thank you again for your service on that tragic day in beirut. the chair now recognizes himself for five minutes for questions. curnow, i agree with you that we have had a timid response to iran since 1979. general keane i thought very masterfully, all the attacks and attempted attacks on the interest of the united states in 1989 and the failure both parties come to either party from the administrations prior to adequately respond to the threat. and now we have an attempted assassination on a foreign official in a nation's capital. unfortunately, it was foiled. but according to her testimony, general keane, this goes to the highest levels when you say that ayatollah khomeini at a minimum approved this plan and may have directed it. that is very bold. and if true, i think deserves a proper response. you mention that our policy has failed. and we have had sanctions on and off since 1979 and we are still faced with the threat that continues. i think you mention would be to treat iran as a strategic enemy. i agree with that. it's about the general an

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to cross talk us radian relations i'm joined by one hundred more randi in beirut he's a professor at the university of turn around in television we go to michael omar man he is a writer and journalist and in washington we cross to matthew das he's a policy analyst and director of the middle east program for the center of american progress all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want may very much encourage it but first marcia tell us the latest chapter in this troubled relationship that's been our relationship hostility for three decades now but last week so yet another downturn in u.s. iran ties after washington came out with accusations that iran had been wanting to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to the u.s. it is an outrageous act that really arrays are going to have to be held accountable and i think when you see the case presented during a forum there is compelling evidence. but few have found the evidence compelling enough to think the allegations are not part of a larger effort to further isolate iran and pursue tougher sanct

iranian relations i'm joined by one hundred marandi in beirut he's a professor at the university of taran in tel aviv we go to michael omar man he is a writer and journalist and in washington we cross to matthew does he is a policy analyst and director of the middle east program for the center of american progress all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want they very much encourage it but first marcia tell us the latest chapter in this troubled relationship in our relationship that i didn't hostility for three decades now but last week saw yet another downturn in u.s. iran ties after washington came out with accusations that iran had been plotting to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to the u.s. it is an outrageous act that where the razor going to have to be held accountable and i think when you see the case presented you're going to find there is compelling evidence. which few have found the evidence compelling enough to think the allegations are not part of a larger effort to further isolate iran and pursue tougher sanctions against it

iranian relations i'm joined by one hundred marandi in beirut he's a professor at the university of tehran in tel aviv we go to michael omar man he is a writer and journalist and in washington we cross to matthew does he is a policy analyst and director of the middle east program for the center of american progress all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want may very much encourage it but first marcia tell us the latest chapter in this troubled relationship that's been a relationship set by deep hostility for three decades now but last week saw yet another downturn and u.s. iran ties after washington came out with accusations that iran had been plotting to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to the u.s. it is an outrageous act that where the razor going to have to be held accountable and i think when you see the case presented you're going to find there is compelling evidence. but few have found the evidence compelling enough to think the allegations are not part of a larger effort to further isolate iran and pursue tougher sanctions against

to cross-talk us iranian relations i'm joined by one hundred marandi in beirut he's a professor at the university of tehran in tel aviv we go to michael omar man he is a writer and journalist and in washington we cross to matthew does he is a policy analyst and director of the middle east program for the center of american progress or a gentleman cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want may very much encourage it but first marcia tell us the latest chapter in this troubled relationship that's been a relationship beset by deep hostility for three decades now but last week saw yet another downturn and u.s. iran ties after washington came out with accusations that iran had been plotting to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to the u.s. it is an outrageous act that where the rays are going to have to be held accountable and i think when you see the case presented you're going to find there is compelling evidence. but few have found the evidence compelling enough to think the allegations are not part of a larger effort to further isolate iran and pursue toug

to cross-talk us a rainy in relations i'm joined by one hundred marandi in beirut he's a professor at the university of tehran in tel aviv we go to michael omar man he is a writer and journalist and in washington we cross to matthew das he's a policy analyst and director of the middle east program for the center of american progress all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want may very much encourage it but first marcia tell us the latest chapter in this troubled relationship that's been a relationship set by deep hostility for three decades now but last week so yet another downturn and u.s. iran ties after washington came out with accusations that iran had been plotting to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to the u.s. it is an outrageous act that where the rays are going to have to be held accountable and i think when you see the case presented you're going to find there is compelling evidence. but few have found the evidence compelling enough to think the allegations are not part of a larger effort to further isolate iran and pursue

