secretary clinton, you have this effect on people. it is hard to say no to you, because you always appeal to the highest in stint in all of us. -- instinct in all of us for serving this nation. and the truth is, serving this nation was what richard holbrooke was all about every day of his life. we are honored to welcome you back to the society, madam secretary. last time you spoke here was on february 15, 2009, less than a month after you were sworn in as the 57 secretary of state of the united states. this is on the eve of your first trip to asia. we were very happy that you're going to asia first. and it was her first -- and there was a renewed commitment to engage with asian powers. right before the program, i distinctly remember getting a call from richard. he was on his way to pakistan. his first trip as your special representative to afghanistan and pakistan. imagine his surprise that he did not even know that you would be speaking at the asia society. it was not because he had twisted your arm. he was very proud of the fact tha

here is bill clinton first talking about how he saw the choices. here it is. >> had you not had that surgery you might not have been able to walk your beautiful daughter down the aisle. >> y know, wherever i get discouraged about first one thing then another i think of the enormous gratitude i feel for that. that was one of the best days of my life and one of the most important days of my life. >> and someday, mr. president, some little child may look up and say "hello grandpa." >> i hope so. cause that's my next big goal. i want to hang around here to have grandchildren. >> rose: what happened? >> well, first of all the fact that david letterman would doll this interview, you know he almost never does interviews and we've been asking him for a long time to come on specials and he did this because he thought it was so important. if it's a very personal interview. he went to the doctor to have a routine checkup and the doctor said "you're having this operation now." he said "now?" "now." and we talked to this about whether this changed his life. he

own way to make build bridges with the country with russia but he's been regarded by hillary clinton i think as something from these cables anyway so it appears some sort of pale pink lefty and hillary clinton seems desperate to stop. anders rasmussen making any positive outreach to russia. other news now shock waves from of people in tunisia and egypt spread all across the greater middle east with opposition protests sweeping through other countries in the region clashes between rival demonstrations have once again gripped yemen in what's now the eighth day of unrest and government activists to be using social networks to call for as many people as possible to hit the streets on friday demanding the country's president ali abdullah saleh to step down after more than thirty years in power clashes also erupted in jordan's capital amman where anti-government demonstrators are calling for. treaty with israel contends turned violent in libya where at least twenty four people be killed in recent days in clashes with security forces police reported of use firearms to disperse the crowd tha

it appears some sort of pale pink lefty and hillary clinton seems desperate to stop. anders rasmussen making any positive reach to russia. he will is the upheavals in tunisia and egypt have spread all across the greater middle east with opposition protests sweeping through other countries in the region clashes between rival demonstrators who once again proved to yemen and what's now the eighth day and rise until government activists have been do using social networks to call for as many people as possible to head the streets on friday demanding the country's president ali abdullah saleh to step down after more than thirty years in power clashes also erupted in jordan's capital amman go on to government demonstrators calling for reforms and abolishing the peace treaty with the zero protest and violent to me there where twenty thirty five people have been killed in clashes with security forces police are reported to have these firearms to disguise the crowds meanwhile in egypt people once again gather in square to celebrate a week since hosni mubarak bostic huge clash o

before leaving washington, clinton said the u.s. will provide help for anyone looking to oust gadhafi. >>> also, president obama meets this morning with a bipartisan group of governors. at a dinner last night, mr. obama told the governors they have a partner in the white house. and urged them to collaborate with him. >>> and the doors of wisconsin state capitol reopen this morning. but the sit-in protests continued overnight. there could be a showdown tomorrow over a bill that workers say would strip them of their bargains rights. >>> a task force looking at the gulf oil disaster's environmental impact will meet today in new orleans. they'll review strategies to rebuild the coastal ecosystems since last year's historic oil spill. >>> and two astronauts will exit the space station today for a spacewalk. they'll move a broken pump into storage and get a power cable set up for a new walk-in store room. even in space, you can never have enough closets. >> you second that, right? >> i completely agree. >>> coming up later on "good mornin

