mahmoud abbas takes the palestinian initiative for an independent state to berlin and talks to chancellor merkel. and president obama plays a -- lays a wreath at ground zero in new york city. >>> western and arab countries opposed to muammar khaddafi have pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to help help the libyan rebels. ministers have made the pledge at work today. among them, the u.s., france, britain, qatar, and jordan. the aid is a boost to the disorganized rebels who failed to capitalize on the nato bombing campaign against khaddafi. >> they're trying to support a transfer of power from the gaddafi regime to the rebels. >> the first is the implementation of a temporary financial mechanism in order to deliver money to the national council. the second out, is the determination -- the second out, is to maintain pressure on gaddafi. >> they stressed the money made available was not to be used for weapons. that this will be used for salaries, medication, medicine, and food. and then also, the plan which has already been announced, to start rebuilding or reconstruction of the schools,

and now it was mostly anger and frustration at both at abbas for the delusional movemenin the united nations. and then no follow up. where has the american national interest disappeared on this one? >> charlie: we conclude with the administrative noaa jane lubchenco. >> many new discoveries have come from serendipity. and many new chemicals, for example, for medicine or new break throughs in technology have come from studying living organisms. we have a pretty good handle on a lot of the biodiversity on land. but the wealth of life in the oceans is virtually unexplored. >> the prime minister addresses u.s. congress. and we talk about the oceans next. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following: all across america. a storefront opens. or the midnight oil is burned. or when someone chases a dream, notust a dollar. they are small business owners. so if you wanna root for real hero, support small business. shop small. additional funding provided by these funders: captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: we

he says that he... >> rose: "he" being abbas? >> abbas. he going to organize it in a way that the purpose of it is to hold an election. so we say we're for democracy, israel says they're for democracy and we could not be discouraging the holding of an election. we think an election should be held and obviously we hope that abbas and the fatah party will win the election. not hamas. sendly, during the te which... between the time the ection is fixed and the election is held there will be an interim or traitiol government. under american law if hamas is a participant in that government and they stick to their current position... >> rose: which is in their charter in part. >> in part in the charter and in part in the other positions and fail to meet what are called the quartet principles, then u.s. aid will have to be cut off. now, however, there is a provision in american law that if the ministers in the government accept the quartet principles as abbas has accepted and propounded and supported for all this time, then it's possible that aid

this is a huge opportunity, as president obama said, both for him and for president abbas of palestine, to move forward and drop some of the old baggage. >> and in this speech, did we hear anything that if you or palestinian -- obviously that means different things to different people, certainly in terms of hamas and fatah, but did you hear something that you thought, this is good that he said that? >> well, i think the speech that he gave on thursday was in some sense weighted towards the palestinian side. and i think what he did today was correct the balance a little bit and answer some of the concerns that israelis have. but, you know, the palestinians have to show that they're in a position of being able to accept a settlement proposal, you know, a peace proposal was made to arafat, it was made to president abbas. they've had two. they've rejected them both. so the burden on the palestinians is to show that actually they are prepared to sit down and at some point negotiate the peace. >> i'm going to stop you two here. you're coming up later in the show. up next, we want to get reac

abbas a >> translator: there are achieved. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: unfortunately there have always been differences and conflicts between cities and gm. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: there are no immediate mutual interests to unify. [speaking in native tongue] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: egypt has presented itself a big brother of islamic countries and african countries where on the other side the iranian government considers itself a leader of the whole islamic world. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: the government of iran and the other party both embraced its sentiments. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: on the basis of the four regions there will be relations and political relations between iran and egypt but it is the normal relations like the relations of iran and italy. egypt is not going to become the puppet of iran. [speaking in native tongue] [laughter] >> translator: hosni mubarak and bent ali found power so sweet that they attacked artifacts. [speakin

what president abbas needs to do is to show that a palestinian leader can actually accept a peace. because two good offers have been made first to arafat, then to abbas, neither of them was accepted. so there is a burden on the palestinians to show and to prove that they're prepared to actually accept a deal that leads to peace. >> and there is a further burden as president obama said on the palestinians to show that this new union with hamas means that hamas will renounce violence and recognize the jew is state of israeli-- israel as part of any peace deal. >> woodruff: we will leave it there, jane harman and stephen hadley, thank you both. >> lehrer: still to come on the newshour: a newspaper editor targeted in bahrain; the republicans on the campaign trail; shields and brooks; and an ambassador for poetry. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the former head of the international monetary fund, dominique strauss-kahn, was released from jail in new york today. law enforcement officials said he posted $1 million bail and was taken under arm

