all right we have to leave it there julie levesque from the center for research on globalization thanksfor your time it's. a wave of synchronized bombings has torn through the iraqi capital killing at least sixty three people wounding nearly two hundred ambulances could be heard a racing back and forth as massive plumes of smoke rose above the capital authorities say at least fourteen devices went off throughout the city ranging from car bombs to hidden explosives while no one's taking responsibility the bombings come as tensions between shia and sunni muslims is reaching a boiling point it's also been less than a week since u.s. forces withdrew from the country behind an air of uncertainty middle east water coral shohreh thinks dirty politics and broken promises could be the root of iraq's predicament. although we've been told in the past few years that american success in restoring security establishment a stable political order and started issuing a statement for the chicken or dearth of very before the last american soldier has actually left there are. in the process of completely.

famed astronomer says it's a system rip for more exploration which is exactly what the center for research in mountain view is doing. >> we look to see if that signal comes from the direction of only one target. >>reporter: non-profit center battled back from funding cut and ironically on this day of app earth like announcement once again pointed the telescope toward the keepler system to listen for signs of life. >> so we are asking a perfectly reason question of the yawn versus somewhere else. law of physics and chemistry lead to sent gentleman being with technology that we mate discould have if we only look. >>reporter: whether it ace room full of scientist or one woman tonight keepler 22 b has given an able old question new life. this is abc 7 news. >> really remarkable discovery. >> talk about the weather forecast. sandy is here. maybe it would be warmer on that planet. >> perhaps warmer than hear that's for sure. take a look at the current temperatures. it is getting cold outside. bitterly cold by morning but already 36 in napa to have the 0santa rosa 37 grease in fairfield livermore

atrocities victims there's no iranian representation in court michel chossudovsky director of the center for research on globalization told me the u.s. is paving the way he thinks for a campaign in iraq and it's just the fact i could sell it as a whole i believe a propaganda ploy directed against the right where you are humans a run of the eleven we look you took we took more than iran because that is not the only. you know me get this information. campaign which is not being waged against against iran i think this is. part of the propaganda ploy you deb and i it's you want it to be you chris said to run as a threat to global security you know as an upcoming nuclear power which threatens the quotes you say that the rather supports the war on terrorism when in fact it was terrorism this is supported by the united states of america and we see that let you know when they actually supports it the libyan islamic fighting group and it's also full of it in fact we have seen it with fabrications and fabrications whereby a lot of shade of which has been all the pentagon's threw it all up and many years now is

famed astronomer says it's a system rip for more exploration which is exactly what the center for research in mountain view is doing. >> we look to see if that signal comes from the direction of only one target. >>reporter: non-profit center battled back from funding cut and ironically on this day of app earth like announcement once again pointed the telescope toward the keepler system to listen for signs of life. >> so we are asking a perfectly reason question of the yawn versus somewhere else. law of physics and chemistry lead to sent gentleman being with technology that we mate discould have if we only look. >>reporter: whether it ace room full of scientist or one woman tonight keepler 22 b has given an able old question new life. this is abc 7 news. >> really remarkable discovery. >> talk about the weather forecast. sandy is here. maybe it would be warmer on that planet. >> perhaps warmer than hear that's for sure. take a look at the current temperatures. it is getting cold outside. bitterly cold by morning but already 36 in napa to have the 0santa rosa 37 grease in fairfield livermore

representation in the court so interesting story this is painful to tell just adopt the director of the center for research on globalization someone from montreal michel evening what do you make of this case to believe iran aided than the nine eleven attacks but he's absolutely no evidence that iran is the nine eleven attacks there is evidence collection of evidence that there was conspiracy and complicit the highest levels of the u.s. government. of the nine eleven commission report has been refuted and you find you've missed scullers and writers and journalists intelligence analysts there is absolutely no evidence that. all it's kind of that bad weather involved in it i love it thanks it facts if there's anybody behind it was the central intelligence agency going back without. the soviet back and lot of god was invaded on the pretext that they had attacked america this was states that it was stated on the bullying oh september twelfth two thousand and one it was it was the pretext also nato was involved it's all still flying of the last treaty. and this just the fact i could see it as a whole i believe a

