bbc news, moscow. >> you are watching "bbc world news." still to come, new revelations about early man eating vegetables. now, you could say this next item is about the smell of success. in cornwall, world champion. it is called cornish blue. it is designed to be eaten without the need for aging. it triumphed over 2000 other cheeses in the competition. we met the winning team behind this new cheese. >> the winner of this year's world cheese award. it is produced not in france or italy or even switzerland, but right here, in the heart of cornwall. >> i just stood there for a moment. i could not move. he said, "it is you, it is you," and i said, "i know it is me. i just cannot believe it." >> the form turned their milk into cheese. it is now international champion. >> we thought the ladies would like it. ladies do most of the body, so we thought if we get one that the ladies like, we might have a winner -- ladies do most of the buying. >> the award will, of course, make the company a lot of money, but its commercial value will be felt far be

back from the new year's celebrations evening ladies good to see a very happy new year to you as well of the team with you first of all your moscow pretty loud obviously is going to be where you are the new year's celebrations are in full swing in russia's main square. this big. is electric deep. down. twenty eleven. moscow's red square. you see. for the rest of the. country and i sat down. together. to watch this i believe it is. so full of moments i think. what is so fine were displayed. extreme the atmosphere is simply wonderful people are so peace of peace here i'm just. with people just start they've been through all the square they've been thinking that they're champagne it really is a very wonderful moments to be here you really can't help but smile because of course new year is the biggest holiday of. also loss or trauma even christmas tonight is not like the children across the country receive their presents from the russian santa claus did the rolls i mean the time when sally and friends get together to enjoy some game to watch my work said the pool to make their wishes or r

news. >>> and we are now just hours away from ringing in the new year. it is already 2011 in new zealand where stunning fireworks lit up the sky earlier this morning. but the sight of the biggest celebration of all will be new york's times square, where nearly 1 million revelers are expected to watch the iconic now crystal ball drop, and nbc's wendy jillette joins us now from times square with more. quiet now. that's going to change in a few hours. >> reporter: oh, yes. that's definitely true, lynn. it is very quiet right now, but in a few hours people from all over the world will be in the streets, all saying good-bye to 2010. here can you see the line of security barricades. they pretty much go all the way back here and aim the way back on all the avenues and streets. with probably a couple dozen blocks in this area and they are here, of course, to barricade everyone who's coming in. there's going to be close to 1 million people here in times square, if you can believe that. all of these

and all the next year was the reason that you and happy new year thank you very much happy new year. moving to our next exclusive venue this one picks through and through. there are hundreds of places in moscow where you can celebrate and see if this next venue is not just and your members but it's also the first place in the whole of russia that's not smoking so you can see in the new year without smelling cigarette smoke sounds perfect and a name to remember the soviet space story the name also translates in english i suppose that's why there are three notes. located on the trendy british. complex it's the place to be seen and it's said to some of the best drinks. are we making tonight there is a wide range of hot drinks we have in belle kiss menu i were one of the most delightful and most appropriate i would say drink for this festive period. but to drum ok and the ingredients is going to quiet very interesting say about that is. a rum we need about twenty grams of. unsalted butter. a bit of fly. be careful with the lime if you do it through my skin and will lose the flavor of the

captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news world headquarters in new york, this is the "cbs evening news" with katie couric. >> smith: good evening, katie is off tonight. some are calling it a hurricane with snow. a final storm for 2010 and one for the record books. it dumped 32 inches of snow in some places, and concealed cars under drifts five feet high. all of it delivered by fierce wind, some gusts topped 80 miles an hour. the snow and wind made travel difficult and dangerous, blamed for at least a dozen deaths on the road. air travel stopped. about 6,000 flights have been canceled turning airport terminals into makeshift dormitories. states of emergency have now been declared by seven governors and a look at where this storm has been over the last 24 hours explains why. from virginia to maine, snow and more snow. since christmas eve, tens of millions of people snowbound or close to it. we have several reports on the storm and we begin with national correspondent jim axelrod in new york's midtown manhattan. >> reporter: it was a nasty one, harry, and while it's clear now, as you can

