how many of these vessels are there in the mediterranean right now?0 tunisians, i would say 60 croatians, 120 turks, 92 italian. >> you're dealing with an enormous business. >> this is huge business, yes. it's--the stakes are very high. >> mielgo has seen as many as 300 tons of bluefin tuna, worth as much as $2 million, trapped inside one of these nets. divers open a gap and count them as they're transferred into pens the size of a football field. tugboats then slowly drag the pens with the live tuna inside to tuna ranches. tuna ranches? to me, the word "ranching" refers to cattle. >> yes, but you do not breed the bluefin tuna at the ranch. you actually fatten the fish to gain up to 20% weight. >> they feed them sardines and mackerel. they control the color, the flavor. in three to six months, the tuna will be big enough and fat enough to harvest. 90% of them will go to japan, which imports as much tuna as it can, any tuna, half a million tons a year. most of it is blast-frozen on board these ships, which arrive in japanese ports every day. they're st

. >> still ahead here at 5:00 mediterranean diet. some benefits are newly discovered. >> if you're in the market for a smart phone there are options. >> 100 top phones available. which is best? we'll have the answer for you as >>> authorities investigating a robbery that happened. police say two men hit the victim in the head around 6:30 then stole his cash. the 67-year-old taken to the hospital with a head injury but is expected to survive. two thieves got away. it is open 24 hours per day. they're reviewing to see if it was recorded. >> fire officials revised estimates for how many homes were destroyed in the forest fire on the central coast. 34 homes destroyed in the blaze near big sur. 12 more than thought. u.s. forest service says it burned almost one and a half square miles. it was contained on friday. 180 firefighters are still on the scene. evacuation orders lifted last night so everybody can get back home for christmas authorities investigating how the fire started. >> a number of new laws will hit books in the new year incl

. >> hundreds of ilimmigrants died trying to make their way across the mediterranean sea. as the number of people tried to get to africa, as it continues to rise, authorities are forced to take action. we have the story. >> as soon as the gate opened, a rush of people floods back and north. a tiny spanish englaif is an important training post. a few metres separates africa. more okayans do so legally. many do what they can to get here. on this side of the fence you are on spanish soil.

. >> the mediterranean. >> let's go.oing to the mediterranean. >> priority, people. wine. >> you can't. >> you can get it there. they've got great wine there. >> i would do -- you can wear the boa. >> hoda, you need this for your hair. >> good. hair. >> it's a shower cap. >> absolutely. >> a blow dryer. >> i only need hair products. i can buy everything else. >> you need hair -- >> that's for the beach. yep. >> hair spray. i'll tell you why. >> i let my hair go. >> frank's coming so we need a football. >> you need a hat. >> you don't need this. you got the beach. >> no. >> what happened? who won? >> hold on. >> hoda. >> why did you do a football? >> i'm going with my husband. >> oh, my gosh. that's a mustache. >> a binky baby with facial hair. back with more of "today" on this thirsty thursday. driving yourself nuts trying to think of the perfect present for the loved ones on your list you might want to consider something very personal. >> not that kind of personal. the monogrammed kind of personal. here with ideas you c

when fishing ground in the mediterranean until now. they're not fit all but dead air fuel efficient to see the need to spend more time on the boat to catch same amount of fit it'll be out of the light maybe the industrial fishing has decimated wild fish stocks. half the species in the mediterranean over fished meaning he cannot reproduce as fast as they should. and it's a global phenomenon the key of a dying of the next thirty years. if things continue like this. i think there will be any left no fish and no fisherman kyle will know that they've yet to come on tobacco. i think fish on the way to the front yard. the above this is what intensive fish bones look like. and sometimes hundreds of thousands of fishermen in cages. you see tons of fish meat in record time. already how the fish we eat a weird and phones. demand continues to grow coca supplies with the oceans and often putting more stress on the environment and to watch is altering natural habitats and sometimes spreading diseases. during that oversee a one four has decided to ta

