the eu says this speech is competition rules and would like to out like -- outlaw this. >> this is not an action against our partners, this is an action for the market anduropean companies who have to stk to the rules. >> the eu hopes that the dispute will be settled soon but if russia turns off the gas supply, europe couou be left out in the cold. >> before the libyan crisis, the company was pumping 1.6 million barrels of oil a day. the price of crude oil is at $120 a barrel before retreating. italian oil executives say the production has fallen by more than half sincvience bke out a week ago. other oil producing countries, notably saudi arabia, said they would expand production to make up for shortfalls. general motors is back in the black. they posted profits of $4.7 billion in 2010 just a year after they filed for bankruptcy protection. they receive billions in federal bailout funds and underwent drastic reorganization. 2010 was their most profitable year in over a decade. the european operations are concerned. incurred losses of $1.8 billion. -- opel incurred losses of $1.8 billio

the eu and south korea had signed the agreement back in october 2010. the trade deal calls for the gradual elimination of five years of almost all tariffs on industrial and farm products between the eu and south korea. the current tariffs up to 14% on electrical appliances reduced to zero. products include autos and televisions. the approval will make south korean products more competitive. this is raising concerns among japanese companies that they may fall behind south korean firms in the european market. >>> singapore's prime minister has expressed support for japan to become a member of the a u.s.-backed pacific free trade agreement known as the transpacific partnership. singapore's taking part in the negotiations for a multi-lateral free trade framework in the region. he met the chairman of japan business federation in singapore on thursday. he is now on his three-nation southeast asian tour with indonesia and thailand. he noted that singapore is exercising leadership as a negotiating member in an effort to make tpp rules and asked li about his cou

it adds this should pave the way for free and fair elections. eu foreign policy chief catherine ashton has called on the egyptian government to listen to the voice of the people. >> their aspirations for a better future should be met with urgent, concrete, and decisive answers and with real steps. >> ashton says the eu is ready to support egypt in the democratic transition, including helping with the elections. >>> the new parliament in myanmar will nominate three candidates for president as early as tuesday. there is growing speculation that they will include the military government's top leader, senior general than shwe and prime minister thein sein. parliament opened on monday, the first general election in 20 years was held two months ago. promilitary parties won a landslide victory. during the first session speakers of the upper and lower houses were elected. the new constitution, approved in 2008 -- in the 2008 national referendum was also put into effect. the upper house, the lower house, and military lawmakers will each propose a candidate

the eu condemned the violence in libya and tells its citizens to geout of the country. >> oil prices hit 2.5-year highs as countries moved international staff out of libya. >> there are reports coming to us that military planes and helicopters around our five -- are not faring in the crowds of and that as government protesters in the libyan capital. libyan state television said a large-scale operation is now under way, aimed at what it calls pockets of terrorism. l phone connections to libya have been cut. we do know that at least 60 people are reported dead in tripoli, and muslim clerics are calling their followers to join the protesters. we begin our coverage with this report. >> a convoy of vehicles left tripoli traveling at high speed. eyewitnesses said members of gaddafi's close families -- close family were sitting in the suv's. unconfirmed reports say the libyan military has bombed crowds. the government controls the media, so there is no way of verifying the claims. even libyas muslim leaders now say it is the duty of the people to rebel. to them, the government's regime is g

besides exploring new sources, the eu will also step up recycling of rare earths. it may file complaints if any countries limit exports of the minerals unfairly. >>> and corporate earnings released earlier in japan. elpida memory showed a loss in the quarter. japan's only maker of the random access memory chips wednesday posted a net loss of $363 million compared to the previous quarter when a net profit of $113 million was shown. revenue at the same time shrank by 35% from the preceding quarter to $1.2 billion. sluggish demand worldwide for computers pushed down memory chip prices. the company said the selling price was down 39% year on year and 37% down compared to the previous quarter. meanwhile, electronicsmaker panasonic reported positive earnings. this is due to strong sales of televisions and air conditioners in emerging economies. the company said it posted a net profit of about $1.4 billion from april through december. panasonic suffered a net loss of nearly $180 million in the same nine months last year. the firm said cost cutting was another factor to pus

