in this dusty bit of no man's land between sudan and south sudan, the u.n. keeps fragile peace. it has become a political bargaining ship between -- and khartoum but for those who live here and the nomad to travel through here every year, it is much more important than that. both parties depend on this land for their survival. >> almost 20 years since the end of apartheid and education in south africa remains unequaled. south africa remains unequaled. the ruling

sudan has lost more than 75% of its oil revenue went south sudan broke away last year.he government decided to cut its subsidies on basic commodities. with the currency dropping against the u.s. dollar, the prices of basic food items increase. the government says it must adopt austerity measures and cut spending. in june, a government decision to increase the prices of sugar led to scenes like these across the country. officials at the imf say more crops are needed to lower the deficit. this economist blames the government for the crisis. >> is the responsibility of the entire system. the state is irresponsible for the economic instability for increasing the exchange rate and the rise in inflation. merchants raid -- merchants make huge profits. people pay more to buy what they need. >> many fear an economic collapse, which can lead to more we cement and a revolt. >> pakistan's interior minister is in india holding talks with officials there. the two countries are trying to take steps to these visa restrictions for travelers. >> interaction between state to state must co

i went to south sudan last year. i don't know how many of you have visited south sudan.when he spoke at the prison of south sudan and he told me about the war with khartoum, the worm is not because of the land disputes and it's not because of the oil race. the muslim forces to not what christians living next door to them in africa. so there's no settlement, no occupation, no palestinian, but the christians living today in south sudan is exactly the same case in israel. it has nothing to do with boundaries, with occupation. it has to do with severe except james of jews but then in the middle east. >> i spend about 20 or serkin on the south sudan issue a mighty arabs are seen by christians for being described as the israelis and zionists had to leave sudan. is this intolerance to any community of christians, jewish or people they call infidels that's the issue. >> last question. >> hi, i have three questions. if you can hear me. is what is the questions of iran or even pakistan signed, their atomic know-how to terrorists so it wouldn't be the state of iran it would be atta

more than $800 million for mexican drug cartels and covered up illegal transactions for burma, iran, sudan, cuba, and libya. those nations were under banking sanctions because of human rights atrocities, terrorism, or, in iran's case, a nuclear program. the british bank will pay $1.9 billion to the u.s. government, the largest such fine in history.

helicopter in south sudan jeopardizes its action in the region. four crew members were killed. an investigation is underway. the region has been the scene of recent fighting between armyies. >> we strongly deplore the shooting down of the helicopter in south sudan by the liberation army. four russian crew members all of whom were confirmed dead. this is a grave violation of the state of forces agreement of august 8th, 2011 and jeopardized the operations. >> two rebel groups in malley -- mali say they will stop fighting. they condemned the u.n. condition to send people in northern mali. >> the bodies of 55 immigrant who is drowned off the coast of somalia have been laid out for identification. relatives crowded the hospital. survivors said the boat capsized into its journey to yemen. >> in kenya, women and children are among the dead after rival land fighting between farmers and cattle herders. >> in just a few hour this is slage was turn into a scene of carnage. the men who attacked the people here use guns and machetes to kill and maim. among the dead and injured are women and

we have been in somalia in the democratic republic of congo in sued an for more than -- sudan for more than three decades now, right? at the same time, there is a series of new crisis or recent chris ones in ivory coast and there is another major crisis this year. for us, it's a big challenge to have enough response or resources, both financial and human resources and in sudan, it's a big deal trying to find skilled staff. >> uh-huh. >> and to respond to and treat people in the hospital. yes, we're struggling with this and what we do is try to appeal to supporters and try to appeal to other organizations to step in. >> uh. >> we can't do it all ourselves. >> and you work for someone like the red cross? >> no. >> and you want to make sure that you're maximizing help can you put out there. >> what we want in a major emergency, what, ideally for us, i think we would have the capacity most of the time to respond to most of the medical needs, but it would be helpful to rely on other organizations, the planning and the role of u.n. organizations and this is what we try to do not to be on our

the united nations says south sudan's army has killed ten protesters during demonstrations against a relocation of the local council headquarters the u.n. spokesperson said it wasn't clear if any people in the crowd were armed or if the army had been provoked south sudan had declared independence from its northern late neighbor last year and then decades of civil war. the militant group hamas will not give up an inch of palestinian territories that's according to the organization's political leader khaled meshaal speaking on the last day of his trip to gaza he also slammed israel for. the occupation of palestinian lands and refuse to recognize a country is the jet in the sea israel responded that it would never unilaterally withdraw from the west bank saying that what undermine its security in the country criticize the recent u.n. vote upgrading the diplomatic status of palestinians and vowed to keep on building new settlements which are considered to be illegal under international law literalist gideon levy weighs in on the standoff. the israeli public opinion it doesn't seem to be.

