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Cuba back on that list. >> as im sure youre aware, there is a dispute between china and japan over the control of the senekaku island change. if china tried to take over island chain with military force, would you have the united states respond with military force? >> we have long-standing ally commitments with japan and south korea in the area. and i think we would respond in accordance with those accords, which are not a nato-type agreement. but certainly, we have made commitments to japan in ...

Done to maintain u.s. policy for a long time is to say what are the u.s.s interests? one is in a free and safe israel because they are an ally and important democracy and the other is a stable and peaceful middle east. as he concluded as every other president that the only way you get a stable and peaceful middle east is if you have a two-state solution. >> i want to play to george mitchell and the leader, obviously a negotiator of good friday accords and the ira. he said they made a mistake her...

Though. not distinguishing between settlements in the west bank and settlements that we know are going to be part of israel if we ever get to a two-state solution. were dealing with so-called settlements in east jerusalem and so-called settlements between the barrier. israel does not consider these settlements they consider them home building and the palestinians look at it differently. this is happening less than 30 days before obama leaves office. not as if the president now gets to affect a c...

After the reagan revolution in 1980 signed all these wilderness bills saving alaska lands, he was able to get some things through. carter was also able to keep working about releasing the hostages in iran before reagan got in. you stay busy to the very last day. but this is such a diametrically different character, donald trump. heres president obamas injected climate change in both his inaugurals, made a big deal of going to paris and the accords, and trump putting people who are skeptical of c...

Been flagrantly flying in the face of a lot of international accords on many, many issues. so there are people -- it depends on the issue, obviously, it depends on the member of congress but the fact that you have that kind of bipartisan for something that was and is quite controversial is telling. the other thing that i thought was noteworthy on john mccain is he thought the idea of reviewing the boeing $4 billion contract for a new air force one was a great idea. hes always been a fiscal conse...

Solution in syria and talking about it with rush whys support for assad and knowing the goals here, the goals here and coming to working with president hollande and how can that be bridged? >> well, i used to work on this issue when i was in the government. the so-called geneva 1 and 2 accords that both failed in vienna when secretary kerry was there and meeting with foreign minister lavrov. they were optimistic to meet a political solution. theres no doubt in my mind that putin will not be as e...

Flying a gyro copter to capitol hill. and the army still cant explain how the blimp broke free and drifted 150 miles across pennsylvania. local residents are just thankful it missed a nearby nuclear power plant. and coming down here, of all places, where the amish still spurn all things modern. >> amazing pictures there. that was tom costello reporting. we also have a big recall to tell you about today. honda is alerting 300,000 owners of 2008, 2009 accords, the problem, the air bags. they could...

Smart. with liberty mutual new car replacement, well replace the full value of your car. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. i dont know if you have been keeping one if the documents in iran, they signed a deal and then the mullahs say we have to die. you expect that stuff. what you dont expect is the missile tests in clear violation of u.n. resolutions and accords that is so bad now that the info we have now, they are very much -- this is according to the u.n. --...

Up liking. we saw the fight over the trade promotion authority or fast track authority where it was carried mostly by republicans and for the white house to be able to get tpp ratified they need republicans and they need the same senate democrats who ended up supporting tpa. we have a long ways to go. there will be a lot of arms to twist but the white house certainly has its work cut out for it. this is never easy. one other point john was just raising is that while this is a flip-flop for hilla...

He and his wife plan to travel to nepal in november to help build houses after the recent earthquake and helped work on plans for achieving peace in the middle east, brokered agreements to stop violence in africa and went to haiti to support the democratically elected government. because of those efforts and his work on the camp david middle east piece accords, he was awarded the nobel peace prize in 2002. earlier this year he published his 29th book. >> my wife and i have been lucky enough to b...