that is why most of the people in amsterdam go by bike.if your interested in funny and nice invidious, go to youtube. but you will see a lot of videos in which the bicycle and the car cooperate. these are some pictures and examples of how the public authorities can invest in cycling. this is a parking space for a cyclist. tend thousand bicycles can be stored there. -- 10,000 bicycles can be stored there. you can build a shelter for about 30,000 bicycles. now, what can employees do? many employees are working on the bicycle programs. this picture is a picture of a bicycle shelter at the company where my wife works. it is quite luxurious. that it is a lawyer's firm, 500 lawyers work there, and most of them, by bicycle. -- and most of them come by bicycle. many companies give their employees their bicycle with their name on that. it is a form of advertisement. many companies, the company where i work for, the chamber of commerce, they have bicycle and scooter sharing for the people to come by public transport. they can take a bicycle or a sco

. >> with the chairman of the society of amsterdam, they are also supporting this approach. they realize if they just press on the car accessibility only, in the end there will be no excess ability at all. they support strongly that only the people who need to come by car, they should be able to come, and the rest should make other choices. >> i think we are more or less at the stage where we are facing the same discussion. our experience is that a platform of business is much more open to try to find solutions which are not car- related, except for here and there. also, for the population, it is hard. they have in mind, if you are better off to have a car, and have the car in front of your door. it is still a long way to go for us. the mobility plans that local authorities are now obliged to develop, and the hearings that are organized because of that, are almost always concerning parking places. we have now a program where we are having one less car parking space. in the streets, you see, there is one car less because now bicycles can ride their bikes, but the comments are

but he wants to stay in amsterdam. next year he'll be rite writing about his stories in a book. >> it's more than a bible. the publisher said it's too much information. we have to pick out nice stories. and that will be hard to make a selection of all the stories. >> he doesn't really know what he'll do when he's finished with a hotel pronl but doesn't think he could ever live in a house. 3w but right now his plans are to spend new year's eve in a hotel and the next night in a homeless shelter. >> youtube has thousands of clips but only few get as many as one called 8 bit trip made by swedish electronic music duo. difficulty to pronounce but known as anyonea mow ped. 8 million clicks and counting with animated leggo. >> daniel larsen. and thomas redish. the swedish duo's animation have brought thousands of leggo's pieces alive. it's an homage to the early video game like pac-man from 19 0. the digital artists live in the countryside 350 kilometers west of stock home. stock homo. they set up their studio in a barn. thom

so the bike is the grease in the amsterdam economy. you have to build less highways, you have to build less parking garage. you put the bike -- use very little space. where you have to build parking garage, they're very expensive. there are recent surveys that companies pay up to 30,000 euros, that's $50,000 per year per person to have them traffic by car to work, where as a bike costs only 250 euros so there are large benefits at stake. also, there is lots of surveys that show that people who live in towns where there is more cycling, people like to live there better than in towns where there is less cycling. there are an overwhelming lot of advantages on cycling and i'm going to put some -- and then this is what oakland should do as few of them -- recommendations that are put together oakland also could be used for san francisco. one thing is, if you want to have these advantages, for instance, if you're scared about all the money that goes to building highways, well, you can only reduce the number of highways that are to be built if

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european policy studies in london we go to robert oulds he's director of the bruges group and in amsterdam we crossed the harry von ball now he is a dutch socialist party member of parliament and another member of our cross talk team the hunger all right gentlemen crosstalk grows in effect you have differences of opinion here so i wanted to be shown first of all i'd like to go to harry when the when the lisbon treaty was being sold peddled to the europeans if i remember correctly the one of the selling points was that they would never be bailouts of member countries that that's what how they watered it down saying look this is we're never going to go that far you know where you know we're not going to violate the sovereignty of other countries when i certainly pay for people to make mistakes it is my memory failing me because i remember that that was a selling point i know that that was one of the aspects i was brought into the discussion. because of course it is a bit the wrong way that the european union and the monetary union has developed. of course you cannot have. a. single currency

, and he and i got on a plane-- and i had never been on a plane-- and went to amsterdam, and the record execs took us out and bought us drugs, and it was like-- it was the most amazing thing that ever happened to me. i was thrilled that i was in the record business, and i was, you know, important, getting flown around, and i think that's when i was the most successful, 'cause that was an amazing transformation, just being able to travel and be part of a culture and actually be part of it growing within an industry. in some ways, your breakthrough came when you began to work with your brother and a friend, and run dmc came about. run dmc was-- i mean, run was waiting for an opportunity forever, and he and his buddy d.m.c. made these songs, and they were so honest. rap was going on a little bit of a tangent. there was some success in the rock clubs. that's where the only crossover existed. no mainstream. and so they were starting to assimilate to the rock stars, or they wanted to get out of the ghetto so bad that they were willing to trade some of their souls, you know, and their attitude

. >> he has offices not only in berlin, but also in amsterdam, london, and san francisco.e designed the typeface used by audi. a few years ago, he redesigned the magazine, "the economist." since it traded in its old way of, its sales have doubled -- since it traded in its old layout, its sales have doubled. his secret to success? a good font is when you did not notice. >> you read a text. the medium is as invisible as air. if we stop to think about it, we would probably start coughing. of what is perceived subconsciously. >> back in the 1980's, he described how restaurant signs affect us. >> the words are written in spaghetti type, letters are spread out like pizza dough. your mind is on ancient inscriiptions. >> tantalizing and -- analyzing typefaces has remained his passion for the day. >> i have to identify everything. i cannot read everything without knowing what flaunt it is not -- font it is in. on the highway, i learn n the signs by heart. there are people who would rather watch women, but my eyes are on the typeface 3 >> the differences are often difficult to disti

they're also cancellations in germany, london and am kerr -- amsterdam. tomorrow, the only lunar he clips tomorrow night. coincides with the winter solstice. the first time it's happened since 1554. the full moon pass through the shadow created by the earth, blocking the sun's light. some indirect sunlight will pass through and give the hoop a -- moon a ghostly color. starts tomorrow night at 11:41 and should raft -- laughs 3-1/2 hours. will we be able to see it? >> leigh: we might. we're seeing some partial clearing in some locations tonight, and we may see the same thing tomorrow night. so keep our fingers crossed. showing you the high definition camera on the golden gate bridge. take a look at live doppler 7hd. it's dry right now. but if you blink, the rain will be moving in. you can see most of the heavy rain has moved into southern california. we still have some scattered showers. and this band of showers starting to move in, tiburon, moderate rain, starting to engulf much of the golden gate bridge. and will in the next few minutes. and moderate rain

. >> you begin over in amsterdam visiting anne frank's house.s is one of the most powerful diary of anne frank books ever written. why there? >> kiss was on tour around the world and the camera followed us and we met -- we stopped in amsterdam. we met a 13-year-old boy who was so proud of his grandfather who survived the german nazi holocaust of world war ii. he was interested in my mother who, likewise, survived the concentration camps. and we then were invited to go see the anne frank house and ill tell you initially we went there and i thought it was going to be sort of a sad day and sort of an historical overview but it impacted me so much that i broke down because when i looked at the face of anne frank, a 13-year-old jewish dutch girl, i immediately saw my mother who, at 14 years of age, was herself drived into concentration camps and saw her whole family wiped out and the problem with -- i used to be a sixth grade teacher myself. the problem with history and schools is you think of it as far away. it's in the history books, the holocaust.

. >> are flight last night to amsterdam was canceled. we stood in line for a couple hours and then we came at 5:00 this morning and stood in line for an hour and a half and just gave us our boarding passes. then they said that flight has been canceled. >> conditions on germany's autobahn remains treacherous. drivers have been left sitting in a long traffic jams. with fuel trucks not getting through, gas stations are in short supply. germany and other countries are facing road salt shortages and major roads can be slippery. across europe, there have been scores of accidents like this one in sweden. a second cold snap of the season has blanketed britain and heavy snow. temperatures have plummeted to - 15 degrees celsius. demand for heating oil is up and the government has warned the situation could become more serious. millions face fuel rationing over christmas. but for children all over europe, the snow spelled good news. in many places, school was canceled. >> one man says his organization faces an aggressive and secretive investigation

britain's second biggest airport was paralyzed, and flights were grounded in paris, amsterdam, berlin, and geneva. some have estimated that this has caused the british economy more than 1 billion pounds a day. >> the day started in a way that has become familiar to many since winter began. almost a foot of snow to be cleared before we could begin the journey. an alpine landscape. on the ground, those trying to follow their daily routine had little time to admire the view. the snow continued to fall. men and machines still trying to free the tarmac from its freezing blanket. the airport was due to remain closed until 6:00 tomorrow morning. leaving passengers stranded, plans unraveling. >> [unintelligible] >> we have accepted what is happening. >> flights resumed in edinburgh late this afternoon, but airports are warning that disruption is likely to continue. >> we will drop through the conditions. and it will be cancelled. >> in kent, platforms were deserted. trains were in mobile. the trap was virtually invisible. as of this afternoon, more than a quarter of services were not running.

he was arrested after a failed attempt to blow up a plane from amsterdam bound for detroit. it carries new charges, including conspiring to commit an act of terrorism. investigators to believe the 24 year-old received training from al qaeda. if he is slated to appear in court tomorrow. a former south american government official has been sentenced to life in prison for plotting an attack at jfk airport in new york. abdul kadir, a former parliament member in guyana, was convicted earlier this year pure the fbi arrested the man in 2007 after an informant and a trip to the plot and recorded them discussing it. >> still had, find out while one mom has filed a lawsuit against a fast food giant. >> this is not an ice sculpture. what is it? >> they are a fundamental threat to the lives of infants and young children. >> starting soon, they will be banned. >> the dangers of carbon monoxide. that story coming up. >> snow headed in this direction. ry. cold and dry. 22 at the airport. >> we will check in with the tonight show first occurred >. >> jay? >> good show tonight. emily blount.

flights have been delayed in paris, amsterdam, berlin, and geneva. >> the day started in a way that hasome familiar since winter began. almost 1 foot of snow to be cleared before we could begin our journey. from above, the garden of england it acquired an alpine landscape. on the ground, those who follow their team had little time to admire the view. men and machines were trying to free the tarmac from its freezing blanket carry the airport is due to remain closed until 6:00 tomorrow morning, leaving passengers stranded, plans on raveling. >> everyone is positive. they have accepted what has happened. >> flights resumed in edinburgh. but with destruction around the u.k. and in moremainland europe are likely to continue. real passengers have seen their patients tried. in kent, platforms were deserted, and the track was virtually invisible. train operators around the u.k. this set that have -- more than one such for their services were not running. passengers trapped overnight on a commuter service inurface in x filmed these images. >> there was no decision as to what to do with our passe

so all of that lumber, all of those beaver pelts begin to be shipped over to amsterdam.come very fancy hats, waterproof hats. that was the bling-bling of the day. lumber went into making masts for sails. and those masts for sailing ships then all of a sudden became sailing ships that came back over here to pick up more goods. >> europeans bring beautiful textiles and sophisticated farming tools tore both native americans and settlers. >> and that helped them grow more food, helped them become more settled helped them trade more goods. it's all about trade here. >> tall ships would come in and take them across the atlantic or other parts of the globe. this part of new york is really where the city began. >> we had a wonderful natural harbor where ships could easily get in and out. one of those places. the street is so wide here because it used to be an inlet from the east river where ships would come in and unload their goods. >> reporter: new york gradually becomes the nation's portal to the world. this allows the country to develop and grow. ironically, that same growth

been red flag to american officials by his own father, but was still allowed to board the flight in amsterdam with explosives concealed in his underwear. >> i am confident that the efficiency in the system as a result of the review after the christmas day bomber has been addressed. the reason why certain information was not shared and did not make it to the system -- we have taken steps to ensure that type of problem does not happen again. >> those steps have included triple in the no-fly list, which now has 10,000 names. they deployed advanced scanners at u.s. airports. the improved computer systems so agencies can cross check data. scanning cargo from yemen and somalia. >> it is monday, december 20. a terrorism plot foiled overseas. >> earlier this week, america woke up to news of 12 arrests by british counter-terrorism officers. it escaped the attention of the president's director of national intelligence, who was interviewed later that day. >> london -- how serious is it? what are the implications of it coming here? >> a confused looking james clapper turned to his colleagues for help. >>

i mean, like amsterdam is plat as a pancake we would say. brussels does have some, well, ups and downs. an important issue politically is that we have -- we are, in fact, giving big gross national product to the country, 20%, although we're only 10% of the population, but yet most workforce is coming from abroad, from flounders, from outs. so they are coming in at 9:00 in the morning and the workers are again leaving to the north or the south of the country in the evening and we have ourselves a population with also considerable amount of people who live in poverty. there is about 20% of unemployment. we do have for 20 years now our own regional parliament and government and i'm very proud of that because i really think that we have been able as politicians to put brussels solution on the brussels scale thanks to that legislative power we have. you see we have been quite ambitious. we voted already in 1997 a resolution in the parliament saying 10% of all mechanical transport should all be by bike. we also held a summit on road safety and, th

we would prevent him from getting on that plane from amsterdam to detroit. >> reporter: we remember you coming out and saying -- >> i told the president today, i let him down. >> reporter: will you ever have to say that again? >> we work every day to try to avoid dealing with a situation like that. in terms of stopping attacks and preventing them from happening. some people point to luck. that something didn't happen because of the operative wasn't able to carry out the attack. it's because we have been able to degrade the capabilities. prevent them from training appropriately. they lack a lot of skills and sophistication because we're keeping this constant pressure on them. >> reporter: do you think the christmas day bomber and with the times square bomber as close as they were with that level of explosives available to them, that it was because we just degraded their capability? >> neither one of those attacks were successful. we're not saying that we're not concerned to penetrate our defenses. >> reporter: but for every abdulmutallab caught, are other home-grown terrorists being form

on a limited flights were also canceled or delayed due to icy conditions in paris frankfurt and amsterdam and they actually temperatures are predicted to last well beyond christmas. a series of bombings in baghdad have killed one police officer and injured over a dozen iraqi officials say the first blast which exploded in the center was caused by a raid it by a roadside bomb targeting a passing police but patrol two other devices went off in eastern baghdad and in the main neighborhood. in taiwan four children were injured one a month round his car through the gates of a primary school and pupils were arriving the driver was a six to seven year old who then later containers of petrol inside the vehicle in the parents a suicide attempt teachers and parents who witnessed the incident were able to put out the fire saving his life taiwanese media have reported that the money was having problems with his family. for many people struggling to make ends meet in the republic of central asia russia is seen as a land of opportunity despite a recent law banning foreign it's from working in russia wi

terminal floors flights were also canceled or delayed due to icing conditions in paris frankfurt and amsterdam. temperatures are predicted to last post christmas. the u.n. says hundreds of people have been abducted from their houses in the ivory coast since last month's presidential elections comes a day off the u.n. announced it would remain there despite being ordered out convent on but was ignored international calls to step down. arming his rival in the south tower two observers say one kill actions there is a growing of new violence in the country still recovering from bloody civil war. the gambling industry has gone underground in russia since a ban on casinos and introduced almost two years ago but the isolated locations of the four gambling zones. they fail to live up to expectations so to combat a thriving in the middle trade authorities are looking at shifting casinos closer to to hysteria started in this particular ports. stacks of cash and rows of one are bandits federal security service agents freed an illegal casino in moscow eighteen months ago a strict gambling law meant casino

they also felt that medical marijuana should be treated more like how prostitution is treated in amsterdam, we should have a red light district as it were for medical cannabis dispensary. i promised i would pass along their sentiments. this is the foremost medical block in the mission with farm sies on it, mission medical center, two dental offices, two optical offices, across the street clinical latina, two community starts, bart station four blocks way and two garages. it's the right location. these are right people. has my endorsement. thank you very much fpblet >> thank you. tina, michael dane. >> good evening. my name is tina and i'm a professional dancer and teaching artist in the mission district. i taught for last ten years multiple thousands of children and i have submitted a letter and i'm also here to read a letter on behalf of ricardo garcia accostia. esteemed commissioners, i'm writing in support of the placement of a new healing center and medical marijuana dispensary in the mission district. my name is ricardo garcia acosta, program director for the northwest region of the c

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he was arrested after a failed attempt to block the plane from amsterdam.indictment carries you charges including conspiring to commit an act of terrorism. investigators believe he received training from al qaeda. he is slated to appear in court later today. >> a government official will face life in prison after charting an attack at jfk airport. a former parliament member was convicted earlier this year. he was invested in 2007 after an informant infiltrated the plot. >> the senate moved ahead on eight u.s.-russian nuclear arms treaty. it would lower the number of nuclear warheads both countries can possessed and established a verification system. the senate will soon begin debating the treaty. it is 20 degrees on tv help. men with type 1 diabetes may soon be treated with cells from elsewhere in the body. don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. what do you think about michael vick's statement that he would like to have a dog as part of his rehabilitation? you can share your response at wbaltv.com, and on our facebo

the city of amsterdam which has that image of a haven for pot smokers isn't happy about the idea. they think it may hurt their tourism. >>> it's 19 minutes after 5:00. sal is covering traffic. how does it look? >> it looks pretty good dave and pam. if you have a tweet to send me i'm always looking for more followers. pretty easy to find on twitter. westbound 92 no major problems. that traffic looks good as you drive over to highway 101. westbound bay bridge traffic looks pretty good. on this friday we're off to a nice start. you're looking at live picture of northbound 280 at the 880 interchange and that traffic is moving a long nicely. here is mark. >>> we have a few lingering showers in place. not a lot of coverage out there. at least drizzle and lingering showers. you republic getting hit on the richmond business. also across the bay closer to vallejo we could have a few light showers following. totals santa rosa picking up .2 o0. and san francisco and oakland a couple .01. the rainfall amounts do verify that. here are the current numbers most areas in the 40s to 50s. we're not