u.s. state department has refused to comment on that. the kofi annan peace plan is on the brink of collapse. the u.s., the eu, and nato say that damascus is failing to live up to their promise. the loss to chelsea leads to the resignation of the parcel on a football coach. he cited exhaustion as a reason for calling it a day. -- the loss to chelsea leads to the resignation of the parcel on arcelona football coach. prominentna's most human rights activist has managed to escape from house arrest. a former supporter of the spanish work force is now unemployed. the highest rate in nearly 20 years. the highest in the whole of the eurozone. an inquest into the death of an mi ^ officer said that it was almost impossible for him to lock himself inside of a sports back. he was found two years ago. >> intelligence officer found in the bag. the inquest has been tracing the final movement. did he get inside himself or was he put there? today, there was evidence including this video from experts. this shows how hard it is to climb into a bag in a bath

u.s. state department spokesperson victoria nuland criticized north korea for making the threats. >> the dprk needs to understand it's not going to achieve anything but further isolation and pressure by threats, by launches, by any of this. we called on the new north korean leadership to change course, instead put their effort into moving their country into the modern world, into the 21st century. >> nuland said north korean leaders are putting their energy in the wrong place. she called on them to open up the country and give people the right to live in dignity. >>> chinese leaders remain committed to their allies in north korea, despite regional tensions. still president hu jintao called on north korean leaders to exercise restraint amid fears they're planning a nuclear test. china's trail television reported hu met in beijing with secretary of the workers party of korea who reportedly told kim china is willing to expand cooperation in various fields and promote lasting peace and stability on the korean peninsula and in northeast asia. he called for deepening of the dies with the countries

u.s. state department official says he isn't surprised north korea is abandoning the agreement.e also discussed concerns the country is preparing for a nuclear test. >> we can't preclude anything at this point, but very clearly reminding them of their obligations under existing u.n. security council resolutions and also very clearly conveying the fact that security councils would take appropriate actions. >> toner hinted at the possibility of additional sanctions if the country resorts to further provocations. he also confirmed that the u.s. suspended its plan to send food aid. but he did not say whether the u.s. government will abandon the rest of the bilateral agreement. >>> iran's military put on a show of force and its leader delivered a warning. president mahmoud ahmadinejad used the occasion of national army day to say the military will retaliate for any act of aggression. nhk world reports from tehran. >> reporter: president ahmadinejad issued the warning during a speech at the military parade near tehran. it was apparently directed at western countries and israel. ahmadi

u.s. state department you had u.s. assistant secretary of state michael posner coming out in two thousand and nine and two thousand and eleven admitting that for the previous two years the u.s. state department had been directly funding. countries to apologize for cutting it i mean you do bring in some very very good angles but i just for the moment want to stick to the domestic side of things if i do i do apologize to the muslim brotherhood now dominates both houses of egypt's parliament they're also in charge of forming the constitution drafting committee can you tell us what kind of egypt are we likely to see with this new balance of power provided it all carries on and it is actually successful getting through well at the moment it seems to be teetering between either the continuation of the ruling military junta and. they're obviously trying to assert their authority with the recent decision to many of the presidential candidates including the muslim brotherhood preferred candidate for the election. brotherhood of

u.s. state department has refused to confirm or deny that the prominent chinese activist chen guangcheng has taken refuge at the u.s. embassy in beijing. he is a blind lawyer who is one of china's most prominent activists. in the video, he asked the premier to ensure the safety of his family and asked to investigate local officials and clamp down on corruption. this report is from beijing. >> he has been blind since he was 2 years old. chen guangcheng has become an icon in china. on the internet, hundreds copy his image, appalled that a sightless man was locked up for the past seven years for exposing abuses like abortions under the one child policy. he and his family were under a legal house arrest. up to 100 guards watching his every move. he smuggled this video out last year so they beat his family savagely. western nations have called for his release. today, out of the blue, this. >> i have escaped, speaking directly to china's leaders. he demanded that those responsible for those going without food and hospital care go punished. when the bbc tried to contact him, we could not get near.

