when the ussr fell, estonia regained its freedom, and in 2004, it joined the european union. tallinn has modernized at an astounding rate since the fall of the soviet union. its business district shines with the same glass and steel gleam you'll find in any modern city. yet nearby are the rugged and fully intact medieval walls, and the town within these ramparts has a beautifully preserved old-world ambiance. among medieval cities in the north of europe, none are as well preserved as tallinn. the town hall square was a marketplace through the centuries. its fine old buildings are a reminder that tallinn was once an important medieval trading center. today it's a touristy scene, full of people just having fun. through the season, each midday, cruise-ship groups congest the center as they blitz the town in the care of local guides. like many tourist zones, tallinn's is a commercial gauntlet. here there's a hokey torture museum, strolling russian dolls, medieval theme restaurants complete with touts, and enthusiastic hawkers of ye olde taste treats. woman: [ laughs ] steves: but

estonia's minister of foreign affairs will appear at a national press club newsmaker tomorrow december 17 at 3 p.m. anastacia, a canadian human rights activist who was denied a visa to compete in the miss world finals in china this coming saturday will address a national press club luncheon on friday, the summer 18. and the chief of naval operations, admiral john richardson, will address the national press club luncheon on monday january 11th. i would now like to present our guest with the greatest price all at the national press club. our traditional mug. >> thank you. [applause] >> and we hope at a time when you can be gaining some rest back in puerto rico, you enjoy a nice warm drink out of that mug. mug. >> i will. coffee, of course. [laughter] >> so who do you think should be the next governor of puerto rico? [laughter] >> i already choose. but being the president of the party, i think it will not be fair if anyone wants to run, knowing that the president of the party and the incumbent will try to tilt in favor or against any of the members of the party. so i think that we have in

researchers in estonia state they created technology that is capable of running the internet 100 times faster than traditional wi-fi because that is what we all need. we would like to move even more quickly. they call it life i -- they call it li-fi. marie: star wars fans rejoice pretty force awakens all across the country tonight. the film is playing in theaters. thousands of jedi's lined up for hours and days to see the film. it set a movie record, making $100 million in pre-sale records. jim: my brother has artie taken his sun. he is bragging about it -- my brother has already taken his sun. he is bragging about it. kevin: i wonder if it is going to be bigger now since it is a different director. marie: field trip! kevin: party hearty! we don't want to do the six a clock a.m. show, a little too chilly. it is 217 in the morning along the east coast. boston, washington, dc. they are continuing with a mild december so far. we still waiting for measurarae snow in buffalo, new york. it has not happened yet. gorgeous day out there. blue sky. not much wind. i love this shot from the school

as you might know, some of the policymakers of the ecb, such as estonia's central bank governors, said data is surprising to the upside, so the ecb should hold. let's look at the ecb economic surprise index. in the figure above zero shows data is surprising to the upside, and anything below shows surprise to the downside. look at the number, 21.0, on an upward trajectory since july, when it was at zero. so data is surprising to the upside. hi's preferreddrag inflation target, the five-year forward inflation swap rate. since january, when it hit the lowest point ever, 1.4%, it has been rising to 1.8%. so i'm putting it out, being contentious. draghi's yardstick is rising. the data is better than expected. does he need to loosen policy? betty: so could he be jumping the gun? possibly. but it is a near certainty he will -- mark: it gives us something to think about. betty: that is provocative, mark, but i will hand it to julie for her debut in the battle of the charts. mark: julie has a 100% record. [laughter] julie: when i was here before, erik gave it to me. mark: julie is 2-0 against m

a start-up company in estonia believes they made a discovery that could change the future of the internet. researchers at velmenni say that they accomplished creating a technology capable of running internet one hundred times faster than traditional wi-fi. they call the technology discovery "li-fi" short for light fidelity. they report a number of benefits would come with their new technology including increased security. more protests on the university of iowa -- once again, targeting president bruce harreld after controversial comments he is accused of making. harreld said quote unprepared lecturers should be shot. protestors said those comments are unacceptable... even when meant rhetorically... considdring recent events in america. (rachel walerstein/protestor) "suggesting violence at this where there's so much gun violence directed in a variety of ways against so many people, it's just like the worst contextual moment to make such off the cuff remarks." protestors also staged what they called a performance peice to make their point... in which one student dressed as harreld himself.

