mahama was ghana's vice president until the unexpected death of the president's in -- president in july paid tribute to the leader's qualities. now his own time as leader is to be extended, and his supporters are jubilant, but their celebrations could be short- lived if the dispute over ghana's election results destabilize the country which boasts one of the world's fastest-growing economies and is regarded as one of africa's most well-established democracies. >> this is "gmt." these are the headlines. two australian radio presenters who made a hoax call to the london hospital treating prince william's pregnant wife say they are heartbroken by the death of a nurse caught up in that print. -- prank. egypt'spposition -- oppositions say the process will go on, but they stopped short of calling for a boycott -- the protest will go on, but they stopped short of calling for a boycott. >> start with italy's silvio berlusconi, the announce that he will make a fresh bid for government and mario monti possibly exit in -- this has the markets very worried. the cost of borrowing for the italian gov

before she left ghana she spoke before the national assembly living a rare public political speech.in each of the three countries pat spoke with the leaders about her husband's upcoming trip to china explaining that he did not intend to normalize relations but to open a dialogue. she also reiteratereiterated america's promise of financial assistance to aid and development and announced the creation of two graduate fellowships for women to travel to the united states to study. it's not official pronouncements that earned her the accolades. it was her warmth, enthusiasm come her genuine appreciation of an affection for the people she met. in monrovia liberia she told reporters she could not wait to get around to meet people and she certainly did that. she waited in the crowd shaking hands giving hugs and patting backs. at the inauguration ceremony she gave president told their a warm cheek to cheek embrace. he called her a woman in quote of courage strength of character and fortitude of spirit in quote in a group of women presented her with traditional white and blue lap of cloth rath

the sailors who were allowed to leave ghana in october were not allowed to follow suit because of a recentuling. reaction in argentina was swift and supportive. >> the decision by the international tribunal for the law of the scene shows a total support of the people and the government - of the sea shows close support of the people and the government. >> the court were asked -- was asked to impound the boat until payment was received from buenos aires. this court ruling

operating in maly and ghana. our d.n.a. informant contacts one of the local thugs who is said to have some association with al qaeda and says hey, guy, i have got a coke deal. i have got to get cocaine, tons of cocaine from south america here to maly and guana and south africa and up to europe. you al qaeda help me. you al qaeda will become part of my drug empire. >> operation. >> so what happens is the guy was not an actual drug dealer. he was a sting, a dia operator. the main contact point the guy thought to have some communication with al qaeda in northern africa. he communicates up the criminal food chain. recruits two of his buddies, they make arrangements to transport nine tons of cocaine from south america to africa to europe. >> >> bill: al qaeda would get a cut. >> theoretically al qaeda would get a cut. >> bill: who arrests them? >> they are arrested. the informant is actually working for the d.e.a. and they, at the critical point as the d.e.a. and as the federal agencies the fbi and the others do, they take the -

so this program and kids come and dancers from ghana.combination and they perform that is the picture we see right now. it was one great program. >> cheryl: and kids learn to work together. >> they learn to dance with one another and learn new culture. i was down there performing. >> cheryl: i wanted to see you perform. i want to ask you about the programs that you create for the dance festival over the summer. it happens in june, how do you do that? >> first of all, the festival starts in january with auditions. we have people that select companies and then we pick those and design the program for all the weeks of the festival. >> cheryl: a lot of work. before we run out of time, julie you were talking about the severe financial challenges. how can people help? i know you came up with a creative program called the producers circle? >> we are trying to find new revenues and for $250 an individual can become an a member of producer's circle and they get to the auditions and parties and other perks. if we can find 400 people to become prod

there's tension in ghana, where they have significant assets. but this is the best div player, one of the best. stay with this name and actually the weakness of south africa is overdone. >> well, nine while, it has dropped about 20% since then, so, what do you do, tim? >> well, so ghana wasn't a risk but the entire sector was certainly a risk and miners have been clubbed. they changed early ceos, strategy is more or less intact. they are divesting bad assets. they are about returning cash to shareholders. those are reasons to stay in the stock. i think it's very, very cheap here. miners have been a tough call but i would our gold miners here. >> gold or gold miners here? >> gold, gold. it's been harpd, we say it. very difficult but -- now wait a second. >> what? >> what is this segment called? it's called, what? the good, the bad and the ugly. where's the -- >> here it comes. here it comes. >> i can only imagine. >> there it is. >> what's ugly about that? >> it's worth another look. >> do we really need to explain that? >> look at the thighs on

