states is not going to recognize that well in general the united states has done pretty well in the last twenty years from countries become more de becoming more democratic but there are times when democratic countries societies take advantage of the democracy and make a decision that's not good for us interests and we have to learn to live with that in the philippines for example in the one nine hundred eighty s. after marcos fell democracy returned to the philippines and they voted to remove a u.s. military base and united states went along and accepted that and in the middle east now you see the united states learning to adjust to a different kind of government in egypt and actually making i think it's a seer effort to get along with the muslim brotherhood led government in the hopes that you know the united states in a different egypt can get along i agree that the intervention in iraq was misguided and that the united states as charles said greatly overestimated its ability to bring about a political transformation of iraq but that was a military intervention carried out for ot

states went along and accepted that and in the middle east now you see the united states learning to adjust to a different kind of government in egypt and actually making i think it's a seer effort to get along with the muslim brotherhood led government in the hopes that you know the united states in a different egypt can get along i agree that the intervention in iraq was misguided and that the united states as charles said greatly overestimated its ability to bring about a political transformation of iraq but that was a military intervention carried out for other reasons which was then justified and tried to turn into a political reconstruction mission ok charles what do you think about that because again there's a lot of hypocrisy here and people on the ground see it ok the americans will support this democratic movement but not that one i mean how do you explain it to them i think you just sit straight like we're doing on this show and exact the idea that there are moments when the united states can lean forward and push democracy there are other moments when the trade offs are t

states and the united states has its monroe doctrine and i can't japan have its equivalent on in its neighborhood i mean it is the rising power it soon will be the largest economy in the world. well i think for the chinese you know this. trying to manipulate and it may be. in some cases encouraged nationalistic responses to world events particularly in its near neighbors whether in central asia russia or particular more recently in the south china sea the islands of japanese japanese islands you know what you do that's a difficult tire to riot and once you let it out of its cage it can spin out of control and the new leaders of china they're most worried about domestic spill and they need to keep that economy moving in order to control their domestic population and nationalism could be a very destructive force for the soul of the harmony that this new leadership seeks to. keep in place jonathan how does the new leadership bounce those two issues continuing to grow the economy but you have more of an activist foreign policy i don't want to use the word aggressive but activist well i t

, not the united states. >> it is not us versus them. you do not have to fight. it is not one or two. it is a global community. there are reasonable region regional powers. do not discount russia. there are a lot of resources in all of these countries, especially africa, so what needs to happen is a global understanding. i believe the united states can work as a partner. who cares if we are number one any more? if you are not number one, you are not. mean?does number one reaso tavis: how much of this is fundamentally about american imperialism? or the notion of? >> it is the mindset. i think it has the most to do with it. woodrow wilson was saying stuff about we are the savior of the world, so there has always been this puritanism in our thinking, this concept that america is exceptional in its own way. we are human beings. if anything, it is a global world, and we can interact. we must get over this complex of superiority. >> you are right. a big part of the story is american imperialism, and the flip side is building up national securi

and yet the united states said, no. well, flash forward to 1973 and the united states no longer has access to those bases that had previously been offered. so the united states takes an initial step toward military commitments or military involvement in the gulf in '73, but needed to protect its navy much further into the indian ocean and up toward the gulf than it ever had, and it began to look at an island base in the indian ocean called diego garcia, and began to explore improvements to that base that would allow it to project force to the region without having to depend upon the host nation support. the second step that the united states reluctantly took towards assuming some of those same british commitments, came later on in the decade with the fall of the shah, and the iranian revolution in 1978 and '79. the u.s. had to rely on saudi arabia and iran in the aftermath of british withdrawal because of america's involvement in vietnam, and with the primary pillar, iran, one of the two twin pillars now gone, the unite

states went along and accepted that and in the middle east now you see the united states learning to adjust to a different kind of government in egypt and actually making i think it's a seer effort to get along with the muslim brotherhood led government in the hopes that you know the united states in a different egypt can get along i agree that the intervention in iraq was misguided and that the united states as charles said greatly overestimated its ability to bring about a political transformation of iraq but that was a military intervention carried out for other reasons which was then justified and tried to turn into a political reconstruction mission ok charles what do you think about that because again there's a lot of hypocrisy here and people on the ground see it ok the americans will support this democratic movement but not that one i mean how do you explain that to them i think you just sit straight like we're doing on this show and exact the idea that there are moments when the united states can lean forward and push democracy there are other moments when the trade offs are

