be on the situation in the democratic republic of congo and the great lakes region. i'd also like to thank secretary general ban ki-moon, special envoy mary robinson, world bank president jim yong kim and the commissioner for the statements. mr. president, this event is taking place at a time when the eastern drc is in deep crisis again. the foreign and armed groups including fdrr, m23 and militias -- [inaudible] and the region. within the framework of international conference and great lake ares region, the region has been involved in efforts toward the peaceful resolution of the instability in eastern drc through both political and military approaches. we are convinced that the political process should be at the fore front of our efforts with peace and enforcement measures complementing it. it was in this context that the region conceived in that regional international force which this security council took on and the intervention brigade. in this regard uganda welcomes the u.n. secretary-general's statement made on the 18th of july, 2013, in which he underlined, a

brent kutzle, the men of one republic. >> one republic. >> thanks for being with us. you sang a song that's quickly flying up the charts. your new album "native" in the top ten. how is that feeling? >> it feels great. the whole thing has been an experiment for us, trying a new sound, a new direction. trying something different. it's always a risk. but it's working so hard. >> you mentioned to me, you fly to tunisia. >> we have two shows. one in tunis and then lebanon. and then, to tulsa. >> what's it like going home? >> really hot this time of year. oklahoma is hot. and my family's there. >> and so is the album. good luck. >> yeah. y now, "good life." >> best of luck. chf chf [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ woke up in london yesterday ♪ ♪ found myself in the city near piccadilly ♪ ♪ don't really know how i got here ♪ ♪ i got some pictures on my phone ♪ ♪ new names and numbers that i don't know ♪ ♪ addresses to places like abbey road ♪ ♪ day turns to night night turns to ♪ ♪ whatever we want we're young enough to say ♪ ♪ oh, this has got

in the czech republic, where the death penalty was banned in 1990, there are only 35 lifers. otto bitterman is one of the most infamous. >> translator: i was sentenced to life in prison for committing five murders. >> he was a notorious criminal. his case was very notorious. but to me, he was actually a very pleasant person to deal with. he was very polite. very walk. mild mannered. he was actually just a very affable guy. >> bitterman led a small gang that robbed and killed at least four men and one woman over a three-year span. >> translator: it actually started when i got into a certain gang of friends with whom i had common interests, as far as weapons and drinking alcohol and having parties. and for things like that, of course, you need money. and, of course, as a young kid i didn't feel like working, but on the other hand i wanted to have money. >> how many people you the personally murder, otto? >> myself personally, i actually killed three people. but i participated in all five of the murders. >> bitterman buried one of the victims in his own backyard. >> translator:

right now south of the dominican republic. going to bring heavy rains and the flash flooding threat to haiti in the mountainous areas of the dominican republic. forecast does it it up to florida. if this was a month from now or september it would be scary but this storm is very weak, the odds are it will remain weak. the only potential for damage will be from rainfall and flash flooding in the southeast. yesterday was extremely hot in boise and also salt lake city, vegas once again 109. even medford was 101. we'll continue that and look at the morning lows. this is what makes it difficult. in vegas, temperatures still haven't dropped out of the 90s. still 92 degrees as we start our early morning hours there and do have added moisture in arizona so it's a little more humid than normal. there has been a few showers down there in the area of tucson. a different map. today's highs compared to how they normally should be. ten degrees above average today, boise, salt lake city only 4 degrees above average in vegas and we're close to

there is no other law that is prevalent in the republic. not the law of hoodlums, the law of drug networks and certainly not any fundamentalist religious movements. >> what's your reaction to that statement? >> my reaction is very simple. when i heard them talking -- these days, because he's an m.p. of the district. >> of that area, a government minister. >> exactly. i closed my eyes and after hearing them i said to myself that nikoloz sarkozy could have said that. the words could have been the words used by nikoloz sarkozy before. he didn't have a word for the population to support them and to face the reality and the fate that this government has failed one year after all the promises they made to these people. and the majority of these people have voted for france away + against sarkozy and today they face the same problems and the law -- they wanted the government to delete is still available and reinforced. it's amazing. >> are you equally disappointed by what the interior minister said? >> he's in his role. what else can he say? >> he

and look at the crowd we already have out at the park, lined up all night for one republic. great friday. sam, already there. he could not wait to get out there to central park.

so they thought he was dead somewhere in the dominican republic. they were not sure and the was a part of the failure of our intelligence that time we just didn't have that network going but you are right. we thought he was in the congo which it turns out he was and we were tracking him. >> [inaudible] transported to the republic of congo river operation was going on. >> absolutely that they were up 100% sure. they believed che was there and later the pictures surfaced of che in the congo that that particular time they were not 100% sure and there was a part of the failure of the intelligence of the time 71967 when we believed che might be in bolivia and alive there was disagreement between the cia and the state department. they produce reports that said is che still alive and the answer was br not sure. that is in the book. so the united states was very concerned about che because he went from being someone who publicized and preach revolution to somebody who was exporting revolution and that was the danger in 1965 in the congo and later in bolivi

they thought he was dead somewhere in the dominican republic. they were sure and that was part of the failure of our intelligence at the time. we just didn't have that network going but you're absolutely right. we thought che was in the congo which it turned out he was and we were tracking him. [inaudible] they were transported to the republic of congo for chasing che. >> absolutely but again they warned 100% sure. they believe che was there and later pictures surfaced of che in the congo but at that particular time in 1965 they weren't 100% sure and that was part of the failure of the intelligence at the time. so in 1967 when they believed che might be an bolivians alight there was really disagreement chained the cia and the state department. they produce reports that said is che still alive? their answer, we are not sure. that is in the book so yeah the united states was very concerned about che in part because he went from being someone who proselytized, someone who preached revolution to somebody who is exporting revolution and that was the

deposited with the president of the republic. ,ach of these republic reforms due to the framework agreement, benchmarks have been developed -- exchanges are being held with regard to the benchmarks with mary robinson. we would like to reaffirm our support and cooperation with her. we are prepared for the upcoming 4 meeting coming up to september. people inre here, the our region live in fear and uncertainty due to sporadic attacks, in defiance of this resolution. they have been launching attacks against our defense positions. to justify their accusation -- their attacks, they are levying unfounded accusations against us to undermine us. those responsible and the united states have already responded to the accusations. ae president has circulated document to the security council to refute these allegations categorically. he ascended to the president of this in your cart -- of the security council the same document. careful examination of the documentation which we have provided you will show clearly the magnitude, quality, and byc

trouble -- our struggle is to keep this republic. deep in mind what the word republic means. is two things. the thing of the public. it is our treasure. it is our sword, our shield, our protection. it is something which we have to cherish. it is very fragile. extremely so. less so when we are all together. there are limits on the fights that we should make. the limit should be mutual respect, love of the country, understanding of duties, both of members of congress and public servants, does we are not the masters of this nation. we are public servants. that is the highest calling of all. i am proud that i have been a public servant, almost all my life. in the army, in the park service, and in the congress. i have been able, working together with others, to make this nation little better. it is that which is really important for all of us. we can do something. to make this country better and stronger, so it will last for a long time. it will benefit our kids and their kids, and their great grandkids. thank you for being with us. you bring to mind the great teachings of the chu

this region around the coast once belonged to the state republic of venice pier it austrians ruled here later -- venice. austrians ruled here later. croatia is giving up some of its sovereignty again now voluntarily by joining the eu. many croatians have mixed feelings, even if accession means an economic boom and even more tourists. >> she drives home, inland on the peninsula. the restaurant owner was out buying flower in a neighboring town. he is one of the 25 citizens of the smallest city in the world. >> i'm really glad to live in such a special community. so many people from all over the world are very eager to visit. >> it was first mentioned in a document from the 12th century with its tower and church. it has all the trappings of an old city. the people here who are catholics continue to practice ancient rituals. tally sticks are used once a year. each voter carves a notch on the stick of his favorite candidate. only men can vote or be elected. >> we also wonder why only men can vote, but that's the tradition. >> on july 1, it will be part of the eu, which frowns on elections th

