you think then that libya i write scares me that al jazeera its coverage of libya is influenced by qatar support the rebels. well you know they would deny it you know a lot of people think it may be you know i don't watch it a nice to know but there's definitely been a show we see a bias in support of the rebels there without the kind of critical reporting that we've seen in other countries there's also criticism of you know of al-jazeera coverage of bahrain in part because the of the year of qatar is you know and the gulf states are very nervous about what's happening there will soon be happening in their own countries so yes everybody has interests to defend and protect and sometimes the spillover so the way media covers an event or doesn't cover it and i just want to bring in just to kind of give an example one instance one reports ok in that congressman dennis who is then it was titled secret files u.s. officials say to gadhafi and to cite a little bit about report if we can bring it up it was citing you know is that it appears well to is a former bush official was not the only promi

well i think that there was something happening there's some conflict with the government of qatar i've heard from a high level source at al-jazeera that this had nothing to do with wiki leaks the sets with their say so it may be that there's some pressure there the guy who's replacing him who's a member of the royal family has been involved with zero thought all these years he's been on their board he's not a newcomer to al jazeera and i think he would be very you know and why it would be very unwise of him and i think he probably knows it to try to interfere blatantly in the coverage of the news how does your would lose journalists and to lose all the it's so i you know this is a managerial shift and actual details of what happened we don't know any we're almost out of time but just to just settle on that point again if i want to get to it. do you think that once you get cozy with the white house and your end it does influence your coverage i think of course it does it's you know the name of the game in washington is access and every journalist and every network wants to get their peo

to rumors he's linked to the cia critics say that explains the switching us an attitude towards the qatar based on used. cars and business for my sixty five percent and for his it's not always point here is it's a hard day for markets around the world are we are all the details for instance of the nets in business. that every warm welcome to you this is our to your life are a must go with me rule reception president barack obama has personally sworn to veto any u.n. resolution recognizing a free and independent palestinian state his comments came during a face to face meeting with the leader of the palestinian autonomy and everlast about to head with his country's bid for his policy are now joins us live from ramallah from all the palestinian perspective and their expectations paula we are starting to see a great deal of tension emerge among some of the un's main players but what's the view on the ground where you are there in the west bank. but we're not experiencing pain for. her stay here in ramallah there certainly is a lot of excitement ahead of tomorrow's palestinian vote for stateh

add a few towards the qatar based news network. plus in business it's a sea of red across the board after the u.s. federal reserve trades a grim picture over the economy will have more mass in business and currency minutes. which in our view coming to live from moscow i'm marina joshua welcome to the program and president barack obama has personally sworn to veto any u.n. resolution recognizing a free and independent palestinian state his comments came during a face to face meeting with a meter of the palestinian autonomy who nevertheless vowed to press ahead but his country's bid on friday we can now cross to our correspondent paul's leader who is in ramallah more on the impending showdown so paula the vote seems to be getting more and more confrontational there and with just one day to go what's the latest on this bid for statehood. for the nations we're hearing is that the american president barack obama has met with the palestinian plays into. and best now he did try to convince the palestinian president to drop the palestinian

the approach taken by kuwait and qatar poses a danger to them, and to all of us. so we will continue to work with kuwait and qatar, and urge them to take the necessary steps, as others in the region have done over the past decade. third, as al qaeda evolves, and the nature of the threat posed by al qaeda and its affiliates changes, we will continually adapt and expand our counter-terrorist financing efforts to meet the shifting challenge. most importantly, we are increasing efforts to combat the financial support networks for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, al qaeda in the islamic maghreb, al shabaab, and others inspired by, or possibly affiliated with, al qaeda, such as boko haram. attacking these groups' finances presents new and different challenges, because their means and methods of funding and facilitation differ from al qaeda's traditional donor-based fundraising model. they also differ among one other. working with our colleagues in the intelligence community and our partners around the world, we will devise disruption strategies tailored to the ways in

but the man arrest in qatar is considered to be the externals operations manager for al qaeda. senior pakistani intelligence person telling us that he's by interrogation by pakistani agents already passed to the u.s. he won't talk about the threat. but it's clear he's talking. this man en route to africa, we understand, apparently has personal connections with bin laden when he was alive and has been involved in plots against europe and the u.s. interesting you mentioned the corporations before the raid practically cia and pakistani intelligence were at each other's throats since the bin laden raid. they're speaking glowingly about each other again. >> interesting. appreciate it. joining me now is one of my favorite writers, the author of the pulitzer prize winning boom, request the looming tower and the road to al qaeda and 9/11." it's essential reading you want to know about the history of al qaeda. what's it like being here on ground zero seeing this on almost the tenth anniversary. >> it's great to see something other than a hole in the ground. it's inspiring to see the cra

