in fact, ben franklin oved them so much, he wanted turkey and not the bald eagle to be the official united states turkeys have a long history in the golden state. for more than 50 years, the diestel family has ranched in the peaceful foothills of tuolumne county. tim diestel has a hands-on approach to make sure his birds are at the peak of health. this is country living at its finest, a free-range setting, meaning the flocks have a chance to spread their wings and explore their surroundings. >> this is definitely home of the happy turkey. there--there*s no question. i--i don't think you could have a better, nicer setting for--for a turkey than this ranch right here. >> part of diestel's flocks include birds of a different feather, an older variety popular when he was a boy. tim is working to bring the breed back and has 8,000 heirloom turkeys this year alone. heirloom turkeys are catching on in the culinary world as a growing number of diners are willing to pay more to gobble up this slice of americana. >> so there's definitely an interest in preserving these old birds, and it's kind of fun, and

the official united states marine corps.'re seeing here is a first-person view of the marine corps obstacle course being run by a staff sergeant. >> we've seen it two seconds. it already looks too hard. >> that looks like a nut buster right there. flip on one of those poles. i want to know how far could either one of us make it through? >> very not far. >> i'd say maybe the first obstacle. >> is this part of basic training? kind of, one of the ways that they wd you out? >> oh, boy. >> tat'sth buster. >> they're wet. how do you balance on that thing? >> in one little moment after one obstacle we actually see the staff sergeant, the gopro camera goes down. we see what this guy looks like. it's awesome. >> the intensity in his face. then climb a rope. if you put the rope at the beginning, when you have all your strength -- >> takes the challenge out of it. >> exactly. >> you never know when the rope of life might drop in front of you. >> exactly right. >> thumbs up to this guy, thumbs up to everyone who had to go through this a

according to other official united states sources, all of northeast asia, southeast asia, much of theacific and most of russia could soon be threatened by the latest north korean missiles. once they are available in the middle east and north africa, be within target range. on present trends, a direct set to american shores is likely to mature, if that is the right word, early in the next century. add weapons of mass destruction to rogue states and you have a highly toxic compound. as the cia has pointed out, of the nations that have or are acquiring weapons of mass destruction, many are led by strong men of inhumanity or by weak, unstable or illegitimate governments. in some instances, the potential capabilities at the command of these unpredictable figures is either equal to or even more destructive than the soviet threat to the west in the 1960s. it is that serious. indeed, it is even more serious than that. with a number of possible adversaries, each with different characteristics. in some cases, their mentalities differ from ours even more than those of our old cold war enemy. so

is that we permit her to be parading around the united states on a publicity tour largely declaring herself this. under what authority did the officials get visas to enter the united states? did they exercise the executive order 357 to issue the visas? how do you justify giving those visas when you have this incredible oppression inside of cuba for 2.5 years for nothing more than helping the jewish community to be able to communicate with each other? >> thank you. outrage.as been more out rate we'll continue to do everything we can. he should be with his mother and his family. >> everything would include sending them a message that you can keep an american in prison but the parade the people here. that is an oxymoron. >> under the regulations, we love care. we look at the full range of national security, immigration, laws and regulations including reviewing proclamation 5377. in the cases of them, those cases did not fall under the exception requirements of proclamation 5377. that was effectively implemented since 20199 undersecretary albright. those cubans were allowed to come to the united states because they were able to do so desp

officials of the united states say they and their allies have disrupted a plot to bomb an airliner. it was to be carried out around the anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden. it was used in a failed attack over detroit in 2009. good >> this is a remnant of the underwear from design to blow up an airplane over detroit on christmas day, 2009. it failed to detonate fully. officials say a more sophisticated bomb was to be used in the latest hot, and this is what would have happened if gone off sabihad properly. it is not confirm if the latest on contains the same explosives. it is being examined by the fbi. the defense secretary giveaway few details about the case. >> i do not comment on specific classified operations other than to say the united states engages in a number of operations to go after all kinda -- al qaeda and their militant allies. this country needs to remain vigilant against those who would seek to attack this country, and we will do everything necessary to keep this country saves. >> it is not clear if the bomb would have been detected by security. it does not

so i was actually caught for the situ i believe i'm out of the home of a senior executive official united states government one thing that i think that to point out with this is this is the the prices that are rising as a result of weather really just building on how commodities prices have been increasingly going up over the past over years as a lot of cheap money has flooded much capital into the commodities market so it's actually if you look at corn futures over the past couple of years they were much lower two years ago and they work today and now we're building on top of sort of several years of rising food prices some whether that it doesn't just impact corn and it doesn't just impact grains those going to feed stocks for for cattle that impacts meat prices it trickles throughout almost the entire food. supply and obviously it's a little bit surprising that you know we've got these these warnings coming out just now a lot of this we've seen coming a lot of this sort of a building and it goes back to those consumer credit reports for many of the most recent data the fed has available a lot

