and they are out of trade within the customs union has grown by one third. and a common competition environment is growing within this. one free trade and the transit potential is it. has been years more fully and market players have been better opportunities to. to access international markets from january the first two thousand and twelve because that's what the single economic space that will open it . could be. and free motion of the services capitals and labor force that will be you. it should end but one thousand and fifteen will quit and your or your asian economic union which will largely determine the future of our countries of the me in the new year to you and as for e.u. states we have signed twenty three partnership agreements. and behind them our agreements on tens of specific projects of them we have activated our work with the european union with the aim of fully canceling the visa regime for russians. and after eighteen years of negotiations russia finally joined the w t o one conditions. on the that fully meets and consider.

i wanted to ask sinan, you made a very specific recommendation in terms of extension of the customs union, and by that you mean the union with the european customs union, right? so linking up to the last question, how does this whole thing fit into the euro/turkish relationship and also the euro/mediterranean space that is relevant, i think, for the arab countries given their partnerships with europe, their migration, the arab populations in if europe and also just the geographical proximity? >> thank you. these two fit together, yeah. go ahead, sinan. >> i think as things stand there is big uncertainty about where the turkey relationship is going. there is big uncertainty because there's a loss of momentum, zeal on the turkish side, and there's definitely other issue on the european agenda. when i was in brussels, one of the comments that i receive on this is that the turkey/euro relationship is not part of the annex of the european agenda. with all the crisis, the eurozone crisis and so on. so whatever happens today will be, will have its own dynamic. turkey's shift of foreign policy vi

persian gulf cooperation countries either within the council or economic agreements within the customs union or advisory council the directions are many i have mentioned those that have just occurred to me all these issues have been on the agendas of the e.u. and other unions on is another example in southeast asia all these components will certainly lead to integral unification the cooperation council is exactly that kind of union in terms of integral unification it's a union addressing the problems of its brothers in yemen after other important affairs the cooperation council acts as an integral union you could say that these moves by the council testify it was created and developing in the right direction to consolidate all the positive forces in the region have to. do think the yemen crisis is closer and then delta president ali abdullah saleh signed the gulf initiative on agreeing to resign. and yemen. yemen is not a simple country i have always stressed that when addressing conferences on security in yemen and meetings of the council i said yemen could not lose as a state the policy of

potential but you must give it to secure our borders we also need to use the potential of the customs union and the single biggest trade. and be thought in is that we now have an ambition task and i mean we are blocked on creates in the eurasian economic union that. it's we'll use the work that you've done if it's of our economies. and provides tangible benefits for all of our citizens if you have that way what could it be which is transparent and we're open to other partners. from. other countries they can join the united we believe that this economic union will be a link. between europe and asia and the asia pacific region. and its will exert its influence and it will be a major player in the world economy. and yet i think that argue that with the people of russia their friends are there for all these years. worked with one goal in mind. to make the lives of our people better still. just make sure that the people of our country feel safer. that they're not afraid for their children and grandchildren. that the life of the older generation has led to the dignity back watching the will this

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the credit union national association says its survey on how many customers switched from big banks to credit unions was off. instead of 650,000 customers, it was more like 214,000. the organization isn't blaming the mixup on ambiguous language. >>jaqueline: we are off to a chilly start. temperatures were mild this afternoon. we are in for another cold night. take a look at temperatures already falling rapidly in places like fairfield. upper 40's for the inland valleys. temperatures will only continue to slide this evening. he tomorrow morning, temperatures sylvie's slightly warmer than what we saw today. it is still one to be very cold. >>jaqueline: take a look at the freeze morning in effect. the upper 20s and low '30's for the fairfield area. we have several hours of very cold temperatures. bundle up out there tonight. here is a look at the overnight lows. 29 in fairfield, very cold. it is freezing in livermore, 32 in napa, 31 in santa rosa. if 38 and san rafael. warmer in half moon bay, san francisco and oakland. temperatures for the afternoon will be similar to today. fifties in t

