. >> sir richard, the decriminalization, can we get it absolutely clear what you are recommending to the practice in switzerland, am i right? >> what the commission is suggesting is that policies like portugal or switzerland are ones the government should consider experimenting with. governments wish to go further, and deregulating cannibis, that's something which we think governments should experiment because you can make sure that the quality is good and not too strong. it is found by other magazines and other studies to be less harmful than others. all the commission is saying let's experiment with different approaches. >> therefore i am advocating that drugs and they are sold in super market and alcohol and is there a question much that being your policy? >> the document has not advocated policy as such, but asking governments and organizations like your own to look at what is right for the success countries. we would not advocate heroin or cocaine to be sold in super markets. >> would i be right to take the view amongst the strongest opponents would be the drug criminals and som

. >>> and sir richard branson on oil prices and big banks. one business lesson you don't want to miss. [ kareem ] i was fascinated by balsa wood airplanes since i was a kid. [ mike ] i always wondered how did an airplane get in the air. at ge aviation, we build jet engines. we lift people up off the ground to 35 thousand feet. these engines are built by hand with very precise assembly techniques. [ mike ] it's gonna fly people around the world. safely and better than it's ever done before. it would be a real treat to hear this monster fire up. [ jaronda ] i think a lot of people, when they look at a jet engine, they see a big hunk of metal. but when i look at it, i see seth, mark, tom, and people like that who work on engines every day. [ tom ] i would love to see this thing fly. [ kareem ] it's a dream, honestly. there it is. oh, wow. that's so cool! yeah, that was awesome! [ cheering ] [ tom ] i wanna see that again. ♪ >>> well, in sky, sea and soon space virgin group founder sir richard branson hopes his high standards for quality set him

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sir richard? >> yeah. i mean, the commission has asked countries to experiment with different, you know, different scenarios than what they've done in the past, and they have -- the commission has said that they feel that mules should be treated more lean gently -- leniently than the people behind, you know, behind the mules who often, you know, resort to violence and major criminal activities. and they should be, and people -- they should be, they should come down hard on those people. so, you know, i think for the courts to decide that fines are more appropriate than prison sentences, i suspect other members of the commission would -- [inaudible] >> federal counselor? >> yes. i think you have to have punishment being proportional and being efficient, and i think you have to have different kind of different relief, i would say, for different type of crime. >> thank you. >> and mules and street deals are not the aim we have really to put all our means on, but to criminalize the organization the aim we have

by promising that he was going to introduce competition and integration into the market well sir richard branson of virgin money which recently bought northern rock has increased interest rates on its credit cards by almost fifty percent and the latest blow to consumers already hit by rising mortgage rates the bank group has issued a take it or leave it all to me tim telling customers to accept the rises or pay off their balances talk about markets the sky branson has had this big kid who. own who who are the road. and then he buys it of course he's part of the club any jacks people's rates up and he commits financial hole cost it could financial part time he's an ugly ugly british muppet who is basically also on his knees in front of osborne performing services well the credit card rates they're charging are now twenty four point nine percent let's consider three percent we're just going to string you along gold ladies you piece of trash so here we have. our governments taking out one hundred year mortgages on our country essentially in order to give these banks which goldman sachs exec

sitting down for dinner with the obamas and the camerons tonight, notably among them, george clooney, sir richardnson, sir jonathan ives, the designer of so many famous apple products. and also performing tonight to entertain those at the dinner will be the british folk band mumford and sons and also john legend. the whole evening has been designed to be a fusion of the best of american and british culture and we've seen that reflected in the menu provided to us as an interesting detail. the main dish will be bison wellington, so an american spin on a british classic. >> there with, of course, a serious element to all of this. there are strong words on afghanistan and time running out for iran. >> that's right. at the news conference in the white house garden early on today we saw president obama and prime minister david cameron united in their message on those three big international issues which have dominated the talks the two leaders have held during this visit. on afghanistan we heard for the first time some clarity on u.s. and british forces moving to an assistance role next year ahead of t

