus my conversations with two prime ministers.

u.s. congress since october?> you know, i said at the time that any degree of uncertainty is hurting the economy simply because the economic players do not know in which framework they are going to operate, whether it's budgetary, whether it's tax wise, whether it's regulatorywise. in all dimensions they need predictability so the government shutdown in and of itself without mentioning the dire consequences of having federal employees not operating in a normal way although i know there have and -- salaries have been constant -- compensated, it questions the ability of a sovereign to monitor its operations. so i think we are all very pleased to see that an orderly budgetary process is back on the hill, that there is a determination to observe fiscal principles so all of that is much better. as i said you know any deal is better than no deal, let's face it area and see if the stock market in the u.s. has the correction this year that it has anticipated, what sort of impact would that have on growth in the global ec

u.s. congress. russia's foreign ministry maintains that satur overstayed his visa. but according to an interview that's not what he was told at the russian embassy in the ukraine where he had been sent to renew his credentials. >> the diplomat said he had to reed something to me. >> he said they have decided your presence on the territory of the russian federation is not desirable. urbanned from entering russia. and in a recent tend it shows vermont putin on a charm offensive. harding and saturn has wrought about political sfb involvement. the media fallout from the political ca scandal in turkey exploded when he dared challenge erdogan . he confirmed via twitter that he had been fired. the announcement came a day after he had appeare appeared on cnn. he writ sized the is politician that were involved in the scandal. he also called for an early election which got him attention since his newspaper supports erdogan and the akp. in the past few weeks erdogan has called for charges against journalists who he sees is against his government. on his own twitter feet he end

u.s. congress, looking at a way to give the obama administration a law that says the u.s. cannot give money to a regime that has taken power from a democratically elected government. and the u.s. is looking at giving 1 had the $5 billion in support to essentially the egyptian military. talk about that, and is this something that the americans should be worried about? >> this is a return to a long u.s. policy of backing military regimes in the middle east. i haven't spent of time in egypt, but i spent a lot of time in pakistan. we are following the same track, back being the army and thinking that we can buy security and stability. since 2001, we have given the pakistani army $17 billion in assistance, and yet the military was unable to find osama bin laden who was living in the town that had the equivalent of their west point, and still they have not considered the taliban and the tribes in pakistan. i think this is a mistake, and i don't think it's going to buy us stability. and we talked about it more, i don't think that military regimes create the economic growth that e

u.s. congress let benefits for the long-term unemployed run out. for years they were automatically renewed until december. mckinley took her frustration to u.s. lawmakers to let them know millions of unemployed americans believe congress's failure to extend the benefits was morally wrong. shame on them. shame on them. >> on this day only the democrats seemed to be listening to the message. >> in a way i'm sad. we should not be at a press conference. we should be on the floor of the house voting to extend unemployment compensation. >> republicans in the house of representatives say they have no plans to draft legislation to extend unemployment insurance. they can support the benefits, but it needs to be accompanied by a plan to pay for it. mckinley and over supporters delivered half a million signatures to the top republicans in congress to press them to work with the opposition democrats towards a solution. >> we are here on behalf of voters and here to deliver petitions that the leaders of congress need to see. >> on that day none of the republica

u.s. congress to require warning labels on tobacco products and eventually it imposed tighter restrictions on cigarette advertising. the legislation was one of the most successful campaigns in the united states. smoking rates are down 59%. back in 196442% of u.s. adults were smoking. compared to just 18% in 12. government tobacco control efforts which have included taxes on cigarettes and bans on smoking in public places have helped to save as many as 8 million lives. >> in the past half-century, nothing else has come close to this contribution to the health of americans. credit nothing. >> but antismoking advocates argue there's still much more work to be done. they say the number of americans smoking may have dropped over the decades but globally that's not the case. >> this antismoking campaigner says more than 1 million have died from tobacco use ahead, and until the habit is restrained, another 1 million which die in the u.s. industry. consciously targeting the populations in those countries. everywhere we go we see the kind of marking in low and middle income countries that hasn't be

u.s. congress. many in congress are skeptical that iran will keep its side of the deal. republican senator mark kirk and democratic senator robert menendez are both skeptics. they have a bill that would impose new sanctions on iran, which iranians warn could be a deal-breaker. senate majority leader harry reid is sitting on the bill. although the bill has significant bipartisan support. president obama is urging u.s. senators to give this interim agreement with iran a chance. >> my preference is for peace and diplomacy and this is one of the reasons why i've sent a message to congress that now's not the time for us to impose new sanctions. >>> question, why do 59 senators, republicans and democrats, support the nuclear weapon-free iran act and its contingent sanctions on iran? i ask you, ryan. >> well, you know, they are being accused of supporting it because they want to scuttle these negotiations. the white house has gone on the record and said that, quote, unquote, certain senators ought to be up front if they want war with iran, because the argument that they are mak

