earlier tonight i spoke about the rising dissention with abbas milsani. the clerics are even coming out. what does this mean at this point? >> i think it means there's a major risk within the iranian political and religious elite, and it means that some of the spiritual pillars of shiism based in the city have recognized that the status quo is untenable and that the anger that people have shown must be either responded to or it will bring more and more serious threats to their faith and to the regime in the long run. >> doesn't this just embolden the reform and it threatens -- it does threaten ahmadinejad, does it not? >> i think it's very much a threat to mr. ahmadinejad, and it is clear that ahmadinejad feels the threat. they have canceled several of his trips, including one that was scheduled to go to libya. clearly, they feel under the gun. they realize that they have made a mistake that might mean the end of the regime, and the harsh rhetoric of the past few days has only strengthened the opposition and the resolve of these clergy and many other seni

earlier tonight i spoke about the rising dissention with abbas milsani. he's director of iranian studies at stanford university. take a listen to our conversation. the clerics are even coming out. in some ways against this disputed election. what does that mean at this point? >> i think it means there's a major risk within the iranian political and religious elite, and it means that some of the spiritual pillars of shiaism based in the city have recognized that the status quo is untenable and that the anger that people have shown must be either responded to or it will bring more and more serious threats to their faith and to the regime in the long run. >> that's what i was going to ask you. doesn't this just embolden the reform and it threatens -- it does threaten ahmadinejad, does it not? >> i think it's very much a threat to mr. ahmadinejad, and it is clear that ahmadinejad feels the threat. they have canceled several of his trips, including one that was scheduled to go to libya. clearly, they feel under the gun. they realize that they have made a mista

he changed his name to abba. all took hebrew names. >> when you talk about the religious state. the last time somebody told me that only 25% of the israels are synagogue going. >> the leaders and founders of israel weremo secular zionists. they had created the labor society. these were secular socialists. why then today are so many rules over there based on religion? >> they had to make a comprimise with the jews there that were religson. part of the comprimise is that they would let them set some of the social rules. >> we were talking about when the two of you met and got married. writing a book together, does that help or hurt a marriage. >> we are great partners. we have this in common. where he can travel together and put together a story. >> we have different strengths. allis is a great organizer. >> i find it tedious to organize and put together material. she does that, has no problem with it. sme creates this outline and puts this stuff together and arranges it. then i do a first draft. we actually rewrot

abbas milani, the director of iranian study, joins us now.hy was today's event so worrisome to the regime that they brutally cracked down like this? >> the regime has become increasingly worried about show of force of the opposition. the opposition demanded a silent demonstration in that site. they promised not to have any speakers. the regime knew there would probably be a couple million people. they denied the permit. nevertheless, people risked life and limb and came out in thousands and they came out in three different sites. >> it is incredible, given the crackdowns, given all the violence we've seen, given the fact that there are untold members of people in prison and god knows how many people have been killed by the regime in this round, that still, thousands of people came out today. >> i think it speaks to the degree of anger and frustration that people have and to the determination to see a change they have been fighting for for a very long time. they honestly see a regime that is also cracking. there are signs, increasing signs. >>

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"he broke it,ty should fix it" abbas said tersely, alluding to schwarzenegger's refusal to fix it, but not closing the entire deficit. the governor's using media tools to give his side of the budget. he is actually sending tweets of what is happening in the state budget. for example, july 1, posted at 1:11 a.m., a "is almost 10:00 and they are still running drills of stairs, trying to pass the same bills id total hours ago. we need to solve the deficit." another mode he and his staff are using is youtube, they have created a video that gives their perspective on how the legislature is approaching this budget. >> right now, in the midst of a budget crisis, they are debating about couch tales. -- cow tails. >> [unintelligible] ç>> and i think that this is inexcusable. i mean, how can they explain this to the californian people, that in the midst of the biggest budget crisis, we are having a debate about khost tales. -- cow tails. >> here is what it looks like to the orange county french page. they note that the speaker storms out of the movie as the governor uses social media to tell hi

