standing in europe asia i think a war in the region will spread and of all the america whoever starts it and i think that's not in america's interest i don't think it's in the region's interest i don't think it's in the interest of the international community dr brzezinski thank you so much thank you i greatly appreciate it nice to talk to you if the talk to you as well. this history still keeps it secret but now it's time to reveal that the soviet father's house on the embankment and. mine. would be soo much brighter if you knew about songs from phone stupid. stunts on t.v. dot com. islamophobia becomes a leading issue maybe election campaign in austria as right wing politicians boost their votes with a controversial ad to muslim computer day some fear nationalist and racist campaign tactics are becoming increasingly popular in europe. world leaders debate ways to fulfill their goal of housing global poverty and hunger in talks of the summit in new york the meeting is looking at the top brass said whether the recession is having efforts to meet the twenty fifteen target. the rain had

american role on the huge continent of europe asia it's much more benign it involves alliances with some key countries it involves improvement in relations with some previous antagonists so it should not be confused with the operation in afghanistan which has a very specific historical motive and a very specific objective now i want to ask in an interview the french magazine in one thousand nine hundred eight you called the covert funding of the mujahedeen prior to the former soviet union's invasion an excellent idea according to their analysis of what you said the dismantling of the soviet union was to a degree more important than quote some started muslims and that you don't regret it do you stand by that statement now yes although that version of so-called interview was not really an interview the interview was an extensive interview which was supposed to be translated and sent to me is never was and then excerpts from it to a sort of amalgamated and published but basically the facts are correct united states decided to provide superficially corporate funding to the i've got resistanc

i'm not concerned about the tourist from europe, asia, or south america, it is the one right across the bay. we have noticed already a significant decrease in people from the east bay area. this is in part because of the last couple of years these cities have gotten more business friendly and developed world- class restaurants and entertainment revenues. this proposed alcohol free to just give some of these people another reason not to come across the bridge, as unfortunately for many friends that i have in the east bay, the idea of a big night out in san francisco is not a big night out anymore. i implore the board to not allow this alcohol feed to be imposed. supervisor avalos: thank you. i will read a few more cards. [reads names ] >> thank you, i have been a resident of san francisco for 36 years. in the long run hospitals and jails will pay the price. i am an alcoholic and now that i am in recovery, i am proud of my life. proud of where i am. >> thank you, i speaker, please. -- next speaker, breeze. -- next speaker, please. >> this is a small price to pay given the bad effects of a

we would not be talking about high speed rail -- people who have been to europe, asia have ridden high-speed rail, they come back to america and ask, how come we do not have that here? because we never made the investment. this year, we have a million times more money than we have ever had invested, thanks to president obama's vision to connect us with high-speed rail. that is his vision. and it is also vice-president biden's vision. that money had -- would not have been in there if the president, chief of staff, others, said that we need a high speed system in america. this year, we will have $2.5 billion additionally. i have no doubt you will be competing for that, here in san francisco, and around california. the third thing i want to say, the reason california got the most money, you have your act together. you have been working on this for a decade. i agree with what senator boxer said. the people deserve a lot of credit. to go to the polls to cast votes to raise taxes in order to develop the kind of infrastructure, the people deserve credit. it takes great leadership, and you have it i

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the surge of new automobile sales in asia is helping make up for the drop in europe. demand for cars in china, india, and japan have risen between 20% and 40%. >> in germany, the father of a teenager who carried out high school shootings has gone on trial. he was originally charged with violating gun laws. 17-year-old son was on a rampage in a southwest -- southeast germantown. he killed 15 people before killing himself. he used the gun that was stored in his father's bedroom unlocked. >> this was the first time that the victim's parents get to see the attacker's father. it was a painful, but significant experience. >> there are many questions. we lost someone special. it is important to see the father. that has not happened before. i am sorry about that. >> he kept his gun uncovered near his bedside. instead, walking away. a mistake that prosecutors say it cost the lives of 15 people. >> they accuse the father of 15 cases of manslaughter, 13 cases of grievous bodily harm. >> his lawyer argues that he should walk free. he read out a statement from the father describin

