dropping through the darks we will have the sunshine in the afternoon and overnight, the lows in the 20áetroke 20s. >>> here is a look from traffic control. >> good morning. not much to get in your way. keep in mind as you head out, it is windy, the wind warnings in effect on the area bridges and the slick roads, 70 east bound, the only place that we have an accident, on the right shoulder and everything is looking good on the beltway as far as the speeds go, averages at 50 and 56 miles per hour. there is a look at the west side, there is the glare on the road from the wet roads and everything is running smoothly. there is a look at york road. log onto wjz any time. >>> we have the hartford county school advisory, howard grace elementary is closed after a strong smell developed after working on the crawl space and the teachers are to report. >>> the united states is on damage control after a video showed the desecration of corpses and what you may see on this could be disturbing. >> the marines seem to be urinating on the corpses and that is in violation of an international act of wa

and to get the design, to amend the design, look at the drivers of cost in the design, and manage the cost down. and that was done from a figure well in excess of 6 billion, to the neighborhood of 5 billion for both. that's the goal. by the way that something will need to do with all of our programs going forward. we are going ask ourselves in this kind of budgetary environment how much is good enough, is the 80% solution sufficient? and that's what we've done with the ohio classic was at that i think will be successful and that's the reason why it would be affordable. >> and with that, i thank you. >> just a more friendly -- [inaudible] you have any additional questions regarding context or potato disease to have been taken, please do connect with our press operations. we do have a team of folks who have been involved in key decisions standing by to be able to respond to more of your questions. thank you very much. [inaudible conversations] >> later today, our road to the white house coverage continues. presidential candidate newt gingrich will give remarks at the hispanic leadership

the government? the private sector? will the government shift the cost to the private sector? the other issue is that maybe we're just going to tell these aging books that they really are not necessarily entitled to the best medical care that money can buy under all circumstances. until we really wrestle with the very fundamental philosophical debate, it is just hard to see how we will make progress on health care. is it going to be the government? and until we really wrestle with that fundamental philosophical debate, it is hard to see how we will make progress on health care. the circumstances in health care do not change that much from one year to the next. it cannot be why growth is slower this year than last year. it just does not change that much. demographic projections just do not change fast enough for that to explain this. it does not make sense for that to be the case. that is not what our forecast is 2.3%. it simply is not. >> let me give you a micro example that might counter what you just said. >> ok. >> in ohio last week, health care costs, all of the time. it i

about the presidential race and the president's state of the union speech. arkansas senator mark pryor also joins us and we will get his take on the president's speech. [video clip] >> know, we will not go back to a an economy weakened by outsourcing. tonight i want to speak about how we move forward. layout of group plan for an economy that is built on american manufacturing, american energy, skills for american workers, and a renewal of american values. grand president's experiment has held back rather than fed economic recovery. he seems to sincerely believe we can build a middle class after got -- out of government jobs paid for by borrowed dollars. pat, it works the other way. a government is big in policy as this one is maintained on the backs of the middle class. and those who hope to join it. ♪ host: on this day after the state of the union address and the republican response, some of the headlines. upholstery journal, usa today -- the wall street journal, usa today, and roll call. it is wednesday, january 25, your reaction to what you heard last nig

she entered the studio apartment and saw the suspect line on the bed to the left of the door. his arms were behind his head. she saw the wooden handle of a gun on the floor was littered with clothing and garbage. she approached the bed with her gun drawn. she picked up his weapon and back away from the suspect. she backed approximately 10 feet while never taking her eyes off of the suspect. fearing a physical confrontation, she placed the unloaded large caliber revolvers with a 9 inch barrel on a chair behind her while keeping her eyes on the suspect. the suspect jumped up from the bed and screamed that he was part of the secret service, part of the cia. he repeatedly stated that she was going to shoot her -- him today. he ignored her verbal commands to get down on the floor. the officer called for a code three backup unit and attempted to calm the suspect. she instructed the manager outside the apartment door to go to the stairs and direct the arriving officers to her location. she continued to give the suspects verbal commands and assurances while keeping her body between hi

the chp has managed to clear the lanes and reopened the lamp--reopen the ramp and clear the debris. this is westbound 580 to southbound 680. i did not think we will see any kind of backup grow because the traffic is still life. my road to the super bowl goes through stand francisco. the 49ers are hosting a championship game for the first time in nine years. the giants upset the packers. that takes the next game to san francisco. they have a better record in the giants. the 49ers beat the favored new orleans saints. call a victory this week and would give the 49ers their first super bowl appearance in 17 years. the 49ers and the giants have met seven times in the playoffs. call it the 49ers have already beaten the giants this season back on november 13th. faugh back at the park on sunday. the game is at 3:30 p.m.. tickets go on sale wednesday. season- ticket holders give a brief shot at tickets at 10:00 a.m.. everyone else can try for whatever tickets are left at 1:00 p.m.. it is online sales only through ticketmaster and, your limited to four tickets per order. candlestick park is s

