the destination norway. it's not for eating. it's being made into sake in the same traditional way it's been brewed in japan for centuries. >> reporter: in the norweigan capital, sake is getting popular. many people like to drink with their meals. >> translator: this is made in norway using japanese rice. it's really good. >> reporter: the flavor is tru fruity with a slight acidity. >> translator: i'm very proud of the sake made in norway. >> translator: i usually drink red wine but i love sake too. >> reporter: as europe acquires a growi ining taste for japanes food, demand for sake is increasing. europe's first and only sake brewery is here in the south of norway. it was set up two years ago by a local er company. the brewer is from canada. he first discovered sake nine years ago and was amazed a complex flavor could be made from rice and water. three years ago he met the owner of this brewery at a sake workshop and was invited to norway to help start a production. >> it's very rewarding. >> reporter: it' brewed in the yamahi

. >> reporter: the 28-year-old who hails from norway only turned to football after his soccer leaguebanded. >> i needed a new hobby so the last few years i watched the super bowl and i thought, well, i'd maybe try and play american football and do some kicking. >> reporter: on the phone from norway today rugland admitted he knows next to nothing about foball, but he does know how to draw attention. since posting it on youtube back in september, the left footer's video has been viewed more than 1.7 million times. >> i did not expect this, not even close. >> reporter: whether or not you believe the tricks in this video, the power is impressive. this first-time footballer went out and kicked the ball six times in a row for 50 yards. that's the distance between me and you. but it wasn't just a youtube hit. the nfl came calling as well. rugland and his newly acquired agent say they were approached by the new york jets who gave him a workout right before christmas. >> no offer has been made yet but they want me to come back. >> reporter: as for football fans? the reviews are mixed. can you

he wanted to invade norway, sumatra, trieste, italy, sicily, somewhere in france some day. and his generals were pulling their hair out and eisenhower was. wanted to be all over the map, everywhere. and the fiores -- forays to greece were utter disasters. i would love to follow hovering behind him churchill as he goes from meeting to meeting and it is norway, then when he sells his generals on maybe the viability of going to norway or thinking about it, then he says no, no, we will go to sumatra instead. he gave them fits. host: so, you would tell all kinds of stories in here. you covered the dunkirk story. where was he, what year is dunkirk, what was it and where was he in this process? guest: the evacuation? host: yes. guest: that would be the last week of m

i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play! because we have a great waste water system here in san francisco, we do about 80 million gallons of waste water here in san francisco, which means we basically fill up 120 olympic sized swimming pools each and every day here in the city. we protect public health and safety and environment because we are discharging into the bay and into the ocean. this is essentially the first treatment here at our waste water treatment facility. what we do is

the wind sector took off in norway and in denmark. at the samime gerald ford and carter were pushing shell gas development. >> and that was viable. >> and thats 50 percent of what is going on in wind energy and equals the price . you net out 15 percent of the oil. are we making the companies economically profitable or if not. they should be killed off and otherwise we are padding the profits. morgan, you still like solar and what about wind. >> the price of tha is coming down. wind energy let is it lapse and slash a bor corn sib sidies. going back to wind. it is 8,000 percent higher than the cost of natural gas for the same amount of electrical lout put. >> i agree with her on this. >> what is more interesting is what liz said. carter and ford got behind shell oil when it was not economically feasible. it is hugely economical he fiscal. why not for wind. >> no one has the iron lung of government subsidies. >> i love that phras >> this is a political whim of lobbyist and politics. >> it was zilch for that. it was george mitchell who ma

i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play!

the tanker left a port in northern norway early last month. it then sailed through the arctic ocean along the russian coast and through the bearing strait. the route opened up as ice melted due to global warming. the distance is two-thirds that of the regular path which passes through the suez canal in egypt. the arctic route will enable japan to increase it's lgm imports and diversify it's lgm imports, cutting the energy dependence on the middle east, but challenges remain, including cost problems. it have russian government is making it a requirement for tankers that follow that route to use russian ice breakers. it's not only natural gas, the japanese are looking to other energy sources to replace nuclear power after last year's nuclear disaster. an exhibition featuring the latest using solar powered technology has begun near tokyo. about 200 companies are taking part from japan, china and germany and several other countries. demand is growing in japan has power companies are now required to purchase renewable energy. but japanese solar mak

it is hard to answer for certainty, we're not in norway.aybe what happens next will answer the question, he got the opportunity to come to the u.s. to work with a kicking coach and to try out with the new york jets, which reportedly happened next week. and rugland has been invited to come back with a second jets tryout in a month. and now he has a sports agent. so kids, there is a moral to the story. and that is if there is something you can do and if you have access to a camera, you may want to practice until you get really good at it, and you can put it up on youtube and let the world know what you can bring. you never know the exciting

