guard troops to help maintain order in syria and let's discuss this further with professor saeed mohammad marandi from the university of tehran joining us live now from lebanon i thank you for coming on our to you today do you believe that iran would risk getting involved in a conflict in another country according to these reports from the chinese media. no definitely iran has no troops in the country iran has never had troops involved in the problems within syria this is. basically western propaganda. someone in the chinese media has been receiving information that is completely false in general the information that is produced in syria and in the mainstream western media comes from sources that are highly questionable such as the syrian observatory for human rights which is based in london and it just for example the other day claimed that in syria. babies inc incubators in hospitals were were killed were murdered by the government and this is the second time they produced propaganda and reminds of one of what western the western media did in its turn before the war in iraq as if i may

he posted a bunch on mohammad's birthday.mong them as translated by my friend al-jazeera, on your birthday i won't bow in front of you, instead i will shake it as an equal and you will smile back and -- here is another. >> greg: now that is good tweet! sadly and predictably, calls for his death. he deleted them and posted this. i swear to god, first mistake, i wrote what i wrote because i love the prophet but i made a mistake and i hope that god forgives me and all those who were insulted forgive me, as well. saudi king abdullah he had on flee the country. he was arrested in malacia where he is awaiting extra diction. we have tape of a spokesman of the committee discussing this very matter. >> greg: no wonder they hate us. that is goat i'm pretty sure. look, you are prettier than a pony made of flowers. saudi arabia is our ally. >> it's great we can laugh about this, but this is a serious problem. it's the subject of my book. hundreds of thousands of innocent muslim people are being targeted because of free speech and it's no

hope is picked up by your reader, you open up your book and on page one and you have reference to mohammad khan. that is significant. deborah please explain who he is and i'll come back to my question. >> guest: he was an indian muslim in britain and he advised muslims that the way for them to cope with the rise of the west in the western takeover of was to educate themselves and particularly to learn british ways so as to be able to revive the muslim nation, and he started many schools particularly aligarh university so that is one way that muslims have fought two cope with the weiss -- rise of the west. the other way i talk about in the book is the way of day upon which is more of a turning inward to islam and seeking the resources from within islam rather than within studying the west. >> host: exactly and so you pointed out, for our viewers, he is a seminal figure in history. he comes in the middle of the 19th century. the british have just taken over and queen victoria's now the empress and the muslims of india have to respond. they respond in two distinct ways. they create a universi

york was charged with a threatening of the creators of south park because of their depiction of mohammad. he was charged with the cyte's cofounder, 21-year-old zachary chesser from north carolina, who was convicted of 25 years and sentenced to 25 years in prison. >> tone, the head of the roman catholic church in washington is speaking out on the birth control battle o. one side, the obama administration. on the other, church which said it's being ordered to violate strongly held beliefs. tom fit gerald spoke with the cardinal today and -- tom fitzgerald spoke with the cardinal today. quickly becoming a hot debate. >> reporter: any time politics and religion converge, it's locally to be an emotional issue. this time, it's no different. this surrounds a government ruling requiring churches that own hospitals and universities to offer birth control as part of the employee health insurance. it's a ruling that the church said it can not support. as head of the archdiocese of washington, cardinal donald whirl said birth control is an issue that cuts to the heart of catholic teaching. >> this i

the journalist sparked outrage in the kingdom off he tweeted controversial comments about prophet mohammad last week clerics condemned his thoughts as blasphemous the twenty two year old could now face execution. popular actress whitney houston has died at the age of forty eight but the former was found in a beverly hills hotel room on the evolve the grammy awards in los angeles a career was a modify a turbulent marriage and drug abuse authorities have yet to decide to tell and the exact cause of death. in just a few minutes here on c explore the dark side of the tropical paradise of bali first an update on the main story. but i. tried to throw you off. the island new zealand no we thank you so you get to the monkey. if you want to have sex go and have sex. now five thirty pm here in the russian capital this is r.t. time for your headlines now at the arab league to pates how to bring stability back to syria while the free syrian army says it expects official recognition from arab gulf states there are also reports that western countries could be propping up al qaida through their support o

mohammad less she has resigned amid a political mutiny following weeks of popular protests the crisis drew to a head when the authorities ordered security officers to remove barriers between government and opposition supporters protesting close to each other while the leader had earlier come under fire for arresting the chief judge of criminal court accusing him of being loyal to the country's former president nasheed swept to power in two thousand and eight pledging to bring more democracy to the island state. factory in eastern pakistan has collapsed after gas cylinders exploded in the building rescue workers are struggling to reach dozens of people trapped under the debris a day after the incident the number of dead currently stands at eighteen though there are reports that rescuers have already pulled several survivors from the rubble authorities say the factory was built a legally it was closed down three times but unlawfully reopened. but as authorities are working to deport the radical islamist preacher who could top one label of some of bin laden's ambassador to europe it come

