joining me from washington is author reza aslan. political strategist robert kagan from the brookings institution. our own senior white house correspondent jake tapper. thank you for joining me. jake, i want to ask you first. as so many americans are trying to figure out what this all means, all the revolutions from tunisia to egypt and whatever may unfold here, how should americans make sense of this, jake? >> well, obviously there are different levels to look at. the american ideals of democracy that have eluded much of that part of the world. and there's american strategic interests. it's a double-edged sword. what's going on in the middle east, in north africa right now. there's obviously a great deal of oil and energy we get from that region. unrest will upset oil prices and cause americans pain at the pump. other national security, counterterrorism issues. we have a lot of cooperative relationships with a lot of dictators in that region. ultimately, i think that the way the american people have to look at this is in terms of t

six am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story three people have been killed two injured after a gunman opened fire on a tourist minibus in the russian republic of coverage you know ball-carrier a few hours later a cable tower at a ski lift at the resort of terror school was blown up now the hotels in the center of the busy tourist village have been evacuated after a suspected car bomb was discovered artie's catarina as are about has the details. despite the fact that it is of course located in russia's volatile north caucuses it has been perhaps one of the most calm and stable republics so these events that have unfolded in the last twenty four hours are certainly very stressful what originally started as an ordinary ski trip ended in tragedy when five people were making their way from a moscow to a resort in the russian republic of cuba in the on their way from the airport to the actual resort of the a minibus they.

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she had a wonderful reza may then i had not seen in 20 years. this is the right person. at first, i was not certain, to make certain that this was the right thing. i am very pleased about this. they were working with all those people out east. we are looking forward to hold first in the country. the recovery plan. we started to go back to the health side, and go back to the human services side. we go to the cigar, in general. we just think that she is going to be fantastic. you are wonderful in terms of your enthusiasm. i had to mention this. >> this is very appropriate. this is the day to highlight some of the things that the court has been able to do. we were partnering on a number of projects, the security grant funding for the state and federal level. this is one of the biggest things that we have done, what people see with the infrastructure. this is the most challenging. there is the training, identify the people to fill in with the emergency operations center, the exercises that we do and the planning. they made great plans, and then they will sit on the shelf and

six am in moscow i match reza giving you today's top stories and a look back at the week that was here on r t egypt's government has agreed to make changes to the country's constitution after a landmark talks with the nation's main opposition groups that measures include greater media freedom and legal reforms and intent to end almost two weeks of protest against president hosni mubarak's rule is comes as a gyptian accuse western countries of hypocrisy for now criticizing the regime they have propped up for the better part of three decades party's policy or has more from cairo. well the latest is that a decision was reached to establish a committee to investigate a constitutional reform and this is obviously to deal with the government's stance that president mubarak cannot step down despite the demand from protesters on the the streets.

it's two am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on our team our top story the new strategic arms reduction treaty between russia and the us has come into force at a special ceremony at the munich security conference the treaty aims to limit the nuclear arsenals of both nations to fifteen hundred warheads apiece are to get all thousand more words put into action a historic exchange of ratification documents and the news to arms reduction treaty between moscow and washington is officially in force and when it comes to the button that has worried us the most over the years the one that would unleash nuclear destruction today we take another step to ensure it will never be pushed. to last for the next ten years the treaty said to reduce the number of nuclear weapons on both sides over a third an outcome which would have appeared impossible even a decade ago i think we will be presented with a further to this historical moment the green light has been given in around six weeks to russia and the united states will.

one pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on our t.v. let's go straight to those live pictures from the surface of mars well at least the mach one as two cosmonauts are were taking a walk on it and this is part of a unique project that simulating a trip to the red planet you're taking a live picture of that here as they're in the simulated martian surface that's inside the complex that's built for them there it's an eighteen month long program replicating as closely as possible to the conditions of the journey to the red planet the crew's got three russians two europeans a chinese and i've been in a locked up in this mock space ship for most nine months with very little contact with the outside world they landed quote unquote on this model of the martian surface last week they've already walked it once this is the second walk that they're taking here on the on the surface so to speak this mockup of the red planet another walk is planned for next week the same the project is to study the psychological effects of a long deep space voyage w

nine am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story it's no secret that nato revolves around the united states but latest wiki leaks revelations of showing that it's domination of the alliance goes much further publish cables reveal that washington has been snooping on top nato officials and exerts heavy pressure on its allies to get its way as artie's catarina as our reports. cat among the pigeons whistleblower we strikes again this time at the very heart of need. according to documents published by two european newspapers a u.s. mole was planted right in the office secretary general several of the cables revealed by wiki leaks indicate america is trying to control nato from within reporting confidential information back to washington this point of view is supported by some of the documents allegedly sent by u.s. diplomat jeff rafiki. when an.