captaining the best from the west that is why for the first time in the history of the event the arena that would jump thousands betrayers what passionately behind one side the west. and also initially go promptly to believe in the so-called super skills show which is a traditional warm up ahead of the all star games with another local idol number reduced nicolas redlegs winning the first to skater competition. after three more contests the western conference two were still on bitten although their opponents from the east managed to still the show and win. with drugstores oleksandr results of producing a record breaking one hundred eighty three kilometer no heat in the paris shot contest and sergei further up edging out sunday's oscillation in the captain's deal which saw some extra hockey skills on display from the two legends i think will like it. having. sun just like that i like that it was it was sort of very technical material so it was different it was new how the words were like it and it was it was good innovation meanwhile the most i guess in contest shootouts left many dealt

the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. the presiding officer: i would ask that the quorum call be lifted. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: madam president, i rise today to discuss h.r. 3801, the ultralight aircraft smuggling prevention act of 2012. and i urge the senate to pass this legislation today. passing this bill will not only help to secure our southwest border but it also affords us the opportunity to honor an incredible colleague. i had the privilege of serving with congresswoman gabby gifers in the house oygiffords in the f representatives. and she is the force behind this legislation. she originally introduced it in 2012 before the senseless act of violence that took place, and she won its passage. but the senate failed to ache it up -- failed to take it up. over this past year, we've been working with gabby's staff and i was honored to introduce this bill in the senate with senators heller and feinst

now, part of the process is the moving all the time. this happens within our military community, moving stateside, moving overseas, going back and forth. as tom pointed out as we are moving it's not the first thing on people's mind. you can't change and to get to your new duty station anyway. so as most of us don't know where we're going to be living in to we get there, find a house, get settled, get on base, where ever we might be living. so you can't lead the discussion. you can't leave this to begin with and say okay this will be one of things to do before i go. you have to wait until you get there. once you're in your new duty station there's a lot of things going on that you're trying to get settled, get your kids in school, these are the folks is for family. but having said that i think part of problem when i see for families is that, as tom pointed out, trying to get into the local part of your elections, understand who to really vote for. because we want to be informed, we're not going to make an uninformed vote. so be able to p

the- -- before we see the results of the caucus. host: is there anything you want to add that will be information for the viewers? guest: the guy has some unique issues that have not been brought up. florida has similarities with the foreclosure crisis. we will be interested in hearing about how the candidates' policies on jobs sound. nuclear waste always comes up in presidential races in nevada. yucca mountain is the place they want to send nuclear waste. president obama has stopped that with the help of senator harry reid. we have a strong amount of -- strong number of hispanic voters. we are excited to have the president to campaign come out after spending so much time in the midwest and east coast. >> back to florida with the primary coming up on tuesday. mitt romney is expected to hold a campaign rally in panama city. it looks like it will start a little late in the day. we will bring it to you as soon as it does. later, a speech by newt gingrich. that will be at 8:00 eastern time from west palm beach. before we go to the mitt

to the west, the tombs of the officials who helped the king in his lifetime. this is the community, all of these people together will enjoy their life in paradise with the king. the quest for immortality built egypt. >> what knox you out about the whole thing? what blows you away? >> i lived in this place, i lived in this house in front of the great pyramid. what is amazing about this place is every day, when i come here, i see the pyramids different from yesterday. that is the magic of the pyramids. >> how has this thinks weathered the last 3500 years? >> the sphinx suffered a lot. the major destruction of the sphinx became because of the bad restoration more than water, more than humidity and heat. because people all the time used cement to restore the sphinx. the mother wrote rock of this is completely deteriorated, then they come and put stone and used cement. cement can eat into the sphinx. in 1988, the sphinx lost its right shoulder. that was one year after i came from the states. it was like a red flag to everyone. i stayed at 10 years restoring the sph