just like i had navy federal credit union... 24/7... live customer support! let's go! let's go! 3 1/2 million members. 3 1/2 million stories. navy federal credit union. >>> the conventional wisdom about the iraq war is that it was misguided poorly executed and not worth the cost of blood and treasure. but the next guest argues the success and was an inspiration. lieutenant colonel who served in the iraq war and recently wrote the experiences in iraq and at time when the war was going badly for the american forces. michael, thank you very much for joining us from sunny jacksonville, florida. >> thanks for having me, it's my pleasure. >> sir, u.s. troops have not withdrawn from iraq yet. you are terming the mission a victory. most analysts would say the jury is out. why are you so confident? >> i'm confident for several reasons. number one if you look at the constitution that the iraq city government is operating under right now, then it is the most liberal freedom loving constitution in the region. and although they are, you know, struggling as most new democracy and republicans d

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greece with more instructions as europe's failure to form a controversial fiscal union further towards. controversy. customers with a credit card around that killed millions. as promised by this time with heated debate on the integration process in former soviet nations you're watching out. well the rastafarian people about almost immediately after the collapse of the soviet union twenty years ago the commonwealth of independent states was established its original intent seen by many as a vehicle to witness the amicable divorce of the u.s.s.r. two decades on it is an organisation in search of a mission. to cross-talk the commonwealth of independent states i'm joined by stephen cohen here in the studio he's a professor of russian studies and history at new york university and in providence we crossed in a quiet petro he's a professor of politics at the university of rhode island all right this is crosswalks gentleman so you can jump in anytime you want stephen you're in the studio with me here in moscow let's talk about the significance of establishing the commonwealth of independent states after the soviet un

bank security officers spent much of the night telling customers this branch of the navy federal credit union was closed. the sign on the door blamed it on communication problems, but prince william county police say sometime between christmas eve night and early christmas afternoon what was likely a team of bank robbers stole all the money from navy federal's twin atms. first breaking in through the backdoor of a vacant store next- door, then blasting a hole into the wall adjacent to the bank. once inside they tore open the atms and stole all of the cash. that's not the end of it. police say the illusive thieves had first disarmed the alarm system and the bank's surveillance cameras. >> people are professionals. reporter: sounds like, it doesn't it? >> yeah, it does.. >> i'm just curious how much money they got. i don't know, sorry. i mean think about it. there's got to be thousands of dollars, especially over the christmas weekend because people are going to use money to go shopping. so i guess that was a good time to hit it. >> i've been banking at navy federal for almost 20 years and this

just like i had navy federal credit union... 24/7... live customer support! let's go! let's go! 3 1/2 million members. 3 1/2 million stories. navy federal credit union. >>> we have mainly clear skies, a lot of sunshine today. our temperatures on the cool side. sitting in the 40s inside the beltway. even some of those 30s up toward the north and toward the west. we're going to have some winds as a factor this afternoon. particularly brisk as we get into the afternoon hours. temperatures will be in the lower 40s most of the day but will feel like the 30s throughout. mike? >> thanks, olga. in entertainment, a fixture from the tarzan movies in the 1930s has died. cheetah, the chimpanzee appeared in the movies which starred johnny wise muller from 1932 to 1934. he was only a year old when he became a star. after wisemuller died, a florida animal sanctuary cared for cheetah. they got him from the actor's estate. cheetah was 80 years old. >> the box office will go down as a bust for 2011. with only a few days left until the new year, "the new york times" reports movie ticket revenue in

just like i had navy federal credit union... 24/7... live customer support! let's go! let's go! 3 1/2 million members. 3 1/2 million stories. navy federal credit union. >>> well, hello. if you're on vacation and you're watching us, we're glad for that. if you have to go to work, we're glad for you too. welcome back, i'm mike hydeck, you made it to friday. thank you for joining us, here's monika samtani she does traffic and talk to her in a little bit. here's olga breese in for howard. whoo, i ran back to the set real quick and i'm out of breath. okay, new year's is coming up. and we talked about the last break that ladies can wear their skirts and high heels if they want. what about guys? >> they're actually going to be pretty good. i think you won't need a heavy coat going out. you might want a little bit of flair to go with it this weekend. but this will be the weekend to show off your good stuff. it's a good stash you got for your christmas holiday but we will have the arctic air coming on through. definitely enjoy the weekend while it losts. i think -- lasts. i think folks ar

