u.s. trade representatives including sue schwab and several others. all of those prior u.s. trade representatives seem to have similar views on fast-track. today you are going to hear some differing views of some distinguished representatives of the public interest community and the labor movement. our moderator today will introduce the speakers and i had the pleasure this morning to introduce our moderator charlie sub two. charlie had a distinguished career both in government and private industry. from 1971 to 1980 he served in a series of diplomatic positions in the state department and then he joined the office of u.s. trade representative says the directors deal policy from 1980 to 1982. steel was a particularly hot issue in the states and some of you probably remember the voluntary restraint agreements. charlie then moved on to the post-deputy assistant ustr for industry 1982 to 1983 and then was promoted to the post assistant u.s. trade representative for industry where he served fro

the u.s. and international community. former state department officials from the clinton and obama administrations join a former iranian negotiator for this discussion hosted by the asia society. it is a little more than an hour. [applause] >> you laid out exactly the questions. if you have questions, i know they are bringing up the ipad. ambassador, let me begin. the history could be a history of non-relations. no direct talks. even this interim agreement appears to be a hiccup. secretary kerry has talked to the foreign minister. is this a real agreement? is this a breakthrough moment? >> i think that it would take a paroxysm of inventive imagination to believe that it is not a breakthrough in the context of years of almost no 30 contact. on the other hand, the other element of a breakthrough is where does that door lead? is it leading somewhere? can we see this particular opening take us through to a stage where we recognize that the agreements -- and i put the plural there because we are wa

. >> the u.s. sending gay athletes as part of its delegation to russia's winter olympics, including the tennis legend, billie jean king. >> and could this be the day that the federal reserve starts rolling back its stimulus program? some economists say yes. we're going to take a look what that could do to the economy. welcome to "around the world." i'm suzanne malveaux. >> i'm michael holmes. thanks for your company today. the arrest strip search and locking up of an end dan diplomat in new york is escalating on several fronts. let's start in india. they're now retaliating against u.s. officials in new delhi. >> the fact this high ranking indian woman is strip searched is most disturbing to the people of india. she is accused of visa fraud after allegedly submitting false documents to ob it taken a work visa for her nanny. pam brown has more on the backlash abroad. >> watch as police remove the concrete security barriers in front of the u.s. embassy in new delhi. newspapers in india reporting the g

senators may be calling u.s. president barack obama to say so really u.s. representatives have publicly warn the obama administration against supporting the syrian opposition predicting that american weapons will likely fall into the hands of terror groups also arguing that providing aid to the rebels equates to finding al qaeda some critics say that washington so-called suspension of non-lethal aid to northern syria doesn't necessarily mean that u.s. weapons won't continue to flow to other parts of the country nonetheless this development is being seen as a big blow to this military council and the syrian army opposition the obama administration has been champing champion for the biggest problem of for the obama administration what it now faces is figuring out how to walk and work with the newly formed islamic front in syria that claims to be fighting with the opposition but is clearly playing by its own rules. that was artie's marina porno reporting. and for worth texas a teenager was just given probation for drunk driving in killing four people prosecuto

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now under another u.s. military hotspot afghanistan specifically bob graham prison which is indefinitely detained thousands of individuals arrested by u.s. and afghan forces during the now twelve year war still raging in that country while the u.s. handed off control of the vast majority of prisoners to afghan security forces earlier this year the u.s. still controls those prisoners add who are foreign nationals non afghans picked up outside the country and detained at biography three of those foreign nationals filed a hideous corpus petition to challenge their indefinite detention in u.s. courts but on christmas eve three judges on the u.s. appeals court here in washington d.c. rejected that petition arguing that prisoners do not have access to constitutional rights mostly because it's impractical in a war zone as the judges ruled united states in afghanistan is not involved merely in and minister in occupied territory and containing scattered guerrilla fighters but rather in quelling a large scale insurge

u.s. is -- what role could we play between not doing much of anything and and all in role? how could we manage some of the outcomes that come when we are not playing this strong role? we have that going on with iran. i hope that we don't sort of leave everything to chance. you all very much for an excellent panel. i hope you will join me in thanking them. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> if you missed any of this discussion on syria, you will find it in our video library and later in our program schedule as well. today.ate is still in they have been debating the defense authorization bill. texas, aornman of motion that would essentially table the defense bill, the authorizingn bill pentagon programs and policy. you can follow the senate live on c-span 2. senate majority leader harry reid says he will push to confirm only the first four of 10 nominees on who has filed cloture and acknowledges the r