and whatever language it is so i get boxes of books that come in three or four times a year with estonia, latvia, greece, turkey, korea, whatever you think, i can main all the languages but i have a contract last year, my latest language, 44, 45, what is it? marathon or something like that, one of the official languages of india spoken by 95 million people in indiana and they translate into that win college and so it is overwhelming. a language i never heard of before. >> host: you work on your own contract as a lawyer? >> guest: no. contracts are push button after 25 years, a lot of contracts. not much changes. e-books, had to fine-tune a language. the a big fake contracts because they cover copyright and litigation's endings lawyers love to putting contracts. i have really good lawyers. being a lawyer i appreciate what they do but i have been with the same lawyer for 20 years, one of the leading literary lawyers, i trust the guy with everything. my agents have been there for 20 years so by the time i get a thick stack of contracts, it is a simple process. >> host: how has the law profe

. >> researchers in estonia are testing a robot submarine that they believe will revolutionize the way we explore shipwrecks. they use turtle-styl-fins that give far better maneuverability. the next step is to make it fully autonomous to investigate shipwrecks on its own. for more go to www.aljazeera.com. professor anna deavere smith >> we have lost a generation and we're losing more. and it's-- kind of a moral crisis. can we really afford to just throw people away on the basis of their color. >> smith has been using theatre to examine race relations for decades. her works draw from hundreds of real-life interviews. she then interprets her subjects' words - playing many characters - in one-woman shows.

the wave of the future is being called "li-fi" =vo= a start-up company in estonia, says they've created >>> the wave of the future is being called lifi. a startup company has created a technology to change the internet. it would run the internet 100 times faster than wi-fi. it is based on light communication as opposed to wireless communication. there are drawbacks. right now it can be influenced by sun beams. the technology is being tested in labs. >>> snoopy is raking up bucks for museums. the snoopy themed license plates have been preordered by 7500 drivers. the special plates cost $50 and drivers who buy one will earn a free pass to more than 85 museums across the state. >>> the sharks come back in an overtime thriller north of the border. we have the highlights coming up in sports. ♪ (vo) some call it giving back. we call it share the love. during our share the love event, get a new subaru, and we'll donate $250 to those in need. bringing our total donations to over sixty-five million dollars. and bringing love where it's needed most. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. here

when the show was over he enters the radio estonia in - - studio he host another three hour show it is on over 140 stations across the country city is prolific when it comes to talking but also riding the author of four books, two of the three were on "the new york times" best-seller list after the success of george washington now the team up to bring another well-known story which is "thomas jefferson and the tripoli pirates" that is a forgotten war that changed american history. there is a lot we can learn from history and we welcome here to share his story. [applause] >>. >> you are now eligible for a hardback copy. it did me nine seconds to realize how funny he could be when i walked in here today. the first event i had was also a heritage. switch was the unbelievable run that shocked every ready. some people are wearing the uniform obviously. obviously to run for office you are patriotic. for the landscaper to pick up. the reason why resonated we know about benjamin franklin we still don't know everything about them. but what most of you know, we're beginning to realize for the ev

a start-up company in estonia believes they made a discovery that could change the future of the internet... researchers say that they accomplished creating a technology capable of running internet one hundred times faster than traditional wi-fi. they call the technology discovery "li-fi" short for light fidelity. they report a number of benefits technology including increased security. well -- if you find yourself dozing off before your show or movie is over -- netflix may have a solution... the streaming service has posted this d-i-y guide to creating a pair of holiday-themed "smart" socks capable of detecting when you've fallen asleep.... if that happens -- whatever you were watching will automatically pause so you won't lose your place... the socks use a method of rest and activity monitoring known as acti- graphy... you can find the netflix d-i-y video on youtube if you're interested... coming up ... how our warm winter weather is leaving some midwestern businesses out in the cold... and as far as the weather goes eileen loan will be back with your storm track seven day forecast when

