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the soviets had never pulled all their troops out of europe. the had men on the ground in europe. we had come home in great numbers, leaving everything behind as we left. as one of the general said. but we had the bomb, and therefore even edward teller, who was normally paranoid about the soviet union throughout his life, went off to the university of chicago to work physics again, and felt so secure that he was writing articles about world government. you can imagine him writing such things. then the soviets finished their work with the help of espionage, to be sure, and tested their bomb in august of 1949, and the balance was totally shaken as far as we were concerned. now they have those millions of men on the ground in europe and they have the bomb. teller's response was to champion the idea of a bigger bomb, the thermonuclear, hydrogen bomb, which would be triggered by an atomic bomb but would be capable of being built to any volume and scale that you wanted. that of course, in the course of about three months of work with president truman, became the next thing the united st

europe first. containment. if you can fit it on a bumper sticker it is probably a pretty good strategy. you will pursue the army through northern virginia and get it. it is a pretty good strategy and not irrelevant. some strategies take longer to cute than others. the poept is in our system it has gotten harder and harder over the years since the end of the second world war because the bureaucracies are bigger, there are more of them, there are more players at the table. and translating a president's intent or a commander in chief's intent into actual policy becomes harder and harder. i certainly agree that -- and i think phillip and bob said this -- anything that is run through the interagency slaw guaranteed to come out not as a strategy but a number of wish lists. but i think there is some utilitity in having reduced in some place a very short statement of what it is we are trying to accomplish as an administration and what should our objectives be, what are the priorities and how should we try to go about m

it stands for conventional forces in europe, which was initiated in 1988. in fact, i know that when cheney became secretary, he was very much focused on the importance of reducing soviet conventional forces in europe, that that really was the problem. we were saddled with something else, which had a more political profile of time. that was a proposal inherited to modernize one of the short-range missiles in europe, which really -- that was one of the ideas that may have seemed necessary back in the battle days of 1985, but you know how long it takes pentagon programs to the ball and finally the obsolete and finally to be recognized as obsolete. at any rate, here this thing was floating out in the middle of all of this call full situation in germany, and germans were asking what on earth the americans and -- i will not sit all germans, but most of them were pretty upset about the idea. we did not need them, but what we really did need was a reduction of the soviet conventional threat, and there was a view within the new administration that cfe proposal that

maybe western europe has done well with not exaggerating trips. the united states is unique in that but it does seem over blown. and the book called atomic obsession published next week argues that the united states has any threat that's been sig'ificant has been exaggerated. the threat, i agree witherfu er thpá it was to de troy capitalism and economyism but there has been a tendency to exaggerate the thrqpás and we've gotten things like war in iran and current war in iraq and worse case scenario fantasy that sadam or iranians now could dominate the middle east without examining that prop schism through the threat of al qaeda that's led to massive expenditurqj and two wars in many respects. so i'm not sure. i would have to do a comparative thing and i think generally western europe looks good overall. they've obviously not been free of this as well. >> can ideal with focus on this. your comment to my comment. well john, what could you - could the united states do different with regard to pakistan in 2002. same way as it would treat it's own cou

i think generally western europe looks good. they have not been free of this as well. >> could i deal with pakistan first? what could the united states have done differently with regard to pakistan in early 2002? that is the crucial moment here. it could have treated the same way it treated other countries that supported terrorism by cutting off economic aid. by condemning the behavior of the military leadership, by calling for democracy and return to the constitution that mr. usharev overthrown. we were placed in a difficult position in 2002. a lot of pakistanis were also blaming him for what had gone wrong with afghanistan. they were blaming the pakistani military. on a whole, pakistanis are a pretty secular thought. they are muslims but they are part of the society that was created sharia. the profit waphet was a shia. these things matter within pakistan in a way that could have and should have been used by u.s. policymakers at the time. i argued in my paper that we are asking questions about why that was not done. i am sugge

and there was no question by 1994, say -- that there was very strong pressure in central and eastern europe. very strong desire join the alliance. that this was probably going to happen. and the russians were adamantly opposed for a variety of reasons. and one of the biggest challenges was to so manage the relationship with russia that it was possible to go forward with an enlargement without an open break with moscow, and by and large that was a success. but it was an irritant in relations with russia. think there's a very strong case for the strategy pursuing both nato enlargement in cooperation with russia. but that didn't make it an easy task. the situation got worse with kosovo wherein the russians at least went through the form of claiming that they were going to back theer is s. a critical diplomatic is, which was largely atributable to strow talbot personally, was getting the russianens mostly through the influence of him. but they were not going to pull his chestnuts out of the fair to, at that point with the culmination of a sustained goming campaign and the real property of gun -

