. >> some countries were faster -- slovenia, hungary, czech republic. estonia, i think, as well. but the others -- i think the status of those countries was stimulus for the others to proceed faster. >> for example, cyprus, who caught up as the summit loomed on the horizon. the first task was to meet the economic and political conditions. they needed a solid base camp with stable democracy. their guide, the european commissioner for enlargement at the time knew it was an ambitious climb, and he had to convince the long-term summit dwellers, above all, france. >> the point was not that they rejected the idea of new members or that they wanted to deny particular countries access to the eu. the concern of the french was rather that eu enlargement would change the balance of power within the european union in favor of germany into their own disadvantage -- and to their own disadvantage. >> yugoslavia changed the mission scope and speed. eastern enlargement suddenly meant bringing in 10 countries as quickly as possible. >> the war in kosovo in 1999 made it clear to everyone that war h

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. >> happy lunar new year to you we'll be right back. ,,,, hotel near italy's border wh slovenia a >>gs to know at the :55. this morning police found amanda knox's ex-boyfriend at a hotel near italy's border with slovenia and austria. the court upheld the murder conviction against him and knox. it also increased her sentence to 28.5 years in prison. it was the third trial for knox and her ex-boyfriend. >>> federal prosecutors in this country say they will pursue the death penalty for accused boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev. prosecutors said he knowingly created a grave risk of death and acted in a specially heinous cruel and depraved manner. the 20-year-old is accused of planting the bombs which killed 3 and injured 260. >>> georgia governor nathan deal says he is to blame for state not being prepared for this week's winter storm which crippled atlanta. >>> snow and ice tuesday made roads virtually impassable and thousands of people had to abandon their cars on highways after sitting still for hours. the traffic problems also forced many kids to spend the night at school or o

taking from slovenia, eight and half meters. originally 21st before they found the leak from the leaker. moving away from the biggest in his career, there was one final meters aeclaring 140 with competition in 28 years. all seven hit the national on , with the phalanx coming in second after the lack of snow. germans were hoping to build one second,ver there looking even more determined in the second round. controled him to take from the second block in the world cup circuit. the final stretch of the run crossed the line in four seconds to victory. it was his special life discipline. >> it was not an easy end of the year for me, last year, so. i am really happy. >> he held the lead over the germans and saw his fourth victory of the season. mastering the course this time, missing out by 15 on one second. event,ly pleased by the the italian was third, getting by but could not capitalize, trying desperately with his rivals in the dictionary. standings, world cup enduring a tough down, weekending in the 11th place. it was their seven

. >> in italy, raffaele sollecito was stopped by police in slovenia and denied he was frying to escape. this was their third trial for the 2007 murder of knox's former roommate found guilty in 2009 but two years they were acquitted. then italy's supreme court demanded a new trial resulting in thursday's guilty verify. the victim's brother said they hope this is coming to an end. >> we are nearly to the truth. >> knox said she will only go back to italy if she is dragged kicking and screaming. >> i will never go willingly back to the place where...i will fight this until the very end. >> the united states and italy have signed an extradition treaty so italy could demand she be sent become. before that could happen though there would likely be a long and complicated legal and diplomatic process. >>> meteorologist mike nicco will join us next with the forecast. >> we are on the roof. the broadcast center is an area where you can see forever from mount tamalpais, hamilton and see forever, including the snow on the sierra if you are there. i have 50/50 weekend and another chance of rain. >>

financial crisis in europe posed stark challenges for many and even former high achievers such as slovenia were left struggling. >> i think we still have to think how to fully implement the principles of rule of law, of social market economy. also respect for human dignity. i think that we are still a country -- a former communist ountry in the transition.nist >> where the 10 countries rushed into getting to their destination. >> i do ask myself today whether we should have done more to prepare the new members for the fight against corruption and to help them set up a more stable justice system. but i have to say that the main problem in these countries is not the absence of strong institutions and legal agreements. it is, rather, the people themselves and their political culture. >> that was particularly true for the next countries to reach the summit. romania and bulgaria joined in 2007. croatia followed in 2013. >> we have climbed down and are now inside the belgian military museum. their collection includes some impressive cold war memorabilia, such as this soviet big 23 fighter. the c

murder, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison, they stopped him at a hotel near the austrian and slovenia border on court orders. the court yesterday ordering that his passport be taken away, deeming him a flight risk. they found him in the hotel, they said with a woman. they brought him to the police station where he remains. he's apparently filling out paperwork. he has not been arrested. he says that he was not trying to flee the country. christine? >> that's a dramatic turn. i mean, this is something -- you know, amanda knox is in this country. she's in seattle. authorities obviously can't take her into custody, but he, he faces prison again. >> reporter: absolutely, yeah, absolutely does. that is if italy's supreme court ratifies the decision that the court took yesterday. now, the decision, the court's verdict, they have 90 days to write that up, to create a written decision. from there, the defense has another 90 days to appeal that decision to italy's supreme court, but let's remember, that is the same supreme court that overturned the 2011 decision to acquit them. so, things at t

