i bet it's a big one. >> this notion that somehow i can just changes the laws unilaterally is not truee fact of the matter is there are laws on the books that i have to enforce. i think there's been a grit disservice done -- great disservice done to the cause of getting the dream act passed and getting comprehensive immigration passed by perpetrating the notion that somehow by myself i can go and do these things. it's just not true. >> jon: oh, (bleep). um, wow that was just nine months ago. the president publicly admitting he's not allowed to do the thing he just did. that's -- game over fox. kudos. i'm sometimes a little bit hard on the folk there's, perhaps somewhat judgmental, quick to pounce. i'm a dick. of kind of a dick but they got it right. i commend them. i acknowledge they are diligence and accuracy and i apologize. before i go, one more thing, maybe it's just me that but video -- [ laughter ] it looked to me like the president might not have been done speaking. i don't know if that's the truth or not. i'm probably wrong but i won't sleep tonight unless we give it a quick ch

action i envision would not be unilateral. it would be multi-lateral. we would work closely with arab and european allies, especially turkey, and our partners in gulf. as in libya there would be no boots on the ground, and we would only intervene at the request of legitimate representatives of the syrian people. our goal would be to help the opposition change the military balance of power on the ground thereby creating conditions for an end to the violence, the departure of assad and his cronies, and a negotiated transition as soon as possible. to achieve this goal, we first need to help the syrian opposition to establish safe havens inside the country. this is essential for a number of reasons. it is constantly said that the syrian opposition is disorganized. that may be true at the national and international level, but it's much less true at the local level. to the contrary, the revolutionary councils and military councils and local coordinating committees have that emerged in cities across syria are increasingly sfist kated and effective. i have met

you know what you could do two thousand of a very unilateral world i just that one good guy can actually turn into a bad guy at some point that's a risk and that's exactly but the flip side to having multiple you know sources of power is that you can also get paralysis in decision making so whether cooperation is. easier with you no one was brought to you or would want to put you know sources of power multiple veto points making cooperation more difficult is an open question you can argue it both ways but i would argue for multiple powers because when we're talking about a unilateral approach we have an example of that iraqi troops absolutely that's a very good point that nobody was there to stop it exactly so i think the point you know it's a very good point that you make is that if you have you know a one one hour you know even if they can sometimes you know do tings unilaterally which are bad objectives because they want to check that the u.s. is the world's biggest debtor and it seems the main way they address the gigantic that problem is the money printing machine. has money printin

can argue it both ways but i would argue for multiple powers because when we're talking about a unilateral approach we have an example of that iraq. absolutely that's a very good point that nobody was there to stop it exactly so i think the point you know it's a very good point you make is that if you have you know a one one power you know even if they can sometimes you know do things unilaterally which are bad objectives because they want to check that the u.s. is the world's biggest debtor and it seems the main way they address the gigantic that problem is the money printing machine. has money printing become america's main business. well i think yes and no i think it's on the one hand you know they have printed a lot of money in the last let's say three four years you know but i think they would argue with some i think fairness that that's what you needed to get this economy back. when it went into you know the kind of great recession after the crisis you wrote a lot about china keeping their currency deliberately undervalued to preserve their competitive advantage the u.s. is terribly

or possible action against syria president putin was quick to respond saying that russia is not unilaterally supporting the assad regime anybody that says that is simply wrong mr putin and president putin saying the common objective is for peace to prevail the annan peace plan must be supported are not expected to fail again president putin saying that russia will not act unilaterally with syria it is an issue that all major global players must work together towards peace and ultimately the german chancellor angela merkel echoing the russian president sentiment saying a political solution within the u.n. framework must bring peace and the global players to the negotiating table more details on that at r.t. dot com we'll be back in just a moment. two things i'm open to one takes is transmission since the break from the big thing haunts of this incident one remaining open channel will come from missing from trouble free from filters then back to back to the ship didn't like speak to cyberspace where battle just melissa make the jump to hyginus space challenging the establishment's grip on info

the questions is will democrats start making unilateral concessions? we've heard a lot of things about the democratic party but we have a little weakness which is the tendency to make unilateral concessions so just give things away and hope that people will love us better. and we now know where that ends. all right? did that work out so well last summer? all right. now, never let it be said that people can't learn, so today as we stand here president obama is not making unilateral concessions. he's sending the right message, and his message has been pretty loud and clear, pretty tough. no more extensions of the bush tax cuts for families making over $250,000 a year. that's the top 2%. none! [ applause ] and by the way, as far as i'm concerned, most people making over $250,000 a year is a millionaire. a millionaire is someone with more than $1 million in assets. a millionaire is not somebody who makes $1 million a year. somebody who has assets of $1 million. people who make $250,000 a year typically are worth more than a million dollars. $250,000 a year