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sir richard branson, harvey weinstein. the list goes on and on. it was really about the toasts between the president and the prime minister. here they are, kind of a best man vibe to these things. >> now i'm so grateful for all the time david and i have had together. ♪ thank you for being a friend >> when we met two years ago we exchanged beers from our home towns. one news story said, david cameron and barack obama cemented their special relationship by hitting the bottles. when we had a barbecue at downing street for some of our service members david and i rolled up our sleeves, threw away the aprons, decided to flip the burgers ourselves. and finally when david and i got beat pretty badly in table tennis by some local london kids, one newspaper asked the head coach of the british olympic women's team to critique our performance. obama, the coach said, talked a lot. both of them, i'm quoting here, looked a little confused. >> you have to have a guy's night out because so often we find we are completely over shadowed by our beautiful wives. barac

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. >> and i hope you'll join me for the full interview with sir richard branson this sunday on the wall street journal report. >>> before we go, let's do a quick recap on this stat check. greece knocked out to post gains this week overshadowing february's better than expected jobs report. the dow industrials today for the week rather

year for president michel platini has hit back at english premier league chairman sir dave richards wholast week apologised after saying the thief i knew if i had quote still in football from the english richards claimed england gave the world its greatest legacy the game of football the two organizations were gangs who'd been stole it he liver said his comments were meant to be lighthearted he would write and apologize to both of world for polls leading organizations however platini says he hasn't heard sorry as yet. well if you are reading the english prose hard following this story closely then sent many mail maybe it got lost in the hallway soviet because i haven't seen it the other thing i can say is that we're not gangs who's dope food from the english i think in which i'm very generous given food will to the whole world when it's given it belongs to the world it no longer belongs to you football belongs to the how world not just the english thank you for the president as we win the world's first time. just to golf for a side korean charlie we had american jason dufner hold a shar

take a look at who is attending this evening's dinner starting with sir richard branson, also warrenlooney, rory mcilroy and harvey weinstein. >> those two were bouncing around on that austerity issue. thank you very much. i've got a few other key headlines tonight. a group of activist investors from the afl/cio labor union trying to force warren buffett to say who he chose as his successor. did cut its outlook from negative to stable. that's the outlook. u.s. trade deficit reaches the biggest balance in three years now sits at $473 billion up 15% in the last three months of 2011 alone. >>> hbo meanwhile has canceled the horse racing show "luck" after a third horse died on the set. >>> reynolds american, the second largest american tobacco company plans to lay off 10% of the workforce at the end of 2014. >>> and scary moments in japan. the same area hit by last year's quake and tsunami was hit again last night with a series of earthquakes. luckily this time no major damage was reported. >>> a new report says americans are installing solar energy systems at twice the rate of last year

you have a president michel platini has hit back at english premier league chairman sir dave richards who last week apologised after saying a thief i knew if i had quote stolen football from the english richest claim to keep the world its greatest legacy the game of football the two organizations were gangs who then stole it he said his comments were meant to be light hearted and that he would write and apologize to both of world for polls leading organizations however platini says he hasn't heard sorry as yet. but it is i really do in good spirits who are following this story closely than many male maybe it got lost in the hallways to be because i haven't seen it another thing i can say is that we're not going to food but from the english i think the english are very generous given food good to know world but when it's given it belongs to the world it no longer belongs to you football belongs to the whole world not just an english thank you for the president has given the world's. top racist to golfer aside korean charlie we had american jason dufner hold a share of the lead after th