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at the military headquarters we met major general abbas.rmy link to the taliban were turned down after 9/11 but -- >> having said that, an organization in the world shut its last door on any other organization. >> reporter: and more than talking to the taliban, the general says the pakistan military can actually get the taliban to sit down with the united states and broker a ceasefire. and that's where pakistan can perhaps provide valuable assistance. >> i think that's possible. >> reporter: and this is one of the men he says can help work that deal. >> people like me who serve the cause of the freedom in pakistan. >> reporter: former ally general hamid gul, the equivalence of the pakistan's cia, known as the isi, he is famed as the godfather of the taliban. >> no policemen. >> reporter: how? in terms of national american interests, who does america need to die along with? >> mullah omar. >> reporter: the most important taliban leader. but to get him and the other talibans to the table pakistan wants something in return. it wants the united

. ♪ [ "dancing queen' by abba plays ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome to the show. >> oh, wow yeah, we actually -- i was watching your premiere episode and my husband -- it was the moment i think my husband realized i was a total loser. and the band started playing. and i'm like, "oh, my god! it's the 'yo gabba gabba!' band!" and i got really excited. >> jimmy: for "yo gabba gabba!"? >> yeah. sorry, i was really excited about that. [ laughter ] i was. and he just put his head down and was highly embarrased. but for every parent o there, they know what the "yo gabba gabba!" band is. >> jimmy: you have a baby? >> i have a baby, a 1-year-old, yeah. >> jimmy: amazing. does a baby 1ear-old watch tv? >> oh, of course, oh, my god. are you kidding? >> jimmy: oh, i don't know. >> how else can i get anything done if he's not watching tv? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: i don't know, yeah. i don't know. >> oh, he's really into them, yeah. >> jimmy: really? yeah. >> jimmy: oh, i like it. so, "yo gabba gabba!," yeah, i saw that, too. was that the family -- what was the name of your song? >> tiriq:

at the military headquarters we met major general athar abbas who concedes the army's links with thet having said that, intelligence organization in the world shuts its last door on any other organization. >> and more than talking to the taliban, the general says the pakistan military can actually get the taliban to sit down with the united states and broker a cease-fire. >> and that's where pakistan can perhaps provide valuable assistance to the american mission? >> i think, yes, that can be worked out. that's possible. >> reporter: and this is one of the men who says he can help work that deal. >> people like me who serve the cause of the freedom of afghanistan. >> former cia ally general hamid gul, once the head of pakistan's equivalent of the cia known as the isi, he is famed as the godfather of the taliban. >> the guarantees can be given, no problem. >> how? in terms of american national interests, who does america need to dialogue with? >> mullah omar, no one else. >> mullah omar, the most important taliban leader. but to get him and the other talibans to the table, pakistan wa

british built in west point, they would have accomplished what they hoped to accomplish in 1776, and abbas they would control the hudson river. and if they controlled the hudson river, in new york and the four new england states would be decided from all of the states on the other side of the hudson river, and would probably have been unthinkable for the americans to have continued the war in this situation. >> you mentioned earlier the disagreement rush limbaugh had with washington about a northern campaign and went on to describe how russian balsam and across the only as four s chesapeake. do i take from that that he essentially maneuvered washington however wisely and to falling on and taking on the yorktown campaign? >> i'm glad you raised that point because i didn't have time to develop it earlier. when washington met with roche jimbo at the wethersfield conference and he wrote the letter to degrase to come to the chesapeake bay and new at that point or is a fairly small british army, relatively small, about 2500 men in virginia. washington thought that was pretty small potatoes and h

