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>> i was using it as a proxy for the tech ambitions that china will need to ascend. the question i try to address in here is whether the miracle of the last 30 years in china, of going from being a peasant society to a dickensian working class society, will it be able to take the next step, to becoming a truly modern society? having their own boeings, their own apples, their own googles, their own mitsubishis, their own mercedes. and i argue that's going to be really hard for them. and there are three or four test case for it. their ambition to become an aerospace power. boeing is always our largest exporter. aerospace is always our largest export industry. are they going to be able to do that? pharma is another one where they're trying hard. info tech, things like google. so i look at all these test cases and i say, if they're going to be able to do this, it's going to have to become a different kind of country, with not so much censorship, with real universities, as opposed to these kind of diploma mills they have. and so, china's ambition to become, and they're go

the chair of the policy committee and i have the ambition to visit or hold an event for every single partners next year. we will work to enhance the predictability and clarity we offer business, how that promotes the u.k. international attractiveness, and how that benefits us here in the uk. we are responsible for over 120,000 jobs in the u.k., a huge total, mostly outside london, not least in scotland where i grew up and to which i owe so much. one-quarter of the workers contribute hugely to a text take in life and happiness of our communities. they are all part of society, as is my swedish bank, in which i have work when it opened 30 years and two days ago. we should highlight the importance of the city support for those who keep us it. our armed forces and the uniformed security services. we know the government intends to shape the understanding that better enable volunteers to serve the forces. in an uncertain world with the security of shipping lanes and trade routes are as critical to the country's prosperity as ever, defense is everyone's business. finally, we shall highlight

and his ambitions to create a greater france he travelled into exile under russian. returns to france just a hundred years later when many emigrated seeking refuge from the bolshevik revolution. this woman says her grandfather came to france with a white army. there is a cost and this child in the picture is her father it was taken in one thousand nine hundred his name was nicholai were cheaper yet it was like it's great to meet such people so far away from your homeland that if you knew. the day after the occupation of the cossacks head to the famous russian cemetery at century genevieve. loic and their off their horses there from a horseback perception yes i heard about them they were fine bunch they're here to celebrate the battle of. many famous russian immigrants are buried here they include literary nobel prize winner. and the celebrated ballet dancer rudolf nuria . clear your do. you do this all in monuments commemorates the cossacks and army officers who left russia after the nine hundred seventeen revolution. the. close to one million russians fled to france

the businessman and stud farm owner spends all of his earnings on horses his main ambition is to revive the dawn breed. they are beautiful. pavel owns a large stable and past as well he's also building a cossack settlements for tourists to go horse riding. this lovely little mare is only two years old she need to wait another three years before she can fold her more of a beauty. oh look they've been you all over poor thing. believes these holes is a russia's best asset and something to be proud of. it hurts when people say bad things about cossacks they may call drug lords fools layabouts all sorts there really is sad and what's worse some people even write off our most recent victories in world war two my grandfather commanded a division during that war so i know the hardships people went through. the starting point for the much was must goes up the hill you notice twenty twelve it was here in eighteen twelve on the second of september the napoleon waited in vain to be given the keys to the capital they never came. soon afterwards was plundered and razed to the ground. two years later

search for something that really is the unfortunate you can't control the child i was asian the ambition so i still trust my brother in law here gordon to do it who will be with you free. well while at least the b.b.c. over a number of years has made a series of blunders and been involved in a number of decisions which have strained somewhat poor judgment. to do with the reporting of the conflict in the middle east and also an incident surrounding syria where the b.b.c. used a photograph that was taken in iraq in two thousand and three but used to illustrate a massacre in the syrian city of houla and there was also back in two thousand and three a very serious instance where a b.b.c. journalist revealed that dr david kelly was the source for his report that the government had sexed up the dossier on the weapons of mass destruction in iraq which of course led to the invasion of iraq dr kelly after being outed in that way was subsequently found dead again in the wake of that the director general resigned but this is this is an erosion of trust really that's been going back for some years n

