. >> reporter: president obama met today with the crown prince of the united arab emirates. as the arab league issued a statement without mentioning syria specifically, saying the protesters deserve support, not bullets. mr. obama also talked yesterday to turkey's prime minister erdogan, who today urged syria's president assad to move toward democracy. >> we could end up seeing in one of the syrian or more of the syrian cities the massacre that we feared would happen in benghazi, libya. >> reporter: but unlike libya, so far the arab league, the u.s., and even israel prefer assad, the devil they know, to whatever might replace him in a country with no organized opposition, just a courageous but unpredictable protest movement. brian? >> andrea mitchell in our d.c. newsroom tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> and we have an update on the situation in libya tonight. nato is saying, and our own richard engel confirms, it's stepping up its air attacks on high-value gadhafi targets to cripple his ability to command his own military and to protect civilians. meanwhile, the gadhafi regime is

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qatar, the united arab emirates, and sweden. when nato took control this week an official pled to the u.k. gaddafi's foreign secretary aka his secretary of state, moussa koussa. british foreign secretary william hague confirmed it thursday. >> the libyan foreign minister moussa koussa arrived at airport yesterday from that area. his resignation shows gaddafi's regime which has seen significant reductions is fragmented, under pressure and crumbling from within. >> secretary moussa koussa had worked for libya's foreign service for over 30 years. he was joined within hours by ally abdel salem trekki as the highest ranking officials in the gaddafi government to defect. trekki was libyan foreign minister in the 1970s and just finished his term as president of the united nations general assembly last september. question, has president obama stated a clear goal for libya and a clear exit strategy, pat buchanan? >> no, he has not john. he is all over the lot. initially we were told we were going in to protect civilians against purported

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blackwater specifically the owner of blackwater erik prince has fled the united states has relocated in a muslim country in the united arab emirates where he lives under the protection of the the monarchs there and has been essential he trying to get himself contracts in really old fashioned mercenary business on the continent of africa recently a source of mine in mogadishu told me that he saw erik prince in the v.i.p. lounge at the mogadishu airport and that was then subsequently confirmed in the new york times that prince had been doing business in somalia with a french mercenary company called seris and that was going to was being investigated by the u.n. for violating the arms embargo there the company blackwater which was renamed z. and then renamed again u.s. training center has a new sort of management that's been brought in to give it a different kind of a public face and a former admiral is now going to be men who actually present. clinton had nominated him to take over as defense secretary after les aspin passed away he now is officially running the board of blackwater and they're continuing to win u.s. government contr

irish passports and other passports as well were put on the international wanted list by the united arab emirates but this scandal has not yet been resolved although nobody in israel has been denying that it was the mossad who performed is this assassination and indeed this story in ukraine is the latest twist in the operations by my side so the country's interior minister has now a very difficult task to tell his israeli counterparts not to do anything like that on the korean territory without letting them know where you of course will continue to follow this story live from kiev. thanks for that. now to israeli businessman owed one hundred million dollars by the georgian government have been found guilty of bribery by a criminal court in tbilisi and comes out to a lengthy trial with both businessmen maintaining that they were the victims of a government set up running food was handed seven years in jail and three hundred forty thousand dollars fine for his associates he of given six and a half years and a sixty thousand dollar fine if i was an international. treaties government should pay the t

the united arab emirates says it will stop americans from using blackberries. why? because the government can't tap into them. other countries threatened to do the same, most notably, saudi arabia. the apple iphone. as many corporate workers say can we get rid of the blackberries and get iphones, this may be the answer. they are so secure, it makes foreign governments nervous. they choose blackberries for that reason. perhaps it's a feather in their cap. >>> the playbook requires you to thether the tablet to your blackberry to read corporate e-mail, otherwise, you are stuck with wi-fi and web mail only. just one of the criticisms of playbook. i bet it's going to be months before you see one in the wild. if you see one, send me a facebook picture when you do. >>> the movie, "rio," a big hit at the box office. ties to high-tech. most notably the crossover per motion. the movie promoting angry birds on its posters as well. now, also the main character, the mckau was joyced by jessizenberg. >> interesting. >> yeah. >> crazy times. >> really? thank you. it's 6:27 now. it'