u.s. department of state. it seems to build -- and six to build mutual understanding between the u.s. and other nations. it is organized by the state department and a nonprofit organization. there is a local sponsor here in san francisco, the institute for international education. for three weeks, we have traveled to new york, at san diego, and san francisco. i am happy to of traveled with a group of nine other inspiring women. we are all young professionals in this field. we come from different countries to companies around europe. some of us work and the government formulating policies. others work and organizations. i think we'll have different reasons for why we work. some of us want to be a voice for women that are silenced. others are enthusiastic about creating a social policies to help people. some of us are dissatisfied with the patriarchy. and we want to change. we live in a world -- in iceland, we have fought hard to put a stop to this completely. it has not been easy. we have managed -- we have managed to have strip club -- strip clubs closed as well. by doing this, we are

u.s. state department and they are over at the iee table. welcome to san francisco. [applause] they helped make this a truly international conference. our keynote speaker is coming to us from that group. rose is going to introduce our keynote speaker.

u.s. state department said the u.s.s "willing to listen" to a drug legalization debate at the summit, but that "for us, frankly, legalization iliza solution. the u.s. war on drugs is going on since 1971. first declared by someone pat buchanan worked for, president richard m. nixon, who resigned from offers later. has the war on drugs been swept under the rug and it is a failure? >> yes. what is happening in mexico, mexico is at war of these cartels, latin america, all of these areas have really been huge amounts of criminality because of the demand in the united states for drugs. we're criminalized an awful lot of people in this country. but you have horrendous alternatives. you legalize drugs and have a significant parts of society be destroyed, you fight the war on it, and you create all these criminals. you got -- as i wrote, milton solution, malice solution. milton freeman says legalize them and forget is. he says kill everybody, the drug dealers and drug users, he solved it. but we're not going to do either one. i

u.s. state department put a $10 million bounty on his head.hat press conference. he held that press conference in a place called raul pindi. it's what they call a garrison city. it's where the pakistani military has its headquarters. so osama bin laden's house was just outside the gates of pakistan's west point. and the guy wanted for the mumbai bombing with a new $10 million bounty on his head, he's holding press conferences outside the rough equivalent of pakistan's pentagon. the state department spokesperson, victoria new land, was asked this week about the bounty and whether our dear friends in the pakistani government and military really are on board with us on this on one. >> has there been communication with the pakistani government, the pakistani authorities seeking for his arrest? >> the government of pakistan has regularly, in our conversations with them, pledged its cooperation in the investigations. we fully expect that it will follow through on those commitments. >> they've pledged their cooperation in the investigations. we fully

u.s. state department spokesperson has criticized the for making the threats. >> the dprk needs to understand it is not going to achieve anything but further isolation and pressure by threats and launches and by any of this. and we call on the new north korean leadership to change course and instead put their effort into moving their country into the modern world and the 21st century. >> they said north korean leaders are in the wrong and they were called to give people the right to live in dignity. chinese leaders remain committed to their allies despite regional tensions. they called on leaders to exercise restraint amid fears they are planning a nuclear test. china's central television reported that they met with kim jung il, who reportedly cold kim that china is willing to expand in various fields and promote lasting peace and stability on the korean peninsula and northeast asia. he also called for deepening the ties between the two countries through more high level exchanges and they are believed to have discussed a visit to china by kim jung un. they are boosting military presence in th

u.s. state department. prostitution is legal in cartagena, but agents are regularly briefed on the potential for bribery by prostitutes and for being spied on by them. so prostitution for the secret service is verboten. the chairman of the u.s. house of representatives peter king put the dangers this way. >> i know foreign diplomats overseas who have been private citizens and had laptops taken, in this case alone just being around the secret service inside the zone of security picking up information about the president's travel schedule, what his agenda dcñ?ñ just names of secret service agents, when they'll be leaving, where they're going, all of that. >> notwithstanding the uproar, the director of the secret service, a 29-year veteran of the service, continues to have the support of the white house. >> the president has confidence in director sullivan, director acted swiftly in response to this incident and is overseeing needs to be conducted. >> as of friday, three members of the secret service are out i

u.s. state department spokesperson victoria nuland issued another warning to syria's leader. she says the united states will call for more sanctions if the u.n. observer mission to the country fails. the u.n. security council authorized the deployment of hundreds of observers saturday to monitor the cease-fire between government troops and opposition forces. an advanced team is already in the country. but violence hasn't stopped. nuland says the observer mission will test how serious the regime of bashar al assad is about implementing the cease-fire plan mediated by u.n. and kofi annan. >> if this monitoring mission fails, we'll be back in the security council, we'll be looking at chapter 7 and looking at other ways to increase the pressure. >> u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has also called for sanctions that would place limits on travels, financial deals and arms. >>> residents of syria are seeing more of what they have seen over the past year, despite promises of a cease-fire. the united nations brokered a truce between government and opposition forces. it didn't ho