here in the u.k., the numbers for nearly 3/4 of all butterfly species are in considerable decline. the researchers from the center for ecology and hydrology say the most likely explanation is they are losing their traditional habitat. >> this latest stock date is based on data covering a decade, as well as signalsing the size of overall populations of different species. researchers have been looking at how wide spread they are. the study's key finding is 72% of the u.k.'s butterflies have seen their numbers falling. among the biggest declines, rare species like the high brown, the population is down by almost 70%. it's also found in fewer areas. its distribution has halved. researchers believe the key factor behind the falls in so many species is the deterioration of habitat, and they found that it's want just the rarer butterflies that have declined. total numbers of common or widespread species are also down. >> the declines are much broader, and a lot of the species we're worried about have still continued to decline. however, at local sites, we've actually reversed these declines quite well. >> among the succ

which is exactly what the center for research in mountain view is doing. >> we are lacking to see ifal comes from the direction of only one target. >>reporter: the non-profit center is battled back from funding cuts and ironically on this day of an earth like announcement once again pointed the telescope to the keepler system to listen for signs of life. >> we are asking a perfectly reason question of the univers universe. somewhere else do the law of physics and chemistry lead to sent gentleman beings with technology that we mate discover with we only looked. >>reporter: whether a room full of scientist or one woman, tonight keepler 22 b has given an age old question new life. in mountain view, abc 7 news. >>> fascinating. one other space note. new study says some alien planet could be made ofg keepler 22 b. a would be likely incompatible of supporting living beings like us. but perhaps diamonds. >> when we continue here tonight. u.s. spy plane crashes in iran. the secret technology that may now be at risk. >> mailing a letter is going to cost more and take longer to get to the dest

-based center for economic research as brazil is typical of emerging economies struggling with a developed ones. it predicts that by 2020, russia will have overtaken germany. it predicts that india with a population of over 1 billion people, france will take fifth place. husband hiszabeth's spending a fourth night in a hospital where he has had treatment for a blocked coronary artery. >> a spokesman for buckingham palace as the duke remains under observation and is in good spirits. the queen is being kept informed. yesterday, six of the eight grandchildren came to a hospital and spent 45 minutes at his bedside. they included prince william, prince harry, and the claim in the couple's four children came here for hospital. the duke is eager to return for the royal family is celebrating christmas. >> stay with us on bbc world news, much more to come including the forest fire forcing hundreds to a flea their homes in northwest italy. first, the private delegation of south koreans paying their respects to kim jong il, we have this repot. -- report. >> this is south korea's peace offering, payin

for more now on what this means for egypt and others let's start to transpire from the center for global research in international affairs and a columnist for the jerusalem post about something without a spine out of the first round of voting as you just say the muslim brotherhood claimed the largest percentage of the votes was this expected. yes it was expected as i think many of the most prescient analysts at least of the middle east and that goes for in the region itself in israel and also in the west saw very clearly that the muslim brothers were likely to do well in these elections had advances precisely for a couple of reasons firstly because they were the most well organized force on the ground organize not just in the cities but also in the rural areas right the way down to the small villages and communities no other political party could match that firstly and secondly because we have the track record now that when free elections are held in the arabic speaking world at the current time islamist parties tend seven advances tend to do well so i think for both of those reasons it was quite

but the poll he still has more hurdles to clear according to dr dollop of spy after the center for global research in international. the muslim brothers even if they control the parliament together with the salafist perhaps or whoever they choose to ally with won't be able to impact on foreign policy for a while yet we'll have to wait till the presidential elections which of course do in the summer of next year into two thousand and twelve at that point should the islamists the muslim brothers when those elections to shoot an islamist president come to power in egypt then i think we could be looking at a very new situation and then i generally think from israeli point of view we could be into a whole new situation having said that even a muslim brothers president even wisdom brothers parliament will still be faced with a very key and deep economic problems of egypt which may well preclude a complete turnaround. i still have you this hour here on r.t. british m.p.'s are teaming up to make extradition policy with the u.s. and level playing field. we need to make sure that we are being equal and we a

