your state department calls on the georgian authorities to investigate and crackdown on protests that led to several deaths crawls take to the streets again to rally against the government's excessive use of force. and egypt opens a border crossing with gaza the ending for you a blockade of the palestinian territory the rights groups say it's a breakthrough in the humanitarian crisis one of the million palestinians who placed constant food shortages and lack of medical treatment. that would motivate him more news in less than half an hour from now in the meantime time to check in on russia's aviation innovation that's next in technology update. which to. the. hello and welcome to technology update this month marks the fourth annual assembly of the international helicopter industry here in moscow it's a chance for companies to show off innovative concepts big business minute by the old bird and for us to find out what's changing in the world of russia and china. this year's show was the biggest bash yet raising the high standards set in years past the capital cities crocus expo center

state department. i understand that there has been frequent exchange of views to change your state department and china's foreign ministry, the situation in north africa and west asian countries but we've said on many occasions that it is not possible for things like... for things in west asia and north african countries to take place in china. >> rose: it's interesting to be sitting here with secretary geithner because he understands mandarin. human rights will come up in this conversation. >> of course. as always. again, we have to recognize we come from different political transitions, traditions, at different political systems and as you heard the vice president and secretary of state say today and you heard the presidency in the past, we convey our concerns on these issues as you would expect us to do. but our part of these discussions are about the broader economic and financial challenges facing the global economy and we're doing a reasonable job of trying to make sure we find the right balance between china's interests and our interests. it's not perfect. we have our moments of tension. try to ca

your questions. the state department is not by and large a lending institution. it has many, many strengths is the best and brightest and takes care of them however, unlike the military there are lessons learnedte and in my experience there is little or no business on best practices. the state department 10 is to recruit individuals to provide a modicum of screening and asks them to improvise solutions. lot depends on who you workf for including henry kissinger you're likely to get goods lessons of strategy and how to develop copps. if youre work for tim baker you're likely to learn about steelmaking as he did getting involved in the conference. also you're likely to geto lessons of creative humility and the significance of the initiative like the middleitia east partnership initiative.ai and fortunately we have so many exemplary individuals that it works very well with the personal examples. i do not suggest any marinara optimal. and as susan was suggestingven and even if you're not so fortunate to work with some of these people you learn such questions from the

day i mean we heard the state department on sunday say that they were supposedly investigating this issue and we know that the u.a.e. is a close ally of the united states what's your sense about the legality of the thing do you think that the state department or the us government knew about the scent and is it even legal hard to imagine that the state department didn't know about the course of the core of his contract relationship with the u.s. government was in fact with the state department and he's had a number powerful supporters there back i did some research earlier and other johns like manna spend number of other countries in which i found u.s. diplomats have been out actively peddling. eric prince's wares trying to persuade local governments to hire and use him so that may have even been the genesis of this relationship and i was dobby now as to the legal side it's a very complex situation we have a new trial a teac going back to the early days of the american republic that the sensually american citizens are not too important selves in military matters in conflicts outside of the united states other than in connection with the united states and u.s. armed

the state department sever to maintain harmonious bilateral relations with other countries or to pursue other compelling foreign-policy goals. mr. bob bermudez you alluded to the same thing in your testimony, the frustration with the state department. now, i would like to ask the three of you, if we were the state department, what is it that you want to tell them and what is it you want us to ask of them and to tell them? if you could be specific with us, what do you see, what do you want the state department to do? i disagree with the fact that the state department doesn't work for the american people, because they do. ultimately they are to be representing the american people and you are the american people. so i did like to hear from you specifically. what is it that you need and you want from the state department so we can have the opportunity to make those demands of them? we will start with mr. goldman. >> well, first as a former assistant secretary in the western hemisphere pointed out that the last hearing two years ago, when there is an ambassador who was appointed, say to mexico or columbia, their first order of business is going to be immigration, drugs where congress