attitude towards the qatar based news network. demonstrations ripple and spread across the world ahead of the bid for statehood at the u.n. even as barack obama personally vows to veto any resolution recognizing a free palestinian state. i have the speech at the un general assembly r.t. spoke to the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad about the palestinian push for statehood and the situation in the middle east. president bennett i thank you very much for taking the time six arteaga he were here to address the international body at the united nations every year but you have come so far you have haven't hit it on behalf of the palestinians in support of their sovereignty and support of the palestinians having their own state this year the issue of palestinian statehood is gaining a lot of new momentum in the arab world amid the so-called arab spring uprisings that have taken place in tunisia egypt libya. does the palestinian bid for statehood at the right time at this moment what is your take on not. in the name of the almighty t

attitude towards the qatar based news network. plus in business russian markets kick off or trade in session in the red tracking overseas losses will have all the details and the figures for you and business in twenty minutes. eleven am the russian capital you're watching r.t. president barack obama has personally swore to veto any resolution recognizing a free and independent palestinian state his comments came during a face to face meeting with the leader of the palestinian autonomy whenever the last vow to press ahead with his country's bid tomorrow are to go is going off has the latest. the sixty six general assembly of the united nations isn't full swing a lot of issues are on the table of course but the key one with planning to raise the question of becoming an independent state being recognized by the united nations on a friday and there is definitely a lot of uncertainty when it comes to this issue since. the u.s. president barack obama said that he wants to see an independent palestine and so who is really authorities by

might be critical of what the united states government is doing in the same way the government of qatar may not be happy with the coverage that's critical of what they're doing especially when they're paying the bills so there's always this tension between the people who only and the people who run media and other governments that are trying to influence media media is as a suggested a sort of battleground today and it will continue to be so but when what al-jazeera is that that administration hadn't lavished praise on any you mentioned cannot ellery queen can't comment but there are reports that senior white house administration officials had lavish praise on al-jazeera crowd our coverage of the arab spring which you know people alive in the very end lined with us and so do i i wouldn't be i wouldn't be surprised by that loren but you know virtually everybody in the media world lavage praise on al-jazeera for their getting on this story and staying with it as long as they did in as comprehensively as they did it was an impressive performance viewers for al-jazeera not just in the arab

attitude towards the qatar based news network. coming to live from moscow a marina joshie president barack obama has personally sworn to veto any resolution recognizing a free and independent palestinian state his comments came during a face to face meeting with the leader of the palestinian autonomy who nevertheless vowed to press ahead with his country's bid tomorrow. it's going off has the latest the sixty six the general assembly of the united nations reasons full swing of course the palestinian issue. with playing to raise the question of becoming an independent state being recognized by the united nations on the floor and there is definitely a lot of uncertainty one comes to this issue since all know when is the u.s. president barack obama said that he was to see an independent palestine and so there is really authorities actually met with walt. is really leadership and palestinian authorities as well and it seems that the u.s. and israel are on the same page when it comes to seeing an independent palestine in the future wha

there's also criticism of you know about jazeera coverage of bahrain and in part because the emir of qatar is you know and the gulf states are very nervous about what's happening there will soon be happening in their own countries so yes everybody has interests to defend and protect and sometimes they spill over so the way media covers an event or doesn't cover it and how it's the maker of blogs news that affect or dot org any sector now from the media possibly pushing revolutions to lawyers and activists pushing something very different they're pushing porn you heard me right and guess where public library they are arguing that in a library perusing porn is you know it's your constitutional right and our thing then a thousand years is selling out how that's working out in new york. a library a place of serenity and peaceful contemplation but if only these walls could talk. must have been filling the silence rooms browsing porn online in public libraries is legal in the us. i'm not really sure what i mean i do believe that people have the right to whatever they want but at the same time th

