has spoken to the former nato boss george robertson about how he sees its future that's up next. thank you very much for joining us i'll begin with a general question on wars recently we've been witnessing a lot of guerrilla warfare we have poorly trained you have. armed militants causing a lot of problems is nato ready to respond to such threats and in what way all of us have to adapt to the changing nature of conflict you know i have to have the berlin wall came down and the cold war was over the number of conflicts in the world went down by percent.

and you can watch the full interview with our former nato head george robertson next hour right here on r.t. . well in india thousands of farmers say they're willing to fight to the death to stop the government building a motorway through their land while some fear losing their livelihood others argue the real consequence will be a full blown food crisis counseling investigates. indian farmers took to their capital recently in protest against a government takeover of their land to build a new two billion dollar highway this followed the death of three farmers who were killed after police opened fire on protesters in the state of the top of the. will not give learnt for development to turn in price at any price at any price we're ready to die and will not allow anyone to step in our learned. these protests have stalled government efforts to acquire farmland for industrial in india which means developers have been forced to put the roads refineries and power plants on hold the major talent is the land acquisition if you land acquisition is going to production or even pick over the orde

spoke with former secretary general of the alliance george robertson he says the security challenges are the risks that the world faces today are different from the past. too much of a tie the present moment. with the sun to. come we have people in the way. russia. russia wants to rule the world. catherine the greek say you know i can only secure my friend by expanding catherine his big coup to be more fun to see. you can catch the full interview with former nato head george robertson coming your way in a little more of an hour here on r.t. . finally in this news block turning to india where thousands of farmers say they're willing to fight to the death to stop the government from building a motorway through their land while some fear simply losing their livelihood others argue that the real consequence will be a full blown food crisis artie's charan singh reports. indian farmers took to the capital recently in protest against a government takeover of the land to build a new two billion dollars highway this followed the deaths of three farmers who were killed after police opened fire

nic robertson joins us now. nic, this terror plot uncovered in europe. tell us what we know about this, how it unfolded and where we stand with that investigation. >> reporter: we know that an afghan german wliving in hamburg moved to the tribal border region of afghan, and pakistan, joined a camp in 2009. plans being laid there for this multiple mumbai-style attack. an attack where you have coordinated attacks on different hotels or place where is a lot of people, or soft targets, with men, ten men in the mumbai attack using automatic weapons and small explosives, hand gra natds and the like. and this plot not only coordinated around a couple of hotels in one city but planned for britain for france and planned for germany. officials say that they've interrupted this as such a stage that it had not got beyond pakistan. it was still being planned and none of these potential attackers had come back to europe. all information that this german afghan provided. ahmed sidiqi arrested in kabul in july of this year, ali. >> thanks. paul crook schank, in london.

nic robertson is where she took the flight ohm. >> reporter: sarah shourd looked more relaxed. she appeared to have caught a little sun. she visited the mosque and found it a peaceful place. she was introduced by her uncle. her words were chosen, thanking the country's leader and the ambassador, saying her visit was unfortunately brief. >> i want to extend my gratitude to richard and his wife sandy for hosting my family and i for our brief stay. i have a deep appreciation for the doctor for bringing me from tehran. for his friendship and his engagement in my life, the life of my fiance shane bauer and our friend josh fattal. it would be a pleasure to return and it is my deepest, deepest hope i would be able to show shane and josh the grand mosque, soon. one of the most peaceful and powerful places of worship i have ever seen. i will always associate your country with the first breath of my freedom. >> very clearly, her thoughts with her fiance and friend still in jail in tehran. she's flying back to new york. it's clear, she's almost torn because she has to leave. they are play

courteney robertson reports. >> this is a warrior woman.michelle rhee is not shying away from the public spotlight, it seems as if she is embracing it. she sat down with oprah winfrey yesterday talking about her struggle to reform the d.c. school system, but not apologizing. the head of public-school garnered attention after closing schools and firing hundreds of teachers. >> i do not believe you will be the leader who will take the school and the direction it needs to go in and have the highest expectation for the kids. i am turn the mpáiterminating yl schnarincipalship now. >> the question is whether she will be able to continue in her post. adrian fenty supported her, but now with and svincent gray takig over, he could oust rhee. she says the re-election &ot is devastating to the city school children. -- re-election law is devastating to the city school children. >>> of all their faces charges after he boarded his child's school bus to avoid police. jones says are there that morning his daughter who has to reverse policy broke down in te

