states from the united states to respect our sovereignty we are determined to be independent and sovereign there is no more we will not accept any more us intervention in our country any more we have been a us colony for too long all right we are decided to be free and independent so you're saying what the united states should do in order for their relations to improve what concessions then it's well or ready to do in order to improve relations with the us. concessions we're determined and i mean in the middle and go we'll when the only thing that we ask is respect you know the only thing they have to do is respect us respect our sovereignty respect our political process respect our democracy that's what we demand we are not. asking for mercy or asking for for anything else but respect for our institutions for our political systems and for the will of our people to be independent and free of foreign domination but what do you think their main problem is with venezuela why why do you think us is lacking respect towards your country as you say oh boy will sophie oil this is the largest oil r

states would probably make the cut the problem is that the united states itself has at least twelve states there have sodomy laws on books so will you be content with your own country being denied the right to host let's say two thousand and twenty four two thousand and twenty six olympic games as far as i understand the united states is actually considering that possibility at this point in my view sure they should be you know they should be kept to the same standard as everyone else i mean the i.o.c. should be you know should be you. example to say you know what the olympic ideals and true sport you know we don't condone. any type of discrimination missile against let me get it straight so as a former olympian you would actually. while come the united states being denied a chance to host the two thousand and twenty four olympic games because of these sodomy books that exist and taxes in alabama and some other states as well sure i mean you know. they not be held in alabama you know because you know the united states is so big you know we have all of these different states i mean a

states has made and the president of the united states has made is that is not in the united states' interest. we are very much committed to trying to work to resolve this conflict, but in a way that doesn't insert the united states back into a hot, bloody conflict in the middle of the middle east. >> this is a complicated time for the world, as you know better than anybody. if you think about democratic ferment around the globe, you think about american retrenchment from afghanistan and iraq, sectarian division in syria and iraq. there's been some criticism of president obama about just what his view of the world is in his foreign policy. he wrote this in "audacity of hope." he wrote, "without a well articulated strategy that the public supports and the world understands, america will lack the legitimacy and ultimately the power it needs to make the world safer than it is today." what is that view of the world that president obama has that he seeks legitimacy for? >> president obama views the united states as the leading and most important global power because of the power of our ec

united states brazil. she canceled because it was revealed that the nsa had been conducting surveillance in brazil and among the brazilian leadership as well. so she was really left with no choice but to cancel because of the anger that that generated domestically there. so, yes, sure there is politics involved, and plenty of symbolism around a state visit, there's no question, del. >> mike, we're going to take about a minute break. on the back end if we have time we'll talk about the interesting seat chart ahead of tonight's state dinner, but we're going to take a break. we're awaiting the joint news conference. >>> this is a live scene coming from the east room of the white house. that is president obama and french president francois hollande. >> it's a great hop for to welcome my friend and partner, president hollande back to the white house for this state visit. it is always a pleasure to host president francois. two years ago, i was trying to make the visit casual. when i hosted him in chicago for the

imperial germany and the united states i think is much more apparent because i think that germany in one nine hundred fourteen did believe that it was now a power in decline and that russia was becoming increasingly powerful france was also much stronger than it had been when it easily defeated in one hundred seventy in the franco-prussian war and the germany had to do something in order to change the balance of forces and that's why it came up with this idea that if the austria-hungary can knock out serbia then austria hungary will be will be thriving power and then that would somehow. reinforce germany's role in europe and i think what good having here now is i think the united states is increasingly anxious that this unilateral moment is the enjoyed since the end of the cold war is china is certainly are the a rising power. russia is also you know reemerging from its. weakness and feebleness in the post cold war era and i think there are that's where i think the danger lies in with the united states believing that it needs to do something to shift the balance of forces in its favo

open much more liberal and space even in the united states. welcome back to well the part where we're discussing the politics of gay rights with five time olympic champion and diving latin greg louganis mistal again is i know that recently you joined a number of gay advocacy groups in calling on the international olympic committee to deny the hosting of the games in the future or are there sporting events to the countries we chaffed what you describe discriminatory and to get a loss i wonder how you defined discrimination because it can mean anything from capital punishment for being gay to the lack of recognition of same sex marriage what is discrimination for you. discrimination for me is you know the lack of freedom of expression. you know whether that be you know the anti-gay laws that were passed in. propaganda laws that were passed in. you know in russia or. you know the laws of you know uganda where it's a crime it's a crime to be who you are. my views why aren't we celebrating who you know a human being we should and every human life i

