a truce has been declared by nigeria's most prominent militant group in the niger delta. the movement for the emancipation of the niger delta called a cease-fire after its leader was released from detention. they are also saying, though, military forces must withdraw to allow the displaced return home. it come days after the first attack outside of the delta. >> henry oca is a senior militant but does not control the whole movement. he admits he only accepted the amnesty terms to get treatment for his kidney and also problems. he doesn't think other commanders will lead down their arms for long. >> it depends on the government. those commanders and fighters -- amnesty means nothing. because the government doesn't know them. why will i come out? they are fighting for something. >> that something is the funneling of oil wealth into this desperately poor region and to repair environmental damage from the oil industry. >> you have some idealistic young people there who probably believe their ideologies that they are fighting for, the people of the delta. but, in fact, there a

sean: niger? >> well, we can go back and forth about that. my generation and sophie's, i was in high school the day after thriller -- >> am i in a rocking chair over here? >> you're too old, larry, you're too old! but sophia and all our classmates were trying to moonwalk all over the place. but player -- larry makes an important point, we have to be careful in our dominant media entertainment culture that we create democrat i gods out of entertainers 78 i remember when princess di died. i remember when tupac shakur died and people were comparing him to martin luther king jr. it was absurd. the media has got to be more understanding of its significant power, perhaps the most powerful culture in our world today. sean: thanks, guys. we will show you the comments of his daughter at the memorial service. also we have other news we are covering tonight. governor sarah palin goes on the record with fox about her decision to step down. plus you won't believe how much money uncle sam is giving companies to simply produce energy efficient appliances. e

delta but there is a conflict that goes on in the niger delta that tends not to get that much attention that is impacting oil production right now. >> marie pace, thank you very much for your insights. >> thank you very much. >>> now, let's turn to the war in afghanistan, where american and british forces have been suffering greater casualties as they step up their battle against the taliban. that war is weighing heavily on british public opinion as a new poll revealed today. the survey was commissioned by the independent newspaper and found that 58% think the war's unwinnable and 52% want british forces withdrawn immediately. with the casualties increasing, the british government is dealing with a conflict's question of compensation for the wounds of war. the question placing a value on catastrophic injuries and the complication that can result from those injuries. the test case involving two british servicemen is playing out in british court, as we hear tonight from jenny wibbel of itn. >> reporter: the every soldier killed in afghanistan around five are critically wounded. seven pers

niger morgan scores after stealing second and third. jobson rolls in to second.the next batter is adam dunn, the texas native getting things done here. singles up the middle. johnson at second is sent home. he's not a fast guys. michael borne comes up throwing. it's a perfect throw. johnson doesn't have a chance. out at the plate. top nine. nigel morgan, up with a man on second. morgan, making things happen. up the middle. base knock up the middle. willie harris is going to test michael borne. he's a faster guy with the throw. it's good. pudge makes a better play. scoops it, tags harris, he's out. phenomenal play by pudge, the future hall of famer. bottom nine now. game still tied at 5. mike mcdougal facing jeff blum with the bases loaded. blum -- an exquisite situational hitter walked off single to right. yeah, that's it. the nats lose it. 6-5, the final. watching the game with the sweep. he begins serving a two-game suspension. fen sill pitching for the blue jays here in the second. nolan ryan is swinging. a sign of good things to come for the maryland grad. to

the niger delta, where the oil is mine, has become a quagmire of corruption and conflict with oil smugglingnow out of control. the truncated limbs from sierra leone's civil war are just the most visible scars of the conflict fueled by the competition over the valuable diamond deposits. and these are coulter miners at the -- out of the democratic republic of congo the diamonds they extract are sold on a huge profit to companies that make mobile phones. global witness says that across the east of the diet -- of the prc, the congolese army and rebel groups compete for gold and other minerals, leaving civilians devastated in their wake. the minerals are sold to western companies through intermediaries. >> these companies are not doing enough to analyze their supply chain and interrogation they're coming from. we are not saying that they're doing anything illegal. that is an important point to make, but they're not doing the necessary due diligence to make sure that they are not buyingç minerals that have effectively come from this fighting. the largest tin producing company is owned by the bri

