and they were not because east german forces had no right to be in east berlin doing the things that they were doing. so if kennedy -- >> host: because it was under four-power allied control, britain, france, united states and the soviet union. >> guest: so you had one thing -- one argument which was right of access and so it was a violation of that. >> host: uh-huh. >> guest: if the president of the united states had wanted to make it so. >> host: yes. >> guest: and then you had another which was the activities of east german soldiers and forces within east berlin which was always violation. if the president of the united states wanted to make itself and that's sort of my point he didn't want to. he actually thought -- he actually thought by helping khrushchev get out of this problems, he could reduce tensions between the u.s. and the soviet union and, therefore, have more fruitful negotiations on things he cared much more, frankly, than the freedom of berlin. >> host: which were. >> guest: nuclear test ban, and -- >> host: and what was happening in southeast asia, right? you point

depressing in east germany, most of my relatives were germans living in east germany and they were kind generous, but they also lived lives of limited treatment, limited travel, limited scope, and i asked myself at that time, this was my personal reason -- could one have avoided the berlin wall and ended the cold war that mortgaged the lives of tens of millions of east europeans? could one have ended it earlier? that's a personal side. on a historical side, i think the cold war is the least, the worst recorded and worst recorded of the three world wars, and i think it's world war iii that ended the soviet empire and the system and it was the een center for the war in 1961 which was the most decisive year for the cold war, so i wanted to tell the story of that year through its events and characters. >> host: it's certainly a fascinating story. before we get into the details, you have four major characters that dominate the book. they were all larger than life and their interaction really set the tone both for this crisis and really for the rest of the cold war. tell us about the four mai

depressing in east germany.ost of my relatives were east germans and lived in east germany and they were kind. they were generous. but they also lived lives of limited freedom, limited travel, limited scope. and i asked myself at that time -- so this was my personal reason, could one have avoided the berlin wall? could one have ended the cold war that mortgaged the lives of tens of millions of east europeans? could one have ended it earlier? that's the personal side. on the historical side, i think the cold war is the least -- the worst reported and the worst recorded of our three world wars and i do think it was world war iii that ended an empire, the soviet empire. it ended a system, the communist system. and berlin was the epicenter for the war in 1961, was the most decisive year for the cold war. so i wanted to tell the story of that year through its events and its characters. >> well, it's certainly a fascinating story. now, before we get to some of the details you have four major characters that dominate y

watch out for slick conditions throughout the east bay. this will be the pattern we are looking towards. at least until about maybe noon, maybe 11:00 a.m. if you are lucky this morning. by 3:00 p.m., mostly dry bay area that will last into tonight and have another round of rain to get through as we head through tomorrow. temps are cool this morning. we are in the 50s. 55 degrees. that's where we are in concord. headed towards about 65 degrees in the heat of the day. 4:00 p.m. is when our highs check in this time of year. few showers to get through tomorrow. thursday we will get a nice dry break. if you need to make those outdoor plans thursday is your day to do so. friday, saturday, a stronger round of rain moves in and then finally sunday, monday we will see the big blocking ridge set up. we have a few wet days to get through. that means hold off on washing that car. back to you, marla. >> thank you, christine. >> a taking a look at sports headlines. the as and yankees will be back in action tonight at the coliseum. oakland is hoping to b

and in-stabt in the middle east. plus we'll examine how developments in the region effect america's standing in the world. want to discuss dollars and sense of it all. president obama offering aid for democratic reform. he plans to propose new economic help for egypt and tunisia. it will include $1 billion in loan guarantees and another billion in debt forgiveness to help create jobs in egypt. plus he's going to also provide world financial institutions to help those two countries. the president needs to convince americans it benefits us here at home. our alison kosik joins us live from the stock exchange and explain to us why arab instability affects us here in the united states. >> reporter: because it has a lot on do with volatility and that's kind of a four letter world here on wall street. the markets don't like volatility and instability. think about it. earlier this year, uprisings in egypt and libya and bahrain caused temporary jolts here on wall street and traders say by sending money to the arab world, the

