norway has an extensive network of signals intelligence up in the north. which collects singles and toe drums about all kinds of especially military russian activity which was also the against the soviet union during the cold war but not actually there were also these capacities also people seeing moves that are relevant or stemming from more political and economic sectors which could be zero interest to either norway or some of the various allies in this case since the revelations coming from the united states which makes the headlines correct me if i'm wrong it sounds a little bit unfazed by this sort of spying of spying all countries do it earlier this month another scandinavian country sweden was const buying on russia for the n.s.a. how far does it go is this just the tip of the iceberg. when you cross the line. but i mean when then it comes to the relationship between control of norway and russia i think it s. not to large extent fail to take into account what us actually expired since the cold war in a country like norway and i think for many a lowe

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when i was in norway everyone i met said do you know the song? and i said yes, we know the song.speaking about dancing, i have to give some props to the harlem shake video that went viral, give it a listen. ♪ do the harlem shake >> that brings up an interesting question about copyright ownership. the creator of that video might lose all of his money because he may have used two segments that weren't cleared. so how do you protect your copyright or content? tay you go first. >> in the case of chocolate rain, i had a license that allowed people to reuse it for free. >> do you feel like there are companies out there that are unfairly capitalizing on the works of these artists to go back online? and what are you guys doing to protect yourselves? >> this was made for a network, so there are obviously quite a lot of paperwork already that had been done there. and i'm so glad i'm not sort of the -- in the music industry, because they try to hard to have control of everything, and we just hired somebody with a baseball bat and just send him around. >> in terms of viral contend and if it

no thanks i guess the weather people in norway are leaning against wrong does. mine sure she shows us and will plant them. then my kneecap change as well people in norway actually hearing the winds are howling and seeing things flying around. he can make in a video coming out from the southern plains. this is what's happening there in residence in norway found it hard to walk think is extremely strong winds on thursday. a strong wind storm to new things and people around him. police had to provide assistance. it forced road closures translation of presentations. the highest alert for strong winds. is it still is in effect in parts of the southern in norway across these areas insisted to this system is in the seat as an unwary well developed system with these airlines very close to each other which means that that the closer the on ice the bars the means that the twins even powerful and it's likely to continue to batter the scandinavian convince them that we've been really blustery conditions as well as some heavy snow so he'll probably likely to get significant

when both norway and the then soviet union was still new to the occupy l.a. go. the norwegians told their neighbors their traditional game called. we never even seen a stick before when we started playing we didn't know the rules and we were constantly asking questions now we've got the hang of it how one wants. this. but i think we're on equal ground we're good at volleyball and always win at basketball we're about even in football and as for chess we've got a new player who will bring us victory. all the competitions are held simple to flee. winning is a matter of both countries especially when it comes to football and bundy. only twice in the competition's history as the balance but to be from the norwegians at the national game. the second time was last year but fortune wasn't to smile on them this time. the football had the fans on the edge of their seats with the team's neck and neck. as though the russians proved victorious. i lost two games. and i played with and walnuts as well. there's my boy. did you know the done he did clever boy. surprisingly the ba

disasters of them killed at least seven people many homes have been left of the tricity in sweden and norway in

>> norway is a different place. there is no crime and no poverty.. >> you spent time in norway? >> i have been gone since the 80s. health care and education and it's free. we can learn a lot from that place. but i figured this is the ultimate fish out of water story. you drop the crime wave in the middle of paradise. >> this is also revolutionary. a lot of people think house of cards. netflix formula. this was the first. this is groundbreaking content direct to the consumer and set standard for the way things will be done. >> you are so right especially since it was a statement by netflix saying not only will we do it for a global distribution with the golden era of television, but include global content. that is a game changer. that never happened before. never in history been a local show or foreign show that was on an american network at the same time and the same form with subtitles. it's never happened. >> i think it works. i actually think it works because it's him. >> help you make a lot of cash for us. >> i don't do things for them. >> obvio

