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senior resident scholar at the arab gulf states institute. thank you forjoining us. the us said that after this boat it supports a palestinian state but it still veto the resolution that would have fully recognised palestine at the united nations at least. what you make of the us�*s action today? it what you make of the us's action today?— what you make of the us's action today? it is consistent with us positions _ action today? it is consistent with us positions going - action today? it is consistent with us positions going back| action today? it is consistent. with us positions going back a couple of decades of supporting palestinian statehood and supporting un security council resolutions that call for the creation of a palestinian state that was done under george w bush. but at the same time, not supporting a request for full membership in the general assembly. palestine is a nonmember observer state in the general assembly. nonmember observer state in the generalassembly. i nonmember observer state in the general assembly. i think the biggest difference this time is that it has come with a heavy heart rather than in anger. in the past it has always been a
continuian authority. israel incensed over the slow pace of the negotiations resc d rescinded its promise to release a fourth batch much pows. palestinian responded by taking steps to statehood. it became a nonmember observer state at the united nations two years ago. full membership is its goal. mr. kerry struggling to be the states man who rescued the middle east dangled the possibility of releasing john than po jonathan pollard, convicted american spy. pollard is a former u.s. navy research analyst who sold a treasure trove of secrets to iz
authority to "the state of palestine." starting today all official palestinian starches, stationery and documents will have the new name after a decision by the united nations in november to upgrade palestinian status for "nonmember observer state." israel has objected to the u.n. decision arguing that it jeopardizes the peace process. >> the former commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, retired army general is speaking out, taking the blame for a career-ending rolling stone article which included unflattering comments attributed to his staff of the obama administration in an interview with cbs he talked about the downfall. >> my whole life i expected i could get killed in war, in my wildest dreams i never once thought i could be accused of anything approaching disloyalty or disrespect. i told the president that i
martha: let's get too headlines at 25 minutes past the hour. israel saying it's moving forward with plans for two major settlements in the eastern part of the country. this following the united nation's recognition of palestine as a nonmember observer state. governor mitt romney, we haven't said that in a little while, returning to corporate life, marriott says the former republican presidential nominee is rejoining their board of directors, which he left late last -- early last year i should say. and house speaker john boehner set to light the capitol christmas tree hours from now. the tree is 65 feet high, an engleman spruce from the white river national forest in colorado. beautiful. bill: usually it's jersey.
machine mcconnell added another wrinkle to this after our deals in the wall street journal he said he wanted structural entitlement reform to both medicare and social security like the president was offering back during those big debt talks in august of 2011. but the president and democrats seem in no move to revisit those kind of big structural entitlement reforms. >> i think you are correct and mcconnell is correct. if you don't get them at this point in time and commitment to go do it, it's not going to happen. the one thing we do know, if we go over the cliff it's not going to help our economy. it will probably dump us back in another recession and i don't think anybody wants that. at this point in time, though, for the long-term structural changes that need to be made, now is the time to do it. which is why i think they need to sit down and negotiate this team as opposed to yelling and screaming back and forth. this is relatively short term. whatever the president is going to do, it doesn't resolve the trillion dollars a year deficit
facility? >> you don't think the president would make a mistake taking on this fight? >> he's on a dilemma here. if he doesn't nominate her he looks weak and if he does, he has a fight on his hands and a polar rising secretary of state nominee. >> ed? >> i'm not a big rice fan but i think if the president wants to hut her as secretary of state it's his prerogative. it will be a knock down, dragout fight but at the end of the day i think he will win it and we will move forward. >> let's move to the overwhelming vote at u.n. this week, 148 to 9 to recognize palestine as a, quote, nonmember observer state. mara, what does that do for the palestinians, what does it mean in terms of the israeli-palestinian peace process? >> a big boost for the palestinians. they were thrilled and this is something the united states didn't want to happen.
palestine's status as a nonmember observer state. u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon says the move to expand settlements would almost certainly be a, quote, fatal blow, end quote, to any chance of achieving peace with the palestinians. israel also says it's withholding more than $100 million in tax revenue from the financially troubled palestinian authority. instead using the money to repay a debt owed to israel's electric company for supplying power to parts of the west bank. turning to education and some news that could soon have a major impact on your kid's school day. starting next fall, districts will expand the school day, adding as much as 300 hours to the calendar. it's all part of a theree-year plan aimed at boosting achievement and making the u.s. more competitive. schools will be part of the pilot program, but educators hope to add additional communities. education secretary arne duncan has been pushing for more time
machine mcconnell added another wrinkle to this after our deals in the wall street journal he said he wanted structural entitlement reform to both medicare and social security like the president was offering back during those big debt talks in august of 2011. but the president and democrats seem in no move to revisit those kind of big structural entitlement reforms. >> i think you are correct and mcconnell is correct. if you don't get them at this point in time and commitment to go do it, it's not going to happen. the one thing we do know, if we go over the cliff it's not going to help our economy. it will probably dump us back in another recession and i don't think anybody wants that. at this point in time, though, for the long-term structural changes that need to be made, now is the time to do it. which is why i think they need to sit down and negotiate this team as opposed to yelling and screaming back and forth. this is relatively short term. whatever the president is going to do, it doesn't resolve the trillion dollars a year deficit and the long-term structural
machine mcconnell added another wrinkle to this after our deals in the wall street journal he said he wanted structural entitlement reform to both medicare and social security like the president was offering back during those big debt talks in august of 2011. but the president and democrats seem in no move to revisit those kind of big structural entitlement reforms. >> i think you are correct and mcconnell is correct. if you don't get them at this point in time and commitment to go do it, it's not going to happen. the one thing we do know, if we go over the cliff it's not going to help our economy. it will probably dump us back in another recession and i don't think anybody wants that. at this point in time, though, for the long-term structural changes that need to be made, now is the time to do it. which is why i think they need to sit down and negotiate this team as opposed to yelling and screaming back and forth. this is relatively short term. whatever the president is going to do, it doesn't resolve the trillion dollars a year deficit and the long-term structural
think if the president wants to hut her as secretary of state it's his prerogative. it will be a knock down, dragout fight but at the end of the day i think he will win it and we will move forward. >> let's move to the overwhelming vote at u.n. this week, 148 to 9 to recognize palestine as a, quote, nonmember observer state. mara, what does that do for the palestinians, what does it mean in terms of the israeli-palestinian peace process? >> a big boost for the palestinians. they were thrilled and this is something the united states didn't want to happen. they were unable to stop it as is many things in the middle east not under our control. i think at least in the aftermath it looks like it makes a settlement between the israelis and the palestinians harder to reach because the israelis immediately went ahead and announced blueprints for more settlements that would make it harder to have a palestinian state if there ever was one.