ly spend political capital, as he has in the heart of the arab world in cairo.t the right of the state of israel to exist in that region as a secure country and america will always have that friendship and it runs deep. and he has also said he's willing to challenge the israeli government and friends when he thinks they're wrong, as he has shown on the settlingment, in a public way as well as in private. so they have his trust to be an honest broker. don't miss that opportunity. >> rose: all right, he believes net jew a practical person? >> well, i'm not going to give you... of course the president believes he's a practical person. he's a democratically elected leader who who is representing the people that elected him and what they elected him on... to do. and he has shown in the past that he'll take risks. the risks for peace in the president's view are less than the risks of not making peace. and when you... and, remember, you are always in a judgment of what are the... you know, the tradeoffs. are there risks to making peace? sure. how do they compare to ris

but, as president obama called for in his cairo speech, there's a growing realization of the need to diversify the region's economic base: one way that's happening is through external investment - and, increasingly, eyes are turning to the most populous nation in the arab world - egypt. >>reporter: this time last year the delegates at the gcc - egypt investment conference were witnessing oil plummet from its record summer highs before bottoming out at just over $30 a barrel. the global economic crisis had just begun and some analysts were talking about a prolonged period of low oil prices. others, such as egypt's minister of investment, were more sanguine. >>mohieldin: i was predicting that the price of oil was not going to be on average lower than $50 a barrel and even with that very low price of $50 there is a surplus of loanable and investable funds and opportunities. >>reporter: according to the minister even at a relatively low price of around $50 the gcc will still accumulatesome 5 trillion dollars by 2020. the drop in price did, however, reinforce the region's decision todiver

idea that a two state sution was a good ide why did ittake you tt speech til the president ske in cairo to go tha far whi you now point at something tt was very difficultor me and it took a certain courage for me and it resonated with everybody. >> it resonated the way i said it. >> charlie: right. >> i p tse basic ipulations that israelis aee with. i have not sai i wou go bac tothe 67 boundaries. >> charlie: not specifilly, busome changes. >> i want jerusam as a united city under israel and i willot accept refugees. >> charlie: are those nonnegotiable or le most negotiations, you sta the are my princips, this is what i believe but let's talk and seeheree canet. >> look, ty'll raise the position and we'll rai ours and we'll differ i guarantee you. but think the most important thing u asked is why difficu raise it. well ie been talking out this for quite some time. i said look the palestinians in a negligen settlement should have the power to gathe themselves except the handful of powers tt could threaten israel. i've been saying is for years. >> charlie: this was the spch for the first

why did it take you that speech until the president spoke in cairo to go that far which you now point at something that was very difficult for me and it took a certain courage for me and it resonated with everybody. >> it resonated the way i said it. >> charlie: right. >> i put those basic stipulations that israelis agree with. i have not said i would go back to the 67 boundaries. >> charlie: not specifically, but some changes. >> i want jerusalem as a united city under israel and i will not accept refugees. >> charlie: are those nonnegotiable or like most negotiations, you state these are my principles, this is what i believe in but let's talk and see where we can get. >> look, they'll raise their positions and we'll raise ours and we'll differ i guarantee you. but i think the most important thing you asked is why difficult raise it. well i've been talking about this for quite some time. i said look the palestinians in a negligent settlement should have the power to gather themselves except the handful of powers that could threaten israel. i've been saying this for years. >> charlie:

habrÍan viajado al cairo en febrero para comprar armas.to as sin fronteras. ya volvemos. ÷÷÷xxxxxxxxxxxxx@ >> el concierto de juÁrez y otros 14 artistas en cuba el pasado fin de semana sigue dao de quÉ hablar. vamos a presentar un relato grÁfico de algunos de los pormenores del evento catalogada como histÓrico por muchos. desde que el momento de un equipo de univisiÓn llegó desde miami. tenemos esta emotiva crÓnica. >> sÁbado 19 de ptiembre, seis de la maÑana. faltan dos horas para abordar el vuelo directo de miami a la habana. el aviÓn pertenece a la lÍnea aÉrea américa. prode. retraso de media hora. en 38 minutos llegamos a la isla. >> estamos a punto de vivir una experiencia histÓrica. ♪ >> ya pisamos suelo cubano >> bienvenidos a la habana seÑores pasajeros. >> dos horas los tomos reclamar el equipaje. pasamos por el palacio de los deportes. quedamos asombrados con la cantidad de autos antiguos que aÚn circulan en las calles. es como sigue tiempo se hubiese detenido. >> tuvimos la suerte de hospedarnos en el hotel nacion

