king abdullah of jordan became the first arab leader to ask him to step down. >> he will also create an ability to reach out and start a new phase of a syrian political life. >> the syrian response has been almost theatrical acts of defiance. huge numbers of syrians were encouraged on to the streets over the weekend to support the government and to protest against the arab league decision to suspend syria. angry mobs attacked the embassies of qatar, saudi arabia, and turkey, three countries that have taken a very tough line against syria. it is just leaving syria into more price isolation than ever before. at the european union, britain joined other countries in voting for new sanctions against damascus. they were targeting key figures around president faÇade. >> it is so important in the european union that we consider additional measures to put pressure on that regime. >> there is evidence the sanctions are beginning to bite. there may be the syrian government trying to start out opposition supporters. syrian opposition figures have been at the arab league in cairo discussing how t

yemen's president, ali abdullah saleh signed a deal proposed by neighboring countries to transfer his power to the vice president. saleh signed the agreement on wednesday while seated beside saudi arabia's king abdullah in the saudi capital riyadh. saleh said he hopes the people of yemen will unite in order to overcome the country's troubles. the deal calls for the ruling party and anti-government forces to set up a provisional government and for an election to choose a new president to be held within three months. anti-government demonstrations have continued in yemen since january, demanding that president saleh step down after more than 20 years in power. following the arab spring upridings in tunisia, egypt, and libya, it appears that yemen's autocratic administration is likely to be forced out as well. however, some people in yemen doubt that the president will give up power. armed clashes continue between troops led by president saleh's family and anti-government forces with no prospect of a settlement being reached any time soon. >>> the foreign ministers of japan and china hav

the president of yemen, abdullah saleh, has arrived in saudi arabia to sign a deal which is expected to see him relinquish power to his deputies. the move comes after months of violent protests. it's part of an initiative by the gulf cooperation council aimed at ending the conflict. saleh, who ruled yemen for 33 years, has previously backed out of signing the deal three times. it's called the most dangerous job in the world, and it requires nerves of steel. bomb disposal experts put themselves in harm's way every day to disarm improvised explosive devices or i.e.d.'s in afghanistan. the devices are responsible for four or every five deaths in helmand province. british forces believe they may have caught a taliban bomb maker behind the deaths of at least one of the deaths of the bomb disposal experts. our defense correspondent now. >> it's called the long walk, the lonely, dangerous journey of the bomb disposal expert. the captain says it's much more than just a drill. he has to disarm the dummy device safely to get his license to operate in the u.k. he's learning to make the decision

today, jordan's king abdullah called on president bashir al assad to quit.lah's statement follows saturday's overwhelming vote by arab league nations to suspend syria's membership. syria denounced the vote as western-inspired. we begin our coverage with a report by john ray of independent television news. >> reporter: still it is the government's guns that answer the call for change. and circled and under fire, it shows the city of homs today. but the crackdown cannot drown out an almost complete chorus of international condemnation and now isolation. stunned by their suspension from the arab league, syria's foreign minister denounced the move as shameful, malicious, and dangerous. the violence seems unending. few are the signs the regime is willing to compromise, and now there is is fresh intet us to tighten sanctions. >> i think it's very good that the arab league is taking a leading role on this crisis. it's very important in the european union that we consider additional measures to add to the pressure on the assad regime. >> our goal here is to increase

in an earlier exclusive interview with bbc, king abdullah called to step down. and wants to suspend syria in the violent government crackdown. activists say another 40 people were killed monday. our bbc middle east editor has this report. >> it was another hard and bloody day in holmes, which has become the center of the uprising in syria. most foreign journalists are banned from the country so we're relying get on pictures taken by opponents of the regime and sent out on the internet. the assad regime said it's fighting an armed plot encited by foreigners to design the country. but evidence has piled up of security forces killing syrian protesters, many or most of them unarmed. and with broken promises to take armor off the streets, the syrian president is now under intense political pressure to go. the latest coming from the king of jordan in a bbc interview. >> if assad had interest of his country he would step down but he would also create an ability to reach out and start a new phase of syrian political life. >> but the answer to the pressure has been defia