thousand of its elite revolutionary guard troops to help maintain order in syria but professor side mohammad marandi from the university of tehran says despite being an ally of syria iran wouldn't interfere in its domestic problems iran has no troops in the country iran has never had troops involved in the problems within syria this is basically western propaganda someone in the chinese media has been receiving information that is completely false well definitely iran does support the syrian government and it supports reforms in the syrian political order iran is completely foreign countries imposing their will on the syrian people iran's position is based upon a moral principle and that is non interference of neighboring countries in the syrian internal affairs the syrian people have to make their own decisions there doesn't need to be any funding for weapons coming outside the country. iran might have every right to be worried over the developments in syria though because by pushing for action against the massacres the u.s. and its allies are ultimately pursuing regime change in tehran so

end of an era trainer angelo dundee known for his work in the corner of mohammad ali and other boxing icons possibly age ninety. dreams are teammates one of russia's big medal hopes for the soft she will surely make it. three days of national mourning have been announced in egypt after scores of people lost their lives to the top five football match on wednesday violence flaring up in the game between. when supporters some partly armed with knives ran onto the pitch the visiting team were chased into the changing room with players kicked and punched as they fled officials say the death toll of seventy plus could rise even further with more than two hundred injured the violence at football matches in egypt has been on the increase ever since political unrest swept the country you're buying egypt's deputy health minister has described it as the biggest disaster in the country's history. the boxing world is mourning the loss of one of its all time legends renowned trainer. dying at the age of ninety following a storied career overseeing the greats all of the sport than di perhaps most we

supreme court hears the oral argument in mohammad v.rajoob, a case about whether the torture victim lawsuit act allows lawsuits by torture victims against organizations as well as against individuals. you'll hear a case argued saturday. from 2004, the consolidated case jose sosa and the united states, petitioners, versus up berta alvarez mashea and others, respondents. >> the arrest of the convicted killer in the cia shootings. this is an individual who's arrested by fbi agents in pakistan, in 1997. under the ninth circuit's approach, obviously, this individual could not be arrested by fbi agents as a categorical matter. but under the approach of respondent, the federal courts would have to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the arrest and to inquire specifically into whether the government of pakistan consented to the arrest by fbi agents in pakistan in 1997. >> what the government and petitioner sosa can the court to believe is that having gone to the trouble of expressing to the world, to the people, in terms of the -- that we would as a nation enforce the law of fwhagss, that th

career helping the greats of the sport done day perhaps most well known for his association with mohammad ali he was in the corner for all but two of profile to the united one last time during at least seventy fifth birthday last month sugar ray leonard and george foreman the other icons who benefited from sunday's presence the philadelphia native was treated for a blood clot in hospital shortly before his death simply a muscle loss to boxing sport in general. the biggest game on the american sporting calendar is drawing ever nearer the forty sixth edition of the n.f.l. super bowl kicks off on sunday with a rematch of the two thousand and seven title game between they new england patriots and the new york giants it was underdogs new york who came away victorious in the one ruining new england on beaten season in the process the teams well they looked more evenly much this year with the giants also able to boast of a high powered off and snow days new york goal to retaining a few players from a championship winning defense some they can't wait to get stuck in again. we are excited about. a

the help of the iranian dissident group the emmy kay i want to play for a second something that mohammad lara johnny said he's a senior aide to iran's supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei and i'll get your reaction we'll talk about it come through the close allies of the companies like united thank you zain is involved. in margaret who still has an obligation to prevent. to push not to do. like. the united nations with this man who is a nuisance so what do you think about this he says that you know if the united states knows that israel is carrying this out they have an obligation to take action. ok i absolutely do but only in international waters clear u.s. law is clear if you are a legitimate charity it's in the york times wrote about this same you remember star astonishing i wrote a quarter to you ok it is absolutely astonishing new york times we charge will start with attacks like this. i have no doubt. there are a lot i imagine cie is so important to it and they use proxies any key or other if you regime forces in a really big coteries i mean this goes on all of her. we are out of

agents who spent time with him nineteen year old will home at a small mohammad was a team in shoes to go quote operational and to learn about explosives are you targeting muslims. or you know what i'm getting is violent terrorist in the stream and. so considering our media's obsession with the threat of homegrown radicalization or five you can call it concern if you want although i don't buy it you would think that a certain report released today what caught their eye the triangle center on terrorism and homeland security has just released a report that shows that the feared wave of homegrown terrorists terrorism by radicalized muslim americans all that shows that it has not materialized the report's author actually called it a minuscule threat to public safety and the report also includes these details plots an arrest have dropped sharply over the last two years since the peak in two thousand and nine of about fourteen thousand murders in the united states in the last year not a single one resulted from islamic extremism so there you go folks this incredible threat hasn't materialize