nick robertson, cnn, amman. >>> we go now to afghanistan where the polls are now closed. despite a spike in bombings, rocket attacks and ambush shootings by the taliban, millions of afghans turned out to pick a new parliament. counting begins tomorrow. cnn's ivan watson joins us live from kabul. what's the mood there? did the violence keep a lot of people from voting? >> reporter: that's a really good question. according to afghan election organizers, don, 3.6 million people voted, they say that's 40% of the electorate. let me give you another statistic, however. at least 20%, around 20% of the polling stations across the country never even opened on election today because of the threats from taliban insurgents. there were more than 160 various types of attacks, rocket attacks, grenade attacks, roadside bombs. at least 11 civilians killed. i've been trying to ask officials here, diplomats, afghan officials, how many people could have been disenfranchised if 20% of the polling stations across the country weren't open and nobody can give me a straight answer on that. don? >

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our senior international correspondent, nic robertson, is there. nic?, she looked like she had caught a little bit of sun. she seemed to be fairly relaxed when she came to me. the words were, no questions. she thanked the sultan of oman. what i found very interesting, she described her stay as unfortunately short, an impression has been created here that she would liked to have stayed longer to do more for the release of her fiancee, shane bauer, and of her friend, josh fattal. however, she said she had enjoyed the hospitality here and she would always remember the smell of the san dalwood of enjoying her first few days of freedom here and today she went to see the sultan grand mosque here. she said she looked forward to taking shane and josh to see it when they get their freedom. she also talked about how she had enjoyed walking on the beach getting the first few moments of freedom. the sense i took from her here in this brief statement is she is looking forward to going back home to the united states but at the same time she knows she is moving furthe

. >> ashley robertson from alabama has dreamt from coming to china and working with pandas since shethe most amazing experience. >> the program is intensive. they study habitats and prepare their food and clean up their encloses. >> and picking up poop. >> they will learn more skills through the nursing of six cubs before returning to their home country to spread the word about panda conservation, an awesome job for a noble cause. >>> close-up, that little one. >> all right. >> good for the poop. >> it always comes down to that. >> this is going to be different. >> just to see the pandas is for a while. >> let's talk about the weather. >> let's just move on. >> let's go outside, every once in a while she does. you have to listen very careful. looking from vollmer peak back back to the golden gate bridge. nice visibility is what i meant to say. and how about santa cruz, bet that looks different than yesterday at this time when it was just teaming with families out enjoying the warm weather and along with the ocean water. there will probably be people later this afternoon. look at the

. >> ashley robertson from alabama has dreamt from coming to china and working with pandas since sheas a little girl. >> it's the most amazing experience. >> the program is intensive. they study habitats and prepare their food and clean up their encloses. >> and picking up poop. >> they will learn more skills through the nursing of six cubs before returning to their home country to spread the word about panda conservation, an awesome job for a noble cause. >>> close-up, that little one. >> all right. >> good for the poop. >> it always comes down to that. >> this is going to be different. >> just to see the pandas is for a while. >> let's talk about the weather. >> let's just move on. >> let's go outside, every once in a while she does. you have to listen very careful. looking from vollmer peak back back to the golden gate bridge. nice visibility is what i meant to say. and how about santa cruz, bet that looks different than yesterday at this time when it was just teaming with families out enjoying the warm weather and along with the ocean water. there will probably be people later th

nearly all of robertson's have a self -- have his telephone number, and he is in constant contact with him -- men and their families. a visit students in their homes, meets with their parents, helps with applications for college, writes that was applications for jobs and scholarships, and yes, he attended far too many funerals. fighting for equity has been the touchstone of his entire teaching career. equity means ritter, a teaching and high standards, but it also means getting to know your students, crossing boundaries, and being patient. thank you for all your hard work. congratulations. [applause] >> thank you, everybody. my mom is here. she is only 91. [laughter] i wish my dad were here. he passed a couple of years ago, but i know this will have any special moment for him. my brother is here, my friends, my teaching mentor and partner, my principal, my wonderful daughter, and my students representing mission high school here. and i wanted to mention that because they are why i am up here, and they are why we are all up here, and they inspire me every day, as do so many of my other