cross-talk us a rainy in relations i'm joined by one hundred marandi in beirut he's a professor at the university of tehran in tel aviv we go to michael oh man he is a writer and journalist and in washington we cross to matthew das he's a policy analyst and director of the middle east program for the center of american progress all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want may very much encourage it but first marcia tell us the latest chapter in this troubled relationship that's been our relationship set by deep hostility for three decades now but last week saw yet another downturn and u.s. iran ties after washington came out with accusations that iran had been plotting to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to the u.s. it is an outrageous act that where the a razor going to have to be held accountable and i think when you see the case presented you're going to find there is compelling evidence. but few have found the evidence compelling enough to think the allegations are not part of a larger effort to further isolate iran and pursue toug

iranian relations i'm joined by one hundred marandi in beirut he's a professor at the university of tehran in tel aviv we go to michael omar man he is a writer and journalist and in washington we cross to matthew does he is a policy analyst and director of the middle east program for the center of american progress all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want may very much encourage it but first marcia tell us the latest chapter in this troubled relationship that's been our relationship set by deep hostility for three decades now but last week saw yet another downturn and u.s. iran ties after washington came out with accusations that iran had been plotting to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to the u.s. it is an outrageous act that where the rays are going to have to be held accountable and i think when you see the case presented you're going to find there is compelling evidence. but few have found the evidence compelling enough to think the allegations are not part of a larger effort to further isolate iran and pursue tougher sanctions aga

to cross talk us a rainy and relations i'm joined by one hundred marandi in beirut he's a professor at the university of tehran in tel aviv we go to michael omar man he is a writer and journalist and in washington we cross to matthew does he is a policy analyst and director of the middle east program for the center of american progress all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want may very much encourage it but first marcia tell us the latest chapter in this troubled relationship that's been a relationship said by deep hostility for three decades now but last week saw yet another downturn and u.s. iran ties after washington came out with accusations that iran had been plotting to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to the u.s. it is an outrageous act that where the rays are going to have to be held accountable and i think when you see the case presented you're going to find there is compelling evidence. but few have found the evidence compelling enough to think the allegations are not part of a larger effort to further isolate iran and pur

to cross talk us iranian relations i'm joined by mohamed marandi in beirut he's a professor at the university of toronto in tel aviv we go to michael omar man he is a writer and journalist and in washington we cross to matthew das he's a policy analyst and director of the middle east program for the center of american progress originally cross-talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want they very much encourage it but first marcia tell us the latest chapter in this troubled relationship that's going to our relationship with hostility for three decades but ross thanks for yet another downturn and us iran ties after washington came out with accusations that iran had been plotting to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to the us it is outrageous that where they are really they're going to have to be held accountable i think when you see the case presented you're going to find there is compelling evidence. which few have found the evidence compelling enough to think the allegations are not part of a larger effort to further isolate iran and pursue tougher sanctions against

arwa damon for "marketplace middle east" in beirut. >>> up next, the impact of the syrian crisis on its neighbor, lebanon, and its banking center. a interview with central bank governor, riad salami when we come back. [ female announcer ] in the grip of arthritis, back, or back joint pain? aspercreme breaks the grip, with maximum-strength medicine and no embarrassing odor. break the grip of pain with aspercreme. >>> riad s salameh took over th central bank in 1993, he's the country's longest serving governor. as the region continues to final the impact of the arab spring, i asked him about the spillover effect of serious unrest on his economy. >> well, as you know, the tourist activity was penalized because those coming by road did not come this year to lebanon. trade between the two countries is going to be less in terms of volume and the amounts. but as you can see, the lebanese economy has not profited, is not really penalized by what is happening in syria. >> can it be buffered, can remember none still sustain having the capital inflows despite the chaos next door? >> yes, we can. t

to cross-talk us a rainy in relations i'm joined by one hundred marandi in beirut he's a professor at the university of tehran in tel aviv we go to michael omar man he is a writer and journalist and in washington we cross to matthew das he's a policy analyst and director of the middle east program for the center of american progress all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want may very much encourage it but first marcia tell us the latest chapter in this troubled relationship that's been a relationship set by deep hostility for three decades now but last week saw yet another downturn and u.s. iran ties after washington came out with accusations that iran had been plotting to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to the u.s. it is an outrageous act that where the rays are going to have to be held accountable and i think when you see the case presented you're going to find there is compelling evidence. but few have found the evidence compelling enough to think the allegations are not part of a larger effort to further isolate iran and pursue