canada, denmark, norway, russia are among the countries competing for the resources. we accompanied a danish icebreaker on its journey to the north pole. the expedition includes scientists who are hoping to find evidence to support their claim to the region. >> in august, some sunshine and clouds revealed the full might of mother nature in a special way. the conditions nature creates are likely to be the biggest challenge for 45 researchers on board the icebreaker. the danish government has commissioned the geologists' to find out if a seabed in as part of the arctic is part of greenland's landmass and therefore belongs to the kingdom of denmark. christian leads the expedition. in his homeland, he is one of the most experienced specialists in his field. >> we want to get to the north pole because if our hypothesis is correct, then that area belongs to us because one of the largest submarine mountain ranges belongs to us. we are looking for evidence to claim a larger area. all the way over to russia. >> the rich extends northward across the sea floor from greenland and

>>guest: no, i quite agree and basically, norway, which gives the thing, it is very political, norway is not even in the european union but they are next door to this whole number which is a growing totalitarian state. it failed to give peace over kosovo and it has given its people massive borrowing and not they have over borrowed and the recommendation is alwaysst either and now you have rioting and forces for secession to break up the european union. it is a massive totalitarian state, grabbing power, and it gives its parliament elections but in power, and it does not like disagreement and it is against opposition, and, in fact, there are move moves afoot to stay any speaking against the european is a legal on fence and it is founded upon deceit and corruption. why did the european union need 2,000 secret bank accounts if it wasn't bribing politicians all over the place? grabbing totalitarian similar to the soviet union but the neighbors now are frighten and norway has given it a totally undeserved peace prize which is staggering. >>neil: staggering to me as well, the former u.k. pa

he was born in norway. they don't have american football.bvious until norway, like in the world, they have football as in soccer. and because this guy is amazing at kicking a ball, in this four-minute video, he shows off a whole bunch of skills, most the kind a kicker in american football doesn't need in the course of a game, but he also shows off a bunch of skills that actually would come in very handy on a gridiron and reportedly made this video, because after years of playing amateur socker in norway, he figured he could give place kicking an american football a try, to see what he could do. rugeland practiced more than a year, and uploaded this video in september. now comes the part in any story of a video, where you ask is this real? hard to answer. certainly we're not in norway, but maybe what happened next will be enough of an answer. the video got him an invitation to come to the u.s. and work with an nfl kicking coach and try out for the new york jets. which reportedly happened last week and rugeland has been invited to come back fo

we're not in norway, but maybe what happened next will be enough of an answer. him an invitation to come to the u.s. and work with an nfl kicking coach and to try out for the new york jets, which reportedly happened last week. and rugeland has been invited to come back for a second jets tryout in a few months. and he now has a sports agent. so, kids, there is a moral to the story. and that is if there's something you can do, and if you have access to a camera, you might want to practice until you get really good at it, then you can put it up on youtube and let the world know

it is hard to answer for certainty, we're not in norway.t happens next will answer the question, he got the opportunity to come to the u.s. to work with a kicking coach and to try out with the new york jets, which reportedly happened next week. and rugland has been invited to come back with a second jets tryout in a month. and now he has a sports agent. so kids, there is a moral to the

terrorist act the committed by break in norway. he still unfortunately has quite a lot of supporters in europe look what happened in one. pm the union country. the jewish issue you know what i mean i mean hungary you know there was an initiative. by a faction in that particular country right we still parliamentary faction. i mean i would say extremely right wing but at the same basically. put under the under question. the activities you know the. population of that particular cancer you know this is against the backdrop of national security and so on so for this very it's very unfortunate because new amasses which i mentioned you know more and more. young people unfortunately fall under the influence of certain right wing. radio stadium extremist ideas and. fortunately new announces raise not only in the baltic states but also in some other. european states. which is a very serious. challenge especially in the prevailing economic conditions. when quite a number of people cannot find jobs you know and cannot get access to proper edu

he was interested in norway, sumatra, not japan, not the pacific. his knowledge of geography, the politics, the military situation was not there. he admits in his memoirs in order to imagine a picture with a theatre of war or what have you, you have to have some knowledge, not let your imagination run free. he thought the japanese were a meek race, and a lot of the brits and the americans thought could not shoot straight, were bad fighters, would never have the temerity to attack the british empire. and he told people, they would never attack of ask. how could it come to that? >> and what was his reaction when the japanese bombed pearl harbor? >> that he had just won the war. he knew what that meant. >> here he is before congress the day after christmas 1944. >> wounds have been inflicted upon the nazi tyranny which have bitten deep and will fester and inflame, not only in the nazi body, but in the nazi mind. mussolini is now but a lackie and a serf, a mere utensil of his master's will. many have been astonished. what kind of a people do they think

