but will it be enough to satisfy the people of morocco? a referendum will be held in july. that's when they'll get to have their say. >> rebels in libya say that at least 10 people have been killed by colonel gaddafi's forces. rebel numbers have been swelled by some libyans who live aboard join the fighting in misrata. one student left behind his studies in britain to join the front line. >> in high spirits, rebels heading for be sieged city of misrata. and the front lines that surround it. >> among today's reinforcement, a young math student from lancaster university. >> in england i couldn't do much for this revolution. so i decided to go and hold the gun for the first time in my life. >> his father has come to greet him but gaddafi forces has taken 16 members of their family. within hours a shy earnest student seems transformed. it's a short journey to the front lines. but is sadik ready for this? those were uncomfortably close. gaddafi'ses superior fire power is a constant threat to these part-time soldiers. >> this is a very front line here -- very active front line. c

morocco's king is making an address to the nation outlining major constitutional reforms. the changes will curb his wide-ranging political powers and transform the country into a constitutional monarchy with a more powerful government. the roles of the prime minister, parliament and judiciary will be strengthened. the king, however, will retain sole control of the military. the proposals will be put to a referendum next month. it may be the most unthankful job in europe right now, finance minister of greece. there is a new man in charge of the country's money, swapping into the post from his previous position as defense chief as part of prime minister georges papandreou's cabinet reshuffle. the move will probably buy little time for the embattled government, but there are still concerns that athens may not be able to implement the reforms it needs to avoid going under. >> the new cabinet was sworn in by orthodox priests. as he took his oath of office, he sought the blessing of the church. he likened it into going into real war. >> i'm doing this because i believe it's my p

so will that be enough to satisfy the people of morocco? a referendum on the proposals will be held in july. that's when they'll get to have their say on the response. bbc numings. -- bbc news. >> and is the king finally listening to what protesters have been asking for? >> yes. because the constitution is applying more to the government rather than to the king. and so beside the king who is the highest representative of the nation and the head of state, there will be a strong political president who will preside over the government and he will be able to conduct the policy of the country and it will be accountable to the parliament and not to the king. and the prime minister will be allowed to dissolve the assembly and to suggest potential ministers. the elected house of parliament has a final say upon the nominated house, in the legislative process, which has never been the case before. >> now, rebels in libya say at least 10 people have been killed in a rocket attack by colonel gaddafi's forces. in recent weeks, rebel numbers have been s

>>reporter: morocco sees itself as a model for the wider area and it is not alone. one country that has already made the difficult transition to democracy is the former communist nation of ukraine. >>yanukovych: a lot of changes have taken place in europe and its neighbourhood in the last 60 years. the council has worked to create reforms to the modern challenges. the ukraine welcomes these changes and is ready to participate. >>reporter: ukraine has been a member of the council of europe since 1995 and earlier this year strengthened its role, when it assumed the chairmanship of the committee of ministers.... >>gryshchenko: as chairman of the council of ministers ukraine works very closely with other member states and the council of ministers secretariat to promote democracy and human rights in the region, but also in ukraine itself. we are ready to share that experience with north africa, with neighbouring states where they can gain from that experience that was not easily gained by our country and by others. >>reporter: the ukrainian president arrived in strasbour

our special report follows the stories of three women in egypt, tunisia and morocco struggling to lead the lives they want to lead, not the ones spribbed buy fathers, husbands or brothers. in morrowco women have enjoyed a boost in legal protections over the last year. in egypt they are hoping for the promise else of the revolution to be fulfilled. but we start off in tunisia, whe the arab sin that is still sweeping the region began. tunisia has long stood at the forefront of arab nations in guaranteeing equal rights for women, especially in education and in the workplace. the political party leader in tunisia has been campaigning for equal rights for women since her university days. four years ago she went on a month-long hunger strike when the tunisian government under the then president tried to shut down her office. she wants tunisian women to have equal access to key positions in government and society. >> after january 14, after the revolution, it looked like women were quite well represented in some areas. but in my view it's still not enough, especially when one considers the im

