you have to think that their advice to the bahraini king is the same. so the saudis right now are very unhappy with washington, because they believe that president obama has just let this go on. president obama says "it's not my fight." >> schieffer: we really have no particular interest of note in libya, though, with qaddafi. i guess the good news is that qaddafi was building a nuclear weapon, and he turned over all his nuclear technology. >> that's right. he was trying. he didn't get very far. he turned it over in 2003 right after the american invasion of iraq. and at the same time, he tried to settle the pan am 103 issue, which was of course believed to be libyan led. but that said, there's no love lost between washington and colonel qaddafi. and if he didn't survive this, i don't think he would see a lot of mourning going on in the state department or the white house. >> schieffer: about 20 seconds left. do you see these demonstrations across the region continuing, david? >> you know, bob, the c.i.a. missed this a month ago when they thought that tu

the bahraini government not seeming to get the message. we may have seen this movie recently before. >> all right, jake, so many tough and tricky questions for the white house. >>> back here in this country, it was quite a scene today as more than 100 people across the country, many of them doctors are under arrest tonight, charged in the biggest medicare fraud case in history. at time when money is tighter than ever, this type of fraud is costing americans as much as $90 billion a year. abc's pierre thomas has details of today's takedown. >> reporter: 6:00 a.m., roughly an hour before dawn. federal agents convene in a brooklyn parking lot to prepare for a raid. the target -- suspected health care scam sters stealing your tax dollars. abc news was there exclusively as the suspects were read their rights. all part of a national crackdown with raids across the country. $200 million in fraud from these raids alone. >> doctors, nurses and medical professionals from los angeles to new york and cities in between, have cheated taxpayers and patie

the bahraini army is predominantly sunni. there are a lot of mercenaries, a lot of former soldiers from saddam hussein's army now working in bahrain. so the king of bahrain is able to call on these people to crack down against his people. >> rose: so what are the expectations for bahrain in your judgment? >> i think the crucial question will be can after these last two days of violence can the young people rally again in numbers that they were able to a couple of days ago and come back. the bahrainny king has played his hand. he brought the army out. he fired upon his sleeping people. it's hard for them to go anyone else from here. if they can come back to the round about or some other area in tens of thousands-- it's a small society-- if they come out in the tens of thousand it is king can't... i don't think that the king can order massive slaughter. so i suspect if they can rally again then the king will have to make more concessions. >> rose: what's the possibility that somehow this will bring in other forces outside of th

they bring young egyptians, young bahrainis to the u.s. to discuss democracy, to discuss entrepreneurship, to discuss law and legal issues these are very low key programs and for a long time theovernment didn't want... white house didn't want too much attention paid to them in the media because you would actually harm those people's interests if you let it be known they were working with the u.s. well hopefully now some of those relationships can come out from the shadows and mature and deepen. but it's going to take some time and now more than ever america's actions-- not just the president's words but the americans' actions in those regions-- are going to be observed very, very carefully. >> rose: what should we be looking for next. >> these young people have brought revolution in egypt and in tunisia, maybe in a couple other places as well. they've made revolution happen, they've toppled the regime, sent their dictators packing. now... those countries are still run by the generation older than them. now it falls to that generation to sh

pro-government rioters continued to clash in the capital sanaa with gunfire heard on the streets while in the bahraini more than sixty people had been injured in clashes with government forces while middle east expert. told r.t. that although the region isn't turmoil it's hard to say just how fundamental the changes will be.

following friday prayers he has now with arms export licenses out of concern that weapons supplied to bahraini authorities could be used against protesters. researches make a second space walk on a virtual martian surface as part of a simulated eighteen month and mars mission the most who based mars five hundred pro brown has just passed its half way log and scientists are monitoring the volunteers to one day enable a manned mission to the red planet. as public anger grows in the muslim world all she's peeta lavelle asks his guests whether iran's political establishment is next to be toppled that's now cross talk program which is up next. and. welcome to cross talk time peter lavelle as protests in people's power rage across the arab middle east there are those who say iran's political establishment is next in line to be toppled or their objective facts on the ground to support this prediction or is it merely wishful thinking.

after today, we will probably have more people on the streets and it will be wider than the bahraini portia. -- the rainy -- bahranian shia. they say they are commemorating the deaths of the revolution. they also want to show they are ready if the military tries to take as much of the old regime over to the new times. there is some suspicion on the side of the demonstrators. they will attempt to show their muscle again. >> next for that update from cairo. let us check in with steve now to find out what the e.u. is doing to help farmers and consumers. >> the prices of grains have risen slight -- risen sharply in recent weeks and are at their highest level since june 2008. the eu is taking action and beginning next week ll suspend import duties on some kinds of wheat and barley until the end of june. the european union wants to each -- ease pressure on animal food prices, which would be passed on to consumers. food producers have to import much of their feet from abroad. supplies to the you have dropped, partly as a result of a russian band imposed after last year's drought. germany's

