the good of bangkok, paulo, mexico city, moscow -- cities around the world that should be great cities see incredible negative impact because of lack of planning that occurred at the wrong time -- if you go to bangkok, sao paulo, mexico city, moscow. there are cities that have figured out traffic entrance of policies that work, and it is our responsibility to at least to study what these options are, to figure out how we can move beyond what will be inevitable gridlock, how we can move to become a 21st century livable city that is environmentally health care, that has decent traffic circulation, and will be economically competitive. there are two points i want to make suggestions. first of all, the small business commission had a number of questions when they reviewed this policy, and i think those are questions that need to be explored about the impact of various options on local businesses. i think, though, that there will be some surprises in some of this data. what we found in other cities -- when you free of traffic, more people go to downtown areas to shop, to spend their money,

. >> reporter: at a military base in mexico city, soldiers use torches and hammers to destroy some of the 90,000 weapons the mexican government has seized in the last four years. most from the vicious war with the drug cartels. in that war, mexican authorities are often outgunned by drug traffickers armed with high powered weapons. american firearms agents estimate about 80% of those weapons are purchased in the u.s. and smuggled across the border into mexico where gun laws there make it much harder to buy weapons. to obtain weapons in the united states, the mexican cartels hire americans with clean records to buy the guns for them. they're called straw buyers. agents say most of the guns are bought over the counter in thousands of american gun shops or gun shows along the border and around the country. under u.s. law, it is legal to sell these high-powered weapons but illegal to buy them for someone else. in oklahoma city, former state narcotics agent francisco reyes pleaded guilty to trafficking guns to mexico. prosecutors say one of his straw buyers was the late kyle wooten, a fath

i'm from mexico city and i write about mexican stuff. i fear i would write a book to deal with that and get it out of the way. this is part of this project. my main character is alexander. [inaudible] don't take it personal. my aim, i guess is to at the end of my novel that [inaudible] good mexican novelists. alexander looked at the mirror and saw a mexican stairing back at him. the bad mexican had paid alexander a visit much the conversation from last night's party brought him back in full force. why did he always have to open his big mouth. why tell people that don't care that he hated and despised? he actually might like the [inaudible] hated me english and spanish he could not understand how someone could say he was mexican having been born in the usa. he doesn't like going to mexican places. he does not like to discuss beer and shots of tequilla. he never listened to spanish radio stations. no more mexicans. who did not have a problem being objective with a mexican. [inaudible]. i should try to do something about this he thought thi

mexico city on the eve of its bicentennial. but we haven't come here from the celebration. et. there were feces and urine everywhere. the stench unbearable. and there's no towels? and it's -- it's nauseating. and we were stunned to see medications distributed by a patient from a cardboard box. at another hospital, we found children died and bound, even leashed to a window grate. after our report the government vowed to drastically alter the system. we decided to go back and see if they had. ten years ago when we went to mexico, it was clear there are human rights abuses taking place. >> very serious abuses. >> reporter: eric rosenthal is the director of disability rights international. we worked with him on our original report and teamed up again this fall. in the intervening ten years, has the system been cleaned up? >> it has not. i mean what is shocking is that it's as if time stood still. >> reporter: in fact we were shocked to find the same kids on the same mats rocking back and forth. we recognize edd marie flores. we're told she's mentally retarlded. experts say peopl

and my boss, the minister in mexico city is extremely bothered by your lies, idiot. emilio feels very small. he cannot think of a way to escape. he tries to form words to excuse himself, but he can't. the general is in charge of all that counted he is sure. is a uniform is brilliant with gold trim. emilio is very frightened. he says that he only runs what the officials of the victims tell him. the general says, no. you have those sources for that information. you made it up. just how much schooling do you have, asphalt? community allies, claims two years into mutation study in the university. the general explains that emilio lacks an education able to assume. to have a general spee-2 is not something to be desired. they can hand out death like a party there. the general suggests that he should write about drug people. emilio says he does not know any, besides they frighten him. so you don't know them and you fear them, the general bristles? you should fear us. we [bleep] the [bleep] you son of a whore. i feel like putting you in the van, taking into the mountains so