he was stopped by police on friday near the italian border to austria and slovenia, and his passport was taken away. the court banned him from leaving the country. sollecito was sentenced to prison as was knox for the kercher murder. the case is full of contradictions and inconsistencies. one thing is for sure -- she was found dead of multiple stab wounds in the apartment she shared with amanda knox. the verdict against knox and sollecito does not yet have the force of law. the defense says it will definitely appear. >> more young people in the european union are finding jobs according to the latest figures from the european statistics office. >> in december, about 3.5 million young people under the age of 25 were unemployed in the ee you, and that is 23,000 fewer than in november. >> the jobs situation differs with europe. spain's you the still struggling to get a foot into the labor market. >> young spaniards were among the hardest hit by the euro crisis. more than half of spaniards between 15 and 24 years of age cannot find a job. the eurozone has started to pick up growth, but eu

morning, her ex-boyfriend, raffaele sollecito were picked up by police near the border of austria and slovenia. they stamped his passport and i.d. so he cannot leave the country. coming up today, an exclusive interview with raffaele sollecito. >>> the hazard us driving conditions across the country led to dramatic accidents and close calls all caught on video. in mobile, alabama, a flatbed truck driver, watch this, was removing a damaged vehicle when, as you saw there, he just got missed by a vehicle that hit his flatbed truck there. he got out of the way, good thing, and was not hurt. a traffic camera in minnesota recorded dozens of trucks and cars sliding on snow and ice, and crashing into each other. luckily there were no serious injuries there. >>> taking you west, there is a deepening drought crisis in california. it has been so dry for so long, california's governor is calling on the state to converve water. a severe water shortage in some communities is looming. miguel almaguer has more for us. >> reporter: this is what the sierra looked like a year ago. this winter, what a difference.

the next story will take this to slovenia country with a long tradition in beekeeping. as you will see slovenian follows that all spent time in saving the bees a clear sign that despite the crisis some green priorities are not being neglected. these days when mary anna comes up behind in the morning in days to find happy healthy bees. in twenty eleven spending it on three types of pesticides that are widely believed to be harmful to bees. if obama was pasta iran's production in the spine forty percent the protective effect. in two thousand and six forty five percent of all articles or have been destroyed. you're almost half of them. he started the mausoleum noted that most of them went to gather pollen in the fields of endeavor came by today. we sat down at the fashion one day i found a whole pile of dead bees on the ground. when heinz with beets lettuce deciding to lose with three types of incense the signs containing unique to know it's a honey poisonous substance of these sitting is the best country in the european union to ban its use on all types of vegetation. now

the heaviest downpours we've seen are on nice there along the south coast of france and also in slovenia where we have seen 74 mill meters of rain. so clearly this system is capable of giving us some heavy, heavy downpours but rather unexpected effect on our weather as well. take a look at the charts, you can see all the winds ever feeding up from the south and what that's doing is racking up some quite mild air. although it is very, very wet there, rome is getting to 16° which is quite a bit above average. 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, th

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police in italy have detained her ex=boyfriend at a hotel near italy's border with slovenia and austria. the ex-boyfriend's passport has been taken and he'll have to stay in italy. he and knox were both convicted in an italian court for the death of her roommate, british student meredith kercher. she's been sentenced to more than 28 years in prison. knox has been back in the u- s for the past two years. the final decision on whether to extradite knox to italy will rest with the state department. >>darya:hundreds of thousands of strollers are being recalled due to a risk of broken fingers, and even cut off. britax has announced a recall of 216-thousand strollers. after eight people reported injuries from pulling on the release strap. the company says, one person had their finger partially amputated. the recall affects b-agile, b-agile double and bob motion strollers. sold from 2011 to 2013. for more information go to our web site kron four dot com. does >>james: pavlovatoyota is telling dealers to for stop selling six car and truck models. over safety concerns about the seats in those mo

meanwhile, we understand this morning it's breaking moments ago, apparently the teams from slovenia and hungary have received some sort of threat. that's the background. and have we heard from, for instance, the president of the united states saying we can guarantee things are going to be secure there, no. aside from inside the olympic village, which really is going to be tightly secured, the rest of the area is a gigantic question mark. lieutenant colonel ralph peters was on last night and has this to say about sochi and putin. >> putting the olympics and sochi in really this terrorist heartland was an act of incredible arrogance and putin may get his comeuppance in that area. the russians have been fighting the islamist extremist for hundreds of years. this is going to be ugly. >> now the u.s. and russia opened up discussions about us giving them or letting them use our sophisticated electronic devices that were effective in thwarting the ied attacks we were able to pioneer and engineer in afghanistan and iraq. number one, we lend it to them, great. number two, russia would have the o

those countries include hungary, slovenia, slovakia and germany. i got two emails from members of the international olympic committee based in switzerland. they say it was not actually a threat as such. the quote, the ioc takes security very seriously and passes on any credible information to the relevant security services. however, in this case it seems like the email sent to a number of national limit committees contains no threat and appears to be a random message from a member of the public. nonetheless everybody is clearly on edge. we reached out to the u.s. olympic committee to find out if they received any direct threats. we are awaiting a response from them. >> reporter: the so-called black widows. there might be as many as four they are looking for. report * the russian security services have named and published photographs of 3 of those so called black widows, they are doing everything they can to find them as far as they are aware. they may have been in a firefight and killed one of them saturday. we don't have a confirmation on that. wh

