americans in paris is not just a saying.on in fashion, it is true. >> for these ten lucky designers, it is a dream come true. >> being able to come to paris and showcase your collection and create a presence here kind of let's the world know that we are here. >> reporter: the initiative con spored by the council of fashion designers of america and vogue magazine is an opportunity for upand comi up and coming designers to get their wares in front of international editors and buyers. something difficult to do from new york. >> when we were invited, we were, like, yes, this is our chance to get the clothes in front of people. they have no idea what we are about or have never seen a piece of our clothing. >> eddy borgo has been designing jewelry for six years, being part of this initiative is a way for him, he hopes, to double his business. >> you really have an opportunity in paris to get one-on-one time with them, walk them through the collection, walk them through your process, which is priceless. it is fantastic. portant to

was paris. it was the cultural capital of the world. both of these reasons had to do with our culture, our society, our moral rules and regulations than it had to society. more women would have died than to have a man examine them and thousands of people died unnecessary for that. in france there was no stigma for women being examined for illness or birth or whatever by male physicians, none. and equally important, students could make the rounds with a trained physician in the hospital to watch the physician attending, doing examinations examinations of women patients. the second roadblock was strong opposition to the use of cadavers. in many states, really more than half of the states they were illegal. now, what that meant was that there was a black market for human bodies. and because of that, the bodies were very expensive and because of that, students almost never got to dissect a body, a cadaver. whereas, in paris, again in france there was no stigma about it and so dissecting for hours at

one young girl, michael jackson's daughter paris stepping forward, ready to face any -- >> paris jacksonher flag football game. >> ok i was in the middle of a thing but whatever, go ahead. >> she's the only girl on the team. she's playing. not only is she playing, she's a blocker. >> really? >> yeah. >> well, let's check the replay. >> blanket and prince are on the sidelines blocking. >> who else is there? >> oksana and timothy dalton, their son sasha plays on the same football team as paris. >> and the exes came together to cheer on the team and can't you just feel the love? but back to paris. >> after the game she tweeted "we won 32-6." killed them. >> heart of a champion. paris jackson, football legend in the -- >> yeah, boy. >> oh, to hell with it. >> happy hump day for all the women. henry cavill, shirtless, ripped. >> is he the new superman? >> that's right. man of steel. he looks so good. you know how you guys like [beep]? i think a lot of girls like shoulders. all right, bleep me, whatever. t. and a. happy hunk day, ladies. you look good. >> what happens when two giant tv shows s

and now it stands in for wartime paris.d has got around that they can provide big outdoor sets, one of the reasons another chose to shoot his latest film here. the full-scale replica of a theater is another set. it is speculated that shakespeare's works were actually written by somebody else. >> we are doing well. we have won a lot of trust from the industry. all of the famous actors and directors right in the book, and they say what an amazing history and that they want to make films here. >> and here is where we have to stop filming. this is the top-secret area where they are shooting a new film in cooperation with the brothers of "the matrix" fan, coming soon to a theater near you. >> a century of babelsberg. that has been our "in depth" today. thanks for watching.

eventually, there will be 3000 of these vehicles in paris. each one is equipped with a radio, a gps system. each of them have is -- has a top speed of 130 kilometers. under a range of 250 kilometers on a full battery. there is electric patch to recognize is a chip in your subscription cards. >> would you like to rent a car? >> you can buy a subscription with a credit card and driver's license for today. >> i was not aware of it. >> i think it would be a great idea. it would be a really good idea to be able to drive an electric car. >> candles improved a major problem for the bikes. -- vandalism proved a major problem for the bikes. these do have a security system built in. opponents still foresee problems. >> it is the same price as a taxi on roads there already overcrowded. >> if you cannot afford a car or you do not want a car, this is a pretty fun way to travel. you could have just about any color that you want. as long as it is silver. >> this is bbc news. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible b

jim bitterman joining us from paris. thanks for the update. andrew? >> certainly no lack of people, numbers of people talking about the euro crisis. as europe struggles to deal with the debt crisis, rising economic powers are looking for places to park their wealth. they're all too aware if europe sinks they'll be dragged down with it. so will the emerging countries throw the europeans a financial life line? john defterios has more. >> reporter: a stone's throw from the abu dhabi downtown water front, it is hard to miss major construction work, hotel and apartment towers. and road building. it does not look as if there's scope for a recession here or heading east to asia, where growth is expected to average more than 8% next year. but former british prime minister gordon brown says european disunity caused by debt problems in greece and elsewhere cannot be ignored by the fast-growing countries of the world. >> all this emphasizes is that what happens in one continent affects another. and that we have to have a better system of international cooperatio

