when your reporters go to darfur, who knows? >> yeah, when our reporters go to darfur, we are very much operating on a more stealth mode. we're looking at live blogging from the scene. we're looking to do formal reporting that's well done, well researched, well written, and well edited, as well. but we have a lot of opportunities to do multimedia. so we can have our correspondents all armed with these very simple flip cameras, which cost $250, and they are digital video. they can be edited on their laptops using final cut pro, and we can send a 2-, 3-minute piece back from the field. >> is there any chance, though, that this sort of thing can possibly have the kind of impact that an ann curry and an nbc can have? >> well, i think the idea of gateway journalism, of big networks and big newspapers being the only voices on the landscape, is over. and i think what we're in right now is a sort of middle ages. i wouldn't call it a golden age. we're all struggling to find our way forward. i think by the middle ages, i mean the empires

of today's other world headlines now the sudanese army says it has killed the leader of the main darfur rebel group the death of abraham that the justice and equality movement has not been independently verified darfur rebels rose up against the sudanese government in two thousand and three in a conflict the u.n. says has killed three hundred thousand people it means group is also accused of fighting for the former libyan leader colonel gadhafi. days of violent clashes between government security forces and in the midst sect have left at least sixty dead in northeast nigeria dozens of members of a militant group were killed in a shootout in the city of hama to the violence became so intense that troops were forced to evacuate the center of military task force has now been deployed to try and contain the violence. security forces have opened farm protest is in yemen's capital killing nine and leaving scores wounded the embattled president vowing he'll leave the country tens of thousands ascended on present sunday's promised martin had been put on trial police and troops used live rounds

. >>> from sudan the military says it killed the leader of darfur's main rebel group.dan's president is accused by the international criminal court of brutalizing the revels and civilians in darfur. >>> in canada, shoppers were shelling out up to $25 for mistletoe this holiday season. it seems the wild green plant with white berry social security in short supply. retailers say the biggest problem was a drought in texas where the plant grows with abandon. >>> on this christmas day, the 90-year-old duke of gettingsburg received visits from his grandchildren. phillip received a stint in his heart. other wise the royal family celebrated the holiday in traditional ways including attending church services. >>> getting along the easy way. how the recession has create add new wave of blending businesses. >>> and the holidays they arrive in many forms. some of them more unusual than others. we will bring you more of these pictures when we come back. >>> california's fish and game department is finding federal logging at lake tahoe in order to protect habitat for the black back

well, with all due respect, maybe his standards are the darfur standards. >> i'm, this is what i justannot believe that the guy who is head of the arab league delegation, works for a regime, the lead of which is wanted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity. >> absolutely. when you realize for example that this man was chosen to be the chief monitor, that he was picked by the syrians, because no other candidate was acceptable. and no other candidate really wanted this job. the lebanese wouldn't do it the saudis wouldn't want to do it. the egyptians, who normally would have done this kind of work are really out of contention, given their own troubles. so you come to the syrian henchman of the man wanted by the international criminal court. >> thank you very much, appreciate it. >>> still ahead, the chilling 911 call made by a texas man who allegedly killed six members of his family and then himself on christmas day. >>> and a driver's rampage through his neighborhood, amazing video, we'll show you. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to

the government is accused of genocide in darfur.ty, they reported more deaths, at least 35 people in all. this amateur video, let's take a look. this amateur video showed soldiers firing at protesters in a suburb of damascus. you can hear them chanting "god is great." it's impossible to verify the video. they won't allow international journalists inside the country. one reporter got in. he snuck into the opposition's stronghold. we are not revealing his name for his own safety. he hopes to go back. tonight, we have more video. they are no longer willing to shoot and kill their own people. >> reporter: the neighborhood fighters took me into a house where their men were engaged in a shootout from snipers with the military. these men say they are from assad forces. they call themselves the free syrian army. one of the men managed to take a rifle with a precision scope with him when he defected. most of the fighters from the free syrian army are ill-equipped, short on guns on ammunition with no heavy weapons. still, they kicked forces o

