the united states is very careful. we're not claiming in any of these and we try to take a position that our primary interests are principalled and strategic. freedom of navigation, maintenance of peace and stability. that commerce, legal commerce be unimpeded. that problems are not solved through coercion. and that international legal principles and multilateral collaboration is the best way forward. we have urged philippine and chinese interlocketters to take necessary steps to -- to deescalate from the crisis. we are -- i think pleased at the reestablishment of dialogue between beijing and manila. this will be an issue that will take substantial effort. we are al -- we are coming into the region forum. we expect issues around the south china sea. >> the code of conduct for example. >> will be -- key topics of conversation. the united states is not going to shirk from its interests in maintaining these principled positions going forward. >> more with kirk campbell the assistant secretary of state for >>> we're back w

states they want the united states have africans kill other africans in their interest that's what it sounds like to me you know in this and this is my international version go ahead i mean first go ahead. but i have to say that the you know africa was split up in these commands and it wasn't given much emphasis because nobody really cared about it frankly and now all you do is you hear the commander and other people in the in the command itself talking about what are the threats the threats to oil right so i think well is a major factor in this and we can't discount that i don't know as we're trying to the united states is trying to have africans africans kill other africans but certainly we have all these military training programs with special forces around the world and that's kind of what ends up ends up happening we want geo political influence for oil and other reasons but what happens is a lot of the time unfortunately that all this training goes to repressing internal revolt and we try we say that we're instilling democratic values but you can't you can't do that in a seminar

right law in the united states when it comes to guns how powerful is the lobby. well you know i don't know that i'm the i'm the person that's the expert just speak on that i'm mark may be a better person to to speak on that but i do think that when we look at the politics let's just take cars and guns and we look at the at the politics of regulation well in california for example fairly recently we we increased the regulation of driving for fifteen and a half you can get a permit sixteen seventeen years old below eighteen years old it's a regulated system and it's a gradual system and you don't get handed the keys on your sixteenth birthday and those regulations were adopted in a reasoned and reasonable environment where the issue of safety was debated and statistics were looked at and we have a very different system of driving for sixteen eighteen year olds now than we did when i was sixteen years old but the question is about the gun situation why can't we have the same reasoned debate and moving forward on on on changes in the law and policy and regulation bas

states than it is in the united states. we have to remember, on a bigger scale, you cannot do anything new without attendant risk. society has become so risk- averse. we will not see animation that has driven health care to the point -- see innovation that has driven health care to the public that has doubled life expectancy in the last 20 years. >> republicans in congress have talked about any to repeal and replace obama's health care law. are there any aspects of the law that you would repeal? what would you replace them with? >> let me defer just a little bit on that. i think, more importantly, we have to say that -- the law does a couple of things very well and some things, it does not do quite so well. we know it is not going to control cost. we're going to have to do that. it is probably going to be led by the private sector. the second -- one of the things about controlling costs, there is not a lot in this law about providing incentives to take care of yourself. i would like to see more incentive for people to do th

. >> did buried someplace that the united states still owes a trip -- did i read someplace that the united states still as a trip over there to pick up some nuclear waste? >> we have told them, that unlike the united states, we have destroyed our nuclear weapons and you can trust us to take care of the nuclear waste. >> so we do not have to pick it up? >> no. we use them as medical isotopes. >> a hero who came from very humble beginnings, a guerrilla fighter himself, also very controversial, what are his challenges? what are the challenges of south africa? >> i think we would love to have the united states unemployment rate of under 9%. ours is probably closer to 50%. we would love to have our young people really skilled, really educated on top of math and science and being able to contribute to the technological age and to the knowledge economy. unfortunately, the past, or young black students -- where young black students could not compete with math and science and welcome it takes two generations. it takes the first generation to teach it and it takes the second generation to get the pr

i think israel and the united states have a relationship that if the united states abandons israel, and europe certainly did after the 1973 war, i think that tears at the soul of america. there's one country in the middle east that has stood by us, is a thrive democracy, a group of people that have gone to the desert and turned it green, is israel. we owe them a relationship where we stand by them. not where we stand by them at the expense of all else, but we should -- the survival of the state of israel [ inaudible ]. period. now, what happens if israel is looking at the clock and i think netanyahu probably wakes up every morning and there are three alarm clocks next to the bed. one says how much time does israel have before iran develops nuclear weapons. the second clock is how much time does israel have to stop iran, israel/the united states to stop iran, either with an attack, either with sanctions that we've just instituted, or with cyberattacks. the third clock is the american election because just think of whether the swing states likely to be in the election, florida, and if the