i had taught at the american university in cairo long ago, 1969 to 1971 so i had somfamiliarity wi that part of the world. and it hurt me to think that that culture that was very fond of had a tactical to that i was a part of. and also another contributor factor i guess is that i h written a movie called the siege that in some ways we figured some of the events that actuall occurred on 9/11. not just the terrorism in new york but the subsequent rounding up of arab-americans an torturing suspects, and stuff like that, all of which italy came to pass. but on 9/11, i actually was getting out of journalism. i was writing movieand having a wonderful time. i was planning to direct movies, and then suddenly there was a fire bell and i just had to answer the call. it was a time in my life i felt that you know a historic event had happened. i had a duty as a reporter and as an american to understand it. and i didn't know exactly what it was going to take, but i just knew that history will be looking over our shoulder for centuries trying to understand this. and i'm the man on the ground now. i d

also ahead of tomorrow's meeting in new york, palestinian authority presidt mahmou abbas met in cairo with egt's present hosni murak. abbas repeated the palestinian position tha netiations with israel cannot rsume wiout an agreemt by israel to freeze jewish settlementin the west ba and arab east jerusalem. >> translator:e have yet to reach an aeement on the ttlement issue. it willlikely require additional eorts in the ture. but sie no agreemenwas reached, ten the resumptionf negotiations whi could have potentially been announced in waington, will not happen now >> that tes us to tonight's estion -- if israe imposes a freeze on all settlement construction, are you confint that the will be a peace deal between israes a palestinians? you can tell us wat you thnk by going to the "ho you see it" section our website at worldfocusrg. >>> muslims havbeen celebrating th festival of eid whicmarks the end of the holy moh of fasting known as ramadan. in hina, muslims gather in a mosq in one of the main muslim neighborhoods obeijing. they prad awell in baghdad where iraq' top shiite leader called

in his cairo speech president obama called for the region as a whole to focus more on innovation and education. but what does the egyptian government intend to do next? >>reporter: the arafa group's new textile factory is just over a year old and produces clothes for, amongst others, hugo boss and marks and spencer. all told the group now employs 7,000 people in egypt. and it's expanding. for example it intends to double the number of people working in this factory over the next twelve months. >>arafa: we are not creating jobs at $1000 per month - but are creating jobs at $100 - $150 per month. but the number of jobs we create are very important for the people who are below a certain level of poverty. >>reporter: with that in mind, one key element of the government's reforms has been to speed up the time it takes to create new businesses. >>o'sullivan: the time it takes now to register a business now is three days compared to seven months. >>reporter: the intention being to create more, private sector, jobs. >>nazif: think about the effect on an egyptian family of having some one who

people of pakistan just around the time that president obama was addressing the muslim world in his cairo speech. nonow, the last time that bin laden has actually been seen in video was two years agon september 2007 again released by al qaeda's media wing. the timing have authories to believe that he may be h hidingn the afghanistan/pakistan border an area which has seen high taliban activity and with pakistan and u.s. forcing carrying out several operations in that region. while the u.s. authorities are still analyzing the tape, two independent experts who analyzed the al qaeda videotapes tell abc news compared to previous messages they believe that the tape is authentic. jeremy, vinita. >> sonia gallego live in london for us. thank you. >>> you might call it double trouble for the president. health care and the economy, new poll numbers show less support for his health care ideas will get to those in a moment. today the focus is more oversight of the financial industry. ideas he'll propose right here in new york. john hendren joins us with a preview. good morning, john. >> reporter: goo