of san martin, about 90 kilometers east of the capital of mexico city. the national oil company pinex shut down the pipeline and firefighters are on the alert to prevent another explosion. local officials said the explosion and fire destroyed more than 110 houses. >>> let's now look at some of the news we have gathered from broadcasting stations across asia. we begin with this item sent by rtm malaysia. a bus accident in a northern malaysia killed at least 27 people, most of them thai tourists. the accident took place on a mountainous tourist spot when a double decker tourist bus failed to negotiate a downhill curve and crashed into a rock wall. the police official said the vehicle was headed to kuala lumpur. the tourists were believed to be on their way to board a flight from kuala lumpur to bangkok. >>> the curtain fell on the asian paragames in the southern chinese city of gaung joe on saturday. it featured various cultural programs. it was the first of its kind on the continent. more than 2500 physically challenged athletes from 41 countries and ter

. >> reporter: and a flight from mexico city. >> we were stuck in the middle of know where in the snowew york's port authority runs the city's airports and blames the airlines for putting the flights in the air without checking. >> if the airline did not check before they got to the airport whether they were going to have a gate to put these people. they don't have the staffing, they don't have the gate to put the plane. so without that, they're out on the tarmac. what i can tell you is the general manager at jfk spent his entire morning looking for a gate for these people. even though it was the airline's responsibility and they didn't fulfill that responsibility. at laguardia we had three planes come in with no gates to park. and our staff spent several hours finding gates, polling every plane to put them at the gate. we're taking on the responsibility which is something that belongs to the airlines. >> reporter: one bay area rights advocate says the fingerprinting won't help people stuck for hours. >> it's embarrassing in the u.s. that we don't have plans at the airports. the airpor

i mean, it's now in monterey, it's in mexico city, it's in ciudad juarez, you know? on and on and on. it's... the fight in mexico today is no longer just about controlling distribution routes to the us, but also about controlling communities. you know, who sells who to your local community. >> hinojosa: all right, so given all of this, and given the fact that there's a relationship between these two counties that is now acknowledged, there has been a bit of an opening on a topic that was... is hugely controversial, which is the legalization of drugs. and in mexico, there has been increasing dialogue about this. what do you think about that, when you hear that? do you think if we legalized it the cartels would just disappear, or if we legalize it that's just going to empower them even more? i mean, they'll have money, they'll be something legal. >> i mean, i think it'll help, but i don't think legalization in the end is really the answer. i mean, it'll help both sides. i think the root cause, especially for mexico, is lack of institutions. i mean, lack of rule of law,

the good of bangkok, paulo, mexico city, moscow -- cities around the world that should be great cities see incredible great cities see incredible negative impact because

. >> and the flight from mexico city. >> we were stuck up there in the middle of nowhere in this note. >> near port authority runs the airports and blames the airlines for putting the flights and the heirs without checking. >> the airline did not check before they got to the airport if they have a date to put these people, they don't have the staffing, the gates to but the planes, without back to their out on the tarmac. what i can tell you, that gm of jfk spent an entire morning trying to find out a date for these people even though it has nothing to do with his responsibility. it's strictly an air line responsibility. >> the problem was not just at jfk. at laguardia we have three plants, and with no gates to park. our staff spent several hours trying to find dates, finding every airline authority had to make sure we of a put a plane in the gate. once again taking on responsibility that generally belongs to the airline. >> one person said the finger-pointing will help anyone stop on a plan for hours. >> it's something we should be embarrassed about in the u.s., that we don't have con