this house and field position battle the boy looked like an infected eye a naval task force from norway and denmark display the reason for this. as for chemical weapons out to sea again. he went on to win the ideas or sites in south sudan to find a negotiated outcome. and sectarian violence. i read that i got let off the ground the taking and protect its people. one seconds the bottom to cctv need something to me in thanking least on this program with the on going pretty good at all in thailand with thousands of anti government protest as i've got it outside from any state election law residency in and called a minor shock told me he said that his agency also it would take care and for his last chance to read and a viable position if it accepts i'm escorting full week of reform and will lead to step down and had to go from many states now else i will be touring north eastern provinces. see the salt of the house of commons and in this monkey trying to end the stalemate ideal position is pushing for her to step down before snap elections in cranberry. i know saturday he may fill positions

some extent is dependent on the arctic and i think you know russia and canada the united states and norway and denmark are very interested in exploiting these resources i think you know common sense will probably prevail in that you know that it's not the interest of any of these are countries to go to war over those resources and i think there is mechanisms at play through the arctic council through a number of different pre-treating processes for cooperation to get this resolved while the un convention on the law of the sea makes its decisions but i think the problem is that you know in the meantime countries can sometimes to play to the politics of their of their nations i think you know in russia we're seeing a military invasion of the arctic and care that we're seeing canada claim the north pole when in fact their scientific committee really didn't include in the draft that they were going to send to the united nations convention so this kind of posturing i think can be very dangerous. and online feel right now a renting prison cells on r.c. dot com will tell you when norway is planni

also wants to step up its military presence in the region russia canada the us norway and denmark all border the arctic which is believed to contain billions of dollars worth of oil and gas despite the posturing one leading canadian arctic research it believes at the end of the day common sense will. the future of the world economy to some extent is dependent on the arctic and i think you know russia and canada the united states and norway and denmark are very interested in exploiting these resources i think you know common sense will probably prevail and that you know that it's not the interest of any of these are the countries to go to war over those resources and i think there is mechanisms that play through the arctic council through a number of different pre-treating processes for cooperation to get this resolved while the un convention on the law of the sea makes its decisions but i think the problem is that you know in the meantime countries can sometimes stated play to the politics of their of their nations i think you know in russia we're seeing a military zation of the arcti

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! >> you're watching quick bite, the show that has san francisco. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we're here at one of the many food centric districts of san francisco, the 18th street corridor which locals have affectionately dubbed the castro. a cross between castro and gastronomic. the bakery, pizza, and dolores park cafe, there is no end in sight for the mouth watering food options here. adding to the culinary delights is the family of business he which includes sk

>> this one a very potent one across much of norway and the british isles.lready seeing winds gusting here, the cloud cover racing from the west towards the east, it really is bringing those winds. some areas seeing fairly heavy snowfall, as well. right on this isobar chart, you can see these lines close together, that's indicating strong winds. i want to show you here towards the western seaboards of norway, photos coming autoof that area, the sea getting all turned up and some of that blowing snow and this does look like it's going to be the case across much of the northern half of europe through the next 48 hours. across parts of scotland, we're going to be seeing about three to five centimeters of snowfall, but some areas could see up to about 20 centimeters, really making for treacherous traveling conditions. if you plan on flying out of northern europe, check in ahead of time on your flights to make sure they are not delayed or cancelled because of this storm system. rain showers in london with a high of 7. paris 7, as well. if you're in the mediterran

lot.u do not hear norway a you do not hear germany where immigrants are heading.ou hear the united states. >> the world knows we protect individual freedom like nobody else. that remains the bottom line. hello? equal --ings being >> is your laptop smiling on you? >> yes, they do a lot of spying. i am waiting. you could say it is so supersecret even he does not know. invasion, wea huge would hear one or two or three stories --and we have not. >> is it a question of freedom or confidence? >> confidence is a problem. nsa notwithstanding, in this country you still have equality before the law to a degree not the norm throughout human history. that has been our unique contribution. rights are protected before the law and a way that never happened before or since. however, our government is not terribly -- >> we make our arguments not on the basis of our arms or guns but on the basis of the constitution. even if you are arguing different sides. this palin is defending guy with the beard, robertson, citing his free-speech rights. what the held does free speech have to do

