kosovo's leadership i'm joined by misha governing ovitz in london he is a political expert on the balkans also in london we have his excellent means that mazi he is the albanian ambassador to the u.k. and to the republic of ireland and in new york we go to alan cooperman he's an associate professor at the l.b.j. school of public affairs at the university of texas and another member of our cross talk team yell on the hunger all right gentlemen crosstalk rose in effect there are difference of opinions on this program and i'd like my viewers to see them if i go to you alan first the allegations that came out of the council of europe are serious allegations against the leadership particular the prime minister of course of all over a week ago or so these are very serious allegations given your knowledge of the balkans how much are you surprised by this and do you think they're true and what about the timing of it all. well you know for folks who've been following this for a long time it's no surprise to have a report that says that there is an organized crime in cost of and then in fact the le

of zero zero over a week ago or so these are very serious allegations given your knowledge of the balkans how much are you surprised by this and do you think they're true and what about the timing of it all well you know for folks who've been following this for a long time it's no surprise to have a report that says that there is organized crime in cost of and then in fact the leadership in cos and all right now which are descendants of the rebel group the cost of the liberation army that they are connected to this organized crime we've known that all along from from the time the rebellion started in the late one nine hundred ninety s. the latest allegations about trafficking in human. organs are not new but still not proved but even if those turned out not to be true the reality is that the leaders in causes are descendants of organized crime and the question is how much are they still involved in that sort of organized crime trafficking of drugs track of trafficking of people and now maybe trafficking of human organs as for the timing you know from my perspective i wish that there had b

dealt -- mekong delta and he cared about the ordinary people who are the victims of war whether the balkans and afghanistan or southeast asia. >> presumably to get that what he didn't care for necessarily was the niceties that might stand in the way. >> no. but you had to push back. he could be infuriating. but he could laugh at himself and he knew there was something absurd about his manner and he took it as well as doling it out. for people who didn't get on with him are the people that didn't have the confidence to push back and cut through the bluster to the real giant human being underneath. >> obviously what he achieved within the frame of the balkan conflict will always stand out as perhaps one of the hallmarks of the holbrooke action. was he doing anything equivalent in kabul and islamabad? >> yes. that is really his tragedy. he delivered, i think, what is one of the most sensible packages of policies toward pakistan the united states has ever had and for which he has had very little credit. on afghanistan it was we are in the hour before dawn dark where the people are going to see

the films on showe, and t is a move opposed to the heart of the suffering caused by the wars in the balkans in the early 1990's. concerns about ethnic and religious sensibilities make it diffict topic to tackle. critics say this young croatian star has been a brilliant job for trying such a difficult role. >> the croatian national theater is her second home. she began her acting career here. she knows everyone from the stage hands to the director. at the moment though, she is also involved with making a film. her latest film is the story of luna from sarajevo. the former soler loses hisob and has a breakdown, plagued by memories of the vicious war that broke out as yugoslavia fell apart. she fills the past catching up with her, much like the woman

including the days when the grass was greener here in the balkans nostalgic for the more prosperous past during the mid twentieth century. show of siberian strength we travel to the russian city of on. square the tough climate produces a tough breed of people. the fourth day of reading the verdict in the second trial of former oil tycoon. is underway sentencing is expected on friday. and his business partner were found guilty of all embezzlement and money laundering both men are coming to the end of their previous jail term for tax evasion and fraud. as out of a is a cross developments for us here in moscow. ok with that of course he and his former colleagues left on a visit are still listening to their verdict and of course many already wondering why there are the verdict will be announced in full before the year two thousand and ten runs out of course it's already saying that the verdict could be read well into january of next year we know that there are fourteen files and hold all the verdict itself around three hundred pages each and the other judge so far has read an hour oh it's ju

white people in the balkans are getting a star prosperous past in the late twentieth century. the united states may be a nation deep in debt but you'd never guess with stores touring in the takings but it's the credit card firms are making a killing shoppers weighing heavy on the plastic. and that reverend billy man with a mission to break the american addiction to shopping. another truck. stops. what styles and new must have items of the fashion world changes fast as the seasons but one thing that never goes out of style in the us is shopping america is the birthplace of modern consumerism nowhere else in the world do people buy more than here with officially more shopping malls in the u.s. than high schools if i didn't spend enough money on sunglasses like of molly save for college and things like bad very few actually admit to an addiction is a dora does exactly what. the problem is way to twenty five things we do we need for a new dose of jackets sweaters and skirts she considers herself a shopaholic how many pairs of shoes do you have. so hundreds the urge to possess has