also ahead of tomorrow's meeting in new york, palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas met in cairo with egypt's president hosni mubarak. abbas repeated the palestinian position that negotiations with israel cannot resume without an agreement by israel to freeze jewish settlements in the west bank and arab east jerusalem. >> translator: we have yet to reach an agreement on the settlement issue. it will likely require additional efforts in the future. but since no agreement was reached, then the resumption of negotiation which potentially could have been announced in washington will not happen now. >> that takes us to tonight's question -- if israel imposes a freeze on all settlement construction, are you confident that there will be a peace deal between israelis and palestinians? you can tell us what you think by going to the "how you see it" section of our website at worldfocus.org. >>> muslims have been celebrating the festival of eid al-fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of fasting known as ramadan. in china, muslims gathered in a mosque in one of the main muslim neighbo

>>abirached: president obama's decision to deliver his first speech to the muslim world in cairo helped focus attention on the five years of egyptian economic reforms that, despite the global crisis, still led to gdp growth last yearercent. now the government has introduced the next phase ofreforms: the creation of a unified, single, regulatory body designed to broaden access to capital and usher in a new wave of growth. >>reporter: this year egypt's largest leasing company, incolease, found it had almost met its annual performancetarget six months early. one reason, according to its ceo, was that businesses knew the company would give them a decision on financing within 15 days - as opposed to the three or four months it would usually take the country's banks. >>ibrahim: this actually attracted a lot of conventional bank clients to come to leasing as an alternative source of finance. >>reporter: egypt's banking system is known for its cautious approach - due, in part, to a series of comprehensive reforms: >>shawky: from restructuring their balance sheets, for higher reserve requirement

it was on its way to cairo.ot know what the passenger did, but one passenger and did something and they had to turn around. we do not know what happened, but apparently a problem involving a passenger. we are not being told it is medical. they are now at terminal gate 73. they are going to take the passengers off the airplane. i just put a call through to homeland security, as i always do in cases like this. i am waiting for them to get back to me about this. yes, it is domestic, but it is on its way -- it was on its way to cairo, and when that happens, i like to ask everyone i can. again, united flight 22 landing, turning around shortly after leaving. i should say, not landing. something happened, and it was enough for them to turn around and to get the type of response that you see, all lot of law enforcement. the airport is treating this as an emergency situation, although they did not say medical emergency. again, putting phone calls through to the homeland security, only because this was an international fl

he apologizes in the cairo speech for what eisenhower had done almost 50 years ago, which, incidentallyad been a condition the iranians had put on resuming negotiations with us. he does all of that, and what is his reward? president of iran announces oh, yes, i will speak with obama, but it has to be in front of the world media, and it will be a debate, and incidentally, the nuclear issue is closed. it is not an issue. so what does obama get for that sweet handshake at the summit? chavez arrives in iran, makes an alliance and promises to supply gasoline. why is that important? because the one area where irand is really weak is in refined petroleum. it has got a lot of crude, but that's where we would be applying our sanctions if they don't stop their nuclear program, so what chavez is doing is undermining in advance the only remaining economic sanction. all of this for what the obama administration calls "smart power." it's dumb diplomacy. bret: juan, this comes ahead of the u.n. security council meeting this fall and these talks about what to do next. the gasoline embargo had been talk

they were on a plane bound for jfk with an ultimate destination of cairo one of them went to the restroom after passengers were told to be in their seats. this is a developing story. we know that they have been removed from that plane. there is a brand new audio message out today from al qaeda's no. 2 man. in it, he calls president obama a fraud. intelligence experts say that he recorded the message in the past few days. it refers to events that had occurred just last week. in this message, he slams our president for not doing enough for palestinians. he praises pakistan's slane taliban chief. he died last month after a suspected u.s. missile strike. taliban violence is spreading through the afghan countryside a roadside bomb killed six civilians. this after what is looking more and more like a turning point in the war. the white house is real value waiting its strategy as the pentagon sits on a request for more troops. he called for -- general stanley mcchrystal called for quicker action. >> the secretary talks in terms of 12 18 months and then we eat up three months just on getting the