at the military headquarters, we met maj general abbas who concedes the army's links with the talibann after 9/11 but -- >> but having said that, if more intelligence organization in the world shuts its last door on any other organization. >> reporter: and more than talking to the taliban, the general says, the pakistan military can actually get the taliban to sit down with the united states and broker a cease-fire. and that's where pakistan can perhaps provide valuable assistance to the american mission. >> i think, yes, that can be worked out. that's possible. >> reporter: and this is one of the men who says he can help work that deal. >> people like me, who served the cause of the freedom of afghanistan? >> reporter: former cia ally, general hamid gul, one of the head of the equivalent of the cia, known as the isi, he is famed as the godfather of the taliban. >> guarantees can be given, no problem. >> reporter: in terms of american national interest, who does american need to deal with? >> mullah omar. >> reporter: mullah omar, the most important taliban leader, but to get him and

including repurchase of preferred shares and warrants and treasurys evaristus abbas management structure for t.a.r.p.. as of july 10th, 2009 treasury disperse about three and a 61 billion of the roughly 700 billion in t.a.r.p. funds, most of the fund's 204 billion went to purchase preferred shares and support ventures of over six and a 50 ledger of institutions under the cap will purchase program. this continues to be office of financial stability is primary vehicle for stabilizing financial markets. the same time it continues to purchase preferred shares institutions that have paid over 70 billion to repurchase shares. as of july 10th, 12 and 33 french institutions repurchase their preferred shares had also repurchase their warrants and three others repurchased their one preferred stock treasury and in aggregate's return of about $80 million per lb although the office of financial stability and the regulators have established criteria for setting the applications, the regulators criteria for determining when institutions can repurchase preferred stock from treasury lack adequate transpa

now, the afghan -- the pakistan military spokesman, general abbas, went even further.alking to these troops -- to their afghan taliban, but we can bring them to the negotiating table with the united states with the view to brokering a cease-fire. this is something that the bush administration waited almost seven years to hear from the pakistani military. these could potentially be the first major breakthrough in the long run in conflict. kiran? >> pakistan want in return? >> pakistan's made it very clear -- their number one rival, their military foe in the region is india. and what many americans don't understand is that much of the conflict in afghanistan involves that rivalry between pakistan and india. both of those nations are using afghanistan to compete for influence. indeed, in kabul, the indian government has enormous influence with the the karzai government. the karzai government in relationship with pakistan is strained and full of friction. so what pakistan is saying is we will bring you the taliban to talk to but we want to tell india to back off. and senio

a lot of americans like their music, abba. who doesn't. a lot of americans like their furniture.neral do not like their tax code. here's why. if you make $1 million in sweden, you could end up paying $550,000 in taxes. 55%. according to the tax foundation here in the u.s., if one of the versions of the house democrats health care plan passes, some americans in 39 states could end up paying 50% of their income or more in their taxes. well, before you groan in despair, you should know on the upside in exchange for all that money in sweden, they have better health outcomes and spend less of a percentage of their overall budget on health care than we do in the u.s. but that might not be convincing enough for some politicians like nancy pelosi, who is worried about the democrats and especially well-to-do democrats, whether they going to support this and the president who has cause to worry about independents. so the big question today that we are going to ask is are democrats in danger of losing the rich. >> that's a great question. let's talk about it with gloria borger, our senior p

in honor of john grantville and abbas mohammed you say disestablishing the staff care ward, which willrecognize usaid employees who made significant contributions to the agency's staff. in addition, the john grantville secondary school is due to open this fall in sudan's blue nyles the. john had a special attachment to the blue nile state in the fact the school was being built in his name with the support and cooperation of u.s. government, the sudanese government in this government of southern sudan is a fitting memorial to a man who dedicated his life to helping sudan's people. thank you mr. chairman, ranking member lugar for giving me the opportunity to speak on behalf of usaid. we appreciate your continued dedication to the sudanese people in your commitment is peace and stability. >> thank you very much administrator gast. general, share with us if you will your perception of the situation on the ground, the dynamics on the ground in darfur now, and particularly the current status of activities of the principal rebel groups. >> sir, what we are doing right now is trying to cope wi