well it's really the decision the signals the matter of the signals the west sends to the m.d.c. the west in control of the m.d.c. installed them in power they understand that they don't have popular support it's nato support the put them into power and maintain a power so the. m.d.c. they've they've expressed support for this kind of. given up mixed messages. when the town of to while ago was ethnically cleansed of all ten thousand was black residents last year then president of the m.d.c. mahmoud jabril he actually said. what how he was questioned about it and he said well what happens to the people of the work is the business of the people of misrata no one else's business that was given the green light for the torture and execution that we're seeing now but actually has been continuous since the very start of the uprising. we've all been witnessing the last couple of days renewed clashes between n.c.c. forces and former regime supporters in libya now again these are new reports as well about these cases of abuse if they are true the idea of a united libya seems as far away as

the headlines of the day from around the globe, still waiting. no decision from greece yet on its deal with private debt holders. one ecb member acknowledges there is a risk in holding greek government bonds. >>> meanwhile, the imf says asia does have the compass itty to weather further europe-induced economic storms. >>> net profit falls 35% hit by weakening real estate assets. plus in the united states mitt romney builds a commanding lead as the polls are set to open but newt gingrich says he won't give up without a fight. >>> something different this morning. there's not the snowy backdrop, the slight chill on the back of my neck. it's warm for a start, christine. that feels a little different. >> yeah, welcome back, ross. we missed you. i was looking forward to the hat you were wearing at davos. i didn't see any. i'm disappointed. a little bit. >> i don't think that works in the studio, does it? a fedora. >> you were wearing a fed 0ora? >> yeah. >> okay. >>> take a look at the equity picture here in asia. a little bit of green, red, a mixed p

the legendary female sharman in gym on is buried on the opposite side of the slope of the grave of czar in bor the great chairman who went through all nine stages of the initiation procedure is found nearby they say that in the old days such shamans merged with the spirit during the ritual to control the weather travel over long distances here even levitation hollerin over the streets. after a ceremony by here and. two aides go to the base of the giant. less experienced chairmans about from here and with good reason this area's spirit is too powerful. and long lost the shaman to organ come has reached the sacred plate here in the thick of a forest he's built a set of ritual installations with his own hands and some of time the season packed with show money rituals church again stays in a tent just outside the glade for weeks on end. and parents receive food in this special place here we light up the bonfire made of a certain number of branches for example seven layers of branches symbolize the lower world seem just a ritual to exercise the souls of sick people were choir seven such laye

with the waves, the hope shifted on the seabed -- hulk shifted on the seabed.hey abandoned the rescue effort for hours because it was too dangerous to continue. more teams have arrived to search for survivors and to try to stop the fuel from leaking into the pristine waters. the divers have the most dangerous task, working in the water for hours still hoping to find survivors but knowing it is more likely they will find the dead. one of them pulls the bodies of two elderly man out. -- men out. this is the view that one driver had of the gash in the hull. the lead driver told me that tables and chairs were floating around him inside the ship. >> it seemed like a movie. >> many argue it should never have come to this. >> it is under control. please remain calm. >> hundreds of passengers were ready to leave after the ship struck land. the first person to arrive and help with the rescue was the deputy mayor of the island. did you get the impression on board that the officials were in control? >> no, absolutely not. they were unprofessional. >> we headed out to the

over the course of the period from the time the budget contl in the summer of last year through the announcement of this budget, the president was driving this strategic review. focus came to the presidenfolksd we got to reduce the increase on the defense budget. the classic thing you do in any organization you reduce it by some fixed percent. all right if we have to reduce 5% in the next ten years we'll take 5% off everything. the presidentrejected itand said i appreciate the effort but that's not what i want to do this time. i want strategy to drive it. so you make those kinds of choices. you make the choice tween maintaining a very large potential stabilization force of 100,000 to kind of do the kinds of operations that we did in iraq and afghanistan. or you think harder about what we really need to invest in and you move that money to stuff like assets like the speial operations force and the thing to support them. >> charlie: because of increased efficiency, productivity, a different deployment, a use of technology and other means that we now v you can live with the budget cuts that are par

inside the courtroom covered it, how the pundits and the policymakers and the, some of the public opinion people that form public opinion in newspapers, you know, how they all wrote about it. everybody was beginning to throw flags and saying, wait a minute, is this america? i mean, can you really prosecute somebody like this and use testimony that's supposed to be secret from another, a grand jury, a state grand jury? i mean, there were just all kinds of legal corners that were cut. and, but it showed you that they were bound and determined to finally get edwin edwards. and they did. so that's -- but he survived it, and now he's in his rv traveling the country. >> and now h.w. brands and david gainer appearing at the texas book festival in austin to talk about their books. they spoke and took audience questions for just over an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> it's nice to see such a large crowd out here today. i'm wondering, does this have anything to do with the fact that the debt and the dollar might actually be relevant topics today? we're really, really lucky to have two fabulous,

