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kofi annan served two terms as secretary general of the united nations from 1997 to 2006. book "interventions: a life in war and peace." mr. annan, it's a real honor to have you here. >> happy to be here. >> i wanted to start on the iraq war, we're on the eve of the presidential election. you said by behaving as it did, the u.s. invited the perception it was become a greater threat to global security than anything saddam could muster, a self-inflicted wound, that did immense and possibly lasting damage to u.s. standing in the world. why do you bookend your own book, start and end your book with a discussion of the iraq war? why is it of such outsized importance? >> it is important because the iraq war brought divisions within the u.n. and the world that we hadn't seen for a long time. and as i said at the beginning of the war, that when a country's attacked it has a right to defend itself. but when it's a broader question of security for all of us, you cannot do without the security -- the legitimacy of the security council. in this case, the war was -- the war took place

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kofi annan. >> thank of you.ice to be here. >>> what to do about syria is sure to be debated by president obama and mitt romney on monday night. don't miss it. up next, the other major political event of the next few weeks, china's leadership change. what will that mean for the rest of the world? [ male announcer ] citi turns 200 this year. in that time there've been some good days. and some difficult ones. but, through it all, we've persevered, supporting some of the biggest ideas in modern history. so why should our anniversary matter to you? because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. and the next great idea could be yours. ♪ with odor free aspercreme. powerful medicine relieves pain fast, with no odor. so all you notice is relief. aspercreme. >>> here in america we're understandably fixated on november 6, election day. but halfway around the world there's another regime change in the offering. november 8 is the day china begins its 18th national congress during which its

prize laureates from the last ten twelve years let's try and bring up some of those arguments kofi annan served as the u.n. secretary general from one thousand nine hundred seven to two thousand and six while in office is stood by the u.s. and supported the nato bombing of former yugoslavia essentially bypassing the u.n. security council the move set a precedent in the polls cold war war than in some sense paved the way for more unilateral interventions by the way as was the iraqi invasion so kofi annan received his prize in two thousand and one another you unofficial on the list mohamed el baradei who served as the head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog for more than a decade until two thousand and nine he received the peace prize in two thousand and five years later mr el baradei announced that he regretted his silence over the u.s. invasion of iraq in two thousand and three at that time the un watchdog had no evidence of your iraq having weapons of mass destruction and maybe argued mr el baradei could have done more to stop the invasion on false grounds but he didn't back to our list sever

sense paved the way for more unilateral interventions by the us as was the iraqi invasion so kofi annan received his prize in two thousand and one another you want official on the list mohamed el baradei who served as the head of the u.n. nuclear watchdog for more than a decade until two thousand and nine he received the peace prize in two thousand and five years later mr el baradei announced that he regretted his silence over the u.s. invasion of iraq in two thousand and three at that time the u.n. watchdog had no evidence of your iraq having weapons of mass destruction and maybe argued mr el baradei could have done more to stop the invasion on false grounds but he didn't back to our list several us politicians among the awarded including president jimmy carter. from nine hundred seventy seven to nine hundred eighty one his peace prize in two thousand and two to those who remember is that an inspiration helped indonesia slaughter tens of thousands of people in east timor then there was al gore a presidential nominee who received the prize in two thousand and seven for raising awareness

. >> kofi annan, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> it was called africa the mostand was one of bizarre and successful music events of the summer. o e -- over 80 african and western musicians traveling in a railway train, stopping off to appear in a concert or pop up events in which they mix together to create new music that they rehearsed on board. one british musician was on board along with african stars. they gave us exclusive television access to their journey. >> this was a tour that broke all the known rules of the music industry. over 80 musicians, some very famous, some virtually unknown in britain but stars in africa, toward the country in a chartered train in a venture that cost 500,000 pounds, but there were no headliners at the show. some events were planned at the very last minute, and the artists themselves decided who would be playing well after non- stop rehearsals from the train itself -- who would be playing what. ♪ one character is laid out with the studio. different musicians played here nonstop throughout the seven-day tour of great britain. in this session, the gu

annan. going to the world's problems with the. saudis technology innovation all the means developments from around russia we've gone to those huge earth covered. the. critics. the tarmac. coming up next. i've. but. since ancient times russia has celebrated the day when ripe apples are harvested. these women have baked many cakes and place them out for both the local residents and those coming here to their country houses. people don't stay at home on this day. they sing songs and congratulate each other instead as the haymaking marking the end of summer is complete. milledge postman nicholai simeonoff also drops by to celebrate the holiday. when he arrives the locals reveal what the newspapers have been writing about him. headlines call him a remarkable person for helping his fellow villagers. and the award goes to nikolai simul known for his active participation in the life of the village. thank you. get back the next day nikolai heads to a local bank to take out a loan for a new car his old one often breaks down because he's bee

kofi annan talks about, he opens and closes his book with the colin powell at the u.n. experience. he talks about how the bush administration took colin powell's credibility, wrung it out, used it what they needed to do and discarded him as soon as they used his credibility. colin powell, you know from when he speaks about these guys. >> he said it was one of the biggest mistakes if not the biggest mistake of his career. the extent his star is diminished in terms of an endorsement is exactly because he did that. he was certainly powerful in this endorsement. >> one last question for you. if it is basically a tie heading into election day, do you think a tie favors the incumbent or the challenger? >> i think it favors the incumbent. it seems to me this election is baked, barring some event we don't know. and, yes, there is a small undecided vote. i think it's about get out the vote. if you believe the romney campaign, oh, they have a much better get out the vote program in ohio because they're doing much more than was done by mccain four years ago. they're not measuring it against o

are relatively higher now kofi annan might have stepped down from his role as a peace mediator but is his six point plan still the best option for peace in syria well i think it's the only option however right from the beginning especially the united states but also saudi arabia qatar they were against it and they really made it a nonstarter it's quite clear that brahim to follow often on is taking over the same plan and it's also obvious that russia still supporting the plan so if you really look for a peaceful settlement it would be the only chance but as. long as saudi arabia is turkey the united states u.k. france as long as they demand for the toppling of a sunt there's no chance that this plan can actually put be put into reality in your opinion how accurate is the news coverage of what's been going on in syria being. like in every war there is propaganda from the from both sides for quite a long time it was mainly the information from the opposition which was reported in the mainstream media in the west. information. from the sound site was neglected and discarded as programmed

formerun secretary kofi annan said he didn't believe a peace plan will work. he said the syria situation is more complex than libya. and he believes that the u.s. should not raise the hopes of the syrian people. back to the journal report. >> ft economic crisis of our lifetimes, we are moving forward again. the unemployment's rate fallen from 10% to 7.8%. foreclosures are their lowest in five years. home values are on the rise. stock market's doubled. manufacturing's coming back. assembly lines are putting folks back to work. >> welcome back to "the journal editorial report." that was president obama this week at a campaign stop in ohio, painting an optimistic picture of an economy on the upswing. last month's unemployment numbers no doubt helped fuel that narrative as does news this week that new home construction reached its highest level in four years. so is america on the road to recovery? let's ask economist art laffer. good to you have here. >> thank you very much, paul. >> we've got housing rebounding, we've got consumer confidence up. we've got the job

want to focus on what happens when the kofi annan churchy broker since element. i urge you speak a week ago in washington about this whole career, but this question and basically said they were trying to work out a ceasefire and there would be a transition. and over the transition period, assad would sit down at some point, maybe not right away, but at a process. they would have supported the other elements that were more a regime whose supporters would've gone along along with this. but he said that the western assisted they had to sit down first instead of having a process where would be understood that he would step down. if he could come to an agreement, just think of the international place that should have the will security council to get the assad regime with a critical issue. there's whether you saw that process and a comment on it. >> they have a six-point plan. the assad regime accepted to withdraw heavy military equipment from cities. that acceptance wasn't more in the media than underground. the assad regime agreed to stop shooting at unarmed civilian

and send annan e-mail to www.fox5tips@wttg.com.  i'm barack obama, and i approve this message.  these appliances could have been made here in america. but a company called global tech maximized profits by paying its workers next to nothing... under sweatshop conditions in china. when mitt romney led bain, they saw global tech as a good investment... even knowing that the firm promoted its practice of exploiting... low-wage labor to its investors. mitt romney - tough on china? since when? . >>> there is another controversial antiobama protest and same deal. the similar protests happened in centreville, virginia. in reference to clint east woods' speech. along the busy highway and many believe it's sending the wrong message. the couple will not apologize for their freedom of speech. >> it's not racist i think people need to grow up and be american. they need to integrate in this society and be americans, you know, read the constitution, understandow hard it was. >> they don't plan to take the display down any time soon. >>> the gay marriage fight goes viral in maryland

