african beat is headed to libya to try and ease the conflict between the government and rebels meantime nato draws ever more fire over blunders in its military operation then. on top financial minds governor iconic american town to discuss what went wrong with the world's economy and where it needs to go to avoid a repeat of replacing the dollar as a reserve currency and the increased role of emerging markets are among the main topics. to stay with us our programs continue moscow next and just a few days ahead of the fiftieth anniversary of man's first flight into space mountain andrews goes out in search of an out of his world experience. i walk into the shadow i'm standing under a karate class of most famous hollywood sign here in the russian capital but why but because of this week's program we'll be exploring the subject of space erected in one thousand sixty four to celebrate the soviet achievements from the space race to today's european space program join me as we find out why russia is so obsessed with everything that's literally out of this world the world watched when yuri gagarin

african leaders headed to libya to try and ease the conflict between the government and rebels meantime nato draws ever more fire over blunders in its military operation that. the top financial minds gather in an iconic american town to discuss what went wrong with the world's economy and where it needs to go to avoid a repeat of placing the dollar as a reserve currency and the increased role of emerging markets are among the main topics. and a chance to discover russia some more this time james brown travels the republic of more home to some of russia's most accomplished artists coming. prospect. seems to come up to your waist. coat. a trip to the republic of moldova. just over six hundred kilometers east of moscow it's home to around one hundred thousand people must be some of the fittest in the country. may be small when it comes to speak it's definitely a major player. holiday are more likely to head to the beach. but you can already travel around without at least having a go at some winter sports. i do get to see some stuff. a bit. every day dozens of people head out to the tracks here

meantime nato says that providing safety for civilians at libya is impossible while colonel gadhafi remains in power but of course nine among stop the war coalition strikes on their own can and never provided liberation or humanitarian aid. leaving aside the question of the legality of the operation and everything that we have learned from iraq and from afghanistan on tells us and should have told the western governments that you cannot blow my country into democracy or liberation you cannot. you cannot create progress in the country by launching cruise missiles that in fact what you find is the opposite happens civilians die. very often the current regime actually becomes strengthened quality time because gadhafi after all from the start was trying to characterize your position as being stooges of the west well now that particular characterize i will appear to have a lot more weight with people in libya and you know so far they've got no way when it comes to very tense to remove removed after the start i fail to see how intensifying of all mean is going to do anything more than increase th

of african leaders are heading to libya to try and ease the conflict approve a government ready meantime nato draws ever more fire over plug those in its military operation. on a world without the dollar top economists gather to discuss where the global economy is heading and the role of emerging countries. to midnight here in moscow this is the r t international news channel my name is kevin zero in on our top story it was a fateful flight that killed the president and ninety five others memorial services have been taking place almost a year now since the plane crash in western russia which claimed the lives of the polish leader like a chain skier many top officials had been on the way to a commemoration ceremony for the victims of the one nine hundred forty cutting massacre carried out by stalin secret police he's a country was at the crash scene. it was a day to remember solemnly here in smiley and i tell a geisha not more than a hundred people mostly reality of some of the victims of the catastrophe gathered at the sites where the polish to believe one fifty four a plane crashed a year ag

meantime nato is refusing to apologize for the airstrikes on thursday which mistakenly killed a number of rebel fighters meanwhile a number of russian journalists have been seized by the forces russia's foreign minister says he's worried about the situation and is taking steps to resolve it how course won a pulitzer winner has more from tripoli. hearing out of nato is that they might mistakenly have hit a group of opposition fighters in and around the city of brega that is in a strategic important oil city in the east of this country but nato refusing to apologize for that incident what we're hearing from nato officials is that they say the situation on the ground is extremely fluid and they were unaware of the fact that a lease and days rebel fighters had acquired tanks we are hearing from doctors that at least five opposition fighters have been killed and some twenty two injured what we understand happened is that using this heavy weaponry the rebel fighters had tried to advance in the supposed to be a surprise attack on the duckies it says that they were been struck by these nato ai

african leaders are headed to libya to try and ease the conflict between the government and rebels meantime nato draws ever more fire over blunders in its military operation live comment about that story coming up this hour. other world without the dollar top economists gather to discuss where the global economy is heading and the role of emerging countries. ten pm saturday night here in moscow this is r.t. with me kevin though in welcome to the top story it was a fateful flight that killed the president of ninety five others a moral services have been taking place almost a year since the plane crash in western russia which claimed the lives of the polish media lech kaczynski and many top officials have been on their way to a commemoration ceremony for the victims of the nineteen fourteen forty captive massacre occurred by stalin secret police is a country without the crushing force. it was a day to remember solemnly here in smiley and i delegate over a hundred people mostly relatives of the victims of the catastrophe gathered at the side where the polish to believe one fifty four plane crashed