the job and will retire after the finals next summer stylists on back of norway ended the year in style by putting his very first welsh cup event. the twenty year old to topple those in the snow forts lifestyle at copper mountain in colorado so often hold above the cafe to wait one two second place while under the cult like jump in short what was the only european podium as the workings of a bridge that place. he sleeps the whole world cup debut. for greatness but still saw cup cooked over of the czech republic georgia second career world cup with the festive this discipline swiss re is about the wrongs of the atlantic us rather the podium in second and third respectively. mix well cover but for both men have what it will be staged instead of kava to stop in january the sixteenth. or i i i i . let the ball up. and it was good to be. globally. who what when. the i could though. the us. with it the rule. chew much of western europe faces a stormy christmas with high winds heavy rain and flooding in the uk to people being killed after falling into sweat and with this in cumbria in northwes

the 76-foot norway spruce is covered with no less than 45,000 l.e.d. lights. as if the lights alone weren't festive enough, the tree is also topped with a 12-ton, 9 1/2-foot wide star. how they got that thing up there. we watched the tree come in. they put up the scaffold. >> i don't know how they get so many lights on. they do a lot of work on it. it gets the facial and the makeover. >> the full nine yards. the before and after. something we need every day. >> this cold air, you were talking about it. >> yeah, yeah. >> when it covers from texas to california and everywhere in between, it's a big cold air mass. this one, you know, who knows. maybe this will be the coldest one of the season. look at these windchill values. denver after getting the snow yesterday is waking up to a windchill of minus 27. it's one of the lowest on the map. a couple colder spots in more isolated areas up in montana. even wyoming is cold. that 25 in vegas doesn't feel good. these are the actual temperatures. of course, we're very concerned with the citrus crops in california. right

i have been to japan and norway for fly casting competition.pend 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! >> good morning, today is tuesday, november 26th, 2013, welcome to the san francisco county, transportation authority, my name is john avalos the chair of the authority. and our clerk today is erika cheng and we are broadcast today by sfgtv staff. and thank you for your service. madam clerk, could you please call the roll. >>

of lutefisk and reindeer, but apparently eating reindeer is considered pretty normal in norway.nd that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> and joining me now from washington for our first look at politics is syndicated columnist bob franken. good morning to you. >> good morning, kristen. how are you? i hope you had a nice christmas. >> i'm doing great. i hope you had a great holiday as well. we appreciate your being here. i want to start off talking about health care, the botched rollout, the obama administration touting the fact that they seem to be making improvements. enrollments are swelling. the a.p. has a fascinating look at this type of a program, really putting it into context, saying take a look back at some of the past major programs like this, and we have a graphic. they include franklin roosevelt's social security, the rollout of medicare and medicaid under president johnson, richard nixon, supplemental security income. all of those had botched rollouts in the beginning. does this suggest, bob, that we could see this debacle really turn around for the ob

not the movie, but a reality for people in norway right now. look at that. sfwroo thankfully nothing like that in the bay area right now. as we're seeing our skies begin to clear. 40s and 50s outside right now. this afternoon highs near 60. the seven-day forecast could be pushing it closer to 70 degrees. we'll let you know where and just around when we'll see those possibly record breaking temperatures in the forecast when we come back. >>> day two of bargaining is underway as bart and its two largest unions meet with a mediator to try to avoid another strike. they have a copy released to nbc bay area of the contract. barlt says that the costly family leave proposal was formally rejected twice and withdrawn from the contract, but a temporary worker misunderstood the markings on the document and rather than deleting it, left it in. bart union leaders say a deal is a deal. now, we are just over a week away from a possible ac transet strike. the court-ordered 60-day cooling off period ends on december 22nd. until now talks have been hold, but they are set to re

