prime minister silvio berlusconi has promised that l'aquila should be back to normal within 10 years. the government has even appointed a number of commissioners to coordinate the work and ensure deadlines are met. but progress is impeded by excessive red tape, inefficiency, and incompetence. problems some might see as typically italian, including the mayor of l'aquila. he resigned in frustration only to return to withdraw his resignation again a bit later. >> i have to apply to the commissioners to begin reconstruction on two schools, and their reply, they told me i had to justify why the schools are needed. at makes me wonder, why exactly do we need these commissioners? >> this housing estate was build for the 600 people who, like felipeo, were made hopeless. -- homeless. he initially went to stay with relatives in rome. then then the government put him up in a hotel near the sea. but it was 100 kilometers away from his office. he works for l'aquila city council and has to take the bus there every day and then back again in the evening. he hopes he'll eventually be able to move back

duncan kennedy, bbc news in belgrade. >> the italian prime minister silvio berlusconi has suffered a setback in elections in milan. his party candidate for mayor was defeated by her opponent. >> in milan and naples and several other big italian cities, voters snubbed mr. berlusconi's candidates for mayor and gave the job to left-wingers. it was a disastrous result for mr. berlusconi's freedom party. the weekend poll could mark a turning point in mr. berlusconi's political fortunes, after nearly two decades in and out of power. there were noisy celebrations in milan and naples by opposition supporters after the results were declared. it means that italy is going through what looks like a slow revolution. it's not egypt, not tahrir square, but it looks as if things are changing and the tide has certainly changed, whether it comes in and submerges berlusconi's period is still something which we'll have to wait for. >> mr. berlusconi's chief coalition government ally, the northern league, is furious at the loss of milan, northern italy's financial and industrial hub. himself wasn't presen

those improvements will not silvio berlusconi for this event. they will be for the permanent use for everybody. >> as the economy creates more homeless folks, what more can be done to divert them off the streets and into housing and job training? >> if i could answer that easily. one of the reasons i came to work enthusiastically with the former mayor is that i truly believe in the care not cash approach to ending homelessness. the solution is permanent supportive is in. we're already putting up the housing but not of the pace we would like because of the economy. that will continue to be the target and focus of the true answer to the challenge of homelessness>> the more you wile individuals changing their lives. in doing so, we continue to have a very active human services agency on the ground, and getting them in the shelters that we have and trying to operate programs like project homeless connect and others where we bring tremendous amounts of volunteer support. the hope is to engage people to make better decisions. you can't force people. w

at the national level, silvio berlusconi is facing several trials at once. unsurprisingly, he hates prosecutors and has cut funding for the police and investigators. >> within two years, more than 3 billion euros were cut. that means 40,000 jobs. at the same time, he attacks the state prosecutors almost daily, with the result that the state is much weaker, especially the people battling the mafia. so the mafia benefits. >> many people prefer not to talk about organized crime in the north of the country, but it is clear enough the mafia goes where the money is an forces when the goverent d jucial stem are weak. >>> since may 1, workers and eight european countries now have the right to work freely in germany. not welcome news perhaps to authorities in countries like the czech republic, who fear that doctors in particular will abandon the failing health services and travel across the jordan burden project did germany border. they're offering free cosmetic surgery to doctors who are prepared to stay. >> this doctor and an anesthetist from the czech republic is

know you see world leaders coming out of bomber of course the people who also like banking and silvio berlusconi all saying this is this great political historical events and i think there's a really telling disconnect between actually the reality of the situation which is effectively you have this aging sickly old man who really hasn't done anything of real political significance for a long time and the great kind of triumph against evil is that the western leaders are really kind of starting to trumpet at the moment is that disconnect i think is very revealing why is that is it because people just kind of wanted one face to focus on i guess for the world's ills here. well i think certainly there is a sense obama. and bush before him turned some bin laden into this kind of symbol of evil following the nine eleven attacks and i think in many ways the interesting thing about osama bin laden is he is actually more a creation of the west than he is a real political or kind of terrorist threats in himself in many ways he kind of feeds vampire like all three insecurities of the west if you listen to

