there has been a problem. first, there is a problem with the whole prosecution system in pakistan and the way the prosecution can put a case before the judge to get a conviction. there is a weakness that has been taken care of, but it involves a lot of other capacities to be built the -- to be built up. a lot of "law-and-order -- "

it has generated a buzz that has not happened here before. this is the plan at the center of it. his campaign for transparency and real democracy has struck a chord among kurds. >> the kurds have been holding their own elections since the early 1990's. since then, political life has been dominated, some would say stifled, by the two big parties. now they face their biggest challenge ever from reformist from within, making this the most exciting election they've ever held. >> the leader for years -- he says his calls for reform from within went unheeded. >> everything, in the parliament, in the cabinet, and the judicial. the financial corruption we have. although he is president of the truck, he has been campaigning for his own party. he knows the criticism is serious. >> i think there's still popular among the people. there are people -- they are people, like ordinary people, making mistakes of course. >> the change movement believes it could win enough seats to join with other opposition parties to block the majority enjoyed by the two big ones until now. many believe things her

the economic situation has been critical, it has improved marginally, not just because of a worldwide economic decision, but because i don't think that has -- it had an impact. it is more to do with the power sector in pakistan, and business activity, inflation, that is something else the government is trying to tackle, and to be fair to them, soon after elections, they did inherit a massive sector of problems to develop capacity. the drawback is, when all this is happening, fighting insurgencies and political stability, governance is suffering. it is badly needed. as we move to another relationship, we get more and more of the military institute's strength behind the democratically elected government, we should see the government to improve. comedienne and public opinion have talked about so far, they're very supportive, very positive, i hope it stays that way, but whichever way you look at it, the insurgency is going to stretch out for some time. the military, remaining involved, india, pakistan relations, so far, not moving forward. we are in for the long haul as far as stability a

this boy has no toys. he plays with a beam of light. afghanistan has made progress. but what about the future? what would you tell this little girl? >>> you were watching "bbc world news." still to come, the shuttle endeavor talks with the international space station. -- the shuttle endeavor docks with the international space station. >>> usually it is fights between the israelis and palestinians that makes talk, but riot police in jerusalem have been battling protests in ultra-orthodox jewish neighborhoods that started with the rest of their religious woman accused of starving her 3-year-old child. the case has sparked debate about whether or this group can opt out from mainstream society. our correspondent sent us this special report from jerusalem. >> jerusalem's ultra-orthodox jewish neighborhoods turned into a battlefield this week. in traditional clothing, some dating back to the 18th- century, hundreds of religious men took to the streets, bringing traffic to a standstill, burning bins, and throwing stones. protesters are incensed of the detention of the relig

we talk about how much movement he has. he has that cut fastball.he breaking ball throws quite a bit. changeup is good. probably the pitch he has the leefd least confidence in just a regular old fastball. his fastball moves so much when he cuts it it looks often like a breaking ball. one ball, one strike count. melvin mora the chopper to the hole. betancourt, relay to first and they turn the double play. no runs, one hit, no errors and a base runner left on. it remains 2-2. ♪ (tucci) only at&t has the best selection of full keyboard phones. like the lg neon, just $29.99 after mail-in rebate.  >> amber: tonight is nolan reimold t-shirt at oriole park. for a few lucky fans, it's more. kathy won the orioles.com nolan reimold t-shirt v.i.p. experience contest. not only received a t-shirt, but also enjoyed pregame excitement as well. kathy had a chance to watch batting practice from the field and even meet some of her favorite orioles before the game and got great seats for tonight's game behind home plate. check out orioles.com for the next v.i.p.

th cncert has been cancelled.he combian government is saying it is close to an agreement with the u. that would make it a ll of arican milita operations in the region. -- a hub o american mility operations ithe region. it is a move kely to be opposed by those who argue that columbia and the continent's sereignty is bei compromised. >> colombia reserves -- recved so $6 million a year forts military. it haside the knowledge that amican aid has been y to the president's succesul offensive against marxist guerrillas. the details have yet to be finazed, but what is certain is that three ai bases in colombia will host u.s. aircraft, capable of natalie' buying out theerrain below, but intercepting commucations across t region. columbia pos acting defense nister was in sight -- colombia's acting dense minister wasnsistent that thi was givin t u.s. great access to ourases. columbias onlyllowing a maximum of 800 litary psonnel and 600 contractors. >> t air bases selected may also host u.s. troops the move comes after the co