they're just pictures of me having drinks in europe with friends. >> that's it. >> that's it. >> so the principal approached you. what did he say? >> he told me that a parent had called in and complained about a message that i had posted on my facebook account and about some pictures of me with alcohol and he just asked me if i had those things and i said, yes, i've got some pictures from my trip to europe this summer that a co-worker and i winter on with some other friends. it was completely non-school related and i told him that i had those things up there and he said that, with the language and the pictures, that was enough to warrant a suspension and he represented that the decision to suspend me had already been made by himself and the superintendent. >> so, there was no investigation, there was no chance for you, you didn't state your side of the story? >> no, there was no investigation. i was stopped on the way into the school that morning and brought into the assistant principal's office. i had no advance notice of what the complaints were. and i was railroaded into resigning ri

that is a microcosm of europe and one room. this was one of the more challenging delivered of poles we conducted, -- poolslls, because it was a sampling of countries speaking in 22 countries -- 22 languages. a mansion in the small groups, how many translators we had to have just to get this -- the discussions. they directed questions to competing experts, including prime ministers and high-level people. and then there opinions changed about questions affecting europe. this was a great challenge, because in europe, there is no european-wide public sphere at the mass level. they are elite spires. and the elites speak english, or maybe french or chairman. not 21 or 22 languages. the french talk to the french, the bulgarians to the bulgarians, the portuguese to the portuguese. you do not get a european-wide discussion. we saw what it could be like and we put in the parliament building to dramatize that this is the people's house. so, one thing about random sampling is a this scalable. you do not need a larger sampling for a larger

official tally of high-technology manufacturing, including aerospace, pharmaceuticals -- china has passed europe in leading high- technology manufacturing in the next several years. they see developing solar, wind, high-voltage transmission systems, as something where they want to be the leader. so they're pushing because they see incredible opportunity. so this is where a lot of european countries have gone in the past. china is being very aggressive about it. they are now leading the world in transmissions over long distances. >> do you sense that they will commit to some sort of carbon reduction? >> i do know. i would hope yes. if you look at what they do internally when they say they have it -- right now, their current five-year plan is to increase and better energy intensity. their use of energy by 20%. that is for this five-year plan. another begins on an aggressive schedule, but now they are talking about the following five-year plan, saying it will be a carbon emissions to gdp clock. why is that significant? they're pushing heavily on hydro, wind, renewable, and on solar. if you take wha

oil goes to europe. so half and half, north america and some of it finds its way to the far east through various trading arrangements. we believe that the current market situation is one that has to be andled with delicate hands because the international economy is still in the process of recovering. and until it's fully recovered, we have to be careful on how much oil we put in the market because if we're not careful, we could drive the prices very low that went as low as $30 a barrel at the height of the economic problems and the world experienced in the past year or so. we are hopeful that the recovery of the international economy will continue, in which case, we may be able to produce and export more. we have -- i'm sure you have heard about our problems in the delta, which resulted in serious reduction of our capacity to produce and infrastructure. with the recent fortunate occurrence of the amnesty, we are hoping that we will be able to repair and put back some of the infrastructure which has been

but we do have great, great fans in europe when we get a chance to go there, especially london we love to play. we had actually been on a five-week tour and just -- we were winding up our tour in london at the '02 arena and thought we're going to film this because this has been a wonderful trip. maybe we'll come back and put it together. we had such a great time, such a wonderful audience. all the songs, of course, that they love and all the popular songs. then we do a lot of variety of other things. we do some interviews, talk to the band, show the rehearsal, show the town. this dvd is a wonderful thing to watch. it's colorful and entertaining, but you can see for yourself on the dvd how involved the audience really gets. they knew all the words and they were swinging their arms back and forth on all the songs, singing along. so it made for a wonderful experience for all of us, and i'm very proud of the dvd and cd. it's all in one package. i have it right here. i'm hawking my goods. i call it my double ds. it's like double disks here. on one side you've got the dvd and the cd -- it ma

i lived six years -- 12 years in europe. and global warming is real. the people that call you that do not believe it, the joke is on them. we're the only country in the world that has not signed the kyoto treaty. we're the biggest polluter in the world. i am sorry to hear that these people are not believing. we drive the biggest cars, waste so much castlgas. we are inefficient. we of coal plants that have not been updated for years. it is getting worse. i believe in clean energy. i have solar power in my home. i tried to recycle. in japan, you go out on a typical day in tokyo and you can has done to the country. you have the power sakkawasaki e industrial power of japan. host: let's get a response from our guest. guest: i agree with you. japan has been a power and we have seen other major countries -- countries stepping upon. óÑ÷we heard from russia, korea, brazil, a major stepping up in their targets. there is a sense that around the world, everybody gets it. they see the need to reduce emissions. i'm very encouraged by the president's announcement

