traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his you noit and the united states army. -- his unit and the united states army. [applause] >> master sergeant first class jose rodela. master sergeant jose rodela served as a company commander b-36, company a, fifth special forces group, first special forces against an armed on september 1, 1969. that afternoon, master sergeant rodela's battalion were under gun fire. ignoring the enemy fire, master sergeant rodela began placing his men into defensive positions to prevent the enemy overrunning the entire battalion exposing himself to enemy fire, he moved from position to position providing suppressing fire and assisting wounded and was wounded in the back and head while recovering a wounded comrade. alone, master sergeant rodela assaulted and knocked out the b-40 rocket positions before returning to the battalion's perimeter. his extraordinary heroism and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit and the united states army

united states. gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ >> let us pray. us of the value of sacrifice. price paid by soldiers duly honored today. acceptreminded to never defeat, to never quit. he stays alive to his friends by selfishly giving up his own. in deadave men living create our history and our faith, the courage of our soldiers, the strength of our nation. their actions through the fabric of our history. and serve in the jungles the low lands. we who forget what they did, the friends they lost, the families which they left behind, we take to heart the words spoken after battle by a grieving president that it is for us, the living, to be dedicated to the unfinished work which would they who thought -- out of redemption, we ask you to cast these in your holy name. amen. >> please be seated. good afternoon, and welcome to the white house. more than four decades ago, in early 1970, an american squad in vietnam set out on patrol. they marched down a trail, past a rice paddy. shots rang out and splintered the bamboo above their heads. the lead soldier tripped a wire -- a booby trap.

wearing the uniforms of the regular united states army, representing united states corps of artillerye will unfold it. you will see what they mean when they say broad stripes and bright stars.

united states army old guard. we have practically every service branch represented here today. the united

the final objective, united states troop aircraft assemble for the long trip back to the united statesegan at once, for the element of speed was important to the united states forces. the giant planes airlift men and equipment back to united states safely and on schedule. >> it is important to realize that for the first time in our history, an entire army airborne brigade with all of its heavy equipment was transported 12,000 miles on an ally's call for assistance to help stem the tide of aggression in their country. united states military officials have devoted considerable effort to the evaluation of exercise delawar and the contributions to the defense of the free world. they believe the success of the exercise has given a strong boost to the central treaty organization. united states and iranian fighting men have gained invaluable experience, both in staff and command function and combined operations in the field. this effort helps prove the differences in language and customs need not be a barrier to allies working and fighting together for a common cause. the exercise demonstrate

united states army old guard. we have practically every service branch represented here today. the united states navy, united states army, united states marine corps, as well as our guests from canada and the united kingdom. [ applause ] taking the field now at the flagpole is the fort mchenry guard, a group of specially trained staff and volunteers that represent the 1814 garrison of fort mchenry. wearing the uniforms of the regular united states army, representing united states corps of artillery that was the regular army garrison of fort mchenry. what we will do right now, the united states army old guard along with naval detachment from the united states ship "constitution" we will now unroll the large flag. we will unfold it. you will see what they mean when they say broad stripes and bright stars. as the flag is unrolled, i think speak a little bit to the project that brought this particular flag about that we're about to hoist today. last year, the maryland historical society launched the stitching history project. two noted individuals, the ceo of the maryland historical society a

part of the evidence of the ongoing relationship between the united states and the hueden huedenshaunee. is found november 11th, where the united states delivers treaty cloth and salt to the united states nations. who signed that treaty of can canandaig canandaigua, so every time, november 11th, that's what it's come down to a little bit of cloth and a little bit of salt? well, actually, it's a lot of cloth and a lot of salt. but that's not the point either. the point is those are the symbols of the validity of the treaty. a brightening of tcovenant chai was used at the time. the covenant because it is a relationship and an ongoing treaty, that the covenant chain may tarnish. and it may need to be brightened up from time to time, so you need to polish the covenant chain. you need to renew your friendship. you need to meet face-to-face. you need to have discussions face-to-face. and all of that is part of maintaining the relationship is renewing your friendship. and that's what happens on treaty anniversaries. the united states does something native nations does something. people observe and mark that time. and they try to do it