it is partly because he did such a good job in that cairo speech of appealing to the arab world and to the muslim world. in that part of the world, it tends to be a zero sum game. he communicated that he was distancing the united states from israel in order to curry favor with the arabs. he took a tough stand on the issue of settlement activity. that created an activity where he went down as much as 6% of israeli public opinion. there is some repair work to be done there. i think he understands it very well. he wants to make peace in the middle east. he cannot make peace and must be brings the israeli public with him. rick: it is always good to hear your thoughts on these things. a pleasure to see you again. when we come back, a woman and her husband finding out that the baby they are having is not their own. we continue to watch what is going on in pittsburgh, the site of those protests ahead of the g20 summit. medicare. it doesn't cover everything. and what it doesn't cover can cost you some money. that's why you should consider... an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan... insure

abbas was encouraged to put hard-line conditions on obama himself, who made this public demand in cairolement activity had to stop, and after that, abbas just said, well, i'm not going to make any decisions, because the united states is going to deliver israel. bret: steve, you know, coming into this meeting, president abbas really had a demand that he had to free settlements before even meeting but the meeting happened. >> exactly. we shouldn't get excited about any of these minor breakthroughs because this is just talks about the resumption of talk, but, as you say, this was a pre-condition that abbas had made that the obama administration at the very least had acquiesced in and seems to have given up, not because only the meetings, in fact, took place, but as the prime minister said in his interview with you, he, i think, rather sternly said at the end, these talks will take place, talks about settlements will take place at the end of the negotiations, not at the beginning, so he seems pretty firm on that, and the obama administration will say revise its language on this and talked a

interrogators, the cairo speech, the archive speech, capitulating to iran and north korea, but i thinks will be, in a way, clarifying, because what you had was the president of the united states doing a dance basically to gain the approval of and allies in name only or in some cases enemies, and in some cases it's deeply disturbing. bret: i talked with the president of poland today and he had some interesting things to say about that. your thoughts after listening to that interview from what the polish president said. >> polish people understand that what obama had done had nothing to do ultimately with iran. it's about the position and the status and the independence of east european states that were once under soviet rule. with the missile shield, they had a sense that they had a guarantee of american security. they were out of the sphere of influence of your sharks finally. all of a suddenly, it is out unilaterally because of the pressure of russia, and they understand that the obama administration has now declared that east europe has a special status hovering somewhere between rus

they were inspired by president obama's speech in cairo about the message of goodwill and of mutual understandingd they thought to themselves how can we send a message to our fellow americans that we are here, we love our country and we all value the same thing and want quality. bill: you are not proactive enough in condemning worldwide jihad. you are just not. >> bill, we do it every day. bill: but you don't do it in a way that anybody hears you. >> if you gave me an opportunity and cnn and msnbc and all of your competitors gave me an opportunity to come on your shows every single day and make that statement i would. bill: ok. you would. >> we're happy. bill: you would but -- >> -- you are wrong. bill: you had an opportunity and there wasn't one sign or one person saying that. not one. >> these people were there to do pray for peace and pray for mutual understanding. to my understanding they did that muslims around the country every day are working to prevent violence and extremism. the thing that we can't send a mixed message when we are looking at these terror cases. these people who gathered

gulliver, the liliputian and apologizing for america stuff is stuff he has said many times before in cairocampaign trail. times, my god, he actually believes them and they're not just words. sean: do you want a world without nuclear weapons? because i don't. i want a world with nuclear weapons. i want a deterrent. >> i want a world where we're the only ones with nuclear weapons. >> you want a world that's safe. everybody wants that for their families and everybody wants that for everybody else. and in this world, there is not going to be the ability to control nuclear weapons the way you've described. of course, if you could wave a magic wand. but proliferation is out there so you're going to have to come up with abilities to control and contain. >> pursuing a world without nuclear weapons, there will never be a world without nuclear weapons so a waste of resources and diplomatic skill. >> coach? >> all i know is this, if i'm responsible for a family or a country, i'm going to be as strong as i possibly can. because that's the only thing that's going to be safe. you have to be responsible

