the geneva talks continue on tuesday.bc news, geneva. >> and you have more news on the tour queen elizabeth of australia. >> yes, tens of thousands of people greeted the queen as she visited brisbane, a city that was hit by floods. the river burst its banks in january, leaving 30,000 homes under water. we have a report. >> it was a gesture of solidarity for a city as river had risen against it. -- for a city whose river had risen against it. last january, the river had become a small and torrent, which swamped large sections of the city. it was described as in the city's darkest hour. today in bright sunshine, the queen saw a city restored, after floods which had been the worst for a generation. we are right in the heart of the city now, and just to give you an idea of how it was, the waters that were above the level where the spectators now are standing. hard to imagine on a day such as this howard was in january, but there were plenty to share their stories. the queen had heard from those who have lost their jobs -- los

we have a hands- on class at the lake geneva school of cooking we can learn these techniques we willture the set the schoolthis at the school. it comes together quickly just a few minutes. nice rich color to the stock for the sauce that's the cartelization of the vegetables and the aromatics. we got a good lesson today if you like to go take a class chef john brogan will participate in the great chefs at the lake that takes place over three weekends november 11th-december 13 2009-11 and january 20th-22 at the abby resort on the shores of lake geneva. for more information on today's recipe or to watch this segment again just log on to wgn tv.com/midday also known as " french parsley " >>it's cloudy grade damp and cool outside here is the radar view if you are going outside to date dress accordingly temperatures have cooled off dramatically we are off 14 or 16 degrees from what we saw ogogyesterday and it's cooler to the northwest where the wind is picking up.xa we are looking at the cooler air arriving tomorrow. there will be another way of producing some showers saturday night into s

this is geneva. in the first direct talks involving the two countries since july, the united states is expected to urge north korea to immediately halt its uranium enrichment activities and accept inspectors from the international atomic energy agency. the u.s. side says these steps towards denuclearization are preconditions for resuming the six-party talks on the north's nuclear program, which have been stalled for nearly three years. north korea argues that its enriching uranium for use in nuclear power generation. the country wants the six-party talks to be resumed without preconditions. the focus of the latest geneva meeting is whether north korea makes concessions to break the deadlock. for nhk, geneva. >>> sust defense secretary, leon panetta has pledged u.s. commitment to peace and prosperity in asia. panetta is in japan for the first time since taking that position in july. panetta spoke to u.s. soldiers and japanese self-defense force personnel on monday at the u.s. dakota air force base in

for nhk, geneva. >>> u.s. defense secretary, leon panetta has pledged u.s. commitment to peace and prosperity in asia. panetta is in japan for the first time since taking that position in july. panetta spoke to u.s. soldiers and japanese self-defense force personnel on monday at the u.s. dakota air force base in tokyo. he said he wants to make clear that the pacific remains a priority for the united states. >> we will always maintain a strong presence in the pacific. and we will be a force for peace and prosperity. in the pacific region. >> during the question-and-answer session, a japanese sdf member asked whether the u.s. military will reduce its presence in the region to accommodate a reduction in the nation's defense spending. panetta said there will be no reduction in u.s. forces in asia and the pacific. panetta is to meet prime minister yoshihiko noda and defense minister, yasuo ichikawa separately on tuesday and discuss the delayed relocation of a u.s. military base in okinawa. a plan to move the marine corps futenma air station to nago city also in o

i said what about the geneva convention?the cia officers except for the legal staff, our job is not to worry about the law. our job is to follow orders which have been determined to be legal. and he had reef to me, as i describe. so it was an insolent question frankly and he became more irritated and he said, well which flag do you serve? i thought, oh boy. there is no percentage in continuing the conversation and it is clear. i had no standing, not knowing the case well having been involved for a couple of minutes. in the agency if you are invested in the case and then you know its ins and outs confiscated areas and clear points, then you have some influence and some say, which is reasonable. and i didn't yet. i had been told that everything was in order, so he said you talk to mary and jane or francine. they will handle your logistical needs and get you out tomorrow. well it took me two days ago. i just couldn't get out faster but two days later off i flew for what became almost three months of involvement. and the issues

