war and peace the united states has remained economically, politically and militarily engaged. unlike elsewhere in the world, peace and stability has never been managed by th the regionwie formal structure like nato and europe. that made sense because of the history, geography and politics. instead of the united states has taken a principled and inclusive approach and collaborated with a network of regional allies and partners to enable principles ensuring the countries can make choices free from coercion and intimidation and preserving the freedom guaranteed by international law. because we did so economic miracle left or economic miracle occurred. first japan and taiwan, south korea and southeast asia and now today, china, india rose and prospered. populations are growing, educationeducations improved, self-determination has spread, economies have grown more interconnected and military spending and cooperation are both increasing. america's interests and objectives in the asia-pacific have endured. we still want peace, stability and progress for all because the region has cha

the united states has been on the wrong side of history from the beginning of this. the united states has made its contribution since vietnam, at least, to the destruction of hospitals and civilian civilities, most recently in afghanistan. was it deliberate? i don't know. it was probably an accident. mr. roth's view, everything is certain and everything is deliberate. i am more problematic. look at what is happening in syria today. it is interesting. the russians and the syrian some months ago took back palmyra where the islamic state been chopping off heads in public, where it had lined up its victims and had young children, looked to be about 10, 11, 12, executed. reportedhuman rights that an protested that. in the syrians liberated the city. now palmyra is under siege again. the islamic state may take control of the city. what is the u.s. doing about it cap co this is what we should be asking. amy: your response? >> let me finish my point. you filibustered, let me make my point. he is not mentioned those old, and whether the same thing is happening in moz oh -- mos

>> the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. [ chanting "usa" ] >> and yet, the cool commander in chief of the last eight year s presided over the collapse of syria and the birth of isis, which gets us to a man with a much different temperament. >> i would bomb the shit out of them. >> how did one lead to the other? to understand why, you have to go back to the beginning of this story. chicago, 2002. >> when i look out over this crowd today, i know there is no shortage of patriots or patriotism. ♪ all we are saying >> a little known illinois state senator spoke at a protest against the bush administration's plans for a war in iraq. >> what i do oppose is a dumb war. >> that speech in 2002 is why barack obama became president. nine days later, hillary clinton and 76 other senators -- >> the joint resolution is passed. >> -- voted to give president bush the authority to go to war in iraq. >> it is a vote that says clearly to saddam hussein, this is your last chance. disarm or be disarmed. >> by 2008, the iraq war was seen as ameri

united states obstaining from the voting process. there are some complicated things that emerges. it is also trying to balance out this pro-israel stance that the united states hasin for a long time and start to think of the human right issues and perpetrated by the israelis government. and a very nuance position for the united states to take by making -- >> doing one thing and say another. >> and from the beginning reaction quickly from senior u.s. elected officials, tom cotton, has come in with this comment from arkansas. he said president obama is personal responsible for this anti-israel resolution. his diplomat coordinate the vote, yet, he does not have the courage of his own conviction to vote for it. this cowardly disgraceful action. it is the most anti-israel president. she was clearly outlining the reasons which that. it is something that republicans want to label president obama wi with. it is just apparently not true. >> there is more aids under president obama than any other presidents. he stood up for is - israel when it was attacked. and they now cannot do anything for at least the ten years. what senator cotton said is not accurate. it is fair to

raytheon would sell smart bombs but the united states has given support to the saudi that coalition thatas been bombing houthi rebels. the united nations estimates about 6% of civilian deaths in yemen have been caused by saudi led airstrikes. the team was on site at the aftermath of a funeral bombing that killed at least 140 people and wounded more than 500 others. flailing around on fire and we couldn't put it out until we got them on the street. people have been turned to ashes. it was awful. the attack, the u.s. government became concerned it could be implicated in possible war crimes in yemen is a bit support for the saudi led coalition air campaign. back in may, washington blocked the sale of munitions due to similar concerns. relations between the u.s. and saudi arabia have been strained since the iran nuclear deal. despite the white house announcing restrictions on some kinds of munitions, the u.s. has made record arms sales to saudi arabia during the obama administration. washington also continues to support the kingdom, military training and intelligence sharing. richelle: that