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news from russia under around the world this is the with me of all of us thanks for joining us on reza grows in the middle east and north africa as the wave of anti-government protests which began in tunisia and egypt continues to sweep across the region here are exclusive pictures now from the streets of the yemeni capital where demonstrators clashed with riot police and defined appeals for strain from the protests have hate and one of the cities of the hour while the poorest country in. even less. demonstrators demanded the president step down after more than thirty days in power in bahrain security forces despite thousands of rises in the center of the compass online elma demanding reforms from the country's ruling moment the opposition reports at least three dead and more than one hundred injured and in egypt where the military has replays the ousted government the situation remains terms with modern more protests in different parts of the country he's placea looks at whether it weeks of unrest that has brought democracy any closer to . mubarak's own.

six am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story russia's security services have briefed the country's lawmakers on the investigation into last month's bombing of moscow's domodedovo airport up to seven suspects were named in a connection with the attack during a closed meeting this comes as al qaeda linked terrorists doku umarov says he ordered the attack authorities believe he was also behind last year's moscow metro bombings and the two thousand and nine bombing of a moscow to st petersburg passenger train he's a catarina got a house. russia's most wanted terrorist claims thirty six more human lives have been added to his deadly account chechen born daughter kumar of says he was the mastermind behind january's bombing at the idea that the airport might have made the claims in a video message posted on an extremist website he described this you said bombing as his special open ration and promises more terrorist attacks security experts believe the mass it shows the world that the man should no longer be described as just a chechen militant but as an interna

reza receives a balance of helicopters code named alligators find out how they earned such a snappy title in just a couple of minutes. a brief look now at some other stories making headlines around the world a series of car bomb explodes in northern iraq have killed at least seven. around eighty others the attacks happened in the northern city of kirkuk two car bombs were aimed at police patrols while a third device exploded outside a building that houses the kurdish security forces no group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks. a south sudanese government minister has been shot dead and his also in what appears to be a personal dispute jimmie's there in the middle of was killed by his brother in law who also services driver in the city of juba the man also killed a guard protecting the minister before turning the gun on himself it comes days after a referendum resulted and confirm that south sudan will become africa's newest independent state. military talks aimed at easing tension between north and south korea have broken down officials are meeting reported the failed to re

seven pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on our key our top story gunfire has been heard on the streets of the libyan capital as hundreds of opposition protesters gather to call for an end to colonel moammar gadhafi his rule there's also reports of pro-government forces launching airstrikes on protesters using anti-aircraft artillery and other parts of the country or he's pier all of you doing a profit elements from major neighboring egypt hello peter so that's the balance of power in libya right now. well simply the balance of power is colonel gadhafi is not in control anywhere outside of the capital tripoli well in tripoli on monday we've seen hundreds of protesters on the streets protesting against the gadhafi regime this started after the funeral for somebody who is a person who was killed by a pro gadhafi militia in the capital now this is resulted as protesters apparently resulted in mercenaries firing upon the protesters there's also been reports that security forces fired shots into the air to try and disperse these groups of people on the streets elsewhere

a top story now and reza grows in the middle east and north africa as the wave of anti-government protests which began in tunisia and egypt continues to sweep across the region here all exclusive pictures from the streets of the yemeni counter so what demonstrators clashed with riot police and defined appeals for restraint from the military protest santa and other cities of the arab world's poorest country for a week now two people were killed as demonstrators demanded the president step down after more than sixty years in power are involved rain security forces despised thousands of rioters in the center of the compass on the nama demanding reforms from the country's ruling liking the opposition reports at least three dead and more than one hundred injured on an egypt where the military has with plays the ousted government this iteration remains tense with more protests in different parts of the country to use policy and looks at what that weeks on the rez that a brutal democracy any closer to its.

