the united arab emirates is different.complished things that other countries have not, but it's not a democracy either. explain how it works. >> we're in tribes. we must save our people. we must get the education, universities here, the hospitals, housing, and no tax here. the government is the wealth to spend on the people. >> no tax? a lot of people on the street love that. what about dubai do you like? no tax, no tax. >> no tax. the government is working like today in the cabinet. we made the program. we have our vision. we go through it, and we're achieving that vision, you know? the dream. we are getting there. it's different. when everybody can come to the ruler and say, well, i didn't get that or that or this department or this ministry. give me my rights. >> they come to you and directly ask you, you didn't do this. i want that. you have to answer to the individual person. >> yes. and they will complain about >> it leads to the question, the one thing over the years covering the uae. people say, the press isn't tot

the united arab emirates is different.accomplished things that other countries have not, but it's not a democracy either. explain how it works. >> we're in tribes. we must save our people. we must get the education, universities here, the hospitals, housing, and no tax here. the government is the wealth to spend on the people. >> no tax? a lot of people on the street love that. what about dubai do you like? no tax, no tax. >> no tax. the government is working like today in the cabinet. we made the program. we have our vision. we go through it, and we're achieving that vision, you know? the dream. we are getting there. it's different. when everybody can come to the ruler and say, well, i didn't get that or that or this department or this ministry. give me my rights. >> they come to you and directly ask you, you didn't do this. i want that. you have to answer to the individual person. >> yes. and they will complain about that one ministry, so i get ahold of the minister and say, why don't you do your job? >> there were five

in libya when they create an islamic emirate to make islamic emirate in libya and in syria. they have a lot of weapons from the beginning because they seized from the army not to leave . the smuggling underworld you know but they have very big stocks so they can have a basis to extend the civil war in the country but here they think it and after that they use the people way of cement going from one told to another creating problem for went on to another but not able to destabilize all the country at the same time. and i know it's too late they will fade thank you very much for joining us. all over. the first. game. wealthy british style sign. on the title. market why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's concert for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into cars a report on. whether you die from high or to the depths to. catch the power of the wind. or drift in the beauty of the currents. being well prepared is a must and if you're lucky. you'll never forget your experience only nice them a scream that's goi

the political capital of the emirates. a city literally perched on top of the country's oil.rakes in $9 billion a month in cash. a crash that left some of the famous manmade islands empty. real estate prices are 60% lower than two years ago and one of two homes are empty. according to an expert, he has spent the last decade living and working in dubai. >> clearly they need support and they needed support in 2009 when abu dhabi bailed them out. >> reporter: that bailout meant a loss of political power for shaikh mohammed. even the name of the dubai named after the ruler of abu dhabi. sheikh mow happened's cabinet meetings are in abu dhabi. the one we sat in on was about the budget which is now posted online. a move to transparency that resonates with some students in the midst of revolution, like egypt. monica is egyptian and a senior at the american university of dubai. >> the emirates should be a role model for our country and the way it is ruled. >> reporter: but it's not that simple. >> they have been the front-runner in terms of freedom of the press in the region and rela

making big problems trying to create islamic emirates on the border first in jordan. and various people. some of them to to me to fighting groups and. coordination with the political opposition. to this country a very. long history of the position between sparty and the muesli brotherhood so no reason i didn't speak to in this. groups coming from abroad so that's why these groups come in. because be of some support and inside the population begin. in subversion but they find a support inside become real. difficult to gnaw away for and be support if it's because people is ready to use any means to reverse for government or if it's. for some ideological reasons and if you were muslim brothers they said the very reverse. the president bashar less said not because they want their work received but because he's a low weight so it could be the beginning of a religious war inside the country three of described as a country on the brink of civil war do you think the situation is actually there yet we have seen the beginning of a sea would war in some places especially in by t

the political capital of the emirates. a city literally perched on top of the country's oil.habi rakes in $9 billion a month in cash. a crash that left some of the famous manmade islands empty. real estate prices are 60% lower than two years ago and one of two homes are empty. according to an expert, he has spent the last decade living and working in dubai. >> clearly they need support and they needed support in 2009 when abu dhabi bailed them out. >> reporter: that bailout meant a loss of political power for shaikh mohammed. even the name of the dubai named after the ruler of abu dhabi. sheikh mow happened's cabinet meetings are in abu dhabi. the one we sat in on was about the budget which is now posted online. a move to transparency that resonates with some students in the midst of revolution, like egypt. monica is egyptian and a senior at the american university of dubai. >> the emirates should be a role model for our country and the way it is ruled. >> reporter: but it's not that simple. >> they have been the front-runner in terms of freedom of the press in the region and

