Ashton carter is here. He served as deputy secretary of defense until december 2013. He oversaw an annual budget of billion. 600 his academic background may surprise you. He studied medieval history at yale and earned a doctorate in theoretical physics at oxford where he was a rhodes scholar. I am pleased to have him back at this program to talk about the pentagon and American Defense policy, he middle east, and asia as we look to the future. Welcome. Pleasure to have you here. Is it surprising that you with your background ended up in National Security . I came into it through the six side. I was a physicist. There was in the generation older than i and e those that goes back to the manhattan project. They said that if you worked if you were a physicist and had that knowledge, you had some responsibility to advance humankind with your knowledge, so that was a little germ that professors andmy so forth, and that is what got me into the National Security business. Where do you go now .
If your party is really successful, does that change your agenda . Im hopeful it will accelerate the agenda because we have an awful lot of hills let him test out of the Judiciary Committee that are sitting in the senate and have not been addressed. Some have been completely ignored, some have been made efforts at, but have not succeeded. We have a whole host of other bills that have come out of the Judiciary Committee that are a part of that now more than 380 bills that have passed the house that are not in the senate. Top of your list . The Patent Litigation reform, and the fisa court reform. These are opportunities i think that we should not miss. What are your thoughts on where congress will [indiscernible] for further military action in syria . I think that the authorization for the use of military force, there are two of them that are in existence now that are related to afghanistan and the war against terror and the activities in iraq, are very old. And circumstances have change
Heavy rain in california. A region in need of water, but how much is too much . We begin tonight with israel and two developments that could have a big impact on the Peace Process. Prime minister benjamin n fired two of his cabinet members today. He plans to dissolve parliament and call for early elections. Meanwhile, recognizing pile line as a state. It is the fifth time that they have pledged support for a palestinian state in the last two months. Andrew simmons is in jerusalem. It was a fiveparty coalition that never got on, and it call came to a head with angry exchanging. Netanyahu had the last word, though, he fired his critics. Almost from the first moment and maybe for other reasons in this government there was friction, and there were opposing views. It is conducted under the threat of ultimatums and relentless attacks within the government, at the government, and at me, who stands at its head. Capital meetings have been charged with divisions, smiling here in better times. Fi
Sick. A look at the life threatening consequences. Prayers for rain answered in california, but now the worry is mudslides and floods. The drenching downpours inundating areas already damaged by drought and fire. Good morning, welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im del walters. Im stephanie sy. We have breaking news out of somalia, a suicide car bomb be left several dead. It happened next to a u. N. Convoy near the airport. The car bomber blue himself up after driving between the convoy and security detail. Officials believe al shabab is behind the attack. This comes after 36 quarry workers were killed in nearby kenya. The air force revealed the name of an american pilot who died fighting isil. Captain William Dubois was killed. Secretary of state john kerry hosting the first anti isil summit this morning in brussels. All 60 members of the coalition are taking part. The summit comes amid reports that iranian jets have joined the battle against isil in iraq. We are monitoring this summit. Le
So i saw opportunities in which i think are very underestimated to be in africa. When you look at the growth of gdp today in the world i mean the highest rates today are no longer in asia. They are in africa. We see Natural Resources there so i think i didnt know all of these things these days but it was a combination of the gut feeling and the people, the human side but also this sense. I got also very upset and angry because of the inequalities and the people ruled by mobutu. There was a group of plutocrats stealing the country literally and on the other hand young people, there was a Great University in the old days. Nobody was paid and there was no electricity so people were divided basic opportunities. I cant explain why. I was bitten by the virus. You can watch this and other programs on line at booktv. Org. Christian sahner is the author of among the ruins. He talks about the civil war in syria and the fight against eyes as they are. This is hosted by the Woodrow Wilson center i