akbar, welcome. kim, welcome. akbar, let's start with the popular reaction in the muslim world. >> bob, the reaction to bin laden's death tells us a lot about what's going on in the muslim world. there have been threats, there have been some explosions, peop were killed in pakistan. there have been processions being taken out by the religious parties mainly, but what it's telling us is that over this decade from 9/11 the leadership model of bin laden has become almost irrelevant. you're seeing this revolution sweeping the arab world. it's being led by young people wearing jeans, and facebook, twitter. they want an inclusive society, a democratic society. they want to be part of the world order. they don't want to blow up america or israel or whatever. >> but are you saying that osama bin laden was kind of sterdas ader? >> conceptually, yes. bin laden is suddenly to me, as an analyst writing about the muslim world for the last several decades, overnight he seems almost like a dinosaur. his methods failed, his visio

. >> he broke in a trot and yelled at allah akbar. from my training in the police department i knew there might be a problem and a possible threat. >> that was ragey al-murisi who was a immigrant from yemen. the 28 year old had first appearance in the court today. he tried twice to break into the cockpit. during the hearing federal prosecutors pointed all the allah akbar -- god is great was used by the 9/11 hijackers. >> i thought he was trying to take on the flight crew and crash the plane. the cuffs slipped off at first but eventually they were able to get him subdued. >> i becomely sat on him until we landed. he never spoke to me directly and only thing he said was allah akbar. >> his cousin said al-murisi is not religious and not a terrorist. >> whatever he was trying to do was not a terrorist attack. but the prosecutors point out suspicious behe had no luggage, keys or phones and two post dated checks for thousands of dollars and multiple driver's license. the retired cop showed us the shirt he was wearing the day the twin towers

the only thing he said approximately 30 times is ala akbar. >> reporter: ala akbar means god is great. wright says he does not consider himself a hero. >> i did what i think everyone should do under the circumstance. >> reporter: wright says there's a lesson in all of this, that everyone needs to be prepared and to help whenever possible. rob roth, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> david steveson was inside the courtroom where amarisi made his first appearance. >> reporter: the man at the center of this incident tonight faces severe federal penalties for what prosecutors say he did on sunday night. 28-year-old raje amarisi today learned he could face 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for apparently trying to storm the cockpit as it approached san francisco sunday night. >> the initial charge is just a charge to hold him. you can charge more counts down the line. >> reporter: alice becker told the court almarici boarded the plane without a cell phone, or luggage. he said, quote the defendant poses a significant threat to our community and also poses a risk of flight. he says that his state

prosecutors saying he was chanting allah akbar, arabic for god is great. he is in the u.s. legally from yemen but the family is still in yemen. he has no close ties here except for cousins live. his attorney and public defender can prove that he does have ties to this area, there is a possibility he could get bail, but prosecutors are saying he is a threat to society and a flight risk. terry mcsweeney, "abc 7 news." >>> the chp is investigating a fatal accident this morning in brisbane. a man pulled over to check out a problem with his pickup truck was killed when a driver crashed into his vehicle. the incident happened near sierra yeah parkway around 7:00 this morning. they are trying to find out what caused him to veer off the roadway. cam ray driver had been reported missing in san ramon and might be suicidal. >> the rebuilding for san bruno neighborhood destroyed in last september's gas pipeline explosion. city leaders will join jackie speier for the groundbreaking ceremony on the first destroyed home that will be rebuilt. bob and nancy hensel are getting the first perm

prosecutors saying he was chanting allah akbar, arabic for god is great. he is in the u.s. legally from yemen but the family is still in yemen. he has no close ties here except for cousins live. his attorney and public defender can prove that he does have ties to this area, there is a possibility he could get bail, but prosecutors are saying he is a threat to society and a flight risk. terry mcsweeney, "abc 7 news." >>> the chp is investigating a fatal accident this morning in brisbane. a man pulled over to check out a problem with his pickup truck was killed when a driver crashed into his vehicle. the incident happened near sierra yeah parkway around 7:00 this morning. they are trying to find out what caused him to veer off the roadway. cam ray driver had been reported missing in san ramon and might be suicidal. >> the rebuilding for san bruno neighborhood destroyed in last september's gas pipeline explosion. city leaders will join jackie speier for the groundbreaking ceremony on the first destroyed home that will be rebuilt. bob and nancy hensel are getting the first perm

