if now, if not, for example, if the united states administration declares that we are ready to give visau.s. visa to go to united states for christians in iraq, i think -- i think at least 80% of what we have left of our population would leave the country to the united states. >> reporter: and what will that mean for the christian community? >> we are excluded. we are being killed every day. >> reporter: what will that mean for the number of christians in iraq? will there be any christians left? >> no, of course. the population is rapidly decreasing. >> reporter: he adds that the disappearance of iraq's christians would not be unprecedented. he points to neighboring turkey where a once flourishing christian community is now virtually non-existent. he says christians in places like egypt and the palestine are also leaving due to political pressures. >> if this, this superpower will stay ignoring what happened in the middle east i think maybe in the next 50or 70 years, the middle east will be empty from christianity. >> reporter: for iraq's christian community, which traces its roots as fa

the united states administration can only recommend to congress about these a 35 planes but there clearly, if you like some hedging that if it did not that it will come from somewhere else in the budget. i assume that part is not clear there the eighth fallback understanding on this so he can present to this cabinet that it is hell or high water the third elements is that they have been hearing reports that he is not as much focus on the territorial issues. they do not see it as walking back. it is very hard for a washington audience to understand this. i thought i needed to drill down what exactly the concern. israel believes that the main asset is the border and terceira asset. clearly, if your focus on security and borders, will the chips be useful on jerusalem refugees? netanyahu talked about progress on all fronts. everyone wants progress. everyone in this room was progress. the question is, what is doable? that is where you get into some people trying to get him not to use that phrase. is this a semantic point? it is semantic, the administration will live with it. those are the issu

united states? >> well, it is up to the united states' administration.are flag leading the most hostile policy toward iran. politically, and even infiltrating iran and sabotaging iran, supporting terrorist group in iran. so for any common purpose that talks to the normalization of relation with iran, the basic question is, so, what is the expectation of the united states? what they want? why they are so much hostile toward iran. i think it's up to them. iran is not going to be a country to be ordered, like some other countries, for the relation. >> the united states made an overture to have comprehensive negotiations on all issues with you, would iran accept? >> iran will very much welcome such a comprehensive discussion, which the reason for that is, we are interested to bring the tension down in the region. it is in our basic national interest as well. >> could you imagine normalization of relations with the u.s.? >> why not? why not? i mean, hatred and hostility is not authentic. we think we should have good relation with all countries in the world. s

i'm not sure that the united states is so weak i think the united states or the administration is footing itself in a weak position we are really facing now files nothing else but the files i read they call you written by you done kids who use the word bribery. it is really so ridiculous when you watch what's going on the hugh content piece but i see a sense who is here the superpower and who is the other one is well today is as isolated in the world as never before is the pending on the united states as never before not only the military but the above all politically is what has me crazy or tweets about this unfortunately is not enough and is we need so so the united states and this could have been used really to prove mold a set of events to push to get out of the occupied territories the squid have been done by a devoted administration american administration unfortunately barack obama is falling to any trip that i was putting in front of him two years we'll wasted to read the full nothing and i don't see any perspective perspective for the future fortunately so alan dershowitz we disc

rendition places in other words the image of the united states was one of torture the opposite of freedom or democracy and so now the obama administrationhas subjected the united states to a review a universal policy review and the rest of the world is taking aim at the united states and highlighting its flaws it's the facts in terms of human rights the formal position of the conservatives is that the united states can only be the judge it can never be judged that somehow it's superior to the people of cuba or venezuela or those countries that seek to be independent of the united states. let's now take a look at some of the top stories from around the world at least fifteen have been killed and eighty wounded after a suicide attack on a mosque in northwest pakistan the building may have been targeted because it was used by local and of the taliban militia the roof collapsed on hundreds a wash it was trapping many under debris and saw in a separate three people were killed after a hundred renee's were thrown into another mosque in the same part of the country. late eruption of indonesia's volatile mount merapi has left over sixty two lyi

rendition places in other words the image of the united states was one of torture the opposite of freedom or democracy and. so now the obama administration has subjected the united states to a reviewer universal policy review and the rest of the world is taking aim at the united states and highlighting its flaws it's the facts in terms of human rights the formal position of the conservatives is that the united states can only be the judge it can never be a judge that somehow it's superior to the people of cuba or venezuela or those countries that seek to be independent of the united states what an article i mean to live from moscow plenty have for you this hour including. it didn't take us very long to experience the extreme conditions this i'll be involved in this throws your way but if you know how to work with made sure to work hard at your survival you'll find that it has a lot find out what treasures are hidden inside we are here in just a few minutes. and he may be almost ninety but a man from southern russia has shown he still has what it takes to become a dad. is among the world's oldest father is and has already discovered he ha