these individuals, according to the lapd, were eventually supposed to go from new york on to cairo. the plane from l.a.x. to new york city is delayed indefinitely. >> i know this is being investigated as you pointed out. is there anything behind the panels in the laboratory that leads to, i guess, key equipment? we know the pilots are secured in the cockpit. is there anything in that area that leads to something, just to put it frankly? >> this is a rear restroom. not the forward restroom. this is the backrestroom. i should have made that clear. the short answer is no. however, the obvious concern is could something have been planted behind the panel? an explosive device planted or something like that? keep in mind, they would have already gone through the screens. the luggage would have been screened and the individuals would have gone through screening. our nbc producer who was on board, i talked to him. he said the individual in question seemed to be the very last one or among the very last ones to board the plane. he seemed to -- he seemed to cause some confusion or some concern

in cairo there are 20. 1,000 years theb world has translated 10,000 books in to arab book. that is the same amount sit -- spain does in one year. the absence of knowledge the widespread illiteracall of these things the muslim and arab sociy and that is what fuels like, al qaeda they are no giving them an answer they're just giving them a w. >> is that the role we have as well. >> the colonial is one and certainly we have supported authoritarian dictators and have been exploiting oil because of the rio anger look at the central demand of bin laden. i want american troops out of saudi arabia. we were there to enforce the no-fly rule and in april 2003 after the war the admistration announced we were withdrawing those tubes and -- troops in me al qaeda begins a row on a foreigner housing compound they and the most recent take, they are not talking about pitical objectiveshey say convert or die. >> the same thing i told you before about meeting and learning said a sign of a good book is when you wanted to go on and this side of a good conversation is when you are st getting star

president obama laid out your message in cairo and he said the future of africa is up to africans andd to go. >> let's watch. >> we must start from the simple premise that africa's future is up to africa. but the true sign of success is not whether we are a source of perpetual aid that helps people scrape by. it's whether we are partners and building the capacity for transformational change. >> now, one way to do that according to the one campaign is to get the g-20 to meet in africa. >> it's a campaign we have right now and a lot of people in pittsburgh pressing the cause as the g-20 gathers there. nothing quite like seeing things on the ground in terms of theal changes and also the opportunities. and africa is represented in the g-20 only by south africa which is a middle income country. we know they listen a lot to their fellow leaders and we'd like to see the g-20 go to africa for a meeting some time in the near future in part so they can reflect the as perations of the whole global community. >> let's talk about darfur for a moment because there's been some criticism that the uni

on the local radio pregame show in cairo, the color commentator and former mariner mike blowers wad asked a specific prediction for the game. and he spared no details in forecasting success in that game for a player who had just been called up from the minors. i promise you, this is totally worth it. listen. >> takes the click. final pick of the series. mike, who's yours? >> i think cleary, it is saspo today. i expect i expect he will hit his first home run. he will get a good count and hit it out of the left center field. probably, maybe in the second deck. >> all right. i'm looking forward to it. his first home run of his career coming up according to mike blowers. >> on a 3-1 count. >> a 3-1 count, breaking ball, fastball? >> it will be a fastball. he's a 3-1 pitcher. >> how many rows back? >> second deck. >> how many rows back? >> i can't take that because people get their hands in the way so you never know. >> so that's before the game. blowers predicts this new player will hit his first home run in the majors. in his second at-bat in a 3-1 count off a fastball and he's going to hit

unfortunately, i believe president obama crossed this unmistakable border in his cairo speech, linking the history of israel not to the western wall or mossada, but to the actions of a madman. he imflide israel was thrown together to ease the guilt of a post-world war ii europe. . this is on the faces of the famous photo "paratroopers at the western wall." it is not caused by adolf but the stability by abraham. the president spoke of mutual respect, but failed to show the israelis the same respect he displayed the palestinians. he spoke of the daily hue mill yation but did not mention the daily fears endured by the residents as they go about their lives in bomb shelters. the president crossed the border between fact and fiction when he put settlement construction on the chip for peace thereby offering cover. this misstep was completely unnecessary. it is well known that israel has no intention of building these settlements. the nation has no intention of stopping normal life in the settlement. and unfortunately, the president inadvertently called for the latter. admittedly, this is a d

