the arab people love al jazeera. >> simon: egyptians sure loved it last february.otesters in tahrir square watched themselves and their own revolution live on al jazeera. >> qasim: and nobody can negate the fact that al jazeera played a big role in what happened in egypt at the time. >> simon: here at al jazeera, are you covering the news or do you have an agenda? >> qasim: what is wrong with transforming the arab world from tyranny and despotism into a democracy? what's wrong with that? if there is an agenda, it's a very good agenda. >> simon: critics charge that al jazeera is not completely independent, that it's part of the emir's plan to increase his clout in the region, something he's hesitant to admit. >> khalifa: actually, we don't have the influence. we are supporting the people of those countries who is asking for justice and dignity. >> simon: that's influence. >> khalifa: okay, if this is influence, i think this is a healthy influence. i think all the world should support this. >> simon: it was the emir's support that made it possible for the french, the

it was not the first time that americans targeted al-jazeera office since they also bombed al-jazeera offices in kabul back in two thousand and one according to many london newspapers the us president george bush had suggested at some point to britain's prime minister tony blair to bomb around his ears head office in qatar algis or communicated its coordinates long to chewton latitude to victoria clarke inside the pentagon so the americans knew exactly where the theory was and the bombs that killed the search analysts later that year landed exactly at the coordinates. that al-jazeera had given the pentagon well for al-jazeera the message was very very clear stop telling the truth. because that's why they were targeted in baghdad and that's why they were targeted in kabul al-jazeera home has revolutionized the reporting of wars. and incurred great anger. in military establishments and among government. some jealousy amongst their colleagues but also i have to say. a great deal of admiration. that's the message that was a message to them to all those albums in the palestine hotel. the p

that al-jazeera had given the pentagon well for al-jazeera the message was very very clear stop telling the truth. because that's why they were targeted in baghdad i'm nuts why they were targeted in kabul al-jazeera home has revolutionized the reporting of wars. and incurred great anger. in military establishments and among government. some jealousy amongst their colleagues but also i have to say. a great deal of admiration. that's the message that was a message to them to all those albums in the palestine hotel. the people who died there it was a warning to all of us. when that tank pulled up outside the palestine hotel and fide it was a warning. you will do as we tell you to do as journalists or else. why did journalist become a target. in order to answer this question we need to go back in time. don't know what's our mission we're about to embark on our mission today is to report down to the site of the ambush seventy miles south of here and attempt to kill the b. c. one two three ball with the powerful but below the water cronkite a distinguished t.v. reporter and presenter expresse

over the weekend a story aired on al jazeera english is program the listening post hosted by richard gilbert that's a show that does media critique and this particular episode spoke about r t and yours truly so let's just say that i have a few things to say in response to this piece here's the gist of the point that they were trying to make. english language project is getting mixed reviews its criticism of washington and the ways of the west is relentless. are mixed reviews that's fair everybody is entitled to their own opinion but then they get to me. russian born american educated in the. twenty six year old host of the alyona show he's more than happy. to lend back. doughboy. who sounds so sinister russian born american educated i'm clearly some sort of kremlin plant sent to the united states to learn the ways of the west only to turn them against it when i come of age i actually moved here and i was for an american citizen not only was i educated here he spent almost my entire life in the us and i am just an american not to mention and yes i will nit pick here i'm not twenty six

i saw it comes and i've got a personal response to an attack made by al-jazeera and if the latest chapter in the government won the first after the break we're going to ask us the obama administration's outlet for help to keep people quiet i think as. there are those who desperately need it to survive. misspoken because the tongue give money to on the lookout. for gold and the fish. and the suppresses the prize the rights of the food for. those who don't get their share of the change. just by downloading got to go down forty countries and you know don't last but not the one not us a people media buy nobody thought enough look any did from the company from. the those who suck it out to prosper. side sees things. coming up from. some. nice licensing. no one can live without it in one of the largest blood banks in the world. a lot of nigerians. on our team. over the weekend a story aired on al jazeera english is program the listening post hosted by richard gilbert that's a show that does media critique and this particular episode spoke about r.t. and yours truly so let's just say that i've a