the rest of the bay area looks fairly drivey. the temperatures around the bay in the '60s.n downtown san francisco. a mix of partly cloudy skies today. a little bit of sunshine and cloud cover. here is a look at your 7 day around the bay. sunny and mild for the rest of the week. it looks like a holiday weekend looks pretty good. it will stay cold overnight. we are near freezing for most of the week. >>george: we're tracking an accident on highway 92 and the peninsula just west of interstate 280. secedes the report is that both leaves could be blocked. a head-on crash on highway 92 just west of 280. a quick bridge check. the bay bridge westbound, light traffic and the problem free. the trip to the senate tail bridge also looks good. there are no delays either eastbound or westbound. the golden gate bridge, easy trip to and from marin county. >>darya: new details this morning, the man charged with killing four northern california woman with matching the initials will be in court this morning for a preliminary hearing. 70 year-old miso is representing himself in what will be a

to see what nature can give you the. the. the the. the bank. if the being. wealthy british style it's like an old saying it's not on guys. market find. find out what's really happening to the global economy for a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to gaza report on our. welcome back here with our two years old at the top stories and new to do list for the syrian leadership the arab league demands the creation of a national unity government and stepped up calls for president assad to step down something the regime has allegedly rejected. that has come to an agreement on a total of bargo over raining oil a move that could backfire on the blogs own fragile economy. caray shops to join the european union after a national referendum marked by clashes polarized opinion and a disappointing turnout. russia's policy on internal migration falls into the focus of pm and presidential run are why we are potent as he presents another set of plans as part of his election programme. now can only be reached by helicopter above the study sea area o

the two main parts of the road map for security on the part of the palestinians, and then the end ofhe settlement activity on the part of the israelis. my comment is -- why do we think anybody is going to trust us in the future? that just a second -- >> are you expecting me to answer these questions? >> as you like. >> [inaudible] tell us very quickly on israel was the isolation, but can you put it on the bigger frame of the ever-changing face of the belize? does it complicate it or make it a priority? and where does the initiative stand now? >> we have the arab spring and arab peace initiative. why should anybody trust the process and democracy in israel? >> you get more time. >> you can intimidate them into 30 seconds, but you cannot intimidate me. i will answer the question. what was the first one? the third one again? >> arab spring. >> yes. a couple points. first off, it is human nature when there is turbulence and uncertainty and anxiety, to pause, hesitate, hundred down, to not take any dramatic steps, so it is really clear that both the government of israel and the palestinia

you can see below holes in the french shattered the window from the roof to the floor and of the sidewallsack to the kitchen. they do not know why anyone would have gone after him. he is a single father. hopefully we will get more information from the berkeley police department as to a possible motive. i can tell you that the two people inside were not injured, but still they say they easily could have been. much more information on this story as we move along with the investigation. i can tell you he works part time not only here but as a longshoreman at the port of oakland. >>justine: here is what we are following right now, ford has just posted its fourth quarter earnings. it turned 13.6 billion. without the gain >>darya: look of the approach to the bay bridge, it is socked in. we will be right back. >>mark: is a public viewing will be held for it james. word out shopped it is expected to eulogize the legend at a private funeral and a federal building near los angeles tomorrow. the funeral will include performances by celebrities that those names were not announced. fed james died last

will be the story for the rest of the show, as we head into the afternoon the rest of the work week, high pressure will rebuild and will see mostly sunny conditions and temperatures could make it into the mid '60s and we have mild conditions in store for the weekend as well. with a lot of sunshine we have low 60 for the most part the continuing with some pretty frigid morning. in the traffic center, a slowdown hot spot and about, westbound interstate 80 right at gilman and berkeley. we had a couple of big rigs involved in an accident this is not there for a couple hours. to my knowledge, the accident late have just been reopened by the chp. we do see some residual slowing. the drive time has been bumped up to 17 minutes from hercules to berkeley, other than that we had a couple of minor accidents around the bay area. nothing to report at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. we do have a high wind advisory in effect here as well as the stand until bridge this morning. you can certainly see the camera shift around. regardless, we have no accidents to report this ride is 14 minute

the house was built in 1915. the wilsons were the second occupants of the house. mrs. wilson had the task of finding a suitable home for her husband. wilson had received the nobel peace prize in december of 1920. along with that came a $50,000 cash award. wilson used that money to put a deposit down on the house. and ten friends, friends from princeton and white house associates, helped make the $150,000 asking price for the house. the great thing about the house and collections here, is that everything was brought in with the wilsons when they moved in in 1921. so items from wilson's home in princeton, items from edith wilson's home here in washington, and the things they had acquired together in the white house, including gifts of state, personal gifts, wedding gifts were all brought here to s street. they remain here today, and so we serve as the presidential museum for woodrow wilson. great things in the collection, including his cabinet chair, that we see behind the desk. as tradition, the cabinet on the last day of a president's administration reach into their ow