in 1983, he was directly responsible for the beirut truck bombing. he is the minister of interior in iran. they have redeployed around the capitals there. while you are not hearing any protests. his disputed re-election reveals another connection. his selection puts down those protests at that time. they imported some hizbollah thugs. [inaudible] he participated in peacekeeping bombings. he founded the force, serving as first commander. he is on the most wanted list for the bombings of the israeli embassy. haiti was linked in 2008 for the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems while overseeing the research and development of the destruction. he was the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism. the expanding relationship between iran, the president and hugo chavez requires closer vigilance. this is clear propaganda to provide cover for other activities. plans include venezuela to produce the automatic weapons. beside having major operating basis, they have established another 1 in venezuela's islands. these are not monitored. it brings back

in 1983, he was directly responsible for the beirut truck bombing. he is the minister of interior in iran. they have redeployed around the captialitals there. while you are not hearing any protests. his disputed re-election reveals another connection. his selection puts down those protests at that time. hizbollaheorted some thugs. [inaudible] he participated in peacekeeping bombings. he founded the force, serving as first commander. he is on the most wanted list thethe bombings of israeli embassy. 8 for was linked in 200 fo the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems while overseeing the research and development of the destruction. leading stateld's sponsor of terrorism. the expanding relationship between iran, the president and hugo chavez requires closer vigilance. this is clear propaganda to provide cover for other activities. plans include venezuela to produce the automatic weapons. beside having major operating basis, they have established another 1 in venezuela's islands. these are not monitored. it brings back memories of my multination

i use as a sample of that from perform history -- personal history the mission in beirut, the blowing up of our industry, the attacks on the two embassies in east africa that the general talked about earlier that essentially went by with no respon response. al qaeda never had the capability for the suicide coordinated attacks that hezbollah pulled off during the beirut mission that killed us. they did not have that expert e expertise. and bin laden took inspiration from this success of those attacks and part of that was our nonresponse. and there was a -- until there was a meeting between him and his points man for the she why who was part -- shia as the point of attack for us in beirut. they had a meeting in sudan in 19 1996. al qaeda's first coordinated simultaneous suicide bombing, the first mission, were the two u.s. embassies in east africa. and they expanded that same beirut model for the four commercial airline hijackings, simultaneous, coordinated attacks for us here on 9/11. so, i use that with all the activity that is going on in what we know about and, more importantly, wha

max foster welcome back to the kaiser report time now to go to one of my all time favorite cities and beirut lebanon to talk with dr safety a. visiting scholar at the center for capitalism and society at columbia university and a lecturer in economics at the lebanese american university say welcome back to the kaiser report thank you for having me max your latest piece is called barracks debt what is the definition of an odious debt and how much did little barack leave behind the definition of death is death that is incurred by a regime that does not representative of the population it borrows on whose behalf of dollars on so if a if a dictator or if it was a terrorist authoritarian government borrows a lot of money in the name of its people and then uses the money to repress those people is there itself under international law used to be such that it would not be repaid by the successive governments. for some reason this is not because of the people talk about a lot anymore these days and when governments are replaced it's because the successor governments need to honor the obligations of t

hi max kaiser welcome back to the kaiser report time now to go to one of my all time favorite cities beirut lebanon to talk with dr safety. visiting scholar at the center for capitalism and society at columbia university and a lecturer in economics at the lebanese american university safe welcome back to the kaiser report thank you for having me max your latest piece is called barracks odious debts what is the definition of an odious debt and how much did little barack leave behind the definition of odious death is death that is incurred by a regime of the does not represent that of all of the population it borrows on whose behalf it borrows on so if a if a dictator or for the terror of authoritarian government borrows a lot of money in the name of its people and then uses the money to repress those people if their interest itself under international law is used to be that such debt would not be repaid by the success of governments. for some reason this is not because of the people talk about a lot anymore these days and when governments are replaced it's considered that the successor gover