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[laughter] >> i think it was -- it felt like the clinton white house and it was written during the clinton years. >> disarray. >> no. in some ways the culture was right and we had people walking fast through the halls. sometimes it does, but events move fast and it was the way to depict the constant motion of events. one thing that least realistic is five people made decisions in "west wing" wherein real life it is five million people. i think just when you think you have the answer to one question, another issue comes crashing. the gravity of what people face every day and sometimes it's the little things or big things that either ruin the day or knock you off your course, they are realistic. but the characters, people related to. there is a sense of idealism and we would look at not only our white house but other white houses and say these are people trying to make america ca better place. >> what do you think are the most salient changes in the media environment and how would you deal with this as the primary white house house voice? >> we had different jobs and i actually think that re

internet have fueled the pro-democracy movement in the middle east, and today secretary of state hillary clinton said the u.s. will spend $25 million this year to protect bloggers and help them get around restrictions imposed on them by foreign governments. more now from seth doane. >> reporter: sometimes hurled in protest, these stones on a cairo street spelled out a much more powerful weapon, reading in arabic "we are the men of facebook." in fact, following its pivotal role in egypt, facebook pages and twitter groups are now popping up in at least ten countries across the middle east and north africa. rallying antigovernment sentiment from morocco and algeria to syria and bahrain. >> the internet has had a coming of age in this uprising in egypt. >> reporter: and foreign governments are trying to catch up. >> those who clamp down on internet freedom may be able to hold back the full expression of their people's yearnings for a while, but not forever. >> reporter: this afternoon, secretary of state hillary clinton called free access to the internet a fundamental human right. >> we believe that

i put that to secretary hillary clinton. not just about bahrain, but also how she saw what might emerge in egypt after the protesters, the pro-democracy protesters forced out another key ally, hosni mubarak? >> i don't have any prediction. but what i do know is that there are many ways that these transitions can go right, and there are many ways they can go wrong. and the united states wants to stand with those who are seeking democratic reform, economic reform, who want to protect minority rights, who want to protect women's rights, who want to build democratic institutions that are going to reflect real results for people. >> so as the u.s. is trying to figure out what these huge upheavals are going to mean, they're also being very careful now calling on the bahrainis, the bahraini king to really not use any more violence against the protesters. it has been bloody, and they're calling on him to stop that. >> how much influence does america really have when it comes to controlling the outcome of this widespread upheaval to

it was a -- it felt like the clinton white house. it was written during the clinton years. the culture was right, in some ways. events move fast and it was a way to depict the constant motion of events. the one thing that was least realistic was there was about five people that made the decisions. the sense that most people better working hard trying to do the right thing every day. the fact that just when you think you have the answer to one question, another issue comes crashing over. the kind of gravity about what people face every day and sometimes the little things that when the day or knock you off your course. all those things were realistic credit it was the characters that people related to. there is a sense of idealism. there are a good patriotic americans, regardless of party. >> the panel represents two decades of media relations. what'd you think are the most salient chase it -- changes? this one touches on the technology issue. >> in some ways, we have fundamentally different jobs. reporter weiser, you've lost a lot of that senior level talents and broadcast m

on donating to him a statue of clinton himself playing the saxophone which he granted and said hold it don't give it away otherwise they'll break it. does it made a fantastic thing indeed was he himself fond of receiving gifts was a particular about what was donated to him. oh yes and i had great friendly relations with people who worked with many state leaders they would ask me about yeltsin's hobbies and due to this i from a cell phone a real mrs they began to present racket some tennis balls and ball serving devices we got so many that we didn't know where to put them all buddies nikolaevitch gave instructions that everything should be mainly forwarded to sports academies once we revealed the secret bodies nikolaevitch was very fond of history books and rare additions there are two options one present can be handed through protocol or in person he did the letter usually the guest ends in the gift and in turn we hand announce the presenters then opened talked about and taken away most evolved in memory where a prominent columnist writes that during a trip through say bierria with

