lisbon 13. london looking at single digits at 5 degrees. here's your extended forecast.

the eu institutions are currently bound only by the lisbon treaty. eu leaders remain optimistic. >> i used the word, the beginning of the end of the crisis. we have strengthen the credibility of our future economic policy. >> but it will be the markets that make the final judgment on this latest plan. it is the eighth rescue deal footboard by eu -- put forward by eu leaders this year alone. >> i asked our correspondent in brussels what it would mean for britain to not be in the room anymore when a big financial decisions are made. >> it basically means that britain, which is a little bit sidelined, is totally sidelined. it is a catastrophic mistake in strategy by david cameron. i think everyone accepts that. he gambled on being able to convince germany and france to give him concessions under a new changed treaty, so that britain would not suffer any extra economic finance regulations imposed by brussels. it did not work. chancellor kohl and -- chancellor merkel and president sarkozy did not blink, as it were. he is stouck. everyone has the greatest

to revise the lisbon treaty the block's effective constitution and rule book london has already warned of a veto if its interests are threatened while hostility towards europe e.u. citizens suffering austerity measures to be banks and reckless governments could mean stiff opposition as well as anger at losing domestic control over national budgets yet another obstacle for france and germany they know they have already lost the battle so we are in a prison of eleven people have taken the wrong decisions from the very beginning. they don't want to admit to the public that they are wrong and that they have been wrong because if they admit this they would have to step down right away the fate of the euro has occupied the headlines for most of the year but the failure to stem the mounting difficulties puts friday's summit in a different light the end is nine for good or for bad with most observers saying this crisis is nearing its day of reckoning. r.t. germany. now there's one thing that's been repeatedly called for during the drawn out euro crisis of leadership franco shively from germany

europe the leaders are expected to pour over the french and german leaders i do here to revise the lisbon treaty the two thousand and nine agreement which we organized how the entire works president sarkozy and chancellor merkel went to tighten euro zone controls the power to impose cuts on bailed out members greece the epicenter of the crisis has just approved next year's austerity measures. for course for somebody that's too little too late. but it's crisis time for the euro with a vital e.u. leaders summit on friday in brussels which could determine the feet of the single currency there has to be a quick and a solid fix of this instability and political conflict on some kind of a common basis between especially france and germany in the next days or weeks or we're going to see a systemic crisis erupted out of this which would be i think to no one's interest yet more problems with us readings agency standard and poor's downgrade ing six eurozone members states why the markets are now so alarmed is that the market down me also include the use economic powerhouses germany and france there

coming into this this was rather expected i mean considering the last negotiation of the original lisbon treaty it took eight years to come up with an agreement on that so coming into this the leaders had had backup plans a plan b.'s merkel and sarkozy had said if they can't get the twenty seven members they will push through with the seventeen and now they've got seventeen plus six but the thing here is that the u.k. has veto power so it may use that to stop any e.u. treaty changes what cameron was saying that he doesn't want to see a treaty with it a treaty especially if the interests of the u.k. is not protected and even then anything that is implemented now or that is agreed upon now it will take effect sometime in march next year so that will still be a few months before these changes can actually be seen and as for the changes it's the same as what they've been reiterating coming into this summit stricter rules more punishment for those deficit sinners and if we remember italy and greece are still part of this new accord which means those countries will still be taking more cuts wi

are not addressed he may use this veto power let's remember the original lisbon treaty took eight years to be negotiated so to come up with a unified solution to this may not seem very likely although they will still be trying to they're going to be working late into the night when indeed and the euro's future is very much. one that we learned today here's some concrete decisions. well again hopefully by tonight if not extended through the weekend but a lot of negativity negative feelings actually coming from the people you talk to here in brussels however i just wanted to add though in some of the grievance that the root of the euro zone also agreed to be a fund that they already have in existence the. hopefully these will become called crete clients for the euro with specific amounts in terms of possible bailouts in the future however if you talk to some experts they just say we want to know where the euro is heading we want to know the direction that the euro was taking and at this point opinion really is divided if you will talk and more talk with the politicians know it. alone and