we have one extra thing that will give it the mediterranean kick. >> we have lemon chicken. >> be sure you take the seeds out too. >> you are going to finish this off. >> yes i am. >> look how beautiful that looks. one of your favorite cheeses. >> little bit of feta cheese right on top. >> beautiful, nice. >> perfect dish. >> the only thing it needs now is a little bit red pepper flakes of course. thank you. beautiful, oh that looks so good. >> that's different. >> i am hungry now. >> can i ask a personal question? >> okay. >> where did your husband propose to you? >> las vegas on agonad will a ride. >> did you know it was coming? >> i did not. i had no idea. all i could hear was my cousin saying "oh my god! ." >> what did you tell anyone. >> maybe. >>> a sacramento woman got more than she bargained for. >> she walked into burlington coat factory and walked out with an engagement ring. that's pretty cute. garcia spent more than a month planning this. she said yes and to top it off it was also her birthday. he gets points for that. >> how can you say no in front of the flash mob. >> you

he's got the entire allied force in the mediterranean. eisenhower has a number of things going for it. he's learned as he goes as do most of this american commanders. he's had a very big rain. he's extremely articulate. churchill and us something about worth the point says the chief of the imperial general staff, i'm not sure i trust agent wrote whose this glib. so he can speak and write very precisely. there's rarely any ambiguity about what it is that eisenhower once you do if you're a subordinate of his. instead of basic humanity to him that appeals not only to his immediate support is, but all through the rain. the average private, although he may not know eisenhower from pat, to bradley, might not know him to cease and has the sense that eisenhower cares about him personally in there's something to that. eisenhower was able to convey that he knows the way home and that's the soldiers really care about in hee hee will do his best to be sure that you do not risk your life and if it costs in medicine soldiers also care about. so eisenho

. >> this is on every billboard in the mediterranean world. he is the savior of the world, and he brings the peace. now, you may have scruples about how he brings the peace, but he brings peace to rome. and as the saying goes in latin, "peace to the rome and quiet to the provinces." >> ( dramatized ): this is he, augustus caesar, son of a god, who shall restore the golden age and spread his empire. >> narrator: rome's empire spread across the mediterranean, sweeping through north africa and reaching as far west as spain. to the east, it encompassed egypt, turkey, greece, and palestine, where jesus was born in the jewish land of judea, then ruled by king herod. >> in judea, the king, herod, was in effect a client king. he ruled almost in place of rome. he was the... he was the voice of rome, the instrument of rome, probably "instrument of rome" is best in that, because he... he had his own independent notions certainly. >> herod the great was probably one of the greatest kings of the post-biblical period in israel, but you wouldn't want your da

it just got this context is connected to the big brother to the mediterranean area. it grows primarily to prevent immigrants from entering the eu. we sit context and change its road to rescuing migrants and preventing deaths this year. who or what importance. only time will tell whether the new system will actually help decrease the loss of my grandma is in the mediterranean sea. in australia the great barrier reef has long been under attack from global warming oil leaks and dirty way school to name just a few it's estimated that hobbled to the car and has disappeared over the last thirty years. some scientists are now working hard to make sure that those coral species don't become extinct thousands of individual breeds make up australia's great barrier reef. it's home to fifteen hundred species but the unique ecosystem is under threat. the coral grows every year but nowhere near fast enough to keep up with the re entry to be destroyed the us and australian scientists are working to stop the decline. we create a coral fertility cunning and leave bank down the red cor

though the us will most likely destroyed serious chemical weapons arsenal on board a ship in the mediterranean. all the packs and seals chemical agents will arrive from different sites and nokia and then it will be transported to other ships while the member states that will send it to intrinsically usps so it will not be in syrian territorial waters before deciding to be tied to the destruction of chemical weapons the us was seeking out the discount piece that strong position in the country to run to you according to officials the u s merchant vessel will likely destroy serious chemical weapons stockpile. the vessel would be to put them all but hydraulics assistant and a continually after gold necessary in utilizing chemical weapons agents reporting loaded onto the ship. the weapons in two weeks the city of khost a delicate cost about two hundred and twenty points eight containers with these chemicals in it. to lift the polls. after living through some rebel controlled area of outstanding speech the challenge. it then as to label the fight scenes. doing this sort of destruction on the pisces

the mediterranean sea defines libya's northern border.on weekends to do what people do everywhere in the world in one form or another since the beginnings of society. like barbecue? who does not like barbecue? there he is. they sure like them here. chase down an animal. kill it. cycle of life. cut it into pieces. and throw it on a flame. >> all of these people are freedom fighters, ex-freedom fighters. >> yes. >> now just chilling, having fun, making barbecue. >> to start, they grill a lamb in small pieces with a few veggies. >> a beer. >> been a week without any alcohol of any kind. i'm enjoying my new clean-living lifestyle. that's hospitality. i said it before. i'll say it again. barbecue may not be the road to world peace, but it's a start. >> a stew made of kidneys, liver and heart served family style. feel free to eat with hands. right hand only, please. and a really traditional thing left over from the italians, basically pasta with ragout. what's this dish called? the sound bok, bok, bok, means it's ready. >> it's good. the italia

