was a very sleblelective releas information from the compound. that seemed to have one purpose and that was to diminish bin laden in the eyes of the muslim world, to belittle him, almost. you see this picture of this vain old man sitting in front of a tv set with a clicker watching himself in his glory days, the fact that he s got the white beard in real life and then contrasted with the dyed beard he uses for his videos shows his vanity, shows how he tried to cultivate his image. that was the purpose of all this. the other purpose there, though, we talked about before, was the comments about ayman al zawahiri, by the u.s. intelligence briefer designed also to sort of belittle him, talked about what how unpopular he is and al qaeda circles, how he s a control freak and a micromanager and he s going to have a fight on his hands if he wants to be the next leader of al qaeda. clearly designed both to diminish him and also to maybe psych him out to get him to do something that
uprisings, and why al qaeda is singling peter bergen out. they re playing zero, nada, nothing, if that doesn t tick you out, wait until you hear what ge s boss is saying today. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. a new warning that a massacre may be in the works 2349 libyan city of misrata. we have late w0rd that the libyan rebels are facing fierce new attacks by moammar gadhafi s troops and fighting back with any weapons they can find. it s been extremely difficult, if not impossible for reporters to enter the center of misrata five weeks into the civil war, but fred pleitgen and a crew were able to get in on a humanitarian aid ship. first, his exclusive report on the ballots for libya s third largest city. this warning this is war up close, viewers may find some of the following imaging rather disturbing. reporter: weeks of urban combat have taken their toll on misrata. badly damaged buildings, streets littered with wreckage. libya s third largest city
plan for high-speed railways across the united states. as he put it, massive infrastructure problems are a number of ways to get americans back to work. has to be our number one priority in 2010. [ applause ] the true engines of job creation here in america are america s business. with one in ten americans out of a job and millions struggling to make end meet it s clear folks want results. wendell is traveling with the president in tampa. wendell, hello? administration officials call the $8 billion seed money for a nationwide investment in high-speed rails. it will eventually launch 13 project, including one that will link the bedroom communities in tampa with the theme parks in orlando, also link los angeles and anaheim, chicago and st. louis and improve amtrak s northeast corridor joining washington, new york and boston. it won t produce jobs fast enough for the president s critics or produce a lot of jobs this year. the president has picked up in tampa where he left