. >> where does this stand in the national assembly in korea? will it pass? >> i think so. we are talking about two different sets of agreement. the first one was signed in june of 2007. that agreement actually passed the extending committee of the korean national assembly some years ago, but as you understand, last december, december of last year, we had an additional agreement, which focused mainly on some amendments to the automotive chapter of the agreements. in order for us to deal with these two sets of agreements, our government has withdrawn the first agreement from the national assembly. some time this month our government plans to submit the 2007 regional agreement with 2010 additional agreement to the national assembly, so that marks the beginning of our political process to approve the korea/u.s. free trade agreement by the national assembly, and we plan to complete our approval process sometime later this year. >> ok. you are optimistic it will pass? >> i am very much optimistic, because i strongly believe this is bringing about tremendous as well asr cokorea,

cameras in the national assembly.actually makes a good theatrical effect. >> theater is really all it is. unlike in taiwan where brawling often sways an outcome. scott snyder says the punch-ups we see in the korean assembly are all for show. >> usually they are related to ritual confrontations or situations where a measure or a law is about to be passed. the assemblymen already know what the outcome is going to be, but they need to show their constituents that they have done everything they can in order to try to stop it from being passed. it it's a ritual fight to show your loyalty even for a lost cause. >> well, guys, even if you're not changing history, you sure are getting a good workout. >>> coming up -- look out! mikes and paperweights fly through the air in india. >> mikes and paperweights have become like missiles. >>> plus, somali's fight over whether to allow peace-keeping forces into their country. >> the ultimate irony of this one is this was a fight about peacekeepers. >> it was quite dangerous because of

parliament water cannons were used to prevent protesters were breaking intoed compound of the national assembly. south korea's governing party aims to rat fry the free trade agreement by the end of this month. but the opposition bloc demands more discussions, citing insufficient compensation for farmers. our correspondent in seoul says strong opposition to the fta could delay the ratification process. >>> the u.s. and south korean defense chiefs have agreed to draw up a joint operational plan to counter potential military action by north korea. u.s. defense secretary, leon panetta and south korean defense minister, kim kwe gwan held talks on friday in seoul. kim said the two countries will complete a plan by the end of the year to respond more effectively to military provocation by north korea. u.s. and south korean forces will strengthen joint exerces in the yellow sea. north korea shelled an island in the area, yeongpeong island last november. the u.s. warned about the dangers of north korea's capability. >> together we will insure a strong, effective alliance deterrence posture, including th

in new york city the plans are underway to hold a national assembly meeting next year on july fourth in the city of philadelphia where the group's website one male and one female delegate from each congressional district are below. acted by local occupy movements and will converge on philadelphia to join others in creating a petition of grievances those grievances will then be submitted to all members of congress the supreme court and the president ahead of the two thousand and twelve elections well still unclear if other cities besides new york have agreed on this plan of action yet or even if new york is fully agree this is yet another sign that the occupy movement is growing and becoming more and more organized and specific and it's doing all this ordinary rallies around the world with hundreds of thousands of people out the help of secret millionaire public masters like the koch brothers or great army so isn't this what a real grassroots movement and real grassroots change looks like as opposed to manufactured outrage funded by billionaires like w

i'm confident that the korean national assembly will soon ratify this important agreement in the newke this opportunity to sincerely thank president obama and members of congress for their support and commitment. the korean/u.s. free trade agreement is a historic achievement that will become a milestone in our 130-year relationship. it is a win-win agreement that will bin fit both countries in countless ways. this will create more jobs and generate more trade and stimulate our economies. this free trade agreement will bring numerous benefits to our workers and companies and small businesses and our consumers alike. furthermore, mutual investments will increase and our economic partnership will become stronger. and it will bring benefits beyond korea and the united states. it will be a gateway to enhancing ties between north america and asia. it will allow us to get ahead and stay ahead in the global markets. as we all know, the global economy is undergoing many challenges, the korea/u.s. free trade agreement will demonstrate to the world that we can create good quality jobs and this

water cannons were used to prevent protesters from breaking through the compound of the national assembly. the south korean party plans to ratify the free trade agreement by the end of this month, but the opposition bloc demands more discussions citing insufficient compensation for farmers our corrpondent in seoul says strong opposition to the fda could delay the ratification process. >>> japan's prime minister, yoshihiko noda, is urging lawmakers to cooperate on a series of budget-related bills. the bills focus on the reconstruction of areas hit by the march disaster and measures to tackle the strong yen. in a speech before the diet on fridayno touched on the thirdupementary draftudget submitted earlier today, worth 12 trillion yen, or about $160 billion. >> translator: what this diet must achieve is clear. in order to significantly accelerate the reconstruction efforts in the disaster-affected areas, bring the nuclear power station accident to a conclusion, and rebuild the japanese economy, we must compile as soon as possible, a final draft of the third supplementary budget and its rele

