guest: we are seeing al jazeera international or al jazeera english. there are two strands. there is one in arabic that is broadcast on satellite. you can see that i set like anywhere in the world. there is al jazeera english that is broadcast on cable. it is still trying to put itself on cable on a large scale here in the united states. as of the first of july, they are going to beat on cable -- they are going to be on cable in the washington, d.c., area. these are two different strands. in many ways, they represent slightly different perspectives on the world. al jazeera arabic as the bulk of its audience in the middle east. it caters to be specifically arab audience in the middle east and elsewhere. al jazeera english has a broader perspective. it is broadcast in english. it addresses so many different audiences in various parts of the world, including the american audience. host: we are talking to abderrahim foukara from al jazeera. jimmy is on the phone. caller: i have a concern about hypocrisy. barack obama goes abroad and talks about democracy. i find it fascinating b

al jazeera english has a broader perspective. it is broadcast in english. it addresses so many different audiences in various parts of the world, including the american audience. host: we are talking to abderrahim foukara from al jazeera. jimmy is on the phone. caller: i have a concern about hypocrisy. barack obama goes abroad and talks about democracy. i find it fascinating because you do not have democracy in the united states. there is an issue in terms of the treatment of african american people in america. i wonder why al jazeera does not deal with the injustices for african-americans in the united states. guest: there is the issue of hypocrisy in the issue of what al jazeera covers in the united states. as far as democracy is concerned, i'm speaking as a non-americans living in the united states. the american political system is an amazing political system treat it is capable of redress corrections. it has checks and balances, freedom of speech, the first amendment. it is obviously not the perfect political system. it does have its failings. we, in th

host: if you just joined us, our guest is the washington bureau chief for al jazeera. our next call is vincent, joining us from ohio on the phone. thank you. good morning. caller: my question is, if the middle east did not have any oil, if there was no oil in the middle east, do you think the united states would be so invasive in a worrying about what we call human rights in another country? mai basic, it is that we have not addressed " we have seen. e united states. some people in the united states, we say that the muslims are terrorists. is in one man's terrorist another man's freedom fighter? when you allow israel to be able to do whatever they choose to do and to allow the palestinians not to have their own sovereignty, if it was reversed the other way, we would be, it is terrible. i feel that the united states should come clean and say that the arabs have basically been a tribal people. they have had battles with the jews since the beginning of time. they will continue to have battles. why don't we be honest and say that the only reason we're there is because of f

host: our guest is the washington bureau chief for al jazeera arabic, abderrahim foukara. he also worked for wgbh in boston. thought want to share with you one of the many editorials. this one is from "the wall street journal. a one of the points is that hanging over all of this, the question of iran and how to deal with it. then this point that if mr. obama is serious about stopping to iran, he has to do a couple of steps that i outlined. guest: the issue of iran is interesting. the way that the president handled it in his speech yesterday -- obviously, it caused some waves in the arab and muslim world. there are basically two trends, if you will, in the middle east about the issue of iran there are people who see iran's attempts to acquire a nuclear capability as potentially leading to iran acquiring a nuclear weapon. they're very nervous about that. a nuclear iran, they feel, will definitely destabilize the middle east. that school of thought exists more in the official circles in the middle east, in egypt and saudi arabia, some of the gulf countries. among the populace

she announced on the program, on al jazeera english, across the world. then we get an interview tragically, and sadly, on december 27, which was the last interview she ever gave, when she was just planning to return. december 27, i should say, was the day of the assassination. the interview was early in december. but it was one of the last thing she ever did. she was talking in dubai about her family wanting to go back to fight for democracy and freedom in the country. her children were urging her on, wanting her to go on, even though they all knew the risk to is taking. there were times in her life of a controversial -- she was a very brave, idealistic young woman, and she knew the risks she was taking when she went back. unfortunately, that came to pass on december 27, 2007. host: where in england are you from? guest: all over because my father was a methodist minister. he used to get posters outside the church trying to get people into his room on sunday. he put up one sign that said come to church on sunday and avoid the christmas rush. we lived abou

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> host: david frost at c-span also with al jazeera in english and his program frost over the world and of course made famous by the "frost/nixon" movie produced by ron howard. >> guest: great to be here. >> host: let me begin by asking the latest from the nixon tapes of 1973. we will hear an excerpt in a moment but any reaction what you've heard from richard nixon and his dealings in the 1970's? >> guest: in fact i don't think that there has been any major revelation and the last 30 years that has contradicted anything in the interviews but there was this interesting stuff coming out and i missed some of it on the plane over here yesterday it's amazing that it is still coming out and it's an indication which i guess the movie was even more indication impersonation and richard nixon because he was such an enigma, difficult to read, so difficult to understand. he's the most fascinating president we have had really for all those reasons. >> host: that we share with you and the audience when of the excerpts of the conversation from januar

one example in the book, a friend of mine's mother was watching al jazeera one day. they do a good job of covering the globe. they're watching peru. is that how come there are no election returns in the middle east? it starts people to thinking and contrasting the systems that exist in the arab world in other places. people are like sponges on those kinds of issues. they know they need change. the difficulty is to create the tools to get it. host: what you believe barack obama's influence on the middle east will be? guest: he hit a lot of the right notes in trying to repair the image of the united states and to talk about people in their own language, their own terms. it signals that somebody is listening. when the united states tries to intervene directly, it is often rejected and seen as a throwback to colonial times or trying to interfere in sopping that is not their business. but when the talk about issues and the need for civil society, it does shift the debate. that was one criticism. i talk to some friends in egypt. that was one thing they felt he when lightly

coming up on tomorrow morning's "washington journal" david makovsky and foukara of al jazeera television will talk about president obama's middle east trip. after that cease sigh connolly of the -- ceci connolly will discuss the health care plans in legislation. it begins every morning at 7:00 eastern. later in the morning we'll get an update on the may employment numbers. live coverage from the joint economic committee begins at 9:30 eastern on c-span 2. >> president obama delivered a speech at cairo university in egypt and called for a two-state solution in the middle east, a unified effort against so-called violent extremism and greater freedom and equality for women in the region. the speech was broadcast worldwide. it's about an hour. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you very much. thank you very much. please. >> thank you. thank you. thank you so much. good afternoon. i am honored to be in the timeless city of cairo and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. for over 1,000 years, you've stood as a

c -- from al jazeera arabic. john mercurialo, the battle lins are drawn in the democratic primary. guest: polls show the race is tightening. there is a new poll out this morning showing that one of the candidates, a state senator, is now in the lead. two of the three candidates are running -- one of them, former dnc chairman terry mcauliffe, is bringing in some big guns in the final days, big guns from outside virginia, to make his case. bill clinton is returning to virginia this weekend to campaign for mcauliffe. he will attend a fund-raiser at mcauliffe's house in mclean, virginia. it is at least the third visit that clinton has made on behalf of mcauliffe in this race. also yesterday, and this is interesting, mcauliffe announced the support of montana governor bryan schweitzer, who also -- announcing the support, schweitzer made clear he is supporting mcauliffe because they are friends. he is doing it on a personal level, not as chairman of the rg&e a. regardless, it is not entirely clear how many -- of the rga. republicans did not seem too concerned. the republican governors as

they also have satellite television, including al-jazeera aimenal-jazeera. detainees are permitted quarterly phone calls. and received 22,000 pages of mail including privileged attorney-client mail. attorney-client mail as i said. finally, we offer literacy classes, and art classes for the detainees. these detainees are provided better health care than a lot of americans are. does any of this sound like abuse? does any of it sound like abuse? in his first five months president obama has had to make some tough decisions. some of these decisions like his afghan policy i publicly supported. he needs to realize, though, that on this issue of bringing these terrorists to the united states, there is strong bipartisan opposition. if the president were to go down to gitmo, tour the facilities and to be completely honest with himself, i believe that he would come to the same conclusion that i did. in the end, there are n

is absolutely new in the sense that this week is the big launch here in washington, mag, where al jazeera comes to america, coming first year to washington on m agreed with h.con.res. providing for reset of the senate and condition of the house of representatives in reach the conclusion of the house is requested. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lace before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable, the speaker, house of representatives, madam, this letter serves as my intent to resign effective today, john kline, member of congress. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the resignation is accepted. for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? mr. dicks: i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days in which to revise and stind their remarks and include extraneous material on h.r. 2996 and that i may include tabular material on the same. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. pursuant to clause 11 of rule 10, clause 11 of rule 1 and the order of the house of january 6, trine, the chair announces the speaker's appointmen

he can beam his message in living rooms to the best by al-jazee al-jazeera. and it's in my cycle, it's the contagionon affect. radical groups have tried to take over local groups. it's been part and parcel of life in that part of that world for centuries. the different thing is now there's a contagion possibility which brings our response to the united states and other western powers. now, let me be very clear here i'm not saying intervention is bad. the alternative to intervery long is more 9/11s. we have have we have to get involved in this extremely radical but very small group that's opposed to the west. that's about how you do it. and doing it while make the local people your ally the vast amounts of my examples in the book that's a much better approach than doing it unilaterally or in a high profile way and alienates them and strengthens the radical group. it's how to intervene and not whether to intervene. >> yes, the gentleman over there, please. >> i'm from international peace operations association. in your book you recommend getting the lexicon rig

is absolutely new in the sense that this week is the big launch here in washington, mag, where al jazeera comes to america, coming first year to washington on march 1. it is very exciting because we started it in 50 countries. now it is up to 100 countries, 140 million, 150 million homes. here in your neck of the woods, starting next wednesday. host: sir david frost, thank you for joining us here on c-span. we now take you to the floor of the house of representatives for today's proceedings. have a good day. gues 2009. i hereby appoint the honorable jose e. serrano to act as speaker pro tempore on this day . signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain. the chaplain: lord god, i lift your name in praise and thanksgiving for providing this nation with resources, talent and opportunity. i seek your forgiveness for our many sins. i seek your guidance, direction and leadership in the areas of economic's social welfare for the masses and international peace. i ask for your wisdom in bountiful supply on