blessed and more ready to take action when they came. >> i want to thank sonya davis, one of our peacemakersthe community. a healer, civil rights attorney, and she has been a member of the restorative justice for youth program in oakland. linda. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the koret auditorium of the san francisco public library. i'm a member of the african- american interest committee here at the library. it is our hope that you will be profoundly moved and inspired by what you hear and see today. social justice is concerned with equal justice, not just in the court, but in all aspects of society. this concept demands that people have equal rights and opportunity. everyone, from the poorest person on the margins of society to the wealthiest, deserves an even playing field. every race, every color, every culture. what happened in 1955 is not unlike what is exploding out of the headlines today. it was a young person's death that started the uprising in tunisia. it is young people on the front lines in egypt. slowly but surely, the young people in sudan are following

peacemakers russia agrees to mediate a libyan ceasefire is g eight leaders jointly call for a doctor to step down to halt the bloodshed moscow's dispatcher going to envoy to the country to broker an end to the ongoing civil war. protesters attacked dissidents missing georgian independence day rallies demanding the resignation of president saakashvili and in violent clashes in the u.k. russia and us have called on some d.c. to investigate the violent repression of anti-government protesters. the world leaders attempt to map out a settlement of the libyan conflict r.t. asks the rebels what they want to see happen chairman of the national transition council talks with r.t. about what he believes the formula for peace and prosperity in libya. i say that the mr we'll thank you so much for your time then. i have a pleasure i welcome your questions and there's been significant changes in the international atmosphere at the beginning of the g eight in france hold russia agreed to demands from the libyan people congress record of his resignation a novelist of his regime russia's new position

peacemakers g. eight leaders say it's time for you to go as russia agrees to mediate a cease fire in libya to end the bloodshed moscow will send an envoy to the country to broker a and to the ongoing civil war. and we report on the georgian independence day rallies demanding the resignation of president saakashvili but ended in several deaths after demonstrators were brutally put down by government forces a growing number of governments are calling for an investigation into the protests including the u.k. u.s. and russia. a world leaders attempt to map out a settlement to the libyan conflict r.t. asks the rebels what they want to see happen chairman of the national transitional council tells us of what he believes is the formula for peace and prosperity in libya. i say that mr bowser we'll thank you so much for your time. pleasure i welcome your questions there's been significant changes in the international atmosphere at the beginning of the g eight and france or russia agreed to demands from the l

i'm here to get your help in peacemaking in san francisco.are organizing -- our mission is to get students from different neighborhoods in san francisco to do community service in each other's neighborhoods. imagine 100 neighborhoods, 100 kids from these neighborhoods go into each other's neighborhoods to do community service, which i did not think is possible in this lifetime, but we would like to start small. two neighborhoods, three neighborhoods, five neighborhood spirit with the help of maddie and paulette from the healing circle, the pace could be speeded up a little bit. kids are organizing a carnival to raise awareness about violence and community resources. we will have jumpers, bookmobile, tables -- not as profit tabling. we just need your support. the healing circle and community youth center are our co- sponsors. we are also working at mission high school and focused on the environment. planting trees in the excelsior, recycling bins 3 homelessness impact in environment downtown, so i wish you could support us, and i have been doi

peacemakers russia agrees to mediate a libyan ceasefire as g eight leaders jointly call for gadhafi to step down to halt the bloodshed moscow dispatching on board to the country to broker an end to the ongoing civil war. protesters attacked dissidents missing georgian independence day rallies demanding the resignation of president saakashvili and in a violent clashes u.k. russia any us have called on tbilisi to investigate the violent repression of anti-government protesters. up next cancer rates are unusually high in coastal areas of somalia where barrels of nuclear waste are frequently washing up on the beaches and who is dumping them there and is someone making money well somalis pay with their health our special report coming up. this is one of the most dangerous places on earth fought over by armed is the most groups pirates and bandits somalia is a country with no law and order a no man's land where an armed escort is essential at all times. this film will record a seven hundred kilometer journey across the somali desert in search of a rumor that won't die. mysterious containers