and i knew i needed to take action. >> allahu akbar is the same thing said on 9/11.means god is great. al-murisi told investigators he came to visit his family in vallejo but prosecutors say he had no luggage and his family didn't know he was coming. >>> it's happened again. another unruly passenger this one apparently drunk is in custody this morning in boston after he tried to open an emergency exit midflight. crewmembers animal sales off duty law enforcement officer subdued the man last night. the flight landed safely in boston. >>> al qaeda is stepping up its threats calls on muslims in the world to avenge bin laden's death. meanwhile some members of congress will have the opportunity today to see photographs of bin laden after he was shot. the photos will be available to members of the intelligence and the armed services committees. and a cia task force is work around the clock to go over all those documents found inside of bin laden's compound. intelligence officials say they are learning new information every hour. the raid is paying off for them as well as fo

he broke into somewhat of a track and then started running and as he did, he yelled out allah akbar. from my training experience in the san mateo police department, i knew there might be a problem and there could be a possible threat. >> reporter: and allah akbar of course meaning god is great and something heard on the day of 9/11. wright made it from his seat in row 20 to the cockpit door just like that and with the help of other passengers took down the 28-year-old man. he got flex cuffs on his hands and feet and then wright took off his own belt and looped them together to make sure he could not walk. then he sat on almurisi until the plane landed at sfo and police took over. all the while he was thinking about the different scenarios that could play out, an explosive device perhaps or a contaminant and then holding the shirt he wore on 9/11 he told us he fulfilled a promise he could make on that day that he would never become a victim. now, again he says he is not a hero, he just did what any one of us would do under the same circumstances and he says the only reason he stepped

while that phase has been used by terrorists, we should point out that many devout muslims say ala akbar to praise god. >>> and ktvu's rob roth tells us how the man's training and instincts helped him subdue amarisi. >> reporter: wright was a police officer for 27 years and this afternoon he did not mince words about almarisi, the passenger he helped from ramming a door. >> i thought he was trying to take on if flight crew and possibly crash the airplane. >> reporter: wright says he was flying home from chicago when a passenger ran by him. >> he yelled out ala akbar. from my training experience in san mateo police department, i knew there might be a problem and there could be a possible threat. >> reporter: wright says he followed the man and saw four or five other passengers getting ahold of him. these are snapshots taken from on board the airplane. >> when i touched him, my hand actually slipped off because his skin was very clammy, moist. >> reporter: wright says he placed handcuffs on amarisis's hands and sat on him for the rest of the flight. >> i felt that as a citizen of the unite

while that phase has been used by terrorists, we should point out that many devout muslims say ala akbar to praise god. >>> and ktvu's rob roth tells us how the man's training and instincts helped him subdue amarisi. >> reporter: wright was a police officer for 27 years and this afternoon he did not mince words about almarisi, the passenger he helped from ramming a door. >> i thought he was trying to take on if flight crew and possibly crash the airplane. >> reporter: wright says he was flying home from chicago when a passenger ran by him. >> he yelled out ala akbar. from my training experience in san mateo police department, i knew there might be a problem and there could be a possible threat. >> reporter: wright says he followed the man and saw four or five other passengers getting ahold of him. these are snapshots taken from on board the airplane. >> when i touched him, my hand actually slipped off because his skin was very clammy, moist. >> reporter: wright says he placed handcuffs on amarisis's hands and sat on him for the rest of the flight. >> i felt that as a citizen of the unite

the only thing he said about approximately 30 times was ala akbar. >> wright insists he is no hero. and he did only what anyone should do. he brought with him today the same green shirt he wore the day terrorists attacked the u.s. on 9/11. >> and i was down in long beach when the twin towers fell. and i swore to myself that i would never be a victim. >> reporter: wright said he had to take control of the situation. in fact, he insisted that the suspect stay in the front of the plane where, as you heard him, he had to sit on him until the police arrived. his fear was that if he did have a contaminant he didn't want him to spread it through the rest of the plane. dana, he really had his wits about him. >> what an incredible story. i'm so glad he came forward to tell it. linda, thank you. >> an antioch woman is in police custody accused of stealing about 50 purses. walnut creek police arrested sheila witson at 11:00 on friday night. undercover officers say they spotted here peering into vehicles in a parking lot near a nightclub. this is some of the evidence. after questioning her they