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ok well thanks very much there live from paris political asylum officer appear again no thanks again all right well we would like to know what you think about the reported death of credibility and today we're asking you with all the what happens now in libya and so far the most popular response is less guarded oilfields surrounded by chaos will emerge years of painful and slow recovery kong second and some of you say the colonel's death will lead to a green so many police and fire will control elsewhere now only four percent of you say election reforms the spirit of things you had to r.t. dot com cast your vote. by going to greece now clashes broke out in central athens between rival groups of protesters during a second day of mass demonstrations against a new round of austerity measures being debated in parliament authorities say one person died while dozens were injured as more than fifty thousand demonstrators gathered in the city's main square outside parliament r.t. sarfraz reports now from outlets. i get it back very quickly all skintight the slats we got. in the crowd we're no

christian fraser live in paris, thank you very much. and just to update out very latest as to what's happening or not happening with the eye yal tan prime minister, we understand that a northern league spokeswoman, the coalition partner inside the italian government, has told the bbc that the reports in a deal that a deal had been reached for mr. berlusconi to step down in the new year are not true. that's the latest. we understand that mr. berlusconi and the northern league leader, they spoke last night, talked about pensions, and there was no quid pro quo between the retiring age being raised to 67 and mr. berlusconi agreeing to go. that was at the nun of that breaking news, but according to the latest reports, this idea of a deal that would see mr. berlusconi go are not true. more on that for you as soon as we can. the bbc has discovered fresh evidence that pakistan has been actively supporting the taliban in afghanistan while acting as washington's ally in public. here's david loyn. >> the long war in afghanistan was intensifying in

trickling in from libya there and now more analysis from a political science professor get law from paris mr get out france led the foreign military intervention efforts in libya and the french defense chief says that the country's planes fired on a convoy carrying gadhafi is a colonel's death now a cause for celebration in paris well actually in the streets of new celebration but maybe you know it's a cause for celebration although as you know there were periods when prince and the west generally were quite close to good they were in cahoots with them different moments there are moments of tension just moments of corporation. but. the people of libya rejoice and everyone is trying to poke fun to be rejoicing and to claim. they were responsible for the demise of nothing which in the case of nature is. true nature did play a major military part in. the victory of the rebels ok you're talking. about celebrations there at least on a political level and also the mainstream media had jumped on at this news of the reported death of gadhafi they're calling it a marvelous success well do you thin

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auvers was just a half hour train ride from paris, a quiet, bucolic farming town on the banks of the painters like cezanne, pissarro and corot, giants of modern art. >> naifeh: this was not only a place where the best artists of the era came to paint, because it was so beautiful-- for somewhat similar reasons, the wealthy of paris would come and summer here. it was sort of the hamptons of the 1890s. >> safer: the smart set. >> naifeh: the smart set came here. >> safer: inspired by his surroundings, van gogh painted like a man possessed, turning out a picture a day. he painted the medieval church on the hill, looking as though it's about to jump off the canvas. he painted the town hall, decked out for bastille day. and just across the street, the auberge ravoux, the inn where he lived and took his meals. he ate here every day? >> naifeh: he did eat here every day. his only social interaction during the day was in ordering food, which is really incredibly sad. >> safer: in this picture taken outside the inn the year vincent died, gustave ravoux, the owner, sits at the left. his teenage

some people in paris may need extra cash.rom there. >> it is the oldest financial institution in paris. today this pawnshop says it is seeing a surge in the number of people coming in to pawn their valuables and get cash. >> we had a strong increase between 2007 and september 2011. we can easily compare the unemployment rate and the household morale rate. people are getting poorer and the rich people are getting richer. and those that want to reclaim their valuables they feel they are victims of today's banks and brokers. when this -- was opened in the 17th century, it was an alternative to money lending. nowadays it seems a bit more people once again struggling to make ends meet, the pawnbrokers are making a comeback. >> i think it is a way to get a fresh catch which is not too humiliating. >> some of the objects pond in debt under the hammer. -- pawned edn und up under the hammer. someone may come to take them home. the bbc news, paris. >> i am told by people crazy enough to run their debt is great when you can sit down and

