de facto, abbas is a collaborationist and he knows it. his american israili jordanian trained troops are in a good old victorian native tradition, native troops hold on in the service of the occupier. abbas is not a traitor and he is no fool. but he is a trifle naÏve. his sincere -- he sincerely, authentically, generally -- genuinely believed that he unambiguously proved his exclusive vindication to diplomacy, israel and the united states would reciprocate. very recent contacts with him indicate that he is reaching the end of his tether, and he is probably on the threshold of the knowledge meant of the bankruptcy of his strategy. as far as the united states is concerned, and this is my last last -- to the political discourse on the middle east and the congress in the electoral debates and even in statements by the executive, one is struck by the centrality of the concept of no daylight between tel aviv and washington. this of course is directly related to what the role of the united states in the conflict should be, an outside observer bo

is be a pione [applause] >> in his address thursday, palestinian authority president abbas claimed the of thought -- the israeli campaign was reading a campaign of ethnic cleansing against the palestinian people. his comments are 30 minutes. [applause] >> i have a great pleasure in welcoming the palestinian organization and president of the palestinian authority, his presidency mahmoud abbas to address the assembly. >> in the name of god, the compassionate and the merciful, president of the general assembly, ladies and gentlemen, i wish to begin by extending appreciation to the heads of all delegations. we stressed the urgency for progress toward the realization of a just peace in our region and for the fulfillment by the palestinian people for the national rights. ladies and gentlemen, developments over the past year have confirmed what we have persistently drawn attention to and warned of the catastrophic danger. during the past month, attacks by terrorists have become a daily reality. we are facing relentless attacks against our people, our monks, monasteries, and schools. they are

syrian abbas said government forces have carried out mobile air strike -- activists said government forces have carried out multiple air strikes. >> a stark warning and a glimmer of hope from the international mediator on syria. the convoy appointed by the united nations and the arab league warned that the conflict could spill over the borders and in golf the entire region. they propose a four-day cease- fire beginning next week to mark a muslim holy day. >> the invitation, if successful, will allow us to build upon it a real truce, eventually building a process that will allow the syrians to solve their problems and build the syria vague dream of. -- the dream of. >> rebel forces have yet to agree. the civil war has been going on for 20 months with some of the worst fighting occurring in recent weeks. a syrian activist group estimates that more than 30,000 people have been killed. the conflict has been called "catastrophic." >> the search is on for the man police say shot and killed another man in a bar. daryl anderson opened fire on a man on july 8th. gamble suffered multiple gunshot wou

the london wax museum has decided to take a chance on swedish super group abba known for hits like "dancing queen" and "mamma mia." the group is decked out in bell bottoms and platform boots of course and also, of course, the new figures were introduced in a special roller disco complete with dancers. and now you'll have a song in your head for the rest of the day. >> if you had to bring back one decade of style, '60s, '70s, '80s. >> can i go back with '50s? >> the '50s? you want to go all the way back to like the no bikinis, like the full piece bathing suit? >> gosh, i sound so boring. >> '50s. wow. >> so boring. how about you? >> i'm definitely going '70s. '70s, just fun. >> bill in bell bottoms, i can't see it. >> disco. >>> it's time for now for an early look at some of the stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. it's not december yet, but it is that time of year to select this year's white house christmas tree. this year's evergreen hales from north carolina. the tree will be selected today but won't be harvested until late november. >>> kids from thousands of schools acro

president arafat appoints mahmoud abbas as prime minister without any real constituency.nd after standing back for two years, u.s. president george w. bush specifically calls for a palestinian state as part of the so-called "roadmap for peace." squeezed between hamas on one side and jewish settlers on the other, moderates on all sides wonder if these are the men to finally make jerusalem the capital of two states. in the region of northern africa and southwestern asia, turkey is one of the most strategically located countries in the world. americans learned why when turkey did not allow the u.s. access to invade neighboring iraq, despite nato membership and an offer of $6 billion. but turkey was torn, as they are on many other issues. are they european or asian? are they secular or islamist? are they democratic or authoritarian? are they urban or rural? here we explore the regional geography of turkey and its largest city. half european, half asian, istanbul is the cultural and commercial heart of turkey. it's a city of great contrasts. the traditional shops in the grand

