the middle eastern country will send two women following intense international pressure. they will compete in judo and track and field. so is this a good development for women? >> title 9. title 9. >> what about but in other --. >> absolutely. and the fact that the saudis will be sending someone is a concern because the one athlete they had got injured but they found two other women participating. soy think this is major progress. and you know, the olympics were late in terms of apartheid in south african we are hoping it can lead in the status of women around the world. >> what does this mean? once women get involved in sports how does that translate to equality in other fields? >> training in skills. it gives you economic opportunities. i mean, again, also make a statement about the value of the countries. let me go back to the example of south africa the fact that they could not participate in the international communities through the olympics fought apartheid had an impact on other groups that fought apartheid. hopefully this will be helpful to women. >> probably mean

middle eastern oil and gas still important to the rest of the world. and our economies are intimately linked to the rest of the world. there is only one global power that can secure that supply today. rightly or wrongly. are we, therefore, going to relinquish that role? are we, therefore, going to cooperate with others? i'm thinking, again, about chip china and india in terms of the global responsibility of making sure through oil and gas supply that the global economy is also healthy and not just our own domestic economy. i'm not so sure. i would like to probe that notion a little bit. clearly this is not going to happen overnight. it will be a transition. will that change the thinking on washington's part about a blue water indian navy, blue water chinese navy? this is a panel on gegeopolitic. i think this is the sort of thing we haven't really thought about very much and needs to be discussed more in this town. >> michael, i definitely want to bring you in here. i have to admit many of my facts from this conversation have come from his terrific piec

we're making two healthy middle eastern dishes for summer: fattoush salad and grilled chicken. here from "dawali kitchen" -- they have two chicago locations - one in lincoln park, and the other in albany park. thanks for coming in. >>thank you ... the salad is made with pepper cucumber and tomato ... half cup of lemon juice and olive oil ... along with garlic and sumac powder... this all goes into in the blender and we toss this with the vegetables ... >>do you marinade this or had this before you serve? >>you at this before you serve this is how we present this at the restaurant. hummus and babaganoush both dishes are famous at our restaurant ... the chicken is marinated in 1/4 cup of lemon juice 3 tbsp. olive oil 1/4 cup onion paprika oregano salt pepper to taste and replant the marinade and we put that over the chicken for six hours ... that is grilled seven minutes each side ... >>so you say to keep the chicken cut up and marinate ... >>you can serve this with the salad or the rice the lemon makes it very tasty and light for the summer it's a great dish ... >>with lots of g

two years to address racial and pulled -- and religious profiling and discrimination of arab, middle eastern, muslim, and asian committee members here in san francisco. my family and friends and fellow classmates have all had to deal with this type of discrimination. after september 11th. it all boils down to the point where eight city officials may discriminatory comments about our -- as city officials made it discriminatory comments about our community. and these comments were very frightening to community members to get it showed my community as a very scary community. we felt that we were second- class student -- citizens and we have lost some of our dignity and human rights. it has not been an easy road for the members of this coalition to get together. before this work, i had never set foot in city hall two years ago. i had never had the opportunity to work with such a broad based group of grass-roots community organizations. asian-american communities, latino communities, african- american communities, and different communities here in san francisco. it has been a great and i opening

he has announced we are giving our closest middle eastern ally $70 million to spend on the iron dome the defense program. >> new concerns about the economy and a possible sign it could be slowing down again. >> airfare is going sky-high. >> new parking restrictions. residents against business owners. >> there is a new effort under way in prince george's county to stop gun violence. >> residents must register with police like sex offenders and are required to check in twice a year. offenders can be subject to home visits from police. they will stay on the list three-five years. >> the american economy has grown, but not much. the government reports a feeble 1.5% growth rate as americans cut back on spending. the slowdown has experts worried the economy could be stalling three years after the end of the recession. the growth is not enough to lower the unemployment rate. >> the cost to fly has reached an all-time high. the average price of a domestic ticket soared to $373 in the first three months of 2012. that is a 5% jump of the same period of last year. u.s. airlines reporting a firs

the profiling of african- american -- arab, african, middle eastern people at the airport. also our anti-building programs of which we will generate the first anti-bullying video produce with the department of public health. as a training video for all city departments. job creation for summer use. this year we have one person -- one per semester of d.c. if -- dcyf. this is between eight and 12 entrance. people in interns from law school and also from public policy university. -- university. we have between six and eight insurance. our premier policy we're proud of is we created a lot clinic. -- a law clinic. they provided us to full time and turns out of one of their law classes. the professor coordinated the class and it culminated in a public hearing which will have a report generated. if you have questions about the of transition which is the primary thing we're talking about, i would be happy to answer. we think it is good. we is -- a think is good as an agency. it is about time. we have been talking about this for many years and it goes back 10 years. finally will hav

