>> ( translated ): just the united states... does the united states want to contain china's development. actually, during president hu jintao's visit to the united states the u.s. government and president obama himself said on many occasions that the united states hoped to see prosperity and development in china and believed that this would serve the world and the united states. nibble what your president said. >> what do you think the biggest misconception is about your country from america in general? >> ( translated ): i don't think this is misconception, it is more of a lack of understanding. >> rose: what do you want us to understand? >> ( translated ): well, in the first place it is not easy to really kw china because china is an ancient civilization and we are of the oriental culture. and for the americans, the united states is the world's number one superpower and the american people are a... if they're asked to choose to understand a foreign country, their first choice would be the european countries and the south ameri

>> ( translated ): just the united states... does the united states want to contain china's development. actually, during president hu jintao's visit to the united states the u.s. government and president obama himself said on many occasions that the united states hoped to see prosperity and development in china and believed that this would serve the world and the united states. nibble what your president said. >> what do you think the biggest misconception is about your country from america in general? >> ( translated ): i don't think this is misconception, it is more of a lack of understanding. >> rose: what do you want us to understand? >> ( translated ): well, in the first place it is not easy to really know china because china is an ancient civilization and we are of the oriental culture. and for the americans, the united states is the world's number one superpower and the american people are a... if they're asked to choose to understand a foreign country, their first choice would be the european countries and the south ame

at united nations will be opposed by the united states. [applause] and finally, mr. president, you sent a powerful message to weeks ago on behalf of every american and every person around the world that cares about freedom and democracy. note terrorist is safe. those who commit terror against america will not elude punishment. and when you kill innocent citizens of the united states, you will inevitably face the long arm of american justice. the operations that you order that resulted in the death of the face of the islamic radicalism and one of the world's worst mass murderers was heroic. thank you, mr. president, for ridding the world of osama bin laden. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the 44th president of the united states, president barack obama. >> that was terrific. absolutely. you doing all right? good morning. thank you very much. good morning. thank you. thank you so much. please have a seat. thank you. what a remarkable, remarkable crowd. thank you, rosie, for your very kind introduction. i did not know that you

states but what is really the subtext you know is china a threat to the united states or is this the justification used by some leaders to continue justify expanding the u.s. empire well certainly on the trying the side there's a new generation coming into positions of leadership for a generation which has a very short historical memory and does not recall the many years of good relationships between the united states and china that were initially. catalyzed by richard nixon and by the bush administration years of the time nor does the modern trying his leadership remember the years of conflict with the soviet union along the moor river so what is then trying. what i'm saying is the chinese leadership in essence see the u.s. as the single barrier that stands in the way to china assuming its quote rightful role as the predominant economic and eventually military superpower on earth what do you think the united states is china as we see china use there's a reason to continue asking leading us military spending the us spend six times what china spends it seems that the united states is

not just in the united states. because the truth of the matter is that while the united states doesn't have any obligation to, um, oversee or make particular comments about these matters, it's in our interest to do so. we have, as a country, tremendous legal expertise and resources. and so i think if we can look at ways in which we can also influence the hague conference to either take more actions or initiate new discussions that might not have been had or continue to help progress their -- i shouldn't say their agenda, but issues that we think are important such as oversight and how that oversight then is turned into actionable review that can improve the hague system as a whole. i think that's a useful role for the united states to play. although the convention is over 30 years old, a myriad of interpretation issues are also evidenced in u.s. case law and other countries. the fact that nations and courts interpret the language of the convention differently has dramatic effects on these cases and often results in

united states is in possession of his body. he was talking from the white house, a outside the white house gates people cheering. this is a combination of 10 years of hunting for the most wanted man in the world. we go now to nicole she has been doing research on osama bin laden and why he is notorious. >> reporter: we do know he was the founder of al-qaida, most widely recognized of the mastermind behind the 9-11 attacks. he was also the mastermind of several other attacks. he was on the american fbi list as the ted most wanted fugitivtop-10 fugitives. he loss citizenship and al-qaida leaders were believed to be hiding in afghanistan. >> vicki: small team of americans took custody of osama bin laden remains. apparently it was not done by droves, we will hear a bit more from the president. >> president barack obama: tonight i can report to the world. the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden the leader look at the terrorist who murdered thousands of innocent men, women, children. >> vicki: we a lo

