twenty two raptor strike fighters to a base in the united arab emirates and here it is the brand new penetrating strike fighter the move has caused backlash from tehran in addition to the hardware u.s. central command says there are about one hundred twenty five thousand u.s. troops in close proximity to iran not to mention new drone bases in undisclosed locations also in the region u.s. officials say. an enhanced presence in the gulf is meant to serve as a quote quick reaction contingency force not simply as a prelude to war but the buildup seems to exacerbate the hostile talk which may at one point turn into an all out confrontation the military is of course no match to the american military might after all we're talking about the country that spends on its military more than the next ten top defense spending countries combined so crushing the rand is in america's power but analysts most analysts agree what's also in its power is producing the kind of instability in the region that would be far worse than what came out of iraq and afghanistan. you know with his son what's ahead for

the united arab emirates has completed a new pipeline sapulpa oil bypassing been the warrior. strait of hormuz the new routes will be able to supply around two thirds of the country's crude outlets and of course currently almost all of the u.a.e. soil and twenty percent of global deliveries are transported through the straits of hormuz which is controlled by iran or any other country through absence of blockage as a reaction to sanctions from western countries over its nuclear program while back to russia for hours just days of course before president elect glad the upwards and takes over and there's already talk about who will be the new members of the government the current president of course for his in the has already set out his goals for his new role as prime minister and the we spoke to the russian economy school had sygate gritty of and he outlined what's been done in order to make sure that president medvedev this promises are achieved the recent speech by me was already quite specific instead of saying that we will be doing member musician or innovation this is how m

and they are not for these arab spring values not by a long shot well you can look at the united arab emirates which arguably is the most western facing nation in the gulf to has this sort of first anniversary of the spring decided to make sure that citizens and expatriates know that it is not looking for the power of the arab spring movement to reach this country and it has started cutting back on. rights groups to democratic groups even its own citizens who had sort of freely operated under under the system here which had been more permissive okmulgee what do you come out on this in los angeles here where is the arab spring going is it is it freezing up. well it i so it's important question to answer your question first i would like to put arab countries governments monarchs and regimes into three different categories under one hand we have those arab governments who've faced citizen revolves our pricing citizens who are seeking rights of freedom dignity or equal opportunity and derision do not want to to introduce political reforms and the people who are able to to overthrow the those regim

well you can look at the united arab emirates which arguably is the most western facing a nation in the gulf it too has at this sort of effort anniversary of the spring decided to make sure that citizens and expatriates know that it is not looking for an. important question to answer your question first i would like to put arab countries governments monarchs and regimes into three different categories on the one hand we have those arab governments who've faced citizen revolves operas eating citizens who are seeking rights of freedom dignity or equal opportunity and did not want to to introduce political reforms and the people who are able to to overthrow those regimes to evict their rulers from the office these are these governments you can name egypt tunisia and libya and a second group we have those arab governments who or monarchs who. wanted to introduce some political reforms when they faced our prizing they introduced some independent investigations for some atrocity which was committed by security forces and they had some legitimacy within their own people i think you can name bu

united states wound up with military bases in saudi arabia kuwait bahrain kate our oman and the united arab emirates following its bombing of yugoslavia nine hundred eighty nine the us who wound up with military bases in kosovo or bay nia garia macedonia hungary bosnia and croatia following us vollmer to afghanistan in two thousand and one into the us wound up with military bases in afghanistan pakistan kazakhstan it was back to stan stan coerr to stand georgia yemen and following us barmy get invasion of iraq in two thousand and three the united states wound up with iraq. staying behind. i believe is actually at the is the ultimate purpose of many of these wars we used to think of military bases being built in order to wage the worst and i think increasingly we see the wars themselves as convenient opportunities to station the bases and to have a more. the presence in countries such as iraq such as afghanistan such as kosovo. so have some of. what we have in here is video games. and. some of. the. solicitor. moves to want to test first bennett first but soon you run trolls daily so you can save the

in the land of the world's tallest building, 500 skyscrapers across the united arab emirates do not meet fire safety standards. >> president obama has made a surprise trip to afghanistan signing a deal to cement u.s.- afghan relations for a decade. >> british lawmakers have accused rupert murdoch of willful blindness over phone hacking, branding him unfit to run a major global company. the burmese opposition leader is taking her seat in parliament on wednesday, just over a month after her party won a sweeping victory. her debut comes after a recent flurry of diplomatic activity as the outside world seeks to support the reforms introduced by the new civilian-led government. are southeast asia correspondent since this report from the burmese capital. >> suu kyi, the little later than 8 -- than anticipated. parliament has already been in session for over a week. her party objected to the wording of the parliamentary oath of office. suu kyi saying that they feel for the greater good, they should overcome the hurdles. in the interest of the voters who elected them to office. there were many w

the unite arab emirates said they built the airstrip. they used for the recreational purposes. what recreation the cia was pursuing there, the em ratties couldn't say. they assured the world, was never operating or controlled by the unite arab emirates response we had the drone base in shem see and no skittish ally had taken the blame for handing it over to us. [applause] so that's a little bit of how the book goes. that is the best part. i like the part about the slime section. i think that is the best. i am not an expert on the military, i'm not an expert on war. my gig is politics that's what i pursued as an activist and what i study z and what i talk about on television. this book is a book about politics. it is about the politics of going war and the politics of not going to war and the politics of ending wars that we are in. the cons consonation over the vietnam effort lead to an multieffort. the congress passed a war powers act which reasserted that presidents can't take into their wars. congress having sole constitutional authority to declare war means they have to not

in the land of the world's tallest buildings, 500 skyscraper's across the united arab emirates does not meet fire safety standards. >> you are watching "newsday >' >> president obama has taken a surprise trip to afghanistan. >> the british lawmakers have accused rupert murdoch of willful blindness over phone hacking, branding him unfit to run a major global company. ruperts return to the murdoch's story and the rolling that dubbed him unfit to run an international company. for more on that, i am joined by a professor at queensland university of technology and joins me now via skype. thank you for joining us. it is an extraordinary language that has come out of this report. how is it going down in australia? >> australia is 9 hours ahead. we heard about this last night. i am sure it will have a big impact here. news corp. started off in australia, news limited is the australian branch of the company. it is a big story. >> what are your personal thoughts about whether he is fit or on fit to run a company? >> it is a judgment call. what does it mean to be fed in this context? -- fit in thi

we've gotten wonderful gifts, the united arab emirates gave $5 million to the hospital just this week for a new neonatal intensive care unit and we've gotten money from all around. i would say we're probably the number one destination for mission trip who are helping us rebuild low to moderate income housing for habitat for humanity and other organizations. but we have a lot to do and we're going to need people for a while and we'll continue to need resources for a while. >> ifill: jane cage, the 2012 joplin citizen of the year. thank you so much for all the work you've done. >> oh, yes, ma'am, everybody's working hard, not just me. >> woodruff: next to pakistan, where an upsurge in violence may have roots in schools and the media. margaret warner has the story. >> warner: across pakistan, life is often interrupted by terrorist attacks and sectarian violence. last year alone, there were more than 600 bomb blasts. the pakistani government says it's trying to fight extremism through military means and economic development. the united states is assisting with military aid and drone strik