this region around the coast once belonged to the state republic of venice pier it austrians ruled here later -- venice. austrians ruled here later. croatia is giving up some of its sovereignty again now voluntarily by joining the eu. many croatians have mixed feelings, even if accession means an economic boom and even more tourists. >> she drives home, inland on the peninsula. the restaurant owner was out buying flower in a neighboring town. he is one of the 25 citizens of the smallest city in the world. >> i'm really glad to live in such a special community. so many people from all over the world are very eager to visit. >> it was first mentioned in a document from the 12th century with its tower and church. it has all the trappings of an old city. the people here who are catholics continue to practice ancient rituals. tally sticks are used once a year. each voter carves a notch on the stick of his favorite candidate. only men can vote or be elected. >> we also wonder why only men can vote, but that's the tradition. >> on july 1, it will be part of the eu, which frowns on elections th

. >>> leaders in the republic of sudan are betting an a new venture. their economy has struggled since they lost oil wells. they are hoping to tap into something else that is below their feet. as nhk world reports, some are questioning who will benefit in the end. >> a large part of the republic of sudan's 1.8 million square ki kilometers is sand. that includes an area just north of the capital cartoon. a large project is under way to turn it into lush, greenland. this is a research and development farm made in the huge desert. as you see, they have already started to grow. there is plenty of water underground so crops can grow. authorities plan to have 13,000 hectors cultivated & they want to set up 180 wells to water the farmland. foreigners will be the major partners. a private company from the united arab emirates is funding most of it. foreign businesses will manage the farmland loaned from sudan's government. in may, sudanese businessmen invited foreign corporations to invest in the country. >> reporter: sudan has lots of land that is perfectly s

the forecast path takes it across haiti, dough men kin republ dominican republic and then bahamas. the question is will it survive? if it does, then florida. later we'll watch out thunderstorms in chicago, detroit and through much of michigan. >> how accurate is that lightning strike graphic? >> those are updated every one to two minutes. >> thank you, bill. >>> coming up at the top of the hour, "morning joe," the president considers completely pulling out of afghanistan. the ramifications of such a strategy and what may force his hand. >>> when we come back, we'll huddle around "the cooler," the very best of texas governor rick perry. the sound bites we can't get enough of coming up. (cat purring) mornings are a special time for the two of you... and you can make them even more special... with fancy feast mornings. mornings are delicious protein-rich entrées... with garden veggies and egg. each one perfectly designed... to start her day with a little love. fancy feast mornings gourmet cat food. the best ingredient is love. vietnam in 1972. [ all ] fort benning, georgia in 1999. [

she might not even become a hurricane but she's still got a deadbeat for haiti and the dominican republic and eventually maybe the southeast coast. let's start with the satellite picture of chantal. winds are 65 miles per hour. she's a very high end tropical storm. remember, tropical storms are 39 to 74. so she's high end tropical storm. she's not that well defined, though. not that well organized. this is an infrared picture. the more red you see, the higher the cloud tops. in fact she's gotten a little weaker in materials of the overall circulation in the past six hours or so the track again is about 270 miles southeast of san juan. this current track from the hurricane center keeps it well south of puerto rico putting it right in the dominican republic and haiti. there are mountain there is that will decrease its intensity and forward speed. it curves back up to the east side of nassau. again this is just a track. still a tropical storm. then kind of meanders off the east coast of florida and could make hand fall coastal sections of georgia or south carolina by sunday or monday. the hu

that would be bad for the republic and terrible for the senate. >> we will be happy to answer questions. officer will prohibit us from getting all the way there. the result will be even more of a dysfunctional body and can't operate at all because we don't have a strong presiding officer like the speaker. yet the comedy that bob referred to is gone. so we're in this weird no man's land where it's very difficult to do anything. that would be bad for the republic and terrible for the senate. >> we will be happy to answer questions. the only thing i ask you wait for the microphone so our viewers around the country can hear your question. if i would identify who you are when you ask the question. i would ask one thing and that is to ask a question please and not make a statement. >> can i ask one from the podium? >> of course. >> i want to ask these guys what do you think is going to happen? i think bob would have a great perspective on what is actually going to happen on tuesday morning? how does this play out? this presumes that there is no gang that comes out of the monday night discussi