according right meantime libyan state t.v. reports of eight nato strikes on the capital tripoli have led to numerous injuries among the civilians one of the coalition bombs hit the residence of colonel gadhafi well meantime a nato officials have announced plans to continue their operation until libyan forces to start attacking civilians and retreat at a meeting in berlin members of the alliance discussed what contribution each state needs to make with only six out of the twenty eight involved conducting airstrikes and u.k. and france have been calling on other countries to increase military pressure on colonel gadhafi airstrikes began last month following the u.s. decision to allow an enforcement of the no fly zone in order to protect civilians but many analysts believe the ultimate goal of the operation is control over libyan politics and oil. we can't rule out boots on the ground at this point the problem is it's the western nations are trying to mask shield military incursion something look more benevolent any more humanitarian germany has one p

paris meantime and nato military advisers have been dispatched to libya in a move which many say is the first step towards a ground operation however helen and a columnist for the online publication of foreign policy in focus believes that foreign action in libya interests one part of a larger agenda. china between the middle east and africa draws almost all of its imported oil from this region so if you examine the libya in the asian in terms of the role of the u.s. military in the fifth fleet in the persian gulf and the red sea and then africa column in libya what you see is that five out of the six or leading sources of china's oil and gas are under either u.s. sanctions or of u.s. military control to put its thumb on the juggler vein so i think you have to see the libya less as a particular incident and as a piece on a very global chessboard. experts fear that conflict in africa may trigger a new economic downturn which would be devastating for the united states. america's financial management is best defined by a nonstop pouring been six feet of the walk over there it's a running t

the british military reports sitting seven pro-government tanks in libya but meantime support for nato is still shaky of the previous pluggers in the operation and a group of african leaders are on a mission to try and ease the conflict between the government and rebels this week and. also top financial minds gather in an iconic american town to discuss what went wrong with the world's economy and where it needs to go from boy to repeat the placing of dollars the reserve currency and increased role of emerging markets are among the main topics. it's a level thirty one pm moscow time up next the war in the first anniversary of the plane crash near smolensk in our spotlight show we'll go north says guests about the tragedy and how it's affected relations between russia. hello again it wasn't just part like the interview show. day where commemorating the anniversary of the tragic plane crash at the airfield near the russian city of smolensk until a geisha headed by polish president lech kaczynski was on their way to russia to take part in a morning ceremony for thousands of victims of the

east of the country is said the question is then over the effectiveness of nato as un mandated no fly zone adopted last month meantime the key city of nato forces have been bombarding gadhafi as army pro-government forces have been trying to retake the area from the opposition but to say at least rebels have been killed that says nato announces it's destroyed a significant amount of government ammunition and tanks across the country there's growing rebel disillusionment at the level of nato assistance and at the scale of friendly fire casualties since the alliance took over the no fly zone at least twenty and the gadhafi fighters have been killed and dozens injured by their raids i think they go for second off to some of the rebels in the city of benghazi for. the better and awful libyan army moved any service all the way to retirement but now he's fighting for the revolution and is among a few rebels at the present with military training and experience the. forces are not even we are ready to fight to the death but with these weapons we don't stand a chance against gadhafi since needing to control the north winds on

the east of the country that's led to questions over the effectiveness of nato as un mandated no fly zone adopted last month meantime in the key city of. nato forces of a good there are fees army and pro-government forces have been trying to retake the area from the opposition doctors say at least eight rebels have been killed that says nato announces it's destroyed a significant amount of government initially and tanks across the country however there's growing rebel disillusionment at the level of nato assistance at the scale of friendly fire casualties since the alliance took over the no fly zone at least twenty and to gadhafi fighters have been killed and dozens injured by their raids artie's of god has been off so can the some of the rebels in the city of benghazi for us a very. lonely served his country all the way to retirement but now he's fighting for the revolution and is among the few rebels at the front with military training and experience. their forces are not evil we are ready to fight to the death but viz weapons we don't stand a chance against gadhafi since needed to control the north bros on operat

the east of the country it's said to questions over the effectiveness of nato as un mandated no fly zone adopted last month meantime of the cases here of nato forces of guffey's army pro-government forces have been trying to retake the area from the opposition boxes least eight rebels have been killed that's as nato announces it's destroyed a significant amount of government i mean issues and tanks across the country where there's growing rebel disillusionment at the level of the nato assistance right now out of the scale of friendly fire casualties since the alliance took over the no fly zone at least twenty and to get off the fighters have been killed and dozens injured by their raids i think he got pissed going off spoken to some of the rebels in the city of benghazi a veteran of the libyan army moved any sort of his going all the way to retirement but now he's fighting for the revolution and is among the few rebels at the front with military training and experience with their forces for not even if we are ready to face the death but with these weapons we don't stand a chance against gadhafi since needing to con

