>> the indigenous people of the emirates -- you do not really see them very much. e people who do these -- the manual labor are pakistan iis, lebanese, jordanians. >> just like the cruise lines. as to the loose discussion here, anybody want to venture -- what do they think is a great hotel that they have stated or would like to stay in? bill kline. >> -- gill klein. >> i am a big fan of charleston, and you can't eat like royalty in many places. -- you can eat like royalty in many places. >> i will have to -- >> in southern california, there is a great place in her most of each call beach house, a very plush and it is right there on the beach. >> i have heard about this. i have never written about the middle east, i have never been able to afford it. >> they send a rolls royce to pick you up at the airport. >> i was once giving a speech in singapore, and the monsoon was about to break. it was about to break, and there was a rolls royce, with a young chinese woman saying, " dr. king, dr. king, and i get into the rolls-royce and i am told that tomorrow you are going to

the emir at the u.n. and g-20 and he will continue to talk to people in copenhagen. he is going to do his best to bring the olympics to chicago. >> what is his best pitch? >> having spent some time in the city, it is a perfect place to have the olympics. it offers a great place for a world to see. it offers all the amenities that one would want in the olympics. i believe, far and away, it is the strongest bid out there. >> what happens if he does not get it? >> you will have to call tommy. [laughter] >> [inaudible] >>, was there a lot of people over here obsessing about whether or not that particular day was going to be met rather than getting it done? that is the focus. >> if you are not focused on a particular date, there is no deadline. >> that is not true. we want to get it done. secretary gates made a compelling case of what happens in this town if you do not set a deadline. there's no doubt we are making significant progress, that there is bipartisan agreement that me to get something done to close this facility. that it will improve our own security, health ou

. $150million from the government of the united arab emirates. >> it is overwhelming as to how cool thisreporter: chief medical officer at children's hospital says the money will be targeted to research that will improve pediatric surgeries not just for children here but for children everywhere. >> just as illnesses know no boundaries discoveries know no boundaries either. we will publish and share our findings widely. >> reporter: one area will be in immuneo therapy. >> if i take my liver and put it in your body your body is going to take care of it 24, 48 hours. why can't we teach the body to do the exact same thing with cancer? why can't we train the body to fight that mass and dissolve it away. we can. >> reporter: one of the biggest break throughs may come with pain management. with children pain is difficult to measure and heartbreaking to watch but worst it can interfere with a child's recovery. >> pain can be an adverse physiological event for the patient. pain causes crying, increasing heart rate and thing like that. all these things are children that don't need when they are tr

the governor of the united arab emirates. >>> good news if you're planning to buy your first home. the white house is considering extending the $8,000 tax credit for first time buyers. home builders and real-estate agents say it is helping to generate home sales. >>> tomorrow virginia's candidate for governor will meet in fairfax county. they will face off starting at 10:30 a.m. this is the 20th year the fairfax chamber of commerce has sponsored a gubernatorial debate. >>> two men know just how many tomorrows they'll have. the court has set their dates of execution. first up, larry bill elliot, convicted of killing a north virginiaen couple back in 2001. a judge has set his date of execution for october the 5th and for john alan muhammad, execution date is november 10th. he was convicted of masterminding sniper attacks back in 2002. 10 people were murdered. his attorney says his client will appeal to the u.s. supreme court and will ask the governor for clemency. >>> amtrak could lose $1.6 billion in subsidies if it doesn't change its current policy. the senate voted today to who wou

center for children will soon be coming to washington, thanks t $150 million donation from the united arab of emiratesey plan to use the money to find ways to reduce or eliminate the need for surgery in children. megan mcgrath explains. >> reporter: imagine a hospital without main, where you use the child's own immune system to attack systems and cure disease, avoiding surgery all together. sounds like a pipe dream? not to the men and women of children's national medical center. $150 million donation could make it all possible. the money will be used to build a new pediatric surgery center. >> we want to make surgery less invasive, more precise and pain free. >> reporter: avoiding pain. even alternatives to the surgery. it would mean children like amanda don't have to suffer. she lost her leg to bone cancer when she was 2. her parents hope other families will be spared such trauma. >> to hear they are dumping money into that is so exciting. >> reporter: the donation is one of the largest ever made to a u.s. pediatric hospital. it comes from the government of abu dabe. his son was treated at children's