there have been power struggles like this almost since the day the islamic republic was founded. never quite seems to come to rest. i'm fascinating by the way that legacy ayatollah khomeni established in 1979 continues to shape that country today very, very clearly. >> host: that is particularly relevant with another presidential election coming up in a few weeks in june. i think you will see the tension as well as americans continue to struggle with question of, who really makes decisions in today's islamic republic? who can we negotiate with? that is another striking thing was, the internal american divisions at the highest levels of the u.s. government over how we should approach this new, much more threatening iran and, from the very beginning you chronicle how secretary of state cyrus vans had one point of view. much more favor negotiating a more conciliatory stance. the national security advisor to president carter took a much harder line. if you change the names you could be talking writing a story on today's front page about the internal divisions within the united states

the next stop will be haiti and the dominican republic. that will be on wednesday. now, if the storm survives moving over the big portion of those islands, perhaps even cuba, near saturday, the storm could be south florida or further east over the bahamas, we have two sets of models indicating that. it's too soon to say which one will be correct. in the meantime, chantal has been fighting dry air out ahead of it. it seems to be fighting that off. the next storm outside the mountains of dominican republic and haiti, and it looks like the forecast track will go right through that favorable region. i'm david bernard, cbs news, miami. >>> president obama is reportedly considering a option in afghanistan. "the new york times" said mr. obama is frustrated with afghan president hamid karzai and may speed up withdrawal of forces of all troops after 2014. earlier i spoke to cbs only like mike lyons, and he said if the pull outhappens it will have negative consequences. >> nato troops there as well they'll likely pull out as well. there will be no infrastructure military ther

it goes close to the dominican republic coast and this will be wednesday about 1:00 p.m. it goes across haiti. it will encounter mountains which will weaken the storm and slow its forward speed which are good things. it goes back and furnishes to the north. goes on the east side of nassau. still a tropical storm. this is 8:00 in the morning on friday. then generally kind of meanders off the east coast of florida friday night and into saturday night. it's off pretty much off of ft. pierce and generally off the kennedy space center. some models actually take itinto the coastline of georgia or south carolina as a tropical depression. we'll keep you posted. go to the app store, download our weather app and track it along with us. our live michael & son weather cam outside. it's beautiful right now in terms of sunshine. earlier today same deal, clouds, sun, a couple of showers. also showers went through about 2:00 and about 4:00 this afternoon. but right now, last three hours, lots and lots of sun. actually a pretty good evening. temperaturewise 85. the humidity is way up ther

ambassador to the republic of brazil. please allow me to express my deep gratitude to the president and the secretary of state for the trust and confidence in me as shown through this nomination . please allow me to express my sincere appreciation to the committee as it undertakes this important and constitutional role of advice and consent. with a chairman's permission, i wish to recognize my friends, family, colleagues who have supported me over the years. i would especially like technology my parents and my nieces and lovely daughters. -- i would like to acknowledge my parents and my nieces and lovely daughters. today as are you career member of the u.s. service. i've served my country for her years in diplomacy and, mostly in the western hemisphere. experience to -- if confirmed, i would ensure the well-being and safety of our mission and the american citizens who live in travel in brazil. receivedlone, brazil nearly 600,000 tourists from the united states. as the host for the 2014 world cup and the 2016 summer olympi

it will be interacting with haiti and dominican republic. it will help cut off the storm system from the warm water across sections of caribbean and also atlantic. hey temperatures across the plains another hot one 100 in dallas 91 in kansas city. severe storms possible in parts of new england into sections of the plains. >> ainsley and heather. >> a major shake up coming from baseball. are a rod and other players about to be benched? >> drivers beware. the most stolen car in america has just been named. are you naming it? >> test. >> thank you for beginning your day on "knocfox & friends first. >> a major league shake-up to tell you about. the mlb will suspend all star players alex rodriguez and ryan brawn along with 20 others with their connection to an anti-aging clinic in florida. >> good morning to you. we are speaking to you outside of the yankee team store. this has been a dispinting year for yankee's fans and it could be even more frustrating. a rod has not been played at all. he has been rehabbing in the minors after off season hip