in the united states so they're actually their own grading the monitoring levels in the united states and the the way the three monkeys absolutely the f.d.a. has made the announcement last week that they're not going to monitor tuna and salmon for radioactivity of the pacific amazing absolutely amazing. thanks again thanks for the very worthy of you and spreading the word this disaster has forced japan to reconsider its future of nuclear power they reverse their decision to have nuclear power count for half of all their energy production instead they're going to rely on renewable sources like solar for that half germany two is ditching nuclear power with plans to close their last nuclear plant by two thousand and twenty and jump in head first into solar power and energy source with which they lead the world at the moment meanwhile here in the u.s. we're still using expensive and dirty nuclear and dirty coal and imported oil and natural gas from fracking which pollutes wells and groundwater with no plans to stop any of this any time soon sign for a new energy policy in the united state

it is not just the united states. it is also the turks who a believe will be hosting an opposition conference. turkey is the closest country to that regime perhaps other than iran. this shows that the is a consensus among not only allies of the united states, but also countries like tkey and so on that his regime needs to go away. >> i just want to add very quickly, one quick point on this. i think to the extent that ther is a strategy involving, clearly as the president has not moved entirely to the position that bashar al-assad has to go, the implications of the sanctions and the way he is speaking should be clear. but, if they are clear, why not a stated? but that is neither here nor there. to the point i would like to make is, the one hope they would have, and hopefully the turks and others are working behind the scenes on this, is that the community as a whole may not prefer to jump off the cliff that bashar al-ass and his family is leading them toward. so, if they were to get rid of bashar al-assad, then perhaps

that's here in the united states but also, obviously, in china and japan and korea, in other countries in asia as well. and in many significant ways, i would offer that perhaps -- there's no better example of the role that domestic political factors and domestic political debates can have in shaping foreign policy and national security decision-making than -- than in japan. and that's not just function i should underscore of the past couple of years under the dpj or even a question having to do with what letter a couple of thousands of meters of concrete get poured into in okinawa. it's a much bigger set of questions having to do with a much deeper set of issues with japanese political culture, bureaucratic politics, the influence of individual decision-makers. and the fact that electoral politics are now having in japanese foreign policy decision-making as japan starts to feel it's way towards a genuine two party political system. so i think this -- the discussion that we have lined up for this morning should be very, very interesting and very, very worthwhile. and i would offer that

in the united states. nearly 1 million people in the u.s. go to work every day for british companies. and more than a million people in the united kingdom work for u.s. companies. i think that's a very strong indication of the depth of the commercial and economic relationship between our two countries. and what it does to help our people be more prosperous, having employments and to work together to ensure more prosperous future. the second area i wanted to highlight was security. we are the closest of military allies. which is by afghanistan where there is some 10,000 british troops engaged alongside the american troops. it's the second military contribution to the campaign there. and we have a shared approach to security challenges that the world faces, terrorism sponsored by al-qaeda and iran with nuclear proliferation. the third and final area i want to highlight is the softer side of science, innovation and research. we're very close partners. and the u.k. is the top choice for american students who w

states ok mohamed if i go to you in toronto i mean united states israel and saudi arabia working together or do you see that in regard to syria and iran and iran go ahead you know. well i i think that with regards to syria. the turks are also concerned because they are they have the form of islam that dominates in turkey is is not the islam and it's much more mild and there is a large allawi population and a minority population in some of his well as well as as well as a kurdish population so turkey too does not have an interest in syria falling if syria falls i think that as your previous case pointed out correctly. no one will really win even though i think perhaps even the saudis would be the biggest lou. because if the salahi's in syria are much more hardcore then. than in egypt and if if syria follows then jordan will i think definitely i think and saudi arabia will be more surrounded than before because right now the saudis have very poor relations with iraq with iran with back rein obviously. in yemen things are very unstable there is a weak central government the north of yemen wh

are they convinced for responsible the united states being bankrupt if the united states does things that it looks like it's not going bankrupt what will make them not thinking -- >> i don't think i missed saying it. i think i described bin laden's first priority is to take those things internationally to bankrupt us. that is clearly his intention. he knows for -- you know, he said publicly we can't invade milwaukee or words to that effect. their goal is clearly to make us spend money to the point where we don't have any left to spend. and we seem to be doing quite well with that at the moment. >> is there any way to stop -- [inaudible] >> there's no way to do it, sir, until we tell the american people the truth. and we begin to fight the enemy that exists instead of the enemy that our politicians want us to believe in. once we stop telling the american people it's what their government does and now how they live, perhaps we can have a rational discussion. but until then we're going to keep spending money without much effect. for example, we've spent, what, 50 billion, $100 billion o

