the only thing different about algeria is that algeria has just come out of a very bad civil war. a terrible civil war. i of scene 200,000 people killed. people are just fed up with the violence. we want to change, but people are tired of violence. there is an opposition in this country. it is working with the government, so there is not credible people that people can look up to and say, we want to change the situation. it is terrible. a lot of people want to change, but they'd been no no one to lead the revolution. >> but to argue that the change was not necessarily about the removal of the president? a change that goes right to the heart of the government. >> absolutely. the regime is there. this is a military system that is ruling the country. >> is seen not the face of that military regime? -- is he not the face of that military regime? >> they are calling for change and want him to go. the event antony's, people were happy. -- in the event and 10 ijaw -- tunisia, people were happy. the police state here is present. they are very clever. they have given a lot of concession. t

well as we heard from mist the mood of discontent in the region has also been spreading to algeria where thousands have been gathering to demand the resignation of the president more than thirty thousand policemen have been deployed to prevent an uprising similar to that in egypt hundreds of demonstrators have been detained in clashes across the capital algeria's the country's been under a state of emergency for nineteen years and now in authorities throughout the public demonstrations in the wake of the uprisings in tunisia and egypt the government said it would lift emergency rule. we've got more ahead for you including american dream american cities across the u.s. hard hit as the government faced with record debt slashes wages and cuts vital services. and although they have personally and other european countries subject to proposals for tighter controls. plus the problem of underage drinking russian youngsters are finding it easy to buy spirits without being asked . is it not comparable to sleep in a country with thousands of teenage. well this week one of the world's most wanted te

>> next station is algeria. after that i would predict libya maybe syria, maybe saudi arabia, the whole place. >> rose: and the difference about this is that it's not... it's simply based on a populist need, desire, imperative for frenl. >> freedom and fairness. >> rose: and fairness. >> equality. see, what a lot of these people here are... i used to hire... is someone very important sends me asking me to hire someone i used to always when i had this someone hire someone who was just i didn't know and send me his paper asking me to hire. you understand? >>es. >> because i felt it's not right. i need to give it a chance to everybody in the same way sew many young people felt they were not getting a chance. >> rose: what do you worry about the most at this point? >> well, if you look at the first interview we made together... >> rose: you and me. >> yes. i said this deprived the secularists, the young people to have someone to represent them. so the only force that was there always prepared, organized, even milita

. >> the push for democracy has pushing through algeria. several hundred gathered to call on the country to step down. protests abandoned at the capitol, blocked streets and charged crowds. it is believed that tunisia and egypt triggered similar demonstrations worldwide. and iran will put in its words of not committing to protest. or to put it in its work-corpse. >> still, more details about the resignation of hosni mubarak flew >> and with the sun is shining. not too much traffic. it looks like a beautiful day is beginning. >> we've decided to shift power and run the affairs to the vice president. >> vice-president when hosni mubarak was resigning. after today, in cairo, people headed home. others have vowed to stay put about the military that is now in charge. when or how it transitions into democracy will remain uncertain. so far, the message to the people to obey police. no official start. president obama is urging officials to move towards elections. analysts could predict it could take up to one year to make constitutional changes. >>

you mentioned saudi arabia but bearing in mind what we're seeing at the moment happening in yemen algeria even a few stirrings in morocco what is your prediction on what's going to happen i mean tony blair is saying the egyptian revolt could help spread democracy throughout the middle east would you say democracy or could we see further chaos. tony blair is usually a reverse barometers if he says that they can be a breakthrough of democracy in the maghreb we probably have to be a bit pessimistic for the peoples of north africa i think algeria is the one to watch the french are certainly watching it with is because there are oil interests there the people have suffered have not benefited from masses of money masses of exports we'll have to see what happens in algeria and i think that's the country to watch at the moment. we just heard from mr a mood of discontent in the region has also been spreading to algeria where thousands have been gathering to demand the resignation of the president more than thirty thousand policemen have been deployed to prevent an uprising similar to that in egypt

