he is friendly with the french and the french are at ease to him. for the men realize that this part of their job, working with the french, is an extremely important one. toward that end our commemorative occasions throughout the year, just as much a part of things as the parade of troops pass the viewing stands are the frequent exhibitions of american army equipment and techniques. and french citizens are cordially invited. a model of a bridge, especially when a youngster walks carefully, very carefully across way fromeem a long basic business. but it is all part of an effort to maintain sympathetic relations for french people not only interested in our techniques, but our welfare as well. so that is why on many an american holiday you will see americans marginally -- americans march proudly down the streets of a french town. and you will see french people young and old, watching with respect and a sense of pride. >> all persons having business before the supreme court of the united states are required to give their attention. >> monday on c-span's

for the french, getting hides in particular is leather that they can train back to french and europe, which is highly valuable for them as well. so the osage will become famous in missouri as imperial native groups, so osage empire, as mans call it, was the large population dominated the trade of that region, both in terms of european trade and in terms of other european groups. so they have a large population, a lot of power, they were commercial hunters, and they wielded power in that region in much the way others were doing in the northern plains at the same time, the comanches are doing in the southwest and it to texas at the same time, so they were one of these our full, native groups even over europeans. >> how did you first get interested in osage? tai: i live in kansas, i have from kansas, i teach at a kansas institution of your when the osage were removed from missouri, they were moved to a reservation on canvas. is stretch from oklahoma to nebraska. of things in kansas named for the osage and other groups moved there, those individuals that had close geographic proximity and

french never reads newspapers. the country's bestseller is original paper, with 715,000 copies a day, it sells more than figaro and le mond. weekly magazines, television guys are the most popular, 12 million fly off shelves every week. celebrity in women's magazines are struggling, while cooking magazines are still going strong. french newspapers went out of steam. apparently, not. readership is rising. one in five uses a tablet to get the news. readership on smartphones has grown 29%. keeping a bombing across platforms, looks like french people will keep reading them. keeping reading across platforms, looks like french people will keep reading them. kiosks like this one, central position on the streets of french towns and cities. given the decline in newspaper sales, many of the vendors are struggling to stay afloat. last year alone, hundreds went out of business. >> le monde, le monde, get your copy here. >> ever since i've been in paris, i sold papers between one and three. people get their copy of le monde from

we report on how french and u.n. troops may struggle with the fresh violence. >> reporter: french soldiers on patrol in the capital of bangi have been here for two years. they're not welcomed by everyone. along with local suspects, french and other foreign troops have been accused of sexually abusing children and women. >> more than 700 kids were documented in 2014 shows that beyond this specific or emblematic case you do have widespread issues of violence or sexual violence against children. >> reporter: french commanders and the united nations have told al jazeera those involved have been dismissed from duty and are awaiting trial. french soldiers have also been accused of sides with christians against muslims. the french ambassador denies the allegation. >> translator: when one interferes between two warring sides, an attempt to prevent my clashes between them, krigs is from both sides. we're here to defend the muslims. we can't leave them as massacres. we have to protect all from eminent assaults. >> reporter: in

to french government has decided to push through a claim to strip french dual nationals of their french citizenship if they commit terrorism. extraordinary situation of the country is facing. the hearing has begun. spain's conservative popular party is seeking coalition partners. the socialists have already said no. put out an arrest warrant for mikhail khodorkovsky. the businessman says the kremlin has gone mad. we begin here in france where, six weeks on after the paris attacks that left 130 people dead, the french government has announced plans to amend the constitution in order to, it says, protect the country from the threat of terrorism. they will strip dual citizens of their french nationality in terrorism cases. it also seeks to legally enshrined the state of emergency in the constitution. proposal seemed dead and buried, yet prime came backanuel valls on the decision after a cabinet meeting on wednesday. a bill to strip dual citizens convicted of terrorism of their french nationality will be included. to blindly kill fellow citizens in the name of an ideology is a complete reje

