you see parallels with rome? is>> if you take a look at the roman society it looks a whole lot like we do now. it is not just because of the welfare state the people on the bottom, it is also because of the people on the top who are increasingly living isolated from the rest of us. i like the parallels between the roerm and the united states to be very scary. >> clearly the welfare state is much of life horrible unintended consequences. but do we just get rid of it? let me ask you libertarians. you are pretty hard-core i assume. should america get rid of all handouts? (applause) what would happen the first time somebody starves? they say chariot. you wrote "losing ground. what do you think? >> if we got rid of the entire welfare state the ability of this wealthy society to deal with the problems would work. but i also would say -- i am going to go with you wimpy on y. i don't think it is within the realm of possibility for an skrilized society with as much wealth as we have to ever do that politically. i think th

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but on to tonight's' topic, rome, is the united states abouf the fall as rome did? here is a depiction ofstat barbarians sacking the city. is this our future? first we hear from a o conservative,ur historian and a libertarian. the conservative, steve forbes of forbes media. you have some libertarian leanings, but conservative i would callll you. historian, carl richard is the next expert on rome. matt, you first. >> i think we are. i think the parallels are quite ominous. the debt, the expansion ofe foreign policy, the arrogance o executive power taking over ourl country. but i do think we have a chance to stop it.f >> carl? >> i think there are similarities not only with thepi fall of the empire, which is what most people talk about when they talk about the fall of rome, but also the fall of the republic, which was 500 years earlier. there i see romans engaging in unconstitutional acts, political leaders and so on and i see some of that. >> unconstitutional acts like stuffing ballot boxes, corruption? t >> that did happen, sort of, ani that's bad obviously. but it

indeed, it could be said that rome is that tradition.t's not merely that rome gave the west the latin language, roman law, roman ideas on state craft and on society. it was rome which passed on to the west the artistic, philosophical, and spiritual legacy of ancient greece, which rome had conquered, looted, and then learned from. it was rome which would be the agency of transmission to the west of an obscure, near-eastern religious cult which became the dynamic, motive force in western society and spiritual life-- christianity. but rome also gave the west a practical legacy, a legacy which western people see every day of their lives, from washington square to trafalgar square. and that legacy lies in the realm of architecture, civil engineering, building, town planning. these were the roman arts par excellence. and roman thinkers came to view the goal of their empire as providing a peace in which those arts could flourish. it was caesar augustus who brought the first real peace to a rome weary of continual war and internal strife. in 13

but i fear that we are rome. how many of you think that we are going down the tube how man think that we are in dee trouble? and how many think that we will turn it around? they can't both be true. but again, you are not in the audience. because your libertarians, right? [laughter] john: so walking around here people investing in gold, as a this and that, patronizing dead austrian communists. [laughter] john: you have to understand why we get a reputation as wrong and different. is this unfair? is this fair? >> no. john: come on, isn't is mostly badly dressed men? [laughter] john: it's people who care about numbers, less about how they look the epitome of it. is this unfair? that they look like geeks? >> well, you're sounding like my opponents. >> you could describe our forefathers in the same way and you of all people should know which should look at the substance. [cheers] [applause] john: this is the optimism that makes america possible. when i look at your sideburns, and i think people would say that this is

the senate honored him with the last triumphal arch built in rome. nervous about constantine's interest in christianity, the senators decorated it not only with new reliefs, but also with earlier works of trajan, hadrian, and marcus aurelius-- reminders of the glorious and pagan roman tradition. they reveal a remarkable change in roman art. the dynamic compositions and ideally proportioned bodies of the reliefs from hadrian's time-- whose head has been replaced by constantine's-- give way in the new reliefs to rows of puppetlike figures, static and without identity. squeezed together as if for security, they seem to express the anxiety and authoritarianism of a troubled empire. while his arch was still being built, constantine legalized the practice of christianity. its art could now rise from the darkness of the catacombs to celebrate the son of god and his promise of life everlasting. junius bassus, prefect of rome, was baptized on his deathbed and buried in this marble sarcophagus. a masterwork of early christian art, it depicts the expulsion of a

