these are part of the west. but they're not dominant you know they're they're poor and they're not very effective in terms of protecting power out words so i think glad. i you know i am going to say i think that i really think it's a good point but the the point of the good the issue is that. there's not exercise the kind of power over the rest of the world as your america does now one might see and i think there's a good point here that china and chinese relations in africa might occupy that kind of position ok bill you are disagreeing want to we want to replay that really really good room erica i hate to break this to you it's not your america it's hurting this power it's america i mean let's not kid ourselves ok powers can get away with it we're in the already with america ok rick i want to go to you i mean would you can was mentioned here a woman again let's take this term of the west then we could say defining it is part of the america's geopolitical strategy in the world and the american imbroglio because

these are part of the west. but they're not dominant you know they're they're poor and they're not very effective in terms of projecting power out words so i thought it had. i know i should say i think that i really think it's a good point but the the point of the issue is that japan. does not exercise the kind of power over the rest of the world as your america does now one might start seeing and i think there's a good point here that china and chinese relations in africa might imply that kind of position ok bill you are disagreeing want to we want to replay that we're hearing a little bit of it i hate to break this to you it's not your america it's this power it's america i mean let's not kid ourselves ok powers to know if you're not getting what i think we're going to bring a lot of reading with american ok rick i want to go to you i mean would you can was mentioned here a woman again let's take this term of the west or then we could say defining it is part of the you america's geopolitical strategy in the wo

within the west and then you have countries outside of the west or east trying. trying to get to that point in time or that state of mind or whatever we however want to define the term. yeah exactly because the languages is no longer. mccambridge god. no i think this is exactly right said the there is a kind of geopolitical notion of the west but there is also a mythical illogical notion of the west so it's perfectly keeping with the fact that there is a critique of the west critique of its notions of progress and development. a gemini i think that's all quite appropriate but at the same time there are other places in the world where certain kinds of unfreedom as they are as they see it exist where the west is a go and so we have to get used to least very ambivalent very ambiguous very enigmatic notion but what we can do is just dump the term we have to see its complexities but we can only raise that we have we are uncomfortable with it just as we are uncomfortable with liberty where uncomfortable with freedom but we we have proceeds internal contradictions and i

these are part of the west. but they're not dogma that they're poor and they're not very effective in terms of protecting our words so i thought it. i know i am going to say i think that i really think it's a good point but the the point of the issue is that it does not exercise the kind of power over the rest of the world as your america does now one might start seeing and i think there's a good boy here that china and chinese relations in africa might occupy that kind of position ok bill you were just a green one and you want to replay that we're hearing a little bit of. i hate to break this to you it's not your america it's this power it's america i mean let's not kid ourselves ok powers can only get worse and we're going to bring a lot of reading with america ok rick i want to go to you i mean would you can was mentioned here a woman again let's take this term of the west then we could say defining if part of the america's geopolitical strategy in the world and the american imbroglio because again you show j

these are part of the west. but they're not darn it you know they're they're poor and they're not very effective in terms of protecting power words so i think glad. i you know i am going to say i think that's a really good point but the the point of the issue is that. there's not exercise the kind of power over the rest of the world as your america does now one might start seeing and i think there's a good point here that china and chinese relations in africa might try that kind of position ok bill you were disagreeing want to we want to replay that we're hearing a little bit of it i hate to break this to you it's not your america it's hearing this power it's america i mean let's not kid ourselves ok we're powers can get away with it we're going to bring the already with america ok rick i want to go to you i mean what you can was mentioned here when again let's take this term of the western then we could say defining it is part of view america's geopolitical strategy in the world and the american imbroglio becau

these are part of the west. but they're not dominant you know they're their core and they're not very effective in terms of projecting power out words so i thought it had. no i am going to say i think that i really think it's a good point but the the point of the issue is that. there's not exercise the kind of power over the rest of the world as your america does now one might start seeing and i think there's a good point here that china and chinese relations in africa might occupy that kind of position ok bill you were disagreeing one i mean i want to replay that we're hearing a little bit of. i hate to break this to you it's not your america this power it's america i mean let's not kid ourselves ok powers can only get worse and we're going to bring a lot of reading with america ok rick i want to go to you i mean it was mentioned here when when again let's take this term of the blaster then we could say defining if part of you america's geopolitical strategy in the world on the american imbroglio because again

these are part of the west. but they're not dominant you know they're they're poor and they're not very effective in terms of protecting power words so i think. they had. i know i am going to say i think that i really think it's a good point but the the point of the issue is that it does not exercise the kind of power over the rest of the world as your america does now one might start seeing and i think there's a good point here that china and chinese relations in africa. that kind of position ok bill you were disagreeing one we want to replay that we're going to go to. i hate to break this to you it's not your all american power it's america i mean let's not kid ourselves ok powers can only get away with it we remember the already with america ok rick i want to go to you i mean would you can was mentioned here a woman again let's take this term of the west and then we could say defining it is part of view america's geopolitical strategy in the world and the american imbroglio because again you should japan may

