most of egypt's copts live in poverty, sometimes dire poverty. surrounding this church is one of cairo's poorest neighborhoods called medina zabaleen, literally "trash city." for decades, the zabaleen, or trash collectors, have gone door-to-door and hauled home what the people of cairo threw away. they aren't paid for this, their entire income comes from recycling. they've been uprooted repeatedly as the city's grown, and activist laila iskander says only grudgingly tolerated. >> the government realized, "well, if we evict these people from here and tell them to vanish, who's going to service the city?" so there was always this recognition that these people were important, but we don't like them. five evictions later, into the¡ 70s, they figured there's going to be a sixth eviction. it's too easy and the city will grow and catch up with us. let's go into the belly of the mountain, the limestone rock here, and they did that. >> reporter: copts make up about 10% of egypt's population and many say zabaleen city is a metaphor for their struggle in th

i will talk one minute about egypt and elliott is right. they are close to my heart and i feel blessed i was able to spend the time that i did when i was in lebanon. when a bomb came into office he did offer to encage syria as well. i travel to damascus a couple of times it's something i thought i would never do especially 2006. senator mitchell we had one visited washington but these are tough discussions we are having. what is different is we're not just talking about the syrians put to the syrians but believe me about all the issues we have always talked about. the new lines of communication do not mean buy any means we are putting aside our concerns of syrian policy are somehow looking to sudden they fell out our lebanese partners the message of the iraqi partners has been made clear but publicly and privately. but i know lebanon well enough to lead mitt honestly that our friends continue to have questions about this and continue to ask about this. on egypt, our dialogue covers the full range of issues and get every opportunity, this a

on egypt, you know, our dialogue we egypt covers the full range, covers the full range of issues. at every opportunity this administration has engaged egyptian government on democracy, political reform and human rights issues. when president mubarak visited the white house in the summer, it was the president who told the media afterwards, yes, in fact, president obama had raised the democracy and human rights issues with him. there are definitely still areas of concern, and, you know, we watch very closely, for example, and raise with the egyptian government the case of the bloggers that were detained over the last few days that went to try to pay con doll lenses in -- condolences in what was a sectarian crime. on democracy and human rights, and i'll close with this, you know, the secretary's met with representatives of civil society, with democracy activists on basically all of her trips that she's taken in the region. i've been with her on these trips, and she has -- and i've seen her stress repeatedly at these events that it is the foreign policy of the united states and the ob

this is an opening of an era of killing in egypt.cause as i said, the egyptian culture which is very old and very civilized will never tolerate that. so we have had one positive aspect to be belonging to a country which has been existing for six centuries... 60 centuries, 6,000 years. because everything you are having now you will discover that it happened before many times. >> reporter: now everyone is bracing for the upcoming trial of the copt man accused of rape and of the three muslims accuse to have had christmas day killing. >> lehrer: again, the major developments of the day: bombs ripped through parts of baghdad as early voting began for sunday's parliamentary elections. 17 iraqis were killed. and top democrats in the u.s. house worked to find enough votes to pass health care reform. the "newshour" is always online. hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, previews what's there. hari? >> sreenivasan: on "the rundown," spencer michels blogs about california's guberatorial contest and candidate jerry brown. education correspondent jo

they say they can get the people of gaza anything they want from egypt. first thing to arrive today, chocolate cookies. but this is also how hamas militants smuggle their weapons, such as these. over a year ago, israel attacked hamas in gaza, pounding the tunnels every day. but most are back up and running, despite the latest strikes. every opportunity marks a tunnel. 30,000 people now work in this underground business. 1500 tunnels, just like this one, running under the border between gaza and egypt today, providing a lifetime for the people of gaza, and for hamas, as well there's millions of dollars to be made here, but the risks are very high. well over 100 smugglers have been buried alive in tunnels just like this one in the last two years. "i'm not afraid," he says. "besides, this is the only work we have." we're not going to do that again. abu jaafar own as share of this tunnel. he says it cost him and ten partners $110,000 to build. smuggling weapons. is that something he does? "no way, never" he says. they just do things not allowed in. only the b

