catherine heenan shows us the emotional farewell. catherine?e of the people christopher dorner killed was buried today. riverside police officer michael crain. he was one of the two officers ambushed in their patrol car. his flag-draped coffin was carried into a riverside church today to the sound of bagpipes. crain had been with the force for 11 years and was a former marine who served two tours of duty in kuwait. he is survived by a wife and two young children. stay with kron four as we follow the latest developments in the christopher dorner investigation. we will have updates on our web site, kron four dot com. as well as on our facebook if new at 6. new developments in the richmond refinery fire. government investigators say today that chevron knew the pipe that leaked and fed the fire should have been replaced. a report issued by the chemical safety board found that the decades old 8-inch steel pipe ruptured due to corrosion. a board chairperson says the pipe should have been replaced years earlier. the investigation into what caused the

catherine has the latest. >> catherine: he has a very challenging and divided congress.ry ambitious agenda with new government investment. revamping integration and let us make a point. look at john boehner. he said that president obama does not have the guts or courage to get anything done. the president knows that he is addressing a congress that is sharply divided. right out of the box he made a plea to work together. and even from john kennedy, let us listen. >> fellow americans, 51 years ago, john f. kennedy declared to this chamber that the constitution makes us not rivals for power but parker's for progress. (cheers & applause) partners for progress. >> it is my task, he said to report the state of the union. to improve it is the task of us all. tonight, thanks to the grit and determination of the american people there is much progress to report. >> catherine: he got a big round of applause. with people in improving with returning from the military and we will keep you updated that you can watch it on comcast 193. we will keep you updated on this. >> of course our

. >> catherine: a developing story. the troubled 787 dreamliner was being tested today in seattle. the company says that first test was 'uneventful.' -- which is exactly what they the dreamliner has been grounded worldwide since january 16th after the batteries in two planes overheated of burned. --or bunredrned...it could still be weeks before the jets are cleared for take- [ male announcer ] if you're ready to get more from your tv service, now's a great time to get at&t u-verse tv. make the switch. [ female announcer ] call now to get u-verse tv starting as low as $19 a month for one year, when you bundle tv and internet with speeds up to 24 megs. add hbo and cinemax and get the first three months free. [ male announcer ] with u-verse tv, you can record four shows at once with the total home dvr that lets you play back, pause, or rewind your shows from any room. and get access to over 175 hd channels. that's more than cable. [ female announcer ] call now to get u-verse tv starting as low as $19 a month for one year, when you bundle tv and internet with speeds up to 24 megs. plus

catherine parrish: and that's because kids aren't at home. they're in day care from six weeks of age. when we were all growing up, we grew up at home and were only exposed to our siblings and cousins, and so we weren't as sick at an early age. now moms go to work at six weeks or eight weeks of age for the child, and so kids get a lot more ear infections, a lot more colds. it may be impossible to avoid runny noses, but experts agree on some easy, yet important ways to give children a good start. catherine parrish: i think i start by telling them to enjoy their baby and love their baby. and then, in the very beginning, like in the first two months of life, to try exposing the baby to as few strangers as possible, to bring as few germs into the house as possible, nurture the baby, feed the baby regularly, not take the baby to the mall... not take the baby to the movies, because i have some very young moms in my practice who want to get back to the mall as soon as possible. and so, you know, i try and limit the baby's exposure to pathogens that m

. >> catherine: a developing story. new details on that explosion and fire in a kansas city restaurant tuesday. we now know that at least one person - an employee - has been killed. and there are questions about whether authorities could have prevented the tragedy. it was happy hour at j-j's restaurant when the explosion happened tuesday. only minutes before.several employees had been evacuated. it wasn't soon enough -- the fire sent 10 employees and several others to the hospital. and one waitress apparently didn't make it out. it's believed that a body found today is that of 35- year-old megan cramer. the kansas city mayor acknowledges that there could be more victims. >> we continue to work on the scene to make sure that we have addressed every possible issues. >> catherine: as for the cause, while the investigation continues - a contractor may have hit a natural gas line - causing the explosion. and it's troubling that neighbors say they had smelled the strong odor of gas an hour before the explosion. some even indi