minister of defense insists any such deployment would not be related to concerns about iran's nuclear ambitions but antiwar activist john reese believes it's about to destabilize the situation in the region. this is not the first report we've had all western increased deployments in the area there have been a whole spate of them recent weeks and months which all point in the same direction of increased u.s. british and other western nations deploying a great deal more than the normal commitment to the gulf area not big enough in normal times i think we all understand what the imperial structure of the of the middle east is and that is that the western powers britain and america with the support of britain and other western european powers believe that it has an absolute right to control this area of the globality employees the israeli state has its watchdog we've seen a very complex series of sort of moves character moves bluff statements and so forth in the course of the us elections or by the exact timing and about relations between israel and the united states over any attack on iran but as

. >> it's ambition, isn't it. there's all this ambition in the campaign. and then you get to reality once you get in the white house, dan. >> well, the interesting thing. and a campaign is all about drawing contrasts and suggesting you are going to do big and difficult things that your opponent has not been able to do or wouldn't do, and you get into office and you find, as michael was saying, you are hemmed in by all kinds of institutional strictures. working with the congress is much more difficult than anybody anticipated. both the last two presidents, president obama, and president george w. bush talked about how they would change washington and neither was successful in doing that. there's that element. and again, as mike said, things come at you, you don't have the kind of control that you think. and the third thing i think that's different is that there is a sense of continuity about a lot of policy, particularly foreign policy, and in a campaign you can draw sharp distinctions and once you get into office, continuity tends to force you into a narro

she says she has other sports ambitions. . >>> now sh a running back tearing up the football field. > a you tube sensation with all of the moves. >> that comet is 9-year-old sam, a pint-sized football player from salt lake city. 35 touchdowns. nearly 2000 rushing yards. and 65 tackles. did we mention it's sam's first season? a5 sam is short for samantha?rt >> just fun because the boys are like, well, it's a girl. >> monday night, sam's dad uploaded this comp pillation of the highlights to you tube. by the next morning nearly half a million people had seen it. >> i wasn't sure what kind of response she'd have. i thought it was impressive.2zvñ and it appears other people enjoy as well. >> she's dominating ought of the boys, something doesn't seem to bother teammates. >> she's really good and fast. made a lot of touchdowns. >> it turns out sam has other ambitions. >> one of the things i want to do is play on a professional soccer team. >> on espn they had a game plan on how to stop little sam. you know? >> she's got the moves. >> jerry rice took on the role of personal trainer today. >>

he was not one who had any burning ambition. if he had not been essentially handed the presidency, it never would have occurred to him to seek it. he did not have that proverbial fire in the belly presidential candidates these days are almost required to have and despite the fact that by the war's end he realized he was pretty good at this general stuff, he never thought that particularly qualified him to the president. if the people through the democratic process would summon him to the presidency he would answer that call the way he had always answered the call of his military superiors. >> i want to open up questions in just a second but one of their thing i wanted to ask. you teach american history. you taught american history for a long time. you know that bill knows everything before he sits down to write a book because he has taught it for so long but i am very curious, was there one giant surprise about grant when you were putting the book together? something you didn't know or didn't expect? >> i won't say there was a g

i had a boss once who told me that he thought ambition in a girl was bad.that this perfume was called ambition, i'm buying this for me. i'm buying this for my girls. i think that's terrible, sexist and awful. he knows who he is. i hope he's watching. >> sxl. >> anyway, congratulations to you and all your success. great to have you with us. >> if you want to get more they have this free app called my migraine triggers and download it at excedrin.com. you can download it and track it for free. >> i feel like i should be giving out free samples of perfume, and "sparkle" dvds. >> next time i'll bring some. >> we would love that. >>> fighting with two of the nation's most powerful republicans. we'll tell you what it's about. >>> you probably heard about his cursing at other drivers, cursing at the press. a new side of nascar driver kurt busch. a new documentary of his life called "outlaw." that's ahead. the next... stop, stop, stop! my car! not so much. but that's okay. you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liberty mutual insu

