to me sort of a small. >> george mitchell, who succeeded in northern ireland but who is leaving -- >> and who i believe is a towering figure, enormous talent and commitment. underlying his whole speech, and i thought the president did well on virtually all of that -- is the reality that the arab spring has occurred without the united states. this happened not because of us, not in spite of us, but quite apart from us. that is a difficult position for americans, and we're playing catch-up in much of this. bahrain -- colby mentioned to saudi arabia -- the bahrain insurrection was put down by saudi troops, and anytime saudi troops do something, there is the legitimate deception the that the united states is part of it. is important,nt that the arab spring happened without the u.s. there were no anti-american demonstrations or anti-israeli demonstrations. he hadn't walked up wh -- he handled it well, except for syria -- the idea of assad leading democratic reform is in st -- is insane. why would you create it as the focus of everything when you want to focus on the great occurrences and

for answers i turn to george mitchell. the administration's envoy to israel and palestinians until just this past friday. this is the senator's first interview since he stepped down. >> senator a huge flap has arisen over the word '67 in the speech by president obama. is the president signifying a major shift in u.s. policy? >> no, he wasn't. it was a significant statement. the president said the united states's commitment is unshakeable. and it is. the security cooperation is the best it's ever been. the president didn't say that israel has to go back to the '67 lines. he said with agreed swaps. these are significant. swaps mean an exchange of land, intended to accommodate major israeli population centers to be incorporated into israel and israel's security needs. agreed means through negotiations, both parties must agree. there's not going be a border unless israel agrees to it and we know they won't agree unless security is satisfied as it should be. the proposal was identical to the proposal made by the israeli prime m

about george mitchell's own frustrations within the administration.u have hamas, then you have the palestinian mainstream organization, fatah, talking to each other trying to move the peace process forward. you have egypt now talking to hamas as well. the administration saying this is a terrorist group. we don't think that any of this is progress. certainly seems as if the administration has been put in a position now where it doesn't really know what to do next or what kinds of steps are appropriate at this time. >> reporter: yeah, and how exactly to bring the key parties together given the added confusion you just mentioned. i mean, look -- it should be underscored that george mitchell has long been a public servant beyond the senate, spending many, many hours flying to northern ireland to broker that peace, and has spent many, many hours over the last two years flying back and forth to that region, as has secretary of state hillary clinton. so there's a commitment to try to get something done from this administration. nobody should misunderstand th

of course with the peace process, george mitchell's resignation and his envoy underscores how more abundant process seems. this is a hard place for the president to come and look at those numbers that you showed in the poll. across much of the mideast, favorability to the united states is 20% or more in that poll. why does that matter so much? it matters because there democratic movements and the rulers of the countries are having to pay a lot more attention to the attitudes on the streets they mean more today than they did a year ago. >> that young activist and blogger is smart for 24 years. one of the reasons we don't trust the united states is because you support one country, let's say bahrain that is a friend and they can have a crack down, but when someone else does it, it's bad. she called it hypocrisy. how does the president deal with that? >> that's another question. he is clearly used today to set it up and be tougher on syria. that removes some of the hypocrisy. i don't know how he comes up with a coherent plan. i think this is going to be difficult in the near term to generate ex

. >> rose: we continue with georg mitchell, the former envoy to the middle east for president obama and secretary of state clinton in his first extended interview since his resignation. >> it is very important that the arab countries in the region rise recognize that israel is there to stay and their best interest lie in a peace agreemt between israel and t palestinians which will permit a regional alliance to combat the threat from iran. >> rose: the arrestf mladic and george mitchell when we continue. who beats the odds and comes out on top. but this isn't just a hollywood storyline. it's happening every day, all across america. evertime a storefront opens. or the midnight oil is burned. or when someone chases a dream, not just a dollar. they are small business owners. so if yowanna root r a real hero, support small business. shop small. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: we learned early this morng that europe's most want fugitive has been captured. former serbian general ratko mladic was captured in an early

and there was a lot of hope here inside the white house that george mitchell could then bring that to israeli/palestinian peace process. and after two-and-a-half years, he seems to be frustrated about all of the travel back and forth with very few results. and so if you want a clear sign this process right now is going nowhere fast, look no further than the fact that george mitchell stepped aside. it's a really poor sign right now, randi. >> that doesn't sound good. ed henry staking out the white house for us, as always. thank you, ed. >>> well, a lot of people love that "like" button on facebook. but one mom takes her love to a whole new level. you are not going to believe this. that story is coming in 90 seconds. alcium c t adththod easy-to-swallow petes. with listerine® whitening plus restoring rinse. it's the only listerine® that gets teeth two shades whiter and makes tooth enamel two times stronger. get dual-action listerine® whitening rinse. building whiter, stronger teeth. >>> let's check on the latest headlines and stories you may have missed. the flooding from the mississippi