they have shown themselves to be anti-hispanic and anti-woman, and abbas ali we have been watching them do this. >> guest: steve, thank you so much for your call. >> host: mary on the republican line from michigan? >> caller: no, i am steve. let's go sorry, next colletti on the democratic line from floral park, new york. leni, are you there? >> caller: i am here. good morning mr. anderson. >> guest: good morning sir. >> caller: my comment is just a comment. my comment is this, it is just a comment. now, everyone that comes before the supreme court basically is qualified. that is not the issue. the thing that the democrats and republicans are not really looking at is that a lifetime appointment is just what it is. you will see that judge sotomayor will follow the law and as many times as you think that she will be voting along liberal lines so to speak, she will be siding with the conservatives and you will see 6-3 many times as much as you will see 5-4. remember that hugo black, when he was appointed years ago as a former member of the ku klux klan, who then became a liberal. the same t

some who have come from the center of american progress folks want to try to make mahmoud abbas and fatah and give them another chance at legitimacy and they have been undermined whether by israeli governments or that the united states their legitimacy and their credibility has been undermined and negotiations and moderate players can be winners and deliver, you know, positive public goods their people. i call that too much too late strategy. and fundamentally it depends upon you not taking into account at all what has happened under the bush administration. and how that group collapsed in terms of legitimacy in the eyes of their people. so i don't know -- dealing with hamas is not a quick fix to anything. but not finding a way to sort of look at it probably continues the incrementalism and inertia that's been preventing any sort of leap forward. i believe there's no incrementalist ways and you've got to begin in a very nixonian way begin imagining ways things that gravitational forces have taken and taking leaps in doing things that seemed quite impossible today but you've got to think o

this is the pakistani military spokesman asar abbas. >> and that's where pakistan can perhaps sur pro-viderican mission. >> i think yes, that can be helped out. that's possible. >> he's saying on the record he wants to work out some relationship, if you will, between the u.s. and the taliban. >> no, i don't know what he's talking about. the taliban and al qaeda are linked like this. and unless the taliban repudiates al qaeda publicly, this is a nonstarter. >> he's also confirming on the record that there's a relationship that continued between the pakistani government and the taliban. let's listen to this. listen. >> intelligence organization and the world shuts its last door on any other organization. >> a long history of the pakistan intelligence service working with the taliban. and he said they're not shutting the door. >> i don't know what he's specifically referring to. shot shutting the door. the united states and president karzai have long said that taliban reconciliation is part of our program. people who work with the taliban, who support them, who want to lay down their arms an

shall establish the criteria for eligibility for benefits, as abbas benefits levels, as i was mechanisms for collecting and is giving payments and provide the mechanisms to assist beneficiaries in the use of benefits. i am reading from the language of the amendment. then he's directed to promulgate such regulations as are necessary to carry out the class program in accordance with this title. and then under seven to take any action of appropriate to develop manage and maintain the class independence benefit program a including making adjustments to benefits paid ads that premiums collected in order to and then this is the language i read earlier -- maintain program solvency and ensure the program remains that as a neutral. and then he required to report. there is nothing here to frighten anybody. i am just reading to you my dear friends in politics the language of the amendment which should be a great source of comfort. it is voluntary, they don't have to do it, it's got to be naturally sound, and the secretary is given clear instructions as to how he is to administer it, and to keep an

in addition to we're continue to work with the architect's office to monitor this abbas transportationplan nora to balance a access of ability to challenge visitors with the security needs of the complex. before i close of like to thank all the men and women of the united states capitol police were the work today to maintain the security of the capitol complex in order to protect our legislative process. i'm extremely proud of is one of them. in again, out like to thank the members of the committee for inviting me here to testify before you today and i'd be happy to answer any questions you have. >> the gary much. thank you very much. >> thank you madam chair, members of the subcommittee. is predicted that the last summer subcommittee hearing the cbc did open one december 2nd, since then we continue to work on remaining items that reduce the number from about 3,000 at the time of the last year to about 300 today. i've also reduced the number of open change orders to about a hundred. expect most of these items to be corrected by the end of september with only a few items such as cyanoge