and the arab spring encroaches on kuwait with a staunch western ally witnessing mass protests against corruption and the proving . very good evening from thanks for being with us first tonight egypt his name is dominated constitutional assembly has passed a new draft constitution documents based on sharia law and it's triggered fresh protests across the country opposition activists say it's a betrayal of the revolutions ideals true it's got the latest for you from cairo. the problem really stems from the constituent assembly itself many of the liberal leftists and church representatives actually walked up to the constituent assembly to what they said was bullying from the islamist factions that dominated the constitution writing body one of the key issues is the sharia law which many say the articles about sharia law leave open to interpretation to a very ultra orthodox interpretation and in addition the rights groups are saying that some articles are really impinging on human rights for example the practice of military trials of civilians which is condemned on the international law i

tunisia manning our us are now questioning just how much change the arab spring has brought to these countries that is gone and she counts found out there are fears that instead of a better and brighter future these nations may actually be sliding towards a grimmer fate. less than two years after egypt from people out. hosni mubarak mohamed morsi granted himself even more power than his predecessor head with a special to create president morsi make sure that no court can challenges decisions . that the president's power grab brought hundreds of thousands of egyptians onto the street with a shared says that their aspirations were being betrayed. unfortunately replace the corrupt regime of mubarak with a regime that is more strict and violent the draft version of egypt's new constitution inserts new islamic references into the country's system of government and keeps in place an article defining the principles of shari'a as the main source of legislation whether or not the. moderates. in the united states and washington the various islamic organizations that dominate in the us but when

its own foreign policy of all it is incapable of adapting to a new middle east to the so-called arab spring to the new realities that are emerging from the region it is still trying to side with the israeli lobby is trying to back right or wrong along with you either that or trying to basically exist within within the american political sphere it's embarrassing day for american foreign policy today yet they persist and they refuse to depart and leave that all started school politics today was this this amazing historic chance for the rest of the international community to challenge the u.s. and israel and their addicted hearts and to say in one or more years voice that we do support in principle the establishment of a palestinian state. now this story vote and prospects for peace are also the topics up for a fierce debate in the latest edition of crossfire here's a taste of what's coming your way layer on today. that's not the way to run an issue of the people who want to have a loophole and if people want to have a homeland it's not enough to have declaration you have to build your nation

with more on the unrest in egypt and its background as well as the wider developments in the arab spring had come. now there's been a collective sigh of relief in athens as german lawmakers passed a massive aid package for the indebted nation aside from releasing greeks more cash it's not she's interest rates today's payments and even pushes back austerity deadlines. peter all of the reports footing the bill all that happy. germany will be giving more financial aid towards greece we saw m.p.'s voting with four hundred seventy three saying yes to this aid package one hundred saying no and eleven abstentions now what this does mean no and it's been talked about throughout the week is in next year alone it could cost germany over seven hundred million euros but we are seeing the politicians at least giving their support financial support towards greece however that support isn't being particularly backed up by some of the electorate here people on the streets of germany suggesting that perhaps greece should be left to its own devices. that is enough because we won't see this money ever agai

in the arab spring encroaches on kuwait now with the staunch western ally witnessing mass protests against corruption in the ruling. and they are to new centers kevin owen here very good to have you company our top story the angry protests of once again ignited in the center of cairo tonight after a new draft constitution was rushed through the muslim dominated lawmaker assembly there that documents based on shari'a law and opposition activists say it's a betrayal of the revolutions ideals. joins us now live from the capital let's go it was going on there tonight hi there well what is actually going on if you shoulda been in the egyptian capital i can hear some noise how many people are on the streets there. there's still tens of thousands of people on the streets behind me and if you can see here opposing this constitution what they say is that the principle is drafted by the islamist dominated assembly it doesn't represent egypt on top of that it's of course the sharia law and i'm into it all going to an issue where i do is actually simulation the seventy one constitution the problem is

in the rhetoric of politicians and it's most apparent we can just look at most recently in the arab spring. the u.s. held on to mubarak as long as he possibly could and only ever since we've been very trepidation about actual democracy taking hold their inbox reign were holding back in you know helping the khalifa regime suppress pro-democracy movement there in yemen we did sort of the regime change with that you know didn't have much much to say about democracy was a one single candidate election and across the region and that's been true since after the cold after the. after world war two the u.s. has has preferred what what wanks like to call stability but wait what normal people like to call tyranny ok tom where do you came in on this because a lot of talk about democracy is certainly true that the. yes absolutely it's certainly true that the arab spring has presented harder choices for the united states than it faced in say central and eastern europe in the one nine hundred ninety s. where it clearly seemed that democratization would be in the u.s. interest or in latin america in the

