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

in amsterdam, you have to wait two and half years before it because you -- you have to wait two and a half years for the parking permit. >> people except they can just not have a car. in amsterdam, the other modes of transport are so well-organized, it is just like in the hague, a car is more of a new sense that a create a car is more of a nuisance and liability. it is expensive. the other modes of transport are much more convenient. >> ok, mike, you have a question? use the microphone, please. >> separated bike paths in the united states are controversial, and they're slowly catching on. how important is it to have those facilities in place? is it maybe a quarter of importance, 50% of the attraction for people to take their bikes? i'm wondering how important it is. >> i think that you need a cycling infrastructure, both from a statistical point of view and the feeling that people have when they use it. otherwise, we do not think we would have more people cycling if we did not put in more cycling facilities. i think the cycling infrastructure is absolutely necessary. if you want to do

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

in amsterdam, about 1/3 of tourists are attracted by the opportunity to smoke.h the new legislation, there are fears it could have a huge impact on tourism. they want to negotiate a deal with the government to ensure tourists attracted by the cannabis can keep on coming. bbc news in amsterdam. >> you are watching a " bbc world news america." up and away. could space travel beginning cheaper? a major security alert closed down parts of central london today after a man walked into an office allegedly threatening to blow himself up. john has the story. >> central london in broad daylight, armed police rushed towards a report to the hostage situation. from the fifth floor of this building, computers and office equipment are thrown onto the street below. it started at lunchtime when a man entered the offices of the company that offers courses for would be lorry drivers. he was a client with a grievance and appeared to have explosives strapped to him. his life or anything. >> as a large part of london was cordoned off, neighbors in nearby offices fled to safety. >> it

but it's not a good way to make money for amsterdam. because a lot of money is going straight back to criminals, of course. and where the amsterdam economy is picking up a little. >> that was john talking to us just a little earlier. >> pakistan has deported osama bin laden's family a year he was skilled. they lived in a an affluent house, his three wives. >> for the bin laden's nearly a year in pakistani custody was about to come to an end. a sudden fleury of activity and the arrival of the minibus arrived to take them to the airport had them twitching. nothing has been seen of them publicly and now even, brought in under the cover of a sheet. then the moment they would have been waiting for, for months. >> the final journey out of pakistan for the three bin laden's wives and 11 children. they take with them the secret of the most wanted man, secrets which may never come to life. >> this last photo of bin laden's youngest wife now in her early 30's. it were leaks from her interrogation that the most has gotten. moving from place-to-pla

one of amsterdam's most infamous tourist attractions is the city's coffee shops where you can buy and smoked cannabis. now that the industry could be threatened after cafe owners lost their court battle against the government. we have this report from amsterdam. >> the netherlands is famous for its liberal approach to soft drugs. it is not strictly illegal to smoke here, its use is tolerated. the dutch government decriminalized possession of less than 5 grams of cannabis in 1976. cannabis cafes and coffee shops are a major sites in most cities. and a major attraction for tourists. now the government wants to tighten the restrictions. " i think it is ridiculous. it is a shame because i believe the world admires the dutch for the pragmatic and forward thinking of you on how to handle what they consider soft drugs. it seems they are going back in time, digressing. >> the new law is designed to cut the numbers of drug tourists. residents complained they were creating nuisances. it is also designed to cut cross border crime. ♪ from the first of may, coffeeshops will become members only clu

what happened in every picture of you in amsterdam? was someone passed out behind us. it was like a fern. >> eric: there are wasted people in amsterdam. >> greg: wasted people don't mug you. >> dana: when i read this, i thought if we went down that path in america, legalizing marijuana. ten years from now we learned holy cow, people are coming to buy the drug. and being obnoxious on the street. imagine what we would be called then? >> kimberly: humanitarian crimes. this is ridiculous. they are not going to shut the door on this now. they have a well established infrastructure. this is not going to work at all. >> eric: let me say why i this this is a good idea? is is a start. marijuana, they are developing incredibly powerful marijuana now. when i used marijuana years ago it was weak compared to this stuff. >> kimberly: how would you know? >>ob: we know that marijuana and cocaine use goes up together. >> kimberly: ge gateway drug. >> dana: thiis interesting to me that everybody looks at this and could say maybe you need an i.d. to buy