the trick for the united states where the balancing act at the united states has to play is on one hand we see -- we place an emphasis on security, stability, not only stability for the country but the region. at the same time we want, you know -- we want to encourage democracy to of democracy. in a case like south korea, yes, there was a bit of uncertainty. at the same time even when you have the transition to government leaders, the south korean government, they -- their case is somewhat unique in that you have a direct designee. and they -- their is a consensus that we really have our national security almost guaranteed by u.s. military, by the u.s.-south korea alliance. so although it does cause some concern and consternation for u.s. policy officials when there are these transitions of, when they're is a political instability, if government leaders firmly believe that u.s. bases and the alliance relations that they have with the united states is central to their own national security, to their own national defense then i think in the long run the u.s. -- i think they can breathe a

i realize how can you say the united states government should stay out the united states government has been playing a role in ukraine from the very beginning and i don't mean to files on and for a teensy files and fourteen i take that back to the nineteen ninety's let's remember nine hundred ninety two the pentagon's defense and i got there let's talk about internationally but i'm sure we've been a team that a lot of the greatest threat far better let me know how long it takes no brainer shots are ok that's what so i hear let's go ahead i realize i told him the pentagon's defense planning guidance in ninety nine states stated that russia still poses the greatest threat to america's vets who don't sense in the border that the states that used to be in eastern europe and the former soviet union should people to be you and should bring your seems a native limit i'm going to soviet rules where you can discard you can discard documents like i but that is the blueprint that is the blueprint to not let people to get to securely brzezinski will sign of the nine hundred ninety s. that you are r

at this critical moment, they should know that the united states and the united states congress stands with them as they seek to build a democratic, prosperous, and secure ukraine, respecting human rights and dignity and anchored firmly in europe. i urge my colleagues to support h.res. 447 and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new jersey is ecognized. mr. smith: i yield three minutes to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. gerlach. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. gerlach: i rise today because every now and then we're reminded that there are still people around the world fighting fiercely to secure the same individual liberties and foster the very same democratic traditions that americans have been blessed with for nearly 238 years. during the past three months, hundreds of thousands of ukrainian citizens have taken to the streets of kiev and other cities in protest of a government that's ignored the woifl the people and steered the country away from closer ties to democratic

it does not protect the united states on 9/11. whatever israel's capabilities are on the it is not going to protect israel if hezbollah heading -- according to the head of intelligence has somewhere in the area of 150,000 rocket. what do israeli capabilities are going to make any difference at all. israel is a tiny country, and all talks of the cold war calculi singh has mutually destroyed destruction is completely irrelevant. especially dealing with a government that i do not think is rational even in the way the soviet government was. so the question -- my answer to you is no, it will not make a difference. >> thank you. please. >> i am sorry. >> i have two questions. let me take you back to when you mentioned the united states and the middle east may not be all bad. and could be taken as positive and not negative because they are the only player and able to meditate. doesn't this have a flipside that being the only responsible, capable player come it might be the focal attraction of radical extremist people because they are res

front under the leadership they had germany of the united states first to do war against the socialist bloc countries but now to sort of ring colonize those countries that have become independent so the nature of the conflict has shifted fundamentally since world war one which doesn't mean it's a stable world ok david in london we we have the one a lot of historians will say that you know the germany of the first part of the twentieth century the equivalent in our century now is china a rising power because germany was the rising power in the first part of the twentieth century and that's why i go back to the instability of the international system it wasn't prepared for germany how about the rise of china and the decline of the united states. i think that misreads the situation in one nine hundred fourteen. what we need to understand about nine hundred fourteen is that we may look back and see germany as a rising. but the german leaders in one nine hundred forty felt themselves to be extremely vulnerable and they thought that the problems i was moving rapidly against them particularly

the problem is that russia and the united states, at least official russia and the united states, tended to view what happened in the 1990's rather differently, and that is another source of one of the legacies between these 2 countries. you hear many complaints, at least from the kremlin, about what happened in the 1990's. we tend to see it as a sign of greater pluralism, self-determination, rush opening up to the world. as you know, it is portrayed officially in most of the russian media as a time of chaos, humiliation, impoverishment, part of the narrative for president putin that he has restored russia from this parlor situation in the 1990's. the third reset, as i described in my book, was initiated by president putin himself. attacks.fter the 9/11 maybe peter will talk about the first meeting between presidents bush and putin. famous phrase,e president bush looked into his eyes and got a measure of his soul. it was president putin at that point who is interested in seeking greater integration with -- if not greater integration with the west, a greater relationship with the u.s. whe