swine flu has killed 263 here.they're worried that seasonal and swine flu could combine and become more deadly. >> right from the top, president obama has been telling people to wash their hands. dewpoint prepared. -- do not be prepared. >> if you would like more context, check out the blog of our medical correspondent. of around 6000 people every year die here and in the u.k. from ordinary flu. reports from iran reported that there are fresh clashes between police and demonstrators in the capital of tehran. dozens of protesters were arrested in one of the city's main squares after chanting slogans against ahmadinejad, the official winner of last month's heated election. attacks by the taliban in two afghan cities have left at least five members of the security forces and five militants dead. the attacks in jalalabad , head of the elections on august 20. -- come ahead of the elections on august 20. good news and bad news on capitol hill in washington today. the chairman of the u.s. central bank said the economy sho

has gone down. nobody is more pleased with the starting rotation now than steve. >> they are going out, they are competing, they are aggressive. all the things you want to see from your starters and everybody for the most part have been doing a good job in trying to do what we want to do and that's go on the attack and compete and make them put the bat on the ball. >> take a look at the numbers. hits 22 seven earned runs. seven walks. eight strikeouts. >> olson coming back pitching well the well that the nats that they will hope he would pitch when they acquired him. lannan. you see the numbers last night and little later on that zimmerman is putting up. we have got a power pitching staff. a couple guys that are power pitchers then the great finesse field type pitchers. >> can a pitching coach make that much difference? >> oh, yeah. not anything against randy st. claire but the team wasn't improving. mccaddie the key is he has worked with most of these guys in the minor leagues and it is about trust

he has the same trouble that berken has.e is high in the zone most of the time and that's when he gets hurt. when he stays down in the zone, both of these young men have pretty good games. >> jim: what is the rick dempsey key to the game tonight. >> rick: the key to the game, don't go to the well. vernon wells with that career batting average at .314. he feels comfortable hitting in both ballparks. this is his highest homerun output against any teams, 27 homeruns and 91 rbis against the orioles. if we stop vernon wells, we have a real good chance of beating the jays tonight. >> jim: just to renew our competition tonight, you are up 1-0 on me. who is your player to watch? into i have a good feeling about melvin mora. he has not hit a homerun in 49 games. 50 is going to be the number tonight. i got to call a melvin mora homerun tonight and we all know how melvin hits in the second half of the season. he is poised and ready to go, jimmy. who is your pick for the night. >> jim: one of those great minds think alike. my player to

nigeria has been blessed with a large oil well. this has become an area of corruption and conflict. limbs from sierra leone civil war are just the most visible scars of the conflict fueled by competition into the country's diamond profit. of the mineral that is not mind it is sold on to make -- the mineral that is if mined is sold to companies to make mobile phone parts. global witness says that there and they leave many civilians devastated in their wake. western companies through intermediaries. >> these companies are not doing enough to see where these minerals are coming from. we are not saying they are doing anything illegal. they are not doing the necessary due diligence to make sure that they are not purchasing minerals that have come from warring parties. >> one of the companies featured in the report is the world's fifth largest producer of tin. they are owned by a british metals giant. they have recently enhanced their due diligence program to make the supply chain more transparent. the resource curse is man-made which means that it can be cured. there are also the challen

in both of these cases, sophie mohamad has been out on bail, he has not been acquitted, as has the other person. the cases still stand. the evidence which is going around in indiana and pakistan on the mumbai event. in pakistan, from the initial position, has moved to a very corporate position that has brought off the exchange of information. i think these cases will go forward as more evidence comes in. everybody is learning a big lesson. we have had laws in the past which turned out to be draconian and so on. india has of lot of very harsh laws. we haven't gone into those. if this weakness persists, you might have to have special offenses. >> i'm going to move around the audience. if i don't take you in the order in which you raised your hand, i hope you will excuse me. this will allow us to spread it a little bit. >> thank you very much. i am alex glicksman with asia consulting. the united states had a problem in how it was prosecuting the war in afghanistan, switch from one general officer to another. fortunately for the united states we also have not only a change in generals but an

the economy has stabilized.he former opposition has little to show politically for their patients. the light at the end of the tunnel for them is the prospect of elections next year. for that to happen, a new constitution has to be in place. that is something which mugabe and his supporters are all too aware of. bbc in south africa. >>> attorneys for taylor have begun presenting his defense in the hague. he is accused of leading a campaign of torture and murder during the campaign in sierra leone. his attorney says he tried to broker peace in the neighboring countries. >>> a former suspected not s -- as a guard has been charged. he is now 89 years old. he is accused of helping to heard thousands of jews into the gas chambers in poland. >>> there was a crushing electoral defeat in the capital of tokyo. it is the sixth municipal vote his party has lost in recent weeks. the other party has ruled japan for more than half a century. >>> there has been more violence in the western province of china. police in the capi

