. >> now on to a much different topic, and the countdown is on for croatia. and to look set to join the european union on july 1. everyone is gearing up for the celebrations. >> the german parliament has ratified the eu accession treaty. officials say the balkan country's membership is an essential element in unifying the entire continent, but at what cost? >> experts forecast losses of 500 million euros for the croats. we explained. >> he is unhappy whenever he looks at this new border post. the croatian mandarin orange grower knows that wherever there is a border, there will be customs tariffs, and that will make his mandarins too expensive for neighboring bosnians. this will be the eu's new border, dividing what has now been a shared economy. >> i believe that it will make everything more expensive. that exporting will cost more. >> it is the central free-trade agreement between non-european countries. and was promoted by brussels as a transitional stage towards eu membership, but once croatia joins the eu, a to will have to leave, which will then levy a 2

in croatia, the job is enormous. hundreds of kilometers of land are still not usable. they were filled with around 90,000 land mines in the wars of the 1990's. >> we have 750 square kilometers of land with-suspected. suspected. which cannot use the land and have to check it. >> here is the new tool, the humble honeybee. the-you felt sense of smell helps it to search for sugar. the researchers have put it to another use finding land mines. by mixing explosives with sugar theyewarding the bees, have trained them to help find the mines. >> we have used the sugar to show them they can find food in the middle of the smell of tnt. they claim to increase the number of bees and test it with varying levels of tnt. >> who would like to introduce bees to check the field because they can cover all of the fields at once. >> dogs have also proven useful. now it seems the insect world may be about to play its role in clearing the mines. >> if you would like to find out more about our top stories, you can always go to our website. aljazeera.com. >> today, we will be giving a preview o

in germany, afterian owe air base, in croatia. all those places. >> what's the frustration level that there were no seal teams, no one was ordered to respond? >> the frustration level is very high. there were guys in the area, all over the place. >> you know this for a fact? >> i know this for a fact. there was a 15 in tripoli that could have been there within 2.5 hours. >> they got the order to stand down. >> colonel, chris, stand by. they kept ripping away the truth 12 times to get to a lie. how long now to the truth? >>> you all remember susan rice appearing on those five sunday talk shows pushing the violent protests over the despicable you-tube video lie. we now know the white house and state department lied to us about the truth, also to the press. mistake. with me now is former cia operative mike baker. joins us from boise. david hunt still with us from boston and christopher is still with us in new york. mike, right from the get-go, they threw the cia under the bus. do you feel exonerated? >> yeah. unhappily so. you'd like

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party in the random numbers were thrown out with the report of 191 nations attended countries like croatia and cuba not by any common sense assessment and let me scrutinize the steady this has been done in the academic literature of public health. reno the studies were seriously flawed almost two-thirds of the rankings was based upon the quality. said that was rewarding countries that have medical care that was deemed better that were those that got an a or c but that makes no sense it is better to be equal or worse in the eyes of the who report. there are other things that are set off such as when there was no data available they literally filled it in. it is literally so bad the head of health care organization of the economically advanced countries said the who report is one that we wish would go away and was so poorly done but it got a lot of traction when you look to the government leaders they talk about how it has inferior health care and based on the rankings. if you look at life expectancy, infant mortality they are so flawed and actually defined in ways the u.s. would necessarily

. >> murders, deportation and transfers in croatia and bosnia herzegovina, by security forces between 1991 and 1995. ivan still remembers the day he and 50 other men were forced to walk through a minefield. suddenly we realized we were in the middle of a minefield. i looked out at the first man in line. one uniformed man came from behind and pushed him towards the mines. they started to exemployed one by one. at the same moment the uniformed man started shooting at us. 20 people were killed by mines or by bullets. >> with thursday's acquittal, the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia has suffered a costly setback and people like ivan are still waiting for justice. al jazeera. >> a man accused of killing brashe soldier on a london street last week has appeared in court. 2-year-old michael abdebali was remanded in custody and will appear again next monday. he's charged with the murder of lee rigby and illegal possession of a firearm. second suspect who was also shot by police are still recovering in hospital. in brazil, there was been a football of a grand scale. th

future america comes from china, has ties with mexico, with croatia, russia, all these nations around the world, and doesn't have that kind of sense of itself as being based in britain and british thought, and i think on both sides, american and british side as well, we have to understand that. >> host: you talk about visiting kansas in the flyover countries. what did you experience? what were the questions asked of you? >> guest: first thing, i say this to british people, is america is a nicer, gentler place than we give it credit for. we are too obsessed in britain with guns, and we have a kind of easy sense and you give the example in a book, and it's one of my favorite places in the whole united states is des moines, you go to des moines or the towns outside des moines, which every reporter does every four years, and every foreign reporter does because the caucuses, the iowa caucuses are important, and where the whole presidential thing begins, and you go quite a few times getting a sense of what it's like to live in that kind of state, and it's a friendly, gentle place. i remembe

countries like croatia, cuba, places that are not pure diamond with health care by any common sense assessment. so i thought, okay, let me look at the studies in specific detail. this has been done now in the academic literature of public health. we know that things were seriously flawed. almost two thirds were comprised of scores based upon the quality. so in essence, that was warning the country that has medical care where everyone was able to be deemed better in that country got an a and the other one got another great. there are many other things and that may report of the year 2000, such as when there was no data available. they literally filled it in. it was so bad that in 2009, the organization of economically advanced countries, the who report is one of those things that they wish would just go away. it was so poorly done, but when they listen to their own government leader, what i have tried to do in the book, i think you realize the truth. >> what you think of where doctors are speaking about this? >> i think they work well for what it is. it is a unique thing amongst all of the medi