he holds a seat in the national assembly.arty is a member of the ruling coalition in belgrade. he is influential well beyond jagodina. >> it has been like this for the past six years. i will have about 1500 people on a day like today. >> palma is less eager to talk about where the funding comes from for his friday generosity. critics accuse him of buying public support. times are tough in jagodina in central serbia. the signs are plain to see. the rundown areva has been struggling for survival. -- the run down brewery has been struggling for survival. the department store shot down. he has left his stamp on jagodina with a large recreational park, a soccer stadium, and a popular water park. he has also attracted industry with the promise of free land. the government provides farmers with cows to encourage people to stay in rural areas. a village on the outskirts of the city is home to one family. all they had to get a cow was to register with the government lottery. he has given out hundreds of the animals. >> it is unique. t

fta, but korean national assembly didn't pass it yet.questing re-re-negotiation on the fta. what's your opinion and prospect on the future of the korea-u.s. fta? and my second question is about libya and north korea. in libya, there was a people's uprising and they change their governments. and do you think such an event will be possible in north korea in the near future? thank you. >> well first of all, president lee assures me that the fta will pass through the national assembly. i have great confidence in his leadership. and my expectation is that it will get done. because it is good for both countries businesses will be able to prosper here in the united states as a consequence of lowering many of these trade barriers. the same will be true in korea. our workers will benefit and we can learn from each other and i think this is one more sign of the close cooperation and friendship between our two peoples. you're absolutely right that what we've seen in the arab spring in libya, in tunisia, in egypt, is this deep longing on the part of

everybody in the united nations assembly signed this except for the united states and somalia. we have begun to gather the information. i have a little bit more literature year if you want to talk afterwards, and some examples of that, but that is one of the things we need to do. let's look at the fundamental violations of our rights that are happening in your community and think about how we can elevate this to a level of international acclaim. it may seem a ways down the road, but if we are working in solidarity to actually gather this information, while we're fixing the problem at the same time, i think that is one plausible direction for us to go in. >> hello. thank you for coming. in a native san franciscan. i have actually two questions. one is i had the experience of staying in atlanta, georgia, for several years, and one of the things i saw was the prosperity and how they actually really took care of business. is there any way to kind of model that system or progress that was made in atlanta and kind of import it into the black communities that we see here today that st

fta but korean national assembly didn't pass it yet.requesting renegotiation on the fta. what's your opinion and prospect on the future of the korea-u.s., fta? and my second question is about libya and north korea. in libya there was a peoples uprising and they changed their governments and do you think such a, such an event will be possible in north korea in the near future? thank you. >> well, first of all, president lee assures me that the fta will pass through the national assembly. i have great confidence in his leadership and my expectation is that it will get done. because it is good for both countries and you know, businesses will be able to business z will be able to prosper here in the united states as a consequence of low oring -- lowering many of these trade barriers. the same will be true in korea. we can learn from each other and you know, i think this is one more sign of the close cooperation and friendship between our two peoples. peoples. you're absolutely right that what we've seen in the raich spring in libya, in tuni

here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture a wall street movement has big plans to hold a national assembly next summer addressing our nation's greatest issues including ending all wars so has this grassroots movement officially turned into a force to be reckoned with and sin city is known for hosting huge fights and hosted one last night two republican presidential debate so while the fireworks and just how out of touch were the candidates on stage from the ninety nine percent of the rest of us watching it on. it's wednesday night when i'm alone liberal and go up against two conservative political commentators to debate the week's biggest stories so far on the panel tonight another servo inserted strategist and so is it a blueskin solutions currently blogging and other sort of mode and vince colonies page editor of the daily caller dot com as for me i'm not the thanks for joining us and both of you and so let's get started before the debate there were one hundred occupy las vegas protesters outside the debate trying to get ignored i guess and it seemed that on stage it was the battle for w

i am confident that the korean national assembly will soon ratify this very important agreement in ther future. i take this opportunity to sincerely thank president obama, the congressional leadership and members of congress for their support and commitment. the korea u.s. free trade agreement is a historic achievement that will become a significant milestone in our 130 year relationship. it is a win-win agreement that will benefit those of our countries and countless ways. this agreement will create more jobs, generate more trade, and stimulate our economy's. this free trade agreement will bring numerous benefits to our workers, companies, our small businesses and our consumers alike. furthermore, mutual investments will increase and our economic partnership will become stronger. and the korus fta will bring benefits beyond korea and the united states. it will be a gateway to enhancing ties between north america and asia. it will allow us to get ahead and stay ahead in the global markets. as we all know, the global economy is undergoing many challenges. the korea u.s. free trade agree

