the national council on alcoholism & drug abuse of st. louis sponsored a hands across the bridge rally. several hundred supporters from missouri and illinois assembled at the chain of rocks bridge to join hands and connect both states. recovery speakers and elected officials spoke at the event and a unified crowd enjoyed a day of food, fun activities, and live music. recovery supporters in delaware celebrated recovery month in their state by holding a kickoff luncheon. delaware governor ruth ann minner was on hand to speak and to recognize several individuals for their work in the substance abuse treatment field. river valley behavioral health organized a stand for recovery. citizens of owensboro, kentucky, gathered publicly on the lawn of owensboro courthouse to stand and show their support for the recovery movement. rhode islanders celebrated recovery month by attending a recovery day event in their state capital of providence. the event featured food, face painting, guest speakers, and live music, as well as prevention activities, disp

. >>> i look forward to a reformed united nations security council that includes india as a permanent member. >> president barack obama makes an announcement that draws applause from the parliament of india. >>> all lanes of westbound 580 are back open following a multivehicle accident that caused a huge backup this morning. the accident happened around 6:00 a.m. p there pleasanton near doherty road involving a big rig and several other vehicles. three of the right lanes were blocked. the back imriewp grew for than a mile. >>> a louisiana lawyer suing bp over the gulf oil spill calls a preliminary report about the cause of the spill absolutely absurd. during a hearing today the national oil spill commission created by president barack obama said it found no proof that any company associated with the disaster had cut corners to reduce costs. the spill killed eleven workers and released more than 200 million gallons of crude oil into the gulf of mexico. several congressional democrats accused bp are putting profits ahead of safety. the commission's final report is due in january. >>> pr

economy be modernized by decree i'm joined in the studio by you're able to help ski head of national council for investment thank you for joining us today is to get your council represents directors who manage companies what do you think is the key to updating and diversifying the russian economy of course is a big task and government and private investors can do quite a lot i think first first of all what is important is for government to follow consistent policy of growth and development and that's probably should be based on focus on business and investment we're not promoting calling the investments in the country on setting up a clearance and liberations of course on top of it. it is important to move infrastructure country both legal and physical and if you look at the growing competition from countries like could be countries reinvest. possible part of a g.d.p. growth to achieve growth above sixty percent of those so russia it can't vestment about twenty percent of g.d.p. should invest more of its g.d.p. to sustain high growth rates have been growth rates and also what is important in

united nations security council. mr.obama is in new delhi today. he gave a wide ranging speech to parliament to endorsing india's bid to the council seat. the president called the u.s. and india, quote, indispensable partners and he said both countries can do a better job of jointly combating terrorism as well as securing the world's nuclear materials. >> we can make it clear that even as every nation has the right to peaceful nuclear energy, every nation must also meet its international obligations and that includes the islamic republic of iran. >>> after india, president obama will travel to indonesia and then to the g20 meeting in south korea before heading to japan. >>> a volcano export is warning that indonesia's mountain could erupt again at any time. 141 people have died since the volcano started erupting two weeks ago, shooting clouds of gas and debris up to 3,000 feet. thousands of people have evacuated the area near the volcano.

>> the national security council meets every week. and the way i want it to work -- and that sort of making progress is all the ministers you have are all in national security. so energy, business, treasury, foreign office, prime minister, all of that. in addition, and crucially, if you've got current experts, the huts of the security services, pc hq. and if were discussing brazilians, you might get people from the environment agency. the idea is that meets every week. it normally has an update on the key priorities of terrorism, afghanistan, to make sure we're getting the decision-makers are getting the latest information from the experts. and each week we try and have a discussion about a particular issue that meets the strategic approach. so we've had very good discussions on gavin and i'm looking at terrorism in northern ireland and other subjects. gehman is a good example, where we have a range of engagement with yemen. obviously, we have a budget. we have a bilateral relationship. i've spoken to president salant. i met him myself

thank you for the update. >>> our coverage of the national council on u.s. air relations continues now. in this 35 minute portion the u.s. ambassador to saudi arabia on u.s. policy in the region. [inaudible conversations] ladies and gentlemen, please you can bring your coffee to the table and your seat. we are going to comments this morning session, and we have the distinct privilege of having the deputy commander of the united states central command, lieutenant general john allen, a united states marine corps. we have an unusual situation where he is a graduate of the united states naval academy with honors, and we have raising this morning's session as yesterday, and a quarter of a century later, plus one he became of the naval academy the first marine corps officer in the history of the institution to become. as before he's an intellectual and academic and an educated in addition to being a commander in a leader of the men and women in our armed forces those who have been deployed, mobilized in the forward presence general allen. [applause] >> thanks very

