e relationship between china and the united states. e relationship between china and the united states. this is the eighth american administration and the fourth generation of chinese leaders who have pursued a consistent policy that has brought us to this point. and, of course whenever a chinese delegation comes here, it contains so many things and so many individuals whose experiences i have seen over the last decades, that this is a guarantee for our future. there could be no stronger chairman of this dialogue then secretary clinton and secretary geithner on our side, and i am confident that we are at the beginning of another extraordinarily creative year. vice premier qishan wang mentioned deng xiaoping and one of the most moving experiences in my life was one evening when deng xiaoping-- return to beijing in 1979 and explained to me at a banquet what his plans were and what he understood. i mention that only because it was a very unusual approach and it brought us to this point because of the combination of courage and vision, whic

and the u.s. side, joint chairman of the united states army. they are setting the framework document of the development of corp. between the armed forces [inaudible] and to improve military cooperation between the armed forces and the united states of america for the year 2009. [applause] >> minister of foreign affairs of the russian federation and senior deputy of the united states of america are assigning an agreement between the government of the russian federation and the government of the net states of america on the transit of weapons material, military property, and military personnel concerning the participation of the men states of america in efforts to enhance security, stabilization, and restoration of the islamic republic of afghanistan. >> also, the notes have been exchanged by the russian u.s. commission on affairs of missing in action and prisoners of war and the memorandum has been signed. >> president of the russian federation, president medvedev, and president of the united states barack obama are signing a joint memorandum of

this is an urgent issue and one in which the united states and russia have to take leadership. it is very difficult for us to exert that leadership unless we are showing ourselves willing to deal with our own nuclear stockpiles in a more rational way. and that's why this post s.t.a.r.t. agreement is so important and i'm hopeful that we can reduce our nuclear arsenals by as much as a third and hopefully can move even beyond that in subsequent agreements and treaties. the critical issues that president medvedev identified is the fact that we are seeing a pace of potential proliferation that we have not seen in quite some time. and he mentioned two specific areas in the middle east there is deep concern about iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons capability. not simply because of one country wanting nuclear weapons but the fact that if iran obtained nuclear weapons, it is an almost -- it is almost certain that other countries in the region would then decide to pursue their own programs and we would see a nuclear arms race in perhaps the most volatile part of the world. in the korean p

into t hands of nonstate actors,xtremist organizations, pes an extraordinary threato both russia and the unitedtes. so i'm pleased on the progress that we've madeso far. i think the fact tt we've got joint threat asessment in termsof what bllistic missile capabiliti and nuclear weapons could pose to our countries, th we will be conducting a review of thatnd min assessnts to find ways that the united stes and russia can cooperate more effectively. that's goingo be more importt. i think continug to pursue the cooperation that already exists between russiand the united stes on loose nuclear materialandaking sure those are secure, i tnk that's going to be ve important. struuring a new rnvigorated nonproliferationreaty that applies seof rules toll countries,llows them to pursue peeful nuclear energy,ithout having the capacity to weaponize th nuclear capacity, that going to be ry imptant. so we've actually suggested a global nuclear securityummit that we intend toost next year d i discussed withpresident medvedev the stro possibility th in a bsequent summit, it could be hosted by russia, where we bri

we are excited to begin this strategic and economic dialogue between the united states and china. it is a privilege to open this inaugural meeting. i am especially pleased that secretary tim geithner and i have been able to welcome the state councilor and vice premier from china. [applause] we are looking forward to resuming the very fruitful discussion we have already had, both tim geithner and myself, and particularly president obama and president who is and how. this is a combination and beginning. -- president hu jintao. 30 years ago, the ad states and china established formal diplomatic relations. what followed was a blossoming of chinese economic growth and diplomatic engagement that has allowed our nation to reach this place of opportunity today. but this dialogue also marks the beginning of an unprecedented effort to lay the foundation for a positive, cooperative, and comprehensive u.s.-chinese relationship in the 21st century. so many members of president obama's capt. here, that reflects our belief that a strong relationship will yield rewards not only for our two nation

