realizing that world of work with america and america has got to be stop burning up or deny our party new york. well sco is pledged aid to kosovo serbs who it says face a desperate situation the foreign minister has criticized authorities in kosovo for violating the rights of the minority there say they face discrimination and hostility from ethnic albanians and nato peacekeeping forces in kosovo has been little peace in the region since july that's what a standoff started between nato forces and protesters putting up barricades to prevent kosovan officials taking control of border checkpoints the foreign minister says moscow will do what it can to help. use the camille to steal the serbs in kosovo only desperate situation effacing leave it to the shippers with so-called republic of course civilians who are threatened with being stripped of their basic rights such as local silken illustration was the last word presumed guilty of this order them to be provided with humanitarian aid work at least i hope rebuild is that all churches russia will continue its diplomatic efforts to help protect the

party new york and that's going to do it for now i'm christine have a great night. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm target market is a big. world with. technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. if you. still. want to. blow in the welcome to cross talk i'm peter lavelle the credit rating agencies all powerful financial bullies for profit or necessary evils watching governments and companies having grossly stumble during the great global recession are they now trying to make up for past mistakes. and you can. start. to cross out the rating agencies i'm joined by richard ascalon washington he's a blogger and writer and a former wall street executive also in washington we have mark calabria he is director of financial regulation studies at the cattle institute and in philadelphia we cross to gary wade he's assistant professor of finance and stati

visible to the naked eye that selective facts are not really facts at all and so i say churkin our party new york. so it seems like a little bit of a recurring theme here double standards in the way a story is interpreted based on its position on the political chessboard and i want to bring honest back she's in our studio in new york to talk more about this and as i say i know here's one example over the weekend i read the sunday new york times there was a story about the russian protests and then a story right below it about how russian state run media was actually covering the protests as opposed to ignoring them talk a little bit about this i know danny schechter mentioned this in your piece about this expectation that the russian media which is going to pretend it wasn't happening which by the way was it was what happened in many cases when occupy wall street first began here with the american media. well christine that's definitely something that many u.s. skeptics or certainly expecting that the t.v. channels in russia try to ignore these protests that they would try to pretend like they ne

not enough. >> i want to add on to that party in new york, people are already lining up. once you get in those barricades, they won't let you out, how popular that is in new york city. we will have great weather despite drizzle. tracking a few light showers in the sacramento valley and light showers near lake tahoe. nothing big for those skier, all about the man made snow if you're headed that way. numbers are comfortable. 58 in hayward, 59 in concorde and 56 in oakland. a little southerly flow behind this frontal system and clouds ahead for parts of the bay area to help the numbers not drop off too quickly tomorrow night. we still can't get rid of the patchy fog for tomorrow. and the koucountdown is on saturday. a drizzle in the forecast and a few showers still saying. it was very weak but did drop a lot of rainfall to the north and now pushing to the east. back behind this clearing already offshore, this is why we definitely think we're going to be drying from here out and little or nothing left in the cascades and oregon and washington as well. keep your eyes on this.

back in new york, visitors from around the globe are moving in for the party. >> i'm in new york for the first time, so it's very special for me. >> reporter: it's the 40th anniversary of dick clark's rocking new year's eve with ryan sea crest. >> every year you start to get a real adrenaline rush when it's 11:59. >> reporter: when the ball drops at midnight, the temperature should be above 40 degrees, so they are expecting a record turnout this year. >>> all right. check it out. a fairly quiet night out there. temperatures running around 46 degrees, and we were up above 50 in many spots earlier today. we'll be in the 50s just about all weekend before the bottom drops out. check out continues each north of the city. on the whole, this has ban good- looking day of weather. manchester with a light coats of snow. those melted off almost instantly today. laurel today, beautiful blue skies, and then a few high, thin clouds. just a mix of sun is and clouds out there. so really weather looking pretty good. maryland's most powerful radar all clear tonight. that will hold up, we think, throug

. >>> lady gaga will join the new year's eve party in new york city dropping the crystal ball. she is also expected to perform that night. yesterday they tested the confetti. about 1 ton of the colorful papers will be released at midnight. i did not realize they do a test of this. the party planners say the winds has to be just right and to make sure they are using the right tissue paper. >> to you think they have tested out the ping-pong balls in old town alexandria? >> you did not win, you did not win. $500 in the ping-pong ball. >>> it's going to be mighty cold around here moving into monday and tuesday of next week. temperatures will only be in the 30's. enjoy the weather today and tomorrow and sunday, because the changes will arrive quickly. 37 degrees right now at reagan national airport. the weatherbug network will take us to gaithersburg, 31 degrees. our next stop, temperatures holding in the 30's at fairfax station. lafayette elementary school in the district, 33 degrees with wind gusts around 7 miles an hour. 28 at dulles and manassas. lexington park, off 39 degrees.

