a disappearing act by dmitri metgod of. -- dmitri medvedev. it is being billed by -- been billed as a massive computer giant. the question everybody is asking is how it will fare against apple's ipad. our correspondent had a look and he reports back. >> this is what computing house looked like for decades, the age of the windows pc. but now we move into a different era of touchscreen mobile computing and microsoft needs to catch an accurate -- catch up. if sheer enthusiasm for his company counts, steve ballmer can make that happen. >> i love this company. yeah! >> he has three imagined windows in windows 8. >> and more than a decade after that, microsoft's boss is still excited. this time, about windows 8. he has decided to bring his company, rather late, into the touch screen age. >> it is an epic of thing for microsoft. it is up there with the top two or three big moment, including windows '95 and the launch of the ibm pc. it starts us on this new era of computing. >> but microsoft has been slow to turn ideas into successful products. bill g

his name is dmitri belzer. he has worked in the disability community for years providing technology access for more than 30 years. trained as a sign language expert and interpreter, he established a death services program ast san francisco state university, provided support services for colleges. we don't call them disabled. they happen to have a disability. he joined pacific bell, helped organize honda the advisory group for people that happen to have a disability. he gave them put to that company on how to develop features that will help them do better. he became the director of death and disabled services. he was executive director for berkeley in 2001. under dmitri's direction, they have expanded it, they have done so many different things. i can't even less the mall. he sends people out that happen to be disabled and of a test things. before they get out there, to make sure that they are done the right way. so they can practically help people. it is my pleasure right now. give a warm welcome cojones -- to

dmitry medvedev is hoping to create the equal of silicon valley in his country.zuckerberg ditched his jeans and hoodie for a suit. >>> let's check back in with christina loren. i guess it will still be hot out there? >> he will want to trade in the suit for swim trunks in palo alto today. temperatures are hot there in the 90s. google land getting hot up. 95 degree readings. i want to start with a couple of live pictures just to show you how crystal clear it is this morning. you can see here with a ripple out there. winds are picking up a bit. that is the downsloping northerly trend that keeps temperatures warm this time of year. i want to take you into oakland. you can see the haze, but it looks just about the same in san jose right now. lots of sunshine coming in. look at this. it is almost as if the pacific ocean isn't there. 86 degrees in fresno and 86 in monterrey on the water. the winds come from land to sea and negates the influence. we still have three-to-four hours of climbing to go. 82 degrees in livermore. 89 in gilroy. i believe gilroy will be the hott

dmitri, you are up. >> good afternoon. in the executive director of folsom st. events. we are the producers of many other events. particularly the well-known folsom street fair. there is a lot of work to do. we are actually a non profit. we donate back to charities. our model is different probably the most street fairs. but we do take it very seriously. i am here basicallyé@ to sharea lot of concerns, the issues of others, producers in the city, regulations, increasing fees. hopefully will have time today to talk about breast practices -- best practices. i noticed that in the opening remarks there were comments made around the entertainment commission in its ability to shut down places that are not doing what they are supposed to be doing. it would be great to explore what we would need for an incentive structure. how can we look at things like reducing as they do what they do in need to do it well. >> i have been a longtime promoter under the name of opal. the earning and community is the opulent temple. i am also a part-time psychologist, working with kids in the bay

and dmitri is coming up next with business so the e.u. is under fire for probability made a point and why is that where this is because of the new energy rules the first energy package of visit is separating production transportation and sales of gas well now that improves. and says if you separate transportation it could lead to a financial collapse and this is also given the fact that the us recently launched a and t. trust probe against gas problems is what he had to say. but you might be thinking that because the gears transportation business is separated it will die it exists only through subsidies from production and sales as a business transport is not that attractive and the third energy package separates it which is dangerous. take a look at what's going on in the markets in rush the mood is quite pessimistic after a day of have to gains that could be a technical correction but also news is that capital outflow will continue this year well not very much of a surprise actually to investors but it will be around sixty five billion

protesters people also wanted to see more opposition in parliament so at that moment than president dmitry medvedev scrapped the old system which still regional officials in regional governance hands picked by the government and he also made it easier for the new political parties to emerge on the political arena by giving a more competitive complection to the local elections and this day we still thirty two different political parties are taking place across the country and we have just started to receive some early results and house we know prime minister dmitry medvedev has much with the members of the united russia party and he emphasized that that's the united trust the process has shown better results out of this we should all elections than it did to the state duma elections that took place in december last year and as i said before the single voting day was taking place and for the first time in russia in the last eight years turnout of some other stories making headlines across the globe at least twenty people killed scores injured after a gunman opened fire at a mosque in norther