another was in egypt in the 1920's or in the oil strikes.] i was on my way to kuwait to visit and i was there for a week. on my way in, i found that i had met an american engineer from texas who from the time of saddam hussein and he was flying to iraq, but he couldn't. he had to fly from kuwait and their commute to iraq. and i met him on the way back. he was there to fix what had been damaged by the iranian. and he came back. he was sort of amazed on how liberated the iraqi women were. he had an iraqi woman engineer in blue jeans and t-shirt going in front of him up and down. so while we might have fixed some things, we have really [inaudible] other things. >> we have women, tora bora and the language. the language, to the good question because the reality is there weren't a lot of dari speakers. they speak russian, arabic, french. so these translators. they had to use work in a lot of drawing in the dirt to figure stuff out. and again the cia was very key in being that liaison and helping out in this way. let me just jump to the women thin

when moses urged they choose to follow him out of egypt, many objected.aid it was too dangerous, too hard, too risky. and later in the desert, some thought it would be better to return to egypt. it was too dangerous, too hard, too risky. in fact they formed a back to egypt committee to try to stir up support for that. and when they came to the very edge of the promised land, there were still some who refuse to enter because it was too dangerous, too hard and too risky. but, it israel's history is the story of brave men and women, who took risks. they did the hard thing. because they believed they knew it was right. we know that this dream was championed by hurts all and others that many said was impossible. and then the pioneers, can you imagine the conversation, telling your mother and father i am going to go to the desert and people thinking, how could that ever happen? but it did. warriors, who were so gallant in battle, but then offered their adversaries a hand of peace because they thought it would make their beloved israel stronger. israel and the g

and criticized egypt in human rights. want to ask what obama's administration has done to address these issue with egypt as bush administration have a lot of pressure on the regime and to address democracy and human rights. and as a result of this pressure, egypt has done so many things like election, presidential election, human rights constitution and there is nothing done between obama's administration and egypt till now. and one other issue is eliminating the budget to the human rights organization in egypt. why is that? thank you. >> i, a couple of things, on the situation in egypt as the report outlines in quite a bit of detail. we are concerned about a range of problems. treatment of prisoners, restrictions on non-governmental organizations. organizations aren't allowed to register. as you described the government has put constraints on foreign funding from our own aid program. i was in egypt in january, and i talked to opposition political leaders and they have a range of constraints. and we are concerned about ha

relationship with china, the decision to put aside some of the democracy programs in countries like egyptand elsewhere. each one of these decisions on the merits had good practical value and good pragmatic rationale. but the net effect of all these decisions, it's a shame that democracy prome promotion, the great idea that the rest of the world should have more and more infrastructure of democracy and ultimately the democratic government, i would say, became hyper partisan the day that president bush gave a speech to the state of the union and every republican legislator put purple ink on their finger, and whenever iraq was discussed to signal iraqi democracy they waived the fingers to try to make the democrats in the room feel like because they had legitimate questions about the iraq war they were not for democracy, as if those two were the same. and so i think unfortunately the result is that the democratic party during those years began to associate the promotion of democracy with the iraq war and president bush's doctrine and remembered this day when they were -- an attempt was made t

when moses urged they choose to follow him out of egypt, many objected.ey said it was too dangerous, too hard, too risky. and later in the desert, some thought it would be better to return to egypt. it was too dangerous, too hard, too risky. in fact they formed a back to egypt committee to try to stir up support for that. and when they came to the very edge of the promised land, there were still some who refuse to enter because it was too dangerous, too hard and too risky. but, it israel's history is the story of brave men and women, who took risks. they did the hard thing. because they believed they knew it was right. we know that this dream was championed by hurts all and others that many said was impossible. and then the pioneers, can you imagine the conversation, telling your mother and father i am going to go to the desert and people thinking, how could that ever happen? but it did. warriors, who were so gallant in battle, but then offered their adversaries a hand of peace because they thought it would make their beloved israel stronger. israel and t

