then a messenger ran the 42- kilometer distance to athens with news of the victory.t the local museum, the marathon's legacy is omnipresent. more modern-day hellenistic heroes have also been demoralize here. for instance, marathon runner who won the first olympic marathon in 1896. >> exactly like the car which they gave to the winner. >> at the eight-kilometer mark, there are remnants. the last gi's withdrew here in the 1890's. and-american sentiment has a long tradition in greece, and the country's entry into nato was not without controversy, but today, the deputy mayor remembers the advantages to having a foreign military presence here. many young people had jobs at the military base. many americans lived outside and vented flats' in town here. sometimes there were even weddings, and some of our young women ended up going to america. >> at the 11-kilometer mark, we find the vineyard of spiro scarlatina is, who says that this kind of grave was being made here as far back as the battle against the persians, but even a victorious past like that is of little avail to t

of arkansas political economist northwest joining there in athens. in the midst of the economic crisis regulators are coming under fire for making life easier for banks rather than for people and it appears the wider public knows little of how and where the big decisions about the global financial future are being made as well to put all of us now reports. have you ever heard the one about the bank is the billions and bars all the chances are you probably haven't but six times a year central bank heads from the u.s. europe asia and everywhere in between representing around three quarters of global economic output gather in the swiss city to talk shop behind closed doors i personally also don't like these secretive meetings because. you never know what in effect. is discussed in these meetings it's something that has a tradition that's put there play i mean bankers have always talked to each other in a more secretive way the whole business of banking is not really built on transparency but rather on trust and confidentiality the continuing global fina

al jazeera, athens. >> there have been clashes between police and protesters. dozens of people were blocked from reaching the square and made several arrests. the protests were called after police used tear gas and water cannon at a demonstration. the concert will take place tonight performed by an orchestra made up entirely of strangers recruited from the london underground. sean produce hundreds of passengers, inviting them to the gate. -- the gig. >> a former worker in london's financial district gave up his job to take on a new challenge. that is assembling an orchestra of random strangers. >> it may sound strange. if i do this, [inaudible] >> he spent hours bleaching in london's to network. they slowly assembled a group of like-minded strangers. >> i tried to form the orchestra of strangers. that is bizarre. >> the one thing i know is i am humbled by the amount of people that talked to me when i was a stranger. i have an idea. here it is. >> this is not just about an orchestra of strangers. it is a story about creativity and communities. and a lesson about

street, you have a beautiful community garden there, at athens and avalon that will be dedicated in a couple of weeks now. we have a new neighbor organization, they will be honored tomorrow at the neighborhood empowerment summit. we are seeing a real physical transformation of what is happening in district 11. it is significant because i think the change cost from not what happens to us but we did together to create change. change is inevitable. we can control it ourselves. and what ideas we can share with one another to make them our ideas and our world and our vision for the city that is what. is happening in district 11. we have community-based organizations that have done a lot of work responding to neighborhood needs, holding neighborhood summit we had a summit on a homicide that happened recently and dedicated real resources for these efforts. the online community collaborative, also started the community grants program, and that is being emulated in other parts of district 11 and also district 6 and in other places of san francisco, the great model to make sure the community

. >> let's take you back to the scene of the greek capital, athens. we did not do it much just as we came to at midnight but the fireworks are under way. it is a country in the deep crypts of austerity budget is perhaps the greeks for getting the financial woes of the country for a few hours. let's leave this beautiful scenes in aphids and go back to the continuing saga on capitol hill. steve kingston is following develops -- following developments. >> both sides are expressing cautious optimism that the framework appears to be in place. president obama said at an agreement was in sight but not dead yet. there is a republican senate, but mcconnell, taking the lead directly with vice-president joe biden on the phone. mr. mcconnell said the two parties were very close to an agreement. they were close to an agreement on the tax side that would avert tax rises before the vast majority of americans at midnight here tonight. what they are still talking about is the spending side. the question is what happens -- do they get deferred or delayed? still arguing