of jordan earlier that that took place earlier this week in london king abdullah is actually the first arab leader to publicly called for president assad to step down that he's believed also to prefer britain and france over america to lead any such mission because of their success they had in libya where they led military intervention that ousted colonel gadhafi now there's no mention of any such military activity with syria at the moment at the moment this is clearly the offensive is clearly verbal but that is of course how the libya intervention and an operation started is already several similarities france and will have already recalled their ambassador from the masses and of course the timing with the militarization of the opposition which would make any kind of intervention a lot easier to support now russia they see it as a two way street because both sides are guilty of violence the free syrian army which is one of the main opposition groups that in syria the moment is largely made up now of defectors from the syrian army. we suggested in order to put in place all countries co

britain are reportedly being urged by jordan's king abdullah to take the lead in the diplomatic drive against syria after the u.k.'s key role in bombing out libya's colonel qadhafi international pressure continues ratcheting up on president assad who's been given till saturday to halt crackdowns on demonstrators or face more isolation this is russia warns against taking sides artie's ivor bennett has the latest from london. britain's been picked as team captain along with france quite least one arab country to lead a libya style contact group now their task at the moment is a diplomatic one to coordinate policy between arab countries and the west and what will be of verbal offensive putting pressure on president assad they could indeed end with him being forced to step down now the details of this will most following a meeting between the british prime minister david cameron and king abdullah of jordan earlier that took place earlier this week in london and king abdullah is actually the first arab leader to publicly call for president assad to step down that he's believed also to pref

. -- king abdullah called on him to step down. activists say another 40 people were killed on monday. jeremy bowen reports. >> it was another hard and bloody day in the center of the uprising in syria. most foreign journalists are banned from the country, so we are relying again on pictures taken by opponents of the regime and sent out on the internet. [gunfire] the assad regina says it is fighting a bomb plot to destroy the country. but evidence has piled up of security forces killing syrian protesters, many or most of them on the arms. with broken promises to take armor off the streets, the syrian president is now under intense political pressure to go. the latest coming from the king of jordan in a bbc interview. >> if he has the interests of the country, he would step down but he would also create an ability to reach out and start a new phase of syrian political life. >> but the answer to the pressure has been defiant. demonstrations were held in damascus. the opposition has students that were forced to take part in threaten t

ali abdullah saleh has held on to power for months in the face of protests and the momentum of the arab spring. he signed a deal proposed by neighboring countries to transfer his power to the vice president. saleh signed the agreement on wednesday besides saudi arabia's king abdullah in the saudi capit capital riyadh. he hopes he will unite to overcome the country's troubles. it call for them to set up a provisional government. then yemenis would choose a new president in an election to be held within three months. anti-government protesters first took to the street in january. they've been demanding that saleh step down after more than 20 years in power. the transition in yemen followings a wave of arab spring uprisings in tunisia, egypt and libya and other countries across north africa and the middle east. still, some people in yemen doubt the president will give up power. fighting continues between troops led by president saleh's family and anti-government forces. world leaders have been pushing saleh for months to step aside. they're urging the emwhieny people to move quickly to emm

king abdullah has been pushing a pricey economic agenda. could economic policy differ under the new to the thrown? leona lakhani takes a look. >> reporter: many people that oil producers face less economic pressure because of their enormous wealth but even in an oil-rich country like saudi arabia, the high cost of living and unemployment are still pressing issues. regardless of the politics, the economic needs in saudi arabia are urgent and king abdullah and his successor are aware they have to address them. otherwise it could result in political turmoil. saudi arabia is the gulf's most populous country but 70% of its population is under the age of 29. unemployment amongst the youth is at about 25%. that's a huge number. the government needs to create jobs to absorb all those people entering the work force and it has been putting some plans into place, for instance, it's building what it calls four economic cities to house and employee millions of saudis but these are long-term plans. there's no clear time line on when or how these cities w