well nato made it a priority as well at their summit in lisbon last november this was a new addition to their kind of mission statement and now starting today data will collect bids from some of the world's top defense companies that is lockheed martin northrop grumman or some that were cited to expand the alliance's cyber security abilities now the article pointed out wall street journal that forty two million dollars is the contract ok valued at less than the price of one jet fighter but hey more lucrative contract will be sure to follow so is it just you know and one mission q one other for the military industrial complex world the nations that are part of nato you know in the military as they get together with these these contractors with these military companies if you drink to decide you know what are we going to work under reagan invade next and what weapons there were nearly three former you know roughing up if you dream i'm going to have your out who they're going to go to war with hey if there's no one on the roster we need a new threads i really think it's as if there's no

airy lisbon area in maryland. route 144 is shut down between st. michaels road and woodbine road. use i-70 as your alternate route. coming up, another look around area roadways coming up at 6:30. you're watching 9news now. we'll be right back. >>> we're back at 6:29. this is the place you can always get your weather first. a live look just south of springfield interchange in virginia. 46 degrees there right now. check out the traffic. not too bad for this time of the morning. apparently a lot of people have started their christmas vacation. >> it looks like a lot of lights but they usually are more concentrated. >> we want to thank you for starting your thursday with us. i'm andrea roane. >> i'm mike hydeck. meteorologist howard bernstein out on the we're -- weather terrace. usually he has the 180s. >> i could use a light jacket. some spots are closer to 40. i was noticing here even on the knockout roses, we have buds getting ready to bloom here. i'll cut them down when it gets colder if it gets colder. it will be gorgeous here in another few days. we certainly have the warm weath

the man who drew up the lisbon treaty, former french president, will have to consider leaving the eurozone altogether. >> the best chance for the greek people of this great nation to get out of their situation. >> it is attempting to see this as a battle between the big european powers. but it is a negotiation among 27 nations. each country will fight its own corner and exact its own price. >> the syrian president has insisted he has not ordered the killing of any protesters during his government's brutal crackdown. the united nations estimates that more than four dozen people have lost their lives in the nine month pro-democracy uprising. president assad said that anybody who kills their own people would be crazy. [chanting] >> a day after day, on our steering protesters come out to face machine guns -- unarmed syrian protesters, to face machine guns. the cost so far are 4000 dead. but in his interview, president denied attacking his own people. >> no government kills its own people. i became president with public support. it is impossible for anyone in this state to be ordered to kill. >

. >> the move follows the second imf for more review of lisbon's process on budget austerity and economic reforms under the $78 billion -- 78 billion euro bailout. the portuguese government said its deficit would not exceed 4.5% this year, well below the limit set by creditors. thousands of civil servants went on strike across italy today to protest the austerity plan of the new government, led by prime minister mario monti. there were cuts to services in hospitals, post offices, and governmentnt offices. unions called the strike. they say ordinary workers are bearing too much of the cost of the debt crisis. they want mario monti's government to step up governments to crack down on tax evaders. >> it is all due and balloon for us workers. in my opinion, these measures are all run -- all doom and gloom for us workers. in my opinion, these msures are all wrong. his family would of expected these measures to target privilege -- >> we would have expected these measures to target the privileleged. >> we will continue to protest. we cannot stay silent. >> the government hopes to save around 24

. >> a robust defense of the decision -- to change the lisbon treaty. >> the philippine house of representatives has been impeached the chief justice, accusing him of -- he is facing a tribunal in the senate, which will decide if he will leave his post. we will stick to our correspondent -- and for the first time the head of the supreme court has been facing charges of this kind? >> absolutely. this is to bits of government against each other, with the judiciary. this has been a long time in coming. the former president -- the current president says that the supreme court, -- they seem to overturn that everything the government is wanting to do, and -- if it goes right back to before he took office. in the last week he was president -- -- but it into the supreme court and they never really expected him as the president of the supreme court. and basically when he took his vows to be president, he chose another judge instead, even though in history it has always been that of the supreme court who does this. there is no love lost and there is another escalation between these different sides of gove