was scheduled to hand over that role to britain, france and other nato allies yesterday. now meantime a turkish hospital ship picked up 250 wounded people from a city that has seen heavy fighting between government troops and rebels. the ship had to leave hundreds behind on the dock begging to be evacuated. >>> this morning the operator of that damaged nuclear plant in japan says it is going to release more than 11,000 tons of water contaminated with a low level of radiation into the pacific ocean. tokyo electric power says it has to do this in order to free up storage space for water that has even higher levels of radioactivity. the water said to be released is said to be 100 times more radioactive than legal limits. >>> here in california the damage estimates are rising after last month's tsunami surge. the california emergency management agency says as of this weekend the statewide damage estimate rose $4 million to $48 million. disaster declaration from president obama could make about $25 million in federal aid available. harbors in crescent city, fort brag and santa cruz were th

would not have made it another 24 hours under those conditions the rebels in the meantime pointing as a reason why natop their efforts. >> in other news in afghanistan, a taliban suicide bomber blew himself up today killing himself and five foreign and five afghan troops. it's not clear if any of those killed were american. the attack was one of the deadliest in months in foreign troops. >>> in cuba they marked their 50th anniversary and castro used the time to propose term limits. he proposed that he and other officials should be restricted to two consecutive 5-year term. >>> in london preparations of the royal wedding continued as they consider new rules for the concession. the first male heir of the couple would take the thrown. the government is considering a plan to change the law to allow the first-born child whether male or female to inherit the kingdom. >>> a rescue team is digging trying to reach a miner trapped in a cave in. it happened in the idaho panhandle town of mullen. a section of the roof more than a mile underground measuring about 10 feet high and 20 feet wide fell, and one man made

was scheduled to hand over that role to britain, france and other nato allies yesterday. meantime, u.s. lawmakers say they want to know more about the rebels fighting against moammar gadhafi's forces before giving them weapons. there's some concern there could be members of al qaeda amongst those rebel forces. we're also learning about moves to resolve the conflict. "the new york times" is reporting that two of gadhafi's sons are proposing a solution that could push their father aside to make room for a democracy. >>> 7:17. in yemen today, six anti- government protesters were killed and more than 30 wounded. witnesses say thousands of protesters were marching toward the main square in the southern city of yemen, when sold yers on the street and -- soldiers on the street and roof chanted. u.s. citizens are urging -- are urged to postpone nonessential travel to syria and family members of u.s. government workers in syria are authorized to leave the country. >>> 7:18. well, tomorrow, contra costa county supervisors will debate the safety of new wind turbines. the board will talk abou

in the meantime, on the battlefield nato is investigating what could be incident of friendly fire thatleft 13 rebels dead. it happened friday outside the city of brega after dark. the rebels say they may have been firing in the air before that strike happened. but it does underscore how comply kated the battlefield here has become. with gaddafi forces increasingly using civilian cars and pick up trucks to mask their movement from nato airstrikes. finally, the conditions here in tripoli remain calm. the city is securely under government control. there are shortages of basic products like gasoline. the value of the libyan dinar against the u.s. dollar is about half of what it was a month ago. a sign that perhaps the street here in the long-term is betting against the gaddafi regime. back to you. >> chris: steve harrigan reporting from tripoli. thanks for that. it's time now for the sunday group. brit hume, fox news senior political analyst. mara liasson of national public radio. bill kristol of "the weekly standard." and fox news political analyst juan williams. brit, it appears that the

a third attacker was shot dead, three nato service members were injured. meantime, we know more tonight about the u.n. workers targeted in afghanistan during that fury caused by the burning of the koran a half a world away by the pastor in florida. tonight, nick schifrin with what one of the u.n. workers did to survive the attack. >> reporter: today, thousands filled kandahar city, furious over that koran burning 8,000 miles away. the police shot into the crowd, killing nine, injuring 80. brutally they prevented what happened yesterday, protesters overrunning police in northern afghanistan and murdering seven u.n. members. remarkably, one of them survived. this man, pavel, local head of the u.n., found beaten and left in a ditch. earlier, inside the compound, attackers had put a gun to his head. they'd killed his colleagues and asked him to prove he was muslim. he isn't, but he convinced them he was by reciting the koran. they beat him up but let him go. >> he knew the culture and respected the afghan religion, which is islam, but different islam, not islam of thos

call on everyone to respect the un resolution in solving this conflict meantime a journalist assignment must suffer says that nato is seeking ways to go beyond the u.n. mandate well hiding behind so-called humanitarian motives. i think the original demand from the rebels inside of eastern libya and the area of the cities in western libya was simply no fly zone to stop most families coming in and some humanitarian aid the red line for them was ground troops and now we're beginning to see the first steps towards a creeping. critical arrival of foreign or foreign forces that this is exactly what happened in vietnam and in various other conflicts and it always starts with it's about humanitarian intervention and then where is that leading to and this i think is a very very dangerous move and what we're seeing in libya unfortunately is the best way to put it is really the west hijacking this revolution and in this process they are making very very difficult for the revolution succeed. now there are fears raging addressed in the arab world might jeopardize the global economic recovery as we report later in the program