, the bahraini king to really not use any more violence against the protesters. it has been bloody, and they're calling on him to stop that. >> how much influence does america really have when it comes to controlling the outcome of this widespread upheaval to use your term? >> well, not controlling the outcome, because if it's going to be democratic, that's the way it's going to be. but in terms of using their very tight alliances, all the money they give to these leaders and their military cooperation to insist that that money, those militaries and that assistance does not lead to a bloody crackdown on the people. >> christiane, thank you very much for your reporting this morning. and a reminder, you can see all of christiane's interview with secretary of state clinton, plus much more on the budget battles going on all over the country later this morning on "this week." >>> and now we check the rest of the morning's headlines with ron claiborne. >> hi there. good morning to you, dan and bianna. good morning, everyone. >>> we begin with a suicide bomb attack in a

state television also showed weapons it claims were found in the protesters' tents and pictures of bahraini police injured by the protesters. but this is not just a pro-democracy movement against the government. the protesters are shiite, and claim they're treated like second class citizens by the sunni royal family, a sectarian struggle that has the region on edge. bahrain's powerful patron, saudi arabia, a sunni stronghold, would do almost anything to prevent shiite empowerment in the middle east. the united states also uses the fifth fleet based here to protect the oil lanes of the persian gulf and keep a close watch on iran. today secretary clinton offered a careful rebuke of bahrain's crackdown. >> we call on restraint from the government. >> reporter: but bahrain appeared to show little restraint last night. the potential flashpoint tomorrow, brian, when families receive the bodies of the victims. >> richard engel starting us off in bahrain tonight. richard, thank you. >>> tonight after watching citizen uprisings now across the globe for weeks, how about a big one here in the united s

you say they are putting pressure on the bahraini government? >> i think so. they called as soon as the these broke out, the demonstrations, they called an emergency meeting of the foreign ministers in bahrain itself and they came there, up-- bahrain is tied to saudi arabia almost like annum bill call cord. there is a causeway that runs across from the eastern province of saudi arabia where all of the oil is and runs over to bahrain which is a 70% shi'a population. as it happens, the population of the eastern province of saudi arabia is also shi'a, dominantly. and i think the saudies are really frightened that the kinship relationships between the shi'a in bahrain is going to spill over that causeway and affect the shi'a in their country. i think they're offering bahrain anything that they need to put a stop to this opinions so when you think now about the potential effectiveness of these new strong arm active-- tactics, i guess the question is how strong is the opposition in turn? can they stand up to this? >> well w you never know. sometimes brute force will

tens of thousands of mainly bahrainies gathered in the capital for anti-government protests. you are watching bbc news. still to come, a sentimental journey. prince william and his bride to become a kate middleton, returned to the scottish town where they met. hundreds of demonstrators converged on the main square in the iraqi capital today as part of a day of protest against unemployment, corruption, and pour services. protesters also took to the streets in other iraqi towns and cities. jonathan had reports now from the capital, baghdad. >> the people here have just as many reasons to be angry as their neighbors and the rest of the arab world. how they would like to return to some kind of normality, since the fall of saddam hussein off eight years ago, but it has not. been waiting for electricity. most people only get a few hours every day. and they're waiting for food prices to come down to something like affordable levels, but that has not happened either. people here are living in levels of poverty that are hard to believe for a country that has the second-largest oil res

has now or borrowed some owns export licenses out of concern that weapons supply to the bahraini authorities could be used against protesters. and researches make a second space who is going to. face as part of a simulated eighteen month mars mission the most crude base to mars one hundred program has just passed a modern scientists are monitoring the volunteers to one day and able a manned mission to the red planet. but right now russia's relations with nato talks to drain for a ride the secretary general's special representative for the caucuses and central asia spotlight is up next. oh yeah they're welcome to the interview.