french forces have been cut. there's worries that there may be fighting between the rebels. >> the worst here means a massacre. hundreds from both sides if, after two years, the desire is very much alive >>> an explosion in northern pakistan killed at least 26 people and wounded more than 70 others. it happened at a busy market in the town of parachinar, 200 kilometres from peshawar, near the african border. some suffered injuries. >> a palestinian woman was shot after stabbing an israeli. the incident happened near the settle. near the occupied west bank. since october, 119 palestinians and 12 israelis died in a wave of attacks. supreme court judges in israel are considering an appeal from a palestinian family threatened with eviction. they lived close to the al-aqsa, stephanie dekker reports. >> reporter: in the shadows of the dome of the rock nora's family has been renting this house for more than 60 years. now she faces a victim. >> they talk about peace. the reality is they are taking the land. >> she should

the french if they want to go for a military option are the french ready to go for a serious military option which is not only a few strikes on raqqah but some kind of safe haven that would actually have some kind of consequence in preventing them from coming to europe. a secure haven for potential military opposition which could be reinforced. are they ready to put ground forces on the ground. why don't you also put some troops on the ground and some peacekeeping operation. we have to clarify that before we ask for a grand coalition. these are serious questions and they have to be asked in a pretty blunt way. thank you. >> thanks. kemal, france has a problem with islam, europe does, too. how do you see this affecting europe's problem with islam if there is one? >> i knew the issue of islam would turn around and come to me. >> eventually it always does. >> i can't say that i'm a scholar of islam but taking on laure's remark that this branch of islam is at war with the west. i frankly disagree with that. i think it's at war with the whole world and so far it is other muslims called rel

just 26, she's the rising star of the french far-right and already a member of the french national assembly. she recently stood for election in the provence alpes cote d'azur constituency, which includes marseille and nice. marion is young. >> she represents a new era. she's the ideal face of the front national. she performs well in debates and upholds the party line. her achievements are impressive. we're also young, and seeing a young woman reach such heights at such a young age is inspiring. >> the front national wants to see france leave the eu and a return to the french franc. the party is convinced that the only way france can overcome the debt crisis is to go it alone. >> when we have political parties ignoring french homeless people and showing immigrants preferential treatment, where is the fraternity in that? we're proud of our identity. we're taking the french flag that other parties have cast into the gutter and are holding it high again. >> her insistence on france as "la grande nation" goes down well with the younger generation, even if it's a term most of them only know from

to french government has decided to push through a claim to strip french dual nationals of their frenchenship if they commit terrorism. extraordinary situation of the country is facing. the hearing has begun. spain's conservative popular party is seeking coalition partners. the socialists have already said no. russia

this is clearly a trend in french politics. the losers are the ruling socialists because they control all but one region after the last elections in 2010. they lost. however, they were able to limit the damage because of the surge in the polls that we have seen for francois hollande in the aftermath of the attacks. the disappointed winners are the opposition conservatives. they were hoping for a big win like in the last local elections. this did not happen yesterday. this is clearly a setback for them and the party of nicolas sarkozy. genie: thank you. for thebig challenge ruling socialists and the conservative party is to try to figure out a strategy to block the national front in the runoff vote next sunday. the socialists have already said they will pull some of their candidates out of the tightest races even if it means letting a republican win. the republican party leader has said he won't return the favor. after their crushing defeat in the first round of regional elections, the ruling socialists are pulling out all the s

here in the french capital. pushing the deadline negotiators in paris same to reach a global climate deal on saturday. canada opens its doors to syrian refugees. justin trudeau on hand as the first arrived by plane. footballs michel platini loses his bid for a 90--- his bid to remove a 90-day ban. also coming up, silicon valley's baby boom is sparking a new debate. first, talks on reaching a climate deal have been extended in next today. hope to wrap up on saturday. after an all-night session of discussions, the french foreign minister said that a compromised text is expected tomorrow instead of by 6:00 p.m. today. you have spoken with environment ministers from both india and china. >> let's tell -- let's put things into context. china is the number one polluter in the world. they met separately and they discussed various issues seemingly to kind of show a front on their positions. china is the country that seems to be the most reticent to sign a climate deal. i asked one of the chinese advisors what he thought