that's where the story ends, when paul gets to rome.u wouldn't know, for example, really, that there was an egyptian church. you wouldn't know there was a syriac church. everything would be a roman church. and that's the story that luke wants to tell. when the gospel gets to rome, the capital of the empire, that's the end of the story. >> ( dramatized ): in the beginning was the word, and the word was with god. and the word was god, and the word became flesh and dwelt among us. >> narrator: the fourth and last gospel now contained in the new testament is the gospel of john, written about 70 years after the death of jesus. it is the story of a community where the relationship between christians and jews has become more virulent, almost to the point of breakdown. >> ( dramatized ): i am the light of the world. he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. >> in the fourth gospel, jesus is a very serene figure who can speak at length about matters divine. a very different kind of speech from the speech which

the heart and soul of the opera, the chorus of rome's famous opera house.ava rotty and others have performed here. the opera house is in trouble, owing around $50 million. the management can receive a bailout, but on the if they cut jobs. >> the opera is one of italy's prestigious institutions. on a par with the colosseum or any painting. it should be protected by the state and the constitution guarantees that. >> the financial crisis in italy is forcing the government to slash funding for the arts. >> the government has to save billions in the next few years. theatres and opera houses are state funded. some had no choice but to cut performances or close down. >> this is one of rome's oldest theatres founded in 1727. the last official performance was in 2011. campaigners are raising money to keep this place open. the italian government spends billions on culture, most renovating ancient colosseum. >> they have to manage the administration more carefully so the tradition can survive for years. it is my duty above all to respect the profession of these people

rome one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in the world a popular destination for lovers art enthusiasts history addicts and. being with councils it all falls on top of cars and roads and on pedestrians it's very slippery too we get tons of complaints. birds hundreds of thousands of starlings which migrate to rome from the north every year leaving their mark as they go. over your every year the same we're surrounded by a show. the city annually spends tens of thousands of euros tackling the flying menace a species a special operation in itself careful feeds no drive it's very difficult to clean it off these birds are worse than vandals it's like they're angry at me personally . but the real mission takes place at sunset dressed in protective gear and armed with a loud hailer scientists storm the bird's favorite sleeping spots and this irritating noise is none other than a recording of other starlings making a sound which warns of approaching danger the goal is to scare the feathered foes to less populated areas. hey get me to the idea from science books it works great but onl

when there was pressure to cancel debts in rome the debt at that gets for simply murdered just as they weren't shelly when you had a socialist second. in the power and justice and because of debt cancellation. throughout history have been killed by the predators they've always used by land still in forests the collection of debt now you've said that private banks are in effect operating as oligarchies that you know they're not killing anyone right now but can you explain this further well hold most of the banks are own by by the one percent or agents of the one percent the job of the banks is that take that and i think in america more you have since ninety cents just and seven ninety five percent of all of the income growth in the united states is occurred of just one percent of the population according to the congressional research service show that all of this income growth of the one percent is put in the banks to lend out to the ninety nine percent so the banks essentially are intermediaries making loans to in debt the ninety nine percent further to the one percent and that's the o

government a government can cancel debts that are owed to ourselves and everybody is happy even in rome rome under the emperors one of the emperors issued a klein and the claim was the roman emperor burning the tax records it's easy to cancel bets that somebody owes the euro but once the debts are owed to an oligarchy to private individuals if you're the government and you cancel debts owed to the private individuals then the oligarchy is going to come and kill you and that's what they did in rome when there was pressure to cancel debts in rome the debt at that gets for simply murdered just as they were and shelly when you had a socialist secondly people into power and justice and because of debt cancellation throughout history been killed by the creditors they've always. used violence to one force the collection of debt now you've said that private banks are in effect operating as oligarchies that you know they're not killing anyone right now but can you explain this further well hold most of the banks are own by by the one percent or agents of the one percent the job of the banks is t