he broke into somewhat of a trot and started running and as he did, he yelled allah akbar. i immediately jumped up to pursue the individual. almost immediately there was a number of people up, and when i arrived, they were taking him to the ground. i decided to use a control hold on him. i took off my belt, which i used as a hobble, it's an old- style technique of attaching the person's cuffs to their feet cuffs and that way, we would make sure that he had no way of scaping. >> we talked with the suspect's family members today. they describe him as a regular guy and they don't believe that he had any harmful intentions. >>> well, it has been quite breezy this evening and at this hour, still a little breezy in spots around the bay area. 21 miles per hour sustained winds in fairfield right now, 16 in san francisco. these winds are all onshore coming from off the ocean moving towardsory inland valleys. so we're going to be seeing plenty of fog overnight. that's the reason the temperatures are still mainly in the low 50s at this hour but a little cooler down in redwood city and

>> allahu akbar! >> you hear them crying "god is great."able to pull that person back inside off the street, out of the way of the snipers. it's impossible to tell if the man, though, is alive or dead. that was on thursday. an adviser to the syrian dictator bashar al assad telling dissidents that security forces were under orders not to fire on protesters the next day. well, the next day they did, killing protesters, killing mourning -- killing mourners, killing civilians. so many dead and wounded are taken away in fish carts. according to the assad regime, these protesters are foreign agents or criminals or killers themselves. that's what the regime claims. but we know by now and we have seen it week after week. the regime lies. elsewhere on sunday protesters say troops shelled the town of tal kalakh, killing seven. and over the weekend a new twist. what many are calling an attempt to shift global attention away from the mass killings. about 100 palestinians living in syria were allowed to get up to a border fence with israel. and israeli

the only thing he said about approximately 30 times was allah akbar. >>reporter: his cousin says al is not very religious and certainly not a terrorist. >> whatever he was trying to do wasn't a terrorist attack. he wasn't trying to harm anybody. >>reporter: but prosecutors pointed out a series of suspicious behavior. the suspect had no luggage. no keys. no phone. 2 post dated checks for thousands of dollar dollars. and multiple driver's driver's licenses. the retired cop showed us this shirt he was wearing the day the twin towers fell. to explain why he jumped into action sunday night. >> i swore to myself him if that would i never be a victim. >>reporter: that retired officer, retired from the force because of a back injury but that did not stop him on sunda sunday. as for the suspect he remains in federal custody without bail. his next court appearance is friday. at sfo, carolyn tyler abc 7 news. >>> water main break in napa has disrupted servi to hundreds of homes and businesses and if you live up there you should know it could last through the nigh

. >> reporter: mayisha akbar, a lifelong horse lover, started the compton jr. posse in 1988 with money out of her own pocket, literally in her backyard. she saw young people dying from gang violence all around her. she also noticed how much the neighborhood kids liked to be around her horses. >> i like to say that we were in competition with gangs. so we had to provide the same things that gangs did in order to keep our children's interest. we would provide camaraderie, you know, an extended family, a safe haven. >> reporter: the tiny ranch now attracts children from all over los angeles county, including 15-year-old danielle beavers, the once rebellion teen doing poorly in school and hanging out with the wrong crowd until she began coming here two years ago. she eventually met her match, a high-strung horse named ziggy. now her grades are up and her anger is down. >> when he got mad, i found out that i couldn't be mad at him. i had to calm down, so he could get where i was. >> reporter: so ziggy's been your therapist. >> yes, he has! and i've been his therapis

professor akbar ahmed, chair of islamic studies. also joined by aaron david miller, a public policy scholar at the woodrow wilson center and also a former middle east negotiator from 1988 to 2003. both of you gentlemen, thank you very much. now that we have heard the speech, what are the policy implications going forward for the president? if we can start, one of the things he focused on was a call for democracy. in certain areas of the middle east, we heard the call as far as policy. what does it mean, mr. ambassador? guest: there were some comments from president obama's reactions. they were somewhat unambiguous, somewhat lacking in direction. there were statements, but there seemed to be some lack of clarity. yesterday, he cleared the air. he emphatically laid down the marker that this is where we stand. this is where we stand. we will support democracy and human rights. we will support every kind of desperation of the people of the middle east. he took the range of countries into a purview. he talked about egypt and tunisia, who

