national transitional council forces. and now we fought with them and after the fighting ended after that a movement of political defeat we find some of the probably the supporters of of defeat still invoking the and he disappeared. he was kidnapped according to his followers they said he is kidnapped and to pressure the national transitional council to initiate investigations serious investigation they went on and took over the tripoli airport so it is a very complicated situation you have a member of the revolutionary forces calling a little elian formerly indian army and the senior member in the armed forces that joined the national transitional council being kidnapped and his independent brigade loyalist brigade they call it. decided to do this in protest of his kidnapping. i'd like to focus on egypt you of course are in cairo where mubarak's sentence recently has added to an already tense situation many believe it seems that he got a lenient sentence because powerful players of course from his regime remain in positi

this is what the national transitional council was able to do in benghazi, and it is why despite the major challenges the transition in libya is largely succeeding. it is less difficult to imagine today as opposed to several months ago how safe havens could be established in syria. indeed, some analysts suggest the opposition may already be creating some areas of de facto control in the country. for example, in parts of the turkish border and in eastern syria it is quite possible that the opposition could soon declare parts of syria to be liberated as libyan rebels did in benghazi and then ask for external support in defending that territory. this is exactly what we should be helping the opposition to do. rather than insisting that we cannot act militarily without a u.n. security council resolution as the secretary of defense recently asserted, we should follow president clinton's example from kosovo. we should refuse to give russia and china veto power over our actions and instead work outside of the security council to shape a coalition of willing states with a legitimate mandate t

a woman from libya who was actually part of the national transitional council, elected to be one of the two women. she resigned in protest. >> number two? >> a woman named shafa who is a blogger from yemen, she said they created a new normal in overthrowing a dictator. then maryann from egypt. working to bring different parts of civil society together. she is a youth activist and a women's activist and talked- about been normal, out in the square men and women were not men and women -- the new normal. youthnisia, a wonderful activist who comes from a family of activists. when she went to school outside of our country she was denied access back in. she was able finally after the revolution to get back. she is a dynamo. >> alyse nelson is our guest, president and ceo of the organization by whole voices -- vital voices, and the book i have in my hand, "vital voices: the power of women leading change around the world." the forward isy by hillary clinton and we will talk about this is bang clinton -- mrs. clanton when we are back. >> "this is america" is made possible by the national educati

to pressure the national transitional council to initiate investigations use the investigation they went on and took over the. the u.s. defense secretary is in vietnam as part of a charm offensive in asia that's something encircling china in its own backyard washington is beefing up its military presence in the engine pacific area seen as an attempt to contain beijing's growing regional influence leon panetta wants a greater american access to vietnam sports that could proper long long from hong kong city university believes china's neighbors may be using washington to get leverage against china i would not say that this office asian countries this more powers would like to give up china but they would like to invite the united states to join in the arena so that they could have more bargaining chips against china if we will serve a kind of of our signal to china and china care nor to assert all is so foreign to claims over this off china sea and vietnam can also be packed up by the americans military power to come to. dominance in the region the south china sea has been a very important

to pressure the national transitional council to initiate investigations you see investigation they went on and took over the airport. other world news in brief for you this hour a car bomb has gone off near to government offices in baghdad killing at least eighteen people and wounding dozens more the blast is the city's deadliest single attack in months it follows a series of assaults last week that claimed seventeen my. mark has convicted four men for plotting a terrorist attack on a newspaper that published cartoons mocking the prophet muhammad seven years ago the men were arrested in two thousand and ten after their plan for a shooting rampage was uncovered all those convicted are of north african or middle east descent and they could get up to sixteen years jail. well the next hour to talk to american economist and nobel laureate eric massa to find out what he thinks is on the horizon for the world troubled economy. on the lhari it in economics it's great to have you with us sir today it's a pleasure so we'll start with greece and the latest news we know that chrissy's public financ

