this vote by the united nations ten countries voting in favor but many of the bric countries brazil russia india china plus germany abstaining from the vote talk about this decision. well this is set it's a very tricky issue because the bric countries deducts or brick about some such stuff but brazil russia india and china the only scored in eight their faults in these major happenings that's exactly what happened this time look at the five abstentions two british countries brazil russia india and china plus germany germany they have thought east their misgivings about a military operation for more than a week now the same about brazil but there's another very very important thing so days ago or cut half a given interview to german t.v. by the way and he said explicitly that he was attacked by the west clear by any sort of coalition all the oil and gas contracts material deals will be nor employed except which are many because germany was not conceiver on all flights all and these contracts will pull to the russian indian and chinese companies so they're scared of course a connection and once ag

position is has been very strange to say the least if it wasn't for the arab league arguably brazil russia india china and germany could have used the veto but in the face of the arab league being these powers to not use their veto these powers could only but abstain now for the arab league to criticize what i mean the arab league is not you know it's not it's no strangers to foreign invasions of their countries iraq being the most infamous one so the arab league was well aware of what type of humanitarian fallout there would be i think this is very dangerous territory that the west has stepped into the you know he around the west ragged for decades in the seventy's and eighty's and into the early ninety's gadhafi is that is frankly a third world leader not to be messed with and i think gadhafi is in a very good position and the head of the joint chiefs of chief of staff in the united states had said don't expect a victory over gadhafi expect expect the stalemate now if the american joint chief of staff is saying that well we know that things are looking better than he is saying for for for gadh

five members abstained -- russia, china, germany, brazil, india. the 10 votes was just one more than the nine needed for passage. and it did not include input from the 192-member united nations general assembly. but international support for the no-fly zone is now waning. the libyan government is alleging that coalition bombings have killed many civilians. doctors on the ground say over 100 civilians have died. military deaths not included. the 22-member arab league this week accused the u.s. and the coalition of ignoring the u.n. >> as far as we're concerned the arab league, we requested the security council to establish a no-fly zone in order to protect the civilians, in addition to safe areas for the civilians to sit in without attacks on them. >> brazil, russia, india and china, the bric nations, are all calling for an immediate cessation of the no-fly zone. u.s. defense secretary robert gates says it's gaddafi that is stained with civilian blood. >> it's perfectly evident that the vast majority if not nearly all civilian casualties have been i

and they're very anxious about trying or want to ask you about bric bloc that is made up of brazil russia india and china some experts are saying that this block is going to really become. a leader in. the world's economic arena do you think that's the case or is china way ahead of everyone else. bigger than most other places and all these countries have a long way to grow and very dynamic for that reason because they come from a lower. basis so the tend to be industrious and ambitious and sold in a way that perhaps is less true in. a consummate like your which is be prosperous for an awful long time do you think they could become stronger than the united states and europe in terms of their. combined possibly what is stronger me in today's economies when. corporations very very often it's very hard will have their headquarters in one country but most of the factories in other countries and consumers all over the place and. it's become such an international economy it's difficult it's very difficult to talk in terms of national strength the chinese talk in that way and it's an it's it's a ninete

voted to support this resolution and five of the countries abstained it's the poor countries brazil russia india china and germany now this resolution elements of the authorization of the no fly zone over libya i did also authorizes countries top unilaterally so what can happen remains to be seen because that gives countries a lot of room in the ways in which they decide to act russia and china well they are the veto wielding members that abstained within the security council and i think the reason that they were has a ten to begin with what we've heard russia china and other countries say is that they didn't want to take any means that would indicate military intervention in libya they wanted to change more diplomatic approach slower steps because it. fact some experts believe that any military intervention adding to the violence and conflict that's already ongoing in libya and exacerbate the problem of russian ambassador to the united nations have a telly churkin didn't make some comments following this charity council vote let's take a listen to what he said. in the days of innocence a whole

