but i can't believe this guy's still walking are all right let's tell you blair so tony blair was flown to libya for secret talks with colonel qaddafi just days after denying he was an advisor to the dictator mr blair was entertained as a brother and they discussed a wide range of international and domestic issues including lucrative investment opportunities. yeah. so we heard tony blair now works for j.p. morgan we're talking about dictators we're talking about these elite these neo feudal monarchs who control the world who control our financial systems. and it brings you also it ties together with david cameron who was just in the in the united states last week according to david corn who's the mother jones washington correspondent look at his twitter cameron asked about b.p. lockerby roll role of b.p. is for b.p. to explain shoots down need for inquiry into b.p. lockerbie yes max in the united states apparently senators and congresspeople want an investigation into b.p. because they're shocked to discover that the terrorist who was accused or charged with downing the lockerbie plane

yeah this is blood for oil and this is tony blair's epitaph blood for oil tony blair but it wasn't an issue then it wasn't it was reported widely at the time that's why he was in libya that's why it helps to have a media company and the mainstream media under the thumb of the united states because you can distract and bamboozle the vast population with kinky celebrity game shows etc but you know to get to the nettle of this important question of blood for oil service men dying for oil companies it takes years before that gets into the public domain and by then you know things are watered down i think but it also puts into context this alleged investigation by congress into b.p. because the fact is they have known about this for years they know tony blair they awarded him a congressional medal of honor and they know that he was just in libya doing this deal with him they don't care they're just pretending for the masses so they don't get upset tony blair the zombie that just won't go away all right stay here with thanks so much bring on the kaiser report thank you max when we come back

blair or bush or anyone else. what a question is the good judgment, both bush and blair. >> he told the inquiry that about a month before the invasion, he won a tony blair that things had changed and that there might not be any wmd's after all. by then, late was too late britain, as he put it, was -- by then, it was too late. britain, as he put it, was a prisoner on the u.s. military train. >> just over $9 billion was allocated, but 6% cannot be accounted for. it is impossible to say what happened to the money. the minimum wage for workers in the garment industry, among the mourners paid are in south asia. -- among the lowest paid are in south asia. the african union has agreed to send another two thousand peace- keeping troops to somalia. it will bring the number to 8000. the african union is not changing the mission's mandate. we were told the should be strengthened to allow troops to engage in combat. a 14-year-old dutch goal has won a legal battle. she can now try to become the youngest person to sail single-

there is in question, the judgment of george bush and tony blair. he said that should have realized that their intelligence sources were fopoor. >> he was a swedish lawyer and diplomat sent to look for weapons of mass destruction. he ended up being caught between saddam hussein's innovation and the impatience of george bush. today, he came to testify before the inquiry. he is huns' blix to serve from march 2000. 2003. he said, he did believe that iraq had wmd's. >> i did not say this publicly, i said it privately. >> he added that at the time he believed that the british dossier was plausible but he was critical of the late british and american intelligence services had relied on that evidence of iraqi defectors. >> they should have realized that both in london and washington that their sources were poor. there are people who would like to get a reward for their intelligence so they would give up things that the interrogators want to hear. >> he said it cut that president bush believes in force more than diplomacy. >> they felt that they could get a

was there blood for oil tony blair blood for oil blood tony blood for oil blair how many americans died in the one hundred ninety well you know now b.p.'s got a good oil contract so didn't die in vain now that he has an american accent that's all it is also it's all rather then nobody did know but b.p. got a big contract so it's ok well speaking of british accents vince cable who is with the lib dems and we were he was very prominent during the financial crisis because he was the only voice of reason in the house of commons and he is now in the headlines banks told lend more lose bonuses so vince cable the business secretary under this coalition government in the u.k. has announced that he's going to force bankers to lend to businesses or risk losing their bonuses under his new plans get some the redstone the threat. bags because the sun the rest of the middle london going away the middle linder are going to kill you i got this twenty one year old should say right is she loves me i got some via you but a limbo we're going to let it work it's going to get mama policy well this is similar

blair. what i questioned was a good judgment of bush. >> he told the inquiry one month before the invasion he warned tony blair things had changed and there might not be any wmd;s, but it was too late. britain was a prisoner on the u.s. train. >> an american watchdog criticized the military for failing to account properly for $9 billion of iraqi money. the money consisted of the proceeds from the sale of iraqi oil and gas, as well as assets. the u.s. military says funds went mrs. -- records may have gone lost. bangladesh doubled the minimum wage for workers in the garment industry. take-home pay will increase to $40 a month. there have been a violent clashes in recent months with workers complaining of poor conditions. the garment industry produces 80% of the country's exports. american and south korean forces are taking part in joint military exercises. they have been taking place at sea and in the air. they involved the dozens of ships and thousands of personnel. a south african judge foun

