Thai im Judy Woodruff im thrilled to be joining these three amazing others today. You see them on the screen. They are George Packer whose latest book our man Richard Holbrooke and the end of the American Century and Susan Glasser and peter baker his book is out this fall the man who ran washington the life and times of james a. Baker to third. Two brilliant books about too complicated and fascinating men. They were born a decade apart baker in houston in 1930 and holbrooke in manhattan in 1941. Baker a republican trained as a lawyer holbrooke a democrat a Foreign Service officer a student of foreign policy. Their lives took very different trajectories but they both ended up in washington where they became major power players. Picking up on that this is a man with great vision and it was there before he came to washington. It was. He was a family feud aristocracy. He was expected to great things. He had a very dominating father who imparted on him the legacy of his family or the bakers
Hello, im lyse doucet. The main un agency in the gaza strip is again warning its humanitirian work is becoming more difficult becasue of a lack of fuel in the territory. Unrwa says its having to drastically limit its consumption of fuel, which is seriously affecting what aid it can provide to people in gaza. It comes as the israeli army conducts another Ground Incursion into gaza to target hamas fighters. The idf says infantry and armoured units were accompanied by Helicopter Gunships as they entered eastern gaza city. Its the second Ground Incursion in as many days. Another development the us has carried out airstrikes in Eastern Syria against two facilities used by irans revolutionary guards, hitting weapons and ammunition Storage Facilities. The us says it is not linked to this crisis. More on that later. But first, lets get more on deepening humanitarian crisis in gaza. Unrwas commissioner general Philippe Lazzarini has been speaking. Lets hearfrom him. Gaza on the brink of a Massi
The protection of the country, is an announcement from the country and president that they do not hold their responsibility to protect the country. The Egyptian Army has deployed tanks outside of the president ial palace in cairo and six people have died in clashes between supporters and opponents of president morsi. We will speak to sharif abdel kouddous. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from doha, qatar. Egyptian forces have deployed outside a cairo after violent clashes between pro and Anti Government demonstrators left six people dead and more than 400 injured. The violence marked a major escalation in the dispute over Mohamed Mursis effort to hold a referendum on a new constitution later this month shortly after he asserted wideranging powers. Fighting continues today with supporters and opponents clashing in the streets of cairo. On wednesday, Opposition Leader mohamad held there by blamed the morsi governmen
The Muslim Brotherhood current a victory and the first round of voting on the constitution must weaken. Monday experts reviewed the latest and spoke about what they may mean for the future of the country. The Brookings Institution and the state Department Official thank you so much for coming on a rainy monday morning. Can everyone hear me . Is this microphone working . In the back . Good. Okay. Well, welcome to the saban center for middle east policy at the Brookings Institution. Were here on the monday morning after egyptians began, although they havent finished, voting on whether or not to approve the draft constitution produced by the constituent assembly over the last several months. Were going to talk today about how that constitution was drafted, about what its content says. But what i hope well be able to focus on in our discussion is not only how we got here but what it means for the future. If were learned anything over the last two years of watching egypt undergo this roller
And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Warner five days and counting with plenty of titfor tat charges, but no agreement in sight. That, in short, summed up the state of affairs in washington today as the fiscal cliff deadline loomed, january first. It would mean more than 600 billion in acrosstheboard tax increases and automatic spending cuts. Come the first of this year, americans will have less income than they have today. If we go over the cliff, and it looks like thats where were headed. Warner this morning, the senates democratic majority leader, harry reid, was blunt about chances for a deal. And he blamed House Speaker john boehner. Just before christmas, boehner floated his socalled plan b letting taxes rise on millionaires. But faced with opposition in republican ranks, he pulled it, and sent th