who has details on how the obamaed a trags is responding. by the way, one quick question as we start, ed, let s see, isn t this the same administration that s responsible for the killing of how many people with drone strikes including civilian casualties in pakistan and elsewhe elsewhere? i can tell you that josh earnest, the white house spokesman got a question at the white house briefing from an arab journalist who was basically saying, you know, what s the difference. some would argue that the drones have been worse in terms of civilian casualties, folks being killed on the ground without any compensation from the american government. that s something josh earnest pushed back on. it s been a very thorny subject for this administration. what we ve also seen along those same lines is a contradictory response to this senate report from the president and his top aides. the president today releasing a long written statement saying on one hand he understands that former president bush h
defeated if we are out of afghanistan because then they have a chance to regroup. but i think the broader point is correct. for the last each of the last two years the house has passed a bill to update the authorization for the use of military force to make it clear that it includes these affiliates that have grown in danger, in yemen and elsewhe elsewhere. and it s interesting to me, in those two years, the president has threatened to veto the bill because of that provision. i think his thinking has evolved and i think that s a welcome change. we need to update that law so that it meets the realities of what we face today. i want to bring in some of our analysts. of course, fran townsend used to work as a homeland security adviser in the bush white house. fran, what was your reaction to the president s speech? first, i think most significantly, jake, for five years during the first term and now the first year of the second term president obama has been
the boehnerism in this country needs to be resisted. call me naive very quickly, julian. there s a point in every debate that we call a tipping point where one side realizes it s lost the debate. republicans realize they have lost the debate. not again just because of the election and what all the polls are saying, but because all of the economists are saying the obama approach is the more responsible approach. and and that s the tripping point and they re still tripping. touche on the tripping point but there s a reason that obama is taking this case to swing voters in pennsylvania and elsewhe elsewhere. gentlemen he knows he s going to win the argument and he knows republicans will pay a dear political price. julian epstein and professor michael ireric dyson. thank you so much. stay with us.
battles between police and protesters. egyptians took to the streets on thursday upset at how police handled or they say mishandled the football riot that left 79 dead a day earlier two people were killed in suez on thursday. u.n. diplomats have come up with a new security council resolution on syria and how to deal with them. it draws specific language russia doesn t like including references to sanctions and military intervention. i m manesha monita rajpal. world business today starts right now. hello and welcome to world business today. happy friday to all of you. i m nina dos santos at cnn london. and i m andrew stevens at cnn hong kong. the top stories this february the 3rd, friday, it s megamerger in the making. xstra tchlt at and glencore. bentley rolls out a vehicle worth around $200,000. and it s nearly super bowl sunday where the halftime ainvestment rts can cost as much as a movie. the mining group xstrata are in talks to merge with glencore. the
streets but then tasted freedom. you ll experience all of that in the hour ahead from cnn international who were there when it happened right from the start. january, 2011, the first rumblings of an uprising in cai cairo. crowds begin to gather in the city central square. a revolution has begun. egypt s dictator for 30 years, and the growing crowd of protesters want him out. but mubar digs in and the once peaceful protest turned violent. this is an unmistakable show of military force. fighter jets flying low over cairo s square, liberation square, which has been a symbol of defiance. in arabic, it means go, go. fire flying through the air. the demonstrators say that s the army firing to warn them to stay away. forces target the unarmed protesters. journists also come under attack. i m a little bit shaken because i got shoved out of the way there. this is just a completely surreal experience. okay. i m being told, walk, walk. okay. i ve been hit now, like, ten ti