and the president of the czech republic, this is 2011, said, ask the people, president class, to rise up and put down the lgbt pride to stop -- to stop the promotion of homosexualism and deviancy. and i went. and when i was picked up at the airport, they said that they were struggling with one of those street-long rainbow flags, but they had reached out across central europe and there was a young man who heard their call and was taking a nine-hour overnight bus to bring them that street-long pride flag. his name was malan rosa. i said, i want to go pick him up. he had no place to stay. he had to scrounge up the money. but this is the type of courage that we see following harvey and george around the world. he had just buried his father who blamed his suicide on his son. he was weary and bruised, yet he still got up and did what needs to be done. extraordinary individuals. so, let me just say that for malan's story, i have the honor next month -- i had been invited to the white house, and i'm taking malan with me to introduce him to the president and the first lady. and i & i'm taking

. >> the american revolutionary project than the birth of the republic energies were devoted to inventions to improve the quality of colonial life and overcome the numerous obstacles facing the community and expanded scientific horizon. franklin call these people and what is notable is there social origin. drawn from the urban craftsman rather than the ranks of gentleman who tell -- to help dissuade the colonial towns and cities and collectively they ever known as mechanics that we tend to associate with a car mechanic but they came together not only to lew pursues science in general also to agree of its social and economic and political interest. now contemporaries particularly british defying the mechanics of a practitioner of those were the hand and body are more concerned than the mind and in england the term carried with it residual class prejudice this was very much not the case here in the new world. there is a shortage of skilled labor including all-america so they had a general lack of restrictive regulations a of for example, franklin's father had come from oxford shier with so l

. >> president obama met this week at the white house with the president of the socialist republic of vietnam. at the top of the agenda was bilateral trade between the two nations now at $24 billion how to enlarge that trade volume. the summit comes as vietnam's trade with china still its no. 1 trading partner is cooling. china's economy is in an incipient slump. at the same time tensions have developed between vietnam and china due to china's territorial interest off vietnam's 900-mile coast south of china's province. the united states is vietnam's second largest trading partner and also in japan prime minister minister abe won with big numbers having run on a policy with dramatically increasing japan's defense spending to counter china's military buildup. against this back drop the united states and vietnam have agreed to establish a constructive partnership on the basis of equality, mutual respect and benefits. the transpacific partnership countries are still working out the tpp trade deal. they are australia, canada, chile, japan, malaysia, mexico, new zealand, peru, singapore, th

that the republic must depend upon the power of her ideas to succeed voluntarily. an entire depends on the power of its arms to succeed. now, i'm not a pacifist or an isolationist. i supported the korean war and the gulf and the bosnian war. but i think i would like to encourage a national conversation about the conflict between our origins and we are now. we could then say george washington as part of another era. jefferson is in a lost world. we are in a different place. but, if we believe in the original intentions and if we believe the core values of the republic were established at the moment, i think that we should have a seminar on this, and would be an interesting conversation which liberals and conservatives might be able to come together. thank you for having me. [applause] >> don't embarrass me by not having any questions, for heaven's sakes. thank you. there was wonderful. i am a big fan of yours and growing up i was a big fan of thomas jefferson. i thought he was the greatest president that there was. i loved he's growing up in he gerdemann monticello,

having said that we still have tropical storm warnings for dominican republic and haiti. flash flooding is a concern in these locations when you consider the hilly terrain. also we track this up toward the bahamas and it could get close to the united states. 45 miles per hour winds. that's weaker than yesterday at this point and it's gone past puerto rico. forward speed is around 29 miles per hour which is a quick moving storm and for that reason it hasn't gained a lot of strength. here's the projected path. past haiti, potentially hit them this afternoon. potentially weakening more but notice this by friday early

the capital of russia's republic of tatarstan welcomes the twenty seventh summer universe a step along the road to hosting future high profile sporting event. good morning from moscow on this saturday it's now ten am here in the russian capital on . top headlines the stranded n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden has finally a place to go venezuela decided to offer him asylum and an escape from the legal limbo which is left him stranded here at moscow at an airport since last month snowden is wanted in america on espionage charges for leaking details of its global spy program details a bit earlier in the program. now the offer came from the new zealand president nicolas maduro hot on the heels of an emergency meeting made by me in a story the union of south america nations which in turn happened after the incident with the plane off the bill even president which was essentially pushed out of the european airspace after flying out from moscow on july second now the reason for that was a statement by a certain american diplomat who said with certainty that edward snowden was hiding on boar