the other weird thing about the united states, which goes back to transparency, the united states is the only country i'm aware of in world history that created a secret agency, and then announced it. in 1947 the united states passed national security act and we said, we're starting a spy agency over here. by the way, when did britain acknowledge the existence of mi6? 1994, '95. sis, secret intelligence service, in 2001. so, spy services really are a part of the modern world. but again, the united states is this odd hybrid. we try to do it in ways consistent with our values. at the same time, obviously, it's a tough situation. other questions? by the way, happy to tell you, i myself, am shy about questions. i know you don't believe this. when i sit in your seat i think, oh, that sounds dumb. i can't ask that. so, if you ask any question, i'll be totally thrilled. >> i have one. >> thank you. >> that is after your interesting and provocative introduction. where should we be going now? most of us are not as well read. your background has such comprehensiveness to it, i thought maybe you

these are some of the most talented officers in the old united states army united states army and they were making a commitment to meet up in the be the new confederate states army so davis even though the the north had twice as much the population and several times the industrial resources and commercial resources that are valuable the south still had a lot of advantages which made it possible although he expected a difficult and a long war also to be confident they could win in a sense of surviving. >> you can watch this and others online booktv.org. >> here's a look at books being published this week. thanks mac military historian patrick o'donnell recounts the origin of the u.s. navy seals in 1942 known as the maritime unit. from the united states navy memorial in washington, d.c. is over half an hour. ..

united states. different than what it is in the united states. we're not doing a good job at we're not doing a good job at all here in the states. all here in the states. there is far more male there is far more male characters than female characters than female characters. characters. the female characters very often the female characters very often don't have jobs or don't have don't have jobs or don't have much to do in the plot very much to do in the plot very often either the girlfriend of often either the girlfriend of the star or serving the function the star or serving the function of eye candy. of eye candy. >> merely there for decoration. >> merely there for decoration. >> merely there for decoration yes, that's right. >> merely there for decoration yes, that's right. so the picture is not great in so the picture is not great in the united states and the whole the united states and the whole purpose of doing this study is purpose of doing this study is partly because everybody was partly because everybody was saying, well, is it the same

united states. and these were buffalo. savannah. we are talking about really eastern-western borders at that time. and that was the united states. so, the muskogee nations had similar goals. they wanted peace and friendship with the united states as a matter of necessity as well as a matter of inclination. they wanted someone to be in charge of stopping the aggressiveness and the lawlessness of the people who were flooding into their lands from europe. and these were europeans and new americans, settlers of all kinds who were encroaching on native lands. so they wanted that to stop. and they wanted the agreements strictly with the united states. hence, nation to nation. that is the way the law developed at that time inthe 1790's. and that is the way the law is today. it is still nation to nation. our ancestors really knew these presidents. really knew washington and lincoln and other notable and in many cases, rightly so, beloved people. the muskogee delegates, when they arrived by canoe and over land, but mostly by canoe from the savanna, they docked at the bottom of manhattan and were greeted by 300 white men dressed like india

united states did. also declared a republic. did we make them do that? no. nevertheless, the united states is important because they show different things could be done. things that had been talked about for generations upon generations. the united states shows that could you have a chief executive who retired after a designated term. also it was possible to create a durable peace among competing states and which would be on some basis other than a volatile balance of military power and, thirdly, that you could have open commerce across borders. if you want know why the united states was wealthy by 1890 in global terms, a lot of it had to do with open commerce across state borders. we had the european union long before they had the european union. so in any case, what the united states did is they showed different kind of pipe dreams that you could actually realize. and what was said by a french observer at that time, in 1830 -- he was such an interesting fellow. he knew washington. he knew jefferson. he was there on the ground when the revolutionary war was occurring. he was also t