the geneva convention which eleanor roosevelt wrote are clear. uniform code of military justice, the lawyers in the justice department, it was clear what american radios and radios should be. of small number of people suffered in them. literally. we were ordered and it was legal it was the executive order to do things that was greeley incompatible so it is the gravest threat to our institution in societies believes that it was done out of sight but the broad support because we have to be protected that is the rationale because it shifted the bell curve now has enhanced interrogation techniques to replace a clear understanding of the term that is not the america i took the oath to protect even today that is the case. are wrote the book because the only tool that we have for the weapon that we have is the truth. it was clear. . but it is easy to usurp the lot and it is a terrible dilemma. that is the important thing to seize when the president and attorney general, a th director of caa, secretary of state and they all say this is legal and authoriz

right behind it are improvements to the geary corrido , mission corridor, and geneva corridor. the project itself is on van ness between mission and lombardy in. it would continue on to listen to city college and to route 47 which would continue past van ness and market to the train station. the key goals of the project are to improve travel time and improve the reliability of the service to improve pedestrian safety and integrate street improvements and provide a key north-south plank in the transportation system very we have been working with the transportation authority on the environmental review process, which they have been leading. at the completion of that process, mta will become the project lead to design, construct, and operate the project. the overall time line is shown on this slide. the third bullet is the point that we are reaching out. the information here is a little out of date. the actual, anticipated release of the draft environmental documents is going to be november 4. he ending date will shift accordingly and. the next significant action is for this board

. >>> the united states expressed fresh talks with north korea and geneva next week. the u.s. is skpreexpected to pr to halt. direct talks will be held on monday and tuesday. >> this is a continuation of the exploratory meetings to determine if north korea is prepared to fulfill its commitments under the 2005 joint statement of the six-party talks. and its nuclear international obligations as well as take concrete steps toward denuclearization. >> in the last direct talks, bozworth met foreign minister in new york in july. the spokesperson said next week's meeting will also be attended by the u.s. ambassador to the international atomic agency, glenn davies, who will replace bozworth after the talks. >>> china says vice premier will visit north and south korea next week. he is expected to hold talks with north korean leader kim jung ill and south korean president. a spokesperson says lee will be in the north from sunday through tuesday and will then visit south korea on the following two days. a spokesperson says china wants to work with the two koreas to push forward the six p

this is midway village of los geneva. this is very close but one thing i would really like for you to consider, in the pass years we have come before you and we have said that people first -- we are the constituents that you were put here to represent. when we say 87% of the voices in san francisco are against this, cleanest to the fullest extent with residential standards, and you allow them to remove a segment of cleaning and they refused to review this because of the money. money versus life is what you are being asked to consider. if you allow for this to move forward without revisiting your own statements made by your predecessors and review the documents that have been provided to you by the groups that i work with, i think this would be criminal. i do not think that any of you are criminals. i can tell that you are doing your homework. i understand that you have been doing your homework. i do not know you well but i hope to learn how well you think about people and want to impress upon you that people first, not do

in geneva, switzerland. >> we narrowed differences on several points and explored our differences on other points. we will need more time and more discussion to reach agreement. >> the u.s. side is believed to have urged the north to end the uranium enrichment program and accept inspectors from iaea, but bosworth's comment shows they have different views on the north's denuclearization. >> translator: some progress was made, but there are points on which we didn't agree, so we will review these issues and hold another meeting. >>> defense chiefs from the japan and united states say their countries must make progress on relocating a u.s. basin okinawa. defense minister and the defense secretary leon panetta met tuesday in tokyo. ish could you a says the government is preparing to submit an environmental impact report on relocation to local officials in okinawa within this year. the report is the final step in the environmental assessment for the relocation of the u.s. marine corps air station. the base expected to be moved from a densely populated area to a location closer to the coas