and the chairman of the english premier league, sir david richard, has apologized for using fifa and uefa of stealing the game from his country and deriding their qatari hosts on restrictions on selling alcohol. he then fell into a pool. he hurt his leg in the fall and says his comments were intended to be light-hearted. the premier league has denounced his remarks. >> you're watching "bbc world news" with me, david eades. the headlines this hour -- one of china's best-known politicians, bo xilai, has been sacked as communist party boss in the city of chongqing. four days after the massacre of 16 afghan civilians, the american soldiers accused of those killings has been flown out of the country to could you kuwait. investigations are continuing in switzerland into the cause of the fatal bus crash on tuesday night, which left 28 people dead. we'll remind you, 22 of them were children. the victims were on their way back to two schools in belgium after their skiing holiday. we can get some more now from sierr nay switzerland, about 20 kilometers from the crash site itself. that's where

invited to the dinner were several american and british celebrities, including george clooney, sir richardn and warren buffett -- branson and wares -- and warren buffett. >>> jurors in the rutgers trial resumes their deliberations. they considering 15 counts against this man. he's accused of using a webcam to watch and record his gay roommate's intimate encounter with another man. his roommate tyler clementi later committed suicide. >>> police are looking for the man who robbed a palo alto jack in the box. it happened on el camino real last night. the robber handed a worker a note demanding money and got away with some cash. he's described as a short man in his 20s, with blue eye, brown hair and a black sweatshirt with writing on it. if you have information call palo alto police. >>> there's disturbing video that's just been released of a former new york jail official beating a roommate. the video shows the official repeatedly punching dave individual coffee and -- david coffee and he was reportedly chained to a chair and pepper sprayed. the man was awarded a $62,000 lawsuit after filing a

he's the 500th customer on virgin atlantic, richard branson's spaceship to the outer atmosphere. sir i gave ashton a quick call to congratulate him and welcome him. he is as thrilled as we are, to be the first to get to the final frontier and back. the right stuff being $20,000 for the deposit, and $200,000 for the ticket, which, for kuchar is less than a day's wages on "two and a half men." >> hopefully, we'll see commercial flights. that's what we're aiming for. >> reporter: sir richard plans to test drive virgin galactic himself. >> he have tested it before turning it over to the astronauts that bought tickets to go up. >> reporter: among the others joining ashton kutcher, tom hanks, katy perry, angelina jolie and brad pit. fiphysicist stephen hawkings. >> we're all debating if someone else was paying for it and it wasn't a maiden voyage, perhaps. >>> coming up, this guy right here. he has "the play of the day." >>> and "hunger games" star, liam hemsworth is going to be people machine. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if your bank doesn't l

great to see you as always, sir richard ban son with his perspective on this. "the situation room" with wolf blitzer starts right now. >> three presidential candidates right here in "the situation room." i'll go one-on-one this hour with mitt romney and newt gingrich. and then in the next hour, my interview with rick santorum. >>> mrs. history in t . >>> supreme court -- and the impact on the presidential election as well. president obama has an etch-a-sketch moment of his own. he goes on camera telling the chancellor that things will be changing as well. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." all that coming up, but first, a campaign triple header right here in "the situation room." i'll interview three republican presidential hopefuls today, mitt romney is on deck, rick santorum follows the next hour, right now the republican presidential can da aial candid. the former speaker of the house newt gingrich. spiker, thank you for coming in. eeveryone seems to agree that getting to the magic 344 for you right now before the convention isn't possible, do

sir richard branson. >> what do you think -- >> i think it is wonderful.i think our relationship has never been stronger. we thought it was incredibly strong. it is very flattering. >> [inaudible] >> it is lettering to be invited. i'm looking forward to it. my wife is at home. >> what expecting? -- are you expecting? >> it is my favorite. >> mr. tom bernstein. mrs. andrea bernstein. lady ruth rodgers. mr. rodgers. mrs. virginia -- mr. nick booth. the honorable matthey bargain -- matthew barden. mrs. brooke barden. the honorable heather a. higgenbottom. mr. daniel -- the honorable mark grossman. ms. mildred patterson. mr. david phonet. mrs. deborah -- mr. lauren schneider. mr. joseph faulk. mr. mark scott. mr. chad griffin. mr. jerome fallon. mr. andrew sullivan. mr. aaron tone. ms. april holmes. ms. courtney. mr. richard wold. f. dr. paulau cuello. mr. damien lewis. >> [inaudible] >> what do i want to tell them? [inaudible] there was that moment in the new york times op ed, it seemed we crossed into the cultural zeitgeist. president obama's foreign policy

sir richard owen as you heard earlier, the drug trafficking which a system launch is a new dimension, diversion route. basically to reintegrate people into society. what would you think business can bring to this? what help do think major businesses can provide? >> well, i can only use virgin -- we are proactively trying to take -- find jobs for them because we think if you can get back on their feet again. >> where they specifically in jail for drug offenses? >> i'm sure some people with drug problems and some people without, but i think employees generally need to try to do their best to help people get on their feet again. >> thank you. >> you would dismiss them, would you? >> not necessarily. hopefully, we would try to help them, find out what the problem is. they certainly wouldn't automatically be dismissed. >> i would hope not. >> look, there were people within every company who has drug problems, people of god, who are addicted to smoking. there are people who may take too much marijuana, or even more serious drugs, and they need to be helped. i think it should be the approach

john legend also great, george clooney was there, sir richard branson, our friend harvey weinstein, butrelationship. watch how special things got last night. >> now i'm so grateful for all the time that david and i have had together. ♪ thank you for being a friend >> when we met two years ago, we exchanged beers from our hometowns. ♪ my heart is true >> one news story said david cameron and barack obama cemented their special relationship by hitting the bottle. when we had a barbecue at downing street for some of our service members, david and i rolled up our sleeves, threw away the aprons, and decided to flip the burgers ourselves. and when we got beat pretty badly in table tennis by local london kids, one newspaper asked the women's team to critique our performance. obama, the coach said, talked a lot. both of them, i'm quoting here, looked a little confused. >> truth is, we have to have a guys' night out because so often we find we are completely overshadowed by our beautiful wives. barack, it is an honor to call you an ally, a partner, and a friend. ♪ thank you for being a friend >>

sir. >> funeral director richard kurtz, i want to thank you very much for helping us with this information tonight. euge euge euge eugene, it may tell you the trajectory of the bullet may be entered here and actually have to travel through a lot of body. it wasn't possible to just go straight through, which is the shortest distance to the body. what are you looking for in the autopsy report when we eventually get it? >> well, you're trying to see if there's corroboration. if there's a story that's been told is the evidence available. the credible objective evidence, is it consistent with the story? there does not have to be an injury on mr. zimmerman, of course. theoretically you could have a fight without an injury, but there would tend to be, certainly a life and death ferocious struggle. >> you've heard a lot of peebl people tell you. now we're hearing as trayvon's father just said that the police told him trayvon is on top of this guy. he's got his knees on his arms pinned. he's got him completely pinned and defenseless. both arms are now pinned. and he's holding him down with one of h

sir richard branson. >> what do you think -- >> i think it is wonderful. i think our relationship has never been stronger. we thought it was incredibly strong. it is very flattering. >> [inaudible] >> it is lettering to be invited. -- flattering to be invited. i'm looking forward to it. my wife is at home. >> what expecting? -- are you expecting? >> very good food. brussel sprouts are my favorite. >> mr. tom bernstein. mrs. andrea bernstein. lady ruth rodgers. mr. rodgers. mrs. virginia -- mr. nick booth. the honorable matthey bargain -- matthew barden. mrs. brooke barden. the honorable heather a. higgenbottom. mr. daniel -- sepulveda. the honorable mark grossman. ms. mildred patterson. mr. david phonet. mrs. deborah -- mr. lauren schneider. mr. joseph faulk. mr. mark scott. mr. chad griffin. mr. jerome fallon. mr. andrew sullivan. mr. aaron tone. ms. april holmes. ms. estee -- mr. richard wolf. dr. paulau cuello. mr. damien lewis. >> [inaudible] >> what do i want to tell them? [inaudible] there was that moment in the new york times op ed, it seemed we cro

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