the tree in estonia was decorated with a 40-foot high installation of over a hundred recycled windows filled withh colorful glass. light ccme through the windows, outlining silhouettes of people in some of the windows. two brothers recently saved a trapped bald eagle in canada. and at the same time, took this memorable selfie. the two found the eagle caught in a metal hunting trap while driving through the woods. they stopped to help, and were able to pry open the trap just enoughhto free the e egle's talon. the pair naturally took a selfie with the grateful bird. they also caught a video of the eagle flying off into the canadian wilderness. if you're having a bad day, we have a video that justtmight make you smile. show me your mad face. (laughs) ...... show me again this cute baby girl trying to be grumpyyis making itt way across the internet. when asked to show her "mad face," she didn't miss a beat! the video has been shared across social networks... with many it's here's a live look at washington, d.c. this morning at the u-s capitol building. storm track seven meteorologist this

researchers in estonia are testing a robot submarine that they hope will revolutioniz revolutionize submarine it is currently remote controlled. the next step is to make it fully autonomous so it can navigate shipwrecks by itself. >> you can find out much more on our website. the address for that is www.aljazeera.com. all the stories with plenty of analysis you can find there. we'll be back with much more of the day's news. bye bye. >> confronting isil, the u.s. expanding special forces on the ground in iraq and potentially in syria. >> i'm julie mcdonald. also coming up, 16 lebanese soldiers freed in a prisoner exchange with the al nusra front rebels return home. burkina faso elects its first leader in four decades. >> anand

it also means focusing on the new nato member states such as poland, latvia, lithuania, estonia. we must focus on equipping them to achieve interoperability. repositioning existing u.s. forces in europe near there is borders, increasing cooperation with non-nato finland and sweden with building a new strong integrated defense system to cover nato's eastern edge. i welcome the fact that montenegrin will soon join as the 20th member state to develop an exercise contingency plans for dealing with future ruffin -- russian provocations. thing asther is such a a little green men or volunteers. in the future, any such combatants must be treated as what they are witches and attacking russian army. if they reappear, i would strengthen u.s. forces in europe and around the world to enable timely intervention in support of our friends and allies. even while russia's actions force us to take tough measures to strengthen ourselves and our allies, i would encourage the door to negotiations remain open. peace through strength has become our touchstone and our president and great general as anowe

to some degree is india and estonia where they established the program so they've got an identity technology that can be standardized and deployed throughout the entire country. >> so in a regulatory business you saw -- i will ask you the same question to you think that it will solve the security and privacy problems? >> i think i know better then to disagree. but i will caviar to that by saying i just spent a really interesting week and i hung out in the village and i will say it is an incredibly interesting area. they are incredibly porous and it's not obvious to me that a bunch of the companies that are getting into the business knew they were doing when it comes to security and i think the supply-chain issue is real and affecting numerous devices. i thought interesting presentations on baby monitors for example where you see one chipped in 12 different monitors. so it's not obvious to me to achieve the kind of security progress that we need in the time that we need it. i think there's going to be a large number of devices that are pretty vulnerable and that are out of the marketplace. we

defense of new nato member states on the front lines with russia such as poland, latvia, lithuania, estonia. we must focus on supplying and equipping them. jointly committing to higher defense spending targets, repositioning u.s. forces in europe near their eastern borders, increasing cooperation with non-nato finland and sweden. and building a new, strong, integrated air defense system to cover nato's eastern edge. in this context i welcome the fact that montenegro will soon join nato as its 29th nation-state learning the lessons of the crimean invasion to deal with future russian provocations would also be a prudent stem. we know there are no such things as little green men. in the future any such combatants must be treated as what they are, and that is an attacking rushen army. if they reappear, i would strengthen u.s. forces in europe and around the world to heighten alert status to enable timely intervention in support of our friends and our allies. and even while russia's actions forces us to take tough measures to achieve peace through strength and safeguard our friends and allies, i

