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and also against al-jazeera somebody even calling it jihad t.v. what's going on here with you know this explosion of media and also this explosion of people who are a little worried about what's happening. hillary clinton secretary of state made it very clear that we are losing this information war well i find that very revealing is that a war what. isn't the goal of u.s. information to and who. don't hold your conclusions. i'm so sorry we seem to be having some problems with our audio here hopefully we can bring him back that was michael parenti author of for the paper face of imperialism hopefully we do bring him back in the meantime we have a short break here and coming up in a few were going to talk about donald trump. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions considerable breakthrough that sort of have been made who can you trust no one will is jim field with a global mission originally where we had a state controlled capitalism that's called session so when nobody dares to ask what we do our t. question
and also against al-jazeera somebody even calling it jihad t.v. what's going on here with you know this explosion of media and also this explosion of people who are a little worried about what's happening. hillary clinton secretary of state made it very clear that we are losing this information war well i find that very revealing is that a war what. isn't the goal of u.s. information to and who. don't hold your conclusions. i'm so sorry we seem to be having some problems with our audio here...
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e is the head of al-jazeera's transparency unit. [applause] our second speaker proposing the motion needs no introduction. julien was born in queensland, australia. he is editor in chief of wikileaks. he has facilitated more acts of whistleblowing than any other individual. there have been calls to -- for his assassination. he is continuing ongoing espionage investigations. he described in a phrase, he called wicked leaks -- wikilea ks the intelligence agency of the people. he writes about politics, economics, world affairs. when he is not writing, and he is speaking. there are other political programs. before joining the statesman, he worked for channel four. opposing the motion, we have sir david richards. 30 years of service in baghdad. in 2003, david returned to baghdad. he is the un special representative to iraq. he is the head of defense and intelligence. he has had a long and distinguished career and side of the u.s. government. that says here that he was responsible for the security of the protesting systems across the worl
e is the head of al-jazeera's transparency unit. [applause] our second speaker proposing the motion needs no introduction. julien was born in queensland, australia. he is editor in chief of wikileaks. he has facilitated more acts of whistleblowing than any other individual. there have been calls to -- for his assassination. he is continuing ongoing espionage investigations. he described in a phrase, he called wicked leaks -- wikilea ks the intelligence agency of the people. he writes about...
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people were very upset with al jazeera. it was all over facebook. they were calling for al jazeera to do the coverage, because they know they are aware, like everyone else in the region, when al jazeera decides to criticize the regime, the regime will be toppled. whether we like it or agree with thit, it is true. it is very popular. it is the most popular media outlet in the region. when al jazeera picks up the uprising, it is a huge help. it is funny. at the beginning, for four weeks, almost impotent. something changed. they moved to the other side. i am sure you realize. it is interesting to watch out jazeera. >> what is the website again? >> nowlebanon.com. >> revealing how the regime actually works -- of jazeera has been accused of smuggling hallucinogens to the -- to syria. there are major reports of crackdowns with of jazeera logos -- with bags and al jazeera logos on them. there was a cop attacked by protesters. he said bbc arabic was there and urged the protesters on. apparently bbc arabic has taken an active part in this. this is showing th
people were very upset with al jazeera. it was all over facebook. they were calling for al jazeera to do the coverage, because they know they are aware, like everyone else in the region, when al jazeera decides to criticize the regime, the regime will be toppled. whether we like it or agree with thit, it is true. it is very popular. it is the most popular media outlet in the region. when al jazeera picks up the uprising, it is a huge help. it is funny. at the beginning, for four weeks, almost...
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and al jazeera taken off american airways american taxpayers are helping to put right now at this time jihad t.v. on the air and investigative in congress for their role radicalizing we do think they ought to be expanded into looking at the operations of foreign propaganda channels like russia today on american soil we'd also like to look at al-jazeera even as americans increasingly turn to them for fresh your views and real news as us for print media at their entertainment programming and sundry we open up these huge gaps because we're more concerned with reality t.v. and people arguing and people attacking the president than we are with having people on the ground finding out what the problem the problems are the quote war was the golden age of us international broadcast outlets like voice of america radio free europe the thirty years later the media and economic landscape has changed and voices have been added to the discussion from doha to paris to caracas the u.s. worry that it may not be the only one battling for the airwaves anymore here in florida r.t. washington d.c. the first
and al jazeera taken off american airways american taxpayers are helping to put right now at this time jihad t.v. on the air and investigative in congress for their role radicalizing we do think they ought to be expanded into looking at the operations of foreign propaganda channels like russia today on american soil we'd also like to look at al-jazeera even as americans increasingly turn to them for fresh your views and real news as us for print media at their entertainment programming and...
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people were very upset with al jazeera. it was all over facebook. they were calling for al jazeera to do the coverage, because they know they are aware, like everyone else in the region, when al jazeera decides to criticize the regime, the regime will be toppled. whether we like it or agree with thit, it is true. it is very popular. it is the most popular media outlet in the region. when al jazeera picks up the uprising, it is a huge help. it is funny. at the beginning, for four weeks, almost impotent. something changed. they moved to the other side. i am sure you realize. it is interesting to watch out jazeera. >> what is the website again? >> nowlebanon.com. >> revealing how the regime actually works -- of jazeera has been accused of smuggling hallucinogens to the -- to syria. there are major reports of crackdowns with of jazeera logos -- with bags and al jazeera logos on them. there was a cop attacked by protesters. he said bbc arabic was there and urged the protesters on. apparently bbc arabic has taken an active part in this. this is showing th
people were very upset with al jazeera. it was all over facebook. they were calling for al jazeera to do the coverage, because they know they are aware, like everyone else in the region, when al jazeera decides to criticize the regime, the regime will be toppled. whether we like it or agree with thit, it is true. it is very popular. it is the most popular media outlet in the region. when al jazeera picks up the uprising, it is a huge help. it is funny. at the beginning, for four weeks, almost...