the united states has been sidelined in the latest negotiations and is not due to take part in the peace talks in kaz extent. once president-elect donald trump takes office in january, the u.s. will be invited to participate. >> there are increasing reports of cease-fire violations elsewhere in the country. here in rebel controlled -- it is holding. are committed to this cease-fire and to keeping civilians safe. but we are here on the frontline in case the regime tries to attack. we think this truce is a game but we are committed to it. reporter: similar skepticism in the face of this russia and turkey brokered truce. after all the syrians have witnessed firsthand how tita previous attempts -- ultimately crumbling. >> the people want a cease-fire so they can live in peace. it is not acceptable, it is not sincere. this army kills people. the government is shipping in militias from all over. >> the cease-fire is good. it is good to get a break from the planes and bombings and the death. we are tired. the battle may have dimmed since the truce came into four,, another weapon of still being

talking about sidelining the united states, of the united states has been involved they have also madeclear that they do not want to be a conflict party. just because russia is the patron of fear in the syrian regime does not mean the united states has to be the patron of everybody else. united states is voluntarily being sidelined. the nature of the u.s. elections and the fact that president obama is in a lame-duck phase and a new president is coming in on the 20th of january, it immobilizes the united states in a think it is legitimate to keep the united states out of this process. christopher: daniel from zenith magazine, thank you for talking with us. daniel: thank you for having me. christopher: to germany, where the investigation into last week's berlin truck attack is coming under intense scrutiny. german media say dr. officials knew that the prime spinet -- say that counterterrorism officials knew that anis amri -- they judged he was unlikely to commit an act of terror. meanwhile, police have released the suspect they arrested yesterday due to a lack of evidence that he was lin

settlements, precisely for the reasons that you have outlined in your introduction, that the united states hastly locked those effo rts states has consistently locked those efforts over the years. —— locked. but i think there is a realisation, it may be too little, too late, but there is a realisation in the obama administration that the stakes are very high. you have a two state solution is being dismantled, literally, on the ground. the possibility of a palestinian state is being eviscerated by israeli settlements. and you have an incoming american administration thatis incoming american administration that is entirely sympathetic to the settle m e nt that is entirely sympathetic to the settlement enterprise, to what is the most hard—core, right—wing israeli government in its history.” must say that the israelis, for their part, would say that the two state solution is being held up by palestinians behaving in a violent manner towards israel, that they feel under threat as well. yes, that isa feel under threat as well. yes, that is a talking point, i understand. but it doesn't hold up under

united states. i've come to washington, dc. the united states government hasbacker, providing intelligence, logistical and advisory support. billions of dollars of us weapons sales have been approved. after the funeral bombing, the white house announced an immediate review of us support, expressing serious concern about how the conflict is being waged. despite this, we've learnt that the us air force refuelled coalition jets the day after the airstrikes. in a four week period since then, us tankers flew over 87 missions, refuelling 386 aircraft with over 1.7 billion litres of fuel. indeed this is slightly higher than the monthly average support given by the us since the aircampaign again. there's also been growing pressure in congress about assistance. this representative serves as a colonel in the us air force reserves. he's been following the campaign closely. we're flying our tankers with us pilots, we're refuelling these jets of the saudi led military coalition and then they're dropping bombs. but if you look at the law of war in international law, you can

american embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem, that would send a very powerful message that the united states haso intention of conforming with this appalling resolution. >> and with respect to those countries, and i want to make one thing clear. had the united states vetoed that in the security council it would not have passed, but the signal has been made. can america undo the resolution? no, based on a new president. >> america cannot undo the resolution. >> cannot. >> but it can make those who try to apply the resolution, it can make them pay for it. america has a lot of tools in its hands, judge. 20% of the u.n.'s budget comes from the united states, and without it the united nations would be in refuse shape. >> and very quickly, you have high hopes for president trump and the relationship with israel? >> we do have high hopes. we have high hopes always with the united states of america. at the end of the day we have no alternative to america as our ultimate ally and the united states has no alternative to israel as its ultimate ally. there's no other country in this region technologically e

any other measures in response to what the united states has done? reporter: on that angelo-american school. that has now been denied. that was something that was briefed on out of washington. the russian foreign ministry and kremlin denied any action taken against the angelo-american school. that is relief to the parents and children of families here in russia that attend that. in terms of what else, i expect there are plans under way in the kremlin and in the foreign ministry to take other measures as well. again, we are in an unusual situation because normally the kremlin would respond strongly to this kind of action from the united states. again, very aware of the fact in three weeks, the situation in washington will change dramatically or could change dramatically. i suspect we may see a limited response to the latest sanctions. >> matthew chance in moscow. thank you for the reporting. >>> as we go down the line of what the sanctions include and what president obama has imposed. sanctions include two russian heart attack hackers on the fbi list