and the statements made lead to prosecutions but quite clearly statements made particularly by tony blair and former foreign secretary jack straw concerning the legal documents that were presented to the cabinet to have become very important and i think he is there is an increasing likelihood that somebody or a particular group of people will try and mount a prosecution against tony blair in particular. when the findings do come out when it's had time to be digested do you think this inquiry will be sufficient to avoid future mistakes like those of the iraq war that's of course if it concludes there were any in the first place. well we haven't seen the conclusions yet so we don't know but there's been a big change in british public opinion from all the deaths in iraq also the right mounting death toll in afghanistan there is a weariness about the whole idea of humanitarian intervention which is what bush and blair were pushing in two thousand and one on words and i think that any british government that wants to get involved in yet another war in that region or indeed anywhere else will t

in the last days of tony blair as prime minister, tony blair and colonel gaddafi signed an exploration deal for bp. at the time this followed a sort of warning towards colonel gaddafi by tony blair. one of the issues that libyans said they hoped would come out of it improved relations was a prisoner exchange. libyans held in britain in general and britons held in libya. that was not directly related to the flight 103 bomber. nor would -- was it that britons would have liked usindressing in return. what happened a couple of years later is that he was released on compassionate grounds. he was dying of cancer. the problem is that was last summer and he is still alive. a lot of people in britain and other states are very angry. but no one has yet managed to show -- it stretches credibility of it -- a direct link between bp lobbying and his release. host: this was just released today that both the scottish government and the u.k. government have denied bp lobbying for his release. it says it has yet to receive an east is a request in the senate inquiry. certainly, it is something they will

in the last days of tony blair as prime minister, tony blair and colonel gaddafi signed an exploration deal for bp. at the time this followed a sort of warning towards colonel gaddafi by tony blair. one of the issues that libyans said they hoped would come out of it improved relations was a priner exchange. libyans held in britain in general and britons held in libya. that was not directly related to the flight 103 bomber. nor would -- was it that britons would have liked usindressing in return. what happened a couple of years later is that he was released on compassionate grounds. he was dying of cancer. the problem is that was last summer and he is still alive. a lot of people in britain and other states are very angry. but no one has yet managed to show -- it stretches credibility of it -- a direct link between bp lobbying and his release. host: this was just released today that both the scottish government and the u.k. government have denied bp lobbying for his release. it says it has yet to receive an east is a request in the senate inquiry. certainly, it is something they will be

blair could not. you talked about leaving federal service for some time that you are now seeking one of the hardest jobs in washington, one fraught with maximum tension. today i ask you to tell us why frankly. our nation is at a critical point. we're six years into this experience of intelligence reform and i am afraid we have a long way to go. the recent "washington series" topps series some -- top-secret series says what we have been saying for a long time, the intelligence committee lacks effective oversight. i hope we can focus on whether you will have the horsepower needed in the white house to use the dni as the position for reform and management it needs to be. the dni in the next round will need to be someone who is willing to break paradigms' and trend against business as usual. not someone reluctantly accepting the job, but willing to take on the old card. we do not need our top spy chief to be a figurehead who seed's authority to the justice the bargain. we need someone who could oversee th

correspondent published what i thought was a very helpful piece about the sexing up of the data from the blair administration, error by and saying that it was perfect information that was perfectly frigid purposely issued, the governor general and chairman of directors at the board of the bbc were forced to resign, a very telling moment meaning the government, even in a country like britain, we are not used to it in the united states and it raises the question of if we're going to a more publicly funded system, how do we make sure that the ultimate -- autonomy of journalists is maintained. >> so, let's stay on that note a little bit. "the oakland tribune" fell on hard times. how you think about the government stepping in? >> i agree with my colleague, but let's talk about how we get there. we have come together tonight against the backdrop of national discourse that has plundered into racial epithets, homophobia, threats to the lives of elected officials, their families, and my former colleagues being spat upon. that is how the conversation has deteriorated. by starting point is that a thrivin

blair jobe operated on 76-year-old erwin schmidt last april.e removed the cancerous lining of the esophagus and inserted a sleeve of e.c.m. instead of forming a scar that would block his esophagus, doctors believe the e.c.m. instructed his cells to regrow a new lining. today, schmidt is cancer-free. >> erwin schmidt: i'm eating real good, i feel terrific, and i'm starting to put weight on. >> dr. blair jobe: that's great. >> schmidt: no pain, no nothing. >> safer: so, essentially, you gave him a new esophagus. >> jobe: we're very excited by this. and i think, you know, in my heart, i feel that this will change the way we do things, ultimately. but i think, right now, it's... it's too early to claim victory. >> safer: you look like you're claiming victory already, though. >> schmidt: i feel fantastically good. >> safer: based on that success, dr. jobe and his colleagues hope to start a full clinical trial soon. and then there's the military. the pentagon has invested $250 million in regenerative research aimed at helping soldiers with severe bat

i remember when i say president saricosy when he was elected and tony blair sent a message in youtube, one was in french and one in english. and if to send that message, i don't know if there was another channel to say thank you and congratulations. i think prior to youtube it would be difficult to get that message out globally. and with the australian elections and canadian elections and in the primary, seven the 16 candidates announced on youtube. and it's probably the best vehicle to deliver that message than on the certain block of time on television. sometimes you want to get in the computer and have more of a personal impact on the users and voters. >> and literally seven of the candidates for president, announced not in town halls but youtube which says how important candidates place this. and i imagine it allows for more level playing field for third party candidates, for lesser known candidates. are you finding more interest by lesser known and third party candidates and information for them to find ways to get more engaged in the use of youtube and to advance the scope to be

. >> in may 2007, and tony blair looks on as the bp chief tony hayward signed a multimillion oil field in libya. fast forward to august 2009, at the lockerbie bomber arrives home, having been released by the scottish government on compassionate grounds. senators in washington are considering whether the issues were at their -- were ever linked. they want to talk to jack straw. he has declined their invitation. earlier, he gave this explanation. >> i cannot help them on the key issue, which i found out is the central concern from their letter. which is, why was it mr. al- megrahi released on compassionate grounds? i literally had nothing to do without. >> problems the justice secretary has said he will not be going to washington, and nor will the massacre at -- medical advisers. >> it was agreed by the united nations and all parties. the matter is one for which i am accountable to the scottish parliament. i have accounted to the scottish parliament for that. >> bp is already public enemy number one in america. these suspicions are not helping. bbc news, westminster. >> you are watching

we have over 30 blocks, that's a lot of bonni blairings starting neighborhood watch. thank god for safe and una because that organization is really helping us kick started. that's a great way to build communality. what's a neighborhood watch a block by block level not on a territory. you have to go get to know your neighbors. how many of you know your immediate neighbors or people that live 2 doors down from you. you would be surprised how many in your neighborhood don't. through a neighborhood watch program we are making neighbors get to meet each other it's a great way to build communality. our news letter we have a yahoo group over 600 people. we make it easy to join. we have a website where you type in your e mail address to the website and you sign yourself up. i don't have to sign you up you can do it quickly and easily through the website. we also just launched a wiky. how many of you guys know wik pedia? not that many of you. wiky is i'm excited about this tool. it's an imagine a website that everybody in your community could contribute to. that's a wiky. i we

likelihood that somebody or a particular group of people will try and mount a prosecution against tony blair in particular. still ahead tonight an r.t.a. fortunetelling is under question spell russian psychics get a reality check as authorities push for proof of their abilities before allowing them to make any prediction. before that fresh sanctions imposed by the e.u. and canada against around have come under fire from moscow russia's foreign ministry says the move falls outside the scope of the latest u.n. restrictions and undermines collective efforts to resolve the iranian nuclear issue the tougher restrictions target the country's energy sector in an attempt to prevent the islamic republic from acquiring nuclear weapons some of the measures include banning investment in iranian banks and insurance companies strongly denies it's trying to build an atomic bomb however some around watchers say the new sanctions are unlikely to make the country cooperate on its nuclear program even. as it is there really any need for a unilateral sanctions like those adopted by the u.s. and the e.u. already

that gave rise to the dispute between the dni blair and director of cia. and i think the law says the dni oversees those for relationships, whatever that means. i think it is an area of ambiguity. >> all right. three changes that i think might go a long way. i think you have addressed one of them. it would be giving the dni milestone at a decision at 34 intelligence programs -- funded by intelligence programs -- intelligence programs funded in sectinon 1018. the third is appropriating nip funds directly to the dni. what are your feelings on those measures? >> [inaudible] >> 1018. milestone authority over intel. >> there is in agreement now, which took the form of a memorandum that governs milestone decision authority. it is a shared arrangement, depending upon the predominance of the funding, whether it is in the department or in the nip. non-abrogation of addressed in the revisioned executive order 12333. there was language appended to that that was basically amplifying the process for a potential resolution of disputes, if in fact, they had to go to the

