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December 31, 2011
>> well, dr. nasr is a very astute observer of the scene. i listen to him carefully. i think in some way a congressional action in which we have mandated -- and the presidency will sign the bill that all u.s. banks stop doing business with anyone that deals with iranian banking system. its tied our hands. its raised a level of tensions. it possibly diplomatly does make a lot of sense. we clearly dont want war in the middle east. i dont think the iranians do either. but weve inserted an element w...
December 30, 2011
Infamously brutal intelligence service. protesters say they have all but given up on the observer ability to end violence. they want help from the united nations. experts say given syrias powerful ally including russia and iran, security council condemnation much less military intervention is unlikely at best. >> authority in moscow say there were no injury or radiation leak when a russian nuclear submarine were engulfed in fire. the transition of power in north korea appears to be complete. gre...
December 29, 2011
>> its your everyday iowan. middle aged, senior citizen, married, church going, social economic conservative. >> newcomers at caucuses are rare, but ron paul may provide some. long-time caucus watchers point to pauls fans among younger voters as a likely source of new caucus goers. now, security at the nearly 1800 caucus sites will be a concern, especially after todays arrest at mitt romneys iowa headquarters. ten occupy protesters were arrested and there are lingering concerns that occupiers ma...
December 29, 2011
military forces from streets, to stop violence from protesters. theyve been on the ground about 48 hours. their initial statements are so far stunning. the chief monitor of this arab league observer forces sudanese commander. not only a commander but also the former head of foreign intelligence in the government of omar al bashir, a man wanted by the international criminal court for genocide in crimes against humanity. more on that in a moment. today, the head of the arab league team i...
December 29, 2011
stop violence against protesters. theyve been on the ground about 48 hours. and their initial statements are so far stunning. the chief monitor of this arab league observer force is a sudanese military commander named lieutenant general mohammed ahmed mustafa al dhabi. not only is he a sudanese military commander, hes also the former head of foreign intelligence in the government of omar al bashir, the man now wanted by the international criminal court for genocide and crimes against h...
December 29, 2011
theyve been on the ground for 48 hours and their initial statements are so far stunning. the chief monitor of the arab league observer force is a sudanese military commander mohammed mustafa al dabbi, hes the former head of intelligence in the government of omar basher. a man wanted for crimes against humanity. he told "reuters" that quote things were calm and there were no clashes in homs. he went on to say, the situation seems reassuring so far. he also said, some places looked a bit...
December 29, 2011
and is no longer attacking protesters. theyve been on the ground about 48 hours. their initial statements are so far stunning. the chief monitor of this arab league ober force is a sudden and east commander. not only a commander but also the former head of foreign intelligence in the government of omaral bashir, a man wanted for genocide in crimes against humanity. more on that in a moment. today, the head of the arab league team told reuters that things were calm and there were no cla...
December 28, 2011
Building pipelines, particularly in the united states think about this. geographically the pipeline stretches from canada through the united states all the way down to texas. thats a heck of a lot of geography to say its only going to create 6,500 jobs besides the fact the state department is biased observer having deferred this decision until next year after the election is over. im not so sure -- >> rhonda, with all due respect theyre no more biased than a report that was written by -- that wa...
December 28, 2011
three children and their grandparents? a cop car out of control slamming into a packed restaurant stopping only inches from a firepit and tanks of propane on this "american morning." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning. its wednesday, december 28th. welcome to "american morning." im alina cho along with ali velshi. so glad youre with us today. >> good morning, alina. up first, remember newt gingrichs pledge to keep his campaign positive? forget about it. with six d...
December 27, 2011
syria. tell us what you know about where they went and what theyre seeing. >> reporter: isha, we heard today they went to the city of homs where we heard reports of increasing violence, deaths and injuries the past few days. there were videos purporting to show members of the arab league in homs today. one video purports to show the head of the mission being shown remnants of weapons there by residents in the city. another video purports to show the members of the delegation there with...