that's why. >> farouk visits athens one last time before he goes home. for the first time, he is not afraid. >> i was always afraid of the police. now i carry my bag for the international organization for migration everywhere i go. it is better than any passport. >> he brings some sweets and chocolates to give his family and friends a taste of greece. akibar has come to the spot many times over the past few years. he is waiting until he can go back to afghanistan, and he has no intention of ever coming back. >> portugal was once proud of its health sector that used to provide health care for all of its citizens for free. that was a result of the revolution when large parts of the portuguese army rose against the dictator back in 14, but in times of crisis, pharmacies are running out of medicine, and many health centers are being closed. portuguese patients often have no choice but to look for help in the neighboring country, spain. >> it is sunday afternoon, and the emergency services are working flat out at the health center. over 100 patients come over

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coming up this hour athens returns to a battlefield once more policing the tongs and tear down as hundreds of protesters stormed greece's labor ministry over pension cuts. and as the bulgarian government prepares to say no to the construction of a new nuclear power plant despite a yes vote in a recent referendum we talked to a former energy minister about what's behind the government's staunch opposition. the first baby steps are joy. and are not a big deal. but they can cause terrible trauma. for children can be broken by bare touch. and only the will of life can make old pants and sores weigh. fragile people on our teeth. little. clue. it's quarter past the hour you're watching our live from moscow well gary as government is expected to vote against resuming construction of a new nuclear power plant despite a recent fowled referendum showing public support for the development a low turnout of voters invalidated the result let's further discuss this issue with the very men of char of a leading opposition politician gary an m.p. informal economy and energy minister joining us live from sof

coming up this hour athens returns to a battlefield once more policing the tongs and tear down as hundredsof protesters stormed greece's labor ministry over pension cuts. and as the bulgarian government prepares to say no to the construction of a new nuclear power plant despite a yes vote in a recent referendum we talked to a former energy minister about what's behind the government's staunch opposition. the first baby steps are joy. and are not a big deal. but they can cause terrible trauma. for children can be broken by dare touch. and only the will of life can make old pains and sores weigh. fragile people on our teeth. little. clue. it's quarter past the hour you're watching live from moscow well gary as government is expected to vote against resuming construction of a new nuclear power plant despite a recent failed referendum showing public support for the development a low turnout of voters invalidated the result let's further discuss this issue with the very men of char of a leading opposition politician gary an m.p. and former economy and energy minister joining us live from sofia

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and coming out of this our athens returns to a battlefield once more police use the tongs in syria gas hundreds of protesters stormed greece's labor ministry over pension cuts. plus it is president dismisses opposition calls for a unity government as a country dives deeper into chaos and ongoing clashes between opposition tampa police forces that of war right after a short break. the first baby steps are joy. folds. are not a big deal. but they can cause terrible trauma. for children can be broken by their touch. and only the will of life can make. i'm source. fragile people are today. technology innovation all the developments around russia. the future of coverage. welcome back here watching r.t. live from moscow more clashes have broken out in athens with police using tear gas to disperse protesters who have broken into the greek labor minister's office the demonstrators were advancing their anger over fresh pay and pension cuts all part of the government's austerity drive laura george control says this kind of crackdown on protesters is part of a new approach. the government has dec

. >> i've personally experienced the change of mood in my hometown, which is athens. i was born and raised in greece. over the last two and a half years watching what was a warm and welcoming city, for me, turning angry, turning at times extremely violent, with moments feeling like it was a war zone. and that's not just been in athens. >> if you look at southern europe, if you look at greece, there are demonstrations almost every day. if you look at spain, now more recently in italy, also a lot of demonstrations on the street. so unfortunately, i mean, different countries, people in different countries react different ways. and when people demonstrate too much on the streets, certainly it complicates very, very significantly the job of the government to try to sort out the situation. >> we've seen the same scenes in madrid. we've seen the same scenes in lisbon. essentially what you're seeing is just increasing anger because taxpayers know that they will have to foot the bill for this one. and also they feel that they've been continuously, chronically, criminally misre