corruption and poverty have recruited many of themilitants in the troubled niger delta and now in the nor. there is kidnapping and killing in the dea, which has prompted the governme to reach out to rebels, th an amnty. meanwhile, it says thattacks of the last five days a an insurrecon, and is determined to show it will use all ans necessary to deal with this new threat -- a is determined. bbc ne. -- and it is determined it wi use all means necsary. >> emerncy rule was imposed two years ago by mharraf. the cot sayshe acted illegally when he suspend the nstitution to secure a second rm as president. fans and players areaying tribut to whatthe be loved and most respected siobby robson. he led them to finals twice. the in manchester -- the machester united che said he was unique. a ship has n aground off of t coast of norway. rescue crews a trying to siphon the oil from the wate it was carrying 1,120 tons of oil. it drifted into shallow waters during stormy conditions the former preside of the philippis, cazon aquino, has died at the age of 76. she led a prott ainst rdinand mcos. she the

. >> parts of northern niger are in a statof fear. vient attack being blamed on a radical religious groups have caught the authorities off ard. policetations, government buildings, job centers, and urches have alreadyeen attacked and rch. manyf the pictures are too raphic to show. ndreds of people thought to be member of the radic religious ect are unr arrest. hundreds me are kille i began here. over 7 men with machetes, crossbows, and guns attacked a police stati. by the end of the day, dead were piled high in the street most of them alwa of the religious grou the sec reonded, attacking the more police stationand govnment offices -- the sect responded. to the nigern govement, it is an upsing. we are >> going to continue the security all over -- > we are goin to continue the security all over t fish out members of this element toeal with them severely. >> thousands soldiers and paramilitary pice have poured intohe group's headquarters, where theyre now surrounded and being shelled. the bombardment is fierce, and the military says they

but tension had been rise fog some tim northern niger has aong history of ethnic and religious differencesthis time the violence is blamed on group of islamic militants. the security forcesre said to be looking for mohammed yusuf. in a clime of suspicion and fear, the autrities have now stped up security acrs the rth ofhe country with road blocks and occur fuse. thareas affected by the unrest he been seral. but so of the worstiolence has been in the citof maidugur although mill tans is said to be declining. >> they are anti-government and ti-people. we don know what they are planning yet. we are out to identify and arst their leaderand also to destroyheir enclave. >> thishas been theeadliest second taryne violencen nigeria since late last year when seval hundred ople were killed in direct clashes between christians d mlims. nigeria's rurn to cvilian rule in 1999 ushered in a period opolitical liberalization, but i has allowemilitants from religious and ethnic groupso express their frustration mor freely. the introduction of shaah law in northern areas has caused problems and competition fo

the count's esident claims e situation's under control. 12 of niger's northern sates are under islamic law. t southern part of that country is primarilyhristian. >>>n kenia,here is news that a fiber-optic cabl may bring better access to the internet andhat's kng that country'economy. as we repoed from nairobi last year, kenyans havstruggled with odated and very slow dial-up connections. only 3% othe population even uses the internet as result. the new high-speed broband nnection could triple intern use overhe next two years. >>> in dar es salaa the capital cy of tanzania, a brand-new nk delp women open their first branch this week. the tanzania women bank will require only a $2 deposit to openp anccount unlike most other banks in the count. customers wilnot be to own prerty. oir to he other assets begin nking. officials hopto build a network of women banks across the countrynd sure to mention me and their money are welcome too >>> the world hlth organizatn confirms it is in discussions with sou africa about ho to handle any possible outbrea of the h1n1 flu during next year' world cupoc