the united states has custody of bin laden's remains. this ends a worldwide manhunt that lasted nearly a decade. the president said justice has been done. [cheering] >>> two bay area lawmakers issued statements. senator barbara boxer said the world knows that bin laden has paid the ultimate price for what he did. >>> jackie spears said this is a moment to remember those lost in that horrible attack and their families who can finally experience closure. >>> coming up a political figure making a return visit to california. we will be right back. box office. . >>> the latest power outage is coming up. back at home coco crisp makes a bold statement and the shark tank. that's all coming up in just a few minutes. ,,,, san francisco. a place with natural beauty and a forward-thinking spirit. at bank of america, we've been fueling economic growth here for over a century. today, we're investing in innovations that will define our future. every day, we're working to help set opportunity in motion. from financing a solar project for the milpitas sc

united states here in the united states. they're making it in japan. we were worried then japan was going to take us over. but that's changed. now they're making here what they sell here. the economist article this week says that there may be a -- a manufacturing renaissance company. what's happening in china, where they're making things today, is a lot like what happened in japan 30 years ago. it's china becomes more prosperous, wages will go up. as japan became more prosperous 30 years ago, wages weren't up. and so -- went up. so in the auto industry wages was 70% or 80% in what a supplier may spend to make a part in an assembly plant, it gets to be less important and people look at other things and so manufacturers would look at a variety of actions by a government before the manufacturer decides where to make the airplane or where to make the car or where to make the appliance that might be sold in a country. well, they're going to have plenty of incentives naturally to make a lot of things in the united states because t

what does the united states stand for? if the united states really stands for liberty and democracy and justice and the rule of law, come out and say that unequivocally. >> charlie: can you say that at the same time and people point out you may believe in that but you're not taking sides or you're not engaged by what's going on in bahrain where you have a battle between sunni and shia? >> the united states should make it clear that it is for the self determination and democracy and freedom of all people whether they're in burma or bosnia or -- if you look back over the years people said if we change this, indonesia or philippines or the shah -- if you change anything, it's going to be a big problem. in fact, democracy has worked well for most people in the world where they achieve democracy, and a democratic bahrain, a democratic saudi arabia, a democratic syria is in the best interest of those people, of the nonarabs around them, the israelis, turks and those around them, there is absolutely no doubt about it, transitions

of united states. bbc news. >> so what does become of al- qaeda now that its founder is gone? over the years, the terror network has spawned a number of other organizations, inspired, but run independently. tonight, the u.s. is on high alert for fear of reprisals. >> the man most likely to succeed osama bin laden -- dr. ayman al-zawahiri, alrighty big already al-qaeda's most visible leader. they have long been close. still at large, he has been instrumental last week's -- he has been instrumental. last week, a marketplace in marrakech was started. the u.s. is under no illusion that bin laden felt that will end terror like this. >> we should not forget that the battle to stop al-qaeda will not end with the death of bin laden. indeed, we must take this opportunity to renew our resolve and redouble our efforts. >> so, what sort of an organization does osama bin laden use behind him? on the not it looks pretty well established. in pakistan, and the group's core leadership and training camps. in yemen, al-q

their efforts would be commended, and the united states must continue to foster this united states-pakistan relationship. we must make this relationship work. despite the killing of at osama bin laden, the fact is the threat from al qaeda and affiliate groups remains as dangerous as it did last friday. in fact, cia director panetta warned yesterday that terrorists almost certainly will attempt to avenge him, and we must remain vigilant and resolute. if anything, the threat is even more dangerous in the days and weeks ahead after his demise. this was most obvious last may when a pakistani born u.s. citizen trove and suv into times square and attempted to killed hundreds of people. he traveled to pakistan and received training from ttp. his attack was retribution for u.s. crowns in pakistan. retribution has been a driver of attacks in the past, and we must be on guard. i look forward to hearing from today's witnesses on the myriad of terrorist groups operating in pakistan and their intent and capability to strike the homeland for. these a wharf is in a continually evolving groups present huge

it was actually the united states along with the help of the i.s.i. or pockets gun secret service that were supposedly training freedom fighters during the soviet afghan war it was then those same freedom fighters that ended up turning into a terrorist and carrying out a lot of these attacks that ended up really majorly impacting the lives of the pakistanis the billions that along with american drone attacks that have killed several poppy standing civilians it's hard to say that pakistan also hasn't been affected by this war on terror they certainly have been a victim as well when it comes to india's reaction to osama bin laden's that a lot of indians are still waiting for pockets on government official reaction as to whether or not they knew that these american troops were going to come in and capture osama bin ladin there's a lot of talk a lot of speculation here a lot of eyebrows raised talking about the fact that osama bin laden was captured so close to the pakistani capital a lot of indians here are wondering how they could not have known that he

