now, you're in france, and you would think escargot is from france, but today, most of the escargot comes from southeast asia. but this one is grown here. and now, as you can see outside, is the perfect time to come and visit to taste escargot because it's so green, and you can almost taste the grass in the escargot. it's a wonderful time. well, shall we try it? join me. well, you first. join me, or you're not gonna get any. leaving the cote d'or behind, we're headed to rural northwest burgundy to see small-town life, drift on a canal, and visit one of burgundy's architectural gems: the basilica of vezelay. gentle rivers meander through lush countryside, trees droop with ripe fruit, and fragrance fills the air. burgundy begs the visitor to slow down and to savor life. on a cliff above the fields and pastures, the medieval town of semur-en-auxois makes a striking impression. a natural citadel, semur further fortified itself against invaders with ramparts and 18 towers, of which 4 remain today. the mightiest is the 140-foot tour de l'orle-d'or. one of the finest churches in burgundy graces

what i did you have a france? >> the coalition sees france's a friend. welcome news to labor but not so on welcome -- welcome. >> we cannot have fusion with a country that has different objectives on the world stage. >> we need a guarantee that the decisions to deploy a british forces and military assets are 100% for the british government and not for the french government. >> who would have thought it? yards away from trafalgar square in waterloo station, they have signed treaties which state that for the next 50 years, their forces are likely to battle together. david cameron says today was the part -- the start for this new relationship. >> today's historic agreement between france and britain comes after a centuries of conflict on the battlefield. the agreement offered hope of closer ties between the nations and it paved the way for today's new chapter in military cooperation. >> some of the fiercest battles were fought in the 14th and 15th centuries. between the hundred years' war. this is a potent signal of english pride and french pain on the batt

this is france's only theme park based on french history. the park has six stages.his one brings a roman coliseum back to life. the huge scale of the stage -- most of the performers are from the village or nearby areas. one of the founding members -- not so long ago this castle ruin from the middle age was the only tourist attraction in the village. then alber and others came up with the idea of using the castle site to re-create historical scenes. >> france has such a rich history. i wanted to inspire people with a faithful re-creation of that histo history. >> this is a re-enactment of the viking attacks in the seventh century. the costumes and props used are also reproductions. once lost in the midst of time, critical events of the country's past are brought to life in dramatic fashion. the drama and realism is making shows very popular. with 1.4 million visitors per year. it now rivals france's most popular theme park. >> i wanted to see what i learned at school. my friends who came here told me it's really fun. >> i've always been interested in history. being h

eric, kristen. >> frances, thank you.5:54. >> the labor department has announced the latest jobless figures a day early because of veterans day tomorrow. new filings for benefits fell 24,000 to 435,000. that's a little better than expected. >> here's jane king with the "moneyscope" report. a reminder facebook.com and work don't always mix. the national labor ryelations board challenging an employee because of criticizing her employer on the site. research in motion gearing up for its buy for the i-pad. the computer will cost less than 500 dollars when it goes on sale and will be priced competitively. the i-pad starts at $499. general motors reporting a profit this third straight quarterly profit as it gears up to sell shares to the public next week. in the markets yesterday, the stocks commodities like cotton and gold still finding record highs. cruise giving royal caribbean the best for families. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king with the bloomberg business report. >> it's 5:55. new jobs may be coming to sola

>> frances, thank you very much.it's 5:10. >> the hundreds of jobs that will soon be lost in the north bay. >> from bankruptcy to ipo. the amazing turn-around g.m. is set to make this morning. >> what if the government issued a recall and no one listened. ♪ ♪ yes! ♪ oh my gosh, are those the jeans from last year? how'd you do it? ting right...whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who eat more whole grain tend to have healthier body weights. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories. more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> good morning, everyone. 5:12 on the morning news. the bay bridge toll plaza where traffic is light and zippin' right along. frances is keeping track of potential problems in the area. she will update you on an accident in san ramon coming up in just a couple minutes. >> more news now. state farm insurance company is closing itsbration center in sonoma county. ing it affect 450 people. their jobs a