commander in sudan, head of foreign intelligence in a government that's now accused of genocide in darfur. he is wanted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity. this is a man head of the observer force. the syrian group is calling for his removal from the force saying his role as deputy head of foreign intelligence raises questions as to his knowledge of mass atros tease in darfur. he is now task with probing war crimes and crimes against citizens. his role characterized as a force causing little help and more harm. the situation he calls reassuring and calm. the u.s. state department responded saying it is just the beginning of the mission and have only seen a small area so far. it is important, he said, that we let them get themselves squared away on the ground get their mission running. fair enough. syrian opposition groups report at least 14 people were killed across the country today, including five in homs. our free-lance journalist who we are not naming for his security left there, spent six days there. the next days, cnn will show case his stories from the

he is accused of gross human rights abuses in darfur. amnesty international says he is responsible for overseeing torture and disappearances in his own country. even so, the observers to work confronted by the unmistakeable rage on the streets. the regime has cut off electricity to the neighborhoods. this protester told them the army is placing its tanks to attack our neighborhoods. we want you to uncover this and recorded with all of your cameras. as families continue to bury their dead, the mission has tried to ensure the regime complies with an arab league plan to end the crackdown. in its early days, the u.s. has appealed to protest leaders to give the monitors time. the protesters say 130 have been killed in the three days since the maters arrived. it does not bode well. >> joining me on the line right now is a syrian activist based in the central city. thank you for your time. we have just seen pictures which the bbc cannot verify of apparently what happened to thursday. what did you see, what do you know about what happened thursd

mission is led by a sudanese general, himself accused of gross human rights abuses in our for -- in darfur. amnesty international says that he is responsible for overseeing torture in his own country. the observers were confronted by the unmistakable rage on the streets. the regime has cut off electricity to the anti-assad neighborhoods. he said that they are sending tanks. we want you to record it all with your camera is. as families continue to bury the dead, the monitoring mission must try to ensure that the regime complies with the arab league a plan to end the crackdown. it is early days. the u.s. has appealed to the protest leaders to give the monitors time. the protesters say 130 have been killed in the three days since the monitors arrived. >> and united states has expressed deep concern after the offices of a number of pro- democracy and human rights groups were rated by security forces. among them were two u.s.-based organizations. the american state department has called on the authorities to return confiscated property and stop harassment of the staff. according to the police,

criminal courts chief prosecutor has requested a -- he is wanted for alleged crimes against humanity in darfur in 2003 and 2004. icc has already issued an arrest warrant for the president of sudan. the republican presidential hopeful in the west, herman cain, has admitted given money to a woman who says they had eight affair. he said he repeatedly held to the woman, ginger white, with bills and expenses, but he denies having sex with her. she says she now wants the truth to be known. >> our relationship was on and off for the last 13 years or 14 years. this was not a consistent love affair that went on every day for the last 14 years. he is correct when he made that statement. when i entered into this inappropriate relationship with mr. cain, i was single. i was not married. he has been married throughout the entire relationship. it was a very casual affair that he flew me -- i went on several trips with herman. one trip was the mike tyson- holyfield fight in las vegas. >> still to come on gmt -- a glimmer of hope for job-seekers in america, but it is still a long road ahead. a rebel libyan so

there are about 50 observers on the ground led by a sudanese general who served in darfur. >> in order to actually ensure that you provide some sort of protection, you are going to need many many more. they will need to be totally independent of syrian security. >> as the conflict escalates, not all of the gunfire is coming from one side. these pictures are said to be defectors from the syrian army firing at a convoy of security forces. the question is where the arab league's unprecedented mission can really help to solve the deepening crisis. cracks in just a few minutes, we will hear from the coordinator for the syrian observatory of human rights. tens of thousands of north koreans turned out to pay their respects to their late leader, kim jong il, his funeral has taken place in p'yongyang. his body was accompanied by a the man who was chosen to succeed him, kim jong un. our cameras are not allowed inside of north korea so report is from south korea. >> the weeping announcer, the music, and the slow movement of kim jong il. this was completely choreographed. the yarn and completely i