intelligence agencies have hurt all three of general claper's predecessors the most recent admiral dennis blair who was forced to step down in may. at today's confirmation hearing, the chair of the intelligence committee, democrat dianne feinstein, said claper is taking on a critical task and a tough one. >> intelligence growth has not always led to improved performance. growth in the size and number of agencies , offices, task forces, and centers has also challenged the ability of former directors of national intelligence to truly manage the community. general claper, i want to be clear that we do not question your service, your knowledge, or our capability. we only ask that you clearly indicate your vision and commitment to head the intelligence community this afternoon and work to give it direction and prevent sprawl, overlap and duplication. >> brown: the hearing came amid a series in the "washington post" that found that the intelligence community has grown so large since 9/11 no one knows how effective it is. it's become heavily reliant on private contractors in preserving national securi

secretary clinton will also meet with president netanyahu at blair house where there will be joined by mitchell, undersecretary burns, an assistant secretary for near eastern affairs feldman, as well as up cunningham. she spoke with them previously. the two discussed preparations for the meeting and review the current state of affairs. the minister mentioned he would try to travel to washington soon and the secretary welcomes his visit. secretary clinton also spoke to tony blair in which they reviewed the current state of affairs including efforts to ease restrictions on goods to gaza. they talked about the controlled items list. we reconfirm our commitment to continue working closely with the israeli government and palestinian authorities. this new policy is hoping to improve the quality of life for the people in gaza while addressing legitimate security concerns. one more item. before taking your questions, the u.s. is disturbed by this eight year sentence and a 2000 r.m.b. fine. we remain concerned about his rights, due process under chinese law. we call on china to grant him humani

. >> although dennis blair says, who is the head of intelligence said this is not redundancy. it's actually tailored redundance. you also reveal the existence of secret sites like in places like shopping malls and one other problem the administration has with your report they say the very existence of this database you created is troubling. it's a road map -- could be a road map to adversaries that could be altered, as well. >> well, george, we've been working on this for two years. we've been through months now of negotiations with the government and discussions. i don't think that there's anything in here that would do harm to u.s. national security, and, frankly, i'm an american as well, and i don't want to do any harm to american national security. the reality is that for people to really have an understanding of the system that's been created since 9/11, they need to have the facts. and one of the things that we were able to do in this investigation is both write stories that explain to people this incredibly complex system. but also at the same time, show them so that th

. >> reporter: other big names on the guest list of 400, movie mogul, tony blair and barbra streisandwhere within a two and a half radius of manhattan. most likely venue, $2.5 million estate astor courts. the cost, $2 million, flowers alone, $250,000, catering $750,000. high-profile wedding consultant knows several vendors hired for the event and said it could go higher. >> when you add up the pieces in a high-profile wedding, costs add up quickly. >> gift bags will include wine bearing the clinton name, no relation, from a local vineyard. elaine quijano, cbs news, rhinebeck, new york. >>> katie couric with a preview of the cbs news. >> good morning. their husbands fighting in afghanistan. the hardest battle may be at home. how military wives are dealing with day to day stresses this week only on the cbs evening news. now back to "the early show." >> dave price has a check of the weather. good morning, dave. >> hey, betty. got people from all over the world here. harry, you agree, it is so hard -- the nicest people are from all over this globe, it is hard to find nicer people than the

as this weekend's fireworks simulate the rockets blair, i hope each of us will pause and think of ourm who are facing real rockets, bombs, and bullets in faraway places. we are grateful for their service. may god bless them and may god continue to bless our nation. thank you. >> up next, congressional leaders unveiled two plaques honoring african-american slaves who helped build the nation's capital. also, a memorial service for stewart udall. he was the secretary of interior under president kennedy and president johnson. then we will have a look at unemployment numbers. >> tomorrow on "washington journal," we will talk about a article. also, long-term proposals for restoring the gulf coast region. we will also chat with peter decoursey on pennsylvania's budget shortfall. that is live on c-span. >> one of the best "i have ever heard about money and politics -- >> he won the pulitzer prize for his reporting on tom delay. sunday, we will talk with jeff smith of the washington post on c-span s "q and a." >> our public affair conte is available on television, radio, and online. you can co

and restated mission statements from president bush to prime minister gordon brown to prime minister blair to president obama, we -- restated mission statements continue to fall short. u.s. military reported that 102 coalition forces were killed in june alone along with the people of afghanistan heightening the iraq war. we need to use our resources to bring our troops, our treasure home. i want to be clear. my opposition to the war is opposition to the policy and not to the brave men and women about we do an an injustice if we do not have a debate. i have seen the conditions on the ground just recently and this war will never end quickly, if at all. i urge my colleagues to support this amendment. and whether it was miss crystal or petraeus, it's not about the generals but about the failure. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. the gentlelady from california. ms. lee: i yield one minute to the the gentlewoman from texas, sheila jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: i rise strongly to support the barbara le