. ♪ ♪ >>> an hour's drive from granada, the mediterranean.culators and overdevelopment, the coast around here is largely unspoiled. i'm on my way to a moraga, a tradition in these parts best described as the local version of a beach barbecue. working the grill, chef juan andres moria. he heads the el claustro in granada. we're joined by fellow chef rafael luca. and some friends. you are killing us with good-looking food here. >> some of that simple salmareho on toast. one of my favorite things. >> amazing. >> dried tuna flavor packed like tuna prosciutto. >> some olive oil. >> it's spicy. and bitter. >> awesome. ♪ >> spain is a beautiful country. we're not even eating yet and it's good. >> pate. >> oh, sweet. >> want mass. that is like the best thing in the world. >> you want to eat this? the whole thing? >> this? yeah. chocolate. this is the chocolate of the gods. >> some grilled octopus, and sea bream, some nice pork tenderloin and my personal favorite a particularly delicious morcia, fresh blood sausage. >> i'm telling you. sexual metaphor

the miss halcombe video is enjoying almost mediterranean climate protected by mountains close to the sea and with winds that blow in from the step to keep the temperature balanced it's been a recipe for great great for over one hundred fifty years and some of the workers have seen quite a few vintages come and go. how long have you worked here but about. the future i've been working here since one thousand nine hundred eighty five when i first came to the vineyard. and i still work here. i really like this job so i've never worked in any other place i began after finishing seventh grade i got married here to. this is definitely a job that inspires loyalty grandma zhenya isn't the only person who returns for the harvest year after year but there's always room for new workers. the way the human with this one ok so you have to pay attention to the following small branches like this one we don't need the small ones just the big ones don't touch the little ones otherwise the one will be poor quality. carefully does it grasp it with your hand and cut it off like that but the great because

latakia is on the mediterranean coast.to the -- leave latakya, rendezvous somewhere in the mediterranean. on board will be a crew of around 36. they will neutralize those chemical agents. it's going to be very difficult doing it. they need very calm seas obviously. i spoke to one chemical weapons expert, john paul zander earlier today. he told me "everyone is cautious of the risks and hazards, but there will be maximum precautions. and the process is using proven technology. it's definitely workable." workable but very difficult. it's all due to get underway in the early days of january. >> none of this is going to be easy. now, the syrian government has agreed to hand them over, but there are plenty of the more extreme rebel groups who'd like to get their hands on them. and you've got to drive them through areas held by the rebels and all manner of groups. so it's going to be very difficult getting them simply from the various points where they are currently stored in syria to that mediterranean port city. as you said, sh

over there is morocco, but it's beyond the mediterranean sea to europe, where people want to go to. >> people illegally scale the fence. not long ago, a man who tried to climb it died. authorities have decided to reinforce it with razor wire. those that get through, often find themselves living in a detention center facing depouration. one family told us they traveled from the a syrian city. many scaled the fence, hoping to find a better life. >> here we have the hope of getting through. we know that every couple of weeks, we have people that get through. if we go there, we arrive, we can work little bits, even if we don't earn very much. we earn a little bit to be able to support ourselves. >> the move to fortify has been criticized by some rights groups. >> we don't agree with the offenses. people are looking for a more dignified life. >> its location means that it has always ban gateway. the enclave's governor told us it's simply unable to cope with the surge of illegal migrants. >> the european union has got to get more involved. i think there are policies with the countries. with

