and now we head to a natural treasure in the balkans.he prespa region is a unique landscape of forests and lakes between greece, macedonia and albania. but this area of outstanding natural beauty is under threat. that's why authorities from all three countries are working hard to raise awareness among the locals that prespa is something precious and should be treated as such. we follow the rangers on patrol. >> the farmers are suspected of chopping down trees in a nature reserve. that is illegal and ranger vasil male is trying to find out what's going on. he tells the farmers to wait but they refuse to cooperate. he tells them he only wants to see their permits. >> these elderly farmers have lived their whole lives in the nature reserve and now suddenly they're being told where they're allowed to fell trees and where they can't. they don't understand that we want the area reforested. they have at least promised to carry permits next time which show that they have permission to fell trees in certain parts of the forest. >> like the farmer

we went to war twice in the balkans in bosnia and kosovo to prevent a split along religious lines. the middle east is far more important and far more dangerous in the balkans. we need to watch this. finally, on al qaeda -- for various legal and political and domestic reasons and diplomatic reasons, we see this as a war but we have not done a good job explaining to the american people the implications of that. if it is a war, why do we put these people on trial? this is a complex issue that is now crystallized in the criticism of the drones. we don't want to have a lack of clarity about our goals and our tools lead to a situation where we are afraid to go after these people because we don't think we have enough legitimacy, we don't think we have enough support from the american people. throughout the broader middle east in the areas where there is not effective government control, al-qaeda or groups elected to them pop up and they are a threat to the stability of the region and us and they need to be kept under the highest pressure. i will stop there, thank you very much. [applause]

eastern europe as well as the balkan peninsula. and then on and off showers will continue across the southern half of the peninsula. temperatures looking like this. cooler than average in london. 8 degrees and same in berlin. here's extended forecast. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us.

it's still swirling over southern italy and as well as the balkan peninsula. also producing a risk of hail. western part of turkey is also affected by this storm today. but to the north a high pressure system is keeping things dry and settled. conditions will be an ongoing story. berlin 8 degrees here. and same for vienna. seasonably cold 1 degree in moscow. here's the extended forecast. >> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

instead of shutting their kids or monitoring them as the balkan, why don't you offer them a job? -- model train them as they walked in, why don't you offer them eight -- monitoring and the them as they walked in, why don't you offer them a job? [applause] >> i will ask the professor to ask some specific questions. and then we will get to your questions in about eight or nine minutes. i will ask you to keep your response is brief. >> ok, you will have to bear with me. i am going to go off script for 30 seconds. there is a person in the audience, and i meant to mention her during my keynote. it is someone that you all should try to talk to during a break or during lunch because someone like her should be on this panel. one person missing. it is a public defender. this is someone who worked as a public defender for 19 years in los angeles. she is now director of legal services. now i'm going to embarrass her. her name is ellie miller. there she is. [applause] public defenders are legal ministers. you are. you are part of this picture. ok. i will go back to what i was supposed to be

. >> clinton and ashton are touring balkan countries currently. london's police may be selling their famous new scotland yard headquarters to cut costs. they need to find over 600 million euros of savings and help the complex can fetch a large chunk of that sum. >> city police moved into the iconic building on victoria street in 1967. with staff cuts on the way, they will not need as much space. >> we will be back in one minute with more. >> stick around. we will be right back. >> welcome back. it is deja vu all over again. florida and ohio are expected to be key swing states in determining the outcome of the u.s. presidential election. >> some are saying that romney must win florida to win the race. the southern state has a high percentage of latino voters as well as senior citizens, many of home are worried about their benefits. >> polls show the candidates are neck-and-neck. >> hold on tight. irene takes me on a fast pace tour of the retirement community in her golf cart. florida is home to many retirees, and a high proportion of them vote. i a