united states. but the living fact is that china and the united states interactions have never been so frequent. our interests have never been interwoven so closely. and mutually cooperation has never been so broad and the driving force, the china-u.s. relationship has never been that strong. the two great peoples have tens of thousands of reasons to seize the historic opportunities to improve a strategic mutual trust, actively enhance our relationship and even build a more beautiful communication. there's a saying in choib. in the past few years i have worked with the two deputy secretaries of state mr. sellic and negroponte have fruitful strategic dialogue. and today i am happy that i wo can work with secretary wang, secretary clinton and secretary geithner for the benefit of china-u.s. relations. i'm honored to work with secretary clinton to co-chair the china strategic dialogue within the framework. and we must live up to the expectations and fulfill our mission to make this good beginning of the dialogue. ladies and gentlemen, dear, friends, i think we're now taking a part in building a hist

states can do and what power the united states has. when you talk about them dealing with china, it's changed the focus of important policy and it is a security problem. i think the economic crisis and you heard dennis blair, the dni director talk about that. >> charlie: he indeed did. >> probably with you. >> charlie: in that case he didn't but he did say that it was a -- i think he said one of the most important elements of the national security equation today. i forgot about this and i forgot. latin america and africa. it is there a policy about those two? we look at what's happening in ho honduras and when the president went there and president chavez handing him books to read. >> this president obviously has a special connection to africa since his father came from kenya. >> charlie: and many say bush 43 that was his one best moment was his attitude about africa. >> but whatever his sentimental ties the president has to deal with what lands on his desk. he may believe that latin america and africa are more important than they have

and we've now important progress toward restoring that commerce. i won't pretend that the united states and russia agree on every issue as president medvedev indicated, we've had some frank discussions and there are areas where we still disagree. for instance, we had a frank discussion on russia on georgia and i reiterated my belief that georgia's territory and integrity must be respected. even as we work through our disagreements on georgia's borde borders, we do agree that no one has interest in military conflict. we must speak candidly to resolve these disagreements peacefully and constructively. president medvedev and i are committed to leaving behind the suspicion and the rivalry of the past so that we can advance the interests that we hold in common. today we've made meaningful progress in demonstrating through deeds and words, what a more constructive u.s.-russian relationship can look like in the 21st century. tomorrow i look forward to broadening this effort to include business, civil society, and the dialogue among the american and russian people. i believe that all of

the eu and the united states have to implement consistency of the policies. we have to engage with iran and the united states and in the group of the three plus three to show to the iranians that we are ready to talk to them. we are showing our respect for the sovereignty of iran in the process and we have to stress that we are ready to discuss with iran any issue, including the security concerns. iran serves a place in the world and the region because of its size and history and its culture. we have to consistency make this point. we have to continue to work with other partners and convince other countries who are friends of iran to convince iran that this is the way to move forward. >> richard, let me take you through that. that is the carrot to show iranians that we are willing to listen. what are the sanctions that we should be using? >> let me recall the background. we have three united nations security council resolutions that are implemented in a robust way in the international community and eu as well as we continue to do that. as she said, we have to

the united states will never become china and china will never become the united states but there are living factors that china and the united states interactions have never been on frequent and our it's never been interwoven so closely and the mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries has never been so broad in the driving force and the chinese and u.s. relationship has never been so strong between two great people have reason to seize the historical opportunities, to active expand enhanced cooperation and appropriately handle differences of sensitive issues and even for the future in china/u.s. relations. there's a saying in china, what is begun is half done. i think you have a similar saying here in this country. in the past few years, i've worked with the two deputy secretaries of state. .... .. to a >> translator: yes, we can. that is forward from president obama. yes, we can. [applause] >> translator: thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [applause] >> thank you. good morning. it is a great honor to welcome you to the first meeti

and on the u.s. side, chairman of joint staff of the united states army, admiral moullen. they will signed the document between the armed forces and the armed forces of the united states and a memorandum on the working plan to improve military cooperation for the year 2009. jane: the chairman of the joint chiefs, admiral mike mullen is signing this to a degree members and military cooperation that was suspended after russia invaded georgia. this announcement was expected. they are putting it down on paper. they also have plans for about 20 different military exchanges in the teens this year, including russian military cadets. they will do some joint cooperation. and a lot of other it preliminary deals we're learning about this morning. rick: we are taking a look at these two world leaders treatises a two-day trip by the president. it has been billed as an effort to rebuild relations with russia after years of tension over the issue of georgia, and several other issues over the years. this is the first time that these two countries have sat down for a summit and tried to ham