>>reporter: so messy that george mitchell has stepped down as the president's this eased on boy. >> ofs no such thing as a conflict that can't be solved. >>reporter: his exit raises questions about whether the president's speech will have much substance on the peace process after all. very talented guy with a lot of integrity, simply concluded that in the wake of a nonexistent piece from grass there was little reason for him to continue. if all the positive change in the mideast has been dubbed it the air of spring. aerobes said that as how pessimistic scientists could now become the arab winter. >>rob: she's done it before will soon find out of history will repeat itself when kron 4 news continues. one of the true contenders in the bay to breakers carried >>brian: producing rain some heavy rain, even thunderstorms i will let you know more about it coming up. 99 years of running the race, she was 11 years old when she won the race and then one and again the next year and hereafter. 37 years after her first win she is back and still a contender. >> will jog around the track nice and eas

george mitchell, the special enjoy at least a few days ago is in the audience over there at the stateto listen to the president of the united states. a lot of us read his little brief, terse resignation letter, ed, and assumed he was just throwing his hands up in the air and saying, you know what? this is not happening, i'm out of here. what are white house officials saying? >> reporter: well, this is an intriguing bit, you're absolutely right. some people inside and outside the situation tell me as they read the tea leaves george mitchell was one of the people inside the administration calling for some sort of obama plan, the idea being that the president in this speech or other speeches should lay out a specific detailed approach to getting the mideast peace process going again. white house thus far has rejected that idea, obviously. and so if you read the tea leaves, the fact that george mitchell essentially ran out last friday right before this speech certainly suggests that this president is not going to get too detailed in this speech today at the state department about how to m

. >>> we are at a stalemate in peace talks but george mitchell resigned as u.s. envoy to the middle east. he is stepping down for personal reasons. he has been on that job for two years. >> texas congressman ron paul has added his name to the list of 2012 presidential candidates. >> i am once again able to say that i am a candidate for the presidency for the republican party primary. [ applause ] >> paul says he felt pushed into declaring after feeling the energy from supporters. they gave him more than a million dollars last week for his exploratory committee ee. >> the bay to breakers tiax place this sunday. with this milestone comes changes, no floats and hopefully no damage to property owners. >> definitely. there was a huge amount of damage. we had to completely replant our front yard. >> hundreds of people got went through the front yard. her neighbor was having a party. >> there i got out and there were ten people waiting for the restroom and i had no idea who they were. >> just imagine, as they did he send on the neighborhood. incidents like this and comp

meet with israel's prime minister, his chief representative to the middle east, former senator george mitchell, said today he's quitting the job. mitchell, you'll recall, managed to broker peace in northern ireland. he investigated the steroids scandal in baseball, but a lasting peace between israelis and palestinians? after two years of trying, he's decided it's time to move on. >>> there is news tonight about a problem destroying lives and getting worse in this country, and various states across the country are trying to figure out how to get it under control. the problem is meth labs. while some say it didn't go far enough, the state with the worst problem, tennessee, has agreed on a compromise they're willing to try at least for now and hope it helps. our report from mark potter. >> reporter: at a mobile home near a high school in tennessee, investigators say they have uncovered two methamphetamine labs. >> they can smoke it, eat it, inject it. >> reporter: down the road, they also clean up the remnants of a third lab. >> you have got to have sudafed rn to make meth. >> reporter: authoriti