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with government supporters in the yemeni capital sanaa with gunfire heard in the streets while in bahraini opposition is prepping for talks with authorities after the deadly clashes with government forces saw six people killed and dozens wounded morocco was also seeing on a rest but at least five thousand people taking to the streets of the capital rabat demanding king mohammed give up some of his powers the middle east expert mahdi darrius now tells r.t. that although the region is in turmoil it's hard to say whether it will see any fundamental changes these are revolts and not revolutions yet people's mindsets are revolutionary they want change they're fed up with these are revolts until the structures in place change it won't be considered revolutions in order for democratic position to occur people need to elect their officials right now we're not seeing that we're seeing the status quo in egypt the military state in over nothing's changed it's a formal change because the more barak was a part of the military the military in hosni mubarak one of the united states and its allies are pol

protestor who was shot in the head and died yesterday underscored the still simmering rage that bahraini security forces fired on their own people. the acid test for both sides will come later this week when a leading opposition politician is expected to return from self- imposed exile. an event those waiting for him in the square hope will kick start negotiations. allen pizzey, cbs news, bahrain. >> couric: and adding to the tension in the middle east, iran today sent navy ships through egypt's suez canal for the first time since the 1979 revolution. a frigate and a supply ship are now headed to syria for training exercises. israel's vice premier called it part of a move by iran to control the middle east. and still ahead here on the "cbs evening news," call for concern? what new research says about the effect of cell phones on our brains. but next, the budget battle in wisconsin. we catch up with some of the democratic senators who fled the state. how are those flat rate boxes working out? fabulous! they gave me this great idea. yea? we mail documents all over the country, so, what if

. >> we ask all the bahrainis to come here, to get what we need. because without this gathering, we won't get anything. >> reporter: for now the government says prot testers can stay in pearl square where the protests began for as long as they want. the situation in libya is far more dangerous. violent protests have turned the eastern city of benghazi into what one eye witness called a war zone. the violence is reportedly spread to several other cities and the government's response has been brutal. the news is coming out on youtube and other social networking sites and phone calls like this one from a frantic doctor. >> it's a real massacre. it's a real massacre. really disastrous and at the moment, while hearing a gunfire shot, they are shooting the people that are going to the funeral to bury their beloved one. >> death toll estimates run as high as 200 over the past three days and they're likely to rise. 50 libyan muslim leaders called on security forces to stop killing civilians. but moammar gadhafi has held power for 42 years by being as ruthl

it certainly shows the bahrainis would like to do this by dialogue and not by violence if that's at all possible. >> hill: allen pizzey in bahrain tonight. allen, thanks. in egypt, the military government repeated its call for workers to end their strikes, but it didn't happen today. terry mccarthy is in cairo. terry? >> reporter: that's right, erica. it's becoming clear the entire middle east is being affected by what began here in cairo when president mubarak stepped down just seven days ago. in cairo, it was victory friday as hundreds of thousands of egyptians converged on tahrir square. once a battlefield, now a monument to their one-week-old freedom. first they prayed. then they partied. i'm standing here in tahrir square amidst a sea of egyptian flags and tens of thousands of people. they're chanting "hold your head high, you're egyptian." these people are not here to protest anymore, they're here to celebrate-- in stark contrast to many other parts of the middle east. in libya, as many as 46 people are thought to have been killed in the last two days by security forces. this morg

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after today, we will probably have more people on the streets and it will be wider than the bahraini portia. -- the rainy -- bahranian shia. they say they are commemorating the deaths of the revolution. they also want to show they are ready if the military tries to take as much of the old regime over to the new times. there is some suspicion on the side of the demonstrators. they will attempt to show their muscle again. >> next for that update from cairo. let us check in with steve now to find out what the e.u. is doing to help farmers and consumers. >> the prices of grains have risen slight -- risen sharply in recent weeks and are at their highest level since june 2008. the eu is taking action and beginning next week will suspend import duties on some kinds of wheat and barley until the end of june. the european union wants to each -- ease pressure on animal food prices, which would be passed on to consumers. food producers have to import much of their feet from abroad. supplies to the you have dropped, partly as a result of a russian band imposed after last year's drought. germany'

counterparts urging them to show restraint, respect protesters in the street, bahraini government notin new york, palin would only say she is thinking about running. she also criticized president obama on many issues, including his handling of the crisis in egypt and his new budget proposal. >> i am sick and tired of the games that are being played in washington, d.c. because we're talking about our money, we're talking about our kids' future. we're talking about our republic. and the solvency of our republic. >> palin also took issue with some of her own supporters, those who claim mr. obama was not born in the u.s. and he's muslim. she calls their claims distracting and annoying. >>> here's a look at your friday forecast. it's a good one for us in new york. more heavy mountain snow. out west across the cascades, sierra range and northern rockies. up to 3 inches of rain in southern and central california. showers from seattle to portland. high surf along the pacific coast. >> and today's temperature map is all things "v" to mark vinita's final day here on the show. towns i've never h