she will express orr hen views and not those of the united nations. what does this mean overall and does it help other disarmment efforts? >> it's a pretty modest deal. we're looking at cuts of about 25% to currently deployed weapons. it doesn't touch things in stockpiles or back in storage. so it's quite a modest step. on the other hand, it's a step. >> right. >> and there haven't been steps for a very long time. plus i think the tenor of the discussions was much different than discussions have been in the past. and so, that is a good thing. it does have impact. one of the key things is that it will be good for the nuclear non-proliferation treaty review conference in 2010. one of the big problems has been that the non-nuclear weapons states have been very, very concerned because the nuclear weapons states have been i can energy nuclear disarmment. so this will help show the bona fides of the nuclear weapons state in pursuing nuclear disarmment. >> and obviously it also increases the moral stature of washington and moscow to pressure north korea and i

>> you know, france and the united states, it is like an old couple. e have been at it for a long, long, long, long time. i think we were one of the first allies and certainly one of the strongest of the united states. and our histories are bound. the bloods of our soldiers are, you know, very, very much together throughout our history. the foundation of this country, the freedom of france, all of that is getting us so close to each other that we are like an old couple. we have fought many battles together and we will continue doing so. >> what stage are we in now in the marriage counseling stage or are we out of it? >> no i think it's very good, actually. what i can tell you is that, you know, we, in france, have a very strong leader at the moment and i hope we keep it for a long time. when he was president of europe for six months, we achieved a lot. in this country, which i dearly like, president obama is a terrific leader. and if these two leaders actually join forces, which i'm sure they will, with in mind the same common good, they can have fantas

russia and the united states when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we begin this evening with president obama's visit to moscow. today he and russian president dmitry medvedev announced a preliminary agreement to cut nuclear stockpiles by as much as a third. russia agreed to allow the united states military to transport weapons and troops across its territory into afghanistan. the two countries will set up a joint commission to focus on a range of economic, energy, and terrorism issues. the summit is part of the president's pledge to reset the relationship with russia. and here's a part of what the president and also the leader of russia said at the kremlin today. >> ( translated ): on the whole, by characterizing our first day of work as a result of negotiations that we have had, i would like to say that i view them as a fist but very important step in the process of improving full scale cooperation between our two countries which should go t

for example, my book which was published and sold only in the united states 23 copies found their way to england and one was published on the internet. that was enough for the judge in england to decide he had jurisdiction then proceeded with the case against me which i did not acknowledge and therefore they gave me a judgment by default against me. in never actually went to court in new york to ask the judgment but in new york several times i was harassed, i have threats, but you never actually tried to enforce the judgment. however in court even now several times he will refuse to say he will not try to exercise his right to enforce the law. enforce the judgment from england. that is what is threatening me. in addition to the fact he has a web site not only where he publishes my name and the judgment against rebut the names and apologies and judgments of more than 40 publishers and writers, many americans, not only americans, but all of them are from the west england and france and other places. what he did, he gave england england, he silenced the media and the west from writing ab

and they have a point. i think is very useful for the united states and russia to threats that might face the united states urope. the president -- and in europe. the president did not make any commitments about whether he would or would not go ahead with that so-called at third sight for strategic missile defense in eastern europe. he did note that there is a missile defense policy review that is ongoing. he mentioned that it would be done by this summer, which i would assume to mean by the end of september. i would not expect the u.s. to even then commit to russia and one way or another about what is going to do with that third sight. but what the u.s. and russia can do, and we have to remember that given that system has not even been tested, the u.s. is in a position to move ahead with deployment of the third side. testing will not be completed for several years. the u.s. and russia have time to discuss cooperative approaches. and a joint assessment, and even to find ways to overcome some of their past differences and cooperate in building a joint missile defense architecture, if necessary. so, missile d