they are the only major party in europe that wants to withdraw the fiscal stimulus now when it is absolutely necessary to keep the economy moving forward. and if i were him, i would be asking the leader of the opposition why his policy is so designed to cut money from fleecing, from education, and all the areas that public depend upon now. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i congratulate the prime minister on his early decision to attend copenhagen, a lead which is now being followed by 60 prime ministers and presidents from around the world. when he is in copenhagen, will he seek to harness that high-level attendance to ensure that the best possible package of clean development funding is on the table to ensure the sign-up of developing countries to a workable agreement. >> i want to thank my colleague for the work he has done and for the work of all parties who want to see a success in copenhagen. i will go to the commonwealth meeting this weekend to build a consensus about how we can finance climate change for developing countries as well as developed countries. it is absolutely essential that w

i lived six years -- 12 years in europe. and global warming is real. the people that call you that do not believe it, the joke is on them. we're the only country in the world that has not signed the kyoto treaty. we're the biggest polluter in the world. i am sorry to hear that these people are not believing. we drive the biggest cars, waste so much castlgas. we are inefficient. we of coal plants that have not been updated for years. it is getting worse. i believe in clean energy. i have solar power in my home. i tried to recycle. in japan, you go out on a typical day in tokyo and you can has done to the country. you have the power sakkawasaki e industrial power of japan. host: let's get a response from our guest. guest: i agree with you. japan has been a power and we have seen other major countries -- countries stepping upon. óÑ÷we heard from russia, korea, brazil, a major stepping up in their targets. there is a sense that around the world, everybody gets it. they see the need to reduce emissions. i'm very encouraged by the president's announcement

what is it that europe is doing? >> i think it's relevant to this because it's important for this foundation of what we want to get them to do with costs. simply stated we want to make sure we have capacity to manage the failure, not preserved, but managed the failure of large institutions with less damage to the economy to it and we need to have some emergency authority to contain the risk of financial panic. limited authority, carefully circumscribed to make sure we can draw a circle around the fire and prevent spreading to healthy institutions. those are the two things we did not have coming into this crisis. it was a tragic and costly failure as you understand well. we can't -- node reform process will be adequate unless it gives a carefully designed balance of authority like that. otherwise taxpayers will be more exposed in the future and there's going to be more risk of moral hazard because in the end if you don't have those in place, government is have to do what we did last fall which cost more moral hazard a

china has passed europe and the united states in leading high technology manufacturing from the last couple of years. they see a transition to a green energy economy, developing solar, wind, as something where they want to be the world leader. so they're pushing because they see an credible economic opportunity. now, this is where china is going. this is where a lot of european countries have gone in the past. china is being very aggressive about it. they are now leading the world in high voltage electricity transmission over long distances. >> do you sense that china will commit to some sort of carbon reductions? >> i don't know but i would hope yes. if you look at what they're doing internally. right now their current five-year plan is to increase -- better their energy intensity so as their g.d.p. grows their use of energy will be decreasing by 20%. that's this five-year plan. another five-year plan, again a very aggressive schedule, but now they're talking for the following five-year plan as saying it will be a carbon emission to g.d.p. now, why is that significant in because the

of a discrepancy of what senator levin is expecting and president obama is expecting to see and what europe is looking at as well. >> british troops is being talked about is 400 troops. >> you use that as a percentage. >> and the level, and the other countries, they never send more than 1,000 or 1,500 troops. so we are talking about a much bigger percentage from the united states. >> and what are members of congress hearing from the public. both of you asked questions about public tolerance on this and i'm wondering what the pressure is like on capitol hill for the president to sell this effectively. >> the biggest trouble they are having is it's going to cost a lot of money and take a long time and the country doesn't see us spending time and money on an

these scenes symbolized the beginning and the end of communism in europe. there will be celebrations today in berlin. bon jovi, in fact, will perform and many world leaders will be there, as well, including secretary of state hillary clinton of the many and at the regular an presidential line area in california, a replica has been constructed next to a piece of the authentic, the genuine wall. >>> a suspected car jacker thought it was pretty tough until he ran into a cagey 9-year-old kid. >>> well, the supreme court is hearing a case today that's raising some controversy. here it is. should juvenile offenders be put away for life without parole for crimes that don't involve a death? opponents say the punishment is cruel and unusual. opposite side of the coin, people who support the life sentence question whether rehabilitation is even possible for juvenile repeat offenders. now, 109 juvenile inmates nationwide are serving life terms for nonhomicide offenses. so 70% of those, too, we have discovered, are inmates in florida. four years ago, the high court str