the united nations says south sudan's army has killed ten protesters during demonstrations against of the relocation of. local council headquarters the u.n. spokesperson said it was not clear if any people in the crowd were armed or if the army had been provoked south sudan declared independence from its northern neighbor last year ending decades of civil war between the countries. is the e.u. pursuing at the goal of a united europe at the expense of individual nations the issue take center stage in the latest round of peter lavelle's cross talk that's coming up in about ten minutes time. of course the european union has to be based on subsidy or its principle which means that the decisions are made close as possible to the citizens on the other hand the only is that in that case is that the case song sure thing is that the case let me finish all right go ahead yeah yeah of course about dontcha think that. in a case that a federal union existed with a federal strong budget that the sovereignty of the european citizens overall would be better than we have now in that crisis we are all

said it was not clear if any people in the crowd were armed or if the army had been provoked south sudan declared independence from its northern neighbor last year and the decades of civil war. don't go away peter lavelle and his guest who are going to be discussing the future of the european union as well as its parties on cross-talk right here on our team. an artist was arrested for putting up posters critical of drone usage all over new york city the poster show a menacing drone shooting a missile at innocent children with the words drones protection when you least expect it written at the bottom these posters definitely reflect a lot of americans fears that a big brother skynet will completely eliminate the very concept of privacy and free speech so to prove that americans live in a free country without any government spying the n.y.p.d. hunted down the anonymous artist and arrested him for expressing himself having arrested him at his residence they charged him with fifty six counts of criminal possession of a forged instrument grand larceny possession of stolen property and weapons

and we want to start in sudan's darfur region.ere the government officials there say that a captured vulture is part of an israeli spy mission. nema al bagger is following the story for us. and i asked her, just what evidence do the sudanese officials have to give their claim any support. >> ashleigh, after that deadly strike on the sudanese weapons factory back in october, which sudan blamed on israel, it did look like relations between the two countries couldn't get any worse but it appears this, in fact, can. the griffin vulture migrates en route through israel and the ecologists have been tagging the bird for years, but when a bird fell to earth in sudan's western darfur region, local authorities were a bit perturbed to find hebrew righting and a tracker on the wing and promptly declared to the local press that the gps tracking devices were clearly the latest in mossad spyware. we have no word on the bird's current whereabouts. ashleigh? >> bashar al assad fired four scud range missiles at rebel fighters today according to u.s

. >> my eldest son and i were -- there was an attempt in sudan on the border between sudan and southudan to arrest us, although we had more gunmen than the other side did, show we were whisked away. so we were okay. my middle son was arrested with me in china once years ago. that was such a great father-son bonding experience, i really recommend an arrest. my daughter feels so cheated that she hasn't been -- >> what is wrong with you, nicholas, seriously. i see you have clearly some talent in many ways in your family. we can see the evidence of artistic talent. this is your daughter's and your son's, one of your two sons. you must be proud. apparently she's given you pieces on loan. >> they are on loan from the artist, so i have to good care of them. this is kind of a gallery. >> more of our conversation with nick kristof. today at noon at noon. he will talk about you how he managed to get into syria and about one fum in his office that's shoechd to make you smarter. >>> could they have a 37% solution to avoid the fiscal cliff. th to my daughter on may 18th, five days later, i had a