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people were very upset with al jazeera. it was all over facebook. they were calling for al jazeera to do the coverage, because they know they are aware, like everyone else in the region, when al jazeera decides to criticize the regime, the regime will be toppled. whether we like it or agree with thit, it is true. it is very popular. it is the most popular media outlet in the region. when al jazeera picks up the uprising, it is a huge help. it is funny. at the beginning, for four weeks, almost impotent. something changed. they moved to the other side. i am sure you realize. it is interesting to watch out jazeera. >> what is the website again? >> nowlebanon.com. >> revealing how the regime actually works -- of jazeera has been accused of smuggling hallucinogens to the -- to syria. there are major reports of crackdowns with of jazeera logos -- with bags and al jazeera logos on them. there was a cop attacked by protesters. he said bbc aric was there and urged the protesters on. apparently bbc arabic has taken an active part in this. this is showing the
people were very upset with al jazeera. it was all over facebook. they were calling for al jazeera to do the coverage, because they know they are aware, like everyone else in the region, when al jazeera decides to criticize the regime, the regime will be toppled. whether we like it or agree with thit, it is true. it is very popular. it is the most popular media outlet in the region. when al jazeera picks up the uprising, it is a huge help. it is funny. at the beginning, for four weeks, almost...
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al-jazeera help because they want to know i'll just zero work you know someone who was arrested by the taliban the taliban prison held in those days because i want to find out about how the taliban prisons were they tortured people there they brutalize and they treated like a subhuman and your guest want to you know recidivism rate which by the was exaggerated number but the but the point is you take people who are torture chamber torture them for years and released and you do you make a friend of them you're going to make enemies want to undermine u.s. national security and undermine the u.s. reputation around the world and it's created a quagmire for us we've tortured people there and then we can't close the place we can't repeal the trial we create a situation that's ongoing and i'm going under minding our nation and undermining our national security it's a mess it was a mess from day one when when she knew what we're seeing is the worst the worst they knew on day one they had about a third of the people there who weren't even criminals i think kevin has a good point i do have to as
al-jazeera help because they want to know i'll just zero work you know someone who was arrested by the taliban the taliban prison held in those days because i want to find out about how the taliban prisons were they tortured people there they brutalize and they treated like a subhuman and your guest want to you know recidivism rate which by the was exaggerated number but the but the point is you take people who are torture chamber torture them for years and released and you do you make a friend...
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al jazeera is presenting more alternative perspectives. i do not think he will find the ultimate truth in any one outlet. hopefully, different perspectives will inform us better. host: let me conclude with one last question from a twitter follower. did the gaddafi troops seem to be 100% loyal to him? guest: outwardly, he regained proclamations of loyalty to gaddafi. they had his speeches on their cell phone ring tones. they were constantly saying that gaddafi and libya were good. it was impossible to know who was speaking from their heart and who was saying what they thought needed to be said. as we were being driven out of tripoli toward the border, basically everyone driving along the street was waving a green gaddafi flag showing themselves to the lowest -- to be a loyalist. i was speaking to a colleague recently who said they have no choice. some believe it. some are under such pressure from the dictatorial regime to show loyalty that they have to say it. they have to show it. host: thank you for being with us to share your story and t
al jazeera is presenting more alternative perspectives. i do not think he will find the ultimate truth in any one outlet. hopefully, different perspectives will inform us better. host: let me conclude with one last question from a twitter follower. did the gaddafi troops seem to be 100% loyal to him? guest: outwardly, he regained proclamations of loyalty to gaddafi. they had his speeches on their cell phone ring tones. they were constantly saying that gaddafi and libya were good. it was...
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al jazeera, egyptian journalists, they are treated with even more suspicion because they know they can speak arabic and read maps. they have a deep suspicion of them. tavis: i am delighted you are alive and that you took time to talk to us tonight. and you're talking to your family about what you will do going forward. the key for sharing your insights? -- thank you for sharing your insights. coming up, dr. manning marable, he did not live to see released today. stay with us. dr. manning marable was a giant in the field of black studies serving as the director of the institute for research of african-american studies at columbia. on friday, he passed away at the age of 60 just a few days before the release of his long-awaited biography on malcolm x. the book is in stores today and it is being called the definitive text on the life of the iconic black activists. dr. marable was going to join us in just a few days. instead, we will revisit my conversation with him from 2006 on the release of a previous pact. as fate would have it, scott king was later arrested atlanta. today happens to b
al jazeera, egyptian journalists, they are treated with even more suspicion because they know they can speak arabic and read maps. they have a deep suspicion of them. tavis: i am delighted you are alive and that you took time to talk to us tonight. and you're talking to your family about what you will do going forward. the key for sharing your insights? -- thank you for sharing your insights. coming up, dr. manning marable, he did not live to see released today. stay with us. dr. manning...
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greg mentioned the world with al jazeera in the middle east.ar funded the station -- the satellite station that essentially was the spark for the revolution a decade ago. americans don't understand the role but al jazeera has played in the middle east. we have heard criticism of al jazeera during the early parts of the iraq invasion. there were seen as being anti- american. there were chandra -- there were challenging all the leaders. that decade of freedom of information and speech and freedom of speech -- and freedom of the press, that was revolutionary. having access to twitter and facebook -- it was when one person said himself on fire, it was people in syria who saw what was going on and said, i want to be a part of this. this is the genie that cannot be put back into the bottle. this is the biggest change in the middle east since the end of the ottoman empire at the end of i.rld war r host: let's go to georgia on the democratic line, joan. caller: do you believe that the people of north africa and the middle east are still optimistic abou
greg mentioned the world with al jazeera in the middle east.ar funded the station -- the satellite station that essentially was the spark for the revolution a decade ago. americans don't understand the role but al jazeera has played in the middle east. we have heard criticism of al jazeera during the early parts of the iraq invasion. there were seen as being anti- american. there were chandra -- there were challenging all the leaders. that decade of freedom of information and speech and freedom...