to cross talk us a rainy and relations i'm joined by one hundred marandi in beirut he's a professor at the university of tehran in tel aviv we go to michael amir man he is a writer and journalist and in washington we cross to matthew das he's a policy analyst and director of the middle east program for the center of american progress all right gentlemen cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want may very much encourage it but first marcia tell us the latest chapter in this troubled relationship in our relationship with hostility for three decades but last week's on yet another downturn in u.s. iran ties after washington came out with accusations that iran had been plotting to assassinate saudi arabia's ambassador to the u.s. it is an outrageous act that where the razor going to have to be held accountable and i think when you see the case presented you're going to find there is compelling evidence. which few have found the evidence compelling enough to think the allegations are not part of a larger effort to further isolate iran and pursue tougher sanctions

max foster welcome back to the kaiser report time now if you go to one of my all time favorite cities beirut lebanon to talk with dr safety a. visiting scholar at the center for capitalism and society at columbia university and a lecturer in economics at the lebanese american university say welcome back to the kaiser report thank you for having me max your latest piece is called barracks debt what is the definition of an odious debt and how much did mubarak leave behind the definition of is that the that is incurred by a regime of the does not representative of the population it borrows on whose behalf it borrows on so if a done if a dictator or for the terrorists the authoritarian government borrows a lot of money in the name of its people and then uses the money to repress those people it turned itself under international law and used to be that such that it would not be repaid by the success of governments. for some reason this is not because of the people talk about a lot anymore these days and when governments are replaced it's considered the successor governments need to honor the obli

i max kaiser welcome back to the kaiser report time now to go to one of my all time favorite cities beirut lebanon on the talk with dr. safety. visiting scholar at the center for capitalism and society at columbia university and a lecturer in economics at the lebanese american university safe walking back to the kaiser report thank you for having me max your latest piece is called barracks odious debts what is the definition of an odious debt and how much did little barack leave behind the definition of odious that is debt that is incurred by a regime of the does not representative of the population it borrows on the whose behalf it borrows on so if a done if a dictator or for the authoritarian government borrows a lot of money in the name of its people and then uses the money to repress those people or turn itself under international law used to be that such debt would not be repaid by the success of governments. for some reason this is not a council that people talk about a lot anymore these days and when governments are replaced it's because the successor governments need to honor the o

if you're you're headquartered in beirut you just finished up your ph d. at columbia university in new york so yeah have a good understanding of what's happening in new york i would imagine with the occupy wall street protests which have modeled themselves on occupy square to cairo op rising are these to some or were are they not some are and how would you compare and contrast these two protests there are some similarities but also some differences i think similarities what i was talking about in terms of the corporatism of the egyptian and today's economies i think a very large extent applies to western economies as well if you look at the way they done the states government has been acting over the last few years there's clear evidence that you know the delicate moment policies have been to the benefit of well connected firms and banks and to the detriment of the average american i think it's also true in the case of the euro so in that sense you know it's good that you're witnessing that people are just not my. line down taken this. other that they're s

the president of syria live from beirut their political analyst kummel was and you many many thanks indeed. you with r.t. now the russian billionaire owner of chelsea football club but imo if it is appearing before a london court it's in connection with a five and a half billion dollar lawsuit being pursued by a russian businessman boris berezovsky the self exile tycoon but as he claims that his former associate illegally forced him to hand over the money and now he wants it back bennett reports on one of the most expensive disputes in history. well this is the first time around which has actually given evidence in this trial it's already been going on for four weeks for the first time he's actually opened his mouth in the trial fascinating to actually because this is the one of the world's richest men with an estimated fortune of over ten billion pounds and until now he's rarely speak publicly i've never heard him speak and to see him actually in the dog and for all the press it was fascinating because as i say no one's really heard him speak before and seem reduced to being just another

i max keiser welcome back to the kaiser report time now to go to one of my all time favorite cities beirut lebanon to talk with dr safety. he's a visiting scholar at the center for capitalism and society at columbia university and a lecturer in economics at the lebanese american university safe welcome back to the kaiser report thank you for having me max your latest piece is called barracks debt what is the definition of an odious debt and how much did little barack leave behind the definition of. debt that is incurred by a regime of the does not represent the of the population that borrows on whose behalf it borrows on so if a if a dictator or for the authoritarian government borrows a lot of money in the name of its people and then uses the money to oppress those people if their interest itself under international law used to be that such debt would not be repaid by the six. yes of governments. for some reason this is not a concept that people talk about a lot anymore these days and when governments are replaced it's considered that the successor governments need to honor the obligation

