aviation officials say the iran air boeing 727 broke apart during an emergency landing in northern iraneople are dead but some passengers survived. emergency crews are dealing with heavy snow and fog that's been slowing the rescue effort there. winter weather is slowing efforts to rescue ships stuck in ice off the coast of northeast russia as well. more than 400 people are on board, three cruise ships which are trapped in ice up to six feet thick. so called ice breaker ships have reached the area now and are working to tow the cruise ships to safety. >> gas prices are on the rise. the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is up 9 cents compared to three wee ago, $3.08 sounds like a bargain. in the bay area the prices are much higher, in san francisco $3.40 up from 3.13 a year ago. san jose and oakland 3.35 compared to 3.04 this time last year. the reason cited, an increase in demand in asia. >>> still ahead at 5:00, how veterans turn a broken down bus into one of the fastest growing e bay ri in the baarea.y [ bell rings ] what are you doing, friending somebody? yeah. you got

and one of the flight data recorders from the iran air plane which crashed in the country's northwest has been recovered a boeing seven twenty seven was on route from tehran to the city of on sunday night when it came down in heavy snow and fog killing at least seventy seven injuring around thirty the bad weather is also hampering the recovery operation there have been at least five major crashes in iran since two thousand and five with u.s. sanctions being blamed for making it hard to maintain the country's air industry. there are more weather warnings for queensland in australia off at the stricken state get more rainfall causing flash flooding in new areas a town west of the state capital was deluged killing one woman who was swept away others had to cling to trees and power lines for safety and estimated two hundred thousand people have been affected by the disaster and at least ten people have died. well next hour here on r.t. people cross talk guests get fired up over religious writings is of taste of what's to come. at any step get up to me and tell me what do you see they are

the pilot of the iran air boeing 727 had reported some sort of technical problem to the control towerreports said the plane wound up in farmland while making a second attempt to land. >>> in sudan, the lines were already long when the sun came up today. residents of a southern parking southern part of the african nation are calling to build a new nation. voting is scheduled to take a week and the referendum is expected to pass. sudan is widely poor but rich in oil. >>> israeli bulldozer destroyed a historic hotel. in its place 20 apartments are to be build for israelis. pelestinians and the iranian government denied it was a move toward peace. >>> a new study out tonight says smoking could disappear by the middle of the century. the report comes from a study in britain where in the 60s, nine out of 10 people smoked, that's down to six. >>> the first cars were supposed to reach the bay area in mid-december, so far only a handful of the drivers have been able to drive one home. it's unclear why the roll out is running behind. some believe nissan may be doing quality testing while others

the 727 was operated by iran air. reports say the pilots radios about a failure but it's not clear what the problem was. >> ? southern sudan voter was lined up to vote on if they should create a new nation breaking the north. they are desperately poor but oil rich. 87% of the population can't read and during a two decade long civil war about two million died. the vote is scheduled to take a week and the president of sudan agrees the mainly christian south will secede from the muslim north. >>> in east jerusalem bulldozers destroyed a hotel. they plan to build 20 apartments. the destruction of the hotel is being denounced by palestine. the secretary of state said it's a disturbing development that under minds the peace efforts. . >> a new study out today predict that smoking could disappear by the middle of the century. the research is based on declining rates in britain. in the 60s just over half of the adults there smoked. now it's down to one in five. currently here in the united states only one in five americans li

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iran has suffered a number of air accidents in recent decades. sanctions mean that the country cannot buy spare parts for the american-made boeing's. residents of the third largest city in the australia have been putting sdbags buy their homes after the threat of a large third largest city threat of mo. >> the daily news came without warning, inundating scan -- deluge came without warning, inundating streets and was wiping away cars. now the government is offering compensation for those who have lost income. >> this nation will assist people who are not able to do their normal income earning work and get their normal income because of flood and disaster circumstances. >> and some two hundred thousand people across queensland have already been affected by the worst flooding in decades. another city has also been hit hard, but it is just one of t 40 townsin state of emergency. the forecasts say more rain is on the web. >> flooding that has inundated cities and towns in germany could be it subsiding in the coming hours. it reached a peak level by tu

