much broader implications here than just what happens in this hostage negotiation. the algerians have already botched it in my view by the way they ve handled it over the last three days. all we can do at this point is hope that the remaining hostages get out and that in fact they re still alive and not already dead. the real point here is that this terrorist attack shows the continuing threat across north africa of al-qaeda, and al-qaeda affiliates. so the most important thing to do is reorient our policy and wake up to the fact that the war on terror is not over. greta: well, and i guess we ve got to get out of denial. the president said back last fall that al-qaeda was on hits heels or something, that s simply not true. tell that to the american hostages tonight, four of them, family members, but if you say the algerians have botched this we now have a situation now, what do we do in light of the fact that al-qaeda is alive and well, they ve got americans.
obviously, and what s happening, but i couldn t say, so, as much as i d like to be home and our thoughts are with.. i feel safe, i feel safe at the moment, but won t feel until i m back in the u.k. greta: the latest on the ongoing hostage standoff. we go to algeria. this is so confusing, the reports out of algeria. can you tell me he what is going on at this natural gas site now? the algerian security forces are surrounding group of terrorists, and the number is around ten or 11. and now, there are thinking maybe 30 hostages, most of them americans, norwegians, japanese and french. and the algerian security
french do. the government in mali was about to fall to the terrorists, from their perspective i think they re probably a little late to the game, but i think that this operation against this natural gas drilling facility, obviously, was planned well in advance of the french operation in mali. greta: you think that it s not this is a huge hostage taking operation hundreds of algerians, along with several does foreigners, this is critical to algeria s economy. so the terrorists again, against the background of a 20-year long struggle against islamists by the algerian government. there s a lot going on here that shows, i think, the strength, the base of support al-qaeda and other terrorists are going to have. greta: and it s no secret this was a foreign target with bp, british. and the terrorists knew exactly what they were doing. exactly.
over the collective bargaining fight. that was two years ago, and today, a the federal appeals court upholding governor scott walker s new law that resulted in the pro it is, stripping them of almost all of the collective bargaining rights and finding it s constitutional and automatic deduction of union dues, banning is acceptable. and governor walker issuing a statement calling the ruling a victory for wisconsin taxpayers. straight ahead we re going to take you live to algeria where news is breaking tonight. one american now confirmed dead, the other americans still held hostage, we have a live report from algeria, plus you ll hear from the hostages who have luckily made it out alive. they all have not. that s next. the plot thickens, did fashion mogul missoni s plane crash or was he hijacked. new clues from venezuela and
the united states from the 90s and the militant in the in the united states. of course, the american government said no, the algerian government said no, no way, just free the hostages and there is no, nothing else. that s why the situation is very very tense. yes, that s right. very tense, yes. greta: thank you, sir. you re welcome. and militants have reportedly offered to trade the two american hostages as he just said for terrorists jailed in the u.s. states department spokesperson victoria newland saying the u.s. does not negotiate with terrorists. what should president obama be doing. former ambassador john bolton and many nationalities are held hostage there, but there are americans. well, i think the hostages latest offer to get some of the terrorists we ve still got in jail out, shows that america s really still the center of this, but there are