>> this is "bbc world news america." funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, i'm kathy kaye. the white house says it will push from -- for tighter gun control days after the school shooting shattered new town. they tried to help children and five women are shot dead in pakistan simply for distributing polio vaccines. jansing into the future decades ago, one electronic superhighway long before many even knew he was being built. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and elsewhere around the globe. four days after the mass shooti

>> this is "bbc world news america." funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, i'm kathy kaye. supporters and opponents in egypt of president morsi fight outside the palace in cairo. villages are flattened and hundreds are killed. and remembering the legendary sound of dave brubeck, a jazz pianist whose impact went far beyond the world of music. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and elsewhere around the globe. in egypt tonight, pitched battles on the streets of cairo and -- between supporters and opponents of the president t

raises questions about these weapons of war. >> welcome to this special edition of "bbc world news america." this community is warning the loss of 26 people including 20 children killed in a school on friday. it has ignited a debate about gun control in america. today was about the children, i got little noah and little jack pinto, to six girls who were buried today. it should a community struggling with grief and with shock. we have the latest. >> the agony of this week town was almost unbearable. first jack pinto was also buried. the town will hold the funerals of 80 more small victims of horrific violence. the parents of one of them have been speaking of their desperation as they waited outside the school on friday. >> i know exactly what she was wearing. i was going to see her black the glittery uggs should put on this morning. >> there was still hope because the children were hiding. >> then hope departed. >> there was so much panic and confusion. life was sucked out of everyone in the room. i found a state trooper and was like are there any survivors? are you telling me that standing

>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, i'm kathy kaye. supporters and opponents in egypt of president morsi fight outside the palace in cairo. villages are flattened and hundreds are killed. and remembering the legendary jazzd of dave brubeck, pianist whose impact went far beyond the world of music. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and elsewhere around the globe. in egypt tonight, pitched battles on the streets of cairo and -- between supporters and opponents of the president there. there have been violent clashes for the second day outside the presidential power us -- palace in cairo. demonstrators have been during petrol bombs. four senior advisers have resigned. what are the chances for a peaceful resolution? that is the question i asked the state department spokesman p.j. crowley. >> we have had the former head of the iaea suggesting that morsi is now worse than hosni mubarak. is getting quite tense there, isn't it? >> it is. and the tension between institutions is actua

>> this is "bbc world news america." funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, kathy kaye. egypt's president says his heart is heavy, but he promises there will be no return to the days of dictatorship lighting a joint is now legal in washington. >> i hope that nobody in the world will be sent to prison for taking drugs ever again. i hope that anybody who lies a drug problem will get help. >> and he is the monster of concrete with curbs. capitald his nation's and touched the world. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and aroun

and time magazine names barack obama person of the year in the architect of a new america but critics call for action and not just words from the president on issues like gun control. you're watching r t broadcasting live from moscow on kerry well they may putin has defended russia's position in the latest round of a human rights with the u.s. the president says washington shouldn't be pointing the finger when its own record of violations goes far beyond anything that moscow has been accused of the details now from. there you go what exactly sparked such tough rhetoric from future. well the president has slammed the moneys p.x. us recently by american lawmakers which he said is a continuation of a series of anti russian loss just like the jackson venice. act which was abolished just recently and according to the president a country the united states which operates prisons like abu ghraib and guantanamo where violations of human rights happen on a daily basis simply has no rights to criticize the human rights situation in russia. would you let your people our us partners and their lawm

. >> welcome to this special edition of "bbc world news america." this community is warning the loss of 26 people including 20 children killed in a school on friday. it has ignited a debate about gun control in america. today was about the children, i got little noah and little jack pinto, to six girls who were buried today. it should a community struggling with grief and with shock. we have the latest. >> the agony of this week town was almost unbearable. first jack pinto was also buried. the town will hold the funerals of 80 more small victims of horrific violence. the parents of one of them have been speaking of their desperation as they waited outside the school on friday. >> i know exactly what she was wearing. i was going to see her black the glittery uggs should put on this morning. >> there was still hope because the children were hiding. >> then hope departed. >> there was so much panic and confusion. life was sucked out of everyone in the room. i found a state trooper and was like are there any survivors? are you telling me that standing h

