england has retained the ashes in australia for the first time in 24 years. the victory means that they have a 2-1 lead in the five match to take the ashes back to england. on the fourth day, still to hundred and 46 behind england. they lost an early wicket with some resistance that soon passed the partnership. finally, the victory prompted ecstatic scenes from fans at the cricket ground. the british prime minister has sent his congratulations. it was a very special and to the year and a very late christmas present. our sports news correspondent saw the victory had told me that depending on how they get the ashes back, england will enjoy the moment. >> i am standing among the army. halfway across the world, there are thousands of them here. england fans are trying to get into this. they are celebrating and they're going to be here for some time because this is really a great victory. there are noisy people, but the atmosphere is quite extraordinary. they have found themselves over the last few days, none of them have expected the way that australia has levele

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. >> and oprah, the queen of talk in australia. >> hello, there. chaotic scenes around a london court today as the founder of wikileaks was granted bail as he fights extradition. but julien s&p is still in custody -- julian assange is still in custody. the swedes want him to answer allegations of sexual offenses, which he denies. tom simons reports. >> julian assange is used to a nomadic international life style, but for the last week he has been locked up. the only glimpse of him has been from a prison van. he will have to accept spending more nights behind bars. >> finally, after two hours, we have heard that the swedes will not abide by the umpire's decision and they want to put mr. assange through get more trouble, more expensive, more hurdles. they clearly will not spare any expense but to keep mr. assange in jail. >> such as his fame each time he comes to court. there is a and international -- such as his fame. each time he comes to court there is an international media presence. his mother was here, and there was a small demonstration by ant

. >> the terrifying capsize of a boat carrying my grants off australia's boat. only about 40 escape as the vessel is broken apart. >> the others either were too scared or couldn't swim and remained clinging to what they could and each one of them disappeared being beaten up against the rocks or swept away by the waves. three years on from kenyan's election violence, seniors will see if they face prosecution in the criminal courts. welcome to bbc world news. i'm david e. crossing the border in search of a better life. we have a special report for you. and the first african -- to reach the world cup finals. >> well, thank you for joining us. a desperate rescue is taking place off the australiain' coast after a boat carrying my grants -- migrants. it crashed into jagged rocks on christmas island where refugees are housed in a detention center. >> locals said they feared the boat was in trouble when they heard the screams of children. these are hellish scenes off the coast of christmas island as the vessel packed with the seekers smashed against the jagged rocks. th

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almost alone, australia avoided a recession. australia will be at 6.4% of gdp.n other major advanced economies, it is close to 90%. we will come back to a surplus in just three years while other developed economies are struggling. their financial institutions are in good shape. in black and white, this is a proud record of an elected government in the face of a global financial crisis and a global recession. we are proud of the fact that breadwinners were keeping jobs. school businesses around this country were able to keep their doors open because we put in place stimulus and confidence in the community. as a country, and we stand tall. australians working together, implore years, employees and the government, mr. speaker, working together to produce this outstanding result for australia. of course, there is more work to be done. that is why we have a big reform program. tax assistance for pro-business. also economic reform that the prime minister was talking about before. to propel us into more prosperity in the future by making big companies more productive.

] [unintelligible] >> it no doubt about the play of the day for australia. peterson said of three wickets and held on two catches. those involved with all five -- this was his take on the second day play. >> it was a tough day. it is hard work we contain them for most of the day which i've think is positive for us. hopefully we will come out tomorrow morning and do the same thing. >> of australia's batsmen will be called back into action. the weather forecast is good. is there any chance of saving, they will have to play their way out of trouble. >> a village in the canyon rift valley has a proud record of creating world champions. as dawn breaks, the street is filled with runners. in the latest of our series, we went there to see what makes this village such a success. >> at dawn, athletes emerge to limber up for their daily ritual. this is a small village high in the western rift valley and the capital of the canyon running. it is said that in peak season, the population can double, such as the demand from athletes to train here. they come from around the