the president of syria live from beirut their political analyst was and you many many thanks indeed. you with r.t. now the russian billionaire owner of chelsea football club. is appearing before a london court it's in connection with a five and a half billion dollar lawsuit being pursued by a russian businessman and. other self exile tycoon but as he claims that his former associate illegally forced him to hand over the money and now he wants it back parties either bennett reports on one of the most expensive disputes in history. well this is the first time around a row which has actually given evidence in this trial has already been going on for four weeks for the first time he's actually and is now in the trial and it was fascinating to actually because this is the one of the world's richest men with an estimated fortune of over ten billion pounds and until now he's rarely speaks publicly i've never heard him speak and to see him actually in the dog and for all the press it was fascinating because as i say no one's really heard him speak before and seem reduced to being just anothe

max keiser welcome back to the kaiser report time now to go to one of my all time favorite cities beirut lebanon to talk with dr safe. he's a visiting scholar at the center for capitalism and society at columbia university and a lecturer in economics at the lebanese american university safe welcome back to the kaiser report thank you for having me max your latest piece is called barracks debt what is the definition of an odious debt and how much did little barack leave behind the definition of. debt that is incurred by a regime of the does not represent the of the population it borrows on whose behalf it borrows on so if a if a dictator or if there's a tear out of authoritarian government borrows a lot of money in the name of its people and then uses that money to oppress those people if their interest itself under international law used to be that such debt would not. to be repaid by the success of governments. for some reason this is not a concept that people talk about a lot anymore these days and when governments are replaced it's considered that successive governments need to honor

and they expanded that same beirut model for the four commercial airline hijacking simultaneous coded hijacking attacks for us here at 9/11. so i use that with all the activity that is going on what we know about and more importantly about what we don't know about is building operational bases south in venezuela, and remembers, too, hezbollah has been popping drug trafficking is the tri-border regions were longtime. so that's what i'm saying, when they talk by using drug cartels down there, mexico and so, it's not cold call. they are familiar with this, and i'm sure it had very good contacts with different ones. they are shopping probably and all this. so when they say this is sort of a bumbling attack that shouldn't be taken seriously and all this come i think it's at own risk if we ignore that. and that's part of the problem with this is that our freedoms are our vulnerabilities. and they know how to play this every which way. but to use, and i couldn't agree more, when you have a link to assassination in this country, and in our capital, of the saudi ambassador, the quds commander

arwa damon is in beirut tonight. and i'm particularly curious as to how moammar gadhafi's death is playing in syria. >> reporter: erin, more than a dozen people were killed in syria as the crackdown continues, but at the same time activists say they took to the streets in celebration, celebrating the death, and warning bashar al assad that he needed to be careful because he was about to be next and they vowed the protests would continue, planning, again, on having massive demonstrations take price friday across the entire country. erin? >> arwa, thank you. >>> now to thailand where the worst flood in half a century has kill 320 people so far. max foster is in london. the floodwaters are inching toward bangkok. there have been reports of people in the northern parts of the city dying. what are residents doing to prepare? >> reporter: erin, the thai government has a terrible dilemma. the dams and levees are under so much pressure from the floodwaters that they have to open the floodgates to relief the pressure. residen

arwa damon is in beirut tonight. and i'm particularly curious as to how moammar gadhafi's death is playing in syria. >> reporter: erin, more than a dozen people were killed in syria as the crackdown continues, but at the same time activists say they took to the streets in celebration, celebrating the death, and warning bashar al assad that he needed to be careful because he was about to be next and they vowed the protests would continue, planning, again, on having massive demonstrations take price friday across the entire country. erin? >> arwa, thank you. >>> now to thailand where the worst flood in half a century has kill 320 people so far. max foster is in london. the floodwaters are inching toward bangkok. there have been reports of people in the northern parts of the city dying. what are residents doing to prepare? >> reporter: erin, the thai government has a terrible dilemma. the dams and levees are under so much pressure from the floodwaters that they have to open the floodgates to relief the pressure. residen

slide, we have a diagram of the public outrage plan, which in the case of san francisco and the west beirut -- we have identified three public meetings. one would be later this winter to go through detailed scientific studies. about a year from now, we would meet to go over what we are finding it preliminarily, the information coming out. finally, in meeting to report what we found from various studies, we would prepare to move forward with a recommendation one way or the

