ma possible in part by the following funders -- majosupport has also been provided by the peter g. peterson fouation, dedicated to promoting fiscal sponsibility and addressing key economic challenges faci america's futu. >>> good eveng. i'm daljithaliwal. en barack obama came to office,he inherited a coroversial plan from president bush for aissile fense system in euro to be based in the czech r poland. theidea was to counter a perceived threa to europeposed long-range missiles from iran. today, an aboutce. prident obama announced he i dropping that pn for eastern europe. instead he said the united states will develop alternative pl to counter wt is now perceived as a re immediate threat of short, medium-ranged misses from iran. in tonight's focus, we'll look at the issue in deh starti with today's stement from the esident. president obam announced the administration'slan to shelve the eastern euro missile defense shield in brief appearance at the white house. the president said that the chan was necesry because iran is muchloser to developing short and medium-range missiles an long-range m

. >>> major supprt has alsoeen provided by the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fscal responsibility and addressing key economic cllenges facing america' future. >> good evening, i'm daljit dhaliwal. almost since it came tooffice, the obama administration has been trying to convince iran to its nuclear ambitio. so r, much of the emphasis has beenn diplomac but verysoon that culd all change. today washingtos chief representative to the international amic energy agency says ira may now possess enough uraniumto make a bomb. the united ates and eupe have given tehran until the end of this month to stopenrichin u anfrom israel tre have been hints of an even stronger response. the loomingeadline with iran andhat might happen next is our leadfocus tonit. >> iran's foreign minister today presented the world's leading powers with a package of propals. e knoll, to oer assurances atthiran has only peeful, nuclear intensions, but as that was taki place in tehran, amera's envoy to the atomic energy agency said in vienna that the unid states

walter and the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicateto promoting fiscal responsibility and addressg key economic challenges fang americs future. and additional funding is provided by the followin supporters -- >>> goodvening. i'm dalj dhaliwal. >>> tonight we want totep back a bitnd assess wre u.s. foreign policy isheading, especial on the critical issues of war and peace in especial on the critical issues of war and peace in afghanistan, the middle east iran. the president has been in office for eight months now, andoday heave a major speech to wod leaders here in n york for the united natio general assembly. in that speech the president said thatthe united states is coitted to working with oth countries solve the wod's majorproblems. but he challenged them to do more and deride what he call analmost reflexive anti-americanism sweeping the globe. as we hear now, the president gave no hint of any major changes in u.s. poli toward afghanisn. >> the violent extremists who promote confli by distting faithave discreded

made possible in part by the following funders -- major support has also been provided by the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibil key economic challenges facing america's future. >>> good evening. i'm daljit dhaliwal. president obama says that while afghanistan is not vietnam, there are dangers in not having clear goals on afghanistan and not having strong support from the american people. but polls show support for the war decreasing. the chairman of the joint chiefs, this country's top officer, told congress today that more u.s. forces in afghanistan are probably required. but afghanistan isn't the only battleground in the fight against extremists and terrorism. there are developments as well tonight in pakistan and somalia. all of this is how we start with tonight's lead focus. intelligence officials have described him as one of their most wanted terror suspects, and late yesterday it was reported that saleh ali saleh nabhan was killed in an attack that took place in southern somalia. nabhan, a kenyan with links to al qaeda, was said to be the ringleader o

made possible in part by the following funders -- major support has also been provided by the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. >>> good evening. i'm daljit dhaliwal. yesterday we told you about a united nations investigation which found that both israel and hamas had committed war crimes during last winter's war in gaza. today, reaction to the report has been swift and it has been strong. united nations investigators are now callinupon israel and hamas to conduct their own independent inquiries into the allegations. if not, the team is recommending that the case be sent to an international war crimes tribunal. israel has rejected that call, blasting the report as, quote, being conceived in sin. hamas isn't saying exactly what it plans to do. in tonight's lead focus jonathan miller of itn reports on the uproar. he filed his report late last night. >> reporter: the searing u.n. investigation pulls no punches and accuses both sides of committing actions amounting to war crimes and possibly cri