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news." >> its founder is behind bars, but wikileaks tells the bbc the diplomatic cables will keep on coming. >> we will eventually release all of them. that will take some time. weeks if not months. >> meanwhile, hackers are attacking financial institutions refusing to hand over donations to wikileaks. and 85 die in an overcrowded prison in chile. and peace talks in the middle east are now over. welcome to "bbc world news," broadcast to our viewers on pbs in america, also around the globe. my name is mike embley. coming up later for you -- fresh riots in haiti as anger builds over presidential election results. and diamonds as abundant on plants as sand is on earth. -- planets as sand is on earth. hello. the bbc is hearing from wikileaks that the whistleblowing website will carry-on releasing at sensitive diplomatic correspondence even though its founder is in custody. he has been fighting extradition to sweden overt sex offenses. australia has said that american citizens are responsible for

this is what news corp. said tonight. news corp. is shocked by reports of these comments. they raise serious questions about fairness and due process. there are also questions 40 ". telegraphed" about why it did not include these kinds and it published a full transcript of his remarks. here is the tory minister who has been given these powers. it is now down to mr. hunt whether this media empire should be allowed to expand. >> it is fast becoming a new front-mexico's drug war. narcotics are flooding across the border at an alarming rate. it is that the u.s. we are talking about, it is guatemala. in one year the amount of drugs seized has doubled. now see chazz been declared near the border to reclaim some cities -- now seige has been declared we report on the huge task of taking on the cartel. >> it looks like no man's land but the region is bustling with action. this clandestine landing strip is used to fly drugs into the territory. then they move the cargo to the u.s. these are remains of planes that failed. but more often it does get through. the u.s. state department s

to bring in the new year is. always a big show where moscow is concerned it was big plays and no doubt a big buildup going on tonight in the capital. right kevin there's a saying that good lot sticks to go who are in the new year on the red square and whether or not you believe in superstition there's no denying that the policy that's a ballot to take place in a few hours time on this historic square behind me does form the focal point the at the center if you line to all new year's celebrations the call to couple and indeed perhaps across all russia and new year of course wherever you are across russia means family friends of the cool champagne we are expecting over one of the halls million people to descend on downtown moscow that includes all the made historic square as and indeed the main street of sky is street will be closed to cars will be for desk from eleven thirty pm but the main focal point will be red square of course in the last year some one hundred twenty thousand revelers it was just said that all

the new year join us in just a few moments. and old a name with a new we bring you the highs and lows of twenty ten years it will be remembered in russia. has been a turbulent twelve months in western countries with a wave of simple raging across some say. coming to take a look at. hello this is a t it's nine pm friday the thirty first of december here in moscow and welcome to the program and in just a few moments we'll be taking a look back at the biggest events of twenty ten but before that some places are already celebrating new year and most parts of russia are among them the party's indeed in full swing in the far eastern siberia and will sweep through all nine times of the country's western most borders our correspondents gave us a snapshot of what's going on all around russia with alice hebert in the capital sara first in the southern of the big city of sochi and in the eastern city of. we've brought the party outside i don't know why because this is the coldest region on earth in fact it's about thirty four degrees belo

were canceled across new york and new jersey.ill take the better part of the week to get those passengers to wear the one goal. a live look at of new york showing as jfk dealing with delays major ones actually. airports are running behind schedule. jfk 5 and half hours behind, and new work eight hours behind. it's not just those airports its airports all over the country dealing with the ripple of flax including flights out of the sfo. jackie sizzle is checking on the progress there. >> there is progress anything could be progress compared to yesterday. i just went inside the united terminal there are a lot of people stacked up on the board. it is changing by the minute let's put it that way. he talked about the fact that new york airports are open. they are under traffic control. not sure exactly how long will be. some flights are going to be later than expected. one american flight was canceled it was supposed to be arriving. some going out delayed. much better the mob was saw yesterday. yesterday we had a problem in the northe

