. >> john kerry is in pakistan trying to secure the release of an american accused of killing two men. he says his actions were in self-defense. >> under interrogation, a high- profile suspect keen to get away. this is the u.s. embassy official accused by pakistani police of murder. last month he killed two pakistani men. he is a crack shot in the allegedly former special forces. the men tried to hijack him at gunpoint and it was self- defense. the case is like a spy drama gone wrong. this is the busy intersection where the shooting took place. the bullets have created a legal crisis. america and pakistan are now at others. both nations had a huge amount at stake. neither show signs of backing down. >> john kerry has been meeting pakistani leaders in an attempt at damage control. president obama insists pakistan cannot put davis on trial because he has diplomatic immunity. >> if our diplomats are in another country they are not subject to that country's local prosecution. >> fears he will be freed haunt the family of one of his victims. they say he was just 17. his young widow has alr

senator john kerry is in pakistan. raymond davis worked with the u.s. consulate and said his actions were in self-defense. senator kerry says mr. davis has diplomatic immunity, but will face a criminal investigation at home if released. >> under interrogation, a high- profile suspect teamed to get away. this is agreement davis, a u.s. embassy official, accused by pakistan police of cold-blooded murder. last month, he killed two pakistan a men, shooting them dead from inside his car. he is a crack shot and allegedly a former u.s. special forces. davis said the men tried to hijack him at gunpoint and it was self-defense. the case is like a spy drama gone badly wrong. a third man was run over and killed by a backup car. this is the busy intersection where the shooting took place. the bullets fired here have created a legal and diplomatic and political crisis. america and pakistan are not at loggerhead. both nations have accused -- have huge amounts at stake, but neither show signs of backing down. u.s. senator john kerry has been meeting pakistani leaders

east i'm joined from new york by the chair man of the senate foreign relations committee, democrat john kerry. senator kerry, you have heard quite a lot this morning. give me your reaction to where things stand. >> i was encouraged by what i heard this morning. i thought mr. elbaradei actually moved. i think what we have heard from egypt about the meetings that vice president suleiman is, frankly, quite extraordinary. if you tally up what's happened in the last 12 days, president mubarak announced that he is not running. his son is not running. he has put a vice president in place. he has engaged in a dialogue with the protesters. he's now promising to remove the emergency law which is a major opening of the door to the democratic process, allowing people to organize, speak, meet at a cafe. i think that's a beginning. the most important thing now is to guarantee the process is in place where there are free and fair elections. parties can organize. people can campaign and, number two, that president mubarak, i think once again perhaps addressed the nation to make it clear what the timetable is

there is one district that john kerry carried along with barack obama. there are five districts in pennsylvania, three in the suburbs of philadelphia, and two in the more western parts of the state. we are focused on those 14 states to begin with, one in the york, five in pennsylvania, and others elsewhere, and then we graduate from there. >> when president obama is sharing the ballot with a number of your candidates in 2012, would you see that as a positive or will that be a negative? >> is positive. a rising tide lifts all boats. >> are you doing anything different in your predecessor? >> had a very defined role under my predecessor. i was the recruiting chair. my style is to focus intensely on the mission at hand. i did not have enough exposure to the things that my predecessor was doing. i read the book after i was made the dccc chair, when rahm emanuel was the chair in the to the house bank. i found it instructive. does try to set an aggressive tone. m very plain -- pleased with headlines like new-found assertiveness. the "new york times" had an edi

in fact for every bridge expect for the cadenez bridge has a high wind warning. >>> senator john kerry is in pakistan trying to win the release of an embassy worker charged with murder. president obama sent senator core kerry to pakistan to argue that raymond davis should not be tried in pakistani court because he should have diplomatic immunity. he has been detained since january 27th after he shot two unarmed pakistani men on motorcycles. davis claims the men were trying to rob him and he was acting in self-defense. many pakistanis have taken to the street. the taliban has warned anyone helping to release davis will be be -- iran state television says progovernment supporters forced antigovernment activist to leave the memorial. they chanted slogans calling for the death of opposition protestors. protest in the middle east are spreading to the persian gulf. alison burns is tracking the protest. alison. >> reporter: dave, thousands of u.s. military personnel and a fleet of american warships are in bahrain. the united states is expressing a lot of concern about what is happening there