and one in which the united states and russia have to take leadership. it is very difficult for us to exert that leadership unless we are showing ourselves willing to deal with our own nuclear stockpiles in a more rational way. that is why this agreement is so important. i am hopeful that we can reduce our nuclear arsenals by as much as one-third, and hopefully move beyond that in subsequent agreements and treaties. the critical issue that president medvedev identified is the fact that we are seeing a piece of potential proliferation that we have not seen in quite some time. he mention two areas, and the middle east, there is deep concern about iran's nuclear capability. not simply because of one country wanting nuclear weapons, but the fact that if iran obtained nuclear weapons, it is almost certain that other countries in the region would then decide to pursue their own programs. we would then see a nuclear arms race in perhaps the most volatile part of the world. in the korean peninsula, they are in pursuit of nuclear weapons. and all of these cases a

so i read all the columns and books about the united states losing its edge in terms of innovation. i see no progress there as long as you keep the circumstances i described. the third principle and i won't debate the want to elaborate is to have a predictable money and currency. this is absolutely evident today. this was not the case. i mentioned that in my introduction. we do remember within the late 70's the brazillian model where it was explained and shared by many economists are around the world by creating more money for hyperinflation you could bring faster growth and this was common wisdom largely accepted when friedman demonstrated it was wrong and also on till experience and experimentation demonstrate it was wrong so economics like any work on two legs. fundamental, abstract theory and also the fifth occasion of the theory so this has been the case as for inflation is concerned. the most remarkable move, positive move in 30 years is most of the countries all around the world have created independent central banks and and most of the cases these independent central banks ha

and furloughing workers. but experts say it may not be enough to avoid bankruptcies. u.s. airways, united airlines, delta, and northwest all reorganized under chapter eleven within the last few years. morningstar airline analyst basili alukos doubts another round of reorganizations would help. he wants to see either mergers or a liquidation. >> at the end of the day there are just too many carriers chasing too few passengers and the industry has to shrink. >> reporter: there's some speculation that uncle sam could throw the airlines a lifeline. but most analysts doubt the u.s government or taxpayers would stomach another bailout, especially to an industry most experts say must get smaller. diane eastabrook "nightly business report" chicago. >> paul: tomorrow, a closer look at how those airlines are faring when continental, jet blue and united airlines report quarterly results. >> suzanne: online broker td ameritrade will buy back almost half a billion dollars in auction rate securities owned by customers. it's part of a deal with new york's attorney general to settle charges ameritrade mi

and it immediately plan said the unit, puts a laser beam target on the sleeper said. well, if you don't react quickly enough the guy goes back down and so you lost that opportunity so they say technically it's very easy to put a laser why not put the gun as well. another logical path we that gets you there so the point is you get each of these logical pathways that take you down this final frontier of arming and that leads to the other part of the question which is what makes it ethical now and that is one of the parts of the debate i want to put out there is that we should debate with its ethical or not and what are the circumstances that make it ethical or not and that's not just things like the laws of the robotics like a asimov. to lead, the department of homeland security has six of them. how about is it something the federal government or local police departments, should they have the systems? too late, the lead police department is purchasing its own. atlanta, one private citizen had his own ground robot arm to. these are weird from to your questions but they

>> france and the united states, it's like an old couple. we've been a state for a long, long, long, long time. i think we were one of the first allies and certainly one of the strongest of the united states, and our histories are abound. the blood of our soldiers are, you know, very, very much together throughout our history. the foundation of this country, the freedom of france. all of that is getting us so close to each other that we are like an old couple. we have fought many battles together, and we will continue doing so. >> what stage are we in now, the marriage counseling stage? >> no, no, i think it's very good, actually. what i can tell you is that we in france have a very strong leader at the moment, and i hope we keep it for a long time. when he was president of europe for six months, we achieved a lot. in this country, which i dealer like, president obama is a terrific leader. and if these two leaders can actually join forces, which i'm sure they will, with in mind the same common good, they can deliver fantastic results. i certa

we have to continue working with the united states, and we are counting on the united states to play key role to bring about peace in darfur and sudan. thank you. >> thank you very much, sir. i would like to call up on this page. >> thank you very much, hon. members of the committee, thank you for this opportunity to testify. as you know, years after the signing of a comprehensive peace agreement, the agreement remains very fragile and full-scale war between the north and south is always at risk of erupting. inter ethnic violence in south sudan has increased, in darfur violence continues and in eastern sudan a shaky peace deal holds. on june 28th, the national elections commission postponed elections for a second time, from february 2010 to april of 2010. political tensions rose in the south when the foreign affairs minister created a political party for democratic change. despite these challenges important progress was made. the government of national unity agreed to allow government to organizations into the country to replace ngos that had been expelled after the indictment of pre