they flocked to rome in the thousands and certainly leave their mark each day myriads of birds block out the sun above the city and leave some hard to remove stains on the ground what is your typical report on the scare tactics used to keep the city's streets clean. rome one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in the world a popular destination for lovers or enthusiasts history addicts and. being with countless it all falls on top of cars and roads and on pedestrians it's very slippery too we get tons of complaints. birds hundreds of thousands of starlings which migrate to rome from the north every year leaving their mark as they go. over europe every year this same we're surrounded by a show. the city annually spends tens of thousands of euros tackling the flying menace is feces a special operation in itself ok it's so dry it's very difficult to clean it off these birds are worse than vandals it's like they're angry with me personally. but the real mission takes place at sunset dressed in protective gear and armed with a loud hailer scientists storm the bird's favorite sleepin

a way correspondent of themselves for the not me brother to travel to rome to see how people there are coping with the vandalizing nature of some feathered friends those stories and more after a short break. drug some of the sixteen percent of imports came from illegal fishing. the european union is ironically taking fish from some of the poorest nations on earth so this is a very serious and very urgent problem that needs immediate international action. on foot territorial waters they fish they load the fish on to the ships and leave for europe. to day illegal fishing just taking the bread out of our mouths. right on the street. first street. and i think picture. on our reporters twitter. and instagram. could be a month. on. at least twelve european countries are skipping the twenty fourteen euro vision song contest the list of participants has been getting shorter by the year and the economic troubles of the continent a seen as the main reason. reports. good knowledge represented russia at the u. revision song contest in twenty ten despite only coming eleventh he describes his partic

they are the chorus of rome's famous opera house. pava rotty and others performed here.he opera house is in trouble. it owes around $50 million. management can receive a bailout, but only if they cut jobs. >> translation: the opera is one of italy's prestageous cultural institutions on a par with the colosseum or painting. it should be protected by the state. our constitution guarantees that. >> the financial crisis in italy is forcing the government to slash funding for the arts. the government has to save billions of dollars in the next few years. theatres and opera houses are state funded. some have no choice but to cut performances or close down. >> this is one of rome's oldest theatres founded in 1727. the last official performance here was in 2011. campaigners are trying to raise money to keep this place open. the italian government spend more than a billion a year on culture. much of the money goes to restoring ancient sites like the collo si um. the minister of culture insists opera will survive the financial crisis. >> translation: they have to manage the admini

when there was pressure to cancel debts in rome the debt at that gets for simply murdered just as they were and shelly when you hear the socialists. into power and justice and because of debt cancellation throughout history have been killed by the creditors they've always. used bylane still in force the collection of debt now you've said that private banks are in effect operating as oligarchies that you know they're not killing anyone right now but can you explain this further well hold most of the banks are own by by the one percent or agents of the one percent the job of the banks is that deposits and i think in america more you have since ninety cents just those in seven but ninety five percent of all of the income growth in the united states is occurred of just one percent of the population according to the congressional research service show that all of this income growth of the one percent is put in the banks to lend out to the ninety nine percent so the banks essentially are intermediaries making loans to in debt the ninety nine percent further to the one percent and that's the

and back to rome now where it may seem like just a minor problem the medieval ease economic crisis and soaring unemployment thousands of birds soaring across rome each winter and they are certainly leaving their mark on the city making people feel discomfort. reports on the tactic savvy italians are using to try and keep the city's streets clean. role model one of the most beautiful and romantic cities in the world a popular destination for lovers or enthusiasts history addicts and. being with counselors tell it all falls on top of cars and roads and on pedestrians it's very slippery to get tons of complaints these are the birds hundreds of thousands of starlings which migrate towards a more stable year leave their mark and they go. over your bed every year the same we're surrounded by a show. the city and spends tens of thousands of euros tackling the flying menace a species special operation in itself careful it's so dry it's very difficult to clean it off these birds are worse than vandals it's like they're angry at me personally. but the real mission takes place at sunset dressed i