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abuelaish is talked about what came out of the wikileaks and al-jazeera. and i think our friendship was talking about "the new york times" magazine piece, and there's a lot of tragedy here because there was a chance, but it didn't happen. and that's -- we're going to signing a book that and it's going to be right here. you don't have to go downstairs or anything because this institution is so full and busy that this is the place where we're going to sign books. and there's going to be a line, and i suggest that we take what our good friend, dr. abuelaish said, and think to your neighbor about what actions we can take to influence things in america on this issue. as he did at the j street meetings. and so we're going to line up and sign books. and you will come up, and our folks, jackie, you would tell us what to do. [applause] >> thank you so much. >> dr. izzeldin abuelaish here on booktv. you can find out more about his work by visiting daughtersforlife.com. >> is there a nonfiction author a book you would like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail
abuelaish is talked about what came out of the wikileaks and al-jazeera. and i think our friendship was talking about "the new york times" magazine piece, and there's a lot of tragedy here because there was a chance, but it didn't happen. and that's -- we're going to signing a book that and it's going to be right here. you don't have to go downstairs or anything because this institution is so full and busy that this is the place where we're going to sign books. and there's going to be...
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. >> al jazeera, one of the few journalists reporting from syria, said the demonstrators didn't provoke the attacks. >> they tell us there were very peaceful protests and there was no reason for the government to use this much deadly power. >> the protesters are relying on social networks to reach each other and the rest of the world. a facebook page, a twitter page, and tweets crying for help. >> it's like the people of syria are learning how not to be afraid. if this keeps mushrooming, he could be pushed from office. >> tonight, president obama issued a statement condemning in the strongest possible terms the use of force by syria's government and said that the outrageous violence must end now. but the u.s. is not going to intervene. unlike libya's moammar gadhafi, syria's dictator still has the support of his arab neighbors. that's a big difference. >> as you said, always tough for us to get in there and cover stories, but it looks like here we go again. andrea mitchell here in new york, thanks. >>> senator john mccain showed up in libya today. he went to the rebel headquarters city
. >> al jazeera, one of the few journalists reporting from syria, said the demonstrators didn't provoke the attacks. >> they tell us there were very peaceful protests and there was no reason for the government to use this much deadly power. >> the protesters are relying on social networks to reach each other and the rest of the world. a facebook page, a twitter page, and tweets crying for help. >> it's like the people of syria are learning how not to be afraid. if this...
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e is the head of al-jazeera's transparency unit. [applause] our second speaker proposing the motion needs no introduction. julien was born in queensland, australia. he is editor in chief of wikileaks. he has facilitated more acts of whistleblowing than any other individual. there have been calls to -- for his assassination. he is continuing ongoing espionage investigations. he described in a phrase, he called wicked leaks -- wikilea ks the intelligence agency of the people. he writes about politics, economics, world affairs. when he is not writing, and he is speaking. there are other political programs. before joining the statesman, he worked for channel four. opposing the motion, we have sir david richards. 30 years of service in baghdad. in 2003, david returned to baghdad. he is the un special representative to iraq. he is the head of defense and intelligence. he has had a long and distinguished career and side of the u.s. government. that says here that he was responsible for the security of the protesting systems across the worl
e is the head of al-jazeera's transparency unit. [applause] our second speaker proposing the motion needs no introduction. julien was born in queensland, australia. he is editor in chief of wikileaks. he has facilitated more acts of whistleblowing than any other individual. there have been calls to -- for his assassination. he is continuing ongoing espionage investigations. he described in a phrase, he called wicked leaks -- wikilea ks the intelligence agency of the people. he writes about...
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e is the head of al-jazeera's transparency unit. [applause] our second speaker proposing the motion needs no introduction. julien was born in queensland, australia. he is editor in chief of wikileaks. he has facilitated more acts of whistleblowing than any other individual. there have been calls to -- for his assassination. he is continuing ongoing espionage investigations. he described in a phrase, he called wicked leaks -- wikilea ks the intelligence agency of the people. he writes about politics, economics, world affairs. when he is not writing, and he is speaking. there are other political programs. before joining the statesman, he worked for channel four. posing the motion, we have sir david richards. 30 years of service in baghdad. in 2003, david returned to baghdad. he is the un special representative to iraq. he is the head of defense and intelligence. he has had a long and distinguished career and side of the u.s. government. that says here that he was responsible for the security of the protesting systems across the world.
e is the head of al-jazeera's transparency unit. [applause] our second speaker proposing the motion needs no introduction. julien was born in queensland, australia. he is editor in chief of wikileaks. he has facilitated more acts of whistleblowing than any other individual. there have been calls to -- for his assassination. he is continuing ongoing espionage investigations. he described in a phrase, he called wicked leaks -- wikilea ks the intelligence agency of the people. he writes about...
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al jazeera's rula amin is one of the few reporters still working in syria. >> every day the list of demands by the protesters is getting longer and the goals higher. at the beginning, they were asking for just regular reforms. now you have more people talking about toppling the regime. >> reporter: two members of syria's parliament resigned today in disgust. but so far the government and its security forces appear united, and clearly willing to kill their own citizens to stay in power. and, kate, there has been a new development in yet another country in the region. a senior yemeni official says that yemen's president of 32 years, ali abdullah saleh, has agreed to step down. in exchange for immunity for himself and his family. that transition would take place in about 30 days. until a transition actually takes place, yemen remains politically very unstable. kate? >> richard engel watching the region for us tonight. thank you. >>> a program note, senator john mccain who was in libya this week will be among david gregory's guests tomorrow on "meet the press." >>> the trouble in the arab world
al jazeera's rula amin is one of the few reporters still working in syria. >> every day the list of demands by the protesters is getting longer and the goals higher. at the beginning, they were asking for just regular reforms. now you have more people talking about toppling the regime. >> reporter: two members of syria's parliament resigned today in disgust. but so far the government and its security forces appear united, and clearly willing to kill their own citizens to stay in...
