of his responsibilities i'll only a few short days time will be to launch the first ac45 boat in new zealand. next month, we will be launching a brand new brand, an identity, for the america's cup. in march, the marchperiod for america's cup will close. by may, we will have our first tv programming on the year. in june, the first world series will kick off. even though this is an event coming to san francisco in two and a half years, for us, it starts right here and right now. to conclude, we believe the next america's cup, all the events, all the buildup, and the spectacular end, will be something very special. we are delighted that the city of san francisco will be able to share in every single step of the way. who knows? maybe this will be the first of several such events in this great city. [applause] >> in addition to the mayor and his great staff, we would also like to thank the board of supervisors for making this happen, particularly the board president, david chiu. [applause] >> good afternoon. on behalf of the san francisco board of supervisors, i want to welcome you to city hall.

one who will cup obviously but i'm a i especially being a new zealand just sort of new zealand hosting the world cup because i think it will be sensational you get four and a half million people every one of those people and a lot of people don't realise they should actually be in there rugby is such a religion. the have a based on their lives. and it's a great event combination of the twenty third of december with. a lot of trouble with your breaks when i think that it's much. ok let's move on to tennis now where maria sharapova has made a shock exit the e.s.p. classic in new zealand the russian's first ever tournament in the country coming to an abrupt end in the quarterfinals courtesy of. twenty three year old strop of sorts early on conceiving the opening set in just twenty nine minutes on a six two scoreline very unfit for an all in taking advantage of her opponent's slow start in the ensuing set losing out to match six two seven five. will be on the plane home number two seed on reigning champion with meyer is still going strong simona halep on the able to put up much resistance

they went on to defeat team new zealand.ime ever of the america's cup -- it moved to europe. the great sailing nation, switzerland. [laughter] i love the suisse. they are good that tennis. they are good that a lot of things. it was russell the first one the -- won the america's cup for new zealand, and then won on behalf of the swiss team. there was a pattern i began to recognize. [laughter] russell is on team new zealand and a windy america's cup. he is on swiss team and they won the america's cup. i had this idea -- [laughter] i sailed a bunch with russell and against him. i decided it was a much better idea to sail with him than against them. i think the record speaks for itself. russell could not be here today. he is ill. he has pneumonia. he apologizes for not being here. russell has been our leader and organizer of this great team to win this trophy for him for the fourth time. he will be our leader again in defending the trophy against -- [applause] i decided not to make the mistake of letting russell go to another te

. >>> almost a full day has passed since new zealand celebrated new year's eve.n australia, sydney set off 7,000 tons of fireworks, living up to its name. people released silver balloons for hope for the future. crowds in moscow trujd through snow to get to red square. they are urging messages about improved relations with south korea. sooduth korea's leader hoped the new year would bring peace to the peninsula. >>> apple is starting newt year with an alarming glitch. alarms reportedly aren't ringing in new zealand, australia or asia. it's due to a time glitch as we head into 2011. many people are showing up late to work. mac says the fix is to set up a recurring alarm. >>> the 121nd rose parade in pasadena, thousands of people are already lining the streets, staking out their spots as they await the 8:00 a.m. start to the parade. they'll have to keep warm overnight. temperatures are expect to dip into the 30s along the parade route. the theme of this year's parade are building dreams, friendships and memories. >>> coming up in just about five minutes, we're goin

eventually, i tracked down this wonderful squid hunter down in new zealand, and i convinced our boss, david rem nick, at the new yorker that this it was worthwhe sending me down to new zealand on this story to try to capture. he had this theory of trying to capture a baby and trying to grow it in cabtivity. so i went out with him, and i had spent months on the story and weeks in be new zealand with him under really arduous circumstances. going out in this a cyclone with this guy trying to catch this baby giant squid. and there came a point in the story where i was with him where it looked like we captured this baby giant squid this man had been searching his whole life for. and that i had that moment of ecstasy, and i said, thank good, this trip wasn't for god. we're going to take it home, and we're going to grow it, and i'm going to watch it, and this is going to be huge literally and metaphorically. [laughter] and then just like that, it slipped away. and we both were looking at the container where we thought we had it. we'd been up for nights straight working in extreme conditions,

happy new year new zealand since 2011 there. your looking at video for new zealand were they also have a huge fireworks display and demonstration. hong kong picked up the new year promising to upstage times square. but on all fronts to soon to say whether they did not but they say this was their biggest fireworks show ever. they had a four minute show which kicked off the celebrations. it is 2011 in thailand people welcoming than a year on the beach. again the fireworks thousands of people packing and national celebration with lots of music and beautiful. this is dubai, the united it and read well coming in 2011 at the stroke of midnight in a year rising in the gulf. we have our chopper shot, there we are looking at the police, this is around the golden gate bridge but anyway police are out, people are beginning to move toward the city for tonight celebrations. first of all, the 101 and san jose not a lot of traffic flow in both directions. stay with us will be right back. it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope

in dangerous waters off the coast some fishermen get caught in dangerous waters off the coast of new zealand. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> hello and good morning. welcome to our viewers across the nation including the pacific time zone. i'm lynn berry. today we begin with an a-list affair. president obama played host to chinese president hu jintao at a star-studded state dinner last night. throughout the day talks between the two nations touched on everything between human rights to chinese currency and on a less controversial note china's decision to extend its loan of two giant pandas to the washington national zoo for another five years. nbc's kristen dahlgren reports. >> reporter: at the state dinner honoring chinese president hu jintao the white house was full of fanfare. >> to our people, the citizens of the people's republic of china and the united states of america. >> reporter: the chinese leader honored by president obama in a room flush with star power from former presidents to celebrities like barbra streisand and jackie chan. >> i take a photo. >> reporter:

yorker that it was worthwhile sending me down to new zealand on this story. he was heading out to try to capture -- he had this theory of capturing a baby and trying to grow it in captivity and so i went out with him. and i had spent months on the story and then weeks in new zealand with him in really arduous circumstances going out in a cyclone with this clito catch this giant baby squid and there came a point in the story where i was with him where it looked like we captured this baby giant squid. this man had been searching his whole life for. and i had that moment of ecstasy and i said, thank god, this trip wasn't for nothing and we got it and we're going to take it home and we're going to grow it and i'm going to watch it and this is going to be huge, literally and metaphorically. [laughter] >> and then just like, it slipped away. and we both were looking at the cacontainer where we thought we had it. we had been up for and working in tough conditions and it was gone like an illusion and i thought oh, my god my story is like -- it's over. what am i going

we see that there -- i read an article how one of the team's -- either new zealand or russia -- have the funding for this coming race if it is in san francisco but only if it is in san francisco because they know it is here it will get publicized. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speaker please. [applause] >> i'm here as the commodore of the island gaap club -- island yacht club and mainly came to pass on our support from over there and across the sea and all that. i had notes. i threw them all out. pretty much everything has been covered. one thing that i do hope the finance committee can try to come up with is a number that is the ongoing value of back international television exposure that goes not just during the race, but far beyond. i talk to people in europe online every day. it is amazing how many people have no idea what this place looks like other than the big orange bridge. i think the opportunity to have those kinds of visuals, have that kind of interest focused on us for that time really has a very long-term and very measurable financial value. thanks. supervisor mi

i got off to a stunning start a new zealander spectators packed into all kinds harbor to enjoy the huge display then it moved further west to australia where celebrations went on for the bang is sydney's now traditional spectacular fireworks lit up the skyline and spectators got their money's worth for twelve when that show was the largest there since the display would soar in the new millennium revelers in japan welcome the new year by releasing a massive silver balloons carrying notes with their heads for the future for the people of taiwan the islands tallest skyscraper set as fire where examined the building every new k a quarter of a million people flocked to the riverside to watch the lungs of light up the midnight and across the atlantic new york celebration center dials always around the slow descent of a six ton crystal ball with thirty two thousand lights and early here in moscow at least a half a million people took to the streets to watch fireworks and to listen to president and third is new year address. well something else which brings the world together but rarely gets th

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now from new zealand to moscow from sydney to seattle twenty eleven was actually in with fireworks and celebrations by millions of people around the world. i. i it got off to a running start in new zealand as spectators packed into harbor to enjoy the huge display then moved further west to australia where celebrations went off with a bang as sydney's now traditional spectacular fireworks lit up the sky like spectators call their money's worth the twelve minute show was the largest there since the display which store in the new millennium revelers in japan welcomed the new year by releasing a massive silver balloons carrying notes with their hopes for the future and the people of taiwan the island's tallest guys there was fire examine the building in the u.k. a quarter of a million people flocked to the riverside towards london light up at midnight and across the atlantic new york celebrations always around the slow descent of a six ton crystal ball with thirty thousand lights in earlier in moscow at least half a million people took to the streets to watch fireworks and also listen to

and eventually i tracked down this wonderful squid hunter, steve down in new zealand. i convinced david of "the new yorker" it was worthwhile sending me down. he was heading out to try to capture -- he had to capture the baby and grow it in captivity. i went out with him and i spent months on the story and weeks in new zealand with him and really the circumstances going out in the cyclone with this guy trying to catch the baby giant squid. there came a point in the story when i was with him where it looked like we've captured the baby giant squid this man has been searching his whole life for. i had the moment of ecstasy. thank god. we got it. we get to take it home. we are going to grow it. this is going to be huge, literally, and metaphorically. just like that, it slipped away. we looked at the container. we had been up for a night straight working in extreme condition. it was there and we lost it. like an illusion. i remember thinking my story is -- like it's over. what am i going to do? i've been here. done this journey. and in other words, i had hoped for that. and