and as political discontent spreads through the region clausen's of algeria's have been gathering in the capital to demand their president's resignation ten thousand people turned out hope for a reform rally by the government are saturday the state's deployed more than twenty five thousand police to prevent an uprising similar to recenter goals in tunisia and egypt algeria have been under a state of emergency for a long time here is allowing authorities to outlaw public demonstrations human rights campaigners that police detained about four hundred people but there were no injuries but. you're watching our see our we've got more head for you this hour. on american dream or american nightmare it's across the wires that. the government faced with record debt crunches wages and cuts vital step. and although they have more guns per person than any other european country suisse burgess have rejected proposals for tighter controls. glove the problem of under-age drinking russian youngsters finding it easy to buy spirits without being asked for id as a lack of law enforcement is leaving the

today many tested the government of algeria, as we hear from nbc's martin fletcher. >> reporter: is algeria next? up to 15,000 protesters defied a ban on demonstrations today calling for democratic reform, just like in egypt. even waving egypt's flag. their kmant chant? "no to a police state." more than 25,000 riot police and they arrested about 400 protesters. there's been a state of emergency here for two decades, ever since the government defeated an islamic insurgency that killed 200,000. and in yemen today, police put down another demonstration. again, the callers calling for their president to step down immediately, not in two years, as promised. egypt's revolution is sending shock waves through the region. >> the whole environment is changing from instead of countries where the ruler has been sort of the father of the nation, as mubarak called himself, to a system in which the people are the voice of the nation. >> reporter: but does money talk, too? kuwait's rulers today tried to buy off their opponents giving each citizen $3,500 and free food for a year. earlier bahrain gave its ci

. >> from algeria, to iran, arabs are applying moral force. the protestors have three things in common -- they're all relatively young and they are mostly jobless. they also use online social media websites like facebook and twitter to organize their political activity. over 640 people have died since protests began in late december. algeria, median age of the population, 27 years. unemployment rate, 9.9%. tunisia, median age of the general population, 30. unemployment rate, general population, 14. libya, age 24, unemployment, 30. egypt, age 24, unemployment, 9.7. jordan, age 22, unemployment 13.4. syria, age 21, unemployment, 8.3. iraq, age 21, unemployment, 15.3. yemen, age 18, unemployment 35. iran, age 26, unemployment 14.6. and finally, the kingdom of bahrain, age 30, unemployment, 3.7%. bahrain, by the way, is a key u.s. ally in the persian gulf. it hosts the u.s. navy's fifth fleet, which keeps the persian gulf open for oil transport to the rest of the world. 35% of the world's oil passes through this persian gulf. the persian gulf is a

twenty five thousand police to prevent an uprising similar to recent revolt in tunisia and egypt algeria has been under a state of emergency for nineteen allowing authorities to outlaw public demonstrations human rights campaign and said police detained about four hundred people but there were no injuries reported. and we've got more ahead for you this sound. about why the u.k. is gardena newspaper is going through a big break out with its former collaborator we could be released and then threaten little charges by the whistleblower web site. and on tax time we'll look at the plight of the wrongly christians forced to flee their homes after the interests of targeting by extremist groups. this week russia's most wanted terrorist doku umarov claimed responsibility for last among small for suicide bombing which killed thirty six and some observers question omar claim the outrage is forcing the authorities to risk security in the country and as president medvedev discovered himself the situation leaves much to be desired. russia's most wanted terrorist claims thirty six more innocent lives h

you mentioned saudi arabia but bearing in mind what we're seeing at the moment happening in yemen algeria even a few staring in morocco what is your prediction on what's going to happen i mean tony blair is saying the egyptian revolt could help spread democracy throughout the middle east would you say democracy or could we see further chaos. tony blair is usually a reverse barometers if he says that they could be a breakthrough of democracy in the magreb would probably have to be a bit pessimistic for the peoples of north africa i think algeria is the one to watch the french are certainly watching it with hawk eyes because there are oil interests there the people who have not benefited from money for exports we'll have to see what happens in algeria i think that's the country to watch at the moment unless the european powers and the united states continue to support those dictators even while a democracy and people power bizarrely. iran and syria i don't think they understand me spell it out for them this is a failure of u.s. and european policy they will remember that the people of these