the state department's effort to maintain harmonious bilateral relations with other countries, or to pursue other compelling foreign policy goals. and, mr. bermudez, you alluded to the same thing in your testimony, that frustration with the state department. now, i would like to ask the three of you, if we were the state department, what is it you want to tell them and what is it you want us to ask of them and to tell them? so if you to be specific with us, what do you see pashtun what you want the state department to do? because i disagree with the fact that the state department doesn't work for the american people, because they do. ultimately, they are to be representing the american people. you are the american people. so i'd like to hear from you specifically. what is it you need and you want from the state department so we can have the opportunity to make those demands of them? we will start with mr. goldman. >> well, first as former assistant secretary of the western hemisphere pointed out at the last hearing, two years ago, when there is an ambassador who was appointed, say, to mexico or colombia, the first order of business is going to be immigration, drug -- [inaudible] [inau

you've spoken throughout your remarks of the fact that whereas the military gets it, the state department can't say. the u.s. congress and the american public doesn't get it and we'll go back to it. the american public and congress understand military. they don't understand diplomacy and development. they don't quite know what diplomacy is. when you talk about development, large numbers of our public and get 25% of enormous amounts of foreign assistance when in fact under 1% of our gdp. so i am wondering if your second proposition that we need an effective counterterrorism strategy, in that context, do you think the state department is playing -- has the lead role in developing that strategy and coordinating his implementation or not right now? is that other agencies without pedro? that's my question. >> i think it depends on the situation. i think for yemen, john brennan in the white house has the lead role in developing the strategy and resources. they think for a long while in iraq, military have delete. i think that is going to change with our drive down there. so it is

the state department effort to maintain harmonious bilateral relations with other countries or to pursue other compelling foreign policy goals. and mr. bermuda, as you alluded to the same thing in your testimony the frustration with the state department. now, i would like to ask the three of you if we were the state department, what is it you want to tell them and what is it you want us to ask of them and tell, so if you could be specific with us, what do you see -- what you want the state department to -- because i disagree with the fact that the state department doesn't work for the american people because they do ultimately. they are to be representing the american people. you are the american people. so i would like to hear from you specifically. what is it that you need and want from the state department's we can have the opportunity to meet those demands of them. we will start with mr. goldman. >> well, first as a former assistant secretary of the western hemisphere pointed out at the last hearing two years ago, when there is an ambassador who is appointed say to mexico or columbia the first order of business is going to be immigration -- [inaudible conversations] >> so those

your lexus dealer. drive a luxurious lexus automobile today. >> state department of water resources will conduct its fifth and final snow survey of the season tomorrow. the survey determines how much water will be delivered to farms and cities through the rest of the year. the sura month ago found that the water content in this sierra snow pack was 165% of normal. and that was enough for governor brown to declare the drought officially over. >>> there is no guilt for this glorious day of sunshine and for the boots in the bay. a parade of more than 120 watercraft made its way along the san francisco shoreline. it's for the 95th annual opening day on the bay. this year's theme is giants of the bay. the event marks the official start of the 2011 boating season and, boy, it was pretty everywhere today. >> how about that, just really a spectacular weekend. today warmer than yesterday. looks like we're gonna see a minor hiccup in the forecast coming up. then back to the sunshine again. outside now we have mostly clear skies and looking good so far. a few high clouds drifting overhead there, but otherwise nice a

state has defined what these various words mean, alteration, revision, structural repair. if you are doing none of these things, changing carpets or changing your displays, the state law does not come into play. the building department does not enforce the americans with disabilities act directly. our building code has provisions similar to but not identical to the ada. is that generally right? paul, you see that stuff a right. >> yeah, most cities don't enforce adac >> we don't enforce the americans with disabilities act but they include standards we want to let you know about because today's program is to try to encourage small businesses and other commercial owners to bring their buildings more closely, more reasonably, into what is compliance with the standards. it's sort of like structural repair. something is either not earthquake proof or earthquake proof. there's a large gray area with seismic safety. business owners are still obligated to make efforts to achieve access compliance under the ada and we'll talk about how some of those things get triggered. there's the state stuff, there's the ada compliance, and the ada uses something called readily achievable and we'll talk a little bit about what readily ach

