where king abdullah threw his verbal shoe at obama the next headline reads saudi arabia's king abdullah passed away this is. in the islamic paper and apparently after the phone call sources stated that king abdullah was furious and then suffered a sudden heart attack doctors ran to his rescue but were unable to save him he was pronounced dead but his death was not reported due to the sensitive conditions that exist in the region the saudi arabian government will reject this claim but the ball is in their court to prove he is the law no it was just a little gas. and oil but it could be you know a planted headline that this is like you throw too many shoes at us king abdullah fake king you know this is the headline that you will be reading you're going to die of a sudden heart attack it could be you falling from a plane from thirty thousand feet in the air who knows you're going to die some way what a stroppy little drama queen that king abdullah. feels like that character in that t.v. show i'm having a hard to like fred sanford from sanford as. little as a blue king abdullah so saudi ara

and abdullah did so. he spoke with the british consul general, horatio kitchener, an extraordinary figure, and also with kitchener's oriental secretary, a younger man named sir ronald stores. this figure. and what did abdullah want? and the answer is, he wanted machine guns. he wanted to know if britain would support his father in a rebellion against the ottoman empire, the turks. the british turned him down, explaining to him that they wanted to maintain friendly relations with the ottoman empire. but then, of course, world war i began. britain feared, quite correctly, that the ottoman empire would side with the germans, and then what would happen? well, they feared that british muslim subjects living in egypt and in the i -- in in the sudan and above all in india, in be present day pakistan, would heed the call of the ottoman sultan who would demand that they wage holy war against turkey's enemies, that they would wage a jihad. and then they recalled their pre-war conversations with abdullah, and they r

but understand something -- that yes, the regimes in the middle east from king abdullah to the saudi king abdullah, across north africa and the middle east, they have to be very worried about the impact of this. but remember that the only arab democracy that we currently have in this region is the one built by the united states in iraq some when we talk about democracy, the way we talk about it here in the west has a fundamentally different meaning than it has in the middle east. and because you have so many developed muslims across this region, if they are given the vote, the chances are you're not going to get a democracy but very strong islamists, influences, just as we saw in 2006 with the vote in gaza. remember, we're hearing the same kind of talk now with the muslim brotherhood in egypt. we hear the brotherhood would only get 20, 30% of the vote. that's the same percentage we were told hamas would get in gaza. guess what? they got 70% of the vote. tread very carefully here. >> threat me clear this up before we go. who is in still in charge? >> omar suleiman >> egyptians are not

hassan himself has been a bit of a reformer as has king abdullah in jordan.ms, he was resisted by the east bank establishment, a phenomenon that you have around the arab world. it's not just the regimes that are resistant to change, but those who have benefited from the regimes. the business community and so on. you see it in egypt, as well. now, the question will be whether king abdullah of jordan will go to the east bank establishment and say, "gentlemen, it's sink or swim. we have to move now." if so, i think that jordan can resist the contagion, as it were, of instability. >> schieffer: let me ask you also about this. is the united states sending mixed diplomatic signals? you had president obama calling on mubarak last tuesday to begin a transition, in his words, now. but then, yesterday, i guess it was, we had frank wizner who was sent to the region to talk to president mubarak of egypt coming out and saying this. listen to what he had to say. >> the president must stay in office in order to steer those changes through. i therefore believe that president

the demonstrators want president ali abdullah salo step after more than two decades in power. they also say the government should do more to tackle poverty. afp reports troops fired on hundreds of protesters in the southern city of addan wednesday killing two men. riot police fired warning shots at the student demonstrators in sanaa, where anti-government rallies have continued for six days in a row. >>> we'll be back with more news in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

yemen, thousands of people took to the streets for a seventh day, demanding an end to president ali abdullah saleh's 30-year rule. in bahrain, the army was deployed across the capital to restore order there. officials are concerned the unrestn bahrain could destabilize the region. security forces have above the strict measures to stop the protests. >> the message sent by army tanks rolling through the streets on thursday was clear. bahrain's rulers want to ensure this does not become another cairo. unlike in egypt, they have the support of the military. a defense ministry spokesman urged people to avoid gathering in central areas. the protesters' tent city and has been flattened, the remains of a crushed the uprising. security personnel stormed the square late wednesday night. witnesses said they came from all directions, firing tear gas and rubber bullets. >> we did not harm or attack anybody. we were sleeping peacefully when they took us by surprise and attacked us. >> despite the violent crackdown, bahrain's opposition says it will not abandon its called for wide-ranging political reforms

