need to back off from the oval correction of the problem with the terrorists in nine eleven and restore basic human rights as spelled out in the universal declaration of human rights there are thirty paragraphs in the universal declaration of human rights and my estimation is that at the present time the united states is violating ten out of thirty other countries are doing the same but i was just referring to my own country unbelievable finally we have a president speaking out against targeted. nation's drones the n.d.a. the surveillance state and the rapid erosion of the rule of law too bad it's not the sitting president but it was incredible to hear former u.s. president personally confirm to me what i've been saying on the show since it started that this country has strayed so far from the rule of law that the surveillance state must end if we want to have any semblance of the values this country was founded upon and that was an experience i'll never forget. now be sure to check out more of my trip to haiti and tomorrow's breaking the set and here's a little bit of what you can expect. when most of us think of haiti the first thought that might

of human rights. have read the book my, roosevelts role, the riding of the universal declaration of human rights. i am wondering to what extent philosophical debates have played a role in the politics of the united states. i would expect pro a not very much. united states is born out of the philosophy, political philosophy of our country, born out of the enlightenment values endowed by our creators with basic rights, the pursuit of happiness, the liberty and freedom. and this was always at odds with the economic and cultural rights i am wondering to what extent in the debates have occurred in our history about what is a human right verses may be other kinds of civil rights or economic rights known -- a problem that the right to health care is not seen as a human right, you know, transcending what governments may or may not do. >> thank you for defining human rights. human rights are intended to transcend citizenship, national borders, except. and it is true that the united states takes a different approach, especially to economic and social rights as human rights. so i'm glad you've read that book

and here is where it runs afoul of modern human rights concepts like our bill of rights, the universal declarationn rights. it includes a timeless war doctrine. it also rejects basic human freedomsike freedom of conscience, freedom of speech, and it imposes discriminatory regulation, legal regulations against non muslim minorities and women. also includes dehumanizing punishments are well we would consider dehumanizing punishments like flashing for our consumption, stoning to death for adultery, and mutilating punishment. lou: and there is no way in which american culture can accommodate each area within a multi-cultural society, part of which would be the muslims? >> absolutely not, certainly not the overt liberty crushing dehumanizing aspects of sharia. unfortunately, it is an integrated whole. it is proven historically very, very difficult for muslims dead desacralized sherry, sacralize it and to eliminate he politicalliberty crushing aspects from the simple religious ritual. lou: so the arabs bring ithat context of our recent article euro u.s. policymakers it penalized by the murder of libyan

i'm very interested in the idea of human rights and have read the book by eleanor roosevelt's role in the writing of the universal declaration of human rights and i'm wondering to what extent philosophical debates have played a role in the politics of the united states? i would expect probably not very much. but the united states was borne out of a philosophy, the political philosophy of our country, born out of the enlightenment values, endowed by our creator with basic rights of you know the pursuit of happiness, liberty and freedom and this was always at odds with the economic and cultural rights. so i'm wondering to what extent any debates have occurred in our history about what is a human rights versus maybe other kinds of civil rights or economic rights? and the problem that problems that the right to health care is not seen as a human right, transcending what government may or may not do. >> thank you for defining as opposed to the human rights. human rights are meant to transcend rights etc. and it is true that the united states is taking a different approach, especially to economic, social and social rights as human

right to exist. if you look at the declaration, one does that exist. there's a universal declaration of humanhts. the jimmy dullish legitimacy of state is based on people respecting human life in their borders. the question is not does israel have a right to exist, but the way in which israel exists, as a colonizers and occupier and apartheid state, right? i think many people throughout the world are 100% within their rights to say, no, this is not right. this is what has been going on for 64 years. the genesis is not with the creation of hamas. it goes back much farther to the depopulation of palestine in 1948. i think if we want to start our calendars and dates that are convenient for us, we will have a problem. we have to look back at what the entire context is, and that begins with the zionist colonization of palestine. >> james colbert, can you respond to what yousef munayyer has said? >> absolutely not. using slogans such as the population and apartheid -- this is not a debate. this is just sloganeering. these terms have no basis in a reality. on one hand i hear claims of genocide, of a

came to national prominence in fdr's proposed second bill of rights, and finally they were adopted in the united nations universal declaration of human rights after world war ii. thanks in part to eleanor roosevelt who helped draft the un's declaration after her husband's death. today, more than 70 countries recognize a right to health or health care in their constitutions. virtually every industrialized nation has taken a step to influence these rights by establishing some type of universal health coverage for their citizens. with one major exception. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> tell us what you think about our programming this weekend. you can tweet us at booktv, comment on her facebook wall or send us an e-mail. booktv, nonfiction books every weekend on c-span2.