in the maghreb would probably have to be a bit pessimistic for the peoples of north africa i think algeria is the one to watch the french are certainly watching it with hawkers because their oil interests there the people have suffered have not benefited from masses of money masses of exports we'll have to see what happens in algeria and i think that's the country to watch at the moment. political discontent spreads through the region thousands of old derrius have been gathering in the competition to demand that presidents resignation ten thousand people turned out for a routine bronte by the government on saturday the state's deployed more than twenty five thousand police to prevent an uprising similar to a recent revolt in tunisia and egypt algeria has been under a state of emergency for ninety days allowing your sources to outlaw public demonstrations human rights campaign it said police detained about four hundred people but there were no injuries reported. we've got more had figured this out american dream for american. cities across the south hot hate of the government faced with the

this is the algerian dress which is an indigenous dress for algeria. thank you.applause] ♪ these three pieces are from the gulf region of the arab world, which is saudi arabia, yemen, and oman. kate is wearing a heavier velvet dress with embroidery on the top and kind of going down through the arms. sama this is more toward the saudi, yemen region of the gulf. susan is wearing a traditional yemeni dress from a mountain region. this is a traditional form of a tire -- attire. ♪ ♪ >> this is the last part of our show. this is the part of the show that features lebanon, jordan. she is wearing traditional garb from damascus. i do not know if you can tell but there is a lot of handstitched detail at the top. lena is wearing a traditional jordanian start out with handstitched work. these stars represent different countries. this dress is more of a jordanian style. this is a palestinian dress with hand importers from the top to bottom. -- embroidery from the top to bottom. this is all handstitched. could the other models join the girls on the floor? [applause] >> let's h

yemen and bahrain also protests and algeria officials now say that they will lift a twenty year state of emergency in the coming days they acted after anti-government protesters chanting change at the power clashed with security forces in the capital over the week at and behind riot police were deployed to break up protests across the island nation as demonstrators demanded more political freedom and jobs police used tear gas to try and break up these large crowds gathered in several cities in the tiny nation and in iran security forces clashed with demonstrators in parts of tehran as thousands reportedly took to the streets so today's street march marked the first major reformist seven straight should since security forces put down widespread protests in december of two thousand and nine and then yemen also saw more protests demonstrators are reportedly being attacked with broken bottles daggers and rocks my several hundred pro government supporters many waving yemeni flags and photos of yemen's president who's been in office for more than thirty years and also happens to be a major

in algeria, we had demonstrations on saturday.ahrain is being processed. >> the tanikia model certainly inspired -- the tunisian model certainly inspired not only egypt, but the rest of the region. as you mentioned, in ontario, on saturday, many demonstrations are expected in algeria, on saturday, many demonstrations are expected. despot's across the region -- the prime minister has been sacked and people are clearly demanding social-economic changes. these are all suggestions we have seen put across the region by dictators that are not sufficient. it is hard to tell how the egyptian situation will impact specifically on all these countries. they have their own specificities. mubarak is loathed in egypt but, for example, in jordan, the jordanians do not have a -- do not have any hatred for their ruler. they just want to see real changes on the ground. they want a better life. but they do not necessarily want to get rid of their king. >> thank you very much. the egyptian communities around the world are watching developments in cai

about 10,000 people flooded the streets of the capital of algeria. as many as 30,000 police officers tried to stop the protests. a human rights activists says more than 400 people were arrested. marchers want democratic reforms, but unlike in egypt, the protest in algeria is not geared towards getting rid of the president; a state of emergency has been in effect there for nearly 20 years. >>> at least 21 people are dead after a taliban attacked today in afghanistan. 15 police officers are among the dead. insurgents raided the kandahar police headquarters armed with bombs, automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. soldiers and civilians and one intelligence service agent were killed. dozens of others were wounded. the attack reportedly lasted for several hours. >>> closer to home this morning, police in vallejo are looking for a witness in a deadly confrontation yesterday. a man was shot and killed after he pointed a gun at vallejo police. officers say they tried to pull over the 45-year-old man in the north end of town, but he refused to stop.