saying that this is not the arab spring. this is-- . >> rose: terrorist. >> terrorist and conspiracy. >> rose: right. >> from outside. and of course the opposition think of themselves as a revolution. so they are not talking about the same problem. >> rose: and they've got the problem that syrians are killing syrians which always divides a huge mountain to provide. >> a lot of people are angry with me because i have called it civil war. but i'm afraid that is what it is. people were angry with me in baghdad when i said the same thing. so yes, it is, it is, it has a lot of what the revolution has but it has also an aspect of civil war. i think that is what is to be said to the security council sill that you have like in any conflict you have circles. the innercircle which is the locals, the region and the international. >> rose: right. >> security council is, has had a lot of difficulty coming together. yet it is probably the easiest ring to start working on. and i'm telling the security council that they have a very, very bi

i think for this region but it's comprised of development here as the arab spring unfolded less than two years ago the obama administration jumped on the bandwagon of the revolutions hoping to forge better alliances with the new leaders . in libya the u.s. prompted the change with airstrikes and arms supplies we've seen policymakers here in washington trying very hard to present the arab spring as a success story up until september washington had the revolution in libya as a foreign policy victory for president obama after all the u.s. provided most of the firepower which led to the capture and the killing of moammar gadhafi only after the tragic attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi and the murder of the american ambassador there did leave you come back into a spotlight and the chaos that we see there now flies in the face of that success story narrative protests frequently disrupt operations at the main oil refinery in western libya while the new government in libya has little or no control over the numerous militia groups the civil war has left the country shredded to pieces wi

he gave recently he was very critical of president obama who he says takes credit for the arab spring himself but i suppose the most kids all pull really is tunisia where of course the uprisings began with the self-immolation of a man who was protesting against the fact that he literally couldn't afford to live ten days before that event wiki leaks released a cable that showed that the president's daughter and her husband or did ice cream to be delivered to them from some tree pay so while that was going on the ordinary people into his it couldn't afford to live and that many examples of that all over the arab world which really led to people thinking we're not going to put up with this anymore we have to get rid of these people you mention the speech that julian assange just gave to the united nations i'm pretty sure that was the last time really that we have heard from him i want to play a quick part of that speech and then we'll talk about it the u.s. is ministration it in trying to arrange. a national regime of secrecy a national regime discussion regime where any government emplo

largely on notice in the western world but here in good because our the unfinished segment of the arab spring which is now what we're not allowed to even throw are so . you know there's been a conservative powers in the region as well as the prove a student of the arab the western patrons of tried to completely demolish the voice of the people whom you have barely hear of input in the us about human rights abuses in bahrain so here you have a clear mismatch between america's ideals of disposing universal human rights and the reality on the ground where human rights are selectively being enforced and are we used to block the regimes for political or not give you money what you have is a regional set up which is not allowing free expression are i and then why is for example syria such a hot spot and behind not this is the origin of the sin of the whole arab spring narrative and we have not been able to overcome these double standards just because what reinforce the fifth fleet of the u.s. navy does not entitle it to be so brutal and repressive and get a seat with crimes against humanity which a

since the arab spring we have seen big changes in the volatile region. how will he handle foreign policy in the next four years? we asked our experts. >> i know it's a complicated issue, but is there a way to describe our current foreign policy? >> it's a very complex situation because we have a number of foreign policy problems. iran, syria. evolution of the arab spring and we have number of fundamental changes that is going on in the distribution of the economy and china, conditions in russia. there are a number of problems anew environment. we have not developed a coherent approach because in the first term you learn your job. that is the challenge that the administration is facing. >> people look to the united states for leadership. they look to us because we have for so long been in a position where we've been able because of our resources and military strength, because of our values, we've been able to keep the peace. we have been able to make sure that enemies feared us and make sure allies could count on us. with we step back as we did during pre