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al jazeera's rula amin is in syria. >> the protesters are getting more determined. the government as well. it seems there is a battle of will between both sides. >> there is an argument that says the following -- assad has taken a look at our involvement in libya, knows that it is extremely limited, and knows therefore that the united states is not going to get involved in syria in any way that really threatens him. >> reporter: but a third country is trying a different approach. yemen's president, ali abdullah saleh, has proposed a negotiated settlement, to step down in 30 days in exchange for immunity, handing power to a new government, including his allies. protesters today rejected the offer. they think they have the yemeni president on the ropes. they want him gone now. yemen's president is also under pressure from other gulf states for a negotiated transition of power. the gulf states would much prefer to see a smooth transition rather than another unpredictable popular uprising. kate? >> richard engel in libya tonight. thank you. >>> and back here at home, th
al jazeera's rula amin is in syria. >> the protesters are getting more determined. the government as well. it seems there is a battle of will between both sides. >> there is an argument that says the following -- assad has taken a look at our involvement in libya, knows that it is extremely limited, and knows therefore that the united states is not going to get involved in syria in any way that really threatens him. >> reporter: but a third country is trying a different...
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in daraa the situation is desperate, says al jazeera's rula amin, one of the few reporters in syria. >> anyone who dares to get onto the streets is risking to be shot because the army is deployed heavily and is shooting at anyone who's on the street. people are scared. they are panicking. they want to try to flee town, but there's no way out. >> reporter: in addition to those killed, hundreds more have gone missing, taken from their homes. >> just in the last couple of days security forces have been going from house to house, arresting people and taking them into detention. >> reporter: the ruthless crackdown and reports of iranian involvement put more pressure on the white house and the rest of the world to do something. >> we're pursuing a range of possible policy options, including targeted sanctions to respond to the crackdown and make clear that this behavior by the syrian government is unacceptable. >> reporter: president obama met today with the crown prince of the united arab emirates. as the arab league issued a statement without mentioning syria specifically, saying the pro
in daraa the situation is desperate, says al jazeera's rula amin, one of the few reporters in syria. >> anyone who dares to get onto the streets is risking to be shot because the army is deployed heavily and is shooting at anyone who's on the street. people are scared. they are panicking. they want to try to flee town, but there's no way out. >> reporter: in addition to those killed, hundreds more have gone missing, taken from their homes. >> just in the last couple of days...
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mobile phones in some of their personal books also reports of inmates having the numbers are to the al-jazeera news network a seem bizarre that such networks would be sharing a relationship with extremists. it is that he's one of the more bizarre discoveries there so i think there has to be some caution about there because you don't know yet who owned the number if this was just a journalist journalist do you tend to speak to both sides on the conflicts in this kind of war but it is possible of course that it was something more worrying and it was a islamic sympathizer perhaps outcry that improviser it was in touch with dangerous people if that's the case and that's obviously a lot more concerning because the b.b.c. world service is in theory meant to be promoting british interests abroad it's part of soft power all married to the british greyhound and so it's employing people sympathetic to al qaeda and that's clearly a very big issue robinson talks a research fellow at the henry jackson society thank you thank you. right now let's take a look at some other world news now in yemen opposition
mobile phones in some of their personal books also reports of inmates having the numbers are to the al-jazeera news network a seem bizarre that such networks would be sharing a relationship with extremists. it is that he's one of the more bizarre discoveries there so i think there has to be some caution about there because you don't know yet who owned the number if this was just a journalist journalist do you tend to speak to both sides on the conflicts in this kind of war but it is possible of...
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. >> reporter: i followed him to al jazeera, where he talked about ongoing negotiations with the military. afterwards, in a café, i had a couple more important questions. what is the future of how the muslim brotherhood will deal with israel? and will it recognize the treaty that's been signed? >> reporter: does the muslim brotherhood think israel has the right to exist? >> reporter: leaving cairo, one wants to be hopeful after these extraordinary days, but there's lots of cause for worry. as the brotherhood comes out of the shadows to take their place at the table, no one knows who will emerge as their leadership. whoever it is, though, will st certainlhelp determine the future of egypt, and perhaps beyond. >> next time on frontline... >> we've reinvented the university. >> they'll give you a degree... >> it's a very profitable business. >> ...find you a loan... >> they're doing it at the expense of the federal taxpayer. >> ...but will they give you an education? >> they're there to make money. they're there for profit. >> martin smith investigates. >> do you have the credibility to be d
. >> reporter: i followed him to al jazeera, where he talked about ongoing negotiations with the military. afterwards, in a café, i had a couple more important questions. what is the future of how the muslim brotherhood will deal with israel? and will it recognize the treaty that's been signed? >> reporter: does the muslim brotherhood think israel has the right to exist? >> reporter: leaving cairo, one wants to be hopeful after these extraordinary days, but there's lots of...
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really it was like who is it do you believe this is my favorite one of the day did you believe that al-jazeera is going to have its own car in nascar because that would really just. i believe well i mean i would start to believe that i mean what i love this that's the best way to infiltrate america you know here you know to harness there's going to be an element in our cars that has to be station or whatever it is getting of this misleading and sure you. know making sure you somebody's got to be out there if you know that we believe here is my germs so you know for the record so hearing you like to see your oklahoma is now actually who's that is proof that they were stupid enough to offer the joke. let's move on i'm telling you it's going to happen this is actually real this. you know of go daddy went on african safari he slayed in elephants then an entire village worth of people that he slay the elephant forgot to go rip it to fred all wearing go daddy baseball had pete is pissed about this one obviously but let's show a little bit graphic clip for viewers. i am. going to. be very very. ok is
really it was like who is it do you believe this is my favorite one of the day did you believe that al-jazeera is going to have its own car in nascar because that would really just. i believe well i mean i would start to believe that i mean what i love this that's the best way to infiltrate america you know here you know to harness there's going to be an element in our cars that has to be station or whatever it is getting of this misleading and sure you. know making sure you somebody's got to...
