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>> welcome to "newsday". > >> i am babita sharma.. hours until the voters of new hampshire go to the polls. mitt romney is the front runner in the race to be the republican candidate to challenge obama. nuclear enrichment program. the tehran says it is for peaceful purposes. one protester is killed and many more injured. with 200 days to go, it is all systems go for london 2012. >> it is 10:00 a.m. in singapore. >> it is 2:00 a.m. and london. broadcasting on pbs in america and in london. welcome to "newsday."

who will be the man to run against president obama in november? we may know on tuesday when voters in new hampshire take part in the state's primary. as the poll gets closer, the attacks are increasing. >> yes, they still kiss babies in new hampshire's. the bakery is quaint and the politics is old-fashioned, too. for jon huntsman, ambassador, governor, and now a centrist candidate, the new england area should be a receptive audience. so far his foreign policy credentials has not caught on. a lot of voters are still

undecided. how do you persuade them you are the best candidate? >> yesterday was a big part of it, because i am guessing a lot of states -- people in the state were tuned into the debate. they learned i am willing to put my country first. compared and contrasted to mitt romney who wants to put politics first. if that is not a differentiator of the candidates, i do not know what is. >> on china, how would you handle that differently? >> the that you cannot even pressed into a sound bite. let's say, years and years of experience will mean a lot. having a president to understand our most important challenging and complicated relationship. there is opportunity there for exporters and small businesses. let's not forget that. >> the landscape of new hampshire is shifting the race away from a hard-line conservatism of iowa back towards the center of republican politics. for newt gingrich, that means

wiooing latino boater's paradise the american people are not heartless. >> but his guest worker program has been controversial. if your positions on illegal immigration have ruffled feathers. he repeated them today. they are unusual positions for a conservative republican. >> they are practical solutions that could really work. and i think we want to be in a country where everybody is here legally and there is no longer any illegality and no illegal employees or employers. i think some kinds of common- sense program needs to be undertaken. >> and if the other candidates are struggling, here is why -- mitt romney is still the clear front runner the the, focusing his attacks on the president. >> what he is doing with this legislation is getting the government deeper into our lives. the result is going to be a

change of the american character. i believe in the principles of america. i do not believe in europe. i believe in america. >> bashing europe is easy for this crowd. but outside the rally, the occupied protesters would like a little bit more social welfare. mitt will never win these voters, but if he is the nominee, he will have to the the woo the middle while not abandoning the conservatives. and you thought getting the nomination was tricky. >> we talked earlier about how things are shaping up. >> mitt romney is the front runner in new hampshire. he was governor of the neighboring state of massachusetts. he has put a lot of time into the state. the jockeying now , as in iowa when we last spoke was between

the conservatives in the field. mitt romney has not managed to excite conservative republicans. so the other candidates think there is still a chance for them to get the more hard-line conservative about. >> over the weekend, there were two debates within 12 hours. there were some questions raised regarding mitt romney's credentials, particularly from the gingrich. >> newt gingrich seems to have decided that having been hammered by advertisements opposing him in iowa he is going after mitt romney now. he is attacking him on his corporate experience, which is the very thing that he has been running on. saying he has fired people in the past. not handled his corporate past well. you can see some of the words that newt gingrich is using in those attack ads against mitt romney. being used by the obama

campaign. this is starting to focus on who will be the candidate to take on barack obama pierre >> barack obama has not had such a good day today with this white house chief of staff deciding to step down. spinere's now ay they can this exit of bill daley who was brought into the office a year ago. he has a business background. he was meant to do the our reach to the business community. it is not worked very well for him in washington. he has had a number of public stumbles. now he is leaving prematurely. the white house, not a good day for barack obama. nuclear program is very much back in the spotlight. >> tehran says it has begun enriching uranium at a new plant that is likely to worsen its dispute with the west. but iran insists its planned is

purely for peaceful purposes. nuclear program -- already at the center of growing tensions with the u.s. now the iaea says they have begun at enriching uranium to weapons grade level. washington called the move an escalation. france has labeled it a grave violation of international law. but chevron said its intentions are entirely peaceful. all this on the day that iran sentence to this u.s. citizen to death. he's amir mirzaei hekmati, convicted of spying for the cia. his family says he went to iran to visit relatives. washington has called for his release. >> is it true that he has been such a sentence, we would contend this verdict -- condemn

this verdict. we are working with all our partners to convey that condemnation to the iranian government. we maintained the charges were a fabrication and we call on the iranian government to release them immediately. >> the sentencing comes less than two weeks after tehran carried out these military exercises in the straits of hormuz. and threatened to block what is of vital transit route for a fifth of the o world of theil supplies -- world's oil supply. right now relations seem further apart than ever. >> hugo chavez mounted a typical defense of his ally the iranian president as the t-bill leaders met. ahmadinejad was in venezuela on the first leg of a four-nation tour.

