fareed zakaria, sundays on cnn at 10 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. fareed zakaria, ladies and gentlemen. :n]nn/0h ( cheers and applause ). >> john: that's our show! join us next week at 11:00. here it is your moment of zen. >> female senators got a small victory on capitol hill yesterday. they now make up one-fifth of the senate but the ladies' room off the senate floor has only two stalls. the "washington post" reports the bathroom will be expa captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org engineering gone out of control? potatoes have eees, corn has ears, and now turnips have big titties. then bad news for photojournalism. a picture is now worth about 37 words. and my guest, jonathan alter, has a new book about obama versus the republicans. so thrilling, it's like

fareed zakaria, sundays on cnn at 10 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. fareed zakaria, ladies and gentlemen. ( cheers and applause ). ( cheers and applause ). >> john: that's our show! join us next week at 11:00. here it is your moment of zen. >> female senators got a small victory on capitol hill yesterday. they now make up one-fifth of the senate but the ladies' room off the senate floor has

fareed zakaria, sundays on cnn at 10 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. fareed zakaria, ladies and gentlemen. ( cheers and applause ). ( cheers and applause ). >> john: that's our show! join us next week at 11:00. here it is your moment of zen. >> female senators got a small victory on capitol hill yesterday. they now make up one-fifth of the senate but the ladies' room off the senate floor has only two stalls. the "washington post" reports the bathroom will be expa captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org and no mayo. yeah. my name's amy. she's cute. yeah. wow. freedom tower is, like, really coming along, huh? god, i can't believe it's been 12 years since 9/11. oh, my god, i know. it's bananas. time really flies. i can't remember, do they take a long time here? no, they're usually pretty quick. okay. i was actually supposed to be meeting my girlfriend at the world trade center that day. i mean, i'm on, like, walker street and i hear this crazy noise, but, like, i wasn't thinking it was anything bad, b

fareed zakaria gps starts right now. >>> this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world, i'm fareed zakaria. we have got a great show for you today. first up, is there new hope for peace in the middle east? or is it the same old dance. i've got key voices from both sides, israel and palestine to find out why this time is different. then wall street wizards meredith whitney explains why detroit is just the beginning. and dean baker disagrees entirely. also what in the world? we have created a new economic time bomb, except its under ice. i'll explain. >>> and presenting the world's newest superhero, is not even a man, get ready for feminism in a burqa. all that and more up ahead. >>> but first, here's my take. if you were to ask me what international problem is least likely to be resolved in the next few years, i would probably say the conflict between the israelis and the palestinians. it takes no special insight to be skeptical on this, no one has ever lost money betting on the mideast peace process. i find

i am fareed zakaria in new york. after a week of great turmoil, it's another day of tension in egypt today with two big competing rallies expected in cairo. we'll spend much of the hour looking at what the fragile future holds for egypt, the arab world's most populous nation, after president morsi was unceremoniously ousted earlier this week by the military. we'll start with the former national security adviser and richard haass and bret stephens on how to respond to a military coup against a dramatically elected government. then to cairo and the embattled political parties. i'll talk to a leader of president morsi's party and a leader of the opposition. we'll also check in on edward snowden. where will the nsa leaker go? venezuela? bolivia? nicaragua? and how in the world will he get there? all that and much more coming up. >>> but first, here's my take. the events in egypt over the last week have been fascinating but also a bit bewildering. most of us don't quite know what to make of them. is what happened there a

i'm fareed zakaria. we have a great show for you today, beginning with an exclusive interview with the new secretary of the treasury of the united states, jacob lew. i'll ask him about the american recovery, about cyber attacks from china, edward snowden's revelations, the irs scandals, lots more. >>> also, is political islam dead in the wake of the egyptian coup, or is it now more deadly? we have a terrific panel. >>> then -- why are hollywood movies today so bad? so many prequels and sequels and so many formulas and just -- >> fast. >> the producer of "sleepless in seattle" explains that there is hard logic and cold cash behind it all. >>> and as egypt goes through convulsio convulsions, we found a dangerous near-failed state that is actually looking up. but first, here's my take. let me tell you what worries me most about the events in egypt. the greatest blow to islamic terrorism in recent years came not from the killing of osama bin laden in his compound in abbottabad, pakistan but rather from the a

i am fareed zakaria in new york. after a week of great turmoil, it's another day of tension in egypt today with two big competing rallies expected in cairo. we'll spend much of the hour looking at what the fragile future holds for egypt, the arab world's most populous nation, after president morsi was unceremoniously ousted earlier this week by the military. we'll start with the former national security adviser and richard haass and bret stephens on how to respond to a military