relations in the middle east and terrorism. most agree the death is extremely significant in the united states. international studies stephen spent much of his time studying and traveling to the middle east. >> the challenges in the middle east regarding terrorism are much, much bigger than bin laden. thanks, unfortunately to the invasion of iraq and other policies. a new generation of extremists grew up as bin laden's did after the invasion of afghanistan. there's still going to be a lot to worry about in terms of the violence inflicted by these groups even without bin laden. the good news, the pro-democracy struggles are creating societies that are much less likely to breathe terrorists like bin laden. >> of course, the question on everybody's mind this morning is will al qaeda strike again in retaliation for the killings? >>> the news about the death of the world's biggest terrorist is going to affect the markets today. good morning, nicole. >> you are right. futures jumped sharply on the news of bin laden's death. oil price

good morning to you in the east bay. we've got some showers pushing through right now, mostly to the north of livermore. we had a pretty good round just come through the south bay as well. watch out for slick conditions. i'll let you know when we're going to see the sunshine, hint hint, today. let's get you to work right now, 4:31. >> wet roads so a word of caution to all the drivers out there but we've had a good day, day and a half of rain through the area so it's washed all the grease off the roadway. we do have the wind advisory marked on the bay bridge extended the last couple of days here. we had it through yesterday morning's commute as well. the wind advisories for these two bridges from the chp. a live look at the san mateo bridge. i'm going to give an advisory. you can see the camera shaking. you'll get gusts here as well as that dumbarton bridge. >> thank you much. >>> closing arguments expected this morning in the chauncey bailey case. tuesday one of the defendants took the witness stand in his own defense. w

president on restarting the middle east peace process. pro-democracy activists said more than 30 people have been killed by security forces in another crack down by protestors. demonstrations against high unemployment showed no signs of letting up after entering a sixth day. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- sharp differences remain between barack obama and the israeli prime minister after their talks at the white house. even before he arrived, the leader had projected that the borders in place for the arab- israeli war should be the basis of peace talks. he stood his ground when he met the u.s. president today. >> this was not a meeting of like minds. his talks with israeli prime minister took place amid tense relations exacerbated a day earlier by the middle east policy speech. he called for a state with borders predating the 1967 arab- israeli war. for israel, it would mean relinquishing large parts of the west bank to the palestinians. israel categorically reject a land-for-peace deal. he rejected the p

yeah, "today in the east bay" it's going to be toasty. we're looking towards temperatures right around 90 degrees here in walnut creek. we're live at broadway plaza this morning. it's relatively quiet right now but in the next couple of hours this place is going to be hopping. we have a lot of fun in store. temperaturewise today, we're looking pretty warm. high pressure has set up shop right on top of the bay area. breezy conditions, especially throughout the east bay hills. this is what we're looking at throughout the day today. it's a crisp, clear start. but by this afternoon our temperatures are going to skyrocket with that warmdown sloping wind trend that set up that offshore flow. we'll see northeasterly dry winds warming us up into the 90s. 90 degrees in livermore. if you work in the city, pretty nice conditions downtown san francisco today, 82 degrees. shouldn't be all that bad. your seven-day shows you this is the only hot day we're working with this week. we'll drop off in temperatures significantly as we head into the weekend. w

the middle east is an even bigger challenge. obama has to play this right. >> we're getting a two minute warning. the president will be coming to the east room momentarily to speak to the nation. let me take this question to you. do you think there is a scenario in which al qaeda could unravel with the death of osama bin laden? >> oh, yeah, absolutely. i think that's what we're hoping for. frankly, i think al qaeda really is already unraveled. i mean much of this, like i say, 90% of this was done in the first few months after 9/11. the most essential part of it was shutting down their bank accounts, taking away their financial capacity. that was done a long time ago. since then we've been working diligently in a bipartisan way both administrations on really the last 10%. i don't want to be overly optimistic. there's a chance that this could be over, dead and gone, but we hope. >> do you buy that, alan? >> i hope so, too but let's not forget the term al qaeda is a very loose one. there are lots of other whatever their names may b

