mr. rasmussen in particular, but our nato allies have been a great disappointment to me. i'm sure they're absorbed with their economic crises that they lurched from one day to the next, but i have very little optimism about nato, but all of these things could change to some degree if the united states would lead. it used to be the united states leads from behind. now the united states does not lead at all. >> my in-laws were there. and my son's wife's parents -- sorry. i didn't mean -- >> you mentioned briefly, the kurdish situation in turkey which has been going on in its current form for over 30 years. could you go into further detail about what you think turkey should do to further a solution to the kurdish problem? >> the first thing that's happened and i think it's worthwhile mentioning. if you go to erbil, you will see a modern, thriving, dynamic economy. you will see shopping centers, multiplexes. it's incredible what has happened to the kurdish economy over the last 25 years since they were once living in the mountains. it's beenen credible and it's been the turki

with a surge of violence has been seized on by nature's chief hinting at a possible intervention mr rasmussen has compared the events in syria today with those in the balkans during the nine hundred ninety s. that led to bombardment of former yugoslavia we've also been hearing a lot about military intervention recently from both u.n. and nato member britain foreign secretary william hague has said that this scenario cannot be ruled out he's also stressed that this up to assad to decide whether he sees the violence and all atrocities in his country and fulfill the rebels' demands at the same time we know hague. that is where the terrorists operate in syria saying that the international terrorist organization could fuel the violence and could fuel this conflict so to that and the west's message is somewhat muddled that assad is not responsible for all violence here in his country but he is being held responsible regardless to further discuss the situation in syria we're now joined live from beirut by dr mark might not be a political analyst and senior columnist at wired news paper thank you for

organization with a surge of violence has been seized on by nato chief hinting at a possible intervention mr rasmussen has compiled the events in syria today with those in the balkans during the nineteen ninety's that led to bombardment of former yugoslavia the alliances chief has said that unless you and reached a unified solution nato might intervene on its own without un approval and without u.n. support we've also been hearing a lot about military intervention recently from both un and nato member britain foreign secretary william hague has said that this scenario cannot be ruled out because also stressed that this up to. side to decide whether he wants to seize the violence and all atrocities in his country and fulfill the rebels' demands at the same time we know hague has stressed that britain is aware of all kind of terrorist operating in syria that the international terrorist organization could fuel the violence and could fuel this conflict so that and the west's message is somewhat muddled that assad is not responsible for all violence here in his country but he is being held responsible rega

council it will not succeed in my opinion at all as syria is not libya and also then it all said mr rasmussen money time is that the nato is not concerned about any military operation against syria on the security council resolution or out of it that means that united states may prepare your military and convention in some way or another and not like in libya to support their ascension to syria but in my opinion it's not the neutral at all like provide the weapons to the answers and it's not the solution that will make the situation much more complicated in syria has your job i thank you so much for your thoughts thanks for your time live there from the center for middle east studies in beirut thank you. the struggling eurozone has been dealt a fresh blow spain has become the largest economy so far to ask for help as it emitted it needs one hundred billion euros to prop up its beleaguered banks the cash will be fed directly to a special fund with madrid ultimately responsible for the money however this plan let spain avoid committing to additional cuts imposed from the outside as happened in

. >> reporter: according to the latest rasmussen poll this week, the candidates are in a dead heat. mrobama had 47%, the same with mitt romney. the undecided are 3% with a 4.5% margin of error. >> so, virginia, let me ask you one last question. are you in? y! -- yes! >> as you can see, pops are all over the place down -- polls are all over the place down there. president obama has launched a new ad blaming congress for not acting on his ideas for creating more jobs. >>> public health advocates convening the first ever national soda summit here in d.c. speakers were talking about sugary drinks and their contributions to the growing problems with obesity, diabetes and a whole lot of other problems in this nation. >> a lot of things contributed to obesity, but clearly the rise in calorie consumption is undeniable. >> oh, yeah. speakers also talked about new york city's controversial plan to ban certain large sizes of sugary drinks and under that idea the city would ban the sale of non-diet soda and other sugary drinks if they're larger than 16-ounces in some restaurants and other public v

. >> reporter: according to the latest rasmussen poll taken this week, the candidates are in a dead heat, mr. obama with 47%, the same with mitt romney. the undecided are 3% with a 4.5% margin of error. >> so, virginia, let me ask you one last question. are you in? >> yes! >> reporter: in dale city, virginia, surae chinn. >> another poll released just today shows the president with a five-point lead with virginia voters over mitt romney. >>> with more and more mobile devices attracting more and more attention from drivers, the federal government unveiled a new plan to crack down on distracted drivers. we have the details. >> reporter: from texting to phone calls, sometimes the greatest dunks on the road lately are inside -- dangers on the road lately are inside vehicles. with new technology popping up every day the department of transportation thursday unveiled a new plan to end what they call a distracted driving epidemic. >> americans have gotten into very dangerous behavior with their cell phones and their texting devices to think they can use them behind the wheel of a car and drive safe

mr. obama landed at san francisco international about 25 minutes ago. this afternoon, he will make his way into san francisco for two soldout fund-raisers. eric rasmussen is live at sfo with more on the president's quick visit. eric? >> reporter: hey, mike, it sure will be quick. air force one will have about four hours her on the tarmac at sfo before it makes the president onto los angeles later this afternoon and there are people we can show you who came out to see the president, some invited guests, supporters of his who lined up to see him today. while he's here in the bay area, he's expected to raise as much as another $5 million we're hearing for his reelection campaign. just about 15, 0 minutes ago, we watched the president step off air force one. here's some of the video we shot this morning. it's a familiar scene. this is his second visit to the bay area in two weeks. just like last time, this is strictly a fund-raising mission for the president as he came off the steps down onto the tarmac today. you may be able to see him there greeting lieutenant- governor gavin newsom and san francisco mayor, ed lee. a small found table is his first stop a

the rasmussen daily tracking poll out today mitt romney 6656% romney 45%. dangerous for the president. yesterday pounding mr. obama man 00 economy and visiting the bankrupt solyndra corporation, a failed enterprise that cost the taxpayer a cool $500 million. >> president obama was here to tout this building and this business as a symbol of the success of his stimulus. well, can you see that it's a symbol of something very different today. it's a symbol not of success but of failure. >> bill: the question now becomes why is the economy so bad? and talking points believes the answer is, simple. fear. many employers are afraid to hire people because they don't know if consumers will buy or what their healthcare costs are going to be. also the folks themselves aren't spending very much because they don't know if they are going to have jobs next month. investors are spooked as well. crazy oil prices and very unstable stock market eroding confidence. add to that madness in europe. insanity in iran. and the far east slowing down, and you have a perfect storm of economic fear that no president could overcome. mr. o

mr. obama by seven points. reuters poll, romney stronger on the economy by three points, a little tighter there. rasmussen national poll now puts romney at 50%, president obama at 42% when it comes to who do you trust to handle the economy, and when you go state by state, you see a similar trend. you tell me, can we expect -- and we'll get to these in a minute, these other ones -- but you tell me, chris, can you expect those polls to get any better before that chart with the downward from jekyll ri -- trajectory gets better? >> and that's exactly it, megyn, and that's exactly what the president is trying to do today is he's not giving a framing speech as much as he's giving a reframing speech. he wants to reboot. he needs a startover because, certainly, this cycle has not worked out well both from a tactical perspective as the campaign and the whole obama team tries to deal in short-term tactical thinking with these bits of news that come each day, those numbers that you had on your chart there about the jobs numbers what the president is trying to do now is say, okay, i got that this did not work, the op