that's a terrible example of a government that is not in fact following international law united states government is not threatened by syria not threatened by the syrian government the people the united states are not threatened now the united states government says we america because we're powerful have the arrogated to ourselves. the right to decide who will be punished who will be bombed that's not the road to peace that's that's a good point because considering you know even if assad did use chemical weapons as a last time i haven't seen any evidence to prove that but even if he was behind the attack was why does the us have moral authority to militarily intervene in countries when we retain we use chemical weapons during modern warfare right now i mean as i stated when i first came here i'm not here to defend previous u.s. policy on stuff again i haven't stated certain parts what i thought was false it was about the invasion of iraq based on false evidence. rhetoric you are talking to . the thing is we cannot just simply say that anything the united states does is just going to be bad i thin

it would appear the united states government has been taken in by the chinese government's nicety permr. mao's statement. why do you think united states companies and governments have gone along so willingly with what has been repeatedlrepeatedl y exposed as you have done today as -- >> because they make money. it's that simple. there was a famous bank robber in the 30s and he was asked why it was that he robbed banks. he misunderstood the question and he said because that's where the money is. we have created an environment whereby ceos support companies to meet their goal for return on investments to shareholders and must take advantage of this unregulated buy-in with china. we have regulation and the world's highest corporate tax rate and when i'm in california and i think we have got a personal federal income tax that comes close to france. we need to reform our rules. not force companies that we need to reform the rules in the niceties of the motivations are to technology and capital reinvestment in the united states. instead we have created an environment where short-term asaph

give me the precedent when the united states government has been held hostage so we kill a law -- >> ose will your words that the government is being held hostage -- >> for the last time -- >> who will negotiate with syria, with putin, with iran but won't negotiate with 50% of his countrymen. >> that's good rhetoric. >> that's the same thing you use. >> no. this isn't a rhetorical question. you said it happens all the time. you said in previous debates and fights over the debt ceiling. fair enough. has there been a time the congress held up the president of the united states and said kill the law of the land? say it's never happened before and say we're done. >> i don't know if it's happened before, but i can tell you this. the 18th amendment to the constitution was prohibition. which was repealed by the 21st amount. it was the law of the land and it was repealed. slavery was legal at some point. do you think that should still be legal today? is that what you're saying? >> well, you know the history, of course, of prohibition was passed after world war i and repealed under the democra

we don't need to take on the united states government problems and so all we want is what we need for training our firefighters. we don't want responsibility for anything else. >>reporter: the problem is the radioactive soil underneath these tarps. toxic waste comes from radioactive paint used during world war ii to make aircraft the dials glow in the

surveillance state the united states has created stalin would be envious of stalin even never had anything close to that what is the u.s. needed for that i mean i think the united states government quite frankly is trying to use this information in order to target those that it views as its enemy i mean right now they can say it's al qaeda but we saw during the height of the occupy movement the f.b.i. and department of homeland security colluding with private businesses and calling a peaceful protest movement criminalize movement so i think quite frankly this is a way like we say knowledge is power right so if they can control all the communications and all of the interactions between people over the internet and over their telephones that it gives them a tremendous amount of power to shape world events into the to the interests of the people who run this country a small elite who run this country and i think they're using this as an attempt to really have to maintain a stranglehold on power and the rights that they are eroding of people in order to keep this powerful system in place which is run by the pentagon i think it's very very scary what's happening but i think one hundr

surveillance state the united states has created stalin would be envious of stalin even never had anything close to that what is the u.s. needed for that i mean i think the united states government quite frankly is trying to use this information in order to target those that have views of its enemy i mean right now they can say it's al qaeda but we saw during the height of the occupy movement the f.b.i. and department of homeland security colluding with private businesses in calling a peaceful protest movement criminalize movement so i think quite frankly this is a way like we say knowledge is power right so if they can control all the communications and all of the interactions between people over the internet and over their telephones that it gives them a tremendous amount of power to shape world events into the to the interest of the people who run this country a small elite who run this country and i think they're using this as an attempt to really have to maintain a stranglehold on power and the rights that they are eroding of people in order to keep this powerful system in place which is run by the pentagon i think it's very very scary what's happening but i think one hundr