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. >> we've got a three-episode trip to morocco coming up with the "housewives of new york."ver be the same. >> jimmy: it's like, they're just talking about, ramona talking about, who was she talking about? she was talking about somebody and she's like, this creepy looking boa and -- then he goes, "he's right behind you." and that was fantastic, you can't write that type of stuff. it's phenomenal television. the countess. >> the countess. >> jimmy: oh, my god. >> wait till you hear what she has to say about the royal wedding. >> jimmy: oh, my god. i can't wait. >> she has a chapter in her book, class with the countess. call them how to speak to -- the royals. how to speak -- how to address a royal. >> jimmy: what's it called? >> "money can't buy you class." >> jimmy: "money can't buy you class." ♪ money can't buy you class elegance is learned my friend ♪ >> jimmy: elegance is learned, my friend. awesome. >> jimmy: new jersey, may 16th. >> 90-minute episode. >> jimmy: theresa is going off. >> theresa's sister-in-law is on the show this season, melissa. and they don't love each

it's a race across morocco. it's 13 teams of three racing across morocco.almost break. they cross the desert with camels. you'll see tomorrow night they are riding arabian stallions. it's really fun. >> jimmy: you had a blind guy on the show? >> eric iss one of the most amazing human becomes. we have a wide variety of contestants, we have little girls from kansas, cops, firemen. and these are all able-bodied, really tough guys and they are competing against eric, our blind guy, who is holding his own and showing them up. >> jimmy: and that is designed to humiliate the contestants, right? >> you would think that. but as you watch the series, as it goes, i'm so impressed by this guy. i wouldn't mind losing to him. >> jimmy: he wouldn't be scared of that adorable -- >> you hear this guy, i have to get on this horse today. if i fall off, i don't know what i'm falling into. you picture the difficult things. they go through the ringer, these guys. picturing -- he's going to do it in the dark. >> jimmy: just getting to the bathroom in the middle of the night. >> o

. >> thousands of people have taken part in rival demonstrations on constitutional reforms in morocco. supporters and opponents marched on sunday ahead of a july 1 referendum on the measures proposed by king mohammed. the largest rally for the reform said it will help the country move forward. the amendments would grant the government executive powers but keep the king at the helm of the army and judiciary. opponents say the reforms do not go far enough in restricting the king's power. top officials in europe are signing big business deals. >> wen jiabao is meeting with angela marco. one tough thing will be talking about human rights. business is the big thing wen jiabao will talk about. he has called for political reform to say, the chinese economy. he said corruption and income disparity is harming lives in china. but the likelihood of far- reaching reform is unlikely due to conservative party ranks. wen jiabao is touring europe to drum up support for easier access to companies here and european high-tech. in return, china has money to spend. with 13 ministers in his entourage, wen

>> morocco elijah. >> jimmy: morocco. do you call him rocky? >> i do. my mom calls him rocco.ood. you know, mariah carey stole your baby name. she named her baby i think moroccmor rack moroccan. >> well, that's interesting. >> jimmy: you should -- >> my wife made the statement like that. she said, i told you it was a good name. why, because she named her baby moroccan, it had to be a good name? i wanted to name -- >> jimmy: what did you want? >> some warrior name, you know what i mean? or something. >> jimmy: you want to name him what? >> phalanx. >> jimmy: phalanx? that's a good name. >> it's the formation that alexandre conquered the known world with. >> jimmy: phalanx? >> yeah. >> jimmy: that would be all right. >> cool. >> jimmy: though people may be calling him fail and you don't want that. >> no, no. in order to succeed, you must fail. >> jimmy: there you go. [ cheers and applause ] well -- maybe for the next kid you get a little phalanx there. >> i don't think there will be anymore. >> jimmy: by the way, i'm so glad you're in "the hangover 2" because you did a great job