just like i had navy federal credit union... 24/7... live customer support! let's go! let's go! lion members. 3 1/2 million stories. navy federal credit union. >>> it is tuesday. two days after christmas. hopefully you're getting a chance to relax, take a deep breath. maybe you're off today, maybe you're getting to work. >> i saw all of the people at tysons yesterday. >> i didn't go in. i saw everyone trying to go in. >> i'm mike hydeck. she's monika samtani. traffic momentarily. olga breese is in for howard. she says rain is on the way. >> we'll see some of the wet stuff coming on down later on this morning. right now though, things are not too bad. cloudy skies. temperatures not too cool. most of us sitting in the 40s. over time, that rain will start to creep on in. it could be heavy at times. your planner today will feature a lot of rain coming down. we're calling moderate rainfall and then heavy in a few locations. doppler radar not picking up on any of that in our immediate area just yet. but hold on. after about 9:00 between 9:00 and 10:00, the earliest areas west of the be

just like i had navy federal credit union... 24/7... live customer support! let's go! let's go! n members. 3 1/2 million stories. navy federal credit union. >>> well, good morning, it is 6:29 and we're back leer on 9news now -- here on 9news now, i'm mike hydeck, andrea roane and howard are off today. olga breese is on the weather terrace and she's bundled up. is it cold out there? >> not too much of a wind, just a light wind out of the south. definitely looking sot cold temperatures this morning. in the 30s in and around the beltway but the day planisher going to keep the -- planner is going to sunshine around until mid-morning or late morning. into the 50s later on this afternoon we'll increase the cloud cover but a mild night tonight and a fairly mild holiday weekend. monika? >>> we've had one problem in the bailey's crossroads area and believe me if this was not a holiday week, it could be much worse here. it's been closed down westbound route 7 between columbia pike and patrick henry drive from early this morning it was a car into a pole and that's why it's taking so long to

just like i had navy federal credit union... 24/7... live customer support! let's go! let's go! n members. 3 1/2 million stories. navy federal credit union. >>> at 6:30, we're following breaking news out of montgomery county. two women are dead after a car crash on university boulevard east just north of piney branch road. a third woman was seriously hurt. jessica doyle just spoke to the montgomery county police captain. we'll get an update from her in a moment. and monika will tell us about the impact regarding your morning commute. she'll have that on traffic. thanks for joining us and starting your day with us. i'm mike hydeck. andrea and howard are both off this morning. olga breese is live on the weather terrace with a much chillier look at the forecast. good morning, olga. >> good morning, mike. you'll have to find a way to keep yourself warm this morning. our temperatures are in the 20s. we have partly cloudy skies. we'll get more clouds in here later on this afternoon. our day planner stays on the cool side. only in the low to mid-40s by late afternoon. mostly cloudy skie

there are being stake holders, there's unions and many customers and stake holders and we're doing our best to work through a number of issues. i think we'll be successful in the long run. >> it seems every day if you turn on c-span at 7:00 at night and the house is in session, all they are doing is passing bills to rename post offices, which for them is politically important to have every single zip code in their area to have a branch because if they don't, somebody is going to walk in the office and complain about it. they are doing it for politics. how much of that micromanaging costs you money? >> here's the thing. we've been affected dramatically by two things, the most recent economic downturn has hurt us from a mail volume standpoint plus electronic diversion. people pay bills online. what that's caused by a 22% drop in volume. we've got a game plan, we've got to take $20 billion in cost out of the organization but we have to plan and part of it involves legislation on how to get there. >> what bob would be the most lock cal thing to do? cut down to five days a week, four days a