your former department, department of homeland security. whenever something like this happens, a major victory for the united states, a major blow to al qaeda, but at the same time, have you to be on alert for what might be triggered by his death. >> well, you know, i cannot prejudge but i do suspect, without any inside information, that there have been the appropriate alerts sent out to law enforcement community about ramping up security around certain sectors, both private and public. since 9/11 we've been on guard constantly. osama bin laden and zawahiri have been taunting the united states. at some times i think the united states as individuals have not lost the sense of urgency, but the farther we got from 9/11 the more distant it became in their concerns but i don't think our professionals have lost that sharp and that keen sense of commitment to make sure we're day and that's the same attitude they bring to their job and heightened for the next several weeks or months, obviously with great concern this may precipitate some retaliation if not in the united states then around the world. >> thank you very much for your time tonight. i k

department's commitment to transparency. under your leadership, the department has processed a record number of freedom of information act requests and you've testified before this committee numerous times and your dedication to state and local law enforcement by supporting the cops program certainly does not go unnoticed especially in this tight economy. now, general holder, i sent you a letter on march 28th this year requesting information pertaining to three federal intelligence contractors, who collectively refer to themselves. are you familiar with my letter? >> i can't say that i am. >> in that letter, i express concern that the three firms might have broken the law by conspiring to harm american citizens using illegal techniques such as hacking, planting malware, blackmail and fraud. nineteen of my colleagues in the house of representatives echoed those serious concerns in a letter sent to house committee chairs earlier in march, and i also requested copies of all department of justice contracts with those firms within 10 days. i have great concerns that the law may have been broken and i understand there are many demands on your time and that your staff is busy, but will you commit to look into that matter?

state put you ahead. it onto the individuals doing it on your own. >> i have a question center state department used to talkabout the process. but there's one element you have a brought up, and that's the issue of technology and the spread of information. and i suspect it's going to be in the second volume. but i wonder if you could speak to the printed because it seems to me that we may be at the end of history moment where information technology has radically changed. a lot of the underlying theories of some of these arguments i think -- >> well, i think there's been this important change with the social media, for example. so it played a big role in the air of spring. it's very mobilizing people come and social mobilization is really critical for producing democratic change. what's not clear to me is whether it is as good introducing institutions down the road as it is this kind of short-term mobilization. if you look at tunisia or egypt right now, but they desperately need is not more social mobilization. they need political parties, leaders, free media. all of these institutions that make civil society

what is your expectation and what is it that you will do when you get state department to make this a critical focus? >> senator, you're absolutely right. they're extremely important posts. the secretary is firmly convinced of the high priority that needs to be attached to both of those posts and we're moving as quickly as we can working with the white house toward sending up nominations 'cause it is very important to fill those posts for all the reasons that you said. this is a critical moment for the hemisphere and for our interests in it. >> i hope we will, especially, on mexico which has been open, i hope we get someone who understands the u.s. and mexico relationship, will not have the challenge that we had most recently and can be very meaningful. finally, and i'll be pursuing that with the secretary's office and hopefully with you upon your confirmation. this is the one thing that's pretty outrageous to me. and that's something that i have been pursuing for the 19 years that i have been in the congress of the united states and the house and the senate and that's diversity at th

state department. >> geraldo: we have two service people. tell me your name and your unit and what you neal. >> i was in afghanistan. i'm a comguy. i did all the come for all afghanistan. >> i have only been in the navy for seven months. >> geraldo: what a way to start. on bee half o behalf of all ofe marines, they lost people, fighting there in the province. for those marines and soldiers who fell over the last ten years brother, you tell me what are do you want to tell the american people? >> we got him! finally! >> i love your mustache. minus tach.loves minus tach. >> george, washington, tuition, $42,000. the doorman, $10,000. bin laden dead -- priceless! [ cheers and applause ] >> geraldo: i'm from ca canada. you guys worry about where people are born, it is more important where they die. >> we got him. thanks to president bush and president obama and war eagles. >> geraldo: all right, this is truly mission accomplished. i don't want to overstate it. let's go to the front here. as experts -- there are thousands of young people here. i'm just glad the