and i think what is most interesting is that young people have taken to the streets in the middle east, are not looking to bin laden and al- qaeda. they want a more moods earn future. and bin laden is really been a sideshow. he's really an echo of a time that's past. >> let's do a little history la wrap sheet. the bin laden wrap sheet. 2001, the 9/11 attacks, nearly 3,000 people were killed at the pentagon, shanksville, pennsylvania and the world trade center. 2000, the bombing of the uss cole in yemen. 17 americans were killed. 1998, the bombings of the of of u.s. embassies in kenya and tanzania. 12 americans killed. 1996, the bombing of the u.s. military housing khobar towers. 19 americans killed. what do you think of this? >> well, look, osama bin laden was certainly the most prominent islamic jihadi leader with the most success in terms every killing americans and westerners. he was able to organize this group called al-qaeda, which means the base, in order to carry out in a systemic way these kinds of terrorists acts against the united states and the west. i think it's also import

this is today in the east bay. >>> good morning, everybody. i'm marla tellez in for scott mcgrew this morning. it is 4:30. let's check the east bay forecast with christina loren. good morning. >> good morning to you. we are happy it is friday. we have a little fog out there. we are expecting more to develop over the next few hours. we have a great weekend on tap. for now, let's get you to work with mike inouye. good morning, mike. >> we haven issue. the maze moves smoothly. just past there, coliseum at high street, a truck was blocking lanes. chp just cleared that. the taillights at the high street exist. we scanned the area. we could not find anything going on. we are following this. we don't want anything to be a surprise for anyone on 880. >>> the oakland school district has an early warning system to keep students from being chronically absent from school. christie smith has a look at how teachers are trying to keep kids in the classroom. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. if you are not attending classes every day, you are pr

in the east bay." >> good morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. scott mcgrew has the day off. it's 4:30, quite early. especially on a holiday. christina, help wake people up. >> the cold air will smash you in the face. it is cold out there this morning, even with cloudy conditions in some parts of the bay. we've got these clouds situated right over the north bay and a little bit of that cloud cover is encompassing the east bay as well. so it's kind of mild but, hey, about five degrees cooler this morning than where we end upped when we met here on friday morning. make sure you're ready for that. a pretty good looking forecast. the rain moves in. kind of a rainy week. i'll break it all down for you coming up in weather. right now, mike, a lot of red and blues out there this morning. >> yeah, as far as the cold and weather. right now a lot of greens as far as the traffic. >> even the construction not a major issue going on. overnight construction. a lot of folks got memorial day off for that. highway 4 open in both direction

east bay skol teachers now that the mt. diablo school district has approved nearly 200 layoffs. at a meeting last night the school board voted to let 180 teachers and school employees go. now, these cuts stem from budget cuts as well as declining enrollment. the district says it may need to slash $27 million from its budget if the governor proposes an all cuts budget on monday. those deep state budget cuts prompting teachers to protest this week. you think it's strange to see your teacher at the grocery store, take a look at this. the president of the oakland education association says she and seven other union members were arrested. there you see it. along with 12 other teachers, dozens of students. two of those teachers say they were arrested monday night, released early tuesday morning after refusing to leave the capitol building when it closed for the evening. >>> an east bay county with the second highest rate of asthma in the state fighting back. alameda county committing $100,000 to a new program to reduce the harmfu

reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the east bay." >>> well, this morning an east bay officer is out of a job after being charged with stealing drugs and selling them on the streets. san ramon's police chief says 38-year-old lewis lombardi is no longer a city employee but did not say whether lombardi was fired or quit. lombardi had been on administrative leave after being arrested for stealing cash, drugs and guns from police evidence lockers and selling them to police informants. police say they believe he became involved in the scheme while working for the narcotics enforcement team. the leader of the team is also facing charges along with an east bay private investigator. >>> two days and still no sign of allison bayless, the danville teen who took off on her bike and never came home. dozens of volunteers fanned out on the shadow of the bay bridge not far from where her bike was found. her family searched her computer and found directions to the bart area parking lot. they say they're worried that she planned to hurt herself. >> it's very difficult. i know the f