. >> reporter: for years, iran has braced for possible u.s. or israeli air strikes on its nuclear facilities, but the chief negotiate told nbc news israel and perhaps the united states have already attacked, not with planes but sabotage, corrupting iran's computers and, in israel's case, he says, murdering scientists. "the new york times" reported this weekend that the computer worm was a joint u.s./israeli operation and helped delay, but not destroy, iran's nuclear program. >> we want to show that they lead and somehow manage the assassination of the scientists. >> reporter: you believe it was the united states that was responsible for the cyber attack, the stuxnet worm. >> i'm not telling it as clear as this, but i have witnessed some documents in proof that they have showed their satisfaction in that. >> reporter: iran says its uranium enrichment has not been stopped and its reactors still function and offered a glimpse of a nuclear program iran says is under covert attack. richard engle, nbc news, tehran. >>> up next here tonight, something less than a g

this drive to reassert russia's role in the former soviet union, russia is a flying political air cover for iran and north korea's nuclear weapons programs in the security council. and the administration's response is to sign the new start treaty as part of the recent policy. when asked, what have we gone from russia for this reason policy, the answer is, we got the new start treaty. so it is a completely circular form of logic as the russians behavior in a nearly a belligerent fashion. i response is to limit our offensive nuclear weapons capabilities in a way that constrains us, that is not equally constrained russia. russia has its legitimate defense needs, as do we. russia has, by my count, and treaty ally in the world, belarus. no, congratulations. we have got a nuclear umbrella to protect our friends in europe and asia, and has provided the cornerstone of strategic stability internationally. and that nuclear umbrella is developing holes in it. when other countries see that our nuclear capabilities are deteriorating, they will naturally ask themselves the question, should we be looking out f

iran has suffered a number of air accidents in recent decades. sanctions mean that the country cannot buy spare parts for the american-made boeing's. residents of the third largest city in the australia have been putting sandbags buy their homes after the threat of a -- large third largest city threat of mo. >> the daily news came without warning, inundating scan -- deluge came without warning, inundating streets and was wiping away cars. now the government is offering compensation for those who have lost income. >> this nation will assist people who are not able to do their normal income earning work and get their normal income because of flood and disaster circumstances. >> and some two hundred thousand people across queensland have already been affected by the worst flooding in decades. another city has also been hit hard, but it is just one of the 40 towns in a state of emergency. the forecasts say more rain is on the web. >> flooding that has inundated cities and towns in germany could be it subsiding in the coming hours. it reached a peak l

now iran has successfully test five not graded surface to air missile all forty say is a need to protect in the country's most sensitive areas while the test was carried out near a nuclear facility in the central the country there's been a size on this as to what to think that means that it's from the mafia university for international relations but it was a big ham is the means that now the lull some tests were carried out as recently as november so does iran really think that is nuclear facilities could come under attack. well i think. we even participated in many research projects some of them i knew straight at by united states and it is when they try to estimate the potential. for any military scenarios against iranian nuclear facilities and basically the result of such research projects is annoyed the united states not israel now and you needed to rebut them szell which could not go with. all military facilities of all nuclear related facilities in iran because the united states would need. precision guided conventional weapons they just do not. get this country and the israelis al

on the international relations side, i was disappointed when sudan and tisia get more air time than iran and other challenges. i think they missed an opportunity to make a stronger statements about america's role in the broader world community in some of these crisis areas. host: market is joining us from england, good afternoon very caller: good afterno. i am an american but i live in england. if we are wary of islamic jihad and other movements, why over th years have we flooded iran, kuwait, iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, saudi arabia, and with our arms? guest: thank you for your question. the u.k., the united states, western democracies have always had a challengen their foreign policy, trying to balance their intere with a value system that we hold dear. it is a very complicated balance that you have to deal with. it is in our interest to advance human rights because that is who we are in part of our value system. it is our interest to ensure that there are stable governments in an unstable world. the criticism that you point out suggests that you can have one or the other. i think you

recent news reports, china facilitated the shipment of missile parts from north korean aircraft to air irant of iran's nuclear and missile programs? >> congresswoman buerkle, pretty heavily involved, i guess would be -- >> could you push the button? put the microphone closer to your mouth. thank you. >> thai very heavily involved. -- they're very heavily involved. they accept those shipments from north korea through china, they facilitate them. those things don't happen without the concurrence of central authorities in the provinces and from a national air control system. they've got their own customs people, so they're well aware of it, and they could stop it. they have refused to participate in the proliferation security initiative which would have the effect of at least helping to control north korean proliferation. i mean, they simply have very different interests in iran than we do. and i would argue that one of their interests is frustrating united states policy and creating a second potential military competitor that is at least a barb down in that part of the world. that limits what