the italian prime minister, silvio berlusconi, hailed the killing of osama bin laden ads a great outcomethe fight against evil. and in afghanistan, president karzai told the taliban to learn lessons from his death and stop fighting. let's get more on this from humphrey hawksley. >> around the world, breaking news that osama bin laden's dead, a line drawn under the likes of a man who redefined global warfare. in afghanistan, the country that boar the brunt of america's response, they watched president obama tell the story of the special forces mission that killed him. >> i felt very happy because he led our country toward blood shed and destruction. it's very good news at the murderer of our nation has now been killed. >> and the president had a message on how the fight against the taliban should now be waged. >> the fight against terrorism is not in bombing children and women in afghanistan. the fight against terrorism should be carried out in safe havens, sanctuaries, and training camps, not in afghanistan. today, this has been proved right. >> iraq was also invaded and occupied as part

and silvio berlusconi all saying this is greats political historical events i think there's a really telling disconnect between actually the reality of the situation which is exactly you have this aging sickly old man who really hasn't done anything of real political significance for a long time and the great kind of triumph against evil that the western leaders are really kind of starting to trumpet at the moment. police are reportedly detained three russian citizens suspected of terrorist activities according to russia's foreign ministry the man who allegedly from russia's volatile north caucasus region . was for. police in the czech republic have arrested several men suspected of terrorism and there are three russian citizens among those eight arrested now chad police sources are saying that they were forging documents and smuggling weapons as well as explosives as they were planning a terror attack now these people are also believed to have links with an islamic extremist group that is currently operating and a volatile republic of dagestan here in russia's north caucasus and acc

and so this is not limited to south america if you know if i'm some rich you know buddy of silvio berlusconi's in italy and i want to stash my money in the united states and bring it in the suitcases whatever it's there's no problem. well they're supposed to be looking for the for the real for the truly bad guys for the narco traffickers in the money launderers but it you know it sometimes is a needle in a haystack kind of thing it's hard to find these folks was anybody actually looking . i mean we had a situation here in the banking you know the arguably set up of a increase or banks were aggressively looking for people who couldn't afford to buy homes right just so they could make the commission i mean. these banks are actually having interest in weeding out potential clients who could be very well they have an interest and not being caught not doing their jobs not much you know checking for money laundering and you know there are banks that have gotten in trouble like riggs bank here in washington. have been taken to task for that kind of thing but there are also financial incentives becaus

humanity you see world leaders coming else barack obama of course people also like ban ki moon and silvio berlusconi all saying this is this great split for historical events and i think there's a really telling disconnect between the reality of the situation which is effectively you have this aging sickly old man who really hasn't done anything of political significance for a long time and the great kind of triumph against evil that the western leaders are really kind of starting to trumpet at the moment. it was success against al qaeda in russia's north caucuses to the top operatives from the terror group was killed in a security raid in the southern republican chechnya a turkish border militant known as a bull occurred believed to have been a key financier and organizer for terrorist cells in the region it's also said for played a leading role in major terrorist attacks as well as assaults on police in russia he recently replaced a previous top al-qaeda agent of the area who'd also been killed by security forces authorities say those two deaths of broken because his main link with the internation

. >> silvio berlusconi made it clear where he stands. he said, quote, i consider it fundamental to reach as soon as possible a shared european position that expresses one candidacy for the direction of the international monetary fund. in replacing dominique strauss khan, in order to his his goal, i believe that doesn't french finance minister can represent an excellent choice. so what's the root to the top job at the imf? they've asked for a fair and open process, but, of course, with so much power held in europe and the united states, it's considered. people must convince a member of the imf executive board to actually nominate them. the first point, of course, is a compatriot, so somebody from their own country to give them their support. too bad in the case of gordon brown that the prime minister has already written off that possibility. they must then meet with the executive board in washington. that's officially a secret process, wu the movements of certain individuals must be closely monitored during this time. and then, of course,

