and i ran into this story of nora astorga, who was a lawyer in managua before the-- during and before the revolution succeeded in 1979. and her story had been that she had been a lawyer who worked downtown, like on-- what's the street? madison avenue or something-- type lawyer, but secretly was supportive of the sandinistas and would do this, that, and the other thing for them in her capacity as a downtown lawyer. and there was this general who was general vega something or other, who was hustling her and wanted her to be his concubine and this, that, and the other thing. she would keep putting him off and off and off. finally, one day, they concocted a plot to lure him up to her apartment and to take him prisoner and hold him ransom-wise for the release of several sandinistas who were in jail at the time. and when he got there, he got-- he was very macho about it, and they got in a big fight, and he ended up being killed. so at this point, nora has to flee into the mountains, 'cause everybody knew where he was going and what he was trying to do. and she stays in the mountains until t

describing the scenes in tahrir square, nora said everyone is jumping around and chanting. today is for celebration. tomorrow is for thinking about what comes next. we want the army to be in charge just for the transition of power. but some people are really worried. i hoped for a peaceful transition which followed the law. those celebrating now should stop treating it there are those who aren't happy. one said, it's very sad news, but i'm not surprised. these people chanting and chanting in the streets will soon find out the high price we have to pay. be that as it may, the egyptian army has promised a peaceful transition to a civilian administration. its people will be watching very closely. dominic cain , "bbc news." rr there is more on our website, do take a look. >> and you're with "bbc news." once again, our headlines. the president of egypt he or she he or she has resigned after more than two weeks of mass protest against his authoritarian rule. president obama has welcomed mr. must be must be's resignation, describing it as just the beginning of egypt's transition t

what about the way the mainstream media has been following this uprising or discuss all that with nora erica and richard hellman next we'll take a look at how general david petraeus has handled the war in afghanistan longer robert farley would join me to discuss betrays his methods and a recent rolling stone article that portrays the general as can't david and at the end of february key provisions of the patriot act are set to expire but one side of there is working on bring.

hypocritical in supporting an ally such as mubarak and then today turning its back on him and my colleague nora emmet filed this report from england in terms of what has been what is perceived by people here u.s. meddling in egypt an affair is. president obama starts today my belief that an orderly transition must be meaningful it must be peaceful and it must begin now and then faithfully one after the other one the other governments followed suit and that these democratic change has to start now. it needs to happen now the growth of freedom and democracy. and it seems the theme was contagious as the call for a new egypt spreads uncontrolled across the western mass media there were hundreds and fifty thousand people in the streets of cairo protesting for democracy this is how democracy happened but what right do u.s. and european leaders. have to get involved in what's essentially domestic unrest about dissatisfaction with a ruler who cares what they want in egypt certainly not these demonstrators at the egyptian embassy in london they supported you few even for such a. few regime and now they'

regime and then all of a string of e-mails eleven e-mail trail i don't think the americans or an under nora brussels would very much want that to come out in court you. they live in uprising as fault is it already high oil prices could skyrocket to levels and never seen before reports of colonel gadhafi may seventh the country's oil pipelines have added fuel to the fun this week and the barrel of the gold approaching one hundred twenty dollars and there's a warning of significant economic threats if the unrest spreads some experts went as far as suggesting prices could hit two hundred twenty dollars a barrel but steve levine from foreign policy magazine says this scenario is unlikely to develop. saudi arabia has gone around and assured everyone we not only can add more volumes to the market but we have added the following the difference that would create a situation in which prices would really skyrocket is there another country when our lines are you lost a million barrels a day is our line from libya you know algeria which is also having trouble or would it front that would bring saudi ar

and then have a string of e-mail that have an e-mail trail i don't think the americans or an under nora brussels would very much want that to come out in court you. well we heard the lockerbie bombing mention then that's just one of a number of incidents in a checkered history of relationship between the west and colonel qadhafi we also look at the one nine hundred eighty six bombing of a west german discotheque that was targeted killing u.s. soldiers have resulted in the u.s. air force sent and marine airplanes bombing the libyan capital tripoli however in recent years we have seen this rehabilitation of good southie in the west among western governments we've seen him used as an ally in the area. during the iraq war we've also seen contracts for arms deals and also oil deal struck between western countries and libya so if anybody does appear before the hague on trial for crimes against humanity for what has happened during this violence in libya will be very interesting to see what comes out of those investigations. violence has been going on for almost two weeks now a lot of people h

officials say tests show it was nora virus and it was spread from person to person rather than throughcontaminated food or water. the most common symptoms are diarrhea and vomiting. >>> a federal judge is expected to inspect a newly built gas chamber tomorrow. heather holmes has the story. >> reporter: this is the state's answer to u.s. district judge german fogel's 2006 criticism. a new lethal injection facility. tomorrow's inspection is the final step into making sure california can move forward on the death penalty. >> the law is very clear. certain individuals because of the crimes they commit deserve to be executed. >> reporter: mark class has been carefully watching davis' slow march toward execution. he is hopeful some of the judge vogel's questions will be answered. vogel named several deficiency. sloppy recording keeping and antiquated facilities. he also suggested that it risked an inhuman and unconstitutional death. but death penalty supporters protested today. >> it's cheaper, it's better for california and it just makes sense. >> reporter: legal analysts say it would be a

all that he may be kept in a detention facility like one ton a mole or something similar ok nora many thanks for the floor and speaking to us from london on big judy in our songs case many thanks. ok crossing over to north africa now and as anti-government protests in egypt and. third week president hosni mubarak has taken steps to reform the constitution in an attempt to diffuse public anger but thousands of demonstrators remain in cairo's main square keeping up the pressure on the president to resign. from the capital. what we've now entered the third week of and mubarak demonstrations and the numbers on the street just keep growing of his square still remaining the focal point here in downtown cairo hundreds of thousands of people on the streets as we speak and also the city of alexandria with you off the course of the day tens of thousands of people have been coming to protest the swell started at around midday when government buildings close in the last day also people have received their salaries and just yesterday monday the government announced that it would be giving a fiftee

officials say tests show it was nora virus and it was spread from person to person rather than throughcontaminated food or water. the most common symptoms are diarrhea and vomiting. >>> a federal judge is expected to inspect a newly built gas chamber tomorrow. heather holmes has the story. >> reporter: this is the state's answer to u.s. district judge german fogel's 2006 criticism. a new lethal injection facility. tomorrow's inspection is the final step into making sure california can move forward on the death penalty. >> the law is very clear. certain individuals because of the crimes they commit deserve to be executed. >> reporter: mark class has been carefully watching davis' slow march toward execution. he is hopeful some of the judge vogel's questions will be answered. vogel named several deficiency. sloppy recording keeping and antiquated facilities. he also suggested that it risked an inhuman and unconstitutional death. but death penalty supporters protested today. >> it's cheaper, it's better for california and it just makes sense. >> reporter: legal analysts say it would be a

sixty four billion dollar questions what is what are those arms going to be used for so i agree with nora that of course you know president mubarak must go but i think someone needs to answer the question what. comes next and that is always of course what in washington what is the what is the process so i think if that were more transparent and in egypt it is not iran if there isn't a transplant i think it's a little this is an uprising you know where there is no leader at the moment but i mean what i can tell you who does apparently have all the answers as to how this is going to play out is that is fox news because if you've been watching their coverage it's been all about the muslim brotherhood is taking over in the muslim brotherhood i. and there are all jihad is the world is coming to an end and let's take a listen at some of the program and it's not all due to your coverage that's all right but let's take a listen here. it's possible a country like egypt also the country to be pakistan if you let the majority of people decide the form of government they would wind up with a whacko a

udnationdation >> it is between nora, smu and the foundation. they will run the facility. we have leased them the land. we will have joint programs with the institute and the library. we want to have concurred appointments. -- concurrent appointments. there have been voted to have an appointment in the university also. going back and forth coming joint programming, concurrent appointments, they can all help to invigorate a number of areas of the university of in certainly add to the dynamism of the library center. >> i believe it was about 1995 when you came here. why did you leave ole miss? >> as i mentioned, i had always had a sense i would like to be here. dallas had always meant an awful lot to me. i had an uncle here. when the opportunity presented itself, it was very much of interest and this was at a point in time that what i could do was what they needed. what they had then to stabilize the institution and basically created a great foundation but he did not enjoy the external aspects of the presidency and that is the part i really do enjoy. the daily worker running

nora compost plans to introduce the bill today to combat the amount of kroneium, a carcinogen in the water. at 10:00 the case will be made at the state capitol in sacramento. >>> we want to check in with christina. we still have snow on our peaks and could see them on our yards pretty soon. >> maybe. maybe. let's not overdo it now. hey, poler alert. we are expecting snow later on in the week. mostly towards the weekend, saturday morning would be the best chance for that valley snow. and right now i do think we will see snow levels fall to about 500 feet. livermore, for instance, is about 400 feet. so you'll probably get a little dusting of snow as we head into this weekend. snow in san francisco. now, i'm not going to call for that. that is very unlikely. there's a chance, but i'm not going to call for it. 42 degrees in oakland and hayward. it is chilly in the north bay where we have temperatures in the low 30s, probably falling into the upper 20s before we hit our lows this morning. the coldest point of the day is typically right before sunrise. so some time around 7:15 in the morni

manetta was added in 2001 after nora manetta who was there at the time. they just think silicon valley valley has more zip. passengers are skeptical. >> i don't think that will have too much effect on how many people come and use this airport. i think san jose international is good for now -- i don't know. i think a lot of people come here already. it seems like a great airport. all the renovations and everything, it looks great. >> now notice he was from walnut creek. he came here to san jose this morning for a flight to colorado not oakland, which is a big competitor for this airport. oakland is what has officials worried, more people flying out of oakland than san jose. officials would like to change that. they're hoping a name change would help although that passenger from walnut creek chose to come here for this flight this morning because it was cheaper, not because of the name or the terminal. it all comes down at the end of the day to money. we'll see what happens. san jose silicon valley international airport. let us know what you think. reportin

he was going out of office that one of the things he was looking forward to doing was campaigning nora appeal of the constitutional amendment. remember, republicans were responsible for amending the constitution after franklin roosevelt won four elections and republicans regained congress briefly, one of the first things they did was to amend the constitution so there would never be another frarving lynn roosevelt. it backfired because eisenhower who could probably have won a third term had he chosen to, ronald reagan could probably have won a third term in 1988, had he chosen to, in any event he said he looked forward to repealing the amendment. we know at least in principle he believed it was a mistake to preclude the possibility that if the people wanted to elect the president a third time. we had to believe, we have been through so many one-term presidents this would be a burning issue. host: did ronald reagan restore popular confidence or did he unintentionally foster an american exceptionalism bordering on hubris, affording license to spend and borrow without thought of the conse

he was going out of office that one of the things he was looking forward to doing was campaigning noraeal of the constitutional amendment. remember, republicans were responsible for amending the constitution after franklin roosevelt won four elections and republicans regained congress briefly, one of the first things they did was to amend the constitution so there would never be another frarving lynn roosevelt. it backfired because eisenhower who could probably have won a third term had he chosen to, ronald reagan could probably have won a third term in 1988, had he chosen to, in any event he said he looked forward to repealing the amendment. we know at least in principle he believed it was a mistake to preclude the possibility that if the people wanted to elect the president a third time. we had to believe, we have been through so many one-term presidents this would be a burning issue. host: did ronald reagan restore popular confidence or did he unintentionally foster an american exceptionalism bordering on hubris, affording license to spend and borrow without thought of the consequen

to list all of the terrible impacts that the proposed cuts to the department of energy, nist, nasa, nora and the e.p.a., each of these critical to our future competitiveness and each agency is slated for ill-founded cuts. . unfortunately, our children and grandchildren will ultimately be the up withs to pay the price for this misguided move. thank you and i yield back. mrs. christensen: thank you. i'd like to yield three minutes to the other gentlelady from texas, congresswoman sheila jackson lee. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentlelady for yielding and thank fer for leading. as i see my colleagues on the floor, let me just try to focus on one or two points and maybe on this valentine's evening, i think a lot of our colleague whors fortunate enough to have their spouses here rushed off and we're delighted. let me wish everyone a happy value intine's day and let me wish my husband in texas, far away a happy valentine's day. he might not be having such a good valentine's day because he's in higher education. frankly this c.r. is going to put more than a dent, it is going to put a real bite

nora comepost will introduce the bill today that will combat the known car scinogen in drinking water sacramento coming up in about half an hour. ♪ >>> from the royal wedding of princess diana to prince charles almost 30 years ago to the blessed unions of the rich and famous, we are getting a look at some of the most glamorous wedding gowns of all time. some really pretty ones. coming up in this half hour we give you the story behind each one of the gowns and take a look at what the future royal bride kate middleton may be wearing for her upcoming newspapwedding prince william. not expected to have the ruffles and pouf of princess diana's gown which we have in studio. it's been fun to have it in the studio. there is a guard. >> right here. >> we're not going to watch this -- >> there we go. widen it out. >> we'll take you down if you get closer to the gown. >> only three people are allowed to touch the dress. it's spectacular to see it. it seems people can't get enough of the royal wedding. we have talked about the countdown already on. now they are even offering a bus tour of buckleb