in australia, the muslim community is growing. if i wanted to be a muslim and go to the courts and want to take my children to the mosque, they would have granted that. >> this man knows the australian court system, he fought a 5-year battle and declarednot guilty of inciting hatred. >> we repented and prayed, lord give us rin. it has not stopped up to date. there has been so much rain fall that victoria is going to have the greatest bumper harvest, best in e world. >> australian christians have held prayer are meetings in their parliament building, seeing lives transform throughout the cotry. >> when we decided to do this prayer gathering, the witches andwor locks and satanists got uncomfortable. they said if you come, we'll attack you. the lord protected us. we stood our ground but loved them. the great exciting news, 3 months later, the satanist leader, i had the great opportunity to le him to jesus. i was at his house with my hands around his shoulder as brothe in christ. >> he draws attention to his blog site. >> equip the ch

everyone in australia, this is a live picture from sidney.ou can see the harbor there and the fireworks going on. it's now 2011 down under. more than a million people have lined the harbor in sidney, the first major city where the new year arrives. they are ringing in the new year with music as you can hear and tons of fireworks. one tourist from brazil says sidney has a bigger and better party than anyone else in the world. the harbor bridge. that's beautiful! other cities may be disputing that. >> even at this early hour in san francisco, city crews are putting up barricades as part of the effort to maintain order in tonight's new year's eve party. police will be out enforce to handle the hundreds of thousands expected to squeeze in for a good look at our fireworks show. terry mcsweeney is live along the embarcadero with more. terry, police have some tips for you if you come in, right? >> yeah, they do. let's keep in mind that loving, touching and squeezing is okay on new year's eve between consenting adults. the squeezing we're talking abo

personnel. >> australia is offering full and consummate support for mr. assange and his family is quietly proud. >> i remember that. he was always very angry about people gang up on other people. >> in the next few hours, more diplomatic secrets will be revealed. bbc news. >> hackers supporting wikileaks have taken a kind of cyber revenge on financial institutions seen as colluding with the american government. they claim their operation payback crashed the mastercard said. mastercard, visa europe, and paypal stop -- stop taking donations to wikileaks. we have this. >> the battle surrounding julian assange grows more intense by the day. it is becoming more intense in cyberspace. at three major companies have ended their relationship with wikileaks. now supporters are hitting back. hackers say they brought down the website of mastercard. the corporate site had experienced heavy traffic, but they said there was no impact on transactions. others said that their payment portal was unavailable for some hours. another on-line into deep explains why it stopped d

what is being called the worst flood in 50 years hits queensland, australia. investigators in denmark say five terrorism suspects arrested wednesday appeared to have ties to international terrorist groups, and may have been planning a major assault like the 2008 terror attacks in india. the men arrested in denmark and sweden on suspicion of plotting an attack on the danish newspaper that published controversial caricatures of the profit mohammad five years ago. >> police arrested four of the men at apartments in the suburbs of copenhagen. denmark's intelligence service believes the suspects were planning an imminent attack on the "jyllands-posten" newspaper. the editor says he was not convinced by the threat. >> of course i am concerned. right now it is unpleasant. i am worried about the company and the employees. but it will soon get back to normal. >> in 2005, "jyllands-posten "published cartoons of the prohpet. under islam, images of mohammad are banned. since then, one of the cartoonist's has faced numerous threats from islamists. a man broke into his home

towns are evacuating in northeastern australia due to what has been called the worst flooding in 50 years. welcome to "bbc world news," with me, peter dobbie. and britain is within sight of retaining the ashes. the incumbent president of ivory coast has been met so that he could be persuaded to step down so that they will recognize the opposition leader, alassane ouattara, as the rightful winner of the recent elections. our international development correspondent, mark doyle. >> it has been described by african leaders as a last chance for a peaceful, negotiated solution. three presidents have come to ivory coast to tell mr. gbagbo his time is up. unless he goes, this key country in west africa, one of the economic powerhouses, could descend back into war. all of the main observers of last month's elections say that laurent gbagbo lost, that he is no longer the the president of ivory coast. they say that the opposition leader, this man, alassane ouattara, was the winner. the leaders were clear. they have told mr. gbagbo that he has to leave. this could be a long, drawn-out affair. the wor