clinton was speaking out about what he had to say. one of the reasons it took so long is the administration is very concerned for the safety of u.s. diplomats. >> rose: and for a consideration of the decision-making that may be taking place in governments around the world, we turn to john negroponte, former secretary of at a secretary of , ambassador to the united nations and ambassador to iraq. >> i mean, if there is a part of the world where there's real interest in the stability, the well being, the freedom and the economic development of the north african region, it has to be europe. if i were the president of the united states, i would work this one on a multilateral basis for the time being. there may be some time in the future where we will have to take the lead with some kind of coercive action. you can't rule that out. but it seems to me this is still a time where at least right now i would be advising the president, work with our friends in europe and the arab world. >> rose: we conclude with the new york bureau chief in jer

president clinton once said that when you sleep on the tank entered into history for good faith gave a tough time in which to govern but history will be kind to him he said what he was acting on in she was in at that exact moment and he feared nothing. he also had a wonderful sense of humor i guess to my memory he was the only leader to always deliver speeches without a script he would never has a tate's to poke fun at himself that it helped him at any crucial moments. or not many know this but he used to read a lot and he had a brilliant memory when on board the plane i would give him some documents and after the flight he would break the local governor of the figures he had not even bothered to learn about his own region this is one of yeltsin's unique traits. that every leader wants to live in dignity yeltsin resigned under his own volition whether we was what made the movie unique he had analyzed the wounds had he been preparing for that for a long time i believe since the surgery all throughout one nine hundred ninety eight. at what reaction did he expect or. he did not expect a

secretary of state hillary clinton and the vatican is going to officially put the new strategic arms reduction treaty into force ending over two years of coraline talks and negotiations internal disputes especially in the united states all of that happened before the treaty was ratified first by the u.s. congress then just last week by both houses of. the russian parliament then signed by president dmitry medvedev and now only this formal exchange of documents is left before it can officially come into force aimed at reducing the number of times you can on both sides over one third so it's quite significant in terms of the relations between moscow and washington and for global security all right i want to see you go to school for bringing us up to date on the latest from there so i knew a security conference and you know you got thank you very much. also managed to catch up earlier with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov his interview is coming up in our spotlight that's in just. coming in when about eighteen minutes time so do stay with us for that. well as the british prime mi

clinton seems desperate to stop. anders rasmussen making any positive outreach to russia but why they realize that that's what a lot of supposedly yes relations are meant to be better between moscow and washington now it seems that if they're spying via nato on what moscow is up to it means that they don't trust what's going on in russia. so what that's all it was they don't trust this resetting relations doesn't make sense as it. were they don't trust what's going on in nato headquarters i mean this this particular spot i think that's a better word than mole who was spying for the united states while he was also in an official position with the general. secretary general rasmussen really and cripple into a sort of deep cover agent such as philby in the one nine hundred thirty s. who wind his way into the british establishment and spied for the soviet union now this man this particular man whose name i think is jeff ruff kay hey she would be sacked and what we want is america to reestablish this alliance as a proper

secretary of state hillary clinton says the u.s. is ready to stand with arab nations in one real reform, in an exclusive interview this morning on abc's this week, clinton says it's important to make sure that democracy carries on beyond any new elections. >> we want to work with those forces within societies that are yearning for change, to make sure that they have the support needed and frankly, the technical assistance, the financial assistance to be able to make it through to what is a good outcome, what they've asked for in their online blogs and in their posters and interviews. >> clinton says the u.s. is actively promoting internet freedom throughout the world and that the state department now has twitter accounts in arabic and farsi. somali pirates hijacked an american yacht and taken four people on board hostage. two of the hostages from southern california, jean and scott adams have been sailing aboard the yacht "quest" since december of 2004, members of an l.a. yacht club and run a bible ministry distributing literature t