bosnia-herzegovina is still recovering from the balkan conflict which ended 17 years ago. with unemployment at around 43% this is a difficult environment to get people to invest in saving energy. most are simply too busy making ends meet. but the country has a lot of potential. better insulation of buildings and more modern technology could bring large energy savings. to get things moving, the international climate initiative has been offering cheap loans to those willing to invest. >> they still look like cartridges -- these screws have to be hardened before they get their threading. the furnace heats the screws to 900 degrees celsius. then the glowing steel is cooled in an oil bath. senad macic is in charge of the entire process. he regularly checks the temperature beneath the giant oven. >> it's ok. it's not too hot. >> the oil is being cooled with water to prevent overheating. >> we used to take it from the tap, and when it got too warm we let it down the drain. but today we use it for our floor heating. >> the blue and green pipe conducts the heated water toward the s

southern italy as well as the southern balkans you're going to be dealing, instead, with those stormy conditions. we're talking about hail, thunder and lightning. and heavy rain. another system coming in along the med, it's going to be hitting portugal by thursday evening. and then stalling out here, as well, for the next couple of days. so wet weather to continue to the south. then we have high pressure keeping things dry to the center of the continent. up to the north, though, we've got another system. now this one, in fact, a new one coming in from the atlantic across iceland straight in towards norway. toward the north, of course, snow, and then it will be rain and wind for western and southern portions of the scandinavian peninsula. getting a break in the british isles. some good news for you here. just hovering around 10 degree mark in london as well as in paris. 8, in fact on thursday. out towards the east, moscow hitting 4 degrees on thursday. and then down across the south, of course, a little bit warmer 18 in athens as well as madrid. up to 20 in rome. and in lisbon. here no

that's going to move to the east into the balkans, bringing heavy rainfall. even in illustrate taly, you co flash floods. last week we had the significant flooding in and around there. also into northern portions of the uk, another area that will have misty rain showers. london with a high of 9, paris with 8. and eastern europe, single-digit temperatures through your thursday, moscow with a high of 5. here's a look at your extended forecast. tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. keira knightley has established herself as one of the most saw after leading ladies. u

weather center falling into the low 40's from winchester and dulles airport, reagan national. 34 balkans virginia, dry tonight. showersooking for some the south of d.c., just out of charlottesville, moving the south and east. not going to impact our area at all. morning, partly cloudy, a start, the temperatures in the 30's. daylight savings time comes to an end in just about two hours. sunrise early tomorrow morning at 6:39, sunset just a little after 5:00. a full look at the forecast coming up in just a few minutes, potential of yet another coastal storm. details coming up. >> the aftermath of sandy is being felt in new york and jersey. show you what happened a gas station when tempers flared. also, dramatic video of a train crashing into a truck. >> another tough day for the of new york and new jersey as they clean up from sandy.ne from power outages to gas gettingg, people are more frustrated for with each passing day. despite the anger, the news is bad tonight. >> there is some progress to report, the lights back on in manhattan. the outlying areas are still in trouble. is taking's g

towards italy, though, another system will start to clear out over towards the balkans. you saw some 90 kilometer-per-hour winds so, much fairer weather for you on tap. rome with a high of 19. london on the cooler side with 8. here's a look at your extended forecast. ♪ >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, have a great day wherever you are.

and severe thunderstorms could be popping up across the southern portions of itly, over towards the balkans. temperatures are going to remain on the cool side here. single digits in the east. london and paris both getting up to 12 and 11. now let's take a look at your extended forecast. >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

talking northern italy as well as northwestern parts of the balkans. now we'll see clearing and high pressure moving in. still see heavier rain down across northern algeria. that will weaken on wednesday and start to move away. things are clearing towards the south. still seeing heavy rain for northern parts of the uk and up into scandinavia. you'll see steady streams of moisture coming up over the next couple days. temperatures are looking like this. i'll leave you with your extended forecast. >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight, a conversation with thomas ricks. tonight, a conversation with thomas ricks.

