when that round of the killing began, the people fled to the rel relative safety of this united nations postnow this has grown in to a camp of more than 13,000 people. in terms of food, they are lrchly fending for themselves. today the united nations was distributing flour and beans and cooking oil, but the last time this happened was five months ago. most of the time they foreij for food out of the camp and that's where she fell victim to the other atrocity of congo, rape. >> translator: we went to look for food but also firewood mostly and that's where we got raped by people in uniform. >> so these were soldiers who raped you? >> translator: very hard to tell whether they were soldiers or rebels. all we knew and all we saw is they were in uniforms and armed with machine guns. >> it's estimated 200,000 women have been raped in eastern congo. rape is a weapon here. and often a lethal one. but of the suffering the u.n. has tried to stop the trafficking and congo's ill louis it is sold but the found the gold is being smuggled in to world trade. all of those nuggets are combined in border towns

bidding waive united states uses the united nations in regard to the israeli post in question is very emblematic when the united nations passed resolutions which it has done repeatedly demanding that the israelis get out of the west bank an earlier gaza. and earlier in the sinai the united states didn't enforce those resolutions they didn't demand that they be enforced when it came to the united nations saying that palestinians have a right to be a recognized state the united states acted as if there was a crime against humanity that the united nations there take up the issue of palestinian rights we can see here a manipulation of the united nations when it does what the united states wants fine but when it stands with the palestinian people which it has repeatedly over and over again then the united states government republican or democrat found a way to condemn the united nations. the u.s. also did not support the resolution on syria put forward by russia which would call for all sides in the conflict to stop the violence and to start a dialogue instead he chose to take sides in a c

posted. >> new this morning, a team of united nations nuclear inspectors has arrived in iran for what are expectedbe key talks about their nuclear program. it comes after iran announced it was halting oil shipments to britain and france in response to your opinion in sanctions targeting iranian oil. we are feeling the impact of those rising oil prices every time we go to the gas spot. >> the national average right now is $3.56 for regular. that is 40 cents higher than a year ago. experts say burris yourselves because it could get worse. brianne carter is live in the west following this and joins us with details. good morning. >> getting worse already in georgetown. $3.95 for regular. that is much tighter than the national average, even the average in the washington region. a lot of people say that before we could see any easing, it could get much worse. for the price of gas going up, drivers continued to feel added pain upon. >> it will continue. >> the the national average for gallaa gallon of gas is $3.56. higher than last year. it may only get worse. it could be $4 by the end of april. the cost

are divided how to address the issue as the nation prepares for the presidential election in november. >>> moving to markets, the united states continues to post a huge deficit as we know, but stocks in january ended on a high note with the dow, s&p 500 and nasdaq posting strong monthly gains on hopes of an economic recovery. to see how stocks kickoff the first day of february, we go to ramin mellegard at the tokyo stock exchange. good morning. so far, we have seen strong gains for key indexes this year, but a busy week with earnings reports, key data to come. how will stocks fare? >> new month and looking forward to seeing how february trades, ai. dow posted moderate losses overnight. again, some concerns about greek debt repayment pressures and also portugese bond yields, but if you look at the month of january, the dow was up 3.4%, and tech heavy nasdaq up around 8%. so those are pretty strong gains. now let's have a look at the nikkei and topix this february 1st here in japan. you can see they're moderately lower for both indexes. as we've been reporting all week, earnings season in full swing here in japan. reports from key blue chip japa

any time any place based upon secret facts secret law and no post mortem the president of the united states has signed a bill called the national defense authorization act that empowers him to send the military to your home to mine to tony's to any viewers home and say we think that you're connected you're linked to some hostile forces against the united states we're not telling you why we're taking to guantanamo for life we know accusation no charge that is beyond fascism that is dictatorship and this is not you this is not an exaggeration of what ron paul has stated now with regard to spying one of the most. precious things we enjoy in the united states under the constitution is a right to be left alone the government isn't authorized to snoop and everything that we do or say and we live right now i think that is exactly what they do do they they they were out warrants issued by judges spy and retain any information that you've left with google or yahoo or any place you don't know what's done with it you don't know what's leaked out the idea of the right to be left alone is a joke these days and lastly to show you how bad thi

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institutions for post war there was in those days great optimism, not least in the united states, about a world without conflict presided over benevolently by bodies like the united nationsthe imf, the world bank and the gat. the high hopes reposed in them were increasingly disappointed as stalin lowered the iron curtain over eastern europe. made no secret of his global ambitions, and became antagonist rather than ally. churchill's speech here was the first serious warning of what was afoot, and it helped to wake up the entire west. in due course, that speech bore rich fruit and the new institutions forged to strengthen the west against stalin's assault. the marshall plan laid the foundations for europe's post war economic recovery. the truman doctrine made plain that america would resist communist subversion of democracy. the north atlantic treaty organization mobilized america's allies for mutual defense against the soviet steam roller. and european cold and steel community devised to help reconcile the former european enemies evolved over time into the european community. stalin had overplayed his hand. by attempting to destroy international cooperation, he succeeded