on our website for you right now march by russian norway goes against washington's magnitsky bill splits russian society with maine it saying innocent children should be left out of political bickering forty eight hours on i . also use a sleeve to lay down the law in cyber bullying outlining how far common full social networks can god before attracting their attention. our and into all bets the latest i says through blast off on a soyuz rocket from a prig seen by going to cause more drama in kazakhstan you'll find all the details on the space station mission at r.t. dot. almost a quarter of the population of the european union are a triscuit sliding below the poverty line that's according to the blogs main statistics agency and while some e.u. citizens are tired of being suffocated by austerity others grow weary of having to stretch out a helping hand. over takes a closer look at the are settled. around one hundred and twenty million e.u. citizens all right risk for falling below the poverty line now in response to the the measures that are being taken to try and halt the european union

this crowd you see here demonstrators are in norway's capital there protesting against the e.u. getting the nobel peace prize on the eve of the award ceremony that they accuse the e.u. of a lack of democracy and for maintaining a large military force while its people suffer through economic crisis among the main criticisms is that the nobel peace prize is supposed to be awarded to those who work towards disarming. garza's hamas leadership has vowed to keep fighting until the israeli occupation is over as hundreds of thousands of supporters turned up to celebrate the militant group's twenty fifth anniversary how much political leader khaled mashal who runs the organization from qatar is now in gaza for the first time in four decades and in a speech labeled as extremist by israel he refused to recognize the jewish state's legitimacy because of its occupation. the visit comes amid a turbulent time for the region israel's refused to end its settlement expansion which has been denounced by the international community middle east expert good to malik told us israel is even sad relatio

as it turns out we ended up doing the same story in northern norway with the sami people away. kind of a lot of sticks in the end it's quite i mean most the place you were very hard to get to. russia is a vast place i think when it came down to the wire norway it was chosen over russia will be the psalmist people are the same the same part of the sammies people live in russia you know i mean it is the same people just divided exactly by a political border there yeah but since this is you so if you're interested in human stories i mean there's a lot you can find russia in the caucasus for example i mean just wild well things this is i mean since i've been here this is i've had this conversation with so many people and i would love to i mean when i look at a map and i see russia it's i'm i'm in too much in oroville i would not literally know where to stop. it's one of those places that you really need to i mean like i say i wouldn't know where to start it's hard to it's hard to come up with a plan of what you would do in russia you know so vast but. if we leave russia alone you y

i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition. i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play! >> well, good morning, good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. here in the outer sunset on a, what is looking to be a beautiful day, my name is joaquin torres, with the work force development lead intion mayor lee's program look tog coordinate city resources both existing and new to serve our neighborhoods in need and to serve our small business commercial corridors. one of the things that has been so important to the mayor is mak

position for a company in the market or part of our market this is the problem we don't have with norway and we have in fact some. companies from from russia where they have a dominant position in some parts of our market so once again there is no discrimination between russia and norway why should it be but it is an objective appley cation of the rules of competition and the internal market so this was part now we have part of the discussion the very dense intense and constructive discussion we had today during our senate having said this i think it is fair to recognize that both to russian side and european side are committed to find programmatic solutions in a constructive spirit to some issues and this is possible but it's also important to recognize that we have different positions on these matters and in full transparency we have to know what are the differences but i still hope that there will be. progress and since we are not yet at the end of the world two thousand and thirteen will be an occasion to further our discussions including on energy matters thank you for your attentio

the european economic area yet because their people can travel abound and vice versa the same for norway they trade links and cultural links and of course the free movement of goods and people will always continue even if you are outside of the u. but of course one thing is very important in britain at the moment is immigration we don't actually control their own immigration policy because that is really run by the european union and at the moment there's a one employment in the u.k. and we'll be a lot better off if we didn't have so many people coming to this country seeking work that's very good good for them and all power to them to come here to really we do need to control of immigration because things aren't properly managed in this u.k. in the u.k. and the sources of just very briefly it is interesting that we are seeing a lot of talk now about the u.k. pulling out of the european union do you think it really could possibly happen i know that's what you want to happen just very briefly it's not realistic is it. mohl arkham a member debating with people decade ago and they're saying

we are not in norway but maybe what happens next may tell you the answer.ion to come to new york and try out for the new york jets and he's been invited to come back for a second jets tryout and he has a sports agent now. so kids, there's a moral to this story. and that