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was really it was like who do you believe it is my favorite one of the day did you believe that al-jazeera is going to have its own car in nascar because that would really just. i believe well i mean really it's hard to believe that i mean what i love this that's the best way to infiltrate america you know here you know to harness there's going to be an element in our cars that has more t.v. station and we'll have. a beginning of this is the beginning of. you know making money somebody has to be out there if you believe here is my germs you know for the record so hearing you like to see your oklahoma actually going to use that as proof that they were stupid enough to offer the joke. let's move on i tell you what's going to happen this is actually real the c.e.o. of go daddy when i'm not. african safari he slayed an elephant then an entire village worth of people is that he slay the elephant forgot to go rip it to read me all wearing go daddy baseball has pissed about this one obviously but let's show a little bit graphic clip for viewers. i am referring. back to my belong here. ok is that
was really it was like who do you believe it is my favorite one of the day did you believe that al-jazeera is going to have its own car in nascar because that would really just. i believe well i mean really it's hard to believe that i mean what i love this that's the best way to infiltrate america you know here you know to harness there's going to be an element in our cars that has more t.v. station and we'll have. a beginning of this is the beginning of. you know making money somebody has to...
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host: al-jazeera is showing a video about the violence breaking down there. guest: pastor jones burning the karan, which is very sensitive to people in the arab world. they are not in favor of the talent than and there was enough bed in yesterday's "the washington post" talking about that, but the fact the matter is they are not wild about foreign occupation. people who do not want us there, will play this up. this is the type of people who come here. they take control, basically you will not be able to read the qaran. in this media age, you have to be careful. it is a whole host of things. it is so important for us to but the hearings that rep came -- king had with the muslims and the mosques in new york. host: lawrence kolp, thank you for joining us today. we are right to be looking at energy policy with the former ceo of shell. here is the week's news via political cartoons. host: earlier this week, president obama laid out a policy for energy and he followed up today with his weekly video address. >> to see that all of america's uses 25% of the world's oi
host: al-jazeera is showing a video about the violence breaking down there. guest: pastor jones burning the karan, which is very sensitive to people in the arab world. they are not in favor of the talent than and there was enough bed in yesterday's "the washington post" talking about that, but the fact the matter is they are not wild about foreign occupation. people who do not want us there, will play this up. this is the type of people who come here. they take control, basically you...
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if you think should be mentioned about the position of al-jazeera generally feels that few actions inlibya destroying the libyan regime have led to some six aqim taking advantage of possessing from al qaeda. it seems the italian president, bruce david has managed to gain weapons from libyan arms. al-jazeera also does not feel comfortable but filled with art enemy from the affairs of workers. you also have to take into account that the algerians are defensive to see the french bimini killing libyans, even if these people were gadhafi supporters. the algerian members for his independence. they are sensitive to the moroccan policy. it seems normal that algeria -- algerian government wants to take a totally different policy. a final point, algeria may not feel comfortable saying the end of the conflict in libya, with a victory for one side against the other. not at least, a victory for rebels in libya would encourage the algerian people who want to see change to act now. so if libya descends into a civil war, the algerian government could kill its own people and say if you want to start a
if you think should be mentioned about the position of al-jazeera generally feels that few actions inlibya destroying the libyan regime have led to some six aqim taking advantage of possessing from al qaeda. it seems the italian president, bruce david has managed to gain weapons from libyan arms. al-jazeera also does not feel comfortable but filled with art enemy from the affairs of workers. you also have to take into account that the algerians are defensive to see the french bimini killing...
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greg mentioned the world with al jazeera in the middle east. qatar funded the station -- the satellite station that essentially was the spark for the revolution a decade ago. americans don' understand the role but al jazeera has played in the middle east. we have heard criticism of al jazeera during the early parts of the iraq invasion. there were seen as being anti- american. there were chandra -- there were challenging all the leaders. that decade of freedom of information and speech and freedom of speech -- and freedom of the press, that was revolutionary. having access to twitter and facebook -- it was when one person said himself on fire, it was people in syria who saw what was going on and said, i want to be a part of this. this is the genie that cannot be put back into the bottle. this is the biggest change in the middle east since the end of the ottoman empire at the end of i.rld war r host: let's go to georgia on the democratic line, joan. caller: do you believe thathe people of north africa and the middle east are still optimistic abo
greg mentioned the world with al jazeera in the middle east. qatar funded the station -- the satellite station that essentially was the spark for the revolution a decade ago. americans don' understand the role but al jazeera has played in the middle east. we have heard criticism of al jazeera during the early parts of the iraq invasion. there were seen as being anti- american. there were chandra -- there were challenging all the leaders. that decade of freedom of information and speech and...
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al jazeera has one of few reporters, rula amin. >> reporter: at the beginning they were asking for just regular reforms. now more people want to topple the regime. >> reporter: two members of syria's parliament have resigned in disgust but so far the government and its security forces appear united and clearly willing to kill their own citizens to remain in power. and, carl, a new development in yet another country in the region. according to a senior yemeni official, the president of 32 years, the u.s. alie would be willing to step down, facing months of protests in exchange for certain concessions including immunity for himself and his family. carl? >> richard engel, thanks. jenna, over to you. >>> carl, thank you. the white house is keeping a very close eye on libya as well as the uprising in syria where scores have been killed in the government's brutal crackdown on protesters. for more we're joined by david gregory, moderate aror of "meet the press." good morning. >> good morning. >> let's start overseas and start with libya. we heard from richard engel that libya could become a st
al jazeera has one of few reporters, rula amin. >> reporter: at the beginning they were asking for just regular reforms. now more people want to topple the regime. >> reporter: two members of syria's parliament have resigned in disgust but so far the government and its security forces appear united and clearly willing to kill their own citizens to remain in power. and, carl, a new development in yet another country in the region. according to a senior yemeni official, the president...