. >> john kerry called upon the people -- hosni mubarak. >> i believe it's upon hosni mubarak to help transform this moment into the new egypt. >> in the meantime, kay rowe airport is still jammed with foreigners. the u.s. state department said they evacuated 1200 americans yesterday and expects to transform another 1400 more in the coming days. a big storm is intensifying. the storm is bringing snow, heavy, freezing rain, and creating blizzard-like conditions in some parts like chicago. there's tornado warnings in other parts of the state. it's not a good day to flight today. 6,000 cancellations have been logged, by midday today. more cancellations expected tomorrow. flights from st. louis, n ew york, chicago, and boston here were cancelled. flights from all three bay area airports are grounded or experiencing delays. check with your airline, especially if you are going to an area affected by the snowstorm. >>> here in the bay, sunny and mild. later today, the headliner may be the wind. take a look at what's going on. light winds out there. fairfield and vacaville, 15 miles per hour

in the u.s., senators john kerry and john mccain introduced a bipartisan resolution today. they want president mubarak to begin an immediate transition to a democratic political system. >> build towards the elections that can be free, and fair, and set an example for how any country in this kind of crisis can deal with it. >> the obama administration says negotiations are underway with top egyptian officials about the possibility of mr. mubarak resigning and the creation of a transitional military-backed government led by continue current egyptian vice president. egyptian banking officials estimate the cost of the protests at more than $300 million a day. they are also lowering their forecast for egypt's economic growth to 3.7% in 2011, from 5.3%. the economy is suffering from the week-long closure of banks and other businesses along with the exodus of tourists trying to avoid violence '. >>> this morning students at mission san jose high school in fremont demonstrated in support of the anti-government protesters -- in egypt. [ horns honking ] >> students stood in front of

we are getting at least one suggestion coming from john kerry, a senior center in the u.s. that sanctions will be reimposed on libya. what are the chances the white house will sign off on that? >> so far the white house has stepped to the position they have had for the past few days saying they wanted the violence to stop and wanted libyans to choose their own destiny. secretary of state hillary clinton may have sharpened the tone a little bit. what was surprising was she openly said they had trouble of making sense of what was happening on the ground. this shows you how weak these ties are compared to the time is the u.s. administration had with egypt. -- compared to the ties the u.s. had with egypt. >> we understand the un security meeting has been meeting behind closed doors. do you know what has been coming out of the talks? >> the first meeting was a procedural meeting. the most important to thank to come out of that was they will meet again. that is what experts are coming -- expecting to come out of that. we don't really expect any decision on things like sanctions o

senator john kerry. but the sanctions were fully lifted in 2005. world leaders, including italy and's is silvio berlusconi, rushed to establish relations with colonel gaddafi. many oil companies were joined by investors of bp and other companies that recently committed to exploration deals. those contracts may now be at risk. >> italy can no longer count on libya, at least for the time being, for oil deliveries. and in addition, the libyan central bank which hold a significant share of italy's largest bank is pretty much missing. >> mr. sarkozy is also keen for sanctions on the gaddafi family. the president's son is involved in major construction projects. his brother, an heir apparent, is alleged to have financial interests in oil. leaders elsewhere in the region are rushing to secure positions. in saudi arabia, king abdullah returned to prevent any protests. investors will be watching carefully for any sign measures are failing. bbc news. >> this is "bbc world news." here are the headlines. president obama contends the bloodshed in libya. he says

it has been backed by senator john kerry in the u.s., the chair of the senate foreign leash -- foreign relations committee. silvio berlusconi has rushed to establish his relation with colonel gaddafi. investors are from bp, and other oil companies to commit to exploration deals with the regime. those contracts may not be at risk. severing ties with still have the biggest impact on a leash. >> italy can no longer count on libya for oil and natural gas deliveries. in addition, the libyan central bank, which holds a significant share of italy's largest bank has pretty much gone missing. >> mr. sarkozy is also keen for sanctions on the gaddafi family. his football playing son is involved in major construction projects. his brother is alleged to have financial interests in oil. leaders of granny -- r -- leaders elsewhere in the region are rushing to secure their positions. investors will be watching carefully for any sign measures are failing. bbc news. >> welcome to "bbc world news." here are the headlines. hillary clinton has stressed those responsible for the violence against civilians i

