kofi annan has been appointed as a special envoy to syria. he will represent the un and the arab league. an organization says his mission comes at a critical time for the people of syria and bringing an end to all violence. there were many more deaths as the syrian army continued its onslaught against the opposition strongholds. there will be a meeting in tunisia. they will call for an immediate cease-fire. thank you for watching. >> make sense of international news. bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu newman's own foundation and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key, strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles. >> agatha christie is the world's most successful crime writer.

kofi annan's presence would say the world has not forgotten.hey will be coming, and there will be change, not perhaps tomorrow but the next day. >> thank you for your time. in london, david cameron has hailed an international conference of somalia as a turning point to its prosperity. >> people are getting killed. praxair recruitment video posted on the internet by al-shabaab new -- >> to recruit and video posted on the internet by al- shabaab. a compelling reason for britain to sort out its issues now. david cameron called this conference, and it has been well attended. his message? somalia is becoming a global problem. its people deserve proper governance. >> in a country where there is so little hope, chaos and violence and terrorism, terrorists are disrupting vital trade routes and kidnapping tourists. young minds are being who kidnapped by return to radicalism. >> al-shabaab makes no secret about what it would like to do with the western-backed government in mogadishu. it has been joined by 204 insiders, and britain makes up the largest co

we should stop the shipments until the kofi annon achievement has succeeded or failed. it hasn't forced them to -- has forced them to be embarrassed once again. >> thank you for joining us. yet another day there have been violent protests in afghanistan over the burning of korans. there have been fierce anti-u.s. rallies in some key pakistani cities. jones had been called on to resist the urge to avenge the -- they had been caught on to resist the urge to avenge the deaths of troops. >> this was the western city where some religious leaders are accused of fanning the flames and directing the violence. police fired above or at demonstrators who attacked a local reconstruction office and tried to reach the u.s. consulate. there were protests around the country in the southeast and the nato convoy. the convoy went up in flames. they have been exploited because around controversy, are urging afghans targets nato forces. -- exploited the koran controversy, urging afghans to target nato forces. there was a visit to a base where two u.s. troops were killed by an afghan colleag

the europeans are hoping that't kofi annan will help. the best the you can do is to put up sanctions against assad. italy's foreign minister was here in brussels. >> ok, thank you so much. >> serbia is one step closer to becoming a member of the european union. the french foreign minister said the decision would be announced on tuesday. he said that france is no longer objecting to serbia's e you bid and the country had met all conditions -- serbia's eu bid and the country had met all conditions for membership. >> of russia and ukraine security services say they have foiled a plot to assassinate russian prime minister vladimir putin. they link the attempt to islamic militants. >> the latest polls show putin winning with more than 60% of the votes. >> russian state tv report that police arrested a gang in a dasa in early february. they believe the men were planning to assassinate prime minister vladimir putin. the present this confession as evidence. they say this man was an islamic militant. >> we were ordered to travel to moscow and tak

as i told, i mean, we have to see what are the needs and i see the main needs and i think kofi annan sees the main needs in a technical cooperation, in the field of public health, police forces and good governments. that is the priority. to think that just having a better economic development to avoid the people to entering the drug deal is in a certain sense an illusion. >> i'm sorry, let me just try once more. you've referred again to government and you've referred to policy. >> yeah. >> but you in the report make a specific suggestion that international aid can effectively stifle the emergence of the new market and provide incentives for reducing drug supply. >> can i -- >> how does that work? >> we'll send you a note on that. >> that would be -- >> thank you. >> in the 1990s the drug policy in switzerland was very different from neighboring countries. what impact did that have on your relations with your neighbors and how did the swiss government deal with that? >> the only problem we had to face is really that in a certain time, but is no longer the case, switzerland produced --