common ground collective and peterson production director at freedom works and editor of libertarian republic dot com and eugene puryear former vice presidential candidate of the party for socialism and liberation thanks so much all of you for coming on thanks so much for having us. or we start to this epic debate or conversation rather i want to briefly outline your political ideologies in about a minute's time and scott when people think of anarchism they think total chaos can you break down that misconception it's a misconception energy is a living a dynamic framework based in. ideas of cooperation where we can all get along to make the world better for each other we call it mutually the ideas of direct action that we don't have to wait on others that we are more than voters we are more than consumers that we there are other paths that we should take and we don't need to wait a minute to do it we start to do it ourselves and we do it in our communities the ideas. of there's a collective liberation that we're all tied in this together that that i do want better to do.

the capital of russia's republic of tarsus donald welcomes the twenty seventh some of you know that's out a step in the road to hosting feud child high profile sporting event. coming to life from moscow and welcome to the problem. and it's a whistleblower edward snowden finally has a place to go with venezuela him asylum and an escape from legal limbo snowden is wanted and they do us on a spend charges for leaking days house america's global spy program and my colleague discuss the details with a reader going he's outside the moscow apple with what the whistle blower has been stranded since last month. he actually chose a very opportune moment to extend a helping hand to edward snowden he did it during a televised address during a parade dedicated to independence day and. on have decided to offer humanitarian asylum to the young american edward snowden in the home. and snowden to come and live away from the persecution of american imperialism this one it does look like venezuela could possibly be the next stop that. the former cia agent could call possibly home for quite an extended p

that would be bad for the republic and terrible for the senate. >> we will be happy to answer questions. the only thing i ask you wait for the microphone so our viewers around the country can hear your question. if i would identify who you are when you ask the question. i would ask one thing and that is to ask a question please and not make a statement. >> i want to ask these guys what do you think is going to happen? i think bob would have a great perspective on what is actually going to happen on tuesday morning? how does this play out? this presumes that there is no gang that comes out of the monday night discussion. >> unfortunately what i think is going to happen is that senator reid is going to play out this game. and the result i think will be disastrous. >> i agree. >> any questions from the audience? >> the heritage foundation. this is primarily a question for james although the other two might want to comment on it too. you talked about the merits of the filibuster whether there is a option to employ the nuclear option. we know within the context of the senate rules today, the

i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. colleagues we have our june 11th board meeting can you have a motion to approve those minutes arrest without objection. madam clerk any communications >> i have none items one through 11 are routine. >> colleagues would any one like to sever any of those items. >> on items 1 through 11. supervisor yee (calling names) there are 11 yes, sir, i's. madam clerk call our proposed budget for f y neo 13 to fourteen and fourteen to 15 >> this is prostrate all the budget items and this is the annual budget and a appropriation ordinance. item 14 is a resolution approving the treasury border authority and this is for the office of community and sfoo san in a principle amount not to exceed 26.13 million and the next item is the certification that the projects can be performed by similar services from contractors if lower >> and madam clerk why don't you call the other items 20 through 37. >> item 20 is the ordinance praufrl and

into a banana republic. lou: what is the profit? to poorly served those that you pose as representing their interest? will space get 40 peent of black you sit and watch al sharpton playing games and has a music mix behind him as he tries to rally the naacp to what? attacked the jury syst. "stand your ground" instead he should be tending to his flk. i find it extraordary that this is happening because the division that you talk about, why not focus on actually moving this country ahead instead of this nonsense? >> to me is the ideological war. ideology over everything else. education, even the legal system doesn't matter. it is about transforming everything and this is all part of it. one issue at a timeith the federal government in charge of everything. so nothing matters individual liberties are curtailed because the president of thenited states wants it. lou: we will come back with our panel so how can president obama, how can and al sharpton and eric colder in good conscience stand up and act as though tr