or you cobra a center for economics and business research has given russia an optimistic forecast for its future standing the world's biggest economies by twenty twenty calling this group says it'll rise from its current number nine position to take up the fourth spot no mean feat while to talk about that let's go live to one of the top international consultant north. adrian hi there thanks for being with us so we've got a glowing report here of russia's economic future what do you know about the credibility of the group first of all that produced it and what does the report actually say and more bit more detail. well the center for economic and business research is a london based think tank it has been founded and led by our consultants a rather well known couldn't solve them doug was mark williams and i believe that all these forecasts are worth in a way well what everybody anyone wants to make out of them because it's very normally just base themselves economic data and then project forecasts into the future i'm all good we'll read about all these forecasts all these and now it is

depends on who the problem who chooses to align with according to dr jonathan spyer for the center for global research in international affairs as. the muslim brothers even if they control the parliament together with the salafist perhaps or whoever they choose to ally with won't be able to impact on foreign policy for a while yet we'll have to wait till the presidential elections which of course do in the summer of next year into two thousand and twelve at that point should the islamists the muslim brothers win those elections too should an islamist president come to power in egypt there are we could be looking at a very new situation with regard to this vote it does depend very much on who the muslim brothers who will have the controlling presence in the parliament choose to align if they choose to ally with the. party which of course did unexpectedly well winning around twenty percent of the if they choose to ally with them then i think we secular egyptians that is to say will have a great deal to be concerned about. celeb this hour here on r.t. british m.p.'s teaming up to make extradition policy

answer those questions for us is dean baker his economist and co-director of the center for economic and policy research dr baker it's so nice to have you on the show absolutely so i want to start with the technocrats who are in charge and the two oldest capitals in europe they are unelected they are former bankers and as i said they're running the two oldest capitals in europe so have really reached a point in the west. where we're not at risk of losing our democratic liberties and democracy but where it's already gone what once it's already gone i mean the it was sort of brought out this was brought about through a democratic process i mean these were parliaments that pushed these people in but i can certainly understand the people in both greece and italy feel like a quasi coup took place i mean they did not vote for these people they had constraints put on them by the european central bank by the i.m.f. from the you know the european union and they were given very very little choice so i can certainly understand a lot of resentment there but it did happen through a democratic process but what about

. >> and at nouns many is just as the center for steady research went back on line live today with its allen telescope. funding challenges had stopped that work in april. but it's gone back up targeting the system looking for freak qens skbreez trying to identify signal that's don't look natural. in that quest to answer are we alone. the team says it's discovered 1,000 actually actually, new phone shall planets, more excitement from nasa today. >> that is terrific, thank you. >> and uc berkeley scientists found two biggest black holes ever recorded. each is 10 billion times the size of our son. and this is actually considered close on a galactic scale. this is formed when a super sized star collapse autos another presidential candidate has a memory lapse on the public stage. >> but this candidate is running in mexico. the list he couldn't remember when we come back. >> traffic now is moving nicely on the bridge. spencer christian here with a look at the travel forecast. >> air traffic is moving well. and there are flights on time except in new york area. low cloud ceilings and visibili

and the center for retail research, they're actually out of the united kingdom, and they look at shopliftingot only in the united states, but on a global perspective. and what they're telling us is that the amount of goods that will be lift with the that illegal discount from shelves this year is, as you said, going to be almost $2 billion. the exact figure, $1.8 billion. and if you think this is a harmless crime, retailers pass that cost on to you and me. they have to raise their prices on other goods to cover the losses. now, worldwide for the whole year shoplifting's going to cost about $119 billion, but there's some interesting statistics behind this. shoplifting, some people say it's because the economy is bad. other experts say the economy never an excuse, that this is a crime of opportunity. shoplifters see the chance to get away with something, and there's a thrill for it, and they do it. 75% of shoplifters according to the center for retail research are adults, not teenagers, not kids, adults, and it breaks down evenly between men and women who, obviously, see an opportunity to do s