john kerry meeting the strategist for president bush. kerry says to mckennon you can a great job with the campaign. my team messed it up. although he used a saltier word. it's amazing that he said that, frightening that he heard it, and in a public way. i think he's also willing to take the blame in new hampshire. he didn't fire people in 2000 when they lost the primary to john mccain. he said this is on me. let's fix it for the next time. >> yeah, so i just wanted to sort of say a little something about that point of president clinton. i think what you are getting at is what was brought up earlier. these books do reflect the very different men. i think that president clinton, who he is is someone who is very interested in understanding. he's interested in other people understanding him, he's interested in understanding others. that's where all of that discussion about i feel your pain, i think comes from. i think when you look at george w. bush, he is somebody who like i said, from my perspective, he makes very quick judgments about peop

john kerry was attempting to demonstrate that when he responded in the manner in which he did respondbeen careful not to answer your questions directly about what will happen after this transition takes place and after there are new elections because the muslim brotherhood may arise. there may very well be the kind of people that are averse to the u.s. interests and the u.s. has to be careful and make sure that doesn't happen. >> let me introduce, peggy noonan the celebration about reagan and speak generally about that. you write in your column, ronald reagan at 100, the following. the biggest misunderstanding about reagan's political life is that he was inevitable. he was not. he had to fight for every inch. he had to make it happen. none of it was inevitable. the political lesson of reagan's life, nothing is written. what is the centennial celebration mean to you? >> oh, i think it means capturing this medical record extraordinary life, political life and life as a man in the world and also thinking a little bit about his meaning as a leader. david, i think he is someone who reminde

by senator john kerry. since sanctions were lifted in 2005, world leaders including italy's silvio berlusconi have rushed to establish relations with colonel gaddafi. last year, several companies were joined by investors from gazprom, bp, and royal dutch shell. their contracts may be at risk. but it will still have the biggest impact on italy. >> they can no longer count on libya for the time being for oil and natural gas deliveries. in addition, the libyan central bank which holds a significant share of italy's largest bank credit has pretty much gone missing. >> mr. sarkozy is also keen for sanctions on the gaddafi family, saying they are involved in major construction projects. his brother, an heir apparent, it is alleged to have financial interests in oil. leaders elsewhere in the region are rushing to secure their positions. in saudi arabia, the kaine gave out billions in handouts to prevent further problems -- the king gave out billions in handouts. >>> this is out "bbc world news." the crisis in liby

. >> brown: we talk to senator john kerry, chairman of the foreign relations committee, about u.s. policy toward egypt and the arab world. >> i see in this an enormous opportunity for the united states and for the world. i see an enormous opportunity for the egyptian people. >> suarez: and we look at the makeup of the opposition: who are they, what do they want, and how can their demands be met? >> brown: then we get the latest on the snow and ice storm hitting much of the country, snarling airports and paralyzing cities. >> suarez: and betty ann bowser tells the story of a colorado clinic helping diabetes patients stave off the devastating consequences of the disease. >> we're winning the war because we see less long-term complications happening. we have fewer patients ending up with diabetes caused... causing blindness or with kidney failure. >> brown: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i mean, where would we be without small businesses? >> we need small businesses. >> they're the ones that help drive growth. >> lik

dereliction of duty, suggesting impeachment might -- >> some people thought this is what did in john kerry in ohio. >> yeah. >> it's been an interesting reaction the past couple of days. yes, a lot of conservatives who have voiced a lot of outrage about this. i think the interview you were referring to, gingrich was saying, if somebody else did this, perhaps it would be grounds for impeachment. that's more of a headline grabber. the reality is that some of the reaction has been a little bit muted on right, and i think that's a result of you're starting to see a younger generation of conservative voters who are not having a problem with this. >> and people want him focusing on the economy as well and don't want him distracted. josh, thanks very much. >>> gay marriage is one of the issues that doesn't go away. not unlike water, dan brekke, a big study came out this week, looking at the way forward on water. give us the highlights. >> a couple of things going on right now. last week, new state body called the delta stewardship council, issued a first draft report on how to fix everything in t

