it sells to syria 5% of its exports. we are preparing ourself to be able to sell through by passing syria. >> that advanced preparedness is the lebanese way, a characteristic born of the nation's own experience with wars and conflict. this company, for example, has been around for more than half a century and it managed to weather lebanon's civil war and its often turbulent and violent past. it has done so through its ability to adapt, to function and cope with anything from not having sufficient power to not having a proper government in place. it is quite simply darwin's theory of evolution that applies to business in lebanon where only the fittest survive. that said, there are no illusionless. the future remains uncertain. in 2010, according to the imf, lebanon's economic growth was at 7.5%. compare that to the imf's april 2011 projection of 2.5% based at the time on the country's own internal political instability. but as the arab spring hit syria, lebanon's growth prospects took another blow. the projection now, a m

he said doing anything with syria would be a major fault line because syria sits at the hub, the middle of the middle east, and it would have destabilizing effect across the region. he also said many mistakes were made by his own security forces earlier on in the uprising in syria. he says now they're targeting terrorists. also just by point of what's happening today, this wasn't in the interview but the syrians actually, committees getting together to draft a new constitution, they say that putting together for syria. that's an effort to defuse the protesters. car carol. >> it looks like qantas is up and running. the planes are in the sky again? >> the planes are flying again. it will take until about wednesday to get things back to normal, gosh, carol, the snowstorm in the northeast of the u.s., so many frustrated, annoyed passengers and then with qantas over the weekend grounding its flight, basically there was a labor dispute between qantas and the unions. the unions were mad because they were upset that so much outsourcing of their jobs is being done and they are saying qantas is a

just as is the case in syria. you know, none of these leaders in these countries ever believe it is going to happen. when noriega was in panama and the 82nd airborne landed on the air strip, he turned to his aide and said "i never thought they'd come." saddam i'm sure never thought the united states would invade and i'm sure moammar gadhafi never really believed, despite the warnings he was given, that he would be pulled from a hole in the ground. and yet that's the way it happens. and bashar al assad in syria should recognize that when there's a strong sense of injustice, when people's rights have been violated like this, people will rise up and in a democratic age, there's no holding them back. >> one final question, general clark, before i let you go. we're waiting for the president of the united states. he's about to walk into the rose garden over at the white house and speak to the world on what has happened on this day. what's the single-most important thing you would like to hear the president say? >> i'd l

they're the people who really have the economic ties with syria and could put the screws on syria. suzanne, it's important to point out, it's not just the sanctions not just trying to target and hurt asad. it is also a way of sending a signal to the elites around him that this is going to get worse and worse. >> all right. jill dougherty, thank you very much. >>> there is another big bank sticking it to customers now. we're keeping track of all the new fees. alison another bank upping fees. >> reporter: it's citigroup that's charging for checking accounts. if you have an easy checking account with them you'll be charged $15 a month if you don't have $6,000 in your combined accounts. if you have an upgraded checking account you're charged $20 if you don't carry a $15,000 balance. what's happening here is all these big banks are announcing more fees. the regulatory environment is changing. it's getting tougher on the banks to bring in revenue. they're getting creative on how to do exactly that. >> you've got a push pull between the banks, the regulators, do we think 4 is the end of t

there according to activists in syria. they are overjoyed at this victory for the libyan people and chants being heard in several cities taunting syrian leader saying look what happened to gadhafi. kyra? >> mohammed, we'll talk more about syria in just a second. first, death of a dictator, a tyrant, that's how gadhafi's demise is being described around the world this morning. cnn's zain verjee is following all the reaction from london. zain? >> kyra, let's look at what gulf news is saying. this is the headline that reads, "he refused to see the writing on the wall." gadhafi's violent end in sirte was inevitable. a man of such pride and self-belief would never be taken alive. the war is oall but over. gadhafi is gone. . "the globe and mail" moammar gadhafi's death adds welcome momentum to the arab revolution. if the country's interim rulers can stick to their plan to hold elections within eight months, it might take less time to get there than either libya's revolutionary peers." tyrant's death brings new hope. it says the

