dr. oral roberts. something you possess can create something you want.verything in your life is a seed. i sat down with him one day and he said todd you hold the seed, god holds the harvest. the difference in the seed and the harvest is expectation. did you hear what i'm saying? expectation. i'm talking to somebody today that you have planted seed in the path and you have not been able to identify a harvest. that's because you did not sow it with expectation. expectation is the confident anticipation that something good is going to happen, something good is going to happen, something good is going to -- dr. roberts opened his miracle crusade. what was he doing? something good was going to happen. he was building expectation, expectation, hallelujah. boy the atmosphere is shifting here. why? because expectation is being birthed. see, expectation does not proceed your seed sowing. it follows your seed sowing. expectation is birthed after you plant a seed, not before, after. a farmer knows he wants a harvest, what does he do? he plants seed and after he pla

and that was dr paul craig roberts former reagan administration official economist and columnist well that does it for now but my interview with dr robert didn't end there he also gave me his thoughts on be down drone any ron and the possible consequences of this military fall pa to see the full interview or for more on the stories we covered go to r.t. dot com slash usa and check out our youtube page it youtube dot com slash r t america you can also follow me on twitter at liz wall the big picture with thom hartmann is coming up in just a half hour tonight tom will give his take on why every single american has the right to cry foul on the banks but that's going to do it for the news tonight i'll see you right back here tomorrow have a great night. sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought. was a big. news today. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada.

that was dr paul craig roberts former reagan administration official economist and columnist well that does it for now but my interview with dr roberts didn't end there he also gave me his thoughts on the downed drone anywhere on the possible consequences of this military to see the full interview or more of the stories we covered on r.t. dot com slash usa you can have there or check out our youtube page it's youtube dot com slash r t america you can also follow me on twitter as well be right back here and a half an hour with more news an in-depth interviews. sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you. are. wealthy british.

dr. robert cantu and john branch, thank you very much. congratulations, john, on that series. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> ifill: finally tonight, they're big, they're scary-- and, lucky for us, they're about 300 million light years away. we're talking about the largest black holes in the universe, and nothing-- not even light-- can escape their gravitational pull. astronomers recently discovered two black holes, each about 10 billion times the size of our sun. their findings are being reported this week in the journal "nature." joining me now is chung-pei ma. she is a professor of astronomy at the university of california, berkeley, and led the team that published the study. welcome to the program. describe for us how massive really these holes are that we're talking about. >> each one has the mass of about 10 billion times that of the sun. we can also think about their sizes, that is to say, the region of space within which light cannot even escape. that size for these black holes are about five times that of our solar system. w

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dr. robert cantu and john branch, thank you very much. congratulations, john, on that series. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> woodruff: we'll be back shortly with a look at the discovery of monster black holes. >> ifill: now, for those stations not taking a pledge break, we look at language immersion classes in louisiana, where the state's french heritage is taught as more than just history. our story comes from louisiana public broadcasting and the southern education desk, a partnership between public radio and television stations across the gulf. the reporter is sue lincoln. ♪ >> if you ever have the opportunity to speak french or the chance to, you need to take it. >> reporter: that's rachael judson, a fifth grader from lake charles. she's starting her sixth year in the french immersion program. rachael's family is not of french descent so her first contact with the language was, like these kindergarteners, singing songs. ♪ french immersion students taking their reading and writing classes in english but learn math, science and so

dr. robert cantu and john branch, thank you very much. congratulations, john, on that series. >> thank you. >> congratulations.p between puo and television stations across the gulf.thporter is sue lincol. ♪ >> if you ever have the opportunity to speak french or the chance to, you need to take it. >> reporter: that's rachael judson, a fifth grader from lake charles. she's starting her sixth year in the french immersion program. rachael's family is not of french descent so her first contact with the language was, like these kindergarteners, singing songs. ♪ french immersion students taking their reading and writing classes in english but learn math, science and social studies in french. for example, it's a geography lesson for julie's second the history of the french language in louisiana runs deep. it was introduced to this land at the end of the 17th century. then, as europeans immigrated from france, africa and kurri olz came from the west independent ease and the canadians refugees from canada, french was louisiana's language but the st