. >> we will see what happens in the united arab emirates and the rest of the middle east in 2012, butnd biggest story of 2011, the death of bin laden. the terror mastermind of the 9/11 attacks of course, and the blood of thousands of american lives on his hands. bin laden had eluded justice for years, that is, until may 1st when the navy s.e.a.l.s elite team six tracked him down in islamabad, pakistan and killed him. the navy s.e.a.l. takes us through his own words of how the group took out the most wanted man on earth. and he talks about the choppers approaching the compound, and remember, this all unfolded as break-neck speed. >> the helicopters went into a hover to provide sniper cover throughout the entire compound. the lead helicopter landed successfully on the roof of ben laden's residence, and then it happens as fast as it takes me to tell you. the doors came back and the s.e.a.l.s jumped on to the back door, and then on to the roof of the terrace and from there the sliding glass doors were open and surged down the hallway, and bin laden's head body guard, his son, 21 years old

. >>> this fireworks display went down tonight in the united arab emirates.s the july 4th for the uae, home of dubai, abu dhabi and the world's tallest building and the emirates is really young, only 40 years as a country. and they want to be a big ally of the usa. take a look at this ad that they took out in the "new york times" today. it was four pages in "the new york times" and last night in washington the power elite were at a uae hosted party. they have nuclear power, they're about 150 miles from iran, they sent planes to help the u.s. enforce the no fly zone in libya and they sit on 10% of the world's oil. >> well apart from being a strategic ally in terms of regional security, uae also is the largest export partner in the middle east for the u.s. and the largest export partner on a per capita basis worldwide, and clearly that positions uae very strategically for the u.s. and bilateral relationships have been pretty strong for decades now. >> so it could be a biggest ally in the region but the uae does have some problems. dubai is still climbing out of

this is the united arab emirates and the man who built its crowned jewel, dubai, is still at the helm. a dream of skyscrapers where 40 years ago there were literally sand do you knows, tents, and small efforts. now the world's tallest building rises from the desert. the center of the city. and the backdrop for the rich and famous, including tom cruise and his stunt move for the latest movie, "mission impossible" he dangled 153 stories in the air. this city is a haven for people seeking escape. judy is a student from syria. >> living here alone, i never feel unsafe, uncomfortable of living here. >> reporter: even the ruler still walks without a security detail. dubai is diverse. 85% of the people who live here are and people from 200 countries pass through so far, though, there's been no suicide in the city. >> are you worried that extremists, someone would want to target with a terrorist act, women can wear bic kind knees in the middle east? >> that has not been a problem for us. they are living together and have an interest to come here so they work and sent home some money and they

. >> we will see what happens in the united arab emirates and the rest of the middle east in 2012, but biggest story of 2011, the death of bin laden. the terror mastermind of the 9/11 attacks of course, and the blood of thousands of american lives on his hands. bin laden had eluded justice for years, that is, until may 1st when the navy s.e.a.l.s elite team six tracked him down in islamabad, pakistan and killed him. the navy s.e.a.l. takes us through his own words of how the group took out the most wanted man on earth. and he talks about the choppers approaching the compound, and remember, this all unfolded as break-neck speed. >> the helicopters went into a hover to provide sniper cover throughout the entire compound. the lead helicopter landed successfully on the roof of ben laden's residence, and then it happens as fast as it takes me to tell you. the doors came back and the s.e.a.l.s jumped on to the back door, and then on to the roof of the terrace and from there the sliding glass doors were open and surged down the hallway, and bin laden's head bodyguard, his son, 21 years old, b