made possible in part by the following funders -- major support has also been provided by the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. >>> good evening. i'm daljit dhaliwal. on this eighth anniversary of the september 11 attacks, america's top commander in afghanistan says that he believes the united states and its allies there have likely prevented other terrorist attacks. but eight years on, the united states is still battling a resur again taliban. tonight we're going to look at war, once again. but first, 9/11 was also remembered beyond the united states. at bagram airfield in afghanistan, there was a ceremony and a run by more than a thousand service members. the distance was 9.11 kilometers, or 5 1/2 miles. >>> in moscow, a church service attended by american and russian officials. and in london, people stopped by the 9/11 memorial. 67 britons were among the almost 3,000 people who were killed that day. and as the war escalates in afghanistan, british and american are also tied in battle. for

made possible in part by the following funders -- major support has also been provided by the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. >>> good evening. i'm daljit dhaliwal. we are going to take an in depth look tonight at the war in afghanistan from several different perspectives that americans don't often get to see with views from britain, germany and italy, which are also heavily involved in this conflict. as the war intensifies, the death toll mounts and public opinion turns negative. we will hear how the united states and its allies are re-evaluating their mission. while that process unfolds and president obama considers the options, his top commander in afghanistan is warning of the possibility of failure without additional american troops beyond the 68,000 already approved. in our lead focus, we look at that possibility and how it was reported today from our british partner itn. >> reporter: u.s. troops defending a remote outpost near the border with pakistan. the insurgents are emboldened.

possible in part by the f5 following funders -- major support has also been provided by the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. >> good evening. i'm daljit dhaliwal. we are going to do something a little different tonight by taking a broad look at one subject that is in the news this week, the global environment. in just a few months, the united nations is going to hold a major conference on climate change in copenhagen to try to reach a new agreement to cut greenhouse gases. it would replace the current treaty, the kyoto protocol, which expires in 2012. and it is in that context that the united nations secretary general ban ki-moon sounded an alarm today, saying the talks leading up to that conference are dragging and that climate change is advancing. >> our foot is stuck on the accelerator and we are heading toward an abyss. >> he made those comments at a conference in geneva one day after seeing up close the effects of climate change in the arctic. his visit is our lead focus tonight. law

walter and the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. additional funding is provided by the following supporters -- >>> hello and good evening. i'm daljit dhaliwal. >>> iran and the united states appear for a showdown just days before critical talks are to begin about iran's nuclear program. at the g-20 summit in pittsburgh, president obama, and other western leaders disclose iran is billing a new uranium enrichment facility that could be used to make nuclear weapons. iran insisted again today that it is in compliance with u.n. resolutions, the leaders warned iran to come clean about its secret plant. and at a news conference, late this afternoon, president obama refused to rule out military action. >> the last point i'll make specifically with respect to the military, i've always said we do not rule out any options when it comes to u.s. security interests, but i will also reemphasize that my preferred course of action

made possible in part by the following funders -- major support has also been provided by the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing kehallenges facing america's future. >>> good evening. i'm daljit dhaliwal. tonight we're going to focus on america's relations with russia and iran -- after that important decision yesterday by president obama not to base a missile defense system in the former soviet-bloc countries of poland and the czech republic. russia viewed the shield as a threat, and today its president, vladimir putin, praised president obama's decision to cancel it. and the nato secretary-general suggested new cooperation between russia and the alliance. in tonight's lead focus, the reaction from russia and beyond. we start our reporting with itn's samira ahmed. >> to protect the u.s. homeland -- >> reporter: a sign of weakness or a fresh start for american-russian relations? nato's secretary-general announced today that president ssile defense shield was the latter. >> it is possible for nato and russia to make a new beginning and to enj

made possible in part by the following funders -- major support has also been provided by the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. >>> good evening. i'm daljit dhaliwal. if progress can be measured by a meeting and a handshake, then there was some today on the middle east as president obama brought together the israeli and palestinian leaders here in new york. did the meeting between prime minister benjamin netanyahu of israel and palestinian president mahmoud abbas produce a breakthrough? no, but that wasn't the expectation on this day. after so many months of deadlock mainly on the issue of jewish settlements. the meeting is our "lead focus" tonight. and as netanyahu put it, the importance of the meeting was actually its existence. it was a moment deep in symbolism. the beginnings, perhaps, of a new and more productive phase in the struggle for peace in the middle east. for his part, president obama had a strong message for the leaders after meeting with them individually. get moving again on