yet, when egypt and jordan realized that we could not be defeated in battle, they embraced the path ofeace, and we value the peace treaties we've achieved with both countries. yet there are those -- [applause] there are those who continue the assault against the jewish state. there are those who openly call for our destruction. they seek to achieve this goal from terrorism, missile attacks, and most recently, by developing atomic weapons. it is instructive that the gathering of the jews to israel doesn't deter them. in fact, it when it's their appetite. iran's rulers say israel is a one bomb country. that is hezbollah says if all the jews gathered in israel it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide. my friends, these are unpleasant facts, but they are the facts. the greatest threat to any living organism, to any nation is not to recognize danger in time, not to recognize the facts. 75 years ago, many leaders around the world put their heads in the sand. untold millions died in the war that followed. ultimately, to of history's greatest leaders helped turn the tide. fran

we went to egypt. she is doing an extraordinary job leading our caucus.ou know that the administration of you hours ago sent down its $2.8 billion supplemental for haiti. we will be addressing that as soon as we get back so that we can play our part as we have been in responding. if you days after the earthquake is all of you know an article appeared in the los angeles daily news telling the story of a california firefighters who traveled to port-au-prince to save lives. they were bone weary from digging through the rubble for five hours losing faith fast when the cheering began. it was like a shot of adrenaline. usa. usa. large haitian crowd standing in the street as fire captain bill monaghan and is surge dog rescue team freed a young woman trapped under collapsed building where she had been for five days. bills and he brought his team to tears. the first reaction to the ear earthquake that all disasters, the shattered lives of so many particularly a country that has seen so much pain and suffering throughout its life time. beneath those reactions there

ca cairo in egypt is up in terms of sales per ian yum. >> and we have $1 trillion that will be spentis reek, and that money is in hand. money that they're getting from the pact that they have 60% of the world's oil. so clearly, there's an argument for that, but the consumer culture is also big here. and when there's a mall here, i've never seen a mall with so many people buying stuff as in this part of the world. >> absolutely correct. i would like to add to that the fact that lots of the countries here in the middle east lack malls, and the retail spending power has not yet reached the maximum. i think there is lots of room over there for consumer spending to be better, consumer spending to be bigger, consumer spending to be even stronger than it is right now, what it is right now. >> so, let's get the trades. both of you agree, and i said what country could be growing 17% this year? that's qatar, however you want to say it. why? what's the play? >> for us, in the first instance, qatar national bank, when you've got a country where you're getting over $80,000 per annum and gdp per c

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. >> egypt. he returned last week and there's been he's kind of amplified the movements and opposition and such. what do you make of his return back to egypt and the opposition coming out in full support of him for the 2011 election even though he's not -- he wouldn't be considered under the egyptian constitution. >> these are decisions that have to be made by egypt. i think we would like to see the emergence of a more inclusive political process in egypt and one that is competitive and provides the opportunity for more citizens in egypt to or to participate in the process and have faith an opportunity to shape the future of governments in that country but these are decisions ultimately that have to be made by egypt. yes. go ahead. >> last week we also talked about the human rights dialogue between the u.s. and china. the date hadn't been set yet. is there any movement on that? >> i think we are still looking for a mutual date. i don't think we have our i did a mutual consensus. >> and also, on n

when bloggers in countries such as china and vietnam and egypt and iran are threatened, we speak out publicly on their behalf. this is an important part of what we can and need to be doing. i want to just say at last comment, and it relates to what you spoke about senator durbin in your opening. this is about issue where the government has a role but the private sector also has a role. as you noted, i was involved before coming into government in the creation of the global network initiative, which is a multistakeholder initiative that brings together companies, ngos, academic experts and social investing firms. i think it's really critical that we and you work to figure out ways for companies to step up and take responsibility here. we can't do it alone, and companies acting alone can't make a difference. there needs to be a collective response, and i'm personally very committed as are others in the state department, to trying to find ways to work collectively with the private sector to make a difference in this area. thank you very much. >> chairman durbin, ranking member coburn, m

