also they describe him as expressing joy at the victory of the uprisings in egypt and tunisia. the release of this tape, of course, comes on the eve of president obama s expected big speech tomorrow. mr. obama expected to address the arab spring just like the al qaeda tape addresses this evening. senior administration officials revealing tonight that the president s speech at the state department tomorrow will include comments both on the recent political change and the arab world but also on america s role in the middle east now. u.s. efforts to promote human rights and to promote democratic reform and also to promote economic development in the region. joining us now is nbc news terrorism analyst evan coleman. evan, thanks for being here and helping us understand the importance of this new tape. my pleasure. have you been able to cess out enough of this tape to know whether you think it s authentic, whether you have a general sense of what bin laden s point is in this t
the uprisings in egypt and tunisia. the release of this tape, of course, comes on the eve of president obama s expected big speech tomorrow. mr. obama expected to address the arab spring just like the al qaeda tape addresses this evening. senior administration officials revealing tonight that the president s speech at the state department tomorrow will include comments both on the recent political change and the arab world but also on america s role in the middle east now. u.s. efforts to promote human rights and to promote democratic reform and also to promote economic development in the region. joining us now is nbc news terrorism analyst evan coleman. evan, thanks for being here and helping us understand the importance of this new tape. my pleasure. have you been able to cess out enough of this tape to know whether you think it s authentic, whether you have a general sense of what bin laden s point is in this tape? it s 100% authentic. the way it came out is through
first, in the european situation, our european friends continue to manage those issues. they re difficult issues, there are not easy solutions. i know the minister, what he said is the same thing i say to them, the more quickly you can deal with that and the more forcefully, the better. but so far they ve managed to keep things from going into the ditch. the u.s. economy i do think that the latest agreement made between the president and congress will in the short term assist the recovery in the united states. the question of the united states deficit and debt problems, which as you know are really astronomical, they remain a serious concern. at the g-20 we all agreed we should have targets to have our deficit by 2013 and to eliminate them really by 2016. stable, at least stabilize our debt gdp ratios. canada is going to achieve that by next year but countries like the united states need to have plans. unemployment would probably be higher if it weren t for the fact that a
little brighter for 2011. and from the pittsburgh post- gazette, the economy seems to be stabilizing. our focus for the next 45 minutes is on the new congress. a piece by former representative harold giving advice to a freshman rep. but we want to find out if things will really change in washington d.c. the numbers are on the screen. let s begin with democratic representative harold ford. he offers the following advice from the washington post. meanwhile this morning, from the wrapup look at cq weekly, they re looking at parties at wrapping up committee rosters. let s hear from you as the new congress begins in washington next week. will things really changed in our nation s capital? the soviet joins us from broken arrow, a coloma sofia joins us from broken arrow, okla.. go ahead with your comment. caller: i am so happy that the house, the senate, and everyone there and the white house is working on together in unity. it is long overdue. the military, which my son has don
the question just asked as i was satisfied with that gain on the republican side of five governorships. the answer to that is yes. we ve spent much of this year bracing for much greater republican views. opponents predicted we were going to get annihilated. people were saying that his eight, nine, 10. there was one statistic that within my head every single night went to sleep, which was that according to the university of minnesota, smart politics bob almond democrats were poised than at any point in 90 years. site by then i had at that, going to spend this? [laughter] maybe i can tell people we had a record-breaking year at dga. fortunately [laughter] fortunately, we did not have that outcome. i think phil will admit this point, has said publicly they were eecting it to be in the 30 s when all was said and done. we kept them 25. the reason that s a victory for us is we enter the worst political environment since 1994. we were up to spend, outmanned, outgunned by the two t