most enfants in africa receive no treatment. training and equiping centers and an evidence-based treatment paradigm is essential and it's imperative we identify the causes of these cases. these are the challenges that lie before us. thank you very much and we have a video now that i would like to show. the man you'll hear talking is a ewe began dan neurosurgeon who i -- the ugandan neurosurgeon who i trained before i came back to the u.s. >> they think the biggest problem comes from witchcraft to god's curses. they may have visual impairment and ultimately they do die if they're not crippled. i have great joy from treating children. when they see their child playing, i feel so happy. >> this is a scene in our operating room in uganda. just takes about a minute and a half or so to demonstrate. the setup in the operating theater, there's the doctor making the small incision in the infant's scalp just over the soft spot, the anterior font nell, and in a few moments he'll insert a small, flexible, fiberoptic endo scope into the cavi

south africa and the life of dr. martin luther king has to confirm for us that human beings are capable of being good, that human beings are capable of working for values, in the midst of harshness and violence. the example that runs like a golden thread from asia through mahatma gandhi and through america through martin luther king, through africa, through a number of leaders culminating in nelson mandela tells us that faith is not only the rituals of warships, nor the polarizing -- not only the rituals of worship, but it is a rememberence that our relationship with god must reflect in our relationship with other human beings. [applause] that faith and religion in the works of mahatma gandhi, of martin luther king, and of nelson mandela was not to understand yourself as chosen and others as frozen, but to understand that under god's canopy there's room for everyone in respective of color, language, creed, hair or any other thing that marks a difference between people. the difference is the reason to engage, not the

as part of all broader role it has played in africa. i want to keep in mind this can be part of keeping syria going that direction. it is one thing to finance and assist our rebel movement across the mediterranean. it is another thing to have it on your doorstep. i think they will play a role in helping encourage the syrian opposition to maintain discipline, and despite provocations, to avoid making this type of armed conflict. >> i agree turks will want to do that. they also have difficulty defining their own position. with libya, at a certain point, they were initially supportive of gaddafi. with syria, with saudi foreign minister make a trip there and make several -- with the syrian foreign minister -- we saw the foreign minister make a trip there and make several last- ditch efforts. other questions? >> i wonder if anyone would like to speculate about why the success stories in the air of spring have all been in north africa? particularly there is not much evidence of a great deal of action between the three. any comments? >> well,

-inhe horn of africa. is the money raised at the meeting enoh me dierce >> considering the well over $1.5 billion required to dwi e crisis, the $50 billion pledged by the african union and the member states are nowhere near enoh. the aid agencies are hoping tt th cference is just the beginning. there are more donations to be made in the weeks to come. they haveomdippntnt about the political -- that is t sialf solidarity that as errors had hoped for. >> you've visited a refugee camp anwiesth situation firsthand. what did the people there need most? >> people write that these camps and they need everything. they arrive with not much more than the clothes that they are wearing. in the camps tmsve people are living in makeshift tents for weeks on end. it is a very hard to reach a place. evytngaso brought there by truck. it takes about four to 10 days for the truck to get there, depending on the weath ndio. >> thank you. he has been visiting the refugee camp in southern ethiopia. we will have this report for yo

the horn of africa. the funds include 300 million from the african development bank, with the rest pledged by four african nations. >> the summit was marked by poor attendance. only the leaders of somalia and others showed up at the african union donor conference. >> your presence here today, once again, is not just an opportunity to make pledges, however modest. >> while millions of people in east africa face hunger, the crisis is not confined to food shortages. diseases are as threatening. the pledges will help alleviate the suffering. the european union is warning that africa needs long-term solutions. organization said the money raised at the conference fall short of expected pledges. the united nations says it's still needs $1.3 billion to help the hungry in the one of africa. -- in the horn of africa. is the money raised at the meeting enough to make a difference? >> considering the well over $1.5 billion required to do with the crisis, the $50 billion pledged by the african union and the member st

