and the u.n. is the one place on the planet, despite it's many flaws where we can marshal the support and share the costs of doing what's necessary to protect the united states. so it's far from perfect but actually a place where we get a lot done for the american people. >> it is far from perfect. okay. >> don't worry. i'm going to nail her. now listen. all of that sounds great, okay. don't get me wrong. but at what price? why are you willing to surrender the sovereignty of the united states to the foreign governments who get to come in and say what we can or cannot do. because there are well-known plans to drop blue helmeted para troopers into the united states to establish a government within the government and to take away our guns. will you admit that? >> no. >> will you not admit that. >> in fact, let me tell you how it really works. the u.n. security council can't even issue a press statement without the united states's agreement. they don't tax us. >> i'm not saying are you not on board wit

contingents but the the where the african union agrees with the u.n. there the african unity was given a lot of play but where it doesn't it for example in ivory coast where you know the french and other powers wanted to inforce a pretty close election result and through bad go out they just did it they didn't really get to give any space to this african union mediation same thing to put on libya now i know a lot of people that think the african union is you know should have been against go should be against gadhafi but the reality is you can't have it both ways you can't say that you respect the african union when they agree with you and then totally blow them off and they don't and that's. called a double standard and you and i think a lot of really quickly we have i just want to keep this going. i want to know if it does effect the stage for you where for nato boots on the ground and do you think that that is the point. well this is i mean just to stick to the document itself it says that if things remain unsafe which apparently they are at least at

contingents but the the where the african union agrees with the u.n. there the afternoon of you is given a lot of play but where it doesn't it for example in ivory coast where the you know the french and other powers wanted to inforce a pretty close election result and go out they just did it they didn't really give any space to this african union mediation same thing took place on libya now i know a lot of people that think the african union is you know should have been against go should be against gadhafi but the reality is you can't have it both ways you can't say that you respect the african union when they agree with you and then totally blow them off when they don't or you can and i can just get double standard that was a journalistic intercity press dot com and the mile still a lot of questions about just who these rebels in charge of libya right now are and what will happen to live yes chemical weapons stockpiles libya has hundreds of tons of raw uranium which can be processed and used and nuclear bombs and also have the rebel leadership that re

the u.n. has failed. these are war criminals. i don't think anybody connected to this government should be permitted to visit the united states. we should close their embassy down and force them out. libya? they are a problem because of gaddafi and syria is a problem because of bashir. , i mean president assad. bashir is much worse. they should be expelled from the country. if this was happening in southern france or southern germany, this place would be electrified. it would be wild. it is happening in a country and it is racial, too. do not deny that it is racial. it is racial and religious. the world is standing by and allowing this to take place. the u.n. has failed and they are failing. i just don't want my country to fail. this administration better get some energy. princeton lyman should step up or step down. i like him. no one from khartoum government should be -- no one connected to this government should be permitted to visit the west at all. thank you for being here and god bless you. this is an evil government. to sit

the u.n. general -- you wind capital -- the you can secretary to iran-- the -- the u.n. secretary-general condemned the attack. >> two stories were destroyed and many of those with and. >> the security agents just came around. i saw the whole window shattered. the other portion of the building was actually collapse. >> it is the worst attack on a u.n. building in over three years. suspicion fell on the local extremist group. the group called the bbc in nigeria to claim responsibility. this marks a major escalation. up until now, their targets were mainly nigerian officials. they are radical nigerian is lummis. they believe western education -- they are radical nigerian islamists. they have killed 250 people in the last year after a failed government attempts to crush them. the u.n. secretary-general was quick to condemn the blast. >> they devote their lives to helping others. we condemn this terrible act. we do not have precise casualty figures. they are likely to be considerable. >> the invest

the u.n. chief added that he will hold a meeting on libya later this week with major organizations including the africaunion, arab league and european union. now mow garr gadhafi has ruled libya for 42 years, he's the longest serving head of state in the arab world. >> reporter: gadhafi took power in 1969 at the age of 27 when he led a bloodless coup against the king. he was initially a fierce opponent of the west. and he's long been accused of repressing any opposition. in 1988, libya was blamed for the bombing of an airliner over the scottish town of lockerbie. the united nations imposed economic sanctions. in 2003, libya accepted responsibility for the lockerbie bombing and said it would abandonts plan to develop weapons of mass destruction. libya's relations with the west improved in later years, thanks to its oil and gas reserves. gadhafi made his first speech at the u.n. general assembly in 2009 but he was still defiant. he criticized the u.n. and threw a copy of the u.n. charter to the f