as sanctions taken against the country's nuclear program. a general strike has brought nigeria to a standstill. protests have seen at least one person shot dead by police and many more injured. we are in lagos with this report. >> empty streets in and normally congested commercial center. thousands of nigerians have gone on strike protesting the government's removal of a fuel subsidy that is led to the doubling of the price of petrol. some of those that wanted to work, felt too afraid to. >> i will not risk by life, my family's. >> there was heavy security throughout the country as businesses shut and tensions were high. >> wthey think we are foolish, but we are not. we are responsible nigerians. >> most of today's mass protests

passed off calmly. there was a carnival atmosphere. many workers on strike are in mass protests, all saying they cannot live without the fuel subsidy that is ben in place for years. they say they're planning to strike indefinitely. some protests were turning violet. two people were dead. a man were shot dead by security forces in lagos. the current protests are likely to weigh heavily on good luck to jonathan's mine. he is planning islamists in the north. he thinks that battling them is a little bit more complicated than the civil war in the 1960's. people were injured. many will watch to see if the security worries encourage early

sent in with the strikers as a protest continues. >> you are watching "newsday". still to come, the art of interaction. we visit one australian galley that has a different approach. -- gallery that has a different approach. the military prosecution is in stable condition. he was defending the actions of a military investigation into media leaks relating to the air crash that killed the polish president in 2010. >> for the journalist, it seemed like a routine monday morning news conference. military prosecutors are carrying out an investigation into the plane crashed in april, 2010, which kill the president. even though it is still incomplete, there have been several leaks to the media.

the prosecutor was looking into those leaks, and his methods have been questioned. over the weekend, poland's daily newspaper accused him of breaking the law when he requested text messages between journalists from mobile phone companies without a court order. defending his actions, he looked clearly agitated. >> during my entire service as a civilian and military prosecutor, i have never brought shame to the republic of poland and will protect the honor of an officer of the polish armed forces. thank you. please give me a five minute break. i need to rest. >> the journalists left the room. moments later, something extraordinary happened. reporters found a prosecutor line behind his desk with a wound to his head and a gun beside him.

the colonel was taken to the hospital. remarkably, his life is not thought to be in danger. later the prosecutor general said the request to the text messages without a court order had been illegal. but he did not believe the prosecutor's actions amounted to spying on journalists. >> this is "newsday". i'm in singapore. the the headlines. with just hours until the voters of new hampshire go to the polls, mitt romney is the front runner in the race to be the republican candidate to challenge barack obama. iran's uranium enrichment program is branded as a violation of u.n. resolution. france and the u.s. call for a strengthening of sanctions. and greece has been warned to reach a deal quickly on

restructuring its debt or risk not receiving its next bailout payment. the warning was delivered by the german chancellor who held talks on a berlin with the french president. but there is underlying concern about the growing differences between the euro-zone economy's ties. >> the unveiling of a new bmw, one of germany's best known brands. its worldwide sales are up by 15%. the latest figures showed german exports rising strongly. take bechstein pianos, manufactured in germany -- exports up 15%. >> our manufacturing process is going on to build a company where customers will finally say that is what we want. >> this underlines how different the economies are using the single currency.

then move to spain. at 1000 jobs lost every day. just under 5 million out of work. joined thed 27, unemployed last week. and spain must squeeze 40 billion euros from its budget this year. with the tensions in euro-zone not easing, chancellor angela merkel and president sarkozy had their first meeting of the new year in berlin. >> the situation in the euro- zone is complicated. it is tense. extremely tense, like never before in de euro-zone para. >> once again, either greece is causing concern. an acute element in a second rescue package was that private investors would agree to take losses. there has been no deal and the german chancellor warned greece that there would be no further

aid without progress. >> the second greek rescue package must be quickly agreed. otherwise, it will not be possible to pay up further funds to the greece, which we want to be able to do. we want greece to be able to stay in the euro-zone. >> the two leaders did agree to speed up the implementation of a new pact to enforce greater budgetary discipline. but there were reminders that the debt problems of countries like greece, italy and spain have not gone away. >> don't touch. that is the message we are used to seeing in art galleries, but one exhibition at in sydney and requires audience to dissipation. the aim is to make the digital art work interactive in order to encourage people. duncan kennedy gets touchy-