criminals comes from the united states. let me tell you that in the four years of my administration, we have seized more than 100,000 weapons. 60,000 of them are assault weapons, and 85,000 of the total weapons we seize were sold in the american territory, mainly in the gun shops on the border. so after the assault-weapons ban extinguish in 2004, we started to see tremendous increase in the power of the criminals due to this easier access to the american witness. so that's a very important thing where we need the support of the american government and the american congress and we have not yet, and that is important because those weapons are aiming today, against mexican innocents, mexican people and mexican authorities, but nobody can say will never happen that those weapons aim against american citizens. >> charlie: look at the demand side of drugs. your pred seder, vicente -- your predecessor, vicente fox said if the united states legalized drugs, i think he principally met marijuana it would dry up revenues and the carte

the united states of america. that is the reality. the problem is not that parents in my experience want them to be lawyers or want them to be embroiled in individual family litigation. they want them to do their job which is to address the diplomatic issues and efforts, collection of information and accountability that in his individual litigant cannot possibly do. in order for them to have the tools to do that, there has to be some very concrete things better done. one is, there has to be in real-time and acknowledgment when a country is not acting in compliance with the treaty and call that out in more than the report form. that is that reciprocity has to be something that an american judge, and american parents who are formulating settlements of custody disputes can rely upon. legislative efforts in this body and in the other bodies must provide mechanisms for diplomatic actions that deal with systemic lack of reciprocity. these parents can do it themselves. the protections outlined have now numbered 1940 and

the united states has 100,000 troops in afghanistan. the troops are scheduled to start withdrawing, at least on a modest level, later this year. this summer all of those troops are supposed to be out by the end of 2014. i suspect given the death of bin laden, a lot of americans say it's time to leave and move on. afghan officials express any concern to you that maybe the appetite for prolonged u.s. military stay in afghanistan may be going away? >> i think they are already concerned. the administration here does not want to see the rushing sound, a sucking sound as the american forces pull away from here in the next coming years. we haven't spoken to them but there will be two narratives. the first one is that with bin laden dead, the story as it were has come to an end. we can begin to start drawing down here. that leaves the whole nation leading question. obviously the reason it was a failed state, under the taliban. so they say we need to stay here, finish the job, and make sure that the new al qaeda, perhaps regenerated or a differe

states house of representatives, to the united states senate, and state and municipal courthouse the. we are going to in 2012. [applause] >> one month ago you ought to be but asking me to serve as interim chairwoman. my friends, you are looking at one temporary worker who is happily ready to return to her job. [laughter] >> being democratic national chairwoman was a part-time job, but, you know, me. and i know you. and for me, as for each and every one of you, being a democrat is a lifetime commitment. [applause] >> i am here because together with my family, my community, yes, my catholic church, the democratic party raised me, trained me, nurtured me and helped me work my way to a life beyond my greatest dreams. i'm here because when i was four, five, eight years of age, a democratic president and congress enacted civil rights and voting rights and declared war on poverty. i am proud, a kid like me board and new orleans, a healthy life. i am a product of americans -- america's public schools. [applause] >> and a proud graduate of lsu. when i say the democrats must fight for working

if you take the risks that reform entails you'll have the full support of the united states sounds promising right now the president's message may not be as obvious as it seems so reading between the lines is the u.s. trying to promote imperialism under the guise of democracy. its true name like that for that never no no. and really a shining just respect. for the american citizen. an american citizen but also a muslim hauled off his plane on his way ironically to a conference on his long a phobia so in a post osama bin ladin world that's changed the anti muslim sentiment to growing. and it may be time for americans to open their eyes and start paying attention to those glaring signs the ones that preceded the financial collapse so as x. birds sound the alarm is it the end of the economic world as we know. it's thursday may nineteenth or pm in washington d.c. and christine for his hour when you're watching r.t. . starting off today president obama speaks out responding to the arab spring and laying out some guidelines for the future of the middle east and north africa calling this a moment o

the united states is nato, is nato. so the british and the french-- god bless them and others-- they don't have the assets. they are running out of some of their munitions. we need to get back in the fight. we applaud the predator being added into, but the worse... into the fight. but the worst outcome... a very bad outcome here would be a stalemate which would then open the door to al qaeda. >> schieffer: what do you want the president to do? >> say that the united states' air assets-- and i am opposed and we should not use ground troops-- the united states' air assets and many other assets should be brought into the fight. we should recognize the transition national council, thereby freeing up money so that they can start financing their operations and providing people with the things they need. humanitarian efforts, communications capability, facilitate the movement of weapons in not the united states arm but facilitate as we did during the afghan war. communications, kick qaddafi off television. you know, when peopl