he has those long strides.reymold makes the turn and will hold it at second base. >> we talked so much about left-handed hitters taking advantage of that avenue into right field with runners being held on. gregg does exactly that, just kind of a routine grab. the first baseman is holding reymold at the base. nice hitting. it's another chance. as for location, we use used to play across the street and they had a lot of left-hand hitters. that's what they do. they look for a ball to hit into right field. you better command the ball in the outside part of the play. you get a lot of double plays if they hit that same pitch. >> 1 and 0. ball two 2. 76 pitch pitches already for contreras. the white sox's team pitching is 4.19. that might not sound respectable but it is. they are 5th best in the league. ball 3. their starters have good numbers. the relievers are a little bit over 4 runs a game at 4 .03. that gets you an idea of how good those teams are. that's how you win. >> put it together. >> i like the way you des

this is a group that has rejected the ways of local muslims and has recruited young men, sometimes from universities and taught them that education is wrong. people are very suspicious and hostile of them. it is not how islam is practiced in northern nigeria. >> thank you. the trial of the burmese opposition leader aung san suu kyi is expected to end on friday. the nobel peace prize winner faces five years in jail if convicted of violating the terms of her house arrest. in american man swam to her lakeside home uninvited. more than 100 migrants from haiti have been recovered. 113 survivors have been found. the swedish government has asked venezuela to explain how swedish made rocket launchers ended up in the hands of marxist rebels in colombia. the officials say the anti-tank weapons were sold to venezuela in the 1980's. as george mitchell visits israel, the u.s. defense secretary robert gates has moved on to iraq. he is said to discuss security and arms sales. the two nations look for the full withdrawal of all u.s. forces by the end of 2011. meanwhile, a stark reminder if ever one was

hit-base hits he has.p high. no reason to believe this series won't be like this game, grind it out ball games. both of these teams coming in with some pretty good offenses. >> jim: and the bullpen, especially the closers, jenks and sherrill pitching well. orioles bullpen has certainly settled down. >> gary: tomorrow's game is a fox game, by the way, fox national broadcast, part of their regional coverage. and then right back here on sunday. it will be 4:00 eastern time tomorrow, and sunday is at 2:05. jeremy guthrie and contreras the starters on sunday. podsednik back on his belly. count stays at 2-0. tomorrow bergesen and burly go. bergesen has been outstanding in his starts. >> yeah, won that 6th game on sunday against toronto. >> gary: nice pitch on the outside corner. dye leaning out, let it go, and a 2-1 count from berken. >> jim: see, when berken can live if that zip code right there, pitching is going to become a lot less difficult. the knee high, low and away fastball. >> gary: runner on second, p

food industry has gone down. sugar industry has gone done. construction has gone down. so, where does that leave us? the economy is in a mess. unemployment is running at 25% to 30%, inflation at 20%. and they are debating how to invest the money. but behind the scene is who is going to control the purse. and i think that is where the big debate is. is it going to be controlled by ahmadinejad, giving projects to the revolutionary guard, or will it be controlled more in line with the bunyod's and ayatoll ayatollahs. that is why the issue is between rafsanjani and the group of ayatollahs and khamenei and ahmadinejad and i love the pictures of the generals because they are the guys that get the money, not the people -- and that is why the question of who controls the revolutionary guard is very important and we don't know. but the unity and vulnerability become a key issue and it is basically them fighting over the money that they are making. so, the outcome will be partially related to who will control the money. thank you. >> thank you very much. our last presentation is

you have heard the expression, "everything has been said but not everybody has said it." based on the excerpts the president released what he is going to say. everything has been said about health care, but they believe not everybody has heard it. >> inaction and inertia. >> and there is a reason why we haven't had health care reform in 50 years. let's pass reform bite end of this year. the status quo is unacceptable. >> reporter: for more than a week mr. obama hasn't let a day go by without using his bully pulpit to push for health care reform. while the president has been long on cheerleading he has been repetitive. >> inaction is no longer an option. >> the status quo on health care is not an option. >> that's the status quo. it is only going to get worse. >> reporter: what mr. obama has been short on is specifics. something democrats on capitol hill hope changes tonight at the president's primetime news conference. >> i think what the president has tried do so far is stay out of the squirmishes that have occurred on capitol hill. i think now is the time for him to ste