live now by dr robert jacobs research associate professor at the. dr jacobs many thanks for being with us here and ask you now in the wake of this latest leak the plant operator tepco has announced it will take weeks to assess the exact damage it's also said it's using sandbags to prevent any further leaks so does this actually imply do you think that the situation is much worse than the company says it is. well there's a few pieces of this the first is that we're talking about tepco tepco is the company that knew that there were three nuclear meltdowns within two or three days of the tsunami and took three months to speak about it publicly and admitted publicly even though it was known so the credibility of tepco is not at a very high level and unfortunately there are only a source of information about what's happening at the plants and secondly there's a crack in the building where the water is being filtered filtering out cesium but not filtering out strontium ninety. sandbagging the crack in the wall is is the kind of remedial step that just indi

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so let's bring in columnist and former reagan administration official dr paul craig roberts back into the conversation paul we got reports earlier this week that the u.s. is involved in training fighters on the border of syria is it possible that they are plotting are helping to plot a civil war in the country and i've seen those reports too. i would think that the united states is involved and stirring up the opposition and in arming it it's a way to justify intervention on humanitarian terms they use the cover of the arab spray in the arab protests as they did in libya so. these are not. spontaneous protest and certainly in an authoritarian state i like their syria you wouldn't find people in opposition able to regularly supply them selves with arms with military weapons and this is not any longer just protests it is an armed. rebellion and it makes no sense it makes no sense for the syrians to themselves are up opportunity for the country to be destroyed like it's like libya or iraq or or afghanistan and i suspect that's what's coming to them you know many years ago the neoconserva

tsunami some of the toxic water may have now found its way into the pacific ocean over the weekend dr robert jacobs a research associate professor at the hiroshima peace institute believes the plant operator tepco is keeping a lid on just how severe the situation is we're talking about tepco tepco is the company that knew that there were three nuclear meltdowns within two or three days of the tsunami and took three months to speak about it publicly in admitted publicly the credibility of tepco is not a very high level and unfortunately there are only source of information about what's happening at the plants and the secondly there's a crack in the building where the water is being filtered sandbagging the crack in the wall is the kind of remedial step that just indicates descale of the difficulty of responding to these problems by tepco if it is sandbags that are going to keep this strontium ninety out of the sea then that's not really very encouraging. later on today as well in the program another major toxic threat we got a special report lined up for you exposing the plight of unspoiled a

dr. robert spetzler, said he had a hunch. >> i said, let's get one more mri scan. >> reporter: when the scant showed sam was not brain dead, even though he was in that deep coma. that's when the doctor approached sam's mom. >> he said, let's keep him alive for another week. >> reporter: and that night, sam wiggled two fingers on command. >> it was a miracle. >> reporter: shortly thereafter, he was getting around in a wheelchair and even talking. >> it's a miracle, considering, like, where i was, to where i am now. i know i have made a lot of progression. >> who is better looking, you or your brother? >> me. >> reporter: and here he is today, at a news conference. >> right now, i'm feeling all right. feeling pretty good. >> so for him to be walking in here just a couple of months later, that's a great christmas story. >> reporter: dr. spetzler, who has performed more than 6,000 surgeries, says he is dumbfounded. >> the odds of him making it were very slim. but in medicine, we see things that obviously are the exception to the rule. >> reporter: sam still has a long way to go. rehab is gruelin

and tsunami some of the toxic water may have found its way into the pacific ocean over the weekend dr robert jacobs research associate professor at the house. but he is tepco is keeping a lid on just how severe the situation is. we're talking about tepco the company that knew that there were three nuclear meltdowns within two or three days of the tsunami and took three months to speak about it publicly and admit it publicly the credibility of chucko is not a very high level and unfortunately there are only source of information about what's happening at the plants and the secondly there's a crack in the building where the water is being filtered sandbagging the crack in the wall is the kind of remedial step that just indicates the scale of the difficulty of responding to these problems by tempo. later today a toxic threat also special report exposes the plight of unspoiled amazon rain forest and the indigenous people who are dying because of tons of industrial waste dumped by an oil giant. now russia has downgraded diplomatic relations with cutoff to an assault on moscow's envoy to doha the