benjamin franklin, the american ambassador to paris had resigned in may, 1781. he was infuriated by the themes he was getting a call on the floor of congress for his suppose it womanizing and subservience to france. many of the nastiest of the that's from his fellow diplomat john adams who fed them to the partisans in congress. even worse vitriol spewed from the lips of congress man of virginia who served in paris with franklin for several years until his paranoid view of france and frankland triggered his recall but he immediately got himself in the congress. george iii informed that in the context in the global struggle for supremacy against france and spain yorktown was no more than a minor defeat but he saw no reason why he should even consider yielding an acre of what he called dominions in north america to the despicable bankrupt rebels that they did fight in them and there were millions of pounds still in the national they approved the speech from the throne but an overwhelming vote and the handful of people on the moros opposition benches seemed what to

-- midnight in paris." kathy bates for trade stein as she was in the 1920's. >> dripping with sexual innuendo. >> the popular interest is fortunate coincidence for the national portrait gallery. >> she was a short woman. >> this new exhibition exposes her later life as an established writer and her influence on writers today. >> hurt reputation as an experimental with language. -- her reputation as experimented with language that has never lost its allure for those in literature and to some degree, for those in art. >> as her fame increase, artists begged her to sit with them in the hopes that the association would boost their own popularity. her portraits became almost an art form in themselves. gertrude stein thought it was more important that patients should capture her essence rather than her looks. that is why this portrait shows 8 teacup representing the gatherings she held for artists. this is surrounded by golden rays of poking her granddaughter -- by goulding race -- by golden rays evoking her gran

a tradition that started in paris more than 20 years ago. >> there was a gentleman who had a birthday party in paris and he wanted all of his friends to dress in white so they could see each other at night. every year, grew and grew to this amazing thing that they now have every year in paris and now it is spreading throughout the world. >> new york, chicago, and now it has arrived in san francisco. garrett organized this party in three months. >> i own a couple restaurants, so this was sort of when i should have been sleeping, i guess. >> word spread on the social network. >> high school friend posted it on facebook and i like food and wine, so i said, where do i sign up? >> 10,000 people rsvp'd, but only the first 3500 got in. everyone wears white and brings their own chair, champagne, and their own food. >> i grilled asparigus with a balsamic reduction and a wild rice salad. >> we have roasted golden and red beets. we are going to top it with ricata and put mixed greens over it with pistacios. >> the a the appointed hour, dinner begins. candle lit tables, fine china, and crystal. h

every year it grew and grew to this amazing thing that they have every year in paris. and now it's spreading throughout the world. >> new york, chicago, and now it has arrived in san francisco. garrett organized this party in three months. >> i own a couple restaurants. this is when i should have been sleeping, i guess. >> word spread on the social networks. >> a high school friend posted it on facebook and i like food and wine, so i said, where do i sign up? >> 10,000 people rsvped, but only the first 3500 got in. everyone wears white and brings their own chair, champagne, and their own food. >> i grilled asparagus with ball balcamic reduction. >> roasted golden and red beets. going to top it and put mixed field greens over it with pistacios. >> at the appointed hour, beginner begins. candle light tables, fine china, and crystal. how else to picnic in the park? >> the tables have been blowing me away, and the attire. i'm so proud of it. i'm proud for everyone. it's the coolest thing. >> are you going to do it again next year? >> absolutely. and maybe one inbetween. >>

pating many ackive is leading up to game conscious paris paris the pating in activities. >> it is atime to show community involvement, members of different greek are teamed up and compete against one another. >> zachary says it is a good feeling to go outside his comfort zone. >> we are getting really close, a great friendship. >> blake says that he enjoys greek week because it is a clans for fraternitys and sororities to come together for one purpose. >> when you have everyone come together they have a chance to celebrate what it means to be greek. >> it is a time to show pride regardless of what organization one belongs to. >> with more than 30 participating in greek week, most participants can agree it is not about winning or losing. it is about letting loose and having fun. update news. >>> the spartans leading receiver this year isn't a receiver. dominic reports a nationally recognized tight end. po, ran ot biges targ the p . >>> at 6'5" and 230 pounds, the biggest target in the passing game. >> touchdown, san jose state. >> spartan fans watched him go for over a hundred yards