engage on a peace process between palestinians and israelis, the special envoy to the region, george mitchell, stepping down and the prime minister of israel coming to america to give a speech. a lot of these things coming together, and the president wants to really put a frame around it. >> talk to me about the timing of that, what we just talked about, of george mitchell stepping down the same day ares basically, that the president is supposed to meet with the israeli prime minister. is that going to affect this whole peace process at all? >> there's not much question about the fact that it's been a tough go here, in terms of the administration trying to forge a basis for a real peace process to move forward. the palestinians are divided in their own leadership. there's been a rather icy relationship between this administration and the israeli government. somehow getting there, getting to a real peace process is one that's again very difficult. you can be seen trying to do something, but if there's no real ground game for it to begin, then you're not going to get very far. again, this is a

ed, a lot of people are trying to figure out the timing of george mitchell's decision to resign as thecal speech and important meetings the president is having. >> that's right. it may provide a clue about how much detail we will get from the president thursday. in this big speech about what has been happening with the arab spring and specifically what is going on with the -- with the mideast peace process. i'm told by people close to the administration george mitchel and private was one of those folks pushing for the president to be more detailed and lay down some sort of an obama plan of getting specific about boarders and other issues in terms of trying goat the peace process going again. a lot of people in town are reading the tea leaves and with george mitchell's exit suggesting that come thursday, we are unlikely to get a lot of details from the president about the peace process and today when he gave those statements, he and the king of jordan delivered statements to the media. it was very light on details in terms of the peace process will there be more specific details on thur

special envoy to the middle east george mitchell is to resign. he has led the failed effort to restart direct negotiations between israel and the palestinians for the past two years. his departure coincides with the announcement that mr. obama will give a long-awaited speech on the middle east next thursday. a 62-year-old british woman has been beheaded in a apparently random attack in a shop. spanish officials say the attack took place in the south of the island. the man believed to be a homeless bull garr yan has been arrested. daniel griffiths has more. >> the attack happened in broad daylight in this shopping center. shocked onlookers watched as the police carry out the gruesome task of removing the body. according to eyewitnesses, the man is reported to have walked into the shop, seized a knife, and decapitated the 62-year-old woman. this local counselor said there was no obvious motive for the attack. he says after the incident, the man went outside where he was wrestled to the ground and arrested. the suspect is thought to be a homeless bu

we saw today that george mitchell is leaving after two years. does it feel like we're stuck? >> i think in egypt and tunisia , what we saw is the protesters got rid of the dictator but not the addict atorship. and the truth is it takes a long time to do the kinds of reforms to have a real revolution, if um. so far it's been a revolt, not a revolution. in my time in egypt it was astounding how much had changed and how difficult they were finding it to make real reforms. they made more aeau -- amendments to the already overamended constitution in an effort by mubarak to keep his sop in power. and then if gaddafi goes -- >> that's a big if and it's not a strategically vital place to the united states. but when you look back at january and february i think there was a how much amount of enthusiasm. a tremendous amount was about to change. that's not usually the way revolutions go. i ran into henry kissinger today, the grand sage of american foreign policy. he was making the point and he's made it many times in recent weeks that the people who start revolutions are rarely the peop

official that george mitchell, the special mideast envoy, is going to be stepping down. it seems like awful timing to say the least, but it also raises real sharp questions about whether there's any progress for the white house to hang its hat on at all. if george mitchell felt like they were close to any kind of a peace deal he would not be stepping down right now, randi. >> that certainly appears to be true. what about ousted egyptian president hosni mubarak. he was supposed to be a key figure in these peace talks. do we know how much his lack of participation has hurt the process? >> reporter: that is a great point to raise, because the last time this president was really publicly actively engaged in the peace process was last september here at the white house. he brought the zerisraelis and palestinians together. but right in the center of that photo was then-president mubarak. he's now obviously long gone as president of egypt. we've heard for years and years that he was one of the pillars in terms of bringing stability to the region, bringing the parties together.

envoy to the middle east is stepping down after only two years in the role george mitchell that displaying his decision by a growing frustration over the impasse in talks between israel and the palestinians accepting the resignation president obama called him quote a tireless advocate for peace which also helped broker an accord with northern ireland in the late night. now with the u.s. debt ceiling a radio staggering high almost half of america is now refusing to buy their proposals to raise it still further and while the government struggles for a compromise our own resident new yorker laurie hartness asked people in the big apple what they would. if the us stops borrowing money it could negatively affect the whole world economy if it continues to borrow money it could accumulate a burden to have it to carry so as the us best approaches the debt ceiling over fourteen trillion dollars that congress just put into place in two thousand and ten should it consider raising that that feeling even more this week let's talk about that do you think they should raise the debt limit again i'm not su