a long time before we decided on donating to him a statute of clinton himself playing the saxophone with him it would be granted he said hold it don't give it away you know what otherwise they'll break it. must have made a fantastic thing indeed was he himself fond of receiving gifts was he practical or about what was donated to him. and i had great friendly relations with people who worked with many state leaders they would ask me about yeltsin's hobbies and due to this i found myself in a real nice as they began to present reckitt some tennis balls and civil devices but we got so many that we didn't know where to put them all the bodies nikolaevitch gave instructions that everything should be mainly food and sports academy awards but that once we revealed the secret at bodies like alive it was very fond of history books and rare editions but there are two options when a person can be handed through a protocol or in person that he did the latter usually the guest owns of the gift in turn we handle knows the present is then open of to what both of them take away almost scribbles evolved

i mean, bill clinton had to do it when he came in in 1992. and he increased revenues without a single republican vote. and he launched a house in 1994-- lost the house in 1994 and that did bring back balanced budgets. so i can understand that. i will say this, that neither side wants to take the steps on to entitlements. and dealing with medicare. and dealing and defense. and i applaud the work of coburn and durbin and chandler, mark warner and everyone else. they have not produced that document. >> republicans said this week, eric cantor said we will throw it in there and democratic staffers were gleeful because they think these guys have walked into our trap. but at least this leadership is taking a step in the direction of sobriety. and the president could have done that i think there are people in his administration wanted to do it, the fierce urgency of now turned into the fierce urgency of whenever. he just pushed it down the line. for those of us covering the white house and regaled with promises year after year that per we're about to

secretary of state hillary clinton also described the violence as completely unacceptable to use guy next to come has more from washington. the situation in libya has been critical for more than a week now the protests there turn out to be a lot more violent than they were in egypt or anywhere else in the region but washington's we action as analysts point out has been as slow and cautious as ever only this tuesday did secretary of state hillary clinton come out to the press and call full libya to stop the bloodshed she also called for leaders in bahrain and yemen to show restraint when handling the protests what analysts point out the spite the cautious words of concern expressed by the u.s. administration there was no more of that democracy celebration that we saw over a week ago when obama delivered all those passionate speeches on people of egypt making their voice heard and embracing democracy with analysts say it was easier and safer for the u.s. to root for democracy and support the people because there is the army there which is very powerful and is largely supported and fina

brother mutassim, libya's national security adviser, seen here with secretary of state clinton, returned to st. bart's last year and paid more than a million dollars to beyonce. all eight of gadhafi's children are believed to have benefited from billions of dollars of libya's oil profits. all of this, while libyans themselves, one-third, are living below the poverty level. and it's not just the extravagance that disgusts many libyans. brother hannibal had to flee london after he was accused of physically abusing his wife. what the sons are really after, however, is power. resent rick key recent wikileaks cables say the level of discord among gadhafi's children has been acute. something their father seems to foster. >> the way he ruled for 40 years has also played off the sons against each other. >> reporter: saif was said to be the front-runner to replace his father, but with the country now on the verge of civil war, the gadhafi boys will be lucky to hold onto anything, let alone power. martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> and in other news, back here at home, it was 15 years ago,

bill clinton. he told us no matter where he goes in the world he always hulus your show. what? you can't tell me that. only my grandma watches the show. now every time i do a take i'm going to think, this better be bill. >> jimmy: you have to impress president clinton. wow, that is something he. so are you going to reach out to him or was that it? >> i think that's it for now. >> jimmy: that's it. >> bill, i'm sorry. >> jimmy: now it's weird because i hear like you're a friend of the show. yeah. i am. it could be a terrible prank one of your friends pulled on you. >> if it is i welcome it and choose to believe just like i choose to believe you believed in me. >> jimmy: is your family in the oil business. >> they're not. my dad was drafted by the dallas cowboys and now in the shipping industry. >> jimmy: oh wow. >> but my brother is an engineer and we used to work on the pipeline together. the gas pipeline, not oil, but the gas pipeline and it was a very interesting job with a lot of great character studies. >> jimmy: do you keep in touch with any of the guys? >> no. they were g