in the summertime, amsterdam is way up here, okay? now, let's suppose we have an imaginary line right in here about where darkness is, okay? everything to this side here is dark, 'cause let's suppose the sun is coming in this way, okay? sunlight is coming in. well, let's look at amsterdam way up here. yeah, right here, okay? first of all, the sun comes up. here they are. day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day, night, night, night, night, night, night, night, day, day, day, day, day, day. most of the time, they're in the sunlight. the sun come right here. most--i've got this wrong. i've got this wrong, gang. i've been doing it. in fact, when i get over here and started halfway, what? did you see i screwed up? i screwed up. what was my screw up? check the neighbor and see how hewitt screwed up. [laughter] how did hewitt screw up? come on, check the neighbor. how many are saying, "it looked all right to me." [laughter] come on. how did i screw up? you actually turned it over. yeah. turned it over.

a cnn affiliate reports 56 people were injured when two passenger trains collided in amsterdam. they reported that the trains hit head on. they were on the way to an international airport. we're following the story and as soon as we get more information, we'll bring it to you live here. >> the united nations is sending people into syria. not peace keepers but unarmed military monitors. earlier today, the u.n. security counsel unanimously approved a 300-member observer mission to spread across syria and make sure the military and rebel fighters stick to the cease fire agreement. the american ambassador to the united nations says so far, syria is not holding up its end of the bargain. >> the regime has unleashed yet another wave of horrific violation against its own people. resulting in the deaths of scores of syrians daily. the government's use of shelling and heavy weaponry in particular in homs has reached levels that surpass those before the cease-fire. syrian government troops in armor have not been withdrawn from cities and returns to barracks. protesters are still being int

. ♪ >>> keep your eyes peeled, boys, because i'm going to take you to the red light district in amsterdamthese are the windows of the mu lan rouge. you can see the sign. ♪ >> oh-oh. >> he had a little too much of the happy juice? >> did that girl get electrocuted? >> is she going through withdrawal? >> is this some kind of performance art? watch all of the people who are coming up to the windows to watch. >> oh. oh. >> these women dancing here are part of the psa, not part of the red light district. this whole performance was put on by an organization called stop the traffic. they have a website called stopthetraffic.org. they have over 1,000 member organizations in 50 different countries and their goal is to raise awareness so they can help prevent human trafficking. >> i think that's one of those things that doesn't get as much press as it deserves, because it is a real problem. >> and then to include the message at the top. these are people that are walking through the red light district. maybe it makes them think about where these women are coming from. where this could be. >> how eff

in amsterdam, the authorities are against the ban and have been seeking a compromise. it's estimated up to a third of all visitors here come for the cafes and because they're allowed to smoke cannabis. but the city has many other attractions and many residents are uncomfortable that soft drugs are no longer an acceptable way to attract hard currency. and for now, the government's plan is to impose the ban in three southern provinces from the beginning of may and across the country by next year. >> joining me from the hague is the bbc's anna hol began. -- holigan. does it have support of the dutch people, do you think? >> well, right now, i'm surrounded by the cannabis cafes . they estimated over -- coming here for the cannabis cafe, that's why they're worried. people are saying this is rolling back our traditionally liberal society. what's going on? so i think most people don't think that they are in favor of this but the government will reduce the criminality associated with cannabis. >> yeah, we can't quite make out from where you are whether yours is a plain cafe or

many visitors to the city of amsterdam are familiar with its interest coffeeshops where people can buy and smoked cannabis. although that industry is under threat because cafe owners have lost their court battle against the government plan to ban tourists from the cafe's. >> the netherlands is famous for its liberal approach to soft drugs. while it is not strictly illegal to smoke cannabis, its use is tolerated. the dutch government decriminalized the possession of less than 5 grams of cannabis in 1976. cannabis cafes or coffee shops saw a major spike in most cities and a major attraction for tourists. now the government wants to tighten the restrictions. >> i think it is ridiculous. it is a shame because i believe that the world really admires the dutch for their pragmatic and forward-thinking view on how they handle what they consider soft drugs. it just seems that they are literally going back in time, digressing. >> the new law is designed to cut the numbers of drug tourists, who some residents complain create nuisances like traffic jams and an increase in drug dealers on the stree