east, we have this frontal area which is pushing off towards the back black sea, already into the balkans. this has been bringing some very heavy rains and even flooding conditions. i want to show you video coming out of this area where heavy rain over the weekend has caused rivers to burst throughout sloven slovenia, reld alarms sounded as some floods cut off entire communities here. these cars are under water. but also in croatia, they were also sit by heavy rain and strong winds, which flooded streets and brought down trees, although damage was minimal here. it does go to show that the strength of these storms as they did push overhead. now, once again, in italy, we have this other storm system a little bit farther towards the west across the iberian peps la, a low pushing off here, bringing rain showers for you. off towards the north, frontal area diving towards the south, bringing gusty winds, heavy winds across the scandinavian peninsula, even some snow. 83 kilometer-per-hour winds were rormded here. temperatures are also reflecting the cooldown coming in from the north, though. sto

that will be you in southern italy, the southern balkans. the potential for flash flooding, short time heavy rain coming down. let's take a look at temperatures. 10 degrees in stockholm, 6 in warsaw as well as in kiev. paris and london at respective respectively. 21 degrees in rome. here's your extended forecast. >>> once again our lead news for this hour, japanese voters have spent weeks listening to their politicians debate the possibility of an early election. now they have a date to mark on their calendars. they'll be going to the polls on sunday, december 16th. prime minister noda will soon dissolve the lower house of the diet. he and his ruling party made the decision after forging an agreement with the main opposition liberal democratic party. >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us at "nhk world," from all of us at "nhk world," thanks very much for joining us. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com tavis: good evening. from los angeles, i am tavis smiley. tonight the conversation abou

it's been moving across eastern europe, across the balkans. you've been seeing rough to severe weather throughout the pest several days. this is video out of the region where heavy rain over the week end caused rivers to burst their banks throughout slow vein yeah. alarms were sounded as floods cut off entire communities. you can see many cars submerged as the floods continue to ravage the area. croatia was also hit by heavy rain and strong winds which flooded streets and brought down trees. fortunately the damage was minimal here. so really good news. but now that storm system is still pushing off towards the east into eastern parts of europe. still bringing gusty winds around the black sea. definitely want to watch that. off towards the northern portions of the uk, we have snow over in the scandinavian peninsula and into the low countries. temperatures will reflect this. loren done with only a high of eight. stockholm, four on your tuesday. down in athens a little warmer, 27 for your high on your tuesday. here is a look at your extended fore

meanwhile, to the balkans, over towards italy, you've been watching this storm system. good news, that is starting to dissipate. improving conditions across much of this region, as well. temperatures in the single digits towards the east. warsaw up to 5. on thursday, london at 12, and madrid getting up to 14 here on your thursday. now here's a look at your extended forecast. # >>> we'll be back with more updates in 30 minutes. i'm gene otani in tokyo. >>>

pressure area still bringing heavy rain showers out toward italy as it works its way in toward the balkans and eventually turkey still bringing all the rough weather with it. north of that though see all the clear skies? central and eastern europe? it's also accompanied by cool temperatures. warsaw only a high of 16. you are going to be seeing some fog especially through the early morning hours. continue to watch out for that. london a high of 10 here on your friday. here's a look, extended forecast. >>> recapping your top story people in japan will vote in a general election next month. prime minister yoshihiko noda dissolved the lower house of the diet. the speaker announced the dissolution of the chamber. voting day is december 16th. noda said he is keeping the promise he made to seek a new mandate after reforming the social security and tax systems and said the main focus of the election is whether to move forward or go back to the old political ways of the liberal democratic party, currently the main opposition. noda's democratic party beat the ldp in the 2009 election. >>> we'll be b

has acquitted of desecration former generals of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the balkan conflicts in the 1990's. that's where we will stay for the moment. the acquittal of those two former generals. they had been convicted of war crimes and now they have been told they can go free. this is the reaction from their supporters in the capital of croatia following the decision. this was for atrocities against serbs in the former yugoslavia. our correspondent, peter, is there. give us the backdrop before we ask what happened. present is an interesting case. there was some surprise of the acquittals today. the background is the two were two croatian generals involved in a military offensive by the croatians to retake the serb- occupied enclave in 1995 and august. it was alleged they had been involved in expelling serbian civilians and there were charges of murder and plunder and deportation and better things. it came to trial in march of 2008 and predicted in april last year and found guilty. one was given 24 years in jail and the other was given 18 years. on appeal, by a major