the u.s. is "deeply concerned." the vice president travels to china tomorrow. we'll focus on what's fueling the tensions in the east china sea later in the program. protests eased today in thailand as the prime minister ordered police to avoid new confrontations with demonstrators demanding her ouster. days of violence had left four people dead and more than 250 hurt. we have a report from jonathan sparks of independent television news in bangkok. >> reporter: for three days, anti-government protestors and thai police waged war in the center of bangkok. today, however, the barricades came down and the two sides shook hands. flowers were exchanged and tears were shed, and the police got out of the way. the protestors tried to take this government complex by force. this morning, however, they simply walked in. >> ( translated ): i think we've won. it feels like victory. i think we've 90% won it now. >> reporter: but there was a problem: the protestors may have occupied the lawn outside the prime

if the u.s. congress passes more sanctions now or passes more sanctions now that would go into effect in the future at some specific date, or that would have some trigger attached to what we are negotiating with them about already, iran has already said, explicitly, in no uncertain terms, that if the u.s. congress did that, that would mean, no more talking. diplomacy is over. in the very direct words of the iranian foreign minister, when he was asked what iran would do if the u.s. congress passed a new round of sanctions, he answered very directly. he said, quote, the entire deal then is dead. so this is not a secret. he said this in an interview with "time" magazine, which isn't even all that hard to get. if the congress passes a new sanctions bill right now, diplomatic channels, which are working, will close. and if we're not going to resolve it by diplomacy, how exactly are we going to solve it? the lead senator proposing the new sanctions is senator bob menendez of new jersey, who is a democr

and the u.s. government in my book because i was part of them. and as i see it, there has been a presumption that somehow if we could find just the right leader, especially in the military, he would be able to turn on and it's an erroneous conclusion. and sometimes we have to combat a narrative with a narrative. if the narrative is that this is a special place in the world and some of this doesn't apply to us. but then in the end, tested the nukes that we said we were not making and maybe we did something, if nothing else, we broke a promise and there should be -- that can only be combated in this way. but in this view we develop a personal relationship. and the individual in my book, that was under president eisenhower. and there was this same phenomenon and the army chief was really committed to eliminating terrorism. and he just wanted to find that people want to eliminate the terrorists and the desire to maintain military balance with india and they could find that tipping point, instead of in

the u.s. senator releases a report on wasteful federal spending the waste book two thousand and thirteen covers everything from military spending to tax breaks for brothels an in-depth look at government waste later in the show. it's wednesday december eighteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm sam sax and you're watching r.t. and we begin with a developing story the white house today released a report written by a review board set up to investigate possible n.s.a. abuses now that report includes forty six specific recommendations to reform the n.s.a. in light of what we've learned since the edward snowden leaks began in june recommendation one was to limit section two fifteen of the patriot act forcing the government to submit focused requests for data rather than bulk collection the review board also called on the n.s.a. to transition away from storing data on its own to having that data stored by private companies which the n.s.a. can go to for specific requests also the report calls on the

the u.s. people are supporting the deal. some politicians are opposing the deal. some politicians are silent. almost everything is the same at the same level. there is a big difference. there is foreign intervention in the u.s. decision. the israelis are interfering in the u.s. decision. iran is not -- this is the big difference between our domestic situations. i agree with tom that this is the beginning. this is a breakthrough, but this is the beginning. the tough job is left for a comprehensive package to be agreed. >> are you confident the interim agreement is going to be executed? >> iran already has agreed and signed with the iaea the framework of cooperation. this is one of the most difficult parts of the interim agreement. transparency is the number one issue. iranians and the iaea have had many meetings. they have agreed on the facts and it is ready to go. iranians have given access before the implementation of the interim agreement. the iranians gave access to the iaea to some very se

the u.s. is sending military aid to iraq to help them fight al qaeda. they are targetting forces in the anwar province. 18 troops were killed in an ambush on saturday. african leaders are in south sudan negotiating an end to the violence that gripped the country for two weeks. 1,000 people have died in the fighting. the u.n. is sending in peacekeeping troops and equipment. a russian investigation found no trace of poisoning in the death of palestine leader yasser arafat. >> experts found evidence of a lethal substance polonium in arafat's remains. >> help is on the way for 74 passengers on board a ship caught in icy antarctic orders on tuesday. a professor travelling with the group heard from a chinese ice breaking vessel on round to free the ship. >> holiday sales up 2%. megadiscounts were considered one driving force behind the increase. those are the kheadlines. "consider this" is up next. >> surprising new details about the u.s. mission in iraq. the american military is now helping the fig

