(foreman) yes.ng as we have 12 holes, we can surgically implant the electrodes under the meninges against the brain. (dr. obyedkov) and it's either cancer or autoimmune disease? (foreman) sorry. yeah. (dr. obyedkov) which one is better? [foreman sighs] (foreman) neither. ♪ won't you come inside ♪ with me today ♪ you could stay inside ♪ with me today ♪ can't you see it's gonna rain? ♪ hey. where do we cut? we don't. i need to say something. something personal. yeah. and i can't leave because you've got something interesting in that file. sorry. [sighs] you're an arrogant ass who makes it impossible for anyone to like him, by punishing people who don't deserve-- can we get to the "but" part of this speech? but i like you. no, you don't. you're just reacting to the perception of my death. you need to put things in order. fear of guilt-- would you shut up? see? i annoy you. now are you gonna give me the results, or are you gonna... [sighs] intracranial eeg showed no electrical abnormalities. which means

foreman didn't mention it, i have something of a gift too. come on.n rats' i don't like mondays] ♪ your turn. my turn. [repeats] ♪ does this have anything to do with his hand? it might. okay, patrick, close your eyes. what's this? [discordant notes] d, g flat, a flat, b, c-- yeah, all right, all right. he's good. can we let him go? he's great. he's staying. [gentle piano music] ♪ [both playing the melody] ♪ [melody becomes more complex] ♪ call radiology. i need a functional mri of his brain. fmri's not gonna show trauma. i'm not looking for trauma. i wanna see the music. see the music. [bizet's allegro vivace] ♪ well, that's dull. you think fmri's gonna show a big arrow pointing to a flashing sign saying "savantism"? would be hugely helpful. somehow, he's been rewired as a music specialist. i wanna know how that happens. he has access to parts of the brain that you don't. his brain's doing nothing. it looks like any jerk listening. he's not a savant at listening. he's a savant at playing. well, listening and playing are two different neurological proc

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i want to bring in tom foreman on the fiscal cliff. the emerging deal that's out there, no deal yet, and no deal until it's finalized, not only in the senate, as you know, tom, but the house of representatives and signed into law by the president. >> there's so many contentious details here. any one of them might trip this up, but there are two big pillars we're talking about today more than anything else. the first one seems to have been successful. it has to do with the idea of where you're going to put the threshold for maintaining the bush tax cuts. the republicans wanted to maintain the bush tax cuts for everyone. the white house said no, not for everyone. we want to do it for middle income people, but wealthier people can pay more. the president wanted to say anybody making over $250,000 as a couple in this country should pay more. they should go to a higher level of tax rates. however, the republicans by and large said they didn't want anybody to pay more taxes, but some said, if you're going to pay more, let's make it a million

tom foreman has the details. >> reporter: all across the nation. by planes, trains, and automobiles. the faithful are converging on the capital. from georgia, maurice madden made the journey last time to see barack obama take the oath. now, it will cost him about three thousand dollars and a couple days of vacation, but he's going again. >> "i knew on the night that he was re-elected as president of the united states, that i wanted to return to washington to be part of this celebration." >> reporter: the last inauguration saw one-point- eight million americans braving the freezing temperatures, the crushing crowds, to witness this quadrennial moment. this year, the crowds are not expected to be as big. >> "hey, nice to see you again, welcome back." >> reporter: but still enough to fill hotels like the historic willard where steve blum says he has met seven presidents. >> "i got a fist bump from obama." >> reporter: and everyone has learned that the festivities are not really about any one person. >> "what we celebrate is that we have the greatest d

tom foreman, cnn, looking for tickets in washington. >>> coming up, what's a super bowl party withouthicken wings? "the ridiculist" is next. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. good morning, turtle. ♪ my friends are all around me ♪ my friends, they do surround me ♪ ♪ i hope this never ends ♪ and we'll be the best of friends ♪ ♪ all set? all set. [ male announcer ] introducing the reimagined 2013 chevrolet traverse, with spacious seating for up to eight. imagine that. with spacious seating for up to eight. do you guys ride? well... no. sometimes, yeah. yes. well, if you know anybody else who also rides, send them here -- we got great coverage. it's not like bikers love their bikes more than life itself. i doubt anyone will even notice. leading the pack in motorcycle insurance. now, that's progressive. cal