unfortunately, cnn is not to report from within syria. the u.n. said more than 3,000 people have been killed since the unrest began seven months ago. syria is saying that they're blaming the unrest and need for security crackdown on terrorists and armed gangs. carol? >> i was just going to say, it's so difficult to get into that country, how do you stop such a thing? >> this is the thing. no one really knows what is going on inside the country. so what cnn has to rely on is our sources within the country, also from the youtube and video that come out of there that people are brave enough to post online much it's very defensively verify and confirm what is actually happening within the country. unless we're allowed inside for ourselves to see with our own eyes what is happening. it is difficult to actually know what's being done and i guess to be able to report to the outside world what is happening. >> yeah, i don't think that's going to happen any time soon that syria will say yeah, come on in and see what is happening. >>> two days after a devas

but in syria, the government of syria is engaging in a very brutal crackdown, even a massacre. turkey, which has been very friendly to syria and to the assad regime, has broken with the regime and now has publicly called for president assad to step down. will you add your voice and call on the assad regime to step down and listen to the will of the people? >> translator: we have a friendly relationship with both turkey and syria. our policy is independent. we think we should respect the independence and sovereignty of all nations, of everywhere in the world, in the united states, in europe. we think all parties must sit and reach an understanding and there should be no intervention from outside or interference neither from nato or us. >> but, mr. president, you make it sound like the two sides are equal. in fact, what is happening in syria is not that there are protesters killing the security forces. the vast majority of deaths are the security forces killing innocent men, women and children. surely this is something you should condemn clearly and not say both sides are to blam

but in syria, the government is engaging in a brutal crackdown, even a massacre. turkey which has been very friendly to syria and to the assad regime has broken with the regime and now has publicly called for president assad to step down. will you add your voice and call on the assad regime to step down and listen to the will of the people? >> we have friendly relations with both turkey and syria. our policy is dependent. we think we should respect the independence and sovereignty of all nations of everywhere in the world, in the united states, in europe. our teams must sit and reach an understanding. there should be no intervention from outside or interfering neither from nato. >> mr. president, you make it sound like the two sides are equal. in fact, what is happening in syria is not that there are protesters are killing security forces, the vast majority of death of the security forces killing innocent men, women and children. surely, this is something you should condemn clearly and not say both sides are to blame. if justice and freedom are the goal, it is imp

ambassador in syria. ambassador robert ford has been pulled out of the country now and is back in washington. our max foster is joining us from london. so explain the situation and what do we know, max. >> back in the u.s. over the weekend. and we are getting some information from the state department about what's going on here. and we heard from mark toller from the state department, the spokesperson there, talking about robert ford saying that he had received credible threats against his personal safety in syria. and it got to the point where this has become too difficult. he has got, i think it's fair to say, ambassador ford, a very good reputation, not just in u.s. political circles but also with anti-government protesters in syria. he has been outspoken about his support for their right to demonstrate in syria. but also he's been very -- he has spoken out against the government crackdown on those protests, which hasn't made him popular with pro government protesters. so we have the situation, for exa

i don't think that syria is one of them. >> arwa, you spent a little time in syria. you're one of the last journalists actually allowed in syria to see what's going on. we know according to human rights groups, what, 3,000 human rights groups have been killed, thousands more have been imprisoned and injured. do the syrian people in syria, do they want the international community through the un security council and nato to get involved? >> well, wolf, there isn't really a unified voice that speaks out of syria. there is a voice pretty much of those who oppose the regime, but there is a division as to what the next step should be. what we have however been hearing even more of is a very angry call for some sort of military intervention, especially from activists inside syria. even the few months ago, people were very strong against saying they were too fearful this was going to lead to more bloodshed to civil war. n now, it seems more people believe they have no choice than to see that take place, but as nick was pointing out, the dynamics, the situation in syria, is d

in the case of syria, look, assad has got to go but i don't know how you can intervene any more than we are in providing the kind of moral support and other support that is needed. each country and each one of these revolutions is different and has to be treated differently, as well. >> if there's someone around the world, an activist in syria, maybe iran who says, why not my country, the nato alliance helped in libya, is this a template for the future? what are the barriers, the red lines you can't cross? >> it is a template for the future. what do you do next? i'm worried about egypt. we've not seen a lot of the progress we want to see but i think they can succeed. elections coming up in tunisia, let's see what happens there. i'm optimistic there. libya, they've never known any kind of government other than what they experienced under gadhafi. there's tribal divisions and all of that. so we need to come in and help them establish the building blocks of democracy. there are ngos that helped out in former soviet union after the berlin wall fell. by the way, libya's a wealthy country