activists to be suspicious because there are activation is that he was involved in the genocide in darfur and is therefore really not the right person to monitor and possible humanitarian crisis. >> that was journalist debra l. keller -- gabriella keller speaking to us earlier. berlin requested a meeting with damascus's envoy two days after an opposition figure in berlin was a salted at his home. a member of the syrian national council and german green party says two men claiming to be police arrived at his apartment and beat him with metal bars and clubs. the green party has blamed syrian agents. the united states has warned iran against any attempt to disrupt a vital oil trade route. the iranian vice-president said that not a drop of oil would pass through the strait of hormuz, a key shipping route. a blockade could affect 30% of the world's oil transit. western powers are considering widening sanctions against iran over its nuclear program. the trial of ousted egyptian president mubarak began again in cairo after a three-month break. the former leader was wheeled in on a stretcher, alo

on darfur a few years ago, and one of the big issues you run into, one of the problems, you have moreepers in the sudan than anywhere else in the world, but their mandate is so watered down with their ability to protect people because someone on the security council, one of the rotating members or sometimes china who has a lot of business there, you know, one of them says, well, this is just rebel infighting. and you never really have the cameras to prove it. you can't -- we get shots and pictures of things afterward, but you don't have a view of it. our feeling was, well, let's get pictures of tanks and helicopters lined up on borders that they say they aren't beforehand, as opposed to tri e triageing it afterwards. and we can do things goffs can't because we're individuals. >> i remember back in the '90s, a lot of members of congress would have to sneak into sudan and frank wolf told me, you fly the cessna in low, you can get into some of the refugee camps, but it's dangerous. how dangerous was it for you guys to do that? >> the only time it's dangerous -- look, it's plenty -- there

he is accused of gross human rights abuses in darfur. amnesty international says he is responsible for overseeing torture and disappearances in his own country. even so, the observers were confronted by the unmistakable raid on the streets. the regime has cut off electricity to the anti-assad neighborhoods. the army is placing its tanks to attack the neighborhoods. we want you to record this and uncover it all. as families continue to bury their dead, the monitor mission has tried to ensure that the regime complies with an arab league plan to end the crackdown. it is the early days. the u.s. has appealed to protest leaders to give the monitors time. the protesters say 130 have been killed in the three days since the monitors arrived. it does not bode well. >> the u.s. has expressed deep concern after the offices of a number of pro-democracy and human rights groups were rated by the egyptians grew forces. among them were two u.s.-based organizations. -- the offices of a number of pro-democracy and human rights groups were raided by egypti

in sudan and was head of foreign intelligence in a government which is now accused of genocide in darfur. he reported to a leader who is now wanted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity. this is the man who's head of the observer force. the syrian opposition group doctors local committee in damascus is calling for that man's removal from the observer force saying "his role as the deputy head of foreign intelligence raises questions as to his knowledge of mass atrocities in darfur." "al dabi is now tasked with probing war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed against syrian victims. the appointment of al dabi taints the arab league's efforts and taints is r it as nothing more than a political force causing little help but much harm to the situation in syria." the situation al dabi calls reassuring and calm. today a u.s. state department spokesman responded to al dabi's initial assessment of homs saying it's just the beginning of the mission and they've only seen a small area so far. it's important, he said, "that we let them get themselves square

there are around 50 observers on the ground now, led by a sudanese general who served in darfur. there is kept and schism among many that are up to the job. >> to ensure they provide protection to the syrian population, you need many, many more. they are going to need to be totally independent of syrian security. >> as the conflict escalates, hit the gunfire is coming from one side. these pictures posted on the internet are said to be defectors from the syrian army, firing at a convoy of security forces. the question is whether the arab league's unprecedented mission can really help solve serious, deepening crisis. bbc news. >> this is bbc news. still ahead, a biblical punch up in the birthplace of jesus. how did a christmas cleanup ended in violence? -- and in violence? the judge in the trial of two men accused of murdering steven lawrence told the jury in london to put aside anger or sympathy when considering the verdict. it told the jurors there would be retiring thursday to begin deliberation, and they need to be sure of their conclusion. paul simon's reports. >> the final ac

who led the justice and equality movement hasn't been independently verified yet darfur rebels rose up against the sudanese government in two thousand and three in a conflict the u.n. says has killed three hundred thousand people ibrahim's group. it was also accused of fighting for the former libyan leader moammar gadhafi. security forces have opened fire on protesters in yemen's capital killing nine leaving scores wounded with the embattled president vowing to leave the country tens of thousands descended on president palace demanding he be put on trial police and military office troops used live rounds tear gas and water cannons on the crowds sali has signed the transfer of power treaty which will end these thirty three year rule in february. shifting gears now to take a look at how people all around the world are celebrating christmas during midnight mass at the vatican the pope rounded on the commercialism of christmas of christmas he urged followers to look past the superficial glitter and concentrate on the holidays true meaning in bethlehem the west bank's christian minority gat

cairo and in her latest post a picture of what was that people preparing to spend another night of darfur square are starting to charge that the results of the historic elections will never be announced for that said he underscore call and get the latest from. the arab league has given syria until such until sunday to accept observers to monitor and the rest of the country also use more sanctions it has also banned one thousand syrian officials from travel to arab states and has frozen their assets and this comes as army deserted is a clash with government troops in a new hour break the violence of twenty five people reportedly killed on both sides meanwhile the u.n. human rights council has passed a resolution condemning alleged violations by the syrian authorities appointing a special investigator to probe into the master but russia and china voted against the motion saying it ignores crimes committed by the opposition and might lead to foreign intervention under the pretense of protecting human rights. we think that it is the most. community to help resolve internal crisis through prom

radio show for a week from machar's a small town of seven thousand people just over the border from darfur they've become home to over forty five thousand refugees from both the door for genocide and the civil war with sudan i've done refugee work and relief work in africa and south america since the late one nine hundred seventy s. and this was among the worst i've seen since i was in uganda just after etiam and amine flood that country south sudan is one of the poorest nations on the planet and has some of the worst public health regions anywhere in go quick char for example where i was there was one hand pump that well the provider water to all those people forty five thousand people no modern sanitation at all so that sudan is a nation about the size of texas and at that time it had less than one hundred miles of paid paved roads and we were about four hundred miles away from the nearest electricity so then sudan is still also very much caught in the crossfire of war only a thousand people have been killed in southern sudan as the new government clashes with at least seven armed groups

to some of today's world headlines now the sudanese army says it has killed the leader of the main darfur rebel group the death of abraham who led the justice and equality movement has not been independently verified and therefore rebels rose up against the sudanese government in two thousand and three a conflict the u.n. says has killed three hundred thousand people over him and he's also accused of fighting for the former libyan leader colonel gadhafi. an explosion has hit a catholic church close to the nigerian capital christmas service it's not known what caused the blast which officials say led to deaths and injuries though it's unclear how many casualties there's been a wave of violent clashes over the last few days between military troops and members of an islamist militant sect killing at least sixty people the group has caused you know the five hundred deaths this year alone. so beautiful forces have opened fire on protesters in women's capital killing nine and leaving scores wounded the embattled president vowing he'll leave the country tens of thousands descended on president s

paula slayer and many women felt on the streets of cairo has come into focus thousands marched in darfur square as they continue to show their outrage over the treatment of female protesters assaults on egyptian women during the recent government crackdown have sparked continuing uproar and on rest female protesters were brutally beaten by the hair stamped on even some had their clothes ripped off of their bodies and the country's military rulers have vowed to hold those responsible accountable but demonstrators are demanding that they face trial protests which began last friday are calling for an end to army control and immediate civilian rule. that the u.s. military has admitted it is to blame for the last month's airstrikes that killed twenty four pakistani soldiers on the afghan border the pentagon said in adequately a zone between the american and pakistani forces led to a misunderstanding over where the troops were located the incident has increased tensions in the fragile relationship between the two countries was i'm cutting crucial nato supply lines to afghanistan in response. a

jane goodall called the book darfur in expiring. "ecomind" will open your eyes and change your thinking i want everybody to read it. other books include getting a grip, and getting a grip ii. hopes edge. democracies edge. you have the power. her books have been translated into 15 languages and use dinner university courses and her influence is so great it is impossible to measure. we're happy to have her here tonight. frances moore lappe. [applause] >> thank you so very much. thank you to the odyssey bookstore especially the students i have the pleasure of meeting via skype just a few days ago and fired me up. thank you for being here tonight. i would like to begin my talk with the words from d. hawke the says things are far too bad for pessimism. that is the spirit of "ecomind" that is the spirit i try to maintain when i get up in the morning. i would like to begin the journey that brought me here on this treacherous drive from boston actually began 40 years ago when i sat at the uc-berkeley agricultural library as a 20-something w

in sudan and was head of foreign intelligence in a government which is now accused of genocide in darfur. he reported to a leader who is now wanted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity. this is the man who is head of the observer force. the syrian opposition force, doctors local committees in damascus, is calling for that man's removal, saying his role of deputy head of foreign intelligence, raises protests. al dabi is now tasked with probing war crimes, the appointment of al dabi taints the arab league's efforts and is nothing more than a political farce. the situation al dabi calls reassuring and calm. other says it's just the beginning of the mission and it's important that we let themselves get squared away on the ground, get their mission up and running. but syrian opposition groups report that 14 people were killed today across the country, including five people in homs. a freelance journalist and filmmaker who we're not naming has just left homs. he spent six days there, and over the next few days, cnn is going to be showcasing his remarkable stories fro

we sit on darfur and say "is it genocide? is it... what are crimes of aggression? is it ethnic cleansing yet? let's talk for another seven months and figure out how to label it. >> rose: while people are dying. >> that's right. that's right. >> rose: so tell me what's next in your lives >> professional? >> rose: yes, or personal, whatever you'd like to tell me. >> well, i'm shooting a film taken to... with liam nissan in istanbul. that's a film. "taken." >> the film that liam made, he made a film called "taken". >> yes, now it's "taken 2." >> rose: you play a bad guy. >> i usually play bad guy in american films. >> but at home you're "king lear." >> right, right. and then i'm going to a prier and my son has a film in los angeles. i play a bit part. so it's a creation candidate for best foreign film. and that's enough. and i have christmas evening to make good bakala. >> rose: up do you make good bakala? >> i do. >> rose: where will you spend christmas? >> at home. >> rose: and what now? where where do you go from here? >> first go to l.a. >> rose: yes, i know. and

i cried when i was sitting with the victims of rape in darfur some who had been raped by peace keeperscause of a press report, no. >> bill: he didn't like you because you didn't agree with him on a lot of things, north korea terrorism watch list, you wanted them off. he didn't. then there was the controversy over sheikh mohammed, khalid sheikh mohammed. you wanted, what, to stop the waterboarding at that point? >>. no i wanted to bring khalid sheikh mohammed to guantanamo out of the shadows. tell the people we had the mastermind of 9/11. the united states doesn't disappear people. >> bill: he didn't want that because he wanted to do it secretly. thought he would get more al qaedas though, right? >> khalid sheikh mohammed was passed his intelligence value. >> bill: why didn't cheney when you had this difference of opinion. >> i did, of course. >> bill: why didn't he want a public exposition of what mohammed had done and where he was going? >> i don't know. >> bill: he never told you? >> once you started down that rude would begin to unravel the entire operation. we still had some of the

amnesty says he was responsible for the atrocities in darfur. in the northern city of idlib today, there was a large demonstration, bigger than any seen in recent days. the monitors were expected here and the people were determined to show them what's really going on. in deraa, they awaited a visit, too. but e clashes continued. women who came out to the street to protest were confronted by security forces and one was arrested. meanwhile, a soldier aims his gun at a boy. the protesters are getting increasingly frustrated. they don't think the monitors are being given proper access to assess what's going on in syria and the death toll keeps rising. >> sreenivasan: the syrian opposition claimed at least 26 people were killed nationwide today. kim jong un was officially declared north korea's new supreme leader today. the announcement came at massive public memorial service for his late father kim jong-il who died of a heart attack nearly two weeks ago. huge crowds turned out in pyongyang's main square for the ceremonies. kim jong un who is in his