secretary of state hillary clinton says, "it's time for qaddafi to go." she spoke to diplomats in geneva as american military forces near north africa were repositioned. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, we'll have the latest from libya. and margaret warner examines what the international community's next steps should be. >> woodruff: then we'll look at congressional efforts to prevent a government shutdown while still searching for common ground on a federal spending plan. >> brown: we speak with health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius and republican senator orrin hatch of utah about president obama's endorsement of a plan allowing states to opt out of health care reform. >> woodruff: and we report on how political satire in the vein of the "daily show" became a hit on iranian television. >> a lot of people have come here from the opposition groups and they watch the show. now if they choose to change their mind and see things a little bit differently, that's up to them. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's new

secretary clinton has testified on our side. there are an awful lot of signs of change that are on going because of the world we're living in. i think we've got to continue to foment that to meet the challenges that we have. i give you and so many people great credit. i run into cheryl -- i just got an update on haiti, of on other things, because of the huge talent there, but i've watched cheryl and others make a huge difference. in haiti, we had a huge footprint, and the concern we weren't going to stay, and yet, the enduring part of this to continue to support efforts there is being led by cheryl and others as well. i know secretary clinton led this -- we were close enough to that to see what is going on, and if you compare qdr with qddr, that is another example of how we move to the future together. i said a long time ago that i thin -- in i think 2004, 2005, that we have got to get the state department budget right. this has nothing to do with the past, everything to do with the future. we took too much money away when you t

hillary clinton will say there is no app for ending online comments. she will also say that there are genes that cut down on internet service will not be able to stand change forever. we will be right back with the kron 4 morning news, weather and traffic in just a few moments. ñ >> darya: welcome back to the kron 4 news. president barack obama only in appearance in the bay area to meet technology industry leaders. according to reporter in the chronicle he will be here on thursday for a meeting with business leaders in technology and innovation. it's unclear whether not these meetings are appearances will be open to the public. this will be his first visit since october of last year. >> mark: republicans are popposing president obama as budget cuts. they're planning to push their own today. they won $61 billion in cuts to programs including public broadcast, another cut skirt from feeding the poor as well as training people for jobs and cleaning the great lakes. >> james: the latest wall street, headlines making news market set for solid open. stock f

hillary clinton said social networking sites were important tools for people's aspirations. egypt's attempt to stifle protests was unsuccessful. >> it may have been people rather than the internet that toppled leaders in egypt but it is hard to even sit -- hard to imagine even as happening there faster without facebook and twitter. this is why cyber freedom will be at the center of foreign policy. >> our commitment to internet freedom is a commitment to the rights of people. >> that adds up to a $25 million check to have dissidents get around. >> we have our ear to the ground talking to activists about where they need help. this approach means we are able to adapt to the threats they face. we know that repressive governments are constantly innovating their methods of oppression. >> the new york based group has supported protesters around the world. >> we don't have a political agenda. we appreciate that sometimes. it is a tight line. our goal is to enable civil society and putting those tools out there showing how it can be used. >> the freedom to connect this not extend to

secretary of state hillary clinton reflected on the possible dangers of new-found freedom. >> this process can be hijacked by both outside and inside elements within any country. what a tragedy to see what happened in iran. >> reporter: in yemen, thousands marched on the capital, and in morocco, some 2,000 filled the streets, calling for a new constitution, freedom fever clearly contagious, and the world wondering where it will lead next. laura abc news. dubai. >> alan: in washington, both parties insist they want to avoid a shutdown of the federal government, but democrats democd republicans remain far apart on agreeing to a new budget. the u.s. government will run out of money in 2 -- 12 days, lawmakers have justify days to strike a deal when the return to work. that could force a government shut down on march 4th. >> the worst outcome. if we end up shutting down the government and calling into question whether we're going meet our obligations for social security checks and troops. >> i think nobody wants that to happen, and i think everybody realizes that we have to make some significan