he has been counted in -- she has been counseled well. we don't want to talk about police brutality, the relationship. this provides a great opportunity for us to do this. mike: sergeant crowley is a person who has a long history, no problems whatsoever. no one has ever accused him of having any racist attitudes. in fact, many of the officers who stood with him, there is no evidence to indicate that this man has a chip on his shoulder. he just happened to be answering a call because he was near the area. >> it sounds like you're saying, he knows black people and some of his best friends are black. mike: the policeman is getting a call, he might be getting into a home. he has every right to find out if the person lives there. he was willing to walk away but the professor was not letting this happen. >> you are stuck in the past, let's stop saying that everything has to be about race. we have to move forward. fall the lead. mike: threats of lawsuits all over the place, will the profs sue for wrongful arrest? more and more americans did not

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it has contributed to-- it has contributed to improved services for the community. for instance, if you visit our capital city, you see that we have performed the public hospitals that used to belong to the national agency for social security. they were a disaster prior to this administration and now with the reform, they have improved a lot. now we have many reforms for the coming month. one reform that is going on in congress is a new law to introduce much more speed in the provisions of the administration. we are in a process to create a great level of-- for congress to finally approved a reform. in the coming three weeks, my government is going to issue a decree to produce a structure in the national agency for intelligence, to cure this agency of its endemic problems. i hope in the coming three weeks my fellow country's citizens and the international community will see this decrease. we continue in the process of introducing reforms for the benefit of my country. in the chapter of social cohesion, i want to refer only to some aspects in a location. from 78 to 1

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he has retired five in row, and has seven ground ball outs.nded out to guzman first time. rockies only have three hits, two of those in the first. it's ball 3 now. you see iannetta waiting. >> rob: what do they put in those fried bologna sandwiches up here? these kids are all huge. >> bob: that ball is ripped to right. willingham over to get it. and the rockies have their second lead-off man aboard in five innings. you like what you saw from nick last inning? >> rob: well, nick tied a record right here in major league baseball. three assists in the same inning. you like it when it's our guy nick johnson laying out for balls. nick in the routine play, but also helps if you have an athletic craig stammen consistently getting over in time to get to first base. >> he got all three putouts. >> bob: iannetta flied to right first time. and stammen misses up. hard to do tonight. chris iannetta pretty much took over at the rockies front line catcher last year. he hit .264, and 42 of his 86 hits went for extra bases. he did not make an error behind the

electricity has been cut of -- my electcity has been cut off. >> it is wage-netiation season. many industries are consiring action. >it is tuing out to be a cold and difficult winter hein south afca. pressure is gwing on t new present, andjjacob zuma. most of today's demonstratis we peaceful, but not in one town. there were echoes of south afri's troubled past. there were rubble barrel its -- rubb bullets. only some of the shots were med into the air. as the nicking crowds fled, people wererrested, a it beme clear that three people had been injured. south africa is noon fire. all of its townships are not burning, but there is a deep frusation that majori rule has treated se peopleery well, while changing little abt the lives of so many others. jonah fisher, johannesrg. >> morehan 100 peoe and killed over the past two day when militants wo call themsees the taliban ban violence. leaders of another militant group were arrested on fday. thprime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu, is usg a meetg with vising defense minister rober gates to talk about the inian nuclear progm. he

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what has obama done for you? what has he done for you? what has he done to you?as he made easier for you to get a job or more difficult it? obviously, he has made it more difficult. there's another reason why he doesn't want -- i cannot prove this. rahm emanuel and obama will bring up some of these blue dog democrats and say, you have seen what has happened to some of these congressmen at town meetings, if you don't get this done, you go home in august, you do your town meetings and meet with constituents, they are going to rip you to shreds over this and there will be footage of it and it will be on television and you will be a laughingstock. greta: we know that you want more of rush, you will get it. we will have more tomorrow night. night. next up, we will havemale annou] introducing a revolution in stain removal. new tide stain release. it's an advanced in-wash booster that works with your detergent to help remove the toughest stains the first time. new tide stain release. available in duo pack, liquid or powder. [ door closes ] [ footsteps ] [ man sighs ] wh

today that number has fall ton 15%. >> what has happened to the industry?ple have found a great desire to buy foreign cars i guess. we want to become a country that assembles parts, that's one thing f we want to be a country that not only assembles, but designed and innovates the parties, that's another story. >> let's talk to poppy now about the other story. poppy, how is the widman family feeling about the future of lord and the u.s. auto industry because they have seen everything. i trust their judgment. >> you know, they have been there, again, for generations, and they're very hopeful for what's ahead at ford, and the industry as a whole. the father there, you heard him warning do we want to be a country that just assembles cars or where we innovate them. his son is working on the new ford taurus. this is coming out in 2010. this is ford's real push to create new cool cars that americans want to buy. we saw a model of it when we were in detroit right there, so very interesting to see that, and for ford a bit of a brighter story, it hasn't filed for ban