was scheduled to hand over that role to britain, france and other nato allies yesterday. meantime.s. lawmakers say they want to know more about the rebels fighting against moammar gadafi's forces before providing them with weapons. there's concern that there could be members of al qaeda among the rebel forces. >>> time now 6:49. new this morning the operators of that damaged japanese nuclear power plant plan to release more than 11,000 tons of water contaminated with a low level of radiation into the pacific ocean. tokyo electric power says it has to release that water contaminated with the low levels of radiation just to free up storage space for water with much higher levels of radiation. the water to be released is about 100 times more radioactive than the legal limits. >>> all right. 6:49 is the time right now. sal, what are you keeping an eye on? oh, sal, can't hear you. little microphone problem. he's checking the button. >> this is what i call a sal alert. you know he was watching this traffic out there. >> yes. >> there he is. >> all right. the battery fell out of my micro

was scheduled to hand over that role to britain, france and other nato allies yesterday. meantime u.s. lawmakers say they want to know more about the rebels fighting against moammar gadafi's forces before providing them with weapons. there is concern that there could be members of al qaeda among the rebel forces. >>> and the u.s. state department has now issued a warning for americans traveling in syria because of political unrest there. u.s. citizens are urged to postpone nonessential travel to syria. and family members of the u.s. government workers in syria are authorized to leave the country. >>> time now a 41:00. new this morning. the operators of that damaged nuclear power plant plans to release more than 11,000 tons of water contaminated with a low level of radiation into the pacific ocean. tokyo electric power says it has to release the water. and it's contaminated with low levels of radiation in order to free up storage space for water with much higher levels of radioactivity. this water to be released is about 100 times more radioactive than the legal limits. >>> here in

meantime international law professor francis boyle says that nato planned its intervention long before the unrest spread through and. what we're seeing unfold in libya is a pre existing war plan by nato or by the british by the french and i view mirror. would care there is no way this sort of military force and firepower could have pulled together in such a short period of time and less there was your point there was the moment more disturbances in benghazi and then everything now is going according to plan which is why i believe since they failed to do polls. with the steps. the next stage will be moving into a ground invasion and. corso we've got more insight on the top stories find out the website polity dot com there you'll also find a new light on the inmates of america's notorious one coming up a prison where it seems that young teenagers on the elderly are considered a threat to national security. i think about the suppression of software tycoons sunday revealed as an elderly couple who were just trying to clear the dead with their own some kind of more fun. and now we turn our

meantime political analyst mikhail towards q says that the nato campaign in libya has caused some to consider whether international action in syria is remotely appropriate well i think in the situation with syria they had to choose between bed and worse and indeed syria is located it is a much more sensitive region. the autopsy we'd. like to see. there and secondly the international community here the late summer is only. really stretched right now with the alteration going on in libya and their operation is already causing international concern and objections another wave of islamic inspired uprising sweeping the arab world is alarming the region's only non muslim power that of israel washington's behind the scenes efforts to support democracy in the region may actually be fueling a rise in extremist and anti israeli movements artie's has now from tel aviv. these gunmen mean business and they're upping the stakes just that little bit higher at least years the egyptian regime like the zionist enemy trying to stop us fighters and girls that we always got the weapons we needed to fight

nato has dismissed an offer from libya meantime for a cease fire in the staging of peace talks the coalition since the cold gadhafi must stop the bloodshed first the libyan opposition also rejected a call saying that a compromise is over due the unrest the start of the mid february has already claimed more than ten thousand lives according to the rebels. we're keeping up to date on the latest from the middle east to rival palestinian groups fatah and hamas agreed earlier in the week to unite their governments in the west bank and gaza the move comes ahead of a u.n. vote on palestinian state to the september palestinian front affairs minister told us that r.t. that he preferred to negotiate independence directly with israel but it's funny how difficult. since last september. israelis have been avoiding. committing themselves into serious negotiations they have refused requests of the international community to seize and to stop a settlement activities as international cricket with a. political vision for the resumption of negotiation and since then you know we did not have any kind of negotia

reports sitting seven pro-government tanks in libya but support for nato is still shaky after previous blunders in the operation meantime a group of african leaders on a mission to try and ease the conflict between the government and gravel. and top financial minds gathering iconic american tired of discuss what went wrong with the world's economy and where it needs to go to avoid a repeat of placing the dollar as a reserve currency and the control of the emerging markets are among them. now the chance to discover more of russia's time james brown travels to the public of some of russia's most accomplished. as are about to find. prospectors. plunges well below zero the snow seems to come up to your waist and you should follow your friends and voice copes. a trip to the republican via. just over six hundred. it's home to around one hundred thousand people must be some of the fittest in the country. may be small when it comes to school it's definitely a major player. to say that if i'm going on holiday i'm more likely to head to the beach. but you can already travel around without at least having a go at some winter sport