recent news reports, china facilitated the shipment of missile parts from north korean aircraft to air iran cargo flight at beijing's airport. how involved are both the chinese government officials and chinese companies in weapons procurement for iran and in the development of iran's nuclear and missile programs? >> congresswoman buerkle, pretty heavily involved, i guess would be -- >> could you push the button? put the microphone closer to your mouth. thank you. >> thai very heavily involved. -- they're very heavily involved. they accept those shipments from north korea through china, they facilitate them. those things don't happen without the concurrence of central authorities in the provinces and from a national air control system. they've got their own customs people, so they're well aware of it, and they could stop it. they have refused to participate in the proliferation security initiative which would have the effect of at least helping to control north korean proliferation. i mean, they simply have very different interests in iran than we do. and i would argue that one of their inte

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recent news reports, china facilitated the shipment of missile parts from north korean aircraft to air iran cargo flight at beijing's airport. how involved are both the chinese government officials and chinese companies in weapons procurement for iran and in the development of iran's nuclear and missile programs? >> congresswoman buerkle, pretty heavily involved, i guess would be -- >> could y push the button? put the microphone closer to your mouth. thank you. >> thai very heavily involved. -- they're very heavily involved. they accept those shipments from north kore through china, they facilitate them. those things don't happen without the concurrence of central authorities in the provinces and from a national air control system. they've got their own customs people, so they're well aware of it, and they could stop it. they have refused to participate in the proliferation security initiative which would have the effect of at least helping to control north korean proliferation. i mean, they simply hav very dierent interests in iran than we do. and i would argue that one of their interests

from to run failed to land there is destination the city of only air and it broke into pieces that follows a number of deadly crashes in iran in recent years with almost two hundred killed in two separate incidents last july. the u.s. congresswoman is in a critical condition after being shot in the head in a bloody rampage outside a supermarket in the state of arizona a gunman opened fire on a public meeting held by democratic. giffords it killed six and nine hundred twelve one of her aides was among the dead as well as a nine year old girl and a district judge a twenty two year old suspect is now in custody while authorities are looking for a possible accomplice. the polls closed in sudan after the first day of a weeklong referendum the could see one of africa's poorest and most troubled nation is split into two the christian dominated south of expected to vote for independence from the mainly muslim north deadly clashes of mar the run up to the ballot votes part of the two thousand and five peace deal which ended decades of civil war two million live in displaced nearly thomases many others. in europe rising temperatures

iran in recent years experts say u.s. sanctions prevent the islamic state from effectively maintaining its aging air fleet western. u.s. congresswoman is in critical condition after being shot in the head in a bloody rampage outside a supermarket in the state of arizona a gunman opened fire on a public meeting held by democrat gabrielle giffords killing six and injuring twelve others one of her aides was among the dead as well as a nine year old girl and a district judge a twenty two year old suspect is now in custody while authorities are looking for a possible accomplice. the polls have closed in sudan after the first day of a weeklong referendum. it could see one of africa's poorest and most troubled nations split into the christian dominated south is expected to vote for independence from the mainly muslim north deadly clashes have margin in the run up to about one vote as part of a two thousand and five peace deal which ended decades of civil war two million lives and displaced nearly twice as many others. thousands of immigrants head to the u.s. every year in search of a better way of life the u.s. government tra

on the international relations side, i was disappointed when sudan and tunisia get more air time than iranhallenges. i think they missed an opportunity to make a stronger statements about america's role in the broader world community in some of these crisis areas. host: market is joining us from england, good afternoon very caller: good afternoon. i am an american but i live in england. if we are wary of islamic jihad and other movements, why over the years have we flooded iran, kuwait, iraq, afghanistan, pakistan, saudi arabia, and with our arms? guest: thank you for your question. the u.k., the united states, western democracies have always had a challenge on their foreign policy, trying to balance their interest with a value system that we hold dear. it is a very complicated balance that you have to deal with. it is in our interest to advance human rights because that is who we are in part of our value system. it is our interest to ensure that there are stable governments in an unstable world. the criticism that you point out suggests that you can have one or the other. i think you need