be about balkan war criminals we have a lot of. groups. also i've used in the right you know just climatic words like when you have that knowledge it wasn't course it's muddy when i was fifteen yes so you can liberate their women and you certainly can't do it through the barrel of a gun only effective social changes can be asked. ask again men and women. and not to across. the fish on. the shelf and. stop people in the obama administration talking about how much they care about the women of afghanistan it's not true they don't care about the women of afghanistan. he used to. be. in the. wealthy british. market. can. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's cause for a no holds barred look the global financial headlines cons a report on. the mission in three cretaceous three. four judges is free to make humans three. three. q type three. old free broadcast quality video for your media projects and free media. welcome back to spotlight i'm al green of in just a reminder my guest on the show today is alexandra made v

in our region of croatia this just is pretty much open season on servers in the balkans then where ever committed crimes against children go totally unconscious hundreds. if we look at the list of names of people convicted by the un call for crimes during the will we see now high ranking costabile by an insanely serbian generals why do you think that is. because the tribunal was that our might be man he really what i'm going to call a world i mean the united states was the only country that really mattered in parallel with their own rules and a tribunal were critically designed to be much the interviewer serves to make sure that the servant declared the guilty party and all the war i grew to ninety and set off by a blast by the way western intervention military and diplomatic and there are probably. the legal recognition of the very. professional movement. republics of the former yugoslavia this is not a private bar and tribunal. i think a greater dream and we're going to have a chance to actually find its case and kind of remind general assembly's bangla that in fact being a tribunal w

i think that you're right increasingly what we're seeing in the united states is this kind of balkanization this this. the private neighborhood of of america and it's not it's not the direction that we should be going as a country we should be more all in this together gary in miami gary welcome to the program thanks for calling. gary are you are on the air live. on tom thank you for your show and also thank you for having me on the sprinkler on the on the schools is great work i want to ask you what your thoughts are about possibly. restructuring the parks code to favor cooperatives so that average workers would not have to give so much of their own home their wages and well to. tears i think if there are any ideas that you have about that or anything out there in the discourse yes i appreciate your bringing this issue up because it's a it's a really big deal and in fact in my the most recent book that i publish is called thresholds of crisis western culture the last chapter is about a place called mon that are gone in spain the reason i went there spent a week and it's the largest co-op i

courtesy of the british authorities there's a growing number of prosecutions resulting from offensive balkan civil even misunderstood place. reports from london. do you think before you tweet what if you're in a bad mood or you just have a controversial opinion would you post that as your facebook status you might think that what you type is insignificant considering the vast expanse of the internet think again for something that you type on here you could end up in. paul chambers two years ago the accountant worried that he might not be able to fly due to bad weather tweeted robin hood airport is closed you've got to weaken a bit to get your together otherwise i'm blowing the airport sky high arrested questioned for a tower as convicted and find the tweet lost him his job and cost him thousands in lawyers fees chambers case branded the twisted trial true such widespread condemnation that it was eventually overturned by the high court nineteen year old linford house posted a photograph of a burning paper puppy on his facebook page a symbol of remembrance for the soldiers that die in war arre

to agree with that are that we justify the way that the west and there are going to remain in the balkans and then i mean we're following because i. think being out there now i serbia was labeled the bad guys in the what can be media. and all the others were all right we're going to guy as a result a tribunal response to our put that into law codifying not behave tribune wench we . can make its ruling meaning all rules for our war criminal are all going on are pretty much now the court found that the initial convictions although god told them not to catch well based on the premise later ruled fulls that any all tillery that landed on serb inhabited towns was an attack on civilians what's your take on that. it was it was clearly that. i remember that showing i remember being the action will remember her going to court wrong at nine ninety five and later you had prominent not grenades calling on and really an order on our caribbean pretty ingrained show and then another call from the real you're not going to meet your new we're in terror bombing and. no one went there and i read even their