there is no place -- on the bahraini government to exercise restraint. we will come egypt's leaders, signaling their commitment to an orderly transition to a democratic government. and we look to them to take the concrete steps needed to bring about political change. and we will continue to be a supportive partner to the peoples of both countries as they seek a better future. across the middle east, people are calling on their governments to be more open, more accountable, and more responsive. the united states believes it is in the interest of government to engage peacefully and positively in addressing their demands and to work to respond to them. without genuine progress toward an open and accountable political system, the gap between people and their government can only grow and instability can only deepen. >> thank you, madam secretary. as we know, right now, there is bloodshed in libya. there -- they have been using air power to attack civilians. colonel gaddafi spoke recently and said that he would never surrender. his intense frustration -- there

undoubtedly some bahraini citizens do support king hamad bin isa al-khalifa, but the shi'a majority suffer discrimination, and young people are disappointed that there's been so little political and social reform. tanks are now on the streets of manama. the army ready to crush any further unrest. >> ( translated ): the central command of the bahrain defense forces announces that military forces have deployed in the capital, in order to take necessary procedures to protect citizens and residents, to protect their rights and their properties from acts of violence. >> reporter: this evening gulf foreign ministers gathered in manama for a scheduled meeting, each one anxious that the unrest will spread, that princes and kings will prove as vulnerable as the presidents of tunisia and egypt. and down the road at the hospital, protestors kept their noisy vigil waiting for news of the wounded and demanding the overthrow of bahrain's ruling dynasty. >> lehrer: later in the evening, bahrain's foreign minister defended the crackdown. he said the violence was regrettable, but the demonstrators left the

the bahraini king has promised reform but the fallout from egypt and tunisia have now arrived in the persian gulf. with state violence in the last 48 hours driving thousands more on to the streets. >> ifill: in egypt, a new committee began work amending the constitution ahead of new elections. the group included the long- banned muslim brotherhood. and the military said it wants a new government within six months. it also called again for an end to labor strikes and protests. she's been covering the celebrations after president mubarak's resignation. she's now recovering in a u.s. hospital. elsewhere, the unrest in yemen continued for a fifth day, with protesters confronting police and government supporters. the two sides faced off in the capital city, sanaa. protesters chanted demands for the ouster of president ali abdullah saleh, a u.s. ally. in iraq, hundreds of people demonstrated in several major cities. they condemned corruption and a lack of jobs and basic services. and hard-liners in iran's parliament demanded opposition leaders be tried and executed. on monday, thousands of

. >> mark: they are firing tear gas in bahrainis. in process where a day after riot police swept in to eat up a protest. most of them were sleeping when the police moved in. five were killed in the attack. witnesses say there has been catchcasualties today as well. >> darya: mt. tam is all salk did because a storm system is not done with us yet. --all sought i >> darya: welcome back, we have are eye on this story appeared especially the south. especiall >> louisa: snow levels dipping down below 3,000 ft. this morning. along the peninsula seeing showers work their way and. getting showers from san jose down to more than help. closer to san jose use the heavy downpours. lighter rain and drizzle, light showers through the morning, in through a good portion of the afternoon as well. offshore lot of moisture funnelling and, in to the south bay to start. we will what showers continue to inch their way in the peninsula. better chance in the east bay in the afternoon today. by 4:00 p.m. moderate downpours here and there. for the most part sc

leaders under stress might well envy their bahrainy counterparts.omen teachers were demanding better pay and more jobs. for sunday morning, this is alan pizzey in bahrain. >> osgood: in washington the republican-controlled house of representatives yesterday passed legislation approving budget cuts that would eliminate money for hundreds of federal programs including president obama's high speed rail plan. federal support for family planning and public broadcasting. the unlikely event the democratic-controlled senate should do the same, president obama has pledged to veto it. pirates who hijacked the yacht of an american couple say they will take it to somalia today. that could make it more difficult to rescue jeanne and scott adam who have been sailing the world distributing bibles it's believed two other americans are also aboard that yacht. check your mailbox. in a statement britain prince william's office said he and bride to be kate middleton have sent out invitations to their april 29 wedding. if you don't take the cut take comfort in the fact

you are not hearing about egyptians or tunisians or bahraini people calling for u.s. help. these are people wanting to rebuild their countries. once tunisia is successful in removing their prime minister, they will not look for an american handout. they are looking for the west's support in preventing the dictator from slaughtering them appear that is a specific kind of help. that's because they don't have the ability to do that themselves. they will not what the u.s. to .ubsidize the libyan economy the libyan economy has a lot of oil. if the country public is gould with anything approaching a non- corrupt, effective government, the libyan economy has an opportunity to be very rich and ordinary libyans would have a chance to become quite well be very quily host. host: tom, republican line. caller: thanks for taking my call. i have witnessed some of this so-called hate, the perceived bias of the support of israel of the united states. question about syria and demographics of the middle east, egypt and others, i think it is similar to syria, but in serious the son of the form