we're going to see in africa and libya's relationship with africa, a bit above regress. there is cover for the un resolution and recognizing the transitional national council as a legitimate government of libya, the african union has yet to come up with a consistent policy. i think that the new government in libya will pivot more toward the arab world, less to the african world, but they will still see each other from both sides. the africans will not stop the flow alarms from the stockpiles that are beginning to see throughout africa. the u.n. sanctions on somalia has recently reported soviet manufacture weapons showing up in conflict in somalia. others are showing up on the open market and mauritania. so you have a chance to stop that without collaboration of the new libyan leaders. they will meet the leaders of african government to retrieve assets to get sovereign wealth funds that gaddafi invested there. we're talking about billions of dollars that hopefully can be converted back into cash to be used for the development issues and other issues that daniel and kareem

one is on the chinese in africa. you also mentioned the famine in the horn of africa. i understand food for african countries who have more of an option in who they deal with but at the same time we also see large pieces of land are being leased out for chinese to grow their own products or plants for biofuel. the famine in the horn of africa was human made. this also had to do with the way we are promoting economic growth and the way africa deals with china in making large projects that support economic growth. also from holland doing business in africa but not necessarily good for the farmers or herdsmen being pushed aside. that is my first question. i don't think it is nervousness. it is concern. my second question would be to what extent they take into account demographic changes when so many young people in africa, you think that is an opportunity or a risk for development in africa? my third question would be to rebeca grynspan. shea talked-about the economic theory but at the same time the entities came in because of the response to the structural adjustment pro

but it couldn't be further from the truth in my experience of africa. the africa that i see in places like rwanda and northern uganda and darfur is people who are incredibly resourceful and resilient. they are not people who define themselves as victims. they define themselves as survivors. how can you not want to help someone who is rebuilding their life and says i am a survivor? these are people who even when there isn't a genocide, they face the most incredible daily challenges. we live in a society where we think it's actually appropriate to complain because you have such a tough time finding a parking space. these people have a rather different perspective on life. i also wanted to stress all the things that we have in common with these people because too often we stress the differentness, the otherness, and that gets in the way of our understanding that this is about the human condition. genocide is not something that just happens in africa. because somehow africans are different. they're not. genocide is about the human condition. cast your mind

we are going to see in africa a reset. the arab league has been much more forward on this, both in lending diplomatic cover, the u.n. resolution, and this week recognizing the transitional national council as a legitimate government of libya, where the african union has yet to come up with a consistent policy. i suspect the new government in libya will pivot more toward the arab world, less to the african world, but they will still need each other. the africans cannot hope to stop the flow of arms from the stockpiles that are beginning to see in markets in africa. you then sanction monitoring group in somalia has reported -- arms are showing up in conflicts in somalia. showing up in the open market in mali and martini. -- and mauriiania. on the other side, the deal will be the cooperation of african governments to retrieve assets that gaddafi invested. we are talking more than $15 billion in the last few years from businesses to infrastructure that can be converted back into cash to be used for development issues and other

and you had someone in africa. he said something based on the work you have done, the use of cow dung, to cauterize the umbilical cord after birth. is that one way these children are contracting hydrocephalus, infection born? whether or not the ministries of health have shown any interest in better birthing practices to mitigate the passage of this terrible infection? >> i hope that in a few years, we can come back and be very clear that we truly have worked all of these mysteries out. a great deal of evidence, and related organisms, in the brains of these children, but does not tell us what caused the initial devastating infection that may often have destroyed a great deal of brain, and leaving them in a devastated the state. we are conducting several different clinical trials trying to untangle this. we are comparing children with hydrocephalus, who have a history of serious newport infections, with those that do not. it is possible -- we brush our teeth, shower our bodies, with bacteria. it may be that these are

it's the worst drought in the last 60 years for the horn of africa. that's also compounded with lack of humanitarian access to some areas of the horn of africa. difficult logistically to reach families. and all of the impacts combined make the humanitarian crisis even greater than just drought or just limited humanitarian accesses. >> belva: you're working with mercy corp. what's their approach to trying to do something about this huge problem? >> at mercy corp we do our best to find the balance between delivering immediate assistance, immediate food to families who are unable to access it while at the same time rebuilding communities and local economies. we don't want to undermine local economies while we deliver assistance. so in delivering assistance like food aid, we work closely with local traders and local shops who have stocked food aid to make sure that households who might have lost their income or lost livestock are able to access that food. either through supporting them with vouchers or temporary work so they can get more cash in order to