but if the united states congress does not fulfill its responsibility to pass a budget today, much of the united states government will be forced to shut down tomorrow. i want to be very clear about what that shut down would mean. with regard to operations that will continue, if you are on social security, you will keep receiving your checks. if you are on medicare, your doctor will see you. everyone's mail will still be delivered. and government operations related to national security or public safety will go on. our troops will continue to serve with skill, honor and courage. air traffic controllers, prison guards, those who are with border control -- border patrol will remain on their posts, but their paychecks will be delayed until the government reopens. nasa will shut down almost entirely. but mission control will remain open to support the astronauts. i also want to be very clear about what will change. office billings will close. checks will be delayed. vital services that our economy depends on will be hamstrung. business owners would see delays in raising capitol, or rebuilding after hurricane sandy. ve

we don't need to take on the united states government problems and so all we want is what we need forraining our firefighters. we don't want responsibility for anything else. >>reporter: the problem is the radioactive soil underneath these tarps. toxic waste comes from radioactive paint used during world war ii to make aircraft the dials glow in the dark. air force wants to bury it in the giant land fill the size of 7 football field 50 feet deep. soil contains a substance the epa says may increase the risk of cancer. congress requires the air force to clean up the toxic waste it's leaving behind. only then can it hand the land off to local. california department of public health says that's not legal. >> department position l about that air force will not be able to transfer the site to private or local due to our state law. >>reporter: originally the air force shipped some of the contaminated soil out of state to idaho and colorado. it decided to bury the rest right here. daniel is lecturer on nuclear policy in uc santa cruz and says covering the waste is a violation of california la

primary customer and then do industry franklin failed to devise a way for it to end but the united states government with the transcontinental railroad the internet was handed over to the public it developed a gps. the interstate highway system so there are times i honestly do believe government has a legitimate role but while long-term state owned enterprises not in anyone's interested you see what you will find corruption behind it. >> it appears that to be taken in the statement the think the united states companies and government have got along so willingly as others? >> it is that simple. there is a famous bankrupt in the 30's when asked why it was you love them and misunderstood the question and said that is where the money is but we have created the environment in order to meet their government of the return on investment must take advantage of this sun regulated environment because we have far too much regulation and when i and in california i think we have a in california i think we have a personal income tax that comes close to france we need to reform our rules so the motivations are to k

we don't need to take on the united states government problems and so all we want is what we need forg our firefighters. we don't want responsibility for anything else. >>reporter: the problem is the radioactive soil underneath these tarps. toxic waste comes from radioactive paint used during world war ii to make aircraft the dials glow in the dark. air force wants to bury it in the giant land fill the size of 7 football field 50 feet deep. soil contains a substance the epa says may increase the risk of cancer. congress requires the air force to clean up the toxic waste it's leaving behind. only then can it hand the land off to local. california department of public health says that's not legal. >> department position l about that air force will not be able to transfer the site to private or local due to our state law. >>reporter: originally the air force shipped some of the contaminated soil out of state to idaho and colorado. it decided to bury the rest right here. daniel is lecturer on nuclear policy in uc santa cruz and says covering the waste is a violation of california law. >>

starts in a few days and obviously becomes effective in january. >> your position is the united states governmentannot pay its bills after october 1st unless you kill the affordable care act. that's the deal. that's your deal. >> my position is that we should fund government and protect the american people from obama care. >> how's that different from what i just said? okay. let's go to congressman fattah of philadelphia. congressman, i think the congressman in his own way said the deal here is -- and i think the way the american people understand it -- that the republicans are saying unless you can kill obama care as it's called now, by october 1st, there will be no government by october 1st. that's the deal. >> two things to make clear. one is the president of the united states barack obama has never spent $1 or added one dollar to the debt that the congress did not direct he spend through an appropriation bill. so the question now is are we going to pay our bills? this is not debt run up by the president. this is debt authorized by the congress that we need to pay and need to do it before we r

discussing is whether a handful of right-wing extremists think it is appropriate to shut down the united states governmentget their way. we had an election. you know the one the election? a rock obama, by a pretty good vote. in the uniteds states senate -- barack obama. by pretty good vote. he gained seats in the senate. an independent. that was the result of the election. we had this debate. you don't throw kids off of health -- headstart and old wheels.ff of meals on i talked to police officers this morning who are putting their lives on the line to defend this country and the they are not sure they will get paid. we've got people in the military. you do not run a government on that basis because he can't get your way. i would hope very much that mr. boehner will work with democrats in the house and pass what we to keep the cr government money -- running. the debate about obama care is a good debate. i think it needs improvement. but you don't shut down the government to achieve the goal. host: will you be working this weekend and will the government shutdown, in your view? guest: you are asking the wro