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new numbers up next on which items were the favorites of shoppers. >>> blizzard conditions in >>> new information today shows this holiday season consumer spent about $584 million. that's up about 6% compared to last year. spending poll says apparel sales are up 7%, jewelry is up 8%. analysts say a drop in tv prices could be the reason electronic sales stayed flat. they were up just 1%. >>> retailers can expect those numbers to improve because shoppers are still flooding stores with gift cards, exchanges and an eye on taking advantage of steep sales. we found busy malls today. shoppers said they found deals up to 75% off. >> yesterday i tried to go to another mall and it was super crowded. i'm hoping for deals too, better deals. >> the general manager of thegreat mall says she's seen a lot of people making exchanges and spending more than the item returned. shoppers are also spending more than the amount of their gift card. >>> demand is greater than last year. robert handa shows us, now is the time the donations are needed the most. >> reporter: christmas has come and gone. for secon

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meanwhile, according to a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll says 53% leaving some u.s. troops in afghanistan until 2014. 45% disapprove. that report due out today again. >>> staggering midterm losses and an unemployment rate still hovering around 10% results from the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll give president obama despite all that a even to be optimistic. first the negatives. according to the survey the president's job approval rating has once again hit its lowest level coming in at 45%. that's down a couple of points from last month but all things considered, not so bad and 63% think the country is headed in the wrong direction. that's the most since president obama took office. however, the poll shows that the president has a comfortable lead against a generic candidate by 3 points and looking at specific matchups which mean nothing now but why not he would top mitt romney, 47-40 and in the hypothetical with sarah palin, look at this new margin, the president would win by 22 points. >>> president obama and business leaders are pledging to work together

we heard from michael bloomberg, the mayor of new york, with new york 50 centimeters of snow dumped on the city. he expects the worst is past. the storm is still inching up the northeast coast and forecasters predict the rest of the week will be quite nice. in terms of the worst, it may have passed, but officials are dealing with the aftermath. >> new york, boston, all areas used to cold weather, but the sheer volume of snow is difficult to prepare for. >> there is only some much planning you can do when you talk about 50 centimeters of snow landing in a metropolitan area. the mayor of new york, just to add to more information, said they put contingency plans in place and their advice is the only make it very necessary journeys. the hundreds of people on the streets overnight in anticipation of the blizzards, they say that helped to keep the roads clear and he hopes in the next few days, things will be up and running in the city. thousands and thousands of flights, international and domestic from the york have been delayed. by 6:00 p.m. eastern, at john f. kennedy and newark are planne

in the new year.he new system is called catch share. fishermen will be assigned quotas for fish such as cod, flounder and tuna. once they exceed the limit, they have to sell any extras before they can continue fishing. the current system enforces limits at the end of a season. fishermen usually just throw extras back overboard, but the fish rarely survive. >>> cal train needs a new dependable and permanent source of revenue such as a tax or toll if it's going to survive according to peninsula business and civic leaders. has an operating budget of $100 million but facing a $30 million deficit for the fiscal year starting in july. it's the only bay area transit agency that does not have a dedicated and permanent source of funds. it's already cutting service and raise fares starting this saturday to make up for a short- term deficit. >>> 6:18. angelina jolie and brad pitt are married. according to a new report in touch weekly magazine claims the pair tied the knot on a beach in the indian ocean and kept

bbc news. >> the latest headlines for you this hour on "bbc world news."he disputed presidential election in the ivory coast has cost 170 lives in a week according to the united nations. every embassy in rome is running urgent security checks. explosions in two embassies left staff injured. three men were found guilty of plotting an attack on an army base in the in sydney. the court heard that the men, australian citizens, were upset about the role of australian war in iraq and afghanistan. >> all three men from melbourne are aged between 26 and 34, and there were found guilty of conspiring to carry out this terrorist act. hundreds of telephone calls were transmitted from somali or arabic-based areas. the police secretly recorded these telephone conversations in the six months leading up to the arrest of the men in august of last year. at the court heard how the men sought approval from two somali shiehks. what was prominent during the trial was the group's observation -- opposition to the wars in iraq and afghanistan. they said they would fired their guns

a little raino new year's. 51 degrees for new year's day. scattered showers and clearing before we hit the second half of the day. sun and clouds with a fair stretch of weather. back to you. >>> thank you for joining us this morning. the "today" show is up next. >> local news update for you in a half hour. have a great day.