middle east envoy is stepping down after two years on the job george mitchell decided to leave after growing frustrated over the impasse in talks between israel and the palestinians according to the resignation president obama called him a tireless advocate for peace senator mitchell also helped broker an accord in northern ireland in the late ninety's. we invite you now want to trip across russia where you can stay just where just as you are though as our close up team brings you the most exciting stories of life in the world biggest country. and today we continue exploring the volgograd region in russia's south it's along the banks of the older river the longest in europe it also gives the area its name the rivers played an important role in the life of the russian people and in the country folklore it's known as mother volga archy's tom barton explains why the giant waterway is so precious to the russian heart and its pocketbook. it runs deep through the russian soul it does provide inspiration for songs and poems and is the country's main north south functionary and decades ago s

and an exclusive interview with the president's former middle east envoy, george mitchell. it's his first since leaving office. why did he walk away from negotiations? >>> meanwhile overseas, a woman in saudi arabia has been detained after she posted a cell phone video on youtube showing herself driving. the kingdom's strict religious rules ban women from getting behind the wheel. the woman and her supporters say it's a matter of safety that women should be permitted to drive in case they have to get somewhere in an emergency. >>> heavy rains triggered a devastating land slide in malaysia, burying an orphanage and as many as 20 children. rescuers have been using their hands to dig through the mud. five people have been found dead. >>> a startling claim from iran tonight. the country's intelligence ministry says it's arrested 30 people on charges of spying for the united states. the report could not be independently confirmed, but the allegation might complicate efforts to free those two american hikers held since 2009 on spying charges. their mothers began a hunger strike t

george mitchell resigned for the simple reason that obama was not really going after anything concrete on the table and he has not offered anything concrete and obama's later we're here to speak to a gathering of israeli lobby in the u.s. it's head we send an e-mail to delegates not to who president that is that some of that signify about our policies of affected the region you think. we may have lost the line of them clearly. i can hear you now but i lost the last i'm going to say barbers later on to speak to a park is gathering of pro israeli lobbyists in the us now we're hearing that it's had sent an e-mail to delegates the delegates going to that meeting not to boo president obama what does that signify about obama's policies affect the region you think. one of the actually the neo cons actually got it right this morning when this said the point of the speech is not actually is to convince american audiences barack obama's goal his right now is the two thousand and twelve elections so this speech is not really about the middle east the two billion dollars is is is small change in t

another home favorite leaving home crying arrangement there were the song paul number two no doubt george mitchell has just come on the way against victor and it's very early in the first set back in this one one. meanwhile williams world number one caroline wozniacki is also through her top a strong sense of victory. again taking control by winning the open sense that spring before wrapping it up in a time breaking the second six three. seven saints was announced the remains i'm trying to move across the street from entry level stall and her career. just one matches a time we have to see how it's going to happen. and i think i've done great results on clay so far this year. i'm feeling comfortable confident on the clay so we'll just see her next match will be another tough one. for. you all the two thousand and nine roland garros champions would want to. remain an open and six one six one to score and not one of the struggled running from the all for an encounter are going to get any younger age russian resing out in straight on to save polishing gold want her encounter against germany's want to

. >> george: george mitchell hot spots for this commute, we will start at the bay bridge westbound all back up or delays, meter lights not active. san mateo bridge looks good lighter than usual here, windy advisory as are cancelled, the golden gate bridge ride problem free for marin county. 6:09 a.m. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. . [ coach ] in albuquerque, citi pre-approved my mortgage. [ whistle blows ] all right, layups, guys. let's go. in sioux falls, i locked in a rate. coach, you get that house yet? working on it. [ coach ] the appraisal? ...springfield. wherever i was, my citi mortgage consultant had me covered. [ crowd cheering ] and 500 miles from home... [ cheering, cellphone beeps ] ...we finally had a new home. [ male announcer ] from pre-approval to closing, citi is with you every step of the way. what's your story? citi can help you write it. >> darya: the national average has gone to $3.96 a gallon. lets take a look at our aunaverage gs prices. san francisco $4.32, oakland $4.26, san jose $4.27. they are sa

middle east envoy is stepping down after two years out of the job senator george mitchell reportedly resigning for personal reasons this comes amid growing frustration at the talks between israel and palestinians accepting the resignation president obama called him a tireless advocate for peace mitchell also helped broker a peace accord in northern ireland in the late ninety's. with the us debt ceiling already at a staggering high almost half of americans are now refusing to buy proposals to raise it further still while the government is struggling for a compromise or resident in new york laurie her finest asked people in the big apple what they would do. if the us stops borrowing money it could negatively affect the whole world economy if it continues to borrow money equally cumulate a burden that's too heavy to carry so as the us best approaches the debt ceiling of over fourteen trillion dollars that congress just put into place in two thousand and ten should it can fit or phrasing that that feeling even more this week let's talk about that do you think they should raise the debt l

envoy to the middle east is stepping down after two years on the job senator george mitchell is reportedly resigning for personal reasons this comes amid growing frustration at the talks between israel and palestinians accepting the resignation president obama called him a tireless advocate for peace mitchell also helped broker in a quarter northern ireland in the late ninety's. with the u.s. debt ceiling already at a staggering high almost half of america is now refusing to buy the proposals to raise it further but the government struggles for a compromise our resident in new york laurie harford has asked people on the streets of new york what they would do. if the u.s. sparing money it could negatively affect the whole world economy if it continues to borrow money it could accumulate a burden to have it carry so as the u.s. fast approaches the debt ceiling over fourteen trillion dollars that congress just put into place in two thousand and ten should it can it or raising that that feeling even more this week let's talk about that do you think these did raise the debt limit again i'm not

meanwhile no stopping no but george mitchell the man stood this season the service blows and i'm going to get more bilious as all time record winning streak of forty six matches posting his thirty nine big trade in a row of dull shot by the joker for the second time monthly and losing his cool consecutive moss the spinal to the relatively easy six four six for school i'm as into the doll struggles as the spaniard is no longer considered the favorite ahead of the rules when he's won five times djokovic meanwhile showed no signs of fatigue as he claimed his seven titles when he eleven low rich. goals k.j. choi held on to the failed and the weather on his way to clinching the players' championship trophy and pocketing some one point seven million dollars in the process sunday schedule included both the third and fourth round action after severe rain had caused a lengthy delay the day before propelling himself into the driving seat on thirteen as we moved within one shot of the leading debut. south korean born to have following this birdie on the seventeenth. however tom stayed in touch lo

george mitchell, the middle east negotiator has quit. so one argument would be why take the political heat to launch something now that's not going to go anywhere? that said, the president is under a lot of pressure from saudi arabia and jordan to do something. the region is in turmoil, so he did take one new step. he explicitly called on israel to withdraw to it original borders before it won the 1967 war or give up some of their land in exchange. land swaps have been suggested before, but not those explicit borders. the president did pledge to do something and offered to oppose efforts in the u.n. that would recognize palestine as a country next fall. that's something israel does want. he pushed it along a little bit. he didn't go as far as people in the region certainly would like. >> richard, you and i were e-mailing back and forth last night. we have been in the situation, not knowing quite where to be for the next pot to boil over, and yet the one unifying theory is so much attention will now be focused on israel, correct? >> repor

middle east envoy senator george mitchell stepping down after two years on the job he's reportedly resigning for personal reasons this comes amid growing frustration at the talks between israel and palestinians accepting the resignation president obama called mitchell a tireless advocate for peace he also helped broker in a court of northern ireland in the late ninety's. we now invite you want to trip across russia but you don't have to pack your bags just join a close up team as we bring you the most exciting stories are rife in the world's biggest country. today we continue exploring the volgograd a region in the south of russia it lies along the banks of the volga river the longest in europe but also gave the area its name the river played an important role in the life of the russian people and in known is known in the country's folklore as mother of older artie's tom barton explains why the giant waterway is so precious to the russian heart and economy. the mighty bold that runs deep in the ocean so it has provided inspiration for songs and poems just the country's main north south centr

special middle east envoy george mitchell resign only two days later sunday on the sixty third anniversary of israel's creation ready demonstrations made their way to israel's borders commemorating with the arab world refers to as the. which translates into catastrophe the founding of the jewish state tens of thousands of protesters clashed with the israeli military and at least fifteen protesters have been killed at the israeli borders of palestine syria and lebanon israel has got a tough response to any more of what they are calling incursions and are blaming syria and iran for the clashes with this talk about these developments and what they mean for the future. of the middle east and u.s. involvement in the region are dr marc open director of the center on religion diplomacy and conflict resolution and. mason university's institute for conflict analysis and resolution and author of healing the heart of conflict also joined us an adulterer an award winning like for an author of witness in palestine a jewish american woman in the occupied territories thanks so much for joining us tonight