>> no, i think he's middle eastern european. >> principally polish? >> i don't know if it's vulcan or not. >> why poland? >> there are a lot of polish -- [ all talking at once ] >> i'm not deb any grating polish. you have france. you have germany. did he deliberately not go to germany? >> why would you go to germany? >> why wouldn't you? [ all talking at once ] >> obama went there and got 200,000 people. >> he would not -- >> harrison would shall -- [ all talking at once ] >> romney could probably get a couple of dozen people in a broth house. >> what did you think of that? >> i'm not making fun of him. >> i said romney would have gotten 150. >> are you making fun of romney? >> i don't know that, but i know that he's not the character that obama is. >> 's not a celeb -- he's not a celeb. >> obama went to cairo in six months, and it was a famous speech. >> did it cause the youth of cairo to rise up? >> i think he caused expectations to rise that were not realize. >> exit question. what nation did mr. romney not visit on this trip possibly deliberately?

. >> saudi arabia and other middle eastern countries living in the stone age if women's rights.ny are taking one small step toward equality in the 2012 olympics. we will tell what you is happening for the first time not history of the game. >>trace: and olympic milestone the middle eastern nations of saudi arabia and bruney and qatar will send women athletes to compete something they have never done before so for the first time in olympic history all countries competing will have female representatives. the head of the olympic committee calls it "have positive news," but it is only a small step toward gender equality in those countries and may not result in any major changes for women at all there. and now to journalism and filmmaker robert young pelton who traveled in the middle east and hung out with the taliban in afghanistan, and used to be a neighbor of osama bin laden. he also is the author of "the world's most dangerous places," and the new graphic novel "blackwater chronicles," great to see you. the idea is if you send a few women to the olympics, suddenly you are tellin

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olympics he and the others who would drive the protests in egypt, libya, bahrain and syria and other middle easternive dictatorial governments. but the fruits of revolution are both large and small. so athletes from the middle east will be in london, benefitting from the london spring and showing the true spirit of the olympic games. in the past these athletes had dictators who didn't allow them to participate, or they participated, thus spreading the glory of leaders they despised. in london they'll be free from the double consciousness of loving their country while hating their leader. for these athletes, medaling is less important than participation. that's the true olympic spirit. so many middle eastern athletes were part of the arab spring protest. egypt's amr seoud is the fastest man in africa, but admits he didn't train as hard as he could have, but went where his nation needed him mote. yemen's judo wrestler was shot in the stomach while protesting. he thought his olympic game was over, but he will compete in london. wajdi, a tunisian gymnast was banned for life for ripping a picture of his

. >> reporter: and on the global stage, middle eastern countries brunei, qatar and saudi arabia willd female olympians to london. for the first time in history, every country competing in the olympics will send women. 22-year-old tahmina kohistani is a sprinter from afghanistan. here you are at the olympics, the only woman on your team. only the third woman ever from afghanistan to compete in the olympics. but it's been a hard road for you to get here, hasn't it? >> yeah, it's very hard and difficult for me. there's a lot of people that are supporting me. but there's also a lot of people that don't like me and they just hate me. >> reporter: what do they say? >> sometimes they say i'm not a good girl because i'm doing sports. >> reporter: are you seen as less of a woman than those around you because you're involved in sports? >> there are a lot of afghan women that don't accept me and my ways, thinking i'm wrong. but i am not wrong. >> reporter: so it's not just the men, it's the women too? >> yes. >> reporter: htahmina is a practicing muslim, and will compete in the olympics in a tr

-- unfortunately we're not weaning ourselves off of oil entirely but we're less dependent on middle eastern oil. as long as our economy is reliant and will continue to be over the short-term on energy from the middle east, i think the american public will understand that the investments that we make, which we believe provide for stability and security, that energy supply are something that we can continue to have to do for the short-term. i think this gentleman was next. >> i'm curious. there are scheduled cuts right now in the military that are coming up and the republican party seems a bit split on that in that some aren't too worried about the cuts and others don't want to see that. where do you think romney is going to come down on that issue? >> well, let's just get everything on the table here. so president obama part of his view about how the deficit should be handled has put down almost about half a million in cuts over the next ten years on the table. that's been worked into his budget plan. if you recall when we were having the debt limit debate around this time last summer, which