stay with us on bbc news.still to come -- >> off of the coast, looking at haute trying to manage the tides of the refugees from somalia. note >> first though, police in greece have clashed with protesters during a general strike in athens against government austerity measures. the foreign minister was chased and beaten by a crowd. the report is disturbing. >> these were some of the most vicious clashes seen increase in the year of austerity and financial crisis. -- seen in greece in this year of austerity in financial crisis. the minister was chased down the street by more than 100 protesters and be an of. one person said they thought the crowd was going to kill him, and managed to take refuge in a building. simultaneously, fighting broke out. there were bombs and firecrackers. the police responded with tear gas, and some picked up the missiles and threw them back. the demonstrators were furious that they pass emergency labour legislation that caps the pay. the reforms were carried under instructions from the

and already wishing our viewers in new zealand and australia a very happy new year we've we've heard that sydney's fireworks will be the biggest in the world and we'll bring you those pictures soon well as two thousand and ten comes to a close we open the vaults to the year just past capturing the despair and disaster as well as the heroic and historic it was a year when espionage and intrigue took hold with spy scandals and embarrassing wiki leaks causing global sensations and there's also been cause for hope with the world's biggest nuclear powers deciding to cut their arsenals and for russia netting the world cup was a crowning moment and he said now it takes a look at what's behind and what's ahead for us. and it was a year filled with leaks and laughter tears and tragedies it got off to a good start for russia signs of economic recovery no gas crisis with ukraine or bellow rules like in previous years and a relatively bearable winter but that all changed in march when terrorists struck. twin blasts rocked moscow's metro during morning rush hour killing forty and injuring over on

anywhere from new jersey, new york city, all the way into maine.uch of that snow has already fallen in new jersey. new york city still picking up a couple more inches throughout the next couple of hours. boston still going to get another half foot. for maine, the bulk of it's still yet to come. that's going to be a problem throughout much of the day. please be careful if you plan to be driving outside. hopefully you don't have to be outside through today. now back to you, rob and mike. >> all right, ava, thanks a lot. >>> as mentioned the storm system also left its mark on the southeast over the christmas weekend. historic snowfalls there. >> that's left an enormous amount of holiday travelers stuck in their tracks. as abc's david kerley reports, that's only part of the story in philadelphia. >> reporter: well, this winter wallop is making it difficult to get home from the holidays. flights have been canceled all up and down the east coast corridor. and it's not just the airlines. the roads are treacherous as well. and in the south too. this is vir

also tonight a new phase. russian patrick is the country's best known asian down the chaplain prepares to start a political career in a youth movement. a media reports suggest the u.s. is planning a military push from afghanistan into pakistan despite intense opposition from islamabad. coming up next people of our ass's guess where the cost of oil was gradually turning into a criminal state supported by washington and its nato allies crosstalk is just ahead. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from. the future.

new pointsplus.t works. >>> good morning to you. i'm laura garcia cannon. new word of a big rig and an armored vehicle. >> clash of the titans. southbound 880 and no injuries are respected. there is a minor fuel leak in the lanes. five or 10 gallons have been to be clear. both of the large vehicles are moved to the shoulder. all the slowing is south out of san leandro. a lighter volume of traffic and this is an unexpected slow down for the east bay. go ahead and go on by. you can still make it there. >> showers could slow you down and slick conditions in the north bay where we had light showers through the area. overall a nice break before the front actually arrives later on this afternoon. heavy periods of rain and 56 degrees for the forecast and a moearly.y ew s on wednesda re more news in a minute. >> a state assembly bill to make rave parties illegal in california would have banned parties like this at the cow palace in october. the assembly woman is setting it aside after opposition since introd