u.s. state department reports that launching that rocket or carrying out a nuclear test would be seen as a provocative act. it would further isolate north korea. the north koreans maintain the rocket is designed to carry a satellite. the americans say it's a test of a long-range missile that could the united states. the u.s. has asked china to scrap the launch. >>> occupy protesters held a demonstration this morning at uc berkeley calling the -- calling -- calling on the alameda district attorney to drop charges against 1 people involved in a campus protest last november. >> these people -- these charges are nothing more to suppress the student involvement and the movement in general. >> the protest -- the protesters encouraged people to call the d.a. and demand the charges be dropped. >>> school board members will meet tonight that talk about raising the tax rate on the measure c bond to reduce long- term costs after they were promised the fees would not exceed $60 for $120,000 in assessed value. that's the previous amount agreed to be paid ten years ago. >>> a part of the hetch hetchy sy

has served as a foreign service officer in the state department and he says he was fired over the book and the blog that he wrote about the failure of u.s. policies in iraq the state department since two thousand and eight has spent seventy six million dollars overseas on internet freedom giving tools and support to bloggers and girlish and online people around the world particularly in countries that we have difficulties with at the same time the state department has spent all that time and all that money supporting both bloggers it has found internet freedom to be inconvenient in the form of we can leak so much work just as hard and spent probably more money trying to shut down for a speech that it opposes while supporting free speech that it feels furthers america's own political goals will receive we call that a partnership but it's not just a leaking website is that the u.s. is after but also their sources critics say this administration has embarked on an unprecedented campaign against whistleblowers in this culture with this administration is going after whistleblowers in an unprecedented way we all have an obligation to protect

u.s. state department has warned the north that it would pose a threat to regional security. it has called on china to use its influence on the country. south korean intelligence officials said recent satellite images show that north korea's getting ready for a nuclear test in the northeast province. spokesperson victoria newland said firing a rocket is a provocative act but a nuclear test would be just as bad, if not worse. she said the u.s. has, again, called on north korea to abort its plan. >> we are continuing to urge all of the countries that may have influence on the dprk, most notably china, to continue to use that influence to make clear they disapprove of this and would be a bad idea and further isolate the dprk. >> she said china is one of the countries that would benefit from a nuclear-free korean peninsula, but the chinese government disagrees that a u.s. resolution prohibits any country from launching ballistic missiles. >>> the japanese foreign minister will seek the support of the g-8 in opposing the launch. koichiro gemba will visit washington for four days t

u.s. state department spokesperson says the syrian government's continued crackdown on civilians has led to a drastic decline in its assets. >> reporter: assad and his cronier are running through the wealth of the country in a record pace. they're half what they were after the bloodshed starts. he's absconding with the people's money to pay for weapons to use against them. >> newland says the united states has to accelerate sanctions and pressure to try to stop the flow of funds to the syrian administration from overseas. >>> chinese government officials have taken another step that's sure to upset their neighbors around the south china sea. they say they'll build a supply dock on the despited paracel islands. a statement says it agreed with a proposal from the southern province of hinan. the dock will be built with private investment to provide fuel to tourist ships and fishing vessel. vietnam also claims sovereignty over the islands. vietnamese personnel have conducted a naval drill with u.s. troops in the south china sea. political analysts say they expect vietnamese leaders will re-doub

u.s. state department officials have called on leaders in pyongyang to abort that, too. >> we are continuing to urge all of the countries that may have influence on the dprk, most notably china, to continue to use that influence to make clear that they also disapprove of this and think it would be a bad idea and would just further isolate the dprk. >> nuland said china is one of the countries that would benefit from a nuclear-free korean peninsula. >>> japan's foreign minister hopes he and his counterparts in the group of eight nations can come up with a coordinated response to what's happening in north korea. koichiro gemba will visit washington to visit members for four days to attend a summit of g8 foreign ministers wednesday and thursday. he planned to ask them to issue an emergency statement condemning north korea for violating u.n. security council resolutions. he's expected to call for a tough stance including the adoption of new resolutions. >>> north korean leaders say they'll launch the rocket on a southern trajectory. they are doing what they can to protect people. fall deg brie i