armstrong and aldren know there is no hope with their recovery, but they also know there is hope foremand in -- for mankind in their sacrifice. that's if you didn't make it. >> it was pioneering. it was doing something that hadn't anywhere been done before. >> armstrong aldren and collins splashed down on july 24th, 1969. the space race was over. stars and stripes still there. >> coming up inmi the 1960 there's was a hit tv show "lost in space" and a movie" marooned." as long as humans dreamed of exploring the heavens they shuddered at the possibility of never getting back. the astronauts of apolo 13, that nightmare almost came true. after this. >>> imagine if i told you that next week or next month or next year americans would be landing on the moon. how huge would that be? so it is hard to believe that after apolo 11 the idea of going to the moon became almost old hat. after apolo 12 returned to the moon in november of 1969 some people were actually feeling that these trips were getting routine. then the world was reminded starkly they were anything but. >> an analogy i use, the first

tom foreman, cnn, looking for tickets tickets, in washington. >>> the riddiculis is next.inary rubs don't always work on my arthritis. try capzasin-hp. it penetrates deep to block pain signals for hours of relief. capzasin-hp. take the pain out of arthritis. >>> tonight we have a story from georgia where police say two employees of a cold storage facility outside atlanta broke in and stole -- wait for it, $65,000 worth of chicken wings. police say the two guys rented a truck, backed it up to the bay doors and used a forklift to load up ten pallets of frozen chicken wings. $65,000 worth of hot wings. see, hot wings because they were stol stolen. i kid. i cannot conceptualize how many chicken wings you get for $65,000, other than apparently you need a forklift to do it. luckily a reporter was kind enough to break it down for us. >> this bag of tyson frozen chicken wings, about 5 pounds of it is $12.65. so that's $65,000 worth of chicken divided by 12.50 times five, that's 26,000 pounds of frozen chicken wings. >> 26,000 pounds. i still want picture it. but it does beg the qu

february 1863, he replaced the foreman. sawyer and every byway in san francisco, every steep hill, and twisting road. had to stall, wants a strong bloodthirsty vigilante had lived with his family on the top floor of the montgomery block. since the building was erected over a decade earlier. before that you have the baths across the way. he was living here when james king, the self-righteous muckraking editor of the daily evening bulletin was gunned down out front. the shooter was james casey, a former volunteer fireman with a criminal past in the tombs of new york. king brought inside to die was laid out on ed stahle's counter. his huge head, heavy from so much brain, wolf to one side as he walked. as he lay dying, his head lay over the bursting table. when king died in room 297 of the montgomery block, every born vigilance committee alleged casey and set the city of flying. ed stahle still held strong opinions. he was figures opposed wind number of his patrons, especially the prominent lawyers and judges who were not too i

as that one juror pointed out, the vote was 8-2, according to the foreman, but it makes no differencethis is not a loss, you know, being a lawyer, a retrail's a retrial, which means we got another shot at it. based on the information we got from the foreman and another juror, i am extremely confident we will win a retrial. but dirty.com edits, he makes his own comment, it is not like facebook or yahoo. this is a guy who dishes dirt. he solicits dirt and he does local celebrities in your hometown, on 50 cities across america. and he is a scuse ball. the bottom line is, he is hurting right now. we are going to finish him off at the retrial. >> geraldo: okay, your clant is here right now. >> we hoped to have her in the studio, but i am pleased, sarah, you are on the telephone. how disappointed are you, sarah? >> caller: you know, it's overwhelming, the entire situation has been overwhelming. but i am finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. that's all i can hope for, that this will be behind me soon >> geraldo: now, you feel wronged, don't you? >> caller: absolutely. what happe

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tom foreman has today's american journey. >> roughly 12 million americans are without work, nearly 5or a half year or more. career counselors across the country are starting 2013 with a clear message. keep hanging on. >> it is a lot slower than we all would like. it is incredibly competitive whether you are working or not working. i think that individuals who have that advantage of having employment right now should make sure they are taking full advantage of that. >> that, they say, means three things. first, ask for opportunity. build your professional network inside and outside of your office. workers who go unnoticed are often the first to go out the door. >> they don't raise their hand. they don't raise their hand for the difficult projects. they don't ask for lateral moves. they don't ask for more responsibilities. they don't join teams. these are things that companies look for for people for the longer haul. >> she works for the apollo research institute which promotes further education. that's what many job advisers say is the second key. take advantage of every training oppo

