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nations general assembly is underway. absolutely. because the streets are clogged. president obama and the new libyan leadershiping for face-to-face talks at the united nations and the stakes could note be higher. moammar gadhafi reportedly starving citizens. the president arrived in new york yesterday. front and center at the united nations. cnn senior correspondent, u.n. correspondent, i should say, richard roth joins us this morning. so this would be the first face-to-face meeting between president obama and the national transitional council? a good deferment for the obama administration, able to champion at that meeting and with the other diplomats, their way did work, although fighting remains. and helps solidify this new government in libya. the flag actually flew over the united nations monday for the first time, removing that green gadhafi flag. jaleel, of the national council, will be there and libya will have to set out what kind of government it will be. ....
republican leaders promptly dismissed it calling the plan class warfare. does the president s plan have a chance? joining me is gene sperling director of the national economic council. thank you for joining me. the president announced today he ll go after the rich. the republicans say that is a form of class warfare. the president says it s math. but the reality is it is class warfare. the rich are a class and he s going after them. it s the opposite. the president is asking for balance, for shared sacrifice. he s asking for everybody to contribute and getting our long-term deficit down. he wants a plan that will be strong and powerful. the american jobs act. but we come to fiscal discipline, we all have to be in this together. when the president put out as a principle that those who make over a million or 10 million shouldn t be paying lower taxes than middle class teachers, firemen, construction workers, some said class warfare, but i m a little puzzled. how can it ....
leader mustafa abdel-jalil. he is representing libya at the 65th u.n. general assembly. he has been meeting with president obama the last hour as well as ban ki moon. in a few minutes, president obama will sit down with afghan president happened karzai. this is their first meeting since the u.s. spelled out a plan to leave afghanistan by the end of 2014. today, for the first time, gays and lesbians can openly serve in the united states military. the law known as don t ask, don t tell has been around for 18 years. it officially ended at midnight. since 1993, more than 14,000 servicemen and women were kicked out of the military after they were outed as gay. some want back in but it is not automatic. i have talked to people who wanted to go in and they started to make phone calls to recruiters and found out their set of circumstances wouldn t allow it. and there s let down. pentagon says 97% of the military has had training on the new rules which replace don t ask don ....
the wealthiest american. republican leaders promptly dismissed it calling the plan class warfare. does the president s plan have a chance? joining me is gene sperling director of the national economic council. thank you for joining me. the president announced today he ll go after the rich. the republicans say that is a form of class warfare. the president says it s math. but the reality is it is class warfare. the rich are a class and he s going after them. it s the opposite. the president is asking for balance, for shared sacrifice. he s asking for everybody to contribute and getting our long-term deficit down. he wants a plan that will be strong and powerful. the american jobs act. but we come to fiscal discipline, we all have to be in this together. when the president put out as a principle that those who make over a million or 10 million shouldn t be paying lower taxes than middle class teachers, firemen, construction workers, some said class warfare, but i m a li ....
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, ....