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Lyon is here. shes going to explain what it is like getting tear gassed and what it is like in bahrain. dont miss it. the next im saying... i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my rheumatologist told me about enbrel. im surprised how quickly my symptoms have been managed. [ male announcer ] because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal events including infections,...

Green room. thanks very much. we are getting some new information from inside bahrain where some of the biggest protests are playing out right now. could it be the next domino to fall? and hes reason in large part that the u.s. went to war against iraq. now the informant known as crucial is c curveball is confessing his claims about weapons of mass destruction. )%)%)%)%)%)%)%)%)%)%

Customer right now. the u.s. relatively small customer, but, of course, the prices are all tied together. if the oil from libya affects prices in europe, they affect prices in the u.s. as well. >> cant escape that its all interconnected. >> it is interconnected. fascinating stuff. >> thanks so much. checking other hot spots of breast right now. in bahrain today, thousands gathered peacefully for the funeral procession of a man killed during unrest. the government says those who were involved i...

Dynamic thats behind this. is it similar to egypt, where you had well-educated middle class that couldnt find jobs? whats the social dynamic there? >> bahrain is remarkably educated, and many bahrainians have studied abroad, and thats created a large middle class thats deeply frustrated by the economic position and doesnt want to compare itself to the way saudis or kuwaitis are. they dont want to have people dragged off to prison by the police. they want to vote in elections that really make a d...

Women are really very much a part of this moment. >> nicholas kristof just off an interview with the bahrainian foreign minister. we really appreciate your time. thank you, nick. >> my pleasure. we want to dig deeper with fran townsend. she is a current member of the homeland security departments external advisory committee. we look at bahrain and it sounds like a mini egypt in so many ways. heres a monarchy that has been in place for decades and decades. the u.s. has a military interest here, a...

Shiite population. they had an election back in 2005 for the parliament, and theyve begun some reforms. you know, ive traveled throughout the region, and almost nowhere do you have a sense of more westernization and freedom than you do in bahrain and perhaps dubai. there have been protests before. there seems to be, as kristof mentioned new momentum behind this. i think you get the sense the ruling family is horrified by the murder of the two protesters. its a powerful sign theyve taken the poli...

Bahrain. and that is bad for us if they choose to take advantage of the chaotic situation and insert their influence. so i think we have to be careful to advocate for values and fundamental freedoms as opposed to sides. >> i want you to standby. we want you to weigh in on another story and bring in brian todd. this is a story of an informant who supplied information used to justify the invasion of iraq. he now flatly says he lied. brian todd has been working on this. bri brian, what are you find...

Readers in retail stores and using that information to steal peoples identities and open up bogus accounts. clearly they fancy themselves as gangsters, almost all of them have nicknames, which are listed in the indictment. they include capone, thick neck, and little mike. >> armenian powers reach is global, meaning their top members maintain ties to their international counterparts with georgian organized crime figures based outside of the united states. >> 74 arrestd this morning. about 25 susp...

Police have been pulled back. so right now people dont feel theres a major threat of attack. its a little unclear that standoff tactic is going to continue, and it may be if theres a greater threat that a lot of people will pull back as well. >> would this demonstration have been possible without tunisia and without egypt? >> no, not at this scale. i mean, there are certainly enormous grievances in bahrain that go back for decades. and there have been protests in the past. but the people here ha...

Canals. two iranian warships are expected to pass through it tonight on their way to syria. iran says its a training mission. israel calls ate provocation. the uncertainty sent oil prices soaring. in libya police clashed with 200 protesters demanding the release of a human rights activist. they staged demonstrations in support of his 42-year rule. but the biggest demonstrations right now are in the persian nation of bahrain, home to the u.s. navys fifth fleet. about 3,000 people are camped out i...