. >> it was life throughout the rest of the mediterranean world.tandards, it was dirty, it was not sanitary. but those were the conditions that people lived in normally as a matter of course of everyday life 2,000 years ago. >> what was life like for a little boy growing up in first century nazareth? >> from a very early age, you have to work in the fields or help your father with whatever his craft was. >> with is this? >> we're in a room of a first century house and we have a grinding stone for grinding grain. you had to grind grain before you could make bred. this gives you a wonderful impression of what life was like. the fact that your mother every day had to grind the grain to make the bread from scratch and wash the clothes by hand, all of the things that today would look to us to be very difficult and a very poor lifestyle. but this was the lifestyle of the majority of the people in the ancient mediterranean world. >> the battle at gamla was the part of the first of three violent revolts that raged across galilee. jerusalem under siege for

in rome, and we are cruising the mediterranean to sicily. go to athens.ike you are marinating in music. we have got michael mcdonald, kurt weiland. peter white will be there on the ship. artists.0 headline grand central station, plus ecb's incredible ports of call. thee are no strangers on ship. we have 40 shows to do. we have done two weeks so far, and we have been having the greatest time. it is not something we know is going to happen any time that right now. it is so much fun. getting the chance to be on stage with richard and mindy and gerald, we have known each other for so many years. we are having the time of our lives. ofis: we are running out time. you cannot bring your horn and not play any ink. >> i am going to quiz you. tell me whether you can recognize this. ♪ tavis: how about this one? ♪ i got it. one more. ♪ got it. you didn't stump me today. >> i never stump you. you are an encyclopedia. more, you want this and "summeralbum is called horns." if you are on that cruise you may very well see me. did i just invite myself on stage? whence we w

great swath of territory really from the upper reaches of the tigris river to the coast of the mediterraneanthis is a very big area. it is in store near development. saudi arabia has played a key development in this role -- has played a key role in this development, but there's been little reaction in the u.s. or western europe or these many security agencies that are meant to be focusing on al qaeda. >> i would like to say the statement by hillary clinton was released by wikileaks and not wikipedia. though, whyask you, you think the u.s. has been relatively silent -- >> sorry. >> and saudi arabia's role. one of the things you point out groupssunni jihadist target she is, not only in iraq, but also in pakistan and syria mf and that may in some sense account for u.s. silence. could you talk about some of the ?ther reasons question mar >> i think that is one of the main reasons many of these killings of shias get little notice. and saudi arabia has, through arms contracts, through its money, sort of made itself part of the international establishment in which normally foreign leaders visiting

when i think about a cruise, i think about the mediterranean or hawaii. >> you don't think about antarctican adventure on the way tomorrow in terms of heavy rain for those of you going out early in the morning -- beep repaired -- be prepared. a lot of rain. outside, if you have plans over rain is nowr -- the south and west of us but is quickly approaching. our temperature at reagan national airport is 48 degrees. windstar at eight miles per hour. we made it up to 57 degrees earlier today. the record is 75 setback in 1946. the winds have settled down. it is 49 at morningside, maryland. annandale is now at 49 degrees. temperatures are slow to fall this evening due to the cloud cover and the approaching rain. dulles at 45. temperatures are actually going to increase just a little bit as we move through the early hours. bringain will eventually that cooler air down to the surface but temperatures will mail above freezing -- will remain above freezing. weer in the upcoming week, could be looking at something different when it comes to snow. it is 12 degrees warmer. the rain -- just across southw

the system is making its way across from the mediterranean across the coastline.peratures are below freezing. wind chill factors are about minus, we're talking about sella very low number. pushing across the area now we're going to be seeing quite a bit of snow coming out of this, in the next day or so. off of lake erie we do expect 20 inches in the next two days. we have warnings in effect and can you see how much it stretches across parts of new york. pennsylvania right now you are fetting out clean from this -- getting out clean from this situation. the warnings and watches that are in effect this will stay at least for the next day. now temperatures across the united states right now are fairly cool but not as cold as they were for parts of minneapolis right now, 18° there, chicago not far behind at 19. tomorrow, a fairly quiet day, that lake effect will stay in effect, snow to the north but then we get our next weather system on friday. you can see most of the south, the bottom of the mississippi river valley getting some rain, ohio river valley that's where

a vision of the future, for the center of gravity of the west was beginning to shift from the mediterranean to the western seaboard and towns like antwerp and london which would finance the domination of the west. but that lay in the future. in the story of art, the powerhouse was still italy, and the time of durer in the north was, in the south, the time of michelangelo. in rome, the renaissance was about to reach its climax. captioning performed by the national captioning institute, inc. captions copyright 1989 educational broadcasting corporation annenberg media ♪ is by movado, makers of the movado museum watch, the watch dial design in the permanent collections of museums throughout the world. additional funding for this program made possible by the financial support of... ( music ) rrat in 199 the national gall ofrtn washington of the dea of the painter sir anthy van dyck wi an extraordinary exhibition of about 100 paiings and oil sketches, gather from collections arnd t world. born in 15, van dyck's remarkable career took him from his native flanders to italy, and then to england as c

