unesco is looking to buy babylon to the list of world heritage sites. -- 25 babylon to the list of worldritage sites -- unesco is looking to havadd babylon toe world heritage sites. >> there is a picture of five iranian officials being freed by the authorities in iraq. there were held by u.s. forces in the country for two years. there were accused ofç action against the country in that the war. -- in the war. world leaders are looking for ways to boost food supplies on the final day of the g-eight summits. -- g-8 summit. it is an important visit for both barack obama and the continent, which is often -- which often thinks it is neglected by the west. president obama will go to the capital of ghana. it is his first official visit to the continent. there is a huge interest and enthusiasm for the visit, which has sparked a great pride against -- amongst ghanians. >> a lot of excitement, enthusiasm in the capital of ghana, especially among young people. i am just about to walk into the classroom were some young kids are excited about the visit of this man. let's see but they are to say. hel

american forces did significant damage to babylon says a report from the u.n. cultural agency, unesco. there was an american base here for a year and a half after the invasion in april, 2003. they say that digging and leveling damage to the site of the agent iraqi capital not far from baghdad. -- ancient iraqi capital not far from the baghdad. the city wrote one of the first legal codes. the u.n. stresses that the damage did not begin when the u.s. arrived. babylon has been returned to iraqi control. trading on the black market has continued. the americans say it would have been worse if they had not been there at all. unesco is looking to add avalon to its list of world heritage sites. -- babylon to its list of the world heritage sites. the extent of the damage means it is too early to say how much restoration will be needed or how much it will cost. >> state television has aired pictures of iranians being freed in iraq. iraq says that they were diplomats. they were seized by u.s. forces two years ago. they were accused of helping our shi'a militias at the hea

as for babylon, let me just say, that is right in the middle of iraq. when i went to see one of our provincial reconstruction teams in central iraq, south of baghdad, i was able to see our local troops in beijing with politicians at the provincial level, working on various development projects, and working on building a civilian presence. i did spend some time looking at there rubens of babylon, and it does take your breath away. it is the place that the tower of babble on a bus. this is where alexander the great spend his last days. -- tower of babylon. it is amazing to see these things. it is about iraqi history, but it is also about world history. so much of our western civilization comes from this area. what we would like to do is ensure that iraq is a stable and secure place, and maybe we will start to get forced to visit soon. host: how are you concerned about your safety? there were alleged attacks. how is everything going for you right now? guest: there are roadside bombs, these improvised explosive devices. often, people plant them on short not

the hanging gardens of babylon date back to 600 b.c. the u.s. military says it was trying to protect the ancient site. in 2003 the troops set up camp alpha there. part of the purpose was to protect the historic area from looters. when they brought up the base to standards, the troops and contractors allegedly dug up the area, levels it, and then caused some structural damage. a u.n. report says the famed blue ish tar's gate suffered several smashed bricks. it also drove stakes into historic structures to secure barbed wire. obviously not the best thing to do on a historic site. now an iraqi official says the u.s. is going to pay $800,000 to help with repairs there. they say a massive cleanup is planned for august with hundreds of volunteers. the sad thing about this christi is already one side of babylon was destroyed in the past because of encroachment there. so they were trying to protect it, and now inadvertently it seems to have been at least partially damaged again. so hopefully they will be able to get that thing back up to a little bit wh

this is the place where the tower of babylon was. this is the place of the babylon captivity. this is where alexander the great spent his last days, so it really is amazing situation to go through i rabkin see some of these extraordinary sights. they are of course about iraq history but really about world history and to go down to nasr rhea and see the ancient city, where so many were abraham lived and where so much of our western civilization comes, so what we would like to do is to do our best to make sure that iraq is a stable, secure place and maybe we will get to risk to be able to go and see places like that. >> host: am bester hill you have mentioned some of the gypsy have taken. how you feel about your own safety? there were concerns about an alleged attack. how is that going for you right now? >> guest: there are these roadside bombs, these improvised explosive devices, ied's as they are called. often people plant them under a short notice. they are activated with a cell phone or something like that. that is obviously very worrisome but on the other hand, we have real

weekend of the school year since he went away at college i rode him on a small black middle typewriter babylon to mom and better rehearsing the events of the week. basketball games, school plays, little tryouts, disasters and items apologized and dramatize. one week the news barged into the home theater the opponents to the war called for a nationwide moratorium or a day of protest on october 15. the moratorium was a big thing on college campuses where boycott subclasses were planned. some kids in my school decided to join in. i thought they were wrong. i also thought there was something phony about the exercise simultaneously preening and copycats of. the moratorium supporters presented themselves as dissidents but they were tagging along with the national movement mimicking their elders. a decided to put counter posters anti-protest protest on the school wall. i imagine myself as a latter-day martin luther taping a rather than at enamoring up orthodoxy for all to see. i generated my poster by typing the about over and over on the black typewriter using carbon paper to produce four copies at

the shark was found yesterday in babylon, new york. it looks like the shark was sick somehow. after it died, they plan to bury it in nearby sand duns. look how big it is. humongous! >> isn't there a thing if you bury it in the sand dunes, other sharks come because they can smell it? >> an interesting point you make there. you can see how big it is. >>> you know bernie madoff has a new home. the convicted scam artist was transferred to a medium security prison in north carolina yesterday. well, jennifer has some conversation from an interesting guy who apparently knows what life is like on the inside. good morning. >> this was such a strange interview that was on "american morning" with this prison coach who says that butner, which is where madoff is going, is known for a lot of child month lesters there. we don't know if madoff is going to spend the full 150 years or whatever part of that he lives through at butner, but this prison consultant says wherever he ends up, he is going to have to watch his back, because there are a lot of pe