in fact, they're the only -- they're the only major party in europe that wants to withdraw the fiscal stimulus now when it's absolutely necessary to keep the economy moving forward and i were him i would be asking the leader of the opposition why his policy is so designed to cut money from policing, from education, and from all the areas that the public depend upon now. >> dr. alan whitehead. >> mr. speaker, can i congratulate the prime minister on his early decision to attend copenhagen, a lead which is now being followed by 60 prime ministers and presidents from around the world. when have he's in copenhagen will he seek to harness that high level attendance to ensure the best possible package of clean development funding is on the table to ensure the sign-up of developing countries to a workable climate change agreement? >> i want to praise my honorable friend for the work he has done in promoting a climate change agreement. and for the work of members of all parties who want to see a success of copenhagen. i will go to the conference this week to try to build a consensus between

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reid was on and was talking about the socialists in europe. i did a little bit of research into the facts he threw out. one that got me right away was the french been responsible for the artificial knee, when actually it was pioneered and perfected by manchester, england. there is a lot of and misinformation being thrown out. barack obama's said it best in his town hall meeting when he was asked will the government go on this plan? he said, you have to realize federal government is approximately 2 million people and we get a better rate. we put it out for bids and get a better rate. why not open it up to states? just as far as everyone has to be fully covered, do away with a pre-existing conditions and let the states get better rates, let the people be insured by the state in which they live in, including federal employees. guest: that was one of the planned early on and is very much favored by the insurance company, -- i have my master's in business. one of the things that makes you able to keep costs down is the ability to negotiate for pric

the second question, britain's future lies more with europe and america. it is a very fascinating problem because of the investments they have made in the european union and the common -- common currency, that you would find the british public is now thinking that europe is less important. still a majority of the sleeping that but the numbers in parentheses show that a turn again toward america for more leadership rather than their own european supranational structures. the next one, america is a force for good in the world. again, look at the percentage increase. liberal democrats still are not convinced -- they are minority. but now 54% -- up 10% from the middle of the second bush administration. the last thing, there is not a comparable floor -- for it because tony blair was the leader last time, whether gordon brown should be as close to obama as tony blair was to george w. bush. even the conservatives who don't favor gordon brown as their potential leaders still see the majority is the case. i apologize for the distortion with this, but what is this a

well, the scene symbolized the beginning of the end of communism in europe. there will be celebrations today in berlin. bon jovi is going to perform. many world leaders will be there too, including the secretary of state, hillary clinton. >> we need to form an even stronger partnership to bring down the walls of the 21st century and to confront those who hide behind them. >> i don't know if we have any more of that tape there, but secretary clinton also said that the ideas that made people bring down the wall are just as relevant today. wasn't that something? >>> a 7,000 pound christmas tree is heading to the nation's capital. a choir sang as the tree was cut down saturday in arizona. ♪ o christmas tree, your branches green ♪ >> and now we're going to chop you down. it is the first year that arizona provided the capital christmas tree. the tree will reach the capital in three weeks and then it will take another week to decorate it with and 5,000 ornaments made by the arizona schoolchildren. >> that is such a good point. they have been cultivating this tre

in europe -- and this is how things work. in europe it was more like 20 to one, but we had a more dynamic the comedy -- dynamic economy. since then, that ratio exploded from 40 to one to 550 to one. when i have this -- this conversation with ceos and others people say, you cannot argue to me that ceos begin 10 times more valuable to the company's then the average workers. clearly, the system broke down. how did this happen? there is something called spinning. it is not a dance or whirling dervishes. it is the process of when you do an ipo, what you call a hot ipo with a stock that is going to jump on the first day of sale. in the investment banks would give some of these hot stocks to the ceo's of their clients. why? to keep them happy so they would stay as clients. it would say, here is a bunch of stock, keep using us as your investment bank. when we were negotiating a global deal back in december of 2002 i said, that should not be permitted. that is a violation of the fiduciary duty of the ceo to the company. if the investm

these scenes symbol iize the beginning of the end of communism in europe. there will be celebrations today in berlin. bon jovi is going to perform. many world leaders will be there as well, including secretary of state hillary clinton. >>> i'm pretty sure i was at my first job in broadcasting. >> really? >> watching the tape on cnn. i was watching it live, actually, if i remember correctly. i was still in college -- >> i was still in high school. >> you were not. >> i was 17. i was still in high school. >> i was still in college, that's entirely possible. >> hey, can we turn on the tv and watch the berlin wall come down? >> because your voice was changing? >> yeah. it was terrible. >>> hurricane ida, couple of pockets of rain out ahead of that. this is the actual rain from the hurricane. get back to west south of houston, trough of low pressure, western part of the gulf. heavy rain in two spots moving up to the north. rotation with this one. there's your rain with the hurricane, heavy rain around houston. hurricane warnings are out there. pascagoula, missis