in a hotel near italy's border with austria and slovenia. looking for him to take his travel documents. they deemed him a flight risk. they brought him back to the police station. the entire ordeal ensued through the morning. we understand he has left the police station. again, his lawyer is telling us he did not try to flee the country. >> we also heard from the family of the slain roommate. what did they say? >> well, meredith kercher's family speaking out today. her brother and sister, stephanie and lyle, were present in court for the verdict last night. speaking out for the first time this morning, talking about how meredith kercher, they will never get her can ba. also saying they would support amanda knox's extradition from the united states if that should happen. take a listen to what they had to say. >> no matter what the decision and whether it is finally upheld or not, nothing is going to bring meredith back. nothing will ever take away the horror of what happened to her. the best we can hope for is finally bringing this case to a

the happened in eastern and central europe and in some sense that is what happened and bosnia and slovenia but if we stand back it's only going to get worse. i know the conflict has been going on for a millennium plus but i also know there's a lot of mixing between sunnis and shiites throughout the middle east and as you said it's not a zero-sum game. we have to be able to work out a system and tunisia is the hopeful example where everybody can feel that there's a way for them to win and frankly as we said earlier over and over it's in our interest to see that happen not only because it reflects our best national values but also reflects what is best for our security. >> if i could just very briefly follow up with two points. one is i would just on your northern ireland example i think one of the useful lessons the u.s. is now in is a shift the british had in mindset shifting from a heavy military footprint target to the i.r.a. to one that was much lighter focus on am i-5 in the constabulary that allowed of peace process to even be possible in part because the i.r.a. was weakened by that p

overnight italian authorities reportedly stripped sollecito of his passport near italy's border with sloveniaia fueling speculation the 29-year-old may have been preparing to flee the country. he remains in police custody but is expected to be released later today. this was effectively knox and sollecito's third trial. first found guilty in 2009 then an appellate court overturned the conviction and released them before italy's highest court demanded this latest trial. knox, who learned of her newest conviction in her home said in a statement, "i am frightened and saddened by this unjust verdict. having been found innocent before, i expected better from the italian justice system. this has gotten out of hand." in an interview with guardian films aired by the bbc knox said she had no intention of serving the sentence. >> they'll have to catch me and pull me back kicking and screaming. >> reporter: knox will appeal her case again, but if she loses two questions remain, will italy request that she be extradited from the u.s. and if so, will the u.s. government comply with that request? now, this

it is the national committees of germany, italy, hungary and slovenia that have received these e-mailsy talk about a threat against sochi. they are concerned enough in some cases to pass it to their local security authorities. they have passed to the international olympic committee. the assessment is that these e-mails do not contain a threat as such. the ioc says it appears to be a random e-mail from a member of the pub lilic. we've seen a copy provided by the slow vavenian national committee. if it is a prank, it is interesting to note you have olympic officials in various countries commenting on this. such is the concern. they have now detailed two potential threats against it's games. one is set to be targeting the olympic torch relay. the time frame for this attack is opened right now. an intensifying security crackdown as the threat of terrorism grows in the leader to the sochi olympic games. explosive new images amid russian state news reports. the police killed the suspected militant leader in this shootout in dagestan tuesday. in addition, reports that the leader of the terror

in the morning near the border of austria and slovenia. he was found with his girlfriend.ng for him after a court order to seize his travel documents. we frunds his lawyer that he's currently still at the police station sorting all of this out insisting that he was not trying to run. kate? >> we'll talk about the next legal steps for amanda knox later on in the show. first let's get back to our other big story this morning and to chris. >> all right, kate, thank you very much. i'm here now with dennis rodman. we're in a rehabilitation facility. you wanted to have this interview. you had some things you wanted to get off your chest. let's start with the obvious. why are you here? why are you here, dennis? >> why am i here? i think it goes back a while, a way back. i think the fact all the things i've been going through the last year and a half, certain situations and i figured that this is a great time for me to come here to reflect and try to put myself at ease, at peace about things that's been going on in the last year and a half. and i thought this was an appropriate ti

in 2009.e banned it it has also been banned in slovenia and italy. what we saw was a rebound of the bees in those countries. >> charles annenberg weingarten -- clothianidin is not banned in the united states. however, is that epa has cited a provision in our federal pesticide law that allows us to conditionally registered pesticides. it is that discretion to allow pesticides on the market prior to having a full battery of tests to make safety determinations that is problematic. >> this loophole allows companies to sell a pesticide before epa gets all the safety data, and that is precisely what happens with clothianidin. >> epa registered chemical without having full knowledge of what its impacts on bees would be, and said we would do a study with the manufacturer, bayer, but in the meantime, we will allow this pesticide on the market. those are concerned about the affect of clothianidin wanted to test it in the natural setting. instead, the epa allowed bayer to conduct the study on its own product a year later. clothianidin was already in use on a 88