justice that is equal and fair. that is what our people deserve. those are the elements of peace that can last. moreover the united states will continue to support those nations that transition to democracy. with greater trade and investment, so that freedom is followed by opportunity. we will pursue a deeper engagement with governments but also with civil societies. students and entrepreneurs, political parties and the press. we have banned those who abuse human rights from traveling to our country. we ve sanctioned those who trample on human rights abroad. and we will always serve as a voice for those who have been silenced. now, i know particularly this week that for many in
released from a prison there, but we re also hearing they re still in the prison. our sources in iran say they don t actually know if they left evin prison yet. imany official a a ay officials make sure they are free. released a statement by press tv that their detention sentence has been commuted and they have been released on bail, a lot of speculation is once they are released, they will head to iman. . the reason there is that speculation is it played a part in securing the release of sarah shourd, the third american hiker who was released last september. om omani government officials aren t confirming this. they did go into the prison earlier today and we re awaiting word when and if they will leave the country and in fact, they will be headed to muscat, oman. if you wanted to look at the politics behind all that and look at the relationship between oman and the u.s. mohammed, are you still connected with me? all right, we ve lost connection with jamjoom, apologize for
it s half hearted is a good way of getting rid of dictators and opening a way for a transition to democracy. one of the ironies is what began with a speech in cairo that was saying we are going to be completely different from the bush administration ended up producing a similar policy with the same results. it s going to be messy in libya, that s for sure. it s messy in egypt and iraq and afghanistan. isn t it an improvement from the previous regime? it must be said that it is. i don t think any of this would have happened if there was no 9/11. there is obviously the obama supporters don t like us. walter russell needs said that barack obama, regardless of the cairo speech is better than
good morning to you. it is thursday, september 1st. can you believe it? this is your a.m. wake-up call. this is carol costello joining you live from new york. it s a big day. the president s big speech on economy will be a week from tonight. he wanted to speak a day earlier but house speaker john boehner said there wouldn t be enough time to do a security sweep of the house chamber. others complained it was on the very night of the republican presidential debate. he could go head to head with drew breesz and aaron rofrmgers. the nfl opener is that night. they talked about what a big deal this speech is. this is a different kind of speech. it s not about talking the the american people as much as it is laying out. it s laying out for congress a clear plan, very specific, saying here is the here s my proposal from the white house. now it s your turn to act. and so they re taking it directly to congress. they re going there because it s his one shot of sort of delivering t
battle to the compound of moammar gadhafi, pushing inside and knocking over statues of the long-time libyan leader. making off with weapons but finding no sign of him or his family. the reuters news agency reports that gadhafi has been heard on a local radio station. now according to reuters in his radio address gadhafi says his withdrawal from the compound was a tactical move. his location is still not known as we ve said. meantime, pockets of fighting remain, including at tripoli s airport. that s where cnn s arwa damon has been reporting. rebels took over the airport monday but it is still a target for loyalist troops. and international journalists are trapped in the rixos hotel in the libyan capital. the journalists including our own matthew chance, remain virtual prisoners being held by troops loyal to gadhafi. cnn s sara sidner was right in the middle of all the the chaos at that gadhafi compound. rebels invited her in as they swept through the complex. the late