the united states of america is a pacific nation. as our economy recovers, this is where we believe we'll find enormous growth as we've ended the wars that have dominated our foreign policy for a decade. this region will be a focus for our efforts to build a prosperous peace. here in southeast asia, we see the potential for chl gragss. as president, i suggest that go beyond the fact that i spent some of my childhood in this region. in indonesia ho. . we see nations that are on the move. we see nations that are growing and democracies that are emerging. progress that's built on the diversity that spans oceans and islands and jungles and cities. people's release. this is what the 21st century should look like if we have the courage to put asood side our differences and move forward. and here, i want to send a message across asia. we need to look forward to the future. to leadership of north korea, i've offered a choice. let go of your nuclear weapons. if you do, you eelt find an extended hand from the united states of america. in 2012,

states and the united states has its monroe doctrine and one can japan have its equivalent on in its neighborhood i mean it is the rising power it will be the largest economy in the world. well i think for the chinese you know this. trying to manipulate and it may be. in some cases encouraged nationalistic responses to world events particularly in its near neighbors whether in central asia russia or particular more recently in the south china sea the islands of japanese japanese islands you know what you do that's a difficult tire to ride and once you let it out of its cage it can spin out of control and the new leaders of china they're most worried about domestic spill and they need to keep that economy moving in order to control their domestic population and nationalism could be a very destructive force for the so the harmony that this new leadership seeks to. keep in place jonathan how does the new leadership bounce those two issues continuing to grow the economy but to have more of an activist foreign policy i don't want to use the word aggressive but activist well i think first

states is not going to recognize that well in general the united states has done pretty well in the last twenty years from countries become more de becoming more democratic but there are times when democratic countries societies take advantage of the democracy and make a decision that's not good for us interests and we have to learn to live with that in the philippines for example in the one nine hundred eighty s. after marcos fell democracy returned to the philippines and they voted to remove a us military base and then states went along and accepted that and in the middle east now you see the united states learning to adjust to a different kind of government in egypt and actually making i think it's a seer effort to get along with the muslim brotherhood led government in the hopes that you know the united states in a different egypt can get along i agree that the intervention in iraq was misguided and that the united states as charles said greatly overestimated its ability to bring about a political transformation of iraq but that was a military intervention carried out for other

states is not going to recognize it well in general the united states has done pretty well in the last twenty years from countries become more to becoming more democratic but there are times when democratic countries and societies take advantage of the democracy and make a decision that's not good for us interests and we have to learn to live with that in the philippines for example in the one nine hundred eighty s. after marcos fell democracy returned to the philippines and they voted to remove a u.s. military base the united states went along and accepted that and in the middle east now you see the united states learning to adjust to a different kind of government in egypt and actually making i think it's a serious effort to get along with the muslim brotherhood led government in the hopes that you know the united states in a different egypt can get along i agree that the intervention in iraq was misguided and that the united states as charles said greatly overestimated its ability to bring about a political transformation of iraq but that was a military intervention carried out for

states in the united states has its monroe doctrine and one can japan have its equivalent on in its neighborhood i mean it is the rising power it will be the largest economy in the world. well i think for the chinese you know this. trying to manipulate and it may be. in some cases encouraged nationalistic responses to world events particularly in its near neighbors whether in central asia in russia or particular more recently in the south china sea the islands of japanese japanese islands you know what you do that's a difficult tire to riot and once you let it out of its cage it can spin out of control and the new leaders of china they're most worried about domestics bill and he they need to keep that economy moving in order to control their domestic population and nationalism could be a very destructive force for the soul of the harmony that this new leadership seeks to. keep in place jonathan how does the new leadership balance those two issues continuing to grow the economy but to have more of an activist foreign policy i don't want to use the word aggressive but activist. well i

the supply of guns from the united states. but there are also other things that are completely, let's say are homework to do. we really needed to do something that is very important and it's important for mexico and i think it has been important for every country at some point in its history which is to guarantee that we have proper institutions that are accountable, transparent and democratic. institutions that are in charge of the rule of law. so there are some impediments that have something to do with the international and regional perspective. there are impediments about what we need to do in mexico. i think if one with characterize the years of the calderon administration the last six years, we have done our homework. in terms of transforming rule of law institutions. and there's still a path to go ahead. >> rose: are there things you could have done that you didn't do because of access to resources or anything like that? >> well, when one puts what's happened in mexico in perspective, charlie, one needs to think about w

