on the streets of melbourne, many gathered to see the queen ride by and one of the signature vehicles, a drama. a good crowd, warm welcome, successful visit. but the character would change friday when the queen steps into her role as head of the commonwealth to open the commonwealth heads of government conference. the monarchy will be one of the subjects discussed at the commonwealth summit, when leaders consider changing the laws of successions so doctors have equal rights tucsons to succeed to the throne. it bbc news, melbourne. >> the last of america's most powerful nuclear bombs from the cold war era has been dismantled. b53 was designed to destroy underground bunkers, 600 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on the japanese city of hiroshima at the end of the second world war. this is "gmt" from bbc world news. these are the headlines -- a angela merkel has told the german parliament that euro's leaders must act decisively when they meet today to find a solution to the debt crisis. turkey says it will accept foreign aid to help the deal with the aftermath of the earthquake.

outside on the streets of melbourne, many had gathered to see the queen ride by in one of the city's signature vehicles, a tram. a good crowd, a warm welcome, a successful visit, but the character will change on friday when the queen steps into her role as head of the commonwealth to open the commonwealth heads of government conference. the monarchy will be one of the subjects discussed at the commonwealth summit when leaders consider changing the laws of succession so that daughters have equal rights to sons to succeed to the throne. >> the last of america's most powerful cold war-era nuclear bomb, the b53, has been dismantled. the dismantling took place in texas t. really is huge. it's the size of a small car. it was introduced in the early 1960's, designed to destroy, pulverize underground bunkers in the old soviet union. the b53 was several hundred times more powerful than the bomb dropped on the japanese city of hiroshima at the end of the second world war. they built, in all, 340 of these so-called bunker bunkers. more news whenever you want it on our website. >> funding was ma

heart of melbourne. police presence on standby. but the protests remained peaceful. while australia has managed to escape the global financial crisis and continues to enjoy growth and low unemployment, it's not to say that people aren't doing it tough here. the cost of living continues to rise, and the ahn dream of owning your -- australian dream of owning your own home has become just that -- a dream for so many. >>> back here at home, dozens of weekend occupy demonstrations going on. police in raleigh, north carolina, estimate about 400 people demonstrated at the state capitol. a cnn affiliate reports police arrested 19 for trespassing. police in denver, colorado, also reporting the arrests of at least 24 occupy wall street protesters. one of the nation's largest protests taking place in new york's landmark times square. the crossroads of the world. dozens of people were arrested when they tried to stage a sit-in. >>> dr. martin luther king jr.'s legacy lives on 43 years after his death in memphis. t.j

a spokesperson for occupy melbourne. he joins me on the line now. hello to you, nick. how much support has your protest got? >> quite a bit. the crowd is building and building quite early this morning. and it's just continuously building. several hundred people, possibly over a thousand. the crowd just keeps building, so we're not sure where it will start. >> there are protests planned all over the world from now on. but let's just look in australia. just what are you protesting about, and just how bad are things getting there? >> well, we may have weathered the global financial crisis in australia a lot better than europe and north america, but the problems with our democracy, some of the systemic problems, we share the same as the problems the people face in the united states and u.k. improper representation and lack of accountability and having the 1% most wealthy influential powerful companies and lobby groups. the issues are really unifying people on the ground. so many different political parties all coming together to work on how we push forward with a real demo

she was supposed to perform three shows in melbourne.ndensing them into one next month. in a statement, she thanks her fans for her support saying her family needed to be together at this time. >>> attorneys for the three people accused of holding mentally disabled people in a philadelphia basement made an appearance in court. they are all charged with kidnapping and false imprisonment. authorities believe they wanted to steal social security checks for their victims. the court, the judge scheduled a preliminary hearing for december now. an attorney for weston, considered a ring leader says he will assess her mental state over the next couple weeks. >> one of the world's most no torious is falling silent. wikileaks is suspending anything in order to raise money. they have been left with no choice. companies pulled the plug on wikileaks after publishing 250,000 state department documents last year. >>> much more ahead on news 4 today. on the hunt for a killer whale thought to be responsible for the death of an american living in australia