the sense of betrayal and disappointment has not left so tunisia the first country to witness an arab spring uprising unemployment there skyrocketed in the wake of the revolution and is now at eighteen percent of our demands are the same as those that have been made during the revolution we want jobs development in the region and the equitable sharing of wealth we also demand the dismissal of the governor who has done nothing for this region but it's comprised the development here as the arab spring unfolded less than two years ago the obama administration jumped on the bandwagon of the revolutions hoping to forge better alliances with the new leaders . in revia the u.s. prompted the change with airstrikes and arms supplies we've seen policymakers here in washington trying very hard to present the arab spring as a success story up until september washington had the revolution in libya check as a foreign policy victory for president obama after all the u.s. provided most of the firepower which led to the capture in the. killing of moammar qaddafi only after the tragic attack on the u.s. consu

the arab spring has raised all sorts of new questions for the united states. for instance, its friend egypt used to be able to keep the peace in this region. will egypt's new islamist president do the same? and, of course, the arab spring means the governments are much more answerable to their own people. here in the region, everyone is hoping this is over quickly. no one can afford a wider war. >> thank you, christiane amanpour reporting. as of tonight, the death toll stands at at least 19 palestinians dead and 3 israelis. >>> just ahead, we're going to change gears to meet the parents and adopted children united in an unlikely place. craigslist. anncr: some politicians seem to think medicare and... social security are just numbers in a budget. well, we worked hard for those benefits. we earned them. and if washington tries to cram decisions about the future... of these programs into a last minute budget deal... we'll all pay the price. aarp is fighting to protect seniors with responsible... solutions that strengthen medicare and... social security for genera

talk about democracy promotion certainly true that the yes absolutely is certainly true that the arab spring has presented harder choices for the united states than it faced in say central and eastern europe in the one nine hundred ninety s. where it clearly seemed that democratization would be in the u.s. interest or in latin america in the same period john's right that in the arab world the united states faced space's mixed interests on the other hand he didn't mention libya where the united states joined a military intervention that did help lead to what's probably pro-democratic change so the arab world does present a mixed picture but i think it's actually compared to how the united states has approached democratic change in most other regions in the last twenty years ok tom if i could stay to stay with you do you think that the nato intervention in libya was in the name in the purpose for democracy or just geo political interest the un resolution yes the u.n. resolution was about humanitarian intervention and france and britain in the united states ended up taking further in and carryi

since the arab spring we have seen big changes in the volatile region. how will he handle foreign policy in the next four years? we asked our experts. >> i know it's a complicated issue, but is there a way to describe our current foreign policy? >> it's a very complex situation because we have a number of foreign policy problems. iran, syria. evolution of the arab spring and we have number of fundamental changes that is going on in the distribution of the economy and china, conditions in russia. there are a number of problems anew environment. we have not developed a coherent approach because in the first term you learn your job. that is the challenge that the administration is facing. >> people look to the united states for leadership. they look to us because we have for so long been in a position where we've been able because of our resources and military strength, because of our values, we've been able to keep the peace. we have been able to make sure that enemies feared us and make sure allies could count on us. with we step back as we did during pre

so we are coming up on the two-year anniversary of this thing called the arab spring or the asia wakening, or the arab uprising. so from almost two years when a fruit vendor in tunisia lit himself on fire and has literally changed the region. what is this about and what has happened? >> so our comments today are going to be a little bit from the academic side, also a little from the personal side. i am half libyan and i spent 15 years in benghazi and also in alexandria egypt. my opinions in what was happening in the last two years is somewhat in comparison to what was happening in 1978 when i was there. what we are seeing now is that the u.s. has very little to do with what happened there. that the uprisings were very much from within and were very much about the economic devastation that many of the countries have experienced, and it was very much a grassroots movement. that means a signal of hope that this was something from the people themselves and not something imposed on them from outside. now i think we are a little impatient. it has only been two years. these countries have their

him to give you or the radiance can give you or the rest of the arab world which is torn by the arab spring right now that's the real issue where the palestinian want a palestinian state not three one virtual stated the u.n. one hamas state in gaza in another state will which its leader is vying for a victory that's not the way to run an issue of a people who want to have a homeland your people want to have a homeland it's not enough to have declaration you have to build your nation towards that and i don't see the palestinian do it through the united nations not through the international court in a normal not through drive our men revive the road. to jerusalem please reply norman. our. i do think that romney has complete lucidity of mind he's clearly not suffering from outside but i'm not sure why he's saying the problem is the post ins won't negotiate surely he's aware of the latest phase in the go she asians they began in one nine hundred ninety three which used to say hello in september and that's now nearly twenty years later and of anyone reads through the record of those negotiations