in order to get the allies in europe to feel like there is something worth fighting for, the u.s. decided to give people hope and if we get through this vicious war, there will be something good to go to. we will not go back to the 1930's where there was a depression. the international monetary fund had one main job, and that was to have a stable monetary system, fixed exchange rates among currencies. they would have to be fixed to the dollar and the dollar would be fixed to the gold. >> does any country in the world back up its currency with gold today? >> no. that is why i have real resentment of the international monetary fund, because when the u.s. went off of that system under president nixon in august of 1971, instead of fighting to maintain a stable monetary system or figure out how to get back to 1, which is what i think the imf should have fought to do, it waited a few years and then it accepted that. now, any country can have any kind of exchange arraignment they want, floating, fixed, they can have a currency board, they can piggyback to another country's currency. the

it is seeing more cases in north america, europe, and parts of asia. in the southern hemisphere even in the summer they see a lot of cases compared to the regular flu. on this, police could be processing 11 bodies found in a sex offenders home. coroners in cleveland have identified three women but they need more families to come forward with dna samples and the coroners are having to reassure them the samples won't be turned over to police. suspect anthony sowell is being held without bond. his charges include five counts of murder. >>> new this morning president obama's health care plan has lost some ground with americans. in a new cnn/opinion research poll, 45% of those asked favor the plan. 53% opposed it. that's a nine-point increase since october. but a total of 59% felt that congress should continue working to make changes to the health care bills. tomorrow the house takes a floor vote on the bill. you know, phoenix, arizona, police are sorting through about 1,000 pieces of stolen luggage. they found in a couple's home. the chances of identifying

he went and played overseas in europe for one season instead going to college. what a game last night. he was held scoreless in the first quarter, but then went on for 55 points. that was a new record that was set 50 years ago by a guy named at kareem abdul-jabbar. what a career he has ahead of him. >>> legarrette blunt shutting up a yapping boise state player with unblow, dropping that guy to his knees and earning a season-long suspension and having mixed martial arts guys saying, when's this guy get out? the senior running back didn't play, watching his former backup instead, la michael james. >>> play of the day time. heat losing to new jersey in the final second. you going to drive, no, shoot it up from there. the three pointer to win the game. watch wade, fumble the ball, but on the crossover has nod chance but the drain the game winner with 0.1 seconds left, just in the nick of time for d. wade. that's sports. >>> defense secretary robert gates has blocked the release of any new photos showing americans abusing foreign detainees. the obama administration t

it looks like wall street may hurt because of what's going on in europe. susan lisovicz will break it all down for you when she joins us live in about five minutes from the new york stock exchange. >>> important state elections across the country today may be an early sign of whether republicans are gaining strength. the president worked hard to help democrats in new jersey and virginia. but in both states, the democrats may lose the governor's mansion. both states have long histories of electing governors from whichever party doesn't hold the white house. >>> lawyers for d.c. sniper john allen mohammed say they will file a last minute appeal to stop his execution. he's skcheduled to die by letha injection next tuesday. mohammed's teenage accomplice is serving life in prison. >>> president obama is meeting with german chancellor angela merkel right now. in about 30 minutes she's going to speak to a joint meeting of congress. she wants lawmakers to support a new global deal to fight climate change. president obama says it's the first time that a german chan

. >>> hard to believe the event that led to the fall of communism in europe happened nearly 20 years ago. now three ex world leaders are playing a role. >>> the parents of a 15-year-old california girl who was allegedly gang raped are urging people in their community to do something positive. yesterday, their pastor read their statement during an event at the high school where the alleged attack happened. police say as many as ten people were involved in the rape which supposedly happened during a homecoming dance. five people were arrested but authorities say a sixth person won't be charged because there is insufficient evidence. three statesmen who oversaw the fall of the berlin wall nearly 20 years ago were in germany's capital today. former president bush mikhail gorbachev and cole were there. they say it had more to do about the power of people than the power of government. >> the historic events we were there to celebrate were set in motion not in bond, moscow or washington but in the hearts and minds of people who had been for too long bed e anywayed their god-given rights. th

americans put tactical nuclear weapons in europe thinking that that will somehow equalize the picture. the pakistani snout imagined that they would prevent an indian attack by conventional arms attack to stand by their nuclear arsenal which means spreading them around more often. i think the situation is much worse today than it was 8 years ago. >> the little intelligence i have access to it makes me think and conclude that up till now, no terrorist group has been able to get their hands on any nuclear material, correct? >> correct. >> why is that? what has worked in this time? >> the first thing is good fortune and grace. if something terrible had happened, u [inaudible] the weapons disappeared when russia went down. all of the 16,000 weapons somehow got rounded up and back. most of them were dismantled. we have been buying the enriched uranium. this is used as fuel for nuclear power reactors. if you go down to seabrook, half of the fuel that is producing electricity for lights is produced by low enriched uranium which used to be highly enriched uranium and bombs that were part of ru