dr. robert sun-buckley faces charges for placing false time quartz.ee who is a quadriplegic allegedly set up and controlled the account where that agency deposited money. the doctor is set to go on trial next wednesday in merit county, new hampshire. >> an airbag problem is raising serious safety concerns. >> vehicles included in the company's latest recall is ahead in consumer alert. >> hi, i'm pete gilbert. we'll check on the state's football championship game that went down to the wire. an incredible effort out of old mill. highlights you do not want to miss. stay tuned. >> awe, the sports championships. cool these kids get to play at m&t stadium on this stage. wow did they live up to it last night in the game of the year. quince orcahrd jumped out to a lead. fell 21-14. quinceorchard extending that lead. last of the third, though, deonte shield. they couldn't find the second half. into the touchdown, 8-2 -- 28-21. under a minute to play. chance of a lifetime. 50 yards. they flagged a celebration for that. a two-point conversion. 36-35 your final.

dr. robert klinestibar a critical care specialist who's at the concert with his family immediately startsilizing maggie's arm. it's been less than two minutes since the stage fell. david wood's phone is still recording the scene as he turns to help another young man. and prayter stayed with maggie. >> she said get her out of her. >> because of her broken leg, magjars can't move. >> so i handed my daughter over to a perfect stranger. but i knew i had no choice. >> prayter and others carry the girl out of the wreckage and on to the hospital. she's treated for a severe laceration to her arm and leg injury. luckily her arm isn't severed. magjars suffers multiple fractures to her leg. she's reunited with family at the hospital. at the fairgrounds, people continue to work to free the trapped and injured and secure the wreckage. in all, seven people are killed by the falling stage. more than 40 are injured. at home in northwestern indiana, maggie and her mom spend months recovering from their injuries. >> we were very lucky. i mean, even with our injuries and as scared as everybody was, i mean,

dr. robert spetzler said he had a hunch. >> i said, let's get one more mri scan. >> reporter: when the scanp coma. that's when the doctor approached his mom. >> he said, let's keep him alive for another week. >> reporter: and that night, sam wiggled two fingers on command. >> it was a miracle. >> reporter: shortly thereafter, he was getting around in a wheelchair and even talking. >> it's a miracle, from where i was, to where i am now. i know i made a lot of progression. >> who's better looking? you or your brother? >> me. >> reporter: and here he is friday, at a news conference. >> right now, i'm feeling all right. doing pretty good. >> for him to be walking in here, just a couple of months later, that's a great christmas story. >> reporter: dr. spetzler, who has performed more than 6,000 surgeries, and even trained the doctor who operated on congresswoman gabrielle giffords, says he is dumbfounded. >> the odds of him making it were very slim. there's no question about that. but in medicine, we see things, always the exception to the rule. >> reporter: sam still has a long way to go. rehab

stress force says protesters are exaggerating to went outside support from powers like the us dr paul craig roberts a former reagan administration official told r.t. he believes washington is not just backing the rebels diplomatically but the united states is involved in stirring up there are position and an arm and yet they use the cover of the arab spring arab protests as they do in libya so. these are not. spontaneous protest and certainly authoritarian state like they are syria you wouldn't find people in opposition they want to really themselves with arms with military weapons that makes no sense for the syrians to themselves stir up opportunity for the country to be destroyed or right it's like libya or iraq or or afghanistan tourists who got saved in libya what's involved here is the russians have a naval base in syria and the americans don't want a russian naval presence in the mediterranean. and just as in living your the problem was the chinese all in syria goes around and is in the torrent sites and lebanon. so there will be knocking all these countries one by one while they stand there