from morocco. once here, they decided to sign up for perhaps the military's most dangerous job. arabic translators for the army in afghanistan and iraq. >> we want to prove to arabic nation, we live with americans. we know how they are good. >> reporter: in june 2009, they and three other recruits were sent to ft. jackson, south carolina, to begin training for the translator program that would put them on a fast track for u.s. citizenship. but in the wake of those shootings at ft. hood, the men say fellow soldiers at ft. jackson began to turn on them because of their background and religion. >> i heard, watch out, they may shoot us. hajis. >> reporter: hajis? >> all different names. >> reporter: the anti-muslim sentiment was caught on tape by a fellow recruit. >> i don't want them dirty hajis [ bleep ] over me. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: shortly after that tape was made, the five were arrested and accused of plotting to poison their fellow soldiers. >> i will never forget what this agent told me. we are at war against islam. and you are muslim. >> reporter: th

protests calling for change and morocco have unchanged from -- have gotten a change from the king. the king has taken powers away from herself and given them to the power loss to the parliament. a number of women in saudi arabia said they have taken cars out in protest against the ban on female douglas. there are several journeys posted that are in defiance of the law. the threat of oil pipelines has soared in mexico. they said run to lead a $50 million with it will was stolen and the first four months of this year alone. after days of instability on the financial markets and riots on the streets of athens this week, the leaders of germany and france today said in a bailout package for greece must be agreed to acid as possible. angela merkel and sick of -- and nicholas sarkozy was speaking after a new greek cabinet was sworn in to deal with the crisis. >> a cabinet reshuffle, greek style. european leaders and the financial markets watched as the new cabinet was sworn in facing violence on rice, the prime minister done to his finance minister. a desperate gamble that a new team coul

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indure was second with bullets fellow countrymen mario forsyth sixpence for and thirds elsewhere morocco's. also set the season's best mark in women's eight hundred meters by russia's maria seven of the world champion custer some men yet for second. team get another silver for russia in the men's high jump one by this man. over on the greens david moffatt has matched his best ever p.g.a. tour run to secure the lead through the opening round this and chewed classic the thirty seven year old penciling down a stunning sixty five but a host of other players are just one stroke behind the office holding six parties on route to a five under par score was this close to getting his seven on the whole swedish special record karlsson sits in a group of five golfers a shot back the forty one year old bird being the sixty year settling for a four hundred car on the day defending champion lee westwood still remembers beating paulson on robert requests in a playoff at a year ago and the inishmaan remains within reach of a second straight prawn finishing four strokes off the. street is cricket squad will

elsewhere morocco's. also said the season best in the women's eight hundred meters where russia is not a sudden though i picked world champion caster semenya for second and resume of claimed another silver for russia in the mountain high jump on course. cyprus and another russian alexander it can be a short game second in the women's pole vault. mexican football is hit by a doping scandal with five players having tested positive for a banned substance p s three and has been defended francisco rodriguez among those who are samples contain anabolic agent and bitter old the local football federation has stated that the players would have to ask the positive after ingesting tainted chicken meat anyway the five players had been suspended before the national schools gold cup match against which they want five nil this was those despite those absences mexico take on course every car on sunday next. well readers of today we don't believe the turner one is responsible or to blame for this but as the rules require

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ambassador to morocco. let's start with what al-assad in the speech. he promised a national dialogue, and he said this could lead to amendments to the constitution. do you take him at his work? >> it is hard to take him at his word because this is the third time he has spoken to the syrian people in the wake of the protests, and the fact of the matter is there has been very little action to back up words other than repression, other than a great deal of harm inflicted on the syrian people by his military troops. unless he demonstrates something that is tangible that the syrian people can grab hold of, the syrian protests will continue, and he will continue to lose credibility. >> so far we haven't seen the kind of huge crowds turning out in syria. it is hard to know exactly what is going on because foreign journalists can't get into the country. if people leave the country, if we don't see the millions showing up, al-assad could carry on? >> indeed. the balance is such in the two major cities, the equivalent of london or birmingham, or washington, d.c.