a dialoguedevelop between the french rights in the public. to the frenchn people to address their problems and give them solutions. >> although party members are calling for unity, many remain divided over the strategy. neithersaid he would form an alliance with the socialists, nor pull out to prevent the national front from winning, a move that his number decried and now she is out. >> we have a debate on the party's direction. it is a stalinist idea. reporter: this as the center-right is bickering over the debate of the primary, set ahead of the presidential election the following year. catherine: once again the big losers were the national front. they went from leading in the first round to taking zero regions in the final tally, but the extreme right party is far from unhappy. it had its best ever election score. the party leader, marine le pen, told supporters "nothing can stop us now." from the national front's stronghold in northern france. is market day in a small town in northern france with only a few -- and we are only a few kilome

just 26, she's the rising star of the french far-right and already a member of the french national assembly. she recently stood for election in the provence alpes cote d'azur constituency, which includes marseille and nice. marion is young. >> she represents a new era. she's the ideal face of the front national. she performs well in debates and upholds the party line. her achievements are impressive. we're also young, and seeing a young woman reach such heights at such a young age is inspiring. >> the front national wants to see france leave the eu and a return to the french franc. the party is convinced that the only way france can overcome the debt crisis is to go it alone. >> when we have political parties ignoring french homeless people and showing immigrants preferential treatment, where is the fraternity in that? we're proud of our identity. we're taking the french flag that other parties have cast into the gutter and are holding it high again. >> her insistence on france as "la grande nation" goes down well with the younger generation, even if it's a term most of them only know from

the french government will go ahead with contested plans to strip dual citizens of their french nationality in terrorism cases. project int of a new part of the state of emergency in the new french constitution. a push to retake ramadi from the islamic state group leader the iraqi army says the mill since should be gone in days. the christmas season is usually bustling in bethlehem, but this year violence in the middle east is keeping people away from the medical -- from the biblical birthplace of jesus. coming up, he calls himself an internet freedom fighter, but dotcom could be facing extradition to the united states. and the history of one of the best-loved christmas carols in the world, "silent night." that and more on the way, but first, top stories. genie: the french prime minister has announced the government plans to amend the french constitution to better protect the country against the threat of terrorism. speaking earlier today, manuel valls said that the french government will go ahead with a controversial project that would strip dual citizens of their french nationality if the

we have a report on how french and u.n. troops may struggle with the fresh violence. >> french soldiers on patrol in the capitol have been they're for two years. they are not welcome by everyone. along with local suspects, french and other foreign troops have been accused of sexually abusing children and women. >> more than 700 were documented in 2014, shows that beyond this specific, you do have widespread issue of violence or sexual violence against children. >> french commanders and the united nations told al jazeera those involved are awaiting trial and dismissed from duty. french soldiers have been accused of siding with christians against muslims. >> when one interferes between two warring sides, attempts to prevent collision, criticism comes from both sides. we can't leave them to face massacres. our mission is to protect all civilians from assault. >> in many areas, the welcome for the french is guarded. >> the french intervention helped us a lot. it reduced killing, destruction and looting. the role is on the decli

when we are french and we commit crimes in france, we are judged by the french legal system. we are not banished. banishing people isn't very sack larry. it doesn't fit with france's national identity. >> while it has wide subsupport, criticism is emerging. it gives security services power to act without approval from a judge. some environmental activists have been placed under house arrest to prevent them from protesting during the meetings. rights groups are calling for more reflections and discussions, urging the government into not making anymore hasty decisions on public freedoms. >> right now we are under a state which leaves a lot of margin of intercept takes to the police, local authorities. and when you leave such a broad margin of interpretation, this opens the door to excesses. >> meanwhile, two security laws aimed at further bolstering police power are in the pipeline. >> now, he said they were guilty of a treacherous war crime and complicit with dorises. ose are some of the latest accusations that the russian president has flunk, being vladimir putin. he returned