algeria is not poor. the state has a lot of money.is very complicated here. >> there has been a further wrinkle in a case in russia involving the tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky. an assistant to the judge who handled the trial said the verdict was not his own, but taken to him. the judge denied the allegation. >> the verdict in the mikhail khodorkovsky king at the end of december. he had six years added to the eight years in prison he was already serving. this conveniently kept him inside during some crucial elections. the judge, viktor danilkin, read the decision quickly in a low voice. his assistant is claiming the verdict was not his, but had been dictated by more senior judges. in an interview, natalya vasilyeva said her boss had become under pressure -- had been under pressure and depressed. >> i suspect that what was in the verdict he wrote did not suit his superiors, and therefore received another verdict which he had to leave. >> this reopens all the arguments over the case against mikhail khodorkovsky. senior international figure

organize in a system where they haven't been able to organize before as for these other countries algeria we've already seen a pretty severe crackdown yamin not as severe but still the there were protests going. i think they're still going on now but they're starting to weigh in iran as you mention it's particularly violent we know that this regime is not afraid of going to the gun very quickly and significantly they put a green movement leader many who say most of the under house arrest that's extremely significant given that this is someone even though he's been an opposition leader he's still very much a member of the revolutionary elite so i think this this represents a new stage of repression although it's encouraging to me personally to still see that there is this this pro-democracy movement alive and kicking in the wrong do you think that we did mubarak make it a little too easy to get rid of him do you think that now other leaders the middle east north africa are looking at mubarak as the example obviously of who not to be if they think well as long as perhaps that you know we re

. >>> meanwhile, signs of progress in neighboring algeria where a state of emergency that had been in place for 19 years has been lifted. the move by algeria's government comes in response to weeks of protests by opposition groups hoping to force the kind of change brought on by egypt's revolution. in a statement issued by the white house, president obama welcomed the, quote, positive sign urging the algerian government to do more to promote freedom for its people. >>> a college student in texas has been arrested by the fbi for plotting a string of terror attacks here m u.s. the 20-year-old allegedly obtained chemicals for a bomb and researched potential targets, including dams and nuclear plants. even the home of former president george w. bush. agents say they were tipped off to the suspect after a mcincome chemical company reported he placed a suspicious order. according to court documents, the man also wrote in his journal that it was "time for jihad." if convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. >>> early this morning in wisconsin despite weeks of protests, a cont

bbc news. >> estate of the emergency in algeria has been in a place for 19 years and it has now come to an end. authorities tried to suppress dissent in 1992. others have been calling for to be lifted. a saudi arabian national has been charged in the u.s. in connection with an attempted bombing plot potentially targeting the former president george w. bush. khalid ali-m aldawsari was detained in texas on a federal charge of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction. the u.s. air force has awarded a $30 billion contract for a new generation of refueling aircraft. it has gone to boeing. eads has 10 days in which to appeal. the eldest of the u.s. space shuttles has blasted off from cape canaveral in florida on its very last mission. >> 2, 1. booster ignition. the final lift off of discovery. >> the shuttle is on its way to the international space station. it is carrying six crew, supplies, and a sophisticated humanoid robots. discovery is the first of three shuttles soon to be retired. the first canadian astronaut in space was at lunch and i spoke with him earlier from florida. >> i

over the weekend, people took to the streets in algeria and yemen. >> translator: i hope algeria will become liberal and democratic. this is my greatest wish. >> reporter: the pro-democracy demonstrations began in tunisia last month and then spread across the region. the movement captured the attention of the young, who shared information online. in egypt a key figure was wael ghonim, a marketing manager for the internet search engine google. he was detained by the authorities for two weeks after calling on the public via the net to join protest rallies. after his release ghonim spoke to the crowd at tahrir square, giving momentum to the demonstrators. trf trfrg. >> translator: the country doesn't belong to mubarak, and i invite you to continue fighting to take back the country." >> reporter: in an internet entry ghonim writes that "the mubarak administration is making a big mistake." he continues to protest on the internet, becoming a symbol of the anti-government movement. when he appeared on television, ghonim said the real heroes were the ones taking part in the rallies and those

the autocrats from algeria to yemen. and elsewhere are rooting for mubarak because this is the scenario that we're seeing unfold in egypt, that's what we expected to unfold in tunisia but never did. the surprise for the people and for other autocrats is how quickly that regime crumbled. when he left tune ease yarks he called his counterparts in algeria. he was stunned. he said an algerian president would never flee and this is a regime that was willing to fight and to take the country into a catastrophic civil war that cast -- cost 200,000 people. that's what we're looking at. so the people, as martin said, fascinating from morocco to algeria. they are looking at how it is going to move. that's where we are. from morocco to where i'm from, algeria, everybody is watching the reaction, also the united states. >> jennifer, i want to bring you into this. talk about a freedom movement that is around the region. the king of jordan dissolves his cabinet. the leader of yemen saying he will walk out of power later on in the year.