what is taking place in syria? he must be looking at the situation and thinking i have no good alternatives here. >> reporter: that is the assumption, one can only imagine what is possibly going through president bashar assad and his family and his supporters minds as they were watching that video. but one also has to realize this is a regime that pretty much believes it is winning. it realizes its own situation is starkly different than that in libya and in the other countries where we have seen these dictators fall. the pillars that are propping up the regime are intact when it comes to the business class and security forces and let's look at the international community. it's divided overse ed over syr. despite the fact the death of gadhafi must send a message that no one is immune, at this point in time the regime seems fairly confident in its position. >> how are syrians reacting to gadhafi's demise? >> well, the opposition is full-on in support of it. we've seen them taking to the streets demonstrating and cha

no one could consider themselves safe. >> is this protest in syria calling for nato intervention like what we saw in libya? >> reporter: that's a reluctant call for intervention because for eight months they've been trying to demonstrate peacefully and they have gotten know where but there is a the realization that any international intervention would lead to some sort of civil war in syria but also warning that the country is on that path right now, brooke. >> remind us again, this is his family -- his family has ruled this country for decades. >> reporter: that's right. before assad was in power, his father was in power. it's about the regime loyalty's to the assad regime. they seem to have the support of the government. despite some defection and syria security forces, they have the support of the business class, the merchant middle class people that are not speaking out against the recommend jeej and, regime and an international community, they still have the support of china and russia. by all accounts it's also a regime that feels if on the one hand it's winning and being able t

syria's foreign minister is hinting at retaliation. he says syria will not protect the embassies of countries that fail to protect syrian embassies on their soil. he also warns that syria will take strong measures against any country that recognizes a syrian opposition council recently formed in turkey. >>> with the euro zone debt crisis showing no sign of letting up, two of the continents top leaders held talks today. french president nicolas sar cogy and german chancellor angela merkel said they will work together to recapitalize banks. their meeting came on the same day that france, belgium and luxemburg agreed on a plan to rescue a troubled belgium bank. richard quest joins us from brussels. how did deck ya get into this trouble to the extent that a rescue plan is needed? >> very simple. it's had huge toxic assets of debts. there are worries about the bank's inability to pay its debts. so what happened is, other banks refused to lend to it. it's almost a carbon copy of what happened in 2008 with the likes of bear stearns and lehman

the christians in syria are scared to death. >> what about america, though? that america provided the power of nato. >> america is the number one military power and will be indefinitely in the future. but the truth is, erin, we're coming home from the world. you have the smallest number of troops in okinawa than you've had before. they are going to be coming home from germany. and they should. the super power is in retreat which i think is a good thing but not for mankind. it's a good situation for us. we have to fix or own situation. deaf a deficit for years and we're on our way to greece. >> so you think the one way that the two sides can agree on, the only thing they've agreed son not cutting entitlements but they have seemed to agree that we can cut the defense. >> you can't borrow from the persian gulf to give to the persian gulf. i think we need to start looking out for america first. >> we're going to hear more from pat buchanan when we come back. the presidential campaign, his dream ticket and what really is the american dream. fore! no matter what sm

the presidents of syria and yemen. live in abu dhabi. good morning, mohammed. so how does the fall of gadhafi impact other uprisings in the arab world? >> reporter: good morning, carol. that's the key day. today is friday. this is a day of protests across the arab region. it has been a day of protests across the arab region since the arab spring movement began. you mentioned twitter. as soon as it was announced gadhafi was killed yesterday, a constant stream of messages from places like yemen, bahrain and syria, where there have been uprisings of their own. this means these other leaders will have to go. the fact gadhafi went, leaders like assad, they must go. it's given a morale boost to the movements. we've seen twitter messages in syria saying despite tragedy ongoing there, they're happy for the libyan people. they're in solidarity. today in yemen thousands gathered in the square calling not just for the ouster of the president, standing with the libyan people. because thhappened to gadhafi, means he can't hold on to power much longer. today is a key moment

concerns about syria, concerns about iran or any other matters. the fact of the situation, wolf, is that region is looking now at what works. we've seen obviously the failure of gadhafi in libya. we've seen the great hope and change that's coming with tunisa and egypt and we see that nouri al maliki can be a symbol for the rest of the region and president assad is yesterday's news, just barely holding on in damascus. at the end of the day, we know what's today, what's past and what the future is. i think you see a multiethnic iraqi government demonstrating what's possible in the region. >> you understand the concern that a lot of people have when they see what al maliki and his government is doing in iraq right now? refusing to have this new status of forces agreement with the united states, supporting iran in terms of syria and other ibs? you understand the concern given the huge investment america has made in iraq? >> i understand the concern because we live it here. we take the steps necessary to protect this country, to support our troops on t