president abbas used to rely on the support of president mubarak care.oth have been pushed hard by the new egyptian government to fix things. they will have to sort out how they manage their security forces. they have primal -- rival armed security forces in the west bank and gaza. it will be months for those to be sort out, if at all. >> a member of the palestinian legislative council joins us. thank you for joining us. they are still planning -- plenty of commentators rubbing their eyes at this occasion taking place. what makes you believe that it can stand the test of time? >> i think because it is become absolutely imperative, both for internal domestic reasons and regional developments. both sides have come to an understanding that they continue with this, it will cost him credibility, standing, and constituency under the palestinians. the palestinian public has been speaking out, putting pressure room both sides. we are committed to that well- being of palestine, in new better deal with this and quickly. it does not take a rocket scientist to put t

a senior palestinian official said abbas is thankful for obama's continued efforts toward restarting the peace negotiations. a senior u.s. researcher on the council for foreign relations kupchan said obama's speech marks a significant shift in u.s./middle east policy. >> he was trying to breathe new life into a negotiating process that has effectively been defunct. washington expects the israeli government to make some concessions. >> kupchan praised the speech as being carefully prepared to urge both israel and palestinians to break the impasse. >>> meanwhile, japan's foreign minister says the government supports obama's policy of backing political and economic reforms in the middle east. he said japan is willing to cooperate with the united states and the national community to help countries in the region turn into democratic, peaceful, and tolerant societies and attain peaceful economic development. >>> tokyo electric power company has posted one of the biggest losses on record due to the huge costs required to try to fix the fukushima daiichi power plant damaged in the march 11th

some mahmoud abbas and his hamas counterpart did not sign the deal. there deputies did. abbas remains confident. >> with this reconciliation, the palestinians have put the dark age of the vision behind them once and for all. >> the head of hamas looked on from the front row. in gaza, people celebrated the agreement, which ends four years of discord and tension in the palestinian territories. the deal could be a new beginning with ambitious goals. they include establishing a transitional government, elections within the next year, and the release of prisoners by both fought, and hamas. the uprising across the middle east of the arab world may have spurred the agreement. many palestinians are also tired of the conflict. the deal could be another step toward an independent palestinian state. one reason why israel has opposed the accord from the start. >> what happened today in cairo is a tremendous blow to peace and a great victory for terrorism. >> at the moment, hamas is honoring its ceasefire with the jewish state, but the peace deal between the palestinians and their ne

president abbas of the palestinian authority has to do what i did two years ago. two years ago, i spoke to my people and i said, i will accept a palestinian state. i think the president -- president abbas has to says these same six words to his people. i will accept the jewish state. you know what, i will give him a break. five words. i accept the jewish state. i think if he says that then that will move the process forward. people will say, okay, we have a real peace partner and for real peace, we're willing to move and move quickly. >> reporter: but why in the world is it an upheaval? isn't israel at risk of being isolated, of the u.n. taking action to declare a palestinian state? >> the world is changing. we want to make sure when we make peace we not only have somebody that will recognize us. but that we know we have a secure border to defend ourselves, not only to defend the peace but to defend ourselves if peace unravels. i think we are seeing what is happening in syria. we are seeing what is happening in other places in egypt. we don't know whether our peac

will the ring tone be abba?the song "dancing queen" by abba. he was giving a speech and turns off gingrich is the fan of the movie mama mia with meryl streep. the movie is based oon stage musical with the same name. the musical goes all the way back to the '70s and gingrich said he likes the sequence in the movie where they do "dancing queen." you would figure him to be a ted nugent fan, right? >> no one is going to hold this against him the fact that he likes this movie or song or anything else but it's been a rough week for the guy and this is another embarrassing moment. >> the guy has been showered with glitter, blasted by con ter serve tiffs and now he's publicly linked to abba. however, he's not the only politician that has made this connection. john mccain actually admitted into an interview that he likes abba, too, and used to play their song, take a chance on me at rallies. so republicans, they like abba. who knew? >> who knew? does john boehner like abba as well? we have a golf summit coming up? at lea

we will begin with hassan abbas giving a report for ten minutes or so. after that, we have our two panelists say a few words about the report. i will come back to hassan abbas if he has any response to what was set on the panel and make sure we have ample time for intervention from the floor. i also request members who say anything from the floor if they want. let me join in congratulating you for this report. the number of activities which are ongoing on the future of pakistan seems to be the flavor of the day. so projections and predictions and forecasts which i am part of myself as well. this is the most comprehensive and holistic product which i have seen so far so i want to congratulate you. it has the right mix of people. still i think it had a right mix of people which we don't see, pakistani and international experts. thank you very much. >> thank you very much, usip and asia society. it is an honor to be here for the third time in a month or so. i want to begin by thanking the asia society for the freedom to work on this project that they gave m