, unless you're a north vietnamese peasant, and i want to introduce you to a peacemaker, and i kept going on and on with these tremendous accolades, and then he said in this own voice, he said, mayor, i don't know why you stopped. you were just getting in stride. [laughter] >> and then there was some other embarrassing introductions. we used to share the -- whoever the governor is -- i've been through a few of those -- we would alternate the welcoming to the city of different conventions. and i'll never forget when i was -- maybe back in '78 or '79, 9:30 at night. probably my last stop. the mariott hotel. and we used to have these small conventions that would come in town, like the basket weavers from idaho, and the mayor would welcome them so i would never forget. i walked into the mariott, one of the smaller -- about 150 people. i walked in, and they had a head table up on a riser, and i walked in -- the table was set one wine and candles and everything. when i put my foot on the riser, the whole head table fell down on the floor in front of me with all the dishes and food and everythin

reviewing the week's top stories peacemakers russia agrees to a mediated cease fire in libya as g eight leaders jointly call for thought is stepping down to end bloodshed. protesters attack this events for missing we report on the georgian independence day rallies demanding the resignation of president saakashvili. bring you today's top stories in the look back at the week's news here on our t.v. thousands of demonstrators are in the center of the serbian capital protesting the arrest of former bosnian serb army chief or at home a lot of iraq outside the parliament in belgrade was organized by serbian far right groups who consider hero and his arrest treason our correspondent catarina has made . so all is quiet in a east european capital belgrade right now but of course earlier that was not the case a meeting of some ten thousand people in the very heart of belgrade just outside the parliament building turned violent at some point with the youths growing stones bottles and firecrackers at the riot police riot police started throwing out things back and at that point a decision to disper

reviewing the week's top stories peacemakers g eight leaders say it's time for gadhafi to go as russia agrees to mediate a cease fire in libya to end the bloodshed. and we report on the georgian independence day rallies demanding the resignation of president saakashvili that ended in several deaths after demonstrations were brutally put down by government forces. five am in moscow i matras are bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on r t thousands of demonstrators are in the center of serbia's capital protesting the arrest of former bosnian serb army chief radko melodic outside the parliament in belgrade they organized was organized by serbia the far right groups who consider a hero and his arrest treason our correspondent kelli arena as are about as more. so all is quiet in the serbian capital belgrade right now but of course fairly or that was not the case and meeting up some ten thousand people in the very heart of belgrade just outside the parliament building turned violent at some point when. the youths growing stones bottles and firecrackers at the

peacemakers g eight leaders say it's time for gadhafi to go as russia agrees to mediate a cease fire in libya to end the bloodshed moscow will send an envoy to the country to broker an end to the ongoing civil war. and we report on the georgian independence day rallies demanding the resignation of president saakashvili that ended in several deaths after demonstrators were brutally put down by government forces a growing number of governments are calling for an investigation into the handling of the protests including the u.k. russia and the u.s. . war coming your way in half an hour next the russian aviation's latest soaring success profiled in technology update stay with us. mr. belin. hello and welcome to technology update this month marks the fourth annual assembly of the international helicopter industry here in moscow it's a chance for companies to show off innovative concepts big business when they buy their own birds and for us to find out what's changing in the world of russia and china. this year's show was the biggest bash yet raising the high standards set in years past th

and we're viewing the week's top stories peacemakers russia agrees to mediate a cease fire in libya as the g eight leaders do it lee call for gadhafi to step down and the bloodshed. and protesters attacked dissidents missing we report on the georgian independence day rallies demanding the resignation of president saakashvili. to him in moscow i matras are bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news here on our t.v. thousands of demonstrators are in the center of the serbian capital protesting the arrest of former bosnian serb army chief. a rally outside the parliament in belgrade was organized by serbian far right groups who consider a lot of a hero and his arrest treason our correspondent is live there with more. police have been clashing with the protesters has the violence subsided. it has all the riots in the serbian capital belgrade right now but of course earlier that was not the case and meeting up some ten thousand people and a very hard. belgrade just outside the parliament building turned violent at some point with youths growing scones bottles and firecr

peacemakers g. eight leaders say it's time for khadafy to go as russia agrees to mediate a cease fire in libya to end the bloodshed moscow will send an envoy to the country to broker an end to the ongoing civil war. and we report on the georgian independence day rallies demanding the resignation of president saakashvili that ended in several deaths after demonstrations were really put down by government forces a growing number of governments are calling for an investigation into the handling of the protests including the u.k. u.s. and russia. and up next debate brewing over who will replace dominique strauss kahn at the helm of the international monetary fund cross-talk coming your way. please. liz. can. follow in welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle issues of relevance and even legitimacy as the jostling continues as to who will succeed the now disgraced dominic strauss kahn at the international monetary fund many still question the usefulness of this global financial institution is the i.m.f. a

i would like to introduce the great peacemaker, a great academician the whole thing and i kept going on and on with these accolades. he got up to the microphone and said in his own voice, no one could imitate him, he said i will try. i don't know why you stopped. you were just getting in stride. [laughter] and then, there were some other embarrassing introductions. we used to share whoever the governor is and i've been through a few of those. we would alternate the welcoming to the city of different conventions, and i will never forget when i was far back, maybe 78 or 79, it was about nine tanker 30 at night a bubbly my last stop at the marriott hotel. weiss to have a small conventions that would come into town like the eska weavers from idaho, anyone we could get to comment. part of the deal was the mayor would welcome them and that was one of the reasons we had to do this. i walked into the marriott, a smaller, 150 people. i walked in and they had a head table up on a riser. i walked in and the table was all set with all kinds of candelabras and wind. when i put my foot upon the ri