we understand that the vote in paris is imminent. as you say, israeli officials in paris and here are saying they have pretty much given up and accept the palestinians will get the votes they need. 193 member states will vote and the palestinians need a two-third majority and they think they will get it. what is significant is this is happening despite an enormous amount of diplomatic pressure from the u.s., israel and european union who didn't want the palestinians to go ahead. it looks like they will get their victory. >> will it be a pyrrhic victory you have the americans in particular saying look, this is prematureers, it is not helpful? >> well, it certainly put unesco in a difficult position. america has a laws passed in the early 1990's that says any u.n. body that admits palestine as a full member will have its funding cut off. unesco gets about $70 million a year from the united states, about 20% of its budget. so if this happens and palestine is admitted they are going to find themselves somewhat strapped for cash. but i th

nearly 1.9% in paris and 1% in london. in new york, the dow jones industrial average fell 258 points, or 2.4% to 10,655. market players say growing concerns over the european credit problems are dampening investors' appetite for risk. >>> now let's get a check on tokyo stock markets. the dow has dropped over 2% for the second day in a row. it's now at the lowest level since september of last year. market players have been concerned about the weaker euro zone economies, specifically greece. for more, we cross over to ramin mellegard at the tokyo stock exchange. the concerns over greece are holding a grip over markets. how are markets reacting this tuesday morning here in japan? >> very good morning to you, ai. come big moves there in stocks, currencies and gold. i'll come to that in a second. let's go to the opening levels here for the nikkei and the topix this tuesday morning. you can see the nikkei down over 100 points. the topix down over 10 points. global markets continue to be gripped by euro zone issues. eu officials

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new details emerged about michael jackson's daughter paris. you'll remember the young girl, shortly after his death, surrounded by a ring of relatives. this weekend, she emerged on stage, older, wearing a jacket of a kind of homage to her father. and jim avila has more on the whole day's drama. >> reporter: dr. conrad murray, seen in these just released foe coaches at the hospital the day jackson died. telling the family, it needs to get an autopsy. >> they asked me, you know, do you know why he died? my answer was no. and that's the reason why it was recommended to the family to have an autopsy because i also wanted to know. >> reporter: that autopsy provided the most damning evidence of the trial so far. first, it showed that jackson was not sick. the autopsy photos shown today in court display as 50-year-old 5'9", 136 pound man in better health than most his age. with a strong heart and no about tier owe sclerosis. the autopsy found that jackson died of acute propofol intoxication. that he could not have administered himself. >> the circums

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has accepted the nation of palestine as a full member over two thirds members of general assembly in paris just now said yes it's the first time the. it's a means of achieving full membership and if you when body but us go now faces a twenty two percent budget cut the u.s. bound to cut funding if palestine was admitted washington says it can subsidize any organization that accepts palestine as a member israel is also strongly against all this comes ahead of next month's vote on full palestinian membership for you but you stay with r.t. for the latest update our correspondent is coming your way later this hour. now syria's president has told russian television the forces fighting his regime are dangerous and putting civilians at risk but also said he is ready to work with the opposition parties that have emerged during the months of uprising against his government. similar reports. strong words coming from syrian president bashar al assad to where the conflict his country's been going off for almost eight months now in that interview to the russian channel he did say that any attempt to des

ultimately, you see places like berlin, paris, where bikes are mixed in traffic. still, the accident rate is low because of the awareness report working. the fact that we are in the middle of an ideological argument over what constitutes appropriate transportation, it does not bode well, but at least at the local level we have the ability to demonstrate the right paradigm. thank you. supervisor chu: -- supervisor campos: colleagues, you have heard the presentation. this is an action item. we will take it without objection. madam clerk, please call the next item. >> item #6. recommend allocation of $4,132,911 in prop k funds, with conditions, for ten requests, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedules, and amendment of the new and upgraded streets 5-year prioritization program. this is an action item. >> this item starts on page 379 of your packet. we have a power point, then chad will complete the presentation. we had $4 million in funds requested for the project. leveraging $31.5 million in non- prop k funds. the annual request is somet

