here are your headlines the u.n. observer mission in syria prepares for massive reinforcement in a group or truce violations by both the rebels and government troops the security council is poised to vote on a resolution later on saturday and a last ditch attempt is for friends and all out civil war. there's a media blackout in france so just ahead of sunday's presidential poll ten candidates including being. fight it out for the top job in a country hit by social divisions and record unemployment. and energy hungry china works to secure

in that meeting they did indeed call for a no fly zone and gave cover to the nato countries in the u.n. security council to push for resolution one thousand nine hundred ninety three that was in early march in may at the may meeting of the arab league the qataris put forward a candidate to be the next general secretary he used to be the general secretary of the g.c.c. but at the may meeting the rest of the arab league that had come to basically critique the g.c.c. refused to allow the g.c.c. candidate that is the arab nato candidate to become the head of the arab league and they instead chose to be who is the current head of the arab league again the arab league recently met in baghdad in just this last previous month high after members once again came the g.c.c. countries basically be. i courted the arab league meeting in baghdad only kuwait came for it and the reason they didn't agree with the arab league this time is over so-called overflights over iran in flights going on in syria. i think we should be extremely specific i agree with you are we going to be talking about the arab sp

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is the u.n. . to oversee a peace plan unless it's implemented by all sides the government and the opposition to blame for the latest bombings. of harking back to the cold war as brussels moves to boycott the euro two thousand and twelve championship in ukraine it's the latest developments in the handling of the former prime minister yulia tymoshenko who's serving time for abusing power. and the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again very interview show right here on t.v. on tuesday interviews the new president. of the arab spring revolts. but that's it for me the news team for the moment i'll be back with more on those stories and. that's next which today focuses on the potential changes that the upcoming presidential elections in egypt will bring to the region stay with us for that. if you. want. a lonely and welcome to cross talk i'm peter all about countering revolution a little over a year ago the arab awakening started in quickly inspired millions in north africa and th

nations warns the ongoing violence threatens the peace plan it helped broker the head of the expanding u.n. observer mission to syria says the road map is futile unless all sides observe a cease fire and that's because maintains its fighting a foreign funded insurgency just days ago lebanon intercepted a large shipment of smuggled weapons for the syrian rebels beirut based political analyst couple wasn't he told me earlier that he thinks foreign meddling is destabilizing the entire region. the smuggling weapon hasn't stopped from the day one and it's all we know that saudis have been funded by. by syrian live in saudi arabia and we know the money is coming from saudi arabia and from qatar and from other entities and they come in lebanon one of their route is through lebanon and this is this one ship. actually but there are a lot of ben that have been used and smuggle into syria and that tell you the real story when the foreign minister of studio arabia say we have to arm the opposition that he's saying let's keep killing continue and terrorism taking place hold on syria even though america

a team of u.n. observers is already on the ground in syria, to salvage a ceasefire that was supposed to go into effect weeks ago but we have seen little signs of it. the government troops in opposition fighters have largely ignored it. the homeownership rate not united states is now at the lowest level in 15 years. according to the census bureau the rate fell below 66 percent in the first quarter of the year. the lowest lev of american homeownership since 1997, and the experts say that they are blaming a slow economic recovery. and they say that rate could slip even lower. so, we will bring in the fox business network gerri wilderness, what areas are hurting the most here? >>gerri: the west by and large: nevada, california, arizona, the epicenter of the housing meltdown. 59.9 percent is the rate of homeownership in the west. northeast scores the best on this result but lots of worries going forward. a fellow who is known in housing circles called the downturn, and now is saying that we may not see a

restraint on the part of dprk and more specifically, i believe the measures incorporated in the recent u.n. security council chairman's statement need to be complied with. and among japan, u.s. and korea, as well as china and russia, we need to communicate with each other fully. and also stress that china's role continues to be very important and cooperate with china while also maintaining close coordination with the united states. we shared this with president obama. and let me ask him from tbs from japan to ask a question. from tbs television. i have a question for both president obama and prime minister noda. how do you regard the relocation issue in the context of the joint statement? although you did not refer specifically to the location, and the interim report on u.s. forces/japan realignment leaves this question open to some extent. what do you think the possibility that it will be relocated? it is most meaningful in the two plus two joint statement as well as the summit meeting today, that we were able to confirm that our two countries will cooperate in the context of deepening bi