the trade in stolen oil has led to violence and corruption in the niger delta, the home of the oil industryoor security and a shaky infrastructure continue to hamper increase production. and that is no lesser challenge for the president's government has the latest troubles in the north. >> amazingly different, those were the words today from the u.s. defense secretary robert gates, describing iraq after an official visit there. he praised the improved security situation after seeing how american troops are adapting to their new non-combat role. from the capital, gabriel gatehouse now reports. >> robert gates came to iraq to hear firsthand how the 130,000 u.s. soldiers still in iraq were adapting to their new supporting role in the country, taking their cues from the iraqi commanders, shifting their focus from combat training. >> and now in the end of 2011, when all u.s. troops are scheduled to depart iraq, we have a number of milestones to complete, including fair and free elections and the complete drawdown of u.s. forces leading to a change of mission beginning in august 2010. >> august 2

that would be enough to score niger morgan. the nationals take a 4-0 lead just like that. wt 3 for 4 with one rbi. top of the sixth. jordan zimmerman to milton bradley, strikes him out. look at that. bradley breaks his bat he's so mad. alfonso soriano swats it high and deep to right. that would be the damage, a three-run home run. his first homer in 133 plate appearances. the cubs take a 5-4 lead because of the former national. bottom of the eighth now. the nashlz trail, 6-5. josh willingham at the plate. two outs, bases loaded. ramirez comes up with it. derrek lee with that amazing grab. the cubs beat the nats, 6-5. the nationals 0-3 in the jim riggleman era. >> good things happen to good people. i don't know if it's going to be tomorrow or three days from now, four, five. maybe it's next week. we're going to try to make it happen tomorrow. we thought we were going to make it happen tonight and it's going to happen. and you know, i'm not going to quit, and nobody in there better quit. >> jim riggleman keeping it positive. we're in chicago. orioles against the white sox. b

niger he will test his arm. harris out at the plate. that was close. i will give you that. is respectable. mike mcdougal. and an exquisite hitter. walkoff single to right. that's it. the nats lose it 6-5. the final. go to baltimore. orioles manager. trembley, two game suspension. home town kid. brett cecil, blue jays. strikes out nolan ryan. swinging. good things to come for the maryland grad. wish he was playing for the nats. raul chavez. lines one past the outstretched melvin moore. rios. and an rbi double. more than enough for mr. brett cecil. bottom sixth. former terp is cruising. lets luke scott swinging. that is nasty. cecil's family was cheering him on. struck out five. allowed four hits. third career win. as the jays shut out the orioles 2-0, hometown hockey. capitals signed brandon morrison to a one year contract. $1.5 million to day. in his 12 year career, he has four, 20 goal seasons. u.s. women's open. a veteran won the tournament before leads the way after two rounds. first start with rachel heatherington. and defies physics i think. it's crazy. she is on the 1

niger morgan. and going to test his arm. puj rodriguez. great scoop, tag. harris out at the plate.bottom nine. game tied at 5. i will pause for dramatic effect. there it is. facing jeff blum, the hero. walk off to right. that's it. nats lose it. and you now have the microphone. >> well, we blew another one. our blpen let us down again. our top two guys. but overall. i feel good. guys played hard. we battled back. and up until then. just -- you know, here and there. they're going to fail again. i think the guys have played hard the whole time. the numbers are there. i mean -- take it away. you know, the way we have pitched and the way we have played defense. and we're fine. i don't think that is a complaint here. not from my side. >> always staying positive. in san francisco, last night, giants' pitcher, jonathan sanchez delivered a treat. the lefty threw the first no hitter of the season. what's remarkable about sanchez's sweet feet, unlikely before last night. sanchez had been pitching so poorly he was relegated to the bullpen. it was there, where he began working on a recipe for

between muslims and chistians doesn't tnd to impact the nger del but the is a confct that go on in the niger delta that tends not to get that much attention that is impacting oil production right w. >> marie pace, thank you very much for your insights. >> tnk you very much. >>> now, let's turn to the w inafghanistan, wre american and british forces have been sufferg greater casualts as they ste up their battle againsthe taliban. that war is wehing heavily on british public opini as a new poll revealed day. theurvey was cmissioned by thindependent newspaper and found that 58% tnk the war's unwinnable and 2% want briti forces thdrawn immediately. with the cualties increasing, the british goverent is dealing th a conflict's qution of compensation for the wounds of war. the queion placing a value on catastrophic iuries and the complication that can resul from those injuries. the tescase involving two british servicemeis plang out in btish court, as we hear tonight from jennyibbel of itn. >> reporter: the every soldier kill in ahanistan around five e critically woded. ven personnel areeing ralyze