have time for this i'll be back in fifty five minutes i'm all right we look forward to thank you dmitri shortly we reveal the extreme conditions of violence and the injustice in nigeria's oil fields and a special report. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing more gratian through the day. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so horror lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. question is that so much of a given to each musician the power of the final touches of friends in the arab spring or the arab winter where does this great liberation logic stand in the arab middle east and where is it going are the forces of reaction. to the mission free education free speech zones for judges free range and breach risk free speech to tide free. download free broadcast quality video for your media projects and free media and

two different political parties are taking place across the country house we know prime minister dmitry medvedev has not with the members of the united russia party and he emphasized that the united party has shown better results as this we should the elections than it did at the state duma elections that took place in december last year and as i said before the single voting day was taking place or for the first time in russia in the last eight years. they are world fast approaching the second anniversary of the start of the arab spring and a wave of violence has so far force the leaders of four countries from power and over sixty thousand people killed later this hour to talk to most of five clearly a tunisian rider and director of the new york university center for dialogues to really assess the results of the ongoing unrest here's a quick preview of the election which the two praise. in the context in which there were hopes. were so from the storm coming. from. should be dished out and they should be. going to lose you were opening them. if. they come on making sure the problems the

the country now we have just started to receive some early results and as we know prime minister dmitry medvedev has much with the members of the united russia party and he emphasized that the results are that the united trash surprise the results of this regional elections so we're better than we want the results died so we know that the results that we saw during a these day do well actions that didn't play so into somebody's last yeah so the contours of the vote still continues and as i said before the single voting day has it taking place in russia for the first time in the last eight years. right direction is medina a question of in moscow thank you very much for that will follow you and the results as they come up. but also more headlines from around the world today gunmen have opened fire at a mosque in a remote nigerian village killing at least twenty people the attackers targeted the worshippers as they left after prayers muslim extremist boko haram are suspected of the massacre they are known for targeting fellow brazilians who do not follow their strict form of islam. here's

walking around red square and went to one hundred dollars but also indeed met with prime minister dmitry medvedev they talked about the role of social networking and also discussed the potential technological center for facebook but the media speculate there could be different reasons for coming so moscow actually could be either to boost facebook's presence in russia but also to go headhunting look for talented programmers in moscow this and much more after a short break on the. present. finances day starts at five am even earlier in the winter tending to his flock of three hundred sheep in the mountains and plains of teavana thirty five years old it wasn't the life he dreamt of having studied accounting but he dition unfamiliar duty dictated that he would take on the care of these animals after his father. he's just made camp at their winter found stage setting up his ute the traditional two fenian round tent made of diskin. his p.c. back amongst his family and his job is a lonely one and tough going out in all weathers braving extremes of plus to minus forty degrees celcius says that

and that's your business for them and i thank you dmitri in a few moments we speak to a british m.p. who was thrown out of parliament for voicing his opposition to the afghan war. in the middle of russia's no way from civilization or any three hour helicopter treat from the nearest village. they still one family have been living here for a long time in tents made of reindeer skins. lodging runs in a signal and minutes they also grew up in the but left it at the age of six and never returned they now live in the city in apartment building but still remember their regions. want to know is a dancing teacher. was. to his dances he tells the stories about his motherland. lives in europe to now has a one thousand strong reindeer heard when the enemy only saw the light can and marks around bruges gather the turns and move to another posture they travel hundreds of kilometers in winter women and children for them. the two families have less of a chance to come across each other they belong to different worlds even though there's sometimes a similar. a british member of parliament was recentl

to the country we have just started to receive some early results and house we know prime minister dmitry medvedev has not with the members of the united russia party and he emphasized that that's the united trust the party has shown better results out of this regional elections than they did at the state duma elections that took place in december last year and as i said before the single vote today was taking place over the first time in russia and the last eight years. are stories just a click away on our t.v. dot com here's a little of what's on the line for you right now ukraine's latest military attachment how's this for a marine border countries training dolphins are reviving an old soviet project to patrol the souse with the military and. the fearless felix austrian skydiver leaves his highers for for ever. you fall from thirty seven kilometers above the earth becoming the first human to break the sound barrier without any vehicle moron this out r t v dot com. wednesday a court released one of the three pussy riot band members on probation two others however ordered to serve the re

want to know what they're selling me how they figured out how to sell me a dupe me ok i mean well dmitri you before have argued that something like the s. eighteen standardized tests are done they don't accurately reflect intelligence or capability so isn't it important. actually know how a student would prepare for the s.a.t.'s and would not argue billy's tell more about their character or their drive or their ambition or their focus to know how they were paired for that task versus necessarily how they performed on it no because the song because the point of this is not to know how. good of a debate of iran news there's opposed to figure out it's supposed to make a decision about the president the country you're not you're not supposed to you know because you know the bridge the better of the countries if this was the one you care about it all but if this is the finals of the of like of america's top two debaters then yeah this is the perfect perfect i actually don't that being the top debate is about who is actually going to do you do you watch post election coverage i was posed to ma