let's start off with an update on the conditions across the balkans. a lot of rain in the region. we are hearing flooding and landslide reports. a look at the situation in albania in on monday. northern albania has been looking at some of the worst flooding in decades. about 12,000 people have been forced to evacuate. you can see the entire town almost wholly submerged. very serious situation. state of emergency has been delayed in parts of the country. it hasn't been just albania, but many countries across the balkans reporting widespread flooding as well as landslides. it's been a pretty wet past couple of days. here's the set-up for the next few days. does remain largely dry across the peninsula. more moisture heading in later this week. we'll need to keep a close eye on this area. today today, a lot more rain heading into spain and portugal, especially for southern spain. heavier rain possible on tuesday. it does stay cool across a lot of europe as well. minus 3 in moscow. minus 1 in vienna. here is your three-day outlook. >>> once again, the headlines this hour. foreign minis

in the balkans today are synonymous with struggle and devotion spurred on by the devastating conflicts of the one nine hundred ninety s. for many the future is even less certain but the feeling of being pushed towards e.u. integration as i was to put reports it's being met by a wave of hugo nostalgia and many say they hanker for the stability and prosperity under the leadership of what was marshall tito. everyone in stumpy a noose around his cafe is a popular watering hole for locals and tourists alike keen for a taste of you going to stone. stepping inside the cafe yugoslavia really taking a step back in time i mean food and alcohol available in the form of. a french wines or with the menu and you can pay for your meal in local currency we were told on no account will they accept u.s. dollars or english pounds here but now he's channeling his love for all things yugoslavian into politics founding the fledgling alliance of tito's left forces policy. and when you say tito you think socialism peace brotherhood and unity it just says it all life was better then it was cheaper to live it w

lead with similar surveys carried out across the balkans a bit of additional i remember how could i notremember what was good but now days things are miserable in all the republics. there's no need to ask if life was better then you could live off your monthly salary and still save something now it lasts just three days. but is it just fear tool came when the earth shaking when everything is so uncertain and so on the only thing which was provides absolute certainty a fixed point. a comedian point is it's the cost of the recent wave of crises to hit the euro zone has raised concerns among some here in mexico mia that as their own countrymen suddenly towards joining the bloc membership like not only helps solve their own pressing domestic problems of clan employment and economic stagnation macedonia's i am after a quest for four hundred eighty million euros his raise concerns that it will further in debt the country entire it to europe in the throes of a financial crisis in the mountains surrounding belgrade must still cheer for the past is alive and budget on its commitment to it is so

and that's even extending into a lost balkan peninsula, even toward greece now.going to get snowier on saturday too. so areas will need to watch for that. temperatures are definitely low. low enough to bring in that snow. minus 2 in kiev and only 10 in athens. big, big drop from thursday, when it was in the 20s. all right. so that's a look at your weather for now. and here is your three-day outlook. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> once again, the headlines this hour, this year's nobel peace prize awards ceremony will be held on friday in the norwegian capital of oslo. however, the winner liu xiaobo and his family members will be absent due to china's strong objection. the ceremony will be held at the oslo city hall from 1:00 p.m. local time. however, the chinese pro-democracy activist liu xiaobo is serving an 11-year prison sentence in china, and his wife and relatives are under strict surveillance by the government. many chinese democracy activists are arriving from countries and regions such as the u.s. and hong kong. on thursday about 50 protesters in front of the chinese emb

balkans political expert. says kosovo's ethnic serbs are being treated as second class citizens. you have to bear in mind that about two thirds of. we used to living costs of or prior to need to the bone being themselves in some eleven years ago no longer in kosovo but they have been effectively ethnically cleansed and no provision whatsoever has been made for them to participate either in these or any previous elections this is of course a major problem for the remaining. population in kosovo because participation in the electoral process can be easily interpreted as an agreement to the conditions that are prevailing in kosovo you know the words legitimizing that process with which the very unhappy with so i expect there will be a very low turnout among speak cause the whole issue of kosovo and many of them see kosovo as a failed state and that is certainly not going to encourage them to come out and participate in the elections analysis for michigan balkans political expert weighing in on kosovo's election. a little later we'll tell you how wall street is on the rebound and how

there's always been kept as a positive results tallied with similar surveys carried out across the balkansa bit of additional some progress i remember how could i not remember what was good but now days things are miserable in all the exodus love republics walks there's no need to ask if life was better then you could live off your monthly salary and still save something now it lasts just three days. but is it just fear talking when the earth shakes shaking when everything is so uncertain and so on the only thing which which is provides absolute certainty a fixed point you know a comedian point it's the past the recent wave of crises to hit the euro zone has raised concerns among some here in macedonia that as their own countrymen steadily towards joining the bloc membership might not may help solve their own personal domestic problems of client employment and economic stagnation macedonia's ion after quest for a few hundred eighty million euros has raise concerns that it will further in debt the country and tie it to a europe in the throes of a financial crisis in the mountains surroundin