mission in south sudan says that a u.n.elicopter has now crashed in south sudan killing all four of the crew members that were onboard. we are trying to get as much information on this as possible. as soon as we have identifications or more details about that crash we will bring that to you. we are monitoring this throughout the hour. coping with the killing of little schoolchildren and their teachers. we are actually not talking about the massacre at sandy hook and connecticut. we are talking about half a world away in syria. 35 young students and two teachers have been killed over the past couple of weeks. the school has to stayec to used on getting these kids to learn while this war rages around them. alex thomas takes us there. >> reporter: yes, they yell, we're ready for lessons and in they come and 1600 people at this damascus school, two ships across the day. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: under the ever watchful eye of president assad, reading lessons for children, a city, a country at war with itself. w

british bank reaching a settlement, a similar claims in the case of transferring money such as iran and sudan. those involved were considerably less that that is why it was shocking in some sense, because the scale and how long this went on for. >> it sounds like a big fine, but will it make much of the dead? >> remember that these banks make billions of dollars. possibly not, but the cast from this incident will take its toll because they will have to implement a lot of these new compliance changes. it gives you a sense that the final cost will be a lot more than $1.9 billion. >> thousands of people out on the streets of cairo, stating demonstrations for and against the president. a concrete barrier built to protect his palace has been reached this evening, against a constitution which they claim would give him too much power. george is on the scene and has this report. >> for the first time in weeks, those opposed to reforms came together. thousands marched on the presidential palace. the imposing walls designed to keep from spain. battered and beleaguered, the president is accused by many

we have a fairly brisk, northwesterly wind making an impact all the way down towards sudan seeing temperatures below average at 29 degrees. as we move into central parts of africa, while the monsoon rains are pushing further, a decent amount of rain is being reported but generally you see the rainfall pushing away from the democratic republic of the," . -- of congo. >> the french president, president hollande, has addressed the parliament as it celebrates 50 years of independence. although he did not directly apologize, he did say he recognized the suffering experienced by algerians. u.n. secretary general ban ki- moon sees little hope for political dialogue and is worried about atrocities being committed by both sides in syria. vladimir putin appears to be distancing himself from the syrian president. he says russia is not backing the syrian government at any cost. south korea's first-team a president elect is promising a new era for the korean peninsula. >> the post-election ritual in south korea -- a visit to the national cemetery. her mother and father both lie here and she paid public tri

the south sudan said they missed ticket for a sudanese plane.ecurity has been stepped up in nigeria to try to prevent a repeat of the christmas big bombing. it was the second year and a role a group targeted churches. they want to impose law. >> it is asylum christmas for this tephra church. exactly one year ago, when people -- catholic church. exactly one year ago, a suicide bomber killed 44 people, and injured scores of others. the healing process has been slow and difficult. many people have left the community never to return for good terror that i am now talking to a man who was in church -- good. i am not talking to a man who was in church that day. >> people have tried their best, but they're still afraid. the mass was not well-attended. but there is fear. [indiscernible] it is a trust. >> thank you and so much. >> thank you very much. >> there is evidence they're having a hard time dealing with the attacks. >> south africa's president says nelson mandela is looking better after two weeks in the hospital. hundreds prayed for the recovery i

the minute he stepped out of the sudan he should have been arrested.he gets a state visit. that's the very country that iran is supplying weapons to much of the middle east through. >> i think this also gives a lie to the idea that the muslim brother hood, a sunni group, can't get along with da tehran,e common enemy in israel, the common enemy in the united states. it follows part of a pattern that leads to deterioration in american interest in the region. a strategic situation for israel is declining, the pro western arab oil producing states in the rainan peninsula in trouble from the likes of the muslim brotherhood. i think we're in an increasingly rapid downward spiral in the middle east as whole. that's even before you get to iran's nuclear weapons program. >> greta: or to syria. apparently there's been movement of the areas where they have chemical weapons. there's some thought that there's something going on there. >> yeah. therthere's reporting in the brh press so you can take it for what it's worth. >> an wintour can tell us. she's an ambassad

tal sxents diplomatic skills on several occasions, on complex challenges from sudan and south sudan touation in afghanistan, and each time he has been exexetch mraer. john invited a young illinois state senator to address the democratic convention in boston. i was proud to serve with him on the foreign relations committee under the tuteladge of joe biden, and where we all became friends. of course, monthing brings two people closer together than week ofs of debate prep. john, i look forward to working with you instead of debating you. finally, i want to thank theresa. as someone who came to this country as an immigrant, she understands the shining values that america represents to the world. as a former interpreter at the united nations muggies, she appreciates how our interests can be advanced in partnership with others, to raise a thank you so much for being john's partner in this next endeavor. i have to say, i think i speak for john and joe and myself, you know, we just left danny inouye's funeral, a man who exetchfied the very best of the u.s. senate tradition and so i know that j