if the taliban was to make an islamic emirates, who said the taliban is the enemy? he is not the taliban. he is not afghan. they are neither afghan nor taliban. then why iraq? why afghanistan? i would encourage the americans and britons to send more troops in this bloodbath, but they will never come to a fruitful results in a rock or afghanistan. look at what happened to them in iraq, even though it is the desert. afghanistan is a mountainous area. if i wanted to deceive them, and would tell them to carry on the war in iraq and afghanistan. i want to save the people of the united states and britain and other countries that are fighting. leave afghanistan to the afghans. leave iraq to the iraqis. let them fight if they want to. nobody interfered in the civil wars of america. there was a civil war in spain, china, everywhere. let there be a civil war in iraq. if they want to have that and fight each other, fair enough. who says of the taliban come in government they would have a nuclear weapon? the airplanes hit new york. did the airplane takeoff from afghanistan or i

include, you know, substantial activities to develop centers of excellence, for example, with the united arab emirates, gulf air war center, and for what it's worth they're f-16's that are the most potent air force, and what they have done and the way that pulls together other countries and everyone is engaged, again, that keeps everyone in that. i think that we have developed leaders as well who are capable of full spectrum operations and we opened up the appature. in fact, if you can bring up the slide and then be ready to bring up the engine of change slide, i can also talk about the process that we went through in the army in particular to try to come to grips with this, and the other services did something that was very similar as well. but there was a huge idea, you know, we had the big ideas and a lot of you have seen me brief again the counterinsurgency big ideas about securing and fostering initiatives and support reconciliation and all the rest of that, but we've also had the really, really big idea -- and that was the idea that all operations are some mix of offense, defense, and underlined

the united arab emirates -- >> 13 states within our region declared within an 18-month period they were all going to go through to civilian nuclear power. >> are you concerned about that? >> i think the most important issues facing us are climate change and proliferation of nuclear weapons. i, not as a global zero founding leader, but i personally as an environmentalist am deeply concerned about the fact that we haven't resolved waste disposal yet and we have seen accidents take place in the most developed countries with the greatest number of safeguards in the past, so i think civilian nuclear power still poses some enormous challenges, let alone the cost. so i simply advocate for allocating the greatest of possible amount of resources into alternative alternative renewable energy sources and not a disproportionate amount into civilian nuclear energies when you might be able to find cheaper, safer, cleaner alternatives. >> your majesty, thank you for being with us today. that is majesty queen noor of jordan. >>> as the economy recovers, will it be hurt by swine flu or h1n1 as it is cal

gift was reported will you arranged by a philanthropist with ties to both children's and the united arab emirates detail coming up later today. >>> little not hua want your security guards doing. take a look at. this security guards asleep on the job at one of the world's busiest airports. we'll let you know where this kaz caught on camera. >>> the potomac could be the newest way to ease traffic tie- ups around the region. it will not be cheech. we'll have details. coming up. meet the volkswagen jetta. it gets an epa estimated 32 miles per gaon, and was named an iihs top safety pick. all for just $179 a month. and like all new volkswagens, it comes with 3 years or 36,000 miles of no-charge scheduled carefree maintenance. it's all part of why the jetta is the top-selling german engineered sedan in america. >>> not what you want to see from those protecting you. this caught on camera. airport security guards sleeping on the job. the tv news cameras caught the private court guard nodding off near the baggage claim. >> a passenger had first snapped photo and said a tsa agent al dozed off. chicago's a

a new kaiser family foundation survey found health care coverage for the emirate -- average family nowosts more than $13,000 a year. if current trends continue just 10 years from now in 2013, it will cost more than $30,000. no one should have to live in fear of financial ruin due to increasing insurance payments. this bill would fix that. it is a balanced common-sense plan that takes the best ideas from both sides. it is designed to get the 60 votes it needs to pass. now the choice is up to us. now the question is whether we can seize the opportunity and change things for the better. all americans should have access to affordable, quality health care coverage. the congressional budget office says this bill will raise the share of americans with coverage to 83 -- from 83% to about 94%. it says of the bill will deliver coverage to 25 million people through new insurance exchanges and 11 million through medicaid. our proposal would dramatically increase prevention and wellness. it will begin shipping health care delivery to a quality health care provider and not the quantity of services r