and the u.n. warns of a possible resurgence of the deadly bird flu with a mutant strain threatening asia. it's 2:00 a.m. here in london, broadcasting to viewers on bbc in america and around the world. welcome to "newsday." four close relatives of colonel gaddafi have fled libya and crossed into neighboring algeria. the algerian government has concern that his wife, darbg and two sons are in the country. the white house has said it has seen no evidence that the libyan leader himself has fled. jeremy bohn is in tripoli. >> these are the only portraits of colonel gaddafi you'll see in tripoli these days, positioned carefully so everyone visiting this hotel in the city center has to step on them. his image used to be everywhere. in his last months in power, he relied increasingly on his members of family. his daughter made a fierce speech saying he'd never step down after the nato bombings started in the spring. it condemned algeria for allowing them in, demanding they should all be tried as criminals.

today, the u.n. condemned the use of force. the city has been under attack for three days. we have this report from neighboring lebanon. >> shelling, machine gun fire, and panic as the tanks moved in. activist videos on the internet said there were even gunmen on rooftops to keep people off the streets. the tanks seemed to meet little resistance as they ground into the city center. the president said the attack was unprovoked. >> today, and the morning, 5:00 a.m., lines formed. internet has been dropped completely. we heard tanks and bombs. >> the action seems to have put the government back in control. even before the final assault, the city was burying its dead. no one knows how many died today, but the last time our boat was crushed their and 1982, it is many thousands. bbc news, barrett. >> for more on the contamination -- condemnation united nations gave syria, i asked about the impact on me al- assad regime. >> we need to see. today the security council presented a united and clear condemnation of the violence against the syrian people. a call for an end to the violen

the u.n. has not confirmed its authenticity. the reports from the united nations. >> the report appears to be an internal planning document that could form the basis for a new u.n. mandate. so, for example, on the security side, it recommends the possible deployment of 200 unarmed military observers. they would monitor a cease-fire. the documents suggest that what could they could be used to do is monitor the process of dealing with the troops that fought for the gaddafi government, what to do with them, how to treat them. it calls for the deployment of up to 190 u.n. police officers to help establish law and order in the country. on the political side, it talks about the transition to democracy, how the u.n. can help to support the establishment of an interim government that would be inclusive, legitimate. how we can help organize elections for a provisional body that could draw up a constitution. the u.n. has a lot of experience in this. this is a planning document. all of these things will only be implemented if requested by t

and while the u.n. is calling for a halt of violence in libya nato allies are already eyeing up the country's vast oil reserves countries who have worked together to break it off its rule and are racing against each other to secure lucrative energy contracts and authorities reports that's a lot of fears a new regime in libya could easily slide into corruption. half a billion dollars from italy now a whopping one point five billion from the u.n. . three hundred million dollars from turkey is discussions a bound about the future of the case here is the money that's been talking the loudest governments have a strong interest in. opening up business and. everybody is the reason for its lead foreign minister has denied that there's a race on with france to be the first on the ground to restart business in libya but the italians have me clear their eagerness to maintain the extremely trade ties they enjoyed under the gadhafi regime but as the money begins to flow to help the national transitional council as it

have exceeded the framework of the u.n. resolution and seventy three this is number one. and secondly i would be happy to be wrong but i believe that when the new authorities come into power in libya the parts which know. are losers will start questioning is the legacy of the new story this with the simple reason they want their leave korea with the assistance and military help from abroad from nato so the future government of libya will be questions as well for the reason they have. had to have they have received support from the two countries and this is not good for a leader of this is not good for its people. so the future could beat him there with his new war thora he is perhaps clashing with each other but let's talk about the new orthorexic what about these rebels or does nato actually know who they are or who it seems will shortly be running the country. i believe nobody knows that for sure and neither native country snore and we here in russia or anybody else for the simple reason there are no obvious leaders for this national resistance committee of they have see

on a visit to the u.n.'s headquarters in new york, a bishop claims the car too many was carrying out an ethnic cleansing campaign. >> at this rally in new york, protestors urged the world not to forget a worsening conflict. they called on the u.n. to protect their people who are being attacked in the province here. >> these people have come here to u.n. headquarters in new york because they can no longer appeal to the u.n. in their own countries. despite appeals from some members of the security council, it has refused to renew it. >> they closed the u.n. mission when they is he seeded and joined the united nations. at the same time, the sudanese army stepped up a military campaign against former guerilla fighters, which it says are still allied to the new southern state. but a bishop from the province says this is much more than the leftovers of the civil war. >> there is a lot of killing going on and we consider this as ethnic cleansing. so that is why we are calling on the u.n. council and the security co

funding for you and bully the u.n. also fred karger is the first openly gay presidential candidate and he's running on the republican ticket for two thousand and twelve so we're going to see why he's being ignored and if he really fits into the overwhelmingly anti-gay republican agenda we have all of that and more for you tonight including a dose of happy hour but first let's take a look at what the mainstream media has decided to. you know every morning i wake up and then for some reason i just had this little tiny tinge this feeling of hope somewhere in the back of my mind that maybe just maybe i can turn on the t.v. and be dazzled by what i see on the news that take these some really tough questions being asked but i doubt only i'm usually disappointed and that hope just gets squashed immediately but i think that this question this hard hitting real journalism question is being debated on every network which we must also add was originally asked by politico business one i think takes the cake for being really really

the u.n. has declared famine zones and three more regions of somalia because of the rates of non attrition and death brought on by the worst drought in 60 years. the announcement brings the number of areas suffering from famine to five. they include areas of the capital which have become home to those fleeing the drought. >> refugees arrive in the somali capital. the famine has left tens of thousands dead. this is where they will end up, living on the streets. >> we have been walking for more than three days, we have lost everything we owned. we are tired and hungry. >> this mother and her baby had made it to a refugee camp over the border. they will get the help and support they need. >> we have maybe six from the committee and many have died before they arrived. >> those that get here may not survive. outside of the hospital, they are giving out food and supplies. much more is needed. >> a lot has been done. the international community has to make more in order to save the lives of the people

the u.n. office of the high commissioner for u.n. rights told the security counsel on july 29th there were reports as recently as july 27th of bombings forcing civilians to flee. i point out that one of our witnesses today, bradford phillips of the persecution project on monday brought with him troubling evidence he gleaned being there for almost two weeks so when we hear about the reports, here's a man who actually saw it and it is the reason, frankly, it was the genesis of this hearing today. his sense that we need to do something to bring focus and scrutiny and hopefully action to this terrible plague. some today are trying to down play the overwhelming responsibility of the sudanese government for the devastation taking place in southern corby referring to the refusal of the slm north's laying down of arms to negotiate with khartoum. there is no moral e equivalence between the north actions and those of the bashir government. they are not driving arabs off their lands and out of their homes nor going door to door to identify their

the arab spring. explains why moscow opposes any u.n. resolution against the syrian regime despite its condemnation of continuing violence in the country. the developments in the middle east concerned the entire world and russia is no exception russia is a permanent member of the u.n. security council as well as an active member of the international court in the middle east russia's deputy foreign minister mikhail but done of joins us to discuss recent developments in the situation in the middle east and answered a question whether the region is going through the arab spring some experts say were a period of decline just about done before you became deputy foreign minister you were russia's ambassador to egypt for a number of years and witnessed the tragic events that shook the country the life of the vast majority of egyptians remain brutally hard and it's constantly deteriorating do you think there is a possibility that egypt will experience another way of mass protests this time inspired by economic demand and what are the prospects fo

the u.n. secretary general said it was an assault on those who devoted their lives to helping people. our security correspondent reports. >> stunned, bleeding, and in shock, they were brought out one by one. they've destroyed the two stories and many of them within. i saw the whole window shattered. there was no casualties. >> this is the worst attack on the building and over three years. suspicion fell on the local extremists group. soon afterwards, they rang the bbc and nigeria to claim responsibility. up until now, they have targeted nigerian officials. who are they? they are radical nigerian islamists. western education is sinful. they are seeking a taliban-style government throughout nigeria. human rights groups say they have killed a around 200 people. the u.n. secretary-general was quick to condemn the blast. >> this is on assault on those who devoted their lives to helping others. we don't have precise figures but they're likely to be considerable. >> investigation is being led by the n

talking about how they can't wait to take their seats at the u.n. now they can do business here with the u.s. with american organizations we recognize that a lot of european countries have but the african union refuses to other organizations out there if you ask you because we also see certain you know more crimes or what you could be considered as such going on and i think there's going to be a meeting this week with the transitional council in paris try to carve up the business stakes of the country so you know clearly there's there's a mixed messages coming out of this also they've not been friendly in accountability regarding one of the terrorists who conducted the lockerbie attack so again i don't know what we're going but i don't feel comfortable that he's looking at it from the from the outside is looking in we have too many questions left unanswered about the way forward there is the means of production which people have to take into account the oil the fact that that's going to be there that needs to be really looked at like we did with the

with regard to the u.n. forces, there are all kinds of steers coming out from egypt, standing by watching the slaughter taking place and they are supposed to be peacekeeping forces. allowing the intelligence services to come in and take people out of their compound. there was one incident where six nuba mountain sought shelter in the compound and they were raped by the egyptian forces. so it seems as if some of the forces and i know it's not true for all of them, are complicit with khartoum. there are internal documents at the u.n. that the u.n. is being forced to release very soon because some members of the u.n. were victim of these atrocities when it happened. so this should be investigated. these people should be prosecuted in the u.n. and brought to justice. and our government should get off the fence and distinguish between the victims and perpetrators of genocide. >> very quickly and i'll yield because i know the bishop has to leave shortly and i want other members to be able to ask him questions, but