i meanf iran isltimately solved and iranand the united statessuddenly fm some sort of relationship, at leaves russia a little b out in t cold and not nrly as much of a power broker. so you have touestion just how much russi wants that to happ. yes, russia lives in a dangerous neighborhood. yes we assume india, pakista, china, the last thing they want is a nuclear iran but at the same timthey mightot want to investheir capital in getting there. i think they'd be looking for something big and i think that... i do think missile defense some sortf a tacit agement about nato and mething about georgia i think ey're going to be pushing all of those things whic i know will seem less than palatab probably tthis administration. but i think missile defense could be on the tae, sure. >> don't forget tensionith iran does tend to push up the price of oil which is not something counteto russia's interest. >> re: exactly and they've made that point. the ambassador is laughing. well, go ahead, i'll co to steve in a minute it's true se people speculate in the a conspiratial way that russia i pleased to

we're committed to better and more economic and technical cooperation with united states. r bilateral trade is now 300 billion u.s. dollars and it will probably reach 3 trillion u.s. dollars in the future. we will not have arms race with the united states on top of your agenda a 1.3 chinese people have better lives and better clothes and have better living conditions. we will not -- we are not willing to spend lots and lots of money on military expense, but i think the united states and the whole world should know clearly of china's strategic intention. it is predictable, while intended, the united states can deal with china and make friends with china, reassured and we should not lose any sleep over china. you can completely rest assured. maybe some are still not reassured. i'm always truthful and sincere. i am sincerely committed to the basic policy of the chinese government that is seeking the lasting sound and steady relationship within the united states. my predecessors, the older generation, also took part in this great cause and i heard a lot from him about the impor

it is not the occasion for finger-pointing between mexico and the united states. the acknowledgement of a shared problem paves the way for cooperation between dhs along with doj and the government of mexico that would have been unthinkable 10 years ago, and even unsalable three years ago. dhs is working in full partnership with the government of mexico to respond to the dangers and the opportunities that the current crisis as presented. this is a relationship of trust with verification, and one that is expected by both countries on that basis. on march 24, secretary napolitano and david ogden announced the president's major southwest border initiative, a reallocation of agents, technology, equipment, and attention to the border. those deployments are now complete. dhs is also taking steps to deepen our relationship with partner agencies in the government of mexico. . . i note to positive changes that we will succeed in our efforts to reduce the power of the smuggling cartels burda first, it teaches provides to give them a better resource capabilities to confront se

and on. we are really back. that's the message when i went to asia. the unitedtates is back and we're ready to lead. >> what did you mean by that? >> what i meant was that in many parts of the world, the priorities that were pursued the last eight years did not seem to include them. so just going, for example, to asia, as i did on my first trip, as i just did, was viewed as a very positive statement of participation. we're building on some of the good work that's been done in a bipartisan way in india, starting with my husband and in this case, continuing with president bush in india, so that we have now announced the most comprehensive engagement we've ever had with that country. >> but if you look at it, the bush administration policy in asia and the obama administration policy in asia are not that different. you too are distracted by wars in afghanistan and iraq. >> see, i disagree with that. part of what we have done is to organize ourselves so that we can concentrate on many important issues at the same time. i know that, for example, people have raised que

it is not the occasion for finger-pointing between mexico and the united states. the acknowledgement of a shared problem paves the way for cooperation between dhs along with doj and the government of mexico that would have been unthinkable 10 years ago, and even unsalable three years ago. dhs is working in full partnership with the government of mexico to respond to the dangers and the opportunities that the current crisis as presented. this is a relationship of trust with verification, and one that is expected by both countries on that basis. on march 24, secretary napolitano and david ogden announced the president's major southwest border initiative, a reallocation of agents, technology, equipment, and attention to the border. those deployments are now complete. dhs is also taking steps to deepen our relationship with partner agencies in the government of mexico. . . i note to positive changes that we will succeed in our efforts to reduce the power of the smuggling cartels burda first, it teaches provides to give them a better resource capabilities to confront se

states and the united states itself. ss lastly senator inhofe mentioned my african subcommittee. it doesn't take a genius to figure out that africa's the continent of the 21st century for two countries, one's china and the other's the united states. the chinese presence is pervasive both in terms of people and investment as is our country in terms of the millennium challenge investment, the malaria program, things of that nature. i want to just thank you for acknowledging the understanding of the monitoring shipments of arms and trade into that volatile continue innocent because on the -- continent because on the horn of africa whether it's the sudan, somalia or any of the other countries, the wrong kind of equipment getting into the wrong kind of hands through any circuitous route is not helpful to stability on that continent. it's a great continent, a great people, and the united states has invested an awful lot in their welfare and well being, so i hope you'll continue to watch that as you acknowledged in your comment