to is sorely existing in order to perpetuate this myth about how everything that happened in the balkans in the one nine hundred ninety s. was the result of a joint criminal conspiracy by the serbian leadership what does this do for the credibility of the court. well that court has no credibility to start with and it shouldn't have had any credibility for years. the fact that people are protesting the verdict now as a miscarriage of justice is actually lending the court credibility how would you why would you be offended by a decision. that is made perfectly in line with what the courts to cause i court mandate which is to blame the serbs for everything they did the court the tribunal did exactly what it was supposed to do we. made a show trial it made a show verdict and then it overturned a show verdict when its usefulness was it at the end. i don't see what can be accomplished by getting worked up over the fact that they did exactly what they were supposed to do so you have pretty firm predictions over the cases of the former leader of one carriage and also the former serbian general r

a waste of time a chamber mccain supported clinton in the balkans and graham is on record in two thousand and four two thousand and five criticizing the bush analysis of iraq to see every on the strange evolving into i'm saying he criticized president bush's handling of iraq in two thousand and four two thousand and five thing he did different when obama became president that's my point and you're saying republicans acted differently with a democratic president absolutely and democrats acts differently when there's a republican as president more of a rumble after the break yes walsh. wealthy british style son it's time to. it's. really happening to the global economy with. global financial headlines kaiser reports. it was not. a huge contract. it was not the operation to secure. a. contract. it was the campaign for making billions of dollars for. forty. eight billion dollars. for two years. more news today. these are the images being from the streets of canada. in china. today. well go back to that i slow liberal rumble joining me again neil mccabe and horace cooper let's get back to it f

america today imports more venezuelan oil than it's producing in bach and even with the success of the balkans that's very interesting but what about in terms of exporting natural gas i mean at all is a global commodity and natural gas is much more limited regionally because it's not easy to export you have to liquify it right correct so it's a very localized market so yes you look at japan their pain over fifteen dollars per m.c.f. in europe it's about three times what it is in the u.s. today unfortunately it costs billions of dollars to build a little vacation plant which takes the gas and condenses that by over six hundred times think about you know this is a terrorist attack waiting to happen so you've got to remember that part of permitting and then they have to ship it out so you know right now america can't do that so it's going to take a long time think about how much per meeting in the delays and just the pipeline they remind all these aren't cheap months actually ship of the world and the reality is russia has three right now it's already behind the russians and the russians are good

was aborted quietly is a shy of three ways to talk about chamber mccain supported clinton in the balkans and graham is on record in two thousand and four two thousand and five criticizing the bush analysis of iraq to see everyone in the strangely mom telling him no i'm saying he criticized president bush's handling of iraq in two thousand and four two thousand and five but he didn't different when obama became president that's my point many are saying republicans acted differently with a democratic president absolutely and democrats accept differently when there's a republican as president more to i'd flown into rubble after the break yes walsh. here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call a donor. i'm sorry i missed the guy who cares an awful lot about what you sir are you know what that is my terror cells and you want to give us a defeat terrorism on the on the liberal and the christian public you. can really go to the. you know the corporate media distracts us from what you and i should care about because they're profit driven industry that se

. >> bishops from across the united states met in balkan last week. >> the physician assisted suicidem in massachusetts. a couple of things about that struck them as very interesting. even though shaun o'malley were the ringleaders to the opposition, they made this strategic choice to stay in the background and let others carry the argument. and the joe biden people to do is messaging and that did have impact in reaching out to the undecideds. in general, of course you are right, they did take it on the chin, particularly in the same-sex marriage issue. and there i think there is a division among the bishops. some think if they just hunker down and fight harder, they can win. and they are open to a sort of new way to make these arguments. i think it's just too early to know how that's going to play out. >> there's a pr firm that worked with joe biden, how influential and how important is that? >> i think people that watched that race is critical. all the polling would suggest had a great deal of impact in terms of sway and it was a very close rate, but swayed it the bishop's way. a lo