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attitude towards the qatar based news network and. we'll stay with our top story al good off and he's guest assess palestine's chances of becoming a new member of the u.n. that's a spotlight coming right out. if . oh yeah no walking through the interview fell on hard saying i'm now we're not and today our spotlight is on the middle east palestinian president mahmoud abbas has a hard time in a vicious diplomatic campaign seeking only fledged. israel with the u.s. support of course is resisting saying such a move will hamper peace talks with the palestinians all the other hand abbas insists his people do have a right to be fully represented in the u.n. itself just palestine really have the chops to become the one hundred ninety five member of the united nations and what's made it mean for the rest of the middle east we're asking professor he knows of a gas from the institute of oriental studies of the russian academy of science to. israel warns the current situation in the middle east will likely be upset if they do and recognizes pales

the drugs were flown in from iran and qatar via kuala lumpur international airport. they were in wooden crates declared as containing glass ornaments and flowerpots. a 29-year-old iranian suspect has been arrested. if convicted, he could face the death penalty. the raid follows a separate raid in the western state of salangur late last month. >>> the commander in chief of the thai army says he will seek cooperation from the military in myanmar to combat cross war drug smuggling. the thai myanmar border is one of the world's most notorious hot spots for narcotics trafficking. the general was speaking in bangkok on wednesday before leaving for myanmar where he will meet with his opposite number in his first official visit to the country since taking the army's first post. the two army commanders are expected to discuss various issues related to such things as border checkpoints and mutual courtesy calls for the top brass of both countries. >>> japan will provide about $32.5 million to bangladesh over five years to improve its primary education system and reduce the num

the last bull fight in spain northeastern region of qatar no one here has ended in clashes between fires and people fight campaign is scuffles broke out in the renamed barcelona after a matador's drove the killing sword into balls marking the end of the career to show that a no news parliament bullfighting in july twentieth time following a petition campaign by animal rights activists but many cattle lands will see still see bullfighting as part of their heritage and don't want it to become a relic of the state. and that's all for now but i'll be back with the headlines in a couple of minutes. very first verses of the bible that all human beings are created but sentimental came in god's image and it doesn't say just jews or non jews. sixty to seventy percent of what i did as a combat soldier not to buy territories was to do with deterrents doing what we call making our presence felt to go out should some bozo they hear a knock on some doors run to the other corner invade another house religion and nationalism not just judaism have been a part of the problem they've been part of what lead

check those years of russian check young magic in qatar who next swedish goalkeeper it's the final leave slovakia's pavel demitra start of the new season has now been postponed until september the twelfth or wednesday's game between last season's champions about you live and runners up atlanta was abandoned when the news came through fans and players were clearly stunned by what has happened on ice hockey stars from the k h l and america's n.h.l. have been leading the tributes. said the knowledge history of me it's all old country and a lot of my friends going to play in them because they play together a couple of years ago and the causes of one just just want to give my condolences to the families and i mean that it's tough for them but it actually awful for me it's already been a very difficult summer for hard times and how he wanted them to suffer losses down . you know a lot of these guys. you played against reno you played with them in a certain point. in a fax everybody it's a big family everyone knows each other and know someone. you know in this league or in the sport worldwide o

attitude towards the qatar based news network. those are the headlines here and on t.v. to stay with us now natasha is here with the latest sports. hello welcome your watching live sports update on our chief thanks for joining us the headlines in a busy football deigns spain with barcelona held her job while league leaders violence and find some beautiful girls from the all male massy and bring us. all trouble israel madrid made while also drew their latest legal fixture i'm able to score against iran since and then they'll know how this one ended. and in russian football the hits just keep coming spartak moscow is trying to wellington received the punishment for yet another game game collision that's just weeks out of its tackle and says and russia international goalkeeper even if i can be. but let's begin at the rugby world cup where one of the tournament favorite south africa to go in the me being the sole game early on thursday when he championed the springboks so winning that clash in a row in new zealand thanks to a stunning performance throughout south africa last

really burn them up cut off he said a number of times and one of the reasons i think that the qatari qatar's very smart people that they really wanted to get revenge arab style khadafi for insulting them and for insulting the arab leaders all right let me jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after that sharper what could you do or discussion and look you future state parties. wealthy british. type of. market. that's. what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cars are there are no holds barred the global financial headlines to come is a report. to see a story. you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything is. hard welcome to the big picture. of the world to. bring you the latest in science and technology from around russia. the future of coverage. if you can think the. welcome back to crossfire if you'd like to remind you we're talking about libya in the post gadhafi era. it is. ok to find go back to you in london. you mentioned nato earlier on in the program and nato is gloating