defectors who are arm lie outside followers did these outside followers are basically from qatar and the emirates believe the arab league which is now controlled by the g.c.c. they go to cooperation. themselves in this case we still don't know what are they going to dress to gauge and need to cool truly to command center. set up directly in the you near the border between sure you keep it and syria in the skin in the room which is very across the border basically from listening to our spin are you going to investigate that you are really going to hurt us to get into shipment then smuggling weapons to fire at the jordanian syrian border we still don't know but it's a tall order for the arab league season there these are not exactly democracies they're investigating one of their all but they're also implicated in the whole big picture russia's prime minister vladimir putin approach pledges to ensure a transparent and fair presidential race in march two thousand and twelve as announcement comes amid a reshuffle at the top with a leading kremlin strategist taking up a new post in the government. repo

it's all are armed by outside powers then these outside borrowers are basically from qatar and the emirates and we all the arab league which is now called to all the way did she see the gulf cooperation council interesting get themselves in this case we still don't know are they going to investigate the need to call truly call and senator said out in the near the border between turkey and syria in the skin there room which is very across the border basically from aleppo let's see two hours are you going to investigate that you are really going to hurt us against shipment smuggling weapons by the journey in syria on board we still don't look good it's a tall order for the area each call caesar in that these are no it is directly democracies they are investigating one of their all but they're also implicated in the whole big picture. pepe escobar they talk to me but with the claim that the syrian opposition is being backed by extremist fighters is shared by foreign journalists working on the ground and later this hour we hear from a french reporter who exposed the unrest through eyewitnesses.

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. >>> this fireworks display went down tonight in the united arab emirates. it was the july 4th for the uae, home of dubai, abu dhabi and the world's tallest building and the emirates is really young, only 40 years as a country. and they want to be a big ally of the usa. take a look at this ad that they took out in the "new york times" today. it was four pages in "the new york times" and last night in washington the power elite were at a uae hosted party. the uae is in a power position right now. they have nuclear power, they're about 150 miles from iran, they sent planes to help the u.s. enforce the no fly zone in libya and they sit on 10% of the world's oil. >> well apart from being a strategic ally in terms of regional security, uae also is the largest export partner in the middle east for the u.s. and the largest export partner on a per capita basis worldwide, and clearly that positions uae very strategically for the u.s. and bilateral relationships have been pretty strong for decades now. >> so it could be a biggest ally in the region but the uae does ha

talk to will tell you the human species and its impact on the climate have become the equivalent of emir of striking the planet similar to the one that wiped out the dinosaurs. any biologist will tell you we are already on the way to losing massive numbers of species on the planet. you can see it happening all around us. that brings us to key species. these are threatened and endangered species because they are hanging on by their toenails. they are not thriving. [tone!] with the global warming problems coming into the coast line especially with a berm artificially holding seawater in when it floods, the golf course is an anvil. the species are on that. the climate humans and induced are the hammer striking and will. we should restore it to the natural habitat without a golf course. -- striking the anvil. >> are there any other members of the public who would like to comment? now is the time. see no one come forward, i will close public comment. i would like to thank all of them members of the public on all sides of the issue for being here and spending most of your day to be here. clear

as the united spring had an impact on the united arab emirates where you are in dubai?eresting. obviously these gulf states are different than some of the places where you have seen upri upuprisings. they have a lot of money. right here in the united ar edd emirat emirates, last week was their 40th anniversary. they are very young. they doubled the wages for workers. they say they are doing that to keep people happy and prevent uprising and protest here. shaykh mohamed says that is not the case. but it is a fascinating topic and there were five men who who is dubbed the uae five, who were jailed foregoing on blogs, talking about wanting democracy under this shaykh-ruled kingdom. which is now it is. p is ruled by two ruling families. i talked to him tonight. a telecom engineer. and he was talking about how he thought the uae is ready for full democracy. which is something the leaders of this country don't agree with. we had a very frank discussion. and it is coming up tonight with shaykh mohamed. >> out front in the united arab emirates, tonight, 7 p.m. eastern, live in

in dubai, united arab emirates.p there service elevator. >> that one was after we finished shooting all the exterior, the shots we shot in i max on the building. and i went with the guy, the stunt coordinator we climbed up from the inside from from the inside of what appears to be this vertical tunnel. >> there was a small ladder and it took a couple howevers well. started at about 4 in the morning and got there by about sunup. >> dave: in the movie when we see you, here is the building and here are you running along like that. >> uh-huh. >> dave: it's fly like. >> yeah. >> dave: how high off the ground when are you doing this. >> high, very high like i don't know -- >> 50 floors --00 floors. >> i think a at that time 140 floor, something like that so it's about-- it's high. >> dave: i got an idea for a script very similar to this. >> i didn't look down. >> dave: it was all in the lobby. (laughter) and then we see you just whooo, whooo. now is-- do you have a net do you have a harness a parachute when are you doing

