moment an imperialist agenda rather than lukas is syria or libya or bahrain or egypt or tunisia or the region at large what does it work here is an attempt under carter of the imperial powers to prevent and to in fact overwhelm the armed uprising that is generalized to the region specific to syria and you have to keep in mind that this coach person for likud netanyahu has stated explicitly indeed knesset the israeli regime prefers bashar assad to the resistance to him because bashar assad like his progress. notwithstanding need attention and part of these very reason the united states to undermine sovereignty and independence in syria polluted with them every critical instance and the bashar al assad regime is not different in that respect it's a repressive regime every time however there is a general uprising against these repressive regime is there not been a closet leader openly supported by imperialism who is seeking to control the out. in syria as in libya in libya gender is not dissimilar because initially the uprising against gadhafi who plays in the town or restaurant who funde

specifically pointing a lot to the arab spring because we've seen that happen across the board be in syria or tunisia or egypt where these governments have clamped down but even here if we have a kill switch being debated in our congress to think about something it still could be passed. you know i think it is and we had them in progress you know we're organizing people with killswitch there was a big outcry last time it was proposed by senator lieberman and so he changed the bill just slightly to say this bill does not have a kill switch at the top but of course all of the provisions that would allow the government to shut down the internet are still there there's just no switch the very end has changed so we need to keep fighting on this and the use in some other top senators are still pushing it i'm just curious what you think that you know this report specifically says about copyright infringement and we've seen legislation in europe especially where they said that if you're caught downloading something let's say three times that you can get kicked off the internet entirely i'm assuming that you

than 9/11, but the national security strategy he published last year did not mention libya, egypt, or tunisia. is it not right in the light of the changes we have seen to look again at the strategic defense and security review to make sure that we can sustain the conflict in libya? >> i am grateful for the question, because that is an important point. one of the reasons for having a national security council that sits weekly is all the time to ask whether we have the right resources, whether we have the right strategy. we have that a review of the national security and defense review over the past year, but the point i would make is this. that strategic defense review did actually put in place mechanisms to take into account that we may well be fighting two conflicts at the same time. it also put in place the necessity of having very flexible armed forces for exactly the sort of operations that we are fighting with and dealing in libya. it does seem to be strange having not had one for 10 years to than want to have two strategic defense reviews within one year. i think we have got the right f

tell us how using money as medicine won't help your of the troubles widing the people of egypt or tunisia the details are on our website right now. at the i.m.f. the tension a stretch to struggling economies around the world but also to troubles the whole mess to take over since its former boss had to quit over sex crime claims that everyone's happy about a european will be lined up as has always been the case and there are growing voices that someone from the brics countries or brazil russia india china and south africa should have a go. u.s. is a failed economy the euro zone has failed and the brics nations have been realizing for quite some time now that are failing anglo american british and other euro interests a war at the most support on this global dictatorship that is extremely consequential implications and the entire international financial system you know then why should they be continuing to prop up the global recovery because if you go to the very bare bones of the global economy other groups are the backbone that's exactly what the i.m.f. is one big looming station but i th

or the previous regime it was clear who was in charge it was mubarak in egypt and ali in tunisia and you know he was the person where you know the buck stopped everything had to go through him or through somebody that he had delegated so it's not really clear who is in charge of the country and i don't think there is anybody in charge of what i think is happening is that you have various different groups that are competing for turf competing for funding competing for money and influence and power in the new tunisia and in the new egypt and i think what is what we're seeing now is that among these various groups one of the groups that has been. at the forefront of this new egypt in tunisia attempt to get back into the international financial situation is. lending and. borrowing basically is. an elite of the better educated western oriented economists and politicians who were friendly with the previous regime who are part of the previous regime but more of the technocratic side of the regime those people right now are continuing to basically. with to to do the same sort of projects that

maybe it would be the one they like up and sit up in the recently in tunisia or other countries you know tunisia two years ago or one year ago was not the democracy it was. i thought that one day we would be able to work normally in the it. was according to shut but activists realtors selling real estate and what is known as the dictator's avenue in a prestigious part of paris will experience no drop in the numbers of clients. the schemes used by some leaders of third world countries to hide in the billions of dollars has simply become more intricate so. there is still a long way to go before the end of this international clock bust up about big money . say for instance this is not a provocation but the warning that. the film says that shifts everybody who shoots a critic risks they have no idea about the hardships the face. plate one of the says it is all of them to listen for any army to life level you say is the most precious thing in the world.