. >>> in jordan king abdullah has replaced the prime minister. the country's leaders are apparently concerned that the demonstrations in tunisia and egypt could spread to jordan. several thousand jordanians have been holding rallies on a daily basis inspired by the mass demonstrations in tunisia and egypt. people are protesting inflation and high unemployment. on tuesday, the cabinet of prime minister samir rifai stepped down. the government worked out measures to raise wages for public servants two weeks ago. he failed to satisfy the protesters and more people joined the demonstrations. king abdullah appointed marouf bakhit as the next prime minister and asked him to form a new cabinet. bakhit is a former conservative premier with a military background. opposition parties dismissed the appointment saying bakhit is unlikely to reform the country. >>> and in business news, u.s. manufacturing grew in january at the fastest clip since may 2004 indicating the sector will continue to feel the recovery this year. the institute for supply management's m

what abdullah tells me is that in a reasonable months, he would make about $300 worth of profit. that is having paid a small number of employees that he has. compared with that $300, he says the damage from this round of floods has amounted to to $6,000, and in january's floods, there was even more damage, about $10,000, which is about 1 million sri lankan krispies -- monetary units. they wonder how people like this and the tens of thousands in sri lanka affected by these could possibly get their lives back together again financially, if nothing else, and move forward. >> charles haviland there for us. greek authorities say they suspected somali pirate have captured a u.s.-bound tanker carrying around $200 million of crude-oil in the indian ocean off of the coast of oman. the tankers is one of the largest in the area so far. just yesterday, an italian tanker was taken, adding to fears that things are spiraling out of control. and in syria, they can now access to social networking sites after korea blocked for three years. reports from damascus strongly suggest the block on youtub

obama spoke with british prime minister david cameron, king abdullah of jordan, and the prime minister of turkey, emphasizing that democracy will bring more, not less, stability to the region. >>> and this country's top military officer left for the middle east today. admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs, will meet with jordan's king abdullah and prime minister benjamin netanyahu of israel to reassure them of u.s. support. >>> and a program note. david gregory will have much more on the revolution in egypt tomorrow on "meet the press," and as congress prepares to take on major legislation, a sunday exclusive with house speaker john boehner. that's tomorrow morning here on nbc. >>> when "nightly news" continues this saturday evening, a deadly explosion raises new questions about the safety of america's gas pipelines. we'll be right back. >>> there are new questions about the safety of this country's gas pipelines, millions of miles of them, after a series of explosions this week, including one in pennsylvania that left five people dead. nbc's tom costello has more tonight.

. >> susie: also today, saudi arabia's king abdullah went on the offensive, promising his subjects $36 billion of benefits to deal with housing, education, and unemployment issues. our guest tonight was recently in egypt and saudi arabia. he is the chief executive of pimco, the world's largest bond fund. joining us now, mohamed el- erian. great to see you again. >> thank you. >> susie: let's start talking about saudi arabia. do you think that there's a risk of the revolt in the middle east spreading to saudi arabia? >> it's possible but not probable. in the sense that saudi arabia is a higher per capita income. as you just noted king abdullah is trying to get ahead of this process by recognizing that people are worse off because of higher commodity prices and higher food prices. and saudi arabia is able to pre-empt, if you like, much of the, plus it's a monarchy, plus it has legitimacy in terms of... so i think we'll see more generally going forward is a lot more differentiation within the middle east and north africa. >> susie: meanwhile investors and traders are factoring in a lot of

injured and analysts have gone so far as to say that the next few weeks a critical the president abdullah abdullah saleh who has been in power for more than thirty years we witnessed also in play in two protesters killed by the violence happened in a funeral procession that was mocking the death of one protester yesterday monday and here to the violence is almost unabated between pro and anti government demonstrators the problem of a flame is that you have a seventy percent majority that is shiite and you have a small sunni monarchy and that is what the confrontation is over we witnessing violence all research in iran today members of parliament called for the execution to linda's of the opposition parties they charge them with the constraints in these anti-government demonstrations on monday there were protests across the rally tens of thousands of people taking to the streets there and even a new revolutionary guard used batteries and tear gas injuring a number of people and killing one person not egypt too has not seen an end to the upheaval there the parliament has been disbanded the

