the north east. very often and i think they have a completely different view of how people's lives of the government are accused of not understanding the north but isn't that your job to represent the things to be a fair bit of bickering that goes on among northern and. well i mean having an accent in the house of commons you know i've got quite happy ducks and but that sort of you get sneers when you have an accent when you speak in the commons from the government benches so that in itself is just an example of how the mismatch between the two sides of the government insists it's treating grace in the area seriously and his earmarks money thing infrastructure projects targeting the northeast in particular but a legacy of letdowns has left many northerners less than an seized. the government this is going up and this is a way. of it is our. it's a complete shambles so all in it together all the nation divided one thing seems certain that with many predicting an increase in unemployment and a triple di

in the north east of the country the financial. news from moscow this is. welcome to the program international efforts to bring about an end to the syrian conflict being stepped up. the latest diplomatic push is now being focused. the syrian deputy foreign minister is in town meeting with russia's chief diplomat we don't know that many details at the moment as the meeting is being held behind closed doors however we do know that the international on syria lakhdar brahimi has been trying to get both sides of the conflict to put their weapons down he met with president. and just recently from the said that. agreed on forming this transitional government which could include the opposition and would be good be active till the next. elections in the country now we don't know whether the opposition or the rebels. for this deal this is right he also said that he had a positive feeling and that something good was going on moscow has a good chance of mediating this since it's keeping contact with the syrian. opposition while most western states have denounced this a

and her conservative government crushed the miners unions the impact that her policies had on the north east was extreme and long felt and even today there are many people who still have a deep mistrust of the conservative government the conservatives reputation up here is one that's hard to shake and it makes it hard for them to get a fair hearing on any plans to regenerate to find out more we decided it was time to pay a visit to number ten i was shocked. on the conservative base. people who live in. the northeast. they don't come from the. areas very often and i think they have a completely different view of how people's lives are but government accused of not understanding the north but isn't that your job to represent the things to be a fair bit of bickering that goes on among northern and. well i mean having an accent in the house of commons you know i've got quite happy about happiness and accent but that sort of you get sneers when you have an accent when you speak in the commons from the government benches so that in itself is just an example of how how the mismatch between the two

together when it comes to sharing the pain of austerity but try telling that to people living in the north east of england who believe their region is suffering more than the rest of the u.k. as first discovered they feel they're being left to suffer alone amid factory closures and rising unemployment. as he'll saying impressing gays it's grim up north it's a perception of life in some of the nations of the major cities recessions hit the case hard it's been in the northeast where it's been felt particularly acutely trade union leader about scots furious with the government's decision to close sunderland's rentboy factory it's a government venture that began back in the 1940's to provide employment the people with disabilities two weeks before christmas the government announced that they were going to close the package in factories and it leaves a very bleak uncertain future for disabled workers cannot stops was laid off from another rempel a factory back in april and she says the government of forcing people out of paid jobs and onto a life of welfare. in the week before we left three. jobs .

again, here's another view looking east towards the bay principal and finally another view north towards telegraph hill. this is one of the last thing things that we will create on the site is the top p of san francisco site and it will be prominent on our facility. so, this will be the view from telegraph hill of the building complete in phase one and residence for turn-over to the america's cup phase one construction of the building is 80% complete right now and is on schedule for hand over to the america's cup authority on march 2013. phase two, construction drawings are about 95% complete and will be completed shortly. and the port will start phase two construction of the project and it's scheduled for about nine months with substantial completion august 1st 2014 and final completion two months later and this work will clue finishing the remaining ports and including united states customers and u.s. you're border protection facilities and the two forty seven acre northwest plaza sorry -- this is the plaza i i guess most of you know this but this was the rolls of quite a lot of work w

when it came to supporting calls for democracy in the middle east or north african states while denouncing government sponsored violence leaders of the west were vocally critical from our graphic has lost legitimacy to lead and he must leave a very clear message for president which is it is time for him to go but when scenes of violent clashes between riot police and reform complain risk came from bahrain the definition of democracy shifted and rhetoric softened. in the summer of the us state department came up with a statement expressing its concerns over the human rights situation and alleged torture in bahrain this was only several months after washington had restarted weapons sales to this gulf state dissenters in bahrain have been directing anger at their government for months now stop arming the killers is a message they are more often sending out to the west some of the in bahrain blood is worthless and the libyan blood is more important it's just critical a stand so he had youssif often travels to europe to direct attention to what he believes to be brutal repression in his country

