together seems to have been a major and vastly underappreciated achievement at only punt a united nations media so why don't you start. >> in response to larry's question, an excellent question and in response to todd's remarks, i see -- this may not make you happy. i see less dissidents between the three of us. i know you are pushing for some conflict. and i know that i have used the f-word, fascism. i am not going to be an election observer anytime soon. but it is clearly much more shot . a profoundly psychological thing is going on that is hard to grasp it is profoundly -- aspects of it are very difficult to grasp. it does not hit into -- all i can say is it is a profoundly irrational aspect. want to answer your question by saying that, you know, i am not saying that because there is an identity conflict this precludes a transition to democracy. i would disagree with taught in the sense that i think that when you have a disagreement over identity it is easy to manipulate people's fears. it is easy to manipulate their most basic concerns about where they will end up the system. it is up to le

together seems to have been a major and vastly underappreciated achievement at only punt a united nations media so why don't you start. >> in response to larry's question, an excellent question and in response to todd's remarks, i see -- this may not make you happy. i see less dissidents between the three of us. i know you are pushing for some conflict. and i know that i have used the f-word, fascism. i am not going to be an election observer anytime soon. but it is clearly much more shot . a profoundly psychological thing is going on that is hard to grasp it is profoundly -- aspects of it are very difficult to grasp. it does not hit into -- all i can say is it is a profoundly irrational aspect. want to answer your question by saying that, you know, i am not saying that because there is an identity conflict this precludes a transition to democracy. i would disagree with taught in the sense that i think that when you have a disagreement over identity it is easy to manipulate people's fears. it is easy to manipulate their most basic concerns about where they will end up the system. it is up to le

a fight over legroom on united nations -- united airlines flights this week has turned into a social media uproar. how did twitter judge the guy who installed the knee defender? find out next. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg week -- west." earlier this week united airlines grounded a flight from newark to denver after a fight broke out between two passengers. one man had installed a device called the knee defender, which prevented the seat in front of him from reclining. the woman whose seat was locked in an upright position got so upset she threw her cup of water at him. the fight did not end after the plane made an emergency landing in chicago and both passengers were kicked off. a passionate public debate about who was more in the wrong has broken out on social media. bloomberg television head of research eric chemi joins us from new york to talk about how twitter judge the argument. cory and i are completely split on this thing. he is tall, and i am not. i think this thing is completely obnoxious. >> you don't think it is obnoxious? the tall people like me who suffer. >> obnoxious to o

see, this huge fight of the children not only coming to the united states as opposed to what the media will have you believe. the united nations high commissioner for refugees reported that there was a spike 5% and applications in mexico and panama and costa rica and belize. 2013.s from 2008 and at the time we see a record number of children coming from the same region. that was another big red flag right there. we could've been doing something about it. most of the children's site fear of return as the number one reason. we are very concerned in terms of how it is being dealt with the locally. aboute a little piece mexico but i am not going to go over it. mexican children sort of are being omitted. mexico isd many ways, another country is plagued by violence especially along the border. not going toi was talk about it. i will leave it there. i want to get into the why and the what. why -- the recent triggers. i will not go into too much. besides violence and the rates of homicide and that manuel talked about, we also see the militarization, the approach that is taken in central america as well as within our borders as another

united nations official are backing the new nominee. >> we're also watching this developing story. russian media report a humanitarian convoy has left the moscow area for ukraine. but the red cross says it's unaware of any such admissii ai. >>> the french foreign minister says the convoy could be a cover-up for russian intervention. >>> israel and gaza are halfway into a three-day assess fire. so far we haven't heard of any vices on either side of the border. >> palestinians are using this cease-fire to repair power lines and get water running again. cnn's john vause reports on efforts to rebuild gaza in the short and long-term. >> reporter: just 72 hours to try and fix the worst of gaza's devastation. like the sewage pipes which have been spewing raw effluent for more than two weeks. >> we need water! to drink! >> reporter: to try and get water running again to thousands of homes. to repair transmission lines from israel up to seven hours of power a day now after more than a week with almost no electricity at all. aid groups are distributing mattresses, water, and basic supplies to last for jus

united nations that seems to hate israel. within hours, the israel-gaza cease-fire collapsing, pretty much the collective world media was blaming one country and one country only, israel. even in the united states, the skittish concern that maybe the israelis are overreacting, when, in fact, if you think about it, they're defending their border. something we're not too good at doing here. former nixon and speechwriter uber smart guy, economist ben stein does see a double standard here. what do you make of that? it is telling, i go through the media like you do every day, and i would say 99.99999% israel is a bad guy. what do you think? >> i know it is an amazing thing, there is a double standard. israel is not allowed to defend itself, if it's standing up for itself, it's committing genocide, the terrorists can launch rocket after rocket after rocket, after a cease-fire, they're fine, when israel tries to defend and strike back, they're not fine. the media consistently downplays or completely ignores the fact that hamas are storing rockets in schools and u.n. hiding places and endlessly blames israel as if israel is purposely t