australia is a very flexible economy. and the thing i'm most happiest about is that working australians have had a 30% real increase in incomes since 1992. >> rose: what do you think of the prime minister? >> i think the prime minister is finding her feet in a difficult-- in some difficult terrain. but, charlie, it's easy to find your feet if the economy is growing reasonably, you know. australia's in a good economic position. australia is nearer the fastest growing power in the world for the first time in its history. >> rose: long away and now it's close. >> all of a sudden, it's close and of course that's to material advantage to us. >> rose: thank you for coming. >> thank you for the invitation. >> rose: nora ephron's religion is get over it in her world, painful personal experience, is often just the right ingredient for a funny story. she has successfully mined divorce, aging, professional failure, and many other traumatic topics for their full comic potential. her newest collection of essays is called "i remember n

also coming up in this program, australia's migrant tragedy. the prime minister warns the death toll could rise. also going for gold from gaza. the runner per suing his world olympic dream. -- the runner pursuing his world olympic dream. hello. thanks for joining us. the wikileaks founder julian assange is back in a london court to fight for bail. this after prosecutors challenged a judge's addition to free him. this was the sight. his lawyer, mark stevens appeared on the attempts of the court to talk about julian assange's punishment regime as he described it in materials of the custody he was being kept in what he calls utterly victorian conditions. i think that would be very much the basis on which they pursue their bid for bail for jewel kwan assange. he was granted that of $375,000 on tuesday. but worth pointing out that was nonetheless blocked as a complaint was put in by the authorities. at issue now. a little while ago i spoke to john mcgwire who was outside the area where julian assange was being held. >> he was being held for the last

my money is certainly on australia. so those england fans who tweeted me may keep quiet over the next few days. >> well, it's certainly swinging, the balance of power. thank you. >> lawyers for the wikileaks founder julian assange said they heard reports the u.s. will indict him as a co-conspirator. he has been freed by the high court here in london as sweden pursues him over sexual assaults on two women. accusations he denies. >> julian assange emerges from the high court in london after winning his bail battle. released from prison on the condition he stays at the home of a friend and supporter where he arrived on thursday. >> very nice to be free for christmas. smell the fresh air. >> but julian assange's legal battle is far from over. sweden still wants him extradited. he's accused of sexually assaulting two women there in august of this year. he denies the allegations. in an interview with the bbc, he was asked what he thought what was going on in sweden was a smear attempt? >> yes. and that's a statement that's be

for the last several months they have infested eastern australia.s the worst infestation in 75 years. the region's unusually warm and rainy weather this year caused the problem. it made soil condition ideal for eggs to hatch and survive. ron hards grows wheat and barley on his 3,000 hectares of farmland. after this year's good weather, hards anticipated his best harvest in five years. but the day before the harvesting was to begin he found newly hatched locusts near his field. it made him very nervous. >> so how far is it from here to your crop? it's so close. >> mm-hmm. that's a real worry. >> reporter: now he's racing to kill them off. locusts grow to adulthood in no time at all, then wreak havoc on crops. so the nymphs have to be killed before they develop into adults. but hazardous' farm is so large he doesn't know where to start looking for nymphs. he can't decide where to spray pesticides. luckily, the state government has set up the task force to help farmers like hards. it made a map of the infested area and wastes no time giving a map to fa