and coming out of the sour athens returns to the battlefield once more police use the taunts in syria gas hundreds of protesters stormed greece's labor ministry over pension cuts. plus it just president dismisses opposition calls for a unity government as the country dives deeper into chaos and ongoing clashes between opposition and police forces that of war right after a short break. the first baby steps are joy. folds and are not a big deal. but they can cause terrible trauma. for children can be broken by their touch. and only the will of life can make. i'm source a. fragile people are today. technology innovation all the developments around russia. the future covered. welcome back here watching r.t. live from moscow now more clashes have broken out in athens with police using tear gas to disperse protesters who have broken into the greek labor minister's office the demonstrators were advancing their anger over fresh pay and pension cuts all part of the government's austerity drive laura george control says this kind of crackdown on protesters is part of a new approach. the governm

police and also on out of these groups in the center of athens especially a small building which was under occupation of his group last twenty two years saw police. police try to take them out and some fights last week so they don't like the way that the media showed these news and also they were nearly rounded off when i think that they are fighting with police so the way the media shows is they don't like it and they just send these messages of course as a media worker i don't like this attack and also i'm afraid because you'd never know what would happen next day in front of your home. when the government suggested the attacks linked to how the economic crisis is being reported as you just said that the public doesn't like how you're reporting this crisis how much pressure is the mainstream media under right now. look from the government side we can say that the pressure. of course may be economic they will be some pressure but also if you if for only one way you have the government from the other way you have the nics group and the third way is the people in this street in this i

the expos a on the illegal gambling cover in savannah, police protective houses in athens, elections fraud in the county, truck stops in rome, the mills in south georgia, state payroll padding, embezzlement of tax funds, confects for private work, nepotism from purchasing schemes such as the state board of leaks with no water. [laughter] on i could go on. many of these expos ase took place during the griffin administration which president carter can attest notoriously corrupt. they had never stolen so much. but ronald griffin was kind of day for giving sort of croak. quite a few years later she and jack and other reporters were drinking and marvin griffin said to jack you know how use to think every time i would see him walking into a press conference was a notebook, and jack said what? he said i used to think with that beady eye son of a bitch has on me today. [laughter] she used to pursue the story for the "l.a. times," and he was always -- i think we have to watch our time here so i just going to end by saying how happy i am that this book is published because she had such a wonde

double digits in athens as well as madrid. here is the extended forecast. >>> that concludes this edition of "newsline." thanks very much for joining us.

athens 16 degrees and lisbon at 13.e is the extended forecast. >>> one more story, looking from a penguins eye view. they have film what penguins see in their every day life by attaching video cameras to their backs. researchers from the national institute of polar research in tokyo used micro mini video camer cameras. they are about two centimeters in diameter. scientists attached them to 14 penguins from 2010 to 2011. you can see them swimming beneath icebergs. they swim after prey and capture them quickly. the footage confirms that a daily penguin feeds on fish and krill. they have praised the results. >> when you get these video images it's no lger stor it's real. in some cases we go we were right. our story was right. japan has become a major player in the international arena of biologging. >> the japanese team warn that penguin habitat may shrink further if global warming speeds up the melting of icebergs. that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo.

firefighters were called to the 100-block of athens street just before 1:00 this morning. the flames were out in less than 25 minutes but not before doing $400,000 in damage to the two-story home. >>> freezing temperatures overnight created hidden dangers on some bay area roads. black ice. in the north bay, a toyota tundra ended up on its side this morning. the driver satisfies he was going less than 30 miles an hour on petaluma boulevard when he lost control and ran off the road. he wasn't seriously hurt. >>> in the east bay, the chp says black ice caused two crashes on san pablo dam road between richmond and orinda. they happened within about 100 feet of each other. no one was injured. >>> and it's another cold night getting under way. roberta gonzales with more on what to expect if you're heading out for some celebrating tonight. >> you just mentioned the cold temperatures but we also have rain back in the picture, as well. let's fire it up. it's live high-def doppler radar green on the screen meaning you need an umbrella. but look, ominous as this appears, it's really