just before clinton left office, there were further negotiations and taba i think represents, you know, the future. they were very close. they finally were beginning to get out maps and get into specifics and it just, you know, it fell apart because it was too close to the israeli elections, and we had sherron coming to power and again, another missed opportunity, but you're right. the book, in terms of history, is very much about a series ever roads not taken and missed opportunities in a, you know, in a tragic sense. >> down here. >> if not in your meme roar, do you personally believe the arab world doesn't want a solution becauseso many dictatorships and disperty in like egypt, lebanon is constantly having conflict and would they not want a settlement and most use israel as a whipping board an time to select own personal, national ways to direct their hostility towards zionists? i'm not trying to sound proisraeli, but i think intellectuals might agree with me. thank you. >> okay. yeah, actually most of the book is, you know, it starts out with jerusalem, but the book is not about th

me llamÓ la atenciÓn la visita de hillary clinton a mÉxico. tiene un discurso muy distinto, absolutamente diplomÁtico. diciendo que apoyaban absolutamente al presidente calderÓn a pesar las muertes. _apoyaba. >> ella fue un poco a de arreglar las cosas. el problemas son justamente los 34.000 muertos, se ha triplicado la violencia. >> en wikileaks habÍa aparecido que un subsecretario de seguridad, habÍa dicho que tenÍan el temor de los narcotraficantes. la frontera la han perdido ante los narcos? >> es cierto que en la frontera suceden cosas trÁgica astutos los dÍas. pero tambiÉn suceden muchas otras cosas. _trÁgicas todos. en sinaloa hay una agricultura muy prÓspera. y hay muchas partes del paÍs donde no hay violencia. hay que ver todo en su conjunto, porque si no nos perdemos en las tragedias que acontece en la frontera, pero son sÓlo eso. _acontecen. >> me sorprendiÓ la primera frase de tu libro, "mÉxico es un paÍs mÁs grande que Éste estÁ en la cabeza de mayorÍa de los mexicanos". _el que. >> vimos un mÉxico mucho mÁs c

in the meantime, secretary of state, hillary clinton, says the u.s. is sending assistance teams and pledging $10 million to help desperate refugees near tunisia and egypt. 100,000 people have fled the violence in libya the last week. many have been caught in cold weather. >>> president obama is meeting with the u.n. secretary-general today to discuss a variety of measures under consideration. secretary clinton also talked about security council members that include an arms embargo, the creation of a no-fly zone over libya, the freezing of assets and travel bans for gadhafi and members of his family. >>> the crowded field of candidates for san francisco grew by one more this morning. during the past hour, david ciao filed his --dy individual chu filed his in-- david chu filed his intent to run. >> this campaign is not about the past and for that matter, it's not about the now. it is about the future. it is about how we're gonna come together. it's about how i as your future mayor want to help build the bridges to ensure that we're gonna bring our san f

we decided on donating to him a statue of clinton himself playing the saxophone when he granted and said hold it don't give it away otherwise they'll break it. does have made a fantastic thing indeed. but the boat search shows a man who never has a tasered to talk to his people and never fear to look straight into the eyes of his people what stories can you recall about people's empathy with him. and when. he would spontaneously go out to the people into the crowd you could imagine that in such cases the people were only happy when that happened or was present he also was subjected to severe criticism during his presidency obviously people in such positions right here worked out some kind of entity which enabled them to distance their mind from it and keep on doing their job but we're all humans at the end of the day where his feelings hurt one quarter of what the mcmuffin it really goes without saying that he was hurt more than once it was suggested that we should sue them but he would never results of that let them speak they must have this say what he knew to those we were we wer

secretary clinton says it will not hold back growing demands for reforms. and cited uprisings in egypt as recent example. last week they launched twitter accounts in arabic and farsi. >> hoping societies give rise to the most-lasting project, that the rule of law is the firmist foundation for justice and peace and that ideas of all kinds are aired and explored. >> in iran members of parliament called for execution two of opposition leaders after thousands defied warnings and protests in the streets again, today. >> cbc revealed today one of the reporters suffered from what it called quote a brutal and sustained sexual assault and beating while covering the egyptian revolution. cbs provided this photo in cairo last week. logan continues to recover in a hospital in new york city. the network reports a quote dangerous element surrounded logan and her crew while thousands celebrated egyptian president mubarak's resignation last friday. and cbs credits the group with saving logan. there were 140 attacks on journalists during recent protests in egypt. >> google's

like, they had a bill clinton character referring to me, thinking i was a guy. like, alex borstein, who does an amazing impression of me which i think is hilarious, and bill clinton-- we were doing politically incorrect in the sketch. and he kept saying, "you be quiet, fella," like that, like he was-- now, that's very funny, and i really loved it. and i think that that's great. it was creative, and it was funny, and-- but when joan rivers makes fun of people--not just me. i take issue with the fact that she makes fun of everybody. it's not just me. i'm not--i don't care, you know? but when she oinks at me and camryn manheim and rosie o'donnell and all these other wonderful women, she really feeds into the sexism of our culture. thank you for joining us today. as long as i could get my own nasty comments in. that's what this is all about. we still think you're topical and talented. topical, talented, and terrific. oh, great. thanks for being here. thanks for having me. captioning provided by the first amendment center, funded by the freedom forum. captioning by e

political party in the country it's up for the people to decide and not again hillary clinton dictating what kind of democracy she people should have because everything the united states has done in that region last forty years is just create extremism. yeah you look i think you're identifying some good points i'm not sure if i agree with the way that you're portraying i mean there's no question you know that the united states hasn't lived up to this great espousal of always being for democracy you know the reality for any country whether it's today or historically you know has had a balance off the principles you stand for the security interests that you have in the light you know and what we've been seeing i think is as as as your previous guest was saying was part of what's happening in egypt and a sort of separate it was happening in tunisia was in fact fed you know by this development of civil society by n.g.o.s and not just american many indigenous many european as well that helped to develop the networks you know at the same time you're right that the united states was sort of st

i would also recommend -- recognize hillary clinton. we are not going to hear much about this looming crisis tonight. i hope we don't feel. it is going to give the things we put in place a chance to work and i am hopeful that come next year, 50 years after the cuban missile crisis that president obama will deal equally well with the crisis that he faces. thank you very much. [applause] are there questions? i hope so. >> i am a freshman. you enumerated many similarities between kennedy and obama but there seems to be one big difference how kennedy was deal with the cuban missile crisis. he had a specific enemy and representative who he could call up and send a letter and crucial of controlled the opposition. and in afghanistan and pakistan, how does that difference influence how obama can deal with this situation? >> wonderful point and right on the button. it is what makes the question of dealing with radical islam so difficult. the search for a point of concurrence might work with china or might have worked with the soviet union but do

secretary of state hillary clinton also the e.u. president herman a fine one point we saw him. and nato secretary general anders fogh rasmussen powers the here we are now we'll go live now to the russian foreign minister sort of a left off and listen to what he has to say here. thank you for the organizing of this conference last year the leaders managed to bring in more help into the if you were atlantic region and we overcome challenges so we get less confrontations and more elements of cooperation and our interest expand and more. and we all are moving towards introducing more security so that everyone will feel as secure as anyone else and. regardless of the participation in the military alliance we're not. things we talked about at the last year's conference are being implemented and to a large extent it's the result of our effort in the effort on the reform in the architecture of the continent which took up the initiative by president of. the security in europe. we take this as the invitation. for cooperation and it was accepted of all partners responded by setting forth

secretary clinton was speaking out and people were looking to hear what president obama had to say. one of the reasons it has taken him so long to speak out is because the administration is very concerned for the safety of u.s. diplomats, u.s. citizen that are currently in libya that they're trying to get out. there was supposed to be a ferry carrying these citizens to malta earlier today and they were unable to get out because of high seas and that's why you saw in the president's statement a very calibrated message where, as you said, he strongly condemned the violence that we're seeing unfold there but he did not mention qaddafi by name, the administration being very careful not to personalize this. >> rose: has the president tried to have a telephone conversation with qaddafi, as the second general of the united nations did? >> not that -- we haven't been told anything of the sort but we do know that he has been, over the past several weeks, as this domino situation has begun to unfold in the middle east, he has been speaking with middle east leaders. he did mention in his remar