. >> and world news, >> new zealand, there were startled with an earthquake. no major damage or injuries. they have had several several aftershocks since september. and a manhunt after a read military camp with four soldiers, dead. 50 insurgents attacked an army base. they took up with guns, ammunition. this comes just after the government extended the emergency rule for other parts of the country. >> japan, this dolphin caring for a dead member of its pod-supporting its dead dolphin. trying to protect this when a ship approached. and they could have built a close relationship. we will be back, after this break. >> >> >> these winds have calmed down, with a nice, mild afternoon, and bay-area wide. 63 degrees in napa. 65 degrees in mountain view. we are also in the 60s in a few inland valleys. fairfield, some of the del. what we're going to be seen for the next 24 hours. through san rafael, crystal- clear skies, and cooler winds. tomorrow, no fog. with temperatures in the afternoon with less wind it will fill nice tomorrow. another clear night and with cooler t

new zealand also welcome to the new year in style with fireworks off of the country's largest structure. there was aftershocks from an earthquake, one of thousands that have continued since a powerful earthquake in september. this did not put off revelers. the burmese opposition leader called for a democracy in her country. >> we hope that there will be happen is for all people of the world including the people of burma and we would hope for a more inclusive political process in this country and also national reconciliation. >> in south africa, the annual new year's eve carnival goes through dennis byrd. months of celebration paid off -- of preparation paid off in a celebration of diversity. >> a bomb has exploded close to a military barracks in the military -- in the nigerian capital of abuja. the attack hit people in a crowded market gathering to celebrate new year. the chief of the defense staff said it was too early to say how many had been killed or blended. -- or wounded. >> obviously this shows that there are some very devilish people who are going about the whole place trying to

around with emergency landings in new zealand with that new media is a one sided coverage from a searching for alternative sources to get their news next to big business behind the scenes that's undefined to me it's adjourned about the train. up next it's all ages from the world of sport with. hello there you're watching the sport and these are the headlines. tears of joy kleis does wins the strain open for the first time in what could be her final season. childhood friends marion djokovic predicted try tunick tussle in their final on sunday. break ups man united have to come from a goal down to beat league one side to southampton. the first newly crowned australian open champion kim clijsters says coming from a set down made her victory even sweeter the belgian be china's lean are two sets to one to claim the trophy for the first time and what could be her last season lena had beaten classes just two weeks before the sydney international look ready to cause another upset in melbourne even though she suffered an early break the surface kept her cool and a spectacular cross court forehand c

the boat is swamped by another huge wave off the coast of new zealand. fortunately there were no injuries. >> deborah: and that " >>> it's been four days since a four-year-old boy was kidnapped out of his grandmother's arms arms and the amber alert is still on with no sign of the boy. tonight we have team coverage, including the latest on the search at a patterson canal, a desperate plea from the boy's mother, grandmother and the suspect's mother plus new information about the suspect's criminal past. kron 4's reggie kumar is live in patterson tonight. he joins us with the latest. >> reporter: investigators have received dozens of tips from all over the state. none of them have been solid enough to lead them to the kidnapper jose esteban rodriguez. the candles you see behind me of -- are of that of his grandmother. >> reporter: with tears, his mother made a plea thursday night to her ex-boyfriend and suspected kidnapper jose esteban rodriguez. >> i don't care if you get caught or not, i just want him, that's it. i know he wants to come home too. if you l

the two nations -- to new zealand's -- tunisians have not lost their appetite for demonstration. they are hurling insults at old regime. the police watched at first but then seemed to forget their new commitment to allow greater freedom of speech. tear-gas canisters were fired to scatter the crowd, a sign that the dark days may not be completely over. >> president obama has welcomed indictments against suspects in the murder of the former lebanese prime minister six years ago. they have drafted an indictment against suspects. the names have not been released, but it is expected to include members of hezbollah. >> almost six years since the car bomb that killed houri -- hariri, and no one has faced charges. he is credited with getting the country on its feet after the civil war. in the aftermath new -- in the aftermath, it controlled lebanon what not -- but was forced out by a huge street demonstrations and international pressure. since 2007, the special tribunal has been sifting through evidence, and now, the first details of indictment, although no names. the news has divided opi