by senator john kerry. since sanctions were fully lifted in 2005, world leaders including italy's silvio berlusconi, have rushed to establish good relations with colonel gaddafi. at last year's energy conference, visitors were joined by investors from gasprom, bp, and royal dutch shell. those contracts may now be at risk. severing ties would still have the biggest impact on italy. >> they could no longer count on libya for oil and natural gas deliveries. in addition, the libyan central bank, which holds a significant share of credit, italy's largest bank, has pretty much gone missing. >> sarkozy is also keen on sanctions against the khaddafi family. his brother is alleged to have financial interests in oil. leaders elsewhere are rushing to secure their positions. in saudi arabia, the kaine returned to his kingdom, -- the king returned to his kingdom, giving out billions to civilians. >>> this is "bbc world news." the crisis in libya grows increasingly volatile as reports of up to 600 dead and the army being

hillary clinton, john kerry, the french intelligence, the british intelligence, the german intelligence. it was uniform, across the board, that it was reasonable to assume that he had chemical and biological weapons. >> reporter: in his book, rumsfeld lays the blame on too many hands on the steering wheel. no coordinated plan. first, the president's right-hand adviser in the white house, condoleezza rice. >> she had never served in a senior administration position. she had been an academic. and you know, a lot of academics like to have meetings. every time, a big issue got before the president, he was perfectly willing to make a decision. >> reporter: and secretary powell? >> he did not, in my view, do a good job of managing the people under him. there was a lot of leaking out of the state department. and the president knew it. and it was unhelpful. >> reporter: robert mcnamara said we were wrong. we were wrong. we were terribly wrong. >> that's not the case with iraq. i think the world's a better place with saddam hussein and with the taliban gone and with the al qaeda out of afghanist

senator john kerry of the senate foreign relations committee was hastily dispatched to pakistan in an effort to smooth things over. >> even if it was mishandled, this man is a diplomat within the embassy and immunity attaches to him. so no matter how angry you get about something the way it was handled, that's the bottom line. >> reporter: the u.s. expects the pakistani government to tell the court davis does, indeed, have diplomatic immunity and must be set free no matter what he did. katie? >> couric: all right, david martin at the pentagon tonight. david, thank you. there's a report tonight that the top commander in afghanistan, general david petraeus, may leave his post by the end of this year. that's according to the "times" of london which says the pentagon is now considering possible replacements. meanwhile, in italy, silvio berlusconi has been somewhat of a teflon politician. he's been charged with corruption many times but nothing sticks. now prosecutors believe the prime minister's luck is running out. as mark phillips reports, berlusconi was ordered today to stand trial in

hillary clinton, john kerry, the french intelligence, the british intelligence, the german intelligence, it was uniform across the board that it was reasonable to assume that he had chemical and biological weapons. >> reporter: but you were wrong. >> my goodness, the intelligence was certainly wrong. >> reporter: if you had known he did not have them -- >> i didn't know. >> reporter: if you had -- >> i didn't. >> reporter: if you had -- >> i have no idea. i have no idea. what you know today can help you on things you're thinking about tomorrow. it can't help you with things you were thinking about back then. back then there was reasonable confidence that he had these weapons. i also will say that if president bush and i both pressed to have him leave the country at the end, and he wouldn't. i wanted to avoid a war and so did the president. >> reporter: and as we watched them publicly, rumsfeld says we didn't know the president's personal kindness. he writes in the book that two of his three children had problems with addiction. right after 9/11 he's in the president's office. his son ha

. >>> senator john kerry is on a visit to pakistan today, hoping to smooth over growing tensions.akistan relations have been strained over the arrest of an american diplomat, accused of killing two people in lahore. >>> new white house press secretary, jay carney, briefs reporters today for the very first time. >>> the surviving pirate from the attacks on "the maersk alabama" will be arraigned today in new york. he pled guilty to kidnapping and hostage-taking. he was captured during the daring rescue of captain richard phillips two years ago. >>> and top dog is making his way around new york city today. after clinching the westminster dog show last night, hickory, the scottish deerhound, is going to be appearing on a string of talk shows. >> probably has a lot to say. >>> coming up on "good morning america," we hear from a woman who says the popular shoes designed to tone your body actually hurt her. she is suing the company. elisabeth leamy is here with safety recommendation. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. >> for everyone else, handing out the nation's highest civi

