this is not united nations. this is rejected totally. >> if you want to -- whether -- united nations or not -- be afford the -- historic decisions against -- decisions africa need now is now permanent member seat in the security council because this is our understanding. even if we are not talking about the united nations reforum. africa was isolated and persecuted. was treated like animals, was treated like slaves, was treated colonies, colonized and booked under the -- this country is african union deserves a permanent seat for the past. it's an outstanding -- like china and it has nothing to do with the united nations forums. this is a priority and high on the agenda for the general assembly and no one can say the african union does not deserve a permanent seat. who has the -- anyone can talk to me even right now, would argue with me. any proof that the african unit does not deserve -- or african nation does not deserve a permanent seat. no one can argue or no one can refute what i am saying. it is also impor

lydia's president is not the only one at the united nations today. president obama preceded him, addressing the national assembly -- addressing the general assembly and asking for a new era of negotiation. jon: in florida, waterlogged homes. will those folks catch a break soon? jane: have you seen this video? a little girl is smashed by that car there. she survived and is ok. how in the world did that happen? we will show you. jon: there is plenty of breaking news to tell you about, including a bus accident in phoenix and the search for a killer in illinois. harris faulkner has details for us from the breaking news desk. >> let's start with the bus accident, because people want to know right away. a school bus involved in an accident in the northern part of phoenix. one person has died. when you see these pictures, they are chilling. a compact car sliding into the side of a school bus and getting pinned underneath. as you guys were covering what was happening at the united nations, they were trying to extract two people out of that car, which has just

to advise the peace process and all efforts of the international quartet and its parties, the united nations, the european union, and the russian federation, and the united states. all of these active efforts and initiatives, which have been welcomed and supported by us and by the arab states, are however confronted with israeli and transitions which refused to fulfill the requirements for real launching. how is it conceivable that negotiations can be held on the borders and on jerusalem at the same time that is really bulldozers are working -- at the same time that israeli bulldozers are working to create a new reality and imposing borders for israel desires. how can anyone conceive holding negotiations without agreement on the terms of preference and the objectives and goals of these negotiations that the whole world have a agreed upon, namely ending the cessation of territories occupied in 1967, establishing the state of palestine with jerusalem as its capital, achieving a just and agreed upon solution to the question of palestinian refugees on the basis of resolution 194, 1948, and achie

united nations is a building and able to make those act by decisions by member nations. we in my view ignore it and walk away from it in our peril, especially in the 21st century, where interconnectiveness gives promise to those could be ignored in the post. no issue poses a more serious threat to our security and world, and it will be a main topic next week and beyond. the president outlined a robust arms control nonproliferation agenda in prague, and we believe that it sets the template of what we aspire to, moving to a world of zero nuclear weapons. we understand that won't be easy and it will be a generation aljen -generalization commitment, and we want to be on record and move our best efforts to move toward more effective nonproliferation and more effective cooperation, and toward hopefully arriving some day at that future goal. next week the president will chair a meeting on nonproliferation and disarmment. and recognize the importance of the nonproliferation regime and the role that the security council must play. the president has asked me to lead the u.s. deleg

welcome to the united nations headquarters in new york. i'm bret baier. president obama today told the u.n. general assembly here that america is seeking new engamement with the world, to find a global response to global challenges. senior white house correspondent major garrett reports on a speech that was heavy on criticism, including some of the united states. >> president obama's first speech to the united nations general assembly openly acknowledged past grievances against the bush white house >> but added the days of reflective anti-americannism in the world body must end. >> after all, it is easy to walk up to this podium and point fingers and stoke divisions. anybody can do that. responsibility and leadership in the 21st century demand more. >> to a degree, mr. obama legitimized anti-bush sentiments. >> part of this was due to opposition to specific policies, and a belief that on certain critical issues america had acted unilaterally without regard for the interests are of others. >> then mr. obama appealed for new diplomatic cooperation based on

good night, from the united nations. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- the war shepard: in afghanistan is said to be failing. plus, the united nations welcomes a dictator and desperate -- and a despot. he has called for the end of israel. we watched libya's leader embraced terrorists with open arms to -- we watch libya's leader embraced terrorist with open arms -- embrace terrorists with open arms. plus, new developments in qaddafi's battle to find a place to stay in new york. and what day it was in new york at the united nations. iran's president is about to take the stage any minute, and we will bring you a video as he does or says anything interesting. before his speech, he told the press that we are not pursuing -- "we are not pursuing a nuclear weapons program." but not everyone is buying that, and tonight there is talk of possible consequences. earlier today, qaddafi spoke at the united nations for the first time in 40 years, and good gr