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not only tunisia and egypt, but also morocco, to a lesser degree, and maybe also jordan. in egypt, tourism has completely fallen down and it is an important resource for the economy of the job, the best of egypt. -- an important resource for the economy of egypt. the people who demonstrated on tahrir square are expecting improvements in their lack. -- in their life. we must absolutely help them to avoid this economic collapse. you asked me about the $40 billion, a large amount of money. that question is not the amount of money. the question is the rapidity. are you able to give this money for useful projects. that is why the g-8 instructed its foreign ministers to act on action plans in order to mobilize this money as soon as possible. the to nation government has already proposed an action plan -- tunisian government has already proposed an action plan. in morocco, i'm rather optimistic on the situation, because the king has announced an ambitious program of reform. if the product of a new constitution is carried out, it will be a real change in the regime. maybe the eme

well i think it's it's quite complex let me just say that morocco he wrote a book called five years of my life i'm very familiar with the book and would encourage people to read it in the book he actually describes it in her riffing detail the torture that he endured in one particular gruesome incident he describes how the federal leaders were used on the soles bottom of his feet as some sort of torture method he talks about the fact that he was forced to. take unknown drugs which is a common theme that we hear from many other guantanamo prisoners in terms of whether the administration should apologize i think you know i'm just going off of what what other attorneys have said apologizing would perhaps be accepting. some sort of. being complicit more or less that it would be acknowledging that in fact this detainees were other detainees have in fact been torture and that's the idea please something that we know that this administration has not has refused to do i would never in my years of covering politics that would never wait for any administration kid to apologize unless it was esse

revolution is is exactly what these young people are and this try parts of war is shaping up from morocco all the way to iran and what this really means is in terms of the united states have to be very careful here because one of the big nightmares that can take and we can if we stick our hands in the middle of it we will end up being the scapegoat if things don't go wrong if we do stick our hands with it and things go right we can be here and we have to be very delicate and we're told it's a really interesting perspective i want but before we get into the details on libya i want to get the thoughts take on that. we already have and say we america already has its hands in the middle east conflicts and has for decades thereby propping up these wretched dictatorships that have lorded it over these how to people to the point where you know the significant majority of the population is living on two dollars or less a day america has spent billions of dollars sending out military aid to these countries american arms manufacturers sell twice the amount of arms but capita in the middle east than

in morocco a few years ago, a young man was arrested for creating a fake profile of one of the princes. to this day, no one knows how the authorities found out it was him. did facebook turn over that information? there have been cases over the years of social media companies -- i don't want to say turning on their users because sometimes they are forced to comply with local laws. at the same time, they don't necessarily have our best interest at heart. we have to remember these are private companies, they don't know you anything. -- they don't owe you anything. >> when you put something on facebook, your privacy goes way down. i would not opposed anything on facebook where twitter that you do not want the media, your wife, your boss to know. i used to be a lawyer before i was a comedian. there is a very low expectation of privacy if you post something on that facebook wall. it is at your peril. watch what you post and watch what you tweet. it can be used against you in a courtroom or in a lawsuit between two people. >> it has definitely been used in court cases where somebody said they

reports 14 staffers with the house homeland security committee went on an eight-day trip to turkey, morocco and the united arab emirates. the bipartisan and primarily democratic group commercial air fare alone totaled almost $140,000. treasury department reports show congressional foreign travel tripled in the past decade. costing more than $110 million since 2001. illinois republican congressman timothy johnson introduced a bill to curb travel and increase transparency. "to have this unlimited spigot of money with no criteria or standards built into it. it's not dishonest, but it's not appropriate." a federal judge in seattle ruled a gay softball league can keep its rule limiting the number of heterosexual players on each team. however, trial will go forward regarding allegations by three bisexual players who say they were disqualified from a tournament because they were not gay enough. finally, french regulators say broadcasters cannot use promotional lines like follow us on twitter. or find us on facebook. on air. because they violate a ban on secret advertising. a french blogger who onc

but basically suppose there's a dispute between two people in morocco.pose those two people end up in the united states and they bring a lawsuit against each other in the united states. so the american court has to perform what's called choice of law, to figure what sort of law should regulate their behavior. if it's a contractual dispute should be to contract law of the state in which they bring their dispute in osha to be the contract law of morocco? and so, courts for hundreds of years have been enforcing foreign law in these circumstances. although again, usually because somebody has are both parties have very strong contacts with the foreign country. you know, generally speaking this has been uncontroversial. after all, it's too americans are in morocco and they have dispute, that start indian estates we've got the moroccan courts to apply american law. as opposed to moroccan law. moroccan law is not sharia law so i don't want to be misunderstood by that. there are conceivable circumstances where some foreign country has incorporated sharia law into