he was a tailor to the stars of west berlin, the people in the theaters, and west berlin was a glittery and still is a glittery place. he suddenly can't go back, and he's desperate to go back because he has no wife in east germany, he's going to be put on a construction crew, not trusted anywhere in east germany, and at that point people were swimming canals and people were making it. he was not a good swimmer and had heart problems, but decided to swim the canal on the day that east germman border guards gave shoot. he was shot and killed while swimming in the canal and that was the first fatality of the post wall period, and the wall didn't go up overnight. it's a misunderstanding. it was barbed wire, barriers, and guards. for 48 hours, they watched. there was none. it was after that that the more permanent barriers went up, and in stages they got more sophisticated over time. >> host: i want to come back to that in a minute, but you describe another dramatic incident that you argue was more dangerous than the night the wall went up. could you discuss that with us? >> guest: when gene

chilly temperatures out to the west. 20's and 30's west of the cold front. mostly cloudy skies today. there could be some sunshine breaks. we cannot ignore the chance for the front of aging in from the west slowly. we could see some scattered showers. the rumble of thunder, although that is slight. the wind will be 10 to 15. the south wind that will be pumping in some relatively mild air. a son break or two will help spike the temperatures. -- a sunshine break will help despite the temperatures. the rain chances are kind of scattered. we could see some thin spots in the clouds from time to time. by tuesday into wednesday, we see the rain chances increases. the front will go through on wednesday morning. the strongest storms will of occur tuesdayl all into wednesday. near 70 today. maybe a rumble of thunder. a better chance tomorrow. maybe less scattered in nature are the rain chance. tuesday night into wednesday morning is when the rain chances are the highest. our friday night, rain chances return. notice the temperatures carry primarily in the 70's all wee

and he was a tailor to the stars of west berlin, the people in the theaters and, of course, west berlin is a glittery -- was and still is a glittery place. so he suddenly can't go back, and he's desperate to go back because he has no life in east germany. he's going to be put on a construction crew, he's not trusted anywhere in east germany. and at that point people are swimming canals, and some of them were making it. he wasn't a very good swimmer, he had heart problems, but he thought, let me give this a try. unfortunately, he decided to swim the canal on the day the east german border guards were begin shoot to kill orders for dealing with refugees. and the wall didn't go up overnight. that's a misunderstanding. it was barbed wire, it was barriers, it was guards, and for 48 hours they watched for spots. it was only after that that the more permanent barriers started going up, and they got more smith candidated over time. >> now, i want to come back to that in a minute, but you also describe a very dramatic incident at checkpoint charlie which you argue was even more dangerous than th

don't touch the access to west berlin or west berlin's freedom, you can do whatever you want to do in your own territory and that's what khrushchev did when he approved the border closure and then the berlin wall's construction. it was all within east berlin territory. >> maybe we should go back -- i mean, you and i are so stopped on only issues of the german problem which has changed and maybe just explain again what were the issues at stake in 1961? i mean, you had the two german states founded in 1949. and nobody in the west had recognized the gdr, east germany. it had very little legitimacy. it was completely dependent on the soviet union for its existence. why was there a crisis in east germany in 1961? and why did they have to take action and maybe just to spell that out a little bit? >> what happened is though the border had been cut off between east and west germany and so there was a no man's land. there were fences and there were towers around that border, there was no border or dividing line inside of berlin and so here's a city of 3.2 million people. you have two ideologie

start with the obvious one of the west. what is the west today? if you're in russia and you are thinking about this you do not see a unifying west so you need to begin to deconstruct the west. you have seen people like putin can even yeltsin before, who tried to use the germans and the french as a counterweight to the united states in world affairs, sorely during the iraq war, this is a principle of the the way putin thought about russian foreign policy. if you look at the world today, particularly after the financial crisis, and the deep crisis in europe itself, both physical but i would argue even more profoundly, one of identity, of what your teen union is, what europe is going for. short self how did he see it as a power in the world today. can use europe as a balance in any real sense, given that teach unity in europe your also if you look at the way the russians have conducted their foreign policy i would over the past 20 years, despite the fact that they've tried to use europe to a certain extent to balance the united states. they've never

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area to the north and west of baltimore. another collision of air masses, we are seeing temperatures and 80 paused here, it is only 48 degrees in parts burk right now. 49 degrees in syracuse. making its way slowly towards baltimore tonight'. a lot of rain is falling on the cooler west side of this front. 81 -- 82 in frederick. 55 degrees in oakland. that weather will last into tomorrow morning. it may not move out until the early afternoon tomorrow. that will keep the temperatures down. 51-56 for the love tonight. it will not give a whole lot warmer than that. the pollen count today was into the high to very high range. there is the front, stretching from western new york. thankfully, it is not as severe as the last front that moved through last week. but there are still some major thunderstorms. once the get that system off the coast, the skies will can -- the skies will clear. thursday looks like a beautiful day, maybe the best day of the entire work week. copper 60's to around 70. a fast-moving system moving in on friday.