. >> silvio berlusconi llegÓ a una corte de milÁn para su juicio estÁ acusado de pagar 600 mil dÓlaresntenta. >> eres una mujer con carÁcter muy fuerte. >> te lo viste a lo largo de la competencia. >> te llegaste a pelear en alguna ocasiÓn con algunas de las compaÑeras. >> crees que haya influido en el apoyo del pÚblico que se haya molestado contigo, han decidido no apoyarse por eso?. >> sÍ puede ser una de las causas. >> pero siempre he dicho que no hay nada bonito que la honestidad y sinceridad y hay cosas que no me gustan, me enojo, hay hipocresÍa, falsedad y me molesta. >> que no sea conmigo la bronca pero sÍ con otra muchacha me meto porque no me gusta. >> y precisamente tÚ comentaste ayer en sal y pimienta que las chicas de la mansiÓn eran hipÓcritas. >> no dije de todas, dije especÍficamente de algunas chicas porque es verdad. >> delante de las compaÑeras, delante de cÁmaras estas chicas son de una manera y despuÉs detrÁs son otras, muestran una cara para que la gente vote por ellas, obviamente es una buena estrategia, muy buena. >> pero yo no soy tardo diaria de eso me gusta la

tambiÉn la actualidad estÁ el primer ministro silvio berlusconi que se convirtÓ en el primer lÍder demunÍcate con nosotros. el escÁndalo dÍa a dÍa se complica mÁs. hay gato encerrado. el drama sigue comlicÁndose más, hay mÁs rumores e infidelidades, queremos saber mÁs. sintonicen las noticias porque esto va para largo y rato. >> este escandalator no ha terminator! [risas] >> hay robocop para rato. >> volverÉ. volveré. >> y tÚ como una gran actriz dramÁtica que eres! cÓmo serÍa esta escena de novela? >> eso no se hace... [risas] >> enterarme de esta manera,... esto no debe suceder... dÍmelo de frente y ten la valentÍa de decirme que ya no me amas o que tenÍas a la otra en el cuarto de enfrente! quieres que le lleve el desayuno? tÚ dime. traidor! esto no se queda aquÍ porque yo tambiÉn tengo mi... [risas] >> guau! [ aplausos ] >> quiero saber cuÁl es el trompo enrollado. >> y cÓmo cantarÍa miriam hernÁndez. >> esto huele a peligro. huele a peligro. el solo hecho de acercarme a cocinarte. con el pretexto de que de algo quiero hablarte. un solo paso en falso y nada ya nos puede detener! [

john kennedy, bill clinton, silvio berlusconi. Ídolo, por su comportamiento amoroso. las conquistas y es un poco la imagen del macho rodeado de muchas mujeres. el problema, se dio cuando se involucrÓ con una prostituta que resultÓ ser menor de edad. y ya la aventura amorosa es un delito, es un problema de carÁcter seriamente de caracter moral y para penal. y el caso del presidente del fondo monetario internacional. dominique strauss-kahn, le pasÓ algo diferente, porque se le estÁ acusando presuntamente de haber cometido un delito de violaciÓn. pero en tanto se maneje el tema dentro de lo que es la aventura amorosa, el affaire, el intercambio de cachos y cuernos, de alguna manera la gente lo relaciona como parte de la vida del polÍtico. >>> lo cachos, el pÚblico los perdona mÁs rapido y eso lo hemos visto en el caso de bill clinton, que jurÓ, no he visto a esa mujer. el pÚblico ¿cuanto tiempo le toma perdonar uno infidelidad? en el caso de arnold pierda a su familia, pero el pÚblico no lolo cuestiona tanto. >>> lo que se perdona es

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silvio berlusconi in italy.s what former michigan governor jennifer granholm said tuesday on twitter. another guy gov admits 2 cheating on his wife. guys, keep your pants zipped, for pete's sake. now it appears governor terminator has managed to terminate his marriage. maria shriver is asking for privacy for the sake of herself and her children. i guess one time arnold won't be back. back to you, ann curry. >> on that note, thanks kevin tibbles. let's make a turn for a check of the weather with al. >> ann, thanks so much. we have some california girls saying good morning. where are you from? >> california. >> where? >> northern. >> we live on a island in the middle of california. >> very cool. nice. thanks for coming down. let's check your weather. it is wet in the northeast. double barrel upper level low working its way to the east and north bringing a lot of rain. we have flood watches stretching from west virginia up into parts of connecticut. it is going to be wet today, anywhere from one to three inches of