to the naked eye that selective facts are not really facts at all and set which are going to party in new york. well this week marks the tenth anniversary of the u.s. withdrawal from the ballistic missile treaty in two thousand and one ten years ago the bush administration withdrew from the treaty a cornerstone cold war agreement which limited the superpowers ambitions to beef up their nuclear arsenals by guaranteeing that neither would develop the means to defend against a missile attack so we want to talk about what this step has meant for global security and also about the more recent push by the us of establishing an anti-ballistic missile shield that russians considered a threat to their security president dmitry medvedev you may remember just recently said its creation would lead to russia pulling out of the start treaty so to dig deeper into all of this i spoke earlier to senior fellow at the independent institute ivan eland and i started off by asking him in his view how the u.s. pulling out of the treaty ten years ago has shaped that period of time take a listen. it's mainly political

new york and most of them are in washington. but i start having of 10 or 12 years ago, i started having this sort of daytime nightmare that i went to a dinner party in new york, and all of them were there. and in my nightmare i a ride sort of early because i found a great parking spot. [laughter] and although the passionate the only other guest there is steve forbes. and the host isn't even home from the office yet and the hostess said i've got some things do in the kitchen, i'm sure you two have a lot to talk about. [laughter] and i try for an icebreaker. i say i guess you will be wanting to know why i refer to during the campaign as a dork robot. and before he can answer him al gore comes across the room. easy and earth toned clothes, and he is irritated because i refer to him in a poem once as a man like object. [laughter] and then robert rosen was then i guess running for senator of new jersey came over, very angry because i suggested as a campaign slogan for him, never been indicted. and then here comes al d'amato, remember al d'amato? and again, it's a problem with a rhyme in april but i said al d'amato doesn't rhyme with much, and people s

in new york visitors are moving in for the party. >> i'm in new york for the first time. it's special for me it will be televised. it's the 40th anniversary of dick clark's new year's rocking eve with ryan seacrest. >> every year you start to get a real rush. >> this year, new york police are expecting a record crowd wh. ball drops, temperatures should be above 40 degrees, that is a rocking new year's forecast. abc news, new york. >> times square, it is. you can join for dick clark's new year's rocking eve in times square tomorrow night at 1:30 here on abc 7. and ahead, honoring a man who helped save lives of others, funeral services for an organ dornor killed in west oakland. >> back pedaling by verizon a day after it announced it was charging merry christmas a new $2 fee. >> fish oil capsules are popular did you do you know what is in them? >> and hope qur wearing x ray glasses. in there somewhere is the skyway in the fog and mist. traffic is inching along as you can see in both directions a little slow on approach to the bay bridge and going another way as well. stay w

. >>> of course this new year's eve, it is time for the biggest party of the year and all the pieces are falling into place n new yorkrews hoisted up the 6-ton ball that will drop at the stroke of midnight. drew levenson with more on the big party in the big apple. >> 3, 2, 1! happy new year! [ applause ] >> reporter: the new year's eve ball in times square was raised into place for a practice run friday. the 12-foot wide, 6-ton center piece of the celebration was hoisted 130 feet above number one times square. it's 32,000 lights and 2600 crystal triangles were tested ahead of saturday night's big show. and what's a party without balloons? they are blowing up 25,000 of them here, one at a time. >> we went all day yesterday, about 10 hours, and we've been here all morning, blowing them up. >> reporter: the marriott marquee hotel staff is working overtime, making 10,000 pastries, all part of the preparations for a gala, just a stone's throw from the crowd outside. >> new year's eve is probably the day after new year's eve. >> reporter: now just about everything is ready for saturday night. the only thing missing? the m