., a look at poverty in the united states. then the parties and [laughter] >> congratulations. ♪ host: cobbbler and gobbler were pardoned by the president yesterday. according to wikipedia, the turkeys are raised in the same fashion of turkey's designed for slaughter. because most are bred and raised for size at the expense of long life, they are prone to health problems associated with obesity. most of the pardon turkeys have very short lives and frequently die within a year of being pardoned. here is an article that was in ."a today postco post here are some of the results of that poll that we want to show you. in november to the us and 8, do you think the country will be better off or worse off for years from now? -- in november 2008, do you think the country will be better off or worse off four years from now? 54% said better off. 41% said worse off. the pessimism has grown but overall americans are optimistic about the future and the next four years. that is what we want to ask you about. are you optimistic about americ

please be seated for the departure of the president of the united states. thank you for joining us today as we celebrate and honor all who served. [applause] - [captioning performed by national captioning institute] tomorrow social movements event at 6:00 p.m. event live on c-span. >> 2013 should be the year we begin to solve our debt through tax reform and entitlement reform. i'm proposing we avert the fiscal cliff together in a manner that ensures 2013 is finally the year that our government comes to grips with the major problems that are facing us. >> i'm open to compromise. i'm open to new ideas. i'm committed to solving our fiscal challenges but i refuse to accept any approach that isn't balanced. i'm not going to ask students and seniors and middle class families to pay down the entire deficit while people like me making over $250,000 aren't asked to pay a dime more in taxes. >> the new congress starts work in january but the current congress has work to do throughout the rest of the year in a lame duck session. work is impending on the fiscal cliff,

states and the united states has its monroe doctrine and one can japan have its equivalent on in its neighborhood i mean it is the rising power it will be the largest economy in the world. well i think for the chinese you know this. trying to manipulate and it may be. in some cases encouraged nationalistic responses to world events particularly in its near neighbors whether in central asia in russia or particular more recently in the south china sea the islands of japanese japanese islands you know what you do that's a difficult tire to riot and once you let it out of its cage it can spin out of control and the new leaders of china they're most worried about domestics bill and he they need to keep that economy moving in order to control their domestic population and nationalism could be a very destructive force for the soul of the harmony that this new leadership seeks to. keep in place jonathan how does the new leadership balance those two issues continuing to grow the economy but to have more of an activist foreign policy i don't want to use the word aggressive but activist. well i

all the way up until the last few decades the united states through those hundreds of years protected its manufacturing base with high tariffs on imports and government support for domestic industries this protectionist approach to trade transformed the united states into the world's largest export of manufactured goods which built and sustained an enormous middle class of americans working in factories collecting high wages then the forces of globalization crept to extol the virtues of a world economy afraid from national boundaries and free from protections for domestic manufacturing. with reagan's revolution in the one nine hundred eighty s. alexander hamilton eleven point plan was not totally scrapped at least dented badly terrorists were ditched and then bill clinton moved into the white house in the one nine hundred ninety s. continued reagan's trade policies and then even went even further committed the united states to so-called free trade agreements like gatt nafta and joining the deputy o. removing virtually all the protections that had kept our domestic manufacturing indust

the united states. at its core this is a form of colonization look up king leopold's congo for reference the united states is rapidly developing in a way never before witnessed in the history of the world and it would be a remarkable spectacle to behold if it weren't so damn tragic to our fellow citizens. let your elected representatives know that ross perot was right and it's time to end this so-called free trade insanity. and that's the way it is tonight friday nov ninth two thousand and twelve. for more information on the stories we covered visit our website. or if. you missed any of the night's show you can now watch it in h.d. on hulu at hulu dot com slash pictures also check out our two youtube. links of. this entire show is also available as a free video podcast on i tunes and you can visit our dot com to download the audio podcast of our daily three to six radio show and we have a free i phone and i pad app at the app store and the app was made here in the united states. you can. feedback at twi

states what is the united states real agenda i believe that even though they see china as a large and expansive market where you can make mega profits alternately the hostility the decades old hostility of the rule of the chinese communist party in china by washington policymakers as such that the u.s. will form of eventually a sort of a this integrating strategy in china to overthrow replace the chinese communist party using of course some legitimate grievances but ultimately trying to be stabilized china because they they considers china's rise to be a direct threat to the world generally by the united states that's how they view it drew i mean what if ok jonathan jump in but you know it's a large it will be the largest economy in the world very soon jonathan jump in. for the white house is this really has been a balancing exercise i don't really share the viewpoint of my colleague that is seeking sort of to topple the communist polity within china because it will be extremely risky from a security if you point from an economic viewpoint i think still the linchpin of america's strat