u.s. state department official says he isn't surprised that north korea is abandoning the agreement. mark toner said it was part of what he called a pattern of bad behavior. toner responded to concerns that the north koreans may be preparing for a nuclear test. >> we can't preclude anything at this point. but again, clearly, reminding them of the security council resolutions and also very clearly conveying the fact that the security councils will take appropriate actions. >> toner hinted at the possibility of additional sanctions if north korea returns to provocations and the u.s. has suspended its plan to send food aid. >>> olympus is trying to lead a serious case of serious fraud behind. the company plans to seek approval for the new board members at an extraordinary shareholders meeting this friday. the company proposed executive officer sasa as the new president. former executives of the firm's major banks are also being put forward, kimoto held a post, and they want him to be the new chairman. the new director proposed is fujizuka. >>> it's touching off a controversy. nhk world

u.s. state department. >> host: next call from galveston, texas. you are on the air. galveston? let's take a call from california. go-ahead. >> caller: thank you. very much. and thanks to mr. acosta for all he has done. i would like to know the hole between policy and what he has experienced needs to be taken apart between what politicians are doing and what he is experiencing on the ground. i wonder if he has any ideas if his second book is going to try to involve that for his viewpoint policy that has gone wrong here. >> guest: the second book we are working on actually deals with a criminal organization i infiltrated that was based out of ecuador and partially based in the bahamas as well. our second book is going to deal with that criminal organization but i do hope in the future i will get to that issue about policies we have in place. we have a lot of retired folks that have the experience. not only those that are retired. individuals within the service have spent years working on this issue and have a lot to contribute. i hope as a nation we address this issue in the near

u.s. state department. he gave validity to these rumors. he died in 1849, the year the california gold rush was in full swing. polk would have been sort of irked at his successor, zachary taylor. tension between the two. taylor was a leading military commander along with winfield scott. both taylor and scott were whigs. polk seemed to be muttering he was making heroes out of two whigs that had run for president. polk didn't run for re-election. he didn't run against taylor but was a kind of uncomfortable carriage ride to taylor's inauguration. taylor said something to the effect to polk that maybe it is good that california and oregon are territories. he doubted they would become state, because they are so far away. that irked polk and called taylor a well-meaning old man. he thought that taylor lacked vision for the continental united states. sure enough, california would become a state thanks to the gold rush in 1850 a year after he died. >> was there speculation as to why he chose not to run? >> when he was nominated in 1844, it was a st

u.s. state department it's been admitted by the u.k. foreign office and all the sudden they're backpedaling now saying that it's all you know nice arab spring nonmilitary intervention and we're going to help the opposition it doesn't work if they want to help syria they need to engage the syrian government in diplomatic talks on neutral ground it's quite quite clear that president assad is not going to. you know accept the kofi annan peace plan as the western countries are still giving aid to the opposition has already been caught through proxies smuggling arms over the border into jordan but also his poems going over the border in lebanon these are coming from the u.s. the u.k. their allies in the region they're doing this through third party. not out of libya one hundred fifty killed four hundred injured there now this is the result of clashes in the past six days alone in the country and this is followed by rebels and tribesmen battle it out of power in the upper hand the nation's government has now broken a cease fire but in reality

u.s. state department is the obama administration is after one foreign one failure after another in terms of the so-called arab spring this is very important. well now to some other world news in brief in our world update this a u.s. drone attack has killed four suspected militants in pakistan's tribal region near the afghan border it is the first american drone strike since and demanded a complete halt of the controversial program highly unpopular in pakistan relations between the countries were model november the twenty sixth but a cross border attack by nato where kraft killed twenty four pakistani troops he was military's intensified the attacks in the past three years as part of its counterterrorism efforts. the sudanese president omar al bashir has declared a state of emergency in three areas bordering. the motion followed a month of border clashes with the self which separated last july after a decades long civil war that killed over one of the half million people bashir is wanted by the international criminal court for alleged crimes against humanity war crimes and genocide in the

u.s. state department is the obama administration is after one foreign one failure after another in terms of the so-called arab spring this is very important. you're watching the weekly on r.t. the arctic and its vast energy reserves are a key focus for china as it's been looking to gain a city check foothold in the region the country's prime minister has toured europe stopping in iceland and then sweden wish chairs the arctic council beijing the world's largest energy consumer is seeking to become a permanent observer in something that stockholm supports investment expert francis learn says well not all arctic nations are keen to have beijing on board it's unavoidable reality. in the key question where did the nordic six explosions. give china. fighting for resources in the arctic ocean. never you find the tough because the arctic powers like. you. norway. we are not one to people would other countries expression a strong china china is now china is really in a big petro the arctic ocean as of now but. that will stop china's premier in trying to exercise some diplomatic even to the arcti