new york is definitely the place to be for new year's. i'm so excited to see how it is. l.a. doesn't compare to this. >> it may be new york's party, but the whole world is invited. drew, cbs news, times square, new york. >>> wow. okay. over the top pop singer, lady gaga will have the chance to drop the famous crystal ball. >>> here in our area, there are several public new year's eve parties plans. d.c., maryland, and virginia. lindsey mastis has one celebration that is fit for the whole family. >> if you're looking for a family friendly event, you'll want to check out first night alexandria. crews are already setting up for the big event. you can roam old town with your kids, there will be face painting, story time, magic, clowns, a moon bounce, and a fun hunt. >> we have 18 different venues. over 30 performers and over 100 performances. >> the party starts at 1:00 in the afternoon. if your children are planning to stay up in the midnight, you'll want to come here to the george washington memorial. >> we're going to have a laser light show and a 6,000 different balls are going to be shot into the air at the stroke of midnight to

new york. this time he ran for governor of new york. again, he was seen as the obvious candidate for the republican party. he was the next in line. he was the mainstream guy. he was kind of supposed to be the republican nominee. he's not exactly exciting but rick lazio, he's a known quantity. best of all, he was up against this guy, crazy carl paladino, a candidate who was very energizing to at least parts of the republican base. but who absolutely horrified the republican party establishment. and for good reason. carl paladino brought with him into that campaign a raft of personal baggage that brought up all sorts of ethics issues for us even trying to cover it. like, for example, the racist and crude e-mails that he liked to forward around to his buddies. pornographic, bestiality, racist -- policy positions like sending welfare recipients to live in prisons where they would receive personal hygiene training from carl. what was the result of that election between carl and rick, carl paladino and rick lazio? the result of that is newt gingrich -- i mean, carl paladino won and by a lot. carl paladino beat lazio in the republican p

new york. this time he ran for governor of new york. again, he was seen as the obvious candidate for the republican party. he was the next in line.instream guy. he was kind of supposed to be the republican nominee. he's not exactly exciting but rick lazio, he's a known quantity. best of all, he was up against this guy, crazy carl paladino, a candidate who was very energizing to at least parts of the republican base. but who absolutely horrified the republican party establishment. and for good reason. carl paladino brought with him into that campaign a raft of personal baggage that brought up all sorts of ethics issues for us even trying to cover it. like, for example, the racist and crude e-mails that he liked to forward around to his buddies. pornographic, bestiality, racist -- policy positions like sending welfare recipients to live in prisons where they would receive personal hygiene training from carl. what was the result of that election between carl and rick, carl paladino and rick lazio? the result of that is newt gingrich -- i mean, carl paladino won and by a lot. carl paladino beat lazio in the republican primary by a 24

new york city has the biggest celebration, it certainly isn't the strangest. when it comes to new year's, nobody does it like new york. it has been called the biggest partymillion slivering souls crammed into times square. they'll be blanketed by 2,000 pounds of confetti and kept warm by countless goofy hats and silly glasses. and this year, they'll be entertained by one lady gaga. the pop diva will ring in the new year, heating up times square, alongside ryan seacrest. who, for the seventh year, does the bulk of the hosting. dick clark, the man who first got the party rolling exactly 40 years ago today, will be there, too. >> he's excited about this year. he gets excited every year. looks forward to this. he'll make as many appearances as he wants. and i kind of stand there and take the ball when he passes it. >> reporter: justin bieber will take the stage. so will carlos santana. what they won't have is this -- or this. across america, cities big and small have their own answer to that famous times square ball. trip adviser rounded up the best of them. from cheese, in plymouth, wisconsin, to moon pies in mobile, alabama. they may not be as big. but the

out of the democratic party, you see franklin roosevelt. new york as a state has two machines really going. it has a pretty significant effect. >> two machines? >> the same as a machinist at tammany machine. >> the republicans had an incredibly powerful network as well. >> what is tammany hall? >> tammany hall is technically just the new york city's democratic party. the manhattan democratic party. tammany hall from the mid-19th century was best known as the machine of machines in urban america. it was identified as a primarily irish machine. a machine that really depended on the neighborhood power, word power, and that was as much about taking care of your neighborhood and the coming up through the neighborhood as it was anything really about national politics. tammany hall is the most powerful force in new york city politics at that moment, but really in new york state, democratic politics. >> how did tammany hall fit into the 1928 election? >> that was the brush that painted smith into a corner. we talk about the religion issue. this started at t