there have been 18 republican presidents of the united states. how many democratic presidents have there been? is it a, 12, b 15, c 18 or d, 26? stay tuned and we'll tell you the correct answer. if you ever miss a show go to i tunes.com/fareed. you can get the audio podcast for free or you can buy the video version. this week's book of the week is "iron curtain" by ann appelbaum. this book looks at how communism spread across ancient europe in 1882. this is about how eastern europe became totalitarian. now for the last look. ethiopia has one of the highest illiteracy rates in the world. the village of wonchi is no exception. nobody there can read or write. that's why i was astonished when i saw what nicholas' one tablet for one child did there. he dropped a tablet for each child with no instructions. in four minutes, one boy had found the on/off switch. he then taught the others. within a few days, they were each using about 50 apps each per day. they were learning to write letters. and within a month, they were learning to speak them, too. not j

because we're not sure you can trust the united states. it's time people quit wondering whether they can trust the united states, and there's only one way that will happen. that is when we have an administration, and this one has been re-elected for four years so it has to be this one, stops playing games, stops covering up truth, stops giving mixed signals, and is forthcoming, here's our policy. we have made agreements. we stand by our agreements. king abdullah, we may disagree with you on a bunch of bings -- bunch of things but we have agreements and we will keep our agreements. this administration needs to make those things clear. when someone attacks an ally of ours, with whom we have agreements, we stand by our agreements. that's the way you prevent wars. because what we're seeing right now in israel with this enhanced and heightened violence that's beginning to occur, people have seen this administration pulling back from our commitments to israel. that's the way it appears. to israel's enemies. so of course the rockets have gotten b

that putin has been so demonized in the united states. so little regarded in the united states that people think putin would be a good partner for obama but i think putin is ready for a full relationship if the united states will make some concessions to russia's national interest. you. just said about about publicans. being a different party and about about the democrats that that might be better but we all forget that other parties third parties in the american political process and it's a funny thing there are to see her company was was the actually the only company in the air in the united states who actually highlighted the charity the policy the programs the debates of this bar is the examiner magazine wrote i quote it's the equivalent of a sad joke that americans must rely on russia today in order to watch their presidential debates and quote do you think the mainstream american media really ignored that third party thing either on purpose or one. well first of all some of the magazines and newspapers in america have covered the th

in the united states. we pay a lot of attention to you. you sometimes don't pay enough attention to us. >> how many americans in the room -- shoes with me? >> the squeaky wheel gets the grease, we're not the squeaky wheel, we recognize united states's obligations and responsibilities of a global and to the extent we share values and interests is largely true, we want to do what we can to be helpful. >> appreciate it. we will end on one thing. we talked a little bit about american pop culture and there's a picture of you from a trip to the u.k. you walked into a -- i wonder if you can -- i don't know the renault's, show the picture and if you could explain what surprise you got for your 50th birth day. do we have a picture? there we go. >> the story was we were there, that was the second in twenty after the one in washington, the height of the crisis in november. prime minister gordon brown had the next one in april in london and that was around the time of my birthday. won the conference was done and we sa

th the cuban revolution against the united states. the eisenhower administration about kennedy administration were determined to rid cuba of castro. that was the bay of pigs in 1961, the kennedy administratioo humiliated by castro because he won. they resorted to a whole series, years of very e will elaborate >>ans and assassination plots to kill castro. kennedy did not want to in the second term if castro were -- one of the interesting questions. one of the most interesting personalities i write about in the book, a cia very senior cia officer named december monday fitzgerald, i quote does aftereh kennedy's assassination he told people if kennedy had lived, castro would not have still been in power by 1964. fitzgerald, who was behind the most details -- most t sophisticated assassination plot to kill castro believed that. >> who was -- [inaudible] >> he was a recruited spy by th cia, ahe man who had been veryn, close to the castro's brothers. a hero of the revolution. a trained assassin and accomplished asassen. he had been recruited

the united states has to compete with that. by coming to southeast asia with this historic visit to myanmar and a presence here at the east asia summit, obama hopes to advance that agenda. >> now, what role did the u.s. play in the south china sea issue? and what is its agenda there? >> right. the philippines and vietnam are two asean countries in direct confrontation with china over the south china sea. they want legally binding rules to resolve the disputes. in the summit meeting, obama sided with them by calling for the quick creation of a code of conduct. but china remains cautious about that. asean nations need to work together for the sake of their economic goals. they also need peacef fuful relations with china, which, after all, is is the world's second largest economy. balancing that with their competing territorial claims is the big challenge for asean. obama is arguing that with support from the united states they could help achieve that balance. going forward, the u.s. will likely strengthen its partnership with ase