you are going to go to finland or sweden or lithuania or estonia, you are going to meet us, that is all that needs to be said. then work out a framework over there in central europe. china? articles.read these b-52s not tong our fly within several miles of these islands, trying to take over the south china sea. you don't telle, them, you just do something. talk is cheap with the chinese, so what do you do? these are not your islands, we will have free navigation and freer flight, and that is the way it is going to be, and by the way, if you want a cyber attack us and steal our secrets in our businesses or disrupt our government, we know how to defend ourselves and we also know how to go on the offense. now let's get along. china's a fact. they are not going to go away and we are going to have a war with them, just let people know what we think. then we have to get our allies back together again. best leader in europe? merkel. why is merkel the best leader? why is that? two lessons, why else? she leads. i can't wait to meet that lady. we need to be close with our allies. we need to liste

herzegovina, bulgaria, canada, chile, costa rica, croatia, cypress, the czech republic, denmark, egypt, estonia, finland, france, germany, greece, hungary, iceland, iraq, ireland, israel, italy, japan, jordan, kazakhstan, latvia, lebanon, lichtenstein, lithuania, luxembourg, malaysia, malta, montenegro, morocco, the netherlands, new zealand, nicaragua, nigeria, norway, the philippines, poland, portugal, qatar, romania, the russian federation, saudi arabia, senegal, serbia, slovakia, slovenia, spain, sweden, switzerland, the syrian arab republic, tajikistan, the former yugoslav republic of macedonia, turkey, the united nations of great britain and northern iland, the united states of america and venezuela. i will put the draft resolution to the vote now. will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document s-2015-972 please raise their hand. the result of the voting is as follows -- the draft resolution received 15 votes in favor. the draft resolution has been adopted unanimously as resolution 2253 of 2015. i would now like to make a statement in my capacity as the secretary of the

herzegovina, bulgaria, canada, costa rica, croatia, cypress, the czech republic, denmark, egypt, estoniafinland, germany, greece, hungary, iceland, iraq, ireland, israel, italy, japan, kazakhstan, lebanon, lucksam bork, the netherlands, nicaragua, norway, the fiphilippines, poll lamed, portugal, qatar, saudi arabia, senegal, serbia, slovakia, sweden, switzerland, the syrian republic, tajikistan, tmacedoni to participate in this meeting. it's so decided. in accordance with rule 39 of the council's provisional rules of procedure, i know invite mr. chin president of the financial action task force to participate in this meeting. it's so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item two on the agenda. and i am pleased to give the floor to the secretary-general, his excellency, mr. ban ki-moon. >> thank you, mr. president, your excellency, mr. jack lew, secretary of the treasury of the united states. honorable ministers, excellen excellencies, mr. chin, ladies and gentlemen, mr. president, let me begin by thanking the government of the united states for its leadership

estonia's minister of foreign affairs will appear at a national press club newsmaker tomorrow, december 17, at 3:00 p.m. anastasia lynn, a canadian human rights activist, who was denied a visa to compete in the miss world finals in china this coming saturday will address a national press club luncheon on friday, december 18. and the chief of naval operations, admiral john richardson, will address the national press club luncheon on monday, january 11. i'd now like to present our guest with the greatest prize of all at the national press club, our traditional mug. [applause] governor padilla: thank you. >> and we hope at a time when you can be gaining some rest back in puerto rico you enjoy a nice warm drink out of that mug. governor padilla: coffee, of course. >> so who do you think should be the next governor of puerto rico? [laughter] governor padilla: i already chose. but being the president of the party that i was elected for, i think it will not be fair if anyone wants to run knowing that the president of the party and the incumbent will try to tilt in favor or against any of the m

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