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this huge spike of children are not only coming to the united states as opposed to what sort of the media will have you believe. the united nations high commissioner for refugees recorded that there was a spike in 435% of asylum applications in mexico, panama, nicaragua with a, costa rica and belize from individuals from these three countries and this is between 2008 and 2013. right around the time that we see the record number of children sort of, you know, coming from the same region. so that was another sort of big red flag that we could have been doing something about it. most of the children cite fear of return as a number one reason. and so we're very concerned in approximate terms of how it's being dealt with locally. i wrote a little piece about mexico, but i'm not going to go over it because i don't want to go over my time. mexican children are sort of being omitted from discourse, and so -- in many ways mexico is another country that is sort of plagued by violence, specifically along the border. i said i wasn't going to talk about mexico. i'll leave it there. and so i want to get into the why -- the why and the what. th

organization media and far left organizations may wish to do that but the metropolitan police force have a extremism unit which classifies organizations far right far left we have scripts like the national front who are extreme far right the me of the british national party who are far in the media all smack bang in the center so it's not it's not a nazi organization yes it's had its problems where we thought from within to keep nazis out of the organization britain doesn't really have the same similar problems across europe with neo nazis being as poor as powerful and strong as they are in other countries. blessed for that really but we do have a growing problem which will grow with islamist threat because when we take away any platform for a healthy center for a debate by labeling anyone who says anything is far right we actually drive and push people to the far right which is what we're hoping to do is open up a healthy platform and when you when you talk about hundreds brevik if you talk if you take his manifesto i think it's page sixteen hundred eighty three he described the english defense league as noisy force he said of what the two ideologies can never be reconciled and we beli

nationality russian ukrainian border. russia has dismissed as nonsense reports on social media that one of its arms patrol units crossed the border into ukraine the rebuttal was in response to the ukrainian president who boasted that the unit had been destroyed or there exists no russian military convoy that crossed the russian ukrainian border either at night or during the day let's hope the ukrainian army only destroyed a friend and not refugees or their own soldiers well the story was broken by a pair of british journalists working for the u.k.'s guardian in telegraph newspapers they posted on twitter that they had witnessed the incursion which happened at night as proof they posted pictures showing armored personnel carriers on a road at an undisclosed location during the day despite the severity of the claims and lack of evidence the allegations were taken at face value by a number of western politicians we spoke to political analyst and investigative journalists on the matter. but this invasion happened the ukrainians the nato would have been desperate to get video of this of food to graphs are up on the internet on

several occasions and so the media in pakistan also not very happy with the way they are being treated. the pressure on the government mounting indeed. >> the united nations is negotiating with syrian rebels for the release of 45 peacekeepers. the troops are among hundreds. they are talking to al jazeera. ban ki-moon said they are worried about the safety, but is opt it can that they'll be freed. >> the matters are going on. they are the armed groups. we tried to use all possible ways and means to talk with them. and we are also trying to get support from the countries, from when they have influence on the groups. so i'm more or less optimistic that they will be released. >> for more on the story, let's speak to mike hanna. negotiations ongoing to secure the release of the specie. but the al nusra front issued a statement on the peacekeepers. what do they say? >> well, indeed, yes, u.n. peacekeepers caught in a conflict in which they have no part. the al nusra front has released a statement. confirming that it is holding 45 peacekeepers at an unknown location. they have been held because of what it calls u.n. crimes against the syrian people. it claims th

media outlet had a before 1947. south the new york times opened its first bureau in the south. it was not united states. by most of thed national news media. of course, as we all know, it masks substantial discrimination that is actually still with us today. look at the inequality filters -- figures for african-american and spanish americans. we look at the incarceration rates. there are things that have improved over time and there have obviously been some gradual changes. the fact that we have a president of the united states that is in a white house built by slaves is incredible, incredibly ironic and interesting. the fact is, yes, we have lied to ourselves and the world about race and how we have handled that subject for the last century. for the last 50 or 70 years. brooklandville, maryland. rob come a republican caller. go ahead. are you there? to pennsylvania, democratic caller. you're on the air. think the biggest problem is that people believe what they want to believe. this is not the information age. this is the mint -- the ms. information age. i have had people tell me some of the crazy stuff about where obama was b