and what the decision made by president abbas and what that means for the region and for any kind of successful peace process. in light of that, or in the aftermath of that, i and a number of senators sent a letter to president obama. this letter is dated may the 6th. and i won't read all of it, obviously, but the one thing that i think is particularly relevant and important and i wanted to get your reaction to this is, we say in the last paragraph of this may 6th letter and i'm quoting, we urge you, urging the president here, we urge you to make clear to president abbas and the international community, the united states government to form a unity government that do not accept the quartet principles. those principles meaning that hamas must renounce violence, recognize israel and agree to abide by past agreements. in light of that condition or set of conditions, not having been effectuated or agreed to, what can you tell us about how the administration views not just the peace process more generally but specifically the peace process through the lens of this difficult question? >> th

president abbas must do what i have done. i stood before my people, and i told you, it wasn't easy for me. i stood before my people, and i said, i will accept a palestinian state. it's time for president abbas to stand before his people and say, i will accept a jewish state. those six words will change history. they'll make it clear to the palestinians that this conflict must come to an end. that they're not building a palestinian state to continue the conflict with israel, but to end it. and those six words will convince the people of israel that they have a true partner for peace. with such a partner, the palestinian or rather the israeli people will be prepared to make a far-reaching compromise. i will be prepared to make a far-reaching compromise. >> this compromise must reflect the dramatic demographic changes that have occurred since 1967. the vast majority of the 650,000 israelis who live beyond the 1967 lines reside in neighbor hoods and suburbs of jerusalem and greater tel aviv. now, these areas are densely populated

what mahmoud abbas is such a client of the united states and israel think he would have not taken this there who felt their permission there's something in the works and if i was a member of hamas or part of their government or their political party i would remember what happened with america chords how saudi arabia and tracked them into forming a government with mahmoud abbas in fact and then after the removed they diligent they took the legitimacy out of guys or they try to get as government has or the hamas government the there is something in the works here ok we'll leave it there as a row of very interesting to hear what you have to say thanks for joining us live there in canada. always question. well coming up at this hour here a lot see the u.s. of indicates it's torturing techniques by saying it helps us on the bin laden but a former interrogator said part of questioning defense of american detention centers only serve to fill al-qaeda ranks with details for you on that in just a few minutes from now. but first quarter sentence a nationalist one of the human rights lawyer and a

president obama abbas must do -- president abbas must do what i have done.u it wasn't easy for me, i stood before my people and said i will accept a palestinian state. it's time for president abbas to stand before his people and say, i will accept a jewish state. those six words will change history. now, make it clear to the palestinians that this conflict must come to an end. that they are not building a palestinian state to continue the conflict with israel, but to end it. those six words will convince the people of israel that they have a true partner for peace. with such a partner, the palestinian -- rather the israeli people will be prepared to make a far-reaching compromise. i will be prepared to make a far-reaching compromise. this compromise must reflect the dramatic demographic changes that have occurred since 1967. the vast majority of the 650,000 israelis who live beyond the 1967 lines reside in neighborhoods and suburbs of jerusalem and greater tel aviv. now, these areas are densely populated, but they are geographically quite small. and under an

hoping to convince benjamin netanyahu to resume peace talks with the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas. >>> we are unable to live properly, we are refugees. the gop -- some call it a betrayal. >> i think most of my people except for the religious extremists think the palestinians deserve more. >> reporter: the president is trying to move negotiations forward to keep the palestinians from bringing their bid for statehood to the united nations. that would further isolate israel, president obama says. >>> in the south bay, a man accused of killing his wife's puppy could be locked up for life. a drunk -- threw the chihuahua against a wall at his wife's home about a week ago. now he faces cruelty charges that could mean life behind bars under the three strikes law. his wife says it's an accident. he's a registered sex offender and has prior assault convictions. he's due in court tuesday. >>> this could be it. the world is supposed to end tomorrow. one sonoma county man is taking drastic measures. he's putting his pets down. a prophet by the name of bill tinker says since the animals can't g

for real. [ applause ] while obama was focusing on abbottabad, gingrich was focusing on abba.of glitter was that? i don't know what it did, but -- can you be against gay marriage when you have "dancing queen" as your ring tone? being against gay marriage when you have that as your ring tone is like being against gay marriage when you have "dancing queen" as your ring tone. doesn't make sense. [ applause ] and while newt was, of course, initially embarrassed, it seems like he's actually now embarr'ig it. >> newt gingrich. fighting to cut taxes and reform welfare. he can dance. he can jive. he's having the time of his life. newt gingrich. take a chance on him. take a chance. take a chance. >> i'm nuewt gingrich. and i think this message is fabulous. >> jimmy: that's nice. anti-gay marriage but very pro-gay music. i've always said, "mamma mia" will change a man. is everyone excited about the premiere of "the bachelorette." is anyone? this time around, it's a dental student named ashley. she'll be here on monday. when she gets here, i want to ask her about a promo abc is running.