states so that's the one example in the book where the actions the united states takes really do impact the actions of other countries by the united states spending far more on military and being at least viewing itself as more of armed to protect many of these countries it ends up letting those other countries spend less and that's exactly what you see in the dynamics. in what areas does the us find itself in a leading position among other wealthy nations there are a few areas where we excel we have some of the best colleges in the world so that tertiary education our graduate schools are outstanding some of the strongest in the world our hospitals our technology overall is world class and overall those types of advantages are would draws the best talent in the world here students come here in order to learn and hopefully we can keep the opportunities for them not only to arrive here but for them to stay our technology that allows us to innovate and create some great companies that still exist and are entrepreneurship the government rules that allow us to create new companies and to pa

by the united states. over the last, turkey has cut back on oil imports from iran, in i think may, it was down to it was down from -- 270 barrels per day in may and in june -- no, in april, and then in may, it went down 180 barrels. there was a significant decline. this is because of turkey faces real pressure. okay. i've got less than that. on the united states on sanctions and turkey would be a price. turkey is talking to saudi arabia some of the caucus states about finding alternative sources of oil. you see this tension brewing between the two because of the failure on nuclear talk to make success and iran's stubbornness to find a solution. and the syria has complicated as a third in the triangle of relations. a revolutionary guard commander charged earlier this month that tour key was part of a regional alliance with saudi arabia and -- taking orders from the united states and israel in a plan or grand design to oust the syrian leadership. a prominent revolutionary guard leader called turkey a strateg

you can see very well the border between the united states and mexico. you can see the border between guatemala and mexico. >> hinojosa: and so those three, like, what do you see? the united states in terms of... >> the density of crops in the north of the rio grande is much higher. and the density of crops in the south of the border is not as high. you know, it's noticeable. and because you're looking at it from such a distance, you see it as a straight line. and nature usually doesn't make straight lines like that. you see borders between states in brazil, for example where, you know, deforestation is taking place in one state and not in the other. why? it has to do with the way people live, the way people, you know, decide... >> hinojosa: you could have made a choice to become, let's say, a human rights activist, traveling the world, talking about, you know, land usage and human rights. but in fact, you have been working for 32 years on developing a rocket that is powered in a different way than regular rockets that would get us to mars, your way... >

fair trade enforcement in the united states. they do not want to stop the subsidy they are getting from the chinese government. we to enforce the fair trade laws -- we need to enforce the fair trade laws. guest: i agree with the caller and that fair trade is a good thing. you have something you want to sell and i want to buy it, and we agree on a price. what is not there is one people in d.c. listening to lobbyists -- lobbyists tried to get special handouts for the company's and that to me is unfair trade. fair trade is giving the people the choice to save the money without the government getting in the way. caller: i grew up in dayton, ohio, and i'm back here taking care of an aging parents. i watched national cash register and move south and other manufacturing in the dayton region move south for cheaper labor. many operations moved overseas. this happened around the country but around the rust belt zone. how did both parties basically over decades sell the american workers and unions down the pike, and they have benefited han

it is always is the gateway of the united states to china. as the economic and trade cooperation between china and the united states and california deepens, now we believe that trade and investment keeps growing. china is the third largest export destination for california. many multinationals like hp, intel, cisco, and chevron are doing well in china. they're making money in china. at the same time, as the close relationship is going on, many chinese companies are working in san francisco in california. i would like to name a few. the tsl, ciuts, just to name a few. these are successful chinese companies working here. as the american companies in china, the chinese companies working in california in san francisco are also making contributions to job creation and the development of the economy in local areas. we're thinking these are very good signs. as the previous speakers mentioned, we paid a visit to the united states last february. governor brown proposed that we set up a working group for the u.s., a state, and china provinces to cooper

being attacked by the united states strongly condemned. illegally. hundred days now being detained without charge. doesn't stop the. day. the revolutionary ideas can change the world tomorrow. live from moscow this is ati this week seventeen pakistani soldiers were ambushed and beheaded by taliban militants seven more died in a separate roadside bombing violent extremism at home is believed to be the price the nation is paying for assisting the u.s. in its fight against afghanistan a war that wouldn't have been possible without pakistan's support. reports. it's not only u.s. bombs that fly in pakistan but also the stream of demands and accusations from washington there are several things that where asking the pakistanis to do more and better number one they've got to do more about the safe havens inside their own country even ridicule the u.s. defense secretary has laughed at pakistan for being in the dark on the bin laden raid. one. little in washington's rhetoric now suggest that during the decade of war in afghanistan pakistan had been