work begins on the east sidewalk. that work will is not close the east side. only make it so you can't walk all the way across the bridge. you can only get partway across it. that will be for interesting pedestrian crowding. hopefully bicyclists will find some other way to get around that kind of mess. they are also thinking about, still thinking about a bicycle speed limit on the sidewalks here at the golden gate bridge. vote on that could come next month. live at the golden gate bridge, terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >> thanks a lot. authorities released the names of two people shot to death at a weekend party in oakland. surveillance video at international boulevard and 88 avenue sunday night shows a sideshow going on with the cars doing doughnuts before the shooting. it happened after a neighborhood block party near the east bay dragon motorcycle club. police identify the victim as 29-year-old eric bush and 28-year-old latoya kenny. their friends have since set up a memorial on sidewalk. kenny's mother was at the party and suggested leaving when it turned row

christie smith, today in the east bay. >> thank you. 4:33 now. state corrections officials about to change the way they monitor sex offenders. right now, parole agents view satellite print outs from ankle bracelets. internal report obtained by the associated press. next month, the companies that provide the bracelets will do the screening instead. they will forward the most serious issues to parole agents to investigate. the agents won't waste their time responding to problems that turn out to be low batteries or dropped signals. >>> a judge could release new information about a serial killer. that information would come from a legal document from the district attorney that lists probable charge for murder charges against the man. the marin county d.a. wants to keep the document sealed. the judge was supposed to make a ruling thursday but delayed it. he is acting as his own attorney in the case. three days and no verdict in the chauncey bailey murder trial. jurors will take the day off and head back on tuesday, after memorial day. bay accused of

this moment belongs to the people of the middle east and north africa. they have seized control of their destiny and will make the choices that determine how the future of the region unfolds. for america, this is a moment that calls out for a clear vision, firm principles, and a sophisticated understanding of the indispensable role our country can and must apply in the world. those have been the hallmarks of president obama's leadership from his first day in office. it is with great confidence and faith in our future that i welcome the president of united states, barack obama. [applause] thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. please, have a seat. thank you very much. i want to begin by thanking hillary clinton, who has traveled so much these last six months that she is approaching a new landmark -- one million frequent flyer miles. i count on hillary every single day and i believe that she will go down as one of the finest secretaries of state in our nation's history. the state department is a fitting venue to mark a new chapter in america

policy in the middle east.hat is more morning on "washington journal" which gets under way at 7:00. now look from "washington journal" from earlier this morning. theshington journal," chairman of the consumer product safety commission, inez tenenbaum. let's start with something that tes to pop up with the cpsc -- baby cribs. what is it about them that generates a recall action? guest: we have nohad a new crib standard in 30 years. in 2010, we cannot with the first new cr -- we came out with standard.t new crib it has to undergo a test that will challenge whether or not is strong enough to be moved in a nursery without coming apart. what has happened in years past, we have learned of a number of deaths where the dropside became detached foro the crib. we recalled millions of them, the various manufacturers, to get them either of the market or either have a retrofit kit to it would keep the dropside form moving and kp the cribs safer. we now have a new standard in all the cribs sold after june 2011. the new cribs

i am joined by a middle east expert could welcome. what struck you as the significant thing in his speech today? >> i think it was remarkable that president obama was referring to the borders of a future palestinian state, mentioning that these borders should be those of the 1967 war. in other words, he made it clear to both sides, especially the israelis in this case, that all the occupied territories, including east jerusalem, will have to be returned to the palestinians. of course, there may be minor swaps in territory, but, nevertheless, the message was very clear. >> many in the arab world considered it crucial for peace in the region. >> i think the resolve is lacking. there is a lot of wishful thinking, a lot of desire by the americans to get things moving. but it is difficult to negotiate with stubborn partners in the region. it will be difficult for mr. obama to really overdue his criticism of the israeli side. tomorrow, the israeli prime minister will be in washington. so he has to be of a careful not to estranged his israel