state department has refused to move our embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. so you can be the most corrupted dictator on the planet and we accept your capital. if you're the only state of law in the middle east, we humiliate you by insisting our embassy remain in tel aviv. this will change as of that date and i hope we can find somebody as strong as john bolton be secretary of state to decide we're going to fundamentally overhaul the state department and finally get a state department which wants to implement american foreign policy on american terms, not represent the world to us but represent us to the world. [applause] >> want your help, need your help. i need lots and lots of grassroots support. ill be glad to answer questions. come the microphone here. anybody who wants to can ask any question you want. we start with all the citizens and at the very end we'll let the media ask questions. >> where do you think george sauer fits in this administration? >> i think he is an enormous influence. if you read the book, "the argument," he outlines clearly how big a role he played in organizing the left wing interest groups that one or t

. >> as you know your critics and they include the united states justice department in this administrationt following the law, that you're profiling. >> they have been investigating me on that matter for 2 1/2 years. we don't. and if they want to keep investigating, okay. but that's not going to deter me from doing the job. i think i have proven that in the last two years. so they can investigate me. i have been a top law enforcement official federal, i know how the system works. but let's not throw politics and try to drive me out of office. >> you heard jetubin say the lan because a lower court said no, we think they might be unconstitutional. if the united states supreme court tells arizona your law is fine, what would you do differently then? what new powers would you have? >> nothing. we still ask people where they're from after we stop them on any type of violation. we're still doing the same type of thing regardless of the 1070, but it would be nice to have the supreme court, if it gets up there to rule in law enforcement and the state of arizona. every little bit helps fighting thi

passing around that has certain qualities you can talk to your individual building department about that. the building code has a chapter called the state historical building code. in that there is a table of arcake materials values. that derived from the old code for existing buildings uced, which has been readopted to a new form of the international code for bellings using the old values you can often come up with reasonable values to used for older materials. if there is a significant structural element that needs to be used. we have requested a lumbar grader on evaluate it where we really worry about specific element we have done it. >> let's talk about windows. we were talking about people replacing windows with energy efficient vinyl windows. i find that to be a problem in many regards. again. they don't see values the hundred year old window might have offered to the building. >> this window has this detail. this shrinks everything is not thick enough. at the spencer house we rehab billtated 20 hung windows. thissa the meeting rail and forms a weather skeel. the meeting rail rotd and was no longer sound. everything else was in wo

we need to get it done, and my colleagues at the state department stand ready to do that. >> does your office work with and do you have anybody that works with on a regular basis with the tip office? i know you work with the interagency council, but is there a regular dialogue, for example, ambassador? again, there are many instances where countries where especially peace corps women volunteers are being deployed where they happen to a tier three country, a country on the watchlist that could be tier three soon. but if you could just, do you work with the tip off? >> i don't know to what extent we have frequent conversation with the tip office but we worked very closely with diplomatic security. this is an excellent idea. i will talk to her safety and security people to make sure we stepped that up. >> thank you, mr. williams. we look forward, our committee looks for to working with you, with rainn, with victims and survivors of sexual assault, with peace corps volunteers, former and current, who are undergoing difficulties and drafting legislation that will improve their reporting of

department's commitment to transparency. under your leadership, the department has processed a record number of freedom of information act requests and you've testified before this committee numerous times and your dedication to state and local law enforcement by supporting the cops program certainly does not go unnoticed especially in this tight economy. now, general holder, i sent you a lett on march 28th this year requesting information pertaining to three federal intelligence contractors, who collectively refer to themselves. are you familiar with my letter? >> i can't say that i am. >> in that letter, i express concern that the three firms ght have broken the law by conspiring to harm american citizens using illegal techniques such as hacking, planting malware, blackmail and fraud. nineteen of my colleagues in the house of representatives echoed those serious concerns in a letter sent to house committee chairs earlier in march, and i also requested copies of all department of justice contracts with those firms within 10 days. i have great concerns that the law may have been broken and i understand there are many demands on your time and that your staff is busy, but will you commit to look into that matter? >>