he worked with mohammad ali for some of his greatest fights and worked with sugar ray leonard and helpeorge foreman become the oldest heavyweight champion. >> 6:48 and there are problems on the roads. >> we had a major problem on 270 northbound which was closed for almost one hour after democracy boulevard. they're making progress cleaning up the accident. two lanes to the right are getting through but this tells the tale a pretty extensive delays of the inner loop leaving the belt way. this is from democracy boulevard. southbound to 70, everybody is looking at what is going on. -- southbound 270. not as complicated in virginia with iran and russia spray and as backup is normal on northbound in 39 -- with rain and road spray and his backup is normal and northbound 395. >> let's check in with adam caskey. let's take a look with punxsutawney phil this morning. >> we are about 30 minutes away from finding out when winter will end. >> the nation's capital is getting in on the fund. i don't know if we can duplicate this but the dupont circle festival hold a groundhog day p festival groundho

show up on stage with burke ka mocking the prophet of mohammad.e'll see if the grammy producer would stand by your performance as he seemed to do on another network this morning. >> greta: more interesting thing. listen to the way she was described by drake that introduced her. >> performer i'm about to present is one of the most intelligent, beautiful and driven women i've ever met in my life. she went from sleeping on bunk bed below me on a tour bus to be one of the biggest stars in the world. >> greta: i don't know, intelligent before first amendment to step on other people's first amendment, that is where he lost me. >> guest: she is really intelligent. don't you see. the only thing that matters is celebrity. it doesn't matter if her whole class of these people if you have talent or you represent something that is beautiful and that is truly compelling as entertainment. when you have to pull these stunts to get attention, it's is a safe bet you won't have the talent of whitney houston or adele or any of the classic singers from sara vaughn dow

>> i think there is considerable upside, mohammad, for the democrats in this.trying to appeal ever more urgently to the right of their party, something on issues like immigration, on some of the social issues that make it more difficult for them to come back with independents and suburban women voters in the fall, so the team obama is enjoying this campaign. i think they're clearly hoping that santorum wins in michigan and makes it more difficult for romney to get the republican nomination and consolidate the party. >> john, are you on top of the motor city casino? >> i am on top of wdiv, which is the nbc affiliate here, but i'm in the middle of downtown detroit. >> we had a viewer here -- >> clear weather today, a little bit chilly but nothing will turn out. >> thanks a lot, john harwood. >> if the politics thing doesn't worked out for john he could be a weatherman, a good one at that. >> it is important for the turnout today, it's a big deal. >> crucial, john explained why it was crucial. >>> joining us now on the set, steve crawford, partner and co-founder o

yesterday, mohammad, many know as the underwear bomber was sentenced to life in prison. he was one of the premier examples of the so-called lone wolf terror suspects. many law enforcement officials that while the united states government made a great wiping out large segments of the al- qaeda network, there may be recruited individuals throughout the united states that will be much more difficult to rule out. >> any significance to the timing of this? >> clearly that arrest yesterday, you know, the arrest that they made today has been the result of a long investigation, shawn. as we find out more and what is exactly in these court documents, we'll get a better picture on how long the fbi was on to the suspect before they moved in. >> thank you, tom. according to the affidavit, last january, a confidential source reported that el khalifl met with people at an arlington house. fbi agents raided that home. she joins us live on the phone. what are you hearing? >> well, we are out in front of this rather normal looking family home in arlington where there's playground equipme

abdullah dead, his target, a powerful saudi prince, mohammad bineff, who has close ties to the whiteaking news. >> a jet with nearly 300 people on it. passengers told us they saw a flash, flames, and then smoke. >> according to u.s. authorities, al asery is behind every recent plot to blow up airliners. he masterminded the so-called underwear bomber that failed to can detonate on christmas day 2009. he chose the explosive petn. it has become his signature. >> it looks just like sugar, just like salt, and it's easy to imagine how this could be stitched into clothing and hidden around the body, and that's what makes petn such a challenge for airport security officials to detect. >> al asiri managed to get the printers on two planes, bombs headed to the u.s. >> here we go. >> explosive expert sidney olfert showed me the power of a tiny amount of petn. >> this really is a messy powder. >> then he agreed to replicate al asiri's powerful printer bombs, demonstrating how they've evaded detection time and time again. we've left out some critical steps. >> and i try to shake that out. i've ne

