instead, the president s going to speak much more generally about the mideast peace process, leave some of the details to tomorrow when he welcomes israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to the white house. we should also say sunday here in washington the president will be giving another speech on the mideast to aipac, the american-israeli group. so there will be a flurry of activity even after today s speech but i wouldn t anticipate too much detail about the peace process from this president, wolf. ed, i want to bring suzanne into this conversation as well. it is intriguing to me he decided woe speak at this time. it is now approaching noon, exactly noon on the east coast of the united states, it is 56:00 p.m. in tunis, 6:00 p.m. in cairo, 7:00 p.m. in jerusalem. these are times when people are near a television, they can watch. they specifically timed this address so that people throughout europe, the middle east, north africa would be at
about 40 minutes from now. we re taking a look at live pictures showing you there the flag set up, the podium set up, waiting for the president to be speaking. that will be happening momentarily. now, of course we re taking a look at how the events a world away impact your security, our standing in the world. we ve got a few details ahead of the speech. the president is expected to say that the post-bin laden area is a time to reject terror and extremist views. the president will emphasize that the united states doesn t take a one size fits all approach to change in the region. and he s going to announce $2 billion in aid to help egyptian democracy take root. a tape was released that is bin laden speaking just days after his death. the speaker expresses support for the revolutionary change in the arab world. if. former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn will ask a new york judge to release him on bail. that s happening today. he is offering $1 million cash to be confined at