they filmed it in morocco, but it's supposed to be in abu dhabi. there's nothing romantic about being arrested for having sex. now, in 2008, there was a couple who was on a beach, a british couple, who were arrested. well, they very quickly within the and got married and got divorced shortly afterwards. >> so, again, some of the prison sentences or the jail sentences go for a number of months. we're not talking about years and years? >> no. and then the people are deported afterwards. right now we have a banker in new zealand who is a banker with hsbc bank, earning over $100,000 a year, he is going to be deported back to new zealand, along with his brazilian ex and his british current, who have become great friends. ♪ [ lane ] here's the trouble with most anti-wrinkle creams. the cream disappears but your wrinkles don't. ♪ introducing neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it has the fastest retinol formula available. in fact, it's clinically proven to smooth wrinkles in just one week. so all you have to do is sit back and watch your wrinkles go away. n

called "expedition impossible." 13 teams race through the des t deserts, mountains and rivers of moroccon amazing race, it really. there's a contestant on the show named eric, and he's blind. they had him climb a mountain. is it a good idea to make a blind guy climb a mountain? i noticed a disturbing theme this summer on abc with the new shows. it seems like we are trying to kill people. our game shows have no regard for human life whatsoever and we're not is slightest bit embarrassed about it, either. >> this summer, abc brings you "wipeout." "101 ways to leave a game show." and "expedition impossible." we're sadistic bastards. who make blind people climb mountains. abc. no one gets out alive. [ applause ] >> yeah! >> jimmy: we do what we have to do. one more thing. it's thursday night, time for our weekly tribute to the fcc, where we bleep and blur things whether they need it or not. it's "this week in unnecessary censorship." >> awhile back i spoke to the 101st airborne that has fought to turn the tide in afghanistan. and to the team that took out osama bin laden. standing in front of

information agency and we were on our way to morocco. i was specializing in the middle east and we had never been out of the country before. it was before jet travel. and we landed in paris after dark on a very cold february night raining like crazy. we checked into our hotel over in the left bank and went out and started walking in the rain at night in february. miserable, miserable night and we could not happier. and i've gone backsince several times because of work on my truman book, because of truman's experiences in world war i in france because of my work on the panama canal book because so much of that story so french. and a lot of the research for that subject was there in paris. and then i went back again for adams because he and abigail were there for a long time and he played a crucial part during the revolutionary war. but what i really wanted to do was to take a look at a period which ry little hadeen done about. the adams/franklin/jefferson time had been worked over pretty well. including by me. >> rose: and hemingway. >> h

the british were pushing rommel from the east, and we were going to land in morocco, and marshall taskedisenhower with the, with the design of those plans. so eisenhower came to the presidency not only a great diplomat-general, but someone with, who knew a lot about the way washington worked and who'd been dealing with global issues for a dozen years by then. he not only was the great diplomat-general of world war ii, he had held together the grand coalition of the second world war, the allied coalition. after the war he was the army chief of staff, he presided over the desegregation of the army that professor moy talked about a few minute ago. he, and he took leave of absence as president of columbia university to be the first military commander of nato in paris because at the time it was recognized if there was one american we can send to europe who personifies the american commitment to nato, to the freedom of western europe, to america's continued responsibility in the world, it would be dwight d. eisenhower. and last but not least, eisenhower was over in, um -- the story of eisenhow