made possible in part by the following funders -- major support has also been provided by the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. >>> good evening. i'm daljit dhaliwal. the day after president obama's speech on health care reform, we thought that it would be useful to look at the issue tonight from a different perspective. global health care, of course, is one of our core issues here on "worldfocus." so we wondered, how is the american debate being reported overseas, particularly in a country that has a long history of universal health care? that country is the united kingdom. and tonight, we want to show you how our partner there, itn, framed its coverage leading up to president obama's speech. how they, in effect, see us. lindsey hilsum's report on america's struggle with health care is our lead focus tonight and it begins in erie, pennsylvania. >> cardiac arrest, an elderly man in urgent need of treatment at the hospital in erie as in all american hospitals, by law, they have to treat anyon

walter and the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. and additional funding is provided by the following supporters -- >>> good evening. i'm martin savidge. thank you for joining us. two days before iran holds important nuclear talks with the united states and five other world powers in geneva, it had much more to say today about its newly disclosed uranium enrichment plant including why it was built inside a mountain next to a military site. as a potential showdown emerges, iran's vice president said that location was aimed at protecting the nuclear facility in case of an aerial attack. said that iran will set a timetable soon for u.n. nuclear inspectors to visit the plant, seen here in satellite images, but he said iran isn't bound to allow such inspections within one month, as the united states has demanded. and he defended the building of the plant and iran's nuclear program. >> translator: this plant is to show t

walter, and the peter g. peterson foundation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. additional funding is provided by the following supporters -- >>> hello and good evening, i'm daljit dhaliwal. tonight, we're going to start with an important development in global health, what is described as a major step forward in the development of a vaccine against aids, a disease that kills an estimated 2 million people worldwide each year and infects 7,500 people each day. in a large study in thailand, an experimental vaccine, a combination of two previously unsuccessful vaccines, protected about one-third of those who received it against the aids virus. a modest, but hopeful benefit. in tonight's lead focus, we will look at how that development came about and analyze what it means. we begin with the news from thailand with samira ahmed of itn. >> an historic milestone says the u.n. aids agency on the results of the twin vaccine trial. but is it a breakthroug

walter and the çó peter g. petersonation, dedicated to promoting fiscal responsibility and addressing key economic challenges facing america's future. and additional funding is provided by the following supporters -- >>> good evening. i'm martin savidge. thanks for joining us. i'll be with you all this week. >>> we're going to start tonight with the latest developments in what has become a growing war of words between the united states and iran just days before they're scheduled to hold their first direct negotiations in three decades. that meeting among iran, the u.s. and other world powers is set for this thursday in geneva. today iran said it was ready for any military threat and flexed its muscles by testing its longest range missiles which have a range of 1200 miles. they tested shorter range missiles over the weekend. iran's foreign ministry said the tests have nothing to do with the disclosure that iran is developing a second enrichment plant. it seemed aimed at bolstering iran's position going into this week's t

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. >> joining us now is david walker, president and ceo of the peter g. peterson foundation. david, you heard it yourself from the president. he will not sign this bill if it adds one time to the deficit. can he do that? >> well, first, we have to define the term future. in washington, future generally means ten years. the country will last longer than ten years. does it add to the deficit over ten years? does it add beyond ten years? does it bend the health care cost curve down rather than up and does it result in a significant reduction in the tens of trillions of unfunded obligations we already have for health care? right now, we're zero for four for the energy and commerce bill. we'll see what comes out of senate finance. but that is the test and we'll see whether they can meet it. >> if you look pat what has been proposed in the senate, that seems to be the idea that president obama is building more around. do you feel better about that? i feel better, but it doesn't meet the test. >> you have a new study that's been put out. they looked at these costs for you. what did