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no matter how hard you look on al-jazeera english which i hope one of these cable companies will pick up hopefully in new york. there's place you can watch them on computer and i would much rather watch it on the television set if that were available, but one of the things that was true of that and i think many of us even given the fact that they didn't have a cable channel of their own spent a lot of time watching it. i think there is one -- you can watch it here in washington, can't you? which is you're privileged in a way. but the one thing that you didn't see on those videos coming out of those different places are people carrying signs saying "islam is the solution" or "hooray for osama bin laden." that was completely absent. no hint of that whatsoever. truly there are islamist parties. there's a major one in turkey and there's a major one in egypt. and they're going to try to make a comeback. clearly they're going to try to play. i would argue that in the past, much of the success of the islamist parties was due to the fact that they owned a certain amount of political space, i.
no matter how hard you look on al-jazeera english which i hope one of these cable companies will pick up hopefully in new york. there's place you can watch them on computer and i would much rather watch it on the television set if that were available, but one of the things that was true of that and i think many of us even given the fact that they didn't have a cable channel of their own spent a lot of time watching it. i think there is one -- you can watch it here in washington, can't you?...
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thank god for al-jazeera english, to be honest. you know, and newspapers. "the new york times" does a great job, but they've got to cover every single thing that's happening, and i think that it's important to have other voices to get to the stories that not everybody gets at. the same thing propublica does, try to go after the different stories, you know, that would be a great thing if you could do that all the time. one of the stories i was working on before i lost my job was the kabul bank. and all this stuff that's been coming out, i'm like, man, i've known that for two and a half years, and i never got that story done. those are the sort of things you miss. anyone? what time is it? [laughter] >> [inaudible] >> oh, okay. i think that we're supposed to go until eight, right? >> i haven't read the book, but i intend to. >> one sold. selling one copy at a time. >> i do have a question. if you were given the question, would you describe yourself as the lion or the tiger? is. [laughter] >> that's a good one. you can't really improve on the line, i am the tig
thank god for al-jazeera english, to be honest. you know, and newspapers. "the new york times" does a great job, but they've got to cover every single thing that's happening, and i think that it's important to have other voices to get to the stories that not everybody gets at. the same thing propublica does, try to go after the different stories, you know, that would be a great thing if you could do that all the time. one of the stories i was working on before i lost my job was the...
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thank god for al-jazeera english, to be honest. it newspapers, in your times does a great job that they have got to cover every single thing that's happened i think it's important to other voices over there to get the stories that not anybody gets the. the same thing propublica does, tricycle after the different stories. that would be a great thing if you do that all the time. one of the stories i was working on before lost my job was the kabul blanket all the stuff has been coming out about the couple then, i've known that for two and a half years and i never got us toward an. those are some of the things you miss. anyone? what time is it? [inaudible] >> okay, i think we're supposed to go into it, right? >> i haven't read the book but i intend to. but i do have a question -- >> sold. one copy at a time. >> if you were given a choice, would you describe yourself as the lion or the tiger? [laughter] >> that's a good one. you can't really improve on the line, i am the tiger, can you? no, i am the tiger. thanks very much for coming he
thank god for al-jazeera english, to be honest. it newspapers, in your times does a great job that they have got to cover every single thing that's happened i think it's important to other voices over there to get the stories that not anybody gets the. the same thing propublica does, tricycle after the different stories. that would be a great thing if you do that all the time. one of the stories i was working on before lost my job was the kabul blanket all the stuff has been coming out about...
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he's sitting wth jeff balou of al jazeera network. and by the way -- [ cheers and applause ] >> jeff headed up our committee for the schorrenstein award. we'll get to that later. next to him is congressman anthony weiner. his dinnerpartner, leann caldwell of c-span. and another one of our speakers this evening, senator rand paul of kentucky. and now, ladies and gentlemen, if you've met him, you know him, your current chair of the radio television correspondents association, my colleague and friend and the first photojournalist to be elected chairman of the radio television correspondents association, cnn's own jay mcmichael. [ cheers and applause ] >> and down on the left, my right, we're going to start here with the democratic whip of the house of representatives, steny hoyer is with us tonight. and he's sitting with long time rtca board member and super producer jill jackson of cbs. >> larry wilmore tonight's entertainment. we'll hear from him as well. john wallace, current vice chair of the rtca. and congressman ben quayle, republi
he's sitting wth jeff balou of al jazeera network. and by the way -- [ cheers and applause ] >> jeff headed up our committee for the schorrenstein award. we'll get to that later. next to him is congressman anthony weiner. his dinnerpartner, leann caldwell of c-span. and another one of our speakers this evening, senator rand paul of kentucky. and now, ladies and gentlemen, if you've met him, you know him, your current chair of the radio television correspondents association, my colleague...
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there were demonstrations outside the times that call for new times the al-jazeera times. and then in 2010 we had the wikileaks and we have wikileaks, particularly it's cable gate, the top of the state department diplomatic cables. again, there were accusations of treason, denouncements, proclamations of possible prosecutions from officials, probably blowing smoke for public consumption. let me say right i don't advocate going times in the least. i don't think it is treasonous although i don't think it's sense of post-national patriotism is the same as traditional notions of patriotism. and i think we'll get into that although later i started don't think it should be bombed as ann coulter once under. i read the time since i was a kid. i was very proud very early migrate to be published probably in a. i consider the times an important national resource. albeit in a digital. and i confess to being one of those new yorkers who refer to it simply as paper. free internet, i wandered down to the local newsstand to get the next day's edition if i was out of town and couldn't find
there were demonstrations outside the times that call for new times the al-jazeera times. and then in 2010 we had the wikileaks and we have wikileaks, particularly it's cable gate, the top of the state department diplomatic cables. again, there were accusations of treason, denouncements, proclamations of possible prosecutions from officials, probably blowing smoke for public consumption. let me say right i don't advocate going times in the least. i don't think it is treasonous although i don't...
