the former president of france, jacques chirac, goes on trial accused of abuse of power. welcome to "bbc world news" broadcast on pbs in america and around the globe. find out what made these ukrainian parliamentarians so angry. we have a special report. and a rare insight into the lives of maoist rebels in india. our reporter spent more than a month following them through the jungle. >> libyan government planes have again launched multiple air strikes on rebel fighters. this is the second day of a concerted counter-offensive by colonel gaddafi's forces to stop rebels from moving to tripoli. rebel fighters pushed back from this key coastal town of -- a key coastal town. the libyan forces used tanks and artillery. our world affairs editors sent this report. >> at dawn this morning, it was a media elite clear that the rebels enthusiasm and fighting spirit was fading. it has carried them 150 miles westward along the coast, beating colonel gaddafi's troops back. but other supply lines are stretched and gaddafi's troops are fighting a more friendly territory. we went with the

she was shooting a show with jacques pépin, right? julia and jacques. it was a sandwich show.she started with an ice cream sandwich, and she started the segment with, "when i was an itsy, bitsy girl, i loved ice cream sandwiches," took a bite, and then jacques' like, "well, in the south of france where i grew up, i had pain au chocolat," he'd take a bite. they were like, "cut." they had to redo the lighting. there was some bad movement. so they grabbed jacques' sandwich, they grabbed julia's, she was like, "nope!" ( slurping sound ) she ate three entire ice cream sandwiches. she became my instant hero. then we went to rialto, where julia cooked a fantastic six course meal. she just chowed, which is awesome, because she was someone that loved to cook, but loved to eat even more. >> hinojosa: so do you think that things are going to-- in terms of food in americans-- are things going to get better before they get worse? what do you see? >> yeah, that's a great question. i think it's still going to get worse before it gets better. i mean, i think there's a lot... you know, there's

jacques brel's records to john, who immediately caught on to how good and how important a writer brelf the dreams that he brings ♪ from the wide-open sea. ♪ in the port of amsterdam, ♪ there's a sailor who sleeps ♪ while the riverbank weeps ♪ to the old willow tree. >> john was definitely a showman. and he loved to put on a good concert, and he knew that he could sing his ballads, but he also needed to do his lighthearted, funny songs as well, and he had to have a good mix of them, and the audiences just seemed to just absolutely love that. >> bands are like nothing else in life. where singer-songwriters are concerned, the bonding takes the form of breathing together. the people who are out there with you in front of an audience breathing with you while you are putting your life on the line are like none other. >> my first gig with john was actually the tonight show in about february of 1974, and it was the first time that he had been invited to guest host the tonight show. and that was a big shot for him. we'd be onstage in front of 30,000, 35,000 people. i mean, i couldn't believe i

finally, we have the jacqu line zapata chavez, supervisor avalos' nominee. >> [inaudible] i hope you all join and carried that bag proudly. thank you very much. [applause] now, we have our president of the friends of the commission on the status of women. >> thank you, commissioner. i want to thank the mayor and board of supervisors for all the work and dedication on behalf of women and girls in san francisco. i also would like to give a special thanks to the city administrator's office for continued support of this event. that is the reason why we are all here. this reception at this event would not happen without the help of our board members. and i do want to acknowledge our board members again. and we have a special guest, the consul general of the canadian consulate. she was just newly appointed. so we welcome you to city hall and to this event, and, of course, our sponsors. we do have refreshments for all of you. we want to thank chevron for the gas cards. congresswoman nancy pelosi, a democratic leader in the u.s. house of representatives. the filipina women's network. marion

the corruption trial of the former french president jacques chirac has been suspended because of a challenge from his defense team. he is accused of misusing funds. he denies all charges. dozens of people were rounded up in a major police operation against one of italy's largest organized crime groups. it is judged to be more powerful than the sicilian mafia. yet police claimed this is a significant blow to the senate did, thought to be one of the world's biggest cocaine traffickers. duncan kennedy has this report. >> enough manpower to overwhelm any resistance. these officers spread out to raid several addresses in southern italy and near rome. this was a hunt not only for senior-level gang members, but also any member with illicit merchandise. every premises were searched with a new request for evidence. and in this house, police found a secret hiding place behind a bookshelf. big enough to conceal a man. yet this is where one boss hoped to evade capture. add more than 30 mobsters were picked up. more than six italian men were detained in germany, a sign of the extent of foreign interests.