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we've seen greater involvement by the united arab emirates so there is some political momentum there that wasn't there before. in all of these campaigns we get periods of greater and lesser momentum. >> warner: so how can you step up the military pressure? did anything new come out of this lengthy meeting you had with secretary gates and admiral mullen today? >> this morning was a discussion about the wide range of issues not just libya. obviously afghanistan which remains our main effort and the situation in egypt, what is happening in syria. what's happening in bahrain, what's happening in the rest of t gulf, what is happening in yemen. secretary gates said to me a few weeks ago it's like watching the seven playings of egypt unfolding. and as he said we haven't got to the locusts yet. we've been seeing an unusually large number of unstable situations in the region, all of which we're having to respond to. >> warner: but is there anything new that you came up with on libya to increase the pressure still further? >> well, it's not so much new as a continuation of the pressure we've be

the national security adviser is traveling to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to meet with key leaders in both countries. obviously, there is a lot going on in the region and he looks forward to meeting with king abdallah. in auburn dhabi he will meet with the crown prince -- in abu dhabi he will meet with the crown prince. he understands the importance of the relations that we have with both countries and one thing we can do with the crown prince is enforce the un security resolution 1973. our relationship with saudi arabia is very strong and continues to be. this is the kind of conversation that we have with leaders a saudi arabia reggaeton lead. >> discuss the timing of the speech and what the president considers the goals after 2012. [unintelligible] >> yurista. . he was not second. he put forward a 2012 -- here is the point. he was not second. he put forward a 2012 budget that deals with the balance of our long-term debt and deficit issues. the approach he took was the smart one to help foster the environment that will hopefully enable us to reach a bipartisan compromis

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i would note that among his coalition aircraft are more than a dozen from qatar and the united arab emirates. fighter pilots from the qatar have already flown in support of the no-fly zone mission. u.s., nato, and coalition aircraft flew some 204 sorties, 110 with strike-related, hitting fixed and mobile targets in the vicinity of tripoli, and nasratah. we have such freedom of women because we move quickly in the early hours of operation surrender an effective regime defenses and command and control -- we have such freedom of movement. by mid-afternoon, the no-fly zone was essentially in place. we have continued to strike gaddafi's capabilities where and when needed, and is my expectation that under nato leadership, the level of effort and focus will not diminish. what will diminish as the secretary -- the military operations as we turn our attention to providing unique capabilities. from the balkans to iraq and afghanistan, i cannot remember a time when so many nations mobilized so many forces so fast. the enemy was not just gaddafi pose a military. it was also the clock as he marched on be

the united arab emirates. turkey, morocco, sweden, in ukraine. >> thank you very much.we hope to see you all in berlin. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> president obama on wednesday will lay out his long term plans to reduce the federal budget deficit. this comes after friday's spending deal between the president, senate democrats, and republican house leaders. we will have the president's remarks, live from george washington university and c- span3 and on c-span radio. >> you are watching c-span, bringing you politics and public affairs. every morning, it is "washington journal," our live call-in program about the news of the day. weekdays, watch live coverage of the house, and weeknights, policy boards. the supreme court oral arguments. on the weekend, you can see our signature program. on saturday, "the communicators ," and on sunday, "q&a," and prime minister's questions. this is all searchable on our c- span video library. c-span. washington your way. the public service created by am