. >>> president obama's mideast pies envoy george mitchell is stepping down. he spent the last two years trying to press israel and the palestinian bid to negotiations. his resignation will be effective may 20, the same day israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu visits the white house. >>> the majority of investors believes the government will have to raise taxes to cut the u.s. deficit, according to a new bloomberg poll. this week, president obama answered viewers' questions about the economy during a town hall meeting you may have seen here on cbs. six out of ten investors surveyed believe the president and congress will not reach a deal to cut the deficit by the start of the new fiscal year, which is october 1. >>> california, of course, struggles with its own budget shortfall. teachers and students from around the bay area rallied for an end to cuts in education. n]♪ >> they say it is an uphill battle, though, $18 billion in education last year. but with the state in such dire straits, no one knows where the money will come from. clearly it's an emotion

special convoy george mitchell resigned. to forge a peace deal. >>> we're learning exactly what drivers will experience when construction enters the next phase. >>> big changes to the eastern span of the bay bridge are coming in a few weeks. ktvu's mike mibach got a behind the scenes tour to show us how it will affect drivers. >> reporter: the new eastern span, the signature tower. >> i think it's an amazing engineering feat. >> reporter: the pieces are falling into place. >> terribly, terribly, terribly cool. >> reporter: cool but not quite complete. in order to get there -- >> what we're doing is we're going to be shifting traffic coming off the bay bridge in oakland and coming to the south. >> reporter: the trucks are here and the paving is going on. this is an up close look at the new interstate 80 set to open in just a couple of weeks. >> whenever you make a change to the bay bridge alignment because it's been here for almost eight decades, you've got to be very careful about it. >> reporter: here's what the drive looke

special convoy george mitchell resigned.ad been unable to forge a peace deal. >>> we're learning exactly what drivers will experience when construction enters the next phase. >>> and that all important week end forecast. chief meteorologist bill martin is tracking rain. when it will get here and how it will impact your weekend. >>> big changes to the eastern span of the bay bridge are coming in a few weeks. ktvu's mike mibach got a behind the scenes tour to show us how it will affect drivers. >> reporter: the new eastern span, the signature tower. >> i think it's an amazing engineering feat. >> reporter: the pieces are falling into place. >> terribly, terribly, terribly cool. >> reporter: cool but not quite complete. in order to get there -- >> what we're doing is we're going to be shifting traffic coming off the bay bridge in oakland and coming to the south. >> reporter: the trucks are here and the paving is going on. this is an up close look at the new interstate 80 set to open in just a couple of weeks. >> whenever you ma

bottom line, when you add in the fact that george mitchell, the president's mideast envoy, abruptly stepped down last friday. all signs point to a continued stalemate. unlikely that anything the president says today that angers or pleases either side in these peace talks is going to make a huge difference. they are hopelessly stalled right now, carol. >> ed henry live at the white house. thank you. let's find out what people in the middle east and north africa are expecting. cnn on the streets of benghazi libya and also egypt, which faces an economic crisis. first, the word from israel. >> reporter: i'm kevin flower in jerusalem where israelis listening to president obama's speech today will be looking to hear words of assurance about the maintenance of the close security relationship between the two countries and support for the israeli government's opposition to palestinian plans to win u.n. recognition of a palestinian state in september. for their part, they are looking to hear serious words of encouragement for the establishment of that independent state. they would like to hear the u.

it's the white house trying to put ever more pressure on gadhafi, t.j. >> george mitchell stepping down king of jordan, friday with the israeli prime minister, and chief envoy resigning today. basically, a lot of people close to him say that he's tired and has been at this for more than two years. a problem for this president, well, that's understandable, is that it suggests that there is very little, if any, momentum. it's a big problem for them. >> ed henry for us at the white house. >>> next, let's turn to a tough new immigration law signed into law today in georgia. it's modeled after the controversial law out in arizona. gustavo is here. very similar but different between the one in arizona and georgia? >> well, very close. the governor made good on one of his campaign promises, one of the toughest anti-legal immigration laws in the country. similar to arizona, which allows the police certain powers to inquire about the legal status of people during the process of a criminal investigation. it also punishes those who force illegal immigrant and businesses to participate on a federal