ai, good morning. >> good morning, catherine. jack lew, he has to win over the democrats and the republicans before he can be treasury secretary. so he's asking lawmakers for bipartisan support on fiscal reform. he says this is needed to keep the u.s. economy on the path to recovery. lew spoke to senators on wednesday. he's seeking their approval for his appointment to obama's second-term cabinet. lew said he's resolved to reduce the nation's huge budget deficit. he asked both democrats and republicans to work together to avoid automatic spending cut march on defense and other programs. >> we must put our nation back on a path of fiscal sustainability. we cannot allow the series of harmful automatic spending cuts known as the sequester to go into effect. these cuts would impose self-inflicted wounds to the recovery and will put far too many jobs and businesses at risk. >> lew also responded to concerns the yen's rapid decline might encourage governments to lower the value of their currencies to boost domestic exports. >> the trea

. >> catherine: on to a developing story.super star -- oscar pistorious-- is facing murder charges tonight. the south african man is accused of shooting his girlfriend. her body was found in his mansion today in the city of pretoria. stacy cohen has the story. >> reporter:the girlfriend of south african olympian oscar pistorius was found fatally shot in his home in south africa early thursday morning according to local authorities. stacey cohan has this report. the shooting happened inside the upscale pretoria, south africa home of olympian oscar pistorius -- according to police. they say he's been charged with murder-- and that he and his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, were the only two people in the home at the time of the shooting. in keeping with south african law, pistorius will be named officially as the suspect when he makes a court appearance. pistorius rose to fame during the london olympics last year. he became the first double amputee to run in the olympic games. although pistorius failed to win a medal, his successf

catherine? that those budget cuts could also lead to some big headaches the next time you fly. the f-a-a could get about 600-million dollars slashed from its budget. and as rene marsh reports -- that could mean delays for travelers. >> this transportation system could be just a couple of weeks away. >> flights from newark, san francisco could experience delays of up to 90 minutes. >> reporter: says how the transportation department will have to deal with the looming budget cut. >> likely closing 100 air traffic control towers and with fewer than 150 flight operations per year. the smaller airports like boca raton fl. what does this mean for you? this means that less take off, landings and the least or fewer flights. that could mean higher ticket prices. and also all that worries about the impact. >> it is difficult to not to see how that will impact safety and efficiency of the system so we are concerned. >> jacqueline: >> reporter: the transportation department is concerned that this will not i

kron4's catherine heenan is here with the details. >> catherine: a big day is right.ned since 2007. now - both the dow and the s&p are close to their all- time highs. the dow closed above 14- thousand for the first time since before the financial crisis rocked the world economy. it's a milestone. although at the new york stock exchange, traders seemed to be taking it in stride. still.the dow hit the mark. thanks in part to a good january jobs report. good car sales. and better consumer confidence and manufacturing. analysts like it.but say it doesn't mean all 'that' much. they've got their eyes on the next big one. >> 'those are certainly nice round numbers. which again, we have done before." i think it will be more of an event if we break through that october 20th 07 all- time high. >> catherine: the october 2007 high he's talking about -- that's when the market hit 14,164. it's not far off. and it's what everyone's watching forlet's take a closer look at that jobs report which was released today. it basically indicates that job growth is holding steady despite some

you would think it would already be in practice, but that is where catherine thinks her young age ise. >> i did not have all these preconceived ideas. i was solving the problem at the simplest level. >> the medical community took note. the socket put her on the map -- map leaving her inbox inundated with e-mails from amputees around the world. >> this provides the capability of helping millions of amputees fit into whatever they do and be successful. >> trying to raise the money to move the device into clinical trials, catherine is crossing these hurdles before it even crossing graduation stage. >> they are overlooking my age, my background, my education. they see this idea has value. >> not bad.