to completely squelch or squash people's uprising in fact we call the unfinished segment of the arab spring which has never been allowed to even throw. in there's been a conservative powers in the region as well as the prove mr church and the and the western way to him this will try to completely demolish the voice of the people whom you believe you know him put in the us and bold human rights abuses in madrid so here you have a clear mismatch between america's our ideals of disposing universal human rights and the reality on the ground here human rights are selectively being enforced and are we use to dr regina political and on t.v. movies what you have is a regional center which is not allowing free expression then why is for example city of such a hot spot and body mock this is the human sin of the whole arab spring narrative and we have not been able to overcome these double standards just because what reinforce the fifth fleet of the us navy does not entitle it to be so brutal and repressive and get ugly with crimes against humanity which are happening at another hot spot for violence

do you think the powers that be sensed this sort of this upheaval in society i mean we have the arab spring occupy wall street you know we see the surveillance state being put into effect are they trying to use the roman strategy to kind of dumbest down to prevent this from happening in your honor that i disagree with you i think you know that i'm going to say no to that at all i mean it's an interesting concept but i feel that it's not the powers that be it's not big brother it's actually it's a you know we do it to ourselves essentially i mean it's what sells right and those shows that we just saw that's what selling into the day if you don't if you don't buy it show it right we're going to stop desiring that kind of mindless entertainment and hopefully we can all. more evolved beings thank you so much for coming on breaking it down adrianna sorry dad it. all right guys i know there's a lot of confusion surrounding the conflict between israel and palestine in recent days israel's launched a massive air strike offense against the gaza strip but to really comprehend this conflict it's helpf

the agenda when the real refugees in syria and elsewhere in the middle east as a result of the arab spring are getting second place and the palestinian are trying desperately to put their refugee deluxe issue on the table at the expense of the other the real refugee problem the real problems of the middle east we ready in a regional situation in a regional solution to take care and to help not only the palestinians but the arab countries as well but the palestinian cause are i'm going to give you the last two million on this program your i mean literally you get the last minute is there more hope for the palestinians today as a result of this vote here i think as a result both of what happened in gaza and what's happening at the united nations you can say there's reasons for optimism the only place where you don't think there's reason for optimism is there is no me here i would agree with ron it isn't no amount the resolutions is going to force israel to withdraw there has to be a mass movement among palestinians forcing an israeli withdrawal but once the palestinians do mobilize and there

is for example syria such a hot spot and body mock this is the origin of the sins of the whole arab spring narrative and we're not been able to overcome these double standards just because what reinforce the fifth fleet of the u.s. navy does not entitle it to be so brutal and repressive and get dizzy with crimes against humanity which are happening and now there are hotspot for violence and one of the first arab spring countries yemen is struggling to recover after the revolution i doubt website r.t. dot com we've got a photo reporter from the streets of the yemeni capital still in ruins after more than a year of turmoil. there will be back in just a couple of minutes with more international news stay with us. what's the difference between a samurai sword and a blind guys walking stick well known if you're one of the cops in northern england an elderly blind architect with taser in the back because his cane looks like a sword that was used in a nearby crime honest mistake because swords are often tubular and use this walking sticks more and more we hear stories like this like the handcuffe

>> the arab spring hasn't changed that and you've seen the revolution of the arab spring and our relationship to it particularly in this relationship, this new partnership between president obama and president morsi of egypt. very interesting history. president morsi from the muslim brotherhood just a few weeks back before the election, the americans and the obama administration very upset at morsi for not doing more to protect the embassy in cairo during some of those protests there. this week, you saw this sort of new partnership developing and they were on the phone repeatedly. 11:30 at night. 2:30 in the morning from air force one. morsi was a key as far as he could see to solving this problem. he was investing a lot of his own capital with president obama was in this new partner in egypt. pete: speaking of key players, can you tell us about secretary clinton's role in all this and how that's played out? >> they were on their last buddy-buddy trip, president obama and secretary clinton and in bangkok together and visiting the reclining buddha. they were making jokes about the 2016. and jo