blockade and the turning off of the taps as the united states and the e.u. again sanction iran iran is also threatening to impose. down the official ante up location on the phone called touch from the. life on the go. video on demand. gold coast's and r.s.s. feeds now with the palm of your. machine on the dot com. history of fighting soros damascus russia proposes to host peace talks in moscow between the syrian government and the opposition. it could stop supplying oil to some states in response to sanctions against its nuclear program which is currently undergoing a un inspection. broken piece of glass is not the broken heads that the police are inflicting on the occupy movement. the heavy handed police response to as he called for protests in california is echoed across the atlantic where british officers are also accused of excessive use of force. me to brussels for the first summit this year against the symbolic backdrop of dirty protests and a general strike in belgium live reaction on that story a little later here on r.t. . international news and com

>> the captain risks the lives of thousands. >> it is obvious, the land is there, the rocks are there. >> why did he do it. >> heroism or extreme cowardice. >> absolutely. >> fox news reporting, tragedy at sea. here's geraldo rivera. >> geraldo: good evening, behind me that is new york harbor and centuries, sea going vessels of all shapes and sizes have passed in and out of the harbor. and you know, it wasn't so long ago, when you boarded a ship, bound for the high seas you knew real risk was involved. well, this week in the mediterranean sea, came a staggering reminder. that the sea is still dangerous, and unforgiving. and, a cruise liner sunk by bad judgment and, compounded by possible cowardice and gross negligence and the race against time most passengers and crew were safely evacuated. but, not all of them. now, the costa concordia is synonymous with one of the e most infamous cruise line accidents, in cruise liner history. disaster is always possible on the water and all too likely when you forget that. tonight, we still unfolding story of the concordia's short voyage, it starte

the 4:00 a.m. on friday the 13th. it is cold out there we will get an update on weather and traffic with erica in just a moment. we want to begin with a store with a new details coming in this morning power is still a lot this morning for a number of pg&e customers including the microsoft campus. they state a transformer exploded sending power lines to the ground. this is video that was sent to us by kron4 viewer. you can see off on the right- hand side that is the fire where talking about. emergency crews initially told people to stay indoors. they're worried that there might be chemicals floating around in the air. power has since been restored to the 200 customers full restoration is expected about 8:00 a.m. this morning. >>justine: two men are in custody after a bank robbery in san jose while making their getaway they crashed. interstate 85 a shutdown for five hours just to the afternoon. the reason, the suspects told the police they had a bomb in their car. kay thompson tells us what happens next. >>reporter: thi

the people at the podium got the election for. the successful people all to come before the election the sort of if your filthy rich we believe this is so low because we need to be flew up to you like three. russian men group called to be very strong because of all the tools that you give the yugoslav largest reserves the slow discussions with the leading investors who will be lending to russia we hope our lives with no help look for infections in the next one months it will be close elections. and let's now take a look at the markets oil first and it's in the bois and got a major boost someone's they won the u.s. fed reserve kept interest rates at a record low the low cost of borrowing supports the u.s. economy boosting oil demand this hour put out the try has slipped below one hundred dollars a barrel brant is at around one hundred in the house dollars now on to equities and the european markets are higher early trade following the u.s. fed reserve decision which i already mentioned they expect the potential strength of the u.s.

the context of the tensions currently between the u.s. and iran over the nuclear program? >> i certainly think you do. when you think about all of the escalations of the past few weeks, you have the united states declaring and europe some of the toughest oil-related embargoes and penalties in an effort to try to make it much harder for iran to get oil revenue. this goes right to the security of the state. you've seen the iranians threaten to close the straight of hormuz and then, of course, you've seen just in the past few days the first operations at iran's underground second uranium enrichment plant. this, of course, is is in direct violation of several u.n. security council violations... resolutions. so everything is being escalated. i expect the sentence is probably part of that. >> warner: what is crucial, staying with you, david, what is crucial about today's... well, it was actually an announcement over the confirmed by the i.a.e.a.. this facility has been known for two years. what's new here? >> the facility was actually then to t