in europe, you have health care, trains running all over the place. you get your money's worth. >> joy, you have socialism. >> that's why people don't want to pay taxes here's because we don't get that much for it. >> i think we do. we're in new york city and have the most amazing mass transportation. we have -- i can come from d.c. to here in, you know, two hours. >> big deal, but you can't go to chicago really easily. takes forever. >> that's what warren buffett is building. >> good for him. thanks, randi. thank you and thanks to all of my guests tonight. good night, everybody. >>> breaking news tonight. live, ohio, cops raid the home of a convicted sex offender accused of yet another sex attack. inside his three-story cleveland home, seasoned detectives stunned, women's bodies hidden throughout, bodies on every floor of the home, even stuffed in crawl spaces. bombshell tonight, in the last 24 hours, the body count rises. now, 11 dead women in the three-story home of former marine, anthony sowell. and the excavation goes on. so far, only one positiv

and europe have had histories of extension services. how can we build these into developing countries? with any problem my worry is that this is not a problem that never ended, but am worried that we could be through another round of this. if you watched that rice market, the philippines has had a challenging tender. i was speaking with some indians and it looks like india will import rice for the first time in a long time. combine that with a lot of liquidity in many markets. i'm a little concerned we could see our selves to dig ourselves in 2010 repeating this problem. >> thank you. that is fairly comprehensive. it is a very daunting agenda if you have set out to tackle. >> there are things, part of the challenge here is to get a problem like this that is multi- dimensional. everyone goes away staggering. it looks like the australian might help us -- they could make a big difference. why does some un agency have pre-funding but another cannot even get a credit line? there are ways. we get advanced funding, a three-year commitments. wh

in europe, there has definitely been linkages between a neo-nazi groups and moslem extremists. i know also on montrose avenue and washington d.c., there used to be a man who came over from switzerland who was a neo-nazi- islamic extremists. he combined his love for the of that letter with his love for the ayatollah khomeini. it is a totally unlikely allies and that's why it does not work. it is not operational. host: our next call comes from columbus, ohio, on our line for democrats. caller: thank you for taking my call. is your organization going to investigate any possible ties with terrorists and the hip-hop generation. n? the potential there would be explosive in america. host: let me ask you why the hip-hop generation, as you say, would be more susceptible to the leanings of a jiahd organization? caller: i think they are extremely vulnerable. you have the hip-hop generation who has the elevated mail munchies mo. -- male machismo. that would feed into a muslim ideology that would feed into this. host: the islamic groups are not the only ones that subjugate women. caller: th

not something that's new, but i do think that the reading of the reactions that came out of eastern europe, after the collapse of communism, continued to inform that kind of a approach on the u.s. oil, i have some increasingly good folks in my paper where he's talking about that in a very interesting manner about how the repeated the of change in eastern europe influenced his thinking, particularly about iraq. my third point is about more absolutes and national values. and this is perhaps in my view the most important lesson that was drawn from the way the cold war ended by many decision makers leading up to afghanistan and the iraq war. the absolute conviction that existed that united states was on the side of good, that it was on the side -- not just of stability and national interest, we've heard a lot about that yesterday. but it was quite literally on the side of good. that united states needs national values where international values, if they have values that others, as soon as they uncounter it, would embrace. that's, to me, more important that the basis for operations in afghanist

and in order to get the allies in europe to feel like there was something worth fighting for, the u.s. decided, let's give people hope that, if we get through this vicious war, there'll be something good to come to. we won't just go back to the 30's, where it was every man for himself and a depression. we'll show leadership. and so, the imf came out of that. the international monetary fund had one main job, and it was to have a stable international monetary system, fixed exchange rates among currencies. they would have to be fixed relative to the dollar, and the dollar would be convertible into gold at a fixed rate of $35 per ounce of gold. >> any country in the world back up its currency with gold today? >> no. and this is why i now have real resentment of the international monetary fund. because when the u.s. went off that system under president nixon in august of 1971, instead of fighting to maintain a stable monetary system, or figure out how to get back to one -- which is what i think the imf should have sought to do -- it waited a few years, kind of fumbled along. and then it ac