this will continue god help us it's not here to algeria. but charles maybe it's possible in this case the european markets will rule well and the us from the northern africa is so important for france for italy for spain are the. most dangerous for the talent balance of economy around twenty percent of all italy have a little bit more than that's not only economy look at refugees. it's the nearest future hundreds of thousands of people can come from from asia a leap year the territory of european countries what will europeans doing with this well let's hear what prime minister putin had to say about the rising oil prices. and their own nothing good will come out of it so we're very serious because we're not interested in energy prices drawing them without limit what little everything is interrelated and unlike other in producing countries our economy's more diversified and we're actually emphasizing in the v. to be destroyed is how can we deal with those but we hold that this will not happen by the way i was glad to see that all our project

and you saw today, in addition to algeria and yemen the palestinian authority announced new elections. the two countries to watch will be iran-- not an arab country but a middle eastern country, where the reform movement might protest on monday and can this have an influence on iraq, on the democratic forces there? i think we have to look very widely throughout the arab world. i think we're bound to see an impact. >> mitchell: let's go back to egypt fair minute. the military is now in charge, the same military that brought you hosni mubarak and omar suleiman. as someone very familiar with that part of the world what, do you think? can the military be trusted? >> well, they had a good start today at the transition. they made a series of announcements that said they believed in democracy. they wanted to lead the country towards a democratic government through a transition. but the key question there is, is this government, this military government, going to be willing to give up parole crowell? will it provide for a transition that allows lots of different voices-- religious and secular

and if that will be so will the small monarchies of the gulf will be in huge danger of a look at algeria civil war there was all blown bio the efforts of president winter flicker while there is out care of margaret there are some other countries there is experience of people internees really be are this a very dangerous situation and if it will do something algeria something serious on the libyan level and assure there can america will be such stable as are now practically the whole world from america to pakistan from some only wish just now is destroy to the russian border is under part of the revolution radials it's like it was in europe after one thousand nine hundred seventeen where there were new monarchies and new republics on the whole europe which were stable or photographer russia gave the world an example that. revolutions in a very traditional societies don't necessarily lead to modernize ation are the societal social modernization world. do you think that what we're witnessing in the arab world which is a very traditional society will it really lead to modernization to what a

beautifully well police detained more than four hundred demonstrators in clashes across the city algeria has officially been in a state of emergency for nineteen years a lot of authorities to battle public demonstrations where protesters ignored the ruling following uprisings in tunisia and egypt forcing algerian authorities to reconsider the declaration. and coming up in about twenty minutes time r.t. spoke to the voice of the u.s. streets and activist in a political rapper and one who says everything is a place for a vault to happen in america. that of conditions that existed in cairo exist in new york city exist in miami florida they exist in los angeles you have a ruling class with abuse of power i was recently in cairo. i was there on humanitarian aid mission to help the people in gaza in order for us to get to gaza we had to jump in from with rockets and we began to understand that not only did the government but the controlled by bureaucratic politicians in. israel have a stake in making sure that. the state of interest was the way that it works and that is definitely the situatio

is absolutely correct and i want to direct jamie diamond attention to what's happening in tunisia algeria egypt athens dublin the global interaction against banker occupation people are angry and they've got their pitchforks they've got their torches they have historically used good things when people like jamie diamond get into the mix and feel with impunity that's wrong. is that just think this is not just psychos eat this is and all the people writhing around the world the and now a congressional committee the financial crisis inquiry committee has also found these very same people guilty so the next headline is financial crisis was avoidable inquiry finds of course we all know course it was avoidable if you give a god a loaded gun to a maniac and you point out he kills people where there if you didn't give him a loaded go with the poor third he wouldn't kill people it's affordable if you give the bankers all the free money advice or a percent interest rate whenever they make a mistake and bail them out it's aggressive people for disaster of course they're going to commit acts of finan