right after a short break dmitri has the latest in the world of business for us. the legacy no one should be proud. of scrap metal littering pristine arctic landscape building stilton over their foundation pipes spewing black smoke over the snow covered peaks the traces of the soviet industrial activity on the burgen archipelago don't make a pretty picture the guiding principle here is the worse the better locals like to tell the story that back in soviet times when norwegians were visiting barons were they also on the rise. and how prosperous the settlement was well times have obviously a challenge where they saw it lags they still attracting a region tourists are barons were. much needed cash that's why when. our goal is common as was uncovered here a few days ago instead of throwing it away the local administration decided to paint the bin you and put it at variance work central square that in the nine hundred eighty s. there was a burgeoning mining community the soviet union was determined to maintain its own costs. are located halfway between north america an

do itself a favor and not lend a platform for dimitri's diatribes or let's have a web extra where dmitri can educate us on his facts. to give you a letter to resign or to respond to this guy give him a bunch of facts and figures and everything else they have do is like the lazy greek thing how many people were shocked that mean for insinuating that things are a little bit more complex in greece and it was just a bunch of greeks driven drinking for opportunity by the side of the water on their kayaks i don't mean so. i mean i'll say one thing to our audience if you ever do anything on our facebook page especially not so much on you tube anymore but on our facebook page i will give you any of the documentation that you're wired in fact during the show as we prep i often upload a lot of the doctors that we use to produce the show all right so go talk to dimitri on facebook because we have to leave it there for today that is all we have time for thanks for watching be sure to come back next week and in the meantime you can follow me on twitter. out lauren lyster go like our facebook page or

. >> dmitry medvedev has not disappeared completely. he is still the prime minister and leader of the ruling party. it is his record as president that is being erased and with its his reputation as a political player. today prime minister medvedev's decision not to run for president again left many liberals feeling betrayed. they had been counting on him to make russia more western, more democratic. was that realistic? >> you cannot degree democracy by waving a wand. now we shall have democracy, no. it just does not work that way. you have to change the way people think. >> if you will take part in spells and sorcery, there's always the risk things will never be quite the same again. bbc news, moscow. >> still to come, the latest weapon in microsoft's arsenal, the new surface against the ipad. there have been described as the forgotten victims of the nazi holocaust. the 500,000 members of the gypsy or roma community murder during the second world war are being remembered with a ceremony and a memorial in berlin. now more. >> the relativ

dmitri, while enhancing your out dope -- outdoor event, how important is the creative contact to make sure it you have customers who return over and over again? >> our creative content, you know, it is pretty out there. [laughter] >> sort of spices up the meeting. >> for us, i think the most important thing we are offering is something quintessentially san francisco. something that they cannot find anywhere else. we have two fetish fares in san francisco. there are only three other cities in the world that do that. new york, toronto, and berlin. i have been to all three and they are not nearly the same size as well we produced, or nearly as diverse. what we are always thinking about is what we are offering people that is so quintessentially san francisco that we get -- it cannot be gotten anywhere else. we are also told the switching of the entertainment this year. we have dance areas where the slides used to be. i think that for us it is about making sure that people, even if they came to san francisco in particular five years ago, that they are not experiencing the fight -- the same

the facebook founder met with russia's prime minister, dmitry medvedev, to talk about expanding the social media network's presence there. russia is one of few countries where facebook isn't a major player. reportedly, russia is the largest internet market in europe. in case you are wondering, zuckerberg lost his hoodie and wore a formal suit to the meeting. kraft has officially split into two. kraft and its snack food spinoff, modelez international, filed to trade as two separate public companies on tuesday. the north american grocery business will continue to carry the name kraft and include velveeta and miracle whip. tickers will change to "krft" from "kft." mondelez, which includes oreo and cadbury, will trade under mdlz. according to analysts, the split is more evidence that the ipo market is getting stronger. retailers are prepping for happy holidays. the national retail federation is expecting a bump in holiday shopping. the group predicts americans will spend 4.1%, not quite as high as last year's seasonal sales, but higher than the average 3.5% seen for the last 10 years. the news