united states by cbp because of comments they had posted on twitter. so do you know anything about this incident? is it a cbp practice to see what foreign nationals are putting on social media and is that determining their admittance to the u.s. >> with respect to the port question, i can look specifically into mexicali. the southern border ports are budgeted through the gsa, not dhs. and the gsa budget has not faired well in the congress. that has slowed down a number of important projects including land ports along the southwest border, which are necessary for travel and trade. all the things that go on in that border area. i think that's probably where it's caught up. with respect to the two tourists -- >> madam, how could we -- what's the mechanism if they're necessary and if your department deems them necessary, to get this moving? >> the question is trying to do everything we need to do within the confines of the budget control act. we're all dealing with that as a fiscal reality. we need to reduce the deficit. we all recognize that as well. because gsa is governed by a different set of committees and different appropriations process, it do

united nations. it's reflected in the newspapers, actually. the "south china morning postline saying after libya, no vote is no surprise. china and russia went along with the rest of the security council on libya and then had to watch as western governments ov overstepped their mandate. giving a sympathetic view but not necessarily saying it's okay for ordinary civilians. today, zaman writes, arab league got it all wrong. a civil war is likely to cause much trouble for turkey. clearly it would be to the benefit of all players in the region if russia finds a foreigner that can secure its own strategic position. the "wall street journal" in asia writes, "obama falls into a u.n. trap. americans are preoccupied by domestic issues, but syria is a good test of president obama's foreign policy. with each week of mr. assad's brutality, the cost in lives and odds of civil war will rise unless mr. obama does more than bow before the false moral authority of the u.n." if indeed he goes through the u.n. there are other discussions going on, of course. >> max foster out of london. than

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united states headed? if president obama is adding an estimated $5 trillion to the national dead in his first term? post comment on my blog or go to our post on "the situation room's" facebook page. my guess is after the election, taxes will go up big time. >> jack, i love you, but you are always a little depressing. >> it's just my nature. >> i know. thank, jack. >>> we are following developments on capitol hill that directly impact the paychecks of 160 million americans. right now house and senate negotiators are trying to put finishing touches on a deal -- they're also working to extend unemployment benefits and avoid a fee cut for medicare doctors. cnn congressional correspondent kate bolduan joins us live. where are we in the process? >> inching closer. i'm told by some key negotiator 99% there. take a listen right here to one of the key negotiators brokering this deal, democrat ecsenator max baucus. >> we're there. what really counts is to get the job done. we apply the unemployment benefits and payroll tax cut for americans. we're there are. there are just a couple wrinkles that sometime get in t

posting images. he even testified before a committee in congress. this is this effort to get the information out. there's a lot of concern in the united states government and also the united nationse're seeing now will spill over and become what is greatly feared, and that is a renewed war between the south and the north in sudan. if you're going to see this kind of suffering, as i said before, it should not be seen in silence. there should be an awareness of what is happening. i think we all agree that people should not suffer in this way without at least being known for what they are enduring. many people there thanked us for being there. we thank you for letting us talk about it. >> tomorrow night, "rock center" a full report on sudan. thank you. we'll be right back. in here, the landscaping business grows with snow. to keep big winter jobs on track, at&t provided a mobile solution that lets everyone from field workers to accounting, initiate, bill, and track work in real time. you can't live under a dome in minnesota, that's why there's guys like me. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ i was strong before weight w

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posted online. >> that was another rocket over there. this is happening every day. >> and while this is happening every day the united nations is considering a joint monitoring mission with the arab league. our senior international correspondent nic robertson was on the last monitoring mission in syria. you've been on a number of these, right? >> yes. >> give us a sense of how effective this can be and how this works. >> if anyone thinks that arab league monitors is backed with some semblance of united nations training can go in and stop the kind of artillery fire and gunfire that's going on, then think again. there were monitors there who wouldn't even cross police road checkpoints, never mind go into contested areas. there were some monitors who were willing to do that, but they're not set up and protected and equipped to go in and stop tanks firing and stop two forces shooting at each other. >> why are we even talking about this then? >> one of the reasons we're talking about this is assad, backed by russia who created a scenario on the ground where the west is put in a position where they're watching horrible humanitarian suffering. we

posted on the internet. but from the images you can see there's clearly an indication of continued violence there. the united nationsly this afternoon at about 3:00 eastern time will vote on a new resolution which will condemn the violence in syria and require assad to transfer power to his vice president. of course, the assembly vote is nonbind chg means members do not have to follow through on it. in the meantime, france is helping the russians come up with corridors of humanitarian aid, the plight of the syrian people really beginning to worry countries around the world now, and the stories that we're getting tell of a lack of medical supplies and living conditions in cities like homs is certainly beginning to hit hard. pressure is mounting to come up with an answer. that vote could take place probably in the next 48 hours is what we're hearing from the united nations, but until then it's a revolution that doesn't attempt to push barb she al assad out. jenna: dominic, thank you. of. jon: well, it is one of the saddest stories in recent memory, and now the internal arguments extend to the grave. what two police of

