it does mean that iceland will need more help from the imf. the governor of nigeria's central banks has assured a meeting in london that the nigerian banking system is sound. he told foreign investors that their money was safe. the latest figures in britain showed the recession in the second quarter of this year was not as bad as predicted. fall in mfg. meant gdp fell between april and -- between april and june. there are still concerns about the recovery. a ship has been seized carrying weapons from north korea to iran in violation from the united nations embargo. at this seizure was some weeks ago. they have posted a series of actions -- sanctions to punish pyongyang about its lack of cooperation. iran ewing's president has asked -- iran's president has set up criticism of the opposition. he has called for the leader of the opposition to be punished. >> president ahmenijad did not name it anyone specifically, but he says the senior individuals in the post-election unrest should be dealt with decisively. he says there needs to be a serious co

losses by the bank in iceland. they might need more help from the international monetary fund. the governor of the nigerian central bank has assured a meeting of finance years in london, the nigerian banking system is down. he told foreign investors that their money was safe. the latest figures here show the recession in the second quarter of this year was not as bad as predicted. there was manufacturing that went to 4.7%. there is still concerned about how sustained recovery will be. iran's president has stepped up pressure on the opposition leader. mahmoud ahmadinejad called for those responsible for the unrest that followed the elections to be punished. >> president ahmadinejad did not name the opposition leader specifically but he said the senior elements involved in the post-election unrest should be taken care of decisively. there has to be serious confrontation, he said, against the key leaders and figures. the intervention will raise the stakes in iran. there has been a debate among hard-liners about what t

this is the story of the meltdown of iceland, the economic collapse of the country. d we will publish on the one year anniversary of the collapse come october the seventh book is a fascinating insight story of greed, overreach, all of the things that happened in this country happened in iceland but they are understandable and microcosm. and i think that is was quick to make this choice of fascinate. >> you said you'd been with them since 1983. how has the publishing industry change since then? >> wow. well, it is changing all most every way and yet it hasn't. that sounds contradictory, but the marketplace has changed enormously. obviously. in 1993, even the chains were not nearly as common as they are. amazon hadn't even been invented. and the price clubs and the warehouse clubs and airport shop that sold so many books today, sold practically none. so the number of outlets for books has multiplied geometrically in the last 15 years. in terms of publishing, it is still all about getting good writers to do good work. and in finding media outlets for them. the media has

. >>> a big blue wheel rescued in iceland today.oing to tell you about that. wqoc >>> good evening, bob ryan, "storm center 4." it's a bit hazy. we m ttllhaulul f f b see tha f moonnd that bright object sort of to the lower left of the full moon about, oh, 9:30 or so. that is the planet jupiter. jupiter. by t way, this evening also there's a public and free lecture at the reston auditorium climate -- science and action, climate change, 101. dr. thomas armstrong if you want to stop by there, 7:00 this evening. next several days, rain showers. a slight chance it might be thunder before mu down in southeast virginia. tomorrow cool rain showers. a delightful day on friday. heat and humidity be coming back as we head on into next week. right now, doppler, nothing being picked up. i think we'll be seeing somey 11:00, 12:00. back to you. >>> firefighters up in boston pulled a -- i'm sorry -- accomplished a high-rise rescue for two stranded window washers. the window wears were stuck on a platform dangle, 370 feet above a business disstrukt

it ranks 66th out of 228 countries, well ahead of sear ya the dominican republic, lebanon, iceland, et cetera. but the current economic meltdown threatened to hit ecuador hard, nevertheless. this led ecuador's president, a university of illinois ph.d to choose protectionism as a way to escape the economic christ thas now ravages the world. he levied tariffs over 600 products. the total imports have rates of up to 35%. when he did admit imports, he sharply limited them with quotas cutting the inflow of foreign products by over one- third. as a result, ecuador's trade deficit narrowed from 1.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2008 to a 820 million dollar deaf fit in the first quarter of '09. ek with ecuador's overall outlook is also solid. the unemployment rate is roughly the same as before the downturn. the economy will grow by 1% in 2009 and 2.5% for 2010. protectionism, by the way,not only in vogue in ecuador, the wto reports protectionist measures have been enacted in 24 nations plus the additional 27 nations of the union. that's 51 nations in total. question. if the president of ecu