. >>> the united states officially recognizing syria's opposition coalition as the representative of the syrian people. it's just a show of support. it is does not mean america will arm rebel forces. president obama talked about why the decision was made right now. >> the syrian opposition coalition is now inclusive enough. reflective and representative enough of the syrian population, that we consider them the legitimate representative of the syrian people in the asass regime. >>> hugo chavez, recovering from six hours of surgery in cuba this morning. the fourth cancer-related operation for the venezuelan president since the summer of 2011. his vice president tells the people of venezuela the procedure on chavez was complex and completed correctly and successfully. >>> so michigan, the cradle of the organized labor movement is

you were to follow through ok we have a just a minute left here before the court for its official united states is now in the middle hottest year to record january to june four point five degrees above the twentieth century average so the question is how much higher does it have to get how much weirder is the weather had to get before the think tanks and shells who are funded by the oil corporations give up like they did many of these same people work for the tobacco companies back thirty years ago in fact literally the same people and real and confess that the debate is lost that global climate change is a great drug has a link and i just heard on the radio the same thing there's now a study. challenging the u.n. report saying that we are in a hundred fifty year cycle of low temperature as opposed to high temperature this is an issue snow outside is that snow outside just because we're having a particular weather experience isn't evidence that the globe has some sort of long term trend and drugs has. this is precisely the kind of attempt by many people on the progressive side to use anecdotal

united states very seriously. she saw herself as part of an important official team.she certainly made something of an impression on the people she met. one constituent explained to pat and her husband was on and around the world business trip and had got into what he called the pat nixon trail. he wrote his wife that pat quote really rang a bell on this part of the world at a time when americans were not very popular. an american couple living in india sent out a similar letter praising the couple for bringing a quote fresh understanding of america end quote to the people of india. president eisenhower praised both the nixon's for their work, trip. even the american press noticed pats roll on the tour. the new york journal american explained that although she did not make speeches are carrying on the hind policy discussions, she wore her -- bore her full share of the workflow. her love of travel and openness to new peoples and places her quick smile and kind heart and your church of the people she met and made her a wonderful unofficial ambassador of the united state

officials from the united states and north korea have met with their first nuclear talks since the death of their leader kim jong il in december. the two sides continue discussions on friday. the meeting took place in beijing on thursday. they spoke to reporters after the meeting. >> they haven't quite concluded and we intend to pick up where we have left off this evening tomorrow. >> he added the delegates would have dinner together on thursday. what do the u.s. and north korea hope to achieve in their talks. >> reporter: the u.s. is sticking to its stance that is the six-party talks can resume. but going into thursday's talks it seemed more likely u.s. envoy davys would focus on bilateral ties rather than have both parties just repeat their nuclear positions as in the past. >> i also plan to raise nonproliferation, human rights and humanitarian affairs and my hope is that we can find a way to move forward with the north. >> reporter: north korea tends to benefit from its nuclear position. its uranium enrichment program is hoping it brings in as much food assistance as possible. this is

. >> the united states is now ramping up the fight against al qaeda by hacking into their web sites and a top united states officialevealed the details. and vice president biden's favorability numbers are down, way down. >>trace: i am trace here for shephard smith. vice president biden is taking on what many analysts call the attack dog role in president obama's re-election campaign. but, will it help? according to a new fox news poll more americans now say they have a negative view of vice president biden. that is the first since he took office. 44 percent of registered voters surveyed had an unfavorable opinion of the vice president compared to 41 percent on the other side. but if you factor in the margin of error the numbers are about even. wendell is like outside the white house. there is more troubling news in polls from the battleground states. >>reporter: the vice president's favorable rating averages only 40 percent and 50 percent view him unfavorable. i will he a map those states, and it is significant because the race between rebound and mitt romney is a toss up in each of the states, and it is presumed t