people have been injured including more than fifty seriously during a head on the rail crash in amsterdam a high speed express approaching the city collided with a local train heading in the opposite direction it's going to clear how the two trains ended up the track of the accident caused chaotic rail delays all over western amsterdam and severely disrupted its main international. now the russian orthodox church is holding a huge service at moscow's christ the savior cathedral in defense of the faith follows a number of high profile cases of vandalism of churches on sacred objects over the past few months supports. we can see and indeed hear thousands of people who have coal newgate here moscow's main cathedral christ the savior they're being led impressed session by patriarch kirill now this precedes here's a number of hours of mass prayer and also a list the service that was given this of his being replicated around the country as a whole at some of the key centers of the orthodox church of russia some of its main cathedral and really set him to drum up support for the faith has been c

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all have been injured including more than fifty seriously in a head on rail crash in amsterdam a high speed express approaching the city collided with a local train heading in the opposite direction it's not yet clear how the two trains ended up on the same track the accident caused chaotic rail delays around western amsterdam and severely disrupted its main international airport. the controversial as it kind of hitting trade agreements or has been dealt a heavy blow as the second largest group in the european parliament has announced it will not support it earlier this week a pact sparked anger among europeans when e.u. states signed agreements in january thousands demonstrated against it saying it would give major corporations unprecedented control over their personal data a vote on its ratifications do the summer in brussels but david martin and would be responsible for monitoring its progress has already said it should be rejected. in terms of what i was trying to achieve i'm quite happy with that i think it's important to europe does protect its intellectual property but had a nu

in amsterdam, we got to see it in subtitles. and i was wondering, what are they really saying? they could be saying anything. >> jimmy: was it fun doing that? >> it's one of my favorite things because just to get to travel with your friends and see how the movie plays. >> jimmy: you haven't seen a lot of these guys or worked with them -- i don't know what you've done with them personally, but to have the whole group together, obviously it was a real reunion, even though reunion is the plot of the movie. >> i hadn't seen a lot of them since 2003 when american wedding came out. it was kind of like a reunion. >> jimmy: did it pick up right there, or was there a warm-up period? >> pretty much we hadn't grown up at all. some time went on. i felt like i was grown up. then we started hitting each other in balls, and biggs was farting. >> jimmy: when you're in another country, do they ask you the same questions over and over again? >> sometimes. but in every city, you have a photo call, and they bring out a huge apple pie. genius idea, why don't you bring out the big apple pie. just be

in the summertime, amsterdam is way up here, okay? now, let's suppose we have an imaginary line right in here about where darkness is, okay? everything to this side here is dark, 'cause let's suppose the sun is coming in this way, okay? sunlight is coming in. well, let's look at amsterdam way up here. yeah, right here, okay? first of all, the sun comes up. here they are. day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day, day, night, night, night, night, night, night, night, day, day, day, day, day, day. most of the time, they're in the sunlight. the sun come right here. most--i've got this wrong. i've got this wrong, gang. i've been doing it. in fact, when i get over here and started halfway, what? did you see i screwed up? i screwed up. what was my screw up? check the neighbor and see how hewitt screwed up. [laughter] how did hewitt screw up? come on, check the neighbor. how many are saying, "it looked all right to me." [laughter] come on. how did i screw up? you actually turned it over. yeah. turned it over.

amsterdam is the first marijuana trade school. >>> mark leno wants to reduce the punishment for drug possession. he wants to introduce the bill to classify it as less than felony. law enforcement organizations disagree staying could then public safety. >>> they are grilling witnesses about over spending at the general add manipulate stations. they shouted angry questions at current and former officials. they used other lavished trips to napa valley and a 17 day trip to the south pacific. >>> a group of well-to-do bay area residents are demanding to pay more in taxes. member of the tacks group marked taxes group marked the deadline day. they say it is their turn to help a little and keep the country's finances in the black. >> we have been very fortunate and it's time to let the temporary bush tax cut laps. >> they say it will not resolve the u.s. deficit budget and tax us is the not only ones, and warren buffet is now focusing on healthcare after being diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer. he told share holders about his medical condition adding it is not a life-threatening. he

i've been to anne frank's house in amsterdam and it's tiny.n't know why they didn't find her earlier to be honest ( laughter ) no, it's terrible. but naughties must be stupid. really? every day they went in. didn't one of them say, "can we look upstairs today, sergeant?" i mean -- >> she didn't live in a nazi's house. >> no, but they were looking for her -- >> but they didn't come in every day and go-- you should read the book. it's not what you're-- >> that's what i mean. she had time to write a book! what's that tapping. move on, it's just mice. i can hear something. it's ridiculous. >> jon: the nazis in general did not go-- it's not like halloween, every day the nazis came by and knock and go, "any jews today?" she lived with a family that was harboring people-- people would harbor jewish people and protect them, but the nazis wouldn't do, like, bed checks. >> say what you want, but i think the nazis are useless, and that's all i'm saying. i don't think -- >> well, you're not going to get a lot of push-back from me on that point. it's more