. >> a book called meltdown iceland. that i think it's going to be a fascinating way into the economic crisis that hit us last year. this is the story of the meltdown of eichlin, the economic collapse of the country and we will publish it on the one-year anniversary of the collapse, and it is a fascinating inside story of greed, overreach of all the things that happened in this country happened in iceland, but they are understandable in microcosm and i think that is what is fun to make the stories of bethany. >> you said you have been with walker since 1993. how is the publishing industry change since then? >> it is changed in almost every way and yet it as an. i would make, that sounds contradictory but in 1993 even the trains were not as dominant as there. amazon had not even been invented so and the price clubs and warehouse clubs and the airport shop that sells the many books the is still practically nance of the number of outlets for books as multiplied geometrically in the last 15 years. in terms of publishing it i

>>reporter for race car drivers risk is imperative... for icelandic bankers... risk resulted in the country's bankruptcy. to restore credibility the government placed two women as chief executives of the now nationalised financial institutions. heather mcgregor, a city head hunter says more women should take senior management positions to guarantee blue skies. >>mcgregor: the bank that unarguably has come out the best out of this, which is loyd's tsb, has been the bank that most aggressively promoted women. and they also have one of the highest numbers of women on the public company board, in the ftse 100.and, maybe is coincidence, who knows but i think that it is a very interesting fact that we should probably think about when looking at the future. >>reporter: at the recent european leadership forum however the eu commissioner was quick to point out that feminine thinking, although beneficial, is not just a female trait. >>kroes: the feminine approach, is not only familiar to quite a number of women but also to a certain amount of men we need to be aware of that we have to be quite open in

this slippery game in iceland is called mud soccer. match played during a country holiday.eam members wore brightly colored uniforms for added fun. >> sometimes when you move into a new home, you find some oddities left behind by the previous homeowner but a florida couple was shocked to find an 8'boa constrictor in the new home. sorting through piles of debris, when they found several snake cages. >> started to joke about it. >> until i found the 6' snake skin draped across one of the windows. tracing through the house with it on a rake and oh my gosh. >> snake weighed about 40 pounds. trappered the reptile was actually under weight but should be okay with some tlc. >> patrice harris, fox 45 news "late edition". >> second week of raven's training camp underway today. newly signed linebacker did not take part. after signing a $63 million contract just last month, terrell suggs is on the side lines. suggs was seen wearing a into the suit practice today. he has a minor heel injury. he said it is not a big deal and no one should be worried. expects to be back in a couple of da

irish banks, icelandic banks and other banks operating in britain giving loans to businesses have withdrawn. that has been the biggest loss to competition. what has to be remembered is that there are financial stability issues as well as competition issues. of course we want to see the maximum amount of competition in our banking sector, and that must be our policy for the long run. >> what about the european point? you are in favor of more european or less? your answer seems to be contradictory. on the one hand you seem to be saying keep it out, and on the other, we need more. >> we have to look at financial issues as well as competition issues. we cannot have big banks a lot risk of collapse at this point. it has always been understood that competition has to work effectively. but in the banking sector we have to also assure stability. secondly, as a result of european stability, which is under the financial stability regime until the irish commissioner, there we support the new rule book that is going to be drawn up by the european banking system. we will be part of that system, and righ

