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most importantly, helping them to gain greater cohesion, working with the political opposition to develop a common platform, to develop a syrian derived transition plan. this is crucial. how is change going to happen in syria? the way it will happen is if you can get parts of the inner circle a round of saw to begin to defect. to do that, they need the assurance -- parts of the inner circle around assad to begin to defect. they can be part of a new syrian government. it is important for them to hear that from the political opposition and to feel that minority rights will be protected...

is a country which cannot feed its people and which has no electricity, in the dark. and then 30 minutes away, seeing the lights of seoul and realizing these are the same people. the only difference is democracy and human rights. and look what is accomplished, and the difference between the well-being of the people in one place and another. and it just gave me some sense, the bright lights of freedom, that it is an unsustainable situation over the long term for people to live in that kind of darkness. >> hear hear. >> we're going to move right on to the next panel if you'll stay with...

ownership and programming diversity and to now move to address these disparities even though the subject we're taking up today is video and not audio, stating concerns and the state of minority ownership in the video marketplace and even more acute and troubling. >> no objection. >> all right. this is a question i have for both mr. barrett and mr. powell around the issue of certificates. in the past, mr. barrett, your association we're representing here today strongly endorse passage of legislation to establish a new communications certificate program. is that still the position? >> ...

>> from pacifica, this is "democracy now!" >> since january 28, 2011, we have said the military council is worse in the mubarak regime. after 15 months of the revolution, there were clear signs of that intention of the military council. >> a judicial coup in egypt, days before the country's presidential runoff, egypt's supreme court dissolves the newly elected parliament and hand power back to the military. the court also rules hosni mubarak's former prime minister can run for president. we will speak with sharif abdel kouddous from cairo. president obama and mitt romney hold major a...

president obama and mitt romney hold major addresses on the economy. >> many people are hurting, have had tough times. >> the debate in this election is about how we grow and create jobs and how we pay down our debts. that is the question facing the american voters. a >> as the financial crisis wipes out two decades of wealth for the average u.s. household, why has president obama failed to support increasing the minimum wage, despite his promise in 2008? >> i will be raising the minimum wage every single year to keep pace with inflation. because if you're working, you should not be ...