snowden strikes again with the new league now norway's been a can't conduct in covert surveillance by the n.s.a. targeting russia just weeks after sweden was found to be added as well live analysis ahead. i mean people know me as. i'm a bit forty. thank you a little sadly i've got no family no. i'm still looking for my cold a good life doing. so might be place in the world. yeah i literally have no place to live. no. chewing on the bread that you bowl with the last money you were able to beg and all they can say is get out of here. there are only two possible outcomes to this situation you know you go to miami and it's all about fancy cars and hot chicks the other option was you die in the ring. the breeze deeply. welcome back to our two international live from moscow pro e.u. protesters in ukraine are holding their breath president young a call which is in russia for talks are to your post going over now joins us live with the latest details. well everything that's happened in ukraine throughout the past couple of weeks is still widely perceived to be trying to sit on two chairs at t

latest leak from edward snowden is exposed norway's role now in america's global spying operate. the nordic countries been sharing intelligence with the us about russia's political elite as well as all the gas companies and ordinary everyday sit citizens elegant lura says director of the center for international strategic analysis and believes this was a very complex set of operations. this is a multi faceted or kind of operations and also interests that go far beyond the war on terror or on the fight against or quote. some extensive network seawalls intelligence up in the north. which collects singles and joe johns about all kinds of special military russian looked into which was also dollar goes to some of the usual during the cold war but not actually there also these capacities also seeing or relevant or standing for more political and economic sectors another blow for the n.s.a. on its home territory a federal judge in america's made it clear he thinks it's secret gathering of personal data was unconstitutional the government can now either appeal or delete all the data gath

what's the americas collaboration with norway resulted in quotes several success stories they didn't specify but what do you think those success stories could be. dimples and move food is a mobile phone creek at that point the vote. with that in russia there is the call of voters will they estimate that my proposal seems intelligence about the new mower. which collects the signals intelligence about high school especially new material. rational activity. schools also are against the soviet union during the cold war. details of these acid is also the pico busting moves that are relevant or standing for more political and sectors which could be of interest but to no avail so moments these days the revelations coupon you wanted states has stepped out. what if i'm wrong is somewhat of an un phased by this artist buying his spine all countries do it earlier this month another scandinavian countries sweden was caught spying on russia for the nsa. how far does it go is this just the tip of the iceberg. when you cross the line. by livni been the coast of the relationship between merkel who a

some extent is dependent on the arctic and i think you know russia and canada the united states and norway and denmark are very interested in exploiting these resources. i think the dough. common sense will probably prevail in that you know that it's not the interest of any of these arctic countries to go to war over those resources. i think various mechanisms that play through the arctic council through a number of different treaty processes for cooperation to get this resolved. while the un convention on the law of the sea makes its decisions but at the problem is is that to you know in the meantime countries can sometimes be the plate to the politics of their other nations i think they don't rust or were seeing a militarization of the arctic in canada were seeing canada claimed the north pole when in fact their scientific committee really didn't include that in the draft that there are going to send to the united nations convention. so this kind of posturing that they can be very dangerous. auntie into national coach phil moss can expect a canoe to the breathtaking stunts performed by y

be very dangerous online few right now renting prison cells and osceola called we tell you where norway is planning to send its inmates with the country's prisons simply running out of space. plus a nice photo op perhaps the wrong occasion a selfie taken by some top leaders during the memorial service of nelson mandela. getting a warm reaction from people around the world. today . just a moment on the update for now at least seven people have died in argentina in a wave of looting and robberies in the midst of a police strike over low pay and the walkout began last week in one of the provinces before spreading to most of the country authorities say the rest is that of treason and have accused police of holding the government to run some spanish correspondent. reports from. looting is spreading across the country as people take advantage of a police strike to smash their way into shops and steal whatever they can they've been seen making up with all sorts of goods like mobile phones much receipts and even beer some people are locking themselves in their homes and businesses and trying to