the motion passed up to the united states, in a major change of policy, refused to exercise its veto. the united states has been sending a message that the settle m e nts sending a message that the settlements must stop, privately and publicly, for nearly five decades. the main suspect in the berlin market attack is shot dead, but germany is still on a state of high alert. and the star wars actress carrie fisher has had a heart attack in los angeles. welcome to the programme. israel has reacted with anger, after united nations passed a resolution condemning israeli settlements on palestinian territory. it happened because the united states changed its usual veto policy and abstained in the vote. well, israel's ambassador to the un said that it was a shameful move, but the us said it had long argued against settle m e nt it had long argued against settlement building. the resolution specifically calls for an end to settle m e nt specifically calls for an end to settlement building in the west bank and eastjerusalem, settlements that are considered illegal under international law. the us and israeli ambassad

the united states has a lwa ys enterprise. tes has always aspired to play in leading role in resolving this conflict for decades upon end. it has always prided itself on not only aspiring to end it, but actually having a programme and an outline and what we used to call in the bush era a roadmap. while secretary of state kerry declared an aspiration, time has run out for them to think about implementing this aspiration in policy terms. so, there was no context. and when a great power aspires to a certain end state, but is unable to implement it, i think the net result is a weakening of the american role and a weakening of the role particularly in the eyes of the other players in the region and beyond. especially when this is all going to be changed, apparently, by president—elect donald trump. powell edifying is that for america as well, when the new administration seems to be completely polar opposite of what the former was? yeah, ithink opposite of what the former was? yeah, i think when the origins of the speech today go bac

tell them to do things and they are going to say, "yes we can do it because the united states want us to do things." it has to be in the interest and we understand that. the united states foreign policy has to reflect that. that is what diplomacy is about. one of the interesting points that you mentioned donald trumps list -- at least the list which he is seeking part of the cabinet or wants it is that there are a lot of military people there. i'm not against that. we need military people, but we need to understand that soft power, civilian control is critically important to america's goals. we don't have a large budget for diplomacy. we need a larger budget for diplomacy. we don't have a large budget for development assistance. we could use a larger budget for development assistance, particularly as it relates to developing democratic institutions. if we did that, i think we could help countries like china in a way that it would be in our national security interests, that's in our national security interests to allow china to grow as a stronger country as we want it to be, and it would be safer for the gl

israel has reacted angrily after the united states has allowed the un security council to adopt a resolutionemanding an end to israeli settlements on occupied palestinian land. the obama administration broke with longstanding american practice and withheld its veto, in a sharp rebuke of israeli policy. our state department correspondent barbara plett usher reports. ina rare in a rare show of unity, the un security council passed judgement on israeli settlements. 14 votes in favour. voting that they had become a serious threat to a viable peace deal with the palestinians. it was that conviction which led the us to withhold its customary protection of israel at the council, although not without much soul—searching. israel at the council, although not without much soul—searchingm israel at the council, although not without much soul-searching. it is because this forum too often continues to be biased against israel, because there are important issues that are not sufficiently addressed in this resolution, and because the united states does not agree with every word in this text, that the united

united states. western n balance europe still has better social safety net than the united states has, but the same issues that we have in terms of sustaining social safety net are evident in europe. host: 15 minutes left with marc western talking about his book, europe still has better social safety net than the united states has, but "an extraordinary time," the end of the post-war boom and return of the ordinary economy. kingwood, texas, a republican, go ahead, bob. aller: yeah, mr. levinson, i get your comment on i think you had mentioned unemployment was down. president obama did take advantage of that in his last press conference, but he said that unemployment was down. in fact, jobs are part-time not and a lot of people who are working are not working very much and their pay is the first thing. the second thing is with low zero st rates, with interest in the interest rates, of't that a false impression what our gdp is? for the last eight years we've interest rate and the economy can't do anything. o what are your comments on that? guest: we've had in this in try, serious growth full-time jobs