>> thing is, we went to iceland and chased the puffins. they look so cute. problem. we caught them and they were phenomenal. very difficult to catch. it was a -- to show you have some hairs on your [ bleep ], eat the heart. they were joking. eat the heart. >> how big is the heart of an animal like this? >> the size of a thumbnail. it was there in the -- it was pull says -- pulsating and pulsating and then i thought oh [ bleep ]. straight down. >> people were very upset by that? >> yeah. we had a few complats from the vegetarian lovers across great britain. >> you might cross into the meat eaters of the eating the puffin heart. >> i wish they wouldn't look so attractive. >> yeah. well, maybe they can have plastic surgery or something. i think actually rob zombie can direct a horror movie, you chasing puffins around and eating their hearts. we'll pitch it to him. i'm nervous about this, because on the phone today you asked me to make you a marinara sauce. i cook from time to time so i made you one this afternoon. >> but you're a bit of a fruity. >> i am. >> be

the whole world has turned against us because of this tv show, and i'm hearing rumblings that iceland has a new prime minister who's thinking about not whaling anymore and paul watson would be a big part of that, for sure. that's a good discussion and argument. but i'm not totally settled yet on what's effective and what's not. i think it's kind of case by case. >> i'm just thinking about what you said about paul watson is a huge product of getting whaling shut down. but he's been doing that for a long time. it would seem to me that animal planet would have an awful lot to do with it if paul watson -- if whaling gets shut down. i'm just wondering in your opinion how much of a role could the media play in changing things like the way animals are treated, whaling, biomedical research. and thank you doing for what you have done and i'm just wondering how things perhaps could be going that way? >> they could. somebody had to take a chance to do a show with paul. that was a big deal. they wouldn't do it for a long, long time. he told one of my friends who's a publicist that he wanted to do

about 2:30 this morning obama declared war on iceland because he decided it wasn't icy enough. the white house is big, and it can be very a confusing place when you're buzzed. apparently, the president woke up this morning spooning rahm emanuel. [ laughter ] and i'm not -- i don't want to say that the president can't hold his liquor, but well, look what happened at his press conference this morning. >> you said the recent bank's profits indicate this there's been no sense of remorse on wall street for risky behavior, that we haven't seen a change in culture there. would you think your administration needs to be taking a harder line with wall street? [ laughter ] >> this is kind of interesting. this is from obama's hometown of chicago. most police departments have some sort of diversity training and chicago they have the new recruits watch a video presentation. and take a look at this, keep in mind this is real. >> in chicago, diversity is our strength. shaking hands is not offensive to sick men and women. it is an acceptable way to greet people. police are confused by the tradi

we look at sweden, greece and iceland and they are fascinating glimpses of comparative systems all around world from which we can learn both the good and the bad. >>> up next, americans speaking up at health care meetings, town hall meetings across the country. >> thanks for coming, dennis. >> i didn't get an answer to my question. why can't all americans have the sail health care? >> i don't want them -- >> you don't want them -- >> we'll have a lot more on people exercising their free speech rights in the health care debate and demanding answers. an american criticized for exercising his second amendment right at a rally near where president obama was speaking. we'll be right back. (announcer) take your time to find the right time with cialis for daily use... a clinically proven, low-dose tablet for erectile dysfunction you take every day so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. tell your doctor about your medical condition and all medications and ask if you're healthy enough for sexual activity. don't take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe

like at and with the 21st centurq they're broadest the securitizations are you have a lender and icelandicnding money through lehman three mortgage broker and eventuallyo some bus driver in newport beach would make a $300,000 loan with no income buried on his mortgage applications and we do need to go back to the smaller banks. >> that is one of the classics know people with no inacom or new job or no assets. [laughter] >> $400,000 peyear bus driver he did not have to put his then come down as the occupation bus driver? income? 400,000 they all have these massive mortgages they could not possibly pay bac the moment of glory is the people that led to it to the brokerage house did not care becausthey sold it under lehman and lehman did not care because they sold ito vice land. they that it was some kind of the day wore. [laughter] >> i was listening to patrick d he was very informative and very educational presentation and there is a part where you talk about stockton california and in our country we had crazy lending view had pockets where it was extremely concentrated one of those crazy po