well, the customs union is the way to overcome many problems in terms of integration and so on. it would be the big political idea that the e.u. and turkey could launch in the region, because when we now look at what the e.u. is trying to do, it is behind the curve in many ways. it's behind the curve financially. so this would be a very appealing way to come to the region with a big political way of enlarging the turkey union. i've been talking about this idea, and it's starting to get traction t. has the support of a number of governments. the only people that are against it so far are the people that is in the commission, because they don't want their own mental roots to be criticized and to be transferred. so this is a discussion that i think will certainly gain some traction in the u.s. >> we'll take just a couple more and finish up. i see a lot of hands. sir, then this, and then in the back there. yeah, right there. >> first of all, i want to compliment you on this paper, which i think makes an important contribution to framing and stimulating the conversation on both sides

so that up a member so it's more like a like a health food co-op where the customers own the co-op as opposed to like the union cab company in correct in madison wisconsin where only the drivers are the members of the customers are not that's correct that's us fascinated and. as a co-op how housing government is governed by a majority co-op member board and we certainly are encouraging and has read all the patients hardliner up here we have written our byelaws such that the nominating committee will hopefully pick people who are who are members who are thoughtful and and have some knowledge of the of the health care field but it's yes it's a co-op it's a majority co-op member. majority co-op member board along. my wife and i visited in spain for a chapter for one of my books co-ops and i've seen the world's largest and that's really quite remarkable i mean it's the in and in the the c.e.o. makes three times what the janitors are you envisioning that sort of leveling of i can tell you without any of the our proprietary that our top seller our c.e.o. salary would be probably four times a janitor salary no actual

customers and impacting the bottom line. linda is in times square to explain why. >> the union square business improvement districts that are aggressive panhandling is the number one reason tourists say they will not come back to the city. it's also the reason why san francisco got bumped out of first place as the favorite destination, according to the traveler survey. being second-best is not what businesses around here want. >> among the holiday cheers, and impromptu street corals, it does. >> and the merchants around san francisco's union square are complaining that aggressive panhandling is just getting worse. tourists have definitely noticed. >> there's been a lot of people here. it's not very good. >> businesses say that the number one complaint by visitors. many say the reason not to come back here. >> when you have to step over people or have people falling down the street, it does diminish the experience for visitors. >> police have stepped up police patrols during this holiday season and some shoppers crowding the streets say that that they getting bothered them. >> we had one guy asked us for change. but i didn't

union. spanish taylor's come here to seek out new customers. the market is the main source of revenue.ve to bear in mind that the u.s. is mexico's biggest commercial partner. the real effect here is the u.s. prices on the the side of the border. mexico has been warned about its dependency on the u.s. economy and has sought our trading partners in europe, but mexico may have to wait longer for those opportunities. >> the governor -- the former governor of illinois, rod blagojevich, was sentenced to 14 years in prison. prosecutors said uconn is used his powers of office from the moment -- said he misused his powers of office from the moment he took office. >> it is an incredible story, and one that sums up just how dirty u.s. policy -- politics can get. there was a sad thing today, and during that time, rod blagojevich stood up in the courtroom and was very remorseful. he was apologetic for the first time, really, saying that he made terrible mistakes. he said that what he had done at the time he thought was permissible. the judge said he had simply made the wrong choices at that time, a

customers turned away from the navy federal credit union branch at ashdale plaza on dale boulevard in woodbridge. what were you coming here to do? >> deposit money. it's my checking account. reporter: what did they tell you? >> that there was a communications problem with their corporate office. reporter: that is what the sign says that's taped to the front door. >> communication problem. reporter: prince william county police tell a different story. they say sometime between christmas eve night and early christmas afternoon what was likely a team ofback bank robbers stole all the money from navy federal's twin atms. >> i'm disappointed. christmas is supposed to be the time of year of, you know, giving and i'm disappointed that that. what. reporter: but wait till you hear how they did, it by breaking in through the backdoor of the vacant store next-door, then blasting a hole into the wall adjacent to the bank. once inside they tore open the atms and stole all of the cash. >> i'm just curious how much money they got. i mean think about it. there's got to be thousands of dollars, especi