this drive to reassert russia's role in the former soviet union, russia is a flying political air cover for iranea's nuclear weapons programs in the security council. and the administration's response is to sign the new start treaty as part of the recent policy. when asked, what have we gone from russia for this reason policy, the answer is, we got the new start treaty. so it is a completely circular form of logic as the russians behavior in a nearly a belligerent fashion. i response is to limit our offensive nuclear weapons capabilities in a way that constrains us, that is not equally constrained russia. russia has its legitimate defense needs, as do we. russia has, by my count, and treaty ally in the world, belarus. no, congratulations. we have got a nuclear umbrella to protect our friends in europe and asia, and has provided the cornerstone of strategic stability internationally. and that nuclear umbrella is developing holes in it. when other countries see that our nuclear capabilities are deteriorating, they will naturally ask themselves the question, should we be looking out for ourselves?

europe, the drive to reassert russia's role in the former soviet union, russia flying political air cover for iran and north korea's nuclear weapons, and the demonstration's response is to sign the new start treaty as part of the reset policy. what have we gotten from russia for this reset policy? we got the new start treaty. it is a completely circular form of logic as the russians behave in a belligerent fashion. our response is to limit our nuclear weapons capability in a way that constrains us. it does not equally constrain russia. russia has its legitimate defense needs as do we. russia has one ally in the world -- belarus. congratulations. we have a nuclear umbrella that protect our friends in europe and asia. it is the cornerstone of strategic stability internationally. that nuclear umbrella is developing holes in it. once other countries see that our nuclear capabilities or deteriorated, they will naturally ask themselves the question, "should we be looking out for ourselves?" this does not achieve the president's objective of moving towards a nuclear-0 world, it increases the incentive fo

air force. the six world powers including u.s. and russia want to talk about curbing iran's nuclear activity.iran said it wants to talk about its concern about u.s. military bases in iraq and israel suspected nuclear arsenal. at the meeting today in his gamble, duran said its iranian enrichment program is not up for discussion. australian said the floods that have devastated the eastern states costing the country now at least $3 billion in lost farming and collects board. look at all of the water river surging to record heights and not put rural towns and already water clock cities in flood watch again today. australia said the farm produce most of which is exported, will be cut by at least $5 million this fiscal year. time now is 653 a m and will be back with more of a couple of minutes. taking a live look here outside the hospital were gaby difference is the congresswoman from arizona. you could see all the wellwishers, tens of cards and flowers people hoping for recovery. today she is expected to leave for a houston rehabilitation center will have the latest on her condition in a couple of

analysis indicating just how powerful an impact this is having an iran's ability to use the international banking system to access parts for its air fleet, even to continue to get the investment that it wants and needs in its energy sector. and these things were not even directly in every respect, for example, energy, the target of the u.n. sanctions. but because we built a layer cake, much stronger international regime coupled with very tough measures at the e.u. and japan or south korea and canada these all together had an impact. >> rose: what do you think had an impact... the stuxnet virus which infiltrated their system. as you know, there's been lots of coverage now about that. >> i can't talk about stuxnet. i can't even talk about the operation of iran's centrifuges which is not something that's entirely transparent. but i will say this. to the extent that they're spinning even single centre fuj they're doing so in violation of international law of the united nations security council resolutions and that has to stop. and that's the whole purpose of the regime we've put in place. it's also the purpose, charlie, of the 5 plus

iran's nuclear ambitions which the country insist peaceful. and up to eighty african migrants including women and children are feared to have drowned after the air boats capsized off the yemeni coast the first vessel carrying mostly overturned in the red sea while another went down to the gulf of aden rescuers have found three survivors believed to be from somalia and thousands of africans try to reach them every year in a shabby and overcrowded boat run by smugglers. now they have a vigil coptic church has urged for calm among his followers after days of christian protests against religious discrimination in the country thousands of demonstrators took to the streets demanding more protection from the government riots were sparked by a car bombing outside a church. on saturday which killed twenty one people in a van. in iraq war and of an increase in attacks against christians in egypt. and a partial solar eclipse has begun in the skies over northern africa and the middle east. it will be visible for three hours with the best news coming later in northeastern sweden the moon's shadow hides between a half and two thirds of the sun's surface turni