the stormy weather is out to the west of us. you can see where the frontis. 50's in ohio. 40's in illinois. there is quite a contrast and that is where the cold front is. the shower activity, this one band out to the west which is trying to push the spirit we could pick up a shower this morning. we may see something again this afternoon. it will be scattered. high pressure is in the process of pulling out of the picture. a slow process. the cold front will be slowly moving our way. it will not make its move across the bay until wednesday morning. we will be stuck with this threat for the next two days or so. general thunderstorm activities today. most should be off to the north and west today. no specific signature for a souvenir -- four significant weather. there could be damaging winds and lightning. the severe threat goes up to more and it will be closer to us. mostly cloudy skies today. scattered showers in the forecast. it will not be rain all the time. south to southeast winds at 10 to 50 miles per hour. 68 to 73. eight sm

he did mention that the west. he was talking about an international order for finances, regulation, international security, and that was pretty new in the way that he approached global affairs. >> it seems america's attention is shifting towards asia and the middle east. hello important is europe for the united states? -- how important is europe for the that the states? >> in a way, europe gets less important for the west and the other way around. 're both looking to emerging countries. the real question is what is happening, europe and the u.s. to that are both getting less import in the world of tomorrow and there is a shift of power away from us. the real question is, are we going to go at things together or are we competing? i think obama is saying, look, we need to shape a new global order and everybody wants to do that with me is on board. >> germany has been left out of the agenda. is there any significance in that? >> i think the libyan case has damaged german foreign policy. we stayed out of the alliance,

there have been showers out west in mid-western maryland and west virginia. what's going to happen today and next week is that big storm system out west hits you coming up in just a minute. >> coming up on what's coming up on "meet the press" david gregory joins us live with a preview. >> good morning, lisa. >> the big news this week the president's birth certificate. the president put it out there. putting it out there has not made the issue go away. now what? >> i think the president used this issue to beat up on his opponents and the republican party generally. i think he knew full well that he would not reach those people that would believe this in the first place, frankly. there was a feel in the white house it was getting more attention than it deserved. the president i'm told himself felt strongly he should go out and be the one to put it to rest. i think the next part of this will be some simmering talk about this. primarily it is the president who i think tried to seize the opportunity to say this is silliness, this is a side-show, i am the one focus

fairfield west at 8. so the sea breeze delta breeze is trying. it's trying little engine that could. it will later on. because of that system coming in that's all it takes and that's going to move in. still warmer away from the coast. lots of sunshine. cooler coast and bay. so temperatures could go anywhere from the mid to upper 60s to near 90 degrees today. but then by tomorrow we'll take that slide right on down and it will move right into the weekend with some upper 60s. yes. sunny and warm today. but cooler by the coast. upper 80s to near 90s inland. an afternoon breeze and that breeze will be westerly. 60s, 7 0z, low mid-80s few upper 80s. i think close yesterday if you're over the coastal hills close to yesterday's highs but if not we're going to come down about five or ten degrees. fog returns on friday and then it will really pour in on saturday. much cooler on sunday. windy on monday. >>> well, a surprise in california's budget crisis. the unexpected windfall that could complicate the governor's

zooming out west. winchester and points west out towards front royal, a little bit of rain showers. light for the most part. this is going down toward new market. western loudoun. not out of the question. culpeper a few showers in the next 30 to 60 minutes. likely a lot of the activity will start to fall apart once the sun goes down. day planner for next several hours. going out tonight temperatures still in the upper 60s. pretty fine evening. go out and get a bite to hit. will hit 63 there by 9 p.m. as we head toward the midnight hour down to 60. and tomorrow morning there still could be a light shower one or two spots west of town. we start off generally in the lower to mid-50s. we will come back and talk about mother's day. your seven-day forecast and looks like a pretty nice break for us. back to you. >> thank you. >>> rising river. latest on the flooding from the mighty mississippi. first, riding the rails. the national train day is next. c4g? [ male announcer ] before he changed the world... tear down this wall. [ male announcer ] ...or led a nation... i ronald reagan do solem

in west virginia, a litwale 42t out in crr western maryland. not all that impressive right now. a litwale more actficoity will probably pick up. let's see ce.at happened today. turned out to be a very nice day similar to yesterday. 73 right now at the airport. or i should say downtown. 67 at the airport. are inkl c13 more cloalsthen cambridge, 64. parkton 64, out in western marspotand a litwale cooley c oaion and is only 46 and frostburg only 58. here you see the cloalss. l omething going out here to t west and the clouds stretch into ohio ce.ere there is more rain right now. and a little close tore this l torm system ce.ich wcusl be of sliding across the area and pushing to the south is what's gd sng to save us.