a positive role, why don't you resume the relationship you had with israel so that you can be a peacemaker between israel and the palestinians. you had that role. >> in... until 2008, as i said, we had very good relations. but regarding to resume bad relations with israel you should no forget that israel killed nine civilians in international waters. eight of them are tkish citizens, one is american citizen. in international waters 72 miles away from israel. and we n't question about any other iue but we can talk on this. but nobody can kill our citizens in international waters. if israel accepts this mistake and apologizes and compensates for, next day we will resume all the... >> rose: so where does that stand? i mean, you've had some conversationwith the trade minier from israel. where does it stand in an effort to get past... rose: our question is very simple. in eastern mediterranean, in country has the right to kill civilians in international waters. our citizens we killed so we... if were friends then friends should apologize. but israel must know that all countries are accountable

we dem on straighted both in war making and peacemaking, kissinger, carter and baker, the three, thatould actually succeed. right now, we're stuck, stuck in a region we can't fix or stuck in a region which we cannot extricate ourselves. they had news for great power. >> it sounds like bad news the way you're saying it. there's an article which quoted the administration official saying the policy right now would lead from behind. what does that mean, lead from behind? >> i don't know the exact context. >> talking about libya and elsewhere. >> but the real issue is this. we have a disjuncture between our needs and goals in the region. we're not dealing with events in one country. we're dealing with events over a vast region that may be unfolding over a number of year, we have to find a way to have a sustainable policy. therefore if we push too hard. if we remove governments, much as happened. we'll own it afterwards. you have to do the state building, which has not been easy or cheap for us, therefore there is a sense we need to telegraph -- >> is right now the net positive -- net resul

the far right parties that he might lose if he took a bigger role for peace and he might be "the peacemaker" israeli-- israel has been looking for for years. >> woodruff: if you back up and look at president obama's statement yesterday about the broader middle east, the arab spring and you know, there is-- the suggestion now that the u.s. is changing its long stance in favor of stability in the region and saying we're going to support some of these democratic movements, even if it means the outcome is not as clear and clean as what, i should say stable as what we previously wanteds as a country. is that a significant change or difference on the part of this administration from what came before? >> well, i think in some sense it's a return to some of the freedom agenda that was in the bush administration. but what we learned was support for authoritarian regimes did not give us stability, it gave us terrorism. and that if you want stability over the long term, you need to support the progress toward freedom and democracy. that is who we are as a people. that's what we stand for. so what the

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fighting with israel on the peace process is a necessary, obligatory function of any serious peacemaker,ut the fight with the isrlis has to be worthwhile and produce a result tt benefits not only the united states but the israelis and the arabs as well. that is something the administration has not yet figured out. caller: i am glad you brought up the honey and vinegar because when i heard you speak about -- the honey and vigor and a critic vinegar needsand the dinner to be applied to the palestinians. they are protecting this tiny piece of land surrounded by large masses of land. honey and vinegar on each side is very necessary and helps the diplomatic process. it also lets you see both sides of the pros and cons of each side of the equation. guest: frankly, this is the best assessment. that is the best, detached objective assessment of the frame of mind in which the united states must proceed into this conflict. this is not a morality play. it is a complicated conflict. both sides bear responsibility for its ppetuation. she is absolutely right. the honey and vinegar has to be applied t

there is a reason peacemaking isn't easy, says aaron david miller, who worked on the issue for six presidentsast peace, let's face it, is existential. rabin paid with his life, sadat paid with his life. >> reporter: richard nixon and henry kissinger persuaded israel to give back territory it took in the 1967 war. jimmy carter brought menachem begin and anwar sadat to a peace treaty. the nations never warmed but the treaty is still in effect. bill clinton brought yitzhak rabin to the rose garden. he tried again with a conference in 1998 and the camp david summit in 2000 with arafat and ehud barak. they came close but at the last minute, arafat refused. >> my vision is two states. >> reporter: george w. bush announced a road map for peace in 2002. no one paid attention. he tried again with a conference in 2007. again, promises were made, and ignored. barack obama's call last september for a negotiation between israel and the palestinians to be completed in one year failed when talks fell apart after three weeks. in thursday's speech, the president laid down some more guidelines. >> the borders