meantime the russian prime minister says he's alarmed by nato approach towards libya at a news conference following russia swedish talks because addition is quote backed them out of the cost. it's well known that i used to serve in the k.g.b. at the time the soviet union was we're doing a war in afghanistan many of my friends served in afghanistan one of them was the head of the advisors group on the security bodies in herat one day he went on leave and i asked him listen sasha how's the situation down there and at that time our country had a very patriotic spirit we believe that we're doing a very good thing having this war in afghanistan his reply came back and expectedly up you know without my signature not a single missile or blind can be fired so what i asked i assess my success and my achievements by the number of orders that i don't sign for me the sound of chocking can you imagine hearing that from a k.g.b. officer at the time i asked him why he said do you know how many peaceful civilians perish because of these missile attacks but no matter what reasons are behind them sometimes

nato to enforce the u.n.-ordered no-fly zone. meantime, president obama approved the use of unmanned drone to attack government ground forces in libya. >>> he went from corporate manager to activist. this morning, the man credited with sparking the egyptian revolution is here in the bay area. now, he has a new mission. here is abc7's lisa amin gulezian with the man who became the face of the democracy movement. >> i amen egyptian who thought of doing things different way. >> he's many things. google exec, activist and top of the time magazine list of 100 most influential people in the world because of this. the political revolution in egypt that let to ousting of hosni mubarak. this 30-year-old became symbolic leader of change organizing the first massive protest in tahir square, through a facebook page. he came to plug and play, start-up incubator to talk about it. >> a tool to educate people on what is going on and how bad the situation is. never envision it would happen but it did. while he is in silicon valley for several days with a

nato to enforce the u.n.-ordered no-fly zone. meantimeapproved the use of unmanned drones to attack government ground forces in libya. anti-government rebels complain that the nato airstrikes have been ineffective stopping forces loyal to muammar gaddafi. >>> well, he went from corporate manager to activist. this morning, the man credited sparking the egyptian revolution is here in the bay area. now, wael ghonim is on a new mission. here is abc7's lisa amin gulezian with a man who became the face of the democracy movement. >> i'm just an egyptian who thought of doing something in a different way. >> reporter: wael ghonim is many things. he is a google exec. an act vist. he is even at the top of "time" magazine's list of 100 most influential people in the world, because of this. the political revolution in egypt that led to the ousting of president hosni mubarak. >> january 25, there were 850,000 people on facebook. who follow wael. >> reporter: this 30-year-old quickly became the symbolic leader of change by organizing the first massive p

in the meantime navy boats and divers are searching the water up to 12 miles off the coast. >>> a nato air strike in libya targeted the compound in tripoli. supporters of the libyan leaders gathered at the site of the bombing. the attack destroyed a library building and office and badly damaged a reception hall. last month a nato cruise miscan targeted an administration building in the compound. >>> gas prescribes may have peaked for the year. lower demand and slower growth may keep gasoline prices from hitting a record high. gas prices are up almost 12 cents in the last two weeks. one survey says the price increases are slowing down. the national average price for a gallon of regular gas is $3.88. as usual it's much higher here in the bay area. the average for san francisco is $4.28. and it's a nickel less in the east and south bay. >>> if you ever wanted to offer your opinion of bart seats now is the time to do so. the tran sit agency will be buying new seats for trains and the public is being invited to participate in a seat lab to help determine how the seats should be designed. th

wants to withdraw those planes on saturday but agreed to a nato request for a 48-hour extension before the allies take over. meantime this morning. we will enjoy the numbers coming up through the 70s. yesterday felt pretty good. a little breezy over the weekend but we will be looking at another weather system headed our way mid-week not only bringing cooler weather but maybe some rain. 50 in mountain view. it's 48 in fremont and 45 in napa. highlights this morning clear and cool conditions. we will look for more sunshine today and warmer weather. much cooler weather is headed our way the middle of the week bringing a chance of showers. not a lot of rain but this cold weather could bring some frost bring plants in cleaning up the garden. you may have to cover those thursday night into friday. sat right and radar a few high clouds visiting the area but other than that we will see a little bit more warming. it's already warmer up in the upper levels of the atmosphere but it's going to be very short-lived. as soon as tomorrow another wind shift and we're done in terms of temperature. 74 in santa clara. look for 76 in sa