u.s. state department is the obama administration is the one for and one failure after another in terms of the so-called arab spring this is very important to the u.s. military presence in afghanistan for at least a decade after its planned withdrawal in twenty fourteen it's part of a new strategy agreed on sunday afghan official said to be able to act with carpools approval in what the agreement document describes as a plan to defend the stand on washington correspondent jonathan she can report. the u.s. and afghanistan have agreed on the terms of this new strategic pact which the presidents of both countries still have to sign the document is needed to provide us forces with the authority to continue in afghanistan after the twenty fourth when the afghan government is scheduled the people forward for you there so the majority of u.s. combat troops are expected to be out of the country by twenty fourteen but some combat forces will continue to go on missions and trainers and advisers the afghan security forces will also remain the strategic partnership agreement covers the period from twe

u.s. state department is the obama administration is the one foreign failure foreign failure in terms of foreign policy one failure after another in terms of the so-called arab spring this is this is very important on the face of it this is going to hit israel hard as you said there forty percent of its natural gas is imported at this lower than market rate price no power so you could resume sales again if israel agrees to pay the higher market rate prices is that likely to happen any time soon. it's difficult to see what american pressure is being i mean one must remember israel of course is a good client proxy militia states a lot of the middle east and washington will be desperately trying to persuade cairo to allow the deal that as you say. lower the market value rates for the gas to go through the population would stand for that they're already a tax in sinai i noticed the israeli foreign ministry issued a statement or one element of the israeli government which seems in equal amount of chaos said that all israeli citizens have to leave sinai no i don't think it will be open really to the c

u.s. state department ordered a review of possible alternative routes to avoid the environmental it would be environmentally sensitive sand hill regions of nebraska instead they can there morgan pipeline company is now planning to spend five billion nearly triple the capacity of its trans mountain pipeline that carries crude oil from the alberta oil sands to tankers in vancouver so all of that much sought after oil won't be flowing in our direction after all and this fact has republicans lambasted president obama over his energy policy is all of this is making for an energetic debate leading up to the two thousand and twelve elections and all of this is proof that if the u.s. isn't willing to commit then there are plenty of other countries ready to take its place so why is canada able to pull it off but the u.s. is still holds to discuss this and more it was joined by ronald bailey author of the book liberation theology here's his take. well what happened as you pointed out is that the united states decided to delay the building of the keystone pipeline down from canada from alberta to th

u.s. state department said that all nuclear capable states are urged to exercise restraint and noted that india does have a solid nonproliferation record. >> expect a lot of activity in chantilly this morning. >> it's where the space shuttle discovery is moving into its new home and at the smithsonian's national air and space museum. >> this morning the space shuttle discovery is preparing for its grand entrance into its final destination, the smithsonian's udvar-hazy center. >> mission completed. thousands are expected to get an up close look at the shuttle that just two days ago flow over monuments and museums, creating memories. thanks to mother nature, it stayed strapped to the 747 longer than expected, giving people an extra chance to get a glimpse. >> it was like right across the street from me. it's wonderful. >> crews have been working hard to ready the hangar for an exchange ceremony that would put discovery nose to nose with enterprise john. glenn and 10 former discovered commanders are expected to welcome the most travelled shuttle into retirement. >> pretty amazing. it's nice

u.s. state department began to limit the number of h-1b visas he says infosys began using another type ofassociates, travel for a convention, but palmer says employees were brought in not for meetings but full-time jobs. >> testing software, coding, testing, installing software. >> reporter: why would infosys do this and what advantage did it give them in the marketplace? >> it could outbid everybody -- or underbid everybody on every contract. >> reporter: because they were paying less? >> absolutely. for example, if i have to -- if you do a job and i'm going to pay you $15,000 a year, why would i pay an american or a legal worker $65,000 a year? makes no -- it's just economics. >> reporter: and palmer says the b-1 workers never paid u.s. taxes because they received their salaries from india. >> basically a lot of times they're being paid on a cash card or a debit card where money was put in their account. the fact is, they're just taking that money out and never paying u.s. taxes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome co-founder and ceo infosys sd shibulal. >> reporter: infosys may not

