so she's completely ignoring what's going on in pearl square in fact the secretary of state was interviewed about the situation in bahrain and she used the words wrong track now the words wrong track in diplomatic speak mean oh my god what are you thinking right and the concern here is that what was a domestic dispute in bahrain between the majority shia community and the majority sunni lead has now become a regionalized dispute has become regionalized dispute with the intervention of the g.c.c. primarily led by the saudis and with the predictable i should say a reunion real. ponce to that intervention the difficulty here is that not only is are the bahrainis on the wrong track and the saudi is on the wrong track but if this is allowed to continue in its current form we could see the iranians on the wrong track as well and that bodes well for nobody at all but the saudis are one of our key allies right so you have to question how the u.s. really feels about the fact that they are you're lacking a bad place they key allies but come on let's admit it we're very friendly with these people so h

security forces used tanks and attack helicopters to overrun pearl square, where the opposition campout for weeks, calling for political reform. police and soldiers fired tear gas and shotguns at protesters. this happened after the king called in saudi troops to keep order. for more analysis on the situation in bahrain, i am joined by a member of the german institute for international security. saudi arabia has sent troops into bahrain. how big a threat are the protests in bahrain for its neighbor? >> i do not think there is a big threat, but the saudis see the shiite protests as a sign of iranian influence in this country which is virtually a saudi protectorate. that is why i intervened. it is iran. it is not the shiites. >> iran is closely watching events in bahrain. the think this could draw to run into conflict? >> not for the time being. iran is preoccupied with the domestic situation and the americans are still in iraq. next year, the situation will change after the american withdrawal, and i think we will see an runyan reaction, because it is an anti-iranian move by the saudis

pearl square here is very much like tahrir square.here was a-- an almost festival atmosphere for weeks in the central square, very similar. there were cooperatives this terms of people making food for each and other nonviolence. their phrase that they repeated over and over was, "peacefully, peacefully of the of the but what has happened really in the last days is it has taken on the tones of the events of libya. so the two bookends, if you like of events in the region have happened here. and today-- two days ago-- the king brought in troops from saudi arabba and u.a.e.. yesterday he declared martial law, and today just as drawn daun broke he moved and n and they really cleaned up this place-- in their phrase, that's the phrase. and people were running. it wasn't-- it wasn't incredibly violent in terms of many deaths. there were only a few death that we can tell and a few security troops who were also said to have been killed but it certainly put an end to the idea that there would be peaceful dialogue here about this right now. >> ro

though protests always take place in pearl square.he 300-foot pearl monument in the middle of the square was torn down on orders from the government. in libya today, the qaddafi government said it will release four journalists from the "new york times" captured during the fighting this week. they're reported to be unharmed and in good health. in wisconsin, a judge today issued a temporary restraining order which, for the time being, blocks the new state law that strips most public employees of the right to collectively bargain for pensions and health care benefits. opponents are challenging a procedural move. the republican-control state senate used it to pass the law while democrats were boycotting the session. and remember the old song "when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie that's amore"? well, tomorrow night, look up. not only will the moon be full, it will be as close as it's come to the earth in nearly 20 years, making it look 14% bigger than usual and 30% brighter. that's amore. coming up next, kids helping people in

controlling all roads leading to per square. -- pearl sqaure. -- square. tents were set on fire. most of the men and women camped out here were from the shiite section. some are no longer willing to tolerate this challenge to its role. -- rule. one area has become a ghost town, with only the military on the streets. and this is the roundabout now. the u.s. has condemned the use of excessive force, and hillary clinton has said bahrain is on the wrong track. >> our soldiers want to bring stability to the country. we want to go back to see bahrain as we know it. >> but that may be hard with the blood that has been spilled. one person was shot. there was gunfire in various parts of bahrain today. troops were at the hospital where we filmed yesterday. at one point, no one, not even ambulance workers, where allowed in or out to be one of the doctors told us what it was like -- were allowed in or out. one of the doctors told it was like. >> our future is very unclear here. >> and the future of the whole country is now unclear. tonight, a protest leader told me, "we do not want to be dra

this week the bahraini government has crackdown on pro-democracy protesters clearing them out of pearl square where they've been demonstrating. and viral videos the details can't be confirmed have been surfacing on the internet appearing to show police shooting protesters. point blank it's reminiscent of another uprising against an autocrat i want to address the situation in libya. when images and reports of violence against protesters they could doppies hands in libya reached the u.s. we saw the president take a stand. margaret i think has lost legitimacy to lead. early on president obama called for plans for a no fly zone over libya now here at the united nations the security council has since taken the lead on that but meanwhile the united states has already sent warships along with humanitarian aid in libya's direction it's looking tough economic sanctions on the country essentially freezing it out of the u.s. banking system and before it suggests the u.s. has also played a more cofer role in the north african conflict an opposition that the cia did for thirty years right now. according t

clearing them out of pearl square where they've been demonstrating. and birol videos though the details can't be confirmed have been surfacing on the internet appearing to show police shooting protesters. point blank it's reminiscent of another uprising against an autocrat. the situation in libya when images and reports of violence against protesters a doctor's hands in libya reached the u.s. president's he could stand. as lost legitimacy to lead. early on president obama called her plans lies over libya now here at the united nations the security council has since taken the lead on that but meanwhile the united states has already said warships along with humanitarian aid in libya's direction its top economic sanctions on the country as centrally freezing it out of the u.s. banking system and reports suggest the u.s. has also played a more cofer role in the north african conflict and opposition. here . according to people in direct contact with activists on the ground in bahrain they too are begging for help from the u.s. . the u.s. has a military bas