people in athens started their new year without metro or train services as workers go on strike. they oppose further cuts and their inclusions in the single payroll. seven charity workers, six women have been killed in a drive by shooting in northwest pakistan. police say they were shot dead by gunmen on motorbikes. all of the victims are said to be pakistani citizens. >> unfortunately aide workers have been targeted in the past. health workers, nine of them were shot done. they have all been involved in pakistan's polio vaccination drive. at that time they did not say they carried out the attacks but they have been spreading rumors and suspicions for many years now saying that somehow these health workers are working for a western agenda by gathering intelligence or sterilizing muse limb children. there were seven workers all working at this children's community center that just finished a shift, they were getting into their van and driving off. it was sprayed with bullets. of them were women teach ares, two of them were health workers. >> at least two people have been killed in

transport workers in athens are unhappy with pay cuts. this debt ridden country continues its struggle. 2013 promises more pain. the currency is still in danger, but perhaps it might be off the critical list. after europe in list summits, problems are being addressed. mario groggy vowed to underwrite the euro, whatever it takes -- mario draghi. the esm is up and running with the far wall and there is a move toward banking union. yet across europe, forecasters see little sign of an economic fall. nine of the 17 states will fill the chilling effects of recession. even here in germany, prospects for growth look pretty frigid. elsewhere, it will be much worse. unemployment is growing with all the anger and desperation it brings. in italy, they are taking a plunge, too. a wobbly economy further threatened by elections in february and the prospect of an unlikely political comeback. here in the u.k. there are still fondly remembering the specter of the queen's jubilee and they successfully stage olympics. but good economic news is hard to find.

on the 800 block of athens street in the excelsior district. the fire department says the blaze started on the lower floor of a two story home. smoke reached the top floor where an elderly was staying all alone. the fire department says he already suffers from breathing problems. and, that he took in a lot of smoke. but he survived -- in serious condition. he was rushed to general hospital. >> we trained, and we train, and we train for this and it makes it all worthwhile. for the risk we've to not take risks without the rewards and knowing that this was at stake it was all worth it. >> the cause of the fire is still under investigation. right now, investigators say its unclear if the home has working smoke detectors. >> a deadly fire swept through a crowded nightclub in southern brazil early sunday. hundreds of people died. that story coming up next. at embassy suites, you get more delicious moreness every morning with a free breakfast made just the way you like it. with a breakfast like this, you could pretty much handle anything. anything? an

. >>> crowds gathered in athens sunday for a very chilly tradition on the christian feast day of the epiphany. a priest throws in a cross into the waters. divers dive in to recover the resurrection. sure does look cold. >>> one medieval tradition let up the night in estonia. this tradition started in medieval times by merchant workers to mark the end of winter celebrations -- i was looking at the makeup. dancers circle the tree and wishes for the new year are hidden inside before tree goes up in flames. >>> in germany the term slippery slope has a literal meaning. around 90 teams gathered to participate in the annual bavarian sled racing championship. teams of four race down more than half a mile of icy slope at speeds up to 55 miles per hour. i would be worried about that sled. the traditional sleds here once used for transporting wood were inspired by the horns of mountain goats. >> that's almost like olympic style tobaggoning. >> time now for an early look at the stories we'll follow right here. u.s. supreme court justice will return to the bench this morning. oral arguments are s

now to some other international news in brief workers in athens have gone on a two day strike with hundreds on the streets protesting against austerity measures that will make deep cuts to their pay five hundred medical staff chanted slogans in front of the health ministry doctors port workers and public transport staff took part in a number of different demonstrations across the greek capital. egypt's top of politicians have reportedly signed a document drowns in widespread violence protests across the country the agreement came at a meeting attended by leaders of the muslim brotherhood and the heads of liberal and secular opposition movements it was called as a president morsi card short his trip to germany over the ongoing andress at home without securing any backing from berlin. two hundred people including dozens of children have been injured in a train crash near pretoria in south africa and authorities say the accident happened when a commuter train hit another stationary one twenty kilometers from the city emergency services arrived on the scene to find many of the injured walking a

