the italian prime minister, mario monti, has won about of confidence in parliament, clearing the way for the senate to approve his austerity budget next week. it should be rolled out in 2012 and got easy approval. if it had been defeated, mario monti and his technocrat government would have been forced to resign exactly one month after being sworn in. let's take a look at the friday market numbers, starting off in frankfurt. germany's dax ended down by

prime minister mario monti issue. it a severe planned sending out there borrowing costs below the key 6% level. >> mario monti give his plan to parliament. >> this is one of those historical moments where it is everyone's duty to be loyal to italy and to concentrate on saving this great nation. >> the planned measures include making italian employees work longer before they retire, at tighter cash curbs to avoid tax evasion, along with an increase in the sales tax as well as a new levy on luxury goods. we are all in this together, the message as and give up is salary. italians are bracing for sacrifices of their own. >> i hope this resolves something, because the situation is very serious. >> sec rises for everyone, that is what they are saying. i suppose we will have to wait and see. >> a number of measures such as tax breaks designed to promote employment and boost economic activity. some of the plans, especially the pension reforms, expected to face stiff opposition. >> financial officials in europe looking at the

mario monti says that he was encouraged by the results? images of 35 in danger of rhinos have been captured. -- mario monti says that he was encouraged by the results. experts estimate that only 40-60 of the animals remain in the park. have been found in st. petersburg. it was packed in containers and sat next to corpses. the sale of caviar is regulated in russia but often sold illegally. 2011 has been a bad year for elephants according to a group of mergers that trade in wildlife. this has been the worst year on record of seizures of ivory. the growing wealth has spread the desire for ivory ornaments and asia. the finger of blame has been pointed at organized crime gangs. >> you see, we have more chinese and asians in africa than at any time in african history. unfortunately, in these committees we now have criminal syndicates that have penetrated the forest as never before. they are flush with finance and they are rapidly moving wildlife commodities to the asian markets. they are also corruptible forces able to buy the pathways that move

in fact, lea michele and cory monty are doing interviews trying to deny the rumors he's so tough and make them work 18- hour days and insane demanding things.

lead to a somewhat more let's say serene or calm discussion if you compare the personalities of mr monti to that of mr berlusconi for example but at the end of the day even these stick to government still have to get approval from the parliament so in terms of the political game. if you allow me to words things don't change. the technocratic government so that might help but it is certainly not the ultimate solution for the euro zone problems speaking of the word dooms the u.k. is reportedly making full on preparations in case the euro does collapse and that includes closing its borders and evacuating ex-pats from stricken countries what such moves mean for both britain and the rest of the e.u. . well i think the u.k. is overdoing it a little bit if indeed it is correct that it is taking that kind of precautions because the situation in the euro zone is indeed looking not good at all but looking at the very at the breakup that is becoming very eminent now sounds a little bit exaggerated to me at the moment of course is there the u.k. is correct if we get to a situation where do you. brea

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 billion euros with its austerity program, including tax hikes and raising the retirement age. the package is expected to be passed by the italian senate this week. >> now more news with sabrina. >> the g germaforeign minister has reaffirmed britatain's importance to the european union was speaking on a visit to london in the first high-level meeting between the heat of countries since the divisive eu - between the two countries since the divisive eu meeting earlier this month. >> for germany, the united kingdom is an indispensable partner in the european union. there is no doubt that we want to make the

. >>> italian prime minister, mario monti, is now working to sell his new fiscal austerity package to the country's parliament and its people. the plan is worth 30 billion euros or 40 billion dollars. monti and some of his cabinet ministers spoke about the measures after an emergency policy meeting. >> translator: we had to ask the italian people to shoulder the burden but we made efforts to share the sacrifices fairly. >> the austerity plan is designed to balance italy's budget by 2013, strengthen the country's economy and stave off broader crisis in the euro zone. the government wants to introduce a new property tax and raise the pension age. it would generate 30 billion euros over the next three years. two-thirds of the money would go towards reducing the deficit. the rest would be spent on growth measures. these include promoting the hiring of women and young people and making loans available to smaller firms. we often talk about gross domestic product or gdp in business. gross national happiness, not so much. they have been on the radar for several years and now the japanese gove

