from what we have seen, we have cover these situations. we are very careful about that. i think perhaps we should be even more careful when we cover serious, how we cover it, what does it mean. how much is revolution touching on the question of minorities and so forth. how much does it spill over to the region? this cannot just be we are not a news network. we are not an ngo. there are developments in libya and syria. it is not a question of the revolution being against the machines. if you are, you should be an ngo. we are not. i don t think we are. by default, we might appear to be with revolution. as soon as you show the image of a child on a tank, the viewer, from that image, concludes that a child must not be very happy with the tank. by default. when you cover a correct regime oppression, bombardment of cities, when you lay out these images and to report that is, you are by default not on the side of the people. for example, saudi arabia and i run by ron are maj
the authorities. i would be interested to hear your view on that. thank you. let me make a few points. on the 1.3 billion. it is interesting. i ve easily the scaf has attention. not enough attention that it has led to scaf rever . . i want to thank everyone for coming. the authors will be here to stick around. they will sign books. we have the books out in the lobby. i want to thank rob and ashraf khalil for the conversation. [applause] thank you, everybody. the new york times, the washington post, newsweek, the guardian and the nation among other outlets. he is also the chairman of the foundation which is a you u.k. organization of university scholarships. a palestinian arab he lives and washington, d.c., the paris and i learn he has just flown in some from cairo so we are pleased to have him with us today. he is the author of two books, palestine and israel, peace or apartheid and the works he will be discussing tonight, the invisible arab the promise an
the average price for a gallon of regular gas today is about $4. make that $3.92. our new poll shows nearly half of americans expect that price to hit $5. that s $5 this year and most blame the oil companies. president obama tried to hitch a ride on those sentiments today. chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is here. jessica, is the president going after big oil? again. believe it or not, it really felt like today was let s play politics with gas prices day in washington. the president played his part from the rose garden. think about that. it s like hitting the american people twice. he called on the senate to pass a bill that would have eliminated billions in tax breaks for oil companies. american oil is booming. the oil industry is doing just fine, with record profits and rising production i m not worried about the big oil companies. up on capitol hill republicans charge that the white house was demonizing oil companies for political gain. someho
of all institutions, and in 1987 when the price of bread was increased during the time of former egyptian president sadad. ben, are you looking at this picture? it seems that they are overtaking the military vehicle. well, they are overtaking it but not in an aggressive or violent way. more they are chanting their support for the army. so what is the goal here? the army is controlled by president mubarak, right? so they respect the army but not the president. how does that jive with each other? well, of course, it s the head of the army is president hosni mubarak. but it s seen as an institution in and of itself, not as an apen damage of the president. and, of course, egyptians