in the meantime, because we have abdicated our leadership, nato has been put in a state of disarray. what we are witnessing in the middle east is akin to other abdications of moral authority that have marked the past several years in dealing with other authoritarian threats militant socialism. from acquiescence to the china's saber rattling in the south china sea to infinites in the use of venezuela petrodollars to expend its bowl of aryan revolution into our hemisphere, president obama has at best refused to defend our interests. americans are more than familiar as a country with our long battle with secular ideologies of national socialism, fascism, and marxism. with few exceptions, are leaders from roosevelt to reagan were clear into funny men and judging them for the evil that they represented. today, our leaders have opted for political correctness, referring to our theological motivated energies as simply terrorists. as i said in 2006, terrorism is a tactic, not an ideology. the new existential threat to america, sharia and it is the oddism is yet -- and jihadism is yet to be d

was going to withdraw the planes on saturday but agreed to a nato request for a 48-hour extension before the allies took off. meantimegadhafi's envoy told the prime minister of greece that the libyan leader wants a way out of crisis. >> let the campaigning begin. president obama is officially running for a second term. he released his first campaign video on his website overnight. he does not appear in the video himself but instead supporters talking about the president's accomplishments. he followed up with a mass e-mail announcing she officially in the race. his reelection campaign team hopes to raise one billion dollars. president's 2008 campaign shattered donation records raising nearly $750 million. >> a first ever for walmart. grocery deliveries right to your door. a lot of focus as we've been telling you southwest airlines stock. >> kristen: jane king has this morning's money scope report. >>> good morning. walmart plans to test grocery delivery in northern california. they call the idea project and change the delivery game. it's big business. it's worth about $10 billion. they say source is not finalize and m

. >>> nato commanders admit there is not much they can do to stop the shelling of misrata by the libyan forces loyal to muammar qaddafi. meantime, thebrush are sending in military officers to advise the unorganized rebels and europe is considering an armed force to make sure humanitarian aid gets through. muammar qaddafi warns that would amount to a military operation. >>> a plane carrying michelle obama aborted its landing yesterday. air traffic controller error allowed her plane to come too close to a military cargo plane. they were within 3 miles of each other but a minman ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them to good use. he told me about his bunkmates, and how he signs up for every activity. ♪ he even hangs out with the camp director. just like that. [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn points. what's your story? citi can help you write it. gives you more ways to earn points. >>> now, a look at other big stories covered by our kron4 news crews. >> here at the golden gate bridge, a

. >>> nato commanders admit there is not much they can do to stop the shelling of misrata by the libyan forces loyal to muammar qaddafi. meantime, thebrush are sending in military officers to advise the unorganized rebels and europe is considering an armed force to make sure humanitarian aid gets through. muammar qaddafi warns that would amount to a military operation. >>> a plane carrying michelle obama aborted its landing yesterday. air traffic controller error allowed her plane to come too close to a military cargo plane. they were within 3 miles of each other but a minman separation of 5 miles is required for safety reasons. >>> we'll be right back. >>> now, a look at other big stories covered by our kron4 news crews. >> here at the golden gate bridge, a family won't soon forget what happened to them on sunday when they helped rescue a 16-year-old girl who jumped from the golden gate bridge and survived. >> i looked up and i was looking at it, and then i saw this splash. >> we heard her moaning and i think we all just started kicking into high gear. >> we're glad that she's okay. >> the happiest part of it is that fact that

by colonel gadhafi is forces meantime the rebels have sent their first independent oil shipment to cuss are now reports from tripoli . rebel fighters are the people who nato is supposed to be assisting in their advance westwards but we're not hearing that in nature a strike has struck the frontline position possibly killing as many as the team opposition fighters that happening on the frontline outside the city of gregor in the east of this country not eyewitnesses say that the rebel fighters are retreating quickly to the town of arabs w.-o. which is some seventy kilometers away from benghazi which is the headquarters of this whole rebel operation that they were treating with they were injured that they were treating with vehicles that had weaponry on them that there are ambulances on the scene and they leaving behind a number of destroyed tanks the number of destroyed on the vehicles now nature has responded by saying that it is aware of these claims but at this stage we have and they had no more information and now this follows an earlier strike out of the libyan foreign ministry says with british planes hitting an oil field in the south east of this co

the latest addition to nato the libyan arsenal but they bring with them a reputation for killing civilians in afghanistan and pakistan. credibly and the u.n. secretary general meantime took a firm stance on libya saying the coalition is that the only according to its mandate ban ki moon is currently in moscow talks. busts russia's war on terror in the caucasus claims a high profile target to security forces kill a top al qaeda militant it's believed he was involved in most of the recent atrocities in the country. this weekend so everybody likes ational in time too for martin andrews to show us next some of the latin flavors of the russian capital in his late edition of asco up. but. i love the present on this christmas last i would say that everything with eleven families and the rest of the funds elicit the same size as someone else's mother says misses the point when it comes to fiery and seriously i remember i might have . to choose from keeping him as you handy the roads here he's given a dance cost and russian is key to being a popular holiday dissemination from muscovites many of the trimmings to continue that he just moves back in moscow anally krypton's caus