u.s. security leaks revealed just how much everyone is being spied on america says the fugitive former contractor is a traitor and wants to try him for espionage but as artie's got a church account comments other whistleblowers have already paid the price for lifting the veil of secrecy. edward snowden says george orwell's fictitious big brother is no match for the u.s. national security agency the times of collection the book microphones and video cameras t.v.'s that watches are nothing compared to what we have today snowden revealed that a secret court rubber stamps warrants for telecommunication companies to hand out the data of millions of their customers he also leave to the programs that the government uses to track virtually anything anybody does on the internet and also store that information. and he showed how the u.s. government had lie about mass surveillance does the n.s.a. collect any type of data all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans. no sir while most american

on monday, u.s. district judge richard leon ruled the program almost certainly violates the fourth amendment of the constitution. judge leon, who was appointed by former president george w. bush, --te "i cannot imagine a more indiscriminate and arbitrary invasion than is systematic and high-tech collection and retention of personal data on virtually every single citizen." more after headlines. or than 70 people died in a wave of attacks across iraq on monday, many of them shiites preparing for an annual pilgrimage. in baghdad, twin car bombs kill 25 shiites. the second blast happened as people rushed to the aid of the first-round victims. another dozen shiites on their way to baghdad from the city of mosul were pulled from their bus and shot dead. yemen's parliament has called for banning u.s. drone attacks just days after the deadliest u.s. strike there this year. thursday's attack on a per session a wedding reportedly killed 17 piece all -- 17 people, most of them civilians. the deaths sparked mass

bullish on the u.s. the imf points to tapering and a budget deal as it raises growth prospects. >>> chinese credit crunch fears grow as interbank lending rates spike despite a pboc cash incompete injection. >>> more fallout today for target after the u.s. retailer suffered a massive data breach that could affect millions of people who thought they were just shopping for christmas present. jackie deangeles is at cnbc headquarters with the full story. jackie. >> reporter: good morning, carolyn. an unfortunate story. consumers may have decided to take their holiday shopping business elsewhere this weekend. retail consultant customer growth partners estimates target's sales fell 3 to 4% despite last year. more than 40 million debit card accounts may have been hacked by people who infiltrated the card swipe machines at checkout. authorities believe overseas hackers are responsible for this. the blogger who broke this story, krebs on security.com, reports that data can be found on underground markets that sell

u.s. households are now worth a total of more than $77 trillion. >>> but the soaring home values have cost a surge in the market, and prices of houses have risen dramatically. there is talk that they're looking at the beginning of a rental bubble. >> when millions lost their home to foreclosure, they had no choice but to rent, and when the mortgage crisis curtailed millions more for potential home buyers the rush to rent rose own more and so did the rent. >> we are in the middle of the worst rental affordability crisis that this country has known. >>> a new study released today in washington by a harvard joint center for housing found that half of all u.s. renters now pay more than 30% of her income on rent, up 13% from ten years ago, for those in the lower income brackets the jump is even worse. >> the 40% increase in the number for americans, let's be clear what it mean business, they're paying more than half of ever dollar they earn for housing. >> the accelerated growth is up 3% from a

about the u.s. foreign policy achievements was among those who interviewed the foreign minister allegedly said he. thinks we're finding the time to meet with us we have three channels here are spanish arabic and english. with a whole year to cover there were lots of things to discuss it brought russia several diplomatic victories including the chemical arms deal with syria he would do is the next step would he just elaborate preconditions from the syrian opposition remain among the key obstacles including the one for president assad to step down something that the west is now moving away from. the threat of jihadists coming to power. and the realization is doing that we change is not the way to resolve this problem or worse importantly for becoming increasingly clear about this. there are also changes in russia's relations with the west and apparently there are signals for more transparent and trustworthy times on both sides but a cold war mentality is still something that must pass to deal with. th