the situation in france is quite different. it has a population that is actually growing. >> there are lots of mothers with their children on the streets of downtown paris in the late afternoon. the mothers are coming home from work and the children are coming back from day care centers. a career and motherhood at the same time, perfectly normal here. >> it is hard for me to imagine a life without children. i waited until i accomplished certain things but i always knew i wanted to have children. >> in france, most woman tried to get their career started early before they have children, even though can be complicated. >> there are moments when you think you are not doing anything right. but to stay at home and only take care of the children? i cannot imagine that. >> i never had a guilty conscience, even though my children went to a nursery at an early age. my daughter was 4 months old, my son was 3 months old. i am delighted with the system. my children always got the attention that they needed. >> some 80% of all mothers and f

france projects 1.6%. the eu remains concerned on financial markets. it has already bailed out ireland due to its massive fiscal deficits. eu economic monetary affairs commissioner ren urged each member country to keep a tight grip on their public finances. >> in our view, the only way out of this is to restore confidence by intensified fiscal in the countries. >> mazda will only a factory in mexico, a bid to boost sales in fast-growing latin american markets. sources say mazda will team up with sumihotto. they originally planned to assemble 100,000 cars a year. the company chose the site to take advantage of a trade pack between japan and mexico. the company has close ties with other latin american economies. mazda's expansion into south american markets highlights a new strategy. this comes after ford motor cut its stay. >>> itochu has begun to buy genetically altered soy beans. the first batch of the soy beans arrived on mondays. the manufacturing company commissioneded farmers in argentina it to grow the soy beans. the companies aim to import sever

kristen. >> frances, thanks. saying i do and fewer still will say it in the future. in a survey, 39% of americans now say marriage is obsolete. that's up from 28% in a time magazine survey in 1978. today only 54% of american adults are married and the median age that first marriage is at its highest point ever, 28 for men and 26 for women. the institution of marriage is not as dominate as it once was but it's not about to disappear. 6:54. police braced for a second day of protest as u.c. regents ready to raise tuition. >> the regents are meeting this morning. >> and the barricades are up. the police are all over the place out here. protestors say they're coming back. got violent out here yesterday (chanting) >> protestors tried to force their way past police and into the regents meeting. today those regents are going to vote on an 8% increase for students who is folks make $120,000 a year or more. police yesterday using batons, pepper spray. one even pulled a gun. did not fire. 13 people arrested. two of them wer

frances will anyway.ike will tell us more about the two whole weather cells he's tracking by radar. the news, a. c. transit will not have to cut service under a three-year contract. an arbitration panel reached a deal that protects the jobs of bus drivers and mechanics. they'll lose a paid holiday. a. c. transit will also now only pay overtime when employees work more than 40 hours a week. until now employees were paid if they worked more than eight hours in a single day. free ride is hard to come by in the bay area but turns out there's an easy way to get one on public transportation although it's costs taxpayers. a flaw that makes it easy to cheat the transportation agencies that use the clipper card. >> there's a flaw on the clipper cards. >> at a time when we need to see transit systems getting every last dollar that they can, it's amazing this scam exists. mathed thu roth uncovered the problems. can you travel farther than the distance you paid for. >> the problem is there's no incentive not to cheat

france and britain signed a 50- year cooperation pact. what next for yemen, after the air cargo bombs? the frustration of the people on the streets of the capital. a very warm welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america and elsewhere around the globe. my name is mike embly. the people in the united states will look to give major losses to the party of president obama, so what are his options now? and a new study about drugs to defeat the common cold. hello to you. there have been 12 explosions across baghdad, most of them in mainly shi'ite districts of the city. the number of casualties are still unclear -- most of them in mainly shia districts in the city. it is thought that the number of dead could be much higher. >> it was clearly a coordinated campaign, the russian bombs going off all over town in a short space of time. many of them were car bombs, with no particular target other than to cause as many casualties as possible. it came just hours after many of the victims from sunday's outrage at the catholic

left france... we were lucky to leave france because if we hasn't have left france we wouldn't have gone any place. >> rose: yes. >> and how to leave france is... >> rose: what was, 19... >> this is 1938, 1939. and for jewish, polish refugees watching the german troops coming towards paris didn't give you a feeling of great comfort. and we were able to get out because my mother was driving a car that had things on the roof. my stepfather was in a camp so we couldn't find out where he was. we tried to drive into spain to go to a place that was possibly more safe and my mother was at the wheel all the time. and ultimately we were able to save ourselves because a german soldier stopped us to look at our papers and we had no papers. but the soldier decided he was going to light a cigarette. and while he was lighting a cigarette he waved us through the checkpoint and as i looked back, i'll never forget, looking at this soldier lighting his cigarette while the road ahead of us was becoming clear. >> rose:

frances?ike, we have pretty big delays at the bay bridge toll plaza backed up to the foot of the maze because of a few minor problems. first there was a stall, then a little crash on to the right-hand shoulder. and even toll booth number 4 shut down for a while but you can see it's reopen. plan on a 20 minute rate. bay bridge fine. no trouble at all. westbound traffic there on the right looks good towards san mateo. the south bay it's been pretty quiet. a live shot of the 280 and 17 interchange. that's highway 17 coming out of the santa cruz mountains. 680 walnut creek. it's getting a little more congested southbound there towards highway 24. also slowing in the northbound direction with this map i'll show you at stone valley. there's some debris and apparently four cars have flat tires because of it. so there may be lanes blocked. haven't said but they all could be off to the shoulder although it looks like traffic is slowing right at the scene. if you want to avoid that and the bay bridge de

in france, they are going to have a strike. for many french, the problem is the job level, retirement reform, politics, national politics, continues to be the most important for each country. >> are you suggesting the american media has the terrorism story out of perspective? >> of course. >> and you have worked for the best. >> some might say. it is one of the most prominent. >> we are talking about "the new york times." >> i remember visiting friends in the 1980's and i was shocked to see soldiers toting guns on the street. now i see them at grand central station everywhere here. terrorism was a problem in the 1980's in spain. it only became front-page when it came here to the mainland. that is why i do not think it is the most important story. for america is. >> in nigeria, we had a bombing on october 1. of course, we had things happening in the view gone bad. >> we have had bombs in italy, france, for the past 25 years. >> but america is a target? >> to a great extent, yes. people are looking at different countries -- >> in

in mid november france takes over as the chair g seven or the driver's seat at the g seven and it has made the reforming the international monetary system the focus of this year long presidency well according to your opinion according to your information are according to your feelings how many countries among the claim that have been among the twenty are going to support mr sarkozy's program of reform i think a significant number. significant is it a majority think a majority in the end it depends on what we mean by this grandiose term and i suspect what we're going to end up with is far less ambitious than nicolas serco see. in his very franks way likes to present but we've already seen a broad recognition that the old way of doing things since one nine hundred forty five when the us dollar was the old the only pillar that's not good enough anymore what we saw at the second g twenty summit in london in april two thousand and nine was the g. twenty basically saying yes to an idea from china the central bank governor saying we had to move towards a more pooled form of reserve currency

>> all over france.ually, half of the jewish community lives in paris and it's the third largest jewish community in the world. >> i did not know that. that's interesting. so this is the french call this the poor man's cavier. >> you taste the little seeds on your tongue. and it's really a wandering recipe like the wandering jews. and originally it started in the caucuses when people would take this over an open flame and cook it. you cook, char the skin and then eat the pulp. then went to russia and romania and immigrants from russia and romania brought it to paris and then it was called poor man's cavier. >> jewish and other immigrants. who knows exactly. who jews make it in france a lot. and so that what you do either you do it on the open flame or you put it in the oven and olympic it. olympic the egg plant and cook it for 20 minutes at 450 until it's soft like this. and then it's easy to make this. and then you put it in a food processor. of course they would have used a mortar and pesle but america

>> frances, thank you very much. 6:51 now.was broken. caretakers suspect vandals are responsible. it was one of two swans at the lagoon. its mother named friday was stolen six months ago leaving only monday and her sister blanch living at the lagoon. there have been three similar swan killings here in the past 25 years. >> environmentalists have come to the skew of a sea gull collared with a beer can. they have been been seeking her for weeks but haven't been able to catch her until yesterday. they cut away the budweiser beer can that someone forced around the sea gull's neck. >> the difficulty was it had already been caught by someone and hurt so it was very shy of nets, shy of approach. so we had to really put our thinking caps on and try to find a strategy that worked. and it did today. >> a number of collared birds have been sighted around half moon bay as well. it's not known who's been doing this to the gulls. >> buzz, the lonely sawfish from vallejo is looking for love this morning in the big he'sy. he's a 14 foot long