in the united states the issue of whether or not democrats are considered strong on national defense and security is one of the issues that's always played well for republicans and so showing this macho image and image of. going to stand up to kill these terrorists whoever we call terrorists is. it was i think it was being it was leaked in order to make him appear stronger. weaker and and frankly. you know there's there's a lot of. it in relate or in opposition to invading a country you know doing as targeted ok you're saying you're saying this is a security policy on the cheap chris if i go to you in london a lot of the information that was leaked i guess was leaked to you guys because reading your work is quite fascinating is this you know why are they you know spoon feeding the media every once while they'll say something of course is the most secret program in america but it is same time they're going to want to brag about it and from your research in your writing it looks like they're quite proud of what they're doing. there's very little that secret about the covert war in paki

the united states the issue of whether or not democrats are considered strong on national defense and security is one of the issues that's always played well for republicans and so showing this macho image and the image of. going to stand up to and kill these terrorists whoever we call terrorists is. it was i think it was being it was leaked in order to make him appear stronger not. weaker and and frankly. you know there's there's a lot of. in relate or in opposition to invading a country you know doing as targeted ok you're saying you're saying this is a security policy on a cheap christopher i go to you in london a lot of the information that was leaked i guess was leaked to you guys because a reading of your work is quite fascinating is this you know why have they you know spoon feeding the media every once while they'll say something of course is the most secret program in america but it is same time that kind of want to brag about it and from your research in your writing it looks like they're quite proud of what they're doing. there's very little that secret affair the war in pa

the united states ok if i can stay so i don't think it helps at all ok if i stay clean thing is that it's a legal ok ok we'll get to that when you're really good you know but i mean obama obama loves to point out the pentagon loves to point out or i should say the cia we got another one we got another one and it makes the papers and people are quite impressed i mean you know mr obama is not soft on security is he is that one of the messages you think he's sending right now. i think that's the purpose for why he is doing it i think that's one of the purposes. in the united states the issue of whether or not democrats are considered strong on national defense and security is one of the issues that's always played well for republicans and so showing this macho image and the image of. going to stand up to kill these terrorists whoever we call terrorists is. it was i think it was being it was leaked in order to make him appear stronger. weaker and and frankly. you know there's there's a lot of. it in relate or in opposition to invading a country you know doing as targeted or you're saying

i think i think the united states again i don't speak for the united states but from a perspective i think the united states is concerned about the composition of the opposition the fact that you have insurgents and al qaida as well as salafi elements are beginning to take over the opposition and they're certainly getting and heavier and heavier arms question is now who replaces him with what. unfortunately if the opposition is this. confused and and fractured and they try to attempt to get into office it's just going to be an open invitation for more extreme elements to take over and then what you have before you before you know it if assad were to leave voluntarily is a country that it becomes another base for extremists and i don't think that any country in the region really would welcome that and we're already beginning to see some spillover effect here in beirut where i am right now and i think that this is this problem has got to be resolved i don't see removing assad is the answer at this point he has been a balance for the most part he's got to defend the country and if peopl

right law in the united states when it comes to guns how powerful is the lobby. well you know i don't know that i'm that i'm the person that's the expert just speak on that i'm mark maybe a better person to speak on that but i do think that when we look at the politics let's just take cars and guns and we look at the the politics of of regulation well in california for example and fairly recently we we increased the regulation of driving for fifteen and a half you can get a permit sixteen seventeen years old below eighteen years old it's a regulated system and it's a gradual system and you don't get handed the keys on your sixteenth birthday and those regulations were adopted in a reasoned and reasonable environment where the issue of safety was debated and statistics were looked at and we have a very different system of driving for sixteen eighteen year olds now than we did when i was sixteen years old but the question is about the gun situation why can't we have the same reasoned debate and moving forward on on on changes in the law and policy and regulation ba