. >> my name is mary jean robertson. i am not ohlone. i have been doing a radio show in san francisco for over 37 years. it is called "voices of the native nations." those of us of our age were moved around by our parents a lot. i was born in new york. my brother was born in cleveland. we lived in los angeles and san jose. when i turned 21, it was very important to have a homeland. i chose this city as my city. i moved here and i have not lived anywhere else. i have voted hear my entire adult life. i got to know all of you and enjoyed working with a lot of you over the years. there are some really strong friendships in the city. as a relocated native woman, my father always told me that one of the first things that you need to do when you move to a place is to honor and respect the original people who live there. we started as a ohlone profiles project. we are going to continue to inform people about the regional people of san francisco. that is a very important aspect of our city. we are such a strong, diversity. such a place where we e

simon robertson has more details. >> the three-time tour de france winner has tested positive for a substance. it happened on the 21st of july, the second rest day in this year's race, the day after he had seemingly survived the greatest challenge in the pyrenees. the news of this field test has come from contador himself. he claims food contamination is the only possible explanation of what happened. it is a have the blow for a sport buffeted by drug stories in recent years. >> what happens next? >> the spaniard, who is not competing in this year's world championships in australia, will hold a press conference at midday central european time in central spain. we should know more than. cycling's governing body have not commented as yet. he can request a second test. but if a positive test is confirmed he would face a two- year ban from the sport as it is a first offense. >> lawmakers in the united states have approved legislation aimed at putting pressure on china for underbelly its currency. the bill was passed by a big majority in the house of representatives, where members are concerned th

it's late in the evening here right now. >> nic robertson, thanks very much.p to speed if you hear anything else about it. mary snow also following the story from the united states. >> we're learning more about what nic had mentioned in terms of these funds. confirmed through a senior administration official that these tundz came from oman. clearly the white house and state department thanking oman with its involvement, a country with relations with iran and thank the swiss which represents u.s. interests in tehran. as nic mentioned, sarah shourd before she left made those comments. her mother also issuing a statement earlier, obviously before they were reunited saying i hoped and prayed for this moment for 410 days and cannot wait to wrap sarah in my arms and hold her close when we are finally together again. i urgently appeal to iran not to delay granting shane and josh's families the same joy and relief that i have in knowing sarah is finally free. shane bauer, josh fattal still detained. unclear what will happen with them. >> she's out on bail which means

. >> reporter: the only american contender-- ashley robertson-- has loved pandas since she was a little came across this contest i thought, oh, my gosh, golden opportunity right here in my hands. >> reporter: the finalists have become chinese media darlings. in this country, the panda craze is as clear as black and white. there's a panda car, panda luxury cigarettes and, yes, here even man's best friend is repainted as china's favorite animal. just 1,600 pandas still exist in the wild. conservationists hope the contest hoopla will draw attention to the giant bears' shrinking forest with the hope that by celebrating pandemonium in panda reserves this rare animal sibling will have a chance at a future in the wild. celia hatton, cbs news, chengdu, china. >> couric: they really are so cute. and that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. i'm katie couric. thank you for watching. i'll see you tomorrow. until then, you can get the latest news online at cbsnews.com. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org bob ehrlich pretends to be for the

the many many of course of the other speakers that we've managed to talk to not only mr robertson do agree on one thing the time has come for dialogue and it is important not only to talk but also to listen so that any kind of misunderstandings are force no longer an issue and this is precisely what this forum hopes to achieve will of course be monitoring all of the discussions that take place here and keep our viewers updated. there was our correspondent that's if you know. global security is going to be one of the major topics. for him and i have a head of the event spoke to robert skidelsky who is a british economic historian he says the e.u. should consider russia's proposal for a new european security treaty. russia should be a much more effective part of a european security system and not be outside. because the european actually european military is very very weak the two military in europe the french and the british the rest have and do anything really but they're small and there's no unity. sort of agreement to create something larger and russia has a has a has has good mili

has spoken to the former nato boss george robertson about how he sees its future that's next. thank you very much for joining us begin with. recently we've been witnessing a lot of guerrilla warfare. poorly trained. armed militants causing a lot of problems is nato ready to respond to such threats and in what way all of us have to act to the changing nature of conflict you know one of two of the berlin wall came down and the cold war was over the number of conflicts in the world. so we live in a much better world today.

like, for instance, maurice robertson was arrested in connection with a burglary at the church. jamal paris. there were teens enroll in the church minuistry as teens. the pastor mis married. the father of four. one of the accusations is he was driving them on the private jet to the locations in the caribbean or central america. he's been under investigation for how he spends church money. it's reaching national attention. when i read this, i'm reading accusations, the thing that jumps up at me is what does the man of the cloth need with a private jet. >> well, two things. first, let's -- contessa, we have accusations. we have accusations. and so we need to underline that. in other words, none of what has been asserted has been proven. >> it is true that his salary is reportedly more than $3 million a year. >> well, if he's a ceo of a major corporation. you just talked about the billionaires that made all of the money in the forbes top ten, right? here's the ceo of a multimillion dollar corporation. now, we can argue the ethics of whether or not his compensation package is legiti