professor abbas milani, director of iranian studies at sta nford milani, director of iranian studiesterest in the prison was part of the power struggle with iran's supreme leader ayatolla h struggle with iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei. iranian politics has become a game of slapping. mahmoud ahmadinejad has the constitutional right to visit the constitutional right to visit the prison and ensure the laws are being abide by. since he did not do anything about this present when some of the most egregious things we re some of the most egregious things were happening, his motives are absolutely political. —— prison. could you tell us about the power struggles taking place between the president and other officials running the country? the main problem is the supreme leader. there are other factions. there is a reformist group who refuse to support mahmoud ahmadinejad. the most important opposition comes from the supreme leader. every passing day they have chipped away at mahmoud ahmadinejad's power. his inability to put his own people in place. this is one more slap. i suspect th

having also lost abbas alone by the same scoreline in the writing game while the cats were on jon's themselves maintained their one hundred percent record with a two no when asked ben feet. while in romania robin van persie scored twice as manchester united came from behind to him to want to kluge united not top group h. while ghattas arroyo bottom of the day to no defeat at home to broad us but van persie is happy with a good night's work. we. were given. it was not worth it to believe it would be. great we're. going to. cover. it with. what in the mean time defending champions chelsea triumphed for the all at danish side no gel and two top group view ventus drew one one at home to shut down tonight's as the surprise of the night so belorussians i bought a very self beating by in munich three one in minsk top of very best with two wins for two and let there be a deal to nail to keep the french side bottom of the table. now into boxing or russia's alexander pivot in says he's ready to take on heavyweight came the mia to go after recording his twenty fifth unbeaten bout last saturday but it did

palestinian president mahmoud abbas accusing israel of ethnic cleansing for building settlements in east jerusalem. >> [ speaking native language ] >> interpreter: israel refuses to end the occupation and refuses to allow the palestinian people to attain their rights and freedom and rejects the establishment of the state of palestine. >> meanwhile, israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, responding to that issue, but using most of his time to speak out about iran's nuclear intentions. >> the relevant question is not when iran will get the bomb -- the relevant question is, at what stage can we no longer stop iran from getting the bomb? the red line must be drawn on iran's nuclear-enrichment program. >> the taliban claiming responsibility for a blast in eastern afghanistan. a suicide bomber ramming his motorcycle, packed with explosives, into a patrol of afghan and international forces. the attack coming a day after a firefight broke out at an eastern afghanistan checkpoint, killing five people, including a u.s. soldier, marking the 2,000th u.s. troop death in the 11-year-old conflict

for president abbas a boring anime's are arming islamic extremists in syria who are poised to seize power if the regime falls according to u.s. officials claim most weapons being smuggled into the conflict zone are and the hands of radicals. have ironic or is now hearing the appeal of the bill or job jailed human rights activist who was sentenced to three years the saugus this as clashes still go on between pro reform demonstrators demanding an end to royal road and the country's security forces. and that of course force of dates with you know end and no chance a liberal fans getting lost on the way to home games. is correct because i feel will stay as liverpool's home for the very far for seeable future because they have said we're going to extend the stadium not move more not just a stick. thanks for joining us this is sport today we've got plenty had few including the following stories marking their target story fabio capello and russia will seek to extend their perfect run in qualifying for world cup twenty fourteen tonight i can tell by john in moscow. staying putt liverpool f.c. own

limiting uranium enrichment if it's allowed for a research reactor but and sanctions campaigner professor abbas as a lot says it's not a fear of a nuclear armed iran that's behind the piling sanctions. policies against iran have always been designed by the new conservatives and the israeli lobby so that the negotiations with iran trade rather than succeed in fact are absolutely no justification for any kind of sanctions against iraq including the original you inside it because iran has not had the version of its nuclear program into a group it was issuing program or your reports have always confirmed this so all of this is designed to negotiations fail because the us and the e.u. . interested in a regime change they want the iranian people to hurt kurds so much so that is unless discontent in the country roads so that they can pave the road for a regime change in iran the sanctions heard people by the same time you know eating the indian people against the west because even some sectors of the media courses in iran who have been traditionally pro-west nor quite hostile to the united states and