>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, i'm kathy kaye. the white house says it will push from -- for tighter gun control days after the school shooting shattered new town. they tried to help children and five women are shot dead in pakistan simply for distributing polio vaccines. jansing into the future decades ne o one electronic superhighway long before many even knew he was being built. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and elsewhere around the globe. four days after the mass shootings in newtown, conn., the funerals continue for the 22 becomes lost their lives. and while the town mourns, the white house issued its strongest indication yet it will be pushing for tighter gun controls, including reinstating the assault weapons ban. from newtown, we begin our coverage. >> she loved or go wales and horses. a beautiful girl, her parents said. 6-year-old jessica was buried. another victim in america. that terrible friday as parents waited to hear what happened in the school, the

seen since franklin delano roosevelt and he's basically the beneficiary of the offer of a kind of new america a new demographic a new cultural america that he is now the symbol of so let me get this straight simply because obama was reelected he deserves to be person of the year you see this is just a giant political charade being pushed by mainstream publication one that's chosen to revel in the fact that obama is just a mere symbol he made history as the nation's first black president than to evaluate him and his horrendous human rights record and complete disregard of the rule of law continuation of bush administration policies you see by ignoring obama's policies you know in a moral drone an assassination program authorizing the indefinite detention of american citizens and in our right crusade against a whistleblowers the media simply condones it so rest assured that this new title probably sit right alongside another well deserved one that good old nobel peace prize now if you find this is disturbing as i do let's break the set.

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>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, kathy kaye. egypt's president says his heart is heavy, but he promises there will be no return to the days of dictatorship lighting a joint is now legal in washington. >> i hope that nobody in the world will be sent to prison for taking drugs ever again. i hope that anybody who lies a drug problem will get help. >> and he is the monster of concrete with curbs. capitald his nation's and touched the world. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. after days of demonstrations, the egyptian president has appeared on national television to try to allay fears over his leadership. muhamed morsi said dialogue was needed to solve this crisis. he has invited all major political factions to a meeting on saturday. but he is refusing to rescind his sweeping new powers in a constitution drafted by his allies. here is the latest. >> thanks and barbara are outside the presidential palace in cairo. after a night of violence, the republican

you are watching bbc world news america. still to come, or send in iraq, after nearly a decade -- orphaned in iraq, after nearly a decade now of war, and new challenges. the man who hacked into the e- mailed of hollywood actors has been ordered to pay $70,000 in damages. he admitted to charges of wire tapping and unauthorized access to a computer. prosecutors say he had access to the e-mails of more than 50 celebrities, reading film scripts and other personal information. scarlett johansson and mila kunis were among those targeted. >> he said he was almost relieved when authorities came and took his computer away after the operation. he said he was a gifted to spying on celebrities, and in court after doing a deal with prosecutors, pleaded for a deal on nine charges, including wiretapping. scarlett johansson was among those high-profile stars. new profiles she had taken of herself appeared on the internet. she agreed to go public not to highlight the intrusion. in a tearful video statement in court she said she felt truly hu

and time magazine names barack obama person of the calling him the architect of a new america but critics call for action and not just words from the president issues like gun control. from moscow twenty four hours a day. has defended russia's position and over human rights with the us president says washington shouldn't be pointing the finger when it's. far beyond anything being accused of. what exactly. tough rhetoric from putin that. the president of the magnitsky act which he says is a continuation of a series of russian laws passed by american lawmakers like the jackson which was abolished recently according to the president the problem isn't so much in sanctioning russian officials he said that. corruption is a major issue and more attention needs to be paid where russian officials hold their finances their money it's best if they do that in russian banks but fortune says that the problem is that the united states a country which operates prisons like abu ghraib and guantanamo where human rights are violated on a daily basis other states are the states have no right according to the

time magazine names bronco bomb a personal began calling the architect over new america but critics say they need action not words from the president on issues like gun control. him today we'll bring you julian sundress christmas address the editor wiki leaks marks six months of asylum in the ecuadorian embassy in london. with putin is set for a grilling by the media in his first tomorrow for the question answer session since returning as president. international news and comment live from moscow this is all she was me you know hello and welcome to the program. u.s. president wrong obama has become time magazine's person of the get for a second time gaming be awarded for being the symbol and the architect of a new america but the publications enthusiasm for the president is not shared by all many were made and convinced a bomb was actions on such topics as gun control he's going there to check out the reports. they're choosing president obama as the person of the year second time the first time they gave him the title right after the two thousand and eight election as to someone who had

time magazine names of barack obama personally gave calling him the architects of a new america her critics say they need action not words from the president on issues like gun control. also later today say we'll bring you julian assange just christmas address as they add so we can make small six months of asylum in the ecuadorian embassy in london. reason is set for a grilling by the media in his class tomorrow some question on secession since returning as president. and you saw russia and iran the wall this is us he was me our thanks for joining us . u.s. president barack obama has become time magazine's person of the year for a second time gaining the award for being the symbol and the all over new america by the publications and for the president is not shared by all many remain unconvinced by obama's action on such topics as gun control she's going to check out now reports. they're choosing president obama as the person of the year second time the first time they gave him the title right after the two thousand and eight election as to someone who had the most influence on global affair

fox news is all america new year's eve starting at 11:00 p.m. eastern on new year's eve. megyn kelly and bill hemmer will bring it to you live from sometime square -- times square in new york city this coming monday. >> that's does it for us, thanks for watching. "studio b" with shepard"studio r starts now. >> the news begins anew on "studio b." the major winter storms that unleashed heavy snow and tornadoes on christmas now barreling towards the northeast. the travel delays are racking up fast. details on that ahead. the tornado threat still in

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>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is bbc world news america.orting from washington, kathy kaye. egypt's president says his heart is heavy, but he promises there will be no return to the days of dictatorship lighting aoi

>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is bbc world news america. reporting from washington, i'm kathy kaye. the white house says it will push from -- for tighter gun control days after the school shooting shattered new town. they tried to help children and five women are shot dead in pakistan simply for distributing polio vaccines. jansing into the future decades ago, one

>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this as "bbc world news america." egypt on edge, the president orders the army onto the streets or on the eve of major protests. the deejays to made a prank call to the duchess of cambridge hospital say they a s

>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america." ff. u.s. lawmakers are still at odds over economic policy with the fallout reaching far beyond america's shores. just how far should spain's police go in keeping protest under control? cashing in on the the end of the world. in some places, doomsday is proving quite the business boom

>> and now "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america." er the shooting in newtown, america's top to remember the tragedy, and the gun debate over control intensifies -- america stops to remember the tragedy. >> the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> is this the answer that america should become? i do not think so. >> tapped to be the next

>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america." i am katty kay.sia says what many are already thinking. syrian rebels may win this war. moscow is preparing to drop assad. susan rice draws her name from consideration as next secretary of state of peron

>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is bbc world news america.m washington, i'm kathy kaye. supporters and opponents in supporters and opponents in egypt of president morsi

. >>> america has a new ally in the ongoing conflict of north korea.he is south korea's new president-elect, nicknamed the ice queen. she won yesterday's election. her father was president in the '60s. >>> a familiar honor for president obama. he is, again, "time" magazine's person of the year. an editor said, we are in the midst of historic, cultural and demographic changes. and obama is both the symbol and in some ways the architect of this new america. he also received the honor in 2008. >>> and coming up next, after the break, how the fiscal cliff could mean a delayed tax refund. don't like to hear that. for millions of americans. >>> plus, it's a procrastinator's dream. deep discounts expected at stores this weekend, after a disappointing season so far. >>> and the universe has a new reigning beauty queen. we'll tell you the winner when we come right back. (kj;ñ;ñ;ñ;ñx >>> welcome back, everybody. the deadlock over how to avoid the fiscal cliff is putting a damper on stocks. for the first time this week, all the major averages on wall street fell

>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> this is "bbc world news america." reporting from washington, i am laura trevelyan. a royal baby is on the way. the news that prince william and his wife are expecting grabbe

because he's the architect of this new america and i actually think it's a great thing because it's a more tolerant america, a more diverse america. >> rose: osborne and stengel. next. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: george osborne is here. he is britain's chancellor of the exchequer. he has been called the austerity chancellor. he continues to lead the increasingly controversial austerity process. in a piece called "god sieve the british economy" in the upcoming "new york times" magazine adam davidson writes "in the past two years the united states has experienced a steep downturn followed by steady though horrendously slow upturn. the british economy, however, is profoundly stuck. the u.k. has been put on negative watch on three largest credit rating agencies. the european union is britain's largest trading partner, europe's economy remains on prepares you footing despite several months of relative calm and there's a growing debate about whether the u.k. should lead the e.u. earlier this month we covered t

>> and now, "bbc world news america." >> egypt's new constitution is approved by more than 60% of voters who took part in the referendum. queen elizabeth hags used her christmas message to praise the volunteers for her diamond jubilee. >> people of all ages took trouble to take part in various ways and in many nations. perhaps the most striking of all was to witness the fellowship and friend ship of those who would gather together on these occasions.

and today america's love affair with semantics has given birth to a new phrase to describe the rich job creators of america basically are on strike increasing taxes on job creators this administration and this president policies are hostile to job creators that have a saying the wealthy who make over two hundred fifty thousand a year if you say a job creator they say well we can't raise their taxes they're the ones or create jobs when in reality when their taxes are higher under bill clinton three times as many jobs are created the propensity to add softer terms to the english lexicon has surged over the decades particularly when it comes to military related language there's a condition in combat most people know about it it's when a fighting person's nervous system has been stressed to its absolute peak and maximum can't take anymore and puts the nervous system has either snapped or is about to snap in the first world war that condition was called show today this same condition is known as an eight syllable hyphenated furries void of any emotion post-traumatic stress to. the aftermath

a brand new alert about the melting ice at the north pole. and, also tonight, america in search of something that is missing. what has happened to all the snow? >>> new hope. a change in the use of a breast cancer drug could make a big difference for some of the thousands of people fighting the disease. >>> made in america. we take you to the mall of america, and a brand new store you, the viewers, helped build. >> are we the first customers? >>> and, who is this? do you believe she's the queen of england? >> kate, my darling, are you there? >> the prank call rocking the royal family as other powerful people around the globe are getting punked. >>> good evening. we begin with another big bulletin about the record-breaking heat and the melting at the north pole. a new study shows a global thaw under way, affecting everyone on the planet. and it comes today as we learn how little snow there is here in the united states. as the temperatures here keep rising and the records keep falling. abc abc's meteorologist ginger zee tells us what's going on. >> reporter: nearly snowl

