complex countries. the former head of saudi intelligence, prince turkey al faisal, talks about the osama bin laden he knew and much more. finally, how this man became this man. the most wanted man in the world. an unbelievable story. first, here s my take. i was in germany this week, and the mood there is pretty grim. europe is facing its most severe challenge since 1945. if the greek crisis morphs into an italian crisis, italy being too large to bail out, the entire structure of post-world war ii europe could unravel. finally european leaders seem to recognize that their strategy of kicking the can down the road has not worked, and they will come up with some package. the result will not be a dramatic solution, that is not how europe works, but a series of steps that together will be more comprehensive than anything done before. but they will not address europe s core problem which is a lack of growth. the europeans, by which i mean the germans, are trying to find some
consistent policy toward the arab spring, but i wanted to ask, should he? there are vast differences between the circumstances on the ground in tunisia, egypt, libya, saudi arabia, between american interests in those countries and our capacity to influence events there. some places are more stable, the regimes are more reformist, others are not. should we have a one-size-fits-all foreign policy? take the case where american interests and values most starkly collide saudi arabia. will the administration start clamoring for regime change in riyadh, and would that encourage large-scale protests and instability within the kingdom, the price of oil would skyrocket. meanwhile, the saudi regime which has legitimacy, power and lots of cash that it is spending, would likely endure, only now it would be enraged at washington. so what exactly would a more consistent middle eastern policy achieve? in libya, the administration continue fronted a potential humanitarian crisis that could
membership rewards points from american express. they re a social currency. with endless possibilities. this is gps the global public square. i m fareed zakaria. first up we ll take our first look at the 2012 presidential race. we ll analyze the gop field, what are the issues that will dominate the election. then events in pakistan often seem like fiction, the wonderful journalist david ignatius has written a spy novel set in that country. how much of it is true. next up, i ll look deep inside the psyche of the emerging global power china, with the man who perhaps knows it best, dr. henry kissinger, and finally, how does president obama go from heads and shoulders above chancellor merkel to just about even? we ll show you. now here s my take. those of you who watched the show last week know that i talked about the need to tackle america s unemployment crisis, 24 million americans unemployed or underemployed. well, i m going to talk about this again, because it really is t
death toll has officially reached 3,300. while thousands more remain missing. but today, a small sign of hope. a man found alive, pulled from the rubble, four days after the earthquake struck. a small miracle, but a miracle, nonetheless. nbc s kristin dahlgren is closely following developments in the area and joins us live from tokyo. good evening, kristin. reporter: good evening, martin. the latest we re hearing from this washington, d.c.-based nuclear research group is that they expect this disasterer to reach a seven on their scale of nuclear radioactive disasters, the only other accident to reach that level is chernobyl. so that gives you some idea of what some experts think we could possibly be looking at here. of course, nobody at this point knows. we re told even here in tokyo there s some elevated levels of radioactivity, about ten times what is normal and officials don t believe that poses any health risk, but others say they re not sure of what the long-term impac
minamisoma city. almost everything has been washed away. there are no houses to be seen. translator: aren t there any people around? do you see any people? translator: from overhead we re looking very hard, but we have seen no one. we cannot see any people. it is hard to tell where the boundaries of the town are. the water has flooded everything. professional services in minamisoma services, what can you tell us about what you see? translator: i think ground subsidens has taken place. so it s flooding related to ground subsidence. yes, of course, the tsunami waves hit land, and quite a bit of time has passed, and i know that more tsunami may come. but i m not sure if the flooding is due to the tsunami. if it s due to ground subsidence maybe the ground water will not get letter. minamisoma is in the northeast prefecture with a population of about 70,000. and from what we see, only the very sturdy, thorough concrete buildings are still standing. the wooden houses have all