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u.s. congress was funding and arming the rebels, and he said that the people who made that decision were "on the moon," and they the united states said that they have only been supplying non-lethal aid to the rebels, but stepping back, the aid to tacome, the food and water and medicine that the city desperately needs, has not gotten there because they have written assurances from armed groups inside of the old city of homes that the armed groups will not shoot at the convoy, and they cues the foreign minister of syria of lying. so every side is digging in their heels and trying to make an argument. and very alleviation of suffering on the ground for the syrian people. >> nick schiffrin, and also in syria, john kerry ordering the assad government to remove the chemicals before the deadline. the government has only destroyed 4 force of the chemical weapons arsenal so far. >> the work that we're doing together on syria could not be more important right now. this is destabilizing the entire region. and the world is witnessing human catastrophe unfolding before our eyes every single day, and i

u.s. congress and warns that a race war is coming. >> we're a nation of laws. >> reporter: are we?view was crystallized when his son was convicted of murder, a crime he still insists his son did not commit. >> that goes on every day. go into a courtroom, if you're white, it seems like the jury is respect. but if the defendant is black, it's sit down, shut up. you ain't got nothing to say. it's a whole different world. >> reporter: not the guy you would expect to hit it off with matt. but yet over lumpl of cat fish and plan takens, they agree on some of their least favorite things. >> i'm not for interracial marriage. >> we can agree on that. >> i know we do. give me that black woman, amen. >> you can have them. >> reporter: and the two find common cause in a common enemy, corporate america. >> why don't we hang some bankers instead of random white people. will you shake my hand on getting rid of the national elite? >> i sure will. >> i can't stand working for white people who are traitors. there's only one place for them. >> reporter: and that is? >> in a ditch. >> reporter: he agr

u.s. congress, it is 50-50 whether they actually move forward with the removal of sanctions, and unless theanctions are removed, the economy is still going to be declining. >> president rouhani is on a charm offensive to the energy sector. it may not be that simple. >> iran is losing about $5 billion every month in lost oil revenue. while that is happening, iran's oil fields are declining. they need the investment. absent the removal of sanctions, nothing will happen. --on a different topping, different topic, when he talked about free and fair elections in syria, was he pulling the rug from president assad? >> that is a statement that is very vague. you can argue that president assad would win a free and fair election. i think they see the syrian thatict as something impinges on their effort to reintegrate into the international system. they are on the wrong side of what the west wants them to be. president rouhani is the davos face of the iranian government. they're more active in the foreign ministry then rouhani is himself. in many ways, by them not attending the conference in switzerla

u.s. congress to explore warning labels on tobacco products. the legislation was part of the most successful public health campaigns in the united states. smoking rates are now down 59%. back in 1964, 42% of u.s. adults were smoking. compared to just 18% in 2012. in government tobacco control efforts which have included taxes on cigarettes and bans on smoking in public spaces have hepped to save as -- helped to save as many as 8 million lives. >> in the past half century nothing else has come close to this contribution to the health of americans. nothing. >> but antismoking advocates argue there's still much more work to be done. they say the number of americans smoking may have dropped over the decades but globally that's not the case. this antismoking campaigner says in the last 03100 million people have died -- 100 million people have died. until tobacco companies are restrained that number is expected to raise to 1 million smokers. >> targeting the populations in those countries. everywhere we go, we see the kind of marketing in low and mid

u.s. congress. a critical volt tochs their agenda. it's a toxic love triangle. that's before the u.s. supreme court this hour. and we're following some breaking news. a plane has crashed and the air kraft appears to be challenger of 00. but they don't know how many people were on board that plane. >>> now that dangerous arctic blast. it's targeting the midwest and pushing well below zero. the front is marching east. by tuesday, half the country will be shivering in subl-zero temperatures. the nasty weather is being blamed for thou sablds of flight cancellationings. in fact, two jets slid off of icy tax sid ways. one of the coldest games in nfl history. last week, we talked and it was five degrees. we're expecting a little warm front to move in. has it happened? right now, we know that it's 5 degrees here. this is probably as warm as it will get. they're offering coffee. they're offering hot chocolate to help. they also sent out that warning so that you'll bundle up. we stalked to a few fans. >> you can prepare for it, but you can't really prepare for it. >> can you come prepared? as l