u.s. state department says selling sex for money inherently demeaning. >> sex is supposed to spontaneous.e sex laws. >> you do it for money. >> if you model for money. >> sex is more intimate. >> you are still showing your body. you are exploiting yourself. >> i choose to do this. this is what i want to do. >> i assume you had no other options. >> i had several options. before i can this i had a nice paying job. >> these girls can go out dates and give up sex and it's fine. but if guy leaves a hundred dollar bill on the dresser, is something wrong with that? >> it's not that complicated to appreciate why we don't want to legalize proog is. >> i put to it former prosecutor? >> we don't sell access to the intimate self. it creates the idea that human beings are no better than slavery. slavery is against the constitution. we find it. >> john: but that is involuntarily, that is forced. >> prostitution is very close to slavery. it's inconsistent with what freedom means to subject humans to market forces. >> john: you lost me there. humans are subjected to market forces all the time. ever see a

u.s. state department estimates that worldwide over 12 million people are enslaved, held against their will, and forced to work for little or no pay often in the sex industry. the msnbc series "section slaves under cover" from tried to combat it in the united states. we will go behind the scenes with detectives as they use every lead and every tool to find and convict the bad guys and girls involved in this sorted trade that is human trafficking. in october 2007, the british government launched it's crack down involving -- it was a closely coordinated effort to tackle the growing industry in women illegally brought into the u.k. for sex, estimated to bring in more than half a billion dollars a year. it beginning with smart police work. one of the lead investigators working the case is andy lee. >> this is an address we've got. it's one of a number. this is a lady who, judging upon what we've seen, she would be in control. she's waiting for something, and if we move in the footage, she coming back into frame, has two bags, and has a girl that is younger than her. she has a suitcase and it's

u.s. state department's rewards for justice program. why?ell, i asked nick peyton walsh that question. >> well, he's the man alleged to be behind the mumbai hotel attacks in 2008 and the leader of the group that is considered by america to be one of the more dangerous terrorist organizations in pakistan and assisting the insurgency inside afghanistan. it's important to point out though that this man lives quite openly inside pakistan. apparently appearing on pakistani tv to denounce this particular measure by washington against him. i'm sure many observers will see this at a time when u.s. and pakistan are trying to see that kind of relationship they can salvage over iraqi recent few months or years perhaps as measure from washington to see how serious pakistan are about cracking down on terrorists who they say are living in the midst. erin? >> all right. thanks. and now developing story on the tornadoes. they have been ripping through the dallas-ft. worth area. tossing the tractor-trailers through the air. schools damaged, businesses wrecke

u.s. state department briefing. >> members of the foreign service are prohibited from engaging in notoriouslyt which includes frequenting prostitutes and engaging in public or promiscuous sexual relations or engaging sexual activity that could open the employee up to blackmail, coercion or improper influence. so the degree to which any employee requires investigation, that's the standard they are held to. what a subject to be talking about on bring your kid to work day. >> reporter: she says she's no longer working as a prostitute but turned down money because it wasn't enough for the hospital, broken ribs and punctured lung. meanwhile her attorney is preparing a civil suit. it's not a question of money will it's a question of honor and reputation, he says. if money will make them suffer and recognize how much pain they have caused, then let it be money. he says brazilian prosecutors are considering criminal charges against the americans including assault. but since the men are no longer in the country, it's not clear whether they would ever face trial in brazil. shasta darlington, cnn, brasi

u.s. state department. "pretty woman dos: cartagena nights."ce is no secret. >> i'm herman cain, and i approve this message. [ applause ] >> jimmy: i didn't nope he was involved. we have him on board. [ applause ] there's so much good stuff going on today. we have a new outburst of mel gibson on tape. he's been involved in a feud with a director. that were working on a film for a famous jewish warrior. i guess mel gibson didn't like the script, so, joel responded by blasting mel gibson in a scathing nine-page letter which mel gibson responded to, reasonably, but now, the next volley is, an audio tape of mel going nuts. it's believed to have been recorded in december while joel and his family were staying at mel's house in costa rica. mel was unhappy, because not much work had been done on the script. enjoy. >> why don't i have a first draft of "the maccabees?" what the [ bleep ] have you been doing? i'll type it! i got to work, you are getting paid. i'm not! [ bleep ]. [ bleep ]. god! who wants to eat? who the [ bleep ] wants to eat? go have so