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al jazeera television says an army helicopter landed to take him back to cairo. a 15-day detention while charges of corruption and abuse of power are investigated. >>> federal officials are reviewing video and radar data this morning trying to figure out what led to that scary plane collision. an airbus a380 clipped the tail of a commuter jet spinning it around. an expert told chris this morning the blame here is clear. >> he ran into another airplane. so the bottom line of it is we have a pilot at the bottom line who screwed up. and i think that's going to be the bottom of it. but we have other systems there that should have avoided this and that's what we have to look into. >> no one was hurt in that monday night collision. >>> the tsa is taking heat over its airport security policies after this video of a 6-year-old girl getting a thorough patdown last week was posted on the internet. critics call the action invasive and unnecessary. the tsa insists the agent was following the proper procedure to ensure air safety and terrorists could use children to carry out
al jazeera television says an army helicopter landed to take him back to cairo. a 15-day detention while charges of corruption and abuse of power are investigated. >>> federal officials are reviewing video and radar data this morning trying to figure out what led to that scary plane collision. an airbus a380 clipped the tail of a commuter jet spinning it around. an expert told chris this morning the blame here is clear. >> he ran into another airplane. so the bottom line of it is...
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i think in today's day and age with the internet and with youtube and you know, with jal al jazeera on the ground, it's going to be harder to do that but the u.s. has to make a -- but they have to make a choice as to whether it's going to have ular brietality or make reforms. jenna: it's interesting you mentioned the uprising of muslim fundamentalists in this country and the question of who would fill the vacuum if the president was no longer there, president assad. in your point of view, as the united states, would we prefer to have seen the muslim brotherhood rise to power in syria or would we prefer to have this man in power? >> i think the answer is neither. you know, you have to remember that syria has been a state sponsor of terror since 1979. syria has dispatched forces to attack our men and women in uniform in iraq, they have headquarters for hamas in damascus, they support hezbollah. i mean, this is a very nasty jeem. of course, the idea of having the muslim brotherhood come in is equally inpalatable. gen jen especially because we're also seeing the muslim brotherhood become m
i think in today's day and age with the internet and with youtube and you know, with jal al jazeera on the ground, it's going to be harder to do that but the u.s. has to make a -- but they have to make a choice as to whether it's going to have ular brietality or make reforms. jenna: it's interesting you mentioned the uprising of muslim fundamentalists in this country and the question of who would fill the vacuum if the president was no longer there, president assad. in your point of view, as...
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[applause] he is sitting with jeff from the al jazeera network.ause] jeff headed up our committee for an award this year. we will get to that a little later. next to jack is congressman anthony weiner. you'll be hearing from him later tonight. [applause] his dinner partner, leigh ann caldwell of c-span. [applause] another one of our speakers this evening, senator rand paul of kentucky. now, ladies and gentlemen, if you have met him, you know him -- your car share of the radio television correspondents association, the first photojournalist to be elected chairman of the radio television correspondents association, jay mcmichael. [applause] down on the left, mike wright, we are going to start with the democratic whip of the house of representatives -- steny hoyer is with us here tonight. he is sitting with a longtime board member and super producer, joe jackson of cbs. larry wilmore is tonight's entertainment. we will hear from him as well tonight. john wallace from fox news is with us tonight. congressman ben quayle, republican of arizona will also
[applause] he is sitting with jeff from the al jazeera network.ause] jeff headed up our committee for an award this year. we will get to that a little later. next to jack is congressman anthony weiner. you'll be hearing from him later tonight. [applause] his dinner partner, leigh ann caldwell of c-span. [applause] another one of our speakers this evening, senator rand paul of kentucky. now, ladies and gentlemen, if you have met him, you know him -- your car share of the radio television...
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global communications, the internet, al jazeera, network tv and radio have separate divisions of differentieties and the iranian model, the soviet model, the chinese model do not look equally good. the chinese model of the free markets with a firm hand has some appeal especially in parts of the third world struggling to catch up economically. but for people who have just struggd to rid themselves of repressive govnment, the attractive model is for democracy. is this move will functioning consolidated democracy? at first, no. this time. dr. ackerman spoke of patients. after a revolution that takes five to ten years to be consolidated and stable what we've seen in georgia and serbia that after dictators have been driven from the scene, the impetus to struggle for work and find a way to maintain democracy to make it work remains strong. dictators in the last 30 years, not in indonesia, not in the case as i've mentioned has led to an ideological extremist authoritarian regime. it doesn't mean that can't ever happen again. but the odds of history suggest that the people of egypt and tunisia wil
global communications, the internet, al jazeera, network tv and radio have separate divisions of differentieties and the iranian model, the soviet model, the chinese model do not look equally good. the chinese model of the free markets with a firm hand has some appeal especially in parts of the third world struggling to catch up economically. but for people who have just struggd to rid themselves of repressive govnment, the attractive model is for democracy. is this move will functioning...
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no matter how hard you look on al-jazeera english which i hope one of these cable companies will pick up hopefully in new york. there's place you can watch them on computer and i would much rather watch it on the television set if that were available, but one of the things that was true of that and i think many of us even given the fact that they didn't have a cable channel of their own spent a lot of time watching it. i think there is one -- you can watch it here in washington, can't you? which is you're privileged in a way. but the one thing that you didn't see on those videos coming out of those different places are people carrying signs saying "islam is the solution" or "hooray for osama bin laden." that was completely absent. no hint of that whatsoever. truly there are islamist parties. there's a major one in turkey and there's a major one in egypt. and they're going to try to make a comeback. clearly they're going to try to play. i would argue that in the past, much of the success of the islamist parties was due to the fact that they owned a certain amount of political space, i.
no matter how hard you look on al-jazeera english which i hope one of these cable companies will pick up hopefully in new york. there's place you can watch them on computer and i would much rather watch it on the television set if that were available, but one of the things that was true of that and i think many of us even given the fact that they didn't have a cable channel of their own spent a lot of time watching it. i think there is one -- you can watch it here in washington, can't you?...