their seventh straight olympics, but will have to overcome a middle eastern trio of saudi arabia, qatar and oman in group a. in fifa rankings released the same day korea jumped up 4 places to 29th in the world, second in asia after japan, who lie in 15th. korean will have the chance to improve on this ranking even further when they face poland next month in a friendly. hello i'm yang un jung with your weather forecast. looks like we're going to enjoy another beautiful fall weather across the country tomorrow. the continental high pressure from northern china will protect us from any other weather systems until the weekend. so, clear blue skies and lots and lots of sunshine for the afternoon as we finish off the workweek. the only exception is the eastern coastal regions with a few cloudiness from time to time under the influence of easterly winds. here are your temperatures for friday we have a very similar range of lows and highs from today remember temperatures are quite chilly during overnight into the morning, so make sure you have a jacket when you're on your way to work. seoul and

burn them up because after you said a number of times one of the reasons i think that the qatari qatar's very smart people that they really wanted to get revenge arab style khadafi for insulting them for insulting the arab leaders all right let me jump in here we're going to go to a short break and after that sharper what could you do or discussion on libya's future state party. i got no knowledge areas on the night in sixty six i got out because of the things i saw the things i was doing and that's the reason he said we were given for doing nothing it was a personal protest. during the vietnam war and two war movement in march that altered the course of history this movement didn't take place on college campuses but in berets and on ships penetrated elite military colleges like west point and it spread throughout the battlefields of vietnam. today few people know about the g.i. movement against the war in vietnam. ask the army we always said free the army or fun travel and adventure but it really meant the farm. nature and discover s.p.c. . communicate with the wild under. test yourself

out of every thousand that are born in the united states puts our nation on par with countries like qatar the united arab emirates and croatia when it comes to infant mortality so with the reason behind this disturbingly high rate of infant deaths this is a question of my next guest has struggled with tonya leave lewis joins me now she's an attorney author and former t.v. producer as well as a documentary filmmaker and her husband spike lee a lifelong activist currently she is the spokesperson for the office of minority how it's healthy baby begins with you campaign take a look at those short p.s.a. brittania. every year eight thousand african american children die during their first year of life eight pounds and as a mother this really concerns me our babies are dying at three times the rate of white babies before the first birth. our children need us to take action and i need your help to take care of your health before during and after pregnancy get prenatal care and put your baby to sleep on his back and healthy baby with a down speaking with. time your welcome from our new york studi

really burned them up because he said a number of times and one of the reasons i think that the kadar qatar's very smart people that they really wanted to get revenge arab style khadafi for insulting them and for insulting the arab leaders jump in here we're going to a short break and after that sharper what could you do or discussion on libya's future state party. nineteen sixty six i think because it's the same say some things i was doing and the reason we were given for there were no personal protests. during the vietnam war an antiwar movement emerged that the course of history this movement didn't take place on college campuses but in their ships to penetrate elite military colleges like west point spread throughout the battlefields of vietnam. today few people know about the g.i. movement against the war in vietnam. ask the army will we set free the army or fun travel and adventure but it really meant. the latest in science. from. the future. can. welcome back across calculable to remind you we're talking about libya in the post gadhafi era. ok let's see if i can go back to you in londo

that's a little surprising critics after we can lease revelations exposed the director general of the qatar based network of having links to the cia and promoting him to herd we quit our cities now it takes up the story. right now al jazeera english is seen in million american households al-jazeera or the island is not in isolation anymore the channels in your face coverage of the violent turmoil of the middle east and libya's emerging civil war has grounded cousy prime time slot with the u.s. and recent week you leaks claim al-jazeera has now resigned director general had ties to the cia well the detail is basically the u.s. government has been monitoring a media. channel. well they went to the web. and the. inappropriate. or it might. be. stepping into the open sea a member of the royal family fueling fears doha's voice will get louder and the arabic service was criticized for being part of and seeming to reflect certain elements of qatari policy. of new angles came much earlier this year when arab regimes started to crumble that their square has become a pivotal landmark in the arab worl

always supported qatar and even and while there's still remain several pockets of kit darby. loyalists even here in tripoli situation is very complicated by reports about that. and months after tripoli fell into rebels hands those who back the old regime remain defiant but fearful in parts of the city the rebels triumphant campaign feels like it's never happened or did so somewhere else. who will do anything for moammar. even if we have to do. seven support for the ousted leader to solve once they see our camera yeah. like. now we're coming out with it tell them. why. it's the same situation with others. of his hundred percent good we don't want this revolution we don't know the rebels we want them to go away. we are from television so couldn't tell the camera no no thanks if i paid from a camera they will send the bill to my our war room the criminals you don't know them you call them the rebels hey guys do you remember the black guy he was arrested a few days ago after here appearing on t.v. don't do that you flags new slogans news pages. and the rebels were out celebrating

grievous examples of this arguably that happened all the time with massive arms deals to saudi arabia to qatar and indeed the us isn't the only culprit when it comes to this the u.k. russia france china all nearly equally bad in in arming repressive regimes and stoking international tensions the fact is that more arms in the world doesn't help many people but it does pump the profits from arms manufacturers you say and this is a private deal and it is but a lot of pressure put on because it's worth so much the american economy but what's it going to do for relations between america and china i mean the above ministrations often said that military ties with china were a high priority and now the u.s. arms package is going to be sent to taiwan is this going to go down to china. or presumably it's not going to go down very well my understanding is this is a compromise deal and i'm no expert on the chinese domestic politics but i doubt it will go down well but what you were saying actually about the the arms deal benefic the us economy to such a great deal probably actually isn't the case the us a

attitude towards the qatar based news network. so they have lines here in r t up next max and stacey are back to try to figure out why responsible for whose response rather for today's international financial disaster. well. really you believe the science technology some of. the future covered. skies are on stacy herbert paid big news runner for going to war sister that's right from vince cable we hear that crisis is the economic equivalent of war and max you know in any good financial war any war in fact you need a good general and i vote for alexander lebedev why. well we all know he punched out that guy right you caught this guy and i think this is a probably had we had somebody like this as treasury secretary in the united states of the time say all these bankers lloyd blankfein goes to hank paulson is this please i wrote so many bad loans and they've all blown up help me if i am paulson i just done the same thing but we are in a war that's for sure and that's why i don't understand all this quickly kidding we have a link abou

i don't you know the reason i don't is you know i've been to qatar again to doha i've been to al-jazeera headquarters i've spoken to people there about that i mean maybe they were telling me a story but they say no they have editorial autonomy and their whole credibility rests on it their critics would say however they're being manipulated by the government or they are not you know you would expect some journalists there to make that claim a few did resign over the whole coverage of bahrain but not about libya to my knowledge so i came to trust the al-jazeera correspondents who in my opinion are ethical and hard working journalists but the question of whether the government uses influence is the same question raised about every country does russia tell russia today what to say does. fox news what to say i mean you know obviously owners to influence coverage that's clear but the influence this particular story we don't know ok and do you think that what you're saying though does play a role more broadly and the network's coverage of the arab spring in general you mentioned bahrain do you

the approach taken by kuwait and qatar poses a danger to them and all of us. so we will continue to work with kuwait and qatar and urge them to take the necessary steps that as it -- that others in the region have done over the past decade. third, alza and -- as al qaeda evolves and the nature of the threat posed changes, we will continually adapt and expand our counterterror efforts to meet this shift in challenge. most importantly, we are increasing efforts to combat the financial support networks for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, al qaeda in the islamic area, al-shabab, and others inspired by or possibly affiliated with al qaeda. attacking these groups, financial support present new and different challenges, because their means and methods of funding and facilitation are different from the traditional donor-based fund raising model for al qaeda, and they differ among one another. working with our colleagues in the intelligence community and our partners around the world, we will have destruction strategies tailored to the ways in which each group raise

. >>> there's been a bombing in the city of qatar. the senior police official says 11 were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up. another 20 were bounded. the city has seen many attacks in a taliban cam been it destabilize the government. talks to hand over control of a lebian town have seem to have broken down. reb be forces surrounding bani walid say gadhafi supporters have until saturday to surrender. >>> four have been killed in mastiff wildfires burning in texas. more than 700 homes have been destroyed. the largest fire is this one near the city of austin. winds died down enough tuesday to allow teams to go in and check out some of the damage to the areas. those are the top stories from cnn, the world news leader. i'm zain verjee and "world business today" starts now. >>> good morning from cnn london. >> and a good apfrom cnn hong kong. this is "world business today." these are your top stories. australian growth beats expectations in the second quarter, but some analysts predict tougher times ahead. >> and we'll look at t

the approach taken by kuwait and qatar poses a danger to them and all of us.we will continue to work with kuwait and qatar and urge them to take the necessary steps that as it -- that others in the region have done over the past decade. third, alza and -- as al qaeda evolves and the nature of the threat posed changes, we will continually adapt and expand our counterterror efforts to meet this shift in challenge. most importantly, we are increasing efforts to combat the financial support networks for al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, al qaeda in the islamic area, al-shabab, and others inspired by or possibly affiliated with al qaeda. attacking these groups, financial support present new and different challenges, because their means and methods of funding and facilitation are different from the traditional donor-based fund raising model for al qaeda, and they differ among one another. working with our colleagues in the intelligence community and our partners around the world, we will have destruction strategies tailored to the ways in which each group raises, s