your temperatures in athens 16 for your high. to start off your weekend milder in the west in london and paris. that system comes in moving warm air from the south both looking at 11 for your high on your friday. let's take a look over towards japan here first where we have this system pushing overhead. bringing rain across much of the country. seeing showers around tokyo. heavy rain showers and do not be surprised if through the overnight hours some of the higher elevations you see some flyers, snow that rain changes over to snow even in the tokyo metro area. might be a flake or two coming down the system. nothing accumulating. on saturday a break in the activity but then on sunday another system is going to be working its way out of china. first move over corre korea. then working its way into japan. seoul on saturday 3 degrees for your high. beijing at minus 4. japan is the holiday week coming up here going into your new year. let's see what it will look like. saturday cloudy skies. sunday rain moving in. at least on new year'

why not point it at, as i said earlier, churchill increase in athens in 1944?[talking over each other] >> we've got to take a break. we will jump forward after the break. >> sorry, i just wanted -- spent on the go? "after words" is available via podcast. visit booktv.org and click podcast on the upper left side of the page. select which podcast you would like to download and listen to pete"after words" while you tra. >> okay. i'd like to jump forward to the '60s. and talk about john f. kennedy, still perhaps the most lovable president in american history. alleys of people alive now. -- at least of people alive now. clearly, one of the most dramatic and scariest events of his presidency was the cuban missile crisis in october 1962, which all of us lived through as teenagers. talk a little bit, if you would, about how you think that crisis came to be. and why it didn't result in a nuclear holocaust that many of us feared it would. .. the overthrow after the disaster at the bay of pigs. often running, operation mongoose, which was our counterinsurgency program, ba

athens, minus 15 degrees. and expect to sink a little bit. and 1 degree in london, plenty of snow in the british isles. let's leave you with the extended forecast. >>> people are mourning the loss of a renowned japanese film director. the crowd gathered at a temple in tokyo to say good-bye. oshima died last tuesday of pneumonia. he was 80. about 700 people attended the funeral. he was farewelled with the theme music from "merry christmas mr. lawrence," one of his best known films. the altar was designed in the style of the ceremony, also an oshima film. decorated with about 5,300 white flowers, the favorite hat and scarf were placed inside his coffin. >>> and we'll we back in 30 minutes with more news. i'm gene otani in tokyo. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

and the other lohr was, of course, the athens effie's house , well-known to a lot of people. and jack in this book, and his voice, a wonderful story of the evening. i won't say any more about that. [laughter] >> i met check a couple of times, but he does a number that. i remember it immensely. in fact, one of them, mr. president, you will appreciate this. we don't need to go into it, but there was a certain canted for governor in 1966 that i was getting some attention to. we had a youth leader retreat. brought a lot of people all over the state to the american a top. downtown atlanta appeared you worked out of the plaza. i had a pilot. but jack came and spoke to that group. that wonderful crewcut. i actually have a picture summer of my sisters trying to find jack speaking at that. but my first real encounter is not the most pleasant. after president carter was elected president his attorney general, for whom i was working directly was in a very contentious hearing for confirmation, a senate hearing. reporters were going crazy. my instructions was no press could ask any questi

they aren't afrai >>> fire gutted this home on athens street this morning.icials investigating whether it may have started when someone tried to tap in a gas line. firefighters battled it more than an hour to contain claims. view kroouz dug onto the street to close off the receivered gas line. >> the chief probation officer who was currently being investigated for child pornography possession has retired. the 61-year-old left the position today, he's been on paid administrative leave since december 21. authorities would not say what he did to trig tlaer investigation. the postal service is assisting the fbi in this case. >> a party boat that crashed into rocks will set sail again. the rocks nearly sunk the neptune. the ship and 22 people were saved by the coast guard. since then, crews have been pachg her up, polishing wood work. the neptune will relaunch for celebrations this saturday, january 5th. >> back in a moment. >> countdown is on! >> biggest new year's >>> coming up at 6:00, it's in the bag. residents who are about to see big changes when hitting ch

in greece, two security guards were injured when the a bomb exploded outside athens and the bank of closed. the center was evacuated. to enter people were led to safety after warning calls were made to local media. more than 1000 protesters took to the streets demanding the resignation of the president of jordan. the constitution limits the president to five years. presidential elections are due in october. they plan to make a criminal offense to force anyone to marry in england. the finding and prosecuting of parents could be easier said than done. as part our series focusing on women, we have a report on the effort to end forced marriages. >> here is what teenagers get taught in school in london nowadays, how to spot if one of your friends is being put into a forced marriage. this campaigner and a charity trying to get children from any racial background to understand how important is this. >> we can be sensitive to any particular group. this should be against the law and will be against a loss in and it needs to be stamped out. >> this woman was taken to turkey by her parents on a holid