passed that vote it was abstained by four or five key states brazil russia india and china were the states which abstained along with germany and germany and turkey are now extremely concerned two key allies of nato say they're extremely concerned by nato involvement they don't want to see that they want to see a cease fire immediately turkey does gloried. why france is involvement by nato member france is involvement in this bombing campaign be terribly another key ally in the region says the resolution it backed is not being carried out in the way that it's supported it's. very different ways of looking at this situation the world seems to be divided daniel has i remember any show of hands from here of citizens. yes just outside this building a war demonstration led by the community the very people who were all scheme for help for humanitarian aid to support the civilians that were being bombed by colonel gadhafi they are now come out very much they. will not they are extremely concerned that the opposite of what they have they wanted is happening they wanted the protection of civilians

passed that vote it was abstained by four or five key states brazil russia india and china were the states which are abstained along with germany and germany and turkey are now extremely concerned two key allies of nato say they're extremely concerned by nato involvement they don't want to see that they want to see a cease fire immediately turkey adds that it is worried and disturbed were its words by france's involvement by nato member france's involvement in this bombing campaign the arab league another key ally in the region says the u.n. resolution it backed is not being carried out in the way that it supported just outside this building an antiwar demonstration led by the arab community the very people who are asking for help for humanitarian aid to support the civilians that were being bombed by colonel gadhafi they have now come out very much a kid. they're extremely concerned that the opposite of what they have they wanted is happening very well to the protection of civilians seeing reports of this so civilians caused by nato folding we expect throughout the capitals of europe this

mentioned we see a lot of new billionaires that are making this last coming from the bric countries brazil russia india and china the u.s. is falling behind and. you've got to wonder how we're falling behind but we still have the richest people in the entire world well the. they're rich because they're in a global marketplace for their businesses so even though. the economy isn't growing so robust in the united states it is growing in other parts of the world where they're conducting business and it shows that the fortunes of those people at the top are no longer connected to what's happening to the fortunes of of the rest of us a country i want to mention one thing that george soros actually said today he was talking about china and said that it's a sad fact that western democracies provide less successful leadership in china but he said that their model of state capitalism you know could pose a danger if he becomes the envy of the world do you think that there are other people out there other countries that are envious of china and they're going to want to make their you know their their program well

did that they were among the ones that ended up abstaining so what's the four bric countries brazil russia india china and germany but nonetheless nine votes were enough to pass this and this is what happens and what this resolution includes is not just a no fly zone but also like you said quote all necessary measures and we're hearing that this includes airstrikes on living tanks and the use of heavy artillery we've got a collaborative effort here as you just mentioned several countries approving this i'm wondering if you have any idea who will be acting first who will be getting in there and also the reaction on the ground in libya have you heard anything. well christine you know i have to say a lot of the details of these discussions of the security council have really been up in the air and since this resolution was literally passed moments ago we do not know many of the details of exactly who is going to step up the game who is going to start first was going to sort of lead this u.n. back to coalition we have been hearing reports coming from the french press suggesting that as early as toni

adopted last week five countries abstained did not vote on it and that was the per country brazil russia india china and germany their pensions so all allowed this military intervention to go through but we have heard several criticisms from both russia and china saying that he's quote the coalition forces that have been striking libyan areas through the air and sea have been way too aggressive and it has been somewhat of an unprecedented attack quick attack that may and may in a fact ignite more violence then than turn down the violence may cause more conflict and even heard the secretary general of the arab league say that the actions being carried out by u.s. and western allies right now are not in conjunction with what the aim of this resolution intended. that this resolution was supposed to protect civilians not shell civilians so right now we are seeing quite a divide we are seeing countries speaking out against the aggressiveness that has been taking place with the statement taking place here headed by the u.s. and western allies through their attacks see attacks and there is a division

five members abstained -- russia, china, germany, brazil, india. the 10 votes was just one more than the nine needed for passage. and it did not include input from the 192-member united nations general assembly. but international support for the no-fly zone is now waning. the libyan government is alleging that coalition bombings have killed many civilians. doctors on the ground say over 100 civilians have died. military deaths not included. the 22-member arab league this week accused the u.s. and the coalition of ignoring the u.n. >> as far as we're concerned the arab league, we requested the security council to establish a no-fly zone in order to protect the civilians, in addition to safe areas for the civilians to sit in without attacks on them. >> brazil, russia, india and china, the bric nations, are all calling for an immediate cessation of the no-fly zone. u.s. defense secretary robert gates says it's gaddafi that is stained with civilian blood. >> it's perfectly evident that the vast majority if not nearly all civilian casualties have been i

russia, china, brazil, india, and germany, and they still have doubt about what's going on. and you can expect to hear more about that, although we expect it to be a closed-door session. on thursday when the u.n. secretary-general will brief council members on what's been done so far to implement that resolution. but that will be a chance for all of these divisions that we're hearing, all the questions that are being asked about who will lead this operation, if not nato, then who. are civilians being killed? all the questions and reservations that countries have will be raised here behind closed doors on thursday. >> one of the other key questions that we've been hearing is regarding whether or not colonel gaddafi himself is a target, and a target that should be allowed under the mandate of the u.n. resolution. questions that need to be answered? >> the resolution itself doesn't say anything at all about regime change. it certainly doesn't authorize specifically action to remove colonel gaddafi. on the other hand, it's a very broad resolution. what it does do is authorize ac

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purcell, russia, india china and berlin. -- brazil, russia india china, and berlin.russia may be having the cells of four empire, but also the chinese who obviously will be in there also commercially and for the natural resources and would never falls after muammar gaddafi are not very large players in determining what that will look like. >> thank you. garrett mitchel. >> i ami am finding myself a little bit confused which is in a plot to the panel because i think that is an extraordinary panel. here is the question i feel like i will walk or not knowing the answer to come and that is on the one hand it seems the point has been made that the president's needs to talk libya tonight, what he says about libya. if that is the case, and if what we know is there is a trouble brewing in syria bahrain yemen, into knows where else and that could erupt any time can he really go on television tonight and address libya only, or does he have to make some statement about this is what we're doing on libya and why we're doing it, but we are also clearly aware that this is brewing i

major countries abstaining including including germany which is part of the you obviously russia china india and brazil so it's it's absolutely clear the british prime minister the french president would like to get rid of collaborated of course it does i've not many many difficult questions they don't really know what they're doing there they've had real problems within nato because nato up till yesterday wasn't able to agree about the role that it. it should play either is clearly very great this grant in the in the arab league which obviously didn't think that the no fly zone which you agreed to last week will end up with this amount of fighting and in britain itself the clearly are divisions novoa in the parliament there was a very big vote i think shamefully large vote to support the intervention in libya actually even within the original debate there were many many. including on the government side who were expressing great concern about it and worried that this will spiral out of control that nobody knows where it's going to end what will happen if gadhafi is just simply frightened off which see

civilians because american british and french ambassadors backing military action russia abstained along with china brazil india and the germany but didn't veto the resolution which was passed ten to zero in. japan continues on the battle to avoid a nuclear meltdown but guarding the fukushima power plant with water by helicopter and fire trucks to try to cool reactors rocked by last week's earthquake and tsunami japanese authorities claim of the health effects on the local population won't be as severe as some others warn but other people including american officials believe that the situation is much more as it is being admitted. to japanese head of the international atomic energy agency flies to his homeland amid criticism the response of the un's nuclear oversight body has been too slow his visit comes as international experts warn that the mounting problems piling up at the fukushima plant may need operations to stabilize the nuclear danger could continue for months at least. coming up in about thirty minutes my colleague match reza will have a full look at your news but first we go back to our washington s

but at the same time-- in this case, china and russia and germany and india and brazil-- all standing aside and saying they're not very confident even about the libyan situation. >> schieffer: so, you're still just as wary right now. >> yes, i am. >> schieffer: as you were at the beginning of this? >> yes. >> schieffer: senator, thank you so much for bringing this up to us. i want to go finally, before we turn to story on japan, i want to go to our national security correspondent david martin out at the pentagon. catch us up here, david. have we missed anything here, and how do you see this coming to an end? >> you know, that's the famous question that david petraeus asked at the beginning of the war in iraq. by sheer coincidence, this operation started on the 8th anniversary of the start of the iraq war. that started off with shock and awe, and turned into a mess. this one has started off gangbusters with cruise missile strikes and b-2 bombers flying all the way from the united states. but that does not guarantee that this is going to end well. you were talking about the arab league