violence against his people and must lead the country the last security council comparing to honor reza. functions on absence of development. it appears that colonel gadhafi is losing his grip on power in the country we're hearing from inside libya that most of the major cities outside of the capital are now under the control almost under the control of anti-government protesters libyan soldiers are joining the protesters defecting away from gadhafi and we're hearing from those same protesters this is a scene repeated in cities across the country now in tripoli the loyalist arming civilians in is setting up roadblocks at the moment it does appear that the capital is quiet most of the residents of tripoli are remaining indoors afraid to go out onto the streets where those checkpoints manned by armed civilians are now on friday there was mass protests in and must violence in tripoli now this followed a address by colonel gadhafi to his followers in the capital this resulted of protests where shots were fired by security forces at protesters now we're also hearing some very troubling audio

to am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story begins in italy where rome has been raising the alarm about the potential influx of up to three hundred thousand libyans with the country in possible throes of a civil war italy has demanded the e.u. share the burden of the so-called exodus stemming from the unrest in north africa thousands of tunisians have already flooded italy's southernmost point of lampedusa the closest european shore to the troubled region. as more. we don't call them to do so they get into europe for nothing you see. tiny italian island in the mediterranean is located just around eighteen miles off the coast of north africa and over the past decade many refugees came here looking for a better life and while we were sent to other european countries nevertheless this place still managed to remain a peaceful isolated world populated mostly by fishermen and holiday makers but just recently the peace was disturbed after the recent revolution in tunisia in just two weeks the island became flooded with a wave of refugees many spend their e

this because we saw those a pure business approach lately for the last two or three years presently reza has been talking a lot are we being the common security zone of europe and his proposed this common european security treaty what's your take on that what's your response to the script. so i think that we can work very closely together russia and europe without having a new structure. so much in favor of putting up new structures and new organizations if the old ones aren't working so i prefer to. avoid. one thing i'm very positive about. the the russian nato council and i attended the russia nato council meeting in lisp and in november and there was a very big focus from russia but also from nature one would have to work together because we have some common challenges we have some common threats and we have to find solutions together. and i see that as a as the way forward instead of talking about him structures you know some experts would argue that nato is a little bit outdated and it needs restructuring and. security trading is exactly what it needs to actually reshape itself in a

four pm in moscow why match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story opposition forces in libya are in circling the capital preparing for a final assault on tripoli which is still held by the country's embattled leader protesters have already wrested control of most of the country to try and force colonel moammar gadhafi to go and u.n. is issued a resolution referring to the international criminal court for war crimes following almost two weeks of bloody crackdowns but experts say the investigation is likely to lift the lid on strengthening friendships with western countries he tells that neither washington nor london may want to see in the open like he's correspondent in the wings peter all of that has more from iraq and the current front line in the battle between. opposition forces and those soldiers still loyal to colonel gadhafi is the city of zawiya the mono that surround fifty kilometers to the west of the campus or tripoli the opposition in control of the majority of the city of volatility of the country if not all of its their headquarters based out of thing ga

two am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story egypt's leader hosni mubarak says he's fed up with being president and would like to leave office but can't for fear that the country would sink into chaos his sentiment was echoed by egypt's vice president who urged protesters who filled the streets for more than a week to go home as their demands were being answered. this follows a wave of deadly violence between opponents and supporters of president mubarak five people have been reportedly shot in cairo's tahrir square before dawn on thursday around three hundred people are thought to have died in a week of riots reports say the egyptian army which had previously not intervened in the clashes has attempted to separate pro and anti mubarak demonstrators party's policy or has the latest from cairo. the anger the frustration the defiance continues to intensify intent here square there has been a curfew imposed off of the next twenty four hours and the government has about departure fly a day that.