nevertheless, russia is vulnerable to cyber attack and the united states has the ability to carry out cyber attacks. >> we all wait to see what president obama presents in the report in the hours before he leaves office. matthew chance, thank you. >>> the u.s. navy waiting for china to return an under water drone seized in international waters last week. this two days after the chinese government promised to return it escalating tensions in the diplomatic effort. donald trump sending out provocative tweets accusing china of stealing the drone. saying the u.s. should let them keep it. matt rivers has more from b beijing. >> reporter: the seizure of the u.s. navy drone by a chinese naval ship played out over the weekend. we found out about it on friday. it was saturday when the ministry of defense in beijing confirmed what happened. said it would return the drone to the united states. then it was president-elect trump's turn to weigh in. he tweeted twice. the second tweet appearing more aggressive. saying the united states should let china keep the drone and not worry about getting it b

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expanding israeli settlements and champing a viable two state solution to end the conflict, one has to make a choice between settlements and separation. the unitedtates vetoed a resolution of focused exquisitely on settlements as this was the only factor harming the prospects of a tuesday solution. the circumstances have changed dramatically. since then, settlement growth has only accelerated. since then, multiple efforts to pursue peace through negotiations have failed. obama and, president secretary john kerry have repeatedly warned publicly and privately that the absence of progress towards peace and continued settlement expansion was going to put the two state solution at risk and threatens israel's stated objective to remain a jewish state and a democracy. in 2011, this resolution condemns violence, terrorism, incitement which also poses an extremely grave risk to the tuesday solution. this resolution reflects trends that will permanently destroy the hope of a two state solution if they continue on their current course. takingted states is not the step of voting in support of this resolution because a resolution is too narrowly focused on s

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state solution that would end the conflict. one has to make a choice between settlements and separation. in 2011 the united states vetoed a resolution that focused exclusively on settlements, as if settlements were the only factor harming the prospects of a two-state solution. the circumstances have changed dramatically. since 2011, settlement growth has only accelerated. since 2011 multiple efforts to pursue peace through negotiations have failed. and since 2011, president obama and secretary kerry have repeatedly warned publicly and privately that the absence of progress toward peace and continued settlement expansion was going to put the two-state solution at risk and threaten israel's stated objective to remain both a jewish state and a democracy. moreover, unlike in 2011, this resolution condemns violence, terrorism and incitement which also poses an extremely grave risk to the two-state solution. this resolution reflects trends that will permanently destroy the hope of a two-state solution if they continue on their current course. the united states has not taken the step of supporting this resolution

position of the united states remains clear and i have reiterated that in past weeks and in the past 24 hours. and with senior officials from russia, ka -- qatar, egypt. what united states has been warking towards for some period of time now, under difficult circumstances, that if some parties don't want to move in that direction, it becomes very hard to secure a cease fire. what we want in aleppo right now, the precursor to move to other thing social security an immediate, verifiable, durable cessation of hostilities that includes all attacks by the regime, allies, and other combatants in aleppo. we have been working for hard on that. we worked on that in hamburg where we reached some measure of agreement. considerable measure of agreement, but were not able to secure every component of what was needed in order to move forward. we want safe passage, corridors for evacuation, that were beginning today to see take shape. but we want to see those for both civilians and fighters who choose to evacuate the city. we want full access for the delivery of humanitarian supplies for people in need throughout syria. and with these steps, we're convinced the killing and the suffering i

at the united states has not suffered anything like eastern europe and russia did. that is living memory. putin is the son of survivors of leningrad. just a butte -- brutal 900 plus day siege. people need to remember that, that what russia went through. that's the first time in terms of big invasions. you have the mongols who occupied for three centuries doing everything you see isis doing today. fear of xternal invasion is a palpable narrative in russian internal politics. it is not fake. they view nato, rightly or wrongly. hey think nato is an existential threat. fear is driving some of their behavior and their political leadership believes it themselves and exploits that for political gain. they want to defend the russian people. they want to defend mother russia. ukraine is part and parcel. the idea of efending against an external fear is very real in their mind. there is also pride. russia was a great power starting with peter the great all the way up until the fall of the romanov dynasty and the russian revolution. it was a great power and a great empire and y