. >> senator john kerry, who heads the foreign relations committee says it's not important when mubarak steps down, but how. >>> the executive at google who may be being held in the middle east will reportedly be released from government custody tomorrow. that's at least according to family members. he is google's head of marketing for the middle east and north africa. it's believed he has been held by egypt's government and has been held there for the past ten days. but officials aren't confirming that at this point. his brother says members of the group who met with hosni mubarak's vice president brokered his release today. his family has received terrorizing midnight phone calls from his captors, claiming he is being, quote, taught a lesson. >>> still to come at 6:00, blind side. why a pop warner football league says it's tackling so to speak an issue it never saw coming. >>> and here is another view of a gorgeous evening in san francisco. 64 degrees. northwest wind at 10. and as the wind starts to come off the ocean, we're going see res for yourme temperatures r your workweek. a loo

dick lugar and of course john kerry now this is an incredible development because it pushes this treaty one more step towards final ratification now the next process is for secretary of state hillary clinton to meet with her russian counterpart foreign minister sergey lavrov at the munich security council conference was supposed to come up this weekend in munich of course where they're going to exchange the so-called instruments of ratification these are the actual signed documents which will fully put this treaty into force so it's a very exciting developments that we've been reporting on for quite some time and have waited for a long while for for it's actually can through the have been some pretty major stumbling blocks have there between moscow and washington during the work on this treaty does the final agreement mean those differences have been overcome. well there have been but i would have to say that the bigger stumbling blocks to this treaty has been within washington itself i mean we saw a very vocal minority but of course a minority of lawmakers who were very clearly opposed

company's executive director robert dudley said on tuesday the company doesn't mind cooperating with john kerry b.p. enjoyed projects with. the london high court is set to decide whether or not to block b.p.'s swap with russian or giant ross now this comes after the russian owners. complained seeking to stop the deal on the grounds that it violated the b.p. shareholder agreement however dudley said the standoff may be resolved in the nearest future analysts also say that the disputed deal is unlikely to be blocked. the mean . of. russian circled is often good because not to store business because this is the extremely important for russia and i'm sure that such people as mr friedman will miss the big city being a don't want route to stop them do you feel that is why in this case. the russians all this of doing good to be the most have some small benefits in other conditions it can be the problem or for example can be the problem of go we. asked staring with b.p. the british company has announced it will pay dividends for the first time since the gulf oil spill after posting a profit in the four

senator john kerry is in pakistan trying to win the release of an american embassy worker charged with murder. president obama sent senator kerry to pakistan to argue that the embassy worker, raymond davis, should not be tried in pakistani court because he should have diplomatic immunity. davis has been detained in pakistan since january 27th, after he fatally shot two pakistani men on motorcycles. davis claims the pen were trying to -- the men were trying to rob him and he was acting in self-defense. many pakistanis took to the streets because they want davis to be tried in pakistan. the taliban has warned anyone who helps in his release will be punished. >>> 7:45. well, they said no in berkeley last night. two guantanamo bay detainees will not be offered invitations to re-settle in berkeley once they get out of prison. about 11:30 last night, the berkeley council rejected the resolution to welcome two detainees from guantanamo bay to live in berkeley. it's an issue that puts berkeley in the national spotlight with strong opinions on both sides. >> i want to know if the peace and just

poor during a recession i mean absolutely that is a no for me in fact members of congress like john kerry are already promising a fight over cutting he to the poor and i do not blame them so if you look at his graphic obama seems to side with the rich and what the military while the poor are getting screwed over and this is just the tip of the iceberg what's coming next for the middle class only time was tell will tell but as a democrat is that obama supposed to side with the hard working people of america let's hope that he realizes that before he makes these cuts and come next year he could end up being a one term president. now it's an annual three day conference here in washington d.c. where all of the who's who conservatives gather and share their ideas for the future and the direction in which they hope the country's going to go so here you'll see many familiar faces of the conservative movement and perhaps catch a glimpse of the next republican presidential candidate it's called the conservative political action committee or c pac. spent the day there to see what's being talked abo