under the proposed new lease, the total net revenues to the port over the 10-year term would be about $8.45 million, a total of $9.3 million in total rent revenues plus the $871,000 in rent credits and abatement. as indicated, these revenues are about 20,000 more than the estimated rent of the port of $8.4 million based on the rental rate parameters established by the port commission we discussed. based on this, we recommend approval of the proposed resolution to enter into a 10- year lease with bauer intelligence. supervisor chu: thank you very much. are there members of the public who wish to speak on item number nine? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> excuse me, i do have a statement we would like to read to the resolution, if possible. i would like to revise the clerk. may i read it with your permission? supervisor chu: yes, do have a copy for the committee members, and what is the nature of this? >> it is to add to the resolution on the environmental impact report, having to do with the appeal. supervisor chu: ok. read it into the record. >> thank you. this is on page two

the presiding officer: the senator from utah. a senator: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be suspended. the presiding officer: without objection. a senator: mr. president, today i rise with a heavy heart to mourn the loss offin ogden polie officer jared frankem. mr. lee: earlier this month, on the evening of january 4, 2012, agent frankem, whm was senselesy gunned down defending his fellow officers as they attempted to serve a search warrant in ago den, utah. five other officers -- shawn crogen, casey perrell, michael ronkels, nate hutchison, and jason vanderwarf -- were wounded in the gun battle. a week later, a crowd of roughly 4,000 family members, friends and supporters, including more than a thousand uniformed officers, gathered at a public memorial for jared, to say goodbye to one america's fallen heroes. the sentiment from all who knew him was the same -- jared was a devoted family man, a dedicated father to his two young daughters, a fun-loving brother and son to his family. at the funeral, which i attended, i

most of the -- most of the rest of the nation is higher but prior to the 2000 -- the increases, mostf the western nation was declining in turn up with the south was increasing. >> current population trends, which party they favor? >> long term. the democrats. >> why? >> well, because we are going to be a majority minority populations large the because of latinos but the republican party did not have many roots there and does not have many roots among african-americans. the second thing is their are places where essentially the republican party does not have a prayer at this point with their current advocacy. they almost cannot win. they have lost most of the ground that they used to have in the far west. they are even having trouble now in the far midwest of the industrial base only in vienna that seems to be reliably republican. so what they have is the fact -- the south. and the south is going to be less republican at its edges where you have a latino migration and places like virginia with the northern virginia is a growing area in the area around norfolk is a growing area. so the

be a ten years down the road the euro is not in the best of shape. a spiralling sovereign debt crisis credit downgrades rising interest rates tens of millions unemployed budget cuts and violent protests. the euro is growing undergoing the worst crisis it has ever been and obviously the founders of the euro did not hope that this would happen for what began as a step towards a united europe has become a race against time with the leaders scrambling to keep it together. or skeptics have long argued that the euro was flawed from the start pursuing a political dream above all else well they say lumping together polar opposite economies like that of greece and germany into a monetary union could never work. has been thrown out of the window in the pursuit of this goal and when they are reaping the consequences of a couple that with internal squabbles and deadlocks there has to be from somewhere that some economic entity that is credible is going to back every euro zone and there are only two or three entities that can do that what is european central bank

prices for the iranian oil lower does decreasing the revenues from the oil iran saudi is the well and two we used to manipulate the political situation. the way we . i believe they've made a big mistake as this action results in turbulence for the oil and energy markets this very factor can result in oil price growth in these conditions the west should expect the drop in the euro rate and the euro market this new decision will result in further economic problems which as we can see have affected them already and so far they've been unable to find solutions for oil and energy markets will experience instability and turmoil and this factor can boost prices for oil and energy products and jeopardize the market security and this is quite difficult for the markets which going by previous experience is used to consuming certain kinds of oil and energy this also brings up technical and economic issues at the same time we're not worried for iran at all we've ensured our efficient planning in advance and with god's help we will continue moving forward that in the year the decisions taken today

reached the hills it would go to the left and to the right. so the train would be safe where it had stopped. >> reporter: back on board the passengers anxiously waited and wondered whether they had made the right decision. she started writing a farewell message on her cell phone. >> translator: i wasn't sure we'd be safe, so i wrote a message to my family just telling them thank you for everything. >> reporter: the tsunami arrived about 30 minutes after they got back on the train. this photo was taken by one of the passengers. the water surged close to the tracks but stopped just short of the train. >> translator: i'm so glad we didn't leave the train. if we had, no one would have survived. >> reporter: the surrounding area was left flooded and the train was stranded. the passengers all gathered in one car to try to keep warm. they plugged the gaps in the doors with advertising posters to keep out the freezing air and shared what food they had. as night fell, people began feeling more and more worried. then something happened that changed the