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rendition places in other words the image of the united states was one of torture the opposite of freedom or democracy and so now the obama administration has subjected the united states to a review a universal policy review and the rest of the world is taking aim at the united states and highlighting its flaws well the formal position of the conservatives is that the united states can only be the judge it can never be judged that somehow it's superior to the people of cuba or venezuela or those countries that seek to be independent of the united states you are with artsy it's good to have your company today there is plenty more ahead for you this hour including. it didn't take us very long to experience the extreme conditions the sun been going to his terms your way but if you know how to work with nature and to work hard at your survival you'll find that it has plenty to offer find out what treasures are hidden in siberia that's coming your way you just a few minutes. well you may be almost ninety but a man from southern russia has shown he still has what it takes to be a dad automates not at all is among the world's oldest fathers an

reporter: there's no question the leaked cables are deeply embarrassing to the united states and the obama administration. in them, there were matters of the greatest global urgency. one cable has saudi arabia's king abdullah privately urging the u.s. to stop iran's progress towards a nuclear weapon. cut off the head of the snake, he said. which is not what he's saying in public. and there is plenty of diplomatic cattiness. one cable says russian president medvedev plays robin to putin's batman. another says french president sarkozy is an emperor with no clothes. another gossips about libyan leader gadhafi's voluptuous blonde ukrainian nurse who travels with him everywhere. >> at least one of my counterparts said to me, well, don't worry about it, you should see what we say about you. so i think that this is well understood in the diplomatic community as part of the give and take. >> reporter: but to experts inside and outside the government, these leaks are no laughing matter. >> what is at issue here are sources and methods. the people, the systems and the way and the manner in which we acquire sensiti

coming in now, our system -- the united states administration could only recommend to congress aboutthe past 35 planes. it could not mandated. and netanyahu understands how the congressional system works here. but clearly he would like some sort of patching that if it didn't work, i don't know if it's the equivalent airplanes or the equivalent amount of money for those planes would come from somewhere else in the budget i assumed that part is not exactly clear, but that they would be kind of a fallback cause -- a fallback understanding i should say on this so he can present us with a cabinet that is hell or high water he's got those points. the third element is -- is that, you know, they've been your report cited israel that netanyahu is not as much focusing on the security and territorial issue in some of his comments. i don't see it as walking it back. i think it's very hard for washington audience to understand this, so i myself but i need to drill down and understand what exactly was the concern. israel believes its main aspect is its border -- is its territorial aspect. that's w

the united states administration can only recommend to congress about these a 35 planes but there clearly, if you like some hedging that if it did not that it will come from somewhere else in the budget. i assume that part is not clear there the eighth fallback understanding on this so he can present to this cabinet that it is hell or high water the third elements is that they have been hearing reports that he is not as much focus on the territorial issues. they do not see it as walking back. it is very hard for a washington audience to understand this. i thought i needed to drill down what exactly the concern. israel believes that the main asset is the border and terceira asset. clearly, if your focus on security and borders, will the chips be useful on jerusalem refugees? netanyahu talked about progress on all fronts. everyone wants progress. everyone in this room was progress. the question is, what is doable? that is where you get into some people trying to get him not to use that phrase. is this a semantic point? it is semantic, the administration will live with it. those are the issu

because i think the united states believed, the administration believes that without, that is progress is critical for looking at the settlement issue differently. rob called it a light at the end of the tunnel will shine bright. and i think that's actor. i think that's where the administration thinks of the, they can convey to them, the palestinians what they believe where netanyahu is that, that they believe a settlement issue will look different, and, therefore, they won't be asking for another extension. so what are these non-textual issues that you could say are related to the text? one is to clearly to secure an extension, a vote of some type. so to keep the two from joining the six, it would be defeated eight-seven, but rather past seven to two. been conveyed in the last 10 days a desire to what i would call ramp up housing in east jerusalem. the east jerusalem is not a textual issue in the sense that don't have to be mentioned, just in terms of the moratorium are like the last moratorium in which eastern jerusalem is excluded no one is arguing about the text. there are doing is