. >> the man -- the u.n. estimates that they will need 1 billion euros to provide help for the region. the government is stepping up their contribution in germany and appealing to the german public to keep donating. the famine is expected to last for many months to come. >> i will be back after a short break with a closer look the hope that german researchers are holding out for farmers in drought-stricken africa. stay tuned to the . >> hunger is spreading across east africa. this is due in part to the drought. as temperatures rise, impoverished lands have seen less rainfall. there is the damage that the salmon and food shortages will be even more serious in the future. the u.n. has set a goal of doubling the world food production by the year 2015. scientists are looking for ways to have a drought-resistant crops. they're looking to help the u.n. reach their goals. >> reading the world of hunger is the dream of researchers at a university near stood guard in southern germany. -- near stuttgart in southern germ

. >>> the u.n. security council has discussed a u.s. proposal to release $1.5 billion in frozen libyan assets for humanitarian assistance in the country. the council held an informal meeting on wednesday on a draft resolution to unfreeze the assets of gadhafi and others and make them available it libyan citizens. nhk obtained a copy of the draft calling for assets to be used as soon as possible. the draft calls for $500 million to be use ford humanitarian activities and another there are 500 million to provide food and other supplies. ahead of the meeting, the german deputy ambassador to the u.n. spoke to nhk. >> we need to act very quickly on the defreezing of the sanctions, so that the libyan people will be in a position to reconstruct the country as quickly as possible. >>. security council members are expected to meet again on thursday to discuss the issue pz. >> fighting is intensifying between government forces and aldied kooida militants. 42 people have been killed in the past two days. the local al qaeda affiliates has grown whil

i'm marina joshie welcome to the program the u.n. is calling for a hopes to violence in libya as the rebels are advancing on colonel gadhafi hometown of sirte with aerial support from nato british tornado jets have fired cruise missiles at his command and control bunker in the town regarded as khadafi is last stronghold the nato bombings come this five previous statements from the alliance that it wasn't to sing rebel. meanwhile hundreds of bought into a hospital in tripoli after staff fled the facility as rebels advanced has also been intense fighting near tripoli's international airport are these marina maria fanaa who's in the capital says nanny there are now living in constant fear. khadafi still remains the goal number one for the rebels and since the beginning of the peroration here in the libyan capital of tripoli we've been hearing numerous reports and we've been hearing numerous statements by the leaders of the rebels that the whereabouts first as you remember they've announced that they captured say full islam gadhafi his so

a battle that the u.n. russia calls for a dialogue to broker a peace in syria accusing the u.s. and european states of showing by siding with anti-government protesters. a british court is accused of gagging a world war two veteran by jailing him for speaking out against corruption in the judiciary. and i am in the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie welcome to the program the levy rebels are advancing on colonel gadhafi is hometown of sirte where the help of aerial support from nato british tornado jets have fired cruise missiles at least command and control bunker and the town regarded as good as his last stronghold the nato bombings come despite previous statements from the lines that it wasn't assisting rebels in their hunt for khadafy meanwhile hundreds of bodies have been found abandoned at a hospital in tripoli after staff fled the facility as rebels advanced there's also been intense fighting near tripoli's international airport artie's marie ivanovna who is in the capital says many there are now living in constant fear. khadafi still remains the goal n

well from the latest here the u.n. secretary general has called on colonel gadhafi forces to cease fire immediately and make way for a peaceful transition and that the you when he said he stands ready to provide all possible assistance to the leading people he also said that the u.n. is going to hold a meeting on the recent developments in leaving here with representatives from the e.u. the arab league and the african union as well as other organizations well the me is falling apart that's obvious to everyone with the enormous help of nato and the airstrikes in the meantime washington a key player in this fight for trying to shore says they are in close contact with the rebels leadership and that the west will support and direct quote president obama at peaceful transition to democracy well everything that was going on in tripoli this weekend was anything but peaceful we're talking about extensive nato bombing of the city before the rebels made it to the central square of tripoli we've seen the rebels cheering all night