the biggest threat would be west of i-81. we find good storms down the panhandle of west virginia. back toward slainsville. everything is moving off to the north and to the east at about 30 miles an hour. we'll widen out a little bit. where do these storms go in the next hour? everything moves across the border into pennsylvania. this moves through hancock and also just moves to the west of wayns burro. they do weaken a little bit. some more thunderstorms back to the south and west. 79 still downtown after a high of 81. 79 in manassas. it's still 83 in fredericksburg and it's still 80 up in the hagerstown. all right. just remember that, this time tomorrow is going to be way cooler. thunderstorms possible until midnight. some thunderstorms are heavy. some could be severe. the greater threat is west where the watch is. prepare for a wet commute tomorrow morning and prepare for a much cooler day on wednesday. we're going to lose 20 degrees between today and tomorrow. now late tonight, showers and maybe a few areas of heavier rain down to the south and west, but i think for the most pa

in libya it wasn't a planned strategy use a war without any real aim it was something that the west young thin thin without any real clear sense of who they're doing it on their behalf of who the rebels are and what they want to achieve from it transitional national council of libya now a completely orientated towards the west towards nato toward the america they want to try and get acceptance from obama. from western leaders they're not looking towards the libyan people it means that self-determination doesn't come from the libyan people it comes from this kind of political elite in libya who are basically just trying to tell the west what it wants to hear the recognition has to come from the libyan people it can come from the west it's not just about getting rid of gadhafi it's about bringing about a democratic libya which is very much a process that has a struggle for by the people of libya you can't form libya into democracy the solution doesn't come from the west removing gadhafi and i think it would be absolutely dreadful if this does end up killing gadhafi because gadhafi sho

the his words were if you don't touch west berlin -- if you touch the access to west berlin or to the freedom, you can do whatever you want to do in this territory and that's what khrushchev did when he approved the border closure and then the berlin's construction. it was all within east berlin territory. >> host: maybe we should go back -- i mean, you and i are so steeped on the german problems which has changed and maybe just explain again what were the issues at stake at 1961? i mean, you had the two german states founded in 1949. nobody in the west had recognized the gdr, east germany. it had very little legitimacy. it was completely dependent on the soviet union for its existence. why was there a crisis in east germany in 1961? and why did they have to take action and maybe just to spell that out a little bit? >> guest: what happened is, though, the border had been cut off between east and west germany, and so there was a no man's land and there were fences and towers along that border, there was no border or dividing line inside of berlin. and so here's a city of 3.2 million pe

and the middle and west sections are zones three, two, and one, as you head west and see the change over that, and there's balance four starting to stage their equipment in the right hand photo to start building their steel support structures for their shoring wall. picture on the left shows where we were with the ramp demolition at the end of march and now through the first week in may. we're all the way up, and by may 3, they took down the harrison street overpass, and so all that rubble starting to get cleaned up and recycled. by the way, we've repsyched about 38,000 cubic yards of concrete, which, to put it in simpler terms, is about 10 to 11 olympic-sized swimming pools full of concrete. just a little fact. the removal of the bus ramp over folsom, there's a shot of that, and then the harrison street removal as well, they both went according to plan, and again, no injuries or incidents with the public. i mentioned utility relocation packages all winding up in july and august of this summer. with the exception of 4.2, which the pricing on that comes in tomorrow, i believe. and this is

in libya wasn't a planned strategy it was a war without any real hames it was something of the west young cynthy without any real clear sense of who they're doing it on behalf of who the rebels are and what they want to achieve from it transitional national council of libya now completely orientated towards the west toward nato towards america they want to try and get exceptions from obama from western leaders they're not looking towards the libyan people it means that self-determination doesn't come from the libyan people it comes from this kind of political elite in libya who basically just tried to kill the west what it wants to hear recognition from the libyan people it can't come from the west it's not just about getting rid of gadhafi it's about bringing about a democratic libya which is very much a process that has to be struggled for by the people of libya you can't form libya into a democracy the solution doesn't come from the west removing gadhafi and i think it would be absolutely dreadful if this does end up killing gadhafi because gadhafi should be removed by libyan han

in libya wasn't a planned strategy was a war without any real i mean it was something that the west jumped into about any real clear sense of who they're doing it on their behalf of who the rebels are and what they want to achieve from it transitional national council of libya now look completely orientated towards the west towards nato towards america they want to try and get acceptance from barmer from western leaders they're not looking towards the libyan people it means that self-determination doesn't come from the libyan people it comes from this kind of political elite in libya who basically just tried to tell the west what it wants to hear recognition has come from the libyan people it can come from the west it's not just about getting rid of gadhafi it's about bringing about a democratic libya which is very much a process that has to be struggled for by the people of libya you can't form libya into a democracy if the solution doesn't come from the west removing their feet and i think it would be absolutely dreadful if this does end up killing me because they get out the shou