we don't need to take on the united states government problems and so all we want is what we need for don't want responsibility for anything else. >>reporter: the problem is the radioactive soil underneath these tarps. toxic waste comes from radioactive paint used during world war ii toaircraft e dark. air force wants to bury it in the giant land fill the size of 7 football field 50 feet deep. soil contains a substance the epa says may increase the risk of cancer. congress requires the air force to clean up the toxic waste it's leaving behind. only then can it hand the land off to local. california department of public health says that's not legal. >> department position l about that air force will not be able to transfer the site to private. >>reporter: originally the air force shipped some of the contaminated soil out of state to idaho and colorado. it decided to bury the rest right here. daniel is lecturer on inicy in uc santa cruz and says covering the waste is a violation of california law. >> i had end to draft the legislation that is currently the law in california to how you h

united states a forum in between. the. cooperation between the yemeni government and the united states army in such a situation i think people would understand the united states army came to him in your money it's not to invade because such extremist group. would keep the takes on a daily basis maybe this is why i don't. have a history of it here all right thank you very much indeed for sharing your views with us political analyst dr albert thank you. caracas has declared america's decision to deny airspace to the venezuelan president is nothing short of an act of aggression nicolas maduro was very to china for a state visit when he was reportedly turned away from puerto rican aspace well then back to minnesota says its delegates could potentially be denied american visas ahead of a major u.n. meeting next week. as the details. venezuelan president nicolas maduro flight plan to china was denied that's according to foreign minister elliott how large he said washington per hit is the plane from passing through u.s. airspace over puerto rico forcing the world leader to find an alternate path foreign minister how why denounce th

but the government both of the state of minnesota and the united states government needs oprovide the kind of services that will turn these young men into productive law abiding citizens. >> and not leave them vulnerable to these situations of any kind. thank you both for being with us here. >> with pleasure. >> ahead on america tonight images from the dark side. keeping an eye open chicago's crime wave. a view behind the scene is next. gltion there is no let up in the gun violence playing chicago. we saw a playground shooting rampage this left 13 hurt along with a toddler. over the weekend, more shootings and deaths. it is a scene that seems to play out night after night in the nation's third largest city. and there is where we found a photo journalist, ken herslick. >> we're headed to what is left of cabrini green. low rises. somebody got shot in the leg. this could get a little bit dicey by the way. they got a crowd. what's that? stay with me if you can. i am ken herslick, i am ovideo journalist, i shoot news overnight for all the local television stations. get in get what you need

government i think the us involvement. would have a cultural effect on the yemeni people because they would consider the united states. for an in between. if there have been some cooperation between the yemeni government and the united states army in such a situation i think people would understand the united states army came to him in yemen it's not to invade your man because such extremists a group. would keep their on a. r.t. live here in moscow coming up reviving relations between iran and the u.s. president rouhani calls all obama to join efforts and work together to bring peace to the middle east party takes a for a look at just what they might have to overcome to achieve that. and a bleak future for europe twenty five million more people living in poverty in a dozen years from now that's the number estimated by the new reports which claims the aggressive financial cards supposed to shore up the news economy. a story still to come but first caracas has declared america's decision to deny airspace to the venezuelan president is nothing short of an act of aggression nicolas maduro was on route to china for a state

government i think the u.s. involvement. would have a cultural effect on the yemeni people because they would consider the united states a foreign invasion. if there have been some cooperation between the yemeni government and the united states army in such a situation i think people would understand the united states army came to him in yemen it's not to invade yemen and because such extremists a group. would keep their own attacks on a daily basis maybe. and coming up after this short break we're driving relations between iran and the yuan president there were many calls on obama to join efforts and work together to bring peace to the middle east takes a thorough lucca just what they might have to overcome to achieve that. and a really future for europe twenty five million people living in poverty in a dozen years and a dozen years from now that's the number estimated by new report which blames the aggressive financial cuts supposed to assure of the e.u. economy that's next. caracas has declared american citizen to deny as space to the venezuelan president is nothing short of an act of aggression nicolas maduro was on route to