there are not overpopulated in any place in africa. have held a number of hearings in the minds of committing, i have chaired them, and we have talked about how china is coming in and fleecing africa at huge discounts to build a road to get all kinds of minerals in exchange. the bush your government has given -- the bashir government has given oil for airplanes and now what has built into the newest escalation of blood shed by bashir. >> you held a short hearing yesterday, about what is going on. after the formation of south sudan their bree -- there came a lot of hopes and around the world. how you see them progressing at this point? do you see this situation in somalia has the same as just before some of saddam got independence? what do you -- south sudan got independence? >> through the good reporting what what both of you are doing, it helps bring this issue back. we had a bishop who talks about our his cathedral was ransacked. he was out getting an operation, so he was out of the country when it all just exploded within the last f

yeah, i was born and raised in africa. it seems that this problem has been gng on for much -- long time, ages. it is about time for the west to change their policy. i appreciate the gentleman there is trying to help, helping solve the problem. but really, we are not solving the problem. all the energy in studying religion -- religion is not going to help issues like that. how about sending a message that it is not just sending aid, but may be changing the policy towards the third world? maybe we should start supporting more on science and find ways and means to stop the problem physically, not just sitting there and teaching people every day religion. not that i am against religion, but people in that part of the rld spend 90% of their time just teaching religion and religion does not help solve the probm. i think it is about time that we change the message. let them get the message that we will get involved in science. that is why america and the west is developed. it is more about science in schools. the kids grow up and

asian runoff, africa. today is a different world. [inaudible] however, this is the liability factor. if you look what is happening, in the horn of africa, you could say that is what went wrong. because it cannot be at a time when the world is making so much progress,. [inaudible] many of the goals, you can blame mother nature for the drought but you cannot blame mother nature for the fund. policies, failures, issues. so for me that is why our children are dying. i think it is an indictment on all of us. go to the arab world. in tunisia where i live there were investments, international organizations, including ourselves while replacing the regime for the very good of the country. i think for me, two things emerged. one of them is a thing called bargain that somewhere you can deliver and development, and then democracy for another day. forget it. [applause] >> then you can have freedom. i think -- [inaudible] and, therefore, we have kind of a long way in terms of growth, in terms of the economic, but we hav

finally, the council africa center intel transform u.s. and european policy approaches to africa by emphasizing the a strong geopolitical partnerships with african states and strengthen economic growth. the distinguished leaders of each of these programs at the council operatives but in our discussion today. today's discussion will be into parts. first we will consider the implications for libya itself and arab awakening more broadly, then we'll turn to our second panel for discussion of the implications for nato and the trans-atlantic community. for this first panel we've assembled a remarkably talented group of individuals with varying perspectives. doctor michele dunne, director of the rafik hariri center for the middle east will moderate this council. also the driving that is driving the arab awakening during her time at the carnegie a damn it which was editor of the arab reform lord and his co-chair of the working group on egypt, michele is recognize that transit change and implications in the region long before mubarak fell in egypt.

yeah, i was born and raised in africa. it seems that this problem has been going on for much -- long time, ages. it is about time for the west to change their policy. i appreciate the gentleman there is trying to help, helping solve the problem. but really, we are not solving the problem. all the energy in studying religion -- religion is not going to help issues like that. how about sending a message that it is not just sending aid, but may be changing the policy towards the third world? maybe we should start supporting more on science and find ways and means to stop the problem physically, not just sitting there and teaching people every day religion. not that i am against religion, but people in that part of the world spend 90% of their time just teaching religion and religion does not help solve the problem. i think it is about time that we change the message. let them get the message that we will get involved in science. that is why america and the west is developed. it is more about science in schools. the kids grow

in 2010, four men were caught trying to smuggle material out of south africa.t a gas station and charged with trying to sell a quantity of radioactive material called cesium 137. cesium 137 is the kind of thing nuclear terrorism experts say could be found in a dirty bomb attack. asking price, about $6 million. along with what the smugglers said was some sort of industrial nuclear device. two years earlier in 2007, two separate groups of armed gunmen broke into a nuclear facility that's home to the country's most sensitive nuclear material and secrets. a year after the break in, "60 minutes" documented the assault. >> the men had breached a 10,000 volt fence, passed security cameras, and walked three quarters of a mile to the control room that monitors alarms and responds to emergencies, but the attack on the control room was just the start. a second group of gunmen on the other side of the plant was cutting through the fence and opened fire on the guard. you think they were after the heu? >> highly enriched uranium. the men shot a security guard, seized a lapto