is a very contentious issue between the united states and pakistan as and i mentioned before the united states and pakistan have conflicting interests in afghanistan. the taliban and his associates are the enemies of americans and the afghan government while they are supported by certain circles within the pakistani establishment this year two thousand and eleven will be a very critical year and afghanistan in july the obama administration is planning to withdraw. begin withdrawal of troops from the camp three and also it is a beginning of transition of security responsibilities to security forces and after have been allowed in scaling now the critical software here in the united states as well they're there they're trying to convince and ministration to call it mission accomplished and leave afghanistan but i think that will be very much huge mistake because i've been allowed and it's gone the terror infrastructure and the ideology is there as we saw the taliban announces july first spring offensive and we've seen a spike of violence all across the country and the dead are even foreign

states and pakistan there are also misconceptions that did elations will improve if the united states withdraw from afghanistan but i believe that the opposite holds true here if the united states prematurely leaves afghanistan that will convince pakistan and its military and i say stop the shrines you can keep your support for the taliban because the was he the taliban. future of afghanistan so what it's needed now for russia to do is to assure ensuring. afghanistan because to succeed in afghanistan means that pakistan also will change its calculus from supporting the taliban and instead of that there was the. legitimity ways to have the strategic and also influence in the country ok if i go back to one of my so i guess it's all about who controls afghanistan not the afghans themselves are never mentioned in all this if it's going to come from islamabad or it's going to be washington ok and they have their cars i do want to support so i mean what is the vision from the pakistani establishment with how do they want to see the americans leave with destabilizing the country even more. w

but i am really glad that now the united states can really be at a very consensus united base and we are safe and everything. and being here at (inaudible) central, i know that people that came in 2006, we can have a better feeling about our day-to-day . . this marks a victory for america, people who seek peace around the world, and for those who lost loved ones on september 11, 2001. the fight against terror goes on. tonight, america has sent an unmistakable message. no matter how long it takes, justice will be done. that statement is from president bush. right now, we will take you to al jazeera for a live simulcast, including the scene outside the white house. there is archival video of our osama bin laden -- of osama bin laden. he has been captured and killed in the u.s. operation. he was confirmed by the president a short while ago in the east room of the white house. i will let you listen in to al jazeera coverage of the story. >> it is different from after 9/11. we are seeing a shift in strategy. let me be very frank. in afghanistan, people are very puzzled as far as the war a

that's the way that the math works so the leverage of the united states be hurt if the united states if china was no longer taking its currency to the u.s. colors then when china not be so be hauled into taking on u.s. debt well backfire what will happen is that the chinese within suddenly hear this huge sucking out of all the jobs going to vietnam war going to thailand or wherever it would go and you know there are you have this massive bubble in china right now so they don't want to lose those jobs they want to be able to have the the transition away from a load. to happen gradually you know a five percent per annum ten percent prince sort of a reach but you know if we're talking about a larger appreciation in the chinese currency then not only would they lose twenty percent if they were to do about twenty percent on their foreign exchange holdings there would be a massive disruption in their export sector so that you know it's sort of like you know the soviets and the americans with their nuclear weapons you have mutually assured destruction if if this breaks down ok let's get bac

it would unite people in a jihad against united states. the bipartisan governing elite have brought the united states face to face with war at every turn. wars over oil, over religious conflicts, and wars to impose secular democracies of peoples that will fight it to the death. this is surely the antithesis of what the founders meant when they founded a system of government that would lead inevitably to tyranny. there are few better definitions of tierney the one that finds a nation repeatedly led into wars where there are no national interests at risk by the personal beliefs, ambitions, or limbs of an individual and his or her closest advisers. to have a shot and negating the threats to america, u.s. leaders must give up their half century binge of intervention alyssum- interventionism. the question is to how to begin to retrieve the blank check commitment that u.s. leaders have given to foreigners. let me suggest several ways of proceeding. america must accelerate the conversion to alternative energy, expand nuclear power, and further ex

states needs and so then some of these people that come out saying that the united states has to have an arms race with china or keep spending so much militarily do they have a point or is this kind of just been evaluated and it was the u.s. it's been sent six times what china spends you know i mean this is a straw man and there are people in our country whole always looking for enemies and potential enemies and they see the rise of china like the rise of all the great powers they compare it to the situation we have with the soviet union after world war two and up until the ninety's but no china is not i mean for example china's been very helpful to us with north korea. not a self those we might like the one sort korea gets out of hand too much to lean on and they didn't veto the resolution to for the united states and nato to apply force in in libya so and we need each other it's is not like the cold war when the soviet union never borrowed a length each other money you know during that competition but you know it's a different relationship with china they i think in the long term th

states that's a note that we can learn in the united states from these other countries where they provide the basics for their people and sure they may not have fancy cars and mansions but at least they're you know no one's going to guide because they can't afford to go to a hospital certainly we think about workers' rights you always have to think about the distribution of wealth run gotos activists and community organizer joining us from our studios in los angeles. and that's going to do it for now for more on the stories we covered in her r.t. dot com slash u.s. .