which way is turkey facing at the crossroads of europe and asia. the direction turkey juices matters. on sunday turks vote on a new constitution. >> eight years at the pinnacle of power but he still knows how to move a crowd. [applause] >> he is the most successful politician for a generation. he connects to ordinary turks. he speaks their language. today he is in a fight for political survival. over the past week there has been in tens canvassing by the two sons. government supporters determined to push this through and sensing a rare opportunity to weaken the prime minister. >> this referendum is no longer a simple yes or no. it has become a question of whether or not they trust the prime minister as the man who has dominated politics for a decade. the closest of the contest must be worrying. this is another stage in his struggle to campaign the -- causes important enough to risk a referendum. >> his party was stopped. the risks being completely paralyzed. unable to pass any reform because all the major significant reforms have been taken by the

at the crossroads of europe and asia. on sunday turks give their verdict on a new constitution. >> eight years of the pinnacle of power but he still knows how to move a crowd. [applause] >> he is the most successful politician for a generation. he connects to ordinary turks and speaks their language, but he is in a fight for political survival. over the past week there has been intense canvassing by the two sides. government supporters -- sensing a rare opportunity to weaken the prime minister. >> this referendum is no longer a simple yes or no to reforms many don't even understand. it has become a question of whether or not they trust the prime minister, a man who has dominated politics for almost a decade. >> these reforms are just another stage in his struggle to contain the power of the military. the cause is important enough to risk a referendum. >> he had to take that risk. his party was stopped. they risked being unable to pass any reform because all the significant reforms have been taken by the main opposition to

it's broadening its product line, hoping to replicate the brand's popularity in europe and asia. two big hurdles in the u.s. are branding and distribution. but esprit says it's up for the challenge. after all,/esprit de corp/means passion of the group. erika miller, "nightly business report," new york. >> susie: wyoming, texas and south carolina, all low-tax states, have seen their populations continue to grow during the recession. tonight's commentator thinks he knows why. he's bernard baumohl, chief global economist at the economic outlook group. >> if you see more moving vans on the highways these days, its because americans are fed up. there's not much they can do about the economy, but when it comes to paying taxes, people do have a choice--- and more are exercising it by packing up and relocating to more tax-friendly states. a clear relationship has emerged between tax rates and migration patterns. low-tax states like florida, texas, wyoming, and south carolina have seen more people moving in than moving out, while states with the highest tax rates, such as california, new

very interesting position between europe and asia the going to be the provide the from what he sees where you can market to continue to. see to be very successful i think. and that's why i think you for your best to be. visiting to russia would be also. a key part of a block to push you all the delegates all we've spoken to at least agree that this is not just a free jump it's more of a t.x. so it's this is a genuine opportunity to profit. the investment forum has already been a success with a number of business deals been signed precious cross that region has signed contracts with both russian and foreign investors valued at more than ten billion dollars o.j. case three match kerry coral sea bank were among those willing to participate in that wages development saga and is currently in talks with russia com they could guide us and less to take a final decision on cooperating with the automotive engineering program by the end of this year. well the form has focused on modernization in many spheres and that includes news of a traumatic turn around the fortunes of russia's car industry. we

very interesting for the sure the between europe and asia the going to be the provide the movie seats for asian markets up to continue to do this it could be very successful i think. and that's why i think you for your best to be. investing in russia we also see. a key part of a blow plan to push you all the delegates all we've spoken to at least agree that this is not just a free jump it's more of a tea exercise this is genuine opportunity to profit. time times have a quick look at how the russian markets were faring on friday the r.t.s. to the my six were mixed up the close the r.t.s. was trading marginally in the black and my six finished down twenty nine percent shares of course gold put down more than two percent off temporarily think of producer released its first stop net profit of one hundred million dollars that's down the confessed percent from the same period last year. it was a quite a week for the markets but they still managed to traits like a high end i've seen metropole senior analyst gave us his views. so this week we saw a combination of profit taking on the other ha

. >>> the japanese prime minister said he is thinking of attending the asia/europe meeting in belgium next week. kan said asean leaders will be it at the meeting next week and thinks japan should be represented. >>> kan would meet leaders through bilateral talks on the sidelines of the two-day meeting starting on monday. he would sdplan there is no territorial dispute over the islands. chinese president hu jintao is also scheduled to attend. >>> the minister summoned chinese ambassador yonghua on monday. he requested that chinese diplomats be allowed to continue to see the detainees. maehara asked for meetings with the four and attorneys. he said he would convey the requests to the chinese government. the four are employees of fujita and have been detained since september 20th for allegedly filming military facilities without permission. japanese diplomats were allowed to meet with them for the first time on saturday. >>> in beijing, china's foreign minister has refused to meet with the japanese ambassador to discuss the japanese nationals. sources say japanese ambassador niwa filed t