kron 4's catherine heenan recaps the series of events >> catherine: on the night of sunday february third, two bodies are found in a car in irvine. they are michelle quan, assistant women's basketball coach at cal state fullerton and her fiancee, keith lawrence. quan's father had represented dorner at his dismissal. and three days later dorner publishes an online manifesto, naming the elder quan and his family as targets. the statement includes a list of other possible victims. hours later, early thursday morning, dorner's truck is spotted in corona. the driver fires at pursuing officers, grazing one in the head. dorner is then suspected of ambushing two riverside officers, killing one and critically injuring another. dorner's truck is discovered burning at the ski resort of big bear lake. an intense search in the snow turns up no sign of the suspect. on sunday, l=a officials release a surveillance video allegedly showing dorner after the quan=lawrence murders, dumping items in a garbage bin, including an ammo magazine and a military belt. catherine heenan, kron 4. >> pam: a young teenage

catherine heenan has details on that.ne: despite all the photos showing a smiling christopher dorner. he has apparently been a very angry man. february 4th around 9 in the morning.he sat down to write his so-called manifesto on facebook. addressing it to "america". subject matter - "last resort" saying he wants to 'reclaim his name'. dorner says in part that he was targeted by the los angeles police department because he reported a fellow officer for kicking a suspect and using excessive force. in another incident.he says he squeezed an officer's neck after hearing him use offensive and racist terms. he says he now wishes he had simply shot the man. now, dorner writes "i will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in l-ap-d uniform whether on or off duty." >> it appears that the house a vendetta. not just the lapd, but with any citizen. it is it lost to approach him with extreme concern. >>catherine: dorner is angry about the people behind his firing. and angry about fellow officers he accuses of things li

catherine heenan has catherine? a developing story. president obama wrapped up his state of the union address a short time ago. setting the tone for his second term. he told americans the "rubble of crisis" has been cleared away from the economy. and the state of the union is better. millions of americans were watching.and he knows the stakes are high. the president faces stiff opposition from the republicans who control the house -- and who have repeatedly blocked some of his top legislative priorities. senator marco rubio of florida delivered the official republican response tonight. and senator rand paul of kentucky - represented the tea party. both men have indicated an interest in running for president. he made this clear that he wants action on gun-control. he is facing stiff opposition. and they have repeatedly blocked tough legislation mark rubio and the kentucky senator rand paul.... also delivered public information and have indicated an interest in running for president. >> jacqueline: 60s through concord, san jose and as we

. >> good morning, catherine. it also weakens the home currency and lengthens stock prices and that's usually good news. that's why market participants are so keen to find out who the next boj governor will be, and as catherine said, it looks like it will be chief haruhiko kuroda. ramin is at the tokyo stock exchange. ramin, how are the governors responding to the news so far? >> we've already seen a bit of reaction in the currency markets, so why don't we go to that first and then i'll bring you the opening levels for the nikkei and the topix. you can see the dollar/yen clearly in the 94 levels, 94.22 to 24. traders are really betting japan's central bank will deliver further monetary easing under this new governor. now, the dollar has kept above those 94-yen levels. let's look at the euro/yen. 124.21 to 26. it's also higher but trading likely to be a little bit restrained until the full repercussions of the italian elections play out in the markets. they think italy may not pursue current policies. we shall see.

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i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. north korea on tuesday defied u.n.esolutions to conduct a nuclear test. members of the security council held an emergency meeting to discuss their response. our u.n. correspondent mik miki ebara is on the line. what were the reactions from the security council members to the north korean nuclear test? >> reporter: the members were united in their condemnation of the test. south korean foreign minister kim sung hwan presided over the emergency session that lasted for an hour and a half and issued a press statement. >> the members of the security council strongly condemned this test, which is a grave violation of the security council resolution. >> reporter: the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., susan rice, echoed the strong criticism. >> the actions of north korea are a threat to regional peace and security, international peace and security, and they are not acceptable. they will not be tolerated. and they will be met with north korea's increasing isolation and pressure under united nations sanctions. >> reporter: the securi