wearing the uniforms of the regular united states army, representing united states corps of artillery that was the regular army garrison of fort mchenry. what we will do right now, the united states army old guard along with naval detachment from the united states ship "constitution" we will now unroll the large flag. we will unfold it. you will see what they mean when they say broad stripes and bright stars. as the flag is unrolled, i think speak a little bit to the project that brought this particular flag about that we're about to hoist today. last year, the maryland historical society launched the stitching history project. two noted individuals, the ceo of the maryland historical society and the director of education spearheaded the project. the first stop was to heirloom weavers because what they did was they researched from the smithsonian institution the accura accura accurate weave of the material. there's very few places that can do that. it was a custom job. heirloom weavers did that. they are in redline, pennsylvania. the material did, indeed, come from the united states.

united states. they are ambitious. the united states had benchmarks. they want to reduce by a certain percentage, greenhouse gases. in 11 years, china said they want to reduce it, but have not put as many details on that. it's a landmark deal and new territory for china. this is how the leaders announced it today. >> i comment president xi, his team and the chinese government for the commitment they make to slow, peak and reverse the course of china's emissions. today i announce that the united states set a new goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26 to 28% below 2005 levels by 2025. >> reporter: targets for climate

representing the german democratic republic of the united states -- to the united states of america. what a surprise. it seems as though -- >> cannot hear, sir. >> so many distinguished journalists took the invitation with the german democratic

in february i was at the united nations testifying on behalf of the united states in a treaty defense. the united states has international treaties, of course, and we go -- the state department usually sends a delegation to defend the united states on its performance of treaties. one of those -- these are usually multilateral treaties that we have with many countries. and in february the u.s. was being evaluated by the human rights committee on its compliance with the civil and political rights. and the panel asked me to attend. the delegation asked e me to attend, so i attended and fielded some of the questions. you can imagine what this is like. there's a big panel of experts from around the world that are questioning, critically questioning the united states delegation and there's a delegation of 10 to 12 american officials who kind of have to take the beating, in some respects. they ask about guantanamo and all sorts of indian issues in addition, so there's a wide range of federal government officials there. and one of the committee members started pressing me on why doesn't the united states

spend raising the iraqi army allowed the united states to depart in 2011 with an iraq that was recently stable, reasonably democratic and the president of the united states and the vice president of the united states proclaimed at an american success story it seemed so very long ago. that's what they failed to do was having made that the enormous investment made the continuing investment in life insurance policy to rein in the sectarian influences of the iraqi government and continue to help standing up that iraqi army. and my first book from that rebellion committees are long, slow, unsatisfying but let us remember that after the second war the second world war to the good for, we still have american troops in germany, italy and japan and troops in korea. we don't have the troops in vietnam because we lost that one although they love to stationed aircraft carrier right now. we have american troops in bosnia and when it was important enough, when the issue was important enough for the united states. they continue to leave a few of them there to keep everything pointed in the right direction. it's something they have to do to prevent a third iraq o

united states. they decide that the only way to keep the united states out of the war is to bring terror to our shores they decide that they need to stop the united states from sending arms and material to the allies who are fighting against germany. so they begin to target the united states. it's a time when the united states realizes that this is a nation full of targets. the cia has looked back on this period and they point to -- this homeland and the man who is made in charge of this defense of the homeland, captain tom tony and i'll speak about him, really is the first head of homeland security. he and his little 12-man squad are really the precursers of a homeland security network which now has 240,0p÷ people and an annual budget of $98.8 billion. it's also a time where we learn to live with fear. now, to understand where this story begins, i think we have to go back to two months before the war, before the war has broken out in europe. and we have to go to germany, berlin where walter nick lie, a major in the german army is head of the german secret service. walter served on the russian front.