takes power if there is a conflict but you could have another somalia, it is not like in egypt or tunisianse of stability after a short period of turbulence, this could go on if we somehow encouraged the downfall of assad which is, again, part of our reluctance. so the likely scenario here is he will oppress his own people the way his father did when his father saw this kind of problem 30 years ago, and we have to make sure to the extent we have any say, that the level of violence is contained in the process. that could be the best we can do. use economic sanctions to pressure him, as well, but i don't think we can stop him from what he will continue to do most likely. >>shepard: we reported that the strength of the syrian regime comes from the ties with the military and you say if at any point there is a break between the regime and the military, we could see the movement in another direction. there are signs of that yet? >>guest: i have in the seen any. but if there were daylight between the two we should put assad on notice we would support a military queue or -- coup or any type of up

peoplere watching and following it very carefuy they would prefer to see in iran something like egypt or tunisia happen rather than almost a cil war in yemen or the violence in lya and syria. >> rose:he green movement is the vessel for reform in iran? >> it is the best hope for change. what change means will it be a reform o more drastic change is something that we have to see. t definitely the green movement right now is the most important challenge to the political system. >> rose: and the means of the ballot box is the election? i mean, constitutional reform is the... means they have chosen. >> yes. that is the hope and that's what's... the hope of reform is for 12 years. except for that for the past two years we have seen the supreme leader of the revolutionary guard and other conservative element don't have any attention allowing the ballot box become the voice for the people and now we actually see friction between the president and supreme leader which may open up this space for, again, t ballot box becoming the try yum fant will of the people. >> rose: is it simply about power? this conf

flooding has already left 170 people dead or missing. tunisia, the rain has fallen for at least four days, leaving many roads impassable. parts of new south wales have been declared national disaster zones. the u.s. geological survey said a 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the island of new britain at a depth of 22 kilometers. there are no reports of major damage or injury. the quake was felt 250 miles away. the united nations now says about 60,000 sudanese people have been displaced by the fighting near the border between the north and south. president says the violence amounts to ethnic cleansing. the fighting was a total violation of a peace deal between north and the south. he says the u.n. should send in peacekeepers. >> the troops should leave. u.n. forces should be deployed in their place. forces should be deployed in the area. that is dependent on the u.n. similarly, in southern cordoba on, we want to see a cease-fire. the presence of the u.n. forces is also felt by the people. this is the beginning of a genocide. it is a

and israeli flags being burned in tahrir square or in tunisia or elsewhere.it started and let's hope it continues, despite the fact that i'm also worried if one is not very careful how these islamic groups take advantage of what's going on and what their actions will be. i think we have to accept that people deserve their rights. people deserve their human rights. it's enough already. we have been asking since 9/11 at least when will the moderate arab voice, the moderate muslim voice be heard. how many times did you hear people say that? why aren't the moderates talking now they're talking and they're shouting, and we need to be on their side. >> when we come back we'll talk about what i think was one of your finest hours. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cel

up in the recently moved to an easy or other countries you know tunisia two years ago or one year ago was not the democracy it was a dictatorship that one day it we will be able to work normally in the it was in. was according to sherpa activists realtors selling real estate in what is known as the dictator's avenue in a prestigious part of the terrorist will experience no drop in the numbers of clients. the schemes used by some leaders of third world countries to hide in the billions of dollars will simply become more intricate. there is still a long way to go before the end of this international bust up about big money. two more than a month. in one of the most extreme environments on the planet this is and charge it up and people have to be aware that they are far away from civilization sean thomas discovers what makes sense article is so special and attractive for many wildlife in antarctica it is the closest and frontal. expedition to the bottom of the earth an artsy. white stream cascading from mountain slopes the view is midsomer much. of this beauty brings down and a speed of

at the moment, we are not planning on accepting any refugees from libya, tunisia, or egypt. >> but calls are growing in germany for the government to do more to help those fleeing from the unrest in north africa. >> all right, stay with us. i am going to come right back with our "in depth" report, the lessons we have learned from fukushima. stay with us. penn -- >> welcome back, everyone. it has been just over three months since the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit northeastern japan. it crippled the infrastructure there and created a meltdown at the fukushima nuclear power plant. thousands of people who were evacuated are still waiting at temporary shelters, wondering if they will ever be able to return to their home. they are angry at the way the government has handled the crisis, and that officials played down the threat of radiation contamination. we look at the lessons learned from the fukushima disaster learned so far. >> these people pausing for a smoke are housed in a former elementary school near tokyo. the 1400 evacuees are the former inhabitants of a village in the fukus

i do not see the internal division that happened in tunisia or egypt for example, take place in syria. >> how optimistic that within the next few weeks we might see some resolution to what is happening in syria and an end to the bloodshed? >> hard to be optimistic given the nature of this regime and the manner in which it has maintained power. there has never been any evidence that they are willing to give power given to minority status of its the regime itself. they are viewing themselves that if they go, the whole community might go. the regime is the standard bearer for minorities that feels encircled by the larger sunni majority. i think that this is a bloodshed community. if they can act in a decisive way, short of military action, apply pressure that has economic consequences. >> thank you so much. across the arabian peninsula in yemen, the protests continue with tens of thousands to the street. supporters and critics continued to press their demands with competing rallies. in brussels, the outgoing u.s. defense secretary issued a blunt warning to nato pointing to both libya and

there is not economic deprivation and that added to some of the others, like in libya or in tunisia and egypt. these are the kinds of problems we need to deal with. it is not just saudi arabia. it is bahrain. bahrain is run by a sunni markey with -- a sunni monarchy. with a strong minority of shias for their citizens.each of these nations has there particular problems. we're not trying to impose an american solution. what we want is to help all of these countries to the extent we can, work their way through their problems to the benefit of everyone. >> what do you think of the expanded use of predator drums to attack suspected terrorists and what restrictions should apply to those? >> i mentioned strategy changes in afghanistan. what we have is a debate going back and forth between a strategy of counter-terrorism and counterinsurgency. the counter terrorism strategy is that you find a bad guy and you take him out. if you happen to kill some civilians, it is too bad, but it is collateral damage. in counterinsurgency, you say, no, you have to build confidence in your security mission and

army other than the allawi units will be will be supporting the uprising like you have been doing tunisia or at least staying neutral waikato like for example in the yeah let's add something about their russia actually their statements off their bridges in their view and their prime minister mr putin to us but very powerful message to this series seem that russia has no special interest in syria rather than they condemning actually the violence done by by and by the syrian government otherwise the guarding the army which which it's important that the syrian army as i told you before it's a professional one it's and this is why when when when when russia and turkey use its leverage to and carry the army the syrian army is made by their people every seat and has to see of the army in two years i see of the army and our. my brothers and others serve in the army two years and this is why they see it an army made by their be bored just to mention wanted to many of them it international there are actually this all does he actually has you know from daraa is born and raised in daraa and the syrian

style of the army other than the units will be will be supporting the uprising like it happened in tunisia or at least seeing a new trial what i call it like for example in egypt let's add something about their actual actually the statements of their prisoners in view and the prime minister mr porter in a very powerful message to the syrian regime that russia has no special interest in in syria rather than they condemning actually the violence done by by and by the syrian government otherwise the guarding the army with with it it's important that the syrian army as i told you before it's a graph issue no one it's and this is why when we were in russia and turkey it use its leverage to encourage the army this syrian army is made by the people every syrian has to see of the army in two years i see of the army and our our my brothers and others seven there are only two years and this is why this syrian army made by the board just to mention one piece to many of them it international did it actually this all does he actually has you know from there on is born and raised in daraa and this year in