and in that respect russia is not doing as well as it might and for that matter france and germany and some other countries with very distinguished academic traditions like this country are also not doing as well however in most of those countries in. in japan and hong kong in mainland china singapore for as examples their universities are coming up and russia needs to worry about not only the americans and the canadians and the australians but the universities in those emerging countries to which are investing very heavily i think one of the problems in russia is that there isn't enough sustained investment in the higher education sector particularly those are the top class universities the well known the new national research universe investment as you mention is one of the factors that's also also related yes well we now have a chance to see if moscow i think that there are enough skilled professionals in their country spotlights ill anyone that has the details on that. hi there today i'll try to find out if muscovites think that there are more than enough people in this country wha

so he drives hard to put france back into the vietnam. consequence of that, of course, is that it cost france so much blood and treasure. because of this idea that france had to have the colonial empire. of course, france loses the colonial empire, pays a terrible price for it in blood and treasure as i said. are they a significant nation anyway? absolutely. similar point could be made about vietnam. all of the talk about the dominoes falling, all of the talk about the defeat for us in the cold war if we don't fight in vietnam. well, we lose in vietnam. but we win the cold war anyway. did we need to fight in vietnam? i think if john kennedy had been president or had lived into a second term, i don't think he ever would have escalated that war in vietnam the way that lyndon johnson did. you know, so these judgments -- misjudgments are made. they have huge consequences. but to get back to your point about the u.n., i think it's done some wonderful things. it is a very important mediator, so to speak, on the international scene. it's not the

in france is yes true and the french authorities including the president how do they cope with it that they are unhappy. but how they cope with that is they try to get more of their their professors and their scientists to publish in the international journals and so on now i should point out that the times higher education ranking which in my view is the other one which is reasonably objective among the three or four international rankings does measure other things that. only citations when they measure out whether this should be my next question what are the main criteria you know the time siregar cation which i think has done a pretty good job of trying to bring in other aspects and maybe the russian higher education system can learn something from what they measure budget they measure. ph d. numbers on their faculties they measure the output of doctoral doctoral research students they measure internationalization that is how many international students are coming to europe to the particular university. they they measure the amount spent per student and a number of other things and

>> frances, thanks a lot. it's 6:17.ou know, mamma's right it is breakfast is the most important meal of the day. besides the energy boost, it can help control your cholesterol, blood sugar levels and help you maintain a health weight. eating on the go, michael finney shows us why you should choose very carefully. >> many of us eat breakfast on the run if we're eating at all. >> i prefer to eat at home but this is the alternative. >> fast, convenient. >> "consumer reports" shop smart magazine just signed up better breakfasts from chains like dunkin' donuts, mcdonald's and starbucks. choose carefully. skip the hot cakes which pack 1,150 calories and 20 grams of saturated fat. opportunity for mcdonald's fruit and yogurt parfait with one gram of saturated fat. if you're a dunkin' donuts diehard, steer clear of eggs and cheese on a croissant. consider dunkin' donuts ham, egg and cheese wake-up wrap with just 200 calories and 4.5 grams of saturated fat. if starbucks is your go-to morning stop, side step the raspberry scone. i

frances, good morning. >> good morning, mike.tarting off the commute with some wet roads and we've also got major road work through the connection ramp in hayward. you may want to hold off because we have a lot of connection ramps closed. right now westbound 92 and eastbound 92 up to northbound 880 is blocked. so you may wanna consider baron and get on at win ton as a detour. also if you're coming out of union city, the north 880 connector ramp to westbound 92 is also closed until 5:00, as well as southbound 880 and eastbound 92. hopefully that didn't confuse you but, again, everything will be open by 5:00 and a quick look outside, the san mateo bridge, traffic there is fine. it's pretty quiet everywhere else at this point. eric, kristen. >> frances, thank you so much. it's 4:39. >> still ahead, bay area home prices take another dive. find out what's keeping buyers from taking advantage of the already low prices. also... ♪ >> a chorus of neighbors trying sapphire preferred are worth 25% more on travel. we're like forget florida,

frances? >> all right, mike. you have to worry about some fog for your morning drive on int state 80 through vallejo and american canyon. and also the early accident in antioch has been cleared. traffic looks good as you continue westbound 4 to southbound 680 walnut creek where traffic on the right-hand side flows southbound. that's the north main street exit in the middle of your screen. no trouble in the north bay this point. it's friday light as you make your way southbound on 101 through san rafael down to 580 and the golden gate bridge. if you're heading across the san mateo bridge shortly, no delays. 101 looks good in san mateo and the road work on 880 through hayward has also been opened and cleared. and a nice, quiet ride as well in the south bay as this live shot shows you at the 280 and 17 interchange. eric, kristen. >> frances, thank you very much. it's 5:11. our producer did research and cal won the quidage game. >> are you proud? >> yeah. see what happens tomorrow. the plan to stop the airport securi