u.s. congress is also sending mixed signals at first the u.s. secretary of state welcome to iran's possible participation in the syrian peace talks but some time later we heard a different tune coming from washington saying iran hasn't yet proved itself ready . he was simply stating that there are ways around could show the world that they want to see a positive outcome and if they did so obviously that would mean that if they wanted to play a role in geneva two on the sidelines we would look more favorably on that but certainly no one was indicating an openness to inviting them are these are things that if they do they would definitely be invited there are just things that they could do to show that they want to effect a positive outcome but again we have no indication they're going to achieve it too is in how many days so i think really that it's probably very. a mideast analyst told us that all powers with influence in the region must be invited. seeing contradictory signals and obviously the u.s. is undecided on this issue it is very unfortu

u.s. president has once again promised to close the guantanamo bay prison and bypass congress if needed to help lift people out of poverty result he's loose a couple of reports he's state of the union address is being seen as more of a bare bones wish list than a meaty plan of action. a year of action that was the rallying cry from the u.s. president at the state of the union address here in washington but it does of course come at a time when action is anything but guaranteed and has been an incredibly difficult year for this administration obama is facing some of the low to lowest voter approval ratings of his presidency and a divided congress that has effectively blocked him at nearly every churn and so this year we saw president who seem to frankly up the knowledge his limitations he wasn't able to get the gun control measures he called for last year the same goes for tax reform immigration climate change closing guantanamo i mean the list really does go on in fact according to some political scientists of forty one items that the president had asked for in a state of the union address

u.s. president barack obama has vowed to veto the bill if it makes it to congress but the problem is that the senate will actually achieve sixty seven votes it could override a presidential veto or the obama administration says additional economic restrictions who threaten a historic diplomatic opportunity with iran for its been cement do over the past three months let's remember in november world powers reached an interim deal in which to long over its nuclear program and negotiations on a final agreement are still underway not only will more sanctions compromise the success that's already been made but the white house says it won't be similarly made a potential war with tehran all the more likely oddly enough at least sixteen democrats are supporting new sanctions and sadly if president obama's historic diplomat. progress with iran comes crumbling down it will be due in part to members of his own party reporting from new york marina artsy. policy director of the national iranian american council think senators supporting the bill aren't afraid of jeopardizing the nuclear deal because th

u.s. congress the white house has harshly condemned the senator supporting it saying they're undermining diplomatic efforts and could actually be seeking to drag the u.s. into another war or he's a marine important i reports from new york. it was just a few months ago inside the united nations headquarters where the presidents of iran and the us laid groundwork for new and positive diplomatic relations however the historic success achieved over the past four months may soon be significantly compromised if not destroyed by america's own lawmakers according to reports fifty nine u.s. senators are now backing a new package of unilateral sanctions aimed to increase pressure on iran for its nuclear program this means that the senate is just one vote away from the sixty needed to pass most legislation with the house of representatives which is already showing strong support of the poor economic pressure against tehran according to reports the legislation would blacklist several iranian industrial sectors and threaten banks and companies around the world with being banned from the u.s. market if they help

u.s. congress is still mulling more sanctions against iran but president obama in his state of the union address. he would veto any attempt to do so but it reza marashi who's a recession rector at the national iranian american companies believes that despite the u.s. leaders efforts the push for sanctions as far from over. president of the united states. together with the state department gone out and made a concerted effort to show members of congress that new sanctions right now would be destructive to the diplomatic process and it would show the international community of the problem lies primarily in washington as opposed to teheran but this problem is far from over you've only bought yourself a little bit of time and this kind of crisis could very well come back up bubble back up to the forefront sooner rather than later there has been long standing and unproven argument not just from congress but especially from congress that sanctions have brought the iranians to the negotiating table so more sanctions will get america a better deal a lot of analysts and i saw the blue dispute the notion

u.s. congress after george wright was the last one. the that's why we even got be very serious.sue about this section on voter rights and what's been proposed. it is not good for us. anything that does not cover alabama, georgia, north carolina, south carolina, that gives them five chances before we can be precleared and anything that says voter i.d. is not a part of what can be used to decide is just wrong, it's backward. >> i'll tell you what, reverend barber. i've got a little time on tuesday. i think i'm going to come down to north carolina and say hey to you. rev reynolds barber, thanks so much. first when we come back, my colleague steve kornacki, he has a major development in the new jersey bridge story. local politics matter, people. ♪ driving rock music music stops ♪ music resumes ♪ music stops ♪ music resumes ♪ ♪ [announcer] if your dog can dream it, [whistle] purina pro plan can help him achieve it. nutrition that performs. this is the creamy chicken corn chowder. i mean, look at it. so indulgent. did i tell you i am on the... [ both ] chicken pot pie diet! me too! [