but no african country wanted to host it us doesn't have any basis at all in in africa is negotiating one with djibouti and that is a part of the reason for this is that in twenty ten get after you made a proposal to the african union that was adopted that no african country would allow us based on its soil so. so the u.s. has been since that time the u.s. has been desperate to get rid of gadhafi and scheuer onto libya their own. their own people affected by this really over again it's a disease and you're talking about the landscape of africa the role of that i would like to get into that in a bit later on but just just to clarify what you're saying is that's is that. the reason you're saying that the rebels themselves don't want to sit down and talk it's because of this the changing of landscape i mean just from the rebels' point of view why don't they want to sit down and talk to the daffy. well the don't forget when we talk about the rebels this is a shift this is a very disparate group of people really who's calling the shots is nato the t.n.c. . who's called and so the rebel lea

that is why researchers also take into consideration the experience of the farmers in africa. the quality of the soil played a key role. researchers want to find out which fertilizers help produce the greatest yield. >> this measures potassium levels. the element is vital for soil. for the plants that can absorb it. >> they have to fight on several fronts in order to double production. research alone is not enough. >> science on its own will not achieve that aim but along with political leadership and industry, we will get there but it definitely will not be achieved without science. >> these scientists believe technological developments such as designer crops, better analysis, could have minimized the scale of the current famine in east africa or even prevented. researchers are sure that it will be possible to double food production by 2050. >> scientists are holding out for the promise of increased crop yields in the future, but what about now? could the salmon have been avoided? we put that question to a professor for economics at -- university. >> yes, it could have been p

role in africa. our guest is new jersey republican representative christopher smith, who serves as chairman of the foreign relation subcommittee on africa, human healths and human rights, the topic is on somali and sudan. "news makers" sunday at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> eight weeks off this week. did you get eight weeks of vacation? i sure didn't. >> on the nightly tv show, former russia today hosted alyona, and tries to take a slightly more relative view on washington and u.s. >> we are willing to step outside the box and figure out how to make tv news exciting and entertaining and informative again, rather than, i'm sorry, but like i said, the garbage that it as dwindled down to be. >> she'll talk about her network and her show sunday night on c-span's q and a. >> am i not surprised, the good things come in 2s. c-span with live coverage of the house, or live coverage of the senate on c-span2. you can watch life events online at c-span.org. >> you can see them whenever you want at th

cephaly kills over 300,000 children a year in africa. a doctor developed a procedure that is relatively inexpensive. they have trained doctors and africa. uganda is where the larger hospital is. it has been running for 10 years and is like the best kept secret ever wea. these kids that would have died a horrible death are not only living but they are returning to normal state because of this operation. >> you were passionate enough about this to have a hearing. what is your motivation? what is behind your passion and focus on this area? >> all of my work on humanitarian issues is motivated by my face. and mentioned earlier about being our brothers and sisters' keepers. i am a catholic. we are admonished by the scripture. i believe passionately that what we do to our brothers we do to our lord. to be a person subjected to anti-semitism or someone in the south sudan who is being told they have to become muslim. it could be a muslim who is subjected to other things. wiggars are in china and happen to be muslims. they are terribly oppressed.

and across east africa. >> yeah, absolutely, rosemary.e have been talking about this drought and, of course, dr. gupta as well as anderson cooper, they're broadcasting from east africa this week, covering the drought. want to update you on weather conditions across the region. you can see for yourself, we're still dealing with a bad drought across the region for areas including somalia and ethiopia, sudan, anywhere in that orange shading as well as red shading. this is a problem spot. it looks like there is no relief anytime soon. as i take you over and show you on this satellite imagery now, things are -- you can see a little bit of scattered shower activity for central africa republic, as well as sudan, up towards ethiopia. for somalia, those areas aren't picking up any rainfall. as we go through the next couple of days, nothing significant. you have to keep in mind, we're talking we need widespread rainfall across the region. the other flip side to that is if this came down heavy, that could cause serious problems with flooding across