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. >> we had a c-10 force and spenl operations force in croatia on an exercise. on 9/11, why would you have such a valuable asset in another area on an exercise rather than say at signella or in libya on alert? why were there not more airborne ground alerted forth on that very special day. >> and southern italy, libya is itself. michael, this group, covert force compromised of as adam housley reported some 40 c.i.a. operatives. is it typical they would be able to be dispatched on that quick a notice to speed in time all the way to benghazi? >> in the case of benghazi, in the case of libya, as the general just said, libya was falling apart. the administration wanted to continue the pletense that democracy was coming. certainly as an intelligence officers you are always respectful of what the president or the political people say, but nonetheless you put forces in place just in case it happens when they are wrong. i'm sure that the military both in terms of special forces and the marines and the agency had people ready to help. you have to remember on the friday be

in addition, we add s loudobbs@foxbusiness.com force which is a 40-man special operations force in croatian an exercise. why would you have such a valuable asset in another area on an exercise rather than on alert. why were there not more airborne alert and ground alert forces on that very special day? lou: the general is referring to southern italy or, of course to libya. michael, this covert force comprised of some 40 cia operatives, is it typical that they would be able to be dispatched on that quick and notice and to speed in time all the way to a benghazi? >> well, in the case of libya as the zeroth is said the administration wanted to continue the pretense. democracy was blooming and peace was coming. certnly as an intelligence office an intelligence organization, and respectful of what the president a political people s, but nonetheless you put forces in place just in case it happens that they're wrong. i am very sure that the military both in terms of special forces, the marines commensurately the agency had people ready to help. and you remember, on the friday before they leaked t

. >> croatia, the aiddriatic coast. it's a beautiful region. king walker. to walk around the base camps and the mountains. it's a real favorite for me. >> how high are the base camps? >> the air's getting pretty thin. in a lot of places that's twice as high as you would ever get in a lot of countries. >> third is? >> i think china is a place that's terrifically interesting these days. so many are interested in what's happening these days. it's so fascinating to see -- >> what's the greatest beach in the world? >> i'm from australia, but, you know, we put our claim in city bees and some of the beaches in sydney and the great american beach beach. >> he's planning a summer here. >> i'm sorry. >> no, no no. >>> but one of the things that i like about what lonely planet does, you have ten -- you have ten top tips and two really struck out for me. i'm not winking at you. my contact is bothering me. i'm not trying to be cute. my contact is killing me. >> you could have fooled me. >> hello, hello. one was step outside your come ft. zone. i want you to

a team marines in spain and elite forces team training in croatia could have made it to libya beforeroads and glen doherty were killed on the roof of a cia annex. >> we have the ability to fly there at a minimum stage. c-110 had the ability to be there in my opinion in a matter of 4-6 hours from the european theer to react. >> reporter: our source provides insight into how the u.s. government and the military reacted from the time the attack began and the immediate hours afterwards. he said the men on the ground put out a call for all available assets to be moved into position. >> every asset, every element to respond and it becomes a global priority. >> was that given? >> i would say it what is given because the special operations pack. it has nothing to do with the agency. it has nothing to do with the department of state. >> reporter: special operations gave the call sign. but assets did not move. >> assets did not move. >> reporter: it's all about the time line. two things to keep in find. people are saying -- some of the excuses that have been given is we my the ambassador was d

a team of marines and elite special forces team training in croatia could have made it to libya while missing and before special operations members were killed on a rooftop of the c.i.a. annex. >> we have the ability to load out, get on birds and fly there throughout at minimum stage. c-110 have the ability to be there, in my opinion in of a matter to four to six hours. >> reporter: insight into how the u.s. government and military reacted in the immediate hours afterward. he said the men on the ground put out a special call multiple times for all available assets to be moved into position. >> every asset, every element to respond and it becomes a global priority. >> reporter: was that given? >> that was given and the only reason was given because of the special operations. it has nothing do with the agency. it has nothing to do with the department of state. >> reporter: special operations gave the call sign? >> yes. >> but they didn't move? >> assets did not move. >> reporter: quickly, we have more information, we'll extract them and clarify them for you throughout the day. >> megyn:

there was a response team moved from croatia to southern europe told to stand down. why? panetta said we know it's not my job to put my guys into an unsettled situation even if they are special forces. your reaction? >> would they say the same thing for the president? guys stand out until we figure out what happened until a body is dragged out of there? this is a disgrace. >>brian: thank you. 27 after the hour. more on our top story. three women missing for a decade found alive. >> what's going on there? >> i've been kidnapped. i've been missing for ten years. i'm here. i'm free now. >>brian: we're learning more about the men accused of kidnapping them. the one player in the casey anthony case we have not heard from: the judge. this morning he's breaking his silence. had i -- his reaction to reading that verdict heard around the world and still makes no sense. ♪ [ acoustic guitar: upbeat ] [ dog ] we found it together. on a walk, walk, walk. love to walk. yeah, we found that wonderful thing. and you smiled. and threw it. and i decided i would never, ever leave it anywhere

future america comes from china, has ties with mexico, with croatia, with russia, with all these nationsound the world and it doesn't have that kind of sense of itself as being based in britain and in british thought. i think on both sides of the atlantic, the british on the american side as well. >> host: justin webb in "cheers, america" you talk about visiting kansas. what did you experience and what were the questions that were asked of you? >> guest: the first thing and i say this to british people, is that america is a nicer gentler place then we give it credit for. we are too often obsessed in britain with guns. we are too often obsessed with gun crime. we have the kind of easy sense that america is a violent place and i think i get the example in the book and certainly one of my favorite places in the whole united states is des moines. you go to des moines or the little towns outside of des moines which every reporter does every four years for all these reasons in the west. the iowa caucuses are so important and that is where the whole presidential thing begins and getting a real