. >> the trials of former french president jacques chirac on allegations of corruption opened monday. chirac is not scheduled to appear until tuesday, but will be the first president in postwar french history to appear before a criminal court. he faces charges related to his time as mayor of paris. chirac denies any wrongdoing. >> he refused to comment on the trial on monday. the trial has done little to dent the popularity of chirac. many french people still and meyer his folksy style, which contrasts sharply with president sarkozy. but critics insist the misappropriation of public funds is not a petty offense. attorneys for a taxpayers' association contend the investigation was [unintelligible] >> is france a country that honors the rule of law onot? this is an opportunity for the judicial system to be in power. with respect to what is happening in the world, french justice can no longer play second fiddle to the executive office. >> the allegations concern chirac's time as mayor of paris. he is accused of putting almost 500 workers on the city payroll in the 1990's. many never spen

strong storms in florida, laef downpours, large hail from miami up to jacque. rain and showers from home ma what to kansas city. a foot of snow in the north rockies. showers in the pacific northwest. >> 82 in 15 knicks mostly 30s from fargo to detroit. 42 here in new york. 57 in atlanta and near 80 in the big easy. >>> and coming up, a member of president obama's inner circle could soon be joining the team at facebook. that's straight ahead in your business news. >>> and the world's largest retailer is right in the middle of a big battle set for the supreme court this week. details for what's at stake for walmart, when we come back. >>> welcome back. overseas markets are mixed to start the week. tokyo's nikkei average fell 0.6% today. hong kong's hang seng is lower. in london the ftse opened higher. on wall street the dow rose 362 points last week. the nasdaq climbed nearly 100. >> the first u.s. auto factory to shut down because of a disaster in japan is reopening today. general motors is resumed production at its pickup plant in shreveport, louisiana. it had

it is the so-called easy a route to help jacques earn better grade point averages.rks and how it got exposed. len? >> reporter: stanford university is known tor two things, athletics and academics. now the courses of interest list which is circulated to student athletes is raising the question as to whether or not the academics are being compromised in any way for the athletics. it's known as the courses of interest list and just about every student athlete at stanford hears about it. >> they are organized by, you know, time slots to help athletes fit them into our schedule, we're only able to take classes in the morning basically because we all have practices in the afternoon. some of them are introductory level classes. >> in fact most are intro classes which has led someone to label it an easy course list for athletes. among the 40 dallass are drama 103, beginning impro micing and dance 106. social dances of north america free. but they also have intro to statistics, math 19, calculus. >> calculus is not a simple class. >> they say the list was compiled by the at

day in our world update after years of hiding behind presidential immunity a former french leader jacques chirac has gone on trial for corruption he's accused of masterminding a scheme well mayor of paris in which public money was used to pay for work benefiting his party chirac and his close associates have already been linked to a number of corruption scandals but he's never been convicted. the u.s. space shuttle discovery has undocked from the international space station and begun its last journey back to earth and the crew said their goodbyes to colleagues on the s.s. orbit the earth for one last time taking a few scenic pictures along the way upon landing the spaceship will be ferried off to a museum and almost four decades of flight. a crater collapse at one of hawaii's most active volcanoes and sent molten lava flowing into the sky it was match point dozens of small earthquakes around killer whale has been erupting constantly for almost three decades with varying intensity and has now been cordoned off and nearby park and close despite reassurances that there is little danger. i ju

after years of claiming presidential immunity former french president jacques chirac is finally facing a court trial he stands accused of masterminding a scheme in which the city of paris footed the bill for a work benefiting his party conviction could carry a ten year jail term experts say any prison time is highly unlikely. but this weekend russian people are reducing the winter to ashes literally archy's peter all over takes up the story. it's one of the most celebrated offensive began here in russia months need so marks the stance of lent me over the tradition of the holiday itself as a huge concrete christmas russia. in. the final days of bends culminating the burning of lady mustn't it's that now this is the symbolize the burning away of winter and the arrival of spring even if there is still rather a lot of snow around this year. no food plays they keep costs in any must needs a celebration and the key food stuff this consume calculating all pancakes now these will be in their hundreds and thousands with a variety of toppings both sweet and savory mellow the believing represente