beautiful sunset in at geneva storms moving out of the area. temperature cool of 40 mi.row at it into saturday. system could swipe us with showers saturday night into sunday the weekend otherwise looks pretty good. building to the west of us part of a larger winfield animating throop you can see how the red area of strong wind blossoms. storm deepening central pressure dropping rushing up into the storm with increasing speed air mass filling in for that. moving across per time to about 5:30 p.m. on saturday the wind is still blowing it through all of that time. tomorrow 150 mi. per hour wind through central illinois. wind dying off in northern wisconsin. the region of lift adding to the daytime heating clearing out, opening the day tomorrow last thing you'll think about is bringing an umbrella and clout starting to form showers blossomed during the afternoon by 5:00 p.m. in the evening it may be a thundershower and batted. embedded. we could get another quarter of an inch perhaps a couple tens of an inch in some areas. keeping an eye on that 63 degrees in chicago today t

x-rays reveal more details of the crash shows items in geneva. -- more details of the routes. >> it may have held the shroud he was buried in, and it was connected to his body, but it also connects it into the i received. >> the grave was here. a fully intact burial site now was on earth from our recent days. those involved described it as incredible. >> i think it is a hugely significant fine. viking both very goals region -- burials are extraordinarily rare. strikeare they likely fought ane buried in this area, once terrorized and controlled by vikings. i cannot wait to see them when they are cleaned up. french media is reporting that carlos sarcozy -- carla bruni sarcozy has given birth to a baby girl. we do know that president sarcozy is off trying to save the euro. his wife is looking absolutely gorgeous. that brings us to the end of the broadcast, but remember you can find constant updates on our web site, and you can get in touch with me on which her -- on twitter. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own found

the actress breast the closing stage of the annual meeting of the governing executive committee in geneva. she urged member states to remain committed to helping the world's refugees despite increasing global economic pressures. she warns that countless lives would be lost. >> today, three-quarters of a million people are at risk of death in the next four months. in the horn of africa. this astonishing number of @ risk lives is the reason this is termed the humanitarian crisis of a generation. the work we are doing needs to scale up to meet the needs of the individuals. >> it is 10 years since the actress was the appointed to the role of goodwill ambassador. she has also donated $5 million to aid operations. the u.n. high commissioner for refugees pastry beach. -- pays tribute. >> we all appreciate enormously the support you gave to our operations. their presence on the field, the warmth with the refugees. >> guess where i am from. >> her appeal -- she has been named special representative for the afghan refugee situation. >> apple has unveiled a latest version and its iphone branch. ther

to obtain the funding, we have a very long range plan with covering part of 282, between ocean and geneva. what happened, unfortunately in the western admission was unfortunate, but we destroyed the street grid, and the present japan town was one of the outcroppings of that. but the result was this huge wall and the disconnect between japan town and the fillmore district and the destruction of the street grid. one thing that could be considered is, i don't think you'll ever significantly change the boulevard. but if you could make the subway longer and began the cars as early as buchanan, going into the tunnel and coming out with a tunnel in fillmore, to cover and create the surface local light rail, and a connection of the streets to japan town, you would buy yourself a lot of land that would be recreated and the cars could still get off, to go into japan and down into the area to the north. as of one bridge going over,e gr fillmore in a narrow area, you would have a couple of blocks in each direction to create a lot of thing there is. that is the concept that i would like you to conside

some of view are old enough to know about midway village by geneva. i see one person nodding. hopefully this information can be given to the commissioners. they went ahead and cap them arianna and are having a lot of issues with that, with people getting cancer. the reason why i am relating what i am relating is because the hunters point area -- put that infrastructure that taps into our other main system when they chop off 35 feet -- today, i get reports about high incidence and i will be making it a point to send you some of the things so you can inform the other commissioners. i am connecting the dots. you heard a general report, but we need to inform our young people what is happening in that community. they are the ones who are going to live there in the future. when you reach a certain age, you close your eyes and go away and our baby's thigh and our youth have to have an environment where we, as we are the warriors and we are good people, we maintain quality of life issues. i don't want to go into detail so you can connect the dots. the navy, as it is allowed to do what