the fresh terror attacks in syria claim more lies as the u.n. wants to oversee a peace plan unless it's implemented by all sides the government and the opposition blaming each other for the latest bombings. give accuses the back to the cold war brussels moves to boycott the euro twenty twelve championship in ukraine it's the latest development in the row over the handling of former prime minister yulia timoshenko who's serving time for abusing power. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again the host of his very own interview show right here on. the new president of. the arab spring began. well that's it for me and the news team for the moment we'll be back with more free in half an hour from now in the meantime we meet a community who choose to go back to basics that's a special report next on r.t. . you cannot. be feared. it's easy to look out in society it's easy to look out at what's going on in politics or society and say well i don't like that like i want to protest against that or you know some political decision

well obviously the u.n. is trying to implement the peace and the ceasefire but the opposition is actually. planting bombs and it's a bloated and today was a horrific day in syria because explosion had. a lot of casualties a lot of people killed a lot of people injured and there was a lot of destruction and so to be frank with you i think the one thing smuggling still going on yesterday was a major incident where the lebanese forces shipment of arms going into syria was a heavy weapon on it so if you look at the direction of the opposition the countries that support the opposition from turkey to. qatar to the united states those. those forces are not really looking for a peace process in syria they looking for ask elation of the violence as collation of the killing and we witnessed a lot of killing today and that issue it's correctly said by the spokesman of the u.n. that they need a process where everybody here to the principle of the healing and i think at this point. qatar is and turkey's and the united st

conduct a nuclear test will need to call for restraint i believe the measures incorporated in the recent u.n. security council chairman's statement need to be complied with and among japan, the u.s. and korea, as well as china and russia. we need to communicate with each other fully. and also stress that china's role continues to be very important and cooperate with china. while also maintaining kwloes coordination with the united states and we share this view with president obama. and let me ask tbs from japan to ask a question. >> so you heard basically two people in the room get to ask questions and really what we were listening for beyond both of these gentlemen really highlighting the close friendships, really a lot of people wanted to know about this chinese dissident, what the president would say about this man who is blind, an activist, and escaped house arrest. essentially, the president didn't say very much. he said that he was aware of the reports with with regard to this particular chinese dissident, but said he wasn't going to nak a statement on the issue but did say every time

fresh terror attacks in syria claimed more lives is the u.n. wants to have a peace plan unless it's implemented by. the government and the opposition of blaming each other. give accuses the e.u. of harking back to the cold war to boycott the euro two thousand and twelve championship in ukraine is the latest development in the row over the handling of the former prime minister yulia timoshenko. time for abusing power. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the has to be very interview show right here. the new president of. the arab spring began. with another summary in about fifteen minutes from now in the meantime we talk to chris hedges veteran u.s. war correspondent where he thinks washington is heading when it comes to its domestic and global policies that special interview next. chris hedges is an american author journalist former war correspondent and respected expert on middle east politics the pulitzer prize winner is also a man who is suing the u.s. president and secretary of defense will be talking about

fresh terror attacks in syria claim more lives as the u.n. warns it's powerless to oversee a peace plan unless it's implemented by all sides. if accuses the european union of harking back to the cold war as brussels moves to boycott the euro twenty eight well football championship in ukraine and poland over the case of jail ukraine's former prime minister yulia timoshenko more details to follow in a few minutes. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the host of his very own interview show right here. quizzes the new president as. he was swept to power by a popular uprising just ahead. international news and comment live from the russian capital this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day in syria a bomb blast has reportedly rocked the city of it lived just off the nine people were killed and around one hundred wounded in twenty explosions there the government and the opposition of blaming each other for orchestrating the attacks the united nations warns the own going violence threatens the peace plan it helpe

-japan relations in the u.n. security council. you can see this again at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. all this week on c-span to, starting at 8:30 p.m., a look at the lives of career senators. burt, former pencil -- pennsylvania senator arlen specter, then looking at richard lugar, and then looking up former wyoming senator alan simpson on the book, "shooting from the lip." "booktv" in prime time all this week on c-span2. >> four years ago was a washington outsider. four years ago, i was at this dinner. four years later, i looked like this. today, i look like this. and four years from now, i will look like this. [laughter] that is not even funny. >> mr. president, you remember when the country rallied around you in the hopes of a better tomorrow? that was hilarious. [laughter] that was your best one yet. but honestly, i'm thrilled to be here with the president, a man hiding to has done his best in difficult times and has paid a heavy price. if there is a term for guys like president obama. probably not two terms, but -- [laughter] >> miss any part of the white house