the matter is 83% of the members of the u.s.ongress are men, 44 of the 50 states have mailed governors, 92 of the largest cities across the country have mailed mayors, and three-quarters of legislators are men. it is true there are women running for office but given that women are 51% of the population, they are under- represented. host: this tweet sent in -- guest: that is a myth. women are actually the most likely to support other women. this is both in the democratic and republican parties. about 50% of voters have a baseline gender preference. it turns out, women are more likely than men to prefer a woman. host: back to the phones. lola on our line for democrats. you are on the "washington journal" with jennifer lawless. caller: i have a comment. i went to school back in the 1970's and i opened my own business. people would come up to my male employees and ask them questions in said of me. it was very biased and i resented it a lot. even though i pulled in $800 a week, i still felt a lot of prejudice. that is my comment. hos

the twenty twelve africa open after the first round east in the honor of hitting the first ball of thenew year fell to the south african he received hastened and he finished the day in second along with compared to jackie both carded a sixty five a shot behind first round leader thomas taken here he grabbed five burning it into him goes to go nine under over rule could write. another news rain and snow in the end these mountains have forced organizers to cancel friday stage at the dakar rally while it's as you were at the top of the standings both in the cars and bikes after thursday's shortened ride from two tito to fear in argentina the day belonged to pole christophe sits who tackled the desert jeans the best to claim his maiden stage victory moving him into a second day of role behind defending champion stefan petard. and still the frenchman was third fastest behind american will be called in but another frenchman siward this bright dominated in the microsoft a category to further increase his they'd hold a mock desperate now enjoys a cushion of just dive and nine minutes at the to

the main event of the opening day marked the return of the two thousand the limbic champion. now despite the support of his brother three time olympic champion believe us out of sight c.f. lost the seventy four kilo final to a posse and denise sort of wish now it's safe to say the battle for in the olympic ticket in this weight category will unfold between the zero reading grand prix finalist. you must want to hear them so i was we were briefed for stepping back on the mat following a three year struggle with injuries is thirty two years old now and very difficult to get to the summit at this age. my he displayed character that he's still a force to be reckoned with in a blowout against the two time rules. while the men's events was dominated by a russian nationals it was a different story on the women's side with competitors from japan making it all but one final after claiming the top honors in two out of three finals on the opening day of the grand prix athletes from the land of the rising sun wrapped up the tournaments with another it's a gold and one silver medal by the

abolition of the communist party of the soviet union and on the day mediately after the coup the raising of the try of the tricolor flag as russia's national flag these were all symbolic events and there was a great deal of fervor in the air at the time as as will all recall can recall but sadly that got dissipated and i don't think you know even the communist party in its in its much weak in the form has managed or managed i should say at that time to throttle significant changes especially regionally so i think if if there had been an attempt to to undergo a gradual transition the results would have been even less impressive you know the desperate we had jeffrey it's interesting i mean we we've been talking about to russia the new russia emerging versus the soviet union still existed but it was really about got a bitch off in yeltsin after the coup in a lot of people will blame both political figures for making it very personal it was very about ambition is well and that are lofty ideas kind of got lost to the side because it was just a power struggle between two men. well that is part

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the news today. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. joint operations room today. as the wrong and the west step of their war of words over the islamic states nuclear program the u.k. is refusing to rule out taking military action foreign secretary william hague also spoke of his confidence that an e.u. embargoed on iranian oil will be in place by the end of the month. bennett has the latest from london. iran's oil exports only make up one percent of britain's oil imports the most in europe is italy with seven percent of it's all coming from iran so there's a lot to play with there which will severely damage iran's economy however iran has taken steps itself threatening to block the straits of hormuz which is a crucial oil shipping lane which in itself could severely damage already very fragile western economies through the increase of oil pricing if that occurs now that the u.s. has already said that any such move from iran will be considered an act of war the question is though how far is each side willing to go here so for now it's j

exhibit shows the journey of the european union and the creation of the single currency the documented events of history that explain why it would have been appealing to decision makers at the time so much so the crux of the fundamentals may have been overlooked or ignored which brings us to this point ten years after the creation of the euro its appeal has waned and despite last ditch efforts to save it its future is still uncertain in the spirit of the new year we asked for some predictions but one can be sure of is that this crisis is going to be a long and bumpy road however if you would ask me do you think that the euro would still exist in ten years time my answer would be yes they can't bring themselves to admit that it was a mistake and so i'm afraid we risk the very thing they purport to fear which is a disorderly breakup of the euro caused by having tried to keep it together for too long downgrades almost certainly i think you'll see a french downgrade i still think this is solvable if the political will is shown in certain member states to allow for what is called solidarity