. >>> egypt's government fell last week, this week syria, and now we are going in depth from syria. libya, egypt, is there a message here for. president saad and his government? >> reporter: the activists are taking this as a message. shortly after gadhafi was killed they were chanting a warning to the president here warning he would be next. the dynamic existed in libya and those currently existing in libya are prudent. just when it came to libya, there was a clear and defiant front line and there was unity amongst the various arab nations and unity amongst the international community when it came to some sort of intervention. those dynamics do not exist in syria right now. at the same time, the pillars holding up the syrian regime are still fairly intact. that being the business merchant middle class and for the most part the syrian security forces. so what activists there are hoping is that the death of gadhafi was transpired in lip ya and going to convince more people inside syria that the revolution there can actually, eventually succeed. >> well, we saw what happened which the

pulls its ambassador out of syria. now syria is responding. what is next in this diplomatic scuffle. we go live to turkey where rescuers are digging through the rubble, hoping to find survivors, after an earthquake kills 207 people. >>> lining up for hours in libya just to see gadhafi's body. >>> a lap in the face for washington by the afghan president, what are mid karzai. days after meeting with hillary clinton in kabul, karzai says on pakistani television, that fighting words, i'm quoting him now, we are beside pakistan. and joining us now from islamabad, pakistan. there is a lot of concern in washington about the latest comments from hamid karzai saying if there were ever a war between the u.s. and pakistan, that is very unlikely, afghanistan would side with pakistan against the u.s. give us some context what hamid karzai is talking about. because people are upset about that. >> yeah. first and foremost, wolf, we should point out that it is very unlikely that u.s. and pakistan are going to go to war. these are two countries that obviously

in the face of the turmoil that's going on in syria. aligning iraq for all practical purposes with the stance of iran in support of bashar al assad. i know that's a source of great concern. as someone who has watched the situation in syria unfold, give me your thought. >> reporter: well, it most certainly is a clear example of how much influence iraq, iran actually does exert over iraq. maliki has been very firm in saying that the syrian president needs to be given a chance to reform. he most he certainly has not been siding with the activists which quite ironic when beth the history and everything that has taken place and transpired in iraq itself. and one has to look at how the maliki government has dealt with the demonstrations inside iraq, the human rights watch, amnesty international, activists themselves have issued reports as to how the iraqi government was using indiscriminate force to try to control the demonstrations happening within its own borders. if we look at what's happening in the bigger picture with all the arab upheav

they expect to see celebrations in the streets of syria. a human rights activist said those dictators have used the same methods for decades. during uprising they use the same manual of introduction to kill us and now they're falling one after another. he says he would have loved is the seen moammar gadhafi put on trial in libya, a fair trial, he said. something he never afforded his own people. about asad he said he's driving the country towards more and he has more in common in gadhafi than anyone ever thought and he added he hopes he ends in court and not as a cadaver. >> if someone told you last year gadhafi would be dead, what would you have said? >> some were a possibility. but moammar gadhafi gone? i expected a greater fight. it's true he stood up until the end as he promised to do. he did not flee. but at the same time he grossly underestimated the resistance to his regime. he tried brutal tactics to suppress people. when he was a young military officer some students marched in streets, he had them hung from lampposts in public so t

now, this free syria army was actually established in august. but has only really begun to gain traction in the last few weeks. it is still just compromise of a few thousand individuals, def t defectors mostly from the syrian military. they are increasingly they say carrying out operations to try to defend civilians from the syrian security forces. that is why activists say we saw this massive crackdown in that area. >> arwa damon in beirut tonight. arwa, thank you. >>> the nobel prize committee says a share of this year's medicine award will go to canadian board scientists who worked at new york's rockefeller university even though he died friday. the prize committee didn't know about ralph steinman's death when it announced this morning that he and two others are sharing this year's medicine prize for research on the immune system. >>> still to come here, a busy night of breaking political news. president obama plays 2012 odds maker. new jersey's governor nears his decision on joining the republican race. >>> plus, the italian legal system han