feely. >> the length some artists will go to. this mesmerizing exhibit is called tape recorders. take measures go up and down as you move past. lozano- work of hamemr. the pulse room. hold this sensor, and the lights flash at your heart rate. >> they have a very paternalistic attitude towards the public. they measure how many go to the gift shop. but i think you give the chance to represent themselves and to express themselves, you'd be surprised. >> surprised at an interactive art gallery? this one is called the year's midnight. just watch my eyes. face tracking. smoking. all those microphones, 17 of

them. you speak. it sends back somebody else's reporting. >> to be honest, it is a complete nightmare because so many works of art should not be touched because they are delicate or maybe this service is fragile. so we are giving mixed messages out, the the but there is no doubt about it that the audience wants to interact. we have been able to devote an entire floor to this variety of different ways of interaction. as you can see, the audience is loving it. here. callap it draws here. another work of high magnitude. they showed as a crowd-source show. it does not exist unless the audience exist. >> just watching the people as they interact, was created in itself.

i like that multidimensionalitly. >> is it art? >> yes. i think it would be art. stressing, for me, and for everybody else. >> the exhibition reopens in march after renovation. it is hoping to keep its finger on the pulse of modern creativity. expect interaction to futures strongly in the new landmark galleries. participation bringing digital and other artwork to life. dumping can it, bbc news, in sidney the -- duncan kennedy. >> lots of excitement growing in london. >> with 200 days to go before the olympic games, the prime minister held the first cabinet meeting of the year at the olympic park. david cameron declared the games would bring a legacy to britain. david bond reports that that

confidence is not shared by everyone. >> it might be 200 days to go, but for some, the chance to escape the new year's blues with a day at the olympics came early today. david cameron wants his government to cast in on the feel-good factor. that's why it was off for stratford for the first cabinet meeting of the year. first up, was the serious stuff, albeit in the bazaars are rubbing of the arena. then it was the aquatics center. the chance for the prime minister to press home the legacy message. 6-8 venues already have secured legacy. where we stand now, it will be taken over by a leisure company. they are expecting 800,000 people to use these pools every year. some politicians want to use the olympics to scale greater heights. but even with tom daly's support, the 10-meter platform

is too high for the london mayor. david cameron and his ministers want us to focus on the progress being made here at the olympic park. evidence, they say, of the great legacy in economic benefits. but the government cannot escape the reality that the promise to use the games to inspire a new generation to take up sports has so far failed. and here's why. participation figures published by sports england did show a modest rise in the number of adults play sports three times a week compared with four years ago. more alarming was the drop in youth participation and falls and bageled exports, like swimming, tennis, and football. for teachers like chris, the squeeze on public finances has made it even harder to deliver a lasting legacy. his school has seen in 80% cut in funding grants. he says he feels let down. >> we are incredibly excited

about the fact that the olympics are happening this year, but i have to say i am rather disappointed the government has not been it just as excited about the legacy that we originally had in school's bosport. >> to address that, the government will tomorrow announce a new strategy to try to get young people playing sports. london 2012 is in good shape, and there is much to be optimistic about, but some wonder what ministers have left it so late to address such a key part of the london olympic vision. >> ththe osca'rrs are weeks awa. to date, there have been no special awards for animals. our arts correspondence has

more. >> is the story of the joey, a tear jerker about a horse. steven spielberg feels that if plaudits should be handed out, they should not ignore finders' key, the failed resources -- racehorse who playes joey. >> i had more control over e.t. joey was great. >> i went to meet the star of the silent movie "the artist." uggie plays the dog. his scene-stealing on screen charisma has been attracting attention. uggie has the full range. he speaks. he can do a death scene and

comedy. he has won awards. this collar is palm dog. but the campaign is on for the big one. sinisn't it? [barks] what do you think about this campaign? >> i love the campaign. i think it is about time a dog is recognized. it is good that people are pushing. >> but an oscar for an animal? the omens are not good. th>> it is room and that rin tin tin got more votes than the humans. >> so, they may be scene- stealers, but oscar winners? the odds are not good.

>> it shoppers at -- shoppers in a charity shop got a bit of a shock. they crashed through the front door of the store. it surprise visit was caught on security cameras. you can see them sprinting across the parking lot. then made a quick exit. poor dear. perhaps it found the price is a bit too much. i am babita sharma. in london. a reminder of the main news this hour. mitt romney has come under attack and the eve of new hampshire's primary after remarking that he likes despite people. we had better go. headlines on the way next.

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