when a nation takes a unilateral action like i referred to in my testimony, you can't counter that with another investment. so this treaty allows us to have certainty around those sorts of unilateral actions and the belief that we can resolve any conflict anticably and quickly. and that will help us with the certainty around investments and we will make that and that in turn will create more jobs. >> my time is up. thank you, mr. chairman. i want to pursue more of the argument and this was made by others in the earlier hearings in the committee and during the last hearing and former secretary of defense donald rumsfeld who testified against the treaty. so i raise the question, and secretary rumsfeld, how we deal with the situation and how american companies are testifying as we have today that without certainty they would not be prepared to invest the billions of dollars that are required and thus that would not be the creation of the jobs nor the degree of energy independence or the other attributes. his response, and i hope i have justice to it, he observed that while businesses alway

. >> sean: in other words, without the consent of congress through this unilateral executive order, president obama has made amnesty the official policy of the united states of america, and that's not sitting well with many republicans including the former attorney general of the united states. >> by choosing now to halt through executive order deportation of some undocumented immigrants, his decision to use a temporary fix looks like a political calculation to win hispanic votes and subjects him to criticism that he is violating his oath of office by selectively failing to enforce the law. >> sean: joining me now to discuss the legality of the president's action, the former special counsel to president clinton, fox news contributor lanny davis. so both of you i say this to me is about the constitutionality of what the president did much more than the substance. i think the country is very open on the issue of the dream act, illegal immigration. let's go back to september of 2011 and let's listen to the president's own words about whether or not what he did friday was even allowed. >> the not

he has essentially unilaterally written a major act of -- re wrote a major act of congress. it is like ordering congress not to penalize anybody who would not pay the capital gains tax. that would be a scandal and an outrage. >> colby, unconstitutional? >> can't say that prty clearly this is an executive order is subject to challenge by congress. governor romney said he had three years to do something and he did not do anything. money is wrong. congress and the president have been trying to -- romney it is wrong. congress and the president have been trying to enact the gmac for years. -- dream act for years. it has been filibustered in the senate by republicans. there is no reason for ramadi to take the pition that this is electi-year politics -- for romney to take the position that this is an election-year politics. you can do it to court or congress can override the executive order. but i cannot say it is on constitutional. justice krauthammer might, but i cannot rule on that. >> nina? >> i think it is probably illegal, unchallengeable by congress, who could override -- pr

he essentially unilaterally rewrote a major act of congre. it would be as a republican try to get people out of the catholic gains tax, it did not succeed, and he then ordered the irs not to c collect a capital gains taxes and not to penalize anybody who would not pay. that would be a scandal and an ouage. >> colby, on constitutional? >> can't say that trade clearly this is subject to -- can't say that. clearly, this is subject to challenge by the congress. congress and the presidentnt hav been trying to enact the dream act for least two years. several times it passed the house of representative only to get filibustered in the senate by the republicans. there is no reason for romney to take a position that somehow this is elelectionon year politics. that is not the case. if it should be chaenged, you can do it in court or the congress can take aion to override the executive order. but i cannot say it is un constitutional. justice krauthammer mike, but i cannot. >>? nina > - nina? >> it is probably illegal, and -- probably legal, and chall eng

the president has essentially unilaterally rewrote a major act of congress. the analogy would be that if a republican tried to get out of the capital gains tax, did not succeed, and then ordered the irs not to collect capital gains taxes and not to penalize anybody who did not pay it. that would be a scandal and an outrage. >> colby, unconstitutional? >> can't say that. clearly, this is subject to challenge by the congress. governor romney said that he had three years to do something and he did not do anything. romney is wrong. congress and the president have been trying to enact the dream act for at least two years. several times it passed the house of residents only to get filibustered in the senate by the republicans. there is no reason for romney to take the position that this is election-year politics. that is not the case. now, to be challenged, you can do with to the court, or congress can override the executive order. but i cannot say at it is on constitutional. justice krauthammer might, but i can't. >> nina? >> i think i.t. is probably legal, and un

when a nation takes a unilateral action like i have referred to in my testimony, you can't counter that with another investment. so this treaty allows us to have certainty around those sorts of unilateral actions, and the belief that we can resolve any conflict amicably and quickly. so my belief is it will help us with our certainty around investments. well will make more investments, and thattu

it's a unilateral move by the president to change u.s. immigration enforcement, which in effect, of course, changes policy, when you take about 800,000 people and you're not going to deport them. he said he's doing it because congress didn't and because he said, emphatically, because it's the right thing to do, raj. >> steve handelsman reporting live from washington. a lot of young people in the united states will benefit from this. thank you, steve. >>> today's announcement is being met with mixed reaction among bay area immigrant support groups. one group of activists actually staged a sit-in inside president obama's campaign headquarters in oakland. while the group was pleased with today's announcement, it said it just didn't go far enough. the group has been pushing for a federal d.r.e.a.m. act to give permanent residency to people brought here illegally as children. of they said they are also suspicious of the policy itself. >> we don't know if people are going to apply for this or they're going to be turned down and turned into i.c.

this is a very slippery slope and i do believe that we have to discuss this issue of unilateral sanctions in a systemic matter. what they mean and. what can be done you know to make sure that those who faithfully implement the international war would. the resolutions of the security go so should not just up the subject but the question of somebody else's. you know the weather example second pitchers and it was of the recent to the united states which was resorting to your you know little sensuous to buy this country severino as though you did exemptions visited it for a little occasion now unfortunately it be your view and you know this they can do to you and the becoming beginning to use ensures you know it's a little more and more soothing against syria but we'll see some of the cases it's so it's a trend which is. which is counterproductive in principle dealing is an international issue you need. to include. the swiss when you have difficult just to isolate that was that they should. know what's. wrong with the sister get out from commenting on the situation in syria and confirming her

department of labor led by secretary hilda solis, has unilaterally changed the method by which the media accesses the bureau of labor statistics job data. this unprecedented action has serious freedom of the press implications. let there be no doubt we appreciate the need for simultaneous release of this sensitive information. but that has been accomplished for more than a generation through a procedure that was much more effective, as effective, and more acceptable to the media itself. the abrupt nature of this change coupled with the absence of a clear explanation and a lack of public input raises key questions about who made this decision to implement this change and why? did that individual have the authority of law? as the committee has examined this, this isn't the first time the issue has come up concerning the labor department's reach into the bureau of labor statistics. you'll recall the bureau received $500 million in stimulus funds to train workers for so-called green skills. but an audit by the inspector general found the program to be an utter failure and represented a treme

now, the united states has the ability to lead in the coming age of monetary reform by uni unilateral of its monetary standard, namely gold. unilateral -- means that the united states dollar will be defined in congress in federal statute as a certain weight unit of gold, just as the dollar was defined from the birth of the republic, that is to say the coinage act of 1792, until 1971. the u.s. treasury and the federal reserve and banking system will be responsible for maintaining the statutory gold value of the united states dollar. now, what would such a financial world look like in the united states? first, all financial -- on banking agencies chartered or supervised under federal law that are payable in dollars shall be redeemable in gold at statutory rate without restriction. dollar demand deposits, for example, checking accounts will be redeemable in gold upon demand. but other dollar claims, of course, redeemable at maturity. second, along with customary bank notes and bank checking accounts, americans will be free to use gold and authorized mint-issued gold coins as money withou

however, as nato has removed 90% of the weapons unilaterally, the 180 or so b-61s hardly constitute a good position against the more than 2,000 russian weapons. when it let nato deploims into forces. nato asked do we need these weapons and not make it contingent on what russia does? another problem is that the ddpr is unclear when nato stands in the issue of negative security guarantees. it sounds like nato has documented a policy, but when reading closely, it appears that nato's acknowledging different positions of the three countries. the u.s. and the uk give the guarantees, france does not. such a policy is not a good foundation for nuclear posture. and finally, faced to ask the crucial question about the role of nuclear weapons, especially what nonstrategic nuclear weapons have fallen. it cannot provide the answer as to what appropriates -- nato still needs to ask appropriate for what. to have failed on that count is a real indictment of 18 months work. have a got time for -- >> a couple. >> don't ask me about the next steps and this is the really difficult question. because one o

bloodshed and turkey of course doesn't apply to all unilaterally but what is lacking here is this is turkey involved arming the opposition in syria today. turkey turkey doesn't take off but there are people all civilians and some soldiers or militias coming and going out from the warders but turkey doesn't accept that they're arming militias but i mean it is it is very difficult to find a settlement because there is a. difference of opinion within syria in terms of people and the international community so this is this is the sad aspect of the syrian crisis in libya at least there was a consensus to help people being massacred there but since there are some falls on this constance's now especially the russian government there is no law there's no reason to if i could go to brian there's a lot of consensus in the west ok about ending the regime in damascus is calling for regime change really is escalating the violence. well that's really what's behind the violence i mean the preponderance of fours was with the syrian government if it hadn't been for the outside interference the arming