new rankings out overnight. >>> also, wall street reaches a new two-year high. can the streak continue? >>> and more from that destructive western weather. homes literally torn from their foundations. we'll be right back. >>> on wall street, two, major stocks indexes are back at their precrash level. the dow jones industrial average and s&p 500 both open today at their highest points since 2008. corporate mergers and the tax extension both boosted stocks. investors like seeing corporate mergers because they indicate confidence in the economy. the dow jones industrial average opens this morning at 11,533. it ticked up 55 points yesterday. the nasdaq gained 18 to close at 2667. overseas, tokyopped slightly toy dropped slightly today. hong kong's hang seng is up in late trading. in london, the ftse opened lower. >>> non-american cars lead the insurance industry's annual list of safest vehicles. south korean makers hyundai and kia, along with germany's volkswagen had the most cars on that list. gm, ford and toyota followed closely behind. the vehicles were chosen fo

let's checc in with emily with a good or bad news. >> i think it is good news.e storm will stay off the coast. time linee showwng us a few clouds during the day tomorrow and wwtching the moisture buildup from the we will stay dry ttis weekend just the slight chance f snow showers on the eastern shore. mostly cloudy for tomorrow. with igh of 35. 36 on sunday as we play sunday afternoon. we'll ave good conditions it looks like then monday into tuesddy we start to see more snow innthe forecast. snow on tuesday is a possibility. still few days ut there but it is a possiiility with system coming in rom the west and then temperatures staying in the 30's all week. we see a slight warr-up by the he said of the we go as temperatures reach the upper 30's. >> i wonder if we will haae a whhte christmas. >> you know i was looking at the extended forecast and it doesn't look good. for a white christmas. white christmas. >> like the ones you used

>> and much more, next on "teen kids news." ♪ >>> welcome to "teen kids news." mwanzaa. >> and i'm jessica. here's our top story for this week. >>> most high school students just need to worry about passing an important math test or finishing an essay on time. but tyler reports on a school where how much you pay attention in class could be a matter of life and death. >> what two medications can you give a patient having chest pains? >> reporter: these students at gorton high school in yonkers, new york are learning how to become emergency medical technicians. emts. >> approximately five, six years ago westchester community college expanded their tech prep grant program with gorton high school, and we are able to offer an emt class to the students. >> you remember last week we spoke about the cardiac patient. and what i want you to do today is do the assessment of a patient which would look exactly like myself. >> reporter: the students are being trained by experienced emts on how to properly assist paramedics on the scene. >> sir, i'm an emt and i'm here to help

jay dow cbs news, new york. >> mitchell: still ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news", a key challenge for u.s. forces, training afghan army recruits. mrz at least 13 people were killed in afghanistan today after insurgent attacks on security forces in kabul and kunduz. one gun battle raged for hours and ended with the last attacker blew himself up. as terri mccarthy reports the attacks come amid mounting pressure for afghan troops to step up. >> reporter: azim is a private in the afghan army, a former shepherd, he has his own unique way of finding roadside bombs. >> they go and yarning it out of the ground. >> reporter: a quick way to get blown up say the marines with who are training him and the other afghan soldiers here. >> it scarce the hell out of us the way he grabs ieds. >> reporter: they all think are you crazy. >> yeah. >> doesn't matter. >> reporter: i do t he says, to serve my country and to page money for my family. there are a lot of things these 32 afghan army recruits to that make the marines nervous. >> muzz ale wareness and keeping the finger off the trigger can be an

never stray far away from the common news narrative. or enough or not r.t. new york. so when the mainstream media focuses so much of their attention only on muslim terrorists not any christian white ones when you have fox news telling americans that ten percent of all muslims are terrorists and perhaps even worse when we look back at this clip. big over the outrage that somebody was saying there's a reason there was a certain group of people they attacked us on nine eleven it wasn't just one person it was religion not all muslims are terrorists but all terrorists are muslims. and so after that should we really be surprised that islamophobia is on the rise it's a sad day when the media no longer informs the public rather when they only misinformed and start scaring them but these are the times that we live in so i guess the only question left to ask is how do you get people to stop listening to everything they say or earlier from our studio in los angeles i caught up with an experience from the young turks i first asked her which she thought was worse our previous disc