obama and the former russian president dmitri medvedev. >> i'm not going to wear rose colored glasses when it comes to russia or mr. putin. and i'm certainly not going to say to him, i'll give you more flexibility after the election. after the election, he'll get more backbone. >> reporter: the president got traction responding to this frequent attack line from mr. romney. >> the president began an apology tour of going to various nations in the middle east and criticizing america. and by the way, you skipped israel our closest friend in the region. but you went to the other nations. >> when i went to israel as a candidate, i didn't take donors. i didn't attend fund-raisers. >> reporter: perhaps the most memorable push back on the night? this one on the strength of america's military. >> our navy is smaller now than any time since 1917. the navy said they needed 313 ships to carry out their mission we're now down to 285. >> we also have fewer horses and bayonets, because the nature of our military has changed. >> reporter: well, it is crunch time, brian, two weeks to go. here's the ne

several months it comes as the iraqi prime minister visits moscow for tonsil with his counterpart dmitri medvedev there's been no official statement on what exactly baghdad is buying but it has been reported it once fighter jets helicopters and missile defense systems russia lost a number of lucrative oil contracts in iraq after the us led invasion of the country and some experts now also just it's making up lloyd's with the arms sales. but artie's business desk is here now with some other news above russia's all oil contracts natacha absolutely or the energy sector to produce more broadly there's a new twist in the ongoing saga between b.p. and its russian partners the company called they are is now considering selling its half of the company either to a strategic investor or on the open market now this would only happen if b.p. sells its part to rosneft something a local shareholders are unhappy about at the same time eight or is still willing to buy b.p. stake in the russian joint venture. and let's now take a quick look at the equity markets wall street the only one trading this hour

well in japan dmitri to sort of was denied a shot at his first target of a season the russian qualifiedbowing out of the tokyo open quarter finals at the hands of marcus on the artists agrees. to complete a comprehensive sixty six for victory will play a local hopeful. forty in the last four. but also sports for more coming up a little later it's a change of party the headlines are next on this short break. my parents really truly honestly believe that what had happened was as a result of my father's exposure to agent orange i was born with multiple problems . i was missing my leg and my fingers and my big toe on my right foot i use my hands a lot in my artwork i find myself drawing my hands quite a bit. where my hands you know just as if anyone would. but they do tell a story they tell a story of. the world live from science technology innovation all the wisdom elements from around rush hour we've got the future are covered. in the music sigrid laboratory to mukherjee was able to build a new its most sophisticated robot which all unfortunately doesn't give a darn. mission to teach.

home with one very high profile facebook me sing for us the longest visit russia and prime minister dmitry about it has a face for history of getting top notch gifts from his guests find out whether facebook's founder can match the best of the rest. of us it's a man's world a saudi arabia airbrushes of women from the council go to the world's largest furniture retailer ikea discover why on. the lord for whistleblowing you are soldier bradley manning has demanded all charges be dropped he says manning's case is being deliberately protracted the trial will only start in february while according to u.s. court martial rules it should have begun over two years ago christine preside visited the latest of and supporting the whistleblower. his name. has evolved into a movement a movement with a mission and the truth is the points. may be on the maybe an idealist stage but there are things worth fighting for those who attended the event hope to eventually see accused wiki leaks or bradley manning freed from prison he's already spent eight hundred sixty two days there much of it in solitary confinem

past several months it comes as iraqi prime minister visits moscow for talks with this country but dmitri medvedev there's been no official statement on want exactly baghdad is buying but it has been reported it wants fighter jets helicopters and missile defense systems russia last number of lucrative oil contracts in iraq after the u.s. led invasion of the country and some experts now suggest it's making up for it with the arms sales. and art is business desk will have some other news about russia's oil deals after shot break. download the official application to sell from choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's now t.v. is not required to watch all its hear all you need is your mobile device to watch r.t. any time. offers an air show and an issue museum doesn't matter you. but the residents never profit from the performances you'll see him coming all the signature there when you look up and there's one. alpha beta gamma he was all the the final. out there know what's going on. right now. shells become income mortal danger and a piece of art. is exem

all right time now for a quick business update with dmitri whether it's.a new ratings agency to compete with s. and p. and moody's a soon to peer that's right and russia is one of. those countries whose ratings agencies are pulling in to create this joint venture this joint agency indeed to compete with the big three and this new rates is aimed to be fully independent of any country or any business and more details now from nick poole. there are only three credit ratings agencies with global reach moody's standard and poor's and fitch they are all american and some would say subject to the same kinds of wall street bias all three have had a bad financial crisis failing to predict in two thousand and eight the imminent downturn at the time they were giving the highest possible credit rating to securities associate with the u.s. housing market prompted the crisis they also failed to spot what was going wrong in iceland shortly before it collapsed and as recently as two thousand and knowing moody's was saying that investor can sons of greece perhaps misplaced

regional elections even to see more representatives from the opposition at the parliament then president dmitry medvedev scrapped the old. system which so regional officials handpicked by the government well also making it easier for new political parties to emerge giving a more competitive complection to the local elections so this sunday will see you vote choosing from an unprecedented number of candidates judge for themselves who they believe is more the governing. russia's original election is also a debut on the test for about two dozen new parties trying to grab votes and political analyst alexei movement believes the pool will help raise political awareness. the cancellation of the election of regional governors in russia had political reasons putin's goal was to unify the regions because every government had his own agenda and as a result the country was somewhat divided the introduction of elections for regional governors is now being implemented gradually and this is a very important step in the creation of a civil society civil institutions is giving more responsibility to the router

just close to getting that treasury paid back and you know neither of them have ever said thank you dmitri how about a big huge opposite of thank you for not exhibiting what capitalism is supposed to be i mean i'm sorry you get away with like totally you know being a winner even though you're a loser and you want to thank you because you get to cut the line in front of everybody else and succeed there's a when we interviewed them when we had that question about the bear stearns deal where you participate with the fed they said it mainly in one member mainly to it through sort of. and the whole thing is all the money that these guys are making the financial sector is either through direct mail or implicit backstops that a lot of them take risks and carry on really realize losses and and then whenever they have a loss the small loss or whatever it's a huge loss and then they need another bail out again also with their only understand how they pay this money because they blew up he had written all this insurance and then they didn't have any of the capital to make good on it so i don't even u

more representatives from the opposition in parliament at that moment and a bad time then president dmitry medvedev scrapped the old system we saw the regional officials hand picked by the government and also made it easier for a new political parties to match it giving a more competitive complection to the local elections so as i said before the single voting days taking place for the first time in the last eight years and gives russians an opportunity to choose for themselves who they believe is worthy of governing that's where exciting indeed within a cautionary reporting there live thank you very much. and still to come this hour turning a joke on bond into a global brand to see why it has become a name recognized worldwide making some question of the real goals and objectives of the for not. under the law debate as the battle for washington to stop job near the homestretch look at how the current. the vice presidential hopefuls has affected the race that's plenty stories on something special right. it always amazes me the lengths that people go to for things that are pointless people

nordstrom's annual capacity to fifty five billion cubic meters for this us now across to you r t is dmitri medvedev well if you tell us more about this new improvements to the pipeline and why it's so important. well as you said the capacity will now be doubled to reach full level of fifty five billion cubic meters now what that actually means is that it will be enough to provide heat and energy to twenty six million households in europe and also it amounts to around fifty percent of what gazprom right now is transporting through ukraine you see the main goal of this whole project nord stream which cost seven and a half billion euros and was five years in the making was to bypass countries transit countries like belarus and ukraine which at times have proven to be not so reliable as partners for russia but there are certain issues however with this on one hand gas from right now is proving itself once again as a reliable partner to europe ensuring direct supplies while europe has launched an anti trust approach against gazprom and it wants to change the way gazprom operates in europe basic

than mark zuckerberg and he is today indeed in the russian capital he's meeting with prime minister dmitri medvedev. supposed to be going to the moscow state university to talk to students and you might spend some time behind me at a grouping of programmers called digital october's facebook is not in fact the number one social network in russia it's another social network called the contact which means in contact and in russian and he may well be here i'm sure part of the reason for his visit is to try and boost facebook's p.r. in russia and its market share but there has been another idea floated by the russian media quoting russian computer companies who say that he may well in fact be here to try and headhunt talented russians programmers and they're not happy about that prospect they point to the one nine hundred ninety eight when russia was in a financial crisis and microsoft received similar accusations of poaching talented russian programmers and taking them back to the us whatever the real reason that he was here he still managed to find time to pose for photos in red square in his

one very high profile facebook meeting as a mark zuckerberg and visits russian prime minister dmitry medvedev has a history of getting top notch gifts from his guests find out whether facebook's founder can match the best of the breath and. also that it's a man's world saudi arabia airbrushes of women from the council of well the world's largest planetary retailer ikea discovered why almost single. for the whistleblowing u.s. soldier bradley manning has demanded all charges be dropped he says manning's case is being deliberately protracted the trial will only start in february while according to u.s. called martial rules it should have begun over two years ago christine visited the latest event of supporting the whistleblower. his name. has evolved into a movement a movement with a mission to truth as a points. maybe i'm neutral maybe i'm idealist state. for a strange world fighting for those who attended the event hope to eventually see accused wiki leaks or bradley manning freed from prison he's already spent eight hundred sixty two days there much of it in solitary confinement and