will play in the semifinals on cheese day and will play the winner of the game between pachuca of mexico city of the democratic republic of congo european champions into the land will play in the other last four match. and with nineteen months to go before the twenty twelve london olympics starts the first purpose built venue in london has been unveiled the forty nine million dollars slalom canoeing venue was officially i think at the valley white water center the three hundred meter course was opened by princess anne who is a member of the international committee that you incorporate two drops and the. stright run of continuous white water will be open to the public from april twenty levon and stop there is how the experience of the facilities until the end didn't come bill walsh who won silver at the athens games was there to try out the course . well this is my first time all in public on the water this morning actually my first time within the gates here we believe it was the center and it's tough to place a suit in the building from the term broken i'm more concerned about whitewater and

as you can see, at mexico city's day of the clowns. honor of the country's patron saint guadeloupe, 200 colorful clowns paraded through the city streets with props and other instruments. the tradition is thought to bring good luck in the coming year. well, for the time being, it definitely brought plenty of good times. >>> when you think of meeting the pope, this probably does not come to mind. in a rare chance to perform at the vatican, acrobats opted for an unusual stunt. the group whipped off their shirts, and they formed a human tower. while the bear-chested troupe got some cheers from the crowd, the pope seemed to have a more measured response. >>> one man is hoping his best friend can make it into the record books. in canada a man believes his dog is the oldest in the world. the owner had stumbled upon a shy mixed breed at a foster shelter 18 years ago. according to the vet, at the time the dog was 7. that makes the dog 25 years old today, doggy equivalent of 125 years old. bill, what do you think he feeds him? you have a dog. >>

bbc news, mexico city. >> the veteran american film director blake edwards has died in california. he was 88 and had been suffering from pneumonia. the director and writer made more than 30 films including the pink panther series, "breakfast at tiffany's," and "10." >> in "the pink panther," blake edwards turned an accident prone french detective into a hugely successful movie franchise. >> we must find that woman. >> and truman capote's tale of a teenage call girl became one of hollywood's most stylish family friendly romantic comedies. >> i never could do that. >> it is easy. >> he knew from the outset "breakfast at tiffany's" was a chance to make his name. >> i would have done it if i had to crawl the -- had to crawl all the way up the walk of shame. that was a big opportunity for me. >> however, it was 40 years before he and his wife, julie andrews, could celebrate him finally winning an honorary oscar. early films such as "days of wine and roses" showed he could do serious. his box office successes were usually more about wit and lightness of touch. and blake edwards learned a

. >> a recent survey tied beijing with mexico city as the world's worst commute. nearly 5 million cars clogged the streets of the chinese capital. and the addition can only put its infrastructure under further strain. >> two months ago in hungary, the storage pond at an aluminum waste site overflowed. 10 people died and more than 100 others were injured. we returned to the settlements worst affected. see how people are coming to terms with the disaster. >> the first snow of winter has already melted to reveal a landscape still heavily scarred by the catastrophe. these houses cannot be repaired. caustic material and sludge is eating away the foundations. the are plans to build a memorial park here monday. >> we have been promised compensation for the house, but we will never get back the 15 years' work we put into it. now all of that is lost. >> pupils have been allowed back to primary school. the corridors are constantly watched. they can even open the windows. in winter, there is less threat from the dust. but the people are still haunted by what happened. >> it

the explosion happened about 15 miles east of mexico city. flaming crude oil gushed from the streets of san martine. more than 50 people were hurt by the blast and more than 30 homes destroyed. investigators say the explosion was apparently caused by thieves trying to steal the crude oil. >>> still to come on the morning news, holiday cheer for retailers, as sales rebound. >>> plus, search for a show girl. a las vegas dancer is missing for more than a week. this is the "cbs morning news." ♪ ♪ it's that chocolate ♪ it's that whipped cream ♪ it's that caramel, and espresso you mix in ♪ ♪ i must be, i must be, i must be, i must be ♪ ♪ i must be dreamin' [ male announcer ] for the first time at mcdonald's -- your two favorite flavors together. new mccafé caramel mocha. well? what do you guys think? perfect. [ male announcer ] the simple joy of sweet harmony. ♪ [ male announcer ] the simple joy of sweet harmony. if you live for performance, upgrade to castrol edge advanced synthetic oil. with eight times better wear protection than mobil 1. castro

