when it comes to middle britain, i am a woman. when u.s. might viewers what is the next favorite program, it is midsummer murders. i am the candidate for midsummer murders waters. -- waters. >> loyalty is a challenge for people. and remember enemy we have with tony blair were arrested, what you think the middle income is? annie said 40,000 pounds to 60,000 pound. the problem is that if you get into the mindset, if you do not understand that most people are on lower incomes than that. it is not fair. to many people feel that they work hard and paid the taxes. with the two other people, you've got to work as well. we're going the lessen the burden for families. sometimes it looks as we were making it tougher on some of them. >> when my grandmother was going in to care, it was one of the most cruel things i saw. we need to change the care system and our culture. everything people have worked for, their homes and their savings, it is taken away at the end of their lives. and i have called for national care service. i believe it should be up to

tries to keep the latest round of middle east peace talks moving. britain gets ready to greet the pope. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> the german government and the opposition had some fears exchanges in parliament wednesday over the coalition's budget for next year. the opposition says the austerity plans are socially unjust. the government says the cuts are fair and necessary. chancellor angela merkle was forced to defend her record on the economy, unemployment, and inflation in the face of biting criticism. >> there was a tough job awaiting chancellor merkle on wednesday morning. she had to defend the biggest spending cuts in german postwar history. the chancellor started by drawing attention to previous government shortfalls. >> it was not individuals living beyond their means. it was those in charge who could not muster the energy to ensure this country's future. that is what we are changing. >> she also pointed out her success in shielding the country from the worst effects of the economic crisis. >> 2 million mor

britain after making derogatory comments about the u.k. in a magazine interview. peace is possible. the u.s. middle east envoy says israeli and palestinian leaders have made progress on the issue of jewish settlements. making our way down the indus river, we continue our coverage on pakistan's floods down and how the survivors are pairing. tens of thousands of mexicans celebrate their independence from spain 200 years ago. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to our viewers in the u.k. and around the world. a senior papal adviser has pulled out of the pope's visit to the u.k. after making critical comments about the country in a magazine article. cardinal kasper said arriving at heathrow airport is like entering a third world country. he also claimed there was a new and aggressive atheism in britain. he said illness and not the interview was the reason behind his withdrawal. the pope's visit begins in scotland in a few hours time. >> colonel walter casper is a vatican insiders. he has been a senior aide to pope benedict for a decade. his role is to promote christian unity. he was part of the pope's en

that's considered the middle rung on britain's five-tiered threat scale.week the head of mi5, britain's intelligence agency, warned dissidents who reject northern ireland's peace process could strike britain main land cities for the first time since 2001. jenna: there it is. today we begin our new segment, the hot seat where some of the biggest names answer questions from you the viewer on the hottest topics of week. our first guest in the hot seat, geraldo rivera. he anchors geraldo at large on weekends at 10:00 p.m. he is here on stephen colbert's visit to capitol hill where colbert was talking about immigration. listen to this. we'll get geraldo's reaction. >> this is america. i don't want a tomato picked by a mexican. i want it picked by an american. sliced by guatemalan and served by a venezuela. jenna: i mean what is wrong with that? joe in detroit shows why you think he should be allowed? >> i think the testimony was brilliant. i think that john conyers, the ranking democrat, really is very humorless. he tried to ban stephen when he was obviously go

they're going to get is paper shuffling and useless cutbacks in britain's already overstretched armed forces. but latest round of middle east peace talks has ended without any breakthrough however meeting with the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton after the negotiations palestinian president mahmoud abbas said he sees no alternative to continuing the exchange the israeli and palestinian leaders held two days of direct negotiations in egypt and jerusalem president abbas had threatened to quit the talks if an israeli ban on settlement building in the west bank is not renewed israel completely. during the talks israeli warplanes conducted two raids in gaza following palestinian rocket and mortar attacks yourself a political advisor for hamas feels the palestinians don't expect the talks to yield any results. all these talks. this is something. people. actually doing these things from time to time as any action to the israelis and in order to get in again is the people of gaza has no will not be and it doesn't have any. intention to interrupt. this these kind of talks because we don't believe these talks will lead to

middle east peace deal. the settlement issue poses a massive challenge. the head of the roman catholic church, pope benedict xvi, has begun a four day visit to britain. we will stay with the pope and the united kingdom. we will bring you live pictures of pope benedict now. i assure you, the vehicle is on its way through the center of edinburgh, headed toward princes street. the pope has been received by clean elizabeth at the royal palace in edinburgh. he has met political leaders. he is now on his way to a lunch with the head of the catholic church in scotland cardinal are scott lind carnal o'brien. there are not huge crowds of people lining the streets. where people have seen the pope, many have been applauding and waving. i think you can see, the pope is ving back. there has been some discussion about the degree of enthusiasm that this visit has generated. we will be following this as the visit unfolds over the coming hours and days. away from pope benedict, it is time for business news. >> thank you very much. do not blame us for america's economic problems. that's the blunt response from beijing as the obama administration brandishes his sharpes

she calls for keeping the tax cuts for the middle class for now, while letting them lapse for the wealthy. >> woodruff: next, to britain's new coalition government, facing issues at home and abroad that are very familiar to americans. margaret warner has that story. >> warner: before last spring's campaign, liberal party leader nicholas clegg was hardly a familiar face to british voters. but the debates changed all that. >> the more they attack each other, they more they sound exactly the same. >> warner: 43-year-old clegg stole the spotlight from the candidates of the two traditionally dominant parties: labor's then-prime minister gordon brown and the conservatives' david cameron. >> we don't simply need to choose from the old choices of the past. we don't need to repeat the mistakes of the past. don't let anyone tell you that, this time, it can't be different. it can. >> warner: the results of the may election were certainly different; neither major party won a majority of seats in the house of commons. within days, a coalition was forged between cameron's conservatives and clegg's liberal democrats, despite the two pa