a regular fella from norway a tryout with the new york jets., lara home with their families. great to have amy, paula and rachel here. >>> we're going to switch gears and talk about a love triangle case that may have ended in murder. a 19-year-old biology major vanished. we'll explain the details. >>> also ahead, janet jackson. she is planning to say i do for the third time. she's engaged to her billionaire boyfriend. we're going to tell you who he is and why she's not wearing an incredibly expensive and beautiful ring. we're going to talk about the wedding that is already being planned in a very elaborate affair. >> maybe because it takes a crane and a semi to move said ring. >>> big, big, big news today in the world of the news that pops. rachel has it all for you. jennifer aniston's romantic holiday getaway. breaking overnight, kate winslet's surprise wedding. we have photos. and mcdreamy brewing up a big, new project. rachel has all of that. >> oh, yes. >>> a lot to get to. but first, the love triangle that may have ended in murder. a teena

three of the top five countries today from in sand navia, norway, speeden and denmark.ok at the global competitive index. the united states has fallen to seven in the latest ranks, finland and sweden are in the top five. or look at corruption, the united states ranks 19th in the comparative -- on the one hand, america has been losing us edge. but i'm also struck by the rise of scandinavia, a region that includes denmark, norway, sweden and if you broaden that definition, finland and iceland. these countries broad -- scandinavia is actually a much more free market -- capital is allocated by the market, the government doesn't own companies, regulation is usually light, corruption is nonexistent, companies can hire and fire easily, labor moves around, but these countries do tax a lot and spend a lot. on education, child care, health, and other things. now a recent mit paper suggests that there are limits to this model. it's called can't we all be more like scan nadinavians? brief it points out how the scandinavian welfare system provides a nun of benefits, more vacations,

>> norway. >> united states? >> isn't it from norway? >> netherlands? >> united states. >> germany?germany? >> germany? >> am i right? >> i don't know. i'm just guessing. >> i am german ancestry. >> that hurts that you didn't know that? >> it does. >> what's that big thing right over there. what do you call that. >> a christmas tree. >> i think it's called a christmas tree. can you call it whatever you like as long as the people are with their families there is nothing wrong with it? >> they are calling it a holiday tree in rhode island because they want to be politically correct. >> it's a christmas tree. >> it's a christmas tree. >> i love christmas. >> you know there is a war on christmas, right? >> i haven't heard. >> no. you haven't heard of the war on christmas? >> no. how can you have a war with christmas? santa has a big army. >> they are very little, they are elves ♪ jingle bells. >> do you guys like to sing. >> yeah. >> calm down. >> yeah. >> jingle bells, jingle bells. jingle all the way ♪ jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rocks that's all i have got. >> have you ever

. >>> in neighboring norway, the ceremony for the nobel peace prize has taken place. the presidents of the eu three main institutions collected their medals. european counsel president, baraso and eu parliament president martin schultz jointly accepted the prize. the prize committee said the 27-nation bloc turned europe from a continent of war into a continent of peace. rampai vowed to strengthen european unity and overcome the economic crisis. however, critics say the prize is inappropriate, pointing out that the eu has failed to limit the impact of europe's economic troubles. those same critics are pointing at italy. what does this say about investors? >> it says that investors are selling bonds. that's why the yields are going up. it also implies these same people are getting cautious, increasingly cautious over the country. he says he will resign once the next budget bill is passed. the rates had been easing for about a month. the key index on the milan stock exchange plunged by nearly 4% ending the day with a 2.2% drop. the euro was traded lower against the dolla

the one-shot of really cold air will become norway's we get into late thursday and friday. a little circulation over us today that brought the showers. here is the big area of storm is, getting developed in the southwest. that will lead to quite a storm coming out of the southwest. that is the reason right now there are already winter storm warnings from chicago and a blizzard warning around denver. over the next 24 hours that storm will be moving well to our north. but we will be on the mild side. tomorrow, even as it comes of the southwest a high-pressure rolls over to a lot of sunshine. later in the week here comes the moisture in the form of rain showers even around us in spots like pittsburg. then the cold air really comes in as we get into friday. that is the day that it will finally begin to feel little bit like december, but not tomorrow. tomorrow morning temperatures near 40 degrees, above-average. almost 10 degrees above average even though it will be cooler than today. then the rain showers that we need comment late thursday, thursday night, then some colder air