when he did he yelled out "allah akbar." from my training experience, i knew there might booy a be pro. >> the passenger placed under arrest was 28-year-old al marici who lived for a short time in this house in vallejo. they say he left looking for work to support his wife and children in yemen. >> he was looking for a job in here, and so he didn't find a job. that's why he went to new york to found a job. >> he attended the vallejo adult school to brush up on his english. a school official says he was here in 1999 picking up extra credit. >> i think he is a very nice person. he is a teacher of mathematic. >> he was in federal court where the prosecutor called him a significant thete. they say he had no luggage on the flight from chicago, but he was carrying other items including $47 in cash, two postdated checking totaling $13,000 and several valid and expired forms of id from california and new york. >> i felt he was trying to take on the flight crew and possibly crash the you are plane. >> he is a nut. a terrorist. but he

a passenger shouts allah akbar "god is great" in arabic. tries to barge into the cockpit. this past weekend -- continental airlines, houston to chicago. again, a passenger tries to pop open an exit. and delta, from detroit to san diego diverts to new mexico after a flight attendant finds the word "bomb" written on a napkin in the bathroom. what is going on? >> we are entering a legitimate threat period. >> reporter: is there an actual increase in incidents since the death of osama bin laden, or are jittery passengers and police reacting more forcefully? it does seem unusual to hear about so many problem passengers all at once. >> we are clearly paying closer attention, but you also have individuals who are trying to exploit the situation. >> reporter: in the recent sky-high mishaps, passengers and flight attendants jumped into action. on last night's boston flight, off-duty policeman john riley helped contain the man who tried to open the door. >> they showed me, pointed the gentleman out to me. and said, whatever i do, make sure he wouldn't leave his seat for anything. >>

he was running to the cockpit and screamed out allah akbar, i knew there was a problem. >> for now al-murisi is charged with interfering with flight crew members. he will be back in court on friday. >> if city leaders impose rolling brown outs, they will save money but put in danger. >> the fire department's aim is to respond to emergencies in eight minutes or less. the national fire protection standard is four-five minutes. the retired chief heads the firefighter's union. >> in reality someone in cardiac arrest loses their life in four-six minutes and we are behind the curve. >>> and three separate fires broke out in less than 30 minutes. firefighters say that tests their spending resources. last year the city cut 49 firefighter's jobs and now there may be rolling brown outs this summer. on those day a truck or engine is taken out of service and firefighters work out of another station. >> adding brown out to that equation, our system becomes thinner and more unable to respond to high volume periods. >> fire department officials say brown outs are better than the alternative. >> the alterna

. >> going down to the cockpit he was yelling alah akbar. >>> he used to live in he moved to new york and relatives say he is not a terrorist and not all that religious and it's all a misunderstanding. he will be in federal court at 9:30 only charged with interfering with a flight crew that is a felony but maybe less people on board that flight expected. >>> a judge must decide whether to reveal the grand jury testimony of jaycee dugard. it could be more complicated after publishing a memoir about her ordeal. it tells the story of the 18-year-old she spent in backyard compound she with a h was kidnapped in 1991 and she was finally schedule in 2009. during that time the south lake tahoe girl, she bore two daughters by garrido. a stolen life will be published in july. >>> former governor arnold schwarzenegger and his wife is calling for privacy after announcing they are separating. in a joint statement, the two say this has been a great time of professional transition. after a great deal of thought and prayer we came to this discussion together. the couples marriage came under scrutiny

. >> it's a bit scary that any time someone says ala akbar they are going to be put in prison. >> reporter: his cousin told us he had no intentions of hurting nobody. it didn't make sense. when i first heard about it, i couldn't believe it. >>> coming up at 6:00, why a legal expert says it's unlikely he will be delivered any time soon. david stevenson. >>> let's go to rob roth. you got a firsthand look at what happened on the airplane today. >> reporter: the police officer who helped subdue the suspect says he doesn't feel like he's a hero. larry wright was a san mateo police officer for 27 years and this afternoon he didn't mince words about almarisi the passenger he helped stop from ramming the door. >> i felt he was trying to take on the flight crew and possibly crash the airplane. >> reporter: wright says he was on his way home, and looking at his iphone and not really paying attention. >> from my training experience in the san mateo police department i knew there could be a problem and there could be a possible threat. >> reporter: wright says he followed the man. wright says he had p