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officials are in geneva, switzerland for talks directly with north korean officials. this is kind of a preliminary set of talks to lay the foundation for a resumption of further, more serious negotiations with the north about disarming their nuclear program. u.s. officials were encouraged boy meeting in july and want to kind of keep that ball rolling a bit. they were also encouraged that the north met directly with the south koreans recently in an effort to try to at least talk about north korea's nuclear program. some really serious concerns there because north korea has tested nuclear weapon underground at least once, test-fired missiles, provoktory actions over the years. they want to try to pull back from the brink a little bit. these talks in geneva may be a first step toward doing that. >> but, brian, it does also make you wonder, you think about north korea sees the u.s. take out bin laden, they see what happened with gadhafi. we're taking out terrorists. does that give them any incentive to be more forthcoming? >> it may very well, brooke, because the north ko

i believe the city is in violation of the geneva code and conventions.munities, and our children are absolute examples of that with the video games, killing, music. i believe that occupy sf -- [chime] president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> my name is -- i'm part of the 99 that has occupied san francisco and throughout the world. i will be straightforward and candid, you know. i hear people say that i grew up with this and i remember this. middle-class america is losing what they thought was part of the american dream. the people -- we will learn how to get over it and we will learn how to be strong. supposedly, representatives of each district. i have seen nothing from you, and i will give no thanks to any of you. it is not to be disrespectful. he made me feel good in camp last night, but you should of been there a long time ago. this was important long before today and before the citizens have had to come here with this many people, some people taking off their jobs that they may be at risk of losing the tell you what you should already k

along balboa park station, geneva, san jose, pushing hard to get a ramp for pedestrians. right now, it is dangerous to cross the street, especially if you are pushing a stroller or are in a wheelchair. you have to go further than you but typically have to. there is so much more to do. we have to figure out how to calm the traffic. a lot of cars, speeding through and make it unsafe for pedestrians. sidewalks are not very convenient for people. it takes a lot of money to do that, but it is really about being vigilant and looking at the fund the come through the transportation authority. we have been extending sidewalks in some places to help with pedestrians, trying to put in islands, plantings to slow down traffic. bike lanes have helped. a bit controversial where i live is a bike lane. people do not see as many bikes, but we are seeing more and more common now that the bike lanes are coming in. that makes it safer for pedestrians. we have a bike way on a major street. you do not have as much time to cross, and you cut down one lane for the cars and a pedestrian can then w

the cell phone video recording near geneva, switzerland, shows the speedometer spined at 325 kilometers per hour. that is 201 miles per hour and three times the legal speed limit. police discovered the video during a separate investigation. the driver originally told police another person was behind the wheel of the bentley continent equal, but forensic evidence shows that he was alone. the driver was fined $69,000 and his driver's license has been, yes, revoked. >>> president obama will hit the road in virginia and north carolina later this month to push his jobs plan. the bus tour will be part of a three-day trip. the bus tour is scheduled for october 17th through the 19th. >>> governor martin o'malley and his booif will join facebook and the cartoon network to kick off national bullying prevention month. students and teachers are encouraged to take part in the stop bullying pledge. the fight starts this morning. >>> a new four-star hotel could soon rise from the banks of the d.c. southwest water front. officials with car hospitality

for example, in geneva, where there are a lot of u.n. agencies represented, we have what is called a mission. >> what's the role of the ambassador? >> as u.s. ambassador, that person is the representative of the country as the highest-ranking u.s. authority in the country that they are serving. so it really is quite an important job with tremendous responsibility. >> besides working with governments around the world, foreign service officers also help americans traveling abroad. >> and if something were to happen -- if you get in trouble or something gets stolen and you lose your passport -- then you go to the american embassy, and we have consular officers there who are prepared to help you. >> itnot an easy job. diplomats need to be able to work well with people from different cultures and backgrounds. you need to be able to handle the pressure of being in the public spotlight and comfortable dealing with questions from the news media. and most of all, you're expected to spend much of your career living in a foreign country. while you