east. near palo alto, mountain view and about 30 minutes. also showers in the north, relatively light but this pocket of yellow. this is moving to the north- east as it goes towards vallejo, napa and american canyon. the rainfall totals have been 1 in. and more in their field, redwood city and even 2 in. in san rafeal. and more, for tomorrow after midnight tonight. the satellite & righter, this system offshore is giving us a break but the satellite and--radar. as i mentioned, a bit of a break but the big impact will be steady and heavy rainfall. possible flooding, strong wind and a wind advisory. the wind speeds at 50 m.p.h. and even the chance for storms. the worst will be the late morning hours and a gradual improvement as we go for the afternoon. details, coming up. >> vicki: our team coverage continues with kron four's philippe djegal. he's in the easteets were still busy with shoppers despite the damp conditions. >> reporter: it has been a cold and damp night in walnut creek but that has not stopped people from coming out to do their shopping or inshore the even

this is all advancing off to the north and east. we'll keep an eye on this as it does approach us. l get a wintry mix west and north of because right now it's cold. temperatures are locked in the 20s to around 30 degrees. most of maryland, most of virginia, the eastern shore, except right near the waters and around the bay it's above freezing. in the mountains it's cold. near 20 degrees. much of western maryland and much of west virginia. let's take a look at what may be happening here. this area in lavender is a zone of potential sleet and wet snow. this is as of noon. that would be coming up the shenandoah valley along the blueridge but not into washington yet. during the afternoon this is by 3:00 p.m., our western northern suburbs may get that wet snow and sleet mixing in. pavement temperatures will be above freezing. whatever is wintry precipitation will melt quickly on roadways. that will quickly move to the north and east and exit by midnight tonight. by christmas day, a partly sunny sky. here comes another storm system coming in on wednesday. leading edge of that may again be

it happened in the 1800 block of avenue north east. the circumstances that led to gunfire are still unclear. >> big news for t-mobile customers. your carrier will be adding the starting next year. it is the fourth major carrier to add the smartphone. heart hockey fans, not the capitals but it is hockey night in washington. the tripbears made verizon center. >> it is welcome by nearby owners who have been losers in the lockout. jay korff is live with the of the action. >> everybody is thrilled tonight. been aitals' season has a bust due to the lockout. that did not stop fans from pouring into the verizon center to watch the sport they love it. >> there was an urgency in washington thursday night with the likes we have not seen in several months. hockey hungry fans wearing filled theerseys center for an evening of action. not can see -- they did come to see the capitals who not played here since may. i wish they would come to an agreement. t is in the 82nd day. a crushing reality for season- holders. >> it might be the closest we hockey

the north east is getting a break.the gulf coast the storm system is dropping a lot of rain into the gulf coast states. louisiana, mississippi. also the co >> if you have people traveling in and out the gulf states they may have the to the laser cancellations. >> and main, a foot of snow falling in may. snow fell from more than 16 hours yesterday's. because they offices to close for the day. snow plows were busy trying to clear the streets. >> maine state police say there were few fender benders chester date, but nothing too serious. >> forecasters say some areas of central maine could have to feed a snow by the time the snow most through the north east. >> i found out darya that more than half of the country, 65 percent is covered with snow. >> wow! there is a wide after christmas for you. here's a live look to show you the roadways are good. chain restrictions have lifted on interstate 8 in highway 50 through the sierra near lake tahoe for the first time in days. >> roads are clear for now but there's still plenty of

that's been collected by this massive apparatus has been very very weak particularly in the critical north east middle east and. and the north africa region and also in pakistan the intelligence community did not see the arab spring calming. in the koreas mrs smith's about the situations and countries like egypt and syria for instance and i think in part this results from a heavy focus by the intelligence community overall on that what's called signal signals intelligence that is these very very sophisticated intercept systems to the detriment of the traditional human intelligence and i think now what we see in washington is a general acceptance of the fact that you can't do that the system is out of balance that they have to have much better human intelligence gathered on the ground to be able to interpret what they've gotten from signals and this is an effort to to address that problem but it also means continuously but wounding budget for intelligence. it's maybe inside of me but it's been revealed to us now relies on a run south that's when it comes to the treatment of its soldiers despite