fta, but the korean national assembly did not pass it yet.orean opposition party is requesting renegotiation on the fta. what is your opinion and perspective on the future of the korea-u.s. fta? my second question is about libya and north korea. in libya, there was a people's uprising and the change their government -- they changed their government. do you think such an event will be possible in north korea in the future? thank you. >> first of all, president lee assures me that the fta will pass through the national assembly. i have great confidence in his leadership. my expectation is that it will get done, because it is good for both countries. and, you know, businesses will be able to prosper here in the united states as a consequence of lowering many of these trade barriers. the same will be true in korea. our workers will benefit. we can learn from each other. i think this is one more sign of the close cooperation and friendship between are two peoples -- our two peoples. you're absolutely right that we of seen in the arab spring, libya

voters there will choose a national assembly when they go to the polls tomorrow. first election in the arab world since this year's wave of popular revolutions removed several regional leaders from power. >>> which now also brings us to libya. moammar gadhafi is dead, nato is wrapping up operation, and the interim government is planning a democratic election. so what's next for this country and for the region for that matter? let's go to london. professor, good to see you. >> the same here. thank you. >> all right. so, first of all, who were the winners or the losers in what has just happened in libya? and i'm talking about how it happened. yes, we know that the nato air strikes in large part were hoping to remove moammar gadhafi from power, but is this what was envisioned? >> well, i think -- i mean you're raising a big question. i think a cloud will likely overshadow tomorrow's announcements of liberation. how gadhafi was killed, whether he was executed after he was captured. these are not academic questions as you know. not just the united states and the united

they're going to have a national assembly and there will be an election that will form a national assemblywrite a constitution that will subsequently be subjected to a referendum and then, i believe, that they intend to elect a president from that parliament or separately. they haven't decided that yet. but that's the process that they're going to begin on that will get them at least to a constitutional referendum hopefully within eight months to ten monthsment. >> how concerned are you about gadhafi loyalists who are spread across africa? first of all, do we know their numbers and how much do we worry about them trying to coalesce into some sort of unified group and make trouble snoo. >> we don't know how many escaped during the convoy trip out of southern libya. some of the remnants of the family did flee there, including his grandchildren and some of his children and their wives. so we also don't know how many more of those dead enders may be hiding somewhere in the desert. i don't think there are that many. i think the vast majority of libyans are delighted to see the regime toppled. a

i'd like to recognize the visiting delegation from the afghan national assembly.the delegation is here to observe how hearings operate in the house, good luck with that, and if you could please stand. i know you are over here and over here as well. thank you very much. [applause] thank you, thank you, ladies and gentlemen, it is an honor for us to have you visit our committee, learn from our mistakes, and get a good democracy going there in afghanistan. we are so appreciative of your efforts and your hard work. thank you so much for honoring us with your presence. after recognizing myself and my friend, the ranking member for seven minutes each for opening statements, i'll recognize the chair and the ranking member of the subcommittee on western hemisphere for three minutes each and then one minute for any members who seek recognition. we'll then hear from the witnesses, and without objection, the witnesses prepared statements will be made part of the record. members may have five days to insert statements and questions for the record subject to the length limitat

i'd like to recognize the visiting delegation from the afghan national assembly. we have 16 members of parliament from the afghan national assembly, mostly from the budget and economic committees. we have the secretary of the budget committee, the chairman of the budget committee. we have many important folks here in the delegation is here to observe how committee hearings operate in the house. good luck with that. and if you could please stand, i know that you are over here and over here as well. thank you very much. [applause] thank you. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. it is an honor for us to have you visit our committee, learn from our mistakes and get a good democracy going there in afghanistan. we are so appreciative of your answers and your hard work. thank you so much for honoring us with your present. after recognizing myself and my friend the ranking member, mr. bergman for seven minutes each for opening statement, i will recognize the chair in the ranking member of the subcommittee on western hemisphere for three minutes each and then one minute for an

fta, the korean national assembly didn't pass it yet. and korean opposition party is requesting renegotiation on the sta. with the future of the korea u.s. fta and my second question is about libya and north korea. and libya, there was a people's uprising and they change their government. do you think such an event will be possible and north korea in the near future? thank you. >> well, first of all, president lee assures me -- [laughter] but of course the fda will pass through the national assembly. my expectation is that we'll get done. because it's good for both countries. businesses will be able to prosper here in the united states as a consequence of learning many of these trade barriers. the same of the true and korea appeared our workers will benefit and i think this is a sign of the close cooperation and friendship between our two peoples. you're absolutely right that what we've seen in the arab spring, and libya, tunisia, egypt is this deep longing on the part of people for freedom and opportunity. and although the path from dic