. >>> because the courage and capability of every single american in iraq, a sovereign and united iraq is taking control of its own destiny. iraq's future now rests in the hands of its own people. as extraordinary an accomplishment as that is, we know it won't be without problems. we know there will be difficult days ahead. that's why we'll remain a strong partner on behalf of the iraqi period on behalf of their prosperity. >>> they took time to celebrate eldest daughter malia's birthday. she turned 11 on the 4th. the president said when malia was younger, he would tell her the july 4th fireworks were for her. he told the crowd he's not sure she believes that anymore. >>> people across the country use the 4th to stand up against what they consider too much government spending. they call it a tea party, which is the acronym for taxed enough already. they say the president's economic stimulus plan is racking up a huge national debt. they also say his national health initiative is socialism. >> our government has decided that it knows better than the people and the people need to make sur

israel is a true friend and partner of the united states. and we must now more than ever show unwavering support for our friend, not only through this legislation, but through every other available means. i'm deeply concerned about the funding provided in this legislation to the united nations relief and works agency. without determining that the agency does not have members of hamas on its payroll, u.n. agencies such as that, for example, such as the so-called human rights council, a club of tyrannies, do not deserve american taxpayer support, just like the useless embarrassment that is the organization of american states. there's some good things in this legislation, legislation provides $165 million in economic support funds, for example, for haiti, to help the authorities consolidate democratic gains and promote development. since the recent devastating storms hit haiti, i have called first on the bush administration and then on the obama administration to grant temporary protected status to haitian nationals in the united states. i visit

and he's being sued by andrew cuomo, the attorney general of the united states. i happened to be one of the others that's suing for misrepresentation and fraud. so i give you that by way of background. listen, i do think what happened with madoff is a real statement of default on the part of the s.e.c. under chris cox. it wasn't only this particular moment. this was one of the other moments when it should have been brought up to a level where he would have been properly investigated but a man by the name of harry marcopolis, whom i never heard of until this all exploded, presented a 17-page analysis of madoff's alleged form of investing and proved it could not be done. he went i think to the s.e.c. four or five times. the s.e.c. was in the mode in those days of basically letting whatever financial world was under their supervision and review to run amuck. i mean, the one thing that was even more important than that was when they basically allowed the investment banking firms to go from a leverage that's a debt to equity ratio to 12-is to as much as 30-1 to 40-1. t

and spilled blood. guest: yes, there has been a huge cost for the united states. not just in terms of treasure, but, of course, we lost many soldiers, more than anything else we lost the confidence of the country, the government lost the confidence of the country and the foreign policy decisions, and i think that anxiety over what the government may decide or not decide to do is something that i think is still a big part of our present politics. bush administration bush administration for good or the bush administration for good or for ill was almost completely discredited primarily because of the war in iraq. mass destruction which they refused to deal with in an appropriate way that prompted us to go to war in iraq. i'm not sure that was the real rational but be that as it may that was the public rationale. saddam hussein was so unpopular in iraq. they would -- 2/3 would have voted to go to war because they didn't like saddam hussein. now you have a democratic ascendency in the congress and in the white house and it's real quite unique, probably hasn't happened s

any other option costs more and defends the united states less if at all. so i would ask my colleagues to support this message. i think it will be good for our country to be clear on this question and congress to speak up. and i would just briefly express a concern about what's happened in this budget on national missile defense. it is a major reduction in spending for missile defense. we intended to deploy 44 missiles in alaska. the budget proposes, i believe, now just 30. it was proposed and part of the agenda for the last number of years to place a multikill vehicle on top of these interceptors so you could take out dummies and decoys and mul multiple missiles. for a number of years we've been funding research and development of the kinetic energy interceptor. that is a hay-speed system that could take out -- that is a high-speed system that could take out missiles in the phase. there was an airborne laser which has a capability of shooting down missiles launched in their launch phase when they have so much heat coming out of them. and it's complete -- i