the united states is trying to manage a very complicated exit strategy from afghanistan. e la thing it wts now a full blown confrtation with pakist that would disrupt that the united states has made assumpons about pakistan not being cooperativen certainly taliban, slosz in al qaeda. it's not absolutely shocking to consider the psibity that pakistani intelligence might have known about bin laden's location. so i think the u.s., too, has reasons to muddle through, at least for now. got a lot of its plate in affidavits. >> i think it's interesting to watch the official pakistani reaction today. i was hold that the pakistanis asked last night if president obama could please make his statement quickly and that's why he made the statement just before midnight at this unusual time. the kistanis wanted their population to wake up to an american statement that this operation inside pakistani territory has been to take out osama bin laden not an operation against pakistanis. they thought this was more defensible. and they promised u.s. officials that they would try to mitigate pak

she was born in nigeria and brought to the united states as a child. she graduated her high school with honors. she was awarded a full scholarship to one of the nation's top universities. in college, she was a leader, a peer counselor, a resident assistant, a volunteer at an abused woman's shelter and a research analyst in the department of engineering. tolu received a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering in 2002, but she has never been able to work one day as a chemical engineer in america because she is undocumented. she cannot leave this country because she couldn't return. she can't get a job in this country because she is undocumented. her whole life is focused on america, and she is asking for a chance to be an engineer, to be a productive part of america, to move us forward as a nation. the dream act would give her that chance. when we introduce the bill today, we have 32 original cosponsors. we're hoping for more. the chair of the judiciary and homeland security committee and all ten democratic members of the judiciary committee. i want to

instead of bringing them into the united states. we currently have multimillion dollar facilities ready to try detainees for their war crimes at guantanamo that are sitting empty. additionally guantanamo detainees who already have habeas protection would likely be granted further constitutional rights if brought on to u.s. soil. i strongly oppose ranking member smith's amendment. there is no need to bring guantanamo or other law of war detainees into the united states. and with our increasing concerns relating to the recidivist rates and activities of guantanamo detainees, there's no reason to loosen restrictions on transferring detainees overseas to countries where they're likely to return to the fight and threaten men and women in uniform, u.s. citizens, or the u.s. homeland. i strongly oppose this amendment and reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from washington. mr. smith: thank you, mr. chairman. i yield two minutes to the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin. the chair: the gentleman is recognized for

clear things the way for the united states to reprove. take a look at the market reaction we are seeing this first with commodities and oil prices are dropping for the second day amid news of osama bin laden's death terrorist demise led to swings in commodities as traders wagered on how it will affect the major oil producing regions of the middle east and north africa we're seeing right now is light sweet declining below one hundred thirteen dollars per barrel brant still above one hundred twenty four. seven of the stock markets in asia what you're seeing in this world pictures investors of course closely watching the situation around bin laden's death pang saying is just barely by a notch on the nikkei it's closed today for constitution memorial day this is monday's reaction pretty positive that making putting on one point six percent move to russia where the r.t.s. has already opened the my six is still awaiting the opening bell around five minutes left to trade the r.t.s. is up by well the barely one tenth of a percent what we're seein

states not enough united states to get him they may be less willing to provide billions of dollars of aid and other support to the pakistani government so i think the united states has. always been a victim of pakistan supporting the taliban under the table and perhaps even hiding . simply because they're manipulating the united states in that part of the region . without he's admitting to contribute to that only of getting himself says he's got that to his head is dead many inconsistences about racial it's hard to be convinced it is a great news if that's true but it looks like a very stage fairytale in the night show the united states hasn't proved the. evidence regarding the operation and how his body was transferred to a land locked ever again a stand later to be dumped into the sea reach doesn't make any sense for me second phony excuse that no none of the countries wanted to take his body there was not a reason he was supposed to bring four forensic evidence back to the united states because here he was the main target of this ten years man to get a bomb or two years to prove hi

the united states came to the rescue. but not everyone gets help from the united states. a wildfire epidemic has also occurred in texas with over 9,000 acres. two million acres have been burned. that's the size of rhode island and delaware combined. and 10 times the size of the fires in mexico. and the state is still on fire. texas governor perry requested federal help, but the administration denied the governor's request. the administration it seems is more concerned about taking care of foreign nations while ignoring americans in texas. why does the administration despies despies texas? and that's just the way it is? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey rise? mr. sires: i ask permission to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. sires: mr. speaker, i rise today to condemn the brutal beat and death of juan manuel so theo. so theo, while having a peaceful protest against the castro regime, the regime beat him so badly. when he was