john and i are in contact about what can do for now to achieve the lisbon objectives. if we change the narrative, it will change his answer to that question. we're not there yet. some try to pit him against the president's stated objectives in the west point speech, a steady reduction in our force presence. i'm also on the side of those who believe that we sometimes our reluctance to turn over responsibility to those forces that we are building. i said this in iraq. we hold on to the bicycle seat sometimes able to along. are we enabling our afghan partners to do more sooner? are we asking the question to, and what answers are we finding? that will influence that belied slope of force structure -- that will influence that kaleidosglidescope. many of which you can convince yourself it is not all that good a neighborhood. there are other resources around the region that should be part of this equation. if you ratchet it up one level to me, i look of the strategic risk to the nation globally. we cannot look of this to the soda straw of afghanistan and iraq. we will give th

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pnr agreement is actually -- will be with the eu; and it's the post-lisbon treaty eu, which means we've had to negotiate with the commission. we've now finished an agreement, and initialed it with the commission. we anticipate it to be improved by the council next week on the 13th, and then we will have to go and have it ratified by the european parliament. we have been the lead negotiator for the u.s. on this agreement. and one of the key sticking points has been data privacy protection, which is one of the fundamental rights in the charter of rights in the eu. you know, there -- you know, one of the key things we've had to do is to educate our eu partners that the united states values privacy, too, and we value our personal information. we just have different legal systems by which to address them. and in the new pnr agreement, i think we've reached accommodation with the eu privacy interests, consistent with the way the united states handles privacy and data protection issues. and at the same time, by being able to exchange pnr and have that agreement in place, we will have one of th

athens 18, lisbon, 17 degrees. here's your extended forecast. >>> once again, the top story at this hour -- workers at japan's tsuruga nuclear plant spent the evening dealing with an emergency. a fire broke out and a reactor compound. the workers managed to put out the flames. the tsuruga nuclear plant is located on japan's sea coast. the japan atomic power company says the fire broke out in a makeshift electric device. the equipment is installed at a facility that processes radioactive waste. no radiation leaked out and the fire did not affect the area. the tsuruga nuclear plant has two reactors, both are offline for maintenance. three other fires have broken out there between march 2010 and october of this year. japan atomic power submit add report last month saying it would take new safety measures to avoid this kind of risk in the future. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

in the past, haggling over treaties such as lisbon took years and involved some countries referenda. what is unclear is whether these latest proposals to alter the treaties will be limited or substantial. treaty changes pose a big dilemma for britain. today, the prime minister was in paris visiting president sarkozy, who is also backing the treaty change -- backing treaty change. the british position is to wait until it is clear what the final proposal will be. >> if there's treaty change, i will make sure we further protect britain's interest. we will see what happens next friday. i'm convinced the bottom line for me is always what is in the interest of the u.k. >> his dilemma is that a major treaty change would require british support, and many of his backers would see that as an opportunity to get back powers from brussels. >> we have to say that you proposed the negotiation of the european treaties. we're not going to except those on your terms. >> europe builds bridges. >> the european central bank might be celebrating 10 years of euronotes and. . what the financial markets will

lisbon, same at 17 degrees. on the other side of the jet stream, minus 2 in warsaw and moscow.v, minus 1 degree. here is your extended forecast. >> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." i'm michio kajima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

temperaturewise, lisbon at 17 degrees. london at 8. stockholm at 4 degrees. moscow at 5. here is the extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline." we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

even the cold is stretching into central locations and we're in the mid teens in athens, as well as lisbon. here's your extended forecast. >>> as we've been reporting, north korean leader, kim jong il is dead. the country's state-run media said in a special program that he died on saturday of a stroke. kim was 69. the media for the first time called kim's third son, kim jong un, the successor. >>> korean central television says kim died on a train. he was on his way to an inspection tour. he'd been undergoing treatment for problems with his heart and brain for a long time. he was also suffering from fatigue. kim was 69. state television says his body is now at a palace in pyongyang. his father, kim ill sung's body has been kept there since 1994. the north korean government has declared a period of mourning that will last longer than a week. kim's funeral will be held on december 28th in pyongyang, and a national memorial ceremony is also scheduled for the next day. >>> north korea announce the committee to arrange kim's funeral. the first person mentioned being kim's third son, kim jong un