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global communications, the internet, al jazeera, network tv and radio have separate divisions of different societies and the iranian model, the soviet model, the chinese model do not look equally good. the chinese model of the free markets with a firm hand has some appeal especially in parts of the third world struggling to catch up economically. but for people who have just struggled to rid themselves of repressive government, the attractive model is for democracy. is this move will functioning consolidated democracy? at first, no. this time. dr. ackerman spoke of patients. after a revolution that takes five to ten years to be consolidated and stable what we've seen in georgia and serbia that after dictators have been driven from the scene, the impetus to struggle for work and find a way to maintain democracy to make it work remains strong. dictators in the last 30 years, not in indonesia, not in the case as i've mentioned has led to an ideological extremist authoritarian regime. it doesn't mean that can't ever happen again. but the odds of history suggest that the people of egypt and tun
global communications, the internet, al jazeera, network tv and radio have separate divisions of different societies and the iranian model, the soviet model, the chinese model do not look equally good. the chinese model of the free markets with a firm hand has some appeal especially in parts of the third world struggling to catch up economically. but for people who have just struggled to rid themselves of repressive government, the attractive model is for democracy. is this move will...
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global communications, the internet, al jazeera, network tv and radio have separate divisions of different societies and the iranian model, the soviet model, the chinese model do not look equally good. the chinese model of the free markets with a firm hand has some appeal especially in parts of the third world struggling to catch up economically. but for people who have just struggled to rid themselves of repressive government, the attractive model is for democracy. is this move will functioning consolidated democracy? at first, no. this time. dr. ackerman spoke of patients. after a revolution that takes five to ten years to be consolidated and stable what we've seen in georgia and serbia that after dictators have been driven from the scene, the impetus to struggle for work and find a way to maintain democracy to make it work remains strong. dictators in the last 30 years, not in indonesia, not in the case as i've mentioned has led to an ideological extremist authoritarian regime. it doesn't mean that can't ever happen again. but the odds of history suggest that the people of egypt and tun
global communications, the internet, al jazeera, network tv and radio have separate divisions of different societies and the iranian model, the soviet model, the chinese model do not look equally good. the chinese model of the free markets with a firm hand has some appeal especially in parts of the third world struggling to catch up economically. but for people who have just struggled to rid themselves of repressive government, the attractive model is for democracy. is this move will...
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so if i'm al-jazeera and i dream all my -- stream in my view facebook, great. how do i make money? that's the concern of the industry has that all our content goes where people are, 500 plus, they will be the. what is the opportunity for us to make money? while the african back? right now they are coming back to our site but with a comeback in the future or will it just be on facebook? >> for the most part we don't host most of this country. if any player would like to put your content on facebook you can. webpages, canvas pages. you can put on a public page. you can build an application. but most of what happens on facebook are links to your site. so the article i said i saw this more from the "l.a. times" was from my friend posting an article and what was was a link and click on the when i read it i read it on the l.a. site. that's a great to join up what happened on facebook. we are sending to you, not taking news away specular also talking to a group, figure out how to make more money digitally led by the new times most recently. what are your thoughts on asking our readers to
so if i'm al-jazeera and i dream all my -- stream in my view facebook, great. how do i make money? that's the concern of the industry has that all our content goes where people are, 500 plus, they will be the. what is the opportunity for us to make money? while the african back? right now they are coming back to our site but with a comeback in the future or will it just be on facebook? >> for the most part we don't host most of this country. if any player would like to put your content on...
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no matter how hard you look on al-jazeera english which i hope one of these cable companies will pick up hopefully in new york. there's place you can watch them on computer and i would much rather watch it on the television set if that were available, but one of the things that was true of that and i think many of us even given the fact that they didn't have a cable channel of their own spent a lot of time watching it. i think there is one -- you can watch it here in washington, can't you? which is you're privileged in a way. but the one thing that you didn't see on those videos coming out of those different places are people carrying signs saying "islam is the solution" or "hooray for osama bin laden." that was completely absent. no hint of that whatsoever. truly there are islamist parties. there's a major one in turkey and there's a major one in egypt. and they're going to try to make a comeback. clearly they're going to try to play. i would argue that in the past, much of the success of the islamist parties was due to the fact that they owned a certain amount of political space, i.
no matter how hard you look on al-jazeera english which i hope one of these cable companies will pick up hopefully in new york. there's place you can watch them on computer and i would much rather watch it on the television set if that were available, but one of the things that was true of that and i think many of us even given the fact that they didn't have a cable channel of their own spent a lot of time watching it. i think there is one -- you can watch it here in washington, can't you?...
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fortunate because there's lots of people there, and clearly, i'm one that believes having al jay -- al-jazeeraroadcasts events, but that doesn't mean we don't need our own analysts and realize our reporting does have a bias and a slant to it, so we have to figure out what the biases are and slants are and do our own analysis. now, the problem i have is when universally describe here in washington the revolution in egypt is democratic, and i'm not sure what that means in egypt, and i'm not sure what democratic means for all of us. we are all enthralled with the way the young people in the square have managed to remove an leader and taken their croi country a place we never thought was possible. six months ago let alone today and is continuing to change. the problem is the problem for me is i worked on the senate floor relations committee for a long time, and senator biden at that time always made a very important observation. the most important characteristic a politician can have is the ability to count. my problem is too many of us who view this as a democratic revolution have been blinded by
fortunate because there's lots of people there, and clearly, i'm one that believes having al jay -- al-jazeeraroadcasts events, but that doesn't mean we don't need our own analysts and realize our reporting does have a bias and a slant to it, so we have to figure out what the biases are and slants are and do our own analysis. now, the problem i have is when universally describe here in washington the revolution in egypt is democratic, and i'm not sure what that means in egypt, and i'm not sure...