is operating under a unity government so here it is in the news the unity government led by lucas papademos a former european central bank vice president has a mandate to implement the bailout deal and lead greece to elections on february nineteenth now as you heard with dr hudson we talk a lot on this show about the technocrats who are in charge of the unity government in greece and rome as well and we want to break down exactly how they have been put there so what is a unity government let's look at the definition it is a broad coalition government consisting of all parties excuse me it's a broad coalition government consisting of all parties or all major parties in the legislature it's usually formed during a time of war or other national emergency now this isn't a parliamentary system of government and to remind you had a unity government in greece we have look as papademos as prime minister in greece and in rome we have mario monti he's the former commissioner of that now they're in charge because a unity government was formed and the former prime minister has stepped down and as for t

papademos formed a national unity government in a bid to implement belt-tightening steps. these were required by the eu for further financial support. however, greeks are protesting the additional measures, as they are already suffering from a series of tax hikes. more public protests are expected. next wednesday, parliament will vote on a budget plan for the next fiscal year that will include further cutbacks. >>> the u.n. meteorological agency has urged industrialized nations to help developing ones improve their weather forecasting capabilities. this would allow them to better prepare for natural disasters. the agency made the announcement at a news conference in durban, south africa, where the u.n. climate talks are under way. the secretary-general of the world meteorological organization, michel jarraud, said that abnormal weather linked to global warming has caused droughts and floods throughout the world. many countries have been badly damaged. jarraud said that some 70 countries around the world, mostly in africa, remain vulnerable to natural disasters because they

brussels the greek prime minister lucas papademos expressed his support for a brussels centric e.u. but patrick young of investment firm devi advisors says these struggling members shouldn't trust the e.u. leaders as they are simply creating an illusion of action. everything greek has been devalued for the course of the last year months well democracy as we all know is an instant greek world and that too has been quite clearly devalued over the course of this agreement i mean we are seeing here a curious kind of i mean france and germany are basically saying we know best we know how the euro zone should be run and this is what should happen not to might be a reasonable idea if their own behavior had actually been exemplary but for those who look back say a decade we used to have a thing called the stability and growth pact and the stability and growth pact said any person who has a budget deficit of more than three percent of g.d.p. will be strictly strictly told of what they've done in the eurozone what do we find nearly a decade later well we've got you know this physicist turned

who we evaluate the way we fools about the usa and in europe as a whole new prime minister lucas papademos says has said summing up the years events that we still face the big challenges they gave still all they can and put all their assets in see the main and within the year if they could do one thing i can tell you is that the people here in which they love thing that they're going to call it t. thousand and twelve is against the wall and the rhetoric because of pollution we see too much of that this year where it's all of that then serious action in the situation just seeming to deteriorate to the time with the world leaders the usa leaders always a few paces behind in those they said just real impact on people's lives is a weaving food into the new year what people are going to want to be seeing is the real development to two thousand and eleven has been the year of dissent then maybe we can hope for two thousand and twelve to be the year development because people here want to see some real changes so whilst tonight people are going to be celebrating the new year and seeing that in ce

when he was made prime minister you've also got the prime minister of greece by the name of lucas papademos but him and he was the former head of the european side of the greek central bank at the time when greece came into the eurozone and what they're saying here is the figure is the greeks present we've been hearing this for a long time know that the figures were not honest and in fact it seems that goldman sachs hoped greece to present a better face to the world right and remember the baby saying somebody made a similar comment many years after i made that observation and this was the story of the day i got over a million viewers. because of that that the b.b.c. presenters were gobsmacked to find out the truth that goldman sachs runs the world only at the b.b.c. could they be so oblivious to what's happening in the real world and the actual news well actually you were on there with a former director a managing director of goldman sachs and he was the only one that agreed with you on the b.b.c. program like everybody else was like this is preposterous and even the goldman sachs guy sayin

has been one of the biggest changes that we saw at the end of the year need prime minister lucas papademos his eyes step summing up the year's events that greece still faces a big challenge is they going to do all they can and put all their assets into the remaining within the usa but of course the one thing i can tell you is that the people here in greece the last thing that they're going to win in two thousand and twelve is going to be more and the rhetoric because unfortunately we see too much of that this year when it was the then serious action and the situation just seeming to deteriorate to the time with the world leaders that you know it's a need is always a few cases the high end and as i said just real impact on people's lives is so moving food into the needy what people are going to want to be seeing is the real development of two thousand and eleven has been the year of to send them. maybe we can take fifty thousand and twelve to be the development because people here want to see some real changes and say wolf tonight people are going to be celebrating the thing that and celebr

joe biden met with the greece prime minister papademos today. >> we stand prepared to help in every way that we can. >> the white house officials say president obama will take a personal role in trying to talk congress to extenting the payroll tax cut due to expire at the end of the month. chief white house correspondent ed henry tells us about the president's latest pitch. >> during the super committee fight, democrats said getting president obama too heavily involved could blow up a deal. on the payroll tax cut, he apparently has no such fear of antagonizing republicans. >> how can you fight tooth and nail to protect the high end tax breaks for the wealthiest americans apt yet barely lift a finger to prevent taxes going up for 160 million americans who need the help? >> the only problem is what the president said right before that was not true. >> last week, virtually every senate republican voted against that tax cut. >> in fact, 20 out of 47 senator republicans voted for a payroll tax cut extension last thursday night. the real story is that vote showed the g.o.p. in both chambers i

biden is in greece meeting today with that country's president and the new prime minister, lucas papademosagenda, of course, greece's crumbling economy, and how to best implement the eu's controversial bailout plan. >>> we're watching the next phase of egypt's parliamentary ewlekzs. running in lower races for the lower house. the process ends tomorrow coming one week after they cast ballots the first time since the toppled former president hosni mubarak. moderate islamic parties are in the majority of seats. >>> in russia's parliamentary elections, the prime minister vladimir putin the united russia party holding a slim majority any those elections bringing in fewer votes than expected. the party could lose as many as 60 seats in russian parliament. russian police cracked down on election protesters. about 100 people were arrested in moscow. >>> it's a celebration of the arts. the kennedy center honors five stars of stage, screen and music and the gala happened in washington yesterday. this year's honorees, barbara cook, neil diamond, sunny rollins and yo-yo ma. president obama on hand to