prime minister naoto kan said he plans to do the same when he attends the asia-europe meeting in brussels next week. >> japan last week released the captain of the chinese fishing boat that collided with japanese patrol vessels near japan's senkaku islands. china also claims the islands. however, relations have since shown little sign of improvement. chief cabinet secretary yoshito sengoku said on tuesday that the ball is now in china's court. but a chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said japan should first take concrete actions to mend ties. >>> the latest quarterly survey of business sentiment in japan has been released. ines matsuyama from our business desk has the details. ines? >> thank you very much, catherine. >>> the bank of japan says business sentiment among major manufacturers has improved for six straight quarters. but the strong yen is weighing down on their outlook for the future. the central bank released its quarterly tankan survey of short-term business confidence on wednesday, covering over 11,000 firms on various sizes. the closely watched index for large manufacture

asia. europe's most debt-ridden nations continue to tap the markets for funds. on tuesday, they did successfully raise money on the bond markets. today, it is portugal's turn. they found that while demand was high, it was forced to pay a high yield. have a look at the markets. they're all looking negative at the moment. there's a bit of profit-taking going on at the moment. also, there's a worry about whether the economy -- whether the global economy is recovering affectively. centex pulled back. the other markets have not moved an enormous amount. that's business. back to you. >> thank you very much. it seems to be one piece of bad news after another for president obama today. a new book claims his administration is divided over the u.s. strategy in afghanistan. the book says top advisers doubted whether the decision to sharply increase the number of troops sent to the country would work. let's go to washington now and speak to jake sherman. you get the impression that there were a lot of the arguments. >> bob woodward tends to do this. he goes into the white h

. >>> japanese prime minister, naoto kan said he's thinking of attending the asia-europe meeting in belgium next week. he's expected to seek the support of the participating countries over a maritime collision between japan and china near the senkaku islands. speaking to reporters on monday, kan said asean leaders and many european countries will be at the meeting, and he thinks japan should be represented. >> translator: >> kan would meet leaders through bilateral talks on the sidelines of the two-day meeting starting monday. he would explain that there is no territorial dispute over the senkaku islands. chinese premier, wen jiabao is also scheduled do attend the meeting. but the japanese government saying bilateral talks with china would not be possible. china reacted strongly to the maritime collision, even after japan released all the crew members. >> russia's president, dmitry medvedev is planning to be visit russia-held islands north of hokkaido claimed by japan. sources of the sakhalin prevention authorities told nhk that medvedev could arrive as early as wednesday. it would be the f

and europe an asia. it's a worldwide phenomenon. >> we saw some medications used to be available and some of the other allergy medicines, is this effected by that. is anything coming to the counter now? >> no. anything linked to abuse potential with crystal meth in particular, those are still available behind the counter. so you have to show the product. and not necessarily make those prescriptions, or put them behind the counter, but do the one extra step. it's most abused between the teens and preteens. >> thank you, doctor. thank you so much. tony, over to you. >>> now to those tainted eggs that came from an iowa farm. congressional investigators say records show wright county egg knew it had problems with salmonella before the outbreak. investigators say the form had more than 400 positive test results of salmonella. they have sickened more than 1500 people. >>> consumer reports is still not impressed with apple's iphone 4. they say the solution for the wantenna problem -- antenna problem says it is

. >>> stock markets in europe and asia are down this morning. overnight japan held onto much of its big game from the day before. shares in china tumbled nearly 2% on concerns that the bank will need to raise more capital following a surge in lending over the previous year. >>> on wall street in the next 15 minutes or so the latest read on inflation will be released and how that comes in will definitely affect the market today. the dow and s&p posting slight gains yesterday. >>> new figures show lenders took back more homes in august than in any month since the start of the mortgage crisis three years ago. the increase comes even as the number of properties entering the foreclosure process slows for the 7th month in a row. the listing service says banks took ownership of more than 95,000 homes last month. >>> the matriarch of the wine making family has died. she was born in minnesota and moved to the bay area during world war ii. she married barney fetzer. they raised 11 children. kathleen and her children operated the vineyard until they sold i