tom foreman, cnn, washington >>> the nra is not only a powerful force among republicans but it is also influential among democrats. one happens to be the top democrat in the senate, harry reid. john avlon is looking into the majority leader's ties with the nra. the man the president would be relying upon to get something significant in terms of gun laws. he does pretty well with the nra. >> here is the deal about harry reid and guns. he opposed the assault weapons ban not once but twice in 1994 and 2004. he has a "b" rating from the nra. that's higher than ten other democrats. he has received money from the nra than any other senate member. >> a little love affair. he even appeared with wayne la pierre in 2010. but, he is a guy who says, you know, i'm gonna go with my party and go with the democratic party line. will he really oppose the president on gun issues? >> he is not going to oppose the president. he is going to try to quarterback ter what he can. he is going to do what he can to move the ball forward. everything is on the table. here is the real deal. part of the pragmatism is

and mike thompson is holding a prevention foreman and they are taking the task force and they are there to hear ideas about what to it be done. that will be held at vallejo city hall from 7:00 to 8:30. the last witness will take the stand about the colorado movie rampage. coming up, what a detective is saying about the dedecoratives -- detectives strange behavior after the arrest. >>> he was arrested outside his home. williams appeared for reckless driving. according to police williams is supposed to appear in court on a misdemeanor battery charge. >>> judgment has arrived for barry bonds. the home run king has been selected for the hall of fame. some 600 baseball riders will go and many have gone to a case tied to steer road scandal. every giant is looking to be on the first ballot. >> he should wait his turn and when it's right they will let him in. >> you would have had the stats even if he didn't do that. >> he was on the ballot for the first time along with sammy sosa and they all may not make it due to their alleged steroid use. >> mixed reactions there. let's go to traffic, sal,

tom foreman, cnn, norristown, pennsylvania. ♪ good morning, turtle. ♪ my friends are all around me ♪ they do surround me ♪ ♪ i hope this never ends ♪ and we'll be the best of friends ♪ ♪ all set? all set. [ male announcer ] introducing the reimagined 2013 chevrolet traverse, with spacious seating for up to eight. imagine that. it's lots of things. all waking up. connecting to the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. ♪ it's going to be amazing. and exciting. and maybe, most remarkably, not that far away. we're going to wake the world up. and watch, with eyes wide, as it gets to work. cisco. tomorrow starts here. >>> many of us remember him as a friendly chill chimney sweep or ex-techsen trick inventor and dick van dyke will be honored for his work. he will receive the screen actor guild's lifetime achievement award. he walked down memory lane are our piers morgan recently. >> van dyke has been making people laugh over 50 years and still going very stroke. he has now written a memoir, "my lucky life in and out of showbiz." dick van dyke joins me now. you are like santa

tom foreman, cnn, washington. >> we'll be right back with the ridiculist.ng four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. [ male announcer ] a european-inspired suspension, but it's not from germany. ♪ a powerful, fuel-efficient engine, but it's not from japan. ♪ it's a car like no other... from a place like nother. introducing the all-w 2013hevrolet malibu, our greatest malibu ever. ♪ >>> tonight number two on the 2012 ridiculist countdown and this one has jimmy kimmel. >> there have been some cases on this show where i've had some trouble and haven't been able to stop laughing, especially when certain words come up, really high brow stuff. i can only hope we never do a ridiculist about the french novelist henri deballsak. jimmy kimmel has a theory. watch this from "jimmy kimmel live." >> at the e

tom foreman has tonight's "american journey." >> reporter: roughly 5 million americans are out of week so career counselors are starting 2013 with a clear message, keep hanging on. >> it's more than we would like, but it's incredibly competitive right now whether you're working or not working. i think individuals that have that advantage of having employment right now should make sure they're taking full advantage of that. >> reporter: that, they say, means three things. first, ask for opportunity, build your professional network inside and outside of your office, workers who go unnoticed are often the first to go out the door. >> they don't raise their hand. they don't raise their hand for the difficult projects. they don't ask for lateral moves, they don't ask for more responsibility, they don't join teams. these are things that companies look for for people for the longer haul. >> reporter: she works for the apollo research institute, which promotes further education. that's what many job advisers say is the second key, take advantage of every training opportunity. >> times are toug