this democracy of ours if we had managed to kill 65 million people on one of our excursions across europe, russia, and china. what exactly would democracy mean under those circumstances? my point is this. allowing for the differences between the sides, allowing for the worst possible soviet intentions, the real danger was and is nuclear weapons themselves, not the moral issue of who is right and who is wrong, in my judgment. i think that is where the reagan in mensuration went wrong, and even more so the second bush administration, with the idea that somehow is ok to have nuclear weapons if you are the good guys, but is not ok if you are the bad guys. [applause] >> i just totally disagree with that. >> i do think it is bad policy to say the good guys can have nuclear weapons and the bad guys cannot, because the good guys can change into bad guys. the perfect example of that is that there are a lot of people advocating that we should engage and control the proliferation that in the late 1970's, and see to it that our friends, the good guys, got nuclear weapons and kept them from the bad gu

world war two, if you think about the events, the marshall plan and reestablishment of nato and getting europe's trade, other things happened. the iron curtain fell, and that shook the entire cold war in an adverse way. there was a major setback soviet testing of a hydrogen bomb, the korean war, and the 1950's. the united states still enjoys a substantial of vantage as a great power and super power. one is the oldest behalf, which is geographic. we're the only major power that does not live in the neighborhood, doing major power. this is what i call the wolf fourth principle, because it is by a political scientist by that name illustrating it. if you look at the major powers like china, russia, and india, in order to get to where they are perched american power, long before they get to the point, they will get to those around them that have, as geography has it, some other part to look for for assistance. so as china grows bigger and stronger, it is not surprising that we find greater eagerness or more american involvement in the region, not less. and i think although our west european friends a

if it did we would be celebrating the economic miracle of europe. i say to republicans, come up with something besides a tax cut in terms of explaining how you will do it. i would tell them as i did, i was very impressed with bob mcdonald, the republican candidate for governor. president obama was coming to campaign against him. he said the president is always welcome at the commonwealth of virginia. there has to be a personal grace note that the republican caucus has lost. he is the president. he is a figure that has -- demands our respect and he is well-liked and we need to do a better job as a party to separate -- and separate the differences of opinion about policy compared to how we speak to hiabout him as a person. there are people in our caucus who do not -- are not able to bridge that note. >> we spent time thinking about this but we will try to be concise. i would say to the republican caucus that i know lee atwater said when your opponent is busy destroying himself, do not interfere. do not think that your opponents failures and weaknesses

if america sneezes, europe catches a cold. it is more like we have caught the flu. seriously, everyone is affected. we will go on being affected by this for a long time. in the future, we will have high taxes, not better health care or schooling or policing, not anything that will benefit us. we will pay for the mistakes of the past. we will basically be paying for the bonuses of the bankers who got us into this situation in the first place. this is why we need to vote for this debate. trust me, we need all the help we can get. this leads me to apprenticeships and training. please tell me how young people is supposed to find themselves living alone perhaps in london while taking part in one of these things. please in light me as to how they will find themselves with no income? how are they supposed to get by? it makes me -- these other questions that a lot of young people are asking themselves. we will create a. thisships, volunteer opportunities. we will create apprenticeships and volunteer opportunities but we only go if we need to go. we are asking for the govern

whether he was in europe or cairo or china he always reaches out to young people. and we need to expand that type of educational exchange so that students like all of you here have the opportunity to experience and learn from other cultures and to share your own culture, however unique and different, with other parts of the world. deepening these ties is one of the things that the president and the prime minister are working on today. one of the reasons for the trip to india and this state dinner is for these leaders to work together. whether it's along the lines of working on the economy or climate change or global health, they know that young people like you, students, our future leaders, are among america's greatest ambassadors and india's greatest ambassadors as well. in fact, india sends more students to study in this country than any other country. this year alone more than 100,000 students from india came here to america to study somewhere. so by doing that they learn from us and we learn from them in a very fundamental way. and as a result of those interact

he just got back from a chart with president clinton to europe. mark mckenna, and he has worked for george w. bush, john mccain and in richards. he is the -- the only person who has done that -- and work for anne richards. steve schmidt has worked from coast to coast and for john mccain. and david winston, a longtime republican consultant who has worked in house and senate races and advised the house and senate leadership. he has been involved in a rare fact -- he worked with house republicans in 2002 to get their approval ratings over 50%, which almost never happens in congress. they could use you now, both sides could use you now. i think it is the perfect time to be holding this discussion because we still have last year's presidential campaign fresh in our minds and we can see the next one right around the corner. let's talk about those. what is the most significant change that you have seen it in the last three presidential campaigns, beginning with 2000 through 20008 in terms of media? how you deal with the media, how the media has changed,