. >> voting is drawing to a close in presidential elections in ghana. the poles expected to test the country's reputation as a beacon of stability and democracy in africa. >> the election will reveal how popular the incumbent is after he took over from the late president who died in july. opinion polls predict a tight race. the winner will oversee the current oil boom, one of africa's fastest-growing economies. soccer fans are no doubt eagerly awaiting the next european football championship in 2016. hundreds of thousands of fans will flock to get a firsthand look at the action. >> in the year 2020, that will not be so easy. that is because european soccer's governing body has decided that the games will take place in cities across the continent. >> they say the decision to split the play across europe is to celebrate the competition's 60th anniversary. >> european football fans can look forward to a party that spans the continent. the idea came from and 1980's football legend. he first proposed a multi-city championship at the end of euro 2012. now, th

. >>> a woman from ghana is behind bars accused of trying to smuggle 11 pounds of heroin. the drugs were allegedly found in her suit case. tonight she is facing federal charges. >>> lots more ahead on 9news. >> reporter: i'm scott broom with highway crews ramping up for some incoming snow. coming up, the latest travel advisories for your holiday weekend. >>> welcome back. don't we've been trying to answer your questions on the fiscal cliff and getting help with that task is linda, the president of tax masters in rockville. linda, thanks for joining us. you have been following our facebook page. we've been asking our viewers to write questions or ask questions about the fiscal cliff. what are some of our viewers asking? >> they're asking very normal questions, like how would it affect their family with a limited income and a couple of chirp. i had to tell them it affects them quite a bit. if you have children under 17 you are immediately going to lose $500 for each child. >> that's a big hit. >> sts. the young couple with two children, that's $1,000 their taxes will go up o

minister david cameron told soldiers that they may be headed to the gulf state as they pull out of ghana stand rights groups though aren't happy saying the dealings with the emirates which the e.u. called on to stop the mouse torture of political dissidents sends all the wrong messages geo political analyst patrick henningsen says that there is an ulterior motive behind the sale. the justification for this massive buildup in the middle east specially in the gulf states and. the west is blaming iran saying that because iran's pursuing nuclear ambitions well there's no proof of any that their weapons programs as such they're blaming iran for a possible nuclear arms race in the region that's a quote from david cameron only days ago so the encirclement of iran is certainly not a geo political scale number one priority and i think they've achieved that militarily but you know the question is. is this going to be a real military standoff or we looking at it a cold war situation were we just posturing militarily geopolitically looking for some bigger conflict down the road perhaps in a few year

do is really work ceaselessly to put together that political process the core of that process and ghana as a surrogate lover has said it is and must be the geneva agreement than by kofi annan with the support of sergei lavrov. and all those who were present in geneva it is a valid basis for a reasonable political process that is that will help the people of syria out of their of their problems. mr brahimi also added that it's very important to try to continue the work on converting this vision even communique of these agreements into a un resolution an attempt which was put forward earlier by russia but feels while mr brahimi says that this is no reason not to try again russia's foreign minister also said it was agreed for mistakes to pull out to you on monitors from syria and added that returning them to the country would be a good step forward towards a long awaited peace now both mr brahimi and said that the biggest obstacle in the way of putting the these agreements reached in geneva into real life are the absolute unwillingness of both sides both the authorities and the rebels to t