former french president jacques chirac storages a month long trial today it's over claims he misused public funds as mayor of paris twenty years ago insists he's innocent and plans to address the judge himself on wednesday perry city hall dropped its complaint last year but the cases still being pursued by france's independent judiciary a prison sentence is unlikely while the trial itself could be short lived as a paris public prosecutor seeks to get the case dropped. the discovery shuttle is about to start her final journey home after almost three decades of space service the crew have said their goodbyes to those aboard the international space station and are now preparing to undock discovery will then orbit the earth for the last time taking a few pictures along the way before landing on wednesday. and also on the way in a few minutes we'll look at what's in store for libya once the turmoil recedes before that corrina account will bring us the latest from the world of business. and welcome to our business update here in r.t. who has steadily strengthened in the past few weeks larg

after years of claiming presidential immunity former french president jacques chirac is finally facing a court trial he stands accused of masterminding a scheme in which the city of paris paid the bill for a work benefiting his party rather conviction could carry a ten year jail term experts say it's unlikely he's unlikely to serve any prison time. japan's foreign minister has resigned after opposition out for over a political donation he got from a foreign national stage admitted accepting about six hundred dollars from a south korean citizen residing in japan the some a small japanese law bans politicians from accepting money from outsiders to protect the country from foreign influence his resignation strikes a blow to the current prime minister naoto who as a potential successor. russian law enforcement is given a much needed make over this week with public trust in the four sitting to an all time low it's hoped the new reforms and in name change will return to credibility as artie's a cattery knows are reports there's a lot riding on the overhaul paperwork and cosmetics. a change o

senior expert john jacques collection of friends came to visit us when he learns about what we had done and when he learned that i had been one of those who supervised the construction of a containment over the damaged nuclear reactor he said misty any no one in the world be of the americans the british the french the germans or the japanese could have done separately or together what do you the soviet people manage to do in such a short period of time let's not compare the two eras or their political circumstances and sweden on august twenty sixth people came to work they also have a nuclear power plant over there and as they enter the premises radiation counters showed they were polluted an alarm was sounded and an investigation began the plant itself the only possible source of trouble was ok even so they looked at the windows diagram and it pointed to kiev the swedes raised worldwide fervor and so the soviet union was forced to admit that an accident had happened they would have recognized the fact anyway but only later were building them in india in iran and in china turkey is prep

well it's not as like a system this work builds upon the research i meant by the man of jacques fresco which builds upon researchers from from well the past one hundred fifty years people have continually thought about a different economic model not based on monetary exchange and all of the intrinsic problems that come out of that dizziness project is something important invention which i see suggest people look into that is a partnership with this ice movement and it's a blueprint system based on referencing natural law and what that means is you actually get to the life ground as i mentioned earlier you look at what it means to make a human being what it means to meet the needs of the human especially the from obviously the bare necessities to all of the emotional and bio psycho social phenomenon that actually generate our behavior generator well being in our mental health when you put all this together which is a completely technical orientation very limited when it comes to human opinion this is what science has given us by the way you see that the current economic model is stuck i

. >>> a corruption trial of former present president, jacques chirac, got underway today in paris. here is charged with embezzlement. it is unlikely chirac will be sent to prison but in theory, he could be sentenced up to ten years and fined up to $210,000. >>> although he promised transparency in his management of california, governor jerry g criticized by some of the media for not keeping them informed. according to "the san francisco chronicle" governor brown does not release a schedule of his daily events. the paper says he publishes some of his appearances but not all. the lead -- the leader of the 14 wisconsin democrats who fled the state more than two weeks ago to block a vote on a terrible bill has just asked the governor of wisconsin for a meeting. this was the scene in the state's capital over the weekend as protests continue over the plan that would limit collective bargaining. 14 democratic senators left the state on february 17th and they say they will return at some point but only when they have done all they can to negotiate. >>> scott walker says the controversial b