media savvy who are bringing their knowledge to the fight. >> dubois: juliana goldman in our washington newsroom tonight. the united nations said today the number of refugees fleeing the civil war in syria has now topped three million. more than one million have gone to lebanon. hundreds of thousands more to jordan and turkey. the u.n. calls it the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era. pro-russian rebels in eastern ukraine have pushed government forces out of a strategic town along the sea of azov, and ukraine says the arrival of russian troops made that possible. russian president vladimir putin today compared ukraine's efforts to regain territory held by rebels to the nazi invasion of the soviet union during world war ii. the ebola outbreak in west africa just keeps getting worse. senegal today announced it's first case, a student from guinea, at least 1550 people died in guinea, sierra leone, liberia and nigeria. the world health organization says the epidemic grew last week at the fastest pace since it begin. also today scientists say an experimental drug used to treat two american aid workers who contracted ebola

media reports indicate 1800 palestinian civilians has been killed in the conflict but united nations haven't been clear how many of those are terrorists. israel claimed it killed 800 combatants. hamas controls the ministry of health in gaza. it hasn't broken down the death toll and cause calls everybody civilians. that is not to -- militants can underplay how many of their fighters die and we're working constantly to get you accurate picture of this conflict. jon: jody air was is back in the headlines -- arias. believe it or not after a judge ruled she can represent herself in the penalty phase of her trial. can the convicted murderer convince jurors to spare her life? remember when she said she wanted the death penalty? we have a live report on that. >>> plus, crews gaining ground on wildfire in oregon but is mother nature about to stir things up again? the very latest. >>> it is primary day in several states. cot tea party make more inroads? log on to fox news/happeningnow and click on the "america's asking" tab and weigh in with your thoughts. (male announcer) it's happening. toda

media to film here. we are not allowed to show the screens. they track where rockets are launched in gaza where they will land here. >> and united nation shelter would've been had so many times if you have such good intelligence. >> we know where the fires came from. room we do not have any issues. sending information from command. >> israel now believes it can look to a long-term cease-fire. especially in the midst of a growing international outcry over the rising number of civilian casualties in gaza. achieving a lasting cease-fire requires of political and diplomatic solution. on that there is no agreement on the objectives or how to achieve them. sirens are not sounding. this column is welcome. >> while i think many israelis are disappointed because they the grand wanted victory and to end the hamas problem once and for all and secretly while he, they are happy to go back to their lives. >> life has not returned to places like this just 800 meters from the border. this 77-year-old never left. even when hamas fighters emerged from a tunnel that ended at the edge. beforele want to see it they bring children back with them that it is really a

media too. with everyone from the israeli defense forces to the united nations and human rights groups using their accounts to write the history of the conflict in realtime. there's also this report that the israeli government is offering scholarships to students to post pro-israel facebook posts and tweets to help shape public opinion about the conflict. and a report saying the hacker group anonymous has jumped into the conflict and started denial of service attacks against israeli government computers. this after a palestinian protester was shot while wearing a mask. amid all the fierce debates online, some of you are actually finding community, like the hash tag jews and arabs refuse to be enemies. we're pleased to announce the pair that started the hash tag have also started a facebook community, which has already surpassed 55,000 likes, and there's more to come. stay tuned. there's also a disturbing new game for phones that's just been removed from the google plus store. it's called bomb gaza. players pilot an israeli war plane over gaza and try to bomb what they're calling terrorists. accord

united states in media for having supported our struggle. he was south africa's first the macquarie -- democratically elected resident. i would like to thank the national press club for providing this unique opportunity for us to talk about to aountry's journey prosperous south africa. lot since theed a in 1994.reedom firm foundation for thriving democracy in a short space of time. among our key achievements is creating an open democracy and open society. ourselves in having a thatessive constitution inspires freedom and expression, that of the media. we are also proud of a well-established democratic as holdinguch elections successfully and transparently every five years. year we cast our ballots for the fifth time, cheerfully, patiently and in peace. agedemocracy has come of and a very short space of time. well in aso done unique society and improved quality of life. we have made enormous strides in expanding access to free education, housing, electricity, clean water and sanitation for pete all who did not have these . six close to half of the people are now in the middle to higher income bracket due to progressive transformation policies by the dem

we are talking to the national press club about a conference next year focusing on the events that drew the united states into war, including the media aspects of how things like the lusitania sinking and other events were covered. just as in europe, there is a lot going on. we have the luxury of going to a to, building to a crescendo of event in 2017, 2018, which will mark america's centennial of actual participation in the war. >> i'm curious if you got any feedback on this proposal. >> not specifically. i have been in touch with the district of columbia's historic reservation office and they have been supportive. the state historic preservation officer also sits on the national capital memorial advisory commission. that commission has signed off unanimously in support of this proposal. to that extent, the district of columbia has been heard. i believe delegate norton has spoken in support of the site, but we have not spoken specifically. it is a national park service site. the district of columbia controls the streets around it. but i've never heard of any opposition and i'd be surprised to hear any. >> other questions? i have one