athens, 16 degrees forecast for your tuesday. here is the extended forecast. >>> once again, our lead story. seven japanese workers have been confirmed dead in algeria. prime minister abe received confirmation from the parliamentary vice prime minister at a task force meeting in tokyo. he was sent to algeria to determine the fate of workers from engineering firm jgc corporation. also, algerian prime minister says 37 hostages from eight countries have been killed by islamic militants. we'll be back in 30 minutes with more news. i'm gene otani in tokyo. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

towards athens, it will be mostly cloudy with a lot of rain in the forecast prepared a high temperatures will reach 14 degrees prepar. flooding has been a major situation here over the last few days. we will see clearing. most of the clouds are toward the north. across mozambique, a lot of water standing across the region. 15,000 people have had to be evacuated. the river. the banks in south africa causing flooding. some of the roads are impassable. some of the bridges are out. this will cause a major problem. we do expect to see drier conditions over the next couple days. johannesburg will have a sunny day at 26. >> welcome back. let's recap headlines. and we're getting reports of iraqi at least five protesters have been killed and 40 wounded in scuffles between the army and worshippers near fallujah. the violence began after the police blocked anti-government protesters from entering the city. these are live pictures coming in as crowds gathered in tahrir square to mark the second anniversary of revolution. opposition groups are planning and an anti-government demonstration in the next

not any problems temperaturewise in athens. 16 degrees. up to double figures in rome as well as lisbon. here's your extended forecast. >>> people are mourning the loss of a renowned japanese film director. a crowd gathered at a temple in tokyo to say good-bye to oshima. ♪ he died last tuesday of pneumonia. he was 80. about 700 people attended the funeral. the director of farewelled with the theme music from "merry christmas, mr. lawrence," one of his best-known films. sack motto composed the piece and starred in the film was among the mourners. the author of designed in the sign of "the ceremony," also an oshimi film. it was decorated with white flowers and his favorite hat and scarf were placed inside his coffin. >>> we'll be back in 30 minutes with more news. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

increased in intensity of sector after sector of american life has been ruthlessly corrupted by the athens. it is an f. us that aims for at political and social elected us in on the one hand, and moral anarchy on the other. you cannot win, but they can make us all losers. to meditate on the meaning of this great contest, we've assembled a distinguished panel of chambers intellectual and moral affairs. you berkowitz is the current senior fellow at the hoovery/ institution where he chairs theo hoover task force on national security and law, and co-chairsk the hoover task force on the virtues of a free society. in the past he served as an associate professor at george mason university school of law, and an assistant and associate professor at harvard university. he is the author of virtue and the making of modern liberalism. he holds a jd and a ph.d inñs political science from thisvç institution, an m.a. from hebrew university of jerusalem, and a ba in english literature from swarthmore college. norman podhoretz -- i feel silly introducing these people -- norman podhoretz served as editor-in-

athens at 15. looking at 2 degrees for your high here.l move back for your extended forecast. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us.

precipitation over her towards athens. where it is the darkest, that is where we will see localized flooding. up here it will be cold. in berlin, a high temperature only at eight to minus 3 degrees. northern africa, quite a bit of clouds. rain pours out years as well as -- rain appear in algiers as well as in tunis. also remaking its way here, low clouds as well. temperature's only getting into the middle teens. toward cairo, only reaching 23 degrees. down toward central portions of africa, we will be seeing mostly clear conditions, but we are seeing some clouds here. along the coastal regions, saturday, january 26 at 8:00 p.m. >> headlines here now on al jazeera. china calling for restraint after north korea announces further nuclear testing. the u.s. defense secretary is set to lift the ban on women in contact -- in combat. that means they will be able to serve on the frontlines and potentially lead commando teams. spain's unemployment rate hit 26.2% at the end of last year. almost 6 million people are out of work. there