my guest tonight is fareed zakaria. this is-- ( cheers and applause ) yes. this is actually his 17th time on the show, so he literally has more experience with interview segments on this show than i do. ( laughter ) but first, it seems like a supreme court decision on gay marriage will come down some time in the next two weeks. there have already been some seismic changes recently in our nation's sole landscape. >> after months of consideration about initiatives as divided its ranks, during a passionate debate, tonight the boy scouts of america has voted to allow openly gay members. >> john: yes! ( cheers and applause ) yes! yes! yes! now, that is wonderful news for gay boy scouts, but-- ( laughter ) a tragic end for the merit badge for closet staining. easy to earn that badge. difficult toep

fareed zakaria is the editor at large of "time" magazine and host of fareed zakaria gps. we played that clip because protesters say, look, in egypt, democracy is at work. but here in america, if we don't like the leader of our country, we hold another election and we vote that leader out. you can't have it both ways. >> look. whatever they want to call it, it was a coup. a coup is the ouster of any democratically elected government by the military. this was military force, military decrees. look what's happened subsequent to it? you've arrested the former president. many, many opposition leaders have been jailed. television stations have been shut down. now you can make the case that it is a coup that is going to lead to the restoration of genuine democracy, but in order to do that, what we now need to see are actions that suggest that. not that the shutting down of tv stations, but rather the restoration of individual rights, the writing of a better constitution, the scheduling of elections pretty soon. in other words, there is a path here where we could see this as a se

i'm fareed zakaria. you hear all the talk of paralysis and partisanship, but underneath all that clamor, is

i'm fareed zakaria. you hear all the talk of paralysis and partisanship, but underneath all that clamor, is america back? for most of this year, markets have been going up, debt and deficits down, and growth is steady. so why are so many people still unemployed? and what about the dangers to growth from abroad, from europe, from china? i've got a great panel and they don't agree on much of this. >>> also, american football starts in just two weeks, and the celebrated thinker and writer malcolm gladwell has a controversial proposal. he says we should shut down college football. just end it across the country. why? because he says it is damaging students' brains. >>> plus one of the world's most popular presidents faces the end to his honeymoon. i'll explain. >>> finally, how do you showcase the mood of an entire nation? especially when it's a nation of ov over one billion people. here is one beautiful idea. but first here's my take. we are all going to watch over the next year or two one of history's grea

fareed zakaria gps starts right now. >>> this is gps, the global public square. welcome to all of you in the united states and around the world, i'm fareed zakaria. we have got a great show for you today. first up, is there new hope for peace in the middle east? or is it the same old dance. i've got key voices from both sides, israel and palestine to find out why this time is different. then wall street wizards meredith whitney explains why detroit is just the beginning. and dean baker disagrees entirely. also what in the world? we have created a new economic time bomb, except its under ice.

i'm fareed zakaria. we have a great show for you today, beginning with an exclusive interview with the new secretary of the treasury of the united states, jacob lew. i'll ask him about the american recovery, about cyber attacks from china, edward snowden's revelations, the irs scandals, lots more. >>> also, is political islam dead in the wake of the egyptian coup, or is it now more deadly? we have a terrific panel. >>> then -- why are hollywood movies today so bad? so many prequels and seqls

. >>> fareed zakaria is joining us, the host of "fareed zakaria gps" that airs sundays on cnn. fareed, how tough does the obama administration need to get to deal with the russians on this whole snowden issue? you heard what lindsay graham is saying. >> yeah, i'm puzzled by what graham is, senator graham is saying because it sounds more like posturing, masquerading as foreign policy. he says he doesn't want to boycott the olympics, but he wants to get their attention. well, you know you're not going to get their attention by an empty threat, which is a bluff. remember what the russians did, which caused jimmy carter to boycott the olympics in 1980. they invaded afghanistan. that seems like a proportionate response. here we are dealing with a complicated case, where this guy has been exposed, has exposed the fact that the u.s. is engaging in espionage activities against the russians, against the chinese. the russians therefore have every incentive to make this difficult. frankly we would do the same if it were the tables were turned. and president putin has actually been pretty

i want to bring back fareed zakaria. fareed, the ambassador made an important point. that the egyptian military, general asisi made a point of surrounding himself with the leader of the el azhar university. one of the major muslim universities in egypt, of course. the leader of the copts, and mohammed elbaradei. seemingly wanting to give the egyptian military some cover that this is not strictly a military coup. what do you make of this? >> i think he's exactly right, that they have tried to portray this as a kind of restoration of democracy. look, there's a possibility that it succeeds. in a sense, there are two stories here. two historical parallels. there was a turkish coup in which an islamist party was ousted by the military. and the military said, you know, let's have a do-over. you guys went too far. we're not fwoigoing to rule, bu we're going to throw it back -- have new elections. that worked out all right. the algerian case which ed mentioned, where the military displaced what was -- what appeared to be the ruling -- the rules majority which was islamist, th