>> right now in rome. asking whether this is the beginning of the end of italian opera as austerity measureses here take their toll. >> a peace conference aimed at ending the fighting in syria will definitely go ahead later this month. that's the message from 11 top international enjoys who have been meeting in paris. but it is still not clear whether the main opposition coalition will take part in any capacity. that is despite the fact that opposition fighters appear to be coming under more pressure from the syrian military. in a moment we will be speaking about that fighting in syria. but first let's speak with jackie about it. jackie, the message seems to be the conference is going ahead with or without the opposition. >> well, really the meeting of the friends of syria today in paris was to deliver a clear message to the syrian umbrella opposition group that really talking, this planned meeting in switzerland is the only game in town. events on the ground, which will be hearing about in a moment, indic

report that said smoking causes illness and death and the government should do something about it rome the relationship between some cigarette smoking and health. in the field of long hair. reserve board has been called one of the most important documents in the us health history ushering in a new era of reform the day next year in nineteen sixty five congress mandated surgeon general warning labels on cigarette packs and then in nineteen seventy one cigarette commercials where bands on tv. over the years cigarette taxes were raised and sales to minors worker while tobacco companies also came under increasing legal attack in the biggest case of the mall more than forty u s states brought lawsuits demanding compensation for the cost of treating smoking related illnesses. tobacco companies settled in nineteen ninety eight by agreeing to pay about two hundred billion us dollars and appeared before congress and for the first time publicly

. >> reporter: in rome, it was no different. in fact, it was worse.bused on a regular basis. on july 29th, here at rome's main railway station where andrea lived with other homeless people, her body was found beaten and stabbed. the very same day, on a plane ride from brazil to the vatican, pope francis uttered the five words that have come to define his papacy -- who am i to judge? his response to a question about gays and the catholic church. and so on december 27th, what was previously unthinkable, happened. andrea was honored here with a catholic funeral in a prestigious jesuit church in rome. >> i was surprised. we haven't been -- it's as if the catholic church say, we see you the way you feel you are. >> reporter: months after her death new york one from her family has come forward to claim her body. even so, government officials activists, even the mayor of rome, gathered to pay tribute to andrea. >> the priest talking about her, using "she" is a symbolic gesture of what happened today. >> what does that say? >> that everybody is equal. >> repo

this is one of rome's oldest theatres, founded in 1727.official performance here was in 2011. campaigners are trying to raise enough money to keep this place open. the italian government spends more than a billion dollars a year on culture. much of the money goes to restoring ancient sights like the coliseum and the minister of culture insists oprah will survive the financial crisis. >> translator: they have to manage the administration more carefully so the tradition can survive many years. it's of course my duty above all to respect the profession of the people and i think it would be difficult to imagine a future where culture is not the heart of things. ♪ in rome's oprah house a performance of swan lake and when muscinas went on strike last month it was replaced with a cd track and they are back and say the show must go on but it's not clear for how long and i'm with al jazeera rome. >> reporter: the catholic pope named the first batch of cardinals and chosen 19 men from across asia and africa and they are below 80 years of age and eli

he saw this empire further crumbling because the invading barbarians had really sacked rome.the blame was cast on christianity. by this point, augustin was a christian. he resented that. he said, it is not fair. you are blaming christianity for his thing that has happened. the charge was that christianity has made, through its emphasis on another god among another king, has taken away people's attention from this world. it has made men week. augustin wrote a big book, his biggest of all called "the city of god" to counteract that. his introduction is really interesting. he says, i am writing this book to convince the prideful, the arrogant of the power and excellence of humility. that is such an interesting task, to write a whole book and your audience are the people you're trying -- they are charging christianity, your religion with the downfall of rome. >> did you read that 1000 pages? >> i did. i wrote a doctoral dissertation at boston college and worked my way through "the city of god." >> 1000 pages written how many years ago? >> this was written in the fifth century, af