the first surviving quadruple amputee is iraq war veteran brendan morocco. the fund-raising effort to build his home began last year with a lieutenant dan band concert in s.i. and i am happy to say that all the money was eventually raised, and the first of these smart homes has been completed and brandon will be moving in soon. if [applause] i saw crandon at the house yesterday and his spirits are high. he is an amazing young man. funding for the second home began with a concert in st. louis on may 27. and we will begin raising money for the third home at a concert in illinois on july 16. these courageous individuals have given so much and it is a good feeling to know there is something we can give back to them. they inspire me beyond words. often but as -- but as i said, the enormity of the need is great and there are many who need our help. i am also a privilege to support and now serve on the board of snow ball express, which creates hope and new memories for the children of military fallen heroes who have died while on active duty since 9/11. thousands o

a third type regime what we call regime adjustment like in jordan, like in morocco and algeria.t the end of the day we have witnessed historic change in the arab world. it will take a while and there will be setbacks in the process but there is no return. a psychological rupture has taken place in the arab world. the psychology and the mood of the arab world has changed and what you are seeing in syria, despite the massive force, despite everything else, is a major awakening on the part of many people, including the arab citizen, whether it's in libya, yemen, morocco, jordan, syria, bahrain, and tunisia and egypt. historic change. the situations in libya and yemen are of significant historical moment that has occurred in the arab world in the last six months. >> joining us from our beirut bureau, thank you so much, fawaz. it's 46 minutes after the hour. a guy named his own price, wants a room tonight for 65 dollars. we don't go lower than 130. big deal, persuade him. is it wise to allow a perishable item to spoil? he asked, why leave a room empty? the additional revenue easily c

>> just some people here in new york can get a taste of what it's like to be in morocco on an expedition tree which is sort of like rappelling in the show. get a flavor for being on an expedition. >> as if this town wasn't dangerous enough. i'll be going nowhere near that. "expedition impossible" hosted by dave salmoni. thanks so much. now let's go find george, shall we? >> oh, thank you. i was talking to rich besser, our next guest. so caught up in what he's about to talk about that we did not hear you, but thank you. this is one of our favorite series. he's going through refrigerators to help people keep off pounds that we put on over time. it comes on the heel of a study. this harvard study some things that aren't a surprise, french fries will make you put on weight but also talks about foos you can eat that help you lose weight. >> this is a massive study. this is some really incredible work. it was over 120,000 people over 20 years and it showed that most people gain about a pound a year. mostly from bad food choices. so i went door to door and kitchen to kitchen looking for the num

from morocco to the arabian gulf, the escape from the hand of oppression is now a real possibility. now is not the time to retreat from freedoms rise. at the same time, we know that these resolutions can bring to our forces that are neither democratic, nor forward leaning. just as the people of egypt, tunisia, libya, syria, and elsewhere see a better life of genuine freedom, the leaders of radical islam see a chance to ride political turmoil into power. the united states has a vital stake in the future of this region. we have been presented with a challenge as great as any we have faced in recent decades. and we must get it right. the question is, are we up to the challenge. my answer is, of course we are. if we are clear about our interest and guided by our principles, we can help steer events in the right direction. our nation has done this in the past. at the end of world war ii in the last decade of the cold war -- and in the last decade of the cold war, and in the more recent war on terror, and we can do it again. but the president has failed to carry out an effective and coher

from morocco to the arabian gulf, the escape from the dead hand of oppression is now a real possibility. now is not the time to retreat from freedoms rise. yet, at the same time, we know these revolutions can bring to power forces that are neither democratic nor forward-leaning. just as the people of egypt, tunisia, libya, syria, and elsewhere see a chance for a better life of genuine freedom, the leaders of radical islam see a chance to rise political turmoil into power. the united states has a vital stake in the future of this region. we have been presented with a challenge as great as any we face in recent decades. and we must get it right. the question is -- are we up to the challenge? my answer is of course we are. if we're clear about our interests and guided by our principles, we can help steer events in the right direction. our nation has done this in the past. at the end of world war ii, in the last decade of the cold war, in the most recent war on terror and we can do it again. but president obama has failed to formulate and carry out an effective and coherent strategy in resp