>> thanks to tom foreman. >>> still to come, controversy? what controversy?if you haven't heard about this, here goes. the question is are companies playing the race card and why are we falling for it. the ad of the super bowl. >>> later in the show, seafoam, as high as ten feet, blankets this coastal town. this is absolutely incredible. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. excuse me, sir i'm gonna have to ask you to power down your little word game. i think your friends will understand. oh no, it's actually my geico app...see? ...i just uh paid my bill. did you really? from the plane? yeah, i can manage my policy, get roadside assistance, pretty much access geico 24/7. sounds a little too good to be true sir. i'll believe that when pigs fly. ok, did she seriously just say that? geico. just click away with our free mobile app. i honestly loved smoking, and i honestly didn't think i would ever quit. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix is proven to help people quit s

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. >> while we were doing that, a road crew turned up and the foreman got out, and they looked at where the water was being blocked and knew where the drains were. >> the foreman knows what's blocking the drains -- sandbags. they've been temporarily put in place for construction. he decides to send one of his men, david winter, into the waist-deep water. >> i saw one workman, david, who was ducking down under the water trying to pull these sandbags out. another man had hold of his hand. >> the worker successfully removes all but one of the bags, but there's one last bag still blocking the drain. david dives into the murky water to grab it. >> nobody sort of realized what had actually happened because everyone had thought, oh, he's just pulling another sandbag up. when he didn't come back up, all hell broke loose. >> the force of the water on top of the bag pushed it through the drain and took him with it. he was above the water, still at that stage, but his legs were wedged into the pipe. >> by removing the bag, david unplugs the drain, and now the pressure of the gushing water pushes s

tom foreman, cnn, washington. ♪ why not make lunch more than just lunch?e points on dining in restaurants, you may find yourself asking why not, a lot. chase sapphire preferred. there's more to enjoy. [ male announcer ] can a car be built around a state of mind? ♪ announcing the all-new 2013 malibu from chevrolet. ♪ with a remarkable new interior featuring the available chevrolet mylink infotainment system. this is where sophisticated styling begins. and where it ends? that's up to you. it's here -- the greatest malibu ever. ♪ >>> this week, the big stories were all over the place. gun control, facebook's new venture, lance armstrong and oprah. here's a look back at the week that was. >> let's do the right thing. >> already, the nra is on the attack. >> he's just another elitist hypocrite. >> lance armstrong has come clean. >> did you ever take banned substances to enhance your cycling performance? >> yes. >> good-bye, google? >> facebook is launching a new search function. >> there's all sorts of gems in that information. >> privacy concerns, a public con

the foreman is a former taliban fighters. >> when i was in the taliban, there was fighting, but it was all for nothing. >> it is visiting day and families are carefully searched as they entered the jail. prisoners can share a few minutes of human warmth through the gold bars of their cells. -- cold bars. until a full your years ago this was a wild and dangerous place where prisoners often attack the staff members. that has changed and the reforms are changing the lives of those who end up in what is still plays a punishment. >> through the process we have thein, it's about tackling issues so that when they are released we will divert them away from criminal activity. >> afghanistan has a reputation for brutality in treating its prisoners, so this is a surprising place and it has a counter-taliban strategy. it encourages former prisoners not to go back to the insurgency. a small group of women prisoners live with their children, secluded from the male side of the jail. about half of the women in prison in afghanistan are there for what is called running away, arrested after fleeing from

turns out the jury foreman brought in dictionaries and a thesaurus during deliberations.e'll let you know what the judge decides in the next day or two. >>> senator robert menendez is denying allegations that he had sex with underage prostitutes down in the dominican republic during trips paid for by a campaign donor. these accusations were first reported last week but now they've resurfaced because the fbi has raided the home of that campaign donor. menendez, a new jersey democrat, says these allegations are fabricated by a political right wing blog. >>> day three of our blitz and glitz coverage of the super bowl. today ray lewis facing down reporters who wanted to know is it true you used performance- enhancing drugs to come back from injury so quickly? kristen berset has the latest on this he controversial report. kristen. >> reporter: hey, derek, this being super bowl week, thousands of media are here from all over the world, so any slip of the tongue or any rumor can spread like wildfire. that's exactly what's happened this week here in new orleans after an article w

tom foreman is joining me now. obviously we are so used to pork being laidn in the bills and it makes us all angry. where's the pork in this bill? is that it that bad? >> if you listen to the republican critics, they say the pork is everywhere in this $34 billion amendment that the democrats tacked on to this emergency spending measure for superstorm sandy. take a look. it includes $194 million for the national oceanic atmospheric organization. it will give $2 billion for repairing roads virtually anywhere after a natural disaster including, yes, guam which is ,000 miles from where sandy struck, more than $100 million for amtrak to end to its trains and tracks in the northeast corridor even though it looks like less than a third would involve repairs related to sandy and it's damage. and the amendment includes $16 billion for the department of housing and urban development to help with disaster relief, rebuilding an economic revitalization but not just in sandy's path, in any disaster zone anywhere in the country.