around the world fish in brazil australia and new zealand crabs in the u.k. the frenzy is growing and the headlines scream a coocoo lips these fishy stories look set to continue stealing the media spotlight at least until scientists have had a chance to examine the dead animals or you know the world comes to an end which ever of course happens first. catherine as our r.t. moscow and filmmaker and blogger danny schechter says media sensationalism is taking the focus away from finding the real scientific causes behind the bird and fish deaths. when one set of incidents happens followed by another set followed by a third said suddenly it becomes a trend then it becomes a much bigger story in the media but it's still sort of a mystery it may be that each example is actually specific to a particular local set of circumstances we don't know they're calling it. you know for a flock of birds coming up with new catchy words new ad lives and the like obviously it's it's something that intrigues audiences even if there isn't a lot of explanation it seems to be a pattern

new zealand opened the new year celebrations well enough almost a day ago. that was eclipsed by its neighbor's celebrations in sidney, australia. >> three, two, one, happy new year! >> reporter: sidney calls itself the world's new year capital. seven tons of fireworks with 1.5 million aussies lining the walls. in fact, across the time zones, each stroke of midnight looks like the next stage in a fireworks competition. taiwan. four marks for trying. while japan did its own thing. traditional prayers by monks ringing in the year of the rabbit, and thousands of silver balloons trailing notes with people's hopes for the future. myanmar was muted. its nobel peace prize winner, aung san suu kyi, freed from seven years house arrest last month, sharing her hopes. >> we hope we will see a year that is happier for all the people of the world, including the people of burma. >> reporter: and in moscow, the emphasis was on security. 5,500 police for 1.5 million people. in germany, a million people came together at the brandenburg gate that once divided east from west. it

the earthquakes in chile and new zealand were the most expensive for th8 insurance sector, even though they were not the most devastating on the human scale. and something new in germany after high levels of dioxin that can cause cancer were found in animal feed. it was sold for pigs, chickens, and turkey farms. lower saxony has not reacted by closing 1000 farms while tests are carried out -- lower saxony has now reacted. melinda? >> thank you, peter. african leaders have held another round of negotiations for the embattled ivory coast president in effort to persuade him to stand down. on monday, he once again refused to give up power to those who is seen by the international community as being the winner. many observers fear it could plunge ivory coast into civil war. >> they came to send a signal to him, the embattled president must go. leaders from the african union and economic community of west against aids told him that he could make his exit and save face -- and economic unity -- community people told him that he could make his exit and save face. his appointed prime minister ha

it will be happening all over the globe, in europe, in asia, perhaps in australia, new zealand, and other of the united states. it will serve two surfaces. it is a promotional event for the america's cup. and the words on everybody's lips for the next few years will be san francisco. the end of the process will be the america's cup itself. this will be the new tour, and an annual champion will be crowned in the world series of the america's cup. part of that will also be here in san francisco in august of 2012. we are hoping and we are expecting to introduce a whole new generation of fans to this event. not only the sports fans, but to the general interest fans. how'd we do that? by top quality tv broadcasting, by making the sport and the event much more understandable than it has ever been, by guaranteeing race start times, by great industry standard television camera coverage, and by great programming. let's face it, this will be a great american story. it's an american defender of one of the greatest sporting trophies there is. sailing on american waters to fend off challenges from all

people in new zealand were the first to countdown to the new year and in tokyo partiers released thousands of balloons to mark the event. >>> now tonight at 5:00, gavin newsom doesn't know the exact date when we'll be sworn in as lieutenant governor but in true san francisco fashion he's announcing the date of his post-inauguration party. the celebration is set for january 10th at 1:00 p.m. in the state capitol rotunda. his swearing in ceremony will be on or before that date. while the governor-elect and other officers will be sworn in on monday, newsom's people say he has some ends to tie up in san francisco where he's ending his term as mayor early to take the job in sacramento. >>> a san jose homeowner shot a suspected burglar outside his home this morning. the shooting happened on patio drive near baskum avenue on the campbell border. the homeowner heard two men outside before 4:00 and thought one of them had a gun so he fired his shotgun at one of the suspects. one man was taken to a hospital with serious injuries. police did not find the other suspect. the homeowner has since been qu