to miss halcombe been you know it's a joint almost mediterranean climate protected by mountains close to the sea and with winds that blow in from the step to keep the temperature balanced it's been a recipe for great great for over one hundred fifty years and some of the workers have seen quite a few vintages come and go. how long have you worked here but about. the future i've been working here since one thousand nine hundred eighty five when i first came to the vineyard. and i still work here. i really like this job so i've never worked in any other place i began after finishing seventh grade i got married here to. this is definitely a job that inspires loyalty grandma zhenya isn't the only person who returns for the harvest year after year but there's always room for new workers. away thank you mr l. with this one ok listen james you have to pay attention to the following you don't come small branches like this one we don't need the small ones just the big ones don't touch the little ones otherwise the one will be poor quality. carefully does it grasp it with your hand and cut it o

the weather across the mediterranean and the weather can be particularly nasty and there is a big areaear skies towards the north but down across the mediterranean cloud and significant rainfall totals. all the way from parts of greece in the east to an island just north of sicily in the west. rainfall is reported and the area of low pressure moved a little further to the west in the 24 hours and will eventually sink towards the south. contrast to the high pressure to the north so fine, dry conditions across much of western and central parts of europe. as we head to the south we have heavy rain effecting parts of greece across southern parts of italy and sicily could well see some heavy downpours and it gets better in the next 24 hours or so as the system moves to the south but again it will be pushing to the north african coast where we had bad weather over the last day or so and across libya we had some significant rainfall totals, about two thirds of a month rain in 48 hour, this is the upshot and serious flooding across the region looks like more heavy rain coming here in the next

life in the first century was like the rest of the mediterranean world and empire. it was dirty.ienic, not sanitary. those were the the conditions that people lived in normally as matter of every day life 2,000 years ago. >> what was life like for a little boy growing up in first century nazareth. >> from a very early age, let's say, you already had to go out and work in the fields or help your father with whatever his craft was. here we have a grinding stone for grinding grain, because, of course, you had to grind grain before you could make your bread. this gives you a wonderful impression of what every day life was like in the first century. and the fact that your mother, every day, had to grind the grain to make the bread from scratch and draw water sis strin and bring it back to the house and walsh the clothes by hand. all of it would look very difficult and very poor lifestyle. this was the lifestyle of the majority of the people in the ancient mediterranean world and they took it for granted the battle at gamla was the first of three revolts that raged across judea. the se

ships to italy, to an unnamed court where they will be put on an american ship, and taken into the mediterraneano be processed. -- processed. the chinese are sending a frigate, there is a norwegian and danish frigate. this will be heralded as a very impressive collaboration but it is not clear what these will be for. other countries getting involved -- everyone wants to play a part. wanted to take these weapons into their own country. they are obviously overseeing all of this, they won the nobel peace prize. who is funding this? >> the director general has been on the road, talking to a number of countries and asking for millions,will cost but there are other contributions. mentioned, thei americans have produced about 3000 drums -- that they will not be charged for and a lot of things will be provided in ways that won't show up on the balance sheet. this is the syrian responsibility to do things in their country and the cost for that -- >> he spoke to me a little bit earlier. tensions have also risen across the border in lebanon. a former cabinet minister is among those dead in a huge explosion

about the the country is strat eegicily based, giving access to the mediterranean sea and influence on global security. >> many ukrainians like these urge support. the question is those aligned to russia or the kremlin will let ukraine go west. >> there is increasing pressure on the ukrainian president as to the country's economy being in session. two dozen states are bundling up to ward off bitter temperatures. arctic air is chilling 32 million people. snow, ice and winds are making roads dangerous. major midwest cities are bracing for power outages. in montana wind chill readings hit minus 30. >>> today it's going to be a mess for a lot of people across the nation in terms of snow, freezing rain, cold temperatures. let's start with the snow. you can see how it's been moving across parts of minnesota and wisconsin. and the great lacks. we expect to see up to 20 inches of snow in that location over the next 24 hours. if you are driving on the highways near the border be careful. up here to the north-west. not a lot of snow left. cold air is coming into place, cooling down the places we