s middle east policy should be, we are previewing president obama's middle east speech at 11:40 a.m. eastern time which will be live on c- span. our numbers -- alice in charlotte. ller: i have four points i will make quick and succinctly. mber one, i would like to hear mr. obama say he is firing dennis ross and replacing him with charles freeman, replacing him. clinton with hillary -- leverit. i would like to see him close the holocaust museum in washington until israel stops killing peaceful protesters, palestinians. i would like him to the rest benjamin netanyahu when he enters american airspace for the murder of rachel corey, a peaceful activist in israel. host: those of your fear -- four points. thank you for calling in. john, another independent. caller: it has been a long time since i called in. america has got to stop watching the regular media and start going to -- hello? it is about the president. one other thing i found out by watching free-speech see me, democracy now, was that remember this last week when the guy came in -- from the ara emirates. this guy who owns black w

we no longer have a middle east peace envoy.e have no real engagement between the united states and the parties to speak of. and we have, now, talk of serious unilateral actions that the palestinians are going to take and what concerns me is that -- is that the israelis will take unilateral actio and this could spark a fire on the ground and renewed violence like we've seen ithe past. >> charlie: michele dunne, what has been the impact of the arab spring on the israeli-palestinian issue? >> the beginning really of a wave of chan thas going to affect virtually every issue in this region, and it's affecting the israeli-palestinian issue as much as anythi else. palestinians, at first, struggled with what did the arab spring mean to them. what the arab spring is about is about people rising up and using peaceful means to oppose conditions that they long accepted but really were dissatisfactory. first, the palestinians undertook palestinian reconciliation. these demonstrations, these peaceful demonstrations inside israel, the west ba

bay, east shore freeway, carcenas bridge to the maze. pass. if you are headed to highway four, westbound hill crest avenue, easy 7 minute ride. later on, single tracking through the trans bay, see some delays, possible if you are headed out of the east bay, you will have to transfer trains. >>> thanks very much 6:46 a.m. ohio state university has just announced minutes ago that head football coach jim trustle resigned amid-an ncaa investigation involving six football players accused of trading uniforms and memorbilia for discounts on tattoo services, activity like that in violation of regulation. >> he initially said he was surprised by allegations but the university later got information he was aware of the relationship between the players and a tattoo shop owner last season the buckeyes finished fifth in the nation he leaves with 106-22 record and won a national championship 2002. >> great coach ohio guy, coached youngs town state just a shame we were talking about it maybe they should pay the athletes. >> give them something. >> yeah.

we'll get a look at the east shore freeway.vel time 18 minutes off the carquinez bridge past the richmond san rafael bridge and bay bridge toll plaza. if you are crossing the bay via b.a.r.t., you will have some delays because of emergency repair work for the transbay tube. this is a live look. almost 6:00. hardly anybody on the roadway. the nimitz obviously incident free. use extra caution because chp maximum enforcement period. don't even go a little over the speed limit because they are watching for everything for our safety. >> you still have to play it safe out there. >>> 5:54. american academy of pediatrics taking a firm stand against energy drinks for kids saying high amounts caffeine could actually be harmful to young bodies. when athletes sweat, they need to replenish water and electrolytes lost during intense workouts. a new report from the american academy of pediatrics finds many teens are turning to high caffeine energy drinks instead of water. pediatricians say the high levels caffeine and other stimulants found i

this is a slow one around the east bay. eastbound where you see no chicklets, this's the issue for drivers. right around the freeway at loveridge. use the somersville onramp until 10:30. the loveridge ramp will stay closed for quite awhile. >>> concern this morning the death of osama bin laden may prompt new attacks. today in the east bay's tracie potts has the latest from washington. >> reporter: this morning, the cia is pouring over tons of information seized from osama bin laden's compound hoping to determine who will take over. >> he is the brain trust. i'm wondering where he is and when we are going to get him. >> reporter: at a white house dinner, president obama got a standing ovation. >> there is a pride in what this nation stands for and what we can achieve that runs far deeper than party. far deeper than politics. >> the president made the right call and we thank him for it. ♪ >> reporter: but amid celebrations, the concern now is how and when al qaeda may strike back. >> it's important to remain individual lent t

so much has changed since then in the middle east. not only arab spring but lebanese government came and went and developments in the gulf as a result of increased oil revenues. obviously the changes in egypt and rebellions occurring across the region. but while so many things have changed there so little has changed here. and therefore i wouldn't write a change of words in the book that i wrote. actually the publisher is coming out with a book in paperback at the end of the year and asked me, do you want to redo anything? i said actually i don't. i will do an introduction that will bring it up to date. let the book stand. the arab world is a place we do not know and do not understand. and even with all the changes taking place there, we still don't understand. we are looking through a window, a darkened window and a world that is so important to us and get a world we really don't have a clue in understanding how it operates. if you will look at it this way about the importance of the region, since the end of vietnam, we have sent mor

east bay, oakland, 67. interior east bay, that's where the warmer temperatures will be in the low 70s. concord, 70. danville, 70. these numbers still below where we should be this time of year. gilroy, sunshine, 70 degrees. the accuweather seven-day forecast. memorial day on monday, increasing clouds, a little cooler, shave a couple degrees off everyone, and then a slight chance in the north bay, tuesday and wednesday, for showers, and then turn the spilling got -- spigot off. >> alan: tough loss for the giants. >> mike: tough loss. if you're in milwaukee, today is the sausage race. sanchez gave up two hits. gomez can run. an inside-the-park-home run. in the eighth. giants down two. sanchez to third. off the glove. into left. torres scores. 2-1. next batter, pat burrell finds the hole, and rowan beats the throw home. we're tied at 2. another giants' comeback? bottom nine, same score. the brewers put on the suicide squeeze. brawn lays down the perfect bunt and scores. brewer wind the victory. >> cal softball

let's get right to christina loren. >> the east bay clouded up this morning. we have a front situated over the east bay. it's mild because of the cloud cover. we are in the mid-50s. breezy, though. the core of low pressure crossing over the area this morning. watch for windy conditions and thick fog developing in the next few hours. someone who is watching your roads already, it's early on a monday, but he's on top of it. >> good morning. breezy is an understatement out of 880 and across the bay bridge we have a wind advisory. we are watching reports of construction. it might be down to one lane. there was a little construction. a live look at the coliseum shows a lighter volume of traffic. i'm going to show you that in the next break. there you go. back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> this morning unconfirmed report that is a baby snatched from her bassinet was found. friends and family say they believe someone came into the home and took the baby from her parent's room where she sleeps. they are concerned it might be someone familiar with the couple beca

policy in the middle east. tomorrow, the ceo is expected to announce his candidacy for the republican nomination in atlanta, georgia. our live coverage starts at noon eastern. and on sunday, a former utah government -- governor will make remarks at a meet and greet in a new hampshire. that will begin at 4:30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. you can get both of them on our website c-span.org and on c-span radio. if you miss them, they will be on our c-span video library. more discussion on the president's middle east speech on thursday in the u.s. policy in that region. this is from "washington journal" and it is 45 minutes. middle east in light of the president's speech yesterday. two guests will guide us along the way. professor akbar ahmed, chair of islamic studies. we're also joined by aaron david miller, a public policy scholar at the woodrow wilson center and also a former middle east negotiator from 1988 to 2003. both of you gentlemen, thank you very much. now that we have heard the speech, what are the polic