media are reporting. we cannot independently confirm this. >> that's that israel has told the united nations that it believeshe ceasefire has now ended. we have put that to an israel foreign ministry spokesman. they say they have seen the reports in the israeli press. they say they can neither confirm or deny. it is said the military will respond when fired on. but as i say, it won't say what the ceasefire is over at this stage. i suspect that means there are contacts going on and maybe the israeli media even right about the what has been said in a private phone call but for now, foone wants to be the one to announce anything. i suspect international mediators involved. not just the u.n. but the u.s. and regional players are trying, rather desperately i would think now to see if they can get it back on track. >> james, stay there for a moment. i will come back to you. we want to get back to our correspond events we are losing communication with. it's a dicey situation. charles stratford joins me from hozar. an area that was previously too dangerous to go into. just tell us what you are seeing and hearing rig

united nations school in the northern gaza strip. >> that was scott pelly. >> television news has done a wonderful job. >> but jim, let me ask you. >> what about print mediaashington post, it was horrific and they have gotten better. >> jim, this would not have happen when hamas that is a terrorist organization was not firing indiscriminately into israel and attempting to kill the civilians and there would be more dead israelis if not for the technology of the israeles and the iron dome. shouldn't the pressure be put on hamas? >> and on israel as well. >> what kind of pressure on israel. don't they have a right to defend themselves on the attacks. >> i have often quoted a friend of mine, an israeli arab who once told palestinians who are arguing for the right to resist. you have the right to resist you have used so badly. israel forfeted the right. >> when you had the situation in the bunker with two israelis killed and then one apparently captured and we don't know his fate now. in response to that israel killed 150 people who had nothing to do with that bunker and nothing to do at all with the crime that israel said was committed and basically a conflic

united nations condemns the latest attack on the shelter calling it a criminal act. civilians in the east ukrainian city of lugansk forced to seek shelter from the military bombardment in basements and bomb shelters local media say one attack targeted people who were simply lining up for food. a record number of immigrants locked up in the u.s. in the last three years thanks to both a system that ensures and of power remain behind bars sometimes from. eight am in moscow good to have you with us our top story this hour israel's announced a seven hour ceasefire in most parts of gaza its plan to come into effect in three hours time on sunday an attack on a school run by the united nations killed ten people witnesses saying that many people were lining for food at the gates at the time the strike. israel says the incident may be linked to an attempt by the army to kill hamas link and gunmen as they drove by the un shelter shelling happening despite reports that the i.d.f. has winded down its campaign after destroying it most of the militants underground tunnels last week twenty people were killed in another bombing of a un school in guys. oh he definitely will never live at least likely. to get close. to the one

released these propaganda images today an social media after taking over an air base in northeastern syria. news out of the middle east, 43 united nations peacekeepers operating on the syrian side of the golan heights have been detained, according to the u.n. 81 more peacekeepers are trapped in that same area which is just across the border from israel. it's an area that is heavily land mined. yesterday fighters aligned with al qaeda-linked al nusra front, reportedly took control of the area. at least 20 people died in fighting there. according to an opposition information group. and in ukraine, president poroshenko is charging that's russian forces invaded his country early this morning. something that russia denies. poroshenko called an emergency meeting of his security council and canceled a foreign trip. the prime minister there warned the situation is getting worse. >> we urge the u.n. and the united states to frozen all russian assets until russia pulls back its forces. >> russian separatists are reportedly now in control of a strategic town in southeastern ukraine fueling fears that this could open a new front in an already deadl

for barack obama at the democratic national convention, and the media played that as though these two wings of the party were buriying the hatchet and now we're united. that was part of a deal that bill clinton and barack obama struck during a golf game in which bill said he would support obama in return for obama's support of hillary in 2016. so, it was a political arrangement that fell apart after the election when barack obama changed his mind and decided that he was going to keep his options open in 2016 and he has not backed hillary clinton and her march toward the nomination. >> host: part of that meeting you spoke about talks about president clinton's view of the meeting, one of the quotes from the book, it's partial from the book, saying that president clinton said i hate that man, obama, more than any man i've evermeter but the important thing to keep in mind that obama's decision to invite me for game of golf is a sign of weakness because it would place obama in my debt. can you add context? >> guest: i'd be happy to bill thought that by backing obama some giving that speech at the democratic national convention in august of 2012, he had p