of resolution a pretty high in the united states if i'm not mistaken one in for adoption for various reasons in russia that number may be even higher the statistics here are very complicated but in the case of international adoption you have to factor in additional challenges adjusting to new culture adjusting to new language the loss of social context and the worst thing of all is of course that there is absolutely no way back of adoption. is not going the way it was supposed to be well i think that much of that simply isn't true the rate of disruption is significantly lower than you said with respect to adoption disruptions or almost always. to the adoption of kids when they're older and when they've been significantly damaged to the big. there are disruptions in international adoptions it's almost certainly because governments like the russian government and many other governments hold their kids in institutions for way too long before they're willing to free them up for adoption i also think that you have to compare you said that i've talked about the over romanticization of kids

between two and three hundred million guns united states so you can act like they're not here and keep kids away from them. the process that is they learn you know i mean this teaches them a lot of the rough spots ability to simply come to pay through the eyes of children if we can't do it for our children for our future what is the time to do the same. the help to buy scheme for real estate which is a copycat of the fannie mae and freddie mac. debacle which caused the sub prime crisis two thousand and seven the british energy corporations are going to take fracking even though in america it's been proven to be completely on economical and environmental disaster but they're going to do it here anyway because why nobody in the media here except for maybe george will be up over there to guard him will say anything about the fact that this is an ecological disaster and more importantly an economic blue dog that will increase britain's debt to even higher than it is right now the highest it's been a decade. welcome back to worlds apart and discussing the events in the ukraine with john hur

the problem is that russia and the united states, at least official russia and the united states, tended to view what happened in the 1990's rather differently, and that is another source of one of the legacies between these 2 countries. you hear many complaints, at least from the kremlin, about what happened in the 1990's. we tend to see it as a sign of greater pluralism, self-determination, rush opening up to the world. as you know, it is portrayed officially in most of the russian media as a time of chaos, humiliation, impoverishment, part of the narrative for president putin that he has restored russia from this parlor situation in the 1990's. the third reset, as i described in my book, was initiated by president putin himself. it came after the 9/11 attacks. maybe peter will talk about the first meeting between presidents bush and putin. in slovenia, the famous phrase, president bush looked into his eyes and got a measure of his soul. it was president putin at that point who is interested in seeking greater integration with -- if not greater integration with the west, a greater rela

well in kentucky in the united states it's. part of the way we operate this is the local shooting range. they show you trust me with this guy trusting. this cable to go to. the free possession of the is enshrined in the us constitution and is inseparable from countryside life here. looking for ways to share with davis money i'm sure would davis nice to meet you yes or needs to go to from the netherlands from where the netherlands the netherlands yes. you have lots of guns we do have lots of guns how many do you typically in stock we've got some more point fifteen hundred two thousand one hundred goes up and down but fifteen hundred a small number for us and how many do something here oh gosh i'd have to look at the numbers but you're probably looking at seven date that house and. the like that one right there that's definitely pointed towards a lady a lady would buy that farm and that would be her a r fifteen we're husband might on that one right there or something one of their plastic is like a real gun oh yeah most definitely

be done now it clearly in mind to mine mine shows that as far as the united states is. concerned mr gets is their man whereas it would seem that mr klitschko is not to the extent to which only the mr yates and you all mr go in for are in control of the situation is of course a moot point now can i just deal with something that was said by another speaker of course the ukraine has a government it has an elected president it has a government which functions at the moment and with which the european union and the united states deals with mr nuland meets mr yanik overage now to say that there is no government in the ukraine is simply not true of course there is a government in the ukraine of course there is a conspiracy could i come in here ok you made your point alexander a fair time for everyone tyrus in new york please go ahead yes we have to we have to understand that in the context of any any any country giving financial assistance to another country there's no such thing as a free lunch when russia gave. offered its fifteen billion dollars financial assistance to pres

the united states is the leader in the production of intellectual property. american people and citizens artists and inventors produce the intellectual property. it's the kinds of people who produce the iphones. those people who create, they have a right to have intellectual property protected. what united states is aiming to do is be sure that the standards that are high and that are in place in the united states are the same standards that are going be followed by countries like japan and singapore. it is an up and coming producer. one of the main goals of the ttp is to set same high-level standards. whether it's international copyright in the traditional sense. the notion that these things are done in secret is a red herring. at every meeting held, stakeholders in singapore, and in the united states, americans who want to go to the meetings meetings. >> could i interject for a second. in is myera. negotiations. >> i've been to them too. >> there's hard by any chance for us to negotiate with the negotiators. firstly, we don't know what is in it besides what

states we need jobs back in the united states we want companies in the u.s. to make profits but we have to figure out a way where we can both outsource overseas but also keep job growth here in the united states now what about robots i go to a local pharmacy and i don't need to interact with a single human being and i can pretty much get every basic that i could ever need out of c.v.s. these days so how much of what we're seeing with this wage pressure in the u.s. comes from technology. it's funny you bring that up i was just going to go to that point which is robots i'm glad you brought it up because you know you look at publicly traded stocks in the robotic technology industry and you're seeing price appreciation and that's for the reason that there are a lot of functions now and i've seen this in talk to folks in the automobile industry where robots are replacing the lower skilled worker in an effort for the general motors of the world the fords of the world in the u.s. to manufacture cars at cheaper cheaper rates and in turn increase margins which then af

russia is not always an easy partner for the united states just as the united states is not an easy partner for russia but we have to work together. we are fated to work together and we have seen at this year where there were plenty of reasons why the relationship deteriorated. in the end we are working together and we will continue to work together and those in the u.s. political class who say that russia doesn't count anymore and that it's not important, they are flat wrong. it has to be a partner even though as i say in my book it's a -- partnership. >> host: in your book you make clear that there are two kinds of leaders. first there are what i would say structural leaders because of different interests, because of different historical traditions, because of different circumstances. there are also limits which are connected to u.s. policy. to russian policy. can we do better than we are doing now? >> guest: first on the structural limits i would emphasize that the fact that we are the worlds to superpowers means in some ways we are still living in the cold wartime warp and the focus ver

it was very contentious between two countries in particular the united states and great britain the united states was very conscious of the fact that britain was going bankrupt during world war two and was intent on using this as an opportunity to ensure that in the post-war era great britain did not once again reemerge as a political and economic rival to the united states bretton woods among other things sought to establish the u.s. dollar as the unrivaled global currency the global unit of account the global unit for trade now why didn't we go back to a strict gold standard after bretton woods. there wasn't really any support for it . and the united states had no intention of binding itself to this old implicit rules of the classical gold exchange standard they wanted complete freedom to monitor. operate their currency as they saw fit the only thing they were willing to do was make the pledge that they would keep the value of the u.s. dollar fix to gold in exchange rate of thirty five dollars an ounce this is a. pledge they were forced to read neg on in one thousand nine hundred ninety

the united states wants to extradite him for the crimes in the united states. he faces a number of drugs and money landering charges in new york, chicago, miami and texas. they have not commented about the idea of extradition and the head of the cartel is behind bars tonight. the organization is not out of business. . it is not the only cartel operating in mexico to supply the americans the drugs. for more now on the arrest of guzman, we are joined by al jazeera adam from mexico city and thank you for joining us on "inside story" and today guzman is officially charged and what are the counts? >> well, really, it is one charge, and it is for breaking the mexican drug trafficking laws and that is significant and showing the u.s. they are registering a charge, but they haven't started to file many of the charges against him. so we don't know yet if the government and their president is going to lay on a lot of other charges that are pending against him. if they did so, that is signalling that this man is not leaving mexico with the blessing of the government any t

citizen out of the united states for obvious reasons. when one returns, a variety of law enforcement and intelligence ofncies may be keeping track your travel or what you are doing in the united states. then't cover as much of intelligence or national security side as it pertains to foreign travel and things such as syria other than the crossover in recent days. isthe degree that someone considered a concern to the government, there are a variety of databases in which their name can be added. government, it sounds like big brother, but they can keep track. if you are entering the united states on a visa of some sort, there is a paper trail to you and there are background checks. some would argue that they are not as successful or complete as they should be. they do exist and the systems are in place. when you travel into the united states on an airplane, your information, your name, is provided to homeland security in advance of your flight. if you fly in from london, two or three days before your flight, that airline will notify the dep