it's six am in the russian capital i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story wiki leaks founder julian assange has threatening to sue the guardian newspaper over its tell all book about the online whistleblower the newspaper is also being used to editing the confidential diplomatic cables it got from the website or his laura amid reports on what's behind the bitter dispute. they were better than exposing us embassy secrets to the world but now wiki leaks and the guardian have rapidly fallen out of love and it's turning nasty in the original agreement between wiki leaks and its partner publications the partners were to help publish cables on the whistle blowing website blocking out names to protect the innocent was allowed but sources close to wiki leaks maintain the guardian went one step further accusing the newspaper of redacting the cables to suit its own political and editorial agenda something the guardian denies one of the alleged missions focuses on iranian dissident politicians and the guardian we. know of. they don't want such things to be known for their

he started opposing the shah actively -- i mean, taking a front-line position against shah mohammed reza. c-span: i want to show this map, because those who maybe have never seen the map in this way can see where iraq is over here and the border goes right along here? guest: yes. c-span: and that's about a 700-mile border? guest: seven hundred and thirty miles. c-span: and khomeini spent some of his time over here. guest: in southern iraq, yes, in najaf. and he was teaching. he had a group of students -- some that came from lebanon and that subsequently played a major role in the anti-american violence in lebanon; others who came from iran; other iraqi shiites. he had a group of students who came from all over the middle east. and they, in effect, formed a network, that, once they went back to their own countries, provided support for khomeini in their own societies. c-span: was it while he was in iraq -- how to characterize it -- where he grew to dislike the iraqis or the leader? guest: i think that there was some personal animosity, besides the fact iraq has always been a problem for i

founder and editor and editor in chief of who what why dot com and joins us now from new york and reza nato is both the thing that we created as a force to stand against the soviet military and you know the warsaw pact has dissolved the soviet union is gone so why is nato still around today well we really don't know the answer to that i think to get a literally today the issue if we can manage period one can of whether an intervention is warranted in libya. with khadafi using his air power against the pencils people with the problem of course and that many feel that that function with more properly rests with a truly international body like the united nations and of course as you have these multiple bodies and by the way nato and the u.n. are not the only ones there are many different alliances and bodies each of which claim we have some sort of you're a speaker but i do agree with that element in your war that ultimately we have to work out what the military power is backing and of course client states like saudi arabia puts him in a difficult position what are they going to do is niñ

i commend his reza made to you. you will find it both interesting. one thing i found more interesting is that he is the senior policy adviser to the boston red sox. my home team could use a little strategy session with dr. porter. this is why you guys are doing so good. prof. porter has been kind enough to bring to each of us some very specific analysis regarding our state's economy and competitive strengths. if you pay for this backup, it would cost you thousands of dollars. you will find that analysis and materials in front of you. i think i speak for all of us in saying, tell us how we can use this information to grow our economies and their citizens back to work which is the fundamental challenge that each of us as governors face. dr. porter, think for joining us and we look forward to our discussion with you. [applause] >> thank you, governor. that is very kind. we are very hopeful for the red sox this year. hopefully we will have a good year. i am so honored to have this opportunity to speak to all of the. it is really quite a remarkable moment

i commend his reza made to you. you will find it both interesting. one thing i found more interesting is that he is the seor policy adviser to the boston red sox. my home team could use a little strategy session with dr. porter. this is why you guys are doing so good. prof. porter has been kind enough to bring to each of us some very specific analysis regarding our state's economy and competitive strengths. if you pay for this backup, it would cost you thousands of dollars. you will find that analysis and materials in front of you. i think i speak for all of us in saying, tell us how we can use this information to grow our economies and their citizens back to work which is the fundamental challenge that each of us as governors face. dr. porter, think for joining us and we look forward to our discussion with you. [applause] >> thank you, governor. that is very kind. we are very hopeful for the red sox this year. hopefully we will have a good year. i am so honored to have this opportunity to speak to all of the. it is really quite a remarkable moments

and invest in the economy, create economic activity to do the things we all want to see happen to reza from these vote. it seems to be incongruities that we would want to decrease to or lower the corporate tax rate and the same time still in the economy with 9% unemployment want to increase taxes on people we want to see investing in this economy. >> congressman, again, you raise an important question on the choices we face, but my sense is if you gave businesses the choice, they would choose that next. they would say we are comfortable living in an economy where we see a modest increase in the marginal tax rates for only 2% of americans and we see more competitive tax system. they prefer to play in that in the way we have today. >> thank you, mr. secretary. >> thank you. mr. becerra is recognized. >> thank you mr. chairman pete thank you for being here. i am going to detour from asking about the president's budget for next year for a moment, because the plan the house republicans released on friday pertained to this current year's budget could create an immediate crisis for millions o