friday we'll report on iceland.wo fascinating examples of public -- ireland, excuse me, which we will be -- two fascinating examples of public health care. up next, democrats saying they are ready to go it alone on health care, but what are the risks of shutting republicans out of the process, and can they do it anyway? and tonight's face-off debate. is a government-run health care choice the only option or is there a better way? and tonight, a hero mayor speaks out. >> i think it's fair to say that things got very, very ugly, very, very quickly. >> the dramatic account of milwaukee's mayor. was beaten with a pipe as he rushed to the aid of a grandmother to save a 1-year-old child. >>> here again, mr. independent, lou dobbs. >> how with the government provide up to 30 million unsured americans quality health care and none of that is spelled out? in fact there is great uncertainty about the numbers. best guesses range anywhere from 8.2 million to 20 to 30 million. president obama has outlined several areas that he wa

sweden and iceland and burma all had been british style left side drivers and they all decided to switch to the right but no country has switched since burma did it way back in 1970 and no country in modern times as far as i can tell has ever switched in the other direction. nobody has tried to make right side american style drivers switch to driving on the left. until now. until samoa. samoa is way, way, way out in the middle of the south pacific. it's about 2500 miles southwest of hawaii. it is slightly closer, about 1900 miles from new zealand. and samoa has decided that it's going to switch from american style driving on the right to british, japanese, australian, new zealand style driving on the left. the samoan prime minister whose name i admire very much but i will not attempt to pronounce it without a net, he has decided that even factoring in the cost of switching it would be cheaper for samoa to import cars with the steering wheel on the right from new zealand and australia rather than continuing to import cars with the steering wheel on the left from us. of course people on th

later this week, greece and iceland. >>> up next, hurricane bill is strengthening in the atlantic.ecasters say it could become a major hurricane. it is already a hurricane. also where do republicans in congress stand on the issue of health care? public or competitive or private or what are they doing? are they working on solutions or are they angry people who want to kill any bill at all costs? or are we talking about the protesters or the democrats or the republicans? what's going on? is this any way to conduct a public debate? and democrats themselves divided over the president's health care proposals, will the so-called public option, will it be a deal-breaker? will it still be an option? our face-off debate is next. >>> the disagreement among democrats, it's really, it's a fight among democrats over the so-called public option in the president's health care plan, and it's created a division within the party, a deep division, and it is the subject of our face-off debate tonight. joining me will marshall, who is the president of the progressive policy institute, who says the publ

also very strange, and when i finished that one, i thought, well, i'll try another one and reread icelandic sagas which i actually knew fairly well and hadn't read in 25 years, and they were very relevant, too, because they were about violence and implacable enmity. and so, as i made my way supposedly trying to escape my own time, as i made my way toward my own time i realized that there were things about these novels and proto-novels that were very similar to one another, no matter how distant the novels were from one another, geographically, or in time. and so that made me wonder about the nature of the novel as a form and i decided to read 276 novels, one each year, starting i guess it was supposedly in 1720 or something like that, and it -- the list shrank. [laughter]. >> and then i just decided to read 100 and turned out to be more like 130, because i counted, say the -- "in search of lost time" as one book, and it was absolutely wonderful and i would say to the children i have work to do and go into my room and read a book. [laughter]. >> and i -- it was like reeducating myself, like

this is the region in iceland which most recently erupted.hese kind of boiling steam events, we have seen chemical signature is now of the rock deposit that would come from this kind of thing. i like to tell the story to our camera man. when we filmed this, he did not quite realize the peril he was in. it shows the nature of human exploration. that is just the ooze that we find that would love to find on mars. about 50 years ago, 51 years ago now, the great american modernist painter, someone -- someone known as georgia o'keeffe, painted this famous picture, of ladder to the moon. i did it was a harbinger of an era of human exploration that went to the moon and the space shuttle that allowed servicing hubbell. it was a harbinger. this great picture was painted by the inspiration of her ranch in new mexico, and i think it might have defined the first and second generation of exploration on in universe. it led to hubbell and the dreams of the next decade. now i think those dreams are changing. the bigger universe for this planet are beckoning.