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rome under attack from above our team's correspondent arms himself with a broad to travel to the eternal city and see how people are coping with the vandalizing nature of southern feathered friends those stories and more after a short break. drug some of the sixteen percent imports came from illegal fishing. the european union is ironically taking fish from some of the poorest nations on earth so this is a very serious and very urgent problem that needs immediate international action. on the territorial waters of the fish they load the fish on to the ships and leave for europe. to day illegal fishing is taking the bread out of our mouths. right from the sea. sir straight to you and i think what you're. on our reporters twitter. and instagram. are going to be a number. on. sixteen minutes past the hour now the two thousand and fourteen your vision song contest is at risk of becoming the biggest failure in the history of the event facing a grim prognosis has at least twelve countries of already withdrawn the continent's economic woes are seen as the main reason behind the mass exodus from

they have so many of those in rome. this one is parked right next to a bus stop. this is a sidewalk right in front of this building, tony. the police say they respond to these tweets sometimes within hours making some residents very happy. lorenzo tweeted out this picture. it has tickets on all these cars. here he says, bingo, grazi. >> well done, well done. i was thinking about the coughers there in rome. >> we'll follow up with a woman who has been dealing with the fallout of the toxic chemical spill, and the federal government has announced more. we'll be back in a moment. searching for a better life. >> two hours in, we come upon a body. >> now, in a breakthrough television event, al jazeera america takes you beyond the debate. experience first hand the tragic journey of these migrants. >> a lot of people don't have a clue what goes on until you live near the boarder. >> six strangers with different points of view... >> i don't believe in borders. >> our government is allowing an invasion. >> ...get to experience illegal immigration, up close and personal. >>

the premiere opera house is deep in debt in rome.e have more. [ singing ] >> they are the heart and soul, the chorus of rome's famous opera house. pava rotty and others performed here. the opera house is in trouble. it owes warned $50 million. management can receive a bailout, only if they cut jobs. >> the opera is one of italy's pre prestigious operas. it should be accepted by the state and our constitution guarantees that. >> the financial crisis in italy is forcing the government to cut funding. >> theatres, prow -- opera hou italy are state funded. >> in is one of rome's oldest theatres. the last official performance was 2011. campaigner are trying to raise enough money to keep the place open. >> the italian government spends more than a billion a year on culture, going to restoring ancient sites. the minister of culture insists opera will survive the financial crisis. >> translation: they have to manage the administration carefully so the tradition can survive for many years. it is my duty above all to respect the profession of

this is him talking the jesuit magazine over there in rome. your idea to have a conversation you got the forward let's talk about this guy. >> there's no greater catholic than yours truly but what's the pope's angle on this one. why is he gunning for the big money people. jesus tells us to care for the poor and the pope says i care for both the poor and rich alike but he has a responsibility to tell everyone the rich need to care and respect the poor. >> stephen: he'poor. >> he's not attacking the poor. he's got to attack them both. that's his gospel. [applause] do unto others, do unto others as you would do unto all of them. >> i've been reading a different translation. >> stephen: okay. but the rich guys feel attacked by the pope because what are we supposed to do to do the right thing. i got a lot of cash. what am i supposed to do for the poor. >> well it's pretty simple. you're supposed to love the poor first of all or respect them. and then help them as jesus asks us to. >> stephen: love is kind of a vague word. >> okay. >> stephen: it's

thousands of people rallied in the streets of rome protesting against same families. demonstrators to invite members of the catholic church in local politicians. your brain is sharply divided over the issue of same relationships. in december twenty thirteen the nation's democratic party introduced a bill allowing gay couples to register their partnership would still has yet to get it she was and water bottles thrown in. turkey's parliament during a debate regarding judicial reform we're breaking out after the proposal the draft bill to get the prime minister's ruling party or stay open support the opposition claims that the bill seeks to bring the legal system in line with executive powers violating the constitution. prime minister into one and its allies have been at the center for corruption scandal that broke out last month the feeding tube. it came to the opposite. a protest in the spanish enclave of million in north africa turn violent. well people most of them police were injured. demonstrators were to partition the streets protesting the lack of jobs in the reg