right on line for you right now it off renting prison cells on the web site we'll tell you where norway is planning to send its inmates with the country's prisons simply running out of space. a nice pic but maybe the wrong occasion a selfie taken by some world leaders during the service of nelson mandela that's not exactly getting a positive reaction from people around the world details about that right now dot com. well if you're going to like these. pleasure to have you with us here today. all right it's a nine twenty am here in moscow it's international at least seven people have died in argentina in a wave of looting and robberies in the midst of a police trike over low salaries and the walkout last week and one of the provinces before spreading to most of the country say the unrest is treason and have accused the police of holding the government to run some. spanish correspondent. as the latest. looting is spreading across the country as people take advantage of a police strike to smash their way into shops and steal whatever they can they've been seen making up with all sorts of g

the delicate a video coming out from the norway. southern only was hit by low temperatures and heavy snow on christmas day the bad weather caused a severe drought conditions in clothes mountain passes crews worked much of a new style of prose but thousands of people were without electricity. on christmas day still looks like it will be continuing across another creations and the cyst and that the riots not travel disturbances across much of the western half of this continent it has a split into two systems. as you can see one in the system still very strong at nine hundred and fifty one to pass common sense. staley trekking towards the east heading towardsrris said to be in store with blizzard conditions that could reach up to one hundred forty kilometers per hour you can see the ice was very close to each other. we saw the very high as well see other than that of warnings eric rustic also nations especially tonight not to venture out in the c wing was very heavy and the advantages especially in southern spain. more than two hundred

the latest leak from edward snowden has exposed norway's role in america's splode will spoil peroration is now the nordic countries apparently been sharing intelligence with the us about russia's political elite as well as oil and gas companies and ordinary civilians how glorious is director of the center for international and strategic analysis and believes this is very complex set of operations to. this is a multi faceted or kind of operations and also interest to go far beyond the war on terror or on the fight against or code. some extensive network of all symbols intelligence up into north. ridge. symbols and told them about all kinds of especially military russian looked into which was also go against assad and do all during the cold war with russia would they also these capacities also seeing or relevant or standing for more political and legal only six tours. and another blow for the n.s.a. on its home territory a federal judge in america has made it clear he thinks its secret gathering of personal data was unconstitutional the government can now either repeal or delete all the d

most also lost a step up its miniature presence in that region russia canada the us norway and denmark or border the arctic which is basic contain billions of dollars worth of oil and gas. despite the posturing and easing canadian arctic research entities common sense will prevail the future of the world economy to some extent is dependent on the arctic and i think you know russia and canada the united states and norway and denmark are very interested in exploiting these resources. i think you know common sense will probably prevail in that you know that it's not the interest if any of these arctic countries to go to war over those resources. i think there is mechanisms that play through the arctic council through a number of different pre treat the processes for cooperation to get this resolved. while the un convention on the law of the sea makes its decisions but at the problem is is that the you know in the meantime countries can sometimes be the plate to the politics of their other nations i think you know drugs or were seeing a militarization of the arctic in canada were seeing ca

both of the top videos this year are from norway. this is a comedy duo out of norway.ve been around for some time. who knew that a bizarre video not even in proper english would become the most popular video of the year? >> 276 million views. that does not compared to the most-watched video of all time. >> 80% of youtube videos actually come from outside the u.s.. we are seeing international stars like the people who did the fox video, but we all remember gangam style from last year. >> that has 1.8 billion views. does anything even come close? >> it is a good song. one of the thread that runs through popular content is that it is shareable. it is something that you want to send to all of your friends. who knew that a south korean pop star would be a global phenomenon? has follow-up song, "gentleman." >> he is on a roll. thank you for joining us on bloomberg west. he is an amazon board member and now he is starting a new venture. he is here next. you can watch a streaming on your tablet, phone, and now apple tv. ♪ >> i'm emily chang and this is "bloomberg west." gordon