we might see some weather off to the west of us. here's the seven-day forecast. 73 degrees to market again, a near-miss on rain. we will try to be positive and keep baltimore dry for mother's day. dry weather on monday, tuesday, wednesday, and thursday. then we do pick up some pretty good rain chances. >> now we have a horse race. >> we had one today and we have another one in two weeks. a man with local connections, we will talk about that next in sports. >> it is powerball. tonight's estimated jackpot is $51.1 million. with just $1 more, you get our power play option. your multiplier is for. the first number is 11 followed by 55. the next number is 47, 2, and the final white ball is 27. good luck, everybody. once again, the winning powerball numbers are these. powerball numbers are these. make orlando your lawn is a living, breathing thing. it depends on you. it needs food. you have to feed your lawn. that's a must. i use scotts turf builder. it makes the roots really strong. [ man] the stronger the roots, the stronger and healthi

soft and furry west you know helping the rest of the world or they're making money off of it they're making very cold calculations about themselves. i think that's right when it comes to the middle east i disagree quite strongly with what i think paul was saying that we went into libya and when we were cheered in the streets we went into libya and we were cheered by about thirty percent of the population in the streets about thirty percent is indifference and thirty percent supports gadhafi we've learned quite a lot of that this is a tribal society and i think obama was absolutely right to be skeptical about the british and french pressure to intervene we are slowly learning when it comes to north africa or in the middle east that intervention is very dangerous very difficult words are cheap but it's very difficult to see how intervention military intervention in particular produces a happy outcome i do think however that one thing will come out of the g. eight summit and that is that the e b r d the european bank for reconstruction and development will be given a mandate to expand i

in libya wasn't a planned strategy as a war without any real aims it was something that the west jumps into you without any real clear sense of who they're doing it on the behalf of who the rebels are and what they want to achieve from it transitional national council of libya now completely orientated towards the west towards nato towards america they want to try and get acceptance from a barn or from western leaders they're not looking towards the libyan people it means that self-determination doesn't come from the libyan people it comes from this kind of political elite in libya who are basically just trying to tell the west what it wants to hear recognition has to come from the libyan people it can't come from the west it's not just about getting rid of gadhafi it's about bringing about a democratic libya which is very much a process that has to be struggled for by the people of libya you can't form libya into a democracy the solution doesn't come from the west removing gadhafi and i think it would be absolutely dreadful if this polling does end up killing that because they get out

soft and furry west you know helping the rest of the world that they're making money off of it they're making very cold calculations about themselves. i think that's right when it comes to the middle east i disagree quite strongly with what i think also saying that we went into libya and we were cheered in the streets we went into libya and we were cheered by about thirty percent of the population in the streets about thirty percent is indifference and thirty percent supports gadhafi we've learned quite a lot of but this is a tribal society and i think obama was absolutely right to be skeptical about the british and french pressure to intervene we are slowly learning when it comes to north africa or in the middle east that intervention is very dangerous very difficult words are cheap but it's very difficult to see how intervention military intervention in particular produces a happy outcome i do think however that one thing will come out of the g. eight summit and that is the european bank for reconstruction and development will be given a mandate to expand its lending into the north a

soft and furry west you know helping the rest of the world if they're making money off of it they're making very cold calculations about themselves. i think that's right so when it comes to the middle east i disagree quite strongly with what i think paul was saying that we went into libya and when we were kids in the streets we went into libya and we were cheered by about thirty percent of the population in the streets about thirty percent is indifferent and thirty percent supports gadhafi we've learned quite a lot of that this is a tribal society and i think obama was absolutely right to be skeptical about the british and french pressure to intervene we are slowly learning when it comes to north africa and the middle east that intervention is very dangerous very difficult words are cheap but it's very difficult to see how intervention military intervention in particular produces a happy outcome i do think however that one thing will come out of the g. eight summit and that is the the european bank for reconstruction and development will be given a mandate to expand its lending into

counterproductive it would be seen as again the west is interfering in internal affairs this is how it would be viewed but i think that the present moment i said is in control i think you should do something about it before the world begins to around and try and support his opposition as they have done in libya we're talking about pressure the u.s. and the e.u. have frozen the assets of top government officials in syria and impose a travel ban on the do you think they're wrong to be getting involved in speaking such actions against syrian officials well everybody is talking about taking human rights protection measures but in fact i think the west very clearly europe generally speaking the u.s. particularly britain is certainly one of the people who are actually looking for their own national interest under the pretext of protecting human rights secondly i think these measures which are now being peddled every now and then through the u.n. and outside whereby the u.s. and international community is being reduced from an international organization into a domestic police authority whereb