today's united nations is really all about pressure on big polluters to make dramatic concessions. that puts both the american and the chinese president firmly in the spotlight. together, their countries are responsible for 40% of all global emissions. so all eyes on china's president as he arrived. until now, the leader of the world's largest population has refused binding pledges, blaming the rich west for historic pollution, but the chinese to worry about climate change, especially now they have overtaken america as talk polluter. the staggering pace of china's industrialization means their emissions will keep rising, but now, they are talking about limiting that arise. its president, the united nations increased energy efficiency so that emissions would grow less quickly than his economy. china's concession should improve prospects for a new global climate treaty at copenhagen in december. but for that, everyone has to give ground. >> president obama's agenda at the united nations switched swiftly from climate change to the middle east. he called on all sides to act with a sens

coming, special report will look at the general assembly at united nations. the u.s. is assessing each country amounts that are paid to and their ability to make the payment. the united states pays the most, by far, at 22%. japan is next at 16%. germany, the u.k. and france round out the top five, and together, those five fund more than 60% of the united nations operating budget. we'll be right back after this. >> we know the future will be forged by these and not simply words. speeches alone will not solve our problems. it will take persistent action. for those who question the character and cause of my nation, i ask you to look at the concrete actions we have taken in just nine months. bret: president obama speaking here at the general assembly at the united nations today interrupted several times for applause, but what about the speech overall and the message it sent to the world? let's bring in our panel tonight from washington. steve hayes, senior writer for "the weekly standard", juan williams, news analyst for national public radio and syndicated columnist, char

this does contain a flash photography. >> to the united nations. >> the president stresses his and merkel not scorn the idea up -- his united states will not scorn the idea of working with the world. presidents, prime ministers, dictators, in democrats hung on his words. he said he was humbled by the expectations his presidency has raised. >> these expectations are not about me. rather, they are rooted, i believe, and the discontent with the status quo that has allowed us to be increasingly defined by our differences. >> iran and ex-president ahmenijad listened intently throughout the speech. president obama said there had been a feeling u.s. acted alone, without regard, but as america changed, so must others. >> make no mistake. this cannot solely be america's endeavor. those who used to chastise america for acting alone in the world cannot now stand by and wait for america to solve the world's problems alone. >> from ps to prosperity, his agenda is an immense -- from piece to prosperity, his agenda is an immense. urgent problems keep crowding in. so, too, the appeal for help with those

the same united nations that cheered israel as we left gaza, the same united nations that promised to back our right of self-defense, now accuses us -- my people, my country -- of being war criminals, and for what? for acting irresponsibly in self-defense? for acting in a way back any country -- for acting in a way that any country would act? what a travesty. ladies and gentlemen, it is real justly defended itself against terror -- israel just lee defended itself against terror. this bias report provides a clear cut test for all governments. will you stand with israel, or will you stand with the terrorists? we must know the answer to that question now, not later. because if israel is again asked to take more risks for peace, we must note today that you will stand with us tomorrow -- we must know today. only if we have the confidence that we can defend ourselves can we take further risks for peace. make no mistake about it -- all of israel wants peace. any time an arab leader general -- genuinely wanted peace with us, we made peace. we made peace with egypt led by on our stock -- anwar

president ahmadinejad is also speaking to the united nations general assembly today. is is president obama's message to him about the wishes of the united states to engage with the government of iran that's in power today. >> here's a... let's just take one look at that because your question is obviously trying to go at what i said earlier. as the president of iran comes up and speaks, the world will view him different because of what happened in iran, and it's not just a coincidence. it's not just because president obama got elected and he gave a speech, but a series of things that happened that has opened up fissures inside iran. and he will be viewed different by the other bodies, by the other countries of that body. the president's point, as you know, october 1, the p 5 plus one will be meeting. his point is as the president laid out, there's a place for engagement, for... iran has a choice to make, whether they want to be responsible members of the international community and what are the enticements to be part of that or one that's more of a pariah. >> rose: well

his place, ad tearing the charter, ciming that the unit nations had rendered smaer nations powerless and sang swine flu waman-made. >> in may be one of thviruses that was created in the laboratory and has gotten out of control. was meant to be a milita weapon. >> no nch for the diplomats, but colone gadhafi's conversion is a victory for t west. bbc newsnew york. >> the spch at then genal assembly conrmed he was considering -- mrbrown said it nations neededo work togethe to achieve deep long-rm ambitn of a nuclr-free world. here's our defense correspondent,arolyn white. >>btain's nuclr dterrent, appalled -- powerful disinctive to any would-be atcker. this ian insurance poly at is firmly back at the center of political debate. the natio's nucar warheads mound on four submarines, able to sail steahily bbc's fothe past four yes. a weap that gives britain its seat at the top table not least,t the unite nations where gordon brown propod what he calls a gnd global bargain to kicked -- to kickstart mov. >> a nuclear weapon states must reciprocay play their part in reducing weapons as part of

the united nations should not forget it. the general assembly of the united nations should investigate and look into these matters. the prisoners of war were persecuted there. dogs were used on them. men were made love to. no one has done this before in previous wars. sodomy is unprecedented. in no previous aggressions or with prisoners of wars. there are soldiers that are raped in prisons by members of states of the security council. this is against civilization. this is inhumane. we should know the facts. up until now, 250,000 men and women are still in abu ghraib. they're badly treated, persecuted, rate. we should never forget. we should open an investigation for that. there's also be an investigation for the afghan war. why are we against the taliban. if the taliban wants to -- it is a religious country. it is peaceful. if the taliban was to make an islamic emirates, who said the taliban is the enemy? he is not the taliban. he is not afghan. they are neither afghan nor taliban. then why iraq? why afghanistan? i would enc

you can see here libyan leader moammar gadhafi making his way into the united nations. >> i just hope members of the victims' families and they can use the opportunity in a good way. >> again, he is scheduled to speak after the president of the united states. barack obama expected to speak at the u.n. in about 15 minutes. as we prepare for the speeches and whatever the fallout may be from the comments made from our president and from president gadhafi, we take a moment to take a look at the world in general. we take the water cooler stories in the news, and ask whether they are talkers or part of a larger trend. our guests, jonathan capehart and vicky. we begin with comedian will ferrell who is lending his voice to fight for health care reform. farrell teams up with other celebs to "protect the insurance companies." people are saying mean things about health insurance companies and their executives, and it's got to stop. >> these great businessman are american heroes. >> so why is obama trying to reform health care when insurance are doing fine making billions of dollars in profit? ob

that was quite something. >> it was not the craziest speech ever given at the united nations. it just ranks up there as one of them. qaddafi endorsing barack obama as the president of the united states. throughout the speech, qaddafi repeatedly called obama "our son" or referred to him as "my son," referring to his african roots. his father was born in kenya, and that is close to qaddafi's part. here is some of what he said about the president of the united states, referring to him as "my son," saying he is very proud of that fact and he hopes barack obama is president of the united states, he said, "forever." he said a lot more about the united states. he was the second speaker after the president spoke. he was delayed because so many diplomats wanted to shake his hand and talk to him and greet him when he sat just before his speech. shepard: there was so much in that thing. were there other points he wanted to bring out? >> i mean, where do you start? talking about jet lag, talking about moving the united nations someplace else so world leaders do not have to travel so far, t

as we call on others to help reform and strengthen the united nations the united states has to do itswe are paying our bills. we worked with congress to pay our dues in full and on time. thanks to the strong support of congress we have been able to clear u.s. arrears' to the u.n.'s regular budget and those to the peacekeeping budget which accumulated from 2005 through 2008. we will meet our 2009 obligations on the peacekeeping budget in full and in the fy 20 -- if the fy 2010 budget request fully funded we will keep up on both regular and peace-keeping accounts, and allowing us to start to move toward ending the practice begun in the 1980's of paying our bills to the u.n. and other international organizations nearly a year late. finally, we pushed for serious reform. the u.n. needs both a greater efficiency and greater effectiveness. each dollar must serve its intended purpose. it must be spent cleanly and wisely, be it for development or peacekeeping. we need peacekeeping operations to the plant expertly, deploy more quickly, budgeted realistically, equipped seriously, ably led when

he is at the united nations. what has the like -- what has the white house learned leading up to these meetings as they take stock of this nuclear issue? >> that a presidential election changing from what someone regarded as a unilateral president to a multilateral president has not increase the appetite or even low-level inclination of european nations, russia, or china to dramatically confront iran in its pursuit of nuclear weapons through the vehicle of enforceable, practical economic stations. the administration is not giving up but they hope that by this date, as the president indicated, that they would be a lot farther down the road to giving iran a fundamental choice about its future, economically and diplomatically, as they pursue nuclear weapons. so, they have to go back to the drawing board. megyn: if that is the case what is next for this administration? >> next is the p-5 plus one talks, talking about what their choices are. susan rice, the ambassador at the united nations, talk about that story on "f

. >> this as the president today at the united nations really laid it out there. this is his policy of engagement. let's watch. >> the time has come for the world to move in a new direction. we must embrace a new era of engagement based on mutual interest and mutual respect. and our work must begin now. we know the future will be forged by deeds and not simply words. speeches alone will not solve our problems. it will take persistent action. >> he's saying i came to you in the first nine months. look at what i have done. day one, i did guantanamo. i've taken these steps. now it's up to you, the world leaders, the world community, to step up to the plate. >> right. and the question is, he talked in his inaugural, andrea, as you remember about the unclenched fist that would be -- that would meet other powers. enemies of the united states like iran. well, the question i think nine months in is what does this president have to show for that policy of engagement? that's going to be put to a rather large test when it comes to iran and whether iran is seriously willing t

welcome to the united nations. >> thank you. my pleasure. >> i'm very honored. >> the topic climate change. >> 100 world leaders are meeting for a special summit. the head of the united nations general assembly. they hope to make progress leading up to guess negotiations on a treaty to curb global warming. >> all of us will face doubts and difficulties in our own capitals as we try to reach a lasting solution to the climate challenge. but i'm here today to say that difficulty is no excuse for complacency. >> reporter: the obama administration may be moving full speed ahead, but congress on -- progress on climate change has been slow. they congress passed a bill to reduce green house emissions but the senate is yet to act. global warming will be on the agenda when president obama meets with the chinese empty this afternoon. the two are expected to tackle trade issues and the nuclear standoff with iran and north korea. president obama's hectic day has meant wading in to the israeli-palestinian conflict. he met privately with benja

will the united nations stand by their side. well ladies and gentlemen, the jury's still out on the united nations. >> charlie: and here's a conversation that i had with the prime minister yesterday at his hotel here in new york. first of all thank you, mr. prime minister for seeing us. >> it's been a long time. i don't want to say how long. >> charlie: you've been out of power. do you see israeli issues, israeli palestinian issues, israeli arab issues different, having spent ten years away. >> sure. i see everything different. how? you get older, greater. probably i'd like to think wiser. and you think about what it is that you can do to make a lasting impact, difference. and you know, it takes at least two to tango in this particular dance. but if we see a palestinian leadership that is as committed to peace as the late anwar sadat did -- we're waiting for real peace partner. >> waiting to do what? >> make peace and peace means have you to have a basic reciprocity. and the question is really what is the basic problem. people t

we have a lot of friends in the united nations.portant frenemies use -- it use -- to use that phrase. he was talking to the vast majority of people who are not the few dictators who have been embarrassing themselves frankly. >> i agree they embarrassed themselves. i loved qaddafi. he talks like joe biden off his ritalin and he looks like mickey rourke after a hangover. sean: oh, jeez. >> i think the speech was fundamentally an embarrassment. the only defense of it that you can find out there is this was aimed at the russians to get them onboard with sanctions against iran. and if he actually gets that out of this, then that's a pretty good defense. the problem is that the things he was saying, all this sort of gulliver, the liliputian and apologizing for america stuff is stuff he has said many times before in cairo, berlin and on the campaign trail. times, my god, he actually believes them and they're not just words. sean: do you want a world without nuclear weapons? because i don't. i want a world with nuclear weapons. i want a de

united nations is a building. is not able to act in the absence of the decisions made by those member nations. we, in my view, it and walk away from it at our peril, especially in the 21st century, where interconnectiveness gives voice and prominence to views that could have easily been either ignored or marginalized in the past. few issues reflect the need for a global architecture of cooperation, more than nuclear nonproliferation. no issue poses a more serious threat to our security or the worlds, it will be a main topic of discussion next week and beyond. now the president outlined a robust and ambitious arms control and nonproliferation agenda in prague earlier this year. and we believe that it sets the template for what we should aspire to, moving towards a world of zero nuclear weapons. would understand that will not be easy. we understand that it is a generational commitment. it might not happen in our lifetime, but as long as nuclear weapons exist in the world, the united states will maintain a safe, secu

we pay billions each year to run the united nations., the police department spends about $15 million every year on united nations security, and another official tells us that the first two weeks of the general assembly last year cost the city $20 million. rick: unbelievable. where are gaddafi and ahmadenij ad staying? >> ahmadenijad is staying in midtown. gaddafi has been turned down by every hotel in the city and also refused permission to pitch a tent in central manhattan. he is going to stay at the libyan embassy, steps away from the united nations. he will have nypd production. -- protection. rick: the details of a bizarre case her life may have chillingly imitated art. rick: it is the bottom of the hour. here are the stories we're watching for you. a california rapper who sings about mutilation is now charged with the killing of a pastor. president obama has asked the governor of new york not to run for reelection next year. the governor's response, and why he is still in the race. and here from a man who pulled up a daring rescue.

talk about this resolution, eric. >> a historic day here at the united nations. the resolution calling for a world without nuclear weapons. this is the first time a president of the u.s. has chaired the meeting, but because the president has the security chair this month -- they have it on a rotating basis. the resolution is to try and strengthen the test ban treaty as well as the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. president obama said that one aim is to prevent a catastrophe. >> is one nuclear weapon exploded in a city, in new york, moscow, tokyo, beijing, london, paris -- it could kill hundreds of thousands of people and badly to stabilize our security, our economy, and our way of life. >> french president sarkozy did call on the council to take action against iran's nuclear development. jane? jane: not that i want to see more of muammar qaddafi, but was he there today? >> no. he was the 13th speaker listed on a list of 15 speaker, -- 15 speakers, and suddenly he is not here. we do not know why he is not here, and there is lots of disappointment that he did not m

will the united nations stand by their side. well, ladies and gentlemen, the jury is still out on the united nations. and recent signs, recent signs are not encouraging. rather than condemning the terrorists and their iranian patrons, some here in the united nations have condemned their victims. this is exactly what a recent u.n. report on gaza did, falsely equating terrorists with those they targeted. for eight long years hamas fired rockets, fired those rockets from gaza on nearby israeli citizen and citizens. thousands of missiles, mortars hurling down from the sky on schools, on homes, shopping centers, bus stops. year after year as these missiles were deliberately fired on our citizens, not a single, not one u.n. resolution was passed condemning those criminal attacks. we heard nothing, absolutely nothing from the u.n. human rights council on this named institution, if there ever was one. in 2005, hoping to advance pe e peace, israel unilaterally withdrew from every inch of gaza. it was very painful. we dismantled 21 settle

personality cannot change the united nations, rhetoric cannot change the united nations. the united nations represents governments, not individuals. there obama will run into the same problems that his predecessor countered when it comes to things like the middle east or climate change. >> there were a couple of things going on at this week. there was the public here, where everybody from obama to ahmadinejad, who spoke to a half-empty chamber, too gaddafi -- god knows what he was doing -- but behind the scenes there was a fair amount going on. it is not clear whether we really did get a concession from the russians that they would help on sanctions if necessary, but it is the first indication that we might have actually gotten that. >> progress, jeanne cummings? >> it is just the beginning. we are only starting out. we don't know how obama's relationship with the rest of the world leaders will be called. certainly were not pitching at hisead, which they used to do with bush. that is the change. but if you look at the specifics he was trying to bush, there might have been

a big week for the united nations.orld leaders gathering in new york for the annual meeting on wednesday. but more than 100 liters will attend separate meetings tuesday to address the issue of climate change and pave the way for deals for creag -- for future talks of copenhagen taking place in december. >> this week more than 100 world leaders will descend on the united nations. there is easily more fitter than substance that these annual gatherings, at least publicly. but on the agenda aren't some of the most of war and issues facing the planet. the meeting takes place at the time of global economic crisis, growing security threats and dangers climate change. >> the 64th united nations general assembly will be one of the most historic, crucially important general assemblies in the history of the united nations. when we are facing still challenges. >> those are continuing challenges. but this year there is also something new. >> a fellow citizen of the world. >> the u.s. president has pledged a more constructive relati

>>> tonight on "worldfocus" -- e united nations and says it will not investigate whether its military committed war crimes during the conflict in gaza last winter. we will interview a top israeli official. >>> we'll take you to moscow where there are now signs that josef stalin is being rehabilitated. the granddaughter of nikita khrushchev weighs in on the controversy. >>> and it's off to rome for part two of our "signature series," "preserving history." restoring ancient ruins is a noble goal, but who's going to pay for it? >>> from the world's leading reporters and analysts, here's what's happening from around the world. this is "worldfocus." made possible in part by the following funders -- major support has also been provided by the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. >>> good evening. i'm daljit dhaliwal. yesterday we told you about a united nations investigation which found that both israel and hamas had committed war crimes during last winter's war in gaza. today, reaction to

speaker, the preeminent responsibility of the president of the united states and even of this congress is to protect the national security of the united states. i believe that president barack obama's abandonment of the ballistic missile defense site in europe fundamentally betrays that responsibility. i am stunned that he does not seem to understand that and i am sincerely in fear that our children and our children's children may pay a tragic price for that betrayal. and i thank the gentleman for the time and would be glad to entertain any colloquy or discussions. . i look forward to the colloquy and i know the gentleman from missouri will add a broad view. i would recap the presentation that we have listened to which is precisely worded and precisely accurate a reaches conclusions that i don't think anyone can avoid this. as i understand this, we have been setting up the nuclear shield in poland and takes five years to set it up. and about the time the president spoke about this, there was a report that was leaked that maybe iran could be ready as soon as a year. and so, i direct attention to the "wall street

. >> president obama's united nations debut. he reaches out to the world, but he's wavering on afghanistan and the medicare board, regulators on an insurer who dares to criticize his health care plan. the journal editorial report starts right now. >> that we have a clear and focused goal to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-qaeda and pakistan and afghanistan. to achieve our goals, we need a stronger, smarter, and comprehensive strategy, to focus on the greatest threat to our people, america must no longer deny resources to afghanistan because of the war in iraq. >> welcome to the journal editorial report. that was president barack obama back in march, unveiling a new strategy for the war in afghanistan, what a difference six months makes. the administration now appears to be having second thoughts just as his top commander there says he needs more troops to avoid defeat. joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist and deputy editor. columbiaist anastasia and bret stevens and features editor rob pollock. you predict

>> first and foremost, what those at the united nations will get from the united states is a paner insuit of many of the goals which the president outlined today. i think he challenged the body to meet its responsibilities to the threats and challenges that we face with the type of action that is necessary to meet them. i think he laid out an agenda, part of which we will take up starting tomorrow when the president chairs the proliferation meeting at the security council. we continue our discussions on preventing nuclear weapons from landing in the hands of terrorists and the spread of nuclear weapons throughout the world. i think the president outlined many of the challenges that we faced. and in many ways, challenged those sitting in the auditorium to use the form of the united nations in a more constructive way. and to all work together to meet our own goals, to stop playing politics, to stop using this as a form to create political sideshows. instead, to meet our challenges. >> can you outline what sort of activity is going on here? talk about what is being done to get ready. >>

it is the responsibility of the 192 nation to capitolize on the responsibility that the united nationaffords to each of us. by building and strengthening partnership, we can forge a global incentive to all nations to cooperate and live up to their responsibilities united nations and this month's general assembly for this to work together and abide by international rules and security. i have in my office a picture of eleanor roosevelt, one of my particular heroins she is sitting at her desk working on something concerning human rights. i have said this before but channelling eleanor is not a bad idea. as was the resent book "the great expirement." we have to have effective global institutions. the we ignore it and walk away from it at our par ill. that could have easily been ignored or marginalized in the past. we believe it sets the template for what we should aspire to moving toward the world of zero nuclear weapons. it might not happen in our lifetime. the united states will maintain a safe, secure, effective deturnt cape ability. we want to be on record and do our best effort to ho

>> in principle, we should be introducing the courses and programs of the united nations. and of course we should be able to do that. but i think you need to understand the context of this and listeners should, that we are trying to introduce the basic principles of the universal declaration in a particularly difficult and highly politicized, highly charged political environment. and hamas is showing itself to be increasingly intolerant. so for the moment, things are on hold. >> and is the holocaust taught by other united nations agencies throughout the region? >> no. we're the only one who actually run schools in the region. we have 500,000 children in our school systems in jordan, syria, lebanon, west bank and gaza. it's not just in the palestinian territories that israel occupies at the moment. but what we're doing is introducing it as a compulsory part of the curriculum elsewhere to make sure there is a full understanding of where the universal declarations come from. >> andrew whitley, thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you. >>> finally tonight, our signatur

it is a great pleasure to be back in new york, back at the united nations after several years. i'm very grateful for all of the cooperation, for the way in which our delegation was received. last night we were at the lincoln theater, and we watched a movie made by oliver stone. made over the past month. the title of the movie already channels you're thinking. it is called "south of the border." and you will see president marsalis -- morales chewing coca leaves in the movie with oliver stone. as morales says, "coke is not the same as cocaine." you'll see the president of argentina in the automobile of general peron, and wahat she has to say about events in latin america. you will see the president of brazil in the guajida area of venezuela, working with us to raise up the indigenous people through core industrial projects. you will see fernando lugo obispo, a liberation theologian, living today in the home of president strasner. and you will see how a bishop became a president. you will also say -- see the president of ecuador in havana with raul castro. you will see fidel -- in

bret: forges night here outside the united nations. -- it is a gorgeous night here outside the unitedpresident obama told david letterman that he was not on his show last night just for the top 10. >> i would like to see that heart shaped potato. that is remarkable. this is remarkable. [laughter] thank you. >>what is your name? >> mary apple. >> is that your real name? [laughter] [laughter]

what about this heading into the united nations next week and a whole bunch of international action? let's bring in our panel from new york. rich louie, editor of the national review, and alex hen gan, columnist from news day. rich, we will start with you. the reaction to the iaea report first reported by the associated press and now the administration is absorbing that as it talks about its policy. what about this? >> the level of detail according to that a.p. report is quite shocking. it makes a mockery of that infamous december 2007 national intelligence estimate, which i believe and i think most people believe now was slanted by intelligence officers with a political agenda to argue that iran had halted their nuclear program, which is manifestly absurd, and the scandal here, bret, is that you have the head of this international agency who has been doing all he can to suppress this information, and trying to smooth over the worst parts of the iranian program because he appears to be as committed to stopping tough actions against iran as he is to stopping iran's nuclear program. bre

and we'll assess this week's united nations's report on the war in gaza, which charges that conduct by israel and the palestinian militants amounted to war crimes. joining us once again carla robbins, deputy editorial page editor of "the new york times," and david andelman, a former foreign correspondent for "the new york times" and cbs news, and now editor of world policy journal. good to see both of you. welcome to the program. >> thanks for ha >> what are the big stories this week, president obama's reversal on the missile defense shield for central eastern europe. give us your sense of what you think went into his thinking on making that change. >> well, really, i think a lot had to do looking at realities of the situation on the ground and the reality is that the missile defense plan -- missile defense shield as planned probably wouldn't have done anything. it would have been another one of these sort of abm systems that star war systems, if you will, never able to shoot down anything. the technology has been moving, there's no question about that. in political terms without quest

moammar ghadafi went on a rant yesterday, criticized the united nations, said the taliban should form its own territory and asserted the swine flu was created by an unknown military group. meanwhile, mahmoud ahmadinejad denounced the u.s. and all capitalistic nations and specifically took aim at israel. >> one that is based on the predominance of its materialistic interests to spreading inequality and oppression, poverty and deprivation, aggression, occupation and deception intends to bring the entire world under its control. >> should not be called the security council. it should be called the terror council. >> diplomats from many countries including canada and the u.s. walked out in protest during ahmadinejad's speech. >>> president obama will head to pittsburgh today to begin the g-0 summit. mr.obama is expected to tell world leaders that the global economy can't keep relying on huge borrowing and spending by americans and massive exports by countries like china. this is the third g-0 summit since the collapse of the global economy one year ago. >>> and another story we are keepin

i just wanted to say in defense of the united nations, that it is only as powerful as the powerful nations. the united states has not supported the united nations or any of the resolutions for the past eight years. now we are on track again and we are going with the whole world through the united nations which can help to keep international law and protect us from any kind of transgressions iran is making. and i just want to applaud the people who have the sense to be moderate about all of these issues and to look to the united nations and support -- as an upholder of international law. if thank you so much for c-span. i'm wondering if you are related by any chance to someone i have known many years in washington. host: no relation, but thank you for the comments. by the way, the 64th annual general assembly continues today. among those speaking in new york, the president of pakistan and palestinian leader mahmood abbas. a lot going on in pittsburgh as well as a the g-20 is focusing on economic policy with brazil and india and china, now official members of what began at the g-7, then expa

the need of the work in the united nations.stand they ought to be restricted to their airplanes, united nations and their offices and out of here. we are going to work diligently to bring an amendment to this bill and the bill to the floor to make a point to the world you cannot continue to behave this way. it is an outrage he is in this country. it is an outrage he is abusing hi rights to go to the united nations and it has to stop. >> congressman eric massa. e. >>> brian williams interviews continue on "nbc nightly news." donald trump, it sounds like their organization was duped. they didn't know it was going to be qaddafi. >> the trump associates say the property was leased on a short-term basis with middle east partners who may or may not have a relationship with qaddafi. maybe we will hear something soon on what their investigation or whatever their part in it is. we have other breaking news i want to tell our audience about. u.s. general david petraeus endorses stanley mccrystal's afghan assessment. which would call for a