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all economies are in the world brazil china india russia, they are growing and they need more oil. a majority of the rises are over fears of the supply of oil. what a lot of federal reserve officials have said -- i have heard from several officials who have said that the unrest looks bad people are protesting governments are being threatened or overthrown, but when you look at the supply of oil, it is really setting arabia that should be the focal point because they are such an important supplier to the united states. unless the unrest spreads to saudi arabia, it is probably not going to have a major major impact on the united states. you will not see inflation or oil spiralled out of control. that is obviously what some people think. host: we are talking to scott lanman from bloomberg news. our first call comes from alexandria va. jack is on our line for democrats. caller: good morning. from an economic point of view, i have maintained that it is as much of a spending problem that is causing the economy to go down. we have a revenue problem. the taxes were even higher under presid

ten of the council's 15 members voted in favor, while russia, china, germany, india and brazil abstained. the resolution which was proposed by britain, france, and lebanon also authorizes all necessary measures to protect civilians. the vote came hours after colonel qaddafi said on state radio that there would be no mercy for the opposition forces in benghazi. the bbc reported british and french warplanes could make initial air raids as early as friday. we'll have more on this story on our next program on friday evening. tonight we take a look at what's happening on the question of nuclear safety. >> i'm not enthusiastically in favor of nuclear but i'd be wary of moving too quickly to exclude a zero carbon source. >> as an advocate of nuclear power, i would say this is going to be a setback. i don't think it's going to stop the development of nuclear power. japan is kind of a unique situation. >> i just don't think a species like ours that makes mistakes can play with fire like this. i think the numbers on the dice are too big to be rolled and we've seen that three times. we've seen that

that is a great strength for russia has always been against this intervention alongside of many of its european and international counterparts and just germany india china brazil all those countries not supporting this current and intervention like of course by france the united states and and europe. right it being john we also have heard from russia's permanent representative to a so we did our cause and we seek his personal opinion that this intervention could lead to a spreading of on rest all over as the region and severely to stamp allies the situation in north africa as a whole and of course believing that this intervention will not bring any. peace to the region and the country the only solution is a political one and libya that duffy and the opposition have to i now see an immediate cease fire and sit down to the negotiating table actually tried to work out a political solution to the part ongoing conflict that i was in of course also stressing his personal opinion that he believes are currently friends of the united states that it can do italy are perhaps overstepping the bounds of the resolution passed by the united nations which russia supported wh

positions vis-a-vis the countries brazil, russia, china and what important part that could play in our recovery? .. the loorger companies tend to go into brazil and india and china and set up factories of their own there. it would be easier to service those markets. but i a2003 with my friend, it would be good if we could help more and help those who don't have the capability to set up factories on the other side of the world, to do it on their terms. we have had one nasty result, which is a much higher inflation result, but it's given us one pleasant result that it is easier to export, so we should have that on our side. >> it does need to find skilled engineers who want to want to work in an advisory background and then expand the capability of their companies as a result. modern manufacturing requires a very high degree of skill input. it doesn't require so much manufacturers to operate the machines. the easiest way to compete on a german or british base instead of a highly-animated plant so your labor costs are low but your skill content and of course the equipment content is much higher, but it is affordable with a quality product. >> to the point

get health care to all the citizens in america when we have these cartels from germany, russia, china, india, brazil, mexico. it is ridiculous. i would just like your opinion on that. thank you. host: michael doonan? guest: the indicted states is the only industrial country that does not provide health insurance to their own. in terms of economic competitiveness, the u.s. pays out far higher in terms of total gross domestic product. we are at 17% almost 18% of our gdp that we spend on health insurance. other states spend a whole lot less than that. 9%, 10%, 11%. there are going to be made that they provide universal health care coverage and can be equally competitive. i think if the u.s. were to provide health insurance more efficiently than we might be able to cover all of our economic gain. businesses pick up a lot of the tab in this country and in terms of quality, we do not rate up there was some of these other nations. if i could just answer the previous callers first question, he was asking about physicians and the number of primary care physicians. that is a problem we have seen in massachuse