whether more extensive recalls are needed in the united states. >> it's an issue which affects 17 million car owners worldwide the majority of those in the united states, where safety authorities are demanding any vehicles fitted with air bags made by japanese manufacturer takata be recalled by carmakers. among them, ford, bmw, chrysler and honda. the authorities say they will use legal powers to force a wider recall if manufacturers don't act quickly. >> it is clear that the vehicles need to be recalled. it is a big wake-up message to both takata -- in both takata and aegean ignition switches -- and the gm ignition switche s, that you really do have to be a strong enforcement agency. >> they could propel shrapnel into the car. previous recalls have been limited to vehicle is being driven in humid climate. authorities believe it is now a national issue. at least five deaths are already thought to have been caused as a result of the faulty airbags. >> let's move on with a look at some of the other stories. a report by the u.s. senate, who criticize 3 wall st banks and their influence over commodity markets, including oil coal, and aluminum. they

i was at the united nations testifying on behalf of the united states in a treaty defense. the united states has interesting treaties of course. the state department defends on the performance of treaties. these were usually multilateral at the un that in many countries, they are sig tories to. the u.s. was being evaluated by the human rights committee with the compliance on civil and political rights. the panel asked me to attend. the delegation asked me to attend. i feel that the questions, you can imagine what this was like. there is a big panel of experts that are questioning the united states and 10 to 12 official who is have to take the beating in some respects. they asked questions on homelessness and indian issues in addition, but there is a wide range of government officials there. one started pressing me on why doesn't the united states just apologize to the tribes and be done with it. that was the attitude. not the exact words. i said we will never be done with it as long as the united states occupies north america, we will always have obligations to the indian tribes. when

the problem is is that you know, i'm the president of the united states, i'm not the emperor of the united states. >> michael, hear what he said, you know, the notion that i can just suspend deportation through executive order, that's just not the case. and the president says it's not appropriate role for me as president to do this. it's not how our system works. i have to execute laws as they are passed. so i ask the question, did the president act in a way tonight that was unlawful and unconstitutional based on his own words? >> sean, first, thanks for having me on. >> great to have you. >> you're gold. that trip to israel you took, went to my heart. >> i appreciate that. >> i have to tell you, it's not you. i think that the dialogue has deteriorated significantly on immigration. >> i want to hear your thoughts on immigration. >> i'm going to tell you right now sdpl this is an important question. >> this president has not made law, he has exercised prosecutorial discretion by actions. you can't install the law for every single individual. you want to make sure you're going to deport crim

toy decide that they need stop the united states from materiel.ms they begin to target the united states. when theme united states realizes that this is a nation full of targets. and their in-house journal has looked back on this point to, this is the first defense of the homeland. and the man wo is made in -- who is made in charge of this defense of the homeland, captain tunnie. he and his little 12-man squad really the precursors of a whichnd security network now has 240,000 people and an $98.8 billion.f learnlso a time when we to live with fear. now, to understand where this i think we have to go back to two months before the war has broken out in europe, and we have to go germany, berlin, where walter in the germany army, is head of the german service. and nicoli has been a handler. he's sent agents deep into russia. he sent the german spies they've sentd agents into france, england, russia. but it suddenly occurs to him, as war is about to begin, as the germans have taken their battle plans out of the safe and dusted realized,he suddenly we have forgotten about the united states. 19

that, to the excellent that china is not in theor not the ussr, cold war analogy, the united states is not the united states. we no longer have the technological advantages that we had in that era model hasour business hadwhat o -- we have significant gagains in the 1970. that's not the case anymore. how do we do all of the things that bob is rightly talking fashion a sustainable over time? >> one thing i emphasize is we toneed acquisition reform streamline the process so it doesn't take, 10, 15, 20 years areield new systems that obsolete.y >> and we're going to talk about that reform in just a moment. taken decades for the pentagon to evolve into the today.h it is everyone acknowledges it's time for reform. the question is, what will that like? look more in just a mom >> we're back with ben fits .ben fititz gerald don't we neeeed, not just an acquisitioneform exchange, but an entire overhaul of the way the pentagon fundamentally does business? it lks the way it looks because of decades of regular regulations and well-intentioned decisionsns. but we are where we are, very erous. >> that's exactly rig