he wants to open up berlin's french cultural centre to refugees.says the french should show solidarity with refugees, especially now. after all, many of them have fled from the same is terrorism. he proudly shows the center's clothing storeroom for needy refugees. the center has showers and computer work stations. in a few days, it will open. luc: our facebook page is called "bienvenue refugees berlin." it is a gathering of french-speakers in berlin who want to help the refugees. >> the center also has a stage, where paquier wants to organize more intercultural encounters, now more than ever. but it hasn't grown easier to motivate people to that end, after the attacks in paris, people feel threatened in berlin, too. luc: i just got a message on facebook, bomb found at alexanderplatz. that creates fear, of course. >> when paquier walks home, he passes the turkish and arab shops in wedding district. he loves the city's colorful diversity. he will continue to support it, together with germans and migrants. luc: we have to stand together. that has to b

french voters went there and pass"he "thou shalt not message. when push comes to shove, you get that final verdict clinch round, the french voters on the left get very scared of the far right, the prospect of them even coming close to power and they go to the polls in droves. a lot of people in the mainstream right, people are inclined to go to the conservative candidate rather than the far right candidate. the statistics still speak for themselves. they are out there with 6.6 million votes in france. they are not going anywhere. marine le pen, the leader of the party, she really sees the glass as half-full. she sees this defeat not as the will of the french voters turning back a party pandering to the basic fears of an electorate on security and immigration and the economy. she sees it as the mere result of cynical political ploys, tactical politicians bent on keeping power, mainstream parties bent on 40 will of the people. she sees it as a result of the machine colluding in a mafia against her party. regardless of whether or not there is some

. -- the french president they will double their investments in renewable energy. reporter: these fishermen are going home empty-handed. fish are disappearing in what is left of lake chad. it only one 20th of the size it was in the ninth teen 60's. the niger river basin has seen the same. the president of the african development bank is calling for urgent global action. >> others pollute and africa pays and pays dearly. lake chad is almost gone. we must not abandon africa. africa has been short changed by climate change. africa must not be shortchanged by climate finance. reporter: africa has contributed ,ar less than europe, asia north america to fossil fuel emissions, but the content is particular a vulnerable to climate change. the world bank believes drought, weathernd changing could cause 14 million africans to fall into extreme poverty in the next 15 years as they lose their homes and precious farmland. the french president has said he agrees that the developed world owes the african continent and environmental debt. catherine: -- pres. hollande: france will

a flood warning remains in place for the french broad, enoree, this weekend. slow clearing begins this afternoon and lows drop into the 30s and 40s. dry, seasonably cool weather begins the new year and lasts through the weekend. 3 ((wrap up)) 3 time for traffic with chris. 3 we're watching:accident andersonw queen st @us hwy 76 76 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 3 it's almost time 3 clemson fans...we're less than eight hours from the tigers squaring off with oklahoma in the orange bowl... bowl...aaron cheslock has been following the tigers all week down in south florida.and it's the second straight year these two teams have f fed each other, so what's different... 3 well arguably the two best players on the field are... oklahoma quarterback baker mayfield and the heisman finalist out of tigertown deshaun watson... watson... 3 remember it was cole stoudt under center for clemson in the russell athletic bowl last year... not deshaun watson... not baker mayfield... both of these guys can change the cocolexion of the game in a heartbeat... the ti

wish i was french. >> your name is super french. my name is french, but i'm not. >> stephen: tres french. but i'm not. i'm irish. anything you say in french sounds so much more elegant and sexy and kind of profound, you know. i'd like to try something with you. >> okay. >> i'd like to try saying things that are completely mundane in english and to see how sexy and profound they sound and intriguing kind of they sound in french. would you do that with me. >> i would do that with you? jimmy, let's give it a shot. sur que cette mayonnaise est >> stephen: "composez le neuf pour obtenir une ligne extrieure." >> "laissez-moi vous raconter l'histoire du prix d'occasion que j'ai obtenu sur mon veste en jean." >> stephen: "je sent des cheveux qui sont en train de brler." ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> "je vous jure, je n'ai aucune ide ce qui se passe a la fin ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen: "j'ai un cas historique de marcage du derrire." ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> stephen: marion cotillard, everybody! le film est "macbeth"! that's a firs

