united states britain france and germany along with portugal include all six members of the gulf cooperation council that is the monarchies and camera and the persian gulf they include the other two monarchies in the or world morocco and jordan who last may apply to join the gulf cooperation council and turkey this is and i might add libya we can hardly talk to other governments in the condition of a lawless anarchy that of planes in a country but the regime of libya was one of the co-sponsors this is not a representative group of nations of course in the united nations or the world it's a very select lying that is largely the same group that the comparable resolution one thousand and seventy three against libya last year which resulted as we know at a seven month bombing campaign against the nation. forwarding i think their national can you name will now play in resolving the crisis after the white vote. well the true international community that is under ninety four members of the united nations and including most particularly the berths nations brazil russia india china south africa and other cou

we thought so much from the arab league and now we're hearing of course this from the gulf cooperation council just how significant a body and how much of the impact could this have on the situation it is a very serious question because the g.c.c. was create. did in one thousand eight hundred one largely by the gulf arab states in response to the iranian revolution of one thousand nine hundred seventy nine the g.c.c. has a bloc inside the league of arab states but it doesn't have a majority position in the league of arab states in the question of libya the g.c.c. was able to move the arab states in its stead action and therefore the security council it was resolution one thousand seven hundred three right after that the league of arab states in a walk for a new leader rejected the qatari candide it on behalf of the egyptians never to not be allowed to be is that head of the league of arab states so what this means is that in the arab league there is now less appetite for allowing the g.c.c. to run things so the g.c.c. is trying to good alone that force never thought this move by the g.c.c. doe

basically led by washington and london and paris and this six person go from one or two gulf cooperation council dare genda from the beginning for months now is reaching change in syria no matter wat they knew that they couldn't never get that you win that security council resolution authorizing and most lies over syria for number of reasons first of all because that did a sudden regime is not so bold bardi its own but with vision with mix so this does not seem to do with this syrian peace process and all and not only. developing countries are going to dissolve apart from russia and china but syrians themselves began being thinks blissett look we don't trust this big zeile the council would like to organize ourselves and will like to discuss with the guys sit down with the government and discuss a route map for peace but between ourselves between syria it's not happening asia times correspondent pepe escobar with his thoughts on the events in syria. around two hundred thousand people came out to the moscow streets on saturday for a day of protests the largest in the capital so far one group was

states britain france and germany along with portugal they include all six members of the gulf cooperation council that is the monarchies and camera in the persian gulf this is not a representative group of nations of course in the united nations or the world so very select one is largely the same group the comparable resolution one thousand and seventy three against libya last year no armed uprising of the sort of burn in syria could have occurred if it was in libya earlier kossovo yugoslavia thirteen years ago without the understanding by those in gauging the armed uprising the bay would be supported by forces outside the country more than two hundred people were reportedly killed by security forces in the syrian city of homes just ahead of a vote at the un security council but the figure is being contested with some opposition groups putting it at around fifty syria try be own editor ali mohamed says the information coming from the opposition shouldn't be taken at face value. but there were not to be leaving the syrian army we had to do it in months and then just the night before the security c

basically led by washington and london and paris and this six person go for monarchies of the gulf cooperation council their agenda from the beginning for months now is reaching change in syria no matter what they knew that they can never get the u.n. security council resolution authorizing and most lies over syria for number of reasons first of all because that did assad regime is not so bold bardi its own by the regime with me so this is not something to do with the syrian peace process and all and not only. developing countries i don't think it's now up but from russia and china would syrians themselves began being very specific look we don't trust this big silence council would like to organize ourselves and will like to discuss with the guys sit down with the go and discuss a real map for peace but between ourselves between syrians it's not happening. and just a little bit later in the program we report on what could be a much more explosive powder keg in the region. iran is ready to cause chaos in the world markets as a top government minister says he's certain an embargo on oil imports to some

basically led by washington on loan down in paris and this six person go for one or two gulf cooperation council their agenda from the beginning for months now is reaching change in syria no matter what they knew that they couldn't never get the you win the security council resolution authorizing a no fly zone over syria for number of reasons first of all because that did assad regime is not so bold bardi its own population with makes so this has nothing to do with the syrian peace process and all syrians themselves began being very explicit look we don't trust this big sigh old council would like to organize ourselves and would like to discuss with a go sit down with the government and discuss a road map for peace but between ourselves and a little later in the program we report on another target of western pressure iran is ready to cause chaos in world markets saying it will respond to a looming if you will boil in bargo by cutting off the supply before european countries have time to find alternatives. a dozen dead and thousands injured the bloody aftermath of a three straight days of rioting