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any hope of finding more survivors of of the wreck off the coast of australia is winning. they died after the wooden craft hit rocks in rough seas near christmas island. >> more harrowing pictures showing the desperate plight of the asylum seekers. when their boat was smacked against the rocks along the coastline of christmas island. over 40 men, women, and children were rescued but dozens are still missing,. dead. the australian authorities are worried that the boat operated by people smugglers' working out of indonesia was carrying more than the 70 passengers all originally thought. a wreck could have been as many as 100 people on board. families from iraq and iran. >> we do not know with certainty how many people there were on the boat. so, we've got to the pair ourselves that more bodies will be found and that there has been further loss of life than we know now. >> australia's asylum seeker debate is often conducted as if the people heading to be stores were abstraction -- boat people almost shorn of human meaning. the would have seemed anguished faces of those trying

will shortly be crossing how many days australia. united states of america. do we know to organize. treaded top fifth world cup is was. quite. i was. was a. affiliation of qatar. yet to join the crowd so really just has the world cup twenty twenty two will be going to cats are we can now cross to andrew farm our correspondent has their latest. so well piecing raising. the cry is. amazing it is be incredible russia has made history will host the world cup the first time ever it will happen in twenty eighteen it does bring to an end twenty two hard months of campaigning when the presentations took place today when they were finally over nobody was quite sure who would win england appeared to be coming up on the rails it could have gone their way but it was russia who really took the bold step in saying in front of the fee for executive committee look we want to speak from the heart we don't want to bore you with facts and figures we want to tell you why we feel we should have the world cup the whole presentation was done in english i think that went down really well with a fee for exe

sydney australia always putting on a very impressive display. their season fantastic which is right that many say that the sydney fireworks display is the biggest and best in the world you have to wait and see. the square as they were the super bowl which is square and of all the new year's celebrations happening around the world as the new the time is on shifts here on r.t. all right now time to get a business update we shot it she's here in just a moment. hello and welcome to this special business program here on r.t. looking at some of the highlights of two thousand and ten this year. this year so russia and elders most ambitious privatization programs is a nine hundred ninety s. the government plans to sell stakes in major state owned companies the next three years in the hope of attracting around thirty billion dollars the list contains hundreds of companies of different sizes from various sectors with russia's biggest oil producer ross they're trying to sell twenty five percent the same goes for russian railways the country's biggest bigge

and also down but not out australia's skipper you keep wanting is set to miss the fifth ashes test against england due to injury but insists his curia is not over yet. to his best way you lemons immense of all will be reuniting with fed cup coach. but not on the court they do thousand and eight olympic gold medalist has been named vice president of the russian tennis federation after retiring from playing some two months ago the twenty nine year old seen here during her final tournament in do sad she is not sure how exactly she can help the federation to mentor however expressed hope that president r.p. shift would help her learn the ropes the russian should be able to bring a unique perspective over a player having had quite a ride korea the gold and silver olympic medalist has won sixteen w. ten singles titles with only a grass if they didn't do make into dearie. and while demands of enjoying her new challenges away from the tennis court her ex colleagues will be back to work in january the russian contingent hoping for another strong year after he saw a drop of form in twenty sand can s

others the we are a group and includes most countries as well as united states canada new zealand australia and other liberal democracies and in the year two thousand israel was admitted in new york and therefore theoretically today israel actually could be potentially a candidate for the security council. however subsequent question arises whether israel would be elected and that's and that's far from clear but despite what you've said at times they are made solutions that are passed that support israel for example the resolution on the commemoration of the holocaust that was overwhelmingly passed when theory it could happen one day that israel would submit . candidacy and it would be elected the security council the reality today is that the islamic states are so. opposed to anything that favors israel even in the most benign way that you would have almost fifty six states determined to oppose israel and many dictatorships at the un automatically oppose israel countries like zimbabwe north korea and so forth vote with the islamic states in their campaign and so even if israel were to subm