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chose mario monti to be the prime minister that's the way it works in italy that's where it works in greece they were they were chosen by lot to their elected representatives but just the concept of it i mean if congress said hey we need to shuffle up the executive branch i mean that would be outrageous that's because we don't have what we have we don't promote your system so it would be outrageous they do have a problem interests so you see this is being less of an issue less of a concern and terms that well i can certainly understand people being very unhappy about it they they did not bring on the crisis they had mismanagement brought on the crisis but i would say you know again it was done through a democratic process it was done a very very heavy handed manner and i certainly understand people resenting it but was done through a democratic process but what about ok so consider the following along that argument you know the justification is you need to give up a little bit of your liberty for the economy or you know it in nine eleven we heard similar things need to give up a litt

the italian prime minister, mario monti, has won about of confidence in parliament, clearing the way for the senate to approve his austerity budget next week. it should be rolled out in 2012 and got easy approval. if it had been defeated, mario monti and his technocrat government would have been forced to resign exactly one month after being sworn in. let's take a look at the friday market numbers, starting off in frankfurt. germany's dax ended down by 0.5%. euro stoxx 50 down by 1%. across the atlantic in new york, the dow currently down just slightly, 11,858. the euro showing a little bit of strength, trading at a value of $1.3023. the head of the imf, christine lagarde, has issued a stark warning. saying the world could plummet into the 1930-style depression unless all nations joined together to fix's in europe spiraling debt crisis. she said no economy in the world will be immune to the crisis that is, in her words, not only unfolding but escalating. >> this was the first time imf managing director christine lagarde had issued such a stark warning about the state of the global ec

public accounts under control. >> the reference to the 30 billion euro austerity package that mario montipushed through parliament just before christmas. that italy would already be needing more cash in january, and so will other eurozone economies. analysts of information research say france will have to raise 49.5 billion euros. italy will need a further 15.6 billion. and spain will be looking to raise around 9 billion euros. that money will be hard to raise if investor confidence in the eurozone remains low, and especially hard for italy as new data has emerged showing domestic business confidence at a two-year low. >> despite the disappointing italian bond auctioned on european stocks advanced on thursday think the positive data from the u.s. led to get the report front the frankfurt stock exchange. >> the italian auction was a disappointment here. the interest rate is way too high to be sustainable. for the long term. if it continues to be that way, then italy has a problem and the years and has a problem. so it was a damper for the euro initially, at least, and also for equities. in

live in alameda monty francis, nbc bay area news. >> thank you very much.an francisco police have arrested a man accused of kidnapping and raping a woman in oakley one week ago. 45-year-old steven clark was taken into custody after he was spotted at the intersection of goff and geary in san francisco. he has been booked into jail on kidnap and rape charges. earlier this week clark was the focus of an intense man hunt when he was spotted near san diego. a strange and dangerous story from santa clara today. police say they found home made guns, bombs, and ammunition at a home afteromeone heard gunshots at the house. 45-year-old daniel pabats was arrested after police negotiated with him to come out of his home on rosemont drive. investigators discovered four improvised explosive devices, three home made guns, five blow guns, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition when they searched the house. the santa clara county sheriff's bomb squad had to dispose of two of the devices after they were found to be unstable. neighbors we spoke to today told us he and his wife

monti held talks sunday night with union leaders after a labor leader said monti made only a generic commitment to look into their demand. >>> a california state senator is calling for a boycott on lowe's home improvement stores after it pulled its advertising from the all american muslim. the tlc show follows several muslim families who live in dearborn, michigan. they received a complaint from an organization called the florida family organization. the group showed propaganda which represents a danger to traditional american values. california state senator called lowe's decision a bigoted, shameful decision. lowe's issued a statement apologizing for having managed to make some people unhappy. >>> the controversy over holiday symbols at the court in hesburg, virginia is not going away. >> now an atheist display been will be going up soon adding yet another layer of what the drama is that belongs on public property during the holidays. armando toole has more. >> the flying spaghetti monster is an atheist critique of religions. it spoofs traditional symbols of faith. its members call

speaking to lawmakers that of the vote, prime minister mario monti said the package would allow italyo face the euro debt crisis. it includes tax hikes and pension changes that require italians to work longer. the government of the reforms will help achieve a balanced budget by 2013. relief on the trading floor after the approval of the austerity package in an otherwise quiet trading day. dorothy holtz tells us why. >> traders have already been in holiday mood on the german stock market. trading volume was small, but investors for buying shares. the dax can afford. positive economic data from the u.s. job market fuelled demand. consumers more optimistic than expected. the success of the italian government in the confidence vote was also a big relief. the exceptional step by the ecb for eurozone bank's to first -- took criticism first, but got more supporters saying that this would reduce the risk for banks and bank shares did very well. >> that was indoor the halt in frankfurt. let's have a closer look as the market numbers, beginning with the blue-chip dax. it closed up by more than

allowing it now to cheap much needed by leaders service its debts but italian prime minister mario monti is not popping the champagne corks just yet so a more is needed to be done to calm the markets and that's going to take the form of more cuts your business sure missed your invite over thinks the eurozone economy is going to prospect. the intention was to raise eight point five billion euros italy could raise something like seven billion which is not bad but which is in any case below the target that was set and secondly the price the interest rate on those seven billion was seven percent now given the fact that italy has already a government debt equal to one hundred twenty five percent of g.d.p. and given the very poor growth prospects of the economy this is an interest rate that will. lead to a rep it escalation of interest burden for italy will undermine the health of the public finances of the country for the so indeed mr monti as big job to do to get things in the clear in terms of what can be expected for the coming year first of all i think we will see an exit of greece given

leaders are particularly interested in democracy i mean no one voted for mario monti no one voted. greece nor voted for marriott draggy is the new president of the european central bank which is so quietly behind all this there is a quite serious threat to democracy right the way across the continent at the moment and to the extent blackmail is being concocted by cozy and merkel being presented to a vote on friday then i think it's another potential blow for democracy i mean bear in mind he was never been especially democratic institution it's not something that has been formed out of the will of the peoples of europe especially if something's been formed over their heads rather and i think that's become increasingly obvious over the last few years the financial crisis the crisis of the european economies is only accelerated ok and if i can go back you one of the issues going to be talking about it in this summit is more fiscal union and and maybe i mean i can be swayed one way or another on that one because if you have monetary union least you should have fiscal ok at the start of

the vote expected to be passed easily as prime minister mario monti his government has an overwhelming majority in both houses of parliament monti was appointed last month to head a technocrat cabinet tasked with cutting debt and avoiding collapse of the euro zone's third largest economy. and they are in r.t. we get the latest on the euro hockey tour and our sports rounds are wrong because russia is rather new the guys are getting remains unbeaten in the top with the latest blow being delivered to finland you will be telling you more about that in around twenty minutes time here on r.t. . and also a few minutes from moscow out team guzzles on a few courses of global call me crazy but before that more reaction to russia joining the w t o with you and the business team. hey very warm welcome to the program let's start with more on the new year that's about to begin for the russian economy on friday night in geneva russia will become a member of the world trade organization to discuss the benefits some of the stumbling blocks without says frank shelf the head of the so c. action of europe

stories making headlines around the world this out italy's new a technocratic government headed by monti has approved a vital austerity and common growth package thirty billion euros country's prime minister out by the measures both chambers of parliament today before a vote monday took power on november the sixteenth after markets lost confidence in the spirit to bring in the reforms essential to rein in the debt. that one point nine billion euros twenty percent of these g.d.p. the scale of which. you see this resolved. at least forty five tons of heavily radioactive water have reportedly leaked from the fukushima nuclear power plant some reached the pacific ocean one of the station's operator has given rise to fresh concerns that the city still posses this threat to the body and nine months off it was struck by an earthquake and tsunami hopes that the operator had brought the reactors under control and now again in doubt. all the business news is up next with natasha stay with us. it's almost twenty three minutes past eight am here in moscow you're watching the business on r.t. if the

in italy, the new government-- led by prime minister mario monti-- won a vote of confidence, helping to ease one part of the debt crisis in europe. the italian parliament approved the government's nearly $40 billion package of tax hikes and pension changes. monti told lawmakers that italy is now setting a new example. >> ( translated ): italy will bring its contribution to stability in europe, but also increasingly strong elements of reflection and action on economic policies needed by our peoples. there is no growth without financial discipline. there is no stability if public debts are not in order. meanwhile, across europe, travelers heading out for christmas faced delays caused by strikes against austerity measures. part of the eurostar train service was halted through brussels, after belgian transport workers walked off the job. and in france, a week-old airport security strike meant delayed flights. a preliminary hearing wound up today for army private bradley manning, accused of giving reams of secret documents to wikileaks. in closing arguments at fort meade, maryland, a mili

monty francis is live in santa santa clara. he joins us with an update. >> city leaders say the power outages would not happen because the city runs its own power company and does not rely on pg&e. just before kickoff the lights went out, delaying the 49ers game by 20 minutes. the lights came back on in the second quarter. pg&e is looking into the cause. all this makes the south bay look more atrablgtive as a future home for the 49ers. and the mayor joins us live. thanks for getting up so early to join us today. >> good morning. >> i have to ask you, what is your reaction to the fact that the power wednesday out last night? >> i think it was unfortunate. even during the rolling blackouts, we were a beacon of light. we're at the end zone. when the power comes on, the purchasing power from the city. just town the street we have a 145 megawatt power plant. we have one of the largest receiving stations in all of california. down the street we're expanding our mission. and reliable of power and cheap power is why people come to sant

"today in the bay" monty francis has more on why police say they make a difference. >> reporter: it was here in san mateo county where two different men were convicted of 9 duis in 2008. that's what prompted state assemblyman, jerry hill, to draft legislation revoking a driver's license for ten years if that driver is convicted of three dui offenses. >> i am not saying that the court is lenient. the law has been lenient in the past. right now, the same people would lose their license for two or three years at the most. >> the bill was signed into law. hill says when it takes effect in a couple of weeks, more than 10,000 repeat dui offenders could be forced off the road in the coming year. police say something else is already working in the fight against drunk driving. it is called the avoid the 23 campaign backed by a one-year federal grant of $200,000 to pay for overtime, 23 law enforcement agencies are out on the streets actively looking for drunk drivers. >> we are specifically looking for them, not on general patrol looking for anything, a telltale signs of a weaving car, no headlig

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monty francis is live in menlo park. >> facebook hopes to have 2900 employees by the end of 2013.y simply ran out of space in palo alto. the truck is here unloading at the company's new address, one hacker way. after the last boxes came off the truck, some facebook employees couldn't wait to check out their massive new digs. the old sun microsystems building in menlo park and large enough to accommodate about 9,000 employees. >> in palo alto, we were separated by about a mile, it was about a 15-minute walk. now we're kind of all under one roof. >> it connects to one hacker way by a tunnel, and the company hopes to expand the campus there. there have been concerns from neighbors about traffic congestion and an environmental impact report is still being worked on. at least one report suggests that nearby businesses stand to gain $29 million in annual revenue as a result of facebook's move to menlo park. a mexican restaurant across the street hopes they're high. >> we're so glad about that. >> but stanford business professor steve blank has its doubts. he's nicknamed one hacker way t

. >>> italian prime minister mario monti outlining the government. it includes taxes on luxury cars and boats. the yale-educated economist says he won't take a salary as prime minister or finance minister. >>> hopes that there will be a break through this week toon european debt crisis. hong kong's hang seng rose 139. in london, the ftse opened higher. on wall street, the dow gained 788 points. the nasdaq was up 185. >>> it's been a week since cyber monday. we're still buying online. shoppers spent nearly $6 billion online last week. that's a record. free shipping was the big draw, aploying to almost 2 of 3 sales. many customers are now almost expecting it. >>> the sun never sets on the "twilight" saga. "breaking dawn" notched its third straight top finish. it took in $17 million. "the muppets" was second. and "hugo" made nearly $8 million as it expands. >> you contributed to qult the breaking dawn" right? >> i did. >>> when we come back, tiger woods does something on the golf course that he hasn't done in more than two years. >>> and got insurance?

monty ball, robert griffin ii, andrew luck, tyrone matthew and trent richardson have been invited to new york for saturday's presentation. >>> bruins have been on a tear lately, lost one in the last 15 and latest victim, the pittsburgh penguins. bergeron undressed a defenseman and dished to tyler seguin. bruins beat the pens 3-1. >>> on the flipside the capitals who fired their coach last week and continue to underachieve. the panthers scored two goals in a span of 13 seconds in the first period. weiss with a pair. panthers won 5-4. >>> blackhawks rally from three down but couldn't complete it against the coyotes. winning 4-3. >>> to new york for the hit of the night. maple leafs phaneuf crushed rangers michael sauer. nothing illegal about it. that's a textbook hit. the helmet came flying off. he actually hit his head on the boards on the way down. he was fine just a little rattled. >>> that's your early look at sports on "early today." i'm fred roggin. >>> well, rosie gets ready to say "i do" and larry king gets ready for, well, passing away. your entertainment headlines are straigh

monty will be headed to brussels shortly and mr. geithner home, i guess. in the meantime members of the european people's party grouping in the european parliament are gathering, trying to forge a common standpoint, a common position to take with them up to brussels. and christian phrasier, our correspondent, is there. >> they will be the most decided days in the euro zone's short history. but if 11th hour negotiations are still to be had, they will be had here. timothy excite they are in is here at the end of a grand tour of europe. and was meeting the spanish prime minister whose government will be backing far-reaching changes to the liz bin treating. on the evening of their arrival the french and german sent a letter to the president. it's a blue print to a new treaty with mandatory penalties for those who break the policy and committing all governments to strict rules, and also the british prime minister has vowed he will block any changes that threaten the city of london and will go their own deal drafting a treaty outside the existing treaty. the sta

if it had been defeated, mario monti and his technocrat gornment would have bebeen month after being sworn in. let's take a look at the friday market numbers, starting off in frankfurt. germany's d dax eed down by 0.5%. euro stoxx 50 down by 1%. across the atlantic in new york, slightly, 11,858. down justst the euro showing a little bit of strengthth, trading at a value f $1.30233. the head of the imf, christine lagarde, has issued a stark warning. ying the world could plummet into the 1930-style depression unless all nations joined together to fix's in europope spiraling debt crisis. e said no economy in the world will be immune to the crisis that is, in herer words, not ony unfolding but escalating. >> this was the first time imf managing director christine lagarde had issued such a stark warng about the state of the global economy. >> at it is down, downside risk, revision downward, slow-growth than expected, higher deficit th predicted. and public finances thaare not in particular good condition. anthat is pretty much true the world overer. to be considering its responsnse to sav

in italy, the new government-- led by prime minister mario monti-- won a vote of confidence, helping to ease one part of the debt crisis in europe. the italian parliament approved the government's nearly $40 billion package of tax hikes and pension changes. monti told lawmakers that italy is now setting a new example. >> ( translated ): italy will bring its contribution to stability in europe, but also increasingly strong elements of reflection and action on economic policies needed by our peoples. there is no growth without financial discipline. there is no stability if public debts are not in order. meanwhile, across europe, travelers heading out for christmas faced delays caused by strikes against austerity measures. part of the eurostar train service was halted through brussels, after belgian transport workers walked off the job. and in france, a week-old airport security strike meant delayed flights. a preliminary hearing wound up today for army private bradley manning, accused of giving reams of secret documents to wikileaks. in closing arguments at fort meade, maryland, a mili

in italy, the new government-- led by prime minister mario monti-- won a vote of confidence, helping to ease one part of the debt crisis in europe. the italian parliament approved the government's nearly $40 billion package of tax hikes and pension changes. monti told lawmakers that italy is now setting a new example. >> ( translated ): italy will bring its contribution to stability in europe, but also increasingly strong elements of reflection and action on economic policies needed by our peoples. there is no growth without financial discipline. there is no stability if public debts are not in order. meanwhile, across europe, travelers heading out for christmas faced delays caused by strikes against austerity measures. part of the eurostar train service was halted through brussels, after belgian transport workers walked off the job. and in france, a week-old airport security strike meant delayed flights. a preliminary hearing wound up today for army private bradley manning, accused of giving reams of secret documents to wikileaks. in closing arguments at fort meade, maryland, a mili

literally minutes ago, has passed a vote on a new austerity program outlined by prime and esther mario monti. it has passed its first hurdle in the lower house in the past few moments and is expected to go to another vote in the upper house shortly, before it is turned into law. as we follow the unfolding events in the eurozone efforts to deal with the mountain of sovereign debt, the italians have passed in the lower house of parliament, a new austerity package. still to come on "gmt," defying the odds -- doctors in california preparing to send home one of the smallest premature babies ever to survive. the european council president has offered to the british what he called a technical role when eu and leaders meet at the end of january. but tensions between britain and france are still high. the bank of france chief says credit rating agencies should downgrade britain before france. >> fears of isolation in europe after the british prime minister vetoed plans for a new eu treaty last week. to have evacuated. britain will not have a vote on the content of the treaty, but representatives have

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ier mario monti encampment. >>> a last ditch attempt by italy's government to solve their crisis. new move to keep the euro from collapsing. the plan includes measures to spur growth and competition. they met with unions, trying to reach an agreement. but the plan to raise the retirement age and years of services required to get the full pension is strongly opposed by the union. >>> and vice president joe biden in greece tonight to support the country during its debt crisis. tomorrow, the vice president will meet with the largest political leaders, ahead of the summit to match out a debt solution plan. president obama says the european debt crisis is the biggest problem for the recovery. >>> and fielding the republican presidential candidates, much different now than a few weeks ago. as drew levinson reports, herman cain's fall and gingrich's rise has changed the political landscape. but a clear frontrunner has yet to come forward. >> reporter: with herman cain out of the g.o.p. race for president? >> i am suspending my presidential campaign. >> reporter: mitt romney and gingrich