>> i do not. >> p.j., one other thing.ou know, i didn't flag these to you guys so if you don't have an answer, taking it is fine if you wish to do that, but i presume you're aware of the case of the kuwaiti blogger who has been detained over accusations that he insulted the emir of kuwait. and i wanted to know what, if anything, the administration or the department may have done on behalf of his case. >> let me take the question. >> thank you. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> heated questions about the issue. this is an hour. >> i will report to the house on the events surrounding the gaza. >> the immediate action the government has taken and our next steps. in the early hours of may 31, the israeli defense forces interrupted the flotilla. the incident led to injury and death to a number of passengers may be on one of the vessels. we await details for all of the casualties and but it is apparent that many will be turkish citize

state department spokesman p.j. crowley spoke in washington. >> we have done our own checking, and report no american injuries or casualties at this point. we are obviously staying on top of that situation. meanwhile, we do continue to talk to the kyrgyz government about the transit center at manas. >> sreenivasan: there was no immediate word on what started the trouble today. but there are long-standing tensions between the kyrgyz and uzbeks. nato forces in afghanistan lost three more troops today, two of them americans. so far this month, 33 members of the international force have died. 23 of those have been u.s. troops. in brussels, belgium, u.s. defense secretary robert gates said the nato allies are "recapturing the initiative". but he also cautioned, "the road ahead will be long and hard." and in iraq, a suicide car bomber killed two american troops and at least three iraqis, and wounded 22 others. the attack on a military convoy happened about 80 miles northeast of baghdad. pope benedict xvi begged forgivenes

>> i do not. >> p.j., one other thing. you know, i didn't flag these to you guys so if you don't have an answer, taking it is fine if you wish to do that, but i presume you're aware of the case of the kuwaiti blogger who has been detained over accusations that he insulted the emir of kuwait. and i wanted to know what, if anything, the administration or the department may have done on behalf of his case. >> thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> john ashcroft discusses terrorism. warren buffett in the head of the moody's credit agency. william hague discusses the cause a stir. >> in the that the efforts to sit here the u.s. less mexico border. who, brian o'neill represented a fisherman in the exxon valdez oil spill. this week, what book tv on primetime with the managing director on the back room deals. piper on her experience with the american the closest imperative. booktv prime time. >> noted feminist author and legal scholar modern nu

this is p.j. crowley. [applause] >> looks like a much less one read audience than the one i was just visiting with. thanks very much for being here and welcome to the department of state. it is important that you are here, because we recognize that the future of africa it is not just going to be dependent on things that we do in government and government activities, and so much more involves people to people, businesses to businesses, and so the solutions to africa are as much in the private sector and the ngo community as they are in the public sector, formally, in terms of programs. the department of state and throughout the united states government. last fall about three months after being confirmed by the senate and shortly after traveling to africa with congressman payne and the secretary of state, i was doing a briefing where we had a journalist from nigeria suggesting that the obama administration was ignoring africa. notwithstanding coverage from excellent journalist to report on the continent ever

. >> p.j., this building has made it a point to condemn human right abuses worldwide. they were shipping wheelchairs' and building equipment. how essential is it that this palace -- this equipment to the palestinians? is this useful right now? >> first of all, i cannot say right now what the status of the material that was on the ship. i can in the presidential statement, there was encouragement that that material be so -- be provided to the people of gaza. the secretary said again today that we have pressed the israelis to expand the amount of humanitarian assistance to the people of gaza and we will come in due to work with them every day to try to make that happen. >> before the hotel was launched, there was some communication between the israeli government and the u.s. ambassador with regard to assistance. the israelis made no secret about what they were planning to do. they even put together a press pool to observe this. did the united states offer any words of caution to israel for undertook this attempt of stopping ships? was there any kind of communication at a

. >> p.j.rowley says general stanley mcchrystal has apologized to call eikenberry for his negative comments. this is five minutes. >> richard holbrooke is and kabul today. he had meetings with u.s. and afghan officials as part is his regular travels in the region