. >> that report was from geneva. bp says the company has reached a turning point since the gulf oil spill last year. orlin profits of just over $5 billion. it was 1.85 in the same time last year. o production fell 12%, to just over a 3 million barrels per day. -- oil production fell. bp boss bob dudley says -- >> we have had sales of $26 billion in assets. we have put $40 billion aside to make sure we meet our obligations in the u.s., which we will. that means we have a smaller for print and we are simple country now and operated fewer countries. we will focus on value going forward and will have high margins. the company is well-positions and now with an additional asset sale to focus and really perform well with a smaller footprint. >> the strong figures from the bp helping to push up markets. investors finding some reason to be hopeful as reporting season kicks off. there is wariness ahead of the opinion in summit on wednesday. reports suggest a bailout fund should be boosted. there's pressure on the italian gover

some of view are old enough to know about midway village by geneva. i see one person nodding. hopefully this information can be given to the commissioners. they went ahead and cap them arianna and are having a lot of issues with

but only voters who live in the area of geneva avenue and house street in the eagle district should actually vote at that location on election day. >>> people in brisbane are complaining about noise from flights out of san francisco international airport. noise levels have nearly doubled in the last ten years, but that's because flights have been increased. residents want the airlines to be fined but the faa says the flights are following departure routes that have been in place for 40 years. >>> 4:37. going back to sal to check on the early morning commute. >> hello, pam. let's go outside and take a look at the east shore freeway. you see traffic is moving well. in this picture you see roadwork. the freeway is down to two lanes. one of the trucks there is backing up, picking up those cones and making that beep, beep sound. you know what i mean? well, pretty soon we are going to get rid of those lane closures and all the lanes are going to be open. this morning's commute on westbound bay bridge, you can see traffic is light there. no major problems. also the morning commute on northbound 101

. >>> the united states and north korea have started a second day of direct talks in geneva. the two sides are discussing the north's nuclear program. heading into the talks, special u.s. envoy, stephen bosworth told reporters he was neither optimistic or pessimistic about prospects for the meeting. details of monday's discussions have not been disclosed. the united states is believed to have urged north korea to immediately end its uranium enrichment program and accept inspectors from the international atomic energy agency. north korean first vice foreign minister, kim kye gwan, reportedly reiterated that its uranium enrichment is for nuclear power generation and the six-party talks on the country's nuclear program should be resumed without preconditions. the two sides are expected to enter detailed discussions based on these arguments. >>> eu leaders held talks last sunday aimed at preventing the spread of europe's credit worries. a final agreement will not be reached until another eu summit scheduled for wednesday. the greek government implemented austerity measures in ord

the geneva talks continue on tuesday carried >. >> you're watching "newsdays." still to come, a a second grenade attack in kenya's capital of nairobi. >> vintage stuff. why china is developing a taste for french wine. david cameron has suffered its biggest parliamentary rebellion since taking office. whether there should be a referendum on britain's membership ending eu. defied avative mp's last-minute appeal. >> the ayes 111. the no's 483. >> david cameron has now had a taste of the troubles over europe, which is conservative predecessors had faced. the european crisis has emboldened many of his own party to call for a referendum on and britain's membership to the european union. the prime minister had tried to plead with them, saying he himself wanted to repatriate powers from brussels to britain. but he argued triggering a referendum at this time of crisis would not make sense. >> when your neighbors house is on fire, your first impulse should be to help them to put out the flames and not least to stop the flames reaching your own house. this is not the time

half have gone to geneva and later that will feed and a half been a leader in video, you will see that protesters by his hands and feet. again, the new information that we know is that police want you to know, you have a business in the downtown area, the late coming into work today. when that changes, we will keep you posted. >>george: frank ogawa plaza it is an area to avoid. 14 @ franklin and broadway our clothes as well as other streets in the we do know that the guard station, adjacent to from ogawa plaza is closed and is likely to remain closed until further notice. we are going to take a break. breaking news coverage continues as soon as we return. >>darya: team coverage continuing, the big story unfolding and oakland. occupied protesters have been rounded up and arrested. it happened early this morning, there are still protesters out there and a heavy police presence. next case >>mark: the twelfth street gabore station is shut down right now. the city of oakland is telling employees to arrive at work early and urging private employers to have their employees come >>mark: protes