to new york and on to cairo. >> all right. nbc's tom costello with those latest details. tom is always great reporting. and tamron, just goes to show you i think a lot of people are on hair-trigger with the arrests that have been made in the last couple weeks. >> absolutely nora. and eight months after making a miracle landing in the hudson river -- on the hudson river, captain chesley "sully" sullenberger has a new job in addition to his flying duties. he will now work as a management pilot, joining the usairways safety management team. it was back in january when "sully" successfully landed flight 1549 in the hudson river without a single fatality, thank god. "sully" says he has had some unforgettable experiences since then, but has missed working with his colleagues. pretty cool and interesting guy. >> yeah, back to work. all right, coming up, a look at the legal case against oscar-winning director roman polanski, arrested for having sex with an underage girl three decades later. >>> also, inside the taliban, rare insight into america's enemy in in afghanistan, as pres

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his inaugural address, his cairo speech, on and on. none of those have produced anything other than the iranians belatedly saying that they will come to the negotiating table but it will not talk about the nuclear issue. bill: what about what lindsay gramm is selling? >> there is a credibility gap between his speeches and what he is dealing. he cannot even close the deal. this is a significant short- selling from the obama administration, that he is not willing to take the tough approach that he needs. bill: we are expecting a speech from the president on wednesday. we will carry it live. we will listen until then. k.t., thank you. megyn: she ran away from home after converting from islam to christianity, saying that her muslim father would kill her for doing it. now her parents are fighting to get her back, saying that she has been brainwashed. a new police report that just came out clearly helps one side in this debate. we will tell you which one in "kelly's court." bill: a modern day scarlet letter. the life that one woman is going

what exactly -- especially in cairo, egypt, is it a possibility? thank you. >> i don't know when t vaccine will be able for the world. people chemosaying september, but i -- people keep says september, but i understand there are some logistical things in terms of the production of the vaccine and distribution. a decision was made under the encouragement of the director of the world health organization to the vaccine production companies which where in the process of preparing the seasonal vaccine so they actually were asked to switch to producing h1n1 vaccines. in addition to that we know that several countries have actually preordered vast amounts of stocks and the director of h1n1 was put in place of the systems that are vastly distributed to be equitab between the region with focus on those countries in the various region who do not have the financial economic resource to buy vaccine in vast quantities. the answer is i don't know. i do know four egypt the regional office for the mediteanean is based in cairo, and i'm sure that the focal point th

i have carried this message from london to hong kong, from moscow to cairo, and it is what i will speakause the time has come for the world to move in a new direction. we must embrace a new era of engagement based on mutual interests and mutual respect. our work must begin now. we know that the future will be forged by deeds and not simply words. it will take persistent action. approved for those at question the character of my nation -- for those that question the character of my nation, but that the actions we have taken in the first nine months. my first day in office i prohibited the use of torture by the united states of america. i ordered the prison at guantanamo bay closed. we are doing the hard work to combat extremism within the rule of law. every nation must know that america will live its values. we will live by them. we will lead by them. we have set clear and focused goals to disrupt, dismantle, and to defeat al qaeda and its allies. a network that has killed thousands of people. they have plotted to blow up this very building. in afghanistan and pakistan, we are helping th

his speech in cairo, where he said, no single nation, i think to me, what that does, it gives iran theght. and without sort of a unanimous world, or close to a unanimous world, america will not act and so, i say that is abdicating america's role. look, nobody wants to go it alone. but the ultimate question becomes, are you willing to go it alone if you have to? and, i think that obama has left that to be an open question, he has suggested he won't. and, therefore, i think you have the -- our enemies are embold emboldened by that, not enchanted or intrigued by that, the doubt of what america will do and for our allies it is a painful thing to wonder whether america will be with them. >> gregg: michael goodwin, thank you very much. >> julie: remember the vast right wing conspiracy theory that supposedly targeted the clinton white house and it seems the idea refifrsed within the clinton family and the former president talked about it in in an interview with david gregory. listen: >> your wife, talked about the vast right wing conspiracy targeting you. did you look at the opposition on the