as you know southern sudan is the newest country in the world.on january 1, 2008, new year's new year's day, at 6:45 in the morning i received a call from john's mother, who informed me that the night before john was killed. he was actually murdered by gunmen while driving home from the british embassy for a new year's eve party in khartoum. john was ambushed by two gunmen who sat in their car, in front of his. john was shot in the neck and the chess. the attack followed warnings by the united nations that a terrorist cell, in sudan, was planning to attack westerners. no one blames the president. nobody attacked the national security adviser. what john's mother wanted was a response from our nation and our community with let's get to the bottom of this so it will never happen again. it's my understanding that under the 1951 geneva convention on diplomatic relations, the host country, the host country, is responsible for the security of our embassy and that the primary focus of our marine corps embassy security group is to protect classified infor

on challenges from sudan, south sudan, to the situation in afghanistan.h time he has been exemplary. i was proud to serve with him on the foreign relations committee under the tut ledge of joe biden. but of course nothing brings two people closer together than weeks of debate prep. john, i'm looking forward to working with you instead of debating you. finally i want to thank teresa. as a former interpreter as united nations, she appreciates our interests can be advanced in partnership with others. teresa, thank you so much for being john's partner this this next endeavor. i have to say, you know, i think that i speak for john and joe and myself. and we just last a funeral, a man who skem exemplified the best in tradition. i know john, it won't be easy to leave the senate that you love. and i think it is fair it say that there are going to be some challenges ahead. an uncertain world will continue to test our nation. but even with all of the challenges that we face, i have never been more confident, more optimistic that if we act with wisdom and with purpo

saks sancti against iran, sudan, and two other countries. >>> the u.s.reasury is selling its remaining stake in aig for just under $8 billion. that ends the era of government ownership. >>> on the street, hp, the dow's worst performer shot up on rumors that activist investor carl icahn is building a stake in the pc maker. meanwhile mcdonald's gave blue chips a boost in better than expected sales. apple and google have reportedly combined their competing bids for a bundle of kodak patents. former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn and a maid have agreed to settle a suit. the dollar amount will remain confidential. >>> retailers hired 465,000 seasonal workers land month. up 25% from last year. >>> they say apple's map is life-threatening, this after several drivers headed for a town in australia where it ended at a dirt road miles away from food and water. >>> finally, serbian tennis champ novak djokovic ruined the world's christmas after he bought up the entire year's supply for his new restaurant. it, by the way, is made from a milk of serbian donkeys. i'm

to dismiss charges against omar bashir the president of sudan. but the fact that the african nations that a tension has emerged can doesn't necessarily impugn the quality of the justice that the i.c.c. is dispensing what i think it does it redoubles the necessity for the i.c.c. to emerge as a court which deals with. human rights abuses in war crimes in theatres all over the world not simply those in africa but the but aren't there you see it moving in that direction studies are going if you're not against it it's going in that direction that all any evidence. well i think the evidence would be i mean right now we have ad hoc tribunals that were established to deal for example with. war crimes crimes against humanity genocide in the balkans if such an institution had not been created on the ad hoc basis by the u.n. security council and had that kind of event unfolded more recently rather than back in the nine hundred ninety s. i think we would have very much seen that type of dispute being handed over to the i.c.c. so in that case the i.c.c. would

church has built 243 schools and 19 clean water facilities in darfur and a health clinic in south sudans children have been among the most enthusiastic supporters. >> that's one of the things that surprised me the most. i really thought we were going get pushback from kids, that kids would not understand this. and what happened was the kids began to worry that if they got presents, other children would die. i was shocked. >> the church also supports several projects to help the local community, which has been hard hit by the economic downturn. there are ged programs, jobs programs, and food pantries. marcia florkey directs the church's outreach ministry called "new path." >> we've been really blessed because we have a lot of folks here who are really concerned about their neighbors, who really want to do all they can do to love their neighbors. >> in recent years, several international humanitarian organizations have been sponsoring projects to help others at christmas time. for example, through operation christmas child, samaritan's purse urges people to pack shoe boxes of gifts for ne