then it'll sort of nudge australia to start itself moving anti-clock wise, and then cape horn will start moving northwards and eventually collide with singapore. [laughter] it sounds ridiculous, but when cape horn collides with singapore in about 170 million years' time, then all of the water will be squeezed out of what we know as the atlantic today, and the atlantic will cease to be. and, of course, it goes without saying that humankind will no longer be anywhere near it. i mention this only because i might have mentioned this to you before on a previous occasion, but i was once talking -- the con especially of geological time is sometimes difficult for people to grasp, and i was talking to a group of ladies who lunch in kansas city once about the likely volcanic eruptions in yellowstone national park which is going to be a fairly titanic event. and i said when the volcanos pinely erupt in yellowstone, all of the great cities of the northwestern united states like seattle and portland, probably san francisco, certainly vancouver, they'll all be buried under hundreds of feet of ash. and

the offer of safe passage to australia. it goes to show it is not very safe and all. in recent times, there has been this influx of people from afghanistan and sri lanka. >> the lower half of congress has voted to overturn the ban against gays openly serving in the military. a large majority to end the policy known as don't ask, don't tell. the bill will them go to the senate. the senators approved a controversial line from the republicans last week. it will extend the bush era tax breaks to almost every american, including the very rich, something they had opposed. the u.s. security council lifted a series of international sanctions that were imposed during the 1990's. others have been lifted. president obama will unveil the latest strategic review of afghanistan. the president is expected to say that security has improved enough. still, much depends on the readiness of afghan forces. they look at some of the progress being made. >> there are more american troops fighting in afghanistan than before. the president reviewed says it progressively seeks the caliban -- ta

shooting the oprah winfrey show actor hugh jackman goes long, shooting the oprah winfrey show in australia. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and goodmorning. i'm lynn berry. today, we begin with legislative logjam. a final vote on the president's tax cut plan should happen today in the senate. however, a trillion dollar spending bill proposal and a plan to repeal don't ask, don't tell could keep congress on the hill well into their holiday break. nbc's tracie potts joins us with the details. >> reporter: lynn, good morning. as you can see, there is a lot going on. let's start with taxes. the final senate vote is scheduled to happen today. then it will move on to the house where despite the opposition of many democrats, how democratic leaders also say they think that ts can pass. republicans have warned them, don't change the bill or we won't approve it. even more urgent now, though, is the government spending bill, trying to keep government running and preventing a shutdown. their deadline, saturday. that's whe temporary funding runs out. democrats have put forth a $

australia and migrant tragedy. a boat is smashed on the rocks of christmas island. and somalian refugees korea trying to stop the people trafficking. hello. have courage, says president obama. "resisted those who want to drag your country back into the past." there was an appeal to the people of kenya to cooperate with the international criminal court in investigating the violence that followed the elections in the country three years ago. at least 1200 people died, and the prosecutor has now named six men believed responsible, and they include the deputy prime minister. we have this report. >> with these names, -- >> here in this slum, where some of the worst violence happens, people gathered around the tv set to watch the long awaited announcement. >> killing. >> the disputed 2007 elections tore the country apart along tribal lines. people were killed, and politicians were accused of instigating the attacks as they fought for power. the six suspects were named by the prosecutor. they include the deputy prime minister, uhuru kenyatta. accused of mobilizing a vigila

at least 27 refugees heading for australia have died in suspected people smuggling boats that smashed against the coast. it is -- has the country's largest detention center. our correspondent has the dramatic video of the boad disintegrating. >> residence said they feared the boat was in trouble when they heard the screams of children. it was crammed with asylum seekers and had been dashed against the rocks in the most angry seas that locals had seen for months. within minutes, the waters were strewn with debris and people doing anything to keep themselves afloat. the men, women, and children are thought to be from iraq and iran and was headed toward australia in search of a better and safer life. now, they have fought to save themselves from drowning. just a few meters from land. >> it was terrifying to watch and there was nothing we could do. they're obviously sick, some of them. they were not moving. >> you could hear children screaming. >> they held ropes and -- through robes and life jackets in the hope of rescuing survivors. australian navy boats were quick to respond. the rescu