in the mediterranean, unstable weather. another one, then you're expecting another one by the weekend, and this is still bringing some wet, unsettled weather. it's really windy out there. power outages, dangerous driving conditions are to be expected with this one. so keep an eye on it. temperatures above average, will be cooling down. that's something you want to watch out for towards the weekend and we can't forget about you in europe as far as your three-day forecast on new year's. here's a look at that, and here's your extended forecast. >>> people from japan, china, south korea, and taiwan have endured a year of often difficult relations. musicians from those places and vietnam have staged a concert to try to improve ties. the people with the japanese music agency planned the event. the musicians performed beethoven's ninth symphony. ♪ japanese conductor directed the vietnam national symphony orchestra and the choir. singers from vietnam, china, south korea, and japan all sang solos. >> translator: it's important to us

they'll be trapped to the port on the mediterranean ghost. the weapons would be loaded to danish and norwegian cargo ships. china and finland are offering emergency response teams. the ships are to sail to an undisclosed port. where they'll be transferred to a u.s. vessel. it would be equipped with two chemical reactor chambers to neutralize them at see. a plan is in place. is it feasible. parts of the roads that the trucks will travel on have been changing hands between government forces and opposition fighters on a weekly basis. how safe are the highways. >> not yet, not completely, not 100%. >> u.s., russia and the u.n. will have to talk to regional countries with influence, about the insurgent groups to ensure there are no attacks. some of the opposition groups are out of control. >> it's sensitive, dangerous if the weapons are on the hands of insurgents. it would be catastrophic. >> adding to the difficulties, bad weather. only last week one of the worst snow storms cut off major roads. >> international scenes seems confident. it expects

out here in the mediterranean, yes, those are clouds. you can see across lebanon, israel, jordan. that is the areas that have seen the early winter snow. it will take a while for the snow to end. we'll watch this area carefully. across the united states i said we are going to be ending the snow across the north-east. it's now moving out across new hampshire, into maine and by the morning we'll see icy roads. be careful, the temperatures will be below freezing. up here to the great lakes. lake affect snow. many places are above 4 feet in the area. rain showers across parts of washington state. we do expect to see snow coming into play across idaho as well as montana and rain for seattle. it will be alternating almost every day from wednesday to friday. we get a couple of brakes. temperatures in the mid 40s. down towards the south, across california, a few showers passing across the islands, no accumulation there. snow coming into parts of nevada. for los angeles, we'll see a rain shower on thursday, dropping the temperatures to 60. we'll look at a beautiful weekend where temperatur

>> gjesus was mediterranean and middle eastern. he had brown skin.ably hairy and had a larger nose. but the point i was making earlier was that what megan kelly is talking about is jesus the christ. the christ is white as far as megan kelly is concerned. he has been an infinitely malleable character. when crow go to china, the christ is chinese. when you go to india i have seen pictures in which christ is blue as though he is a hindu god because as a character, as a spiritual character, he is always fit himself into whatever a particular community of faith wants him to be. if you are a white suburban american, then your christ is white and suburban and american. but the jesus of history was most definitely not white. >> so listen, bill, same thing. when i say the popular depiction of jesus is a white guy with the beard who looks like he is crunching granola. i put that on social media and said look who is selling christmas trees in my neighborhood. don, jesus is not white. is jesus white? >> jesus transcends color. i'll agree with you on. that so tha

if you're in the mediterranean, well, you're missing out on all the weather.ctually, after the cut-off low we were talking about earlier this week, it is clearing up and you've been seeing fairly decent weather in response to that. let's talk about what's going on in the americas, though, with a storm system, another severe winter storm coming across the great lakes today and up there towards ontario, already in portions of western minnesota, upwards of 18 centimeters of snowfall. an additional 20 to 40 centimeters very well could occur in the areas in the darker purples, so really just making for dangerous whiteout conditions, gusty winds, wind chill to come with that. right here, this is actually a separate storm system developing across the southern rockies and it has been bringing fairly gusty winds in southern nevada, las vegas, 70 mile per kilometers. this is going to combine with warm air we're seeing down towards the south. that frigid cold air off towards the north and we're looking at a widespread freeziing rain event in the next storm system, so rea

it's coming off the mediterranean and bringing in the moyes and a lot of cold air.only will snow be a problem but flooding will be a problem as well as this storm moves in. we're close to 800,000 or living at lebanon and half of them are in the tents that you saw there. the infrastructure is not there to handle all this rain or snow and flooding could result from this. we're watching this situation closely. it is just about to get under way with the storm just developing. what is underway is the bitter cold arctic air. minnesota, iowa seeing that cold arctic air that came down from canada that will move across the great lakes by tomorrow. so temperatures will get colder there before climbing up just a little bit here closer to the weekend. now we're looking at lake affect snow as we get this from the cold air. it comes over the warmer waters of the great lakes. depending on how the winds shape up and direction it is determines who gets the most snow. this is for today and tomorrow, a little less on the eastern sides of lake michigan there and the other great lakes.