paris meantime britain italy and france have announced the best sending combat advisors to know and then move which prompted a fresh wave of criticism towards nato the alliance is hiding behind humanitarian motives in an attempt to sidestep the un mandate this according to journalists. i think the original demand from the rebels inside libya. and the cities in western libya was simply no fly zone to stop most of these coming in and some humanitarian aid the red line for them was ground troops and now we're beginning to see the first steps towards a creeping. recruiting arrival of foreign or foreign forces that this is exactly what happened in vietnam i mean various other conflicts and it always starts with it's about humanitarian intervention and then where is it leading to and this i think is a very very dangerous move and what we're seeing in libya unfortunately is what the best way to put it is really the west hijacking this revolution and in this process they're making very very difficult for the revolution succeed. and experts fear that conflict in africa may trigger a new economic downturn which could be devastating for the united states.

nato. it is faster and more reliable. that way they can coordinate their movement with air strikes and avoid any more friendly fire. stephanie gosk, nbc news, benghazi. >>> meantime in syria the president there said today that the state of emergency laws that have been in effect for nearly 50 years will be lifted in the next couple days. that is one of the key demands of the democracy movement there. the move isn't quite a victory. the president is warning that once emergency law is gone there will be no excuse for continued protests. the pro democracy movement has been steadily growing over the past month and they say they want to see real reforms as well. and yesterday was the largest demonstration to date with tens of thousands of people marching on the capital. >>> and still to come at 5:00, state parks get a face lift in honor of earth day and -- >> a lot of my money goes to gas, just gas. i'm driving to work to pay for gas. >> just how bad is the pain at the pump? enough for the line at one south bay station to stretch literally around the block thanks to some low prices. we'll have a live report, coming . go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time...

addition to the nato libyan arsenal with a bit with a reputation for killing civilians in afghanistan pakistan. and the kremlin and the un secretary general take a firm stance on libya meantime saying the coalition without overly according to its mandate moves currently in moscow for talks. plus russia's war on terror in the caucasus claims a high profile target after security forces kill a top al qaeda militant it's believed he was involved in most of the recent atrocities in the country. this is all seen just thirty seconds away from the latest cross-talk people of al is guest discuss whether double standards are at work in the treatment of libya by western governments compared to bahrain where the whole family remains in control despite unrest. wealthy british style. markets finance scandals. find out what's really happening to the global economy in the cause a report on r.t. . can. start. to. follow and welcome to crossfire i'm peter lavelle we're told libya's khadafi must go but the royal family of bahrain must stay is this a double standard is freedom allowed for some well others are not worthy of the same and will the west later regret its differing approaches to the

nato faces questions over the effectiveness of its u.n. proud no fly zone in libya after reports that to rebel helicopters were shot down by gadhafi forces meantime this week rebel support for the alliance is intervention has suffered after a deadly friendly fire and. how to finish priest is charged with inciting racial hatred after an interview he gave to r.t. he spoke out against russia's most wanted terrorist who is behind the deadly metro in the airports from bombings in moscow and slammed his internet propaganda mouthpiece. coming up next we discuss the underlying fold sin modern economic systems and why the very rich stroy strive so hard to keep them as they are seen out sees exclusive interview with economic activist and filmmaker peter joseph next . today r.t. is talking to peter joseph activists and filmmaker he's the founder of this movement and has recently released his newest film guys moving forward. peter thank you for joining us today for our viewers who may not be very familiar with it please briefly explain what there's a case movement well there's a post film series of original first point out is my own creative expression and i

of nato's libya at arsenal but they bring with them a reputation for killing civilians in afghanistan and pakistan. the kremlin and the un secretary general take a firm stance on libya and meantime saying the coalition without tony according to its monday ban ki moon is currently here in moscow for talks. bust russia's war on terror and the caucuses claims a high profile target after security forces kill a top al qaeda militant it's believed he was involved in one of the recent atrocities in the country. it's the weekend the time for a bit of relaxation and time to for modern andrews to show us this time flavors in the russian capital over the last in twist in the latest edition of our. but. i love i love the program on this christmas laughs i would say that everything that feeling really impresses so fun to listen to the same size of someone else's mother says this is a point when it comes to fire young singer rhythm i might have. to choose from cuba here is you envy the rich if he's given a dance class in russian is key to being a popular holiday to summation for most advice many of the experiments continued and just moves back in mr anally krypton's cos he cost three hundred

meantime international law professor francis boyle says that there is no plan it's intervention long before the un arrest swept through. what we're seeing unfold in libya is a pre existing war plan by nato by the police by the french might be in there are those who care libya there is no way this amount of military force and firepower could afford put together in such a short period of time in the u.s. because of your plane that was activated the moment there were disturbances in benghazi and there everything now is going on porting the play in which is why i believe that since they have failed to arm the poles our feet these steps far the next stage will be moving into a ground invasion without the light from moscow because more insight on our top stories of course on our web site that's our team talk called there's a new life on the inmates america's notorious guantanamo bay prison where it seems that young teenagers and the elderly are considered a threat to national security. and the kidnappers of our russian software tycoons son are revealed as an elderly couple who want to try to clear their debts with there are some products that are to talk. about us get back to our top story he