i have carried this message from london to ancara to port of spain to moscow, from opera to cairo, and it is what i will speak about today. because the time has comfort world to move in a new direction. we must embrace a new era of engagement based on mutual interests and mutual respect, and our work must begin now. we know the future will be forged by deeds and not simply words. speeches alone will not solve our problems. it will take persistent action. so for those who question the character and cause of my nation, i ask you to look at the concrete actions we have taken in just nine months. on my first day in office i prohibited, without exception or equivocation, the use of torture by the united states of america. [ applause ] i ordered the prison at guantanamo bay closed and we are doing the hard work of forging a framework to combat extremism within the rule of law. every nation must know america will live its values and we will lead by example. we have set a clear and focused goal to work with all members of this body to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al qaeda and its extremist a

i have carried this message from london to port of spain to moscow and cairo and it is what i will speakcause the time has come for the world to move in a new direction. we must embrace a new era of gating based on mutual interest and mutual respect and our work must begin now. we know the future will be forged by deeds and not simply words. speeches alone will not solve our problems. it will take persistent action. so for those who question the character and cause of my nation, i ask you to look at the concrete actions we have taken in just nine months. on my first day in office, i prohibited, without exception or equivocation, the use of torture by the united states of america. i ordered the prison at guantanamo bay closed and we are doing the hard work of forging a framework to combat extremism within the rule of law. every nation must know america will live its values and we will lead by example. we have set a clear and focused goal to work with all members of this body to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al qaeda and its extremist allies, a network that has killed thousands of people

gavin, if you were the president of the united states and you look at the cairo speech and his proclamationstraight talk and true talk and real talk about all issues in this country, how would you frame the conversation between the palestinians and israelis to move to the next phase of debate, if you will? >> i don't know if you can hear gavin, but i cannot. they are out to get you, gavin. they have your microphone turned off. ruth, same to you. >> i think there needs to be pressure on both sides to come to the table. >> be specific. where would you apply the pressure? >> i think israel has to free settles, but we need to talk about what the palestinians need to be doing. they need to be adaptable, since the right of return for refugees. >> gavin, do i have you back? >> yes. can you hear me? >> did you hear my question before? >> i did. >> then go ahead. >> i think it's simple, we have had a policy for 40 years, and we have given israel a blank check, and it has not worked for middle east peace. i think we need to start to put pressure on the israelis by telling we will with draw the blank

he writes that he was in damascus when president obama made his historic speech in cairo which raised hopes. the former president goes on to say that a more lively -- likely alternative to the present debacle is one state which is the more obvious goal of israeli leaders. harry hayrack' james, on the line for independents, go ahead. caller: i think the president's ideas with the savings bonds, it is great. i love my president and think he is really working hard to promote the best interest of this country. both on the international scene and here at home. what i think all this opposition rally comes from -- we have to be honest. we are witnessing the ugly face of racism. there are people in this country who should be ashamed of themselves. the whole world is watching. we are trying to demonstrate what democracy really means. when we can have bush addressing school kids, when 9/11 is occurring, in the classroom reading books, but yet a black president who wants to speak to the school kids, people are threatening to boycott the schools. host: in venice, fla., on the line for democrats.

if you are dealing with pakistan and other countries, including countries cairo first. the cia is involved. six minutes after the hour. talk about the stimulus package. it cost us $787 billion, money which we didn't have. how is it going? good news is our economy is a lot better a year ago than it is today, but according to joe biden. this stimulus package has exceeded his wildest dreams. better than i ever thought -- worked better than i ever thought it would. gretchen: he is also making a different kind of admission, which is if it doesn't work out, here is what he told governor jay nixon pure self-interest, jay, if it fails i'm dead. brian: that's after jay thanked him for his interest in what's happening state to state and putting the package forward and going on conference call to these governors. that was his response. steve: that is exactly right. of these 55 governors and territorial leaders on this phone call apparently four got to ask questions. at one point, interestingly enough, joe biden said ok i know why one guy got to ask a question because he is the hea