has reportedly been asked by jordan's king abdullah to lead a diplomatic offensive against president bashar al assad the move echoes the build up to the recent libyan operation a direction moscow vehemently opposes archies i bet it has more. after its pivotal role in the overthrow of moammar gadhafi britain's become the new go to guy when it's trouble in the middle east prime minister david cameron's been handpicked his team captain for another libya style control group aimed at forcing president bashar al assad out to begin with it will be a diplomatic offensive but russia please it's an overreaction that could pave the way for military intervention. we suggested in order to put your initiative in place all countries concerned with a peaceful outcome develop a system seriously if you demand not only from the syrian authorities but also from the opposition to stop the violence the ongoing attacks of this government buildings in syria look like a civil war. at the moment there's no mention of military action from britain their offensive is purely verbal for now but that's exactly how

. >> pelley: jordan's king abdullah says it's time for syrian dictator bashar al-assad to go.the bbc today "if bar baah sharr has the interests of his country, he would step down." on saturday, syria was suspended from the arab league for its violent crackdown on protestors. the u.n. estimates 3,500 syrians have died since march. a former c.i.a. officer once disgraced as a traitor now finds the federal government coming to her rescue. nada prouty was vilified in the media as a terrorist and she lost her citizenship. but now director of the c.i.a., the attorney general, and the secretary of homeland security are intervening in her case. we first reported the story of nada prouty last year on "60 minutes." >> i believe in the country. i believe in everything that this country stands for. >> reporter: prouty's missions as an f.b.i. agent and c.i.a. officer read like a history of the war on terror. she investigated the bombing of the u.s.s. "cole," this attack on americans in saudi arabia, she took part in armed raids in iraq and helped develop intelligence that led to saddam huss

in a fact right now have in syria a proxy sunni shia sectarian war underway and i think king abdullah could really put a stop to it even though he may want. president bashar assad out there the ramifications of this continuing are far greater they could actually creep into saudi arabia itself this is clearly saudi arabia against iran using. syria as a as one of the battlegrounds and battle lines right now but i think. really needs to be much more assertive in trying to placate this and try to bring the sides together and and i think that turkey even though it's sunni as well really it has a major role to play in terms of. its no no problem foreign policy to bring sides together to bring this to a much more peaceful outcome. i think that we're going to be seen much more. chaos in the streets in that this this tends to not be the waters in terms of what the real issues are here and i think that this is really. a battleground for saudi arabia at this point to try and make to try to keep iran of the middle east because of the sunni shia problem you're also going to be seeing this by the w

. >>> an exclusive interview with jordan's king abdullah within we come back. >>> along with jordan'sto tackle higher oil prices, there's a wave of unrest hitting the country earlier this year. in an exclusive interview with jordan's king abdullah ii, i talked to him about the arab spring and the biggest challenges still to come. >> it started economically. there's a lack of confidence because there was a problem in our country as there is throughout the region with a lack of jobs and poverty. that's the major challenge we have, how do we get an individual away from voting for somebody because he's from my tribe orvilleage to voting for people to come out with a economic, political and social package? that's going to be the most challenge of democracy. >> the first thing the business community says we need to tackle corruption. >> absolutely. >> the people around you shield you from the real corruption that's on the ground in this society. it's not a big economy. can you get your hands on the root causes of the corruption today? >> i think one of the biggest problems is we have to hav

of jordan earlier took place earlier this week in london king abdullah is actually the first arab leader to publicly call for president assad to step down now he's believed also to prefer britain and france over america to lead any such mission because of the success they had in libya where they led military intervention that ousted colonel gadhafi now there's no mention of any such military activity with syria at the moment at the moment this is purely defensive is purely verbal but that is of course how the libyan intervention and an operation started there's already several similarities france will have a ready recall there and faster from the masses and of course the timing with the militarization of the opposition which would make any kind of intervention a lot easier to support and of course with libya we all know that it wasn't long before those words also turned into actions. under any other attempts to resolve the crisis are part from political pressure. well russia and china certainly view the whole situation very differently. they are very much against any kind of repeat of th