triggered successive smaller blasts forcing people to flee the small town fifty five kilometers outside mexico city firefighters say the flames are under control. severe weather across europe has shut major have pools and stranded thousands of travelers hundreds of flights from london's gatwick and heathrow airport have been cancelled there is also major air disruption in france italy and the netherlands traffic accidents caused by the conditions led to several deaths in germany while a belgian died when a snow they didn't roof collapsed on him forecasters say the arctic temperatures are predicted to last well into the new year. russian prime minister vladimir putin held his annual q. and a session this week with the russian public put in a spent four and a half hours on the live t.v. answering some of the million plus questions which flooded in turn in the vehicle that followed the event for us. not quite truth or dare in his annual q. and a session the russian prime minister was given a choice and some of the questions were rather daring like the one about former oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky w

six successive smaller blasts forcing people to flee the small town to five kilometers outside mexico city firefighters say the flames are going to control. the. un secretary-general ban ki moon has said peacekeeping forces will remain in ivory coast despite being ordered out by the incumbent president long barbeau who's ignoring international calls to step down but who claims the un has been only his rival and the same with tyrant through international observers say one last month's presidential election the u.s. has to pull out of most of its personnel citing increasing until western sentiment and fears a growing or renewed violence in the country is still recovering from a bloody civil war that ended in two thousand and three. thousands of travelers have been left stranded as severe weather disrupts airports across europe hundreds of flights from london's gatwick and heathrow airport is have been counseled and there is also major air disruption in france italy and the netherlands in germany at least two people were killed in traffic accidents caused the conditions for cars to say the ar

they have not yet confirmed the citizenship of the teen arrested thursday at an airport south of mexico city. he told reporters he and his 19- year-old sister were trying to board a plane for tijuana with the hopes of making it to san diego, where he says his stepmother lives. the teen tells a chilling story of being kidnapped at 11 years old and forced to carry out killings for drug cartels. >> reporter: how did you do it? >> i cut their throats. >> reporter: what did you feel while you were doing it? >> really bad. >> reporter: how did they force you? >> they said they were going to kill mel. >> mexican authorities say the teen had two cell phones containing photos of tortured people with him at time of his arrest. >> crews at this east bay fire station are focused on saving lives. but at this time of year they are also focused on helping needy children. for, that they need your help. >>> and the sound of the holidays hit a high note and where you can still catch than holiday tradition tomorrow. >>> a group of bay area firefighters is battling to bring smiles to the faces of many children.

success of smaller blasts of forcing people to leave a small town fifty five kilometers outside mexico city firefighters say the flames are out of control. severe weather across europe has shut major airports and stranded thousands of travelers hundreds of flights from london's gatwick and heathrow have also been cancelled to resource a major air disruption in france italy and the netherlands traffic accidents caused by the conditions that led to several deaths in germany while a belgian died when the snow laden route laughed at him so hard to say the arctic temperatures are predicted to last well into the new year. russian prime minister vladimir putin held his annual q. and a session this week with the russian public but has spent four and a half hours on live t.v. answering some of the million plus questions which flooded in on an overcoat followed the event. not quite truth there and his annual q. and a session the russian prime minister wasn't given a choice and some of the questions were rather daring like the one about former oil tycoon mikhail who that core ski who is currently serv

it happened about 55 miles east of the mexico city. survivors said it looks like rivers of fire flowing down streets. the explosion happened as thieves tried to steal oil from the pipeline. the u.s. justice department says u.s. refineries buy millions of dollars of stolen oil smuggled across the border by mexican drug cartels expanding their operation. >>> in the former russian republican of belarus, thousands of demonstrators clashed with police over allegations of voter fraud. one opposition candidate was beaten bad enough to be sent to the hospital. his wife said seven men in civilian clothes kidnapped from the hospital and his whereabouts are unknown. lukashenko has led belarus often characterized as the last dictatetorship. >>> vice president biden said the compromise with republicans was a tough, but necessary choice. >> there are people out there drowning. there are 2 million people this month that can't afford to get a christmas tree, let alone buy any gift because their unemployment has run out, which means they have been unem