your patience. daniel benjamin was sworn in at the department of state with the rank of ambassador at large on may 28, 2009. from 1994 to 1999, mr. benjamin served on the national security counsel staff, and in 1994 he was the foreign policy speech writer. before entering the government, mr. benjamin was a foreign correspondent for "time" and the "wall street journal" -- that must have been an interesting switch from "time" to the "wall street journal," and someday i'd like to talk to you about that. mark is at the department of homeland security and responsible for coordinating the department's international programs for policy to achieve the international strategic objectives. he's served as director for european and multilat roll affairs in the department of homeland security office of international affairs from june 2007 to august 2008. prior to joining dhs in june 2007, mr. koumans served in the foreign service. welcome to you both, and we'll recognize you mr. ambassador benjamin. if your statement is long, we'll accept it for the record, but we'll give you as much time as we think is reasonable

we're covering at all to your home regular updates and i count your media as they're always on live for you and right now. the u.s. state department is on the hunt for white new york resident who went around to car dealerships posing as a russian diplomat to get the best deals on luxury vehicles and also. i am not a. serious went terribly wrong about it was. so also he talks to danish director laws the wrong tree if you became persona non grata after shopping audiences of the cannes film festival with his comments on hitler trashed the whole each of you top t.v. . will he stay or will he go that's what many have been trying to ask dmitri medvedev for the twenty twelve presidential campaign in russia draws closer and the president's major q. and a session was a perfect opportunity to throw the question into the ring but he thirsts trade i count again. as the details. one hundred thirty seven minutes for eight hundred journalists seventy two questions and one man to answer and that would be president of the middle age of how this first major press conference on wednesday giving many a chance to voice their questions but while some a

your patience. daniel benjamin was sworn in as coordinator for counterterrorism at the department of state with the rank of ambassador at large may 28, 2009. from 1994 to 1999 mr. benjamin served on the national security council staff. and in 1994 to 1997 he served as foreign policy speech writer and special assistant to president clinton. before entering the government, mr. benjamin was a foreign correspondent for "time" magazine and the "wall street journal." that must have been an interesting switch when you went from "time" magazine to the "wall street journal." some day i'd like to talk to you about that. mark cumins is deputy assistant secretary for international affairs at the u.s. department of homeland security. mr. assumcumins is responsiblpr as director for european and multilateral affairs in the department of homeland security 0 office of international affairs from june 2007 to august 2008. prior to joining dhs in june 2007, mr. koumans served in the u.s. foreign service. welcome to you both. we'll recognize you, ambassador benjamin, if your statement is going to be excessively long, w

your opinion on this. just to let you know, the state department will be briefing with the secretary at about 9:20 easternime, in about 10 minutes. we will be covering it. we will let you know more. .et's go to new york our next caller. go ahead. caller: thank you very much. i've a few comments. for the past decade, the democrats and republicans, the united work party, because they are one party, have been killing people throughout the middle east, yemen, pakistan, afghanistan, iraq. just for total lies. i am hopeful the american people can get together and bring this regime down and try and convict and hopefully hang president bush, president obama for their crimes against humanity. host: those are his opinion in jonestown, new york. let's go to the new york times to give you background it a lengthy piece about osama bin laden saying -- under the turning point, for osama bin laden, for the u.s., the turning point came in 1989 with the defeat of the soviets in afghanistan. for the u.s., which had supported the afghan resistance with billions of dollars in arms and ammunition, that if the mark the beginnin

your. call. tonight on our t.v. u.s. builds pressure on syria as the state department slams the violent crackdown on protests there and promises washington will hold president assad's government accountable for the bloodshed. in libya meantime fresh nato air strikes in the capital tripoli reportedly damaging the north korean embassy and it could their fees compound leading to more civilian deaths. crying with no expire a date a german court finds of ninety one year old former nazi death camp guard guilty of excessive rates of murder and sentences him to five years in jail. and commodities are continuing their multi session decline with silver dropping another two percent join me for the latest analysis of the market it's not even funny business. you or she got a lot from moscow it's nine pm here now welcome if you just joined this it's kevin owen here this hour in our top story the u.s. is ramping up the pressure on syria with secretary of state hillary clinton and with sharon assad's government will be held accountable for the violence this comes on top of economic sanctions from the european union and he said the situation i

your patience. daniel benjamin was sworn in as coordinator for counterterrorism at the department of state with thenk of ambassador at large may 28, 2009. from 1994 to 1999 mr. benjamin served on the national security council staff. and in 1994 to 1997 he served as foreign policy speech writer and special assistant to president clinton. before entering the government, mr. benjamin was a foreign correspondent for "time" magazine and the "wall street journal." that must have been an interesting switch when you went from "time" magazine to the "wall street journal." some day i'd like to talk to you about that. mark cumins is deputy assistant secretary for international affairs at the u.s. department of homeland security. mr. assumcumins is responsiblpr as director for european and multilateral affairs in the department of homeland security 0 office of international affairs from june 2007 to august 2008. prior to joining dhs in june 2007, mr. koumans served in the u.s. foreign service. welcome to you both. we'll recognize you, ambassador benjamin, if your statement is going to be excessively long, we'l

state department found him. >> what did he do? he called ops. and what did ops do? well, ops called the defense department. and said by the way, we have youreporter: jill dougherty, cnn the state department. >>> to our viewers, you are in "the situation room." president obama gets a blunt lecture from israel's prime minister after calling for israel to roll back to boundaries to what looks like they -- boundaries they looked like before the 1967 war with adjustments. former head of the international monetary fund released from jail. he faces home detention under tight security ahead of his next court appearance for sex crime charges. nationwide warning that al qaeda is interested in attacking u.s. oil and natural gas targets. it comes as some cities in the united states learn they will soon learn -- lose their anti-terrorism funding from the federal government. breaking news. political headlines all straight ahead. i'm wolf blitzer. you are in "the situation room." >>> let's begin now in no uncertain terms israel's prime minister let president obama know exactly what he thinks of the call for israel to make huge territorial concessions to

department. i feel that is inappropriate. i would like to state that right here. i will put the statement in writing and forward it for your review. i hope you take it all too hard. there is a really good language in here. i would like to let everyone else know about this. thank you for that. vice president mar: thank you. >> good morning. my name is nancy. i understand that the building inspection commission will change its name to the department of building safety. i support this change in name. if the name change means anything substantive, there must be a serious commitment to the enforcement of the building code. i requested you also create procedures to respond quickly to urgent complaints from the public, which will keep people safe. case in point is the a permitted excavation and demolition job begun friday morning by my next- door neighbor, a licensed contractor, who repeatedly performs work without permits. i immediately reported this by phone to the dbi complaint line, to the district inspector, and finally an e-mail to inspector lowry and a director. no one got back to me or ask about the jack hammering i refer

we also hope that the state department under your leadership, will embrace these changes to finally endustice affecting thousands of american children. madam secretary, we applaud your past efforts and record on children's rights issues, but we are desperate and plead for your assistance. it is long past time for this great country to show leadership on the issue of international parental child abduction. we cannot grow complacent with each successful return nor can we forget about all the other children who are being wrongfully retained abroad. we are fortunate to have strong support of groups that advocate, which advocate for victims of international parental child abduction, however we need our government's unwavering support and determination to bring our children home. madam secretary, we would welcome the opportunity to meet with you directly to discuss how progress can be made her go please help us reunite with our children. and the families and the names of the children are at the end of the letter. >> thank you. >> without objection all of the names -- [applause] mr. goldman th

your. question on the call. this is r t from moscow top stories tonight the u.s. builds pressure on syria as the state department slams the violent crackdown on protests there and promises it will hold president assad's government accountable for the bloodshed with the recent shelling of residential areas the total number of those killed since the unrest began in march is nearing eight hundred. in libya fresh nato air strikes in the capital tripoli reportedly damaging the north korean embassy and gadhafi compound and leading to also believe that the bombing came just hours from from libyan leader made his first t.v. appearance in more than a week. also a german court finds a former nazi death camp guards guilty of accessories of war crimes they include the execution of thousands of jews during the second world war under one year old john demjanjuk percent since to five years in prison but released pending an appeal . signed thirty one here in moscow and a special report for you next about a team of brave men in lebanon whose job it is to search for unexploded bombs after the war there in two thousand and six. th

crowley, former state department spokesman, i have been an ardent follower of yours on twitter and also somebody who i have been looking forward to talking to for a long time. i hope you come back again. >> my pleasure. >>> more ahead on how the bin laden news affects the debate about the afghanistan war. about some of the political news that is getting buried perhaps deliberately in the wall to wall bin laden coverage. and robotic exoskeletons. >>> after al qaeda attacked the united states on september 11th, 2001, the united states started one war within weeks of that attack in afghanistan and another war a year and a half later in iraq. for u.s. troops there have been two signature wounds. the first is traumatic brain injury caused by explosions. the second is injury to the extremities. the torso being protected by body armor. the head protected as much as it can be with a helmet. the extremities exposed to small arms fire, but more often to what is most likely in both an improvised explosive device. for the first two years the typical u.s. vehicle to transport u.s. troops in theater

state department and u.s. a id work every day to translate your vision into real results, results on the ground in nearly every country in the world. that is why the work we have done to provide them with the tools and resources they need to perform their mission is so important. it is why we need to keep making the case for those resources because alongside our colleagues in the defense department, america's diplomats and development experts at the state department and usaid are on the frontlines of protecting american security, advancing america's interests, and projecting america's values. as a wave of change continues to sweep across the middle east and north africa, they are carrying our diplomacy and development far beyond the embassy walls, engaging with citizens in the streets and through social networks as they seek to move from protest to politics, with ngo's and businesses to create economic opportunities and traditional leaders to build a genuine democracy. they represent the best of america and i am so proud to have them as our face it to the world. it is fitting you have chosen, mr. president, th

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your department? because that's the question. >> that's the national security division. >> are they under you? >> yeah, the national security division is part of the united states department of justice. >> did they consult with you in any way? >> no. >> thank you. >> one thing i want to say that i think was grossly unfair, you have cast dispersions on a person who i don't know who has served, i understand, the united states department of justice and the people of this country quite well for a good number of years. i've implied that he would take a position in order to -- a position in a case in order to maintain a position as an acting u.s. attorney or to become the u.s. attorney. these are the kind of things that will get reported in the newspapers, people don't know this gentleman, they'll wonder about him. i think that's a very unfair thing to do, given the fact that i don't think there's any basis for the assertions that you have made. >> wait. now wait a minute. you are saying there are no basis for assertions -- >> the gentleman is recognized for an additional 30 seconds. >> -- that he said one thing in the pleadings before the trial court and the same th

states and the california constitution, the brown act, and our sunshine ordinance. i have several determinations' finding the police department in violation for various things in the ordinance. on your own agenda, it says "know your rights under sunshine." when someone doesn't know their rights, and does go to the sunshine ordinance task force to enforce those, the commission does not bother to show up, expect to send someone who is not a member of the commission, the secretary, and put them in the awkward position of trying to defend someone else's action, actions which they themselves are unwilling to take responsibility for. president mazzucco: next speaker? >> commissioners, good evening. my name is emile and i have been a resident for 41 years. i am not going to address any specific commission tonight, but maybe both of you. i have lived in this city for 41 years. in the past six straight months, i have looked at the most wanted list in the city and county of san francisco. we live in a city with great diversity, which also creates the -- create diversity in numbers, names, and pictures on the most wanted list. they are no longer caucasian americans. most of the most wanted, ni