communication with the drumming patterns. >> (speaking spanish). >> this was what was going on in africa. >> (speaking spanish). >> and from some of the sounds they used to play that we almost lost all of them we still have some that he remembers. >> (speaking spanish). >> for instance -- >> (speaking spanish). >> this means "attention be alert. something is going to happen". >> (speaking spanish). >> wake up. wake up. >> wake up, wake up. (speaking spanish). >> and this are some of the drumming patterns that have been rescued by the cultural association. >> (speaking spanish). >> the african and review itse s size. >> (speaking spanish). >> to the actual size that he has. >> (speaking spanish). >> the reason why this drum was reduced in its size it was the intention of hiding it from the dominant class so they will not be oppressed by playing it. >> (speaking spanish) (drums). >> (speaking spanish). >> for these wonderful instrument called cajon it's put into different styles. also the cajon today is incorporated intd international music. >> (speaking spanish). >> (drums). (music). (app

working for the clinton administration he was involved in a number of peace process season africa and helped create the satellite sentinel project with george clooney, books with john keogh and developed a documentary films on the congo. he's appeared in four episodes of 60 minutes and was featured in a "new york times" profile titled attention for the cause. he's been a youth counselor, basketball coach and big brother for over 25 years. michael mattocks lived in homeless shelters as a child and began dealing drugs as a teenager and is now a husband and father of five boys working two jobs at once to support his family. he helped coach his son's on their football teams and ann curry as many of you know is the co-anchor of nbc's news today, america's number one morning news program and the anchor of dateline nbc, the networks award winning news magazine. she was the news anchor from 1997 until june, 2011. in may 2005 she was named co-anchor of dateline nbc. she regularly substitutes on nbc nightly news akaka. she is distinguished herself and global humanitarian reporting traveling to

but no african country wanted to host it us doesn't have any basis at all in in africa negotiating one with djibouti and that is a part of the reason for this is that in twenty ten days after you made a proposal to the african union that was adopted but no african country would allow us based on its oil so. so the u.s. has been since that time the u.s. has been desperate to get rid of gadhafi and show it on to their own. and their own people effectively real. you're talking about. the role of that i would like to meet him on but just clarify that. that. reason you're saying that the rebels themselves don't want to sit down and talk it's because of this changing of landscape i mean just from the rebels' point of view why don't they want to sit down and talk to the southie. well good don't forget when we talk about the rebels this is a shia this is a very disparate group of people really who's calling the shots and made the chilean sea. call themselves the rebel leadership although actually they don't really have control even of their own troops to issue edicts one day the rebels should

intervene in africa or the middle east or anywhere they assign their mission a noble cause to protect freedom to protect democracy to protect civilians in the case of resolution one hundred seventy three but this is a longstanding policy of the u.s. government to overthrow the government of libya the country that possesses as you've said before the largest oil reserves in all of africa it has nothing to do with human rights and in fact when you bomb was triply when you drop seven thousand five hundred bombs and missiles on a country a country that did nothing to the american people that's an act of aggression that's a war crime that's a crime against humanity this the complete opposite of defense of human rights all right i want to go to richard and tom just get your response to that and what you're thinking about what you're seeing today throughout the day in libya. sure i might not use the same language as your other guests but i do agree with him in many ways when this conflict began a pentagon spokesman famously said that you're not going after gadhafi and the u.n. resolution that

borders in africa. and, of course, donald was very much the architect of economic transformation. he is now, or since 2005 the president of the african development bank. he started at the university, my alma mater. took his degree in economics from there. and later went to glasgow in scotland where he obtained his doctorate in economics. so you can understand that we do have a formidable panel before you. i think will have a very lively conversation. so, let me begin by asking both of them a very general question. over the last 40 years, rebeca and donald, we have seen within the global society a number of looking at north-south relations, looking at how we can build a more just and more humane global society. what richard and his colleagues in the '70s and '80s described development, described as a developer of the human faith. so we went to the commission, we went through other commissions in terms of the environment, climate justice. we went to the south commission which was chaired by the founding f

>> i was in africa just a year and a half after we met. my first trip to africa. this whole new career path. wanted to, you know, work on human rights, stop these terrible abuses. >> how did you find out about his drug selling? >> you know, i would come back, lived and worked in africa for many years. for the first two or three years when we first met each other, very deeply. then asserted going off. i would come back finally. i would go up. fewer and fewer times. younger brothers, james, david, but michael it stay behind. every time i would come to visit, you don't have any idea what's going on, selling drugs, drop out of school. i have to do something about this. you know, result myself to get people involved. all the complexities involved in trying to get it done in the right direction. i was start planning my next trip to africa. i would be off. in my resolve would crumble at the degree of difficulty. i literally let him down. because it was easier to work with the younger kids, your brothers. a little bit like my dad. >> were you angry? >> yes. we had this gu

africa have the same aspirations and i think the nations in north africa region have the ability to run their own country and they have the ability. to reach their goals and architectures that is important to take an oath of the interference of nato in the region as nato has interfered in the affairs of libya the security council has made a mistake instead of standing on planes to libya if they should have sent mediation groups in order to prepare for elections with the auspices of the united nations and whoever. won the elections would be acceptable to the people but the security council hastily issued a resolution which has a complicated situation that has led to killings and massacres of people and destruction of the infrastructures in the country ok she's been translated you know so what you said ok can you highlight for me why you've had slightly different approaches to for instance the unrest in syria what's going on in egypt at the time just before hosni mubarak stepped down you you quoting it urged to continue their protests to free themselves and choose their own leaders in

. >> the food and humanitarian crisis in the horn of africa. was somalia having a drought, relief efforts have been complicated by the fact that al qaeda controls part of the country. this is less than two hours. >> i would like to focus -- called today's hearing. i am privileged to serve with my friend senator isaacson and i want to thank him for staying with me after the senate has adjourned to help preside over today's hearing. this is a children's crisis. there are hundreds of thousands of children on the verge of suffering from malnutrition. senator isaacson and i agreed this could not wait. while many of our colleagues have returned to their home states and districts, we believe it was crucial we go ahead with this hearing and not let another months go by. the senator has been a true partner in highlighting issues and shared concerns. i appreciate his leadership. as everyone is aware, the congress has been focused almost entirely on the deficit and debt crisis. we must also consider global issues of humanitarian concern especially when mi

export it around forty billion dollars of goods and services to north africa and the middle east but it's black gold that's the key libya has the largest oil reserves in africa and western powers look at the region and they talk about humanitarianism of democracy they think about oil great martinet says it's impossible not to draw a comparison with iraq he's written a book about the aftermath of the iraq invasion in which he maintains western powers imposed a democracy which played on sectarian divisions that ensured years of tribal struggle but also meant the allies retains control of the oil supply while the u.k. government insists lessons have been learned from iraq and will move into libya even before the fate of tripoli is feel great oil grab is already beginning b.p. has a contentious oil and gas exploration contract in libya which the u.k. government will be anxious for its resume italian oil giant easy and i. is that perth to send back to libya and hate says rosie on the new french state towel and all three of the all three days well as investors hoped they'd soon be able to

africa have the same aspirations and i think the nations in north africa in our region have the ability to run their own countries and they have the ability to reach their goals and objectives that is important to be taken out of the interference of nato in the region and nato has interfered in the affairs of libya the security council has made a mistake instead of sending arms and trains to libya they should have sent mediation groups in order to prepare for a free elections with the pieces of the united nations and whoever won the elections would be acceptable to the people but the security council hastily issued a resolution and it has a complicated situation that has left the lens and massacre of cipro and destruction of the in frasse to us shows in the country can you highlight for me why you've had slightly different approaches to for instance the unrest in syria what's going on in egypt at the time just before you go. quoting it urged people to continue their protests to free themselves and choose their own leaders in their own form of government but can't that happen in syria as

interesting and south african coming from johannes food if you showed that cover to people in south africa they didn't even notice the headline because that's not our politics they so i share and the controversy came from very many different places and therefore everyone responded in very different ways depending on the politics depending on the country they came from depending on a whole lot of different variables so it didn't affect me in that way in actual fact it was a catalyst that it spread through the blogosphere world it was on t.v. it was everywhere and actually it was furthering and speaking about violence against women and more and more people were seeing this before we start talking about our share story and the patience of a couple of more words about the competition first of all what was your favorite picture among others among your competitors can you name some something else. because i quite like the. one photograph i think it's impact of at look circus so a photograph from the cinema that's a father and he son walking through the water and i like that but i also thought it

the fight is not over in tripoli but the carving up of libya's vast oil riches the biggest in africa is already making the italian the foreign minister fired at the starting gun saying that if he's. any oil company will play the number one role in the region. reports the suburbs won't come cheap for the libyan people. delivered as a promise but seen by many as more of a threat david cameron says nato will stay while libya makes the transition to democracy as allied forces lend support to the rebels to take tripoli to stop the war coalition it's libyans not to expect they're getting something for nothing but western powers don't do this without asking for a paper why is it but the head of the is running off to paris to meet with the french president well of course turkey is one very very important issue which is why the western powers tony blair and others struck a deal with gadhafi in the first place it will be exactly what they're seeking to continue with to further explore those oil riches the british government makes no secret of the fact that it's motives in supporting the rebels

whereabouts of the colonel are unknown and some rumors suggest that gadhafi may be in talks with south africa about a possible escape from despite denials from both sides and nato insists it will continue combat air patrol. until government forces surrender. from a couple crowd to be seen in its central square and waving revolution. or journalist trapped in a tripoli hotel say there are heavy explosions close by power is down and there is gunfire outside but it doesn't rowe who is among those in the hotel is afraid for his safety and says he's being threatened. situation's gotten more tense more members of the previous hotel staff and security. and media group that is responsible for us have returned with guns obviously because they were fighting these are volunteers and also curious in return for news from the fighting and the picture they've given us is not a picture of loss and you were very confident and i believe i'm sorry to say i couldn't go further one of them worse might have been killed from the motel this possibility acting like for me right now because there are snipers some i wil

africa. our human race began in africa. and as we went across the planet we went to asia.in skin. we came down to latin america, got lighter in skin. one of our tribes, unfortunately, got lost, they went way up north where it's very, very cold and they lost their color, right? they lost their color. so now they have to go to the beach or the tanning salon to get their color back, right? so we are all -- we are all africans of different shades and colors. and so we can say to the k.k.k., white citizens council, some of those in the tea party movement, get over it. you're africans, ok? just get over it. [applause] and to remind us that we are wrun human family -- one human family, that we need to stand up, that we need to defend each other and, yes, we need to go back to the streets where the civil rights movement began because there are those out there that are losing hope. this march that we are -- we are dedicating today, that we are remembering today is calling us to go back. we got to go back there. we got to go back to the neighborhoods. we got to give that hope that d

host: a tweet about africa. guest: well, it is our problem if you think they are going to be citizens of the world who are going to be contributing and growing and may be buying our products and providing help for america's national security. you just cannot neglect a continent. they have great natural resources. they have not had adequate legal assistance, infrastructure, roads, water system. there is a lot of movement happening around the world. especially in the developing world. when you look at the future of the world, the growth is likely to take place in the developing world, like africa and asia. that is where the economic power is going to be bid i predict 20 or 30 years for now, you are going to see great economic development at great economic power in the places of the world where you have not seen it over the last 30 or 40 years. the united states needs to be engaged in that part of the world or we are going to lose. we are going to lose the chinese, lose to the russians, lose to a lot of other folks

in october of two thousand and eight part germany and the active role that africa has played in this particular adventure it's pretty clear that this is a colonial project and it's going to control the resources and it will battle all right thank you very much that was journalist and activist don de bar joining us live from new york and of course we appreciate you taking some time to be with us tonight. thank you exactly. and the question now of khadafi whereabouts is yet to be answered but he could be hiding in the tunnels of the tripoli that's according to dr gupta the director of the german orient institute based in berlin apparently the rebels were in a situation to advance small. to the big compound in which duffy might still be i mean he would be there in the bunkers in the underground bunkers and not not on the surface so during the last hours sleep in the rebels have advanced somewhat to that part of the city that the socialist and part of tripoli. is very erratic in his behavior into very difficult to say what will he do i mean his son in the television yesterday said no no