. >> reporter: but pressure had been building, senator john kerry the influential chairman said mubarak's name should not be in the ballot in the fall. >> i believe it is vital for president mubarak to help to transform this moment into the new egypt and the new here to for egypt. >> reporter: considering egypts history, republican leaders hoped for the best. >> we care very much how this ends. and we hope at the end of the day we'll have a strong ally in the country of egypt. >> reporter: if egyptian people will be satisfied or if they will push to have the timetable moved up. >>> immediately after mubarak's announcement, there were screaming in the streets. they said they were not satisfied with the president's statement, they want him to step down immediately. >>> supporters want the board of supervisors to pass a resolution tonight condemning the sale of the station by the university of san francisco to the university of southern california. usf officials say the station was not being fully utilized by it's students and that it was under no obligation to fund the station. the station

senator john kerry is in pakistan. he's trying to win the release of an embassy worker charged with murder. president obama sent kerry to pakistan to argue that raymond davis should not be tried in pakistan any court. davis has been detained in pakistan since january 27th after he fatally shot two armed pakistani men that were on motorcycles. in the meantime many pakistanis you see them in this street now calling for davis to be executed. the taliban has warned anybody who helps to free davis will be targeted. >>> in iran today we are hearing reports of clashes at a memorial service for a student killed during antigovernment protests in ty ran on monday. progovernment supporters forced antigovernment activist to leave the memorial by chanting slogans. now the state department is protesting violent protest as alison burns reports the u.s. has critical interest in this small persian gulf kingdom. >> reporter: it looks very similar to what we witnessed in egypt. this is video we pulled off of you tube thus morning after t

we are getting at least one suggestion coming from john kerry, a senior center in the u.s. that sanctions will be reimposed on libya. what are the chances the white house will sign off on that? >> so far the white house has stepped to the position they have had for the past few days saying they wanted the violence to stop and wanted libyans to choose their own destiny. secretary of state hillary clinton may have sharpened the tone a little bit. what was surprising was she openly said they had trouble of making sense of what was happening on the ground. this shows you how weak these ties are compared to the time is the u.s. administration had with egypt. -- compared to the ties the u.s. had with egypt. >> we understand the un security meeting has been meeting behind closed doors. do you know what has been coming out of the talks? >> the first meeting was a procedural meeting. the most important to thank to come out of that was they will meet again. that is what experts are coming -- expecting to come out of that. we don't really expect any decision on things like sanctions o

i will be joined by the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee john kerry. of our special coverage insights and perspective from former secretary of state james baker and reporting from the ground. >> they were hunting down reporters. >> with nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel. then a special discussion marking the 100th birthday of president ronald reagan. what is his legacy for the modern republican party and what impact does he have on democrats like president obama? joining us, more from james baker, reagan's chie

kerry campaigns. i was an organizer for vietnam's veterans against john mccain and john kerry.re today because of the p.o.w. issue. as you very much involved in that. and what i would like to ask you is there is a prison in a hanoi underground, 1992 the senate committee, our government has the gift and before, with nixon in '73 when they said they all came home, just there's no other underground facility were 300 americans were held after the war was over. i would like to know if you would be willing to go with myself to go over to hanoi and insist that john mccain -- >> is billy here? >> yes. >> how are you, billy? >> [inaudible] >> yeah, i would be willing to go, but i don't think it's grin to happen because i don't think they are going to let it happen. they would probably shut it down and the would tell us that, you know -- >> there's the peace in the book about the many americans he believes were left behind in about a failure of the mainstream that covered the story. >> i would be willing to go simply because we would be able to talk with officials.s7s7s7s7 >> thank you f

john kerry. french intelligence. british intelligence. german intelligence.t was uniform across the board that it was reason to assume that he had chemical and biological weapon weapons. >> you were wrong my goodness the intelligence was certainly wrong. >>reporter: if you had known you did not have. >> i didn't know. >>reporter: if you had. >> i didn't. >>reporter: if you had. >> i have no idea. i have no idea. what you know today can help you on things you are thinking about tomorrow. can't help with you things were you thinking about back then. back then there was reason confidence that had he these weapons. i also will say that if president bush and i both pressed to have him leave the country at the end and he wouldn't. i wanted to avoid a war and so did the president. >>reporter: not long after sadz had been toppled iraq began to unravel. in his book rumsfield lays the blame on too many hands on the steering wheel. no coordinated plan. first the president right hand advisor in the white house condoleeza rice. >> she never served in a senior administrati