we are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions.e remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. we are and forever will be the united states of america! and together, with your help and god's grace, we will continue our journey forward. >> earlier mitt romney spoke to supporters in boston. >> he said the nation is at a critical point. >> i have just called president obama to congratulate him on his victory, his supporters and his campaign, also deserve congratulations. i wish all of them well, but particularly, the president, the first lady and their daughters. this is a toime of great challenges for america and i pray that the president will be sequester s successful guiding our nation. the nation is at a critical point. at a time like this we can't risk beckering and posturing. our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. we look at democrats and republicans in government to put the people before the politics. i believe in america, i believe in the people of america. >> and, we turn to the sen

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. >> we are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions a understand we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. >> all right. now, let's discuss how incredibly dumb the republicans were. that's a fun topic isn't it? >> overall in this election, presidential and otherwise about $6 billion were spent. now, karl rove's group spent about $400 million of incredibly rich folks' money all wealth offed, which kind of awesome. we're going to show you a compilation of karl rove clips before the election where he's all khaki and confident to but... but... >> the democratic model is let's just appeal to the new coalition of barbies browns, young people angry liberals. we are spending over $2 million in pennsylvania on television. we would not be spending it unless we sensed an opportunity there. >> north carolina, florida virginia? >> all three of those states, plus indiana are comfortably out of the obama column where they were in 2008 and into the republican column. i think romney gets 279 to 281. >> i think this is premature. >> do you believe that ohio has been settled. >

prosecutors, though, say this is words: greed and ambition. sticking with d.c. government, d.c. mayor vincent gray celebrated his 70th evening.this was welcomed by friends and his birthdayorters was last week, but tonight was his party. >> we had a bizarre story to e with you. >> of former dancing with the celebrity, and the that led to an arrest. a brawl between a bus driver and a customer. the bus driver is the one who's through the first punch. wine lead you to the fountain of youth? >> heading out tomorrow, not y wine, but you better bundle up. makes it easy for anne to manage her finances when she's on the go. even when she's not going anywhere. citibank for ipad. easier banking. standard at citibankba easier banking. [ l50858544p.at's me. but i'm not just a number. i have a purpose. a higher purpose. [ muffled ] have some respect! not good. oh, man. hello? mm, no! finally -- the buck stops here. [ male announcer ] mcdonald's new hot'n spicy mcchicken. tender, juicy chicken with a crispy, spicy coating. at only a dollar, it's spicy, not pricey. but only for a limited time.

i mean, you know, you can -- you have all these ambitions.articularly it was true you can have all of these ambitions, be you can't get rid of that urge. [laughter] and it's going to, it's going to torment you. it's god's little joke because god says you can do whatever you want, you're going to procreate, and we're going to have more of your kind whether you want it or not. that's why i'm very curious about what's going to happen with a country so full of unwed mothers. it's a tough thing to pull off, and it's very hard to be ceo of a bank as a -- oh, and also be a mother, a good mother. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> so -- >> god's little joke, sometimes it isn't funny though. [laughter] >> hi, it's good to be here, and i'm an immigrant from the bronx, new york. [laughter] and i was just wondering were you able to get by with or without spanish? as a emigre, i find it very difficult not to get along well without spanish. also, how is your salsa dancing? >> [inaudible] >> how is your salsa dancing? >> oh, i'm great at the tango. >> no, no, n