the urgency and seriousness of the such a question has been underlined by the eu, united nations security council, they african union, the arab league, and a wide range of international actors as well as the high commissioner for human rights. the key u.s. pleased to see that many of these organizations -- the eu is pleased to see the many of the organizations are condemning these actions. the high commissioner may be clear that the state has an obligation to protect the rights to live, the gritty, and security of its citizens. the eu endorses that each state has the responsibility to protect its population from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against amenity. the group of special procedure mandate holders issued a joint statement on the 22nd of february calling for -- saying that grows human rights violations could amount to crimes against a manatee. a call for an international inquiry will it continue to ensure that the interest of justice are served. in addition, the secretary general of the oic express concern over the latest developments, while the leader of the le

then, it joined the eu, and the public sector mushroomed. there are big new bridges, motorways, not always that busy. lisbon is a sprawl of social housing products, but now, the age of free money doled out by brussels is over. all across portugal, bolger's are forming. unemployment just below 11%, and portugal is already four. minimum-wage the lowest in europe, and the port here in less than half what they would earn in ireland. >> our rates are way too low. before entering into the single currencies, there were other measures that could be taken, including devaluation of the currency, and that option is gone. the options which remain is lowering your company taxes, but that, too, cannot be -- for fiscal reasons, you cannot be more competitive by lowering them. there are very few options left. >> low growth, high debt -- i have seen this story before in greece and ireland, with one exception. so far, the bond markets have failed to stage an attack on portugal. but in lisbon, they know the crisis may be coming. they have had their debt downgr

the eu says this speech is competition rules and would like to out like -- outlaw this. >> this is not an action against our partners, this is an action for the market and european companies who have to stick to the rules. >> the eu hopes that the dispute will be settled soon but if russia turns off the gas supply, europe could be left out in the cold. >> before the libyan crisis, the company was pumping 1.6 million barrels of oil a day. the price of crude oil is at $120 a barrel before retreating. italian oil executives say the production has fallen by more than half since violence broke out a week ago. other oil producing countries, notably saudi arabia, said they would expand production to make up for shortfalls. general motors is back in the black. they posted profits of $4.7 billion in 2010 just a year after they filed for bankruptcy protection. they receive billions in federal bailout funds and underwent drastic reorganization. 2010 was their most profitable year in over a decade. the european operations are concerned. incurred losses of $1.8 billion. -- opel incurred losses of $

the eu is a bit divided over this. david cameron is criticizing the violence, but they're less gaudy is saying that mubarak is a wise man in -- but the italian president is saying that mubarak is a wise man. >> if he had his way, his statement would have said what a fine man president mubarak is. yes, what people here are saying is that it is all very well for washington to produce a statement. that is one statement. but here, despite being the foreign policy chief, she can only act as the servant of 27 european leaders. there are 27 years. they're very close, but it is a matter of getting the wording right. this statement is a compromise. but as everyone said, except the italian president, it moves in the right direction. >> there is a lot more on the agenda in brussels today. >> exactly. one of the main issues the european leaders did agree on was to draw up an energy strategy, to be less dependent on supplies from russia. they're also going to take final measures to shore up their common currency. this comes from an

the eu condemned the violence in libya and tells its citizens to get out of the country. >> oil prices hit 2.5-year highs as countries moved international staff out of libya. >> there are reports coming to us that military planes and helicopters around our five -- are not faring in the crowds of and that as government protesters in the libyan capital. libyan state television said a large-scale operation is now under way, aimed at what it calls pockets of terrorism. all phone connections to libya have been cut. we do know that at least 60 people are reported dead in tripoli, and muslim clerics are calling their followers to join the protesters. we begin our coverage with this report. >> a convoy of vehicles left tripoli traveling at high speed. eyewitnesses said members of gaddafi's close families -- close family were sitting in the suv's. unconfirmed reports say the libyan military has bombed crowds. the government controls the media, so there is no way of verifying the claims. even libyas muslim leaders now say it is the duty of the people to rebel. to them, the government's regime is