that, you have all this cold air mass coming towards the south, so parts of france, even in the mediterranean, you're looking at snow. believe it or not, in algeria, reports of snow and freezing rain. you're still going to be expecting that going through your day here on friday, and unfarntly, that jet is going to lift back north, but we're going to have a cut-off low lingering through the next 72 hours there in northern portions of africa. i don't think this is going to be as bad as we were talking about last week in cairo you saw snowfall there. this is mainly going to be refrained to the mountains, but definitely something to watch through the coming days. as far as your temperatures, especially towards the east, cold side, minus 1 in moscow. but that's a look at your world weather. here's your extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo.a7guccc' up, the e.u.'s credit takes a hit. groep struggles to form a united financial fund. we take a look at the struggle for cohesion. lego fans.ething for it is a car made entirely of the rustic pieces. yes, it drive

. >>> fishermen in gaza put down nets to protest fishing in the mediterranean sea.hey have imposed a moratorium for security reasons. the country says it monitors imports to prevent dangerous materials. but fishermen say the six mile limit is hurting their business. what kind of messages are these fishermen trying to send to israel? >> tony, this message goes way beyond fishermen. it's a message that they feel like they are under siege and not willing to accept it anymore. >> for six years, israel has controlled these seas. today, activists wanted to take them back. palestinians can't sail more than six miles from particular their coast. warships block almost everything coming in and going out. gazans say that strangled their economy. fishermen headed straight for the israeli ships. they are aware of the risks. israel has arrested and attacked fishermen for sailing more than six miles out. we are just armed with international law. this is our sea. this is our land. this is our sky. you shouldn't be here. >> these activists know by challenging the blockade israel may

one across the mediterranean. this is making for unsettled weather. thunderstorms there especially into southern italy. that will extend over to greece as well. meanwhile, along the jet stream, just north of it, actually, the british isles, you have a little break here on thursday. look at that. another tightly wound storm system that is coming through. windy and unsettled is the short version of saying it. but some areas, especially along the western seaboards, you're going to be looking at winds over 100 kilometers per hour. another shot of heavy rain on top of flooding has caused several deaths out there. not a welcome storm. that one's going to be coming in. like i said, still have the unsettled weather down to the south. if you're in eastern europe, though, take a look at some of your temperatures. and sunny skies there for you in warsaw, and also towards moscow here on friday. that's a look at your world weather. here's the extended forecast. >>> that's "newsline" for this hour. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks v

if you're down around the mediterranean here in europe, pretty decent weather. high pressure has dominated towards the south. the dominance is one of the reasons it's so windy. sunny skies in madrid, lisbon, athens with a high of 12. sunny skies there as well on thursday. also a strong winter storm moving across the americas and pushing towards canada. a deep low over ontario. this has been bringing gusty winds, actually windchill mornings in effect across portions of dakota. some areas could be feeling like it's right around minus 30 celsius out here if you plan on going out and about in some of these windy conditions. that is absolutely bone chilling. this one is going to move towards the northeast, still bringing snowfall with it. some areas could see upwards of 30 centimeters on top of what's already falling. minnesota, a few reports here, right now eight centimeters of snow. that will move northeast. we have the cold front on the map attached to it. that's going to develop and actually bring a widespread area of freezing rain there from texas extending towa

help neutralize those weapons which would most likely take place at an offshore facility in the mediterranean so small we can speak out to get a peek at who is an ex butts on chemical weapons he joins us now from john ah kit in the west of frosting to be joining us. that goal. all of that organization and gold the west is for all those chemical agents may remain in from syria by the thirty first of december the thing that goal. i can be achieved i don't. that way. we the podium the day the combination of humanity here are the agents. sean to be the straw in a machine you may keep you happy too it's gonna be reviewed at the end of your twenties you when you are able to learn to treat. i'm afraid. huge progress. and then he called a tumor that she encountered that will strike up a new beginning. oh by the end of semester two fourteen. better than that. and the us. un when cooled down. i've never though that the media. this weekend and yesterday the interest in them of the lanterns to move to the store. yellow yellow sauce you about the risks involved. has it that says its attitude to try new tr