to pressure the national transitional council to initiate investigations serious investigation they went on and took over the tripoli airport. now let's take a look at some other world stories making headlines a suicide bomber has attacked iraq's main images surface for shiite muslims in baghdad killing twenty three and wounding more than seventy later a mortar shell struck close to a sunni muslim center because no damage or injuries attacks on government offices are still common in the country and to undermine the shiite led ruling coalition. rebels in mali have formed a new console to declare independence for the country's north they say it will lead to a government of national unity two opposing rebel groups are struggling for the upper hand but come to agree on lurching because of religious differences turmoil in money began three months ago when the group of soldiers seized the presidential palace in a military coup saying the government has lost control of the country. a suicide bomb attack in southern yemen has killed four tribal militia men i lied to government forces the blast w

to pressure the national transitional council to initiate investigations you see investigation they went on and took over. well look now at some world news in brief a car bomb has gone off near two government offices in the iraqi capital killing at least eighteen people and wounding dozens more the blast baghdad deadliest single attack i should say in months it follows a series of assaults last week that claimed seventeen lives. the word seekers in nigeria say they fear the country's worst plane crash in nearly two decades has claimed many lives on the ground as well all one hundred fifty three onboard died when an m.d. eighty three jet plowed into a two story building in a neighborhood near lagos airport the exact cause is still unknown but the plane's pilots reported engine trouble minutes before the tragedy the jury has declared three days of national mourning for the victims. denmark has convicted four men of plotting a terrorist attack on the newspaper that published cartoons mocking the prophet muhammad seven years ago the men were arrested in two thousand and ten after their plan

this is what the national transitional council was able to do in benghazi. it is less difficult to imagine today how safe havens can be established in syria. indeed, some analysts suggest the opposition may already be creating some areas of de facto control in the country, for example in some areas north along the turkish border and in eastern syria. it is quite possible led the opposition could declare parts of syria to be liberated and then ask for external helped, support in defending the territory. this is exactly what we should be helping the opposition to do. rather than insisting that we cannot act militarily without a un security council resolution, as the secretary of defense recently asserted, we should follow president clinton's example. we should refuse to give russia and china beach power over our actions and instead work to shape a coalition of willing states with a legitimate mandate to intervene militarily in syria. many of our allies are willing to do much more. as one regional official told "the wall street journal" last weekend, they are l

this is what the national transitional council was able to do in benghazi. it is less difficult to imagine today how safe havens can be established in syria. indeed, some analysts suggest the opposition may already be creating some areas of de facto control in the country, for example in some areas north along the turkish border and in eastern syria. it is quite possible led the opposition could declare parts of syria to be liberated and then ask for external helped, support in defending the territory. this is exactly what we should be helping the opposition to do. rather than insisting that we cannot act militarily without a un security council resolution, as the secretary of defense recently asserted, we should follow president clinton's example. we should refuse to give russia and china beach power over our actions and instead work to shape a coalition of willing states with a legitimate mandate to intervene militarily in syria. many of our allies are willing to do much more. as one regional official told "the wall street journal" last weekend, they are l

. >> [speaking foreign language] >> to acknowledge the national transition council as the only legitimate authority. >> [speaking foreign language] >> to support the use of the revolution within the -- youth of the revolution. do not say there is nothing you can do. >> [speaking foreign language] >> youth was capable of deposit gaddafi, and, hopefully assad in the future. >> we can work together. we can build together. we need each other. [applause] >> my name is janet. i am stuck in government. -- studying at government. some say that libya's upcoming election will be a great success. what advice do you have for the which havelexielections not been successful? >> [speaking foreign language] >> [speaking foreign language] >> they need to continue within the revolution. the revolution has not ended yet. >> [speaking foreign language] >> they need to know that they are the only guaranteed power that can assure the revolution. >> [speaking foreign language] >> they need to work more effectively in order to help the political activism. they need to work within more aggressive political partie