security council measure on syria on tuesday. the draft resolution would have called for a halt to syria's crack down on descent. they said it would have blindly pressured syria. u.s. ambassador susan rice says the countries that have blocked the resolution wanted to sell arms to the syrian regime. >>> amanda knox is back in the u.s. she flew home a day after an italian jury overturned her murder conviction in the 2007 killing of her roommate, meredith kercher. she appeared at a news conference at seattle's airport, choked with emotion, she thanked her supporters. >>> 17 people have been killed in an accident at a chinese coal mine. government officials say that they're investigating the cause. 11 of the 28 people in the mine shaft survived. few chinese mines adapt to regulations and accidents are common in the country. >>> in the michael jackson involuntary manslaughter trial, prosecutors focused on three of murray's girlfriends. the married doctor had conversations with three women he was dating on the day jackson died. prosecu

do you think watching what happens in tunisia, what has happened in libya, will it embolden syria? >> first, ambassador ford has been truly an extraordinary ambassador. he's been a wonderful spokesman for not only american interests but also american values in syria. he deserved a hero's welcome here. i think what happened in tunisia and libya will embolden them. they're facing people with machine guns and sometimes boldness and vision and courage isn't enough to defeat an army with tanks and machine guns. >> important points and perspective. thanks for your time tonight. >>> ahead here, rick perry's organization campaign. >>> plus, rexer say debris from the earthquake in japan has crossed faster than expected. ie but the jeep grand cherokee uses advanced technology. like the quadra-lift air suspension that lowers the vehicle at highway speeds to improve aerodynamics and deliver a more than 540 mile driving range. so you can raise your standards while lowering your fuel consumption. ♪ >>> texas governor rick perry is announcing a major reorganization of his presidential campaign

ambassador to syria, has been brought back to washington. the state department says it's in response to a credible threat against the diplomat. no word on the nature of threat or when ford might be allowed to return. >>> president obama is on a quick tour of the west. today he'll arrive in las vegas, where he'll discuss his plans to get the nation's economy back on track. he'll also drop by los angeles and end the tour in denver on wednesday. >>> the texas rangers and the st. louis cardinals all even now in the world series. the rangers 4-0 shutout of the cards last night tied the series at two games apiece. mike napoli had the big blow for texas, a three-run homer. big game tonight in arlington. "american morning" is back right after this break. >>> good morning, atlanta. wake up. time to get to work. 55 degrees now. 72 later in the day. this is when atlanta just makes so much sense. >> exactly. >> welcome back to "american morning." time now for an a.m. house call. bpa, you probably have heard of it, is the chemical that can be found in wa

. >>> harsh words from syria's foreign minister to countries that appear unsympathetic to his government, saying syria will take strong measures against any country that recognizes an opposition council that's been formed in turkey. >>> and those are today's top stories. thanks for watching "state of the union." i'm candy crowley in washington. up next for our viewers in the u.s., "fareed zakaria gps." >>> this is "gps," the "global public square." welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world, i'm fareed zakaria. we have a really important show today. we're going to take an in-depth look at the u.s. economy from four crucial angles. first up, the big picture. and it's scary. from martin wolf of "the financial times." then a snapshot of the economy from starbucks chairman and ceo howard shultz. next up, the u.s. economy's breaking point. where are we weak incentive that's what the author of "money ball" and "the blind side, "michael lewis, will give his insights on. finally, solutions, what will fix the problems that ail us? i'll talk to tom freedman of "the new york times

king abdullah has come down on very hard on bashir's and see syria as one of their key agent and i can tell you right now that the tuz government, intelligence government all keeping a very close eye on iran, how much they are backing bashir al assad and how much they are backing him and the potential successors to him. if the iranians feel that bashir al assad can no longer control his own country, they want a say in who may be succeed him, who may come after bashir al assad because it's crucial to iran's military and international community to keep syria this their ball court and that's something that they don't want to see happen. >> barbara, thank you. ahmadinejad laughed this off and called it a child's story. i want to bring in peter bergen who is now on the phone. the target that we keep talking about is al jaber, the saudi ambassador to the u.s. you know him. >> he's arguably one of the most important people in the saudi national security establishment. he's also very close to king abdullah, the king of sod dree arain bee yeah and has been an advisor to him. it was al jaber who