the nato partners are trying to agree on how to move forward but this is disagreement. and whether to give weapons to the rebel fighters. meantime look at this. this is libya. there is moammar gadhafi. still showing he has no intention of stepping down. lib yen state tv shows him there -- libyan state tv shows him there riding in a car, pumping his fist and being cheered on by his supporters. >>> one person is in custody after a fatal crash on the mccarthur maze. one person was killed and one was hurt after a car hit and a pickup truck crashed around 8:00 last night. this is northbound interstate 880. one person was actually pinned beneath the truck. another one was trapped inside. the driver of the truck was pronounced dead at the scene. the driver of the other car was arrested on suspension of drive under the influence. >> that caused quite a mess on the freeway. but sal is keeping an eye on the roadways for us. >>> good morning, claudine and dave. traffic is doing nicely if you are driving on contra costa county. it is stop and go already on highway 4 in antioch. here at bay point it looks good coming up over the hill in conc

and in the meantime because we abdicated our leadership, nato has been put in a state of disarray. what we are was -- is akin to other applications of moral authority that embarked the past several years in dealing with other authoritarian threats dealing in socialism. from acquiescence to china's saber rattling, does the south china sea to impotence in the face of venezuela's use of petrol dollars to expand its boulevard and revolution into our hemisphere, president obama has at best refused to defend our interests. americans are more than familiar as a country with our long battle with secular ideologies, national socialism, fascism and marxism. with few exceptions our leaders from roosevelt to reagan were clear and defined them, and judging them, for the evil that they represented. today, our leaders have opted for political correctness, referring to are theologically motivated enemies as simply terrorists. but as i said here in 2006, terrorism is a tactic, not an ideology. and you existential threat to america, sharia and its violent adoration jihadism, has yet to be adequately

meantime the u.s. plans to pull out all of its planes out of that war zone by tomorrow allowing nato to handle any air strikes. conor powell is streaming to us live in tover libya now. connor. >> reporter: good afternoon, after several days of back and forth fighting one thing is very clear here is that this proposed cease-fire is the clearest indication we have now that the rebels here are interested in some type of negotiations, some type of dialogue and discussion here with the pro-qaddhafi government forces. what we aren't sure or sure about is whether qaddhafi will engage in this type of dialogue and negotiation. we have seen heavy fighting all the way up to qaddhafi's home down to sirte. they have gone back and forth, one to two days of rebel advancements then pushed back by pro-qaddhafi forces. it has been heavy fighting which has led to a stalemate. it's clear here that it doesn't like like either side is really going to be able to get the upper hand on the other side. so today, just a few hours ago political leaders of the rebel forces did propose this conditional cease-fire, of course as par

nato bombing has destroyed 25% of miramar gaddafi's armed forces. but the rebels have been in full retreat for the past couple of days. they are considering sending arms to the rebels. in the meantime, miramar gaddafi's troops have defected. >>> the losses by the rebels come as u.s. air strikes are wrapping up, but the debate in congress continues. >> many lawmakers are growing uneasy with the conflict. and we have the report from capitol hill. >> reporter: the white house is further drawing down united states involvement in libya, but there are real questions now about whether the rebels there can survive. it's up to the rest of nato now. u.s. air operations over libya come to an end tomorrow, even the rebel forces seem to lose ground each day. >> -- lose ground each day. >> it's very disappointing what you have told us here today. >> reporter: the decision wasn't exactly welcomed by many in congress as the chairman of the joint chiefs and the secretary of defense tried to explain. >> we believe that our allies actually have the capabilities to continue to degrade his military capabilities. >> reporter: it's no secret that gates wasn't crazy about the libyan operation from the get

in the meantime, qadhafi is seeking whatever military advantage he can get and probing for gaps in nato's resome of the the day also ignited new confusion and outrage among the rebels in adibiya after killing people, including two doctors. rebels first accused neigh to of targeting them but by thursday night it was still inclear. if nato ha tacked their tanks, it was a mistake and if qadhafi's airplanes had been athrowed strike them, it was an even bigger mistake. the current air war is especially sensitive to the criticism that came from the leader of the libyan opposition force, general be a you don't fahda lunas. he said, "nato blesses us every now and then with a bombardment here and there and is letting the people of miserata die every day." so we relieved a humanitarian -- let's get this straight, my friends. we relieved a humanitarian disaster in benghazi and now twos of either ineptitude or lack of resolve or lack of capability or all of the above, we are now watching a massacre, certainly human suffering of enormous proportions, in miserata. another article from "the guardian." "