the u.s. the white house trying to diffuse the situation will. >> thus far, all indications are that standard procedures were followed. because we recognize that this is a very sensitive issue in india, we are continuing to review exactly what happened in this case. >> deborah has more on the allegations against the indian diplomat. >> reporter: as she left the indian mission in new york city wednesday, devyani khobragade offered no comment. she was charged with false statements on a visa application she submitted on behalf of her nanny. according to the criminal complaint, she said she would receive $9.75 an hour. instead the nanny said she was paid just over $3 an hour. that is three times less than new york's minimum wage of however it is about three time more than what the average domestic in india makes. >> the allegations are that the dr. khobragade lied to the federal government to obtain an a-3 visa to bring her here with no intent of paying the wages. they are living in the home with

the u.s. should boycott the olympics in russia? right now, 20% of you say yes. 80% say no. >> the debate will continue online at cnn.com/crossfire. >> join us tomorrow for another edition of "crossfire." erin burnett "outfront" starts erin burnett "outfront" starts right now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> was it really necessary to arrest and strip search an indian diplomat? plus, will president obama scale back the nsa spying program? >>> and duck dynasty under fire. was the show's star being offensive or just true to his religious beliefs? >>> good evening. i'm jake tapper in for erin burnett. we'll get to our top story in a minute. first big news out of the markets. the dow rose more than 292 points. the s&p 500 rising by nearly 30. both closing at record highs. you can see the spike there at 2:00 p.m. eastern. that's when the federal reserve nounced it would start cutting the stimulus program. the process dubbed tapering. something investors have been waiting for. a big sign th

is this u.s.-russia deal a blueprint for dealing with nonproliferation and conflict resolution in syria? >> first of all, let me thank me, all theng organizers for putting this together. needswer the question, we to look at how the whole situation evil with respect -- evolved with our respect to chemical weapons in syria, and how it unfolded. number one, as you indicated, the united states and the international community have, ever since world war i, said that chemical weapons as weapons of mass destruction are particularly heinous forms of warfare, and numerous international conventions to prohibit their use. i believe it was absolutely appropriate for the president to draw a line on the use of chemical weapons in syria. lots of terrible weapons used in syria, but the international community has recognized that that line is one that we want to prohibit from being crossed. i thought the president was right to establish that redline. when the assad regime crossed that line, it was also appropriate

u.s. security leaks revealed just how much everyone is being spied on america says the fugitive former contractor is a traitor and wants to try him for espionage but as art he's going to judge you can comments other whistleblowers have already paid the price for lifting the veil of secrecy. edward snowden says george orwell's fictitious big brother is no match for the u.s. national security agency the types of collection the book microphones and video cameras t.v.'s that watches are nothing compared to what we have today snowden revealed that a secret court rubber stamps warrants for telecommunication companies to hand out the data of millions of their customers he also leaked the programs that the government uses to track virtually anything anybody does on the internet and also store that information and he showed how the u.s. government had lie about mass surveillance does the n.s.a. collect any type of data at all on millions or hundreds of millions of americans no sir while most americ

the u.s. will dispose of syria's chemical weapons. half a million tickets a minute. michelle miller reports mega- millions is reaching for a record as the odds get longer. and spinning music into gold. mark phillips finds rare recordings are giving the beatles a new turn at stardom. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. this is our western edition. there is trouble tonight ablq$ the international space station. late today nasa said it will take a series of space walks to fix it. as we reported last week, half of the cooling system shut down when a valve malfunctioned. there is a crew of six on board. the two americans will make the first space walk on saturday. nasa tells us the astronauts are safe. jeff glor is with us with more about the problem and what it will take to repair it. jeff? >> reporter: the stakes are high scott. there's only two cooling loops on the space station, one is down. if that one can't be fixed and there'

and u.s. intelligence actually seems to have most of the globe covered snowden revealed that they tap data straight from the fiber optic cables which carry most of the world's online traffic former cia officer ray mcgovern thinks those violating privacy should face justice and not the leakers i am delighted to hear that ed snowden on his desk in honolulu had a copy of the constitution of the united states all dog eared because he used it to argue with his in his come pick for his there it is say as to whether what they were doing was legal whether it was constitutional the question should be why those who are aided and abetted this whether they should be brought to trial for these of gross violations of their solemn oath to support and defend the constitution of the united states. well what would media outlets do if they were given some secret documents in the media stan road movie answers that question a team of wiki leaks journalists travels across central asia and later to britain and of us