>> frances, thanks a lot.. >> facebook.com may give users something to write home about. >> this morning's "moneyscope" report. >> could facebook.com e-mail come to an in-box near you? that's the speculation what they may announce later today. facebook.com now worth more than e-bay. it makes it the third biggest internet business behind google and amazon based on what they told facebook.com trades privately. a winner when it comes to the soaring prices for corn, wheat and meat that makes it more expensive to put food on the table. that's the american farmer. income as well as their land headed toward record highs. move over u.s. china will overtake the u.s. to become the world's biggest economy by 2020. speaking of china, stocks fell on the concern the economy will have ripple effects. that sent the s & p to its first weekly loss since early october. investors watching retail sales and also the latest on ireland's debt problems. worried about the effects of job stress, good reason. job strain nearly doubles th

they include the air france klm group.tish airways faces the second-biggest house fine, just over one $140 million. carlos was the next. others are qantas, singapore airlines, and air canada. >> with the commission's intervention, the cartel has ended. more than likely, it would have continued today and created more harm to companies and consumers. >> with this judgment, the eu commission wants to send this message. any company thinking of colluding can expect to be severely punished. with this judgment, the eu makes it possible for customers who are overcharged from the likes of british airways and air france to pursue those companies through the courts. that would make more pain for the airlines. >> you are watching bbc world news. coming up, opening a door to the past, nostalgia to hal the old east germany is turning into a money center. the russian president has pledged that those responsible for the brutal beating of a prominent newspaper journalist will be brought to justice. a well-known political reporter and bobbe

>> frances, thanks a lot.5:53. >> amazon.com wants to make your movie making dreams come true. >> here's jane king with the "moneyscope" report. >> good morning. get ready for longer lines at the atm. the national retail federation says most shoppers plan to use cash. they'll also be using debit cards more as they try to stay within their budget. we talked about how items like underwear and socks would be popular gifts because they're cheap. check out what wal-mart saying best selling items, the 14 dollar leopard print pajamas for women. opening doors at 10 p.m. on thanksgiving. that's joining retailers trying to capture holiday dollars. relief could be coming for some of the people who lost homes to banks foreclosure. state attorneys general are negotiating with banks instead of a fund to compensate homeowners to can prove they were improperly foreclosed on. you know how i-tunes are selling beatles songs now. turns out apple has some competition in this long and winding road. the "new york post" of amazon and

to france by charlie and banks by italian bond holders so if it really goes france economy will collapse the entire your of them will collapse if one of these larger mediterranean countries goes and i think that really what ireland and what the u.k. needs to realize is that it's not a matter of bailing out the euro because that's what this bailout is aiming to do the bailout is trying to sustain the euro currency but that actually won't work really the question is do we do it now in an orderly way to wind down the euro and help aren't out of the euro zone or do we try and wait for one of the massive european economies like spain or italy to collapse and they will really be in trouble because there's no way we can afford to bear that out and we really really it will be a difficult situation and what we need to do is to help arledge out of the euro zone help the restart their own currency which can flow to so that they can devalue that and be competitive on the world markets and that will get moving again and it will be good for the british taxpayer because britain will prosper when all of

> anti-nuclear protestors temporarily blocked the shipment of german nuclear waste returning from france. dozens of worshipers killed in two mosque attacks in pakistan. >> costly compromise. agreement has been reached on saving the airbus military transport project. >> anti-nuclear protesters in france have temporarily blocked a train carrying a shipment of nuclear waste to germany. the ansportontaining german nuclear waste reprocessing in the hague in france is kittle to arrive with the german border saturday afternoon. anti-nuclear protesters have already started gathering close to its final distillation -- destination in gorleben in northern germany, where the waste will be stored. a demonstration is planned saturday and will attract the least 30,000 people. >> the first protesters were already on site as the train pulled away with its cargo. greenpeace activists brought heat-sensitive cameras to keep an eye on the process. some of the containers measured as high as 30 degrees celsius. demonstrators change them said -- chained themselves to the tracks. across the border, activists are