states' influence influence the united states should have should be the beacon on the hill the notion that we've been a country that stood up to the bully as opposed to being a bully. both candidates criticized extensive use of drones by this administration arguing that they create more enemies for the united states and we remember that mitt romney is very much on the same page with the obama administration on the use of drones to execute people overseas the candidates also criticize the use of surveillance drones in the united states that we're also talking about how they would revert to sweeping powers of the patriot act and in general about what they see as violations of civil liberties in the united states take a listen we've looked at the use of the f.b.i. and homeland security against the occupy movement and the coordination of militarized police forces to violate the civil rights and the civil liberties i would have vetoed the national defense authorization act which allows for you and i as u.s. citizens to be arrested and detained without being charged i think this is why we f

for the united states of america the best is yet to come i. visibly moved my promise to resurrect his four year old message of hope after winning his second term as president of the united states. world reacts to obama's victory from a cold response in israel and the arab world too cautious optimism in the halls of the kremlin. greece is about to vote on us thirty measures for thousands of angry work has gathered at the doors of parliament as part of a nationwide protest against pay cuts and tax hikes. and a shooting spree in the broken heart supposedly pushes a man to take up killing five of his colleagues. international news and comment live from the new center here in moscow this is barack obama vows to fulfill his promise of change in a victory speech to jubilant supporters that's after securing a second term as president of the united states. what was predicted to be a close finish if not a tie turned into an electoral college landslide as obama swept to victory in almost every battleground state his republican challenger mitt romney who

is it a critical threat to the united states? the majority of the overall samples, 40 percent of americans said it is, less than a majority. but very interestingly again, millennials even to a lesser degree see china's rise as a threat. they largely look to china as an opportunity. we asked about the impact that chinese economic growth, particularly the chinese economy, becomes as large as or larger than that of the united states. and you'll see americans are divided. right now, i think that their jury is out. they see positive impacts, they obviously see them in the wal-mart and what they're able to buy at relatively inexpensive prices. but they also feel and see the effects of jobs moving to china, so there is a potential in this finding, of course, for this to flip and for negative assessments to increase relative to positive assessments. they draw from this the conclusion still that the united states ought to seek friendly engagement and cooperation with china. they are not about containment. they are not about limiting the r

so come if he's president of the united states than the united states are not united anymore they are split but abraham lincoln is willing to push it in the fire. >> host: the odd man out made the of the decision which led to the result that we had and he recognizes this. >> guest: he says what might be the most extraordinary dhaka had ever received and it's a memo that he essentially says you're not doing anything. you should let me be the shadow president and it's quite explicit. lincoln says many things can be done but if something must be done i must do it. so he is a genius at lots of things. one of the things he is gifted that is what you might call personnel management. he knows he's talented, he's a patriot and so instead of leading this as a feud that shatter the cabinet in a skilled politician he is able to reconciliate him and in a few months stewardesses to his wife and incredibly glad the country as abraham lincoln to lead us through this crisis because he is the best of us. so again, without that almost supernatural the to work with almost anybody put anyone, edward stan

there is a process in the united states. the president will let the process play out he will make a decision. i accept him at his word on that. in the context of keystone, it has been a bit of an opportunity for this country to understand that we do need to sell our energy products outside the united states. canada is the most energy of funded country in the world. canada will be a significant supplier of the energy sources of the future. it makes no sense in a global economy that we are and for canada to sell all of its energy products furtively exclusively to its own marketer or to the u.s. energy -- people in the energy business understand that have to look for other opportunities. >> an interesting thing happened several days ago. in the wake of hurricane sandy, governor chris christie of new asked for help with gas pipeline crews. there are people from specter energy here today. specter has crews in ontario that were ready to go. there was some pickup in some pipeline. i get an urgent call from our board members. he sai

we know in our hearts that for the united states of america, the best is yet to come. [applause] >> his challenger, mitt romney, but -- conceded defeat. many of the key battleground states went to the democrats. >> i just called the president to congratulate him on his victory. his supporters in the campaign also deserve congratulations. i wish them well, particularly the president, the first lady, and their daughters. >> world leaders have been offering congratulations to barack obama. we will assess the challenges he faces in his second term. >> well, lo, welcome again to washington, d.c. -- well, hello, welcome again to washington, d.c. people are waking up to the news that they have four more years with barack obama as their president. he won the electoral college and has 303 electoral college votes so far. the president took almost all of the key swing states that have focused -- that have had so much attention focused on them. the popular vote across the country has proved very tight, standing at the moment, without the result from florida, 50.2% of the american

