. >> and the movie "night train to lisbon" has its world premiere at the berlin film festival. president barack obama says the american economy has made important progress, but there is still a long way to go. he delivered the annual state of the union address in washington last night and urged americans to help jump-start the country's sluggish -- sluggish economy. >> pushing hard for a special economy would significant job growth. that looks like the message obama plans to hammer home time and time again during his time in office. >> presidents also touched on foreign policy, praising u.s. soldiers stationed in afghanistan and promising them a speedy return home. >> the president of the united states. [applause] >> it is a washington ritual, long applause, handshakes, and hugs on both sides of the aisle. in his speech, obama focused clearly on domestic issues, among them, raising the minimum wage, reforming immigration, and modernizing the education system. he also address america's political third rail -- gun control. the president promised survivors of gun control violence

treaty as it became after the electors dish to the european gods that usually the lisbon treaty for. the bailout of euro zone countries and yet five euro zone countries have now received bailouts there are no rules what there is here is a fanatical political belief that we have to build a european structure a european state with its own army its own police force its own treasury and to hell with what the peoples of europe think we are going to do it anyway and that's what's driving this project and of course they've got a flag they've got it. and they are fanatical and i believe the most dangerous people we've seen in europe for seventy years well you're quite clear in your point of view there but very briefly i mean wouldn't it make more sense to tackle the root problem instead of trying to you know spend taxpayer money as you mentioned that they're on the social media website and try to change people's minds that way you could spend a trillion euros trying to tackle the root problem and the root problem economically is that the eurozone cannot and will not ever work. so there's no

treaty as it became after the electors dish to the european gods that usually the lisbon treaty forbade the bailouts of euro zone countries and yet five euro zone countries have now received bailouts there are no rules what there is here is a fanatical political belief that we have to build a european structure a european state with its own army its own police force its own treasury and to hell with what the peoples of europe think we are going to do it anyway and that's what's driving this project and of course they've got a flag they've got it. and they are fanatical and i believe the most dangerous people we've seen in europe for seventy years well you're quite clear in your point of view there but very briefly i mean wouldn't it make more sense to tackle the root problem instead of trying to you know spend taxpayer money as you mentioned that they're on the social media website and try to change people's minds that way you could spend a trillion euros trying to tackle the root problem and the root problem economically is that the eurozone cannot and will not ever work. so there's no

a 14 in athens, not too bad here and 16 in lisbon. here's your extended forecast. >>> a horse from michigan has gone viral on the internet after a video showed she is an expert escape artist. 9-year-old mare, mariska, taught herself how to open the latch on her stall and be set free. she can open the stalls of the other horses and even open the refrigerator to get a snack. she has attracted 800,000 views since being posted last month. >> we believe that mariska's motivation to opening the latch and doing her houdini trick, she basically thinks with her stomach. she had a snack in the grain room, then the motivation is to get outside to the grass. >> it looks like a case of locking the gate after the horse has bolted. >>> we're back in 30 minutes with more of the latest. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks very much for joining us. have a great day, wherever you are.

athens, 13 for you. 15 even in lisbon. here's your extended forecast. >>> we're back in 30 minutes with more of the latest. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks very much for joining us. have a great day wherever you are.

lisbon with a high of 14. madrid, 15. outside of the mediterranean, we are seeing rain showers. most of europe, it's rather calm here. but temperatures are on the cold side. moscow, only minus 4 here for the high. looking towards berlin, just above the freezing mark. that's the a look at your world weather. here is the extended forecast. >>> we're back in 30 minutes with more of the latest. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks very much for joining us. have a great day wherever you are.

temperatures in london at 9, paris at 8, madrid and lisbon up into the high teens and snowfall in moscow warsaw, should be temperatures hovering right around freezing on your friday. that's a look at your world weather, here's your extended forecast. >>> valentine's day is a day to offer greeting cards, candies and flowers to a special someone. at one place in japan, some animals offer a little romantic help. they take up formation in a heart shape around a lucky couple. ranchers position bits of feed on the ground to get the animals to cooperate. and an aquarium, sea otters receive ice shaped like a heart. the keepers give ice to the three otters every day to strengthen their teeth. on valentine's day, they colored the ice pink for the occasion. >> translator: they looked happy and that made me happy, too. they were so cute. >> another visitor said she wanted to give a gift as someone as sweet as the otters. >>> we're back in 30 minutes with more of the latest. i'm gene otani in tokyo.

and down toward the south in lisbon, 13. here is a look at the extended forecast. >>> we're back in 30 minutes with more on the latest. i'm gene otani in tokyo. have a great day, wherever you are.

over to lisbon, 17 for your high. london at 10. that's going down to 3 here on your friday. already on the cold side there in moscow, you're not even reaching the freezing mark here going through thursday. that's a look at your world weather. here's the extended forecast. >>> we are back in 30 minutes with more on the latest. i'm gene otani in tokyo. from all of us here at nhk world, thanks for joining us. have a great day wherever you have a great day wherever you are. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

we're looking at mid to low teens for athens, rome, madrid as well as lisbon. here's your extended forecast. >>> once again, japanese government officials say crews on a chinese naval frigget trained their weapons radar on a japan self-defense force destroyer. they say it happened in the east china sea near islands both countries claim and that it's the first time they've confirmed china has done this to an sdf chip. defense minister onoders just spoke about the incident. >> translator: using this ravrd, weapons radar, is an extraordinary act. the japanese government believes the situation could have gotten extremely dangerous. >> onerdo says japanese foreign minister has launched a protest with chinese authorities. he revealed the incident happened on january 30th in international waters. he said the vessels were about three kilometers apart. he says defense ministry analysts are investigating a separate incident from earlier in january. they suspect a chinese navy frigget trained weapons radar on self-defense force helicopter. japan and china have been locked

thousands of protesters have rallied in the capitals of portugal and spain in lisbon around five thousand took to the streets in union demonstrations against fresh austerity measures while in madrid people rallied to protest of the evictions of those who are unable to pay their mortgages in recent months both countries have seen a wave of marches as the services are scaled back because of budget cuts. in athens smog has returned to the city as austerity hit residents have turned to burning wood to heat their homes many could no longer afford gas prices after taxes went up by four hundred fifty percent and despite all the harsh government cuts economists predict that two thousand and thirteen will see the greek economy hit new record lows. police in pakistan. say at least sixty five people have been killed and up to two hundred injured in a bombing in the southwest of the country the remote control device went off in a area of the city of many women and children were among the victims of a rash of similar salts against shia communities have been carried out by hardline sunni groups in rece

lisbon fixed it. oh. would have been nice to say good-bye. yeah, well, cowards don't get to say good-bye when they want. cow--wow. where'd that come from? you calling me a coward? yep. how so? (exhales) how long have you been pretending you're not in love with van pelt? who says i'm in love with van pelt? i was once, a long time ago, but not anymore. we're just... we're just... good friends. you're a coward and terrible liar. uh... (chuckles) says you. "coward." what does he know about relationships? yeah, well, you date pregnant hookers and your-- your dinosaur eats grass! (patrick) tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock... morning. good morning. we're gonna be short-staffed for a while. van pelt's off to l.a. thank you. adult education's a beautiful thing. uh, speaking of which, uh... i've upset the ecosystem of the poker game. i think you've been spending too much time at the museum. "upset the ecosystem"? bertram's now a better poker player because of me. the ecosystem has changed. you need to adapt or die. who says i need the help? don't try to

lisbon fixed it. oh. would have been nice to say good-bye. yeah, well, cowards don't get to say good-bye when they want. cow--wow. where'd that come from? you calling me a coward? yep. how so? (exhales) how long have you been pretending you're not in love with van pelt? who says i'm in love with van pelt? i was once, a long time ago, but not anymore. we're just... we're just... good friends. you're a coward and terrible liar. uh... (chuckles) says you. "coward." what does he know about relationships? yeah, well, you date pregnant hookers and your-- your dinosaur eats grass! (patrick) tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock... morning. good morning. we're gonna be short-staffed for a while. van pelt's off to l.a. thank you. adult education's a beautiful thing. uh, speaking of which, uh... i've upset the ecosystem of the poker game. i think you've been spending too much time at the museum. "upset the ecosystem"? bertram's now a better poker player because of me. the ecosystem has changed. you need to adapt or die. who says i need the help? don't try to

. >> at lisbon we decided that we would hand over the responsibility for security to the afghans, so that by the end of 2014 security in afghanistan will be the responsibility of the afghan national security forces. in chicago we re-affirmed that this strategy was the right strategy. that we would be able by the end of 2014 to have an afghanistan in which afghan police and afghan army forces would be able to provide for security. but we also realized that this wouldn't necessarily mean that our engagement and our support for afghanistan was gonna come to an end on december 31, 2014. >> by that time the nato mission in afghanistan will have lasted more than twice as long as wwii. more than 3,000 allied soldiers have been killed. large swathes of the country remain under control of the taliban and afghan soldiers have proved to be a tenuous partner, occasionally turning on the nato forces who trained them. >> i think some of the weaknesses of nato have been exposed in afghanistan over the past decade where we've seen that nato does not fight a long war very well. there are a lot of dif

summit in lisbon in two thousand and ten which would be remiss to say that nothing has been done to achieve this lofty goal russia and the united states negotiated the new stance agreement. multilateral cooperation is gaining momentum to find terrorism drug trafficking piracy threats emanating from afghanistan officially we have abandoned the mindset of the cold war russia and nato countries which say that they do not see each other as adversaries but we are not here. to pay compliments to each other when we have gathered here to try and understand ways you were. necessary. to agree. to address the remaining issues successfully if we agree on that we should admit that we should still. come a long way to match our words with deeds and establish such an architecture based on the legal framework that there's still a desire. to address military political issues not on the basis of. an r.c. principles rather pursuing. centric security concept as a single option this narrow block based approach is not helpful it is difficult to understand if we are guided by objective and rational considerations

summit in lisbon in two thousand and ten which would be remiss to say that nothing has been done to achieve this lofty goal russia and the united states negotiated a new stance agreement. multilateral cooperation is gaining momentum to find terrorism drug trafficking piracy threats emanating from afghanistan officially we have abandoned the mindset of the cold war russia and nato countries. saying that they do not see each other as adversaries but we are not here. to pay compliments to each other with what we have gathered here to try and understand ways were. necessary. to agree. to address the remaining issues successfully if we agree on that we should admit that we should still. come a long way to match our words with deeds and establish such an architecture based on a legal framework that there's still a desire. to address military political issues not on the basis of. an r.c. principles rather pursuing. centric security concept as a single option this narrow block based approach is not helpful it is difficult to understand if we are guided by objective and rational considerations and i

thousands of protesters have rallied in the capitals of portugal and spain in lisbon around five thousand took to the streets in a union led demonstration against fresh austerity measures in madrid people joined rallies to protest the evictions of those who are unable to pay their mortgage spain has seen a wave of rallies in recent months with protests over fresh budget cuts in the education and medical sectors. in athens austerity hit residents have been turning to firewood to heat their homes which has caused a small to appear in a once clear city sky people started burning logs as many could not afford gas after taxes went up by four hundred fifty percent despite all the harsh measures introduced by the government economists predict that two thousand and thirteen will see the greek economy hit new record lows. in bahrain and police and of a huge us have clashed after the funeral of a teenager who was allegedly shot by the authorities during a rally hundreds three stone at security forces who then responded with tear gas is feared that this new outburst of violence could halt talks prop

thousands of protesters have rallied in the capitals of portugal and spain in lisbon around five thousand took to the streets in union led to demonstrations against fresh austerity measures while in madrid people rallied to protest the evictions of those who are unable to pay their mortgages in recent months both countries have seen a wave of marches as services are scaled back because of budget cuts. police in pakistan say at least sixty five people have been killed and up to two hundred injured in a bombing in the east. southwest of the country the remote control device went off in a shia area of the city of quetta many women and children were among the victims a rash of similar assaults against shia communities have been carried out by hardline sunni groups in recent months earlier we talked to robert naiman policy director at just foreign policy who does not see an end to such sectarian attacks we think we know is that this is result of. turning by a particular group of militants sunni extremists or you were. attacked before as recently as january and their ideology. heretics from. th

thousands of protesters have rallied in the capitals of portugal and spain in lisbon around five thousand took to the streets in union led to demonstrations against fresh austerity measures while in madrid people rallied to protest the victims of those who are unable to pay their mortgages in recent months both countries have seen a wave of marches as services are scaled back because of budget cuts. police in pakistan say at least sixty five people have been killed and up to two hundred injured in a bombing in the east. southwest of the country the remote control device went off in a shia area of the city of. many women and children were among the victims a rash of similar assaults against shia communities have been carried out by hardline sunni groups in recent months earlier we talked to robert naiman policy director at just foreign policy who does not see an end to such sectarian attacks. we think we know is this result of. a particular group of militants sunni extremists. or just recently. in their ideology. particular group. where the drone program is coming under scrutiny in the uni

a case of plum brandy, tangerines came from lisbon and smithfield hams from an american and buyer and thousands of cigars from all over the world. churchill worried about the effect of rationing on the people's energy levels, diet, more routes, spirit, worried about everything, no detail was too trivial. for example he worried british bees would not get enough sugar to get through the winter, sugar was then rationed. when he was asked by staff what they should do about providing fish he declared his policy to be, quote, but most fish. worried the supply of salt and vinegar remain stable important for chips for french fries as we call them, i do hope you will read my book, it is full of photos with new information about the wit and wisdom of winston churchill. there is a very funny story in there about plumber's which is too complicated to tell you about here. i hope i bring to light the two sides of this great man, the effort he put into getting adopted and policies to be in his country's interests and the human side of churchill, huge enjoyment of life, his exuberance and charm, his

thousands of protesters have rallied in the capitals of portugal and spain and lisbon around five thousand took to the streets in a union led demonstration against fresh austerity measures in madrid people joined rallies to protest the evictions of those who are unable to pay their mortgage spain has seen a wave of rallies in recent months with protests over fresh budget cuts in the education and medical sectors. in athens austerity hit residents have been turning to firewood to heat their homes which has caused a small to appear in a once clear city sky people started burning logs as many could not afford gas after taxes went up by four hundred fifty percent despite all the harsh measures introduced by the government economists predict that two thousand and thirteen will see the greek economy hit new record lows. in bahrain and police and of a huge us have clashed after the funeral of a teenager who was allegedly shot by the authorities during a rally hundreds three stone at security forces who then responded with tear gas is feared that this new outburst of violence could halt talks prop

thousands of protesters have rallied in the capitals of portugal and spain in lisbon around five thousand took to the streets in union demonstrations against fresh austerity measures while in madrid people rallied to protest of the evictions of those who are unable to pay their mortgages in recent months both countries have seen a wave of marches as the services are scaled back because of budget cuts. in athens smog has returned to the city as the austerity hit residents have turned to burning wood to heat their homes many could no longer afford gas prices after taxes went up by four hundred fifty percent and despite all the harsh government cuts economists predict that two thousand and thirteen will see the greek economy hit new record lows. police in pakistan. say at least sixty five people have been killed and up to two hundred injured in a bombing in the southwest of the country the remote control device went off in a area of the city of many women and children were among the victims irrationally similar salts against shia communities have been carried out by hardline sunni groups in

and kidnapping so in other words being afraid grab your guns and if you don't have one by one from lisbon a factor that in effect sure this other manufacture that gives us money and don't just be afraid of marauding undocumented immigrants and terrorists and debt riots be afraid of your government too that was the gist of what la pierre said a few weeks ago when he testified in front of the senate on gun safety. we need the fire power in the ability to protect ourselves from our government. from our government from the police if they knock on the doors and we need to fight back do you agree with the point of view center on it without any doubt if you look at why our founding fathers put it there they had lived under the tyranny of king george and they wanted to make sure that these free people in this new country would never be subjugated again and have to live under tyranny well chief johnson you've heard it. the belief the n.r.a. is the second amendment has to give american citizens the firepower to fight back against you against our government that's now so how do you conduct your busi

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the campaign objectives laid out in lisbon with nato allies, retrograde. we have a pretty significant challenge of getting ourselves out of afghanistan in terms of equipment and force protection. we'll keep those three things in equilibrium. >> 66,000 troops there now. what sounds to you all like a reasonable number at the end of 2014? what should the afghan government be able to do with how many u.s. troops? >> the most important thing that's happened is that the afghan army has become operational. they developed their ability to provide security. we couldn't make a transition in the areas that need add transition, over 75% of the afghan nation under afghan control and security. we couldn't do that if there wasn't an afghan army that's becoming much more capable of doing their job. if we maintain a 352,000 number, which is what we're trying to achieve, if we maintain that -- >> for their forces. >> and they become good, that is going to determine that the level of enduring presence we will have once we reach the end of 2014. >> what's your feel for it now

the president has said in conjunction with our allies, by the way, at the lisbon nato summit and confirmed at the chicago summit on afghanistan, nato summit, that the united states and the troops would complete the military mission in afghanistan by december 31st, 2014 and we are on track to meet that goal. >> and how many troops will remain after that? that's the question. >> yes, today we have about 67 or 66 or 67,000 troops in afghanistan. >> right. >> the president has said and we will implement this, that there will be a reduction in those drops at a steady pace between now and the end of the year, 2014, so that is essentially 23 months from now. and we'll execute on that. the number of troops to remain after december 31, 2014 hasn't been determined at this point. we are in the process -- >> what compactors will determine. >> several. we are in the process of negotiating a bilateral security agreement, that is the terms under which troops may remain in afghanistan after december 31st, 2014 with afghanistan. those negotiations are ongoing and there be certainly requirements including i

and kidnapping so in other words being afraid grab your guns and if you don't have one by one from lisbon a factor that in effect sure this other man if actually gives us money and don't just be afraid of marauding undocumented immigrants and terrorists and debt riots be afraid of your government to that was the gist of what la pierre said a few weeks ago when he testified in front of the senate on gun safety. we need the fire power in the ability to protect ourselves from our government from our government from the police if they knock on our doors and we need to fight back do you agree with the point of view center on it without any doubt if you look at why our founding fathers put it there they had lived under the tyranny of king george and they wanted to make sure that these free people in this new country would never be subjugated again and have to live under tyranny the chief johnson you've heard it. the belief the n.r.a. is the second amendment has to give american citizens the firepower to fight back against you against our government that's not so how do you conduct your business

tangerines came from lisbon and hams from an americaned admirer and of course thousand of cigars from all over the world. churchill worried about the effects of rationing on the people's energy levels, their diet, their morale, spirit. he worried about everything. no detail was too trivial. for example, he worried that british beings would not get enough sugar to get through the winter. sugar was rationed. when he was asked by a staff what they should do about providing fish, he declared the policy to be, quote, out most fish. the supply of salt and vinegar remain stable important for chips or french fies as we call them. i hope you'll read my book with new information about the wisdom of win winston churchill. there's an interesting story about eggs which is too complicated to tell you about here. i hope i bring to light the two sides of the great man. the effort he put in to getting adopted the policies he felt to be in his country's interest and the human side of chumpleg hill. his huge enjoyment of life, the excube rains and charm and energy and capacity for work. his kindness and

tangerines came from lisbon and yams from an american empire and thousands of cigars all over the worldrchill worried about the effects of rationing on the peoples energy volvos, diets, morale, spirit. you read about everything. no detail is too trivial. for example, he worried british would not get enough sugar to get through the winter. when he was asked by staff what they should do about providing fish, he declared his policy to be quote up most fish. the supply of salt and vinegar remained stable, important for chips or french fries as they call them. i do hope you will read my book with much new information about the wit and wisdom of winston churchill. there's also a funny story, which is too complicated to tell you about here. .. thank you. [applause] >> we mentioned everyone, but in order to have your questions answered, please go to the microphone. please wait until you are recognized. the microphone will come to your area. okay? all right. >> are there any questions or comments? >> yes? >> okay, thank you so much, and welcome to arizona. you need a reference to the second fron

is the lisbon treaty, which the right honorable gentleman's party, in government, passed.g said that, and given that we have to try to ensure that there is a deal, and it is better to have a deal than no deal, it is right to say to the parliament, "it is important you can look at flexibilities between different years -- between different budget headings -- to try to ensure that spending is planned properly," but i was very specific, and it was very specifically said at the council, that this flexibility cannot result in the 908.4 billion euros ceiling being increased. that cannot go up. money can be moved around to plan spending more effectively, although, of course, all that has to come back to the council to be agreed, but the 908.4 billion euros, in my view, is inviolable. >> at a time when the democratic link between the eu and the people of the eu is wafer thin, does the prime minister agree that any attempt by the european parliament to ratify the agreement by secret ballot should and would be treated with contempt? >> my honorable friend is right. a secret ballot in

the country's economics minister told cnbc that lisbon has no intention of leaving the single currency despite portugal seeing its deepest downturn since the '70s. >> the shock of the euro happened about ten years ago. and it was liberalization of the world markets and especially the interest, some big economiest of wto. and all the shock has been fully absorbed right now and. >> and you can see the full interview with alvaro santos pereira at closing bell here on europe at 700 ct tonight. meanwhile, just a reminder of the headlines, sterling has been feeling the heat as britain has been stripped of its prize aaa status. speculation mounting as kuroda might be the next bank of japan governor. >>> and new exports as a result of hsbc pmi. it's back down from a two-year high in february. also, still to come, the fiscal fight is set to resume on capitol hill. will washington have a major impact on washington this week? we'll get some insight from the cme, next. ♪ [ engine turns over ] [ male announcer ] we created the luxury crossover and kept turning the page, writing the next chapter for

meanwhile, thousands took to the streets of lisbon and madrid over the weekend to protest austerity measuresin the portuguese capital, around 5,000 people called for the government to step down accusing the prime minister of being a liar and a thief. in sane, possible changes to the regional health care system profited demonstrations in madrid and other cities including barcelona. regional governments continued to implement stringent spending cuts. >> european officials are considering banking regulations. most eu countries including eu and france support bonus curves holing banks to a one to one bonuses salary ratio. the newspaper says the uk has suggested an alternative proposal that bans cash bonuses exceeding salaries. but still, a pretty extraordinary development as it moves forward the. >> yeah. meanwhile, being a part of europe, for most britains, a new poll reveals that only one in three british citizens would vote to stay in the eu. the conservative ruling british government last night promised to hold a referendum on the matter in 2017. and the troubles amounting to the spanish fla

the united states, nato and the afghan government agreed in lisbon in 2010 and a firm in chicago last year that afghanistan will assume full responsibility for security by the end of 2014. we are well on track for that goal and we will maintain a long-term commitment to afghanistan, including the continued training and equipment of afghan forces and counterterrorism operations against al qaeda and their affiliate. with the continuing dedication and sacrifice of our troops, i'm fully confident as i prepare to hand over my responsibilities as secretary of defense that we will prevail in denying al qaeda a safe haven from which to attack our homeland. as i stated at the beginning, this will be my last press conference here in the pentagon briefing room, so let me close by saying the following. first of all, i am very proud of the achievements we've been able to accomplish in the time i've been secretary of defense. first and foremost to boycott the country safe. secondly, we have been dedicating ourselves to bring in two wars a conclusion. the war in iraq and now we are well on the way t

the proposals of the pulse of the one the general election of a crack that creative in case of the lisbon treaty. and i was neither a general election in order for i'm for people to be able to give them peace. and i think that was a very on the mind of the democratic leaders of the you and you know the king the liberal your life it is going to be a referendum for five this time for exactly that. for it to be a meaningful referendum. he writes that the government today. should be looking at for journalists to be mentoring to look at other alliances with caps the commonwealth. for other paul. so the world we can trade incorporate way and. if the government going to make use of the next four years so that when there is a referendum and every kid will turn it in it's not just a question or be completely out of the. well be clear that the government subject of the prime isn't a sex predator to succeed in arriving at a new settlements and to be able to campaign for prisons to stay in european union. but on the question of other relationships in the world after committing those things i'm neithe