i saw that comes and i've got a personal response to an attack made by al-jazeera and it's the latest chapter in the government's war on the first after the break organise gusty obama administration's latest attempt to keep quiet. people calling what you said for free and fair elections. and we're still reporting from the. as you can hear behind me loud explosions. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you saw you don't know i'm sorry welcome is a big issue. over the weekend a story aired on al jazeera english is program the listening post hosted by richard is part of the show that does media critique and this particular episode spoke about r.t. and yours truly so let's just say that i've a few things to say in response to this piece here's the gist of the point that they were trying to make the english language project is getting mixed reviews its criticism of washington and the ways of the west is relentless. i mixed reviews that's fair every

i don't think al jazeera is in the same category.u're going -- if i was julian assange, he should be concerned based on his history that he could do something to upset them. >> we have to take a break. up next, key moments from the state of the union caught on camera. [ male announcer ] how about we make a big change for just a little money? let's start with a paint we know can do the job. new glidden duo paint plus primer. ♪ one coat does double duty. ♪ and fits our budget perfectly. so there's a brand-new room right where the old one used to be. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. new glidden duo paint plus primer only at the home depot and starting at only $24.97 a gallon. only at the home depot ♪ fare thee well ♪ farewell ♪ mr. gloom be on your way ♪ ♪ though you haven't any money you can still be bright and sunny ♪ ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >> jon: are always interesting moments in the state of the union address. on tuesday night cameras and mics caught obama saying to leon panetta go

i think that they've learned from the al-jazeera experience when al-jazeera first launched its arabic t.v. station there were moves in the end to try and curb al-jazeera because of its phenomenal success but it was too late by the time that they they couldn't do anything to the arabic station and they just said you know if you close us down we will continue on our satellites i did work without. to help launch their english web site in doha and the pressure that we came under from the u.s. government was extraordinary from. total editorial interference demanding that stories were removed and you know i took calls from the west wing of the white house asking for those stories to be removed so. america wasn't at that point criticizing the accuracy of facts touched a story so they just didn't like being criticized in print online or in any media well it appears that al-jazeera since changed its policy but referring back to press t.v. the watchdog says that the editorial decisions on the channel were being controlled by the offices in tehran instead of the offices in you do you think this

i don't think al jazeera is in the same category.u're going -- if i was julian assange, he should be concerned based on his history that he could do something to upset them. >> we have to take a break. up next, key moments from the state of the union caught on camera. i'm in a tricky situation here. i'm bidding on a 1979 dukes of hazzard lunchbox, but my auction ends in 15 seconds ! even worse, my buddy's bidding on the same lunchbox. it's airbrushed ! but i've got verizon 4g lte. it's so fast that i can outbid him at the last second. i got it ! yes, i won ! woo hoo ! it's got a thermos ! rely on verizon 4g lte. because only the fastest survive. ... [♪...] >> announcer: bank robbery certainly is a frightening crime. after all, bank robbers stole $43 million in one year. but identity thieves? try 37 billion! and guess how identity thieves are getting some of that money. by taking over our bank accounts. they may not even need your social security number anymore. all an identity thief may need are a couple of simple pieces of informati

always willing to turn a blind eye and so there you have it now last week a show which airs on al-jazeera called the listening post al-jazeera english they produced a story about r t which featured me prominently and was not exactly fair in my opinion so yesterday i took some time on the show to respond to their piece and their use of clips of us having fun clips from our whole weekend show and they use those to paint a picture of us as a silly and serious network simply to be ignored so in addition to our response we heard a lot of words of encouragement from our viewers tim davis on facebook set alona do you know who you are we know who you are obviously they don't savvy qadri said hey glenn beck is a d. bag b. i don't care if you were born on mars you unlike the rest advocate the truth unfortunately you seem to be the only one who sees this as a true duty of a journalist happy upcoming birthday alone so i just want to say thank you so much for all the support guys it's obviously never fun to be attacked on t.v. especially when the attacks aren't fair or accurate but it is comforting kn

>>> and we are back with niall ferguson of harvard, and khanfar, former director of al jazeera.have long been an alarmist, somebody who said that, in effect, the europeans stuck their head in the sand. they've sort of muddled through and they've muddled through by, correct me if i'm wrong, by using the european central bank as a kind of credit mechanism to stabilize things, to inject a certain amount of liquidity, buy some debt. can they keep this up? >> well, you called me an alarmist, fareed. i mean, i've been warning of the dangers of monetary union since the inception of the very idea. and i think the warnings have been alarmists but absolutely correct. what unfolded in europe after the crisis began in 2007/2008 was a bank crisis. the europeans refused to deal with it. it mutated into a sovereign debt crisis and ultimately into a major political crisis. now, we are at the point which i would call the cliff edge where greece is concerned, if it is impossible to reach an agreement on who should bear the costs of writing down greek's enormous public debt, and we're in the cours