ze of the nation and also because of its ambition which i bickel, japan also had a very strong -- was impacted by the german experience in world wa ii, and so they believed german seek to the dhaka was defeated in world war i because the lack of a lot of territorial possession overseas which would ovide the industrial mission ? japan wants to prepare for?? the next sort of a superpower o? position in asia and that is one of the reasons to go after chin? >> what? was the oss?????? >> with the office of strategic? services which was created in?? july, 1941 by the executive orde?r from fdr.???????? before it was created our intelligence service had always been a rise as highly technical. you had the u.s. army, the u.s. navy, the state department and fbi cut treasury, commerce and every major agency in the u.s. government had its own intelligence service specialized nature. so it was created to naturalize or centralize that intelligence existence which is something that the model offered the british which is also very controversy all major --

plus, ray lewis has been sidelined, but tonight, the new ambition he is tackling. >> the weekend looks like it is shaping up tremendously. >> so pretty. >> temperatures well up into the 60's, a little cloud cover tomorrow morning. sunday, great weather for football. mid-60's on monday. showers arrive tuesday along with a cold front. by wednesday, temperatures will be back in the low-50's. >> that is our news. thank you for joining us. >> nbc nightly news with

we are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions.e were remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. we are and forever will be the united states of america. and together, with your help, and god's grace, we will continue our journey forward. and remind the world just why it is that we live in the greatest nation on earth. thank you, america. god bless these united states. >> obama, the orator again. what about obama the chief executive? what is he going to do? what is the policy for the next four years. he did touch on that. he talked about the work that need to be done. laying out in very broad strokes the kind of agenda he foresees pursuing with the republican house of representatives in washington. >> you elected us to focus on your jobs, not ours. and in the coming weeks and months i am looking forward to reaching out and working with leaders of both parties to meet the challenges we can only solve together. reducing our deficit, reforming our tax code, fixing our immigration system, freeing ourselves from foreig

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we are greater than the sum of our individual ambition, and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. we are and forever will be the united states of america. >> reporter: his speech came after a call from mitt romney, who told supporters in boston he gave it his all and insisted washington must come together. >> the nation, as you know, is at a critical point. at a time like this, we can't risk partisan bickering and political posturing. our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. >> the romney family has chosen to give back to america through public service, and that is the legacy that we honor and applaud tonight. >> reporter: the president won with slim majorities in key states -- ohio, pennsylvania, wisconsin, iowa, colorado, new hampshire. virginia and nevada weren't called until early this morning after he was declared the projected winner. still outstanding, florida, where at 2:00 a.m. people were still in line voting. and, of course, all of their votes will still have to be counted, not to mention provisional ballots in ohio that we th

we are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions.nd than a collection of red states and blue states. we are and forever will be the united states of america. >> that we are greater than our individual ambitions washaps the most resounding message of this election. with a man who staked everything on the entrepreneurial spirit, finding to his complete mortification, constructed out of papier-mache, the cayman bank statements and positions past, it's only fair to say, yes, mr. romney, you did build that. >> like so many of you, paul and i have left everything on the field. we have given our all to this campaign. >> i so wish that i had been able to fulfill your hopeso cou direction, but the nation chose another leader, and so ann and i join with you to earnestly pray for him. >> he left everything on the eld. except coherent policy positions, records of his personal finances, details of his tax plan and any kind of genuine vision for this great, great nation. let's get right to our panel. here in new york is msnbc contributor ari, also

what do you think the president's ambitions are for the second term?it's pretty clear, to reach some measure of greatness. there's a difference between expectations and possibilities. so i'm not necessarily expecting it. but i think his re-election and the way his first term set him up for a second term offers that possibility. >> david, i'm wondering what a greatness -- how greatness would be defined or what greatness options would be available that when you're facing a big budget package, it's -- that's all changeable law. bill clinton did a great thing in his first term by getting a handle on the deficit with tax increases and all that. then george bush comes in and changes those rates. what is of lasting importance achievable in this second term? >> i think it really is health care, and i think of it like this, lawrence. he passed it in the first term, but had he not been re-elected, it would have been greatly emasculated by the republicans. and now it has a chance to take effect, so people will finally know what it means and what it will do for mi