arwa damon is in syria tonight. arwa, what triggered this? >> reporter: well, erin, in recent weeks, we have been seeing violence concentrated in areas where defections have been taking place like this city. and we met a defector wounded managing to escape from syria to lebanon. he said he was exhausted and sick of so much indiscriminate random killing and said the free syrian army largely made up of defectors had been carrying out operations against the syrian security forces so much of the crackdown we're seeing is specifically targeted towards hunting down those who have defected and those who may be sheltering them. >> thank you. >>> now, to neighboring turkey where 24 soldiers were killed in an early morning attack by kurdish rebels inside iraq. it was a rocket attack. andrew finkel is live tonight. what can you tell us about this attack? >> reporter: we witnessed a well-planned and certainly brutally effective attack by the pkk, kurdish militants, on the turkish side of the iraqi border. the turkish army has responded in kind. there has

you look at syria and nigeria and even egypt is pretty messing. this, i think, is going to end the opposition to the new libyan government and it's going to send a powerful message around not only the arab world but to dictators about the dangers of hanging on too long. i think this is going to build moral in places like syria and yemen and protests and i got tweets from people in bahrain saying, us, too. >> yeah. it's been an extraordinary time for that whole region. i mean, in gadhafi's case, there he was calling these rebels rats and he was killed like a rat. >> three-quarters of libyans have known no other ruling and it's inconceivable what has happened and to me it's a reminder that history doesn't just inch along. it's in huge continuities and i think that's what we're prepared to see around the world as well. >> there's a debate today about what this means. president obama and vice president biden making a big play of, hey, $2 billion spent, no american troops on the ground, although people are questioning the voracity of that statement, wo

the christians in syria are scared to death. >> what about america, though? that america provided the power of nato. >> america is the number one military power and will be indefinitely in the future. but the truth is, erin, we're coming home from the world. you have the smallest number of troops in okinawa than you've had before. they are going to be coming home from germany. and they should. the super power is in retreat which i think is a good thing but not for mankind. it's a good situation for us. we have to fix or own situation. deaf a deficit for years and we're on our way to greece. >> so you think the one way that the two sides can agree on, the only thing they've agreed son not cutting entitlements but they have seemed to agree that we can cut the defense. >> you can't borrow from the persian gulf to give to the persian gulf. i think we need to start looking out for america first. >> we're going to hear more from pat buchanan when we come back. the presidential campaign, his dream ticket and what really is the american dream. fore! no matter what sm

tonight to syria where protesters are calling for a no-fly zone. arwa damon is in beirut. would a no-fly zone work there? >> reporter: erin, the syrian dynamics are very different to those that existed in libya when the no-fly zone went into place. when it comes to syria, there is no chunk of territory that the opposition controls and no clear and defined frontline. and perhaps most importantly, there is no consensus amongst the international community as to how to approach this uprising in syria. but activists are saying that right now, the regime has left them with no choice but to call for this course of action. erin? >> arwa, thank you. >>> and now to britain where the government announced new succession loss. max foster is in london and max, what does this mean for the royal family? >> reporter: erin, this doesn't affect the current royal family, but it could change things if prosecute prince william and katherine have a child. imagine they have a daughter first. that daughter will only become queen if she doesn't have a brother. if she has a brother, the brother will

. >> fouad, i wonder, i know you're watching that video too, what does assad and syria thing? what message is that bringing to the middle east? >> that's exactly what -- a man for his security, he posted a note on an al jazeera and said congratulations what happened here in libya happened in syria. so i think in both syria and libya, there were two tyrants, surely he must think of the spectacle that he is seeing and think about the justice that has come. there is a wonderful cartoon, drawn by a syrian cartoonist and he was beaten up severely for i it,. >> fran, this is obviously a huge milestone? >> it is a huge milestone. libya has money challenges, the money from oil revenue, and in north after karks training along the border near to libya. there will be those around them that will seek to take advantage. so that's a concern. there will be tribal differences. there will be gadhafi loyalists that will look for an opportunity perhaps to launch insurgency like we saw in iraq. >> this fight in northern najair? >> that's exactly right. you've got these groups outside the border o