for complete bay area news coverage, stay with ktvu channel 2 news and ktvu.com.ws and weather available anytime you need it. >>> legal wrangling over proposition 8 begins today in san francisco with a key hearing at the ninth circuit court of appeal. >>> and new problems emerging for the san francisco crime lab after a whistleblower claims lab workers botched a dna test. >>> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00. >>> and good evening, everyone. i'm mike mibach. frank somerville has the night off. >> and i'm julie haener. >>> the battle over proposition 8 hit a new legal level today as it moved before a federal appeals court in san francisco. that's where a three judge panel heard a challenged california's ban on same sex marriage. ktvu's rob roth joins us now from san francisco with details and reaction. >> reporter: the three judge panel here at the ninth circuit must decide two questions. is proposition 8 unconstitutional and do its supporters have the legal standing to fight for it in courts. >> do you believe th

>> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is bay area news at 7:00. >>> good evening. it is thursday, december 30. i am gasia mikaelian, and this is bay area news at 7:00. >>> huge crowds are expected tomorrow night for the annual fireworks display when the clock strikes midnight. the police department is making its own plans and says it is ready to deal with rowdy revelers. >> reporter: it was a busy day here in the city. so when that clock does strike 12:00 that the celebrations will be fun and safe. people are already planning for new year's eve. >> a little karaoke with good friends and good fruits >> martinelli's. you know, only the best for $1.99. >> reporter: dajuan drivers for delays on the embarcadero -- they warn drivers for delays on embarcadero and has took enforcement on local bars, restaurants, and clubs. >> you will be looking at establishments selling to underage individuals or those that appear to be inebriated. >> reporter: many are stocking up on liquor and chilean the champagne. restaurants are taking

live, from the bay area's news station, this the kron 4 morning news. >> good morning, top stories the wind, rain, a power outage in the bay area the rain has caused minor flooding on northbound 101. water is getting deeper, be careful. it seems that rain is not an issue, the wind is whipping around. louisa how long will last. >> good morning, concerns and wind, expecting strong winds continued threat the day to day. there's a few sprinkles when you step outside the door today. still dealing with laughter rain. radar, take them out, issue its car and on. right now golden gate just a few raindrops as he had further south, east we are seeing is some wet weather in the forecast, radar shows body showers radon through places like fremont, danville, further south portions of san jose and morgan hill. sierra, a cake tin. continue disease snowfall for a least a couple of hours. widespread 50s across the board, as we take it on to the remainder of the day spend the day drying out, a catcher break from the wet weather heading into tomorrow, friday another storm moves in bringing us on showers.

however, when i heard the news it was sad to hear the news.ere was raw sewage spillage. >> this sanitary district said that this still is nearly cleaned up. what remains is not a health risk. jonathan blum will give us a better look at exactly where this happens. >> and plural as the key word spills with two different one needs perhaps from the same debris. let us take a look on google earth. and from the very first, not from a broken pipe was sewage that was bubbling up. on a side street. stadium way, right behind this building is a dead and the street. and making its way onto college ave. and the problem is that this creek is here. and this creek drains into santa of madeira, and into san th francisco bay. and this was two days later, and that was the result of the pike that broke. because of debris that was stuck in the that pipe. causing the pressure to be overwhelmed. >> and theithey are assessing the damage, and they're going to find that you can see this red line. that sewage, they had to run several different houses. to mammal, to rout

in oakland, still a roberts kron 4 news. >> and national news u.s.roops in afghanistan got a surprise was an unannounced visit from president barack obama. he got a big welcome what walked on stage. this was his second visit to the war zone since becoming president. >> let me say at this time of year americans are giving the knicks for all the blessings that we have and as we begin this holiday season there's no place i'd rather be than be with you. >> not everything went as planned it's storm when the president could not be with afghanistan president as planned. the shuttle discovery will not be taking off on its last mission until next week. nasa said today it needs more time to figure out what's causing the glitch in the shuttle's external tank, if discovery was supposed to launch this weekend. engineers from cracks in the foam covering that tank it's now hopeful the lodge to happen in february. the fbi and some parents are very concerned about this to barbital. the reason why has a tiny camera and it's just authorities say it could be used to mak