comes back it's very interesting he's really called the shots here hasn't he i mean with the gulf cooperation council he's pretty much negotiated his semi exit ok and he's going to be possibly be negotiating a semi return behind the scenes i don't think vladimir putin analogy is good i think now shopping is probably a lot closer to the mark yes i think the irony is you had saudi arabia and these other autocracies. taking the leadership. supposed to transition to democracy and. then obviously sol is the guy who seems to. know the. house guests that never seems to want to leave but. the there. is but it's because clear that the society is sick and tired of it. they don't want to return and in fact if you try to return it could rekindle the street protests and ironically revitalize the movement trying to create greater change because what's so remarkable is that despite being so. that you were able to get millions of people on the streets despite having probably more guns per capita than virtually any country in the world the demonstrations were. overwhelmingly nonviolent that we have if you believe we

basically led by washington and london and paris and this six person gulf monarchies of the gulf cooperation council dare genda from the beginning for months now is reaching change in syria no matter what they knew that they couldn't live or get the win that security council resolution authorizing and most lies over syria for number of reasons first of all because it did said regime is not so bold bardi its own but with vision with meeks so this does not seem to do with the syrian peace process and all syrians themselves began to think specific look we don't trust this big silent gallus we would like to organize ourselves and would like to discuss with the go sit down with the government and discuss a route map for peace but between ourselves and just a little later in the program report on another target of western pressure. iran is ready to cause chaos in the world's markets as it says it will respond to a looming e.u. oil embargo by cutting off the supply before european countries have time to find alternatives. and at the same time and the german chancellor wraps up her lobbying tour of china wh

foreign intervention is already taking place and if i may just move on for a moment here the gulf cooperation council is planning to recognize the free syrian army as the syrian people's only legitimate representative what do you think might be the implications of this move if it happens once i mean i might point out of these photos suit do you think. i think it's going to be difficult to do that nevertheless i think what we are seeing now is that there are two different narratives on the table that there is the western narrative there is the narrative the g.c.c. some of the neighboring countries syria. turkey who see this. oppressive regime trying call price for its own people and that they must step aside however other countries in the world. such as china and russia. support from some of the other bric countries as well as other countries who are very much concerned about the concept of this new concept of a humanitarian intervention they believe the. international community ought to respect the international charter and not to keep this region this very sensitive very explosive region on edge by

basically led by washington and london and paris and this six person gulf monarchies the gulf cooperation council dare genda from the beginning for months now days ridging change in syria no matter what they knew that they couldn't never get the u.n. security council resolution authorizing a no fly zone over syria for a number of reasons first of all because that did assad regime is not a bold bardi its own population with makes so this has nothing to do with the syrian peace process and all syrians themselves big have been very explicit look we don't trust this big style council would like to organize ourselves and will like to discuss where they go sit down with the go and discuss a roadmap for peace but between ourselves. well that's later in the program we report on another target of western pressure iran is ready to call world markets saying correspondent are doing all about it by cutting off the supply for european countries time to find alternatives. the same time the german chancellor wraps up being for china and iran a trip to support. a dozen dead and thousands injured but the aftermath

states britain france and germany along with portugal they include all six members of the gulf cooperation council that is the monarchies and camera some in the persian gulf this is not a representative group of nations of course in the united nations of the world is a very select one is largely the same for the first a comparable resolution one thousand seven hundred three against libya last year no armed uprising that was sort of burned in syria. could have occurred. earlier possible it was longer thirty years ago with the understanding by those in gauging with arms that they would be supported by forces. more than two hundred people were reportedly killed by security forces in the syrian city of homes just ahead of the vote at the un security council the government denies the assaults calling the reports a hysterical campaign of incitement by armed groups the editor of the syrian tribune dr ali mohammed says information supplied by the opposition should be taken at face value. but i mean they were not believing the syrian army waited ten months and then just the night before the new security co

though they may disagree on things like the palestinian question all old people like the gulf cooperation council the saudi arabia very careful not to ruffle feathers that are with the israelis or with washington. they do agree are essentially keeping a lid on things which is exactly what so you already has done in bahrain and in its eastern provinces. nikon helen and columnists at foreign policy in focus magazine thanks for being on the line there from berkeley california where to be a. developing story tonight thousands of students in spain turning i once again in valencia against planned education cuts no earlier this week the police were accused of heavy handedness when similar demonstrations had it in clashes covering the story for us tonight sarah firth reporting from east coast city. i think down the line in spring and you can see thousands upon thousands of people. in the parade. and all. of this is the job of. the young. they say the great. the phrase i. love. love love. love love love. love. love the public. love. that. even. the best. thing to get. out of. the mob you. have the one. re