>> the national security council meets every week. the way i wanted to work -- and it has made good progress -- with all the ministers who have a role in national security, so energy, business, the treasury, the foreign office, dfid, and the prime minister. in addition, and crucially, you have the experts, the chief of the defense staff, the heads of the security service, gchq, and if we are discussing resilience, you might have people from defra or the environment agency. the idea is that it meets every week. it normally has an update on the key priorities -- terrorism, afghanistan -- to make sure that the decision makers are getting the latest information from the experts. and that each week we try to have a discussion about that particular issue that needs a strategic approach. so we've had very good discussions on pakistan and yemen, and on looking at terrorism in northern ireland and another subject. we try to pick off one each week. yemen is it that example. we have range of engagement with yemen. obviously we have a big aid budg

strategically about these issues. >> teh nfc has very few staff and we do recommend that the national security councilhe responsible for such contingencies. the possibilities and opportunities -- >> it will be difficult to do that. i saw the report. without being careful, the national strategy suddenly becomes, if you are so broad, the national security council losing its important focus on security and getting into something where we would lose what is very vital. >> the council's efforts to include the going against the grain of cost-reduction, department of budgets tend to hinder cross-department to work -- cross-departmental work. bills that you have incentivized across the department? -- goals that you have incentivized across the department? >> beginning in government, should we be able to cool it down? it gets fantastically complicated. if the security council is discussing pakistan and comes to conclusions about what our relations should be, the department should be following those conclusions. and every department has a consequence of what the national security council is deciding. it does no

. >> the national council on u.s./arab relations' recent conference included a discussion of the role of energy in foreign policy. this is an hour. >> those who end danger in conversation, would you move to the back of the room, please? so it does not disturb the speakers? ladies and gentlemen, please, take your seats. one of the most misunderstood of the issues between the united states and the arab world in this terms of how the american public perceives it is that we have moved from a consensus four or five years ago on energy security to a situation where in the last two presidential state of the union addresses, in the last go of the previous administration's state of the union addresses call for ending america's -- lessening america's reliance on foreign oil. for most specialists, this has been a code word for arab and islamic oil. it's not that americans are in favor of driving less, it's just that the political policy implications have been driving less on arab and islamic origin oil. we have randa fahmy hudom

any changes would be tied to other reforms of the security council and could take years. >> i look forward to a reformed united nation's security council. that includes india as a permanent member. >>> the president and first lady today also laid a wreath to a memorial to india's leader ghandi. >>> a case was brought by former south carolina public assemblyman and has not gone through the appeals court in southern california and it is rare for the supreme court to review such a case. >> it is no longer a fireplace. >>> a rude awaken in one bay area neighborhood. find out why a car sailing into their home wasn't actually the worse of their problems. >> after a very wet sunday. temperatures warmed up but believe it or not those umbrellas may be needed. i'll tell you which day this week you may have to use them again. >>> an accident on a major bay area freeway snarled traffic during the morning commute. happened about 6:00 a.m. this morning on interstate 580 in pleasanton. it involved a big rig and several other vehicles. three of the lanes on the freeway were blocked for a time and traffic was backed up all the way to t

that is why i can say today in the years ahead i look forward to a reformed united nations security council india as a permanent member. >> china, russia, france, the united kingdom, you the united states and now maybe india. quote unquote permanent members of the united nations permanent security council. the u.n. most prestigious powerful body. each of the five permanent members, perhaps soon to be 6 has very to power -- veto power that allows them to block a member by the council. it means also that the u.s. wants india as an ally. it can be construed as a check on the economic activity of china. president obama's support for india might sour relations with pakistan with whom india fought three separate wars over the past 63 years and with whom we have engaged as a u.s. ally in fighting terrorism in southwest asia. will president obama's initiative to getting india a seat on the permanent security council add up to a plus or minus for the united states, monica crowley. >> this is a huge plus, not because india will get a permanent seat any time soon. japan is still first in line. bill cl

