Inside the White House with Liz Landers
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ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: And if pilots could leave the cockpit and come help you out, would you support them having guns? PATRICIA FRIEND: We would certainly be more willing to talk about it if they were going to use it to defend the occupants of the cabin. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: All right ...
... Today the Israeli army was still attacking Palestinian targets in Jenin, and as we left, Israel was sending still more reinforcements in. GWEN IFILL: Elizabeth Farnsworth takes the story from there. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: For more, we turn now to Jessica Barry of the International Committee of the Red Cross, the ...
... had like four or five presidents within a week. Now we have three presidents in Venezuela within three days. It's a sad scene. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: But I mean when somebody comes back, when somebody comes back. ANDRES OPPENHEIMER: That is very, very unique, yes. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: That's what ...
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Secretary Powell began his mission in the North African kingdom of Morocco. For an update we go to Todd Purdum, the chief diplomatic correspondent of The New York Times, by telephone. He's in Casablanca where Powell was scheduled to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, author of ...
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Joining me by phone is James Bennet, The New York Times bureau chief in Jerusalem. Thanks for being with us, Jim. What's the latest in the Israeli military operation today? JAMES BENNET: Well, there's continued fierce fighting in several areas in the West Bank in Nablus ...
... of peace. It is our commitment, and we will work forward towards peace with the United States, with the Israelis and with the Palestinians. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: The President called on all governments in the region to do certain things -- for example, to deliver a clear message to terrorists, blowing yourself ...
ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: And in Ramallah-- let's move to Ramallah now-- what's the latest from there and from Arafat's headquarters? JAMES BENNET: Well, Yasser Arafat is still essentially imprisoned in his office in Ramallah. Soldiers are operating freely throughout the city and throughout what remains of his compound ...
... tells us is that there is so much desperation on both sides for a way out that they all lined up behind this vision. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Isn't it important that all the Arab nations support it, in that you're offering normal relations with the Arab world? Now, Libya ...
SAMI ANGAWI: Not single minded. Not just seeing one thing. You have to see more than one thing in order to reach the balance, because you cannot have balance with just a one-sided scale. ELIZABETH FARNSWORTH: Angawi contrasts his vision of his religion with the more fundamentalist vision of ...
In the second of three reports, Elizabeth Farnsworth explores the debate over Islam, education and culture in Saudi Arabia.
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