. >> catherine: it was happy hour at j-j's restaurant when the explosion happened tuesday.tes before.several employees had been evacuated. it wasn't soon enough -- the fire sent 10 employees and several others to the hospital. and one waitress apparently didn'it's believed that a body found today is that of 35- year-old megan cramer. the kansas city mayor acknowledges that there could be more victims. >> work continues at the scene to make sure that we have done everything. >> catherine: as for the cause, while the investigation continues - a contractor may have hit a natural gas line - causing the explosion. and it's troubling that neighbors say they had smelled the strong odor of gas an hour before the explosion. >> every tank worked the way that was supposed to work with our first responders doing an outstanding job. >> catherine: some even indicating that they had noticed a gas smell days ago. but some say it was 'not' and outstanding response. we learned today that the fire dept. had actually been on the scene about an hour before the explosion.and instead of ordering

. >> catherine: jacqueline is correct about flight. 5000 flights across the country. between now and sunday they are not even going to get these planes out. this is a coastal area of near massachusetts bottommost impacted. boston. --one of the most--impacted and the governor is threatening people with jail time if they are on the roads. with the exception, they want people to stay home they are comparing mass to the blizzard of 1978 when 100 people died. the big difference and this is live at new york city. but there have been a lot of warning for this storm. people have been warned. she even some cars were earlier impacted and it has been clobbering the new york to boston corridor. grounding flights and a lot schools were closed. with one-3 ft. of snowfall expected. they are saying that this could be one for the record books. douglas said that there are a couple of different storms. it could to be very serious. and power outages but airports are looking am >> pam: let us take a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. look at that traffic!

. >> catherine: a developing story police don't know the motive in today's rampage of car-jackings and shootings across orange county. three people were killed before the gunman ended it all by shooting and killing himself. police say the man shot and killed a woman in a home first.then set off to shoot more people. he carjacked a couple of way. other cars on the freeway. when officers finally tracked him down -- they say the gunman got out of his car and killed himself. >> new developments in the case of christopher dorner - the former l-a-p-d officer who went on a 9-day shooting spree earlier this month - targeting law ennforcement we're just learning that a full review of dorner's firing is now under-way. dorner's also accused of *stalking several l-a-p-d officials in the weeks leading up to his attacks. los angeles police leaders are now opening up about the impact dorner's manifesto had on the reputation of the department. the 33-year old believes he far unwound misconduct while on the wantsdorner says he was un-justly one >> a good noi do not discount for a minute, that it is jus

this morning's coffee with is with catherine newton. >> catherine newton, welcome to the eyewitness news morning edition. paranormal activity 4. wow. >> pair ranormal active -- wow. >> paranormal activity 4. >> how are you? >> what? >> how are you? >> how was it? >> no, how are you? >> i'm good. i'm great. happy to be talking to you. >> are you having fun with this? >> it is so exciting. i think the most exciting thing about it was i didn't realize how big the fan base was. when i went to the wanted screening and saw the movie for the first time i got to see it with all the fans. that was such a cool experience. they're so invested in the project. we make the movie for the fans. to hear them screaming, like don't go in there and laughing, it was great. after for them to be like i loved it, it's like yes i did something right. >> let me ask you this, did you just kind of sneak in? did they know you were there? were you able to be a little bit anonymous during the screening? >> nope. i was -- nope. they knew i think immediately when i walked in the theater. everyone knew that i was alex. t

catherine robb, to you first, you were just a toddler when your grandfather passed away so you didn't understand it but what did you grow up knowing, hearing, about the relationship between the two of them, their love story. >> well, you're right, i was only two and a half when he passed away and so didn't really know him but i fortunately got to know my grandmother very well and spent a lot of time with her especially in the last eight or nine years of her life and so i heard about their relationship from -- from her and, in fact, she and i -- she and i would go to dinner on tuesday nights. we had a standing tuesday night dinner date and one week we decided to go to driscoll. they had just reopened -- they opened a restaurant that was on the same spot where my grandmother and grandfather had their first date so we thought it would be fun to go there for dinner and reminisce so we went to dinner and i asked her to tell me about their first date and tell me about the young man that she met back in the 30s and sort of the whole -- the whirlwind relationship and i have to tell you i was