it's children on the frontline in the of ghana stun wall coming up hundreds of teenage girls have been granted out as part of the u.s. sponsored eleven and on any compliant with the tough and yes. the christmas comes early game britain. has an unemployment drop raises hates despite the country bracing itself for triple dip recession that's also something. the san bernardino california police force have to shrink by eighty officers this year to cover their budget deficit during a local meeting the chief of police laid out the city's problems the sea is facing waves of gang violence theft and drug trafficking but with all the prisons completely overcrowded many of these criminals go right back on to the street and there's just nobody to put more police out there to fight them the police chief really only had one solution offer a given situation go home lock your doors and load your gun and you know what actually that's not that bad of a proposition america's always been a country where people been expected to look out for themselves and i appreciate the police chiefs honesty but i know t

well time for a world update we begin of ghana stand where an afghan police woman has shot dead a u.s. security adviser at the police headquarters in kabul the female officer had walked up to the victim as he left a shop in the heavily guarded compound firing at him with a pistol she is now considered to be in custody now this is thought to be the first time that a woman had carried out what are called blue insider attacks hours earlier a police man had shot five of us colleagues in the north and afghanistan such killings have left more than sixty people dead this year alone. the most fighters claim to have destroyed the remaining muslims in the ancient city of to two in northern mali the rebels say that they are defending the purity of their faith against the people worshipping idols locals believe that is in retaliation to the un back military operation to take back the islamist controlled north. so. meanwhile a red alerts been issued in chile made fears of a volcano on the border with argentina could soon of rupp's now roads leading to the area have been closed and scientists are w

when she took viewers to ghana it was so they could meet the recent past.first world electronics with the third world landscape and the distance past. >> a lot of people today were from the bay area. >> back in the u.s. it was a look at the future. the inauguration of america's first black president, and a look at how far we've come 20 years, but no matter where she was, dana was always on her own path. >> that hair. >> she's notorious for update her do. >> day ma cannot keep a hair style for more than three weeks. it is enough to drive our promo people crazy. >> then it was more than about sometime it was about color, going gray. >> i wanted to match my looks with my experience and time on the planet. >> but gray hair tonight head doesn't stop mischief in the heart. >> one time during commercial break dana king taught me how to put my fist in my mouth. >> tonight set, in the field or in the newsroom, there is no one like dana. >> she comes in and likes to tap her little foot. she has things to say. afghanistan, iraq, jordan. >> some of the most tense times

she was coming from ghana, and agents noticed that her suitcase seemed quite heavy. >>> right now at 6:30, president obama says there needs to be immediate agents to avoid the fiscal cliff. the president held a news conference just before 6:00 this evening. he says he's optimistic an agreement can still be reached. this afternoon mr. obama said the meeting was good and constructive. >> the one thing the american people should not have to wait and see is some sort of action. if we don't see an agreement between the two leaders in the senate, i expect a bill to go on the floor and i've asked senator reid to do this, put a bill on the floor that makes sure taxes on middle-class families don't go up, unemployment insurance is still available, and that lays the groundwork then for additional deficit reduction and economic growth steps that we can take in the new year, but let's not miss this deadline. that's the bare minimum we should be able to get done. >>> senate leaders say they hope to reach a compromise that could be presented to lawmakers by sunday, a little more than 24 hours befo

they are in ghana. countries in zambia. this is not where weight loss and digestives are big product. >> what do you expect we will hear from the company? >> i don't know how they can respond. >> is there anything they can do right in the past year? >> no. everything i have seen about this company is simply been an affirmation of what we believed at the very beginning. we had a supposition at the beginning we were able to prove -- >> why short it before doing research? >> we didn't short it during -- we concluded by may, or whatever we started shorting the stock, it was a pyramid scheme. we spent the next seven months putting together a presentation we felt comfortable to put in front of the world. one thing, i said in q and a that i think is not correct. they are buying back today. >> you think they are pushing up the stock? >> i think they are doing their best to support it. i don't know who would buy it today at $35 a share. >> i do have to ask about jc penney, another high profile investment you have. do you have confid