niger morgan goes back. is he going to get it. amazing catch.organ played terrific defense in center. fourth inning. he takes the pitch few right field. and francour drops the ball. zimmerman comes in to score. austin kearns, forced out at second base. but, the nationals take the 1-0 lead on his case of the drops. they'll take it. now in the fifth inning. john land, pitching fantastic. up 2-0, stillo, one past zimmerman in the hole. christian guzman makes the strong throw. castillo is out of there at first. talk about a great play. nationals had it going on offense and defense. going for his first complete game shutout. two outs. and grounds out to second base. the nationals win the game. 4-0. and with his first shut out. he hugs, watch this. he walks in. hugs him. nice, nice celebration there. home plate. he knew this team really needed a within tonight. >> i just knew that, my best effort to go out there and get the team a win. got to stop it some time. so i just had a feeling we will go out there and put together some runs. i mean, i'm glad.

it has huge reserves of oil in the niger delta. but this wealth has not been dispersed around the country and it simply adds to the rumbling discontent which sparked the current violence. bbc news. >> lead to join our correspondent now who is in lagos. it may be nearing a close -- but certainly has been a bloody events, hasn't it? >> it certainly has. just the last hour or so we have been speaking to the colonel in charge of military operations. he has been greeting the bbc the route the entire military operation. -- raising the bbc. he said there were 1000 men hold up inside the compound. we said, do you still believe there are 1000 in there? a lot seem to have disappeared. melt away into residents of the strips around. . he said there were sure there were 1000 at the beginning and said that many young men were dead and surely they will start sending teams to look on the rooftops of the rubble and search through the building to try to start picking up corpses and figure out how many died. i said, how many you think dodd, and his w

several guys, including niger morgan and mike macdougal who weren't on the team back in may can't play because they were not in the rosters. after that game concludes, they will play another regular baseball game. >>> meanwhile, more all store love more cristian gusman. he was one of the five finalists for the last spot on the nl roster, but he got beat out by the phillies shane vict reason. >>> there's a controversy offer a dunk that you and i have never seen, the tapes have been confiscated to protect lebron james. it happened at a nike basketball camp in akron last flight. lebron was in a pickup game with some college kids when xavier universitisoftmore jordan crawford dunked in king james' face. the gym went nuts, and nike confiscated the tapes from the videograefers who were shooting the game saying it has long been their policy not to allow videotaping during the pickup games. to which we say whatever. >>> stage 6 of the tour de france today, actually in spain where the rain was on the plain and everywhere else. the story line remained the same. lance armstrong, it's tough to rid

this rejolt, but at the same time, where else in nigeria, they've been reaching out to rebels in the niger delta. >> somehow, yeah. i think it's' mix of a lot of problems bedeviling them today, high unemployment rate and other things combined together, crisis here and there, the inability of the authorities to bring down the crime level, and inability of government to some extent to address some of the critical issues facing the country. some real, real issues that need to be tackled. >> thank you very much for joining us. let me just bring you breaking news this hour that we're getting out of iraq on news agencies from baghdad. we're being told that a string of bomb attacks have targeted muslim shiite worshipers as they emerged on friday. the news agency is saying that 10 people have been killed and 31 wounded. they're quoting officials. reuters is saying seven are dead and 15 are wounded. we'll bring you more on that, of course, as we get it. bbc.com is where you'll also find that breaking news and the background. jamie is now here with business news. >> this g.d.p. figure which we're ex

we may not have that, and we need to think about ways in which we can deal with it because of the nigeris the worst-case. but finding a way to make sure that we protect worst-case and arias is the fiduciary responsibility of our leaders to insist that if we have a period of martial law, it is as short as possible, that we get our constitutional institutions of government up and running quickly. that there is no question about who was actually in charge and that we get some responsiveness to the will of the people as we go along. there are ways to do it. these are not written in stone. we thought very carefully and evaded, weighing some of those issues. and all we really ask for now is that we begin to get some hearings and debate in congress so that we can move forward, not having to wait, although i think jamie is right, and then have the american people say why didn't you do something before. >> norm, i disagree that you necessarily have to wait. i think all that is required is for some group of people to convince either nancy pelosi or harry reid that this needs to be done now. you j

." >> se imagina usted rebajar sin dietas níger suini ejercicios descubrieron una inyección que reducee regreso a david beckham con la camiseta de los angeles galaxy. >> más a dwlan delante causa gran indignación. en medio del escándalo está el destino de unos hi hi hipopótamos que pertenecí a un eño de la mafia. h@teokdxpteokdx >> bueno, estoy tratando de investigar adivinar, cuál es el deporte favorito de fernando s. >> bueno... >> hablando del protocolo, estoy sumamente consternado porque hoy día el presidente obama, lanzó la primera bola en el programa de béisbol. estarán todos los presidentes de estos unidos. y haces honor con su bate y ropa aquí. >> no están a la altura. déjame si tengo un mensaje. si key reno que vaya al juego de las estrellas. fecha estrellas. me llaman por favor. >> arrancamos desde méxico dónde se comenta que el indio santiago solari podría jugar por los mis potros de hierro el atlante dijo que está a punto de firmar al argentino solari que jugó en river plate, real madrid, y otros. ha trabajado muy fuerte, en el cual que está a punto de hacerse realidad. >>

. >> i thought it came from niger nigeria. can you tip in a dollar a day to barack obama until we health insurance reform, they'll be happen to take a donation months in advance. >> only if it is pabst blue ribbon. >> a belgium beer. >> you know you drink tbr. >> pennsylvania import, how about yuengling how about brooklyn beer, but something that is the faux clydesdale. >> in case you don't think you'll give up enough for health care. >> thank you. >> much more of jim tonight here on cnbc, big show tonight for jim. gary. >> from conagra. >> i like to get rand gold but that's your money. by the way, you may need to -- you need to shave your eyes on this one. >> wear your speedo. made a big splash in beijing, a splash or a flop. a lot of water. >> will geist said something interesting on this. >> why are the suits being banned? >> not too much of me,er rin, on the same day michael phelps was beaten in the pool for first time in four years, they formally announced they were banning the suits part of the world records. after the l

strikes out ryan zierma then corey hill strikes out niger morgan. nats were 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position, ouch. more trouble for the nats. top of the second, two on, two out for zambrano, excellent hitter here, rips a shot to right, goes to the wall. milton bradley, mike fontano scores, cubs take a 2-1 lead, zambrano making things happen. bottom three now, willie harris at the dish, lifts the ball into foul territory. michael hofbauer almost runs over the ball girl, leaps into the stand and you've got to make it harder for the other team. hofbauer makes the catch and then in the dugout, did you see me? missing the cut is something foreign to tiger woods, he 0 only been cut four times in his career, until yesterday. woods is heading home after playing poorly on unfamiliar soil. scotland, conditions worse yesterday than they were on friday. perfect conditions -- if you were on a sailboat. tiger woods had never played turnberry until this week. here on 13, his third shot, chipping just off the green. doesn't hit it hard enough. the ball rol

expect iran's niger program as a cover for weapons production. >> to afghanistan where we are told, andmed the city with bombs strapped to their chests or if it's happening south eastern afghanistan near the pakistan border. residents of the city reporting heavy gunfire and explosions at a police station. it is not clear if american troops are involved at all in the current fighting, but u.s. and nato, forces have stepped p operations in the country ahead of next month's area and next month's president shall election to mackey was an american soldier, hero by all accounts, killed while rescuing comrades during a battle with military in afghanistan. three years later, army sergeant jerret monte will be awarded the nation's highest military honor. monty was on his second tour of duty in afghanistan when his platoon came under fire. and he was shot to death as he is being moving fellow soldiers to cover. in a statement it showed in measurable service and uncommon valor. president obama will present their work to his family in september. it is the president's first medal of honor sort their

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niger is divided between the christn south and the muslim north. the rebels wanttrict islamic laimposed in their region. in iraq, u.s. defense cretary gates made an unannounced sit to get a prress report. he arrived a week afterrime minister al-maliki suested u.s. forces might nd to stay beyond011, after all. gates would not disss that issue he met today with iraqi officials. instead, he id it's a subject best left for later. elsewhere in baghdad, a motorcycle bomb killed least eight iraqis and unded more than aozen others. >> hrer: and still to come on the newshour tonight: david miliband the british reign secrety; and driving dangers on the road. that follo part two of our newshour forum th federal reservchairman ben bernke. he spoke sunday night with group of citize from and aroundansas city, missouri. we broadcast the fst section lastight. here now is the second pa of "bernanke on e record" from the federal reservbank of kansas ty. let's move on now to th recovery. and the fst question to james thomas. to the recovery itself now. to the present

we may not have that, and we need to think about ways in which we can deal with it because of the nigers the worst-case. but finding a way to make sure that we protect worst-case and arias is the fiduciary responsibility of our leaders to insist that if we have a period of martial law, it is as short as possible, that we get our constitutional institutions of government up and running quickly. that there is no question about who was actually in charge and that we get some responsiveness to the will of the people as we go along. there are ways to do it. these are not written in stone. we thought very carefully and evaded, weighing some of those issues. and all we really ask for now is that we begin to get some hearings and debate in congress so that we can move forward, not having to wait, although i think jamie is right, and then have the american people say why didn't you do something before. >> norm, i disagree that you necessarily have to wait. i think all that is required is for some group of people to convince either nancy pelosi or harry reid that this needs to be done now. you ju

don't force our niger kids to read. make sure you comment them. >> that's true.oint is to get your child to develop their own love of reading. if they are reading because you make them more force than they will read to please you and won't develop their own passion for it. >> alysin: this is something my mother didn't and it has come back academic own adult life. it's a sudden example by discovering your own love of reading. i remember my mom and i in the summer sitting on the sofa at night reading a book and it's sort of something i want to emulate now see that that's nice to hear. i completely agree. studies have shown that children who have 100 or more books in the home to up to 30 points better on tests in math, history, science across the board than children with fewer books. but i think so often today transferred it to read. there are some and other distractions and things to do. i think showing her children that books are fun as the first step toward getting them to read stack talk about fun books that fit your child's interest. if they like science having

he hit the ball well on the bases loaded and then niger strikes him out.ases loaded in the sixth and again, first and second dunn strikes out and willingham hits it to a fielder's choice and maybe it shouldn't have. maybe he should have gotten to third on the play. tulowitzki makes a nice play. the point is we left six runners on base. lit kill you. we just haven't been able to get the easy rbi's. the rbi's when you have runners on third and nobody out or less than two outs and somehow chip away and get good solid play. >> and in this series, the numbers don't -- >> it has been one-run ballgames. you lose and then 5-4. >> and the batting average. look at the runners in scoring position. 3-16. four runs in the series so far. only three extra-base hits. >> well, i don't think our guys identify the pitch that they want to hit in crucial situations. something changes. you can't be a 300 -- .300 hitter, and that's when the pressure is on the pitcher. you have to identify the pitch and the area that you're strongest, too, johnny, and we tend to go out of that an

we may not have that, and we need to think about ways in which we can deal with it because of the nigeris the worst-case. but finding a way to make sure that we protect worst-case and arias is the fiduciary responsibility of our leaders to insist that if we have a period of martial law, it is as short as possible, that we get our constitutional institutions of government up and running quickly. that there is no question about who was actually in charge and that we get some responsiveness to the will of the people as we go along. there are ways to do it. these are not written in stone. we thought very carefully and evaded, weighing some of those issues. and all we really ask for now is that we begin to get some hearings and debate in congress so that we can move forward, not having to wait, although i think jamie is right, and then have the american people say why didn't you do something before. >> norm, i disagree that you necessarily have to wait. i think all that is required is for some group of people to convince either nancy pelosi or harry reid that this needs to be done now. you j