. >> [inaudible] regarding morocco. [inaudible] how does the white house evaluate its response? >> i don't have a specific reaction to that speech. or those proposed reforms. we have said we believe very strongly that the path forward in the region is to embrace political dialogue, embrace political reform, engage with civilians in a peaceful manner in order to bring about the kind of change that civilians all over the region are demanding. again, i can't give a specific response to that speech. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> house has gaveled back in. they'll consider four bills first. renaming post offices and back at 6:30 for a bill eliminating the election assistance commission. live coverage of the house now on c-span. questions will be taken after 6:30 p.m. today. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1632. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 16

from morocco to the arabian gulf, the escape from the dead hand of oppression is now a real possibility. now is not the time to retreat from freedoms rise. yet, at the same time, we know these revolutions can bring to power forces that are neither democratic nor forward-leaning. just as the people of egypt, tunisia, libya, syria, and elsewhere see a chance for a better life of genuine freedom, the leaders of radical islam see a chance to rise political turmoil into power. the united states has a vital stake in the future of this region. we have been presented with a challenge as great as any we face in recent decades. and we must get it right. the question is -- are we up to the challenge? my answer is of course we are. if we're clear about our interests and guided by our principles, we can help steer events in the right direction. our nation has done this in the past. at the end of world war ii, in the last decade of the cold war, in the most recent war on terror and we can do it again. but president obama has failed to formulate and carry out an effective and coherent strategy in resp

. >> the same thing happened with the nasty dictatorship civic now includes morocco and jordan. >> nowwith the microphone. >> i will add-on to the twitter question how doese that provide process where emergence out as what can the u.s. due to shape and already going in the wrong direction. how much authority and influence do we have otherwise varying from country to country. or if weom attempt toe encourage bahrain do we screwed it up? >> as was said before.t policy has it will be b continued to be but we say it is ago on the basis and then say nothing about it. that is true.i >> the fact

. >> it includes morocco and jordan. >> we should take questions from some of those kings and queens here. >> i see people standing but -- >> all right then. i'm going to ask. >> i couldn't do it. i'm going to add on to this twitter question which is how can the social net productivity provide post resolution guidance to emerging democracies i'd like to broaden that to what can the u.s. do to shape the advance you say that it's already going in the wrong direction. how much authority and influence do we have come and i realize that it varies from country to country. and should we use it or if we account to encourage bahrain are we only going to screw it up? >> as they were saying before, the middle east has been and will continue to be attacked in complacent because we see that we support democracy and human rights everywhere. we applied inconsistently with leaders we say must go on the basis of the principal and others we say nothing about it. that is true and it's also going to be a fact of life. no superpower is going to apply that a foreign policy that is rooted only in the democ

somebody that speaks arabic our culture's represent a vast geography and different background from morocco to egypt to kuwait to do by recently, but i grew up watching him go to the family restaurant and share his culture and love of life and music with a community in southern california so very appreciative of that and in the city ago we were not a large population of arab-americans so there were galvanized by a tightly knit group that was what the kid a professional, a good business owners to establish a strong adc that were instrumental in creating good common allies with different minority groups prior to 9/11 and we see that on campus and in the broad sense, but my looking at recently there's no common thread. our institutions are quite weak and in the culture where it is the hub of the popular culture in the media and has the broader reach as ahmed's blight we have a missing link. so we still have to connect the dots in los angeles, and we have over different communities that are part of the institutions or strictly lebanese. >> what is the question? >> they were connected with, you

provides a billion -- $1.5 billion in international assistance teacher across the arab world, rocco -- morocco, egypt, iraq, yemen as well as territories in the west bank and gaza. we provide that assistance for sustainable development in low income countries and since the beginning of the uprising in particular we have shifted our assistance in egypt to be more responsive to the needs of the people in egypt, so we put out instead of just negotiating one-on-one with the government of egypt, we have put out pro-cramming that can be responsive for example and democracy in five areas which include civic engagement, elections, transparency, accountability and civic or dissipation. in tunisia even though we did not have a program on the ground, what we did was we launched about right now an approximate 10 million-dollar program from usaid on political inclusion, training and elections. in yemen where we have an approximate 50 million-dollar program what we have done is we have again continue that program in the context of health and education, democracy and governance as well. thanks to the contrib