most of the produce on sale comes from tunisia. the biggest concern in tripoli right now is and remains water supplies. the main supply dried up days ago, and she cannot afford to buy much water. she is upset because her children have to suffer because of the fighting. she believes water is being used as a bargaining chip. >> since the liberation of tripoli, there has been no water, because the supply has been turned off. that region is still under the control of muammar gaddafi. >> police patrols have resumed on the streets of the capital. but the rebels are still the main guarantee of security in the city. they have come from all over libya. among them is co-lead, who hails from benghazi. he has fought with the rebels from the beginning. the 18-year-old is searching for explosives and checking identity papers. the rebels greatest fear is that the loyalists could launch attacks on public places where there are a lot of people. >> gaddafi is no longer worth anything. he is on his own, with no soldiers are weapons. he cannot do anyt

in libya and syria for the simple fact that the governments in egypt and tunisia have long had long been supported by the united states and to a certain degree are supported by them today as well we have the egyptian and our special forces that operated with the m.t.c. in libya in order to out topple the gadhafi government in libya also we have a situation in tunisia where the armed forces there assisted the n t c and nato forces and destabilizing libya and it does not serve the interests of the syrian people or any other people in the region to have a direct u.s. and western involvement in their countries the arab league has been attempting to mediate the situation inside of syria the secretary general of the arab league i missed an appeal l.r.b. i was in damascus about five days ago and this is what needs to be incurred there needs to be encouraged bit of dialogue green eyed talking to let me jump in right here we go short break and after that short break both will continue our discussion on syrian state parties. if you. like millions of americans have lost. thousands of dollars i

in libya and syria for the simple fact that the governments in egypt and tunisia have long had long been supported by the united states and to a certain degree are supported by them today as well we have the egyptian the special forces that are traded with the m.t.c. in libya in order to topple the gadhafi government in libya also we have the situation into nature where the armed forces their system at the m.t.c. and nato forces in destabilizing libya and it does not serve the interests of the syrian people or any other people in the region to have a direct u.s. and western involvement in their countries the arab league has been a. here in the deep permafrost. for those who knew of them restored times are still. taking steps. to. welcome back to cross talk i'm peter lavelle to remind you we're talking about the future of syria. can you say. ok mark i want to go back to you in washington so and give me your opinion should there be an intervention an armed intervention to overthrow this regime in damascus and if we should do that show if we should it is a county out then should we do

you will not get liberty and justice in egypt alone, or syria alone or bahrain or tunisia. they need to be working together, across borders, and cooperative verot spring which is truly a north african and arab spring. we will have a much better chance of succeeding rather than try to do it in a special concept of tunisia or egypt or libya. there is a tremendous challenge after the disappearance of the gaddafis to unite their 140 tribes to create a democratic summer. they will do it if they work with the conditions and the egyptians and the lebanese. even there, it is part of how real democracy is likely to emerge in the countries of the arab spring. tavis: it is impossible to have this conversation tonight and not ask about the president's job speech heard not long ago around this country and around the world. it was fascinating to me to look at the research and look at the last time you were on this program, about a year ago. you know were talking then about the fact that the president had put health care reform behind him, but whenever a definition anyone wants to use, he

tunisia is looking to the country for support.f arab countries need to do more says the finance minister. >> most of the investments came from europe and the percentage of investments that came from the gulf is, in my opinion, very, very modest compared to the potential that could have come from the region and i have every reason to believe today with the changing conditions and the new opportunities that tunisia will offer that there would be significantly more investments coming from the gulf. >> i had the chance to talk to your central bank governor who didn't think that the g8 or even the arab governments in the gulf states are responding fast enough to what is a crisis in north africa, the pressures after the arab spring. >> we were hoping already that there would be more clear commitments made and specific pledges. we understood afterwards we were not to expect that. >> is it too much to define is as an investment strike where people want to see clarity before committing to tunisia right now. we're going through a period whe

tunisia, egypt, libya.t changes mean the europe has to find new ways to relate to countries that are just across the mediterranean. it is still on clear the way these countries will go. it is clear that developments will have an impact on europe in terms of energy supply, trade, refugees, and the balance of power in the middle east. there are challenges ahead and opportunities. it is in europe's interest to support these fledgling democracies. we talked to two political scientists and we asked them for a breakdown of what europe should be watching for. >> of the fall of another dictator. in tripoli, rebels celebrate their victory over gaddafi. he followed closely in the footsteps of mubarak in egypt and tunisia's leader. turning over a new leaf in the arab world, a wave of change has taken everybody by surprise. >> the protests have thrown a a new light on stereotypes, which is a good and healthy thing. a lot of people had reservations about islam's compatibility with democracy. how critical are the people