government i think you us involvement. would have a cultural effect on the yemeni people because they would consider the united states as foreign in between. if there had been some cooperation between the yemeni government and the united states army in such a situation i think people would understand the united states army came to him in your money to invade your man because such extremists. would keep their own attacks on a daily basis maybe it's no secret that europe is in trouble with inequality unemployment and soaring debt alone spending a protracted crisis to combat european states have leveled an arsenal of a sturdy measures a tactic that has hit the most vulnerable the hardest we're now a new report suggests matters could get even worse with a hundred fifty million europeans potentially vulnerable to poverty in the next decade he spoke to the tally along from the charity organization oxfam which published that report and she said the idea behind us there and he is right the cuts target the wrong areas. our state is not really working the growth that we've seen it's very welcome it's really needed but it's not really aff

the united states government will. so should the united states extradite knox back to italy?l is "outfront." some people say if the most recent verdict in italy was acquittal, it was from a lower court. she had been convicted. that was the most recent. acquittal. why should the united states send her back? >> people say that's double jeopardy. in america when you're acquitted, you can't be retried. we live by that in the united states. this is the italian system. the italian system does not recognize a conviction until all appeals have been exhausted and the entire process is finished. and i will add, even in the united states, if you're convicted by a lower court and it goes up on appeal, the appellate court reverses and then the prosecutor appeals to the supreme court, it can get reinstated just like they did in italy. >> the reason that the united states should send her back, possibly should send her back in your view, the u.s. needs to respect italian laws and extradite people they want? why? we might want someone extradited here. >> this is a very important concept. iron

surrounding land, i know it has problems we need to take on united states government problems.nd so, all we want is train training our firefighters and don't want responsibilities for anything else. >> the problem is the soil underneath these tarps. the waste comes from raid yoi active used to make aircraft in the dark. soil contains raiden 226. a substance the epa says may increase the risk of cancer. the california department of public health says that is not legal. >> so department position on the mcclellan unit is that not able to transfer that site to a private entity due to our state laws. >> the air force ship smd soil out of state to idaho and colorado. it decided to bury the rest here. he says covering is a violation of california law. >> i helped draft legislation that is current lit law. facility would not meet those requirement autos the epa says it's all rate for the air force to bury waste here. >> it will stand the test of time. >> right now, the base is on federal land. congress mandated air fers turn it over. >> you know if the situation occurs where they conve

inspectors and yet the position of the united states government as expressed by the president is regimehange. assad has to go. how can you do both at the same time? partner with him to destroy the chemical weapons and at the same time be trying to get rid of him? >> first of all, fareed, the position of the united states has been and remains very clear and that is that assad must go. he has lost his legitimacy. he's gassed his own people. he's inflicted horrific violence on his country that spilled over into the region. there isn't a viable future for syria that is governed by assad. it speaks about the requirements and obligations of the syrian government. and that's an important distinction. whatever syrian government is there, near term or in the future, will have the same obligation to implement these commitments and this resolution faithfully. this is not specific to assad. it's specific to what is now the srian regime and those obligations would wind down to a successful government. >> there are reports that key rebels groups in syria, have broken ties with the moderate political

they will not be paid for the work they have down on behalf of the united states government of the the united states government is one of the largest contractors in the world. >> house speaker john boehner passed a measure delaying the affordable care act by a year. is there a responsibility on the senate democrats who control the chamber to engage in negotiations when the senate reconvenes. >> i think what the senate will do, and what they did is pass a clean resolution, meaning it will allow for the government to be funded. that will be sent back to the house to vote on. i think, yes, of course there should be negotiation, of course. to tie the president's healthcare reform bail, which is beaten to death. how much more can we belabour the point. tying it to it is irresponsible. they knew it would create a problem. this is politics. >> if the senate doesn't engage in serious negotiations, is there a danger to democrats that they are blamed for the shutdown as opposed to the republicans in the house for accepting what the senate passed on friday. >> i'll say this, not many on my side w