friction you saw frequently between the rumsfeld pentagon, powell state department in the cia under tennent back then. >> when you look at yourk and bob woodward's work, there seems to be a personal quality to that tension. it doesn't seem to be institutional and traditional. it does seem to be rumsfeld personality-based and others. is that more typical that what we seem to be seeing in the obama administration what is a group of people who seem to get along and respect each other? >> i think so. you always see institutional frictions, but i think they got very personal in the bush administration. there's a calmness about this group that reflects the coolness at the center of the administration in kind of president obama's reflective rather detached approach to events. >> tom ricks with foreign policy magazine. thank you very much for joining us tonight, tom. >> you're welcome. >> in tonight's rewrite, what more does president obama have to do to disprove the republican lie that democrats are soft on defense? also, the terror threat. with bin laden gone, how powerful will al qaeda be? >>> tonight in spotlight, what does the d

state-of-the-art surveillance camera never worked at this high school district. the police department is setting up to keep students safe. >>jacqueline: it is been hot. details on youromplete forecast coming up. úúo >>this just in to the kron 4 news room downtown san francisco you can see that bush street and stockton. right in the middle of downtown. not a great time for this to be happening in the abdomen commute hours. we are being told that it is a gasoline leak at a construction site at bush street stockton street. police have closed this area. if you are in this area of the good advice is to avoid this area are ron stockton and bush street. around stockton street. (music) >> jacqueline: live look from our roof cam. another gorgeous day. a bit hot inland or in the south bay. plenty of sunshine but we are seeing fog push along the coast overnight and into tomorrow. taking a look at the mark at a glance pretty mild. low 50s but that coastal fog will still be breezy. we will take a look at that in one moment but first noon temperatures are going to be a bit slow to warm. . we will take a look at that fog. with '60s and '70s to start that late morning. through oakl

your say. it's. in the. corridor just turning some minutes past the hour here in moscow you will see now the u.s. state department has urged georgian authorities to investigate the violent crackdown on anti-government protests that left several people that it took place two days ago but the opposition claims a witch hunt remains in full swing with those speaking out against president saakashvili being detained or disappearing now so far he's been covering the events in the party now joins me live here in the studio good to see you sir we'll get to the details of what you saw in just a moment but you're just now apart from tripoli see what's going on in the georgian capital just staring at the name of the struggles continuing really the opposition have taken to the streets again this time that may take is it allows things like a silly protesting against the violence that was used when states crack so so so first the protests against the government corruption now a new wave of protests against the violent crackdown as you saw exactly yes that's exactly what's happening. but it's about see on wednesday night the ear

your patience. daniel benjamin was sworn in as coordinator for counterterrorism at the department of state with the rank of ambassador at large may 28, 2009. from 1994 to 1999 mr. benjamin served on the national security council staff. and in 1994 to 1997 he served as foreign policy speech writer and special assistant to president clinton. before entering the government, mr. benjamin was a foreign correspondent for "time" magazine and the "wall street journal." that must have been an interesting switch when you went from "time" magazine to the "wall street journal." some day i'd like to talk to you about that. mark cumins is deputy assistant secretary for international affairs at the u.s. department of homeland security. mr. assumcumins is responsiblpr as director for european and multilateral affairs in the department of homeland security 0 office of international affairs from june 2007 to august 2008. prior to joining dhs in june 2007, mr. koumans served in the u.s. foreign service. welcome to you both. we'll recognize you, ambassador benjamin, if your statement is going to be excessively long, w

your friends under the bus. that is what i know about foreign policy. [cheers and applause] you don't need the state department to figure that out. no the your friends are and who your enemies are and don't throw your friends under the bus. i was shocked last week. i think it was thursday. when president obama through israel under the bus. let me tell you what the herman cain doctrine would be relative to our friends and i will share with you my doctor and relative to our enemies. i have some stuff for them too. relative to israel that most of us have appreciated the relationship for decades. the herman cain doctrine to the world would simply be if you mess with israel you are messing with the united states of america. don't mess with us! don't mess with us! is that real clear? is that real clear? that is one i mean by real clear foreign policy. no who your friends are. know who your enemies are. and it is our new vision. not the establishment, not the politicians. it is our new vision. lastly, this nation has gradually over the years slipped into an entitlement society. i am going to tell you, folks, not only