like the wayt marine la pen talks about other french people. socialistshe ruling too hope to keep marine la pen at bay. arehe far right's policies a scam to deceive people. partyer: the social withdrew its candidates in two regions to block a possible national victory on sunday. >> now, in geneva, carrying on with their lives as best they can. they raised the security level in the city and the surrounding region. search for individuals suspected of having had a role in last month's paris attacks. isn't yet clear how many people are being hunted for or are.their identities but two syrian nationals have been arrested in geneva this evening. it's reported that traces of explosives were found in their car. we'll bring you more on those arrests. clear if they're related to the earlier manhunt securityheightened alert. but as soon as we know more, we'll tell you. the novemberake of 13 paris attacks, the united states is tightening up its borders. the visa waiver program allows citizens from 38 countries to 90 dayse u.s. for without a visa. but as our

the islamic state group has issued a threat against french schools and french teachers. pays tributes to what it calls the key resistance. they are fighting for peace and waging a war of words, knowledge, and tolerance against these people who want to stop the spread of understanding, knowledge, and education. so, they really are heroes. aurore: speaking of school, one french politician is apparently a very good student, economy minister emmanuel macron. that has been picked up on by "le point" magazine. he has had a stellar career and he is already the minister of economy. why not him? why not him what? that is kind of unanswered in this issue. you can imagine that perhaps they are saying maybe one day he could be president of france. the economy minister is part of the social party -- socialist party and has ruffled a lot of parties -- feathers because of his pro-business policies. remember the one about working on sundays? "le point" says he likes to break the system. rarely has nice things to say about socialists. macron tends to be a little more right wing. aurore:

french -- a french hospitality group is b uying -- is buying holdings in a deal valued at around 2.6 billion euros. frhi also owns the fairmont hotel chain. this would strengthen their access to the north american market. next up, the identity of the creator behind the virtual currency bitcoin has long been a mystery. two websites are saying they think it is. they are pointing the finger at an australian national. only hours after the publication of his name, his house was raided by australian police. nicholas rushworth has more. police search underway at a house rented by a man reported to be one of the creators of the virtual currency bitcoin. do says their investigation suggests he could be one of two men behind it. is arguing much the same thing. australian police say the rate is part of attacks investigation, not linked to the articles -- the raid is part of a tax investigation, not linked to the articles. the currency is under scrutiny. australian banks in september said they were closing accounts of certain going -- bitcoin companies. unlike traditional currency, bitcoins have

i'm a french journalist. have seen me before, right yet though i've not seen that in my whole life. the first time i've seen that -- happening in france. i think it is really preposterous. i don't know what word to use. these him people who came here just to engage in a dialogue with the big companies who are not doing that good in environmental issues, they were taken out by police huge police force, one by one. these are students, activists, old people, journalists. -- it is telling a lot about what is actually going on in this place. it is a commercial fair. it is everybody defending its brand. it is major investments. in considering climate change is a political business and not an opportunity for opening up your mind and taking consciousness of what is really at statke. >> what were you saying? she was asking, let me take [indiscernible] she shouted, let me take my -- it is a very well-known medicine for asthma. >> [indiscernible] >> what shocked me today is the policeman grabbing people with cameras. it