and another hot spot for violence and one of the first arab spring countries yemen is struggling to recover after the revolution on our web site r.t. dot com we've got a full report from the streets of the yemeni capital still in ruins after more than a year of turmoil. now the e.u. is calling on britain to make a decision on its membership of the blog as its leaders begin to losing patience over the u.k.'s budget squabble david cameron is facing huge opposition in parliament on how much the country should pay for being part of the club earlier this week a number of conservative m.p.'s sided with the opposition and to find a prime minister by voting for demands to cut the money britain hands over to brussels every year cameron's deputy has already warned the budget crisis may leave britain out of the block your m.p. paul the tal believes frustration over bills is continually growing and the majority of the british want to go it alone. the problem that we've got is the austerity doesn't exist in the european union and might exist in the member countries where we're going to cut back on almos

and i mean stupid is stupid but dumb not so much and i did go off what you're saying about the arab spring like they've utilized the internet. and progress and i think that it really does have an enormous capacity to do that let's talk about revolution there's this generational theory coined by strauss how about a recurring generational cycle in american history every fourth generation every eighty years we see this cataclysmic shift in consciousness you know american revolution civil war world war two we're almost nearing the end of that if your cycle what do you think is going to happen do you do you agree with this i think that revolutions or whatever it is that we're talking about i think the change the types of revolutions change so i mean it doesn't necessarily have to be war i mean we look at what was happening right now i mean we're we are sort of living in the time frame already but it doesn't necessarily have to be you know a bloody war to be a revolution i mean look at the technological revolution look at all these different things that have completely shaped the way we live rig

that cameron has publicly aligned himself with the arab spring movement he's going to great efforts as we can see to sell arms to the very same oppressive regimes that the arab spring was opposed to fundamentally promoting arms sales to these countries undermines what regulations u.k. does have on controlling arms exports the two of fundamentally incompatible recently talk about an issue of a double standards here supporting the arab spring and then basically selling weapons to those who are getting involved in the let's let's address the issue of typhoon fighter jets why do you think the gulf monarchies need around one hundred of them are they facing any military threat at the moment well there's a perceived threat in iran but iran does not have modern fighter jets there's no genuine need right now more often leads to status symbols for the countries in question and indeed there is often a personal financial benefit in mind for the rulers in question these deals have been in extra could be linked to corruption in the past indeed yeah man still with the saudi arabia one of the countrie

now the arab spring is ongoing. it's messy and dangerous and dangerously wrong in some geographies but what i am talking about is bigger than egypt or anything else. it's a massive shift and one of those moments that in 100 years the real historianses like the ones at georgetown write about its phenomenon in the history books. the base of the pyramid. the 99% is taking more criminal control. the institutions that! always governed our lives, church, state, main stream media and the music industry are getting tested and people are holding them to account, us to account, demanding that they be more open, more responsive, more effective, or else. here in the u.s., you have had the tea party hammering big government and had the -- do the same to jolly backers on wall street and social medias are competing and we have to hope the more enlightened ones are winning the day. social movements like the one campaign. 3.2 million people at last count. asking the world to pay attention to the least amongst us. the very poorist of

or i believe there are genuine arab spring uprisings if they're u.s. allies if this starts us allies and you see an uprising then there's a high probability that they are genuine uprisings therefore the west will not cover this. hundreds gathered to demand a recount of the parliamentary election in ukraine position parties say they are ready to announce plans to complete the to protest against the next room that had from here to. greece is about to grant to hold during a week of nationwide strikes against austerity the government is losing support as he gets ready to vote on a new set of tax hikes and spending cuts international lenders are demanding the measures before they had to have a more bailout cash on the people of his in athens well it's been rather ominous the cold the devils we kid some parts of the greek media not stoop to the fact that nobody really knows what state greece is going to emerge from the coming days worth of protests strikes and potentially crippling all star team as is now the first strike is have walked out we've seen top tw

anyone looking for a sign that the arab spring has changed the middle east can find it here. the cease-fire would not have happened without this man. but for decades, he's bun one of israel's most hated enemies. they've tried to kill him and they consider him a terrorist. today, he was unapologetic for the actions that his group has taken. is it useful to kill civilians to create terror on civilians inside israel? >> translator: let me -- let me give you the proof. on the 8th of november, this month, the israelis entered gaza and killed a child. they bear the responsibility. we don't target the civilians. i don't like to shed any blood -- any drop of blood. >> reporter: do you consider how many palestinian civilians are being killed because of your actions? >> translator: it is not because of our action. we are defending our people and our land. >> reporter: hamas is a militant islamic party that won the popular vote in gaza. it's gaining popularity in the west bank and does not recognize israel's right to exist. >> translator: how can i accept israel? they have occupied my l