one of cut back a bank s strongholds. last strongholds. it is not quite a mission accomplished, but the french and british leaders are arrived here. a very good day for us. we are very proud to be here. britain played a role which i am very proud of but in the end of this is what the libyans did themselves and that was to congratulate them and work out how we can help next as we rebuild their country. a country still at war with colonel gaddafi let out nato air support, they know the result revolution will be squandered. some of the injured will now come to british hospitals, part of a much better planned. on the street streets of tripoli it is not from england and france, we need all the world to help us. helping from the beginning, and i hope they will continue helping us until we get back to normal. it is 7 years now since tony blair first came here to try to bring colonel gaddafi today david cameron is visiting what looks like a completely differ
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swiss banking giant ubs has said says a rogue river has cost them a rogue trader has cost them kweku adobo$2 billion. and one county s fight to keep an economic crisis at bay. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and also around the globe. it was a united show of support in libya today as british prime minister david cameron and french president nicholas sarkozy became the first western leader to visit tripoli since the fall of colonel gaddafi s regime. the two countries were at the forefront of the international military effort. today, bolivia s new leadership says they have reached the lines of defense at one of li bya s new leadership says they have reached the lines of defense at one of gaddafi s last strongholds, sirte. it is not quite mission accomplished, but they arrived inclined to celebrate. a very big difference. we are very proud to be here. britain played a role, which i am very proud of. i wanted to, and congratulate them and work out how we can
captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. central banks from all around the world came to the rescue of european banks today. in an unusual show of force, tom, they joined together to pump american dollars into the european banking system and to reassure investors that there won t be a repeat of a global financial crisis. tom: susie, the move was symbolic. exactly three years ago today, lehman brothers, the legendary wall street firm, collapsed, sending shock waves throughout the financial markets. but today s action restored confidence and investors bought up stocks. the dow surged 186 points, the nasdaq added almost 35 and the s&p was up 20. trading volume about the same as yesterday 953 million shares on the big board and just below 2 billion shares on the nasdaq. susie: today s action by the five central banks may be aimed at pumping up investor confidence as much as shoring up europe s banks. the european central bank coordinated with the u.s. fed