rescues in australia. welcome to "bbc news". later, elton john and his partner have become parents to a baby boy born to a surrogate mother. the u.n. peacekeeper in ivory coast was wounded oduring an attack on a convoy. it was transporting 22 peacekeepers. the u.n. said it condemns the attack and reiterates its determination to pursue its work in pursuit of the service of the people. this comes as leaders met the incumbent president, persuading him to step down, trying to persuade him. the recognize the opposition as the rightful winner but the recent presidential elections -- rifle winner of the recent elections. >> it has been described by african leaders as the last chance for peaceful negotiated solution. much of this confident place politics by democratic rules and three presidents have come to riposte to tell -- ivory coast to tell laurent gbagbo to go. this country could descend back into war. all the main observancers said e lost and no longer the legal president. this man, opposition leader alassane ouattara is the lett

oprah is in australia. she took about 300 mesh guests with her for these two special shows in australia. and that was live tv. >> okay. hopefully he will be okay. >> yes. >> a revealing look at how educators are viewed in america. what a new survey suggests about people not making the grade. >>> a fashion website is o ffering up a real bargain on new cars this week. >>> the mother of the 14-year- old boy accused in that vicious attack on two vacaville children is defending her son and claiming her son was framed. ktvu spoke to her last night. she doesn't want you us to show you her face and are or tell you her name but she said her son got into trouble after drinking with some other teenagers on saturday night. >> he pushed them on the floor and then he heard the girl c rying and crying and then. >>> sanford university received a record number of early admission applications. the university says about 6,000 students applied early this y ear. that's the most ever the school admitted 754 of the early applican

northeastern australia has had the worst flooding in decades and there is chaos across the region crops have been damaged. steve marshall has the latest. >> queensland's officially known as "the sunshine state." much of it is under water. it has flooded hundreds of homes and businesses. after recently emerging from a decade of drought, farmland has been turned into lakes and properties isolated by the inland sea, but millions of dollars of crops destroyed. residents are fleeing the worst floods in half a century. prime minister julia gillard has called on australia to support the victims. >> to the people of queensland, i say our thoughts are with you, in two australians generally, please consider donating -- and two australians generally, please consider donating to the disaster relief fund. >> across the state, about 1000 residents have been forced out of their homes, and roads and highways remained cut off. >> the city can be cut off to the south and west. the unknown factor again is the local rainfall, the high levels of flooding we are not likely to stay. >> with five flood-related

around 27 asylum seekers trying to reach australia were killed after their boat crashed into rocks near christmas island. a real-life "oceans 11"in las vegas is coming up. first, a look-alike george clooney. >> let's talk about this big business bush in the united states. president obama is summoning corporate chiefs on wednesday. it's all to win their support for his economic policies. business leaders from google, cisco systems, american express, and texaco will all be there. >> from big banks to big oil. corporate america has frequently been the target of presidential tongue lashing. >> that is the height of irresponsibility. it is shameful. we want our money back. we are going to get it. >> after a bruising defeat in the midterm congressional election, the president is showing a more conciliatory attitude. he is inviting the heads of google, ibm, and others for a so-called ceo summit on wednesday. >> the goal is group therapy. he wants to say, "how can we be friends?" he will probably have some things he wants back from them. >> its welcome the news on wall street, where the preside

one said he could talk about another situation against australia. >> there are different circumstances and problems. they are pretty special. boxing day, the support that you receive. it can leave you right up there. >> no doubt a play of the day. peter held on for two catches. this was his take on the second day. >> it was a tough day. it is hard work. we sort of contain the information of the day. it is positive for us. hopefully, yes, we will come up tomorrow morning and do the same thing. >> on day 3, australian batsmaen will be called back into action. if they have any chance of winning the ashes, they will have to play their way out of trouble. bbc news, millburn. >> a happy ending in the u.s.. look at this car, stranded on a frozen pond. he was slipping and sliding around. this was being filmed by a helicopter called in to help. the draft was enough to push the animal across the ice. whoops, the ice cracked. everyone is ok. the car made it to dry land. do not forget to go to bbc.com/news. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and