but the french -- there were two problems. one is the german set a trap, they drew all of the french and british troops who were stationed in france into belgium and their initial attack on may tenth, that was a faibt. the british had left their -- the british and french had left their second and third tier troops guarding, thinking that's a very heavily wooded area. think that's the area the germans will never enter while the best of the allied troops were running north to meet the germans who they thought main was going to be in bell -- belgium and they attacked second and third-tier troops and were able to cut right across france from -- from the east to the west and all of the allied troops in britain, i'm sorry, in belgium were then caught in a pocket. they were cut away. they were separated from all their supplies, for most of their equipment and from their food stuff and the germans then could just push up into that pocket and destroy them. the germans also fought much more daringly and the british and french were going

it encourages french politicians to answer this desire for change coming from french voters. to take into consideration their real concerns. molly: because we are seeing many warnings. perhaps it will be business as usual. that's right. did they get the message? it seems like so far the socialists and the opposition party are slipping back into their bad habits. bad, it seems like history could repeat itself in the next big election. that is the 2017 presidential election. you can see it on the front page here. 2017have likened that election to a one-armed bandit in casinos. sarkozy, it says same players play again. it does not seem that overhaul of and politics a lot of voters have been calling for. in terms of nicholas sarkozy, it appears to be an uphill battle. here, there might not be a clear winner in the regional elections, but there is a clear loser. "he is the real loser of those regional elections." this week was marked by internal fighting, i guess you could call it. sarkozy gotten rid of the number two politician in the party. he kicked her off the leadership board

[speaking french] >> mr. speaker, if the pleasure of the governor general that this honorable house attend him immediately in the chamber senate. [speaking french] [indiscernible] conversations] >> the house of commons has elected me their speaker. i am little able to fulfill the important duties assigned to me. if i should at any time fall into error, i pray the fault is imputed to me and not the comments whose servant i am and through me to better enable them to do their duty to their queen and country, humbly claim all their rights and privileges, especially that they may have freedom of speech in their debates, access to excellency's person at all seasonable times, and that their proceedings they proceed from your excellency the most favorable construction. may it please your excellency. the house of commons has elected me their speaker though i am but little able to fulfill the important duties thus assigned to me. in the performance of those duties i should at any time fall into error, i pray the fault

our position is to prevent assaults >>> in moscow, the welcome for the french is guarded. >> the french intervention helps us. it reduced killing, destruction and looting. the roll is on the decline. the number is shrinking. the country and vast and we do not have an army. >> the frooench force has been -- french force has been cut two-thirds. it is feared the number won't be enough to keep the peace if fighting flares again. >> the change of perception is not a positive sign. most people we met expressed the fears of the worse, if the french troops retreated. and the worst is another massacre killing hundreds of innocence from both sides as after two years the desire for vengeance is alive >>> well, that's the backdrop to which this referendum is taking place. now, tim is a research fellow at the institute of global and area studies, joining us from berlin. thank you for talking to us from al jazeera. are the conditions right in central african republic for any accurate reflection of central africans political to be assessed. is there enough safety and security in. >> no. unfortunately

a flood warning remains in place for the french broad, enoree, this weekend. slow clearing begins this afternoon and lows drop into the 30s and 40s. dry, seasonably cool weather begins the new year and lasts through the weekend, with highs in the 50s, and lows near freezing. next week begins with sunshine in the 50s on monday and tuesday, but another round of rain could come late-week. mostly cloudy today with a slight chance for a morning shower. highs reach the mid-60s in the upstate and upper 50s in the mountains. a flood warning remains in place for the french broad, enoree, this weekend. slow clearing begins this afternoon and lows drop into the 30s and 40s. dry, seasonably cool weather begins the new year and lasts through the weekend, with highs in the 50s, and lows near freezing. next week begins with sunshine in the 50s on monday and tuesday, but another round of rain could come late-week. 3 now to chris 3 now to chris with traffic. 3*********hold****** *********hold****** 3 we're watching this: southgate dr @ sc hwy 295deer accidents church st ext @