based center for economics and business research has given russia optimistic forecast for its future standing in the world's biggest economies by twenty twenty according to the group it will rise from its current number nine position to take up the fourth spot i spoke to international consultant to north adrian so what she told me these predictions though are very likely to come true. i believe that all these forecasts are worth in a way well what everybody anyone wants to really make out of them because it's very they normally just base themselves on certain economic data and then project our forecasts into the future i wouldn't be surprised if the european economy is in for a very long spade of trouble and no doubt the russian economy because not of its economic basis but because of its geo political potential of being such a large country having such vast natural resources our country like russia can do nothing but improve into the future as long as a series of correct policies are in place and more about it beyond any criticism one can do to circumstantial governments russia has

charles armstrong with the center for korean research said in an interview with cnn last year that, despite his theatrics, he was a political giant. >> he's not a madman. i think he's a very smart man. he's very capable. he's well trained in the art of politics. and he's very shrewd at how he operates. >> reporter: kim jong-il had long been at odds over many world leaders over his country's nuclear program. having the capability to build a bomb was his greatest ambition, a goal he only recently realized when north korea tested its nuclear weapons for the first time in 2006. it put the world on notice and gave mr. kim the ultimate bargaining chip, something that makes the uncertainty of what comes next all the more important. gary tuchman, cnn, new york. >>> joining us now for an exclusive interview are lisa and laura ling. lisa is the host of "national geographic explorer" and she has a documentary that airs tomorrow night at 9:00 on the national geographic channel. her sister laura was taken two years ago when they were filming along the china/north korea border. they were subjected to a s

charles armstrong with the center for korean research said in an interview with cnn last year that, despiteheatrics, he was a political giant. >> he's not a madman. i think he's a very smart man. he's very capable. he's well trained in the art of politics. and he's very shrewd at how he operates. >> reporter: kim jong-il had long been at odds over many world leaders over his country's nuclear program. having the capability to build a bomb was his greatest ambition, a goal he only recently realized when north korea tested its nuclear weapons for the first time in 2006. it put the world on notice and gave mr. kim the ultimate bargaining chip, something that makes the uncertainty of what comes next all the more important. gary tuchman, cnn, new york. >>> joining us now for an exclusive interview are lisa and laura ling. lisa is the host of "national geographic explorer" and she has a documentary that airs tomorrow night at 9:00 on the national geographic channel. she snuck into north korea to make this documentary. her sister laura was taken two years ago when they were filming along the china

>> reporter: david brenner is director of the center for radiological research at columbia universityer. he says the odds are one in ten million people will develop cancer as a result of a backscatter scan. but when fully deployed-- a billion travelers could pass through a backscatter machine each year. >> it's a very small risk, so, you and i don't have to worry about walking through these machines. but if a thousand million people walk through these machines, it's a whole different ball game. >> reporter: brenner says its like the lottery. the odds may be long, but people still win. brenner predicts when fully deployed, backscatter scanners could give a hundred travelers cancer every year. >> reporter: so instead of the power ball, its cancer ball? >> instead of power ball, it's cancer ball indeed. and the issue is we don't need to have a cancer ball because we have alternatives which don't use x-rays. >> reporter: the alternative dr. brenner refers to uses lower frequency millimeter waves to do the same job. unlike x-rays, millimeter waves do not emit ionizing radiation. the t.s.a.