states they want the united states have africans kill other africans in their interest that's what it sounds like to me you know in this and this is my international version go ahead i mean first go ahead. but i have to say that the you know africa was split up in these commands and it wasn't given much emphasis because nobody really cared about it frankly and now all you do is you hear the commander and other people in the in the command itself talking about what are the threats the threats toile right so i think well is a major factor in this and we can't discount that i don't know as we're trying to the united states is trying to have africa africans kill other africans but certainly we have all these military training programs with special forces around the world and that's kind of what ends up ends up happening we want geo political influence for oil and other reasons but what happens is a lot of the time unfortunately that all this training goes to repressing internal revolt and we try we say that we're instilling democratic values but you can't you can't do that in a seminar or

states they want the united states have africans kill other africans in their interest that's what it sounds like to me. no in the dissent this is my answer and yes universe go ahead i mean first go ahead. but i have to say that the you know africa was split up in these commands and it wasn't given much emphasis because nobody really cared about it frankly and now all you do is you hear the commander and other people in the in the command itself talking about what are the threats the threats to oil right so i think well is a major factor in this and we can't discount that i don't know as we're trying to the united states is trying to have africans africans kill other africans but certainly we have all these military training programs with special forces around the world and that's kind of what ends up ends up happening we want geo political influence for oil and other reasons but what happens is a lot of the time unfortunately that all this training goes to repressing internal revolt and we try we say that we're instilling democratic values but you can't you can't do that in a seminar

the united states ok if i can stay so i don't think it helps at all ok if i stay clean thing is that it's a legal ok ok we'll get to that when you're really good you know but i mean obama obama loves to point out the pentagon loves to point out or i should say the cia we got another one we got another one and it makes the papers and people are quite impressed i mean you know mr obama is not soft on security is he is that one of the messages you think he's sending right now. i think that's the purpose for why he is doing it i think that's one of the purposes in. the united states the issue of whether or not democrats are considered strong on national defense and security is one of the issues that's always played well for republicans and so showing this macho image and the image of. going to stand up to kill these terrorists whoever we call terrorists is. it was i think it was it was leaked in order to make him appear stronger. weaker and and frankly. you know there's some there's a lot of. it in relate or in opposition to invading a country you know doing as targeted ok you're saying

israel strikes unilaterally or the united states and israel, or the united states strikes and everyone blames it on a united states and israeli coalition. but the important thing is, we have to avoid using military force, if at all possible. on what is frustrating as an analyst, we have sanctions and they take a bite, we hear, soon, from the white house. and then they say they will increase sanctions and it will be biting. we should have started the sanctions 2 1/2 years ago. we know how bad it is if iran gets nuclear weapons but we do not have an effective plan. >>shepard: but i read from this analysts that iran having a nuclear weapon would not be the end of the world; that iran would then be more of a stabilizing nation than it is now. i'm not sure how many people subscribe to that notion, but it is out there. >>guest: it is out there. i don't think iran with the country regime necessarily having nuclear weapons would be an absolutely untenable situation. the problem is, what happens if this regime goes and a worse regime comes to power. we saw that with egypt and the whole arab spr

narrator: over 300 million people live in the united states. and each person uses an average of 100 gallons of water every day. man: what it takes to actually make clean water is somewhat a mystery to most customers. woman: so how does water get from the river into your house, or here at school? woman: somebody has to bring that water to us, and somebody has to take it away when we're finished with it. man: the water infrastructure is vital for disease protection, fire protection, basic sanitation, economic development, and for our quality of life. man: you just can't visualize all the assets that are under our feet. we have about two million miles of pipe in this nation. if you're walking around in an urban area, you're probably stepping on a pipe. man: our grandparents paid for, and put in for the first time, these large distribution systems. woman: and in many cases, it's not been touched since. man: we're at a critical turning point. much of that infrastructure is wearing out. narrator: our water infrastructure is made up of complex, underg

being attacked by the united states strongly condemned. illegally shoot five hundred days now i've been detained without charge. that hasn't stopped. the day we're on a quest for relief ideas that can change the world tomorrow. this week seventeen pakistani soldiers were captured on the beheaded by a ton of on military seven more died in a separate roadside bombing exposed believe the country is paying a high price for helping the u.s. and its fight against islamist in afghanistan but has gotten reports it's a war that wouldn't have been possible without pakistan's support. it's not only u.s. bombs that fly in pakistan but also the stream of demands and accusations from washington there are several things that where asking the pakistanis to do more and better number one they've got to do more about the safe havens inside their own country even ridicule the u.s. defense secretary has laughed at pakistan for being in the dark on the bin laden raid. one. little in washington's rhetoric now suggest that during the decade of war in afghanistan

story is right here in the united states it's an ugly story i'm curious your take on just slightly to change the topic we'll come back to this and just a second the bain part of it but just the politics of this and romney was being interviewed by robin wright whose father was in the tuskegee airmen and she said you people the last time i heard that in presidential politics and you know correct me if i'm just way off base on this was when when ross perot addressed to address the end of one thousand nine hundred two and he took a world of grief for that. well it's a term you hear i was been raised in the south all ma live in it's a demeaning term it's a term that she hear in the south but you certainly don't expect to hear it from the wife of the person who wants to be present united states and i think what it does is it just shows that you know i hate to use the term out of touch is way over used in this i think what it shows is that it's a divide and it's a separation between the reality of what most of us on the street regard as kind of common sense and what the romney campaign seems

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they cannot just be exported by the united states. it has to be exported by countries where there has been success. when i look at the work that's colombia is doing the rest of the country in showing how the past that could be leveraged in a way that increases safety and security, that is important. the department of justice works very hard to fulfill their obligation when it comes to increasing the ability of prosecutors to be successful. i think these things are important. they do not just always get the level of attention and concern as to when someone is extradited or there is a particularly large drug bust. it takes time. it is hard work. i think there are successes in this hemisphere that can be used as an example. countries with less infrastructure and ability to provide the taxing resources that are needed for security can benefit from some of them. the end result will still be the leadership of that particular country. >> and our final question. >> students for sensible drug policy. you have said you ended the war on drugs. w

united states courthouse. judge boochever served our country in the united states army during world war ii and moved to alaska in 1940 where he worked for the u.s. attorney's office and private practice. in 1972 he was appointed to alaska's supreme court and served three years as chief justice. in 1980 he he was the first alaskan appointed as judge in the ninth circuit court of appeals and served for more than 30 years until his death in 2011. his commitment to law and service made him a sovereign jurist. i support passage of this legislation and urge my colleagues to do the same. mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois. mr. costello: mr. speaker, thank you. and, mr. speaker, youms. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. costello: mr. speaker, h.r. 4347 designates the united states courthouse located at 709 west ninth street in juneau, alaska, as the robert boochever united states courtho

the moral standing of the united states, the credibility of the united states as an actor. the united states of america pretending, and acting as the leader of the free world and experimenting torture abroad. the economic costs of the 9/11 wars were $5 trillion. between three and $5 trillion. >> host: is one of those numbers i have been hearing and reading and writing this number for so long and is one of those numbers that is so large it's almost impossible to comprehend. blood is a trillion? i can't quite imagine a million. >> guest: think about when obama came and he said 700 million -- 700 yen dollars in order to basically reconstruct the economy. you are spending $700 billion. >> host: we don't have $700 billion. >> guest: no, we did not even have the three to $5 trillion that we have spent. most of the money was are owed money. not to mention the economic cost. it's also the opportunity cost. while the united states was chasing bands of jihad is in the valleys of afghanistan and pakistan the world was going on so barack obama inherited the bitter legacy, declined econ

and settled in the united states, at united states children and citizen wife. as a whole we want to address this issue. >> host: palm beach, florida. >> caller: thank you. very hard work. i want to comment on the integration of the u.s. army with the mexican army and heading towards north american union and something that might be dangerous for our health and safety laws friday while enforcement perspective. >> host: do you see a lack of sovereignty? >> guest: that won't happen. very simple, mexico is a sovereign nation. they are proud to be a sovereign nation. we are sovereign nation in the united states. we all need to cooperate as neighboring countries for the security. not just of our region but the security of the entire world. we work closely together. i want to say i am proud of the service, work very much on our behalf to protect our country and i will tell you one thing about immigration as well. i had the pleasure of naturalizing many immigrants who serve in our armed forces and became united states citizens. we deal with immigration, it is a huge com

james everhart of the united states marine corps. national president of the montford point marine association -- united states, retired. and jo carpenter, lt.colonel retired united states marine corps. [cheers and applause] i would like to personally thank the officers and staff of

states so that's the one example in the book where the actions the united states takes really do impact the actions of other countries by the united states spending far more on military and being at least viewing itself as more of armed to protect many of these countries it ends up letting those other countries spend less and that's exactly what you see in the dynamics. in what areas does the us find itself in a leading position among other wealthy nations there are a few areas where we excel we have some of the best colleges in the world so that tertiary education our graduate schools are outstanding some of the strongest in the world our hospitals our technology overall is world class and overall those types of advantages are what draws the best talent in the world here students come here in order to learn and hopefully we can keep the opportunities for them not only to arrive here but for them to stay our technology that allows us to innovate and create some great companies that still exist and our entrepreneurship the government rules that allow us to create new companies and to pat

states or the threat that sweden once they got custody of assad would hand them over to the united states which would then prosecute him under the very controversial espionage act we don't know everything about what the u.s. government has done or might do but we know that a grand jury was impaneled in the united states to investigation of wiki leaks and bring charges we know that bradley manning's attorney believes that use harsh treatment in u.s. custody was an attempt to get him to. testify against julian assange there's every reason to believe that they have the opportunity to try to get him and u.s. custody they will do so this is totally rational the documented fear. and so very out of joint to sanchez's oh interview program here on our team and its latest edition is on air this tuesday and if you've missed any of the previous ones they're available online at. www dot com. i'm julian assange. it is true of wiki leaks where they expose the world secrets these documents belong the united states government being attacked by the united states strongly condemn this question. illegally sh

china are going to stand up to the united states or you know syria being. conquered essentially in the same way that libya was. washington support for syrian rebels is confusing says the chairman of the foreign affairs committee in russia's lower house of parliament. but. i don't quite understand how the us can support the armed opposition because these are the same kind of people who blow up american soldiers in afghanistan and iraq the same kind of people who kill nato troops in afghanistan in the same country they're considered enemies of the united state while here they're treated as allies. in cabs the full interview with i say pushed off in about twenty minutes time here on r t. the bank of england's deputy governor a has denied claims to gave barclays hints to manipulate lending rates and the height of the crisis this latest banking scandal has reached parliament now the chancellor is facing calls to apologize to his opposition counterpart for accusing him of being involved in the nipple ations two party's laura smith reports. a key participant in th

states let's say it's not it's not the issue alone of the united states but it also involves. nato member countries with whom pakistan does maintain good relations and i think the seven eight months of suspension pakistani leadership did come to conclude that somehow both countries needed to move on in order not to sour relations not only with the united states but also with the other members of the nato as you say as you say pakistan enjoy enjoys a close friendship with some members of the nato alliance some i draw into question how close their friendship is with out of the united states of america we know that washington gives pakistan billions of dollars in aid and military hardware every single year with this opposition movement do you think the benefits perhaps outweigh the consequences considering the huge amount of money that washington throws into pakistan. well i think first we have to rectify this perception the way that you emphasized the billions of dollars it's not all that big amount of money. the united states had been giving giving to pakistan they did a good e

and we have a plan also that was defeated in the united states senate. i don't know whether your side intends to offer exactly the plan that was defeated in the united states senate, but it was a plan that the president of the united states, as the leader knows, said he won't sign. so what i ask my friend respectfully so we know what to prepare for and we know it will be made in order that consistent with the clear meaning of this statement that mr. boehner made just a few hours ago is that we would be given the opportunity to offer the senate-passed plan and would have a vote on that plan, either in the form of an amendment or a substitute. and i yield to my friend. mr. cantor: mr. speaker, i would say back to the gentleman, we do expect and our intention is to allow your tax hike to be made in order. i mean, i don't understand, mr. speaker, how many more times i have to say that. the speaker has always represented that we would work towards an open process, and i would remind the gentleman that when his party was last in majority and considered an expi

this is an important anniversary for the united states, the united kingdom and canada. i want to thank all of you, especially my friends governor o'malley and mayor rawlins blake for organizing this commemoration. in many ways it helped to define our young nation and gave americans a sense of unity and independence. it made an icon of the flag we fly and gave us the national anthem we sing. enduring symbols of our democracy. the end of the war laid the foundation for the growing relationship between the united states, the united kingdom and canada. bonds we now celebrate as the str strongest of allies and closest of friends. as our three nations mark this milestone, i'm confident our alliance will abe a force for good and together we will leave this world a better, safer place for generations to come. >> now the secretary of the united states navy, ray mapis. >> governor o'malley, senator, the entire maryland congressional delegation, madam mayor, to the ambassadors from the united kingdom and canada. i have two observances for you. one is that i had the privilege of pa

over and you hope and maybe or so in the united states n.z. is frustration or increasing vicious cycle of political and they could make problems so high trying and lifts we. these are your two talking create middle class and these international competition you we have quite an hour or so of political systems of the west all week and week and i guess that in the end that's what i answered luis i could go back to that problem if i go to tony on this because the middle class in the united states has been crushed for thirty years it is damaging the democracy in the united states because people are not seeing that they're the the political process can address their needs because far away from the united states most people look at the republicans and democrats and say what in the world is the difference between the two the do what's the difference between mitt romney and barack obama i mean standing at a distance there is no difference. yeah but that's another conversation of the day . i'm ok and i'm good i'm good lately up for that but for your con

states and don't feel they get appropriate attention from the united states? >> i think there are a lot of people in mexico who believe thathat it deserves more attentn than it has gotten. >> rose: and what would be done to improve it beyond the idea of lessening the demand for drugs. >> well, i think it depends on who you tal talk to from mexico there is a assessment assessment it is the u.s. consumption that is driving these traffickers and you need to do something about it. >> rose: that i is that is a huge idea. >> it goes down to what does that mean exactly? people are not taking into account the consumption in mexico which the as was noted the middle class is rising and with that rise in middle class, as everywhere, there is rising consumption within mexico itself. nobody really talks about that. there is this sort of blame the u.s., you know, throw it on their lap, and again, it is, you know, u.s. consumption tha thats the largest amount, but i do think people expect more from the u.s. but mexico is a funny country. they don't want the u.s. to sort of c

person who is outside of the united states. the fisa amendments act was a well-calibrated piece of legislation. with the faa set to expire at the end of this year, the administration strongly urged congress to reauthorize the legislation. in supporting the administration's call for reauthorization, i asked congress to focus on the three considerations that have been the focus of my remarks here today. the vital importance of the faa authority to our counter terrorism efforts. two, the extreme care with which members considered, craft and limited that authority when they passed the faa three years ago and three the representations that that authority has been implemented to great effect and with full compliance with the law and the constitution. in addition, we mist focus on one other important consideration which is the severity of the threat we face today. we have weakened them in many ways. the terrorist adversaries are intent on inflicting damage and death on the united states and its people. given that reality, now is not t

states so that's the one example in the book where the actions the united states takes really do impact the actions of other countries by the united states spending far more on military and being at least viewing itself as more of armed to protect many of these countries it ends up letting those other countries spend less and that's exactly what you see in the dynamics. in what areas does the us find itself in a leading position among other wealthy nations there are a few areas where we excel we have some of the best colleges in the world so that tertiary education our graduate schools are outstanding some of the strongest in the world our hospitals our technology overall is world class and overall those types of advantages are with draws the best talent in the world here students come here in order to learn and hopefully we can keep the opportunities for them not only to arrive here but for them to stay our technology that allows us to innovate and create some great companies that still exist and are entrepreneurship the government rules that allow us to create new companies and to pat

and production throughout the united states, how is syria a threat to the united states? they are in a civil war, but when you say interests of the united states what are you referring to first off, and second off, do they really have a chance of being a global threat against the u.s. and allies? guest: that is a great question because i think sometimes those points are not clear enough in the public discussion. i think our goal in syria is to see a political transition toward an inclusive democracy that includes all sectarian groups, that protects the rights of minorities and so forth. the reason we have an interest in that is that that's the only really path to returning stability to syria. the interests -- our interest in syria really gets to stability. and if syria goes into civil war and brings other parts of the region with it, that will have huge effects for our ally israel, it will have huge potential destabilizing effects on other countries. we care about iraq, lebanon, egypt, elsewhere. and it will also, i think, have profound economic effect. if you have a war

the united states laws remain supreme in the united states. our laws are not secondary to international laws, to u.n. laws. and then you would have a situation where the united nations is looking at american domestic gun manufacturers and sanctioning them. again, go back and look how successful the united nations has been at any time they have done this sort of thing? the other thing i would say look how incompetent the united states has been controlling weapons. i mean look at "fast and furious". we couldn't even keep track of those guns. we somehow expect the united nations will keep track of hundreds of thousands, millions of firearms and assume there is some enforcement? there is no enforcement mechanism even if it were a good idea. megyn: thank you both. >> thank you. appreciate it, megyn. megyn: up next how this latest round of storms is raising worries about our national power grid. don't go away. [ male announcer ] let's say you need to take care of legal matters. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option than u