by evening moving mostly off to our west. then in the afternoon, another area of shower activity could pop up. most of the day should be fine. going into early next week looks dry, too. forecast, 61 today. not a lot of rain in the forecast. chances for today are -- the days are mixed up. sunday's chances are higher, but mostly in the afternoon. ignore these numbers here. much of next week is dry and nice. >> that's good news. >> one complaint verizon customers have about their new cell phone. you can hear that in our consumer alert. >> and stroke can happen. there are steps you can take to prevent stroke. we'll have recipes for you. >> and some good thicks -- things come to an end. why gary williams >> in this morning's "consumer alert" verizon's new iphone. it is less expensive than the current iphones. it is a the popular buzz word that most people can't define. chris clackum defines what "the cloud" is and why you should know. >> we've been hearing so much about it. "the cloud." in light of all the hacking that's going on

in libya wasn't a planned strategy is a war without any real aims it was something that the west jumps into you develop any real clear sense of who they're doing it on behalf of who the rebels are and what they want to achieve from its transitional national council of libya now completely orientated towards the west towards nato towards america they want to try and get exceptions from obama from western leaders they're not looking towards the libyan people it means that self-determination doesn't come from the libyan people it comes from this kind of political elite in libya who basically just trying to tell the west what it wants to hear recognition has to come from the libyan people it can't come from the west it's not just about getting rid of gadhafi it's about bringing about a democratic libya which is very much a process that has to be struggled for by the people of libya you can't form libya into a democracy the solution doesn't come from the west removing gadhafi and i think it would be absolutely dreadful if this bombing does end up killing gadhafi because gadhafi should be re

west-northwest at 14. so the winds are coming from a direction -- they are not howling, at 70 miles per hour, they're at 15-20 miles per hour out of the west. so yeah, frank and julia, it is a better situation than it could be, when it was earlier today, where the winds were north-northeast. and i don't know if we can pull out on that or not, if you think about the plume and where the smoke is blowing to. most likely it is out into the bay. i'm not sure what it is burning, we don't know about the atmosphere, but the winds out of the west, good news. >> and it certainly looks like they're making progress now. a couple of minutes ago the building was fully involved. you can see a little more white smoke there, always a good sign when a fire is burning. the -- it means the fire is starting to be put out. we don't see any of those flames shooting through the roof. as many of them shooting through the roof as we did a couple of minutes ago. >> looks like they're making progress. this is near the russ and folsom

fighting hard intensified in need any of this here misrata the last rebel stronghold in the west of the country this comes as a nato considers funding the rebels with cash from pulled out his frozen assets with russia warning the alliance against taking the the steps in the breach of the un security council motion to protect civilians. or to run time since troops are resisted by defines protesters as security forces surging into more cities in forty intensifying government suppression of nationwide demonstrations meanwhile washington and the deploying more sanctions against the regime for the brutal crackdown but human rights groups claiming around eight hundred have been killed. in moscow preparations last of the battles to roll out the big guns for the annual grand victory day parade on she looks at why some people and former soviet states are siding with his play instead. this is also his weekly review hello and welcome to the program there weeks been dominated by the death of the world's most notorious terrorist leader after ten years in hiding the trail to our salah bin laden final

what it wants to hear recognition has to come from the libyan people it can come from the west it's not just about getting rid of gadhafi it's about bringing about a democratic libya which is very much a process that has to be struggled for by the people of libya you can't form libya into democracy the solution doesn't come from the west removing gadhafi and i think it would be absolutely dreadful if this bombing does end up killing gadhafi because a good athlete should be removed by libyan hands and not by the west. while meantime more nato air strikes have hit the libyan capital of tripoli and it's following a defiant broadcast from colonel gadhafi who says that he is currently beyond the reach of the coalition to now insists that the u.s. will continue its campaign of the country as long as the libyan leader types his own people but it's ours is a laurent list of reports the motivation of the u.s. led alliance is again under scrutiny. several decades and wars later it's still the question that's top of mind when it comes to the world's largest military alliance any people i think

he did mention that the west. he was talking about an international order for finances, regulation, international security, and that was pretty new in the way that he approached global affairs. >> it seems america's attention is shifting towards asia and the middle east. hello important is europe for the united states? -- how important is europe for the that the states? >> in a way, europe gets less important for the west and the other way around. we're both looking to emerging countries. the real question is what is happening, europe and the u.s. to that are both getting less import in the world of tomorrow and there is a shift of power away from us. the real question is, are we going to go at things together or are we competing? i think obama is saying, look, we need to shape a new global order and everybody wants to do that with me is on board. >> germany has been left out of the agenda. is there any significance in that? >> i think the libyan case has damaged german foreign policy. we stayed out of the allianc