prohibition of chemical weapons says teams plan to carry the highly toxic chemicals to syria's main mediterranean port. with the help of other countries, ships would transport the agents outside syria and bring them to a u.s. vessel specially equipped with a destruction facility, but security and fighting still remain major hurdles in the country. >> security remains a key challenge for all of us. as you know, the destruction of a chemical weapons program has never taken place under such challenging and dangerous conditions. >> cog is calling on the syrian government to provide support to her team. the end goal is to eliminate the syrian chemical weapons program by the middle of next year. >>> health authorities in hong kong have confirmed the first case of human infection of the 479 n strain. researchers have found the virus in a 36-year-old indonesian woman. she's been hospitalized and in critical condition. health officials believe the cause is a live chicken she slaughtered and cooked while traveling in mainland china more than two weeks ago. authorities have suspended imports of poultry. mor

attrition is going on and on in syria you are seeing the makings of potentially a somalia on the mediterranean which will have ramifications for all of us. >> isn't it still the case that it's extremely hard to know who to support in syria? >> of course. we have royally screwed the pooch. >> gave too little, too late to guys who didn't have any traction on the ground. >> the issue, do you let it burn out but in the burning do you get burnt yourself. if large swaths of syria become alexi da safe havens then 2016 and 2017 having to invade, god forbid, parts of syria to eradicate al qaeda. we've done that one before quite a bit. >> schieffer: does anyone think anything is going to come of this? these talks? >> syria talks? or iran talks? [ laughter ] >> which problem are you talking about. >> schieffer: do we think these geneva talks in the end something is going to happen here? >> i would say, yes. i do think something is going to happen. but i think it's hard to know how long it will take to see any results from it, if that makes sense. >> happen if the united states and soviet union come toget

. >> the report says hundreds have drowned in the mediterranean, faced abuse from coast guards in greece and bulgaria, or ended up living in squall i had conditions in europe. these syrians hit headlines in october when britain refused to allow them to enter the country and apply for asylum. amnesty says the e.u. must open its borders or face having stood by and done nothing to alleviate the worst refugee crisis since the rwandan genocide in 1994. >> let's get a recap of our top stories on "france 24." a humanitarian crisis in the making. the french defense minister for the united nations says 600 people have now been killed. face-to-face talks are held between the ukrainian president and the opposition leaders for the first time since mass protests broke out in the country three weeks ago. tensions in pretoria. police are forced to turn people away as tens of thousands queue up for a final chance to pay their respects to nelson mandela. it's time now for a check of the top business news stories. marcus carlson is here. first up, marcus, eiland marking the end of the bailout road. >> yes

the italian navy has rescued more than two hundred migrants from three bites in the mediterranean the vessels were intercepted about the hunt and twenty nautical miles. that's two hundred and twenty two km side of the island of them produced a rough sea conditions hampered the rescue operation the trip included twenty women and two children the teacher also where the migrants off from what immediately available. since the eighteenth of october the italian navy has been running operation mother in the southern island state. it has started pulling the numerous tragedies when mike and the poolside dining many of its own bullets. but these will be taken to law and whether old receive medical care and that. in the twelve yes it's late and american hustle take frontman of positions in the old guy below its nominations with seven nods each. bells are in the running for the best director award among the beds tristan solve gonna announce the nominations in hollywood best motion picture drama twelve years is late. kept in balance. gravity the domain name. rach the team. solomon on the viola vio

now of course the south eastern mediterranean lhasa be affected with some sudden burst of showers as well as funders times and still won't be accompanied with and none of these areas in the midsection of europe meanwhile eastern areas. one thing is see if i tend to be seen and gift of the war and the crust these areas especially in berlin vienna and wore socks like these that much to learn on native and current temperatures that these things that this twenty one he can on your christmas day. i'm knitting the great eastern continental a step in with the pressure pattern has a leak in a concert and liking it a very tranquil common friday here in fact some of the two dry dry air guys reason has to be widely in the pacific side of this country. high pressure system also dominates much of the korean peninsula and the content as well as in detention is not and this is bringing the temperature is pretty cool to be down to some on. single digits across the morning to lose a and iron ore than in vietnam as well as the thailand. here in town i may even see some morning frosts. i've been at twe