this means that this would only require legislation in this parliament at the time of croatia or icelands application? >> it depends when that accession haven't, but the agreement is that it will be attached to the next accession treaty. that is a clarification of ireland's position. it does not fundamentally change the lisbon treaty at all. >> thank you very much, prime minister, for another session of extremely well ranging answers and questions. >> when you go on holiday, what is on your reading list? [laughter] >> i seem to have agreed to read a few select committee reports. i would prefer to read fiction. >> thank you very much, prime minister. >> you have been watching gordon brown testified to the liaison committee. the british house of commons is out of session until the fall. "prime minister's questions" will return in october. over the next few weeks will show you british programming starting at 7:00. [no audio] >> the house voted on friday to infuse another $2 billion into the measure. what is the next up? >> that measure has to pass the senate, and passed overwhelmingly in the

one of the few places on earth where the ridge breaches the ocean's surface is the island nation of iceland equator, the romans fracture zone is four-times deeper than the grand canyon. but what kind of creatures can survive in these savage water scapes? >> you see sponges that look like giant lollipops. >> reporter: other worldly animal life like the vampire squid and the octopus. to lure bigger creatures, an electronic jellyfish was deployed. >> we recorded a squid over six feet long, that's so new to science, it can't be placed in any known scientific family. ooh. that's great. >> that's it. that's it. >> reporter:r: in the pacific, e mid ocean ridge is home to a once inconceivable ecosystem, that thrives out of the reach of sunlight. surviving on gas from the earth's core. but with less than 1% of the ocean's floor mapped, that world beneath the sea is our planet's final frontier. ll me geeky. i love this stuff. "drain the ocean" august 9 au start here. go further. >>> tomorrow, nora ephron will be here. >> very nice. what a beautiful day, everybody. thank you for being here. so nice to

they were impacted by the credit crisis in iceland. everything in maine revolves around this industry. >> is there any hope amongst the lobster people who get them out of the wurt that maybe at some stage prices will pick up? >> reporter: they are hopeful. lobstering is not an industry you go in for money. people here do it because their father did it and grandfather did it. simply, they love it. you look at this and it's beautiful out here. it's a way of life. they're not hopeful they'll see prices of a few years ago but they're not leaving the industry either. >> i can imagine it would be pretty brutal out there on a maine winter. beautiful now. looks lovely and sunny -- >> but you'll eat well this weekend, i know that, knowing you. >> reporter: sorry, carl? >> you're going to eat well this weekend. >> reporter: this is in a fedex box in an hour on its way to you. >> i don't want to pu be the one to put it in the pot of boiling water. interesting stuff. >>> when we come back this morning, we'll get stocks to watch. dell will be a big

in norway, switzerland, iceland, sweden and denmark, france, they always vote no on any issue to do withuropean integration. kind of reminds me of the lake -- the era of eastern europe in the 1980's. no one believed in the system anymore. but there were an awful lot of people who understood that their place in society depended on at the maintenance of the status quo, and that is why it is a difficult thing to shift. but there comes a moment where public opinion asserts itself, and i'm fairly optimistic that at some stage in the not too distant future, people will vote to be sovereign, independent countries again. host: you are speaking at the heritage foundation. what is the major message you want to leave with american audiences? guest: not to devalue your chief in. on a division of your founders -- honor the vision of your founders. yours and my version is 11 pages long. the european version is 576 pages. yours is mainly about the rights of the individual breed. in one is mainly about the powers of the state. -- the european one is mainly about the powers of the state with the american

this means that this would only require legislation in this parliament at the time of croatia or icelands application? >> it depends when that accession haven't, but the agreement is that it will be attached to the next accession treaty. that is a clarification of ireland's position. it does not fundamentally change the lisbon treaty at all. >> thank you very much, prime minister, for another session of extremely well ranging answers and questions. >> when you go on holiday, what is on your reading list? [laughter] >> i seem to have agreed to read a few select committee reports. i would prefer to read fiction. >> thank you very much, prime minister. >> david: is an executive with the nation's largest cable provider, comcast. tonight, the future of broadband in america. "the communicators," on c-span to. >> the senate begins confirmation of judge sonia sotomayor. coming this fall, tour the home to america's highest court, the supreme court >> state department spokesman bj crowley answered a number of questions today on the middle east peace process. this follows remarks from hillary clinto