in the capital today, the government bulldozed pearl square, bahrain's version of egypt's famous tahrir square. as if by knocking down the rallying point for protests, the demonstrators would just go home. in neighboring saudi arabia today, a different approach. money for peace. there were celebrations as king abdullah raised the minimum wage, created 60,000 new jobs and pumped $4 billion into health care. to stop revolts once again gaining momentum, arab regimes are trying to buy off the opposition or crush it. the crackdowns in yemen and bahrain are particularly embarrassing, brian, to the united states since the united states has a great deal of influence in both of those countries, yet the violence continues. brian. >> so much in motion in that region once again. richard engel back on his post in cairo. richard, thank you. >>> and now, again, we shift back to japan and the nuclear disaster we've been covering for days. two days ago, japanese officials shot down the american assessment that the situation at that plant was bleaker than they were letting on officially. tonight, though,

security forces used tanks and attack helicopters to overrun pearl square, where the opposition camp out for weeks, calling for political reform. police and soldiers fired tear gas and shotguns at protesters. this happened after the king called in saudi troops to keep order. for more analysis on the situation in bahrain, i am joined by a member of the german institute for international security. saudi arabia has sent troops into bahrain. how big a threat are the protests in bahrain for its neighbor? >> i do not think there is a big threat, but the saudis see the shiite protests as a sign of iranian influence in this country which is virtually a saudi protectorate. that is why i intervened. it is iran. it is not the shiites. >> iran is closely watching events in bahrain. the think this could draw to run into conflict? >> not for the time being. iran is preoccupied with the domestic situation and the americans are still in iraq. next year, the situation will change after the american withdrawal, and i think we will see an runyan reaction, because it is an anti-iranian move by the saudi

the demonstrators mainly shi'ites who oppose the bahrain sunny rulers occupied pearl square for a monthvernment was no longer willing to tolerate them after it tee clared a state of emergency tuesday. >> to libya where britain and france are calling for a vote before the united nations security council on a no fly zone to prevent libya's mill tare arery in firing on its protesters. the new york times says that four of it reporters are missig in libya including pulitzer price winner anthony shadid and farrell. photographers that have covered afghanistan and the middle east for norman a decade. the group was last heard are from yesterday morn. the new york times says it has spoken with official with the libyan government and that efforts are underway now locate these four missing journalists. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is denying that the united states paid blood money to pakistan to get the release. clinton said "the united states did not pay any come pentax. the families of the victims of the incident on january 27th decided to pardon mr. davis and we are great for their dec

at least five people were killed in the assault on protesters in pearl square.s were also set on fire, sending plumes of smoke rising above the city. in washington, a spokesman said president obama telephoned bahrain's leaders to deliver this message. >> there is no military solution to the problems in bahrain. there is no means of violence that will solve the unrest in the region, in any country, and that the future of those countries will be immeasurably brighter if the governments there engage in a political dialogue with the people. in yemen, government supporters attacked thousands of opposition demonstrators in sanaa with bullets, clubs, and daggers. hundreds of people were wounded. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton visited the spawning ground for egypt's revolution today. clinton made an unscheduled stop in tahrir square in cairo, surrounded by heavy security and crowds. she greeted bystanders, and urged egypt's military rulers to carry out real democratic reforms. the secretary warned against letting anyone hijack the revolution. she promised the u

reporter: woods says the resolution is good enough to pick out this specific group of people in pearl square in manama, bahrain. >> interestingly enough, there's a very large group forming up here in this dark area. this dark area here is what we believe are actually women dressed in burqas. >> reporter: hutson says, for the first time, ordinary people can have access to near real- time information on the world's most dangerous places. >> we're not telling the president of the united states something he doesn't already know. we're not telling the leaders of other nations something they don't already know through their own satellites. what's new and transformative here is that we can share high resolution commercial satellite imagery from digital globe, so that you can see the same information that lands on the presidents desk during his daily sudan briefings. >> reporter: the enough project reports that the people who live in abyei region of sudan are now fleeing their homes for villages further south. they've issued an urgent call for action. all of these images, now distributed through soc

. >>> security forces in bahrain unleash waefd of violence on protesters driving them from pearl square and killing at least two people. the king declared a state of emergency allowing soldiers to battle the anti-monarchy unrest. it was unclear whether or not the 2,000 troops dispatched from saudi arabia were part of the assault. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan says the u.s. is on track to begin pulling troops from that country in july. general david petraeus testified before congress tuesday that the taliban lost much of its momentum on the battlefield. the car bomb this morning in kirkuk killed people including a mother and her newborn child. at least 35 people were wounded. >>> the american cia contractor detained in pakistan on murder charges reportedly has been released this morning. a regional law minister said he was pardoned by families of the men he said he killed in self-defense for eksz change for compensation. no word on who paid them. >>> and residents of miami dade county voted to recall their mayor alvarez by land side. they had been calling his ouster since he incr

and in pearl square, demonstrators were sprayed with tear gas and rubber bullets.nd six opposition leaders were detained today. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is in tunisia today to push for post-revolution reform in the middle east. wednesday clinton said she would not stay on for a second term if president obama is re-elected and she also denied plans to pursue a run for president, vice president or secretary of defense echoing comments she made back in december that secretary of state would be her last public position. >>> a measure that would let college students in texas carry licensed handguns on campus passed its first test vote on wednesday. supporters say it will prevent campus crime such as 2007 virginia tech massacre. >>> officials are investigating why a small plane crashed and burned on takeoff wednesday in long beach, california. five people were killed and another was seriously wounded. the group was on its way to a ski vacation in utah. >>> life expectancy in the u.s. has hit an all-time high. 78 years and 2 months for a baby born in 2009. h

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