philippines for the presidential election there after millions waited in line for hours. the outgoing populist president cannot run again. let s go to afghanistan, because despite promises of change, the taliban are demanding women cover entirely in public, including their faces and only leave home in cases of necessity. clearly a return to the policy they enforced during their rule 20 years ago. joining us to discuss, chief correspondent at pbs news hour. it s always a pleasure to see you. what a change in afghanistan. what does the rule mean? as you said, they are requiring all women in public to fully cover, to where what most people know now is a burka, and
farewell fly b-by as discovery hitches a ride on the jet and heads for a museum. i m wolf blitzer, and you re in i m wolf blitzer, and you re in the situation room. captions by vitac www.vitac.com this just coming in to the situation room. we are live here in brussels, belgium. i ll have the exclusive joint interview tomorrow with the secretary of state hillary clinton and the defense secretary leon panetta tomorrow from nato headquarters right outside brussels. lots to discuss including the situation in afghanistan. certainly a crisis right now and what s going on with iran and its nuclear program north korea and a lot to discuss with the secretary of state and secretary of defense. i just got in to brussels and flew in with the secretary of defense just a little while ago, but right now we want to get to politics. we have a brand new cnn poll that s just coming out and it sheds new light on the presidential race. look at this. 56% have a favorable opinion of presi
forum all week. i had a chance to sit down with the former president bill clinton for an extensive interview. part of it will air this hour. part in the next hour. i want you to stand by. only a few blocks away at the united nations, president obama s on a major diplomatic mission of his on and a number of critical issues are on the table. let s bring in jessica yellin. she s with me here at the clinton global initiative. a huge day today. maybe even a more important day for the president tomorrow. that s right. but first today, it was a major day of diplomacy for the president. today, he met with the new leaders of a post gadhafi libya. emphasized that the u.s. will be reopening its em bah sbassy in this week. the president also sat down with afghan president hamid karzai. the first time the two lead rs have met face to face since the administration announced it would start drawing down troops. also, the president has had a meeting with turkey s prime minister. now, histor