and if the united states -- it's one thing for the u.s. economy or influence to sort of shrinkage is another thing for the president to draw attention to that fact and consciously say it's a shrinking. because then it will shrink even more because a lot of what goes on in the world is just based on influence. if you abrogate that role, then fine, you have lost it. and don't be hard to get back. so all these things going on in the world right now are a consequence at some level of this drawing back. and you saw the same thing in the 1970s. it was very bad. and the only good thing i can say is that so far the mistakes of the administration have it resulted in something that is just profoundly negative for us. there's a lot of potential for really bad things. but they may come in the next two years will be interesting. >> doctor, what about china? are they destined to be a strategic adversary, or is the prosperity that they are enjoying them isn't going to create an opportunity for the rule of law and self-determination to kind of spread in t

united states. friendship with united states doesn't stabilize any regime. on the contrary, it seems to destabilize them. who is most friendly with united states. in the past, of course, mubarak, ben ali of yemen, bahrain. what countries could you find more in cahoots with united states? but there, of course, they're the ones that are most vulnerable at the time. we often think of gadhafi as anti-american, anti-imperialist. but, in fact, since 2003 he made his peace with united states. he went even overboard in many ways. he, gadhafi had been one of the first countries to nationalize his oil industry. he was actually one of the first to denationalize it quietly in the last few years he handed over the oil industry to foreign companies. he also was, in fact, came out from the cold, so much so that he was literally embraced by senator lieberman and condoleezza rice as a good friend of united states. so his problem is, in some ways, not due to being opposed to united states, but being friends with united states. i hope to live long enough to see ahmadinejad bei

it involves the president of the united states. we're being told by a white house official that the president will make a statement at 10:30. president barack obama will make a statement at 10:30. but the official did not say what that statement would be about. again, this is very unusual to happen at 10:30 on a sunday night. we don't know what the information is, but cnn is being told by a white house official that the president will speak at 10:30, make a statement, we'll carry it live. as soon as we get more information about exactly what the president is speaking on, we're going to bring it to you live, so don't go anywhere. at the bottom of the hour, president barack obama making a live statement. >>> other breaking news tonight as well, this time it's out of missouri. an appeal to the u.s. supreme court has failed to stop a proposal to blow up a major levee. that might save the town of cairo, illinois, but it would flood thousands of acres of missouri farmland. the decision to blast a two-mile hole in the levee now rests with

president barack obama addressed the nation to announce in fact that the united states has can finally confirmed that osama bin laden has been killed by u.s. special forces we're hearing that it was not a drone attack this was actually a firefight on the ground by u.s. special forces right outside of his lawn of god there was a firefight there was exchanged some of them has rightly had reportedly been shot and killed in the head and his body is apparently now in the u.s. in u.s. custody so the president addressed the nation right now to just just earlier go to announce this major development and also we are just blocks away from the white house right now where there have been hundreds of people who have gathered right outside of the white house in celebration of the developments that have been ladan has been confirmed killed by u.s. president barack obama in fact even as i was making my way to the studio we've seen cars driving by honking american flags waving and people continue to to make their way down towards the white house to celebrate this this news this news that in fact as the

state the united states is going to have to take an entirely different approach because of our interest because our concern about about iran hence our policy and relation with it with back grain it's somewhat different so we are much easier going with bahrain and we doing says safer in libya or in syria at this point that is we have to distinguish here between american national interests in various arab countries and there's no question about it that our conduct and our reaction to each country is depending on the level of interest in each of these countries and i wonder one other point i want to mention when it comes for example to the gulf regardless of the baron has a majority of shiite the this is the majority of population in the gulf is sunni and they are terrified for example of what iran is up to the united states doesn't have a choice but to support the current regime throughout the gulf so we have to distinguish between american interests the interests of the local government and it's and they're very tough just to try to draw any kind of a template and say all arab states are

well in a little more than a week since the united states killed osama bin laden we've seen several images including crowds chanting usa outside the white house we've seen celebrate tory dance party songs hitting the internet we're asking is this the new american way largely correspondent brianna more important i found out. the celebration was impromptu and palpable. jubilation stretching from new york. to the naval academy heard inside sports arenas look around is chanting usa and exploding outside the white house it's wild it's morning there all right. it was neither the wild crowd reflecting something of a world cup victory was cheering on his fascination of public enemy number one nine eleven mastermind osama bin laden an american pilling that inspired many mainstream media outlets to abandon objectivity and rejoice i had a sweet taste of it i'm glad he's ready to tell it which is exactly what i think he is this morning he told supporters a mortal blow this is the greatest night of my career at some point the unbridled euphoria over the death of a mass murder garnered van. yet for othe