if you notice, he has won native american rigid he has only -- he has only one anywhere in his own motioni am afraid of what justice sonia sotomayor will do with this court. being as radical as she is, that things she has stated. guest: well, some interesting questions raised by her nomination. one which connects to some of his comments is this whole divide between two different concepts of racial equality. one, the concept that equal opportunity under the law, a legal regime that does not discriminate on the basis of race, the american color blindness ideal, and the second which us become more prevalent. one looks purely to an equality of result, a quota mentality and measures equality by numbers. so, i think that is the subtext for some disputes here. we see that in connection with the new haven firefighter skis. host: brian, the republican line, you are on the caller: i am one of your rear conservatives to disturbing of give me a minute here. -- one of your rare consumers. the proponents of calls come from the look. host: we do not know that, but we will let you go ahead. caller: first

now violence has returned an area has been sealed off.ince may, the government claims it has been a conducting an annual antidrug campaign here. but after attacks by armed men on local police station in july, authorities claimed for the first time that they were fighting militants. it is alleged the group is part of the islamic movement of whose pakistan, a militant organization with links to the taliban. we're driving through this valley where we are trying to get to this area -- one particular village whether recent shootout incident between the government forces and militants took place. half way through to area we have been stopped at the checkpoint guided by numerous police officers and men taken to the local police station did they asked us lots of questions, check their equipment, and they said it is too dangerous to go any further some now we are heading back to the capital. details of identities of the group's members have begun to emerge, but it has not been possible to verify the government's claims. >> in a recent operation, f

today, it has just under 3000. in 1990 america had mor than 13,000 warhds. w it has just oer 2000. theew treaty will cut each to about 1600. thats still more than enough to destro the planet. critics say the treaty is actually a throwback the past. >> wshould understand that veloping our rations on the trea of the cold war wi make our relations ry vulnerable. >> this unmatche and in particular thegreements nucleareapons, will be held here and washington as a real achievement. and it is. but it i just the first small step towd btter relationshs. it's still vy hard for the political elite here and america to break free of the cold wa and stop treing each other as adversaries. >> more of the main inrnational news -- t truth and reconciliation commissioin liberia has recommended the presidente banned from public office for 30 years. ts is because oher alleged role in one of the couny's civil wa. there you see her in these pictures with itish prime minister, gordon bwn, established a commissi to look into the civil wars herse and told the commission she ge money to the rebel leader, cha

after the earthquake, we now need to go there and see what has been the result, who has done the rehabilitation. who is helping the people out, because the emergency which came in and all these organizations rushed to set up centers was actually a basic humanitarian effort. and in those organizations to establish themselves as other than militant organizations. capable of humanitarian work, capable of many of them have done that and many have done good work because of the accessibility they had in those areas, the funds they had at their disposal and so on. but the bulk was taken by the civil military combination, u.s. helicopters, and those heavy, heavy lift helicopters which operate in those areas almost around-the-clock. so marginal efforts we are making, but within their capabilities. now with the idp's, again, i don't know if they are active or not. but as i said, i think the lieutenant general is handling the% of what needs to be done there. and enormous tonnage of food is then provided by the military and we have called asking a simple to take over, and they are doing their best. but tha

-- has died after a conflict. >> symbolizing has hair tests. -- protests. welcome to bbc world news, broadcast in america and around the globe. inside zimbabwe, andrew harding's report. our reconciliation is still possible? >> pimm and lost his wife and property when his house was attacked last year by the militia. is he now ready to forgive and forget? >> he died at the age of 117, having survived world war one. the world's all this man was honored today. -- world's oldest man was honored today. it has been a brutal fight, leaving hundreds dead. however, a jury apostle armed forces say they have destroyed the headquarters of eight radical islamist sect and captured and killed its leader. news came shortly after the police said they found him hiding in the home of relatives in the northern city, where militants have their base. caroline is in the nigerian city of lagos with this update for us. >> we understand that the police have told local journalists that a federal clerk has been killed and brought in to police custody. local journalists were called. he