and i will underscore that in nine days, just nine days, we went from a u.n. resolution to putting aircraft in the skies over libya. we all know that nader succeed in protecting civilians and the changes now in the hands of the libyan people. while the military intervention in libya was successful, we also focused on an important lessons to be learned from that operation. and that dovetailed work is underway to learn lessons about afghanistan for the alliance. this brings me to the second area of progress since lisbon and the second key priority for the summit, which is on defense capabilities. the libyan operations highlighted heavy outside dependence on the united states for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets. we, therefore, seize the initiative and have worked to secure common funding for an allied intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability, called the alliance ground surveillance program. this program will help nader acquire a long range uav capability that would not be affordable for most allies on an individual basis. and

they say those u.n. observers are likely to stay in place for another few days until more of the u.n. observe ebbs come nand actually figure out what they're going to do. a bit of bad news, jon, we just got word from an al-qaeda syndicate, el nusra, claiming responsibility for the two suicide bombings in damascus on friday. that certainly leads credence to the syrian government's claims there are new foreign groups viewing syria as the next big battle ground. back to you. jon: what a mess. leland vitter, reporting electric, thank you leland. jamie: jon, you been working hard lately? how about taking a cruise on a luxury liner? sound good to you? it would be my treat, except 230 -- except for one thing. what if the ship's name is titanic. could that be possible? wouldn't be my first choice. >>> plus this, the wife of a new prosecution witness taking the stand in the campaign finance trial of john edwards. it is going on right now. sherry young says the former presidential candidate told her about campaign

warns the ongoing violence threatens the peace plan that it helped broker the head of the expanding u.n. observer mission to syria says the road map is futile unless all sides observe a cease fire meanwhile damascus is preparing to hold nationwide parliamentary election. it was in just a week's time but the u.s. and its allies are still calling for regime change jordan based professor at you but he may louche things that syria fell out of favor for playing by its own rules . i think they are trying to destabilize and overthrow and end of pendant regime and have it replaced by a regime that is friendly to the entrance of nato and this has ramifications that extend far beyond the boundaries of syria they have bridge among. them and international empire then the geo strategic struggle with the rising states like russia and china so this is destroying and dependent state that has been relatively successful and building is some i end abundant economic base that this dependent on the agriculture and the story manufacturing specifically as opposed to being an importing state that is bound to t

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headlines on the cease fire under assault fresh terror attacks in syria claimed more lives at the u.n. warns its policy to oversee a peace plan unless it's implemented by all sides the government and the opposition for the meantime all blaming each other for orchestrating the latest book. says the e.u. of harking back to the cold war as brussels moves to a boy called the euro twenty twelve championship in ukraine it's the latest development in the role over the handling of former prime minister yulia timoshenko serving time for abusing power. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again the host of his very own interview show right here on our t.v. the tuesday julian assange interviews of the new president of. the arab spring the first to pick. up to date on the headlines but now the time for the sporting headlines with paul. thank you very much laurie welcome to the sports headlines here's what we've got coming up on his way the russian football union confirming to our teams that pick up the card is to step down as manager at the end of this summer's european fo

u.n. security council. and when american influence is diminished, for example by the one nation, one vote formula of the u.n. general assemble or the u.n. human rights council, we see absurd and often appalling results. multilateral international organizations can be a forum for forming international coalitions. but as we have repeatedly seen over the last few years, the more difficult the problem, the likelier bad actors will spoil meaningful solutions within the current system of international organizations. for example, we can't always rely on the u.n. security council to achieve consensus on major threats to international peace and security. as we've seen on north korea, on syria, on iran, china and russia simply will not join that consensus when they do not perceive the problem as a threat to their narrow national interests. instead they exercise their veto or threat of a vote toe to the thwart effective and timely response. the security council remains a very valuable forum. but not

here today you headlines cease fire under assault fresh terror attacks in syria claimed more lives the u.n. powerless to oversee of peace plan unless it's implemented by all sides the government and the opposition both blaming each other for straightening the latest book. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the host of his very own interview show right here on out on. the new president of course that's where the arab spring revolts began. and calls for dialogue with iran are struggling to be the war. with a military strike still firmly on the agenda critics say outlawing any contact with terror on could mean no normal relations in the future. and now here in our community who chose to go back to basics our special report it's right now. you cannot. it's easy to look out in society it's easy to look out at what's going on in politics or society and say well i don't like that like i want to protest against that or you know some political decision or whatever you know whatever happens there's things that it's good to you know the easy to identify a protest ag