the problem is is that you know, i'm the president of the united states, i'm not the emperor of the united states. >> michael, hear what he said, you know, the notion that i can just suspend deportation through executive order, that's just not the case. and the president says it's not appropriate role for me as president to do this. it's not how our system works. i have to execute laws as they are passed. so i ask the question, did the president act in a way tonight that was unlawful and unconstitutional based on his own words? >> sean, first, thanks for having me on. >> great to have you. >> you're gold. that trip to israel you took, went to my heart. >> i appreciate that. >> i have to tell you, it's not you. i think that the dialogue has deteriorated significantly on immigration. >> i want to hear your thoughts on immigration. >> i'm going to tell you right now sdpl this is an important question. >> this president has not made law, he has exercised prosecutorial discretion by saying i'm going to defer taking actions. you can't install the law for every single individual. you want to make

united states. the position of the united states -- >> well, it's disputed as a matter of the government of the united states. part of the government says this well -- actually, no -- i mean, congress is not saying under my hypothetical, this is israel. it's saying there's a dispute about it, which i would think is about as true a statement as you can make. >> well, there's a dispute certainly among the parties of the region, but i think the whole premise of petitioner's argument here is that within the government of the united states there isn't a dispute over the recognition issue. >> can you help me with this same question? how should we approach it generally? that is to say, i can think of instances where a similar statute is serving nothing other than administrative matters the passport should be red or something -- and i can think of instances where it causes a lot of trouble. but i can think of instances like this one, and i could and you could easily replicate this controversy with israel in our imaginations, similar controversy with donetsk and the ukraine, where we make some agreement with r

soldiers marched south and hundreds of virginiians came up as well as units from the army, united states marine corps and the united states navy. and americans were able to put around 5,000 men on the field at bladensburg. a few thousand soldiers marched south and hundreds of virginiians came up as well as units from the army, united states marine corps and the united states navy. and americans were able to put around 5,000 men on the field at bladensburg. on the 24th of august, though, a confused battle erupts. the british attack with about 2,000 men and the americans are almost instantly thrown into disarray. the president of the united states himself james madison gallops away from the battlefield. some of the american positions are quickly overrun and whole american units break and run away. american militia units receive some training, but not as much training as professional soldiers and certainly not nearly as much training as battle tested british regular army soldiers. and so they didn't really hold up too well. francis scott key. some say he relied some misorders to some of the american high command. othe

broken promises, despite the words not kept because we have believed in the idea of the united states, even when the united states could not live up to that idea. >>> would he have believed in the idea of the united states, before it was a country. >>> when the fathers, who founded the united states, looked for governing structurey looked to the tribes and, without the example of indian nations living together, in harmony and, when we disagree, the promise of america, might not have come together. >>> we come back here year-after-year, sometimes, for me it's week-after-week. because, even when all the opinion kits and maybe all the evidence say that the president can't do anything, and the congress won't do anything, we still believe in the snietion that says, treaties are the a treatment law of the land. and sometimes i think, indians, believe in our constitution more than anybody else. >>> in a way by conto go believe that, and by acting to show that the words in our treaties matter, by calling this great nation, to keep its word, we refute all the skeptics. >>> we answer the questions, i posed at the be

united states whatsoever. in fact, we haven't had a single instance of a problem in the united states. there been a real issue i think we would have heard from the united states first. >> okay. we'll leave it there. if you get confirmation from the uae government get in touch with us what let us know what they have told you. >> certainly. >>> and now, egypt's armed forces say they have killed 10 terrorists in north sinai as part of its campaign against rebel fighters. ministry of defense released these latest pictures of troops on parole in the area. this week they lidgeed allegiance tpledged a leansan t. now we have more on this. ♪ >> reporter: in a half hour long video post on the internet, the group formally known as. [ inaudible ] showcase what had it billed as it's a latest triumph. al jazerra cannot independently verify the video's authenticity. but it's said to show the attack on the egyptian army in the sinai peninsula last month that killed at least 30 soldiers. the video shows the fighters killing some of the soldiers, shooting them in the back of the head. the footage was acc