i think president abbas has a simple choice. he has to decide if he negotiates or keeps his pact with hamas, or makes peace with israel. and i can only express what i said to you just now, that i hope he makes the choice, the right choice, in choosing peace with israel. the third reality is that the palestinian refugee problem will have to be resolved in the context of a palestinian state, but certainly not in the borders of israel. the arab attack in 1948 on israel resulted in two refugee problems -- palestinian refugee problem and jewish refugees, roughly the same number, who were expelled from arab lands. now, tiny israel absorbed the jewish refugees, but the vast arab world refused to absorb the palestinian refugees. now, 63 years later, the palestinians come to us and they say to israel, accept the grandchildren, really, and the great grandchildren of these refugees, thereby wiping out israel's future as a jewish state. so it's not going to happen. everybody knows it's not going to happen. and i think it's time to tell the

president obama abbas must do -- president abbas must do what i have done. i stood before my people, and i told you it wasn't easy for me, i stood before my people and said i will accept a palestinian state. it's time for president abbas to stand before his people and say, i will accept a jewish state. those six words will change history. now, make it clear to the palestinians that this conflict must come to an end. that they are not building a palestinian state to continue the conflict with israel, but to end it. those six words will convince the people of israel that they have a true partner for peace. with such a partner, the palestinian -- rather the israeli people will be prepared to make a far-reaching compromise. i will be prepared to make a far-reaching compromise. this compromise must reflect the dramatic demographic changes that have occurred since 1967. the vast majority of the 650,000 israelis who live beyond the 1967 lines reside in neighborhoods and suburbs of jerusalem and greater tel aviv. now, these areas are densely populated, but they are

abbas, say these five words -- "i want a jewish state." he will not. there is no leader of the palestinians who will say or resig "-- who will say or ever say "i accept the jewish state." >> let's talk about paul ryan again. >> did you just cost republicans control of the house? >> i think we were elected in this last election to take a stand on fixing this countries fiscal problems. >> what about your political career? >> i don't care about that. >> rising star, potential presidential candidate. >> this is not the time to be concerned about political careers. >> is he getting a raw deal here? >> turnabout, because you go back and look at some of the things that paul ryan said about the health plan. he got to the point of demagoguery, too. >> is he throwing granny under the bus? >> no, he is not. you of commercials of someone going over the hill -- >> somebody had to go first. we can argue the policy -- >> no, i gave him credit for stepping up. >> mark? >> it is a political disaster. let's be blunt about it -- the democrats ran on health care in 2008.

it is the palestinians, abbas, who has refused to jn negotiations, and what obama has done has undercut any leverage israel has had. >> i would quote shimon peres, who said that the children who were the slaves of the egyptians can not the occupiers and masters of other people. that is -- is -- we have continued expansion of the settlements. it is in fact, uninhibited -- it is unchecked and uninhibited by united states policy could president obama spoke truth to the israelis, increasingly alone. >> colby, this is not a new idea. we're in a talking about this in 2000? >> the negotiations would have to be along the lines of the u.n. resolution 242, which talks about going back to the pre-19 -- >> no, it does not. >> bush also said that the georgian had changed dramatically around -- the situation had changed dramatically around the notion of going to toward 42 would be difficult -- going ot 242 would be difficult. here is the problem i -- here is what i have a problem with, the situation with palestine. i don't think for one second that palestine would be demilitarized. >> like in gaza. t

the performers can seem a bit unpolished but you can't forget it propelled acts like abba and celine dion to international fame. with that in mind it's show time. >> ♪ >> the founders of the eurovision song contest were probably turning in their graves when the finnish shock rockers took to the stage in 2006. at the first contest 55 years ago, the winner was a thoroughly wholesome woman from switzerland. >> in the early days there wasn't the kind of music we have today. it would not have been possible. tastes in music have changed all over europe. people change, audiences change. audiences are younger and there are different styles of music. that's what we're seeing. >> recent competitions have often seen candidates from new eurovision countries such as be aer by jan and armenia. >> eastern europe has put in a strong showing. ukraine took home the top prize in 2004. in recent contests performers without pretensions have won the most votes like the norwegian who won in 2009. or germany's lena who shot into orbit with a tune called "satellite." >> ♪ oh, my god, this is so crazy! >> mus