we expect 19 in lisbon, and still warmer than average in moscow with 4 degrees and 6 degre degrees with kiev. i'll leave you now with your extended forecast. >>> our lead stories this hour. the government of japan is set to pass a milestone on its road to recovery. japanese prime minister noda is expected to announce during the day that the crippled reactors at fukushima daiichi are in a state of cold shutdown. the government and tokyo electric power company have been working for months to bring the plant under control. government officials say the plant meets requirements for a cold shutdown, and he they can declare the second phase of their operation is complete. they say temperatures at the bottoms of reactor pressure vessels and inside the containment vessels have dropped below 100 degrees celsius. radiation levels at that perimeter of the compound remain low below 1 millisievert per year. now the government plans to renew the no-go zones and evacuation areas set up after the accident. the operator said it won't release decontaminated water into the ocean for the time being. tepco i

lisbon 13. london looking at single digits at 5 degrees. here's your extended forecast. >>> once again the top story at this hour. the japanese government says it has taken a step forward on the long road towards decommissioning fukushima daiichi. the prime minister yoshihiko noda held a news conference but now says the nuclear plant's reactor are a in cold shutdown, meaning temperatures are below 100 degrees celsius. >> translator: for the nuclear power plants, experts verified the nuclear power plants thoroughly to conclude that the cooling water circulates in a stable manner. and the temperatures at the bottom of the reactor, and inside the containment vessel stay below 100 degrees celsius. even in the event of an accident radiation level at the perimeter of the plant can be maintained low. this was technically confirmed by experts. with this we had a meeting today. at nuclear disaster response headquarters, chaired by myself. and this meeting confirmed that the reactors achieve the state of cold shutdown. the accident is now under contr

we are keeping it in the teens in athens, rome, lisbon.is your extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline," we'll be back with more news in half an hour. i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

iberian peninsula looking very warm, lisbon staying at 16 degrees. here's our extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline," i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye.

lisbon at 19 degrees and rome at 16. here's our extended forecast. >>> once again, the top stories at this hour. the bank of japan's latest tankan survey suggests confidence among large manufactures turned negative for the first time in six months. the index represents the percentage of companies saying business conditions are good, minus those saying conditions are unfavorable. the deadline index came out at minus four points. that's down six points from the previous survey. and in september. exporters worry the strong yen is squeezing their earnings. and business leaders worry the debt crisis in europe will threaten their profits. they are also concerned about flooding in thailand that hurt production and exports. those in electric machinery industry were the most pessimistic at minus 21 points. that's a huge slide from the previous survey. there were more optimists in the large nonmanufacturing sector. confidence there was up to plus four points. executives felt buoyed by a pickup in restaurant and accommodation servi

iberian peninsula looking very warm, lisbon staying at 16 degrees. here's our extended forecast. >>> that's our broadcast for this hour on "newsline," i'm michio kijima in tokyo. thank you for watching. bye-bye. q

lisbon 13. london looking at single digits at 5 degrees. here's your extended forecast. >>> once again the top story at this hour. the japanese government says it has taken a step forward on the long road towards decommissioning fukushima daiichi. the prime minister yoshihiko noda held a news conference on friday to announce that the nuclear plant's reactor are a in cold shutdown, meaning temperatures are below 100 degrees celsius. >> translator: for the nuclear power plants, experts verified the nuclear power plants thoroughly to conclude that the cooling water circulates in a stable manner. and the temperatures at the bottom of the reactor, and inside the containment vessel stay below 100 degrees celsius. even in the event of an accident radiation level at the perimeter of the plant can be maintained low. this was technically confirmed by experts. with this we had a meeting today at nuclear disaster response headquarters, chaired by myself. and this meeting confirmed that the reactors achieve the state of cold shutdown. the accident is no

