we will feature two panels hosted by ariel cohen and peter brooks. oc. hen isdr a. cohen is a senior research analyst and peter brooks serves as a senior fellow for a national security affairs as well as a fellow for policy studies in the asian studies center. their introductions will occur later in the program. opening our program as helle dale. she serves as director of eight foreign policy studies and is also deputy director of the kathryn and shelby cullom davis institute. she is in a media fellow at the hoover center hindi's serves on the board of visitors at georgetown -- and serves on the board of visitors at georgetown. she is also a member of the council on foreign relations. please join me in welcoming helle dale. [applause] >> thank you john and thank you to all of you for being here today. we will have a very interesting program. we will try this video link with moscow once before, and i think we are improving our technique. i think this morning we should have a fairly smooth run by the looks of it. we have from moscow the head of the heritage office and

ariel cohen, great to have you as well.we so appreciate your time on this really amazing story, which is obviously global. ariel cohen, nouriel roubini, thank you. we'll see you soon. the fight for health care reform is up next. president obama making another push for overhauling in the face of waning public support. we'll see if there's any real change and how that can take place before the end of next month. today there's a way to save more for retirement, with annuities from fidelity. turn your savings into income -- guaranteed, and get a retirement "paycheck" for life -- guaranteed. call... to get started, and learn how to secure retirement income that won't go down -- guaranteed. call fidelity at... for details about guaranteed income for life, and change the way you think about your retirement savings. >>> welcome back. credit markets showing signs of life. the latest positive is that the troubled lender cit has reached a $3 billion emergency financing with bondholders. is it too early to calling a turning point? join