>periodista: el pri es puerfuer aspirante, la misma que perdió en el año 2000 pero que mantuvo por 71achas y otros problemas el periodistas julio cesar galvez agradeció, pero no se siente libre. >> el gobierno de cuba ha sido cate categórico para nosotros poder regresar en un momento determinado a la patria dónde nacemos hay que pedir un permiso, entonces no somos libre, somos refugiados simplemente. >josé: el régimen cubano se comprometió a liberar a 52 presos políticos. >> de nuevo la relación entre venezuela y colombia tambalea esta vez por cuenta de una revelación que acaba de hacer el gobierno colombiano por la supuesta presencia de la farc en territorio venezolano. maribel osorio tiene los detalles en bogotá. >> el gobierno colombiano hizo el anuncio aunque el rumor corría hace mucho tiempo >> el gobierno nacional tiene evidencia que a credo tcreditan guerrilleros de la farc. >periodista: aseguró que varios se refugian en ese ese país. el ministerio del interior negó la información y dijo que son fábulas para vincular a su gobierno con grupos insurgentes. en colombia, cuestionar

el pri de ahora los familiares de la mujer arrollada por ana bÁrbara. >> bomberos de california, lucharonendios ardÍan descontrolados. >> familiares de la mujer que muriÓ tras ser arrollada por la camioneta de la cantante ana bÁrbara, dieron declaraciones. parece que cada dÍa se le complica mÁs a la artista. >> los familiares de la mujer de 79 aÑos que muriÓ tras ser atropellada en cancÚn por la camioneta de ana bÁrbara, le pidieron a la cantante que comparezca ante las autoridades. >> ellos pueden ofrecer las perlas de la virgen, pero yo no puedo aceptar absolutamente nada porque no lo necesito, porque mi mamÁ no tienen precio. >> en una carta, sostienen que por mÁs que lo niegue, es la responsable de la muerte. la califican de borracha y aseguran que conducÍa a mÁs de la velocidad mÁxima permitida. >> para tranquilizar un poco las ademÁs de quienes están inquietos, no hay exceso de velocidad. Íbamos bien despacito. >> los familiares anunciaron su intenciÓn de ventilar este caso ante el congreso y la comisiÓn nacional de derechos humanos. el procurador de justicia confirmÓ que la abogada

. >>> hay 7 demandas que buscan que la jueza pri bala im pre men tax de la medida porque la consideranla legislación . >>> y en lo que varias agencias mri el al agua círo joe arpaio dijo estar preparado para encarcelar a los inmigrantes que no tengan documentos en vivo desde phoenix arizona. >>> seguimos de cerca este tema gracias salvador y más de dos decenas de estudiantes arrestados por desobediencia civil en el capitolio de la nacos piden a los legisladores que a prueben el llamado dream act que les permitiría terminar sus estudios universitarios en stundz, hasta el momento sólo 21 han sido liberados se teme que el resto sea deportado. >>> por una oración pronunciada en español en una reunión del consejo municipal los detractores alegan que no fue patriótico rezar en kast yoon y quienes están a a favorecen que se hizo para la creciente población hispana del estado un video captado por una cámara de vigilancia pone tras las rejas a un oficial en nueva york cuando el policía y su compañero atropellan a un ciclista tras ignorar una luz roja según la víctima los agentes sólo le dieron

mataron hoy a tiros al primo del gobernador electo de chihuahua y ex diputado federal "cesar duarte" del prise llamaba alberto porras.----el 14 de julio mataron al sobrino del futuro gobernador. ----mientras, el gobernador actual recomenÓ a los habitantes de ciudad juarez que no salgan de sus casas despues de trabajar. ---mientras, en durango, se supo que la directora del penal del que salieron sicarios presos para matar por encargo habia sido premiada recientemente como "la mujer del aÑo 2010" ....---el gobernador ismael hernandez fue quien otorÓ el premio a "margarita rojas".---ésta, segun la p-g-r, permitió que un grupo de internos del "cereso" saliera de la carcel para matar a 17 personas en una fiesta en torreon, coahuila, la semana pasada. ---y en el mismo estado de durango, encontraron 8 cabezas en distintos lugares ... ----todas pertenecian a hombres de entre 25 y 30 aÑos, y fueron halladas en parejas, en distintas carreteras de la entidad.---no se sabe donde estan los cuerpos ni las identidades de estas personas, aun.----mientras, en puebla ... 3 agentes federales fueron asesinados,