more than $800 million for mexican drug cartels and covered up illegal transactions for burma, iran, sudan, cuba, and libya. those nations were under banking sanctions because of human rights atrocities, terrorism, or, in iran's case, a nuclear program. the british bank will pay $1.9 billion to the u.s. government, the largest such fine in history. senior correspondent john miller is in new york following the story for us tonight. john? >> reporter: scott, it's a case that has everything: everything except an arrest. and that struck some as odd because in an 80-page document of court papers, the bank admits to almost going out of its way to act as a financial clearing house for international pariahs and drug dealers. h.s.b.c. officials listed mexico in its lowest risk category for money laundering during a four- year period when mexican drug cartels were funneling hundreds of millions of dollars through the bank. u.s. attorney loretta lynch. >> the investigation revealed that staggering amounts of cash, hundreds of thousands of u.s. dollars daily, were being deposited into h.s.b.c. mexico

they do not want global banks to launder money or to transfer funds for rogue governments, like iran, sudan, and libya or syria, is very clear. >> tom: so do these kinds of settlements make the money laundering business that much more unpalatable for public companies, like these big global banks? in other words, is it going to deter future dealings? >> the cynic in me says they may face pressure from shareholders to produce profits, and these are very profitable lines of business because they may involve some risks to individuals, so until people really pay attention, and the government shows how serious it is about enforcing its laws, i don't think we can conclude that this is over. >> tom: among those people, shareholders, but also costumers. what do you think these kinds of business practices say about the global banking business. >> i think we have giant costumers and small costumers. and most of the people involved at this level are giant costumers. they are states and american businesses and banks are not supposed to do business with. the europeans have similar attitudes about this. t

conversations with president karzai, and he did some yeoman's work when it came to negotiations with south sudan. he has made his mark already in terms of conflict reduction, crisis mitigation. i think he will carry that experience into his new position. >> nevertheless, some would say he has enormous shoes to fill. hillary clinton has almost got a cult following among some people. how is his style going to be different to hers? >> you are talking about a man who ran for president in 2004. >> she tried to do that, too. >> he has his own persona, but he is quite experienced on a national stage, on a global stage, so i do not think he will shrink from the spotlight. >> but does he have that sort of personality, the charisma, the real kind of -- the bread and the debt that hillary clinton has -- the breadth and the depth that hillary clinton has? >> he may be a more traditional secretary of state. he may have these -- he may not have the same level out reached. he may take a more traditional role and approach. but the world gets to vote on his agenda. obviously, when he comes in, iran will be a key

we're going to tell you how it will not only help those in the sedan, but also your neighbor -- sudan 1961, "the lion sleeps tonight" by the tokens. number one begin. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there's a kick to it. wahlalalalallala! smooth, but crisp. it's kind of like drinking a food that's a drink, or a drink that's a food, woooooh! [ male announcer ] taste it and describe the indescribable. could've had a v8. >> brian: less than a week before christmas and if you're still stuck on a gift to buy, we have a great ticket for you. it's the perfect holiday present and it's giving back to people in need and it's called a goat. you can get it from this old goat, fox news contributor, ellen ratner. she told know say that. she's here with peter johnson, jr., who is not an old goat. nor are you, ellen. but you said when you turned 60, you felt like an old goat. >> i felt like an old goat, so i started to start this charity called goats for the old goat. these are for former slaves that were taken as war booties in the war between the north, which is primarily ar

looking now at a civil war also raging in libya in in libya i mention mali you go down to the congo the sudan there was an uprising so out of africa go over to yemen wonderful civil war going on over there that the united states is also involved in how about bahrain those same thing bad about bahrain the united states has the fifth fleet anchored off there there in civil war look what's going on in egypt look what's going on in tunisia look what's going audience spain as the millions of indignados take to the street you know my saying is a former bronx guy when people lose everything and have nothing left to lose they lose it they're losing it in greece they're losing it in italy they're losing it in portugal they're losing it in ireland the world is it war all of the pieces are coming together but they're calling them something else stayed out even calling it class warfare in europe for example and it is yes it does seem like every. country across the world is a tyranny with the global market everything's connected globalization is not in its current trajectory it's not sustainable kind of o