. >> there is a way to try to raise money for the pancreatic research center at johns hopkins. reporting live from the studios in northwest baltimore, barry simms, wbal tv 11 news. >> thanks, barry. he was an all-around great guy. we want to thank the many of you who are leading condolence messages. -- leaving condolence messages. you can share your messages on wbaltv.com. click on "ron smith." the house has voted down the extension of the payroll tax cut. sally kidd is in our washington bureau with a look at what is next. >> president obama made a surprise appearance at the white house press briefing this afternoon and called on the house republican leadership to take action. unless congress breaks its stalemate, taxes will go up january 1 for some 160 million americans. >> i am calling on the leadership to bring it for a vote. >> president obama needs to call on senate democrats to go back into session and go to conference. >> the problem with the senate bill, republicans say, is that it is only a two-month extension. >> two months of certainty when it comes to payroll, their

steve levi of the center for continued research on the california economy says that there are hiringd engineers but also administrators, food service and german tourist food service workers and janitors. >>reporter: this location has been closed after an experiment during the taping of the tv show missed busters went awry. he can always send over this hill smashing through a home about a half mile away breaking roof tiles on another house before crashing into the minivan. no one was hurt but investigations into the incident and a safety procedure here at the facility are ongoing. >>reporter: here in dublin, the stars of miss busters came to this home were a cannon ball bounced on the pavement and through the front door of the home. they assured the homeowners that they would make everything right as far as damage is concerned. they also said the city's top concern for them. there are investigating what went wrong with the experiment. >>reporter: the area near market and second street is now called start up alley because there are hundreds of new companies that are thriving there are

hangover from the practice of building hospitals and medical centers in heavily black areas for mystery is rife with examples of this for researchright so if you in fact i found in old newspapers debates going on among people i mean where they wanted to build a medical center in philadelphia and richmond was a rival city the people in richmond were saying you should build the hospital here in richmond we have plenty of black people in philadelphia use white people to do the labor of the city they're not going to be enough black people in philadelphia to sustain a good hospital so they were very you know unselfconsciously and over and above board about it so what happened is hospitals and medical centers were located in black areas for that purpose have experimental subjects and as time went on many things sort of maintain this sound etc news in this in this way as it was or exactly exactly even today if you look at most i'm sorry go ahead we're almost out of time we have about thirty seconds here kerry washington. so if you if you could be brab of your thought i'm sorry. but my thought is that we have allowed corporations to dic

the center for economics and business research says the country knocked the uk out of that slot. brazil's economy grew about 7.5% last year, boosted by strong exports to china. >>> now, apple wants you to change your battery. i mean, really change it. the company has filed a patent, indicating it could begin powering future idigital devices with hydrogen fuel cells. that means that instead of running down after days or even hours of use, ipods and iphones might last for weeks on just one charge. i'm sure that'll be very welcome. >>> you may not know what a pantomime is. but it's a kind of a joky stage play. it's very popular here. particularly popular around christmastime, around the holiday time. particularly with children. we're going to talk to you about a pantomime dame with a twist. we'll raise the curtain on one man's transformation into an ugly sister for a festive production of the old story of cinderel cinderella. he spills some of the tricks of the trade in "the world at work." >> ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, raise the curtains. thank you. >> hi, gorgeous! >> i

to help us sort through the numbers and what they mean for the movement's influence, we are joined by andy kohut, president of the pew research center and kate zernike, national correspondent for the "new york times," and author of "boiling mad: inside tea party america." thank you both for being here. andy kohut, let me start with you. we just heard what these numbers say about what support for the tea party is like right now. what did it look like a year ago around the time of the midterms? >> at the time of the midterm wes had a pleuralty of americans saying they agreed with the idea of the tea party. keep in mind, most people... only about half of the people have an opinion, but among the people who do have an opinion, a pleuralty said "we agree with them." at the beginning of of the year when we asked people "what affect do you think the tea party will have on congress?" most people who had an opinion said "it's going to be a good effect." by august we had 29% to 22% pleuralty saying "by the way, they're having a bad effect." so we've seen a deterioration of the view that they're a positive force here in washington and we've se