we are and forever will be the united states of america. >> i'm soledad o'brien. >> this morning we have every issue covered. can the white house and congress work together to fix the economy? will the partisan gap now close? with the empire state building bathed in blue light, this much is clear. >> let the world know that 11:18 pm on the east coast of the united states, we projected this win, the re-election of barack obama for another four years. >>> good morning. and welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm soledad o'brien. lots to talk about this morning including the winner. president obama re-elected. lots to talk about, including the electoral map. had to get to 270 votes. 303 for president obama. we're still waiting on the state of flchlt there was a victory speech and a concession spoech as well from governor romney. first, president obama's victory speech. >> our economy is recovering. a decade of war is ending. a long campaign is now over. and whether i earned your vote or not, i have listened to you

states. >> yes. >> when you look at this map, what do you see. >> >> whoo i see is the united states is a virtual island. canada's just a thin band of middle class civilization. 33 million people living within a hundred miles of the u.s. border. the united states's real geographic challenge is to the south where much of the border is artificial. where south of the border, you have a country that's so much poorer than the u.s. that the difference in living standards is one of the greatest in the world, you know, except for maybe that between north and south korea. mexico has a much higher population growth. the average american is in his late 30s. so you have lat inhistory moving noncht that's the real drama going on in the united states. >> but you said something which i thought was interesting. a weak and artificial border between the u.s. and mexico. >> well, there's the rio grande during part of it. it's very narrow actually. and here, these were just lines drawn in the sand. remember. you have an artificial border between a very well developed civilization and one that's relative

states is that the united states is legalizing it at home but continuing the war on drugs in mexico so how do you square the circle. well i mean you know colorado and washington had votes but frankly federal law is still supreme in what federal laws and this is what president obama has said numerous times is that marijuana still illegal so i think the message to the world is that just because two states decided to legalize marijuana that this is really going to be caught up in the courts for a while and this is really the beginning of the conversation and not be and you know unfortunately voters were sold a false choice between prohibition on one side and super inforced and criminalization and legalization on the other side and the reality is that the this is actually a false choice this is not between legalization or prohibition you can actually have a kind of policy that much more nuanced than that ok peter in washington what do you think about what the people in colorado and washington have done recently in the last election well given the choices and frankly i think kevin. has p

in the united states. it's going to be hard for a mexican leader to justify that people getting killed in mexico, to fight cartels that are trafficking in marijuana when they're being legalized in some states in the united states. that's going to be a complication that's going to have to be addressed in the bilateral relationship. >> suarez: shannon o'neal, all the way from street vendors to the president's office, there's a consensus in mexico that this is an american problem but one that isexico's to deal with. how is pena nieto going to deaver from president kald enron. >> as michael just said there's going to be a shift on a war from drug trafficking to reducing violence. some of the things you do to fight drug trafficking and reduce violence are the same things. they're professionalizing your police forces, improving strengthening your court system. some things are different. particularly the priorities that you place on your police forces. do they go after drug king pins or do they actually go off pe

right now the united states has no trouble borrowing. in fact, we're borrowing at historically low levels. >> that's very dangerous fareed. i think something paul said is really important. what's happening in europe would be a lesson to us. we still have time to phase this in. if you look in europe the lesson ought to be if you don't deal with the problems the holes get deeper, harder to regain confidence, then at some point you have to take much sharper measures. that means -- that can mean that you have to go through a difficult period to deal with what would otherwise be a deeply dangerous long-term situation. the lesson of europe is act now. >> but the reality -- >> all said, phase it in. and i would at least defer the implementation for a limited period with an enforcement behind that. >> will any of this improve america's employment picture? >> yes. for the very reasons paul said. if you have a sound fiscal program that dealt with our long-term imperative, then i believe, just as paul said, that it would increase business confidenc

in 1898, the united states had all four of these pillars. britain had three -- was slowly losing common law -- france, germany and most european states have three, but some european states have their religious character already beginning to fade. but around the world in africa, asia, latin america few states had common law and property rights with titles and deeds. america first came to world prominence after the spanish-american war ended in 1898. for the first time, it's argued largely by leftist historians, the u.s. acquired an empire with cuba and the philippines. yet this war only revealed the deep difference between america and everyone else in history. for one of the first things the american congress did after the war was pass a law requiring the united states to give up cuba. one searches in vain for major world powers who ever voluntarily departed from conquered regions. as the 20th century dawned, a group of liberal elites who embraced the program loosely known as progressivism challenged and criticized these four pillars. most we

in the united states. it's going to be hard for a mexican leader to justify that people getting killed in mexico, to fight cartels that are trafficking in marijuana when they're being legalized in some states in the united states. that's going to be a complication that's going to have to be addressed in the bilateral relationship. >> suarez: shannon o'neal, all the way from street vendors to the president's office, there's a consensus in mexico that this is an american problem but one that is mexico's to deal with. how is pena nieto going to deaver from president kald enron. >> as michael just said there's going to be a shift on a war from drug trafficking to reducing violence. some of the things you do to fight drug trafficking and reduce violence are the same things. they're professionalizing your police forces, improving strengthening your court system. some things are different. particularly the priorities that you place on your police forces. do they go after drug king pins or do they actually go off