rendition places in other words the image of the united states was one of torture but be the opposite of freedom or democracy and so now the obama administration has subject of the united states to a review a universal policy review and the rest of the world is taking aim at the united states and highlighting its flaws while the formal position of the conservatives is that the united states can only be the judge it can never be judged that somehow it's superior to the people of cuba or venezuela or those countries that seek to be independent of the united states. but up next it's a close up series as we continue to explore what russia has to offer. this week we travel to the tomsk region it's famous for the variety of natural treasures that have been preserved for generations deep forests clean lakes saw for the finest of siberian nature. enjoy the pleasures of the wilderness. the times square in southwestern siberia has long been known to be rich in oil and gas and the local economy has been linked with oil and gas and other related industries for quite some time but the local economy has a new growing and developing sector and that involves

united states. fortunately for kan, the obama administration has shown a willingness to help. >> thanks. >>> nhk world's political commentator. >>> japan's current account surplus in september was up by 24.3% from a year earlier. the rise is due to an increase in exports and marks the first increase in two months. the finance ministry released its preliminary report on tuesday. japan's current account surplus for september stood at $24.2 billion, up 24.3% from a year ago. this is mainly due to a rise in exports of autos and steel to asian countries. as a result, the trade surplus has increased $1.1 billion, up by 53.2% from last year. meanwhile, the income surplus was $14.5 billion, that's up 9.4% compared to that of a year earlier. >>> gold prices hit a new high overnight in new york, topping the $1,400 mark ever. this makes concerns that the federal reserve's monetary easing may force inflationary measures. at one point on monday, gold futures gained $100 or over 8% during the past month and a and a half. after reaching the $1,300 range in early september. speculators are pushing up the market. risk-a

. >> the trick for the united states and the obama administration is how do you ensure that you aren'tewarding north korea for its bad behavior? >> couric: tensions are highest along the 160-mile demilitarized zone. on one side, u.n. forces, including 28,000 americans. on the other, north korea, hidden in those hills are 11,000 artillery pieces aimed at south korea's capital. >> there are 22 million people in seoul, 100,000 american citizens. they're all in range of north korean artillery. right now you have a country sort of being run by a man who is in his 60s and has already suffered a stroke. now it's going to be turned over to a man who is in his 20, about whom we know almost nothing. >> couric: kim jong un will inherit a country in tatters. starvation is chronic, killing as many as two million people since 1990. a third of the country's 23 million are undernourished. >> given the succession that is unfolding before our eyes in pyongyang, i think what we're seeing are opportunities arise, potentially, to not only explore diplomacy with new figures in the regime but also to see if

in the united states my administration has worked to make government more open and transparent and accountable people. here in india harnessing technology to do the same as i saw yesterday in an expo in mumbai. the landmark information act is importing citizens with the ability to get the services to which they are entitled. [applause] and told officials accountable. voters can get information about candidates by text message. and you're delivering education and health services to rural communities as i saw yesterday when i joined a e-panchayat with the villagers in rajasthan. now and in collaboration on open government, our two countries are going to share our experience, identify what works and develop the next generation of tools to in power citizens. and another a example of how american and indian partnership can address global challenges we are going to share these innovations with civil society groups and countries around the world. we are going to show that democracy, more than any other form of government, too livers for the common man and woman to it likewise, when indians vote, the

in the united states might administration has worked together to make government more open and more transparent and accountable to people. here in india you are harnessing technologies to do the same perio. the information act is empowering citizens to get the services into a title. and to hold officials accountable. voters can get information about candidates by text message and are delivering information to world community's as i saw yesterday when i joined a celebration with villagers. in a new collaboration on open government, our countries will share experience, identify what works, and develop the next generation of tools to empower citizens. another example of how american and india partnerships can address global challenges, we will share these with civil society groups and countries around the world. we will show them that democracy, more than any other form of government, delivers for the common man and woman. likewise, when it ind indians v, the whole world watches. 700 million voters. there is nothing like it on the planet. there is so much that country's transitioning to democracy