in 1513 leonardo went to rome, but the three following years were the most tragic of his life.michelangelo was at the peak of his success. the ceiling of the sistine chapel was his masterpiece. raphael's work was equally celebrated, and bramante the architect was working on the completion of saint peter's cathedral. but there were no commissions at the vatican for leonardo. leo x, a medici pope, chose to ignore him as a man who never completed anything, as a man who thinks of the end of the project before he even begins it. one is tempted to see this period in leonardo's life in terms of the only painting of his, an early one, which hangs in the vatican, the saint jerome. in this picture the saint is alone and agonized, as leonardo must have been. in one of his notebooks, leonardo writes, "tell me if anything was ever done," as if to justify his many uncompleted works. and in a note to himself, he says, "why do you suffer so?" two events of great significance happened at this time. first, leonardo began his painting of saint john the baptist, his last great work. almost invaria

rome may be above average but sareivo is also fairly mild over the next few days.rome is still up at 14°, saraevo is bof 13°. dave. >> often neglected and abused by their teachers. ldges's malcolm webb reports from the capitol, dacca. >> these boys are preparing to beg on the street of the capital, dacca. getting a bowl the is crucialt. they live in an islamic school. the boys are known as talabei. institutionalized begging is the reality. useni has begged for six years, he's rejected every day but he has to keep trying. >> we go back without anything one time they don't beat you, they tell you. after several times they beat you. >> out on the street, it's tough. some boys get slapped or hit by cars. some seem pathetic but most don't want to know. meanwhile, back at the darrah, the marabu that runs it agrees to talk to us. >> it's not my choice. if i had the means to stop this, i would but i don't. >> the money collected is not spent on food. they have to beg for meals too. after several hours of begging, it's time to pray. there are about 20 boys living in this da

he went to the lunch last year because we were in rome. my team and i were in rome doing roman things. he went to the lunch. this year he did not get to go. he'll be here to hear more about it. >>> we'll speak to a republican who says he has good ideas about what the president should stay tonight. >>> we'll speak to a democrat about the importance of raising minimum rage for certain workers. whether you agree or disagree with it, the president is going to do it by executive order it sounds like. we'll get the politics of it all. i'm shepard smith reporting from the rotunda in washington, d.c. the lunch menu including photographs but not ones i took at the white house. coming up. >>> breaking news now on fox news channel. this out of hawaii. a school is on lockdown after some sort of shooting at roosevelt high school in honolulu. we have conflicting reports coming in. earlier there was word that two people were shot and expected to survive. that was the official word we got. now police are saying one person was hurt and that person is the s

frederik pleitgen is in rome this morning for us.ed. >> reporter: hi, christine, and welcome to a very rainy rome this morning, where as you said, the secretary of state has just landed. you're absolutely right, the main things that they're going to be talking about is syria and the middle east, of course, some very important topics at this point, and they are also very important topics to pope francis. he held a ground-breaking speech yesterday where he talked all about having to start some sort of peace process in syria and also keeping the peace process going in the middle east. it is something that is very central to this pope. he talked about how civilians have to stop being harmed in that country. and of course, one of the main things that's key to the vatican as well is the fact that a lot of christians are suffering in the middle east, too. so, those are some of the topics the two are going to be talking about, and of course, it comes at a time when the secretary of state is trying to drum up support for a peace conference in