annan for kofi annan to report to the world summit in two thousand and five nothing in there recommended anything other than the decision to intervene in these circumstances militarily should rest with the security council within the united nations and so in some senses i would argue that our two pig he has in some ways strengthened the role of the security council and made it less likely although new maybe or maybe it's very it's created a lot more paralysis even if i can go to you because russia and china is going to get been given a lot of criticism in the world for its vetoing of any more intervention into syria and the russians and the chinese will go back and say look what you did in libya you abused that mandate because of this new doctrine and then the russians and the chinese are going to not budge on this one or if there is it'll be much more nuance now what i'm getting at is it art this doctrine is finding itself dead in the water because it was abused in libya. i don't think so i mean russia and china's position on this the resolution that was put to the security council that

mark and here in studio is producer of capital account dimitri kofi anna and i am going to moderate a very evenly and diplomatically so that this is really just between dimitri and joe so joe let's just start with you and get right into it why should savers and retirees stop whining that after their hard labor they can't save or earn any money while wall street which brought down the economy gets to speculate with cheap cash . the fundamental problem is complaining about low interest rates is that i mean first of all everyone is annoyed when they can't make money we all want to make money on our investments we all want to get ahead but the fundamental problem is that the economy is lousy there isn't much inflation and the time like this nobody can get any return to it's not just savers it's regular investors it's people vest and treasuries as people who invest in the real economy this is still a pretty depressed market and there's should be nothing special about people who put their money in risk free institutions there's no special reason why they should get a good rate on their mone

secretary-general kofi annan has been appointed as the u.n. and arab envoy to deal with the crisis. >>> maryland is set to become the eighth state to legal iize marriage who plans to sign it into law this week. >>> in virginia, a bill requiring ultrasounds for women seeking abortions has been pulled from consideration for the year. the move comes a day after governor bob mcdonald dropped support for a key provision requiring invasive ultrasounds. >>> emotional reaction in court from an alabama man acquitted after being charged with the murder in the drowning death of his newlywed on their honemoon. gabe watson was accused of killing his fiancee tina. the judge said the evidence was sorely lacking. >>> a rescue helicopter began to shake violently and then fall apart upon landing. four people aboard managed to escape without serious injuries. >>> now here is an "early" look at one of your top health headlines on msnbc.com. a new study says bird flu may be more common than previously thought, but not as deadly. the world health organization says

a year ago she accepted the opportunity of a life-time when the kofi-annan-foundation offered her a chance to study business administration here in berlin. not an easy choice to make for the mother-of three. when she returns home she hopes her new skills will allow her to make a real difference in the family business. we followed berlinda throughout her studies and hear about the risks and opportunities as she sees them. >> it may be graduation, but there's one more thing to learn: the final photo shoot. berlinda is skeptical at first, but in the end she's satisfied with her result. the working mother arrived in berlin a year ago. berlinda was still brand new in the city when she attended a soccer match at the university in the spring. she was one of 38 international students in a one year masters program. her goal was an international economics degree for business leaders. it's berlinda's 35th birthday. her three children in zimbabwe congratulate her over the phone. >> no, it's been a good day! >> it hasn't been an easy time without her family. on the one hand it's really cool, because i'

whether covey an -- kofi anan will lead some sort of intervention remains to be seen. >> on china andussia, any signs they are embarrassed by the violence and may be working behind-the-scenes? >> not enough. and we haven't called the russians bluff. there should be a call to stop the arms shipments until the anan decision has succeeded or failed. we should sponsor a resolution, and let the russians veto it, but in effect let them force to be embarrassed once again. >> that would be high diplomatic drama indeed. thank you for joining us. >> there have been violent protests in afghanistan over the burnings of korans at a u.s. base. there have been fierce anti-u.s. rallies in some pakistanis cities, too. the key leader has called on troops to resist the urge to seek revenge on u.s. soldiers. >> protesters took to the streets after friday prayers, venting their fury for a fourth day in a row. this was a western city -- this was the western city of herat where some are accused of fanning the flames and directing the violence. police fired above or at demonstrators who attacked a local reco