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catherine heenan has details on that. >>catherine: despite all the photos showing a smiling christopher dorner. he has apparently been a very angry man. february 4th around 9 in the morning.he sat down to write his so-called manifesto on facebook. addressing it to "america". subject matter - "last resort" saying he wants to 'reclaim his name'. dorner says in part that he was targeted by the los angeles police department because he reported a fellow officer for kicking a suspect and using excessive force. in another incident.he says he squeezed an officer's neck after hearing him use offensive and racist terms. he says he now wishes he had simply shot the man. now, dorner writes "i will bring unconventional and asymmetrical warfare to those in l-ap-d uniform whether on or off duty." dorner is angry about the people behind his firing. and angry about fellow officers he accuses of things like beating up a transient.pocketing drug money. and then lying about it. perhaps not expecting to come out of the drama alive. dorner wro

catherine herridge live in d.c. tonight. catherine, senators from each political party now demanding more droning documents, right? >> that's right, shep. this letter is the most forceful warning to date that lawmakers may stall or even block mr. obama's nominee to run the cia. white house counter terrorism advisor john brennan unless the senators get good cooperation from the administration like providing the secret legal memos, quote: congress and the public can decide whether the president's power to deliberately kill american citizens is subject to appropriate limitations and safeguards. republican senator susan collins who signed a letter telling fox late today the refusal to release the secret memos is hypocritical. >> obama administration that released all of these opinions from the office of legal counsel about the bush administration's treatment of detainees. so, why the different standards? >> brennan is expected to be pressed thursday not only on the targeted killing program but the cia interrogation program. crit

there were a large number of women behind the camera directing big movies, including one with catherine deneuv starring starring in it and a movie "gloria" features a woman who is in her 60's and has decided to live. she's rediscovering life. one of the critics said this is not about your usual hollywood starlet but people entering middle age and discovering what life is all about again and catherine deneuve has a movie as well, at age 69. she is taking the lead role in "on my way," a road movie, believe it or not, playing the role of a woman running a restaurant, not a glamorous role. she decides to go off to buy cigarettes and does not come home, leaving behind the restaurant that causes her worry and her mother that causes her concern, as well. the theme has been about women taking control behind the camera. the women in front of the camera not your usual hollywood starlets but real-life women the kind of women we meet every day, of all ages and that's one of the big overlying themes in this festival which has been overtly political. if there is a political message that it's time

good evening and watching r t with me lucy catherine of one on to our top story right now egypt has beenplunged into a fresh outbreak of street violence as protesters vent their firy against president morsy clouds of tear gas have been fired by the police and golfing the demonstrators who had pelted the presidential palace with petrol bombs now amid the deepening crisis the authorities have now decided to ban the you tube video service in the country for an entire month saying that this is because of the anti islamic content on that site and the decision has sparked outrage among many egyptians questioning the need to shut down the whole service true as the latest from cairo. at the moment there's been a lot of condemnation of the by protest movements who see you tube as a vital resource for disseminating information about human rights abuses by the security forces it's also an indication of an islam mind zation all egypt has been a number of quite controversial statements made by these hardline muslim clerics in the last few weeks including a religious edict calling opposition forces to

catherine says she has too many favorites to pick just one. >> i want pictures and autographs. i want it all. >> reporter: fans will get their chance when this year's hottest moviemakers arrive for hollywood's biggest show. bigad shaban, cbs news, hollywood. >>> still ahead, monster sized goldfish multiplying up at lake tahoe. >> the serious threat they pose to the water. at lake tahoe.. >>> he like is what is that? >> what is that? a surprising find shocking biologists at lake tahoe. >> researchers at the lake say they have reeled in a catch you have to see to believe. giant goldfish and not just one or two, but dozens if not more. it's the exact same species you see sold at the store but a lot bigger. most are more than a foot long, and biologists believe if the numbers grow, goldfish could ultimately affect lake tahoe's renowned clarity. >> we know that we have a giant goldfish. the question now becomes, how long has it been there? and how many others are there in the lake? as you know at lake tahoe we are trying to keep the lake clear. >> researchers believe the goldfish ar