>> thanks to tom foreman. >>> still to come, controversy? what controversy?f you haven't heard about this, here goes. the question is are companies playing the race card and why are we falling for it. the ad of the super bowl. >>> later in the show, seafoam, as high as ten feet, blankets this coastal town. this is absolutely incredible. had to be slow. bt or that printing in color had to cost a fortune. nobody said an all-in-one had to be bulky. or that you had to print from your desk. at least, nobody said it to us. introducing the business smart inkjet all-in-one series from brother. easy to use. it's the ultimate combination of speed, small size, and low-cost printing. to the best vacation sp(all) the gulf! it doesn't matter which of our great states folks visit. mississippi, alabama, louisiana or florida, they're gonna love it. shaul, your alabama hospitality is incredible. thanks, karen. love your mississippi outdoors. i vote for your florida beaches, dawn. bill, this louisiana seafood is delicious. we're having such a great year on the gulf, we've decid

in the senate he sits on the powerful foreman relations -- for relations committee. his recent best seller is "the audacity of hope." it is out in paperback on november 6. i was reading, you sold over 1 million copies. >> we did all right. almost as many as you sell. tavis: that is an amazing story to have your personal story sell 1 million copies. >> it is a great honor. the first book that i wrote, "dreams of my father," sold 1 million copies in paperback. that was out 10 years ago. it has been a real blessing and you're right. it gets people a chance to get to know me in a way that usually do not get to know if presidential candidate. supporters -- they have organized book clubs to read the book. the more you get to know where i'm coming from the better off i will do. tavis: what is your sense of why you aren't as connected? -- are as connected? yours is just out, blowing everybody else's way. >> the first part was written before i thought about politics. it was personal and candid where people said, he was not thinking about running for office when he wrote that.

the jury foreman disobeyed the judge's instructions and brought in dictionaries and a that sawyer reduce during deliberations. prosecutors say the verdict should stand. the defense want as new trial. the verdict at this point remains up in the air. >>> how should d.c. spend its $417 budget surplus. if councilman marion barry has his way, it would be used to improve services for the city's disadvantaged people. under the city charter, the council is able to use $100 million of any surplus without congressional approval. mayor vincent gray says most of the surplus is going to go into the city's reserve fund. >>> education and jobs, the big topics of maryland governor martin o'malley's state of the state address yesterday. he proposed a $336 million bill to improve the public school system. the money would be used to build new schools, create new jobs, and hold down the cost of local colleges. o'mally says the school system is already once again one of the -- o'malley says the school system is already once again one of the best in the country. >> not two, not three, not four, but five years

let me introduce the foreman to you. this is vince. he can do a better job explaining the project details. >> what is happening here, what are you doing? >> we are doing a major modernization. we are tearing out the old system, logic controls, and generator controls, and we will be going over to solid state. this is not your standard selector. it does not have a tape that runs it. because these are outside elevators -- these are unique to the city. >> and this is going away with the upgrade. >> that is right. none of these will be here. we have retrofitted three elevators so far and now we're doing the outside cars. >> so this is what will be replacing -- >> this will be replacing the generator controller and control system. we are down to about 15 or 20 relays, down from about 100, which means much less maintenance. this thing had been running for about six months now, but we still have eight cars here to do. >> great job. >> we have looked at past the elevators and present. now let's look at the future. we are taking a look at some o