to cross-talk the ongoing global protests i'm joined by rachel martin in paris she's an international political and communications strategist and journalist in philadelphia we go to dave lindorff he is an in war winning investigative reporter and author of the blog this can't be happening and in sacramento we cross the joseph palermo he is an associate professor at california state university sacramento all right folks this is cross talk that means you can jump in anytime you want to be very much encouraged but first marcia this global movement seems to have some traction and church does it all started as a mishmash collection of interest groups highlighting inequality and the influence of big business over national decision making today the occupy wall street movement has morphed into something far far bigger and far beyond the u.s. like the public you know all american people on the bus and other parts of the world are higher. payout tremendously big. crisis of capitalism they keep driving the movement worldwide is a sense that free market capitalism has shortcomings and that it is

time to cover this in more depth john locke and from the institute for democracy and cooperation in paris many thanks indeed. well that's now if you do get involved with us here at r.t.l. we're always interested in your opinions and we'd like to have your thoughts on the situation in syria if you click onto our website our if you don't you can be a part of our latest poll and bring up the numbers are right now here on our c today we ask what is going to happen now that the u.n. security council resolution on syria has gone so far most to say that nato will resort to false flag attacks by the view that syria's enemies will use you unilateral sanctions come second something different we'll work on a better resolution and if you wish respondents believe that the russia china stance will see assad's violence come to an end do you get involved now online at r.t. your. but the chinese if you don't want syria the u.n. security council resolution may sound relations with the u.s. even more later in the program we reported that washington is trying to get back at beijing for allegedly valuing you

my top five picks from the paris collections. this road-colored actual dress from lanvin this navy eyelet coat from louis vuitton. this colored coat from haider ackerman and this printed coat from ackerman and this goal for sarah burton from alexander mcqueen. we are so glad you were with us for this special edition of "fashion: back stage pass." thanks for watching. >>> wormd worldwide protests against government greed. they are blaming an archists for setting government buildings on fire and torching cars. more from rome in a minute. >>> a very different scene in london where thousands gathered near the heart of the city's financial district. unlike in rome, the london protests remain peaceful. financial protests are going on in at least 82 countries, rallies against corporate greed, grinding poverty and government cuts. it began last month in new york's financial district. >>> civil rights leader, reverend al sharpton is urging washington to get america working at a march today. he called for congress and the white house to en

paris rolling up in a ball and slowly crying about michael tugs at you. you don't really need them but if you want to humanize the case more for michael jackson, you bring them in. but these high-profile trials, a lot of times with these acquittals that we see, you want to try your case and maybe overtry your case a little bit as a prosecutor. >> anne bremner, thank you. >>> inspectors will be back on the monument. in the meantime, new pictures of loose mortars and stones. although rappelers have found some cracks, their inspection will be done by tuesday. new cree dual blast technology blasts away bad breath germs and food after tastes. new crest complete with scope dual blast. blast your way to fresh breath. new creswhoa.plete with scope dual blast. whoa. how do you top great vacations? whoa. getting twice the points on great vacations. whoa! use chase sapphire preferred and now get two times the points on travel, and two times the points on dining and no foreign transaction fees. whoa! chase sapphire preferred. a card of a different color. apply now at

perry was up six point three percent in paris and deutsche of bag growth five and a half the sands in frankfurt here in moscow stocks through worst from earlier gains and it slid into the red that take a look at something to make the travels of the markets right now energy majors mix this hour gas problem is down one point seven percent well look it's just i'm not up on banking stocks are also under pressure with country second biggest lender p.t.b. losing almost one and a half percent. wasn't leaving ireland or produce a vest has boosted its first half net profit by ninety percent to nine hundred eighty five million dollars result was supported by strong growth as well as increased supply too fast growing. that's all for now but don't forget to check our web site r t v dot com thanks for. culture is that so much i'm afraid we're going to make it a lot of the plane carrying the buggy days of rage is the global economy on the brink of a double dip recession if so why can't the rich west find the right mix of fiscal at. the close of g.m. has been to the spitzbergen archipelago. for the