dhabi is now in the midst of celebrating, but the first of the really big new year's party were in new zealand. and an hour later, in australia. celebrations in sydney are always extravagant and among the biggest in the world. >> two. one. happy new year! 2011 >> has arrived in sydney as trillions bring in the new year with a bombastic show, said to be the world's most expensive fireworks display. two hours later, click clock struck 12 in south korea as revelers in deoul welcomed 2011. hong kong also enjoyed fireworks displays. mainland china celebrates its new year in about four weeks. in milan, merrymakers are getting ready for the main event. partyers are already celebrating. >> i feel very good. starting another year tomorrow on a very good note. >> it will be a while yet before the clock strikes 12:00 in brazil. tourists andndocals alike enjoying the sand. brazilians grow flowers to please the goddess of fertility. >> i wish helpful people all round the world and that our enemies do not bother us and for more friendship. -- i wish health for all the people around the world. >> america als

in new zealand, they passed a law that said that you could not sell it.ll those games about killing people. they do not want it. to me, i'd equate that with columbine, with war. once you desensitize a human being, you cannot tell the difference between shooting someone in a video game and a real person. some people can be gentle and kind. i can be ghetto when i want to be. i grew up with the black panthers doing peace and freedom benefits for them. so on the one hand i like the softness of spirituel the day, but i also like the energy that you need to be a warrior where you need to be. i love martin luther king, but also malcolm x, sometimes you have to really hold your ground. compassion, kindness, education. rather than more killing. >> when you graduated in 1965, it was the height of the civil- rights movement. you just alluded to the environment that you were growing up in. as a young musician, what was it like for you in san francisco at the time? >> it was heaven on earth. we would go down to the fillmore and see these great band, the doors, and jim

and it is now up to the new zealand government although i don't think it has been definitely formed one exports being the main source of revenues for the moldovan economy as for us we are ready for talks and i should say the ones have been very persistent the. did a lot and as a result of the one from returning to the russian market although not in the same volumes as before us for georgia they have not applied for new license if they're not showing interest in their submitting novel occasions and why should we do anything are so sure that the one that puts it ok one more thing rather controversial that you are dealing with is vaccination not long ago speaking to a radio station you sad that even your opinion the action of the mothers who are against vaccinations are criminals. and you said you were ready to initiate a bill to make vaccinations to children mandatory disregarding whether that parents wanted to not. do you think it is normal that parents don't have the final word for their responsibility for the health of their children. first let me point out that the russian legislation

according to statistics published by the charity's aid foundation the most help for people who live in new zealand and australia russia is way down on the list does it really mean we'd rather ignore someone's troubles than give a helping hand we're asking an actress and co-founder of the party reason charity foundation deal of course. another survey has shown big companies operate russia spend an impressive part of their income on charity but while firms stand to spend cash big social projects the c.f. ranking makes it clear personal health in russia is not too common although some experts believe this ranking shows only one side of the coin the other is the development of charity against time and here we can be more to mistake as more and more russians are getting involved in helping others in one way or another and the people that is or give life charity foundation is proof to that he told them not just treatment for children with cancer blood diseases and all the serious illnesses and drawing financial support helps them buy medicines and expensive medical equipment. hello welcome to the show t

in the olympic city of sochi with only blossoming palm trees around and no snow across the globe new zealand became the first major country to say in the new year where thousands gather to watch a fireworks extravaganza while the new york almost a million people join us live running twenty eleven in times square but only if you were lucky enough to celebrate like no one else on board the international space station. barton sent his message and it. took about a prime seat the crew they are in a sense a watching not just one square city or even the country celebrates its new year they get to watch the whole planet spin into it's next to some here in mission control in moscow on a live linkup i asked them just how they feel about it hello my name's barton from russia today television merry christmas and happy new year. down here what is your message. happy new year we wish everyone good health love happiness success in all their new beginnings and plenty of rewarding achievement in the upcoming year it was also a chance for others to send a cosmic congratulations father frost was here greeting

there were hydrophones recording, there were sheep in new zealand with 131 and a number of others. there was a large flash from south arctic from the japanese station which had antarctic. they're really was a test. besides some unknown support is a certain amount of treaty and that fact alone makes it clear that they were working on these world war ii type of bombs. in any case, with the end of the cold war this is my point. the cuban troops went on from angola, south africa by then had become an international pariah and didn't like being in that situation, and this is perhaps an ugly side of the decision to eliminate the arsenal they didn't want to turned nuclear weapons over to the black african government that was about to replace the white apartheid government so they not only destroyed the weapons they also destroyed all the documentation of the engineering papers and so forth there by the hope of preventing any further development of a nuclear arsenal and in your country. they still represent the first controlled nuclear arsenal that is voluntarily decided to eliminate it. an