. >> this is bob pierpoint in beirut. >> pelley: bob covered every president from eisenhower to carter. he was at parkland hospital in dallas when john f. kennedy died there. >> i heard the shots, wrote down in my notebook 12:33, sounds like three rifle. >> pelley: edward r. murrow hired pierpoint in 1948, and in a career that spanned 32 years, bob was most proud of his war reporting from korea. in the final episode of "mash," it is his voice you hear on the radio. >> this is robert pierpoint speaking to you. >> pelley: bob pierpoint's two great loves were news and tennis. one day on his way to match with president knickson's press secretary, news broke out so he threw on a jacket and tie and here is what viewers of his white house report never saw, the stuff of tv legend. and in fitting tribute to that legend, the pierpoint family tells us bob will be laid to rest in a suit jacket and tennis shorts. here in los angeles, they waited all night for something most of us take for granted. their story is next. >> pelley: finally tonight, it was a godsend here in the city of angels. this pas

slide, we have a diagram of the public outrage plan, which in the case of san francisco and the west beirut -- we have identified three public meetings. one would be later this winter to go through detailed scientific studies. about a year from now, we would meet to go over what we are finding it preliminarily, the information coming out. finally, in meeting to report what we found from various studies, we would prepare to move forward with a recommendation one way or the other four condition action. we expect to meet with six to 10 agencies to solicit their planning concerns. within the last month, we have met with two groups -- the bay area water stewards on august 24. about 20 folks were there, representing different environmental groups. and bawsca, to discuss the concerns we had and this presentation to talk about the regional desalination project. on august 29, we met with a water task force to review the same information so they were informed as we could make them, based on what we know now. we are recommending again that we go forward with this study. we think it will provide useful

that is why activists say we saw this massive crackdown in that area. >> arwa damon in beirut tonight. arwa, thank you. >>> the nobel prize committee says a share of this year's medicine award will go to canadian board scientists who worked at new york's rockefeller university even though he died friday. the prize committee didn't know about ralph steinman's death when it announced this morning that he and two others are sharing this year's medicine prize for research on the immune system. >>> still to come here, a busy night of breaking political news. president obama plays 2012 odds maker. new jersey's governor nears his decision on joining the republican race. >>> plus, the italian legal system handed american amanda knox a 26-year prison sentence and then tonight set her free. how differently would this case have been handled here in the united states? that's tonight's truth, next. [ boy ] hey, i thought these were electric? uh, it is, yeah, it's a chevy volt. so what are you doing at a gas station? well it still takes gas to go farther. but you're not getting gas. true. not this

. >> this is bob pierpoint in beirut. >> pelley: bob covered every president from eisenhower to carter. he was at parkland hospital in dallas when john f. kennedy died there. >> i heard the shots, wrote down in my notebook "12:33, sounds like three rifle." >> pelley: edward r. murrow hired pierpoint in 1948, and in a career that spanned 32 years, bob was most proud of his war reporting from korea. in the final episode of "mash," it is his voice you hear on the radio. >> this is robert pierpoint speaking to you... >> pelley: bob pierpoint's two ióióiiloves were news and tennis. one day on his way to match with president nixon's press secretary, news broke out so he threw on a jacket and tie, and here is what viewers of his white house report never saw, the stuff of tv legend. and in fitting tribute to that legend, the pierpoint family tells us bob will be laid to rest in a suit jacket and tennis shorts. here in los angeles, they waited all night for something most of us take for granted. their story is next. >> pelley: finally tonight, it was a godsend here in the city ef angels. this