bbc news. >> this is "bbc world news." the headlines this hour -- 5 arrested in denmark over a suspected plot to attack the newspaper linked to the cartoon row. doctors are warning of the potential public health emergency after tens of thousands of homes in northern ireland are without water. north east australia's worst flooding in decades is continuing to cause chaos. crops have been damaged. steve marshall has the latest from sydney. >> queensland is affectionately known as the sunshine state, but much is under water. nearly half a meter of rain has fallen in the past week, flooding homes and businesses. after recently emerging from a decade of drought, farmland has been turned into lakes and improper these isolated by the inland sea, with billions of dollars destroyed. with residents fleeing the worst floods in more than half a century, prime minister julia gillard has called on australia to get to the disaster relief fund. >> to the people of queensland, i say our thoughts are with you, and two australians generally,

passengers and spend the new year in song. >> usually every new year i come and play.and get a spot where nowhere is at. >> reporter: police say they will be out all night. in san francisco, jana katsuyama, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> aaa will once again help keep drunk drivers. the service is called tipsy tow. it offers a one way ride for people who are impaired to call. the service is available from 6:00 tomorrow night through 6:00 a.m. january first. and you can get everything you need to know of all the new year's eve events happening throughout the area by clicking a special tab we posted on our home page ktvu.com. >>> the clock is clicking toward the end of 2010 and preparations were under way today at new year's time square. vendors are selling glasses, noise makers and confetti for the new year's eve celebration. an estimated 1 million people could pack into time square and security will be very tight with bomb sniffing dogs and snipers on rooftops. crews are also working hard to clear all of the snow from that recent blizzard. >>> when it comes to the 35 best cit

well the important facts about the new anti semitism as it's called is that it's neither new nor this i have anything to do with anti semitism every time israel faces a public relations debacle or comes under international pressure to settle the conflict with the palestinians diplomatically they allege that there is a new anti semitism so in the nineteen seventies the head of the anti-defamation league arnold forster he wrote the book the title was the new anti semitism. in the one nine hundred eighty s. then head of the anti defamation league nathan perlmutter he wrote a book called the real anti semitism in which he said there was a new anti semitism in the early two thousand when israel came under international pressure because of the repression of the palestinians during the second intifada there was again a whole slew of books and titled the new anti semitism the head of the a.d.l. now the anti-defamation league abraham foxman he wrote a book called never again the new anti semitism and after israel's nasser occur in gaza and the bloodbath in the mavi marmara the freedom flotilla

>> it is good news, bad news scenario. the bridge will probably open in six months ahead of time but there are going to be issues. between now and then let us take a look from angel island this is all about this steel is going up fast! shipments from china are arriving early, and that has led to an accelerated time line. . and likely to open for drivers in both directions . the east span will open 6-12 months earlier. >> under the old plan, the westbound towards san francisco would of been a first. in the east bound, like this towards oakland would have to wait until 2014. now, with the reconfiguration of the existing bay bridge east bound. the inclined to be cut away to make way for construction on the east bound landing. this new span could be ready for both directions by the end of 2013. that will mean changes for the approach from the new bridge, and both will jog slightly to the right. east bound should see that new landing by the makfor june. and with a temporary stand is due by the end of next year. and live, to tre

the came will now be in new york. minnesotans are trying to keep up with the biggest in history. >> i've been shoveling, almost every hour. >> poor guy. >>> no snow for us. just the cold. >>> if you consider our weather, we have been fortunate. we have a few flakes of snow around. and a few not too far from columbia. and literally, you might see just a few flakes of snow tonight. and again, tomorrow afternoon, probably in the evening and wednesday, maybe have a chance of a few light flurries of snow. across the state, far western maryland, garrett, american maryland, portions of allegheny, under a winter storm warning. and further east, wind advisories. for our region, it will stay cold most of the week with warming later this week. maybe -- maybe a little bit of precip coming by thursday. denise? >> okay. thank you, bob. >>> for the updated forecast on any school closings or delays, go to wjz.com. >>> senators have their first chance today to cast votes on the tax cut agreement, hammered out by president obama and th