meanwhile elsewhere in the europa league sporting lisbon have the luxury of a ready qualifying for the knockout stages to take a lot c.-o. portuguese outfits of also one of their group and could in their opponents' hopes of making the round of hurdle to tally inside the six bird in the group and last better pool rivals but series results to be of a chance of qualifying remaining team have a better head to head record so even a win for lance still may not be enough. big spending parties are in a similar situation to lance ito aside from the french capital or inaction they can start letting bilbao have already secured their place as group winners however p.s.g. have a formidable home record there are eighteen months on beat and run in european competitions apart. but even if they manage to get all three points against their spanish opponents french outfit may still not qualifying a serious head to head record against their group rival salzburg they also have seven points. follow him are also looking to book their place in a round of birdie to however martin the old men have dystonia in t

locations as well. 4 in vienna. 4 in berlin as well. 16, in the mid teens in athens, as well as in lisbon. 12 in paris and a bit warmer in london also on your wednesday at 10 degrees. here's your extended forecast. >>> and here's a recap of our headline stories. north korea's heir apparent, kim jong un has appeared in the country's state-run media for the first time since his father's death. korean central television is broadcasting footage of the ceremony at kumsusan memorial palace in pyongyang. kim jong il's body is lying inside a glass coffin surrounded by flowers. kim jong un bowed toward the coffin and then walked alongside it. at one point during the ceremony, he was accompanied by the country's number two official, kim yong nam, ahead of the supreme people's assembly. chief of staff of the korean people's army was also there. north korean authorities apparently had kim jong un make an early public appearance, to assure the people that the transition of power will be stable and to get them to rally around him as their new leader. >>> units of japan's ground self-defense force will

time sporting lisbon have already qualified for the doc at stages as group d. winners as they travelled a lot c.-o. the italian side of currently third and must get a better result than second place or a bottom club zurich as the remaining team have a better head to head record so even though wins the last show might not be enough . meantime big spending resigned from our in similar a. positions last year the french jointly view does host athletic bilbao who have already won group however p.s.g. have a formidable home record there on an eighteen match unbeaten run in competitions of the part their phones but even if they managed to get all three points the french outfit could still fail to qualify as they have an inferior head to head record against second place salzburg. while everything from them are also looking to play to book at their place in the round of thirty two and martin yells men do at least have their destiny in their own hands if the london side here reach the final in twenty ten managed to win at home to a group case bottom side at dens that the

had little trouble doing what they need to do that the thing sporting lisbon to know in rome goes from the. just sit in surely open then disappear all but three points let me finish clear a half see us truly in the last one the same score line. well same with the europa league rubin design will be looking to book their place in the knockout stages on thursday as they face a tough way trip to the group leaders. well this will be the side from tatarstan first game in over two weeks as the russian season is in the middle of a free month winter break rubin has been getting ready for the clash whether training camp come to in spain good idea of has been hit by a double injury blow or be revived regular first team player says a novice in the example of both injured proponents paolo currently top the group the point being a point from side to design would be enough to see them qualify for the next round . of the only team that can catch rubin in group a as they take on shamrock rovers in dublin. side face most impossible task they want to qualify and they need to win and hope that rubin loses

is he putting the lisbon treaty, written into that treaty, is there a fundamental change to it? is it an addition to the treaty in terms of a protocol? and fundamentally, for the french president, how much of that power is transferred to brussels? he's at a very tricky moment for the french president. he's approaching an election in four months' time. he's already under fire from his opposition, from the socialist leader and also from the people who say you're giving away too much to brussels. but he's also talking about the need to revolutionize, if you will, the institutions of europe, to try to get ahold on its finances. they have to do that, because they have to restore confidence in the eyes of the market. >> in russia, there's been a surprise drop in popularity for the prime minister, vladimir putin. his party, united russia, has won the parliamentary elections, but with a substantially reduced majority. the results are embarrassing for mr. putin, who plans to run for president again next year. our correspondent in moscow, steve rosenberg, told me the election results were

are all elsewhere in the europa league sporting lisbon have the luxury ready haven't qualified for the knockout stages so they entertain lancero the portuguese thirds have also won their group and could end their opponents' hopes of making the round of third to italian side currently set third in the group must better pull rivals results to be in with a chance of qualifying as the remaining team her. better head to head record so even a win for lance may not be enough. for a big spending. or in a similar situation to lance ito aside from the french capital or inaction. have already secured their place as group winners our peers gee they have a formidable home record eighteen unbeaten run in european competitions and a part of france but even if they manage to get all three points against spanish opponents the french outfit still won't qualify as having inferior record against group rivals salzburg also have seven points. for the mother also looking to put their place in the round of thirty two however martin yells men do have their own destiny in their own hands a lot of those managed