washington time the fighting ended in the middle east. prevent -- and epilogue eisenhower continued to be a long concerned of the soviet intervention because british french and israelis declined to withdraw the forces. eisenhower adamantly you refuse to provide support to the bankrupt allies and the virtually bankrupt because there was a run on the pound and british finances were in terrible shape. he refused to provide support the allies were facing a cold winter he would give them nothing into a publicly committed themselves to withdraw all. it got so intense that in paris cabdrivers refuse to pick up americans than gas stations declined to sell them fuel. it took one month to get the commitment and another month for withdrawal. israeli withdrawal took even longer. another story. the israelis evacuated the sinai but refuse to leave the gaza strip and continue to occupy those two spots. after former presidential pressure israeli government announced its intention of withdrawal because politically it is a hot potato. with the eisenhower d

robert gates was skeptical of further action in the middle east. whenever he thinks about the arab spring, he sees a deep cut to the military and their capabilities. >> we make the hard decisions that are needed to reduce the debt of america. we cannot compromise the ability to defend our nation around the world. >> the issues about where the united states may use intervention again in the middle east is multi-dimensional. the crisis is multiplying and a question about whether each case is suitable is very different. >> it is understood that there are distinct limitations on what the west can do now in the arab world. if they are military or diplomatic or economic. it may turn out that khadafi may be involved in attracting direct military intervention. >> the desire to limit military commitment has been shown in libya. after the initial attack, they scaled back. the rest of nato cannot match this. >> i am concerned that the united states is showing reluctance till -- use of the efforts at its disposal. when you are trying to correct -- protect civi

israel is not what is wrong about the middle east. israel is what is right about the middle east.b peoples in our region to live freely. we long for the day when israel will be one of many real democracies in the middle east. 15 years ago i stood at this very podium -- by the way, it hasn't changed. i stood here and i said that democracy must start to take root in the arab world. well, it's begun to take root, and this beginning holds the promise of a brilliant future of peace and prosperity because i believe that a middle east that is genuinely democratic will be a middle east truly at peace. but while we hope for the best and while we work for the best, we must also recognize that powerful forces oppose this future. they oppose democracy. they oppose peace. far most is iran. they brutalize its own people. they support attacks against american troops in afghanistan and iraq. it subjects lebanon and gaza. it sponsors terror worldwide. when i last stood here i spoke of the consequences of iran developing nuclear weapons. now, time is running out. the hinge of history may soon turn.

few stray showers in east bay.'s going to be cool tomorrow with the thunderstorms. possibility of small hail. not much of a warming trend thursday and friday. though it's dry. the coolest weather with the record-setting rain saturday. and those will spill in to sunday. then it will finally be dry on monday. but, since we have the rain, why not have a rainbow? why not have a double rainbow? this is what it looked like in mountain view saturday. i'm sure we will get more pictures like this today. if you have the weather video or photos you'd like to share, we'd love to see them. upload them to ureport@abc7news.com. here is frances. >> we have a handful of accidents this morning. couple reported on the peninsula. drivers said they hit a mountain lion on southbound 280 in hillsborough. black mountain. look out for that. it might be blocking the roadway. c.h.p. arrived at the scene of the accident north 101. near peninsula. but it doesn't look like it's blocking anything. traffic moving at 70 miles per hour. ace train n

east bay low 70s. 70 for pittsburg, 71 antioch, 72 brentwood.ay some cooler temperatures here. 62 for mill valley, 59 stinson beach, napa 68. sonoma 68. low 70s in fairfield. mix of sun and clouds today. by the end of the week this is where we start to cool down. by this weekend seeing highs in the warmest spots in the mid- 60s. that's a look at your weather forecast. let's check traffic with elizabeth. >> wind advisory this morning on the benicia bridge cancelled. it is not causing a big delay between hayward and foster city and the peninsula and all the approaches to the bay bridge look great. i'm not seeing any major hot spots, no big accidents, mostly roadwork going on sterling street on-ramp closed until 6:00. no big delay but three right rates on the lower deck will be blocked until 6a this is ongoing roadwork at somersville until 5:30 this morning. eastbound lanes closed. they did roadwork all last week, as well. quick trip out that san ramon valley. no delay westbound 24 towards the caldecott tunnel. westbound 580 smooth towards 680 thro