union pushes athens further towards a default. fitting controversy and training bank based across the atlantic lures in customers with a credit card seem to run out of famine that killed millions. that's a look at the past taken by states after the union collapsed twenty years ago this time we study the fate of us every job. since ancient times this country has been called the under fire there are places here when natural gas bursts out from under the earth mixing will soon soil before exploding into flames. it's a miracle of nature there's nothing like it anywhere in the world cash in our country is called the land of fire. the first fortress towers appeared here on the caspian shore in the twelfth century people build the houses inside the walls today this ancient district of baquba is on unesco's world heritage list how does this know the aura of this place is so amazing it's so easy to spend hours here just breathing this air that blows in from the north of the through the in taking in the scenery the war. since gaining independence in one nine hundred ninety one azerbaijan has gone through two difficult decades it has overcom

the redwood credit union has reissued 4,000 new debit cards to north bay customer it is who shopped there. and an east bay organization called the identity theft council has received dozens of calls from potential victims. police continue to investigate exactly what happened. >>> alameda county officials are planning to meet with people from the dublin neighborhood hit by the the misfired cannonball last year. myth busters fired the cannonball at a nearby gun range. this is some of the damage. nobody was hurt. the public meeting is this saturday at the emergency services office in dublin. >>> a high -rise project is causing controversy. we'll tell you whether the architect realized his plan resembled the fate of the twin towers. >>> housing preferences are changing in the bay area. details on where the future is headed and why you should invest. >>> later in this broadcast, 49ers catch a break, it appears. one of the steelers' best defense players, james harrison, is going to sit on monday night. [ female announcer ] what's so great about...jcpcash? no exclusions. with jcpcash get 10...15

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union pushes athens further towards a default. feeding controversy ukraine aling bank based across the atlantic allure is in customers with credit card theme the route of famine that killed millions of. israeli airstrikes on gaza palestinian bid for statehood and an arab spring in the background the middle east peace process is facing more challenges than ever so already spoke to influential palestinian politicians. about what happens next. with me i have dr mustafa barghouti the president of the palestinian national initiative and a member of the palestinian parliament dr thank you very much for joining us here on r.t. will palestinians still push ahead in the statehood bid despite the fact that it seems a two thirds majority in support of it is highly unlikely there can be no vote in the security council now because the united states already obstructed that by. denying of a committee that are it to ask for what has american pressure paid off as more from one side i mean many companies are doing what the united states and israel want. but at the same time i think many of them feel shameful about it we've seen an example of that of t

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. >> the bank has been closed for two days, customers turned away from navy federal union branch in wood bridge. >> what were you coming here to do. >> deposit money. into my checking account. >> what did they tell you. >> there was a communications problem with their corporate office. >> that is what the sign says that is taped to the front door. >> communications problem. >> prince william county police tell a did i have aren't story, some time between christmas eve night and early christmas afternoon, what was likely a team of bank robbers, stole all the money from navy federal's twin atms. >> i am disappointed i mean christmas is supposed to be the time of year of you know, giving and i am disappointed that happened. >> but wait until you hear how they did it by breaking in through the back door of the vacant store next door blasting a hole see the wall adjacent to the bank. once inside, they tore open the atms and stole all the cash. >> i am curious how much money they got. sorry, because thing about it there has got to be thousands of dollars especially over the christmas weekend p

the credit union national association at mitts they're survey was misinterpreted and just 214,000 new customerstched to credit unions in october, not 650,000. >>> credit union or not, americans are on the ball this year with holiday shopping. a new survey by america's research group says one-third of americans are already done buying presents for the holiday season. shoppers took advantage of last month's big deals on black friday and cyber monday. >>> and online shoppers spent a staggering $6 billion according to online shopping tracker kpom score, and they're later report says cyber monday was the biggest online shopping day on record with $1.25 billion spent. wow. >>> "american morning" will be back after a break. nyquil: you know i relieve coughs, sneezing, fevers? tylenol: me, too. and nasal congestion. nyquil:what? tissue box (whispering): he said nasal congestion... nyquil: i heard him. anncr vo: tylenol cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion... nyquil cold & flu doesn't. hey, jessica, jerry neumann with a policy question. jerry, how are you doing? fine, i just got a litt