foreman was kind of the organizer who kept it together. and now he lives here in washington. later on when the students came in conflict with king, four men to some degree personified the student criticisms of martin luther king and other leaders as being preachers preoccupied with leaders and leadership and meeting presidency and that sort of thing. c-span: i could go on, but i want to ask about some -- it appeared to me as i read through it that you had given the vegetables versus other individuals. for instance, martin luther king versus ralph abernathy. maybe you don't look at it quite that way, but what was their relationship? >> guest: very, very close. no secrets from one another. but there was an undercurrent of jealousy from the abernathy because he had been with dr. king all along. he had an amazing hold over the audience. he was a very, get a gifted teacher, but he resented dr. king's sophistication and he was kind of star for status, as many black people were during that period to the point that he made incidents and became a burden for dr. king to carry. yvette t

i'm joined by hilary levert flynt leverett foreman and lists for both bill clinton and george w. bush administrations two of america's most informed middle east experts their new book is called going to tehran which offers a way out of the current diplomatic crisis it's called why the united states must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran thank you very much for coming washington seems to be very happy with the sanctions there quickly in the arena chrono me why should they change policies now why should they come to terms with iran sanctions are not going to work sanctions have not worked we've seen sanctions imposed on the islamic republic of iran for thirty two years we saw crippling sanctions in effect imposed on iran during their eight year war with iraq in one thousand nine hundred ninety eight we saw at that time half their g.d.p. was a racist half of it and still the islamic republic of iran did not surrender to hostile foreign powers the idea that now that sanctions are going to force the islamic republic of iran to surrender to what it sees as hostile foreign

physically catch success like a catch a virus of the common cold the story of the batters and the foreman of miles certainly goes to show that belief in success can be highly contagious. it's time we as a nation have a serious discussion about outlawing billionaires this week we learned that two thousand and twelve was one heck of a year for the billionaires the one hundred richest people in the world got two hundred forty one billion dollars wealthier this year bringing the total net worth of not one point nine trillion dollars these one hundred people have more combined wealth than the entire g.d.p. of nations like italy or mexico or spain and australia but one hundred seventy other nations and billionaires just in the united states also had a field day as the annual forbes four hundred list of two thousand and twelve showed america's richest billionaires saw their wealth increase by two hundred billion dollars last year bringing their total net worth to one point seven trillion at the same time the economy here in the united states which is staring down a year of impending austerity is

movers and shakers of the money world the been debating the future of the global economy at the annual foremanwell she caught up with russia's can only get a pass for an exclusive interview the full version will air on sunday but here's a preview of what he had to say about russia's economic reality. sure not just moscow russia not just resource sector you know russia is a waste but you're into you know from what you are still to some. from a good culture to a t. and of course. we should have been a better financial system but no one could grow it's unmathematical it's not enough there were a. financial system it's a commitment goes a country coming from the state institutions sent to bankers and people to grow proper infrastructure for capital markets for that market we already have a navy you on a pretty unities and begin this is what we should do and it's not foreign investment it's not so you know for you know for foreign media or i know it's our whole walk and we haven't started yet. and that interview in full all day on sunday here on r.t. afar in the underground parking lot of an apartm

have their say only europe if his conservative party wins the next election but as all she's andrew foremanreports then set in to britain's e.u. membership is being criticized at home and abroad. british prime minister david cameron has threatened to redraw the map of europe his pledge to hold a referendum on whether the u.k. should remain in the e.u. if they can win the next election in twenty fifty basically he wants more pounds return from brussels to westminster and will try to renegotiate britain's terms of membership but he is born that he is not successful then the u.k. would probably vote to head towards the exit i was his long awaited european speech and died at the place many of those euro skeptics within his tory party there are many doubts his u.k. business leaders for example say that even talking about an exit at this stage will create uncertainty and could scare away potential investors germany's chancellor angela merkel has said that perhaps a compromise is needed but other e.u. members are less sympathetic than mark says the e.u. is not a self-service where members can cher

liberation they hardly wanted to live under islamicists mess they had that is a philosopher and the foreman to mission and bassa to unesco his view on the positive impact for the people of mali is that it is actually a colonial throwback. it's ok if you want to come use resources but then it's logical that locals profit as well and that those riches go to improve their life but that's not the case this way is wild a kind of slavery mali him on the richest national resources in africa yet remains one of the poorest nations in the world for many years there's been in paris was the headquarters of the country's ministry of colonies their body able to minister to french territories overseas today that ministry no longer exists and former. french colonies are independent someone that alone no idea is all just part of history and that history may be repeating. see from paris. there are numerous reports of weapons spilling into mali after the toppling of muammar gadhafi regime in libya independent political analyst dan glazebrook believes that the western intervention in libya is the actual reason