the united states safer. i think there is a faulty logic going on in there because we've really seen over the past decade the u.s. has been fighting these wars they're just killing these particular individuals doesn't itself make us safer because so often many more people come up. within the ranks. and i think there's also a tendency within the u.s. to sort of personalize al qaeda. so particularly in yemen we saw this with the american born cleric. this is the individual that the argument was advanced by some if he could be killed that the u.s. would be safer. he was of course killed in a drone strike in september of e 2011. al qaeda continues to plot. we know that they had a plan in which they gave this latest version of the underwear bomber thankfully to an undercover agent. so now he's been crossed off the list. and now we talk about the next one who congressman king has called an eel genius. the new guy who we're worried about, the bomb maker in yemen. one, he wasn't a member of while we are focused on th

we the united states of america. the truth is like asia, like so many other places, it is ironic but the united states has so many better regions with each of the major countries in asia then any of them have with each other. and that gives us really a very unique role to be a force to help those countries sort out their challenges. it's that way in asia. i think it's largely on issues like israeli palestinian questioned. we have the same role in the middle east. it's what we do. the other thing we do is we have this what the world views as naive. but americans have this notion, our job isn't just to manage problems. we actually try to fix problems. most of the world thinks that's a fool's errand. quite frankly, the world relies on the united states having that relentless optimism that actually we can do better in dealing with these problems if we only get organized. so is, you know, it's a burden we carry. i would say it is also a great opportunity. our own prosperity and own security increasingly depends on what ha

million illegal aliens in the united states. we have not been doing what is correct. i will lay the ball where should be. it has not been because we haven't had agents or personnel who wanted to do the right thing and do it right. our political leaders have always neglected this issue and we can increase our security and put offenses along the border. it won't fall that because as long as people need a place to work and there are employers in the united states who are willing to hire them and the government or political leaders who don't provide appropriate resources to enforce immigration law in the interior of the united states we will continue having people coming to this country looking for a better way of life and also if we have a need for workers in the united states our political leaders should have given the opportunity for workers to come into the country and leave rather than have to sneak into the united states and smuggle their families and to the united states and that happened. [applause] >> this is a good opportu

well look at the united states role in the negotiations. after five months on medical leave, this is now breaking, a federal investigation underway congressman jesse jackson is stepping down. the reaction in washington, dc, is next. we use this board to compare car insurance rates side by side so you get the same coverage, often for less. that's one smart board. what else does it do, reverse gravity? [ laughs ] [ laughs ] [ whooshing ] tell me about it. why am i not going anywhere? you don't believe hard enough. a smarter way to shop around. now that's progressive. call or click today. [ grunting ] >>trace: the illinois congressman jesse jackson, jr. has submitted a letter of resignation to speaker boehner with a confirmation of that letter by the speaker a couple weeks after the congressman won re-election for a ninth term despite the fact he has been on medical leave from congress since june while undergoing treatment for bipolar depression. and the feds are investigating him over misuse of campaign contributions and the house ethics comm

states is not going to recognize it well in general the united states has done pretty well in the last twenty years from countries become more de becoming more democratic but there are times when democratic countries societies take advantage of the democracy and make a decision that's not good for us interests and we have to learn to live with that in the philippines for example in the one nine hundred eighty s. after marcos fell democracy returned to the philippines and they voted to remove a us military base and then states went along and accepted that and in the middle east now you see the united states learning to adjust to a different kind of government in egypt and actually making i think it's a serious effort to get along with the muslim brotherhood led government in the hopes that you know the united states in a different egypt can get along i agree that the intervention in iraq was misguided and that the united states as charles said greatly overestimated its ability to bring about a political transformation of iraq but that was a military intervention carried out for other re

states what are they flying over the united states for in the unemployment and jumpstart the green economy that spells an end to climate change and makes wars for oil obsolete it is actually quite difficult for an independent candidate to get on the ballot in the us something that i heard green party's jill stein talk about very often campaign financing is a huge issue here especially with the supreme court ruling which now allows corporations to funnel as much money as they want into a political campaigns which makes it virtually impossible for someone without the backing of the big party machines to win an election because big money goes to the big parties the election campaigns of mitt romney and barack obama have cost the round a billion dollars each one of those alternative candidates of course we're debating this monday night could catch up with that kind of spending the moment of. all the ads that we've seen in this election cycle has been staggering so it's quite hopeless to be an independent in the us but again here even if one is a staunch believer in one of the two party candida