>>shepard: the united states war ships are now positioned to spend to a planned rocket launch by the north koreans. officials say the rocket, if it works, could, in theory, carry a nuclear bomb to the united states. the latest on that stand off is next. washington insiders say it is up to president obama and the house speaker boehner to work out a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff what if they say we have a deal, wouldn't players on both sides, the tar right and the far left, be angry? would it make more sense to wait until the last minute and then tell us? could that be what is going on? >>shepard: north korea is reportedly planning a rocket launch. technical glitch forced officials to add an extra week to the take off window. they now report the launch will take place some time before december 29. officials claim they are trying to put a satellite in space but the united states does not believe it. they say the regime is planning to test a long-range nuclear capable ballistic missile. the navy moved warships to the region to track and possibly defend against the planned launch. defend. and now the news from w

official. the united states military academy was born. >> this is the entrance to west point.ayer gate. it's named after the man known as the father of the military academy, colonel thayer. >> he is known as the father -- not the founder, but the father of the military academy. his contribution is immense. he established what we call the thayer method, where students were tested every day, discipline was rigid, and "duty, honor, country," those words, though not codified in law -- they were the standard. >> 1st division barracks was built in 1851. over the years, some of our nation's greatest military leaders slept and studied here. names like world war i's general pershing, world war ii's general douglas macarthur, and desert storm's general norman schwartzkopf. >> two of the three astronauts on apollo 11 were west point graduates -- michael collins and buzz aldrin. you think of all our great generals and officers -- most of them were educated at west point. we've had two u.s. presidents that gained their education here. we've had all kinds of incredible personalities come th

disturbing picture of the marine desecrating human remains remands top united states officials offeringted states considering military action against iran? america what it will do if could iran to do is to pursue a nuclear weapons. tonight's medical watch blogging pour batter help teenagers blogging about like experiences less stressed and had better social interactions new study comparing the way teenagers cope with anxiety and distress researchers assigned teenagers to write in a diary or talk themselves out of troubles those who blocked faired past and those who allowed comments world filled with fear of cyber bullying is researchers say online activity can have positive social positive social results. does not mean extreme running is a dangerous or deadly. analysis of numbers reports the idea that marathon deaths are rare. looking at races or the last decade john tompkins researchers found after nearly 11 million runners 42 people died during or an hour after the race most have underlying heart conditions study says the numbers are low compared to other sports. compared to other foo

extremely exaggerated you are also on that black least of sanctioned syrian official state us united states issued what does it feel to be like on a sanctioned list sanctioned by the united states you mean personally to me doesn't change anything to be sanctioned no i refused to go to the united states in two thousand and five and they sent me money in the invitations of brookings and for the money institute the go on the give a lecture there i didn't because i don't like to be treated. american airport the way they treat people they probably through all people like this but i don't like to be treated that way and i don't have to go through that and i see by the way they didn't sanction me they proved my assets and they know i don't have a single dollar not only in the united states or anywhere and the word so their countries as many assets of the like because they don't have any of them my asset is their love for my country and for my people and all these you know propaganda movements to put their name or so on to and to put my name on sanction means nothing to me books of mine are b

-china relations over the years. [ applause ] i am paying an official visit to the united states at the invitation of vice president biden, and i have come to further implement the important agreement reached between president hu jintao and president obama and advance the building of a cooperative partnership between china and the united states based on mutual respect and mutual benefit. during the visit i had a meeting with president obama and held talks with vice president biden. i also had separate meetings with secretary of state clinton, secretary of defense panetta, speaker of the house boehner and senator reid. we have candid and in depth discussions on many issues. reached new and important consensus and achieved fruitful results. this afternoon after this function, i will go to visit iowa, which will be my second visit in 27 years. i am going to tell my old friends there that the golden keys presented to us by the representative at city hall 27 years ago symbolized the opening of local exchanges and cooperation between our two countries. and today there are already 38 sister pr

united states. in those days, a visit from liberia or saudi arabia was a seven-day visit, for a state visit, and an official visit was four days. but then eventually i was involved in that and traveling with these chiefs of state, heads of government, around the united states and got involved with some people who -- i should say chiefs of state who brought their wives. there was friction every once in a while because they were rather demanding. but not mrs. nixon. but, anyway, we then got to go to liberia, and this is quite interesting. in liberia we went on the advance teams, as jack said. ten men and one lady, as mary lou shields came with us. >> the decision to go to liberia was because they had invited president nixon but his schedule didn't allow it so -- >> exactly. and they also -- from liberia we went to ghana and from ghana to the ivory coast. but in liberia it was the naub rai -- inauguration of president tolbert. it was quite interesting. in fact, one of the secret servicemen who was there for years, patrick mcfarland, you remember him, he was on our detail. and when we arrived, it was tremendous