you're going to pay for king abdullah's welfare programs, and you're going to pay for king abdullah's new fighter aircraft and warships of before the unrest in the middle east this year, the saudis calculated that their budget tear needs could be met if oil stayed at or above approximately $68 a barrel. but now according to estimates with all the new, expensive subsidies and weapons to pay for, the saudi budget will only be balanced the the price of oil is at least $88 this year and $115 by 2015. so you can see the relationship here between arms sales, oil prices, political stability and financial, financial insecurity in a country such as this. i want to bring my remarks to a close by quoting from a recent article in britain's daily telegraph newspaper which warmed my heart. under the headline-grabbing banner, "without history, we have only ignorance." [laughter] columnist jenny mccartney noted that in britain today fewer and fewer school students are taking history as a subject. indeed, she said, they are being active hi discouraged from taking a subject that is perceived to be too

, king abdullah who inherited his respect and love towards my father from his father, king hussein. when my father was prime minister, they were so close that king abdullah went to get my father as a present a beautiful purebred arabian horse. now, my father told the king looked, and the prime minister's office basement we have a room full of presidents that the prime minister gets. what will they do with the horse down there? [laughter] will they type the horse or feed the horse? and so, the jordanians drop the subject worldwide. but then israeli paper published with the horses in the background, the horse in the stable. so the whole issue is raised again. and we were just that close from a diplomatic incident. and the king was insulted. why was my father refusing to get his present? and so, at the end of the horse was left in the kings stables in jordan, but sometimes when i ride my horse, sometimes they ask me, is that the kings horse? now my horse is a beautiful horse, and it is not a gift from the king. it was not only -- prime minister blair, while i was doing my research for

>> reporter: well, remaining on that list by the international criminal court is abdullah sanushi, the former head of intelligence in gadhafi's regime. we heard both saif al islam and abdullah had been on the run together around that area in the southern desert. as far as we were aware, he is still at large and many here also hope that he will be captured soon because they also see him as posing a danger, not as much as gadhafi, but also a danger. >> thank you very much for your reporting. >>> in other news, the penn state football team is on the road playing ohio state today. leaving behind a campus filled with questions over alleged child sex abuse. it's the team's first away game since jerry sandusky was charged with abusing eight boys over a 15-year period. ohio state is being very careful with how it welcomes penn state's team and fans. student athletes made an appeal for sportsmanship. >> they're players. >> be loud, be proud, be respectful. >> back home in state college, pennsylvania, fired head coach joe paterno is facing a major health threat. paterno's family says he's been d

king abdullah of jordan has added his voice to those condemning the regime. he called don bashar al-assad to step down. the arab league has announced -- damascus said welcome such a mission. over the weekend, the arab league suspended serious membership and is also planning to introduce economic sanctions. in addition to that, eu foreign ministers meeting in brussels agreed on tougher measures to impose on syria for its crackdown on opposition protesters. this comes as turkey warns that the syrian leader is committing political suicide by going after his own people. >> german foreign minister insisting military intervention is out of the question, saying syria is a completely different case that libya. >> it means assets worth several hundred million euros will be frozen. their bank accounts will be frozen. >> in a reference to russia's recent veto against sanctions 40, they called -- sanctions, they called on moscow to rethink its stance. >> the dutch foreign minister says his government no longer rule out military action. germany and france disagreed. >> we