going higher in the world we see around us in the occupy wall street in the occupy oz and the occupy melbourne and the occupy los angeles and the occupy the city of london you are that's the price of pitchforks justice has not been delivered so there will be no prosperity this guy just doesn't get it yes of occupy wall street it's fun tells everybody in the world and all these cities who are protesting to start buying silver physical silver one ounce at a time and they themselves are buying it billions of dollars at a time due to their short sales and naked short sales of corrupt institutions like j.p. morgan and other banks and other companies that are committing financial fraud and financial terrorism that. the total dynamic of the global market shifts away from the people getting a beard they then become the rulers against the class of people that are doing the abusing stay sara thanks so much for being on the kaiser report thank you don't go away much more coming your way so stay right there. the closer has been to the spitzbergen archipelago. for the world's northernmost presides over a g

sitting occupy melbourne and a few other striking up around the world that public movement may be what's needed to shift the politicians and stop them being in the pockets of the bankers and put the bank has behind bars instead because if it's all a few of them end up there the same behave is going to continue yeah i'm on a mailing list with dylan ratigan and matt he. and others build black and they're all debating what the demands should be and even if they should make any demands but steve keen would you say that a simple demanded be we need a new pick or a commission yes absolutely we need somebody with balls running and i'll do it like as my obvious nomination day bill did a brilliant job with the sightings and loans commission he put hundreds of people behind bars who belonged there for alternate behavior in the siding two months process that was a drop in the water compared to what happened since then with the dotcom bubble and subprime but now it is going to live right now there's absolutely bucket loads of fraud in the system and you need somebody with the bulls dislike them on a

but there was a considerable wait, particularly on the sydney to melbourne route which is the fourth busiest aviation route in the world. >> reporter: that's the australian transport minister talking about the backlog being cleared. as you well know, it's the eve of the melbourne cup, the biggest horse race in australia, the event they say that stops a nation. certainty qantas was going about laettner the program. >>> monday brings a change at the top. we'll hear from jean claude trichet about what he thinks may stabilize europe's economy in the long term. goes beyond 24-hour moisture.a it's clinically proven to improve your skin's health in one day, with significant improvement in 2 weeks. for healthy, beautiful skin that lasts. i found a moisturizer for life. [ female announcer ] aveeno daily moisturizing lotion. and for healthy, beautiful hair, try nourish plus haircare. only from aveeno. what's vanishing deductible all about ? guys, it's demonstration time. let's blow carl's mind. okay, let's say i'm your insurance deductible. every year you don't have an accident, $100 vanishes.

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almost 15,000 kilometers away from athens, is the city of melbourne in australia. has the biggest greek population of any place outside greece. but despite the distance, one man tells us australian greeks are still very much attached to their homeland. >> my name is john pantelis. i'm a greek australian. i've been a chef for 15 years. i'm proud of my culture. i'm in charge of the kitchen at the greek community club. australia has 2 million greeks living on their shores. it's one of the biggest pop layings outside of greece. first you have athens and melbourne. the community here pretty much operates like in greece. and the difference being they become more australiaized, they've gotten out of greece. the one thing do i say, i say it over and over again, you can take the greeks out of greece but you can't take the greece out of the greeks. you have to look for greener pass tours. australia offers that. australia offers a balance for a greek. the financial crisis at the moment that's happening in greece is a big embarrassment, because every greek knows why. but i mea

in sydney and melbourne, australia's powerful mining industry was targeted. >> the big corporations, the 1%, we're talking about, the mining companies, the banks and so on, they dominate our entire political establishment. both major parties in australia are servants of capital. >> reporter: the anger is palpable but not everyone is expressing it. many rallies were smaller than predicted. hong kong's organizers thought 400 would turn up today but they only saw half that. they vow this protest is only the beginning. celia hatten, cbs news, beijing. >> mason: here at home, occupy protests are reported in more than 100 cities from coast to coast. from their home base in a downtown park, new york protesters marched uptown towards times square late this afternoon. at least 24 demonstrators were arrested at a chase bank branch along the way. in orlando, florida, nearly 1500 people protested outside several local banks. in washington, thousands of people attended a jobs rally at the base of the washington monument. the reverend al sharpton condemned the u.s. senate for blocking president ob

her husband, the sides of spending time in the capital, they will m travelelbour -- will travel to melbourne and brisbane. she also took a trip to see the annual flower festival. duncan kennedy is there. and i said, relaxing day? >> you are absolutely right. first up was the meeting with the first female government general. a lawyer and a businesswoman. she went on to a flower show. very much a slow, gradual move into her duties here. she is here for 10 days. she keeps reminding us she is 85 years old and unlike her first trip here, which is getting a lot of coverage, when the queen was here for 57 days, made 100 speeches. it is something like 75%, three- quarters of all australians. there is still an awful lot of interest in this visit, the queen remains a popular person here. >> what about the overall concept of a british monarch to being the head of state of australia? what do austrians make of that? >> it sounds like an anachronism and twenty first century, and some say it should not continue. we're a confident, upstanding country on our own and we don't need a head of state to the lives