i am not an alley of the united states, of the government of the united states. there are countries that are allies that are procapitalist, proimperialist, and that's their right under the constitution, this is a freedom of thought, but have them spy on their own allies or spy on their businessmen. but the business in brazil, that's intolerable. you cannot accept that. and that's why it was a general protest in the world with these types of espionage. >> i want the ask 24 question now, and then get your response to it. the button on this section of our conversation for me, is this. the u.s. is your country second leading trading partner. shouldn't the two before working to improve relationships. i will guest your thoughts after the break. this is talk all al jazeera, we are back in a next. what happens when social media welcome back. we are speaking with bolivia's president. i asked you before we went to break, if given the trade relationship between the united states and your country, if more effort should be put into improving that relationship? what are your t

surrounding land, i know it has problems we need to take on united states government problems.o, all we want is train training our firefighters and don't want responsibilities for anything else. >> the problem is the soil underneath these tarps. the waste comes from raid yoi active used to make aircraft in the dark. soil contains raiden 226. a substance the epa says may increase the risk of cancer. the california department of public health says that is not legal. >> so department position on the mcclellan unit is that not able to transfer that site to a private entity due to our state laws. >> the air force ship smd soil out of state to idaho and colorado. it decided to bury the rest here. he says covering is a violation of california law. >> i helped draft legislation that is current lit law. facility would not meet those requirement autos the epa says it's all rate for the air force to bury waste here. >> it will stand the test of time. >> right now, the base is on federal land. congress mandated air fers turn it over. >> you know if the situation occurs where they say we wo

we have seen the justice department take the stand because the united states government has a clear goalt believe in too big to fail. as a result it is going after the biggest bank in the united states with everything that it pass. so i don't think that the united states government is going to be happy to simply pick up money. the government wants more than at. they want to see what happened. bankamerica. liz: i have to get in the last question. i am wondering, if we don't see some type of resolution zero reseda bank like jpmorgan really hit hard, does this affect the way of the nation's look at us and whether they invest in us, whether they buy our ditch? >> i'm not sure it affects the way that they buy are dead, but i do believe it affects the way that they do business. remember, if jpmorgan is cooperating and providing all the information that the government wants, what information on the providing? they're providing information about our account. there is no reason that we want that information revealed to the government. how do we avoid that? liz: striking a cautionary tone. thank y

united states. yes, the united states governments will doesn't trust the u.s. government. don't want to blame the u.s. government but the wall of mistrust is very high. >> i want to get to president obama's words. what has the reaction been out of tehran? >> well, they always welcome dialogue. they chose to elect a moderate president because they're sick and tied of dispute over iran's nuclear energy program. iran does not have anything to identify here. iran just wants respect and mutual understanding between these two countries. they want trust. iran would be more than willing to open it's nuclear program. iran has nothing to hide. the only thing that iran doesn't like is the so-called all options are on the table including military. the good news is that iranians were very happy yesterday when president obama did not repeat this rhetoric of all options are on the table. that's a good sign. we're hopeful that there will be cooperation with the united states. they miss this kind of good relations with the united states, but i don't think it will happen overnight as mr. ob

. >> the united states government now knows that at least 1,429 syrians were killed in this attack, including at least 4the 4the -- 426 children. this is the indiscriminate, inconceivable horror of chemical weapons. >> >> stephen: the united states has no choice but to attack syria because dictator bashar al-assad is killing his own people with chemical weapons. before he was just killing them with bullets, but if america cared about shooting people, we'd be invading chicago. [laughter] now, folks... [cheering and applause] this story... this story is slowly developing. we will have more on it one assumes. [laughter] but first, folks... [laughter] [engine revs] [cheering and applause] oh, hi. you just caught me practicing my favorite pastime, motoring. i don't really go anywhere. i just start the fuel-injected v8 under my desk and breath in the fumes. of course, what would american motoring be without general motors, which was the [bleeped]. by the way, this is... this is what happens when you take off your actual glasses. [laughter] and put on goggles. which was founded and the subject of th

in other words, the standard for having a security clearance in the united states government is you weren't convicted of a crime? >> neil: but i could see why he would do it from his perspective. obviously it negates whatever snooping the nsa is doing and all the cyberheads, under the guise of keeping us safe. it missed the culprits in boston and this. >> somebody has to tighten this up. if it was the first time we would say lesson learned. but something is seriously wrong with the way we're doing security clearances, background checks. >> neil: 3.5 million have clearances, to varying degrees, to get information. >> including people who shot up apartments, shot up cars, have had delusions. this is this guy's background. the first two, shooting up the car and shooting up the apartment were a matter of record. so we don't pick that up when we give somebody a security clearance? what the heck are we doing? are we asleep at the switch? >> neil: in the middle of this we have -- this is tragic and i give the president his due and say it's approaching debt limit and budget deadline and potential g