obama at the united nations. he correctly says that we must not move ahead based on speculations, we must not unnecessarily accuse one another. tell me, what was done today, what exactly does that mean? they must not interfere in the activities of the iaea. they must give the iaea enough time to go check things out, prepare its report, and then provide the information to all the relevant bodies and organizations that are involved. it seems to me that what was done was a really big mistake. when the iaea report finally comes out, i am sure it will definitely feel sorry about their move. they will regret it and be regretting it more down the road. in the end of the day it is a very ordinary facility that is been set up. it is only in the beginning stages and we still have one month before that time, that deadline when we inform everyone and it is not a secret facility. if it was, why did we informed the iaea one year ahead of time and we have done a very transparently. >> president barack obama's this action by the

the united nations is a building. s not able to act in the absence of the decisions made by those member nations. in my view, we ignore it and walk away from it at our peril especially in the 21st century where interconnectedness gives voice and prominence to views that could have easily been ignored or marginalized in the past. few issues reflect the need for a global architecture of cooperation more than nuclear proliferation. it will be a main topic of discussion next week and beyond. the president outlined a robust and ambitious arms control and non-proliferation agenda earlier this year. we believe that it sets the templates for what we should aspire to, moving toward a world of zero nuclear weapons. we understand that that will not be easy. we understand that it is a generational commitment. it might not happen in our lifetimes. as long as nuclear weapons exist in the world, the united states will maintain a deterrent capability. we want to be both on record in to use our best efforts to move toward more affectiv

it seems to us that as today president obama was calling for a united nations and emphasized on the "nited," we all have to be able to come together and look at different ways to move forward, and iran has to be able to do that. they have to be a to wake up and get into the world community, move forward with the world community in lockstep -- they have to be able to wake up. they have to be able to come to grips with horrendous and horrible abuses to human rights, and that is, you know, the whole issue that is before us. greta: canada may have taken a tougher position having walked out before, but i might add that there are three americans being held there, and we had last night a wife on his husband is a former fbi agent, and there is no information, information that we would love to have, and many other friendly countries did not walk out at all, so there were some that stayed behind, were there not? >> i cannot tell levys stayed behind, because, obviously, which i cannot tell you who stayed behind, because, obviously -- i cannot tell you who stayed behind, because, obviously, i wal

insights. >> thank you. >>> to the global environment now, and a hundred world leaders were at the united nations today for a day-long meeting on the issue. the aim, to generate new momentum ahead of talks this december in copenhagen where nations will try to agree on a new treaty to reduce greenhouse gases. secretary-general ban ki-moon said failure to reach broad agreement would be morally inexcusable. president obama said that the threat is urgent and growing. and china's president said his country will continue to take determined action. >> translator: in the years ahead, china will further integrate our actions on climate change into our economic and social development plan. we will intensify our effort to conserve energy and improve energy efficiency. >> to hear them talk about climate change behind the walls of the united nations is one thing. to actually see how it is affecting the environment is quite another. and that is what we want to show you tonight. with a striking look at what is going on in tasmania, the australian island off the southeast corner of the continent. here's tony bir

that's what the united nations does. mahmoud ahmadinejad who this week has denied the holocaust has called for the destruction of israel, and the united states again. this is kind of old business for him. and i think merely giving him that stage legitimizes him. if the president wants to appease our enemies. honestly, who are we fighting in iran? who are we fighting in afghanistan militant islam. i know we can't say that in this country that's the enemy. that's what mahmoud ahmadinejad represents. gretchen: does it bother you that we give the dictators the platform to come to the u.s. and spew whatever kind of hatred they feel the necessary? by the way they are only supposed to speak for five minutes. >> blame this on our founding fathers. every time i turn on fox the founding fathers. these idiots. free speech. it's free speech. free speech is the worst thing that ever happened. >> best thing that ever happened happened. >> and also, you know, you go to a dog park and all these dogs would fight if they saw each other by

because a world in which iaea inspections are avoided and the united nations' demands are ignored will leave all people less safe and all nations less secure. in their actions to date, the governments of north korea and iran threat on the take us down this dangerous slide. we respect their rights as members of the community of nations. i have said before and i will repeat, i am committed to diplomacy that opens the path to greater prosperity and more secure peace for both nation it is they live up to their obligations. but if the governments of iran and north korea choose to ignore international standards, if they put the pursuit of nuclear weapons ahead of regional stability and the security and opportunity of their own people, if they are -eoblivious, then they must be held accountable. the world must stand together to demonstrate that international law is not an empty promise and the treatys will be enforced. we must insist that the future will not belong to fear. now, that brings me to the second pillar for our future, the pursuit of peace. united nations was born of the belief tha