a u.s. mason to squeeze has yielded results with the first pint hideaway giving up on centuries of total confidentiality washington is threatening fines and even jail time for any bank the doesn't share information on american citizens but is. thought that some time some of them will nevertheless stay to find business present a case of people being spoke with my colleague the sushi about the possible ramifications of it all. appears to be a sense of almost concern and anger am response this we know it's very much fundamental to the swiss economy or to the heritage of switzerland i can tell you i've worked in the banking industry in switzerland and people there don't see as helping people of aid paying taxes they see as privacy the protection of assets and that's why there's been this reaction of why does washington feel the need to. sort of a peaceful coexistence between people and banks as opposed to nowadays when the banks are just taking advantage of well indeed in switzerland it's very m

or is the u.s. turning its back on the syrian rebels that says washington suspends aid to the country's north which has been flooded with extremist factions. crushing the thousands of students break through parts of london's biggest university before amassing outside parliament as they march against us. from our studio center here in moscow which just turned ten pm this is international. roadblocks rise again in the ukrainian capital rebuilt and strengthened by protesters while police regroup and celta security forces try to move the activists from the city center to allow traffic through his pool scots with the latest. but thousands have a gathered in independence square behind me following calls from the opposition for a show of defiance following last night's events the police dismantled and removed barricades that had been set up and built by the protesters the boy right side police on protesters did show restraint so violent clashes did break out this morning events where we saw the police try

international tonight the u.s. sends weapons to iraq to help fight extremists it says but washington's ready tennis to negotiate with radicals in syria through accusations then of inconsistency. also a pressure immigration initiative in the u.k. slams ethnic profiling by the u.n. who fear it could trigger a sweeping crackdown on workers in the silence because with their legal. iran may unfreeze and accelerate its nuclear program if washington introduces new sanctions something that could undermine the historic geneva agreement seen as a key breakthrough the twenty third. legal cases brought against russia's for. the kosky had to be reviewed moved by the country's highest court could lead to previous sentences being overturned we'll bring you up to speed on that this hour. kevin with very good evening to you our top story hellfire missiles drones and fighter jets the iraqi military's about to get an upgrade from the united states the lethal aid is meant to help baghdad fight al qaeda linked groups who are gaining te

u.s. economics editor. then advice for preparing your 2013 federal taxes. we are joined by kevin mccormally. we are joined by kiplinger's editorial director. washington journal live, 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. then at 9:40 five eastern, art history professor deborah hansen looks at the work trail of annual boone and minerals and other arts and the u.s. capitol. american history tv in prime time, starting at eight a.m. eastern on c-span three. >> as 2013 wraps up, we are on the front steps of the capital to tell you about our new review series. here's the lineup. opening remarks are provided by anthony harrington, former u.s. ambassador to brazil during the clinton administration. >> good morning. good morning to many good friends in the audience. i am jane harman, president and ceo of the wilson center. i am delighted to welcome you to this just before the christmas holiday important event. the wilson center knows a lot about brazil. and so does our keynote speaker and good friend ambass

and u.s. investment in mexico has grown substantially, about half of it in the manufacturing sector and most of that in the auto sector. and much of the output of our investments in canada and mexico come back to us in imports of interwith mediate goods which -- intermediate goods which add to our competitiveness and production of final products. and our investment in canada, i should add, is canada has invested about $200 billion in the united states since the nafta which makes it the u.s.' fifth largest investor, and we've invested about $310 billion in canada to become its largest investor. and in spite of this really remarkable intraregional growth that can be traced to the nafta's opening of the regional markets, the agreement still has its critics. most of those who attack the nafta on economic grounds focus on mexico, not on canada. and they claim that the partnership is one-sided. that the agreement is mexico's gain and america's pain. but the economic data proves that having mexico as

when i look at a former u.s. diplomat john graham he told us what he thinks is making both saudi arabia and israel so angry about that u.s. foreign policy both countries israel and saudi arabia are very annoyed or frightened right now because of american policy toward iran now what's happened to annoy you frighten both of them is that first of all bob i actually call and talk on the telephone to his counterpart suffering an american president and for decades and second meeting in geneva actually produced an agreement which looks like iran will make significant changes in its nuclear policy in exchange for a lessening of sanctions keep to the agreement then we will definitely be less i think sanctions and this is driving israel and saudi arabian nights'. now the united kingdom has managed to squeeze out a little more growth than expected britain is increasing the foreign aid budget the treasury chief is about to approve a one billion pound increase with most people yet to feel the benefits of any economic recovery