one woman in the united states air force asking football star tim tebow to be her valentine date. >> getting national attention after postingu be my date? the 2012 military ball, my first ever military ball here in shreveport, louisiana, in april. i would be the luckiest and happiest girl if you were to say yes. and be my date. so please say yes. >> say yes, tim. >> say yes, tim. >> say yes, tim. >> yeah, come on, tim, what are you going to do? joining me right now is senior airman jamie walden joining us from shreveport, louisiana. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> we're sure you saw what justin timberlake and mila when they accepted invitations to the marine corps ball. why did you invite tim tebow? >> i've wanted to have tim come out to barksdale and see the pride that our base has. we're under such influential leaders and our airmen work so hard, i wanted him to come see every day we get that mission done. when i was sitting on the committee for the military ball, i thought this is the perfect opportunity to ask him to come experience that pride and that honor that we have for serving others. and not only just th

united." host: let's take a look at "the denver post." "romney versus santorum in lead- up to caucuses." talking to us now is nationalpolitico"reporter, james hoh mann. guest: technically, zero delegates are at stake today. it's not really about the delegates. it's about momentum. today is a critical day for rick santorum -- the most important day for him since the iowa caucuses. he will either emerged today as the superior alternative to mitt romney, compared to newt gingrich, or his campaign will essentially be over. he is competing hard in missouri, where newt gingrich is not on the ballot and mitt romney has not invested time. he cannot win in missouri, then he is in real trouble. if he can win missouri, he will be taken seriously. in minnesota, he's considered the frontrunner going into the caucasus. if he can win here, conservatives will give him a real second look. if he cannot win here, his campaign is over. the stakes could not be higher for rick santorum. host: news outlets are reporting that mitt romney is directed attacks at rick santorum now. how is this playing out? how is the santorum presence affectin

campaign trail and read the latest postings from the candidate political reporters and other viewers and social media site is the end.org/camp and 2012. >> at the united nations earlier head of the arab league urges the u.n. security council to take action to reduce the s. leading violent area. the resolution calls for a serious president, bishara aside that down. but here from the searing ambassador to the u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton. [inaudible conversations] >> called to order. the situation in the middle east. the agenda is it that did. i invite the representative in this hearing arab republic to participate in this meeting. on behalf of the council, the prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of the state of qatar, and the counsel table. and rule 39 of the council representatives of his teacher and fight this excellent tea, secretary general to participate in this meeting. i wish you luck on the president meeting of the distinguished minister of the distinguished secretary general. the importance of the subject manner to be addressed. it will now begin the agenda. i wish you try the attention of council member 201271 from the general

united states. this is a "washington post" stories. positions were lost or withheld and the laws in the book have to teeth. national guard reserve and active duty troops coming back from iraq, afghanistan or other military duty complain of being denied jobs or otherwise penalized by employers because of their military obligations. "the washington post" says the biggest offender is the federal government. mickey mccarter, is there any talk in congress you hear of trying to have some sort of pipeline to get veterans jobs or training for the marshal service program? >> guest: the department from and security in general was a pretty aggressive recruiting effort, and they are one of the better agencies as far as meeting the mandates they have to hire veterans and put veterans in places of employment and that's actually increasing prominence a little bit lately because the deputy secretary herself. >> host: what kind of training do they go through? we are watching right now. >> guest: they go through law enforcement training regardless of the level of training a federal air marshal house when they come into the service o

post-cold war situation. there's no congress the congress of vienna. there is no international or a stationary than there is no reform international organizations. there has been many discussions on reforming the united nations system, but still the united nations is functioning like before. the last indication was the veto and u.n. secretary council as if cold war was continuing. so we have to make -- first it to see the big picture. today we are facing a huge economic crisis, global economic crisis and political crisis in turkey. but we have to understand from where we are coming. since there is nobody adjustment of international system, since there is no new set of norms, since there is no information of existing international organized nation, i can tell you that there were big earthquakes in the last 20 years. earthquake is a good analogy for turks, maybe for americans who came from los angeles. maybe i don't know -- it was not a good analogy for washing until last year. so you can at least understand the psychology of earthquake. earthquake means the existing natural status quo is shifting. when i say political earthquake or international earthquake, it means the international system machine chain and

united states of america. [applause] ["stars and stripes forever" plays] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] ["stars and stripes forever" plays] ♪ ♪ ["the washington post x no questions on details of the 2013 budget requirrequest. we'll hear from the director of the white house national economic council. from the eisenhower executive office building, this is an hour. >> hello, everybody. thank you for coming for our overview of the budget. we have a four-part agenda as you can see on the screen. we will start with the chairman of the council of economic advisers. he will discuss our economic assumptions and i will return to discuss the president's fiscal year 2013 budget. gene sperling, the director of the national economic council will play out the main investment pillars in the budget with a special emphasis on job creation, and the director of domestic policy will double click on the pillar of education and the importance of education in our budget. >> i want to comment on four of the economic assumptions that underlie the budget. first, by way of background, the economic assumptions or developed jointly by the council of economic advisers, the offi