and i think the problem is -- what the vice president may have been saying is that the united states can't block an israeli attack on iran. it can only discourage it. but we've sent mixed signals and given the sort of impetus israel has to attack. that can be very dangerous. >> and there was a report >> and there was a report recently in the "london times" that the director of the massoud had met with saudi officials and that the saudi his granted permission to use their airspace for any attack on iraq. do you think that's really likely? >> to put bluntly i wouldn't regard anything in "the london times" as being as anything as an irresponsible tabloid journal. this is not the newspaper of 20 years ago. it's made up one defense story after another. the saudis have denied this. the flight patterns almost certainly would move in a somewhat different direction. and saudi arabia in any case is not going to confront a full-scale israeli attack. is this credible? no. >> iran presumably would respond to any attacks. so what kind of responses would you expect to see? >> it has a very limited,

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the presidents of russia and the united states striking deals. and here at home, the desperate search for a serial killer may have just ended. i'm shepard smith. the news starts now. he has murdered at least five people so far. >> under the fbi definition of a serial killer, yes, we have a serial killer. shepard: one who has an entire county living in fear. >> doesn't seem like he shows much concern or remorse. >> we are still following leads. shepard: tonight, urgent developments in the hunt for south carolina's serial killer. and breaking just moments ago we have gotten word that a suspect shot and killed in north carolina is, in fact, believed by police to be the south carolina serial killer. the shooting happened in gas tone i can't, north carolina, just about a half hour from gaffney south carolina, that's the area where the serial killer is believed to have murdered at least five people. the spree, we believe, began nine days ago. the first victim this man, a peach farmer. his wife found him dead in their home. then, wednesday of last week,

states, and the united states will fall behind in the world, unless we do a far better job than we have been doing of educating our sons and daughters. i hope you don't mind. i want to go into a little detail here about education. in the 21st century, when so many jobs will require a bachelor's degree or more, when countries that out-educate us today will outcompete us tomorrow, a world-class education is a prerequisite for success. there's no two ways about it, there's no way to avoid it. you know what i'm talking about. there's a reason the story of the civil rights movement was written in our schools. there's a reason thurgood marshall took up the cause of linda brown. there's the reason the little rock five defied a governor and a mob, it's because there's no stronger weapon against inequality and no better path to opportunity than an education that can unlock a child's god-given potential. and yet more than half a century after brown versus board, the dream of a world-class education is still being deferred all across the country. a

interviews with expert commentators and lots of interaction between the anchorman and correspondents here in the unitedtes. >>> it was a sign of jackson's popularity overseas. and also a sign of just how small our world has become. >>> in washington today, secretary of state hillary clinton met with the deposed president of honduras, manuel zelaya. she announced that the president of costa rica will serve as a mediator in the honduran political crisis. she said that both zelaya and the man who replaced him roberto micheletti have agreed that mediation and called from all parties to refrain from further violence. the political instability is having a ripple effect on the economy of honduras. as we hear from this report from lucia newman. >> reporter: in these hills that surround honduras' capital, people don't know much about economics. but they know enough to know that the backlash from the overthrow of their president will not leave them untouched. we're worried because this means more crisis for us, the poor. even before we couldn't find work. people were being laid off. so imagine what will happen n

and that is, if we bring these detainees into the united states, and i think it's difficult to argue hat this is not a problem that the united states can avoid being part of the solution. we're not going to be able to get other countries to handle all the team at guantanamo bay. we're going to have to assume responsibility for bringing these individuals to justice. and if we use our article three courts, they're going to be here in the united states. i think it is clear that we can safely detain and incarcerate these individuals here in the united states. i don't really think that's an issue as we've been pointed out by my colleagues. there are hundreds of convicted terrorists currently in our prison system. the issue, mr. edney, that you raise is that if they are found to be not guilty or there's insufficient evidence, or they're here, whether it's a military commission or a trial, article three court, what do you do if they're not convicted or one day they complete their sentence, whatever that sentence might be. and they are released. do we give up our ability to require they leave