states britain france and germany along with portugal to include all six members of the gulf cooperation council that is the monarchies and camera some of the persian gulf this is not a representative group of nations of course in the united nations or the world it's a very select one this is largely the same group that a comparable resolution one thousand seven hundred three against libya last year the no armed uprising of the sort of burn in syria could have occurred if it was in livio earlier or kossovo yugoslavia thirteen years ago without the understanding by those engaging with armed uprising that they would be supported by forces outside the country. and gyptian police have again fired rubber bullets and tear gas to drive a crowd of rock throwing protesters away from the interior ministry building in cairo clashes between security forces and demonstrators in egypt have been arranging for four days now left at a dozen people dead and thousands injured activists have been venting their anger over the military rulers alleged failure to prevent a deadly outbreak of violence at a football matc

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gulf cooperation council nations just announced they are calling their ambassadors out of syria.ist saying that 21 people were killed just today. global leaders are slamming russia for failing to back a u.n. draft resolution halting the regime-led violence. >>> and the captain of that shipwrecked italian cruiseliner must remain under house arrest. an italian judge made the ruling today. but he denied a prosecution request for the captain to be sent back to jail in a defense motion that he be set free. >>> and we could hear a ruling today prop 8. an appeals court is expected to decide whether california's same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional. the case may ultimately wind up before the supreme court. >>> all right. political buzz. your rapid-fire look at the best political topics of the day. playing today, strategists. okay, first question, guys. three primaries today. not so many delegates at stake. but some bragging rights and momentum on the line. what are you watching for, and could there be any surprises? boris? >> i'm watching from minnesota, rick santorum has put all hi

i think we should be consulting with the arab league, with the turks, with the gcc, the gulf cooperation councilries because, in fact, there is a very large amount of support against the assad regime. it doesn't happen to include iran, russia and china. the question now, really is who is going to win? the russian, chinese, iranian side backing hezbollah, backing assad, or the other side which includes the saudis, the turks, the europeans, the arab league, the gcc and us? now, assad is willing to kill to prevent himself from being ousted from power. and the question really is, are we going to back the other side along with the arabs, are we going to back them with words, or are we going to back them with something more tangible? >> what would that be tangible thing would be? >> the kind of support that was given initially in libya. that is, i would give them money, and i would give them arms. those are the two things they need right now. they don't need american airplanes. but they do need what would, from our point of view, be covert support. i would hope that it would come from arab countries r

there are things we could be doing, the arab league, the gulf cooperation council is prepared to do inms of funding the opposition, training the opposition. arming the opposition. so there are things we could be doing now, short of direct western military engagement like libya, which i agree, libya is not syria. libya in many respects, was much easier, more manageable than libya, homogeneous population, 90% of the population on the mediterranean. i think it's important to keep in mind that at this stage, we have to be asking the question, what if the resolution had passed? what if the u.n. security council resolution plan had -- resolution passed? what was the u.s. administration plans going forward? i was at the munich security conference, and they were pressed off the record, do you have a plan? and they basically conveyed there is no plan, which is worrisome. >> all right. huh lima, closer to home, let's talk about iran. the u.s. is putting the clamps down now on the iranian central bank. we're going to take their assets if they're overseas. is there a blowup coming there? that's an

gulf security. summit of the cooperation council for arab states of the gulf put forward a proposal to create a commonwealth have they taken any steps towards a. this goal. the summit itself so a number of steps and transformation of the cooperation council into a commonwealth as proposed by the king of saudi arabia a working group has been formed and the group is to hold a number of meetings to come up with its proposals in me at the annual summit of the corporation council and riyadh steps are being taken not only as proposals but also in terms of concrete solutions. if you remember our previous interview we discussed the initiative by the king of bahrain to set up an intern commission on human rights and a special commission to gather evidence of human rights violations has this initiative been approved if so what's been done so far. we've achieved to the first is that a commission on gathering evidence or a relation as has been established on the commission is studying the events of the past year and about. it submitted a report to the king which as far as i'm concerned has been broadcast live around th

we already have the gulf -- the gulf cooperation council which just this morning said that they were ambassadors. we have the u.k. pulling their ambassador. the suds pulling the ambassador. that essential -- it's sanctions, pressure, and unmasking countries like russia that are helping supply weapons to syria. >> all right. jill doughterty at the state department. thank you very much. all eyes on syria. what is taking place there on the brink of civil war. >>> president obama at this hour hosting a science fair at the white house. science champs around the country meeting in the state dining room to show off their projects. the president also expected to talk about making american students more competitive in math and science. we're going to bring you his remarks live up next. americans are always ready to work hard for a better future. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuri