room, eloise was born in the persian room. so there was a lot going on. it was a crazy time. >> rhea: patty farmer's book "the persian room presents," is available in e-book or hardcover. >> kwame: our last artist today defies definition. baltimore-based nathan bell, a one man band, uses a bow fingers, pick and claw-hammer to create new and unexpected sounds from his banjo. bell also plays trumpet, bass, guitar, and drums, with a wide range of musicians in the us and abroad, channeling a dynamic range of musical influences. he's on a perpetual quest to create music that is universal and pure. >> rhea: nathan bell has performed with bands in the united states, gemany and brazil. you can listen to music from his albums at nathanscottbell.com. and now it's time to take out your calendars. here's art events in our area that you won't want to miss. that wraps it up for this edition of artworks . we hope you're intrigued by the exploration of creative lives that we would have no access to otherwise. for more arts and culture, visit

as has been said access to persian gulf oil to national interests.ages in iran destroyed ericsson david, that's reason enough to be wary of anything more. this context matters for understand why spread american what it should do more in response to iraq's invasion for hussein did not threaten us and mention it for the long-range of oil. moreover, the middle east is not an appealing place for those in american politics were short and long-term history. take james baker who had the spine of vice presidents for decades -- for years, but more importantly among the closest friends for decades. he was secretary of state and upon hearing the news contemplating that getting back to washington. i know you're aware of the fact that this has all the ingredients that is brought down three of the last five presidents, and hostage crisis, bodybag and a full-fledged economic recession caused a $40 oil, end quote. we need recall that bush's decision to move american troops as tightly embraced across the board of american politics in 1990. just at the same time congr

. >> our objectives in the persian gulf are clear. our goals defined, and familiar. iraq must withdraw from kuwait completely, immediately, and without condition. these goals are not ours alone. they have been endorsed by the u.n. security council five times in as many weeks. most countries share our concern for principle, and many have a stake in the stability of the persian gulf. this is not, as saddam hussein would have it, the united states against iraq. it is iraqi against the world. >> and may i say that i just had a very useful meeting with his highness, the in ear, and i reiterated the total commitment of the united states to the objectives that are enshrined in 10 u.n. security council resolutions. we agreed on the desirability of these objectives be realized peacefully. at the same time we also agree that all options remained open and that steps need to be taken right now. >> [background sounds] >> over the past four months, you have launched but history will judge as one of the most important deployments of allied military powers since 1945. and i've come

. >> our objectives in the persian gulf are clear. our goals defined. and familiar. iraq must withdraw from kuwait completely immediately, and without condition. [applause] >> these goals are not ours alone. they've been endorsed by the united nations security council five times in as many weeks. most countries share our concern for principle, and many have a stake in the stability of the persian gulf. this is not, as saddam hussein would have it, the united states against iraq. it is iraq against the world. >> may i say that i just had a very useful meeting with his highness, the amir, and i -- -- we a greed on the decyberrability that our objectives do-and we agreed that all options remained open and that steps needed to be taken right now. [cheering] >> over the past four months, you have launched what history will judge as one of the most important deployments of allied military power since 1945. and i have come here today to personally thank you. the world is watching. >> i have spoken with the secretary of state, jim baker, who reported to me on his nearly seve

to their subsequent cost, the athenians took more than their share of the benefits of persian defeat.hey may have been democratic, but to fellow greeks like the corinthians and spartans, they appeared arrogant and domineering. they felt that protection of their founding goddess, athena, had given them a special status, celebrated in a procession to honor the goddess. today, the parthenon is admired for the harmony of its architecture and the refinement of its friezes, but to the ancient athenians, it was admired for something rather different-- what lay inside the temple. that was a statue of athena nearly 40 feet high. that's only 5 feet below the ceiling. a statue armed, covered with gold in all its dress from head to foot, the skin ivory, with monsters on its helmet and a great serpent by its side. to us, that would seem garish, grandiose, and unrestrained, but that was the core of the building. and if you put yourself in the position of an ancient athenian, perhaps coming from the panathenaic procession in the dazzling light of an attic august and then going inside that building,

the pentagon is shrinking its presence in the persian gulf of aircraft carriers. it's par of that long list that secretary panetta that said these cuts are going to have to happen in the coming weeks all because congress cannot agree on an alternative to the budget cuts that are going to kick in as well as a 2013 budget. the "uss truman" was expected to pull out of norfolk tomorrow to head to the persian gulf but wednesday afternoon word came in the truman will stay in port to save money. >> playing the waiting game. it's not very nice not knowing when we're pulling out. >> the pentagon is carrying u.s. presence overseas ahead of $55 billion budget cuts that kick in march 1st. >> this is not a game. >> outgoing defense secretary leon panetta says congress's avoidance of finding cuts is seriously damage america. >> they would degrade our ability to respond to crises precisely at a time of rising instability across the globe. >> the idea behind sequestration was that the budget cuts would be so objectionable here on capitol hill that congress would agree on an alter

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is they are aligned with the most also crafted and retrograde form of islam that there is in the persian gulf monarchies the petrodollar monarchies and against emancipation of southwest asian populations as a whole this in my view is the key thing so both our guests nailed it completely you run will never be totally independent because they are beyond call study imperialist intervention and the same for the rest of southwest asia iraq jordan these are jordan is an artificial country completely and even egypt in the north east africa as well so what's going on there from the pentagon point of view and now from the middle east to to i'm sorry for mena as they call it middle east north africa from them i grab it to the middle east you see out of this the villages ation of the ancient order but we need a gram shit to tell us the ancient order is gone but if you one has not emerged and the pentagon wants to control the emergence of this new ward this is what is really horrible cannot cannot jump in i mean go ahead. by the destabilization of the region and how much the peoples of the region ha

you know the iraq iran's competitors in the region we should be mainly saudi arabia and the persian gulf countries they see runs hand is weakening in syria they see a link between iran iraq and syria now they're going after iran's influence in iraq and now we see that there has been recently demonstrations in sunni areas of iraq and according to human rights watch there's been great abuses of human rights mine and i'll never go in happens to define of these things would have been happen would have happened if there were the invasion had happened right i mean iraq was one country before me and my heart and their sleep three well i'm sorry you a hand they say is that way while i can say it i could be wrong but i can say it happy what do you think well out there for when you got a puppy then ok ok i like to wear our like to add who are both our guests said which is absolutely correct by the the way. initial in polls of after shock and awe. by the absolutely inflame of the coalition provisional authority was stupid to sunni is that going to this was the way to balkanize the country at the sa

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we are specifically looking at the persian gulf.ally is world war ii when we get involved in a big way. >> host: why is that? >> guest: surprisingly it does not have to do directly with a whale. it marked entry into the united states for two reasons. one is to provide a secure pathway for supplies to the soviet russian allies in their quest to defeat the germans. the persian gulf represented one pathway through a back channel of persia and iraq and iran, through the mountains and were picked up in tehran. the second reason, a much smaller percentage of personnel were involved in saudi arabia. after the end of world war ii, 60,000 uniformed and civilian troops left their supply delivery business to russia. there is a small number of advisers in saudi arabia who stuck around for decades. it is that role that really represented america's influence that came from the gulf. >> host: when and how did they step back their involvement? >> with regard to this, it represented their quest to provide order to the imperial interests in india. on

it says instead, quote, access to persian gulf oil is vital to national security interests period. memories of hostages in iran left reason enough to be wary of anything more. this content matters for understanding the widespread american reluctance to do more in response to iraq's invasion. saddam hussein did not threaten that long-range destruction of oil. more over the middle east was not a particularly appealing place for those in american politics foreshores, immediate and long-term history. take secretary of state james baker who had this point advise presidents for decades, more importantly had been among the closest friend for decades, he was secretary of state and upon hearing this news contemplating it, getting back to washington. he pulled the president into the oval office, closed the door and told him, quote, i know you are aware of the fact that this has all the ingredients that brought down three of the last five presidents. a hostage crisis, body bags and a full-fledged economic recession caused by $40 oil. in ft, we need to recall the george bush decision to move a

is now blocking iranian television stations and persian arabic english and. mannish across the globe euro sat all of these have stopped broadcasting iranian television so the iranians are no longer even allowed to speak out press t.v. and other t.v. channels are no longer allowed to be viewed in the united states so american hostility really has gone to extraordinary extremes ok much if you want to reply to that in tampa well first of all i mean there are a lot of points that i want to reply where i think we don't have the time but first of all. when we talk about the sanctions it's. just saying united states not just you know that it's an international consensus that even russia china for round of sanctions there have been international consensus and second of all when they will examine i'll get to speak clearly not saying and saying ok not all countries have the same sanctions this is pretty clear ok go ahead i mean i mean there are the u.s. has unilateral sanctions but i think. robust sanctions they have been international consensus but i think the point i

is now blocking iranian television stations and persian arabic english and. vanish across the globe euro sad sad all of these have stopped broadcasting iranian television so the iranians are no longer even allowed to speak out press t.v. and other t.v. channels are no longer allowed to be viewed in the united states so american hostility really has gone to extraordinary extremes ok much if you want to reply to that in tampa well first of all i mean there are a lot of points that want to apply where i think we don't have the time but first of all. when we talk about the sanctions we were just just saying the united states not just you know that it's an international consensus the even russia china for round of sanctions there have been international consensus and second of all when they will examine i'll get legitimacy clearly not i'll tell you how it's saying and saying ok not all countries have the same sanctions this is be clear ok go ahead i mean i mean there are the u.s. has unilateral sanctions by around of robust sanctions they have been international c

will have only one instead of the normal two aircraft carriers in the persian gulf. what does that mean operationally? >> what it does change is the opportunity to have additional capability immediately. there will be additional time distance associated with bringing another vessel over if that's required. >> reporter: do you know how much you're saving by doing this? >> in the hundreds of millions of dollars. >> reporter: the postponement of the "truman's" deployment along with that of a guided missile cruiser is the most visible of the budget cuts known as sequestration. come bounded by the answer sense of a new budget of fiscal year 2013. a double whammy which has a normally affable defense secretary panetta hot under the collar. >> this is not a game! this is reality. >> reporter: if sequestration takes effect at the beginning of march, panetta says the department of defense will have to cut $46 billion in the remaining seven months of the fiscal year. >> we will furlough as many as $800,000 d.o.d. civilians around the country for up to 22 days. they could face a

posture in the persian gulf -- as you know, our fifth fleet is located in the persian gulf. we have a couple of carrier battle groups in that area. our military posture their is very strong. it is very ready and very capable. if these are contingencies and options the secretary of defense, working with these chiefs and combat and commanders have to give them make sure we are prepared. i may have missed some of the specific things he wanted to discuss. >> i'm understanding to say you are not ready to discuss redlines in a specific way, and my hearing that right? >> i don't think that is my role now to start with. i am not the secretary of defense, but i think the president is wise in his course of action in not discussing that publicly. i think it is a far smarter way to handle it and i think he has said what he needs to say. i think it has been understood in iran and i think the world understand his position. i've just been handed a note that i misspoke and said i supported the president's position on containment. if i said that, i meant to say we don't have a position on co

is now blocking iranian television stations and persian arabic english and. anish across the globe euro sat sat all of these have stopped broadcasting iranian television so the iranians are no longer even allowed to speak out press t.v. and other t.v. channels are no longer allowed to be viewed in the united states so american hostility really has gone to extraordinary extremes ok much if you want to reply to that in tampa well first of all i mean there are a lot of points at that i want to reply but i think we don't have the time but first of all. when we talk about the sanctions we were just just saying the united states not just you know that it's an international consensus that even russia china is for a round of sanctions there have been international consensus and second of all when they will get a little speak clearly not i'll tell you how it's saying and saying ok not all countries have the same sanctions this is be clear ok go ahead i mean i mean there are the u.s. has unilateral sanctions but i think. robust sanctions they've been international cons

we're asking our sailors to be deployed enlonger in the persian -- even longer in the persian gulf causingur sailors to be very stressed and up prepared for whatever mission. >> that's a security cost and family impact cost. >> correct. we're asking sailors to stay away from their families longer. this causes a lot of fatigue on the aircraft carriers. without the proper relief, they'll be asked to do a lot more than they were originally asked to. >> let's talk about a topic that doesn't come up as much when you talk about the sequester. south america, this is also going to impact our drug operations. they're stopping drugs coming into the united states. how is that? >> that's right. a memo went out a couple of weeks ago asking that operations in south america get stopped because of budget funding cuts. it hampers a lot of the kind of things that we're going to be doing as far as counterdrug missions in south america. we don't know what the impact will be but having a less navy presence in the area hampers the counterdrug efforts in that area. >> hopefully we will not see a rush of drugs in