the eu's foreign-policy chief has condemned the violence. she was on a visit to egypt where she met the head of the arab league. there are reports coming from the u.s. for action against libya. we are getting at least one suggestion coming from john kerry, a senior center in the u.s. that sanctions will be reimposed on libya. what are the chances the white house will sign off on that? >> so far the white house has stepped to the position they have had for the past few days saying they wanted the violence to stop and wanted libyans to choose their own destiny. secretary of state hillary clinton may have sharpened the tone a little bit. what was surprising was she openly said they had trouble of making sense of what was happening on the ground. this shows you how weak these ties are compared to the time is the u.s. administration had with egypt. -- compared to the ties the u.s. had with egypt. >> we understand the un security meeting has been meeting behind closed doors. do you know what has been coming out of the talks? >> the first meeting w

the eu offered italy financial and other assistance to cope with the migrants.but many european leaders say they want help from north african governments to improve economic conditions in order to keep would-be migrants from leaving their countries. i will have more on the influx of to nation -- of tunisian refugees later in the show. protests in the arab world are continuing. in yemen, regime's supporters clashed with anti-government demonstrators. around 1000 protesters marched through the capital. riot police blocked the route, along with hundreds of government supporters. the rival groups pelted each other with stones. protests have increased recently in yemen, with demands the president resigned. the president has been in power for 32 years. the eu has called on iran to respect demonstrators rights to assembly and freedom of assembly. two people were killed in clashes between police and protesters in tehran. hard-line lawmakers in the iranian parliament are demanding the execution of a former presidential candidate and most of the, who have been placed unde

>> we did not discuss the eu immigration decision. eece and italy are often the door in which the a,. we need to make sure we are able to return people. britain and france are extremely good. one of the reasons we should not have a common immigration policy is i do not want us to be dependent on decisions made regarding other countries. >> you are watching public affairs programming on c-span. up next, the u.s. ambassador to testify about the current situation in iraq. later, a list of immigration policies and the role of highly skilled workers. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] 1] tomorrow, live coverage on the constitution starting at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. later a town hall meeting with congress and the party activists. it includes when paul. this is at 7:00 p.m. eastern. the conservative political economic conference has been held annually for 30 years. we will have information on this gathering. for more on the coverage of this, go to the c-span

it has drawn sharp criticism now that the old regime in tunisia is history. eu foreign ministers decided to freeze the assets of the former president. more can't be said for the broader european mind on how to respond to the change. >> with criticism leveled at the eu, there was no coherent message from brussels. egypt needs and democratic reforms. >> we stand on the side of those fighting for democracy and freedom of speech. >> this sentiment represents a significant change. europe looked at the egyptian regime as a look of stability in the middle east. it earned them respect and the west, which turned a blind eye to oppression in egypt and tunisia. >> the interests are more converging th the government than with the people. era of autocrats are allowed to live box -- buy blocks of luxury real estate in paris. it has to support those that stand for democratic structures and the rule of law. it appears that the european union connt tstanon th sidelines. the >> have called for free and fair elections, -- they have called for free and fair elections, but isn't tha

it has drawn sharp criticism now that the old regime in tunisia is history. eu foreign ministers decided to freeze the assets of the former president. more can't be said for the broader european mind on how to respond to the change. >> with criticism leveled at the eu, there was no coherent message from brussels. egypt needs and democratic reforms. >> we stand on the side of those fighting for democracy and freedom of speech. >> this sentiment represents a significant change. europe looked at the egyptian regime as a look of stability in the middle east. it earned them respect and the west, which turned a blind eye to oppression in egypt and tunisia. >> the interests are more converging with the government than with the people. era of autocrats are allowed to live box -- buy blocks of luxury real estate in paris. it has to support those that stand for democratic structures and the rule of law. it appears that the european union is content to stand on the sidelines. the >> have called for free and fair elections, -- they have called for free and fair elections, b

under the new standard, consumers in the 27 eu countries will be able to use a single charger for all new cell phones regardless of the maker. >> translator: it will be beneficial for european consumers. we hope it streds around the world. >> participating firms include the biggest cell phone manufacturer nokia apple and samsung electronics. the involvement of key players in the industry mail out the necessity specifications to emerge as a global standard. >>> in japan, corporate failures increased the first time in 17 months in january. private credit research firm takido bank said the bankruptcies totalled 976, up 2.8% from a year ago. bankruptcies from restaurant and retails shops rose 23% year on year, while an increase of 37.9% was registered in the real estate business. there were only two bankruptcies with liabilities of $122 million. an upward trend continues and the number of business failures with comparatively small debts. the firm says rising prices of resources and food could force more small and mid-size companies to go bankrupt as it's harder to pass the rise of costs o

the eu offered italy financial and other assistance to cope with the migrants. but many european leaders say they want help from north african governments to improve economic conditions in order to keep would-be migrants from leaving their countries. i will have more on the influx of to nation -- of tunisian refugees later in the show. protests in the arab world are continuing. in yemen, regime's supporters clashed with anti-government demonstrators. around 1000 protesters marched through the capital. riot police blocked the route, along with hundreds of government supporters. the rival groups pelted each other with stones. protests have increased recently in yemen, with demands the president resigned. the president has been in power for 32 years. the eu has called on iran to respect demonstrators rights to assembly and freedom of assembly. two people were killed in clashes between police and protesters in tehran. hard-line lawmakers in the iranian parliament are demanding the execution of a former presidential candidate and most of the, who have been placed und

should economic migrants come to the eu, cannot send them back to greece. how can we get them to secure their part of the front here? >> wheaton not discuss the migration issue at this council, but we discussed it often, because they are often the doorway to mid 70 migrants come. we need to make sure we are able to return people, and the range of jean britain and france are good. the second point i will make is one of the reasons we should not have a common immigration policy is i do not want our population to be dependent on decisions made at the border of other countries. that is why i think this is an area that we should keep of national competence. >> up next, a conversation with former white house press secretaries. after that, the president addresses business leaders at the chamber of congress. -- commerce. then, british prime minister david cameron at the british house of commons. tomorrow, gerry connolly talks about the present house speech to the chamber of congress --, spirit alexander young on the global economy and the u.s. stock market. "washing

the eu's foreign-policy chief has condemned the violence. she was on a visit to egypt where she met the head of the arab league. there are reports coming from the u.s. for action against libya. we are getting at least one suggestion coming from john kerry, a senior center in the u.s. that sanctions will be reimposed on libya. what are the chances the white house will sign off on that? >> so far the white house has stepped to the position they have had for the past few days saying they wanted the violence to stop and wanted libyans to choose their own destiny. secretary of state hillary clinton may have sharpened the tone a little bit. what was surprising was she openly said they had trouble of making sense of what was happening on the ground. this shows you how weak these ties are compared to the time is the u.s. administration had with egypt. -- compared to the ties the u.s. had with egypt. >> we understand the un security meeting has been meeting behind closed doors. do you know what has been coming out of the talks? >> the first meeting w

. -- the eu can provide money. help with reconstruction improved the spanish government has put forward the idea that there is money that is gun used in the old mediterranean union. that money could be used to. it would also like to see a kind of european bank of reconstruction and development. the kind of thing that was set up for eastern europe. to make money available in naon building. we he had the italian foreign minister calling for a marshall plan to help these countries to build democracy, to build a judicial system for a country to work properly. >> does europe have to worry about a flood of migrants from the region? >> there is a concern about that. there has been some worry expressed from italy. ey want to stop thatz because they feel that if they build the country's back, the migrants will stop. >> that was our brussels correspondent. that has been our report. thank you for the company. u forget it. yourself, so don't fall. u forget it. now he tells us. how far am i off the floor? about twelve inches. t

dollars funds developed to essentially harvest certified emission reductions and trade them perhaps in the,eu, or in california. so there's a question whether the community wants their credit emission to leave the community but still, there's a lot of opportunities to others that may need assistance reducing the emissions. >> all right.. thank you. i think we're just about out of time and i wanted to just take the last couple of minutes to remind you that the website will be open. do you know how long laura? your going to talk about that. you have cards and you can put any comments on that. particularly if you have thoughts about what we, as agencies can do collectively to address to both prevent and address the impacts of climate change and, question two, is what specific things are you doing now to address it and would you like to share with other agencies and people involved in water supply. thank you alright. so much for being so active, and bringing such thought full comments to the general discussions. i want to thank our panelist for being energetic and having fresh thoughts after 36 h

. >> detention center is already flowing, a logistical challenge for the eu. >> it is very important to start emptying out because this demands people put pressure on the island pride we have requested that there is a greater effort to move these people do different holding centers in italy. >> in wrong, there is nervousness over this latest wave of immigration. the numbers are so great, other countries should lend a hand. alarm has grown since the italian interior minister of warmth of a biblical exodus that could have devastating consequences across europe. >> i think is fundamental that europe and its top levels defined strategy to take the initiative and start a strong diplomatic action towards all the countries that are touched by these fast-moving changes. >> the interior minister operatives and police to help patrol to uneasy a's post. -- tunisia's coast. there are thought to be thousands more migrants on their way. >> --'s new military rulers have announced a new -- work on a new constitution will be complete and 10 days. the focal point of the mass demonstrations of, life doe

the french president has called for the eu to suspend commercial and financial ties with libya. >> the french president, nicolas sarkozy, has called on europe to suspend economic relations with libya well gaddafi stays in charge. it is a measure backed by the u.s. senator john kerry. but the sanctions were fully lifted in 2005. world leaders, including italy and's is silvio berlusconi, rushed to establish relations with colonel gaddafi. many oil companies were joined by investors of bp and other companies that recently committed to exploration deals. those contracts may now be at risk. >> italy can no longer count on libya, at least for the time being, for oil deliveries. and in addition, the libyan central bank which hold a significant share of italy's largest bank is pretty much missing. >> mr. sarkozy is also keen for sanctions on the gaddafi family. the president's son is involved in major construction projects. his brother, an heir apparent, is alleged to have financial interests in oil. leaders elsewhere in the region are rushing to secure positions. in saudi arabia, king abdulla

the deal either with the eu and the imf was a bad deal. it doesn't work for ireland and it does work for the european union. it has to be changed. labour party said that deal was going to have to be changed. your party, your government, mr. cowen said the interest rate could not be changed. >> what about bonds holding? >> it is not fair and to to not sustainable that the irish taxpayer has to bail -- has to bear the full brunt of the decisions that were made. our european colleagues are already saying that there has to be a burden sharing with bondholders. i heard chancellor merkle said that publicly. we have moved into a space. the issue of burden sharing is already on the table. we have to negotiate the best way in the best interest of the irish people. >> i have made this point before. i have made clear we did have an obligation to insure -- >> they did not stick on the bonds totals. i want to make my point here we had an obligation to the working irish economy that we would protect the banking system. so the modern payment system would

negotiating the agreement with the eu right now. in brussels, today, they are meeting on that negotiation. >> the most popular target, if you can call it that, of terrorists who want to hurt the united states, you do not really have the mandate for foreign countries to expect cargo, so what are you doing to make sure that cargo is as secure as checked baggage? >> cargo is a much more complicated environment. cargo comes from a lot more places than passengers do. you have got to deal with aviation. you have got to deal with maritime. you have to deal with land, so you have all three types of ports, the three types of places. you have hundreds of countries. and you have an economic need to be able to move cargo in a smooth and efficient manner. it affects the cost of goods and jobs. one of the things that we had been working on actually prior to last october is now coming into fruition, and that is a worldwide global supply chain initiatives. what does that mean? it means security from the time it enters the place of manufacture to the

the eu is taking action and beginning next week ll suspend import duties on some kinds of wheat and barley until the end of june. the european union wants to each -- ease pressure on animal food prices, which would be passed on to consumers. food producers have to import much of their feet from abroad. supplies to the you have dropped, partly as a result of a russian band imposed after last year's drought. germany's economic recovery is giving the labor market a needed lift. the number ojob vacancies has risen sharply, to about 1 million. many german firms are putting an extra effort to keep the staff employed. >> the economic recovery in germany is having a ripple effect. the manufacturing sector is hiring new staff. for the first time in two years, the number employed in industry is rising. now, there is a shortage of skilled workers. companies like bmw are focusing on taking care of existing employees, especially those with more experience. >> our older workers in particular played a big role in creating a harmonious, have the work place. the understand work processes and now how to rea

less than 2% of member states in the eu are finding less and less immigration. pepople are happy to stay home, if there is work. >> thank you for coming and sharing your ideas about immigration. the member for of 1981 i came to the united states -- november 1981 and came to the united states. i have been a resident of san francisco or the past few years. -- for the past 20 years. in my immigration practice, which i started with the help of the immigrant resource center, who was trying to help low- income immigrants adjust to life in the u.s. new life after amnesty, a lot of people were not able to immigrate because of a lack of money. still to this point, i see a lot of immigrants who want to get their work permits. i ask them how long they have been here. sometimes they have been here since the 1970's, 1980's, 1990's. a lot of them are elderly who are ready to retire. i had 165-year-old man who is alone, no family -- a 65-year- old man who is alone, no family here, but he does not have any papers to get that social security that he has contributed to for 30 year

the eu foreign affairs chief is proposing billions in aid to the region to help implement reform. >>he european union sees itself as a so-called soft power. the one to help organize democratic elections, aid in the conversion of police and security services, and assist in the judicial reforms. they'll send experts to help guide the political transformation in egypt. in doing so, they want to realize revitalize the mediterranean and reduce the influence. egypt could become the litmus test of that for policy in. >> citi, reports of the development i need to work quickly set -- swept aside, getting only a brief mention. internet search is being of no information are images from cairo. the chinese government sees the prospect as civil disobedience, especially after watching the egyptian people rise up to overthrow the regime. >> china's response to egypt is very restrained. the fall of the government is reported as little as possible. even discussions about it are being censored heavily. because the parallels to the situation in and china are all too obvious. -prices, rising social dissa

the eu said were trying to protect small producers. >>> in his first interview since protests began in egypt tenders ago, president hosni mubarak said he is fed up and like to step down now, but fears chaos if he does so in a takeover by the muslim brotherhood. he said he cares for his country and intends to die on its soil. the vice president said he will not talk to the diplomats. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold. get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, and union bank. >> union bank has put its global expertise to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corporations. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles.

which is, what lessons from this episode should be drawn by the u.s., the eu, the imf, the world bank, are these governments and institutions in part to blame for the current situation, for buttressing autocratic and corrupt regimes? for so long? >> i draw lessons for myself and the imf where work. the lesson is the one we talked about earlier. even though as a cooperative institution, we have to work with 187 countries and each organizes itself to a rally. i do not think that the imf, and i will strain and make a comment about the world right. they should not be in the business of operating a single view on how the world should organize itself politically. we do need to be doing -- [no audio] for economic reforms to be sustainable, they have to be seen, to be inclusive, and to offer everyone an opportunity to participate. to talk about not just average numbers on growth rate, tunisian hat among the highest per capita growth rate. to also began to talk about how that growth is being shared and to talk about governance issues in ways you begin to point out if people do not have access

this is european leaders arriving for the eu summit in bus zells. they are calling on egypt's government to begin what they are calling a national dialogue with protestors. that is the mild european union stopping short of what president obama called for in distancing himself from the egyptian president hosni mubarak. meantime, they are calling it a day of departure. they are talking about mubarak. as den chenman reports from liberation square in cairo in their bid to topple the regime. >> reporter: friday morning in cairo aeared appeared to be peace of peaceful. the calm scene here is not what has happened over the last two days. makeshift barricades and rocks were thrown at mubarak supporters on the edge of the square. they accused government supporters of being thugs, police in civilian clothes. of all people who don't have any weapons facing off against those firing at them, and those people are not doing anything except demanding their rights. protestors claim the government is behind the violence and charged that the jinx president denies that.

you have heard the president talking about you -- about the eu. what are the difficulties of getting into the european union? what happens to bosnia and serbia? >> the first thing i want to say is that i agree that the future for the countries of this part of our world belong to the european union. we are caught -- currently 27 countries. we know about conflict. we know about dispute. we know there is a better opportunity in having people collaborate and working together politically and economically. whether you're is successful or not, it depends on how effective we are in the neighborhood around us. that is a big challenge for all of the 27 countries. it is important that countries come in able to really take their part and take their place in europe. a whole load up things has to happen. getting the constitution in the right shape -- sorting out the legal situation -- some of these things are quite painful for countries to go through to be ready. it takes time. the journey croatia has been on as been a long journey. it has been very long. but yo

