there, the separatist group eta has long demanded independence from spain and spread terror in the name of its cause. this memorial commemorates the victims of eta and violence. he is a member of the party with basque nationalist leanings. shortly after taking office, he sparked outrage by removing the kings portrait from the city council chamber. >> he is not hanging in the plenary chamber anymore because he is not representative of spanish democracy. >> the furor over the kings portrait is of little interest here. this is a traditional gastronomic society, one of 129 in san sebastian. a man only club open to new cultural influences but true to regional traditions. >> the capital of culture thing is ok. when visitors come here, they will be well looked after. guests are always welcome here. >> that laid-back attitude is commonplace in san sebastian, especially in the city's vibrant surfing community. there is always a crowd waiting for the perfect wave to come rolling in the. -- rowling illing in. >> some come from far away because it is a great place to surf. >> one man was a driving

. >> the basque separatist group eta says there and in their struggle for a basque homeland. the international mediators including leading figures who brokered reconciliation agreements in south africa and northern ireland met two days ago to pressure the groups to announce violence. this would mark the end of four decades of violence in spain. turkish troops are continuing an offensive against kurdish rebels in northern iraq. air force jets bombed the jets overnight in response to attacks which killed 24 soldiers. they provoked outrage in turkey. hundreds of people gathered chanting slogans against kurdish rebels. on wednesday, turkey is matched commandos in pursuit of the rebels. 's dispatched commandos in pursuit of the rebels. this is the heaviest use since 1993. -- turkey dispatched commandos in pursuit of the rebels. there was a big win over efk. they were completely outclassed with their opponents running away with a 5-0 victory. in other soccer news, it is no official, rio de jeniro's perino will host six games including the biggest showdown in world soccer on july 13t

in spain, the separatist group eta calls the cessation of armed activity. >>> erin burnett "out front up at the top of the hour. >> of course we'll be talking about the libyan story of the day. well, libya, as you know, has a lot of oil, in fact, it has the largest reserves of light sweet crude oil on earth. of course that's the oil our refineries want. we'll get to the bottom line of what libya means for america and talk about a big idea, talking about the jobs bill passing. an unusual alliance today between a democrat and a republican with a really novel way to fix housing. they put a bill forth. we'll be talking with senator chuck schumer about that. >> cooperation, what a concept. >> right. who thought? >> we'll see you in a few minutes. >>> up next, the chairwoman of the senate intelligence committee is worried about the gadhafi's regime's missing weapons including thousands of surface-to-air missiles. ♪ [ cellphone rings ] cut! [ monica ] i have a small part in a big movie. i thought we'd be on location for 3 days, it's been 3 weeks. so, i used my citi simplicity card to pick up

. >> in spain the government and opposition has welcomed a statement from the basque separatist group eta declaring an end to a 40-year campaign of violence. previous declarations have been rejected by the prime minister. this is the first time eta has announced a definitive end to its armed struggle. our correspondent has told me the spanish government welcomes the news. >> it was an hour after the statement that the spanish prime minister went live on television talking about the triumph of democracy over terra, a triumph of law and reason over terror -- triumph of democracy over terror. he said that the memory of the dead will not be forgotten and the fight was won in their names. this has been a long process for the end of eta. security forces and police operations against the group has been successful in recent years in capturing key figures and cooperating closely with french police to arrest any members that have fled across the border to france and bring them to spain and put them on trial. the political entourage around eta in the last years has come to the realization that the v

the spanish government opposition welcomed a statement from the basque separatist group eta declaring a definitive end to a 40-year campaign of violence. still to come, what is next? how long will the journey to a stable democracy and the rebuilding of a society take? we will speak to a former british ambassador to libya. pakistani government admits it could do more to prevent militant groups from operating within its borders. the pakistani foreign minister was speaking after talks with the american secretary of state hillary clinton. clinton said pakistan is critical to security in that region and the u.s. will no longer tolerant militant havens in the country. our correspondent is traveling with mrs. clinton. >> we have got the cooperation from pakistan on some very key counterterrorism objectives. but we cannot any longer tolerate the safe havens that are run out of pakistan. now, there are also safe havens on the other side of the border in afghanistan, but of course, they are more susceptible to afghan-u.s. coalition efforts. we want to make it very clear to the pakistani governm

four years the arms organization eta has fought a violent campaign in northern spain and southwest france. now a conference being held in spain could pave the way for the basque separatist group to disband. eta is expected to make an announcement this week that could allow the political wing to lead a peaceful -- toward independence. the president urged militants to end the campaign which has claimed more than 800 lives. our reporter joins us from madrid. at sarah, who is attending this conference? >> there are six international figureheads, if you like. coffee and non, former secretary-general of the u.n. -- kofi annan, and those from the northern ireland peace process -- gerry adams, and also tony blair's former chief of staff. they are coming, according to the organizers, to amend their experience to the process of peace, as being described, in the basque country. not organized in any way but the spanish government but and independent organization in the basque country who called these international figures to the region to try to move the process forward. it is because of the profile of those people who are involved, more coming, that there has been lots of speculation th