catherine herridge is live in washington.erine, he says that it just really wasn't under him that there was nothing he could do about it; is that right? >> well, marshallly what we learned today is that he was copied on 50 memos about the handling and interrogation of the detainee abu zid apartment 2002 and waterboarded by the cia. if he had objection questioning why brennan executive director at the agency did nothing about them given that he got daily updates. >> including the analysis of the lawfulness of the techniques, putting you in a position to express any concerns you had about the program, before any of the most controversial techniques, including waterboarding were ever used. >> i did not take steps to stop the cia's use of those techniques. i was not in the chain of command of that program. >> brennan also adding that he gets thousands of emails and while he says he raised reservations with his colleagues at the cia. no one has stepped forward to back up those statements. shep. >> shepard: what about the classifie

but will oscar winning couple michael douglas and catherine zeta jones be there together?e get to the bottom of the new break-up rumor. a tabloid report claims the couple is separated. "e.t." has learned it's false. in fact, catherine will be performing and michael will be a presenter and the two will be walking the red carpet together. >> there will be a lot of couple watching on the oscar red carpet, no doubt about that. today while i was at abc, katie couric came to me to spill details about her sit-downs with the nominees. >> have you thought about your acceptance speech at all? >> no. god, no. >> i told him i thought he should have a speech ready and he appreciated that. >> katie has a date with oscar on "mad about oscar," a special edition of "20/20" tonight on abc. jennifer lawrence said she's so over planning her dress. >> i think it should just be about wearing what you like. >> katie told me you can't miss her interviews with sally field and denzel washington. we want to know who you think will be the big winners on sunday. fill out your oscar ballot at etonline.

good evening we've got world news and analysis live from our moscow headquarters i'm lucy catherine of and you're watching our t.v. well the election that was meant to dig a debt ridden italy out of the crisis is now adding political deadlock to economic distress no party or coalition has managed to secure a clear majority in either house of parliament for the country now stock but to stock pardon me between options on the right and the left there's also a new major force emerging with a party led by a former comedian winning a quarter of all the votes. has more. back with a vengeance. a man of. a political force just a couple of months ago has. actually seems to be holding a really good. seats in the senate but again he is tied with. number one position in the senate now if we look at the lower house however parliament does seem like the majority of the. claimed victory there but you have to understand that this is not because so many people have voted for him it is because. a lot. to the party. even by the tiniest margin and that is exactly the situation in this case. as well as a ne

welcome back i'm lucy catherine of the afghan president hamid karzai has ordered u.s. special forces to leave the key battleground province of wardak troops there were accused of torture as well as the murder of civilians earlier i spoke to brian becker from the antiwar answer coalition who told me that it's not just security kabul will now have to worry about. well you know the problem with the afghan army and the afghan police is that it's the creation the proxy the client of a foreign occupying force which is despised really by the people of afghanistan including many who may hate the taliban but who realize that the foreign occupation forces especially these special operation commandos commit any kind of atrocity kill the people torture the people set afghan against afghan without any accountability and so of course that leaves the afghan military in the police even if they were doing pristine work which of course they're not they have many they've committed many crimes on their own but that would leave them in a position of having no credibility with the local pop

welcome back lucy catherine of here. or well egypt's new president mohamed morsi has brought forward parliamentary elections to april twenty second this as the opposition leader is calling for a boycott of the vote accusing him of retreating from his promise for reform meanwhile there's further turmoil in egypt where the government is struggling to contain street violence the unrest has been shaking the nation for weeks now and authorities tell true reports the protests have often been accompanied by claims of a widespread police abuse and torture. in his hometown of tanta nobel al-kindi points out where local youth have renamed a street after his son mohammed a twenty eight year old activist allegedly tortured to death by security forces two weeks ago after protesting on to her a square deal with a hold on the first time i went to see mohammed in hospital i didn't recognize him seriously his face was covered with his skull fractured when i asked the doctors they told me this is mohamed odeh in the pool and the other one