leader ko eer kofi s trying to help. >>> oil hit a new nine-month high as the dollar fell and gas inched closer to four bucks gallon on average, the highest ever for this time of yore it's turning political. tahman bradley has the details. >> reporter: american's pain at the pump could have ramifications. gas prices have gone up 28 days in a row. >> crazy 37. >> reporter: with experts predicting gas prices to pass $5 by memorial day, the president argues it's not his fault. >> we have to have a sustained strategy. yes, oil and gas, but also wind, and solar. and nuclear. and bio fuels and more. >> reporter: the white house worries the high cost of fuel could undermine the economic recovery and undercut the president's chances at re-election. a ten-cent rise in price would cost the average american family $93 more dollars a year. every time the gas prices go up, it takes $11 billion out of the americans' pockets. >> people complain here all the time. >> reporter: republicans say the president's energy policies have droouchb up prices here in the u.s. they're saying the rejection of the key

secretary general kofi annan as their special envoy. annan headed the u.n. for ten years until 2006. he won the nobel peace prize during his tenure. the former u.n. chief has experience in conflict resolution. after leading the world body he helped negotiate an end to ethnic conflict in kenya. through the appointment of annan, the u.n. and arab league said they aim to underscore their commitment to stopping the violence in syria. the japanese government will extend $3 million in emergency aid to the recent victims of violence in syria. the program will distribute food and medicine to people forced to flee their homes. the aid will be distributed in cooperation with the international committee of the red cross and other organizations. >> translator: japan needs to assist syrian civilians for humanitarian reasons. we will continue our calls for the syrian government to halt the violence against its people. >> the u.n. says 100,000 to 200,000 people have been displaced within syria. and another 20,000 have fled to neighboring countries. next we continue our ser

secretary general kofi annan as their special envoy. annan headed the u.n. for ten years until 2006. he won the nobel peace prize during his tenure. the former u.n. chief has experience in conflict resolution. after leading the world body he helped negotiate an end to ethnic conflict in kenya. through the appointment of annan, the u.n. and arab league said they aim to underscore their commitment to stopping the violence in syria. the japanese government will extend $3 million in emergency aid to the recent victims of violence in syria. the program will distribute food and medicine to people forced to flee their homes. the aid will be distributed in cooperation with the international committee of the red cross and other organizations. >> translator: japan needs to assist syrian civilians for humanitarian reasons. we will continue our calls for the syrian government to halt the violence against its people. >> the u.n. says 100,000 to 200,000 people have been displaced within syria. and another 20,000 have fled to neighboring countries. next we continue our ser

secretary general kofi annan has been appointed as an envoy on the crisis. >>> oil prices up prices atthe pump continuing to climb. another six cents a gallon since yesterday. current average price in california is $4.20. it was $3.96 a week ago. nationwide prices are highest ever for this time of year the white house is paying very close attention in the election year. tahman bradley has more. >> reporter: american's pain at the pump could have big political ramifications gas prices have gone up 28 days in a row making many americans angry. with experts predicting prices to pass $5 by memorial day president obama organizes it is not his fault. >> the president: we've got to have a sustained all of the above strategy that develops every available source of american energy. yes, oil and gas, also wind and solar and nuclear and biofuels and more! >> reporter: the white house worries the high cost of fuel could undermine the economic recovery and undercut the president's chances at reelection. republicans say the president's energy policies have driven up the cost of fuel here they argue

. >> reporter: kofi anan, former secretary-general of the united nations, appointed as special envoye syrian crisis but it's unclear how much authority he really has. and on the ground, in syria, the situation remains the same. the syrian government is maintaining the offensive. protesters did take to the streets message of defiance. >>> grim outlook for the dutch prince caught in an avalanche in austria last week. doctors are saying he may never regain consciousness. the 43-year-old prince is in a coma with severe brain damage. he is the second son of the netherlands' queen beatrix. >>> we know the i didn't of a marine killed in the helicopter crash monday. james everett tells the fresno bee his 33-year-old son was one of the pilots who died when two chops are collided in midair. his son was a ten-year marine corps veteran who grew up in fresno. >>> the people in northwest china getting slammed by blizzards. the harsh winter weather already killed livestock and damaged homes. many drivers left stranded on the snow covered roads. >>> it's three, four weeks away from the official star