friends will gather for a seder where there will be a retelling of the story of liberation in ancient egypt. this morning, 9:00, we take to you owings mills to show you how the jewish community center early childhood education program helped 4 and 5-year-olds last week. and we'll talk about the symbolic foods placed on the seder plate. >>> the united states is fighting a war in the name of peace. >> the president makes a surprise trip to afghanistan. we'll have a wrap-up, straight ahead. >> plus, a group of girls take police on a wild ride. the whole thing caught on take. >>> 5:o4. the train trying to clear out around the baltimore area. rain in extreme eastern maryland and fog as well. right now 52 degrees with that fog. >>> let's check the commute with mark jones. >> out there now the buses are slowing up a bit due to the weather. allow extra time for getting there if you travel by bus. the 21 with a diversion southbound at caroline and madison, ongoing construction. and number 11 diverted northbound at bosley and chesapeake, construction-related too. light rail on time but still with shu

when moses urged they choose to follow him out of egypt, many objected. said it was too dangerous, too hard, too risky. and later in the desert, some thought it would be better to return to egypt. it was too dangerous, too hard, too risky. in fact they formed a back to egypt committee to try to stir up support for that. and when they came to the very edge of the promised land, there were still some who refuse to enter because it was too dangerous, too hard and too risky. but, it israel's history is the story of brave men and women, who took risks. they did the hard thing. because they believed they knew it was right. we know that this dream was championed by hurts all and others that many said was impossible. and then the pioneers, can you imagine the conversation, telling your mother and father i am going to go to the desert and people thinking, how could that ever happen? but it did. warriors, who were so gallant in battle, but then offered their adversaries a hand of peace because they thought it would make their beloved israel stronger. israel and the

-- egypt? >> in the case of egypt we are just beginning this relationship and we are looking for ways whether it's through either atifa where we can strengthen opportunities in this region of the world with an important strategy and domestic partner. we are frankly very proud through our work with egypt that we are now going to be able to remove them from our 301 priority watch list as they have made great progress in strengthening their intellectual property rights regime. when aim in the european union, one i have to do practical work. my previous colleague, who served as their trade minister, is now, as i affectionately refer to, the high priest it's for foreign affairs. she's equivalent of their secretary of state. i have had a chance to speak with carl by phone. we'll be meeting with him to begin the later round. but one irritant we have still is the fact that our poultry producers have been locked out of the european union for 14 years now. even though we have been to the w.t.o., we have

much like the mummys in egypt. during cross examination, cobbs asked how can you conclude to rule this case a homicide if you don't know the cause of death? dr. mcdonald said for a child this age to be discarded in such a way as this child was, in a suitcase and no obvious signs of natural disease, i have no other choice but to call this a homicide. >> you have a child, the family member, care giver has a duty to provide medical attention for that child. and withholding that can be tantamount to murder and homicide. >> a juror then asked in a note. were there signs of not being fed? answer, because of the state of decomposition i could not say absolutely. that this child was absolutely not fed. >> well, it is difficult to say exactly how the jury is relating to these three defendants that are reporting themselves, it is very obvious that this is upsetting for the victim's grandmother. >> to hear them try to justify. and try to say that's not the coughs his death. i don't care. he is dead. you want to put him in the

-- egypt? >> in the case of egypt we are just beginning this relationship and we are looking for ways whether it's through either atifa where we can strengthen opportunities in this region of the world with an important strategy and domestic partner. we are frankly very proud through our work with egypt that we are now going to be able to remove them from our 301 priority watch list as they have made great progress in strengthening their intellectual property rights regime. when aim in the european union, one i have to do practical work. my previous colleague, who served as their trade minister, is now, as i affectionately refer to, the high priest it's for foreign affairs. she's equivalent of their secretary of state. i have had a chance to speak with carl by phone. we'll be meeting with him to begin the later round. but one irritant we have still is the fact that our poultry producers have been locked out of the european union for 14 years now. even though we have been to the w.t.o., we have

there's 1,200 jobs that are gone from our company, and we have taken the same rigs to brazil, egypt, around the world, and we're employing foreign nationals now as we drill forward. i would think the jobs issue is the most important thing related to this issue. and although everything takes a long time anyway because of the amount of money being exposed, but when you cut through it all, it's going to take a good amount of time to turn this into any kind of jobs in the u.s. >> what's your out look for the oil price. we're close to $84 a barrel. some economists are getting worried this is a breaking point for the economy. might do us some damage. what are you thinking for oil prices, larry? >> it's really hard to say. i mean, certainly when we were up there at $140 a barrel, we didn't think that was sustainable. and you pray it's not sustainable when it's down around $30. certainly, the industry can make money and everything works north of $70. it will have a negative impact on the economy as it begins inching up from these points. but i think that the price of oil even with a poor eco