pakistan has produced the first woman speaker of the national assembly. i'm a foreign minister.uslim countries which also have foreign ministers. we have a lot of representation of women in parliament. we have a lot of representation of women in different workplaces. so there is a perception that, you know, women -- it's difficult to be a woman in a society or a culture like that of pakistan. but the reality is that i have never felt that being a woman has in any way impaired my ability to be able to work or has ensured that i'm not taken seriously. if anything, i think being a woman gets you more credit than you deserve because people almost don't expect it was you. that doesn't only have to do almost don't expect it of you. that doesn't only have to do with pakistan. it has to do with many other countries also. >> but you don't find that there are mullahs or extremist groups that say that you shouldn't be in holding this position, that that kind of line of argument? >> there is -- i'm not denying the fact that there exists an element within society which is much more extremist

. >> and the national assembly. >> and in atlanta a civil rights hero, congressman john lewis tries to lend his support to the group but they use some bizarre tactics to stop him from speaking. one man is speaking his mind about the way the protests, thas herman cain. >> part of it is jealousy. i stand by that. and here's why i don't have a lot of patience with that. my parents, they never played the victim card. my parents never said that we hope that the rich people lose something so we can get something. no. my dad's idea was i want to work hard enough so i can buy a cadillac, not take somebody else's. and this is why i don't have a lot of patience for people who want to protest the success of somebody else. >> and harsh words, of course, from mr. cane and fox business network senior correspondent dennis joins us. good evening. what is it, if you know, that the protesters want? i realize they are protesting in several spots across the country. but is there one single message? >> if there were, the protests would be a lot more -- a lot more effective. unfortunately they are all over

results in tunisia show a moderate islamist party is on track to win the most seats in a new, national assembly. the numbers released today suggested the ennahda party will not win an outright majority. but the head of a leading secular party rejected any talk of joining a coalition. despite that, the islamists promised a broad-based government to write a new constitution and complete the transition to democracy. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to jeff. >> sreenivasan: five years ago, health officials recommended the h.p.v. vaccine begiven to girls and young women to protect against the human papillomavirus a sexually transmitted disease that's a major cause of cervical cancer. it's been available to boys for the past two years to guard against other medical problems associated with sexual activity. but today the vaccine was recommended for 11- and 12-year- old boys for the first time. rob stein covers health and science for the "washington post" and joins me now. welcome back. >> nation to be here. >> brown: why is the committee saying it's time to turn from a suggestion t

arab spring-- the moderate islamic party ennahda appeared to have won sunday's election for a national assembly. turnout was nearly 90% in the country's first truly democratic vote and tunisians reveled in it. >> ( translated ): i feel so delighted now because i took part along with the tunisian people and i did my duty as a voter. i participated in the laying of the foundation stone for the democratic nation which we deserve. it proves again that we are worthy of democracy, the values of civilization and civility are the values of our revolution. >> ( translated ): there is nothing stronger than that the feeling of voting. i passed my exams, i had children, but there is nothing as strong as that. i have never felt anything like that in all my 40 years to decide the future of your country, there is nothing better than that. >> ifill: tunisia's longtime leader president zen el-abidine ben ali was toppled in january after a month-long uprising, which quickly spread across north africa and the middle east. but in syria, there was still no end in sight to the uprising against president bashar al as

everything is you need to hold palestinians will most likely end up appealing to the united nations general assembly for statehood is this a good thing for israel of course it's good because what we don't understand the neutral way maybe we will understand. the international way because we keep saying. this in the bill most the reason we. both come through for a raise or. fold. i don't think we can be. and i think it will show the direct action of justice do you think this way the prime minister benjamin netanyahu commitment to peace talks is genuine and will result in something if it would have been generally we would have been sitting together because i didn't. i didn't know what he wants nobody knows where to really wants it's very clear that he doesn't want a palestine and he doesn't want to evacuate settlements and the rowntree from his tribe. is not a mineral food two state solution you mentioned the assassination of the former israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin and you have said that there are certain streets in jerusalem you're nervous to drive down and that public rallies for example some

everything is the only tool palestinians will most likely end up appealing to the united nations general assembly for statehood is a good thing for israel of course it's good because what we don't understand. maybe we will understand. the international way because we keep saying all that is the. sin of a muslim is we can sort if most of the countries of the world. for palestine i don't think we can ignore you. and i think it will show a direct action of justice do you think the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu commitment to peace talks is genuine and what was altered something if it could have been generally we would have been sitting. i didn't. i didn't know what king wants nobody knows what you really wants it's very clear that he doesn't want palestine and he doesn't want. settlements. vary from. food to streets and you mentioned the assassination of the form israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin and you have said that there are certain streets in jerusalem you're nervous to drive down and public rallies for example sometimes you require security guards are you concerned that there cou