cuerpo y que mi cuerpo estaba en el piso y lloré mucho porque cuando quise acercarme ha mi cuerpo y priestuvo sin signos vitales por 7 horas. >>> dejó de respirar estábamos con el hermano que le dio el mensaje y le poníamos un espejo en la naríz para ver si regreso pi rab. >>> y cuando ve o la luz que toca mesero mi ser sentía que el corazón dolía mucho finalmente angélica regresó de su viaje pero no era la misma era por tarda de revelación que según ella debía transmitir a los fieles de la tierra mensajes que le fueron entregados por el mismo dios. >>> para que vaya y diga a la humanidad que el infierno es real que hice el infierno para satanás y sus demonios, yo no he hecho el infierno para la humo en ni dado. el camarógrafo que filmo el hecho nos narró su impresión. >>> sorprendente, te digo que ella quedó en la misma posición desde la noche hasta el día siguiente una persona cuando duerme cambia pero no, ella estuvo en silencio. >>> por su parte angélica asegura que esta experiencia transformó su vida la joven que tenía novio gustaba de la música y la fiesta lo abandonó todo para ll

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goothe best publications in pri. >> i just wonder -- [inaudible] >> the investigation of the event in 2005, which killed over 100 people and approximately 60 to 80 civilians, by the german press, is an interesting case study, because the german press investigated this that is not seen for any single event in afghanistan or iraq, and it is really a credit to the press to see that level of investigation, but it also speaks to some kind of market demand to see those sorts of crimes thoroughly investigated where german forces play a part. there are a number of reports that do concern german forces, and task force 373 has been stationed near a german- controlled region. this has more on the issue. they know more about the details. >> [inaudible] >> the meteor groups -- the media groups agreed "the new york times" would approach the white house for comment, and that would come back and be shared amongst the others. that approach to replace the middle of last week. -- that approach took place the middle of last week. we have not had any direct attempts to silence us. now we have held it clos

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pri. it was not a dictatorship but almost a dictatorship. as a matter of fact, peru writer, called it a perfect dictatorship because it didn't present as a dictatorship, but it was. back then imagine growing up in a government like that that would not allow me, forget about the questioning the president to say anything bad or critical of the president? i was 23 or 24 then. i did a report on the presidency in which i in clund two member of the opposition party. two member of the opposition and they didn't allow me to run the report. it was complete censorship. they said you can't use them in your report. have to change it and not be critical of the president. you have to say he is a great president and then i quit. i was very young, i was idealistic and i still are and i decided to quit. i sold my car and got $2000. got accepted at ucla and came as a student in 1983. >> you say you're in 13 other countries. any of those ever sensor your news cast? >> i'm sure they do. sometimes it's funny during electoral periods they don't run our news cars

>> since 1929 until the year pri.exico had thep i will not say it was a dictatorship, but it was almost a dictatorship. the perfect dictatorship because it did not present itself as a dictatorship, but it was, and back then, just imagine in a government like that that would not allow me, forget about questioning the president, to say anything bad come anything critical of the president? i was 23 or 24, brian, and i did a report on the presidency, in which i included two members of the opposition party, two members of the opposition, and they did not allowed to run the report. it was complete censorship. you cannot use them in your report, and you have to change your report instead of being critical of the president, you have to say he is a great president, and then i quit. i was very young. i was idealistic. i decided to quit. i quit. i sold my car. i got $2,000. i went to ucla and came as a student in 1983. >> you say you're in 13 other countries. >> yes. >> any of those other countries sensor your newscast >> i'm su

the pri, as it's known h run those states for more than 80 years and it still won nine governorships. voter turnout in some states was low because of ongoing drug gang violence. poland's electoral commission officially declared a winner today in the presidential election. bronislaw komorowski, a probusiness conservative. he took more than 53% of the vote in sunday's balloting. his rival was former prime minister jaroslaw kaczynski, he is the twin brother of the late president lech kaczynski who died any plane crash last april. china has sentenced an american geologist to eight years in prison for buying data on the chinese oil industry. 45-year-old xue feng was already in custody for two and a half years and says he's been tortured. the u.s. government has asked for his immediate release. china claims he violated state secrecy laws and endangered national security. toyota began a large recall of lexus and crown vehicles in japan today. the company said the cars could stall because of flawed in the valve springs, a crucial engine component. the recall is expected to extend to 270,000 v

don't be suffer pried. we'll tell you surprised -- we'll tell you why coming up. >>> welcome back.s a new field poll that indicates the attitudes of californians towards abortion haven't changed much in the last four years. 71% of registered vote, agree with the supreme court's 1973 roe v. wade ruling. that's down 2% from 2006. there is also little support for either making abortions easier or more difficult. 52% of registered california democrats support the status quo, while 44% of republicans want no change. 50% of independent voters say the current law should remain in place. >>> it is 8:23. we're learning more about the teenager who fell to his death from a cliff near marin county's muir beach. 17-year-old andrew leonard hicks was preparing for his senior year at henderson high school in pennsylvania. he was a national honor society student who planned on becoming a doctor. on monday hicks and his family were on a hike a mile south of the beach when he fell 500 feet to his death. family members say he had gone off the main trail for a better view of the ocean. >>> 8:24. well,