a flood warning remains in place for the french broad, enoree, this weekend. slow clearing begins this afternoon and lows drop into the 30s and 40s. dry, seasonably cool weather begins the new year and lasts through the weekend. 3 ((wrap up)) 3 let's send it over to chris. 3 we're watching: watching:3 3 here's a live look at the s.c.d.o.t. cam on-- 3 3 3 it's a huge day 3 for the clemson tigers.they're oklahoma in the orange bowl. bowl.let's bring in sports director aaron cheslock who's been in south florida all week.. and aaron, some big name quarterbacks 3 going head-to-head right? 3 watson versus mayfield... the orange bowl matchup between the tigers and sooners sets up as a shootout... with two of the most prolific passers in the country squaring off.. off.. 3 a showdown between the signal-callers with tigers heisman finalist deshaun watson's coming in as hot as anyone in the country... more than 35-hundred passing yards... more than 800 on the ground... coming off a record breaking acc championship performance... then there's mayfield, who's a duel threat

we have the report now on how french and u.n. troops may struggle with the fresh violence. >> reporter: french soldiers on patrol in the capital of banghi. they have been here for two years. they've not welcomed by everyone. along with local suspects, french and other foreign tripes have been accused of sexually abusing children and women. >> more than 700 cases were already documented in 2014. it shows that beyond this specific or what i call emblematic case, do you have widespread issues of violence or sexual violence against children. >> french commanders and the united nations told al jazeera those involved have been dismissed from duty and are awaiting trial. french soldiers have been accused of siding with christians against muslims. the french ambassador denies the allegation. >> when when interferes between two warring sides and attempts to prevent clashes between them, criticism is poured onto him from both sides. we're here, of course, defending the muslims. we can't leave the massacres. our mission is to protect all ci

genie: that was the french prime minister. u.s.e president joe biden is giving a land march -- landmark speech today to the ukrainian parliament after he pledged an additional $190 million in u.s. aid to back reforms. he also stressed the need for russia to fully meet its obligations under the minsk agreement signed earlier this year in the hopes of ending the fighting in the eastern ukraine. the vatican now, pope francis has opened a catholic holy year, believe are -- to some of the most important events in the roman catholic church. they have been a tradition for the past seven centuries and usually take place every 25 years. the next one was not supposed to be for another 10 years, but the pope declared this year an extraordinary one, making it a year of mercy. for more on the ceremony, let's hear from philip wilhelm in rome. >> is a key feature of the holy year, the opening of the holy door in saint peter's basilica and in the other main basilicas of rome. at this time, though, pope francis has extended this toture of the holy

politics needs a french lift -- facelift.nnette: there are calls for change, but many fear it will just be business as usual. right, andhat's there is a cartoon that sums that up, francois hollande on the balcony saying -- yes, i have understood your message. another person climbing up the balcony saying -- don't listen to him, listen to me, i'm the one who has heard your message. essentially politicking as usual. a report on what's happening on the socialist side of things, despite the shock in the regional elections the president and prime minister are keeping their heads held high and have vowed to hold the party line, which upset a lot of voters on the far left. not much has changed on the socialist side of things. not much has changed on the central right side of things either. essentially there is more internal fighting. you can see it right here on the right page of the paper, the leader just kicked out the number two politician in the party, essentially kicking her off the leadership toward because she publicly disagr

, and colby spoke french, editor looking for adventure, call this number. so he called. by the end of the month uses at the congressional country club just outside of washington that the oss a takeover to train spies and saboteurs. the secret operation he was training for which was code-named jet byrd had been put together by the british to drop three-man commando teams into france just after d-day to organize resistance attacks against the nazis. on the congressional country club, colby any other oss recruits were packed offer more training at a remote camp in maryland's mountains near fdr's presidential retreat, which is now called camp david. their next stop was peterborough just north of london and a country estate called mildenhall where the british continue to train them in what became a multinational force mainly a british, french and american officers. this was even more rigorous guerrilla trainin training for d was somewhat of a culture clash between the american and the british commandos. for example, colby and the other americans have to learn th