every source that david has, he is pulling back and he has canceled a very high-profile dinner party in new york. she called and said that he canceled and that's a big media star event in new york city for sunday night. >> recognizing your big caveat that we don't really know until it's said by herman cain, would be benefit, if anyone, if he withdrew. >> you've seen that newt gingrich has inherited a lot of that support by iowa and other places. and a lot of people channeling that anger at president obama i think it's an obvious place for it. >> if that's the case, it's one more reason why it's been a tough case for not only mitt romney but it itemizes why it's been so tough. >> you have the tv ad and a testy interview, brett of fox news and then romney complained about the questioning and then the media endorsement, a a republican debate and then new time magazine with a cover image that says, why don't ne like me? and it's a new york times magazine story by robert draper coming up which talks about these elusive quality, where they are packaging him as the corporate steady as you go guy in a c

news. >>> back in washington tonight, lawmakers reach a last minute deal to prevent the government from shutting down tomorrow. >>> a leader of the tea party arrested at a new york airport for trying to take a gun on to a plane. mark was caught running out of the queens courthouse after being charged with illegal possession. he had a glock 27 pistol and bullets in a locked gun box when he checked in for a delta flight at laguardia airport. he declared the weapon but did not have a new york permit. we're getting a new look at president obama and the first family. the white house released this new picture of the president and mrs. obama and daughters. the picture was taken in the oval office after the family came home from church. this is the obama's first official portrait since 2009. >>> coming up, danger at the drive through when a bold robber attacks. >> i'm proud of her the way she fought him off but i think once it sinks in, i'm going to wish she just ran out the door. >> the unlikely weapon a worker used to fend off the attack. >>> that's not santa in the chimney. the trouble a teen was trying to avoid when he got trapped. >>> bullied and taking it to court

new york. >> the new year's eve ball was put up for a practice run. it is 32,000 light itself and 2600 crystal triangles were tested. what is a party without balloons. they are blowing up 25,000 here, one at a time. >> i was here all day yesterday for ten hours and we have been here all day long today. >> they are overworking to make ten thousand pace trees and the party and getting ready a stone's throw outside. >> we start to plan a day after new year's eve for the next year. >> the only thing missing, the 1 million people that will fill up the square and have the biggest celebration of the year. >> i came here from california and we want to spend new year's at times square. >> new york is the place to be, i'm so excited to see how that is set up and l.a. does not compare to this. >> it may be new york's party, but the whole world is invited. >>> those that are wanting to come down will be lining up early. >>> up next on eyewitness news, the lucky break for a man that fell asleep in a bu,,,,,,,,,,,,, . >>> soccer fans and the fans tore down the fences and attacked the police spot. they tried to help with the water cannons, but 140 people were arre

we'll be here. >> new york is definitely the place to be for new years, so i'm so excited how it is set up and all. la doesn't compare to this. >> it may be new york's partyt is a party for the whole world. >>> and those hoping to attend the celebration will start lining up as early as 11:00 a.m. tomorrow. >> well a relatively mild end of the afternoon. will things cool down into 2012? 2012? bernadette woods has that ,,,,,, v neck 3 piece suit dance wear bolo snakeskin boots sequin costume under things stiletto heels skinny jeans houndstooth snuggie pork pie hat oshkosh socks 5% cash back. right now get 5% cash back at department stores. it pays to discover. n cajun raw seafood pizza parlor french fondue tex-mex fro-yo tapas puck chinese takeout taco truck free range chicken pancake stack baked alaska 5% cash back. right now, get 5% cash back at restaurants. it pays to discover. >>> welcome back. okay, pretty quiet day out there. let's take a look. 52 degrees. this stretch will continue into the weekend. you can see we startrd out at 27. look at the record though. minus 3 degrees. at this hour 50 in baltimore. 49 degrees is what we're down to in ocean cit

new year's party on the planet. >>> there are a lot of people celebrating, already, prematurely already here in new york, on the way to work coming through times square. but what you're looking at is live, where it is 2012, in sydney, australia. >> the party -- they never cease to not disappoint. we got the right order of words here. i was going to say, though, the biggest party on the planet will be right here in new york city tonight. we're going to be live in the center of it all morning. look at this. a live shot of times square. people are already showing up to save their spot. ginger zee is right in the thick of it. right next to the ball where everyone's going to watch drop tonight. >>> another thing that everybody's going to be watching tonight -- there's ginger. ginger's already drinking. good to see you. we know that's nonalcoholic. we're going to be watching to see if beyonce shows up tonight. will she be pregnant? will she have already delivered? rumors swirling. we're going to stay on top of this story this morning. >>> another high profile celebrity split. katy perry and russell brand are ending the y