is about china and japan and vietnam and taiwan what is going to happen in the north and in the north east of asia that makes me nervous not the west ok pepe what do you think the people in afghanistan think in libya in syria and i go ahead yeah let me talk a little bit about this. china sea is my backyard because one of my bases is hong kong in fact what's happening the south china sea is going to be solved in a mechanism between the association of the southeast asian countries stan countries and china the problem is the un they will love to have a collective bargaining discussion in that china wants a bilateral discussion i'm sure over the next few i wouldn't say months but perhaps over the next two years or so they will find a mechanism to discuss all the disputes it's basically about oil and gas it's always about energy so who's going to exploit water. so they're going to see his problem in the south china sea. no it's not i hope i'm right it's it's it's so odd to we we are getting from the political leadership from these southeast asian nations and also from the chinese as china doesn

look for inland frost in the north and east bay locations.o with sunshine and scattered clouds for new year's eve. it will be a cool day and cooler night tomorrow night and bring out sunshine just in time for first day of the new year. satellite and radar composite, clear sky here although just to the north and west of us you can see the leading edge of clouds. this is what is going to move across the bay area by tomorrow afternoon. here is with a our anticipated lows. frost is likely and north and east bay protected valley areas. 39 expected in cloverdale and temperatures are dropping below the freezing mark. tender vegetation. if you have tender plants you may want to bring them in or cover them and do not forget about your pets outside, as well. 43 is expected low in san francisco and 35 for san jose. here is the cold front that will be draping across the bay area tomorrow afternoon. right now we'll put a few clouds in our accu-weather forecast for tomorrow. as the cold front moves closer to the bay area, it might wring out a drop or two.

we are clear, the storm from earlier, blowing out to the north and east. things get better in to the day tomorrow. here is what all the hubbub is about. temperatures, close to 40. that will help melt what snow is left. places like carrol; watch saturday. number one temperatures won't move much off the morning lows. 33 for a high. on saturday, very close to that freezing mark. that will support winter weather as this new area precipitation comes in. new storm system. one storm out. we are watching for the next one. windy conditions for a few more hours this evening and then the winds relax. the next storm begins to brew through the day showing up over the gulf coast states and then it'll make its move in to the midatlantic and through the early morning hours to about the early afternoon saturday. 6:00 a.m. to two. that's where the storm will impact us. how far south will it track? that will change our potential snow totals. talk about those possibilities. track one would bring it further north. we may get rain mixing in but could get up to four inches, that

who's who was on the job for one month who did the same and this is the area that transitions to north east missions of course, where weaver the large foot present and the pd r and we have to come up with something and it's unique to san francisco and first time we heard it sounds like urban mixed use. having heard the last item on your agenda eight and harrison, that is a grander scale but this is the same sort of thing, we have residential with commercial and historically, this is the auto row of the mission district. so, every organization that they have reached out to has been unanimous in this place, this is an organization that walks the walk they don't just talk the talk and i'm honored to be here to speak on it's behalf. thank you very much. >> thank you.. >> good evening my name is ray sloan i'm a 28 year resident of the area 19th street near gur row and when i had young people in my house back in the 80's we had a rule that you could not go past 16th street and valencia and because of the contributions that are being made like this dealership and all of that,that is all changed. a

this area of low pressure with moisture advancing toward the north and east. they're getting moderate showers north carolina driving down that way or heading toward tennessee farther north just a few sprinkles now in kentucky and ahead of that we have cloud cover that's rolling over the metro area now. here's the timing on this. by noon the pockets you see in lavender and pink are zones of sleet and wet snow and then during the afternoon this is as of 3:00 p.m. we might have this area north and west of washington. this zone could have a few wet snowflakes and a bit of sleet but i don't think we'll have any accumulation at all. the ground temperatures are going to be pretty warm. through the rest of the evening that will change over to rain and move to the north and east. could be snow that could cause travel problems north and west of the new york city and boston metro areas into new england later tonight. for us we'll have clouds in and out tonight after midnight and then sun on christmas day and then christmas evening we'll have clouds closing back in and dur

ten christians have been killed in in a machete and gun attack by suspected islamic rebels in north east nigeria the fight is then set fire to churches and government buildings in a village near the border with cameroon the victims were returning from worship when they were attacked by the gunmen and a road construction crew official suspect islamist group boko haram is behind the assault they have already claimed hundreds of lives in similar attacks the sheer. in hungary around ten thousand people have protested against the far right opposition party in the capital budapest outrage was sparked after one of the party's leaders suggested choose be screened to see if they pose and i quote a security risk the politician later claimed he was misunderstood with his party saying the protest was political alarmism caused by desperation over their rise in popularity. now the resource rich state of cattle has been pouring millions of dollars into the french economy the arab country says it wants to aid small businesses and help rebuild impoverished neighborhoods but as artie's. reports the gulf s