was michael clarke, director general at the royal united services institute for defense and security studies. >>> japanese officials say the united states must do more in the wake of a rape case in okinawa than impose a nighttime curfew on its servicemen. the demand was made at meeting in tokyo of the two countries' foreign ministry officials. at a meeting of the joint committee, japanese officials said the incident is extremely regrettable and should never have happened. they also called for greater discipline not only for servicemen stationed in japan but also for those on temporary assignment like the two arrested. japan also ask that the u.s. undertake a drastic review of its rules regarding the offduty activities of its troops. u.s. officials said it was an inexcusable incident and that they take it very seriously. they suggested that they would consider additional measures. >>> the commander of the u.s. marines in okinawa has told his troops to act as good friends to the people of the prefecture. lieutenant governor lieutenant general kenneth glueck said the recent rape incident has made the situation surrounding the u.s. forces i

united states. it suggests to me even when it was not in the possession of u.s. officials or their allies something had been done to it to give them that degree of confidence that this device never posed an active threat to the united states. >> and, tom, when they say never posed an active threat and they were saying all along they have no specific or credible information when asking these questions around the bin laden an verse have i, if you're the average person watching, you say they found it and stopped the plot and i shouldn't be worried about it. >> you shouldn't be worried about that bomb. it is in custody. who made it? where else are they storing them? could there be a continuing terrorist operation that has not been thwarted? there may be. it may have been thwart and had they haven't said so yet and in terms of not discussing the details of how it was made or what it would look like, at some point how are you going to tell the airline officials around the world and tsa and their counterparts around the world what to look for? if they don't know what to look for

towards this so-called magnitsky act which was adopted in the united states just a couple of weeks ago. which entails a list of russian officials whom the united states believed to be involved in the case. and now the act itself. puts a severe restrictions on the travel and freezes financial assets of the russian officials in question now the case of the game against. involved the russian lawyer who was arrested on tax evasion charges and died while the for limiter of confinement but again these two acts are seen as the latest developments in the diplomatic row which seems to not to get any better between russia and the united states despite the whole affair with the reset button. for world news on the way including iran rolling out the big guns in the persian gulf there. and undertakes a massive maybe drills in the strategic strait of hormuz to show the world what it's got in trouble comes calling. us all to look back at twenty twelve and how it was for the world's most famous whistleblower went from house arrest to saddam's secret more after the break. i never thought i could earn a living messmate. natale a show of oil as a

towards this so-called magnitsky act which was adopted in the united states just a couple of weeks ago. which entails a list of russian officials whom the united states believed to be involved in the case. and now the act itself. puts a severe restrictions on the travel and freezes financial assets of the russian officials in question now the case of the game against. involved the russian lawyer who was arrested on tax evasion charges and died while opening for a limited confinement but again these two acts are seen as the latest developments in the diplomatic row which seems to not to get any better between russia and the united states despite the whole affair with the reset button. moscow says that the refusal of syria's k. opposition coalition to enter into dog. a log with the government is a road to nowhere and will result only in further bloodshed at a meeting with international peace envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi foreign minister sergei lavrov reiterated that dialogue is the only means to resolve the conflict is also stated on numerous occasions that although russia condemns methods the syrian army is using in the war it

united states ambassador to libya was killed. >> the list of yemen -- en route protesters stormed the gates there. >> >> just as united states officials feared, the unrest in the middle east has spread. in the capital today, hundreds of angry demonstrators burned the american flag and stormed the united states embassy compound. there were able to breach usually tight security around the embassy to get on to the grounds. a senior obama administration official says the protests seem to be motivated by a film. the film is on youtube. it depicts the profit muhammed as a womanizer. >> it appears to have a deeply cynical purpose to denigrate a great religion and to promote rage. >> in cairo, protesters again -- outside the united states embassy. they fired tear gas. >> we certainly hope and expect that there will be steps taken to avoid violence. >> in libya, a very different scene. yesterday, people took to the streets not to protest, but to grieve. on tuesday, militants stormed their. four americans were left dead. including j. christopher stevens. >> this is tragic that he died and benghazi, because it is a city he helped to save. >> the

state's supreme court. the couple believes the president's words send a strong message. >> our leader, the highest ranking official in the united states of america is saying that he is in support of marriage equality. that carries more weight than anybody else saying it. >> reporter: the couple says there is some disappointment that the president said it will be up to each individual state to decide whether or not to legalize same-sex marriage. >> that's a hard one for us. we really do feel like it's a constitutional right, and we are taking the most aggressive approach we can in our state, in california, since prop 8 took away the right to marriage for us. so we are looking for a national solution. >>> spirits were high in the castro district as well today. gay couples in california have been married before, only to have their union voided by the state. many gay californians are hoping they'll be able to legally marry again. >> i'm hopeful that possibly even later this year, if the federal court of appeals' decision is allowed to stand. >> and today is one of the greatest days, the first time ever the president of this country