. >> they were looking at a new rome and they built it, actually. maybe the worm started to turn here. the packard automotive plant. opened in 1903, it was considered the most advanced facility of its kind anywhere in the world. huge. epically proportioned. i mean 3.5 million square feet. now, one man lives here. al hill. >> my name's alan hill. welcome to my home. this room here is the forge room. it was a former packard motor car company. i started living here about seven years ago. at that time, semi-apprehensive about the place and the goings-on around here. turned out it's about peaceful as the north woods. not having a credit card or a mortgage payment or a car payment is a real blessing. there's still nails here. >> yep. >> what's happened here in detroit is unfortunate. but, you know, it's a sign of the times. we find out that not only does it take a village to raise an individual, it takes an entire world to support one city. one city's suffering or one community's suffering, the entire world should pitch in and help elevate it instead of s

a growing number of countries want to expand the 18961 rome -- 1961 rome system more broadly to the internet and expand it to the more broadly-defined group of broadcasting entities and provide for 50 years of exclusive rights on fix sayses for broadcast. at wipo, uspto has established a compromise to, quote: authorize the smuggles or near -- simultaneous or near -- [inaudible] so far no country has voiced support for the u.s. proposal, and much more aggressive alternatives from japan and the european union are being considered that would provide new economic rights to broadcasting entities for distributing information they did not create or own. this is akin to giving amazon or barnes & noble a layer of copyright in every book they sell. or making bag google a part ownn every web page they locate on the internet. free over the air broadcasters do face unique challenges regarding the transmission of their signals, and the u.s. pto proposal may be appropriate to address some of these channels. here we have an open mind. but for pay services and webcasting, there is no need to create a new int

the rome police have started a twitter handle where people can send pictures of illegally parked carslike this one. it's on the median, but wait until you see this one. this guy is it parked on the sidewalk like it's his own showcase. >> you need to be called out if you're parking like this. >> if you were to park like this in new york, unbelievable. it's parked next to a bus stop, newsstand, on the sidewalk in front of a building. then you have this one parked on the pedestrian line. this says naturally always sold out the pedestrian line is always being used. and then this one says salvage parking. this guy is parked on the curve around this corner here. and he's just--he just decided to leave his car right there. >> yes. >> this is parked on the sidewalk. the guy in this tweet says this car is always parked on my sidewalk every single day. >> that's crazy. >> some people abandon their mopeds on the sidewalk. this one said, i went to the gym. >> maria, thank you. a check on the day's headlines coming up right after the break. >> there are families leaving our state to go to colorado

. >> in italy, handful of rave rome residence leapt into the dirty waters of the river tiber. some elegant and daring jumps welcomed in 2014. happy new year. >> in some other news, and prague, the palestinian ambassador to the czech republic died as a -- died as a result of an explosion at his apartment. check police say there's no evidence it was a terrorist attack. >> that went off at the ambassadors residence. emergency personnel rushed the ambassador to the hospital where he later died. the palestinian foreign ministry says it occurred when a diplomat opened an old safe that had recently been moved. at least two car bombs have exploded outside a hotel in the somali capital mogadishu, killing and injuring an unknown number of people. the blasts were about an hour apart and struck close to the international airport and u.n. offices. >> the second blast went off after rescuers went to the scene. no one has claimed responsibility, but the al- shabaab has frequently attacked locations run mogadishu. >> negotiators from the south sudan's wording side other for pease call -- for

assets were seized in rome, new england patriotsles and floridians of the mafia. it is part of the crime network based in naples. bars and pizza e.r.a.s in rome were select. >> they were ordered to return a brobs rabbit. they said it should be taken away as soon as possible. the sculptor said they had added the creature because they weren't allowed to engrave their signatures. everyone knew it wasn't going to be easy, and today a major international conference aimed at bringing peace to syria was marked by strong language and bitter accusations. for the first time, the syrian regime and the syrian opposition were brought to the same team -- to the same table. immediately the issue of president assad's future became a topic. >> war criminal to some, a savior to others. president assad is the main issue of this conference. these were not direct talks between regime and opposition, but threes they were in the same room. 30 nations joined them. iran wasn't invited. syria's foreign minister had few alleys as he attacked the enemies. >> these titleists claim they are mo

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