britain's already overstretched job forces. u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton is meeting the palestinian president mahmoud abbas after the latest round of middle east peace talks in egypt and jerusalem where israeli and palestinian leaders held two days of direct negotiations although no breakthrough emerged president. quit the talks if an israeli ban on settlement building in the west bank is not renewed israeli israel rather completely rules this out despite this u.s. official saying progress is being made during the talks israeli warplanes conducted two raids in gaza following. palestinian rocket and mortar attacks. political advisor for have told r.t. that the palestinians don't expect the talks to hold any results but we figured out that all these talks is another way of deception saving the americans the. regional powers the things that i give you that is there is this is something legitimate and i want people actually doing these things from time to time as a change to the israelis. against the people of gaza has no war and it doesn't. change. so. these kind of talks because we don't believe these talks will lead to something significan

middle of your screen. that is hurricane igor. we will have a live report from bermuda. >>> pope benedict apologizing in great britain for the church sex abuse schedule. >>> we are also live in london for you this morning. >>> give you a look at some o of the other stories making headlines. alaska's senator, lisa murkowski, said she will start a write-in campaign, still trying to hold on to the scene. we will have more on this and an analysis on her likelyhood to succeed. >>> the polls now closed in afghanistan. 2500 candidates competing for 249 parliamentary seats in the country's fourth national election since 2004. taliban militants called for a boycott of the election and in the first hours of voting, there were reports of scattered roadside bombing, rocket attacks, including one right outside nato headquarters in kabul. nobody there. we will have a live report from afghanistan as well. bp's broken oil well in the gulf of mexico about to be dead for good. today, bp officials bumped some cement into the bottom of the well. once it is set, the final pressure test will be conducted. if all is successful, the well will be officiall

the tory trapped for us is to be forced to choose between those who are the poorest in britain and those in the middle. what people in the middle know is that they have to work for a living or those who are born into wealth do not have to. it is as wrong to cheat on the benefits system as it is to play games with pensions on the trading floors of the city, and we need to be the people who say that fair tax is a right way forward, hard work and the dignity of work is a right way forward, and public services about excellence is the essence of our field. >> >> you are right to raise the question in middle english. with public sector cut overall -- with public sector cut overall, that will hit britain the truly hard. i am your woman. i do one of the most popular shows on the channel, and for my yours, what is the next favorite program? it is a "midsummer murder." i am the candidate to speak to "midsummer murder" watchers. >> are you on that show still? >> of course. >> with loyalty, sometimes you have to challenge people. the meeting that we had with tony blair early on the government, where i said to him

middle of a tornado." >> the victims and the hassles. >>> then, making history. the first papal state visit ever in britain.ted by the economic stimulus. it's friday, september 17th. >>> i came up here, i moved from new orleans to new york to get away from all this rough summertime weather, but yesterday was rough here in the city. >> it's surprising to hear tornados in new york. especially because we have so many skyscrapers. so it really was a scare for a lot of folks here. but luckily it moved quickly. that storm touched us and left. >> get out of here, man, let's get past hurricane season. good morning, everybody. i'm rob nelson. >> and i'm vinita nair. >>> well, plenty of us around here have seen big snowstorms and felt the heat of a new york summer, but few have ever had the likes of a storm that rolled through last night. >> there's damage to be cleaned up today and thousands still in the dark. details now from our bill ritter. >> reporter: new york hardly known as tornado country, but one or more twisters might have touched down in the nation's biggest city thursday night. >> i just started screamin

britain because of the difficulty of perhaps iraq. they feel betrayed somehow. >> it doesn't explain it, really. because the fact is i fought my third election right in the middle of the most difficult time in iraq i think there is an element of politics in it and i also think... i don't know how to put it quite but there's a sense in which parts of the country think i'm just flounced off you know? >> rose: making a lot of money... >> i keep reminding people i would have been very happy to become a prime minister or i would have taken the european job. i'm actually basically interested in public service but if i can't do that i'm necessarily out in the world. >> rose: why did your own party push you out? what happened? what went wrong for a man who... >> rose: ... >> okay, well, let's sort of break it down. i mean, there is the iraq issue, of course, and for some people that's it and enough my position in politics is in a position with a constituency in the public-- because i would haven't gotten elected otherwise-- but i don't have a con stitch when any the media which operates under left/right lines and for the left media-- in britain i'm talking about-- i'm

, what we're working on now in the middle east peace process is a very important part of establishing that. >> couple of years ago, some guys decided that great britaind. they came back here. all right, fast forward to today. we've got this tea party movement in this country. what do you think about that? >> i mean, what's interesting, again, is, i mean, look, i look at the tea party and it's up to you to decide who you vote for but in europe, there are similar types of movements. >> right. >> my view -- because i'm a centrist, right. you know, i'm from the democratic side of politics but i'm very much operate from the center. and i think that if the center is strong, and provides the change that people really need to see which is adapting to very difficult and insecure times and everyone's got the same problems. they all got the same problems with their health care system, their welfare system, economy and security threats. personally, i favor a kind of strong radical center. but that's just me. >> i really like your book. i want to know the inside story. and i want to know -- i knew you liked bill clinton and you knew you liked george bush and i th