the christians in syria are scared to death. >> what about america, though? that america provided the power of nato. >> america is the number one military power and will be indefinitely in the future. but the truth is, erin, we're coming home from the world. you have the smallest number of troops in okinawa than you've had before. they are going to be coming home from germany. and they should. the super power is in retreat which i think is a good thing but not for mankind. it's a good situation for us. we have to fix or own situation. deaf a deficit for years and we're on our way to greece. >> so you think the one way that the two sides can agree on, the only thing they've agreed son not cutting entitlements but they have seemed to agree that we can cut the defense. >> you can't borrow from the persian gulf to give to the persian gulf. i think we need to start looking out for america first. >> we're going to hear more from pat buchanan when we come back. the presidential campaign, his dream ticket and what really is the american dream. you name it. i've tried

tonight to syria where protesters are calling for a no-fly zone. you're wa damon is in beirut. would a no-fly zone work there. >> the syrian dynamics are very different to those that existed in libya when the no-fly zone went into place. when it comes to syria, there is no chunk of territory that the opposition controls and no clear and defined frontline. and perhaps most importantly, there is no consensus amongst the international community as to how to approach this uprising in syria. but activists are saying that right now, the regime has left them with no choice but to call for this course of action. erin. >> thank you. >>> and now to britain where the government announced new succession loss. max foster is in london and max, what does this mean for the royal family? >> reporter: erin, this doesn't affect the current royal family, but it could change thingsing if prosecute prince william and catherine have a child. imagine they have a daughter first. that daughter will only become queen if she doesn't have a brother. if she has a brother, the brother will become king. it's

remember, wolf, he lived for 17 years in exile in syria. sew knows this characters and they know him. >> a lot of people are saying he is really cozying up to the rulers in teheran. even though the united states has spent hundreds of billions of dollars, lost thousands of lives at trying to create a democracy in iraq, yet he seems to be more interested in maintaining a strong relationship with iran. >> you're absolutely right. but i honestly descend slightly on this one. i don't think so much about iran and what iran want in syria. i think it is about malachi and the coalition around him. and his own dread, dread of what the sunni regime, possible jihadist and sir why would look like. again, 17 years are not for nothing. you live somewhere for 17 years. you form this bond with the intelligence people in syria, with the regime in sir why and this is what he is doing. >> let's talk about egypt for a moment. because it looks like all of the great hope, a lot of it is being then way if you will. cracking down and they are struggling and the peo

has against, say, syria or libya, and perhaps that is something that the u.s. could look at down the line as one possibility. but again, the u.s. -- officials saying on the record that they are looking at other ways to step up pressure on iran. clearly here they're not looking at military steps now, they're looking at financial and other forms of diplomatic pressure, wolf. >> presumably they have other steps in mind. jessica, when i spoke to mike rogers, the chairman of the house intelligence committee here in washington about an hour or so ago, he made it clear that based on all the information he's getting, and he's been well briefed for several months on what's going on as the chairman of this powerful committee in the house of representatives, he has no doubt that the highest elements of the iranian government were directly involved and authorized this alleged plot. are officials at the white house, background or on the record, are they going as far as mike rogers did in the conversation we had here in "the situation room." >> they are not, wolf. they are n

. >> fouad, i wonder, i know you're watching that video, too, what does assaud and syria think watching that video? what message is that bringing to the middle east? >> that's exactly what -- a man for his security, he posted a note on an al jazeera blog and said congratulations what happened here in libya happened in syria. so i think in both syria and yemen, there were two tyrants, surely al assad, must think of the spectacle that he is seeing and think about the justice that has come. there is a wonderful cartoon, drawn by a syrian cartoonist and he was beaten up severely for it. it showed gadhafi driving a jeep and hitching a ride with him. this is the fault of the despots this is what they and do this is the end they deserve. >> fran in terms of libya moving forward this is obviously a huge milestone. >> it is a huge milestone. libya has money challenges, the money from oil revenue, and in north africa, training along the border near to libya. there will be those around them that will seek to take advantage. so that's a concern. there will be tribal differences. there will be gadha

level in syria because we went in to libya under different pretenses than which we stayed. i'm under the impression our foreign policy is confusing. i can't give credit because i don't know what our purposes are. >> that is a good point. lz, how do you see it? do you think the president hasn't been specific enough about citing what america's goals are or where things are happening so fast she trying to make the best decision at any moment of his presidency. >> i love my friend will because he is inflicted with selective memory. this is the only time in which there's been any type of nongiving of credit to president obama. or acknowledging the good things he's done. the fact is, this is the rhetoric of politics and the primary focus is president obama because the pub ub cans want the white house and they cannot acknowledge anything good he is proposing or anything he may have done because it would detail their efforts to overtake the white house. this isn't just about libya. how quickly the conversation turned when osama bin laden was killed and how he went from president ob