toward washington county, allegheny county and in west virginia. you have the severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00 and we're going watch the area closely for the possibility of some storms that could have gusts to 60 miles per hour and damaging wind gusts and some hail and everyone west of 95 and quantico and to the west, the possibility of the strong to severe storms and that is maybe getting expanded to the south and east andha is to the north and west and we'll keep you posted on www.myfoxdc.com and our later news tonight and going to see a chance of an evening thunderstorm and to the north and west and get ready for morning showers tomorrow, the wet commute potentially for wednesday morning drive time and not for the evening. it's going to be 20 degrees colder tomorrow than today and thinking 60, 61 degrees is going to do it and today, we were 81; dulles, 82. , bwi marshal to 82 and you will be able to see with the temperatures, that is still comfortable and to cumberland, that is down to 64 degrees and to pittsburgh, that is 48 degrees and to

i am here briefly to say the west side needs planned intelligent growth. i have attended at least 12 meetings regarding park merced. i have written extensively on the deir, and much of it was negative in terms of the neighborhoods have gone to subsidize things like water, schools, the transportation aspect with a tier five element is a big plus. 19th avenue as stated earlier is going to become a parking lot. park merced is a planned development, and i want to stress planned. it has been planned and discussed by the neighborhood, the developers and the city government. tangible benefits have been negotiated for the neighborhoods, affordable housing, you name it. although the park merced project represents many changes , costs and problems, and i feel bad for some of the residents, the project is preferable to the chaotic third element that represents uncontrolled density growth on the west side. you have a clear look at what can be done with planned growth whether you like it or not. and you have a clear look in the future about the disaster that is coming

what it wants to hear recognition has come from the libyan people it can't come from the west it's not just about getting rid of gadhafi it's about bringing about a democratic libya which is very much a process that has to struggle for by the people of libya you can't form libya into democracy the solution doesn't come from the west removing gadhafi and i think it would be absolutely dreadful if this bombing does end up killing gadhafi because a good athlete should be removed by libyan hands not by the west well meantime in libya more nato air strikes reportedly struck the capital tripoli following a defiant broadcast from colonel gadhafi meeting in washington barack obama and nato head for grassroots and agreed to continue bombing as long as the libyan leader put up a fight because r.t. laurent lister reports the motivation of the u.s. led alliance is under scrutiny. several decades and wars later it's still the question that's top of mind when it comes to the world's largest military alliance many people i think today wonder after the end of the cold war why nato lo and behold radius

soft and furry west you know helping the rest of the world if they're making money off of it they're making very cold calculations about themselves. i think that's right so when it comes to the middle east i disagree quite strongly with what i think paul was saying that we went into libya and when we were cheered in the streets we went into libya and we were cheered by about thirty percent of the population in the streets about thirty percent is indifference and thirty percent supports gadhafi we've learned quite a lot of that this is a tribal society and i think obama was absolutely right to be skeptical about the british and french pressure to intervene we are slowly learning when it comes to north africa in the middle east that intervention is very dangerous very difficult words are cheap but it's very difficult to see how intervention military intervention in particular produces a happy outcome i do think however that one thing will come out of the g. eight summit and that is that the e b r d the european bank for reconstruction and development will be given a mandate to expand i

this cluster of showers in west virginia diving south and west. i don't think we're going to see a lot around here other than stray showers here or there. and on the whole we look for improving weather to come in with an area of high pressure settling from west to east. going to take a while for that to happen. we'll stay cloudy tonight. it will feel a little damp out there certainly chilly but as this area moves further east and pushes the last of this system out to sea we look for better weather to continue to arrive into our cinco de mayo thursday. you see that cloudy tonight hit or miss shower maybe but most of us looking dry and sunny by tomorrow afternoon. and then into friday a sunny start, but clouds rolling in the afternoon and it looks like a decent shot of a wave of scattered showers coming in friday night late into the evening. that could linger into saturday morning. so we'll watch that closely to kick off the weekend. but overnight tonight down to 40 with clearing skies and much much cooler. how about your thursday. not bad, 67 degre

cornel west to the program. the princeton professor and best selling author is the co-host of "smiley and west." a good thing to see you. >> always a blessing, my brother. >> i will -- tavis: i want to go through the particulars of interview that you gave some days ago. it is called -- it has caused such a furor in the internet a much progressives and the black academy, specifically in the cabin boy or probably. here is what "the boston globe," had to say. you kicked up quite a controversy with your comments about barack obama and specifically your critique about him not being progressive enough. let me put out some of these. you have been taken to task for these and i will give you a chance to respond so we can understand better what it is. you referred to the president as a black mascot of wall street oligarchs and a black puppet of corporate plutocrats and now he has become head of the american killing machine and is proud of it. >> i had in mind in the fact that as a progressive you began with the plan and p