>> i grew up in oklahoma, my parents are from egypt.ike it, i think it's good. i don't know anyone else named hoda. >> first of all, can i say, i'm kind of jealous though. because when kathie lee was on the show, you guys, they were practically making out. jimmy and kathie lee. no, it was a bit -- come on. you had a thing. >> jimmy: we had a thing. >> she came in the makeup room the next day. she loves you. she was like, "jimmy and i had this connection, hoda." was she all over you, or -- >> jimmy: no, this was it. [ laughter ] >> what was she doing? a little of that? she is still talking about it. >> jimmy: i know, we have good chemtry. you have good chemistry with kathie, as well. >> i do. >> jimmy: when did you realize you guys have good chemistry? >> careful. careful. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: not like that. like a best friend -- like best friend -- yeah, friendship. >> we had just met, and we went for a lunch at top of the rock, before we started hosting together and we wanted to see if it would work with the two of us. we had a lunch

with its inaction makes life more difficult for moderate arabs that have relations like jordan and egypt. its actions suggest this is not that much of a priority and it can continue business as usual with its motley collection of political parties, each vying with the next to demonstrate on some narrow political constituency. prime minister netanyahu who presents himself as a figure in the midst of this world crisis, is actually more like a local hack. counting the votes that will allow him to stay in office, even if that means doing very little while in that office. any way, those are my thoughts. as always on this program, you will hear others. we're joined by the owner of the new york daily news and the u.s. news and world report. he's just back from israel where he met with prime minister netanyahu. also martin endik, who served as ambassador to israel twice, ran the state department and also at the national security council all for president clinton. later in the show, michael lewis, the best selling author of "the blind side" has returned to wall street. >> there's a question that

when moses urged they choose to follow him out of egypt, many objected. too dangerous, too hard, too risky. and later in the desert, some thought it would be better to return to egypt. it was too dangerous, too hard, too risky. in fact they formed a back to egypt committee to try to stir up support for that. and when they came to the very edge of the promised land, there were still some who refuse to enter because it was too dangerous, too hard and too risky. but, it israel's history is the story of brave men and women, who took risks. they did the hard thing. because they believed they knew it was right. we know that this dream was championed by hurts all and others that many said was impossible. and then the pioneers, can you imagine the conversation, telling your mother and father i am going to go to the desert and people thinking, how could that ever happen? but it did. warriors, who were so gallant in battle, but then offered their adversaries a hand of peace because they thought it would make their beloved israel stronger. israel and the generations

we have pursued the idea in egypt where you studied. syria is not necessarily on the -- i have a niece that will study their in a few weeks. >> really? >> she is a student. is encouraging to me that we have young people in this country to talk about syrian studies. they are pursuing the cultural and linguistic abilities in the arab world. we need more and more of that along the way. there is a broad range of issues. senator kerry and i had an interesting meeting a couple of years ago. we made a visit to the region. i hope my opening comments will be put in the record, as well. one question i have is as i understand it, things have not changed much. the syrians in terms of their negotiations with the israelis would like to begin the process where things have left off. the isvr(áhr understand it, would like some preconditions, understandably. can you give us a sense of how you might square that circle. ? it was suggested that that avenue may offer more promise initially then the relationships between the israelis and palestinians. that co