. >> how good is the intelligence cooperation right now between the united states, the obama administrations really excellent and has been growing over the years, and because we face the same challenges and the same threats from these people, the corporation is very close. >> how powerful is al qaeda and the in the arabian peninsula? we learned about this arabian born. how significant is this group in yemen now? >> seems to be able to do things that they're not able to do in saudi arabia. and so from that context, their threat is not only on yemen itself but even on us and on you and the rest of the world. >> do they have -- they have bombmaking capabilities. we know that. how good are they? >> they seem to be quite good. what i heard described as these parcels that they sent on the airplanes, were so disguised that in england, for example it took them some time to discover it. >> as we're speaking, germany has gone on a higher state of alert right now. do you have inside information what's going on? >> i don't, but i'm sure there is cooperation as well between germany and the kingdom and o

attack dog darrell issa is on a witch-hunt to try to take down the president of the united states in his administration. he wants, death by a thousand hearings. congressman dennis kucinich is the man with the plan to stop him right in his tracks. he'll join nus just a moment and i'll have commentary. rush limbaugh, has this guy lost his marbles? he's attacking me because i called him out for his racist hit job on congressman jim clyburn. i'mf i've got something to say to the old rust ne"the playbook." >>> and sarah palin mama grizzlies' propaganda, folks busting at the gut last night. the worst moments as he tried to show us russia from her backyard. it's all coming up, stay with us. >>> this is the the story that has me fired up tonight. the brand-new congress the new members they're invading washington, d.c., and of course, folks, they're out for political blood. the republicans and their tea party henchmen don't take control of the house until january, but they've already got their lead attack dog on the hunt. darrell issa, out of california, is the incoming chairman of the government reform and ove

united russia maybe a change of leaders i guess it would be a very interesting combination. just. remind you that. the deputy. head of presidential administration said to united states may be next parliament will be fired but just. not for like now all that. speech that he gave in that video blah president is suggests in creasing the level of political competition throughout the country took us through practically how do you think he's going to stay down. excuse me ask the. president heard of in that video blog he talks about wanting to increase the level of competition in the political arena throughout welsher but how can he really do that on a practical level do you think. practical well yes not i guess have a few. new. ideas into legislation so for example it's about equal rights for. all the parties not on not. at all in part just in mass media. and now it's not so serious to take part in debates. among their. united. refused to or take part in debate saw. blood. to. now they have to take part in debates. now i guess it's interesting. a new idea. state duma all that idea made this change in legislation. they're out. of. least on the problem oh the elections will

united states. victoria coal cowski is an administrative law bandage the public utilities commission. tonight she told us she is humbled and relieved to say she is the winner. >>> i'm gratified and it is daunting. of course whenever one is the first person to do something you are a representative and a role model. the problem with being a role model, on the one hand it is great because it can be inspiring but there is a responsibility that goes with that that i take seriously. >> the final results came down to 9,500 votes with her edging out john creighton. she underwent gender reassignment in 1989 and was open about that. >>> cal osha is investigating after a tree trimmer fell to his death in concord. the initial review indicates that a man was tied to the tree and the rope was tang infield a woodchipper and chewed up the line. he hit his head on the chipper and was killed. it happened this afternoon. the coroner identifies the man as 33-year-old antonio barajas of concord. >>> five people have been arrested in connection with pepper spraying attacks. no one was seriously hurt. >>> a

administration. political leaders, democrats and republicans have all said that this is a bad idea. giving k.s.m. a platform in the united statesis keep the pressure on this administration just like with gitmo and like we have to try to get rid of the artificial deadline withdrawing troops from afghanistan. the president's policies are jeopardizing security and safety of americans. this is just one more decision where the president's lack of decisive action is making us vulnerable. >> >> this case is unique in a sense. i'm speaking as an attorney and also as an american because khalid sheikh mohammed has admitted and even been proud or flaunted that he was the mastermind behind the 9/11 attacks. given that, do you believe that we have the right to hold him forever, even if he is not tried? at least we know he wouldn't tried in a civilian trial. and perhaps released. >> i think if we put him through a military tribunal, guilty verdict will come back. he's willing to plead guilty to attacks on 9/11. even if we didn't get into this, into a military tribunal, i think we've got the rights and the leverage to hold this guy indefinite

the united states administration can only recommend to congress about these a 35 planes but there clearly, if you like some hedging that if it did not that it will come from somewhere else in the budget. i assume that part is not clear there the eighth fallback understanding on this so he can present to this cabinet that it is hell or high water the third elements is that they have been hearing reports that he is not as much focus on the territorial issues. they do not see it as walking back. it is very hard for a washington audience to understand this. i thought i needed to drill down what exactly the concern. israel believes that the main asset is the border and terceira asset. clearly, if your focus on security and borders, will the chips be useful on jerusalem refugees? netanyahu talked about progress on all fronts. everyone wants progress. everyone in this room was progress. the question is, what is doable? that is where you get into some people trying to get him not to use that phrase. is this a semantic point? it is semantic, the administration will li with it. those are the issues