so we did put together a broad coalition led by nato, with a mandate from the u.n. security council. think about it. the arab league not only called for action, but members of the arab league participated alongside nato. without america's high level diplomacy cajoling, hand holding and occasional arm-twisting, that coalition would never have come together nor stayed together. now we're working with new partners to support emerging democracies, and to help built credible institutions. i was just in brazil with the president co-chairing the open government partnership, which is an effort by the united states to bring countries in to the fight against corruption, a push for openness. i was so proud that libya was represented at that conference and made a speech about the kind of future, democratic future that they are seeking. now, we all know that this is a difficult transformation. and we see countries like syria that are trying to hold back the tide of history with brutal, horrible impact on innocent lives, but a situation as complicated as the arab spring demands a

peace plan the arab and u.n. envoy kofi annan we talk about the rebels being off by these covert war games we talk about assad trying to implement a peace plan trying to to show that he's willing to cooperate with the world community at the end of the day what is the end game with the west's motives in syria what are they trying to do. i think they are trying to destabilize and overthrow and end the pendent regime and have it replaced by a regime that is friendly to the entrance of nato and this has ramifications that extend far beyond the boundaries of syria they have roots among. them and international empire and the geo strategic struggle with the rising states like russia and china so this is about at this throwing and dependent state that has been relatively successful and building has some i end up on the economic base that is dependent on agriculture and us three manufacturing specifically as opposed to being an importing state that is bound to that from the i.m.f. and the world bank that's the bottom line

. >>> u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon gave a speech before myanmar's parliament. he's there to show the international community support for myanmar's democratic reforms. ban arrived in the country's capital naypyidaw on sunday. he was welcomed by myanmar's foreign minister wunna maung lwin. after meeting with president thein sein monday, ban gave a speech before the parliament, the first foreign leader to give a speech before the nation's foreign legislature. he will call on the country to stay on track toward democracy. ban is scheduled to visit aung san suu kyi for the first time, and discuss what kind of support myanmar wants from the united nations. the european union decided last week to suspend most of its economic sanctions against myanmar for a year, but left an arms embargo in place. many western countries are now trying to support myanmar's democratic reforms by improving their ties with the country. >>> officials in pakistan are condemning the latest deadly american drone attack in their country. u.s. government agencies repeatedly use unmanned aircraft

i was in beijing in 1995 as part of the small congressional delegation for the u.n. congress on women when first lady hillary clinton uttered the iconic rallying cry for female quality. you just heard it in her fill many. that same year saw the formation of the council of women world leaders, the only organization for women who had countries. now it has 47 members and just last year relocated, where else? to the wilson center. with strong support from secretary clinton and her magical ambassador-at-large for women's issues milan who is here. we are building it into a major platform to showcase women's leadership and mentor emerging women leaders. i spoke personally to all six living secretaries of state who just starred in that charming film. each, as you saw, applauds the extraordinary accomplishments of secretary clinton, but also her humanity and her humor. a couple of personal vignettes. one, most of you know my husband sydney died a few days after our last big washington gala. an early phone call came from hillary, who had lots of time to chat. then came a perso

and because of those u.n. observers on the ground, the activists feel as though they are just a little bit protected. now for the bad news coming out of syria. right now we are hearing that there is an al-qaeda-inspired group which is taking responsibility for the friday attacks, those suicide bombs in damascus which could certainly put a whole new twist on this conflict as we move forward. martha? martha: that'd be bad news added to bad news. leland, thank you very much. bill: remarkable, it's still going on all these months later. martha: awful situation. bill: want to get to eric shawn in baltimore for this trial, stems from an election from three years ago. what exactly is julius henson accused of there, eric? good morning. >> reporter: good morning, bill. well, it's basically suppressing the black vote. the trial started here this morning, dating back to the general election in maryland. henson was then a political consultant to rublican governor bob ehrlich and his campaign. this morning henson arrived h

