but prepare for the future interplanetary flight and one of the biggest steps towards it is the russian mars five hundred project. it featured six international space much sunshine fresh air and loved ones for more than five hundred days in a cramped space ship like capsule researchers say the project was a quiet for the future a real mission as approved such a long spaceflight could be possible. diego welcome to the show thank you very much for me. this well and the first question i wanted to ask you did you true choir a lot of imagination i mean your imagination the cruise imagination to really. talk yourself into being a part of america mars expedition did you really well it really hard to imagine yourself in space or were this simulation was so authentic that that it didn't require much regulation. well some. of the simulation where very realistic. the more not to me that is something that you can expect for sure in a trip to mars we experience that firsthand was very realistic there are some parts of a simulation for example when we have to hatch out samples for the scientists to analyz

the russian failed mars probe could crash down to earth next month. it could come down between january 6th in january 19th. the toxic fuel is expected to burn on reentry. the agency will not know where the debris falls until a few days before it hits the earth. >>darya: here is a live look outside at the approach to the bay bridge. we will be right back. >>mark: the online gaming companies in this is going public. it is expected to be the largest ipo cents a google back in 2004. there is a maker of those popular on-line games. they are selling 100 million shares and expected to raise a $1 billion serious flickr watching those shares this morning. we will keep our eyes on the stock this morning starting off at $10 a share with 100 million shares available. >>darya: another big story is the fate of the barry bonds. at 11:00 a.m. in san francisco, barry bonds is going to be sentenced for the conviction on a obstruction of justice charges. the sentencing comes more than eight years after barry bonds to testify before a grand jury questioning his ties to s

and other drug addictions be licensed to offer a russian language multiple offender driving under the influence program in san francisco. supervisor mar: i am amending this to include russian-language population for a multiple offender dealer program but including expanding it to include other languages. the only reason that spanish is not included is spanish speakers are served by the mission council, an existing organization. supervisor elsbernd has asked to be a co-author of this so i urge your support. it is a non substantive amendment and i would like your support today. thank you. president chiu: is there second? -- a second. can we take this without objection? that shall be the case. and the underlying resolution, can we do it same house, same call? without objection. the resolution shall be adopted. madam clerk, can you read the in memoriams? >> today's meeting will be adjourned in honor of the following. on behalf of supervisor campos for sonia pierre. and for the recommendation on behalf of the full board on behalf of samuel lipke. and for the late mr. michael goldstein. president chiu: is there any more business? >> that co

yes and to be left to spend a year in a hall and it cost a capsule as part of russian experiment simulating a flight to mars. scientists estimate a manned mission to mars may cost from fifty to five hundred billion dollars such a huge prize and the daunting deck no logical challenge means the cherished dream is decades away yeah the world's main space agencies can not help but prepare for the future interplanetary flight and one of the biggest steps towards it is the rushing water supply a hundred project. the featured six international space much sunshine fresh air and loved ones for more than five hundred days in a cramped space ship like capsule researches say the project was a quiet for the future a real mission as it proved such a long space why it could be possible. san diego welcome to the show thank you very much for me. this well and the first question i wanted to ask you did you true choir a lot of imagination i mean your imagination the cruise imagination to really. talk yourself into being a part of america morris expedition did you really well it really hard to imagine yourself in space or were

over the course after a year the russians have lost satellites and a mars probe. >>> on o-n this christmas eve there are 90,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. well, service members could not be home with their families they marked the hillsboroughs with a christmas mass and dinner. and they found comfort from each other. >> it's sad being away from my family at christmas, but it's nice being here with my brothers sisters in the armed services from u.s. able all the various countries that we have here. earlier this week military officials said president obama's orders to with draw 10,000 troops from afghanistan this year had been accomplished. the drawdowned is the first step in the plan to wind down the war interest and end the combat role for international troops by the end of 2014. . >>> the best present this year for some military families didn't come in santa's sleigh, but fit just right in a loved ones arms. >>> it wasn't a large check and it wasn't a large cash donation that brought one salvation army bell-ringer to teasers of we'll tell you about the unusual gift from an anonymous dono

russian party won less than 15 percent of the vote. opposition parties and international observers say that the vote was marred by fraud. thousands of russians who rallied facing off against police and troops. hundreds were speaking in the detained. the syrian president is denying that he ordered a deadly crackdown on a nearly nine month-old uprising against israel. fables of the people who died in the unrest were his own supporters and troops. the u.n. estimates some 4000 people have been killed in syria since the uprising started in march. activists say that most of the people killed were civilians. >>darya: a new bank scam is targeting elderly women. at least three people have lost of $11,000 apiece. clock this is a description of the suspect. he was last seen wearing it at least act like this are kept. we're back >>darya: we are continuing team coverage, a breaking story this morning please look in it said that justin herman plaza in sentences go arresting about 70 protesters who were camped out there. jackie sissel is taking a look at justin herman plaza there are still police out there. >>jackie: they have not reop

a russian space probe that should be headed for mars will crash back to earth next month.agency says the unmanned probe got stuck in earth's orbit after it was launched november 9th. engineers say the toxic fuel onboard will burn up on reentry. up to 440 pounds of fragments will come crashing down. no one is sure where. one gauge on the spacecraft contains a small amount of radioactive cobalt 57. officials say it should not pose a health threat. >>> today is free shipping bay in more than 2100 merchants have signed up to take part and as the name implies those merchants will ship and deliver your orders for free, big box retailers and small businesses are taking part. businesses like it because they say it boosts sales. consumers like it obviously because it saves them money. the one-day event promises delivery by christmas eve, today is the last day someone could ship something and have it arrive by christmas without paying extra. we have a link to participating merchants on abc7news.com. >>> san francisco-based zynga is hope fog go from sharing words with friends to weal