by which nato is going accomplishing the goal of our staying khadafi have seen many violations of the u.n. resolution from six months ago that authorized the military intervention the resolution was designed to protect civilians but many innocent civilians have been killed in nato strikes within those six months and also the funneling of weapons to leave in gravel so it's been done in clear violation of the u.n. arms embargo that was imposed on leave the western powers they've been taking sides in the civil war basically disregarding the whole part of the population in a leader that was against this kind of a military intervention in the first place well in light of all those violations it was very unlikely that the u.n. security council would have adopted yet another resolution or levy a come september and september is when the previous resolution runs out so it was crucial for the rebels and for nato to carry out the offer. rationed before the resolution expires from what we hear on the ground in tripoli the rebels and nato forces have met the deadline so despite all the violations as i

of the russian capital you're watching r t i'm marina joshie the u.n. is calling for a halt to violence in media as the rebels are advancing on colonel gadhafi as hometown of sirte with aerial support from nato british tornado jets have fired cruise missiles at his command and control bunker in the town regarded as the last stronghold and nato bombings come despite previous statements from the lines that it wasn't assisting rebels in their hunt for gadhafi there's also been intense fighting near tripoli international airports. who's in the capital says many there are now living in fear of. was there but why am i proud of. his heavy volatility. he had said in the media nobody's seen these people nobody cared about this beautiful huge case and chiefly as each. i think you may not know i think she. was that he was he really was everything the most in life and that all the hey just to take a shit is be a friend was this is only for jerky things only for the things that these fighting has continued since rebel forces and to tripoli during the week and much of

half a billion dollars from italy now a walk in one point five billion from the u.n. gas on to pursue three hundred million dollars from turkey it's questions abound about the future of the case here is the money that's been talking the loudest governments have a strong interest in. opening up business and. everybody is raising its lead foreign minister has denied there's a race on with france to be the first on the ground to restart business in libya but italians have me clear their eagerness to maintain the extremely close trade ties they enjoyed and they deduct the regime it is the money begins to flow to help the national transitional council if it takes power but a question mark a mainstay for exactly who these fast funds belong to in the states which is coming to an end the borderline between. the problem well it's family and the wealth of the state were not very clear so it's hard to see how much of this money was direct in the nation of gadhafi as well of wealth and how much of it was actually. could be categorized as libyan assets exactly family were often acc

following three days of discussions the u.n. security council finally comes to an agreement on how to respond to the violence in syria more details from new york coming up. it's only holds crisis talks with the. problems sparking concerns it could be on the path to greece. and supporters and opponents of. the deposed president of egypt faces trial. international news and comment this is. just a midnight here in the russian capital the u.n. security council has issued a statement condemning violence and human rights violations in syria it calls for an end to hostilities and for dialogue between the two sides that says the crackdown on protesters continues there in the country with reports that government tanks have moved deeper into the opposition stronghold city of hama well let's get more now from marty's marina she's live in new york so why did it take the security council so long to come up with a statement on the events that are occurring in syria. well you know a lot of people in media that cover the u.n. always say diplomac

a draft resolution a jewel is brewing at the u.n. security council as russia in the west proposed two different approaches to tackling the escalating crisis in syria. a world war two veteran who is leading a campaign to expose corruption in british courts is losing his battle after an appeal against a six month jail sentence is dismissed. the other public looks to it's a newly elected president to rebuild the nation's economy which lies in ruin after years of struggling to maintain. just after six pm on saturday here in. fierce fighting reported in parts of libya gadhafi remains at large but despite support of the rebels in the hunt for the fugitive coalition forces have launched an attack on his last remaining stronghold . pave the way for a full scale ground offensive by the rebels. in libya brings us this report from the humanitarian side of the conflict. in new libya these people look at the kid about the speed of the curfew. the capital tripoli is enough for. the of people may not know for sure what the future will bring but they

a drought for a solution do is prove brewing at the u.n. security council as russia and the glass propose two different approaches to tackle the escalating crisis in syria. a world war two veteran who's leading a campaign to expose corruption in british courts is losing his battle rifle after an appeal against a six month jail sentence is dismissed. and the republic of cozumel looks to its newly elected president to rebuild the nation's economy which lies in ruins south in years of struggling to maintain independence. a.p.m. here in the russian capital you're watching r.t. now fierce fighting reported in parts of libya as moammar gadhafi remains at large despite nato support of the rebels in the hunt for the fugitive colonel now coalition forces of launched an attack on his last remaining stronghold that off his hometown of sirte to pave the way for a full scale ground offensive by the rebels archy's maybe if it is in libya and brings us this report on the humanitarian side of the conflict. was. the hell the bible of the gadhafi regime is no