. >>> after 33 years of rule and months of bloody demonstrations, yemen's leader ali abdullah saleh has agreed to step down. he's the fourth leader to lose power in the arab spring uprising this year. >>> one scene is the heir-apparent, james murdoch resigned, overseeing his father's english newspapers, his first public resignation since the phone hacking scandal broke. >>> the first couple handed out treats for needy families ahead of this thanksgiving day. >>> u.s. markets are closed for the thanksgiving holiday but he's an early look at how they ended yesterday. the dow closed at 11,257 after dropping 236 points. the s&p slid 26 points. the nasdaq lost 61. let's take a look at overseas trading. in tokyo the nikkei lost 149 points but in hong sjehang sengs up 70. >>> nervous traders will be checking on the latest developments overseasunder scoring the severity of europe's crisis, experts are calling the disappointment of german bonds, quote, disastrous. lack of interest in german debt sparked fears that even europe's most stable economy could be spread by economic crisis. >>> on the s

. >> in yemen, after months of unrest, the president, ali abdullah saley, -- saleh, will be stepping down. gaining immunity from prosecution, that is something the protestors in yemen are not happy about. this report. >> after months of protests in yemen, president saleh has finalize the agreement under which he will step down. he is planning to turn the government over to a deputy. a government of national unity will be formed, and there will be early presidential elections. the president has come close to signing the deal several times in the past, only to pull out at the last minute. in the capital of yemen, sanaa, they were welcoming today's news. "the international community will continue to support the process," he said. the mass protests in yemen began in january and have continued on and off for one year. the president has insisted on clinging to power, and there has been a parallel power struggle for those in the elite. this was mr. saleh when he returned home after being injured in a rocket attack that was widely seen as an assassination attempt. he said he was committed to

khalid abdullah, you've been visiting some of the morgues -- khalid, are you still with us? >> yes, i am. >> okay, khalid, i think you're back with us. on the phone there on skype it looks like. you've been visiting some of the morgues in cairo, i understand? we just watched some of the video of these people being beaten pretty mercilessly. what are you seeing in the morgues and the hospitals over there as well? >> i mean, the images in the morgue were pretty horrendous, really. i mean, as well, i think, officials are trying to -- they're sort of playing a game to make it more difficult for the families of people who have died to identify bodies there by slowing the official numbers of people recognized. it was pretty horrible. >> you're out there as a protester. is it frightening for you? i mean, does the violence scare you? i think we may have lost him again. difficult, as you might imagine, to establish these connections. the brookings institute released a poll today that shows the majority of egyptians believe their current military rulers are undermining or reversing th

angela merkel and king abdullah hope pakistan will change its mind. >> jordan has its commitments infghanistan. but again, the political process is what takes precedence at the we have a strong relationship with pakistan we hope the situation will improve. >> but progress towards peace and stability in afghanistan will be nearly impossible without pakistan's involvement. >> now to the legacy of the arab spring in morocco. last week, the country had its first elections since king mahomet virgin islands introduced constitutional reforms. on tuesday, he recognized the country's first ever islamist prime minister. the prime minister has the moderate justice and development party, which won the election. the keen agreed to reforms following widespread demonstrations in the country earlier this year. he still has the final say on defense and national security and religious affairs. there has been another arrest in germany in connection with a neo-nazi killer gang. the group is believed to have killed nine immigrants and one police officer of the past decade but two weeks ago, the nation wa

the prime minister of turkey and king abdullah of jordan both now critics. the arab league and turkey appear to be planning for a transition to a post-assad era. so much depends on what happens inside syria. more funerals, as the violence seems to be growing in intensity. there are signs that syria might be splitting towards civil war. the pressure is on the arab league to find a solution before that happens. >> back over to press. he has some latest pictures of president obama is the arrival in australia. >> air force one has just touched down. amid tight security. the u.s. president is going straight from the asia-pacific cooperation forum in honolulu. this visit comes as the two countries marked a 60-year security alliance. they are expected to announce plans for expanded military cooperation. we could also see a pledge by president obama to refocus on allies of the asia-pacific region. there is australia's prime minister walking out onto the tarmac to welcome barack obama up. this visit was twice delayed. it has finally happened and is expected to focus

king abdullah saying that's what he would do if he was in bashar al assad's place.comes after bloody crackdown on antigovernment protesters which has claimed more than 3500 looiches. zain verjee joins us live with more on this. good morning, zain. >> good morning, carol. dozens more killed in yet more clashes in a brutal crackdown by the syrian government. this comes a day after the king of jordan, king abdullah said that bashar al assad should step down. this is a really big deal, the first arab leader that's come out and said something like this so explicitly. he said this, i would step down and i would make sure whoever comes behind me has the ability to change the status quo that we're seeing. now, that comment was preceded by the arab league taking action. a lot of people thinking this is an organization that's essentially toothless. but they surprised everyone over the weekend by moving to swiftly temporarily kick out syria from the group. at the same time the european union is targeting sanctions on at least 18 lead senior leaders of this country. the questio

prime minister verdoorn of turkey and king abdullah of jordan are both critics.h appear to be encouraging a post-assad era. but so much depends on what is happening in syrup. the violence seems to be growing in intensity. there are signs that syria may be slipping toward civil war. the pressure is on the arab league to find a solution before that happens. >> smoke in rome at last. >> that is right, positive news from the italian prime minister designate. mario monti will meet the country on wednesday morning to confirm he can form a new government. and mr. monti says he is convinced the country can overcome its financial crisis. >> a day three in the corridors of power for mario monti, and it seems he is starting to read some success. after what must feel like a never-ending schedule of meetings and talks, the new italian government finally beckons. >> i will be able to present the conclusions of this work to the president of the italian republic. clearly, out of respect, i cannot anticipate the contents of it, but i would like to confirm my absolute serenity and

yemen's president, ali abdullah saleh, agreed today to transfer power to his vice president until anction is held. saleh had ruled yemen for 33 years and helped the u.s. fight al qaeda there. mission to mars-- the rover that will search for signs of life. personalized treatments that are changing the way we fight cancer. and the first family serves up thanksgiving dinner when the cbs evening news continues. >> pelley: heavy rains in parts of the east made the holiday travel rush tougher and look what happened along the pennsylvania turnpike. at least 150 cars were stranded with thick, black muck on their tires when a truck with a leaking valve spread driveway sealant along a 40-mile stretch of the road. there's nothing gumming up the air tonight, but the skies are crowded with more than three million americans flying this weekend. altogether, more than 42 million of us will crowd the roads, rails, and airports, up about 4% from last year. the cost of filling up for that road trip is going higher, too. aaa says a gallon of regular averages $3.33 today. that's 46 cents more than last t

and voters will take a successor for the president ali abdullah saleh. he agreed to end his three decades in power. >>> and syria is another country that became caught up in the arab spring. its leader, president bashar al assad refused to step down and now the arab league is imposing economic sanctions on the government because of its violent crackdown on protesters. the organization made the decision on sunday in an emergency meeting in the egyptiegyp egyptian capital, cairo. the country will ban syrian officials from visits and not allow syrian air flights to land in their airports. the arab league said it will lift sanctions immediately if syria accepts a monetary mission. the country's security force killed more than 50 people over the weekend. relations between iran and britain are getting further apart. iran's parliament has passed a bill to expel the british ambassador to the country. lawmakers retaliated for new economic sanctions. britain and the united states imposed on iran over its nuclear program. the bill will significantly limit financial

president abdullah gul said syria has come to a point of no return. security forces could be seen patrolling the streets of several cities today. protesters near damascus burned tires to block the troops from reaching them. the united nations has reported some 3,500 people have been killed in the eight-month-long uprising. russian president dmitry medvedev had a warning for the u.s. today over its missile defense program. he said russia might target u.s. missile shield sites in europe unless the u.s. guarantees the weapons are not targeting russian nuclear forces. in moscow, medvedev also warned russia could opt out of the new "start" arms control deal with the u.s. >> ( translated ): russia retains the right to refuse to take any further steps towards disarmament and correspondingly over rearmament. further to this, taking into account the direct links between strategic offensive and defensive weapons, the circumstances could arise in which we had grounds to pull out of the "start" treaty. >> sreenivasan: a white house spokesman today said the u.s. i