international community has promised $38 billion in financing for egypt, tunisia, morocco and jordan.s almost double the $20 billion agreed upon by the g8 back in may. but the imf says the cost of recovery for those economies is more than $160 billion. and despite the promises, much of the money has yet to be delivered. i spoke to egypt's finance minister and asked him how important it was to see the funding this year. >> of course any funding is welcome always. but i don't think we expect to see some concrete proposal as to amount of money to be located. but the idea is to show that the g8 and the other countries are supporting the countries in the middle east or are undergoing this major change. both politically and economically. >> one would argue if you look at the crisis that you have on your hands right now that nobody's moving fast enough to meet the needs of egypt because of the size of the economy. >> yes. because of this situation of the global economy, our problems came at a time where everyone else has its own problem. available finance is not easy in the context, however,

one recent example is in tunisia where that country is creating new institutions. >> this is the head of the tunisian young lawyers association. the focus of his meeting is an issue that has concerned him since the ouster of the president, a new justice system. >> the tunisian justice system needs fundamental reform. that goes for the structures as well as the personalities. for example, judges who were imbedded in the old system. >> as the lawyer who focused on human rights under the regime, he was constantly in danger of imprisonment. he cannot comprehend why many of the judges who supported the old regime are still in their jobs. he said that they are not in a position to oversee fair proceedings. he says the trial shows this only too well. >> issues like drug trafficking were addressed but this is not what phoenicians' wanted. they wanted a fair trial, one that exposes the worst crimes. >> the people think trials like this are not credible. that is why young lawyers are looking at how other countries organized judicial affairs. they have been getting help from berlin and munich. a

. >> one of the issues we were looking at when tunisia and egypt happened is what sparked this. at made this all happen. mean, why is it taking place now? and there were a number of factors that were involved. part of it w the economic condition, part of it was a youthful population in those countries that didn't have a lot of hope and a lot of sense they were going to be able to get ahead. part of it was social media and the tremendous impact that social media has in these areas. part of it was just the fact that they had had enough. that they knew their lives could be better. and that they didn't have to tolerate the kind of lives that they were leading. all of those factorsame together to produce the changes that we've seen. and i think in many ways, you know, the spark that brings people together to have the bravery and the courage to take the military, to takon a tyrant. the fact is when people decide that that moment has come, that's a moment when tremendous change is with to happen. and i think it's true not only in the middle east, it's going to be true in iran as well.

we will see you next time. -- he will be taking with him hopes for a new and more just tunisia.

they had gone to tunisia together to visit his family. something happened.he went for help with a court order. sounds like it was award to her still she can't get the girls back is that accurate? >> very accurate. she went to take the girls to see their grandparents which she has didn't in the past many she became ill. the children are severely allergic to foods so she has to be the caregiver. we had to pack foods to them over and medicines so they could survive while there. we sent gail there she became ill. to help get the girls back when she was told that they would never be returning to the u.s.. he came in, member of the family, one night while everybody was sleeping and attacked suzanne, gail, gail ended up in the hospital. took the girl as way we've gotten court orders. we've gotten custody orders from the tunisian courts many we have not been able to get them to act on everything. we have another court appearance this thursday, which is very important us to. we are trying to get -- time is against us. again, these girls need special foods. fact of th

the migrants fear that they will be forced back to tunisia. lampedusa has had an influx of migrants fleeing turmoil from africa. china has summoned the united states ambassador to protest against plans to upgrade fighter fleet of f-16 planes. china said that the $5 billion deal would undermine bilateral ties and security operations between china and the u.s.. for the people of greece, the last few months have been full of austerity measures and it is about to get worse. more civil servants will be suspended than originally planned and pension cuts are in the works. in the u.s., the federal reserve was busy making moves of its own3 with the eurozone. it seems that the debate is shifting from whether priests will default to when greece will defaults, what is the global repercussions of that? >> well, the greeks would be to sit -- would be disappointed to hear you say that when they announced the steps that they will make. they will have to wait a few weeks to find out if it is enough. you are right, everyone has said it might not be over this sl