. >> the eu's foreign policy minister holds talks in geneva on italian territory. they make the call for national unity and and and for the strikes. and a couple of astronauts take a virtual walk on the surface of mars and a simulated mission for the red planet. the european union's foreign- policy chief has arrived in tunisia. in the capital, they expressed support for the caretaker government and said that it was committed to supporting tunisia. they are also going to address the issue of all undocumented migrants trying to reach europe. other north africans have arrived on the italian island in the last week. >> they have been coming in small boats like this one. 5000 arrived in the last week alone, more than and all of last year. >> we have friends in france. there are lots of workers, and there is not as much unemployment. the russian political unrest has made many of them nervous about their country's future. that is creating a problem for european leaders. >> people that don't want to be in tunisia can all come to europe. -- can't all come to europe. our goal

i think that europe has blown it in terms of its reluctance to bring turkey into the eu. we were shocked in our brief stop in harlem on the way back to see the prejudice against turkey because of various population shifts. i think that if turkey were able to get involved more with the eu its potential for reaching out to afghanistan would be greater. i am not smart enough to know why turkey has -- has any troops in afghanistan or not. that is probably a key decision as to what role they want to play and they may be issuing military involvement feeling that after nato is effected turkey can move in. that is the best i can do on that. thank you very much for all your questions. [applause] >> how will the local protests spreading across the arab world affect the economy? today the carnegie endowment for peace will host a discussion with economists from the middle east. you can watch live beginning at 3:30 p.m. eastern on c-span and c-span.org. >> c-span's book abraham lincoln, great american historians on the sixteenth president is a contemporary perspective and mr. lincoln f

. -- the eu can provide money. o help with reconstruction improved the spanish government has put forward the idea that there is money that is gun used in the old mediterranean union. that money could be used to. it would also like to see a kind of european bank of reconstruction and development. the kind of thing that was set up for eastern europe. to make money available in nation building. we have had the italian foreign minister calling for a marshall plan to help these countries to build democracy, to build a judicial system for a country to work properly. >> does europe have to worry about a flood of migrants from the region? >> there is a concern about that. there has been some worry expressed from italy. they want to stop that because they feel that if they build the country's back, the migrants will stop. >> that was our brussels correspondent. that has been our report. thank you for the company. renaissance. 15 years ago the highest spiritual leader of the buddhist religion, they rr -- the dalai lama invit

campaign has been dominated by debate over ireland's growing debt and the loan package provided by the eu and international monetary fund. >> to is critically important that the house move this cr to avoid a government shut down that we all have a responsibility to make sure there is no government shut down. >> concerns about a possible government shut down, see what was said when the government did shut down in 1995 on the cspan video library. search, watch, clip, and share any time, washington your way. >> "washington journal" is next and we will take your phone calls for it later today, i look at the role of the economy and unemployment place in the political unrest in the middle east. we will hear from the government of the tunisian central bank. we will have live coverage for the carnegie endowment for international peace. coming up this hour, rebecca heimlich of americans for prosperity discusses and ohio prosperity discusses and ohio

contact group members: britain, france, the united states, germany, and russia, plus carl bildt for the euix kind of co- negotiators. secret service all over the place. we needed a very large area. the us air force provided us that. it turned out that the accident of being on a mighty air base, the home of aviation, the largest aviation museum in the world, 25,000 american troops, and the fact that we were in the heartland of america in the state with the most serbs and the most croats in the country, all of which was almost incidental at first, all of it turned out to be a big plus. the people of dayton formed human chains around the base to pray for peace. there were vigils, they lit candlesticks-- - and did they realize this, milosevic and tudjman, and-- - well, there was one wonderful day when milosevic and i were taking a walk--bitter cold-- and there were these bullhorns for the albanian community of dayton, ohio--albanians! i didn't even know there was such a community until then-- bellowing at him that he was denying the rights of the albanian people of kosovo, and he could hear th

the eu foreign affairs chief is proposing billions in aid to the region to help implement reform. >> european union sees itself as a so-called soft power. the one to help organize democratic elections, aid in the conversion of police and security services, and assist in the judicial reforms. they'll send experts to help guide the political transformation in egypt. in doing so, they want to realize -- revitalize the mediterranean and reduce the influence. egypt could become the litmus test of that for policy in. >> citi, reports of the development i need to work quickly set -- swept aside, getting only a brief mention. internet search is being of no information are images from cairo. the chinese government sees the prospect as civil disobedience, especially after watching the egyptian people rise up to overthrow the regime. >> china's response to egypt is very restrained. the fall of the government is reported as little as possible. even discussions about it are being censored heavily. because the parallels to the situation in and china are all too obvious. -prices, rising social diss