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are invited to celebrate new year's right here at the biggest new year's eve party, my good friends will get your party starts in new yorkspecial performances by trace adkins, the rock of ages cast, and other huge names so big i can't ruin all the surprises. the fun starts saturday night at 11:00 eastern right here on the fox news channel. a new poll says that mitt is it for beating president obama. we report. you will decide in november. . >>eric: and now the g.o.p. presidential hopeful beating president obama in a potential head to head matchup for the white house. but, can romney keep it that way? our pollster guest, again, you go head to head and put romney up against president obama and he has been at least tied or if not higher for the better part of two months. but is he the most electable? >>guest: according to the polls, yes, and obama is leading romney by 1.9 percent but running 8 percent or 9 percent ahead of gingrich and 12 percent ahead of rick perry so by that measure, yes, and that is what romney is using to sell to voters in iowa. that he is the candidate that can beat obama and trying to tap into that em

he's also under attack sort of from above the elite of the party in washington and new york, under ordinary rules, no candidate could surmount this kind of -- survive this kind of challenge. what gingrich has to bet is that these are the conventional rules do not apply, this is not a conventional year, this is not a conventional moment and an unconventional candidate can prevail. although really, on the books, he's got a lot of what would ordinarily be fatal weaknesses. >> you know, there used to be a phrase in the rules of boxing, you don't hit below the belt. i'm not sure where the belt is anymore. look at some of these attacks on gingrich right now. the first attack on gingrich's religion yesterday in that romney ad, highlighting romney's consistency in his faith. take a look at this surprisingly, i think, serious mistake by romney, venturing into the issue of religion. >> i think people understand that i'm a man of steadiness and constancy. i don't think you're going to find somebody who has more of those attributes than i do. i've been married to the same woman for 25 -- oh, excuse me,

but it wasn't until big band leader guy lombardo played "auld lang syne" at a new york city new year's eve party was born. that first line is rhetorical. "no, we shouldn't forget our old friend" just like george bailey learned in "it's a wonderful life." it's nostalgic. emotional, even. >> you kind of tear up when you sing it. because it makes you think about people you miss. >> we'll take a cup of kindness yet for old time's sake. that is "nbc nightly news" for this new year's eve. a reminder you can ring in the new year with carson daly right here later on tonight on nbc. i'm kate snow reporting from new york for lester holt and everyone here at nbc news, have a happy new year. everyone here at nbc news, have a happy new year. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

new york state would win the election. a few days before the election, blaine appeared at events in new york and was introduced by a protestant minister and the minister called the democrats the partyof around, romanism in rebellion. drunk, catholic and disloyal basically. this one to cavaco vote, especially new york city to cleveland who carried new york by a thousand dollars to 1.1 million cast. so it was an extremely close election, but he won in 1884. in 1886 he finally married or use a batch of an elected. he married a woman named frances folsom who is only 21 at the time. grover was 49, 328 year each difference. i don't think we'll see another 21-year-old first lady again. it's possible. it's a good schwarzenegger can't be elected president. but francis turned out to be a great political asset for grover and was really one of the most beloved first lady's in american history. there's a story after grover last election he ran for reelection hamas to benjamin harrison in the electoral vote, although grover won the popular vote in 1888, but he lasted a lot or a college. we'll never see that again. and as they were leaving the white house in 1889, apparently francis told the chie

he's under attack from above the elite of the party, the commentary in washington and new york. under ordinary rules, no candidate could survive this kind of challenge. what gingrich has to bet is the conventional rules do not apply. this is not a conventional year or moment. an unconventional candidate can prevail. he's got a lot of what would ordinarily be fatal weaknesses. >> there used to be a phrase you don't hit below the belt. i'm not sure where the belt is anymore. the first attack on gingrich was religion in the romney ad highlighting his con sis ten si in his fate. look at this mistake venturing into the issue of religion. >> i think people understand i'm a man of steadiness. you are not going to find somebody with more of those attributes. i've been married to the same woman were 42 years, been in the same church. i worked for one company for 25 years. i left to help save the olympic games. i will be true to my family, faith and country and i will never apologize for the united states of america. >> a lot of people convert from one religion to another. we do it in a f