i do not want to seek new solar panels or electric cars or advanced batteries manufactured in europe or asia. i want to see them made right here in the u.s. of a. by american workers [applause] . [applause] we see an america where every citizen has the skills and training to compete with any worker in the world. that is why we have set a goal to have the highest portion of college graduates in the world by 2020. [applause] that is why we are revitalizing community colleges like this one. [applause] that is why we are reforming our education system based on what works for our children, not what perpetuates the status "[applause] . we see an america where a growing middle class is the beating heart of a growing economy. that is why i kept my campaign promise and gave a middle-class tax cut to 95% of working americans. [applause] that is why we passed health insurance reform to stop insurance companies from jacking up your premiums at will or denying coverage because you get sick. [applause] that is why we passed financial reform that will end taxpayer- funded bailout, reforms that will stop cr

that attacks the software used to control automated system now found in thousands of computers in asia, europeected computers are in iran. stuxnet's first target may have been iran's nuclear facilities. >> one of the most sophisticated threats we've seen and certainly one of the most worrying considering it actually wants to change how machinery in the real world works. >> reporter: stuxnet is designed to weave its way into automated systems that control anything from an oil refinery to a water treatment facility. once inside a computer it secretly steals information and re-writes computer codes. security experts say this malware or malicious softwear is not dreamed up by a hacker but one that took five to ten experts a min numb of six months to create. >> there are not too many people who could pull this off. certainly a government agency would be one of the suspects. >> reporter: experts believe stuxnet was originally contained in a memory stick. it first struck in june 2009 but wasn't detected until a year later. iran state-run news agency says the cyber attack has had no impact on its nucl

we now have a couple hundred of them in europe and asia. it's not just an american phenomenon. appening in greece and in europe and the rest of the world. governments have gotten out of control. and spending and raising national debts all over the world. people understand that you can't grow an economy when you have debt and excess spending. so this is a movement that, you know, is really focused on the economic issues, the economy, getting the economy going again. now, some of the 4,000 groups have ventured off into social issues and foreign policy issues. the tea party express has been focused only on the one issue. and i think that's the one issue that unified all of the tea party movements. by doing that, it also -- >> let me just ask you about -- about one of the groups that you talk about. a spokesman for the group, the tea party patriots, told the "new york times" this. talking about your group, by the way. quote, they are the classic top-down organization run by gop consultants and it is the antithesis of what the tea party is all about. do you think that's fair? >> no.

that's why we have people from around the world coming here to discuss all the way from asia from western europe because the security of the euro atlantic area is very important to the security of the world and therefore today we will see they will analyze the weaknesses of the strengths of the current policies and see if there are actually practical and possible solutions they can come up with to counter the threats that the world is facing today. all right thanks very much indeed for that. throughout the day of course another thing which is going to be discussed at the forum is a logical go russia written one year ago by president dmitri medvedev. to a great deal of debate spoke to the president's press secretary not that it's about to find out why. the. president gave a detailed and unflattering account of the situation russia is currently in it was not unflattering in the meaning of critical of the previous period and previous achievements no on the contrary they were giving credit but it was stated that the model of development russia had chosen and pursued until now is no longer viable the

when he was elected, there were spontaneous parties in africa, europe and asia.hey were so excited about america's ability to turn from george w. bush to barack hussein obama. and they were jumping up and down. they thought he would be an intellectual. grab foreign policy, and they feel neglected. >> you wrote a column. superbroke, superfrugal, superpower. bringing this whole economy back to the issue of foreign policy. you think the world had too much american power. we'll see what it will be without it. it's coming to a geopolitical theater near you. what do you mean? >> the column was about a book called "the frugal superpower." the book argues that for the economic reasons, foreign policy is a lagging indicator. foreign and defense policy. that is, the economy keeps remaining weak. eventually, that will reflect in the ability to project power around the world. now, when great britain receded as a superpower, the united states were there to pick up right all the pieces and all the power. there is no one behind us. not a china, not a russia. not an eu. and so i

our international numbers are up, in large part, things to air service from europe, south america, and asia. those numbers are up 11%. meetings and conventions markets are holding and continue to be relatively strong. business travel has not come back. that is our weakest segment. people are not traveling nearly as much as they used to. although the demand is up, the spending is down, and that is reflective of the economy. our hotel rates are still much lower when they were -- and there were two years ago. -- much lower when they were two years agwhere they were two yea. so what about mscone and why should i care? you probably only go once or twice and it is underground. the mosconi center is and it credible economic generator for san francisco. it generates $2 million a year. when you think about what is important about having a convention come into town, the average city convention, for five days, is the equivalent of a mid-sized corp. moving into the city, in terms of how much spending and tax revenue it generates. when you have oracle open world, generating about $70 million per committ