national convention. the media played that as though this is two wing were burying the hatchet and now were united.that was part of s a deal they struck during a golf game in . which bill said he would supporm obama in return for obama's support of hillary in 2016. it was a political arrangement that fell apart after -- and he has not back eed hillary clinto and her march toward the nomination. >> and part of thast you spoke about president clinton's view i of the meeting, one of the quotes of the book, it's partial from the book, saying that president clinton said i heat f that man, but the important , thing to keep in mind is the wl decision to invite me out is a sign of weakness can you add some context to that? >> i would be happy to. bit thiol that by backing obama and giving that speech at the convention in august of 2012, he had placed barack obama in his debt. that's what happens in politicsb it's generally one hand washes the other.ma the trouble is bill clinton e washed obama's hand, but when i came time, obama reneged on the dial. according to my sources that were in the room with bill s

the united nations schools and hospitals and other such places still to come our documentary attack of the dead may stay with us. a closed little world that a lot of people in the mainstream media must live in they seem shocked and appalled at the fact that around forty percent of the weapons supplied to afghanistan have gone missing let's ignore the fact that while americans are going broke the u.s. must rebuild the afghan military and think for just a second what would happen if you set a lot of weapons into a country in dire economic suffering i'm sure you've heard reports that say that afghan farmers could only make a living off of poppy crops because they just have no other resort so if you throw a bunch of guns and ammo into the hands of people who have the career choices of poppies or starvation yeah that someone might be willing to sell some bullets to get by also we shouldn't forget that every government on earth has people in it working for their old self interests or others interests it is totally naive to think that every person involved in the process of transferring weapons will be loyal to the afghan government which seems to have been put in place by a certain h

, this video posted on social media purportedly shows a battle between syrian soldiers and rebel fighters. we have been unable to verify the authenticity. the united nations says the death toll in syria has at least doubled over the course of of a year. the u.n. human rights office estimated more than 191,000 people were killed between march, 2011 and the end of april this year. the brother of james foley is speaking out about the beheading if of the american journalist by militants. michael foley says the u.s. could have done more to try to save him. we have extensive coverage ahead on global reaction to foley's death, the hunt for his killer and an interview with michael foley about his brother. >>> and there's more coverage of the situation in ferguson, missouri, to come. later, we will hear from children everyone ferguson. what are their thoughts after what they've seen and heard? plus, is this convoy sending aid or russian aggressioning into ukraine? you tell them how much you want to pay, and they help you find a policy that fits your budget. i told you to wear something comfortable! this is a polyester blend! whoa! uh...little help? i got you! unh!

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united nations condemns the latest attack on the shelter calling it a criminal act. civilians in the east ukrainian city of lugansk forced to seek shelter from the military bombardment in basements and bomb shelters local media say one attack targeting people who were simply lining up for food. record number of immigrants locked up in the us in the last few years thanks to a vote a system that ensures hands of thousands remain behind bars sometimes for.

media. we had newspapers that reported it. we had people in other countries. we had things called the united nations, don't they talk about it when things are getting messy around the world. i think it shows a lack of a plan yet again by this administration on what they're trying to do. and they keep saying, well, we need to calm down. how much longer are we going to calm down ukraine? they're saying it's not an invasion. go talk to the people that are in ukraine and you tell me when you have troops rolling down your street with tanks if you feel that's an invasion or not. >> i appreciate the opportunity to disagree with you in person on everything you just said. i think social media does change the landscape here. not for politicians. not for global had leaders but for everyday people who now have access to a lot more information. isis literally has decaptation videos going around. they have their own facebook page. hamas had the same thing and in a sense people have more access to information and people thing it's more dangerous and precarious than it was before. >> but the fact that the white hou

of the united nation's report warns climate change could become irreversible if greenhouse gas emissions go unchecked. the report from the intergovernmental panel on climate change obtained by media outlets says human driven warming has already fueled extreme heat and torrential rains, estimators have risen 1.5 degrees fahrenheit since preindustrial times. the report says it gets to be possible to cap warming at the globally agreed upon limit of 3.6 degrees fahrenheit, it warns a continued rise in emissions could eventually cause an eight degree fahrenheit rise. that could prompt mass extinction of plants and animals and catastrophic floods. if global warming is to be adequately contained, the report says, at least three quarters of known fossil fuel reserves must remain in the ground. asthe new report comes activists are gearing up for what might be the largest rally for climate action ever, the people's climate march on september 21. organizers are hoping more than 100,000 people will take to the streets of new york city. more than 700 groups have endorsed the event, including 20 labor unions. the rally is scheduled to take place two days before global leaders convene at the cl