the outcome was entirely pre-determined and this is not something that's exceptional in fact mary robertson who was the un rights chief said that the human rights council has a pattern of acting politically and not for human rights let's remember who the membership is saudi arabia china colonel qadhafi of libya is now a member of the human rights council this is not a body that cares about human rights this is a body that is political that is in gauged in a constant campaign to digitalize israel and human rights is the last thing on the minds of members like saudi arabia. and saudi and libya the human rights council as kofi annan said it is selective politicized and casts a shadow upon the reputation of the un as a whole all the al cry of the flights in the death did lead to an easing of the guards a blockade some restrictions are still in place and. the united nations relief agency says easing the placate made little difference to life. i don't think the. influence on the humanitarian situation or the circumstances of the people here. we need jobs in gaza we not only we need just to ignore

afghanistan missile defense to improving relations with russia spoken to the former nato boss george robertsonabout how he sees its future and that is coming up next. thank you very much for joining us now i'll begin with a general question on wars though recently we've been witnessing a lot of guerrilla warfare style where you have poorly trained militants in you have. armed militants causing a lot of problems that is nato ready to respond to such threats and in what way all of us have to adapt.

and long-time televangelist pat robertson blasted pastor jones this morning. >> imagine a pastor that is so egotistical that he would sacrifice the lives of missionaries and soldiers to go forward with something. this is so stupid. >> reporter: and abc news has learned that evangelical leader franklin graham has reached out to jones to try to dissuade him. so have others. today, in a remarkable development, a local muslim leader paid a visit to jones at his church, and offered him friendship to diffuse this. >> and i said, i'll stand with you. i will talk to the muslim world. i will defend you as my neighbor, regardless of your faith. i think he was very receptive to that message. >> reporter: still, jones vows to go forward, convinced he speaks for many americans. a brand new abc news poll confirms some disturbing facts. 26% of americans admit to feelings of prejudice against muslims. and only 54% of americans see islam as a peaceful religion. 31% say mainstream islam encourages violence against nonmuslims. still, terry jones seems to have crossed a line. a line that is clear to so m

many here i agree with mr robertson saying that it is a time for praise and criticism for all of those things to be ever seen at face value and taken into account as all of the participants from nearly thirty countries here attempt to work out what is best for the world. they are following this global security summit live of course is going to security is going to be one of the major topics during this forum. well ahead of the event our two spoke to robert skidelsky who is a british economic historian he says the e.u. should consider russia's proposal for a new european security treaty. russia should become much more effective part of the european security system and not be outside because the european actually european military is very very weak the military is in europe the french and the british the rest have to do anything really but this small and there's no unity. to sort of no agreement to create something larger than russia has a has it has has good military forces and they're becoming increasingly modernized and specialized to the kind of work. that military forces have to do

afghanistan and missile defense to improving relations with russia and the former nato boss george robertson about how he sees the future and that's in just a moment. thank you very much for joining us now i'll begin with a question on wars recently we've been witnessing a lot of guerrilla warfare style where you have to be trained and you have. causing a lot of problems that is nato ready to respond to such threats of in what way all of us have to adapt. to the changing nature of conflict you know after the berlin wall came down and the cold war was over the number of conflicts in the world went down by heated percent heathy percent so we live in a much better world today but the nature of conflict has changed there are fewer casualties is that at the same time it's more difficult to deal with you know we didn't have suicide. in the cold war we have that now so it's the ether. so our own forces have got to be modernized they need to be more flexible they need to be more maneuverable they need to go a long distances here they have to be highly skilled and they have to use the most technologi

afghanistan missile defense to improving relations with russia you spoke to before my nato boss george robertson about how he sees the future that's next right here on r.t. . thank you very much for joining us now with a general question on recently we've been witnessing a lot of guerrilla warfare have poorly trained. armed militants causing a lot of problems that is nato ready to respond to such threats. all of us have to .