we certainly have not been kept safe by the crowds in paris and berlin, or by those in ankara and cairo who yearn for our undoing." joey in fayetteville, north carolina, a republican. caller: first of all, as a veteran of iraq, i would like to say i think president bush will go down as one of the great presidents. anybody that says he can look back at the last eight years and say what ever they want, he has kept us safe. host: how did he keep us safe? caller: after 9/11, when was the last time the united states was attack on our soil? we were not. host: but specifically, what was done in your view to make us safer? caller: where we attacked after 9/11? were we attack on our soil? i do not think so. we took the fight to them. anybody else who thinks so are idiots. me as a soldier, we took the fight to them, and anybody that thinks we failed are idiots. that is how i feel. host: joey, are you at fort bragg? caller: well, i am disabled, so i am not. but anybody who thinks that we failed and bush failed are idiots. host: in "the washinton post" this morning, "iraq war deaths, total number o

and i would point to what the president said in cairo, denying the holocaust is baseless, ignorant, andting the vicious lies and serves only to isolate iran further from the war -- the world. >> following up on a question to dr. -- ambassador rice, when about a possible meeting 1 elisse ps? >> i don't have anything to add with what the ambassador said. if we have an announcement to make, we will do that. >> and last did on that. an israeli official said today they would consider stalling building for nine months instead of six months, settlements, in an effort for middle east peace. >> obviously something like that, i think, would be very helpful to the overall process and continue the process -- progress that i think former senator mitchell and the whole team is seeing on this front. and we hope to continue that momentum. >> the announcement yesterday

now president obama has also brought that same kind of hope after his speech in the middle east in cairo and istanbul, but now what we are seeing now is that the whole problem of peace and war in the middle east is the shrinking down of the issue of the settlement and the feeling of settlements were just actually is a much bigger issue and what we see now as snow stopped from activities of the settlement. we see israel is digging tunnels and the second holy shrine of islam and the motions in the arab world by getting really very-- and lots of banker. i don't know what your talk is covering with the arab officials but one of your allies in the area warned me yesterday that failure for these peace efforts would lead to a result and nobody would want to see. now i would like to assure you that what seems to be senator mitchell's efforts to be, not making any progress with netanyahu, the most hard-liners so how are you going to deal with this issue an order to keep the hopes of, that the united states produced in the area after the speeches of president obama? >> well, i understand the emoti

now president obama has also brought that same kind of hoping of peace in cairo.ut now what we are seeing is the problem of peace through israel down to the issue of settlement, and freezing of settlements where it is a much bigger issue and what we see now settlements. we see that israel is digging in the second holy shrine of islam and there is arab incentive getting very high along. [inaudible] one of your alliance in the area call was a lawyer for the peace efforts would lead to a result they would want to see. now i would like to hear from you that what seems to be efforts to not making any progress. so how are you going to be with this issue in order to keep the credibility, the hopes that the united states has produced? >> i understand the emotion, and i understand the great hope that is at the heart of your question. and i want to just make several points. first, this president start on the very first day with a commitment to pursue a comprehensive peace agreement, promised on the 2-cd solution, and i can guarantee you that president obama and i are very p

we all ran an apology and obama did do that in cairo.e admitted we overthrew the democratically elected government in 1953 or 1954. that is a big thing but that he says, new, we did not have any part, the cia did not have any part in the recent election situation where they announced the results of early, as usually is done, and ahmadinejad, as much as i did not agree with his policies, we should respect sovereignty and the whole thing about the global government going on in the g-20 with the violent protesters is all about reducing sovereignty to nothing, our rights stem from the sovereignty that our founders thought for and it is a brilliant situation and liberals believe, as i did, that we are global citizens but we have to realize our rights stem from the united states. host: should the president of all be concerned about the missile tests and the announcement of nuclear facilities that were not revealed earlier? audit of -- caller: it is very promising that is said he is willing to look at the facts. it would be great if they did. b