sanctions on iran burma libya and sudan bank was accused of hiding sixty thousand transactions with iran worth two hundred fifty billion dollars over nearly a decade as well as making transfer to other restriction nations. heiler secular was happening on the markets we start with the united states back from christmas traders are and this is the first consecutive session of losses the dow jones and the nasdaq losing within one percent president barack obama and congress are expected to come back to the table on the fiscal cliff version although we have heard that basically there will be no immediate implementation of this of this tax hikes because employers have not changed payroll tax withholding rates for january payrolls and federal budget cuts would slowly be phasing in also we are seeing retailers losing very much this year hasn't been that good basically for for sales all right let's move over to what is it we have currencies the. oh you know this week it's going up and down with the pretty much same amplitude day after day when they station so the russian ruble currency gain around

of the child success in rectified by all congress in the world the united states somalia and south sudan. and that's the most the most important regulation i mean that there is the girl bird or the national association for guess what russians to go lie ok that's not very and how would you say that those regulations the regulations within the united states compared to other countries. well other countries apply sort of the un convention but. getting the technical allow you united states only rectified equivalence and we've got much more important is because if you don't assume then the un has been from the so i would say that. russia has read the vikings and conventions who have read your rights and who take these kinds of measures because you come here the solution not an obligation of us to mention the rights of the trial is the measure of last resort oh yes i said there's no other man will raise a child including raising the south. entrance saying i want to bring up one more point we don't have too much more time but in two thousand and eleven there were more than one hundred thousand

russians itself has been rectified by all congress in the world except the united states somalia and sudan. and that's the most the most important regulation i mean that there is that goes for the national it is a shame so this was russians to go lie ok. for him and how would you say that those regulations the regulations within the united states compared to other countries. well other countries apply to the un convention but. i'm getting a bit sceptical allow you to think only rectified equivalence and with what's more important safely because you don't assume then that un has been from the so i would say that. russia as we've had for us is likely to end convention as we need arise and to take these kinds of measures because if you come here the solution not an obligation of us to mention the rights of the trial is the measure of the resort is only if i think there is no other man will raise a child including raising the south in the. interim saying i want to bring up one more point we don't have too much more time but in two thousand and eleven there were more than one hundred thousand c

hsbc intentionally allowed illegal transactions to countries such as iran, libya ask sudan.not just financial. to continue doing business in the united states, the bank must make reforms. >> requiring to implement reforms that we expect to be the model in the financial industry. >> hsbc chief executive says he's sorry for past mist yikz a new scholarship fund established at uc berkeley will offer financial aid to undocumented students. the first of its kind in the nation not without controversy. abc 7 news is here now with the story. >> right. other universities like texas and michigan are liking what they see at berkeley. they want to sty⌝a >> he escaped from violence in mexico when he was 16, landing in los angeles. year later he graduated with honors and was the only student at his high school to get into uc berkeley. >> everybody was happy except me. i was like. yeah. i got in. i was like i don't know how i'm going to make it. i won't be able to go. how am i going pay for it? he is not eligible for aid, including pell grants. he's had to take odd jobs to help pay for col

circulation we have more guns per capita in this country than pakistan or afghanistan or yemen or the sudan but that's no reason not to start doing the same thing for the coming generations which is to look at the numbers and the what's rational and get some controls and this is a serious long term problem as well as a short term problem that we're seeing week in week out richard marc harrold thank you both for coming you bet thank you. after the break which poses the greatest threat to americans gun violence or terrorism the answer may surprise you and so too will our government's responses to these two threats for tonight's there we took. a look at the worst if you are going to. wipe out six of the radio guy minutes from a click. i want you to watch what we're about to do because you've never seen anything like this i'm selling. books. no more. solutions. for. iraq. thank you. now it's time for tonight's the good the bad and the very very oxy a k at the silly ugly the good. governor jay nixon nixon is a democratic governor dealing with a republican controlled state legislature and as such