. >> yes, we went to tokyo, we went to paris, london and mexico city. >> jimmy: so, in tokyo, they -- do they call it in tokyo? >> "tron: legacy." >> jimmy: is it like that in all the countries? >> yes, they say it just like that. >> jimmy: did you get to, in tokyo, did you get to do anything -- >> no, we did the junkets. but i like the japanese press. they are very enthusiastic. and some of them would wear "tron" suits to the interviews. >> jimmy: really? >> and we had quite a few of those but we had two girls who came in full suits like my character in the movie and started weeping at the end of the interview. >> jimmy: why? >> enthusiastically. >> jimmy: they were sad it was over? >> and they were so moved by the interview. so, they were crewing -- >> jimmy: you could get electric cuted trying in that outfit. they cried? >> yeah, but -- you never know how enthusiastic the japanese are. because we screened 20 minutes of the film at one point in tokyo and at the end there was this police smattering of applause. and we looked at each other and we were like, my god, they hate it. this

her little sister had a skin disease caused by pollution in mexico city. she had a good life in mexico city. her dad was a lawyering her mom stayed at home. now both her parents clean homes in the united states. michelle is in her first to fairview high school and won an award for greatest helps in the boulder community because of her community service. she credited one of her teachers, mrs. carpenter, for helping get her involved in community service including the rotary club. mexico city, she's now 18 years old she found out she was undocumented in eighth graded when she wanted to go on a school trip to washington, d.c., our nation's capital. michelle wants to transfer to study marine biology. she said, i would love to study marine biology but i'm not sure they'll love me because of my situation. she continued on the phone with me last week my life is here now. lives better than our parents' and try to make a good life for ourselves. they are stopping the dreams for students who don't have papers. i don't know if they want us to work in mcdonald's or wen

it happened at about 55 miles east of mexico city. witnesses said it looked like a rivers of fire, flowing down the streets. the explosion happened as thieves tried to steal oil from the pipeline. u.s. justice department said u.s. refineries buy millions of dollars worth of oil stolen from mexican pipelines and smuggled across the border at an illegal operation lead by mexican drug cartels expanding their reach. >>> and in south korea, some residence caught a ferry back to the mainland today, leaving before the next scheduled military exercises set for tomorrow. north korea has warned that they will retaliate if south korea goes ahead with the drills. united nation's security council held an emergency session on the area today, but reached no agreement as to how to handle the matter. >>> the house may vote on a measure that could damage the u.s. relations with a critical ally, turkey. the resolution would declare the world war i era of killing armenians. they estimate up to 1.5 million were killed by turks. in march, turkey withdrew t

violence, and the crackdown, on drug kingpins from nicholas casey of the "wall street journal" in mexico city. >> woodruff: plus, we have a second look at spencer michels' story behind the story of a surprising bestseller. >> mark twain decreed that his autobiography couldn't be published until 100 years after his death. that's this year. >> ifill: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> i do a lot of different exercises, but, basically, i'm a runner. last year, i had a bum knee that needed surgery, but it got complicated because i had an old injury. so, i wanted a doctor who had done this before. and united healthcare's database helped me find a surgeon. you know, you can't have great legs, if you don't have good knees. >> we're 78,000 people looking out for 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. united healthcare. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. a

aztec, and new mexico, cliff, you are on the "washington journal." i am sorry. rapid cityoliver, go ahead. caller: i used to work at a computer place in south dakota and they moved down south to mexico. they have facilities in texas. i think computer places from california moved to texas. the millionaires from new york went overseas or to other places that do not have to pay so much taxes on where they live and all that. they moved mostly in south america -- or, south usa. most of the millionaires should move down south because they do not have to pay taxes on all that stuff that new york and california have to pay for, especially schools that are being paid for by millionaires. host: oliver, what is the tax situation in rapid city, s.d.? is that helping to get more jobs, or is that keeping jobs from coming to south dakota >> caller: they are getting jobs thrown here now, but they have two big walmarts in rapid city. we're trying to get another one. i think it pretty good here in south dakota. host: in "the wall street journal" -- host: you can read more in "the wall stree