the mood of discontent in the region has also been spreading to algeria where thousands gathered to demand the resignation of the president more than thirty thousand policemen have been deployed to prevent an uprising similar to that in egypt hundreds of demonstrators have been detained in clashes across the capital algeria's the country has been under a state of emergency for nineteen years allowing authorities to outlaw public demonstrations in the wake of the uprisings in tunisia and egypt the government said it would lift emergency room. you're watching live from the russian capital we've got more ahead for you this hour by the guardian newspaper is going through a bitter breakup with its former collaborator wiki leaks and there's even been threatened with libel charges by the whistle blowing website. and under attack we look at the plight of iraqi christians forced to flee their homes after being continuously targeted by extremist groups. their stories told to come but first this week one of the world's most wanted terrorists claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on moscow's b

every single ruler, including the egyptian government itself, even if it stays in power. >> yemen, algeriaudan, libya, all of these countries are potential flash points. >> of all the countries that have to look with caution at what happened in these countries syria has to be very high on the list. syria has been ruled by the alasad dynasty for 40 years. yemen's has ruled for 42 years. faced with his own demonstration he has given up his ambitions and will not run for reelection and his son will not succeed him. >> if things fall apart in yemen al qaeda will be in position to take advantage of that. >> reporter: only the oil rich monarchies of the gulf seem safe from the tsunami of discontent. >> the gulf leaders have money from their oil revenues to buy off dissent. >> in the short term, the unrest in the middle east will send oil prices up because what we're going to have is great uncertainty about where things are going. >> reporter: for decades, american foreign policy has relied on authoritarian regimes to achieve its overriding goal of middle east stability. >> we want to see the fre

well the mood of discontent in the region has also been spreading to algeria where thousands gathered to demand the resignation of president to flicker more than thirty thousand policemen have been deployed to prevent an uprising symbols of that of what happened in egypt hundreds of demonstrators have been detained in clashes across the capital algeria's the country has been under a state of emergency for nineteen years allowing both already used to public demonstrations in the wake of the. the egypt government said it would lift emergency rule. while you're watching r t it's good to have you with us today and we have plenty more ahead for you this hour including you can find out why the. wiki leaks and. libel charges following whistle blowing web site. look at the iraqi christians. being continuously targeted by extremist groups. well this week one of the world's most wanted terrorists claimed responsibility for the suicide attack on moscow's busiest airport last month the deadly bombing drew attention serious security lapses at transport hub switch as president of discovered himself

bahrain yemen and algeria all calling for. the anti-government discontent has spread across the arab world with tunisia and egypt leading the charge and sweeping aside a decades old cycle of oppression. has traveled to caro to investigate whether the revolt has brought real change to egyptians. one month on from the outbreak of the revolution that's on the bottom step down from power many protesters who stood up to the egyptian regime to what they achieved until you square. but the moment mubarak stepped down and it was announced like we had on the screens on the square and people just couldn't resist for a second to get overwhelmed by the joy of get rid of that big figure of corruption or the regime western leaders were quick to throw their support behind the popular revolution in a country that spent the last thirty years under mubarak and that these democratic change has to start now. it needs to happen now for the growth of freedom and democracy in egypt ultimately of the united states can't have sort of the dictate what h

the autocrats from algeria to yemen. and elsewhere are rooting for mubarak because this is the scenario that we're seeing unfold in egypt, that's what we expected to unfold in tunisia but never did. the surprise for the people and for other autocrats is how quickly that regime crumbled. when he left tune ease yarks he called his counterparts in algeria. he was stunned. he said an algerian president would never flee and this is a regime that was willing to fight and to take the country into a catastrophic civil war that cast -- cost 200,000 people. that's what we're looking at. so the people, as martin said, fascinating from morocco to algeria. they are looking at how it is going to move. that's where we are. from morocco to where i'm from, algeria, everybody is watching the reaction, also the united states. >> jennifer, i want to bring you into this. talk about a freedom movement that is around the region. the king of jordan dissolves his cabinet. the leader of yemen saying he will walk out of power later on in the year.