the political leadership in the congress, hillary clinton, bill clinton, john kerry, one after another, al gore, was in support. now, when things did not go well, obviously they shifted their positions somewhat. you can go back, the record is clear. the intelligence agencies of the united kingdom and france and other countries all were in agreement. it's terribly unfair to suggest that anyone was pulling the wool over anyone's eyes. it is just flat not true. >> we were talking about major combat operations. there was nothing inaccurate there at all. i don't know how many times i said that anyone who tells you how long is going to last, how much it's going to cost or how many lives will be lost is making a mistake, because people almost always are wrong. >> maureen dowd. >> you have got to be kidding. >> his memoir is like a living breathing version of himself. >> she must not have read it. anyone who has read it knows that i tried to talk about things, disappointments or things that one might regret, and i did or do regret. i think what i have done is to try to set out not only my reco

. >> senator john kerry says the u.s. has a huge interest in what happens to egypt. >> as you know a lot of people trying to get out of the country, about 1,000 americans should be leaving egypt now in the next couple of days. the u.s. embassy started putting non-essential staff on charters to get out. a look at the crowded airports as they try to find any. they put that in place yesterday but the situation there is deteriorating. >> scott continues our coverage on the eruption of violence. protesters did int have access to the internet. >> it's interesting. in the past when we talked about with hess revolutions and demonstrations the media got excited about the roll of switer and concentrating 0 at any media instead of the message. old school organizing works. last night's gathering of the millions in cairo was coordinated by players and posters. pieces of paper. it was an interesting social experime experiment. as many have pointed out one of the ned works is al jazeera english. i got it working on my tv, this is video

i'll be joined by senator john kerry of the foreign relations committee and then reagan at 100, the legacyn library for the centennial celebration. that's all coming up this morning on "meet the press." >> we'll see you soon, david. thanks. i'll see you back here live from thanks. i'll see you back here live from amman.

after a magistrate sent davis to jail for at least two more weeks the administration sent john kerry reminded them what's at stake. a billion a year in u.s. aid. >> even if it was mishandled, this man is a diplomat within the embassy and immunity attaches to him. >> reporter: at the white house, president obama said international treaties give davis diplomatic immunity from prosecution. >> obviously we are concerned about the loss of life. we are not callous about that. but there is a broader principle at stake that we have to uphold. >> reporter: u.s. officials are furious that pakistan released this cell phone video of the interrogation. >> i need to tell the embassy where i am. >> reporter: they deny report that the two victims belong to the intelligence service. davis said he thought he was being robbed by two gunmen on a motorcycle while he was driving on a crowded street. through the windshield davis shot them with a total of nine bullets, three in their backs, arousing suspicion, say the pakistanis, he was arrested with a glock handgun, and a flashlight and a pocket telescope.

that is from john kerry this afternoon. president mubarak's statement is coming up after this debate at george washington university. it was show him announcing he will not run for a new term in september elections. that is at a 30 p.m. eastern here on c-span. we're waiting on the debate between newt gingrich and howard b >> they are debating why pier and george washington university tonight. we are talking about what is happening in egypt. president obama is making a statement he said he spoke with the president. he recognizes that it is not sustainable. he said he told the president that a transition must be meaningful. >> welcome to george washington university. i am chairman of the college of republicans. it is our pleasure to welcome me in. never before had the most prominent protestant organizations collaborated on an event like this bil. we recognize that despite standing on opposite sides of the spectrum, we were united by the idea that we wanted to encourage activism among the student body. our organization aims to

it rather interesting and i guess encouraging politically in this country that john mccain and john kerry two former presidential nominees have sponsored a joint resolution which the senate approved last night calling for the orderly transfer to a caretaker government. but challenging and really calling upon the egyptian military to demonstrate the professionalism that it is capable of, been trained for. and it has been an incredibly intimate and close relationship with the united states military over the years. i mean, there has been training back and forth. they know each other at the lower grade officer level and all the way up to the command level. so in that sense, they are positive. just one little point of personal privilege on joe biden without did take a hit for not being able to say dictator. but in the united states poll tings, i mean it's always been, if someone is on our side he is a strong man. if he is on the other side he is a dick state-- dictator. that has sort of been the nomenclature throughout. all the guys who were such stalwart anti-communists, the marcoes of the wo