. >> the immigration staff when home care good >> of mexico flight from mexico city. >> were stuck up there in the middle of nowhere in the snow. the >> new york port authority runs the airports and planes the air lines for putting the flights in the air without checking >> the airline to that check before the cut to the airport whether they were getting a date to put people didn't have the staffing, to put the plane so without that to their route on the tarmac. what i can tell you, the gm and at jfk spent the entire morning trying to find a date for these people even though it has nothing to do with his responsibility it's strictly an airline responsibility and they didn't fulfill that. >> the problem is not just at jfk. >> at the korea we had three planes come in with no gates to park at our staff spent several hours finding dates, pulling every airline at laguardia to make sure we could put the plans for the patriot once again were taking on the responsibility and is generally something that belongs to the airlines >> one day area passenger rights advocates said the finger pointing

town but a parade of round red nose, brightly colored hair and floppy shoes was turning heads in mexico city. >> i was really hoping this was about clowns after that dozens of clowns marched through the treat to thank the patron saint, the basilica de la lupe. they juggled all the way. >> to a patron saint of mexico. scared of clowns. back after this. ♪ let me tell you about a very important phone call i made. when i got my medicare card, i realized i needed an aarp... medicare supplement nsurance card, too. medicare is one of the great things about turning 65, but it doesn't cover everything. in fact, it only pays up to " 80% of your part b expenses. if you're already on or eligible for medicare, call now to find out how an aarp... insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company, not paid by medicare part b. that can save you from paying .up to thousands of dollars... out of your own pocket. these are the only medicare supplement insurance plans... exclusively endorsed by aarp. when you call now, you'll get this free information kit... with all you need to enroll. put their trust in aarp p me

however, mexico city, the capital of mexico, only has a murder rate of eight, which is three times bettershington, d.c. so far it's highly concentrated but the tendency here is it's getting more and more widespread. >> rafael, we appreciate you as always. >>> coming up, a new school that we're going to tell you about. it dust just teach reading, writing, arithmetic. they also teach jazz. ♪ 'tis of thee ♪ sweet land ♪ of liberty ♪ of thee i sing [ laughs ] ♪ oh, land ♪ where my fathers died ♪ land of the pilgrims' pride ♪ from every mountainside ♪ let freedom ring ♪ getting a minute ago. the justice department has filed a civil lawsuit over the deepwater horizon disaster. the suit is naming nine defendants. the government wants to declare that eight of them are responsible for the removal costs and damages. >>> last hour the senate passed a tax cut compromise bill that would keep the bush-era tax cuts in place for two years and the unemployment extension for 13 months. they head to the house where they could vote as early as tomorrow. >>> four suspects are in custody and authorities are se

wife says go to sleep but i can't because you see a village and then it turned into this big city in mexico and then you do more and it turns into china and you wonder where we're all headed. i don't know the answer but when you know thing i do know fiduciaries you listen to what the people want most of all, it's education for all they're children and i ask many women now when i'm over sees, i ask the women i'm here is a your servant and would like to help you what do you want? most women would say i want a good husband or to become wealthy or prosperity. what most women say is, we don't want our babys to diet. how do you answer that question? it comes through educating girls and through female literacy. >> thanks, doug. this is different schools. my daughter occasionally, she looks at these photos and said, dad you don't have any playgrounds in your school so now we have playgrounds and skipping ropes and it's been a really great blessing to see. play is an important part of the learning process and socializing so thank you, amira. this is in la lander school, the story is in karen chronic