i think this is a good shot. >> simon: it's all in the positioning.hat you need more than anything else is a wild imagination. >> downer: ( laughs ) yeah. wild, that's right. and... and, you know, some commitment to... to have a mad dream and then carry it through. >> simon: but not mad enough to hang around very long. bears are rather rapid. they can do a hundred meters in nine seconds. that means they can outrun the world's fastest sprinter. >> downer: you see the polar bear is not far. >> simon: now, at this time of year, would this polar bear presumably be hungry? >> downer: very hungry. ( laughter ) we'll keep an eye on him. >> simon: and he's keeping an eye on us. >> downer: i mean, that's fine, at that distance. >> simon: that is as long as there isn't another bear behind us. >> downer: well, there are other bears behind us, and we can't see them. >> phil dalton: okay, we've got to go. >> simon: he's looking right at us now. >> downer: i think now is the time to go. the bear is getting closer. i think we need to get back on board now. >> simon:

simon cowell is the starmaker behind "american idol." can he strike it rich again with "the x factor." >> people like you inspire me. >> tonight simon cowell and nicole scherzinger. >> i finally actually met my match. i found an ego bigger than myself. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. a senior u.s. official tells cnn that president obama will meet with mahmoud abbas tomorrow. the president's campaigning for full u.n. membership and statehood recognition. the u.s. has promised to block it in order to avoid a diplomatic showdown at the u.n. this week. the whole world will be watching. but the question tonight is this. where does all this leave israel? joining me now is ehud barak. thank you for joining me. this seems on the face of it to be a very pivotal moment for israel, palestine, for the peace process. what is your take on what is happening? >> it's not easy at the moment. i hope and i believe that a way should be found to make it a launching pad for a new momentum to resume negotiations. no conditions in order to stri

simon is in new york. we stood and we're watching the television. and we saw the little black mark on the less, cross and hit the second world trade center. i don't really recall that much. i was quite literally terrified. and that no point did i think, i don't want to have this baby. it was the only thing at that point that was keeping me going and it literally was keeping me going. there were a number of times i felt pretty suicidal and thought, that is not an option because the baby is coming. he was born in november and he must have that about three days late. have you have a conversation with william? i have had a thousand conversations at different stages. and i don't mean we talk every day, it suggests that he might ask me a question. it seems to be the pattern when he was a little. he would ask a question and he would need to let it settle. now i work with individuals dealing with life changing circumstances, and it is that situation where you find yourself being handed a life that you had not planned for or expected. the work that i do is h

. >> arthur simon. >> kenneth alan simon. >> and my father. your memory lives on for generations to come. >> and my dad. >> michael j. simon. >> paul joseph simon. >> marianne teresa simone. >> barry simowitz. >> jeff lyal simpson. >> khamladai singh. >> kulwant singh. >> roshan ramesh singh. >> thomas e. sinton iii. >> peter a. siracuse. >> muriel fay siskopoulos. >> joseph michael sisolak. >> john p. skala. >> francis joseph skidmore, jr. >> toyena skinner. >> and my uncle. we love you and miss you. you are always in our heart. >> and my uncle who we all love and mess. the rest of the family love and miss you each and every day. >> paul a. skrzypek. >> christopher paul slattery. >> vincent robert slavin. >> robert f. sliwak. >> paul k. sloan. >> stanley s. smagala, jr. >> wendy l. small. >> catherine smith. >> daniel laurence smith. >> george eric smith. >> james gregory smith. >> jeffrey r. smith. >> joyce patricia smith. >> karl t. smith. >> keisha smith. >> kevin joseph smith. >> leon smith, jr. >> moira ann smith. >> and the grandmother

simon can speak to that certainly. and, of course the, other question is will greece be able to stay in the euro or is it eventually going to have to bail out? of course these same questions can be raised about southern european economies: italy, spain, portugal. and so in many ways the problems in europe are much broader, much more basic. and in my opinion more troubling. as bad as they may be here, i think they're worse in europe overall. >> woodruff: do you agree with that? >> yes. our banking policy has not been good. >> woodruff: not that that should make us feel much better. >> it shouldn't make us feel better at all because we're owl inter-connected. the fear factor is what keeps coming back. >> woodruff: simon johnson, we keep asking this, it seems to me, this question over and over again. that is, are these countries going to default on their debt? people keep looking at greece. they've look at other european countries. why are they not able to resolve it one way or another? why has it been so drawn out, parti

i did want to do something that remembered simon.also wanted to write out the whole experience so that when william was older, he would be able to read my story rather than the story that played out in the public. >> that was elizabeth turner with her first-person account of the events that change your life. that is one of the many extraordinary stories from 9/11. we will have complete coverage leading up to the 10th anniversary this weekend. you can find more on our website. make sure to check out our facebook page. thank you for watching. we will see you back here tomorrow. ♪ >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> union bank offers unique insight and expertise in a range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news america" was presented by kcet, los angeles.

roger simon is chief analyst for politico and ron reagan is a poli something from the "new york times" that ran today. it says that american presidents often have highly disagreeable relationships with members of congress from the opposing party. but while most of those fights stem from deep policy divides, the relentless acrimony between president obama and congressional republicans also seems strikingly personal, almost petty. ron reagan, a lot of it comes with the territory. but did your dad ever have to face anything like what president obama has been through since day one? >> no. there was certainly acrimony during, as there is under any president. but not, not to the sort of level that we see today. and not with the tone of disrespect that i think we see today. i mean, i'm astonished, really by the level of pettiness on the part of the republicans and again, the tone that they take. this starts with some of the bloviators on right-wing radio who virtually call the president boy. sometimes literally, call him boy. which is pretty offensive right there. but it trickles down to the

simon didn't like the decision we made, and for reasons i respect. but rather than sitting back he has rolled up his sleeves and got on with making the new system work. simon, thank you. right now, our biggest concern is of course the economy. the recovery is fragile. every worker, every family knows that. there is a long, hard road ahead. in the last few days alone we have seen a financial storm in the eurozone. rising unemployment. falling stock markets. so we were right to pull the economy back from the brink. it is clearer now than ever that deficit reduction was essential to protect the economy, to protect homes and jobs. deficit reduction lays the foundations for growth. but on its own it is not enough. that's why we're already, investing in infrastructure, reducing red tape, promoting skills, getting the banks lending. but the outlook for the global economy has got worse. so we need to do more, we can do more, and we will do more for growth and for jobs. because we're not in politics just to repair the damage done by labour, to glue back toget

leading newspaper columnists what he thinks of his nation's role in the intervention the guardian simon jenkins says foreign military action is restricted to countries rich in natural resources it's coming up. i'm joined by simon jenkins author and journalist who now writes for the guardian newspaper some like to speak to r.t. now you've written extensively criticizing the way the intervention in libya is being handled what was wrong with it was it wrong to begin with of course during the process you know using wrong with the way it was handled i just didn't you should have taken place in the first place. i do not believe that sovereign states have a legal right or an obligation or a duty to interfere in other sovereign states is written into the united nations charter this is not a country that threaten britain didn't threaten any of its neighbors and invaded in the neighbor it was going about his own business but you got a revolution it was a. city thing the original justification preventing a massacre in benghazi was that not entirely true that i'm sure lost of things would happen an

i'm joined by simon jenkins author and journalist who now writes for the guardian newspaper some like to speak to r.t. now you've written extensively criticizing the way the intervention in the me is being handled what was wrong with it was it wrong to begin with or do you fear of course during the process there's anything wrong agree with how i just didn't you should have taken place in the first place. i do not believe that sovereign states have a legal right or an obligation or a duty to interfere in other sovereign states is written into the united nations charter this is not a country that threatened britain didn't threaten any of its neighbors and invaded and they've got a neighbor was going about his own business which is not a revolution it was it only said you think the original just a vacation preventing a massacre in benghazi was that not entirely true that i was sure last today's event in benghazi nasty things happen all over the world. and the excuse that there might have been something nasty about to happen and the justification for invading the invading a country and bo

her grief is very different to williams morning. >> with him does not know simon.e knows of him as his dad. it is almost like his grief is about the loss of not having a father. >> this is the memorial at ground zero, the 3000 children who lost a parent now have somewhere to mourn the irreplaceable. laura trevelyan, bbc news, new york. >> from one commemoration to another. if you have the details. >> thanks very much. st. petersburg, russia, the second-largest city they have commemorated the siege of the second largest city by hitler's army during the second world war. it was to last nearly 900 days, cost 750,000 lives, and lead to horrific suffering of its people. >> at the german army's advance into russia in 1941, they faced fierce resistance in leningrad and decided on a blockade instead. in memory of an epic tale of russian bravery and resilience, air raid warnings return to the streets of st. petersburg to mark the anniversary of the siege. residents gather where one building still bears a painting of world war ii warning telling people to stay off that side

her grief is very different to william's mourning. >> william didn't know simon. he knows of him and knows of him as his dad. and so it's almost like his grief is about the loss of not having a father. >> this is the memorial at ground zero. for 3,000 children who lost a parent now have somewhere to mourn the irreplaceable. >> you've been watching "newsday" from the bbc. i'm julianna in singapore. >> we've got time to bring you a reminder of our main news, that president obama has challenged his opponents to back his plan to create american jobs and to stop what he called the political circus. in a speech to a rare joint session of congress, the president promised more jobs for construction workers, teachers, veterans and the long-term unemployed along with some tax cuts. much more, of course, on that story on our website, but for now from long don, and from singapore, thanks for watching bbc "newsday." >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own

simon and l.a.d both admit they like the competitive nature. cowell nat: "i'm going to dissagree with you, this is someone i think you should be working with."cowell says: "l.a. is the most competitive man in my life i mean genuinely but he's always been that way cause we both ran labels before."scherzinger nat: "what's up seattle." newcomer, nicole scherzinger didn't begin her judging until seattle, but she fit right in. scherzinger nat: "that's me." cowell says: "...and nicole is kind of verging on being insane and i like that." scherzinger says: "i am coming from another from a place of compassion and understanding and i wear my heart out on my sleeve, the artist that i am and i do cry a lot."cowell says: "she's just nuts and the funny thing is she doesn't know it."and as we have seen and when you combine these personalities, expect alot more of the same. cowell says: "the whole point of making a reality show is you have to be real and this is what i'm like in real life, if i have somebody i'll s

"x factor" mastermind simon cowell. [ oswald ] there's a lot of discussion going on about the development of natural gas, whether it can be done safely and responsibly. at exxonmobil we know the answer is yes. when we design any well, the groundwater's protected by multiple layers of steel and cement. most wells are over a mile and a half deep so there's a tremendous amount of protective rock between the fracking operation and the groundwater. natural gas is critical to our future. at exxonmobil we recognize the challenges and how important it is to do this right.

roger simon is chief political columnist for politico and ron reagan is a political commentator. i want to show you something from "the new york times" that ran today. it says this. american presidents often have highly disagreeable relations stem from deep policy divides, the relentless acrimony between president obama and congressional republicans also seems strikingly personal, almost petty. ron reagan a lot comes with the territory, but did your dad ever have to face anything like what president obama has been through since day one? >> no. there was certainly acrimony as there is under any president, but not to the sort of level that we see today and not with the tone of disrespect that ink we see today. i'm astonished by the level of pettiness on the part of the republicans and, again, the tone that they take. this starts, of course, with some of the bloviaters on right wing radio who virtually call the president boy, sometimes literally call him boy, which is pretty offensive right there. but it trickles down to the elected officials shouting "you lie" during a presidential

next, we have simon crosby. he is an entrepreneur, who has just launched his latest company, and he might tell us a little bit about it. before that, almost just about a month ago, he was the cto of citrix systems. he got there by selling his last company to them. that company has developed some of the key virtualization technologies, which enable the cloud. he made a big contribution. thank you for that. last but definitely not least, we have jeanette tomlinson, the cto of our very own, dear city of santa francisco -- gina, and sen. she has had a very daunting task of taking the legacy infrastructure of the city and moving that to a professional data center. but also, setting up a virtual private cloud and making a foray into the public cloud. she offers a unique perspective as a large government user on cloud computing. she was also the cio of the san francisco municipal transport station at 40, and she was also managing clorox's data centers previously. thank you for being here. with so much brainpower and pr

black simon and garfunkel, you guys. they are good. thank you, guys.e got here. this one's from pete murphy. "jimmy, can you have on that comic tony zizz, the comedian who only does jokes about how boring everything is and then snores?" that sounds like a plan. we love this guy. put your hands together for the comic who only does jokes about being bored. tony zizz, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> good to see you, guys. good to see you, questlove. what is that, a snare drum or a snore drum? ba dum dum! [ snore ] [ light laughter ] i got this guy back here, i don't know if he's playing a sousaphone or a snoozaphone! ♪ [ snore ] what else is going on? the president, he's just as boring as ever. yeah. every time i listen to barack obama, i want to put on my pajamas! he had a press conference in the rose garden. he should have had it in the doze garden. mr. president, mr. president, i got a question! [ snore ] and the republicans, they're no better. herman cain surprised everybody by winni the straw poll in florida. i think he should have won the sn

. >> rose: we continue with sir simon rattle. >> i want to hear a story being told. i want to hear... i want to ar that if the violas play a phrase in a different way that the singer will hear that and rct. i want to ar different colors. i wa to hear the music shimmer. want it to be a secret when the note begins and ends. you want all kinds of things that are impossible together. and you want people to breathe together in one way. >> rose: and we conclude with italy's antonio pappano. >> it's very easy to look at a big piece of music and see all the details and not see the abcs of music which is harmony, rhythm, and melody. that sounds very basic, but i tell you, when you're looking at something as complicated as some of the music that a conductor has to look at, he has to be able to see what's essential. thenhe inspiration, especially opera, the inofficer ration of the words. >> rose: valery gergiev, sir simon rattle and antonio pappano when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >>ose: valer

thank you so much, simon, for giving us your thoughts, we appreciate it. we've been speaking with simon johnson, professor of economics at m.i.t.. >> tom: retail sales were flat last month as consumers spent less on autos, clothing and furniture. excluding cars, the commerce department says overall retail sales were up only 0.1%. and wholesale prices are not moving up. a separate report from the labor department shows producer price inflation was also unchanged last month, held down by a drop in energy costs. if you want to know about the u.s. economy, it pays to watch u.p.s. the firm delivers almost two million packages a day worldwide, so it has its pulse on business and consumer demand worldwide. with some help from joe montana today, u.p.s. introduced a new program called "u.p.s. my choice" to avoid missed deliveries. and for a fee, recipients can reroute a package and get a two- hour delivery window. erika miller was there and spoke with c.e.o. scott davis. she began by asking his view of the economy. >> i think that in a slow growth economy i think a

. >> next will be paul simon with the sounds of silence. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ applause ] >> paul simon.ding of the names will continue now and will carry on until 1:00 this afternoon. it takes a very long time to read nearly 3000 names and it's a reminder of the enormity of what happened here ten years ago this morning. bob scheffer you've been watching here this morning. your thoughts. >> as you look into the faces of these people you realize what a monsterrous act of event this was. i think back to what john kennedy said, i've been berlinered. we were all at the pentagon that day. we were all at that place in pennsylvania where that plane went down. we on this awful day we saw america at its very best and that's the great strength of this country and as long as we exhibit that strength it helps me to know that whatever happened, the kind of things that happened on 9/11 will never defeat us. >> bob, you'll be back with us in a few minutes with face the nation and some special guests that have some perspective on what we've seen today, before we conclude our special report i want to go

. >> simon cowell with the x factor, we will show you what he is saying about reuniting with paula abdulates even send us messages and story ideas. just search the www.ktvu.com morning news team. . >>> paul castillo facing felony charges for kidnapping and killing cindy, and it happened after a robbery attempt. the two people connected with a san jose pot club helped castillo hide from police for three days. a new report out suggests medical marijuana dispen are yous do not -- dispensaries do not necessarily lead to more crimes. researchers found the crime actually went up once the dispensaries closed. they will add more police -- they had more police when these centers were open. >>> they are sawing cal fire and it started when a prescribed burn went out of control. it burned for two days and destroyed two mobile homes. they claim cal fire acted negligently when they let the control under fire get outs of hand and they seek to get damages but state law shields them from any punitive damages. >>> simon cowell is coming back tonight debuting his new show the x factor and it is a singing c

alex and simon's relationship has faced endless speculation from the blogosphere.from their children's behavior to simon's sexual orientation. these two say they have an unbreakable bond that's enabled them to withstand the rocky road of reality television. >> as opposed to me, you know, one of the things that's kept us strong through the four years, and season one was particularly hard, is that we are a great team. we are still madly, passionately in love. and that's kept us going. it really has. >> reporter: simon, you got teary-eyed when you were talking about your relationship. why do you love this woman so much? >> you'll make me cry again. she's my best friend. heart and soul. they say when you least expect it, expect it. and i was not looking for alex. but i'm glad i found her. >> reporter: the duo may be missing out on as much as a $275,000 paycheck for season five. but they are venturing into their own business called aluxe home, a new textile company specializing in bath and bedding products. what's more fulfilling? being on "the real housewives of new yo

it is a make or break week for the chancellor, i should say. >> simon e. young, thank you very much for that. the french parliament is expected to pass in favor of the bailout fund later this week. the french finance minister said that a yes from france and germany was essential to stabilize the euro. parliament is also debating 11 billion euros in spending cuts and tax increases. the measures are designed to pave with the new european bailout fund. in italy as well? >> in deed. the prime minister in italy has bowed to market pressure and performed a major u-turn. the coalition is now planning to raise the sales tax, saying that they will not raise taxes for the wealthy for a balanced budget by 2013. tens of thousands of italians took to the streets to protest the austerity measures. >> tuesday's demonstration in rome ended with a rally at the coliseum. and the thousand had been marking -- marching under slogans about not meddling with employment laws. many italians feel that the proposed spending cuts are unfair. especially after silvio burlesque only dro