when we were pulling in the use of social media, we polled arabs in the emirates.en we pulled on the iraq attitudes, we polled arabs in the emirates and when we polled on this week polled just the iraqi survey actually polled everybody but we segmented out and moradi's from the larger public so i think you are right. if we had polled everyone the satisfaction levels would have been very different but when you talk about emirates period, satisfaction is high. >> maybe it's not surprising that the other part of the question was what is less understandable to me because, is why the saudi's expressing such dissatisfaction so wide is true that i don't think there are many unemployed in the emirates in the country. because there are so few of them to begin with but there is a high-level of unemployment in saudi arabia. >> i did a poll in saudi arabia, a massive poll we actually did from mckinsey and i think that the reports of saudi unemployment are misleading. for example, we will get a 30 something% unemployed but many of them are students and loved, if after you have

it's located in the persian gulf near saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. this year, oman celebrates its 40th year under the leadership of the sultan who has guided the country from its recent and straggling past into a true renaissance and the modern company that oman -- the modern country oman is today. "this is america" visits oman. >> "this is america" is made possible by the national education association, the nation's largest advocate for children and public education. the american federation of teachers, a union of professionals. the league of arab states -- representing 350 million people in 22 member countries. the rotondaro family trust. the ctc foundation. afo communications. and the american life tv network. >> we are in moscow, oman -- we are in muscat, oman. behind me is the palace of the sultan who is responsible for the renaissance of this country and the last 40 years. this is his home and he is at the heart of this jewel of the country in the middle east. two of oman's leaders talk about the 40th anniversary of the rule of the sultan and t

united arab emirates airline etihad is increasing its stake in germany's number two carrier air berlin. they have pledged to invest millions of dollars in the next few years to support growth. >> the cash injection could not have come at a better time for the ceo of berlin. it gives him more time to restructure the ailing carrier. in berlin has suffered losses for the last three years -- air berlin has suffered losses for the last three years. air berlin will be able to use etihad's hub for long-haul flights. >> this deal is a beacon in the history of aviation and air travel. >> yesterday in germany, we were a minor player in regard to our net worth. today, with air berlin, as we start to integrate, we have now a considerable network in europe as they do in the are part of the world. >> with their cooperation, they are throwing down the gauntlet to germany's biggest airline, lufthansa. the flagship carrier's extensive long-haul network had given it an edge at home. the concept is now likely to face stiffer competition from -- lufthansa is now likely to face stiffer competition. >> the

and i had the privilege of being able to address a meeting called by the emir of kwon do in our room that felt like it was about 120 degrees where the entire leadership from northwestern nigeria was there and win the emir said please cooperate with the polio vaccination campaign, that message went from the emir to the district heads to the village heads. it's an extraordinary reach. just on the funding we certainly strongly support the president's request of 691 million for pmi and 1.3 billion for global fund. the math here is grim but inescapable. for every 50 million-dollar cut under the 2011 levels, that means 1 million fewer of bed nets distributed and 2.5 million combination therapies. >> thank you. >> i would concur with my panelists that the funding requests from the pmi should indeed be met as best as possible. i think we also need to think tangentially about funding efforts that will improve malaria treatment and so i will refer to the remarks i made before about usaid funding and their -- extremely important role in the confidence to help the medical authorities in this cou

even the taliban denied involvement, saying in an e-mail, the islamic emirates will not permit anyone to kill people on behalf of religion, ethnicity or tribal affiliation. president karzai in germany for a conference on the future of afghanistan spoke about the violence today. >> this is the first time that on such an important date in afghanistan that terrorism of that horrible nature is taking place. >> reporter: late today, a sunni militant group based in pakistan claimed responsibility for the attacks. as afghanistan counted its dead, one shiite cleric said, we will never forget. today's bombings dealt a heavy blow in an already war-torn country. some fear that this sectarian attack today will lead to a new wave of violence and retaliation. brian? >> nbc's atia abawi at our bureau in kabul. atia, thanks. >>> nbc news has learned more about the story we first reported here last night about the unmanned drone that crashed in iran. u.s. officials tell our own jim miklaszewski at the pentagon that the cia had used this sophisticated stealth drone in the past to spy on iran's nuclear

islamic emirates one of the border first in nevada. and various people. recruits some of them to to make bigger fighting groups and. call the nation with a political opposition to this country a very. long history of the position between the bass party and we mostly brotherhood so no reason that i didn't speak to in this. groups coming from abroad so that's why these groups come in go quite everywhere because we have some support now inside the population begin by. frayne subversion but they find a support inside the country. in the difficult to know why they find the support if it's because people is ready to use any means to reverse the government or if it's. for some ideological reasons and if you were muslim brothers they said the very reverse. prism bashar said not because they want democracy but because he's. so it could be the beginning of. a use war inside the country three described as a country on the brink of civil war do you think the situation is actually there yet we have seen the beginning of a civil war in some places especially in by in y

in libya when they create an islamic emirate. because he became rate in libya and in syria. they have a lot of weapons from the beginning because they seized from the army not to leave . the smuggling and over you know but they are very big stocks so they can have a basis to extend the civil war in the country but here they think it and after that they use the people way of scent going from one told to another creating problem for one tone to another but not able to destabilize all the country at the same time. and i know it's too late they will fade thank you very much for joining us. in the motion to me soon which brightened if you knew about song from feinstein pression some. news for instance on t.v. dot com. i think it's. obvious. from. use. the book. testimony. to the future for its technology innovation all the news developments from around russia. today. flatow from these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada the future. our league observers head to syria's most turbulent city of homs to assess whether the government is keeping it send t

even the taliban denied involvement, saying in an e-mail, the islam rick emirates will not permit anyone to kill people on behalf of religion or tribal affiliation. president karzai in germany for a conference on the future of afghanistan spoke about the incidents. >> it's unfortunate that terrorism of that horrible nature is taking place. >> reporter: later, a group claimed responsibility for the attacks. and afghanistan counted its dead. one top shiite cleric said, we will never forget. today's bombings dealt a heavy blow in an already war-torn country. some fear this attack will lead to a new waive of violence and retaliation. >> atia abawi, thanks. >>> nbc news has learned more about the story we first reported here lasts night about the unmanned drone that crashed in iran. u.s. officials tell our own jim miklaszewski at the pentagon that the cia had used this sophisticated stealth zroen dro the past to spy on hezbollah training camps in iran. they would not describe the mission it was flying when it crashed last thursday. >>> in april of last year, 29 men died in the explosion of th

up and down argentina legendary go maradona faces a fine for insulting a fellow coach in the arab emirates but still wants to manage the national team. but start with tennis where this year's star novak djokovic has kickstarted his preparations for the fast approaching new season the top ranked serbian outmuscled france's feast at a year ending exhibition event in abu dhabi talk of asia seem to have put behind him any fatigue and open proceedings with a trademark back comes down the line around some of the rallies did look more like entertainment than competition but the match turned into a pitched battle with djokovic eventually gaining the upper hand next up for the world number one is third ranked roger federer who had received a buy into the semifinals talk about spearheads the six strong star studded lineup in abu dhabi as the twenty four year old aims to emulate this year's outstanding season so if you capture three grand slam titles and the record five masters tribes . before that came from behind to knock out another frenchman jungle fried tsonga the world number six was head and s

hoping for a move away from the emirates back to his former clubs any that this in pittsburgh have not expressed an interest in a move to angie is now more likely angie were taken over by billionaire sleeman cut him off at the start of the season and have signed cameroon star samuel two as well as brazil legend roberta carlos. actually now from i saw where scar some papers here scar five to moscow the wind extending scars the top of the western conference to twelve points and i had gone ahead three denny's part early on but that seemed to spark into life after that though it is being handled got a brace of his side scored four more times and even though passing got one back to the he got the final goal of the night by two to see the defeat least in eighth place in the western conference. now another russian sports minister vitaly moved call once a country sport federations to become more transparent as they prepare for next year's london olympics and their first ever home winter games in sochi in twenty fourteen the top official spoke at a meeting with the heads of the local sports med