he's already been to australia, asia and some of the other places in russia. tracking st.k over 50 years. the tradition started because of a typo in a sears ad. the number was wrong and people started calling the command center in colorado and voila! atray addition is born. we have a link on abc7news.com under "see it on tv." this is my kids' favorite, the cookie tracker. 4,350 cookies consumed so far in his journey around the world. >> he fasts the rest of the year so it's okay. >> the doctor told him his cholesterol was getting high. >> oh, look at that at heavenly valley. >> can we look there? the ladies want to go. here we are, heavenly mountain resort. beautiful picture there! you know it's going to be busy up there come this weekend and next week. it will be well worth it with that 200% of average snowfall for the year so far. of course, we still have until april 1st before the entire year is over. let's take a look back here at home. mount tamalpais, some of the clouds hanging around and getting a little thicker as we talked about they would during the afternoon hou

oprah in australia. oprah is everywhere. >> yes. and only oprah winfrey, the queen of daytime tv is -- >> thought they had gone to australia. >> she's in australia. >> she's going to be taping her show at the sidney "oprah" house. not the opera house, the oprah house, two tapings, and they anticipate 6,000 people attending each taping. >> i'll have to dvr oprah because i'm usually at work and can't see it. i thought the whole thing was over with australia. thanks very much. have a great week ahead. >> you, too. >>> all right. so you probably think that no one but you and those closest to you know what you like and what you think. well, think again. as cnn's jeanne meserve reports, what we believe is private is often not. >> reporter: dick hart put photos of his hawaiian wedding on facebook to share with close friends, but when he made mention of it on twitter he didn't know a link would be attached giving more than 3,000 followers access to some rather intimate images. >> we didn't think they were offensive in any way, but my wife d

pueda ver la de estados unidos con ojos bondadosos. >>> y también está australia, el primero en presentar tienen varios puntos positivos para para para hacer regresar el mundial al viejo continente. regresamos a estudios. >> gracias y univisión transmitirá selección de sedes para copas mundial. y tendremos edición especial de despierta américa a las 10 hora del este. hora del centro. y 7 costado del paz fubbipacífi si re si regresa a estados unidos. >> claro que sí. >> bueno hasta que aquí. buenas noches es y gracias. >>

. >> we' we're going to australia! we are going to australia! you and you and you. i wanted to be able to say to the people who have been with me from the beginning, whose children were in school and came home and watched them watch "general hospital" followed by the oprah show, grew up watching them do that, and now those children have children. i want to be able to say to those people, "thank you. thank you. thank you." >> reporter: i've sat in these chairs many times and i can't believe that oprah, chicago, this set, the shows -- >> done. >> reporter: done. >> done. >> reporter: and you're smiling. >> done. and i think done as well as anybody could do it. done as well as anybody could do it. that's what i think. done. >> well, she may be done, but she's far from over. we'll be watching. >>> up next, the art of the explosion. when it's time for a building to go, a lot can go wrong. we kick off a new series, "don't try this at home." ah, it's stinging a little bit more than usual! yeah, you'll get used to it. the longer you keep your high mileage car, the more it p

that spokesperson told us that they would be reaching out to passengers when they arrive in australia on how they will compensate them. >>> clear skies tonight, but what's in store for tomorrow? our chief meteorologist bill martin has our forecast in just about ten minutes. >>> first, a sea lion is sprayed with bug shot. what we learned about the attack and why sea lions are shot often. i'm bob kearn, president of coit cleaning services. these pictures are the history of my family and they're also the history of coit. we've been in business for 60 years and our greatest asset has always been our people. we use the plum card from american express open to purchase everything we can and with the savings from the early pay discount, we were able to invest back into our business by hiring more great people like ruben here. how can the plum card's trade terms get your business booming? booming is a new employee named ruben. >>> it's an injury associated with street violence. not an attack on a wild animal but tonight workers at the marine mammal center are doing everything they can to save