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Report has found, what are you hoping hes going to say? >> this is a matter that regards the u.s. foreign policy towards egypt and africa. we have found abuses and violations of human rights have continued in a very bad manner after mubarak has left. this as you pointed out, includes the arbitrary arrest, detention and torture of peaceful protesters and others. >> so do you think -- let me jump in there, sir. do you think then that the united states should be offering aid to egypt if, according ...

syrias president and his cronies. new sanctions as the u.s. calls for an end to the security crackdown. waiting for water levels to fall, for thousands of people forced out of their homes by the mississippi floods, life becomes a waiting game. and the disaster that rocked an economy to its foundations, japan sinks back into its third recession in a decade. dominique strauss-kahn has resigned as head of the international monetary fund to focus on clearing his name. his decision fo...

Offering aid where appropriate. >> secretary gates, is libya in our vital interest as a country? >> no, i dont think its vital interest for the united states. but we clearly have interest there and its a pat of the region thats of vital interest to the united states. >> i think a lot of people would hear that and say, thats strike being not in our vital interest and yet were committing resources. >> but it wouldnt be fair as to what bob just said. did libya attack us? no, they did not attack us....

Hoping to translate that protest into political action. a lot of them had been in american government-sponsored programs, been on visitation programs to the united states. and we are continuing to reach out and work with them and to try to 0 provide support to them. it is hard moving from being in the forefront of a movement to being part of a political process. its hard in any country. but were going to stand with them and make sure that at least in so far as were able to they get the support t...

Egypt, met with government officials and met with the military officials who are for the time being running the government. we want to assist them on the economic reform efforts that theyre undertaking. now, ultimately this is up to the egyptians. theyre going to have to make these decisions, but weve offered our advice, and were offering aid where appropriate. >> secretary gates, is libya in our vital interest as a country? >> no, i dont think its vital interest for the united states. but we cl...

To give you a sense of the density of the population in japan, its as if you took half the population of the united states and moved everyone up into a state the size of montana, which gives you a sense of how much need is concentrated in every acre, and "this weeks" christiane amanpour decided to look into how long. >> reporter: diane, more than 90 countries are offering aid and assistance, but even four days into this disaster, the magnitude is so huge and the desperation overwhelming. "i need...

In here, international aid on its way to japan. i want to go to cnns jill dougherty live at the state department. secretary clinton put out a statement early on offering thought the, prayers, condolences to those in japan. what are you learning as far as which countries are offering aid and what kind of help are they offering? >> we have an entire list, actually, there are 38 countries and that includes things like the european union. what specifically theyre offering, large countries like china...