pushed u.n. drones out of the military base last fall. great news this morning. one world trade center is reaching new heights. the downtown manhattan structure willeach 1,271 fet. itis now tlehahempe atuiins ck ndhsintd the globe. >> we have taken off the battlefield the founding leader. the lone actor phenomenon is something we continue to be very mindful of and very vigilant about. >> by the way, massachusetts senator scott brad is getting major props for this half court shot on friday. former nba player and coach posted aetterayg ots has made ptty good pyi o a of t ourt. yo n' sriit btt tan th f wn isoito nyrek on s&p and it is all about friday. >> all about friday and data this week. we are looking at the futures right now pointing to a lower open on wall street as a result of lower economic data. apple facing bad press in the new york times about using subsid arys. the stock rebounding last week after losing ground ahead of that earnings report. on friday it closed a 03 a she. wtistring ow as invto a desngth ne. g tmorning. beverage digest reporting that pe

pushed u.n. drones out of the military base last fall. great news this morning. one world trade center is reaching new heights. the downtown manhattan structure will reach 1,271 feet. it is now taller than the empire state building's deck. on sunday the president's chief counter terrorism talked about the threats across the globe. >> we have taken off the battlefield the founding leader. the lone actor phenomenon is something we continue to be very mindful of and very vigilant about. >> by the way, massachusetts senator scott brad is getting major props for this half court shot on friday. former nba player and coach posted a letter saying scots has made pretty good playing on and off the court. you can't script it better than that for brown. he is going to be in a very tough reelection fight with elizabeth warren. >>> we are minutes away from the opening bell. time for the market run down. big earnings week on s&p and it is all about friday. >> all about friday and data this week. we are looking at the futures right now pointing to a lower open on wall street as

fresh terror attacks in syria claimed more lives as the u.n. warns it's powerless to oversee a peace plan unless it's implemented by. the government the opposition of blaming each other. is. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the host of his very interview show right here on the. course we're talking about julian he'll be interviewing the new president of. the arab spring revolt. and calls for a dialogue with iran are struggling to be heard a. little hill with the military strikes still firmly on the agenda critics say outlawing any contacts with tehran could mean normal relations in the future. we talked to chris hedges an author and war veteran also a us war correspondent he tells us all about washington's upcoming foreign policy and the possible conflicts about it. chris hedges is an american author journalist former war correspondent and respected expert on middle east politics the pulitzer prize winner is also a man who is suing the us president and secretary of defense will be talking about that and a ra

the issues can only be resolved through negotiations, not through action of the u.n.. that is why we've been so focused on doing everything we can to prevent this from happening. now, we know that israel sees the threat posed by iran as existential and make no mistake, an iran armed with nuclear weapons presents a direct and serious threat to the curet of the united states as -- security of the united states as well. this is about both allies, israel and the united states. not just about israel and not just about the united states. that's why our policy is not just to contain iran, but to prevent it from acquiring a nuclear weapon. [applause] now, you've heard a lot of loud talk about iran, and you'll hear more in the coming months. this, quote-on-quote, lose course on war, as president obama describes it, benefits the iranian government by driving up the price of oil, which they depend upon to fund their nuclear program. there it is. for the sake of israel's security, america's security, and the peace and security of the world, our approach has been different. we beli

ceasefire under pressure terror attacks in syria claim more lives as the u.n. warns it's powerless to oversee of peace unless it's implemented by all sides. the founder of wiki leaks prepares to take center stage once again as the host of his very own interview show right here on our. quizzes the new president. who was swept to power by a popular uprising just ahead. calls for dialogue with iran are struggling to be heard amid the war chorus on capitol hill with a military strike still on the. this is r.t. live from moscow where it's now or just after four pm on monday i'm wrong. in syria eight people have been killed and dozens wounded in twin bombings in the city of lib the government and the opposition are blaming each other for orchestrating the attacks the united nations warns the ongoing violence threatens to. threatens excuse me the peace plan that has helped to broker the head of the expanding u.n. observer mission to syria says the road map is futile unless all sides observe a cease fire meanwhile damascus is preparing to hold nationwide parliamentary