. >> host: you were born in beirut. how did you get to the united states? >> guest: my family immigrated with the war in lebanon and everything so i grew up in pennsylvania and went to school in pennsylvania. my first real job after graduate school was fbi stationed in new york. i moved to new york in 1997 and continued to live in new york throughout my fbi career and after my fbi career i still live in new york. >> host: what years did you serve? >> guest: 1997-2005. >> host: what did you work on? >> guest: i focused on terrorism. discussed many of the missions are was involved in and cases that i worked on in the book. the focus of the great majority of my career was bin laden and al qaeda. >> host: do you speak arabic? >> guest: yes. >> host: where were you on 9/11? >> guest: i was not in the united states. i was working on investigating the uss cole attack in yemen. we received a phone call from headquarters asking myself and my partner to stay in yemen and follow up on some leads concerning 9/11. that was september 12th. i was really shocked. why do we

skype from beirut. first of all, thank you for being here with us. your gut feelings, your reaction to moammar gadhafi's death? >> well, i think it is another milestone on this long path that's ending in arab world. i went to tripoli after it fell. i was struck by a sign familiar to me, it was the same sign i had seen when we were released from captivity in libya. back then the sign had read "42 years of permanent joy," referring to the 42-year reign of moammar gadhafi. when i went back to tripoli after the capital fell, i saw the same sign. i'm not sure if it was the same sign, it was the same slogan and someone had scrawled out, 42 years, they wrote in red "the first year of permanent joy." his death first and foremost marks the end of an era. it is clear his kind of utterly arbitrary rule is no longer going to be acceptable. >> anthony, were you there in the early days about a month after the uprising began. did you ever think that this day would come? >> you know, you figure it might come. it was so

charm hertzog center and on the faculty of ben gurion university and in seattle we cross to ramsey beirut he is editor in chief of the palestine chronicle all right folks so the crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want since you have to go first this morning for this program what is your opinion of the state of the democratic process in the arab world right now from tunisia egypt leave libya and then maybe looking a little bit about the struggles going on in yemen and syria. well i don't know if democratic is is the word that we should use. entire across the middle east but particularly in this case because it doesn't look that that's the way it's going to go i mean these things don't happen overnight revolutions don't happen overnight and we're not going to see the exact results panned out overnight however these revolutions usually happen in three steps first as a popular uprising second the dictator is toppled and third there is an empty stage and an opportunity for a well organized well supported well funded groups to step right in and in all of the cases

charm hertzog center and on the faculty of ben gurion university and in seattle we cross to ramsey beirut he is editor in chief of the palestine chronicle all right folks so the crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want since you had to go first this morning for this program what is your opinion of the state of the democratic process in the arab world right now from tunisia egypt leave libya and then maybe looking a little bit about the struggles going on in yemen and syria. well i don't know if democratic is is the word that you should use in entire across the middle east but particularly in this case because it doesn't look that that's the way it's going to go i mean these things don't happen overnight revolutions don't happen overnight and we're not going to see the exact results pan out overnight however these revolutions usually happen in three steps first as a popular uprising second the dictator is toppled and third there is an empty stage an opportunity for well organized well supported well funded groups to step right in and in all of the cases that we

charm hertzog center and on the faculty of ben gurion university and in seattle we cross to ramsey beirut he is editor in chief of the palestine chronicle all right folks the crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want lisa since you have to go first this morning for this program what is your opinion of the state of the democratic process in the arab world right now from tunisia egypt leave libya and then maybe looking a little bit about the struggles going on in yemen and syria. i don't know if democratic is is the word that we should use in untired across the middle east particularly in this case because it doesn't look at that's the way it's going to go i mean these things don't happen overnight revolutions don't happen overnight and we're not going to see the exact results pan out overnight however these revolutions usually happen in three steps first as a popular uprising second the dictator is talk all and third there is an empty stage an opportunity for a well organized well supported well funded groups to step right in and in all of the cases that we've s

these people probably remember the times for the whole world myself and there was a rift in the port of beirut which ultimately was one of the reasons for the collapse of your society and i remember before coming to power there gave an interview where he basically said that russia will not survive another conflict inside the elites the big news of putin yet again running for president brought up so many questions that make treatment that it had to meet. t.v. hat's to cross the t.'s and dot. to know that people trust me as president and that my approval ratings point. also know the prime minister putin undoubtedly remain the most popular politician in our country and his rating is even higher. the election campaign has just started. the simple question what if our people rejected. him well who happened to these decisions by the convention these decisions are merely the party's recommendation to vote for those people that's all the choice is made by the people and these are not me a word to top saluki true any politician of any political. election but many questions are still in the air like why