the position of the united states government, as expressed by the government, is regime change. to go. how can you do both at same time? partner with him to destroy the chemical weapons and at the same time trying to get rid of him? >> the the position of the united states has been and remains very clear, that is that assad must go. he has lost his legitimacy, gassed his own people, inflict ed terror on his citizens. now the resolution and the agreement doesn't speak about assad as an individual. it speaks about the requirements of the syrian government. that's an important distinction. whatever syrian government is there, near term or in the future, will have the same obligation to implement these commitments and this resolution faithfully. this is not specific to assad. it's specific to what is now the syrian regime and those obligations would trickle down to any subsequent government. >> there have been reports that some of the key rebel groups in syria, one led -- quite a large one, have broken ties with the moderate political opposition in exile and have cast their lot with

the chemical attack was accidental, the united states did it, the syrian government was framed and there'sof offered for these theories so far? nonexistent. but historically, that has not stopped conspiracy buffs. the united states has long been an incubator for grand conspiracy theories. jesse walker is the editor of "reason" magazine and is the author of the new book "the united states of paranoia." always good to see you. thank you for coming on. >> thanks for having me. >> first of all, how do scenarios like the one i just talked about in syria, how do these kinds of scenarios become so widespread so quickly? >> well, i argue in the book that even when a conspiracy theory says absolutely nothing true -- and there are real conspiracies out there. but even when it is absolutely nothing true, it says something about the anxieties and thto th people it appeals to. i can't speak about the conspiracy theories about the chemical attacks in syria. but i can say when you've had -- when people remember the absence of the weapons of mass destruction in iraq or if they have longer memories or paid

>> the united states government braces for a shutdown as the deadline looms for a new budget. new reforms proposed by the turkish government. a vote of confidence is land for italian parliament is another crisis engulfs the government. those are the latest headlines. thank you for joining us on "france 24." time is running out for the u.s. government to agree on a new deal. if a new deal is not agreed on the government behind the world's largest economy could shut down. that could mean hundreds of thousands of government employees would stop work. there would be delays in pension checks and many parks and museums would close. over the weekend, republicans brought the issue of health care into the mix. >> finger-pointing and playing the blame game on the steps of the u.s. capitol ahead of the monday night deadline for the government to cease operating. >> if this government shuts down, it is because the democrats that control the senate want to shut down the government because they have refused to even consider the compromise we have offered. >> democrats say it is the republic

let me ask you about the united states government. your view about the continued resolution, funding the government beyond october 1st. do you want that to happen or not? >> absolutely. we voted to fund everything but obama care. of course we want to keep funding the government. >> the law of the land. >> and we're -- congress, gets who gets to change the law of the land. congress. >> you're not changing it. you're simply defunding it. >> no. we're changing the law that grants the money to obama care. >> okay. let me ask you the same question i put to the others. >> the constitution gave us the power of the purse. we're exercising it. >> that's right. the congress passed by 218 votes obama care. it was also passed by the senate with 60 votes. it was a filibuster proof. it's the law of the land. my question to you is, list the other laws that congress has vitiated using the continuing resolution or the debt -- what other laws or programs has congress killed in the way you're trying to kill obama care. list one other case in history you

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the other people -- in fact, a good number of them -- also want to go further and say the united states governmenthould basically default on its debt if necessary to make sure that obama care as it's been called is destroyed. is that your view? >> no. i don't think shutting the government down, defaulting on our debt, not honoring our obligations to our military veterans and seniors does anyone any good. so i have disagreed with senator cruz. i think he has dialed up the rhetoric to a point where it's actually hurting the republican party. it's not good for our party. it's not good for america. but at the same time -- >> is he a fraud? is he a fraud? do you think he's for real or -- i think he's for real in a terrible way. a terrible way meaning someone who believes that my way or the highway to the point of destructiveness. and not exactly interested in republican government which is to represent the people generally and the government to keep it going. but you think he's a fraud? or do you think he's the real thing? a real -- well, radical's not a bad word for him, i think. >> i've said this bef