this morning yemen's president ali abdullah saleh said he would not seek re-election or hand power over to his son. a huge anti-government rally is planned for tomorrow in yemen. on tuesday, amid growing protests, jordan's king abdullah fired his cabinet and promised to hold long-delayed elections. >>> this morning, one of the most powerful storms in australia's history is about to strike its northeast coast. cyclone yasi is 300 miles wide, packing winds of 186 miles per hour. residents are fleeing the coast, and evacuation centers are already full. government officials warn the storm has the potential to be catastrophic. >> the window of opportunity for you to get to a safer area is closing very quickly. do not bother to pack bags. just grab each other and get to a place of safety. >> storm surges of nearly seven feet are expected. cyclone-force winds are expected to reach 250 miles inland. >>> the fbi and cia are refusing comment on a new disclosure from wikileaks involving a 9/11 attack. "the washington post" says a classified u.s. diplomatic cable obtained by the wikileaks website i

as you said a moment ago we don't know the armies into tunisia we don't know either the king king abdullah of jordan is trying to maintain his throne and maintain stability and we'll see whether he succeeds he and his family have managed to do it for sixty is king abdullah of saudi arabia is also trying to maintain what is the most repressive regime here and we'll see whether he is able to keep to keep the lead but there is there is it's more a question of what which told me no is not at risk rather than saying where the next one is going to be now i'm i'm running very low on time here but when it comes to the regional unrest whether it's north africa the middle east are these just purely domestic issues can the west have any true role in this or is it used to seeing itself is grossly powerless as the chaos spreads. it does not have a huge amount of power but it has a huge interest in the whole world is a huge interest because most of our oil comes from this area so if things become bad become problematic it's not just a problem for the west it's a problem for china which will see which ge

thousands of algerians took to the streets of their capital to demand the resignation of president abdullah disease a beautifully police detained more than four hundred demonstrators in clashes across the city algeria has officially been in a state of emergency for nineteen years allowing authorities to ban public demonstrations protesters though ignore the ruling following uprisings in tunisia and egypt forcing algerian authorities to reconsider that declaration. well coming your way in about twenty minutes time here on our t.v. we spoke to the voices on american streets activist political rapper and one who says everything's in place for a revolt to happen in america. the same set of conditions that existed in cairo exist in new york city exist in miami florida they exist in los angeles you have a ruling class with abuse of power i was recently in cairo. and i was there on a humanitarian aid mission to help the people in gaza in order for us to get to gaza we had to jump through so much wrong with it and we began to understand that not only did the government what was the controlled by bu

king abdullah of jordan is extraordinarily intelligent, thoughtful, sensitive, in touch with his people. the monarchy there is very well respected, even revered. i think there are many things that they can do and will do in approaching this that can meet the aspirations of their people. but, you know, i think secretary clinton gave a very fine speech in qatar a few weeks ago really on the cuss-of all this. she made it very clear i thought in very direct and candid terms that the middle east was facing the very challenge that has now erupted in tunisia and in egypt. i think that, you know, for some time many of us have been talking privately with leaders over there and occasionally publicly. last year i spoke at the islamic conference and similarly laid out thoughts about what was to come if there wasn't better governance, if there wasn't a response to the aspirations of people, if they didn't work to address the humiliation and anger and frustration of young people growing up without opportunities. that's what this is about. i think if we altogether move to address it, it can actually w

abdullah who sits behind and continues to jump up here to the microphone on the first allowance a publicment.

saudi king king abdullah invited the king to discuss the enrest wednesday night. the meeting came as anti-government demonstrations in bahrain grow. on tuesday, tens of thousands of shia muslims protested against sunni rule on the streets of the capital manama. sunny muslims also hold power in saudi arabia, despite growing minority shia muslims' frustrations in the oil rich east. the country has seen calls on the internet for large scale anti-government demonstration on march 11th. the saudi government on wednesday unveiled a package worth $36 billion to help boost youth employment and support poor people. the measures are being viewed as an attempt to redistribute oil wealth to appease the public and prevent the uprising from spreading. >>> the turmoil in libya is worsening. leader moammar al gadhafi faces mounting pressure to step down despite a strong show of defiance. support for anti-government protests is growing in the military. waves of demonstrations continue across the country, pitting security forces against demonstrators. anti-government protesters con

abdullah who sits behind and continues to jump up here to the microphone on the first allowance a publicment. >> do you have anything in regards to this? >> i did want to comment on that. we were unnerved by so and so who speaks in a very almost antagonistic way. his tone and delivery prevented me from speaking about those issues. do you understand that? supervisor campos:-- president chiu: the you have any comments on the capital exemption? >> after the speaker came up a microphone, i lost my train of thought. president chiu: any other speakers on the motion to continue? with that, public comment is closed. any objection to a motion to continue? without objection, these items will be continued to march 22. if we can now go to general public comment. >> good afternoon, supervisors. ♪ i was just outside there, getting autographs with desmond of green bay packer frame i'm glad i came la da da da dah dah dah dah dah da dah me and mayor lee me and mayor lee i called the mayor i told him my plan to make the city the best it can ha nana na na na me and mayor lee gonna make the city the best i

