affairs here in bed lynn and we're also joined from washington by our correspondent there all of a salih was outside the u.s. congress are welcome to you both let's start with you marco so we saw yet still to work evoking key moments in a shared european and defense history what was his he's main message today. well his main message there were several messages i think one important message was that not only does europe needs the united states and the nato alliance but the other way around that the united states benefits greatly from from the nato alliance by providing washington with twenty nine or twenty eight allies and that that you know from the u.s. perspective investment in nato is a good investment and that it will you know address the issue of fairness and burden sharing which i think is the key word there a lot of people not only president trying but a lot of people in washington really want to hear so i would say that these are among as his most important asset for us all of us in washington he was yet stoltenberg received a very warm welcome from both chambers of congress the

r orter: salih booker is the president and c.e.o. of the center for international policy. he says inoth countries, the demonstrations began as protests against local issues like food prices, but quickly became political calls for equality and fundamental change for generations of young protestors. >> they have not had eonal tiportunities, they have not had employment opportu, and they faced political restrictions on their freedom of speech, on thega freedom of zation. many of them have suffered from being imprisoned, and have had physical human rights abuses. >> reporter: mucof the region finds itself at a pivot point. in libya, general khalifa hifter is trying to become a new strongman, and has left the country on the verge of all-out civil war. and in mali, the prime minister and the entire government resigned yesterday, after ethnic violence that sparked widespread protests. the u.s. should side with the protestors who are demanding democracy, argues salih booker. >> traditionally, the u.s. preoccupation has been with stability, and traditionally, the united states has

it's run by a former moroccan featherweight champion salih a man who invests his time and money developing young fighting talents. the regional qualifying stages of the national championships are only days away and tension is building among some of the young fighters. the wait is as important for a boxer as for a jockey in horse racing they're either too light or too heavy one thousand year old my mom she wants to fight as a walter weight but is several kilos too heavy. whereas fifteen year old model ones it was and is still too light for his first competitive bout as they do near pin weight. was the sound i was used at zero zero zero zero zero zero zero as i deal with it it was monday night the office bustling. city was that. was. sad sad but it. was a sizable. lead to come so i don't like the song it was just seven weeks it was. going to be legal it is a. tough. business right now and i must have just lost my vote space museum crowd this is still something often happens off. the record should you worry about a voter very low budget with. inputs. you could do that make you scream go to sl