kerry sanders, nbc news, miami. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. i'll see you tomorrow morning on "today" then right back here tomorrow evening. good night. captions by vitac www.vitac.com >>> a blast of winter weather strikes the bay area packing rain and lots of wind. good evening, i'm gavin thomas. we

again a new wrinkle in this case that a new assistant district attorney will have to pick up this case to continue. reporting live, christien kafton, ktvu. >>> a south bay woman says two pit bulls attacked her just outside her home. tonight authorities are trying to find the dogs before someone else gets hurt. robert handa talked to both the victim and the man who helped save her. he's live tonight in san jose with our report, robert. >> reporter: by the house where the attack took place, the victim was rescued by a neighbor who used makeshift weapons like these and now she's inside her home trying to recover physically and emotionally. >> animal control crews have been searching since last night for those two roaming pit bulls. the victim said she had just returned home from taking her children to the dentist. she described how the two dogs with clipped ears crossed her path. >> the kids, the dogs are coming to me. i said go inside the house. >> reporter: the neighbors saw what was happening but before anything could move. >> the dog bit me here. i ranked to run up to the house and he

new york, up towards boston, all throughout new england. you'd expect snow this time of the year, but you're in that warm wedge, but that was enough to cause some major delays at the airports. we have major delays for the midwest, from the northeast, to the southeast. at this hour after more than 1,300 flights cancelled in and out of o'hare, look at this. still delays over six hours. newark delays having delays over two hours. one hour in san francisco. low cloud and low fog and a lot of this has dwindled down primarily because it's that time of the day when a number of flights start to push on out. the good news out here in the northeast is you're going to stay rain, maybe a few snow showers tomorrow. but the heavy snow is now moving on up into canada. what you're going to be left with is bitter cold windchills. take a look at the temperatures. minneapolis 15 below and 18 below in cedar rapids, chicago 1 below. and all of that cold air will advance southward. and we'll see this all the way down into florida for the middle of the week. yes,

rob nelson, abc news, new york. >> in that piece, rob mentioned the new york fire department.ople a looking at cuts that could be made. one interesting one that people are pointing to. the new york fire department, they have paid drivers for the fire chiefs. some are saying maybe that can be some of the fat trimmed off. >> the industry is trying to rally against the cost of premiums that go up. they started this website, accidenttax.com, to rally opposition for the fees. but that's outrageous. >> yeah. to say the least. >>> coming up, miley cyrus lights up. and her dad has plenty to say about this. pretty shocking photos. >>> and the jokes that have kathy griffin on the defensive. that's next in "the skinny." i touched the ball before it went out, coach. come on, alex, the ref did not call that! i touched, it's their ball. don't foul them when they inbound. team! alex! good call. check out you. one rior operations due to the ♪ skinny so skinny ♪ >>> miley cyrus cannot get out of the negative spotlight, it seems like. more drama. this time, dealing with some video of her smokin

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our new abc news poll finds now that 77% of americans now believe gays should be allowed to openly serve. >>> the arctic blast that has left much of the east coast frozen solid is not loosening up its grip just yet, as more heavy snow hits the midwest and northeast. windchills are making it feel like the teens in atlanta and the 20s in parts of florida. and the deep freeze is taking a toll just across the border. here's karen travers. >> reporter: the massive arctic blast swept down through the united states from canada. that doesn't mean it spared our neighbors to the north. in ontario, a freak blizzard on monday stranded more than 300 drivers for nearly 30 hours. >> i had a couple bottles of soda and breakfast bars i had been rationing. i had extra coats in my car. i covered myself up. >> reporter: the canadian military used helicopters to rescue people, trapped by blowing snow and zero visibility. there were no deaths or injuries. the record-setting cold went deep into the south. >> it's like pouring the arctic air straight down into florida. >> reporter: this frigid air turned crops