live from london from the campaign against sanctions and military intervention and iran professor abbas of a lot thank you for your time on r.t. thank you. and your study has revealed a staggering rise in birth defects among among iraqi children conceived in the aftermath of the u.s. led war the findings were published monday bulletins of environmental contamination and toxicology it suggested american and british ammunition has cost high rates of miscarriages and birth defects professor christopher busby from the european committee on radiation risks believes the invading nations should take responsibility for what they did. it actually supports the work that we did and published about a month ago which did have formal evidence brought from the flu to general hospital there are high levels of lead and mercury which we also found in the head of the mothers of the children with congenital malformation we believe quite strongly that it was a uranium weapons the new uranium weapons that were used in fallujah and of course they used an awful lot of depleted uranium in as well and i reported

us exit from the servants and maria sharapova now tops the white one both of her own matches but mr abbas got the latest victim despite taking the first set against the russians seven five maria sharapova was two for down in the second but managed to battle back and take it seventy five as well for the same score the second straight day to be sure about that with serena williams in the semifinals. and sports as well but the big champion serena williams also claimed the second wind up championships with victory over french open champion big enough the american struggles for the simple seven sixty four weeks and through the second six weeks of leave her spot in istanbul semi's. while world number one victoria azarenka overcame angele kerber of germany six seven seven six six four it took the belorussian three hours and six minutes to edge her opponents and the victory moves a step closer to finish the year as world number one. and all the rubs eights is less than a couple of hours away but you can get more at any time when our you tube channel at r.t. sport news thank you for watching analy

who have committed perhaps tax fraud and evasion i'm going to politicians are facing elections by abba everyone can think i can make that connection what do you do with such a list so instead of bringing it forward instead of investigating they were just sitting on it. a daily sconce she brings it to the public knowledge which i think is that it is in the best traditions journalism and serving the public which i said yes i listed for. breaking up the law in terms of sensitive press in those days i would just not present on the data this isn't names of people who have sent money abroad which is a serious issue in a country facing a major economic crisis at the same time i with respect to where respected opinion presenters up to the national television were taking off the air what taking off in the air simply because they criticised. the minister of interior of interest and justice so this is a very big problem it where's the freedom of press turfing guess in some. sign the date strike by journalists. because if you combine government attacks and the fact that most major media outlets in

president president abbas's foreign enemies are arming islamic extremists in syria who are ways to seize power if the regime falls forty two u.s. officials. bahraini cord gets ready to hear the appeal of jailed for human rights activists in the field or job i mean continuing clashes between probably formed it was very early on three security forces. in the russian capital you're watching r.t. with me are going to josh centuries of britain unified under the union jack may come to an end in two thousand and fourteen with a referendum on scottish independence and agreement giving the green light to the vote in two years time has been sealed in edinburgh by two of the top man in u.k. politics. looks at what's at stake. firing the starting shots armed with their pens and what's being dubbed the edinburgh agreement is signed it's being described as the most important political decision to face the united kingdom for three hundred years of prime minister david cameron and first senator alexander and meeting to sign a historic deal on an independence referendum that the battle for scotland begin

this isn't see welcome back probably independence one elections in spain's abbas kind of train with the results expected to spark more talk of separatism they probably didn't abandon this kind of have secured the second largest majority in the racial says. for years the winning. party has as the country's economic problems that serve to describing the trade as a brake on the development of the region and it's not a fast start the victory comes weeks ahead of elections in catalonia the wealthiest part of spain that's why simply say massive separatism rallies taking on this blogger that. says the financial crisis is at the core and. with the economic problems and economic discontent you have the urge to split away from the majority because you feel that the majority as a minority you feel that the majority is not cognizant of your problems is not helping you to overcome and it's a certain kind of blinders that the minorities will how they feel that they are not being taken care of when in fact everybody suffer equal b. and this is the case in spain everybody suffering under the sea and lo

and each abbas was unable to bring in the game tying runs. don't worry about it. on to the next game. it has been the signature of this team, the ability to put behind them any sense of adversity and move on. >> we feel like we cannot are on our losses. we want to try to take as much from this as we can. every day you get a chance to go out there and play another night and we're successful at putting those things behind us. honestly, i thought i hit the ball really well. i did not know was going to happen. >> and now joining me is one of the writers for the orioles. what do you expect coming off another loss and also the fact that the rays have nothing to play for. >> this is different for the first time in many years that the rays have had a pretty good long run of making the postseason. they are very resilient. the go-ahead run was on base last night. they have a lot to play for here. they still have the same and gold. we're going to see that same kind of resilience tonight. it does pretty well and we will see how they do it tonight. >> thanks for your time. all