i said, i'm honor today introduce a great peacemaker, unless, of course, you were a north vietnamese peasant. i'd like to introduce a great acad me decision, on and on. and then he got up to the microphone, and he said in his own voice, you know, no one can imitate him, i'll try. he said, mayor, i don't know why you stopped, you were just getting in stride, you know? [laughter] and then there was some other embarrassing introductions. we used to share -- whoever the governor is, and i've been through a few of those, we would alternate the welcoming to the city of different conventions. and i'll never forget when i was far back, maybe '78 or '79, it was about 9:30 at night, it was probably my last stop. the at the marriott hotel. and we used to have these small conventions that would come in town like the basket weavers from idaho, whoever we could get to come in the. and they doesn't know who i was, but the mayor would come. so i'll never forget, i walked into the marriott, one of the smaller -- about 100 people, 150 people. i walked in, and they had a head table up on a riser. and i

the images on libyan tv were meant to show two leaders engauged in the serious business of peacemakingpresident jacob zuma was offered nothing more than the repeat of the offer that when the last time he came. he's not going anywhere. the only news that gadhafi's appearance for the first time since may 11 seemed to indicate he was healthy, in spite of rumors he had been wounded in a nato air strike. the visit was an occasion for more orchestrated shows of support for gadhafi. but an on-line video claimed to show angry mourners at a funeral at tripoli. it was given the restrictions on the foreign press here, but if it did take place in zum a's visit, it's an indication that opposition is growing. rebels are holding out in the mountains south of here in spite of fierce shelling that forced tribes people to seek shelter in caves without water or electricity. in another sign gadhafi is losing his underpinnings, eight senior military officers, including five generals, announced in rome that they had defected to the rebels. they claimed to be part of a group of 120 military men who had defec

the president is a peacemaker. he is trying to make sure everyone has input. we have no choice, that by the first part of august we have to raise the debt ceiling. we democrats agree there has to be efforts made to reduce the deficits coming in the near future more so than now, and we need to do it quickly. that's the purpose of the meeting at the white house. i requested the meetings at the white house. we were going to do it last week, but events overtook that, but we've had a constructive week and focusing where we are today, that is making sure we understand we have to do something about passing this within the next seven days paying this $21 billion to deficit. [inaudible] >> once again, vice president joe biden hosted a third day bipartisan talks and lawmakers in the blare house across the street from the white house after today's session, vice president biden said they were making "real progress," and here's a bit of what he had to say. >> mr. vice president, what did you learn in there? >> a great deal. >> about look? >> what, optimism is an occupation

fighting with israel on the peace process is a necessary, obligatory function of any serious peacemakerthe fight with the israelis has to be worthwhile and produce a result that benefits not only the united states but the israelis and the arabs as well. that is something the administration has not yet figured out. caller: i am glad you brought up the honey and vinegar because when i heard you speak about -- the honey and vigor and a critic vinegar needsand the dinner to be applied to the palestinians. they are protecting this tiny piece of land surrounded by large masses of land. honey and vinegar on each side is very necessary and helps the diplomatic process. it also lets you see both sides of the pros and cons of each side of the equation. guest: frankly, this is the best assessment. that is the best, detached objective assessment of the frame of mind in which the united states must proceed into this conflict. this is not a morality play. it is a complicated conflict. both sides bear responsibility for its perpetuation. she is absolutely right. the honey and vinegar has to be applied

fighting with israel on the peace process is a necessary, obligatory function of any serious peacemaker, but the fight with the israelis has to be worthwhile and produce a result that benefits not only the united states but the israelis and the arabs as well. that is something the administration has not yet figured out. caller: i am glad you brought up the honey and vinegar because when i heard you speak about -- the honey and vigor and a critic vinegar needsd the dinner toe applied to the palestinians. they are protecting this tiny piece of land surrounded by large masses of land. honey and vinegar on each side is very necessary and helps the diplomatic process. it also lets you see both sides of the pros and cons of each side of the equation. guest: frankly, this is the best assessment. that is the best, detached objective assessment of the frame of mind in which the united states must proceed into this conflict. this is not a morality play. it is a complicated conflict. both sides bear responsibility for its perpetuation. she is absolutely right. theoney and vinegar has to be applied

bless the well-being of our people, nurture the establishment of justice and nourish the seeds of peacemaking in our world. this is our ernest -- earnest prayer, amen. the speaker: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1, the journal stands approved. the pledge of allegiance today will be led by the gentlelady from michigan, mrs. miller. mrs. miller: i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the speaker: the chair will entertain requests for one-minute eaches. for what purpose does the gentlelady from michigan rise? mrs. miller: to address the house for one minute. ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker: without objection. mrs. miller: mr. speaker, during the past several years the domestic auto industry has undergone an incredibly painful economic transition. quite frankly this industry was on its knees and many people didn't think that eithe