we have our billionaire special edition of "street signs" coming up with the richest man in egypt andhave a a great day, it's time for "the call." >>> it is time for "the call." i'm trish regan at the new york stock exchange. we're watching the stocks end the quarter on a down note thanks to the disappointing adp report. we're going to talk about jobs and we're going to talk about the market and talk about where you need to be right now. good morning, larry. >> good morning, trish. drill, drill, drill. president obama to announce his new drilling policy and we'll look at horsepower cars and take the whole thing live to talk about the investment opportunities in the oilç drilling sector. melis melissa, you buy into this? >> i'm melissa francises and rim is out with its earnings after the bell. we'll tell you what to expect. what is a better stock play? this is "the call" on cnbc. stocks are lower but off the lows of the day after the adp showed a loss of 22,000 jobs instead of the expected gain of 22,000. boeing, the latest company to take a charge, $150 million or 20 cents a share fo

mediterranean hijacked by terrorist and they killed an american and citizen and eventually stopped in egypt and boarded an egyptian plane and ronald reagan deployed fighter planes of an aircraft carrier to intercept the plane. we all remember this as the fighter planes went up and into shoot down the plan there were going to it landed in italy and these individuals were arrested, detained and behind the scenes the lawyers had said to president reagan yes you can intercept the plane but you cannot shoot it down. so the actual orders to the private were pretense which you can shoot it down make them think you can shoot it down but do not shoot the plane down. they forced the plane to land in the nato air base in italy and became under the jurisdiction of made no. the treaty the related to this the bass said they could only be used for nato activities. this is not a nato activity. the italians surrounded the plane but the americans are on pace and brought them into custody and tried them an italian court for although public knowledge it was kept quiet because although it was operated by the am

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when bloggers in countries such as china and vietnam and egypt and iran are threatened, we speak out publicly on their behalf. this is an important part of what we can and need to be doing. i want to just say at last comment, and it relates to what you spoke about senator durbin in your opening. this is about issue where the government has a role but the private sector also has a role. as you noted, i was involved before coming into government in the creation of the global network initia . multistakeholder initiative that brings together companies, ngos, academic experts and social investing firms. i think it's really critical that we and you work to figure out ways for companies to step up and take responsibility here. we can't do it alone, and companies acting alone can't make a difference. there needs to be a collective response, and i'm personally very committed as are others in the state department, to trying to find ways to work collectively with the private sector to make a difference in this area. thank you very much. >> chairman durbin, ranking member coburn, members of the

relationship with china, the decision to put aside some of the democracy programs in countries like egypt each one of these decisions had good practical value and good pragmatic rationale but the net effect of all these decisions, it is a shame that democracy promotion, the great idea that the rest of the world should have more and more infrastructure of democracy and ultimately democratic governments, i would say became hyper-partisan the day that president bush give a speech to the state of the union and every republican legislator put purple ink on their finger and whenever iraq was discussed, they waved the finger to try to beat the democrats in the room feels like because they have legitimate questions about the iraq war, they were not for democracy, as if those two were the same. unfortunately, the results is the democratic party during those years and began to associate promotion of democracy with the iraq war and president bush's doctor in and remember this day when the attempt was made to embarrass them. the democratic party has stepped back from being as much of a promoter of de

. >> this is the southern border with egypt. this is another thing i like about cartooning. you can sort of higher your own helicopter and just bring yourself up. but this is all based on photographs. >> it is incumbent upon you all. the next slide please. so, here is one of the slides about what we were discussing before about how you speak to a lot of different sources to try to get the story of one particular episode. the announcement was a very important part. why don't you tell us a little bit about that. >> this was from the incident that took place in rafah which was quite different from hanunis. the israelis wanted to take an capture the guerrillas and also they wanted to capture palestinian troops and the egyptian army who had taken off the uniform and just gone back home. so they ordered all men of a certain age, basically-- the men told me 15, 16 but a sickly you get the idea, made teens up to 50 or 60 depending on who you talk to but hasek men of military age to report to a school so that they could the screen, so the israeli soldiers could decide which of them w