god bless the united states of america. thank you, everyone. [ applause ] >> president obama honoring the sacrifice of two of the many americans who have laid down their lives with courageous action in defense of our country. in this case, awarding two medals of honor to private first class anthony kaho'ohanohano of hawaii and private first class henry svehla of new jersey, both for their actions in korea in 1951 and 1952 respectively. and, of course, also mentioning that the world is a safer place because of the death of al qaeda leader osama bin laden. that was the announcement that the president made a little more than 12 hours ago. and today speaking at the white house, he says it shows that the united states has kept its commitment to seeing that justice is done. chris matthews is the host of "hard ball" on msnbc. in this case, the president laid this out as a top priority from the get-go. he said to his top leaders, give me the plan, show me the plan, let's get it done. today has got to be a good day for the president

we never had that in the united states. i see how it has changed right here in washington when i was elected to congress 20 years ago. you could drive your car right up to the capitol steps as a terrorist. now, there are all kinds of checks, stops, road blocks. the capitol police checks you out. we never had that before. it has changed our lives as americans. the frustration of getting on an airplane and going through that x-ray machine and not being able to take liquids and things like that. it has changed us. we are doing things that other countries did before 9/11 to protect us. it has changed us as americans and makes us more vigil. host: mike is in flint, mich., a republican caller. caller: i think we both president obama a lot of praise and president bush for starting this. we owe our military past and present -- it is unbelievable. they were able to accomplish this. it is a wonderful thing. guest: i agree. credit is due all around. we have partisan battles in washington. democrats against republicans. they do not car

states wide enough the united states to get him they may be last willing to provide billions of dollars of aid and other support to the pakistani government so i think the united states has. always been a victim of pakistan supporting the taliban under the table and perhaps even hiding bin laden simply because they are manipulating the united states in that part of the region. for more on the issue that's going on inside marty's meant to contribute to any who saw. over the years that in several reports about bin laden's death in some ways it's not the first time he's been killed is it you know last time i checked it sounds like a good third time previously it was been a sort of kook who claimed during her interview right before her sister nation in zero seven that he had been killed back to two thousand and zero and before that there were reports that he had to keep the failure so this time it sounds like it's a third time well i would give the last person who would check his tears over his death or targeted assassination however. from what i seen yesterday in my opinion each really it

state department obtained copies of her entry and exit records to the united states. in the conversations that ensue, escalated this issue to the abduction unit chief and claimed they could not give me this information because it would violate my wife's privacy. in spite of the fact we remained legally married and that should criminally adept at our child to a dangerous third world countries. when i asked to have the entry and exit records for my son for whom i am the legal custodial parent i was told that this was not the role that oci played and they aren't allowed to give legal advice or assistance. furthermore they said the information i'm looking forward be of no use to mean court because mexico and the lecturer land border that allows for fluent entry and exit between the countries. therefore they claim proving she entered and exited the country would not prove the date of the illegal abduction and retention. i couldn't help wonder if moments after they said for the 1000th time they can give me legal advice why were they given me legal advice so i asked oci they

the united states is trying to get up an execution case for me to the united states. just today we see a new subpoena coming out of the secret grand jury that is operating in alexandria virginia is trying to get up this it's pretty much case against us. it is a building that case and whatever country i mean once it decides to indict they will try to excite me for that country and possibly not just me possibly i was the. the other problem with the sweet extradition is that the process itself has been corrupted. so it was corrupted from the very beginning and we've seen corruption and swedish media we've seen. all sorts of strange actions in relation to how do these cases progressed and what message you think it would send to the world if the u.k. did turn around almost unexpectedly at this point it seems and refused to extraditing with planes on which country so here's the sort of calculations going on in the united kingdom. the united kingdom wants to clean up the various levels but it's picking up it's good relationship with the states and i mean so if the u.k. was t

we have strong differences with the united states. [unintelligible] i would like to it emphatically reject that idea. [unintelligible] 1 all the issues, all stakeholders are instructed to enter agency processes. the statement issued by the foreign ministry and the military on the death of osama bin laden was authorized by the government. let me also affirmed the government's full response and intelligence. the isi has the full support of the government. [applause] we are proud of its considerable accomplishments and the anti- terrorism campaign. the me put the present situation in its proper perspective. our formal strategy requires security and stability at home in the region. the pursuit of this objective is the guiding spirit of our engagement with the international community. i must say that this and never has found -- [unintelligible] the region is undergoing a past transformation. we're delighted that our all- weather friends come up the people of the republic of china, have made tremendous strides in technological development t