the long term there will be no stable future for what was yugoslavia what they now call the western balkans until this one sidedness and is buyers in western diplomacy as is addressed and what about the short to medium term kosovo is of course desperately poor it's got a high unemployment in forty and fifty percent especially where young people their intimate institutionalized corruption what's needed to get the region out of this quagmire. well the first thing is i think an acknowledgement that in course this is a bit of a fake democracy because stands accused but really he's rivals are no better according to the two thousand and seven report of the fact finding mission of the united nations security council it said that the k.l.a. though the terrorists who took power in june ninety nine had transformed into the political power and as he put it someone transformed into criminal structures carry now organized crime activities or drugs weapons trafficking and prostitution and it key crucially is says that many of their leaders are now political leaders at all levels including prime minister

was no longer a member of sainted as bug teams management says the contract was broken dudes in the balkans family issues and to mutual agreement of both sides scuffle with an exchange. he was very surprised nobody expected this and gainey himself never mentioned anything it is worth noting however that the bulk of it wasn't having the best season out there is korea in fact he was out shadowed by jakob's to panic because now styles is go into. staying with a continental hockey league where surprise package to number the standings made way through the season the moscow club moving ahead of the pack following a come from behind victory over neighbors. riches reports. serious crime drama tricking hopis most famous clubs i would have amassed rivals are enjoying contrasting from what you'd see the season hopefully point beyond human touch screen very painful are in danger of missing out on the playoffs when they nominate been excellent point themselves and even the western conference sure are all stars are so good like we don't even. stars have a good day and like good players are playing for th

what part of the poll serbia refuses to recognize kosovo's independence and political expert on the balkans mission governor leavitt says thirteen kosovo have been at nikolay clones and those remaining continued to be treated as second class citizens. you have to bear in mind that about two thirds of. who used to living costs or to need to bomb being themselves in some eleven years ago are no longer in kosovo but they have been effectively ethnically cleansed and no provision whatsoever has been made for them to participate either in these or any previous elections this is of course a major problem for the remaining. population in kosovo because participation in the electoral process can be easily interpreted as an agreement to the conditions that are prevailing in kosovo you know the words legitimizing that process with which they are very unhappy with in a very difficult position and they're certainly not integrated in the overall course of the process. we should cover deal of issues the balkans a political expert and his thoughts on kosovo's recent parliamentary election. students in lon

agenda in the balkans story in the bosnian war and more recently he became bronco bomber special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan we're now joined on the line by writer diana johnstone she's joining us from paris and we hope to talk about richard holbrooke's legacy so what does u.s. foreign policy inherit from richard holbrooke will it inherits a tradition of quite cynical opportunism and deception i would say. with that which is in the lab right up there is a little bit for us what kind of deception are we talking about well various kinds of deception but i was thinking particularly of all of the surrounding the balkans because that's the subject that i know the best and which is revealed somewhat in his book which i have come to in my in my old the fact is that he has presented the dayton accords of one nine hundred ninety five like a great. accomplishment of american peacemaking whereas in fact the reality is that the united states helped start the boston war in one thousand nine hundred two by encouraging is a big of it's the bus and muslim leader to pull out of an agreement that

agenda during the balkans in the balkans i should say during the bosnian war more recently he became barack obama's special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan but artie's military contributor colonel you again you heard shelves says american foreign policy in afghanistan especially in the fight against drugs was itself in health. he wiped out the whole generation of american politicians and generals and diplomats and ambassadors who were taking the active stance will be the focus on where we. stand after richard holbrooke came in made a complete overhaul of u.s. policy from counter-narcotics to. effectively promoting the u.s. pows is that the u.s. drug store policy in afghanistan leading lose all these things and drug lords that's resulted in in effect. the drug trafficking in afghanistan keep personae fight the trail of the historical u.s. counter-narcotics approach in afghanistan just for the benefit of the leap service preventing the so-called friendly farmers from going to tell about the united states of the drug enforcement administration together with the state department have b