that has extended southward. it is in effect until 8:00 tonight. >>> overall, we started out like this. we had the rain out to the west earlier today. then the thunderstorms really started to build up from 2:00 on. you can see all of that racing off to the northeast. winds are keeping the moisture levels very, very high. the dew point is 70 degrees. temperatures are varying. because of the facts that thunderstorms have moved through, knocking temperatures back down. but we are coming in at 82 right now. at bwi marshall. and dew points at 72 in cumberland. 75 in easton. 73, ocean city. when you're seeing this, it is tropical feeling outside. really feeling -- fueling these thunderstorms to the point that they can become strong or severe as we saw earlier today. the storm is a large one, still extending to the south. going to take through the night to get out of here. and tomorrow morning, still could see some clouds lingering. and there is a chance for a shower or thunderstorm during the day tomorrow. most of this

she has repeatedly said the u.s.is also a trans-pacific power, and washington will now appoint a permanent representative to the afghan mission in jakarta. hillary clinton spoke at length about washington's commitment to its allies in the region. ras said that a collective policy and a united front were paid off on issues like north korea and burma. but washington is also trying to push back against china's growing influence in the region. >> the iraqi prime minister, nor el leakey has held his first talks at the white house and president obama's election. calling for more economic support from the u.s., now the u.s. military has withdrawn from iraqi towns and cities. mr. obama repeated his pledge to pull out all u.s. troops by the end of 2011. the iraqi prime minister has also been lobbying the white house on the issue listing reparations to kuwait. he secured his public message of support. >> i think it would be a mistake for iraq to continue to be burdened by the sins of the deposed dictator. in order to do that,

mayor fenty has asked for $23.4 million to finance the last weeks of the program. >>> a man has pleaded guilty in a brutal christmas eve attack in college park, maryland. wayne williams stayed in the hospital for nearly a month after being beaten outside of holy redeemer church. the 69-year-old lost sight in one eye. well, a judge has sentenced shanon washington to 28 years in prison after washington pleaded guilty yesterday to attempted murder. >>> former atlanta falcons quarterback, michael vick is finally able to return to the national football league. he has been granted a conditional reinstatement by the league. under the ruling, made by the commissioner, roger goodell, vick will be able to participate in training camp immediately and play in the final two pre-season games. however, he will not be eligible to play regular season games until week six at the earliest. his return to the field is at the sole discretion of the commissioner. >> i believe he deserves the opportunity to earn his way back on to the field but he will have to earn it. it is up to him now. i believe i had a re

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>> he has got to make deals. he has got to do it incrementally. he has to move away from the ideological left. he does that, you can circumvent the problem sbrad spoke of. he has a core democratic constituency, especially in the house. martha: if you are him, are you going to hunker down on the health care bill? would you say, do this first? >> healthcare is more important than climate change. we can create jobs and the stimulus is producing results. martha: what would you tell them to focus on? >> do not let the inmates run the asylum. take it back into control of the white house. martha: 13 points down in ohio. you both agree that with your attention if you were in the west wing right now. thank you very much. trace: the 40th anniversary of neil armstrong's walk on the moon. you could forget it? the summer of love. in a few moments, we will talk to the last aster not to set foot on the moon, gene cernan. that was back in 1972. we want to hear from you. should the united states and a manned mission back to the moon? you can post to answers on the

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that has not been there to the extent it should be. you have parliamentarians and so on, but proper political interaction between the two countries, we could learn from india. they have more experience on coalition politics. it would build trust. >> i think that would be a good and hopeful stage at which to thank general tara grakaramat. now he's part of the think tank community. i think we did not expect anything less than what we got today. on behalf of the council i would like to thank all of you for coming, especially general karamat for an exciting and stimulating discussion today. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2008] >> you are watching public affairs programming on c-span. yesterday northern virginia president obama held a town hall meeting on health care. that is next. topics on this morning's "washington pernell" include next week's russian summit, talking about iraq, iran, and north korea. later, a federal communications commission meeti

the measure has been agreed because china has an aging society and will need more young workers in the future. the interim government in honduras indroduced a publicity stunt, a brief trip back inside the country by the acting president manuel za lie ya. surrounded by supporters, he retreated back across the border. >> european election service says the election in kaz zahn stel short of standards. the team from the human rights watch group reported ballot stuffing and many irregularities. tens of mill quons of people across asia this week had a once-in-a-lifetime chance to witness a tote total solar eclipse. day turned into night as the rays of the sun were blocked. reaction to this extraordinary moment were varied. others saw the eclipse as a bad omen. the shadow raced inland across india towards china. it reached its peak over the south pacific lasting for 6 minutes an 39 seconds. our correspondent was lucky enough to follow the memorable moments of the eclipse. >> cruising at 41,000 feet to witness the celestial spectacle of the century, this, the moment of totality when the sun di