, many books, the dean of the lequann youth school of public policy and the director general of al jazeeranow running a kind of version of davos in qatar. let me start with you, neil. when you look at the global economy, is it fair to say that the american economy's prospects seem relatively speaking better than a lot of the other ones and that one of the reasons -- you get a feeling that president obama is feeling a little bit more confident these days is that there is some good news coming out of america. >> some good news did come out in the last quarter of 2011. though, if you look closely at it, what is going on is that the savings rate was going down, and americans had essentially stopped deleveraging and gone back out shopping. whether that is sustainable or not, i really don't know. i think it's, therefore, a bit too early to say the recovery is here, happy days are here again, and re-election is assured for obama. i don't think we're by any means out of the woods in a whole range of different areas, not the least of which, housing. that's, i guess, a qualified answer. what's certa

anwar malek told al-jazeera television that he resigned because of what he witnessed in syria. three crew members are thought to of died on the south korean fishing boat after it caught fire in antarctica. another 37 fishermen were rescued after two other south korean vessels made a distress call. seven other members are being treated for burn injuries. monday, she had a visit from president sir's, and today angela merkel has -- from president sarkozy and today angela merkel will be meeting with monti. steve evans, our correspondent there. mario monti is to come to berlin with somewhat of a threat -- help us. >> he has come with two phrases. we promised. ouwhat secondly, if you make us tighten our belts too much, just remember that there will be protest on the streets. there's a message to chancellor merkel that austerity has consequences and there are real politics on the ground. that is the message to give to italian journalists, for example, before he left. he is saying, we are doing it, but don't forget that these things can go too far. >> what is he expecting angela merkel

telling al-jazeera he had written about scenes of horror that he felt powerless to prevent. he called the mission in syria, a farce. >>> coming up on "world news," michelle obama speaking out about the bombshell book that is a portrayal of her that she says is all wrong. >>> sleepless in america. womens who spend the day exhausted. a disorder they may not know they have. >>> and the alaska town where it snowed for nearly four weeks, sending out an s.o.s. for snow shovels. i'm laura, and this is my cvs. i just transferred a prescription to cvs, because they have care 1 on 1. that's where the pharmacist stops and talks to me, about safety and saving money with generic prescriptions. laura, let's talk about possible side effects. it's all about me. love that! get care 1 on 1, only at cvs pharmacy. we accept express scripts and 5,000 other insurance plans. ♪ i'm laura, and this is my cvs. it's all mine. how about the beat of a healthy heart? campbell's healthy request soup is delicious, and earned this heart, for being heart healthy. ♪ feel the beat? it's amazing what soup can d

me yesterday on r t it seems that there's a role for your band of people the trial when you list al-jazeera and al-arabiya news crews and specific stage these things and they are the you know backdrop for the activity as people say that the arab league and now would you have if you u.n. security council you mentioned that regime change is one of the goals the wording of the resolution under discussion says president assad has to go or face tough action how far is the west ready to go to prove its view that the time for the syrian leader to get out well it depends on how far they're allowed to go we saw how far they would go in libya they carried out a seven month massive bombing campaign that reduced the infrastructure of that country to rubble practically which had been built up on. in the last forty years and they installed a group of thugs that are so greedy that they're killing each other now that the government has been swept out of the way there by nato so they'll go as far as they're allowed to go and it seems this time russia and perhaps china are standing up to them now if presiden