united states, united kingdom, canada, australia, new zealand. to say they work together is a massive understatement. they are joined in ways that profoundly affect their approach to national security. they agree not to spy on each other. they integrate and align the foreign policy very basically. this alignment exceeds popular understanding. you can say all that and then still you do not understand how closely they are linked. i was once at a download station, which is a facility from which information from satellites comes down to earth. and is made available, digested, sent on to people who need to receive it. i was there at a shift change, and about 15 people, mostly military, came on, and i noticed the new guy lining everybody up, not american, he was an aussie, a major in the australian air force. i watched him operate. he lined them up. clearly in charge. i asked somebody, what does that mean, this fellow? he said he is our boss. he assesses and gives the annual fitness report for the americans working there. that is not cooperation. that

states and the structure of government in the united states. just makes it that much worse because the way that things are set up government isn't suppose to come to an easy agreement. it is supposed to be conflict are supposed to be checks and balances. and of those factors come into play when there are deep conflicts. so i ate i don't think that it says it's a sign that the united states isn't serious. it's a sign that obama thought that it was unnecessary. not to go to the summit because of the damage it would do to help. given the problems that were going on at the time he can be flying off to asia and standing millions of dollars when they were the rest of the government shutdown and then just doesn't work all day and throughout the year two thousand thirteen gave it to be elaborate developments he sees you. you know your name mentioned about the tensions that were um you know surrounding hill in east tennessee and south china sea else will you look at the heel of the situation regarding the treaty issue of law the regional trade blocs of

so i think it's bound to be discussed in the united states. and in other countries, that have a real regard for animal welfare. >> it's been a rough me pho* for zoos as we said because of what happened in denmark. but there are strong arguments in favor of zoos because they do serve as a primary tool to teach children about animals and wildlife. so where does the humane society stand on zoos in principle? >> well, antonio, in the united states we have about 200 accredited zoos, they are accredited by a private trade association of zoos. and they try to maintain strong standards, they do enrichment for the animals in these environments. they have vet care, they try to pay attention to animal welfare and conservation principles, we are not always happy with all the things that they do, but we like the idea of standards and accreditation. for every one of those accredited zoos, we have 10 nona credited zoos, what we refer to as roadside intos or ma imagine menageries. 2,000 of them . they deny their vet care, entirely unprofessional organizations

so i do see the united states as an empire. if it looks like an empire, walks like an umpire and cracks like an empire, it is an empire. this is a country which was created in the 19th century by conquering land at other people's expense. mainly native americans and indians, canadians. but it expanded to cover their conquest by taking over other people's territory. that was the way the united states continue to be saved until 1917, which is the last overseas territory in the country took over in 1917. so there is this long history of the making of this country. i don't think it detracts to admit that. you can genuinely love someone someone -- you can generative of america if you knowledge the imperfections, which are deeply attached across the united states. you've got a lot of america increases they pretend it didn't happen. >> host: and chat or three described english and cultural legacy that they left across the world. how would you compare that to the spanish clinics >> guest: in a way there's a very big analogy between eng

states in two thousand and twelve that a policy statement stating that the only safe home in the united states is a home without a gun and i stand behind not only. just around the corner from my caroline sparks was shot dead is one of the largest shooting grounds in the united states. as eight thousand the shooting ground is larger than eleven thousand troops will pick choose. so this is what we call the point to give you some perspective the most of our property is all north of us and west this is nick noble owner of rock also shooting range despite the tragic incidents in the neighborhood he still see shooting as innocent fun. i call golf with a shotgun so you're going from from whole the whole station to station and then scoring and going to the end it's a day out yeah it's a day out. and the shooting club equipped with a restaurant and hotel is a family destination because of the vast size of this to travel by car between the fifty shooting stations this particular station is a recreation of a cowboy village. so this is where the action happens this is it this is one of our many ran

naturally one country that is not reported on is the united states itself. does it undermine the united states own authority in this regard. >> at a technical level i don't think th they are allowed to doy report because it's ministry of affairs. but surveillance, the nsa, the crackdown on edward snowden is another example when it comes to freedom at home and the ability of wrestl whistle blowers. and then broader economic issues, police brutality and the use of death penalty. these are human rights at home that deserve a spot life. >> if some other country took it upon itself to write such a report, would it be heard? >> i would say the more countries speaking out in the international context about human rights, the healthier it is, and it would force countries asking those questions to face the same spotlight at home. amnesty international would like more accountability for all governmenters that are players when it comes to how it treats its citizens, including the united states. >> fair comment? >> one of the things--i very much agree that it's a healthy

and i big problem this is the united states i'm very tough by the way you go to assure. me dizziness. you are very good i was worried that they may not know. if they don't know who i am they live on mars you know mars. i take this very serious. people come across the border because they are criminals once they cross the border you you became a criminal you know that you violated the federal laws. so you're in the united states you're in these tents by the way it gets hot here you're going to be here in july. july. you're lucky. you know why this is cool. in july a hundred and thirty eight degrees feel like to tense. well. if you want to be honest you like me you don't like. too hot why do our men and women. fight for our country. in afghanistan or iraq when they live in the terms. why do you complain places like a concentration camp. where you if you. were you in the army. you know the soldiers they live in these towns where you complain. i'm not complaining complain but it was good you got to. concentration camp. you ever go to jail and that's your goal why do you go to

if he chooses to join the united states marine corp. and serves in combat in two theaters, that's a pretty unique person who's willing to take that kind of risk. and to make that kind of sacrifice. well, those are characteristics that are hard to teach. >> though the distance might seem great between the battle fields of afghanistan and the bullet points of bush's big study -- >> our mission here is not only to remind people we have a duty to our vets, but when they exercise that duty, it's done in an efficient way. jake, for example, i'll make a pitch for him. he does good work. support his program. how about that? >> hey, that's a good endorsement. >> not bad. >> yeah. >> back now with the roundtable. bill kristol, matthew dowd, you have sons who served in those wars. war in iraq, afghanistan. the country's war-weary. i know the president has great hopes for this study working and joining up vets with the work force. but how do you keep the country interested? how do you go forward with this? >> well, the country's war-weary, but deep

through the pipelines is not staying in the united states. it is meant for exports. tdz turned into diesel and exporting to latin america and european. we are looking a pipeline through america not to america. what are the options, we need, of course we need the energy, we have a high demand for the energy but we have cleaner options than tar sands oil or some of the other dirty crudes. those cleaner options include all different ways to transport ourselves looking at renewable energy and fuel efficiency standards, there is a lot we can do to inmany miez and reduz the dependence on oil. >> i understand the point about the refined product, aren't those refineries working by the american workers that would derive the value added and some of the economic activity by doing the work on the u.s. gulf coast? >> the point is are we willing to point america's farms at risk of oil spills and american lands and people at risk of the climate change in order for the oil industry to reach the overseas markets so they can get the higher prices for their oil

state department is warning american athletes to not wear united states year outside the venue. think that creates fear i don't know i'm not responsible for the guidance of that state department is an issue and because had i been interested to do so i would have done it a little bit different but i think that american sportsman can feel safe in their lives things as anybody else is raja concerned that the president obama is not going the vice president does not go in the first lady is not going is that they regard that as some sort of snub while olympics i invent where we invite those who are willing to come and we're going to have about sixty leaders of states member of the olympic moment we're going to have about eighty five countries participating you can sending they do we gave us so it's up for each and every country to decide who they want to send to these delegation to this event so we're pretty comfortable with the decisions that the united states take because it's for them to decide whether they want to be at these. first of all of sport and . friendship or not. are you

the united states led by many here in the united states senate began the very careful and painstaking process of amassing an international coalition backing increasingly tough sanctions aimed, all of these aimed explicitly at forcing the iranian regime to end enrichment activities. and the reason for this was a nuclear weapons capable and armed or armed iran posed an imminent threat not just to the middle east but to the world community. that was the consensus agreed to by the world community and supported by resolution after resolution on the security council of the united nations and by proclamations from not only our country but countries around the world. that entire effort for some years has been devoted -- our entire effort has been devoted to this goal. ending uranium enrichment activities with the con ses u.s.s. -- consensus that nuclear weapon capability posed unintended consequences. neither that goal is nowhere in sight. neither the interim agreement that currently is being employed nor the administration, nor any of the negotiating partners even refer to these resolutions

putin was warning the united states about these dangers and the united states didn't take them seriously enough. obviously from the russian perspective andrew's did this because of russia's own problem with the problems in the north caucasus. the issue again has to be that the united states has been reluctant to classify many of these fundamentalist terrorists in chechnya in the same way that it classifies al qaeda operatives because of these other issues that surround it. now, the counterterrorism cooperation did work in the fall of 2001. they were on the same page and president bush certainly endorsed the russian view and there was a second chechen war obviously that happened shortly after putin became prime minister. but for a rather short period it was enlightenment on this and working together in russia gave us all kinds of information about some of the people who are in afghanistan that enabled the nato effort to succeed at least in the fall of 2001. but then the situation i think went back to the status quo where we focused a lot more on what was happening in the north caucasus. w

on the longer run, if the united states were to improve their political relationship, the united states energy companies would come back and that would affect russia's current role and that might not be something the russians would favor but that is far down the road, i think. at the moment i would say this an we are working better because the sanctions are working and forcing them to the table. >> most of the talks came from the united states. >> russia didn't agree to them. >> and another area where we don't agree to put it mildly is ukraine. you could not write what is happening right now. can you talk about the most recent developments? >> sure. this turned out the way the west hoped it would. the leadership with the president and prime minister were arguing all of the time. you had a free election in 2010 and the european union was trying to entice him through this eastern partnership to sign a deep free trade agreement and sign an association agreement, which doesn't mean membership, no one is promising the ukraine the membership, but they should taylor their economy and society t

fan ofs no bigger the united states air force and navy than the united states army. what distinguishes it from the relatively affluent media? technology gives you a greater advantage. you typically have a small number of targets that you can identify and engage and established the domains. what is different is incident a bounded number of targets, on land you have tens of thousands of targets, all of which are trying to be classified as such. you can recognize counter measures that are land-based. there are two ways to fight the united states military brother. what is important is for us to d joint forcee to jewel war capability. that is what combined arms capability is. our enemies will take action to avoid our strengths. there's never been a silver bullets. there are always countermeasures developed. he talked about some that are developing now. we had on our strength capability. that is under threat by not just traditional countermeasures that increasingly technological. for us to have an effective capability to prevent and when as the nation, we need a balance jo

visit to the united states. in fact, the first state visit by a french president in nearly 20 years. [ french translation ] >> yesterday at monticello, we reflected on the values that we share, the ideals at the heart of our alliance. here, under the red, white and blue and the blue, white and red, we declare our devotion once more to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. [ speaking french ] [ french translation ] >> for more than two centuries, we've not only proclaimed our ideals, our citizens have bled to preserve them. from a field in yorktown to the beaches of normandy to the mountains of afghanistan. today we are honored to be joined by two extraordinary men who were there those historic days 70 years ago. i ask them to stand, proud veterans of d-day, who are here in attendance today. [ french translation ] >> so it's no exaggeration that we stand here because of each other. we owe our freedom to each other. of course, we americans also thank our french friends for so much else. this capital city, de

united states of america. i think this law in uganda, the notion for somebody being gay would be thrown into jail for 14 years or otherwise punished in other ways is disgraceful. we have spoken out about it. it's contrary to fundamental basic human rights. it's also contrary to science. it's contrary to fact. it's contrary to everything that we believe is representative of a growing understanding in the world about the rights of our fellow human beings. and so we will fight against it. now, i was not aware until recently, very recently, that there are 80 countries that have laws on their books of one kind or another that outlaw homosexuality. and it's just -- this is going to be now a fight that's going to be taken from places where great progress has been made to the world. and i think we're going to see increasing discussion, increasing change and ultimately i believe people's rights will be honored in the way that they should be. it will take a while longer, but this is a fight worth fighting. >> speaking o

you are a great man of the united states of america and you represent the united states of america. the country where everything is possible for who wants it. a country devoted to freedom and equality. long live the united states. long live france, long live the american friendship. [cheering and applause] ♪ mr. president, this concludes the ceremony. ♪ ♪ [cheering and applause] ♪ [inaudible conversations] later the french president joined president obama for a news conference in the east room of the white house. they answered questions about syria, iran's nuclear program, and relations with the european union. this is an hour. ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united and the president of the french republic. please have a seat. good afternoon. [speaking french] t a great honor to welcome my friend and partner back to the white house. it's always a pleasure to host you. at camp david two years ago, i was trying to make this summit casual, and he in true french style showed up in a necktie. we tried to get him take it off. when i hosted him in chicago i thought he wo