united states. isis -- khamenei went so far to say that isis is a creation of the uk, united states and the zionist.nd again i go back to what i said earlier that the pragmatists are willing to work with the united states against isis, and when foreign minister zarif came to new york during the u.n. general assembly in a speech at the council on foreign relations he mocked those who said that isis was created by america. he can't dismiss them as conspiracy theorists typically weeks later the supreme leader came out they can consistently and said that isis was created by the united states. the reason i say this is about i think there's been a tendency as of late to conflate our hopes about iran and our analysis. i think we all hope that we will see a government in iran which starts to prioritizprioritiz e national interest ahead of ideological interest. the government of iran which opens up to the world, i think it's good for iran, good for america, good for the region. but i think we oftentimes delude ourselves into thinking that the folks that come and say these things, and the united states, have

on the rise of the modern state, but we also know that in the united kingdom in particular, most of the provisions of magncarta have been repealed and certainly in the united states if magna carta were ever considered constitutional law and i say that with a small c, certainly it would have been superseded by the united states constitution. so my question is, why is it important for us, for our respective countries, to continue to commemorate magna carta in this way? and i will start with justice roberts. >> thank you. well, it is of course first and foremost, an imposing symbol. the exact origins of it, i don't think it would have been regarded as a bill of rights when it was issued. the barons and the king, i don't think were terribly interested in promulgating rights that would apply across the board, but over time it has become a critical symbol. it was a vital symbol during our revolution. john adams referred to it frequently. if you look at the original seal of the state of massachusetts, it shows a militiaman with sword in one hand and a copy of magna carta in the other. it embodied for the colonists first what they were looking for in the beginning

if people are paying close attention to the secretaries saying, they are saying be careful, united states. united states people. united states congress. be careful as we go forward. they are an expensive proposition. you have to pay for it. the only thing that is more expensive than fighting and winning a war is fighting and losing a war. that you don't want to do. lots of taking over the year or two. it's the authorities. it's a tough situation we are going into. there was a saying called no more. that was drilled into our head by then, the chief of staff for sullivan who happens to be the head of ausa. that stuck with me and where the story of smith comes from from that particular book. it's back in the day. it's a good warning even today as it was then. did you have a comment on the money piece there? >> not on the money, sir. these numbers and the army national guard will come down and do 350,000. by the end of 17, under the current budget submission will be 335,000. should the budget control act remain the law of the land which it is, in 19 would be 315 thousand thousand for the army nationa

the iranians recognize that united states globally is in a much weaker position before the united statesough its conflict with russia and ukraine and chinese over the south china sea and also the general decline in the economy in europe and the united states. the united states makes it more difficult for the united states to sustain what it had before and needs a deal with iran and the crisis in the region and the rise of isil and other extremist groups the iranians understand they need a deal but they say that the litmus test is at the negotiations and have to understand the rights and if americans act on the front they will believe the americans are serious and can move gradually toll some sort of agreement. >> with the al jazeera news hour and here is what is coming up, minma rshg and then giving transgenders the right to dress as the opposite sex and how a controversial rule changes is keeping this driver in contention for the formula one world title. ♪ the french president has suggested he may not run for reelection if he fails to reduce unemployment and his popularity is at an all

now to give you a sense of this, after the united states was formed, 20, 30 years after the united states was formed with be latin american countries, colonies, began to break away from spain and gort gal. they all considered themselves republic. did the united states make them do this? no we were just this little teeny tiny country. in fact they went one better than us. they took the ideas and ran further in some ways p. they abolished slavery, 40, 50 years before the united states did. nevertheless, the united states is important because they show different things could be done. generations upon generations, they thought was silly house training. the united states shows that could you have a chief executive who retired after a designated term. also it was possible to create a durable peace among competing states and on same basis other than a volatile balance of military power. and thirdly, that you can have open commerce across borders. if you want know why the united states was wealthy by 1809 when global terms, a lot of it had to do with open commerce across state borders. we have th

it was a bad deal for the united steel -- united states.n the context of the way america comes out on it, it was a bad deal. it appears to me this is a bad deal. they are going to allow bears no more than double and we are going to cut by 20%. i had another conversation with the chinese government official ones who said to me you have an economy. we don't have an economy. we are going to build hours and do nothing that will constrain. >> should the u.s. ever engaged in climate talks with the chinese if you believe they will never come forward with sufficient changes? >> there were a lot of climate change discussions even with the bush administration. to find ways we could realistically bring down emissions and do it through logical, thoughtful ways. as you know we are taking measures. we have begun to see our footprint diminish. that is not true in china. i am sure we get the details we are going to find out there are very few enforcement mechanisms. we keep our commitments. if you look at the agreement and look at all of the signers, they

united states. i'm not the emperor of the united states. job is to execute laws that are passed. >> to the notion that i can just suspend deportations through executive order, that's just not the case. >> i know some people want me to bypass congress and change the laws on my own. but that's not how our system works. lou: that's how our system works now apparently. his highness had a change of heart last night or revealed his change of heart last night and today he is emperor in all but name, now that the great one if you will, overturned a constitutional republic that outlasted naves in the oval office and fools in the lesser branches, you will admit that in his address, his royal highness might have begun using the royal we, but as if to demonstrate his now awesome humility, the great leader eschewed the royal pronoun and made use of the almost common first person in his address last night. he was almost thrifty in its use, using me, myself and i a mere 31 times in 15 minutes. >> i'd like to. >> when i took office. >> i committed. >> i be

representing the german democratic republic of the united states -- to the united states of america. what a surprise. it seems as though -- >> cannot hear, sir. >> so many distinguished journalists took the invitation with the german democratic ambassador. i welcome your interest in what is going on in the republic. i would first like to make some preliminary remarks and, i will be ready to take your questions. the current events in the german democratic republic represents a radical change with the past. the meaning is a revolutionary renewal of socialism. current changes, even if many have been surprised by the speed and extent, have not happened overnight. they have become possible thanks to the new thinking introduced by the soviet union and other socialist countries in which my country has a part. this policy has radically changed the international situation and created an atmosphere for moving from the arms race to a policy of relaxation of tensions and cool operation with more people -- cooperation with more people. the current events have become possible and necessary because

and emigrated to the united state-- immigrated to the united states. he went to work in his garage, where he developed the building tools himselto composite a uav that he called the albatross, which had phenomenal flight endurance, 48 hours without refueling, and that was about 10 times the flig endurance that anybody else had ever produced with a drone darpa got interested. he got a ctract to build a larger drone with the same configuration for the military. in the late 1980's, the politics of defense contracting and the failures of other uav's, namely one called aquila, that the army had spent $1.2 billion on ,ithout getting it to work spelled the end of the process. in a small handful of people regarded the predator a as something special -- >> a small handful of people regarded the predator as something special then. what changed? whenrmer secretary peters you doubt that the predator was -- formerit like a seetary peters pointed out thatat the creditor was a little bit like -- the predator was a little bit like the first-generation computer. they g

united states. it has whipped up the muslim proponents of the muslim brotherhood in turkey, against the united states, of course, this attack was by nationalists in turkey against the u.s. the u.s. has 2,000 members of the armed forces stationed in istanbul. so it's not surprising to see attacks on the united states unfortunately in the west on u.s. soldiers because of the hysteria whipped up but the turkish hostility to the united states and to the west its over the last five to ten years. >> why are they still in nato? >> they shouldn't be in nato whatsoever. if you look at their record on human rights, look at their record on the issue of freedom for gender rights, for women, you look at their record of crackdown on the support for hamas and the radical islamic terrorism. they should never have been allowed in nato at all whatsoever. >> all right, steve emerson, good to be with you. thanks. >>> coming up, i go one-on-one with a liberal on this week's most outrageous headlines. >>> and executive amnesty for 5 million summit in us is traaustralia fa criticism from world leaders. i'm cheryl cason e.

the problem is that i'm the president of the united states, i'm not the emperor of the united states. my job is to execute laws that are passed. and congress right now has not changed what i consider to be a broken immigration system. >> so what's your reaction when your hear him give that argument, that's a year and a half ago when he said he's the president, he's not the emperor, and he simply can't do what he's allowed to do? has he flip-flopped? >> i guess he thought congress certainly would have passed something and now it's a year and a half. i think his preference would be and my preference as well that the congress acts. but if the congress is simply not going to act, he's going to do what presidents before him have done, ronald reagan and george h.w. bush both acted on immigration. and i think that he's factoring in the fact that there has been inaction by the congress over these 17 or 18 months. >> one of the things presumably based on our reporting he's not going to do is allow the parents of the so-called dreamers, the kids who drew up here in the united states, about 600,

will want to stay besides the united states. >> the united states is always the long pole in the military f we leave people leave. if we go in pima tends to accompany us. the problem in afghanistan it's been a problem since october 7th of 2001 when we first went in. the taliban have safe havens in pakistan, that was never dealt with after 10, 12, 13 years there. that remainses a persistent sore that no amount of mixin fixing afghanistan will solve. that's the same issue in syria compared to iraq, they have the safe haven. the air strikes in recent months have hit on it a little bit. this gets back to the motion, that is a broader con 234reubg9. that can't be defined by jury-rigged borders saying on this side of the boarder we'll do this on, that side we'll do that. it's definitely broader than that and we need hey more macro approach. >> but none of this really those do with chuck hagel. are you agreeing with david? >> what i am saying when you look at the obama strategy in part of the world you have to look hard to find any of chuck hagel's fingerprints on it. that's why i suggest when h

the iranians recognize that the united states globally is in a much weaker position than before. the uniteds through its conflict with russia, the chinese, and also the general decline in the economy in europe and the united states makes it more difficult for the united states to sustain its power that it used to have before. so it needs a deal with iran, and especially with the crisis in the region and the rise of isil and other extremist groups, the iranians understand the americans need a deal, but they say the litmus test comes at the nuclear regul nuclear negotiations. if they about on that front then i think the iranians will think the americans are serious. >>> a local council in japan has voted to reopen a nuclear power plant. it was shout down in 2011. the prime minister wants to limit japan's reliance on expensive fossil fuel imports. >>> three transgender malaysians have won an appeal against the muslim law that bans men from wearing women's clothes. it say the law was degrading, oppressive, and inhumane. we spoke to the advocacy minister. she says it's an historic ruling. >> a l

fall back on the shoulders of the united states to respond in as the president himself said when people get in trouble they don't call russia and china they call the united states and as we have seen of the united states isn't providing the leadership, nobody else will. i wish that were not the case. we would love to see nato and europe and countries coming to say let's get together to respond to these crisis but it's the united states that drives the process and about has to be the role of the president and the role of this country. we have the value system to ensure that we are the leaders in the world that is facing a number of dangerous threats. >> we are running out of time. you can take two more questions and then you will have a final question. >> it is an honor to speak with you tonight. my question touching on something that you spoke on earlier what advice would you give a young person today looking to start a career in public service? will >> the best advice is to jump in and get involved. we take the polls with the young people at the panetta institute, and they are discouraging because young people are turned off by the dysfunction in the to