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concluded, the guidance, quote, numerous exceptions may invite broad circumvengs for individuals of middle eastern origin and profiling of latinos. today, congressman john conyers and are sending a letter signed by 13 senators and 3 members of the house asking attorney general holder to close the loopholes in the justice department's racial profiling guidance. congress should also pass the end racial profiling act that i welcomed the attendance of my colleague and former member of these committee, senator cardin of maryland, who has taken up this cause from our colleague senator feingold and he's here today to testify. let's be clear, and i want to say this and stress it. the overwhelming majority of law enforcement officers perform their jobs admirably, honestly, and courageously. they put their lives on the line to protect us every single day. but the inappropriate actions of a few who engage in racial profiling create mistrust and suspicion that hurt all police officers. we'll hear testimony to what has been done in a positive way to deal with this issue by superintendent of police. that's why

and still have for you a little later news from another middle eastern country where the wounds of the arab spring remain open. libya's questionable headway towards democracy reels under a crushing blow as protesters tear an election authority office into pieces in the very birthplace of last year's uprising. and the unprecedented sanctions against iran are now in force will they succeed in making abandon its nuclear ambitions they can find out in a few minutes here on our team. the u.k. has found another way to snoop into citizens affairs enter net and phone companies are such to install so-called black boxes which will monitor e-mail social networking activity and calls and store them for a year it's all part of a government plan to catch terrorists and sex offenders the authorities insist that only limited details will be stored but activists are raising privacy concerns. this is almost literally orwellian under the plan as it's been described the government will have boxes deep cryptic everyone's private emails and web surfing and for saying companies to record all of that data to

outlining russia's stance on the ongoing syrian crisis which continues to see people dying in the middle eastern countries it's all comes of course ahead of important meetings between himself and u.n. peace on envoy kofi annan later on tonight artie's peter all over thank you very much for that update but we. should say that you can watch the foreign minister's news conference in full on our website r.t. dot com we'll continue to bring you reaction to those comments on syria and the global situation throughout the day. we've. seen. some. success. in full started here before going global and now it's pulling viral. log in. the road. choose your place take your stand. needs to. make your statement. spread the word. coupon moves through the longs. wealthy british style rolls in the past not on my list. of the. markets why not scandal. find out what's really happening to the global economy in the cons a report on our. resistance is not our politics but our culture. is couldn't test. on its own. cultures of resistance among our team. live from moscow the u.s. secretary of state is in israel of final

still ahead for you a little later news from another middle eastern country where the wounds of the arab spring remain open and healed and it's questionable headway towards a democracy reels under a crushing blow as protesters at here and election of already off is into pieces in the very birthplace of this of last year's uprising. and the president and sanctions against iran are now in force but will they succeed in making to run abandon its nuclear ambitions find out in a few minutes here on r.t. . the u.k. has found another way to snoop into its citizens affairs internet and phone companies are said to install so-called black boxes which will want to e-mails us social networking activities and calls and stored data for you the authorities and says that only limited details will be kept but activists are raising privacy concerns. explains. well the home office will tell you that they need this as a vital tool in order to catch criminals and as criminals become more technologically advanced so must they but you've got to really look at what they're trying to justify here because this is

so i had for you just a little later news from another middle eastern country where the wounds of the arab spring remain open and on healt. libya's questionable headway towards democracy and real sonder a crushing blow protestors tear an election authority office into pieces in the very birthplace of last year's uprising. and the unprecedented sanctions against iran are now in force but will they succeed in making teheran abandon its nuclear ambitions and out a few minutes right here on our team. the u.k. has found another way to snoop into its citizens is affairs internet phone companies are set to install so-called black boxes which will monitor e-mails social networking activity and calls and store data for a year and the authorities insist that only limited details will be kept but activists are raising privacy concerns artists are a fourth explains. well the home office will tell you that they need this as a vital tool in order to catch criminals and as criminals become more technologically advanced so must they but you've got to really look at what they're trying to justify here

in the midst of his all important visit to moscow to discuss the future of the conflict ridden middle eastern country. peter overby reporting there from central moscow now still to come here on our t.v. as people turn their back on their own mainstream media an increasing number of americans are taking the news into their own nouns find out why the building trend has us now were wary. and doomsday fears are spreading across europe are to meet an austrian so certain of the euro zone mines that he's already sucking up on fuel and food. but first more oil has been poured on the fire of the israeli social protest mass rallies marking the movement's first anniversary have been spurred on by an act of self immolation thousands of people have gathered in the streets as our poll of reports what we see now is the whole issue of economic and social concerns been back in the mainstream israeli discourse and this comes in light of the anniversary protests held this past weekend of around the country marking those social protests that were held in the summer months of last june if you remember those demon