-- egypt? >> in the case of egypt we are just beginning this relationship and we are looking for ways whether it's through either atifa where we can strengthen opportunities in this region of the world with an important strategy and domestic partner. we are frankly very proud through our work with egypt that we are now going to be able to remove them from our 301 priority watch list as they have made great progress in strengthening their intellectual property rights regime. when aim in the european union, one i have to do practical work. my previous colleague, who served as their trade minister, is now, as i affectionately refer to, the high priest it's for foreign affairs. she's equivalent of their secretary of state. i have had a chance to speak with carl by phone. we'll be meeting with him to begin the later round. but one irritant we have still is the fact that our poultry producers have been locked out of the european union for 14 years now. even though we have been to the w.t.o., we have

israeli piece agreements between egypt and jordan have been reached in the past when u.s. support for israel was strong and consistent. the same level of commitment and closeness is now needed. make no mistake, israel is our ally and friend. the administration needs to confirm that fact with its words and deeds. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from maryland rise? ms. edwards: unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. ms. edwards: mr. speaker, congress is on the brink of passing comprehensive health care reform to ensure that all americans have access to affordable and high quality care. health care that protects consumers and not just insurance companies. we need reform to rein in these companies and hold them accountable for discriminatory and inhumane practices. policies like gender rating that forces women to pay higher premiums than men just because we are women. and denials for pre-existing conditions that ca

the world is not just the u.s., many people in other countries and iran and china and the imam and egyptsponsible for what they do and what they provide. islamic it occurs to me there was say magazine, series of ongoing cartoons called spy versus spy and it seems to have an element where there is the technology and anticensorship technology that's being worked on by some people. ms. wong, the chairman brought this up in mr. memarian's written testimony he talked about companies like yours and microsoft block certain downloads to people in iran for the fear of sanctions and mr. speed it kind of explains this hurts the people of iran because there is encryption technology that the of iranian government already has and that the people of iran don't so i was wondering in this house by versus somebody kind of world that we are in here which includes not just technology but policy, government policy, business ethics and self searching, what should we be doing about these kind of technology's? do you think that just the government policy is wrong rick the? >> my understanding is that the office

we have responded with the efforts of egypt, with the support of the arab countries, which ended into the egyptian reconciliation memorandum which came as a result of many months of work. 5 california has signed this letter -- fatah has signed this letter and has lifted the obstacles to national unity. we say today that home loss needs to sign this paper, too. -- we say today that hamas needs to sign this paper, too. we believe in going back to the people and going back to the polls. this position is derived from our commitment to protect our loaws and our beliefs, to refuse violence and to refuse weapons. our interest in political action is to face the policies of occupation and its animosities. occupation is the only beneficiary of our rift and our divide. that reconciliation reinforces the positive action of the international forces. i thank you all for listening. i am confident that we will come out of this summit, this very important summit, the summit of jerusalem, with great success -- with what is necessary and needed and what supports the steadfastness of our people in jerusa

relationship with china, the decision to put aside some of the democracy programs in countries like egypt each one of these decisions had good practical value and good pragmatic rationale but the net effect of all these decisions, it is a shame that democracy promotion, the great idea that the rest of the world should have more and more infrastructure of democracy and ultimately democratic governments, i would say became hyper-partisan the day that president bush give a speech to the state of the union and every republican legislator put purple ink on their finger and whenever iraq was discussed, they waved the finger to try to beat the democrats in the room feels like because they have legitimate questions about the iraq war, they were not for democracy, as if those two were the same. unfortunately, the results is the democratic party during those years and began to associate promotion of democracy with the iraq war and president bush's doctor in and remember this day when the attempt was made to embarrass them. the democratic party has stepped back from being as much of a promoter of de

. >> and wait until you see what they dug out of the desert in egypt from the sands of time, comes anead, depicting the grandfather of king tut, what they are learning about this king, as well as his grand son, tut. ahead on happening now. martha: all right, we'll look forward to that, thank you and if you ask americans which country has the most military dominance overall, the answer is solidly, the u.s.a. for now. a recent "gallup poll" found that 64% of americans say the u.s. is number one, in the world militarily. but when they were asked to look ahead 20 years, the numbers almost reversed. only 36% say they think the u.s. military will still be number one, in 20 years, spider marks joins me, and good 0 see you, welcome back. >> thank you, martha, good morning. martha: good morning to you, sir. what do you make of those numbers? that is disturbing to me. >> it is disturbing. i think it really reflects probably three things, one is, what i would call the downward pressure to reduce spending in the government, and i think for the most part, the military acknowledges they have to par