. >> from kuwait to back rain the united arab emirates to saudi arabia, the number one issue affecting those countries is the rise of the nuclear iran. for them, the palestinian issue is close to their hearts, it's a side show today. and anyone who stress this is as the main issue of the middle east is missing this radical change. >> i'm not disputing that. what i'm saying to the extent to which the united states wants to exert as much leverage relative to iran, period. >> right. >> how can they better either characterize or altder their relationship with israel as it pertains to settlements or nuclear policy in israel as a country relative to the middle east. i think you understand the question. >> you want to defend the oil outlets in the persian gulf. are you going to say don't help defend us because they added a ver randa. >> my point is the ability to build rhetoric portraying the u.s. as a direct supporter of israel without rules or regulations or discipline in the relationship between the u.s. and israel diminishes america's leverage. >> it doesn't fly. his rhetoric would have b

i think the united arab emirates is setting a standard. iran could follow that standard. e russians had a proposal of the table. but they said if you want to use it for commercial purposes, we can help you the real issue is, will russia and china really come down hard on iran and say, you have been having this covert program for 18 years now. host: what is your sense about the russians? guest: according to all reports, they have been deeply disappointed, even outraged about the program. we will have to wait and see if that sense of being deceived by iran will manifest itself in the way of a tougher position on sanctions. host: albert, good morning. caller: sir, i would be hard- pressed to find you figure it of what you are about to hear me say. i would like to know what you know and what you would clarify about able danger? this was a top-secret intelligence agency on the intelligence that long ago had infiltrated some thing. they gave sworn testimony to the senate that they had information. [insert conspiracy theory] host: any awareness of what he is talking about? guest:

leader, the president of iran mahmoud died wid çóÑr cousins in the persian gulf and and the united arab emirateseir history. in the suny -- sunni-arab middle east, among the iranians they remember the persian empire. they do not have such a long- term member mary -- long-term memory that they do not remember the ruling of afghanistan and central asia. it quotes the kingçó abdallah of saudi arabia it that you're helping them -- thisñr is in the memory of the modern middle east. that is part of the parliaments and the memory of the middle east and that is something you have to be aware of. if, indeed, even after the elections and the protests on june 12 of this yearñr for the presidency of iran there are still people who believe in engagement or believe that perhaps this election episode was a blip and they will sit down and negotiate in earnest on the nuclear program and they will persuade nuclear -- and they will persuade iran to assist on the nuclear program, that will contribute to the complacency we feel. it will work out. there is a second issue which i callêe*q issue -- plan b issue. what i

the arab states such as saudi arabia, the united arab emirate, they all view iran as more of a strategic threat than anybody else. it's twofold. how to stop the iranian program, and if they fail, how to ensure there is an international consensus with our western european allies, members of the security council and our allies in the region to confront iran. >> all right, roger. i want to talk more about the terrorism plot that was disrupted, najibullah zazi arrived in new york yesterday to face terrorism charges. what will investigators be focusing on in the next couple of days to try and piece together what he may have been planning and given his training, his alleged training, how much would he really be willing to talk to investigators? >> amy, that's a key point, because there's a lot that investigators don't know right now. who the are the other co-conspirators, were they people just supporting zazi from a logistics perspective or were they going to conduct the bombings themselves. what were his real targets? we still don't know. we assume transportation target, other what we call so

they are going to strike the gulf emirates. not poland. down a bunch of missiles? >> why put them there? i want everyone to be an armchair military expert right now. look at a world map. why do you put those missiles in poland other than to aggravate the russians. it has nothing to do with iran. >> some people would say we need to aggravate the russians. because putin from john mccain's eyes saw three letters kgb. >> ronald reagan the argument could be with star wars he bankrupted the soviet union and vis-a-vis the soviet union foreign policy what is did it. peter: do you think the president did the right thing. >> i think he did absolutely the right thing. it was a needless aggravation. peter: making iran happy and making the czech and poland unhappy. >> i haven't heard they are unhappy. peter: we heard from mr. abe -- abrams council of foreign relations. iran will be able to send missiles. >> put yourself in the enemy's position. peter: that will be hard. >> difficult afternoon somewhat repullive. if you ask me about his hospitality here

and pakistan, the man responsible for nuclear proliferation with the world's worst terror sponsoring nation, and you had united arab emiratespting a ship full of munitions -- it is a dangerous world, and we need them focused on that, and instead of that, we have a war between them and the cia, and in the near term, you are going to have cia officials having to hire lawyers, having to worry about protecting themselves at a time when they kept the nation state, and they ought to be focused on their jobs. greta: -- when they have kept the nation safe, and they ought to be focused on their jobs. greta: are they being week? >> i think they are trying to appease their party -- are they being weak? >> i think they're trying to appease their party, the left. we are a nation at war, and in addition to announcing this investigation, they have also now move to be interrogations out of the cia, it seems, into the white house, although over the last 48 hours, we have that a lot of different answers about and who will be running this. it is a critical issue, and they handled in many ways reminiscent of the way they handled, the guantÁnam

i've been disappointed to listen to the talking heads here in washington advocating for an alternative approach, emirm strategy. it's easy, of course, to play armchair general from thousands of miles, but these talking heads seem to have forgotten that the counterterrorism strategy failed in iraq and, not surprisingly, it's failed so far in afghanistan. counterterrorism by remote control doesn't cut it. the so-called surgical strikes whether by air or ground increased civilian casualties and only allowed insurgents from the taliban to al qaeda to filter back in once the attacks are over. this approach leaves the people in the country subject to retaliation if they don't cooperate with terrorists. the counterinsurgency strategy will ensure the violent insurgents are defeated and don't come back. i agree with the administration that part of this strategy must allow some of the day fighters, those who are not taliban idealogues to lay down their reference and return to peaceful lives. if we're getting the job done right, we will lure desperate young men away from the false promises of extremism. a viabl

i've been disappointed to listen to the talking heads here in washington advocating for an alternative approach, emircounterterrorism strategy. it's easy, of course, to play armchair general from thousands of miles, but these talking heads seem to have forgotten that the counterterroris strategy failed in iraq and, not surprisingly, it's failed so far in afghanistan. counterterrorism by remote control doesn't cut it. the so-called surgical strikes whether air or ground increased civiln casualties and only allowed insurgents from the taliban to al qaeda to filter bk in once the attacks are over. this approach leaves the people in the country subject to retaliation if they don't cooperate with terrorists. the counterinsurgency strategy will ensure the violent insurgents are defeated and don't come back. i agree with the administration that part of this strategy must allow some of the day fighters, those who are not taliban idealogues to lay down their reference and return to peaceful lives. if we're getting the job done right, we will lure desperate young men away from the false promises of extremism.

but the problem is, gretch, the airlines that are going to open it up are foreign carriers. air mexico, emirates air. and members of the european union. but not here in the united states. why not? don't you remember we heard that apparently they were -- within a year of being able to use a phone, a cell phone on a plane. well, apparently that's not going to happen. the gmplet cc -- fcc and faa have regulations. they are worried about safety. gretchen: it's interesting because i tweeted this question to our viewers this morning and i got differing responses. mark says you should not allow cell phones on airplanes because you can make a bomb with a cell phone. somebody else tweeted that you should because 9/11 may have been prevented. some people did use their cell phones on 9/11 even though it wasn't authorized. steve: people say why are they able to use them on international flights and not here? and, in fact, according to air imritz you can use a cell phone on their planes. apparently they have got some special on flight, their own private wireless network on the airplane that you use that does

i've been disappointed to listen to the talking heads here in washington advocating for an alternative approach, emirm strategy. it's easy, of course, to play armchair general from thousands of miles, but these talking heads seem to have forgotten that the counterterrorism strategy failed in iraq and, not surprisingly, it's failed so far in afghanistan. counterterrorism by remote control doesn't cut it. the so-called surgical strikes whether by air or ground increased civilian casualties and only allowed insurgents from the taliban to al qaeda to filter back in once the attacks are over. this approach leaves the people in the country subject to retaliation if they don't cooperate with terrorists. the counterinsurgency strategy will ensure the violent insurgents are defeated and don't come back. i agree with the administration that part of this strategy must allow some of the day fighters, those who are not taliban idealogues to lay down their reference and return to peaceful lives. if we're getting the job done right, we will lure desperate young men away from the false promises of extremism. a viabl

i've been disappointed to listen to the talking heads here in washington advocating for an alternative approach, emirsm strategy. it's easy, of course, to play armchair general from thousands of miles, but these talking heads seem to have forgotten that the counterterrorism strategy failed in iraq and, not surprisingly, it's failed so far in afghanistan. counterterrorism by remote control doesn't cut it. the so-called surgical strikes whether by air or ground increased civilian casualties and only allowed insurgents from the taliban to al qaeda to filter back in once the attacks are over. this approach leaves the people in the country subject to retaliation if they don't cooperate with terrorists. the counterinsurgency strategy will ensure the violent insurgents are defeated and don't come back. i agree with the administration that part of this strategy must allow some of the day fighters, those who are not taliban idealogues to lay down their reference and return to peaceful lives. if we're getting the job done right, we will lure desperate young men away from the false promises of extremism. a viab