to libya originated with the unanimous resolution of the arab league and also the action taken by the gulf cooperation counsel. now, i know that quatar and the united arab emirates are participating and providing some aircraft, but the fact is many arab nations in the neighborhood with significant air assets that today do not seem to be participating. from 2001 to 2008, we provided $10 billion in foreign military sales to egypt, another $10 billion to the saudis, not to mention $2.6 to turkey, 4.6 billion to kuwait. the saudis has more than four 4-14 fighters. i'm very concerned about the lack of the arab state participation in enforcing the no-fly zone. in fact, i believe they should have taken the lead. i realize that only united states and a few of our allies have the capabilities to provide intelligence, coordination, and lo logistics, but what is the reason that we're not seeing more of a contribution from their states in the region particularly those that do have significant air assets? >> i'm not sure i'm qualified to walk you through nation by nation in terms of why an individual nation would decide to either participate fully with air strikes or to fly

i would note among these coalition aircraft are more than a dozen from qatar and the united arab emirates. fighter pie lats from qatar have flown more than 30 sorties in support of the no-fly zone mission. indeed in just the last 24 hours u.s., nato and coalition aircraft flew some 204 sorties, 110 of which were strike related. hitting fixed and mobile targets in tripoli, misrata, with such freedom of movement because we moved quickly in the early hours of the operation to render an effective regime air defense and command and control. the first struck late saturday night, the 19th, tripoli time. the no-fly zone was essentially in place. we have tipped to strike where and when needed and it's my expectation that under anywnato leadership that level of effort and focus will not diminish. what will diminish are operations as we turn our attention to providing unique enabling capabilities. i've been involved with operations for much of the last decade. from the balkans to iraq and afghanistan. so many forces so fast. the enemy wasn't just gadhafi's military it was also the clock as he marche

enforcing the no-fly zone above aircraft including qatar and the united arab emirates and airtime operationsonduct by nearly 40 ships, two thirds of which are provided by coalition partners, including aircraft carriers in italy. must be commended to charge of the mission that forced the arms embargo in the no-fly zone against libya and intended the north atlantic council's for nato's political body agreed to take command of all aspects of military operations under u.n. security council resolution 1973, including the mission of protecting the libyan people. canadian lieutenant general richart who will head the task force in charge of this operation for command enables to admirals stavridis as supreme allied commander in europe. the president carefully laid out or set up commissions and helped organize a u.n. mandate and a coalition to pursue it prefer the admission was launched. he gained momentum and achieved notable success in so far with any allied casualty. it's a unique moment in history when the international community comes together and ask to stop a tyrant who was massacring his peopl

i would note among these coalition aircraft are more than a dozen from qatar and the united arab emirates. fighter pie lats from qatar have flown more than 30 sorties in support of the no-fly zone mission. indeed in just the last 24 hours u.s., nato and coalition aircraft flew some 204 sorties, 110 of which were strike related. hitting fixed and mobile targets in tripoli, misrata, with such freedom of movement because we moved quickly in the early hours of the operation to render an effective regime air defense and command and control. the first struck late saturday night, the 19th, tripoli time. the no-fly zone was essentially in place. we have tipped to rike whe and when needed and it's my expectation that under anywnato leadership that level of effort and focus will not diminish. what will diminish are operations as we turn our attention to providing unique enabling capabilities. i've been involved with operations for much of the last decade. from the balkans to iraq and afghanistan. so many forces so fast. the enemy wasn't just gadhafi' military it was also the clock as he marched on

ambassador to the united arab emirates. on c-span we will have an update on the situation of libya by valerie amos. she's the u.n. undersecretary for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator. she just returned from libya and she will be speaking in about 10 minutes and we'll have it live for you on c-span3. as this group takes their lunch break, we'll bring you the morning panel so you can catch up if you missed some of that. >> good morning, everyone. my name is angleton howard. i'm president of the jamestown foundation and we're delighted to have you here today. i see many familiar faces in the room people who attended previous conferences. the time of today's conference is the impact of arab uprisings and the middle east and north africa. this is a very interesting time for us to have this conference. we start planning several months ago and it's been quite fascinating to see the great evolution of what's happened in the arab world -- what began on december 17th of last year with the tunisian street vendor un