the chemo has been working. >> yes. >> and the tumor has disappear sdmd has disappeared.me three years. a tough time for the kid but hat strength he has shown and the family has shown. just such a great thing for this to happen. >> and if yontwa to see more of these stories, they're wonderl iestors. make you believe again and t s. goodness of people and certainly the strength of some of these children. tune in to espn's "sportscenter" all week long. they'll be bringing it. >> coming up next, we have our friend here, country music sensation sensat >>ti> w noo mew thave fun. blake shelton is not only one of country music's hottest stars but "people" magazine has named him one of the sexiest men alive. five number one country singles in five albums since 2001 including "she wouldn't be gone" off his latest album and we welcome blake shelton to "good morning america." so, i mean how is that -- no, no, i got to ask. i got to ask. how is that sexy thing working out? how is that working out for you? >> i think there's just probably whatever is going on this year, guys are really

it has hurt him in two ways.it has increased the deficit to the point where he would be adding on to it with healthcare and cap and trade, and secondly, it proves he is not infallible, which, to a lot of democrats has come as a shock. they are now in quiet recovery. i think that is really going to hurt him. he is going to make the healthcare agenda and the energy agenda extimely hard to pass. >> he says he wants healthcare to be definite neutral. house majority leader steny hoyer says he thinks it can pass the house by the august recess. one of the plans is to have this surtax on the wealthy, and we're just getting breaking news from party barnes at the fox business network that the surtax on wealthier taxpayers could rise in 2013 under the house democrats' plan, that it could pick up more than what they are talking about now. when you start talking about surtaxes paying for healthcare , steve, does that open up another can of worms? >> absolutely it opens up another can of worms. anybody who is surprised that th

since then, it has leveled off. no new money has been created. no new money has been created, now, 6 coming on 7, almost 8 months. that changes the game. all the threat of monetizing the debt is suddenly off the board. the marketplace itself, financial world has improved enormously, the crisis is over, many of the feds liquidity facilities have been paid down and although they are buying treasuries and mortgage backs, they're not really replacing, just replacing the liquidity facilities, not adding new money. the inflation play has changed. let's go to m2, not the most perfect but a good measure of the money supply. look what has happened here. when the fed was boosting the balance sheet, m2 surged to over 20% growth at an annual rate. now, as the fed has stopped printing new dollars, this has fallen and m2 basically zero in the last 13 weeks. this makesed change. the inflationists are out the window because bernanke seems to be, at least by implication, producing an exit strategy. this story is not over and will go on for a while. i want to brin

desche welle has our report. >>reporter: police used rubber bullets to drive protesters back in the small eastern town ball four. their anger was largedirected at iitials but immigrants wre also targeted. the police just imagined to rescue a group of somalis and ethiopians fromhe stone-throwers. the townships areem to suth afica's poores many compla thatfter 15 years ofnc rule, they're still waiti for improvements in their lives. >there's no development. there's no job creatin. >> translato there are so many problems here that stem fm pover. our cldren are educated t umployed. >> repter: amid such pressures, migrant workers quickly become scapegoatsor e lack of employment possibilities. dnesday aeps xenophobic violence is a worrying reminr of last year's attackn zim bbins refugees. police have nce bolted their press inhe township. >> that'seutsche welle. >>> which brings us tour signature sty. a much deeper ok at xenophobia south africa today's violen was actually justhe latest incint in a series of attacks again

economy has turned around? does anybody think that? a few. does anybody think we may be in for another big fall before we go up again? more. okay. well, johan, what do you think? >> somewhere in between. [laughter] that's not a good answer. >> but it's the beginning of an answer. i think -- i honestly think the worst is over but i don't think you will see a rebound of the u.s. economy in terms of three, 4% annual growth before way in 2010. so, everything that has been happening, there is so much support pumped into the economy first of all by the federal reserve and also now by let's say the fiscal authorities that it's hard to imagine that the economy would go on crumbling. and i think a lot of the recent data show the crumbling of the economy has more or less stopped or is in the process of being stopped. but i don't think you will see a strong rebound before next year. >> and i should have said if anyone wants to ask a question feel free. don't wait until the end, just march up to the microphone and we will take it from there. having read