says protestors are exaggerating to wait outside support from palace like the united states dr paul craig roberts a former reagan administration official told us here at r.t. that he believes washington is not just backing the rebels in a diplomatic. but the united states is involved in stirring up their opposition and in arming it they use the cover of the arab spring arab protests as they do and look so these are not spontaneous protest and certainly authoritarian state like through syria you wouldn't find people in opposition able to regularly supply themselves with arms military weapons it makes no sense for the syrians to themselves opportunity for the country to be destroyed like libya or iraq or afghanistan course who got saved in libya which involved here is the russians now the naming base in syria. and the americans and the russian naval presence in the middle ground just as in libya where the problem was the chinese all investments in syria and iran is in the target sites and and lebanon and so there will be knocking all of these countries one by one while they stand there and don't un

opposition exaggerates and manipulates facts to win outside support from powers like the us dr paul craig roberts a former reagan administration official told r.t. that he believes washington isn't only backing the rebels diplomatically. the united states is involved in stirring up their own position or making it it's a way to justify intervention on humanitarian terms they use the cover of the arab spring arab protests as they do in libya. so. these are not. spontaneous protest and certainly you know authoritarian state you know like cigarette syria you wouldn't find people in opposition able to ridgely those with arms with military weapons and this is not any longer just protest it is an armed. rebellion and makes no sense it makes no sense for the syrians to the. opportunity for the country to be destroyed when it's like libya or iraq or afghanistan. you're watching r t it's good to have your company today and still to come for you at this hour in the program championing the rights of benefit tourists the e.u. targets of britons a tough hand out policies saying the u.k. is obliged to dole out

dr. robert block, president of the american academy of pediatrics. a respected organization of 60,000 pediatricians committed to -- in addition to his don't pediatrics he has additional specialty in being a child abuse pediatrician. a very unique one. board certified in this unique sub specialty. we felt that a clinical perspective and essentially the doctor either in the e r or the doctor in the examining room sometimes first hears the story. we could benefit from their experience both in prevention and intervention and protection and then also perhaps in some of these treatment things that have come of. we are so glad to have you and we want to recognize teresa huizar. the executive director of the national children's alliance, which is the accrediting body for 700 child advocacy center is. remember, this gives child abuse victims comprehensive service from forensic interviews which is different from a medical interview but it does give medical evaluations and mental health. they qualify law enforcement for it. she comes with a great deal of that e

dr. robert epstein. thank you for joining us today. so basically let's just give you the definition.lebrations. kids wear them to class on monday. it makes kids in some people's opinion, the ones who don't have them, makes them feel left out. shear a quote from oak hill school council to the parents. as educators, we are concerned about the unintentional messages that are conveyed when groups of students wear the same celebratory clothing from weekend visits. in order to reinforce practices that are inclusion. we respectfully ask that your children refrain from wearing clothe to go children that identify has weekend celebration marked with a student's name. let's get your reaction on this. >> we have reached a moment in time where schools are forced to take a position on bullying. this is just a continuum of bullying. this is a precursor toward bullying and i believe that bravo to this school for taking a stand. it's about time that we leveled the playing field as we can. there is so little that we can control about our kids and so little that we can control about things that happen

our report from our chief science correspondent robert bazell. >> reporter: dr. ron fouchier told nbc news today why he created the new killer virus. i wanted to see what was possible, he said. what he learned was to take bird flu, h 5 n 1 which seldom affects people, and make it highly contagious in ferrets, a model for human transmission. few people would have immunity, and it would kill 60% of those it affected, creating a horrible pandemic. >> it's the most dangerous flu virus that's ever been created in the world. >> reporter: that's why a panel that advises the u.s. government today took the unprecedented step of asking two major journals, science and nature, to remove part of fouchier's paper, and sinl similar research from the university of wisconsin, taking out critical details, so they can't fall into the hands of terrorists. >> i wish the work hadn't been done to begin with, but now that we're here, it makes the most sense. >> reporter: the u.s. funded the research to learn what changes needed for a pandemic. they did not consider how the research woul