"the mission was a farce," he told al jazeera. "and the observers have been fooled." the fact is, this is mission impossible: 157 observers to cover the whole country, resented by the syrian government, with little support and inadequate protection. in a city earlier this week, one of the observer convoys was battered by a pro-regime mob and they only just escaped. in the final analysis, they are merely observers and powerless stop the killing. the observers are only going to be here for a few more days, scott. under the current plan, they're due to be gone by the middle of next week and their report submitted to the arab league by thursday. >> pelley: liz, that seems pretty futile. is there any estimate of how the violence changed while they were on the ground? >> reporter: very little. the u.n. has been trying to keep track and they estimate that on average 40 people have died every single day since the observers arrived. >> pelley: liz, thanks very much. another dictatorship where things seem to be improving is burma in southeast asia. today the obama administratio

have you ever seen anyone refer to al-jazeera or the b.b.c. as british or qatari mouthpieces in a news article you don't hear people calling the wall street journal rupert murdoch's melt piece but hey if it's r t than just have at it now let me read you one more line became a guardian news article not an opinion piece but a news article about this announcement today it read the channel like the russian government has been very supportive of songe since his arrest for allegedly sexually assaulting two women in sweden in august of two thousand and ten i mean come on people they make it sound like the second that assad was labeled as a sexual predator we came running to his defense if you actually watch r.t. or watch my show you would know that we were one of the first networks to have joined us on jon after we can weeks release the collateral murder video in april two thousand and ten the we've been covering week the leaks for years rather than just jumping in since his arrest for sexually assaulting two women and never has there been a statemen

r t is the state run english speaking russian channel it's kind of like al-jazeera. russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to us. just lindsey lowe and. the preaching about these women that people are suggesting she's. you know she says she's a stock. let's talk now about a reality of our time that's most likely been a reality for decades if not centuries but it's one that's starting finally to not be ignored talking about post-traumatic stress disorder and robs it was simply because it couldn't be ignored any longer i'll give you some numbers twenty percent of the soldiers who have been deployed in the past six years have p.t.s.d. that is more than three hundred thousand people in two thousand and the number of diagnosed cases in the military jumped fifty percent as just diagnosed cases and the lifetime prevalence of p.t.s.d. in combat veterans is ten to thirty percent so now the pentagon has announced an eleven million dollar grant to study the effectiveness of a new drug called d.s.i. cluster right or d.c.'s believed to help get rid of

for not a couple months but for many years including in guantanamo without a whiff of due process al jazeera cameramen reuters photo journalist and others and you can barely find the name of those individuals if you search databases of american media because the american media loves to inveigh against the tyranny all swear and ignore the tyranny at home and this indefinite detention bill is a perfect example of other countries if iran or if russia or china have passed a bill like this that the american media would be horrified and outraged but our country does it and it basically gets ignored but you have to say that in some way that the american media must try to follow suit right they bring on these experts from the establishment here in washington d.c. and you mention this piece that we're in the new york times where basically he said well egypt elections didn't work out for american interests that does that mean that the jake is up that people are finally starting to be honest about it to say that we don't like what's going on in the arab spring or what the results are of it because it's

. >> they were copying what they've been listening to in al jazeera and other tv channels covering the egyptian uprising and the tunisian uprising. >> narrator: soon after, the boys were rounded up by the government's secret police, the mukhabarat. their fathers went to see the police chief, a cousin of syria's president bashar al- assad, and begged him to release their children. >> he refused. and he said, "forget that you have these kids. go and make other ones." >> "and if they were not men enough to make children, then bring us your wives and we will make children for you." >> narrator: one boy was never returned. he is presumed dead. images of another circulated on youtube. >> several of the children had their fingernails pulled out. they were beaten. and there are even reports of rape being committed against these children. and in a close-knit tribal society like that, there was only one thing they could do-- they rioted. >> that very instance of repression, of torture seemed to galvanize the town itself. here were the children of the town being mistreated by a government that wa

. >> al jazeera, it's a good place to live. >> i'm slightly at a slightly at a loss for words. >> republics really nipping at obama's tale right now. >> do you want fox news reporter. >> bring it on. >> it's already been broughten. >> you might as well just give him an f. >> it's awkward talking like this. >> ron paul. >> you don't look like a ron paul voter. >> what does a rockie mountain paul voter look like? >> i don't know. maybe like a t-shirt. >> hi. >> what do you think about all these republic candidates running against obama? >> i think they both have an equal shot. >> who is running? >> i don't know. >> what? >> how would you grade about the republic candidates? >> she should be playing send in the clowns as the background song? >> i hate that song. ♪ >> do you know bill o'reilly? >> do i know bill o'reilly. >> how would you grade o'reilly? >> i'm not a huge fan. >> what are you talking about? >> bill is all right. >> are you o'reilly factor fans by any chance? >> no. >> no? >> you know you are on "the o'reilly factor" now, right? >> hello. anybody home? >> i don't have any commen