>> president abbas welcomes the president's efforts to renew talks. but there is disappointment by the clear opposition voice of the u.s. in not wanting palestine to go to the un in september. they want to know what incentive there is to get both parties back to the negotiating table and what actions are the americans prepared to take if both parties will say no. >> was there anything that he said that could give impetus to revive the peace talks? >> he was very general, but clear in his speech on saying that permanent occupation will not solve the issue and he was also very clear on saying that the israelis have to move clearly back to the negotiation table. but the problem is that many people say that he did not give a clear timetable or any incentive basically to get those parties back to the negotiation table. >> right. thank you very much. turning out to other news -- a judge in new york has set bail for dominique strauss-kahn at $1 million. the former head of the international monetary fund will be under home detention with electronic monitoring

president abbas ryan pope: commissioner -- president o'brien: commissioner kasselman? commissioner kasselman: -- supervisor mar: by can think of about five within a 1.5 mile radius, and i think the coalition that united against the pet food express on lombard and then on california near the presidio is similar, and they are very similar of the pet stores. >> it my point is that there are, i am sure, i imagine that the fed would not necessarily be in the richmond area, but it will trickle into neighboring areas, as well. shops on polk affected, but that would be an interesting study to do. president to brian: -- president o'brien: anyone else? we're talking about leveling the playing field, which kind of suggests their competition. is this an outright ban altogether on this particular company coming in in effect, is it just an outright ban altogether? >> i think this area is really struggling right now, especially this district, and there are plenty of other spots in other areas, may be other areas that might want a petco or another chain store, but for this area, it wi

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president abbas rejected israel's criticism. he said reconciliation is an internal matter for palestinians. tensions over policy toward israel helped bring down a previous palestinian unity government in june of 2007, and sparked a civil war. after five days of fighting hamas seized control of gaza, and expelled fatah. that left two competing palestinian governments with hamas running gaza, and the palestinian authority controlling the west bank. in january of 2009, israel invaded gaza, seeking to end a barrage of rocket fire by hamas militants. an unofficial truce followed, and hamas said this week it would continue to abide by the cease-fire. today, palestinians on both sides celebrated the unity deal. hundreds of people took to the streets in the west bank. and in gaza, where hamas permitted residents to wave yellow fatah banners along with green hamas flags for the first time in four years. >> sreenivasan: in washington, a state department spokesman voiced reservations about the palestinian agreement. but he said, "we'll wai

a spokes person for abbas welcomed the news on monday. >> getting rid of bin laden is good for the cause of peace worldwide. >> hamas leader and former palestinian prime minister hania condemned the u.s. policy. >> translator: the killing is a continuation of u.s. policy based on oppression and the shedding of muslim and arab blood. we condemn the assassination of an arab hy warrior. >> ahan president hamid karzai called on nato troops to stop bombing afghan villages now that bin laden has been killed. emphasizing many afghan civilians were killed in terrorist and military activities during the search for bin laden, karzai said the afghan people are the ultimate victims. about 3,000 people were killed in the terrorist attacks on september 11th, 2001. 24 of the casualties were japanese. their eldest son, a 34-year-old bank employee, was one ofhe victims of the 9/11 attacks. he was working in new york's world trade center. for the past ten years, his parents have agonized over the loss of their son, while also desperately wanting to know why the tragedy happened. >> translator: i personall

i say to abbas-- tear up your pact with hamas. sit down and negotiate.with the jewish state. ( applause ) and if you do, i promise you this-- israel will not be the last country to welcome a palestinian state as a new member of the u.n.; it will be the first to do so. ( applause ) >> holman: netanyahu praised america as a rock-solid ally in the pursuit of peace and the war on terror. the prime minister also urged the u.s. to go further and make certain that iran is not allowed to develop nuclear weapons. ( shouting ) >> holman: there was one brief moment of discord when an anti- israel protester interrupted the speech. but netanyahu praised her as a sign of a strong democracy. after the speech, the prime minister spent many minutes personally greeting members of congress, shaking hands with scores of them inside the chamber. and outside, many lawmakers reacted favorably to netanyahu's address, a mixture of potent political rhetoric and policy prescription. house republicans, including dana rohrabacher of california, had invited the israeli leader to spea