are here with world leaders economists and academics among them in fact former nato chief george robertson has already told the conference of the importance of better links between russia and europe forum said to be dealing with issues such as boosting global security and improving standards of democracy that of representatives hear from twenty nine countries and it's being supported by the russian president dmitri medvedev well this city of your of travel is about two hundred fifty kilometers northeast of moscow and is on the list of you know asco heritage sites this weekend the city marks its thousand year anniversary and we'll be following the celebrations here on r.t. you could say the city is a good example of how far globalization house come and now this global forum has come here. well. well here of course over the next three days as we've been talking about this gorgeous city right on the volga yes absolutely beautiful place so we can just see over our shoulder a rather splendid monastery there that was the center of the of the old what was built eight hundred years ago it is an ab

televangelist, pat robertson, criticized him on tv. >> this is so stupid. >> reporter: the fbi says retaliationng is likely. and the state department ordered u.s. embassies to assess their security if jones goes ahead with his plan. >> we want to be judged by who we are as a nation. not by something that is so aberrational. and we'll make that case as strongly as possible. >> reporter: the burning is planned to take place on saturday, the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. two blocks from ground zero there is more anti-muslim debate. the cleric behind a proposed mosque and cultural center, tells cnn moving it now would give into radicals. >> we would not have done something that would create more divisiveness. our national security now, hinges on how we negotiate this. >> reporter: rauf also said he was shocked about the protests about the project. >> if i knew this would happen, this could cause this kind of pain, i wouldn't have done it. >> reporter: back in florida, an imam called on jones to change his mind. one more plea that so far is in vain. >> i told him, the world will admire your

terry jones' vow to burn the koran on saturday continues to draw criticism, with sarah palin and pat robertson joining the white house in condemnation. so, tonight, we wanted to ask you, and with the apologies to the thousands of people on jones' facebook page, though who he said mailed him 200 korans, do you think he finally found the one issue americans across the spectrum can agree on? or does he have more support than meepts the eye? tell us what you think on the florida page at abcnews.com. but that's our report for tonight. for all of us at abc news, good night, america. >> dicky: it's the "jimmy kimmel live" fantasy league, presented by gmc. >> hello, and welcome to the 2010 "jimmy kimmel live" fantasy league draft. and with the first pick, team simmons. >> the first pick, i'm taking my talented to chris johnson. >> bill simmons, the sports guy. that is a wildly creative nickname. >> thank you. >> the ace man is going to pick ray rice. >> all right. team kimmel, you're on the clock. >> i'll take ben roethlisberger. pittsburgh. >> so now you have roethlisberger, ocho cinco and t.o.? >> y

nic robertson for us this morning.formation coming out about this alleged plot. we're going to speak with fran townsend about what else we know and what our capabilities really are to prevent something like this from happening again. >>> and janet napolitano will be joining us later on this morning, as well. >>> coming up, president obama firing up the base, scolding members of his own party. how is it all playing with democrats? we're going to talk with dnc chairman tim kaine just ahead. 35 minutes now after the hour. >> so, ah, your seat good? got the mirrors all adjusted? you can see everything ok? just stay off the freeways, all right? i don't want you going out on those yet. and leave your phone in your purse, i don't want you texting. >> daddy... ok! ok, here you go. be careful. >> thanks dad. >> and call me--but not while you're driving. we knew this day was coming. that's why we bought a subaru. in 2008 i quit venture capital to follow my passion for food. i saw a gap in the market for a fresh culinary brand an

. >>> joe robertson with the fire department joins us now on the phone. what can you tell us i

. >> joe robertson, thank you for taking time wh us. again this story unfolding in manassas right now. seven damaged, two destroyed. these are very large town homes. >>> there was a big break in a high profile murder. a teenager is behind bars accused of killing a college student. riding his bike diploma work. the suspect is making his first court appearance to face charges pat collins is live with the latest. >> reporter: the suspect identified is eric forman. just turn 17. he was 16t the time of the murder. he's been charged as an adult. according to court documents obtained by news4, witnesses say before the shooting, the suspect, eric forman, said he wanted to quote pull a move. as the victim rode his bike toward sherman circle, he fired off four or five shots. the cyclist fell to the grou. as he tried to stand up, witnesses say forman ran up and fired two shots at close range. all of this bloodshed for a rob rif $60. the victim's 31-year-old neil godleski. he worked at phillips' seafo restaurant on the waterfront. he went to school

nic robertson is in abu dhabi following all this for us. how did she look and sound before leave og man? >> reporter: she looked quite relaxed. four days ago, she was overseen smiling when she arrived greeting her mother. now she seemed more relaxed and a little more at ease. she appeared she's cut her hair a little, caught a little bit of son. she has been to the grand mosque and described it as a very peaceful place. but really what came across from her, again, in a carefully worded statement, no questions allowed to be asked by the media who were there, what came across her was somebody who was perhaps torn with leaving this big effort to get her fiance and her friend released. she said oman would always be somewhere that she associated with freedom. >> as you said, her fiance and another friend still in prison. did she talk anymore about them? >> reporter: she did. she said it would be wonderful if she could take her fiance, shane bauer, and her friend, josh, would be able to come back. she said something else that was sort of a telltal