israel has reacted angrily after the united states has allowed the un security council to adopt a resolutionemanding an end to israeli settlements on occupied palestinian land. the obama administration broke with longstanding american practice and withheld its veto, in a sharp rebuke of israeli policy. our state department correspondent barbara plett usher reports. it was that conviction which led the us to withhold its customary protection of israel at the council, although not without much soul—searching. because the united states does not agree with every word in this text that the united states did not vote in favour of the resolution. but it is because this revolution reflects the facts on the ground and is consistent with us policy across republican and democratic administrations through the history of the state of israel that the united states did not veto it. the israelis had managed to delay but not prevent the vote. they felt betrayed by their ally, especially angry about condemnation of their construction in occupied east jerusalem. construction in occupied east jerusalem. who gav

united states military understandably the united states military -- wishes to sustain its status in our society. which is to sustain its prerogative in simple terms wishes to sustain the exceedingly high level of defense spending that has come to be routine. that doesn't preclude the possibility, however, of members of the officer corps. particularly those who have served in the greater middle east over these recent decades of coming to some thoughtful, critical conclusions about whether or not what we're doing is working. i don't know. what happened in these internal conversations? my hope is indeed my bed bet is that there may be serious thinking going on within military circles, you know now that we're facing this new trump administration i think one of the questions is, will our next president, is he the kind of guy who was willing to sit down with our four-star military leadership and to -- and to be open to what they may have learned as a consequence of our recent wars? i hope he would be -- open doesn't mean defer. open doesn't mean do whatever the generals want. but open means a willingness to think anew rather than simple lil continue down the same path. >> laura your question or comment for andrew. >> oh, hi

the united states has just below 7,000. no other country has more than 300.t's a remarkable difference. is there an argument for expanding the arsenal? >> i'm trying to understand the trump doctrine and what it truly is. if he has one and i think he owes it to the american people and the world to explain what that is. to your point, you raise a few moments ago that we have quite a bit of nuclear arsenal. when you look at the capability through submarines and so forth, russia has the same thing. that's pretty clear. >> he was up front about his attitude long before election day. anderson cooper was asking if japan and others should build up an arsenal. here's what he said. >> at some point we have to say you know what, we are better off if japan protects itself against this maniac in north korea and if south korea protects itself. saudi arabia, absolutely. >> you are okay with them having nuclear weapons? >> not nuclear weapons. they have to protect themselves or pay us. they have to pay us or let them protect themselves. >> before we have to go, let me get yo

what is the practical implication of the united states secretary of state coming out and speaking the way he spoke yesterday about israel? >> well, this hasship in a few different ways. on one hand, the united nations security council resolution which set this in motion, by the way, didn't really do anything particularly new from a legal standpoint, but emboldened the palestinian leadership to say the position they have been taking, refusing to negotiate so long as settlements continue, they feel they have more legitimacy with that position and that's why they're going to continue on that path. we heard from the palestinian authority president, he came out saying they're willing to resume negotiations so long as israel ceased all settlements. on the international stage, and this is something john kerry defended in his speech yesterday, saying the united states has consistently tried to block efforts to internationalize this conflict or to address it in other internationalfora, but now the palestinian authority perhaps feels emboldened to take the issue of illegal settlement construction to legal courts to try to seek compensation for pale

james clapper has listed cyber security as one of the main threat areas that the united states faces.nk it will be interesting to see. i do think donald trump underestimates our cyber capabilities. the united states has one of the strongest cyber arsenals in the world. where we are a little weak is in terms of our defense and vulnerabilities, and that is due to the nature of how we vulnerabilities there are. internetan access the from our nuclear facilities to our hospitals to our computers at the pentagon, they are all potentially targets. that is the nature of the threat. emily: would donald trump be inclined to retaliate if the russians intervened on his behalf, i guess is my question? it will be interesting to see how he weighs and assesses the credibility of what the diligence agency is offering dan. pinpoint attribution for a cyber attack, you have to be confident and where it is coming from and a lot of times states like russia and china youth third-party actors -- use third-party actors carried out. i think you could see donald trump perhaps taking retaliatory action because h

the congress as far as the united states is concerned -- your perspective on what needs to happen now in terms of the palestinian-israeli conflict? states, in the united it has become clear to me that israel is not an issue that we can even discuss any longer when trumpve president-elect and would be president clinton talking very much in the same form. and in the republican party, democratic party, the line is pretty much the same. what has become clear to me as someone who lives in palestine, the u.s. is no longer relevant any longer. what we need to begin to do is focus on all of those other countries and pushing for divestment, pushing perceptions, pushing for boycotts of countries all around the world just in the same way the south african apartheid movement ended up pushing for end of apartheid, ended up going around the u.s. and pushing legislation through a different -- three different countries around the world. it has become apparent to me that the u.s. has been an obstacle for decades now and the only way forward is to go around the united states, rather than try to go through the united states. amy: i want to ask you about david friedman, donald

mistakes -- the that the situation he has made.ing the belief on the part of many of our friends and allies that they can no longer trust the united states or count on our guarantees. progress inr reversing obama policies. but secretary cheney -- mr. vice president -- you are someone who has a long history of being very precise in your words, in your thinking, in your analysis. i am not aware of any time you have said anything casually. [laughter] now, barbara. [laughter] barbara: at least i cannot recall. where was that air force general you fired? well, that was another story. we will get to that later. so let's hear it. you hear this casual language. tweeting "i'm anti-that.or see this, seriously, what concerns does it cause you, if you were sitting with him and could give him some advice about all of this? about language, about meaning of words? what would your advice be? sec. cheney: well, first of all, i am not sitting with him. barbara: would you, a fast -- if asked? sec. cheney: certainly. if the president of the united i wouldsked for guys, be happy to advise barack obama. but he never asked me. [laughter] [applause] so again, l

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the united states has done much than that historical benchmark, better than other countries around theorld. and that is because of a range of policies. one of which i would highlight on the next slide, which is, within a month of taking office on february 17, 2009, the president signed into law the recovery act, which was the single longest fiscal measure the gdp had ever done. other fiscalny measure to respond to the great depression. of people lot realize, we did not finish there. after that, we did 12 subsequent pieces of fiscal legislation, including payroll tax cuts, unemployment insurance, support for homeowners, investments and infrastructure, but together added up to those orange bands, which along with stabilizers, brokered larger fiscal response and a faster response than you saw in other major economies in the world. the monetarynt to policy response, the financial rescue, which was not popular at the time. but we have gotten every dollar back and more that we put into to thek and saved financial system. and then the loss potential he of the one million manufacturing jobs, n

the motion passed up to the united states, in a major change of policy, refused to exercise its veto. the united states has e nts sending a message that the settlements must stop, privately and publicly, for nearly five decades. the main suspect in the berlin market attack is shot dead, but germany is still on a state of high alert. and the star wars actress carrie fisher has had a heart attack in los angeles.

while we have these growing tools available to us, you know, united states has been very reticent to cause you don't know if it will have the desired effect, if it will have a boomerang effect. we saw in the context of the united states and iran, there are reports that the united states perhaps with israel, launched a cyber weapon against iran. and it jumped through the iranian network, and that became much more visible than perhaps the perpetrators intended. so yeah, we are still in a kind of brave new world here. and we have tools, but i think we're worried about making sure that they have the desired effect. >> so you have those worries on the side of cyber warfare side, and i wonder, is there also concern, is president obama hamstrung to some extent, not wanting to impose things that can frankly be undone by the trump administration? >> i think the obama administration has recognized the growing threat of cybersecurity and has taken some steps. as your lead-in piece showed, this is an area that so far the president-elect has kind of been very dismissive of. i think as one element,

united states, donald trump pressures the white house to change u.s. policy toward israel. >> and aleppo under control. the syrian regime says the city has supporters celebrate in the streets. >> live from cnn world headquarters in atlanta, welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm george howell. >> and i'm natalie allen and this is "cnn newsroom." ♪ >>> it is 3:00 a.m. on the u.s. east coast. first to germany where police there may have broken up yet