with the exception of libya the nato and all of that but syria egypt and tunisia you really have people who took as much violence as their governments were able to get to fight to use against them and the people are still nonviolent they succeeded in tunisia and egypt and i think it's the nonviolence is not surrender and violence is not a passive point passive reaction to creation or to oppression for that matter and violence is people's determination to get what they want without violence the israelis say let's negotiate first let's sort out all the outstanding issues and then no way can i as a palestinian state you know if somebody takes your house and. occupies all of it but says that the only thing i want is the garden and the basement but in the meanwhile i occupy all your home to force you to do so. let's negotiate so you negotiate and none of the things you agree he ever implements that's what the israelis are doing we've been negotiating for twenty years after madrid for eighteen years after signing those two agreement which required them to withdraw from every inch of palestine

defense secretary leon panetta said that the revolutions that have taken place in tunisia egypt libya and they are familiar with this that he said a similar revolution will happen in iran in a matter of plan. your reaction mr president. it is an opinion of course so i think that mr panetta was more than likely expressing the plans still in motion by the united states or entertained by the united states and the wishes of the u.s. government there are perhaps plans in the works against iran the movements that take place today across the globe are against the expansion of u.s. influence the people of iran have been against that for the last thirty two years and it's clear that during this time because of the choice of the people of iran the united states government has been against such choice that uprising that was taking place and continues to place in libya that was against the. united states what was taking place in libya. yes what is the wish of the nations is to rise up against the influence of the united states today they can very quickly hold free referendums in libya and see whe

momentum in the arab world and with the so-called arab spring uprisings that have taken place in tunisia egypt libya. does the palestinian bid for statehood come at the right time at this moment what is your take on that. in the name of the almighty the most gracious and the most merciful first i would like to greet you and all of your viewers and wish the almighty's blessing for everyone you asked a very important question the people of palestine prior existed even prize of the second world war prior to the first world war and all people all nations have the right to self-determination but that right was taken away in result of the previously planned hostile takeover and dishonest takeover that right should be restored the sooner the better it is their right. what is important is that it comes back in its entirety and they don't once again full prey to the political games that are often played. it's interesting that when you say complete state it's entirety actually because us president barack obama address addressed the general assembly saying that palestinian un membership and stateho

iraq and tunisia shot as hostility toward america and to support terror two years after nine eleven the u.s. invaded iraq on the grounds that he had weapons of mass destruction and was doing business with the grounds which proved to be faults hundreds of thousands of iraqi civilians have died since the invasion they used the mode and in the wake of nine eleven to divert from afghanistan our real target should have been our real target and go to iraq but it also was the low hanging fruit north korea was far more dangerous but too difficult one hundred thousand pairs of people by the color on both sides seoul would be destroyed iran was too difficult seventy million people not fractured like the iraqis and the sunni and shia christian and other as for the most. lives behind invading iraq some talk will iraq right now is sitting on probably two hundred billion barrels maybe three hundred billion barrels that's a rock song or report though he plans to be a thirteen million barrels per day production capacity in seven years that surpasses saudi arabia now you know why dick cheney went to war

claim he's still in the country despite reports his family and some associates crossed the border in tunisia where meanwhile the head of libya's for instance council. has moved to tripoli in a major step towards setting up a post gadhafi government the capital fell to rebels last month but the wife there shows little improvement as are his raven action reports celebrations over the end of the old regime have been replaced by fear in the streets. a city celebrates for more than ten days even capital has been rejoicing in the dictator's fall. only. he wanted to hang his portrayed here in the central square for the forty second anniversary of his rule but we put our flag up instead we one we're so happy without him. it seems in the last two weeks rebel fighters have fired more than severe who shot during this small town tripoli earlier in august already be a free you know very very well with. this through the canadian. border be lovely or would that be wrong that we know you would see the v.m. . right of freedom and we don't really get down to them with all right what they are but away from jub

claim he's still in the country despite reports his family and some associates crossed the border in tunisiawhere meanwhile the hair of levy is transitional council almost a village in they'll as moved to tripoli and a major step toward setting up a post gadhafi government the capital fell to rebels last month but life there shows little improvement as a national reports celebrations over the end of the old regime have been replaced by fear in the streets. a city celebrates more than ten days and even capital has been rejoined seeing in the dictator's fall where the. people to hang he is portrayed here in the central square for the forty second anniversary of his rule but we put our flag up instead we one we're so happy with out here that it seems in the last weeks rebel fighters have fired it's unclear who shot jr in this small town tripoli early i'll just. leave you free you know it's very busy with. this food good elfie you can call it is good enough he's the door he told me oh do be were lovely order the people that we know you see the job we heard of was rather clear that is that we don