go >>> this notion that somehow i can just change the laws unilaterally is just not true. the fact of the matter is there are laws on the books that i have to enforce and i think that there has been a great disservice done to the cause of getting the dream act passed and getting comprehensive immigration passed by perpetrating the notion that somehow by myself i can go and do these things. it is just not true. >> sean: believe it or not, that was president obama spea speaking only nine months guy about his inability to unilaterally suspend the depo t deportation of illegals here in america now in it an election year miracle there are seemin seemingly no end to the powers. he has ordered thjoining us isr alaskan governor sarah palin. i could play cut after cut of him saying that he can't do this but he did this last friday. what are your thoughts on this? >> i don't know if it is unprecedented power grab because we have seen him do this over and over again with other aspects of policy that he has mandated to the citizens of america with obama care and with usurping 10th ame

in the early two thousand the united states unilaterally pulled out of the antiballistic missile treaty signed in one nine hundred seventy two. shock regrettably it's possible but i think it would be a step back rather than a step forward to the probably got us of the reasons every time a security arrangement is violated the threat is expanding and never the other way around so i think that we need to do all we can invest all our efforts into the bolstering different security frameworks but i. must talk just recently about international law that every relationship needs to be based on a legal framework and that this is especially true of such a sensitive area as arms reduction i think it requires patience the political will is this you need to resist the temptation to take up the easy way stepping out of a treaty. but it's as easy as tearing a piece of paper. which of course. you've been involved in international politics for a very long time it may be just my perception but it seems to me that today's leaders are they are very young in the really lack the patients that you're talking a

cannot expect to declare unilateral sanctions every every time and expect the world to to put up with the hardship of the world carries on and does its own business and does what it's right for for its markets. right so you've painted a different picture to what everybody's obviously thinking is happening in iran in terms of the sanctions and in terms of oil by now if the united states is that they've promised that sanctions against any country that continues to buy iranian oil apart from the ways that it has made exempt what it did actually sanction china do you think. no the u.s. cannot sanction china because china holds three trillion dollars worth of u.s. bonds and dollars and china could quite easily get back at the u.s. . a different variety of ways that will happen also the u.s. market is the biggest buyer of chinese manufactured goods so that deal is not going to go down and if china and india refuse this it would have been a nonstarter from the from the very beginning so perhaps it would have been better for the obama administration to admit that it made a grave mistake but y

the general assembly will be meeting with the security council but he has said that any kind of unilateral action or intervention into syria would not go well would not be a success. if everybody in the international community was not behind it. but of course this led to slaughter in syria comes just before briefing to the un general assembly going on as we speak oh we expect anything concrete from the session well he is speaking as you mentioned to the general assembly now and then will be meeting with the security council in a few hours but what was clear through the words spoken by mr non he said that he must be frank that the plan that he put together the six point peace plan that calls for many things most important the ceasefire is not being implemented mr anon said that the crisis in syria is escalating the violence is getting worse the country's becoming more polarized and more radicalized he said when he met with president assad a week ago he had urged for for the leader to to to be responsible for the commitments he made to the six point peace plan and he said ultimately what hap

must act very swiftly before the circumstance in syria gets any worse he also said as i mentioned unilateral action or intervention into syria without consensus would not be a success and of course he will be elaborating on that when he speaks with a member of the security council in a few hours ok. thanks for that update. well to school on this crystal hole still who's been covering events in the region so is there a strong indications that how the massacre was carried out by terrorists. when the terrorists you know called off the annan peace plan that was in fact a joke they had never kept they have never stuck to it there are terrorists at work very clearly and very clearly they're sponsored from abroad openly saudi arabia has said that. turkey is involved people you know fighters come over the border from jardin from lebanon from iraq from turkey and that in fact the situation very much and there are kinds of media lies the most recent where we hear that eighty people were killed in the massacre well the same resistance group you know publishing this said a little later that they were ju

the european union's efforts to impose unilaterally aren't an admissions trading scheme, something we're very much in opposition to. we feel the appropriate forum to work through this is the international civil aviation organization and we've joined with many other countries to express our opposition and to make it clear to the europeans that we oppose what they're trying to do and are prepared to take action as necessary in order to respond to that. ikao is the appropriate forum and all options are on the table. what the europeans did, while supportive of the goals, this is entirely the wrong way to go about it. and we want -- the europeans know that. we continue to work on that. >> wouldn't having a legislative solution give you additional leverage in confronting the europeans on this issue, in dealing with it? >> i think the europeans are well aware of the universal opposition that exists in this government to what it is that they're trying to do and we continue to communicate that to them. >> at the same time, you've got this thing already in effect, essentially, and lots of american