lisbon treaty or any other treaty that has to do with the european union because he knows it will fail so i mean let democracy take its course yeah is that a referendum is not democracy it is what it means in a market that is a demand that they're going to form their own what is it what is it there are many no there are many systems there are many systems and the river in them is. long past one side of it and i wish i wish mr cameron a lot of luck let him read the financial times this boarding and. give him a good advice ok james if i can go to you are we going to go through the whole process again with the european union well just keep asking though are different question until they get you get the right answer or you keep going through this one who passed or another after another and then all of it all this time it's like the titanic that is going to hit that iceberg and think. that has been the practice in the past. the other con the question of democracy it is fairly clear at the moment that the leaders are particularly interested in democracy i mean no one voted to mario monti no

integration to support monetary union lest anyone forget it took eight years to negotiate the original lisbon treaty on top of that the u.k. has threatened to use its veto if its interests are not protected amending the treaty which is the e.u.'s rulebook and virtual constitution opens up a potential political minefield needing the support of all member states to. anger in some countries over e.u. enforced a sturdy measures but even if changes get through these hurdles once again would it change anything you will never solve this problem as long as these currencies. these countries are within a currency that doesn't fit their economy this is what all the fuss is about the euro that's what's backers it represents a three grand idea of a single currency what some would call the united states of europe but now the problems become simply too big to ignore the question being asked is are they also too big to solve the possibility of a euro collapse is now an actual threat and here's another question is the euro even worth saving some say yes the alternative exists as a possibility that we're to br

with the result saying that the leaders right now are finally acting fast considering that the last lisbon treaty it took eight years for them to negotiate something so they're happy that it's actually moving forward whether the euro krauts are saying will this need for speed would it be sacrificing democratic processes and they're still asking what are countries like greece italy portugal and maybe even spain with economies that don't fit this euro system what are they stood still doing in this group ing the question of the journalists have been throwing throwing out leaders is at this point is the euro safe and the answer we're all getting here is i hope so. talk talk and more talk even the politicians know it one of them words alone and not believed any more because too often we did not live up to our words. yet another d.-day for the euro another big question mark hangs over brussels do years and politicians have what it takes to hit the euro crisis nail on the head once and for all the diagnoses is that the euro which should inspire confidence is not inspiring this confidence if there

speed with which this agreement had been reach or this plan had been reached considering that the lisbon treaty took eight years to negotiate so they're thinking and saying that the credibility of the euro has been regained because of this plan on the other have your of skeptics are still voicing out their concerns saying this. this need for speed mean a sacrifice in democratic processes and what will it mean for countries like italy and greece who have already suffered cuts because of plans imposed by the e.u. so question still there and the big question that journalists have been asking leaders here is does it mean that the euro is saved now and the most conclusive answer we can get at this point is we hope so. there's a sharper skin lation of violence in the middle east with israeli bombs raining down on gaza or at least one palestinian civilian was killed and twenty five wounded most of them women and children tel aviv is stepping up its assault on hamas militants but as paul asli reports the campaign is putting war it is and lives in the firing line right now. this morning friday at

coming into this this was rather expected i mean considering the last negotiation of the original lisbon treaty it took eight years to come up with an agreement on that so coming into this the leaders had to have a backup plan merkel and sarkozy has said if they can't get the twenty seven members they will push through with the seventeen and now they've got seventeen plus six anything that is implemented now or that is agreed upon now it will take effect sometime in march next year so that will still be a few months before these changes can actually be seen and as for the changes it's the same as what they've been reiterating coming into this summit stricter rules more punishment for those deficits and if we we remember italy and greece are still part of this new accord which means those countries will still be taking more cuts will be still be suffering from the budget the tightening that the e.u. is imposing on them i talk to a lot of the experts here for both sides the euro skeptics and the euro krauts it seems that the opinions are not different not just coming from both sides but ar