approach, rather than trying to find a global solution, which was the case with kofi and on -- with kofi annan, and he failed. >> we will see if a lesson lasts longer than this holiday. thank you for joining us. in mecca, the hajj is getting under way, and participating in the pilgrimages the religious highlight for many muslims. >> with the break of dawn, the pilgrims from around the world gathered to say there morning prayer. this is where the prophet mohammed is said to have given his last sermon. officials say more than 3 million muslims are performing the haj this year. >> in europe, the issue of asylum seekers is once again at the top of the agenda. >> the interior ministers of the european union met on thursday to talk about what's many politic -- was so many politicians say is a major problem. the german interior minister is calling for much tighter rules in processing applications for asylum, most of which come from sinti and roma. >> this comes one day after chancellor merkel opened a holocaust memorial in berlin dedicated specifically to sinti and roma and pledged that her governmen

concerns such as poor attitude annan safety could mean that they are struck of the medical register. >> we have set it up after lots of consultation with the medical profession and patient groups. we identify the problems early and give doctors a chance, the very small minority of doctors that this might pick up, we give them a chance to address the deficiencies in their skills so they are able to continue practicing >> the lessons learned from scandals like the baby gets -- baby deaths and abroad issues have helped to create their guidelines to pick up on the early warning signs of a problem doctors before tragedies occur. >> more on this story and more at the bbc website. there's plenty of analysis of our correspondents with the e.u. region a banking deal. france and germany had some doubts over how the deal would be implemented. >> faced with unemployment after graduation, increasing numbers of university students in western countries are choosing to you move to asia. with its booming economies and low jobless rates, cities like bangkok and beijing and shanghai, are enjoying the b

formerun secretary kofi annan said he didn't believe a peace plan will work.id the syria situation is more complex than libya. and he believes that the u.s. should not raise the hopes

y despuÉs, kofi annan, dijo que tenÍa que ver, luego rusia entÓo ver que podÍa hacer. vienen que estamos apoyando a las personas correctas y que serÁn nuestros amigos y aliados en la regiÓn hablemos de libia. cuando entramos a libia? y fuimos capaces inmediatainmed de detenerse masacres. y gracias a la coaliciÓn que organizamos, tambiÉn nos aseguramos de que muhammar gadhafi no se quedara y para apoyar al gobernador, reconozco que nos apoyo. sÍ, estuvo en el tema de la coaliciÓn, pero cuando llego el momento de gu rarns qr asegurarnos que gadhafi no se quedara en el poder. cual fue la recomendaciÓn ¿cual fue?. >>> muhammar gadhafi derramÓ mucha sangre americana, mÁs que osama bin laden y tenÍamos que terminar el supra daj r trabajo. pero lo hicimos de manera cuidadosa, nos aseguramos que sabÍamos con quien estÁbamos tratando, con quien nos estÁbamos uniendo. y las fuerzas que estaban en un terreno, eran personas con la que podÍamos trabajar. debemos tomar los mismos pasos ka cautelosos que tenemos que tomar ahora. >>> gobierernador quÉ ha hecho administraciÓn, por ejem

kofi annan try now brahimi try. i mean. from from the beginning the massacres was not interested in that kind of dialogue and you know when i'm going to talk to the syrian people on the ground i talk you know i was again in aleppo and it lived in late august people just don't trust these regime to go on any other path that i mean you know i guess we go to hell i believe there are i can in istanbul i mean what is a positive role that turkey can play now in resolving the situation in syria because it's already taken a fight. i think turkey is already on the other side of the mirror visibly syria that is i see little chance of turkey playing a positive role in syria because we have already entrenched ourselves within syria through our support for the insurgents logistical support our support our financial support and which means that turkey no longer has the legitimacy to speak to other stakeholders in syria and i do agree that assad's regime cannot continue as it does and i do agree that it was already. voted in the regime an