u.s. congress president barack obama has already stated that he will veto any such bill should one be passed some experts think that western powers have many reasons to be looking forward to ron's reintegration into the world economy. the fact of the matter is the reason there's this to touch with iran there's two are good two factions are good the the militant pro-war israeli factional one side that could never have peace with iran no matter what and then you have the fact that the world the west and the world needs iran they need the liquidity from petrochemical exports they need trade there's a stack of global stagnation economically right now and opening up iran into the world trading theater is going to do a lot to increase trade and obviously move money around the world and goods and services back and forth at a time when it's much needed so there's two two camps here battling it out one to keep iran closed and other council would like to see iran open for trade. there is a natural resource more precious than oil and it is so scarce in certain areas of the middle east that it could spa

u.s. congress president barack obama has already stated he will veto any such bill should one be passed some experts think that western powers may have reasons to be looking at forward center for reintegration into the world's economy. the fact of the matter is the reason there's this detente with is to we've got two factions we've got the the military. is really. actually one side that could never have peace with iran no matter what and then you have the fact that the world the west and the world needs iran they need the liquidity from petrochemical exports they need trade there's a stack of global stagnation economically right now and opening up iran into the world trading theater is going to do a lot to increase trade and obviously move money around the world and goods and services back and forth at a time when it's much needed so there's two two camps here battling it out one to keep iran closed and other camps would like to see it open for trade. so there is a natural resource more precious than oil and it is so scarce in certain areas of the middle east that it could spark major confli

u.s. congress that don't want to plough mysie and then i think in terms of syria there's going to have to be a lot of efforts and diplomacy whether they'll be successful who knows and in my little way i'm joining with women's groups from around the world we're going to be at the talks in switzerland in january hundreds of us surrounding the building and saying we want a ceasefire we want women at the table because if there's going to be diplomacy there's got to be women at the table and we want a massive amount of humanitarian aid which should go with the diplomacy so yes i would institutionalize you peter i would be right with you saying twenty fourteen must be the year of diplomacy came away and on that i mean could we see more diplomacy because iowa express my own personal opinion here is that i've often wondered why over the last twelve years we have a secretary of state because these people are secretaries of war and i just think that again my expressing my own personal opinion here is that the u.s. has kind of gotten out of practice and trying to look at using diplomatic terms to st

u.s. congress relate to the troubles of everyday americans abby martin breaks the sat next on our team. recently facebook was ablaze with likes and shares about the two thousand and fourteen no pants subway ride this is a yearly event that has grown in popularity and spread way beyond its native new york to cities across the globe according to fox news a century thousands of people ride the subway in their underwear as if it were a normal day what you're going to say is a prank collective the cause of scenes of chaos and joy in public places yeah i guess this is kind of funny i mean hey i like wackiness but think about the effort and propaganda takes to get thousands of people the world over to simultaneously do something and then with all that effort and all those thousands of participants all you do is walk around without your pants on this idea must have been created by some people with a pretty decadent lifestyle because how can you even think about organizing people for the goal of spreading joy a lot of us can't even afford to put dinner on the table in the future could you guys p

u.s. congress that don't want to plough mysie and then i think in terms of syria there's going to have to be a lot of efforts and diplomacy whether they'll be successful who knows and in my little way i'm joining with women's groups from around the world we're going to be at the talks in switzerland in january hundreds of us surrounding the building and saying we want a ceasefire we want women at the table because if there's going to be diplomacy there's got to be women at the table and we want a massive amount of humanitarian aid which should go with the diplomacy so yes i wouldn't institutionalize you peter i would be right with you saying twenty fourteen must be the year of diplomacy came away and on that i mean could we see more diplomacy because iowa express my own personal opinion here is that i've often wondered why over the last twelve years we have a secretary of state because these people are secretaries of war and i just think that again my expressing my own personal opinion here is that the u.s. has kind of gotten out of practice and trying to look at using diplomatic terms to

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here in the u.s., congress unveils a $1.1 trillion measure to fund the government through december 30. nfib small business optimism and we will get retail sales at 8:30 a.m. and earnings before the bell. scarlet fu will take us through jpmorgan at 7 a.m. with earnings. >> bill cohan will join us. how many big banks are there? >> five or six. >> we will have earnings all week. >> we will have a lovely roundtable like states of the bank. >> falling revenue. >> this is a data check. everything is up a little bit after the fade yesterday. there is a lot of other global statistics just as weighty. vxx was under 12 yesterday. gold was $1250 when i walked in the door. the chinese currency is strong. lira moves through new weakness. i don't want to overplay this. this is the beginning of the year and you can see we faded yesterday after 10 p.m. it's not a plunge. busy yesterday about 3 p.m. and then it got even busier. we skerritt -- we scoured the papers. >> a new year, new leaf for congress? we have seen the house and senate negotiators agree on a budget through september. they unveiled a $