. >> reporter: so messy that george mitchell has now abruptly stepped down as the mid-east enjoy. >> there is no such thing as a conflict that cannot be ended. >> reporter: mitchell to great fan fair, his exit raises questions about whether the president's speech will have much substance on the peace process after all. >> very talented guy with a lot of integrity and there was very little reason for him to continue. >> it's interesting, the president has put out a statement allotting george mitchell to only be on the job for two years and leaves behind a legacy. saying it's being known as the arab spring, all of the uprising. given the pessimism building in the region in some cases, it could be known as the arab winter, wolf. >> the timing of this decision is going to raise a lot of questions, as you point out. coming on the eve, just before the president's big speech next week. his meetings with these middle eastern leaders will continue to work the story. ed, thanks very much. there's growing concern within the obama administration about serious crackdown on anti-government protest

tune into abc's "this week" later this morning for more of christiane's exclusive interview with george mitchellnd king abdullah of jordan. dan? >> thanks, bianna. >>> now to the latest on the sexual assault charges for the man who was once thought to be a possible next president of france. dominique strauss-kahn spent his second night holed up in a tightly secured new york city apartment after being released on bail. his wealthy wife has been standing behind him even as new allegations come out. our linsey davis is in lower manhattan this morning. good morning to you. tell us about any new details coming out about the house arrest situation. >> reporter: good morning to you, dan. dominique strauss-kahn is only allowed to leave this building for very specific reasons. but it's likely in the next day or two he'll be leaving this building for good. the reason, his time here was always limited to three or four days, and he arrived here on friday. now, one of the renters inside said he wasn't told ahead of time that strauss-kahn was staying here but he was assured by the building that he'll be out e

one is that while we've been speaking and meeting here, george mitchell, the president's envoy for the middle east peace process of which there really isn't a process, there's a diplomatic process has tended his resignation in the last hour. this year is also, indeed next week, will be the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the -- but it's also the 40th anniversary of the united arab emirate, which as an example of political engineering stands up as the single, longest and most successful example of arab political cooperation, coordination and integration in modern history. it so happens that we have tried to have a confederation twice in the united states. each time with 13 members. and each time it failed. so this is a part of the world for which we can learn a lot, more than just matters of oil and gas. more than just aspects of the peoples there are being objects, but also actors. and more than these countries and cultures being blessed with mountains of money in a number of case, as opposed to also part of the triad of jewish, christian, islamic culture and contributions to

indeed, from november until today, the american peace envoy, george mitchell, travel to the middle east once. there was no sense that what we needed was palestinian negotiation. it is difficult to understand that the missing ingredient in making all of negotiations possible, since they fell apart last november, that the missing ingredient was the definition of principles on the tritorial resolution of this conflict that the president offered yesterday. that's, that, that is what really has changed. this is the key, missing ingredient. i think that is a misreading of the situation. i think what we have seen over the last six months is a decision by the palestinians to go a different route. to go for an alternative to negotiations, whether it is international is asian of the conflict -- internationalization of the conflict, a peaceful opposition, crossing the borders, whatever you want, an entire range of options, but not pursuing direct negotiations to resolve this conflict. i think it is a mistake. if the presumption is that what will change this dynamic, what will produce the negotiati

former senator george mitchell resigned his position yesterday so his last day will be may 20th. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will visit the white house. mitchell's position allowed him to focus on middle east peace talks. his deputy will serve as acting envoy. >>> president obama wants more gas and oil drilling right here in the united states to help offset the high gas prices. he made the call during his weekly online video address. >> we should increase safe and responsible oil production here at home. last year america's oil production reached its highest level since 2003, but i believe we should continue to expand oil production in america. even as we increase safety and environmental standards. >> the president said the department of the interior will work to increase production by starting new resales and by streamlining the permit process for drilling. mr. obama also continued his call for the ends of oil company tax subsidies. >>> former arkansas governor mike huckaby could announce his presidential campaign later today on his fox news show. huckaby told