towards this so-called magnitsky act which was adopted in the united states just a couple of weeks ago. which entails a list of russian officials whom the united states believed to be involved in the case. and now the act itself. puts a severe restrictions on the travel and freezes financial assets of the russian officials in question now the case of the game against. involved the russian lawyer who was arrested on tax evasion charges and died while they printed it for a limited confinement but again these two acts are seen as the latest developments in the diplomatic row which seems to not to get any better between russia and the united states despite the whole affair with the reset button well we spoke to a former director of american adoption congress who told us that u.s. authorities don't track the child's welfare once an adoption is approved. a lot of the cases have gotten very very light sentences for the caretakers whether forster or adoptive of russian children here in the united states but we certainly have no idea how many children are enduring abuses surviving abuses of all kinds the children that died at the hands

towards this so-called magnitsky act which was adopted in the united states just a couple of weeks ago. which entails a list of russian officials whom the united states believed to be involved in the case simply magnitsky and now the act itself. puts a severe restrictions on the travel and freezes financial assets of the russian officials in question now the case of sergei magnitsky. involved the russian lawyer who was arrested on tax evasion charges and died while in print for limiter confinement but again these two acts are seen as the latest developments in the diplomatic row which seems to not to get any better between russia and the united states despite the whole affair with the reset button. for russian studies in history professor steven cohen from new york and princeton university's says he's never been the under any illusions about russia u.s. relations. there's an old russian saying we're friends are also deeds a lot of people in moscow and in washington when they pass the magnitsky act and now the ban on adoption in moscow may have thought they were just talking showing off playing grandstanding politically as we sa

it is official, the united states open is sold out for the offense that begins on thursday.iger woods is teed off at 715 a and. his back-to-back practice rounds started 50 minutes after 7:00 a.m.. he also met the media today. he was able to get in a few holes with casey martin. his fellow stanford player. tiger looking for his 15th major. in the olympic club, a man who has lived there all with long, vern glenn. >>vern: i could not be happier. what are you infering? vern and three u.s. open titles for tiger woods. hawker head-to-head, phil mickelson has had the best of them. hah hah >> i think when it is time to play on thursday will be ready. i have been lethargic thursday and friday. >> will be any particular motivation being fair with him on thursday? >> i do not think we will talk about a lot. this is a major championship. we have work to do. >> the two were matches the 2008 u.s. open if. it was his 14th major big three. faugh at cahow at least >>gary: unmanned the 14 year-old has found his way into the u.s. open. candy sean will be the youngest ever by nearly eight year

. >> number two, the united states is considering closing its embassy in syria over security concerns cht that's what two senior officials the syrian government for more security around its damascus embassy and a decision to close will be based on a request. those in the embassy would effectively end diplomatic relations with syria. number three, the national highway investigation has closed its investigation into chevy volt fires. we looked through the report today. investigators did not find a safety defect. they also supported gm's fix, which reenforces the structure surrounding the battery. this came from crash tests. we'll continue to follow it. number four, r existing home sales rose. up 5% in december. the annual reflected is 4.6 million homes. the number of existing mome inir sale, a crucial measure of how much we've got to work through to get better fell to 2.4 million. the lowest levels since 2005 and that is a really significant number to fixing the single biggest issue in this economy, which remains housing. it has been 16 l days since the united states lost its top credit rating. the dow, nasdaq and s&p ende

towards this so-called magnitsky act which was adopted in the united states just a couple of weeks ago. which entails a list of russian officials whom the united states believed to be involved in the case of cynthia mckinney's scheme and now the act itself. puts a severe restrictions on the travel and freezes financial assets of the russian officials in question now the case of the game against. involved the russian lawyer who was arrested on tax evasion charges and died while they printed it for a limited confinement but again these two acts are seen as the latest developments in the diplomatic row which seems to not to get any better between russia and the united states despite the whole affair with the reset button. with high unemployment and no than the average life expectancy northeast of aig. in this facing tough times for the wealthy to sing out to the south of the country that's coming up. if you're from my generation or younger and you were born into the one percent that i have a lot of college debt i sure do you know the deal used to be that you paid a significant amount for education but in turn that gave you a much