french commanders at the u.n. told al jazeera that those involved have been dismissed from duty and are awaiting trial. the french ambassador denies the allegations. >> when one interferes between two warring sides and attempts to prevent any clashes between them, criticism comes from both sides. we're here of course defending the muslims. we can't let them face massacres. >> in muslim areas, the welcome for the french is guard. >> it reduced the amount of killing and destruction. however, they're on decline. we don't have an army. the country is vast. >> the french force has been cut two thirds to only 900 soldiers. there are fears that number won't be enough to help keep the peace. the change of perceptions is not a positive sign. most people expressed their fears if the french were to retreat and the worst here means another massacre. >> saudi arabiaens have voted 19 women into public office during the first public election allowing female participation. it's seen as a significant step for gender equality in co

this would end the tieup if the french government holds too much sway and influence. standoff is set to come to a head this friday when renault's board is supposed to decide on a response to the french government. checking in on renault's shares, we are up close to 2%. >> the french shipping company cma cgm has $1.61 billion. the privately held firm is an investment company 67% stake. the deal values it at $2.4 billion. nol shares have risen by more than 45% this year. they're up 1.6% to date. >>> there is an uneasy calm in financial markets according to the bank of international settlements or bis for short. the agency is saying that investors are very sensitive to the actions of the world's major central banks and warns that a tightening cycle by the federal reserve could hurt the current cycle. the dollar denominated debt rose to $10 trillion. steve leaseman set this report on how economic conditions are changing ahead of next week's federal meeting. >>> it has economists thinking that not only a december rate hike is in the bag but starting to think when the next

human rights officer who heard about the abuse of a young boys by french peace keepers.weren't part of the united nations peace keeping force, because that hadn't been set up at that point. so she heard about these and interviewed the young boys and produced this document. but this document then didn't go anywhere at all. it was passed from desk to desk, in box to in box, and no one wanted to take action. the report concludes that the under's response was seriously flawed. and barbara there are criticism of some of the most senior officials in the united stat united states -- united nations in this report. >>> do you think it shows perhaps the way that peace-keeping operations have to change? >> reporter: well, i think that is part of what this report has found, because it doesn't believe the u.n. peace keeping is necessarily doing everything it should because there have been numerous reports about u.n. peace keepers carrying out abuse. as i say this report is about french peace keepers who aren't actually serving with the u.n. and the real criticism is the u.n.'s respon

in the final round french people decided otherwise. le pen tried to put a brave face on the outcome. now the operation is not between the right and the left, but between the globalist and the patriots. the globalist fight for the dilution of france and its people in a global amalgam. the patriots believe the nation is the protector of the french, and that is each and every one of you. voter apathy worked in the national front's favour. but the turn out this sunday was higher, with nearly 60% taking part. before the elections socialists controlled almost every region in france. now the map is far more evenly divided between the republicans and the socialists. it's clear that the republicans, to an extent, benefited from tactical voting. >> in two regions, the socialists pulled out of the contest after the first round and instructed supporters to vote for the republicans in order to block the extreme right. arriving to address his republican party, the former president nicolas sarkozy and there was a promise to learn the lesson of the fi

a flood warning remains in place for the french broad, enoree, this weekend. slow clearing begins this afternoon and lows drop into the 30s and 40s. dry, seasonably cool weather begins the new year and lasts through the weekend, with highs in the 50s, and lows near freezing. next week begins with sunshine in the 50s on monday and tuesday, but another round of rain could come late-week. mostly cloudy today with a slight chance for a morning shower. highs reach the mid-60s in the upstate and upper 50s in the mountains. a flood warning remains in place saluda, and broad rivers until this weekend. slow clearing begins this afternoon and lows drop into the 30s and 40s. dry, seasonably cool weather begins the new year and lasts through the weekend, with highs in the 50s, and lows near freezing. next week begins with sunshine in the 50s on monday and tuesday, but another round of rain could come late-week. 3 now to chris with traffic. 3*********hold****** *********hold****** 3 we're watching this: this: traffic 3 sponsored by kevin whitaker chevrolet cadillac 3 3 tim