if it did we would be celebrating the economic miracle of europe. i say to republicans, come up with something besides a tax cut in terms of explaining how you will do it. i would tell them as i did, i was very impressed with bob mcdonald, the republican candidate for governor. president obama was coming to campaign against him. he said the president is always welcome at the commonwealth of virginia. there has to be a personal grace note that the republican caucus has lost. he is the president. he is a figure that has -- demands our respect and he is well-liked and we need to do a better job as a party to separate -- and separate the differences of opinion about policy compared to how we speak to hiabout him as a person. there are people in our caucus who do not -- are not able to bridge that note. >> we spent time thinking about this but we will try to be concise. i would say to the republican caucus that i know lee atwater said when your opponent is busy destroying himself, do not interfere. do not think that your opponents failures and weaknesses

the wall's collapse was the beginning of the end for communism in europe. many believe the end of the soviet union as well. >>> it could be a tense meeting tonight twnt president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. you might remember here netanyahu rejected president obama's demand that israel stop building settlements in the west bank. president obama has said it is a necessary step to restarting peace talks with the palestinians. >> now it falls on the united states senate to take the baton and bring this effort to the finish line on behalf of the american people. and i'm absolutely confident that they will. >> a lot happened this weekend on health care. president obama yesterday speaking, as you saw there, congratulating the house after it narrowly passed a $1.2 trillion health care reform bill. it calls for a public option which might not get enough support to survive in the senate version as they try to put their two ideas together. a senate vote has not been scheduled yet. those are some of the stories we're following for you on this

world war two, if you think about the events, the marshall plan and reestablishment of nato and getting europe's trade, other things happened. the iron curtain fell, and that shook the entire cold war in an adverse way. there was a major setback soviet testing of a hydrogen bomb, the korean war, and the 1950's. the united states still enjoys a substantial of vantage as a great power and super power. one is the oldest behalf, which is geographic. we're the only major power that does not live in the neighborhood, doing major power. this is what i call the wolf fourth principle, because it is by a political scientist by that name illustrating it. if you look at the major powers like china, russia, and india, in order to get to where they are perched american power, long before they get to the point, they will get to those around them that have, as geography has it, some other part to look for for assistance. so as china grows bigger and stronger, it is not surprising that we find greater eagerness or more american involvement in the region, not less. and i think although our west european friends a

despite the onslaught of european visitors, visitors from mexico, especially when it comes to europe, from spain, canada -- canada since so many visitors to cuba. has the cuban regime unclenched its fist? just two weeks ago, the independent logg blogger and anr were detained and beaten to prevent them from participating in the march against violence. if is so erotic -- it is so ironic. it is so indicative of the castro regime. one week ago jose was fired from a chef from a restaurant for his opposition and for wearing a bracelet like the one that i am holding up. that is a crime in cuba. what opponents of the travel ban want is tourism to cuba. one of our colleagues has even joked, oh, let that custer brothers and it was spring break once or twice and we'll see how much control they still have. we have seen the image is in the news about spring break and how could anyone joke that lounging on these beaches or partying in the nightclubs until the wee hours will bring freedom and democracy to the cuban people? it is not funny. the majority of europeans and tourists from around the world

europe and other economies will end up bearing the costs of chinese actions. how would you address this issue? >> i share your concern in the way china is managing its exchange rate. i had looked carefully at currency it reports. i understand they have found china does not meet the standards set in the 1998 trade act to justify the label of currency manipulation. but the reports have identified issues with china's management of the exchange rate. there are issues with the continued heavy intervention by the chinese authorities, accumulation of reserves and resistance of pressure. this is a major concern going forward. if the chinese maintain this policy it will block the adjustment needed for the economy to shift away from export-led growth. i agree with you we need to find effective ways to persuade the chinese to modify their policies. the u.s. administration is acting across a range of fronts to express these concerns with the chinese authorities to persuade them that the changes needed. i believe some progress has been made pierre -- i believe some progres

we, as jews, have bigger things to worry about like our people not getting re-murdered in europe. we have bigger fish to fry. than our -- you know, the adl or whatever coming after larry david. >> to me there's still something that is so -- and i -- i understand your point totally, but to me, it's just, i guess it's my upbringing. it's just my opinion. i would never, ever think of doing something like that to a picture of jesus. i just -- >> because it offends the catholic sensibility. >> it does. i'm with my mom, who is 78 years old. totally -- i mean, she could be the pope, you know, if she wanted to be. that's how strict she is. >> i don't think technically she could be the pope. >> i agree. i'm not familiar with all the rules, but i think there are some problems -- >> she could be in our family. i mean, her sisters are the same way. so -- >> is it common to have jesus in the bathroom? this is my question. i would feel more uncomfortable having a hot dude in a beard watch me pee than getting my waste on him. he's a handsome guy, joy. >> jesus? in that rendition, we don't really