llamaradas y explosiones destruyeron la tranquilidad de este sector en la bahía jacques aquí el cuencal fuego, a objeto que no se contaminoara el segundo camión pero no fue posible sin embargo bebido a las llamas que se extendieron. >> tres o cuatro viviendas resultaron producto de la explosión del primer tanque y eso contaminó algunas casas. >> el periodista román quién filmó el desastre dice que nunca antes había estado cerca de la muerte al hacer su trabajo. no me día consecuencia por cojo laer mejor toma. pero sin embargo ya pasado el hecho uno se daba en cuéntalo riesgo que estaba corriendo. >> decenas de bomberos comenzaron a llegar al lugar del siniestro. >> debido a el suceso se tuvo que llamar ped ir la colaboración del cuerpo de bomberos de cantónes al daños eso sí que empezaron a salir unidades del cuerpo de bombero de las ciudad de cuenca. >> después de cuatro horas de batalla los bomberos lograron controlar el fuego y se pudo hacer el recuento. >> se pudo encontrar en cada unidad los cuerpos calcinados de los que presuntamente habían sido los choferes. >> uno por cada vehí

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. >> the trials of former french president jacques chirac on allegations of corruption opened monday. chirac is not scheduled to appear until tuesday, but will be the first president in postwar french history to appear before a criminal court. he faces charges related to his time as mayor of paris. chirac denies any wrongdoing. >> he refused to comment on the trial on monday. the trial has done little to dent the popularity of chirac. many french people still and meyer his folksy style, which contrasts sharply with president sarkozy. but critics insist the misappropriation of public funds is not a petty offense. attorneys for a taxpayers' association contend the investigation was [unintelligible] >> is france a country that honors the rule of law or not? this is an opportunity for the judicial system to be in power. with respect to what is happening in the world, french justice can no longer play second fiddle to the executive office. >> the allegations concern chirac's time as mayor of paris. he is accused of putting almost 500 workers on the city payroll in the 1990's. many never sp

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add jacques. he's french. oui! ♪ oui like! of five agree it tastes as good as fresh butter with 70% less saturated fat than butter. [ kim ] you can have it all. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hey, everybody. welcome back! thank you for watching our show. i'm here with dan roman and cory henderson of the universal record database. there they are right there. [ cheers and applause ] the yellow jacket says it all. we're going to be setting some world records tonight, right here on this very stage. how exciting. [ scattered cheers ] dan, tell everyone about the urdb. what is it, again? >> sure thing. urdb is the new home of world records. we believe everyone on earth can be the world's best at something. and we built this website that allows anybody, anywhere to set any world record they want. >> jimmy: you could, seriously, have no talent at all, just videotape yourself doing anything? >> you find your talent. >> jimmy: and that would be the talent? dig deep and you can get something in there. >> exactly. >> jimmy: and we'll

. >> jacques had stolen sara, propeopling me into the depths of hell itself.n those depths i became myself for the first time ever. i found my skin. >> everybody give up! it's me, the crimson bolt. you just made the biggest mistake of your life. shut up, crime. >> jimmy: and i should say that while there are some humorous moments, this is kind of a -- this movie -- this is not, for instance, a movie you're going to take your son to see. >> no, i'm not going to take my grandma to see this movie. this is a messed up movie. it really is. >> jimmy: it genuinely is. >> this is, for all the freaks and rebels and losers and outcasts and really messed up people, this is your movie. >> jimmy: there you go. rainn wilson, everybody. "super" opens april 1st. we'll be right back with abbie cornish. welcome back to hack job. today we're with the gilberts. okay, guys, are you ready to see your new kitchen? yes!!! me too. let's go. take a look!! ahhh. here. we. go! it looks amazing! you didn't do anything. you just put bud light on the counter. exactly. it totally opens it up