qatar is making progress, but qatar has a lot of work to do in implementing its terrorist financing laws. i'm going to be visiting there later this month, or anybody, beginning, end of september, beginning october, to talk about the steps that they still need to take in order to make progress. then of course you have your state sponsor countries like iran which we have recently designated an al qaeda financial support network supported by iran. iran is the chief donor to hezbollah, hamas. so once you get to the state sponsorship arena, it's a whole different level. as you point out, i would say sort of three levels. countries that still need work on the framework, countries that are -- simply don't have the political will or need more political will to implement, and the countries that are actually actively part of the problem. >> thank you very much. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator klobuchar. >> thank you very much. i first want to welcome the assistant director, mr. boelter, he did an maizing job with our minneapolis office. and we have a very close law enforcement community in men

, and himself for his reelection for a second term, and i am confident that the wise leadership of qatarour proceedings will contribute to the attainment of the aspirations we seek. and i'm confident that the election of mr. ban ki-moon enjoys your support. mr. president, i proudly stand before you today presenting egypt and in new era. grypypt as it heads to an area that is emerging. as it embarks on a new face at regarded by all egyptians as auspicious. the egyptians came out in masses on the 25th of january, calling for democratic reforms and respect of human rights, fundamental freedoms and social justice. the egyptians wanted to implant the seeds of a brighter future, lands fore airrid their sake. the masses obtained what they sought and were able to impose their words and their well. there were backed by the understanding and support of the egyptian armed forces, who truly exemplified it genuine patriotism. the stands of our armed forces will be remembered by history. it is consistent with our doctrine as the guardians of the nation, not with the political regime. and in line with

they're not after the headlines like dubai, turkey, qatar, but they kind of quietly get the job done effectively and oman played an instrumental role in winning the release not only of sarah shourd last year but also josh and shane. >> suarez: so you're saying the money came from the omani government? >> it appears it came from the omani government. whether it's reimbursed by the united states i don't know but i think for oman... the sultan of oman, a million dollars is probably a drop in the bucket. >> woodruff: i notice he thanked the president of iraq, jalal talabani and he thanked the swiss government. what role did they play? >> the wyss government looks after u.s. interests in tehran and... >> so it was a formality? >> exactly. >> pelley: what about iraq. >> there were many back channels involved in these negotiations. the turks made efforts, the iraqis made efforts, the omanis made effort bus ultimately i would go back and say that really the supreme leader probably made a decision that, you know, to continue to hold on to these people didn't achieve anything. >> woodruff: so

this success has been the role of the arab league and particularly, the role played by nations like qatar with their special forces. will the problem implore the arab league to take strong action and condemn what's happening in syria? >> i think my old friend makes a good point and the arab league the going to damascus. it's been a great movement for the arab lead. the role the jordanians played made a lot of these things possible and we should reassess on what we can do, trading and working together because it's been very x r very successful on this occasion. >> mr. hammond. >> may i join those this praising the clarity of the prime minister's purpose. he's right to say this was a libyan uprising. does he agree with me that one of the consequences is that personally, many more civilian lives would stay from being so and the fact that community were prepared to take a role shows to other countries that we will play an appropriate role. >> i think dictators all over the world would have taken note and what was happened and recognize that the long arm of international law could have as i pu

acting with the two big partners in the war, which are qatar and the united arab emirates, we could establishinkages with the military and police forces and what the obama administration should do, unfortunately is not doing, should unfreeze the funds that qaddafi stole and have financial institutions in the u.s., $30 billion, and more, so far the administration has only been able to unfreeze $1.5 billion and they thought a permission slip from the u.n. to do that. another one of these instances, where washington is looking for an excuse to breathe life into the u.n. and give them the money they need to run libya. >> kelly: very understandable, appreciate your comments, especially on this important topic in terms of the future of libya. thanks. jamie? >> jamie: it is a big week for the president, because major test is really afoot. intense focus, right now, probably even in your home. about his upcoming jobs speech. the pressure is mounting, for him to deliver results. and then there is friday's dismal jobs report. 14 million americans are still out of work. how big a plan does it need to be?

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