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they had some but they were not the main cause pri. forget george bush's home ownership society. he relaxed the standards for people buying homes. please quit blaming fannie mae and freddie mac who tried to help poor people get homes. guest: is true that many of the subprime mortgages were issued by groups like countrywide and other mortgage lenders and backed by fannie mae and freddie mac. the other point the industry made is that we have the three government-sponsored enterprises. there is any may and freddie mac and there are also the federal home loan banks which had a major role in providing mortgages for working americans. they have not been engaged in scandal. the reason is that fannie mae was privatized in the late 1960's. freddie mac was created. the federal home loan banks are a nonprofit government corporation and have been this entire time. many analysts believe that by turning fannie mae into a publicly traded corporation -- you have all the incentives of a for-profit company which would help up the stock options. at the s

goothe best publications in pri. >> i just wonder -- [inaudible] >> the investigation of the event in 2005, which killed over 100 people and approximately 60 to 80 civilians, by the german press, is an interesting case study, because the german press investigated this that is not seen for any single event in afghanistan or iraq, and it is really a credit to the press to see that level of investigation, but it also speaks to some kind of market demand to see those sorts of crimes thoroughly investigated where german forces play a part. there are a number of reports that do concern german forces, and task force 373 has been stationed near a german- controlled region. this has more on the issue. they know more about the details. >> [inaudible] >> the meteor groups -- the media groups agreed "the new york times" would approach the white house for comment, and that would come back and be shared amongst the others. that approach to replace the middle of last week. -- that approach took place the middle of last week. we have not had any direct attempts to silence us. now we have held it clos

it is an area where we have a very good practices pri won the state comptroller sends the bill to thestate, they pay a. there is a proposal pending in the revenue bill that is not passed yet that would bar of on the pension fund to the smooth out -- that would bar w -- would borrow from the pension fund to smooth out some of the shortfalls but to borrow from the pension funds is a slippery slope. we have lobbied against that in the revenue bill, and hopefully it will be amended. there has been a lot of controversy. but by and large, pension assets did well this year. the state comptroller does have a sole trusteeship over those pension funds, which has also been a point of controversy. but as some of the scandals have come up on mount influence peddling and so forth with some , they investment bank's have cleaned up some and put upward in place to monitor and have better transparency and accountability -- put a board in place and have better transparency and accountability for it. host: elizabeth lynam, you wrote "preliminary analysis -- is the budget balanced?" "the targets have fall

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no money that is pried out of the hands of those that earn it and those that pay those that earn it, none of that money go into social security trust fund. not a dime. that's tragic. i was pushing that back at the time in 2005 and -- true, there were republicans who did not support that. and there were lots of democrats who didn't. because as we've seen, since my friends across the aisle have had such a huge majority in recent years, they've done nothing about social security tax money going in to the social security trust fund. controlled both houses, they could have passed a bill requiring social security tax money to go into the trust fund in january of 2007 and madam speaker, i can tell you there would have been a lot of us republicans that voted for that. had they decided to bring that to the floor. there was -- if it was brought to the floor this week, next week, i would vote for it. social security tax money must go into the social security trust fund. but there's a reason that they have not wanted that to go from the general revenue into the social security trust fund to shor

it is an area where we have a very good practices pri won the state comptroller sends the bill to the state, they pay a. there is a proposal pending in the revenue bill that is not passed yet that would bar of on the pension fund to the smooth out -- that would bar w -- would borrow from the pension fund to smooth out some of the shortfalls but to borrow from the pension funds is a slippery slope. we have lobbied against that in the revenue bill, and hopefully it will be amended. there has been a lot of controversy. but by and large, pension assets did well this year. the state comptroller does have a sole trusteeship over those pension funds, which has also been a point of controversy. but as some of the scandals have come up on mount influence peddling and so forth with some , they investment bank's have cleaned up some and put upward in place to monitor and have better transparency and accountability -- put a board in place and have better transparency and accountability for it. host: elizabeth lynam, you wrote "preliminary analysis -- is the budget balanced?" "the targets have fal