>> the situation that the united states has created for the world americana. the united states will be the defective guarantor for states unable to defend themselves. i think that is a fundamental vulnerability in the current international system. the international system has grown too dependent on the power of a single state. a single state that is 5% of the ourlation of the planet and economic output is shrinking. both of those are shrinking. we havee, the message sent to our allies is, don't defend yourself or don't feel a primary obligation to defend yourself because of the united states will do it for you. an interesting thing has occurred in europe over the last 6-8 months. on the mere suggestion on the part of mr. trump that he will , the mereticle five possibility that donald trump will become president of the united states has invoked a measure of caution and hedging on the part of other countries. they are thinking seriously about defending themselves. i would never have recommended this process to arrive at that end state. if the average military spe

furthermore, the united states has the world's most capable and deadly arsenal. we are on track to spend $1 trillion to sustain and modernize in some ways upgrade our arsenal over the next 30 years. so if donald trump wants to expand that, he's going to have to find ways to save money or to sacrifice other important defense priorities. we are already spending more than we can afford, more than we need for our nuclear deterrent. >> we have also spent decades in an arms control process that's reduced nuclear weapons by, what, 75, 80%? >> yeah. about 80% since the height of the cold war in the late 1960s. the process began with ronald reagan and mikhail gorbachev with verifiable arms reductions. each country has just under about 5,000 total active nuclear weapons in their arsenal. as i said, about 1,800 deployed at any given time. so those numbers far outstrip countries around the world. the french, 300. the north koreans, about a dozen. the solution to stopping proliferation is not to threaten or hint at a new nuclear arms race that would cost more money and that e

which the united states has opposed since 1967. the obama administration is, in fact, the first administration to only allow one u.n. security council resolution condemnation of israel -- >> mr. ambassador, in that sense, do you believe the obama administration has been a supporter of israel or has been very anti-israeli, even some saying anti-semantic towards israel? >> an objective look at the policies -- i no longer work for the government, but this is probably the friendlyist u.s. administration israel has had. the iron dome, which was the anti-missile battery system, in terms of protection in the u.n. this has been an incredibly supportive administration. there's been tension at the top. the prime minister and the president don't get along but u.s./israeli relations are better today than they've ever been before which makes prime minister netanyahu's war of words against the president so unusual. >> let me play you this sound bite. the ambassador speaking about the u.s./israel relationship which you also referenced. >> we hope

united states abstained its vote, allowing it to past. israel's prime minister blasting the move, saying the u.s. failed to protect israel. john huddy has more on the firestorm. what can you tell us? >> reporter: from the united states, lers let me, the west bank, christmas are already under way. the response to this has been swift, divisive, particularly from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who spoke a short time ago repeating his comments calling the resolution, quote, shameful, but also adding that he believes the resolution will be, his words, revoked, not by us retreating from the territories but by us holding our ground with the settlement. clearly he's taking a hard line approach. as for the text of the resolution, it passed 14-0 with the u.s. abstaining, breaking america's longstanding policy, as you mentioned, uma, of protecting israel at the u.n. many agree a parting shot from president obama at prime minister netanyahu after, as we know, a history of strained relations. the resolution demands that, in particular, israel cease all settlement activities in the occupied palestinian territory including east jerusalem an

duterte has been you called the trump of the east and he has threatened to suffer ties with the united states. but after the call with trump, mr. duterte said this. saying trump says he's doing it the right way, keeping in mind that duterte has been criticized for extra judicial killings. human rights watch has called the war on drugs abusive and has resulted in the deaths of 5,000 filipinos since july. >>> this is "cnn newsroom.newsr" still ahead, days after the crash of the charter flight in colombia, the victims on one last journey back home to brazil. we take you there next. >>> plus, austria and italy are having crucial votes this weekend and the results could bring in a new political reality across europe. stay with us. , i got this. just gotta get the check. almost there. i can't reach it. if you have alligator arms, you avoid picking up the check. what? it's what you do. i got this. thanks, dennis! if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. growwwlph. it's what you do. oh that is good crispy duck. it's your tv, take it with you. with directv and

res. 55 expressing the senate regarding trafficking offense and on the united states for mexico and china to the united states hasienced a prescription opioid and heroin overdose epidemics is claiming thousands of lives each year. want to thank senators markey and rubio for their work and leadership on this important issue. will also consider s. res. 537 expressing profound concern on the political economic and social mentoring crisis in venezuela urging the release of political prisoners and calling for constitutional democratic processes. i think senators cardin rubio menendez kaine gardner and boxer for bringing this resolution before the committee to the situation in venezuela is tragic and people are suffering. we all hope we can find a peaceful electoral weight out of this crisis. we'll consider s a. to provide the approval of the raymond for the government of the united states and the government of norway concerning peaceful uses of nuclear energy. this will call i negotiate agreement with norway to the common effect in advance of the completion of the 90-day congressional review period which occurs after