he read the new york times regularly. it was his party's paper and that phrase the new birth of freedom may have resonated when he went back in november to give his most famous address. so thank you. [applause] >> my facet of the story doesn't really come with the civil war. obviously andrew johnson was alive during the civil war. he was part of it. he was a military governor in tennessee and this time period. he was also a southern unionists, the only member of the senate who remained loyal to the union and for that reason he was known by his newspaper and very much liked by northern newspapers because of his stance. johnson's claim to fame other than appearing on modern-day rankings as one of the worst presidents, before this was published it was the absolute worst. but he may have been considered one of the worst presidents but he was settling one of the most important presidents for what he did after the war was over. the aftermath of the war. of the things they're talking about. the country had to be put back together again. he was cho

mayor bloomberg annual holiday party that he throws for the local press this is a party where reporters from the new york times the new york post the new york daily news c.b.s. fox and other outlets were all in attendance and according to those that were there it was a very light heart of that so light hearted in fact the mayor bloomberg felt that he could make jokes about journalist arrests and the occupy movement in general there he joked about those in attendance having press credentials because don't forget when journalists were being arrested one of the city's defenses was that they weren't all properly credentialed he also gave out gag gifts to journalists and joked that those gifts are only for the one percent he even gave out a tarp is one of those gifts joking that it got it from that he got it from the sanitation department on the west side or all of the tents and tarps that were confiscated from zuccotti park must have ended up one point those in attendance even said the bloomberg draped himself in the tarp and then posed for a photo. it reportedly smiling from ear to ear now this story shows

with just hours to go before the new year parties lawry how finished hits the streets of new york to find out just that. and we look back at the key events of two thousand and eleven to find out why it's being called the year that changed the world and you can also get a firsthand account from our correspondents who have been covering for years. on our website party dot com. this is. just history in the making. testimony. ten stories that shape two thousand and eleven on our tea. party is coming to you live from moscow egypt faces the loss of over one and a half billion dollars an aid from the united states it's in response to thursday's crackdown on non-governmental organizations in cairo egyptian soldiers are raided the offices of ten n.g.o.s confiscated computers and documents cairo suspects some of the groups received illegal funding from country using looting the u.s. and could be using the cash to store up on rest in egypt the country's military rulers have promised to end the crackdown and return congress created material egypt is in the middle of a three stage parliamentary e

we have your answer coming up. >> new york is about to host the biggest party of the year. expecting more than 1 million people in time square and the preps are underway. we're live there right now with reporter robert moses from our sister station in new york, wnyw. how's it going? >> reporter: wisdom, a lot of people are excited up here and we have been here for a too hours tonight and i can show you some of the barricades behind me have gone up the last hour or so and some preparations are underway, security is very tight here and police officers will be roving with explosives and some radiation detectors to make sure everyone gathered here tomorrow night stays safe. this was only a test of the 12,000-pound new year's eve ball. you would have heard noisemakers and screaming people if it was the real thing. all of that arrives in little more than 24 hours. if you plan to be here, arrive sooner than that. >> if you're trying to get into the heart of times square, get there by mid- to early afternoon and with this weather, we're expecting a big crowd. >> this morning, the po

party moscow. watch our special new york coverage later on saturday as our correspondents will be bringing you more on how they see in two thousand and eleven . the obama administration is helping to restore a momentum this spring for peace talks with the taliban military contributor says washington needs to work hard not to completely lose all possibility of trust and afghanistan as it did in pakistan with political will the us military preponderance in afghanistan hasn't achieved any decisive victory nor it has managed to reverse the momentum to retake the initiative from going to work and their associates neither you know afghanistan nor across the border in pakistan their western alliance attempt to attain a breakthrough to reconcile with the irreconcilables in afghanistan and pakistan hasn't achieved any tangible or long term results and just as was predicted the american replica of your i.q. surge in afghanistan hasn't impressed the military opposition to going to government neither in pakistan nor you know afghanistan in the minus another year one hundred plus billion dollars the united stat

today, workers in new york got in the party mood by testing the confetti that will be dropped on saturdayight. this year, organizers added a twist to the activities. it's a new tradition called the confetti wishing well. people will write down wishes on the confetti. and it will be released on the unsuspecting people. 3,000 pounds of confetti, it's important that it flutters properly. >>> quick check of the forecast. >> it will be dry saturday night into sunday. your seven-day forecast. we have areas of fog and drizzle. >> thanks so much, jeff. bye. this is an rc robotic claw. my high school science teacher made me what i am today. our science teacher helped us build it. ♪ now i'm a geologist at chevron, and i get to help science teachers. it has four servo motors and a wireless microcontroller. over the last three years we've put nearly 100 million dollars into american education. that's thousands of kids learning to love science. ♪ isn't that cool? and that's pretty cool. ♪ is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a din

parties there for us in new york now staying with us there in two thousand and eleven they witnessed of the biggest wave of protests since the vietnam war demonstrators have been united under the occupy umbrella as the movement became known which sprang up in wall street in new york more than five months ago and economic analyst max wolff explained what's been the driving force behind the protests. the occupy wall street movement has mostly given voice to a sense of frustration and anger about unfairness as an and justices both real and perceived that a lot of people have about the economy i think it's an ambiguous that the u.s. economy doesn't work doesn't work very well overall the g.d.p. growth is for our present eight point six percent unemployment is probably under reporting and it's quite high the high level of college debt that people are coming out with young people and student loan debt and their inability to get a jobs or b. jobs that pay them enough to live and pay back their debt makes very clear that the united states has serious economic problems we haven't really seen

see out here well modes apply by an enormous amount in the coming months reporting from new york marina or ny our party. dimitris here with the business news shortly but first let's update you on some more news from around the world in our world update the u.k. foreign office is that the it raised its expelled from the london embassy have left the country they were told to go after the british embassy was told in tehran and choose day european union is also agreed on a coordinator would draw all of the un but it is from iran and first sanctions have been issued against the iranian central bank an oil industry by the u.s. and the e.u. to startle the country's alleged nuclear weapons program. the evidence if you please government troops of shelled residential areas for the fourth day reportedly killing up to five people in some shell fire came from tanks positioned in the hills around the city as well as a clash between the government troops and dissident tribesmen in the city center early on friday morning the opposition have been pushing for an end to the presence of his thirty three year reign. hundre

star the salt as well as the first man to walk in space next a new york other party's platform essentially revolves around modernizing the economy uprooting corruption and add to radicalism however united russia is also often criticized as bureaucratic inefficient and to some extent blamed for political and economic stagnation. of the second in the number of seats is the communist party headed by its unchallenged leader gennady zyuganov the communists are the biggest opposition force in the country constantly in second place and one of the most prominent deputies in this sector is on us of federal funds a nobel laureate in physics in two thousand and the communist party promises and not for the first time the nationalization of key industries they're often criticized for sticking to a platform that caters to one elderly constituency the still dreams of returning to the glory days of the soviet union. or another old timer of the russian the state duma. he's a leader of the liberal democratic. party of russia now it's often called a one a mad party is widely considered to be a show mad at hi

. >>> it's the night before the biggest party of the year and in new york city, crews have hoisted the 6-ton new year's eve ball into place. they then tellsed the 3200 lights and -- tested the 3200 lights and hundreds of crystal triangles. the organizers spent the day blowing up balloons, 25,000 of them. >> we're from san jose, california. and we're here to spend new year's eve in new york city at times square. >> it's an experience. and not everybody gets to come out here and do this. >> one million people are expected to ring in the new year in times square. now, around here, you can expect to see more police officers on the streets. they say they are going to be out looking for drunk drivers. in the last two weeks, more than 1,000 people have been arrested for dui in the bay area. >>> for ski resorts, the holiday weekend is a big moneymaker but on this new year's eve weekend, there's just one problem. not enough snow. big resorts that make snow are open with limited ski trials. koula gianulias on possible layoffs in tahoe if snow and lots of it doesn't fall soon. >>> reporter: >> i

congressman, you're from new york. >> yes. >> did speaker boehner betray the tea party yesterday in theeal? >> no, absolutely not. the speaker didn't betray anyone. first of all, you have to remember something, just like myself, speaker boehner has an obligation to govern. and governing is not an easy thing to do. we went into this with good faith. we wanted to push -- that's why i got a big kick of your first segment how we're not protecting taxpayers. we're pushing for one year because it's good policy. everyone has told me since i took office in january, don't do band-aid approaches, don't take the easy way out, stand up and try to enforce good policy even though washington is broken. and that's what we tried to do. maybe we were naive in taking the president at his word that he really wanted a year and maybe i didn't want to believe that he would just trick us, but that's what happened. and the truth is at the end of the day, there's only one loser here, that's the american people because they did not get good policy, they got another band-aid approach and talk to any doctor or any