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nicolas sarkozy is not jacque chirac who was at bitter odds with president bush.this is a different day. the europeans are heavily involved, and the irony here, look, the united states is putting great pressure on our persian gulf allies to say, why are you sending troops noose bahrain? and yet, at the same time, saying we oppose you on that but we expect your participation against libya? so there is a new order in the middle east that the united states is trying to influence but also seek partnerships with, and so the arab face of this against gadhafi becomes very important. hillary clinton working that aspect of it, getting the arab league to support a no-fly zone. this looks a lot more like the first gulf war than the second war in iraq. i think that's the intention. >> david, thank you very much. >>> and we want to turn things over now to scott from the weather channel to give us a check of the forecast. >> did you have a chance to check out the super moon last night? >> together we did. >> it looked amazing. about 14% larger and third in times brighter than a

add jacques. he's french. oui! ♪ oui like!ur out of five agree it tastes as good as fresh butter with 70% less saturated fat than butter. [ kim ] you can have it all. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back to our show, everybody. anyone -- anyone who knows me knows that i've got a chronic case of bieber fever. [ light laughter ] i'm so happy for justin bieber because he's got a new movie coming out this week. it's called "never say never," and it's the story of how he got famous. it's a great movie, but one thing it doesn't showcase is justin's serious side. which is too bad, because i happen to know that the biebs likes to reflect really deeply on a lot of things. here, take a look. ♪ reflections reflections reflections look at my reflection ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> yo, what's up? i'm justin bieber and i'm going to reflect for a minute if that's cool with you. [ light laughter ] ♪ >> my life has been pretty crazy lately. i've been so blessed. i've got two grammy nominations. that was dope. and now my movie is co

so we had in mind, yes, margaret thatcher, before that with jacques chirac or even-- for the last pieceter the election. so but those were only first time more than anything else. >> rose: tell me about your interest and your involvement in politics. >> i think it's very, i mean i'm very interested in politics, yes. i read a lot of newspapers and yes, i'm interested in politics because i find it, well, would be very difficult for me today not to follow the news not only in france and europe but in the world, yes, i'm very into it, to understand to try to understand what happens in the world, yes. >> how do you think your president is doing sarkozy? >> i don't like too much because we are in a very difficult time at the moment, you know. the president is very low in the polls, yes. because of what happened in, so it's very difficult. and anyway i never really answer to political questions on television or even in newspapers. because what actors say, you know, can always become something else. and it's very private for me. if i had dinner with you, i would answer without any problems. you

[applause] accepting for jacques barzun, marguerite barzun. the 2010 national humanities medal to jacques barzun for his distinguished career as a scholar, educator, and public intellectual. one of the leaders in the field of cultural history, dr. barzun's decades of teaching and dozens of books have engaged countless readers across our nation. [applause] wendell e. berry. the 2010 national humanities medal to wendell e. berry for his achievements as a poet, novelist, farmer, and conservationist. the author of more than 40 books, mr. berry has spent his career exploring our relationship with the land and community. [applause] roberto gonzalez echevarria. the 2010 national humanities medal to roberto gonzalez echevarria for his contributions to spanish and latin american literacy -- literary criticism. his path-breaking "myth and archive -- a theory of latin american narrative" is among the widely cited scholarly works in hispanic literature. [applause] stanley nider katz. [applause] the 2010 national humanities medal to stanley nider katz for

jean and jacques. like a company. just ah >>> good morning to you. it is 8:56.minutes we have lightning in samona county. it is getting very active out there and it will continue to be very active heating throughout the next few hours. you can see the heavy rain coming down this portions of northern california. take a look at what's impacting us right now. dangerous driving conditions along 880. let's find out how it looks with mike inouye. >>> very slow. the east bay is slow all over walnut creek and the interchange as well as approaching the bay bridge. the peninsula has gotten smacked with weather as well. so slow north and south out of daily city considering the commute into the north bay. take it slow. >>> another local news update for you in a half hour with all the news you need to know. the "today" show is back next. >>>. >>> we're back on a thursday morning, the 24th of march, 2011. rain moving out overnight, and this morning we've got some folks doing some sight-seeing early in the morning. matt lauer along with ann curry and al roker. straight ahead,