so across the middle east turkish soap operas are popular. everyone wants to be a tourist in turkey. the most exciting investment story is iraq. turkish companies are better positioned for white goods, construction and energy than anyone else in the region. those are fantastic things going in turkey's favor but there's no question that to do business in this part of the world you're continuing to support a bunch of regimes that aren't particularly democratic. i suspect most of those regimes are still going to be there in a couple of years but the turks aren't going to look quite so attractive as the model given that they're going to have to make some compromises that look like rial poll teak. >> rose: henri, what do you think? >> i aee withim that they are well positioned and they've done very well and grow to iraq you see turkish goods are all over the police. but there is a backlash. in lya, for instance, people demonstrated against the turkish consulate, that burned the tushish flag which is one of the reasons why the turks had to change p

see parallels -- east german regime.the young egyptians see parallels >> we want to dismantle the secret service apparatus and redefine the relationship between the people and the intelligence agencies. my citizen's initiative will push for these three goals. >> the egyptians tour also takes them to a former prison in east berlin dissidents were imprisoned here. today, it is a memorial site. cuban jorge garcia vazquez was in one of these cells, jailed for refusing to spy on his friends. jorge believes that reconciliation with of the oppressor is possible. >> democracy is a tough thing to learn. you cannot expect the biggest changes to happen overnight. i wish you all a lot of patience. >> the young egyptians say they hope the time is near when there will no longer be political prisoners in their country. but there are so many questions to be answered about the future of civil society in post- revolution egypt. the activists have gathered many ideas to take back home with them. >> we met with many politicians who were act

foreign policy in the middle east. one example. the obama administration has called these really settlement expansion illegitimate but when it came to actually voting at the u.n. security council condemned the settlement expansion is illegal the u.s. veto the resolution the failure of the united states to deal effectively with the israel palestine issue and double standards for. the president made a very strong case but we should not tolerate civilians being a. part of their rulers but we do nothing when the when the israelis do all these things for the palestinians the cost of all the pretty hard in terms of our credibility and personally internationally and that's not an important survey suggests president obama's ratings in the muslim world are as low as ever experts say the inconsistency with which the u.s. reacted to different episodes of the arab uprising is to blame president obama's speech on thursday was seen as a way to reach out to the arab world and say the u.s. supports men and women of the street as opposed to suppres

lobby dubbed a pac how this conference over the weekend in washington it comes at a time when middle east peace negotiations are on the minds of everyone involved what is argued guy in a chicken reports this agreement may keep them from getting to the table. president obama's calls for peace and a two state solution fell on deaf ears both with israelis for many from the mere mentioning of going back to pre-one nine hundred sixty seven border lines is unacceptable if you cannot go through the motions so much. because these lines are essential. and with the palestinians who believe there is nothing but words in what the u.s. president has said is not a pressure on it if you know the prime minister of israel or in israel's government how it's like ross it's like things like it's very hopeless like we hear the right things kind of implementation addressing the powerful always remark in washington and president obama has made sure we really found that no pressure would be put on this real quick because the process and these proposed solution was just the friend's advice cannot be imposed on th

low to mid-60s along the east bay shore to mid-to-upper 60s in the east bay valleys.stop around the monterey bay where we have the low to mid-60s for the bay. 58 in carmel. mid-to-upper 60s inland. look around the state. north of 80, you will find rain and higher elevation snow. 59 in eureka. if you want heat, you have to go to palm springs. 93 and sunshine today. bring it back home. the lows tonight will be cooler than this morning. we have the mid-to-upper 40s in the north bay valley. upper 40s to low 50s. notice a few sprinkles hanging out in the overnight hour. the culprit, the cold front right here. ever so slowly creeping toward our neighborhood. as it does, we will see showers develop. with the southwest to northeast trajectory, the best measurable rain will be again in north bay, through noon. then it will disappear in the light sprinkles in the evening and overnight hours. you can see the scattered showers develop. tomorrow, best shower in north bay and east bay. by tomorrow afternoon, they are out of here. thursday looks dry with the temperatures slightly re

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