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Think that actually is a weakness. but chinese people, though, see an open disagreement, people are able to actually have a debate and conversation and even argue and they actually like that because their government doesnt operate that way. and thats why theres been a lot of comments on chinas internet ta the u.s. system is much superior to their own. but throughout the rest of asia, when you look at asian leaders, theyre very concerned about president obama missing the two big regional meetings...

Other slamming the president and the democrats in general. house speaker john boehner setting the tone. >> this isnt some damn game. the american people dont want their government shutdown and neither do i. all were asking for is to sit down and have a discussion and to bring fairness, reopen the government and bring fairness to the american people under obama care. its as simple as that. >> president obama has canceled now an important rip to the asia-pacific economic summit. apec so that he ca...

Then they dont know what i know. >> reporter: the white house is lobbying people on the phone and in briefings. susan rice tweeted about a website launched to help make the case to the american public. its clear the white house faces an up hill battle to get enough votes authorizing missile strikes. public pressure coming from all sides with apec urging congress to support it. it must not be given a free pass. move on wants members to vote no and send a petition to members of congress. key congr...

From acquiring nuclear weapons, we subscribe to that goal and we subscribe to the formula of combination of escalating sanctions with a credible military threat. that convinces that supreme leader that hes not paying a price for nothing at the end of the day, hes not going to have this device, at the end of the day there will be a credible military threat. >> joe biden told apec that the president of the united states does not bluff and there is a credible military threat. that said, the prime m...

Secretary kerry speaking to abc news in the gulf where he said the window was closing and time seems to be running out. iran is getting closer to the bomb and then vice president biden at the apec meeting said the window is closing. is a policy shift coming? i cant say. it is too early. this it the first time that they seem to say that their strategy is not working and the president is preparing to h head to israel later next week. is he going to reset u.s. israel relations as we get closer to a...

Affairs today or apec. biden made sure that the u.s. and israel have shared interest when it comes to vir i cant. vice president biden says he has shown deplete disregard for human life. and u.s. will keep pressure on the assad regime. >> because we recognize the great danger of assads chemical and by large call arsenals posed to israel and the united states to the whole world we set a clear red line against the use of the transfer of those weapons. >> biden went on to note that the bond between...

Liberal massachusetts liberal. but inside of the senate, youre not seeing much opposition. remember, susan rice was probably the presidents first pick for the state department. she, of course, bowed out. but senator kerry has already been met with a warm reception by senator rob portman, senator bob corker. republicans are saying hes probably going to easily win confirmation because hes probably one of the club. >> lets talk about another member of the club. susan, a much tougher fight would be ...

But senator kerry has already been met with a warm reception by senator rob portman, senator bob corker. republicans are saying hes probably going to easily win confirmation because hes probably one of the club. >> lets talk about another member of the club. susan, a much tougher fight would be if he chooses to nominate chuck hagel for defense. the coming attacks on chuck hagel will make the susan rice episode seem kwant. those attacks have already begun. send us hagel and we will make sure that...

America like lieberman have driven the country to the right. theres a lot of work to be done there. working for a magazine that fought for the freedom of israel, pushed president truman. the care for israel, there are many jews in this country whose voices arent being heard because apec is the right wing american voice, has not met a voice from j. street, a new group that endorsed congressman cohen. you need a sense of range of israeli voices which we are not hearing because of the nationalism a...

Did as you suggested as got engaged and managed to force the leaderships to get one. >> theres an institutional set-up. that the u.s. government says were for a two-state solution. thats always the official policy. and then theres a set of ngos and institutions and groups that say theyre from a two-step solution. apec. everything is for a two-state solution. theres no constituency for an actual two-state solution. >> nsa not true. theres a constituency for it and there continues to be among both...