in melbourne up and today my guest on the show is of like the mayor of the border. russian writers like tolstoy and thus the esky are hugely popular in the world but a like the great classics one. russian of the ship is almost unknown abroad one of the arguments is that the words modern writers rarely get translated what's wrong with promotion of russian literature abroad and we'll attempt to get that we're asking the deputy director of the federal russian agency for print and mass media like he never believe what. publishing experts say to translation and russia leaves much to be designed the most celebrated literature was translated into foreign languages many years ago and now the industry has almost halted recently the government has done some steps to remedy the problem these include the foundation of an institute to promote and harmonize the work of the translators and a special prize called the draw shall be established to recognize excellence the art stage. and welcome to the show thank you thank you very much for being here. first of all i want to ask you a

it's melbourne that album marina had been asked about his coconspirator during the time he had been hunted or as she puts it persecuted they shared many secrets and to this day she still has the greatest admiration for her brother. almost nobody knows that i have kept all these souvenirs. these all belong to pablo at one time i picked them up from his various hiding places. i had a brother. who was two years old a. video of him from this time is red but roberto escobar was a key member of the medina. he would also play an important role in his brother's flight from justice his speciality was accounting and his mom was claims to have been among the fifteen people who helped organize the finances of the cocaine empire. before taking her leave album arena had claimed her brother can be reached through a contact in the united states. however would like to speak with. outer interviewer bone roberto to talk about public we would need to speak with i mean you'd also need to pay some money i don't know how much the. system. eventually a deal is reached with a person we actually want to interview t

meanwhile, demonstrators are preparing for tomorrow's international day of protest from melbourne to new york. the millions are taking a stand against economic inequality. posting all over the web about where and when to gather. protesters are rallying in several major u.s. cities police arrested a half dozen people in portland while the fight in dallas goes to court over a request for an indefinite permit. in boston, thousands of dollars have been raised for the protests over the internet. >>> a former wall street hedge fund king is making history and he'll be making it behind bars. early look at the markets as we get all up in your business this morning. cnbc's geoff cutmore live in london. good morning. >> hey, good morning to you. raj rajaratnam is beginning an 11-year spell in prison. the galleon founder found guilty of carrying out illegal trading activity, fined $10 million, will also have to forfeit in excess of $50 million. the results of some of those improper trades. so he goes to prison. elsewhere, a shock for the markets, but a pleasant one. we've seen google trounce ana

nbc's sarah james is in melbourne with the details.ood morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. in western australia the government announced it will have a private helicopter patrolling the coast, in the wake of an attack of a great white who killed american diver thomas wright. >> there will be a helicopter off the beaches tomorrow, a temporary arrangement until surf life savings arrives in november. >> reporter: after the third fatal shark attack off western australia in a matter of weeks the state premier ordered fisheries to hunt and kill a great white. this shark seen in the area shortly after the attack could be the very one who killed thomas wainwright. he had come to texas to work in oceaneering. >> people don't realize they're trying to fly something around the size of a car. >> reporter: seen here in this corporate video from his previous job with bp oil company, wainwright explains how he worked with rovs to help cap the well at the heart of the april 2010 oil spill in the gulf of mexico. >> growing up where i did a

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over the past 42 years, it expanded to include trips to melbourne. >> melvyn bruce has been a guide sincegraduated from howard university in 1972. >> it's a day of remembrance of all the years passed on tour mobile. >> his most memorable day? >> mike tore i gave to bette davis their arlington cemetery. >> i met my husband here. i was a narrator and he was the bus driver. >> as for the 2 million tourists to use the buses, there are other options like the open top bosses, the circulator but none of them are allowed inside arlington cemetery. >> i like the idea, especially with kids. >> there are other restrictions on the remaining tour buses and bikes. they cannot have kiosks and are now supposed to pick out or drop off passengers along the mall. those are issues the park service is looking at. but as for this final day melvyn bruce thomas -- sums up his 40 years of service. >> every day is special greeting the world's -- greeting the world here. >> there is no word on when a new contract will be issued. your rhetorical arlington cemetery, you will be walking. >> -- if you are tory arlingto