with the united nations sanctions unless it withdrew from sinai and gaza following the 1956 war with egyptr israeli/egyptian peace talks collapsed in 1975, secretary of state, henry kissen jesh, announced a, quote, reassessment of u.s. policy toward israel, creating a major chill at the time. president ronald reagan suspended aircraft shipments to israel following its air strikes against the iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981. reagan's u.n. ambassador jeane kirkpatrick was told to vote in favor of a united nations security council resolution conseming israel. and in 1992 when israel refused to stop settlement construction on the west bank, president h.w. bush and his secretary of state, james baker, threatened to block millions of dollars of loan guarantees for israel, so there is a history of what is going on right now. >>> let's bring in cnn's john king. he's the host of "john king, usa" which airs right after "the situation room." getting ready at the top of the hour. also joining us david gergen, our senior political contributor/analyst as well, and mary matalin is joining us from new orlea

ahead of iran and egypt, which are the next ones.t is the most popular -- one of the most populous but known as one of the most closed markets to foreign investment in the region. what is changing? >> well, what we have, of course, you said the largest market in the region, in the middle east. we have the very good companies. we have very good story to tell. the potential investment in saudi arabia is bright. and also we want to benefit from having institutional foreign investor coming to our market. so we are opening gradually in a very calculated step for institutional investors in the world, in our market. >> so how will it work? who decides and which institutional investors in the u.s. are going to be able to open funds that buy into saudi stocks? >> we have many i wways for theo do it now. they can do it through mutual funds. they can do it through swap agreement with investment banks in saudi arabia. and now we are -- next week we are going to exchange traded fund which will be open for foreign investors. >> are you reaching ou

our main security problem with gaza is not israel's border with god that, it's gaza's border with egypt. under which there are about 1000 tunnels dug to which hamas smuggled weapons to fire at us. my friends, experience has shown that only an israeli presence on the ground can prevent or limit weapons smuggling. and this is why a peace agreement with the palestinians must include in is really present in the eastern border of the future palestinian state. [applause] is peace with the palestinians proves its durability over time, we can review security arrangements. we are prepared to take risks for peace. but we will not be reckless with the lives of our citizens and the life of the one and only jewish state. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the people of israel want a future in which our children no longer experience the horrors of war. we want a future in which israel realizes its full great potential as a global center of technology, ingrid and its values, living in peace with all its neighbors. i envision an israel that can dedicate even more of its scientific and creative energies t

suggested it, but had they, they would have been considered demented or dreamers, but instead, israel, egypt, and jordan all acted boldly to end decades of conflict. other contacts have emerged between israelis and arabs, and there is now an arab peace initiative that makes an important contribution by envisioning a future in which israel is at peace. turning these into reality is among the hardest challenges we face, but we have to face it. there is no alternative. [applause] as the prime minister said, all sides need to take action in good faith if pieces to have a chance, -- if peace is to have a chance, but it is hard. it is always easier to point figures. -- fingers. it is time to heed this call, even when more remains to be done, and for the world to do the same thing. your prime minister is roundly criticized, but your prime minister has endorsed the idea of a palestinian state. he has removed roadblocks that choked wednesday. these are difficult decisions -- choked the west thank. these are difficult decisions. it is difficult to the palestinian authority to take the steps it needs t

and when our friends in egypt, saudi arabia, and other nations in the region, where liberty is not assured, watch a peaceful transition of power in iraq from one freely elected government to another, they must also be thinking, why not us? the citizens of iraq are now writing a new and hopeful chapter for their country, but also for the region as a whole whose people are increasingly looking to emulate iraq, its freedoms, its rule of law, its security of human dignity, its equal rights and equal justice. this is the start of something new and wondrous in the middle east, a renaissance of sorts and iraq is at the very forefront. mr. president, the war in iraq is ending, and america's partnership with a new iraq is only just beginning. no matter where any of us stood in the old debates of the past, americans should all be able to agree now that the emergence of a free and democratic iraq is one of the greatest strategic opportunities in all of u.s. foreign policy. america and our allies have created this opportunity. iraqis have expanded it and seized it. and now let us all come together to