the balkans and central areas and the northwest as well for the british isles, under a high pressure system. there will be more rain for places like portugal and western spain. winds will be pretty strong as well. persistent rain to contend with. 14 degrees in lisbon. 9 in madrid. 7 in london with cloudy skies. frigid in central areas. minus 10 in berlin. way below seasonal averages. moscow you coming in at minus 9 with snow flurries. here's your extended forecast now. >>> taking a look at our top stories. china has penalized 16 domestic and foreign banks for helping to allow the flow of speculative foreign funds into the country. china's state administration of foreign exchange announced on wednesday that it took punitive action against 79 regional ba s banks -- branches of 16 banks for violating its regulations. the list includes the bank of china, icbc, industrial and commercial bank of china and japan's yamaguchi bank. one branch was suspended for 14 months for allowing the foreign funds by overlooking insufficient documents. two officials in charge of the operation at that time

his big break was the balkans war in 1982. the navy did not want him to give away military secrets when its carrier jets raided the airfield at fort stanley. but hanrahan had a great step -- skill as a reporter, finding the right words, but not too many of them, at the right time. >> i counted them all out, and i counted them all back. they were jubilant, giving a thumbs-up signs. >> he was a self-confidence journalist, but even in the toughest moments, his ego was never part of the story. >> it is continuous shelling for some time. that is the british firing. we believe that is in the middle of ford stanley. -- for to stanley. -- fort stanley. >> he was a master of his craft. >> he reported the news that shape our times, like the night the berlin wall fell in 1989. >> i am standing on top of the berlin wall, which, for years, has been a symbol. there could be few better illustrations of the changes which are sweeping across this continent and the party that is taking place here tonight. -- than the party that is taking place

the cold air is spreading down into the balkans and has been affecting much of turkey as well.ere's it's stormy and wintry for the past few days. we've got footage coming out of the area, the middle east. this was taken in lebanon. getting the first snowfall of the season up in the mountains. roads became blocked. workers got busy trying to clear roads of all the snow. strong winds impacting coastal areas with rusty conditions. the wind said to have do you understand a tree, killing one woman. in turkey, dealing with heavy snowfall as well. it looks like some people did enjoy the wintry scene. of course, in the middle east, it has been dealing with lots of stormy weather in the area with sound storms as well in parts of egypt. flooding rains reported in beruit over the weekend. we have lots of snow forecast for it turkey as well as heavy rain towards the southern tier of the country. some of the rain making its way into lebanon. it looks like this is going to be the weather pattern throughout the week. more showers, more snow to come for turkey. elsewhere across europe. some sh

he helped broker the 1995 accord that ended the balkan's war.ice say there was a car bomb in stockholm, sweden today. security police reportedly received e-mails 10 minute earlier protesting sweden's presence in afghanistan and drawings of mohammed by a swedish artist. a group of dallas fourth graders greeted troopsa they return from afghanistan today. still ahead on tonight's cbs evening news, the first electric cars arrive on the scenes today. . even eye drops. side effects include dry mouth, constipation and trouble passing urine. now, i'm managing my chronic bronchitis every day. ask your doctor if once-daily spiriva is right for you. whoa! that achy cold needs alka-seltzer plus! it rushes multiple cold fighters, plus a powerful pain reliever, wherever you need it! [ both ] ♪ oh what a relief it is! wherever you need it! at pso, we set out tot your dog to discover the science inle. some of nature's best ingredients. we created purina one with smartblend. new, delicious shredded morsels and crunchy bites, with real meat, wholesome grains and

in 1994, he turned to the crisis in the balkans as assistant secretary of state for european affairs. for most of us, his name is synonymous with the 1995 dayton accords, the peace deal that ended the conflict in bosnia. that agreement was the result of what holbrooke did best: countless plane rides, meetings in dangerous places, cajoling and bullying, bluffing and strong arming. he continued to care about europe and was key to the expansion of nato into poland, hungary and the czech republic. richard holbrooke was more than a diplomat. he served on the boards of the asia society, the council on foreign relations and refugees international. he was the author of an acclaimed memoir of his work in bosnia. so many words and anecdotes describe him. he was larger than life in body and mind. he was brilliant and patient, fierce and tenacious. former secretary of state henry kissinger once said that if richard asked you to do something you should just say yes because if you say no, you'll eventually get to yes but the journey will be very painful. general david petraeus observed it is every