the national security adviser is traveling to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to meet with leaders and discuss regional issues. there is a lot going on in the region, obviously. he looks forward to meeting with king abdullah and the crown prince in abu dhabi. one of the things he will be able to do with the crown prince is discussed the uae's participation in the coalition and the enforcement of un security council resolution 1973. he looks forward to the trip. our relationship continues to be very strong with saudi arabia. we have conversations with their leaders regularly. >> have you given any consideration to giving a speech after his own presentation of the 2012 budget but before the republicans -- having him second to the republicans make it sound like -- >> here is the point. he put for the 2012 budget proposal to reduce the deficit by over a trillion dollars and included within it the kind of balance he thinks is essential to deal with our longer-term deficit and debt issues. he made clear that it was a downpayment towards the longer- term goal. he believes that the

the national security adviser is traveling to saudi arabia and the united arab emirates to meet with leaders and discuss regional issues. . . >> they make it sound like they said let him leave. he put together a budget program and put together the kind of balance. he made clear it was a down payme payment. i think the bipartisan deal that gave tax cuts to working americans, include pg a payroll tax holiday that is helping americans deal every week with higher gas prices would not have been reached without president deb shal leadership. what he decided he did not want to do was draw some lines when he felt at the time that the best way to approach it was to calm for a conference >> thank you for your kindness. it's my turn next. >> thank you. i don't have anymore scheduling events to announce at time what is that end game for him in terms of getting something through congress? his desire prohibits me from laying out his strategy from the podium before he's given his speech. we'll continue to fill in details and how se approaching it, in the days going forward. >> one, he is engaged on

i note that among the coalition aircraft are a dozen from qatar and united arab emirates. indeed, in just the last 24 hours, the united states, nato and coalition aircraft flew some 204 sorties, 110 of which were strike related, hitting fixed and mobil targets in the vicinity of tripoli, misrata and ajdabiya. and we have freedom of movement because we moved quickly in the early hours of the operation to take over the air defenses. the strategic group struck the 19th tripoli time. by the midafternoon, the no-fly zone was in place. we have continued the strike at gadhafi's military capabilities where and when needed. it is my expectation under nato's leadership that area of focus will not diminish. what will diminish is the u.s. participation and offensive operation as we turn our attention to providing the unique and important capabilities. mr. chairman, i have been involved in allied coordination for decades from balkans to so many. i cannot remember when forces were mobilized so fast. the enemy was not just gadhafi's military, but the clock. as he marched on ben za gau --

i note that among the coalition aircraft are a dozen from qatar and united arab emirates. indeed, in just the last 24 hours, the united states, nato and coalition aircraft flew some 204 sorties, 110 of which were strike related, hitting fixed and mobil targets in the vicinity of tripoli, misrata and ajdabiya. and we have freedom of movement because we moved quickly in the early hours of the operation to take over the air defenses. the strategic group struck the 19th tripoli time. by the midafternoon, the no-fly zone was in place. we have continued the strike at gadhafi's military capabilities where and when needed. it is my expectation under nato's leadership that area of focus will not diminish. what will diminish is the u.s. participation and offensive operation as we turn our attention to providing the unique and important capabilities. mr. chairman, i have been involved in allied coordination for decades from balkans to so many. i cannot remember when forces were mobilized so fast. the enemy was not just gadhafi's military, but the clock. as he marched on ben za gau --

thyssen's like the uae and cut our -- air participants like united arab emirates and qatar. from the outset of this conflict, the president made it very clear -- on the front end, we would use our unique capabilities to create an environment that will allow others to then be able to carry on and carry out the no-fly zone and also the civilian protection mission. the transition in terms of command-and-control took place last week, last thursday, when we handed over to nato full operational command for all the missions in libya. we will continue to support that mission. we will provide jamming, intelligence, and other logistical support including refueling. and moving forward, we know that we have helped to create space and time for the libyan people to determine their own destiny, and we will work with others in the contact group to help ensure or try to promote what will be an inclusive process that keflex though will and respect the rights of the libyan people. -- representative flax -- that reflects a well and respects the rights of the libyan people. in egypt, we have had