virgin and this is his birthday present from his girlfriend, a first jump out of an airplane in melbourne, australia. you can see a rainbow of emotions on his face. here's brian, all smiles, getting ready to jump, in the plane. he described the plane as being small, like harry potter's room under the stairs small. getting a little nervous, but still happy. >> a big old grin. >> the plane climbs up to 12,000 feet. a big thumb's up, he's ready to rock and roll. you can see his facial expression change a little bit there, a little bit of panic. >> i'll tell you what, that is a pretty cool gift. if you're going 0 get your boyfriend or girlfriend a gift. that's a lot cooler and more fun that like a sweatshirt. >> all in all he said it was a great gift from his girlfriend, and he really enjoyed his experience. >>> kyle maynard is about to do an amazing thing. he's going to climb mount kilimanjaro. but it's the way he's going to do it that's truly amazing. hmm, what's it say about this? we'll think about it and try to explain what's going on, when we come back. >>> that's not pretty, is it? into

sara james is in melbourne. sara, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann. queen elizabeth is here to meet with leaders of the commonwealth nations, countries like australia, which remain part of the british empire. her 16th trip here is filled with tradition, but it might also overturn a sexist tradition, which is three centuries old. >> welcome to her majesty, the queen. >> reporter: on hand to open melbourne's royal children's hospital the queen looked sharp and vigorous, showing little sign that she is 85 years old, still contemplating royal's succession is as old as the british monarchy, meaning these children aren't the only ones in the spotlight. there's plenty of talk about babies yet to be born, specifically any offspring of the duke and duchess of cambridge. >> i don't think that's going to happen immediately, because obviously she's still learning the job of being a royal princess, but obviously that's their priority. >> reporter: if william and kate have a bouncing baby boy, he's william and heir apparent but if they have a daughter first and the

about 100 people in melbourne defied an order to vacate a city square where they had camped out for a week. protesters were loaded into a police van, but it's not known if anyone was hurt. >>> nba owners have a lot to talk about, but they're no longer talking to the players. the bargaining agreement discussion broke off yesterday. no new talk as scheduled. meanwhile, oracle arena officials are in a holding pattern on how to make use of the warriors home court and what to do about game day employees. >> we can't make your decisions until we know what the nba is going to do. so really we don't have an answer at that point. >> all games through november 14 november 14th have been canceled. many more are in jeopardy. sides are far apart on players salary cap. >>> a trade may have saved a profootball player's life. jerome harrison has a brain tumor and doctors discovered the thankcovered the tumor when he was traded to the eagles. now doctors say he has a good chance to recover because of that early test. >> overnight the european union launched the first two satellites of its galileo syst

i happened to be a western union trainee in melbourne, florida. he was on the rear platform of the train. a crowd of 50 or 60 people have the opportunity to shake hands with wendell willkie. that was the comment i wanted to add. >> do you remember if you saw him on the whistle stop tour? what did you take when you saw him campaign? did he leave an impression? >> i was a kid at 18-years old. i was in all. here is a guide could be the president of the united states. i am 89 now. i was 18 then. just a kid. i was visibly impressed. it was really something. it was something very, very special. >> james, scrub the call. these are some of the images of the crowds swarming around wendell willkie. he also used the media. a couple of points that nbc radio carried almost 30 hours of the republican convention in philadelphia. television was introduced a the 1940 convention. he was in new york, schenectady, and a few other cities. the republican party put together some advertisements used in movie theaters around the country. >> politics are always changing. t

nbc sarah james live in melbourne with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. authorities here have identified the american who was killed by the great white as george thomas wainwright. a 32-year-old man from texas. he was working here in australia and was a keen diver. now, everyone is searching for the predator who claimed his life, and the orders are shoot to kill. in western australia today, a massive search is under way for a mammoth shark. a 10-foot great white, similar to this one, spotted in the vicinity, shortly after the attack that killed an american diver. >> some pretty massive injuries. >> the young man's friends and family, obviously a horrific ips dents. >> reporter: authorities scrambled to get swimmers and divers out of the water after the attack, which happened around 1:30 in the afternoon, in the picturesque stretch of ocean near the city of perth. george thomas wainwright, out with friends on a boat, went for a dive. but a trail of bubbles indicated something was wrong. then -- >> he floated to the surface, and the shark was seen as they w