one of the things most disturbing to me as former general officer and supervised elections in balkans and make sure they are fair, for some reason in some of these states we have political parties that don't want people to vote. they restrict poll hours. they restrict the number of voting machines. they add.... >> neil: what about people in lines that are voting for mitt romney, popping up obama? >> i only heard one instance of that. i have seen others -- what i have seen it does upset me. it shouldn't be happening in the united states of america. if there is an issue, keep the polls open. what is the difference? this is the united states of america. when people around the world understand about voter suppression and hear these arguments. >> neil: another day, another after tuesday? >> in ohio.... >> you are not saying go to november 7th? >> we have four hours of early voting today in ohio. polls were open 1:00 to 5:00. why is that? why couldn't we have eight hours or ten hours? great i think they should all vote early. some some of these polling places you are waiting in two or three

speaker of the house, republican john balkaner said the elect was a mandate for both parties to findmmon ground. >> let's hope they can do that. >> yes, let's hope so. >>> now, virginia was one of the most closely watched battleground states and one of the last ones to be called late last night. >> democrats did very well in the northern part of the commonwealth with congressman jim madalyn murray o'hair moran and gerry connolly winning re- election -- with jim moran and gerry connolly winning re- election. we get more now from john henrehan in richmond this morning for us. >> reporter: good morning. this virginia senate race is going to be remembered for one thing, i think, in the long run, money. more money was spent on this senate race than any u.s. senate race in any state including larger states in u.s. history. according to the center for responsive politics, $82 million was spent on this race and $52 million of the $82 million was spent by outside groups, not the political parties, not the candidates themselves. it is just a staggering sum of money. and in his comments to the

the balkan covers 25 square miles of north dakota, montana and parts of can today.ed in the 1950s. ron n erbg ss, president of the until says only recently have they found where it is most productive. >> other people are searching for it across the world. >> this is the heart of balkan country. >> the oil companies alone are spending about $2 billion a month on their investment to drill the wells out here. >> it means domestic energy, forever barrel we produce there we need one less barrel from some unfriendly company. >> the profit? an estimated $1.6 billion budget surplus from tax revenues. lin helms says it is booming because there is not a lot of federal land. north dakota is business friendly. >> we have a very rigorous process that you have to go through in north dakota if you're going to impose rules or regulations on the private industry. >> insiders say the biggest threat to that future however is a major drop in oil prices, arrest aore in regulations. rick: thanks so much. jenna: on the east coast tens of thousands of folks are entering a third week with n

. >> typical balkan well is projected to produce for 30 years. >> it means that domestic energy.ans for every barrel we produce we need one less barrel from some unfriendly country. >> worries about the upcoming fiscal cliff and lowered forecast for demand recently put a dent in price per barrel. the biggest threat major drop in oil prices and increase regulations and taxation. >> we are making contact with senators in washington, d.c. >> it's the heart of the country where the activity is full throttle. >> the oil companies are spending $2 billion a month on their investment, just to drill well here. >> north dakota profit from the oil and gas development is estimated $1.6 billion budget surplus. north dakota department of mineral resources says it's been booming because there is not a lot of federal land. the state has a high percentage of privately owned property. plus the state has a history of being business friendly. bret? >> bret: alicia acuna in denver. thank you. still ahead, the controversial figures who might be up for cabinet posts. first, their homes are uninhabitabl

it's like sarajevo during the siege in the balkans and the thought of more people coming in on top of the people that are already there and the people in and out of hotels, trying to find places to get showers and restaurants closed, basically all of manhattan's population was jammed north of 40th street, so it only makes sense given the uncertainties of this and the pressure on services in manhattan and the discomfiture of people there, don't do the marathon. >> general wesley clark, thank you very much indeed. >> thank you. >>> coming up, rudy giuliani joining me from ohio. what happens when you cancel the marathon. humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel