here for state tax was quite broad the tax is quite broad in denmark it went after raw ingredients and i think that that was a move to far butter cheese milk having to pay seventy five extra cents on a pound of butter is a bit much when you and stead go after went down it was talking about earlier the ubiquitous. not essential products so chips donuts cookies cupcakes things like that being tax i think that even though even more sense and it's a shame in denmark rather than modifying the tax they're now saying let's abandon it completely and let's not look at sugar and i hope that the pendulum will swing back and they'll come up with a more moderate effort then they could join a jumping ahead yeah and what i want to emphasize here is that doctors in general are in favor of these taxes and doctors represent the full political spectrum as far as i'm concerned this is not a political issue this is a public health issue and we need to be very clear about obesity in our health care costs have skyrocketed i mean he's talking about about targeting children we know that when healthy behaviors

canada, denmark, norway, russia are among the countries competing for the resources. we accompanied a danish icebreaker on its journey to the north pole. the expedition includes scientists who are hoping to find evidence to support their claim to the region. >> in august, some sunshine and clouds revealed the full might of mother nature in a special way. the conditions nature creates are likely to be the biggest challenge for 45 researchers on board the icebreaker. the danish government has commissioned the geologists' to find out if a seabed in as part of the arctic is part of greenland's landmass and therefore belongs to the kingdom of denmark. christian leads the expedition. in his homeland, he is one of the most experienced specialists in his field. >> we want to get to the north pole because if our hypothesis is correct, then that area belongs to us because one of the largest submarine mountain ranges belongs to us. we are looking for evidence to claim a larger area. all the way over to russia. >> the rich extends northward across the sea floor from greenland and

in this sleepy suburb 20 miles outside copenhagen is one of denmark's top maximum security prisons. >e prison is from 1859 and some of the walls are even that old. the wall is just built of bricks and concrete. like any danish house would be built. >> the 19th century prison houses hundreds of denmark's most dangerous criminals. >> we have terrorists, we have murderers, we have gang members, we have drop crimes. >> prisons in denmark are not at all like their american counterparts. here they focus on rehabilitation instead of punishment. >> if you go into a prison wing in any danish prison, you wouldn't feel it more different than if you were in a danish school. >> still, nothing can take the place of freedom. no matter how comfortable the cell. and so on august 27 1995 12 prisoners try to regain their freedom in a remarkable escape attempt. maurel peterson on duty that day said there were having their summer together. >> the attitudes among the inmates that day were extremely well. >> the barbecue winds down and prisoners file back into their cells. a prisoner serving three and a hal

hub of ballerup, denmark's very own silicon valley. a few rounds of football help the team drop their defenses. >> by the book this should be difficult because this is about foreseeing how other will act in different situations. that's great skills and great practice. >> he can't resist taking a shot himself. 52-year-old thorkil sonne has also an appointment in copenhagen with a commercial business partner of specialisterne. he doesn't meet his partners as much as he'd like -- he's often travelling to drum up support for his fledgling foundation. his company has already been copied in other european countries and in the us. clearidium is an innovative danish anti-doping service provider with an international reputation. one of sonne's protÉges -- who doesn't want to be filmed -- works for the company on data collection and organization. he tracks the locations of athletes so that group doping tests an be carried out. his boss is very satisfied with his performance. >> we have a lot of computers trying to communicate but we need a perso

furious, he went to confront his cia handler at a seaside hotel in denmark.n the hotel lobby, moments before the meeting, storm switched on his phone's video recorder and slipped it into his pocket. he gave us that recording, and you can hear storm challenging the man he claims is a cia officer, known to him as "michael." >> storm: the americans have failed in every single attempt to arrest or kill anwar awlaki, except when we went in. we just want gratitude from your government! >> logan: the american calmly tried to reassure him. >> michael: this whole thing was a team effort of which you played the highest role, okay. and it is because of that there are a lot of people in my government... >> storm: obama! ( laughs ) >> michael: i am talking about the president of the united states, okay? >> storm: yeah. >> michael: he knows you. the president of the united states doesn't know who i am, but he knows about your work. >> storm: yeah. >> michael: okay? and for that, we are thankful. >> logan: morten storm wasn't satisfied, and it was after that meeting that he

it turned out that in denmark there was a simple way to test this as well. >> in denmark, since the '70s, only one vaccine has contained thimerosal, and that was a pertussis vaccine. it contained thimerosal until may-june '92. then the same vaccine continued but without thimerosal. >> narrator: hviid and colleagues found that children who were given pertussis vaccines with thimerosal before 1992 had identical autism rates as children who received mercury-free vaccines after that date. >> we did not find any association between being vaccinated with the... the thimerosal-containing vaccine and the risk of autism. >> narrator: other studies in the us, the uk and canada also found no association between autism and thimerosal. in 2004, the institute of medicine carried out it's own analysis of the research and concluded: >> "the body of epidemiological evidence favors rejection of a causal relationship between the mmr vaccine and autism, and also between thimerosal-containing vaccines and autism." >> the allegations against me are both unfounded and unjust. >> narrator: then something ext

. >> and wha is happening the wind sector took off in norway and in denmark. at the same time gerald ford and carter were pushing shell gas developnt. >> and that was viable. and that is 50 percent of what is going on in wind energy and equals the pice . you net out 15 percent of the oil. are weaking these compaes economically profitable or if not. they should be killed off and otherwe we are padding the profits. morgan, you still like solar and what about wind. >> the price of that is coming down. wind energy let is it lapse and slash and born corn sib sidies. going back to wind. it is 8,000 percent higher than the cost of natural gas for the same amount of electrical lout put. >> i agree with her on this. >> what is more interesting is what l said. carter and ford got behind shell oil when it was not economically feasible. it is hugely economical he fiscal. why not for wind. >> no one has the iron lung of government subsidies. >> i love that phrase. >> this is a political whim of lobbyist and politics. >> it was zilch for that. it was george mitchell who mak

three of the top five countries today from in sand navia, norway, speeden and denmark.ok at the global competitive index. the united states has fallen to seven in the latest ranks, finland and sweden are in the top five. or look at corruption, the united states ranks 19th in the comparative -- on the one hand, america has been losing us edge. but i'm also struck by the rise of scandinavia, a region that includes denmark, norway, sweden and if you broaden that definition, finland and iceland. these countries broad -- scandinavia is actually a much more free market -- capital is allocated by the market, the government doesn't own companies, regulation is usually light, corruption is nonexistent, companies can hire and fire easily, labor moves around, but these countries do tax a lot and spend a lot. on education, child care, health, and other things. now a recent mit paper suggests that there are limits to this model. it's called can't we all be more like scan nadinavians? brief it points out how the scandinavian welfare system provides a nun of benefits, more vacations,

this system is going to be very action one moving across denmark. the ongoing heavy rain could continue. temperature wise london at 9 degrees. we can get moscow minus 9. frigid, biting cold. now your extended forecast. >>> one more story before owe leave you. defense officials in the u.s. and canada are keeping a close watch over the skies today. they have begun their good will mission of tracking santa claus. technicians with the north american air space defense command are following santa's gift giving travels around the world. they are tracking his progress with radar systems and satell e satellite. officials carry out their special mission on christmas eve and christmas day. people around the world can get updates on santa's progress from the website. >> we really don't see any problems. no weather that would slow santa down. he's pretty experienced. he knows how to get around trouble spots. >> the santa tracking program started 57 years ago when officers at the command began providing updates. many children called the phone number to try and sp

norway, sweden, and denmark. look at the oold world economic forums competitive global index. united states has fallen to seven in the latest rangings. finland and sweden are in the top five. look at corruption. the united states ranks 19th in the international transspirnlts index. denmark and finland are the cleanest. you can look at two things. america is losing its edge. each of these countries seem to dominate global rankingsly. why? what is their secret sauce? well, scandinavia is much more free market oriented than people realize. capital is allocated by the market. the government doesn't own companies. regulation is usually light. corruption is nonexistent. companies can hire and fire easily. labor moves around. but these countries do tax a lot and spend a lot on education, child care, health, and other things. now, a recent m.i.t. paper suggests there are limits to this model. it's called "can't we all be more like scandinavians." we've livglinked in paper. in brief it shows how they provide more benefits, a number of vacations, more health care and equality. but when

almost got snowed in in denmark last night. >> a white christmas. >> super white christmas. gnomes are everywhere. the little guys out under the trees. >>> the deadline to avoid the fiscal cliff is just a week ago. on fri, president obama said he still hoped to work out a deal to keep taxes for 98% of americans from going up on the first of january. but both sides aren't talking and congress is in recess until after christmas. republicans aren't holding out any hope for a deal. >> i would hope that we would have one last attempt here to do what everyone knows needs to be done, which is a larger plan that really does stabilize the debt and get us moving in the right direction. >> if we get down to the end of this year and the oil only choice we have is to save taxes going up on the middle class, then i would support that. but i wish we had a comprehensive bill that dealt with spending and entitlement altogether. >> i believe the president senses a victory at the bottom of the cliff. >> some finger pointing. other republicans are now looking past new year's day to the next bat

denmark had a similar plan but said people would save the same whether they had the deduction or not. you in favor of ending that? >> i'm for people having an equal playing field. what you're pointing out are the distorpgss caused by the fact when you offer certain tax deductions, everyone should have the same tax rate. but you already have 401(k), you should be allowed to get what you play into it and play by those rules. it should be for new participants that the rules change. right now the problem is you look at something like medicare where spending per person has doubled over the last ten years. that's a government program that needs to be curtailed. when the government comes in, you get a worse deal, higher cost. the only thing they come back with is we need higher tax revenue. >> when the family is taking $3 of medicare benefits for every dollar you spend in on taxes. we'll get you back on soon. >>> all right. we wrap up the president's speech coming up next. and "closing bell" with mandy. a. a. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducin

we have centers of european as lawmakers fought in denmark, london, berlin. as long has always been some kind of hybrid process adapting to its cultural surrounding. in senegal it is different to tehran and spain. >> how different is it outside of europe in the wider arab world, the middle east? >> they are more accepted outside of europe because europe is a shocking and islamic bloc because there's a need to find a european identity, especially now in the crisis. >> where do you see this going? do you see the creation of a broader european islamic bloc? >> islam house oe been adapted to its cultural surroundings and we can see european islam coming up in a lot of centers in europe. >> his specialist in the dialogue between the islamic world and the west, thank you. onto soccer now. dortmund with another victory under their belts helping the reigning champions close in on the league leaders. their season has been punctuated by ups and downs, but on sunday and, they notched up another important victory in their title defense. >> warring on from the touch line,

. >> denmark is the least corrupt country. what does germany need to do to improve its position? >> the world is waiting for more attention to the u.n. convention against corruption. that means ratification. it is not ok that germany has not ratified this treaty. it is important to look at some of the other activities that politicians and those in the justice system are involved in. it is important to know about that in terms of complex of interest that may emerge in their public sector -- of conflict of interest that may emerge in their public-sector work. >> eu anti-trust regulators have imposed fines on alleged cartel of -- on an alleged cartel of electronics companies. >> tv sets with cathode ray tubes are not new anymore. the past has come back to haunt some of the electronics industry's biggest names, samsung, lg, and philips among those found guilty of price- fixing. the eu says the pushed up prices for consumers by fixing the prices. >> these tubes accounted for 50% to 70% of the prices of the screen. this gives an indication of the serious harm. >> the eu noted that exec

in denmark and the united kingdom goods coming from settlements in the west bank already has to be marked differently to denote that it's not from israel the collective n.g.o.s want to see this implemented europe wide here in europe there are many people with ties to the middle east region and they want to make sure they know exactly where their produce is coming from. are you sure this comes from spain . is a palestinian living in germany she has family in the west bank and says the israeli checkpoints mean palestinian farmers are losing out to the settlers even even though you think they get jordan they really checkpoints check points for days and. the sun. and then you can't even the rest of us anymore those behind the report into trade between the settlements in europe say they aren't trying to organize any kind of witch hunt we're not talking about boycotting jews over here we're not talking about even boycotting israel itself we're talking about making a difference differentiating between. legal israeli products which should be watched by european citizens as much like what course t

denmark sweden and belgium currently the only e.u. states with a filial law that leaves the prospect that these countries could become a destination for a zoo were full of tourism animal rights activists hope the move by the bomb the stark will become a europe wide. yeah yes we would support a european wide ban on. where stand behind other nations and we need to catch up. just outside of berlin as one of the largest animal shelters in europe consent is a major issue while those involved in other welfare so you must be addressed as a dog's are loyal even when they're abused they're still going to look as if they are to be especially when it gets you have to be dogs will be happy whatever you take to feed then is not a sign that the dog is enjoying it and those in relationships with animals though confident that their love is legitimate in fear for the future. fantasizing about as training your way animals. our friend has found a razor blade in this post with a no do it yourself so we don't have to letters don't arrive too often but ari

they didn't chuck you out of denmark, but they cut off your funding. >> they did. stuart: did the government sort of specifically say we don't like this guy, we're going to cut his funding. >> yes, it's one of the planks they ran on when they ran for government. stuart: they ran you out of town. >> basically. but listen, the argument still remains we're not fixing climate change we're not fixing at doha, you can't chuck out a guy and hope that this doesn't come back to bite you. stuart: and europe remains ubergreen-- and sorry to use the words-- and ubergreen. yes, we've cut carbon emissions, but shipped more to china and india than the u.s. has. remember, whereas we've paid a lot of money to cut our carbon emixes the u.s. is cutting more by using fracked gas cut more than europe and-- >> environmentalists don't want fracking, the water and the-- >> there are problems with fracked gas, but amaze lig green option for the next ten years and that's one thing that europe doesn't get. and china and india do. stuart: move to america and fracking and-- >> thank you very m

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