is now blocking iranian television stations and persian arabic english and. anish across the globe euro sat all of these have stopped broadcasting iranian television so the iranians are no longer even allowed to speak out press t.v. and other t.v. channels are no longer allowed to be viewed in the united states so american hostility really has gone to extraordinary extremes ok much if you want to reply to that in tampa well first of all i mean there are a lot of points that want to reply but i think we don't have the time but first of all. when we talk about the sanctions we were just just saying the united states not just you know that it's an international consensus that even russia china for round of sanctions there have been international consensus and second of all when they will examine i get let's just be clear here and i'll tell you how is saying and saying ok not all countries have the same sanctions this is be clear ok go ahead i mean i mean there are the u.s. has unilateral sanctions by. around of sanctions they have been international consensus bu

american influence in the persian gulf was offshore rather than on site. the 30 parallel in korea. this is not the gap in germany, places where american troops were stationed in harms way as strip wires of american resolve. on the contrary, american policymakers for decades about hope to influence the gulf and keep oil flowing but there's little direct involvement as possible so long as the soviet didn't interfere in the region themselves, president carter had declared in 1980. someone is arranged in step with the gold, president reagan declared a few years later, planners are by and large content. ultimately did not matter what had been so long as oil continued to flow and this is the bush administration's first finest love, enunciating a year before his non-sensation, latter part of 1989 in national security directive 26, which laid out the full scope and rationale of american involvement in the region. this document, which you get the archive does not use the word freedom. it is not used for democracy. it does not mention leaders and talk about regime t

he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was all about machinery and sort of this amazing architecture, very powerful architecture. he convinced the rec park commission that building a tower in her memory would be the thing to do with her money. >> it was going to be a wonderful observation place because it was one of the highest hills in the city anywhere and that that was the whole reason why it was built that high and had the elevator access immediately from the beginning as part of its features. >> my fear's studio was just down the street steps. we were in a very small apartment and that was our backyard. when they were preparing the site for the coit tower, there was always a lot of harping and griping about how awful progress was and why they would choose this beautiful pristine area to do them in was a big question. as soon as the coit tower was getting finished and someone put in the idea that it should be used for art, then, all of a sudden, he was excited about the coit tower. it became almost like a daily dest

for the firss time in two years the pentagoo says it aircraft carriers in the persian gull. would have left defenseesecretary leon panetta blamed the utback on things will get worse.sot - being a firsttrate power in the world, we'ddturn inno a seconddrate power. that would the president'' top dempseyysayss "... yoo won't finddthis chairman arguing that we need to do more with less. you'll find me arguing &pthat if that happens we need to do less with less." as the u-s and most of its allies decrease theirrdefense spending, its advvrsariee are doing the opposite: in fact russia will surpass u-s defense spendiig in erms of overall perrent of gdp in just pwo years. china is slated to overtake the u-- in 2035.sot jim thomas says: ".. you've seen ouble digit increasss in chinese defense spending for more than 15 should not only give pause to the united states, but it really should be a source of the region as well." two 3 yyerr ago, then defense secretary robert gates rowbeat nato allies to spend defense... but when fraace wantee to send forces into mali to ounter al qaeda in rec

set to deploy for tomorrow for what was probably going to be an 8 to 10 month deployment into the persianp to this point we've had a requirement to have two carrier battle group presence in that fleet area of responsibility. well they told them yesterday, never mind all the work ups you went through, all the planning, your deployment is on hold. now you've got all these people, and their families, and this asset, these national assets leaning on a pier because we don't have the money to deploy them, and the threat is not going down. jenna: so if we're not there, if we don't have an aircraft carrier, first time in two years we won't have one in the persian gulf, then who fills that void? >> that is a great question. go back to senator now secretary of state kerry who wagged his finger at the iranians the other day and told them if they don't stop working on their nuclear program that the international community is going to be very upset with them and at the same time we are standing down carrier groups that are supposed to go to that very area. you know who is going to fill the gap? the ir

this is what happened in the persian gulf according to this video. you see the workers abandon the rig. apparently according to local reports, that is all we have at this time, the workers were rescued and, jon, iran i think wants some foreign help to get that stuck ture -- structure from the depths of the persian gulf. jon: i'm going with the rig abandoned the workers. jenna: you know what? the writing is important there, jon. unconfirmed. jon: you're absolutely right. iran is asking the rest of the world for help. that thing is lying about 240 feet down at the bottom of the persian gulf. they need a little help bringing it up and they would like the rest of us to provide it. jenna: we'll keep you posted. jon: please do. all right, some brand new developments to tell you about in the trayvon martin murder case. a judge ruling on an important request by the attorneys for george zimmerman. we're live from the courthouse in florida with more on that. >>> plus, what are the odds of this? an arizona couple gets the surprise of their life while canoeing i