yemen, thousands of people took to the streets for a seventh day, demanding an end to president ali abdullah saleh's 30-year rule. in bahrain, the army was deployed across the capital to restore order there. officials are concerned the unrest in bahrain could destabilize the region. security forces have above the strict measures to stop the protests. >> the message sent by army tanks rolling through the streets on thursday was clear. bahrain's rulers want to ensure this does not become another cairo. unlike in egypt, they have the support of the military. a defense ministry spokesman urged people to avoid gathering in central areas. the protesters' tent city and has been flattened, the remains of a crushed the uprising. security personnel stormed the square late wednesday night. witnesses said they came from all directions, firing tear gas and rubber bullets. >> we did not harm or attack anybody. we were sleeping peacefully when they took us by surprise and attacked us. >> despite the violent crackdown, bahrain's opposition says it will not abandon its called for wide-ranging political refor

ding abdullah of jordan refused to meet him. >> a conversation with the distinguished scientist who is leaving as president of rockefeller university to go back to london will be seen next week. tonight. tonight we devote our attention again to libya when we continue. funding for charlie rose was provided by the following: ( in a business like ours, personal connections are so important. we use our american express open gold card to further those connections. last year we took dozens of trips using membership rewards points to meet with the farmers that grow our sweet potatoes and merchants that sell our product. we've gone from being in 5 stores to 7,500. booming is using points to make connections that grow your business. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: with large stretches of eastern libya controlled by opposition forces, attention today turned to the western part of the country. colonel qaddafi is strulg ling to hold on to tripoli and cities near it. there were reports towns 10 miles from the capital had

president ali abdullah saleh has offered some concessions. police used tear gas to protestors in bahrain. opposition groups have called the day of an end the gulf. a course in ecuador has fined the -- chevron for polluting rivers and rainforest. the company dumped toxic materials in ecuador's northern jungle. >> according to the lawsuit, the collision took place over a 20- year period starting in 1972. past waves of the amazon region the damage in the dumping of toxic materials. the case was brought against chevron on behalf of 30,000 ecuadorian. they said 40 drilling business is responsible for damaging and killing farm animals and in widespread farm -- harm to the indigenous people. environmentalist hope the case will set a precedent. a spokesman for the plaintiff describe the judgment as a great step toward justice. chevron has said it will appeal and called the ruling illegitimate. the company said it was the product of fraud and contrary to legitimate scientific evidence. >> president obama has said he wants to cut more than $1 trillion

. >>> in the yemeni capital sanaa, critics and supporters of president ali abdullah saleh staged opposing demonstrations on thursday. spurred by the anti-protests in egypt and tunisia, opponents rallied at sanaa's university, calling for saleh's immediate resignation to end more than 20 years of dictatorial rule. the demonstration came a day after the president announced that he would not seek re-election in 2013. supporters held their own march about two kilometers away, demanding strong leadership and stability. no clashes have been reported so far. affiliates of the international terrorist network al qaeda are reportedly stepping up their campaigns in yemen. the united states and saudi arabia are issuing increasing alerts against terrorist activity amid the deepening chaos in yemen. >>> in biz news, the european central bank kept its key interest rate at the lowest level in 23 months. they made the decision in frankfurt on thursday. the rate of 1% is intended to shore up the economies of euro zone members like portugal and spain that have huge debts. the countries are facing uncertaint

in saudi arabia, king abdullah returned to prevent any protests. investors will be watching carefully for any sign measures are failing. bbc news. >> this is "bbc world news." here are the headlines. president obama contends the bloodshed in libya. he says his administration is preparing a full range of options in response. in christchurch, new zealand, rescue workers say no more survivors have been found overnight. 17 -- 71 people are known to have died. there have been violent clashes between the police and protesters and the greek capital of athens. police fired tear gas and stun grenades. protesters hurled petrol bombs from athens, we have this. >> it did not take long for violence erupts -- to erupt, marking the first nationwide strike of the year. yet the protesters prepared an arsenal of petrol bombs and hurled volley after volley at riot police. skirmishes broke out in several regular battlegrounds, especially outside the university where police were taunted and an constitution square, outside parliament. several people were not fast enough