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we are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions. and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. we are and forever will be the united states of america. >> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said if the president wants to move to the political center, they will meet him halfway. paul ryan will resume his role as budget committee chairman. live in the newsroom, keith russell, news4. >>> the morning headlines out in front of the museum today declared an obama victory. two simple words for the "washington post" and others, obama wins. "the denver post" took a rallying cry from the campaign stops, fired up. the headline for the detroit free press, four more years, and a more sobering take from the hartford current, work to do. >>> the markets took a post-election day tumble tonight. the dow was down more than 300 points. it fell below the 13,000 mark for the first time since september. the nasdaq and s&p also suffering big losses. the sell-off was triggered by worries over the looming fiscal cliff here at home.

we are greater than the sum of our individual ambition, and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. we are and forever will be the united states of america! >> reporter: his speech came after a call from mitt romney who told supporters in boston he gave it his all. and insisted washington must come together. >> the nation, as you know, is at a critical point. at a time like this, we can't risk partisan bickering. our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. >> that is a legacy we honor and applaud tonight. >> reporter: the president won the slim majority in key states, ohio, pennsylvania, wisconsin, iowa, colorado, new hampshire. virginia and nevada weren't called until early this morning, after he was declared the projected winner. still outstanding, florida, where, at 2:00 a.m., people were still in line, voting. florida still counting that vote, not to mention, we're told thousands of absentee ballots that haven't even been touched yet. it could be this afternoon before we know how florida voted. that's the latest, i'm tracie potts. >> with

because for 200 years, we've been helping ideas move from ambition to achievement. the next great idea could be yours. ♪ >>> a maryland law goes before the supreme court in february, what happens there could affect more than half the country. let's bring in our legal guys avery freeman, civil rights attorney and law professor in cleveland g to see you. >> hello. >> richard herman, a new york attorney from las vegas as well. i feel like it's been forever. >> welcome back. >> thank you. >> we missed you. >> way too long. >> two weekends away from you feels like months. >> yeah. >> let's delve into this case. we're talking about unreasonable search or not. taking someone's dna. i thought that's when the collection of dna evidence is permissible. but now it's being challenged? >> yeah. some states, including maryland and virginia, you have differing reasoning in terms of whether there's an expectation of privacy. and what the supreme court has done, and i think correctly so, is taken the case because there's a split. half the states say you can take it based on the fact

we are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions, and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. we are and forever will be the united states of america. >> romney made his concession speech before his supporters in boston. the loss ends a six-year quest for the presidency for the former massachusetts governor. he lost the republican nomination to john mccain in 2008. romney wished president obama well, but also noted the deep divide amongst the parties in washington and urged leaders to work together. >> the nation as you know is at a critical point. at a time like this, we can't risk partisan bickering and political posturing. our lead verse to reach across the aisle to do the people's work. >> while the electoral college makes this win look far more decisive than the popular vote, that is just one of the quirks of the u.s. electoral voting system that many people worldwide have been learning about. 303, the number of delegates that he has to romney's 206. despite the very close popular vote, again, the electoral college votes make it much more decisive.

asia pacific leaders set their sights on an ambition goal, creating a trading block with an output of $20 trillion. a total population of about 3.4 billion people. the leaders of 16 countries have agreed to start negotiations in the new year. the heads of the association of southeast asian nations met in cambodia's capital. the leaders of six regional partners including japan, china, and india joined them at the summit. they issued a joint kmun ka that said they hope to reach agreement by the end of 2015. leader from japan, china, and south korea agreed to start talking on a free trade agreement of their own. they said they would put aside the territorial disputes between japan and the two other nations. japanese officials want to ease restrictions to give them more access to their neighbor's economies. chinese and south korean officials have already begun talks on a free trade deal between their countries. now negotiators involved in discussions for another free trade zone in the asia pacific say they hope to conclude an agreement by the end of next year. they're trying to strike a d