he has got to pick them better. number one. and he has to say something new.he reason the health-care debate is getting so bogged down is because he is repeating itself. what he should say is, "look. unless i have something new, i am not going to come out." the thing with gates, that is something he had to do. something bush did fairly well, using surrogates. he has got larry summers, who is a very smart guy. he has got christina romer. neil: when he is awake. >> he has got to use surrogates. it hillary clinton has to go to asia to get air time, if there is something wrong with the president hogging the airwaves -- if hillary clinton has to go to asia, there is something wrong. they took regis philbin off even though he is giving away money, and this guy is taking money. so what has to happen here? he is the best salesman. you're absolutely right. he has got to pace himself, be selective, or he will diminish his credibility. neil: the less he stands to repeat what regis philbin did and the more likely he can sell this? >> absolutely. neil: the more distance aw

her facebook account has been deactivated, thank goodness but the damage has been done. once it is on-line it is out there. we know it and many are wondering can he keep his new job now that his identity has been compromised. it is a great question and i'm sure they are having serious family discussions at the dinner table. back to you. >> all i can think of is she knew what his job was, what was her motive for putting all of this information. >> it is an excellent question. maybe she is a spy. >> disgruntled. >> there you go. >>> some of the stars of tennis will serve it up today in washington. plus, the nationals go to a place known for offense and are on the giving and receiving end of pitching gems. stay tuned. sports is next. it is 5:22. >>> here's a look at who's celebrating a birthday today, july 7th. >>> apparently the nationals and rockies forgot they were playing at mile high city because the balls were not flying high last night. seven innings and just one run. colorado star todd healthen hits a gaper to score. rookies pitcher didn't allow any run. nats fall 1

it has been impossible to function there. the president now has an opportunity to enact his change. the 60 votes is the money needs to pass legislation. you will see the battles go on between the moderate democrats and the liberal democrats. senator mcconnell who is the master of stopping things has really lost his power. when you combine that with a substantial majority in the house of representatives led by a speaker who i believe is the most effective, skilled, and top speaker i have seen in 40 years of working in washington and a very strong leadership and enough votes to carry legislation, you absolutely have a unique opportunity for big time change that i do not think we have seen in quite some time. i think it going for it now, that your decision, could be the biggest decision they make. >> some of the things i would have chosen are gone. that was hillary. i would put hillary clinton into a characteristic that i have seen no drama obama. it is an ability to change course, the change of mind, without a lot of drama to it. he does go on to another day without a lot of fuss. for

. >> the president says the stimulus has done its job. >> we believe in has created jobs. >> the report released today shows in some states, stimulus money is t being used in the way it was intended. apparently, needed transportation projects are being ignored to repave highways and money is not being put into jurisdictions that really need new jobs the most. >>> things are heating upand a stalking case against d.c. councilman marion barry it. we're now hearing a voice mail from marion barry, who is accused of stalking his ex- girlfriend, donna watts- brighthaupt. sam ford has the latest. >> this all started on july 4 when 40-year-old donna watts- brighthaupt flag down park police officers and pointed out a man she said was stalking her, who turned out to be marion barry, age 73. he was charged with misdemeanor stalking, and the story has grown day-by-day. for councilmember marion barry, it has to be embarrassing. ex-girlfriend donna watts- brighthaupt with whom he had been feeding, released her voice mail to the washington city paper, which put them on line. >> in most of the messages,

speaker, wales has a long history of mining. while we recognize these are difficult time he can be assured that this government stands full square alongside the industry. >> dr. hal francis. >> building on the very good relations which have long existed on steel and the longest union community and the employers chorus would the secretary of state give consideration to working with the first minister of the welsh assembly government to call a welsh steel summit to secure the long-term security in steel making in wales. >> i know the steel summit on a u.k. level has been extremely successful and wales would certainly benefit by having a summit in wales bringing together a chorus of the local community, a community union and everybody who has a stake in the future of industry and i certainly believe that to be useful. >> mr. speaker, this morning, i am meeting with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties, i'll have other meetings today. >> mr. john maples? >> can i ask the prime minister this. in 2006 we sent 3,0

there has been quite some resentment. the u.s., middle east envoy has tried to smooth the ruffled feathers during his talks with israeli leaders. to achieve regional peace, all parties have something to do. >> the arab states, meaningful steps towards normalization of relations. the palestinians, that means to expand and improve security forces and to refrain from words or deeds that make it more difficult to move quickly and successfully renegotiations. for israel, that means making possible access to movements and economic growth by palestinians to which you also just referred, and also dealing with difficult issues like supplements and outposts. >> but its real community is defiant. >> with the administration in town, activists want to clear a sent a message they hope will move towards a settlement and the west bank. that is why they have sent in the army. they want to show that they contend with american opinion on local matters. they want the help of the u.s. when it comes to iran. it is the number one concern of isr