to credit unions was not as large as previously thought the credit union national association said that its survey on how many customersober was off instead of 650,000 customers making the switch the agency now says that it was more like 214,000 the organization said that the mixup was likely due to confusing language in its previous survey >>herman cain may have suspended his campaign for president but that has not stopped him from still raising money he dropped out of the republican primary last week amid accusations of sexual harassment and marital infidelity but just one day before the announcement he had sent out an e-mail to supporters asking for donations to his campaign he has raised $9 million since october 1st he can convert them money into a political action committee and use it to support other candidates and causes >>presidential candidate mitt romney apparently spent nearly one in 2000 and taxpayer dollars to help keep records secret orders is reporting that mitt romney spent the state funds to replace computers in his office at the end of his term as massachusetts governor his aides also bought the hard

. >>> merchants around union square say they are fed up with aggressive panhandlers. now they are kicking off a program to help customersand homeless. >> reporter: the holiday shopping season is in full swing. shoppers are crowding the streets and shops around union through the crowds seeking some of that holiday spending cash are the panhandlers. this man most aggressive confronting people with his cup. sarah give him money. >> it is expected here. we come here a lot. it happens all the time. >> reporter: because it does happen all the time, the union square business improvement group says it is about time it stopped. >> they come here for the money. th-e is good. we have to make people understand that by giving people money we are creating the problem we are perpetuating the problem. >> reporter: merchants in a 27 square block area have created a program public education employment and social services plan. >> so that the community as a whole visitors, all understand the need to try to help these people in a different way. not by giving them money. >> reporter: the proposal is work with the city and police to raise m

credit union national association says the survey in october the numbers were off instead of 650,000 customersg the switch, it was about a third of that. 214,000 people. the organization said the mixup was likely due to ambiguous language in the previous survey. >>> verizon blocking customers from using google's wallet app on the smart phones which allows useers to use the phones like a credit card when checking out of stores or online. verizon is is working on a similar app and they claim they are not allowing the google down load because of problems with their app. google says when it comes to the verizon galaxy smart phone they are asked not to include that app. >>> golden arr glittering again. mcdonald's is one of the hottest stocks of the year. shares up nearly 25% even when the weak economies here and europe. in fact, the company made 40% of sales across the pond in europe. >>> a california family got a big surprise during a popular reality show filming. what came crashing into the home during a test shot. we will take a look. and kids, they are great especially during the holidays. exce

customer service experience. some of the job hopefuls talked to abc 7 today. >> i was working in a chocolate factory in union city. things got slow there. so yeah. i got cutoff after two years. a lot of people got laid off. >> anything where i get to have interaction with a person versus computer, just in there, all day. >> and the job fair continues until 8:00 tonight at wells fargo branch in santa clara. special holiday post marks may be harder to find. postal service move as head with plans to close a number of facilities. post offices appear on the list of about 3700 post offices targeted foreclosure. the postmark features three wise men following the star of bethlehem. if they close, holiday mailers can get special most marks from north pole and santa claus, ind ind and efforts to make the holiday season shine for people who are often overlooked at this time of the year. [ female announcer ] at jcpenney, save big on holiday gifts this friday and saturday! get in at 6am saturday for giftbusters like 60% off the warmest family coats. 70% off stunning gold jewelry. 60% off the coolest hoodies. and 19.99 bos for

department stores reported biggest ever first hour of sales today. 10,000 customers in the first hour at one outlet. the subway drivers unionged that strike. it wants extra pay and day off for members working on the holiday. i'm trace gallagher in for shepard smith. this is "the fox report." and iran launching high profile war games in international waters. and warning anyone who gets close to get lost. the drill started saturday in the strait of hormuz, a strategic shipping lane for oil shippers at the mouth of the persian gulf. according to officials iran's navy warned off a foreign chopper that flew too close. the military exercise could bring iran ships close to u.s. navy vessels in the same area. the latest show of military force coming as tensions escalated with the west and apparently with iran's neighbor saudi arabia. there is word that kingdom could be planning its own nuclear arsenal to keep up with the islamic public and another neighbor. david lee is in our new york city newsroom. >> the fallout continues after recent remarks by the saudi prince who served as this country's ambassador to the u.s. and intelligenc