injured during the arrest but it is what was saying that has passengers rat sclld he was yelling ala akbar. >> he used to live in vallejo and now lives in new york. he certainly is not a terrorist, really not all that religious and probably all some kind of a bizarre misunderstanding. he is expected to be in federal court at 9:30 this morning. again, only charged with interfering with a flight crew but there some people aboard that think he should be charged with something far more serious. >>> san jose fire officials are sounding a new alarm. fire stations will have face rotating staff reductions beginning this summer meanwhile a slower response time to fires. amy hollyfield is live in san jose with more. >>> it's not good news but it could be worse. no fire stations are going to be closing and that is what firefighters were really worried about. they will be pulling engines out of service on a rotating basis. yesterday morning, firefighters in san jose had three fires in 30 minutes to respond to. it's that kind of scenario that has them worried about what keichd reduction in service they

professor akbar ahmed, chair of islamic studies. we're also joined by aaron david miller, a public policy scholar at the woodrow wilson center and also a former middle east negotiator from 1988 to 2003. both of you gentlemen, thank you very much. now that we have heard the speech, what are the policy implications going forward for the president? if we can start, one of the things he focused on was a call for democracy. in certain areas of the middle east, we heard the call as far as policy. what does it mean, mr. ambassador? guest: there were some comments fr president obama's reactions. they we somewhat unambiguous, somewhat lacking in direction. there were statements, but there seemed to be some lack of clarity. yesterday, he cleared the air. he emphatically laid down the marker that this is where we stand. this is where we stand. we will support democracy and human rights. we will support every kind of desperation of the people of the middle east. he took the range of countries into a purview. he talked about egypt and tunisia, w

the only thing he said about approximately 30 times was allah akbar. >> reporter: now, as wright came to talk to us today he brought the shirt that he was wearing on 9/11 and says that serves as a reminder he made to himself on that day to never be a victim whether he's a hero, he only comes forward to tell his story so that he can return to a very private life. wright says what he did, he did not do alone. and is it a reminder to all of us we need to be prepared every single day. kris sanchez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, kris. >>> an 18-year-old man thought to be suicidal was found at the scene of a deadly car crash this morning. the chp says he crashed his silver camry into a red pickup truck along highway 101. unfortunately killing the 54-year-old driver outside of the truck inspecting it at the time. he was not injured. chp investigators say it may have been accident but they're looking into the accident. the brother reported him missing early this morning. >>> new at 6:00, state analysts want to put the brakes on california's high-speed rail project. the office recommends al

slammed his shoulder into the cockpit door on american airlines flight from chicago while yelling allah akbar meaning god is great. he was wrestled to the ground and held until the men landed. he pleaded not guilty in court today. >> somewhat of nervous breakdown on the plane. he was afraid. he was scared. that's what led to the out burst. >> does he say why he was afraid. >> we can't say right now. >>reporter: psychological examination of the pan was completedt the results not yet made public. >>> more to bring you this friday night open the news at 9. just ahead graduation season. so what are the prospects for new college graduate entering the job market? >> bay area teenagers honored for avoiding a pitfall of their neighborhood. >> i'm spencer in the accu-weather forecast snevrment up come memorial day weekend. will look a little bit like spring. i i'll have the 7 day will look a little bit like spring. i i'll have the 7 day forecast coming up. >> 19 grade school students recognized today for staying away from gangs and from trouble. bureau of alcohol tobacco firearms runs the program. atf

but he said that he belongs to a pashtun man called akbar and there is no way of verifying this independentlye said. so, in many ways, it is a quiet place in a very, very quiet town. >> omar waraich from "time" magazine joining us from abottabad, pakistan. thank you for your report. >>> continuing with discussion of exactly how the operation was carried out, we want to bring in msnbc news terrorism analyst. michael has held key positions at the state department and new york police department, and michael, i want to pass on this wire that a senior u.s. official is saying that osama bin laden was buried at sea from the deck of the "uss carl vincent" aircraft carrier in the arabian sea. s as we talked about before, we want to see pictures and ronald reagan's famous line, trust and verify. do we have to see a body? >> well, i trust the government and if they say we got them, we can be sure we do, but the general public will be hungry to get this information and good to get some photos and independent verification of the dna to put to bed the conspiracy theorists as much as possible, but they will

and as video shows, they shoot en [ gunfire ] >> allahu akbar. >> we can't show you the rest of this tape. it shows another much younger child horribly wounded, probably killed. again, these are not mistakes. this is murder. let's bring in jill dougherty. also elliott abrams, a veteran of the reagan and george w. bush administrations and currently a senior fellow for middle eastern studies at the council on foreign relations. elliott, obviously some tough sanctions announced today. maybe the president will have more to say. but how much can be done? how much can be accomplished? what can -- what else can be done to stop these killings? >> two things. first, we need to be clearer that assad has got to go. the president has said that about mubarak and gadhafi. he still hasn't said it about assad. i hope he does tomorrow. but the sooner the better. we need more sanctions and we need more europeans to join us in them. because we've got to get the richer people, the elites, particularly the sunni elites in syria to turn against him, and the way to do that is through the economy. >> jill,

american airlines, chicago to san francisco, a passenger shouts "allah akbar," god is great, in arabict. this past weekend continental airlines houston to chicago. again a passenger tries to pop open an exit. and a flight from detroit to san diego diverts to new mexico after a flight attendant finds the word "bomb" written on a napkin in the bathroom. what is going on? >> we're more attuned because we are entering a legitimate threat period. >> reporter: is there is an actual increase since the osama bin laden death or are jittery passengers and police acting more forcefully? so many problems passengers all at once. >> we are clearly paying closer attention, but you also have individuals who are trying to exploit this situation. >> reporter: in the recent sky-high mishaps passengers and flight attendants jumped into action. on boston flight off-duty policeman john riley helped contain the man who tried to open the door. >> they showed me the seat, pointed the gentleman out to me, and said whatever i do could i make sure that he wouldn't leave his seat for anything. >> reporter: matt gr

police say he rammed the door with his shoulder, while shouting, allah akbar, god is great. passengers subdued him. now, he is being held without bail. all scary incidents, unrelated, as far as we know. we should mention, as frightening as it is to have someone try to open the emergency exit in mid-flight, well, it's not possible to do because of the pressure differential inside and outside that aircraft. but it is scary when you see someone trying to do that. >> doesn't make it any less scary. but it's good to know. >>> as we have been saying, new questions about whether one of bin laden's sons escaped during or after that raid that took down osama bin laden. jim sciutto is in islamabad. and looking into whether the so-called prince of terror is on the run. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, robin. ever since the night of that raid, one of the captured wives has been insisting to pakistani investigators that one of bin laden's sons is missing. not captured by the pakistanis. not killed by the americans. and now, pakistani security officials believe that is true.

he said it was owned by a pashtun man known as akbar, and throughout the rest of the town, there is a great deal of incrk d incredulity, and nobody knew it was bin laden, but whoever lived there was living within the bounds of the compound, and yet they said he could live there for a number of years, because it is a part of pakistan that is largely undisturbed by either suicide bombings or the dramatic events of any kind. so for them to have gone through the raid last night and then deal with the world's media standing up today, it is a startling experience. >> given the location of this mansion, this compound where bin laden was hiding out and all of the retired and the active duty pakistani military who were living in the city of abottabad, is it conceivable that there was no s a ss a sises and th s and- provided by pakistan authorities to bin laden? >> well, wolf, the pakistan intelligence agencies pride themselves on being very efficient, and almost describing powers of omnipotence to themselves. the fact that bin laden could have been hiding as you said in such a, in what is not

allahu akbar! >> the video shows a wounded teenager. too graphic to air, show another younger boy mortally wounded being carried away. more evidence, recent video of wounded children. like so much of what comes from the region, again, we cannot independently confirm it, but a human rights activist in homs tells us these kids were wounded when security forces began shooting at their school bus, wounding five and killing a 12-year-old girl. and this is how the regime handles unarmed protesters of any age. [ gunfire ] >> [ speaking in foreign language ]. >> and this. this is how the regime deals with clearly marked ambulances. >> [ yelling in foreign language ]. [ gunfire ] >> from the beginning syria's dictator has blamed outsiders and terrorists for the uprising. more recently he admitted that security forces have made mistakes in dealing with it. well, ask yourself this. have the people you've seen looked like terrorists? is 13-year-old hamza ali al khateeb a terrorist? as for mistakes, snipers targeting an ambulance? was that a mistake

there will be a roundtable discussion about the president's comments with akbar ahmed and aaron davidmaureen mcavey will talk about a new report the united states is falling behind in its infrastructure services. as always, your emails, phone calls, and sutweets. from lectures and history, cleveland state professor on the music of duke ellington. look at the smithsonian's efforts to preserve the jettison bible. and the 50th anniversary celebration of the freedom ride, when 13 men and women boarded two buses bound for new orleans. get the complete schedule c- span.org/history. >> this weekend, c-span2, the gate is byrd -- the g aithersburg . plus a panel discussion. will get the complete schedule at booktv.org. >> robert talked about the developing economies in the middle east and africa at the speech at the committee. he emphasized the importance of maintaining social safety nets to allow them to pursue changes. >> it features two veteran friends of global development. former senator chuck. both are known to you. he was a vice chairman international. he came to the world bank in 2007.

akbar is right here. host: alabama, good morning. our independent line. caller: of wanted to speak about achieving peace over there. on the palestinian side, the failure to recognize israel is a chief point. if somebody came over here and took half of our land, i understand what it would be angry. as far as israel goes, the economic situation, they shifted their economy from the internet- based economy to a more security-based economy. that seems to be controlling their country. doesn't it make up over 50% of their gdp? thank you very much. guest: i mean, i think that is not a fairharacterization of israel's economic reality. they survive the dot com bubble and the 2008 crash much better than we did it. the onomy is growing and high tech is fundamentally important. they certainly have a vibrant economy. in terms of real dollars, the percentage of money that i released spend on defense is very high and will remain high. we have zeroed out our economic aid. host: san diego, thanks for holding on. our republican line. caller: thank you for taking my call. mr

april 27, the egyptian foreign minister said that he will meet with the iranian foreign minister ali akbar saleh. the two officials will discuss next steps for the iranian-egyptian relationship. on may 3, iran's foreign minister announced that he would send his deputy to visit egypt in the coming days. egyptian authorities helped negotiator the recent reconciliation agreement between the terrorist movement hamas and fatah, a major setback to israeli-palestinian peace. when asked to comment on hamas being a terrorist organization, egypt's foreign minister said -- quote -- "we must allow someone house who is fight forge a cuss to see the light of day at the end of the tunnel and enter into peace." on march 28, hamas submit add request to the egyptian government to reopen its embassy in the gaza strip. on april 28, egypt's foreign minister announced plans to reopen the raffa border with hamas on a permanent basis, a potential boon to the hamas terrorist organization. and on april 30, al hayak reported that hamas would be reelecting its offices from did a mass cursing send the terrorist's numb

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have no way of verifying this -- the resident there said it was owned by a pashtun man by the name of akbar. and nothing beyond that is known. for many people, this neighborhood was unremarkable in many ways. it's a middle-class neighborhood. it's populated by people like doctors and businessmen, professionals who drive toyotas and hondas and work in the area and there was nothing particularly unremarkable -- nothing remarkable about this neighborhood at all. >> omar, final question. there are some people in the arab world who are saying today that osama bin laden is now a martyr and that vengeance will be taken on america. do you hear any of that among the people that you're speaking to? >> no. i mean, people here i've spoken to, some of them, there is no sort of outpouring of support here. we haven't seen people taking to the streets. that may change later on, of course. people here, however, they've heard repeatedly that bin laden was in pakistan. they were never sure. they heard rumors of his death. some people now even aren't completely convinced. they say they'd like to see more evide

professor akbar ahmed, chair of islamic studies.lso ined by aaron david miller, a public policy scholar at the woodrow wilson center and also a former middle east negotiator from 1988 to 2003. both of you gentlemen, thank you very much. now that we have heard the speech, what are the policy implications going forward for the president? if we can start, one of the things he focused on was a cl for democracy. in certain areas of the middle east, we heard the call as far as policy. what does it mean, mr. ambassador? guest: there were some comments from president obama's reactions. they were somewhat unambiguous, somewhat lacking in direction. there were statements, but there seemed to be some lack of clarity. yesterday, he cleared the air. he emphatically laid down the marker that this is where we stand. this is where we stand. we will support democracy and human rights. we will support every kind of desperation of the people of the middle east. he took the range of countries into a purview. he talked about egypt and tunisia, who began

professor akbar ahmed, chair of islamic studies. we're also joined by aaron david miller, a public policy scholar at the woodrow wilson center and also a former middle east negotiator from 1988 to 2003. both of you gentlemen, thank you very much. now that we have heard the speech, what are the policy implicationgoing forward for the president? if we can start, one of the things he focused on was a call for democracy. in certain areas of the middle east, we heard the call as far as policy. what does it mean, mr. ambassador? guest: there were some comments from president obama's reactions. they were somewhat unambiguous, somewhat lacking in direction. there were statements, but there seemed to be some lack of clarity. yesterday, he cleared the air. he emphatically laid down the marker that this iwhere we stand. is is where we stand. we will support democracy and human rights. we will support every kind of desperation of the people of the middle east. took the range of countries into a purview. he talked about egypt and tunisia, who be