facilitate that transition, and that includes -- and secretary of state has been very clear about this, as have others. that includes working with other members of the united nations security council in, particular russia, on the need to take steps to bring about political transition in syria, take steps to prevent assad from continuing to brutally assault his own people, because there is not a whole lot of time available to the international community before that situation, at least potentially, devolves into sectarian civil war, a situation that could spill beyond the syrian borders and could involve other countries in the region. and that obviously is profoundly not in the interest of the syrian people, but it's not in the interest of the countries of the region. it's not in the interest of any member of the united nations security council, so that's why we need to work collectively to ensure that that does not transpire. >> are you willing to say that that is the last such meeting before it devolves into that? >> i'm not going to draw any lines in the sand. i simply will make the point that there is a need to act urgently because the situation in syria demands it. okay. >> is

the meeting of foreign ministers of the five permanent united nations security council members to discuss new measures for a political transition. >> on the ground in syria, that transition looks very far away. >> on wednesday, gunmen stormed the headquarters of a pro- government tv station. officials said seven employees were killed. at the same time, attacks on demonstrators and civilians homes are growing in scale and brutality. in may, more than 100 civilians were killed. united nations investigators say government forces may have been largely responsible. >> syria's president, who previously blamed the violence on foreign terrorists spoke for the first time of a war in the country. meanwhile, the united nations special envoy is continuing to push for the implementation of a six-point peace plan and for a new action put to syria. culling special talks for this saturday in geneva, he refused to invite syria's closest ally, iran. he said syria needed change from within. >> the action group for syria should agree on guidelines and principles for a syrian-led political transition and to agree on actions that will make these obj

nations. first security council resolution would be the way to begin to pressure president assad to step down and to start organizing a transitiont of democracy. but if the russian president is backing away from what prime minister david cammeron reported, then we are really, shep, back at square one it seems. >> shepard: it certainly would appear. jonathan hunt, thanks. back to the matter at hand now as we await the president's remarks from los cabos. wendell goler is there. the degree to which there has been progress i suppose is more one for opinion and analysis at this point than dissemination of facts. that said, what can we expect to hear from the president tonight? >> well, shep, we expected to say that europe knows what it needs to do to resolve the eurozone crisis it was never going to be solved here. four leaders here if you count the members of the euro zone. the other 16 not. next week in brussels all 17 eurozone leaders get together to come up with a plan to have closer banking integration. closer fiscal integration meaning their budgets work better together. what the g 20 did today was to endorse that saying they w

transitioning security lead responsibility to the nsf. our panel today includes max boot, national security studies at the council for foreign relations. mr. bill, welcome to retired general jack keane, vice chief of staff for the army and michael o'hanlon at the foreign policy program at the brookings institution. general keane, dr. o'hanlon, thank you for joining us today. we look forward to your testimony and my views on these issues have been informed by a recent trip to afghanistan and during my visit i had several opportunities to talk with folks in provinces and notebook leaders including chiefs of police could also be opportunity stuck to military commanders on the ground who provided their impressions of the level of support needed to create a self-sustaining ansf. it is my hope witnesses today can provide further context to these important issues. before the final take a moment to highlight extraordinary efforts of our all volunteer force serving in afghanistan. these brave men and women are conduct in daily combat operations against the taliban and come al qaeda and associated terrorist networks and earlier this month i saw

transition to electric vehicles. passenger cars alone use more than 40% of the oil consumed in this country, and by 2020 the national resources defense councilans will spend $260 billion a year on gas. to speak of what we stand to gain from helping americans switch to electric vehicles. the technology is here. and all we need to do is implement it. my amendment would help us begin to make the kind of investments on the scale of the opportunity before us requires, giving $50 million to the department of energy's energy efficient and renewable energy section. i drive an electric vehicle back in los angeles and i haven't been to gas station since last september. unfortunately i don't get to drive as far as i want to because we haven't yet built the electric vehicle charging infrastructure that would help electric vehicle owners continue to drive as far as they want. the range anxiety of not being able to find a charging station when the battery goes low means that many drivers don't drive as far as they can and many prospective electric vehicle owners are scared off. that's why we need to get serious about addressing the barriers to the adoptio