coming onshore on the west coast. a little rise there in the northern plains then here is that northwesterly flow. tracked to our south and west and i think that will be the case for the overnight batch of showers and tomorrow we will have to watch to see what pops up here. here we go in the morning. a few sprinkles there. 9:15. we are okay. then in the afternoon a couple more showers do start to pop up. your next few day break down. 70 degrees. really nice monday and tuesday. where in the low 70s. make it mid-70s by thursday with a slight chance of a shower then unfortunately friday and saturday looks like the shower thunderstorm chance increases. temperatures still comfy in the low 70s. >>> terps seem to know what they want, right? >> they know what they want. no offer has been given yet but i think it will be his to turn down they are going after shawn miller. search for gary williams' replacement if full swing. we will tell you who they are eyeing as the new terrapins head coach. a long shot wins the kentucky derb

that is well off to the west. it is gradually moving eastward and we think the earliest anyone will see any of this activity will be late afternoon for areas out to our west and then it will move across the washington area during the evening and nighttime hours. we get some showers and thunderstorms, maybe even some strong thunderstorms out of this system. we are in the 60s. 65degrees at reagan national. bwi marshall is at 59 degrees. your forecast for today, a mix of clouds and sun. breezes will be out of the south. it will become increasingly breezy, a warm one with highs into the low and mid-80s. a chance of showers and thunderstorms developing late in the day. i think primarily during the evening except for those of you out to the west, you may see it late this afternoon. more details on all of that coming up in just a little bit. >> let's check in with julie wright and get a look at traffic this morning. >> so far, so good. no incidents to report. overnight roadwork cleared on the beltway near 66. you will fi

further west a different story. storms rumbling stored -- towards cumberland, i-68 between hagerstown and cumberland. you continue to see this storm as it pushes slowly eastward but also northward. we have a severe thunderstorm watch but it's for points far to our west. you can see the storms pushing in on the satellite as well. temperatures well up into the mid-80s. we're still at 80-degree plus, frederick, washington. for now the storms will be way west. we talk about that and look ahead to much cooler weather. it's all coming up. >>> if you drive a honda or acura, honda motor company is expanding one of its air bags recalls. 833,000 more vehicles from model years 2001 through 2003 should be checked out. last year the japanese automaker recalled more than 437,000 vehicles because of some air bag concerns. apparently faulty components can cause the air bags to deploy too forcibly. the automaker will begin sending out notifications to owners before the and of the month. >>> taylor farms pacific, incorporated said th

there will be an opposition journalist patrick a rebel allegiance for the west is only alienating little. robert gates said but he's cautious about understanding who makes up the opposition and through an extensive caution is commendable because this humanitarian intervention by the west in libya wasn't a planned strategy was a war without any real i mean it was something to do with cynthy without any real clear sense of who they're doing it on behalf of the rebels are and what they want to achieve from its transitional national council of libya now completely orientated towards the west to move nato to with america they want to try and get exceptions from obama from western leaders they're not looking towards the libyan people it means that information doesn't come from the libyan people it comes from this kind of political elites in libya who basically just tried to tell the west what it wants to hear recognition has come from the libyan people it can't come from the west it's not just about getting rid of gadhafi it's about bringing about a democratic libya which is very much a proces

kind of not turning to the libyan people for legitimacy but turning to the west saying we're going to shut out before it is proved recognizes the leaders are problematic and once again it means that self-determination doesn't come from the libyan people it comes from this kind of political elite in libya who basically just trying to tell the west what it wants to hear in order to get recognition recognition has to come from the libyan people it can't come from the west and you talk about is it streaming functions and we've also obviously talked about the fact that robert gates has said that the u.s. is remaining cautious in understanding exactly who makes the rebels but washington has said that despite this lack of clarity it does know what he's capable lots. i'm sorry i missed the last point despite the fact that washington has admitted that it isn't exactly clear on who makes up the rebel forces in the air it does say that it does know colonel gadhafi and what he's capable lots. well again this isn't just about removing the ogre it's not just about getting rid of gadhafi it's about

out to the west out into west virginia, it is no longer raining. the satellite-radar all so, wade cold front that is moving through -- all associated with a cold front that is moving through. the rain will be with us for the morning commute. we'll just be dealing with much cereal air. in fact, the cooler air already settling in. the temperatures right now falling back into the low 50s and it will get breezy as this fronted kind of pushes off to the east. breezes will pick up to the north and west gusting to about 25 today. later this afternoon, a little sunshine after the morning rain and just cool conditions set to arrive later today and that will stick around tonight. our overnight temperatures tonight are going to be downright cold. how about low 40s if you are outside the beltway if you are off to the north and west. 53 at reagan national. 48 in gaithersburg. 57 for new leonardtown. 48 in martinsburg and 46 in winchester. remember yesterday, we were in the 80s. it will be noticeably cooler. the kids will need a jacket for the school day. early