good evening and watching r t with me lucy catherine of one on to our top story right now egypt has beenplunged into a fresh outbreak of street violence as protesters vent their firy against president morsy clouds of tear gas have been fired by the police and golfing the demonstrators who had pelted the presidential palace with petrol bombs now amid the deepening crisis the authorities have now decided to ban the you tube video service in the country for an entire month saying that this is because of the anti islamic content on that site and the decision has sparked outrage among many egyptians questioning the need to shut down the whole service true as the latest from cairo. at the moment there's been a lot of condemnation of the by protest movements who see you tube as a vital resource for disseminating information about human rights abuses by the security forces it's also an indication of an islam mind zation of egypt there's been a number of quite controversial statements made by these hardline muslim clerics in the last few weeks including a religious edict calling opposition forces

thanks for tuning in world news live from our moscow headquarters i'm lucy catherine of and of course you're watching our team well on to our top story it's now exactly one year until the opening of the twenty fourteen winter olympic games right here in russia a special giant clocks have been installed in the country's largest cities and they've begun the countdown for the event which will be held in the black sea resort city of sochi now of course when we're talking about sochi the main celebrations to mark the countdown have taken place in the city itself now rounding off with a spectacular gala show as you can see in the screen there behind me really exciting images there now our team is andrew farmer is actually in the city of for us to see how the preparations for the games have been going and to gauge the mood on the grounds let's take a look. but if she can save you the spirit has what intrigues some cheap food which launched the city sky to see particularly if it was a spectacular skating show but it's not going. to be beach going to the deep stuff in the east time for several

good evening you're watching r t with me lucy catherine over to our compilation of the top stories from the week and today. well it's been revealed to that this week about another russian child died after being adopted by an american family if the twentieth such death since the mid one nine hundred ninety s. the news that three year old maxim cruz mean was found bruised and dead at the home of a texan a couple caused outrage here in russia the boy's adoptive mother claims it was an accident but there are suspicions that maxim could have been abused and killed or to his honesty takes up the story twenty russian children in the last seventeen years died in their adoptive american families most recently here in texas mark simkin meehan known to locals as max shadow just what i heard on the news was just the kid had some scratches. that's all i know three year old mark sam and his younger brother keel lived in this house with their adoptive parents in a rather secluded neighborhood it was from here that on the afternoon of january twenty first the boy was taken away by an ambulance never to

welcome back i'm lucy catherine of let's get to some other international news in brief right now. along supreme leader ayatollah khamenei has rejected a u.s. offer of direct talks over its nuclear program saying the two countries cannot negotiate when tehran has a gun pointed at it this comes just a day after washington tightened economic sanctions on iran aimed at restricting tash from oil production u.s. vice president joe biden made the offer of one to one discussions last saturday. now the leader of hamas says that he's in talks with palestinian president mahmoud abbas about forging a coalition government colleagues may sell mentions that both parties are getting ready ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections hamas have pushed the fatah movement headed by abbas out of the gaza strip in two thousand and seven sparking a conflict between the two sides. up ahead for you with the kaiser report don't go away. she good leverage or it. was easy to believe in these most sophisticated read books which on the lead doesn't give a darn about anything mission to teach religion why

good evening i'm lucy catherine of thanks for tuning in to our team for our weekly show . egypt's opposition groups are gearing up for more mass rallies against president morsy and with some threatening to storm the presidential palace the protesters are demanding that morsi uphold the goals of the revolution that ousted hosni mubarak two years ago meanwhile an egyptian court has ordered the government to block access to the video sharing web site you tube citing and content because r.t.s. build true reports the decision is only likely to inflame tensions as the unaddressed continues. there's been enough to calm the nation of the by protest movements who see you cheap as a vital resource for disseminating information about human rights abuses by the security forces it's also an indication of an islam mind zation all egypt has been a number of quite controversial statements made by these hardline muslim clerics in the last few weeks including a religious edict calling opposition forces to be killed and a muslim cleric speaking to gyptian. justifying insects mob attacks on e