. >> is this in amsterdam? >> no this is in oakland, california.s was founded in 2007 by a guy named richard lee. his goal is to train people to work in the medical marijuana dispensary. >> pot formers. there's an industry here. especially in california with the medicinal marijuana industry. >> when you graduate, do you get a thc degree? >> oh. >> well-played. >> do they roll your diploma? >> is this university going up in smoke? >> now that the feds are closing in. >> i want to sit here for a minute and let y'all get that out of your system. >> and always their vending machines are fully stacked. >> does the school have a drug policy? >> what kind of courses do they offer? >> horticulture 4101, civics, legal rights. >> methods of ingestion. >> vaporizing, 8701. >>> federal agents from the u.s. marshal service, dea and the irs raided the campus. they have a federal search warrant. >> i wonder what the school mascot is? >> is it sparky. >> or chester cheetah. >>> canada, our friendly neighbor to the north is doing something that i think we should do

. >>> dozens of people are hurt after two trains collide near amsterdam. a local train was heading out when it crashed head-on with another. both were going at least 30 miles per hour. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >>> police are looking for the man who shot a speed camera in santa fe, new mexico. look at this video. he fires off five rounds in his pajamas and walks away. it caused about $1,000 of damage. police say the man had just been slapped with a speeding ticket. now instead of a $100 fine, he is looking at felony charges. >> a man could face time in jail for torturing his neighbor's cat. he shot it 20 tiles with a be- be gun and drowned it. a neighbor came to it for the rescue and is being treated at a clinic. >> his eye will have to be removed. it has been damaged from bullets. his eardrum is damaged. we believe he has some brain damage. >> the man who tortured the cat will be charged weather animal cruelty. >>> penn state fans are gearing up for a new football season for the first time without their coach joe paterno. he passed aw

the clashes amsterdam. >>> the answer is no nothing is sacred the damage left behind when occupied demonstrators were hauled out of a bill that building phones by the catholic church. >>> and an attack on california from wisconsin. alcee not what santorum used to bash california's higher education. and the cds 5 and today weather center good evening fiorina back in the forecast of the days to expected as eyewitness news continues. the card with bags of marijuana plants from four downtown locations along in two of saddam university which offers courses for people interested in the pot industry. federal agents also visited the home of the founder who briefly detained him but did not arrest him. medical supporters were outraged screaming obscenities at the agents. >>> you can use it as a madison and here we are ratings on the does no harm to anybody they comply with state and local laws but as far as the feds are concerned all marijuana fanatical included is illegal. >>> dozens of protesters and police custody tonight after san francisco police evicted them from building that the catholic church ow

this is a train that goes to the smaller cities around amsterdam and in the north of holland.sn't like a big train. >> how do you feel physically right now? a little shaken up? >> well, i was shocked in the beginning. but because i don't have any injuries at all, like, yeah, for me, it's okay. it's like a little surreal. did this thing really happen to me? >> i bet. >> yeah. >> the pictures we're seeing are surreal indeed. we're glad you made it out of there pretty much uninjured. good luck in your travels. we appreciate you helping us out on that train collision in amsterdam. >> a clickical shortage. leaving america vulnerable to terror attacks. we'll show you what is being done to fix that. >> tomorrow, dr. sanjay gupta is exploring architecture. he talks to people making pie in the sky dreams a reality. >>> modern buildings have regenerated into these big boring boxes and all of the quality that makes the space inhabitable is an on slot of machinery that pumps life and air into the building. what we're interesting in is what you would call engineering without engines. essen

. >>> turning overseas, more than 100 people were injured today in amsterdam when two commuter trains crashed head on. it wasn't clear while the trains were moving in opposite directions on the same track. about 50 people suffered serious injury. some had to be lifted from the wreckage by cranes. >>> officials in afghanistan say security forces have arrested five militants who smuggled a huge shipments of explosives into that country from neighboring pakistan. 272,000 pounds to be precise hidden in a truck under a load of potatoes. officials say the suspects were taliban members from afghanistan and back stan apakistan and wer another big attack on the capital. >>> new action today on the kroo is sis in syria. with violence increasing since a cease-fire more than a week ago, the council voted to expand the number of u.n. observers authorized to be sent to syria from 30 to 300. it also demanded an immediate halt to the violence. >>> and back in this country, an unusual discovery on a remote island in alaska. a soccer ball and a volleyball that were washed away from the tsunami in japan

a cnn affiliate reports 56 people were injured when two passenger trains collided in amsterdam.

. >>> news around the world, one woman is dead after two trains collide head on in amsterdam. critically injured. investigators are looking in to why the trains were on the track at the same time. it's one of the worst train disasters in netherland history. >>> a crash near the capitol killed 127 people. the plane went down friday in bad weather. this is the second plane to go down because of weather in two years. >>> process of removing the wrecked costa cruise ship is going to start next week. the owner says it will take a year to complete. once in floating state the ship will be towed to an italian port. all but 32 of the people died, all but two have been recovered. >>> a beautiful shot of the eiffel tower sparkling. it lights up for 5 minutes every hour. officials cut back the length from 10- 5 minutes to save energy. it's lit up with 20,000 light bulbs and all energy efficient. time to start the 5:00 news. >>> firefighters are still on the scene of a huge warehouse fire that broke out in canton, i'm linda so, how long they will be here and what you need to know about roa

will unveil a wax work model of kate middleton, the duchess of cambridge in london, new york and amsterdamthat's ahead of the first anniversary of the royal wedding. each will display a copy of a dress she wore that day. each one costs over $200,000. >>> and maya angelou turns 84. >>> all day long, stay on top of the developments on those stories and others as they break on msnbc. tonight, be sure to watch brian williams on "nbc nightly news." >>> finally, here's a look at what's coming up later on this morning on the "today" show. hear a remarkable story of survival from a woman who lived through one of the fierce tornados that struck texas yesterday. >>> and tv host ryan seacrest will be live in studio to talk about his future and his recent red carpet run-in with sasha baron cohen. >>> keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today, on your nbc station. have a good one.

the raid on amsterdam university >> where covering the gruesome killings at oikos university. coming up, new details that could shed light on why he shot >> we're learning more about some of the victims,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> i heard the gunshots, five or six >> a possible motive behind a campus shooting. who the gunman may have been targeting >>

. >> and at the amsterdam founder, they are now charge of missing teen sierra lemar are heading into new territory. the volunteer took over and the up in organizers say much of the search covered public land. now they want to search private property. >> i will be contacting all the private owners to see if they had searched the area to see if it has been searched by authorities and we will help. >> they have scheduled a volunteer search this saturday and they plan to search out it's search and rescue teams sometime this week. sierra lemar days period march 16th and many believe she was kidnapped. >>> sheriff ross mirkarimi can go home at least for now. he can move back to his house while his wife is away. eliana lopez is now in venezuela with her son visiting her sick father. he will have to leave when his wife and son return at the end of this month and he is still under court order as a result of the new year's day domestic violence incident. >>> primary elections get underway in washington d.c. today. mitt romney is favored to win all three contests and regardless of the results t

holly's third graders in seabrook, texas, are on a field trip visiting a museum 5,000 miles away in amsterdam. >> you kind of see a lot of different textures. >> reporter: google art project founder never had access to the world's great art. there are a lot of american school children who will never come to the museum of modern art in new york. >> well, soon they'll be able to go to india, brazil, russia. >> reporter: the people who brought us google earth, google oceans, street view have been mapping the world's museums after dark. 150 collections in 40 countries are online tonight. from the acropolis in greece to the street graffiti in brazil, bocelli and norman rockwell. let's say you missed jackie kennedy's famous white house tour. now you can cruise by the famous picture of george washington with just a click. and remember the scene from "ferris buehler's day off"? google's art project let's you zoom in and get a better view than cameron ever did. >> look at this part. this is one of my favorite parts of the painting. when we do it over here, zoom in here, and just really quickly move to

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