states is not going to recognize it well in general the united states has done pretty well in the last twenty years from countries become more dim becoming more democratic but there are times when democratic countries and societies take advantage of the democracy and make a decision that's not good for us interests and we have to learn to live with that in the philippines for example in the one nine hundred eighty s. after marcos fell democracy returned to the philippines and they voted to remove a u.s. military base the united states went along and accepted that and in the middle east now you see the united states learning to adjust to a different kind of government in egypt and actually making i think it's a serious effort to get along with the muslim brotherhood led government in the hopes that you know the united states in a different egypt can get along i agree that the intervention in iraq was misguided and that the united states as charles said greatly overestimated its ability to bring about a political transformation of iraq but that was a military intervention carried out for

that is the real strength of the united states of america. as we transition into this new era, we will have to look at important priorities that will take on a greater urgency, particularly as we looked at the second term of this administration and look at what are the challenges we are going to be confronting. this is not like the past where we come out of the war and the rest might have diminished -- threats might have diminished. then everyone winds of cutting the defense budget. this is a period where even as we come out of the 10 years of war, we are confronting major issues, major threats in the world. on terrorism. we are still at war in afghanistan and as we try to draw down in that war. we are in the process of trying to implement the department's defense strategy at the same time we are trying to meet fiscal responsibilities. we are in a period where the budget situation in this country, a huge deficit we are facing, the debt confronting this country are limited resources and will continue to limit the resources. i did not believe w

states the united kingdom assisted into power in libya if indeed they are stable. i want the very people who among the american ambassador in benghazi will you know it's a blow by didn't take long george bush had the excuse that he was an imbecile. or professorial president obama does not excuse the early signs in the first few days of his second term have been very very negative he has continued to fire these drones he joined them coming that's true mr president you can't see that i'm going to want to know that being because your wife's lying down beside your date without a head or without her limbs because you're lying in front of your eyes. this is a bomb on the one as you can find. c.n.n. to show the most some sorts of cerebro month takes. you know moments of power like culpepper pulling the population. americans watch in horror as the loons boy behind them shouting. on the bus the cold. unknown so many war with an even bigger middle east asia has already begun america's crippling sanctions on iran is key uh no oil amounts to a military blockade of its oil port

states in the united states has its monroe doctrine and one can japan have its equivalent on in its neighborhood i mean it is the rising power it will be the largest economy in the world. well i think for the chinese you know this. trying to manipulate and it may be. in some cases encouraged nationalistic responses to world events particularly in its near neighbors whether in central asia russia or particular more recently in the south china sea the islands of japanese japanese islands you know what you do that's a difficult tire to ride and once you let it out of its cage it can spin out of control and the new leaders of china they're most worried about domestic spill and they need to keep that economy moving in order to control their domestic population and nationalism could be a very destructive force for the so the harmony that this new leadership seeks to. keep in place jonathan how does the new leadership balance those two issues of continuing to grow the economy but to have more of an activist foreign policy i don't want to use the word aggressive but activist well i think fi

frankly even if you did it in the united states is not going to stop the criminal cartels and the transnational criminal organizations they're making their money from human trafficking from piracy from political crime extortion kidnapping from cocaine heroin and meth the idea that they're making a majority of their money from marijuana was debugged by a very good rand study that came out in two thousand and ten so you know this idea that marijuana legalization is going to somehow wipe them out just doesn't work i do think we can call for a new approach and that kind of approach could be one where we have treatment where we get do drug courts and drug courts are essentially money is very idea. approximately should already be enjoying a lot of money forty billion dollars a year what percentage is to prevention it's a third. level prevention and treatment or no i think prevention treatment are close to forty percent but remember it costs a lot more money to buy an apache helicopter than it does to fund a drug court so you have to be also careful when you when you do that kind of well you know the

states in the united states as its monroe doctrine i want can't japan have its equivalent. in its neighborhood i mean it is the rising power it will be the largest economy in the world. well i think for the chinese you know this. trying to manipulate and it may be. in some cases encouraged nationalistic responses to world events particularly in its near neighbors whether in central asia russia or particular more recently in the south china sea the islands of japanese japanese islands you know what you do that's a difficult tire to riot and once you let it out of its cage it can spin out of control and the new leaders of china they're most worried about domestic spill and they need to keep that economy moving in order to control their domestic population and nationalism could be a very destructive force for the so the harmony that this new leadership seeks to. keep in place jonathan how does the leadership balance those two issues continuing to grow the economy but to have more of an activist foreign policy i don't want to use the word aggressive but activist well i think fi