. >>> an opposition group reports 17 people have been killed in syria's crackdown on protests against the government. a separate opposition group based in london claims that syrian groups are attacking protesters with nail bombs. nail bombs are banned by international law. >>> here's your chance to talk back on one of the big stories of the day. today's question, are there too many presidential debates? carol costello joins us from new york. i don't think so. i moderated a few. i say the more the merrier. let's see what they're made of here? >> oh, suzanne, you are a political nerd. >> that's true. what do you think? >> well, i do think this, every time you turn around there seems to be another republican debate. eight so far and at least another dozen or so to go. it's fair to say there are more debates this election cycle than ever before. one candidate rick perry appears to be saying enough is enough. >> these debates are set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates. it's pretty hard to be able to sit and layout your ideas and concepts with a one-minute response. >> coi

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obviously still questions what's going to happen in syria and yemen. all of that will unfold and we'll see how it develops. but a lot still going on in the middle east. thank you, ivan. >>> the manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor reaches a critical point now. now sister janet ditches her concert to be with the jackson family. going to have the latest in the case of dr. conrad murray. [ female announcer ] in the grip of arthritis, back, or back joint pain? aspercreme breaks the grip, with maximum-strength medicine and no embarrassing odor. break the grip of pain with aspercreme. >>> so this actually could be the last week of the manslaughter trial of michael jackson's doctor, conrad murray. court is in session right now. the jackson family has actually reunited for it. sister janet postponed several shows in australia to be home with her family in l.a. criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor holly hughes is here to explain why if this is at all important. do we suppose janet's presence or the mother or the children, does it make a dif

you see it in syria, leb lon. when that settles down you see a few more superficial efforts to pay state visits to the other country. for now this is a very rap isly moving situation where both countries are vying for influence and control. >> hala, nick, fran, we'll stay on top of this breaking story. thank you for helping us. >>> breaking politic the news, hours before they share the same stage in the debate, mitt romney calls on rick perry to repudiate a pastor's comments about mormonism. starting my progresso soup for lunch plan, huh. nope, just having some tender chicken and some tasty noodles. let's see...south western vegetables...60 calories. ya' know those jeans look nice. they do? yup. so you were checking me out? yup. [ male announcer ] progresso. 40 soups 100 calories or less. >>> breaking political news as well. we continue to track the alleged plot to asass nsassinate the sa arabia ambassador. the senate democrats version of the president's jobs bill everybody it is not expected to pass tonight, but

it may happen in syria as well. the syrian regime and bashar al assad has to realize his time is limited and the people do want him to leave. the next step might be a case where there will be international intervention of a military sort. and as we saw today, this is what the ending portends. the death of a dictator rather than deposing the dictator or in the case of egypt, the dictator going on trial. >> we've heard with regard to bash ashe al assad, he has lost his lemming it massey his, legitimacy to rule. >>> and in africa, the biggest oil reserves are in libya. what happens to them now? the postal service is critical to our economy-- delivering mail, medicine and packages. yet they're closing thousands of offices, slashing service, and want to lay off over 100,000 workers. the postal service is recording financial losses, but not for reasons you might think. the problem ? a burden no other agency or company bears. a 2006 law that drains 5 billion a year from post-office revenue while the postal service is force

tonight to syria where protesters are calling for a no-fly zone. arwa damon is in beirut. would a no-fly zone work there? >> reporter: erin, the syrian dynamics are very different to those that existed in libya when the no-fly zone went into place. when it comes to syria, there is no chunk of territory that the opposition controls and no clear and defined frontline. and perhaps most importantly, there is no consensus amongst the international community as to how to approach this uprising in syria. but activists are saying that right now, the regime has left them with no choice but to call for this course of action. erin? >> arwa, thank you. >>> and now to britain where the government announced new succession loss. max foster is in london and max, what does this mean for the royal family? >> reporter: erin, this doesn't affect the current royal family, but it could change things if prosecute prince william and katherine have a child. imagine they have a daughter first. that daughter will only become queen if she doesn't have a brother. if she has a brother, the brother will

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