attorney general harris is looking into a possible criminal case against mohammad. both the accused and the accuser are on paid administrative leave. >>> well, a medical breakthrough made on the peninsula that could detect the killer cancer using just your own breath. nbc's bay area mary ann talks about the new test. mary ann? >> reporter: it takes only five minutes, it's affordable, and it may even prevent patients from undergoing unnecessary biopsies, but most important, it can tell doctors if you have lung cancer. in neert fututhe near future, y able to breathe into a machine like this and learn if you have lung cancer. they developed this lung test which can predict a tumor. >> it was about 85%, which compares faisvorably with any other method. >> they did clinical trials on the test and can also different yat between different types of cancer. >> a different type of cancer, one that's aggressive versus one that's a little quieter, probably will produce a different signature. >> that early detection is critical because lung cancer is a leading cause of death wor

if you look at the differences between christ's final message to his disciples and mohammad, muhammed basically says go around the world and make them submit to islam by conquest. christ says taken around the world and preach to them and convert them which is what happened. there's a fundamental difference, most universalist religions that islam takes an entirely different view in the temporal world and that is something we should study honestly and reach our own conclusions about. >> host: the washington post says mark steyn is the world's wittiest op-ed writer. this is mark steyn's passing parade, obituaries and appreciations and when strom thurmond died you wrote about closing counter with him and you say you were on the elevator with him and senator barbara boxer and you were shoved into the middle of the two of them. she gave an involuntary shudder. i was squashed between the two for five seconds when i was aware of a strange tickling sensation on my elbow. slanting down on was horrified to see an unusually large lizard slithering up and down my arm. what happens? >> guest: strom

america alone" that one of the most popular boys' names in europe and several areas of europe is mohammad. >> guest: it has a pretty this significance in the muslim world. you can only get to that statistic with the different spellings, but in.of fact -- in point of fact it is a significant marker. demographic transformation is always the most interesting because society's human capital is the best indicator of where the society is headed and generally speaking while we tell ourselves something reassuring stories about demographic transformation it doesn't always work out well. sometimes it works out in a relatively benign way. if you take northern ireland which is a place i know well the fractiousness between what catholics regard as the native population and an imposed protestant population still linger after hundreds of years. if you look at fiji were the british brought in indians and indian population to be civil servants and mercantile class, fiji became in the last couple of decades tragically into a by cultural ruin. demographic transformation is always the most fascinating elemen

if you have done that play about mohammad you would have had an entirely more motivated crowd waiting for you outside the stage door when you look any evening and that is why people don't do that kind of point about mohammed. i was at a conference in copenhagen a year and a half or so back with a fellow called -- he's not a right wing baca only thing. is a conventional year old lefty. and like many your left these of his generation, he has the right to insult everyone. every tradition in sweden where he lives of what they call roundabout dog. people put up this art at traffic rotaries of various odd kinds of dogs. it done one of mohammed. had just done a drawing of mohammed at around about dog. and since he has lived on a death threat, people shouting death to him on the streets of pakistan but he came home one night and found a couple of people have firebombed his kitchen. unfortunately, they were rather incompetent fighter-bombers, and in setting his kitchen a light they also happened to set their pants on lead. shuffling across the field with their flaming treasures, eventually it

hot --and >> is really unfair to try to compare the error you cannot compare mohammad ali and joe louisw look sign brady is the best of his time. capoot--who >>gary: is that it the story about ladies and wife, who someone stole her tweets talking about in the hat. someone stole her tweet saying that she walked all the family to cray for tommy is a big story? >> in indianapolis in a cold country. the super bowl is just an end to move in and they are very excited about the super bowl. it's interesting that eli manning may make his mark in the city of his older brother. >>gary: after an abundance of testing and they should bring pain men into the 49ers? capoot-- >> hi nancy did injury getting much better as you get older it seems to get very worst. pam >>gary: and i know you had those nude pictures of madonna in miami. >>gary: what is she doing to her arms? >>gary: ok thing to very much. this is unusual because you are a restaurant again in 10 seconds who are you dining with right now? >> i deny you the last part. >>gary: it does not matter, mike ditka, ron schuler, mary matalin, barak oba

. >> the detainees mohammad karzai has been charged with deadly explosives possessions.or at least 12 more days. they believe that he was targeting israeli diplomats. they live look outside. we are seeing plenty of sunshine and light sun man: we need a good night's sleep. woman: which means a little heat to keep us warm. and a good dose of support for my back. some over-the-top comfort couldn't hurt. and our perfect dream factory's been built. you're feeling sleepy already? nighty-night. [giggling] >>mark: there is a fire early this morning in berkeley and an artist's studio. they all have a escape without injury starting on the outside. there is an investigation. the number of sculptures and pieces of art were at rest but nothing was damaged. >> a public developer wants to build homes on this section of this golf complex. in return he will provide the city with a new piece of property. this park cannot be sold without a vote by people but there is a loophole that allows for a land swap. this will possibly be placed on the november ballot. this city will take up this iss