europe, the drive to reassert russia's role in the former soviet union, russia flying political air cover for iran and north korea's nuclear weapons, and the demonstration's response is to sign the new start treaty as part of the reset policy. what have we gotten from russia for this reset policy? we got the new start treaty. it is a completely circular form of logic as the russians behave in a belligerent fashion. our response is to limit our nuclear weapons capability in a way that constrains us. this -- it does not equally constrained of russia. russia has its legitimate defense needs as do we. russia has one ally in the world -- belarus. congratulations. we have a nuclear umbrella that protect our friends in europe and asia. it is the cornerstone of strategic stability internationally. that nuclear umbrella is developing holes in it. once other countries see that our nuclear capabilities or deteriorated, they will naturally ask themselves the question, "should we be looking out for ourselves?" this does not achieve the president's objective of moving towards a nuclear-0 world, it increases the

it can take up all the oxygen in the air when you have china, iran, iraq, north korea. these are countries that worry the white house than they spend most of their attention on. canada has this huge $600 billion trade relationship with the united states and it is generally assumed that everything is fine and there's nothing to worry about. if the prime minister and this -- >> chances are when the prime minister and the president get along well that there are no issues. do we make too much of the personal relationship? >> we tend to fetishize this. are they too close, close enough, happy, upset? how many times did they pass each other in the hallways at the g-20 meeting? power is so divided and the converse is so important not just to passing legislation, but these also affect canadians. auletta these issues canada has been dealing with, whether it is the imposition of a passport requirement the "buy american" legislation, this is a big part of what canada has to deal with and not only about stephen harper and barack obama are getting on. >> there is an idea of a contine

el aire frÍo como ven ustedes permanece esto y, aquÍ en el noreste de la naciÓn y gradualmente se irÁnÓgicos. existe el zodÍaco sideral y el zodíaco tropical. el sideral recibe en oriente y el zodÍaco tropical es el que utilizamos en accidente. ahÍ estÁ la raÍz de toda esta controversia. >> ¿pero como afectar esto a los signos? dicen que ofiuco es para las personas nacidas entre el 30 de noviembre y el 17 de diciembre. >> muy bien, primero que todo no hay que crear el pÁnico, si usted naciÓ leo, arias, sagitario o crisis va a seguir bajo el mÉtodo del zodÍaco tropical, va a seguir siendo el mismo sino. ahora bien, en el sistema o en el mÉtodo del zodÍaco sideral ellos consideran la posibilidad del nacimiento de un 13 a vos y no, esto porque ellos trabajan con grados mÓviles, esto quiere decir que para nosotros en occidente o en el mÉtodo del zodÍaco tropical nosotros tenemos grados fijos que van del 21 de marzo al 20 de abril para nosotros y eso quiere decir que el sol estÁ bajo el signo de aries. >> mÁs allá de toda esta explicaciÓn de los grados que es la explicaciÓn tÉcnica, ¿ podrÍ

the countries that to get the oxygen in the air when you have a discussion as china, north korea, iraq, iranand these are the countries that worry policymakers and the white house that they spend most of their attention on. but canada has a huge 600 billion-dollar trade relationship with the united states and is generally assumed everything is fine and we get along fine, nothing to worry about here. >> okay. so, so much is always made of the personal relationship between a prime minister and a president. if they are getting along well, chances are the state of relations is pretty good and when they don't get along it can be a bit of a rocky road. do we make too much of the personal relationship? >> i think sometimes in the media we tend to fetishize are they to close, are the closing of, are the happy today, are they upset? how many times to the pass each other in the hallway at the g20 meeting? but really, in washington power is so divided and the contras is incredibly important, not just to passing legislation that affects americans, but also that affects canadians. and a lot of the issues

iran sees been. our question -- should the parties sit together -- from tuesday here on c-span. our question -- should the parties sit together? good morning. you are on the air. go ahead. caller: i attended a memorial service. i saw many democrats and republicans and independents all there. there is nothing like sitting next to someone that may not be of your same party and communicating with them. they should sit together. they should talk together. i personally knew the sheriff, gabby. and, unfortunately, the judge that was killed. i attended his funeral, also. there is nothing like americans sitting down together and geting rid o -- getting rid of their vitriol and discussing the issues among themselves. i have seen it here in arizona. i have seen it work. like both -- we strong democrat and strong republican. that is the way it works. host: was this a turning point for the country? caller: a very emotional turning point. i was not an obama supporter and i am truly an obama supporter today. i think he understands what needs to be done. he has people coming onboard that are business -oriented. i talked to a couple of his aides at the function and i know it