. >> the eu's foreign policy minister holds talks in geneva on italian territory. they make the call for national unity and and and for the strikes. ana couple of astronaut take a virtual walk on the surface of mars and a simulated mission for the red planet. the european union's foreign- policy chief has arrived in tunisia. in the capital, they expressed support for the caretaker government and said that it was committed to supporting tunia they are also going to address the issue of all undocumented migrants trying to reach europe. other north africans have arrived on the italian island in the last week. >> they have been coming in small boats like this one. 5000 arrived in the last week alone, more than and all of last year. >> we have friends in france. there are lots of workers, and there is not as much unemployment. the russian political unrest has made many of them nervous about their country'y's future. that is creating a problem for european leaders. >> people that don't want to be in tunisia can all come to europe. -- can't all come to europe. our goal is

the eu urges libya to fulfil its obligations to international law. the european union is also deeply concerned about the fate of citizens up the united states stuck in libya. we urge libya to cooperate in protecting the citizens of other countries including assisting their evacuation, if necessary. the human rights council cannot remain silent in the face of shocking events such as those taking place now in libya. we have the responsibility to act in order to stop human rights violations and take steps to remedy the plight of victims. mentorship in the council carries duties and obligations. under the resolution upper 251, members elected to the council should uphold the high standards in the promotion and protection of human rights in this context , the european union would like to record a resolution. 2/3 of the members present and voting may extend the resolution. we have to act now. the number of victim is growing -- the victim's is growing day by day. we challenge the international community to act on behalf of victims. we welcome the u.n. securi

the eu is taking action and beginning next week will suspend import duties on some kinds of wheat and barley until the end of june. the european union wants to each -- ease pressure on animal food prices, which would be passed on to consumers. food producers have to import much of their feet from abroad. supplies to the you have dropped, partly as a result of a russian band imposed after last year's drought. germany's economic recovery is giving the labor market a needed lift. the number of job vacancies has risen sharply, to about 1 million. many german firms are putting an extra effort to keep the staff employed. >> the economic recovery in germany is having a ripple effect. the manufacturing sector is hiring new staff. for the first time in two years, the number employed in industry is rising. now, there is a shortage of skilled workers. companies like bmw are focusing on taking care of existing employees, especially those with more experience. >> our older workers in particular played a big role in creating a harmonious, have the work place. the understand work processes and now h

the eu has agreed to an arms embargo asset freeze and visa ban and later today the u.n.ll discuss the crisis with president obama at the white house. >>> and the federal government is running out of spending money quickly. house republicans plan to take up a measure tomorrow it make $4 billion worth of cuts in order to extend funding for the next two weeks. that would keep the government from having to shut down on friday. >> i think that's clearly headed in the right direction. is that the end of the story? , you know, the way this town is probably not. >> your job is to solve these problems and not just to stand in a corner and hold their breaths. >> president obama urging lawmakers to act quickly on the budget. leading democrats are expressing support for the gop plan to extend funding for two weeks through a $4 billion cut. >>> so will he or won't he? >> republican insiders say newt gingrich is just days away from announcing whether or not he will run for president. a lawyer who works for the former house speaker says gingrich will be announcing he is forming an expl

only nation that's made free trade agreements with all the world's major economic zones including the u.s., eu, and india. >> what about his foreign policy? how is he faring on the diplomatic front? >> well, the relations with the united states appears to be changing dramatically. bilateral ties with the obama administration are stronger than ever. when obama visited south korea to attend the g-20 summit last november, he described the relationship between the two countries as an unbreakable alliance. >> now comes north korea. what about the relationship with the north? i mean lee changes country's stance from conciliatory to hard line policy. how has that affected their relations? >> well, the relations are extremely tense following a series of provocations by the north. the sinking of our south korean warship in the yellow sea and the attack on yeonpyeong island. south koreans. two civilians died after yeonpyeong was shelled. that hasn't happened since the korean war. lee initially faced criticism that his hard line policy had provoked the hostilities, but now public opinion is split between