the u.s. does have an awful lot of clout. able to throw its weight around and feels justified to do so but clearly a lot of other people feel it's there isn't there is injustice in this so suppose a justice system perhaps some of the smaller banks could be affected because the the defines the worst of them could be very onerous on them because for them it's virtually impossible i think to really go through the whole exercise and end up proving that they've done nothing wrong but in the meantime of course the millions of dollars and we have much more for you on line right now including an unexpected discovery u.s. astronomers are left more than a little bit puzzled over the appearance of a recently discovered planet that is in the entirely wrong part of space. also online for the n.s.a. spy scandal reaching russian officials the country's lawmakers now considering a ban on the use of foreign smartphones dot com we tell you what could happen to replace i phones and other android devices. right t

u.s. airways making american the largest carrier in the country. before the deal went through the justice department made american open up major hubs to smaller airlines and cut back on routes and a number of flights. on this edition of "inside story" we're going to talk about the mega merger and what it means for the flying public. the merger between american and u.s. airways is a $17 billion deal. the new american will carry 130 million passengers annually. it will operate 6700 flights to 500 destination nationwide. it will allow the new american airlines to become king of the air waives. airwaves. it must give up gates and landing slots in seven major airport including new york, los angeles, and ronald reagan washington airport in washington, d.c. those slots will go to lower cost carriers. american must now sell 104 take-off and landing slots. >> we expressed potential reduction in competition that the merger would potentially empose. >> the justice department initially blocked the dea

the u.s. district court which is the d.c. circuit court of appeals. that means -- i thi it is fast-tracked to the supreme court. this is an important issue and a significant issue. the courts are opposed in their position. you've got one judge, john leon, saying this was an unchecked, unbridled, limitless in scope invasion of fourth amendment issues. that's the idea that you have some rights of expectation of privacy with data. then you have the judge today deciding that, in fact, this was the government's attempt to counteract al qaeda. the problem is from a legal standpoint it's limitless and the nsa program as it is now isn't focused. it's limitless. to apply these basically huge data gathering without any evidence that the person engaged in -- that you are getting information on may have ties to a terrorist group or is making calls that meet a data requirement, those limits aren't in place. it's troubling from a constitutional perspective. these are close calls. i'm in favor of the patriot

. >> outside the u.s. embassy in new delhi police oversee the removal of concrete security barricades, a display of anger and another sign diplomatic relations are quickly deteriorating. >> we feel a very extreme level of distrust. >> indian authorities have asked u.s. consist larr offices to return identity cards and topped them from flying out of the country. the incident has become one of the top stories in the indian media. tension between the two countries that been steadily escalating since the down r. consul general was arrested in new york on the 12th of december. indian officials say she was handcuffed as she dropped her daughter at school. they claim the diplomat was later trip searched and kept in a cell with drug addicts before posting a $250,000 bail. >> more steps should be taken against the united states until they've given an unconditional apology for what happened. >> perhaps india shouldn't hold its breath. >> there are no indications that anything but appropriate measures were followed b

the u.s. believes this is its best weapon against al qaeda although not officially at war in yemen the covert drone campaign has been dramatically ramped up here under president obama. yemen's al qaeda threat is real it's plotted attacks on international airliners and caused hundreds of deaths the cia describes it as the most dangerous and active branch of the terrorist network the defense is that drone strikes have seriously damaged his ability to plan attacks but critics here say it's doing the exact opposite it does not contain the ghosts of the facts that may have contributed to the growth and expansion of the at some point when i get off powerful enough to be able to inflict serious damage the u.s. war on terror has no borders often waved remotely with cruise missiles and drones it's an undeclared global battlefield in which yemen is just one of the front lines of fight against groups like al qaida in which ordinary civilians also end up paying a price. i ask obama to bring my dad back to

in the u.s. the secrecy surrounding the talks has raised some concerns, but the administration is saying trust us, and the pushing forward is for the best. >> quite has a profound stake in what happens. because we need and we are and we will remain a pacific power. that sets a statement of fact. >> if the deal is signed the partnership will include countries responsible for 40% of the world's gdp, and 26% of global trade. here in washington to talk about the tran pacific partnership, it's promise, problems and prospects. for southeast asia studies and co director of the partners initiative. and sue rob, senior research association for the consulting firm samuels international associations. this was supposed to be the week, why didn't it happen? well, i think they are not going to make this year. i think largely the reason is that the president didn't make his trip to asia in november. and that was a time where it really matters. the political leadership, the big push has to take place. are waitin