brian glynn the last seen on monday morning when he dropped his brother abbas school. we're live outside the high school with details on his appearance. >> bloodhounds are being used and near the 70 -- after 72 hours. the teen-ager's family said he came to school without a cell phone or debit card. what was found in his car was. >> brighten glenn was last seen in the parking lot of his school around 7:00 in the morning monday. it was not later that evening when he did not come home from football practice that his family knew something was wrong. the teenagers car found several hours later at a park. >> he is somewhere in the dust. >>and needs us. >> he drove his brother to school but then finished. >> clues inside his car are raising serious concerns. an unusual station playing on the radio. >> a station he would never listen to. talk radio. he always listens to music in the car. >> police found a dunkin' donuts receipt inside the car. there goitrous surveillance video to try and -- they are going through surveillance video to try to find more clues. >> the beach johns

president abbas just spoke here. we will not solve our conflicts with libel speeches at the u.n. we have to sit together and negotiate together and reach a mutual compromise in which a palestinian state recognizes the one and only jewish state. [applause] israel wants to see middle east progress and peace. we want to see the three great legions that sprang forth from -- judaism, christianity, and is -- judaism, christianity, and is

president obama, this is the same president who in his first foreign policy phone call was made to abbasy who is the president and holocaust denier. secondly, his first two visits to the middle east were to cairo, egypt and istanbul, turkey, where he spoke about how the call to prayer for the mosques is the prettyiest sound on earth. stuart: are you adamantly oppose today president obama's policy vis-a-vis israel and the rest of the middle east? >> there's no doubt that president obama's policy has been hostile to israel. there were several polls taken in israel in the past couple of years, whether, asking whether president obama is pro israel. they have ranged from 3% saying he's pro israel up to 14, 15%. stuart: that's it. okay, now switch to president-- to governor romney. what do you make of his likely policy. is he hard enough, strong enough for israel? what do you think. >> i think that he understands the middle east a little bit better. stuart: you want more? >> i would like to hear him speak out a little bit more, yes, but the arab spring has been an absolute disaster for israel

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on television tonight and tomorrow morning arguing and attacking points circulating that president abbasfailed to connect with the questioners. he repeatedly ignored the questions and concerns have instead went to talking points were you could say the romney campaign, failed to answer questions on energy and the middle class and how hook up the deficit under control. >> a link being circuited unlinked around is that obama got 9% more time than mitt romney. again, complaining it was a scheme debate. which again, working through the metal, i don't think it really works. it gives conservatives fired up like it did last week when he wanted to get liberals fired up. again, you have to look out affects the middle. >> one of the things i wanted to talk about his bankruptcy, detroit. and romney kind of you that i'm not to say i would do exactly what should we do, mr. president. i do want detroit to fail. i don't know the backweb words, they definitely pivoted. >> i came across this over. of course that romney is not a normal person. anybody voting for president probably isn't. but similarly with

i don't think my view is that mahmoud abbas with all the respect we have for him, does not have the mandateo sign up for the entire palestinian people. at the to say that it exceeded since the elections palestinian parliament and the last election to the palestinian department. either way, i would like to mention come the fact that hamas participated in the election in 2006 was against the wishes of israel and the palestinian authority. and the power to force the israel and the palestinians to allow hamas to participate in the elections this year in washington. it was the start of the united states of america that hamas should participate with notwithstanding the fact that hamas did not renounce violence in 2006, which is considered to be a condition, but going to be part of the political process. and this was done under the republican administration of george w. bush. but the fact is there is no, and firstly at the moment, illegitimate representation of the palestinians, which can do with the situation. and this is something, which has to be corrected in my view and can be corrected. wheth

i don't think my view is that it mahmoud abbas and all the respect we have for him does not have the mandate to sign off for the entire palestinian people. i would like to say that six years since the elections for the palestinian parliament. .. a condition for going to be part of a political process. this was done under the republican administration of george w. bush. so the fact is that there is no, unfortunately at the moment, a legitimate representation of the palestinians which can deal with the situation. this is something that has to be corrected in my view, and can be corrected. whether we should do it on the basis of the arab initiative, i'm aware of the arab initiative. it has various aspects to it. i would like to draw your attention to the fact that in the roadmap for the resolutions, problems in the middle east which was promoted by the united states and then adopted by both israel and the palestinians in the year 2003, and subsequently was reaffirmed in 2004, in that roadmap there is a preamble which states what are the basis for a resolution to the problems it and one