what the tipping point of the assad regime is in terms of the fall of the regime like in egypt or in tunisia, it's very clear that the regime's increasingly brutal crackdown is not working. protesters continue to come out. and that the regime itself is on a downward trajectory. although when exactly it will collapse is anyone's guess. >> well, let me ask you the question i think many of us have been asking. we see the assad regime day by day increasingly violent, using increasing shows of force, and yet from a distance it is hard to see that even with the protesters' continued presence in the streets, hard to see how they will actually topple him without some form of outside intervention. so where do you think the united states can do something productively or effectively to assist the protesters? >> well, the protesters are doing a lot themselves. remember that these horrific videos of regime torture of children which are being uploaded by internet activists from syria, which are responsible for bringing out last friday 50,000 people in the city of hama, so that is getting people out into t

what the tipping point of the assad regime is in terms of the fall of the regime like in egypt or in tunisia, it's very clear that the regime's increasingly brutal crackdown is not working. protesters continue to come out. and that the regime itself is on a downward trajectory. although when exactly it will collapse is anyone's guess. >> well, let me ask you the question i think many of us have been asking. we see the assad regime day by day increasingly violent, using increasing shows of force, and yet from a distance it is hard to see that even with the protesters' continued presence in the streets, hard to see how they will actually topple him without some form of outside intervention. so where do you think the united states can do something productively or effectively to assist the protesters? >> well, the protesters are doing a lot themselves. remember that these horrific videos of regime torture of children which are being uploaded by internet activists from syria, which are responsible for bringing out last friday 50,000 people in the city of hama, so that is getting people out into t

the pockets of the fact cats for example there was actually strong growth in egypt in tunisia for the last decade or so before the revolutions which of course the i.m.f. and world bank raised but this was a jobless growth it didn't help. people on the ground wages are stagnant unemployment was rising be an ending and it's important to remember that. i mean there have been some some indications they talked about public works and job creation programs in a statement they released yesterday but we'll let you know we're yet to see any details i think this is probably just spin. more of the same we slightly and marketing. so with the i.m.f. it certainly seems to be spreading its wings in the region such as the middle east and north africa here is there some sort of our regional agenda do you think well i mean it's it is a regional agenda but it's part of a global agenda the near little project that's being pushed for a while now i mean we is an interesting comparison to make between the middle east now and latin america a few decades ago where you there you had the same institution and working doing simi

at, give me context as to the particular danger in yemen as compared to syria or libya or egypt or tunisiapower vacuum exists, you have a very strong presence of al qaeda in the arabian peninsula? >> that's right, ali. we've talked about this so much in the past week. one of the key concerns for the u.s. is if there is a pow we vacuum in yemen and looking like there is a power vacuum what happens with with regards to al qaeda. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is deemed to be the most dangerous, active, militant week of the al qaeda network. they have a hub in yemen. only 700 to a thousand fighters but they've been able to try to launch spectacular planned and sophisticated attacks against the west, and saudi arabia these past few years. the concern has been if saleh leaves he's seen as a key fighter against al qaeda what happens then. at this point because there is activity from militants, nobody knows. are they going to try to take advantage of the turmoil, nobody knows at this point. >> closely for us from abu dhabi, thanks very much. >>> a stern warning from treasury secretary timothy

treated in saudi arabia after his presidential palace was bombed whether or not yemen will join the arab spring nations of egypt and tunisia with pro democratic revolution or radical militants will take we're still on clear so what's the big picture here of our military involvement here not to say mission accomplished in libya even look like and what's our military's future in yemen and offer some insights on all what all of this means of drawing here in the studio by robert perry independent investigative journalist and founder and editor of consortium news and from florida ross baker author of the book family of secrets that bush dynasty and editor of the website who what why dot com robert ross welcome pleasure to have to have you both with us ross first of all the secretary of state clinton believes that the libyan war may be winding down what was our mission there and how we know if we're really successful what does that mean. you know i've been thinking about this for the last few months the way i do my reporting is i always try to put my shoe my life self in the shoes of the powerful people to figure out what i'd do