and fareed zakaria has pointed out you have to have institutions in place that guarantee the rights of minorities or it won't work. we saw zakaria's predictions played out in real time. >> and where do you see the government come back after the recess? is it going to be a lot of eye told you so, obama administration, you picked the wrong horse? >> this administration has been seen to be allied to two repressive governments in a row and i think there will be a lot of criticism from republicans. but i think they understand the public will not treat what's going on in egypt as a big voting issue. >> not only that, republicans understand there is not -- notwithstanding the comments of senator cruz, there is not a lot of light here between the republican and the democratic party. both parties recognize the importance of a democratic egypt and having elections that, as i just said, will work, will share power with other minority factions. if egypt collapses and the economy collapses, what is a disaster for this country. so the statesmen in both parties understand what's at stake and understa

i'm fareed zakaria. you hear all the talk of paralysis and partisanship, but underneath all that clamor, is america back? for most of this year, markets have been going up, debt and deficits down, and growth is steady. so why are so many people still unemployed? and what about the dangers to growth from abroad, from europe, from china? i've got a great panel and they don't agree on much of this. >>> also, american football starts in just two weeks, and the celebrated thinker and

and fareed zakaria. i know you were listening to the speech wel. when he said yes i have made some major mistakes over the past year. but i have learned from those mistakes. but as ben points out, no indication he is ready to step down. >> exactly. it's been pointed out quite the opposite. and just before this speech, he under his name, under the presidency sent out a tweet calling on the military to reject or rather withdraw their ultimatum. so we've been talking to experts and analysts, opposition people, and morsi people throughout this day. and certainly the morsi people feel that we're going to hold fast. we have the legitimacy as he kept saying of elections, the first free and fair elections in egypt on our side. plus he kept saying 64% of the people ratified the constitution in a referendum. and therefore i have the mandate. now the opposition has decided it's not interested in negotiations with morsi and told us tonight they will stay on the streets until he goes. many people believe that he has now lost his legitimacy. that if millions of

he sat down with fareed zakaria to explain. >> you found by and large koreans were very bad at being pilots. explain that. >> the overwhelming majority of crashes are the result of a breakdown in communication between the copilot and the pilot. something comes up, a situation emerges that requires those two pilots to be in open and honest communication, and they fail to do that. one person withholds information, one person doesn't share, whatever. >> the question becomes, gladwell argues, what is the role of culture in plane crashes. is it easier in some culture than others for a subordinate to speak candidly, even harshly. >> the answer is absolutely. >> in one study of the field of cultural psychology, south korea ranked second in the world for respect for authorities or what is called power distance. >> in 99% of cases, a beautiful and wonderful things, in the cockpit, it's a problem, right? and so you -- whenever you see cultures, if you overlay the list of culture in the world by their respect for power distance with a list of cultures in the world by their plane crashes per cap

let's turn to fareed zakaria for this. while this is an internal conflict within egypt, really amazing situation unfolding. i think we're looking at live pictures of tahrir square. what do you think the u.s.'s role should be? this say tough spot. >> this is a very tough spot. at some level no matter what the united states does it gets blamed. for decades it was blamed for supporting the military, it was blamed for that even a year or two ago, now the claim is that they're too pro-president morsi. so they've been trying to thread this needle and support the democratic process, the democratic, democratization of italy -- of egypt, and therefore to support the outcome of that process, which was president morsi. the american ambassador probably went too far when she ruled out military intervention. she said that would be a terrible idea. so the president is now trying to back pedal a little bit and say well maybe the president should hold fresh elections but i think this is very treacherous water. my view the best thing for th

let's dig a bit deeper with fareed zakaria, "time" magazine's editor at large. sunday also joining us ambassador, thanks to you for coming in as well. if you were advising this president, would you call it a coup? what would you call? >> a democratic exhibit of popular will. >> why not a coup? the military clearly was in charge, they made the announcement. my definition is a small group the military personnel overthrowing a legitimate government or existing government. what we have here is a very large popular expression of opposition to the president, military stepping in responding, and indicating that it's going to not take charge, not take over -- but to move it to democratic -- >> fareed, you understand why ambassador walking was outstanding diplomat, because he came up with a explanation why this was not a -- >> i think it's the best argument you can make. it's fair to say that the fact that the military has not taken power, though, of course, ousting a legitimately democratically elected government, i don't know what one would call that. i would suggest w

let's bring in cnn's fareed zakaria, the host of "gps" and is "time" magazine's editor at large. also joining us is fouad ajami. "i now call on the military to turn full authority back to a democratically elected civilian government as soon as possible through an inclusive and transparent process and avoid any arbitrary arrests of president morsi and his supporters." fareed, as you know, there have been numerous arrests today of morsi, top muslim brotherhood leaders and it looks as if this is a direct -- they're saying to the president of the united states, you know what, too bad. >> well, it points out how difficult it is to do a soft coup or a clean and surgical coup because coups are messy. you've got to deal with the people who are going to agitate against the coup and the muslim brotherhood has enormous power on the street. it can bring out millions of people. so the army is trying in some way there to prevent that organization from being able to contest this coup and bring out street protests. i think what president obama was trying to do was to say, look, if you've done, t