obama has announced he will support india in its bid for a permanent seat on the united nations security council. the pledge has been opposed by pakistan which is accusing him of playing power politics. our report from delhi on the growing ties between the state and the largest democracy. >> a ceremonial welcome for barack obama in deley. this, he says is one of the most important relationships in the world. it was in his speech to parliament that the lofty rhetoric was translated into the one firm commitment that india wanted to hear, a seat at the top table. >> in the years ahead, i look forward to a reformed united nations security council that includes india as a permanent member. [applause] >> the the applause was lengthy but it was followed with a warning, with power comes responsibility, speaking out against the suppression of democracy in places like burma is especially. >> if i can be frank, in the international forum, india has often shied away from some of these issues. and i have no doubt that future generations, indians and americans, will live in a world that is more prosperous and

delivered a plum, backing the nation's bid to be given a permanent seat on the powerful united nations security council. >> i look forward to a reformed united nations security council that includes india as a permanent member. >> reporter: the move is vehemently opposed by india's neighbor and nemesis, pakistan, which suggested it would gravely undermine u.n. charter principles. there's a larger strategy at play. >> the better u.s./india relationship makes it easier to have a good u.s./china relationship because it acts as something as a counterweight to china. >> reporter: another goal, for the beleaguered president, whose economic stewardship voters resoundingly rejected in last week's election, this trip has also been almost like an international stimulus plan. >> for america, this is like a job strategy. >> reporter: upon arriving, the president announced deals totaling near $10 billion exports. >> what i'm really excited about is the fact that we're actually doing some business while we're here. >> reporter: and while the trip allowed the president some lighter cultural moments, participating in

and then i actually was executive director for the national council on alcoholism and drug dependence a couple of years. and all of that to say is that i focused a lot on the advocacy part of it and, and pushing the system if you will. and, and what i began to see, once i came on the inside with my current organization, is there is stigma and discrimination and biases within the field, probably just, if not to a larger degree than what you see outside. i think the whole issue of medication assisted treatment is one that, that we just don't want to talk about. i think some of it is, is that the workforce is basically trained in a certain modality or methodology or clinical approach and don't want to veer far from that approach. but in this new day and this new age, we're focusing more on the strength based approach, a person centered approach, more so than identifying the person by an action. and john, should we be looking internally first and, and if so, how do we approach the education of our field first, you know, because as we're sitting here, you know we're talking about how every

for more, we go to robert danin, a former state department and national security council official, who headed the office of the quartet of nations and international organizations working on the mideast peace process. he is now at the council on foreign relations. and shibley telhami, a university of maryland professor and senior fellow at the brookings institution. he's conducted numerous public opinion surveys in the middle east, and advised the state department on mideast issues. we will... welcome to you both, gentlemen. th iraeliress is calling today's announcement coming as it does when prime minister netanyahu is here a major embarrassment. are they ride and if so to whom? >> i think it's an embarrassment to both prime minister netanyahu and to the united states. prime minister netanyahu came on this visit wanting to make it a positive visit. in doing so by having the interior ministry announce this while he's here it undermines his credibility in the eyes of the administration. for the administration it looks like they're trying to make peace with soeonewho is not serious. >> wa

i think all the national council for strategic policy, which is being offered to iyad allawi, the challenger who kind of lost out to mr. maliki, who has gradually gained ground over the last few months, whether he will personally accept it or not is not clear at the moment, but his coalition should be allocated it under this division of power. the question is, will that body turn out to ben effective power-sharing instrument whereby they can influence policy, especially in the realm of security, which is mr. allawi's main concern and that of some other people, who believe mr. allawi went out on his own on a lot of security decisions over the past four years. so that is the nub of it. but meanwhile, there is a deal with the kurds in the shape of mr. talabani. he wouldn't mind me saying that. they will have the presidency, the shiites in the shape of mr. maliki will have the prime minister's job and the sunnis in the shape of one of mr. allawi's allies would have the speakership of parliament. that's the basic deal. whether it will work, we'll have to wait and see. it's like any national unity

calling to dominate the next one gangs in sochi and as the sport is falling into the country the national councilhas turned to canada for x. but health care points he says five. curling is traditionally popular in countries like canada switzerland sweden and denmark to name just a few and it's been that way there for hundreds of years however in russia which has had the same weather pericarditis as those countries all along the sport of curling has somehow failed to reach the masses a fact which has been considered and major disadvantage especially head of the next home winter olympics but russian sports authorities are aiming for nothing less than to defy the odds at the next winter games and have formed an experimental national team which includes a coach and players from canada i think what has to happen here is you have to get fresh on the forefront perhaps if not at all competitions i know that even after the woman russian think it looks a little sad that he falls into the request of women girls to start playing feeling so i think that has seen its patient and if we can get the men where the

