President obama in one of his new books. Our correspondent Mike Viqueira is i at the white house, what dd it say. Reporter jay carney continuing the white house high road in response to these allegations, these accusations in this memoir of his time in washington. Youre right its in defense of the george w. Bush and into the Barack Obama Administration but he served as c. I. A. Chief under bush. So someone who has been in washington a long time, someone who has a reputation as being a good soldier, someone who has a reputation for following orders and being extremely competence, thats why he lasted so long and worked for both republicans and democrats, so this comes as a shock. Joe biden coming under the most criticism. We understand that jay carney is telling the president s faith and confidence in joe biden, how much he enjoys working with him and values his experience and abilities here in washington. But the book says that joe biden, quote, poisoned the well between the civilian le
The vote is widely seen as a referendum to ousted president morsi. The constitution would solidify government control. Right now the control of 15 to 40 of egypts economy. Egypt has been an important u. S. Ally in the middle east. But the u. S. Cut aid out of morsi oust her. We have more on the vote. Egyptians certainly are getting used to having to vote. This is the third time theyve been asked to approve the constitution in three years. This didnt deter them. They turned out in voting stations around the country. Its it step forward and improvement over the last constitution. So i hope that well get a resounding yes vote. Voting in cairo, its the first real step on militarys backed government. A yes vote will allow it to stop work on organizing parliamentary and president ial elections. We have concerns about the environment of not allowing anyone to promote the no vote and yes vote. Thethese are some of the proposed ref republican referen. The military will be able to try civilians
And frances president on the defense. A News Conference meant to tackle the economy and instead puts his personal life on center stage. Dwell gates from at least 60 countries are meeting in kuwait to raise money for syria. The kuwait has pledged th to the largest appeal of humanitarian aid ever. There are 2. 5 Million People in neighboring countries who need help. That number is likely to it rise to 4 million if Current Trends continue, and more than 9 Million People inside syria have been affected. So what needs to be done . The first conference in kuwait a year ago, 1. 5 billion was pledged, and about 60 that have has been received. Now this years conference is looking to raise 6. 5 billion to help people both inside syria and in neighboring countries. Some of the syrians in lebanon are most in need of international help. Reporter it is a heavy burden for this 14yearold girl. She is trapped. She is a refugee from syria, this is all the family has and there is only one way to keep it.
The Central African Republic Security issues increase. The latest from europe, including an uneasy peace. Controversial virgil is held in london for the bet death of a mn who sparked riots two and a half years ago. Well, he was one of the most divisive figures in the middle east. Areil sharon has died. His death was announced at a Military Hospital on the outskirts of tel aviv. Throughout mr. Sharons hotelization. Praising sharons services to israel stating he knew no fear. He took difficult decisions and implemented them courageously. He was admired at home and respected abroad. Ariel was a great family man. From the early years and throughout we kept our friendship in a moving way. I shall miss him dearly. Before entering politics Israelis Defense minister, ariel sharon was a military commander. He was nicknamed the bulldozer because of his larger than life stature. For palestinians he was known as the butcher. A walk across the sacred grounds ariel sharon believed they had all of je
Negev desert. Im Lauren Taylor with the news from europe including europes Prime Minister new support for fracking. And marking the second anniversary of the cost can concordia crash with the ship still waiting to be removed. It is just nine days for a summit to try to end the fighting in syria, but many observers are not expecting to achieve much. Inside syria alqaeda linked fighters are making gan gains. Now the meeting in russia have come up with some goodwill gestures. Theyve agreed to push the Syrian Government to ease the flow of aid most affected by firing. They also want a ceasefire around aleppo around the city and focus on the most heaviest fighter. And there is been an agreement to push for prisoner exchanges between the government and opposition groups. Lets go live to paris where that meeting is being held. What do you make of the tone then of this meeting . We dont know if the opposition is going to attend. Weve got the n. A. T. O. Powers pushing for these initiatives. Ti