government blames terrorists for the attacks the latest in a series of explosions to undermine the u.n. backed peace plan syria's officials claim rebels have stepped up their offensive with of assaults on the country's central bank and a police patrol in the capital this as the u.n. observer mission chief now in damascus urged an immediate halt to the violence however one of the country's ethnic groups the kurds called on president assad to go long before the unrest they are staying out of the conflict banking on stability and reforms instead with the latest report is dante's oxana boyo. a cause pursued for decades now accomplished in just a few months just a year ago even speaking kurdish and public could have got these people in trouble but now they can proudly was side what some hope will become them with their futures they'd. largest ethnic group without a nation kurds have long felt outsiders in their own lands in syria where they make up around ten percent of the population kurds have for decades complained of tacit discrimination by the authorities in fact they called on preside

the u.n. secretary bambam has made an historic address. the first foreigner to ever do so and to visit the once isolated nation since a reformist government took office a year ago. he has called on aung san suu kyi. >> a welcome return. the last time ban ki-moon was here, burma was ruled by a dictatorship. now he's helping his country dunn the road. he's taken great political risks in opening his country to the outside world but it's beginning to pay off. how is this? >> much different. >> a short distance away, burma's fledgling parliament was finding its voice. this the first since historic elections. the opposition led by aung san suu kyi. it is here that the nuts and bolts are being pieced together. the opposition being led by aung san suu kyi is refusing to take its seat because they don't want to swear that reserves a quarter of the seats here for men in uniform. at headquarters in rangoon, things were shifting. aung san suu kyi unexpected announcing that she and her elect would after all swear the oath and take their seat. we decide

. >>> the head of the u.n. observer mission in syria says it's up to syrians to stop the blood shed that's killed more than 9,000 people there. general robert mood arrived in damascus yesterday. activists say two bombs detonated at syrian security headquarters today, killed more than 20 people. a cease-fire was supposed to go into effect april 12th. >>> coming up next, apple's secret to paying lower taxes. >>> plus president obama cracks up the crowd at this weekend's white house correspondents' dinner. we'll have the highlights. this is the "cbs morning news." i'm a coach. , but when i was diagnosed with prostate cancer... i needed a coach. our doctor was great, but with so many tough decisions i felt lost. unitedhealthcare offered us a specially trained rn who helped us weigh and understand all our options. for me cancer was as scary as a fastball is to some of these kids. but my coach had hit that pitch before. turning data into useful answers. we're 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's

issues like iran, north korea and syria because china has that permanent veto-wielding seat on the u.n. security council. that's why this is delicate and a lot of experts points out this may be the most serious of bilateral relations with the chinese since the crackdown on student protests in tiananmen square. so it's a big deal. >> any word from the white house how angry the chinese are about it? and how they may be putting undue pressure on the united states to do they feel they have to do to save face? >> you know, that's what's interesting about this, charlie. almost nothing from the white house. extraordinarily tight-lipped about this because it is so sensitive. this one case about this one man could really alter u.s./chinese relations, so they don't to want say anything while these high-level talks are going on. certainly, in the midst of a political campaign, where president obama has been criticized by his republican rival for being weak on china. they don't want to say anything and they want to let these talks going on, work itself out so something can be don't about chen perh

they've undermined the u.n. security council efforts to stop that. the fact is, i think, that, you know, when you heard president obama say we're going to have a reset with russia, i don't think that he is -- actually his policy toward russia has been an improvement for the united states. and i believe that we need to understand that russia is not helping us relative to containing iran. that's probably one of the most important priorities we have as a nation right now. >> let me move to the economy. as i said at the out set i watched governor romney's speech very carefully this week. there were parts of it that got people thinking about the sort of campaign he's going to run and what the major messages will be. he went on the offense talking about the president's record. let me play one portion of that. >> he's asking us to accept that washington noes best and to provide all. we've already seen where that path leads. it erodes freedom. it deadens the entrepreneurial spirit. and it hurts the very people it's supposed to help. those who promise to spre

it was a big moment for burma to have a u.n. secretary-general address parliament that has a lead and running for a year or so. >> what about the position of the opposition leader? she is taking her place in parliament. did the impasse have anything to do with his presence there? >> we ask him that can he smiled enigmatically it and said that the president and i talked about many issues. the impression he got was a he did not know about the breakthrough when he went in to deliver that address. there was a line with in his speech which refers to this route over the parliamentary of hand: the leaders to find the political will to overcome it. he did not know about it going into the speech. whether he had been told on the way out, whether he is hearing the same news that we were, which is entirely likely, the use at a rangoon, in effect, she and her policy are backing down. seeing her in parliament will be good. >> it may feel like groundhog day because we announced a that spain had gone into recession if you days ago. but it is no