the u.s. postal service also put out a statement saying that the package surge volume exceeded expectations. fedex also experienced some delays and apologized earlier this week but put out a statement today saying everything was going just fine. back to you. >> well, talking of just fine, diana, when you look at the stocks, it's interesting because u.p.s. is only down very slightly. fedex is up about 0.75%. clearly not damaging stocks today. however, will the backing lash over these delivery issues translate into problems for shareholders down the road? jon fortt is with us. diana, you're still there as well. let's bring in john barnes from rbc capital markets. john, in coming days or maybe weeks when we find out how much this might cost these companies to make good on these delivery issues, might it be a problem for the stocks or not? >> i don't think so. ultimately, it looks like from an investor perspective, this is actually good news. everybody's talking about how pack building as were muc

and i open the u.s. sees it's in no one's best interest for him to be there, and if he transfers here, there should be somewhere he can live. >> what should we expect in 2014? >> there's a possibility he will emerge a little bit. people have been trying to get interviews with him, people have been trying to get book deals and movie deals. he prefers to stay out of the limelight, but i think he would like to engage more in the public debate. >>> coming up here, the u.s. and the world. how has president obama handled america's foreign policy, from syria to chemical weapons to the controversial nuclear agreement with iran. the roundtable are you ready grandma? just a second, sweetie. [ female announcer ] we eased your back pain... ♪ ready or not. [ female announcer ] ...so you can be up there. here i come! [ female announcer ] ...down there, around there... and under there for him. tylenol® provides strong pain relief and won't irritate your stomach the way aleve® or even advil® can. but for everything

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the u.s. is now rushing a new shipment of hellfire missiles and surveillance drones to the iraqi government. we will go to baghdad for report. as wall street prepares to pay out over $90 billion in year-end bonuses, an offshoot of occupy wall street urges the banks to reconsider how they spend their massive profits. $60 billion in pay for two years of the national affordable housing trust fund. this is the program that is financed for 10 years could end homelessness in american -- and america. next up, $21 billion in needed repairs to public housing and wall street to take care of that. and you know what? it would still have $10.4 billion left over. >> and while the philippines struggles to rebuild after typhoon haiyan, the country is been forced to continue paying out billions of dollars in debt to the world bank and other lenders. all of that and more coming up. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. a car bombing in the lebanese capital of beiru

fifteen fighters shot down two u.s. army black hawk helicopters instantly killing twenty six un peacekeepers this happened in one thousand nine hundred four full three years after the end of the first gulf war it was a hot shooting war going around there's not a lot of bad guys running around on the ground there aren't a lot of enemy planes flying around near broad daylight unlimited visibility relatively benign.

fully valued in the u.s.. probably undervalued in emerging markets, though you have to be of which in the choice emerging markets. >> any good advice as to which one investors should focus on? >> yes. we have organized it, focusing positivehose with equity, those who have switched to more domestically organized and demand basis. europe,ich have ties to europe is really the story we like in terms of leaving the equity markets next year. we think there is a symbiotic relationship, great relationships on import and export with europe. >> is that also impart with how much support we have seen here, whether the ecb? region's time? >> a huge part of the equation, it has moved down 25 basis points in the second half of the year by the ecb. the much more sympathetic monetary policy europe and japan gets ahead of the u.s. in terms of interest from investors looking for tailwinds in the equity market. >> clearly, you think there are opportunities for investors in the new year. you mentioned volatility. how much pain wil

moving up more as u.s. production continues to grow, and u.s. demand plateaus off. motor gasoline, one of the interesting things about the ability of refiners to export things like distillates, which are getting a very good price in the international market right now, is it is resulting in high refining utilization rate. they're running now on the upper 90's, and what that means is products are being produced in surplus, in fact gasoline, there's enough gasoline around in the u.s. now that prices have actually been relatively moderate, below last year's levels at this time. i wanted to end this brief run through of our major conclusions with a thought on energy related co2 emissions. we think that they will remain below that 2005 -- that 2005 peak that you see when we then plateaued briefly at roughly 6 billion metric tons. this can, combination of several different things. per capita gdp, we know that there was an economic downturn in the u.s., and that had an impact on energy consumption, and output. but more importantly, in digging about this going forward, we ar