this time, hess, up 3.9%, another discovery in a deep water coast off the coast of ghana in africa. the fifth discovery it made in that's block. shares respond together news up 3.9%. tyler, back to you. >> mary, thank you. >>> bob is with us on cnbc.com's net editor john carnie is with us. and 23 other states in a right to work bill, requiring workers to pay union dues. is this anti-union or pro business? how do you call it? >> i think it is an anti-union move. it will help businesses as well. a lot of people think it is a libertarian thing. it gets in the way of people's freedom of contract for employers to be able to say, i will only employ union workers. i can don't think these laws are a good idea. >> i'm very torn about this, john. i think requiring someone to pay fees to a union as condition of employment, that strikes me as wrong. on the other hand, my grandmother is with the internation international garment workers for three years. i think she would say, allowing people to piggyback on the gains made because you want to get out, i would v a problem with that too. i'm torn a

i was cycling up a hill in ghana, really fogging my way up this half naked boy watched me all the way and he says, you, sir, are too fat. and there was no arguing with it. >> rose: what is next for you the? beyond this? >> well, i don't know about beyond, because we are going to start filming season four in february. i just completed a little bbc film about a tramp called mr. stink, which will be on at christmastime in the uk. and who knows. who knows what is going to be after this. none of us know whether downton has one more season or several more systems. >> rose: thank you for coming, congratulations. >> thank you for having us. thank you so much. >> rose: garrison keillor is here, he is perhaps the country's most beloved midwesterner for almost 40 years, he has hosted the radio program of prairie home companion each saturday night. its mix of music and humor and homespun erudition reaches four, count them 4 million listeners or 590 station this is month a program will be broadcast live from the town hall here in new york city, i am pleased to have garrison keillor back at this ta

i know that in ghana recently was a big opportunity for your company, also libya.the oil in the world and how is business at any? >> you know, the company is 75% about foreign business, so whatever we do, we do it mostly in africa and also in the u.s., but we're the biggest oil company in africa, and we're coming from a year of great successes. we had fantastic discovery rate and the biggest claim we can make it this huge gas base in mozambique where we discovered about 68 tcf, just to give you consumption sense, 25 years of consumption of a country like italy, so it's a huge amount which is going to really change the face of the industry, and that goes together with what happened in the united states. as you know, united states just had a huge transformation equal to internet meant this shale gas, fracking economy created such a huge change which is really changing also the dynamics of the gas business in europe. >> do you think the u.s. has that kind of potential? >> it all depends. it's a matter of laws that should be passed. but main interests of u.s. at the ti

group deciding to tell ghana that they should give the boat that was sieged back to argentina. so there are two significant legal victories, but this latest development with the imf is important psychologically for the country. i think christina has been emboldened by the two latest victories on friday. and to get this i think is a reminder to the population that all is not well with argentina and it's not in compliance with its international obligations. >> that is true. and we're showing what portion of sovereign debt we're talking about. it's a small part of the overall pie, but it's an important one, nonetheless. >> a small part of the pie and it's important to remember that despite these victories, all is not well on the argentine economy. as you mentioned earlier, they're a bit dice about the growth and the inflation data. we've komd cooperated our own measure of growth. we think they contracted in the second quarter of this year, probably contracted in the third quarter of this year, too. >> how are you measuring that? >> well, we use independent data on things like inst

we went to liberia and ghana. my daughter is great to be a physician. but she said data, we have to take care of these people. we have to help them. and if we do not do it, who is going to? so, it's like digging my head against the wall sometimes. i've sent numerous letters that have been sent to the administration and the secretaries. we don't get a response from it, so we do have to take this with more passion through the public to get the government to respond to it and you can be assured that my daughter and i will be there. thank you. i yield back let me ask one final question and then i will leave any final comments to the very distinguished but this is. there's been reports at least one you answer to the council member wanted to delay the report this summer can you definitively tell us is that true or not? >> thank you, mr. treen. we submitted an interim report during the month of may which did not include information regarding arms embargo violations committed by the government of rwanda precisely because those violations had just really manifes