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this morning. >>> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> stay with us for "goodaptioning services, inc. >>> good friday morning. 4:30 a.m.. i'm eric thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze. breaking news, tsunami may alert cancelled for japan after a powerful quake hit after midnight our time. >> reporter: no tsunami warning for us

you're watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, nearly 25 years after a deadly gas attack, one kurdish town is still trying to identify the scores of people who died. to japan now, where the authorities are trying to figure out how tunnel collapsed on sunday, killing at least nine people. huge concrete slabs in the tunnel smashed on to cars. that started a fire on the main route from tokyo to central japan. we report now on that story. >> only this morning, the mangled wreckage of three vehicles was brought -- early this morning, the mangled wreckage of three vehicles was brought from the tunnel. last came a small delivery truck. the driver had been trapped, but alive. by the time rescuers got to him, he was dead. the collapsed tunnel lies deep in the mountains of central japan, just to the north of mount fuji. it is part of the expressway that links tokyo to central and western japan. the tunnel itself is nearly 5 kilometers or 3 miles long. engineers are trying to work out what went wrong. what

productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org >> thi>> this is "bbc world news americaunding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored solutions for small businesses hot and major corporations. what can we do for you? >> and now, "bbc world news america." >> president obama cut short his holiday to try and reach a budget deal with republican opponents before the end of the year physical cliff deadline. >> anytime the speaker and republican leader come to the president and say we have a deal for you, the president's door is always open. >> told people reported dead from the storm to in the midwest. the son of pakistan paulson murdered a former prime minister benazir bhutto that pledges to fight to maintain democracy. welcome to "bbc world news." welcome to "bbc world news."

america. so many "world news" viewers e-mailing diane a year ago about one simple item. a tervis tumbler. it keeps your hot drink hot, your cold drink cold. that sign a year ago after our first report, made in america. it turns out so many viewers placed orders, the company says it helped them build a new store, opening this week here in the biggest mall in america. are we the first customers? in fact, they opened nine stores since last christmas, nearly 100 new employees. you were not in the mall of america a year ago. >> no. >> reporter: and back at the factory in florida -- >> thank you, "world news"! >> reporter: which brings us to another factory where "world news" viewers are already bringing christmas cheer. the faribault factory. closing down but after we reported they were trying to open up again -- you have 80 additional people since our last report? >> yeah. >> reporter: and this week, a tour of their newest shop. i love it. you can see it right here. >> made in america, all over. >> reporter: we wanted to know about donny, who had been called back to the assembly line. tonight,

secretary of state, senator john kerry is nominated to be america's top diplomat. and good news -- the end of the world did not come today, but that did not stop some very colorful displays to mark the mine and events. -- the mayan event. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. one week after the horrifying shootings in newtown, connecticut, which left 20 children and six adults dead, the nation's top today to remember the victims, but it was also the day the country's leading gun lobby, the national rifle association, chose to lay out its case for why armed guards at every u.s. school would help prevent similar tragedies in the future. the bbc's north america editor reports. >> the church bells tolled out the exact time when a week ago a young man with an assault rifle began his massacre of children. they stood in prayer and in silence in the rain. in a town still numb, the bells tolled 26 times, one for each of the victims of the school. inside the white house, president obama and his staff since silent for a minute. beyond the grave,

you are watching "bbc world news america." uld not in the dna of cancer patient helped generations of people? and you project of britain is counting on a to do just that -- a new project in britain is counting on it to do just that. share prices in italy have fallen sharply as investors reacted to in the news that mario monti intends to resign. berlusconi hopes to stage a comeback. >> stormy political weather ahead for italy. suddenly, mario monti is on the way out. there will be early elections and berlusconi is reaching for power again. on the markets, there is deep unease. they're like the austerity measures and the reforms of the technocrats, mr. monti. they fear the return of politics as usual in italy. even if berlusconi is far behind in the polls, the very idea his attempt at come back has jangled nerves. >> the markets are shocked at the prospect that berlusconi would become prime minister again. he is responsible for the crisis in italy. he should enjoy his pension. the reforms have to go on. >> in this from the market