the germans suffering in the balkans withrow torpedoes that the cargo ships and the royal navy wouldttempt by using the gunfire or death charges to stop this part is. in the first world war, german submarines come when they fire their torpedoes, had to come to the service. technology didn't allow them the first world war ii fire torpedoes from underwater. and so, it was relatively easy for the royal navy if they saw one of the submarines to attack them with naval gunfire. but the problem was in 1916 summer, is the royal naval guns can fire with much regret the because we were not of cordite, the proponent for the shelves. the reason we had run out is because we couldn't get enough of the singular chemical components, which is acetone, which many of you in this audience will know -- exactly, i want to make a certain gender related claims, but 50% of you will know what that is. the rest of you probably won't. so anyway, that is the battle. there was not enough acetone because we had brought country and bought acetone from the germans. so, there was a situation in 1916. well, that's the

some areas in the northern balkans picking up snow flurries, too. around the black sea we'll find lots of heavy showers especially for turkey. lots of thunderstorms and stormy conditions. then out towards the west it will stay mild and calm for places like spain and portugal. central mediterranean picking up a bit of rain for italy but nothing on the severe side. the british isles looking good today, dry and settled. some light showers touching the eastern side here. london coming in at 5 degrees. paris still struggling to rise. 10 for the daytime high. minus 1 in berlin and lots of subzero figures as we head into central and eastern europe. all right, here is your extended forecast now. >>> taking a look at our top story once again, japanese prime minister naoto kan has instructed his cabinet ministers to reduce the corporate tax rate by 5 percentage points for the next fiscal year starting in april 2011. the country's corporate tax stands at 40%. that's right, 40%, the highest level in the world. kan delivered the directive on monday in a meeting

this family is among the 4% of swiss citizens who are muslim. 2/3 of them are from the balkans and turkey. the product of an immigration wave over the last 30 years. attitudes such as the albanian views on forced marriage are forced by background and not religion. >> this is not make any difference if we're talking about a christian or a muslim family. >> because this is that of any in a culture? >> an albanian culture from the area. an albanian coming from an urban area would -- if they had a higher education level. >> they have said that we are terrorists. >> this man is going through the mail. it has been sent to his islamic center by people believe that his organization would like sharia law. he said that muslims are the latest in a line of scapegoats. in the 70 posthumous was italians were the targets. >> -- in the 70's, italians were the targets. >> they are not learning our language, they are eating spaghetti and all of these things. >> it worked itself out in the end. >> now, they are saying at the same things. if you go further back to the 19th century, we see the same pattern wi

and of all the things he did, including peace in the balkans, maybe in the long term, the vision he hadlomacy and leadership was the most powerful gift that he left us with. and it was epitomized in the process of nato enlargement, which is now seeing nato basically sweep across eastern europe and provide security for 27 nations. >> and to build on that point it wasn't just that nato as an alliance expanded, it is an alliance that believed in democracy and spread of economic system that has brought millions and millions of people under the core values as jamie said that the united states believes in. this is diplomacy that has had a genuine impact on an enormous part of the world. >> i think it's not just that richard holbrooke was a problem solver. he was certainly that but he was a real visionary. i can tell you from working side by side with him on some terrible problems that he always could step back from the problem. he could always write the cable. he could cast it in ways that communicated exactly what the issues were, that put the right recommendations in front of national leade

as secretary of state from 1997- 2001, albright had to deal with wars in the balkans, the middle east, and was one of the first western diplomats to go to north korea and meet kim jung il. since leaving office, she's written a book outlining her belief that building an understanding of different religions is an important part of trying to end conflict. how does organized religion interface with this process of seeking peace? >> religion has and does play a part in a number of the issues where there is fighting. >> axelrod: albright has quite a personal perspective on different religions. born in what was once czechoslovakia, she was raised as a roman catholic who then became an episcopalian, then after she became secretary of state, she discovered she'd been born jewish. >> one of the people that i respect the most is archbishop tutu, he had an amazing statement about religion in his kind of homey way of saying it is that religion is like a knife that you can pick up and stick in somebody's back or use to cut bread. and so it's the cutting bread part that we have to get to. >> axelrod

couple of lows pushing in, lots of moisture, drenching rains and they led to flooding in parts of the balkans. take a look. we're looking at the weather conditions here in albania, in the city of shkodra, seeing severe flooding cutting it off from the rest of the country. state of emergency has been declared because thousands of people had to be evacuated. about 10,000 hectares of land are under water. in addition, neighboring countries bosnia, serbia, montenegro also declared a state of emergency due to all the heavy rains. and if we pull back to the studio, we're going to find unfortunately more wet weather in the same area. you can see these dark blues and purples coming through. that's because our very large overall arcing area of low pressure is going to push in that moisture again. the good news is we're going to find calmer conditions across mainland europe, just for a brief spell. that will allow for people to kind of get their bearings after all the snow. but you can see more wet and wintry weather to move in probably into sunday or even monday. here is a look at how temperatures are