a russian space probe that should be headed for mars will crash back to earth next munch russia's space agency says the unmanned probe got stuck in earth's orbit after it was launched november 9th. engineers say the toxic fuel onboard will burn up on reentry. up to 440 pounds of fragments will come crashing down no one is sure wear one gauge on the spacecraft contains a small amount of radioactive cobalt. officials say it should not pose a health threat. >>> more -- a black floating mass equal to the size of a 55 gallon drum has washed ashore on a beach at the northwest tip of washington state tons of it is expected to turn up from california to alaska over the next year. debris can include portions of cars, homes, ships and furniture, basically anything that floats. >> remember that live on air you will never see anything like that again. >>> next, imagine you put your holiday items on layaway then a christmas miracle happens. story of a secret santa who helped pay for strangers' gifts. >>> outpouring of support for a middle school band that had hundreds of dollars of donations stolen

joining me this hour it's been called the deal of the year by russian business magazine company the country's two stock exchanges the r.t.s. and the mars x. have completed their merger as authorities and i mean of course there are as the details. financial experts have been debating and proposing this for years and the opening bell at the start of the traded they made it official but investors struggled to see the difference for the time being my sex r.t.s. as it's now known will work under the same conditions offering the same services and they will also maintain separate indexes for the time being now the merger is expected to reduce transaction costs drive profitability and diversify the revenue pool and this is of course seen as a major step towards establishing moscow as a global financial center and some of the new bourses main priorities will be to lure more companies to list in moscow rather than of broad and also to attract more funds from local investors that another big reform is to improve the issuance of securities impassionate to enable easier i.p.o.'s locally and my six r.t.s. is itself planning an i.p.o. in two thousand

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russian space experiments spending a year and a half in an earthbound capsule to simulate a mission to mars but first the headlines stay with us. oh. three thirty pm in moscow these iraqi headlines up to fifty thousand people expected to descend on central moscow gathering for the second major protest against the result of this month's parliamentary poll the opposition claims the vote was rigged and call for a real election by the russian leadership has promised political reforms. no merry christmas in syria where a spiral of violence continues with two suicide blasts in damascus leaving more than forty dead and the arab league is in the country searching for ways.

team speaks to those who took part in a unique russian space experiment by spending here and half an earth bound capsule to stimulate simulate a flight to mars for that athletes. the . machine would be soon which brightened if you knew about some from phones to pressure. these food stamps on t.v. don't come. back you're watching r t these are the top stories up to fifty thousand people are expected to descend on central moscow in a second major protest against the results of this month's parliamentary hold the opposition claims a vote was rigged and want a real action while the russian leadership has promised political reforms. there is no merry christmas in syria worries spiral of violence continued with two suicide blasts in damascus which left over forty people dead the arab league is in the country looking for a way.

the sport by winning the russian national championship for the ninth time in his career the three time world champion beat all his rivals in the capital of russia's republic of mars all via sarongs by taking the men's singles sites all with a total sum of two fifty nine sixty seven points despite any injury arts or gets inskip finished in second with forty nine point eight while it's their gay bar and all completed the podium with the results of forty point seventy nine. to ice hockey now where russia have made a successful start into the under it's once the world championships in canada but larry broadens men's scored three unanswered goals against switzerland. gusa and regular ankle were on the scoreboard for the defending champions in other games sweden thrash latvia and nine for canada destroyed ten wins by eight goals to one while the americans left denmark capsular the no chance defeating them eleven three . let's stay on the ice and move on to our disease holiday specials now where we'll bring you the best stories of twenty eleven which will air over the next couple of weeks old that suit has ended alexander ovechkin his five year reign as he won this year

russians. he planned a speech speaking more on the government's reform agenda but after a parliamentary election that was marred by widespread reports of vote rigging earlier this month and the huge protests that followed it, medvedev criticized what he calls interference from outside. despite all of this political turmoil, there are those in rush who believe the country has a bright economic future before it. especially as it looks to markets in the east. matthew chance said down with one of the so-called richest oligarchs. >> in what way do you see russia moving more towards.emerging economi economies of the east? >> they will be highly attached to europe but it's only 20% of our territory. even if it's 80% of population, maybe 85 of preparation. but you would see huge development in asian part of russia. it will be tremendous investment in infrastructure, to unlock a lot of resources, russia will bring more foreign investors and big projects will be started and be beneficial. >> isn't it unrealistic, though, to expect -- you mentioned the time scale of seven or eight years, there will be a lot of investment

mars will apparently have to do it. is expected to come crashing back to earth in january. the failed russianck in earth's orbit after its launch in november. russia's space agency says several dozen fragments weighing more than 400 pounds will fall to earth between january 6th and january 19th. >>> it wasn't santa but a 20-year-old who had to be pulled out of a chimney this is our stupid criminal award. find out what he was doing there when we go down to the wire in -- well, he is not a criminal really. i overstated that. but still, not the brightest bulb in the block. >>> dramatic testimony at a hearing right now for two former penn state officials, gary schultz and tim curly, both fighting charges they didn't do what they should have nine years ago after they heard that former assistant football coach jerry sandusky was allegedly sexually abusing young boys. nbc's michelle franzen is live outside the court nous harrisburg, pennsylvania. michelle, assistant coach mike mcqueary has been on the stand. i have been reading some of the testimony. it's, frankly, hard to even read. >>> it is. it i