melius christiansen, a lutheran immigrant from norway, established the st.department and student choir. what he found was that church music had fallen to a very lamentable state, that the popular music of the day seemed to be eradicating all the traditional music and that so many of the young immigrant norwegian students who he was teaching at st. olaf were forgetting the heritage of great hymns. so he established the choir in many ways to revitalize choral singing in the church, congregational singing in the church. christiansen insisted on artistic excellence, and the reputation of the st. olaf choir continued to grow. the choir went on tour and performed in some of the top venues in the nation. according to many scholars, christiansen's work had a profound influence on america's a capella choral tradition. >> he really set a model for choral sound. he changed the whole concept of choral and really taking a program of sacred, unaccompanied choral music and doing it at such a level that it would be >> reporter: while the college now has several choirs, the

last year, killing 77 people in norway, a country with far tighter regulations and they have since tightened their terror laws and finland had made a choir to acquire handguns. in 1996, a mass shooting in tasmania left 35 people did. they have not seen a big decline in gun related deaths. that same year, a massacre in scotland leaving 17 people dead. it led to laws which effectively make it illegal to own a handgun in the united kingdom. guy smith is a gun owner and civil libertarian. he says the right to bear arms in the u.s. is a constitutional right. >> it is somewhat of a misnomer that we have a gun culture. we have a freedom culture. we live our lives based on the premise that what you do as an individual is not negligently harming someone else and you should be free to do it. we also learned early on in our history how governments disarm certain minorities and thus were able to terrorize them. week, the people, through our constitution says surroundings are off limits and one is that he will not take away our means of self-defense. >> it was just outside the compound of a private compa

canada and norway have been net petroleum exporters but they pay the same market price for a gallon of gasoline as we do. so you must diversify and that includes light duty trucks and the adoption of natural gas in its liquified or compressed form for heavy-duty vehicles like refuse trucks. if the recommendations are adopted, the united states has the potential to reduce our dependence on imported petroleum and thereby our national -- reduce our national security risk to improve our balance of payments and about half remains petroleum. and to increase our gdp by the maximization of these activities in the united states rather than exporting our dollars abroad. thank you very much. think we can sit down now. >> thank you. give us a moment to take care seats. [applause] our panel discussion is about to begin featuring senator lamar alexander and our moderator. >> can you hear me now? good morning, everyone. i'm in lazy moderator. want to talk about this report, talk about the future of energy in this country and the future of transportation. i want to make sure you know to please jump in

. >> there are crazy people and there are shootings and killings in norway and france and germany, but there hasn't been 61 mass killings like there have been in this country to a sense columbine. >> and the nra facebook page has gone dark. we will speak with lisa graves about big guns and big money. all of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. residents of newtown, connecticut, have begun holding the first of many kernels for the 27 victims killed in friday's shooting rampage at sandy hook elementary school. on monday, noah pozner and jack pinto, 06 years old, were laid to rest in small caskets. more funerals are slated today including two more 6-year-old victim's, james mattioli and jessica rekos. at the white house, president obama convened a meeting with top officials to discuss ways to respond to the newtown massacre, including potential proposals for gun control. pressed for details, white house press secretary jay carney reduced offer any specifics on how obama plans to address the nation's gun violence. >

that was about the mass killing in norway. but at least they respectfully waited until 48 hours afterwards. in fact, if you want to have a conversation about our gun culture, you better make sure you're being tasteful in respecting the victims and their families. of course if you're trying not to have that conversation... >> this guy is six-four, 320, he could have killed her with his bare hands >> belcher killed her i guess costas does not think belcher is strong enough to asphyxiate his girlfriend or smart enough to hook up a hose into his garage and kill her through asphyxiation >> look at o.j. simpson. he went over there with a knife. murdered his ex-wife and her friend. >> was she killed with a gun or with a knife? >> jon: yeah. knife, knife, knife, knife! nicole simpson was murdered with a knife. does costas want to ban knives because then we'd have to cut steak with our gun and that would be terrible. sti, i think i get the rules now. i'm just trying to get the rules. you can talk about guns just not in the immediate wa

the gender gap in pay is smallest in greece and norway. the researchers say one reason for the gender gap as many women work in poorly paid part-time jobs. that also affect retirement pensions. the gender gap among retirees is bigger in germany than in any other developed country. one possible solution, experts say, is more child care opportunities. she left her career -- stayed with it because of child care options offered by her company. >> calling for nationwide protests next week following the first round of voting on the new constitution in germany -- in egypt. 56% voted in favor of the draft. >> they are complaining of numerous voting irregularities and are declaring every count. they say it paves the way for islamic law and as a threat to the christian minority as well as civil rights. official referendum results will only be known after a second round of voting next weekend. the german government has expressed concern over the situation in egypt. >> the minister for development said an unstable egypt would be a security risk for th