united states was involved in this? >> the israelis could do this on their own. i'm sure the administrationof this attack. it's better than going to war with iran. the israelis aren't admitting it. for the iranians, they want to remain a mysterious force. and i think it was a brilliant operation, absolutely brilliant. >> roger, i hope i'm not catching you cold with this, but to the extent we were playing a role, would it be legal? >> whatever role we were playing would be legal because it was done under covert authorities. the issue is always whenever you launch an attack in cyberspace, the traditional way that we do covert action doesn't pertain. i said this was a cyber precision guided mutation. that is true. but there is collateral damage associated with it. you can't control things when they're launched into cyberspace. i guarantee you if you u.s. government did have a role, and i wouldn't be surprised if it did, that this was covered under existing authorities. >> on one hand that this is the way it played out and if it was successful and spared the united states or israel from launchi

united states was involved in this? >> the israelis could do this on their own. i'm sure that this administrations supportive of this attack. i mean it's better than going to war with iran. you know, and the israelis aren't admitting it. they need plausible deniability. for the iranians they want to remain a mysterious force and i think that it was actually a brilliant operation. absolutely brilliant. >> roger, i hope that i'm not catching you cold to this but to the extent that we were playing a role would it be legal? >> whatever role that we played would be legal because there would be done under covert authorities. the issue always is whenever you launch an attack in cyberspace, their traditional covert authorities, the traditional way that we do covert action doesn't pertain because i said this was a cyber precision-guided mission that is true but still collateral damage associated with it. you can't control things when they are launched in cyberspace. i guarantee if the u.s. government did have a role and i wouldn't be surprised if it did, that this was very much covered under existing auth

united states is only just beginning to go to. so it's a mixed picture, i think. >> rose: come to the united states and the obama administration. how do you assess the first two years? >> well, i describe in the book the unforgetable moment of being in washington just outside the white house on the evening obama was elected. and it felt almost like a velvet revolution it felt like a fantastic moment. >> rose: what did it is a, you think, the obama election. >> well, that the united states could elect this youthful, charismaticafter kwan american-- african-american with a ground campaign using new media, with great sort of social mobilization and with the flood of hope. reminded europeans of so much that they had admired and loved in america. which they had kind of forgotten. so enormous hopes were attached to that but i have to say, if you go back and read that chapter which is a miniessay i wrote a couple of days after his election, i already said i think he cannot meet these expectations. hope we must but the burden of problems he will face, both in theworld and in the united states, is so great that he will struggle to reali

former secretary of state and defense from both republican and democratic administrations, as well as our entire military leadership, you know, including seven former commanders of united states strategic command have all endorsed this treaty. and we've had excellent discussions with a broad range of senators in recent weeks, and will continue to work with our senate colleagues to ensure timely ratification. we continue to be focused on hurricane or tropical storm homeless, the storm whether -- >> we will break away from this event from yesterday as we told you, we would take you live now over to the renaissance mayflower hotel in washington, d.c., for the world affairs council of america's national conference. live coverage now on c-span2. >> we had a great day yesterday. [applause] >> we thank all the people who don't organizing and i think yesterday should also the power of the network. power of the world affairs council's, all about this great country. i also wanted to take the occasion this morning to thank our sponsors again because without them this would not be possible. the major sponsorship on, thomson reuters, the stanley foundation, contribute sponsors reag

the united states' always considered waterboarding torture. this administrationsiders waterboarding torture. is illegal and it's the end of that. >> congressman nadler, quickly, what do you think that the attorney general will do? will he pay attention attention to this? will he respond. >> he will not pay attention, he will not respond. >> okay. congressman -- >> and that is shameful. >> it is. and you say it's shameful, well doesn't that go right to the president's desk? >> well, that's up to him. >> congressman, good to have you with us tonight. thank you. >> thank you. >>> coming up, cariboo barbie is fighting big government with sugary sweets. what a mavericky way to shake things up. trouble getting around, i >>> and finally tonight, pennsylvania, well the state of pennsylvania's trying to make their schoolkids healthier and sarah palin, well she's not having anything to do with it actually fighting against it in a sense. during a center of a pennsylvania school yesterday she decided to protest the state board of education's proposed guidelines to curb unhea