have indicted for crimes of humanity or are suspected of crimes against humanity and have supported kofinan as the envoy. will that help? >> right now it's making us feel better, frankly, unless you find a way to directly embolden the opposition or in fact intervene militarily in both of those crores of action are risky and will go on regardless what the united nations does. >> the rest of the world will sit and watch as the killing happens in homs, as clearly the ones who are there, the syrians and reporters going there are increasingly at risk and increasingly frustrated by it. >> there's no will. there simply is no will. there's 34re7b9y of capacity but no will for a military intervention in syria and no international legitimacy for it, as long as the chinese and russians continue to block actions of the security council to make or at least authorize as they did in libya a nato intervention, the odds that there will be any unilateral intervention from the british to the french, right now i would say slim to none. >> thank you very much for coming to chris pit. -- to visit. a grim situ

secretary-general kofi annan has been appointed as the u.n.nd arab envoy to deal with the crisis. >>> maryland is set to become the eighth state to legalize same-sex marriage after the state senate approved a bill thursday sponsored by governor o'malley who plans to sign it into law this week. >>> in virginia, a bill requiring ultrasounds for women seeking abortions has been pulled from consideration for the year. the move comes a day after governor bob mcdonald dropped support for a key provision requiring invasive ultrasounds. >>> emotional reaction in court from an alabama man acquitted after being charged with the murder in the drowning death of his newlywed on their honeymoon. gabe watson was accused of killing his bride during a diving trip in the great barrier reef of australia. the judge said the evidence was, quote, sorely lacking. >>> just amazing video out of brazil where a rescue helicopter began to shake violently and then just fall apart during landing. four people aboard managed to escape without serious injuries. >>> now here i

secretary general kofi annan has been appointed as the envoy on the crisis by the u.n. and the arab league. >>> michael jackson's former personal physician who was sentenced to four years in prison for causing the pop singer's death in 2009 will be in court today. dr. conrad murray will ask a judge to let him out of jail while he works on his appeal. murray was convicted in november of involuntary manslaughter. murray's lawyer says his client also needs to find a job to help support his seven children. >>> the 9-year-old accused of accidently shooting a classmate in washington state might face criminal charges. the boy appeared in juvenile court yesterday, and a judge set his bail at $50,000. police say he brought a gun to school earlier this week, and it fired while inside his backpack, critically injuring a girl in his class. washington state law says children can face criminal charges if they have the capacity to understand what they did was wrong. a capacity hearing will be held in two weeks. >>> the man accused of killing his wife while on their honeymoon in austra

secretary general, kofi annan, has been appointed special envoy to syria. the latest reports from homs say continued shelling has today killed another five people. >> mounting dismay at the plight of civilians caught in syria's spiraling violence, now in tunisia the outside world will be searching for a way too help them. >> we hope to see new pledges of emergency assistance for syrians caught in assad's stranglehold and international coordination and diplomatic pressure on damascus to convince it to allow humanitarian aid to those who need it most. >> already syria's main opposition group has called for three safe passages, one to bring in aid from jordan, one from lebanon into homs, and the third from turkey. over 70 countries will be represented here in tunis. opposition leaders are hoping the sheer size of the conference will pile on the pressure. >> ideally i'd like to see this conference declaring syria as a country in humanitarian crisis. this would force international powers to act and act immediately and forcefully in order to stop the atrocities c

right intention oh so far let's lighten it up a little bit let's bring in dimitri kofi anna right here in studio and shannon donahoe in the control room our producer is to talk about this which is actually kind of an alarming finding of a main street dot com just came out with a list of the u.s. is the richest counties and just guess who dominates the standing the d.c. area take a look at the top three ok look at the median household incomes they are six figures in the top three counties all around washington d.c. listen this man puts it pretty clearly as far as what this is like. you know the part of the country where people can speak consider locally rich someone here making a hundred thousand was just median for just median you're just right in there for making six figures all the top fifteen richest counties are in the d.c. area the top fifteen if you what more evidence do you need about the people sucking on the teat of government then that well yes courageous because the money gets redistributed to d.c. i think it's absurd i can't stand to see and i live here so that's when i was

ok so we want to give your three fans on a few things before we go let's bring dimitri kofi anna stand shana donahoe in the control room because i know we've been talking about the greek debt crisis a lot but it's important because it has really broad ramifications let's first hear what it sounds like from washington. d.c. is the moment to concede. if there is a minimum of compliance or is that a. this is a moment to turn the page and to. extinguish the book then we could. explode it sounds really pressing as he was talking about that at the peterson institute yesterday this is what it looks and sounds like of course from greece though so if we could show some of that but i think we have it of protests and that sort of thing so we don't ever want to fall into that washington trap and we luckily do have a unique situation where our producer dimitri is greek he covered the protests in athens last june there he's been following the press and talking to his friends family in context dare to get a more accurate perspective so we want to talk a little bit about that dmitri because i know you

before we go let's hash out a few of these stories that caught our eye i want to bring in dimitri kofi as our producer and shannon donahoe in the control room to talk about something that really drew my attention because we've seen so many of these images coming out of greece recently showing divisions between germany and greece coming up again you had angela merkel dressed in a nazi uniform in a greek tabloid i think we have a picture of that you can see it right there she's up in the corner and here is this video that we played others played it to of some protesters what they had to say about germany. ok we don't have that right now but basically we saw protesters burning a german flag we saw them holding up a nazi flag saying all the nazis must leave despite this a new report out today says hey maybe greeks are thinking if you can't beat em join em athens news is reporting they've seen a twenty percent uptick in young greeks looking to learn german to have a better chance in the job market dimitri i am very curious your reaction to that we've seen so many the divisions but now we se

thinks a virgin retirees should quit whining about lousy interest rates he and capital accounts dimitri kofi anan will battle it out but first your closing market number it's. funny it's technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia we've got the huge earth covered. welcome back capital account viewers our friend joe weisenthal a business insider has a message for you let's look at it he says dear savers and retirees stop whining about those lousy rates you're getting from the bank he goes on he says sorry but it's time we took on one of the most sacred cow demographics in the world savers specifically we're going to address the people who whine about how they're getting such paltry rates on their savings accounts including c.d.'s you hear all the time bernanke is zero interest rate policy is screwing over savers and retirees bernanke is even screwing over your grandma while you sure do hear all the time especially if you're watching the show because we talk about that all the time here on capital of count so to battle it out we've got joe here deputy editor of busines

savers and retirees should quit whining about lousy interest rates he and capital accounts dimitry kofi anan will battle it out but first your closing market number as. it were just put a picture of me when i was like nine years old until she told the truth. i'm a confession i am a total ghetto princess i love driving hip hop music loud and pretty. but it was kind of a bit yesterday. i'm very proud of the world without you she has played. oh oh oh oh. oh oh. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm charged welcome is a big issue. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through it's already been made who can you trust no one who is human view with the global machinery see where we had a state controlled capitalism is called sessions when nobody dares to ask we. do. question morning. welcome back capital account viewers our friend joe weisenthal a business inside

. >> former united nations secretary-general kofi annan will serve as a special envoy during their effortsthe violence there. >>> 7 states have joined a lawsuit filed against the federal government's contraceptive mandate. the rule would require religious organizations to offer health insurance coverage that includes birth control and other contraceptives to their employees. the backlash from religious groups, including the archdiocese of baltimore, the president has changed the proposal so insurance companies would cover the cost but the lawsuit claims any such mandate is a violation of the first amendment. >>> a washington state girl is facing more surgery after she was accidentally shot inside her school. eight-year-old amena coarsa bowman was hit when a gun wept off inside another student's back pack the bullet went through her arm and into her abdomen. doctors say she has significant organ damage and will require several more surgeries. >> you tell anybody -- anybody who has kids you know, knows that -- i mean you -- you would do anything to take away the pain that she is feeling righ