-u.s. trade talks, but then i also note that there is another article that talks about the possibility that we are softening our position. so i would like some clarification from you today about where we are in those discussions. >> congresswoman waters, i think the issues of working on an international bases to make sure that we have a race to the top to the highest standards possible in terms of financial stability is very important. we work actively through the g- 20 and financial stability board to try and drive that process. i'm actually of the belief and am proud that the united states is a leader. that we've taken decisive action, the most decisive action of any country in the world after the deep recession and economic crisis of 2008 and 2009. i've said i do not believe trade agreements are an appropriate place for to us dilute the impact of the steps that we've take on the safe guard the u.s. economy. and i think that we should make a call to the world community in the appropriate

un human rights report really great to speak to you why does the u.s. always make so much resistance from people who supposedly quote protecting this is a great deal of suspicion around the claims of humanitarian intervention is actually. magnifies the. violence and. it has the opposite effect of what is. the opposite effect of what was intended in syria reports reuters may become a watershed for the u.s. talks between america and al-qaeda last week revealed washington's no longer insisting on regime change their reports america's all good partners saying america's next if they were in syria appears to have got even a little nervous for the doc to get phone calls interventionism just murder by another name get a joins us it's great to speak to you so if the u.s. stops intervening what about all the other poor people in the world waiting for the u.s. to bomb and save the intervention is an easy recipe call also disaster and this is something that we see in iraq and afghanistan we let to let. people find their way if we may need a god they start want to b

hurting u.s. relations in the middle east and if that were to happen the the israeli project is really quite fragile they seem nip it in they have a huge military but you know two thirds of their population are first or second generation immigrants they can go back to brooklyn or go to russia or another words leave if in fact the settler regime seems to be going through some sort of major crisis that's a big problem in the israeli ruling class the israeli government knows this. speaking out and. if the u.s. does pursue that just a hypothetical to the u.s. pursues a better relationship with iran do you think we could see potentially a dangerous axis. between tell of even riyadh well there is right now it's odd and dangerous for a fragile arab monarchy to see its principal alliance with the israeli government but in fact that's what shaken out the a saudi government has carried out a proxy foreign policy until recently when they became independent they tried to overthrow the assad government they te

u.s.'s fiftht the largest investor and we have invested $310 billion in canada to become its largest investor. in spite of this really remarkable interregional growth that can be traced to the nafta's opening of the regional markets, the agreement still has critics. most of those who attack the nafta on economic grounds focus on mexico, not on canada. they claim that the partnership is one-sided. that the agreement is mexico's gain and america's pain. but the economic data proves that having mexico as a nafta partner has served u.s. economic interests extremely well. last year, 13% of our nation's total exports went to mexico. that is exceeding our sales to brazil, india, china, and russia combined. indeed, mexico buys from us more goods than all the rest of latin america combined. and more than all the goods bought by germany, great britain, france, and the netherlands combined. although the debate continues about how many jobs the nafta actually created, i think it is generally agreed tha

u.s. government officials decided last week to allow u.s. carriers do what they ask. an official with the pentagon is playing down an incident that occurred in the zone. spokesperson steven warren said u.s. military planes encountered nothing unusual when they flew through last week. warren said american military planes will continue to operate in the area as normal. >>> antigovernment demonstrators in thailand are refusing to back down, but now police have surprised them by adopting a new approach. >> antigovernment protests in thailand have claimed four lives and injured 300 people in the past week. demonstrators are demanding the resignation of yingluck shinawatra. on tuesday they removed barriers and let them in, in an attempt to diffuse tension and prevent a full fledged conflict. the scene in front of the prime minister's office on tuesday was dramatically different from a day earlier. police stood back and let protesters remove the barricades, eventually letting them enter the compound. the situation was similar at the metropolitan police headquarters. demonstr

it's the u.s. belief that it will be detrimental to both sides and the u.s. continues to encourage both sides to resolve their differences through political means. >> monday marks a deadline for the affordable care act, it's the last day for millions of americans to sign up for health insurance through the federal government. our correspondent has more on the last-minute rush. >> if you haven't already, you may want to pencil in a couple of hours to sign up for health care. millions of americans are uninsured in both states. monday december 23rd is the deadline if you are looking for coverage starting january 1st. it's important for people in high-risk pools to get insurance, including close with pre-existing conditions. people that lost insurance, and people in states where medicade it scaling back. but the january 1st deadline varies in states where people operate their own health exchanges. open enrolment in 2014 starts january 1st. >> i had a call saying it was approved. i came in today and finished the application. i'm covered now. >> website difficultie