youth in the us waking up working people in the us to the reality the reality that poor and working people are losing more and more and that the one percent actually one thousands of one percent is gaining a normal new wealth so that they are very successful in drawing attention to that despite a shutdown by the media and by the police and that movement is very determined to continue and to find new tactics well you said shut down by the media we're certainly talking about it with you too sarah thank you very much indeed for joining us live. thank you and thank you. it's been a turbulent week for poland which saw thousands of people protesting against the. pact their country has signed up to along with twenty one of european states to say the multinational deal which still needs to be ratified by the european parliament allows firms to censor the internet alexy just get reports now from warsaw. at first thousands across poland directed their anger squarely at the notorious anti counter fee trade agreement the idea of punishing the site for publishing the let's say trademarked materi

the 1980's, the last time the u.s. had a pretty deep recession, we have been able to prevent pressure from translating into increased protectionism around the world. you look at the 1980's in that context, it is a good thing for the united states, but there is huge pressure out there. in the united states, it is pretty bipartisan, a unified democrats and republicans, and that is why it is so important to demonstrate not just to china that countries are playing by the same rules, because it goes to the heart of what drives a lot of the political pressure. >> fun a -- question -- final question -- you were surprised when he made news a couple of days ago that you would not serve in a second term of the obama administration. >> generally, anybody who takes these jobs serves at the pleasure of the president. at a time when we face so much challenge, so much pressure, if the president asks you to do these things, you have to do them. when he asked me to stay, what i thought it was the right time to leave, i agreed i would s

the iconic séance of the egyptian revolution shook the middle east and the west by the magnitude of theevents and the dramatic changes that followed it tolls started with a day off rage when thousands of egyptians took to the streets of cairo with a very clear intention to end of the thirty year rule of their leader hosni mubarak the most fail is stood their ground in the thick of the deadly clashes until their primary demand was met the political turmoil caused egypt hundreds of lives and an economic turndown however didn't give vent to mubarak's reforms rhetoric the crowd made it clear it could no longer accept the status quo and it took them eighteen days of protests to get this message across finally mubarak stepped down nevertheless the overt song leader left the country in the hands of the military. many people think. nothing has changed in egypt one year since the revolution but the ultra sizing is different now the state however and its policies haven't changed the country now is no longer governed by power those who held power in the past are now trapped in defensive oppression

the most, the candidate with the most votes in the entire country becomes the president of the united states. i think that number 65% would probably be higher if more people understood the winner-take-all rule and what it means. second, we have states representing 132 electoral votes that authority passed legislation to go to the national popular vote, a compact that is conditional upon is getting 270 electoral votes or states representing 270 electoral votes which means we're halfway there. we are halfway there. considering the level of public airing and publicity, and this activity has had, it's quite a remarkable event. and now, of course, it's become a national event. it's the goal of the support popular vote to encourage all the other states to pass this legislation so that the next president of the united states can be elected by the popular vote, which is really the will of all the people. now, if it doesn't get all passed by july 21 and it would apply to the 2016th election. this would guarantee that the candidate with the most votes nationwide would always win the election. s

of the web at the same time the anonymous hacker group retaliated against the shutdown of the file sharing site mega upload claiming to have brought down the f.b.i. and white house sites in response barrett brown who's worked with anonymous on various operations and is sometimes seen as the face of the group believes the mega upload shutdown shows i think government can take action even without the new laws in place the problem is that the track record in all governments. is such that giving them. news almost always interpreted by themselves as a means of power. so and the way that you know that's the rate on megaupload cards in this opens it shows that even without sopa already in place here they are already arresting and resting the owners megaupload and shutting it down and in the future. there will be a number of other groups that will pop up using more. military not goods situation it's worse in the grass and smells of war and the notable civil war in the us. more than a million people visit our web site r.t. dot com to get more information on sopa and people you can join then and let

they came up with the car and put in the pipelines for the oil and then put in the highways and the interstates and then put in the suburban shopping centers and housescross the interstates and all went together as a package, and what germany does well is public private partnerships, they realize that to lay town an infrastructure for a new economic revolution requires government at every region has to work with the buness community to create these nodes, these infrastructures and then you create all sorts of new business opportunities, and lots of jobs, and germany is the most robust industrial economy in the world today and leading exporting power in the world with china, it only has 80 million people so what i have been saying to my colleagues here in the states is, we ought to take a look at what they are doing, german business, they are very smart and if they think the third dustrial revolution has long legs we ought to take a deep look. >> rose: where is the technology coming from? who were the pie in other words in terms of creating alternative energy sources? because, you kn