the bahraini royal family, sunni, very close to the united states. as you mentioned, the 5th fleet is there. very pro-western. and have been touting their progress in sort of parliamentary and free assembly. and the sunni king went on television, and allowed people to protest peacefully. so, this crackdown is quite bad. >> and we're seeing other protests in the middle east. let's talk about libya. there's at least 14 dead in demonstrations there. and also, in yemen. >> that's right. there's reports today, in libya. they call it a day of rage. many people in many cities around libya. again, moammar gadhafi's been there for 40 years-plus. and in yemen, for the seventh consecutive day, protests there. unusual, because there they got the attention of the president. another key usz ally in the fight against al qaeda. he said he wouldn't run again, his son wouldn't run. but they're upping their demands for regime change. >> we were able to see regime change in egypt. do you think we're going to see that? >> i think you're going to see a lot more of what's

say they they're not actually, most of them, bahrainis. they're from somewhere else. and in among the riot police are men in plain clothes with masks on their faces and a couple of them have video cameras videotaping the crowd. ironically, women who don't have veils here, but are fully covered, are shouting at these men, if you're real men, show your faces, show your faces. so, you know, these people are not backing down. this is a very defiant protest and we have every reason to believe it's going to keep on going, russ. >> president obama called the king of bahrain yesterday, also the crown prince told the military to go off the streets today. from your vantage point, is the u.s. having any sort of impact on what's going on in bahrain? >> it's -- it's quite possible they are, russ. because a phone call from president obama to the king here, and then suddenly we have the troops pulled back. that was not on offer until we heard about this phone call. so i think that probably the u.s. is putting a fair amount of pressure on them to make some gestures, get some talking

you are not hearing about egyptians or tunisians or bahraini people calling for u.s. help.se are people wanting to rebuild their countries. once tunisia is successful in removing their prime minister, they will not look for an american handout. they are looking for the west's support in preventing the dictator from slaughtering them appear that is a specific kind of help. that's because they don't have the ability to do that themselves. they will not what the u.s. to .ubsidize the libyan economy the libyan economy has a lot of oil. if the country public is gould with anything approaching a non- corrupt, effective government, the libyan economy has an opportunity to be very rich and ordinary libyans would have a chance to become quite well be very quickly host. host: tom, republican line. caller: thanks for taking my call. i have witnessed some of this so-called hate, the perceived bias of the support of israel of the united states. question about syria and demographics of the middle east, egypt and others, i think it is similar to syria, but in serious the son of the former

i would like to steal some words from a bahraini activist friend of mine who said the ripple effect may take years to come through, but it's done, the barrier of fear is broken. she's referring to the last two days, the idea that the barrier of fear is gone now. >> i'm david, it struck me as i came in here that we're in a situation where i thought it's almost bad, it's almost bad i didn't have time to checkly blackberry, we're sitting up here it could be changing by the second, it's so fluid. it's difficult to talk about, we could talk about how we got here in terms of talking about where we're going, it's very, very tentative. my headline would be absolutely momentous. let's keep in mind the events happening in the middle east right now are momentous. certainly the biggest in my lifetime. i think the consequences will effect them for a long time. i join jane in thinking the barrier of fear is broken but urge caution where we know that revolution can go various ways. if we see the uranium example, i don't want to see the new leadership of egypt end up in london in two years with the mus

reporter: state television showed weapons it clamtd were found in the protesters tents and pictures of bahraini police injured by the protesters. this is not just a pro-democracy movement against the government. the protesters are shiite and claimed they are treated like second class citizens by the sunni family. a sectarian struggle that has the region and the united states on edge. the united states uses the nay navy's fifth fleet based here to protect the oil lanes of the persian gulf and keep a close watch on iran. secretary clinton offered a careful rebuke of bahrain's crackdown. >> we call on restraint from the government to keep its commitment to hold accountable those who have utilized excessive force. >> reporter: protesters say bahrain appeared to show little restraint and meant to stop the demonstration in a single act of violence. unrest is extremely rare here, meredith. many gulf states are worried violence in this country could re-open an explosive sectarian divide. meredith? >> richard, thank you for your reporting. >> on a much lighter note at home we are getting much needed rel