our uncle in the united states made an affidavit and we arrived. it was a blizzard. we pointed to that the lady, the statue of liberty, the biggest dream i ever had." you read things like that and you really understand what the statue of liberty is about and why is such an emotional symbol for us. i want to read them now, but there are earlier quotations of people who were escaping russia and remembered what it was like to see the statue and to know they were safe when they sold the statue of liberty. bartholi, he understood. he did not think of the statue as welcoming immigration, immigrants, but he understood by placing it on the island that every ship that came into the next stage wld have to almost touched the statue of liberty, because it is right at the end of the narrows. it channels every boat to a place where they have to come so close to the statue of liberty that you cannot possibly miss it. that is why when you were on that boat coming to the united states and use of the statue of liberty, you could practically reach out and touch it. it lot of people sai

states than it is inside the united states. and i think we also have to remember sort of on a bigger scale that you can't do anything new without attendant risk. and if a society becomes so risk-averse, we are not going to see innovation that has driven health care to the point which has doubled the life expectancy in the united states in the last 900 years. 100 years. >> republicans in congress have talked about a need to repeal and replace obama's health care law. are there any aspects you would repeal, and what would you replace them with? [laughter] >> let me, let me defer just a little bit on that. [laughter] i think more importantly we have to say that we're -- the law does a couple things very well and some things that it doesn't do quite so well. first of all, we know that it's not going to control cost, and so we're going to have to do that, and it's probably going to be led bethe private sector. by the private sector. and the second thing -- and one of the things about controlling cost is there's not a lot in this law

the united states. the best way is if you have monitors all over the place. we identify a large outbreaks, national arborists and a handful of cases. it is a way we do that and how we found the outbreak. he did not need to have hundreds of cases. when they are compiled together you realize we have a significant outbreaks and recall a product very fast. we believe this helps consumers -- it helps markets because they get off very fast out of the market. we believe it is very important in a laboratory system. the of the system i would like to talk about this bioscience. states that will put together the systems that are completely together. a set of tools for data analysis. they did not have bio surveillance systems. we can help assist with that. let me transition to this. i am sure everybody thinks about social media and it thinks the answer is out there and all they have to do is look at a facebook analytic tool and they know what will go on in the world. that is not quite true yet. you look at this and

united states mark when you look at . the equality trust richard wilkinson and k. pickett of the authors in the u.k. call it equality trust dot org dot u.k. is their web site or any quality dot org here in the united states you look at the statistics either on a state by state basis in the united states or on a country by country basis over the top fifty states in the world and what you find is that those states that have the lowest levels of inequality in other words where where there's less poverty and there's fewer super rich people and a larger middle class they have the lowest levels of gun violence and homicide and those countries that have the greatest inequality in the united states being in the top three u.s. singapore and the u.k. have the highest levels of homicide and gun violence should it a duke knowledge those stats and if so what do we do about that well i'll knowledge of staff because you said there's there and i there and i trust you that those are the numbers i haven't looked at him personally or at lea

of the people of the united states as expressed through the statutes of the united states as signed by the previous president, bill clinton, in september of 1996. and so i urge the adoption of this amendment. it prohibits the utilization of any of these funds that are in the defense appropriations bill to be used to contravene the defense of marriage act. i urge its adoption. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? >> i rise to strike the requisite number of words. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. dicks: mr. chairman, i rise in strong opposition to the amendment. this amendment is being offered for purely political reasons. as the gentleman know, the demens of marriage act is already current law -- defense of marriage act is already current law, despite the successful repeal of don't-ask, don't-tell, under doma same-sex marriage spouses are not entitled to the same benefits as other married couples. this amendment only seeks to divide this

she will be around tomorrow when the united states women compete for the team. but she was beaten by her best friend, aly raisman. they were both crying afterward. raisman said, i feel so bad. i know how badly jordyn wanted this for her. jordyn, all class afterward, said i'm happy for my friend, and i'm glad to have the chance to compete in the team. >>> after a weekend's worth of competition, can you see china leads the way in both total medals with 12 in gold with 6, the united states one back with 11 and 3 gold medals, italy, south korea come in third and fourth place today. what you're going to want to watch so far, i mentioned the women's gymnastics, the men's team, they finished first in qualifying. also we'll see ryan lochte swim against a deep field in the finals of the 200 meter freestyle. and 17-year-old missy franklin, the missile as they call her, will have her first chance for individual gold when she takes the pool for the 100 meter backstroke. first the u.s. women's water polo team looks to take the next step for their first-ever olympic gold. the