and again some light from the national council. headline. this is a traditionally democratic or republican issues but rather an. issue of american measurable security and i am hopeful that we can get that done morag obama refunds his commitments to ransom find a new strategic arms reduction treaty with russia i'm disappointed he's going to music influence in congress and the retro in this comes after russian lawmakers reign in so that the outcome of the u.s. meantime election is mine as opposed to expecting to pay. a multi-million dollar contracts to supply fuel to do us our base and we're just trying to get between the lines regardless of an ongoing investigation and the judgments from the previous president in the last advice is needed by the u.s. outpost to support his operation and i'm going to stop. and debate is raging a job any of that a t.v. show which he did secretly hoping to get me to expose him to the no problems is going to grow grow clouds the no way to see the facts right. as the headlines on right now chairman of the foreign

nation council says the current reset between the two countries will not be affected the full interview he gave to our spotlight program coming up later but here's a sneak peek. the reset is not in danger we managed to create some substance for the reset but we are working hard on the providing military transit and civilian transit to afghanistan through the russian territory we are fighting together against drug trafficking in afghanistan so we are doing a lot and i think it will help democrats and those responsible republicans who are still present in the senate and in the house of representatives to to to move forward in the reset. stay with us here on our team lots more still ahead. bush is celebrating national unity day holiday with a stark pollutes but also allows people of different social and political opinions the share their ideas. first though georgia plans to revamp its ailing agricultural industry by inviting new farmers from south africa bowlers are a minority there and the georgian government believes they would find better opportunities far from home and bring investment

thank you. >> richard -- [inaudible] with the national foreign trade council. you mentioned that afghanistan as one of the two wars -- [inaudible] extending the views relative to -- [inaudible] >> barbara, if i may just repeat the question for our television viewers. what about the war in iraq? >> sure. i actually didn't go into iraq in this brief, that might be a topic for a second one. iraq is, it's interesting, and everyone's always said, well, of course the iranians got a lot of influence when we got rid of saddam, and that's true, but i think the iranians are tearing their hair out about iraq right now too. i remember getting an e-mail from an acquaintance of mine in tehran predicting that maliki would be confirmed as prime minister right after ramadan. we, of course, still don't have a new iraqi government. this is more ticklish because although there have been reports that iran is giving some support to the taliban now, the reports of iranian involvement in iraq are much more serious, and we know that american servicemen and women have died because of ie

but, yes, the national security council will examine the plans for our deployment over time. >> if i he national security council in the next few months? and the truth will be linked? jy what the 2015 deadline is? what is a? when is it? exactly -- >> the prime minister and i have stated it, by 2015, we will not be engaged in afghanistan in combat operations, or in before 2015, we will not be engaged in afghanistan in combat operations or in like the numbers that we have there today. and as i was saying a to mr. stewart it does not mean we will not be there in other forms in training roles but i don't want anyone to underestimate the clarity or to confuse the clarity of it and the prime minister said it very clearly and means it. and that is what we will stick to. >> when, 2015? that's 12 months. >> it is 12 months. >> there's a genuine election in may, 2015. that's what you're planning isn't it? january of 2015 or -- >> i don't think it's necessary to say 2015 to try to hone in on the actual day particularly since we're sitting here in november of 2010. it is quite a long way away. in

my job and the job on the national intelligence council and the job of the national intelligence council itself in its platonic ideal really is to raise our eyes and our perceptions and sea lifted the flow of the river instead of the ripples on the surface to the extent that we can. it's a luxury, it's an honor and it's really hard. but it's a lot of fun. and since that's the mission, we may succeed a little bit more, at least in attempting to have a different perspective than all of our colleagues and i for most of my career who are so terrorized by the inbox in the daily issues we have to respond to. that perspective, the admission of the national intelligence council led me to focus on my work and my thinking more and more on paradigms and on perceptions, on ourselves while doing our analysis of what al qaeda was up to. rather than just on reporting about the enemy. first, we have to understand how it is that how and why we see the reporting and the enemy as we do an attempt to be conscious of what balance and frames are perceptions. and only then can we really make better sense of al